Xinshun 1730

Chapter 408
This transaction was able to be concluded, really relying on the reputation of Confucian scholars and gentlemen.

It is not because of "He Yingchuan's many talents" in the Three Kingdoms, but because under the seclusion of the country, only Tsushima can communicate in Zhu Zixue; this is similar to why Nagasaki Dolan learned talents.

As soon as Shijiang Rumiao left, the fleet immediately sent a ship to Busan to inform Zhao Baiquan of the incident, hoping that he could cooperate.

After the ship arrived in Busan, Zhao Baiquan did not go to Dongnae Mansion, but stayed in the former Waguan in Busan.

He couldn't go to Seoul, so he could only live in the Japanese Pavilion occupied by the Dashun Navy.

Otherwise, if you go to Dongnai Mansion, you will not have a residence or building that meets your status, which will be inconvenient for each other.

To Zhao Baiquan's surprise, the North Korean side's attitude was still very submissive, especially when Zhao Baiquan said that the Celestial Dynasty would give money to the expropriated civilian husbands, his attitude became even more submissive.

But for such a big matter, the magistrates here can't make the decision. They still have to send people to Seoul to wait for the king's order.

Zhao Baiquan didn't know that Donglai Mansion submissively supported Qian after hearing about it, not for the sake of the Celestial Dynasty, but for the sake of Qian.

In North Korea, there is an untouchable class.

The untouchables are divided into public and private, two classes of nobles, and the local tyrants have many private servants of their own.

These slaves can "rent their labor" to Dashun's navy and let them work hard to make money.

During the Imjin Japanese Rebellion, when the King of Joseon fled, the untouchables burned the registers, and the subsequent war recovery policy made many people who were originally untouchables lose their status as untouchables, unlike the slaves who accounted for [-]% of the population before. exaggerate.

But even so, the untouchable slave class at this time also accounted for about [-] to [-]% of the population.

Moreover, it follows the principle of one drop of blood.

Even if the father is not a pariah and the mother is a pariah, then the child is also a pariah.

Of course, in theory, if an aristocratic woman marries an untouchable man, the child can be considered a good citizen, but the problem is that the law stipulates that an aristocratic woman cannot marry an untouchable.

The class of servants and servants are cattle and horses, not human beings.

That's why there was the scene in the movie "Mountain City of Southern Han Dynasty": the Korean untouchables who were interpreting for the leading party of the Qing Dynasty were asked righteously by the Korean nobles: You are also Korean!

But the untouchables asked back: My father is a slave, and my mother is also a slave. A slave is not a human being at all, and I am not even a human being. How can I be a Korean?

Since slaves are not human beings, Dashun has money, and the money given is quite a lot, which is far higher than the wealth a slave can create. Of course, the nobles here are happy to accept Dashun's recruitment of people here.

Although Zhao Baiquan is a member of the Li government, he is also considered capable. He knows that even if he recruits North Korean civilians, he can't let Dashun carry his grievances and let North Korea take the benefits.

So to be clear, the money will be sent to every civilian husband, so as to promote the Chinese government to employ people to give money, instead of making those people resent the Chinese government for recruiting them to serve in corvee.

The labor price given by Dashun is based on the service money for repairing the Yellow River embankment.

You can also give rice - sea merchants can easily transport rice here, and then earn the difference and take away the silver.

Turn this kind of thing into a business, and things are simple.

How can good people be allowed to do such a good thing?Naturally, the big clan with slaves rushed to come, otherwise, if the good people were recruited, the money would be taken by the good people.

Theoretically, good people can spend money to buy the low-level castes of the two classes of nobles. North Korea uses less money, and what Dashun gives is silver, so good people will definitely flock to it.

If Seoul agrees, local officials will definitely recruit people on the spot to help the Celestial Dynasty attack the Japanese. The quota for such a good thing will be divided among the local clans.

The slaves are not very valuable, a normal horse can be exchanged for two stronger slaves.

Under the caste system and the principle of one drop of blood, there is no fear of insufficient slaves, and the industry and commerce are not developed, so the labor price is naturally much cheaper than that of Dashun.

Zhao Baiquan didn't expect the local officials to be so active, and he felt so depressed that he didn't have a chance to vent his anger, which made him really uncomfortable.

Taking into account the face of the imperial court, the overall situation must also be taken into account, and it is even more difficult to directly confront the Donglai Prefecture envoy in charge of North Korea's trade with the Japanese with "allegation".

Fortunately, the news from the navy relieved his depression.

I thought that if this matter was done, I would have made a contribution.Although the imperial court only made him responsible for contacting North Korea, he was so far away from the capital, and it was inconvenient to transmit information, so he was making self-determination to seek merit.

Got on the boat, arrived at Tsushima, and changed boats.

Along with him, 150 Marines were brought in to take over Tsushima temporarily.

Mantou and other officers asked about Zhao Baiquan's contact with North Korea, which was related to whether the navy could get a base in Busan.

What the navy has is the idea of ​​not leaving in the future. As far as the situation in North Korea is concerned, the navy's internal judgment is that their thinking is still stuck in the idea of ​​slowly deploying troops and storing food for expeditions.

So it is also a very reasonable request to build docks, granaries and forts for the convenience of combat, and it should be agreed.

"Don't be in a hurry. You have to wait for the news from the king of Joseon. The local officials can't decide. Without the order of the court, I can't directly enter the city of the king of Joseon. But after all, the local officials read the books of sages and sages, so I still support it."

Zhao Baiquan thought about the attitude of the officials of Dongnae Mansion in North Korea, so he still said a good word.

After all, in his opinion, Liu Yu's words like "the enmity between Japan and the Nine Dynasties cannot be traded" are really a bit of a crime. He is quite embarrassed, and feels that Liu Yu is a bit mean to bully a small country by fighting against a big country. , too heavy and domineering.

Even though he was very dissatisfied with the matter of the Maharaja King, he believed that the direction of dissatisfaction should be in the matter of status and status, rather than fighting for the benefits of trade.

Mantou saw that the situation in North Korea seemed to be good, so he told some about Tsushima Fan's situation, including why he asked for money, and why the warriors and merchants withdrew after asking for money.

He said again: "This time, Mr. Zhao, there is really nothing we can do. They can't trust us soldiers, but they can trust you Confucian scholars. We thought that since the war started, if there were big names to surrender at the beginning of the war, it would be convenient in the future. Induce differentiation."

Although Zhao Baiquan was excited, he knew that this was an opportunity. He already had some reputation in the court because of his trip to Ryukyu, and he was in the emperor's heart.If he can do meritorious deeds again this time, it can be regarded as a carp jumping over the dragon's gate.

But it also involves asking for money, buying roads, releasing people, etc., which needs to be considered.

If I just acted as a guarantor to make Zong Yiru surrender, I would only have merit but no responsibility.But it involves money and letting people go, so you have to bear some responsibilities.

Thinking about Liu Yu's actions in Ryukyu, it seems to be more serious than this, and the court just chose to cover it up, and it seems that both the court and his majesty are very happy.

Then he made up his mind, nodded and said: "It makes sense. Since he admires the Heavenly Dynasty and intends to join him, the Heavenly Dynasty will accept him. If we can spread the name of our army's benevolence and integrity, it is not wrong to let these people go. It’s a great thing to do.”

"There is only one thing, I have a big business, if you want me to stay as a hostage with empty words, that is absolutely impossible. It is not that I am timid and afraid of death, but the imperial court ordered me to contact North Korea. The king's life is in the body, you must first Take your life and do it yourself."

Mantou said: "Yes, we all understand Master Zhao's responsibilities. If he insists on someone being a hostage, we can also send someone there. Master Zhao can rest assured."

Zhao Baiquan thought for a while and then asked: "Tsushima's geography is important, if Zongyi is willing to surrender, only one hundred and fifty marines are stationed, is it a little less?"

"A lot."

Mantou immediately shook his head.

"These 50 or 50 people just went up to maintain the order after the chaos and panic. In the future, only [-] people will stay here. If the Japanese come, they will withdraw from the north. But most of the Japanese dare not come."

"It's useless for the Japanese to want Tsushima. They can't fight a sea battle. They send people up here. As long as they can't win a sea battle, they don't dare to come to all the islands. We don't build a big camp in Tsushima either. The big camp is far away." In Busan, leaving Tsushima is just an outpost."

Zhao Baiquan understood it for a long time, but he didn't understand what it meant, but he thought that the naval art of war was weird everywhere, even though he had read military books, he still couldn't understand it, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Soon, Shi Jiang Rumiao came again, and instead of mentioning the surrender first, he talked to Zhao Baiquan about Yusen Fangzhou's entrustment before his death.

"On Tsushima Island, there is a Confucian Tao Shandunweng. He took the risk of death to practice benevolence and righteousness. The mountain people erected a monument to commemorate it, and it has not yet been completed. Dashun is a country of benevolence and righteousness. Please don't disturb this Confucian inscription."

It's just that Shi Jiang Rumiao didn't say that this was Yusen Fangzhou's entrustment before his death, but hid Yusen Fangzhou, as if Zongyi was a benevolent and righteous person.

Zhao Baiquan had heard this story when communicating with Yusen Fangzhou before, and now he couldn't help but secretly praised him, Xin Dao Zong Yiru is really a benevolent, righteous and honest person.Although he has no ability, he has some benevolence.

"Needless to say about this matter. The Heavenly Dynasty promotes benevolence and righteousness to punish rebellious thieves. Wherever he goes, he has not committed any crimes since autumn. The Japanese country is cruel and cunning. There are many rumors that they know small rituals but have no great righteousness. Tao Shan's blunt people are rare. Since we have meritorious deeds and the people set up monuments to worship them, why do we want to sacrifice them?"

Shi Jiang Rumiao said: "So, I will thank you for the people. I also hope that the heavenly soldiers will be stationed and will not disturb the people. The feudal lord is obedient to the heavenly dynasty, and he is not afraid of death. One is that he has admired the heavenly dynasty for a long time, and the other is that he can't bear to treat the people of Ma. Casualties. If the army of the Celestial Dynasty cannot abide by the covenant of not disturbing the people, the feudal lord would rather fight to the death."

As soon as the beautiful words were said, Zhao Baiquan didn't know the truth and didn't want to know the truth, so he followed along with a few words.

In the end, Shi Jiang Rumiao made a request, hoping that Zhao Baiquan could board Tsushima, and read some words in front of Tsushima Castle as a token of sincerity.

Naturally, he couldn't say that Zongyiru wanted to surrender, but said something else so that those who Zongyiru wanted to drive away would go away.

The words are nothing more than words such as "the teacher of benevolence and righteousness", "the Dashun soldiers are too many to win, so you and other samurai will return to the Japanese island to fight again in the future", "go back and tell the shogunate to surrender early".

For some things, Dashun still needs to cooperate.I am not afraid that I am not afraid of death, but I am afraid of some people who are not only not afraid of death, but who stay and hear Zong Yiru's surrender and kill Zong Yiru as well.

Zhao Baiquan didn't answer immediately, but dismissed Shi Jiang Rumiao first, and asked the officers of the navy.

"Could this be a trick by the Japanese to take me as a hostage?"

Several officers smiled, and someone took out a standard navy officer's blunderbuss, and said with a smile, "Your Excellency, you decide yourself. This blunderbuss is given to your lord. If there is any fraud, your lord can drink the bullets. I will avenge you later." .”

(End of this chapter)