Xinshun 1730

Chapter 516 Set the Northern Border Before Going South
"Your words are quite correct."

"The key to the northeast is not the boundary agreement, but the population of Jinghai, the Heilongjiang River Estuary, and Ezo. As for the local population, Ezo can catch fish, catch shrimp and cultivate them. If the climate is not suitable further north, they can only rely on business exchanges. "

"Or whaling, or skinning sea lions, pulling sea ivory, or boiling oil to make candles and soap."

"Without commerce, the population cannot prosper. Otherwise, the situation of immigrants farming and cooking the seeds will not survive. After all, it is bitter and cold there, and the prosperity of the world is all for profit, and there is no way to gather people without profit."

"After this negotiation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dispatched a group of surveying and mapping experts as soon as possible to prepare to go to North Korea. I have sent someone to make it clear to the king of North Korea that we will open up a land route from Pyongyang to Wonsan. The court will pay a sum of money from the indemnity Money, build this road."

"Before, I also promised Jinghou that in addition to rewarding soldiers and setting up practical schools, the rest of the indemnity would be used for the navy. But Jinghou wrote a letter, begging to use the money to build a road and set up a station."

"The Marquis of Whale will go to the West in a few days. The Privy Council's staff and the surveying and mapping talents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be recruited. Take this opportunity to draw an atlas of North Korea."

This road is actually losing money.

Because the people who developed Ezo are businessmen.

Businessmen have to consider profits, and it is impossible to take this route. First, transport people to Pyongyang, go to Wonsan to board a boat, and then go to Ezo.

It must be sailing directly, with the help of the warm current, passing through Tsushima, and going directly to Ezo along the ocean current.

This is a very familiar route taken by Japanese businessmen, and Dashun's navigation skills have advanced by leaps and bounds in the past few years, so there is no problem.It is impossible to go that way to Ezo.

But it is impossible for the imperial court to only consider money.

This road is nominally used to transport immigrants to Vladivostok and the west coast of the Whale Sea. Most of the immigrants here are semi-official. Only Ezo is bought and sold, and they may be sold on the west coast of the Whale Sea after a while. Whaling rights, hunting walrus seals, or the privilege of the fur trade.

But in addition to these privileges with a strong commercial nature, land reclamation, etc., there are many semi-official ones.Some retired soldiers will also arrange to go to the west coast of Whale Sea.

In Liu Yu's words, first send someone over to draw a circle to enclose the open space.

But this circle, how to draw it, and who contributes, also need to be carefully studied.

Ezo can rely on commercial capital to dominate without the imperial court's efforts, and gradually the population will be enriched.

To the west of Ezo, there is no way for commercial funds to dominate, because it does not make money.

To build this road is to find an excuse to deepen its influence on North Korea.Li Gan wants his descendants to transform North Korea into prefectures and counties, so he must prepare in advance.

Originally, he didn't have this idea. At most, the British Duke wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in North Korea to deepen his control over North Korea, so as to reproduce the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion.

But now it's different.

What Zhao Baiquan, a doctor of the Li government, observed in North Korea convinced Li Gan that there was every chance to transform North Korea.

It's just that this matter is not in a hurry for the time being.It needs to be done step by step. First, in the name of road construction and immigration, some people will be arranged there to familiarize themselves with the local conditions and deepen their influence on North Korea.

In the future, it will be a matter of course.

As for what is meant by success, according to Zhao Baiquan, a doctor of the Li government: "The two classes of officials are like fish and meat for the common people. How can the people not regard them as enemies? Their survival depends entirely on the common people, but they put them to death. There is a distinction between high and low, and even treat people as animals. Said: follow the mother and not follow the father, the behavior of the beasts, let them know that they are animals after birth, this shows the courtesy of people. This is a ridiculous statement. Once the Korean country is on fire in the future, it will reach the sky. They are all called brothers and sisters. If Catholicism enters North Korea, it will be flooded; if there is no God, there will be things like Chen, Wu, Huangjin, and Bailian. The court should make plans early, so as not to be caught off guard, or it can help righteousness and make them return to enlightenment."

Although the members of the Li family became emperors from peasants and hated peasant uprisings extremely, but if this happened in North Korea, it would be different.

Li Gan also asked Liu Yu, and Liu Yu's opinion on this matter was that something happened sooner or later.Especially after Dashun forced North Korea to open and close trade, North Korea's two-class slavery system will definitely not work.

If it doesn’t work out, and the king of Joseon has no ability to reform, then there is only one way to set fire to the sky.

Switching on and off trade will greatly prompt North Korea to have an accident, and it must be a major accident.

Switching trade doesn't matter to Dashun.Liu Yu can directly say that opening and closing trade will cause chaos in North Korea, without worrying that the emperor is afraid of Dashun.

Because outside things can't impact Dashun's handicraft industry, in this era, no one can do it, and one will die.The only thing that can survive is Nanyang spices, something that Dashun really can't produce by hand.

But for North Korea, the problem is even bigger.North Korea was still almost the manor servant model before the Tang Dynasty, and this era is even more unsustainable.

Therefore, it is better for the imperial court to prepare for an accident in North Korea earlier.

Soldiers don't need to prepare.

The soldiers of the Weihai Small Station Battalion can reach Pyongyang in two days if the wind is favorable.The navy can take down those broken forts in Pyongyang with their eyes closed.

What the Privy Council has to do is to formulate various plans for sending troops, but this matter itself is not a military issue, because there is no military problem at all.

It's a political issue.

When the time comes, who will Dashun help?

How to help?
What should I do after the help is over?
Even if it is to help the King of Joseon to deal with the uprising, it is impossible to let it go after the help is over.

These problems may not be imminent, but Li Gan knows that he must take advantage of this opportunity to develop Ezo, defeat Japan, and negotiate with Russia to completely solve all the problems in the north and make preparations.

Afterwards, Dashun's expansion direction will move southward, taking advantage of the opportunity when the national treasury is full and the indemnity is flying in, and arrange some things that may be used in the future.

Although Qi Guogong didn't know Li Gan's intention to turn counties into North Korea in the future, he also knew that road construction itself was not a simple road construction.

The Celestial Dynasty spends money to build roads and post stations in the vassals... This is not a good thing for the vassals.

The Celestial Dynasty talks about benevolence and righteousness, but if there is a chance to eat the vassal, if you meet an emperor who likes to expand the territory, the Celestial Dynasty will not refuse anyone who comes. Didn’t the Ming Dynasty eat Annan?It's just that the policy is not in place, and the climate is much worse than that of North Korea, so it's just spit out again.North Korea is much better than Annan.

But Qi Guogong didn't ask too much, just said: "This matter is easy. I will transfer a group of ministers, and it will not affect the matter of boundary survey in the northwest. Besides, the big boundary has been determined, and there will be some small details in the future."

"Ai Qing knows the importance, so I don't need to ask you any more. It's just that the negotiation with Luosha should be completed as soon as possible. The marquis of Jing is going to the west, and the boundary survey and signing should be completed before he leaves. Otherwise, I won't be able to let him go and keep him. In Beijing, there was an intention to deter Rakshasa. If he goes south by boat, it will make Rakshasa feel at ease." Li Gan felt that after clarifying the North Korean affairs, everything to do in the north, from northeast to northwest, would be about the same. up.

After finishing the business in the north, you don't have to worry about threats and accidents in the north before you can go to Nanyang.

Li Gan is still very clear about this point, there cannot be problems on both fronts, and taking advantage of Luo Sha's current internal and external troubles, he will bite hard, and he may not bite in the next few decades. The opportunity is rare, so we must hurry.

Duke Qi sighed and said: "The last time I visited Europa, I took the land route. The journey was difficult and hard to describe. If you take the sea route, there are many risks..."

Didn't Li Gan know that the sea was extremely dangerous?But Liu Yu insisted on going. He, the emperor, also had other ideas, and just agreed with him to leave for a period of time so as to observe these new things without his influence.

At this time, I had no choice but to say: "Don't you know? It's just that I have other intentions to go to the West this time. It's the King of the Whale who is familiar with all things in the West and has the skill of practical learning."

"Secondly, for the matter of coming to Nanyang, it is not for the whales to go, so the Dutch can feel at ease. This is not a trivial matter, and the tens of thousands of young children in Nanyang will go to others, so I don't feel at ease."

"Most of the people in the Li government think that they are abandoned people who have abandoned their ancestral land, and they always think that most people who go to sea are treacherous."

"The people in the navy are going to fight the war when they go, and they don't know how to relax. Besides, the people in the court don't know much about the Nanyang incident, so he has to go there to be able to handle it with ease."

"What do the Dutch think?"

The Duke of Qi knew that the emperor had summoned him, so he made sufficient preparations in advance. Now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has too many countries to deal with, and they are all connected one by one. The emperor must ask a lot of questions.

The matter of Luocha is related to whether Dashun can go to Nanyang with peace of mind; and the negotiation with Luocha is closely related to Sweden and France, using their strength in the West to obtain the land in the northwest; the cooperation with Sweden and France also involves Holland's attitude is related to whether Dashun's merchant ships can fly to Europe under the Swedish flag...

Now that the emperor asked about the Dutch thoughts, the Duke of Qi, who was fully prepared, hurriedly said: "The headquarters deliberately emphasizes the matter of the Japanese country, and the Dutch believe it."

"Forcing Rakshasa just makes the Dutch think that the dynasty has no intention of going south in a short time."

"To talk about the fact that the Netherlands must withdraw from the Wa country and not to have private contact with the Wa country is to make the Dutch think that this is the end of the dynasty. If they go to Nanyang and the Dutch power is wiped out, there is no need to talk about the Wa country. It is so far away. They can't get in touch with them far away; only when they don't go to Nanyang, do they have to talk about the Japanese country."

"The Dutch are also in a hurry. Your Majesty sent a special envoy to Nanyang a few days ago to appease people's hearts. But the Dutch still hope that the court will send official ships and imperial envoys with honor guards there as soon as possible, so that the remnants of the Chinese dynasty in Nanyang can trust it. "

"It seems that Batavia's situation has already caught fire."

Dashun was very efficient this time. After saying at the banquet that day that he would pay the Nanyang Chinese with the emperor's internal funds to pay three years of head tax, the emperor sent someone the next day to work with the Dutch as soon as possible. went south.

Explain the situation clearly to the local Chinese first, and stabilize your emotions.

But keep it simple, people in Nanyang may not believe it, even if some people may not be born in Dashun, but they share the same culture, and you can’t see the imperial guards of honor, you may suspect that this is a Dutch tactic to slow down the army.

The Dutch side seems to be in a hurry.The imperial court also has intelligence. It has sent people to lie dormant in Nanyang before. The information sent back is that the Dutch have clashed with the Wushan Party, a local society without a residence permit, because of the hunt for Chinese without a residence permit.

It’s just that Dashun’s side defeated Japan, and the Dutch side was restrained in doing things. The child army sent by Dashun to hibernate also upheld the emperor’s will and asked people on his side to restrain themselves, but the conflict between the two sides deepened. It's really time for a solution.

According to the information from there, most of the sugar factories in Batavia will not be able to continue this year.It seems that the Persians were also at war with the Mughal Empire, and the war was very serious. It seemed that the city of Delhi was slaughtered. After the war, the sugar in Persia was not easy to sell.Dashun went to war against Japan again, and Japan's sugar trade was also cut off.On average, out of 96 sugar factories, [-] and [-] are Chinese, and the workers are also Chinese. It is true that dry wood is everywhere.

If it weren't for Dashun's war against Japan, the Dutch might have raised the butcher's knife, and after killing them all, it would be convenient for them to switch to coffee and the like. Anyway, there is no shortage of people.

But now there is no way to kill them, and they are reluctant to give money and relief. The Dutch are as anxious as looking for a toilet with diarrhea on a train, only to find someone inside.Really looking forward to the stars and the moon, hoping that Dashun would send an imperial envoy to appease everyone.

Liu Yu led sailors to fight with Dutch sailors, and made radical remarks about "foreign surprise".If Liu Yu is allowed to be the imperial envoy, the Dutch will be completely relieved.The most important person in the court, who was forced by the emperor to preside over the appeasement, even seemed to be kicked away to the West, so as to stay away from the center, always showed a message that Dashun gave up on Nanyang.

(End of this chapter)