The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

The fourteenth elder brother sighed: "Huang Ama, it is too difficult for you to be the emperor!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Kangxi groaned angrily, "You just know? There are so many things going on in a country, and the whole world is watching me, and tens of millions of people are involved in every move."

The father and son sat worrying about each other for a long time, before Liang Jiugong approached cautiously: "Long Live Lord, it's getting dark, Fourteen Baylor will stay in the palace, or should we go back?"

"Go back!" Elder Fourteen woke up startled: "It's so late, Er Chen has to leave quickly."

"Why don't you stay here!" Kangxi didn't know what to do if there was no result.

"I'm worried about staying here, I'd better go back, I'll go to the vegetable shed tomorrow to have a look, and I have to arrange the vegetables to be served." Elder Fourteen had his vegetables in Yuqing Palace today.

Stir-fried pork slices with chili, fried beef tenderloin with chives, fried leeks with eggs, fried noodles with water celery.

It seems that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has often allocated these green vegetables to the crown prince. Half of the dishes on the table are delivered by him. I don't know if the people in the harem who didn't get the green vegetables are very angry.

"Then you go." Kangxi asked someone to take a sable fur cloak and wrap it around the fourteenth brother: "Go back, Huang Ama will talk to you again in a few days."

"Well, Huang Ama, if it doesn't work, take your time, don't be in a hurry." Elder Fourteen also persuaded Kangxi.

Kangxi nodded and watched him go.

How did Brother Fourteen know? As soon as Kangxi turned around, he called Gu Chao over: "Send someone, the kind with a face, to approach all the missionaries in Beijing slowly, inquire about their hometown, and then observe whether they Resist, or be vague."

"All the missionaries?" Gu Chao rarely asked, "How many foreigners are included?"

"Including them." Kangxi asked Gu Chao expressionlessly: "Do you still remember your hometown?"

"I don't have a hometown. I've been serving servants in the palace as long as I can remember." Gu Chao is the kind of little eunuch who grew up in the palace since he was a child. All others are subordinates.

Gu Chao is definitely a talent.

"If it was an ordinary person, what would be his expression when he mentioned his hometown?" Kangxi couldn't help asking him.

"Of course I'm proud. The mountains are not close to the water. After all, it's my hometown." Gu Chao said: "The servant only has a small eunuch, even if there is a flood in their place, when they mention their hometown, most of them talk about good memories. Going to the fields to catch mud snails, going down to the river to catch fish and shrimp, even if you are hungry and eat roasted cicadas, you think it is good, that’s how it is in my hometown.”

The more he said, the more Kangxi felt cold: "Send someone to see again, what are those missionaries doing in Beijing? Apart from preaching, don't they have anything else to do?"

If the missionary said the same thing as the ascetic monk, did he wrong them, or was Fourteen scaremongering?

Although he doted on his fourteenth son, Kangxi did not listen to or believe in important matters of the country, on the contrary, he wanted to seek evidence from many sources.

"Hey!" It's not easy to act on the surface, so I can only do it secretly.

There are many missionaries in central Beijing, and there are all kinds of sects.

There is even an alley where people from Tsarist Russia live.

Because as early as the fifth year of Shunzhi, Wulang Geli became the first Tsarist Russian to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and then in the seventh year of Kangxi, Yifan and others came to surrender.

The number of people who came for the third time was relatively large. In the 23rd year of Kangxi, "31 people from Eros were taken from Nibuchuo and other places." There were 67 people in this group. They planned to harass the Niuman River area, but they were cleared The army was defeated and 31 people were captured alive.

Then in the 23rd year of Kangxi and the 24th year of Kangxi, more than 70 Russians either surrendered or were captured twice, and came to Beijing successively.

After these people were sent to Beijing, Emperor Kangxi did not mistreat them. Instead, they were compiled as No. 17 Zuo Ling, the fourth leader of the Manchuria Xianghuang Banner, known as "Russian Zuo Ling" in history.

These Tsarist Russians can also be considered to have joined the Qing nationality, and they are in the upper three banners of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and their status is very high.

At that time, Kangxi focused on war, because the Qing Dynasty did not know Tsarist Russia, and because of the different looks, it was impossible to send people in disguise to investigate, so he took in these captives and surrendered people, and he could learn about the enemy's situation through them, which is one of them.Second, the Russians were very advanced in firearms. Emperor Kangxi took in the Russians and asked them to teach the Qing army how to use firearms, and at the same time let them act as translators.

In fact, the Qing army composed of this group of Tsarist Russians really played a big role. For example, before the first battle of Yaksa, Tsarist Russia surrendered Yifan to the stronghold near Yaksa and recruited Mihailuo and others. 21 people came back together.

By the time of the second Battle of Yaksa, the size of the Qing army composed of Tsarist Russians was already quite large. Their mission was to investigate the enemy's situation and recruit and accept rebels. Yifan, who was awarded the Xiaoqi School, sneaked into the city of Yaksa to investigate.

When the Qing army besieged the city of Yaksa, the role of this group of descendants became even more obvious. The task of more than 100 Tsarist Russians was to shout to the city, publicize the kindness of Kangxi, and let them recognize the situation and surrender quickly.

This kind of psychological warfare has received miraculous effects!

After all, at that time, the lives of Tsarist Russian soldiers and low-level officers were not easy. It was the great nobles and royal families who enjoyed life, not them.

In fact, Kangxi didn't do anything to them, he just gave them enough food and warm clothes, that's all, he won their hearts.

Later, China and Russia signed the "Treaty of Nerchinsk", and these Tsarist Russians stayed in Beijing and lived for generations.These Tsarist Russians became the people of the Qing Dynasty and lived in the Hujiaquan Hutong in the Dongzhimen of the capital. Kangxi also gave them the Guandi Temple in the Hujiaquan, which was called the "Luocha Temple".

They not only got housing, but also got married and had children locally.

There is even an Orthodox church in the alley where they live.

The church is quite big, and there are foreign missionaries living and preaching in it, and some dignitaries and religious believers go there for Sunday.

The amazing Qing Dynasty has Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Catholicism from the West, Orthodox Church, etc. It is really broad-minded and all-encompassing.

There was no subsequent decline, but prosperity.

Gu Chao moved quickly. He not only sent people there himself, but also contacted the group of people in Hujiaquan Hutong. The same characteristics in appearance allowed them to better communicate with those missionaries.

The Orthodox church in the capital, that is, the priests in Hujiaquan Hutong also came from Tsarist Russia. Hu Kexin's Tsarist Russian name is very long, which is his glory.

Because the longer the name, the longer the family will last, which is a characteristic of nobility.

But after arriving in the Qing Dynasty, his name was too difficult to pronounce, so he chose a Qing Dynasty name for himself, Hu Kexin.

He is a hybrid of the German Empire and Tsarist Russia.

His mother was from Tsarist Russia. After his death, he was sent to the church by his father, and then his father married someone else, so he was homeless.

Later, it was his uncle who brought him back to Tsarist Russia, and he served as a clerk in the church. It was not until he learned Chinese and was sent to the Qing Dynasty that he realized that "Marco Polo's Travels" did not lie to him.

Although it is not as exaggerated as gold everywhere, the food here is indeed good.

Every morning, what he ate was no longer black bread, or daliba with stones and wheat bran, but soft buns, steamed buns and flower rolls.

All kinds of soups are better than borscht!

There are countless kinds of delicacies. His favorite way to eat recently is to use fried steamed bun slices, smeared with stinky tofu mixed with sesame oil, and served with a bowl of bean juice. He can eat five in one sitting!

Early this morning, Hu Kexin also woke up very early, tidied herself up, put on an ordinary cotton robe, and went to the breakfast stall at the entrance of the alley.

In fact, it was the first inverted house that was converted into a front door, and a breakfast shop was run.

They sell bean curd, fried buns, stinky tofu, fermented bean curd and so on.

Pickles are free to eat, as well as fried pancakes and fried dough sticks.

They are all his favorites, especially stinky tofu, oh, why are they so delicious!

Coincidentally, after he came, another Tsarist Russian came here, watched for a long time and joined him at a table: "Is it okay to sit here?"

They all look different from ordinary people, and it is a bit out of place to sit with others.

"Sit down, sit down!" Hu Kexin was very happy to see someone similar to him, "Are you from this alley?"

"No, I'm here to see my grandfather." This person is very young, probably in his teens. If you look closely, he is indeed of mixed race.

Because there are many beauties in Mongolia, and they don't care much about their origins, some people who came from Tsarist Russia married beauties there.

Compared with Han women, the beauties over there are more open.

Moreover, the young man spoke fluent Tsarist Russian, and the two of them chatted involuntarily. After chatting, they found out that the young man's father was a general manager at Tongzhou Daying, and he was going to Beijing to take the exam. , not a scribe, but a military commander, the martial arts examination came.

Knows how to use firecrackers and fire cannons, and is a master of firearms.

Hu Kexin hadn't met such a suitable person for a long time, and when they chatted, each of them felt very congenial.

Even the breakfast I ate was equally to my liking. I like fried steamed buns sandwiched with stinky tofu, and I also like fermented bean curd.

When the two finally left, this young man named Zhao Xiang settled the bill and went to the church. Zhao Xiang donated 20 taels of silver to the church, which made Hu Kexin even more happy.

As soon as he was happy, he kept this young man and stayed there. At night, Zhao Xiang bought some lo mei and came back. Hu Kexin brought out two large bottles of red wine, one for each person, and blew on the bottles.

When he drank too much, Zhao Xiang asked him if he knew the western country?

Hu Kexin nodded: "I know, I know so well, I have stayed in Germany for ten years, and my best ten years have been dedicated to the church and to the Lord!"

Zhao Xiang was happy: "I haven't been there, but I know that it is our hometown, right?"

"Yes!" Hu Kexin nodded: "I can speak German!"

He talked a lot, but it was all drunk, Tsarist Russian and German, and even French and Latin. He was a priest sent by the church, so naturally he had to learn more.

Zhao Xiang was even happier, and lived here with peace of mind.

The relationship between the two of them was even better the next day. They could go to have breakfast together and talk about some interesting things, from firearms to Tsarist Russia to Germany. .

He also taught Zhao Xiang to speak German, French and Latin.

He is very enthusiastic, and will patiently answer any questions you ask.

The second hometown, Germany, is even more detailed, as well as England next door.

Especially the part of the English Channel, when he came by boat, he could see it clearly!

Zhao Xiang lived here until the twelfth lunar month, and then returned to his "grandfather" home, and then went back with New Year's gifts.

Not long after Zhao Xiang left, another person came. This person came to Beijing to rush for the exam. Because his grandmother believed in religion, he followed suit.

Like Zhao Xiang, this Zhang Juren is very talkative, likes stinky tofu, has a good relationship with Hu Kexin, and invited him to eat Xilaishun.

We had a friendship of drinking and eating meat together, but when Zhang Juren curiously asked about the situation in Tsarist Russia, Hu Kexin said something that the public knew, but when he asked about Germany, he hesitated, and asked about the English Channel. Shi shook his head: "When I was on the boat, there was a lot of wind and waves. Our church sent over a dozen pastors and priests, but I was the only one who arrived in the capital. Others either died of illness or settled in Guangzhou, and there were many others Not acclimatized, returned."

He said to Zhao Xiang at the time: "The sea is the richest place, and sailing is the most rewarding business, including some navigators. They all left their names in history because of the sea. Son, you should go sailing. Look at the outside world, look at your real hometown!"

But now he said to Zhang Juren: "In fact, we don't have anything there. The place is not as big as the Qing Dynasty, and there are not so many delicious foods. Only the nobles can eat Da Lieba bread, and the common people eat black bread, which is hard. It's like a rock, and the sea is so windy and rough, it's too dangerous, there's no one out of ten!"

The sea seems to be very useless.

Moreover, he and Zhang Juren were only limited to eating and drinking, and never taught Zhang Juren Tsarist Russian, German or even Latin.

Not to mention the fact that he can speak French.

A few days later, Zhang Juren found a classmate, and he moved in with him.

Then another businessman came and wanted to ask for advice on maritime trade, and he did not come empty-handed, but brought a heavy gift. As a result, this businessman was kicked out because Father Hu Kexin said that he is a priest, not a businessman.

Afterwards, there were many people coming and going, those who were curious, those who asked for information, and so on.

Father Hu Kexin spoke no words to these people.

As for the other missionaries, they more or less encountered such things, mixed race, pure Tsarist Russians, and big merchants from the south.

It seems that all of a sudden, they all became interested in the sea.

It also seems to have developed a curiosity about Western countries.

It's a pity that although these missionaries are all foreigners, they come from different countries, and their religions are also branched out, and they don't communicate with each other.

Otherwise, I would have known it a long time ago. This is not a phenomenon encountered by a single person. Many people have encountered the same problem.

Including several missionaries summoned by Kangxi.