New Shun 1730

"If I have a chance, I want to see the scene of the setting sun over the long river. But I can go if I want to, and not go if I don't want to. This is a wish. If you insist on inviting me to go, I will not be a guest, but a retainer."

"Retainer... then you have to pay more."

Liu Yu praised: "You have principles! I understand. The word confidant is not so cheap. I am not your confidant, so how can I talk about following?"

"You are right, sir."

Kang Budai did not explain too much, and even did not bother to explain.

If you understand, you will understand. If you don't even understand this, then it's meaningless.

"But I have another condition."

"Speak!" Without hesitation.

Liu Yu knew that from now on, he had to build his own confidant team. Under the imperial power, you must be aware of danger.

But it is not impossible to call a staff member at this time. You have to go on the same road for a while. Many official matters cannot be done by one person.

The previous chaos and the reform of the imperial examination system, as well as the ideological chaos brought about by the spread of Western learning to the East and the thawing of Neo-Confucianism, have led to a lot of talents among the people. We can recruit some of them.

It is very good to select scholars based on policy essays, and some great talents can indeed be selected.

The palace examination must rely on policy essays, after all, it is to select future court officials, and requires insight.

But if the scholars only look at policy essays, it would be a bit too much... How much experience can the scholars write about national policies?

Later, someone said: Policy essays have too wide a scope. History, politics, ethics, philosophy, metaphysics are one category, and economics, military system, water conservancy, geography, astronomy, etc. are another category. How can a person know so much, so he can only pretend to know what he doesn’t know, and then he actually thinks he knows, and then he talks nonsense and harms the country and the people. Those who are against empty policies change "ke de yan qin" to "ke de yan ye" and hand in their papers.

There are real scholars who study policy essays all day long, but there are also many people who boast and make shocking remarks.

Kang Budai, who was in front of him, was also a person who wrote policy papers since he was young.

However, since he had some ambitions and knowledge, and his father guaranteed that he was talented, he could be used.

When Liu Yu heard Kang Budai's conditions, he agreed very happily.

Seeing that Liu Yu asked him to speak, Kang Budai said without hesitation: "When the time comes, I will do what you ask me to do. The time after I finish the work belongs to me. Please don't interfere with what I do during my time, and don't let me follow you like a little tail all day. If you don't agree to this, I'd better be a guest in the mansion."

"Okay. Isn't it the same when Fengchu governs the country in the story?"

"I really don't dare to compare myself. But since you agree, I will agree. I'm getting drunk now, why don't you take this opportunity to ask you to tell me the idea of ​​the policy paper, and then I'll write it?"

Liu Yu shook his head and said, "There's no rush. I have a few books here, you can take a look first."

He took out something he wrote, such as a brief study of Western countries, and gave it to Kang Budai. Kang Budai didn't look at it on the spot. After putting it away, he said, "In that case, I'll go back to read the book first. When I finish reading, I'll come to find you."

Although he didn't drink enough wine, he had enough talk today. Although Kang Budai was greedy for the wine, he did not stay long. He just wanted to go back and finish reading the book so that he could do his business.

If he could do it well, he would not lack this little wine and food in the future.

Liu Yu stood up to see him off and took out two bottles of wine for him, saying that he could not taste anything. This wine was like a cow chewing a peony when it met someone who could not taste wine and only knew how to get dizzy and sleep to relieve fatigue.

Kang Budai did not refuse. He took the wine and pointed to some duck feet and preserved fruits left on the table and said: "Who knows that the food on the plate is hard-earned. I think the young master will not eat these things, so I just take them with wine."

After that, he cleaned up the leftovers on the table, borrowed a food box to pack them, and said goodbye and left.

"This is a wonderful person."

Looking at the back of the departing figure, Liu Yu smiled, thinking that such a person is strange, but he must be extraordinary.

This little wine did not make him drunk. He half-leaned on the table, thinking about what to do next.

Now the emperor has a favor in private, and he has taken the blame. The emperor intends to make himself "legitimate", and now the gunman has been found.

I don't know what the emperor will arrange for me to do next.

After thinking about it, there are only two possibilities.

One possibility is to send him to train soldiers and train a strong army that "a well-regulated army can defeat an incompetent general".

The second possibility is what Liu Yu said that day about Korea, Japan and immigration to Nurgandusi. It is also possible that the emperor really wants to try it.

As for going to the south to build a navy, that should be something that only exists in dreams.

First, there is no money, and second, Dashun has to keep a close eye on Junggar, and the money must be used where it counts.

Third... Dashun's situation is really special now: raw silk, porcelain and other things, sitting at the doorstep, Westerners come from thousands of miles away to send money. And there is no ability to sail to Europe to bypass the middlemen to make money.

At least the south at this time is not a breakthrough that will take effect quickly.

It requires long-term investment and late returns. The emperor's temperament will definitely not invest money in this at this time.

If it is training troops, it is not too difficult.

Liu Yu himself knows a little bit. He fought against Luosha in the north and captured many prisoners.

There is also Hannibal who studied in a French military academy and served as an officer in the French army.

The flintlock formation and cavalry charge method cannot be solved by a snap of the head, but are reproduced by countless details and detailed drill manuals.

Every step of the drill manual is the experience gained from the blood of tens of thousands of people. It can be said that adding or subtracting a point will not help.

The most basic wedge charge, how to use discipline to make the whole overcome the advantage of individual riding skills, there are many things to pay attention to. Those who have not attended a special military school will definitely not be able to play it.

Although Hannibal studied military engineering, which is more or less a cross-disciplinary major, he should also understand this basic thing. It can be said that he is also a person who has been in the salons of French aristocrats. He has seen pigs run even if he has not eaten pork.

Since there are talents, as long as you give money and get guns, it is not difficult to train soldiers.

But if the emperor is willing to try the second one, that is, Korea, Japan and immigration, then he needs to make more preparations.

Whether to use it or not is one thing, and whether it is ready when it is used is another.

Liu Yu cannot intervene in the Korean issue, which is related to the court's diplomatic policy.

The direct intervention of the Celestial Empire in the affairs of the vassal states is a challenge to the long-standing tradition of "the emperor does not rule the barbarians", which is bound to cause an uproar.

That is not something you can decide, let Tianyou Palace and the court officials discuss it slowly.

Besides, the emperor also clearly told Liu Yu to "hide" for a while, so it was naturally not a good time to show up again.

Navigation technology, no need to worry about this.

Liu Yu captured a series of leaders of the Tsarist Russian expedition team, such as Bering, Cherikov, and Sven, all of whom were famous in the history of human geographical discoveries.

He broke through the Murugan Mountain Acropolis and also captured some carpenters who built ships for the Bering expedition team.

Ships were not a problem either.

The difficulty of Liu Yu's entire immigration plan to Korea, Japan, and Nurgan Dusi was actually in Japan.

In Korea, trade can also make some money, but it is obviously not enough. Selling Korean ginseng will not make much money.

If you want to make money and use money to immigrate, you have to rely on Japanese trade.

However, Japan is now closed to the outside world. A few years ago, there was a joke: Japan changed its era name to "Shotoku". In view of the large-scale loss of precious metals such as silver and copper in Japan, the continuous increase of foreign goods, and the fear of the resurgence of Catholicism, Japan's trade policy has become more conservative.

A special token is required to allow trade in Nagasaki.

This trade policy was issued during the "Zhengde" period of Japan, so the Chinese characters "Zhengde" were written on the token.

This surprised the customs officers of Dashun: Could it be that those people from the Southern Ming Dynasty who crossed the sea to Japan were preparing to rebel against Shun and restore the Ming Dynasty? Or did the Japanese pirates want to use the name of "revenge for the crooked tree" to make another wave of trouble?

Otherwise, why would there be the reign of the previous dynasty on the trade token? Could it be a token of some kind?

So they detained it for a year and strictly prohibited trade with Japan until they figured out what was going on.

Not long after this joke, Japan's isolation policy was already strict, which made many cargo ships of Dashun lose the opportunity to trade with Japan after the "Zhengde" storm.

However, Dashun lacked copper. Fortunately, the private copper mines in Yunnan have developed greatly in recent years, so there is a saying that "Yunnan has copper mines" Yu Jiafu said.

Japan has a lot of copper, so naturally they want to trade more with Japan.

However, Japan has seen a large outflow of silver and copper in recent years, and has introduced policies for quantitative trade: a certain amount of copper is exported each year, on a first-come, first-served basis. Ships without trade tokens have no chance to trade at all.

Smuggling is fine, but if you want to smuggle large quantities of copper, forget it.

It is not easy to solve this problem.

At this time, the shogun of Japan was carrying out reforms and restored the tradition of "hawk hunting", hoping to let Japanese samurai practice horse riding and archery.

Horse riding and archery are also the traditional skills of Japanese samurai - the imagined Mongolian conquest of Japan is Mongolian horse riding and archery against Japanese samurai swords, but in fact it is heavy infantry plus firearms such as thunder bombs against samurai horse riding and archery - the deputy marshal of the Mongolian expedition to the east was shot and injured by Japanese samurai horse riding and archery during a horse riding and archery duel, which is roughly like being pecked in the eye by an eagle?

However, Japan does not have good horses, and the horse riding and archery skills have seriously degenerated over the years. The horses have degenerated into mules: whether it is the Han generals of Dashun or Mongolia, Japan's horses and horse riding and archery are far behind.

Another thing is that Japan's ambition has never died, and it still hopes to spy on Dashun's military intelligence.

Although many merchants engaged in trade know everything about Japan, those merchants are not of high status and cannot get in touch with the real things. Those things they say are problematic at first glance, and the Japanese are not stupid.

In addition, the lessons of Wanli's aid to Korea, coupled with some Japanese wandering samurai recruited to fight against Dashun in the late Ming Dynasty, exiled Christian samurai, etc., all made Dashun wary of Japan.

In addition, Japan did not pay tribute at all, but tried to establish a "small tribute system", so Dashun has always strictly checked the trade with Japan, and those merchants could not bring any useful information.

In order to obtain war horses of improved horse breeds, riding and shooting techniques, and Dashun's military secrets, Japan must offer a high price.

A war horse that has not been castrated can be exchanged for a token for trade with Japan, a silver reward, and a certain amount of copper trade.

A samurai instructor who is proficient in Mongolian horse archery can also be exchanged for a token for trade with Japan, silver and copper trade volume.

Of course, there are also things like Dashun's military system and rules and regulations. All of them can be exchanged for trade licenses and copper.

If Liu Yu doesn't want to commit suicide, he must report this matter first and get the emperor's permission before doing it.

Horses and horse archery are not a big problem.

Horse archery is an obsolete thing, let the Japanese samurai play with eagles.

Horses, without systematic breeding technology and animal husbandry technology, it is useless to get a hundred of them.

Military system, armaments, weapons and equipment, this requires the emperor's permission, and a few people are selected from the confidants of the Children's Army to carry out strategic deception: not only to deceive the Japanese, but also to obtain a trade license, in exchange for the copper for minting coins that Dashun urgently needs, and the money that Liu Yu urgently needs.

This person needs to be absolutely loyal, and must be a spy of the Children's Army, and must be selected by the emperor.

In addition to these things that Liu Yu cannot decide, there are many others that must be prepared in advance to be prepared for any eventuality.

If the emperor really wants to arrange Liu Yu to handle the second thing, Liu Yu should prepare enough people and things in advance.

Several staff members who know Japanese, at least one confidant who knows Japanese.

Several staff-like figures, compile a set of ineffective and harmful military system and armaments that are enough to deceive the Japanese shogunate that is familiar with military affairs; a tactical system that sounds like it can be self-consistent, but is actually completely wrong.

And...

Some Cossack captives who can raise and breed horses convinced the emperor that Luosha's horse-raising method, combined with some Karabakh horses and Hanoverian horses seized by Liu Yu, can be used to breed better military horses with local Mongolian horses - so it is a possible deal to trick Japan into giving a few uncastrated Mongolian horses in exchange for enough copper and silver.

An analysis report that flintlock infantry has an absolute advantage against horse archery, so that the emperor can allow a few Mongolian riders to go to Japan to teach horse archery, which should have been eliminated.

All these must be resolved before the autumn Wude Palace Shangshe exam. Once it is legitimate, it can be implemented immediately.

Fortunately, the family circle is here. Look for people in the noble circle and use the connections in the southern customs. It is not difficult to find a few good family girls who know Japanese. Merchants who often go to Nagasaki will definitely not work. Although there are loyal and patriotic people among them, there are definitely those who forget their principles for profit and cannot see the human heart.