Lin Zaizhong returned to Jingfu Palace and told Li Jing about the reasons for Wei Yun's change in attitude.

Li Jing was very upset and patted his thighs and said, "It was actually for this matter. The Ming Dynasty wanted to station troops on Jianghua Island and was willing to bring food and fodder on their own. This is a great thing for me. How could there be no permission? The previous king was discussing this matter with the leaders of the government at that time. How could I not obey it? Tell the angels of the Ming Dynasty quickly that this is purely a misunderstanding. As long as I am appointed as king, I must make a covenant to give way."

In this era, the concept of land was still very weak. Many border areas were abandoned just because their output was not proportional to their input. Although later generations knew that there were treasures hidden in the barren mountains, people at that time did not know. Even if Zhu Cilang knew that he could not explore and excavate with the technical means of the Ming Dynasty, so the persuasive power was not strong.

As for strategic locations, this concept is generally lacking. Ganghua Island is just the fifth largest island for North Korea. No one thinks that there is anything wrong with the Ming Dynasty stationing troops at the gate of Hanyang, but it can add a sense of security.

The exchange of Jianghua Island with the title of kings was really the common will of the Ming Dynasty and the two countries.

However, the Ming Dynasty was no longer the original "loving father".

Stationing troops in Ganghwa Island is just the first step to control North Korea. The second step is to give the name of Shi Jian, the only remaining son of Prince Zhaoxian, "Hui", and enfeoffed Qingshanjun, and escort to Ganghwa Island for protection. Although Lee Seok got the title of King of Korea as he wished, Li Hui's existence made people feel like a thorn in his throat and a thorn in his back.

As long as the Ming Dynasty was willing, Li Hui could be given more legal justice at any time and make him the monarch of North Korea.

In June of the 22nd year of Chongzhen, Chen De officially opened the Korean General Office on Jianghua Island. Five hundred Ming troops took two ships to Jianghua Island to garrison. Li Xiu also got his wish and was granted the title of the Ming Dynasty recognized him as the King of Korea.

The civilian officials who had entered North Korea with Chen De did not move to Jianghua Island, but remained in Hanyang. More and more Ming students crossed the sea to Jianghua Island. Then they rushed to Hanyang and immediately scattered to the Eight Roads of Korea to preach Confucianism and contributed their own strength to the civilized rule of Korea.

Of course, it is in Chinese.

Two classes of nobles and middle-aged children who are proficient in Chinese can participate in the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty in Hanyang. Then they enter the selection of the Ministry of Personnel of the Ming Dynasty and go to the Ming Dynasty to become officials. Their official positions are generally around the eighth and ninth ranks, and their positions are in Shuntian Prefecture in the Shunshan District. If others have the fame of North Korea, they can still be qualified to become an official in the Ming Dynasty as long as they pass the Chinese oral examination.

After the introduction of this regulation, North Korean scholars rushed to the scene. More than 30 people passed the Chinese oral examination and obtained the qualification to go to the Ming Dynasty to become an official.

...

"The candidates of Shuntian Prefecture cannot be an official in Shuntian Prefecture. Is this too preferential to the Koreans?" Chongzhen read the newspaper while eating breakfast. He found that the recent problems mainly revolved around the appointment of Korean officials. An official from the Ministry of Personnel published anonymously in the "Beijing Express", revealing the unspoken rules of the Ministry of Personnel's "priority for selecting Korean officials", which caused a lot of controversy.

This also shows that the nation-state that Zhu Cilang has been advocating has indeed achieved some results.

"They are all small civil servants. Are the juren from Shuntian Mansion willing to do it?" Zhu Cixuan returned.

The current talent selection system in the Ming Dynasty has entered a dual-track system.

On the one hand, there is a traditional imperial examination, but it still uses the Four Books and Five Classics as the basis. Students serve as educational officials such as teaching, and juren can be assistant officials in prefectures and counties, and only when they become Jinshi can they be awarded the official hall of prefectures and counties. Before this, of course, three months of further study in the administrative academy are indispensable. Let them know what they should do after taking office.

On the other hand, students who graduated from the third-level colleges of elementary school, rural education, and university can be awarded official positions without taking the imperial examination. They are basically the same as students at the provincial level. College graduates are similar to those of Juren and Jinshi based on their school level and personal grades.

Generally speaking, a genius who is extremely talented and can pass the imperial examinations in the 20s can become an official earlier in the imperial examinations. However, those with average qualifications and gradually accomplished through time accumulation will be more guaranteed to enter the new learning system.

Therefore, there are also two tracks intersecting. That is, to study mathematics, physics and other natural subjects as juren and students, and apply for rural studies and universities. This way, the success rate is higher. Especially now, mathematics and physics systems are still very simple, and chemistry is in its infancy, so the difficulty of making up lessons is not higher than taking the exam.

Under such circumstances, the juren will certainly not be willing to be a little civil servant. Everyone hopes that their career starting point can be higher.

Zhu Cilang said again: "In fact, they just don't want to see their own dishes being touched, and they still have the idea of ​​being inside and outside the Chinese and foreign countries."

"This is also a normal human nature." Chongzhen did not worry too much about this issue. In fact, he prefers to see Koreans as officials, because this kind of foreigners as officials only happened in the Tang Dynasty, and it is a sign of the country's prosperity and nurturing the four barbarians. What's more, it's just a few officials who were not considered officials a few years ago, so what's there to worry about?

Zhu Ciyang was thinking that judging from the information collected so far, North Korea has already had a very high degree of sinicization. After the Ming Dynasty's conscious cultural output, even Mandarin will be available in another ten years. What's the difference between it and the Ming Dynasty at that time? People who exclude North Korea now are too narrow-minded.

Just as he was thinking, Chongzhen suddenly looked up and said, "Ciyang, you don't have the idea of ​​recapturing the four counties of Han."

During the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang's fellow villager, King Yan Lu Wan, rebelled. His general Wei Man led his troops into Korea, destroyed the 40th generation monarch of Jizi Korea, and established Wei Man Korea. The Wei Man Korea was destroyed for three generations. In the third year of Emperor Wu's Yuanfeng, he established four counties in the hometown of Wei's Korea, including Lelang, Xuantu, Zhenfan and Lintun, which included the entire territory of Zhu Cixuan's previous life, as well as the land in northern South Korea.

The four counties of Han lasted until the seventh year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty and were annexed by the rising Goguryeo Kingdom, ending China's direct rule over North Korea.

Zhu Cilang's fingers pounded for a moment and said honestly: "My son has never had this idea."

"Take it seriously?" Chongzhen put down the newspaper, looking disbelief.

"Take it seriously." Zhu Cixuan said seriously: "If your father doesn't believe it, you can check the minutes of the recent meeting of the Grand Governor's Office and various ministries on North Korea's work. Our strategic purpose has always been to annex the entire territory of the Korean Peninsula, and we have never considered the issue of restoring the four Han counties."

Chongzhen felt that he didn't know what expression he should have. Should he take his son's reply as a joke and just laugh it off, or... he really went to check it out? As the emperor, he was still qualified to understand what was really going on in this country.

"What is the need for a barren land like North Korea to support the people?" Chongzhen said casually.

Zhu Cixuan was silent. Should he find someone to write a book called Geopolitics? Every time he faced this low-level problem, which made him feel that it was a waste of time. So he had to say a long story short: "North Korea has 67 silver mines, which is just enough to supplement the household income."

Generally speaking, when it comes to the issue of silver, Chongzhen would consciously change the topic.

"Why haven't you seen Qiu Guan recently?" Chongzhen asked.

"I was having fun in the children's house, but I refused to come out." Zhu Cixuan said.

Chongzhen knew about the children's house. The whole room was covered with cotton mattresses from the ground to the wall, and all the toys were covered with thick cotton mattresses. No matter how Xiao Qiu Guan played inside, he would not hurt himself. Moreover, there were also children of the same age in the capital officials who were playing with him, so he was particularly happy.

In other words, it is actually a mixture of kindergartens and children's entertainment cities.

"I heard you made a slide for your child?" Chongzhen asked.

Not only slides, but also seesaws, balance beams, single and double bars...Entertainment and fitness are both good.

"Why didn't you play when you were a child?" Chongzhen looked at his son with interest. At that time, he saw so many toys with fantasy ideas, which could be described as shock. If his son was a person who likes to play, he only knew how to read and write books when he was a child. If his son didn't like to play, how did he come up with these things?

"My son likes quietness." Zhu Cilang said: "Qiu Guan likes to make noise, and he doesn't know who he looks like."

"The image of the next generation." Zhou Hou, who had been listening next to him, suddenly interrupted.

Chongzhen and Zhu Cilang didn't know how to respond. Speaking of which, Chongzhen was indeed a playful emperor. He often visited privately in private during his residence - to go out to play. His brother Emperor Tianqi even took off his play. It is estimated that people will not remember Chongzhen four or five hundred years later, but they can still remember Emperor Carpenter.

Zhou Hou had the confidence to be a wife, which forced Chongzhen to change the topic again.

"What boundaries are you planning to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty?" Chongzhen asked his son.

Zhu Cilang was a little worried about Chongzhen's geography. Fortunately, the glass globe was carried by Chongzhen, so he happened to be taken as a prop.

Zhu Cixuan slapped his hand on the globe and said, "This is the Ming Dynasty." He moved his hand up and opened it wide: "Mongolia, desert, wilderness further north, these will also come in together. It is also from the Ming Dynasty until the North Pole."

Chongzhen took a breath of air conditioning.

"From the east to the ocean, they are all the territory of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Cilang said: "From the south to the place where land can no longer be seen. In the west, I hope to break through the Silk Road and walk again along the Mongol route. There is no reason for me to do what a barbarian with a population of millions can do."

"You are a military man!" Chongzhen couldn't help but raise his voice: "As you do so randomly, how can the people get rest!"

"For the people to rest, war is the business of soldiers." Zhu Cixuan said: "The many problems of the Ming Dynasty are ultimately insufficient resources. Just like those scholars who are worried that the North Koreans will grab jobs, because there are so many official positions, they will lose themselves if others rob them. Similarly, farmers are afraid of not having enough land, merchants are afraid of not having enough guests, and soldiers are afraid of not having enough military merits... Because they are afraid, they want to rob them. They rob at home, and the country will be in chaos.

"So, I asked them to go out and grab. The soldiers snatched the land and made military achievements, and the farmers could follow them to occupy land and cultivate. Scholars could become officials, and merchants would sell merchant goods... In this way, the four people would be stable, and the Ming Dynasty would naturally be stable." Zhu Cilang looked at Chongzhen's almost dull face and smiled: "Father, it seems that he is a military force, but in fact it is a good medicine for governing the country."

"Although the country is big, it will perish if it is wary!" Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said, suddenly feeling that it might be a terrible thing to let his son be the emperor.

"Although the country is safe, forgetting the war will lead to danger." Zhu Cixuan calmly continued the next sentence. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!