lied to Kangxi

Chapter 251 The Imperial Envoy Arrives at Ganghwa Island

The sailing merchant ships of the British weighed more than 1000 tons, and they were indeed much more comfortable than the small sea-going ships of the Qing Dynasty.

There is a big gap in shipbuilding technology, which must be admitted.It is not terrible to fall behind, just catch up.

I'm afraid that I'm obviously behind, and I still have to brag: it's all left over from the ancestors of Huaxia.

This mentality is wrong!

This time, due to the urgency of the situation, Yuzhu did not ask Kangxi to bring the woman to Yaksa.

After all, Nerchinsk is not Guangzhou.One is too cold, and the other is that the war is dangerous. If you bring your own woman, it will become a burden instead.

With Yuzhu's status, if she wants to solve her physical problems, the big deal is to buy a beautiful big girl with yellow flowers, that's all.

On the boat, Yuzhu's handsome cabin was full of people.

The ten Rakshasa interpreters led by Luochazuo played an irreplaceable role in this dispatch to Nerchinsk.

It is not that they are needed to help fight the war, but they are needed to help interrogate the prisoners of the Raksha Kingdom, so as to understand the reality of Nerchinsk and the Far East of Raksha.

"Everyone, this is Biluochun from the palace, try it." Yuzhu picked up the teacup and offered tea with a smile.

Serov was the head of the ten Rakshasa translators, so it was only natural that he would come forward.

"Thank you, Master Yu." Shelov's Chinese is very fluent.It's just that the pronunciation of certain words is a little difficult and weird.

Yuzhu couldn't help but smile slightly, the bannermen of the Raksha tribe, according to the logic of the Qing Dynasty, were also their own.

Xie Luofu is the official sixth-rank Xiao cavalry school led by Luo Chazuo, and a serious officer of the Eight Banners.

"Master Xie, Yakutsk should be the largest city in Siberia, right?" Yu Zhu asked Serov very politely.

Serov has lived in Forty-Nine City for more than 20 years, and he has been completely sinicized long ago.

Seeing Yuzhu's question, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "To be honest, Master Yu, you said that the Yakutsk Governor's Mansion was the first big city built by the Raksha Kingdom in the whole of Siberia, and it was also the largest city. Twenty years ago , There are already more than 5000 people in Yakutsk, and now there are probably seven or eight thousand."

Yuzhu nodded. When he was in the capital, it was not easy for him to ask about the situation in Yakutsk, so as not to alarm Kangxi.

According to Yuzhu's plan, the Rakshasa sent troops this time to take advantage of the severe winter cold to attack Nerchinsk is just a cover.

Yuzhu's real target is actually Yakutsk, which is the lair of the Raksha Kingdom's eastward invasion.

To put it bluntly, as long as Yakutsk is destroyed, all the achievements of the Raksha Kingdom's century-old eastward invasion will be ruined.

In the next few decades, it will not be able to recover.

According to Serov, there are actually not many people in the Raksha Kingdom in Siberia Province, and the total strength is only a few thousand.Moreover, it is scattered among more than a dozen cities.

These cities are either the governor's mansion or the governor's mansion.

After Serov's detailed introduction, Yuzhu finally understood that the Raksha Kingdom currently only has eight provinces.

Among them, the jurisdiction of Siberia Province, including all areas east of the Ural Mountains, is extremely vast.

A senior official in Siberia is the highest official in the entire Siberia region, and his status is equivalent to the governor of Siberia.

Under the senior officials, there are a group of military governors' houses such as Yeniseysk, Olyokminsk, and Irkutsk.

Below the military governor's mansion is the general manager's mansion like Nerchinsk.

According to Serov, the distance from Moscow to Yakutsk is about 5000 kilometers.

Yuzhu himself calculated that the distance from Yaksa to Yakutsk is about 1500 kilometers.

According to the results of the experiment, the speed of a dozen sled dogs dragging the sled car is about 150 kilometers a day.

This speed refers to the speed at which the sled dogs maintain sufficient physical strength and can continue to drag the sled car without being exhausted.

In other words, the whole journey will take about eleven days.

Of course, the sneak attack on Yakutsk was just Yuzhu's small plan, and it was definitely impossible to tell anyone.

After the five four-masted large merchant ships sailed out to sea, they headed straight for North Korea on the opposite bank.

From the Qing Dynasty to North Korea, the first stop is Ganghwa Island.

Although Lee's North Korea is a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, it has its own internal system.

Therefore, when Yuzhu led the troops through the Korean Peninsula, in addition to carrying the will of Kangxi in his arms, he also had the fire tickets from the Ministry of War of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the letters from the Ministry of Rites and the Lifan Academy.

In fact, Little William has been to Ganghwa Island in North Korea and is more familiar with the situation on Ganghwa Island.

"Sir, the government on Ganghwa Island in North Korea is much more greedy than the officials in Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty. Alas, last time I came to North Korea with my father, a full cargo, not only did not make money, but lost I paid 1000 taels of silver." Little William complained angrily.

Yuzhu smiled slightly, shaking the red wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "My dear little William, it's different this time. I am an angel from the Kingdom of Heaven. They must maintain absolute respect for you and me."

Little William also smiled and said, "Sir, it's a great honor to be able to cooperate with you."

The British habit of addressing men with high status is always called Mr., without a surname.For men of the same generation or equal status, they are called Mr. So-and-so, with a surname.

According to Little William, the highest official of North Korea on Ganghwa Island was left behind in Ganghwa House.

Lao Wu was in charge of the Lifan Academy. Yu Zhu had heard from him that the local officials in North Korea were divided into two levels. The first level was the eight provinces, and the second level was the prefecture, pasture, prefecture, and county under the jurisdiction of the eight divisions.

What's more strange is that the prefectures, animal husbandry, prefectures, and counties under the Dao have only the level of rank and the size of the territory, but they do not belong to each other.

That is to say, the county magistrates in North Korea are not under the jurisdiction of the county guards, but directly obey the highest officials of the Tao, that is, the observers.

What is even more surprising is that the county magistrate of North Korea turned out to be Cong Wupin.

The sea boat traveled very fast, and after five days, it sailed to the outer sea of ​​Jianghua Island.

At this time, the North Korean naval battalion stationed on Jianghua Island sent several ships to check the situation.

The jade pillar standing on the bow of the boat can be seen clearly.The largest warship sent by the North Koreans, in front of the large British merchant ship, is like the difference between a minesweeper and a [-]-ton destroyer, and it cannot be compared at all.

After the boat stopped, the North Korean warship approached, and someone climbed up the rope ladder.

After contacting, among the Koreans who climbed up, the leader was Cui Song, a soldier and horse commentator from the Navy Battalion of Jianghua Prefecture.

"The lower official is the sixth-rank soldier and horse judge, Cui Song, and pays homage to the imperial envoy Yu Yu." Cui Song leaned in front of Yu Zhu, and took the initiative to kneel down, not to mention his flattering attitude.

Yuzhu secretly felt it was funny, this Cui Song deliberately reported the grade of his official position, just because he was afraid that he would look down on him, right?

According to the rules, Yu Zhu ordered Wu Jiang to fetch the fire ticket and other things from the Ministry of War and handed them over to Cui Song.

After Cui Song inspected it carefully, his attitude became more respectful, his waist bowed even lower, and he asked servilely: "Dare to ask Master Yu's surname, but is it the Tong Jia family from Manchuria with the Yellow Banner?"

"Of course." Yu Zhu felt a little strange that Cui Song could speak Chinese fluently.

Afterwards, Yuzhu found out that the Lee Dynasty also respected Confucianism in China, and the subset of classics and history as well as documents and archives were all in Chinese characters.

It is not an exaggeration to say that everyone in North Korea’s literati class is proud of speaking and writing Chinese characters.

"Master Yu, I'm humble, so I'll send someone to report to the lord staying behind, and ask him to come and meet the imperial envoy in person." After Cui Song found out about Yuzhu's details, he didn't dare to call him a low official anymore, but changed to humble.

After Wu Jiang noticed Cui Song's change, he couldn't help secretly amused. Unexpectedly, Tong Banchao's illustrious reputation would spread to North Korea?
In fact, although Lee's North Korea was conquered by Dorgon, the style of official uniforms has always been the system of the pre-Ming Dynasty, neither shaved nor changed clothes.

This so-called deceitful name is not deceitful!

Cui Song sent someone to inform Jiang Hua to stay behind Zheng Mingding, and at the same time invited Yuzhu to the pier.

Soon, Zheng Mingding, who was left behind by Jianghua, rushed over. When he saw Yuzhu, he actually knelt down on one knee and said humbly, "Your humble Zheng Mingding, please pay respects to the imperial envoy of the imperial court."

Seeing Zheng Mingding's posture, Yuzhu instantly understood that the officials of North Korea, big and small, feared the Qing Dynasty like a tiger!
In history, the Joseon Dynasty of the Lee family was indeed respectful to the Qing Dynasty, obeying what it said, and did not dare to violate it a little bit.

On the other hand, no matter if it was the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, the Lee clan's North Korea was treated fairly well.

Before the Ming Dynasty, there were three major Wanli expeditions, and the Ming army helped North Korea defeat Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

During the Qing Dynasty, there were records of the Qing Dynasty sending envoys or troops to assist in the civil strife that could not be resolved in North Korea.

According to the requirements of the "Rituals for Greeting the Metropolitan Government Office" of the North Korean state, because Yuzhu is a passing angel imperial envoy, the king of North Korea does not need to lead all the civil and military officials to greet him in person at the outskirts of the "Welcome En Gate".

However, the king of North Korea must receive Yuzhu grandly in front of the palace gate with the courtesy of his ministers.

Rituals must have a sense of ceremony!
As an imperial envoy, Yuzhu also went to Seoul to meet the king of North Korea Li Xuan (read Tun) according to etiquette.

After exchanging pleasantries, Yu Zhu was welcomed into the meeting hall specially used to welcome imperial envoys and angels.

After washing, Yuzhu just changed his clothes, sat down and drank half a cup of tea, and then received the report. Arrived in front of the Huitong Hall.

Yuzhu changed into his official uniform, and met Li Yuandu and Zheng Qingquan in the main hall where he received guests.

"My humble Li Yuandu, I respectfully invite the emperor of China to be safe."

"Humble Zheng Qingquan, I respectfully invite the Emperor of China to be safe."

Li Yuandu and Zheng Qingquan knelt down to salute in a proper manner.

The jade pillar turned its back to the north and faced south, raised its hands high to the left and said: "Holy bow!"

Emperor of China?After all, Yuzhu is not an official of the Ministry of Rites, so he is somewhat strange.

Later, according to Li Yuandu's explanation, Yuzhu suddenly realized.

North Korea is a remote and small state, and the Qing Dynasty is regarded as the suzerain state.North Korea's official name for the Qing Dynasty has been China since the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the Qing Dynasty's self-proclaimed foreign countries (vassals) have always been China.

For example, the Treaty of Nerchinsk is the "Treaty of Nerchinsk in the Middle Goose", not the Treaty of Nerchinsk in the Qing Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)