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Chapter 625 Tsarist Russian Envoy

Semarang in eastern Java was also captured.

The Banten army was defeated by Yecheng. The governor of Yecheng took the opportunity to hunt rabbits and marched directly into Semarang.

Chen Wenjiong, the governor of Semarang (Sudan) in the Ming Dynasty, was very smart. When he saw that the court was finally going to take action against Semarang, he did not hesitate at all and decisively offered his land to surrender.

A few years after the Tu emperor came to power, not only did this guy not feel happy, but he found it even more difficult.

As the only Han Sultan in eastern Java, as time went by, not only the indigenous Javanese nobles in Semarang became dissatisfied with him, but many Han people also had opinions on him as the Sultan.

Moreover, the indigenous sultans who were separatist in eastern Java quickly set their sights on him.

The "Governor" of Semarang in the Ming Dynasty became increasingly difficult to use, because the Governor's Office in Yecheng didn't care about him at all and just let him do whatever he wanted.

The governor of Semarang, Chen Wenjiong, took the initiative to donate land and surrender. The cabinet's opinion was: to reward him for his meritorious service, the governor of Semarang was demoted to the governor, and the jurisdiction of the Yecheng Governor's Palace was merged. He also sent envoys to rebuke the sultanates in Java Island and not to use troops against the territory under the jurisdiction of Semarang in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yijiong thought for a while and wrote Zhu Zhu: Semarang was reorganized into a governor's palace. Chen Wenjiong had made great achievements in governing the people and was transferred to the mainland as an official. An order was issued to rebuke the Javanese sultans and not to violate the rules again. Otherwise, the governor's office in Yecheng could severely punish them with military force.

Except for Semarang, which surrendered to the imperial court without any bloodshed, the Old Port Governor's Office and the Old Port Xuanwei Division in Sumatra have almost completely reclaimed the coastal delta in the Old Port area in recent years, relying on the huge Han population.

Many Han people from the old port migrated to Bangka Island and Belitung Island for reclamation.

Just this year, the Governor's Office of Old Port and the Governor's Office of Yecheng jointly submitted a request for the establishment of Bangka County.

The cabinet's opinion is that there are many Han people in Old Port, and Bangka County can be established to speed up the digestion of the island.

Zhu Yijiong wrote and wrote: Yes.

The Han population is large enough and the immigrant base is strong enough, so colonization and reclamation is so easy.

Of course, this is also because China and the United Kingdom have become allies. For Bencoolen, a small colony that was newly built and has not yet been able to completely turn a profit, the British obviously pay more attention to the Indian colony that they jointly carve up with China.

After losing North India, the thirteen states on the Yinzhou side will soon become independent. Ming Dynasty will definitely have to help the British.

Otherwise, it will be difficult for the British to play the role of troublemaker in Europe.

It was the misfortune of the small vassals of these Southeast Asian islands. The so-called ordinary people were not guilty of the crime, but the European colonists finally ran away, and then came the Great Ming Dynasty, a powerful and powerful empire that was close at hand and even more terrifying.

The European colonists only wanted to colonize and exploit, but the Ming Dynasty wanted to completely annihilate their country and assimilate their nation.

Sultan Palembang has completely laid down. Sultan Banten, along with the royal family and noble officials, smokes heavily every day and is drunk and dreaming.

The sultans of Java, they went to war.

They listened to Ming Dynasty's edict of rebuke, but not completely. Regarding the Semarang area, these sultans did not dare to provoke them anymore, but they still fought as they should. Even the King of Madura joined the Javanese civil war.

If the Ming Dynasty did not send troops to intervene, these Javanese Sultans who were smashed to pieces would probably be beaten again.

The next few official documents are all about disaster relief preparations during the Huanghuai flood season, and the cabinet put them together.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, several counties have been affected by large-scale disasters during the Huanghuai flood season. Even if the court now begins to comprehensively manage river affairs and gradually closes the Grand Canal, immediate results will not be achieved immediately.

For example, Kunshan County, which has been suffering from flooding for a long time, has begun to build levees everywhere in recent years, and the impact of flooding during flood season has been reduced year by year.

The main achievement of the current Kunshan County Magistrate, in addition to building embankments to prevent floods, is to revitalize Kunshan's economy and remove the name of "Beggar Kunshan" from the people of Kunshan.

Kunshan does have many advantages despite the impact of flooding. It is very close to Shanghai and Suzhou. It can take advantage of the opening of Shanghai. Not to mention eating meat, but you can always take a sip of soup.

When later airports were built, Kunshan's development progressed by leaps and bounds, and it even once monopolized the air transportation hub from Shanghai to Suzhou.

After Zhu Yijiong approved the local flood control official document, he suddenly received a report from the Heilongjiang Capital Division. The Tsarist Russian envoy arrived in Heilongjiang.

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It was not the Cossacks or the envoys sent by Tsarist Russia's Siberian Warlord District, but the diplomatic mission sent from Moscow... No, it should be the diplomatic mission sent by Petersburg now.

Because the current Tsar Anna I officially announced the move of the capital two years ago, moving the capital from Moscow back to Petersburg and restoring its status as the capital.

It was only two years ago that Biron went to Petersburg from the Principality of Courland. After accepting the appointment and canonization, he took the Tsarist Russian envoy to China.

The Tsarist Russian government had learned that Yakutsk had been occupied by China, and even believed that the entire Eastern Siberian Military District had fallen.

Because he could not figure out the specific situation, and because Tsar Anna had just ascended the throne a few years ago and was busy cleaning up the domestic nobles and annexing the Principality of Courland, she sent an envoy to China to see the situation.

This Russian envoy named Biron is not a simple person, because he is not a Russian, but a German, and he is also the face of Tsarina Anna.

In all seriousness, Tsar Anna was once married to the Grand Duke of Courland by Peter the Great, but the two did not have any children, and the Grand Duke of Courland died young.

But it is said that this German named Biron not only successfully hooked up with Tsar Anna very early, but Biron's youngest son Karl was also an illegitimate child with Anna.

Although they are all unofficial records, what is interesting is that when Anna went to Moscow to succeed the throne, she left Biron as regent in Courland, and then took away this young son named Karl...

When Zhu Yijiong was reviewing the memorial, Bilong had already arrived at Binjiang New City in Heilongjiang via Nerchinsk.

The seat of the Heilongjiang Dusi has not yet been officially moved here, but people have already settled here. The city wall of Binjiang City has only just been built halfway, and it feels remote and bitterly cold everywhere.

Although Biron is a German, he has always lived in poverty in Courland. This is also because his old lover, Tsarina Anna, lived a very poor life in Courland. However, when I saw the Binjiang New City in Heilongjiang, I couldn't help but laugh: "I thought the Han Khitans who replaced the Manchu Khitans were so powerful, but they turned out to be so poor and backward. His Majesty the Tsar and I lived in Courland. That's all. Those Cossacks are simply useless, and the warlords from Nerchinsk and Yakutsk are also useless. They can't even defeat such a poor and backward country."

Fortunately, none of the Ming soldiers who were responsible for escorting and guarding along the road could not understand Russian. Otherwise, Bilong would have been beaten just for talking like this.

From Binjiang New Town, go south along the Songhua River and pass through Songyin County (Jilin).

This place is much better than the unfinished and relocated Binjiang New City. At least it has a complete city wall. Although it is basically made of rammed earth and stones, the city wall is not majestic and tall.

Biron once again said to his deputy in Russian: "This is the Han Khitan in the mouth of the Cossacks and Nerchinsk warlords. Those empire bugs who only know how to enrich their own pockets should all be put to death."

The deputy repeatedly said yes. This was the favorite and lover of the new tsar. Even if he was not a Russian, he had to be fawning and not offend.

Obviously, before Bilong's mission, the intelligence collection work was not done well, and most of the understanding of China was based on letters and rumors. But this is normal. After all, many local nobles in Tsarist Russia do not know the actual situation in China. Even the Battle of Yaksa decades ago felt that it was not a problem of their own national strength, but that the distance was too far and they were busy with the West. In the face of war, it is not worth fighting.

In history, Tsarist Russia sent an envoy to Beijing for the first time: "In the thirteenth year, (Russia) sent an envoy to pay tribute to the emperor. The envoy was not familiar with the court etiquette, but he paid tribute and sent it back."

To put it bluntly, the Qing Dynasty officially required the Tsarist Russian envoy to hand over letters of credence and tribute before arranging a meeting with the Qing emperor. However, the Tsarist Russian envoy insisted on meeting with the Manchu Qing emperor first before deciding whether to hand over the letter of credence.

In the end, the two sides broke up unhappily, and the Tsarist Russian envoy returned home with letters of credence and tribute gifts. After returning, they said that China was a shabby country with nothing to fear, and that they had been treated unfairly by the Chinese emperor.

However, according to the diary records of the Dutch mission in the same period, it was actually the Tsarist Russian mission that not only demanded the highest standard of treatment when they arrived in Beijing, but also ran out to cause trouble every day, causing chaos in Beijing. Only then were they sent by the Manchu Qing to look at it, and still Daily activities are allowed.

Anyway, Tsarist Russia believed it and actually sent a second batch of envoys on a formal mission. They directly ordered Kangxi not to block Tsarist Russia's envoys, but also to open all trade gateways, prohibit Manchu troops from entering Yaksa, and also Kangxi was asked to bow his head to the Tsar.

Yes, it was the outrageous plot in the TV series "Kangxi Dynasty". The ministers were so numb after watching it that they didn't dare to translate it at all.

As a result, Kangxi didn't know and thought it was the Tsar who wanted to pay tribute to the "Qing Dynasty", and also gave the envoys many gifts and rewards.

Bilong became more and more arrogant. Fortunately, the Ming soldiers who were "escorting" didn't understand. He just felt that these barbarians really didn't understand Han etiquette.

It wasn't until he crossed the Liao Great Wall and saw Shenyang City, which had been re-opened and immigrated for several years, that Bilong's face became slightly solemn: "This should be the core territory of the Han Khitan. These Khitan troops are so elite. It seems that the Nerchinsk War was The defeat was not entirely a problem between the Nerchinsk Warlord and those Cossacks."

While supplies were being carried out in Shenyang City, Chen Hongmou, the left governor of Liaoning, was busy with government affairs, and finally Liu Tongxun, the right governor of Liaoning, was responsible for the reception.

Liu Tongxun was quite curious about the Tsarist Russian envoys, but only because they did not understand etiquette.

Biron said he was German, but the actual calculation was based on the map. Strictly speaking, he should be considered a HRE... The Holy Roman Empire was shattered.

Liu Tongxun frowned and said: "They are indeed Rakshasa barbarians. Just arrange an official ship to send them to Nanjing!"

Biron looked confused and asked the deputy, "What is he talking about?"

The deputy didn't know, but fortunately there was a Honglu Temple Yamen in Shenyang Mansion, and the interpreter quickly answered his question.

Bilong repeatedly said that he had never been on a sea ship and was very seasick, so he asked to be allowed to take the land route.

Liu Tongxun had some doubts about this, but he thought about it and did not refuse. He directly arranged a group of officers and soldiers to escort the envoys from Shanhaiguan to the south.

Seeing the majestic Shanhaiguan, Bilong finally put away all his contempt: "If the Han Khitans were to defend this majestic castle, it would be difficult for the imperial army to conquer it. What happened to those Han Khitans? Why are they in the core city? If we build such a majestic castle in the rear, could it be that behind it is the capital of their Han Khitan emperor?"

Well, this guy really guessed it right, at least half of it. Behind Shanhaiguan is Beijing, which is indeed the former capital.

In recent years, as the country's power has become increasingly stable and Ming's enemies have been eliminated one by one, more and more ministers have requested to move the capital to Beijing and elaborated on Beijing's advantages from various angles.

After careful consideration, Zhu Yijiong chose all of them.

Just leave it in, not criticize it.

The matter of moving the capital to Beijing cannot be rushed, at least during his reign. It is not possible to move the capital. It requires a lot of preliminary preparations.

First of all, after several years of recovery, Beijing has almost returned to the level of a normal city. However, it will obviously take more time to rebuild and buffer before it can regain its status as a capital city.

When Lao Zhu moved the capital, it took thirty years of preliminary preparations.

Moreover, Zhu Yijiong is now busy regulating the Yellow River. Once the Yellow River management is effective, the Grand Canal will inevitably be seriously affected.

Without the water transportation of the Grand Canal, the city of Beijing can develop normally, but forcibly restoring the capital will definitely impose a heavy burden on the country in a short period of time. Colonial expansion is absolutely impossible anyway.

We can only wait and wait until Emperor Zhu dies and the prince succeeds to the throne. By then, it will be almost time to move from violent expansion to a period of stable development.

At that time, it will depend on whether the emperor will move the capital or not.

After passing through Shanhaiguan and entering the border of Hebei, the faces of the Tsarist Russian envoys, including Bilong, all became solemn and solemn.

Although Hebei was devastated by the wars of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, immigration has resumed in the past few years, and it has become somewhat like that.

After passing Tianjin City, Bilong's mood was relatively calm, and he only felt that he should soon reach the capital of the Han Khitan Emperor.

The Han Khitans are indeed difficult to deal with, so it seems that we should be more cautious.

"Huh? This is not your capital?" Bilong was a little confused.

Their official ship stopped in Tianjin for a short supply of supplies, and then continued on the inland river, all the way into the Grand Canal, which was not completely shut down, and headed south.

The interpreter did not follow, so no one understood his question.

The official ship going south went all the way from the Grand Canal, passing through Dezhou, Yanzhou... There were densely packed towns everywhere. Shandong was not too damaged. Yanzhou Prefecture also administered Qufu County, and was re-canonized by Yan Shenggong in the new Ming Dynasty. Due to political influence, many scholars who fled abroad immigrated back.

The wealth of Yanzhou alone is several times that of Tianjin.

After passing Shandong and continuing south, the urban population becomes more and more dense.

As far as Yangzhou, although there are no salt merchants here anymore, the original wealthy merchants and wealthy families have not disappeared. It is still the leading city in Jiangsu.

The prosperity of the towns surrounding Yangzhou shocked Bilong to the point of dropping his jaw.

Any town along the river here is more prosperous and prosperous than the few important cities in Tsarist Russia.

Especially the big city of Yangzhou is almost as good as Petersburg.

No, this place is more prosperous and powerful than Petersburg.

Moreover, this big city was not the capital of the Han Khitan emperor.

The Han Khitan Empire was really so powerful. Why were there never any reports from these governors and Cossacks in the Far East?

(End of this chapter)