New Shun 1730

"Three thousand miles! Expand the border to the north for three thousand miles!"

Since the missionaries brought the world map and the globe, the Chinese people's cognition of the concept of "the world" has been expanded, and the emperor has also gained an extra hobby...looking at maps.

The experience of coloring games is a supreme enjoyment for those who hold the imperial power.

Especially after the conclusion of the treaty with Russia, with the map of Siberia and the Far East sent by Bering, it is even more intuitive.

During the court meeting, the specially made huge map was placed in the court, and the emperor was in high spirits and full of pride in front of the ministers.

In addition to the map, the eunuch also held two rubbings in his hand.

One is the inscription of Yongning Temple that Liu Yu had already copied.

The other is the "Yanran Mountain Stone Carving" that Liu Yu sent people to Hangai Mountain to find during the negotiations at Lake Baikal.

This stone inscription written by Ban Gu has gone through two thousand years of wind and rain. Although it is no longer clear, we can still read the heroic spirit of Fenglangjuxu and Yanran Stone Inscription in the Han Dynasty.

The stone inscription is easy to find. Liu Yu has the memory of his previous life. He remembers very clearly that he found Yanran Stone Inscription a few years ago. It is near the pass of Hangai Mountain and Altai Mountain, not west of Altai Mountain as he had been looking for before.

Just like the inscription of Yongning Temple, even if the local tribes can no longer recognize the words on it, they will always worship and pray there.

People were sent to the Khalkha tribe near Hangai Mountain to ask around, and soon found the red stone mountain. The rubbing was made and sent back to the capital together with the Yongning Temple inscription and the map of the treaty with Russia.

This flattery was loud and comfortable.

The ancient military exploits, the first ones that have been passed down through the ages, are Fenglangjuxu and Yanran Stone Inscription.

The Tang people were good at martial arts and often compared themselves.

The poem goes: I want to ask about the border on a bicycle, and pass through Guyan, a vassal state. The expeditionary geese leave the Han frontier, and the returning geese fly into the Hu sky. The desert smoke rises straight, and the long river sets in the round sun. I met a scout at Xiaoguan, and the governor is in Yanran!

Khalkha Mongolia surrendered, and Langjuxu was already within the territory; the two thousand years old stone carvings on Hangai Mountain are now being rubbed again.

Even though the ministers in the court had their own thoughts, they heard the female official reciting the records in the "Book of the Later Han" that they had recited since childhood, and almost no words were missing, except for a few more modal particles such as "西" and "苏", and they could recognize all the words on the rubbings after two thousand years... It finally turned into a cry of excited applause.

This feeling of traveling through thousands of years, witnessing the excitement of seeing things recorded in history books more than a thousand years ago in front of them, is really hard to imagine.

Liu Sheng, Duke of Yiguo, stood in the inner hall, holding up his tablet to cover his back teeth from laughing, thinking that although it was Old Tian who was in charge of this matter, his son had actually contributed greatly.

At today's court meeting, the emperor had mentioned Liu Yu's name several times, especially after the rubbings of Yanran Shi Le were taken out, he praised him fiercely.

Now he is not qualified to participate in the court meeting, but his reputation has spread among the ministers in the court meeting.

He had been awarded the title of Upper Light Carriage Commander for his military merits before, and now he has the merit of negotiating and surveying the boundary, wouldn't he be awarded the honor of the third-rank guard?

If the eldest son is not capable and inherits the title, the emperor should not let the original branch of Duke of Yiguo take charge of military affairs in order to check and balance. This is a good thing. The eldest son is mediocre, and if he takes charge of real politics, it will bring disaster. It is better to host the Rongen Banquet and perform sacrifices for the royal family like himself.

I just don't know what the emperor wants to use Liu Yu for? From now on, it is a foregone conclusion that he will be admitted to the upper residence of Wude Palace. He is good at geometry, mathematics, surveying, horsemanship, and musketry. What he lacks is the writing style of policy papers. He can find a bunch of Qingke in advance and write a hundred or so articles to memorize in advance.

If he is admitted to the upper residence of Wude Palace, he can be promoted to Longjin, and he can be either civil or military. It is hard to say how he will be arranged.

"Most likely to go to the northwest?"

After judging it in his mind, he felt that it seemed unlikely.

Thinking about the day when Liu Yu went to Nurgandusi, he had a big quarrel with Lao Tian. Now I am afraid that when Lao Tian comes back, he will have to host a banquet.

In the main hall, the emperor enjoyed the pleasure of "opening up the territory on the map". Taking advantage of the excitement of the crowd, he said loudly: "The Russian delegation will arrive in Beijing soon. The Li Government and the Honglu Temple should also come up with a rule as soon as possible. How to receive them?"

When Xi'an was established, the Honglu Temple and the Taichang Temple had been incorporated into the Li Government as its subordinates, but it was still not a complete superior-subordinate relationship.

The Honglu Temple Minister came forward and said: "The imperial court's ceremonies have tribute and tribute, but no "diplomatic" etiquette. According to the example of the Korean delegation, it seems that the etiquette is a bit light. The Li Government of the imperial court also has the responsibility of tribute. I think that since the Russian Kingdom is not a foreign vassal, France, Holland, Portugal, etc. must follow this example in the future. Please ask the Minister of the Li Government to preside over this matter. The Honglu Temple only executes, not decides."

The ball was kicked to the Li Government again.

The Li Government did not want to take this hot potato. According to previous experience, it would not be easy to learn from the Song Liao and Song Jin, right? There is no experience from the previous dynasty to learn from, and there is no country around that has equal diplomatic qualifications with the Ming Dynasty.

So the Minister of the Li Government also came forward and said: "This is not a trivial matter. I think that Your Majesty should discuss and determine a rule with the Tianyou Palace Pingzhang Military and State Affairs. It is not that I am shirking my responsibility, but this matter is not something that the Li Government can decide, nor is it something that the Honglu Temple can decide."

"Since there is diplomacy, how should we receive the Luosha Kingdom delegation in the future? What examples should be followed for the French and the Helan Kingdom delegations? How about Korea, Ryukyu, etc.? In addition to the foreign service, there are other states. This matter has never been decided before, and it is not something that I can decide."

The ball was kicked to Tianyou Palace and the Emperor. There is no precedent for this matter yet, let alone what benefits it will have in the future. However, there may be trouble ahead.

The Li Government and Honglu Temple have a clear mind. They do not formulate policies, but only implement them. If you are still in charge of formulating policies, then why should Tianyou Palace do it?

Furthermore, equal diplomacy violates the dignity of the Chinese government.

Dashun does not have the original name of Liuke, but there are Liujianyi, which changes the soup without changing the medicine. The Liujianyi officials are sharp-eyed. They have been feeling uncomfortable recently and don't know who to treat.

But today is a happy day, with both the opening of the map and Yan Ran Shi Le. It is estimated that the admonishers are holding back their energy and don't want to have an attack today.

Anyway, it is up to Tianyou Palace to issue regulations and formulate general directions. There is no precedent to follow, and we certainly cannot copy what Korea, Ryukyu and other foreign vassals used when they paid tribute. After the policy is introduced, it will be too late to spray again.

Li Gan also knew the trouble involved. He originally wanted to pass the ball to the Li Government and Honglu Temple, but they just pretended to be stupid and didn't pick it up at all, and kicked it back.

Everyone kicked the ball for a while, only to get a word of "Dismissal!"

One day a few months later, Li Gan escaped from the spitting stars in the court, and the admonishers were really imaginative.

There is no airtight wall in the world, and news of the exchange of three hundred thousand taels of silver for Nerchinsk and Zyask finally spread.

There is a silver mine near Nerchinsk, and the Russians have begun to mine it. Although the quantity is not large, they will definitely not return it unless they give enough money.

After all the calculations, it would definitely be a lot of money to send 5,000 men and dozens of cannons to Nerchinsk. Such an exchange is worthwhile in the eyes of Zhu Pingzhangshi of Tianyou Palace.

But the sense of déjà vu was too strong, and comparisons like "old events of Song and Liao Dynasties" were flying all over the place.

When Xinshun was founded, Li Guo was a bit aggressive in his revanchism, and the Tanyuan Alliance was insulted and insulted.

This was a strong medicine at the time. After all, Nanjing had fallen, Jiangyin had been slaughtered, and there were still a bunch of surrendered scholar-bureaucrats. It was an overkill; but the staying power of this strong medicine was really a bit big.

Liu Jian Yi and Yu Shi Tai were originally specialized in this. In a sense, they were the true defenders of tradition. If there was no etiquette system and no tribute from the barbarians, it would not be a celestial dynasty. Now it is actually necessary to establish two emperors at the same time, and it is even possible to engage in diplomacy with foreign vassals in the future...

What is this called?

This is called the collapse of the Shangguo, and the world has entered the Warring States Period again.

The Celestial Kingdom, from the Celestial Dynasty, was reduced to a prince under the concept of the new world and the world. Is it going to emulate the story of the Seven Heroes with Russia, France, Britain and other countries?

This is an intolerable step back, even taking a step back two thousand years, to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is really difficult to accept it emotionally.

This is not the disparity and despair that is so heart-wrenching after a crow.

If the cultural self-confidence of the Celestial Dynasty collapsed just because of some progress in Western learning, it would not have been able to stand tall in the world for four thousand years, with several crises and rises.

Moreover, this matter is not as simple as the advancement of Western learning, but rather that the world view of the tributary system is no longer good, and instead wants to integrate into the Western Westphalian system.

What they did, according to the consciousness at this time, is absolutely correct - do people at this time dare to imagine nominal sovereignty equality with small countries like North Korea, Vietnam and even San Marino a hundred years later?

It was not easy for the emperor to punish him, so he could only talk nonsense for a few days, while the small dynasty would argue and the big dynasty would argue.

The six admonishers were well-read in scriptures, how could Li Gan be his opponent? Not to mention being sprayed bloody, but it was almost the same.

After spraying Li Gan, spray the Duke of Qi. After spraying the Duke of Qi, spray Liu Yu. After spraying Liu Yu, spray Western learning as a barbarian study: I ​​have heard of those who used Xia to transform the barbarians, but I have never heard of those who transformed the barbarians!

When the King of Joseon succeeded, the ritual government just sent someone to confer him; in the story of the previous dynasty, when Japan rebelled against Korea, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was also canonized as King of Japan; when the Tsar of Rakshasa Kingdom ascended the throne, the Celestial Empire actually sent a special mission to celebrate?

Today, after leaving the court and escaping from the spark-filled battlefield, the eunuch reminded him: "Your Majesty, Liu Yu has returned first. According to etiquette, it is time to report something."

Li Gan rubbed his head and said: "Tell him to go home and hide... uh, rest for a few days. Let's wait until the Duke of Qi returns. Let's pass it on. Let's just say that he must be tired from traveling along the way, and he has the ability to expand the land and stabilize the border. Please go home and rest first.”

"promise."

Just as the eunuch was about to leave, he was stopped by Li Gan again.

"Wait a minute, send the few books I annotated a few days ago to Liu Yu together. Then pass on my words: The examination of Shangshe in Wude Palace is the right path. If you are not in your position, you will not seek for his government. If you want to be in the right position, you must first have a good name. The summer exam in the Wude Palace is about to take place, so you should first enter the Shangshe exam in the autumn of the third year. "

The eunuch took the order, held a few books annotated by the emperor, and went outside to convey the order. He even took the emperor's unfinished sentence of "go home and hide... uh" with him.