Qing Dynasty Chronicle

In the autumn of the 14th year of Tiancheng, Yinreng summoned the ministers to discuss matters as usual. After 15 years of hard work by Yinreng, Yinzhen and others, the trade between the Qing Dynasty and overseas became more and more frequent. In addition to more job opportunities for the common people, the economy In addition to the improvement of the situation, the secret operation of Yinfeng and Yinzhen, the appearance of the Qing army under the training of Yinqi and Yinxiang has also taken on a new look. The navy trained by the two princes has become a solid shield to protect the Qing Dynasty at sea. .

With the military power of the Qing Dynasty strong, the overseas countries have never had any wrong thoughts about this ancient and rich eastern country, and only treat it as a good trading partner.In order to express respect for the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, overseas envoys usually travel across the oceans to meet and greet the emperor of the Qing Dynasty every three years, and next year will be this triennial day again.

There are not only one or two foreign envoys who come to see them, and they all come here not only to meet and worship the Qing emperor, but also for economic and cultural exchanges and exchanges, so the envoys and entourages sent by each country There are not only a few people. If there are too many people, the Ministry of Rites will start preparing this morning. Therefore, after receiving the list of foreigners who will come to the Qing Dynasty, the main discussion today is how to accommodate these distant guests.

Not to mention that the preparation time was too early, it was at this time that some scattered overseas businessmen appeared in Beijing and China. They came earlier than the envoys to find business opportunities that could make money.

Yinzhen looked at everyone talking about the process framework of the reception, and then he said, "Recently, the king of Japan has heard one after another that the people are dissatisfied with the fact that foreigners are too domineering in our land of the Qing Dynasty. Here, the king wants to I would like to say hello to all my lords, China is a country of etiquette, and we naturally treat guests from afar with courtesy, but I hope that the attitude of the officials who receive these overseas envoys should neither be negligent nor excessively flattering. Now that we are in the land of the Qing Dynasty, we must abide by the laws of the Qing Dynasty. Don't think that you can despise the law and do evil because of your special status, and don't look at foreigners with two money. Some officials seem to have no bones Going forward to please the people even at the price of hurting the court and disturbing the people. I hope that all the adults will restrain the subordinates after returning. If the people are hurt because of the arrogance of the foreigners, the king will never tolerate it!"

After years of trade with foreign countries, the number of foreigners living in the capital has gradually increased. Except for the ambassadors sent by countries that have established diplomatic relations with the Qing Dynasty, most of the rest of the foreigners stayed in this ancient country to do business.Merchants seek profit, as long as they can make money, white, black and gray methods are used in turn. Since ancient times, there have always been some ambiguous relationships between officials and businessmen, and Yinzhen also understands that when water is clear, there are no fish. This sentence is probably most suitable for officialdom, so as long as some things do not exceed his bottom line, he will turn a blind eye and close one eye, but recently he may not respond to his superiors, some foreigners and some officials who are not clean It's getting bigger and bigger, and the capital is better. Because there are so many great gods here, I don't dare to make too much noise, but those places that have opened up the trading ports are a bit serious. Yinzhen's side has already landed. I have received several news about complaints from the people about the collusion between foreigners and officials. It's just that sometimes things in the officialdom can be clearly distinguished between black and white, so at this moment, Yinzhen is just going to Give a verbal warning to sound the alarm for those officials. If you don't know how to repent, then don't blame Yinzhen for being cruel and ruthless. They all crawled out of the belly of a mother. Could it be that those officials think that Prince Yong is ruthless and Prince Duan is weak? Can you be bullied like a sheep?

What Yinzhen knew, Yinreng also knew. As soon as Yinzhen finished speaking, Yinreng said, "Prince Duan is right. It is good that my sons and daughters of China are warm and hospitable, but we must not forget our identity." , you are holding the salary of the imperial court, and you are working as a messenger of the Qing Dynasty, in order to seek the well-being of the people of the Li people, not to be inferior to the foreigners. Let alone the other things, it is the first one. I will absolutely not agree to please foreigners and harm the interests of the people of this country! Just like what Prince Duan said, after you go back, all the ministers and workers should beat your subordinates well, so that they don't forget who they are running for. , if I hear such news again, I will show no mercy!"

The two giants both spoke, and the ministers naturally knelt down obediently.

Xu Yinzheng's words really worked. After that day, the capital became quieter than usual. Yinzhen felt relieved. He turned around and continued to prepare for the reception of foreign envoys. , I have no time to drink saliva without touching my feet every day.

On this day, Yinzhen got up before dawn to wash up and went to the morning court as usual, and then took turns to meet the foreign envoys who came to the Qing Dynasty to hand in the post to ask for an interview. Because his stomach was really uncomfortable these days, he postponed the evening banquet. So he was so busy that he came out of the Prime Minister's Yamen when it was almost dark, thinking that there would be a lot of things to deal with when he returned home. Although Yinzhen felt tired, he didn't mean to slack off. He worked until late at night before going back to bed. After a short while, before dawn, he got up again, dressed neatly and went up.

But just after squinting for a while, Yinzhen couldn't squint An Sheng. Yinzhen was so tired that night that he lay down on the desk and fell asleep like that, but was soon called by Sun Dongxi with a slightly anxious voice. woke up.

"What's the matter, in a hurry." Yinzhen rubbed the bridge of his nose and frowned.

"Master, something happened in Tianjin!" Sun Dongxi hastily said this and handed a letter to Yinzhen.

When Yinzhen heard that something happened in Tianjin, Yinzhen's eyebrows twitched. Before he could ask any more questions, he took the letter and read it quickly. The more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became. In the end, he threw the bowl, "Bastard! Beast! This group of people should be damned." The dog officer! I'm going to cut them up!"

"My lord, my lord, calm down, calm down..." Sun Dongxi saw that Yinzhen's angry hands were shaking, and hurried forward to give Yinzhen a chance.

"Calm down? I can't get rid of my anger if I don't peel off the skins of those beasts!" Yinzhen opened Sun Dongxi's hand and yelled, then walked back and forth in the study for a few laps, then Yinzhen made a deep voice He said, "Prepare the sedan chair and go to Prince Yong's Mansion. By the way, send someone to Prince Yi's Mansion to invite Prince Yi to Prince Yong's Mansion!"

"Hey." Sun Dongxi had never seen his master so furious, and he immediately responded and prepared to go.

But he said what made Yinzhen so angry, and it was only because of one thing - under the help of local officials, several women from good families were tortured to death by foreigners. The officials not only refused to answer, but also deceived, beaten and threatened to drive the people back home.

And the outbreak of the incident came from an old man who was unwilling to give up his daughter's disappearance for no reason. He kept guarding the secrets of those foreigners who were finally discovered. Thinking that my daughter might have encountered this too, the anger was finally ignited, and the angry common people rushed into the living area of ​​foreigners and had a fierce conflict with the officers and soldiers guarding there. From burning houses to seeing red on both sides, the situation finally started Out of control, not only the living areas of foreigners, but also the places where ordinary people live began to burn houses and smashed up, and the people sent by Yinzhen to assist local officials in handling Westernization affairs also realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly sent people back to pass the message... …

I don't know why Yinzhen came here suddenly in the middle of the night. After seeing the letter, the fourth master was also furious. Like his own brother, he also dropped his glass, "Shameless! You should be killed! These bastards..." A series of curse words It gushed out from the mouth of Prince Yong.

But Yinzhen calmed down at this time, although his face was still ashen, but at least he had not forgotten the business, "I came to the fourth brother late at night to invite the fourth brother and the thirteenth brother to report this matter to the saint. It is urgent , the three of us go together on the road to discuss a charter, the consequences of the civil uprising can be big or small, we must not treat it lightly."

Yinzhen who calmed down after roaring for a while nodded, "What the fourteenth brother said is, you wait a moment, I will change clothes and I will follow you into the palace."

"Alas." No matter how anxious Yinzhen was, he couldn't drag Yinzhen who was only wearing a coat and ran to the palace like this, and he still had to wait for Yinxiang to come over.

Yinreng, who was also busy reviewing the memorials over there, had a bad feeling in his heart when he heard Yinzhen, Yinxiang and Yinzhen suddenly asked to enter the palace. His face was also ashen, and with a wave of his hand, all the ministers immediately entered the palace to discuss matters.

That night, the top ranking adults in Beijing were all pulled up from their quilts by the people from the palace in the middle of the night, and they rushed to the palace with their heads full of confusion but did not dare to delay at all. The one who greeted them was Emperor Tiancheng. A monstrous rage.

Yinreng is very similar to Kangxi, and his temper is similar to that of cursing others. After pouring blood on the heads of those ministers without a break, Yinreng gasped, "I and Prince Duan just talked to you a few days ago. Having said this, ha, you guys are very promising, and you turned around and made such a fuss with me, are you slapping me in the face, Prince Duan in the face? I asked you to restrain your subordinates and this is the result? You guys? You have ignored my words and the words of Prince Duan, have you? Wow? Are you receiving my salary from the Qing Dynasty or the salary of other foreigners? Who are you serving as courtiers, huh? What are you doing without talking? Talk!"

Looking at Yinreng, Yinzhen was very angry, but after all, the business was important, so he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty calm down, I think the most urgent thing now is to calm the anger of the people in Tianjin. The news we got is that Tianjin The situation on the border has gotten a little out of control, and it may be even more serious now, I am willing to go to Tianjin to deal with this matter, and will never allow this matter to develop further."

Yinzhen's words finally made Yinreng calm down a little, and he continued to review the papers all night for several days, and just yelled again, Yinreng felt that his eyes were dark, and he put his hands on the desk to stabilize his body without any trace, and waved He waved his hand and said, "Of course you can't go alone in this matter, let Prince Yi lead the troops to go with you. When you arrive in Tianjin, first appease the emotions of the people, and then I will arrest all those who should be arrested, and those who should be killed will also be killed." Don't be merciful, don't let those Prince Yi who are messing around make trouble, in short, we must use the shortest time to calm down this matter, we can settle the score slowly, but we must not let the situation escalate, so as not to be taken advantage of by those who want to."

"Hey, I obey the order..." Yinzhen and Yinxiang both knelt down and responded.

Yinreng looked at Yinzhen who was standing on the side, opened his mouth and was about to say something, when his eyes turned black and tried to support his body but he fell back uncontrollably, the last thing he saw before losing consciousness was Yinzhen rushed towards him with a face full of horror.

Yinzhen looked at Yinreng's complexion a little badly from the beginning, and after hearing that Yinzhen and Yinxiang's errands were sent by Yinreng, he knew it was his turn, so he concentrated on listening to Yinreng's orders, who knew what he saw It was Yinfeng who fell down without warning. At that moment, Yinzhen felt that he was cold from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet, but subconsciously rushed towards Yinfeng, and Yinzhen trembled when he received Yinfeng's body He shouted, "Call the doctor!"

The emperor fell down, and all the courtiers were so frightened that their hearts almost stopped beating. When the imperial doctor was busy inside, Yinzhen, who was watching with a pale face, turned around and gestured to Yinzhen and Yinxiang, and the three of them together After walking outside, Yinzhen calmed down and said to his fourth and thirteenth brothers, "The matter in Tianjin can't be delayed. My brother still wants to ask the fourth and thirteenth brothers to leave for Tianjin immediately. Here in the palace, If so, if..." Yinzhen began to shake his hands again as he spoke, and after a while he regained his composure and said, "If there is any change in the palace, my brother will immediately notify my brothers, fourth brother, thirteenth brother, what do you think? ?”

If other people said such things to Yinzhen Yinxiang, maybe they would think that person has bad intentions, but Yinzhen, the two of them know best, anyone may have selfish intentions at this juncture, but Yinzhen will never have any, Thinking of the urgent situation in Tianjin, the two agreed without much hesitation. Before leaving, Yinzhen whispered to his younger brother, "The emperor's situation is unknown now, and my thirteenth brother and I are leaving Beijing again. You have to know what is going on in Beijing. First of all, you have to stabilize the hearts of the princes and ministers. You also have to guard against some people. Seventeen younger brothers discussed..."

Yinzhen nagging and exhorting a lot, in fact, if it wasn't for the urgent matter in Tianjin, Yinzhen would definitely not leave Beijing at this time and leave Yinzhen here alone, although Yinzhen's performance in the court for so many years is remarkable Point, but this is the first time Yinzhen has encountered such a thing. At the beginning, Yinzhen came back after the dust settled about Khan Ama. Yinzhen was really worried that his brother would not be able to hold back.

Yinxiang on the side thought for a while and said, "You can discuss with Brother Ten if you have something to do."

Such a short sentence made both Yinzhen and Yinzhen stunned for a moment, and then Yinzhen's expression was as usual, and he said lightly, "What the thirteenth brother said is true."

Yinzhen forced a smile, "Got it, I know it in my heart. Fourth brother and thirteenth brother must pay attention to safety when they go to Tianjin. Don't be distracted by things in Beijing. There is a younger brother here. May fourth brother Brother Thirteen, everything went well on this trip."

Yinzhen looked at his own brother's struggling appearance and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, patted Yinzhen on the shoulder and left.

And Yinzhen turned his head and looked at the brightly lit Hall of Mental Cultivation, feeling chills all over his body, Yinfeng, don't worry, don't worry...