found a breakthrough, Yinzhen also felt a sense of relief, as long as Kangxi can tear a small hole in the reform of the Eight Banners system, he can justifiably tear this hole slowly in the future, to cut off the privileges of the Manchus, it is not an overnight effort, it must be done step by step.

After the occupational restrictions on the Manchus are relaxed, it is time to gradually weaken the imperial court's military dependence on the children of the Eight Banners, in fact, the children of the Eight Banners can't rely on it now, everyone knows this in their hearts, in terms of combat power, the Eight Banners are now not as good as the Bird Battalion, and the Manchu Eight Banners are far from being able to compare with the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, from Kangxi to a group of noble ministers, who does not know this? It's just that I don't want to admit it.

The 24 banners of Manchu, Mongolia and Han have been inherited into a system, and if you want to change it, it is not an ordinary difficulty, this breakthrough can only start from the new army, but Kangxi not only limited the number of personnel of the new army, but also set the scope of recruitment to death, and must be recruited from the children of the eight banners. How can we make the new Praetorian Guard army, like the navy, not restrict the return of the Manchus, Han and Meng, and all equal?

Seeing that Yinzhen was silent in a blink of an eye, Fang Bao felt a little uneasy in his heart, could it be that there was something wrong with this? Just thinking about it secretly, Yinzhen had already spoken: "Yesterday I talked to the emperor about the new Praetorian Guard, and the emperor set the number of soldiers at 3,000, and pointed out that new soldiers must be recruited from the children of the Eight Banners.

The reform of the Eight Banners system is fundamentally the reform of the military system, gradually weakening and eliminating the children of the Eight Banners whose combat effectiveness has seriously declined, and the creation of the new army of the Janissaries is not only for the purpose of building an all-firearms army, but also, like the navy, a new-style army that integrates all ethnic groups and equalizes all ethnic groups. Think about it, how can you make the emperor change his mind and persuade the emperor to accept this attempt? ”

Hearing these words, Fang Bao unconsciously glanced up at the door, and his heart was excited and frightened, Yinzhen is now the crown prince of the Qing Dynasty, but he is not the prince who had no scruples about fighting for the throne before. If this is to be leaked, it will inevitably cause an uproar.

The Qing Dynasty was single-handedly defeated by the Manchus, and Yinzhen, as the crown prince, openly proposed the establishment of a new army that integrates all ethnic groups and equalizes all ethnic groups. If the equality of all ethnic groups is promoted in the military, will the imperial court also promote the equality of all ethnic groups? As a nation, how could the Manchus give up their own interests? As soon as these words spread out, all the princes and nobles were afraid that they would jump out and strongly oppose it!

After a slight groan, Fang Bao said in a deep voice: "Fourteenth Master, the new Praetorian Guard is not the same as the navy, at the beginning of the creation of the navy. The emperor is at your toss, whether it is the implementation of the integration of the Manchu and Han dynasties, or the new military uniforms, etiquette, and high salaries to recruit soldiers, the emperor has turned a blind eye, that is because the navy is unprecedented, has its uniqueness, and does not need to be paid by the imperial court, and the emperor also believes that the navy cannot threaten the safety of the capital.

to discover the amazing combat power of the navy. When it was possible to land and attack the city and seize the land, the navy was already an enemy on all sides, and the imperial court could no longer do without the navy. In addition, the fourteenth master handled it properly, which reassured the emperor, and the navy was not affected in any way.

But the new Praetorian Guard is an army, and it is under the emperor's nose, how can the emperor let you follow the model of the navy? Tianjin military exercises, the prince's mutiny, the emperor and a number of princes and ministers have seen the combat power of the navy, the new army of the Janissary Guard is built by the marines, naturally it is also amazing, how can the emperor rest assured that a large number of Han and Mongolian people are flooded with it?

The children of the Eight Banners are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty. The emperor's most trusted is still the children of the Eight Banners, with the current status of the fourteenth master, he must not say anything, and this matter needs to be considered in the long run. ”

Yinzhen sighed lightly and said, "I also want to think about it in the long run." But if the new Praetorian Guard is all the children of the Eight Banners, wouldn't this be a waste of work? The war is not all about weapons and equipment, but more importantly, about generals and soldiers, this first batch of 3,000 people will be middle-level or grass-roots officers in the future, it is really unimaginable, all of them are composed of those Eight Banners who only know how to eat, drink and have fun, how much combat power can the Praetorian Guard have? "You can't do anything, why don't you put it off for a while?" Fang Bao hesitated.

Drag? How long can it be delayed? Not only is Kangxi urging, but the time for the Northwest chaos is not far away, he still wants to strike first, Yinzhen secretly thought, deliberately delayed, Kangxi must be very dissatisfied.

Seeing that Yinzhen was silent, Fang Bao was also speechless, the Qing Dynasty has been in charge of the Central Plains for more than 70 years, and what has been implemented is the first Chong Manchu, giving preferential treatment to the Manchus everywhere, the Manchu idea of privilege has long been ingrained, in a short period of time, how can it be easily corrected? After pondering for a long time, he said: "Fourteenth master, freezing three feet, it is not a day's cold, if you want to resolve it, you can only slowly figure it out, and it will cause elbows and armpits, not the blessing of the country." ”

Yinzhen couldn't help nodding slightly, he was a little in a hurry, and after a little groaning, he said: "This is very true, the emperor often says, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and the innovation of the Eight Banners system involves a lot, so you must be cautious, just put it off for the time being, and then see, you go to find out the reaction of the flag people first." ”

*

Waiting for Fang Bao to withdraw, Yinzhen got up and moved slightly, and leisurely paced around the hall a few laps, the navy he created single-handedly made great achievements in the past two years, the Eastern Expedition, the Southern Expedition, the Spanish Invasion, the Netherlands, the discovery of Australia, and then the expedition to the Americas and Europe, the implementation of overseas separation, his prestige is also growing stronger.

But compared with Kangxi's prestige, it is far inferior, just with his current prestige, foundation, and strength to provoke the reform of the Eight Banners system alone, he really has to weigh it carefully, although through the 'Four Heng', ocean-going trade fleets, overseas feuds, and the absorption of clan children by the navy, etc., the interests of a group of princes and ministers are tightly tied to him, but these interests are really nothing in front of the fundamental interests of the Manchus.

Kangxi must be brought in, in Kangxi's lifetime, the reform of the Eight Banners system must be gradually implemented step by step, God knows how long Kangxi can live, and he also needs to be stable for a few years after ascending the throne, a little delay, it will be more than ten or twenty years, the more delayed, the greater the difficulty and resistance of innovation.

Moreover, with the current development rate of the Qing Dynasty, it is likely that the industrial revolution will begin in ten or twenty years, and it is unimaginable that there is no stable environment.

Yinzhen was pacing in a circle and pondering, but Bao Fuquan bowed down at the door and reported: "Prince, Shuntian Mansion Yin Wangyun, and Shunyi County Magistrate Ma Minglun are waiting outside." ”

Yinzhen stopped, and then realized that the two of them were here to guard the military camp of the new army, and he groaned slightly before ordering: "Let them in." ”

Wang Yu and Ma Minglun knelt down respectfully when they came in and said, "Weichen Wang Yu greets the crown prince." "Slave Ma Minglun greets the crown prince."

Yinzhen is not familiar with the two, but although the grade of Shuntianfu Yin is only three grades, his position is extremely prominent. I am still clear about Wang Yu's resume, knowing that he was promoted from Shaoqing of Dali Temple to Shuntianfu Yin, and he had not participated in the party struggle before, which is probably the reason why Kangxi promoted him.

Yinzhen glanced at Wang Yu, then at Ma Minglun, his heart moved, and asked, "Are you a banner person?" Which flag? ”

Ma Minglun didn't expect Yinzhen to talk to him first, and his tone was like a homely tone, revealing a hint of easy-goingness, and he replied happily: "Go back to the crown prince." The slave is the right blue. flags. ”

Yinzhen nodded slightly and said, "To be in Renzhi County, Gyeonggi, which way do you go?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Ma Minglun hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Back to the crown prince, the slave is the servant of Wang Dezhao of Xinjun, and he is selected by the pen. ”

The pen stickers of all ministries and institutes in the capital are all positive seven products, and they are released to Shunyi Zhi County. It can only be regarded as a flat tone, but Shunyi is on the side of the capital, which can be said to be lacking in fat. Yinzhen groaned slightly, and then asked: "Over the years, the banner people have become more and more numerous, and their livelihood has been difficult, and I have heard a lot of complaints, complaining that the imperial court restricts the livelihood of the banner people, but is there such a thing?" ”…,

Ma Minglun was originally complacent, but he didn't expect Yinzhen to come around to this issue in a few words, restricting the livelihood of the flag man is a national policy, where does he dare to open his mouth, and he groaned slightly. Only then did he cautiously say: "Back to the crown prince, in the past 20 years, the world has been peaceful, the banner people have multiplied rapidly, and it is common for a family of seven or eight to be a family, but the salary of the soldiers is high. One person's income is enough to be on par with Qipinzhi County, even if the price of Jingshi is slightly higher, but the livelihood is not worried.

However, there are also people who are addicted to drinking and gambling, ignoring their wives and children at home, acting recklessly, so that there is no overnight food at home, and even there are many people who live in debt. I hope the crown prince will see it clearly. ”

Yinzhen smiled when he heard this, he was also confused, he actually expected to say words from the mouths of these officials, and took a sip of tea before he looked at Wang Yu and said, "But you came for the land acquisition of Shunyi?" ”

According to the usual practice, the imperial court will not pay for land acquisition, and it generally falls on the head of Shuntianfu, the quota of the new army is three thousand, the camp plus the training ground, and the horse running, but it is not a small amount, and the silver is still a trivial matter, and the more difficult thing is the land of Shunyi, most of them are Zhuangzi in the circle of clan relatives and nobles, those princes and nobles they can not afford to provoke, and Yinzhen explained the errands, he did not dare to slack off, so he came to the door to find out the tone.

As soon as he heard Yinzhen ask, Wang Yu secretly rejoiced in his heart, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Back to the crown prince, it is precisely for this reason that the land of Shunyi is mostly the land of the clan relatives and nobles, the garrison of the new army, the area is not a small number, and many parties have negotiated, and I am afraid that it will delay the time and miss the errand." ”

How did Yinzhen know that he had so many twists and turns, and he didn't think about letting Shuntianfu pay money, now the land price is cheap, tens of thousands of taels of land are brewing, and he doesn't take it seriously, he is more worried that these officials can't afford to provoke those princes and nobles, and finally transfer it to the common people, and he sighed for a moment before saying: "What is the market price of land in Shunyi?" ”

"Back to the crown prince, the average price is eight taels and one acres." Ma Minglun hurriedly replied.

The average price is still eight taels and one acres? Yinzhen glanced at him and said: "There is no need for Shuntianfu and Shunyi County to come forward for land acquisition, I will arrange a special person to supervise it, and your assistance is to demolish and relocate the matter, if it involves residential buildings, it is necessary to do a good job of resettlement in advance, and the palace will take the time to go to inspect." ”

As soon as they heard that the drudgery of land requisition did not need their officials, both of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and they couldn't help but thank them and resigned.

*

On the morning of the first day of June, Yinxiang and Long Keduo led six fast armed sailing ships to land in Tianjinwei.

With the deliberate propaganda of the soldiers, the Qing navy went east to Japan, and returned the victory, the Japanese called the ministers to pay tribute, paid 70 million indemnities, increased the trade ports of Osaka and Edo, and the news that they were not allowed to interfere with the trade of merchant ships spread immediately, and the whole Tianjin was a sensation, and the people were proud of the strong soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and all the maritime merchants were ecstatic.

Before, the Qing navy fought Spain and conquered the South Seas, benefiting the maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River who ran the South Seas, and it was only incidental benefit, and their northern maritime merchants only benefited indirectly, but this time it was different, Japan was the main trading place of the northern maritime merchants, and this time the Qing navy took the initiative to strive for real benefits for them.

Open port, free trade! This is the dream of all the maritime merchants who go to Japan to trade, after this war, they will run to trade with Japan again, they no longer need to look at the faces of the Japanese, and they don't have to worry about being exploited by the Japanese again, Japan is now just a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, what else is there to be angry?

After the navy docked, he did not stop long, and Long Keduo escorted 2.2 million taels of gold to Tongzhou by boat, while Yinxiang hurried back to the capital.

The next morning, Yinxiang hurried to Yuqing Palace. …,

After Yinzhen heard the news, he immediately hurried out to greet him, and said with a smile as soon as he met: "Congratulations to Brother Thirteen, return with a great victory!" ”

Yinxiang respectfully clenched his fists and half-bowed: "Chen Yinxiang has seen the crown prince. ”

"There are no outsiders, no formality." Yinzhen pulled him up and chuckled: "The opportunity to conquer Japan has been given to you, tell me quickly." As he spoke, he said to Bao Fuquan: "Ask someone to prepare some snacks." ”

"It's still the fourteenth brother who is kind, and knows that I didn't use it earlier." Yinxiang chuckled.

The two of them entered the house and sat down, Yinxiang filled in a few pieces of dim sum indiscriminately, and then praised with a smile: "The main general selected by the fourteenth brother, Shi Shibiu, is really not blind, and the little widow is really insidious and cunning, if there is no Shi Shibiu, we may suffer some losses." As he spoke, he started with Ryukyu and detailed the situation of the entire expedition.

Hearing that Japan had gathered more than 100,000 horses in just a few hours, Yinzhen was also secretly mysterious, and after a while, he asked: "How many Japanese people were killed in that war?" ”

"After the war, there were no statistics, and General Shi was not allowed to go out of the camp to count for fear of contracting the epidemic." Yinxiang said with a smile: "However, it is indeed a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, conservatively estimated, it should be more than 20,000, I have Shi Shibiu, Lin Wei, Fu Anding and Miss the war reports written by each person, as well as the post-war discussion records." As he spoke, he handed over a few letters, and then continued: "The post-war discussion of gains and losses founded by the Fourteenth Brother is really a good method, and I have benefited from listening to it on the side, no wonder the combat power of the navy has increased so quickly." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )