Dominate the Country

"Gojo!"

In the West Palace, Mrs. Gao angrily threw out the newly drawn card, which was of no use at all.

An Eight Immortals table made of huanghuali was placed under the glass window. Four women in plain clothes were concentrating on building the Great Wall, served by several times the number of maids. The sunlight outside the house shines through the glass on Gao's body to the east. In this palace, those who can go out in plain clothes are all distinguished masters.

Just like these four in front of me. Moreover, although Gao's clothes are simple, with the gold and silver threads in the colorful embroidered peony and butterfly pattern sparkling in the sun, it perfectly offsets the old-fashioned look brought by the azurite satin. This is called simplicity but not simplicity.

"I'm really unlucky today. I always have bad cards. If Concubine Wan hadn't let me, I would have lost all the money on the table." There were four piles of money on the table of the Eight Immortals, some big and some small, and he was the most confident. Of course it belongs to the Gao family. There are not only large and small silver ingots, but also ingots of gold at the bottom.

"Oh, how can I give in to the Queen Mother?" Concubine Wan, it was definitely Concubine Wan who was going to go. She didn't tell any lies at all, she was telling the truth. She really didn't mean to let the Gao family of. Who doesn’t know the rules of the latter card game? That character is definitely nobler than that of a saint. If anyone let her do it on purpose, they would definitely offend Mr. Gao. "My spirit is..., really..." I couldn't help but keep wandering.

In three days, the Supreme Emperor would leave for the north. Chen Hui decided to take a walk around Beijing while his body was still strong and have a look. The Forbidden City and Old Summer Palace in Beijing belong to his own family. If Chen Hui didn't go and have a look himself, he would not be willing to die.

As soon as Chen Hui left, the Gao family also wanted to go, and his concubines and Yingying Yanyan all wanted to go with him. Although Concubine Wan is still in the palace, her heart has already flown far away. Because who doesn’t want to go outside?

As soon as you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea. Although the food and clothing of the palace concubines were luxurious, especially those who were favored, their scope of activities was also prohibited in the small palace.

For Chen Hui to go out for fun, the happiest person is not necessarily Chen Hui himself, but his concubines.

Besides, there are many concubines in the palace who like to play cards and newly-minted concubines, but Concubine Wan is not included among them. She is a beloved concubine. She has so much time to play cards, so she might as well think more about Chen Hui's thoughts. She plays cards more to please Mr. Gao. Who doesn't know that in this palace, the best way to please Mrs. Gao is not to talk to her or find some new things to make her happy, but to play cards with her and build the Great Wall. It's best to win her over!

Mrs. Gao also knew the reason why Concubine Wan came to play cards with her every time, so every time she would pull Concubine Wan to play cards from morning till night. Grinding Chen Hui's beloved concubine is also her other big hobby.

However, if you raise your sight from where the four members of the Gao family are, and over the high palace walls, you can find that in the huge West Palace complex, except for the Queen Mother Gao family, who is quiet, the other courtyards are already quiet. I am busy and busy.

Chen Ming didn't expect that Chen Hui would be so passionate about Beijing. Just after the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Hui proposed to travel to the north. Then the time was quickly set for the first day of March.

When the Emperor and the Empress Dowager travel, safety must at least be guaranteed. Ships will be docked along the way, guards will be escorted, and drinking water and food will be provided. These are the most basic things. For local pick-ups, Chen Hui does not have to go straight to Beijing, but also stops for sightseeing along the way, such as Mount Taishan in Shandong. Chen Ming now also understands the psychology of his cheap father. His power has been transferred, his health is not good, and the whole world belongs to his family. When he was alive, the Chen family's family business was developed to the largest scale in the world. No matter how great his contribution is, he is worthy of the ancestors of the Chen family. In this situation, if he doesn't take advantage of the chance to move and play, walk around and have a look, will he have to wait for death while he's still alive?

Chen Ming left all this matter to Chen Er. Although Chen Zhongsheng does not have great literary talent or wisdom, he can serve people and serve them comfortably. This is his ability. And he also has vision! This time Chen and Han alternated between old and new, but Chen Er still sat firmly in the position of the Internal Affairs Department. Don't be surprised by favor or disgrace, let the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; go or stay carelessly, watch the clouds roll and relax in the sky. Very calm.

…

From the prince to the emperor, Chen Ming became the number one person in China, both in terms of real power and in name.

But the world does not necessarily revolve around him. Chen Ming must use his own efforts and practical actions to promote the world. Now he is doing two major things, the first is the issuance of banknotes; the second It's North Korea's problem.

The former is a major event related to Chen Han's future state affairs, while the latter Chen Ming has not yet made up his mind. The development of the domestic situation in North Korea was a bit beyond Chen Ming's expectation. Although Li Yin had not yet reached the point of betrayal and separation, many people in the original group still chose to leave. Many North Korean dignitaries and rebel leaders have expressed their inability to accept the fact that Li Yin is their monarch. This shame is very high.

The only people who are still unswervingly surrounding Li Yin are Anton Jin and a group of close friends.

In the entire Joseon Dynasty, there is only one person left, Yi Chi, in the past five generations. Killing him is definitely not allowed, and imprisoning him is not suitable. Because the most important job for Yi Chi is to give birth to a son. The stain on him can never be washed away, so he will be regarded as a reproductive tool and work hard for the next generation of the Joseon Dynasty.

Chen Ming certainly doesn't want Yi Chi to give birth to a son. The current situation in Korea is very favorable to China. If Yi Chi dies, the entire Joseon royal family will be extinct, and there will be only a few side branches out of the fifth mourning period, which is much more serious than the extinction of the Japanese emperor, who even has no close bloodline.

Then, wouldn't Korea be a dish in China's bowl?

That is why, in order to "avoid suspicion", Chen Ming, China cannot take over the security of Yi Chi. Yi Chi must be under the protection of the Koreans themselves, and then he can't give birth to a son, so that China can wash away suspicion.

Chen Ming couldn't make up his mind at the moment. How to deal with Li Qi in the best interest of his own? If Li Qi really gave birth to a son under the protection of the Koreans, it would be a big disaster.

"Your Majesty, there is a news from Siam that the British have transported at least 3,000 muskets to form a new army for Myanmar."

Chen Ming was talking to his cheap father about Outer Mongolia. He nodded slightly and said nothing. He ignored Britain and France for the time being and pretended not to know. He was still waiting for the gunshots in Lexington, North America.

"Father. Jebtsundamba III has been dead for two years this year. The reincarnation should have been "found." The news from Outer Mongolia is that the Khalkha Mongolian princes asked the Eighth Dasai to designate the reincarnation. The latter is only seventeen years old and has not yet received the bhikkhu precepts, that is, he has not yet "governed himself". It can be said that he is still a looker without real power. Who is this reincarnation to be designated by the Eighth Dasai? It is a very interesting thing.

If Chen Ming remembered correctly, there were several times in history when the Dalai died before reaching adulthood. Therefore, in the early days of the founding of the country, the Dalai and Banchan, who were not much different in age, were four generations apart in generation.

It's just that Chen Ming couldn't remember which Dalai happened to. But this at least reflects the complexity of the political struggle in Tibet from one aspect. In addition to the Heaven and Earth Revolution, it happened to be at this time. The fourth Jebtsundamba Khutuktu would be 99% of the nobles in Tibet. In the world of Chen Han, in the current situation, compared with the Manchu and Mongolian families, the Mongolian and Tibetan families are more worthy of expectation, but I don't know which family will fall on the head.

Although Chen Hui was unwilling to get involved in government affairs, his identity - the emperor, was a very powerful weapon in itself. He was also qualified to grasp the few times that Jingzhangjia III was involved in the hooking with Outer Mongolia.

"The cavalry sent to Outer Mongolia last year is preparing to enter Outer Mongolia again." The First Cavalry Brigade led by Chen Kaishan, with more than 5,000 people, went north from Zhangjiakou last year and entered Lake Baikal in the summer.

However, due to various reasons, the results were few, and the Cossacks in the south of Lake Baikal retreated to the north. The biggest achievement of the First Cavalry Brigade was the complete destruction of Upper Udinsk and the burning of four Cossack villages. There were really not many results.

The Cossacks at the southern end of Lake Baikal retreated to the north.

When Chen Kaishan led his troops to Outer Mongolia, the news of their dispatch was known to the Russians. At that time, the Russians had just sent a troop to the east, just to attack Xinjiangkou, and the local military strength in the area around Lake Baikal had reached a limit.

But fortunately, they also released a Torghut cavalry in the Outer Northeast, and the leader Tsebek Dorji was not interested in taking advantage of the Qing Dynasty. Although the order he received from Grigoriy Alexandrovich Potemkin was to cooperate with the Qing army in the northeast, Tsebokdorji always kept his troops at the junction of Yablonov Mountain and Greater Khingan Range.

Knowing that the cavalry sent by the Fu Han Army was about to attack the Baikal Lake area, Tsebokdorji was very happy in his heart, but he could only move his troops to the northern end of Lake Baikal. In Kyakhta, the central city of Sino-Russian trade, the Russians assembled a force of about 1,000 people, more than half of whom were local Buryats, about 300 Cossacks, and the rest were Russians from Irkutsk Province. Yes, the Russians have officially established a province at Lake Baikal, just ten years ago.

A mere 1,000-man miscellaneous force is of course at an absolute disadvantage when facing a cavalry brigade, but this is the maximum force that Russia can bring out in a limited time. The reason why Alex Igna, the governor of Irkutsk, wanted to fight this battle was entirely out of the Russians' contempt for the Chinese cavalry. The Cossacks' war to seize the entire Siberia was too easy, and the fighting power of the declining nomadic cavalry was like a joke. They have maintained relative peace with the four Khalkha tribes in Outer Mongolia for more than a hundred years, and it is entirely because the number of both sides is too different.

The four tribes of Outer Mongolia have at least 200,000 or 300,000 people, and how many people does Russia have in Lake Baikal? Even if the local Buryats are counted, they are far less powerful than the four tribes of Outer Mongolia.

Then, the 1,700-strong Russian team was beaten to a pulp by the First Cavalry Brigade in Kyakhta before it could even last two hours. Then, the local Russian forces retreated northward under the order of the Governor of Irkutsk. Even Ulan-Ude, a city on the Russian "trade road" to China and Mongolia, was decisively abandoned by the Russians. This is one of the main trade centers of the Russians in the Lake Baikal region.

Chen Kaishan did not know geography, and did not dare to fully trust Outer Mongolia and the Buryats. At that time, Chen Kaishan was faced with the choice of going east or west. The Torghut cavalry at the northern end of Lake Baikal began to move south, and the news was passed on by the Buryats, but Chen Kaishan did not know the exact number of troops. The Irkutsk Fortress, the ruling center of the Russians in the Lake Baikal region, is located in the west of Lake Baikal, where the Russians retreated from the southern end of Lake Baikal. It was originally a wooden fortress built by the Cossacks, but a hundred years have passed, the fortress has become a city, and the main forces of the Russians have also been taken into this city.

It was not yet June at that time, and Chen Kaishan could have a big wave with the Russians. He also made the decision to ignore the Torghut cavalry and attack Irkutsk. As a result, a group of Buryats living between Lake Baikal and Khalkha Mongolia surrendered to Chen Kaishan at this time, and then took advantage of the Russians' retreat to drive cattle and sheep to migrate south.

After the pastures of Lake Baikal were seized by the Cossacks, the Buryats could only move south and west. In the southern part of East and West Siberia, the central and southern part of the later Republic of Buryatia, this is the current activity area of ​​the Buryats. The water system in this area is well developed, and many rivers flow into Lake Baikal. Grasslands, swamps and mountain basins are the main terrains. Most of the area is covered by forests, and only the south is grassland and semi-forest and semi-grassland.

The Buryats themselves were not purely nomadic people. The Secret History of the Mongols mentioned that they were a tribe of people in the forests that Jochi had surrendered, named "Buliyati". Hunting and fishing were no less important than animal husbandry in their lives! After the defeat in the battle with the Russians, a group of Buryats moved south to Inner Mongolia, were incorporated by the Qing Dynasty, and were named Barhu. Among the eight banners of Chahar that had surrendered, there were some Barhu people.

The sudden surrender of these Buryats disrupted Chen Kaishan's plan to continue the attack, because as the Russians retreated from the southern end of Lake Baikal, many nobles and herdsmen of the Tushetu and Chechen tribes of Khalkha Mongolia drove their cattle and sheep to the lush Lake Baikal. The two sides inevitably had contention and conflict.

By the time Chen Kaishan had dealt with the matter, it was mid-July, and the frost on Lake Baikal had come down.

There was no other way. Chen Kaishan could only suspend military operations. The main force retreated to Kulun first, and the main force retreated to Inner Mongolia before September.

Although Chen Kaishan failed Chen Ming's expectations and did not cause much damage to the Russians in Lake Baikal, their appearance, especially the battle of Kyakhta and the subsequent arson of Upper Udinsk, played a great deterrent role in Outer Mongolia.

Despite the large territory of Outer Mongolia, their strength is far inferior to that of Inner Mongolia. The relatively harsh climate and social development restrict the growth rate of Outer Mongolia's population.

Five thousand elite cavalrymen are already an absolutely powerful force. Moreover, the cavalry brigade has shown strong combat effectiveness.

"After Outer Mongolia finds the spiritual boy, if his brain is not broken, he will definitely report it to the Central Plains. If we agree with their selection this time, Outer Mongolia will probably surrender." Chen Hui still has some political wisdom. Of course, this is just to win over Outer Mongolia, just like the Qing Dynasty did to Outer Mongolia, more of a "peaceful" approach, and the actual rights of Outer Mongolia still belong to the Mongolian nobles.

If you want to transfer the population and land of Outer Mongolia and Inner Mongolia from the tribal system to the "county system" and change the land system to the official system, there is still a long way to go.

"I'm in Beijing, and I can go to Chengde if necessary." In that case, Outer Mongolia will definitely send someone.

So Chen Hui's trip to the north this time, although the main purpose is to have fun, he also has to take responsibility when necessary.

Nanjing has a hundred advantages over Beijing, but it is really inconvenient when it comes to Mongolia. After the matter was discussed, Chen Ming left the West Palace immediately. He still had a lot of things to deal with.

For example, the upcoming issuance of paper money!

As for Li Qi's matter, he himself doesn't want to leave China now, right? As the only direct heir of the Lee Dynasty of Korea, China certainly can't kill him, but there are many people in Korea who want to kill him. Not to mention revenge for the king, ambition alone is enough for many people to take action at all costs.

The Joseon royal family has no heir, what can China do? Establish a new king? Or find an heir with royal blood from the side branches that have already gone out of the fifth mourning period? In any case, there are many motives to kill Li Qi. Now Chen Ming wants him to go back to Jeju Island and go back to Joseon, but Li Qi will not go back.

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Sungkyunkwan Public School, Grade 2, Class 1 Dormitory.

A group of powerful children who came to school from their homes gathered around Chen Ding, looking at the banknotes in his hand with surprise.

“Is this money?”

“It looks a bit like a gold yuan coupon!”

“It’s different from the gold yuan notes. The gold yuan notes have numbers, but this one doesn’t. But there is a watermark here. Look at this white one, there is no watermark. Look at it against the sun, there is a dragon…” Chen Ding held a brand new 100-yuan note in his hand. When he left school and returned to the palace again, the notes had been spread all over China.