Xinshun 1730

Chapter 7 Troubled Troubles
"If Qi Guogong asks me to do something, all he needs to do is pass a note to his father. Why does brother Tian have to throw it away peacefully and beat around the bush after ten years of sharpening his sword? You know that I don't understand poetry, so did you come here specially to amuse me?"

Liu Yu is not stupid, he is afraid of being used as a gunman.Although he had a good relationship with Tian Ping in his memory, but today's incident is so weird.

In the noble family, everyone is prosperous and everyone is damaged. It is said that if Qi Guogong asked him to do something, it would be a matter of one sentence, so there is no need to be so troublesome.

Tian Ping laughed and fanned Liu Yu with a folding fan, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yi is too cautious. I'm afraid of getting involved in the slightest right and wrong. About today's matter, my father said that if Brother Shouchang is willing to borrow this wind, my father will give you a hand." ; If you don’t want to, you know about it, I know about it, my father knows about it, and no one else knows about it.”

After finishing speaking, he pulled Liu Yu and walked inside.Liu Yu had question marks in his head, but since Tian Ping said so, it was hard to refuse, so he could only follow in.

Although Qi Guogong's title is not very good, the system of the Duke's mansion is the same as that of Yi Guogong's mansion.

Entering Yimen, there are also five front halls first and seven main halls at the back.

According to the rules of the former dynasty, the only duke who can open seven main halls, and only one Yan Shenggong Confucian mansion can have seven main halls.

However, because of the Confucian government's shaving of hair and other things in the last years of the previous dynasty, the master has dropped from the dual status of "teacher and sage" to the status of "the Duke of Zhou is the saint and the master is the teacher" during the Tang Zhenguan period.

That is to say, the order of offering sacrifices in the Confucian temples in the world has changed, Zhou Gong replaced the master, the master replaced Yan Hui, and the rest were lowered by one rank.

Before the second year of Zhenguan, the Duke of Zhou was the sage, and the master was the teacher, not a combination of the teacher and the sage.This title has also changed from Shengjiangshi.

The King Wenxuan who was conferred by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was already the top in the world from King Wenxuan to Emperor Wenxuan in Xixia, and now he has returned to the status he had before Zhenguan two years ago.

Today, King Wenxuan of Confucius has been relegated to Duke Xuanni of the Han Dynasty.

Yan Shenggong also retreated with the water, and Cong Yan Shenggong was also reduced to Fengsihou.

Back then when the new dynasty established the Dingding and established the etiquette system, Li Laiheng and others were all full of resentment.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, some things done by the Yanshenggong Mansion made the Xinchao very passive. In addition, he shaved his hair and changed his clothes to take the lead in persuading him to enter.

A group of rough men from Mizhi and Suide are just like the old cousins ​​from Pei County in Chang'an City in the early Han Dynasty. Why can't the heroes who fought with Li Wansui open seven rooms?

Your house is open, but I can't?

This angry sentence allowed the opening of seven main halls in the Duke's Mansion in the new dynasty.

Seeing that Tian Ping took him to the main hall, walked through the hallway, and went directly to Qi Guogong's inner study, Liu Yu felt that today's matter should not be taken lightly.

Pushing open the door and entering, greeted casually.He often comes to the mansion, the two sides have similar identities, and there is not much politeness, Qi Guozheng is there looking at something.Seeing that Liu Yu was coming, he saluted casually without being intrusive, and beckoned for Liu Yu to pass.

"Your cautious father, if he finds out that I'm looking for you, he might have to quarrel with me again."

Qi Guogong Tian Suo is only in his forties, and he seems to have a better temper than his father, laughing and joking.

Liu Yu often came and went, and was very familiar with him, so it was difficult to answer this question. He just wanted to know what the Duke of Qi wanted him for.

After a while, the maid serving tea brought the tea, Duke Qi waved them all down, leaving Liu Yu and Tian Ping, and there were only three people left in the room.

Before Liu Yu could ask first, Qi Guogong Tian Suo first asked: "Shou Chang, you are familiar with Western studies, and you have studied with missionaries for several years. You should know a lot about Western Yi, right?"

Liu Yu is not quite sure what year it is, but it is estimated that it will be between 1720 and 1730 in the Western calendar.

When it comes to his understanding of Western countries, Liu Yu feels that he is not modest. There should be no one who knows better than him inside and outside the court, and he can be called a king of understanding.

He was not humble either, nodded and said: "It's okay."

"Then if I ask you whether there is any land connection between Poland and Sweden and the country of Oros, do you think that my country is ignorant, uneducated, and has a high position?"

"Uh……"

Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, wondering why Poland and Sweden were being asked?It is also understandable to say that Dashun asked Woluosi, Holland, Portugal and so on.What are these two countries doing?Eight zhang away, eight poles can't hit.

"They're all neighbors."

"That's it, but I don't know if it's an enemy or a friend?"

Tian Suo frowned, turned around twice on the ground with his hands behind his back, and sighed: "Today's Northwest Frontier reported that our army encountered the Junggar tribe in the northwest and lost [-] troops. The Junggar tribe's firearms are much different from before. , The cavalry attack is also very different from before."

"Catch a few captives. I only said that the Junggar tribe fought with Uros a few years ago and captured a few talents. A Polish man named Polshevsky; a Swedish man named Renat. That Polish People are good at riding, and the Swedes are good with guns..."

After speaking, Liu Yu was startled and Tian Ping was stunned. They never expected to know such big news?The Dashun Army suffered a defeat in the northwest?The firearms and cavalry tactics of the Junggar Ministry have been greatly improved?Why didn't you hear what your father said?
Liu Yu had heard of this Polshevski, a Polish major, who, like the Swede Renat, was captured in the battle between Junggar and Tsarist Russia's Yamesh Lake.

This Polshevsky passed on the charging technique of the Polish cavalry of the Junggars. If you don’t brag about it, the Polish cavalry is still very fierce, and the charging skills and tactics are relatively advanced; that Renat is a Swedish Artillery officer, who helped the Junggars cast cannons and taught Swedish artillery experience and drills.

In the original history, in the Battle of Hetongbo between the Manchu and Junggar, the Polish Polshevski took the lead in the charge. With the wedge-shaped charge skills of the Polish cavalry, he led the team to smash the defender Hesheli Dingshou of the Manchu Dynasty and completed the battle. Encircled.It can be regarded as creating the history of the Poles in the East.

The Swede named Renat, somewhat similar to Kong Youde in the late Ming Dynasty, helped Junggar build up an artillery force with 35 field cannons and ten mortars.

Hearing these two names again at this time, Liu Yu was not shocked, but also a little dazed.

The defeat of 3000 people is not a catastrophic event, but the generals must be shocked, especially to find out what is going on?Were these two captured?Or was it sent by Sweden, Poland, etc., the enemies of Woluosi?
Liu Yu didn't dare to be a magic stick, and talked about the battle of Yamesh Lake thousands of miles away, but this battle was also a wake-up call for Dashun: 700 Cossacks and shooting troops, [-] Junggar troops fought at home. After a few months, [-] people ran away.

The Russians suffered little loss, but the combat effectiveness of the Junggar tribe was sufficient. Facing the bastion and lacking artillery, there was really no good solution except to besiege.

In a daze, Liu Yu felt that Dashun was like a broken boat?Seeing that the world is rising and leveling, but in fact, there are water leaks everywhere?
One thing after another, it seems to be connected here.

Duke Qi came to see him today, I'm afraid it was not as simple as sharing the news of the defeat in the Northwest.I'm afraid it has something to do with Western learning, but also with missionaries, and it may even be related to the Northwest War and Tsarist Russia.

After a long while, Qi Guo Gongtian cabled: "In the first year of Han Jianyuan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Bo Wang Hou to lead the Western Regions, intending to find Dayue Clan to attack the Xiongnu. In my opinion, the Junggar tribe is not a problem, and the Oros in the north is the confidant. The enemy. I just don’t know how Sweden and Poland compare with Uros?”

"Is it like the Celestial Dynasty is similar to Southwest Tusi and Northeast Korea? Or are they all big countries? The believers are the so-called Protestantism? The old religion? It may not be good, just know whether it has the intention of using troops in the army."

Liu Yu shook his head and smiled and said, "It's not like the Celestial Dynasty, Chieftain, and North Korea. Sweden is a small country with a population of only one million, but its soldiers are very strong. The Raksha people conquered several times, so that the bells of the ancestral temple were melted and cast. Cannon, just to win."

When Tian Suo heard Liu Yu say that Sweden's population is only one million, and that they were able to fight Luocha for several years, he was also secretly amazed.

Then he took out a piece of paper, waved at Liu Yu and said, "Since you have studied with missionaries for several years, you should be able to recognize Western characters. Just take a look, what is written on it?"

Leaning over to look at the words on it, it was easy to recognize. They were all Latin, which he had learned from missionaries, and the official language of the West at this time.

I read two lines at random, and they were all the official titles of Qi Guogong Tian Suo, translated into Latin.There was also a message about the Russian mission.

Liu Yu seemed to have realized something, looked up at Duke Qi, and asked, "The Raksha Kingdom wants to send a mission? Duke Qi, are you in charge of the contact? It has something to do with the Northwest War? Shouldn't missionaries do the translation? ?"

After asking a few questions, Liu Yu seemed to think of something——Da Shun had just broken up with the missionaries, the Holy See was obsessed with the issue of etiquette, and there were frequent teaching cases in Fujian. Use those missionaries.

It seems that today's piles of things are finally going to be connected together.

This is smooth, not smooth at all.

(End of this chapter)