Xinshun 1730

Chapter 675
Western calendar 1744, February.

The chilly chill has not completely dissipated, and there is always a strong wind in the capital in spring, and this year, as usual, it comes from the west.

Accompanied by these journeys and dust, there were also a few fast horses from the west, galloping to the capital, and sent back the news that Liu Yu would return to the capital soon.

In addition to this brief news, there is also a not-too-thick outline of the major events of the trip to Europe.

In the Forbidden City, after the court was over, the emperor was in the study, flipping through the summary report sent back by Liu Yu.

Sometimes nodding and smiling, sometimes picking up a pen to criticize and complain, sometimes frowning and thinking, and sometimes writing on a new piece of paper as a warning.

For a whole day, the emperor did not approve the rest of the memorials.Light up the lamp at night until midnight.

On the morning of the second day, the emperor casually mentioned the news of Liu Yu's return, but did not say a word such as welcome.

When the court was over, they asked people to prepare the guard of honor, left the Forbidden City, and went to the Academy of Sciences, which was about to be completed and built on the basis of the Tsinghua Garden of Wu Qinghou in the previous dynasty.

When the royal driver arrived, the busy officials and civilian husbands here bowed down one after another. The emperor ignored them and stood in front of the gate of the Academy of Sciences, with a thoughtful expression, dazed.

The servants, guards, and eunuchs didn't know what the emperor was thinking, but they could tell from this action that the Marquis of Whale Sea's family was not diminished.

Everyone in the court knew that this Academy of Sciences, which used a lot of Western architectural techniques and styles, was launched by Liu Yu.The Son of Heaven only got the news that the Marquis of Whale was about to return to Beijing yesterday, and today he came to the Academy of Sciences to stop, the depth of the Holy Family may be known.

However, no one thought that what Emperor Li Gan was thinking at this moment was a terrifying sentence.

"Nanyang affairs, if you are in command, you will succeed. If you are less than forty, there is almost no seal and no reward. You also read books and know history better. Don't you know what this means?"

Li Gan, who was standing in front of the Academy of Sciences, couldn't say what he was thinking.

The sentence "less than forty, no seal, no reward", if it is really said, it can be regarded as the prelude to the tragedy of family raids.

The emperor stopped there for a long time, stretched out his two hands silently, looked down at his palms, and couldn't help but think of the two words Liu Yu said before.

gun barrel.

Money bag.

Just like the two hands of a person, the gun barrel and the money bag are the two hands of the court.

Never before has the barrel of the gun and the pocketbook been so close since the construction of the Navy.In the prosperous south of the Yangtze River, there was originally only one Grand Canal that could be controlled, but now there is a navy that sails from Tianjin Port and can reach the bombardment in less than ten days.

The Privy Council and military reform, trading companies and pilot projects, everything is thriving.

Even if the person who brought about these things single-handedly seems to be trying his best to downplay his influence, those traces cannot be erased after all.

In the past few years in Dashun, the army has become stronger, the internal money bag has become more abundant, and several points that have tried the new policy have gradually increased their tax payments. Almost done, fleet expanded...

Everything is fine, whether it is the barrel of the gun or the purse.

The emperor silently clenched both hands into fists, and suddenly asked the valet beside him a strange question.

"How old is Hou Jing this year?"

Although this question was a little strange, the servant beside the emperor still blurted out: "Long live back, I remember that Jinghou was born in the year of Xinmao, and he was born in the year of rabbit. He is 34 years old."

"Oh...he's already 34. Why do I feel like he still looks like when he was playing hot air balloons and messing around. 34? Hmm. 34 is good."

After saying such a sentence without thinking, the servant was puzzled, but he didn't know what is so good about this 34?His Majesty asked strangely, and what he said was also strange.

While wondering, the emperor said again: "Bring a pen and paper. I want to inscribe the name of the Academy of Sciences myself."

The pen and paper was taken, and a few big characters flying like dragons and phoenixes quickly appeared on the white paper.Since it is to be nominated, these words will of course be turned into a plaque and hung on the main entrance in the future.

After asking these words, the emperor thought to himself, 34, um, 34 is indeed good.

If you try your best and die in front of me, you will be buried with the emperor's mausoleum with infinite grace.

But if you die behind me, less than forty, there is nothing to seal, an extremely personable minister, from a noble to a duke, there is no reward to be rewarded.After I collapse, who dares to use it?Who can use it?
Fortunately, you are already 34, not much younger than me.

The First World War in Nanyang was related to the century-old plan of the country and the country, and it is not a lie to say that it will last for hundreds of years. If you invite Yingying, it must be you.

If you are only [-] or [-] this year, and you just started messing around and getting ahead this year, I am willing to leave you to my son and be my son's gun.

But now you're going to be a duke...

In the future, if you want to learn from Li Weigong and keep your door closed, live in the Academy of Sciences, and never ask about political affairs after going to Nanyang, then no one will dare to touch this Academy of Sciences.

But I don't want to be like this. I haven't reached the time when my old eyes are dim and I am dying.

I still have lofty ambitions, and now I know about Europa, which one is not a powerful country?I am about to imitate Qi Huan and Jinwen in this world of great controversy. I have not yet known the destiny, and you will stand up. Anyway, you have already come to this point. Using the slang you often say in the market, it is better to smash the cans and smash them.

Others can't use you, but I can use you, and I can control and suppress you.

If I were still alive and kicking before my death, I would have thought of a way to let you be buried in the emperor's mausoleum with infinite grace, so as not to wait until after my death, there would be no reason for you to be charged with crimes. It seems that our Li family is not right hold you.

The emperor is not a pervert.

Even the emperor felt that if Liu Yu knew what he was thinking, he would be moved to tears.

It's just that under the distortion of the times, in Liu Yu's view, his thinking is so perverted that it can't be any more perverted.According to the emperor's idea, Liu Yu should be killed before the emperor died, and Liu Yu should be grateful to Dade.

Because in that case, Liu Yu's reputation, family, and glory could be preserved.The grace is infinite, and even the emperor stopped the court for several days to express his condolences, and he will be buried with the emperor's tomb in the future.

If he can succeed in going to Nanyang, he will definitely be named a duke.Less than forty, there is no seal, no reward, and he can grab money bags and guns. The emperor is confident that he will be the son of the prince, and he dare not use it, and he can't use it.

When the time comes, I'm afraid that some incidents will inevitably happen, so what's the problem if you want to add a crime?Living for two more years, on the contrary, ruined the reputation, the death of the family, and the stink of honor. The emperor felt that he was very good to Liu Yu, so he really couldn't bear such a situation.

Of course, this also led to a conclusion: before his own death, Liu Yu's greatest favor was to get Liu Yu to die of illness and have a grand funeral.

Liu Yu is only in his thirties this year, and the emperor himself is not even in his fifties, so it doesn't matter who goes ahead of who.So many years have passed, how can anyone believe in immortality and practice alchemy.

The emperor felt that Liu Yu had honed himself in the white mountains and black waters at the age of sixteen or seventeen. He had been to the Western Regions and traveled to the South Seas. He was bitten by mosquitoes and exhausted by cars and horses. He had a high probability of dying in front of him.

If he really died in front of him, then everyone would be happy.

But if he really can't die in front of him, he has no choice but to do him a favor and give him a ride.

Is Liu Yu a loyal minister?

Li Gan never doubted this point. Although he talked about Huaxia in his actions, he was the son of Huaxia. If he was loyal to Huaxia, he would naturally be loyal to himself, as long as he was not like Song Gaomingying.And asking himself, Li Gan felt that he was much stronger than Zhao Gou and Zhu Qizhen.

But this time, Liu Yu's trip to Europe seems to have boundless scenery, and it seems to have the majestic appearance of Ban Dingyuan in the past.But it also made the emperor a little uncomfortable.

Rakshasa is a big country, but Liu Yu retreated in a coup. This Raksha country is not Shanshan or Loulan. Dashun hardly has much influence there, and its military power is difficult to reach.

The country of the Netherlands is small and domineering in any way, with thousands of miles in the ocean and across the seven seas. As a result, he manipulated it in the palm of his hand, taking advantage of his strength and taking advantage of the situation, and easily changed the head of the Netherlands.

This is all a credit, a big credit to Da Shun Tian.But behind these credits, the emperor also felt a hidden worry.

The Rakshasa coup relies on strength.

The coup in the Netherlands relied on conspiracy.

It can be used to defeat cleverness when the tsar, nobles, old emperor dies, and the new emperor is first established.

It can also maneuver among the parliament, the public, the speaker, and businessmen to incite the hearts of the people.

Although Dashun is different from the two countries, Dashun not only has its own basic aristocrats, but also has the bureaucratic system of the imperial examination system, and its power structure is different from that of Rakshasa and the Netherlands.

But in the end, it still shows one thing: Once the restraint and restriction are removed, this kind of person is like a fish jumping in the sea and a bird flying in the sky.

Li Gan was confident that he could suppress and restrain Liu Yu.But what about after his death?
Liu Yu and the prince are not familiar with each other, and they don't have much contact with each other.

Just as Li Gan thought, if Liu Yu was only seventeen or eighteen now, Li Gan would be happy to leave Liu Yu to the crown prince as a gun barrel and money bag in the future.

But Liu Yu is now about to be sealed, and his ability is super strong. Of course, it is impossible for this kind of person to bring him closer to the crown prince.Even a minister with a little bit of political sense should know that important ministers must not get close to the prince.

If the Marquis of Jinghai, who can train troops, raise money, fight wars, and carry out two coups of different styles in Europe, is too close to the prince, the emperor himself should not feel at ease.

But now that the situation has become like this, even if Liu Yu is loyal and seeks a good death, if he dies in the future, and the crown prince and Liu Yu are not too close, it may be difficult for Liu Yu to seek a good death.

Besides, Liu Yu is loyal, but if the prince really wants him to die in the future, can he just sit and wait for his death?
escape?Don't look at what the Japanese said in the past, but now Dashun has once again become the kingdom of heaven in Asia, from Afghanistan to Japan, from Burma to Java, I'm afraid no one will dare to take it in.

Besides, such a character is like Shang Yang.If you use it, use it, if you don't use it, kill it.The emperor had thought about it before, and if one day Liu Yu wanted to drive a small boat on the sea, he would just turn a blind eye.But the prince and Liu Yu didn't have such a great friendship, nor did they have strong feelings.

Even if you don’t consider other things, only consider your own posthumous name, as long as Liu Yu did not close the door after the Nanyang World War I, as long as you still use Liu Yu to do things and rely on Western trade to build a small treasury for the royal family, then the prince will succeed in the future. This position will definitely move Liu Yu.

Splashing dirty water and looking for crimes are inevitable routines.If Liu Yu rebels, it's not good; if he escapes, it's not good;Is it a sinful person to reuse a favored courtier?So what are you?

Looking forward to the future, Li Gan really has mixed feelings in his heart.

He really never thought about the moment when he knew that Liu Yu had accomplished great things in Europa, the conditions for going to Nanyang were ripe, Dashun really wanted to participate in the world hegemony, and Liu Yu was about to return from Europe.

What I am looking forward to most at this time is that Liu Yu will die in front of me in the future, and the righteousness of the whole monarch and ministers will become a good story of Tang Zong.

(End of this chapter)