The so-called Mingcheng Empress was Concubine Min. She was the concubine of the current ruling Gaozong of Korea. She was born into two noble families and came from the Min clan of Lixing, which was the first clan of Samhan. However, her family was in decline and she suffered a lot when she was young. She had to ask for help from various nobles to make a living, so she was treated coldly.
After Concubine Min experienced all kinds of hardships and became the official concubine of the King of Korea, she established the power of the Min clan. Min Qiankao, who was adopted by Concubine Min's father, had a very smooth career and could be said to be extremely rich. In 1865, Min Qiankao became an official. The next year, Min Qiankao took the imperial examination and won first place in the liberal arts. After that, he served as Instructor Cao, Minister of Chengkyunkwan, and Judge Cao.
At this time, Min Qiankao was the military judge and was in charge of the new army of Korea. Originally, this proposal was made by China to build a new army of Korea to prevent being attacked by Japan. However, China didn't want Korea to build a decent army, so it was only a proposal. In the end, Min Qiankao, the military judge of Korea, made a very strange thing in order to get money. It was quite cheap to buy weapons from China. The Chinese instructors didn't want to put in so much hard work, but they also had no interest in staying in Korea for a long time. After the Chinese instructors left, Judge Min Qiangao of the Korean Army took a lot of bribes and actually hired a Japanese instructor to be the instructor of the Special Tactics Army.
With Vézé's cunning, how could he object to this kind of thing? Vézé didn't object, so China turned a blind eye to it. Not long after the New Year, the deputy secretary of the Korean Railway and Telegraph Company, Yuan Weiting, came to visit. Yuan Weiting looked young, but Min Qiankao didn't dare to offend him. Yuan Weiting rearranged a document on the table in front of Min Qiankao and said angrily, "Judge Min! You've already owed the Railway and Telegraph Company for 14 months. How are you going to deal with this? Are you going to continue to owe? "
Yuan Weiting was unhappy, and so was Min Qiankao. After a few years, the Korean Railway and Telegraph Company began to make money. Not only did they not give any of the money they earned to the Korean Imperial Court, but China was also forcing Korea to pay their salaries. In fact, everyone knew that the railway company had been paying their employees with the money they earned over the past year. Even without relying on the Korean Imperial Court, the railway company was still doing well.
However, Min Qianchao did not dare to say that out loud. He pretended to be in a difficult position and said, "Lord Yuan, Goryeo's treasury is really empty. If we could fork out that sum of money, we would have taken it a long time ago. Not to mention the railway company, even the Military Guards Battalion and the Imperial Sturdy Battalion haven't received their pay for a long time. "
The Martial Guard Battalion and the Imperial Battalion were formed from the former Five Battalions of the Capital Army, which was the Imperial Guard Battalion, the Imperial Guard Battalion, the Imperial Barracks, and the Military Headquarters. When Ceng Guofan's Xiang Army invaded Goryeo, the capital's Five Battalions were badly defeated. Because of this, there were calls for the formation of a new Goryeo army.
Yuan Weiting seemed to have been temporarily convinced by Min Qiangao. He didn't ask any more questions and only urged Min Qiangao to pay up as soon as possible. An old fox like Min Qiangao had a lot of ways to deal with a young boy like Yuan Weiting. He just needed to stall for time and Yuan Weiting didn't make any progress for more than half an hour. Yuan Weiting's mouth was dry. He temporarily calmed down and began to drink water. Looking at Yuan Weiting's disappointed expression, Min Qiangao was secretly happy. "You little kid, you want to fight with me? You're still too inexperienced!"
After moistening his throat, Yuan Weiting spoke again, "We still have to talk about the money. However, there's one more thing. Just during the Spring Festival, the local thieves stole a lot of things from the train station. We signed a shipping contract with the local authorities. If the goods are lost, we still have to compensate the owner. Magistrate Min, what do you think we should do? "
"We will definitely send people to track down those thieves." Min Qiangao said sincerely.
"That's what you said last time. Track it down! We won't be able to find anything! We can't do that this time! "Yuan Weiting said loudly.
"Then what do you want to do?" Min Qiangao was getting impatient after being nagged by such a young man for so long.
"Since you can't do it, we will track it down ourselves. Also, if we catch the thieves, we will deal with them ourselves. If we can't scare the thieves, I'm afraid they won't be afraid! "Yuan Weiting said resolutely.
Although Min Qiangao was greedy and had done too many shameful things over the years, he was not stupid. If China had the power to enforce the law, it would be terrible. He quickly shook his head. "This matter needs to be discussed at length."
After finally beating Yuan Weiting away, Min Qiangao let out a long sigh of relief. China's Korea Railway and Telegraph Corporation was becoming more and more influential in Korea. There were too many businessmen and local tyrants who had cooperative relationships with China companies. It was not a problem for them to create some trouble for China by stalling. They wanted to let China know that China could not do whatever they wanted in Korea. However, this kind of thing needed to be done properly. If they really forced China into a corner, many things would not be easy to mediate.
Min Qiangao thought for a while and felt that it was better to stall for a while. Since China turned a blind eye to Korea's military and Japanese instructors, it meant that China did not care much about Korea. Since that was the case, the possibility of the emperor of China directly pressuring Korea was not high. If that day really came, they would deal with what happened that day. Min Fei and her foreign enterprise group did not have a good impression of China. First of all, China was too powerful, and Korea had all kinds of concerns. Secondly, Korea was still willing to do business with Japan. Although the profit from doing business with China was not small, China exported too many things to Korea. Overall, Korea's profit was very small. But doing business with Japan, Korea exported a lot of food at a low price and made a lot of money from Japan.
In addition, there was a strategic consideration to have a good relationship with Japan. If Japan were to go to war with Korea, China could send troops to help defend Korea through the Treaty of Seoul. According to the treaty, the Korean army would have to obey China's command. Min Qiangao, the Judge of the Korean Army, was extremely afraid of this.
Min Qiangao did not really like the Japanese, but if he had a good relationship with Japan, Japan would not go to war with Korea, and China would not have an excuse to interfere in Korea's affairs. This was the best choice.
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