Zhu Aona huddled up inside with her face facing the wall. She felt that the emperor had sat up, but she pretended to be asleep and was too embarrassed to face him head-on.
She thought she would spend her whole life like that. Unexpectedly, she was suddenly accepted as a concubine. She felt a little resistant, but also looked forward to it. Who doesn't want to marry a good man?
Twenty-five-year-old Zhu Yuluo had also imagined what her future husband would be like. Seeing her brothers getting married and starting a business, and even the maid at home getting married, she felt increasingly lonely.
The red candle was burning last night, and through the candlelight, she secretly looked at Zhao Han.
Although I have seen him countless times, this time it is different. It seems that the emperor is less majestic and more handsome and kind.
A night of joy is really something special.
The emperor dressed himself without asking the maids to serve him, and then walked to the courtyard to brush his teeth.
Zhu Aona then turned over and looked outside the room. She was stunned for a while and heard the emperor instructing 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 liked to work while eating.
The emperor's instructions made Zhu Aolao feel very sweet in her heart.
But now there was no one in the room, so Zhu Aelao lay alone for a while, feeling a little empty again.
Anyway, worrying about gains and losses is something she doesn't do when she lives outside.
Zhao Han went to deal with government affairs early in the morning. He had been lazy reading novels the past few days, and then it was the Dragon Boat Festival. Officials had a holiday, and many unimportant official documents were still piled up.
"Your Majesty, here comes your face."
The hot tomato and egg noodles are topped with chopped green onion and the aroma is fragrant. Now is the season for tomatoes.
Zhao Han took a bite, chewed the pasta in his mouth, and wrote Zhu Pi: Got it.
This kind of minor official document can be delayed for ten days and a half, and it only needs Zhao Han's signature. If it were a lazy emperor, he would probably not even bother to read it.
After selecting more than 20 applications in a row, I suddenly saw a summary report from a vassal country.
Good guy, after the Datong Army withdrew, Southeast Asia has been reduced to a pot of porridge.
First, the civil war in Cambodia intensified and involved Siamese and Han people.
The current Cambodia belongs to the "Udong Era". The previous kings all died unexpectedly. Behind the decades of war, there are many forces such as Spain, Portugal, Siam, the Netherlands, the Nguyen family, and Malay merchants intervening.
The current king is called Ni Zhen (Vietnamese translation), also known as Po Ya Zhan (Chinese translation), and Lemiti Badai II (European name).
At first, Ni Zhen's father killed the king and usurped the throne, married the daughter of the Vietnamese Nguyen family, and also won the support of the Dutch.
Nine years later, Udai usurped the throne as king and killed Nezhen's father.
Nazhen, who was in exile overseas, received funding from Malay businessmen and married a Malay woman. He then converted to Christianity, led a group of Malay soldiers, and with the support of Han businessmen, fought back to Cambodia and successfully seized the throne.
Then, the Europeans were expelled and massacred, and the Dutch invasion was defeated twice in a row.
However, people all over the country believed in Buddhism, and the king's religious beliefs aroused dissatisfaction from both the government and the public.
King Ni Zhen's brothers all believed in Buddhism and were born to Ruan's daughter. So they asked the Ruan family to send troops, but they all failed and were killed. Only Ansuo, the grandson of Ruan's daughter, was left, and he continued to fight the civil war by raising the flag of rebellion.
Nowadays, the Vietnamese Nguyen family has too much time to take care of themselves, and the Nguyen family's daughter does not dare to ask China for help. Instead, she asks King Narai of Siam for help.
King Narai followed China in the war last year and expanded a large area of territory. This year he readily agreed to send troops on the condition that after Ansuo seizes the throne, he must cede a piece of territory to Siam.
At the same time, An Suo, the grandson of Nguyen's daughter, led the troops to separatize Chaigun (Saigon). It was the bride price that Nguyen's daughter had asked for. Although it still belonged to Cambodia, the main population was Vietnamese and Han immigrants.
King Ni Zhen couldn't bear it anymore and quickly asked China for help.
He is a king canonized by the Celestial Dynasty. Zhao Han has reason to interfere and should do so. Otherwise, where is the prestige of the Celestial Dynasty?
The cabinet has already made a judgment on this, that is: the condemnation envoy reprimanded Siam and ordered it to withdraw its troops immediately and not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. The condemnation envoy reprimanded Poya Chan (Nezhen) and ordered him to convert to Buddhism in the future and not to act arbitrarily regardless of public opinion.
The envoy reprimanded An Suo again, not to side with the Yue people in Chaigun (Saigon). If you still dare to oppress the Han people in Chaigun, the Celestial Empire will definitely send troops to conquer!
The envoy reprimanded all three parties, making it clear that China would not send troops for the time being.
Zhao Han agreed with the cabinet's handling method, and wrote Zhu Zhu: Yes.
But it was said that King Narai of Siam later received an order from the Chinese envoy. Although he was very unhappy, he still let the Siamese soldiers retreat and looted the Cambodian border.
Nezhen and Ansuo, uncles and nephews, continued to fight the civil war in Cambodia.
Nezhen simply had a brain problem and continued to believe in Christianity despite the rebuke of the Celestial Empire and the opposition of the government and the opposition. Ansuo was very obedient and began to treat the Han people in Saigon well, but his move to borrow troops from Siam also attracted criticism from the Cambodian people.
This Cambodian civil war still needs to be fought. Without external intervention, it is estimated that it will last for decades.
This is something to talk about later, so I won’t mention it for now.
In addition, there is also fighting in Myanmar.
The chieftains from the north who went south could only bring their private soldiers and relatives there, so their ruling power in the Dai country was very weak. So they joined forces to form a group, freed the original slaves, and captured the Burmese as slaves.
Although the Bamar landowners rose up to resist, their soldiers and armor had been taken away by the Datong Army. Their numbers were large and their combat effectiveness was worrisome. Although the chieftains who went south were few in number, they had all their soldiers and armor. The freed local slaves were willing to sacrifice their lives to help them fight the war.
The entire Central Myanmar region, that is, the territory of the Dai Kingdom, has been completely reduced to a pot of porridge.
The Mon Kingdom in Burma was also at war.
The Mon people were powerful and the Burmese people couldn't cause trouble, so the Mon people fought on their own.
It was agreed that one king and two dukes would rule the country, but within half a year, internal strife began. The reason was the issue of taxation. The two dukes were unwilling to share too much taxes with the king.
The cabinet’s opinion is to let them continue fighting!
Zhao Han wrote a pen and wrote Zhu: Yes.
Continuing to read, Zhao Han couldn't laugh or cry, and the prince of Nanzhang (Laos) fled to Yunnan to ask for asylum.
The king of Laos at this time, named Surya Wangsa, was a ruthless man raised by cultivators. This guy didn’t trust anyone. He first exiled his brothers and sisters, and now he even started to expel the exiled children. His brother was killed several years ago
, he ran to Guangnan Province to take refuge, and now his son has fled to Yunnan.
All the brothers, sisters and children were expelled. After this guy dies, Laos will probably be very exciting and a bunch of royal family members will rush back to seize the throne.
The cabinet's opinion was to let the Chief Secretary of Yunnan take in the Laotian prince.
Zhao Han wrote a pen and wrote: Let the Prince of Nanzhang study at Kunming University. Since the prince and concubine are separated, he can marry a girl from Yunnan.
Laos is too poor, and Zhao Han has no energy to annex it, so he can support a king. Let him marry a Han girl first, learn more about Confucian culture, and promote Confucianism after he succeeds to the throne, slowly deepening China's influence on Laos.
The next few official documents, all about floods, were put together by the cabinet.
The local government has been fighting floods and providing disaster relief for a long time. It is nothing more than reporting it and requesting the court to reduce or reduce taxes in the disaster-stricken areas.
Zhao Han suddenly saw a report from the Anton Protectorate that the Tsarist Russian envoy had arrived in Heilongjiang.
…
Not Cossacks, but regular Russian envoys.
Baykov set out from Moscow two years ago.
It was the Russian government that learned the news about China. However, it was unable to figure out the specific situation in China, so it sent an envoy to visit the country. The real purpose was to obtain information along the way.
Historically, Baykov met with Shunzhi and dismissed the aggression completely, saying that the Cossacks were bandits, and that the Russian government was also vigorously suppressing them. The Manchu and Qing monarchs actually believed it, or it was possible that they deliberately took it for granted.
real.
While Zhao Han was reviewing the memorial, Baykov had already arrived in Harbin.
The rammed earth city wall here has just been built, not even the city tower has been repaired, and there are not many people inside and outside the city.
Baykov is a nobleman from Moscow and has even visited Poland and other countries. He said to his deputy: "Is this the city of the Khitans? Nothing more than that. In the villages we passed along the way, the farmers were very primitive barbarians.
People, the urban population here is not much. Those Cossacks are so useless that they cannot even defeat such a backward country."
Afraid of causing trouble by these Tsarist Russian envoys, Datong troops were escorted along the way.
After crossing the Liao Great Wall, Bayikov's expression was obviously serious. It was not until he saw the majestic Shenyang City that he changed his words: "It seems that we have reached the core territory of the Khitan people. These Khitan soldiers are also elites. Indeed,
It needs to be taken seriously.”
When he heard that he was going to Nanjing by sea, Baykov said that he was seasick and actually wanted to go by land to get more information.
So, the Chief Secretary of Liaoning asked the patrol soldiers to take these guys to Shanhaiguan.
Arriving at the foot of Shanhaiguan Pass, Baykov was stunned. Such a castle would be difficult to break.
After entering the territory of Hebei, Bayikov's expression became more serious. After years of immigration and reproduction, the population of Hebei has increased slightly, and it is already like this.
When he arrived in Tianjin, Baykov was relatively calm, but then he became more and more confused as he went south.
Historically, the first batch of envoys from Tsarist Russia passed through the desolate Northeast and arrived in Beijing, which had not yet recovered. When they returned home, they said that China had nothing to be afraid of. So the second batch of envoys from Tsarist Russia, the content of their credentials was ridiculous, and they actually ordered the Manchurians to
The Qing emperor surrendered to the Tsar.
What's even more ridiculous is that the ministers did not dare to report the truth to the emperor, so they all changed it to respectful words when translating. The Manchu emperor was very pleased and rewarded these Russian envoys heavily.
Passing through the prosperous Shandong Province, we went all the way south to Yangzhou.
Baykov had gone crazy. Looking at the crowded big city, he stood on the pier without saying a word for a long time.
"Isn't this your capital?" Baykov asked.
No one answered.
The officials and patrolmen accompanying the Russian mission had no idea what he was saying.
Going south along the Grand Canal, you will soon reach a big city and dense riverside towns. The prosperity of those small towns alone is comparable to many cities in Russia.