Chapter 2662
Zhu Zian was allowed to participate in relevant preparatory meetings on his way here, so he also had a certain understanding of why Haihan took the initiative to provide advanced production technology to North Korea and help North Korea upgrade various key industries.
Of course, these benefits are not provided to North Korea unconditionally. Haihan's purpose is very clear, which is to use these production capacities to meet its own development needs. In other words, although these industries belong to North Korea in name, most of the products they produce are supplied to Haihan at cost prices, or even below cost prices.
Although North Korea is also the beneficiary of this round of industrial upgrading, they only provided raw materials and labor in the cooperation, and the benefits they can obtain are obviously far less than Haihan, who led the matter.
Even in the eyes of an outsider like Zhu Zian, North Korea's share of the benefits from cooperation is too small, and the production arrangements and output distribution of these industries, as well as local civil affairs management, are all controlled by the sea. Han calls the shots. The only ownership rights North Korea has is to send some officials to station there in the name of supervising production. This is actually just a symbolic way for Haihan to save some face for North Korea.
Zhu Zian believes that this is very similar to the situation when the Ming Dynasty almost completely lost control of the Lingnan area. In name, those areas were still the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but they were actually controlled by Haihan, and they neither listened to the imperial court nor listened to the instructions, nor turned it over. Taxation only opens channels for the flow of materials and people. Although the Ming Dynasty can still obtain certain economic benefits from these areas through trade channels, the actual ownership rights have changed hands. It is obvious that Haihan is the real beneficiary.
However, judging from the reactions of North Korean officials involved in the negotiations, Zhu Zian believes that they should also be willing to accept this method of cooperation. The industrial cooperation led by Haihan has lasted for nearly two decades, and almost everyone is accustomed to Haihan taking charge of the overall situation.
Moreover, with the current cooperation method, relevant people in North Korea can benefit from it, but if changes are made, it is difficult to say the direction in which things will develop. The reality is that everyone in North Korea, including the king, is a vested interest in this cooperation method, which makes it difficult for other forces to actively seek changes.
Of course, from the standpoint of the North Koreans, this may be the best cooperation plan they can choose. Putting aside vested interests, if the advanced technologies provided by Haihan were to be researched by North Korea itself, it would take several generations to achieve the current results.
Now, by cooperating with Haihan, they have not only obtained some advanced production technologies, but Haihan has also trained a large number of technicians and industrial workers for them. The value of these soft power improvements cannot be measured with money.
The improvement of national power that these cooperation can bring to North Korea has been well reflected in the past few years. North Korea's biggest shortcoming in the past was its military strength, but now the new army formed with the help of Haihan has guns, cannons, and an organized armed fleet. Its strength has surpassed its two neighbors, the Manchus and Japan, and can be regarded as the strongest force in Northeast Asia. The strong one.
Most of the Haihan-style weapons and equipment equipped by the North Korean New Army are manufactured by the ordnance industry in the Datong River Basin, and are self-produced and sold to a certain extent. Even among Haihan's allies, there are only a handful of countries with equivalent military and industrial capabilities.
Of course, the equipment level of the army cannot be completely equated with combat effectiveness, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not have been so difficult to defend against the Manchu offensive. North Korea wants to try its best to close the military gap between itself and its sovereign state. Simply upgrading equipment is not enough. What's more, the ordnance technology Haihan provides to North Korea is only the foreign trade version, and the products are far inferior to the weapons and equipment provided to its own army. Therefore, in addition to upgrading weapons and equipment and copying the establishment and training model of the Haihan Army, the occasional joint military exercises between the two countries are also regarded by North Korea as an important means to enhance military strength.
Due to the subordinate relationship between the two countries, joint military exercises are usually initiated by Haihan and arranged the time and exercise plan. In addition, Haihan has gradually transferred military forces to the Ming Dynasty and Liaodong in recent years, so the frequency of joint military exercises is not very high. There are many, and the scale is gradually decreasing. Sometimes there are no relevant arrangements for a year or two, and North Korea has to send its own troops to Jinzhou or Zhoushan and actively seek opportunities to train with the Haihan Army.
This time the mission visited Seoul with a large-scale armed fleet. In addition to demonstrating force, another task was to complete joint exercises between the two countries' armies. For the Bingcao Yamen in charge of military power in North Korea, this can be regarded as a first-class event. Therefore, after the trade-related negotiations ended, the North Korean officials participating in the talks immediately changed their officers and generals, and a team of military attachés headed by Bingcao Yamen appeared.
At this time, the official in charge of the Korean Bingcao Yamen was Shen Xueyi. His father, Shen Jingzhen, had also served as the Bingcao Judge in his early years. When it was passed to him, he could be regarded as inheriting his father's legacy. This opportunity was mainly due to the fact that both father and son were staunch royalists at that time and played a great role in Li Xie's efforts to put down the palace coup.
Moreover, Shen Xueyi had received military training provided by Haihan and was one of the few senior officers at that time who was certified by Haihan and qualified to command the North Korean New Army. His subsequent career development naturally received the support of Haihan.
In addition to Shin Hak-yi, the senior military attachés participating in the negotiations also included Imperial General An Do-seok, who now holds military power and directly commands the elite troops of North Korea's land and water armies. Although he was born as a civilian, he was one of the first Korean military attaches to be sent to the Haihan Army for training. He later went to Sanya to study with Li Xie and performed well during his study abroad. He also participated in a competition between military cadets from multiple countries. Bring glory to North Korea.
After Andoshi returned to China after completing his studies, he participated in many military operations of the coalition forces in Liaodong, Japan and other places, and slowly rose through the ranks relying on his solid military exploits. Since he did not come from a family of officials and had no other influence behind him, he was particularly trusted by Li Xie and rose to his current position.
In terms of position, An Daoshi was even half a rank higher than Shen Xueyi. When necessary, he only had to accept the direct dispatch of King Li Xie and was not under the jurisdiction of the Bingcao Yamen. Most of the North Korean troops that will participate in the joint military exercise this time are soldiers under his command.
The lineup of military attachés led by these two men almost concentrated the elite of the North Korean military. And these military attachés all have one thing in common, that is, without exception, they all have training experience in the Haihan Army or the Military Academy. In other words, the key personnel of the North Korean military today all have a very deep relationship with Haihan.
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