New Shun 1730

A barrage of questions only earned a sigh from Tian Suo, Duke of Qi.

All the things happened at once, and he was overwhelmed.

But if you think about it carefully, these things will happen sooner or later. As long as you don't close yourself off and just defend the 18 provinces of Han, you will always encounter these troubles in the end.

Luosha and Orus are both Russia, the only difference is that they have been changed several times during the transliteration and translation, and there are a few middlemen.

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

Korea and Japan did not go through the transliteration of the Mongols, so they are called Lucia and Luochan, which are similar to Luosha.

If Dashun wants to truly pacify the border, it is impossible for the Northeast, Northwest, and Mongolia not to deal with the Luosha people.

After going around in circles, Liu Yu seems to have figured it out a little.

To deal with the Luosha people, missionaries must be used, but Dashun just had a falling out with the missionaries.

On the one hand, if they just had a falling out, they would be embarrassed to ask someone to do something for them. They would not be able to force the ban on religion later. On the other hand, Dashun probably did not dare to trust the missionaries they had just had a falling out with, especially in matters like boundary survey and negotiation, fearing that these missionaries would betray their own people and side with the Russians.

No wonder... they could find me.

I should be one of the few people in the court of Dashun who knows the Western Yi countries and Latin and has not converted to Christianity, right? Mainly in terms of identity, I have a good family background and am extremely reliable.

I looked at the Latin translation that looked like a letter of credence, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it. It should have been translated by the missionaries in the court.

Blinking his eyes, he asked, "What does the Duke of Qi mean? You're not asking me to be an interpreter, are you?"

Tian Suo laughed and said, "That's impossible. If I catch you to be an interpreter, your father will fight me to death. But this matter... how can I put it, it's not clear in a few words. I took a tough job."

"The old king of Luosha Kingdom passed away, and the new one is a woman. The hen crows at dawn, so the position must be unstable. Or maybe if the Luosha people don't eat rhubarb, they will die of abdominal distension if they can't defecate, so they want to trade? In short, they sent a large-scale delegation to "pay tribute."

"I am in charge of the idle position of Zuo Zongzheng of the Ministry of Clan Affairs, and there is also an earl on the Luosha delegation. My status is the most suitable in the whole court. Alas... Northeast, Northwest, Mongolia, Junggar, boundary survey, trade, commerce, sending envoys... There are a lot of things to discuss, and it's too troublesome. I really have no way."

Liu Yu finally understood what year it was.

The old king of Luosha died... so Peter the Great must have died? The one who came to power was a woman, which makes sense. It was probably either 1725 or 1726?

Now the West has the Westphalian system and the East has the tribute system. Duke Qi is an official figure of Dashun and is in charge of clan affairs, so he cannot make mistakes in etiquette.

There is only one emperor in the world, and that is the emperor. Luosha can only be "king" in the official context of Dashun, and death can only be "hong" and not "collapse".

But the problem is that Duke Qi said that he was not going to let himself be an interpreter, so what does this have to do with me? Where can I be used?

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

Since he took it out, he was letting Liu Yu see it. Liu Yu leaned over to take a look and found that it was a map drawn by the Military Government's Zhifang Division, which was only the part of the Nurgan Dusi during the Yongle period of the previous dynasty, which was the Songhua River and Heilongjiang River basins in later generations.

"Nowadays, the world says that my Dashun is peaceful. In fact, it is not. There are Luocha in the northeast, Junggar in the northwest, Tusi in Yunnan and Guizhou, and Myanmar in the south is not peaceful."

"Since the fifth year of Chongzhen in the previous Ming Dynasty, Luocha people have built cities in the north and have been moving south in recent years. The lessons of the previous dynasty are that the land of Liaodong must be guarded. In the past, the Jurchens were just a small tribe, but they became a big trouble in 20 years. Now Luocha is in the northeast, and your majesty can't sleep or eat."

"In the dispute with the Junggar tribe, you must also deal with Luocha people. The Mongolian tribes in the north of the desert are also watching. If Dashun is strong, they will surrender to Shun, and if Luocha is strong, they will surrender to Luocha."

This is true. With the lessons of the chaos in the northeast of the Ming Dynasty, Dashun is particularly careful about the northeast.

The northwest, where Dashun started, is also the "mandate of heaven" of Dashun prophecy, and it must strive to expand and eliminate future troubles.

The Junggar tribe is also a descendant of the Mongolian Wala, close to the Mongols not far from the capital. If they are annexed by them, I am afraid they will really have to learn the "Emperor guarding the country's gate" of the former Ming Dynasty.

Liu Yu studied in Wude Palace and also learned to read maps of this era. After a few glances, he was speechless.

In the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Dashun fought back, and smallpox broke out on the Qing side. They constantly needed to capture some Jurchens, Solons, Oroqen people, Hezhe people and others to join the army.

As a result, the population in the Songhua River Basin was empty, and the Luosha people took advantage of the opportunity to enter. Now they are constantly moving south, and Dashun's northeastern border is very dangerous.

From this map, Dashun's most northeastern fortress in the Songhua River Basin was the "Handoliwei" during the Yongle period. Later generations were Yilan County in Heilongjiang Province, and next to it was the old site of Wuguo City where Jingkang Sha Hunde Gong lived.

To the east was a swampy, undevelopable northern wilderness. About three to five hundred miles away from Handoliwei was the fortress of the Rakshasa people, near Jiamusi in later times.

Ordinary people don't talk about state affairs, because it would be useless to talk about it. Liu Yu could speak freely. With his status here, he was surrounded by distinguished ministers of the court. He had no taboos and said bluntly: "Isn't the court just planning to talk to Rakshasa and demarcate the boundary with them? This... I'm afraid this won't work. . The lesson of the previous dynasty is that we must be careful. If there is chaos in the Northeast, the Rakshasa people may unite the remaining Jurchen tribes as the vanguard. Wouldn't they be the great enemy of the country?"

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

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

He moved his finger upwards and pointed at the location of the Jilin Shipyard. It was hundreds of miles away from Kaiyuan just now, with rolling mountains in the middle.

"It is not easy to march in the Northeast, and supplies can only be obtained by boat. Starting from Kaiyuan, to the north are the mountains, which may 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, we had to climb four to five hundred miles of mountains to reach Kaiyuan, and we could transport grain and troops to the Jilin Shipyard, thereby controlling thousands of miles of land in Nuergandusi."

"With this watershed separating them, and the fact that North Korea is across the sea and it is difficult to transport by sea, it is certainly not easy for our army to supply. But the Rakshasa people have traveled thousands of miles away, and it will be extremely difficult to supply them. There are only a few thousand people in Nurgandusi at most."

When it came to logistical supplies, Duke Qi Tian Suo nodded secretly, thinking that among the younger generation of nobles, it was said that only the third youngest member of Duke Yi's family could play the leading role. It seemed that the rumors were true.

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

Liu Yu was not afraid of what others would say, and said carelessly: "In my opinion, a war between Rakshasa and this dynasty is like two strong men who can only scratch each other with goose feathers. However, a force of several thousand people is useless no matter how many. The logistics are also difficult to support.”

"Either fight or not talk at all, the time is mine. So, I don't think demarcation is a good thing at this time."

Tian Suo, the Duke of Qi, was moved in his heart and asked: "What does it mean that time belongs to me?"

"Liaodong! Over the years, the imperial court has continued to immigrate to Liaodong, in order to prepare for the coming of the Eastern captives. Shandong crossed the sea and Hebei passed the border to recuperate and gather the population. After a few decades, the population will increase. Even if no one is willing to cross at this time The watershed continues to the bitter cold land, but there will definitely be a lot of them in a few decades, so I say, the time is mine. How can the Rakshasa people be defended if the population of Liaodong is as large as that of Shandong and Hebei? It is not difficult to raise food on the spot and capture people for labor in the Songliao watershed, which is hundreds of miles away. "

"And since the war in the West, the Westphalian system has been established, and the demarcation of boundaries has been recognized by all countries. Although our dynasty is said to be the king's territory in the world, but... it is hard to say in the future, once the demarcation is It’s hard to define.”

Speaking of this, Liu Yu shook his head solemnly and said: "So I say that talking about boundary demarcation at this time is harming the country. My nephew also said something serious, and the Duke of the country should not be blamed."

"you say."

"If the Duke goes to demarcate the boundary at this time... a hundred years later, Shi Jingtang's name will fall on the Duke! Either fight, or just don't talk about it. Wait until the population of Liaodong grows in a few decades, and then fight against it. By then The boundaries will be demarcated later.”

Shi Jingtang!

These three words frightened Tian Ping, who was listening to the excitement.

When Tian Suo, the Duke of Qi, heard these three words, he raised his head and laughed and said: "Okay! Okay! Okay! Good one carries Shi Jingtang's name, good time is with me, good one either fights or just doesn't talk about it! Okay!" Very good!”

"When I read the Book of Tang Dynasty, I saw the saying, 'Who can compare with Sun and Wu, who are the non-Sir people?' I often thought that it was later generations who followed it. How could a teenager in his teens, even a genius, understand the conquests?" ? Only today do we know that the ancients are honest and can not be deceived by me!”

Even if Liu Yu was uneducated, he still understood who these words were referring to. He trembled with fright and hurriedly said: "I can't bear it! I can't bear it! Lord, please accept this sentence."

Liu Yu really couldn't bear it, and Tian Suo felt it was a bit much. He smiled and nodded, indicating that he took back what he had just said.

"Shou Chang, what you said speaks to my heart. Taking history as a guide, before the Ming Dynasty and after Tumu Fortress, the noble titles were not eliminated, but except for Guo Deng, none of the noble children could fight, so in the end, we became I have heard that you are the first among the distinguished sons of the country. It seems that this is true. "

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

Do they all have a sense of urgency and feel that among the next generation of nobles, they have to rely on themselves to take the lead, and to find someone who is not so useless among the dwarfs?

Tian Suo called Tian Ping and Liu Yu to his side and said in a low voice: "There are not no talents in the court, and the strategy decided is really similar to what Shouchang said. However, His Majesty has decided on it, and Tiance Mansion is also aware of it. Let’s start a war against Rakshasa.”

"If we win, we will demarcate the border; if we lose, we will say that our country will not be the same as the Western Barbarians. We will not demarcate the border or make an agreement. We will fight back when the population of Liaodong grows in the future."

"It's just... If you want to start a war, food and grass must come first. Since your Majesty came to the throne, you have begun to repair the inn, open a shipyard in Jilin, and accumulate food. However, it is not perfect yet, and it will take time."

"This time when the Rakshasa envoy comes to visit, we must talk, but I have to delay the time. The longer the delay, the better. After thinking about it, the best thing is to waffle on etiquette and delay it for a year. Half a year."

"First, it will give the Northeast time to build roads, post stations, ships and troops; second, by arguing over etiquette, it can also paralyze the Russians, thinking that we are arrogant and have no one to suspect us. It is the so-called building a plank road in the open and marching through Chencang in secret."

After saying that, he looked at Liu Yu and said seriously: "It happened to the missionary matter again. Your Majesty does not trust the missionaries. Moreover, the missionaries are still closer to the Russians. So, after thinking about it, I think you are one of us and can be used. You understand both the etiquette of the national dynasty and the system of the Western barbarians."

Pointing to the similar letter of state on the table, he said: "So, you see, can we make a fuss about etiquette and titles? Make the Luosha people angry and unwilling to accept, and take the initiative to argue with us on the issue of etiquette? After all, after the war, in order to pacify Junggar, we still have to talk and trade with Luosha, and we can't cut off the road."

"Make a fuss about etiquette and titles?" Liu Yu nodded, understood what Tian Suo meant, and said: "How long does Duke Qi plan to delay?"

Tian Suo stretched out two fingers.

"Other things can be argued, I have my own plans. Regarding etiquette and titles, let's talk about it for two months. It would be best if the Luosha people would get angry and take the initiative to argue with me when they see it."

"As the saying goes, scolding someone and exposing his shortcomings will hit the pain point. If you meet a blind person, scold him for having no eyes, and if you meet a lame person, scold him for being unable to walk. It's just that I don't know much about the shortcomings of Luosha, so I don't know how to make him take the initiative to argue with me?"