Chapter 2555 The Nine Counties of Hanzhou, the Jin Kingdom was established


    Chapter 2552: Nine counties in Hanzhou, the Jin Kingdom was established


    Before Wang Mang became king, he sent ritual invitations to Qin, Wei, Wu, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing countries, etc., but no country except the Qing countries had ever been there.


    The reason is that Wang Mang''s reputation in the Central Plains was too poor. The Central Plains countries did not want to have any connection with him, so they naturally would not send envoys there, and Yuan Meng also looked down on the small land of the Three Hans.


    As for Dorgon and Aguda, they felt extremely regretful after learning that Wang Mang unified the Three Hans, but it was too late.


    No matter how reluctant they are, they can only recognize Wang Mang''s status and try their best to win over Wang Mang to prevent Wang Mang from falling to the other side;


    Although the North Korean Kingdom established by Wang Mang was not recognized by the Qin and other countries, it was also recognized by the Qing Dynasty, which was barely established.


    After establishing diplomatic relations with the Qing Dynasty, Wang Mang began to carry out drastic reforms in the Three Koreans, almost copying the original land reform of the Qin Dynasty.


    In addition, Wang Mang also divided the Three Korean Peninsula into nine counties based on the map of Korea and South Korea in later generations, namely: Seoul, Ping''an, Hamgyong, Huanghai, Gangwon, Chung-chung, Gyeongsang, Jeolla, and Jeju;


    Hanzhou was divided into nine counties and seventy-six counties by Wang Mang. Shortly after the division of counties, Hanzhou''s population statistics were also completed, and the results were obviously beyond Wang Mang''s expectations.


    There are only 380,000 households and 1.97 million households in Hanzhou, with a total population of less than two million;


    You should know that before the war, under Wang Mang''s rule alone, there was a population of 1.2 million. As a result, after the destruction of the three overlords of the Korean Republic, Goguryeo, it only increased by 800,000.


    Wang Mang was investigated before the war. Goguryeo during the peak period of Li Yuanhao had a population of more than 2 million. Even after experiencing many wars with the Qing Dynasty, and was defeated many times, it still had a population of 1.6 million.


    As a result, after Wang Mang destroyed Goguryeo, he only had more than 800,000 people left, which is obviously unreasonable.


    As for the reason, it is very simple. The battle to destroy Goguryeo was too tragic.


    Wang Mang did not expect that Li Chenggui''s resistance was so fierce. He originally wanted to end within half a year, but after nearly two years of fighting, countless people died in the war, and the large areas of the northern part of the Three South Koreans were also reduced to scorched earth.


    This battle caused the total population of the Sanhan Peninsula to drop from three million to two million.


    Nearly one-third of the people died in war, and nearly half of them were still strong.


    This battle alone consumed the vitality of the Three Koreans, and it was unknown how long it would take to recover completely.


    Wang Mang was definitely not satisfied with this, but for him it was the best ending, and he could only hope to use iron-fisted means to recover as soon as possible after the war.


    In the process of unifying the Three Koreans, Wang Mang also conquered many talents, such as: Goguryeo''s first powerful general, Yoon Gaisuwen.


    This powerful general who cannot even beat Xue Kui must join forces with Xue Gang and Xue Kui to defeat him. He has caused quite a lot of trouble to Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang many times.


    But after Li Chenggui committed suicide, Yuan Gai Suwen was also very aware of the current affairs and chose to take the initiative to surrender to Wang Mang.


    In addition to the position of Yuan Gai Suwen, Wang Mang also conquered: Fu Cailin, Yizhi Wende, Jiang Hanzan, and Heichi Changzhi.


    ‘Master Yijian’ Fu Cailin, the number one master of Goguryeo and the great master of swordsmanship, was sent by Li Chengyu to assassinate Wang Mang three times, and the second time it almost killed Wang Mang.


    In order to get rid of Fu Cailin, Wang Mang mobilized 10,000 elite troops and set up a net of heaven and earth, and even used himself as bait, which lured him into a trap.


    In the end, Fu Cailin was captured alive by Xue Kui because of his exhaustion, and Wang Mang did not kill him, but instead wanted to take it to his own use.


    In order to persuade Fu Cailin to surrender, Wang Mang even had his mouth broken, but his repeated persuasion failed. After Goguryeo''s destruction, Fu Cailin chose to surrender.


    Erzhi Wende and Jiang Hanzan, together with Lee Sun-sen, are known as the three major heroes of saving the country on the Korean Peninsula.


    Yizhi Wende was a figure from the Sui and Tang dynasties. He served as the prime minister of Goguryeo and played a key role in defeating the millions of troops of the Sui Empire. He was a ruthless character with both civil and military affairs and wisdom.


    Jiang Hanzan was a figure in the Northern Song Dynasty. When the Liao Kingdom invaded, he led his army to fight and won the "Guizhou Victory" and defeated the Liao army.


    Heichi Changzhi was a figure in the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Gaozong of Tang surrendered to the Tang Dynasty after he destroyed Baekje. He has been fighting with the Tubo army since then, and was granted the title of Duke of Yan for his merits while alive.


    The three men, Yizhi Wende, Jiang Hanzan and Heichi Changzhi, were also the biggest obstacles for Wang Mang to destroy Goguryeo.


    At the beginning of the war, Li Chengyu ordered Yizhi Wende and Jiang Hanzan to fight against Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang respectively. The two sides fought for three months and had a victory or defeat.


    Seeing that Yizhi Wende had never been able to defend himself and it was difficult to defeat him in a head-on duel, Chen Qingzhi sent people to spread rumors on the Han people that the two generals had no achievements on the front line and had been passively beaten. If this continues, they will sooner or later be defeated.


    After learning about it, Li Chengyu didn''t know it was a plan, but after verification, he found that it was indeed the case, so he felt a little panicked.


    At this time, the ministers in the court who were bribed by Wang Mang suggested that the king should lead the army to increase the morale of the frontline soldiers.


    Li Chengyu also thought it made sense, so he led his personal army to the front line to boost morale. As a result, the morale of the front line army increased. However, Li Chengyu was eager to win, and always disrupted the arrangement before the war and commanded Yizhi Wende and Jiang Hanzan remotely.


    Originally, when facing the two famous generals Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang, Yizhi Wende and Jiang Hanzan were under great pressure, and Li Chengyu was still in charge of the blind command.


    How can an outsider be invincible when commanding an insider?


    In the end, Li Chengyu paid the price for his ignorance and died directly on the front line. Jiang Hanzan was also captured due to defeat, but he also bought time to allow Yi Zhi Wende to escape back to Seoul successfully.


    After Yizhi Wende fled back to Seoul, he and the left-behind Heichi Changzhi supported Li Chengyu''s younger brother Li Chenggui as the new king.


    After Li Chenggui succeeded to the throne, he appointed Yizhi Wende as the general and was responsible for presiding over all defenses in Seoul.


    Heichi Changzhi was also appointed as the general of Zhenbei, responsible for guarding the northern area.


    After Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang met in Seoul, the two teamed up to fight against Yizhi Wende. They attacked Seoul for three months but were unable to break the city. They had to divide their troops to capture Zhucheng in the north first.


    Although Chen Qingzhi only took away eight thousand partial troops, he concentrated many powerful generals in the army, so he had the confidence to fight against Hei Yai Changzhi with his troops above him.


    Although Heichi Changzhi had many troops, there were not many strong generals. He was alone against many famous generals such as Chen Qingzhi, Xue Kui, Qian Zhao, Xu Miao, etc., but he still persisted tenaciously for six months, and was eventually captured by Xue Kui.


    After Goguryeo''s demise, Yuan Gai Su Wen knew him with emotion and reason, and finally convinced him to surrender Jiang Hanzan, who also said that he surrendered Yizhi Wende and Heichi Changzhi.


    The surrender of these three generals made the captured generals such as Jiang Minzhan, Zhao Yuanyi, and Jin Zongxuan all chose to surrender one after another.


    After Wang Mang became king, he began to make a lot of heroes.


    Wang Mang appointed Huo Guang as Prime Minister.


    Chen Qingzhi was the general. Xue Gang is the General of the Cavalry.


    Wu Yong and Xu Meizu were military advisors.


    Generals such as Xue Kui, Qian Zhao, and Xu Miao were all generals and also served as the prefect of a county.


    Zhang Tang and Wei Xiang were led by the government affairs of several counties by the outside general;


    The four surrendered generals with outstanding abilities and great influence, including Yuan Gaisuwen, Yizhi Wende, Jiang Hanzan, and Heichi Changzhi, were all named generals.


    Yang Wanchun, Jiang Minzhan, Zhao Yuanyi, Jin Zongxuan and other surrendered generals with slightly less ability and less influence were named as lieutenants.


    Wang Mang''s reward was very satisfied with both the heroes and the surrendered ministers. Everyone inside and outside the Korean court surrendered, and it was only a matter of time before the people surrendered completely.


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    "My emperor''s appearance is like this..."


    Dorgon began to tell Huang Taiji in public the origin of the North Korean country.


    After listening to it, Huang Taiji felt extremely complicated.


    In the era when his father was still alive, the Sanhan Peninsula was almost the back garden of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing army fought whenever they wanted, and left whenever they wanted.


    Whether it was Li Yuanhao or Li Chengyu, when facing the Qing army, they were passively defending, swallowing their anger, and were unable to counterattack.


    Therefore, in the hearts of most Manchus, including Huang Taiji, they have long regarded the Three Koreans as forbidden bodies, and sooner or later they will be the Hanzhou of the Qing Dynasty.


    As a result, Wang Mang, who was driven away from the Central Plains by Ying Hao and fled into the Three Koreans, first took advantage of the Qing Dynasty''s plan to covet Youzhou and destroyed many small countries in the Southern South of the Three Koreans, and finally occupied the Southern South of the Three Koreans.


    Taking advantage of his capture and the Qing Dynasty was caught in internal strife and had no time to take care of it, it took only a few years to completely unify the divided three South Koreans and establish the North Korean country.


    It can be said that the reason why Wang Mang was able to unify the Three Koreans was all based on the fact that the Qing Dynasty did not intervene.


    If the Qing Dynasty pays a little attention, Wang Mang will never unify the three Han Dynasties.


    Unfortunately, whether it was Nurhaci, Dorgon, Aguda, or even Huang Taiji, he had never taken Wang Mang into consideration before.


    Now that the three South Koreans have been unified, the North Korean Kingdom has been established, it is too late for Huang Taiji and others to pay attention to Wang Mang.


    The unified Three Koreans are no longer the same as before. Even if the war of unification consumed too much energy, it is not an existence that the split Qing Dynasty could control at will.


    Besides, for the current Qing Dynasty, the most important thing is not to covet other places, but to unify. Only by completely unifying the internal situation can the Qing Dynasty have the energy to expand its territory.


    Therefore, before this, the Qing Dynasty not only could not hate North Korea, but also tried its best to please and win over it to prevent North Korea from standing on Aguda''s side.


    This also means that for a long time to come, North Korea will be an independent kingdom and will not belong to the Qing Dynasty.


    This naturally made Huang Taiji, who had always looked down on Sanhan, feel complicated.


    "Lu Yu, the envoy of the Great Qin Dynasty, has met His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. I hope that the borders between Qin and Qing countries will be stable and a good alliance will be formed forever."


    As soon as the envoy of the Great Qin Dynasty appeared, many Qing ministers showed resentment.


    When the Qing Dynasty was at its peak, the Qin Dynasty defeated the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop. Taizu Nurhaci and many generals died in battle. Later, they fell into internal struggles and have not recovered yet.


    The Qing Dynasty would be weak to the present level, and the Qin Dynasty was the culprit. The hatred between Qin and Qing dynasties was as deep as the sea.


    If it weren''t for the need to trade with the Great Qin and obtain food, grass and weapons, the Wanyan family headed by Aguda, the ministers of the Qing Dynasty would definitely not agree to form an alliance with the Great Qin.


    When the North Korean envoy Xu Meizu saw that the Qin envoy who came to congratulate was Lu Yu, his face also showed a complicated look.


    Xu Meizu and Lu Yu were both officials of the Northern Han Dynasty. However, after the demise of the Northern Han Dynasty, Lu Yu followed the flow and surrendered to Qin, while Xu Meizu and Huo Guang and others surrendered to Wang Mang.


    After Lu Yu discovered Xu Meizu, he was stunned at first, then a hint of melancholy appeared on his face, and then he stood up. It looks like I don''t know you.


    After the fall of the Northern Han Dynasty, Zhao Chongguo was imprisoned for life after committing surrender. After Wei resigned from office, he defected to Wang Mang.


    Now, the demoted officials from the former Northern Han Dynasty of Youzhou are far away from Huo Guang and other former friends, for fear that the other party will arouse suspicion from the court.


    Except for the Qin Dynasty who sent envoys to the Qing Dynasty to congratulate, no envoys were sent in the Central Plains.


    Huang Taiji glanced at the representatives of the Qing Dynasty below, as if looking for someone. After a while, he asked, "Didn''t the envoy of the Wanyan family come?"


    As soon as he finished speaking, a guard hurriedly ran into the hall, knelt down and reported with an anxious look on his face: "Report to Your Majesty, Wanyan Agu beat him, he..."


    "What''s wrong with Agu hitting him?" Huang Taiji asked with a frown.


    "Wanyan Aguda treason and became emperor, and his life is today. The country is named Jin, and Jinzhou and Jincheng are the capital."


    "What?"


    "This traitor."


    "I can''t raise a wolf cub."


    When the Qing ministers heard this, they were instantly in anger and scolded Agu and beat him up.


    Huang Taiji, Dorgon, Yinzhen, Xuanye, Hongli and others were all shocked. They never expected that Aguda''s reaction would be so fierce that he would directly treason and become emperor.


    (This chapter ends)