"Your Majesty, Tong Changning, respectfully wishes you His Majesty's peace."
Pingbei General Chang Ning, who had been waiting tremblingly for a long time outside Qianming Gate, finally followed an attendant into the splendid Yuxi Palace, and respectfully bowed to the Emperor of Heaven who was sitting on the throne. .
He is no longer called Aixinjueluo Chang Ning, but instead uses the surname "Tong". This "Tong" surname is actually the Han surname commonly used by Nurhaci. Before Nurhachi's rebellion, he went to Beijing eight times to pay tribute, and his surname was "Tong". The name "Tong Nurhachi" was also used in Nurhaci's notice to the King of North Korea.
So after Chang Ning surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, he changed his surname to Tong, and also asked the Ming Eight Banners Lao Manchu and Eight Banners Mongolia who followed him to use Han surnames - in fact, the number of Lao Manchu and Eight Banners Mongolia under Chang Ning's command was not very large. Years of war consumption, coupled with the chaos in Beijing caused by Bourne, have really caused heavy losses to the Eight Banners!
Among the 30,000 households in the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty, those born in Old Manchuria and Mongolia in the Eight Banners together were less than 3,000. Therefore, the Manchu dialect has long been no longer spoken, and the Manchu attire has gradually disappeared after the Eight Banners were changed to the Ming Dynasty. Now only the eight-color cloth face armor and gun helmet are left. It's not that they don't want to change, but that Zhu Heji doesn't let them change.
If even the cloth face armor and gun helmets are gone, how can we prove that they were once the arrogant Eight Banners soldiers?
They are proof that tomorrow is invincible!
"Flat body, give me a seat."
Zhu Heji smiled and raised his hand, pointing very kindly to the chair where Tu Hai had just sat, and asked Chang Ning to sit on it.
Chang Ning didn't dare to sit down in a big way, but sat half-assed, with his hands on his knees, as if he was listening to the teachings attentively. . Look at his neat purple narrow-sleeved military attaché uniform of the Ming Dynasty and his neatly worn black gauze hat. He looks like a loyal minister and good general of the Ming Dynasty.
"Chang Ning, I want your three flags to be moved... You won't disagree, right?" Zhu Heji asked with a smile.
"No, of course not." Chang Ning nodded repeatedly - although he was unwilling to give up Shenyang in his heart, but considering the problem of his head, he still had to follow the wishes of the Emperor of Heaven!
Zhu Heji smiled and asked, "Do you know Beihai?"
"I know," Chang Ning said, "I once went to the south coast of the North Sea with Burni and had a conflict with the Rakshasa people there."
"Who won?" Zhu Heji asked.
"I and Burni won the battle," Chang Ning said. "The Rakshasa soldiers in the Beihai area are not strong. The infantry only has matchlock guns, big axes and small bronze cannons, which are vulnerable. The Cossack cavalry is acceptable, but the number is too large. They were few and could not stop Chen and Burni's cavalry attack. However, at that time Chen and Burni still wanted to send Mr. Huang to Moscow through Irkutsk, so they did not defend and only killed a dozen of them. We also arrested dozens of them, but they were all released later.”
"You did the right thing." Zhu Heji nodded approvingly, "But this time I want you to win Irkutsk! Not only must you win Irkutsk, but you must also defend Irkutsk. And around Beihai! Not only must we guard around Beihai, but we must also build cities and graze around Beihai... We must also turn Beihai into a place where our Ming Dynasty and their Rakshasa Kingdom gather passengers and goods for trade!"
Chang Ning's heart sank while listening to Zhu Heji's beautiful vision.
Beihai, the place where Su Wu shepherds sheep!
He is going to the Suwu sheep herding land to herd sheep for generations...if the Ming Emperor doesn't banish him further north.
But Zhu Heji was serious about developing Beihai. Because before the opening of the Arctic Ocean route bypassing the Bering Strait, the North Sea was indeed the best hub for trade between the Ming and Rakshasa countries.
The distance from Beihai to Beijing is only more than 3,000 miles. If official roads and commercial posts across the Mongolian Plateau are built and public security along the way is maintained, then the cost of trade can be borne.
The North Sea is connected to the Yesenyi and Lena rivers, and Chinese goods can be transported to Europe through water transportation.
Although the operating cost of this land, river, and Arctic sea trade route is not low, it is definitely profitable, and it can also break the monopoly of the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company on the east-west waterways.
Once Beihai can develop as a trade center city, the Beihai-Beijing railway will definitely become a key national project in the future, and the water transportation on the Yesenyi and Lena rivers will develop independently.
This will be extremely beneficial to the future Ming Dynasty's march to Siberia!
In addition, the Beihai-Beijing line will also be promoted by the emergence of the Beihai Trade Center, allowing the Ming Dynasty to firmly control the Mongolian Plateau.
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji smiled and said to Chang Ning: "General Pingbei, don't think that Beihai is far away and bitterly cold... Beihai is only three thousand miles away from Beijing, which is not much farther than Shenyang to Beijing. In addition, Beihai is only three thousand miles away from Beijing. , The Supreme Emperor is also very optimistic about the future of North Sea trade, and he plans to invest money to build a Beihai King City on the coast of the North Sea after you regain Irkutsk and other places!"
King Zhu Tianwang's Tianwang City now clearly has a trend of "chaining" and "corporation". This Free City is turning into a chartered trading company, but there is still a difference between Tenwang City and the East India Company.
Maritime chartered trading companies such as the East India Company and the Nanyang Trading Company are actually mainly engaged in zero-dollar purchases and monopoly free trade, and they are trading companies.
Tianwang City provides a safe home for bad guys who engage in zero-yuan shopping or other evil activities to collect dirt, sell stolen goods, and live a peaceful life incognito... This is a real estate company.
Chang Ning finally felt a little better when he heard that Tianwang City was also going to open to the North Sea... Then he could settle down in Tianwang City, and of course he wouldn't use the name Tong Changning. Both cats and dogs are fine, but Tong Changning is no longer suitable.
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Peter Alexeevich, who had just finished his confession, walked out of the Uspensky Cathedral together with his mother, Empress Dowager Natalia Naryshkina, and then met with the tsar to receive foreign envoys Walk to the Polygonal Palace.
Although Peter is only ten years old this year, he has grown tall and strong. If it weren't for his childish face, he would look like an adult. His appearance is much higher than that of his three brothers and sisters. This is probably related to his mother, Natalia Naryshkina. Although the Rakshasa Empress Dowager has gained weight and has become a Russian aunt, she can still tell from her facial features that she was once a beauty... Otherwise, the widowed old Tsar Alexei would also I won't marry him!
When Tsar Alexei got married for the first time, he needed to find a daughter from a famous family who could support him. But when he got married for the second time, he was already in power and the country was secure, so of course he had to find a beautiful woman.
So Peter also had the opportunity to inherit his mother's appearance and became a handsome blond boy. But today, both the handsome boy and his mother Naryshkina seemed to be in a gloomy mood. Because little Peter had just been sent on a faraway mission by his sick brother Tsar Feodor - he had to send his sister Sofia to get married!
It didn't matter at first. Little Peter was in good health and it was okay to travel far away. Moreover, Patriarch Joachim had promised the Empress Dowager to accompany Peter to Tashkent to ensure his safety.
But everyone knows that this wedding is a conspiracy of Miloslavsky and Sofia - now Tsar Feodor is in very poor health, and the potion he got last time has been used up (if there was no potion, he would have been dead), most likely to die soon.
If Peter was still in Tashkent when the Tsar died of illness, then Sofia only had to find some reason to detain him, then the Moscow nobles and Orthodox bishops would have no choice but to accept Peter's brother Ivan as a stupid Tsar. By then Miloslavsky You can take over all the power...
