History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Lin Yuan didn't know that this distant niece was involved with the fourth prince, so he was a little surprised to see him come here now.

"What is the relationship between these four elder brothers and my niece?" Lin Yuan asked cautiously.

Hongshi showed a smile and said, "Maybe you don't know, I have known Miss Lin for a while, but this year I got caught up in some things. This time I heard that there was a problem in the Rongguo Mansion, and I was a little worried. Come to ask, and please Master Lin not to blame."

Lin Yuan naturally knew that the Fourth Prince had been grounded by the Lord Long Live for the past year, but seeing him mentioning it, he tactfully skipped the topic, "Fourth Prince, I must have disappointed you. Is my niece a girl?" My child, if you meet a foreigner, it will be against your reputation to spread the word."

Hong Shi immediately said to Lin Yuan, "Miss Lin has a beautiful heart, I admire her very much, and if Mr. Lin can make the decision, I would like to marry Miss Lin."

Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect that the fourth prince would directly say that he wanted to marry Daiyu.

Lin Yuan's thoughts suddenly became confused, and he could only reply, "Please tell my niece about this matter, I have to ask her about her marriage."

Hongshi was a little anxious when he heard this, and immediately said, "The Rongguo Mansion is in danger now, you can be said to be Miss Lin's only relative, so why can't you make the decision for her?"

A look of displeasure flashed across Lin Yuan's face, "Fourth Prince, now that free marriages are emphasized, as for the fate of your parents, it doesn't count for a long time."

Hongshi knew that he had said something wrong in a hurry, so he quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I made a mistake, so please Mr. Lin give me some kind words in front of Miss Lin."

Lin Yuan flicked his sleeves and said, "It's natural, but I won't interfere in the affairs between your little children. If you can get Daiyu, I will definitely give you a dowry. But if the fourth prince uses force, then don't be afraid." Blame me for reporting to the imperial concubine!" At the end of the speech, Lin Yuan's tone was a bit serious, obviously threatening him.

Hongshi immediately gave a wry smile, "Mr. Lin, I was too anxious just now and said something wrong, please forgive me." After finishing speaking, Hongshi bent down and bowed, "I'm sorry to trouble you about this matter. , I have sincere feelings for Miss Lin, if I can marry Miss Lin as my wife, I would like to swear that I will treat her well for the rest of my life."

Lin Yuan's face softened, and he said, "Si elder brother, it's useless to say so much right now, you have to ask Daiyu first."

Hongshi answered, "Yes, yes, what you said is true."

Seeing his sincerity, Lin Yuan let him know where Daiyu was.

As soon as he got Daiyu's address, Hongshi was overjoyed and bid farewell to Lin Yuan.

Not to mention how Hongshi struggled after getting Lin Daiyu's address, but the fourth master here is in a bad mood.

The main reason is that a lot of words were thrown up by the people to smear him, saying that he was lustful, imprisoned his father to seize the throne, had insidious thoughts, and cruel methods, etc.All the leaflets used were the same as those of the merchants to promote the products. At the beginning, they were sandwiched among other product leaflets, which caused the court to fail to respond.

By the time it was discovered, the mastermind behind the scenes could no longer be found.

Official newspapers began to refute the rumors.Later, the local governments began to search for these rumormongers, but the government was in the open, and the other party was in the dark.Every time the government arrests people, these people shoot one shot and change another place. This city disappears and another city thousands of miles away appears, which makes the government people exhausted after following.

In addition, the people always like some gossip and novelty news, which caused these slanderous words to spread quickly among the people, which is no longer something that the imperial court can ban.

Blocking speech can only be said to be a move down.

Minning has been waiting for the fourth master to come to ask for help, but what he didn't expect was that he would not come for a long time. After asking again, he found out that the fourth master was writing a book.

Minning was half confused, could it be that Fourth Master didn't take this matter to heart?But then he thought about it and felt that something was wrong. When Fourth Master learned about this incident some time ago, he was angry and destroyed a room in the side hall of the Wan Zi Hall. This anger should not be so easy to dissipate.

After thinking about it, Minning decided to hold back and wait to see Fourth Master's actions.

In this way, two months passed. In these two months, besides going to the court to deal with the memorial, Fourth Master devoted all his energy and body to writing the book.

Two months later, fourth master came to Minning with the manuscript contented, "Look, if there is no problem, I will let the Ministry of Internal Affairs take it and print it."

Minning picked up the manuscript and flipped through it. After reading a page, she was surprised. This manuscript turned out to be Fourth Master's refutation of folk rumors one by one.

Min Ning immediately enjoyed reading this book. She never thought that when Fourth Master was still so naive, the more you explain the rumors, the more useless they are. They can only use more explosive news to cover up this kind of thing and divert it. the sight of the people.

"Master, you print so many books, do you plan to distribute these books to the people for nothing?" Minning didn't pour cold water on Fourth Master, and asked a crucial question directly.

Fourth Master nodded naturally, "Of course."

Minning put the unfinished manuscripts on the table and told Fourth Master, "Master, how many books do you think should be published nationwide to clarify these matters?"

The fourth master suddenly got stuck. Although the printing of a book has made the cost of printing a book extremely low, if he wants to spread these books all over the country, the cost of the book will definitely be a lot of money burden.

Thinking of this, Fourth Master frowned. The money must not come out of the national treasury. If it came out of the private treasury, it would be a huge expense.

He began to think about doing such a thing, is it worth it?

Seeing his troubled look, Minning reminded him, "Aren't there newspapers now? Let newspapers from all over the world open a window for serialization."

Fourth master clapped his palms, with an expression of sudden realization, "This is a good idea." As he spoke, he picked up the manuscript and hurried out without even saying hello.

A meaningful expression appeared on Minning's face. She planned to watch a good show and see how Fourth Master would return home without a feather.

How could fourth master have such a simple idea, he felt that if he clarified, his reputation would definitely be reversed, there are too many sinister people in this world, who always think of others in the wrong way.

This time, the whole country came together to blackmail Fourth Master. He was useless in this limelight, and others might think he was guilty.

Sure enough, another two months passed, and the "Da Yi Jue Mi Lu" published in the newspaper not only failed to clarify Si Ye's reputation, but also expanded the influence of this incident, and Si Ye's reputation became rotten in a blink of an eye.

The fourth master suddenly became ill with anger, and Minning went to visit him. During the visit, the fourth master said angrily, "I have implemented so many policies that are beneficial to the people, but these people blindly follow and believe those rumors that smear me." Fourth Master covered his head, frowning in pain.

Minning felt a little distressed seeing him like this. When did he suffer from this kind of crime? "The common people follow blindly. When more and more people study, they will definitely be able to distinguish right from wrong. It seems that we need to increase the construction of the academy."

Speaking of this, Minning tentatively asked Fourth Master, "Why don't I take a sigh of relief for you?"

Fourth master immediately regained his spirits, "We must arrest those black hands behind the scenes, I will crush them to ashes."

At this moment, Su Peisheng came in with a bowl of medicine. Minning took it and sat by the fourth master's bed. While stirring the medicine with the soup, he fed him and said, "I've checked it for a while. This incident broke out across the country, unlike some people's handwriting, after all, no one has such a great ability to explode this incident across the country in a short period of time."

Fourth master swallowed a mouthful of medicine, looked at her, "What do you mean?"

Minning took another spoonful of medicine and fed it into his mouth, "I think it's more like a sudden explosion in a certain place, and other places are similar to this one. It only appeared in a short period of time, and I mistakenly thought it was a The same group of people came to discredit you."

Fourth master directly took the medicine bowl from her hand, and drank it down in one gulp while the medicine was still warm.

Minning took the bowl in his hand and brought him a glass of boiled water.

Fourth Master took the boiled water, rinsed his mouth, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and then said, "You mean, this was not done by a group of people, but someone started it, and the others followed suit?"

Minning nodded.

Fourth Master patted the edge of the bed angrily, "It's really deceiving!"

Minning nodded in agreement, "That's right, these people must be taught a lesson."

Fourth master restrained his anger and asked her, "How can you teach these people a lesson?" As the saying goes, people don't blame the public, if there are people all over the country who take advantage of the chaos, fourth master has no way to find these people.

Minning said, "I think these people must be the work of scholars, so I came up with a way to target all scholars."

Fourth Master looked at her, "What can I do?"

Minning smiled, and said, "Nowadays there is an urgent shortage of people in the Northeast and Yili border areas. Since these scholars are doing nothing all day long, I think it is better to issue a summoning order, ordering all students who have been admitted to Tongsheng or above to go down." Township support, presumably after some hard training, there will not be so many crooked thoughts."

Fourth Master suddenly looked at her, how could she have such an idea? "No, absolutely not!"

Minning stopped talking, smiled and did not continue.

She knew that the matter she mentioned could not be accomplished without great courage, and all the officials of the court would probably protest collectively if such a matter was just proposed.

Although the status of scholars has been lowered by the previous decrees of the fourth master, coupled with the establishment of colleges and the literacy of the common people, reading and writing are no longer exclusive to students, and even a woman who sells eggs among the people Can use a pen to calculate the price.But for thousands of years, scholars with fame and reputation have a high status in the hearts of the common people, and it cannot be eliminated by a few decrees of the imperial court in a short period of time.

If this order is really issued, it must be followed by a blow to the positive sentiment of the people for their children to study, which is definitely not a good thing for the future Qing Dynasty.

Presumably, it was precisely because of this concern that fourth master directly objected.

However, the fourth master forgot that there are academies all over the country now, and there will be more and more people studying in the future. Minning wants to send those students who only know stereotyped literature to the frontier for reform, and it happens to make room for these vacancies in the academies. Students who come out, such as recruiting students who graduated from universities to take scientific examinations.

Right now, Minning also knew that it would not be so easy to convince Fourth Master, so he stopped talking after mentioning it.

Fourth Master disagreed with Minning's proposal, but those folks never thought of letting him go.

The farther and farther the incident spread, the fourth master was directly assigned to "seek father", "force mother", "kill brother", "slaughter younger brother", "greedy for money", "easy to kill", "drinking", " The ten crimes of "lewdness", "flattery", and "letting flattery".

Fourth Master was so angry that he vomited blood directly. Min Ning saw that he passed out, so he concealed the news and let people watch Fourth Master.

Minning's face was gloomy and frightening, and he directly passed on the order of the fourth master, "All students with a boy's degree or above, one person from each household will go to the countryside to support the country's construction."

She was venting her anger on scholars all over the country. Since she couldn't find the mastermind behind the scenes, she simply let others take over.

Presumably, if this net is cast down, those who make a fuss will definitely be caught.

Sure enough, after this decree was passed down, it caused an uproar in the court.

After all, if there is any family of officials who have not studied, this imperial decree is the first to target the sons of these officials.

First came the cabinet, and then all the six ministries went up to ask Long Live Lord to take back this decree.

However, the emperor avoided seeing him and did not even go to court.

After the decree spread, the people also caused an uproar.

Scholars, in particular, picked up a pen to criticize this will in newspapers.

It's a pity that the emperor turned a deaf ear to it at all, and the court had been deadlocked for a long time, and finally had to pass this decree.

When the fourth master woke up, the matter was a foregone conclusion. He had an ugly face. He never thought that An Jia's family would cross him and intervene in the government affairs.

No one can touch the emperor's rights. Minning's behavior this time is simply a taboo, but if this matter is repeated, she will still do it.

"Master, I will never allow others to hurt you." When the fourth master asked, Minning answered him like this.

Fourth Master looked at her for a long time, and finally said only one sentence, "Don't be an example!"

After Minning tested the fourth master's bottom line, he retreated to the same spot and stopped touching his sensitive nerves.

After the fourth master got well, he began to clean up the mess for Minning. He made up an imperial decree, and stipulated that the student support would last for three years or as short as one year, and the time would be allocated according to the local performance. To return, those with a perfunctory attitude must wait three years before they can return.

In addition, there will be extra points for the Jinshi examination in the future. Those students who have been sent to the countryside to support them can be admitted first. Several supplementary orders have been made in succession to appease the complaints of court officials and the boiling of the people.

Supporting going to the countryside has advantages for the Jinshi examination, which is good news.Many folks who have not passed the Jinshi examination before they were established and in their early years set their minds on supporting the countryside. Instead of carrying the fame of a scholar all their lives, it is better to fight hard, which can also reduce the chances of being admitted to the Jinshi. difficulty.

One to three years is indeed not a long time, and many people began to comfort themselves, thinking of it as a study abroad trip.

After the decree was issued, a group of people from the three northeastern provinces were allocated every month.Because there are too many people, they will be sent over in the next few years.

Fortunately, a batch is close to summer, if it is winter, it must be frozen.

There is a train right now, but there is no need to rush, just take the train and make a few trips to get there.

Students from all over the country rushed to the Ili area in the northeast, which immediately brought popularity to these places.

The fourth master had a headache about what the students could do, so he handed the matter over to Hong Jing, and Hong Jing went to ask Er Niang for advice, and only then did he get advice.

On the northeast side, one manor after another is opened, growing rice and various vegetables.

As for the cotton and jujube planted in Yili, these items can be brought to all parts of the country with the train.

The Northeast side is easy to handle. Around the fields stationed by the army, several manors have been opened directly around the surrounding area.

Coupled with the emergence of tractors, machines can be used to plow the fields. The only trouble is planting rice, which requires people to go to the fields to plant rice seedlings.

The Northeast Kaitian has not expanded its scale before, because of the shortage of manpower. Now that there are so many more people, many people can reclaim wasteland.

A large number of people gathered, and merchants with a keen sense of smell followed and transported large sums of goods.

In just one year, earth-shaking events occurred in the Northeast area. A large amount of rice was shipped to all parts of the country. If the imperial court had not protected the price of grain, the grain of the Jiangnan generation, which is also a major grain-producing province, would have been reduced to penniless. worth it.

Not only was the rice harvest abundant, but sweet potatoes, soybeans, cotton, corn, etc. were harvested as well. For the first time, the people of the Qing Dynasty discovered that it was not so difficult to fill their stomachs.

The fourth master was even more eye-opening. He just wiped Minning's butt before, but he really didn't expect to bring so many changes.

With so much grain going into the granary, fourth master realized for the first time that having too much grain is also a kind of happy trouble.

Especially those who are going to the countryside at the moment are just a little bit less, and there will definitely be more and more in the future. The Northeast has now become a land of grain production. As long as the current level is maintained, even if the population is doubled, it will be able to feed.

Fourth Master sighed, back then he told the Supreme Emperor to develop the entire Northeast, but because of the lack of manpower, this matter was left aside.

The food grown by the army can only satisfy the army for one year, and he is also worried about the lack of people in the Northeast. In the past, he even thought about moving some people from other populous provinces.However, due to various reasons, it has been delayed.

Unexpectedly, An Jiashi's act of revenge would help him solve such a big problem.

Things have reversed to the present level, fourth master is a little bit dumbfounded.

If it is convenient to go to the Northeast, it is not so convenient to go to Yili.

Now Yili has only built a railway from Outer Mongolia to Yili, which means that all the students assigned to Yili have to take the train to Outer Mongolia, and then transfer to Yili.

Yili does not have the advantage of the black land in the Northeast, and there is a lot of barren land, which is not suitable for growing food. Therefore, most of the people who are arranged in Xinjiang plant some drought-resistant crops or help herds.

Because going to the countryside is paid, after these crops or other things are planted, the state does not take them for nothing, they all buy them at a price lower than the market price.

It is not a small amount to be divided into the hands of each person. Some students from poor families have made a lot of money after coming here.

In addition, there are so many wild animals here, there is no shortage of meat, and there is no shortage of food. After a year, many people feel that they have been raised.

When the one-year period is over, many people are reluctant to go home. This land is so rich that they can live with dead tree roots.Some students spread the benefits of this place after returning home, and some who could not survive in their hometown packed up their bags and led their whole families to move to these places.After all, the imperial court had previously issued a policy that anyone who migrated to the three northeastern provinces would receive [-] acres of fertile land and be exempted from taxes for three years.

The matter of going to the countryside came to an end, some people returned, and some began to go to the frontier. After all, the children's examinations are held every year, so that there will be a steady stream of students to support the country.Without this part of people with pens making a fuss, there are only a few places among the people who are still pouring dirty water on Fourth Master. This time, the imperial court responded very quickly and directly arrested this group of people.

After a search, I found out that it was the remnant of the White Lotus Sect.

Because the White Lotus Sect wanted to compete with the imperial court for the New World, many members of the White Lotus Sect went across the ocean to the New World.

However, those who love their families stayed in the Central Plains, leaving an incense for the White Lotus Sect.

This time the Dog Emperor persecutes scholars so much, the White Lotus Sect is naturally obliged to reveal the true face of the Dog Emperor.

However, Minning's imperial decree ordering scholars to go to the countryside to support them hit a group of people, even if there were fish that escaped the net, they did not dare to take the lead.

This time, the sudden appearance of the White Lotus Sect misjudged the situation and exposed itself directly.

These people were naturally arrested.

In order not to waste manpower, this group of people was sent directly to the sea and sent to the New World to fight against foreigners.

Min Ning found that Fourth Master had become estranged from her a lot, and a group of officials under her were also quietly transferred from important positions by Fourth Master.

Soon she understood that fourth master was afraid of her, afraid that she could bypass him and issue an imperial edict. If there was no one in the court to cooperate, let alone fourth master, even she wouldn't believe it.

Minning knew that the reckless behavior this time caught the eyes of the fourth master. The reason why she didn't deal with her was probably because she wanted to find out how far her power had eroded the court. Ben groped who belonged to her.

A year later, fourth master made a move and caught her by surprise.

Minning was a little dazed, and then Fourth Master issued another imperial decree, ordering her to recuperate in the Xinghuachun Pavilion.

Then dispatched a team of Imperial Guards to surround the Xinghuachun Hall.

After Hong Jing heard the news, he quickly entered the garden, and when he found that he could not meet Er Niang, he begged to see Fourth Master. "Ama Khan, it was fine when I went to see Er Niang yesterday, how could you lock Er Niang up because of what a group of quack doctors said?"

Fourth master was practicing calligraphy with a pen, and he didn't raise his head when he heard these words.

Hong Jing's face was full of worry, "If Erniang is really sick, then let my son Fujin take care of the illness."

Fourth Master put down his pen, "Isn't your Fujin about to give birth? There are some things that you don't need to worry about."

Hong Jing looked at the fourth master and asked, "There are still a few months... Han Ama, what did Er Niang do to make you angry?" surrounded.

The fourth master looked at him directly and said, "Hongjing, you have to remember that this world belongs to the Aixinjueluo clan, not the Anjia clan."

Hong Kyung's expression froze, knowing that this was a warning from Khan Ama.

"Ama Khan, can my son go to pay his respects to Emiang in a while?" He was testing how long Ama Khan planned to keep Eniang in captivity.

No one could understand the expression on the fourth master's face. He said to Hong Jing, "Let your mother sober up now, and we will talk about the matter of peace later."

Hong Jing still wanted to speak, but the fourth master changed the subject, "Next month will be Hong Shi's days, and you can help with the affairs in his mansion. Alright, kneel down."

Hong Kyung had no choice but to kneel down and retreat.

After his son left, fourth master threw the pen on the ground.

Minning, who was locked up, didn't panic at all, and enjoyed eating and drinking.

She had a political request to participate in the government, but this was absolutely not allowed to fourth master.

There is bound to be friction between the two, and now it depends on who can take a step back first.

Minning felt that it was impossible for him to regress. After all, he had been posting for more than 20 years, subtly changing the world.

At present, reforms across the country have reached a critical point, and it is only a short step away from an agriculturalized country to an industrialized country.

It's a pity that fourth master will never agree with her idea, Minning can only reach out to take this power.

She had tested fourth master's bottom line before, but in the end she miscalculated her influence on fourth master.

When it comes to imperial power, fourth master can't back down easily.

Minning couldn't help sighing, Fourth Master has become a real emperor, those feelings have become a tonic for him.

And for Minning to touch his power, it was an offense to him.After being able to hold back for a year, first cut off her wings, and then lock her up, it must have been prepared a long time ago.

Minning intends to see how far fourth master will go. If she really doesn't care about her old relationship, then don't blame her for being rude.

Controlling the economic lifeline of the entire country, not to mention ostracizing fourth master, she can make him burn out with just a little movement of her fingers.

Minning shook her head involuntarily, she really didn't want the two of them to come to this point, and the remaining feelings would be worn out by then.

Min Ning was imprisoned for half a year. Perhaps Min Ning had lived in peace for the past six months, which made Fourth Master less vigilant towards her.

After Hongkyung's first son was full moon, Minning was released.

Hong Kyung looked at her, excitement flashed across his face, "Er Niang!"

Minning responded.

"What happened to Er Niang? Why did Khan Ama send troops to isolate the Xinghuachun Pavilion?" Hong Kyung approached Minning and asked in a low voice.

Minning glared at him, "This is a matter between me and you, Khan Ama, don't ask me." Then he walked around him and walked directly into the house.

After entering the house, Minning saw his grandson sleeping in the cradle, and then said to Hong Kyung, who followed him, "When the child turns three years old, send it to me, and I will personally enlighten him."

A look of joy flashed on Hong Kyung's face, and he asked cautiously, "Is this too tiring for you?"

Minning shook his head and said, "I will take care of the child for three years at most, and when the child is six years old, he will be sent to the academy to study."

Hong Kyung opened his mouth and answered.

As soon as the two of them finished talking, Hong Jing's wife lifted the curtain and came out of the back room with an obvious displeasure on her face. Min Ning took a glance and knew that she must have heard it, so she added, "I just got married. After the age of three, send them over during the day and pick them up at night.”

Only then did Hong Kyung's wife's face soften.

The reason why Min Ning kept Hong Kyung's eldest son by his side was to instill in him some new ideas.

For example, a constitutional monarchy, she wants to establish a constitution and limit the rights of the monarch, but it is absolutely impossible for the fourth master. Hong Jing still has a little hope, but she still puts her hope on the next generation.

Only by limiting the monarchy can the country develop in the direction she wants.

Unless there is no emperor in this country and the royal family wants to be preserved forever, then a constitutional monarchy is imperative.

Minning's eagerness to intervene in government affairs is also paving the way for the future.

It's a pity that it only crossed the fourth master's bottom line once, and let Minning know that he can no longer interfere in the government affairs in a short period of time, otherwise that would really arouse fourth master's vigilance.

When Hongshi got married, Minning hadn't come out yet, but after he was released this time, he gave him a big gift.

Dali is really big, a whole fleet.

Nowadays, who doesn't know that foreigners are rich, and the gold mines in the New World have been mined for an unknown number of years. A fleet of goods transported there can at least fill a ship with gold coins.

After Hongshi got the fleet, he began to call on friends to gather people to invest money in shipping.

In the past, these fleets were monopolized by the older generation, and they, the younger generation, wanted to intervene without even a crack.

Unexpectedly, Hongshi got such a large fleet this time, and if he bought this boat of porcelain and cloth for a while, he got ten times or a hundred times in return.

In the past two years, the life of the Qing Dynasty has been much better. The food from the Northeast and the New World has directly allowed the common people to eat low-priced food.

The people gradually became richer, and the country obviously prospered accordingly.

Fourth Master felt that the time had come, so he sharpened his knife and pointed at the Rakshasa.

After several years of paralyzing the Rakshasa people, more and more Rakshasa people crossed Heilongjiang and even settled there.

Since fourth master wanted to attack the Raksha people this time, he had to take them first.

A large amount of food and firearms were transported to the frontier.

Soldiers and horses from all walks of life were dispatched to appropriate positions, and even the common people knew that the imperial court was preparing to fight this time.

The Junggar tribe had already been kicked out of Ili, struggling to survive. Seeing that the Qing Dynasty had made preparations for war this time, they immediately moved deeper into the grassland.

But this time it was self-indulgent, the imperial court was not targeting these bereaved dogs at all, but the Raksha people.

The Raksha people were caught off guard. Anyone who crossed the Heilongjiang River was arrested, and those who resisted were dealt with on the spot.

When the Raksha Kingdom reacted, the Qing Dynasty directly captured Siberia.

The Raksha Kingdom naturally had to resist, but unfortunately the firearms were not as powerful as the Qing Dynasty, and there was not enough food to act hastily, and riding a horse was completely different from fighting a car.

This led to a problem, that is, wherever the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were, they formed a situation of collapse.

The ones who collapsed were of course the Rakshasa people.

After more than a year of stalemate, the envoys of the Raksha Kingdom went to the capital to discuss the withdrawal of troops.

This time, the fourth master was very tough, announcing that the "Nerchinsk Treaty" would be invalidated, and all the land occupied by the army and civilians of the Qing Dynasty would not be returned.

You come and go, and after half a year of negotiation, the contract was re-signed.

The Raksha people recognize that Siberia belongs to the territory of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty will open a mutual market on the border between the two countries, and the two sides will set up embassies in the capitals of each country.In the future, if the two countries want to enter the other country, they can only apply to the embassy first. As for the number of people released each year, they will continue to discuss.

The promulgation of the new treaty did not arouse any reaction from the people.

After all, this matter is too far away for ordinary people. The first ambassador to Russia, the fourth master spent a long time choosing, and finally chose Lao Jiu.

Among several brothers, Lao Jiu's Russian is the best.

Fortunately, the ambassador is not for life, it changes every three years. After the fourth master proposed, Lao Jiu did not refuse. In order to make Lao Jiu go there willingly, the fourth master even told him that he would be given a title of title when he came back in three years When Lao Jiu heard this, he took his family to Russia without saying a word.

Minning hadn't had a good talk with fourth master for nearly two years, and since that time when she was grounded for half a year, fourth master avoided seeing her anymore.

Minning tried to send someone to intercept her, but Fourth Master seemed to have made up his mind not to see her again.

It can be said that both husband and wife have suffered a loss when they have quarreled to the point where they are now.

This time Min Ning managed to get someone to stop him. Seeing that Fourth Master saw her turning around to leave, she stopped him with only one word.

"Master, my subordinates have discovered a new continent, don't you want to know?"

The dividends brought by the New World can be said to be visible to the naked eye.

At present, the Qing Dynasty in the Americas is doing business with the local aborigines and has occupied another piece of land. This land alone subsidizes the Qing Dynasty with a huge amount of resources every year.

Now that Minning said that he had discovered a new continent, Fourth Master couldn't move his foot when he heard it.

"Come in and talk." Fourth master went straight into the room.

The smile on Minning's face was very light, and he followed him in.

After entering the room, fourth master pointed to a chair next to him and said, "Sit down!"

After Minning sat down, he took a look at Fourth Master. It had been a long time since he had seen him. Fourth Master looked a little fatter, his face was as fat as that steamed bun.

"Tell me about the New World." Fourth Master's tone was very blunt.

Minning didn't take it seriously, but said, "I have a fleet under my command. This time when I went to Nanyang, I suddenly went the wrong way. I went directly to the south, and then I discovered a new continent. This new continent is a distance I am only a month away from Qing Dynasty, which is much closer than the American continent."

Fourth Master listened carefully, he twirled the rosary on his wrist, and then asked, "Is there any navigation map?"

Minning nodded, "It has already been presented. This piece of land is not small, but a small number of foreigners have already landed, so this time I, the Qing Dynasty, must hurry up and occupy this piece of land before the foreigners."

If foreigners hadn't discovered Australia, Minning planned to keep the matter a secret, at least the population would have to be multiplied several times before speaking out, and then a part of the population could be immigrated there.

It's a pity that that place was also discovered by foreigners. If Daqing's actions are not fast, they can only drink soup behind the foreigners.

What Minning wanted was to eat alone and drive foreigners out of Australia, so Qing had to move quickly.

Fortunately, it is closer to Australia from the Qing Dynasty than to Europe, and this time the Qing Dynasty has an advantage in the battle for the New World.

Fourth Master nodded, "Let's leave this matter to the imperial court." He planned to take this matter over and leave her alone, but he still had some scruples about her.