Road to Shunzhi

Gao Sai was finally redeemed at an unexpectedly low price of only 2000 taels of silver.The Portuguese were also unwilling to fall out with the Qing Dynasty, and Zheng Chenggong drove his own ship building to pick up people. This kind of tall ship equipped with artillery was quite deterrent and shocked all passing ships in Malacca. Of course, the Portuguese would not Dare to go too far, who knows how many warships like this there are in the Qing Dynasty.However, those merchants only returned half of the goods, and the rest were all divided up. It is called Malacca tolls.The people were not in the mood to talk to them any longer. During the period of imprisonment, they had suffered a lot. It was the blessing of the Bodhisattva to return to the country.

Because he went abroad with Gao Sai and others, he suffered a disaster in the end.Although they were still making money, Fulin still felt sorry for them and ordered that the descendants of these merchants be allowed to take the imperial examination.The merchants were overjoyed and kowtowed in the direction of the palace to express their gratitude.You must know that the status of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen is the lowest, and most of them do not have the right to take the imperial examination. Many people do everything possible to marry their daughters to scholars, and then support their son-in-laws in their studies. It is for this reason.

Fulin didn't know that among these businessmen, there was a man named Liao whose youngest son was a reading material. Because of this imperial decree, this Liao Xia would appear on the political stage in the future and leave a strong mark in history .

In the spring of the 16th year of Shunzhi, Jidu returned to the capital, and the people stationed at Ningguta were replaced by Bahai.During this period of time in Ninggu Tower, Jidu did not waste at all.He organized the local people to carry out political education and military education in batches.In fact, the same is true of the early Eight Banners, carrying bows and arrows to hunt, carrying swords and guns to fight.Therefore, Jidu still has a lot of practical experience.In just half a year, he trained the local Hezhen people into patriotic and disciplined militiamen who were loyal to the emperor.

During this period of time, the Tsarist Russians never dared to come. The battle scared them out of their wits. Coupled with the warmer weather, their lives were better, so there was no need to rob them.However, the local militia did not lower their vigilance at all. Without it, they were bullied too badly by Tsarist Russia before.

Therefore, when Jidu returned to Beijing this time, he also brought the emperor a thank-you gift from the Hezhen clan, as well as their sincere gratitude.Fulin, who used his own strength to resist the entire court and insisted on developing firearms, finally got a certain amount of reward, which was the reward from the common people.Although the things they gave were rough, in Fulin's eyes, they had a special meaning that couldn't be described.

Nanming was not as difficult to fight as in history, but was wiped out a long time in advance. Among other things, the military expenditure was saved a lot, and the country was considered to have a surplus.But Mongolia was hit by a disaster, the grasslands continued to snow, especially in Outer Mongolia, it is said that countless cattle and sheep died of freezing.

Horqin was also affected by the disaster, but Horqin is the mother's family of the empress dowager and the empress. Of the disaster relief funds distributed by the court, they naturally took the first share. As for the other tribes, they were more or less divided. Fulin Knowing that for these people, silver is not as good as horses, cattle and sheep. Therefore, the Lifan Academy directly distributes cattle, horses and livestock, and all tribes in Outer Mongolia that are dependent on the Qing Dynasty have a share.

And another person who got into trouble was Zheng Chenggong.

Since Zheng Chenggong joined forces with Fulin, he has been managing the three-acre land in Taiwan, and the results are not bad.Taiwan is in a major traffic route. Zheng Chenggong opened up two ports, and even enclosed a piece of land as a trade zone. Anything sold in the trade zone can be exempted from paying taxes.

When Fulin heard the news, he really wanted to do something to show his respect.Who said that the ancients had no brains, this advanced concept of the free trade zone was actually thought up by a native ancient, and it was still managed with sound and color, which really made him feel ashamed.

Taiwan is becoming more and more prosperous, and more and more taxes are being paid to the imperial court. With the white money to open the way, the people who had slightly criticized the emperor's handling have also calmed down. After all, who would have trouble with money.However, in this way, Zheng Chenggong's reputation plummeted.What's more, when Zhu Youlang fled to Taiwan, he was sent to the capital by Zheng Chenggong, and some literati who still supported Nanming began to scold him.

The one who was scolded the worst before was Wu Sangui, but now it is Zheng Chenggong.Wu Sangui was very happy. When he was scolded back then, Zheng Chenggong followed behind and regarded himself as a negative example.Zheng Chenggong did not have such a strong psychological quality as Wu Sangui. After being scolded, he sighed all day long.

Zheng Jing persuaded: "Father, why are you so sad. Now that we have soldiers and supplies, why can't we raise our arms and shout out against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty?"

Zheng Chenggong scolded: "What nonsense! Do you think it is so easy to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty?"

Zheng Jingdao: "The son just doesn't want to see his father suffer so much. According to the son's opinion, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was not very old, and he was always not as secure as his father in doing things. If the father had a heart, people in the world would naturally see that the father was younger than that." The emperor is more suitable."

Zheng Chenggong waved his hand: "Don't say it. The little emperor has already done me a terrible job. If I rebel now, the fort at Jinmen would not have been built in vain. I just regret that I coveted the title of the little emperor 'national hero' back then. I did the thing of taking refuge in the imperial court, otherwise I wouldn’t be in such a dilemma.”

People can't think about it. Zheng Chenggong fell ill under such entangled thoughts.Fulin sent an imperial physician thousands of miles to Taiwan to see a doctor, sent him a lot of medicinal materials, and praised Zheng Chenggong's feat of fighting against the Japanese invaders and defeating the Dutch.Little did they know, the patient was feeling unhappy about these things, and as a result, his condition worsened.

In March of the 16th year of Shunzhi, Zheng Chenggong died of illness. Fulin stopped court for three days, and ordered his eldest son Xijue to send Shi Lang to Taiwan on behalf of the imperial court to deal with Zheng Chenggong's funeral.On the other hand, he ordered Shuosai to secretly lead troops to Kinmen, ready to start a war with Taiwan at any time.At the same time, Sangji also went out in person, brought some experts from the inspectorate, and pretended to be businessmen, sneaked into Taiwan secretly.

Few people know about this matter, but Fulin is still very uneasy. He always feels that the lack of information is a great hidden danger. If a war really breaks out one day, he will not be able to get first-hand information on the battlefield. information.

Over the years, Fulin has developed a good habit: whenever he has a whimsical idea, he will go to the Prince Regent's Mansion and talk to Dorgon.Jiang is still old and hot, and Dorgon can always point out the shortcomings of his opinions.

"Building roads?" Sure enough, Dorgon looked at his nephew with the eyes of a monster, "How could the emperor think of this?"

Fulin said: "If the roads are not smooth, things in many places will not be able to be shipped out, and the poor villages will continue to be poor."

He knew that his nephew was full of weird ideas, and to put it bluntly, they were all beneficial to people's livelihood, but they couldn't be accomplished overnight.He has to take on the important role of persuading the emperor again.

"Your Majesty, where does the money come from for road construction? Where do you start building it? How do you know that a certain place has certain specialties? After the road is repaired, what about water and sea transportation? Where are the thieves blocking the road?"

In one sentence, Dorgon stated the problems faced by road construction one by one.He didn't wait for Fulin to reply, and continued: "I still think that the emperor has to think about this matter slowly. As for the top priority at the moment, it is Taiwan. Unlike his father, Zheng Jing is young and impulsive, but he is still good at fighting. The emperor just sent Shi Lang again, and Shi Lang was still Zheng Chenggong's subordinate back then, aren't you afraid that he will treason in front of the battle?"

Fulin shook his head: "Don't be afraid. Shi Lang has a big heart, and he cannot be won over by a single Taiwan. If he joins us, he can get the position of commander of the navy, and he can command the world's navy. If he joins the Zheng family, he can only get A little bit of Taiwan's military strength. He can tell which is more important."

"It's good that the emperor knows it in his heart." Dorgon coughed twice.Fulin quickly supported him, and gave him a thump on the back: "Uncle, what's wrong? Did you catch a cold? Did you call the imperial doctor?"

Dorgon smiled and waved his hands: "It's nothing, it's just getting old, and it's an old problem."

"Who said that?" Fulin scowled, "Uncle is still young, and he wants to watch Fuquan marry a wife, Coral, marry someone, and have a great-grandson. Don't always be old-fashioned."

Dorgon smiled: "Okay, let's not talk about me. Recently, I have been less in the palace. How is the coral? Did you damage anything?"

When it comes to the baby girl, Fulin can't laugh or cry.After the coral grows up, it becomes more and more the king of the palace.She is different from ordinary girls, she doesn't like flowers, she only likes to cause damage.

Thanks to Fulin's vigorous development of commerce, there are a lot of Western objects in the palace. The bells and music boxes are not so valuable, but more delicate, and they are placed everywhere for decoration.Coral's eyes were fixed on these things.The two chime clocks in her own house have been dismantled by her, she is still not satisfied, and wants to put them back together, but she doesn't have the tools at hand, and it can be disassembled, but the installation is very problematic, no matter what Pretend to end in failure.She wasn't depressed either, she turned her head and thought it was because the chime bell was too big, so she went to dismantle the music box.

She has a music box with a little angel playing the trumpet, she likes it very much, naturally she is not willing to dismantle it, so she sneaks into Jing Er's room, puts Jing Er's one out, and then dismantles it again to make a mess, but still can't put it back together.

This time it will be miserable.Seeing that his beloved things had turned into a pile of scrap metal, Jing Er angrily came to find his sister to argue, but Coral still had a plausible expression of "I'm for you": "I heard the sound inside this, I'm afraid It was dismantled only after the second brother was arguing!"

"Then why don't you dismantle your own?" Jing Er was furious, hugging the little angel with a missing leg in his fat little arms, thinking about it made him sad.

"I'm not afraid of noise. The second brother always sleeps, and the second brother is afraid of noise!" Shan Shan made a lot of nonsense.

Jing E was even more sad that he couldn't say anything about his sister, and burst into tears.This time it became a big trouble, the queen personally went out to comfort him, and then punished Shan Shan, but Shan Shan was not convinced and cried too.The matter finally got to Fulin's place, so he had no choice but to hold each other and start reasoning.Fortunately, the two children were obedient, so Coral went to apologize to her brother and gave her music box to make amends; Jing Er also reflected that he was too cruel to his sister. He is a brother, so he should let her order.The two brothers and sisters reconciled as before, but the strange hobby of Princess Coral was also spread, and everyone in Beijing knew about it.Dorgon also specially gave her a set of tables, chairs and benches that can be assembled and disassembled, and she got her big heart and a wet kiss on the cheek.

Fulin babbled about his daughter's interesting stories, and Dorgon narrowed his eyes when he heard it.At dusk in early summer, the sun was not so strong, the two sat on the rocking chair by the lake, and the cool wind blew over, bringing a little bit of comfort.Dorgon listened, leaning his head on the back of the chair, and actually fell asleep. The eunuch in charge beside him was startled, just knelt down to plead guilty, Fulin waved his hand at him, and ordered in a low voice: " Go and get a thin quilt."

The feet of the eunuch in charge were like the wind, and it didn't take long to hug the quilt over.Fulin unfolded gently, covered Dorgon's body, looked at the white hair on his forehead, sighed slightly, turned and left.

Time flies so fast, the young and heroic Prince Rui has now become a thin middle-aged man with white hair all over his head.As for myself, I have been in this world for 22 years, but I have done very few things.

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I've been too busy these days, the update is late, and I'm so sleepy that I don't have the energy to reply to messages.Hearts, forgive me!