Chapter 74: Navy Recruitment
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When Yinzhen returned to the garden, he noticed Zhang Mengjiao's abnormality, but he couldn't help asking, until after dinner, Zhang Mengjiao pulled his subordinates back, and he asked: "Zhang Boxing is impeached again?" ”
"Impeachment is not, but it is more powerful than impeachment. Bayi Chinese~" Zhang Mengjiao said and handed over the newspaper.
Yinzhen took a closer look, and secretly said that Zhang Boxing's trick is really powerful, Kangxi attaches the most importance to the fluctuation of grain prices, although Jiangsu is known as the land of fish and rice, but it has always been transferred from Huguang every year to bring in a large amount of rice, Jiangsu's rice price doubled, the impact is not small, Kangxi is bound to vigorously rectify the restrictions and even prohibit the outflow of rice to the sea, meditated for a long time, he asked, "What countermeasures do you have?" ”
Once the outflow of rice is strictly controlled, my father will inevitably be pulled out, and Kali will also be implicated. Zhang Mengjiao said worriedly, "I want to send my second brother to Nanyang." ”
"Why is it that this is the point, there is no need to go to Nanyang, go to Guangzhou to inspect the warships of the Western Ocean." Yinzhen said and added, "Just let him bring a few entourage, there are a lot of eyes and ears in Shanghai." ”
At the beginning of August, all the coastal prefectures and counties posted notices at the street entrances: The Royal Naval Academy of the Great Qing Dynasty recruits young men between the ages of 15 and 18, who are from clean families, in good health, can swim, can read and write, and are more than five feet tall, and each prefecture or county is limited to 30 boys. The monthly salary is two taels of silver. "At the same time, the same notices were posted at the gates of the coastal branches of the 'Four Constants'. Bayi Chinese~
As soon as the notice was posted, it caused a sensation, although it was a good man who was not a soldier, but it also depended on what kind of soldier he was, with a monthly salary of two taels of silver, and a royal title, which immediately attracted the attention of countless people. The people who rushed to various places to be responsible for recruiting soldiers were all children of the clan, all of them were dressed in good spirits, and the yellow belts were even more eye-catching tied around their waists.
"See the yellow belt? That's all dragon sons and dragon grandchildren are qualified. ”
"It seems that it is really royal, but hasn't it always been recruited among the Manchus?"
"I see you haven't woken up yet, this is the Navy, does the Navy understand? Sailor, how many Manchus can swim? ”
"I said, hurry up and call your second boy to come to the reading pavilion, but only thirty people will be recruited."
"My two sons can't read, but people have to be literate."
"You're really dull, are you willing to be a soldier? Go back and let your second son memorize and practice his name, won't he be able to get away with it? The monthly salary of two taels of silver, tsk, this royal is different. ”
The division of the capital is not comparable to the place, as soon as the news of Yinzhen's recruitment of 500 navies in Beijing spread, it immediately caused a sensation, and several people who returned to Beijing to be responsible for recruiting troops were headed by Wu Ge, and the prince's mansion of Shuo Jian was immediately like a big festival, people came and went endlessly, so many little masters were in the navy, and the minions, servants, and men of various provinces wanted to blend into the navy with their heads sharpened.
The ordinary children of the Eight Banners of the Beijing Division are also desperately looking for relationships, going through the back door and trying to squeeze into the navy, the world has been peaceful for many years, and there is no war, and they are born to be reserve soldiers, and the children of the banner people who were born as reserve soldiers will lose the opportunity to climb up, relying only on the rations and silver issued by the imperial court every year, which can only solve the problem of food and clothing, and if you want to get ahead, you have to take your life to win war achievements.
Although Wu Ge is strict and strict, in the end, there are still a thousand people who meet the requirements, and there is an endless stream of intercession for him, which makes him a big head, and finally his old son Yaerjianga gave him an idea, "You stupid boy, pull all the people to Shanghai, and let the fourteenth elder brother have a headache." ”
The news of recruiting the navy caused a sensation in Shanghai, Yinzhen deliberately took a two-day vacation, so that the group of clan children tied yellow belts to the county seat of Shanghai to swagger, this group of poor children since following Yinzhen out of Beijing has not been on vacation, by him all day to night to die drills, this holiday, one by one as if released from the cage, indulged in the county seat of Shanghai.
In less than half a day, the entire Shanghai people knew that the group of people who wore strange clothes and practiced every day turned out to be children of the royal family, and the Fourteenth Master's Naval Academy recruited the navy with these people? Not to mention the eyes of ordinary small families, even the children of major famous families have sent people home to report the news, this is a great opportunity, to be able to get acquainted with this group of young masters, and pull a relationship, in the future, I am afraid that I will have no background, no backer and no background?
On the tenth day of September, Kangxi returned to Beijing.
Kangxi left Beijing for half a year, the ninth elder brother Yinyu, the tenth elder brother Yinyu but was not idle for a day, in order to let Kangxi see a clean and tidy capital when he returned to Beijing, the two of them made a bloody investment, the salary is mentioned again and again, small workers, casual workers are also hard to please, and finally five days ago the inner city of Dongcheng District, Xicheng District, especially from Andingmen to Changchun Garden section was successfully completed.
As soon as Kangxi entered Andingmen, he was attracted by the changes in front of him, the street was all carved three-foot-long bluestone slabs, on both sides of the street were low flower beds, which were green flowers and plants, and after a zhang wide, there were two rows of straight lush trees.
There was a garbage can every two hundred or so steps on the street, and there was a big toilet sign at seven hundred paces, but an arrow was drawn to guide the alley inside.
After turning onto the street, he walked two miles away, and returned to the palace unfinished, all the way back to Changchun Garden, he opened the curtains from time to time to watch, and there was always a faint smile on his face.
Taiji Factory Wangfu Street, Lianbeile Mansion.
Yinxi entered the door with his front foot, and the old nine and eleven people rushed over with their back feet.
"Haha, the ninth brother and the tenth brother are so fast." As soon as they met, Yinxi smiled happily, "Today, Emperor Ama Ke has not broken the smile on his face since he entered the city, Ming'er, you two are waiting for the reward Reading Pavilion." ”
After the two of them saw the ceremony, Yin Qi said with a smile, "Starling looks much more refreshing, and his body is still good in the Reading Pavilion." ”
"Okay." Yinxi smiled and said, "Let's go, go to my study." ”
As soon as he sat down, Yin Yu said: "Starling, in the past six months, there have been four major events, Zhao Shenqiao, the governor of Biyuan, impeached Yu Yimo, the governor of Huguang, Zhang Boxing, the governor of Jiangsu, impeached Kali, the governor of Liangjiang, the drought in Fujian and the case of the left deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Shi Zuyuntu, who was sparsely involved in the household department's internal warehouse deficit grass beans, the other three have all been concluded. ”
Yin Xi didn't answer and asked, "What does the ninth brother think in his heart?" ”
Yin Yu has been thinking about this matter for a long time, and said as soon as he opened his mouth, "Kali has always been slippery, looking at the meaning of Huang Ama, I am afraid that I will beat him this time, but this matter is not big after all, and it is not forbidden to resell rice, so it is estimated that he will not be dismissed, the governor of Liangjiang is second only to the governor of Zhili, should we take the opportunity to pull him?" Pull him over completely? ”
"Hehe, I have that idea too." Yin Yu said with a smile, "Last year, because the fourteenth brother recklessly stepped on the Kali, I wrote to the fourteenth brother to persuade the fourteenth brother, but the fourteenth brother replied to me with a resolute attitude asking us to stay away from the Kali. ”
"What do you mean by ...... starling?"
Yin Xi said without hesitation, "According to the fourteenth brother, the fourteenth has not walked the eye so far, and I believe in his eyesight." ”