"I am Li Shangyi, a businessman from Hanyang."
"I am Hanyang businessman Li Douhuan."
"This is Gong Hyo-won, a student at Sungkyunkwan."
After paying homage to Zhao Xin, the three guys who came by boat from North Korea introduced their identities. Zhao Xin was surprised to find that these three people actually spoke pretty good Mandarin, but their accents were a bit strange.
The three visitors from Li Chao couldn't help but look at Zhao Xin. Are you thinking that this is the descendant of King Zhu Ming Zhao? The gap with the image in their minds is also huge! Although this man is extremely tall, his hair is short and his collar is short, and he does not look like a person from the Central Plains. Moreover, he also has a pair of panda eyes, which makes him look like he has been drinking too much.
"It seems that rumors are just rumors after all. Don't believe them! The sage has said that if the Chinese invade the barbarians, the barbarians will be conquered. Do not deceive me." Although Kong Xiaoyuan felt contempt in his heart, his face remained calm, neither humble nor arrogant. He originally thought that when he came to Beihai Town, he would see Ming Dynasty clothes all over the place, but who knew that from the moment he got off the ship, everyone was wearing short hair and short clothes, and there were all kinds of tricks and tricks, but there was not a single Zhu Ming flag to be seen.
Looking at the meeting place here, it is an ordinary wooden room. Although the area of the room is not small, except for a few things that cannot be recognized for what they are used for, it is just a desk and a few tables without armrests. Chair. The four of them sat across the table, showing no respect for Chinese etiquette.
However, when they arrived at the port, they were really frightened by the Thor docked at the beach, so they were still very respectful in their words.
Zhao Xin is so busy every day that he wishes he could break one minute into two minutes. He didn't have time to go around in circles with these three people. So after being polite, he said straight to the point: "What's the purpose of the three of you? Doing business, Beihai Town welcomes you; as for the rest, tell me first and let me listen."
Li Shangyi quickly raised his hands and said: "We heard in Hanyang that your army raised the banner of the Ming Dynasty to fight against the barbarians, and we admired it greatly. As entrusted by Master Zuo Yizheng, I came here with 500 shi of polished rice, 300 jins of ginseng, and 1,000 taels of silver. Help."
"Zuo Yizheng? Don't you know his name?"
Kong Xiaoyuan said: "This is Lord Zuo Yizheng Li Suizhi, who is originally from the Li family in Yan'an."
Zhao Xin shook his head and said he had never heard of it. This made Kong Xiaoyuan feel very hurt. Shuangxi Gong (Li Fuyuan, courtesy name Suizhi, also known as Shuangxi), who was famous in Korea, was even known to many people in the Qing Dynasty next door. In the forty-eighth year of Qianlong's reign, when Qianlong visited the ancestral mausoleum in the east, Li Zhi sent Li Fuyuan to Shenyang in the name of Da Sicheng of Chengjun Palace (equivalent to the Imperial Academy's wine sacrifice). Many high-ranking officials in the Manchu Qing Dynasty knew about him.
Zhao Xin picked up a box of cigarettes produced in Beihai Town from the table, opened the lid and asked the three people in front of him: "Do you three smoke?"
"smokes?"
Smoking is said to be a good thing these days. Li Shangyi, a businessman, looked at the white paper roll in the wooden box curiously, hesitated for a moment, and then reached out to take one. Li Douhuan on the side also took it, while Kong Xiaoyuan shook his head slightly.
With a "click" sound, a match was lit. The three people opposite Zhao Xin were stunned. Until the match went out, the three of them still stared at the black matchstick in Zhao Xin's hand.
"Excuse me, General, what is the purpose of this thing? Why can it make fire just by rubbing it?"
Faced with Kong Xiaoyuan's question, Zhao Xin simply introduced: "I can't explain it in a few words. This is a chemical problem."
Zhao Xin struck another match, lit a cigarette first, and took two puffs as a demonstration. Only then did Li Shangyi understand what "smoking" was, and he quickly came over with a cigarette.
Kong Xiaoyuan was stunned after hearing this, Chemistry? Which school of thought is this? At this time, the word "chemistry" did not exist in Chinese. It was not until the mid-19th century that the Englishman Wei Lianchen proposed it in his Chinese work "Ge Wu Tan Yuan", and it gradually became popular.
Amid the smoke, Merchant Er Li gradually relaxed and began to talk more.
Zhao Xin gradually learned from the conversation that Li Shangyi was a Beijing merchant from Hanyang, engaged in the business of grain, rice and ginseng; while Li Douhuan was a pine merchant, engaged in the wholesale business of horses, ginseng and dried seafood. In addition to doing some border trade business with the Manchus, the two of them also had close business dealings with the island countries.
During the Goryeo Dynasty, Kaesong was still called "Songak", and later it was renamed Kaegyeong; therefore, the merchants in Kaesong were called Songdo merchants. These people opened "pine houses" all over the peninsula, forming a huge business network.
As for Kong Hyo-won, this student from Sungkyunkwan appears to be from Sungkyunkwan, but his real identity is the gold medal spy of Zuo Yizheng Li Fuyuan. His mission during this trip was to carefully investigate the situation in Beihai Town to determine the other party's attitude towards North Korea and whether it was worthy of support.
Kong Xiaoyuan asked again: "I heard that your troops defeated the Qing army in the Shuangcheng area last year. I wonder how the general dealt with the Qing prisoners later?" Because the three of them set out relatively early, they encountered wind and waves at sea and were delayed for a while. , so the news of the Manchu redemption was not known at that time.
Zhao Xin felt that there was nothing he could not say about this matter. The more people knew about it, the more embarrassing the Manchus would be. So he said: "Oh, after paying the ransom, most of them were put back."
"Ransom?! Put it back?!" Kong Xiaoyuan asked in his heart, are you kidnapping meat tickets? They actually resorted to paying people to let them go! Besides, since we are enemies of the Manchus, we should collect money and tear them apart!
Bah bah! I am a scholar and my mind cannot be so dirty. Thinking of this, Kong Xiaoyuan raised his hand and asked: "Since your department is raising the banner of the Ming Dynasty, I wonder which clan it is serving?"
Zhao Xindao: "King Zhao of the former Ming Dynasty."
"Forgive me for being bold, is it possible that General, you are a descendant of Queen Zhao?" Kong Xiaoyuan saw Zhao Xin hesitate and nodded, and then continued to ask: "In that case, why does General still use the surname Zhao? Why are all the people wearing barbarian clothes here?"
"This is outside the customs. No one cares whether my surname is Zhu or Zhao. As for the clothes of the barbarians you mentioned, they are just for the convenience of doing things."
Kong Xiaoyuan was somewhat dissatisfied with Zhao Xin's statement. He shook his head and said: "General, what you said is wrong! As the saying goes, if the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly, and if the words are not right, the things will not be accomplished. The general occupies a dangerous position outside the pass, and has tens of thousands of men and horses under his command. The soldiers and horses are strong, and they can respond to a hundred calls. He should hold high the flag of righteousness and attract heroes from all over the world. cast."
Zhao Xinxin said that the world's heroes should be restored. Is this scholar named Kong stupid because of his studies? So he just smiled lightly and said nothing.
When Kong Xiaoyuan saw that Zhao Xin didn't respond, he speculated in his heart: "Am I wrong in what I said? That's right! This place is very far away from the pass, and all the surrounding roads are occupied by the Manchus. It is estimated that even if there are people with lofty ideals who want to come, they will not come because of this. The journey through mountains and rivers is impossible.”
"In this way, our country may be able to help. Although the number of scholars in our country is not as large as that of the Celestial Empire, the number of learned scholars is comparable to that of the Qing Dynasty." The implication of Kong Xiaoyuan's words is that a learned scholar like me is right in front of you. Come and ask me! I can show you what I have learned and help you make suggestions.
It is said that there were too many scholars in ancient times who wanted to be like Zhuge Liang or Liu Bowen. The intellectual class in North Korea felt humiliated because of the "Ding Chou Going to the City" that year, and they have been looking for opportunities to avenge their past humiliation. Now that Zhao Xin was born and defeated tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, they naturally had a glimmer of hope.
"Oh? Mr. Kong, can what you say represent North Korea's attitude?"
"Don't dare. The general has misunderstood. However, all the scholars in our country hope to revive China, drive out the barbarians, and restore our Ming Dynasty clothes." Kong Xiaoyuan shook his sleeves, stood up and saluted: "As I expected, the general is currently in the army. There was a lack of food and it was impossible to feed many people, so the barbarians were released in exchange for money. Since the general is a member of the Ming Dynasty clan and a descendant of Queen Zhao, can you please have a family tree? Although our country is small, it has three thousand miles of beautiful mountains and rivers. Wait. I will go back and report to Mingzuo Yizheng and His Highness, and I will definitely help you!"
Zhao Xin smiled and asked Kong Xiaoyuan: "I wonder which king is in power in your country now?"
Kong Xiaoyuan raised his hands in the direction of Hanyang and said: "The king of our country is the grandson of King Yeongjo. He has been on the throne for nearly ten years. He is a rare and promising king."
Zhao Xin tapped his fingers on the table and shook his head and sighed: "Oh, it turns out he is the son of Crown Prince Si Mou. I heard that Crown Prince Si Mou suffered from mental illness back then. Is this true?"
As soon as these words came out, the three people opposite looked embarrassed. Twenty-three years have passed since this incident, and the truth has long been covered up. According to folklore, it was because of mental problems, but Kong Xiaoyuan knew that was not the case at all.
At this time, Zhao Xin probably guessed that the three pieces of information in front of him might be spies sent by Li Chao, who came over in the name of support to find out the true and false status of Beihai Town and himself. He thought for a moment and then said to Li Shangyi and Li Douhuan: "Since you two are businessmen, if you want to do business with me in Beihai Town, I will arrange for someone to talk to you later."
Er Li was overjoyed when he heard this. Take the thing called "match" that Zhao Xin used to light cigarettes just now. You can make a fortune by taking it back. As for other things in Beihai Town, fur and ginseng are also fine!
However, what Zhao Xin said next made the three of them stunned.
"Three of you, my time is precious, and I have something to do later. So what I am going to say next, I hope you will go back and tell the officials of the Li Dynasty, oh, that is the Lord Zuo Yizheng. To conquer the outside of the pass, or even attack inside the pass, is very important to our Beihai For the town, it's easy. The reason why I didn't enter the customs is that I first need to clarify and resolve the territorial disputes in various places in the outer northeast."
Kong Xiaoyuan asked: "Are you with Rakshasa?"
Zhao Xin nodded and said slowly: "There is only one Rakshasa, and the other one is your country."
Kong Xiaoyuan's expression changed, he stood up and said, "What do you mean by this?"
Zhao Xindao: "My meaning is very clear. Your court officials know what happened during the Manchu and Qing Dynasty's border demarcation. If you want to find out what happened in the Qing Dynasty, I will bully you. But in the years from Kangxi to Qianlong , whether the Manchus accommodate you or you fool them, all the territory you have annexed over the past few hundred years must be handed back to me."
Since the Yongle Year of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Keren, the leader of the Jurchens, has reported that Xianzhou is in the north, and it has been the land of Liao and Jin since ancient times. At that time, Ming Chengzu recognized this judgment, so he sent an edict to North Korea and demanded ten people (mainly Jurchens) in this area. As a result, the Korean state sent a special envoy to make the Ming Dynasty give up its management of this area by calculating the texts in "History of Liao", "History of Jin" and other related materials.
After the Manchus entered the customs, during the Kangxi period, in order to appease North Korea, Kangxi even gave away the territory north of Tieling and south of Jizhou.
In the fiftieth year of Kangxi's reign, due to North Korean border residents crossing the border and killing people, Emperor Kangxi secretly ordered Mu Keden, the director of animal hunting and Ula, and others to take advantage of the opportunity to review the case in Phoenix City to go to the source areas of the two rivers to inspect the border and delineate boundary markers.
When the two sides were demarcating the border in Changbai Mountain, North Korean officials who were fully prepared produced so-called "evidence" from the Yongle era, and used the sophistry method of claiming soil from the Ming Dynasty to prevaricate Mukeden's doubts. In the end, when Mukeden failed to attract attention, he took the opportunity to complete the final expansion operation south of the Tumen River in the form of setting up boundary monuments, thus gaining control of all areas of the river, including the southern foothills of Changbai Mountain. The land south of the source.
In fact, before Mukeden inspected the border area, the area surrounded by the Changjin River, the Houzhanjiang River, the Bhochanryeong Mountains, the Hamgyeong Mountains, and the Seongcheon River were not Korean territory. North Korean officials took advantage of the difference in the name of the Changbai Mountain to mislead Mukeden. Only then did we get the results of the subsequent border check.
As soon as Zhao Xin said this, Kong Xiaoyuan said angrily: "You are making unreasonable demands. We have evidence. These are the homeland of Korea and our country!"
Zhao Xin said rudely: "I don't think you can use your so-called evidence as a wiping paper! Go back and tell the King of North Korea to return the southern foot of Changbai Mountain to me! Return North Hamgyong Province as well, and I can forget about it. Otherwise, wait. I have captured Hunchun again, and what awaits you will be the army from Beihai Town!"
"If you have something to say, you have something to say. General Zhao, why are you doing this? Beihai Town is invincible. Feng Ming Zhengshuo, even if the Hulu are driven out of the customs, we are still a clan. Territory matters, this , this is not something we dare to interfere with!" Li Shangyi and Li Douhuan hurriedly persuaded them with their hands in hand.
"Haha, since Li Chao sent you to find out my details, I just asked you to tell me. If you are not careful, you will get into trouble. The former Ming and Manchu Qing will let you go, but I have no interest in it! It's normal to want to do business. We welcome interaction; if you engage in conspiracy and conspiracy to occupy territory, I will take it back! That’s it! I have something else to do, so please three of you.”
Kong Xiaoyuan was so angry that he was shaking all over, and the black gauze and black hat on his head couldn't help but tremble. He didn't expect Zhao Xin to be so arrogant and unreasonable. He was a scholar and came here with "sponsorship"! Not only did they treat each other politely, but they made demands for territory without saying a few words.
Kong Xiaoyuan actually didn't know what was going on here, but Li Shangyi and Li Douhuan probably knew a little bit. Both of their businesses were engaged in the ginseng and fur trade, and many of their supplies came from Hamgyong Province and the southern foothills of Changbai Mountain.
At this time, two sturdy guards with pistols on their waists came forward and motioned to take the three people out. The three of them were helpless. Er Li had to do business, so he remembered to bow to Zhao Xin and leave, while Kong Xiaoyuan bowed lightly and turned around to go out.
After the three of them went out, a young man with short hair and short clothes came over. He cupped his fists and saluted the three of them and said: "Zhao Pingtai in Xiabeihai Town is responsible for the trade affairs between North Korea and the island countries. Please follow me and go to the guest house to rest first. The big cafeteria will prepare meals for you. If you want anything, We can talk after dinner."
The so-called guest houses are actually several newly built small courtyards on the south side of the square on the road leading to the port, which are used to arrange the accommodation of future trading partners ashore. Each house has a small courtyard, three separate bedrooms, a living room, and no toilet or kitchen. However, there is a faucet and sink in the corner of the living room, and there is also a stove for heating.
Pingtai led the three of them to the door of a small courtyard. He diligently opened the door for the three of them, unlocked the door, and introduced with a smile: "These courtyards are all newly built, so the smell of wood may be stronger." , workers will bring hot water and tea later for you to wash up and make tea. As for other needs, you can just ask the workers directly. Later, someone will come to take the three of you to dinner. "
After Kong Xiaoyuan entered the room and took a seat, he smacked the table angrily and said, "This is so unreasonable! Your Highness and the ministers in the court have good intentions, so they sent me here. Many scholars in the Chengkyun Hall are also waiting for news about me, hoping to Come to help. I didn’t expect that he would treat our country like this! We will leave to return to our country tomorrow!”
Li Douhuan advised: "Mr. Kong, don't be angry. We have just arrived here and the situation here is not very clear yet. We have to go around and find out clearly."
Li Shangyi first stood up, opened the door and looked outside the house, and then agreed: "Yes, yes. That man surnamed Zhao treats us like this and is bent on squeezing him. I guess he is threatening the territory openly, but secretly he hopes that I can come to court." Send him more food and grass."
Kong Xiaoyuan said: "How can there be such..."
As the three of them were talking, someone suddenly knocked on the door outside the house. Kong Xiaoyuan stopped talking, Li Shangyi cleared his throat and said: "Come in."
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