Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 213

"According to what Qing and others said, those people held the banner of the former Ming Dynasty, but I don't know which vassal king's descendants they are?"

"Your Highness, according to what the businessman saw in Ningguta City, in addition to the big banner with Ming characters, those Beihai people also have general flags with the characters Zhao and Wang characters. It is not clear which vassal king's descendants they are. However, according to the news from Beijing, the Qing emperor seems to be ordering people to search for the descendants of the former Ming King Zhao."

Inside the Changdeok Palace in Hanyang, the king of Joseon, Lee Yeon, and Zuo Yizheng, Lee Bok-won, were discussing the news from Hamgyong-do.

Li Yu frowned, and asked in surprise, "King Zhao?"

Li Fuyuan bowed and said: "That's right. The Zhao kings are from the third son of Emperor Chengzu, the first generation of King Zhao Jian, who established the feudal clan, and ended with Zhu Youfen in the 20th year of Chongzhen, a total of fifteen generations."

In September, with the end of the siege of Ningguta City by Beihai soldiers, the news of the defeat of the Qing army spread in all directions from the merchants and border residents trapped in Ningguta.Although the Qing government wanted to block the news, the defeat of tens of thousands of soldiers could not be covered up.In October, not only the Hezhefeiyaka people in the Heilongjiang, Huerha River, and Ussuri River basins were greatly shocked, but even the Lee family knew about it.

Since Chongzhen hanged himself on Meishan and the Manchus entered the Central Plains, the Korean Kingdom, which had been conquered by the Manchus by force, had always insisted on its own debate between Hua and Barbarians, and was hostile to the Manchus.The sense of humiliation brought about by signing the "coalition under the city" because of the isolated city, made the Lee Dynasty, which has always regarded itself as a "Little China", continue to use the natural disasters that occurred in the Central Plains to demonstrate that "the Hulu have no peace for a hundred years" for more than 100 years. transport”, while cultural exchanges between the two countries are strictly prohibited.

The "Ding Chou's descent to the city" that happened in the tenth year of Chongzhen made the whole country of Korea feel humiliated; they secretly called the Qing emperor "Hu Huang" and called the Qing envoys "captive envoys", resulting in a kind of courteous tribute and A strange coexistence of contempt for the Hulu.

In fact, since the Ming Dynasty, the reason why the Li Family Korea, as a small neighboring country, maintained the tributary relationship with the Ming and Qing dynasties was not because of the tyranny of the Ming Dynasty or the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but for the maximization of its own national interests, so it took the initiative to actively To use the tributary relationship.

What needs to be explained is that the core of the national interests of Lee's North Korea is not economic interests, but political interests.That is to say, North Korea wants to form a gap with other neighboring countries through homogenization with China, and improve its status in the East Asian civilization circle (especially for island countries)!

Lee's North Korea hopes to ensure national security through political alliance with a "powerful country" and to obtain the legitimacy of its regime through the authority of the "Son of Heaven".

At this time, after listening to Li Fuyuan's explanation of the inheritance of the Zhao Wang lineage in the previous Ming Dynasty, Li Zhen was also surprised.

Last year, Fukang'an borrowed troops from North Korea, and Li Yan dared not refuse to listen, so he sent Liu Linhan to lead the navy to assist the Qing army.Who knew that the news of the defeat of the Qing army had not even been seen.

At that time, the North Korean monarchs thought that the Qing army was defeated by the Oros people. Who would have thought that this year, the opponent defeated tens of thousands of Qing troops again, and even showed the banner of the former Ming Dynasty.Li Yu and his ministers secretly called it a fluke, if Liu Linhan's navy had come to encircle the mouth of the Xila River last year, they would have suffered heavy losses.

Li Zhen, known as the "King Zhengzu" by later generations, has been on the throne since he was 24 years old. Although he still emphasizes "respecting Ming and righteousness" on the surface, he has actually recognized the high economic and cultural prosperity of the Qing Dynasty and the backwardness of his country.And with the passage of time, the sense of shame in North Korea caused by the defeat has gradually faded.Absorbing the advanced culture and technology of the Qing Dynasty next door has gradually become the mainstream.

Li Yu pondered for a long time, he didn't expect that these people under the banner of the former Ming Dynasty were so powerful, they killed tens of thousands of Qing court troops without leaving any behind.Is the fate of the Hulu coming to an end?
Moreover, according to the news sent back, those people also occupied Hunchun, which is almost at the border between Qing and North Korea.In case the other party can really occupy all the land in the northeast, what should I do?Will those people raise troops and ask for crimes because North Korea once betrayed Ming Dynasty?
Thinking of this, Li Yan said to Li Fuyuan: "In this case, let's send a businessman to investigate privately. If it is really a descendant of King Zhao, our country can secretly help with food and grass through the businessman."

At the same time, Na Qitai, who was in Ninggu Pagoda, began to summon a certain Huo Jihun—that is, Saimar from Uktun, Qihechen Township.

As the "son-in-law of the Qing court" and the spokesperson of the Qing court among the people in the northeast, Saimar did not dare to neglect after receiving the news, braved the wind and snow, and hurried to Ningguta.

Since the other party was Huo Jihun, whom the imperial court needed to win over, Na Qitai was very polite to Saimar, let him sit down, and said after serving tea, "I heard that you took someone to the Xila River last year?"

Saimar got up quickly when he heard it, and replied: "My lord, I have been there. But I only went to the Furjaha River. Last time, the general ordered the villain to retrieve the body of Lord Hou. Fortunately, the villain No disgrace. But those people are very strict with their territory, and the villain has never seen the situation on the other side of the Xila River."

Na Qitai nodded and said: "Well, I know about this. I came here this time to send you to Fuldan City. Do you dare to go?"

Saimar bowed and clasped his fists, and said with a determined face: "My lord has something to do, but please tell me. The villain will risk his life at worst."

Na Qitai smiled approvingly, and asked: "This time, I allow you to bring goods to trade in the name of doing business. It would be better if you can go to the mouth of the Xila River. You have arrived in Fuldan After the city, we must try our best to find out the other party's situation. This... It is best to find out how they will deal with the captured soldiers."

"Follow your instructions!"

When he heard that he could do business along the way, Saimar secretly rejoiced.The dozens of boxes of matches he exchanged last year made him a fortune.When he returned to Uktun with fifty boxes of matches, he immediately caused a sensation.Those frontier residents who heard the news rode for hundreds of miles, just to witness this rare thing that can quickly ignite fire without flint.After demonstrating it seven or eight times in a row, he sold a box of matches that cost one tael of silver to ten taels of silver.

Before he came to Ning Guta, he had already heard that the Qing army was defeated again, and that Fuerdan City was occupied by those people at the mouth of the Xila River.But at this moment, his thinking is completely different from last year.

As a border dweller who has lived in the Jingqili River Basin for generations, which family did not experience the Battle of Yaksa back then?Even though 100 years have passed, the stories passed down by the elders in the tribe still thrill the listeners.

In the first half of the year, the imperial court sent people to say that the Oros people were entrenched at the mouth of the Xila River, and called on the border residents to join the "Barbarian Retreat Army" to fight against the invaders. Saimar obeyed the imperial court's order without hesitation and mobilized the border residents in the village to sign up.Who would have thought that after a big defeat, the border residents who fled back to the village said that those people were not Oros at all!And before seeing many people, the tens of thousands of troops of the imperial court were defeated.

Immediately afterwards, people who came back from Ninggu Pagoda said that those were all Han Chinese, and they were Han Chinese under the banner of the former Ming Dynasty!The muskets and artillery held by them are extremely fierce!
Now Semal was scared.He has been to the city of Beijing, and he has seen the power and majesty of the imperial palace under the Qing court along the way.Right now, even the imperial army can't beat them, what do people in my village have to fight with others?
Besides, they are not aliens, they are Han Chinese!The elders in the tribe said that this area used to be under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.Not to mention anything else, the Yongning Temple stele on Tlin Rock is the best proof.After hundreds of years, those two steles have become fetishes for the border people of all ethnic groups in the outer northeast!
Saimar thought very clearly that if the imperial court wanted to recruit people like himself to fight against the opponent, he would not dare to go; I am afraid that not many people in the village would dare to go again, and doing business would be fine
Thousands of miles away in Beijing, almost all Bannerman families are anxiously waiting.That is because Agui and Fukang'an's family status is too high, otherwise the banner people would dare to come to the door to scold them.Of course there are some people who are not stingy, but the doors of Fucha's house and Agui's house are closed, and no outsiders are seen, even if they knock on the door, no one will answer.

At this time, a piece of news spread quietly among the Manchus in the city. The reason why the old emperor sent his eighth sons, Yongxuan and Heshen, to Jilin to find out how the army was defeated was only on the surface. The real purpose was to negotiate people.

In the ninth year of Yongzheng, a battle with Tongbo caused almost every family in the Beijing city banner to wear mourning, and as many as 500 people died in the battle in Beijing.But the last time it was 1 people who were rounded up, this time more than 2 people were all in one pot!No one knows how many people died.

This made the Qing court so embarrassing!Without checking the casualties of the soldiers, the pensions cannot be issued, and the credit cannot be verified; moreover, some people are still attacking the nobles.Some relatives with hereditary titles are waiting for the news, whether it is bad luck or they will continue to live as a side room and wait to die.

However, it is precisely because of this mission that Heshen before leaving Beijing received a wave of good cards.The Manchu people who came to visit with gifts almost stepped through the threshold of Heshen's house, but Heshen never disappeared; bring back.

Qingliu in the court secretly scolded He Shen's move as an invitation to buy people's hearts.Qianlong was furious when he found out, and scolded these people for standing and talking without pain in their backs.When the eighth son of the emperor, Yongxuan and Heshen, set out to give their majesty speech, the old emperor specially ordered the two to act cheaply.As for Fukang'an and Duerjia, they want to see people when they live, and they want to see corpses when they die.
In the "Rakshasa Temple" located in the Hujiaquan Hutong in Dongzhimen, Beijing, Joachim Shishkowski, head of the seventh "Orthodox Church Office in Beijing", was writing a letter.

This letter was written to the Orthodox Metropolitan (the head of the Orthodox Church) in Moscow. Since the letter sent to Tsarist Russia must pass through the Qing court, the head of the delegation racked his brains, and many words can only be metaphors. illustrate.

(Note: From the [-]th century to the early [-]th century, Tsarist Russia sent messengers to the south of Beijing to open up the connection between the missionaries stationed in Beijing and the country. However, the letters sent by the missionaries back to the country must be submitted to the Lifan Academy, and the proficient After the general translation in Russian, it will be submitted to the Military Aircraft Department and even the emperor for review, and it can be sent if there is no problem.)
"Dear Eminence Metropolitan, since we parted four years ago, I have never ceased to miss the days when I was with you in St. Petersburg. Perhaps only when the years have passed away can one appreciate the beauty of school days. When you taught me That period of time has benefited me a lot throughout my life.

Life in Beijing is peaceful and fulfilling, and the majestic city walls can resist all invaders.The streets and roads here are paved with stone slabs or loess, and the streets are often repaired.These roads look good from a distance, which is not a bad experience for those of us who travel in sedan chairs or on horseback.But if we take a carriage, the shortcomings of the road are exposed, and we in the carriage have to endure bone-shattering bumps.

The emperor here is benevolent.Except for a very small misunderstanding, His Majesty the benevolent Qing Emperor authorized us to leave the hall at any time and go wherever we wanted.For example, in the winding and majestic Great Wall in the north of Beijing, the hot springs 30 versts away, and Tongzhou 20 versts away, all kinds of merchant ships from the south are moored there, and you can't see the edge at a glance.Similarly, the emperor allowed different people to enter the church without hindrance.

Metropolitan, how I miss your days in the classroom!I don't know what your hometown Krushino has become like these days.I remember you telling me about the battle that took place in June, 1610.

You have said that you hope that such a war will never happen again!Because of that battle, the empire lost a large area of ​​territory.It was precisely because of that war that the Swedes in the north once again had ambitions for the empire's territory in the Baltic Sea.

May the light of Jesus Christ shine on the world!
In just over a month, the new year is coming.My sincere regards here.Your student, Joachim Shishkowski. "

(Note: The Battle of Crusino took place in June 1610. 6 people from the Tsarist-Russian-Swedish coalition invaded Poland. Poland won with only 35000 cavalry. The 6500 Russian troops in Crusino finally chose to surrender. The Polish army has thus far The barriers to Moscow were removed. Despite being exhausted and dwindling, they approached Moscow after the war. The dispersed Russian army was unable to quickly organize a larger resistance.)
In mid-October, after Zhao Xin left another 10 taels of silver and a batch of grain to Lu Shoushan, he returned to Yangzhou by boat accompanied by Xu Dayong and Wang Changsheng.

Zhao Xin has identified the gate of Tianning Temple as the transmission point, which is safe and reliable.The reason why he wants to return to modern times this time is because he needs to buy a ship and purchase a large amount of construction materials.

On the other side of Beihai Town, Chen Qingsong has already selected a location near the port, and began to direct large-scale civil construction in preparation for the construction of a large dock.It is estimated that the construction period of the entire dock will be about half a year.

The Raytheon has been at sea for nearly two years, and a large number of parasites on the bottom of the ship need to be cleaned up urgently, and equipment maintenance is also required.If these barnacles and other shellfish are not removed in time, the fuel consumption of each trip to sea will be astronomical.At present, there is no oil in Bitter Leaf Island, and Zhao Xin has a headache every time he buys heavy oil.

(End of this chapter)