Chapter 3507
Most of the guests attending the Zhoushan Forum participated in an international exchange event of this scale and level for the first time. They would inevitably feel very novel on the first day and were not sure whether they could express their views on various international current affairs in front of other countries. point of view.
However, the public speeches of Annan and the kings of North Korea undoubtedly set an excellent example for the guests attending the meeting. Many guests who originally had a wait-and-see attitude later came to the stage to express their opinions.
A series of small-scale talks held that afternoon gave countries an opportunity to discuss cooperation and negotiate differences with other countries.
The main topic on the second day of the Zhoushan Forum was to discuss civil war and the international environment.
This is a very broad topic and can be subdivided into quite a number of items worthy of discussion.
Almost all countries attending this forum have experienced civil wars, large or small, in their past history. The only exception is probably the organizer Haihan.
It has only been thirty years since the official founding of the Haihan Kingdom, and during these thirty years, Haihan has been expanding its territory externally almost non-stop. All military operations have been directed at external parties, but there has indeed been no internal armed struggle.
The person who presided over the meeting today was Haihan Defense Minister Yan Chujie. He first invited several guests to the stage to express their opinions. Most of them believed that the civil war would weaken the country's strength. If there was another invasion by foreign enemies during the civil war, the country would be destroyed. Danger.
Yue Shizong, the ambassador of the Ming Dynasty, felt very uncomfortable in the audience. Although these guests did not mention their names, Yue Shizong felt that every word of their speeches was directed at the Ming Dynasty.
The civil war broke out in the Ming Dynasty and Haihan appeared in the South China Sea, which happened to happen in the same year. In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the peasant army began to appear in Shaanxi, turning the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty upside down.
Although the two emperors Tianqi and Chongzhen tried their best to suppress the peasant army, due to the Manchus in the north and the Haihan in the south during this period, the Ming Dynasty was never able to concentrate its efforts to quell the civil war. In addition, various parties fought for the people. Changes continued, and in thirty years it brought down Nuo Da's empire.
Within the official circles of the Ming Dynasty, many people, including Yue Shizong, believed that if there had been no interference from external enemies, the Ming Dynasty would have wiped out all the domestic rebel peasant armies, and would not have caused such a big chaos to the country.
On the other hand, if it were not for the domestic peasant army causing trouble, how could the Manchu, Qing, and Haihan forces have room to develop and grow? Before they really gained momentum, the Ming Dynasty cavalry eliminated these two hidden dangers.
It is a pity that the wheel of history cannot be turned back. Who could have imagined thirty years ago that the Kingdom of Heaven would be forced to embark on a path of rapid decline because of the rebellion of the peasant army.
Although the Ming Dynasty has not yet been destroyed, its territory has been severely eroded by Haihan. Not only has it lost its entire coastline, it has also lost the most prosperous Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. The gap in national power between the two countries has also become wider and wider. I am afraid that it is already far away to restore the glory of the empire.
Yue Shizong was thinking a lot in the audience, but Yan Chujie on the stage had already brought the topic to the civil wars of other countries that Haihan had been involved in - including of course the Ming Dynasty.
Although Haihan did not directly participate in the war between the official army and the peasant army in the Ming Dynasty, many of the various weapons, equipment, and military supplies flowing into the Ming Dynasty from Haihan appeared on the battlefield.
But today, even if Haihan does not intervene, given the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that it is unable to end the protracted civil war on its own.
The Ming Dynasty is not a successful case of Haihan's intervention in the civil war, and Yan Chujie did not waste any words on it. The key examples he really wants to use to illustrate his point are Annan and North Korea, which have the closest relations with Haihan. Before the official founding of the country, Haihan had already sent troops to intervene in the ongoing civil war in Annan, and supported the Zheng family to win the civil war and become the lord of Annan.
Yan Chujie called Haihan's action of sending troops to participate in the war at that time as "supporting justice", and it effectively shortened the process of the civil war and prevented tens of thousands of Annan people from being involved in the war.
There seems to be nothing wrong with this statement. After all, after Haihan intervened, the northern army led by Zheng Zhe never lost. They fought all the way south until the Ruan family in the south was unable to fight back, until they were finally defeated and surrendered.
Without Haihan's help, the civil war in Annan might have continued like the Ming Dynasty, year after year, until the country collapsed.
Annan's rapid rise after the civil war seemed to prove that Haihan's vision was accurate and he selected Zheng Jie, a suitable candidate to govern Annan.
The situation in Korea was slightly different from Annan. Haihan sent troops to Korea twice, once to help Korea repel the invasion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the other time when a palace coup occurred in Korea in 1638. Haihan sent troops to quell the chaos and support Li Zhi ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne.
As for the second palace coup, since Haihan sent troops from the nearby military base in North Korea, the situation had not actually developed into the civil war stage at that time, and the situation had been calmed down by Haihan's army.
Of course, when this matter came to Yan Chujie's mouth, it became another positive example of Haihan's timely intervention. Otherwise, if it had been ten days and a half months later, a large-scale civil war might have started in North Korea.
Later, Zheng Zha and Li Zhi, who were present, also confirmed Yan Chujie's statement.
After citing successful examples from the past at length, Yan Chujie finally began to introduce the topic - if a civil war broke out in Haihan's neighboring country, should he sit on the sidelines or actively intervene?
Yue Shizong came to his senses after hearing this. Could it be that Haihan wanted to use this as an excuse to launch military operations against the Ming Dynasty again?
But last year's war with Haihan came to an end in late summer and early autumn. After many rounds of negotiations, the two countries finally signed an armistice agreement.
Although both sides know that this armistice agreement may not have long-term effectiveness, the signing ceremony has only been half a year ago. Is Haihan going to tear up the agreement and restart the war so soon?
Yan Chujie has been performing on stage for so long, obviously paving the way for the next action. Yue Shizong's heartbeat suddenly increased. He quickly sat up straight and raised his ears, fearing that he might miss a word.
Someone asked in the audience: "Is the question raised by General Yan a hypothetical situation, or is it really that a certain country is falling into civil war?"
Yan Chujie answered the question head-on without hesitation: "It's true. According to the intelligence our country has, a civil war in this country is about to break out in the near future."
Someone responded: "Then why not just follow what General Yan said before, assist the righteous side and end the conflict as soon as possible to avoid loss of lives."
Yan Chujie said: "If it is up to us, Haihan Country, to make the judgment, it would be too much for one family to make the judgment. The purpose of holding this forum is to allow many countries to participate in the discussion of the international situation. I hope everyone can express their opinions. Say what you think.”