[Qing] If you don't work hard, you will be forced to inherit the throne

Chapter 122

The eunuchs not only brought caterpillars from the imperial garden to Yinreng, but also thoughtfully found three for him, the third younger brother, the fourth younger brother and himself, and put them in a tray with a transparent cover made of colored glass. Leave two free for the caterpillars to breathe.

Yinzhi saw the caterpillar for the first time, and it was fresh, and Yinfeng explained to them how the caterpillar breaks out of the cocoon and becomes a butterfly, and there are poisonous hairs on the caterpillar body, which cannot be easily caught by hand. If you are stung, you should immediately wash off the venom with clean water, and then ask a doctor to apply medicine, so that the root cause of the disease will not be left in the future, and so on.

Apart from caterpillars, there are also mollusk snails. The eunuchs searched the imperial garden but failed to find snails, so they came to tell Yinfeng bitterly: "His Royal Highness, it is not the rainy season recently, and the servants really can't find snails."

"If you can't find a snail, just dig some earthworms!" Anyway, they are all molluscs. If you can't play with snails, watching earthworms crawl is also interesting.

Earthworms are generally hidden in the soil and need to be dug out. The eunuchs concentrated on digging the mud in the imperial garden one by one, and finally got some for him.

Facing the curious gazes of the two younger brothers, Yin Reng cleared his throat, and said, "Don't look at these little things as ugly, but they are actually good bugs. Earthworms can be used as traditional Chinese medicine, and they can also be used to raise livestock. It likes Live in the soil, you see."

He ordered people to fetch wet soil, and saw the exposed earthworm digging into the soil with its arched body, and said happily: "It eats the soil, and the poop it pulls out after eating can fertilize the land and kill the evil spirits in the ground. Of course, the ancients called it evil, and this evil can be summarized as viruses, germs, harmful substances, etc. In short, it is something that is not good for crops. So if you find earthworms in the soil, don’t kill them as pests. Uncle farmers like it. Regardless of its small size, if there are many of them, they will drill around under the ground and help loosen the soil."

After playing with the earthworms, the eunuchs finally brought a glass jar for Yinreng. Inside the jar was a huge cockroach with thick wings and a plump body. Seeing this, Yinzhen wrinkled his nose in disgust.

Yinfeng asked someone to throw the melon rind into a glass jar. The cockroach smelled the melon rind, rushed over like crazy, and gnawed on the melon rind.

"Since ancient times, people in the world have known that cockroaches are pests. They reproduce rapidly, like to eat rotten things, and easily spread diseases. It is almost to the point where everyone shouts and kills them. It is no more intolerable than the rats during the festival. But look. Now, what do you think of?"

Yinzhi didn't hide his dislike for cockroaches, he felt his scalp go numb just by glancing at the cockroaches.

"Think... what do you think, the cockroach is useless, it is a vicious bug."

"Where's the fourth brother?"

Yinzhen's heart thumped twice: This prince is getting more and more out of tune.

He sighed and said, "My brother thinks that if Khan Ama knows that the second brother sent someone to go to the south to find such a big cockroach for the younger brothers to play with, he might blame the second brother. I heard from the elder brother that Khan Ama likes it the most." spank the child's ass..."

Yinfeng was dumbfounded, like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and its fur exploded: "The traitor, why did he tell you everything?!"

Judging by his reaction, I am afraid that he has personally experienced the education of Khan Ama's "father's love is like a mountain".

Yinzhen twitched the corners of his mouth, recalling that in the previous life, even if Kangxi got angry again, he suppressed his anger and investigated the people around the prince. Before the father and son fell out completely, they never said a serious word to the prince.

The boss said that the prince was beaten up by Khan Ama since he was a child. He didn't believe it at first, but seeing Yinfeng's reaction now, he really believed it a little bit.

Yinzhi asked blankly: "Did Khan Ama really beat up the second brother?"

"No, Gu is so smart and sensible, and Khan Ama is wise and powerful. How could he do such a thing that loses his reputation? Brother, it's hearsay, spreading rumors, it's rumours, so don't believe it."

Yinreng had a serious face, opened his eyes and spoke nonsense.

Whenever Prince Yinreng felt guilty, he would make a small movement, his fingers would circle behind his back, in order to cover up his guilty conscience, Yinreng touched his head with one hand and one younger brother, and said with a smile: "Brother It’s true, at this time, it’s alarmist, and I’m not afraid that my younger brothers will leak their words, and Khan Amak will punish him then.”

Yinzhi felt that his back was hairy, and he couldn't explain why, the second brother of the prince was still gentle and patient with them as before, but since he went out to participate in political affairs, he has a different kind of temperament, which was quite down-to-earth before. people, suddenly seem to be far away in the sky.Only when teaching them to learn, he still has a little shadow of the past.

Therefore, when Yinfeng asked them if they would like to study with the elder brother of the prince, Yinzhi was the first to answer yes. If he answered, he would definitely bring his fourth brother along. In the study room, the two elder brothers are the closest in age. Yes, Yinzhi has to pull Yinzhen together in everything he does.Since the elder brother has also become the elder brother who is half involved in politics and half haunted to study in the study room, there are only two children left who "depend on each other" and go everywhere together.Yinzhi is young and young, and he doesn't want to be left too far away by his elder brothers. It would be great if he had the opportunity to get in touch with the prince's elder brother up close.

So Yinfeng coaxed them: "I'm going to go to Han Ama and say that I plan to teach my two younger brothers science in person. Then you have to save face and tell Khan Ama that I like Gu's teaching, so that I can come to see him often in the future." you guys."

Kangxi only let Yinreng go to play for a day. The child seemed to have forgotten what his father had just taught him yesterday. He asked people to catch bugs in the Imperial Garden for a while, and then ran to say that he would teach his two younger brothers to learn "science" .

The emperor frowned and said: "You yourself are only a half-grown child, what can you teach your younger brothers? I haven't asked you what you are doing in the palace today, and let someone dig the imperial garden!"

Yinfeng said: "My son is arousing the interest of my younger brothers and giving them the enlightenment of natural science."

He told Kangxi some of the content of his lecture today, and explained: "Khan Ama, my son has a lot of new knowledge, which is suitable for children to learn. Now train the younger brothers so that they can learn more new knowledge in the future." , you can come to help Khan Ama share the government affairs."

"To help me share my worries about government affairs, some teachers teach them," Kangxi retorted, "You are still learning by yourself!"

"I also want to teach my younger brothers to 'review the old and learn the new', and mathematics, physics, and chemistry, which were called by the ancients as the content of things, are real things that should be paid attention to. Only by understanding the principles of all things can one understand the world and broaden one's horizons. I am not saying that the Four Books and Five Classics are not good, but learning the Four Books and Five Classics is not enough. To govern the country and make the Qing Dynasty prosperous and prosperous, one needs to do practical things. My son has been pragmatic since he was a child!"

Yinfeng said helplessly: "Didn't Khan Ama learn those knowledge from the missionaries himself? You asked Master Nan to teach my son to open my eyes. Now my son wants to teach my younger brothers these things, so I can share with my younger brother They can connect with each other, and they can also teach them some of the knowledge taught by Xiaomei..."

Kangxi stared at Yinfeng for a while, then raised his eyebrows: Is this the plan to train the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother to be the right-hand man of the prince?

Kangxi thought of the mature and stable eldest son, and then thought of the naive Yinzhi and the clumsy Yinzhen. If these brothers were united by the prince, wouldn't it be that the older princes would all hug each other?

A flash of inspiration flashed in the emperor's mind, and he asked Yinreng coldly: "Then you can be lazy after you have cultivated brothers, can't you?"

Yinfeng: "..."

"Look, tell me for sure, right?" Kangxi was angry, and subconsciously wanted to grab the fly whisk from Liang Jiugong's hand, but he didn't expect that this time Liang Jiugong was so focused that he didn't daze, the emperor grabbed it hard, and the fly whisk was firmly held held in his arms.

The emperor and Liang Jiugong looked at each other, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Yinfeng hurriedly explained: "I have no intention of being lazy, Khan Ama, you can't misinterpret what I mean, I'm very good now to train my younger brothers, and the ugly is not because I need help in doing things in the future ?”

"You don't need any of the helpers I gave you, but I know how to put effort into cultivating future helpers," Kangxi sneered, and wanted to pick up his son, but suddenly found that his son was already taller than his waist. The weight in his hands has dropped a lot compared to previous years, the only thing that remains the same is his clear and bright eyes from beginning to end, in which there are dazzling stars and blazes of hope, but there is no lust, desire and desire for power .

why is he doing thisBecause of responsibility, because I like to do it, it's that simple, it's that pure.There was a fairy beast stirring on the side, full of fresh ideas, Kangxi knew that it was useless to just suppress him, and he couldn't make a cage to trap him.

Do you want to let Baocheng influence Yinzhi and Yinzhen? Kangxi was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Your 'hundreds of millions of Xiaoqiang plan' I put it on hold, this pest is not easy to control, if it is not done well, it will bite back No matter how much rubbish there is in the capital, it's still not enough to take the risk of cultivating that pest."

"Hey, Erchen thinks it's quite useful, as long as it doesn't run away, it'll be great if it's built underground and a warm shed can be built on it."

"Your plan can be written down by the historian. After decades or a hundred years, if you really encounter an urgent problem, it will not be too late to use it as a backup option."

Kangxi also had good reasons for refusing to cultivate pests: indecent, harmful, and difficult to control.

Just thinking about the picture of thousands of xiaoqiangs makes one's scalp tingle, Wang Xi actually thinks this method is feasible, he is really stupid.

Kangxi snatched Liang Jiugong's Jin Fuchen, played with it in his hand, and warned him solemnly: "If you want to do something, you must tell me, don't make up your own mind."

"The minister here wants to build a natural research institute to study all things in nature and contribute to the agriculture of the Qing Dynasty," Yinfeng said hastily: "I haven't mentioned this matter to anyone. I saw it before. The Qing Dynasty attached great importance to agriculture, but the output of the common people has not increased much in recent years. Since the chaos in San Francisco, the country has still hurt some vitality. It would be the best if we can find a way to increase production. I want to say, in fact, after Xiaoqiang died, the artificially cultivated ones had fewer germs than the outside world, and after being roasted at high temperature, they could be crushed and used as livestock feed... Unfortunately, Khan Ama refused."

Yinfeng was still regretting that his "hundreds of millions of little strong plan" could not be carried out, so he first revealed to Kangxi that he was going to build a research institute again.

"My son has been participating in politics for several months, and I have talked with Khan Ama before." Yinfeng was very sincere: "My son also wants to be like the ministers, bragging about the wealth of the Qing Dynasty to Khan Ama, and the army is very happy." Powerful, vast land and rich resources, happy people, and developed agriculture. But I have been with you so far, and have seen many internal and external troubles. If it is not because of these pressures, how can Khan Ama work hard every day? Science is really important. We can't be complacent about our previous achievements. Science can increase agricultural output, improve the army, and strengthen the national power of the Qing Dynasty. Xiaomei taught his sons and ministers a word called "productivity". Foreigners invented clocks, telescopes and other things in their countries. , continued to be sold at high prices to the Qing Dynasty, and what were we selling? Cloth, grain, handicrafts... It sounds good to say that it is small profits but quick turnover, and it is ugly to say that it is not selling raw materials. Do you want to cheat a lot of money when you are slaughtering a fat sheep?!"

"Now that we have researched the telescope by ourselves, we know that its cost is so low. This is the power of science. Science is not a small way. The more I see, the more anxious I feel. The development of the Qing Dynasty has solidified! The legacy technology, shipbuilding is the blueprint left over from the previous dynasty, without improvement and invention, how can it be so slow?"

"The northern barbarians are looking for a suitable outlet to the sea, constantly harassing the land of the Qing Dynasty. You also said that you will open the sea when there is good news from Taiwan. So many countries in the world have already begun to explore everywhere. In that vast land Long voyages at sea, the Great Qing has closed the country for too long, so long that I don't know what the outside world has become!"

Kangxi's finger holding Fuchen turned white, and he didn't know whether to be angry or to scold Yinrong for speaking too presumptuously. In the end, he was so angry that he didn't lift up to beat the child, but threw Liang Jiugong's Fuchen on the ground angrily, and angrily reprimanded Yinrong: "Speak up!" It's because I dote on you too much!"

Yinfeng glanced at the golden fly whisk on the ground guilty, and hugged Kangxi's arm cowardly to prevent him from bending down to pick up the fly fly and beat the child: "It's still too late to develop science, Han Ama, you are only in your twenties , you are a king with great talent and unique vision, you must understand what I mean, your vision is much wider than that of my son!"

Now this time is a good time to imitate courtiers and flatter. It is not for nothing to read memorials, and Yinfeng has learned to use tricks to praise others.Talk to Khan Ama with a degree of relaxation, give a stick and then a sweet date, first suppress and then raise, and when you are offended, touch along the hair.

Kangxi said expressionlessly: "Relax."

"No, you promise Erchen to relax, but if you don't promise Erchen, I'm afraid you will break another whisk."

Yinreng glanced at Liang Jiugong, who was about to cry but had no tears, with an apologetic look in his eyes.

"Science is a small way, let people study those things on the table? I think your actions are probably more than that. You are challenging the bottom line of people's traditional learning of scriptures since ancient times."

"It's not as serious as Khan Ama said. When the courtiers come to do this, the courtiers will only treat it as a 'small trouble'. Afterwards, they will make achievements and really contribute to the national strength of the Qing Dynasty. , Isn’t that enough to shut their mouths up? The only resistance that Erchen wants to promote science is you, Khan Ama.”

"You are interested in science, what are you going to study?"

"Study the method of increasing food production, the method of disposing of garbage, the method of avoiding plague, the method of enriching the country and strengthening the army, and the method of improving people's livelihood..."

"The eunuchs said that you had people dig a lot of holes in the imperial garden and collected a lot of earthworms and caterpillars."

"Erchen also wants to study insect pollination and the habits of bees."

When persuading people, first put something that can challenge people's bottom line. There was the "billions of Xiaoqiang Project" that challenged people's sensitive nerves. It seems that it is not so unacceptable to mention other insects.

"I don't want to have trouble with insects, but I really discovered the mystery. Insect pollination is... and Khan Ama, natural science includes physics, chemistry, biology, etc. Chemistry has always had a foundation since ancient times However, the predecessors used them to make alchemy, which is really reckless. Promoting science is a great thing that will last for thousands of years. Future generations will definitely appreciate our foresight now. As the first emperor who supports the development of science, you will Leave a name in history!"

Kangxi told him one head and two big ones. Has the development of the Qing Dynasty solidified?

He didn't believe that the development of the Qing Dynasty had solidified, and he was even more displeased with the words Yinfeng used in his speech before, such as "fat sheep".

But what if Baocheng is right?

What if all of this was a warning given by the fairy beast and told to him through Baocheng's mouth?

If he agrees, what will happen to the Qing Dynasty in the future, Kangxi can't guess. He has been emperor for more than [-] years and has continuously deepened his power.If science is promoted, ignorance will be driven away, and if ignorance is reduced, the wisdom of the people will be enlightened.

Whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, a double-edged sword is placed in front of Kangxi. His ancestors can't give him an answer, he can only judge by himself, and the invisible beast will expose the tip of the iceberg on the road ahead. show him.

Why does Baocheng keep saying that the Qing Dynasty is poor, and that the Qing Dynasty has internal and external troubles?Why do you never change your mind after being taught repeatedly, every time you explain it clearly to him, you can't change your concept...

Kangxi sighed softly, and waved his hands: "We'll talk about this tomorrow, I'm tired, so Baocheng should rest earlier!"

Yinfeng was stunned, he didn't expect his passionate speech to come to an abrupt end, he obviously still had a lot to say to Khan Ama, but Khan Ama turned around and left, and asked to send him back to Yu Go to Qing Palace.

Yinrong scratched his head: Did it fail?

[Big friend's father went to the ancestral hall to offer incense to the ancestors! 】

Xiaomei flitted out of the wall, and jumped back after a while, shaking her ears and flicking her tail, affectionately interpreting for Yinreng what Kangxi said when she offered incense.