Yongzheng's mood is very complicated, compared to Ning Chu's vigorous and resolute reform measures, the current Qing Dynasty's new policy has encountered many difficulties, he originally wanted to implement the gentry integrated grain system, after Ning Chu learned and used it, but in the Qing Dynasty could not push it at all, even the previous apportionment into the mu and the return of fire consumption to the public, have been resisted by many people.

In the eyes of the officials of the Qing Dynasty, it was purely a thankless task to divide the Ding into the mu, after all, the Ding Yin into the field tax, which meant that the money could only be collected by the landlord, and whose hands were the fields of the Qing Dynasty? Can the money still be collected?

In addition, the fire consumption of the public offended the vast majority of the officials, they had no fire to consume money, so they could only find other ways to deduct the people's rations, and virtually hated Yongzheng even more, and without the fire consumption money offered at the bottom, these officials of the Qing Dynasty were also quite unhappy.

At this kind of time when no one is happy and no one is willing to reform, Emperor Yongzheng does not have the prestige of Ning Yu, nor does he have such a strong and powerful military power, and he cannot change the current real predicament after all, compared with Ning Chu's drastic moves, it is too far behind.

It can be said that after this reform, even if Ning Chu failed to succeed in this Northern Expedition, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty still cannot be compared with Ning Chu, and it can even be said that the Qing court and the fall are always only a defeat distance, which is where Yongzheng is really heartbroken.

Several ministers of the Military Aircraft Department, Xu Yuanmeng, Zhang Tingyu, Tuo Lai, Yunlu and Jiang Tingxi and others came to the Heart Cultivation Hall early in the morning, waiting for Yongzheng's summons, everyone had a little guess in their hearts, but they all looked at their noses and noses, and they didn't show anything at all.

The waves that Ning Chu set off in the south naturally couldn't hide from these people, and Emperor Yongzheng was able to summon his ministers this time, I'm afraid it has a lot to do with this matter.

After a while, a eunuch walked out of the hall quickly, he was Su Peisheng, the personal eunuch next to Yongzheng, who had followed Yongzheng when he was in the palace, and later after the Li Yanxi case of the Internal Affairs Office, Su Peisheng also got Yongzheng's attention and was promoted to the chief eunuch.

"A few adults, please, the emperor is waiting."

"Thank you, father-in-law."

Everyone arched their hands, and walked towards the hall together, among which Xu Yuanmeng was the oldest and had a high prestige, and he should have stood at the front, but there was no choice but to have a prince Yunlu, so Yunlu took the lead, followed by Xu Yuanmeng, Zhang Tingyu, Tuo Lai and Jiang Tingxi and others, and entered the hall to meet Yongzheng.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

"Get up."

Yongzheng stayed awake all night, his glasses were a little red, as if they had become rabbit eyes, and he casually ordered: "Su Peisheng, show the fold to a few adults." ”

"Huh."

Su Peisheng had been by Yongzheng's side for a long time, so he naturally understood what his master meant, so he immediately picked up a half-opened fold on the table, walked to the hall and handed it to Prince Zhuang Yunlu.

Yunlu was rewarded by Yongzheng for doing a good job of disposing of the eighth child before, and gave him a lot of money, so he was very complacent, he took the fold, but he looked at it for a long time, and then handed it to Xu Yuanmeng, and at this time, Yunlu's expression became quite ugly.

Xu Yuanmeng was old, so he took out a magnifying glass from his arms and looked at the small characters on it, but he looked at it quite quickly, and quickly handed it to Zhang Tingyu without the slightest expression on his face.

After Zhang Tingyu, Torai and Jiang Tingxi finished reading it separately, everyone fell into silence for a while, and they did not rush to express their thoughts.

Yongzheng looked at everyone coldly and said softly: "Prince Zhuang, tell me your opinion." ”

"Your Majesty, in the view of a servant, Ning Chu is tantamount to self-isolation from the world, my great opportunity to eliminate this rebellion has come, as long as the order is ordered to calm the chaos and rebellion in the world, I believe that there will be countless righteous people in the southern provinces to raise troops to help me kill the rebels in the Qing Dynasty."

Yunlu didn't open his mouth, but when he opened his mouth, everyone was startled, and it was really rare for someone to speak in such a loud tone.

Yongzheng sneered, obviously a little disdainful of Yunlu's words, "If it is really that simple, then Prince Zhuang is willing to be responsible for the median contact?" ”

"This ....."

Yunlu is obviously not as good as the princes in front of him, but he can't speak anymore, but it makes everyone look down on him a little more, and Yongzheng is also disappointed, if Yunxiang is still there, he can still help him a lot, but the current straw bag is not of any use.

Xu Yuanmeng hurriedly came out to play a round and said in a low voice: "Back to the emperor, Prince Zhuang is young after all, and it is normal that he has not seen through some things, but the slave thinks that the southern gentry may have been frightened, but the northern gentry ...... The human heart is available! ”

Yongzheng nodded, the old minister is an old minister after all, and his knowledge and ability are first-class, but he has another worry in his heart, and said slowly: "The people's hearts are available, but the key is to see if they can be used by the imperial court. ”

One sentence made the sweat on everyone's heads flow out, everyone can see it, Yongzheng is taking Ning Chu's affairs to general, since you say that the gentry will support the imperial court, then the policy of the imperial court should also support it, if it is just empty mouth and white teeth, then don't blame him Yongzheng is not polite, and it is not only Ning Chu's knife that can kill!

Xu Yuanmeng immediately regretted saying this, but there were some things he had to say, "The emperor's meaning, the old minister naturally understands it in his heart, and the people of the world also understand it in his heart, if he can get rid of Ning Chu, I believe that the people of both the north and the south will enthusiastically support the imperial court." ”

Yongzheng was naturally dissatisfied with this kind of empty talk, he directly raised his eyes to look at Zhang Tingyu, and said softly: "Hengchen, what do you think of Lord Xu's words?" ”

Zhang Tingyu did not have the slightest hesitation on his face, and said categorically: "What Lord Xu said is certainly reasonable, but in the opinion of a servant, if this person is in danger of his life, I am afraid that the good medicine of the soup will be useless, and only by applying the medicine of the tiger and wolf can one or two be saved." ”

Hearing Zhang Tingyu's words, Yongzheng was naturally satisfied, but Xu Yuanmeng frowned, and shouted: "Hengchen, is the medicine of the tiger and wolf you said the prescription of Chu Rebellion?" ”

"Even if it doesn't hit, it's not far away." Zhang Tingyu's face was very solemn, he was one of the very few people who openly confronted Xu Yuanmeng, but it surprised everyone.

Xu Yuanmeng took a deep breath, no longer looked at Zhang Tingyu, but turned his head to Yongzheng and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Tingyu's suggestion is really a move that has brought disaster to the country and the people, and I must not agree to it. ”

After Yongzheng heard this, a wonderful smile was sketched on his face, if the current scene was placed in the past, I am afraid that no one would believe it - logically speaking, Zhang Tingyu, as a representative of the gentry, not only did not favor the gentry to speak, but repeatedly suggested that the emperor be ruthless to him, and Xu Yuanmeng, who was full of relatives and nobles, advised the emperor here to impose benevolent government.

If the identities of the two people are reversed, it is not a discord, but the scene that is happening now is almost the best interpretation of the absurdity of the world, both sides seem to be going against their hearts and saying what they don't want to say.

Yongzheng smiled slightly, and first looked at Zhang Tingyu, "Tell me your reason, why did I do the thing of killing chickens and taking eggs?" ”

"Time, there is not much time left in the Qing Dynasty......"

Zhang Tingyu closed his eyes, his face was a little painful and desperate, as if as a sober person was watching the ship about to sink, but he couldn't do anything about it.

"Bold! Zhang Tingyu, do you know what you're talking about? ”

Yunlu's face turned red, this person was so bold that he would say such a rebellious thing in front of the emperor, he simply didn't want to live.

Yongzheng waved his hand to stop Yunlu, in fact, his judgment was the same as Zhang Tingyu's, and a slightly low voice sounded, "The battle of Chu's Northern Expedition is only seven months late, and the Qing Dynasty really doesn't have much time.......

Zhang Tingyu was extremely calm at this time, "Once the war starts, with the current arrangement of the Qing Dynasty north of the Yellow River, it will not be able to stop the army of the Fu Han Army at all, and even the front line of Tianjin may become the target of the attack of the Fu Han Army's naval division, just like the Battle of Xinhui and the Battle of the Satsuma Domain - the Qing Dynasty's naval division has been completely wiped out, and it cannot be stopped at all." ”

"At this time, all we can count on is to fight a decisive battle in the capital, if we can win, I will have a few more years of breathing in the Qing Dynasty, if I can't win........"

Speaking of this, Zhang Tingyu shook his head, and his face became a little more gray, "Your Majesty, if we don't kill chickens and take eggs now, do we still have time to incorporate the hearts of the northern gentry into the arms of my Qing Dynasty?" ”

Yongzheng glanced at Zhang Tingyu deeply, this was the result of thinking about it all night, but Zhang Tingyu had already thought through it almost in a moment, this person was really talented, but it was a pity that he was born in the wrong era.

"Hengchen is right, we can't hold on to illusions anymore, we have to be prepared for the worst, the reason why Chu Wei was able to make a mess in the Northern Expedition is purely to look down on my Daqing, thinking that the Daqing Dynasty does not have the ability to unify the gentry, in fact, the Daqing does not have such ability."

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were surprised, because this was the first time they had seen such a negative side of Yongzheng, he no longer wrapped himself in a hard shell as usual, but directly told them that if they continued like this, everyone would have to finish playing.......

"Therefore, the Qing Dynasty must keep the essence of the Eight Banners at all costs, and even if they retreat to Shengjing or even more distant places in the future, the Eight Banners will still have a way to live......."

Yongzheng's eyes flickered, it was obvious that he had made up his mind, since Ning Chu had already jumped out of such a path in front, what else was there to be afraid of in Daqing?

.........

Count Savadulla arrived in Peking in late May, accompanied by his 500-strong leggy and 1,500 guards, all of whom marched from Kyakhta along the line between Kulen and Zhangjiakou, as if this time they were not envoys, but to conquer the country.

As the representative of the Qing Dynasty, the three of them, including the king of Doluo County, Bo Sige, the minister of scattered ranks, and Tu Lichen, the squire of the military department, were naturally responsible for accompanying them, but they had only been accompanied for two days, and the three of them had a deep delay in this arrogant and arrogant Russian envoy - so on the third day, only Tu Lichen, the squire of the military department, was responsible for accompanying him.

Turichen didn't seem to have much of a plan for this errand, but he was very wary of the mission of Count Savoyera's trip, and was always looking for an opportunity to play Count Savoyura's tone.

"Count Savoy, I heard that your envoy arrived in Kyakhta from Moscow this time, and he went to Irkutsk in between?"

Count Savadulla was still holding the porcelain cup in his hand, but there was an indifferent expression on his face, and he said softly: "Irkutsk is the central city of Siberia, and it is also an important node for our country to gain a foothold in Siberia. ”

There was a sneer on Tu Lichen's face, "The envoy knows that Irkutsk is just the name of you Russians, in my Daqing, it is called Beihai, and it used to be the place where Su Wu shepherded sheep. The meaning of this statement is naturally an allusion to the Russians' occupation of Chinese land, and even Kyakhta is land seized by the Russians.

As the Chinese envoy on this trip, Count Savaulla is naturally also an out-and-out Chinese expert, and he is very well aware of the story of Su Wu sheep herding proposed by Tu Lichen, but he is not impressed at all, and laughs and said: "The Russian Empire has occupied Irkutsk, which is what you call the North Sea, for more than 60 years, why haven't you heard about Su Wu sheep herding before?" ”

Although Savaulla was very strange when he called Su Wu Shepherd in Russian, it was still difficult to hide the contempt in the other party's tone, and Tulichen naturally understood what the other party meant, since it was impossible to recover the North Sea from the Russians more than sixty years ago, it was only a humiliation to mention this now.

Turichen knew the nature of the Russians, and immediately sneered: "Whether the Russians who occupied the North Sea at the beginning or the Cossacks, they are just exiled prisoners and villains, could it be that they can also represent the Russian Empire?" ”

"Why not? My friend! ”

Count Savoyura did not have the sense of shame in the so-called Eastern culture, and with a look of pride on his face, he said loudly: "No matter what crimes those people committed back then, but when they contributed to the expansion of the Russian Empire to the Far East, then they are great Russians!" ”

After hearing such unreasonable words of Count Savajira, Turichen was dumbfounded, he may have been mistaken from the beginning, no matter what kind of country the other party is, it is difficult to hide its essential hooliganism.

You say that we are hooligans and villains, yes, we are hooligans and villains, after all, only whoever has the bigger fist can really occupy the right to speak in the Far East, this is an unbreakable truth.