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"Xianjing Road is not our land, but the people who took refuge in the previous dynasty returned to their land. In my reign, Sejong, six towns were established, and the savages were willing to live in it."

This sentence was said by Han Hyung-yun, the minister of North Korea, to King Li Yi of North Korea a hundred years ago.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was pursuing death in the north, the Goryeo Dynasty also took the opportunity to expand northward, not only capturing the Yuan Dynasty's Shuangcheng Mansion, but also all the way to the territories of the Liao and Jin Dynasties. After the establishment of Lee's Korea, they recruited and captured Jurchens from across the border and went south to enrich these new territories (many of the savages Han Hengyun mentioned were Jurchens).

During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Keren of the Jurchen tribe wrote: "Xianzhou (Xianxing) lies in the north, and was the land of Liao and Jin in ancient times." He asked Zhu Di to take it back and give it to the Jurchens to thrive.

Zhu Di did not ask North Korea for territory, but only asked North Korea to return the Jurchens under its jurisdiction to the north. North Korea then sent a scholar to go to Beijing with "History of Liao" and "History of Jin" to dig out words, saying that these place names were not recorded in the history books, which showed that they were not the land of the Liao and Jin dynasties at all.

This is nonsense. Those place names were chosen later, and of course they cannot appear in history books!

The two sides argued endlessly, which annoyed Zhu Di so much that he had no choice but to let it go.

In another time and space, North Korea took advantage of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties to evacuate the population in the Northeast and quietly continued to expand its borders to the north. Finally, in the last years of Kangxi's reign, he once again used sophistry to fool the Manchu demarcation ministers and complete the theft of the land south of the Tumen River.

In other words, even in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, certain lands south of the Tumen River were not Korean.

Xianjing Road, the mountainous area outside Huining City.

Han Qiyuan stood up and said to hundreds of Korean and Jurchen farmers: "Do you know what the 'Three Hands of Rice' is collected for? It was a miscellaneous tax collected by the imperial court for military training when the Japanese invaders invaded decades ago. Now, the Japanese pirates They have been driven away a long time ago, even the Jianzhou Tatars have perished, but the court is still expropriating 'three hands of rice' from us! Let's judge, should 'three hands of rice' be expropriated?"

"It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be!" hundreds of farmers roared.

Han Qiyuan added: "The imperial court promulgated the Datong Law, which stipulated that taxes should be paid according to the rice per acre. However, corrupt officials colluded with the landlords. We clearly have no land, but the taxes are calculated on us, and the landlords have land but do not pay the land tax. Come and judge, this land tax should be paid Shouldn’t we be responsible?”

"It shouldn't, it shouldn't!"

Farmers grew angrier.

Han Qiyuan continued: "The imperial court does not allow us to collect ginseng in the mountains around Huining. We risked our lives to collect ginseng in the mountains, but when we came back we were arrested by the government and all our wild ginseng was confiscated. Let us judge, corrupt officials are bad not bad?"

"Bad, bad, so bad!"

"Last winter there was a heavy snowstorm, and this summer there is another drought. The harvest in the fields is already not good, the landlords have to increase the rent, and countless farmers freeze to death and starve to death. Does this still make sense?"

"It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense!"

"I often go to the mountains of China to collect ginseng. There are Han, Jurchens, and Koreans in the north of the river (Tumen River). No matter which ethnic group they are, life is good. Although there are droughts and snowstorms, the Chinese government has been reducing taxes. The common people reclaim wasteland and are exempted from taxes for the first five years and reduced taxes within ten years. Across the river, our taxes are getting heavier and heavier. Are you willing to rebel against me and become common people of the Chinese dynasty from now on?"

"Yes, yes!"

"Shout with me, live as a citizen of China and die as a ghost of China!"

"Be born as a citizen of the Celestial Empire, and die as a ghost of the Celestial Empire!"

"..."

Han Qiyuan is not only a North Korean farmer, but also an offline employee of Datong Fine Works.

The rule of the Datong imperial court in the Tumen River was very weak. The area was vast and sparsely populated. Not only were there not many Han people, but even the Jurchens were rare.

Therefore, the imperial court only established a small town at the mouth of the Tumen River with two hundred immigrants. A branch of the National Security Agency has been set up, and there are only a few clerks in total. If you want to find out the information with this small number of people, you must bribe North Korean people to be offline.

Han Qiyuan went to China to dig ginseng and was caught. When the National Security Bureau saw that he was smart, they not only did not fine him, but also gave him money to put him back.

This guy had more contact with Datong Xizuo, and his ambition gradually expanded. He began to plot a rebellion, hoping to become a Chinese through meritorious service, and maybe even get an official position.

The Korean peasant army in Ping'an Road and Hwanghae Road more or less had the shadow of Datong Seso.

These meticulous works, as well as those who work on them, are like Chinese envoys, thinking about doing great things and making meritorious deeds all the time!

Han Qiyuan did not dare to attack Huining City directly, so he only led hundreds of peasant troops to attack the mountainous countryside north of the city. They killed the landlords when they saw them and divided up the land and property. The team gradually grew to more than 2,000 people. The surrounding landlords were so frightened that they hid in the city and encouraged the defenders in the city to rush to quell the chaos.

Huining is located on the border between China and North Korea. There are three thousand North Korean troops stationed in it, and all of them are "elite".

The county governor ordered the military attache to send out troops and march northward in a mighty manner. Before these North Korean officers and soldiers could cross the tributaries of the Tumen River, the peasant armies in the mountains began to move, fighting all the way along the valley to the east. Landowners along the way were either killed or fled with their families.

When the Jingcheng County Sheriff learned that there was a peasant uprising, he also began to send troops to suppress it, and even quickly contacted the officers and soldiers of Guangxing County.

The officers and soldiers of the three counties jointly launched an encirclement and suppression campaign, constantly shrinking the peasant army's activity space.

The peasant army under Han Qiyuan has expanded to more than 5,000 people, including the old, weak, sick and disabled. It is said that it is a peasant army, but it is more like a beggar army. The Korean people here are living a miserable life.

They did not dare to fight with the North Korean officers and soldiers, so they fled north through the mountains and killed the landlords they saw. Then... crossed the Tumen River and arrived in China. Han Qiyuan also sent his confidants to report to the National Security Bureau.

Well, the officers and soldiers of the three counties of North Korea were helpless looking at the Tumen River. They did not dare to go to China's territory to quell the chaos.

Han Qiyuan went upstream along the Tumen River, made a large number of rafts, and crossed the river from time to time to plunder. Kill the landlords, coerce the peasants, and send out small groups of troops to investigate. Once they encounter officers and soldiers, they immediately cross the river and enter China.

The North Korean officers and soldiers were driven crazy, chasing him with all their might, and then looking stupidly at the river.

At the same time, an uprising broke out in Qingxing County.

Qingxing City is located south of the Tumen River Estuary, and the farmers here often come into contact with Han immigrants. In order to quell the rebellion, the three counties requisitioned a large number of civilians and grain and grass, which made the poor farmers even more dissatisfied.

As the officers and soldiers chased to the west, the farmers here also revolted. Led by a farmer named Li Jinlong, they killed landlords along the way. While the officers and soldiers of Qingxing City were transferred away, hundreds of peasant troops entered the city and captured Qingxing County.

Li Jinlong is not a subordinate of Datong Seiko, but this guy is more ambitious. He claims to be a descendant of King Sejong, and he wants to kill him and go to Hanyang to become the king. As long as he became king, he would be exempted from land tax for ten years across the country, and nearby Korean farmers came to vote one after another.

This man captured the city of Qingxing, and even established himself as the king, established Yuxing, and enfeoffed civil and military ministers.

Han Qiyuan's thousands of farmers have been moving repeatedly along the China-North Korea border. Hey, I'm in North Korea. Hey, I'm in China again. The officers and soldiers are chasing me and they no longer want to chase me. At this time, when I heard that Qingxing City had fallen and that a guy was claiming the throne, he immediately abandoned Han Qiyuan and rushed to attack Qingxing City.

Li Jinlong also wanted to expand his territory and took the initiative to fight to the west. He was beaten by North Korean officers and soldiers and fled in embarrassment. He retreated all the way back to Qingxing City and was besieged.

When Han Qiyuan discovered that the officers and soldiers were gone, he became more courageous and crossed the river to fight directly towards Huining City.

The officers and soldiers of Huining City were besieging Qingxing at this time, and the defenders were all rubbish troops. Han Qiyuan led an army of beggar peasants and defeated them in a single battle, proclaiming himself the magistrate of Ning County in Datong China.

This guy is very murderous and has strict military discipline.

He divided the houses and shops in the city into three classes. The owners of the upper-class houses were shot without mercy and all their belongings were confiscated; the owners of the middle-class houses were spared death but had to pay a fine; the owners of the lower-class houses were comrades and were all taken care of by the rebels. All the unemployed vagrants in the city were organized into the army. This move led to a rapid deterioration of military discipline.

Due to the surge in military robbery, Han Qiyuan was forced to stop expansion and killed hundreds of soldiers in succession, finally restraining the trend.

He asked his confidants to lead troops to defend the city, and he led tens of thousands of troops, killing landlords and coercing farmers along the way, and headed straight to Mirror City in the southeast.

Officers and soldiers from the three counties besieged Qingxing for more than 20 days, and finally broke into the city. Li Jinlong and his subordinate Wenwu were all killed by the officers and soldiers. These officers and soldiers, especially those from Huining and Jingcheng, ignored military orders and began to loot the city, leaving Qingxing City in a mess and almost halving the civilian population in the city.

At this moment, news came from the south: Mirror City was captured by the peasant army!

The officers and soldiers of the three counties had to set out again and forcibly recruited more civilians, because this time they not only had to transport food, but also the looted goods.

The people were miserable and were on the run all the way.

If the number of civilians was not enough, they would be replenished by force along the way. The officers and soldiers would buzz wherever they went. The news spread quickly, and the farmers who were in desperate situation took their families and fled before the officers and soldiers arrived. Some even ran to seek refuge with Han Qiyuan.

As a result, Han Qiyuan received information from the officers and soldiers and ambush them in the mountains by the river in advance.

Hamgyeong Road is full of mountains, and only river valleys and coastal areas can be accessed. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers (mostly civilians), carrying the looted property along the way, marched towards Mirror City and were ambushed while crossing a river.

Only a few hundred officers and soldiers crossed the river, and the civil and military officials ordered the goods to be transported. The property they had robbed had to be transported across first.

"kill!"

Thousands of peasant troops fought out of the mountains on both sides of the river.

The officers and soldiers who were in a state of half-crossing were suddenly in a desperate situation, and North Korean civil and military officials were the first to escape. Some officers, soldiers and civilians also fled. At the same time, many civilians took the opportunity to revolt and chased the defeated soldiers all the way.

Taking off the armor of the officers and soldiers, Han Qiyuan's beggar soldiers finally looked like an army.

He sent a partial army to attack Qingxing, and led tens of thousands of troops to attack Mingzhou in the south.

To the south of Mingzhou, there is Jizhou City with the Jizhou Protectorate.

However, the governor of Jizhou had already spared the troops nearby and went to the south to see King Qin. In front of Han Qiyuan, all the cities along the way were empty of troops, and there was no decent resistance at all.

Pyongan Road, Hamgyong Road, Hwanghae Road, and northern North Korea are all covered with war smoke.

The Chinese court did not get involved. At most, Datong Xiaozuo and their Korean subordinates were causing trouble. But just a few small operations and dozens of their offline operations can turn northern North Korea upside down, which shows that the local social conflicts have already reached a critical point.