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

Bai Jin was a missionary from France. According to the records of the Qing Dynasty, the name France was translated from the Frankish Kingdom before the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Because the Qing Dynasty had been closed for too long and did not understand the outside world, it was only after receiving a letter from the French envoy that Knowing that it is now translated as Frank, or the country of France, the name of the current dynasty is called "Bourbon Dynasty".

Bai Jin praised the beauty and richness of the Qing Dynasty in a praiseful tone, even the food served in the post station was so exquisite.

He recited emotionally to Kangxi in fairly fluent Chinese: "Your Majesty, our King Louis XIV sent us to bring a letter of credence to express his sincere greetings to you. The King is very much looking forward to cooperating with the Qing Dynasty. It is very lucky to be able to come to the beautiful Qing Dynasty this time, His Majesty the King also sent us to send you a gift, I wish you happiness."

Foreigners can speak Chinese fluently, which is already very good. It is also within the acceptable range of Kangxi to bring some words and sentences from their country. After all, Bai Jin knows the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty very well. Maybe it was reminded by Nan Huairen, There was no hypocrisy when I came to meet the emperor, and there was no ambiguity when it was time to kneel down.

There were four other missionaries who accompanied Bai Jin to the Qing Dynasty, named Hong Ruohan, Li Ming, Zhang Cheng, and Liu Ying. The sincerity of France's visit to the Qing Dynasty is sincere.

Nan Huairen was old, and now he was ill again, so Kangxi did not summon him, but allowed Bai Jin to enter the palace alone to visit him.

A generous gift was delivered, and Bai Jin introduced: "This is our country's latest telescopic 'quadrant', which can measure astronomical heights. In addition, there are spirit levels, astronomical clocks, etc., and I will present it to the emperor together."

The altimetry telescope in France was much more mature than the Qing Dynasty's existing technology. Kangxi saw it fresh, and Yinfeng's eyes lit up. He thought about how to ask Khan Ama to come, so he dismantled it and studied it.

Kangxi raised his eyebrows, and threw a proposition to Bai Jin: "How does my palace in the Qing Dynasty compare with the Palace of Versailles in Bourbon?"

Bai Jin flattered Kangxi very unprincipled: "Your country is a big country, and the palace is more magnificent and beautiful than our Versailles Palace, and the charm is completely different."

Bai Jin was full of love for everything in the Qing Dynasty, and Kangxi was very surprised by his unreserved praise.

Kangxi raised his eyebrows and said, "You are not afraid of offending your king."

Bai Jin said: "People in our country always say what they think in their hearts, and they say what they say. Only honesty can be respected. I will never lie to the emperor. If the person who came to ask me this question today is His Majesty the King, I will do the same." That's the answer."

I have to say that Kangxi was in a really good mood when he praised him. Looking at Bai Jin, he felt quite pleasing to the eye, and even relaxed his brows.

Yinfeng and Yinfeng looked at each other.

Yinfeng: This is the highest level of flattery, anyway, Louis XIV is not here.

When Kangxi was satisfied, he invited the envoys from the Bourbon Dynasty to the banquet. There were delicious food and wine, beauties dancing, and music to add to the fun. The Qing court music was another completely different charm. Fascinated.

Maybe it's because he drank too much, Bai Jin felt the urge to urinate, and he could control himself not to touch the drink, but he was really uncomfortable and couldn't sit still.

Kangxi sat at the head and introduced Yinreng and Yinti to Bai Jin: "They are all my sons, the older one is the eldest son of the emperor, and the younger one is the crown prince."

In order to express his sincere greetings, Bai Jin had to toast the eldest son of the emperor and the crown prince successively.

Compliments are like running out without money. Bai Jin praised Yinti for his handsome appearance and good-looking talents, that's all. The baby fat on Yinfeng's face has not disappeared yet, and he also praised Yinfeng: "His Royal Highness is a once-in-a-century The beautiful man here is not only handsome, but also has a noble temperament."

Yinfeng's smile froze slightly: Beautiful...beautiful man?

He looked down at his thin arms, lost in thought.

He was handsome when he exaggerated the big brother, but he became a handsome man when he came to him. Junya put a word of elegance, not handsome or cool at all!

Is it because Gu's figure is too thin?

Yinreng quietly squeezed his flat biceps, ate two extra pieces of meat, and decided to exercise his muscles before going to bed at night after eating.

Bai Jin's desire to urinate gradually became stronger, and dense beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Here Kangxi told everyone: "There is no need to be cautious at the banquet. If the envoy has a request, he can ask the palace people."

Behind every messenger is a court lady and a eunuch.

The little eunuch who was good at observing words and expressions bowed and asked in a low voice: "If the envoy has a request, he can order the servants to do it, whether it is to add wine or other things."

Bai Jin was very moved. In the Palace of Versailles, the king and queen did not send servants to serve the nobles when they received them. Compared with the palace of the Qing Dynasty where there were maids and male servants serving them, it was great.

He asked in a low voice, "I ate too much tonight..."

The little eunuch suddenly realized: "The envoy, please come with the servant, and the servant will take you to the toilet."

Toilet!

In the palaces of the Qing Dynasty, latrines were built to facilitate people's excretion. The latrines excreted by the servants and the latrines excreted by the nobles are different in appearance. The common point is that no matter what kind of latrine it is, it is an independent building. There are complete excretion and collection channels, and finally a special person handles and transports them away.

Among the messenger team, Bai Jin and Zhang Cheng had the best language talents. Bai Jin told Kangxi: "If we want to learn a language, we can learn it in about half a year. I know Stuart, Dutch , Russian and other languages, and the most profound and profound one I have learned so far is your country’s Chinese.”

When Kangxi heard this, he narrowed his eyes: "Really, it seems that the envoy has put in a lot of effort to go to the Qing Dynasty."

"I sincerely want to know everything about your country. If the emperor allows me to learn Manchu, I would even like to stay in Qing Dynasty and become a part of this place."

Bai Jin chanted exaggeratedly, wanting to change jobs to Daqing every minute.

Yinfeng: This Bai Jin, doesn't he know that if he is too proactive, it will arouse Han Ama's suspicion?

Sure enough, Kangxi's smile faded a little: "Oh? Manchu, Chinese is even more difficult to learn, but I have never asked the Han officials to learn Manchu. It is rare that the envoy is interested in Manchu."

Bai Jin didn't seem to see Kangxi's reaction, he said positively: "If the emperor allows, I am willing to learn Manchu. When I finish my studies, I will definitely write books on geometry and mathematics in Manchu for the emperor."

Kangxi raised his eyebrows: "In this case, I will give you a chance. Come and deliver the imperial decree, and I will order Bai Jin to learn Manchu. If he can learn Manchu, I will satisfy Bai Jin's wish to stay in the Qing Dynasty. "

When Bai Jin heard this, he was overjoyed, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was much easier to talk to than he imagined!

A feast, the guests and the host enjoyed themselves.

After the banquet was over, Kangxi left behind two sons, and said to Yinti and Yinreng, "Have you all seen it?"

Yinxuan said seriously: "My son saw it."

Yinfeng's face was confused, and he didn't understand the brain circuit between Han Ama and his elder brother: what, what did you see?

Kangxi: "These foreign envoys are eagerly begging to cooperate with the Qing Dynasty! They say good things, and I give some small favors, and they are grateful. If I have any requests, they run faster than eunuchs." Come on, do you know why?"

Without waiting for his sons to answer, Kangxi said coldly: "Because the Qing Dynasty is powerful, the Qing Dynasty has the huge benefits they are looking for, and it has enough strength to deter them."

"You must remember that these foreign troubles will eventually become a major problem that needs to be solved in the future. These foreign envoys can support us for these, and once we become weak, they will rush up and bite us like wolves."

Kangxi educated his two sons, especially focusing on Yinreng: "For foreigners, you can have benevolence and righteousness on the surface, but you need to be vigilant in your heart. Even if they have a nationality in the Qing Dynasty, whether their hearts belong to the Qing Dynasty or not?" Who can guarantee it? Unless their children and grandchildren have completely forgotten where their ancestors came from, they will integrate into this place and become a part of the Qing Dynasty."

"So, to use them, don't trust them all."

Yinfeng nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and hurriedly climbed up the pole: "Khan Ama, why did you agree to let Bai Jin learn Manchu? If he learns Manchu and Chinese, everything in Qing Dynasty will be perfect." Let him see it in his eyes and remember it in his heart?"

Yinti hesitated: "Maybe, Khan Ama didn't intend to let Bai Jin return to the country?"

Kangxi showed a satisfied smile: "It's still Baoqing who is savvy and understands my thoughts. Nan Huairen is getting old and may beg for divorce at any time. I need to prepare for the future."

Whether it was the Jesuits behind Nan Huairen, or the connections abroad, Kangxi needed someone who could succeed Nan Huairen, and Bai Jin was lucky, and it happened that he fell into Kangxi's eyes at this time.

Yinfeng continued: "Foreigners are so active in learning our language, we can't fall behind! Khan Ama said that we can't trust them all, so should we also train translators belonging to the Qing Dynasty?"

Kangxi glanced at him and said nothing.

Yinti reminded: "The Qing Dynasty had its own translators, and the Ministry of Rites had them. Didn't Nalan Xingde also train a group of people?"

Yinfeng shook his head: "That's too few, and there are so many countries that want to contact the Qing Dynasty. They keep sending people over, why doesn't the Qing Dynasty send people out? What is the outside world like? The incoming news is not good. I feel that the Qing Dynasty needs to send its own people to go outside, visit the king outside, and walk with other countries, so as to promote the prestige of the great power! People say that Portugal is the overlord of the sea, When will others mention the overlord, will they think of the Qing Dynasty? Dongying still calls the Qing Dynasty Tang, and they can't even figure it out, so we have to send someone to remind them."

Kangxi: "So, what does Baocheng want to do?"

The word "you" is used wonderfully. One word expresses the wisdom and transparency of the old father, and one can see through the little wisdom in Yinfeng's heart at a glance.

Yinfeng said: "My son just wanted to mention that it is better to build a school to train translation talents in the Qing Dynasty, recruit people with good memories from the people to study, and after graduation, they will be assigned translation positions or sent out. "

The implication is to directly bypass the stereotyped literary talents selected by the imperial examination, and instead recruit students from outside to study languages. Once they finish their studies and work, they will not be officials, but a new language industry will be created. .

Yinti was surprised and said: "If you do this, where are the scholars from all over the country?"

"The imperial examination is like tens of thousands of people crossing a single-plank bridge. How many people have struggled for more than ten years and failed to pass the exam. Every year, tens of thousands of people refer to it, and finally dozens of people are selected. Then don't the rest of them need to find a living? Just provide a The new direction of employment is nothing more than compulsory. Those who don’t want to come don’t have to come. Those who are ambitious will take the bait by themselves. To do these things, you only need to have the money to build a school, and someone to ask the teacher to do it. When the time comes, there will be Someone taught Shu Xiu to sign up."

Yinfeng continued to work hard: "These people Rong Ruo cultivated, don't they happen to be the first batch of teachers?"

Kangxi originally planned to bring his two sons to him to teach them well, especially to beat Yinfeng not to take it lightly just because he met the French envoy, but he came up with a new idea.

"Baocheng's idea is very good," Kangxi said coldly, "Since you have so many ideas, why not leave this matter to you."

Yinfeng's gaze met Kangxi's, and his heart felt cold.

Kangxi: Don't try to be lazy, do you really think you can just talk and not do anything?

"This matter, let's take it as a test of my ability to guarantee success, don't look for Suo Ertu."

Yinfeng thought about the troublesome things, such as choosing the address, publicizing the enrollment, asking the teacher, and finding a good principal for the school, and judging from Khan Ama's attitude, he must not be found in the imperial court. If someone with an official position goes to teach, at most a civil servant can be appointed as the principal, and Yinfeng will suddenly have a headache.

Solitary needs help!

Yinti pretended not to see Yinreng's eyes asking for help, and turned his face away.

Yinfeng had no choice but to take on the new task with his head downcast: "My minister obeys the order."

When Kangxi saw his reluctance, he became very angry.

"I knew the idea was going to come out, I just opened my mouth, and I didn't write the regulations and the performance, it's because I have spoiled you!"

Say it face to face, there is no charter and performance, so why not ask Kangxi to call his courtiers to discuss it again?When the time comes, he will be busy by himself, but the prince will be idle. Where can such a good thing come from?

In Yinreng's small book, in addition to the plans that have been made, there are additional additional tasks, which makes Yinreng, who has always been at ease, feel that he has no time to do so.

In order to quickly implement the plan in the small book, Yinfeng could only feel sorry for his little friend. He went back to the study and sent a letter to Jiangning, calling back Ah Zhenhui who went to Jiangning with Cao Yin for the holidays. Beijing.

On the first day of junior high school, when he saw Cao Zhen, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Yinfeng walked around him incredulously: "Ah Zhen has lost weight!"

Not only has he lost weight, but he is also very good-looking. As soon as he sees him, he knows that he will be a handsome man who can't take his eyes off.

When mentioning this matter, Cao Zhen couldn't help but smile wryly: "Stop talking, I think it's better for me to be fatter."

"It's not good to be fat. If you are fat, you will pant when you walk, which is not good for your health," Yinfeng disagreed.

"You don't know, I've been in trouble recently, and the Taoist priests said that if I don't gain weight, I will have to suffer forever in the future."

At first hearing Cao Zhen's complaint, Yinreng thought it was something, but who knew it was a "fate offender"!

"Ham, what does it matter, if you are popular with girls, it means that A-Zhen is attractive, not to mention that the cousins ​​at home are fighting to pull you, even if a girl throws a handkerchief at you, it is a proof that you are good! A-Zhen I didn’t do anything bad, and it’s not my fault to be good.”

Cao Zhen calmed down, she was comforted by Yinfeng.

As soon as Cao Zhen returned to Yinreng's side, Yuqing Palace, which had been a little deserted before, suddenly became lively again. The two young people gathered together, as if they had endless things to say.

Cao Zhendao: "This time I followed my father back to Jiangning to visit relatives. I have seen and learned a lot. My father's business negotiation skills are really good. He can negotiate things that originally cost five taels of silver. It took ten taels of silver to go, but I almost didn't panic to death."

Yinfeng laughed and said, "So you are being slandered by your father? After all, Mr. Cao is also a celebrity around Khan Ama, and he went to Jiangning to make money for Khan Ama's House of Internal Affairs. What about cheating and losing money?"

Cao Zhen sighed: "You don't know, my father is a Confucian businessman, a great Confucian scholar deeply influenced by Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism."

"Khan Ama is quite satisfied with Mr. Cao's contribution."

"Because he won a good reputation for the emperor!" Cao Zhen muttered, "If it were me, I would not only gain a good reputation, but also definitely not lose money."

Cao Zhen, who is growing rapidly in height, has gone through a serious weight loss exercise, and accidentally overweight, not only lost the flesh all over her body, but also lost a sharp chin, and her eyes became squinted due to obesity. The squinting peach blossom eyes are back again. When he smiles, his eyes seem to be seductive. He has a good temper, and his smile is extremely warm. No wonder he attracts the attention of girls.

Yinfeng patted him on the shoulder, thinly as if directly on the bone.

After returning to His Highness's Yuqing Palace, the new little maid blushed shyly when she saw him, and even secretly looked at him.

At first Yinti didn't feel anything was wrong, until Yinti took Amu to find Cao Zhen, then he realized that it was Amu's younger sister who had taken a fancy to his... face.

Cao Zhen shook her head like a rattle: "My future marriage has to be decided by my father."

In order to run the school, Yinfeng took Cao Zhen to start walking around, but when he went outside, he actually met a girl who threw a veil for Cao Zhen.

Yinfeng asked him in amazement: "Is Ah Zhen really a murderer?"

Cao Zhen said painfully: "You don't know how it feels to be pulled from both sides by my cousins. It's really a dilemma. I was almost torn in two, and my shoulders were pulled and hurt. I didn't do anything. What do they like about me? Can't you change it?"

Yinfeng was silent for a moment, and said with difficulty: "It seems that it is really hard work. But maybe they just like your face?"

He imagined the scene of Ah Zhen being pulled by his cousin, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

Cao Zhen was filled with grief and anger, and immediately felt that it was a wrong decision for her to suffer a few months ago and not eat delicious food to lose weight.

What are you doing handsome man?He decided to be a brave man like Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, and Dian Wei in the future!

Isn't it delicious to enjoy delicious food?Why suppress your nature in order to lose weight!

As Yinfeng was walking, he suddenly heard Cao Zhen behind him saying like he was pumping chicken blood: "It's decided, I'll eat fried chicken tonight, I haven't touched fried chicken for more than half a year!" I really miss him.

Whenever he thought of the smell of fried chicken, Cao Zhen's mouth would salivate unconsciously, and he smacked his lips, eager to try it.

After choosing the address of the new school, Yinfeng began to look for the principal of the school.

Regarding who should be the headmaster of the foreign language school, Yinfeng planned to ask the tutors for their opinions, so he took Cao Zhen back to the study room where he had been away for a long time.

Having not seen Cao Zhen for a long time, Yinzhen stared round in surprise: "You are Cao Zhen? Why do you look like this!"

Cao Zhen: "..."

Don't blame him for being surprised, it's really a man's [-]th change. When he was young, he had a hidden disease, and the longer he grew, the softer he was. After the hidden disease was cured, he started exercising to lose weight, and immediately grew in the direction of a handsome man.

A crown prince, plus Cao Zhen, when the two young people stood together, Yinzhen had a feeling that he was almost blinded, and he covered his eyes.

Only then did Yinreng look at Cao Zhen again, and muttered in his mouth: "It seems that Ah Zhen really looks better than Pan An."

Cao Zhen: "..."

In the upper study room, there are not only little elder brothers who go to school, but also Kangxi’s special class for his daughter, which is opened to the south of the upper study room.According to the past, the little elder brothers and the little princesses do not interfere with each other, and there is almost no intersection.

But today is different, ever since the prince wandered over from the south with his companions to discuss matters with the Taifus, and then came back to find Yinzhen, little Gege began to wander over with the reason of looking for his brother, just to see more An eye-catching handsome man.

"Have you ever heard of a word?" Yinzhen said blankly, "Look at killing Wei Jie."

Cao Zhen: "It's about a beautiful man named Wei Jie in Jinshu. Because of his overly handsome appearance and admiration, people gathered to watch him, watching him live and die."

Yinfeng comforted Cao Zhen: "Don't listen to Xiaosi's nonsense, he is scaring you!"

"No, I suddenly discovered that the cake and fried dough sticks are actually delicious, so I decided that I will eat red bean paste at night!" Cao Zhen said suddenly.

Yinzhen twitched the corners of his mouth, and looked at Cao Zhen with pity: This child looks good, but unfortunately, he seems to have a problem with his mind.

Yinreng's little heart pounded: Being a handsome man doesn't seem to be a good thing. What a shame it would be if she was torn apart by her cousins ​​like Ah Zhen?

He imagined that scene, and immediately felt that the girl was really troublesome.

Look at Khan Ama again, every day when he goes to the harem, he has to worry about going to the imperial concubine or the four concubines first, and when the concubines have seen it, the nobles who are eager to pick him up and the promises will soon form a team Even so, Khan Ama is still in high spirits every day and has endless energy.

Today's Yinfeng admires Khan Ama even more than yesterday!

Under Tang Bin's guidance, Yinreng finally chose Du Lide's son Du Gongjun, a young talent who is now serving as the minister of rites in the court, to be the "principal" of the foreign language school.

Firstly, Du Gongjun has Master Du’s family background and connections, and is respected by others; secondly, Du Gongjun is young, has a strong ability to accept, and has experience in dealing with foreigners; thirdly, because he is Yinfeng Mr. Du's "one of his own" was left by Mrs. Du to assist him, and it was just right for Mr. Du Gongjun to be the principal of the School of Foreign Languages.

Since then, the capital has not only Taixue, but also "foreign schools".

Next, Yinreng began to worry about the next step.

He needs someone from abroad as a teacher, and it would be even better if that foreigner understands the language of the Qing Dynasty.

"According to His Highness, the envoy from France meets this requirement," Cao Zhen was gnawing on the fried chicken, gnawing on it with great relish, and squinting her eyes in enjoyment.Grease sticks to the lips like a light rouge, and the fingers are as white as jade. Even eating fried chicken with Erlang's legs up is so beautiful.

"It's inconvenient for me to attack them!"

Yinfeng struggled and said: "Then Bai Jin is not even considered an official of the Qing Dynasty."

"His Royal Highness, please ask Bai Jin to recommend talents who understand different languages ​​for you."

Then you have to get in touch with Bai Jin.

Cao Zhen rolled her eyes slyly, and quietly leaned into Yinrong's ear and said, "I know how to lure Bai Jin to beg you. You can go through the Academy of Sciences."

"Your Highness probably doesn't know, but Bai Jin has only been in the capital for seven days, and he ran all over the toilets that were set up in the entire capital for people's convenience."

Yinfeng:? ? ?

Even if it's diarrhea, it's not like running all over the toilets in the capital!

"He came all the way to visit our landscape, but he can still understand, what is he doing to visit the latrine?!" Yinfeng felt incredible.

"Of course it's because the toilets in the Qing Dynasty are better than those in their country, and much better. Your Highness, please wait, I will run an errand for you, which will attract Bai Jin to the research institute."

Cao Zhen didn't even come out on her own, but spent some money to get people to spread the news that had been widely circulated in the capital a few years ago, but now faded into people's memory.

"The research institute collects a large amount of feces to make fertilizer, in order to research new fertilizers that can increase food production, so that the people will no longer be hungry and can eat better food!"

"There is a way to solve the rotten garbage that has accumulated in the capital. The research institute has introduced some bugs that can eat up all the melon skins, fruit and vegetable skins left over from our meal, so we don't have to worry about them rotting in summer and emitting a bad smell."

"The research institute founded by His Royal Highness has done a lot of practical things for the people of the Qing Dynasty! His Royal Highness cares about the people, His Highness is benevolent and intelligent, and he is worthy of being chosen by the immortals."

Hearing the rumors in the streets and alleys, Bai Jin was really moved. He scratched his head and wanted to explore the secrets of the capital's cleanliness and tidiness. No, he begged Kangxi to see His Highness the Crown Prince.

The author has something to say: Cao Zhen: I don't want to be a handsome man, I want to be a macho.To be a hunk, start by eating fried chicken ps: It's time to introduce chocolate to Jane!