Chapter 511 Workers?

Yinzhen smiled and said: "After the war, the discussion of gains and losses is not only for high-level generals such as Lin Wei and Fu Anding, but also for middle-level generals and grass-roots generals in the navy, and the discussion records must be forwarded to the whole army, and the whole army should be organized to study, which is not only convenient for high-level generals to understand the following situation, but also provides opportunities for grassroots generals to learn. k update"

Yinxiang nodded and said, "Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find, since ancient times." ”

Seeing that Yinxiang's experience was not deep, Yinzhen didn't bother to explain, the navy focused on cultivating generals to prepare for the rapid expansion of troops in the future, not limited to the navy, these generals changed slightly, and the army was also competent, groaning slightly, he looked down and looked at the letter in his hand, the first one was the original and annex of the "Edo Treaty".

After taking it apart and looking at it carefully, it was basically signed according to his instructions, only the specific number was different, he couldn't help but chin slightly, quite satisfied, and after a little groaning, he said: "Arrange a ship as soon as possible to transfer the five thousand war horses to Australia, Australia is now in urgent need of war horses." ”

Yinxiang nodded and said: "Now that I am going to Japan, it is a smooth sail, and I have asked Shi Shibi to inform Tang Degui of the Shanghai Sand Boat Association." As he spoke, he asked curiously, "The fourteenth brother wants to make peace with Japan?" Will Huang Ama agree? ”

Hearing the mention of Kangxi, Yinzhen thought that Kangxi said that he wanted to see Yinxiang, Yinxiang returned to Beijing, and came here first, God knows if Kangxi will be too careful, and immediately said: "What you said, but it reminded me that Huang Ama's health has improved greatly, you first hurry to the Xiaotangshan Palace to ask Huang Ama, and at night, I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you." ”

Hearing that Kangxi's health had improved greatly, Yinxiang was also overjoyed, and asked, "Huang Ama can fully recover?" ”

"It's not a big problem." Yinzhen said with a smile: "The recovery situation is good now, and I should be able to fully recover." ”

Yin Xiang hesitated for a moment before he said: "Huang Ama will definitely ask about the situation of the expedition, how to respond?" ”

Hearing this, Yinzhen couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, the old thirteen is now wholeheartedly thinking about himself, and after a little hesitation, he smiled and said: "The navy is now the economic division of the imperial court, there is no need to hide it, report it truthfully, you bring these materials." ”

Yinxiang nodded slightly, Kangxi recovered well, returned to Beijing by himself, and went to the prince first, but he was a big taboo, and at that moment, he got up and said goodbye.

Yinzhen got up to see him off, and when he went out of the palace gate, he said: "No need to wash, just go quickly, Huang Ama is not energetic, pay attention to the conversation time." ”

Yinxiang nodded, hugged his fists and bowed halfway, then turned around, only ten steps, but just ran into the bud above and hurriedly walked in, he couldn't help but stop with a smile, seeing that it was Yinxiang, Fang Bao hurriedly stepped forward to ask for a salute, and after getting up, he waved again, and said: "Congratulations to the thirteenth master for his prestige overseas!" ”

Yinxiang saw that he was wearing a six-grade supplement, and secretly thought that the old fourteen should have helped him fill the position of Zhan Shifu, so he smiled and quipped: "Okay, I haven't seen him for a few days, it's the six-grade official body, shouldn't I have a treat to congratulate him?" ”

"The thirteenth master wants to drink, and the lower officials should accompany him." Fang Bao smiled and said, "I'll go to the mansion another day." ”

Yinxiang wanted to rush to see Kangxi, but he didn't dare to delay more, so he smiled and said: "I'll rush to see the emperor, I won't talk to you, I want the best wine, I heard that the prince has good wine, you might as well go and fight the autumn breeze." He nodded and walked away quickly.

Fang Bao was stunned for a moment, why was Kangxi in a hurry to see the Thirteenth Master? After a little groaning, he quickly stepped into Yuqing Palace.

Yinzhen took a few sips of tea, and after Fang Bao saw the salute, he stretched out his hand to give up his seat, and then said: "Since Yinxiang has returned to Beijing, the news of the navy's victory in the Japanese campaign will spread immediately, and the investigation of the reaction of the flag man is over?" "...," Back to the prince, the investigation has been completed. Fang Bao bowed and said: "The situation is not optimistic, through a large number of private visits, the flag people at the bottom are more in favor of the relaxation of restrictions, after all, the release of employment restrictions, they can freely raise a livelihood, which can greatly improve the embarrassing situation." But the slightly wealthy banner people are all opposed.

There are many reasons for opposition, in general, there are several points, one is that they think that the banner people are engaged in other industries, have the best share, more than 70 years of benevolence policy, they are used to enjoying money and food, and have long developed the habit of being easy and disgusting, and they think that engaging in agricultural business is undignified.

The second is that the overall sense of honor of the banner people is extremely strong, and the privileges of many years make them superior everywhere, except for the army, the rest are regarded as cheap jobs, let them engage in other industries, and they have a psychological sense of humiliation.

The third is that they are worried that after the restrictions are lifted, the imperial court will cancel their various privileges.

This is the situation learned through extensive visits, Weichen has also been thinking about it these days, the banner people have not been doing production for many years, and have lost the most basic ability to survive, and on the first day of the first day of the new year, they can only engage in cheap work and sell coolies, which is difficult for the middle and upper class banner people to accept, and the emperor may also be difficult to accept.

In addition, the banner people enjoy all kinds of privileges, not to mention the selection of officials, the legal privileges alone are a huge gap, and ordinary people and businessmen are afraid of interacting with the banner people, which also greatly restricts the integration of the flag people into various industries. ”

Speaking of this, Fang Bao sighed bitterly, and said: "The reform of the Eight Banners system is really a matter of moving the whole body, unless there is great determination and perseverance, it is really difficult to shake the slightest, even if the restrictions are relaxed, all the princes and ministers will strongly oppose it, Fourteenth Master, is it a little delayed?" ”

Listening to these words, Yinzhen also felt a chill in his heart, just letting go of the restrictions on the practice of the flag people, it is so difficult, not to mention the innovation after that, delay time, when will it be delayed? How many years will it take to wait for himself to ascend the throne? Could it be that there will be less opposition at that time?

Can't delay, no matter how difficult it is, Yinzhen secretly thought, this tumor will have to be cut sooner or later, and it is better to cut it early than later, if you don't take advantage of the money at hand, if you don't take the opportunity of overseas expansion, you can't solve it completely in the future.

It is impossible for the legal privileges of the banner people to be canceled immediately, which will cause a great backlash, and they can only gradually increase the punishment and slowly keep up with the laws of the Qing Dynasty. At present, how can we relax the restrictions on the practice of flag people, this opening must be torn apart first, otherwise, everything is empty talk, how can we make the flag people willingly, or even enthusiastically accept this?

After a long sigh, Yinzhen said: "The reform of the Eight Banners system is not only related to the livelihood of the banner people, the country's military system, and the finances of the imperial court, but also related to the long-term peace and stability of the Qing Dynasty. Even if we can't openly propose to relax the restrictions on the practice of flag people, we must create conditions. ”

Create the conditions? What are the conditions for the relaxation of restrictions on the practice of flag people? How are these conditions created? Fang Bao frowned slightly, he didn't expect Yinzhen to have such a big determination, and after a little hesitation, he said tentatively: "Loosen the restrictions on the practice of the flag people and involve the privileges of all parties involved in the flag people, and if you openly propose it, it will be opposed, does the prince want to bypass it?" ”

Yinzhen glanced at Fang Bao with appreciation and said, "Yes! Let's not put forward it openly, first create a fait accompli, guide the flag people to do things, wait for many flag people to come out to do things, and then logically propose to relax the restrictions on employment, and the opposition will not be so loud. ”

"This method is good." Fang Bao frowned slightly and said, "However, how can we guide the banner people to come out and do things without arousing the opposition of the princes and ministers?" ”

"In order for the banner people to come out and do things willingly, and the princes and ministers do not interfere, we must consider several points." Yinzhen said with a smile: "First of all, we must strengthen the imperial power through the rectification of flag affairs, gradually weaken the personal control of the flag owners and princes and nobles over the flag people, and weaken their right to interfere. Fang Bao couldn't help but widen his eyes, it's easy to say about the rectification of flag affairs, what kind of work is decent, rich, and large-scale? There are hundreds of thousands of bannermen in Beijing, and if there are fewer people, it will not help and will not achieve results.

Seeing Fang Bao's puzzled face, Yinzhen smiled and said: "The banner man has no strength, neither farming nor business experience, so he can only build a large workshop, let the banner people enter the workshop to work, let them be workers, and slowly transform them into industrial workers." ”

"Workshop?" Fang Bao lost his voice and said, "How big is the workshop to house so many people?" The workshop is a coolie, and the flag man is willing to go in? Can all the princes and ministers not object? ”

"There are enough benefits, who wouldn't want to go?" Yinzhen smiled slightly: "Why is Honggang attractive? Just because of the high salary, a skilled craftsman's salary is about one or two or five dollars a month, and one person entering the factory is enough to support a family, who doesn't want to go? If you want to get in, you have to find a way.

In order to attract the bannermen into the factory, we can also raise the salary, the same standard as the infantry, two taels of silver a month, do not worry that they will not come, as for the opposition of the princes and ministers, we can use special industries to keep them shut, such as, gunpowder, new gun casting, high-quality steel smelting, and so on. ”

This method is good, gunpowder, new gun casting, high-quality steel smelting these workshops are all military industry, in the hands of the flag people, it is also natural, who dares to stand up against it? Fang Bao couldn't help but smile and said: "The prince is really a three-step plan, in this way, not only solves the livelihood of the banner people, but also cultivates a large number of skilled firearms craftsmen for the imperial court, and lays the foundation for the innovation of the Eight Banners system, which is really killing three birds with one stone."

However, these workshops are located in Beijing, which is not conducive to meeting the needs of the navy, and this is also suspected of losing money and shouting. ”

"How can they be in the capital, let them go to Tianjin, the post road from Tianjin to the capital will be completed next year, and it will be convenient to go back and forth." Yinzhen said disapprerovingly: "The capital will also be built, but it will be built on the outskirts of the city, as for the loss of money, it may not be big, the military industry is not only to meet the needs of the imperial court, but also to sell to the outside world, and there is no loss for civilian use." ”

Xiaotangshan Palace, Kangxi insisted on walking with the support of two eunuchs as usual, recently, he has recovered well, although he still needs to be supported, but walking is not very difficult, for this reason, he increased the number of walks, changed to twice a day, once in the morning and once in the afternoon.

Kangxi recovered well, Li Dequan also felt very relaxed, cautiously followed behind Kangxi, flattered a few words from time to time, seeing that the prescribed exercise time was up, he was about to step forward to remind Kangxi, but he caught a glimpse of a small eunuch at the gate of the courtyard probing his brain, he hurriedly hurried over, and scolded softly: "How many times have you ordered?" The emperor's training time, no one is allowed to disturb, no long memory? ”

The little eunuch bowed down and said: "The chief manager, the thirteenth master is waiting to see him outside, and the slave sees that he is covered in dust, and he is worried that it is a major military matter, so he came to report it, and hopes that the chief manager will forgive his sins." ”

Hearing that the thirteenth master had arrived, Li Dequan couldn't help frowning slightly, Kangxi named the thirteenth master, he was clear, and he groaned before he waved his hand and said, "Wait outside the courtyard first." ”

Kangxi caught a glimpse of the movement here, and when he saw Li Dequan coming back, he stopped and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the thirteenth master has returned to Beijing, waiting outside." Li Dequan bowed down and said, "It's time for the emperor to take a walk, it's time to rest." ”

Hearing that it was the thirteenth man waiting outside, Kangxi was also overjoyed, looked up at the sun, and said, "Put the chair in the shade of this tree and announce him in." ”

Li Dequan also looked at the sun, secretly thinking that the master was sweating, sitting in the shade of a tree, it was not a trivial matter to catch a cold, but seeing that Kangxi was on the rise, he didn't dare to open his mouth to persuade him, and hurriedly signaled a few eunuchs and palace maids to place the tables and chairs close to the sun, and when Kangxi sat down, he turned around and hurried to the courtyard door and said: "The thirteenth master Xuan is here." "..., Yinxiang rode a horse along the way deliberately left behind, fifty miles down, naturally it was obvious wind and dust, heard him to see him, hurriedly rushed in, since Kangxi stroke, he has not seen Kangxi, at this time saw Kangxi sitting on the chair with a warm expression, hurriedly knelt down to ask for peace, and said: "Erchen Yinxiang, please give the emperor Ama goodbye, the emperor Ama Wanfu Jin'an." ”

Seeing that he was covered in dust, Kangxi said with a smile: "Give a seat, enjoy tea." ”

Yinxiang kowtowed again: "The Holy Body of Huang Ama is not safe, and the sons and ministers are worried day and night, and they can't fulfill their filial piety in front of them, and they hope that Huang Ama will forgive their sins." ”

Kangxi deliberately concealed his illness, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but smile slightly: "Loyalty and filial piety can't be both, you are loyal to the country and prestige abroad, I am very relieved, and there is no need to blame yourself." After speaking, he asked again: "Look at your face full of dust, but you have just entered Beijing?" ”

Yinxiang didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly replied: "Back to Huang Ama, the ministers returned to Beijing and heard that the crown prince told Huang Amalong that he was recovering well, so he hurried over. ”

Kangxi nodded and said, "Did you bring the text of the Edo Treaty signed with Japan?" ”

Yinxiang hurriedly handed down the treaty and the annexes, as well as the excerpts of Shi Shibiu, Lin Wei and others, and the minutes of the navy's post-war meeting, and said: "These are the text of the treaty, the annexes, and the excerpts of the admirals. ”

Kangxi took it, looked at it slightly, and said with a smile: "I just moved, sweating profusely, and you are also full of dust, go take a bath first, and then talk in detail." ”