The current Qing Dynasty is not closed to the country, but to a certain extent, Nanming has been blocked. It was closed, not actively closed, so there was a siege effect, and I really wanted to go out and have a look.
What's more, their interactions with the British (actually faked by the Dutch) and the Japanese were not at a disadvantage. They introduced a lot of foreign guns and cannons and foreign generals. They were very sharp when they used them to fight the Mongols. !
In this case, Dorgon, Fan Wenchen, and even the little emperor Shunzhi sitting next to Bumubutai all wanted to know about the outside world. Oh, the little emperor Shunzhi will change his mind soon. Because Dongguo Gege, who is about to arrive at Laoshan Palace in Nanjing, will send Shunzhi a copy of "Primary School French" soon...
Shunzhi, who didn't know that he would soon learn French and couldn't learn it worse than his poet brother Gao Sai, couldn't help but interjected at this time: "How come they are all people with two green flags? Others? Won’t Qi send someone?”
"Emperor!" Bumbutai shouted.
Shunzhi quickly shut up and looked at Dorgon timidly like a child who had made a mistake.
"It's true," Dorgon felt that Shunzhi's words were also reasonable, "Then let's add three more people... three of them are Lao Manchu, one was recommended by Two Red Flags, one was recommended by Xianglan Banner, and one was recommended by Xianglan Banner. They are sent by the two emperors' banners, so they can all live together. This means that the five ministers have gone abroad!"
As for the two white flags and the Zhenglan flag being the territory of the three Dorgon brothers, it is enough to have Fan Yongdou with the green flag (the green flag also belongs to Dorgon).
Bumbutai did not raise any objection, but just asked: "Who should be sent?"
"Let's discuss it later at the King's Council meeting tomorrow." Dorgon was already a little tired, so he waved his hand and said to Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, "You two just work hard and prepare a strategy for going abroad. King King Tomorrow It will be used by the Council of Ministers.”
The Qing Dynasty is still the regent of Huang Ama and the nine-banner collegiality (the green flag does not participate in the collegial meeting), so there are only eight ministers who are eligible to participate in the collegial meeting (Dorgon himself represents the Zhengbai Banner). The leader among them is Jilharang, the leader of the blue flag. He was originally an auxiliary prince like Dorgon. Dorgon has now been promoted to Huang Ama, while he has been demoted to the political king. However, he is still The first of the eight political kings.
In addition to being ranked first among the eight political kings, his Xianglan Banner also received a "fief" - the Xianglan Banner's garrison in Angbang Zhangjing Yamen in Kaifeng Prefecture! This yamen not only manages the military, but also manages the people. There is no prefect in Kaifeng Prefecture, and Zhangjing, who is stationed in Angbang, is the prefect!
Nowadays, there are no governors in the Qing Dynasty, and the provinces have become virtual. They are just geographical names without corresponding yamen. There are two types of state capitals within the pass. One is the state capital directly under the jurisdiction of the State Council, which is directly governed by the Council of Kings and Ministers. The second is the state capital under the banner, which is the state capital under the jurisdiction of the Nine Banners Garrison Angbang Zhangjing Yamen.
Among them, the Zhili Prefecture was mainly concentrated in the original northern Zhili territory, which was regarded as the "heartland" of the Qing Dynasty, while the Qili Prefecture was at the forefront.
The blue flag won Kaifeng Prefecture, the pure blue flag won Henan Prefecture, the white flag won Pingyang Prefecture, the white flag inlaid with white flag won Taiyuan Prefecture, the red flag inlaid with red flag won Ruzhou, the red flag with inlaid red flag won Daming Prefecture, the yellow flag with Zhangde Prefecture, and the yellow flag with inlaid yellow flag won Wei In Hui Prefecture, the Zhenglu Banner won the three prefectures of Jibei (administering Jinan Prefecture, Daqing, Hebei), Dongchang (administering the area west of the canal and north of the Daqing River in Dongchang and Yanzhou Prefecture), and Guide, and the Xianglu Banner got the three prefectures. Datong Mansion.
Currently, the only territories within the pass that are under the direct control of the Council of Ministers are Shuntian, Yongping, Xuan, Baoding, Hejian, Zhending, Shunde, Guangping, Lu'an, Liaozhou, Fenzhou, Qinzhou, Zezhou and other nine prefectures and four states. Moreover, there are still 20 million acres of flag land in the nine prefectures and four prefectures. Excluding the flag land managed by the Eight Banners' Gushan Ezhen Yamen (all land belonging to the old Eight Banners), the remaining approximately 25 million acres are for the general government. Land taxed by the Qing court. Now the land tax has increased to six cents of flour per mu, and 25 million acres can harvest about 1.5 million stones of flour.
The Xianglvqi who occupied Datong Mansion did not perform military service, so they had to turn in money and food for exemption from military service. They had about 180,000 shi of flour a year, which was also the income of the Qing court.
The nine imperial merchants all had to pay a tax package to the Qing court. The salt tax from the Jiezhou Salt Fields in Pingyang Prefecture also belonged to the Qing court. The taxes from the Jinzhou Mutual Market outside Guan also belonged to the Qing Dynasty. The state also has some commercial tax revenue, which together add up to about 1.5 million taels of silver a year.
In addition, all the Mongolian banners outside Guanwai, Monan, and Khalkha (not affiliated with the Ten Banners) had to pay tributes such as cattle, sheep, horses, furs, Dongzhu, and ginseng to the Qing court.
These tributes were not worth much in the first place and could only be exported in small quantities through the Jinzhou Mutual Market. But now there was suddenly a way to make money by exporting to the Japanese country, and they could also be exchanged for guns that the Qing Dynasty urgently needed. Now eight The political king was all excited.
"Emperor Ama, since the fur goods you pay can be exchanged for cannons and muskets, then we must have a good relationship with this country of Japan, and we must not lose a major customer."
The leader of the eight kings, King Zheng Jierhalang, was the first to express his position, "I have set a blue flag so that Minister Lanbai of the Ministry of Industry can go there. He is very familiar with the affairs of the Sauron people and should be able to come in handy."
Tong Jia Lan Bai is a veteran of the Xianglan Banner. When Huang Taiji was in power, he was ordered to conquer the Sauron tribes and break the city of Yaksa.
"Prince Li, who do you two Hongqi recommend?" Dorgon asked Prince Li Mandahai, who had just assumed the title of Daishan.
Daishan died last winter, and his seventh son Mandahai inherited the title of king and owner of the Zhenghong Banner. The owner of the red flag, King Luo Keduo of Doluopingbi County, was Daishan's great-grandson. Little Mandahai Of course the two generations must listen to Mandahai. Therefore, Dorgon did not ask Luo Keduo, who was also the political king, but directly asked Mandahai.
"Huang Ama, please let Dulan, the Duke of Feng'en Town, take a trip!" Mandahai said, "It's time for him to go out and experience the world."
Dulan is the grandson of Daishan and the nephew of Mandahai. His brother Luck Dehun is a strong general of Zhenghongqi and has been granted the title of Prince of Shuncheng County, but he is just a master who waits for death.
"Okay," Dorgon had no objection, "Let Dulan go. As for the two yellow flags... How about letting Sony go?"
The flag owner of the two yellow flags is the young emperor Shunzhi. He is currently studying "New Arithmetic" by himself and has no time to discuss national affairs, so Emperor Amadorgun takes the decision.
He smiled and said: "Soni is proficient in four languages: Manchu, Chinese, Mongolian and Tibetan. It can be seen that he is smart and good at learning foreign languages. This ability can be put to good use. Let him learn Japanese on the way to the mission. Baniya), you can talk to people when you get to Europa."
Sony needs to study hard now! If you go to Europe for half a year, you have to learn Spanish!
Dorgon continued: "Lanbai, Dulan, Sony, Fan Yongdou, plus Shang Keai, there are five in total... They all serve as imperial envoys to the Western Ministers. This is why the five ministers went abroad!
If you don’t have any objections, this matter is settled! If nothing else happens, today's meeting of kings and ministers will be just like that. "
"Emperor Ama!" Abatai's son Bolo is the political king representing the Zhenglan Banner and is also the Minister of the Ministry of War. "Early this morning, the Ministry of War received a report from General Shengjing's Palace, saying that it was on Sakhalin Island. There was a conflict with the Japanese.”
"What? Sakhalin Island? Japanese?" Dorgon was stunned, "What happened? Didn't you just finish a big deal, why is there a conflict?"
"Oh, Emperor Ama, the people today are not from that day, not Westerners, but Japanese." Bolo said, "The palace of General Shengjing reported that they are Nurgan Mele Zhangjing from the lower reaches of Heilongjiang River. When the Yamen sent people to Sakhalin Island to collect mink pelts, they heard reports from the indigenous people of Sakhalin Island that there was a Japanese fort built in the south of the island, so they sent cavalry to investigate. They found a camp built by the Japanese and even talked to the Japanese. There was a conflict and several people died.”
