Xinshun 1730

Chapter 495
"...Since Japan has been punished, Ryukyu is stable, and the feudal vassals return to their hearts, each official has made remarkable achievements. The Tianyou Palace, the Li government, and the official government have gathered officials, and their military exploits are the first. The navy; the creation of the navy , Liu Yu started the meritorious service. The marquis was appraised for meritorious service, and the emperor named him Jinghai. Therefore, the imperial order was changed from Jing to Jinghai. , Xun transferred to Zhuguo. Served as deputy envoy of the Privy Council, still counselor for military affairs secrets, annual salary of two thousand shi, given imperial scrolls, and inherited from generation to generation. Taixing year, month, day, quasi-ritual official government meeting..."

Ten miles outside the capital, the eunuch with a high-pitched voice finished reading the imperial decree. After Liu Yu got up to express his gratitude, the eunuch smiled again and said, "Your Majesty has specially ordered that the Marquis of Whale rest for a few days. When he is waiting to thank you, he will go to the palace with his sword."

"The other seven princes, Marquis Jing, and all the generals worked hard all the way, so they should have rested. It's just that His Majesty is happy and the officials are happy, so he gave a banquet today. He also gave the royal horses, and the generals rode through the streets to show off their martial arts."

How did Liu Yu know that thanks to the separation from the shogunate, otherwise, he would have the title of "Marquis of Jinghai" on his head, which was somewhat unacceptable to him.

The imperial decree was written a bit long, and it specifically explained why Jing was changed to Jing.

Liu Yu didn't think about the meaning of these words for the time being, but just thought it would be better if he didn't bear the name of Marquis of Jinghai.No matter what, it was difficult for him as a Han to accept that title.

In addition to being a marquis for Liu Yu, Wu Fangrui was awarded an earl because of his contribution to capturing the Japanese king, plus his contribution to raiding Yili when he accompanied Liu Yuping to the Western Regions.

The people in the navy are only giving verbal rewards. After a few days, they can enter the palace to be awarded the title of honorary officer, but they cannot be knighted.Firstly, they are all students of Liu Yu; secondly, the navy really did not fight any big battles this time, the Japanese navy watched the whole show, and the Dashun navy dared not enter the Tsushima Strait; thirdly, it was also for this group People can be knighted, after the establishment of the Ministry of the Navy, the Secretary of the Ministry of the Navy asked for the title, now there is not even a Ministry of the Navy, a whole group of eunuchs with long beards, Liu Yu is okay, the remaining officers are motherless children.

This is the discomfort of a good fighter who has no great achievements.When the navy was dispatched, the Japanese navy simply avoided the battle and shrank in the narrow strait. Even if the navy wanted to make meritorious service, it had no chance. It frightened the enemy so much that they didn't dare to fight at all. What could be done?

It is estimated that Li Yan can be crowned king this time, but it is also troublesome to be crowned king, and he has to go through the evaluation of Zongzheng, the emperor himself, and the question and answer. It is not possible to be crowned on this occasion.

The eunuch asked someone to bring the well-dressed horse, Liu Yu thanked him.

Prince Li Wei, who went out of the city to welcome Liu Yu and others, came over and congratulated: "Congratulations, Marquis Jing. My father ordered me to go out to meet him. Along the way, people came out of the empty alleys, decorated with lanterns and festoons to celebrate their great achievements. The future of Japan Urge over, become a vassal once, and Jinghou ranks first in meritorious service."

"Seventh brother is tossing around on the sea, and it is hard work. And you generals, in the future, the sea and land will depend on the strength of the kings."

This time, the level of coming out of the city was high enough, Prince Li Wei led the officials of the East Palace, and people from various ministries of the court went out of the city to meet him.

In addition to officials from the prince's line, doctors from various departments of the court, and envoys from Western countries also came.

Liu Yu glanced at the group of Westerners, feeling strange in his heart, wondering what the imperial court asked them to follow?If you want to talk about people from North Korea, Annan, and Ryukyu, it would be appropriate to come here today.

The eunuch said that the emperor gave a banquet today, wouldn't it be that this group of Westerners also went to the banquet together?This specification is a bit high.

I was puzzled, but I didn't ask any questions, I just talked to Prince Li Wei about some things on the scene.

Li Wei said with a smile: "Marquis Jing has achieved great success, the seventh younger brother has worked hard, and the generals have also worked hard all the way. The emperor set up a big banquet to wash away the dust for everyone and celebrate this great victory. Please..."

"Your Highness, please."

Hurrying to give way, Li Wei smiled and got on the horse, and Liu Yu and others followed behind.

With the guard of honor in front, the drums were played, and they headed towards the city beating gongs and drums.

After entering the city, the people in the city also stood on both sides of the street to watch the excitement, and soldiers stood along the street.When the emperor lowered the title of Ryukyu king before, he lowered it in front of the people in the capital. He publicly reprimanded the Japanese for their rudeness, and they should be conquered.

Now that they have returned in victory, the people are naturally happy.

If the joy of ordinary people is just a kind of pride under the sense of recognition, then some of those big and wealthy businessmen have obtained real benefits.

The trading company issued additional shares, and some wealthy people in the capital also bought some.

Now that the agreement has been reached, the stock price of the trading company has skyrocketed.

Looking at the bills that were originally worth one hundred taels in his hand, they can now be sold for one hundred and seventy-eight taels when they are sold in Songjiang, and they are even going up.

In the war against Japan, in their view, it is a trivial matter to pretend to be a vassal for a long time, but it is a big thing to actually make money by yourself.

It's just that they don't know that the emperor's internal money actually made the most money in this battle.

When it comes to insider information, there is absolutely no one more insider than the emperor. Once he sold it, he added hundreds of thousands of taels of silver out of thin air.

The emperor, Xungui, and the Jiangnan sea merchants who entered the industry first ate a meal of meat, and those who entered the industry later drank a sip of soup.However, even just a sip of the soup is incomparably delicious and intoxicating.

With this incident, many people were waiting for the news that came a few days ago, saying that the imperial court might use different methods to develop Whale Sea.

It may be possible to raise equity capital and hire people to go to the Ezou to reclaim wasteland. The people who reclaim the wasteland work not as farmers, and whether they will make profits in the future depends on the company's profitability.

As soon as the news came out, after someone confirmed that it was supported by Liu Yu, they decided that it was another lucrative deal.

It is said that there are many fish and shrimp in Ezo, and Japanese people like fish, shrimp and kelp, which is a profitable business.

In addition, the local land is fertile and the climate is pleasant, so the imperial court set aside part of the public land for future city building and farmland as military farmland, official farmland, and not easy farmland.

The rest will be rented out. According to what Jinghou said, private capital will be used to enrich Songjiang and the capital and flow it into Ezo.

The imperial court has now begun to promote the policy of apportioning the income per mu in some places. The poll tax is no longer linked to the performance of local officials. Local officials are more keen on measuring land and reclaiming wasteland to increase their political performance.

Anyway, poll tax is not paid, and it is easy to cause trouble.

With the policy of recruiting hired workers to reclaim wasteland, there is no need to worry about not being able to recruit people, or that local officials will not let go because of poll taxes.

This policy is accompanied by rumors of the development of Ezo, and many people with a keen sense of smell know that the shares in Ezo will definitely be valuable in the future.

At the very least, there is still a piece of land being staked there, and there is no way to pay for it, but if the development is good, the profits will be distributed every year.

The common people who have invested money can't tell the difference between Jinghaihou and Jinghaihou, and they don't know the game and attitude involved in it, but they know two things.

Now the former Eagle Sabo and the current Whale Sea Marquis, who are in charge of the trading company and the development of Jinghai, are now being greeted by the prince out of the city, with a strict guard of honor and boundless grace.

The imperial court deliberately changed the Marquis of Jinghai to the Marquis of Jinghai. Obviously, it is the imperial court’s attitude to develop Jinghai. If you don’t rush to invest money at this time, is it like a trading company that only eats soup when others are full?
As long as the whale is not down, the money can be invested.This Jing changed to a whale, more like a weather vane.

The common people were confused about the difference between Jinghaihou and Jinghaihou, and couldn't understand why the word was changed.Can only misinterpret.

And those Western envoys who came to watch the excitement and were also qualified to attend the banquet were even more difficult to understand.

The misinterpretation is even worse.

For example, Fazakley, who has presided over the trade in Guangzhou for ten years, known as China Hand, and is now the Chief Counselor to China of the British Royal Envoy, has a bottle full of less than half of the bottle.

It is now the end of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the monsoon has arrived, and Western cargo ships have arrived one after another, bringing some news from Europe, as well as the requirements of the monarchs of various countries for envoys' new missions under the changing situation in Europe.

A few days ago, there were two amazing news brought by the arrival of European cargo ships, both of which happened last year.

In fact, a bigger news is brewing in Austria at this time, but it will take at least a year for the news from Europe to China at this time, and they don't know it yet.

But even the news from last year was enough to shock them.

There are two in total.

The leader of the Swedish Radical Top Hat Party has been appointed as the chief finance minister and real power prime minister. China, France, and Sweden have reached an alliance of three countries. Sweden is clamoring to declare war on Russia, recapture the Neva River, and occupy Petersburg.

Spain refused to apologize to the smuggler Jenkins, the British Parliament passed the issue of declaring war on Spain, and Britain officially declared war on Spain.

Sweden's radical top hat faction is pro-French, anti-Russian, anti-Prussian, and strongly supports Swedish Chinese companies. They have always advocated war, claiming to reproduce the glory of the Gustav era and become the overlord of the Baltic Sea.A small country with a population of less than 100 million wants to punch Russia, kick Prussia, and angrily attack Denmark.

Reminiscent of the fact that Dashun sent official personnel to Stockholm to escort the Swedish captives captured by Junggar to return to the country, and now the shocking news of the French-Swiss alliance came, which inevitably made these Western envoys run wild.

In the eyes of the British special envoy, Dashun's war against Japan this time is just like what he wrote in his diary: [... like a majestic and aggressive dog, which can't wait to urinate and circle itself Its territory, and bared its fierce teeth against any enemy who tried to invade its territory.Those rumors about them being the most moral and weak are not true].

[The disposal of Japan is still an Eastern tributary-style solution.He was beaten heavily, but dealt with lightly].

[Obviously, the four-nation alliance of China, France, Sweden, and Turkey has been reached, and an iron curtain has been lowered against Russia from the Baltic Sea to North Asia.China did not want to draw too much energy in the direction of Japan, thus ending the war quickly so that their best generals could go to Siberia].

[There is no doubt that the rise of the Swedish Top Hat Party is directly related to the visit of Chinese envoys to Stockholm.It is unknown what kind of promise the Swedes have received from China.But the war between Switzerland and Russia is a foregone conclusion.Most likely, China will take advantage of the Russian-Turkish war to deplete Russia's national strength and the opportunity of the Swiss-Russian war to expand their influence in Siberia].

[The shameless Frenchman is happy.The Chinese contributed money, the Swedes sent troops, and the French did nothing to avenge Russia’s enmity in the War of Polish Succession and humiliate Russia].

The British royal envoy's point of view cannot be said to be completely wrong, but he made a mistake in judging Dashun's next strategic direction.

In this, it is closely related to the change of "Jinghai" to "Whale Sea".

There is of course a cultural gap between the British and the Chinese, and this cultural gap has long given rise to many misunderstandings.Even Fazakley, who has been in charge of trade in Guangzhou for more than ten years, although he is familiar with how to bribe Chinese officials, it is impossible to turn over the history books of the Ming Dynasty.

I can't understand why this word should be changed.

As for the change of "Marquis of Jinghai" to "Marquis of Jinghai", this cultural barrier has brought about many misunderstandings.

According to Fazaklei's understanding, the Sea of ​​Whales is Northeast Asia, North Asia and even Siberia.He also specifically asked the literati in Dashun, where is Jinghai?The literati replied that everything from Japan to Beihai where Su Wu herded sheep was counted...

The meaning of Jinghai is to make the sea stable.

The Chinese emperor deliberately changed "Marquis of Jinghai" to "Marquis of Jinghai". Obviously, China was declaring sovereignty over Siberia, indicating Dashun's territorial claim to North Asia.

This is not the same as the king of England who still wears the title of king of France. It is true that he wears the title of king, but the UK has not conferred the title of count of Calais or count of Paris.

A marquis of Dashun bears the title of "Marquis of Siberia, North Asia, and Northeast Asia", and the meaning is self-evident.

This can be said to be reading too little and thinking too much; it can also be regarded as a spoken language of "that, that" in front of Hannibal, the Duke of Dashun County.

(End of this chapter)