The one hundred and sixty-second fooled the old man

The old man Kangxi has not returned to the palace since he returned from the southern tour in early February, nor has he been to the court, he has always lived in Changchun Garden, and all the decrees have been issued from the Yanbo Zhishuang Pavilion, all of which are out of the dictatorship of the old man's sacred heart, not to mention the brothers, even the minister of the study has only the right to be a counselor and do things. The old man was very busy with the big men from all over the country, promoted the new talents, and mobilized the army, and it was only at the beginning of July that he stabilized. Others may not know what the old man is doing, but Yinzuo understands very well in his heart, the old man wants to monopolize power and revive the dynasty.

Since he came to this era, Yinzuo has been smooth sailing, he has not suffered any major setbacks, even if he has fought hard with those brothers a few times, he has the upper hand, but he can't do anything about the old man - power is the truth in these years, the old man is in power, what he says is what, and the old man is too shrewd, not easy to fool, Yinzuo is really helpless, but at this time, things are forced to the head, and Yinzuo can only dare to try to fool the old man. No, Yinzuo got up early in the morning, discussed it again with his two major strategists, hurriedly dealt with breakfast, and took a big sedan chair to Changchun Garden outside the city.

Yinzuo arrived early, and at this time, the brothers and the ministers in the study had not yet come, only a young official wearing a flowered coral top, wearing a nine-python five-clawed official uniform, and a brocade chicken uniform, stood quietly in the water pavilion and waited. This buddy Yinzuo recognized that this person was Zhang Tingyu, who was new to the study.

Zhang Tingyu, the word Hengchen, No. Yanzhai, a native of Tongcheng, Anhui, the son of Zhang Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of Engineering, was born in the seventh Jinshi in the third six years of Kangxi, (it was originally supposed to be the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi, and the arrival of Yinzuo disturbed history.) "Ten thousand words are better than one silence" is this buddy's motto.

As soon as Zhang Tingyu saw Yinzuo coming in, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, saying, "Xiaguan has seen King Yijun." The salute was thoughtful, but there was no flattering expression on his face, and after seeing the salute, he didn't say much, but just stood aside respectfully. Yin Zuo nodded with a smile and said, "Hengchen, you came early, and your diligence is commendable." Zhang Tingyu didn't answer, but just saluted again respectfully.

Heh, this kid is interesting, just like his father, a bit of a celebrity. Seeing that Zhang Tingyu didn't want to be close to him, Yinzuo smiled and beckoned to a little eunuch waiting outside the water pavilion and said, "Gonggong Li, hand over the king's brand." I casually rewarded the little eunuch with fifty taels of silver tickets, and the little eunuch smiled happily, and went to hand over the sign without mentioning it.

After a while, the brothers and the ministers of the study room all arrived, and they exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the chatter was naturally nonsense such as good weather today. Yanbo Zhishuang Pavilion sent a holy decree, let the big guy meet, a group of people each dressed up, lined up into the pavilion, three long live has been over, the brothers stand on the right, the courtiers stand on the left, discuss the government, this is the time for foreign officials to report on their work, Yunnan Governor Cai Ting, Sichuan Governor Wu He and others entered the pavilion in turn, but there is no big deal, the old man praised this group of feudal officials Wen Yan, and sent them out one by one, but when it was Liu Yao's turn, the fun came.

When Yinzuo was still living in the palace, Liu Yao followed Yinzuo, it was not the first time that he was a saint, the rules were familiar, and as soon as he entered the Yanbo Zhishuang Pavilion, he immediately knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Liu Yao, the general of the Fujian Navy Division, has seen the emperor." ”

"Well, you're a little who has also grown up, and now you're also a member of the third grade, I want to enter the palace for the first time, and when I saw me, I asked who I was, and after a few years, there was a chance." The old man Kangxi said with a smile.

When Liu Yao first entered the palace on an errand, he was very confused, the road in the palace was complicated, this stinky boy got lost, wandered around, and happened to meet the old man Kangxi who was planning to go out of the palace for a private visit, and hurriedly pulled the old man to ask the east and west, so he made a joke, but also let the old man remember him, and then Liu Yao first followed Yinzuo to make military achievements in Zhaomoduo, and then followed Yinzuo to break the White Lotus Sect, and the old man had a good impression of him.

Seeing that the old man Kangxi praised him, Liu Yao hurriedly replied: "The minister is loved by the saint, and he should die to repay the emperor's kindness." ”

"Haha......" The old man Kangxi was in a good mood, and laughed loudly: "You little, try your best to fool me with good words, well, I heard that the Fujian sailors have recently exterminated a few bandits, and I am very relieved." ”

"The whole battle of the emperor is full of blessings, the whole army and soldiers use their lives, and the ministers dare not take credit, but they are just ......" Liu Yao's appearance of spitting suddenly aroused the curiosity of the old man Kangxi, looked Liu Yao up and down for a while, and asked with some doubts: "Just what?" Tell me about it. ”

"The minister does not dare to deceive the saint, the reason why my Fujian sailors can exterminate the bandits is not to rely on the strength of the ship and the artillery, in fact, my sailor has fought with the bandits several times without success, but only to sneak attack at night to see miraculous results, but not all the bandits. Bandits have always been rampant in the Taiwan Strait, and the Hongmao country (the Netherlands) has the heart to seize Taiwan and privately subsidize the bandits, among which the largest group of Deng San artillery has nearly 100 large and small ships, the largest of which is a thousand-material ship, with two layers of turrets on the upper and lower floors, each with eight guns, and each gun has a firing range of 300 zhang. The largest warship of our naval division, the Longwei class, is only 500 ships, only six guns, each cannon has a range of less than 200 zhang, the ship is small and the firepower is weak, thanks to the desperate efforts of the soldiers to repel the Deng Sancang bandits several times, but often when pursuing, they are always blocked by the fleet of the Hongmao country, and they cannot do their best. The ministers have the grace of God, and they dare not deceive. ”

"Huh?" The old man Kangxi's face sank immediately, and he didn't speak for a long time, the Hongmao Country was driven away by Zheng Chenggong at the beginning, and the Qing army defeated the Zheng forces entrenched in Taiwan, according to the old man's thoughts, the Da Qing Shui Division should be far superior to the Hongmao Country, and now I heard Liu Yao say that his own ships and cannons are far inferior to the Hongmao Country, and even the sea bandits are not comparable, so the fire in my heart is great.

Haha, the old man is angry, okay, it's time to add a fire, what a little demon, I didn't let us train you for nothing, hehe, it's time for us to show off next. Yinzuo strode out of the column and knelt down and said: "Emperor Ama, how can my Heavenly Empire tolerate those who invade my maritime frontier and violate the prestige of our country. ”

The old man Kangxi thought for a while, looked at the ministers who went to the study and asked, "What do you think of Zhu Aiqing?" ”

Tong Guowei, as the head of the ministers of the upper study, was the first to stand up and said: "Shengshang, Weichen thinks that this matter should be investigated in detail, Zhungeer is just flat, and I should not use the sword again." ”

Ma Qi was the secretary of the household department, and he knew that his family background was very thin now, and he was unable to reorganize his armament at all, so he hesitated for a moment and stood up and said: "Shengshang, Weichen also thinks that it is better to be cautious in this matter, if there is really a problem in Haijiang, it is not too late to make a decision." ”

The old man Kangxi nodded and did not speak, glanced at Li Guangdi and said: "Jin Qing, you are from Fujian, what do you think about the Haijiang matter?" ”

Li Guangdi, known as the "tumbler" in the officialdom of the Xi Dynasty, has always been the most slick person, at this time, seeing that the two chief ministers of the study have expressed their stance to postpone the rectification of the sailors, he already has a plan in his heart, and immediately went out and replied: "Shengshang, the minister thinks that the words of the two adults Tong and Ma are reasonable, but the unappeasement of the sea will inevitably affect Caoyun, but he can't be unguarded, the minister does not understand maritime affairs, and he really dare not speak falsely." ”

Li Lao'er is really an old slippery head, he didn't say anything for a long time, no wonder he is called "grease gourd", damn, it's really like this. Yinzuo despised Li Guangdi fiercely in his heart, secretly organized his thoughts, and was about to speak, but the old man looked at Zhang Tingyu who was standing at the end of the team and asked, "Hengchen, what do you think this matter should be?" ”

"Shengshang, the minister thinks that this matter is related to Cao Yun, and he must not be careless, but the matter of warships and artillery belongs to the Ministry of Engineering, why don't you ask Liu Shangshu?" Zhang Tingyu replied respectfully.

"Okay, Liu Siyuan, the secretary of the Propaganda and Industry Department, will come to see you." The old man Kangxi nodded and said, Qin Wuyong, who was standing on the side, immediately received the old man's command, and hurriedly walked out of the pavilion to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry to announce that Liu Siyuan came to see him. Taking advantage of Liu Siyuan's future, the old man Kangxi inquired in detail about the current combat readiness of the Fujian Navy Division and the process of suppressing bandits, Liu Yao answered fluently, and quickly reported the current staffing, warships, and artillery numbers of the Fujian Navy Division, and at the same time submitted several confessions of captured pirates, and was stunned to put the basin on the head of the Dutch.

To tell the truth, the Dutch have always had ambitions for Taiwan, and they did fund those pirates, but they did not hand over the entire battleship to the pirates, nor did they really come forward to intercept the Great Shimizu Division, all of this is just Yinzuo directing, in order to arouse the old man's face-saving psychology, at this time, seeing that the fire is almost over, Yinzuo will not say anything more, just stand in the queue of the brothers and listen quietly.

After a while, Liu Siyuan held a bunch of drawings in his hand, hurriedly entered the Yanbo Zhishuang Pavilion, knelt down and said: "Liu Siyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Ministers, has seen the emperor. ”

"Aiqing Pingshen, I ask you, how is my Great Qingshui Division supervising the construction of warships and artillery now?" Old man Kangxi asked Liu Siyuan to stand up and answer.

Liu Siyuan bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty, the household department allocates five million taels of silver every year to manufacture ordnance, which is divided into clothing, artillery, blades, bows and arrows, warships, etc., and the warships are divided into two large parts: inland river sailors and sea-frontier sailors. ”

Ten years have not updated a battleship, the dilapidated of the battleship is naturally conceivable, the old man Kangxi pondered with a gloomy face, Kangxi is a generation of male masters, and naturally understands that the sailor is basically in vain now, and it is vulnerable at all, but if you want to reorganize the sailor, first, it is a lot of silver required, and the treasury is empty at this time, which is really a bit of a feeling that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice; Second, although the old man was wary of the possibility of a war in the Hongmao Country, he didn't really believe that it was true, and he always felt that this matter was a little unbelievable, so he didn't say anything for a while.

"Shengshang, although the Ministry of Industry has not built new ships, but has not stopped the development of new ships and new guns, the minister has detailed information here for inquiry, and now the design drawings of new ships and new guns have been completed, and they can be put into manufacture only to be tested. The large ship needs 2,320,000 silver for 2,000 materials, and each ship needs more than 2,210,000 silver for each ship with artillery. Each cannon cost about 300 taels of silver, and the firing range could reach more than 600 zhang, and there was a new type of gunpowder, which was 20 times more powerful than black gunpowder. Liu Siyuan reported all the situations in one breath.

Hey, I'm afraid the old man is worried about the money, hey, it's our turn to perform. Yinzuo came out again and said: "Huang Ama, the major affairs of the country of soldiers, do not be careless, now the sea grain has been started, a total of more than 200 ships have been put into the grain transfer, this matter is related to the major matter of the transfer of grain from the south to the north, there is no room for failure, if the sea is uneven, then the channel is difficult to appease, the naval division is imperative to complete the armament, what is missing is only silver taels." Erchen thought that this matter could be divided into three steps: the policy of donating silver for salt could be postponed for another year, and first raising five million taels of silver for the Ministry of Industry to improve the warships, artillery, gunpowder, etc., and try to produce a small number of warships to prepare for the escort of the boats, and use them to train the new army, which is also one of them; Erchen thought that overseas trade would bring huge profits, in terms of the current tariffs, it should be more than 10 million taels per year, if the customs money is allocated to the sailors, increase the warships, and train the navy, it will be able to see miraculous results, and the second is also, with the newly trained sailors to escort our Qing merchant ships and collect escort taxes, one can raise our country's prestige and the sea, and the other can escort the income to raise the army, and the third is also. ”

Yinzuo talked freely and said happily, but the group of brothers who listened to it were not happy, for fear that Yinzuo would be favored, and their faces were not good-looking, the third Yinzhi took the lead in standing up and said: "Erchen Qi Huang Ama, Erchen thinks that what King Yijun said is not in line with etiquette, and the sailor is the barrier of my Qing Haijiang, how can he escort the profit-seeking businessmen, this move is a loss of national body, and it is very inappropriate." ”

Lao Bayinyu also followed: "Huang Ama, the ministers also think that the water master is a public instrument of the imperial court, how can it be reduced to a profit-seeking thing, King Yijun's words are fallaous." ”

Seeing that his brothers were busy attacking Yinzuo, Prince Yinren couldn't be idle, so he stood up and said: "Huang Ama, Erchen thinks that the words of the third brother and the eighth brother are reasonable, and the words of King Yijun are really misleading the country. ”

Hehe, let's deliberately leave a flaw, these guys really collapsed, and we played a trick that was not as good as the rest, and we didn't expect it to pass the third article, and it was proposed to keep you busy, as long as you don't object to our first two. Yinzuo watched his brother attack the third article he mentioned, and he was happy in his heart, but the expression on his face was faint, and he didn't open his mouth to defend just looking at the old man Kangxi.

The old man Kangxi frowned and thought for a moment, and didn't pay attention to what the brothers were saying, and looked directly at Zhang Tingyu and said, "Hengchen, tell me your opinion." ”

"Back to the saint, Wei Chen thinks that what you say is reasonable, the sailor is not tidy, the channel is not quiet, and the luck will inevitably be affected, and the minister thinks that what King Yijun said should be feasible except for the third article, and the minister has no objection, and everything respectfully requests the holy ruling." Zhang Tingyu bowed and replied.

"Hmm." The old man Kangxi was noncommittal, turned to the other ministers in the study and said: "All Aiqing should think about this matter, and I will make a break tomorrow morning, and I will take a look and then decide." ”

Hey, the old man's heart is moved, but it's just to prevent the court, let's not believe that this group of ministers will put forward any good ideas, hey, the top priority is to make overseas trade fruitful, as long as overseas trade can get a lot of silver, the old man will naturally see the benefits. The rectification of the navy is not a matter that can be decided in a day or two, as long as the old man has this idea in his heart, the time will come, the old man will naturally nod, hey, this time depends on how we create it. Although the matter of the navy's rectification was inconclusive, Yinzuo was not disappointed, and after kneeling, he didn't stick to the brother and the courtiers, so he took a sedan chair and returned to the palace.

Wang Hao is in charge of overseas trade, Liu Mingchuan assists from the side, and there is no big mess, Yinzuo is happy to be the shopkeeper, as for battleships, artillery and other things, Yinzuo does not plan to interfere, the drawings that should be given to Liu Siyuan have been given, and those who should be explained have also been explained, and if you have more contact with this kind of thing, you will be accused of interfering in the government, after all, Yinzuo is not in charge of the Ministry of Industry now, and some things still have to avoid suspicion, right?

Yinzuo was in a good mood today, went back to the palace and discussed with the two strategists about Jin'er, chattered, and walked to the backyard, thinking of going to Chunlan to see his daughter, after all, he didn't celebrate his daughter's birthday the day before yesterday, Yinzuo still felt a little guilty in his heart, but walking, walking and unconsciously walked into the back garden before remembering that he seemed to be on the wrong path, laughed self-deprecatingly, and was just about to turn back, but heard a low conversation behind a clump of bamboo not far away, and couldn't help but be curious, After quietly going around to the bamboo forest, I listened carefully and couldn't help but be happy......

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