New Shun 1730

"Your words are correct."

"The key to the northeast is not the boundary, but the population of the Whale Sea, the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, and the Ezo land. As for the local population, Ezo can fish and catch shrimps for cultivation. Further north, the climate is not suitable, so they can only rely on trade. "

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

"Without trade and trade, the population cannot flourish. Otherwise, the situation will be repeated when settlers cultivated the land and the settlers boiled the seeds and said they could not survive. After all, it is bitterly cold there, and the prosperity of the world is all for profit. Without profit, there is no way to gather people."

"After this negotiation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also dispatched a group of surveying and mapping experts as soon as possible to prepare to go to North Korea. I have sent people 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 compensation. Money, build this road.”

"I also promised Marquis Jing before that in addition to rewarding soldiers and establishing practical schools, the rest of the compensation would be used for the navy. However, Marquis Jing wrote a letter requesting that the money be used to build a road and install a post station."

"In a few days, the Whale Lord will go to the Western Ocean. The manpower from the Privy Council and the surveying and mapping talents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will all be drawn. Take this opportunity to draw an atlas of North Korea."

This road actually loses money.

Because the people who developed Ezo were businessmen.

Businessmen have to consider profits and cannot take this route. First transport people to Pyongyang, then walk to Wonsan to board a ship and then go to Ezo.

We must set sail directly, use the warm current, pass through Tsushima, and follow the ocean current directly to Ezo.

This is a route that Japanese businessmen are very familiar with. Dashun's navigation skills have improved by leaps and bounds in recent years, so there is no problem. It’s impossible to take that route to Ezo.

But the court cannot only consider money.

This road is nominally for transporting immigrants heading to Vladivostok and the west coast of the Whale Sea. Most of the immigrants here are semi-official. The only people who are bought and sold are Ezo, and some people on the west coast of the Whale Sea may also be sold after a while. whaling rights, walrus and seal hunting, or fur trading privileges.

But in addition to these privileges with a strong commercial nature, many of them are semi-officially led, including land reclamation. Some retired soldiers will also make arrangements to go to the west coast of the Sea of ​​Whales.

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

But how to draw this circle and who will contribute requires careful study.

Ezo could rely on commercial capital to dominate without the help of the imperial court, and its population gradually increased.

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

Building this road is just an excuse to deepen its influence on North Korea. Li Gan wanted to transform the counties and counties of his descendants into North Korea, so he had to prepare in advance at this time.

Originally, this idea had not occurred. The most the British had ever thought about was taking advantage of the civil strife in North Korea to deepen their control over North Korea and recreate the Ungjin Governor's Mansion.

But things are different now.

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

However, this matter is not urgent for the time being. We need to proceed step by step. First, in the name of road construction and immigration, we can arrange some manpower there to familiarize ourselves with the local conditions and deepen our influence on North Korea.

In the future, things will fall into place.

As for what is meant by success, according to the words of Zhao Baiquan, a doctor in the Li government: "The two groups of officials are both fish and meat for the people, so how can the people not regard them as enemies? Their survival depends entirely on the people, but they put the people to death. There is a clear distinction between noble and inferior, and they even treat people as animals. Said: Follow the mother but not the father, behave like an animal, and make it know that it is an animal. This is a great fallacy. In the future, if the country of Korea becomes popular, they will all be called brothers and sisters. If Catholicism enters Korea, it will spread; if there is no God, there will be things like Chen, Wu, Huangjin, and Bailian. The court should make plans in advance to avoid being caught off guard, and it may help Yi to convert them. "

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

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

There is no way to go, and the King of Joseon is unable to reform, so the only way is to use fire to set fire to the sky.

Switching trade on and off will greatly cause trouble in North Korea, and it will definitely be a big one.

The switch trade does not matter to Dashun. Liu Yu could directly say that switching trade would cause chaos to North Korea without worrying that the emperor was afraid of Dashun as well.

Because outside things can't impact Dashun's handicraft industry, no one can do it in this era, and everyone will die. The only thing that can survive is the spices from Nanyang, which Dashun cannot make by hand.

But for North Korea, the problem is bigger. North Korea is still almost in the manor slave mode before the Tang Dynasty, and it is even more unsustainable in this era.

Therefore, the court had better make preparations for trouble in North Korea as soon as possible.

There is no need to prepare soldiers.

The soldiers at Weihai Station can reach Pyongyang in two days if the wind is favorable. The navy can knock down those broken forts in Pyongyang with its 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 can I help?

What to do after you finish helping?

Even if you help the King of Joseon to deal with the uprising, you can't just forget about it after helping.

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

After that, Dashun's expansion direction will move south, and he will take advantage of the treasury to be full and the indemnity to make a fortune, and arrange some things that may be used in the future.

Although Duke Guo of Qi didn't know Li Gan's intention to transform the counties into North Korea in the future, he also knew that building roads was not just a matter of building roads.

The Celestial Empire spent money to build roads and inns in the vassal... This was not a good thing for the vassal.

The Celestial Empire talks about benevolence and righteousness, but if there is a chance to eat vassalage and meet an emperor who likes to open up new territories, the Celestial Empire will not reject anyone who comes. Didn’t the Ming Dynasty eat Annan? It's just that the policies are not in place, and the climate is really much worse than North Korea, so it's just spitting it out again. North Korea is much more delicious than Annan.

But the Duke of Qi didn't ask any more questions, and just said: "This matter is easy. I will dispatch a group now, and it will not affect the demarcation of the northwest boundary. Furthermore, the big boundary has been determined, and it will only be a matter of small details in the future."

"Ai Qing knows the importance, so I don't need to give you any more instructions. It's just that the negotiation with Rakshasa must be completed as soon as possible. Marquis Whale is going to the West, and the boundary demarcation and signing must be completed before he leaves. Otherwise, I won't be able to let him go and keep him. The purpose of being in Beijing is to deter Rakshasa. If he takes a boat to go south, it will make Rakshasa feel at ease." Li Gan felt that after explaining the affairs of North Korea, there was almost nothing to do in the north, from the northeast to the northwest. .

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

Li Gan is still very clear about this. There cannot be problems on both fronts, and if Rakshasa takes advantage of the current internal and external troubles, he may not bite him again in the next few decades. The opportunity is rare, so he must be quick.

Duke Guo of Qi sighed and said: "The last time I visited Europe, I took the land route. The hardships along the way were beyond description. If you take the sea route, there are many risks..."

Didn't Li Gan know that the sea was extremely risky? But Liu Yu insisted on going. As an emperor, he also had other ideas, so he agreed to leave for a while so that he could observe these new things without his influence.

At this time, he had no choice but to say: "Don't you know I don't know? It's just that I had other intentions when I came to this Western voyage. The one who knows everything about Western affairs in the court and has the skill of practical learning must be the King of Whales."

"Secondly, when it comes to matters in Nanyang, the Dutch can only rest assured if the King of Whales goes there. This matter is not a trivial matter. There are tens of thousands of innocent people in the Celestial Dynasty in Nanyang. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't be at ease."

"Most people in the Li government think that these are all 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 just rushing to fight when they go there, and they don't know how to relax. Besides, not many people in the court know about going to Southeast Asia, so he has to go there in order to be able to do it with ease."

“What do the Dutch think?”

Duke Guo of Qi knew that the emperor had summoned him and made full preparations in advance. Nowadays, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has to deal with too many countries, and they are all connected one by one. If one move affects the whole body, the emperor will definitely have to ask many questions.

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

Now the emperor asked the Dutch about their thoughts. The well-prepared Duke of Qi hurriedly said: "This department deliberately emphasizes the Japanese affairs, and the Dutch are convinced."

"Forcing Rakshasa will only make the Dutch think that this dynasty has no intention of going south in a short time."

"Talk about how the Netherlands must withdraw from Japan and not have any private contact with Japan, which makes the Dutch think that this is the end of the court's intention. If they go to Nanyang and wipe out the Dutch power, there will be no need to talk about the affairs of Japan, which is so far apart. They can't reach them even if they are far away; only if they don't go to Nanyang can they talk about the affairs of Japan."

"The Dutch are also very anxious. His Majesty also sent special envoys to Nanyang a few days ago to reassure people. But the Dutch still hope that the DPRK will send official ships and imperial envoys with honors as soon as possible, so that the survivors of the Chinese Empire in Nanyang can believe it. "

"It seems that the situation in Batavia has been like dry wood touching the fire."

Dashun was very efficient in doing things this time. After saying at the banquet that day that he would pay a three-year head tax to the Nanyang Chinese using the emperor's internal funds, the emperor sent someone the next day to work quickly and simply with the Dutch. Went south.

First, explain the situation clearly to the local Chinese people and stabilize their emotions.

But people in Nanyang may not be willing to believe in speed and simplicity. Even though some people may not have been born in Dashun, they have similar cultures and cannot see the imperial guards of honor. They may also suspect that this is a delaying tactic by the Dutch.

The Netherlands seems to be in a hurry. The imperial court also had information. They had sent people to lurk in Nanyang before. The information returned was that the Dutch had started a conflict with the local Wu Shi Party group who did not have a residence permit because of their search for Chinese people without residence permits.

It's just that Dashun defeated Japan, but the Dutch side was restrained in doing things. The boy army sent by Dashun to lurk also adhered to the emperor's will and asked the people on his side to exercise restraint and tolerance. However, the contradiction between the two sides deepened day by day. The time has indeed come when something must be resolved.

According to the intelligence from there, most of the sugar factories in Batavia can no longer operate this year. It seems that the Persians are also fighting a big war with the Mughal Empire. It seems that they have massacred the entire city of Delhi. When the war breaks out, the sugar from Persia is not easy to sell. Dashun has also gone to war with Japan, and the Japanese sugar trade has also been cut off. On average, ninety-six or seven out of a hundred sugar factories are owned by Chinese, and the workers are also Chinese. There is really no firewood left.

If Dashun had not gone to war with Japan, the Dutch might have raised their butcher knives. After killing them all, it would be convenient to switch to growing coffee or something like that. Anyway, there is no shortage of people.

However, they can't kill them now, and they are reluctant to give them money for relief. The Dutch are as anxious as if they have diarrhea on the train and find someone in the toilet. They are really looking forward to Dashun sending an imperial envoy to appease everyone.

Liu Yu had a fight with Dutch sailors with his sailors, and there were also radical remarks about "foreigners being surprised". If Liu Yu were to be the imperial envoy, the Dutch would be completely relieved. The most pro-war person in the court was forced by the emperor to preside over the appeasement, and even seemed to be kicked away to the West, away from the center, which always conveyed a message that Dashun had given up Southeast Asia.