The abolition of the 'shaving and easy to wear' order in Beijing is not great, more than 70 years of shaving and easy to wear has long made a group of gentry and common people develop a habit, and when the implementation of the shaving and easy to obey order was too barbaric, many old people are still apprehensive, although I believe that today's Qing Dynasty will not repeat the barbaric acts of the year, but now it is the world of the Qing Dynasty, retaining the habits of the Manchu people, not only safe, but also more superior, no one wants to have nothing to do.

However, the people of Shunyi soon discovered that a small number of military masters in the Shunyi camp had shaved their hair, and they were all bald, which made them feel very shocked. Isn't this a big unfilial piety? Without braids and long hair, are these still the people of the Qing Dynasty? This world is really making people more and more confused.

In order to meet the needs of sea voyages and wars, all officers and men of the navy should shave their hair, and they must not keep braids, long hair, large sideburns, and beards, and their hair must not be longer than half an inch. Those who are unwilling to shave their hair will be transferred to the Eight Flags Green Camp.

Although they are reluctant to wear braids, although they also dislike having short hair, but no one in the navy wants to transfer to the Eight Banners Green Battalion, what are you kidding, and now the non-commissioned officers of the Eight Banners Green Battalion have sharpened their heads and want to squeeze into the Navy and the Praetorian Guard New Army, but no one can get along with their own future and money for the sake of braids.

With the arrival of Zhenwu's edict, the navies of Shunyi, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Karopa reluctantly cut off the braids that had accompanied them for one or two decades.

However, they soon discovered the benefits of short hair, in fact, it is really inconvenient for the navy to keep braids, because the navy has a lot of swimming training, and it often has to work in the rain on the warship, and now the braids are getting thicker and thicker, and it is not easy to dry when wet, and the military uniform will also be wet, and the short hair is wiped and dried casually, which is a lot more convenient. Furthermore. There are many inconveniences in the operation of a long braid on a battleship and firearms training, and once something happens, it is necessary to distract yourself from the braids, otherwise it will get in the way.

After hearing Zhenwu's holy message, all the officers and soldiers were worried, and the navy did not cut off its braids but only turned to the Eight Banners Green Battalion. Wouldn't the Praetorian New Army sooner or later cut off its braids? Without braids, are they still flag men? The emperor is good at everything, but how could he have such a strange idea?

Soon, the shrewd businessman smelled a business opportunity, and a shop specializing in fake braids came into being, and the news spread. However, many naval officers and soldiers and the new Praetorian Guards secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and it was a big deal to buy a fake braid when they went home.

For the navy's behavior of cutting off braids, the people were just surprised, no one dared to talk about it, who didn't know that the navy was the heart of Zhen Wuye, and without Zhen Wuye's holy decree, they dared to cut off their braids? It is the will of Lord Zhenwu, but it is not something that their small people dare to talk about casually.

The royal family and princes of the Jingshi have big opinions. But one by one, they only dared to scold behind closed doors, "What kind of system is this?" No braids. Is that still called a flag man? Monkey business! "But no one dares to speak up in public, everyone knows it. To blame the navy is to blame the emperor, besides, there are few flag men in the navy, but now the Qing Dynasty can't do without the navy for a day.

All the royal clansmen and the princes and nobles of the Eight Banners are desperately trying their best to let their banner people learn to swim to take the navy exam, who dares to publicly accuse the navy is not, it is purely self-inflicted embarrassment, now the navy is fragrant, and no one will stop you if you want to keep braids.

A group of gentry who maintain long hair, maintain braids, maintain traditions, maintain filial piety, and pay attention to the parents of the body and skin at this time, no one cares about this little thing at all.

The entire Qing Dynasty and the opposition, but all the gentry and officials who had meritorious names were all involved in this unprecedented debate, and the Beijing Daily published a long article listing the views of the Huayi distinction in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty, and systematically expounding the changes in the criteria for the distinction of Huayi in each stage.

Ningbao maintained a consistent style of free criticism and refutation, but all articles with novel ideas and sharp writing, regardless of whether the views were right or wrong, were all published, and Huayi's discernment was an enduring topic, and the Qing Dynasty was not a Han nationality, and the debate was full of a strong smell of gunpowder at the beginning, countless wonderful essays and sentences emerged, and the incisive views of celebrities and heroes of all generations were also put on the newspaper.

While debating, the Beijing Daily launched a criticism of Dolgon and Aobai, counting Dolgon's chaotic government, Aobai's abuse of power and disaster to the Qing Dynasty, enclosure, escape, surrender, shaving hair and changing clothes, and text prison were all planted on the two of them one by one, which originally happened when the two were in power, Shunzhi and Kangxi both ascended the throne since childhood, and all kinds of evil deeds before they were in power, naturally they could not be held responsible.

After criticizing Dolgon and Aobai, the Beijing Daily began to praise Emperor Shunzhi and Emperor Kangxi for putting things right, opening up territory, making peace with Mongolia, governing Tibet, punishing corruption, rectifying the rule of officials, promoting the good and eliminating the bad, attaching importance to agriculture, promoting literature and religion, being friendly to the Han people, and opening up overseas.

What the general gentry saw was a criticism of the traitorous ministers and the praise of the Son of Heaven of the Qing Dynasty, but what many famous scholars and Confucian officials saw was that the Qing Dynasty frankly admitted the major mistakes at the beginning of its entry into the Central Plains in an open way.

Although the Qing Dynasty was still holding the pipa and half-covering his face, he bravely took the step of open self-examination and self-correction, which made countless gentry feel full of emotion, and greatly promoted the development of the great debate of Huayi's distinction to culturalism and Tianxiaism.

In the winter of the fifth year of Zhenwu, with the secret support of Tsarist Russia, Arabutan sent Tseling Dun Dobu to lead 6,000 cavalry from Khotan to Tibet from the west, defeated Lazang Khan in one fell swoop, and then captured Lhasa, killed Lazang Khan, and established his rule in all Tibet.

In the summer of April of the sixth year of Zhenwu, Zhenwu issued a holy edict, ordering Yue Zhongqi to be the general of the expedition to the west, commanding the 10,000 new troops of the Xi'an Janissaries to conquer Dzungaria, and the Northwest War officially kicked off.

In May, a huge merchant fleet formed by France, Spain and other European Union countries arrived in the Qing Dynasty for the fourth time, bringing not only a large number of European scientific and technological talents and technical talents, but also the steam engine that Zhenwu dreamed of.

Years of war have completely dragged down the economy of France and Spain, and the Qing Dynasty trade, they have neither commodities nor gold and silver, only to use a large number of talents in exchange for large loans from the Qing Dynasty, not only France's own talents, they also go to European countries to dig around the wall and even hire mercenaries to kidnap well-known talents from various countries, in order to satisfy the Qing Dynasty's thirst for talents, get a few steam engines that no one cares about, mainly used for mine pumping, is a piece of cake.

At the end of Zhenwu's third year, Yinzhen and Shi Shibiao received Zhenwu's edict that they secretly recruited talents in natural science, physics and chemistry, astronomy and geography, navigation and metallurgy in Europe, and they did not restrict any method, as long as they got people to the Qing Dynasty.

Yin Zhen and Shi Shibiao naturally understood the importance of talents, and recruiting outstanding talents from Europe, not to mention whether it would bring much benefit to the Qing Dynasty, could at least delay the development of Europe.

The European Corps, which Yinzhen had trained for two years, also began to appear on stage, and began to go to European countries to inquire about and kidnap all kinds of talents, and began to spy on various intelligence.

It turned out that as early as the second year of Zhenwu, Yin Zhen and Wu Sidao found that there were a large number of mercenaries in Europe who were indifferent to the concept of the country and recognized money in their eyes.

Training the European Corps is not something that can be taken with a small amount of gold and silver, it is no different from burning money, Yinzhen's financial resources in Europe are obviously unable to cope with it, so he has to make a clear statement, praying that Zhenwu will allow the proceeds of the Nanyang Fleet to suppress pirates into the training of the European Corps.

Zhenwu did not hesitate to allow this, invested so much silver, the overall effect is not, after receiving Zhenwu's order to all kinds of talents, Yinzhen put the European Corps into use.

Under the comprehensive and meticulous collection of France, Spain, and the European Corps, a large number of European talents were continuously sent to the Qing Dynasty.

This is the largest number of talents sent with the fleet, with more than 500 talents engaged in natural sciences, physics and chemistry, astronomy and geography, navigation and metallurgy.

Along with the fleet, there was also a small fleet stationed in Tangier Port, which brought back the secret folds and twists and turns of all the big men on this route, such as Prince Yong Yinzhen, Suiyuan General Shi Shibiu, Lin Wei, Fu Anding, Liu Zhisheng, Fu Han, Chen Pengnian, Yinren, Yinren, etc.

Zhenwu first dismantled the dense folding box of Yinlu and Yinren, and the two of them began to establish a commercial port in the west and east ends of the Persian Gulf in the third year of Zhenwu, one in Hubar, and one in Bandar Abbas.

Now that the Northwest War has broken out, Zhenwu's attention to the idle man in the Persian Gulf has naturally increased greatly, at least thousands or even tens of thousands of navy and Janissaries should be stationed in Bandar Abbas, and if necessary, he can move to the northwest, or even fight two battles, so as to contain the Ottoman Empire's forces, so that he does not dare to go north.

For Yue Zhongqi's conquest of Dzungaria, Zhenwu is not worried at all, he is worried about the old empire of the Ottomans, which can block the trade between the East and the West, indirectly promote the great navigation of Europe, and open up new routes. (To be continued.) )