At the end of July, King Li Hao of North Korea arrived at Tianjin Port by ship with the North Korean envoys.
He sent Jin Dazhong, the chief minister of the North Korean envoy, to visit Dahua officials in Tianjin.
Li Hao waited for Dahua officials to receive them.
Yang Zhengfeng, the governor of Hebei, received the North Korean envoy and the Spanish envoy at the Hebei Governor's Yamen in Tianjin.
They arrived in Tianjin at similar times, and His Majesty the Emperor responded to the message at the same time.
Hebei Governor Yang Zhengfeng still has many things on his hands.
He needed to send off the envoys as soon as possible and chose to receive the envoys from these two different countries together.
When the king of Korea, Li Hao, came to the governor's office, he saw a group of barbarians in the house.
One of the Jinmao Yi people looked at him very rudely, which was very disgusting.
Why did these barbarians meet with Dahua's high-ranking officials?
The king of Korea, Li Hao, led the Korean envoys and deliberately sat far away from the barbarians with an expression of disgust.
Yang Zhengfeng walked into the room with sweat on his face. He had just finished paying taxes on summer grain.
He looked at the North Korean king Li Hao and bowed his hand to him.
He also smiled and returned the greeting.
Yang Zhengfeng looked at these Xiyi people without any courtesy at all.
He invited these people to sit down and said to them: "As foreign envoys, His Majesty has agreed to your request to enter Beijing.
I will send a boat to escort you to Honglu Temple in the capital, and officials from the Ministry of Rites will meet you at the dock."
After the North Korean king Li Hao heard this, he immediately stood up and thanked Yang Zhengfeng.
Sedes and Bria, after hearing the news from the interpreter.
The two of them looked at each other and smiled. Their purpose of coming to the great eastern country as a Spanish envoy had basically been achieved.
Under the arrangement of Yang Zhengfeng, the group of them took a paddle steamer to the capital.
This paddle steamer is owned by the shipping company established by the Hebei Governor's Yamen in response to the country's call.
As a passenger ship, this paddle steamer charges extremely high fees, so it is suitable for use by large companies such as the diplomatic mission.
Bria came to Li Hao's side, and he was ready to establish relations with these foreign envoys.
If they can establish relations with these foreign envoys, Spain will have another trading partner near Dahua.
Bria saw Li Hao walking on the deck.
He walked over and said with a smile: "May God bless you, I am Bria, a missionary from Spain.
It is fate that we can walk together. Who are you?"
Bria speaks Chinese. When he was traveling from Guangdong to Tianjin, he often took a translator with him to learn Chinese.
Bria needs to be stationed in the Dahua Dynasty for a long time. If he doesn't understand the language of this place, it will be difficult for him to do so.
The king of North Korea, Li Hao, has learned of his father's death, and his eldest brother has become the puppet king of North Korea.
The eldest brother actually appointed Fan Wencheng as the Prime Minister of North Korea, taking control of all North Korean affairs.
Dorgon was appointed as the Generalissimo of North Korea and took control of all military affairs in North Korea.
North Korea's political and military affairs were all controlled by the Eight Banners.
North Korea is only a country in name only, and it has been occupied by the Eight Banners Dove.
Dorgon is forming the Eight Banners of Korea in the Korean region, preparing to use Korean soldiers to compete with the Chinese army.
The situation has reached this point, and Li Hao is thinking of ways to break the situation.
How could he be in the mood to deal with a golden-haired Yi man?
His captain of the bodyguard saw the monarch looking impatient.
They immediately stood up and pushed Bria aside and fell to the ground.
We are now on board the Great China Dynasty, and Koreans like them don't dare to be too presumptuous.
"This is the king of Korea. How can you, a foreigner like you, get close to him?"
Bria was treated roughly by this group of people, and he secretly resented it.
When I find the opportunity, I will definitely teach them a lesson.
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Imperial meeting in Qianqing Palace.
Su He looked at the civil and military officials and said: "Hebei Governor Yang Zhengfeng reported that the Spanish envoy and the Korean envoy.
They are waiting in Tianjin, and with my consent, they will come to the capital to see me.
I have decided to let the Spanish envoy and the Korean monarch enter Beijing.
Spanish envoy seeks to establish diplomatic relations with Dahua.
The Korean National Army requested Dahua to send troops, what do you think Dahua should do?"
Prime Minister Wang Zhongce spoke first: "His Majesty has always emphasized that the world has now entered a moment when princes are competing for hegemony.
This time the princes are fighting for hegemony, not the small princes fighting for hegemony in China, but the big princes fighting for hegemony throughout the world.
Whichever country falls behind will be at risk of national subjugation and annihilation.
Even if the country is not destroyed, it will still be bullied by others.
His Majesty said that if you fall behind, you will be beaten. Whether you are an individual or a country, we all adhere to the principle of big fists.
Our Dahua Dynasty, as the largest force in the world, must not be proud and complacent.
Your Majesty can clearly understand that with the advent of a great era, many colleagues in the Great China Court have also broadened their horizons.
But the people at the bottom of Dahua's horizons are not so broad.
Not to mention the common people, even many scholars do not even understand the established knowledge that the earth is round.
The establishment of diplomatic relations between Dahua and Spain will help the people understand the overseas situation and increase their knowledge.
Regarding North Korea, the Seventh Army of Dahua has invaded North Korea.
According to the recent situation reported by Chief of Staff Li Fengming, the Third Army is not doing well in North Korea.
Mainly, many Korean people cooperated with the Eight Banners forces and tipped them off.
The Eight Banners forces regard the Korean monarch as a puppet, and use this puppet to mobilize the Korean people to fight against us.
If we choose to massacre Koreans.
This is to use external force to bridge the differences between the Eight Banners and North Korea, making it easier for them to integrate together.
Now that there is a Korean monarch, we can divide the people of Korea through the Korean monarch.
Let the monarch of North Korea severely deal with these Koreans who help the Eight Banners forces and reduce the obstacles for the army to attack North Korea."
Cabinet Minister Li Zhisheng suggested: "Your Majesty, there will be a bumper harvest this summer.
The five major grain-producing areas of Hunan, Sichuan, Shandong and Henan have all achieved bumper harvests.
We Chinese people no longer have to worry about going hungry.
Food prices in Dahua can also be maintained at a low level.
Even as an apprentice, you can support yourself.
But because of the huge projects carried out by the imperial court, such as building roads in various provinces, building reservoirs in various provinces, and building water conservancy and irrigation projects that penetrate into various villages.
Treatment projects for three large rivers: the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, and the Yangtze River.
These require huge funds to maintain.
The court needs a lot of money.
Our establishment of diplomatic relations with Spain will increase trade between the two countries and help the court collect taxes.
When the North Korean monarch comes to Beijing to ask for help, we should also ask North Korea to pay for sending troops.
How can we personally provide money to help the vassal country solve its difficulties? This is not like being taken advantage of."
The cabinet reached a consensus, and the civil and military officials had no different opinions.
After Su He listened to the words of the two cabinet ministers, the smile on his face became even brighter.
Whether they are trying to figure it out or they really have this insight.
If they can say these words, they are much better than rotten scholars.
Su He ordered: "Arrange the envoys at Honglu Temple, and the Ministry of Rites will be responsible for receiving the envoys.
When they arrive in the capital, I will personally receive them at the Great Court Meeting.
We established diplomatic relations with Spain to strengthen trade between the two countries.
Agree to the request of the Korean monarch and arm the Korean army at the same time.
But North Korea is responsible for military expenditures for the North Korean army and our Dahua army entering North Korea."
Qian Fuwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, listened to Emperor Su's arrangements.
He raised a question and said: "Your Majesty, North Korea is a small country with few people, and they cannot afford to raise a strong army.
What's more, our Dahua Seventh Army and two cavalry divisions.
Even if North Korea's ten years of annual income are added together, there is no way it can afford this amount of money.
The Korean monarch is willing to pay, but they have no money to pay."
Su He smiled and said: "If we don't have cash, why can't we borrow money?
What is the purpose of a bank? It comes into play at this time.
North Korea’s mines, land and any other business can be mortgaged.”
Su He looked at the bank president Zhou Yunxu and ordered: "The bank can lend money with confidence and is not afraid that North Korea will not repay it.
With a strong royal army, I am not afraid of anyone defaulting on their debt."
After all, North Korea has been separated from the Central Plains Dynasty for hundreds of years.
They still use Chinese characters for writing, but they have formed their own language and culture.
And he has his own cognitive concept of the country and the dynasty.
Direct annexation through military means will face complex governance problems in the future.
Su He was also thinking about which method to use to annex North Korea.
Dorgon fled into North Korea, giving Dahua a way to annex North Korea in a short period of time.
People who are loyal to the emperor and patriotic in North Korea will be sent to the front line to realize their ambitions.
It is normal to expel the Eight Banners soldiers who invaded North Korea and have a higher death rate.
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King Li Hao of Korea took a paddle steamer and rushed to Tongzhou through the canal.
He looked at the paddle steamers moving quickly on the river.
I just feel that Dahua deserves to be a great country, their technology is too advanced.
This huge wooden boat does not require boatmen to paddle or trackers to pull the boat.
Just relying on the huge water wheels on both sides, it can move at high speed on the river.
The paddle wheel kept beating on the water, causing huge splashes.
The splashing water formed rainbows at the stern of the ship.
"Praise the Lord, the power of machinery is really amazing.
I didn't expect Dahua to be so prosperous. The technology is so advanced.
The clues can be seen just from this powerful paddle steamer."
When Bria saw this paddle steamer, he sighed with emotion.
From this paddle steamer traveling at high speed on the inland river, it can reflect the power of the Dahua Dynasty from the side.
Only the most powerful civilization can create such a product.
Bria communicated with Sides in Spanish: "Steam engines are so powerful.
It only needs to burn a little coal to drag this huge ship and move it at high speed on the inland river.
It can be used on ships, and sailing battleships will become obsolete sooner or later.
The Kingdom of Spain has a large number of overseas colonies, and it relies on the Spanish Armada to deter other countries.
Dahua's warships do not need sails and can fight against the wind.
This kind of warship without sails will be more flexible on the sea.
The strength of the warship far exceeds that of today's sail warships.
Once there is a conflict between our two countries, the sailing battleship has no chance of survival in front of this kind of warship.
When I think about it now, I feel that this situation is really terrible.
We, the Kingdom of Spain, must learn to make machinery like steam engines."
Sides nodded with solemn eyes and said, "That's true.
Without steam engines, it would be like us holding muskets and the aborigines holding bamboo guns.
We changed from a character holding a musket to a native holding a bamboo gun.
We can only become lambs to be slaughtered.
This matter needs long-term consideration, and we have plenty of time.
If you are not sure, you must not take action to avoid alarming the Great China Dynasty.
Any rash action could lead to the death of both of us in a foreign land.
Failure to bring steam engine technology back to the Kingdom of Spain would also have more serious consequences."
Bishop Bria nodded in approval.
"I will spread the glory of the Lord in Dahua. I believe there will be lost lambs who will offer steam engine technology to the Lord."
As a missionary, Bria's best job is communicating with other people.
On the paddle steamer, he quickly chatted with the crew through some small favors.
Bria learned about steam engines through crew members.
These crew members certainly didn't understand steam engine technology.
But they can see steam engines every day, and they must know the basic operation of steam engines.
While chatting with them, Bria got a very important message.
The operating principle of a steam engine is to use coal to boil water, and the water vapor drives some mechanical structure to move.
The principle is very simple, but to turn them into truly moving machines requires extremely complex technology.
When the ship docked at Tongzhou Port, King Li Hao of Korea suddenly felt uneasy when he saw him setting foot on the land of the Great China Dynasty.
I wonder if Emperor Dahua will send troops to help him drive away the Eight Banners forces.
Several tall four-wheel carriages rushed to the dock.
When a Dahua official saw Li Hao's figure, he immediately came over and said, "Are you the North Korean envoy?
I am Qi Bojia, a member of the Ministry of Rites, and upon the orders of His Majesty the Emperor and the Minister of Rites, I welcome the Korean envoys into Honglu Temple.
The Honglu Temple in our Dahua Dynasty is not a government office, but a place specially responsible for receiving foreign guests."
Li Hao and his party identified themselves, immediately boarded the carriage of the Ministry of Rites, and headed to Honglu Temple.
Qi Bojia saw the North Korean envoy boarding the carriage, and he went to the Xiyi people's team again.
The North Korean mission and the Spanish mission arrived at Tianjin Port at almost the same time.
The Ministry of Rites directly dispatched Qi Bojia to be responsible for the reception of these two envoys.
Qi Bojia came to the Spanish mission and explained his identity in Chinese.
In the huge Ministry of Rites, not a single official understands foreign languages.
Qibojia only hoped that these Spaniards could understand what he said.
Dahua was preparing to establish diplomatic relations with Spain, and Song Kangnian, Minister of Rites, was preparing to transfer a group of officials who knew foreign languages from the southeast region.
Bria communicated directly in Chinese: "Officials of Dahua, I can understand your language.
Can we meet with your Majesty the Emperor of Great China?
The Kingdom of Spain and the Chinese Dynasty formally signed a treaty."
Qi Bojia heard that some of these Xiyi people could understand Chinese.
Then he felt relieved and invited these Westerners to board the carriage and go to Honglu Temple.
Qi Bojia saw the North Korean envoy and had already rushed to Honglu Temple in a carriage.
He then followed the Xiyi people's team back to Honglu Temple.
Bria saw Dahua officials accompanying them.
He was very happy that some low-level civilians did not understand the situation of this huge empire at all.
Now that there are officials from Dahua, it is a good opportunity for him to get to know Dahua.
Bria began to take the opportunity to chat, talking about the customs and customs he had seen along the way.
He gradually became familiar with this official named Qi Bojia, and then learned some more specific things from him.
"Master Qi, can we build a church in Dahua and carry out missionary work?"
Qi Bojia politely replied: "Religious affairs are under the control of the Ministry of Rites, but not mine.
You will ask His Majesty the Emperor personally about this question when His Majesty the Emperor receives you.
Only His Majesty the Emperor can give you a definite answer."
Bria asked a few more questions, and he found that Qibojia had nothing but well-known questions.
Asked him other questions, the man refused to understand.
Bria frowned and asked the last question.
"Master Qi, when will Emperor Dahua receive us?"
Qi Bojia replied: "His Majesty will receive you at the court meeting.
In three days, there will be a great court meeting. During this time, you should learn some basic etiquette at Honglu Temple."
"three days left."
Bria thought about this time, she had not waited long.
They soon arrived at Honglu Temple, and the thing that impressed Sades and Bria the most was the food at Honglu Temple.
"First Evolution"
The food prepared by Dahua Dynasty is really delicious.
They simply learn the etiquette here in Dahua.
Bria originally thought that Dahua's etiquette was very complicated.
He had heard before he came that people had to kneel down and worship here at every turn.
Only when he really came into contact with Dahua's etiquette did he realize that they didn't need to kneel down. The greatest etiquette was to bow.
