Looking at Yinxiang and Yinlu with a surprised expression, Yinzhen didn't explain, just sipped tea leisurely, he was inclined to send troops to Europe to stir up the situation, these years, a lot of things can be obtained from the negotiation table, you don't have to fight desperately, Europe has been fighting for ten years now, and you are exhausted when you think about it.

However, if you want to say that Kangxi agrees, the difficulty is not ordinary, although Kangxi has a sense of distress about the Western countries, he will not be willing to meddle in European affairs, after all, the 40,000 miles of sea route is there, this risk is not ordinary, and once the troops are dispatched, it will be at least 30,000 or 50,000, and the scale is a bit large.

Yin Xiang was stunned for a long time before he asked out loud: "Is the fourteenth brother inclined to send troops to Europe?" ”

"What does Brother Thirteen think?" Yinzhen did not answer the rhetorical question.

Yinxiang paused slightly, and then said: "I like the slave plantation run by the Dutch in Nanyang, this method is good, maybe we can follow suit in Australia, in addition to the natives of Nanyang, there are many people in the Mughal Empire, and the Netherlands can establish a stronghold in the Mughal Empire to capture slaves, and we can too."

The Americas and Africa are too far away from the Qing Dynasty, even if the implementation of the partition can be quickly occupied, it will be difficult to consolidate after a long time, and I am more inclined to manage Nanyang and Australia, after all, it is at my doorstep. ”

Yinzhen nodded slightly, Lao Thirteen is limited by the times, it is impossible to think that this world will be turned upside down with the industrial revolution in Britain in a few decades, he is based on stability, or occupy a place, consolidate a place, and digest the traditional idea of a place.

This is a golden age of overseas expansion, and even if it cannot be consolidated in the future, it will be necessary to plunder it for decades and complete the accumulation of capital, but it is necessary to vigorously guard against the situation of colonies around the world becoming independent from now on, especially some strategic points and important resource areas.

Thinking of this, Yinzhen leaned back, leaned comfortably on the cushion, and said: "Thirteenth brother, Spain has plundered four billion silver in the Americas for more than 100 years, don't you envy it?" Even if it is not possible to consolidate overseas lands for a long time, more than 100 years of predatory mining is enough to make the Qing Dynasty rich for hundreds of years.

Naturally, Nanyang and Australia must be consolidated, and overseas lands must also be grabbed, so what can be done to develop and consolidate Nanyang and Australia? It costs 50 million taels to immigrate 10 million, and the land of Australia, to say the least, also needs 30 million immigrants to be firmly controlled in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, and Nanyang also needs to immigrate, where does this money come from? Naturally, you have to grab it from overseas!

If you want to consolidate the overseas land, the only way is to fill it with the population, the overseas land must occupy an absolute advantage in the number of population, in order to permanently and effectively control, the population of the Qing Dynasty is currently the largest, more than 100 million, and through the 'apportionment into the mu, the abolition of the poll tax and the promotion of drought-resistant and high-yield crops to increase grain production, these two major measures will inevitably be able to greatly promote population growth in a short period of time, a large number of people are our biggest reliance on seizing and opening up overseas territories.

If we don't do it now, in a few decades, these places will become the overseas territories of Western countries, and after more than 100 years, the Qing Dynasty will be in a catastrophe, so we must strive to develop and strengthen ourselves, and on the other hand, we must try our best to suppress the European countries, which are not only vigorous but also aggressive, and sooner or later will be the henchmen of the Qing Dynasty. Seizing overseas land is a precautionary measure, which can be described as a century-old plan. ”

Hearing Yinzhen mention 'paving into the mu,,Yinxiang was shocked for no reason, the fourth brother implemented 'paving into the mu,' wouldn't it be the old fourteen behind the promotion, right? It seems that the promotion of drought-resistant and high-yield crops in the United States also began after last year's drought. Just looking for an opportunity to follow the trend? …,

The more Yinxiang thought about it, the more reasonable he felt, when Lao Fourteen went to Shanghai to build a navy and build an ocean-going fleet, who would have expected so many things to happen? Australia's discovery, now that I think about it, it is also very strange, to Karopa, the old fourteenth ordered the navy to go to map the route, before that, Australia has already been in the uproar.

The sixteenth Yinlu was dumbfounded when he heard it, the fourteenth brother is a little bigger in this game of chess, this has not yet been on the throne, and he began to think about a century-old plan? Those small countries in Europe, is it really as serious as Brother Fourteen said? Forty thousand miles away, is it possible that Western countries can still go on an expedition to the Qing Dynasty? That's too much to say.

The snow is frozen, the canal has long been frozen, the post road is also extraordinarily difficult, the road surface is tightly pressed and frozen, smooth as a mirror, not to mention people, even the horses walk on it is also a step and a slide, this kind of weather, no one goes out at all.

After Yinzhen learned about the situation in Europe, he refused to delay in Tianjin, and the next day he led the people and horses to rush in the snow, fortunately, there were many villages and towns along the way, although the speed was a little slower, but it was not dangerous, and it took five days to see the city wall of Chaoyangmen from afar.

"I'm finally back in the capital." Yinxiang smiled happily.

"Is this the coldest year?" Yinzhen asked loudly on the horse.

"It doesn't count." Yinxiang urged the horse to come over as he spoke, and said in a loud voice: "I heard that in the thirty-first year of Kangxi, more than 100 people froze to death in the capital overnight. ”

"What do you mean by hugging hot pot?" Yinzhen had never heard of it, so he couldn't help asking.

"Hey, that's all homeless." Yinxiang explained: "At night, I squatted by the wall to sleep, curled up into a ball, and carried a small stove in my arms, with only a little charcoal in it, and relied on that little warmth to spend the night. The people call this situation 'hugging hot pot,' ”

Yinzhen couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Isn't there anyone who cares about these people?" What do those officials in Shuntianfu do to eat? ”

Seeing that the old fourteen's expression was wrong, Yinxiang lowered his voice and said: "Shuntianfu only has a household registration if it wants to be managed, and these 'hugging hot pots' are mostly blind streams, and they can't be managed at all." Besides, it's so cold that people with families and rooms will inevitably freeze to death, and they still have the energy to meddle in things? ”

Have a family and a room, and still freeze to death? Yinzhen rarely has contact with civilian life on weekdays, unlike Lao Thirteen, who interacts with everyone, and his knowledge of civilian life in the capital is indeed limited, and he hesitated slightly, but he still couldn't help asking: "Isn't it all hot kang that sleeps, don't you have money to buy coal?" ”

Yinxiang explained in detail: "The people of Pingtou use stoves for heating, burn briquettes, burn kang also use stoves, the stove is very easy to extinguish at night, dripping water into ice at night, some old people or poor health, died before dawn." ”

Yinzhen nodded, coal stoves and honeycomb coal are simple things, these things, he can solve them with his mouth, and now he has been wandering around for many years, and he can be regarded as having seen a wide range of knowledge, even if he puts it forward, no one will be suspicious, and when he returns to Beijing, he will immediately let people drum it out, which can be regarded as a move to benefit the people.

But how to solve those who 'hug hot pot'? Relief is only an expedient measure, and I am not in Beijing every year, so I have to think of a long-term solution.

As soon as Yinzhen and his entourage entered Chaoyangmen, the two guards who entered Beijing first led three Western missionaries who taught in Hope Yixue to greet them.

Kangxi quietly reviewed the folds in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, and the excerpts of Yinzhen's return to Beijing were sent in early in the morning, and he did not expect that the old thirteenth and the old fourteenth would brave such a heavy snow to hurry, knowing that the old fourteen must have something important, it stands to reason that there is no matter in Nanyang now, in addition, what can be a big deal?

In the past six months, a series of major decisions in the Qing Dynasty have been directly or indirectly related to European countries, and Kangxi is also more concerned about the situation in Europe, and has also inquired about the situation in Europe from a few familiar missionaries. …,

The missionaries in Beijing were all Jesuits, loyal only to the papacy and obeyed the president, and although they were erudite, they were rarely involved in European politics.

Even when Kangxi asked, they only talked about the geography and properties of Europe and the general situation of each country, and the missionaries that Kangxi was familiar with came to the Qing Dynasty very early, and they didn't know the current situation in Europe at all, so they naturally wouldn't talk nonsense.

Kangxi had watched the navy's military exercises with his own eyes, and had a very intuitive understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of Western warships and Qing naval warships, and was not worried about the battle in the South Seas.

In the past six months, the navy has fully captured the South Seas, consolidated the Karopa, opened up the Australian route, and further affirmed the territory of Australia, Kangxi is also more and more trusting of Yinzhen, Australia's conquest and immigration are now all on the agenda, seeing that the plan to open up vast overseas territories is being carried out in an orderly manner, his mood in the past few months is also exceptionally good, and he has handled government affairs much more diligently than before.

"Your Majesty, the thirteenth and fourteenth masters are here to meet you at Jingyunmen." Li Dequan reported softly.

"Xuan." Kangxi said without raising his head, and after writing the last few words of the comment, he put down his pen and got up, and moved a little in the hall.

"Erchen Yinzhen, Erchen Yinxiang give the emperor Ama a greeting." Yinzhen and Yinxiang kowtowed when they came in.

Kangxi stopped, glanced at the two of them carefully, and then smiled slightly: "Look at the spirit is not bad, give a seat, enjoy tea." With that, he walked back to the kang and sat down cross-legged.

After Yinzhen thanked him, he sat down calmly, but Yinxiang kowtowed again: "Huang Ama is in danger in Tianjin, and his son is in Suzhou, so he did not rush back to serve in time, and he also prayed for Emperor Ama to be punished." ”

Kangxi knew that he was afraid of being involved in the whirlpool of contention for reserves, and he didn't want to make a fuss about it, so he nodded slightly, and then said: "You are aiming to serve in the navy, and you can't return to Beijing if you don't follow the order, what is the crime?" Have a seat. "Min