Regarding the mistake of "Galeries Lafayette", the previous chapter has been corrected, and as for the title of "filial piety", it is a statement between the author and the reader, and in the dialogue between the characters in the text, this title is not cited......

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"The elephant accidentally stepped on the ant's nest while walking, so the ants poured out and climbed onto the elephant. The elephant shook its body, the ants fell to the ground, only one ant remained on the elephant's neck, and when the ants on the ground saw it, they shouted: 'Stangle it'! …… It's a funny joke. Yu Zhong, and you Ma De, your two ladies are quite good at telling jokes. ”

Kangxi summoned Old Man Fei, Yu Zhong, and Ma De in the upper study, but the three of them didn't expect Kangxi to see their first sentence, which was actually this. Therefore, after Yu Zhong and Ma De looked at each other, they didn't dare to answer.

"The Empress Dowager likes your two ladies very much and left them in the palace, so you can only meet again after a few days and Lafayette agrees to release them......," Kangxi continued.

"Huh? …… Your Majesty, isn't that right? Yu Zhongyu said. The palace is a tiger's den in Longtan, and his wife stays in it, who knows if there will be any danger. Although Ma De did not speak, he had the same thoughts and expressions.

"Why isn't it good? They are very happy with Lafayette, in order to be happy to chat, Lafayette even blasted me out of Cining Palace, isn't this good? Could it be that it would be good to wait for the Lafayette they picked up to knock me out of the Forbidden City? Kangxi said.

"Indeed, that would be fine." Yu Zhong and Ma De nodded busily in their hearts, but they couldn't say this even if they were killed.

"Yu Zhong, you have done a good job in Heilongjiang in the past two years." mentioned the things in the palace a little, and to the end, Kangxi began to ask about business again, anyway, Yu Zhong and Ma De couldn't enter the palace to bring their wives back. In fact, now even Kangxi himself has no ability to pull Mo Jing and Luo Xin away from Xiaozhuang. When it comes to making the old man happy, the combined skills of him and the concubines are not as good as Mo Jing and Luo Xin's half-open mouths.

"Thank you for your praise." Yu Zhong replied.

"Well, I wonder if the Russians have done anything wrong during the trade. I remember that in the past, those Russians went deep into the territory of our Great Qing Dynasty under the pretense of some kind of exploration, surveyed the terrain, drew a map, and then, when the imperial court was not paying attention, seized the ......land of our Great Qing Dynasty," Kangxi said.

"Back to the emperor, as far as the minions know, the Russians have not behaved excessively lately. Moreover, since the opening of Heilongjiang Customs, General Peng Chun has been doing his best to prevent the past from happening again. It's just that I seem to remember that General Peng Chun once said that due to the expansion of the territory of Heilongjiang, the soldiers and horses in his hands seem to be too thin. Yu Zhong echoed.

"Well, Peng Chun Shangzhang said about it. I have already ordered 10,000 soldiers and horses to be handed over to Peng Chun under the command of Pengchun, which should alleviate the shortage of troops in Heilongjiang. Kangxi nodded, and asked Yu Zhong again: "Heilongjiang's customs income is indeed unexpected, it is really rare to have such an income in just one year." How much do you expect to earn next year? With such achievements at the beginning, it should be a big increase next year, right? ”

"Your Majesty, according to the minions' estimates, the income of Heilongjiang Customs will not increase much next year." Yu Zhong replied.

"Oh? Why? Kangxi was surprised.

"Your Majesty, before the opening of the customs, the Russians and some Dutch merchants were already ready, and they had been working hard to trade with us for a long time. Moreover, because Heilongjiang is located in the extreme north and the road is inconvenient, these merchants from the two countries who came to trade with our Qing Dynasty were not from the private sector, but were mostly sent by the Russian Tsarist royal family and the Dutch government, that is to say, most of these people were private businessmen of the heads of the two countries. It is difficult to increase the amount of purchases, so in the next year, the income of Heilongjiang Customs should not increase too much. Yu Zhong replied. In fact, his rhetoric was all discussed with Mo Jing and Old Man Fei, after all, when he came to Beijing, Kangxi would ask about Heilongjiang Customs. And the reason why he said this is that "set low and seek high". Set your goals low, if you don't get good grades, no one will come to trouble, as I said before; And if there is a good result, it must be the result of his hard work. At that time, Kangxi will definitely reward him.

As for the so-called forecast of next year's customs revenue, it was even more fooled by a gang of them to fool Kangxi. How greedy were European merchants? Marx said: "The capitalists are afraid of no profit or too little profit, just as nature is afraid of a vacuum." As soon as there is a suitable profit, capital will be bold. If there is a profit of ten percent, he guarantees that it will be used everywhere; With twenty percent profit, it becomes active; With a 50 percent profit, it takes a risk; For the sake of 100 percent profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; With a profit of 300 percent, it dares to commit any crime, even to the risk of being hanged. "Three hundred percent is enough to make European merchants desperate, and the probability of China's high-quality and even the highest luxury goods appearing in Europe is almost zero, and after selling them, is it only a thousand percent profit? With the greed of the Tsarist royal family, which is almost inherited in the blood, it is strange that they will not buy and sell these things like crazy next year. At that time, the income of Heilongjiang Customs was definitely more than two million taels.

Setting a low goal with Kangxi is actually to ...... Embezzlement. To make fake accounts, Mo Jing can definitely hide any audit master during this period.

"Well, I see. But it's okay this way, if the transaction does not increase, there are not many people coming and going, and the probability of an accident in Heilongjiang will be much smaller. Kangxi didn't expect Yu Zhong's plan and agreed with his statement.

"The emperor is considerate of the slaves, and the servants are very grateful to them." Yu Zhong feigned to be moved.

"Hehe, what is the grace that is not the grace? In fact, the imperial court did not have high hopes for the Heilongjiang Customs, and promised to open trade, which was just a way to appease the Russians, for the stability of the northern border, and to have today's achievements, which was already a great surprise to me and the imperial court. Kangxi smiled. The tax revenue of Heilongjiang Customs is in the treasury, and most of the income from the sale of goods goes to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, that is, his Kangxi's inner treasury, which is the big one. With more money in his hand, he will naturally spend it happily, of course he is very gracious to Zhongzhong, not to mention that Yu Zhong is equivalent to saving his life.

"Mader, I heard you're doing well in Ningguta?" After talking about Heilongjiang, Kangxi asked Ma De again.

"The slave doesn't dare to be praised by the emperor, compared with Lord Yu, the minion's achievements are simply insignificant." Mader replied with a bow.

"Not really." Kangxi shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "I heard that Ningguta is about to become a small Jiangnan outside the Guan, isn't it?" ”

"The emperor praised it falsely, it's far away, it's still far away......"

"Hehe, you don't have to be nervous." Kangxi saw that Ma De's head was sweating, smiled slightly, and continued: "Although Ningguta is a place of exile, it doesn't have to be bitter and cold, and what you did there made me very happy. If my officials in Manchuria are as attentive as you, why should I worry? ”

"The minions don't dare. Your Majesty, in fact, the minions in Ningguta are also thanks to the help of everyone, so they can do a little better, otherwise, Ningguta will probably only get worse and worse. ”

"Haha, you don't have to be so humble. Your own credit is your own credit, and you don't have to let it out. Kangxi laughed.

He received the news that Ma De was opening up wasteland in Ningguta again, and what kind of medicine garden he was opening, and he didn't know what Ma De wanted to do. Later, people secretly inquired, only to learn that Ningguta has completely changed, not only can it be self-sufficient in food, but it also sold a lot of vegetables to Mongolia last year, making a lot of profits. Now, coupled with the fact that Ma De is already the leader of Jilin and is in charge of Jilin's flag affairs, the number of banner people living around Ningguta is gradually increasing, and most of them have given up their lives of collecting medicine and hunting to engage in farming. And these are not what he pays the most attention to, Ma De is the most satisfying point, on the contrary, these flag people live in mixed flags, and divide the flags into groups, usually farming, training in leisure time, and then divide into several teams according to the eight banners for exercises and competitions. In this way, the mixed flag residence makes the Eight Banners have a neighborhood friendship between the banner people, and the flag competition allows these people to compete secretly, which not only allows the flag people to be self-reliant, but also enables them to maintain a brave and martial style. Therefore, Ma De has become a rare talent in Manchuria in his eyes, although he did not say anything, but, in his heart, Ma De is more worthy of attention than Yu Zhong, because, in his heart, the flag talent is the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, and these measures of Ma De are working hard for the foundation of the Qing Dynasty. And what made him even happier was that when training the flag man, Ma De did not come forward himself, but invited the new Jilin general to send someone, which shows that Ma De knows the way of Tao and is not the kind of person who seeks authority.

"This is the talent I need in the Qing Dynasty." Kangxi thought in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the slave is entrusted by others, and there are a few words, I don't know whether to say it or not." Seeing that Kangxi had a good impression of himself, Ma De thought about it, raised his head and said.

"Oh? So what do you think should be said? If you think it's time to speak, then it's okay, I'm not the kind of person who can't listen. Kangxi and Yan said.

"Since the emperor said so, the slave should be the only one." After Ma De finished speaking, he raised his head and stared at Kangxi tightly, and said word by word: "Your Majesty, according to the words of a criminal slave under the jurisdiction of the slave...... Within two years this year, the Yellow River may burst on a large scale. ”

"Nonsense!" Kangxi stood up violently and shouted angrily.

"The emperor is angry!" Seeing that Kangxi's face changed all of a sudden, Ma De, as well as Old Man Fei and Yu Zhong, who didn't ask, all quickly knelt down and said.

"Ma De, you are a talent, and I am very optimistic about you, but I want to know, who told you that the Yellow River will break? How could you be stupid enough to talk such nonsense in front of me, huh? Kangxi asked loudly and angrily.

"Your Majesty ......" Ma De broke out in a cold sweat.

"Say! Who told you that the Yellow River would burst? Kangxi asked in a deep voice. Although he didn't get angry anymore, it put more pressure on people.

"Mad, tell me quickly, what's wrong with you?" Yu Zhong whispered anxiously on the side, Ma De had not discussed with him and Old Man Fei about the "Yellow River Break" before he came, and he was thrown out at this time, but he was taken aback. However, compared to his anxiety, although Old Man Fei's brows were furrowed very much, he did not urge in the same way.

"Your Majesty, slave...... When the slave came, listen to the words of the sin slave under his jurisdiction - Chen Huang and Chen Tianyi. Madder sweated and whispered.

"Chen Huang Chen Tianyi? …… I remember him as if he was a staff member when Lefu ruled the river. Kangxi said.

"The emperor remembers well, Chen Huang was Le Fu's staff when he was the governor of river affairs." Mader said.

"Then he is really bold, he was sent to Ningguta as a slave, and he dared to criticize the river affairs...... Ma De, as an important minister of the imperial court in Manchuria, how could you be assigned by a criminal slave to talk nonsense in front of me? Kangxi asked in a deep voice.

"Please forgive the emperor. But, Your Majesty, please allow the slave to finish speaking......"

"Speak!"

"Your Majesty, I don't know if you know that Chen Huang has a nickname?"

"Nickname?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, on both sides of the Yellow River, the people call Chen Huang - 'Hebo'!"

"'Hebo'?" Kangxi's heart moved, and he suddenly shouted loudly to the outside world: "Come here, immediately announce that Zhang Tingyu and Tong Guowei will meet you." ”

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