Qing Dynasty Chronicle

Note: The change of the name of the fourteenth brother has been revised. The first paragraph of the previous chapter gave a brief explanation. It is very happy for a prince who has to stay in the capital all year round. But every time Yinzhen is happy to go out and take a breath of fresh air, he always forgets how cheating the ancient traffic is.

This time when I went to the south of the Yangtze River, I took the waterway. Yinzhen stayed on the boat for a long time, and now he couldn't stand it any longer. He leaned on the couch and watched the ups and downs outside the window. Volunteer on the water.

"Fourteenth brother, are you there?" Just when Yinzhen was bored, Yinxiang's voice came from outside the door.

"Here, Brother Thirteen, come in." Yinzhen sat up and replied.

Yinxiang pushed open the cabin door and saw Yinzhen arranging his clothes, so he said with a smile, "You were resting just now?"

Yinzhen stood up and shook his head, "No, I'm just in a daze." He pointed to the place where he was sitting, "Brother Thirteen, sit down. Xiao Xizi, serve tea."

Yinxiang sat beside Yinzhen unceremoniously, "I haven't seen you on the deck all day today, I wonder if you feel a little uncomfortable, so I came to see you."

Yinzhen put the teacup in Yinxiang's hand with his own hands, "Brother Lao Shisan is worried, and my younger brother is not uncomfortable, it's just that I'm staying on the boat every day, and I can't cheer myself up."

Yinxiang took a sip of tea, "I knew you were bored, and it will be fine when you go ashore." After finishing speaking, he put down his teacup and got up to pull Yinzhen, "You, don't take it in the room all day, you'd better go out People who walk around have spirit.”

"Brother Thirteen..." Yinzhen felt lazy and really didn't want to move.

"Let's go." Yinxiang didn't care so much, he directed Sun Dongxi to approve a cloak for Yinzhen, and then pulled Yinzhen out of the cabin.

Yinzhen had no choice but to follow Yinxiang while muttering, "It's very windy outside, and there's nothing to see here, except for water, it's still water."

Yinxiang was in high spirits, "Will you take a breather?"

The two walked to the deck one after the other, and the guards outside saluted again when they saw the two brothers coming out.

Yinxiang turned his head and asked Yinzhen who had his head in the hat, "Hey, Fourteen, have you figured out where to go when you get to Suzhou and Hangzhou?"

An inexplicable emotion flashed in Yinzhen's eyes, and then he shook his head, "I haven't figured it out yet, Brother Thirteen, please tell me? Didn't you also come to the south with Khan Ama for a tour last time?"

Yin Xiang had a look of reminiscence on his face, "If you want me to say, the south is really different from our north, Wu Nong said softly, there are green trees and clear water everywhere, it is a beautiful scenery."

Yinzhen looked at Yinxiang's nostalgic look, couldn't help but smirked and bumped Yinxiang with his arm, "Then Brother Thirteen has also been to the second floor of Chong?"

"The second floor of the insect? What is that?" Yinxiang didn't know what Yinzhen was talking about, and his expression was a little puzzled.

Yinzhen gave a strange laugh, took Yinxiang's hand, and wrote on Yinxiang's palm with his own fingers, "This is the second floor of Chong..."

Yinxiang looked down at Fourteen writing stroke by stroke in his palm. At first, he was a little puzzled, but he was taken aback when he saw it, and then he also laughed, raised his hand and tapped Yinzhen's forehead, "Look!" Look what's on your mind!"

Yinzhen didn't feel wronged at all, "What's wrong with being a fair lady and gentleman!"

Yinxiang looked at Yinzhen's upright look and couldn't laugh or cry. He looked like a romantic who was rolling in the flowers, but in fact, no one knew that the [-]th elder brother and the eighth elder brother were very clean and self-sufficient, so they lived with Fujin at home. up.

Seeing the proud Yinzhen smiling, Yinxiang couldn't help stretching out his hand to pinch him, "It's good for you now, you dare to tease my brother, let's see how I deal with you!"

Yinzhen hid while laughing, "Ai ai ai, joking, don't take it seriously..."

"I'm serious!" Yinxiang said with a weird smile like him while pinching Yinzhen, "Could it be, it's actually the fourteenth brother, you want to see and see, you can just say it straight, I'm an older brother, Of course, the wish of the fourteenth brother will be fulfilled."

"Uh——" Yinzhen was turned into an army, and suddenly withered, "No, no, let's keep it hazy and beautiful, brother, I can't stand it." When he came out, he bowed his head and ran to his own cabin, Yinxiang called him from behind, but he just pretended not to hear.

But before he took two steps, he collided with the person who was coming from the opposite side. The scent in his nose made Yinzhen stiff, and he took a step back like a conditioned reflex, and looked up at the person, "Ninth Brother, Are you okay?"

Yinzhen looked at Yinzhen without making a sound, at this time Yinxiang had already walked over, reached out and patted Yinzhen, "I stopped you only after watching Brother Nine walking towards this side, it's good for you, alone Go forward vigorously, do you have any gold to pick up?" After speaking, he looked at Yinzhen, "Fourteen, he ran with no seriousness, Brother Ninth, you didn't bump into anything, did you?"

Yinzhen shook his head, "It's okay." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Yinzhen who had bowed his head and stood by the side since Yinxiang came over, and a smile of unknown meaning appeared on the corner of his lips.

In fact, Yinxiang is quite fond of this ninth brother who has both arrogance and shadowy personality. Seeing Yinzhen's smile, Yinxiang felt his goosebumps rise, so he raised his hand to hold Yinzhen, "It's good that ninth brother is fine." , Brother and Fourteen still have something to do, so I won’t waste Brother Ninth’s time, you’re busy, you’re busy.” Before Yinzhen could answer, she pulled Yinzhen away from the deck with a smile on her face.

Back in Yinzhen's cabin, Yinxiang let go of Yinzhen's hand, honestly poured himself a glass of water, and muttered, "Brother Jiu has become more and more incomprehensible in the past two years. Now, occasionally I see him smile, but none of it catches my eyes, I feel panicked when I look at it..."

After muttering for a long while, Yinxiang realized that he hadn't said a word since pulling Yinzhen back, so he raised his eyes to Yinzhen who was sitting beside him and didn't know what he was thinking, and stretched out his hand to pat him. "What's the matter? Why are you in a daze?"

Yinzhen, who came back to his senses, looked at Yinxiang who was concerned and asked himself, smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, maybe I ran too hard on the deck just now, and I'm a little dizzy now."

"Hey, let me just say you, run as fast as you want, look, you're dizzy." Yin Xiang seemed to believe Yin Zhen's words, and picked up a plate of preserved fruit angrily and handed it to Yin Zhen In front of him, "Eat two yuan, press it."

"Hey." Yinzhen's attitude gradually returned to normal, and he started talking and laughing with Yinxiang again.

Later, Kangxi came to Yinxiang for something, and Yinxiang left Yinzhen's place. Before leaving, he thought about it and said, "Actually... it's better to stay away, they are too aggressive."

This vague sentence was heard clearly in Yinzhen's ears, Yinzhen smiled lightly, "I know."

After getting such an answer, Yinxiang patted Yinzhen on the shoulder and left.

Yinxiang left, the cabin was quiet again, the boat was still rocking, Yinzhen really frowned and closed his eyes as if a little dizzy.

After the past two years, Yinzhen really understands what it means to be calm. From the beginning of intimacy to the group of eight elder brothers, they are almost strangers now. No elder brother asked about this matter. It seems that Yinzhen has never been close to the eighth elder brother and those people.Even Yinfeng, Yinzhen or Yinxiang didn't talk about this issue with themselves. They only said that as long as they were happy, no matter how deep it was, Yinxiang said such an unclear sentence today, which was considered to be on point. It's about the Eighth Master's class.

Yinzhen also felt that he was quite cowardly. After so long, he still felt uncomfortable when he saw Yinzhen, and he didn't even know how to cast his eyes.Perhaps Yinzhen was too kind to him at the beginning, so that Yinzhen, who had just come to this world at first, could not help but put Yinzhen in an important position in his heart, so when he became a stranger in the future, he would feel more and more difficult to let go.

After thinking wildly for a while, the swaying boat actually made Yinzhen feel like a cradle, and fell asleep in such a daze.

Contrary to Yinzhen's purpose of coming out to relax, Kangxi obviously came to do business, and he was indeed not idle along the way. He first went to review the Liuhuai project, during which Ashan and Zhang Penghe were cut off by Kangxi, and later dealt with In the meantime, Kangxi also had a birthday...

When dealing with these matters, as long as Yinzhen is by Kangxi's side, he must watch honestly and earnestly, watching what Kangxi says, how to do and how to deal with it - as a half-way monk's version of the elder brother, naturally he can't compare with him when he was a child. The genuine elder brother who has been educated in governing the country, but for his own life, it is better to study hard. At least, with such a powerful real dragon emperor like Kangxi as a living teaching material, Yinzhen still feels that he has benefited a lot .

When Shengjia arrived in Songjiang, Kangxi stayed for about ten days, and Yinzhen was also looking at the time to go out to relax. He ran into Yinxiang just as he walked to the door. Before Yinzhen could speak, Yinxiang smiled He leaned over, "Hey, fourteenth brother, where are you going?"

Yinzhen recovered from the scar and forgot the pain, and said without defense at all, "Go out for a stroll while I'm free, where's Brother Thirteen?"

Yinxiang smiled teasingly, "To see the skinny horse?"

The corners of Yinzhen's mouth twitched, he cupped his hands, and said haha, "Brother Thirteen really likes to joke, haha..." After finishing speaking, he wanted to leave, but Yinxiang held him back, "Hey, I'll go out together too, let's Together."

After all, Yinzhen's strength was not as strong as Yinxiang's, so he had to give in in the end, and followed Yinxiang out with a depressed face.

In fact, Yinxiang didn't talk about the thin horse without thinking. When Kangxi dealt with the matter of the people below buying Suzhou women privately, Yinzhen inadvertently heard the word "Yangzhou thin horse". I didn't realize it for a while, and turned around and asked Yinxiang stupidly, "What is Yangzhou thin horse? Is it a particularly thin horse? Then how can you ride it?"

In a word, Yinxiang who asked the question spit out a sip of tea, and after coughing for a long time, Yinxiang looked at Yinzhen, "Fourteenth brother, are you kidding me?"

"Huh?" Yinzhen's expression was innocent.

"I really don't know what a Yangzhou skinny horse is?" Yinxiang asked.

"I really don't know..." Yinzhen said halfway, seeing Yinxiang's expression rippling in a different way, he suddenly became alert, and made a stop motion, "Wait, Brother Thirteen, don't talk about me Do not want to know."

"Hey, you're welcome. If the fourteenth brother wants to know, my brother will tell you everything." Yinxiang teased with a smile.

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Later, the matter of the thin horse in Yangzhou was somehow known to Yinfeng, and even the eldest elder brother and ninth elder brother also knew about it.Meeting everyone's funny or weird eyes, Yinzhen stayed in the cabin for several days in embarrassment, scolding Yinxiang three times a day in his heart—isn't it because he doesn't know this impure thing? Elder brother is a chicken' expression!

Of course, Yinxiang is not the kind of person who has no borders in his heart. Occasionally, it's nothing more than a bad joke to make fun of Yinzhen, not from the beginning to the end, so Yinzhen didn't really rush with Yinxiang.

The two happily walked along the streets of Songjiang with a few entourages, looking here and there and asking questions, and they had a great time shopping.

Yinzhen noticed something different while walking, and turned to Yinxiang, "Brother Thirteen, why are there so many foreigners here?"

Yinxiang was not surprised, "Songjiang is one of the four customs establishments in the Qing Dynasty. Overseas caravans come to our Qing Dynasty to do business. Naturally, they have to come in here. It is not surprising that there are many foreigners."

"Customs?!" Yinzhen was startled. He always thought that since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the policy of closing the door to the country was implemented, but there is still a customs?

"Yeah, don't you know, Fourteenth Brother?" Yin Xiang was a little surprised by Yin Zhen's attitude and asked.

"Ah..." Yinzhen smiled a little embarrassedly, "I didn't remember it for a while."

"Oh." Yinxiang didn't have any doubts, just nodded, and pointed to the things in the nearby shop, "So, these four places are the first to get new gadgets from foreigners to sell. Fourteenth brother, let's see if there are any. Whatever you like, take some back with you."

"Hey..." Yinzhen nodded, and walked into a shop with Yinxiang.

Yinzhen has a habit of bringing gifts to relatives in Beijing wherever he goes, and there are so many new things here in Songjiang, he and Yinxiang both bought a lot of things when they went back.

After finding something he was satisfied with, Yinzhen was in a good mood. When he came back, he saw Liang Jiugong and greeted him, "Why is Mr. Liang here?"

Liang Jiugong still smiled as usual, "I greet the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother. The two elder brothers are auspicious." Brother see you."

"Khan Ama called me?" Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, then didn't ask any more questions, turned around and told Sun Dongxi to pack everything up, and then greeted Yinxiang, "Then, brother Thirteen, I'll go to Khan Ama first gone."

Yinxiang nodded, "Cheng, you go, don't delay things."

"My son Yinzhen greets Khan Ama, and Khan Ama is auspicious." When Yinzhen arrived at Kangxi's place, Kangxi was reading the booklet, and Yinzhen respectfully came forward to say hello.

"Well, get up." Kangxi raised his eyelids to look at Yinzhen below, and asked, "Where did you go just now?"

Yinzhen stood up and lowered his head slightly, and replied, "Responding to Ama Khan's words, my son went out with brother Thirteen and just came back. I don't know why Ama Khan is looking for my son?"

Kangxi put down the booklet in his hand, "I was looking for you just now, but I don't have anything to do now." He pointed to a chair, "It's just right, I'm free now, let's chat with father and son. Liang Jiugong , and serve tea to Brother Fourteen."

Yinzhen thanked En and then sat down on the chair. After Kangxi took a sip of tea, he asked, "Where did you go shopping with Yinxiang? Did you see something interesting?"

Yinzhen smiled, "I was afraid that Ama Khan would summon me temporarily, so I didn't go too far. I just strolled around the streets nearby, and bought some for Mama, Eriang, Fujin and the children along the way." Take the gift back. Although it is not something expensive, it is also a part of my son's heart."

After hearing this, Kangxi joked, "Look! Look! Mama, Erniang, daughter-in-law and children have all thought about it, but they just forgot about your Khan Ama. This really makes me sad!"

Saying that he was sad, Yinzhen looked at Kangxi's smiling face, but he didn't see any discomfort, so he also laughed, "How can I forget Khan Ama!" He said and took out a small sent the music box to Kangxi, "Khan Ama is rich in the world, and I have never seen anything. After looking at it for a long time, I found such an exquisite little thing, which I said was just shipped from France. Just screw it here The mainspring is here, and the box can make a pleasant sound. My son is thinking that Khan Ama is busy with official duties every day, and he will inevitably get tired. Listening to this, maybe it can relieve his fatigue?"

Kangxi also listened with great interest to Yinzhen's full-hearted explanation. He seemed to be very satisfied with the gift his youngest son bought for him. Liang Jiugong looked at the father and son with a smile on his face. It seems that the emperor I really love the fourteenth brother. You must know that when the French envoys came to see this music box, they also paid tribute to several more delicate ones. At that time, the prince also got one.But now facing the Fourteenth Elder Brother, Long Live Lord looks like he has never seen before. What is this not love?

Yinzhen and Kangxi talked about the music box for a long time before stopping. Kangxi played with the music box for a while, and said with a smile, "It can be seen that foreigners are good at these strange skills."

Yinzhen took a sip of tea, thought for a while and said as if chatting, "I was walking on the street with Thirteen Brothers, and saw a lot of foreigners who came to our Qing Dynasty to do business. I heard that they were all drifting on boats. I came here from across the sea. Er Chen was curious, and asked Brother Thirteen to go with me to have a look at the foreigner's boat. Er Chen felt that the boat looked much stronger than our boat. Er Chen I thought, it would be great if I could learn the shipbuilding skills of foreigners."

Kangxi took a look at Yinzhen when he heard the words, "The foreigner's ship looks stronger than our Qing Dynasty's, but how can this shipbuilding strategy be so easy to learn?"

Yinzhen still didn't notice it, and continued to say, "If it's not easy, then learn it slowly. One year, three years, five years, there will always be a time to learn."

Kangxi laughed when he heard this, "You think it's simple, this ship is also something for people to eat, how can it be so easy for you to learn it?"

Yinzhen paused for a moment, and then said, "Before and now, foreigners from other countries have come to our Qing Dynasty to study one after another. I feel that we can also send some people to foreign countries to learn their skills... ..."

Kangxi frowned, "The land of barbarians..."

The words are not exhaustive, but the contempt in them is quite obvious.

Yinzhen didn't answer after hearing this, and after a while he stood up with a serious expression and said to Kangxi, "Ama Khan, I have something to say here, I want to talk to Ama Khan, if there is anything wrong, please let me know." Emma pointed."

Kangxi's attitude remained the same, and he nodded, "Sit down and talk, the original is to talk about us father and son, talk about what you want to say. You are still young, and naturally you will not think about things in such detail. I know it well."

"Hey." Yinzhen responded, and sat back in his original seat, and slowly said what he thought at the beginning, "Before when foreigners came to pilgrimage, now foreign businessmen come to our Qing Dynasty to do business. I saw their muskets and their ships. To be honest, they were indeed better and stronger than ours. At that time, I was thinking, if we can learn their skills from us , That is a very good thing. It is true that our Qing Dynasty is rich and powerful, and naturally it cannot be compared with those foreign barbarians. But I think that knowing yourself and the enemy can be invincible. Even the foreign barbarians There are some merits, if we can take the essence and discard the dross, and get their technology for making guns or ships, wouldn’t it be even better for our Qing Dynasty?” Yinzhen smiled a little shyly when he said this, “Of course, this These are just some of my son's thoughts, and I don't know how practical they are, so I have to ask Khan Ama to make a decision."

Kangxi didn't make a sound after hearing Yinzhen's words, but tapped the table with his fingers, and asked after a long time, "You mean, let our people learn from those barbarians?"

"Yes, but not all. I heard that in this coastal area, there are often foreigners and pirates harassing our people in the Qing Dynasty, plundering and occupying land and committing all kinds of crimes. Even though local officials intend to fight, their actions are restricted by the sophisticated firearms of those pirates. If we can make the muskets in our hands as powerful as those in the hands of foreigners, I think it is not impossible to drive those pirates out of our Qing Dynasty. It can be regarded as learning from the barbarians to control the barbarians Right." Yinzhen replied.

"Teach foreigners to master their skills to control foreigners, and learn from foreigners to master their skills to control foreigners..." Kangxi's expression has now become serious when dealing with official duties. After muttering a few words in his mouth, he nodded, "This matter is not impossible, but it still needs to be discussed in detail. On the [-]th, you go back and write a note and submit it. We will discuss it together when the time comes."

"My son obeys the order." Yinzhen got up and saluted.

At this time, Kangxi's expression softened again, with a satisfied smile on his face, he got up and walked to Yinzhen's side and patted him on the shoulder with some emotion, "You are fine now, Shisi, and you can also share my worries. "

"Brothers are all sharing worries for Khan Ama, and my son-in-law can't be left behind. The elder brothers are all talented in civil and military affairs, and the errands they do are also smooth, so the son-in-law has no choice but to think about what can be done for Khan from other places." What did Ama do?" Yinzhen scratched the back of his head and smiled a little shyly, "My son heard that France and England took advantage of their strong ships and guns to occupy many places as their own territory. My son thought about it , if one day, my minister also wants to open up the territory for our Qing Dynasty, how can I let those barbarians take advantage of it all!"

Hearing Yinzhen's words, which were almost like a child's dream, Kangxi smiled happily, "Okay, I can wait for this day..."

After talking with Kangxi for a long time, he didn't leave until an official came to meet Sheng Yinzhen. On the way, Yinzhen was still thinking about how to write this booklet.Yinzhen knows how much he has, but he still wants to take advantage of his status as a prince and do his best to reduce the country's suffering from being bullied by foreign powers in the future.Yinzhen doesn't know what kind of changes his butterfly can bring about, but he is willing to try his best.

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In fact, I have always been envious of other adults who save the full text of the manuscript, because the author is very confident in answering any questions raised by readers in an article that he has written in private.

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