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

I don't know. "At the beginning when Jia Lian came to Jinling, he did so quietly, and it took only a short ten days to arrive. It must have been day and night, and I don't know how many horses ran to death before arriving. It is said that the second master of Lian is a The dude who doesn't care about the world or the earth, if it wasn't for the moment of killing someone, how could he be in such a hurry.

Kangxi let out a long breath and said, "It's all right, you can go down."

The official took the order to retreat, and then there was the voice of a certain official meeting with him. After waiting for a while, he realized that he was here to serve as a lobbyist for the Xue family. This case shouldn't be judged like this, and the Xue family didn't know about it.And the man also said: "The talents of the Xue family are dying now, the long house is under the fence of others in the capital, the second house is better, but everything is difficult, and the previous matter is also unknown, the emperor cut off their family at once. Business qualifications are really chilling."

Kangxi sneered and said, "Could it be that the accounts that were thoroughly checked last time were all wrong?"

The official said: "This..."

Kangxi continued: "You are a speech official. In the past, it is natural to comment on some state affairs and political affairs. But the Ministry of Internal Affairs is my private matter. If you want to comment again, you may be a bit presumptuous. This is one. The second , I’ll ask you again, are the accounts that were thoroughly checked last time all fake?”

The official was silent for a long time before saying: "But..."

But he "but" for a long time, but he didn't say anything.

On the contrary, Kangxi waited for half a day, but he didn't get any valuable insights, so he smiled slightly and said: "Thirdly, Mrs. Xue is an imperial merchant, but he can persuade many people around me to intercede with him. If There is also a concubine in the palace, do you want to blow the pillow wind at night?" After saying this, he smiled coldly for a moment, and reprimanded: "Back off!"

The official backed away in a hurry, not even daring to say a word.

After waiting for a long time, another voice came from outside: "The emperor calm down."

Kangxi did not speak.

The third person said again: "At this time, the emperor has already figured it out, and everything is under control, so why get angry because of these people? Naturally, the Xue family does not have such great ability. Those who can have this kind of ability, most likely He is someone who can talk in the court, has a position, and is related to the Xue family. The emperor is a sage, and he only needs to follow the vines a little bit, and he can find out the big net in Jinling."

Kangxi sneered: "Are you referring to the Jinling Official Protector?"

The third voice was silent.

Kangxi let out a long breath and said, "Okay, I know, you all stand back. If anyone comes to intercede later, just stop them outside. I don't want to see them. What happened to those Nanyang merchants?" ? I sent someone to announce it at noon, but they haven’t brought it up until now, maybe something happened.”

The third voice was silent for a while, before saying: "If the emperor is worried, you might as well send someone to remind you."

Kangxi was also silent for a moment, and then slowly said a word: "Wait."

This wait was another half an hour.Because Jiang Ling was inside, Kangxi did not meet the ministers this time, but approved the confidential documents outside for half an hour.Director Liang led two young eunuchs to serve Jiang Ling closely outside the room, and at the same time shouldered the important task of spreading the word.It wasn't until late afternoon that two officials in charge of foreign affairs led in four or five Nanyang people with dark skin and deep facial features, and a light-skinned man with a high nose and dark eyes.It is said that these people are all foreign envoys.

Kangxi sat high on it, and after they saluted, he asked his neighbors to question him as usual.

That close minister was the third voice Jiang Ling heard just now. It was a little heavy and unfamiliar. He asked them where they came from, what is the name of the current king, how many people are there in the country, and where does the territory go... It's like making a map of all countries on the spot.Of those Nanyang people, one said that they came from an island, one said that they came from a continent, one said that they came from a very distant place, which His Majesty the Emperor had probably never heard of, and one directly claimed to be from Tianzhu (although it is an ancient name), There is another who claims to be from Siam (although still an ancient name).The Westerner had a strong accent, Jiang Ling guessed, it should be Portugal.

Now that the era of great navigation in Europe has begun, Portugal's national strength does have the ability to reach this place.

But Jiang Ling thought about it carefully, and still felt something was wrong.Calculated according to time, the two countries with the strongest navigating capabilities should not be Portugal or Spain, but Great Britain, known as the empire on which the sun never sets.The question is, there are no British people here? !

It's a bit unreasonable.

Jiang Ling was hesitating when he suddenly heard a third voice outside asking again: "This time you brought businessmen from your country to Yangzhou, saying that you want to meet with the emperor to discuss important matters, and now you have met the emperor, what's important, why not To put it bluntly. Oh, you don’t need to worry, the governor of Guangzhou who brought you here is not here now.” It means that this place is very safe and private, and you can talk to the emperor directly. If you have any conditions, you might as well put them aside Come out, no need to beat around the bush.

After waiting for a while, the blunt voice with a slightly foreign tone asked: "I wonder if the emperor of your country can revise the agreement on setting up a business in Guangzhou? We have precious ivory and spices brought from abroad. There are also all kinds of precious gold utensils. It is really difficult to digest these commodities in a mere Guangzhou. Moreover, we also want to buy more tea, porcelain and silk in your country, hoping to continue to expand the trade volume and revise the agreement to maintain the two countries. The friendly business relationship between the two countries. Oh, of course, we also talked with the businessmen in your country the other day, and they are very likely to do this business."

Although the words used are a bit confusing, and some even use the wrong words, the meaning is still expressed clearly.

Five words, expand trade volume.A Guangzhou Thirteen Lines cannot satisfy their appetite.

The voice outside subsided again, and after a long time, I heard Kangxi ask slowly: "Is this what you mean?"

"Yes." It was still the envoy with a strong foreign accent, "This is the meaning of our entire business alliance."

So no more talking outside.The third voice waited for a while, and then asked them some details, such as what other conditions they needed, and approximately how many cities would be needed to fully accommodate the goods in their mouths.It was only after both parties had probed to the bottom that Kangxi said slowly: "This matter must be discussed by the ministers."

"But His Majesty the Emperor..." The blunt voice seemed to be trying to interrupt him.

Hearing this, Jiang Ling hurriedly called Chief Manager Liang in, and asked him to fetch a pen, ink, paper and inkstone (which had been prepared a long time ago), and wrote a few lines on both sides of a piece of paper, so that He took it to the front and handed it to Kangxi.At this time, the topic outside has been debating whether the emperor should approve this agreement immediately.After waiting for a while, I heard Kangxi chuckle and said slowly:

"I heard that your country also has a saying of 'parliament', but all political affairs must be discussed by the parliament before they can be passed. I want to discuss this matter with the ministers, which is similar to the theory of your country's parliament. Please go back first .”

This is what was written on the front of the note, but it was slightly edited by Kangxi to make it more written.

The blunt voice was taken aback for a moment, and then softened a lot. Obviously, this analogy satisfied him more than the previous one.

Then Kangxi said slowly: "But before I leave, I have another question. I want to ask the envoys of the Southeast Asian countries. Especially Tianzhu. You are far away from here, and the sea route in between is not very smooth. , why did you come all the way to Yangzhou to discuss trade with me? Can you disclose a little bit about the goods you use for trade? "

The envoy who was said to be from the ancient Tianzhu Kingdom was stunned, and after a long time, he said in more blunt words: "Dear, Emperor, Your Majesty, you know, we have the same exquisite gift, believe it, yes, Let you, the people, get happy. Bytheway, I don't like to make friends with businessmen, so I don't know what's."

English.

And because of poor communication, I subconsciously used my mother tongue.

Jiang Ling nodded secretly, thinking that it was right,

English is the mother tongue, and India is the shell. It is obviously the famous, oh no, the East India Company with a reputation that is so bad in the gutter.

As for dumping goods... Who would believe it, the reputation of Great Britain was never created by dumping goods, and it was just after the end of the war.Jiang Ling recalled it for a while, and found that his pitiful historical knowledge was not enough to support the background of this era, so he couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.It seems that she still needs to find some time to go back to the end of the world and flip through the books.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a third voice outside laughing: "So that's it. This makes sense. Your Majesty, I think this matter is feasible, but you should be stricter. But I don't know what your Majesty thinks?"

Kangxi rubbed the note outside, and said lightly: "We will discuss this matter later."

So the third voice could only be quiet, and waited for the two officials to politely send the person out according to the original route, and also took away some idlers serving outside by the way.Kangxi called a few more close officials in and listened to their opinions, but as before, he was at a loss and made no achievements.

It's not that these close ministers are not smart, in fact they are all human beings.

But the problem is, now all of them know very little about each other.

Kangxi squeezed the small ball of paper in his hand, and said calmly: "I will come here today. After you go back, each of you will draw up a statement for me, and we will discuss it when we get together tomorrow. The note in Beijing can be sent Going out? Let them hurry up and try to arrive in Yangzhou within half a month to discuss this matter together. As for those in Yangzhou city, keep it a secret for now, don't reveal a word. Also, you can go to remind , When will Yangzhou's accounts be sorted out? If we have to wait any longer, don't we have to wait until after our tour to the south."

The surrounding officials all agreed.

Kangxi raised his hand and said: "Okay, let's go down, I want to be alone for a while."

Immediately afterwards, the officials all retreated.When their backs disappeared from sight, Kangxi got up and left, returning to the small room just now.Jiang Ling was still leaning on the chair in an extremely awkward posture, with a pen and paper in his hand, sketching something.Kangxi didn't bother her either, and watched quietly for a while.

It was not until Jiang Ling finally stopped writing that he discovered Kangxi's arrival.

"How?" Kangxi walked up to her, bent down, and asked in a low voice.

In his open palm lay a crumpled little ball of paper.