Regardless of the exchange of credentials between the two countries, there are also many different voices in the imperial court about what to do with Sun Qin's high-level officials and the sons left behind by Sun Kewang.

Some ministers believed that Sun Kewang was an out-and-out rebellious minister and thief, and that he had murdered Emperor Zhaozong of the former Ming Dynasty, and that his body should be sent back to Jiangning, and his body should be whipped in public, and his heirs should all be beheaded, so as to demonstrate the inviolability of the imperial court.

The other ministers were against such cruel treatment, they believed that although Sun Kewang had a bad record, he also played a part in the war against the Manchus, and he was also the king of Qin recognized by the previous Ming, and he should be given the dignity he deserved as the king of Qin, and the corpses of his father and son should be buried in the suburbs of Guiyang, and his heirs could be exempted from the death penalty, and could be exiled to Luzon, and never allowed to return to the Central Plains.

Of course, the voice of support for the former is faintly higher than the latter, after all, the Chinese pay attention to cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, if Sun Kewang's sons are pardoned, they always remember their father's enmity, secretly accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity to resist the imperial court, it is not a good thing.

Su Yan did not agree to crush Sun Kewang's bones and scatter ashes, he ordered the bodies of Sun Kewang and Sun Zhengqi to be buried on the outskirts of Guiyang with the treatment of the King of Qin, and his sons, Su Yanming, in order to show the generosity of the court and the benevolence of the emperor, issued a decree to pardon their crimes and send them to Luzon, but in fact, he ordered Li Yuanyin to send Jinyi guards to follow in the name of escort and strangle them at sea.

This is the same way that the Zhu Ming royal family who were assigned to the southwest died at the beginning, Wang Yuanyong, who was in charge of the attack, did it in a hidden and beautiful way, and no one knows that those Zhu Ming royal families have died.

Li Yuanyin did not have a good impression of Sun Kewang, to be precise, Sun Kewang's murder of Emperor Yongli made him deeply hateful, after receiving Su Yan's order, with the idea of avenging Emperor Yongli, he prepared his cronies, and only waited for Sun Kewang's sons to return to Jiangning before acting.

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After more than a month of long journey, recommended by Fu Dingquan, Fu Xinghua, the Guizhou envoy who was recalled by the emperor to Beijing to meet him, finally arrived in Jiangning.

After getting off the boat, Fu Xinghua stretched out his hand and flicked the dust falling from his sleeve, tidied up the clothes on his body, and the attendant who came with him whispered, "Master, Jiang Ning has arrived, do you want to enter the palace to face the saint first, or go to Fu Shilang's mansion to visit first?"

"Naturally, I entered the palace first." Fu Xinghua said in a flat tone, "Your Majesty summoned me to meet me, how can you make Your Majesty wait for a long time?"

After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and said, "Let's go, go find a carriage, this is complicated in the capital city, we two outsiders are walking on foot, I am afraid that we will soon be lost in the city."

When the attendant heard this, he hurriedly complied, and took the initiative to look for a carriage that could be hired.

At the same time, almost at the same time that Fu Xinghua got off the ship, Su Yan learned about it from Jinyiwei, and in addition, there was also a detailed investigation of Fu Xinghua in front of his imperial case.

If this investigation information was seen by that Fu Xinghua, he would definitely be surprised by it, because many of the contents of this information did not even remember him very well, and this was obtained by Jinyiwei when he went to his hometown and knocked on the side from the mouths of his villagers.

The above text attracted Su Yan's attention - this Fu Xinghua is actually Fu Dingquan's distant cousin, but this relationship has been estranged for several generations, and when Fu Dingquan's great-grandfather was in his generation, Fu Xinghua's ancestors had already lived far away, and they basically broke off contact since then.

Su Yan didn't have the idea of being suspicious of Fu Dingquan because of the kinship between the two, he didn't mind Fu Dingquan's cronyism, to be precise, as long as this person was indeed capable, then he could acquiesce.

Next, during the period until Fu Xinghua entered the palace to ask for a meeting, what Fu Xinghua's master and servant did in the city were reported to Su Yan in detail by Jinyiwei, seeing that he was not stupid enough to go to his cousin first after entering Beijing, Su Yan nodded secretly and waited for the next conversation.

It didn't take long for Fu Xinghua to be taken to the imperial study by the palace people and stand

In front of Su Yan - this envoy looks like he is in his thirties, with a mature and steady aura on his body, and he is tall, which does not conform to the image of a traditional weak literati.

"Minister Guizhou according to the envoy Fu Xinghua, long live my emperor!"

Fu Xinghua bowed and saluted, and said in his mouth.

After greeting him as usual, Su Yan asked him to speak calmly, and after Fu Xinghua straightened up, Su Yan held the information about him in his hand, and said in an indifferent tone:

"How did Fu Qing use that Sun Kewang and become an official?"

Fu Xinghua's body shook slightly, and he thought that the emperor didn't like his background, so he hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister was a person who was raised in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Hu Lu entered the customs to poison the Central Plains, and the minister returned to his hometown to avoid the war.

There was not much discrepancy between his answer and the information, Su Yan put the information down and said, "I summoned you to Beijing, do you know the reason?"

"I don't know." Fu Xinghua replied.

"Fu Dingquan, the right attendant of the ministry, once worked for me in Guiyang, and he recommended you to me, saying that you had advised him several times to thwart the attack of the Tusi rebels, and I would never bury talents, since he praised you so much, then I will give you a chance."

When Su Yan said this, he paused, looked at Fu Xinghua's reaction, saw that he was calm, and continued: "You should have seen it in the imperial court newspaper when you returned to Beijing, I want to set up the Mobei Metropolitan Protectorate in Mobei, and Linguo Gong will be the first Grand Protector, what do you think about this?"

Here it comes.

Fu Xinghua knew that this was the emperor's preparation to test himself and test his ability.

His mind spun to think about how to answer the emperor's inquiry, and after only a few dozen breaths, he had a draft.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister boldly guesses that the four tribes of Mobei Mongolia have surrendered for a long time, and they follow the rules and suddenly set up the Mobei Protectorate, the purpose of which is probably not only to stabilize Mobei Mongolia, but also for other reasons, right?"

Fu Xinghua said that the newspaper of the imperial court did not explain the purpose of setting up the Mobei Protectorate, and the Rakshasa Kingdom further north was only widely known among Beijing officials, and Fu Dingquan did not inform him of this, so as a foreign official, he knew very little about it.

Being able to think of this in such a short period of time without knowing anything was quite capable, Su Yan was slightly surprised for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal and said, "Then tell me, what is the reason behind it? Speak up and don't worry about anything."

With Su Yan's words, Fu Xinghua's courage suddenly increased, he thought for a while, and asked tentatively, "But guard against Moxi Mongolia? As far as the minister knows, although Moxi Mongolia is divided, there is a khanate called the Dzungar Khanate, which is becoming stronger and stronger, and likes to expand, presumably it is the Dzungar Khanate that has repeatedly provoked and provoked wars on the frontier, so the imperial court has to guard against it."

Su Yan shook his head and said, "Go on."

Although Fu Xinghua didn't guess the real reason, he was able to say this, which really surprised Su Yan.

Seeing that the emperor shook his head, Fu Xinghua began to think again, since Moxi Mongolia was not the target, it must not be the Jurchen tribes in the east and the Mongolian tribes in the south that had stabilized, the only possibility was the factor of the unknown region further north.

However, he did not know anything about the situation further north, except that further north of Mobei Mongolia was the vast sea (the ancient name of Lake Baikal), and the Mongol tribes would go to that area from time to time to graze, and the rest, he was completely unaware.

Thinking of this, he had no choice but to say helplessly: "Your Majesty, please forgive the minister for being lonely and unheard, the minister knows very little about the Far North, but since it is not for Moxi Mongolia, then he can only guard against the unknown enemy north of Xiaohai."

"That's true." Su Yan nodded, and he patiently explained to Fu Xinghua:

"North of Xiaohai is an endless vast land of ice and snow, its land is cold all the year round, all are frozen soil, not conducive to cultivation, before the Wanli year, there are only three or three nomadic tribes, after the Wanli year, from the extreme west to kill a country, called Rakshasas, the Rakshasa people resemble Xiyi, but tall, barbaric and warlike, occupy the far north, and occupy the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River, built

The fortress intends to touch the northeast."

In a few words, he explained the enemy of the Far North to Fu Xinghua, Fu Xinghua frowned slightly after hearing this, and said: "As Your Majesty said, the Rakshasa people are indeed a great disaster in the northern Xinjiang, but the minister has a question, how does the Rakshasa *** Bei compare with our dynasty?"

"Most of the Rakshasa army is equipped with sabers and firearms, and compared with our Chaobu army, our Chaobu army is slightly superior, but the road from Guannai to the north of Xiaohai is long, and mobilizing the infantry army to go north to work and mobilize the people, the gains outweigh the losses, and they can only be attacked by cavalry." Su Yan said in a somewhat solemn tone.

Indeed, if he wants to start a war with the Rakshasas, although the vast Mongolian Plateau will not be able to stop the infantry army from going north, the supply line will be extremely long, and the transfer of materials from the pass to Mobei will consume an astronomical amount of money along the way, so Su Yan immediately rejected the idea of sending a large number of infantry troops north.

However, another problem arises, the rule of the Russian army in Siberia is mainly maintained by the fortresses built in various places, if the infantry army cannot fight north, the task of attacking the fortress can only fall on the shoulders of the cavalry, the three cavalry brigades are equipped with 6-pounder cavalry guns with less weight, less powerful, and it is inconvenient to storm the fortress, so they can only try to open the way with explosives packs.

Su Yan didn't say these questions, but Fu Xinghua thought of them himself, he also looked solemn, thought for a long time, and said slowly:

"Your Majesty, the Han Dynasty is a long way from Mobei, and there are many inconveniences in transportation, so the imperial court can only deploy a small number of soldiers and horses in Mobei, mainly relying on the local Mongolian tribes, and the ministers dare to advise that they can recruit soldiers on the spot in the Mongolian tribes, drill the cavalry and infantry army, and drive the Mongolian soldiers to attack the Rakshasas, so that the dynasty only needs to pay some necessary money and food, so that the Mongolian soldiers and the Rakshasas can consume each other, so that the Mongolian tribes have no time to rebel against the court."