Chapter 289: Northern Spring (Second Update, Today's Update!) )
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"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!"
In the East Warm Pavilion of the Forbidden City, as soon as he entered the house, Wen Xiang congratulated him again and again when he knelt down. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"You Wenxiang, come here today, if it's not a happy event, don't blame me for you when the time comes!"
Putting down the fold in his hand, Yixun looked at Wen Xiang and said jokingly.
It's not easy for him to be fooled by an emperor. Since he ascended the throne, the state situation has not been quiet, and this matter has been one after another. The land of wealth in the south of the Yangtze River was occupied by the two thieves of Hong and Yang, and the important lands of Huguang and Guangdong were all occupied by the Han rebels, and even together with Henan, they were also occupied by the bandits.
A few months ago, the grain of Zhejiang was robbed by the Han rebellion in Chongming, and the hundreds of thousands of loads of grain that were robbed were all sold to the rebellion, which is really hateful, if it were not for the final proposal to solve the tax in Fujian to buy foreign rice, maybe now hundreds of thousands of Beijing banners have to starve to death.
The situation is so difficult, and it is rare for him to have a smile on his face as the emperor.
"Master, this is a great joy!"
Wen Xiang hurriedly said.
"Master, that Han rebel sailor fought with the foreigner's sailor at the mouth of the Pearl River!"
"Oh!"
Wen Xiang's words made Yi Xun overjoyed, and he hurriedly asked.
"Oh, but the sailor of the Han rebellion was all cleaned up by the foreign devils."
If that's the case, that's a great thing. The reason why Han Wei was able to cross the Yangtze River and cut off the grain was not their sailor?
"Master......"
The emperor's question made Wen Xiang stunned for a while, and he said for a while.
"Yes, it was the foreigner's sailor who was given by Han and cleaned up ......"
After saying this sentence, Wen Xiang hurriedly kowtowed and said.
"Master, this matter is also a good thing in the final analysis, after all, now that Han Shun and foreign devils are fighting, they eat dogs, which is a good thing for the imperial court."
The sailor who defeated the foreign devil by Han Rebellion?
Hearing the news fiercely, Yixun couldn't be happy, what a good thing is this, it clearly means that now even the foreign devils with strong ships and guns are not the opponents of the Han rebellion, this Han rebellion is really the henchman of the Qing Dynasty! If even foreign devils can't cure him, how can this be good.
Seeing that the emperor didn't raise his head and only thought about things, he knelt on the side and didn't dare to be alarmed, and then saw the emperor's frowning appearance, Wen Xiang hurriedly kowtowed and said:
"Master, when the slaves got the news, they also thought at first that the strength of the Han rebel water division was unexpected, but then I thought about it, since this Han rebel has always been helped by foreigners, and now they have torn their faces with foreigners, isn't it a good thing for the imperial court, now they are fighting with foreign devils like this, if the imperial court comes forward to appease the foreigners, can it pull those foreigners to the side of the imperial court, and then how can the foreigners collude with the Han rebels?"
"Excuse me...... It's also a truth. ”
What Wen Xiang said does have this truth. Yi Xun nodded,
"The master asked the slave to preside over the prime minister's national affairs yamen, if you want to do this foreign affairs, you have to get the help of foreigners, and now that Han has offended foreigners, it is when the court uses foreigners, and the slaves think that this time they have to think about contacting the foreigners."
As the prime minister's minister, Wen Xiang is a close confidant of Yixun, and naturally knows the emperor's thoughts, he wants to keep the Qing Dynasty and the flag people by doing foreign affairs.
"So the servant took matters into his own hands, and prepared to send someone to Hong Kong to see if he could contact the American minister, and if so, ask him to move to Tianjin......"
Listening to Wen Xiang's plan, Yi Xun took a heavy breath and said:
"Wen Xiang, this is a good job for you, this Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen is also the first thing in the world, I know about this matter!"
This sentence is actually to tell Wen Xiang that he agrees with him to do this, but in fact, Yixun does not know that now, the situation is like this, and some things must be done.
Thinking about the situation at that time, Yixun only felt heavy, and only sighed "sigh......" for a while, put the fold on the case, and said, "You kneel down!" Contact foreigners, you do it well, the life of our Qing Kingdom is now all here! ”
"Piercing!"
Wen Xiang agreed and quit. Yixun looked at the foot-thick piece on the case, reluctantly took a few steps forward, stopped again, and called someone to come in to change his clothes. Suddenly remembered that he hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so he asked for two more plates of uterine snacks and ate them slowly, and got up and ordered:
"I want Shao Junji to go to his house."
Everyone in this officialdom will burn the cold stove, but no one in the capital thought that Shao Can's cold stove would be reheated one day, almost since Yixun ascended the throne, in everyone's opinion, Shao Can, who was suspected of "trapping the king", should almost be the end of this official! If he was really a smart man, I am afraid that he would have proposed Zhishi himself to save his life.
But who would have thought that after just over a month, Shao Can, who was worried about his life at any time, not only sat firmly in the position of Minister of Military Aircraft, but even regained the trust and appreciation of the emperor, which is not only luck, but also his own ability, some things may not be able to be done by others, at least not everyone dares to do it.
Shao Can's house is a newly given mansion, which can also be seen that the emperor reuses him, after all, there are not many intact mansions in Beijing now, there are guards who show their waist cards, naturally there is no need to pass it on, Yi Xun entered the house, and when he walked towards the back study, there were already servants there. Shao Can, who was drinking tea in the study, was just about to get up when he saw the emperor stepping in, so he fell to the ground in a panic and kowtowed, saying.
"Forgive the sin of dishonor! Failing to greet the emperor in person, the minister is guilty of death, and the minister is guilty of death! ”
Shao Cancheng kowtowed in fear, Yixun was already used to his appearance, he sat directly on the main seat, and only after Shao Can kowtowed a few times did he speak.
"Today in your place, I am a guest, Shao Junji should not be restrained by the courtesy of the monarch and ministers. Excuse me! ”
When the emperor said this, Shao Can first thanked him with sincere fear, and then carefully sat down half of his ass.
"Actually, I came to you today to talk to you about something!"
Drinking tea and moistening his throat, Yixun told Wen Xiang's performance, and then he said again.
"What do you think about this?"
The reason why Yixun asked Shao Can's opinion was because he was a person who knew the foreign, to be precise, he would use people, he used a person who knew the foreign, if it wasn't for the slave who suggested buying Luzon foreign rice, the capital might be starving to death, otherwise if he rented the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, how could he buy back hundreds of thousands of quintals of foreign rice.
"The minister has heard about this!"
Fortunately, Shao Can continued.
"This is indeed a good thing for the imperial court, after all, in the past, we wanted to do foreign affairs, but what we were afraid of was that foreigners colluded with bandits, and now they are so beaten, not to mention anything else, at least this Meili will not help the bandits anymore, and when the time comes, the court will show leniency, and I think that Meiyi will definitely be grateful for the grace of the court, and will be willing to help the court."
Although he knows that the United States and Britain are different from Fanbang, Shao Can understands what kind of words the master likes to listen to, and others love to listen, so he naturally says so.
"There is some truth to it......"
Nodding, Yixun continued.
"Okay, that foreign devil has always valued profit over righteousness, if the court can't give them benefits, I'm afraid it will be difficult to use it after all."
Unlike Emperor Daxing, Yi Xun always knows what the foreigner is, if he says what he has been doing in the past few months, I am afraid that he has learned about the foreigner through various channels, and even invited the foreigner priest in Beijing into the palace to understand the West.
"What the emperor said is extremely true, so Duo Bia just said that he hopes that the imperial court can open a port in Tianjin, which after the opening of the port in Tianjin, the imperial court can not only directly deal with foreigners, but also set up customs to collect taxes.
In front of Yixun, Shao Can did not hide the name of Duobia, but repeatedly recommended this person to the emperor. He did it because the man was a flag man.
"Tianjin Port Opening ......"
After pondering for a moment, Yixun did not directly agree, but asked rhetorically.
"Has Dobia been here with you these days?"
"Back to the emperor, since the emperor used him to train soldiers, he has been eating and living in Nanyuan, and he is dedicated to running errands for the emperor."
"This minion, when he runs an errand, he is also dedicated!"
Yixun nodded, then looked at Shao Can and said.
"But if it weren't for your Shao Can's recommendation, I'm afraid I wouldn't know this minion, my credit for your merits will be remembered in my heart, and when the court's use is relaxed in the future, your tens of thousands of taels of silver will have to be returned to you no matter what."
The tens of thousands of taels of silver that Yi Xun refers to are the money he used to buy foreign guns and foreign guns, which are sixty percent cheaper than buying them from Shanghai, he not only bought foreign guns, but also invited foreigners from Hong Kong to help train the Eight Banners foreign gun team, it can be said that he Shao Can used his own money to run this foreign gun team, although there were only a few hundred people at the beginning, but it was the foreign gun team of those hundreds of people, so that Yi Xun made up his mind to do foreign affairs.
"Your Majesty, the minister's silver is not given by the emperor, and now the court wants to use silver, and the minister dares to hide his selfishness, and only thinks about doing a ......good job for the emperor and the Qing Dynasty."
Shao Can's words made Yixun say with a lot of emotion in his heart.
"If the officials of the Great Qing Kingdom are like you, how can the affairs of the Great Qing Kingdom not be able to be handled?"
Then Yixun got up and said.
"Let's talk about it quickly, it's not too early now, and it's time to serve tea and send it off."
Shao Canlian stood up and walked out with the emperor, and when he arrived at the door, Yixun stopped here and said to Shao Can:
"In a few days, you go to see Duobia, let him do errands for the court with his heart, and in the future, I will use him greatly!"
As he spoke, he walked slowly again and arrived outside the door.
"Good. That's it. ”
Yi Xun said as he ordered the guards to prepare their horses;
"As for the opening of the port in Tianjin, if you go back and write a recital, I won't believe it, what he can do, I can't do it!"
With that, Yixun jumped on the horse...... (To be continued.) )