Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 192 Who is the real enemy of the Ming Empire? (two in one)

In Nanchang City.

"Brother, the envoys of Chahar Mongolia, the Joseon Dynasty, the Heshuote Han Dynasty, and the Junggar Khanate are all here now, and they are all here for you. If you don't give me an accurate pronunciation, I will But I can't handle it."

For half a month, envoys from all over the world came to the city of Nanchang one after another. Liu Dapao kept evading his busy schedule and didn't see anyone. He only let the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wei Xiaobao, be in charge of entertaining them.

Wei Xiaobao didn't understand state affairs either, and he just paid out of his own pocket for treats and took them everywhere to eat, drink and have fun. He had a lot of good things to say, but because Liu Dapao didn't make a clear statement, he couldn't talk about anything substantive. Egg-like.

"How is your foreign minister's office going? Taking advantage of these foreign envoys' visits is a good time for you to build a team."

"I transferred some brothers from Qingmutang, and used some children recommended by the shareholders. It can barely handle it. In fact, it is not impossible for you to want me to talk to them, but you have to set the scale and bottom line of the negotiation. Leave it to me, whether it is an alliance, a trade agreement, or a determination of the master-slave relationship, there must be a charter."

Liu Dapao didn't answer the question, but smiled and said: "I heard that when you went back to Chenghai to settle down, you actually planned to hold a father-recognition meeting? What kind of tricks are you doing?"

Wei Xiaobao said proudly after hearing the words: "I asked my mother when I went home. My mother said that when he was young, he was also one of the most popular girls in Yangzhou. There are many business travelers who sleep with her every day. There are Manchurians, Han Chinese, and even Huizi and the great lama in Tibet, from my mother, I must be a Han Chinese, but from my father, I really don’t know if I am a Han Chinese or something else.”

"Is it important? Your unknown father didn't intend to give birth to you at all, let alone raised you. Could it be that you should be filial to him after you find him?"

"Didn't you ask me to be the foreign minister? I thought to myself that if we want to integrate the nation as you said, we must use gentle means. However, most of the heroes of our Tiandihui will not be able to pass this threshold in their hearts. In this yamen Officials who do things don't want to integrate, how can we ensure that people of foreign races will not be bullied in the territory?"

Liu Dapao couldn't help frowning and said, "So, you just want to recognize yourself as a father of a foreign race?"

"One is not enough. I plan to recognize a few more fathers for myself. Han, Man, Mongolian and Tibetan at least recognize one from each ethnic group. It's a pity that my mother didn't accept the red-haired guests, otherwise I would like to recognize a few European fathers." Anyway, for this kind of thing, I can only say who is my father, but I can't be sure who is my father, and who is possible and who is absolutely impossible, isn't it my mother who has the final say? Mother said yes, don't worry."

"........."

"At that time, I, the foreign minister, will have a bunch of fathers of different races. No matter which races come, they will all be my relatives. After that, I will be able to get twice the result with half the effort when doing business in the future. I can even take this opportunity to install some foreign fathers. People from the tribe come to my yamen to do business."

What a weird idea!

"Why, Junior Brother thinks my idea is not good? Is it not feasible?"

"It's feasible...it's feasible. After 20 years, the so-called recognition of relatives is actually nonsense. With your current status, I'm afraid that as long as you are a businessman who went whoring in Yangzhou 20 years ago, you can't help but come here. To join in the fun, to recognize you as the foreign minister of the empire as a son, it is the ancestral grave that has been smoked for eight lifetimes, but... you are also a first-rank in the dynasty after all, will acting like this affect your face?"

"Hey, face is only worth how much. Besides, I do this at least on the surface to respect filial piety. It's only natural for a son to find his father. Who can tell if half of them are not here?"

"But more importantly, what you said to me last time, people, no matter how fast you climb, you can't forget where you came from. My mother is a prostitute, and my father is a client. This cannot be changed. It's useless for me to deny the fact, everyone knows that escaping is useless, sooner or later you have to face it calmly, people, only by facing the past calmly can we go into battle lightly and face the future better."

Hearing this, Liu Dapao couldn't help giving Wei Xiaobao a thumbs up, but suddenly he looked at Wei Xiaobao with admiration, and became even more convinced that his choice of making him foreign minister was not wrong.

"Very well, do it, I support you."

"Hee hee, I knew you would support me."

"Where are the two Manchu princes? How are you doing now?"

"It's okay, I didn't die anyway. In Chenghai, my mother and my wives are taking care of me. Don't talk about me, tell me how to deal with these envoys of various ethnic groups. Whether you will see them or not."

Liu Dapao said with a smile: "You are the Foreign Minister of Ming Dynasty. You are in charge of diplomacy and resettlement of foreigners, and you are also the largest individual shareholder in the company. You must learn to make your own decisions. Even if the matter is of great importance, you must at least bring your Plan to come to me, and then discuss your plan on the board of directors, if you and I disagree or disagree, we should also go to the board of directors and vote on it."

"After all, you are just getting started and you are not familiar enough with the new errand. After you get familiar with it in the future, you will definitely be more professional than me. Professional things must be done by professional people. I am not a dictator."

Wei Xiaobao was stunned for a moment, then nodded after thinking for a long time, but said with a smile: "Being an official under your command is indeed much more comfortable than being under the Qing court, no wonder you can beat the Qing court to the core defeated."

"I also want to be lazy. Power and responsibility are always equal. Supreme power will inevitably bring tremendous pressure. Unless you are willing to be a foolish king, you will have to exhaust yourself to death."

Hearing this, Wei Xiaobao laughed, thought for a while and tried to analyze: "After playing with them for a few months, I probably already understand the demands and relationships of each family. My suggestion is to give priority to winning over North Korea. It is best to let the emperor think about it." Find a way to marry them, and make as much profit as possible, or even follow the Qing’s strategy of surrendering to Mongolia, and completely recover them, and let them send troops to harass the Qing’s territory in Liaodong to help us share the pressure.”

"For Mongolia, you can try to contact and give some support, but the support should not be too strong, just a little bit, especially the firearm support they want most, you must be more cautious."

"As for the Heshuote Khanate and the Junggar Khanate, I suggest refusing all communication with Heshuote, even beheading its envoys. For Junggar, you might as well form an alliance and give generously."

"Even I heard that there is a Raksha country in the extreme north, and it has been fighting with the Qing court recently, and it seems to have won a certain victory. If possible, we might as well form a certain alliance with them to contain the Qing court. .”

"Hmm... do you think so?"

Liu Dapao smiled and said: "As far as I know, there should be an agreement between the Heshuote Khanate and Wu Sangui. From the geographical point of view, they are also closer to us. Since they intend to make friends, why not hesitate to kill us?" What about killing its messenger?"

Wei Xiaobao said confidently: "The Heshuote Khanate and the Qing court are also mutual allies. Although it seems that there should be some kind of agreement or even a covenant between them and Wu Sangui, the old turtle is definitely not in the same heart with us. Sooner or later we will When it comes to work, Wu Sangui’s friends may not be our friends, of course, more importantly, the Heshuote Khanate and the Junggar Khanate are hostile to each other, Junggar is strong, and Heshuo is weak.”

"And the Junggar Khanate and the Qing court have always been at odds. The most important thing is that there is no strategic conflict with us, only strategic complementarity. We can work with Galdan to support Chahar Mongolia, suppress the pro-Manchu forces in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, and let the Qing court Internal and external difficulties."

Liu Dapao nodded with a smile, but he didn't say whether his idea was right or wrong, but just asked, "Then why do you try to win over North Korea?"

"North Korea has always been our vassal country. I heard people say that the Joseon Dynasty has been sinicized for a long time. It has always admired Daming and is very loyal to us. It is still using our Ming Dynasty name until now. Therefore, culturally, blood, They should be closer to us. At present, the Ming and Qing dynasties, their geographical location is also very important. If we can help them build a powerful navy and a large number of firearms, it will be enough to make the entire area outside the customs war. It's also consistent."

Liu Dapao said: "There are many plateaus and broken rivers in North Korea, and the cost of ruling is quite high. Therefore, since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasties have almost never achieved effective rule over them except for a short period of rule in the Western Han Dynasty. , but the geographical location of this place is too important, so they have been allowed to be our vassal state."

"However, such things as affiliation are ultimately based on strength and benefits. This country has survived in the cracks of the game of great powers for a thousand years. Even for its own safety, it will definitely have the ambition to expand its territory. If we Their massive support has really allowed them to occupy Liaodong and even the entire Northeast. When their wings are hardened, can they still obey our control? My Daming is now living in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no prospect of going north. How can I restrain them? Is it only by marriage?"

"This... I didn't think so far. I just wanted to fight against the Qing Dynasty. You mean that after the Qing Dynasty is destroyed, North Korea will become our new enemy? If so...you are afraid of the Qing Dynasty in the future. After Ting left, the Junggar Khanate has also become our confidant's big trouble? But is this... thinking too far? After all, we have only just settled down in the south of the Yangtze River. , go straight to the Central Plains, this Central Plains is full of great plains, I'm afraid it's hard to say, we can win."

"People have no foresight, and there must be near-term worries, let alone a country? Xiaobao, you have never been a master of pragmatism, and you are not even practical at all, but to be an official in our position, to be honest, you really need There are very few practical things, and more of them are actually retreats.”

"How to negotiate specific interests, how to place envoys from various countries, how to obtain benefits from various countries and ethnic groups, these things don't need you to worry about at all. Our shareholders are all from the merchant class, and no one knows how to do it better than them. In trade, it is more than enough to do practical things, what we want to study is strategy, and in matters such as international relations, the so-called strategy is actually based on a hundred years."

Wei Xiaobao smiled wryly when he heard the words: "When you say that, I feel that I am far behind, so do you think what I just said is wrong?"

"I can't say it's wrong. It's just my personal opinion that it's a little bit off. From a strategic point of view, you've actually left behind a very important neighboring country."

"Hmm... Rakshasa Kingdom?"

"Yes, the Raksha country is also called the country of Rus, Russia. In fact, if you think about it carefully, behind all the games of the northern tribes, there is actually the shadow of the country of Rus. Lake Baikal and the Ob River, the Yenisei River, and the Lena River are all the desert pearls of Mongolia.”

"This severely squeezed the living space of the Mongols, and doomed the decline of the entire Mongolia. In addition, the Mongols had no firearms. The former world hegemon naturally became a fish on the chopping board. In most of Mongolia, Mobei Mongolia is pro-Russ represented by the Junggar Khanate, and Monan Mongolia is basically annexed by the Qing court represented by Chahar Mongolia. Khalkha Mongolia can almost only tremble between the two countries. If there is no accident, it will be annexed sooner or later. It’s nothing more than the difference between being annexed by the Qing or being annexed by the Ross State.”

"So now, it is true that everyone and the Qing court are in a state of hostility, but unless we don't want to rule the Central Plains and the vast land in the north, otherwise..."

Wei Xiaobao understood, took a deep breath and said, "Otherwise, after all of us carve up the Qing court, the State of Ross will definitely annex the entire Mongolia, Tibet, Hui, North Korea, and even the remnants of the Manchus will all have to become the State of Ross. As a vassal, then this country of Ross can almost completely inherit the territory of the Yuan Dynasty and become our real confidant, and I am afraid that it will be stronger and more terrifying than the Qing court."

"Yes, Rus's ambitions for territory are endless. What they want is not only Heilongjiang, but at least the entire Hexi Corridor. In my eyes, they are the real heirs of Genghis Khan. Besides, Heilongjiang is impossible for me. Give it to them!"

To be honest, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had made great contributions to Chinese civilization. If it hadn’t been for the rise of the Jurchens in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the entire Mongolia would have been annexed by the Rus State. The Mongolian iron cavalry in this era faced the Cossack cavalry with rifles as a living target.

After that, who would believe that these things would not go south with the trend!
Wei Xiaobao thought for a while, and said: "From this point of view, the winner here is Mongolia, especially Chahar Mongolia. Their current strength is too weak, and they will either be annexed by Qing or Ross. It is beneficial for us to form an alliance and become stronger, and to become independent from the gap between Qing and Ross, especially what their leaders are doing now that they have a brain twitch and want to fight against Qing and restore the Yuan. They will send their troops north to rob Lake Baikal with the country of Ross, after all, it is the ancestral land of their Great Yuan."

Liu Dapao couldn't help laughing: "Brother, brother, aren't you very smart? You are right. This is the core principle of our contact with the northern tribes. Fumeng can restrain Russia and Qing at the same time. You should remember that although the Qing court is our enemy now, in the future, the country of Rus will be our eternal, eternal, eternal enemy, who will never die, and only dead Cossacks are good Cossacks."

(End of this chapter)