[Red Mansion+Qing Chuan] The heroine comes from the last days

After the three-day wedding, Jiang Ling moved to live in Yikun Palace.

The days after the canonization were actually no different from that of an imperial concubine.Jiang Ling was still dealing with some trivial matters every day, and occasionally gave Kangxi advice.The only change is that Kangxi will send her to the Hall of Mental Cultivation from time to time, let her stay behind the screen, listen to the words of the courtiers, and then discuss the major events that happened recently.

In mid-May, as usual, Kangxi passed Jiang Ling to Yang... well, this time it was the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.Director Liang personally led Jiang Ling to the attic, said "The emperor is waiting for the empress inside", and then bowed and retreated.Jiang Ling looked around curiously, most of the desks were neatly arranged, and there were many books on the desks. Some of the desks still had ink that hadn't dried up. It was obvious that someone else was here not long ago. .

Jiang Ling walked to the innermost place, and saw Kangxi who was writing at his desk.

Different from the dragon robes in the past, today Kangxi has changed into a regular suit, and even the items that he usually wears on his body are missing a lot.Jiang Ling calculated silently, and found that today is a holiday, so he was relieved.

Kangxi noticed Jiang Ling's arrival, so he raised his head and said, "Come and sit with me."

Jiang Ling lowered his head and said, "Observe the order." Then he carefully bypassed those cases and came to sit beside Kangxi.Kangxi had a pile of unapproved memorials on hand, and there were still some left in the box.He searched through the memorials, picked out a copy, handed it to Jiang Ling, and said, "This is the notebook that your Ama just delivered to the capital."

Jiang Ling hesitated for a while, then carefully took the folder, unfolded it for a closer look.

On the memorial is the handwriting of that adult. First, because of the incident four years ago, he accused Kangxi of his crimes. His words were quite sincere, and he also vaguely mentioned some "what he said during his southern tour that day".Jiang Ling slowly flipped through the past from right to left, only to find that this lord is indeed very sophisticated. Not only did he briefly mention Jiang Ling's identity, but he also mentioned vaguely, don't let them be in court. The fight involved the empress in the palace.

At the end of that letter, the adult also mentioned Lingnan matters, but these matters have nothing to do with Jiang Ling.

After reading the folder, she folded it neatly and placed it in front of Kangxi.Kangxi stopped writing, turned the tip of the pen upside down, tapped the cover of the folder with the pen holder, and said: "This was sent from Lingnan to the capital one and a half months ago."

At the beginning of February, something happened in the palace.

In mid-March, Kangxi sent an imperial edict of reprimand to Lingnan.

At the end of March, the adult replied with a letter, and he only arrived in the capital today.

Jiang Ling calculated the time in his heart, and thought to himself, the meaning of Kangxi asking himself to read this note, could it be...

"The decree of the canonization of the queen will not be sent to Lingnan until more than a month later." Kangxi turned the penholder, dipped the inkstone in the inkstone, and approved two words at the end of the notebook, and then piled it on the front of the book. On top of a stack of folders.

Jiang Ling said "Thank you, Your Majesty", thought for a while, and then asked tentatively, "Is it because of Ama that the Emperor announced me to come here today?"

Kangxi pushed forward the half-read memorial in front of him, and said: "This is one of them. I think you two haven't seen each other for many days. Now that I have news, I should let you take a look. You..." Kangxi After pondering for a moment, he continued, "If you have something to say to your Ama, you can also write a letter and include it in this memorial, and send it to Lingnan with my messenger."

Jiang Ling was stunned.

After a while, she found her voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

The atmosphere in the attic was a little quiet.Jiang Ling moved back a little, preparing to write a letter to the lord, thanking him implicitly for his wit and scheming.While thinking about it, Kangxi suddenly handed over another brochure and said, "Look at this."

Jiang Ling subconsciously took the envelope, which had the word "Jiangnan" written on it.

She looked at Kangxi again, there was hint of encouragement in Kangxi's eyes.

Jiang Ling looked at the book carefully from right to left.It says that from Jiangnan to Lingnan, a total of seven commercial ports have been opened, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Jinling, and Jinmen, everything is like Guangzhou.All foreign envoys can be stationed in Guangzhou, and send businessmen from their own countries to seven ports with warrants to conduct business.Those without a warrant or notified by their envoys will be escorted to Guangzhou for repatriation.

Jiang Ling raised his head and looked at Kangxi, a little confused.

Kangxi said: "You said earlier that foreign envoys are mixed with dragons and snakes, so I asked them to draw up this statement. If things go well, by the end of this year, foreign objects will be delivered to the capital. And This." He handed over another folder.

Jiang Ling took the second notebook and read it carefully.

It said that Yangzhou City and the small towns next door had become a place for businessmen to come and go, and occasionally a few Westerners could be seen.Besides Guangzhou, merchants from Southeast Asia and the West lived in Suzhou and Yangzhou the most.

It also said that foreign merchants go to Suzhou for silk and Yangzhou for tea.

Jiang Ling thought for a while, then slowly said: "We have to guard against them, and learn how to make porcelain and roast tea."

Kangxi groaned, and said: "It's still a woman who is careful." He wrote the five words "Secret of Keeping Art" at the back of the notebook.Jiang Ling watched from the side, and suddenly thought that the merchants in Nanyang were not only from Nanyang, but also from the notorious East India Company.

She hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked: "Your Majesty, did those merchants come here by boat alone?"

Kangxi stopped writing and asked, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Ling hesitated for a while, decided to tell a little lie, and explained: "Last time in the south, they mentioned something about the 'East India Company'. It is said that Great Britain once left a small A group of nobles established a country for the residents of Tianzhu, and set new rules for them. Now they are the leaders there. That leader is the East India Company. However, Great Britain is thousands of miles away, but it can The founding of Tianzhu Kingdom. Your Majesty, will they take advantage of this opportunity—"

She deliberately kept a small tail, and then glanced at the map of the world map in front of the Kangxi imperial case.

This map of all countries was brought by Western missionaries. Although it is a bit distorted, the basic countries are drawn.Kangxi's eyes also fell on it, and when he found Great Britain and India, which had just been established, his complexion turned black all of a sudden.

As an emperor, Kangxi was actually more sensitive than anyone else.

What if Great Britain shifts its target here?

Kangxi's eyes fell on the map of the map of the world, and after looking at it for a while, he took out two old ones from the stack of books next to him and put them in Jiang Ling's hands: "You said, but this?"

Those two notebooks looked quite old, and they were obviously copied by the same person.Jiang Ling guessed that the original copy should have been sent to Lingnan, and they copied it by hand and kept it with Emperor Kangxi.She flipped through the booklet in her hand, and the first sentence she said was, Director of the East India Company... She was so shocked that she almost dropped the things in her hand.

Jiang Ling collected himself and looked all the way down.

The board of directors of the East India Company jointly signed a proposal to the consul in Guangzhou, hoping to use Yunnan and Guangxi as commercial ports. The reason was that it was easier for them to travel by land than by water.This letter should have been written by the consul in Guangxi, and it has been polished by the staff. Although the words look very British, the basic rhetoric and etiquette are still complete.On the final signature, the names of several people were signed.

Naturally, it was impossible for Jiang Ling to investigate now whether these people were related to the East India Company or the British royal family.

After thinking for a while, she opened the second folder and read it carefully from right to left.The second letter was written by the governor of Guangzhou to Emperor Kangxi. As soon as the East India Company's ship docked, they boarded the ship and inspected it as usual. They found a lot of firearms on board. Please show the emperor how to dispose of these firearms.Later Kangxi's reply was to strictly order a detailed investigation.

Jiang Ling closed the two booklets, and said in a low voice, "If poppies are planted in Yunnan, it will be beyond reach."

Kangxi put down his pen and asked, "Did your Ama tell you this? He once ruled in central Shu for a period of time."

Jiang Ling's hands trembled and almost dropped the two notebooks.

She stabilized her mind, bowed her head and said yes, and a map gradually appeared in her mind.In the area of ​​Yunguichuan, in the late Qing Dynasty, poppies were indeed planted, and next door was the notorious Golden Triangle.Jiang Ling carefully organized his wording, and explained: "I overheard some of them during my southern tour last time."

Kangxi nodded his head slightly, as if he didn't want to pursue it.

He put down his pen, stared at the shelf directly in front of him, and said in a daze: "During the southern tour last time, someone reminded me to be careful of the East India Company. In this way, they are ambitious, so we must guard against them. "Speaking of this, Kangxi turned his head, glanced at Jiang Ling, and asked: "What else do you see?"

Jiang Ling caressed the two papers slowly, closed her eyes, and murmured: "Not only are they ambitious, but they were planned early in the morning." She turned the papers to the back, and in the so-called East India Company There is a complicated and weird pattern printed on the side of the director's signature, which looks like a family crest.Kangxi's eyes also fell on it, and asked in confusion: "This?"

Jiang Ling said softly: "The emperor has a lot of things to do every day, I'm afraid I forgot, when I was in Guangzhou last time, when I was looking at the Western clock..."

They had seen the crest.Thirteen in Guangzhou.

Kangxi immediately remembered that Jiang Ling reminded him to check the two Westerners above, saying that the pattern on their clothes was like a family crest.At that time, Kangxi checked, and it was some kind of nobleman in Great Britain.But because he is a serious businessman, he skipped it.

Now that Jiang Ling reminded him, Kangxi remembered that the two family emblems were obviously the same.

He held the pen holder firmly, his eyes gradually darkened.After a long time, he said in a low voice: "I heard that you have a photographic memory, but it's not a lie." Then, Kangxi folded the two folders, circled the family emblem firmly with a red pen, and wrote some words, Call the chief manager Liang who is waiting outside and ask him to send the two sealed documents to the Lifan Academy.

Chief Manager Liang wondered: "Your Majesty, today is a holiday."

Kangxi let out a breath slowly, and said: "Then send it over tomorrow morning. Put it here."

Manager Liang sighed, carefully placed the two folded papers in front of the imperial case, bowed and retreated.

Kangxi stood up, hands behind his back, and paced around in the attic.Jiang Ling looked at him for a while, then lowered his head again, and began to study the Map of All Nations.To be honest, compared with the maps of later generations, this picture can be called children's graffiti, but in this era, it is already good.It depicts a large part of the country from East Asia to Western Europe, and a small piece of North America, but the rest is either thick with glaciers or covered with oceans, leaving only one continent there, which is not marked any country.

The route from East Asia to Western Europe has been compressed and looks closer.

Jiang Ling pondered for a while, then turned his gaze to the upper right corner, and saw a place marked "Nerchinsk".That area is a bit black, obviously it has been painted many times.A little below is Aihui, which is also a little dark.

A large area from the Mongolian prairie to the west was drawn with three lines by Kangxi with a Chinese ink brush.

Junggar Department.

Jiang Ling recognized the range of the three lines at a glance, and there was no other reason. For more than half a year, Kangxi brought two missionaries into the palace from time to time for the affairs of Moxi Mongolia, and asked Jiang Ling to help him explore.Although Jiang Ling remembered some things, but because of the age, he couldn't be accurate, and he couldn't speak Russian, so he also had a headache for a long time.

Further south, there is another ocean.

Jiang Ling noticed that there seemed to be a few more small dots drawn near the sea.

This, could it be the coastal defense map? Well...Jiang Ling suddenly withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, not daring to look any further.

After Kangxi finished pacing slowly, he went back to the imperial case, took out a whole pile of manuscripts from the bottom, and flipped through them page by page.Jiang Ling didn't bother him, and moved slightly to the side, staring at the inkstone in the corner of the desk in a daze.

Kangxi said: "Come here and study ink for me."

Jiang Ling came back to his senses, took an ink ingot, bent down on Kangxi's right side, and slowly grinded it bit by bit.The crimson ink smeared in the clear water, like the afterglow of the setting sun in autumn.

Kangxi put the map of the world map at the bottom, and there were four or five copies left as the bottom, which were placed in front of Kangxi.Jiang Ling glanced over and saw that most of the words Guangzhou, Lingnan, and Haiban were written on it. It should be the memorial sent from Lingnan to the capital in the past three or four months and approved by Kangxi.But they are all handwritten copies.

Kangxi circled the family crest on the first memorial and the firearms on the second memorial, stacked them horizontally, and fell into deep thought again.