Road to Shunzhi

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"Look at our second elder brother, how obedient he is." The queen hugged the child, almost reluctant to let go.

It took a lot of effort for Rui Gege to raise the fetus. The second elder brother gave birth to a full body. After a few days, the red color in the fetus faded, and it became even fat and cute.

Dorgon named him Jing'e, which means honesty and benevolence, and Fulin announced the name when he was in the third wash.Xiao Jing's cry was particularly loud, and his legs kicked vigorously.Fuquan watched curiously from the side, and asked in surprise: "Your brother is so young, when can you play with me?"

"He will grow up soon. When the elder brother was young, he was younger than his younger brother." The queen was full of everything when she had a son, and she was smiling.

Fuquan was not happy, and pouted his mouth: "Fuquan is an older brother, and an older brother is supposed to be older than a younger brother, so how can he be younger than him? I am older than my younger brother in everything!"

"Okay, okay, our eldest brother is the biggest, and the younger brothers and sisters will be younger than you." Bumbutai held the eldest grandson in his arms, and went to see the younger grandson together, "Look, the little brother is so fun, In the future, big brother should look like a big brother and take good care of his younger brother, you know?"

Fuquan nodded vigorously: "Well, I want to feed my brother delicious pasta, and I also want to take him out to play."

"Okay, you are all good children." Bumbutai had two grandchildren, and finally felt that the number of children was justified, he was satisfied, and his expression became more relaxed.Fulin also heaved a sigh of relief, seeing how his mother-in-law looked like, she probably didn't plan to stuff herself with women in the near future.

Now, Fulin is busy receiving those envoys from overseas.It has to be said that China has always liked to stand in the position of a "big country" since ancient times, and it is very polite to envoys from overseas, with a kind of generosity of "not haggling with barbarians like you".The Qing Dynasty had just entered the customs not long ago, and it needed overseas approval. The envoy's visit excited the officials, but Fulin lacked interest.

The prosperity of a country is not determined by a few people from other countries. As long as the country is prosperous and strong, who dares to point fingers?Fulin's diplomatic strategy is to make a fortune in silence, look up to the sky, and lower his head to play tricks.

After a year in the capital, the eyes of the envoys became straight.Not to mention anything else, the colorful fireworks are enough to make them dumbfounded, and the various delicacies make their mouths full of oil, and they only regret that their parents didn't give them two more stomachs.

Although the stay was extremely comfortable, and I really wanted not to go back for the rest of my life, but those envoys all had missions, and the emperor hadn't received them for a long time, so they were also very anxious. After dealing with Li Fan Yuan for a long time, Li Fan Yuan finally agreed that they did not need to kowtow. , just kneel down.Fulin also looked for auspicious days for a few days, and met them separately.

The envoys were very happy to finally see the emperor.North Korea and Ryukyu are both vassal states. They are nothing more than paying tribute and greetings. After that, they will inquire about the foreign policy of the Qing Dynasty in the new year. Seeing that there has been no change, they all retreated with confidence. The trouble is the other countries. .

The Japanese envoys came up and accused the Qing Dynasty of condoning pirates and robbery, which made the people along their coasts miserable.Fulin rolled his eyelids lazily: "It's okay if I can strengthen the management of those pirates, and you Japan can also be a vassal country, and I will naturally guarantee the interests of the vassal country."

The Japanese envoys hesitated for a moment, they thought of many ways to deal with it, but they didn't expect that the emperor would want them to be vassals so straightforwardly, and immediately puffed up their chests proudly: "We are the heirs of Sinology in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and we are the direct descendants of the decent. As far as I know, your court is ruled by the Manchus, how can you make us a vassal state?"

"I can't do anything about the pirates." Fulin didn't give in at all.The envoy said: "Since your country has no sincerity, the people of our country are in dire straits, so we have no choice but to come to your country to find some way out."

Fulin smiled and nodded to Hua Mengan who was behind him. He immediately entered the inner room and came out holding a model of a warship after a while.Fulin played casually, and said: "There are millions of powerful soldiers in the court, why should you be afraid of your tiny place?"

When the envoys saw the model, their eyes widened, but unfortunately they were too far away to see clearly, but they could see that the warship was very tall, many times stronger than their domestic ones.An attendant behind him tugged at his clothes and said a few words in his native language. The envoy nodded and turned to Fulin and said, "The emperor of the Qing Dynasty is the son of heaven. The emperor of our country has always wanted to see your true face. Why don't you let the lower officials get closer and look more carefully, and you can explain to our emperor when you return home."

Fulin smiled and said, "Okay, I'm not that kind of unreasonable person." After speaking, he waved his hand, and Hua Meng'an came up consciously, and took the warship model away.

The envoy was stunned for a moment. He wanted to get closer and see the appearance of the warship clearly, but he didn't expect that the emperor was young, but he had a lot of eyes.There was no other way, he could only take a few steps closer, looked at it pretendingly, praised him a few more words, and backed away angrily.

Fulin snorted: "Order the Lifan Academy to pay the Japanese envoys a slightly heavier bill."

Next came the Dutchman.Their request is also very straightforward, they want to manage half of Macau, and they want to be able to do business at the Guangzhou port.In return, they will help deliver Zheng Chenggong's head.

Fulin Wangtian is also a Chinese, so he will naturally look towards Zheng Chenggong. Why would the Dutch think he would be towards them?

"There is no evidence for what you say, and please write the letter of credence to me with what you want and the conditions." Fulin decided, and after getting the letter of credence, he sent someone to send it to Zheng Chenggong.I heard that the Zheng family and the Dutch are allied now, and it would be fun to muddy the water or something.As for the conditions of the Dutch, he did not agree to any of them. Macau was originally owned by the Qing Dynasty. As for the Guangzhou port, he would not stop it from doing business, but there must be a rule.

As for the Portuguese, their appetite is even greater. They not only want Macau, they also want Taiwan.The same is to do business, and the exchange condition is also Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong is not worthy of his name, and he is too unsuccessful in life. Everyone wants to borrow his head.Fulin still had a good impression of this rebel who devoted himself to making trouble with foreigners and had no energy to make trouble.Similarly, he asked the Portuguese to submit a letter of credence. In addition, he verbally rejected their idea of ​​occupying Taiwan, and told them that if they dared to make trouble in Taiwan or Macau, the imperial court would not be afraid.No matter how powerful you are in Portugal, you are still hundreds of thousands of miles away from here. I will call you whenever you call, and by the way, you will take over all the surrounding countries, so that you can no longer develop in East Asia.

Several groups of envoys left in despair again. Unlike before, Fulin did not give them any precious treasures. This was opposed by many courtiers, who thought it was impolite. Even Dorgon felt that he had done a good job. Inappropriate, it loses the demeanor of a big country.Fulin sneered and said, "The style of a great country? Maybe these people took our rewards and said we were fools when they went back. Why bother to give rewards to these ungrateful people, it's better to keep them and return them to the people."

Dorgon earnestly said: "The emperor has never dealt with the relationship between countries before, and he may not be very clear. There is a saying in the Han people that the benevolent is invincible, and the benevolent will naturally get help from everyone. The relationship between countries is just like a few people. Just like every big family, the Manchu nobles are married to each other and have close contacts, so they can form a group and jointly resist foreign enemies. If the emperor offends these countries, they will easily form a group to fight against our Qing Dynasty. Isn’t the gain outweighed? ?”

Fulin said: "That's why I never believed in marriage. Not to mention, when I dealt with Oboi, did his Yue family say a word for him? In the face of absolute power and advantages, marriage is just a trivial matter." A thin piece of paper. The same is true between countries, as long as there are benefits, who cares about the close relationship?"

"If that's the case, the emperor must learn to act slowly!" Dorgon didn't know why his nephew was so free-spirited about international issues. "Take things lightly and manage a big country like cooking small fish. The emperor knows these truths better than me."

Indeed, I was a little anxious.Fulin thought for a moment, then nodded: "I listen to my uncle. Before the navy of the Qing Dynasty develops, let's play Tai Chi with them first, and we will talk about the future."

The credentials of the Netherlands and Portugal were transferred and sent to Zheng Chenggong's case.Zheng Chenggong was so angry that he slapped the table fiercely. The eldest son Zheng Jing beside him hurriedly stepped forward to support him. He picked up the national book and read it at a glance. Don’t give up with them!” After saying that, he turned his head and walked out, wanting to gather the army.

Zheng Chenggong stopped him, looked at the immature eldest son in front of him, and sighed: "The emperor is not much older than you, but he is calm and scheming. You are impulsive and irritable. After being a father for a hundred years, how can you trust the Zheng family? Here you go."

Zheng Jing refused to accept: "Father, how can the child be inferior to that barbarian king?"

"Where? There are too many places." Zheng Chenggong pointed to the two credentials, "The emperor sent someone to send it to me. Back then, he expected to be a father and a man, with the love of the people and a 'national hero' The false name caught Weifu, who had to fight against the Japanese pirates, and then fell into Macau. If Weifu ignored him back then, he might have taken Taizhou by now. Now, it is hard to get out of riding a tiger!"

Zheng Jingdao: "Our army occupies a favorable location and people, so foreigners will naturally not be our opponents. Why don't we drive the foreigners out of Macau and make ourselves kings?"

"If he could do this, he would have done it long ago!" Zheng Chenggong gave him a glare.Indeed, they have a large number of people, but the firearms of the Netherlands and Portugal are not vegetarian, but the emperor's letter mentioned Taiwan, Taiwan, this is a good place.

Zheng Chenggong glanced at his son again.The eldest son is only 14 years old, and the children below are even younger, but his body is not as good as before because of years of fighting.If something happened to me, how should the children protect themselves?Or, it's time for him to consider the emperor's opinion, surrendering is a good choice.However, he has always regarded himself as a general of the Ming Dynasty. If he surrenders, what is the difference with Wu Sangui and others whom he despises?

However, the conditions offered by the emperor to surrender were very generous, and he could help him get rid of those annoying foreigners, so no matter how he looked at it, he was making money.In the end is to drop or not to drop?Zheng Chenggong frowned and began to suffer from insomnia.

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