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Chapter 890 [Russian Mission]

early morning.

Auntie Zhu curled up inside with her face facing the wall. She felt that the emperor had sat up, but she pretended to be asleep and was embarrassed to face him.

She thought that she would spend her life just like that.I didn't expect to be accepted as a concubine suddenly. I was a little bit resistant, but I also had some expectations. Who wouldn't want to marry a good man?

Aimee Zhu, 25, also imagined what her future husband would be like.Seeing the brothers starting a family and starting a business, and even the maid at home getting married, I feel more and more lonely.

Last night, the red candle was burning, and by the light of the candle, she secretly looked at Zhao Han.

Although I have seen it countless times, this time it is different. It seems that the emperor has lost a bit of majesty and added a bit of handsomeness and kindness.

One night of joy, it really has a special taste.

The emperor dressed himself without asking the maids to serve him, and then went to the courtyard to brush his teeth.

Aimee Zhu then turned over and looked outside the house, she was dazed for a while, and heard the emperor ordering the maid outside: "Xiao Jiu was tired last night, let her sleep a little longer, and wake her up after eight o'clock."

"Yes!"

The maid left with the washbasin, and the emperor also left. I heard that the emperor likes to work while eating.

The emperor's instruction made Aimee Zhu feel sweet.

But now that there was no one in the room, Auntie Zhu lay alone for a while, feeling a little empty again.

Anyway, worrying about gains and losses, she doesn't live like this outside.

Zhao Han went to deal with government affairs early in the morning. He was lazy a few days ago, and then it was the Dragon Boat Festival. Officials were on holiday, and many unimportant official documents were still piled up.

"Your Majesty, here we come."

The steaming egg noodles with tomato are topped with scallions, and the aroma is tangy. Now is the season for tomatoes.

Zhao Han took a bite, chewing the pasta in his mouth, and wrote Zhu Zhu: Got it.

This kind of secondary official document can be delayed for ten days and a half months, as long as Zhao Han's signature is enough.For a lazy emperor, he probably wouldn't even bother to look at it.

After drawing and approving more than 20 copies in a row, I suddenly saw a summary report from a vassal state.

Good guy, after the withdrawal of the Datong Army, Southeast Asia has become a mess.

First, the civil war in Cambodia was intensifying and involved both Siamese and Han Chinese.

The current Cambodia belongs to the "Udong Era".The previous kings all died violently. Behind the decades of continuous war, there were various forces such as Spain, Portugal, Siam, the Netherlands, the Nguyen family, and Malay businessmen intervening.

The current king is called Nizhen (Vietnamese translation), also known as Po Yazhan (Chinese translation), and also known as Lemitibade II (European name).

At the beginning, Nizhen's father killed the king and usurped the throne, and married a daughter of the Vietnamese Ruan family, and also won the support of the Dutch.

Nine years later, Wu Di usurped the throne and killed Nizhen's father.

Nizhen, who was in exile overseas, got funding from a Malay businessman and married a Malay woman.Immediately converted to Islam, led a group of Malay soldiers, and with the support of Han businessmen, returned to Cambodia and successfully seized the throne.Then, the expulsion massacred the Europeans, defeating the Dutch invasion twice in a row.

However, the people all over the country believed in Buddhism, and the king's religious belief aroused unanimous dissatisfaction from the ruling and opposition parties.

King Nizhen's brothers all believed in Buddhism and were born to daughters of the Ruan family.So he asked the Ruan family to send troops, but they all failed and were killed. Only the grandson of the daughter of the Ruan family, Ansuo, was left, and he continued to fight the civil war with the flag of rebellion.

Now the Ruan family in Vietnam is too busy to take care of themselves, and the daughters of the Ruan family dare not ask China for help, and instead ask King Narai of Siam for help.

King Narai fought with China last year and expanded a large area of ​​land.This year, he readily agreed to send troops, on the condition that after Ansuo seized the throne, he would cede a piece of territory to Siam.

At the same time, An Suo, the grandson of Ruan's daughter, led troops to separatize Chai Gun (Sai ​​Kung).It was a gift from the Ruan family. Although it still belongs to Cambodian territory, the main population is Vietnamese and Han immigrants.

King Nizhen couldn't bear it a little bit, and hurriedly asked China for help.

He is the canonized king of the Celestial Dynasty, Zhao Han has reasons to interfere, and should interfere, otherwise, what is the prestige of the Celestial Dynasty?

The cabinet has already made a judgment on this, that is, the envoy reprimanded Siam and ordered it to withdraw its troops immediately, and not to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.The envoy reprimanded Po Yazhan (Nizhen) and asked him to convert to Buddhism in the future, and not to go his own way regardless of public opinion.The envoy reprimands Ansuo again, don't favor the Yue people in Chai Gun (Saigon), if you still dare to bully the Han people in Chai Gun, the Celestial Empire will definitely send troops to conquer!

The envoy reprimanded all three forces, clearly indicating that China will not send troops for the time being.

Zhao Han agreed with the cabinet's handling method, and wrote Zhu Zhu's criticism: Yes.

However, King Narai of Siam later received an order from the Chinese envoy. Although he was very upset, he still ordered the Siamese soldiers to retreat and plundered on the Cambodian border.

Ni Zhen and An Suo, the uncle and nephew, continued to fight the civil war in Cambodia.

Nizhen is purely out of his mind, and despite the rebukes from the heavenly court and the opposition from the ruling and opposition parties, he continues to believe in Islam.An Suo was very obedient and began to treat the Han people in Saigon kindly, but his act of borrowing troops from Siam also attracted criticism from the Cambodian people.

This Cambodian civil war still has to be fought. If there is no external interference, it is estimated that it will last for decades.

This is for a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.

In addition, there was also a fight in Myanmar.

The chieftains who went south from the north could only bring their private soldiers and relatives there, so their ruling power in the Dai country was very weak.So, while working together, they released the original slaves and captured the Burmese as slaves.

Although the Burmese landlords rose up to resist, the soldiers had already been taken away by the Datong army. There were a large number of them, and their combat effectiveness was worrying.Although the number of chieftains going south is small, they are fully armed, and the local slaves who have been released are willing to give up their lives to help them fight.

The entire Central Burma region, that is, within the territory of the Dai country, has been completely smashed into a pot of porridge.

The Meng State in Lower Burma is also at war.

The Meng people were powerful, and the Burmese could not make trouble, so the Meng people fought on their own.

It was agreed that one king and two dukes would rule the country, and within half a year, internal strife began. The reason was the taxation issue. The two dukes did not want to distribute too much tax to the king.

The cabinet's handling opinion is to let them continue to fight!

Zhao Han writes Zhu Zhu: Yes.

Looking down, Zhao Han couldn't laugh or cry, and Prince Nanzhang (Laos) fled to Yunnan to ask for asylum.

At this time, the king of Laos, named Surya Wangsa, was a ruthless man raised by raising Gu.This guy doesn't trust anyone, first he exiled his brothers and sisters, and now he even started to exile his children.His elder brother fled to Guangnan Province for refuge several years ago, and now his son has fled to Yunnan.

Brothers, sisters and children have been expelled. After this guy dies, it is estimated that Laos will be very exciting, and a bunch of royal family members will rush back to seize the throne.

The cabinet's handling opinion is to let the chief secretary of Yunnan take in the prince of Laos.

Zhao Han wrote Zhu Zhu: Let this prince of Nanzhang study at Kunming University.Since the prince and concubine have been separated, they can marry a Yunnan folk girl.

Laos is so poor that Zhao Han doesn't have the energy to annex it, and he can support a king.Let him marry a Han woman first, learn more about Confucian culture, and promote Confucianism when he succeeds in the future, and gradually deepen China's influence on Laos.

The next few official documents, all about the flood, were put together by the cabinet.

The locality has been fighting floods for a long time, and it is nothing more than reporting it, and by the way, asking the court to reduce or exempt taxes in the disaster-stricken area.

Zhao Han suddenly saw the report from the Anton Protectorate that the Tsarist Russian envoys had arrived in Heilongjiang.

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It's not a Cossack, it's a regular mission of Tsarist Russia.

Baykov set off from Moscow two years ago.

It was the Russian government that got the news from China.But he couldn't figure out the specific situation in China, so he sent envoys to visit. The real purpose was to obtain information along the way.

Historically, Baykov met with Shunzhi and pushed the aggression away, saying that those Cossacks were robbers, and the Russian government was also vigorously suppressing them.The emperors and ministers of the Qing Dynasty really believed it, and it is possible that they deliberately regarded it as true.

When Zhao Han was reviewing the memorial, Baykov had already arrived in Harbin.

The rammed earth city wall here has just been built, even the city towers have not been repaired, and there are not many people inside and outside the city.

Baykov is a nobleman from Moscow, and even visited Poland and other countries.He said to his deputy: "Is this the city of the Khitans? It's nothing more than that. In the villages we passed along the way, the peasants were very primitive barbarians, and the urban population here was not much. Those Cossacks are so useless. Even Such a backward country cannot be defeated.”

Fearing that these Tsarist Russian envoys would cause trouble, they were escorted by the Datong Army along the way.

After turning over the Great Wall of Liao Dynasty, Baykov's expression was obviously serious. He didn't change his words until he saw the majestic Shenyang City: "It seems that we have already reached the core territory of the Khitan people. These Khitan soldiers are also elite, indeed It needs to be taken seriously.”

Hearing that he was going to Nanjing by sea, Baykov said that he was seasick, but actually wanted to get more information by land.

Ever since, the Chief Secretary of Liaoning asked the inspectors to take these guys to Shanhaiguan.

When he came to Shanhaiguan Pass, Baikov was dumbfounded. Such a castle is very difficult to break through.

After entering the border of Hebei, Baykov's expression became more serious.After years of immigration and reproduction, the population of Hebei has increased slightly, which is already like that.

When he arrived in Tianjin, Baykov was still calm, and then he became more and more confused as he went south.

Historically, the first batch of envoys from Tsarist Russia traveled through the desolate Northeast to Beijing, which had not yet recovered. When they returned home, they said that there was nothing to be afraid of in China.So the second batch of Tsarist Russian envoys, the content of the letter of credence was so ridiculous that they ordered the Manchu Qing emperor to submit to the Tsar.

What's even more ridiculous is that the ministers did not dare to tell the emperor the truth, and all the translations were changed into respectful words. The Manchu emperor was very happy because of this, and rewarded these Russian envoys heavily.

After passing through the rich Shandong, all the way south to Yangzhou.

Baykov was already mad. Looking at the crowded city, he froze on the pier for a while without speaking.

"Isn't this your capital?" Baykov asked.

No one answered.

The officials and inspectors accompanying the Russian mission could not understand what he was saying.

Going south along the Grand Canal, there will be a big city in a while, and there are densely packed towns near the river.The prosperity of those small towns alone is comparable to many cities in Russia.

Chapter 891 [The Dabaoen Temple has become a park]

It took 250 million taels of silver and 19 craftsmen, military servicemen and civilian husbands to complete the Nanjing Dabaoen Temple, which took [-] years to complete. In the new dynasty of Datong, not only was it not demolished, but the royal family allocated funds for repairs.

Four years ago, Zhao Han allocated a full 15 taels of silver to repair the decayed palaces and reinforce the top of the tilted pagoda.

The monks were very excited about this, thinking that the emperor finally worshiped Buddha.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Han asked the craftsmen to erect a stele at the gate of the temple. The general content is: Nanjing is densely populated, and the small people in Shengdou lack places for recreation.This temple covers a vast area and has beautiful scenery, which can open the door of convenience to the common people.The monks who welcome guests are not allowed to turn away the little people, nor are they allowed to forcefully collect incense money from the little people.

To put it bluntly, it is a temple-like park.

Even the name of the temple "Dabaoen Temple" was changed to "Zhongshan Temple" by Zhao Han himself.From "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals", Yao is good and everyone is good, Jie is wrong and everyone is wrong.

The monks without certificates in the temple have long been ordered to return to vulgarity, and all the temple land has been confiscated and distributed to farmers.

The monks now only have two incomes, one is incense money and donations from believers, and the other is printing and publishing Buddhist scriptures.

There is a full set of base plates of "Yongle Southern Tibet", with a total of 1640 Buddhist scriptures engraved. You can print whichever one you want. Most of the Buddhist scriptures in the country are printed here.

Since the number of monks has dropped sharply, it should be used for other purposes.

There were more than 30 halls and pavilions, 148 monasteries, 118 corridors, and 38 scripture rooms in the temple. It is the largest temple in China's past dynasties.During the Wanli period, a fire burned down many buildings. After Zhao Han rebuilt it, he set aside an area and opened another gate to house envoys from various countries.

The number of foreign envoys coming to Nanjing is increasing. Sometimes, there are dozens of people in a mission.The Honglu Temple was very troublesome, and occasionally they couldn't find a place to live, so they had to throw the accompanying people into the inn.

If you want to build another Fanguan in the city, you can't spare such a big space, and you have to demolish some houses.

Isn't there a place in Dabaoen Temple?Although it is outside the city, it is not far from the South City Gate.

Of course, it should be called Zhongshan Temple now.

On the day when Zhongshan Temple reopened, countless people, faithful men and women, flocked to visit and watch the excitement.

The envoys from various countries who stayed in Nanjing also moved into an area through the side door, and you can see the 78.2-meter-high glazed pagoda when you look up.

This is also an important reason why Zhao Han threw envoys from various countries here. The pagoda made of glazed glass is almost 80 meters high, and 146 ever-burning lamps are lit at night.You foreign envoys, watch me day and night, and keep a little more reverence for the Celestial Dynasty from now on.

Prince Charles and two London country teenagers currently live here.

They have already enrolled in Jinling University, and the tuition comes from the bride price money from the British princess.The school starts in August of the lunar calendar, and I will move to live in the school in a few days.

The envoys live in the temple, and they don't eat and drink for free. Generally, they only entertain for free for two months, and they have to pay for it beyond the period.At most half a year, after half a year, no money will be allowed to live, and I will go to the city to find an inn by myself.

Of course, French, Persian, and Mughal envoys are certainly exceptions.

Especially in France, the king and queen mother were so polite, they gave Zhao Han a golden carriage, and they also sent a lot of horse breeds to China.French friends can live wherever they want, for three to five years, without paying any board and lodging fees!

On the night of moving in, envoys from all over the world saw the glazed pagoda glowing at night for the first time, and they were still watching it at close range in the temple. During the four-year renovation period, the lights have not been turned on.

Everyone raised their necks, staring at the pagoda in a daze.

At this time, the glazed pagoda is brighter than before, because of the addition of a glass convex lens, the brightness is several times that of the original.

The envoy sent by the King of Cambodia to ask for help, knelt down devoutly and kowtowed, and then recited scriptures with palms together.

In Southeast Asia today, the Buddhist center is in Laos, and monks from all over the world will go to Laos to learn Buddhism.The envoy in front of him, together with the monks on the mission, have already regarded this place as a Buddhist holy place.

Several French visiting scholars are now in a daze.

Among them, there are writers, artists, and architects.During the day, I visited the glazed pagoda, studied the architectural structure of the pagoda, and tried to return to Paris to build one for Louis XIV.

But after a while of research, these people feel even more powerless. Even if they learn it, the French royal family lacks the manpower and material resources to build it.

The French painter and architect planned to paint the glazed pagoda and throw it to Louis XIV to have a dry addiction.If you have to imitate it, build a 20-meter-high one on the outskirts of Paris. It can also be called "European Little Nanjing" in the future.

There is also a French writer who praised Zhao Han in his notes: