Chapter 688 News from the Japanese Kingdom Yeluxian passed away
Luo Youdu inquired about many situations in the Northeast in detail. No one knows the potential of the Northeast better than him, a traveler.
The Northeast is a pure natural treasure, but the ancients never had the technology to develop it.
Especially if you want to connect to the American continent and be the first to eat the crabs and take them away in a package, the strength of the Northeast is crucial.
The Northeast itself is in ruins, so how can we open up the sea passage from the Northeast to the American continent? Even if it is opened, how can we control the American continent?
Some people in later generations said that Columbus was not the first person to discover the American continent, but Zheng He was the first.
I won’t debate whether this is true or not, but what if Zheng He was the first to discover it?
The Ming Dynasty could not make any profits. The route started from the South China Sea and crossed the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, almost circling the earth.
With such a long route, how could there be any profit at all given the technology of that era?
China wants to reap the benefits of the American continent, develop the Northeast, and jointly develop the Bohai Sea, Haidong Peninsula, and Japanese islands. Only when the Northeast is strong and strong can it truly hold its interests in its hands and better control the American continent.
Luo Youdu gave many suggestions based on the memories in his mind.
Northeast China has a vast territory and abundant resources, and the most critical issue is climate.
As long as you avoid winter, the Northeast is still very formative.
Based on his memory, Luo Youdu talked about some of the methods his ancestors used to avoid the cold.
For example, Tukang, fire cellar, etc. Luo Youdu is originally from the south and does not know much about the ancient means of avoiding the cold in the Northeast. But when later generations are mentally exhausted, they will occasionally follow the trend and brush up on a certain sound. There are many rural areas in the Northeast.
In the old houses where they live, the ancient methods they use to avoid the cold are not complicated and can be easily imitated.
As for the fire cellar, there is even more ready-made experience: In order to avoid the cold, Meng Chang built himself a fire palace that was astonishing to Luo Youdu. Inside, winter was as warm as summer.
Of course, with the construction method of the Fire Flame Palace, even Luo Youdu would not be willing to build one in Bianjing or Luoyang, but a simplified version that is one in a hundred thousand is still acceptable.
Lin Renzhao was good at military strategy, but he didn't know much about issues in this area.
But Chen Chuyao listened with interest, especially since he had been exposed to many administrative matters in Northeast China in Haidong Peninsula in recent years.
Chen Chuyao said: "When I was an official in Goryeo, I had contact with the survivors of the Bohai Sea. In the past hundred years, the Northeast has been freezing for years, and the people have suffered miserably. In order to cope with the severe cold, they have also come up with many indigenous methods. I feel
It can be used."
Luo Youdu suddenly remembered the historical records about the Little Ice Age. According to historical records, there were four Little Ice Ages in Chinese history. The first was from the late Yin and Shang Dynasties to the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and the second was from the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms.
The Western Jin Dynasty, the third time is the late Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the early Northern Song Dynasty. As for the fourth time, it is the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty.
The era they are living in now is the tail end of the Little Ice Age. In the near future, there will be the warmest era in two thousand years that lasts for hundreds of years.
According to records from the Song Dynasty, the Jingxiang generation discovered the existence of wild elephants.
You must know that elephants have no hair and cannot keep out the cold. They are one of the animals most afraid of the cold. Therefore, most of them live in the tropical rainforests of Africa and Southeast Asia. Wild elephants can be found in the Jingxiang area, which shows how comfortable the climate of the Song Dynasty was.
It is a pity that the Song Dynasty did not grasp this climate and strengthen itself, but instead allowed foreign tribes such as Xixia, Liao, Jin, and Mongolia to take advantage of the warming climate to develop and grow.
In other words, the next few hundred years will be the most peaceful era in Northeast China and the best time to develop Northeast China.
Looking at Chen Chuyao who was talking eloquently, Luo Youdu said: "Mr. Chen, you have been in Korea for many years and are familiar with the local situation. In your opinion, what should we do if we want to develop the Bohai Sea?"
Chen Chuyao thought for a while and said: "To develop the Bohai Sea, we must first change the name of the Bohai Sea. The name is not correct, and the words do not make sense. In the past, the Bohai State was known as the prosperous country in the east of the sea. When the Bohai State was destroyed by the Khitan, everyone in the country missed their motherland.
Rebellions abounded in China. At that time, Yelu Abaoji had to forcibly relocate the people of Bohai. Three hundred thousand people were unwilling to comply and fled into Goryeo in droves, which shows the love of the people of Bohai for their motherland."
The Northeast is already sparsely populated, and 300,000 people fled into Goryeo. This number is quite terrifying.
Chen Chuyao continued: "Secondly, the return home policy was implemented in the Bohai State to encourage the old people of the Bohai Sea to return home to enrich the population. Finally, maritime trade was launched to connect the Bohai State with the Haidong Peninsula, Wodao, Jingu in Hebei, and Jingdong East Road.
Dengzhou is connected in series. Especially the three places of Bohai, Haidong Peninsula and Wadao are close to each other and interact with each other, stimulating development."
Luo Youdu clapped his hands and praised: "Mr. Chen, I have a great opinion..." He paused and said, "Sir, you lurked in Korea for me and made great contributions. After returning to Beijing, I had the intention to grant you the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but you can listen to Mr.
What I have said today is that I deeply believe that the person who governs the Bohai Sea must be Mr. Bohai. After I go back, Bohai will be renamed Jilin Prefecture. Would it be good for you, Sir, to be the first governor of Jilin Prefecture?"
Chen Chuyao pondered for a moment, a smart man like him has certain plans for his future.
The position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the second-in-command of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is undoubtedly an important position. This shows that Luo Youdu, the emperor, is extremely certain of his contribution.
And Shi, the governor of Jilin Prefecture, will be the top administrative leader in Bohai State. There is a lot of waste waiting to be done here, and it will be easy to achieve results.
But no matter whether it is the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs or the governor of Jilin Prefecture, Shi will be a minister-level figure. If he takes a small step further to this level, he will be the prime minister that literati have longed for in their lives...
Chen Chuyao just thought about it for a moment and said without hesitation: "I am willing to serve your Majesty!"
Entering Beijing at this time is certainly convenient for consolidating connections and cultivating confidants, but the forces in Beijing are complex. Although it is close to the emperor, the temple is dangerous and there are many people like him in the court. At least a few colleagues in the Southern Tang Dynasty,
For example, Han Xizai and Pan You were incomparable to him. If you want to take a further step in the temples of the Central Plains, it is as difficult as reaching the sky. On the contrary, he is the number one in Jilin Mansion and can better display his talents.
Luo Youdu nodded with a satisfied smile: "I will make arrangements as soon as possible after the battle, and send good ministers to take over the administration of Haidong Peninsula and Wadao, so as to facilitate the exchanges between the three places."
As he spoke, he looked at Lin Renzhao and said: "This Japanese island has not been conquered yet, so we treat it as our own territory. Isn't it a bit disrespectful to them? After all, people can drive ghosts...
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Lin Renzhao and Chen Chuyao laughed out loud at each other.
The ancients were superstitious and could really do anything.
In history, such a scene happened when the Northern Song Dynasty collapsed.
There is a saying that in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the military strength was indeed not as good as that of the Jurchens at that time, but it was definitely not at the point of extinction.
It just happened that one weird thing followed another weird thing. He was obviously capable of fighting, but Song Huizong was so scared that he ran away. He obviously had the strength to protect Bianjing, but he trusted the monster Guo Jing and got a magic weapon of six, six, and six armor, which directly led to the shame of Jingkang, and then staged
The drama of "searching mountains and seas to capture Zhao Gou" became the laughing stock of the world.
Now this laughing stock appears in Japan...
When Chen Decheng invaded Heian-kyo, Heian-kyo was completely undefended. Abe Seimei, the greatest legendary onmyoji, held a ritual in the city, intending to use all ghosts to resist the Central Plains army.
However, just when Chen Decheng stepped onto the safe capital, the expression of Abe Seimei, the greatest onmyoji of the Japanese country, changed drastically. He knelt on the ground in fear and exclaimed: "Abe Seimei pays homage to the general!"
Chen Decheng was a little confused at the time. Before the attack, he heard from a monk who recognized his ancestor from the Japanese country that the greatest onmyoji of the Japanese country was summoning hundreds of ghosts in Heianjing to deal with him.
Although the monks and onmyoji have different stances, Abe Seimei's prestige is resounding throughout Japan. Even the Buddhist monks truly believe that Abe Seimei, the greatest onmyoji in Japan, has the ability to control hundreds of ghosts.
As a Fujianese, Chen Decheng has some taboos about things involving gods and gods.
The theory of ghosts and gods is also very popular in the Central Plains.
But as the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, Chen Decheng would not let the illusory things scare him away from sending troops, so he could only bite the bullet and rush into Ping'an Beijing.
As a result, it was not Hyakki who greeted him, but Abe Seimei kowtows and knelt down.
Chen Decheng reacted quickly and immediately understood the joke and asked: "Where are the hundred ghosts?"
Abe Seimei knelt down in panic and said: "The divine soldiers of the Celestial Dynasty have descended from the sky, and the Holy Emperor of the Central Plains is so powerful. The saint entered the city and drove away all the ghosts in the city. Today, Abe Seimei can admire the spirit of the Holy Emperor of the Central Plains and die without regrets."
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As soon as these words came out, the Japanese minister, who had originally planned to watch Abe Seimei drive hundreds of ghosts to defeat the enemy, was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and worshiped the splendid power of the Holy Emperor carried by the Central Plains Divine Soldier.
Under this dramatic scene, all the territory of Gyeonggi, the core of the Japanese kingdom, was returned to the Central Plains.
However, there were still Japanese remnants in Echigo, Kanto, Hokuriku, and Koshin who continued to resist and were unwilling to surrender.
Chen Decheng's momentum was strong, and his troops were divided into three groups, one to attack Echigo, one to attack Tokai and Kanto, and one to attack Koshinobu.
Except for Koshin, which was not going smoothly due to its mountainous terrain and complex terrain, everything in Echigo and Tokai went smoothly.
According to the development of the war, Chen Decheng had every chance to overthrow Japan. However, just as Chen Decheng was singing triumphant songs all the way, the Ainu people of Ezo broke out at this time.
Ezo Kingdom is also known as Hokkaido in later generations.
The Japanese state has always been hostile to the Ainu people located at the northernmost tip of the island. They call the Ainu people barbarians, and specially set up the position of general to conquer the barbarians, which means "conquering the barbarians".
From the Heian period, they began to clean up the Ainu people.
Especially during the reign of Emperor Kanmu, the Japanese nation was so powerful that it drove the Ainu people out of the main island of Japan, forcing the Ainu people to retreat to Ezo.
Now the Ainu people saw that the Japanese country was about to be destroyed, so they killed them from Ezo. In Mutsu, Deyu killed them indiscriminately, destroying the chrysanthemum of the remaining resistance forces of the Japanese country.
Luo Youdu did not cause too many killings during the attack in order to facilitate the management of the Japanese islands in the future, but the Ezo Ainu people did not have such scruples.
They have been slaughtered and oppressed by the Japanese country for a long time, and now they have the opportunity to take revenge. They have almost transformed into messengers of revenge, and they have carried out the Japanese country's old three-light policy to the fullest, leaving no humans or animals anywhere...
After receiving the news from Chen Decheng, Luo Youdu immediately asked Chen Decheng to rest and standby. At the same time, he asked someone to contact the leader of Ezo, intending to take this opportunity to conquer Ezo as well.
However, the Ainu people have their own language. They have not been influenced by Chinese culture, so it is a bit troublesome to contact them.
Luo Youdu was not in a hurry and just let Chen Decheng rest and prepare for battle.
The remaining resistance forces of the Japanese country did not dare to relax their defense against Chen Decheng's army, but they could not ignore the revenge of the Ainu people. They were in a dilemma.
As for the people of Mutsu and Dewa, they were frightened by the Ainu people and fled to Echigo, seeking refuge in the Central Plains that had already occupied Echigo.
The Japanese island has not yet been conquered, not because Chen Decheng is incompetent, but because Luo Youdu is a little worried about the Japanese people. He plans to support the Ainu people in the northeast of the Japanese island and the Hayabusa tribe in the southwest of Kyushu Road, so as to suppress the native people of the Japanese island.
Lin Renzhao and Chen Chuyao did not stay in Linhuang Mansion for long. The former was going to lead Bin Port to build a navy camp, while the latter went directly to his homeland in Bohai Sea for on-the-spot investigation.
Luo Youdu continued to deal with the trivial affairs within the Khitan. Until the end of summer and early autumn, when he was preparing to return to the court in triumph, an unexpected but expected news reached Luo Youdu's ears.
Yelvxian died of illness!
He left very suddenly and as a matter of course.
When Luo Youdu heard the news, he sighed with sadness.
Since becoming emperor, Luo Youdu has inevitably experienced the feeling of being alone.
Even Han Lingkun and Shi Shouxin, who were the best players in the past, are still far behind.
The appearance of Yelvxian gave him a feeling of sympathy. The two of them had many similar ideas.
It is different from Zhao Pu and Lu Duoxun's understanding of the holy will. It is the unity of ideas and ideas.
Even though history changed greatly and Yelvxian did not ascend the throne of the Khitan emperor, it is undeniable that Yelvxian, the leader of the Khitan's resurgence, did have the potential to become a wise king.
When persuading the Khitan royal family and nobles, Luo Youdu could feel the vague prestige of Yelvxian.
The more this is the case, the less likely it is for Yelvxian to stay in Khitan.
Even if he has no rebellious intentions, relying on his prestige, people will naturally gather around him and urge him to stand up.
This is also the reason why Yelvxian fled south. He did not want the Khitan to have civil strife, but with him there, it was impossible for the Khitan to avoid civil strife.
Seeing the sights of the Central Plains and admiring the culture of the Central Plains was Yelvxian's first wish in his life. After this wish came true, his second wish was to die on the grassland and be buried in the place where he was born.
Yelvxian was frightened when he was a child, so he was not destined to live a long life. When he fled south, he suffered a lot of hardships, even more so.
After doing his best to assist Luo Youdu in promoting the policy of integrating Han and Khitan people, he stopped taking medicine himself...
Until your wish comes true.
Luo Youdu was silent for a long time before speaking out: "Let people bury Yelvxian in a Khitan royal funeral, set a date for the burial, and tell me that I will express my condolences in person..."