Four elder brothers take the script of salted fish

Suo'etu went to Nerchinsk to sign the terms together with Shangshu Maqi, Dutong Tong Guowei, general Mala, and translators from the Lifan Academy.The content of the general terms has been finalized last year. Originally, this was an easy journey, but in Suo'etu's mind, it was roughly the four processes: arrival-signing-signing-celebration-returning.

But the facts slapped Suo'etu severely.

When the group arrived at the Dashigrad River, only a few miles away from Nerchinsk, Golovin, who was in charge of signing the contract with the Raksha Kingdom, had not arrived.Despite Suo'etu's frequent letters of urging and questioning, the Raksha Kingdom just perfunctory with various reasons. After a full half-month delay, Golovin sent an envoy to send a letter.

Suo'etu's complexion was dark.

He coldly glanced at the envoy with his head held high, suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered the guards to send him down: "Guard Zhaojia, guard Fucha will treat Mr. Nicholas well for me. Mr. Gullah is very welcome."

Hospitality, home away from home, these words are emphasized.

Zhaojia's guards and Fucha's guards' eyes flickered slightly, they responded respectfully with smiles on their faces, and escorted the envoy down with gentle smiles.

Soetu stared down at the letter.

The envoy clearly spoke a familiar Manchu language, but the letter he provided was written in the language of the Raksha Kingdom.

Suo'etu could understand Rakshasa language.

He scanned it casually, his expression froze for an instant.A group of uncontrollable anger seemed to be jumping and surging in his throat. Suo'etu took a deep breath, handed the letter to the official translator with an ugly face, and motioned the translator to read it to many officials.

The translator opened the letter.

At first, the officials didn't find any problems, at most it was Golovin's evasion, but after that, everyone's face became as gloomy as Suo'etu's.

Golovin agreed in the letter to negotiate in ten days.

A good signing turned into a negotiation?Not to mention that the translator rubbed his eyes subconsciously, Tong Guowei, who was more irritable, jumped up directly: "What negotiation? Isn't the content of the agreement already finalized?"

The meaning of Luocha Kingdom is to repent! ?

All the people present at the peace talks last year belonged to the peace faction, and Luocha Kingdom's attitude of turning face and denying others was like a loud slap in the face.

Shang Shu Ma Qi's face was gloomy and ugly.

In addition to the negotiating officials, there were 280 forward soldiers, [-] guards, and [-] soldiers from the firearms battalion in the accompanying team. Ma Qi was born in the army. He said coldly: "If you want to fight, you are not powerless."

Tong Guowei frowned.

He glanced at Ma Qi, a little dissatisfied: "Go to war directly? I'm afraid that the people of Luocha are already prepared. As long as we start fighting, maybe a basin of sewage will be poured on our heads. If I want to say it, I should send a letter back to the capital to discuss the matter." Report to the emperor, and let the emperor decide."

"What about the days between correspondence?"

"The Raksha Kingdom can delay, why can't we delay?" Tong Guowei raised his beard, pointed his fingers and said with a smile: "Master Suo is sick today, so we have to stop for three to five days, and then we will take turns to get sick, and the interpreter is sick... ...Besides, there can be a drill, there are other officials in the capital who come here... there are ways!"

The delay of ten days and half a month was just a blink of an eye.

Ma Qi was also blinded by anger before, but after calming down, he couldn't help laughing: "Master Tong is a good idea, I feel ashamed."

Tong Guowei raised his beard and accepted Ma Qi's compliment.

He looked at Suo'etu excitedly, but saw that Suo'etu's face was not happy at all, his expression was serious, and he didn't even notice that his beard was pulled out.

"Master Suo'etu?"

"...Hmm." Suo'etu was awakened from his contemplation.He looked up at his colleagues in the camp, and asked a question: "What reason do you think can make the Raksha Kingdom try to overturn the previous proposal, and even want to poach a piece of meat from Da Qing?"

The crowd pondered for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, everyone's expressions changed drastically: "Galdan!!!"

at the same time.

Kangxi, who was far away in the capital, also received battle reports from the front.

The Galdan army plundered and plundered the Khalkha tribe wantonly, and beat Tuxietu Khan to the ground. Not to mention, the army took advantage of the victory and pursued it all the way deep into Ulan Butong.

It is only seven hundred miles away from the capital.

Kangxi immediately dispatched Fuquan to fight, and when Suo'etu urgently reported to the Luocha Kingdom to tear up the agreement and demanded renegotiation spread to the capital, Kangxi was furious and immediately announced that he would go to the imperial conquest!

Not to mention Galdan's ambitions, the Raksha Kingdom actually wanted to use the victory with the Qing Dynasty to cover up the previous defeat.

What does it mean?

Come to fight the Qing Dynasty after being defeated by others?Does it mean that Qing Dynasty is weaker than other countries?This time when the frontline battle report came, Kangxi made up his mind.

He wants to go on a personal expedition with his own driver, and wipe out Galdan in one go.

After last year's bout, the number of people who still persuade the emperor this year seems to be much less.Anyway, last year's war preparations were all ready, but this year I just rushed to fuck him, and whoever said no would be a soft embryo!

The imperial court immediately began preparations.

On the one hand, Kangxi sent Tong Guogang to appease Galdan, expressing that he would negotiate with him, and on the other hand, he sent a letter to Suo'etu in Nerchinsk, asking him to hold back the envoy of the Raksha Kingdom.On the surface, Luocha Kingdom still needs to negotiate further, but secretly, Kangxi does not intend to negotiate.

Since you want to fight, then fight!

Kangxi ordered Prince Gong Changning to be the general of Anbei, Prince Jian Yabu and King Xinjun Eza as deputy generals, and led the army to Nerchinsk.

On the other side, Kangxi quietly led the army to leave the capital.

His goal was directed at Ulan Butong, and he decided to join hands with Prince Yu Fuquan to eliminate Galdan!

Yinzhi, the third elder brother in the court, assisted Yinfeng in handling the affairs of the court.

As for Yinzhen, who was supposed to assist the court affairs like Yinzhi, he announced a strike... Turning around, the courtiers saw the fourth elder brother and fifth elder brother rushing in and out, without a break.

Forget it, the crown prince didn't comment!

The courtiers decided to look away, and pretended not to notice the busy fourth and fifth elder brothers.

This also gave Yinzhen and Yinqi more time.

The two were busy in Zhuangzi for a long time, and finally collapsed on the ground with the sound of completion.Yinzhen and Yinqi sat back to back, with parts and tools scattered around them.

The two looked wearily at the clear sky.

The sky was warm and sunny, and a few fluffy and white clouds were slowly floating in the sky. Yinzhen and Yinqi took two deep breaths of fresh air, and stretched their waists at the same time.

They stood up again.

The eyes of the two fell behind at the same time, and they said in unison: "Completion is only the beginning, and the next... is the most important time."

Although Galdan's army is only [-] miles away from the capital, the people in the capital have not been affected in any way. There are people coming and going on the streets, the cries of small vendors are also coming and going, and children are shuttled among the crowd, laughing and laughing. Playing around, the streets and alleys are very noisy.

Suddenly, the pedestrians in the south stopped abruptly.

Even though the streets in the capital were widened several times, they were still very narrow and crowded.The previous pedestrians just stopped for a few breaths, and the back became congested, and even a few pedestrians bumped into the crowd surrounded by the crowd behind, and the scene became a mess.

The woman with the child was in a hurry.

They complained loudly: "What are you doing in the road? Didn't you see that the child was being crushed? Hurry up and go! If something happens, you have to get out of the way!"

"That's it."

"What happened up front?"

However, there was no noise in the back, but the people in front didn't hear it.

They stared blankly not far away, and gasped one after another in the gradually quiet street: "Hey! Are my eyes dazzled?"

"Hiss... what is that?"

"No horses... really no horses!"

"...The carriage! The carriage is actually moving by itself!"

In an instant, the pedestrians were in an uproar.

What toilet, what running water, what bicycle, what kerosene lamp has opened their eyes, but this thing in front of them subverted everyone's seriousness.

The kerosene lamp needs some oil!

But can this carriage without a carriage still be called a carriage?

The governor of Shuntian Prefecture and the servants came together.

To be honest, at first he thought it was a joke—a carriage without a carriage was running on the road.

Are you sure you're not kidding?

After even the yamen servants who rushed to investigate testified that it was not a lie, Liu Yuanhui, governor of Shuntian Prefecture, finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Well, mainly because I couldn't help my curiosity.

Liu Yuanhui, Yin of Shuntian Mansion, knew the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother - after all, he was one of the officials who worked with Prince Gong Changning before.

As soon as Pu saw that the two princes were driving the carriage without a carriage, Liu Yuanhui calmed down a lot in an instant—these two elder brothers had caused so many troubles that they could hardly be counted.

Liu Yuanhui calmly decided to turn around and return home.

As soon as he took a step, he turned around suddenly - since there are no horses, can this horse-less carriage stop?Will there be any accidents when driving on narrow and crowded roads?

Thinking about the consequences of the two princes' accidents, Liu Yuanhui immediately shuddered.He trotted after him, panting heavily and asked the accompanying guards: "My lords—where are you going? Your servant will make the road clear."

Zhang Jia's guard said in a low voice: "The masters are going to drive back to the palace."

Liu Yuanhui's eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly ordered the servants to go to the front to inform that the road leading to the Forbidden City would be opened.

Now it's much easier.

Yinzhen and Yinqi didn't expect this before, mainly because they were too excited.

After more than ten rounds of testing without any problems, Yinzhen and Yinqi decided to drive the steam locomotive back to the Forbidden City.

The accompanying guards followed closely around, their faces tense.

While strictly preventing the common people from approaching, the guards also watched the carriage without horses vigilantly, and took the two young masters away immediately in case of any accident.

Yinzhen and Yinqi drove the steam locomotive out of the farm slowly.

The only unexpected and normal thing is that this unprecedented existence quickly attracted the attention of countless people.

Not to mention that the gate guard officers and soldiers dropped their jaws to the ground and watched the locomotive drive into the capital with dull eyes. rolled into the haystack.The expressions of the people are different, but the only thing that is the same is the unanimous panic and shock.

Yinzhen and Yinqi are very calm.

They had to be calm. The two of them needed to evaluate the condition of the locomotive at all times to determine whether the steam engine was functioning normally.Yin Qi sat in the front and drove the locomotive to control the direction, while the other stood on the high platform behind, estimating the amount of coal used and controlling the speed of the locomotive.

The long chimneys spewed unburned fireworks, and the gray smoke swayed from outside the capital to the gate of the Forbidden City.When they arrived at the gate of the palace, the onlookers were still thinking about it. They stretched their necks and watched the locomotive slowly enter. They didn't look back regretfully until the huge palace gate slowly closed.

Prince Yinreng got the news as early as the first time.

He led a group of courtiers to the outside of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, staring blankly at the blue smoke rising in the distance.Yinfeng looked up into the distance, and soon saw a locomotive approaching but completely different from the carriage.

Compared with ordinary people, courtiers know much more about the new learning.

In particular, many of the young ministers who have experienced new learning have already whispered to each other, curiously discussing the reason why this carriage can drive.

The reason, of course, is the big machine at the back.

The steam locomotive slowly stopped in the square, and Yin Qi and Yin Zhen jumped off the locomotive one after the other.They wiped the sweat from their foreheads, and whispered to each other about the problems and ideas they found along the way.

Yinfeng and the courtiers came over.

They silently realize that they can't hear at all... get it?No!There are still people who can understand.For example, Dai Zi and others have already stepped forward, listening carefully to the conversation between Yinzhen and Yinqi, and asking a question or two from time to time.

A cup of tea passed.

A group of people balabalabala...

Two cups of tea passed.

A group of people balabalabala......

Seeing that a symposium was about to take place, the two younger brothers and ministers who had a good talk about the principles of steam locomotives, Yinfeng coughed dumbfoundingly: "Yinzhen, Yinqi, can you explain?"

Yinzhen and Yinqi looked at each other.

It stands to reason that according to age, Yinzhen should come forward and report, but he immediately pushed this task to Yinqi.

Yin Qi: ...

I don't know why I lost the excitement and always felt like I was on a thief ship?He squinted at the fourth brother who was hiding behind the locomotive, and then decided to hand over this opportunity of performance to the fourth brother.He coughed: "The younger brother is just helping out, and I need to ask the fourth brother to explain this matter."

Yinzhen:……

He glared at Yinqi: "Why should the fifth brother be modest, you are clearly in charge of this matter, and the fourth brother is just helping you."

"Where is it, it is clearly the fourth brother—"

"Obviously the fifth brother—"

Seeing Yinzhen and Yinqi being modest, Yinreng angrily interrupted their words.He pointed to Yinzhen: "Fourth brother, tell me—"

Yinzhen: ………Why me! ?

Especially seeing Yin Qi clenched his fists and applauded, Yin Zhen's nose was almost crooked.However, the face of the second brother of the prince still needs to be given. Yinzhen thought about it and decided to explain it in the simplest and clearest way: "We name this thing in front of us a steam locomotive. The steam engine in the back seat of the locomotive generates propulsion instead of the power of the horse. exists, and its power comes from coal."

Wouldn't this be an oversimplification?

What is a steam engine?What is the principle?Can you explain it in more detail?Not to mention that the courtiers were staring at the fifth elder brother in bewilderment, even Yinfeng was a little dumbfounded.

Yinzhen is quite confident.

He said eloquently: "No matter how much you say, you will not understand. Besides, this is something that needs to be kept secret."

Everyone's eyes narrowed slightly.

The courtiers present were carefully selected by Kangxi, or they were the confidantes of Zhan Shifu who assisted the prince, and everyone knew the meaning of it.Although they had regrets in their hearts, most of them still looked away silently and decided to pretend that they had never seen the thing in front of them.

Yinfeng: ………

A question mark slowly appeared on his forehead, and Yinreng couldn't stop complaining for a long time: "As for your posture of driving directly from Zhuangzi in the suburbs to the Forbidden City... you still keep it a secret? I'm afraid the whole capital already knows everything about it! "

The ministers came back to their senses at the same time.

you do not say?Keep it a secret, keep it a secret!If they asked them to explain it, it was obvious that the fourth elder brother found it troublesome, so I didn't bother to say more.

Yinzhen: "Cut."

Yinreng pressed Yinzhen's forehead: "Gu heard you cut it?"

Just like Yinrong said.

The news of the steam locomotive quickly spread in the capital, and not surprisingly, missionaries and foreign businessmen also got the news quickly.

Prince Yinreng methodically arranged guards, secret guards, and plainclothes yamen servants to patrol and observe in the capital, and registered and verified missionaries and foreign businessmen who had abnormal reactions.

Sure enough, someone made a small move soon.

Several foreign businessmen contacted two bachelors of the Academy of Sciences, trying to bribe each other and said that as long as they can provide blueprints or steam locomotives, they are willing to pay a price of five thousand gold!

Five thousand gold! ?

Many bachelors of the Academy of Sciences were born in poverty, and they were said to be bachelors, but they were officials of the seventh or eighth rank, and their annual salary was only four to fifty taels of silver.

One tael of gold is equal to eight taels of silver.

1000 taels of gold are equal to 8000 taels of silver...

5000 taels of gold are equal to 4 taels of silver... that is 800 years of salary!The bachelors were almost captured by this sugar-coated shell. They covered their hearts and reported the matter to the prince with their last bit of conscience. Yinfeng announced them to see them, and both of them cried bitterly.

I don't know if they were crying with excitement or crying about losing money.

Not only was Yinreng amused, but he also rewarded them with a sum of money for reporting the illegal behavior of foreign businessmen.

Of course, there are those who report and those who betray their conscience.

Soon the hidden guards also uncovered several clans and officials who violated their conscience. Faced with the high price of five thousand gold, they chose to betray and betray without any hesitation, and even recommended others to these foreign businessmen.

All these people were caught.

What awaits them is the severe punishment of the Qing law-stop!

According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, at least they would be exiled to Ninggu Pagoda, and at worst, their homes would be ransacked and their heads beheaded.

Yinfeng felt that this was too cheap for them, so he enthusiastically provided a place to go.

For example, exile to Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Qiongzhou Prefecture is located in a remote location, the weather is hot, and the number of islanders is scarce. Whether it is shipping projects or infrastructure road projects, it has always lagged behind other prefectures and counties. These captured clans and officials just have enough labor to be sent to Qiongzhou Prefecture.

After this treatment, the atmosphere in the court was also cleared up.

If you have money, you have to spend your life!Being exiled and ransacked is something that can implicate the family for generations. No matter how jealous and greedy people are, they dare not sell state property and materials for these things.Of course, the courtiers who were eager to turn around quickly asked a question: "Where do foreigners get so much gold and silver?"

Congratulations to the blind students who discovered Huadian.

you do not say?Is it carried by foreign merchants?Hong Zhijie from the Maritime Affairs Office shook his head again and again: "All goods entering and exiting ships need to be registered and accounted for, and customs duties are charged. If someone carries so much gold and silver, they will definitely attract attention."

"Maybe it's a bribe..."

"During the inspection, there were three to five officials in one group, and it would be too much to bribe them all at once..."

Du Zhen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, disagreed.

He said in a deep voice: "If you can spend five thousand gold to buy a steam locomotive, what's the problem with buying three or five officials? I'm afraid it won't hurt if you buy all the Maritime Affairs Office."

Hong Zhijie was furious: "What does Du Shangshu mean?"

What he didn't expect was that even Wu He, the Minister of Dali Temple, also stood up and echoed: "His Royal Highness, I believe that it is because of the liquidation investigation of the Maritime Affairs Office by the Ministry of Households."

Hong Zhijie's face was gloomy.

He glanced at the two of them fiercely, and his anger could not be concealed in his voice: "According to Mr. Wu, is it possible that the subordinate officials are regarded as corrupt officials?"

Dali Temple Minister Wu He sneered.

Immediately afterwards, he actually pulled out a memorial from his pocket, and presented it with both hands: "His Royal Highness, I have a book to play!"

If Hong Zhijie was still angry before, his eyes moved slightly when he saw the memorial, showing a trace of anxiety and anxiety in his eyes.Hong Zhijie only felt his heart beat twice, and his breathing suddenly became short of breath. He sneered with a stiff expression: "Master Wu..."

Dali Temple Minister Wu He interrupted Hong Zhijie's words.

He said in a deep voice: "My minister and Mr. Du, as well as Mr. Fu Lata, the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, want to impeach Hong Zhijie of the Maritime Affairs Office!"

There was an uproar in the court.

Prince Yinreng sent Zhao Shunping to fetch the memorial.

The memorial mentions that Hong Zhijie, a maritime officer of the Maritime Affairs Office, was in close contact with the brothers Xu Qianxue and Xu Yuanwen, former university scholars, and allowed his nephews, nephews, in-laws and family members to rob people's property, bully others, and even increase sea tax without permission, even to coastal fishermen, causing complaints from businessmen.There were more than nine cases involving human life, six cases by Xu Qianxue, four cases by Xu Yuanwen, and more than thirty cases not related to human life...

Hong Zhijie was still lucky.

By the time he heard it, he was already pale and limp on the ground.When the crown prince asked for him to be imprisoned for interrogation, Hong Zhijie shouted anxiously, "I'm wronged! I'm wronged! This official is loyal to the emperor. These things are all caused by someone who murdered and pushed him down." ~! The lower officials refuse to accept it!"

What does it mean?

Alluding to Wu He, the minister of Dali Temple, and Fu Lata, the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, are the henchmen of the prince?Or is the prince's move to exclude dissidents?All the officials present held their breath, and there was a look of shock in their brows and eyes.

Hong Zhijie might have lost his head.

The emperor and the prince have a deep friendship and a close relationship. His sophistry still wants to drive a wedge?I'm afraid it's not a crime!

Prince Yinreng looked at Hong Zhijie coldly.

There was a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and his voice was still unhurried: "When the truth comes out, Gu will naturally write to Khan Ama."

Hong Zhijie was dragged down immediately.

Only three years after the establishment of the Maritime Office, it ushered in its first major cleansing. One-third of the corrupt officials were verified, a large number of officials were imprisoned, and a large number of young officials came to the fore.

The turmoil in the Maritime Office also attracted the attention of many people.

The Maritime Office is in charge of shipping supervision, taxation, private investigation, and statistics, etc., and now that the naval base has not yet been fully constructed, the Maritime Office has also undertaken a lot of external transportation work-in simple terms, it is transported to Zhijun Wang Yin Many of Ti's supplies came from the Maritime Office.

Going deeper, the prince grabbed the king of Zhijun by the throat.

Many officials in the imperial court discussed this, and some even delivered letters to Concubine Hui and the eighth elder brother Yinhu.

Concubine Hui simply closed the door and disappeared.

The eighth elder brother Yinhu stared at the companion Nala Ronghe with a half-smile, and the other party's eyes flickered and he was a little uneasy.Yinhu knocked on the table with his backhand, and instead of mentioning what the other party said, he said with a smile: "Ronghe only got No. 17 in this exam. If he takes three times in a row, he will have to withdraw his membership. You should study hard and copy more." Books, stop thinking about other things."

Obviously, Eighth Brother had a gentle smile on his face.

Accompanying Nala Ronghe felt his hairs stand on end, so he turned around and left as if he had seen a ghost, not even daring to look at Eighth Brother again.