Xinshun 1730

Chapter 317 Ryukyu, Ryukyu

Liu Yu's behavior was originally weird, and Tan Zhen had heard of it for a long time.

Thinking carefully about what Liu Yu said, it really makes a lot of sense and has a profound meaning.If "Heaven" really intends to abolish the canal and change the sea transportation, such memorials will definitely be appreciated by the emperor.

Thinking about it again, Tan Zhen felt as if she understood what Liu Yu meant.

Obviously, Liu Yu supports shipping, but maybe because he is afraid of being criticized "for personal gain" and other reasons, he can't mention it?

Or maybe, Liu Yu's words on the matter of shipping are too heavy, and the time has not come, so it is not yet possible to startle the snake?

Therefore, it is appropriate to propose it by yourself, and prepare early for the future.

"What Eagle Sobo thinks is that if you change it rashly, it will be really difficult to get all the benefits of shipping. It's just that the matter should be brought up by the governor of the river. Yingsobo asked me to go to the river, which seems to put me on fire. Go bake."

Liu Yu smiled and said: "Master Tan, this is not right. Are you not on fire now?"

Tan Zhen was startled, then smiled, thinking the same thing, he had already talked about shipping in the court, and he had already stood in line.

But after thinking about it again, he couldn't help asking: "Even if Ying Sobo didn't say anything in the court, everyone knows that Ying Sobo is from the Haiyun School. Even if he is wise and safe, it's too late, right?"

"Hahaha, Mr. Tan, I haven't learned how to protect myself wisely. It's just that I haven't figured out how to say it yet. When I figure out how to say it, I will naturally say it."

Tan Zhen finally understood, Xin Dao didn't think about how to say it, she clearly thought about how to say it a long time ago, it's just that the timing was wrong.

That being the case, anyway, it is for the common people of the world, so there is no harm in this memorial, so you might as well do it yourself.

What should be tested, has already been tested. Tan Zhen guessed that if she asked more questions, Liu Yu would not say anything.

Without waiting for Liu Yu to see off the guests, he took the initiative to say goodbye, always thinking about when is this "time" in his heart?
The weather was unpredictable, and Tan Zhen couldn't figure it out, so he followed Liu Yu's idea and wrote this matter as a memorial when he went back.

A few days later in the court meeting, when this matter was brought up, the emperor praised it in an ambiguous manner, but he didn't mention the shipping, and only said that all things are foregone, and if they are not forewarned, they will be abandoned. The idea of ​​Jiangsu Jiedushi is somewhat reasonable.

But in the case of shipping, that's where it ends.

I urged the Workers' Government to organize a group of people to conduct a thorough investigation of the hydrology of the lower reaches of the Yellow River and Huai River in accordance with the meaning of the Jiangsu Jiedu envoy's memorandum.

The Haiyun faction feels that there is still hope, and this matter has not been completely cut off.

The Canal faction also felt that the emperor was giving Haiyun some face, so that's all.

Both sides also think in the direction that is beneficial to them, and it can only be said that the weather is really unpredictable.

Until Liu Yu returned to Weihai, the year-end court meeting was almost always busy with quarreling, and he also learned to rest and refresh himself in the court hall.

It can be said that at this year's Great Court Meeting, none of the official tasks were accomplished, it was all renegotiation with the mud and the emperor's ambiguous attitude.

Coinage abolished two, to be discussed again; shipping to waste water tanks, to be discussed again; trial issuance of Jiaozi, to be discussed again; tenements to be divided into acres, to be discussed again; permanent tenancy to be tried in the province, to be discussed again; gentry to pay grain, to be discussed again...

The only thing that may have something to do with Liu Yu is that Bai Yunhang, the shepherd of Wendeng Prefecture, has made great achievements in governance, and he was admitted to Beijing as a doctor of the household government.

The cycle of the Great Court Meeting was over, and before Liu Yu was about to return to Weihai, the emperor summoned Liu Yu and other people who knew about the war against Japan into the palace again.

Li Gan looked at these ministers whom he thought capable and talked about the war against Japan, and his heart was extremely excited.

There are many things that he did better than him in thousands of years of history books.

Regardless of whether it is the Mongolian Plateau or the Western Regions, there were strong Han before and Tang Dynasty later.

As for what we are going to do now, I have searched through the history books, and it may be that the Mongols tried to do it.Not only in Japan, but also in Java, the Mongols have tried, but they all failed.

If he was able to accomplish this, Li Gan felt that he could be regarded as the best among the emperors of all dynasties, at least unprecedented.

As for Mongolia, Li Gan felt that he could touch porcelain a little bit by then.For example, Mongolia fought a war with Rakshasa, and I myself fought; Mongolia fought a war with Poles, and I also captured Polish prisoners of war, and now I am still training lancers in the army...

If you can conquer Japan and occupy Nanyang, you will no longer have to be so guilty when you compare yourself to Hanwu Tangzong, and always feel that you will be laughed at if you speak out.

Of course, it doesn't stop there.

If you can conquer Japan and go to Nanyang, there will be no more threats at sea, and you can solve a major problem of the imperial court, the water canal, while you still have a few years to live.

Once Japan and Nanyang have brought enough domestic income to themselves and their prestige is high, they may even continue to implement the inertia of the previous whipping law before they die, until the various pilot reforms in Wendeng Prefecture are completed and implemented nationwide.

At that time, I will be famous in history, and I will be able to leave a stable country for future generations. Even if future generations are incompetent, I will be able to continue Dashun for several lifetimes.

Before, he was just imitating the Han and Tang Dynasties, learning what he thought to be the Mingjun—of course not the Mingjun like Song Renzong—but now, when it is finally time to go further than those Mingjun, how can he not be excited?
In the first two expeditions to Rakshasa and the Western Regions, he personally conquered them. The two victories brought him great prestige and successfully carried out the military reform.

And this time, if he can win again, he can use his prestige to complete some internal changes that he thinks can last for a few more years.

Among the capable ministers, Liu Yu, the youngest, covered up a lot of light on the rest, but the emperor was not worried.

He thinks that Liu Yu is a loyal minister. Although he is the kind of loyal minister who puts the country first and the emperor second, but he is confident that every road he walks is beneficial to the country, so Liu Yu will always go on the same road.

Besides, after the two wars, Liu Yu's military power can be taken away.

If Annan is restored and Burma is conquered in the future, this person will not be needed if the country is under the power and the navy is established, and this person can be used for internal reforms.

At this time, he was talking about what Liu Yu was going to do this year, so he asked, "Is there any problem in Yingsuobo's opinion, going to Ryukyu in May?"

"That's what I thought, since at least the envoys from Rakshasa, Sweden, and France will be here this year, it's a good time to let them know what the Celestial Dynasty is."

"The celestial dynasty, the celestial dynasty, has power and grace. The world within the celestial dynasty is also just for Westerners to know where is the land of the king under the whole world."

"Go to Ryukyu in May. If you can return in July and August, it will be the time when the envoys from Western countries will arrive. The Ryukyu king can't come, but he can order his son to come to the court to apologize, so that Westerners can see it."

"September and October, when the wind is good, the Japanese can be defeated. The battle is quick, and the ships from the Western countries will return on New Year's Day next year, so that the news can be sent back. From then on, the Chinese vassals and the Western countries are not allowed to deal privately. .”

This also involves a strategic deterrence. If the conquest of Japan is successful, in the negotiations with the high-level Luocha envoys, it will definitely win greater benefits in the northwest.

The emperor hoped that after the defeat of Japan and the signing of the border survey treaty, major events would happen in Europe.

For example, the king of Austria mentioned by Liu Yu all day is dead. If France and the Netherlands go to war, they can go to Nanyang in one go and squeeze the Netherlands away.

In this way, all the benefits are taken, and the relationship with Raksha can be eased immediately, thus making the northern frontier completely stable.

It's just that even fewer people know about the plan here, and it's hard to go into details at this time.

I have already talked about the Ryukyu matter before, and it is similar to Zhou Tianzi asking whether Chu State does not pay tribute to Baomao, just find a reason.

There are Ryukyu students studying in the Imperial College, and there are Ryukyu students studying medicine in the Imperial Hospital in Beijing. There are some things that the Celestial Court does not mention, and Ryukyu itself does not mention.But if the Celestial Dynasty mentions it, just find any foreign student in Ryukyu and ask, did Samofan bully you?
This is the emperor's new clothes. Many people know about it, but they all pretend to be deaf.As long as the emperor pretended to hear it from some people and took the initiative to ask, the courtiers would naturally understand what it meant, and some people would figure out what the meaning was and denounced the Japanese country for being rude.

At that time, the teacher will be famous, and even the phrase "I am a barbarian" will be omitted, lest the Japanese state will declare "innocent".

Liu Yu thought about it, and May is indeed a good time, except that there may be a typhoon on the way to Ryukyu.

As soon as May came, it was the summer harvest, and I knew whether this year was a good year or a disaster year; secondly, when I used troops in September and October, the autumn grain in Liaodong could be directly requisitioned, and it was also very convenient to ship it to Japan. batch.

As for the emperor's idea of ​​showing off his muscles to the Western countries, Liu Yu felt that there was no problem.

The cruise ships in Weihai are enough to show off their muscles in Asia. Britain, Holland and France may think that this navy is not worth mentioning, but Dashun will not go to Europe. No matter how many capital ships they have, they will not be able to come to Asia. It is enough for Europe People accept that East Asia is the purpose of the tributary system.

"Your Majesty, I think May is the right time. It's just that if you are the chief envoy, the deputy envoy... the deputy envoy had better choose someone who knows classics, but is not a poor scholar who only knows literary talents."

"Of course it is necessary to reprimand, but the Ryukyu Kingdom is also innocent, so we need to grasp it carefully."

"The Celestial Dynasty has both kindness and prestige."

"During the Taizu period of this dynasty, in the second year of Yongchang, the Puppet Ming Dynasty sent envoys to Ryukyu. It has always been a rule that if an envoy arrives, he must ask for a card and ask for bribes. The Ryukyu Kingdom pledged Dang Miyako and Yaeyama, and asked Samofan to borrow 9000 silver. Two, for the bribes of the hypocritical envoys. This is a lesson, and in the future, the canonization of tributary vassals needs to be rectified to avoid renunciation."

"Moving forward, in the 37th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese invaded Ryukyu. The Ryukyu envoys begged the heavens, but the heavens ignored them. People can only swallow their anger."

"That's why the Celestial Dynasty must have a navy, and it must not be abolished in the future. Otherwise, the Celestial Dynasty will lose all face, and the Celestial Dynasty will be unable to help when the vassals are unable to protect themselves, and they can only pay tribute and violate it secretly."

"Using the size of the king's land, where is the whole world as the boundary, you can see guns on land and warships on sea."

"This time, I want to go to Ryukyu as the official envoy, and I only ask for three things. The deputy envoy must be clean and honest, and the ship must use a warship. The Japanese Samofan is stationed in Ryukyu as a permanent envoy to monitor. Your Majesty, please give me the right to make decisions on the fly."

(End of this chapter)