Fifty-five years of Kangxi, March.

The war between European countries has been in full swing, although the Qing army sailors have been stationed in Port Said near the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean side, but they have not participated in this war, although the European countries also feel that the existence of this Qing army in the Mediterranean is a huge threat to themselves, but no one dares to provoke the behemoth of the Qing Dynasty easily. Because, at this time, Europe simply could not unite. Compared to the scene at the beginning of the war, the European battlefield at this time was already more chaotic. Following Turkey against Russia, Austria-Hungary and Poland against Prussia, and Britain against Turkey, Sweden in Northern Europe also fought a fierce battle with the Russian navy in the waters off Dahoglan Island, and at the same time, the Swedish Army also began to attack Fort Saint Sophia (St. Petersburg), and at this time, France withdrew from the "anti-Turkish alliance", and the new king Louis XV also announced to the people that Louis XIV was killed by the British, and then, raised the banner of "revenge". Preparing to take advantage of the greatly weakened British navy and army to launch a revenge operation, the atmosphere between the two countries suddenly became tense, and war was on the verge of breaking out.

And while the situation in Europe was "chaotic", the Qing Empire in the far east was very calm, at least, on the surface.

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Beijing.

A lavishly decorated carriage drawn by four tall Don steeds and guarded by four knights in front and behind led led the curious eyes of many pedestrians to the increasingly deserted gate of Feifu.

As soon as the carriage stopped, the eight knights turned over and dismounted and ran to the carriage door, standing side by side on either side of the carriage door, and then. One rider pulls the door, and the other stoops to his knees. Pressed your back tightly under the door.

"Well, it's somewhere?"

A young man in his twenties first poked his head out of the car door, looked at the gate of Feifu not far away, and the corners of his mouth flashed slightly with a trace of disdain, and then. He stepped on the back of the knight who was kneeling on the ground, and after him, another middle-aged man in his forties also stepped out of the car.

"Amma, is such an old man who is idle by the emperor worth your personal visit? You're the Iron Hat Prince...... I am not afraid of losing my identity and making others laugh. After getting off the carriage, seeing that the middle-aged man did not send anyone to call the door, he actually tidied up his clothes first as if he was afraid of being rude, and the young man immediately frowned and couldn't help but say.

"What do you know?" The middle-aged man glared at the young man, "Since you arrived in the capital." Cheng Tian only knows to fool around with those losers in the capital, and he doesn't learn what he should learn, but his kung fu is out of the blue...... I'll teach you a lesson when I go back! ”

"Amma, did I provoke you again? Aren't we going to settle in Beijing in the future? It's not like Mukden here, you have to have a good relationship between the front and back, the left and the right, isn't this for the sake of our future days? Hearing Lao Tzu's reprimand, the young man cried out dissatisfiedly.

"Hmph. The days to come? How many days have you been in the capital? More than 200,000 taels of silver were spent by you, according to your method, do we have a future? …… Hit the relationship? You're just wronged! The middle-aged man snorted coldly.

"Am I wronged? So what are you doing here to find this Ferdinand? I really don't understand what is there to find such an idle old minion......" the young man said disdainfully.

"Xiaodi has asked this master to say goodbye, I don't know if you are ......"

Seeing that his son didn't listen to the admonition, and actually dared to speak up, the middle-aged man frowned, and he didn't have time to get angry. The doorman hired by Old Man Fei had already rushed out of the gate.

"You'd better be honest with me...... "It's not good to teach his son a lesson in front of outsiders, the middle-aged man had to let go of the anger in his heart first, warned in a low voice, and turned to this doorman, "Please pay the old man." Let's just say that Aso asks to see you! ”

"Asuri?" Menzi obviously hadn't heard of such a famous person, and he was slightly stunned after hearing this.

"Hmph, haven't you heard of Prince Guo's name? Don't go to the briefing! The Lord Belle snorted.

"Huh? Rajah? Oh my mother...... You, you wait! ”

Although Kangxi had also come to Old Man Fei's mansion before, he was not so ostentatious, so Old Man Fei hired the door and had little chance to see the big scene, and this time when he heard that a prince came to visit, he naturally jumped three feet high, and he didn't care about saluting Asuli, so he rushed into the house as soon as he slipped into the smoke.

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"Hmph, just look at this appearance, you know that there is a lack of discipline in this house! I don't even know how to be polite! Seeing Menzi's panicked appearance, the Belle Lord sneered again.

"Shut up!" Asuri reprimanded.

"Amma, I'm telling the truth! Look at this door, can it compare with our minions? You say, don't you, Takeda? Lord Belle smiled nonchalantly, and asked another knight beside him.

"Hey!" Hearing his master's question, the knight known as "Takeda" replied with a solemn nod on his heels.

"Get out of the way! ......" Asuri frowned and glanced at Takeda, and rebuked coldly.

"Hey!"

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"It turned out that Prince Guo arrived, and he missed the distance. My master is waiting in the living room, please! ”

After receiving the news of Prince Guo's visit, it didn't take long for a person to come out of Fei's mansion, who was Old Man Fei's personal guard, Agudam. However, Agudamudi's performance surprised the disciple who came out with him...... It's a prince who came, and if Old Man Fei didn't come out to greet him in person, why didn't even this housekeeper Agudammu just bow slightly to the prince and hug his fists to be finished? What if this angers people?

"Hehe, Agudam, it's been years. You're as strong as ever! But Asuri didn't get angry as Menzi feared, on the contrary. As a prince, he behaved as affectionately as an old friend of Agudamu for many years.

"The prince smiled! Please! Agudamudi's expression didn't change. Just turned sideways to make way for Asori.

"You......" nodded Agudamu with his hand, and Azuri smiled, and walked towards the house. However, except for his son, the few men in his land who wanted to enter the mansion with him were stopped by Agudam.

"Yaga!" That Takeda saw Agudamu's tall body in front of him. He let out a roar, then gripped the hilt of his sword.

"Slaves?" Agudamu squinted his eyes and said lightly. The Japanese slaves, that is, the Japanese slaves. After the invasion of Japan, the Qing Dynasty became increasingly closely connected with Japan. The first place to have deep contacts with Japan was Manchuria. First, the salt works jointly established by Old Man Fei and the Three Kings of Fengtian squeezed the already underdeveloped salt industry in Japan, and then, with the help of the Imperial Domain, the merchants of Manchuria also successfully squeezed Osaka aside in a few years, successfully controlled Japan's commerce, and seized the lifeblood of Japan's local economy. And at the same time as these things are going on. There has also been a large number of immigrants in Japan. Some of these immigrants went to Hokkaido, and after being "indoctrinated", they were dragged to North America, some were sent to Manchuria, and a small number were dragged to the Central Plains. Among these Japanese immigrants, some joined the Imperial Allied Army established by the Qing court, and some had to be sold into slavery because they had no way out. became the "clothed slaves" of the Manchurian nobles, and because they were all Japanese people, they were also called "Japanese slaves".

"Get out of the way!" Takeda pressed the hilt of his sword tightly and shouted gloomily at Agudamu.

"......" The corners of Agudamu's mouth unconsciously brought out a sneer, this Japanese slave must have been the so-called "samurai" in Japan before, the kind that fought bravely and ruthlessly, and often drew a knife to cut people. When he and Old Man Fei were still in Manchuria. I heard that many Manchurian nobles liked to recruit this kind of samurai. First, these people are more loyal, and more fierce, and if they are raised, they are rare loyal slaves; Second, those nobles like to use these people to fight. In order to bet on winning or losing, many samurai died in the martial arts arena, but even so, there were still only a few more samurai from Japan to Manchuria every year...... Because, the Japanese aristocracy has become more and more unable to support samurai. But these guys who only know how to cut people don't know how to produce, so they have to come to China to look for opportunities.

"Takeda, it's none of your business here, wait outside the door!" Naturally, Asuri also saw that Takeda's threat to Agudamu, which made him feel a little embarrassed. This Takeda was the enslaved man he recruited at the beginning, and he had been in Prince Guo's mansion for nearly ten years. Usually no matter what he does, he is conscientious, meticulous, without the slightest complaint, and it can be said that he is loyal, so he will be promoted to be his guard. However, this time, this guy actually wanted to do something to Agudamu...... Twenty years ago, he was already the king of the prairie wrestling, although he has passed his peak now, but he is still in the prime of life. It's just that this Takeda usually knows the rules better than anyone else, why did he dare to be so rude this time? Asuri glanced sideways, just in time to spot the sneer on the corner of his son's mouth.

"Boy, if you dare to cause trouble again, go back to Mukden for me!" Knowing that it was his son who was letting Takeda provoke, Asuri was furious in his heart, but the current situation could only make him hate iron and steel and scold in a low voice.

“…… Hum! The Belle Lord glanced at his own Lao Tzu unconvinced, turned around and walked towards the door.

"Lord Wang, I heard that you are such a son? ......" Takeda and the others were blasted out of the door and stood up, Agudamu was also free, looking at the back of the Belle Ye who broke into the mansion alone despite his father's still behind, the Mongolian man couldn't help but ask Asuli.

"Yes, it's just such a son...... "Asuri smiled bitterly, "I've been spoiled since I was a child!" After learning something, I thought I was the best in the world. What a shame! ”

"......" knew that Agudammu had always had a straightforward temper, so when he heard the other party's direct words, Asuli could only shake his head and smile bitterly. In these years, who is the only son who does not have a treasure? Besides, Prince Lao Guo is still alive, how can anyone who is a grandfather not love his grandson? With such a protective umbrella on his head, he, the current Prince Guo, can't fix that kid!

"Tong Xiang. How should we report this to the emperor? "Just as Asuli, one of the three kings of Fengtian, Prince Diguo, went to visit Old Man Fei, he was in Beijing City. In the study, the three adults in the mainland were worried about something. Especially Ma Qi, although he has been exercising for many years, but at this moment, this old brother's head is still covered with layers of fine sweat.

"How do you report it? Spring ploughing season has arrived. But there are a large number of refugees in the Zhili area...... Just when I am in the Qing Dynasty to an unprecedentedly strong world, and the emperor is also planning to seal Mount Tai, there is such a plastering thing, I know what to do? Hmph, I'm afraid that once this thing is played, you and I won't want to keep it! As if seeing Kangxi's angry scene, Tong Guowei said with an indignant face.

"Now most of the officials in the DPRK and China already know about it, and even if they want to, they can't hide it...... Therefore, the most important thing we need to do now is to find a solution. In the hope that the matter can be resolved quickly. Zhang Tingyu said in a deep voice.

"Resolved? Hengchen and I, if this matter can be easily solved, do we still need to be in such a hurry? Tong Guowei's face was already flushed with a "tide" and "color", "I didn't agree to recruit those Manchurian nobles into the customs at the beginning, saying that I can rely on the financial resources of Manchuria and the strength of our court to fight with the chaebols in the Guannai, now it's okay, right?" Hmph, the factory has built a lot, but. The goods produced could not be sold at all, and the workers were oppressed and their wages were deducted...... Hmph, now that people can't survive, they are about to block the gate of Beijing to ask for wages. If this is spread, where will the face of the court be placed? ”

"Alas, at the beginning, I just thought that these Manchurian nobles still knew something about things and could do things well. Share a share of worries for the imperial court, but who would have thought that they would unite with those people in the capital so quickly? Now, pull a hair and move the whole body. I'm afraid even the emperor won't be able to do it! Ma Qi couldn't help but shake his head and sighed. After such a long time, they still know the ins and outs of the matter. At the beginning, Kangxi allowed Manchurian nobles to enter the customs and merchants, in order to deal with the increasingly powerful chaebol in the Guannai. This can be regarded as a precautionary measure, after all, it is indeed unsettling that the merchant gang has the livelihood of millions of people in their hands and has the financial resources that can turn the Qing Dynasty upside down. However, they forgot the important point, that is, the nobles of the capital. Originally, under Kangxi's secret instructions, those Manchurian nobles worked hard to stop living in a corner and stay away from the power center of the Qing Dynasty in the future. Under the auspices of Prince Guo Asuli, he threw a lot of money at the beginning, built factories in Zhili and Shanxi, and also used high salaries to compete with those factories of the chaebols in the Guannai to compete for workers...... In addition, with the help of the imperial court, for a while, those Manchurian nobles also achieved great results, and it seemed that the weaving factories and printing and dyeing factories of the chaebols in the Guannai were squeezed back step by step, and they looked very brave. However, at this time, the nobles of the capital also extended their hands to these businesses. …… Because they have been in the capital for a long time, the guys in the capital have more power, appear more noble, and have more connections than those nobles in Manchuria, so there are still many places where these guys can help the Manchurian nobles. However, there is one thing that these guys are far above the others, and that is greed! With their identity and strong influence, these guys in the capital put their hands into the business that those Manchurian nobles had managed to get out with great difficulty, and it immediately went bad! These people, they have to take more money and take care of things, this is not counting, in addition to serious business, these people actually stretched out their hands to those ordinary people, claiming that as long as those people sell their land to them, they can send these people to work in those factories and make a lot of money! Because of the money that could be made in those factories, and because of the coercion of those guys in Beijing, many people had to sell their subsistence fields...... However, good things do not come into existence. Because too many factories were built at once, more workers were recruited, but the goods could not be sold, and the products were piled up, and in the end, Manchuria's capital turnover could not come, and not only did the business come to a standstill, but also owed a lot of money to those who opened banks. Now, tens of thousands of workers who are owed wages, and hundreds of thousands of ordinary people who have been "forced" to lose their land, are about to block the gates of Beijing...... It's such a big deal, but what to do.

"Is there really no one who can solve this problem?" Zhang Tingyu frowned. He felt that he was very wronged, obviously this time it was a disaster caused by the Manchurians, how could he, a Han man, be so unlucky to be involved?

"The most important thing now is to keep those refugees out of Beijing, as long as they don't go to Beijing, there will be a place for this matter to turn around......," Tong Guowei said, covering his forehead.

"It's easy to say this...... "Those who come to ask for wages are easy to do, it's a big deal, let's raise some money to deal with the past, but what should we do with those who come to ask for land?" Those lands, even if they are the emperor, I'm afraid they won't come back! Ma Qi said indignantly.

"I can wait to deal with a batch of batches, but how to raise the money? This money is not owed by the imperial court, and it is not a drought or flood, and the household department will definitely not allocate funds, and they cannot afford this account......... But if you want to raise money from the Internal Affairs Office, you must first inform the emperor of this matter! Tong Guowei's expression was very gloomy, this time the matter directly involved the face of the imperial court, the Manchurian nobles and those dignitaries in the capital, although they had to report to Kangxi sooner or later, but they knew that Kangxi would definitely be furious about it, if they didn't want to do something good, wouldn't they have to bear Kangxi's anger in vain? The emperor doesn't need a reason to blame anyone, and besides, although there is also part of Kangxi's responsibility in this, but, as auxiliary ministers, they failed to find this sign early, and they didn't report to Kangxi until the matter broke out, which was obviously not good! Perhaps, in the end, one of them will really become Kangxi's scapegoat.

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"Three Xiangye, it's a big deal......"

Just when the three ministers of the upper study were racking their brains for the "workers asking for wages" and "farmers asking for land" incidents, Yin Yu Zhengjian of Shuntian Mansion rushed in under the leadership of the guards.

"Lord Yu, what's going on? What's wrong? "If you have more debts, you won't worry, and if you have more lice, you won't itch. Anyway, there is already a big problem waiting for these people, and they are not afraid of a few more. Therefore, after seeing the sad look on this Yu's face, Tong Guowei and the others did not feel too nervous.

"Three Xiangye, you go out and have a look, let's take a look...... It's on fire! The people of Dongcheng set fire to it and burned three whole streets! ”