Li Zhi was the first vassal state to arrive in Beijing to pay homage to Xiao Ruxun.
Li Zhi, who had always considered himself to be China's number one vassal state, was an absolutely loyal subject of Great Qin. This was especially so after the Jurchen Rebellion. North Korea's administration was basically destroyed, and most of the local governments were destroyed, making it impossible to establish an effective rule.
Some were destroyed by the Jurchens, and some by their own people. Some bandits and people with ulterior motives took advantage of the chaos to organize themselves and dominate the place.
Some places were directly occupied by them, and some places began to protect themselves under the leadership of famous gentry, forming a separatist regime.
Seeing that the central government was about to collapse, the emperor and ministers fled in panic, and the army around them basically disintegrated without the will to fight, the rule of the Lee Dynasty was about to come to an end.
In the end, the Daqin army arrived in time and wiped out all the invading Jurchens. They also left an army to help the Korean army rebuild and train, and also took on the work of suppressing the rebellion.
From the first year of Yongwu to the second year of Yongwu, the Qin Army put down the rebellion of 37 bandits, bandits, and people with ulterior motives in Korea, helping the Korean officials to re-establish their rule and stabilize the rule of the Lee Dynasty.
The support of the Qin Army was regarded by the Korean emperor and ministers as the same grace of rebirth as the Ming Army. Because of the support of the Daqin, the rule of the Lee Dynasty was continued. The Korean emperor and ministers were grateful to the Daqin Emperor Xiao Ruxun, and even set up a temple for the Daqin Emperor to pray for blessings.
At this time, many Korean scholars finally admitted that Daqin replaced the Daming as the father of Korea and became the reliable umbrella of Korea. They obediently paid tribute and no longer quarreled over the issue of Daqin or Daming.
Originally, it was Xiao Ruxun who led the army into Korea to defeat Japan. At this point, the status of Daqin as the suzerain of Korea was completely recognized by the Koreans.
Later, with the help of Daqin, Korea opened up trade relations and set up a department of commerce to increase revenue. A large number of Daqin merchants entered Korea to do business and purchase materials, and at the same time, paid taxes to the Korean government.
Under Xiao Ruxun's behest, there were also some official imperial merchants who signed agreements with North Korea to purchase large amounts of goods, allowing North Korea to exchange goods for money and weapons.
There was also the matter of Jeju Island. Xiao Ruxun forcefully snatched Jeju Island from the hands of North Korea and used it as a prison for the Ming royal family. In order to take care of the feelings of the North Korean emperor and ministers, Xiao Ruxun gave them a sum of silver as compensation.
In this way, Daqin provided the North Korean government with the capital to rebuild after the war. The North Korean government relied on the silver to survive the most dangerous period and gradually recovered from the chaos of war.
Officials from all over the country advised farmers to stop mulberry farming, gathered the people to rebuild the place, and gradually restored order. Of course, the most important thing was that the garrison of Daqin was still stationed in the three capitals of North Korea as a deterrent, so that no one dared to act recklessly.
North Korea's Juji Island was leased by the Daqin Navy. Every year, they would give some silver to the island as a base for the Daqin Navy.
The Daqin Army and Navy had always been stationed in North Korea, so North Korea felt very safe and would not be attacked by Japanese pirates or mountain bandits.
With the destruction of Japan, Xiao Ruxun planned to withdraw his army from North Korea, leaving only the naval base on Juji Island and withdrawing all 30,000 of his army.
When this news spread to North Korea, there were ministers who suggested to Li Yi to retain the garrison of Daqin. Even if it was a little less, a few thousand people would be enough.
Through this method, Xiao Ruxun knew the military, economy, and politics of North Korea like the back of his hand. Not only did he have a far greater influence in politics than the Ming Dynasty, but he was also particularly outstanding in terms of economic penetration.
With the reconstruction of North Korea after the war, the imperial merchants under his direct control and the civilian merchants under his indirect control basically controlled the important channels of trade in North Korea.
Xiao Ruxun also referred to the Beacon of Freedom's approach and negotiated with the North Korean government. He asked them to plant some crops that Daqin lacked, and the Daqin would be responsible for purchasing them all.
For example, peanuts and soybeans, which were oil crops that Daqin lacked. Xiao Ruxun also suggested that North Korea organize people to raise poultry, and the Daqin would also be responsible for purchasing them in large quantities.
Then, they could use the money to buy food from the Daqin, and the Daqin would export a large amount of food to North Korea at a relatively low price to ensure North Korea's food supply.
Xiao Ruxun sent people to sign the relevant purchase agreement with the North Korean government. When they found out that there was such a good thing, the money-minded Li Yi's government did not hesitate to order the main agricultural areas of the country to plant peanuts and soybeans, and raise poultry. They told the farmers that there would be people coming to buy them.
At first, people were still skeptical, until the Daqin merchants really came to buy peanuts, soybeans, and poultry at a high price. Only then did they finally believe it, and it was too late to regret not planting them sooner.
Therefore, the main agricultural areas of North Korea began to plant peanuts and soybeans. The experts who were sent from the Daqin to guide the planting of peanuts and soybeans became the most popular people, and the most traditional planting of food was not paid much attention.
North Korea was making great strides towards becoming an exclusive economic colony of the Daqin.
Regarding this, the North Korean royal family and the two groups of ministers also raised objections, saying that everyone was planting soybeans and peanuts, and no one was planting food. Then, when the Daqin also had a food crisis, what should they do? Eat soybeans and peanuts as food?
There were many people who raised objections, and the people who raised objections were from the Western party. Therefore, the enemies seized this opportunity to accuse this fellow of slandering the country of the Emperor and gauging the heart of a gentleman with his own mean measure.
As a result, the dispute over the matter itself was no longer there, and it evolved into a party struggle. A new round of party struggle between the North Korean monarch and ministers happily began.
Li Zhi did not care about this at all. In his opinion, the Daqin helped him regain the throne, and if the Daqin wanted North Korea, wouldn't it be better to just watch as North Korea was destroyed and attack?
Why go through so much trouble?
It was pure nonsense.
Why would China, which was rich and had everything, set its eyes on a small land like North Korea?
This time, Li Zhi was the first vassal state ruler to arrive, and he also suffered a lot.
Because he did not dare to take a ship, he had to travel on land for a very long time. In order to reach first place before Shang Ning, Li Gui had put his life on the line, finally arriving at the capital three days before King Ryukyu Shang Ning.
After arriving at the capital, Li Zhi sent people to deliver ginseng and other precious medicinal herbs, as well as some rare antiques, and because he was the first to arrive, the Daqin emperor was very pleased and personally praised Li Zhi.
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