Chapter 145 Peninsula
Zhu Biao shook his head straight at the sight. It is nothing to use a monk, but the reason and the degree of decentralization are really stupid.
Wang Zhuan actually thinks that the ministers of aristocratic families are intertwined and shield each other, so it is impossible to support his reforms; while Kusano Xinjin and Confucian scholars are still young and like to make friends with powerful people, so they are not available.
The monk Xin Tun, who was born as a pariah, was favored by Wang Zhuan because of his status as a "departed and independent person". Zhu Biao could only complain about it silently. .
Zhu Biao looked at it and felt that Goryeo was about to end. Their political measures were not wrong, but their methods were rough and too urgent. They forcibly forced the aristocratic families to return their fields, liberated slaves, rectified the official system, built schools, improved the imperial examinations, and reformed It can be described as impressive.
It's a pity that the King of Korea made a mistake. No matter how beneficial the reform is to the people, it needs enough power to protect the smooth implementation of the policy, and it needs to cultivate a group of vested interests to maintain its achievements.
Now, although the common people in Korea have benefited, they don’t have much power, and people’s hearts are actually unreliable most of the time.
Although it has not yet erupted, the contradictions have begun to accumulate, and once it erupts, Korea will disappear.
After searching for a long time, Zhu Biao finally found news about a general surnamed Li. It's top notch.
Zhu Yuanzhang also got up and moved a few times, looked at his son and said, "What do you care about the affairs of Goryeo, you don't care about the land of Liaodong."
Zhu Biao turned back and smiled and said, "It's not mine now. After Liaodong surrendered, an edict was issued to King Koryo. If the land is not returned, Liaodong will send troops to fight Goryeo, which will wear down the strength of both sides."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in satisfaction: "That's right, don't stare at the petty profits. If Goryeo surrenders sincerely, so what if the bitter cold land is given to them."
Zhu Biao is clear that this is the reason why the Central Plains dynasties rarely used troops against Goryeo in the past dynasties. Ancient China, because it was too powerful, basically followed the idea of "Is it the king's land under the whole world, and the king's minister on the shore of the land", and That is, the world is mine, as long as you surrender, it is mine.
In North Korea, starting from Weiman Joseon, they paid tribute as soon as they became independent, and have been pretending to be grandsons ever since. As long as the Central Plains are unified, or a slightly larger regime is established. No matter who ruled the Korean peninsula, he immediately came to pay tribute and express his surrender to the emperor.
For the emperor, surrender is what he wants. Generally, if you surrender, you will not fight anymore, because you are my subject if you surrender, and I don't need to fight anymore.
People are very respectful to the dynasties of the Central Plains. Even some small dynasties, such as Liao, Song, Jin, etc., tried their best to please them and took the initiative to pay tribute. Under such circumstances, ancient China couldn't find a reason to crusade against you. How could it be famous as a teacher, and how could it win the Korean Peninsula in one go.
Of course, these are all polite words. If the Korean peninsula is really rich, it is not easy to become famous as a teacher. If you send a mission of dozens of people at random, and they disappear or die on the way, isn’t there a reason for this?
The key is that it is too cold and not suitable for the development of farming areas at all. If the ancient Korean peninsula was relatively rich, or at least as suitable for farming development as the Central Plains and the South, then it would have been firmly controlled as early as Qin Shihuang's period, and it would not be possible at all. It will make him independent, let alone the subsequent development.
Let’s not mention the Korean peninsula. In ancient China, even the Liaodong region was lazily controlled. It was too cold. Wherever immigrants moved, they had to crawl back to the Central Plains unless they were **** as slaves.
And most importantly, the productivity of farming civilization is very limited, and transportation is even more difficult. Therefore, for many surrounding areas, it is easy to occupy, but it is difficult to station for a long time.
Here, if you manage it yourself, once the locals rebel, the Central Plains will transport materials through the Northeast, and the cost of long-term garrison will be very high.
As a vassal state, the Korean Peninsula is very honest and pays tribute every year to the court. Therefore, this mechanism is relatively more beneficial to the country.
But Zhu Biao naturally wants to take back the Korean Peninsula. With such a vast land, with the development of productivity in the later period, all constraints will disappear, and this has become a treasure land.
Surrounded by the sea on three sides, facing Japan across the sky, it is undoubtedly the forerunner of advancing Japan. Its products are rich enough to train an excellent navy.
The only problem is that the conquest of Goryeo will not be of much benefit to Da Ming, at least for a hundred years. Even in order to maintain the prince who left the enfeoffment, Da Ming has to provide continuous support.
Even so, those princes are probably unwilling to go, after all, whether to be chic in the city or to decide in the village, everyone has different ideas.
This is also the constraint of the times. Many small countries in East Asia in history have begged to join the Kingdom of Heaven, but they were all rejected by the current emperor, and then sent some rewards to appease them. It's a pity to throw away tasteless, it's better not to.
China has been a farming civilization since ancient times. It has a large land and resources enough to be self-sufficient. Industry and commerce are not the mainstream. It does not need overseas markets. It has a vast territory and does not need to be colonized. It has a large population and a lot of labor.
Based on the current territory, invading other places, the land won’t be enough to supply, and the people won’t be enough to command. From an economic point of view, it is undoubtedly a loss-making business.
From the point of view of pros and cons, if you win the war, you may not even be able to earn back your military expenses. If you leave a large army to garrison, you have to transport food and grass. until you win.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhu Biao was still holding the Goryeo information and frowned and said, "Biaoer, what are you thinking?"
Zhu Biao came back to his senses and said: "In my opinion, Goryeo may have reached the end of the dynasty. Does the emperor intend to take this place?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his son in a daze when he heard the words: "What do you want that **** place for?"
Zhu Biao said seriously: "The royal family is entrusted, and although this place is a bit cold, with the help of the imperial court, it will be enough to be self-sufficient in the later stage."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao seriously: "Do you want your brothers and nephews to become kings in this bitter cold place?"
Zhu Biao didn't want to talk about it at first, after all, he knew how much his father loved his sons, but now he has no ability to intervene in the political situation of Goryeo, so Zhu Yuanzhang must do it.
If you don’t make preparations now, after the new dynasty is established, it will not be easy to take down Goryeo easily.
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This time point is indeed a good time to win Korea, but to be honest, there is really no benefit to win the Korean Peninsula at this time, there are too many constraints (_`)
(end of this chapter)