[Qing] If you don't work hard, you will be forced to inherit the throne

The many "benefits" explained by Yinfeng are quite different from those under the current tributary trade system. What he calls negotiating trade with foreign countries actually treats those "subject countries" as partners of cooperation and treats them equally.

Kangxi just listened to it, and although Chen Tingjing was moved by the interests of His Royal Highness, he was still defeated by Shangguo's thoughts.

Chen Tingjing said: "Foreign tribute has always been regulated, and there is a custom in the court. If it is according to His Highness the Crown Prince, it will destroy the rules set by the ancestors before, and there may be fear of acting rashly."

Yinfeng was not worried at all, and said with a smile: "Where did the rules come from? They are the rules handed down from the previous Ming Dynasty. If the rules of the previous dynasty are correct, then what's the matter with me? Today Unlike in the past, the wealth and prosperity of the Qing Dynasty will take off in the hands of Khan Ama."

He winked at Kangxi, he was still talking about serious topics before, but after a while he found out that his words were jumping out.

Chen Tingjing: "..."

He is not blind!

Xu Shi suffered a loss in the hands of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and after getting along with the Crown Prince for a long time, Chen Tingjing knew a little about the Crown Prince.

In front of the people, she is quite able to bear it, but the naughty and naughty temperament of the queen is obviously favored by the emperor!

If the emperor hadn't pampered His Royal Highness the crown prince too much, with the talent of this highness, and the teachings of Tang Bin, Li Guangdi and other grand tutors with both ability and political integrity, how could it be so crooked?

Seeing how he suffered under the Crown Prince's subordinates last time, and the emperor's attitude in handling things, Chen Tingjing could understand the emperor's mind, and of course he would not say the phrase "a loving father often loses his son" without a wink.

The idea of ​​a big country being superior, and the short-sightedness of the courtiers and Chinese courtiers to the international situation, these are not a problem. Yinfeng would be angry and anxious about this when he was a child, but now he has cultivated a calm state of mind like a monk.

The ministers are too old to accept new things, so let's cultivate the next generation. The old ministers have old arms and legs. It makes people feel guilty to toss, so it's better to worry about the younger ones.

Everyone knows that profit drives people's hearts. As long as they taste the sweetness, the exchanges between the Qing Dynasty and foreign countries will gradually become active from the original frozen state.

Chen Tingjing belongs to the hexagram relatively young, starting with him, isn't it because he is the upcoming Minister of the Household Department?

Kangxi glared at him, beckoning him to be honest, and he said: "Last year, I ordered that domestic merchants be allowed to trade with foreign countries, and foreign merchants were allowed to come to the port for trade. tax."

The Qing Dynasty opened up foreign trade, and the customization was drawn up under the joint discussion of the cabinet. The taxation according to the length of the merchant ship was simple and rude, which saved the Qing Dynasty troubles and could also increase the "high price rate" of the goods brought by foreign merchants. The Qing government only needs to wait to collect taxes, and they can make a fortune for nothing. With the idea of ​​earning what they can, it doesn’t matter if they can’t.

In the past year, the Qing Dynasty’s legislation on maritime commercial trade was fully negotiated and implemented between the DPRK and China, resulting in increasingly close trade exchanges between a large number of neighboring countries and the Qing Dynasty.

The number of merchant ships in various ports increased sharply, and there were 85 merchant ships from Dongying to and from the Qing Dynasty alone.

In addition, there are also Manila and Batavia competing to come here, but these are all in the port, under the nose of the government, to trade with the Qing merchants.

The envoys they sent also did not have the opportunity to come to the capital, because the tribute time for receiving foreign envoys in the capital has not yet arrived!

Kangxi began to teach Yinreng, and he said to Yinreng: "Because the Qing Dynasty lifted the sea ban and treated foreign merchant ships equally, compared with places farther away, Qing merchants are more willing to trade with neighboring countries such as Dongying."

This is obvious. The Dongying people were deeply influenced by Han culture and knew the rules of the Qing Dynasty. They were one of the most "obedient" subordinate countries in the Qing Dynasty's tribute system.And the red-haired guys farther away have no etiquette and don't know the rules, but they can't be disgusted, including the Dutch who has repeatedly violated the ban.

Kangxi said: "I don't have a good impression of the Dutch. When I was 14 years old, they paid tribute from Fujian illegally, and even colluded with the local people to smuggle them!"

As for why Kangxi knew that the Dutch were smuggling in Guangzhou, it is also due to the Portuguese’s report. They were all pushed out of the door, and no one could please them.

Kangxi told Yinfeng: These red-haired boys from the Netherlands have been pursuing the so-called "free trade" with the Qing Dynasty, and they want to have a trading base in the Qing Dynasty.In the past, they didn’t abide by the rule of paying tribute once eight years ago, and they begged to come up after the Qing Dynasty lifted the sea ban, hum!

When it came to meeting envoys, Kangxi disagreed.

France, England, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries that came to the Qing Dynasty from the West competed fiercely for trade interests in the Qing Dynasty.

This kind of competition has no order at all and is full of vicious methods, which once affected the cleanliness of the officials at the Qing port.

This is also the reason why Kangxi sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and looked down on foreigners. In the eyes of the emperor, these people rushed forward eagerly to seek the Qing Dynasty.

Listening to his old father's blah blah, Yinreng seemed to want to change his mind, he was quite innocent.

When he disagreed with Ama Khan, he always sought common ground while reserving differences, and most of the time he followed Ama Khan's wishes. After all, his arms couldn't beat his thighs!

"I just mentioned it, I just mentioned it, I don't know if it is suitable for me to be a minister, after all, this matter is indeed beneficial, as for how to do it, of course it is left to the ministers of the court and Khan Ama. "

So why should Khan Ama be serious, wishing to reverse his concept?

Yinfeng himself didn't really want to twist Khan Ama's concept!

Yinreng: If you can influence, do it, if you can't influence it, let it go. It's not a lonely person who works, he just comes up with an idea.

[Xiaomei has something to say, the big friend's behavior of only teasing but not doing it is called prostitution. ] Yin Rengquan pretended not to hear: "But if you want to import crops, export crops, and do a large amount of business, you still have to come forward. The Qing Dynasty has always emphasized agriculture and consolidated its foundation, selling the overflowing agricultural products, and buying insufficient income. For agricultural products, these private businesses can’t do it, it has to be regulated by the imperial court.”

Last year, Yinfeng Chuchu put forward the plan of the Ministry of Commerce of the Qing Dynasty, which can win over the merchants of the Qing Dynasty and achieve the plan of the imperial court to regulate private commerce in a general direction.Now that the Ministry of Commerce is in shape, Khan Ama has already taken the first step. Wouldn't it be good to improve the Ministry of Commerce and refine the management of foreign business and domestic business, and take the next step?

Yinfeng was a little worried, if he didn't push, would Khan Ama go back and take back the steps he took.

But fortunately, because his suggestion has the aura of "immortal beast Bai Ze", Khan Ama is willing to calm down and think about the pros and cons most of the time, and consider the possibility of implementation.

I don't know when he developed the habit, but Yinreng unconsciously left Kangxi with the impression that "what the fairy and beast say must be correct" and "if you think about it, you won't suffer or be fooled".

Chen Tingjing couldn't make up his mind about this matter. While he was involved in deep-rooted ideas, he hit the big cake with the blueprint drawn by His Highness the Crown Prince.

If His Highness the Crown Prince just said it casually and fabricated it out of thin air, then he would have countless reasons to refute His Highness the Crown Prince, based on the family law of his ancestors, the rules and the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

But Yinfeng directly photographed the cold data in front of Chen Tingjing, there is no more convincing than the actual data!

Chen Tingjing secretly looked at the emperor's expression, seeing that the emperor was deep in thought, obviously considering what His Royal Highness said, he was secretly startled: it seems that the emperor is also moved.

After the new year, Kangxi put the matter on the court to discuss with the officials, and the court and China really discussed it fiercely.

Some say that such a move can levy their taxes lightly without burdening the people, and some say that foreigners come here for profit, and they have their own schemes, so they should not be trusted.If the interests of the country are damaged, the people will be tired instead, and the people will not fish or farm but go to business, which will be detrimental to the country.

It is also said that the Qing Dynasty had a vast land and abundant resources, and there was no shortage of everything. Why should it condescend to do business with foreign businessmen? Only other countries have always begged to come to pay tribute, and the imperial court has never taken the initiative to trade with it.

Kangxi listened to Yinfeng's words in his heart, and at the same time weighed the words of the important ministers of the government and the opposition. He had been discussing this matter with the court for more than three days, and the matter was not resolved for a while, but he devoted his energy to government affairs again. trend.

Soon, eight hundred miles to the north followed, and the border, which had been peaceful for a while, broke out again. The Tsarist Russian army, which retreated after the defeat, appeared on the border of the Qing Dynasty again like inexhaustible weeds. Harassing the border people, and more cunning, more rogue.

When Kangxi heard the words, he was furious, and ordered his envoys to issue a warning: "If Tsarist Russia is stubborn, there will be another war between the Qing Dynasty and China!"

Nalan Mingzhu stated: "Tsarist Russia has repeatedly violated the border of the Qing Dynasty for decades. After the victory of the Qing Dynasty in the Battle of Yaksa, in order to show the generosity of the big country, it ordered its troops to withdraw from the occupied land. Nerchinsk, which was occupied by him, has not been returned, and this time it is even more revived. From the point of view of humble ministers, the ambitious people are not worthy of lenient treatment. The generosity of the Qing Dynasty has not been half appreciated by them. Instead, they regard our country as a clay figurine. , repeated harassment, it can be seen that the Tsar did not have the sincerity to reconcile with the Qing Dynasty."

Nalan Mingzhu tried her best to take the lead in the battle, and based on this, she participated in the impeachment of Suo'etu many times in the handling of border issues, and was lenient and careless to the enemy country.

Suo'etu was so angry that he scolded Nalan Mingzhu for grabbing and biting at random, so shameless!

Yinfeng saw that the third grandpa was about to fight against the apple of his eye again, so he quickly suggested to Kangxi: "If Khan Ama wants to prepare for the war, why not try the import and export that my son said? Just do it. It can be stopped at any time, as long as the Qing Dynasty dominates, there will be no loss. It can not only relieve the urgent need, provide new protection for the war, but also give the Qing Dynasty an additional route to contact the surrounding countries. The intelligence of the Tsarist Russia has been spied into , the Ottoman Empire is at war with it to the west, why doesn’t the Qing Dynasty try to make long-distance and short-range attacks, and unite with other countries to put pressure on it?”

Courtiers:  …

Look at their Highness the Crown Prince, who has directly bypassed the question of whether to go to war or not, and jumped directly to the preparations for war.

The northern border is not peaceful, the seaside ports are under jurisdiction, and the Junggar Khanate in the west has wiped out a Mongolian Tumeng. Seeing that it is about to unify the Western Regions, Kangxi only feels that everything is piled up together.

At this moment, how can I think that I ordered to see the crown princess a year ago, and even this year's draft has been put on hold for the time being.

In order to solve the management of foreign trade, the cabinet came up with a new solution, which is to set up customs, especially Guangzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo, and Yuntaishan as the four important customs.

Vincent Butz is an envoy from the Netherlands. In order to come to the mysterious oriental country, he has experienced too many ups and downs and tribulations.

As soon as he arrived at the port of Fujian, his envoys were severely interrogated by local customs officials. Because Vincent did not follow the route prescribed by the Qing Dynasty to enter through Guangzhou Customs, it was closer from Batavia to Fujian. Sent pretended not to know that he didn't know the rules of the Qing Dynasty, but the ruthless eastern officials insisted that he didn't respect the rules and refused the mission to enter.

In order to seek an audience with the Eastern monarch, Vincent did everything possible, and he was even more anxious.

"If we fail to meet their monarch this time, then our country's trade interests will be taken away by those insidious French and English. The king has sent news for us. The king of France heard that the Dutch envoy I have already arrived in Fujian, and I can't wait to send envoys over."

In order not to be caught up by the despicable and shameless Frenchmen, Vincent went all out and kept opening up relationships by giving gifts.

Finally, hard work paid off, Vincent was recommended by others, and met the Governor of Customs Wang Guoan, Governor of Fujian Yao Qisheng, Governor Jin Hong and others.

Yao Qisheng told them: "The emperor issued an order from the capital, and is willing to accept you to go to the capital to pay tribute, but your disobedience to etiquette has offended the emperor. If you can't make the emperor happy, I'm afraid you won't be able to achieve what you want. Willing."

Vincent thought he had finally opened the way to meet the king of the East, and praised the kindness and generosity of the Qing emperor to Yao Qisheng in broken Chinese.

"We came here to present the emperor with sincerity."

Their envoys not only brought generous gifts, but also musical instrument masters, who the king chose to come because he heard that the eastern region loved music.

Among them, Mardins Caesar is good at the violin, Ansoriki is good at the harp, and some people are good at performing magic tricks. They even showed Yao Qisheng and others!

This circus-like style made the officials of the Qing Dynasty dumbfounded, and while being straight and fresh, they despised these red-haired boys even more.

Among the gifts given to Kangxi by these Dutch envoys, there are many treasures such as corals and ambers, as well as three housekeeping treasure telescopes, as well as the latest Dutch ship models, wine, spices, and sesame oil.

Vincent is full of sincerity, and after going through all kinds of hardships, he finally embarks on the journey to the capital with the treasures he is about to dedicate to the Eastern monarch...

At this moment, Yinreng is cleaning up the toys that have accumulated in his Yuqing Palace. Since he has moved to Changchun Garden, he will rarely go back to live in it, so his toys should not come with him, but all of them will be sent to his younger brothers. Let's play!

According to the ledger, there are hundreds of corals, ambers and other treasures purchased from England in Yinreng’s warehouse, including the offerings from his subordinates in the past year, and there are as many as [-] types of binoculars that have been continuously improved by the Liuli Guan Kiln.

Yinfeng sighed: "Oh, it's too much to send to my younger brothers, why don't I give it to my ladies for fun."

As for the coral and amber, these are not regarded as royal tributes, and it is easy for him to deal with them, and they are directly rewarded to the servants.

Therefore, the leading concubines in Kangxi's harem, from Concubine Tong to Concubine Rong, all received binoculars sent by the prince, and everyone's is different, because it is made of glazed official kiln, which is not only practical, but also very delicate .

Yinti also made a special trip to Changchun Garden to thank Yinfeng for his kindness.

"Emiang, she's very rare about this thing. She couldn't put it down when she first got it. She said that it can see clearly than the telescope she used before, and the appearance is more beautiful."

Yinfeng said modestly: "It's just some gadgets. A few years ago, this telescope was a rare thing that only high-ranking officials could use. The glazed official kiln has been remodeled repeatedly to reduce the cost and cost, but it has made the telescope affordable even for ordinary people. started something."

Yinti: "The telescopes here are really expensive, and they are much more refined than those circulating in the market."

"By the way, I heard that the French envoys entered the customs from Guangzhou and arrived in the capital today. They have followed the rules. They are not like the Dutch envoys, who are still delayed halfway."

Yinfeng sighed and said: "If they can abide by the rules, they won't be blocked so much. Khan Ama is wary of foreign businessmen. People in this country are really dishonest. However, the French envoy can come here smoothly. Or is it because their Jesuits have a relationship with Nan Huairen, after all, they are also the old people next to Khan Ama, so Nan Huairen still has some affection."

Ever since Nan Huairen resigned from the position of Prince Taifu and did something harmful to the interests of the Qing Dynasty, Yinfeng has completely regarded him as an outsider. The former master-student friendship has become a thing of the past. Personal friendship, where is there a country? Important event?

"The French envoy even gave himself a Chinese name, Bai Jin."

"Let's go, let's go to Khan Ama, maybe if we're lucky today, we'll meet the envoy who came to visit Khan Ama," Yinfeng encouraged Yinti, put down the pen and ink in his hand, and prepared a suit for himself. Temperament clothing.

It's funny to say that all the members of the French envoys brought by Bai Jin have been dumbfounded since they entered the Qing Dynasty. They floated all the way from Guangzhou to the capital with elegant footsteps, and their admiration was beyond words. It made the post station officials who came to lead them into the capital feel funny.

"These ignorant bumpkins are amazed at everything they see when they walk on the street, and their mouths are almost stuffed with eggs."

Yinreng followed Kangxi, and he really saw the French envoy who came to visit the emperor at the first time.

Na Bai Jin was extremely winking, constantly bragging to Khan Ama about the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty, and praising Khan Ama's brilliance and prowess.

Yinfeng never knew that although it sounds weird for foreigners to praise people in bad Chinese, it still makes people feel a sense of accomplishment.

Bai Jin said in disbelief: "How did your country make the streets clean and the sewage flow smoothly? This is simply a gift from God!"

In Paris, the capital of their country, the streets are full of people's feces and urine, as well as animal offal, rotting food and so on.

People are crowded in Paris, living in a city where garbage is piled up, everywhere is so smelly, and green plants can't survive at all.

Bai Jin said emotionally: "Your majesty, the country under your rule is simply a paradise! There is no place where people feel happier than here. Your country is not only clean, but also full of greenery. I wish I could live in this place for the rest of my life. In such a beautiful paradise.”

Yinfeng: "..."

Is it so exaggerated?

Kangxi couldn't help laughing: "The envoy's Chinese is much more fluent than I imagined." Even the officials of the Qing Dynasty never praised the capital as a land of gods!Thanks to him being able to yell out so exaggeratedly, he didn't feel embarrassed at all.

As everyone knows, Bai Jin is sincerely praising the cleanliness of Qing Dynasty.You know, even in their French palace, the nobles who came to see the king every day defecate on the floor of the palace.The feces excreted by the people in their capital are all thrown on the streets every day. The sewers are blocked all the year round, and the rivers are floating and dirty.

You must hold an umbrella when walking on the road, otherwise you have to be prepared to get wet with feces.There is a slaughterhouse in the city of Paris, where the smell of rotting raw meat is everywhere, and it is surrounded by places where exquisite leather is manufactured for the nobles of the kingdom, and it is filled with poisonous gas that will cause mouth ulcers when one smells it.

In the capital city of the Qing Dynasty, there are green plants everywhere, small bridges and flowing water everywhere, the streets are clean and hygienic, and even the air is so pleasant.

The author has something to say: Ah, Paris before the French Revolution, the city on the garbage dump, this is a documentary about the dirty city, and the medical students did not change their faces the whole time (*^▽^*)