Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

However, all these important ministers who came to pay New Year's greetings are very worried, because they already know that the "beheaded and immortal" Lord Kang Mazi is going to "drink poison"!

The emperor is about to "drink poison", what should they do with these good servants of the Qing Dynasty?Are you going to pretend to stop it?When everyone was thinking about this question, the voice of Xiao Guizi's father-in-law suddenly rang out.

"The Emperor is here!"

Then the big guy heard a burst of rapid and powerful footsteps.

The good servants of the Qing Dynasty in the Hall of Martial Arts quickly raised their buttocks and knelt down, kowtowing and shouting: "Slave respectfully invites Shengan!"

They are all slaves!

The five Han people, Feng Pu, Li Wei, Wang Fuchen, Xiong Cilu, and Du Lide, all carried the banner registration, and they were all good slaves of the Han army of the Shang San Banner.

However, slaves and slaves still have to be divided into each other. The Eight Banners Manchuria and Eight Banners Mongolia are still much more advanced than the Eight Banners Han Army.

Originally, there were not many Han troops in the Eight Banners, so the treatment was not much worse than that of the Manchuria and Mongolia in the Eight Banners.But now the gate of slavery is wide open, the Han army of the Eight Banners has greatly expanded its army, and at the same time, a group of Chen Hanjun, who had been slaves before entering the customs, was carried into the Manchuria of the Eight Banners by Kangxi to fill the vacancy-the old Eight Banners fought in Jianyangshui and Sanjiangkou towns The loss was heavy. If the old Han army was not added, the number of people in the Eight Banners Manchuria would be too small compared to the rapidly expanding Eight Banners Han army.

And after the Eight Banners old Han army added to the Eight Banners Manchuria, a "Manchu-Han division" appeared within the Eight Banners-if the five Han armies Feng Pu, Li Yu, Wang Fuchen, Xiong Cilu, and Du Lide were all new Han armies, Old Manchuria represented by Yue Le, Mingzhu, Zhuobutai, Tuhai, Echu, and Malji can be regarded as two factions.

The New Han Army thought they were Bannermen, and they should be "slaves and slaves are equal", while the old Eight Banners looked down on the New Han Army, thinking that they were slaves and inferior.

So the two groups of slaves also vaguely started to stand in line...

But Emperor Kangxi can only strike a balance. Except for Prince An Yuele who will soon leave Nanjing to take charge of the overall situation in Henan, the ten slaves who gathered in the South Study Room today will all be named Ministers of the South Study Room—the old Eight Banners Five, five for the New Han Army, just in balance.

"Flat body, flat body!"

Emperor Kangxi's voice sounded with a smile.

Everyone got up and peeked up.I saw Emperor Kangxi in ordinary clothes, sitting on the throne, holding a copy of the paper with a smile.Seeing that the group of slaves had climbed up and took their positions, he said with a smile, "I just received a report from Fan Chengmo, Governor of Zhejiang Province, saying that there is a large-scale Western tribute mission from Ningbo, which is composed of envoys from many Western countries. I want to come to Nanjing for the pilgrimage. Everyone talks about it, should they be allowed to come?"

His tone was brisk, and his face was full of joy. In fact, he had already given a standard answer.

"Your Majesty, I think this is a good thing," Prince An Yue Le was the first to kneel down and replied, "This is the coming of all nations, which means that the Qing Dynasty and the Emperor's prestige spread far and wide, and Westerners all admire the Shang Kingdom of the Qing Dynasty." Majesty, this is a long way to come to the court, it is really gratifying and congratulatory."

Xiong Cilu, who had vaguely become the first slave of the New Han Army, was the second to kneel down, "Your Majesty, this slave also thinks this is a good thing. Now the world is divided into three parts, and Zhu Ni still has Guangzhou and Quanzhou. They did not go to Guangzhou and Quanzhou, but came to Ningbo, which already shows that these foreigners regard the Qing Dynasty as the orthodox of China, and regard Zhu and Wu Erni as rebels."

Foreigners love the Qing Dynasty!

There is no way around this, even if the Qing Dynasty still implements sea confinement and the new Ming Dynasty of Zhu Heqi is open to the outside world, the Qing Dynasty is still loved by foreigners.

The reason is also very simple. They can do "free monopoly trade" with the Qing Dynasty, but they have no way to do the same trade with the new Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the new Ming Dynasty is actually a dynasty established with the support of pirate groups along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian, so even if this dynasty is competing with the Qing Dynasty for hegemony, it still actively supports the Zheng family, the Qiu family, and the Chen family (Chen Shangchuan) and the other three. Large sea zero-yuan purchase groups are still working hard to expand the navy.

This series of actions has seriously threatened the existing order in the South China Sea, and also threatened the collective interests of Western countries.

In addition, the original Confucianism pursued by Zhu Heqi constituted a great obstacle to the spread of Catholicism—although Emperor Kangxi also restricted the spread of Catholicism, his position was still different from that of Zhu Hechi, the great Confucian sage.

As long as Catholicism can strongly support the Qing Dynasty, he is still willing to support the development of Catholicism in China.

However, as a Confucian sage, Zhu Heyi wanted to establish a Confucian organization of "university-academy-clan", and he also created a system of "natural magic". Delivers a fatal blow.It will even pose a threat to the foundation of the Catholic Church—the Catholic Church in this era is against believers communicating directly with the Lord (thinking that there is communication), and the natural magic system is directly studying the omnipotent magic of the Lord...

Kangxi nodded, and said with a smile: "I also think that the Western mission came here very well, and also caught up with our hero meeting. It can also let these foreigners come to see how our good men in the Qing Dynasty are loyal to the emperor and patriotic !

By the way, these days I feel that the name "Heroes" used for the Heroes Meeting to be held next month is inappropriate. It sounds a bit like a meeting held by gangsters, and this Heroes Meeting was first proposed by Wu and Zhu Erni of. "

He paused, and then said: "The people who are invited to attend the meeting are not heroes. They are mainly gentry from Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang provinces...or change the name to the Landlords Association!"

This name is really... It fits the reality!

Because the heroes have all gone to Jiugong Mountain, it is impossible to come to Kangxi for a meeting. Those who can come are the landlords of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang provinces.

However, the name of the Landlords' Association is still a bit earthy.

"Your Majesty," Xiong Cilu knew that this issue could be discussed, so he suggested, "I think that the Landlords' Association and the Heroes' Association are mainly composed of people from below, which is easy to cause misunderstanding... I am still in the Qing Dynasty. Master, your great Qing! No matter who comes to the meeting, no matter what opinions they put forward, they are all for the Lord’s consultation and reference, and this authority must be firmly in the hands of the Lord. Therefore, the slave feels that the name of the Advisory Council is more appropriate .”

When Kangxi heard it, he thought it made sense—heroes would be held by heroes, and landlords would be held by landlords. Where should he put him, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty?

"Okay!" Kangxi nodded, "Just call the council!"

At this time, Prince An Yue Le asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, I wonder what this council will discuss?"

Kangxi said with a smile: "There are only three things, one is to implement new policies; Paying money and paying sugar... With these two things, I can train a new army that can defend our Qing Dynasty and the interests of our Eight Banners! What do you think?"

"Emperor Shengming!"

The eleven slaves below all climbed down and called Shengming... Kangxi is not Guangxu!He was the hero of the generation who shot and killed more than 300 little rabbits a day, and the number one in Manchuria, Batulu, let him lead someone to catch them himself.

Of course he knows the purpose of the reform, which is to protect the Qing Dynasty and the Eight Banners!

Of course, the current Eight Banners are not a bunch of waste snacks.Although they can no longer compare with the first generation of the old Eight Banners, they can still provide a more capable bureaucratic group.In addition, Kangxi also introduced some fresh blood to the Eight Banners through the opening of the slave gate, which further enhanced the vitality of the Eight Banners.

Chapter 342 This is too much progress!

In a blink of an eye, it is already the 13th day of the first month of the [-]th year of Kangxi.

On the busy Grand Canal in the south of the Yangtze River, a fleet of several painted official ships is meandering northward, stirring up white waves on the canal waterway in Suzhou Prefecture.The flags symbolizing Catholicism and Western countries and the dragon flag symbolizing the Qing Dynasty fluttered in the spring breeze.

There are large fertile rice fields on both sides of the South Canal. The spring sowing has not yet started, but there are already some Jiangnan farmers wearing bamboo hats driving buffaloes in the rice fields and plowing the fields.They were only busy with the farm work at hand, and no one took a second look at the official ships with colorful flags fluttering on the canal.

But at this time, some little country gentlemen in long coats and melon skin hats stood on the embankment of the canal, looking at the official ships passing through the canal a little blankly.

As early as years ago, on this canal connecting several of the wealthiest state capitals in China, there were official ships with this kind of color painting passing by from time to time.However, the red flags of "entering the court by order" were planted on those official ships, and the people on board were all celebrities who had been "captured" as heroes.After the end of the year, the quota for "entering the imperial court by order" was increased again, and each county had to send a few of the largest landlords to participate in some kind of advisory council... Probably the meaning of the Hongmen Banquet?Anyway, there is no good meeting, no good banquet.

Those little country gentlemen who are not qualified to eat the Hongmen Banquet can only stand by the canal and look south to Wang Shi... In October and November last year, the villages all over the south of the Yangtze River were immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the end of the Qing Dynasty !

There was so much good news!After a while, it was said that Kang Mazi had been beheaded!

After a while, it was said that the heavenly soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were defeated in Jiangxi and Hubei, nearly [-] were killed, and Kang Mazi was still arrested!

After a while, it was said that Wu Sangui and the third prince Zhu were going to hold a "killing hemp meeting" in Jiugongshan, Hubei.All in all, good news!

As a result, in December, there was outrageous news that Kang Mazi had beheaded and survived!Is this true or false?You can't die even if you behead your head, but the co-author of this "clear demon" turns out to be a real demon!

However, there are still unwilling gentry people who will go to the side of the canal to wait for the king's teacher whenever they have time. It is now the 13th year of Kangxi, not the year of Daoguang and Xianfeng. Four years ago, the Northern Expeditionary Army surnamed Zheng Guo once approached the city of Nanjing.

People who experienced the loose rule in the late Ming Dynasty, saw Zheng Guo’s Northern Expedition army, and survived the butcher knife of the Qing army are still alive... They are still missing their homeland, thinking that one day they can restore their Chinese clothes.

And the day of recovery seems not far away!

Just when will this day come?

The boats passing through the canal today are still ships with strange flags, not the warships of the Northern Expedition of the Great Tomorrow Army...

Hey, how come there are some "curly-haired Yangyi" in strange clothes on these ships, and they are still standing on the deck and waving. What does this mean?

"Hi, hello, I am a guest of the Qing Emperor, representing the King of France..."

On the deck of the leading official ship, a cheerful "curly-haired barbarian" is waving to the small landlord in Suzhou who is looking forward to the king's teacher on the shore, and introduces himself in fluent Chinese. This is the representative of Louis XIV who came to China Tfried Wilhelm Leibniz who studied magic.

He is one of the few "Chinese fans" in this huge foreign delegation.

Yes, there are many "Chinese fans" in Europe in this era.The French King Louis XIV is the number one "Chinese fan". He likes Chinese porcelain, Chinese silk, and Chinese perfume very much.

And this Louis XIV is the "first brother" of the current European fashion circle. It can even be said that this European fashion circle started from Louis XIV.

Under the influence of Louis XIV, Leibniz, who had spent a long time in the French courts in Paris and Versailles, naturally became a "China fan".So when Louis XIV wanted to find a university scholar who knew everything to visit China, Leibniz tried his best to win this position and served as the deputy head of the French mission to China.

In addition to Louis XIV, the "fashionable Chinese fan", although the profiteers of the East India Company in Europe did a lot of anti-China things in China's coastal areas and Southeast Asia, they all pretended to be Chinese fans when they arrived in Europe-they wanted to China is described as black charcoal, and Chinese porcelain, Chinese silk, Chinese perfume, Chinese sugar, and Chinese tea are still sold at such high prices?

The above products, except sugar, are not necessities, but are used to improve the taste of life.Therefore, among these businessmen, China is a very civilized, wealthy, and tasteful place.

Of course, this is only said in Europe. When you come to China, you have to boast that Europe has advanced technology, strong ships and powerful guns, and invincible firearms. How about selling arms?

These guys belong to "both blowing".

And if there is Hua Fan, of course there is Hua Hei!

The Huahei in Europe were originally some Catholic missionaries. In fact, they are also the people who know China best. Many people have also experienced the disaster of the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the rise of the Qing Dynasty. Naturally, they will not leave a good impression.

In addition, the Catholic Church, including the Orthodox Church and various Protestants, have a strange feeling of "saving the world", and always feel that God has given them some mission to "save" the ignorant human beings who do not believe in the Lord.

Moreover, ignorant human beings who do not believe in the Lord are "non-humans" without souls, so they can kill and play at will.

So they will always try their best to blackmail China... Otherwise, why would they spread the gospel of the Lord to the Chinese?

When Leibniz breathed on the deck for a while and went back to the cabin to prepare lunch, he found that several Dutch, English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spaniards in the joint mission were gathering together. Let's read the report together!

Everyone was surprised, as if they had seen some unbelievable news.

"Father Philip, what's the matter?" Leibniz asked in fluent Latin.

The one he called Father Philip was an old man with a dry face, a serious face and a bit of a serious smile, looking formidable—this is not an ordinary person, but a priest with a little "magic" .He is the Vice Chancellor of the Inquisition of the Roman Church and the Chief Exorcist of the Holy See.

This time, he was appointed by the Holy See to come to China to investigate mysterious magic events... If possible, the Holy See also hopes that he can help the Qing emperor defeat black magic, thereby creating conditions for the spread of the gospel of God in China .

Because the incident of this mission was caused by "black magic", and there are still complicated relationships between France, the Netherlands, England, Spain, Portugal and other countries participating in the joint mission - they may be enemies in Europe, They may be allies, and they may be competitors or partners in Southeast Asia and the coast of China.

At the same time, they have more or less common interests in Southeast Asia and the coast of China.

Therefore, after a series of secret or public negotiations, the heads of France, the Netherlands, England, Spain, England, Portugal, and the Holy See decided to form a joint mission to take concerted action in China.

Moreover, because the Portuguese Macao colony was "illegally occupied" by Zhu Heqi, and Zhu Heqi repeatedly rejected the "free trade request" of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the joint mission did not visit Guangzhou first, but Ningbo under the rule of the Qing Dynasty. as their first stop.

And not long after they arrived in Ningbo, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty announced that they would go to Nanjing to have an audience, and at the same time invited them to observe the opening ceremony of the first advisory council of the Qing Dynasty...

This was a bit beyond their expectations!

What country did they arrive in?

Fortunately, the person who came to Ningbo to greet them was a servant named "Figo" from the Portuguese leader of the Zhenghuang Banner. In addition to bringing imperial edicts and invitations, he also brought a document that was said to be the program of the Advisory Council, called "Ming Yi To be interviewed".

Because this "Ming Yi Dai Interview Record" is written in classical Chinese, Leibniz still can't understand it, so he can only ask the accompanying chief translator Ji Dabao to translate it into Latin.

Now that part of the translation has just been completed, Father Philip took a copy in his hand.

"Mr. Deputy Ambassador," Father Philip said, "the first part of the Declaration of the Great Qing Advisory Council has been translated, let me read it to you..."

Chapter 343 It's Zhu Heqi's turn to have a headache!

On the 24th day of the first lunar month of the third year of Dingwang Jianguo of the Ming Dynasty, outside Zhangjiang Gate in Nanchang Fucheng, the security was suddenly tightened.Early in the morning, the officers and soldiers of the first town of the Ming Army of the brigade drove over from the barracks outside the Hue Gate of Nanchang City, carrying long spears and turtledove muskets.

The entire town, with more than ten thousand elite soldiers, surrounded Zhangjiang Gate and the nearby Ganjiang Wharf inside and out.Moreover, under the pretext of discovering the name of the Manchu assassins, martial law was imposed inside and outside Zhangjiang Gate.

No one else, no entry or exit!

The reason why Zhu Heqi had to do it was because he was about to deal with a rather headache.

Today is the day when his most respected father, the former Third Prince Zhu, the current Jianguo Dingwang, and the future Ming "Lying Winning Emperor" Zhu Cijiong arrived in Nanchang City... And here in Nanchang, there is another one and the future The eldest princess Kunxing of the "Ming Dynasty" who has been lost for many years, and the "Master of Jiunan" who has returned to vulgarity (although Princess Kunxing does not admit that she has the title of "Jiunan", but what do Zhu Heqi call it in private? She), waiting to meet his siblings.

But the siblings recognize each other... Can you recognize them?

What if I can't recognize it?What if the "Jiu Nan Shitai" does not recognize the legitimacy of "Ming Lianzong"?

Although "Ming Lianzong" and Zhu Heqi already have the strength to pull it out by themselves, the Jiugongshan meeting will start soon...Zhu Heqi has already made an agreement with Liu Xuanchu, Wu Sangui's representative, and Wu Sangui will persuade Zhu Sangui at that time The prince became the emperor to complete the "Chongzhen Legacy".

Then "Ming Lianzong" can accept the support of the heroes of the world in Ruiqing Palace of Jiugong Mountain, and become emperor.

Now "Auspiciousness" is ready for "Ming Lianzong"!If there is a mistake in the sibling recognition, it will be a big trouble.

Moreover, Zhu Heqi was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to harm the only child of Emperor Chongzhen who was still alive.

Zhu Dashan, who was sitting in a pavilion outside the Zhangjiang Gate, couldn't help but glanced at his cousin Yubing again. He saw a delicate face like white jade with an elegant and charming smile on it. The talking eyes were also looking at Zhu Hechi.After meeting Zhu Heqi, that pretty face of Yubai flushed with shame, and pretended to hide behind her mother, Princess Kunxing.

This kind of coquettishness and shyness made Zhu Heqi like it from the bottom of his heart... and these days, Zhu Heqi still often meets this cousin Yubing.This cousin Yubing is very interested in poetry, prose, lyrics and music, and she is a literary and artistic young woman capable of both literature and martial arts.

And Zhu Heqi happened to be a "great poet", "borrowed" a few poems of Nalan Xingde, and then selected a few pieces of jewelry from the seized treasures to give to Yubing's cousin, which seemed to have won the little girl's favor. heart.

However, it is still a bit inappropriate for Princess Kunxing's daughter to be young.

Fortunately, Princess Kunxing has already said that after meeting her younger brother, the Third Prince Zhu, there will be a close relationship and she told him not to worry!

Zhu Hechi thought to himself: "Needless to say that this family is very close, I must have married my cousin Yubing as my concubine...Look, what a beautiful Princess Kunxing! How can you do harm?"

But Zhu Cijiong's appearance has changed a lot over the years, and his accent has also changed. I don't know if Princess Kunxing can accept it?

Thinking of this, Zhu Heqi couldn't help but look at Princess Kunxing, who was wearing a big red shirt, wearing a phoenix crown of a Ming Dynasty princess, and a black long sword hanging from her waist.

This future mother-in-law looks a bit fierce!

Zhu Heqi turned his head to look at Yang Qilong again, Yang Qilong smiled at him and patted his chest again.

Of course, there is a tacit understanding between Zhu Heqi and Yang Qilong.Zhu Heqi never said that he was a "fake high imitation of the third grandson of Zhu", and Yang Qilong always regarded Zhu Hechi as the real third grandson of Zhu - if some things are broken, everyone will not be able to get off the stage, and if they are not revealed, it will be beneficial to everyone.

I wonder if Princess Kunxing has such wisdom?

"Crackling..."

At this time, the sound of firecrackers suddenly exploded, followed by the sound of drums and drums.

Zhu Heqi turned his head and looked at the nearby Ganjiang River. It turned out that the official ship that the third prince Zhu was riding had arrived at the wharf outside Zhangjiangmen at some point.

These days, the southerly winds on the Ganjiang River are strong, which is a good time to sail northward!