Yuqing Palace is a rectangular courtyard with four entrances before and after. The main gate is the first courtyard in the front star gate, there are three duty rooms, and the west wall opens the Yang Yao Gate and communicates with the Zhai Palace. The Xiangxu Gate is the second courtyard, the main hall of the main hall, and the east and west halls are three each. There are 20 rooms on the east and west sides of the third courtyard, go straight to the fourth courtyard, the main hall is Yuqing Palace, and the building is the I-shaped hall.

Yuqing Palace is five rooms wide, three rooms deep, the top of the yellow glazed tile rest, the front eaves open the door between the bright rooms, the second room, the tip of the window is the sill window, the back eaves are open to the corridor and the apse indirectly, the corridor is one wide, three rooms are deep, and the east and west sides are the sill windows. The scale and layout of the apse are the same as those of Yuqing Palace.

There is a back cover room in the last courtyard, five rooms are wide, three rooms are deep, the yellow glazed tiles hang on the top of the mountain, the front eaves are out of the corridor, the bright room is open, the second room, the tip is the sill window, there are ear rooms on the east and west sides, and the corners of the east and west rooms are connected.

In general, the scale, scenery, comfort and other aspects of Yuqing Palace are not comparable with Prince Sui's Mansion at all, but it is a real East Palace, and Yinzhen's daily office is in Yuqing Palace.

Yinxiang was also a party of Yinxiang before, and he didn't come to Yuqing Palace, and he didn't have to take the whole of Bao Fuquan to lead the way, and passed through the Xiangxu Gate and the main hall lightly, and saw Yinzhen standing in front of the gate of Yuqing Palace waiting, he hurriedly walked a few steps, stepped forward and hugged his fist and bowed and said: "Brother Yinxiang, I have seen the crown prince." ”

"Meet in private, no formality." Yinzhen smiled and said: "I am really tired of being like a big guest all the time, the thirteenth brother has always been informal, so why can't he be exempt from vulgarity." ”

Yinxiang straightened up and said with a smile: "There is a difference between the monarch and the minister, where the name is, and the gift of meeting, Yinxiang does not dare to be ambiguous." ”

Yinzhen nodded, the old thirteen looks uninhibited on the surface, but in fact he is very measured, otherwise he would not be able to be pampered, after the two of them greeted each other and sat down in the hall, Yinzhen said with a smile: "Today is the fourth day of the fourth month of April, count the day, the Nanyang Fleet should be about to arrive in Shanghai, the thirteenth brother should be here for this matter today." ”

Yinxiang came today, it is indeed for the matter of the Eastern Expedition to the Japanese Country, and now the situation in Beijing has initially stabilized, and Kangxi's condition cannot be stabilized in the short term, and it is impossible for the old fourteenth to go out of Beijing to conquer the Japanese country as the prince of the prison country, and the old fourteen will not go, and he Yinxiang is the boss of the Eastern Expedition to the Japanese country, and Shi Shibiao will not dare to instruct him to fight.

As soon as Yinzhen took the initiative to mention this, Yinxiang smiled and said: "From the capital to Tianjin, it will take six or seven days to get to Shanghai at the earliest. ”

Yinzhen smiled slightly, the old thirteen was a little impatient to see the hunt, and he groaned slightly, before he said: "This eastward expedition to the Wazi Kingdom aims to destroy the Japanese Empire, in case after the navy has exhausted the expedition, the Wazi Kingdom dog jumps over the wall and harasses our southeast coast. In addition, it is to force the Wazi State to pay tribute and increase the number of trade gates.

The expedition of the Nanyang Fleet to Europe is imminent, and the war cannot be expanded, except for Edo, try not to go ashore in other places, delay it for two or three years, let's free our hands, and then slowly clean up the gang of pirates.

Yinzhen's purpose of the Eastern Expedition to the Japanese Kingdom, Yinxiang had long been clear and heard this, he nodded and said: "The expedition to Europe is related to the long-term development of the Qing Dynasty and overseas separation. ”

Yinzhen nodded slightly: "I don't need to say anything about the priority, but the thirteenth brother has a full understanding of the country of the Japanese people?" ”

Yinxiang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, the country of the Japanese has been closed for decades, before, he knew nothing except that the country was rich in copper, silver and gold, and recently because the navy was going to the east, he began to collect information about the country, but his understanding was also extremely limited, and he said sincerely: "Please also ask the prince to teach." Yinzhen took a sip of tea, and then said: "The country is located in a corner of the sea in the extreme east, the geography is very isolated, and the land is a small place, but there are more than 30 million people, which can be described as a narrow and dense population. It is worth noting that the people of the Wazi Kingdom are all the same nation, which is different from our Qing Dynasty, at the beginning of the conquest, there will definitely be stubborn resistance, and the Yuanmeng Eastern Expedition has encountered this situation.

Because of the isolation overseas, the territory is narrow, the people of the Japanese country are both arrogant and inferior, because it is not easy to survive, they value practical profits, worship the strong, bow to the strong, be humble, and be cruel and ruthless to the weak, which is the inferior root of the island country of the Japanese country.

In view of their inferior nature, the only landing battle -- the attack on Edo -- must show the prestige of the navy, and if they are afraid of being subdued, they must take the initiative to surrender to the subordinate and pay tribute to them, so that they can sit down and talk with them.

In addition, it should be noted that the Wazi Kingdom has always been insidious and cunning, extremely vicious, good at sneak attacks, and must not underestimate the enemy. The specific negotiation matters are in charge of Long Keduo, the thirteenth brother and Shi Shibiao are both righteous men and gentlemen, this kind of thing, Long Keduo is good at. ”

After the fight, you still have to negotiate? What to talk about? Yinxiang didn't expect Yinzhen to have such an in-depth understanding of the Wazi Kingdom, so he said solemnly: "Yinxiang respects the prince Jun Order, and he will definitely give Edo a thunderous blow." ”

Yinzhen nodded, and said: "The Eastern Expedition to the Wazi Kingdom has not been discussed by the imperial court, and I am now the prince of the prison country. Therefore, this expedition to the east of the country could not afford to lose, and would rather return without success than lose troops and affect the expedition to Europe.

There are 30 million people in the Wako Country, and Edo is the ruling center of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the Tokugawa family has worked hard for hundreds of years to make Edo Castle the largest city in the Wako Country, with a population estimated at hundreds of thousands. ”

When he heard that Edo Castle had a population of hundreds of thousands, and it was still a big city that had been in business for hundreds of years, Yinxiang was overjoyed, raised his eyebrows, and said proudly: "What about Jiancheng? Can it still be as strong as the Beijing Division? The navy is not without experience in attacking cities, and besides, no matter how strong the walls are, they cannot withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery, as long as the gap is opened, the navy's musketeers will be unstoppable.

Besides, we don't want to occupy it, we can burn half of his city with a fire, and we are not afraid that the Japanese country will not be convinced! If you dare to resist, you will slaughter the city. ”

Speaking of this, Yinxiang's tone changed and said: "However, this ammunition and artillery muskets, the prince can prepare us well, and those who can land and fight are expected to be about 5,000 people, and it is impossible to have fewer firearms." ”

"The Japanese country has only more than 100,000 troops, and it is impossible for Edo to exceed 50,000 in one city. Yinzhen said in a deep voice: "There is no problem with the supply of firearms and ammunition, but there must be no loss on the battlefield, so as not to be imitated by the Japanese country." ”

As soon as he heard that the firearms and ammunition were sufficient, Yinxiang couldn't help but be full of confidence, the combat power of the navy, he had seen it with his own eyes, and the Eight Banners Forbidden Brigade was only slaughtered in front of the navy, let alone the Wazi country? He immediately said aloud: "Thirteen will definitely be able to go down to Edo in a battle and make the Wazi Kingdom bow down." ”

Yinzhen admonished: "Brother Thirteen must not be careless, the Wazi Kingdom has been closed to the sea for decades, although there is no maritime force that can confront the Nanyang Fleet, but the firearms of the Wazi State are copied from the Netherlands, and its soldiers are also brave in combat, and they must not be careless to underestimate the enemy, and they must give full play to the advantages of naval artillery." ”

Yinzhen was canonized as the prince, Yinyin and the two couldn't help but feel a little lost, they worked hard for so many years, and finally overthrew the prince Yin, in the end, but the old fourteen easily picked peaches, saying that they were not depressed, that was self-deception, and what was even more depressing was that they were limited to the previous promises, they also fully supported and assisted the old fourteen, and the pain in the hearts of the two was beyond words to describe. ..., after the early dynasty, Yin and Yin habitually gathered at the Lianjun Palace, but Yin was lazy and couldn't lift his spirits, seeing that the eighth brother and the ninth brother were not in high spirits, Yin raised the conversation and said: "Now that the fourteenth brother is in charge of the country, we might as well find the fourteenth brother to ask for an errand, otherwise, it will be uncomfortable to be idle all day long." ”

"Tenth brother doesn't need to worry." Yin cheered up and said: "The fourteenth brother has no experience in supervising the country before, and he has been busy for a few days, so he will be held off for a few days, and when he sorts out his ideas, there will naturally be arrangements." ”

I have to wait, Yin felt a lot of slander in his heart, but he also knew that what the starling said was reasonable, I don't know how many government affairs have been backlogged during this time, the old fourteenth is indeed too busy, and going to run an errand at this time is tantamount to causing trouble to the old fourteen.

Yin was bored for a long time, but suddenly a sentence came out, "Starling, have you ever heard of the rumors outside?" ”

And what are the rumors? Yin frowned slightly, and said, "What rumors have the ninth brother heard?" ”

"Is it too early for us to fall to the fourteenth brother?" Yin said sullenly: "Let's be together with the fourteenth brother, is the power too great?" If Huang Ama recovers well, will he suppress the fourteenth brother and cut the fourteenth brother's wings, will we bear the brunt of it? ”

"Starlings haven't been idle these days." Yin sighed lightly and said: "I found two famous doctors in the capital to have a general understanding, the probability of stroke hemiplegia can recover is only 20%, the probability of disability is as high as 70%, and the probability of causing a second stroke is also very high, it can be said that the chance of recovery of Huang Ama is relatively slim." ”

"The odds of 20 percent are already very high." Yin didn't see it that way, and retorted: "Huang Ama has the best imperial doctor and the best medicine, and the possibility of recovery is still very great." ”

"Not at all." Yin said patiently: "It has nothing to do with treatment, whether you can recover depends on the degree of stroke." ”

Yin continued: "The last time I met in Changchun Garden, Huang Ama's spirit was quite good, his speech was clear, and his mid-air was also very good, it seems that the degree of stroke was not very serious, besides, Huang Ama not only has a good physical foundation, but also has always paid attention to exercise, and has to practice Buku every morning, in my opinion, the chance of recovery is very high." ”