Chapter 2831
Chapter 2831
Chapter 2831
It is an extremely clever means to affect the material supply and industrial structure of another country through trade activities. Even if people with discerning eyes in the Qing Dynasty realized the long-term impact of this move, it would be difficult to shake the authority of vested interests and change this situation. momentum of development.After all, most of the considerable income from the Manchu tobacco business went into the treasury and the pockets of the nobles. If these powerful people were to give up this source of income, it would be tantamount to gouging out a large piece of money from them. The meat comes.
The tobacco business is only one of the many means Haihan has adopted in its trade activities with the Qing Dynasty. The Ministry of Commerce and the Northern Region have already formulated clear plans on how to gradually increase their influence on the Qing Dynasty through trade. .
Chen Pingliao said: "Most of the commodities that our country provides to the Manchu Qing are daily necessities. In addition to cigarettes, we continue to supply liquor, sugar, refined salt, tea, textiles, porcelain and other commodities to the Manchu Qing. They are all closely related to life. They used to go to Daming or North Korea to grab these things by force, but now they can’t send troops to war, so they can only get them through trade.”
Ning Zijing added: "Moreover, the quality of the goods we provide is not comparable to the spoils they snatched back before. Apart from the trade route, there will be no other channels to obtain these goods. And for the Manchus who came to power For those people, the introduction of these products will not cost them money, but they can get huge profits through agency distribution rights, just like the operation mode of cigarettes."
One of the purposes of launching a war is to make a profit, but now there is no need to fight, and there is a steady stream of income, even more than before, the possibility of the Manchu and Qing voluntary wars will be greatly reduced. Opinions on cooperation with Haihan It will gradually take over the mainstream.
Bai Letong nodded again and again, feeling deeply reasonable.
These conversations greatly changed his views on the governance philosophy of the Northern Region. All the information he received a few days ago was that the Northern Region wanted to expand its armed forces for various reasons. It was quite militaristic, and it seemed that a war was about to break out.However, judging from the methods used to deal with the Manchu Qing, they did not blindly emphasize force, and trade methods were also used very smoothly.
"If there is an opportunity, we can also take some measures in terms of culture and education...such as exporting books to the Qing Dynasty, or inviting literati from there to study in our country." Bai Letong believes that his professional field can also play a role. Dang even made a suggestion to Chen Pingliao.
"What Brother Bai said, we have actually been trying." Chen Pingliao affirmed his opinion: "It's just that the Manchus are in power over there, and the Manchus are very vigilant against Han culture. At present, there is no way to sell books through normal channels. As for cultivating a group of literati who are close to our country, it will take years of hard work before it is possible to see results. When Brother Bai arrives in Liaodong and has seen the actual situation in the local area, you may wish to give us Point out the maze."
Two days later, Bai Kesi and his party ended their inspection activities in Shandong, and accompanied by Chen Yixin and his son, they took a boat from Zhifu Port to Liaodong.
Haihan began to send troops to Liaodong in 1635, and captured the area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus from the Manchus the following year.However, in the following years, the two sides have maintained a state of military confrontation in the north and south of the Jinzhou Isthmus, and the entire Jinzhou area has long been used as the front line of the war, and military control has been enforced.
During this period, the armies of the two countries fought many times on the Korean battlefield and the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula. The Qing army lost more than it won, but the fronts of the two sides in Liaodong did not change much, and the confrontation with the Jinzhou Isthmus as the boundary continued. situation.
It was not until after 1645 that the northern region gradually strengthened its military operations on the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Manchu Qing could not resist, and the battle line began to move northward.By the time the two sides signed the armistice agreement in 1654, the gap in military strength between Manchu and Qing had become very obvious, so they had to give up a large area including Shenyang City to Haihan, and restore their own control area to Jianzhou Jurchen period.
Today, the Jinzhou area has become the rear of Haihan's ruled area in Liaodong. Military control is no longer necessary, and social order has basically returned to normal.
The few good natural ports in the entire Liaodong Peninsula are almost all concentrated in the Jinzhou area, and the ports here have also assumed more commercial functions, and are no longer just military facilities serving the army.
The first stop for Bai Kesi and his party to investigate Liaodong was Lushun Port, located at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.Departing from Zhifu Port by boat, crossing the Bohai Strait to Lushun Port, the whole voyage only takes half a day.When the fleet sailed into Lushun Port, the sun had not yet set.
Bai Letong noticed that there seemed to be battlements built on the high mountains on the right side of the channel, so he asked Chen Pingliao about it.
Chen Pingliao introduced: "As Brother Bai saw, the fort built on the high place is the Jinshan coast defense fort, which is divided into two parts, high and low. Looking from the sea, the two forts seem to be very close to each other. One is on the top of the mountain and the other is on the mountainside. But in fact, there is a ravine between the two forts, and the distance is more than one mile. The shipboard artillery often has visual errors when aiming at it, and it is difficult to hit the target. If you are interested, Brother Bai, you can arrange time to go to the fort visit."
Chen Yixin added next to him: "The mausoleum of Huang Long, the former chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, is also near the fort. Every year we organize the sailors from Lushun Port to hold memorial activities there."
Bai Kesi nodded and said: "The famous loyal minister is worthy of commemoration for future generations, let's go and see it together sometime!"
Although Huang Long was a general of the Ming Dynasty, his deeds are worthy of admiration for soldiers.At the beginning, he led the soldiers of Dongjiang Town to guard Lushun, and fought against the Houjin Army for several years. In the end, all his family members died for the country, which can be described as a model of loyalty.Chongzhen decreed to posthumously designate Huanglong as Zuo Dudu, and gave him a sacrificial funeral to commemorate his deeds.Even the Houjin army respected this opponent very much, and gave him a very high courtesy in handling his funeral, and allowed him to be buried on the coast outside the mouth of Lushun, and continue to guard the port in the dark.
After Haihan captured Lushun from Houjin, he also repaired the Huanglong Mausoleum several times. A few years ago, he built a memorial hall next to the mausoleum, and organized the garrison troops to pay homage every year.
After driving closer, Bai Letong noticed that not only forts were built on the high mountains on the right bank of the channel, but also on the tiger tail peninsula on the left side of the channel, there were also coastal defense forts. There are [-] feet wide entry and exit channels.This made him think of Sanya's Shengli Port, which also built the same defense system. If foreign enemies wanted to invade from the sea, they would first have to face artillery fire from the coastal defense fort.
(End of this chapter)
It is an extremely clever means to affect the material supply and industrial structure of another country through trade activities. Even if people with discerning eyes in the Qing Dynasty realized the long-term impact of this move, it would be difficult to shake the authority of vested interests and change this situation. momentum of development.After all, most of the considerable income from the Manchu tobacco business went into the treasury and the pockets of the nobles. If these powerful people were to give up this source of income, it would be tantamount to gouging out a large piece of money from them. The meat comes.
The tobacco business is only one of the many means Haihan has adopted in its trade activities with the Qing Dynasty. The Ministry of Commerce and the Northern Region have already formulated clear plans on how to gradually increase their influence on the Qing Dynasty through trade. .
Chen Pingliao said: "Most of the commodities that our country provides to the Manchu Qing are daily necessities. In addition to cigarettes, we continue to supply liquor, sugar, refined salt, tea, textiles, porcelain and other commodities to the Manchu Qing. They are all closely related to life. They used to go to Daming or North Korea to grab these things by force, but now they can’t send troops to war, so they can only get them through trade.”
Ning Zijing added: "Moreover, the quality of the goods we provide is not comparable to the spoils they snatched back before. Apart from the trade route, there will be no other channels to obtain these goods. And for the Manchus who came to power For those people, the introduction of these products will not cost them money, but they can get huge profits through agency distribution rights, just like the operation mode of cigarettes."
One of the purposes of launching a war is to make a profit, but now there is no need to fight, and there is a steady stream of income, even more than before, the possibility of the Manchu and Qing voluntary wars will be greatly reduced. Opinions on cooperation with Haihan It will gradually take over the mainstream.
Bai Letong nodded again and again, feeling deeply reasonable.
These conversations greatly changed his views on the governance philosophy of the Northern Region. All the information he received a few days ago was that the Northern Region wanted to expand its armed forces for various reasons. It was quite militaristic, and it seemed that a war was about to break out.However, judging from the methods used to deal with the Manchu Qing, they did not blindly emphasize force, and trade methods were also used very smoothly.
"If there is an opportunity, we can also take some measures in terms of culture and education...such as exporting books to the Qing Dynasty, or inviting literati from there to study in our country." Bai Letong believes that his professional field can also play a role. Dang even made a suggestion to Chen Pingliao.
"What Brother Bai said, we have actually been trying." Chen Pingliao affirmed his opinion: "It's just that the Manchus are in power over there, and the Manchus are very vigilant against Han culture. At present, there is no way to sell books through normal channels. As for cultivating a group of literati who are close to our country, it will take years of hard work before it is possible to see results. When Brother Bai arrives in Liaodong and has seen the actual situation in the local area, you may wish to give us Point out the maze."
Two days later, Bai Kesi and his party ended their inspection activities in Shandong, and accompanied by Chen Yixin and his son, they took a boat from Zhifu Port to Liaodong.
Haihan began to send troops to Liaodong in 1635, and captured the area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus from the Manchus the following year.However, in the following years, the two sides have maintained a state of military confrontation in the north and south of the Jinzhou Isthmus, and the entire Jinzhou area has long been used as the front line of the war, and military control has been enforced.
During this period, the armies of the two countries fought many times on the Korean battlefield and the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula. The Qing army lost more than it won, but the fronts of the two sides in Liaodong did not change much, and the confrontation with the Jinzhou Isthmus as the boundary continued. situation.
It was not until after 1645 that the northern region gradually strengthened its military operations on the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Manchu Qing could not resist, and the battle line began to move northward.By the time the two sides signed the armistice agreement in 1654, the gap in military strength between Manchu and Qing had become very obvious, so they had to give up a large area including Shenyang City to Haihan, and restore their own control area to Jianzhou Jurchen period.
Today, the Jinzhou area has become the rear of Haihan's ruled area in Liaodong. Military control is no longer necessary, and social order has basically returned to normal.
The few good natural ports in the entire Liaodong Peninsula are almost all concentrated in the Jinzhou area, and the ports here have also assumed more commercial functions, and are no longer just military facilities serving the army.
The first stop for Bai Kesi and his party to investigate Liaodong was Lushun Port, located at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.Departing from Zhifu Port by boat, crossing the Bohai Strait to Lushun Port, the whole voyage only takes half a day.When the fleet sailed into Lushun Port, the sun had not yet set.
Bai Letong noticed that there seemed to be battlements built on the high mountains on the right side of the channel, so he asked Chen Pingliao about it.
Chen Pingliao introduced: "As Brother Bai saw, the fort built on the high place is the Jinshan coast defense fort, which is divided into two parts, high and low. Looking from the sea, the two forts seem to be very close to each other. One is on the top of the mountain and the other is on the mountainside. But in fact, there is a ravine between the two forts, and the distance is more than one mile. The shipboard artillery often has visual errors when aiming at it, and it is difficult to hit the target. If you are interested, Brother Bai, you can arrange time to go to the fort visit."
Chen Yixin added next to him: "The mausoleum of Huang Long, the former chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, is also near the fort. Every year we organize the sailors from Lushun Port to hold memorial activities there."
Bai Kesi nodded and said: "The famous loyal minister is worthy of commemoration for future generations, let's go and see it together sometime!"
Although Huang Long was a general of the Ming Dynasty, his deeds are worthy of admiration for soldiers.At the beginning, he led the soldiers of Dongjiang Town to guard Lushun, and fought against the Houjin Army for several years. In the end, all his family members died for the country, which can be described as a model of loyalty.Chongzhen decreed to posthumously designate Huanglong as Zuo Dudu, and gave him a sacrificial funeral to commemorate his deeds.Even the Houjin army respected this opponent very much, and gave him a very high courtesy in handling his funeral, and allowed him to be buried on the coast outside the mouth of Lushun, and continue to guard the port in the dark.
After Haihan captured Lushun from Houjin, he also repaired the Huanglong Mausoleum several times. A few years ago, he built a memorial hall next to the mausoleum, and organized the garrison troops to pay homage every year.
After driving closer, Bai Letong noticed that not only forts were built on the high mountains on the right bank of the channel, but also on the tiger tail peninsula on the left side of the channel, there were also coastal defense forts. There are [-] feet wide entry and exit channels.This made him think of Sanya's Shengli Port, which also built the same defense system. If foreign enemies wanted to invade from the sea, they would first have to face artillery fire from the coastal defense fort.
(End of this chapter)