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The Fourteenth Master asked the courtiers why they couldn't argue.

Prince Yi didn't care to answer him first, but placed Sixth Brother on a clean high chair that no one usually sat on, and asked him to grab the armrest and hold it down.Then he brought over his own hand stove on the table, added new silver frost charcoal, tested the temperature, and then handed it to the sixth elder brother to hold it, and said kindly: "If you are cold or thirsty, call us, ten minutes later. Uncle San will send you back."

Then he turned around and asked Fourteen: "It's fine if you brought your nephew, why didn't you even bring a nanny?"

Fourteenth Master just thought of it on a whim, and didn't think about it so much. Only now did he realize the trouble of taking care of children.Seeing Brother Six sitting on the top chair, he was afraid that he would fall off, so he moved another big chair and pushed it in front of the chair that Brother Six was sitting on, and used two chairs to basket him, smiling and threatening The little nephew said: "Sit down obediently, but don't climb out, you may lose your teeth if you are so tall."

I wanted to grab some snacks for my sixth elder brother, but I still asked Master Thirteen to stop him: "When you and I were young, we could count how much we ate. Now you feed him a plate of snacks, and when the nurse feeds him the same, you have to Hold on."

Fourteenth Master ate all the seaweed and sesame sticks in his hand.

While eating, I listened to Master Thirteen talking about the disputes among the court ministers.

It turned out that the dispute was whether to ban the sea.

When the Fourteenth Lord heard about this topic, he was puzzled first: "Forbidden sea? Where did this start? Now there are Eros business houses in central Beijing, and there are also Western business houses. Seeing that they are all booming, why do you suddenly attack me?" Eight proposed to ban the sea?" He took out a short version of graphite pen specially designed for carrying around from his purse: "This kind of pen originally from the West is also very good, and it is very convenient to carry marking maps in the army." Even He also took out a steamed bun: "Look, I take a small longan steamed bun with me everywhere now."

"Didn't this graphite pen earn a lot of money? Not only did Western countries buy it, but also Eros, Zhenwa, Korea, Annan, etc., bought it at a high price. How do you do business when the sea is banned?" King Xun is not a money fan like Lord Jiu. , but he has been in the army for several years and knows how much money he has in war.

He knew that Brother Thirteen didn't need to hide anything, and said directly: "Although the war in the Northwest is now over, it is not calm outside. Others don't know, but Brother Thirteen must know. This time, we will go to Junggar's hometown again. It’s not impossible to fight, but firstly, the poor should not chase after them, and secondly, keeping the remaining Junggar, just happened to stop Oros in the north.”

Maps are precious and even secret things in this era, but the Military Aircraft Department is the place where military aircraft from all over the world gather, so maps are naturally hung.

The Fourteenth Master dragged the Thirteenth Master to the largest map in the main house, took the unsharp pendant sword on the shelf, pointed to the north above it and said: "President Eros is ready to move. We ordered the "Nerchinsk Treaty Agreement", but Suo'etu was weak and let a lot of land go out. Moreover, the border that has been agreed has not been fully surveyed and drawn, but we erected an inscription on the border, Eros The emperor always wanted to take away the Heilongjiang area, and always sent troops to check out nearby."

In fact, Oros, the Qing Dynasty and Junggar might not be the relationship between the three countries one after another to check each other.

With the warlike nature of Junggar, the Ming Dynasty fought against the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty attacked the Qing Dynasty. They were very aggressive and warlike. How could it be possible to have peace and friendship with Oros, which borders the north?

The two countries have also been in friction for more than 100 years. The border cities that were handed over by the two sides, such as Tara, were destroyed many times. Later, they simply became the place where the two countries exiled prisoners. Obviously, normal people cannot live on the border. up.

Although Junggar has suffered a big defeat now, it is by no means at the end of the day. King Khan Cewang Allah Butan is also considered a wise king. After retreating, he will stick to his hometown. : The reason why the Nerchinsk Treaty was finalized last time was also because the Qing Dynasty could not burn the candle at both ends, and fought against Junggar while dealing with Oros, so they had to fight one by one.

Stabilize Oros through negotiations, and concentrate on fighting Junggar.

In the past few years, Eros saw that the Qing Dynasty was fighting with Junggar again, so he wanted to come back again so that he could get some land to go there.

Emperor Yongzheng led his courtiers to weigh the pros and cons: then simply make a truce with Junggar, and first digest the territory of Junggar that has been gnawed now, so as not to eat too much to support himself and let others take advantage of it.

And the Junggar just got a bloody head from the Qing Dynasty. If they want to regain their vitality, with their belligerent psychology, they might turn around and take a bite of Eros. At that time, it will be Eros who will be in a hurry and dare not fight on two fronts. Now, it's time to change to the Qing Dynasty to focus on the return of the land that was given up last time!

The Fourteenth Lord sneered and said: "This is the way of the world, whoever is weak will be beaten. But if you want to be strong and strong, how can you get less money? According to the emperor's opinion, I want to send troops to Heilongjiang to inspect the territory. Call the Eros people Don’t cross the border, don’t you need money for this item? Just after the Northwest War, don’t you want money to reward the three armies and appease the families of the fallen soldiers? To prevent the Junggar’s Ming surrender, we must continue to strictly guard Qinghai and Tibet. This doesn’t require soldiers or money?”

The Fourteenth Lord became more and more angry: "I don't know, who proposed to ban the sea? And this ban will not only make many merchants lose their money, but also many fishermen will not be able to survive."

At this time, the so-called "forbidden sea" is not just a ban on communication with the West, but "no boards are allowed to enter the sea".

During the Shunzhi period and the early years of Kangxi, Zheng Chenggong and his son were still there, "Taiwan Island" had not returned to the court, and many anti-Qing and Ming-ming organizations often floated in the sea, and even supplied food and water through the port.In order to restrain these rebels, the imperial court imposed a strict sea ban for a period of time.

The fourteenth master knew it.To what extent was the sea strictly prohibited at that time, not to mention these ports, even the residents of the seaside all moved, and moved at least fifty miles inland.All ships were burned, and no fishing boats or merchant ships could be left behind.

"At that time, the sea was full of thieves and bandits. There were not only Japanese pirates and pirates, but also many treacherous criminals against the imperial court. Who brought up the Forbidden Sea when I had nothing to do? Could it be that Huang Ama’s Forbidden Sea was also mentioned in the past?"

After hearing a lot of complaints, Thirteenth Master had no choice but to say: "You talk like a torch, and you don't want me to intervene."

"Who thinks too much silver is not enough? Naturally, there is a reason for bringing up the matter of banning the sea. Silver is not only something that Brother Nine loves, but also others!"

"Nowadays, the port is prosperous, and the traffic of ships on the sea is increasing day by day. The Japanese pirates and pirates, which were almost extinct in the past, are appearing day by day. Since there are pirates at sea, it is difficult not to go ashore. Only this year, Fujian has reported four cases of Japanese pirates going ashore at night. , looting and setting fire to other evil deeds.”

The Thirteenth Master pondered for a while, and explained directly to the Fourteenth: "The most important thing is that some villagers who escaped the catastrophe by hiding in the water tank reported to the government: these Japanese pirates... shouldn't be called Japanese pirates anymore, Just these pirates, there are actually a few blond people among them."

The Fourteenth Master was startled: it is customary to call bandits at sea Japanese pirates, which follows the name from the previous Ming Dynasty.

For many years before the Ming Dynasty, the entire coast, especially the southeast coast, was infested by Japanese pirates.It is said that the small island of Zhenwa has been fighting all the year round, and many prisoners or people who have no livelihood have gone into the water as bandits and started to make a living by robbery.But later, after many coastal Han people had no way out, they also turned their heads and called themselves Japanese pirates, and started to engage in robbery business under the name of foreign countries.

The introversion of Tu Chaoren has been the same since ancient times.

The "Japanese pirates" of the natives of the Ming Dynasty were much stronger in combat effectiveness, and the genuine "Japanese pirates" were squeezed into rare products.

It was here that the Fourteenth Master was surprised: no matter whether they were Japanese pirates or refugees from their own country, they never heard of any blond hair and blue eyes.

Prince Yi briefly explained why France and England did not agree with each other, and why France sold graphite pens, etc.: "In short, our imperial court sold a large number of graphite pens, which really robbed England of a large amount of business. In the past two years, the sea 'suddenly It’s hard to say whether the ‘increased’ Japanese pirates have English skills.”

The fourteenth master raised his eyebrows: "Even if there is England behind us, are you afraid of him? There is a proverb among the folks: If you hear the cricket crickets, can you stop farming?"

The Thirteenth Master sighed: "Fourteenth Brother, you are now a general who has been in the battlefield, and you have also defeated Junggar. But let me ask you, if you are given a navy that sails out to sea, do you know how to dispatch it?"

King Xun opened his mouth, but with his self-confidence he couldn't say anything.

They are of nomadic origin, and the cavalry is in their blood, but the sea... is a blind spot that is completely absent from the inheritance of their ancestors.Before entering the customs, their understanding of the sea was Haizi on the grassland.The people on the grassland thought that such a large lake with no limit was the legendary sea.

But that's not the case at all. Everyone who has really seen the sea knows how wide it is, how boundless and awesome the waters are.

The Fourteenth Master was stunned for a while before he said: "But I can learn it. Since ancient times, there are many methods of naval warfare in military books. Let's not talk about it, let's just say that the Qi family army in the Ming Dynasty is really good! I have read theirs. The battle report shows that 300 Japanese pirates were killed, and none of them were harmed. The mandarin duck formation is a magical weapon! There is also Shi Lang, the admiral of the navy during the Emperor Ama's time, who is also a famous general in naval battles, as long as the navy..."

The Fourteenth Master was suddenly dumbfounded: "But the navy and warships are not good either, are they?"

Prince Yi nodded.

Compared with England in the Qing Dynasty, no matter how good the horses are, how mobile the cavalry is, there will be no warships and ordinary sailors.

At that time, "Taiwan Island" was occupied by Zheng's father and son, and the court paid more attention to the navy for a while. Later, the navy became less and less. The so-called warships have not been improved for many years, and even the sentry ship has always been the Jiujiang of the Ming Dynasty. Mode.

"When we trade with Western countries, minerals, grains, rice, etc. have never been allowed to go out. But those 'pirates' snatch them up, and they only like to rob them. It is also because there have been more and more merchant ships and civilian ships at sea in recent years. We transport gold and silver by ourselves. Many copper mines are transported by sea rather than by water.”

What Yingjili did was: Hey, aren't you robbing my business?Then I will directly rob you of the money you earn from doing business.

If you said that you wanted to sell drugs in the past to steal money and bring a fig leaf, but now that "Japanese pirates" are rampant at sea, you don't even need this layer of cloth.

With the current level of Master Qingshui, he still can't grasp the opponent's handle and can't confront him on the table.

The fourteenth master knew why this matter was so difficult.

The land of China has always been self-sufficient.If there are thieves on the sea, banning the sea is the best and fastest way: I don’t go to sea at all, and I don’t have ships to trade with foreign countries, so what are you robbing?

The opinion of many courtiers who are mature and prudent is that banning the sea is the family law of the ancestors, and it is also the method that consumes the least manpower and financial resources.No matter how courageous those Japanese pirates are, do they dare to enter the mainland of China to rob them?As for the strange skills of overseas Western countries, they are all trivial, and there is no pity if you don’t want it. How is it different to look at a sundial without a clock?The most important thing is to keep the peace in the universe, why bother to open the door to those foreigners and communicate with them?

It seems to make sense, but Fourteenth Master always feels that something is wrong and feels unhappy.

The Thirteenth Lord saw his thick eyebrows knit into a ball, and he comforted him: "Once this matter is settled, it will be related to future generations, and the emperor will not make judgments lightly. If you have any insights, you can just make a statement and let the emperor make a decision. "Master Shunzhi and Lord Kangxi both banned the sea. If the Japanese pirates also banned the sea today, it is estimated that future generations of emperors in the Qing Dynasty will follow suit.

Prince Yi also instructed: "I'm telling you the ins and outs, so that you can know in your heart first, if someone pulls you to help you, don't just get overwhelmed..."

Thirteenth Lord was halfway through speaking, when he heard a little eunuch outside cautiously report back: "Prince Huiyi, King Xunjun, Wang Xi'er, who is beside Jiubeile, begs to see King Xunjun."

Prince Yi couldn't help laughing: "Cao Cao Cao Cao is here, the person who will help you is here!"

Wang Xi'er next to Master Jiu is not an ordinary eunuch, but the big eunuch who followed him from childhood. He is also the number one figure in Baylor's mansion. He is in his 40s now, so he doesn't run errands easily.But Master Jiu, who was in the Beijing Foreign Affairs Office, heard that Master Fourteen had arrived in the Old Summer Palace, but he specially sent Wang Xier over, meaning that he must invite Fourteen to come over.

The Fourteenth Lord swept away the heaviness just now, and said with a smile: "I understand the truth of Brother Thirteen's words. Go talk to Brother Nine, he must be jumping in anger about the forbidden sea, and will definitely scold people in the yamen. I will be happy when I go and scold him for a while."

Indeed, for Master Jiu, the Foreign Affairs Yamen has been his painstaking effort for many years, just like his child, or the kind of child he prefers.

Every year when he sees the income in the accounts, his eyes can't help but smile into the shape of gold ingots.

Now that someone wants to ban the sea, it really makes him uncomfortable as if his golden eyes are taken away.He is the absolute vanguard against the sea ban.

Before the Fourteenth Master followed Wang Xi'er, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten one thing.

So he suddenly turned his head, and together with the Thirteenth Master, he looked at Sixth Brother who was still sitting on the chair, holding the hand stove and listening to their talk.

His little face looked serious.

Master Fourteen was amused: "What are you doing with such a baby face, can you understand me?"

The common problem of adults is that they think that children don't understand anything.

Of course, at the age of the sixth elder brother, it is difficult for him to understand any major historical and international events, but he was with Jiang Heng when he was young, and he is no stranger to words such as Western and Zhenwa, and even knows what they look like. look.When Jiang Heng taught literacy classes, he liked to use paintings instead of words. He also did the same when teaching characters to his son. He taught drawing while teaching words.

When telling stories, he would try his best to find illustrations for his son. If there were no illustrations, Jiang Heng would draw them for him.

Speaking of Westerners, Jiang Heng naturally showed his son portraits of Westerners. Not only that, but he also invited a western painter from the Ruyi Pavilion in the Imperial Garden to let his son meet real people.

So Sixth Brother actually understands a little bit.

The Fourteenth Master was in a hurry to meet Brother Nine, so he cupped his hands to Prince Yi and said, "Brother Thirteen, please send my nephew back to the small study. I won't listen to Elder Gu talking about me anymore."

The Thirteenth Lord had no choice but to send the children to school.

He walked out with Sixth Brother in his arms, and the little eunuch at the door hurriedly opened an umbrella: "It's cloudy, I'm afraid it will rain soon."

Prince Yi said: "It's not that far away, there's no need, this palace is full of eaves." What happened just now caused him a headache, and he wanted to take a walk, but he didn't want anyone to follow him.

After a while, Lord Thirteen felt that his collar was pulled slightly, and he lowered his head to meet a pair of eyes like ink pills.

"Uncle Thirteen, are Westerners trying to bully us?"

At this time, he happened to be in front of Qingyan Gate in Jiuzhou, and Prince Yi stared at the solemn sundial and Jialiang placed on the left and right in front of the main gate for a moment.

This means that the mountains and rivers will last forever.

Facing his nephew's questioning, Prince Yi didn't hesitate, but he didn't know how much to say.

After a long while, I explained to the child in my arms as simple as possible: "It's like Brother Liu has a lot of rare toys. There are good kids outside who want to play with you and exchange toys with you. But there are also bad kids who just want to take them away. Your things." The Thirteenth Master said softly: "Brother Liu is still young, so we will protect you and not let the bad kids outside steal your things, just like when you grow up in the future, you must also protect yourself like family."

Brother Six nodded seriously: "My nephew remembers Uncle Thirteen's teachings."

Prince Yi knew why Sisi wanted to take this little nephew away to play with him when he saw this little nephew. Although in terms of appearance, elder brother Liu didn't look like the emperor like his sister, but when his face was so sullen, he could really see the emperor Brother usually has a sullen expression.It's just that the sixth elder brother is still at the age of baby fat, with puffy cheeks, and looks like a real crystal meat bun from the side, serious and interesting.

Thirteenth Master couldn't help but raised his hand and pinched his face. Just as he was about to tease him to make the child stop thinking about being happy, he felt a chill on the back of his hand.

Looking up, the first snow of the year has fallen.

When Master Thirteen handed over the child to Gu Badai, he still did not forget to say to Mr. Gu: "It turns out that I lost track of myself when I met Shisi, and I talked about a lot of things about the forbidden sea in front of Sixth Brother. .I'm afraid Sixth Brother understands half of what he hears, and he has a lot to ask Mr.

Gu Badai laughed and said: "I know that, Prince Yi is at ease."

He came here to be a master, and it is his most basic job to ask him about things that elder brother doesn't understand.

Sure enough, Brother Six asked what is the Forbidden Sea.

As Gu Badai, who watched Lord Kangxi ban the sea with his own eyes, he knows a lot about this matter.So I simply changed today's course.

According to the usual time when his son finished school in the morning, Jiang Heng waited at the door with an umbrella.Watching him walking back with a small red hood from a distance.

When they arrived at the door, the nanny said tremblingly: "Go back to the imperial concubine, elder brother won't be hugged." There was already a thin layer of snow on the ground, and it was said that they should hug him in order to prevent elder brother from slipping. Brother came back by himself.

Jiang Heng waved his hand: "It's okay, he likes to step on the snow to play, let him go." Not to mention children, she has always loved the feeling of stepping on the snow.

After entering the house, I changed the whole body of the sixth elder brother's clothes, and because the room was warm, I only put on homely clothes and shoes for him, and let him sit and warm himself by the fire.

Brother Six couldn't wait to tell her: "Emiang, let's eat, I can go to the study after eating."

Jiang Heng: ...

I had to comfort my son: "Didn't Er Niang make an agreement with you? And it's also your emperor's appointed time. You can only go for half an hour in the afternoon. You have to take a nap before going."

"Today is different." Sixth elder brother said earnestly: "I was taken away by Uncle Fourteen at noon. I lost hours, and my husband said that I would make up for it in the afternoon."

Jiang Heng couldn't help laughing curiously when he heard the words: "What's going on?"

After listening to his son's story about his experience at noon, Jiang Heng couldn't help laughing.

She once heard the emperor mention the matter of the forbidden sea, saying that some courtiers brought up the old matter again.But the emperor just said it lightly, Jiang Heng also knew that the Western guild hall in Beijing was well open, and the foreign affairs office was still flourishing, so he thought it was just a few ministers' proposals and didn't count.

After the emperor left Beijing, she knew less about the affairs of the previous dynasty.

Listening to my son talking about today's events, that is to say, the voices of the previous dynasty demanding the ban on the sea actually intensified, not only did not disappear, but instead grew stronger, and began to compete evenly with the Kaihai faction.

forbidden sea...

Jiang Heng often read Western books for her son, and also talked about foreign affairs in the books or in her mind, but never mentioned the word forbidden sea.

This reminded her of the isolation of the country, and the painful modern history that followed.

She watched her son peel chestnuts while roasting the fire, and asked her son if he knew what the Forbidden Sea was?

Sixth elder brother nodded: "Sir, the forbidden sea means that there are thieves outside the door of the house. They have knives and swords in their hands. If they go out, they may be robbed of money and food. So we have to go home and close our door. "

Before Jiang Heng could speak, he heard his son continue to be puzzled: "I asked sir, what should I do if the door can't be closed, but sir didn't answer, let me think about it in the future."

Brother Six has the same habits as the emperor, he can't eat while talking.At this time, I struggled to peel a chestnut, but I just held it in my hand.

Jiang Heng reached out and took the chestnuts and put them into his son's mouth: "Mr. is right, you should really want to go."

At this time, Hongli and Hongzhou were also discussing the issue of the forbidden sea together - the emperor gave homework to the two sons in the Mulan paddock, and wrote an article on current affairs and policy on the issue of the forbidden sea that was disputed by the court. It's up to you.

Hong Zhou felt a headache thinking about a large piece of white paper.

Don't blame him, the Thirteenth Master would make the courtiers a headache, not to mention that Hong Zhou, who had never been involved in the maritime affairs, only felt a fog in front of him.

So I came to Hongli to discuss.

The emperor asked them to write current affairs policies, so he naturally allowed them to read the transcripts of some courtiers' memorials on this matter.But when Hong Zhou arrived, Hong Li did not refer to the remarks of these ministers, but wrote according to the "Sheng Zuren Emperor's Hadith" spread out in front of him, obviously he already had the first draft in his belly.

Hong Zhou hurriedly came to ask for advice.

Hongli said: "Huang Mafa has been in court for [-] years, and he has seen thousands of miles. When it comes to court affairs, there are clear instructions in the hadith. There's no big mistake."

Hearing the words, Hongzhou quickly asked which volumes and pages mentioned the matter of the forbidden sea, and then admired him: "Fourth brother, do you even remember these? In the past two years, there have been fifteen more volumes in the "Sheng Xun", and now they are all It’s fifty volumes, and I can’t even finish reading it, yet fourth brother can still remember which things are in which volume.”

This hadith of Emperor Kangxi is a memoir of the emperor's words and deeds dictated by the emperor, and it is divided into volumes by year.Since it is compiled by year and not arranged by event, if you are not familiar with it, it will be difficult to find the specific evaluation of Lord Kangxi on a certain matter.

For example, about the matter of banning the sea, Lord Kangxi may mention a few words sporadically every year. Hong Zhou couldn't remember that Huang Mafa, whom he had never met before, mentioned the maritime issue in any corner of the fifty volumes. .

Hongli persuaded Hongzhou after hearing the words: ""Shengxun" is the canon, even if the five classics are put down, you still have to read Huangmafa's motto thoroughly, right?"

After Hong Zhou thanked him, he hurried back to continue racking his brains to write articles.

Hongli, on the other hand, dutifully copied a sentence from Emperor Kangxi in his later years: "Overseas countries such as the West, after thousands of years, China may suffer from them. This is my unforeseen statement."

Afterwards, he wrote down his own opinion: "Just as the holy patriarch Jin Yan has insight into all things, there are indeed disasters for foreigners today, and we should follow the example of our ancestors to ban the sea!"