A stone tablet in the capital of South Korea is related to the Qing Dynasty. People regard it as a national humiliation. Why has it never been destroyed?

Korea is one of the countries most influenced by China culture. Before the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the official characters circulating in Korea were always Chinese characters. Including Korean traditional costumes and official and civilian names are named according to the rules of the Central Plains Dynasty.

It's just that after World War II, South Korea tried to promote its own? Nationalism? It abolished Chinese characters and began to promote traditional Korean, which, after all, is an ideographic character, and it is easy to have some problems in communication, but South Korea is also a culturally rich country. Strong self-esteem? Even if there are some difficulties, Chinese characters will not be used again.

But one thing is very strange. Since South Korea has such a strong self-esteem, there is a stone tablet in South Korea that records the history of South Korea and China. This stone tablet is even considered a shame in the eyes of South Korean people, but South Korea has kept this stone tablet. Why?

If we want to know the reason, we need to know the ins and outs of this stone tablet.

The Chinese name of this stone tablet is Meritorious Monument to the Emperor of Qing Dynasty, and the Korean name is Meritorious Monument to Emperor Taizong of Qing Dynasty. As can be seen from the name of this stone tablet, it has a very direct relationship with Emperor Taizong of Qing Dynasty. This is indeed the case, which records the story of Huang Taiji's conquest of Korea by personal expedition.

then why did Huang taiji send troops to attack north Korea?

first of all, it is to remove the military threat. Before the demise of the Ming Dynasty, Korea, as a vassal country of the Ming Dynasty, kept a high degree of consistency with the central government of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, after the Qing regime gradually developed in the northeast, North Korea also raised the banner of anti-Qing. Although there was no direct conflict between the two sides, they still maintained a hostile attitude.

If when Huang Taiji led his troops to the front to fight against the Ming Dynasty, North Korea suddenly launched an attack in the rear, it would probably attack himself from front to back, causing his own defeat and death. At that time, Mao Wenlong stationed in the northeast was enough to worry Huang Taiji. If there is such a force from North Korea as the rear support, it is naturally more difficult to win. Therefore, if Huang Taiji wants to fight against the Ming Dynasty without worries, the first step to do is to surrender to North Korea.

Furthermore, for political reasons, Huang Taiji also wants to take care of North Korea. Since the succession of Nurhachi Khan, Huang Taiji's power has grown stronger and stronger. He is no longer satisfied with the small world in the northeast, but wants to set foot in the Central Plains to unify the whole country. He removed the title of Khan and changed his country name to Qing, which is proved by his rivalry with the Ming Dynasty.

since he wants to replace the position of the Ming dynasty, there is no vassal state of the Ming dynasty in his own rear area. He wants his own vassal state, a vassal state that belongs to himself and listens to his own words.

when was this war fought? What is the final outcome?

in 1636, after Huang taiji formally fought against the Ming dynasty, he asked messengers to send credentials to North Korea, demanding that North Korea give up its vassal status to the Ming dynasty and surrender to the Qing dynasty. However, North Korea did not regard the credentials of Huang Taiji as one thing, and even refused to receive the envoys of the Qing Dynasty at all, so Huang Taiji was furious and used this name to send 12, troops to attack North Korea.

North Korea is only a small country. Not to mention the low combat effectiveness of the national army, even the overall military deployment is very chaotic. Therefore, after Huang Taiji's 12, troops crossed the Yalu River, the North Korean army was quickly defeated by the Qing army, so in just 12 days, Huang Taiji led the army to Seoul, the capital of North Korea.

In fact, at that time, korean king also made some struggles, such as sending envoys for help in the Ming Dynasty and asking troops from all over the world to come to the king. However, at that time, the Ming dynasty was already self-sufficient, so it did not give much substantive help to North Korea. The army of the diligent king sent from all over the country was not at the same level as the Qing army, and was quickly defeated.

Therefore, after being besieged by Huang Taiji for 47 days, korean king came out with a white flag and surrendered to the Qing army.

The two-pronged policy adopted by Huang Taiji played a great role in the reason why North Korea surrendered voluntarily. At that time, on the one hand, Huang Taiji sent an army to suppress the territory, on the other hand, he gave preferential treatment to the families of captured senior officials and the children of the palace, and then asked the families of these royal nobles to advise the king to surrender as soon as possible.

At that time, korean king knew that he couldn't defeat him, and Huang Taiji was good to his people, and he also promised to surrender to protect the throne. So korean king finally surrendered out of the city and became a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.

then why did you carve a stone tablet?

This was carved by Huang Taiji at that time in order to ensure North Korea's vassal relationship, and the Qing army forced the North Koreans to carve it after accepting South Korea's surrender, in order to prove that he had been here and conquered it.

The stone tablet mainly describes how Huang Taiji led his troops to break through North Korea's defense line step by step and hit under Seoul, the capital of North Korea. He also wrote that Huang taiji was a man who paid equal attention to kindness. He didn't slaughter the people here, so the whole country of North Korea should be grateful to Huang taiji.

in a word, it's all about praising yourself. This is obviously hitting people and asking them to kowtow and beg for mercy and say that they are wrong. Therefore, in the eyes of Koreans at that time, this was a great shame.

So when the stone tablet was carved, no one was willing to write for it. In fact, it is precisely because this inscription was forced to be made under the strong pressure of the Qing army that the writing on this inscription was a little sloppy and even a little informal.

After the Qing Dynasty completely occupied the Central Plains, this stone tablet became a friendship witness of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides, and it was protected by the North Korean government. Whenever an ambassador of the Qing Dynasty visits North Korea, he will deliberately take a look to see if this stone tablet is damaged.

korean king has been protecting this stone tablet very well for fear that the damaged stone tablet will anger the sovereign state of Qing Dynasty. When the Qing Dynasty saw that North Korea was so clever, it never took any punishment measures against North Korea, and the two families got along very well.

When the Sino-Japanese War broke out, North Korea was occupied by the Japanese war. In order to completely de-China North Korea, Japan supported a pro-Japanese government and began to completely destroy a historical evidence that North Korea was once a vassal state of China. It was in this environment that this stone tablet was buried underground.

After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, this stone tablet was dug up and preserved by the local cultural relics department. It's just that because of its shame, this stone tablet was buried underground again.

It was not until a big flood happened later that this stone tablet was rediscovered. This time, out of respect for history, the South Korean government did not bury this monument again, let alone destroy it. But it can't be said that it was protected, because it was just thrown into a park.