Road to Shunzhi

Li Maomin's job title is Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, who is in charge of ship repairing.He is an airborne Han Chinese, so he would be excluded logically, but this person may have been mixed up from the bottom, and he is very smooth. Just being in the Ministry of Industry is like a duck to water, which is also of great help to his shipbuilding business.

In just three months, the first warship was built, and Fulin and Dorgon went to check it out in person.This ship is nothing in Fulin's eyes, but in the eyes of Qing Dynasty people, it is already a giant.Fulin stepped on the deck and saw that everything was made of wood, the cabin was not spacious, there were regular grooves on both sides, and there were some small holes.Li Maomin introduced: "The movable blades can be inserted into these grooves, and arrows can be placed in those small holes, which can be covered."

Dorgon was a little puzzled: "What if someone shoots rockets, or encounters artillery?" Li Maomin pointed to the bunkers on the ship's side and said: "You can also set up artillery here, or you can arrange sharpshooters."

Fulin was still dissatisfied: "Give me the blueprint, and I'll take a look again."

As a boy, Fulin liked all kinds of warships back then, but he was not a professional, and it had been a long time, so he couldn't think of anything for a while.Seeing the real thing now, it seems that something has popped up in his long-lost memory, and he needs to sort it out slowly by himself.

According to Li Maomin's brochure, there is a kind of turtle boat, which was used when the former Ming Dynasty helped North Korea.Covered with iron sheets and with thorns, there is no need for anything else, just drive into the enemy camp and rampage.What Li Maomin most wanted to restore was also this kind of warship, but now the Ministry of Finance's funds are tight, and there is no extra money to do this. Moreover, the construction of this kind of warship requires a very large demand for productivity.

Or, build some wooden, normal boats first, and build them later.Fulin thought about it, added some thoughts of his own, announced Li Maomin to come in, and showed him the note.

After looking at it for a while, Li Maomin said: "Your Majesty is really a holy candle. The boats transporting supplies are surrounded by leather, which can indeed cover up the enemy's bows and arrows; and pig urine bubbles filled with air can also save people's lives in the water. Yes. It's just that it's too obvious that this inflated thing is hanging on the boat."

He said it very euphemistically, Fulin thought about it, and it was indeed the case, and said: "I also read some ancient books that said so, since it is not appropriate, you can think of some better ways."

Li Maomin agreed, and then brought up the idea of ​​building a turtle boat.Fulin said, "We will discuss this matter later."

Money, money, money is a big problem!Fulin once again worried about the economic situation of the court.He also wants to build a turtle boat, and he also wants to train a navy, but where is the money?

In August, the canal burst, and he exempted Lingqiu, Chengwu and other seven prefectures and counties from taxes; in September, Fengyang, Ningyuan and other three places were exempted from taxes; Taxes in Ganzhou, Ganzhou, Liangzhou and other places.It is now November, and the disaster situation in Tangyi and other places has been reported. As expected, tax exemption is still required.

Fortunately, the harvest in the south of the Yangtze River is bumper this year. In Guangxi, thanks to the guards of Shang Kexi and others, the harvest is also good. In addition to the good things looted from the national treasury, even though many places have been exempted from taxes, there is still a slight surplus. Yes, it's just that there are too many things to do with these surpluses.

One is the military pay of the soldiers of the Eight Banners.Life is stable, and the Eight Banners are marrying wives and concubines one after another, and they have more children. They are all people who have income as soon as they land. For the court, it is a huge expenditure.

The second is military spending in various places.Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, Wu Sangui and others spent a lot of money. Fortunately, Zheng Chenggong is busy wrangling with the Portuguese in Macau and has no time to make trouble, otherwise it would be a big expense.

The third is the construction of the palace.Li Zicheng's fire was too powerful. The current palace has only repaired some places for living and use, and more places are still waiting to be rebuilt.It is very troublesome to break the ground, and it is necessary to find a good day without disturbing the rest of the palace.Fortunately, the number of people in the harem is small, and the speed of construction is fairly fast.

Sure enough, a penny beats a hero.Fulin scratched on the paper: If you want to get rich, build roads first.Commerce is the way to make money.However, China is now an agricultural country. If businessmen are profitable, some people will give up agriculture and mulberry to do business, and the speed is not easy to grasp.

Also, foreign trade will also be developed.The Netherlands and Portugal are vying for Macau, not just to open up the Chinese market. They have the backing of the navy, but here there is no...

No, Fulin suddenly thought, there are still a lot of folks who go on merchant ships. Is it possible that these people do not bring some martial arts guards, even if they are pirates, aren't they born sailors?

Thinking of doing it, Fulin immediately sent Hong Chengchou and Xifu into the palace to discuss the matter.Hong Chengchou thought for a moment and said: "This is feasible. It's just that those people are reckless, and there must be some negligence in the rules. It's better not to set it too high to avoid accidents."

Xi Fu said: "In this way, the merchants going out to sea can be regarded as being escorted by the army, but they are quite tough. However, if there is any benefit, I am afraid that those people will take away their rations again."

Xifu is talking about the common surnames of Manchuria.Although Fulin reused Han people, the Manchu surname still has unique advantages, interspersed among the six parts, and cannot be easily moved.People from the Eight Banners can't do business, can't do farming, and can't live on the salaries alone, so they naturally have to think of other ways to make money.

Fulin asked, "Does Master Hong have any insight?"

Hong Chengchou replied: "At this time, the world has been settled. Perhaps, the Eight Banners can be disbanded slowly, so that the children of the Eight Banners can be promoted like ordinary people by relying on imperial examinations."

As soon as these words came out, Xi Fu turned pale with shock: "What Master Hong said is wrong. The Eight Banners are the foundation of the country. If the foundation is not stable, the country will be unstable!"

Fulin nodded. Disbanding the Eight Banners was too aggressive at this time. He had plenty of patience and could wait.However, it is possible to slowly sway the hearts of the Eight Banners.

In December of the 12th year of Shunzhi, the regent received several merchants, including the Luo family, one of the best in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Shen family, the richest man in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Then, several pirates surrendered, the emperor was overjoyed and appointed their leaders as generals. Naturally, these people also changed from bandits to good citizens.As soon as their identities change, their seven aunts and eight aunts always come to get some glory. Although the quality varies, the number of navy has increased.Dorgon gave an order: The Japanese country is rich in silver, and their women are different from those in the Central Plains. They always come to rob us, so let's rob them too. If you get money, you get women!Don't worry, you are a regular army, and the country is backing you up. You only need to hand over one-third of the stolen money to the country, and the rest belongs to you.

It's so cool to be a regular soldier and still be a robber.The pirates didn't need to order, they called their friends and ran to rob and play.Originally, the Japanese pirates were emboldened by Zheng Chenggong's army, and now some pirates came to their lair, so they didn't have the intention to go out and fight against robbery, but they just hoped that these pirates would leave soon.However, the pirates found out their sweetness again, and a man surnamed Qu stayed in the island country, encircled a large piece of land by himself, and named himself king.

This is something to say later, let’s not mention it for the time being, the emperor’s move led the pirates to the east, and the soldiers and civilians along the coast and those who went to sea to do business were relieved, and the number of imported goods in the capital doubled in those years.At the same time, there were also many foreigners with yellow hair and green eyes, basically missionaries, who came to preach.

There was nothing to do that day, so Fulin thought about going to the Prince Regent's Mansion for dinner, and by the way, he caught up with the queen, who also took Fuquan, who was playing in Kunning Palace, with her.When Dorgon saw the family of three standing in front of Qi Xinxin, he didn't even want to say anything: The emperor was like a young adult when he was young, why did he become childish when he got older?What is this for?Drop by?

The emperor, queen and princes all came, and the regent had to receive them, but what he said was not very pleasant: "Uncle is old now, and he doesn't have much income. He lives on a salary of 2000 taels a year, and the emperor is not afraid of being poor." me."

Fulin smiled when he heard this: "Then let's go to the cyclamen in the capital to have dinner, my treat."

Dorgon gave him a blank look, the cyclamen is the property of the Prince Regent's Mansion, the emperor couldn't possibly be unaware, after all, he still wants to eat the big family: "Let's go, one day sooner or later, uncle's property will be lost in your hands. "

A group of people took Doerbo and a group of guards, and went to Cyclamen in a mighty way.Fulin was not polite, ordered a table of dishes, and also blatantly broke the rule of "eating without words", and kept serving Dorgon and the Queen food on the table.Dorgon was used to it, but it was the first time for the queen to see the appearance of the uncle and nephew in private, and she was so surprised that her eyes almost fell out.However, she had been the queen for so long anyway, she was only surprised for a moment, and took care of the two children, not bothering her uncle and nephew.

"Relaxed?" Dorgon nodded slightly in the direction of the queen, and Fulin understood what he meant, and replied with a smile: "Relaxed."

The close relationship between their uncles and nephews is not a secret thing, but, in the eyes of others, the king regent blindly seeks perfection in exchange for the leisure life he has today, and everyone thinks that the emperor is afraid of the king regent in his heart.Fulin and Dorgon also followed their wishes. On the surface, they just kept the general etiquette, but in private, they were as close as father and son, but they kept it from others.

Now that the emperor brought the queen out, it can be seen that the queen has been promoted to his own in his heart. Dorgon took a sip of wine, as if he saw the shadow of Yu'er many years ago in the queen: Horqin's girl is really not to be underestimated.

The queen didn't know that the two men brought the topic to her, but she focused on looking after the two children, Duoerbo and Fuquan.Duo Erbo was ten years old, and it was the time when he was an adult. He was usually the only child in the family. When he saw Fu Quan, who was still his imperial nephew, he immediately felt like "putting on airs like an uncle", and talked to him non-stop.Fuquan is also used to playing alone, and suddenly saw a very powerful big brother who claimed to "play with whips, ride horses, climb trees, and catch grasshoppers", he was full of admiration for him immediately, and pestered him to ask questions. Western.

"Look, that person is so strange, his hair is red!" After all, the child sat down for a short time, and soon ran to the window to play. Fuquan pointed to a passing person below and called out curiously, "Look, brother, what is going on here?" What's the matter?"

"I want to call you Uncle." Doerbo corrected his slip of the tongue first, then stuck his head out to look at it, and then gave Fuquan a contemptuous look, "That's Monk Luocha, who came to the capital to build a monk temple."

"Hey, do Rakshasas also have Bodhisattvas?"

"Yes, the Raksha Bodhisattva is still a man, wearing a long robe and barefoot."

"My brother knows so much."

"Call me uncle."

The two children came and went and discussed it, and finally decided that they wanted to see the monk temple in Luocha, and ran hand in hand to find their respective fathers.Fulin glanced at the Queen, saw that she also had curiosity written on her face, so he agreed, and said: "Don't be naughty, and don't make a fuss about anything you see."

The two children nodded vigorously, expressing that they were very well-behaved.So the group went to the church again.Naturally, they went to Tang Ruowang's church. Tang Ruowang was overjoyed and personally led them to introduce them to the church.The queen looked at these murals, she was basically barefoot, some showed her shoulders, and the picture of the Virgin even showed half of her breasts. Wouldn’t it be a dispute with lamas and Bodhisattvas if you bring it to the Qing Dynasty?”

Most Mongolians believed in lamas, and Buddhism was prevalent in the capital, and the queen went to do as the Romans did, and both of them began to believe together.Hearing what she said, Fulin suddenly had a flash of inspiration: Religious aggression, why didn't he think of it?Others can send missionaries to preach Catholicism, why can't he send people to preach Buddhism and Taoism?It would be a great good thing for those people to believe in Buddhism and not to kill!

"Ren Na, you're so smart." Seeing that no one was paying attention, Fu Lin grabbed the Queen's hand and put it to his lips to kiss her.

The empress blushed immediately, she raised her hand and didn't want to let it go, so she gave Fulin a hard look, but Fulin laughed, her empress's angry look was so pretty.

Tang Ruowang, who had been paying attention to the emperor's movements all the time, was sadly reminded: "Your Majesty, the relationship with the empress depends on the occasion anyway, this is in a church!"

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