Chapter 2652
Li Zhi did not study abroad in Haihan for too long, but he received an orthodox Haihan education and had many in-depth exchanges with senior figures in Haihan, so he had some understanding of Haihan's style of conduct and political methods. Understand, otherwise he would not have been chosen as the heir to the throne by Haihan.
If Zhu Zian's identity is true, then Haihan's arrangement is very meaningful. A descendant of the Ming Dynasty royal family switched camps to serve Haihan. The political flavor here is so strong that it is difficult not to think about the inside story.
Regarding Zhu Zian's defection to Haihan, Li Zhi did not believe that this was a situation brought about by chance. The Haihan people were very purposeful in doing things, and they would never transfer Zhu Zian to the mission just on a whim. He believed that Zhu Zian would win the first prize in the provincial examination in the Donghai Region. The nature of it was the same as that of Haihan who arranged for him to study abroad in Sanya. It was just to pave the way for in-depth cooperation in the future.
Li Zhi couldn't guess what kind of path Haihan would arrange for Zhu Zian, but since he had been appointed as the rural examiner of the Donghai Region, Zhu Zian's official career in Haihan would not stop at being a mission official. level positions.
As for why Zhu Zian was asked to participate in the mission to North Korea, Li Zhi saw it relatively clearly. Haihan's purpose should be to make the pro-Ming faction in North Korea recognize the situation and completely give up their illusions about the remnants of the Ming Dynasty.
In the past two hundred years, every king of Korea had to accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty before officially ascending the throne. The country of Korea has always existed as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and its admiration and obedience to the Ming Dynasty has long been engraved in its bones. Although Li Zhi, as the first Korean king who was certified by Haihan rather than canonized by the Ming Dynasty, he no longer had the same sense of admiration for the Ming Dynasty as his ancestors, but he knew that there were still many people in the country who habitually respected the Ming Dynasty. There is still a lot of criticism about being mainly Haihan and Han.
In the more than ten years since Haihan became the suzerainty of Korea, it has been infiltrating North Korea from various aspects such as politics, military, economy, culture, etc., but it has not yet completely eliminated the profound influence of the Ming Dynasty on North Korea. This deep-rooted thought has been deeply rooted in the minds of some people. Still exists.
Even though Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty had issued an edict a year ago, announcing that he would gradually transfer the rule of the world to the Haihan Kingdom, there are still many Koreans who believe that this is just a temporary difficulty. After the Ming Dynasty calms down, it should still be He has the strength to compete with Haihan.
Although Li Zhi knew that the chance of Ming's comeback was slim, he could not convince everyone to agree with him. To solve this problem, we either have to slowly change people's minds through a long period of subtle influence, or we have to wait for an unexpected situation to occur at a certain moment that can shake people's hearts.
Zhu Zian's sudden appearance should fall into the latter situation.
Although news about Zhu Zian's situation has not spread in North Korea, Li Zhi has no doubt that the Haihan people have made corresponding arrangements. Perhaps within two or three days, various rumors about Zhu Zian will flood Seoul. On the streets and alleys, it has become the hottest topic recently.
After meeting the Korean monarchs and ministers, it was finally the turn of the civil and military officials stationed in Seoul by Haihan. As early as more than ten years ago, after the two countries formally established diplomatic relations, Haihan established a diplomatic embassy in Seoul, responsible for communicating various matters between the two countries.
Due to the special bilateral relationship between the two countries, in addition to diplomatic responsibilities, the embassy also takes charge of all affairs related to Haihan on behalf of the Executive Committee, and even temporarily mobilizes military forces stationed in North Korea. Its powers are extremely great. Even the Datong River base in the north and the small court of Fenglin Prince Li Hao also had to take orders from the Haihan Embassy in Seoul.
It is precisely because of this that the status of the person in charge in North Korea is extremely respected, almost on an equal footing with the King of North Korea. Of course, an official who can take up this position must have 100% trust from the Executive Committee. This position, which is like the governor of North Korea, has been held for three terms since its establishment. The first two terms were held concurrently by Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom respectively. These two people hold high positions, and each has a large number of troops under his command. They are qualified and capable, and are definitely worthy of this position.
However, after the Liaodong direction gradually stabilized in the past few years, Qian Tiandun led his troops back to the south. Three years ago, Wang Tom also went to North America to open up new colonies. Naturally, this position also had to be replaced.
At this time, although there were still several senior officials with time traveler backgrounds serving in areas north of the Yangtze River, most of them were not particularly familiar with the situation in North Korea. The executive committee originally wanted to follow the old practice and arrange for Chen Yixin to serve concurrently. However, due to the implementation of North-South division in North Korea, if he is appointed, it will inevitably cause an imbalance between the North and the South. After much consideration, the executive committee handed over the executive committee to Fu Li, who has been stationed in Seoul all year round.
Fu Li, who served in the Police Department in his early years, can be regarded as the first generation of naturalized officials of Haihan, and was highly regarded by the Executive Committee. In his early twenties, he had already served as the Director of the Special Operations Division of the Police Department, with a bright future.
However, because he made a mistake in the security work during the 10th anniversary celebration of the crossing operation, which almost caused a catastrophe, he was sent out by the Executive Committee to the Taedong River Base in North Korea to take charge of security work. Later, he was transferred to the embassy in Seoul, and he continued to work on North Korea intermittently for more than ten years.
These more than ten years have not been in vain. Among officials of the same level, no one understands the situation in North Korea better than Fu Li. In the process of obtaining this official position, there were almost no opponents who could compete with him. At this early stage, he rose to the top and became a powerful official.
At this time, Fu Li had long lost his youthful appearance, and was already a mature middle-aged man in his forties. There was no trace of the Li mountain people in his speech and behavior. The only thing that hasn't changed much is his dark complexion. Even after living in the north for so many years, it hasn't become much fairer.
When Shi Chengwu, the leader of the mission, was born, Fu Li was already twenty years old. Even the oldest ones, Ha Jianyi and Bai Letong, were eighteen years younger than Fu Li. But Fu Li was an apprentice jointly brought out by the time traveling people, and he had a master-disciple relationship with the fathers of Shi Chengwu and others. In terms of seniority, he was actually just the senior brother of these young people.
However, Shi Chengwu and others were obviously very aware of Fu Li's seniority and status, and they did not dare to show off in the slightest when meeting him, and honestly performed the courtesy of a junior.
Fu Li didn't have any airs in front of these young people, and said with a smile: "Seoul is actually not much different from domestic cities. I believe you will be able to adapt to it soon."
(End of chapter)