I am their great emperor again!
Hearing the cheers of the people below, Kangxi Khan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Kangxi, who had been emperor, emperor, and khan for more than 20 years, already knew the way of a king. A king must not only have a title, but also must have enough minions to drive them, and the key to driving the minions is rewards and punishments...it can make people rich, but it can also make other people's families ruined!
The current Kangxi Khan cannot touch the big figures of the Confucian Eight Banners and Horqin for the time being, otherwise it will be a civil war. Because Ruba Banner and Horqin Mongolia were not his slaves of Kang Mazi, but a self-contained vassal group. They have their own territory and army, which cannot be controlled by Kangxi Khan's decree.
The only way to move them is to fight a civil war!
For Kangxi, who was outnumbered and had a super powerful enemy like the Ming Dynasty, fighting a civil war between the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Qing Eight Banners, the Ru Eight Banners, and the Horqin Mongolian Banners was tantamount to courting death. Because these four forces are his core, without them, Hui Eight Banners, Indian Eight Banners, Sikh Green Camp, as well as Bukhara, Khiva, Kazakh, Afghan, Rajput and other tribes will most likely rebel.
Therefore, Kangxi Khan must maintain the unity of the four core groups of the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Qing Eight Banners, the Confucian Eight Banners and the Horqin Mongolia!
In this case, "reward" became the only method Kangxi Khan could take.
Of course, just having rewards without punishment is not enough. It's just that the punishments should be placed after the rewards... After everything is sorted up and down, and then a few are brought out and punished severely, Ru Baqi and Horqin will be submissive.
"Sweat!"
When Kangxi was feeling proud, a harsh Shandong accent suddenly came to his ears. This was Kong Shenggong speaking.
"Brother Shenggong," Kangxi Khan looked back at Kong Shenggong and asked in a friendly tone, "do you have any good advice to offer?"
Kong Shenggong walked up to Kangxi, bowed to Kangxi and said: "Great Khan, the deputy Khan of Mongolia and Heshuote Khan recently sent envoys to Beijing to report that Cewang Alabutan had led tens of thousands of Ming invaders to invade Yeerqiang. The troops and horses of the Quanbu and Yeerqiang tribes are difficult to resist, and the situation is extremely urgent... I propose that the King of the Western Qing Dynasty take command and lead the elite troops of the Western Qing and Horqin troops to march eastward to rescue the troops of the Quanbu."
When Yinreng heard what his father-in-law said, he immediately ran to Kangxi and knelt down and said: "Emperor Ama, our Qing Dynasty and Junggar are close to each other. If our lips die, our teeth will be cold! If the Junggar tribe perishes, the Kazakh grassland will also be clear." If the bandits invade, Horqin will no longer have peace, and he may be disturbed by the bandits when he goes to the capital. Please ask the emperor to allow his ministers and the Holy Duke to send troops together to rescue the Quanbu and ensure the peace of the Kazakh grasslands!"
Of course Kangxi Khan knew what Kong Shenggong and Yinreng were thinking... This was to unite the four forces of Ruba Banner, Horqin, Junggar, and Heshuote by sending troops!
But he just held high the banner of opposing the Ming and restoring the Qing Dynasty, so it’s not a good idea to slap him in the face right away!
So I could only nod approvingly: "Okay! My son is indeed a hero from his youth...I will immediately have some guns, sugar and medicine brought to Beijing from Beijing. After the great mourning of the Empress Dowager, I will ask you and Kong Shenggong will send troops together!"
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In November 1687 AD, Goa, the newly opened Zigongtang shop, there are distinguished guests visiting today!
The so-called Zigongtang firm was, of course, not opened by Duanmu Zigong, a good student of Confucius, but a firm affiliated with the Confucian Main Hall responsible for business and trade... Confucianism today is really struggling, every day Progress has been made. It is no longer the "Four Books and Six Classics", but comes from the "Four Books and Ten Classics". Among the "Ten Classics", in addition to the "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes", "Spring and Autumn", etc. In addition to the traditional Five Classics, new Five Classics such as "Anti Classics", "Agricultural Classic", "Gong Jing", "Business Classic", and "Military Classic" have also been "discovered"!
The New Five Classics all guide practical work, so they all have corresponding branches. Among them, "Anti-Jing" corresponds to the secret hall... Rebellion must always be carried out secretly. The "Agricultural Classic" corresponds to the canteen... It sounds like a place where people line up for meals, but it actually manages some of the Confucian-controlled farms and pastures in Shangjing Prefecture. "Gongjing" corresponds to the Instrument Hall, which is an organization that manages manual workshops that make various weapons and agricultural tools. "The Classic of War" corresponds to the Martial Arts Hall, which is actually a military academy. The "Shang Jing" corresponds to this Zigongtang, which was named after the trade name "Zigong" given by Duanmu, Confucius' "rich disciple". In fact, it was a chartered trading company belonging to Confucianism!
After Kangxi Khan took over the fertile northwestern India, both the Great Mongolia and Confucianism had the need to conduct foreign trade, and the foreign trade of this era certainly included the kind of "franchised trade" that involved burning, killing, looting and all kinds of evil.
Zigongtang's "franchised trade" targets the various kingdoms in South India and the Tianfang religious countries along the Indian Ocean. He is also responsible for trade with the Ming Dynasty, the Hindustan Empire and Western countries.
In addition, Zigongtang is also responsible for selling the white sugar produced by Pingtianfu in Nanjing to foreign countries!
It is no exaggeration to say that this Zigongtang was opened with a golden key!
However, the distinguished guests who came to visit today did not come for sugar, but for "cultural relics"... came for several precious cultural relics from China's Shang and Zhou dynasties!
In a parlor on the second floor of the Zigongtang store in Goa, several cups of tea are exuding the ever-changing fragrance of Niao Na.
Zhang Ying and Tu Hai, who had just arrived with newly prepared cultural relics, were already meeting with John Churchill of the United Kingdom, Martin of France, Wallenberg of Sweden, and Rodrigo Dacos, the Portuguese Governor of India (Governor of Goa). Tower, Colombo Governor Regerson of the Dutch East India Company, Ji Dabao, a leading figure in Oriental studies who was responsible for holding eyes for foreigners, and others had been chatting there for a while.
Seeing the impatient expressions of several foreign devils, Zhang Ying and Tu Hai looked at each other, finally ended their pleasantries and started talking about business. I saw Zhang Ying's serious face: "You foreigners, this time my brother and Master Tu visited the Confucian Kong Shenggong in Shangjing. After all the talk, we finally got a treasure from him, and it was all Zhou. A good thing passed down from the imperial dynasty, a priceless treasure! If the Great Khan hadn't released it, it would have been impossible to get it back."
Tuhai continued what he said: "Everyone, Tuhai also got a few good things from the King of the Western Qing Dynasty this time... There are tributes from overseas merchants sent by the Korean state, and Korean A copy of the memorial from the king to the regent of the Qing Dynasty."
Both of their words were translated into Latin by Ji Dabao. When the foreign devils present heard this, their eyes widened.
Really!
John Churchill quickly said to Ji Dabao: "Professor Ji, tell them to take out the cultural relics quickly, we are eagerly waiting to see!"
look? Ji Dabaoxin said: "Do you know the goods? That is not a treasure from ancient Rome, ancient Greece, or ancient Egypt. It was passed down from the Zhou Dynasty... I have never seen it before!"
Thinking of this, he quickly smiled and said to Zhang Ying and Tu Hai: "My lords, Lord Qiu is very interested in antiquities. He has many treasures from ancient Rome, ancient Greece, and ancient Egypt in his family. He is very interested in our Chinese cultural relics." I'm also very interested, can you two take out the treasure and let Lord Qiu open his eyes?"
"Okay!" Zhang Ying said, stretched out his hand and slapped it three times. Then I saw four Indian maids wearing Indian lisas, strong bodies, and veils carrying two boxes into the living room, and then placed the two boxes side by side on an Eight Immortals table in the middle of the living room. There are seals on the boxes, and you can tell at a glance that they have not been opened.
Zhang Ying and Tu Hai stood up together and walked to the table. Zhang Ying waved his hand and asked the four Indian maids to step back. Then he opened one of the boxes and worked with Tu Hai to take out a bronze vessel with a very simple shape and green color. It was obvious at first glance that it was very ancient. .
Baron Churchill, who was very knowledgeable about the cultural relics of ancient Rome, ancient Greece and ancient Egypt, recognized this bronze artifact at a glance. Then he stood up suddenly, raised his arm and pointed at the "treasure", and stammered: " Mortar, mortar, mortar... cannon! Oh my God, they had mortars more than two thousand years ago!"
Several other foreigners present were also shocked.
Because what they saw was clearly an ancient small mortar... The technical difficulty of casting a bronze cannon was not high, it was just a hole in a cylinder. Many of the curious bronzes were more difficult to cast than a small mortar.
The real difficulty in inventing artillery was actually gunpowder, which had already appeared in China a long time ago. Although there is no historical data to support the fact that gunpowder has appeared as far back as 2,000 years ago, there are many things that have been invented or discovered many times in history, then lost, and then invented or discovered again...Gunpowder It’s not surprising that this kind of thing has been invented many times.
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Moreover, early firearms had limited power and were not even suitable for use as weapons to kill enemies. Instead, they were used to emit sound or smoke for battlefield communication or to scare enemies.
It is not surprising that such firearms would be lost.
But there is also a possibility that these ancient firearms were lost in China, but businessmen who fled China passed them on...
Ji Dabao was also shocked: "This, this is a mortar! Master Zhang, Master Tu, did you really get this from Kong Shenggong?"
Zhang Ying said seriously: "This is not a mortar. This is called 'bang'. It is a military instrument, and it is used like this."
As he spoke, he took out a short stick from the box, and then gently knocked on the instrument called "Boom", making a sound of "Dang".
"Did you hear that?" Zhang Ying said, "When you knock it, it will make a 'boom' sound."
As he spoke, he knocked again, and there was still a "dang" sound.
Ji Dabaoxin said: "Are you a deaf person? You still 'boom'...it's obviously 'dang'!"
When he was suspecting that there was something wrong with Zhang Ying's ears, Tu Hai called to Ji Dabao again and said, "Mr. Ji, look here... there are one hundred and eight bells and tripods engraved on the surface of this bomber. "
"Zhong Ding Wen is... written in which dynasty?" Ji Dabao, an "Orientalist", is so knowledgeable that he doesn't even know what Zhong Ding Wen is!
Zhang Ying and Tu Hai felt relieved after hearing his question.
Tu Hai explained: "The so-called bell and tripod inscriptions are the characters engraved on bronze vessels, also known as bronze inscriptions. They are usually characters from the Shang and Zhou dynasties."
Learned a lot!
Ji Dabao quickly took out a magnifying glass and pretended to identify the bells and dings... Basically, he didn't recognize them!
Ji Dabao "can't read", so he could only ask for advice humbly, "Master Zhang, Master Tu, what do the words above mean?"
Zhang Yingdao: "Mr. Ji, most of this Zhong Ding Wen has been lost due to its long history, and only a few of its contents are still known. Fortunately, the ancestors of the Holy Gong family learned from each other, and many generations of people have verified each word word for word, and finally they can recognize it. There are hundreds of bells and cauldrons. There are a total of one hundred and eight bells and cauldrons on this 'boom' device, and now fifty-one of them can be identified."
As he spoke, he took out another thread-bound book from the box and handed it to Ji Dabao, "It's all here. The fifty-one words that can be recognized are all explained clearly. The 'boom' device is on There are a total of twenty-two paragraphs, and they have been interpreted as much as possible. The general meaning is that King Wu returned to heaven, and the Shang Dynasty recovered the country. After three years of occupation, they were finally defeated by the Zhou Dynasty, so they crossed the sea and moved eastward to find overseas paradise and cast it. The 'boom' vessel was used to worship the God of the Sea... It is said that the 'boom' vessel was discovered by the Marquis of Qi, Jiang Ziya, in an altar near the seaside in what is now Beizhili. It was later collected as a national treasure by the State of Qi. After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Six Kingdoms, it lived among the people. Later, it was acquired by King Liu Fei of Qi, and was given to the ancestors of Shenggong, and then passed down from generation to generation. Mr. Ji, these words I said are all written in the book I gave you. "
Ji Dabao flipped through it and found that it had actually been written, and there was also a picture of a bomber, which was quite clear and it looked real!
Obviously, this 'Boom' is the real thing!
At this time, Tuhai opened another leather box, which also contained seven or eight small bombs and a stack of question books. These 'boom' weapons are different from the 'boom' weapons passed down from the Zhou Dynasty. They are obviously much more refined, smaller in size, and have wooden handles and seemingly complicated mechanisms.
Tuhai reached out and grabbed a 'Boom', showed it to Ji Dabao and a few foreign devils, and then shocked them again.
"Flintlock pistol? Is this a bronze flintlock pistol?" Baron Churchill exclaimed loudly.
Ji Dabao also exclaimed: "This is a pistol! Is this also passed down from the Zhou Dynasty?"
Tu Hai shook his head, pointed the 'boom' in his hand at Ji Dabao's forehead, and said with a smile: "Mr. Ji, take a closer look, this is not a pistol, this is also a 'boom', it Its full name is "Zi Sheng Huo Hong" and it is also a ritual vessel. However, it was not handed down from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but was a gift from the overseas Shang Fang Kingdom that Li Chenggui, who knew the state affairs of Korea, gave to Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. It was used to congratulate the Ming Dynasty for expelling ghosts. To restore the Shang’s homeland.”
"What?" Ji Dabao was even more surprised, "They, they had flintlock pistols at the time of Ming Taizu?"
Tu Hai shook his head and said with a smile: "It will be a little earlier...According to Li Chenggui's memorial, this bomber existed as early as the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was always a gift from overseas merchants. Go to Goryeo and Korea, and then ask them to transfer the bomb weapons gifts to the Central Plains Dynasty."
