Chapter 1853
Long-term vision
Chapter 1853 Long-term vision
Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun suddenly discovered that the domestic political situation in North Korea is actually not as simple as the outside world thinks. posture, but their true thoughts on the political situation may not have been expressed publicly.
Judging from Cui Mingji's familiarity with Haihan's plan, this person is definitely not the kind of ordinary politician who opposes for the sake of opposition, but has really spent a lot of time studying Haihan's plan, and combined with the situation of his country , and made detailed calculations on the possible effects and influences in the future.In terms of the degree of dedication to doing homework, I am afraid that it is already unmatched in North Korea's officialdom.
And this man doesn't seem to have any hatred for Hai Han, at least from the half-day conversation with him, Cui Mingji did not show any obvious hostility, and even felt that his question was deliberately paving the way for Hai Han's explanation, Let them explain the details of this cooperation plan step by step.
Cui Mingji did a lot of obvious preparations for this meeting, which greatly won the favor of Qian and Wang.Although there is no final confirmation of Cui Mingji's true intentions, he is at least a respectable negotiating partner.They all have a premonition that as long as Cui Mingji is settled, the subsequent negotiation process will be much easier.
"However, I don't think it will be so easy for Kim Sang-hyun to give him the dominant position in the negotiation." Qian Tiandun analyzed: "After all, for Cui Mingji, this should be regarded as a good opportunity for salty fish to turn around!"
Cui Mingji was defeated in the previous battle between war and peace, allowing Kim Sang-heon to control the right to speak in the domestic political arena. Although King Li Ji did not abandon him or demote him for some reason, he was eventually defeated by his political opponents. It was overwhelmed.If Cui Mingji chooses to fight against Haihan, let alone turning over, it may be very difficult to keep his current position, but if he has the leading right to cooperate with Haihan, even if it is only a part of the plan, it will be very important. The opportunity to return to the middle of the stage and continue to serve as the opinion leader in North Korea's official circles.
But Kim Sang-heon is not a simple role. He can stand in North Korea's officialdom for many years and has the ability to control the situation. As long as he is aware of Cui Mingji's intentions, he will definitely not let his opponent do things.
Did Kim Sang-heon see through Cui Mingji's tricks?the answer should be confirmed.During the talks that continued that afternoon, Kim Sang-heon no longer remained silent, but took the initiative to control the content and process of the talks, and no longer left time for Cui Mingji to perform alone.
Before and after the anti-Qing war in the past few months, Kim Sang-heon spent most of his time in the Haihan army, participating in the supervision of the war on behalf of North Korean officials, and during this period he also got along very well with the generals of Haihan. He wants to regain control of the negotiations The process will naturally be easier to implement.
Kim Sang-heon is not as thorough as Cui Mingji in the details of the cooperation plan, nor is he an economic expert, but his advantage lies in the early cooperation with the Haihan people, and his personal prestige has risen to a new level after the war. His opinion cannot be underestimated.And his opponent Cui Mingji obviously couldn't compare with him in terms of conditions.
The topic that Kim Sang-heon wants to discuss is different from that of Cui Mingji. The focus is not on technical details, but mainly on the project content and general direction of future cooperation between the two parties.
For North Korea's future development direction, Kim Sang-heon's thinking is actually very close to that of King Li Ji. He still hopes that his country can establish a powerful armed force that can protect itself, and don't have to ask the suzerain country for assistance every time it encounters foreign enemies.Especially a protective umbrella like Haihan, although it can indeed protect North Korea from being invaded by other countries, but the cost is really quite high. It will drain the treasury in one go. In the long run, it still needs to improve its own defense system.
Kim Sang-heon stayed at the Daedongjiang base for a long time, and he could basically confirm that Haihan really wanted to help North Korea build a new type of army with more combat effectiveness, but how much this help would depend on the intentions of both parties.Haihan’s current price is to implement industrial cooperation projects first, and then carry out in-depth cooperation in the military field. It’s okay if North Korea doesn’t agree, but future military cooperation may only stay at the current simple unilateral purchase and purchase by North Korea. If you want to imitate the military system and combat methods of the Haihan Army, it will be difficult to get enough technical support.
However, opening up the management rights of key industries to Haihan is not only worrying for Li Ji, but also for Kim Sang-heon. If Haihan gradually controls these industries in the future, it is equivalent to controlling the lifeline of North Korea. Changing the name and surname of these three thousand miles of mountains and rivers, North Korea may not even have the strength to struggle.However, the development prospects promised by Haehan are too tempting, especially after listening to the question and answer between Cui Mingji and General Haehan today, Kim Sang-heon made it clear-North Korea wants to become stronger quickly, obey The arrangement of the Haihan people is estimated to be the only solution.
Kim Sang-heon began to let go during the negotiations, and Qian and Wang naturally noticed it.This is naturally a good thing for Haihan, even if there will be a long detailed negotiation afterwards, as long as the intention can be confirmed one day earlier, their subordinates will complete the follow-up negotiation work, and there is no need to sit here and waste saliva up.They are all generals who lead troops to fight, and sitting down to negotiate conditions is actually not their chief. If they can complete the task quickly, it will be a relief for them.
But the idea of quickly resolving the battle is not so easy to achieve. The cooperation projects discussed by the two countries this time are not trivial actions. Each of them involves a considerable amount of investment, and North Korea is opening up these projects. They are more cautious in terms of scale, and still hope that Haihan will implement more in accordance with North Korean standards in terms of operations. After all, according to what they know, the industries operated by Haihan often have high production capacity, and over time it will be lower. What to do if the officially operated salt farms, mines, and shipyards are all squeezed out.
Even if it is as strong as Daming, the sea salt business in the coastal areas has already been taken up by Haihan. Government-run salt farms in many places have closed down because they cannot compete with the private salt produced by Haihan. Some salt farms in the south even cease to exist Organized the production by itself, and directly sold the private salt provided by Haihan.There are not a few officials who have made a lot of money in the past few years among the officials of the salt department in Fuzhou and Guangzhou.
However, North Korea is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and almost all the salt supply in the territory comes from the seaside salt farms, and a considerable part of the state treasury’s income depends on the state-owned salt industry. After Haihan enters this industry, it will almost become inevitable to occupy a limited market share. However, it may be difficult to make up for the loss of the North Korean treasury by paying taxes.
However, the statement given by Haihan's side is completely different from what the North Koreans are worried about. The salt farm opened by Haihan in North Korea will not sell salt to the country at a price lower than that of the official salt farm, and its main sales target Nor is it North Korea, but the Qing Dynasty in the north.
"Your country has a long border with the Qing Dynasty. If you dump a large amount of low-priced private salt to the Qing Dynasty through your country, what will happen?" Qian Tiandun reminded: "You are worried that it will happen in your own country. The situation, the place where it will really appear at that time is actually the Qing Dynasty."
Jin Shangxian gasped when he heard this. He really didn't expect that Haihan would have such a means to attack the Qing Dynasty. Although this certainly could not reach the level of causing the Qing Dynasty's economy to collapse, he imported cheap private salt to the Qing Dynasty by dumping. It will definitely have a certain impact on the stability of its rule.
However, Jin Shangxian still has some doubts about the feasibility of this statement: "If the Qing Dynasty strictly investigates the illegal salt, wouldn't it be impossible to sell it?"
Qian Tiandun replied: "So when the time comes to find the next family, look for the powerful and powerful, so as not to be investigated. As for how to sell private salt as official salt, I probably don't need to teach it anymore!"
As long as they can find a strong partner in the Qing Dynasty and guarantee their profit margins, someone will naturally take over the business.Over time, it will not only destroy the salt industry of the Qing Dynasty, but also have the opportunity to use the channels opened up to do more things.Whether it is collecting intelligence or buying officials to create social conflicts and conflicts of interest in the country, there will be more room for manipulation at that time.
For North Korea, apart from war, this is probably a good way to retaliate against its evil neighbors in the north.The several North Koreans present are all high-level people, and naturally they can quickly understand the effect that such means can play.
As for smelting and shipbuilding, it was just the opposite. Even the slag could not be touched by the Qing Dynasty, and the improvement of the strength of these two industries seemed to be more beneficial than harmful to North Korea, so even Kim Sang-heon did not raise any doubts.
When it was time for dinner, Li Zhen naturally asked to keep guests, and invited Qian and Wang to stay in Gyeongbokgung Palace for dinner.The two of them didn't refuse, they both wanted to strike a deal while the iron was hot to finalize the matter.
Li Jing then called out the three sons who were listening in another room next door, and asked them to join the dinner.Because they had already greeted Hai Han's party beforehand about arranging the audition, so Qian and Wang were not surprised by this.
Li Ji's eldest son, the prince's son Li Wei, had already met at the reception banquet before this, while the second son Fenglin Maharaja Li Hao and the youngest son Linping Maharaja Li Jun met for the first time.
During the meeting, both Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom noticed some details, that is, Kim Sang-heon is obviously more inclined to the son, while Cui Mingji is more intimate with the [-]-year-old Fenglin Dajun, which also made them realize that Kim Sang-heon and Cui Mingji are more intimate. Mingji's dispute is probably not limited to the current cooperation plan, and people are probably considering the court situation in a few years' time.
But regarding these sons of Li Ying, they didn't do much homework beforehand, and it was definitely inconvenient to show who they were inclined to at the moment, so they had to wait until they returned to the station before sending a telegram back to the south to inquire about the matter.This choice may not have any effect at the moment, but if you can make good friends with the next king of North Korea earlier, it will be easier to deal with the relationship between the two countries in the future.
After dinner at Gyeongbokgung Palace, the two returned to the station by car, then ordered someone to set up an antenna in the courtyard, turned on the radio and sent out a telegram. information about his son, and advice on choosing who to support.
After the telegram was forwarded twice via Zhoushan and Penghu, it was finally sent to Ningqi's desk.After reading it, Ning Qi didn't dare to neglect, and retrieved relevant information from the large database overnight to inquire, but the results were not satisfactory.Ning Qi had no choice but to combine the current situation, write an analysis material by himself, and reply to his colleagues in North Korea by telegram.
It was already noon the next day when Qian and Wang saw the call back, and the content surprised them a little.Ning Qi did not give a clear suggestion in the telegram, because the situation recorded in history is quite different from the current actual situation.
According to historical records, Li Wei, who was born in 1612, was made the crown prince when he was 13 years old. However, after Bingzi rebelled, he was taken to Shenyang with his wife Jiang and two younger brothers as hostages. Go south and enter the pass with the Qing army.It was not until the Qing army captured Beijing in 1645 that the regent Dorgon released Li Min back home.
However, this old man did not take over the king smoothly after returning to the country. He died of illness suddenly after only two months, and his posthumous title was obvious.As for the real cause of his death, there are different opinions in history, but judging from the situation of his wife being given to death and his three sons being exiled, it is very likely that the son of Zhaoxian was executed by order of Li Zhen.As for the reason, some historians believe that Prince Sohyun gradually changed his mentality during his eight-year hostage career, and gradually tended to support the Qing Dynasty under the win over of the Qing court.Especially after personally participating in the enthronement ceremony held by Emperor Shunzhi at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, he felt that it was necessary to reposition the relationship between North Korea and the Qing Dynasty, which was unacceptable to the North Korean ruling class whose space-time center was toward Ming.
After Li Yu's death, Li Hao, the second child, was soon released and returned to North Korea. In the same year, he was named the son of Joseon by the Qing court. Four years later, Li Hao passed away, and Li Hao succeeded him as the No.17 monarch of Lee Dynasty. , known as Xiaozong in history.
But in this time and space, the so-called Bingzi rebellion was delayed for more than half a year, and the Qing army did not win the war as recorded in history, but was defeated by the coalition forces led by Haihan when they reached the Datong River. Withdrew without touching it.North Korea, as the victor, naturally would not have such a situation where the eldest son was taken hostage again, let alone go to Shenyang to eat and live with the Qing people for several years.
In this time and space, Li Wei, Li Hao, and even the youngest Li Jun who was briefly mentioned in the historical materials all have the possibility of becoming successors.Of course, among them, Li Luo has the greatest chance. After all, he is the eldest son who has been canonized a long time ago, and his two younger brothers are just alternate players.
(End of this chapter)
Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun suddenly discovered that the domestic political situation in North Korea is actually not as simple as the outside world thinks. posture, but their true thoughts on the political situation may not have been expressed publicly.
Judging from Cui Mingji's familiarity with Haihan's plan, this person is definitely not the kind of ordinary politician who opposes for the sake of opposition, but has really spent a lot of time studying Haihan's plan, and combined with the situation of his country , and made detailed calculations on the possible effects and influences in the future.In terms of the degree of dedication to doing homework, I am afraid that it is already unmatched in North Korea's officialdom.
And this man doesn't seem to have any hatred for Hai Han, at least from the half-day conversation with him, Cui Mingji did not show any obvious hostility, and even felt that his question was deliberately paving the way for Hai Han's explanation, Let them explain the details of this cooperation plan step by step.
Cui Mingji did a lot of obvious preparations for this meeting, which greatly won the favor of Qian and Wang.Although there is no final confirmation of Cui Mingji's true intentions, he is at least a respectable negotiating partner.They all have a premonition that as long as Cui Mingji is settled, the subsequent negotiation process will be much easier.
"However, I don't think it will be so easy for Kim Sang-hyun to give him the dominant position in the negotiation." Qian Tiandun analyzed: "After all, for Cui Mingji, this should be regarded as a good opportunity for salty fish to turn around!"
Cui Mingji was defeated in the previous battle between war and peace, allowing Kim Sang-heon to control the right to speak in the domestic political arena. Although King Li Ji did not abandon him or demote him for some reason, he was eventually defeated by his political opponents. It was overwhelmed.If Cui Mingji chooses to fight against Haihan, let alone turning over, it may be very difficult to keep his current position, but if he has the leading right to cooperate with Haihan, even if it is only a part of the plan, it will be very important. The opportunity to return to the middle of the stage and continue to serve as the opinion leader in North Korea's official circles.
But Kim Sang-heon is not a simple role. He can stand in North Korea's officialdom for many years and has the ability to control the situation. As long as he is aware of Cui Mingji's intentions, he will definitely not let his opponent do things.
Did Kim Sang-heon see through Cui Mingji's tricks?the answer should be confirmed.During the talks that continued that afternoon, Kim Sang-heon no longer remained silent, but took the initiative to control the content and process of the talks, and no longer left time for Cui Mingji to perform alone.
Before and after the anti-Qing war in the past few months, Kim Sang-heon spent most of his time in the Haihan army, participating in the supervision of the war on behalf of North Korean officials, and during this period he also got along very well with the generals of Haihan. He wants to regain control of the negotiations The process will naturally be easier to implement.
Kim Sang-heon is not as thorough as Cui Mingji in the details of the cooperation plan, nor is he an economic expert, but his advantage lies in the early cooperation with the Haihan people, and his personal prestige has risen to a new level after the war. His opinion cannot be underestimated.And his opponent Cui Mingji obviously couldn't compare with him in terms of conditions.
The topic that Kim Sang-heon wants to discuss is different from that of Cui Mingji. The focus is not on technical details, but mainly on the project content and general direction of future cooperation between the two parties.
For North Korea's future development direction, Kim Sang-heon's thinking is actually very close to that of King Li Ji. He still hopes that his country can establish a powerful armed force that can protect itself, and don't have to ask the suzerain country for assistance every time it encounters foreign enemies.Especially a protective umbrella like Haihan, although it can indeed protect North Korea from being invaded by other countries, but the cost is really quite high. It will drain the treasury in one go. In the long run, it still needs to improve its own defense system.
Kim Sang-heon stayed at the Daedongjiang base for a long time, and he could basically confirm that Haihan really wanted to help North Korea build a new type of army with more combat effectiveness, but how much this help would depend on the intentions of both parties.Haihan’s current price is to implement industrial cooperation projects first, and then carry out in-depth cooperation in the military field. It’s okay if North Korea doesn’t agree, but future military cooperation may only stay at the current simple unilateral purchase and purchase by North Korea. If you want to imitate the military system and combat methods of the Haihan Army, it will be difficult to get enough technical support.
However, opening up the management rights of key industries to Haihan is not only worrying for Li Ji, but also for Kim Sang-heon. If Haihan gradually controls these industries in the future, it is equivalent to controlling the lifeline of North Korea. Changing the name and surname of these three thousand miles of mountains and rivers, North Korea may not even have the strength to struggle.However, the development prospects promised by Haehan are too tempting, especially after listening to the question and answer between Cui Mingji and General Haehan today, Kim Sang-heon made it clear-North Korea wants to become stronger quickly, obey The arrangement of the Haihan people is estimated to be the only solution.
Kim Sang-heon began to let go during the negotiations, and Qian and Wang naturally noticed it.This is naturally a good thing for Haihan, even if there will be a long detailed negotiation afterwards, as long as the intention can be confirmed one day earlier, their subordinates will complete the follow-up negotiation work, and there is no need to sit here and waste saliva up.They are all generals who lead troops to fight, and sitting down to negotiate conditions is actually not their chief. If they can complete the task quickly, it will be a relief for them.
But the idea of quickly resolving the battle is not so easy to achieve. The cooperation projects discussed by the two countries this time are not trivial actions. Each of them involves a considerable amount of investment, and North Korea is opening up these projects. They are more cautious in terms of scale, and still hope that Haihan will implement more in accordance with North Korean standards in terms of operations. After all, according to what they know, the industries operated by Haihan often have high production capacity, and over time it will be lower. What to do if the officially operated salt farms, mines, and shipyards are all squeezed out.
Even if it is as strong as Daming, the sea salt business in the coastal areas has already been taken up by Haihan. Government-run salt farms in many places have closed down because they cannot compete with the private salt produced by Haihan. Some salt farms in the south even cease to exist Organized the production by itself, and directly sold the private salt provided by Haihan.There are not a few officials who have made a lot of money in the past few years among the officials of the salt department in Fuzhou and Guangzhou.
However, North Korea is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and almost all the salt supply in the territory comes from the seaside salt farms, and a considerable part of the state treasury’s income depends on the state-owned salt industry. After Haihan enters this industry, it will almost become inevitable to occupy a limited market share. However, it may be difficult to make up for the loss of the North Korean treasury by paying taxes.
However, the statement given by Haihan's side is completely different from what the North Koreans are worried about. The salt farm opened by Haihan in North Korea will not sell salt to the country at a price lower than that of the official salt farm, and its main sales target Nor is it North Korea, but the Qing Dynasty in the north.
"Your country has a long border with the Qing Dynasty. If you dump a large amount of low-priced private salt to the Qing Dynasty through your country, what will happen?" Qian Tiandun reminded: "You are worried that it will happen in your own country. The situation, the place where it will really appear at that time is actually the Qing Dynasty."
Jin Shangxian gasped when he heard this. He really didn't expect that Haihan would have such a means to attack the Qing Dynasty. Although this certainly could not reach the level of causing the Qing Dynasty's economy to collapse, he imported cheap private salt to the Qing Dynasty by dumping. It will definitely have a certain impact on the stability of its rule.
However, Jin Shangxian still has some doubts about the feasibility of this statement: "If the Qing Dynasty strictly investigates the illegal salt, wouldn't it be impossible to sell it?"
Qian Tiandun replied: "So when the time comes to find the next family, look for the powerful and powerful, so as not to be investigated. As for how to sell private salt as official salt, I probably don't need to teach it anymore!"
As long as they can find a strong partner in the Qing Dynasty and guarantee their profit margins, someone will naturally take over the business.Over time, it will not only destroy the salt industry of the Qing Dynasty, but also have the opportunity to use the channels opened up to do more things.Whether it is collecting intelligence or buying officials to create social conflicts and conflicts of interest in the country, there will be more room for manipulation at that time.
For North Korea, apart from war, this is probably a good way to retaliate against its evil neighbors in the north.The several North Koreans present are all high-level people, and naturally they can quickly understand the effect that such means can play.
As for smelting and shipbuilding, it was just the opposite. Even the slag could not be touched by the Qing Dynasty, and the improvement of the strength of these two industries seemed to be more beneficial than harmful to North Korea, so even Kim Sang-heon did not raise any doubts.
When it was time for dinner, Li Zhen naturally asked to keep guests, and invited Qian and Wang to stay in Gyeongbokgung Palace for dinner.The two of them didn't refuse, they both wanted to strike a deal while the iron was hot to finalize the matter.
Li Jing then called out the three sons who were listening in another room next door, and asked them to join the dinner.Because they had already greeted Hai Han's party beforehand about arranging the audition, so Qian and Wang were not surprised by this.
Li Ji's eldest son, the prince's son Li Wei, had already met at the reception banquet before this, while the second son Fenglin Maharaja Li Hao and the youngest son Linping Maharaja Li Jun met for the first time.
During the meeting, both Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom noticed some details, that is, Kim Sang-heon is obviously more inclined to the son, while Cui Mingji is more intimate with the [-]-year-old Fenglin Dajun, which also made them realize that Kim Sang-heon and Cui Mingji are more intimate. Mingji's dispute is probably not limited to the current cooperation plan, and people are probably considering the court situation in a few years' time.
But regarding these sons of Li Ying, they didn't do much homework beforehand, and it was definitely inconvenient to show who they were inclined to at the moment, so they had to wait until they returned to the station before sending a telegram back to the south to inquire about the matter.This choice may not have any effect at the moment, but if you can make good friends with the next king of North Korea earlier, it will be easier to deal with the relationship between the two countries in the future.
After dinner at Gyeongbokgung Palace, the two returned to the station by car, then ordered someone to set up an antenna in the courtyard, turned on the radio and sent out a telegram. information about his son, and advice on choosing who to support.
After the telegram was forwarded twice via Zhoushan and Penghu, it was finally sent to Ningqi's desk.After reading it, Ning Qi didn't dare to neglect, and retrieved relevant information from the large database overnight to inquire, but the results were not satisfactory.Ning Qi had no choice but to combine the current situation, write an analysis material by himself, and reply to his colleagues in North Korea by telegram.
It was already noon the next day when Qian and Wang saw the call back, and the content surprised them a little.Ning Qi did not give a clear suggestion in the telegram, because the situation recorded in history is quite different from the current actual situation.
According to historical records, Li Wei, who was born in 1612, was made the crown prince when he was 13 years old. However, after Bingzi rebelled, he was taken to Shenyang with his wife Jiang and two younger brothers as hostages. Go south and enter the pass with the Qing army.It was not until the Qing army captured Beijing in 1645 that the regent Dorgon released Li Min back home.
However, this old man did not take over the king smoothly after returning to the country. He died of illness suddenly after only two months, and his posthumous title was obvious.As for the real cause of his death, there are different opinions in history, but judging from the situation of his wife being given to death and his three sons being exiled, it is very likely that the son of Zhaoxian was executed by order of Li Zhen.As for the reason, some historians believe that Prince Sohyun gradually changed his mentality during his eight-year hostage career, and gradually tended to support the Qing Dynasty under the win over of the Qing court.Especially after personally participating in the enthronement ceremony held by Emperor Shunzhi at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, he felt that it was necessary to reposition the relationship between North Korea and the Qing Dynasty, which was unacceptable to the North Korean ruling class whose space-time center was toward Ming.
After Li Yu's death, Li Hao, the second child, was soon released and returned to North Korea. In the same year, he was named the son of Joseon by the Qing court. Four years later, Li Hao passed away, and Li Hao succeeded him as the No.17 monarch of Lee Dynasty. , known as Xiaozong in history.
But in this time and space, the so-called Bingzi rebellion was delayed for more than half a year, and the Qing army did not win the war as recorded in history, but was defeated by the coalition forces led by Haihan when they reached the Datong River. Withdrew without touching it.North Korea, as the victor, naturally would not have such a situation where the eldest son was taken hostage again, let alone go to Shenyang to eat and live with the Qing people for several years.
In this time and space, Li Wei, Li Hao, and even the youngest Li Jun who was briefly mentioned in the historical materials all have the possibility of becoming successors.Of course, among them, Li Luo has the greatest chance. After all, he is the eldest son who has been canonized a long time ago, and his two younger brothers are just alternate players.
(End of this chapter)