When Bao Fu bowed down and took the order to retreat, Yinzhen slowly paced up in the hall again, the reason why he called Lao Jiu Yinyu to come, he wanted to temporarily hand over the military workshop in Tianjin to Lao Jiu to take care of, it is not a trivial matter for the flag people to work in the workshop, these flag people are all uncles, and they can have a relationship with a lot of princes and nobles, and there is no capable person in charge, so they can't be suppressed at all.

In addition, Wang Gongxun, who has a close relationship with the Eight Masters Party, is a lot more expensive, and going to Tianjin from Lao Jiu can not only save a lot of trouble, but also easily obtain the strong support of most Wang Gongxun, which is very important, and he doesn't want to make any mistakes.

Bao Fuquan soon went and returned, and came in and bowed down to report: "Prince, the two adults in the study, Wang Luo and Fu Ning'an, are out to see. ”

"Invite them in." Yinzhen stopped, commanded casually, and then slowly paced back to the bookcase and sat down.

Wang Luo and Fu Ning'an came very quickly, and after coming in to greet An, Fu Ning'an bowed down and said: "The crown prince, all the generals of the Qing Imperial Navy are young and handsome, and those who are promoted to the third and fourth grades in vain because of their military exploits abound, which is really rare. With that, he bowed down and presented the piece he had already written.

Yinzhen took the piece and said with a smile: "Sit down and talk." As he spoke, he opened the recital and glanced at it, then glanced up at Fu Ning'an, and muttered a little before he said, "Does Lord Fu know the current scale and preliminary plans of the Royal Navy?" ”

Don't wait for Fu Ning'an to speak. He took care of himself and continued: "Not counting the sailors who have been incorporated into the navy, and not counting the 20,000 recruits who are still in Shanghai and Tianjin, there are more than 30,000 people in the navy now. How many commanders and vice-admirals are there in the Navy today? Within five years, the size of the navy will be more than 100,000, and this is just the beginning, and in recent years, the navy will continue to promote a large number of generals.

The expedition to Europe is imminent, and the expedition to Japan is a great victory in the national war, if it is not rewarded. How to motivate soldiers? Expedition to Europe for 40,000 miles, I don't know how many soldiers will be buried in the sea, burying their bones in a foreign land, how can the imperial court be stingy with this reward?

I know that many officials are jealous, but the navy's reward is based on real military exploits, and if there is no reward for meritorious service, how can it show the fairness of the imperial court? How do you motivate soldiers to use their lives?

The emperor has already made a will, and he must reward the meritorious soldiers as soon as possible. Let's take it back ourselves. ”

Listen to Yinzhen's words. Wang Luo and Fu Ningan were shocked, the navy will be expanded to 100,000 within five years? How many warships does that need? Battleship maintenance, the consumption of firearms and gunpowder, plus soldiers' salaries. The annual expenditure is at least tens of millions, how can the imperial court raise it? Is it like fighting Japan, obtaining reparations through continuous wars?

Fu Ningan didn't dare to think about it. Now that Kangxi has made an order, his recital will no longer have any effect except offending people, Yinzhen who listened to it asked him to take it back, he quickly got up and took it back, and secretly thanked Yinzhen for his kindness.

I saw Fu Ningan hit a big nail. Wang Luo naturally didn't want to do much, whether the imperial court was capable of maintaining such a large army. It's none of his business, the navy is the heart and soul of the crown prince, and it is purely self-seeking to compare with the crown prince on this, but he still wants to find out about Japan's peace and proximity, which is likely to imply that there are major changes in the foreign policy of the Qing Dynasty, and it is unlikely that Yinzhen will take the initiative to explain.

After a deep groan, Wang Luo bowed and said: "Since Japan has been called a minister, it is a vassal state of my Great Qing Dynasty, sending a princess and a relative, there is no precedent to follow, the crown prince is my prince of the Great Qing Dynasty, so harmonious, all the vassal states will inevitably rush to it, and there are many Great Qing vassal states, if they all flock to follow suit, how to deal with it?" Weichen Yudun also asked the crown prince for advice. ”

"No examples? Is there a precedent for everything? What doesn't come out of nowhere? Yinzhen asked rhetorically, paused slightly, and said in a heavy tone: "You are all well-educated people, you can't blindly follow the old ways, people are the same, the world is changing all the time, we must keep pace with the times, we must be brave in innovation, dare to innovate." …,

In the case of firearms, what did the original firearms look like? Isn't it after countless innovations and improvements to have today's power? In terms of the law, there are far away Shang Ying's law, Wang Anshi's law, and Zhang Juzheng's law, and my dynasty's 'paving into the mu' is also a law, how can there be an immutable law? How can we follow the old ways in everything?

Now that the sea trade is prosperous, all kinds of novel affairs emerge in an endless stream, blindly stick to the old ways, rest on their laurels, they will fall behind, and they will be beaten if they are backward. Willing to pay a huge amount of money? Hongu will tell you clearly today that the navy killed tens of thousands of him in the first battle of Edo, and only suffered more than 200 casualties of his own.

Nowadays, the enemy of the Qing Dynasty is not in the surrounding area, but in Europe, which is 40,000 miles away, because European countries have the courage to innovate and make continuous progress.

Two hundred years ago, who would have dared to think, who would have thought that the Europeans would come to China across 40,000 miles, look at these European missionaries in the capital, missionaries can come, their troops can also come, and the Spanish fleet is a good example? If Spain can come, can't the fleets of Britain, France, Holland, etc. come? ”

Wang Luo and Fu Ningan didn't expect to ask about Japan's peace and pro-family, but Yinzhen seized the precedent to follow, borrowed the topic to play, and reprimanded, both of them are human spirits, from these words faintly guessed that Yinzhen is about to start innovating again, listening to his tone, it seems that he is going to carry out a big change, both of them are quite worried, there has always been no good result in changing the law, and the Qing Dynasty is more to control more with less, and the big change is naturally more difficult.

Since the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, it has been turbulent, and now the world is finally peaceful, but there is such a crown prince who likes innovation, both of them are secretly sighing, it seems that they are going to be poor again.

Yinzhen paused slightly, took a sip of tea, and then continued: "The Great Qing Dynasty can send the princess and relatives, why can't the vassal countries send the princess to the Great Qing Dynasty and the relatives?" The dignified suzerain, don't you dare to accept the peace requests of the vassal states? How many palaces come to accept all the orders, the Forbidden City, can't accommodate a few vassal women? Not only that, but the palace also intends to send hostages to Beijing from all feudal states, and to pay money every year, and each feudal clan and relatives must also form a rule. ”

Wang Luo and Fu Ning'an couldn't help but be secretly frightened, the many vassal states of the Great Qing Dynasty were actually only sending tribute every year or every other year or even every three or five years to express their submission, and the Qing Dynasty did not interfere in the internal and foreign affairs of the vassal states, and the crown prince ordered the vassal states to make peace with each other, pledge, and pay New Year's coins, which was obviously preparing to actually and effectively control the internal affairs of the vassal states, although this move could greatly strengthen the control of the vassal states, but it was also very easy to be strongly opposed by the vassal states, could it be that the Qing Royal Navy was ready to use force against the surrounding vassal states?

This is a big deal, Yinzhen has just returned from Xiaotangshan Palace, has Kangxi already allowed it? Wang Luo and Fu Ningan were undecided, so naturally they didn't dare to express their stance easily.

Yinzhen just blew the wind first, and passed it out through the mouths of the two to see the reaction of the court, and did not expect the two to be able to express their position, and after speaking, he said lightly: "Kneel down." ”

After the two withdrew, Yinzhen also relaxed, leaning comfortably on the back of the chair, he released this rumor, it is indeed intended to change the current relationship between the Qing Dynasty and the vassals, although the Qing Dynasty is the suzerain, but there is no substantive management and control over the vassal states, it can be said that it is in vain, and the vassal states are not subject to any restrictions except for sending tribute, asking for seals, and nominally submitting to them.

Needless to say, the tribute envoys were completely lost money and made money, the Qing Emperor rewarded the tributary envoys with money and goods far more than the tribute of the vassal states, and also authorized the tributary envoys to trade duty-free in the same hall, this kind of good thing that is difficult to find with lanterns is naturally to make all countries rush to it, and all vassal states are doing everything possible to pay tribute, especially the North Korea, which loves to take advantage, in addition to the four fixed tributary envoys of the Winter Solstice, He Zhengshuo, He Shengjie, and Na New Year's coins every year, all kinds of irregular envoys are endless. …,

North Korea's annual annual payment of coins, Yinzhen only knew that it was 100 taels of gold and 1,000 taels of silver before, but after many reductions and exemptions, he did not know that this idea of silver money was not enough to stuff his teeth, compared to the tax exemption and reward money and goods for their mission trade, the Qing Dynasty was completely at a loss, and it was only a good name to hear.

Even so, the vassal states did not submit the table in time, and the small Ryukyu even changed two kings, and they did not ask for the seal, let alone blame, there is no way to know.

Yinzhen's move is not only to change this loose relationship between the clans and vassals, this is just a signal, starting from this year, the Qing Dynasty will press the vassal states step by step, targeted, and force them to rebel one by one, so that there is an excuse to send troops, and the surrounding coastal vassal states want them to rebel is to destroy the country and destroy the species, and if they do not rebel, they will also be destroyed and assimilated.

However, this move will definitely be attacked by a group of courtiers in the court who are full of 'benevolence, righteousness and morality, Huairou Yuan's benevolence and benevolence, and the king does not govern Yidi', and there will definitely be a big debate, so you must ventilate your own people first.

Just thinking about it, Bao Fuquan bowed outside and said, "The prince, the ninth master has arrived." ”

Lao Jiu arrived, Yinzhen hurriedly got up and went out, as soon as he got out of the hall, he saw the fat Yinzhen striding over, he couldn't help but stand on the steps with a smile, and saw the old fourteen come out, Yinzhen hurriedly took a few steps, rushed to the front and hugged his fist and bowed and said: "Why should the crown prince be so polite." ”

"Brother Jiu is here, I must welcome him." Yinzhen said with a smile, then stretched out his hand and said, "Let's go into the house to talk, Brother Jiu, please." ”