The original year 1712 was indeed not a striking year, but it was definitely not an obscure number.

In 1712, Tsar Peter, who "founded Russia by the will of one man", had already established Russia as a great power to rival the European powers, although he had not yet worn the title of "the Great". After Poltava's decisive victory, Sweden, a powerful northern enemy, was no longer a threat to the empire. This tsar, who was dressed in a beard, completely Westernized, and personally cut the beards of the princes and ministers, moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg in this year, and looked down on Europe and Asia with blazing eyes.

In 1712, the world's first industrial piston steam engine built by the Englishman Thomas Newcomen was patented. It was also in this year that Richard Cromwell, son of Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Republic of Great Britain, died, and the British under Queen Anne began to forget the surname. Sandwiched between Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria, Queen Anne was far less radiant than her predecessor, the latter, but in 1712 Britain was enjoying the dividends of Cromwell's defeat of the Netherlands at sea, and a new generation of Immortal Empires was sharpening its knives.

It was also in 1712 that Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born, a masochist, hip-fairing man who sent all his children to an orphanage, in essence a madman who longed to return to the days of the Rou Mao Blood. The "Theory of the Social Contract" written by him began with the sentence "Man is born free, but he is always in chains", which shook the whole world. I don't know if Rousseau, who is in heaven or hell, if he sees the new world that has been melted by him 300 years later, will he say, "I am not crazy, it is the whole world that is crazy." ”

In 1712, another emperor was born, and that was Frederick II, who founded Germany with an army. After Alexander, Caesar, Hannibal and Napoleon, the Great is known as one of the most prominent generals in the West. If you judge heroes by success or failure, Napoleon has to be ranked behind him. Frederick the Great took the little Prussia to fight his way out of the siege of the European powers, and the reason why the German nation in later generations was able to stand proudly among the nations of the world and influence the history of the world was all due to the foundation laid by this emperor with martial arts.

Yanjing in 1712, at this time has not seen the spring, Changchun Garden is in the main hall, another "emperor" is also dealing with a thing that can make his name in history, of course, his name has been left enough, printed in the history books like pockmarks.

Today, it is said that the imperial gate listens to the government, and after the inscriptions of the various ministries are played, the scholars and the chief officials of the ministry, that is, the so-called Jiuqing, are all retained.

"The world has been peaceful for many years, and I have always had countless hearts about how prosperous people are. The editors and reviewers of the provincial governors and newspapers are all false, and I also know the disadvantages in them. This dynasty class is inherited from the former Ming Dynasty, although the imperial examination has been intensively adjusted, but it has not competed for all the merits, and the entanglement is on the real number of this person! ”

"In the fifty-first year of my reign, there was first the rebellion of Aobai and the rebellion of the three feudatories, and then the pacification of Taiwan and the west of Galdan. Although I have the heart to cleanse up, but everything is entangled, this lesson is still sewn and mended, like a tattered curtain, blocked between me and the world. ”

On the throne, the thin old man talked eloquently, and the vigorous aura between his eyebrows that looked at the world was supported by a bright yellow dragon pattern twelve chapters of court clothes, as if he was the embodiment of heaven, in this mortal world, no one could look at him.

Emperor Kangxi, Aixin Jueluo-Xuanye, is fifty-nine years old this year, and the central yamen of the entire Qing Dynasty is running at high speed, preparing for the emperor's 60th birthday ceremony. And the emperor himself is also preparing the heaviest congratulatory gift for himself.

"When I visit fortunate places, every time I meet a private house, I will ask about my livelihood. There is a family of five or six dings, and only one person pays the money and grain. There are even more ninety-ten and ten-ding, and only two or three people pay money and grain. I asked what the others were doing, and the people said that there was no difference, and they were just living a peaceful life. ”

"I am prepared for danger in times of peace, and every time I think of it, I always have a sense of vigilance. The old system of the previous dynasty has not yet been clarified, and now the people are multiplying, but there are still so many fields. ”

Speaking of this, Kangxi paused and glanced at the scholars and Jiuqing in the hall. This matter has been brewing for a long time with the Hanlin people in the south study, and seeing that there is not much time, he can't wait for these ministers to come forward. In his opinion, the brains of these ministers are always used to figure out which elder brother the throne under them will be passed on, rather than planning for the country and the court.

"Now that the treasury is full, this tax system should also be carefully managed. I don't want to collect more money and food. It's just that the real number of people must be grasped. I want the governor to fix the number of dings in the money and grain book, and it will always be a fixed amount. After that, there were many people, and there was no need to collect money and grain, but only the real number was checked, and another inventory was made and inscribed, and Zhu Qing ...... Negotiable? ”

The main hall of the Ningju is not big, but it is just a place where Kangxi temporarily listens to the government in Changchun Garden, the fifty-nine-year-old emperor, the middle air is still full, and the tail sound is buzzing on the hall beams, and it also brings waves in different directions in the minds of the more than ten ministers in the palace.

But no one immediately responded to Kangxi's question, and today's ministers have to speculate again and again when they hear Kangxi speak. After the abolition of the crown prince in 47 years, the emperor regretted it again and asked the ministers to discuss the establishment of a new prince. After that, the ministers had a lesson, as long as the emperor said something big, they had to wait and see before speaking.

Now when it comes to this person's money, what does it mean?

It is a pity that Zhang Pengxi, the secretary of the household department, was ordered to investigate the Jiangnan Branch case, and the professionals were not there.

"The saint is benevolent, and the minions are bathed in the holy grace, and there is a ...... of honor"

After being silent for a while, Wenhuadian University Shi Wenda shouted first, forcing all the ministers to kneel down and shout long live. Kangxi nodded slightly, although there was a smile on his face, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes. What he wants is not kowtow, but advice, he still feels that his ideas are a little rougher, and the vision of Hanlin in the south study is not wide enough, what this matter should look like depends on these ministers, especially Hanchen, who is familiar with the hearts of the people in the world.

The little eunuch beside him saw that the sleeves of the emperor's robe moved, and quickly raised his throat: "Flat-"

The ministers got up, their eyes secretly flickered, and many people stared at Zhao Shenqiao. This Zuodu Yushi is known as "Zhao Qingzhu", and he is praised as a Qing official in the open, but secretly ridiculed him as a poisonous snake Zhu Yeqing. The case of Dai Mingshi's "Nanshan Collection" was made before, which made the court restless, and also implicated the Jiangnan Kechang case, and even faintly stabbed the prince. Now that Zhao Viper is in the limelight, he should intervene in this matter.

Zhao Shenqiao looked at his nose and nose, his nose looked at his heart, and he shrunk his neck, just like a monkey statue standing still. I secretly said in my heart, this matter has nothing to do with my Metropolitan Procuratorate, there is no name to divide, and there is no profit to be even, so I will learn from that Zhang Tingyu, ten thousand words, it is better to be silent.

The full Zuodu Yushi then became the focus of everyone's attention, but he closed his mouth tightly, and his eyes were staring at the floor, as if he was counting ants. Before supporting the eighth elder brother with Ma Qi and others, although the emperor did not cure him, he knew very well that he had to take care of this decoration now.

Everyone looked at Shangshu Songzhu and Wang Zhu of the Ministry of Rites again, but the two glanced at each other, but they also had a posture of never speaking first. They have already been appointed to the cabinet, and it is a sensitive time when they must be cautious in their words and deeds.

Seeing that it was about to be cold again, Xiao Yongzao, another scholar of Wenhua Palace, had to speak: "People's money and food will always be a quota, Your Majesty, this is an unprecedented benevolent government in previous dynasties!" How can the ministers dare not to fight hard! It's just that this money and grain system is related to the foundation of the imperial court, and the minister thinks that it is better to send a ministerial discussion, solicit public advice, and determine a perfect policy. ”

Ministerial Meeting? Advice?

Kangxi only hummed, indicating that he heard it, but he sneered in his heart, this Xiao Yongzao is just a minister after all. If it was Ma Qi, he should be able to understand his deep meaning. It's a pity that the guy doesn't read much, so it can't help much. Before that, he also joined forces with the ministers to cling to the eighth elder brother Yinxi, and he was simply dizzy.

Ma Qi was like a rope, pulling Kangxi's thoughts to the prince and his brothers, and suddenly his full mind was disturbed. The crown prince was reinstated, but he didn't learn a lesson at all, it seems that he has to be abolished again, and the matter of storage is really more difficult than governing the world......

A voice sounded again, cheering up Kangxi, this is Li Guangdi. Chen Tingjing was sick for 49 years, Zhang Yushu died in 50 years, and now there are only three scholars in Kangxi's cabinet. Although it has been decided that Songzhu and Wang Zhu will enter the cabinet, it will take a month or two to complete the process on the face, and one of these two people only knows soldiers, and the other is a sour Confucian, and they cannot be compared with Li Guangdi, the head of Hanchen who is proficient in science.

Suo Etu and Mingzhu, Xu Qianxue, Gao Shiqi and Xiong Cixu, Zhang Ying, Zhang Yushu and others have passed away, and Chen Tingjing, Guo Xiu, and Wang Hongxu have either fallen ill or degraded. In today's court, Li Guangdi, a controversial master of science in the past, has a protégé who is full of courts, without the name of the first assistant, but has the posture of the first assistant. But he is with all his heart and the light. has passed the age of seventy, plus many sick days before, it is not easy to go out of the court. Originally, everyone, even Kangxi, only regarded him as a statue of a Bodhisattva, and did not expect him to express their opinions, but they were all relieved to hear him speak.

"The emperor has been in the palace for more than 50 years, based on benevolence, and the ministers can only do their best to think and act, and dare to be afraid of danger and stagnate? The emperor's jade words seem to have unfinished meaning, the ministers are dull, and they dare to ask the emperor a sentence, which is always a quota, is for ...... Never give more? ”

Li Guangdi's old voice echoed in the hall, bringing a tail note composed of a thin and cool breath, and the hearts of the ministers who had just fallen in their stomachs were raised again, and they all subconsciously thought that this Li Guangdi was crazy.