Xinshun 1730

Chapter 8
A series of questions were asked, only to get a sigh from Qi Guogong Tian Suo.

Things are coming together and it's a mess.

But if you think about it carefully, these things will happen sooner or later. As long as you don't retreat and only guard the eighteen provinces of Han, you will always encounter these troubles in the end.

Rakshasa and Oros are both Russian, the only difference is how many hands were used when transliterating and translating, and how many second-hand dealers there were.

Mongols can't pronounce the R sound, so an auxiliary O will be added in front of RUS, and Ross becomes Russia.

North Korea and Japan have not been transliterated by the Mongols, so they are called Lucia and Luochan, which are similar to Luocha.

If Dashun wanted to truly pacify the border, it would be impossible for the Northeast, Northwest, and Mongolia not to deal with the Raksha people.

Going around, Liu Yu seemed to have figured it out a bit.

To deal with the Raksha people, you have to use missionaries, but Dashun just had a falling out with the missionaries.

On the one hand, he just went to ask someone to do something after falling out, and he really couldn't afford to lose that person, and he couldn't be hardened if he wanted to ban the church later; In matters such as boundary demarcation and negotiation, I am afraid that these missionaries will take advantage of the inside and outside, and turn to the Raksha people.

No wonder... to find myself.

I should be one of the few people in the Dashun court who understands the Western Yi kingdoms and Latin, and is not a religious person, right?Mainly because of his identity, he is very reliable.

Looking at the Latin translation of the letter of credence, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it. It should be translated by missionaries in the court.

Blinking his eyes, he asked, "What does Duke Qi mean? You don't want me to be an interpreter, do you?"

Tian Suo laughed and said, "I can't. If I catch you as an interpreter, your father will fight me hard. It's just this matter... how should I say it, I can't explain a sentence or two. I took a Hard work."

"The old king of the Raksha Kingdom passed away, and the new successor is a woman. The hen sits in the morning, and the seat must be unstable. Or maybe the Raksha people will die of abdominal distension if they don't eat rhubarb, so they want to do business. ? After all, a large-scale mission was sent to come to pay tribute."

"I lead the idle position of Zuo Zongzheng in the clan's mansion, and there is also an earl in the Rakshasa Mission. My status is the most suitable for the whole court. Hey... Northeast, Northwest, Mongolia, Junggar, border survey, trade, Trade, sending envoys... There are a lot of things to discuss, and it is too troublesome. I really have no choice."

Liu Yu finally understood what year it was.

The old king of Rakshasa is dead... so it should be the death of Peter the Great?It was only fitting that the superior was a woman.It is estimated that this time is either 1725 or 1726?
Now there is the Westphalian system in the west, and the tribute system in the east. As the official figure of Dashun, Qi Guogong is in charge of the affairs of the clan mansion, so there is no mistake in the etiquette title.

There is one and only one emperor in the world, and that is the current emperor. In the official context of Dashun, Luocha Kingdom can only be "king", and death can only be "death" and cannot be used as "beng".

But the problem is that Qi Guogong said that he is not going to let himself be an interpreter, so what does this matter have to do with him?Where can I use myself?

Tian Suo seemed to be hesitating for something, and it took him a long time to make up his mind. He took out a picture from the table behind him and spread it on the table.

Since it was taken out, it was for Liu Yu to see.Liu Yu poked his head and looked over, and found that it was a map drawn by the military government official department, which was only the part of the Nuergan capital during the Yongle period of the previous dynasty, that is, the Songhua River and Heilongjiang River Basin in the later generations.

"Nowadays, everyone in the world says that I am smooth and the world is peaceful. In fact, it is not the case. There are Rakshasa in the northeast, Junggar in the northwest, chieftains in Yunnan and Guizhou, and Burma in the south."

"Since the fifth year of Chongzhen in the previous Ming Dynasty, the Raksha people have built a city in the north, and they have continued to go south in these years. The lessons of the previous dynasty, the land of Liaodong, must be guarded against. In the past, the Jurchen was just a small tribe, and it became a big problem in 20 years. Now the Raksha is in the northeast. , Your Majesty can hardly sleep or eat."

"In the dispute with the Junggar tribe, we must also deal with the Raksha people. The Mongolian tribes in Mobei are also waiting and watching. If the Dashun is strong, he will surrender, and if the Raksha is strong, he will surrender to the Raksha."

What he said was correct. With the lessons learned from the chaos in the Northeast in the Ming Dynasty, Dashun was extra careful about the Northeast.

The northwest where Dashun started is also where Dashun Chenwei's "destiny" lies, so we must work hard to expand and avoid future troubles.

The Junggar tribe is also a descendant of the Mongolian Wala, and is similar to the Mongols not far from the capital. If they are annexed by them, I am afraid that they will really have to learn from the previous Ming Dynasty that "the emperor guards the gate".

Liu Yu went to school in Wude Palace, and also learned to read the maps of this era. After a few glances, she was speechless for a while.

During the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Dashun counterattacked, and smallpox broke out in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was constantly necessary to arrest some Jurchen, Sauron, Oroqen, and Hezhe people to join the army.

As a result, the population of the Songhua River Basin was empty, and the Raksha people took advantage of it. Now they are constantly moving south, and the northeast frontier of Dashun is very dangerous.

Judging from this picture, Dashun's most northeast fortress in the Songhua River Basin was the "Handuo Liwei" in the Yongle period.The later generation is Yilan County in Hei Province, next to it is the old site of Wuguocheng where Lord Jingkang Shuhunde lived.

To the east is a swamp, the Great Northern Wilderness that cannot be developed at this time.About three to five hundred miles away from Handuoliwei, there is a fortress of the Raksha people, near Jiamusi in later generations.

Ordinary people don't talk about state affairs, because it's useless to talk about it.Liu Yu can speak freely, with his status here, and the honorable ministers of the imperial court by his side, he has no taboos, and said bluntly: "Isn't the imperial court planning to just talk to Luosha like this, and check the boundary with him? This... I'm afraid it won't work. The lessons learned from the previous dynasty must be guarded against. Once the Central Plains are in chaos in the Northeast, I am afraid that the Raksha people will integrate the remaining Jurchen tribes and regard them as the vanguard. Aren't they the great enemy of the dynasty?"

Qi Guogong Tian Suo's eyes flashed brightly, but he remained calm and deliberately asked, "What do you think?"

Liu Yu stretched out his hand, clicked Kaiyuan City on the map, and said: "During the Yongle period of the previous dynasty, Kai Nuer was the capital. The first thing he did was to build a shipyard by the Songhua River in Jilin."

Moved his finger upwards, pointing to the location of Jilin Shipyard, hundreds of miles away from Kaiyuan just now, with stretches of mountains in the middle.

"Marching to the northeast is not easy, and the supply can only rely on boats. Taking the Kaiyuan line, to the north is the mountains, or it can be called the watershed. To the north of the watershed is the Songhua River, and to the south of the watershed is the Liaohe River. Water transportation along the Liaohe River can only reach Kaiyuan. Originally, when we arrived in Kaiyuan, we had to climb four to five hundred miles of mountains, and then we could transport food and soldiers in the Jilin shipyard, so as to control Nuer Gandusi’s thousands of miles of land.”

"There is this watershed, and North Korea is difficult to transport across the sea. Of course, it is not easy for our army to supply. But the Raksha people have traveled thousands of miles, and it will be extremely difficult to supply. In Nuergandusi, there are no more than a few thousand people in one generation."

When it came to logistics supplies, Qi Guogong Tian Suo nodded secretly, thinking that among the younger generation of Xungui's children, only the youngest of Yi Guogong's family can take the lead, and it seems that the rumors are true.

Although it is just talking on paper, it is rare to be able to talk about the difficulties of logistical supplies and watershed transportation of grain.After all, the opponent is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and it is not easy to know that logistics is the lifeline of a military strategist.

Liu Yu was not afraid of what others would say, so he said carefreely: "In my opinion, Luocha and our dynasty are like two strong men who can only tickle each other with goose feathers. However, a few thousand troops, no matter how many, are useless. The logistics are also difficult to support.”

"Either fight, or don't talk at all, time is up to me. Therefore, I don't think it is a good thing to demarcate at this time."

Qi Guogong Tian Suo's heart moved, and he asked: "What does it mean that time is with me?"

"Liaodong! Over the years, the imperial court has been immigrating to Liaodong in order to prevent another captive from the east. Shandong crosses the sea, Hebei passes the customs, recuperates, and gathers the population. After decades, the population will multiply. Even if no one is willing to pass at this time The watershed continues to go north to the bitter cold land, but there will be many in a few decades. So I said, time is up to me. The Raksha people are only a few thousand, how can they hold it? Moreover, if the population of Liaodong is as large as Shandong and Hebei, It is not difficult to raise food on the spot and catch people for labor, and the Songliao watershed that is hundreds of miles away."

"Since the chaos of the Western Yi, there has been a Westphalian system. Boundary demarcation is the law, and the countries recognize it. Although my dynasty is the land of the king, but... But it is hard to say in the future. Once the demarcation It’s hard to define it.”

Speaking of this, Liu Yu shook his head solemnly and said, "That's why I said that talking about border surveys at this time is harming the country. My nephew also said something seriously, and the Duke should not blame him."

"You said."

"If the Duke is going to survey the border at this time... After a hundred years, the name of Shi Jingtang will fall on the Duke! Either fight, or don't talk about it at all. After decades of population growth in Liaodong, it will not be too late to fight. It’s time to delineate the boundaries.”

Shi Jingtang!
Those three words made Tian Ping, who was listening to the excitement, tremble.

Tian Suo, Duke of Qi, heard these three words, but he raised his head and laughed loudly: "Okay! Okay! Okay! A good one bears the name of Shi Jingtang, a good time is with me, a good one either fights or doesn't talk at all! Good! Very good!"

"When I read the "Book of Tang", I saw the words 'you can compare with Yusun and Wu, but who is the person of Fesi?', and I often thought it was attached by later generations. Teenagers, even geniuses, can't understand the matter of conquest. ? Today we know that the ancients were sincere and never deceived me!"

No matter how uneducated Liu Yu was, he understood who the words were talking about. He shivered in fright, and hurriedly said, "I can't stand it! I can't stand it! The Duke should accept this sentence."

Liu Yu really couldn't bear it, and Tian Suo also felt that it was a bit too much, so he smiled and nodded, signaling to take back what he just said.

"Shouchang, what you said speaks to my heart. Taking history as a mirror, after the Tumubao in the former Ming Dynasty, the honorary title was not removed, but except for one Guo Deng, none of the honorable children could fight, so that they finally became It looks like that. I have heard on weekdays that you are the head of the honored children of the Guochao, and it seems that this is true."

Hearing Guo Deng's name again, Liu Yu felt that the "encouragement" given to him by his father should be known to the older generation?

This is because everyone has a sense of urgency, thinking that the next generation of honorable children will rely on themselves to take the lead, and find a less useless one among the short ones?

Tian Suo called Tian Ping and Liu Yu to his side, and said in a low voice: "It's not that there are no talents in the imperial court, and the policy it made is really similar to what Shou Chang said. However, His Majesty has made a decision, and the Tiance Mansion also looks forward to it." Let’s go to war against Rakshasa.”

"If we win, we will survey the borders; if we lose, we will say that our Celestial Dynasty is not the same as that of the western barbarians, and we will not survey the borders or establish a contract. We will fight back when the population of Liaodong grows in the future."

"It's just that... if you want to go to war, you need to go first with food and grass. Since your Majesty took the throne, he has started to repair the post, opened a shipyard in Jilin, and accumulated food. However, it has not yet been perfected, and it will take time."

"This time when the envoys from the Rakshasa come to visit, we must talk about it, but I want to delay the time. The longer the delay, the better. After thinking about it, it is best to wrangle on the etiquette issue and delay it for a year. Half a load."

"One is to give the Northeast the time to build roads, build stations, build ships and dispatch troops; the other is to argue about etiquette, which can also paralyze the Raksha people, thinking that we are arrogant and no one is suspected of him. The so-called Mingxiu plank road secretly hides Chencang .”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Liu Yu, and said seriously: "It's about missionaries again, Your Majesty can't trust missionaries. Besides, missionaries are still closer to Rakshasa people after all. So, I think about it, you He is a man of his own, and he is usable. He understands the court etiquette as well as the Xiyi system."

Pointing to the similar credential on the table, he said: "So, let's see if we can make a fuss about etiquette and titles? Let the Raksha people become angry and refuse to accept it, and take the initiative to argue with us on etiquette issues? , After the fight is over, in order to pacify Junggar, we still need to negotiate and do business with the Raksha Kingdom, and we must not go to the end of the road."

"Is it a fuss about etiquette?" Liu Yu nodded, understood Tian Suo's meaning, and said, "How long is Duke Qi going to delay?"

Tian Suo stretched out two fingers.

"Other things can also be discussed, I have my own plans. Regarding the etiquette title, let's discuss it in two months. It is best for the Raksha people to fly into a rage when they see it, and take the initiative to quarrel with me. kind."

"As the saying goes, cursing and revealing shortcomings, Fangda's pain. When he met a blind man, he scolded him for having no eyes, and when he met a lame man, he scolded him for being unable to walk. It's just that I don't know much about Rakshasa's shortcomings, but I don't know how to make him take the initiative to argue with me. ?”

(End of this chapter)