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Chapter 328: Legend of Zhen Huan - Jiang Caiping's inner thoughts revealed 13

As soon as Jiang Caiping walked away, Yongzheng, who was furious, scolded Hongli.

Hongli knelt there, not daring to move, enduring the emperor's wrath.

After scolding Hongli for a while, Yongzheng's anger subsided a lot. Wars cost a lot of money, which was normal. The selling of official positions and titles was condoned during Hongli's reign and became more and more serious to the point where it was out of control. There were precedents from the previous dynasties. Those who bought official positions with money, and then they became officials, they exploited the people to death.

The common people could not survive, and the officials forced the people to rebel. Haven't the previous dynasties experienced this enough? Hongli also went to the south of the Yangtze River six times under the pretext of flood control, which wasted people's money and labor... The more he thought about it, the uglier Yongzheng's face became.

Feeling the low pressure emanating from his father, Hongli lowered his head even lower.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, and I will correct it." Anyway, it's right to admit my mistake now.

He admitted his mistake quickly, and Yongzheng's gloomy expression eased a little.

In fact, this guy is not completely useless. At least he has done a good job in expanding the territory externally and reforming the local people internally.

This kid had many bad habits. Yongzheng sternly warned him: "In the future, you are not allowed to spend huge sums of money to travel to the south of the Yangtze River. When you are short of money, you are not allowed to indulge the court officials in donating money to become officials."

"My son will listen to the instructions of the Emperor."

Listening to the Emperor Father listing one by one the things he had done in the future, even though he had just heard Jiang Caiping listing it in her mind, Hongli still felt ashamed and angry. Those were all things he had done in the future, and he hadn't even touched any position yet.

Yongzheng nodded in satisfaction, thought for a moment, and said, "You like stamping? You stamp on famous books and paintings, and even got the title of stamping maniac? If you really like famous people, famous books and paintings, just take a look at them, and don't stamp on them."

Famous books and paintings have become worthless after being damaged by Hongli's seal.

Hongli's face flushed red. He would be the emperor in the future. What was wrong with stamping his seal on his favorite works? Shouldn't it be his seal that elevated those famous books and paintings, raised them to a higher level, and made them more valuable? How could people in later generations give him such an ugly nickname as the stamping maniac? He refused to accept it.

"Father, your son will be the emperor in the future. If you stamp your seal on those famous books and paintings, won't that elevate them to a higher level and make them more valuable?"

Yongzheng was annoyed when he saw his unconvinced look. Good boy, you still don't accept it. Feeling a little itchy, he moved his wrist. "There should be a limit to stamping."

When anyone sees a work they like, the first thought is to collect and preserve it. Why does this kid Hongli want to leave his own traces?

The emperor's action made Hongli shrink subconsciously.

Suddenly, Yongzheng probably understood Hongli's feelings when he stamped the seal. Hongli might have liked those famous books and paintings at the beginning, and stamping his seal with his own seal might be to express his love for them.

After that, he may have become addicted to stamping. Whenever he saw something he liked, he wanted to leave his own mark on it. It was still the case that Hongli lived too long and did too little. Yongzheng paused and began to envy Hongli's longevity.

And this guy, after becoming the emperor, didn't think about changing people's livelihood, but instead learned to write poetry like the literati. He didn't even consider whether he was cut out for it. He wrote so many poems, showing how idle he must be.

He had no knowledge of poetry but still insisted on writing. Which poet was like him? He wrote more than 40,000 poems, but only one of them was used in textbooks of later generations. The essence of the poem was embellished at the end, and it was added by court officials who could not bear to read it. He brought shame to future generations.

Yongzheng advised: "Besides, you will be an emperor in the future, not a poet. You should focus on governing the court and improving people's livelihood."

"My son listens to my father. He will not write anymore and will not stamp anything randomly."

Yongzheng nodded with satisfaction, thinking that after his instructions, this kid would no longer think about writing poetry.

Suddenly, Yongzheng recalled what Jiang Caiping had said in his heart, that Hongli had fought with the small tributary country next door and was never able to defeat them, which led to heavy losses for the Qing Dynasty. His face suddenly turned ugly. It was shameful, really shameful.

The reason for the loss of that war was the backward weapons. Weapons had to be developed even if it cost huge amounts of money.

The next day, Yongzheng asked Jiang Caiping to hide behind a screen and summoned the ministers to discuss investing in the research and development of more advanced firearms, as well as increasing military spending and expanding the army.

The court officials held different opinions, some supported and some opposed.

When a cannon is fired, it is worth a fortune. Firing cannons is just burning silver. The Qing army could use cold weapons in war, so they would not fire cannons.

What worried them most was that if the development of firearms technology fell into the hands of the Han people, the consequences would be disastrous. When the Qing army entered the pass, they prohibited the further development of firearms because they were worried that it would one day threaten the rule of the Qing Dynasty.

Now the emperor is actually going to learn from the Ming Dynasty, investing money to develop more advanced firearms, increase military spending, expand the army, etc.

This is all a waste of money...

[Heh, if you don't continue to develop advanced weapons, aren't you just defending against the Han people? I hate your faces the most. You look like decent people, but you have dog brains and are stupid. If you continue to defend against the Han people, I will watch with my eyes wide open and see what will happen to you. ]

As soon as Jiang Caiping expressed her thoughts, the court officials' faces turned blue and white with anger. It was a very exciting scene.

"This is extremely treasonous, this..." One of the courtiers, whose eyes turned red with anger, was interrupted by Yongzheng before he could finish his words.

Yongzheng's eyes were filled with warning, "Okay, don't be so presumptuous."

Everyone understood what the emperor meant. The emperor had previously instructed that no one should reveal any flaws in front of Jiang Caiping.

Yongzheng glanced towards the screen. Although she was cursing the ministers in her heart, she just felt good to hear it. She said in her heart that finally, she was not the only one cursing in her heart.

Every time he made a decision, these court officials would find various reasons to oppose it.

In fact, when he listened to Jiang Caiping's inner thoughts, he was so angry that he jumped up and down many times. But just after he scolded and taught Hongli, he had a dream, and what he saw in the dream was not much different from what Jiang Caiping revealed in her inner thoughts.

The Qing Dynasty had its gates blown open by the enemy's artillery fire and had to cede territory and pay compensation continuously. Fortunately, people of later generations worked hard and drove away the enemy at the cost of countless martyrs. They united as one and, with everyone's continuous efforts, caught up with and even surpassed the great powers.

He never wanted to experience the scene he had experienced once in his dream again in reality.

"Your Majesty, please do not listen to the nonsense. It is a lie that misleads the people. You cannot increase the military budget, Your Majesty..."

At Yongzheng's signal, the guards dragged the minister away.

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