While pacing slowly in the hall, Zhenwu wrinkled his brows and thought, the world has long since changed beyond recognition, Europe is now mired in war again, although Britain has broken out. The Glorious Revolution established a constitutional monarchy, but at the moment it was a massive conscription, tired of balancing the situation on the European continent, and the Industrial Revolution may not start in England first.

The trajectory of this world has already changed unconsciously, so why always want to follow the previous trajectory? The Qing Dynasty is now the richest country in the world, the most politically and economically stable country, the country with the largest number of overseas colonies, and the number of troops and population comparable to the whole of Europe, and the Qing Dynasty should dominate the whole world!

Stopped, Zhenwu ordered, "Someone come." ”

Bao Fuquan, who was waiting outside the door, hurriedly bowed in and said, "Your Majesty." ”

"Prince Xuancheng Yinzhi, Prince Lian Yinxi, Yijun Wang Yinxiang, Qingbeile Yinzhi, and the minister of the study should be met, and Zhang Tingyu also came in to draft the decree." Zhenwu commanded softly.

"Wow." Bao Fuquan bowed busily.

Zhenwu rested for a while, and then reviewed the notes for a while, and Bao Fuquan came in and bowed down to report: "Your Majesty, Prince Cheng Yinzhi, Prince Lian Yinxi, Yijun Wang Yinxiang, Qingbeile Yinzhen, and the minister of Yiying's study are waiting to see you outside. ”

"Let them in." Zhenwu put down his pen as he spoke, closed the fold, and after everyone came in to ask for a salute, he smiled and said, "All are exempt from the courtesy, and sit down." As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Tingyu, who was at the end of the line, and said, "Zhang Tingyu is ready to draft a decree." ”

Zhang Tingyu has been promoted to a cabinet bachelor from the second grade because of the secret decree and walks in the upper study, only forty-four years old this year, not to mention the youngest in the upper study, but also agile in writing, Zhenwu has been quite fond of his draft in the past two years. Listen to Zhenwu's orders. He hurriedly saluted and sat down cross-legged behind the desk beside him.

With a slight sigh, Zhenwu continued: "I have recently heard that the British have developed a steam engine, so the European envoys have tried to find out the specific situation and try to buy a few steam engines to send back.

In addition, they are invited to attract all kinds of scientific and technological talents in Europe. The Qing Dynasty Royal Academy warmly welcomes all kinds of talents in astronomy and geography, physical chemistry, metallurgical machinery, etc., not only with good treatment, but also provides research funds, and those who have made significant contributions will be rewarded with the title of Daqing Dynasty! In addition, all kinds of technical talents. Such as textile, shipbuilding, casting, smelting, etc., the Qing Dynasty warmly welcomed and gave preferential treatment. ”

Zhang Tingyu secretly sighed to himself while drafting the purpose, this is to use talents in an eclectic way, the emperor is so thirsty for talents, he went to Europe to recruit talents, but that's it. I'm afraid that the title of the Qing Dynasty is worthless.

The ministers of the upper study were also shocked. It was not enough for this master to improve the status of craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty, and now he still had to recruit craftsmen from Europe. And he did not hesitate to be knighted, isn't this going to be a mess? The scholars of the Qing Dynasty are afraid that they will be very unfair again.

Yinzhi is very happy in his heart, Zhenwu attaches so much importance to Western learning, and the Western studies established in various parts of the Qing Dynasty will inevitably be highly sought after, how many people can be knighted in the Qing Dynasty? Even Western scholars in Europe can be knighted, let alone Western scholars in the Qing Dynasty?

Seeing that Zhang Tingyu had stopped writing, Zhen Wucai continued: "This edict should not only be published in the Beijing Bao Ningbao, but also widely publicized by local officials in Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Karopa, and other coastal ports, and the original should be sent to Kalopa and forwarded to Europe. ”

"Wechen obeys." Zhang Tingyu hurriedly bowed and said,

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Pengxi bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, it has always been a matter of not lightly awarding national famous weapons, and awarding Europeans the title of the Great Qing Dynasty, Weichen is worried that it will cause controversy. ”

Zhenwu glanced at everyone, smiled slightly, and said: "It's just a means to recruit talents, besides, the Qing Dynasty now has a vast overseas territory, even if it doesn't hurt to seal a few titles, I am ready to innovate the title system, all the princes and nobles who have fiefs overseas will not only not pay tribute in the future, but also pay tribute to the imperial court, no need to worry about too many titles, of course, the title of the Qing Dynasty is not a cabbage, it is not so easy to obtain." ”

And innovation? All the ministers in the study were shocked, these royal clansmen, princes and nobles are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, not to issue a salary, but to pay tribute, this in and out, can have accounts, will this cause them serious dissatisfaction? The stakes are very high, and everyone is unprepared, so naturally they dare not speak out rashly against it.

Yinxi, Yinxiang, and Yinyu all have fiefdoms overseas, but the feudal countries in West Africa are really rich, and they didn't pay attention to the idea at all, but they heard about the tribute, they were a little concerned, Yinxiang reacted the fastest, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the feudal country pays tribute, and the ministers are willing to lead by example, take the lead in paying tribute, and ask the emperor to set the amount of tribute." ”

The old thirteen opened his mouth, Yinxi, Yinyu naturally did not dare to lag behind, and they followed the statement to echo, in addition to gold and ivory, the more profitable thing in West Africa is the slave trade, only last year, each of their five brothers divided more than 100,000 taels, and now West Africa has completely controlled the coastal ports, is advancing to the interior, and in the future, there will be two or three hundred thousand taels of money every year, and they will be more at ease.

Yinzhi is very envious of a few people, the feudal country in South America has not yet been divided, he and the fifth, seventh, and twelfth are all waiting for it.

Zhenwu took a sip of tea, smiled slightly, and then said slowly: "Now that the overseas feudal country is still in its infancy, how can I do such a short-sighted thing as killing chickens and taking eggs, this matter is just mentioned in passing, and when the overseas feudal country develops, I will consider gradually implementing it." ”

Listening to it is just a casual mention, everyone is relieved, when the feudal country develops, all the princes and nobles don't need to care about this idea, even if it is a prince, it is only 10,000 taels a year, but it is a tribute, what proportion will it be?

Just thought about it for a while and everyone put their hands away, this matter is still early, it's not what they should worry about now, and they are all secretly wondering in their hearts what Zhenwu summoned today.

After a slight pause, Zhenwu turned the topic back again, "When it comes to the introduction of European talents, I think this matter is of great significance, the introduction of European scientific and technological talents and technical talents from all walks of life can not only greatly promote the vigorous development of Western studies in the Qing Dynasty, but also greatly promote the development of military workshops and civilian workshops in the Qing Dynasty.

You all know the power of firearms improvement, and I will not repeat the importance of improvement, I can say with certainty that the introduction of European talents has no less impact than overseas separation, and when the outstanding talents of Europe are used by the Qing Dynasty, what does it mean? ”

Everyone reacted immediately, under the elimination of one and the other, it is natural that the strong will always be strong, and the weak will always be weak, if this move works, the Qing Dynasty will leave Europe far behind.

Yin Yu hurriedly bowed down and said: "The emperor has far-reaching thoughts, ambitions to swallow the world, a grand vision, a mind like the sea, and the ministers are really respectful." ”

Seeing that Prince Lian opened his mouth, everyone naturally followed suit.

Zhenwu waved his hand slightly, and then continued: "I have the heart to tolerate the world, and the Qing Dynasty also needs to have the spirit of embracing all rivers, all those who enter my Qing Dynasty to serve my Qing Dynasty should be regarded as the people of my Qing Dynasty, and they cannot be vainly divided into each other, blindly arrogant and xenophobic, only when everyone in the world is used by my Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty can be stronger and richer, and can it truly become the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire!"

With the prosperity of overseas trade and the promotion of overseas feudalization, the Qing officials, scholars, merchants, and gentry should have a broader vision and a broader mind. ”

Everyone was unprepared, listening to this, they were all silent for a while, lifting the shaving order, Zhenwu had mentioned it many times in private, a lot of people had heard of it, and Nanyang Province did not implement the shaving and easy service order at all, and now Zhenwu once again put forward this article by introducing European talents, although everyone was a little worried, but they didn't know how to refute it, after all, the example of Nanyang was placed there, and the shaving order was not implemented, and there was never any mess in Nanyang, and the inland provinces of the Qing Dynasty were not as good as Nanyang?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Yin Yu slowly spoke: "Your Majesty, shaving hair and changing clothes have been implemented for more than 70 years, and now the orthodoxy of the Qing Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. ”

Zhenwu smiled slightly and said, "People's hearts? What is the human heart? I did not issue the 'Hair Shaving and Wearing Order' in Nanyang, but many people took the initiative to shave their hair and make it easy to wear, this is the people's heart! The purpose of the comprehensive lifting of the ban on hair and clothing is to create a relaxed and free atmosphere, freedom of speech, academic freedom, and freedom of customs, so that the Qing Dynasty will be more attractive and attract more talents to join the Qing Dynasty and work for the Qing Dynasty. ”

Seeing that no one was silent, Yinxiang muttered: "The emperor has greatly reduced the burden of the peasants in the Qing Dynasty and improved the situation of the peasants through a series of measures such as implementing the new policy, issuing silver dollars, abolishing fire consumption, low-interest loans, interest-free loans for disaster relief, promoting high-yield and drought-resistant American crops, and large-scale overseas immigration.

Throughout the dynasties, there has never been a court so kind to the peasants, attach importance to the peasants, although the common people do not read and do not read, but the life is getting better and better, they are clear in their hearts, the ministers dare to boast, the Qing Dynasty will never have internal troubles at the moment, even if it is a little more open, there is no worry about internal troubles, there is no peasant subordination, the Qing Dynasty is as solid as a rock. (To be continued.) )