Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 594 Differential treatment, colonial model and semi-colonial model

After obtaining Liu Wu's consent, Li Weiqi sent surrendered generals and soldiers to join him and began the Northern Expedition.

of course,

He is still hiding in the iron-clad Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base.

As a king who was well-versed in Confucian classics, he knew the principles that "a son of a wealthy family should not sit in the hall" and "a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall."

You won't go wrong if you follow the teachings of the saints.

Surrounding areas,

A steady supply of food, timber, livestock and women were sent to Cam Ranh Bay for Lord Li and the heavenly soldiers to eat, drink and enjoy.

The 4th Army was pleased.

Except for the guards, everyone else was having fun on the beach, swimming, fishing, boating, and playing, all accompanied by Annan women.

Very cool~
I have to say that the people of Annam really like this.

Being able to kill, eat, and play, these are the true nature of heavenly soldiers.

……

Li Weiqi finally paid the first batch of military pay, 135 million taels of silver and 5 taels of gold.

The embarrassing suggestion:
"Can you sell me some weapons?"

Liu Wu was full of righteousness:

"The key is silver."

The rulers and ministers of the Le Dynasty were greatly shocked.

During this period, they tried various motivational methods such as flattery, the "Umbrella of the People", blood writing, reciting scriptures, etc., but all were ineffective.

The generals were indifferent and talked about the treaty all the time.

The ordinary heavenly soldier hugged the woman and smiled as he watched the Confucian scholars of the Le Dynasty crying and howling.

The rulers and ministers of the Le Dynasty secretly criticized:

How did the suzerain state become like this? Always haggling over every penny! Always talking about money!

……

Thang Long City.

The atmosphere was depressing and the whole city was tense.

The news of failure came back~
Nguyen Van Hue, who stayed behind, released his teacher and military advisor Zhu Fu, a Confucian scholar and descendant of the Ming Dynasty, from the prison.

"Master Zhu, the country is about to collapse, what should we do?"

"Why are you panicking?" Zhu Fu looked calm and righteous.

As a great scholar in Annan, what he fears least is death. The more dangerous the situation is, the calmer he needs to be. Becoming famous is just around the corner.

Everyone looked at him with great admiration.

of course,

Some people also suspected that Zhu Fu suffered from hysteria.

……

"The king did not listen to my advice and took the initiative to use the sword. The current outcome is sad and pitiful~"

"Teacher, can you come up with an idea?"

Zhu Fu nodded and uttered four words:

"Bearing on a thorn bush to apologize."

Ruan Wenhui shook his head:
"My brothers were all killed by Wu's army. I would rather go into the mountains with my hair loose."

Zhu Fu shook his head:

"Brother Nai died on the battlefield, not due to any conspiracy or trickery. He was not as skilled as others, so you have to accept his death. This is not hatred. You have to apologize and seek forgiveness from the country, preserve the bloodline of the Xishan Army, and plan for your future."

"What do you mean, teacher?"

Zhu Fu sighed:

"The suzerain state is now on the rise, with a million soldiers and 100,000 warships. If any of the surrounding vassal states defect, they will have to endure the most brutal crushing from the suzerain state."

"Be patient and submit. After 20 to 30 years, when the country no longer pays attention to Annan, we will take action to deal with the remnants of the Le Dynasty."

"Wenhui, have you heard of the story of Gou Jian?"

……

The political situation in Annan is once again in turmoil.

On behalf of Nguyen Van Hue, Zhu Fu personally delivered the letter of surrender, kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, showing great respect.

The content of the conversation is unknown.

Anyway,

Liu Wu acquiesced to Nguyen Van Hue's withdrawal from Thang Long City, served as the governor of Guihua Town, and declared his allegiance to the Le Dynasty in writing.

Afterwards, Zhu Fu asked to see Li Weiqi again.

Li Weiqi hesitated for a long time and finally chose to accept it.

Weakness and compromise have been the underlying tone of the small country of Annan over the past century.

No way~
The Le Dynasty was originally weak.

……

Li Weiqi only wanted to be the king, even if it was only the nominal King of Annan. He would accept it if all the local powerful officials just obeyed his orders but not his decrees.

Well-versed in Confucianism and history books, he knew that he did not have the ability to create a new world from scratch.

The superior country's attitude is ambiguous and its support is limited.

As the "Emperor Xian of Han", it is best for me to face the reality, be good at manipulating others, use my wrists more, and use the opponent's force to counter the opponent's force.

If your knees are too stiff, you may easily die suddenly.

Better to be softer~
then,

The Le Dynasty succeeded in restoring its country in such a farcical way.

Surrounded by a large number of surrendered troops and officials, Le Duy Chi led a team of 10,000 to 20,000 people into the capital, Thang Long City, and sat on the throne.

The first thing is to fulfill the "Annam Treaty of Stationing Troops".

All local forces were required to pay silver.

Anyone who refuses to pay is not only opposing himself, but also opposing the superior country.

……

Li Weiqi was not a heroic ruler, but he was definitely not a mediocre ruler.

He used this tactic of taking advantage of the opponent's force, using the tiger's skin and raising the banner, and did it very well.

All the forces in Annan reluctantly sent different amounts of food and money to avoid being used as examples. Even if the heavenly soldiers were less than 10,000, they were still invincible.

The mass grave at Cam Ranh Bay is right there.

The battle record of the heavenly soldiers was quite brilliant.

The local forces in Annan were not convinced, but gradually they discovered that the Tianbing really did not want to annex Annan or seize their land.

Just money!
I want money!
Annan is still Annan belonging to the Annamites.

Local affairs still have the final say.

This is a standard semi-colonial model!
……

Annan’s more than ten-year-long civil war has finally come to an end.

Even if it is only superficial peace, it is still peace.

People’s hearts yearn for peace.

The Li rulers, local forces, and the people are all satisfied with the status quo.

The current order is good.

It's like a child has built a half-meter-high building with building blocks, even though the structure is a mess.
But, it didn’t fall.

It’s okay to be in debt, just acknowledge it all first and then take your time.

Don’t worry if you have too much debt!
……

Liu Wu has already said publicly that the peaceful situation is hard-won, and if anyone dares to jump out and cause trouble, the heavenly soldiers will take action.

Threats work!
There is a timeless classic logic in this.

If a local force in Annan rebels alone, the heavenly soldiers can call on the local forces around it to send troops together to kill the rebel.

Then, everyone divided his wealth.

In other words, the current situation is - whoever comes forward first will die first.

Unless Wu Ting imposed heavy taxes and forced the Annamites to rebel collectively.

But this is impossible. Emperor Wu is a civilized man! He is not interested in anything other than money.
……

After the situation in Annan stabilized,
Liu Wu led part of the fleet to leave Cam Ranh Bay and visited Malacca, Java, Pontianak and Manila successively.

The Saxons in the Strait Governor's Office were happy and excited on the one hand, but jealous on the other. They were afraid that their allies would suffer, and they were also afraid that their allies would drive Land Rovers. Their mentality was extremely distorted.

The East India Company collectively ate lemons.

Many states in Java, Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra were greatly shocked and exclaimed:

"The Ming fleet is coming again."

The natives sang and danced and came on board to present their humble gifts.

Liu Wu gave back gifts of equal value, mainly his own flintlock rifles.

Give more and take less?

That is impossible.

His Majesty's disdain for the poor and love for the rich is almost written on his face. The various states accepted the gifts with a wry smile, but their smiles were still bright. The Ming Dynasty has changed!

……

The people of Lan Fang are at peace.

Those who were brought down from the altar were only the former members of the Lan Fang Society.

For most people, changing the flag has little impact. They go about their daily lives, mining and farming.

Wu Ting established a governor's office in Lan Fang, which was under the jurisdiction of the garrison.

Set up customs and collect tariffs.

Although Luo Fangbo died, his election system was preserved.

The Governor's Office still agreed that the local Han people in Lan Fang would elect a group of people as managers and indirectly manage Lan Fang through them.

This is the standard colonial model.

……

Borneo is very large, and Lan Fang only occupies 2% of the land.

The fleet docked in Pontianak, and the Sulu Sultan, Banjar Sultan, Dayak, Brunei Kingdom and colonists in Borneo were all greatly shocked.

The local states offered humble gifts and took the initiative to draw a clear border line with Lan Fang.

Liu Wu accepted the gift but did not give any gift in return.

Instead, he warned them:
"If there is any further disturbance of the border, the heavenly soldiers will come and destroy everyone."

The local states were submissive and the Han people were greatly motivated.

……

Port of Manila, Luzon Island.

The colonial governor's office showed great vigilance.

Loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

Although the welcoming ceremony at the dock was very grand, all the artillery batteries were loaded with live ammunition, and all Iberians, regardless of gender, age or status, were organized into militia and armed with live ammunition.

At the welcome banquet, Liu Wu solemnly proposed to the Governor of Manila:

"According to incomplete statistics, there are at least 8 Chinese merchants and Han Chinese in Luzon. Please treat them well, Governor-General. In return, Iberians will also receive the same treatment in Wu."

The Governor of Manila promised at the time:
"This governor will definitely treat the Han people as his own people and will never treat them harshly."

The two sides signed the "Memorandum of Understanding on Preferential Treatment of Each Other's Nationals" and agreed that the scale of bilateral trade should be further strengthened and Guangzhou welcomed merchant ships from the Iberian American colonies to come for trade.

Liu Wu specifically mentioned that in addition to purchasing quilin, rubber trees and cinchona trees needed to be planted in His Majesty's royal garden.

The Governor-General solemnly instructed his adjutant to record it, indicating that his merchants would definitely meet the Emperor's requirements.

……

This action by the Wu Navy made all forces in the Nanyang region feel fearful.

Finally, the fleet returned to Guangzhou Port.

The latest military order from the Navy Department came.
As a temporary strategic adjustment, half of the main warships of the garrison fleet moved south to Guangzhou Port.

The Navy judged:
There are currently no coastal defense threats in the Pacific direction of the empire.

The actual ruler of Fuso, the Tokugawa shogunate, had a tendency to "close the country", and the number of trade merchant ships going to Nagasaki dropped significantly, and it would probably return to zero within two or three years.

The current Tokugawa shogunate is like an ostrich in a typhoon.

I just wanted to stick my head in the sand, turn a deaf ear to what was happening abroad, and live my simple life.

The Navy believes that
The Tokugawa Shogunate, which was deeply influenced by Confucianism and had no desire to conquer, was a very docile neighbor and could be ignored for the time being.
……

The autumn harvest has finally come to an end.

Except for a few areas, all provinces in Central Plains, North China and Shandong have achieved ideal harvests.

The Northeast region has achieved encouraging results.

The fertility of the black soil is beyond everyone's imagination.

Plant widely and harvest widely, the crops grow very well.

100 miles west of Aihui City, Heilongjiang Province, at the No. 60020 Immigration Village, gongs and drums sounded and the ceremony of worshiping the gods officially began.

The entrance of the village,

The villagers were kneeling in front of a small land temple.

"May the harvest be good, may the God of Land bless you."

The middle-aged man who was in the lead shouted loudly and instantly burst into tears, and the people cried uncontrollably.

Every household’s granary is full and their profits are overflowing.

This is truly the blessing of the gods, the ancestors and His Majesty.

The village chief wiped away his tears and shouted:
"Kneel to the sky."

"Kneel down."

"Kneel down, Your Majesty."

……

At noon, the whole village has a meal together.

There was plenty of rice, and the dishes were 5 large pots of stewed meat, half meat and half vegetables, quite luxurious.

Heilongjiang is a good place.

The villagers worked hard and had enough food and clothing. During the slack season, they dug pits, buried animal traps, set fishing nets, and picked mushrooms nearby, and they always had a good harvest.

Roe deer, deer, wild boar, rabbit, pheasant, salmon.

All kinds of meat are stewed in one pot.

From the time they immigrated at the beginning of the year to now when winter is approaching, the immigrants have developed the habit of collective cooperation.

It’s different from what I had in my hometown.
Logging, building houses, farming, and hunting are not tasks that can be done independently by one person or one family.

Therefore,
The settlers must unite.

Iron pots, iron plows, and fishing nets were in short supply and were the public property of the village. Each household could not live independently.

……

In the distance, a horseman came galloping, and the village chief hurried to meet him.

"Sir, what's the matter?"

"Have you prepared the houses and firewood for the winter?"

"Don't worry, sir. The village will be fine even if it snows for three months."

The knight smiled and asked:
“Is there a river near you?”

"Yes, yes."

"Take me to see it."

A tributary flowed through the side of the village. The knight estimated the amount of water and took out a blueprint from his bosom.

"The blueprint of a water-powered mill published by the imperial court."

"Your village has the conditions, so you can give it a try in the spring. If it works, it will save a lot of manpower in the future."

……

Count Jia Xiaozhen made frequent moves in Europe as an individual, purchasing patents covering various fields including machinery, chemistry, animal husbandry, navigation, agriculture, and astronomy.

Learn from each other's strengths and overcome each other's weaknesses to shorten the development process.

Don't waste time on problems that can be solved with money.

For example, a hydraulic workshop.

As history has developed to this day, in terms of power utilization, mankind has roughly experienced: human power - animal power - water power - steam power.

Although Wu Ting vigorously promoted the steam engine, water-powered workshops would still have a place.

Because the territory of the empire is so large, the use of energy still needs to be adapted to local conditions. In some areas, promoting free water power is likely to be more practical than steam power.

Water power is widely used in mills, cutting, wood processing, iron smelting and forging, etc.
The Dutch and Saxons had studied it for hundreds of years.

Now, they also began to use steam engines.

Hydraulic machinery technical drawings, big sale.

……

"What difficulties do you have at the moment?"

"Have."

"Oh? What's missing?"

"Iron pots, porcelain bowls, pottery, iron tools, needles and thread, summer clothes, medicinal herbs, soy sauce, salt, fishing nets, quilts, oil lamps, livestock~"

"Stop! Stop! Stop talking. It's not just your village that is short of money. There are tens of thousands of villages outside the Great Wall that are short of money!"

The knight couldn't help but laugh.

When a man is hungry, he lacks only one thing. When he is full, he lacks a hundred things.

He whispered:

"It's estimated that it can't be solved this year. In the spring of next year, all the problems you mentioned will be solved. Merchants in the south will go out of the customs and sell along the way."

"That's great, but we don't have money~"

"It's okay. Exchange them for food, furs, and mountain products."

"Really?"

"The imperial court has issued a decree that next year, when caravans leave the border, prices will be fair to everyone, and barter will be accepted. Debts are allowed. Unscrupulous merchants will be beheaded. Everyone, please be patient, it will be over soon."

(End of this chapter)