Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 697: An Inch of Rivers and Mountains, An Inch of Gold
Two days later, Zhao Xin, who had returned to Beihai Town, received a telegram from the Western Front Command and learned about everything that happened in Hami.Although he really wanted to see the majestic Tianshan Mountain with his own eyes, there were more important things to do right now.

Li Chao's envoy has been in Beihai Town for a week.The purpose of their trip was to discuss with Beihai Town the ownership of the southern foot of the source of the Tumen River and the division of the northeastern border.The chief and deputy envoys are Zuo Yizheng and Li Cao Judgment, in addition to five ministers including Bibian Division Zuo Counselor, Hongbunkan Dati Xue, and Li Cao Shen Juan, plus the entourage and attendants, it is full of There are more than 100 people, just like the Yanxing Mission to Beijing.

The reason why Li Yan sent such a high-level mission was mainly because the Beihai Navy's military operation across the Tumen River really frightened him and his subordinates.He even felt that if he continued to play the "closer and closer" trick with Beihai Town and avoid talking about the territory of North Hamgyong Province, that Zhao Wang would probably come to Hanyang city.

On the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th, under the command of Pan Xiucheng, the North Navy stationed in Hunchun suddenly crossed the Tumen River with two regiments, and entrenched in Qingxing and Qingyuan along the long border. The Qing army in Wencheng, Zhongcheng, Huining launched a full-line attack.Frightened by the powerful offensive of the Northern Navy, the generals of the Qing army all over the country either committed suicide and were captured, and their subordinates broke up and surrendered;

So far, since the 31st year of Hongwu in the former Ming Dynasty, the defense system of the six northern towns that took nearly 50 years to realize the "Northward Strategy" of the Li Dynasty has almost collapsed, leaving only one "aid defense base" - Fu Ningfu.

After Huining City was captured, Pan Xiucheng did not forget Zhao Xin's instructions, and after only resting for two days, he sent another battalion south to attack Maoshanfu City, and finally won the battle.

For this battle, Pan Xiucheng prepared for two full years in Hunchun.During the period, in addition to sending people to question the North Korean farmers who crossed the river to reclaim wasteland, and bribed the officials of the Li Dynasty to obtain information on the defense system along the river, the scouts of the North Navy also went to the south bank in disguise many times for on-the-spot reconnaissance. Mountains, rivers, villages and towns, pass roadblocks, beacon towers, and troop deployment are all well known, and this is how they are all done in one go.

At the same time as the ground battle was launched, ten small motorboats transferred from Beihai Town and five motorboats and gunboats stationed in Mokuowei were all dispatched and assembled in the sea around Xishuiluo, patrolling day and night, forcing Li Chaoshui who was stationed in Luoqianpu, Xishui The army was so frightened that he didn't even dare to go out of the nest, and he couldn't issue a poster or letter. Finally, he sent an urgent report to Jingcheng Mansion by land.It was already 20 days after Hanyang received the news confirming that Beihai Town was "invading" on a large scale.

When Li Yan learned that the Northern Navy was dispatching troops, he was anxious all night, and asked the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to quickly come up with countermeasures.Cai Jigong, who had once suffered in front of Zhao Xin, has now become the head of the government and concurrently served as the secretary of the border. He has seen the strength of the Beihai Navy and knows that he will definitely not win; and he is separated from Li Chao. The shogunate Changzhou clan has now become the lackeys of Beihai Town. If there is an attack from both sides, it may be the disaster of destroying the country.

Everyone unanimously suggested that we still have to talk, but posture is very important.Now that Man Qing is unreliable, Bei Haizhen has become a new big thick leg, and he must be hugged tightly.After some elections, Zuo Yizheng Jin Lusu and Li Cao Judge Yin Yarrow became the candidates to lead the team.

Sovereignty and territory were the first lectures for those scholars who entered the administrative school, and it was Yu Deli who gave the lectures himself.He started from "Under the sky, is it the king's land" in "The Book of Songs", and then talked about "benevolent government starts from the world of economics" in "Mencius", and then to "theory of borders" in "Hanshu". Basically He has sifted through the pros and cons of frontier territories in previous dynasties.

However, the appearance of Zhao Yi surprised everyone in the mission. Many of them had heard about him for a long time.You must know that Zhao Yi worked in the Military Aircraft Department more than 30 years ago, and he also served the Emperor Qianlong; even such a person joined the King Zhao, which undoubtedly means that Beihai Town is no longer the "uneducated" separatist regime in the past regime.

Yu Deli said that Guangxi's border affairs are not compatible with those in the Northeast!But seeing that Zhao Yi was so enthusiastic, it was not easy to refute the other party's face, so he simply arranged a temporary position as a consultant for him.Zhao Yi was naturally happy, he was just curious and wanted to see it, but he refused to do it for an official.

Seeing that Zhao Yi would not leave, Yuan Mei had no choice but to take her son back by boat.Although the novelty of Beihai Town is not enough, and the food is also innumerable, but the weather after winter is too cold, he really can't bear this old bone, and Suiyuan in Xiaocangshan is the most comfortable.However, his female disciple Xi Peilan and her husband Sun Yuanxiang stayed behind. Both of them ranked among the top in the new imperial examination in August.At the beginning of October, Sun Yuanxiang entered the administrative school with others to continue his studies for a year, while Xi Peilan went to the elementary school and became colleagues with Wang Zhenyi.

On the opposite side, Li Cao's judge, Yin Yarrow, secretly scolded Shen Huanzhi for being an idiot, what are you talking about about Changbai Mountain!It is true to take back the five northern towns and Maoshan Prefecture.So he said: "At this time, let's not talk about it for the time being. I have come here this time at the order of my king. May I ask Mr. Shen, now that the Hulu on the south bank of the Tumen River have surrendered, is the land occupied by the Shang Kingdom also?" Should it be returned to us?"

Yin Yarrow became impatient when he heard it, and hurriedly said, "It's the land bestowed by Emperor Taizong, how can it be said to be stolen?"

In fact, the northern border of the Li Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country was not the Tumen River, but Jingcheng.

The same goes for King Zhao. As the successor of the Central Plains Dynasty, it is right not to compete with the small states for size!
In fact, what he didn't know was that Zhao Xin and the other traversing people had led the Northern Navy to conquer all these years, and most of the time it was to safeguard territorial sovereignty.Therefore, whether it is the various departments of Beihai Town, the army, industrial and mining, schools, and even the countryside, they have been repeatedly publicizing through broadcasts, operas and other easy-to-understand forms in the past few years. Form the concept of modern state.

It is a pity that "My Great Ming" has weak territorial awareness and lacks understanding of the area south of the Tumen River, so it is difficult to distinguish right from wrong in the sophistry of the North Korean envoys, and North Korea has always "sincerely matters"; so in this case, The suzerain country's "softness, farness and tolerance" broke out, and easily agreed to North Korea's request, and granted the above-mentioned ten Jurchen tribal areas.In the end, the Joseon Dynasty got what it wanted, and formed the fact that the lower reaches of the Tumen River were bounded by the river.

Before the mission left, Li Yan repeatedly urged that the five northern towns must be brought back; that was the territory created with great difficulty in the Taizong era, and it would be shameless to face the ancestors if they lost themselves.

The attitude of these people from Beihai Town made Li Chao's mission quite disgusted when they came up, all of them looked ashen, knowing that they had encountered a tough bone.However, what surprised Jin Lusu and the others was, why did the well-educated people like Wang Zhong and Liu Taigong become domineering after they voted for Beihai Town?Could it be that he was infected by King Zhao?

The reason why Li Fangyuan, the third king of the Li Dynasty, wanted to expand the border to the north was not only to seek land when the dynasties in the Central Plains changed, but another reason was that Li Chenggui, the first ancestor of the Joseon Dynasty, had respected his father and ancestors as kings for four generations at the beginning of his accession to the throne. , and Qingyuan Mansion is the burial place of his great-grandfather, Li Andu and his wife.In the Yuan Dynasty, it belonged to the "Wodong Qianhusuo", and Li Andu was the "Shouqianhu and Daluhuachi" of the Qianhusuo.

This is the origin of "Taizong bestows soil".

Shen Huanzhi took the materials and looked at them, and was immediately taken aback.There is such a passage recorded on it: "Let Confucian officials read "Longfei Yutiange" Chapter 1'My ancestor today, Qingxing is a house', which is full of enthusiasm. Baitou Mountain is a mountain in our country, which is particularly clear. Although If it is not in our country, the way of pursuing retribution is still to look forward to offering sacrifices. What is the case in our country? Look forward to offering sacrifices, and order Yicao to hold them. An altar can be set up and asked the Taoist ministers to get rid of the details. "

The problem is that in the 13th year of Kangxi, Yongli, the last emperor of Nanming, had been dead for 12 years. Where did the Li Dynasty go to ask for the imperial edict!

"This..." The rest of Li Chao's mission were all dumbfounded after seeing it, and they looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering why Beihai Town even got this thing, it seems that there are traitors in the court!

The reason why Yu Deli let the scholars who are being trained in the administrative school into the negotiation team is also to let these scholars who are deeply educated in Confucianism understand and accept Beihai Town's frontier consciousness-that is, territorial sovereignty, and use them to influence and drive more Many readers.

One of Bibian Si Tidiao and Hong Wen Guan Da Ti Xue Shen Huan came up with the "Mukedeng Delimitation" in the 51st year of Kangxi as an example, and said that the birthplace of the Korean Kingdom is Changbai Mountain at the source of the Tumen River. Sacrificial ceremonies will be held in January and August.After Shen Huanzhi finished speaking, he also took out the sacrificial oration written by himself and his predecessor as proof.

"This, this, this is not when the Jurchens left."

Yu Deli, this old man is too mysterious, there is no way to find out his background!

According to the instructions to replace the Yuan, the territory of the Yuan Dynasty should be taken over by the Ming Dynasty, and the Li Dynasty's private occupation is stealing.However, when Zhu Di sent envoys to appease the ten Jurchen tribes around the Tumen River, Li Chao sent envoys to Nanjing to make strong arguments, in order to ensure their "northward expansion" interests and achieve the goal of permanent "legal" occupation. It is hoped that the Ming Dynasty will "take the people of the Jurchen heritage in the northeast and beg for the country's jurisdiction to remain the same."

Yin Yarrow had just said a few words before he felt a slip of the tongue and couldn't speak any more.Zuo Yizheng Jin Lusu trembled from his angry beard, thinking that he is an idiot!
It is said that the early Maoshan Town was also called Maoshan Wanhubao, which was originally a small fort under the jurisdiction of Huining Town; and as Wang Zhong said, Maoshan Wanhubao was not on the Tumen River at that time, but was located in Funing North of town.Throughout the second half of the 15th century, the fort remained in place without change.However, with the rise of Nurhaci, all the Jurchen tribes in the Tumen River Basin, including the Laotu tribe, were recruited to the north of the Tumen River. No trace.

Negotiations started in a polite atmosphere. Everyone was a person of status and knowledge. Even Shen Jingdan, who was a businessman, now secretly called himself a "prospective head of state" and could no longer be the same as in the past.However, Li Chao and his group are typical shameless people. The more you respect him, the more he will feel that he can take advantage of it.

In fact, Zhao Yi was going to go back to the south of the Yangtze River by boat with Yuan Mei, but when he heard that people from the Li Dynasty were coming to negotiate, he found Yu Deli and said that he had been an official in the border towns of Anfu and Yongchang in Guangxi for many years. He is very familiar with frontier affairs and can help with detailed planning.

"It's only been 25 years since your country set up a sacrifice. Zongshan's theory is neither found in scriptures nor in history. It's just a theory of your country. I'm afraid it's not credible. If Mr. Wanpu said, Kunlun Is the ancestor of all mountains, does your country move the border to the Kunlun watershed?"

You must know that what Liu Taigong took out was nothing else but Li Chao's secret file "Diary of Chengzhengyuan". This passage came from the mouth of Li Zhi's grandfather, King Yingzu, and the evidence is as solid as a mountain.

Liu Taigong made up his sword and said: "Although there is a saying in your country's "Longxing Song" that 'the mountains come from Changbai Mountain, the water flows to the Longxing River, the mountains and waters are beautiful and auspicious, and the Taizu King is born', but the dragon Xingjiang used to be called Hengjiang. Your Changbai Mountain is the "Baishan Mountain" 110 miles west of Jingcheng, not the Changbai Mountain in our country. It is said in your country's "Sejong Shilu Geography" that Bibai Mountain is about a hundred miles northwest of Dingping Prefecture. In the west of Jingcheng County."

Li Chao has gotten to know the important people in Beihai Town these years. He knows that Shen Jingdan is Zhao Xin's father-in-law. Needless to say, his status is also in charge of the maritime trade affairs of Beihai Town; Wang Zhong is a world-renowned master of classics , and Zhao Xin are both teachers and friends; Liu Taigong is the person in charge of civil affairs in the Hunchun area, and he handles the daily border affairs of the Li Dynasty and Beihai Town.

When Li Chao's mission arrived at Whale Harbor, Zhao Xin hadn't returned yet, and Beihai Town's party was received by Deli, Shen Jingdan, Wang Zhong, Zhao Yi, and Liu Taigong.

Wang Zhong continued: "Even if this is the case, it is also a problem in the lower reaches of the Tumen River. What about the Maoshan in the middle reaches? May I ask which emperor of the previous Ming Dynasty gave the Maoshan to you? Take a look at the imperial decree! Who will allow you? The one who moved the Maoshan government office from eighteen miles north of Funing town to Sanfengping?"

"Moreover, when your country formulated the "Five Rituals" at the beginning of the country, although the six towns including Qingxing were already within the boundary, they did not use Changbai Mountain but Bibai Mountain as the northern mountain. Zi said Ran Youyun: Li, princes sacrifice To enclose the mountains and rivers inside, and Ji's family sacrifice them is arrogance! What is your country's intention to sacrifice to the mountains outside the territory without authorization?"

In addition to the above five, Yu Deli also selected more than a dozen scholars and students from the new imperial examinations this year, and stuffed them into the negotiating team as assistants, nothing more than sorting out materials and meeting minutes.

On the side of Beihai Town, Wang Zhong was the first to fire. He didn't even bother to argue about the boundary survey in the Kangxi era, but pointed directly at the source.

Li Chao felt that his opportunity had come, so he announced, "This is my land. If the enemy comes, we will avoid it, and if the enemy goes, we will live there. It is solid. Since the river is the limit, even if it is outside the Great Wall and the river is full of beans, then the other side I also know that it is not the land."So in the 13th year of Kangxi, Maoshan Fort was first moved to the "Sanfengping" by the river, and then upgraded to the Protectorate ten years later, thus completing the final establishment of Maoshan.

After all, he directly threw out a copy of the material, and said with a sneer, "How far is Qingxing from Changbai Mountain? It's obviously our country's territory, when did it come to your country?!"

Shen Jingdan shook his head slightly with his beard and said: "The land on the south bank of the Tumen River and Mount Mao are the land of the Jurchen. Your country took advantage of the chaos at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, and stole it for nearly 300 years. It should be returned. .”

We must know that one of the biggest flaws in China's traditional frontier consciousness is the so-called concept of "family world" or "imperial world". After all, maintaining the stability of one's own rule is more important than anything else.This is also why Shi Jingtang was able to cede the "Sixteen States of Yanyun" at will, and why the fortitude in another time and space can say "Ning and friends, not slaves".

Wang Zhong’s words are actually expressing an attitude to the neighboring countries, that is, the era of vassal vassals with virtue and softness is over, and the nonsense of “the Celestial Dynasty does not compete with small states for size” like Yongzheng’s can be washed away and slept. up.

Not to mention giving up three feet, not even an inch!

　After the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, the early Jurchens were far away from the Liaodong region controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and farther away from the Central Plains. Some of the necessities of life they needed could only be solved through trade with the neighboring North Korea.Under the conditions at that time, the only place where mutual market trade could be carried out was Qingyuan Prefecture, also known as "Kongzhou".Since the power of Jianzhouwei expanded to the south bank of the Tumen River at that time, it became a heart disease on the way of Li Dynasty's "northward march".In view of this, the North Korean monarchs immediately adopted sanctions and implemented the so-called "exorcism" against Jurchen.After that, Jurchen launched a fierce revenge action, known as the "Gengyin Incident" in history.During this period, Mao Lianwei, a Jurchen subordinate to Jianzhou, was destroyed, and the two sides have feuded ever since.Later Jianzhou Weixi moved to Fangzhou in the north of Xinbin.Mengge Timur, the chief leader of the Jurchens in the Tumenjiang area, took his followers to Yuyu in the west of Fangzhou (where pig farming was popular.) After that, Mengge Timur was named the head of Jianzhou Zuowei by Zhu Di. Serve as commander.His grandson is Dong Chongyang, who is the ancestor of Nurhachi.

　　
　
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