novelraw Chapter 109
Chapter 109
Nalan Xingde pondered His Highness the Crown Prince's words carefully, and found that they were rich in philosophy, and although the words were superficial, it was not easy for a child to say them. In his opinion, the growth of His Highness the Crown Prince was obvious, compared to when he was young in the palace. In terms of all kinds of words and deeds, he is much more calm and atmospheric.Isn't it enough that he can answer the emperor's questions clearly and loudly, and he also knows how to think about government affairs and give philosophical answers?
He didn't know why, but the emperor's face turned dark, and he glared at the prince with a hint of warning.
It can be seen that the emperor is still dissatisfied with the performance of His Royal Highness, the requirements are stricter, and the expectations are even higher!
His Royal Highness is difficult to do, Nalan is gentle and gentle, he thought for a moment following Yinfeng's words, and said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, what Your Highness said is very true, neither land reclamation nor grain transportation can be released, and multiple preparations can also be made for water transportation and land transportation. , There are many food lines, and there are many post stations along the way, so you will not be afraid of the enemy coming to attack, plunder, and burn the grain lines of the Qing Dynasty. The transportation on the Songhua River and Longxing River still requires large ships to transport, and the ships need to be equipped with artillery to prevent the enemy. Assault on grain ships."
Kangxi's face softened a little: "I will discuss and arrange this matter with the cabinet ministers in the future."
Kangxi glared at Yinfeng: I ask you about government affairs, don't talk about eggs and baskets with me, there are other courtiers here, and your elder brother is also here, so you are not afraid of embarrassing yourself in front of the elder brother?
Yinfeng didn't feel that what he said was wrong, Khan Ama put on a face, so he went to look at Yinti, winked and hinted at him: Brother, please behave quickly, don't let a single person face Khan Ama's "difficulties" !
Yinxi didn't want to speak, and pretended he didn't see it.
Sometimes people’s state of mind is so strange, the more you don’t let him show off, the more he will work hard, on the contrary, the more you expect him to show off, Yinti was tricked by his younger brother, and now he would rather be a background, a wooden man , I don't want to pick up after the silly brother is full of out-of-tune.
Just like this, sooner or later I will be spanked by Khan Ama.
However, since Yinti came, Kangxi would not let his other son go, cleared his throat, and asked him alone: "What do you think of Baoqing?"
Yinti could only stabilize himself to avoid being run away by Yinreng, and replied calmly: "I have limited knowledge, so I can't give a solution, but I understand what Han Ama told me before. The difficulty in reclaiming wasteland is that the land near Aihui is barren, and no one has reclaimed it before, so it needs to be rebuilt from scratch. The difficulty in transporting grain is that the continuous heavy rain on the land makes the official road uneven, and the horse-carried grain cannot gallop and enters the mud pit. The dangers. To go by water, you need to build a ship. These cannot be completed overnight.”
Kangxi praised: "Baoqing summed it up very well. So far, Baoqing has performed well in his studies. The eldest son of my emperor has grown up, calm and dignified, and can participate in political discussions."
After talking about it, he went to see Yinfeng: "Look at you again, you are as detached as a child, when will you be more sensible."
Yinfeng is very innocent, but fortunately he is a mature boy who can tolerate Khan Ama who is domineering, clingy, unreasonable and desperate to save face.Gu Nian realized that Khan Ama worked diligently and was under tremendous pressure every day. The hairline on the top of his head was naturally bald without shaving, so Yinfeng didn't care about Khan Ama.
When he heard Kangxi say that Yinti could participate in politics and discussions, his eyes lit up like a squirrel who found a pine nut.
Kangxi didn't want Yinfeng anymore. As the "roundworm" in his son's stomach, the emperor knew what he was thinking without even thinking about it. Instead, he ordered people to summon the accompanying cabinet scholars, and called all the ministers and princes. Order people to go to the palace hall for discussion.
Nalan Xingde watched the "big drama" between the father and son, and was quite worried about the relationship between His Royal Highness and the elder brother.
Didn't the emperor deliberately provoke His Royal Highness?
Hearing earlier that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince performed well, he took the lead in listening to the government with the emperor, and changed to read the memorials, while the elder brother has been studying in the study, and was not brought by the emperor until this east tour.
Now, in front of a son who has always performed well, it is inappropriate to praise another son who is calmer than him. In Nalan Xingde's view, if His Royal Highness is more proud and reserved, he may feel displeased. Blame the elder brother.
Nalan Xingde is as meticulous as a hair, and he is very sensitive to emotional issues. He always makes people who get along with him feel comfortable and decent. Don't say embarrassing things.
Now waiting for the cabinet bachelors to come, the serving eunuch even poured water for them.
Yinfeng touched Yinti with his arm and grinned: You can't escape!
Yinxuan: "..."
Is it too late for me to regret it now?
Kangxi coughed lightly: "Baocheng, don't bully brother."
Yinti is just a naive, seemingly smart, how can he beat the ghostly Yinfeng?
Nalan Xingde: "..." It seems that he was too worried, His Royal Highness didn't take the emperor's words seriously at all.
Soon, the accompanying cabinet bachelors and ministers also arrived, as well as Shengjing generals, governors and others stationed here.
Kangxi convened everyone to solve the problem of transporting grain and grass from the inland granaries of the Qing Dynasty to the border. If there was a war, the Qing army would be stationed here.
"The emperor wanted to use the official road to transport grain and grass on land, but the official road has been built repeatedly, and there is still the worry of being hit by heavy rain. This problem may not be solved for a while."
"Your Majesty, it is more convenient to take the water route from the Songhua River to the Longxing River than the land route, which can reduce the land transportation routes along the way."
"The difficult thing is that the road from the granary to the waterway, and from the waterway to the front line, may need to be built repeatedly."
"Not only need to build grain transport ships, but also need to build more warships to protect the safety of grain transport ships."
"There were warships in the Qing Dynasty, and General Ning Guta's navy often patrolled and defended the rivers to monitor the enemy's situation."
"I'm afraid it's not enough. The Jilin Navy still needs to expand its personnel."
When the courtiers were discussing, Yinreng could understand from the beginning, but gradually became confused.
General Ning Guta has a navy, so does the Qing Dynasty have ships?We have our own shipyard, where is it?
[The ships on the Longxing River side were built at the Japanese shipyard in Jilingwuci.Since the reign of the first emperor, Qing ships have been patrolling the river to defend against Tsarist Russia.When the first emperor was in his youth, there was a water battle with the Tsarist Russian invading army, killing many enemy sailors. (1)] Yinfeng: Khan Ama wanted to send troops to attack the military sites of Tsarist Russia this time, because they repeatedly invaded the border of the Qing Dynasty and refused to listen to warnings, so they simply changed to force to deter.
According to the map provided by Xiaomei, after crossing the Longxing River, it is an area under the jurisdiction of Tsarist Russia. That area was originally the place where the Mongolians named Buryat tribes grazed.
[This place was in the pre-Ming period because Czarist Russia sent people to seize pastures and build fortresses near Lake Baikal, and then had many wars with the Buryat Mongols.Until now, the Buryat Mongols who have stayed in this area to graze have become completely enslaved and forced to submit to the tribe.What the emperor wanted to attack was Czarist Russia's occupation of the original city of Yaksa in the Qing Dynasty, but it was extremely difficult because the enemy had built many forts and camps around Lake Baikal, just like a single spark. From Kutsk to Nerchinsk, and then to Yaksa, even if they beat Yaksa, they will go back and forth again, sending people from Yakutsk again to Nerchinsk, and continue to invade Yaksa city. (2)] The information Xiaomei collected is very comprehensive. When she gave Yinreng a supplementary lesson on popular science, it was full of pictures and texts, so that Yinreng was fascinated by it, and Kangxi called it twice before returning to his senses.
"Baocheng was thinking about something, but the immortal has new advice?"
The majestic words of the emperor made the courtiers who came to attend the meeting silent, and they all looked at the crown prince sitting under the emperor.
Kangxi glared at him sternly: It's fine to be casual in private on weekdays, but Baocheng has never missed a formal occasion when dealing with government affairs. What's going on today? !
All the ministers couldn't understand, the prince was granted by heaven, didn't the emperor send someone to publicize it?When talking about important government affairs, mentioning immortals seems to be true, which is really mysterious.
Could it be that the emperor wants to take this opportunity to once again publicize the name of being blessed by heaven for His Royal Highness, so as to boost the morale of the Qing army?
Yinfeng couldn't help but twisted his mouth, and asked Xiaomei: "Where did Khan, Ama, and the others talk?"
[Speaking of ordering the construction of more ships, training the navy, and improving the difficulty of transporting food and grass, the front line can not worry about logistics. ] Yinfeng knew it in his heart, and then said under the strange eyes of the ministers: "Khan Ama, the waterway is smooth and the transportation is accessible, but a small part of the transportation route cannot avoid the need to travel by land. Recently, the minister sent people to Shengjing It is better for Xuan Yuzhu to come to inquire about the progress of collecting raw materials for making cement nearby. If the materials are sufficient, cement may be fired to build land roads and prevent rainwater."
Kangxi: "..."
He was just busy for a few days and didn't take care of his children. In such a short time, Baocheng and the fairy beast worked together to create something new?
"Firing cement can prevent rain and build land roads?" Kangxi smiled, and asked the courtiers: "This is something that the ancestors failed to accomplish after a hundred years, and the crown prince lightly announced it. Do you believe it?"
"Your Majesty, the crown prince has been bestowed by heaven, and there are other opportunities."
"Your Majesty should not immediately say whether you believe it or not. Seeing is believing. If His Highness can really make this cement, it will be a great thing for the Qing Dynasty."
"I think that His Royal Highness has never said anything big since he joined the government for several months. I don't believe it first, and I will believe it when I see it."
The one who can let the emperor take him with him on a tour of the east, among the courtiers, is not a tactful old fox, but General Shengjing, a martial artist, said frankly: "I don't believe it, I will wait for His Royal Highness to prove it."
No one took the bait to sing with Kangxi, the emperor thought for a while: If he had known this, he should have called Nalan Mingzhu and Tong Guowei together.
He ordered: "Call Yuzhu to come."
It has been a few days since Yinreng sent Yuzhu to Zhang Luo. There is a large piece of undeveloped land near Shengjing, which is rich in products, and there are many rare treasures in the mountains. In addition, the raw materials that Yinreng wants are clearly stated to go to the limestone mine. After searching, clay was everywhere again. Yuzhu led people to haunt nearby caves and dig in the wild, and had already collected a lot for Yinfeng.
Yuzhu told Kangxi: "The servants are setting up a kiln for His Highness, and calcining the collected raw materials into clinker."
"You also set up a vertical kiln?!" Kangxi's voice raised a little, obviously being kept in the dark! "When did it happen and where did you stand?"
"Mountain... in the cave," Yuzhu swallowed.The method of vertical kiln is not difficult, according to the recipe given by His Highness, step by step, it will be done in two or three hours.
"The minions have calcined some in the kiln and finely ground them into cement."
There are recipes and products, and how much research time has been saved by tinkering with them according to the recipes. After a few days, the finished products are already being ground, but the quantity of finished products is not enough for His Highness to expect, so there is no reply.
"Go get the finished product."
Yuzhu didn't dare to disobey his order, so he could only ask the Master to Zhang Luo.
He ordered people to take big buckets and bring the manufactured cement bucket by bucket to the palace. Because of the delay on the way, Kangxi left all the ministers to eat together, and then he waited for the half-dried cement bucket.
"When this cement is wet, it can be used like mud to build roads and houses. After it dries, it will be as hard as stone again," Yinfeng explained, and asked people to put the undried cement in the barrel. The cement was copied out with a shovel, and the stones of the palace were taken, and many stones were piled up for support, and cement was pasted, and a ramp was forcibly pasted on the edge of the polished stone steps of the palace, and playfully placed on the wet cement A thin branch was inserted on it.
"After it dries, people can walk on this ramp. If you step on it now, the footprints will remain on it. What's more troublesome is that if you want to dismantle it, you need to use hammer and awl to destroy it violently, because cement Put waterproofing agent in it."
General Sheng Jing asked in amazement: "What is waterproofing agent?"
"Waterproofing agent is silicon water. Silicon water is extracted from rocks. The rock itself can prevent rainwater and will not be eroded by rainwater. There must be waterproof ingredients in it." Yinfeng can only understand so much. As for silicon What is water, why can silicon water be extracted with Xiaomei's method, and what is the principle? This involves more profound things. Even if Xiaomei taught him, he couldn't understand.
Whenever this time, Yinfeng felt that he was too narrow-minded, and he had too little knowledge in his mind. So what if he read the Four Books and Five Classics, and the Tongjian of Zizhi? Not knowing that man is to nature what mayfly is to heaven and earth, no wonder Zhuangzi said "the sea of learning has no limit".
While waiting for the cement to dry, the emperor and his ministers discussed and made some arrangements.
General Sheng Jing said: "Your Majesty, the Daur, Sauron, Ewenki and other tribes have lived here for a long time and are well versed in the local environment. Their help will be of great benefit to our army."
Kangxi sent envoys to contact the three tribes and asked them to cooperate with the Qing army.
"I passed on my order to prohibit the Mongolian Chechen Khan from continuing to trade with Tsarist Russia, and to open trading towns. What Mongolia lacks in the future can only come from within the pass."
After completing these arrangements, Kangxi felt tired, so he dismissed all the ministers first and ordered them to send people to discuss state affairs again.
The emperor expressed his intention to take a rest. General Sheng Jing couldn't see the finished cement, so he kept thinking about it all the time. The ministers were aroused with curiosity, and walked away at every step.
Some people even said to Nalan Xingde: "Hey, if you can see the cement solidify like a stone tomorrow, then the problem of the Qing Dynasty's grain and grass transportation on land will also be solved."
Kangxi told his two sons: "The arrangement I have made so far is just a trivial matter. The two most important things have not been done yet. Baocheng and Baoqing may wish to think about which two things they are. It’s not like pretending to be dumb the whole time and being unable to say anything.”
Yinti has always attached great importance to Kangxi's words. Hearing what Han Ama said, he went back to think hard that night, recalling what he saw and heard during the day.
Yinfeng and Xiaomei discussed, one person and one tiger murmured for a long time, and finally came to the two major issues of spying on the enemy's situation and the deployment of the army.
In the evening, during Xiaomei’s teaching time, she taught Yinrong the history of the birth of Tsarist Russia, and systematically educated excellent children who knew how to read the world map and understood the situation comprehensively.
[On the other side of Tsarist Russia, there is a huge empire called the Ottoman Empire, which is the main target of the Tsarist Russia.Because of the existence of the Ottoman Empire, the trade between the East and the West was blocked. Now that all countries are stepping up shipbuilding, Tsarist Russia is eager to find an outlet for ocean trade.Judging from the world map, the north of Tsarist Russia is a large Arctic Ocean, and the cold forces ships to be unable to trade.They set their eyes on the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty and the Liaodong area, just because the climate in this area is relatively warmer than that in the north, and it has a unique port that can conduct maritime trade. 】Yinreng was exposed to the outside world, first led by Kangxi, familiarized with domestic government affairs, learned to observe the Qing Dynasty, and then learned to observe the world by Xiaomei Education.
In the evening, he wrote down his thoughts in his diary.
Since the Qing Dynasty, there have been many missionaries, and many of them were appreciated by the emperor and were conferred official positions.
Up to now, Khan Ama has a serving missionary Nan Huairen beside him, and the astronomy and science that Khan Ama knows are learned from several missionaries successively.
Master Nan also taught Gu, who served as the Qin Tianjian, was good at astronomy and calculus, and was good at casting cannons, but Gu knew that although Master Nan went to the countryside and changed his Chinese name, he was still a Jesuit priest with faith. He was a Belgian people.Gu does not think that the Jesuit missionaries who have faith will be selfless for the sake of Qing Dynasty, even though Master Nan is harmless, he is very attentive when teaching Gu.
Foreign countries have already begun to explore the Qing Dynasty, and they continue to send people out.
And when will the Qing Dynasty be able to send its own envoys to countries around the world to collect intelligence?
Tsarist Russia was eager to find an outlet to the sea, and other countries were also conducting trade. In order to conquer the Zheng family, the Qing Dynasty banned the sea for many years.
It feels like a traveler walking with his feet, seeing someone driving a horse-drawn carriage speeding past, leaving behind a speeding back in the distance, the traveler is envious, but dare not build or buy a horse-drawn carriage by himself. Go gallop up.
Yinfeng drew several patterns on the diary, with SpongeBob SquarePants full of holes in the middle, surrounded by Pai Daxing, Piggy Page, Shuke Beta, and Alibaba, representing Tsarist Russia, Belgium, The Galdan Khanate, the Stuart Dynasty...everyone is staring at SpongeBob SquarePants.
Thinking about it this way, Yinfeng felt that Daqing was on the verge of subjugation at any time. If he didn't do something, he might wait a hundred years for Khan Ama to come to his son and grandson, and SpongeBob SquarePants would be eaten.
Yinfeng wrote many ideas in his diary: road construction, medical treatment, shipbuilding, cannon, army, science...
These are not the time to talk to Khan Amati, we have to proceed step by step.
Xiaomei reminds Yinfeng weakly.
[Have the children forgotten that nothing can be done well without money, so many things have to be emptied out of the national treasury. ] So the most important step is to make money!
If you want money in the national treasury, you have to develop business, domestic business, and foreign business.
After writing the experience, the biggest word "money" remained in Yinreng's mind!
Yinreng's diary: I have realized the loneliness again!You can do things only if you have money, and you can’t do anything without money. Construction requires money, and the army also needs money. Nothing can be done without money.
Yinfeng raised his ambitions, stayed up most of the night, called people to the place where the cement was built in the palace, piled stones and cement, and pasted a decent gold ingot, which was as tall as half a person, and it was even more impressive. Write on it, and engrave the four words "recruiting wealth and treasure" on it by hollowing out, which is not beautiful at all, it is extremely ugly.
"In the future, I will remind Khan Ama and Gu that if you want to strengthen the country, you must first get rich, and if you want to get rich, you must first build roads."
So Xiaomei didn't fool him back then, it was he who misunderstood Xiaomei.Now that cement has been produced, road construction, an important construction, has become "feasible".
Yinfeng also asked someone to erect an inscription, as a commemoration of realizing the true meaning of life and finding the goal of life in the future, and engraved this sentence on it.
At Maoshi the next day, Yinti was still sleeping soundly, and suddenly felt that he was being crushed by a "ghost". He was suffocated in his chest, unable to move, and the limbs of the octopus wrapped around him, making him unable to break free.
"Brother, wake up, wake up, let's go see the cement."
Yinfeng's biological clock automatically wakes up at this time, he is refreshed after resting enough, and he doesn't need to prepare for the morning when he is traveling, so he broke into Yinti's room and shook him excitedly.
"Just for this matter, people are not allowed to sleep early in the morning."
Yin Reng took You Qi to get up and complained, and went to see the ingots he had piled up. After a night of air drying, the ingots had become as hard as stones.
"Gu thought a lot last night, and figured out how to strengthen the Qing Dynasty, which must surprise you and Khan Ama!"
Yinti rubbed his eyes, and said expressionlessly: "It's fine for you to build slopes on the palace stairs. That's for displaying the cement. What are you doing with this ingot? I see that Khan Ama will surprise your little scorpion too." .”
The silly brother is being stupid again, and if he pulls himself in now, wouldn't he be an accomplice? !
Yinxuan was so scared that he turned around and was about to slip away.
"Fengshui is good! Stand here to attract wealth and treasures, and you will surely be able to make a lot of money in the future." Yinfeng held Yinti to prevent him from escaping: "Brother, don't go, my brother is still waiting to discuss with you." Let's do great things together!"
"Let go, if you don't let me go, I'm going to call for help," Yinti blushed, feeling that there was a big hole waiting for him, and wished he could leave this place immediately with his sleeves thrown up, and he must not let Khan Ama see him standing with his silly brother In front of this ingot.
Sometimes, the less people look forward to something, the more something will come together.
No, Nalan Mingzhu received the news that the barbarians in the north invaded the border again last night, and rushed to report to Kangxi. The emperor was still resting in the palace, but there were many people gathered outside the palace hall.
Seeing Nalan Mingzhu, Yinfeng pulled Yinti's claws loose, causing Yinti to fall to the ground unprepared, sitting on his buttocks, Xiaojiu was sore and sore.
Yinxuan said angrily: "What are you doing to let go suddenly?"
"Brother, the Pearl of the Palm is looking for you!"
Yinti turned his head and looked back, Nalan Mingzhu was stunned, obviously he heard everything.
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Note 1: The information about the Qing Dynasty Shipyard comes from: Peng Yuanjun, the earliest shipyard in Northeast China↓ Tuantuangu thinks this passage is very interesting, so I will release it for interested friends to see. Oh~Ming Chengzu Zhu Di sent eunuchs also lost ha He led an army of more than 100 people and took 25 large ships to Tlin (now in Russia) on the east bank of the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River, and established the highest government office in charge of Heilongjiang, Ussuri River, Songhua River and other places - Nuergandusi.At that time, daily necessities and military supplies such as grain, oil, cloth, etc. needed by the defenders and the people were mainly supplied by the Central Plains and Liaodong area; the in-kind taxes and tributes paid by the local residents to the Ming government were transported to the customs, and it was extremely inconvenient to rely solely on land, while from Songhua River to Heilongjiang It is more convenient to go by water.In order to consolidate the northeast frontier defense and solve the transportation problem, the Ming Dynasty government sent Liaodong Commander Liu Qing to lead the army to the west bank of the Songhua River (that is, the opposite bank of Ashhada, south of the mouth of the Wende River) in April of the 7th year of Yongle to set up a shipyard. The shipbuilding (Ming Dynasty shipyard) was to strengthen the connection between the capital of Liaodong and Nurgan, and to use it as a transfer station for soldiers and food.
The inscription says
"Liu Qing, commander of the Liaodong capital, the chief shipbuilder of the imperial commission, led the army here in the 18th year of Yongle, the first year of Hongxi, and the seventh year of Xuande (7, 1420, 1425)", and recorded This is the best proof that ships were built here during the Ming Dynasty.
In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, due to the threat of Tsarist Russian invasion, in the 13th year of Shunzhi (1656), he ordered Ningta Angbangzhangjing (later promoted general) Sharhuda to set up a shipbuilding factory in Jilingwuci, and organized a fleet to cruise and patrol the river. .According to (Jilin Annals), the shipyard is "159 Zhang 6 (long) from east to west.
, 18 Zhang (width) from north to south.All ships manufactured by the Navy are in this factory.Ships in Heilongjiang were also manufactured here. Regarding the establishment time of the shipyard in the Qing Dynasty, "Jilin Foreign Records" stated: "In the clever year of Shunzhi (that is, 1658), it was named the Japanese Shipyard because of the anti-Russian warships built here. "Historical records say that in the beautiful year of Shunzhi, Ningguta Angbangzhangjing Sarhuda led an army, boarded a large ship made by Jilin Shipyard, defeated the Tsarist Russian invading army at the confluence of Songhua River and Heilongjiang, and "gained a lot."
In the 18th year of Shunzhi (l661), the Qing government set up the Jilin Naval Camp near the shipyard (now Linjiangmen Waitoudao Wharf).
Note 2. Information about the Sino-Russian border comes from the Sino-Russian Battle of Yaksa and the Treaty of Nerchinsk Zhou Xifeng Social Science Series I; Philosophy and Humanities Ancient Chinese History; Struggle, 2019 There is another cement manufacturing method in the period. The information comes from Baidu Encyclopedia. The original sentence is not quoted, so there is no annotation.
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