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Chapter 736 [Cossack's Secret]

"I risked everything for this great event. I came to Smyrna via Macau, Goa, Mughal, Persia, and Anatolia.

And ready to start from here, to Rome.Since the Emperor of China has entrusted me with this glorious mission, I will go through all kinds of hardships to complete the mission! "

— Boym.

The Russian translator for Zhao Han was Boym, a Polish missionary.

Historically, he was sent by Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty to go to the Pope of Rome to rescue soldiers.

He boarded a ship from Guilin to Macau and was blocked by Portuguese businessmen in Goa, India.These Portuguese businessmen have been bought by the Qing Dynasty, allowing them to continue their business and allowing the Jesuits to preach in China.The Governor of Goa in Portugal, upon learning of the promise made by the Manchus, immediately detained Boym who had gone to Europe to ask for help.

Boym still remembered Yongli Emperor's mission, looking for an opportunity to escape from Goa.But he could not continue to travel by sea, so he disguised himself and walked all the way from India to Persia, where he contacted his Venetian friends.

With the help of his friends, Boym crossed the Mediterranean Sea and finally arrived in Venice.

But Jesuit missionaries were not welcome here, and Boym was refused to go ashore.Boym changed into the Ming Dynasty's official uniform and asked to see the Venetian ruler as a Ming envoy.

The Venetian government was very interested in him, and spent a few months discussing academics with Boym, whoring Chinese medicine books and maps of China brought by Boym for nothing.Theories of Chinese medicine and knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine were systematically spread to Europe.

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In desperation, Boym went to Rome, but the Pope refused to see him, even loathing the entire Jesuit order.

Boym waited bitterly for two years, and finally waited for the Pope to summon him. At the same time, he also met Wei Kuanguo, the envoy of the Qing Dynasty.

The name Wei Kuanguo means "defend Kuanguo and help the Ming Dynasty".But at this moment, he became a representative of the Qing Dynasty and came to prevent the Pope from sending troops.

After the Pope clearly refused to rescue, Boym returned to his hometown in Poland, wanting to ask the Grand Duke of Poland to send troops.Wei Kuanguo took the lead and told the strength of the Eight Banners Army that the King of Poland did not dare to intervene.

Although Wei Kuanguo knew that the entire Ming Dynasty had fallen, Boym still insisted on going back to his Emperor Yongli.

Eight years after his mission, Boym came to Siam and learned that Yunnan was still insisting on resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Overjoyed, Boym immediately took a boat to Macau, and then went on foot to Yunnan alone, but died of illness in Guangxi on the way.

Today, Boym has a triple identity:

One is a master's degree from the Geography Museum of Qintian Academy, the other is a lecturer and doctor at Jinling Medical College, and the third is a Jesuit missionary.

His family was originally a Hungarian aristocrat, but his grandfather became a Polish aristocrat and worked as a secretary to the Polish king.His father was a doctor of medicine and a doctor of philosophy, and he was the royal doctor of the king of Poland.Boym himself is a Polish doctor. After coming to China, he began to study Chinese medicine, and now he has a taste of combining Chinese and Western medicine.

Seeing that Khabarov replied that he did not know, Boym said, "Your Majesty, when I left Poland, Russia was ruled by Mikhail Romanov.

His throne was picked up, and several false tsars emerged in a row, and was even claimed by the Grand Duke of Poland for a time.The previous tsar had become extinct, and Mikhail's father was the nephew of Empress Ivan IV, and he was very prestigious in Russia.So the shepherds and nobles asked him to be the tsar, but in fact his father ruled Russia. "

"Mikhail Romanov?" Zhao Han had no impression of this name at all.

But since the surname is Romanov, and the previous czar is extinct, then this person is probably the founder of the Romanov dynasty.

Zhao Han still knew about the Romanov dynasty.

Zhao Han asked, "How old is Mikhail?"

Boym replied: "About 40 to [-] years old, but this tsar is notoriously weak and sick, and he may have died of illness long ago. As for who the new tsar is, I don't know, and neither did the Chinese Jesuit missionaries." people know."

It has been several years, no new missionaries have come to China, and the latest news from Europe can only be obtained from Nanyang.

But to be honest, with the current communication conditions and Russia's remote location, I am afraid that even the governor of Batavia may not be able to figure out the name of the new tsar.After all, in the eyes of European countries, Russia is a group of barbarians.

Zhao Han suddenly said, "Come closer."

Boym translated: "Your Majesty wants you to come closer."

Khabarov was so flattered that he didn't dare to stand up, so he knelt and crawled forward.

Two female officers of the Imperial Horse Supervisor pulled out a huge map of the world.

Zhao Han said: "On this big map, mark the boundaries of Russia."

Khabarov looked at it stupidly for a long time, not even knowing where Europe was.Not to mention it is marked in Chinese characters, even if it is written in Cyrillic, he can't understand it at all. This guy hasn't read a book for a day.

Boym pointed to the map and said, "This is the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania, this is Sweden, and this is the area in the middle of the Ottoman Empire.

You explain the situation. "

Khabarov was very clever. After being guided by Boym, he immediately crawled to the big map.

The two female officers held up the map. He dared not look at the female officer. He pointed to a part of the map and said, "This should be the Kazakh Khanate. I heard that between Kazakhstan and Persia, there are two countries, Khiva and Bukhara. Kazakhstan To the east is also the territory of Tatar Mongolia."

"Very good." Zhao Han nodded with a smile, and finally lit up part of Central Asia.

Boym pointed to the map again and said, "This is Heilongjiang, and this is the place where you were captured. And here is your lair, Yaksa."

Khabarov identified it carefully, and combined with these years of experience, he had a clearer understanding of Siberia in his heart.

Zhao Han asked: "Which of Russia's territories in the east are the most important? Or, are they clearly divided into several ruled areas?"

Khabarov pointed to the north of the Kazakh Khanate: "There is a big mountain here, called the Ural Mountains. On the west side of the Ural Mountains, there are more people and more food, and the nobles pay more attention to it. On the east side of the Ural Mountains, there are few people and food Rarely, noble gentlemen value only the fur."

Zhao Han immediately understood that the west of the Ural Mountains is the core of Russia's rule; the east of the Ural Mountains is Russia's colonial territory.

This can probably be guessed, Zhao Han continued to ask: "Are there any important areas on the east side of the Ural Mountains?"

Khabarov replied: "The most important thing is several big rivers. The first is the Yenisei River, the second is the Ob River, and the third is the Lena River. On the east side of the Ural Mountains, all the castles in Russia , were built on the banks of these three rivers and their tributaries. The Cossack warriors rowed boats to find a place suitable for settlement, and chose the riverside to build castles and communities. Then centered on the castles and communities, they plundered the surrounding indigenous tribes.”

Zhao Han understood, this is Russia's expansion model in Siberia.

Take the river as the lifeline of transportation, then choose a hub as the base, and colonize and expand around the base.Just destroy the bases by the river one by one,

Russian rule in Siberia is over.

China's expansion of power in the Northeast can also follow this model.

The middle and upper reaches of Heilongjiang are too far away, and there is no need to manage the vast areas. It is only necessary to set up a few guards along the coast of Heilongjiang.Dozens of hundreds of soldiers are stationed in each guard, and then the criminals are relocated there for reclamation, and slowly integrated with the nearby aborigines.

Zhao Han asked again: "Which region of Russia is the most closely related to Yaksa?"

Khabarov said: "Yakutsk.

From a geographical point of view, the Lake Baikal region is much closer to Yaksa, while Yakutsk is ridiculously far away.

Khabarov explained: "Yakutsk is too cold. For several months every year, the land freezes and it is difficult to grow enough food. When I established the Yaksa village, the first order I received was to grow food and transport it to Yakutsk. Starting from Yaksa, follow the Zeya River to the north. After encountering a lake, turn to another river and continue north to Yakutsk. When you arrive in Yakutsk, follow the Le Take the river southwest,

to Lake Baikal.Lake Baikal is connected to the Yenisei River.The Yenisei River has many tributaries and can go to many places.

Zhao Han suddenly smiled and said: "It seems that what is needed to conquer Siberia is not cavalry, but a northern naval force."

Conquering the three great rivers is equivalent to conquering the whole of Siberia. This is the secret of the Cossacks' continuous eastward expansion.

It is still necessary for Zhao Han to ask questions in person in order to achieve a high-level leadership.

Let the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the military interrogate, but only some specific information can be obtained, and it is impossible to look at the problem from a global perspective.

Zhao Han said to the female officer of the Imperial Horse Supervisor: "Order the Ministry of War to recruit naval officers and soldiers who have been retired or have changed jobs. We must make it clear to these retired naval officers and soldiers that whether to re-enlist in the army is entirely voluntary and not forced. The Northeast Navy, It is about to be formed on the Songhua River, where they will fight in the future,

Very far away, cold and poor, and may not be able to go home for several years.All military salaries are doubled, and each child of an enlisted sergeant has a quota at public expense, and can study in the middle school where the household registration is located.The children of martyrs have a quota at public expense to study at the university where their household registration is located. "

After thinking for a while, Zhao Han continued: "The Yangtze River Navy will abolish 300 people. With these [-] officers and soldiers of the Yangtze River Navy as the skeleton, the Northeast Navy will be formed on the Songhua River. Another thousand retired officers and soldiers will be recruited to replenish the Northeast Navy." In addition, the doctors must be adequately equipped, and there may be frequent frostbite in the north."

In addition to military doctors and other logistics personnel, the Northeast Navy had only 500 troops at the beginning of its establishment.

Regardless of the small number of people, they will be the core military force of the Heilongjiang Capital Division, and their forces can be quickly projected to the entire Songhua River and the coast of Heilongjiang.

After the rule of Heilongjiang Dusi is stable, it will expand further north.Capture Yakutsk first, then use Yakutsk as a base, and follow the Lena River to capture Baikani Lake. This route of attack is far better than going north from the Mongolian grassland.Less troop deployment, less logistical pressure,

With the least cost, Beihai, where Su Wu herds sheep, can be taken down.

Khabarov revealed the core secrets of the Cossacks, which made Zhao Han very satisfied. He said, "I can pardon your crimes."

Khabarov was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty the Great Emperor!"

Zhao Han said again: "But you have killed countless people, so you can avoid death and live. Cutting off the little finger of your left hand is a lesson for you!"

A finger is nothing, as long as it is not a thumb, Khabarov is completely acceptable.

Zhao Han said: "After the establishment of the Northeast Navy, you will be appointed as the military guide and general officer. As long as you make meritorious service in combat, I will reward you for your meritorious service, and even let you serve as an officer!"

Khabarov seems to have been hit by a pie in the sky. As an officer in the wealthy Khitan Kingdom, wouldn't he have a chance to become a nobleman in the future?

This guy knelt on the ground, frantically kowtowing to the emperor, and even wanted to crawl over to kiss the emperor's boots.

Chapter 737 [Embassy to the West]

It is impossible for a person like Khabarov to come back, let alone become an officer.

After the establishment of the Northeast Navy, the Yangtze River Navy was the backbone.If you want to expand the army in the future, you will definitely not recruit soldiers in the south, but mainly move to the northeast, aboriginals and criminals. Immigrants can be recruited in the Heilongjiang River Basin, and only aboriginals and criminals can be recruited in the north.

If the Cossack bandit who came here for refuge made military achievements, let alone the emperor would not see it, it might not even reach the ears of the Heilongjiang capital.

The Tartar general Saihe who voluntarily surrendered at the beginning was killed by the military and civilian officials because of his notoriety in the Northeast.

This guy stayed in Liaoning as a big landlord, and was first forced to divide the land, and he didn't dare to resist at all.Then he was reported to kill the servant, and the government had been staring at him,

Immediate investigation was carried out, and the previous crimes were also liquidated. All the male members of the family were executed, and the female family members were ordered to remarry to immigrants.

Almost all of the Tartar generals ended up in this way, only a few did not do much evil, and were lucky to escape the liquidation afterwards.

Many of the civil servants in the Northeast were former scholars, and they blamed the Tartars for the downfall of the Ming Dynasty.Generals in the Northeast and many comrades in arms died at the hands of the Tartars.So the civil and military officials cooperated tacitly, staring at the surrendered Tartar generals all day long, and liquidating the crimes before surrendering if they committed any crimes.

As for Khabarov, probably after capturing Lake Baikal, he will be useless to the Northeast Navy, and he may die in a certain battle for no apparent reason.

You know, once the aborigines are recruited to supplement the navy, these aborigines have a deep hatred with Khabarov!

Zhao Han used this guy because he was familiar with the Cossack stronghold, and at the same time he was well-known in the Cossack Kerry, and he could even cause the Cossack inside at critical times.This is about the future of Siberia, and anyone can use it, even if he has committed many crimes in the past.

Just when Khabarov was happy, the fleet of Chinese envoys to the West had already set sail in Shanghai.

The envoy was Zhang Ruifeng, You Shaoqing of Honghe Temple, who brought twelve officials of Honghe Temple, two scholars of Hanlin Academy, and two scholars of Qintian Academy.

The commander-in-chief of the fleet is Fan Chao, who was born as a water bandit in Poyang Lake. He was transferred from the Yangtze River Navy to an admiral.There was a warship whose captain was Shi Lang, the son of admiral Shi Daxuan.

The fleet consists of twenty warships and six transport ships.

Lu Tianxiang's identity can barely be considered as an envoy, responsible for commanding 30 female officers of the Royal Horse Supervisor and 1000 emperor's personal guards.

The ship sailed to the waters of Quang Nam Province and replenished at the port of Thanh Hoa.

The local officials did not come to receive them, and only sent a county magistrate to the port to explain the situation: "My lords, Rong Bing, the mobs in Guangnan are everywhere, and the county magistrates are defending the county. General Liu and General Ding are leading the army to quell the chaos. The border is safe for the time being, but you still need to strengthen your vigilance.

Zhang Ruifeng said in shock: "There are rioters in Guangnan again?"

The county magistrate smiled and said, "After this time, there will probably be far fewer rioters."

The civil unrest in Guangnan this time was purely deliberately provoked by local officials.It was specially chosen in winter to forcibly take back the excess land of the landlords, which aroused the landlords of the Yue nationality and incited the people to rebel.

The reason why it was chosen in winter was to leave enough time to quell the chaos and have half a year to let go.The summer is too hot, and it will not be fun at that time. Datong soldiers may experience large-scale non-combat attrition due to the weather.

Zhang Jiayu, the chief minister of the left, Sun Chuanting, the chief minister of the right, Zhang Huangyan, the chief judge, and Shi Kefa, the enlightenment envoy.

These four people are in charge of Guangnan Province, plus two divisions of the Datong Army.Moreover, 3% of the soldiers in these two divisions came from Guangxi wolf soldiers.With such a luxurious lineup, if the landlords of the Yue ethnic group can make trouble, it would be a ghost.

Thanh Hoa and Ngee An are the places with the most rioters.

Sun Chuanting personally moved to Tsinghua to sit in the township, asked Zhang Huangyan to be in charge of ransacking the house in Qinghua, and asked Shi Kefa to be in charge of ransacking the house in Ngee'an.Those whose homes were ransacked were all big landlords who instigated the rebellion, and even landlords who did not participate in the rebellion would be affected.

As for the leaders of the rioters, regardless of whether they were bewitched or not, they were all cut off anyway.

This approach may seem bloody, but it is actually very gentle. Vietnam has been separated from China for hundreds of years, and it is easy to leave a curse without strong means.

As the Guangnan Envoy, Shi Kefa even ordered that all books in Nan language be banned.

Those who are caught hiding Nanwen books privately will be ransacked at least, and beheaded at worst!

This policy is beneficial in the long run, but counterproductive in the short run.

Nom script is to Vietnam what Korean script is to North Korea. It is a phonetic script based on Chinese characters.It is despised by Vietnamese scholars and even suppressed by the Vietnamese court.

But after Shi Kefa ordered the ban, the Vietnamese scholars who despised Nam Vin suddenly began to respect Nam Vin.There are even scholars who don't understand Nanwen, risking their family and family, spending money to collect Nuanwen books and hide them at home.

Seven days later, the fleet arrived in Palembang.

Neither Singapore nor Malacca are suitable supply points, because both places have insufficient food production.Only Palembang, with its dense population and developed agriculture, can provide sufficient supplies.

The Governor of Palembang has already taken office.

Even the first batch of immigrants, a total of 1200 people, have come to Palembang from the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong to settle down in Palembang.

After supplying food and drinking water, the fleet crossed the Strait of Malacca and arrived at Chittagong in Arakan.

This port, nominally belonging to the country of Arakan, has long been leased to the Portuguese.

The Portuguese, although they had colonial castles, could not rule effectively and had to cooperate with the pirates here.

Chittagong is the largest pirate den in the Bay of Bengal!