1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 645 Qing Mission ([-])

On February 2th, when the Qing Mission, which was detained in the military camp outside Jianye City, was scolding for their own environment and unfair treatment, several black-clothed guards came to them .

"Tell me, what do you want to do when you come to Hanzhou, or what do you want to talk to us about?" He Qing, the deputy commander of the black guards, looked at the troubled Qing envoys and asked seriously .

"I am Wang Weichang, the envoy of the Qi clan ordered by the Qing court, and Wang Weichang, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites. I am the emperor and regent of the Qing Dynasty..." Wang Weichang raised his head and said with awe-inspiring expression.

"How can there be so much nonsense!" He Qing directly interrupted Wang Weichang's words, "I'm asking, what do you want to talk to us about when you come to Hanzhou?"

"You..." Wang Weichang glared at He Qing. He was extremely angry at the rudeness of this Qi soldier. He waved his sleeves and turned his head away. The prince of the Ni family is here, and I will talk to him again."

"Forget it!" He Qing smiled, then waved his hand and led the people away, leaving a group of Qing missionaries looking at each other in blank dismay.

"Hey..., why are this group of Erfanbang people so rude?" Tong Guoning, the second-class guard (from the fourth rank), was stunned for a while, and then shouted: "We are the envoys of the Qing Dynasty. They treat us like this. Don't be afraid... His grandma's, a bunch of savages!"

"Lord Tong, as you said, this small state of Qi Fan is really a bunch of barbarians!" Wang Weichang was also speechless for a while, and detained them for several days. They were not provided with water for the first day, although food was restored later. Served, but also some corn mush, potato cubes, dry pancakes, dried salted fish, not even a little oily.Pity their team of envoys, they crossed thousands of miles of sea waves and came to this remote Hanzhou continent. Along the way, more than half of the members of the envoys died, and the rest of the living people were all weak and out of shape.This mission is really hard work!

"Master Wang, look at this posture, do the savages of Qi Fan not want to talk to us?" Tong Guoning asked with a slap in the face.

"It may not be so." Wang Weichang said with some uncertainty: "The uncle of Qi Fan is in our hands, so you are not afraid that we will execute him?"

"Maybe, this puppet king of Qi Fan has a lot of brother-in-laws, and he doesn't care at all." Tong Guoning said with a little dejection: "You have also seen that the journey from our Qing Dynasty may not be less than ten thousand miles, and the journey will take nearly two months. The Qi clan lives in this desolate southern continent, so it's really safe. No matter how powerful our heavenly soldiers are, we can't ride horses across the ocean and come over to kill them. In addition, they cannon Sharp and convenient, my Qing Dynasty seems to have nothing to do with others! No wonder they dare to be so confident and wantonly interfere with us to destroy the hypocrisy of Yongchu."

"Master Tong, what you said really makes some sense." Wang Weichang couldn't help but sighed, and said, "At this moment, what can I do?"

"Wait!" Tong Guoning looked at the rows of tall eucalyptus trees outside the window, blocking the glare of the sun, and only passing through small beams of light, "Since they haven't killed us yet, they still want to know that we came here purpose, and what we can offer them in exchange.”

Tong Guoning, the second-class bodyguard, whose father was Tong Fengnian and grandfather Tong Yangzhen, was one of the first generals of the Ming Dynasty who surrendered and became slaves.And he also has a second uncle who is more famous in later generations, Tong Tulai (real name Tong Shengnian, grandfather of Emperor Kangxi), who can be regarded as a prominent family background and full of dignitaries.This trip to the mainland of Hanzhou, I thought it would be an easy job, and I could mix up my qualifications and pave the way for future promotion.

Who knows, the journey along the way can be described as extremely bumpy, but when they arrive at the mainland of Hanzhou, no one cares about them.

In October last year, a Mongolian cavalry team stationed by the Qing army in Dezhou encountered scouts from the Yongchu court. After a fierce battle, several people were beheaded and five were captured. Among them were two Qi soldiers in black uniforms. , This made the Eight Banners and Mongol Commanders of the Qing Army stationed in the state overjoyed, and finally caught a few Qi soldiers alive.

Then, after some torture, what made the generals of the Qing army stationed in Dezhou even more ecstatic was that among the captured officers and soldiers of Qi State, one of them turned out to be Luo Shouzhang, the brother-in-law of the puppet king of Qi State. treasure.Immediately, people escorted Luo Shouzhang all the way to Beijing to ask the regent for credit.

Many dignitaries of the Eight Banners in Beijing heard that they had captured important figures of the Qi State, and they all came to watch.Immediately, someone suggested that Luo Shouzhang be directly punished and beheaded in public at Caishikou outside Xuanwumen to warn Qi.

But Dorgon vetoed this proposal. He accepted the suggestion of several Han officials and planned to use this as an opportunity to send envoys to Denglai to contact the Qi State privately.Let's see if we can promise some conditions so that the other side can withdraw their support for Yongchu's puppet Ming court and stop interfering with our Qing Dynasty's raids on Shandong and Denglai, so as to completely resolve the threat on the side of Gyeonggi.

After several years of attacking each other, the Qing court also gradually understood that the biggest threat to seizing Shandong and Denglai was this small country-Qi.They are determined to oppose our Qing Dynasty. In addition to providing a large amount of military supplies to the Yongchu Puppet Ming Dynasty, they also directly harass our Qing Dynasty's rear with boat divisions.

In order to prevent Liaodong from being attacked by the Ming-Qi coalition forces again, Dorgon had to station [-] cavalry and [-] Han Eight Banner infantry in Liaoyang and Shenyang. For Tianjin on the side of Beijing, there were also more than [-] Mongolian cavalry.These arrangements greatly involved the relatively weak strength of the Qing army, which made the strength of the Eight Banners in various battlefields in the country even more tense.

Moreover, in order to prevent the Yongchu puppet Ming court from defeating Jinan and Dezhou, attacking Hebei to the north, and intimidating Beijing, the Qing army also deployed three thousand and eight banners in Zhengding (now Shijiazhuang City) and Baoding respectively. In addition, [-] elite Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers were stationed to take care of the surrounding situation.

It can be said that because of the existence of Denglai, more than [-] elite soldiers and horses of the Qing army were restrained, and Dorgon has always regarded it as a serious problem in his confidant, and he wanted to get rid of it quickly.However, the three attacks on Denglai resulted in disastrous defeats and numerous casualties. Coupled with the special terrain of Denglai, and with the cooperation of Qi's powerful fleet, the Yongchu Puppet Ming court was able to defend with ease, and they also made waves from time to time. The counterattack caused the Qing army a headache.

If we can persuade that small overseas state - Qi State to stop aiding the Yongchu Puppet Ming Dynasty and withdraw its fleet and armed personnel, presumably under the attack of the powerful Eight Banners army, it should be able to easily capture the Denglai area and completely destroy the Yongchu Puppet Ming Dynasty Small court.

The envoys to be sent reported to Dorgon that the general of the Qi State stationed in Denglai was only ordered by the local king of Qi to station on the coast of Denglai, support the Yongchu court, and continue to maintain the existence of the Ming regime.As for accepting the conditions offered by our Qing Dynasty and stopping aiding the Denglaiming Army, they have no independent power.

Since you want to get in touch with the state of Qi, it is better to send a mission directly to the mainland of Hanzhou where the state of Qi is located, and discuss with the king of the state of Qi face to face.Now, my Qing Dynasty is sweeping the world, occupying most of the country. The conditions that Denglai's Yongchu small court can offer, I think my Qing Dynasty can also give it, and it can even be more generous than them.As long as Qi Guo is willing to withdraw from Denglai and stop supporting hypocrisy, even if Qi Guo makes a small profit, it will be more proactive than stalemate in the current situation.

Small states outside the vassal state just want to obtain some products from the Central Plains, or gold and silver money. I heard that they are still transferring many immigrants from the mainland to their homeland.I can give you all these things in the Qing Dynasty.Even if you ask for higher conditions, it is not impossible to negotiate, as long as you don't interfere with my Qing Dynasty's unification of the world.

But now, my Qing mission has gone through untold hardships and finally came to the mainland of Hanzhou, thousands of miles away, but I never thought that it would be treated so coldly by Qi Fan, let alone their king not come to meet them, Not even an official official came to contact him.Instead, a group of Qiu Balai came to ask what their purpose of coming here was, and what conditions they promised Qi Fan.

It's so rude, it's just... unreasonable!
However, after staying for five or six days, the group of Qiu Ba came over again, and then, still unceremoniously, directly asked them about their goals and what conditions they could promise to the Qi State in order to achieve these goals.

After being sternly rejected by members of the mission, they turned around and left without saying a word, as if they didn't care too much about the purpose of their mission.

As a result, the members of the Qing Mission feel very uncomfortable. If you want to ask questions, can't you give a slightly better attitude?In addition, we have come so far, you should at least send an official with status to take care of my face, okay?
(End of this chapter)