Chapter 68 Koryo

Brief history: In 918 AD, Wang Jian, a descendant of merchants, replaced Gong Yi and established the Goryeo Kingdom after a military coup. Seventeen years later, Koryo annexed Silla, and another year later, Baekje was conquered and the Korean peninsula was officially unified.Even in the chaos of the Five Dynasties, this emerging country with Buddhism as its state religion has always adhered to the tradition since the Tang Dynasty, accepted the canonization of the Central Plains Dynasty, and regarded itself as a vassal state. It was only called "king" and never called emperor.Goryeo once fought a war with Liao. In the era when Song and Liao coexisted side by side, because the territory bordered Liao, under geopolitical pressure, they had long implemented the strategy of proclaiming their vassals to Song and Liao simultaneously.

Goryeo. Located in the northeast of World Island, the Korean Peninsula.It borders the Liao State in the west and the Song Dynasty in the southwest across the sea. About 2.1 million. Many are made.Kaijing, the capital of the country, Dongzhou in Tokyo, Zhenzhou in Xijing (Pyongyang), Jinzhou in Nanjing. Implement a five-level administrative system of road, government, prefecture, county, and county. monarchy.There are internal conferences, wide reviews, and internal Feng provinces.Guangping Province is the most important, with jurisdiction over the election, military, civil, criminal, ritual, and industrial officials, and is the center of the country.The highest military organ is the Ministry of Military Affairs.The army is composed of Fubing.The six armies stationed in Kaijing are the king's personal guards.The local wealthy families hold the real power of local administration.

Agricultural country.There are more developed handicraft industry, commerce and mining industry. Goryeo has a strong atmosphere of worshiping Buddhism and is also influenced by Confucianism.Chinese characters are used for all written materials in China.Various systems are also mostly modeled on the Tang and Song systems.