The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 171: The Ship's Journey

February 1769, the th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty.

Qianlong held a ceremony to appoint Fu Heng as a general in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, personally awarded Fu Heng the golden seal of imperial decree, and also presented Fu Heng with his own armor.

He expressed his admiration for Fuheng's initiative in sharing the emperor's worries and his hope of defeating the Konbaung Dynasty.

Prior to this, Emperor Qianlong had already transferred 1,500 Eight Banners stationed in Jingzhou and 1,500 Eight Banners stationed in Chengdu in April of the previous year, and sent them to Yunnan under the command of General Yongrui of Jingzhou.

In May, he ordered the veteran general Aligun to lead 4,000 Inner Mongolian cavalrymen including Chahar Zhengbai, Zhenghong, and Xianghuang to march south, mainly to serve as archers.

This time when Fuheng went on the expedition, Emperor Qianlong sold everything he had, vowing to show the ministers who opposed him continuing to punish Myanmar how brave the Eight Banners soldiers under the rule of Emperor Qianlong were.

Therefore, after suffering heavy losses last time, Qianlong once again transferred 1,000 soldiers from the Jianrui Battalion stationed in the Western Hills of Beijing, 2,000 soldiers from the Internal and External Firearms Battalion, and 2,000 soldiers from the Vanguard Guard to Fuheng.

A thousand elite cavalrymen were also selected from the Eleuth Mongols in the bitter cold of the northern desert, who were almost exterminated by the Qing Dynasty, and handed over to Fuheng.

General Heilongjiang had also received orders long ago and had fought in the old forests of the Northeast for more than half a year, gathering 2,000 Sauron soldiers.

Afterwards, Qianlong sent another 1,000 Eight Banners soldiers to garrison in Jilin and 1,000 new Manchurian Western Bai soldiers to Shengjing and handed them over to Fuheng.

The so-called Xibai soldiers were renamed Xibe after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and they were the Xibe people who later stationed in Xinjiang.

These were also the Xibe people from the old forest. They were originally going to be selected to be stationed in Yili. Qianlong was no longer able to care about much and handed over all the 1,000 people who were training in Shengjing (Shenyang) to Fuheng.

In this battle, Qianlong put almost all of his elite soldiers on the poker table.

There were a total of 5,000 Eight Banners in the capital, 4,000 Eight Banners stationed in various places, 3,000 Solon and Xibe soldiers in the old forests of Northeast China, 4,000 Inner Mongolian cavalry, and 1,000 Outer Mongolian cavalry.

There are a total of 17,000 elite cavalrymen from the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia, plus the 1,000 Eight Banners soldiers still in Yunnan Province, totaling 18,000 Eight Banners soldiers.

He then ordered Ye Xiangde, the general of Taiwan Town, to select 2,000 elite soldiers from the Fujian Navy to go to the Yunnan front.

Among the capable generals, almost all of them, including Fuheng, Aligun, Agui, Yongrui, Mingliang, Wufu, and Hailancha, were dispatched.

Among the civil officials, Hui Ling, Liu Bingtian, Sun Shiyi and other ministers who would later become famous were all sent to Fuheng's court to be responsible for logistics and military supplies for him.

In Qianlong's view, he wanted to achieve success in this battle in one go.

But on the day the army set out, there was wailing in Beijing, and many families had even prepared coffins for their brothers and nephews who were going to the war.

Because of the current situation, the bannermen in Beijing could not help but recall the Battle of Hetongpo in the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign (1731).

At that time, all the bannermen in the capital were mobilized, but in the end, almost all of them were annihilated. Every bannerman in Beijing wore mourning clothes, and for twenty years, the Qing government did not dare to use the Eight Bannermen stationed in Beijing to fight.

Fuheng also felt enormous pressure. Before he left Beijing, he sent his nephew Mingde to follow Lin Tong south.

In March, Lin Tong took Mingde and took advantage of the northwest wind to rush from Beijing to Guangzhou in less than a month.

As soon as Li Shiyao and Yang Ning saw the scale of the troops, they knew that nothing could be done wrong. They agreed to all of Lin Tong and Wu Shiying's requests, except for sulfur and saltpeter.

Fu Heng was also a very good person, although he usually did not look at Ming loyalists and scoundrels like Mo Zibu and Zheng Xin with any respect.

But at this critical moment, Fu Heng, who was afraid that he would destroy the vitality of the Qing Dynasty like Furdan, lowered his posture very much.

He personally wrote a letter to Zheng Xin and Lu Tianci, using careful words and many respectful titles, and promised that as long as the two of them gave their full support, he would definitely provide convenience for them to request titles in Beijing in the future.

Afterwards, Mingde ordered more than ten of his confidants to go to Southeast Asia again with Li Shiyao's confidant Gosha Li Yulong to urge Zheng Xin and Mo Zibu to cooperate in the attack.

. . . .

In Pattani, Mo Zibu also took this good opportunity to return to his fiefdom of Andai.

Here, in front of Peter and others, Ngo Tien Ci formally decided to appoint Mo Zi Bu as his successor and appointed him as the Crown Prince of Cambodia.

At this point, Mok Zi Bu was not only the Grand Duke of the South with independent status in the Kingdom of Siam, but also the Crown Prince of the Khmer Kingdom.

What is the equivalent of this in Europe? It is equivalent to a Count of Palatinate with the qualifications of an elector, who also serves as the Grand Duke of Tuscany, which historically should have been part of the Kingdom of Italy.

With such an identity, Mozibu was finally qualified to send an envoy to Paris to meet with King Louis XV of France and conclude a treaty with Louis XV, becoming a staunch ally and thug of France in the East.

At this time, France, which had just suffered a terrible defeat in the Seven Years' War, would be very happy to gain such an important Eastern ally.

And Mo Zibu could also feel a little relieved.

Because according to the laws of history, Britain will start to take off rapidly, especially its navy, and will soon dominate the world.

For a country like this, he doesn't need any allies. What he needs is a dog, a dog that can provide Britain with raw materials and a dumping ground.

Of course, the British were very nice to the dogs in the colonies, at least they could eat them with their mouths full of oil.

But unfortunately, Mo Zibu didn't want to be a dog, and he didn't want to be pushed to the front by the British who were eager to open the door to the Qing Dynasty and become a troublemaker in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

But the French were different. Their navy was always suppressed by Britain. Even though they established the Indochina Federation in history, their strength was just that.

After the two sides signed the alliance, I am afraid that the French still need Mo Zibu more.

In this way, Mo Zibu will have the right to stop being a dog and maintain his independence while taking a bite of the meat bone of European industrial capacity.

Or to put it more simply, what if Mo Zibu worked as a dog for the British?

First of all, Britain will immediately own India, and the status of Ha Tien and even Annan cannot be compared with India. Mo Zibu will not be the one who receives the most investment from Britain in the east.

Moreover, Britain has a base in India and a powerful navy. If it turns against Mozibu, it will be very difficult for Mozibu to deal with it.

But France is different. It does not have the ability to project a large navy to the East at will, and it has no other bases in the East except Ha Tien.

Therefore, if they want to maintain their interests and fulcrum in the East, they have to coax Mo Zibu a little.

If a conflict arose between the two sides, the French would have to weigh whether they could deal with Mozibu and the magnitude of the blow that losing Mozibu would inflict on France. As long as they made this assessment, Mozibu's position would remain as stable as a rock, and there would be no war; at most, it would be a matter of negotiation and bargaining.

After obtaining authorization, Mo Zibu held a grand farewell ceremony for the delegation.

On this mission, Mo Zibu appointed his third brother Ou Zirong as the chief envoy.

Ou Zirong has studied quite hard in the past year and a half. At least his French level is better than Mo Zibu's, and he has almost no accent.

He also has a more thorough understanding of Western culture and art, especially French history, than Mo Zibu.

As for the Chinese arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, Ou Zirong is far better than Mo Zibu, and he is also more handsome than Mo Zibu.

It can be said that except that Ou Zirong is not as good at fighting as Mo Zibu and does not have his ability to command the army on horseback and govern the people on foot, he has surpassed Mo Zibu in all aspects.

Before leaving, Mo Zibu held Ou Zirong's hand and said solemnly, "Third brother, you are well-versed in French history and science, so you should know what kind of country this is.

It is no longer the barbarians in the eyes of us Han people, but a powerful orthodox kingdom.

As for our Mo family, ever since our grandfather braved the difficulties and went south, three generations of our family have worked day and night to build a foundation that can be passed on to future generations and leave a peaceful and happy land for our descendants.

The Qing Dynasty regards us as a bunch of money-grubbing people and can no longer be relied upon. The only power we can borrow is the power of France in Europe.

When you go to Paris, you must be bold and careful. I, your brother, will be waiting for your good news at home."

Ou Zirong originally had a somewhat frivolous personality, but after receiving special training from his father Ou Tianci over the past year, he has become much more stable.

He had the potential to be a playboy since he was young, so no one thought he could achieve great things. Now he heard that Mo Zibu seemed to have placed all his hopes on him.

I suddenly felt a great sense of responsibility, and also a sense of being trusted and respected. I had a feeling that I, Ou Zirong, was so powerful and important.

So he nodded seriously, "Don't worry, Zibu, I've made all the preparations and will definitely do whatever you ask."

Looking at Ou Zirong's serious expression, Mo Zibu felt like laughing.

Because although Ou Zirong said that he would live up to the trust placed in him, his expression showed that "my sword has been thirsting for a long time."

I wonder if he would curse for three days and three nights when he arrives in Europe and sees a bunch of European royal families who are extremely ugly because of the small-circle marriages that have been going on for hundreds of years.

However, if Ou Zirong is not picky, there is no shortage of beauties among the European people.

However, during this period, syphilis was prevalent in Europe.

This disease is relatively rare among the middle and upper classes in Europe because they already have a certain level of awareness.

But it is quite prevalent among the people, especially among sailors and workers. If you go to the people to look for beauties, the probability of getting infected is really high. I have to remind him well, and at least teach Ou Zirong how to clearly distinguish sexually transmitted diseases.

Before traveling through time, I, Mo Dalongtou, dared to do it in Nigeria... Ahem, it was all thanks to my profound knowledge of various sexually transmitted diseases.

After instructing Ou Zirong, Mo Zibu personally served Peter a bowl of Hexian rice wine.

"Father, I hope you can bring me back a perfect covenant. This is of vital importance to France, the people of Mingxiang, and the Parisian Foreign Church."

Peter drank it all in one gulp without saying much, but Mo Zibu was most confident in him because Peter's future was deeply tied to Hexian.

As long as he could bring back a valuable covenant, he would not only obtain the right to preach in Phnom Penh, but also allow the foreign church to become the only religious church in the future Batavia Kingdom.

. . . .

The 1769th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, the second day of April in AD.

Mo Zibu appointed Ou Zirong as the chief envoy to France, Lin Tong and Peter as deputy envoys, Wang Wubing as the deputy envoy's military officer, and Mo Zhengcun and others as clerks and counselors of the delegation.

The delegation consists of 75 people, two armed merchant ships and four large merchant ships, and is expected to arrive in Paris before December this year.

Mo Zibu prepared a large number of books, paintings, musical instruments representing Eastern culture, as well as a large number of Ming Dynasty Hanfu, official uniforms, and bestowed uniforms for the delegation, intending to take advantage of the continued admiration and fever for China in Europe to carry out a good marketing campaign.

. . . .

After watching the delegation leave, Ou Tianci still couldn't understand Mo Zibu's expectations for the delegation. Instead, he was very moved by Fu Heng's letter expressing his willingness to assist in the enthronement ceremony.

Mo Zibu snorted coldly and said to Ou Tianci, "Father, don't get too hopeful. The Eastern Tartars came from the mountains and forests, and they behave like beasts.

The old slave, Huang Taiji, Dorgon, and Kangxi, none of them was not cunning and treacherous.

As the saying goes, use people who are ahead of you, and don't use people who are behind you. Our Mo family is a vassal of Guangnan, and Guangnan has the King of the Le Dynasty above him.

If the Qing court were to confer the title on us all at once, I don’t know how many brave men from the Mo and Chen families would have to die.

Besides, the most he would be crowned as a Khmer king this time, so what’s the point?

It would be better to keep this merit and wait until the child enters Hue City, then seek the title, so as to break away from the legal rights of the King of the Dongjing (Hanoi) Le Dynasty.

After thinking for a long time, Ou Tianci had to admit that what Mo Zibu said was correct. Only then did he give up the idea of mobilizing the entire country's troops to help the Qing Dynasty and then seek enthronement.

Mo Zibu sighed deeply. It was impossible for him to accept the Qing Dynasty's enthronement. If he did, he would become the same person as Nurhaci.

The only difference is that Nurhaci's descendants entered the Central Plains from Shanhaiguan, while he or his descendants entered the Central Plains from Zhennanguan.

However, Mo Zibu had not figured out how to get out of this dilemma, break free from the constraints of reality, and find a suitable and legal high ground.

But the general direction should be to follow the trend and play nationalism.

　Book friends, I can't stand it anymore. The group is going to hold some employee skills competition these days, and Tiger is dragged into overtime practice every day, so his time for slacking off has been greatly reduced.

　　But after thinking about it, I decided asking for leave wouldn't be a good idea. So, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I'll update about 5,000 words each day, which means I'll be updating about 2,000 words less each day. I'll catch up when I'm not too busy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)