Road to Shunzhi

In March of the 15th year of Shunzhi, it was another day close to the scientific examination. Examiners from all over the country went to Beijing one after another, and the capital became more and more prosperous.Needless to say, inns and restaurants, even the small households near the capital tried their best to squeeze in a room and rent it out to the students to earn some extra money.

At this time, Chang Shu came back, still in a state of embarrassment, with only a few entourages, with ragged clothes, greasy face, sour smell, and I don't know how long he hadn't showered.The guards guarding the palace gate confirmed the badge several times, and asked Hua Gonggong Hua Mengan to identify it before letting Chang Shu in.

Hua Meng'an whispered: "Mr. Fu, do you want to freshen up first?" This kind of appearance is too impolite to see the emperor.

Chang Shu gritted her teeth and shook her head: "No, sir, I want to show the emperor how foreigners bully me!"

In fact, it's their own fault too.At the Cape of Good Hope, they met the Governor of the Netherlands and proposed to go to the Netherlands.The governor was terrified. Looking at the situation of the Qing Dynasty, coupled with the mysterious prosperity of the eastern land that he had heard about, could it be that they were planning on the Netherlands?The governor quickly began to evade, saying that the Netherlands is just a tiny place, not worth mentioning at all, and the journey is far away. rest assured.In order to show his sincerity, the governor of the Netherlands stationed in the Cape of Good Hope deliberately exempted them from paying taxes for doing business, and patted his chest to express that everyone is a good friend.

To be honest, everyone was exhausted after floating in the sea for so long.Not to mention Gao Sai and Chang Shu, who were spoiled and spoiled, even those businessmen who have been traveling on the sea are exhausted.You know, even if they were doing business before, they would not have traveled so far. This is simply desperate!Hearing that they could be exempted from taxes, the merchants were very happy, and they suggested to the two princes that they could make a lot of money just by doing business here.

Gao Sai inspected it on the spot and found that the goods in the Cape of Good Hope were complete, except for the lack of porcelain, silk and tea from the Qing Dynasty, which could be sold at sky-high prices, so he agreed immediately.As a result, the merchant ships full of goods were snatched up by foreigners, and they bought many music boxes and small clocks, which were very expensive in the Qing Dynasty, and refilled several ships.

Gao Sai and Chang Shu returned to the voyage proudly with the merchant ship and their well-earned pockets.Such a big goal of theirs naturally attracted people's envy, and they encountered several groups of pirates along the way.They came out equipped with artillery. Of course, they didn't pay much attention to this kind of small-time pirates. They just fired a few shots, and the pirates fled.After all, the two of Gao Sai were young, and they still had the blood of nomads in their bones. They were suddenly high-spirited, and forgot to restrain themselves for a while. When they passed the Strait of Malacca, something went wrong.

At this time, the control of Malacca was in the hands of Portugal. Every merchant ship passing through Malacca had to pay a certain fee. He didn't pay much attention to it, and someone took the same silver as when he came and sent it over.

Unexpectedly, the Portuguese quit.The Qing Dynasty made a lot of money this time, and the news had spread to Malacca a long time ago, and they were upset: it’s also a business, why didn’t they do it with them, and went to do it with the Dutch?You know, there is quite a market for these things from the Qing Dynasty in Portugal, and they want it too much.This is clearly looking down on them, the Portuguese decided: Let you be arrogant, I will increase your tolls!

If there were only merchant ships, the merchants would probably accept it with humiliation.Ke Gaosai is different from Changshu.No matter how unfavored they were, they were also born as princes, and they were used to bossing them around. The Portuguese played tricks on them and played tricks on the wrong person.

If you don't agree with each other, let's fight!

Both sides had artillery, and after bombarding each other for a while, the Portuguese lost the wind.But they occupy a favorable location and people, and immediately sent warships to seal Malacca, declaring that if the clearing ships were not shot down, no merchant ships would be allowed to pass through.

In this way, Gao Sai's opponents are not only the Portuguese, but all merchant ships that want to pass through Malacca.The merchant ships are equipped with very advanced equipment these years, and Gao Sai and others were unable to go ashore to replenish fresh water and food. They wanted to detour, but the road was blocked again, and they could not advance or retreat at once. captured.

Chang Shu was the younger brother. Gao Sai forced him to change his clothes, and ordered some people to protect him desperately. His face was painted black, his braids were loose, he put on a hat and pretended to be a native, and escaped in the chaos.They didn't dare to wander around in an upright manner, but followed a cargo ship, saying that they were going to Jinmen to find relatives, and they set foot on the land of the motherland after untold hardships.

Unexpectedly, the South is still at war!From Kinmen to the capital, no matter what, they have to pass through Nanming Zhu Youlang's territory.Feel free to pretend to be a refugee!If the identity is revealed, isn't this a proton delivered to the door?He didn't think that his emperor's younger brother would negotiate terms with Zhu Youlang for him.

In this way, after working hard all the way to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, Chang Shu also broke his pot: he has worked so hard, so he should show the emperor no matter what.What's more, he didn't have much money on him, so he couldn't bear to go to the local officials to show his identity. In this way, when he came to the capital after saving money, Chang Shu decided to go to the palace immediately and complain to the emperor.

I have to say that the biggest feature of Aixinjueluo's family is to protect their weaknesses.Seeing his brother's unkempt appearance, and hearing his snot and tears complaining, even knowing that Chang Shu did it himself, Fulin was furious: the Portuguese are too bullying, how dare they arrest me? Brother, as a prisoner, court death!

When he went to court the next day, Fulin immediately expressed his desire to send troops to Malacca, which was unanimously opposed.The reason is simple: Zhu Youlang is still jumping around, and the imperial examination is about to take place again. With so many major events in the country, he should be taken care of by foreigners.What?Is Fu Guogong Gao Sai still in the hands of foreigners?This is simple, pay some money and redeem him.Our Qing Dynasty is a great country, and we don’t care about such a small thing, so we let the foreigners have a little bit, as a charity.

rely on it!Fulin's face was getting darker and darker, and he was about to swear at the court. He winked at Chang Shu, and Chang Shu understood, jumped out, and began the second review of the history of suffering, talking about foreigners in a very arrogant way, Said that part of my journey was more bitter than cabbage.

"The slave also told loudly that the slave is the Duke of the Qing Dynasty, but those foreigners didn't take it seriously, and hurled insults at our Qing Dynasty and the emperor, and did everything they could to insult us. Your Majesty's ears! Your Majesty, this servant has nothing to do in this life, but only devotes himself to worrying about the country. Unexpectedly, the foreigners don't pay attention to the Qing Dynasty and the Emperor. If you bullied my slave and Sixth Brother, go, and ask the emperor to avenge my slave and Sixth Brother, so that those foreigners know that I, Qing Dynasty, are not easy to bully!"

Chang Shu said in tears, and all the civil and military officials looked at each other in blank dismay.Nala Zhisai was the first to stand up to express his support for sending troops. He was Chang Shu's father-in-law, so he naturally wanted to show respect to his son-in-law, but the others still didn't quite agree.Chang Shu's birth mother's status is low, so far she's only a Fu Guogong, and Nala Zhisai's position is not high, so she has little appeal.

University scholar Wang Yongji also stood up and expressed his inappropriateness.Now the focus of the imperial court must be on Nanming. You must know that if you want to fight against foreigners, you must have a stable domestic environment!Moreover, in his eyes, foreigners are barbarians, and if they formally send troops to fight against foreigners, then they will think highly of them too.Isn’t it just the Strait of Malacca, why don’t we go from there? My Qing Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources, and I produce and sell it myself. It doesn’t matter if I don’t have the things of those foreigners, so I won’t do business with them.

His words received a lot of support, and Fulin felt chills in his heart.The idea of ​​a great power in heaven is deeply rooted in these people's hearts, but they don't know that they have been lying on the past credit book and resting on their laurels, and the final result is only being beaten.

Fulin seemed to have seen the raging fire in the Old Summer Palace and the guns of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, and was a little dizzy for a while.When the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty disagreed with him, even the emperor had to compromise.Finally, he decided to use Wang Yongji's method to redeem Gao Sai and others with money, and then put down Zhu Youlang!

Venting anger has always been the specialty of the Aixinjueluo family.Fulin's anger burned all over Zhu Youhammer: it's all Nanming's fault, if they hadn't rebelled, they wouldn't have been unable to send troops to fight Malacca!

The Ministry of Industry was under unprecedented pressure, working overtime and working day and night to build the Francophones. Even the muskets were put aside first, and the small Francophones that could be used on the horse were just made.And these dozens of hundreds of Flang machines of various specifications were sent to the front line, and Zhu Youlang suffered a catastrophe.

In April of the 15th year of Shunzhi, the emperor held a palace examination in person, with the topic of the relationship with foreigners.This topic was too weird, but everyone knew that the emperor hated foreigners, so they agreed not to say much, but it was hard for the new scholars.Everyone grew up reading the Four Books and Five Classics and doing stereotyped articles. Who has nothing to do to care about foreigners?Almost no one's answer sheet can meet the emperor's wishes.Fortunately, there was another question, which was the well-regulated question of governing the country, and the candidates all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

When a person's thinking is ahead of an era, what can he do?Looking at the articles of the candidates, Fulin sighed.It seems that he has made great efforts to develop commerce and firearms, but he has gone too fast.Juzi are the pillars of the country in the future, but none of them can see the threat of foreigners in the future.

That does not work.Fulin decided to send some young people to go abroad more often.Only by looking at the strengths of others can we better understand our own weaknesses.What he needs most now are talents with foresight, thinking and long-term vision, not officials who only dare to keep their own opinions and think they are from the kingdom of heaven.

At the end of May and the beginning of June in the 15th year of Shunzhi, Nanming was overthrown, Zhu Youlang fled to Taiwan, was captured by Zheng Chenggong, and sent to the capital.Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangzhou were finally pacified. Fulin appointed Ke Yile as Guangdong Yuanwailang, and Li Sutai as Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.Guangzhou, in Fulin's heart, is the next port to open to the outside world.Taking advantage of the time when Guangzhou is recovering from the war, he will strictly select foreign candidates, and from here, he will go to the world.

The author has something to say:

Not even the emperor can have everything go his way.To be honest, the Qing Dynasty at that time was really lying on the credit book of the Celestial Kingdom, and did not think about making progress, but it never occurred to me that this Celestial Kingdom was the foundation laid by the Ming Dynasty.

But Fulin is time-traveling, his thinking is ahead of an era, and he is the emperor, he knows what to do will benefit the country, but everyone can't see this, for him, it is a kind of sadness.