Chapter 223: Ice and Fire
Daoguang's great migration lasted for two months, and finally in the lunar month of this year, he walked to Chang'an, his western capital, with the snow.
Fortunately, the people of Chang'an are still very enthusiastic.
After all, at this time, Guanzhong and the northwest were the weakest places for the influence of the Ming army, and because of a certain outrageous policy of Emperor Yang Shenhuang, many people in Shaanxi and Gansu were basically inseparable from him, which was also very gratifying to Daoguang, after all, this meant that he and the bannermen were not alone, and the officials who came from all over the Eight Banners stationed in Xi'an and Shaanxi, Gansu, Jinshu, and the gentry of Guanzhong welcomed the Qing Emperor to his palace......
In fact, it is the original Xi'an General's Mansion.
Because of the rush of time, the emperor can only live first, and as for the new palace, construction can not start until spring, and this ice and snow cannot be started.
The new palace was chosen on the site of the old Daming Palace, after all, the construction in the city was too serious to disturb the people.
Daoguang is extra careful on this issue, he doesn't have much capital anymore, he must try to take care of the people, or the feelings of those gentry, he has to try to behave like a holy lord Mingjun, and try not to let the people hate him. It is said that his trip is not so much to move the capital as to flee, and even those hardcore crops were strictly ordered by him not to disturb the people along the way, and even killed a few princes and nobles who caused trouble. After arriving in Chang'an, the hundreds of thousands of hardcore crops, in addition to some high-level scattered residence in various government offices and military camps, and some old and weak women and children were placed in the garrison city, those soldiers were all ordered by him to live in tents outside the city, in order to avoid causing trouble in the city, and they were not allowed to enter the city unless they were ordered to do so.
It should be said that he is still very wise, after all, he has to rely on the people of Guanzhong to feed, and this land is not rich, once the people are stirred up, he will not be able to harvest enough food, these hardcore crops will starve.
Half-starved along the way.
It is said that in the past two months, more than 2,000 people have died of exhaustion, sickness and starvation.
In this way, his new palace was built at this time has become the ruins of the Daming Palace of farmland, and imitated the layout of Beijing City, and built a new city in the north of Xi'an City for living those hardcore crops, and demolished the east wall of Xi'an City, and expanded it to the east, and finally formed a convex character similar to Beijing again, the expanded Xi'an City is the outer city, and the new city in the north is the inner city, just his new palace is in the center of the inner city, so that a magnificent city with a head resting dragon head and stepping on Xi'an City was established......
Uh, that's planned.
As for when it will be realized, in fact, Daoguang himself doesn't know, after all, he has neither money nor food at this time, and pulling so much is nothing more than blowing bubbles.
Anyway, he can't even get enough food for those hardcore crops to survive the winter! When I arrived in Guanzhong, Daoguang understood how barren this place was, the average yield of rice with the highest yield per mu was only two or three stones, and the average yield of dry grain per mu was less than one stone, so it was impossible to feed hundreds of thousands of hardcore crops without transferring grain from outside, but the Yellow River was still frozen in winter, including the Han River, and the upper reaches of the Jialing River were also frozen, and it was difficult to transport grain from Sichuan or Lianghuai.
Fortunately, the debt of the British was settled.
He doesn't have to give 20 million.
The British could no longer threaten him.
It is said that Victoria really has a reason to be angry with Uncle Yang, Daoguang only gave her an indemnity of two million taels from beginning to end, which was obtained when the British army left Zhenjiang, and there was also a ransom fee of 500,000 yuan for the Yangzhou gentry, although the British army did not attack Yangzhou, but the ransom fee was delivered in advance, after all, this money was not money at all for the salt merchants in Yangzhou. In this way, after deducting the private robbery of those officers and soldiers, the British government got a total of 2.5 million taels, which is not enough to buy those warships, and the cost of the four third-class ships will be more than half, but now Yang Feng has asked her to pay a full 21 million taels.
In short, for Daoguang, arriving in Chang'an is only the first step, and there are countless troubles waiting for him next.
Including those that Yang Feng designed for him.
At this time, Agubai is indeed only a small role, and it is estimated that he is still playing the role of a women's clothing boss, but Zhang Ge's brother Yu Supu and his son Busuluk are all in Kokand, and the former has just invaded once ten years ago, in short, in this era, the trouble over there will definitely find Daoguang.
And just as Daoguang was in Chang'an City, he was almost vomiting blood under the pressure of all kinds of troubles, and those hardcore crops with him were struggling to support in the cold and hunger, but the culprit who caused the tragedy of their lives was living a very leisurely life, in fact, at this time, Yang Feng was comfortably lying on a warm and spring-like hall, guarding all kinds of sumptuous wine and food, looking at the light songs and dances in front of him, and even clapping his palms from time to time, so that a young man next to him wearing a red dragon robe and a winged crown on his head also hurriedly clapped his hands, The ministers on both sides were laughing and laughing......
Uh, Yang Feng is in Gyeongbokgung Palace.
Next to him was the King of Joseon, Yi Hwan.
On the way back from the Northern Expedition to the south, the Ming Emperor specially came to inspect Korea and reaffirm his suzerainty over Korea, and the Korean King Li Huan also solemnly welcomed the arrival of His Majesty the Ming Emperor.
Of course, the main thing is that the 1st Marine Brigade landed on Ganghwa Island, and the Ming fleet was anchored at the mouth of the Han River, and Li Huan, who also knew how Daoguang was driven out of Beijing and fled westward, knew very well that the best choice in this situation was to welcome him. What's more, at this time, Li Huan was also looking forward to having a strong foreign aid to balance the two major families of Zhao and Jin, who were becoming more and more powerful in his court, and this Ming Emperor who defeated Daoguang's 100,000 army with less than 10,000 people and even fought under the city of Beijing, and had swept five provinces in the south, is undoubtedly a very ideal choice.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty divides the land of the gentry among the people in Jiangnan, I don't know if that's the case?"
Li Huan's maternal grandfather Zhao Wanyong said.
He is also the de facto ruler of power, and although the Andong Kim clan, led by Kim Zu-geun and Kim Jo-geun, has eyed him, so far the real power in North Korea is under his control.
"This matter has nothing to do with the subject country, only for the people of China and not for the subject country, what kind of land policy Korea pursues is decided by the king of Korea, I will not interfere, you can rest assured."
Yang Feng said with a smile.
The ministers were relieved.
"Your Majesty, the foreign minister also heard that His Majesty abandoned the education of Confucius Sheng, I wonder if this matter is serious?"
Zhao Wanyong then asked.
"It's just a rumor, I was originally a god of the heavenly realm, and was ordered by Haotian God to save Huaxia in the lower realm, and what I did was the indoctrination of Haotian God, although Confucius passed on to the world with Confucianism, but after all, he was a mortal, and his teachings respected Haotian God edified, naturally continued to circulate, if there was a violation of Haotian God's teachings, then naturally it should be corrected, but I have never banned its teachings, in fact, I have been named a great Ming loyal and righteous person, such as Wang Yangming, Shi Kefa and others.
The only ones I forbid are those heresies who do not respect the God of Haotian.
This is what Zhao Xiang did, but it is very agreeable.
For the Xiyi Xie Sect, they should be like Zhao Xiang's thunderous methods, and they must not be allowed to wantonly bewitch the people, and if there are such people in the future, Zhao Xiang can be severely punished, and anyone who interferes with me is your decision. ”
Yang Feng said.
"Your Majesty Xie appreciates it, and the foreign ministers are terrified."
Zhao Wanyong said with a smile.
Well, he was actually dealing with those missionaries with cruel means, and it was clear that this was what the Emperor praised, and the Emperor's praise was undoubtedly very beneficial to his consolidation of power.
And the explanation of the God Emperor also made the other ministers very satisfied, in fact, for them, they didn't care about the Ming or the Qing Dynasty at all, as long as they continued to maintain non-interference in the internal affairs of North Korea, they were more willing to accept the Ming emotionally, after all, they really had feelings for the Ming Dynasty. What they were worried about before was nothing more than Yang Feng's fight against local tyrants and the spread of land to North Korea, but Yang Feng personally promised at the moment that this policy would not spread to the subject countries, so they would have nothing to worry about, as for Yang Feng's attitude towards Confucianism, it had nothing to do with them, and they would be happier if those great Confucians poured into North Korea because of this!
In fact, Yang Feng was not prepared to spread his policies to the subject countries, on the contrary, he also wanted to help the subject countries continue to maintain the ancient feudal system, and even promote the ideas of science, and then facilitate the exploitation of those Ming merchants and officials in partnership.
Fight the local tyrants and divide the fields and exploit a fart!
Next, he prepared a lot of good things for North Korea, such as leasing land, in the name of opening up a second battlefield in Jilin, renting a few ports along the coast of North Korea such as Busan, such as free trade between the two sides, as a subject country of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, of course, there can be no trade barriers, and in the future, Ming merchants will do business and open mines in North Korea, these Korean kings must be welcomed, anyway, he also has benefits, and for example, the Ming Dynasty set up a minister in North Korea, which is also to manage the Ming merchants in North Korea, and the latter must not apply the laws of North KoreaAnd so on and so forth!
In short, this vassal should have the appearance of a vassal.
At least it has to be the same as those Indian kings, and one of the main tasks of the God Emperor is to reorganize the subject system of the Ming Dynasty.
Not only Korea, but also other Ryukyu, Annam, Chenla, etc., the leased land where the Ming army was stationed, the opening of all ports for free trade, the jurisdiction of the Ming merchants, and the right of the Ming army to move freely within its territory, and all this started from Korea.
Of course, none of this can be discussed by him.
He was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but he only came to the vassal country to show his prestige to the vassal and reconfirm the relationship between the two sides.
How is it possible to talk about such trifles.
As long as the suzerainty of the Ming Dynasty is reconfirmed, then the others are just a holy decree sent one day, and then the king of the Joseon Dynasty takes the minister to Yingenmen to greet the angel, which is the standard practice between the Ming Emperor and the king of Korea, and the latter must also respect his holy decree, if you dare not obey it, then it is time for the king to ask for guilt.