1825 My New Daming

Chapter 69 The East India Company, can you be convicted? (Seek collection, monthly pass, recommendation, follow-up)

Xianmen Palace, go to the study room.

"Your Majesty, this servant has already reached an agreement with Lin Zexu. He promised to rent a large amount of weapons and ammunition to us, and it doesn't matter if we don't get them."

Those who are reporting to Daoguang about the progress of the negotiations on the "Loan Printing" project are of course the number one important minister of the Dajin Kingdom, the Grand Master of Taiji Temple, the foreman Tianji Minister He Shen and Da Zhongtang.

"What? It doesn't matter if it's not up yet?"

Fat Daoguang sitting on the throne heard "It doesn't matter if it's not up yet", he immediately got up, sat up straight, widened his eyes, and looked at He Shen expectantly.

"Your Majesty," He Shen said with a smile, "Lin Zhongtang said that as long as we agree to lay two railway tracks on the Kazakh grasslands from Yining to Gaelsk in Luocha Kingdom, we don't have to pay back the arms bill."

"What? Daming is going to build a railway on our site?" Daoguang yelled immediately, "He Shen, have you forgotten the ancestral family law handed down by Lord Kangxi?"

"Your Majesty, this slave dare not!" He Shen immediately lifted up his robe and knelt down to Emperor Daoguang, "My slave remembers the ancestral motto of Lord Kangxi that 'no roads are built outside the Wuji Valley'."

"Then you still want me to agree with the Ming people to build the railway?"

"Your Majesty, the people of the Ming Dynasty didn't say they wanted to build a railway, they just wanted to lay two rails." He Shen said, "Rail tracks are not roads!"

"What? Railroad tracks aren't roads?" Daoguang was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the ministers of heaven and secret standing in the upper study room, "Should you tell me, are these railroad tracks considered roads?"

Do railroad tracks count?
Several military ministers were a little confused.

This problem is obvious. Whether the railway track is considered a road or not depends on whether the emperor wants to win it or not.
"Your Majesty," Mu Zhanga, a scholar of Liangyi Temple who is second only to Heshen in front of Daoguang, understands the master's thoughts best, and immediately kneels down after leaving the class, "the ancestor's precepts of the Emperor Xianzu (Kangxi Temple) say that' "Road" instead of "rail", so it can be seen that it does not include railway tracks."

Sai Shang'a, the minister of secrets behind Mu Zhang'a, is also able to pinch and count. He heard the two old foxes, He Shen and Mu Zhang'a, say "the railway is not a road", and he immediately knew what to say, so he raised his hand. The robe also knelt down to Daoguang: "Your Majesty, what He Zhongtang and Mu Zhongtang said is very true. The slave also believes that the railway is not a road but a track, so what Daming wants to build in our Dajin territory is the track, not the road. But even if It is the track, and it must not be controlled by Da Ming, it must be in our own hands!"

Daoguang nodded slightly, as if deeply convinced.

Now several other ministers of heaven and secrets have "calculated", each of them raised their robes and went out to kneel down, and then explained to Daoguang the difference between "track" and "road" - the difference is very big, the road is "foot" Next to the word ", the track is next to the word "car", which is completely different!

And the road has the word "foot" next to it, which means that it is easy to walk with feet, and that is the road.The track is next to the word "car", which is for the car to go.The rails that the train runs on are so narrow that walking on them is like juggling. Ordinary people can't do it at all.

After some explanations from the people below, Emperor Daoguang understood the difference between "road" and "track" completely.

So he nodded and said: "Heshen, it seems that the road and the track are completely different. The ancestor's family law did not prohibit the repair of the track. The track can be repaired."

"Emperor Shengming!"

The secret ministers below immediately shouted "Sheng Ming" in unison.

Emperor Daoguang nodded with a smile, and asked again: "Everyone, is there anything else you want to play?"

"Your Majesty, servant He Shen still has another book to play!"

As He Shen was talking, he took out a memorial that he had prepared a long time ago from his sleeve pocket, and held it high above his head: "Your Majesty, this slave wants to join the British East India Company!"

As soon as he said this, the other secret ministers present were stunned—the British East India Company said it was a company, but it was actually the governor's office of the British Empire ruling India!It sounds absurd that He Shen, a minister of heaven and secrets of the great gold, actually went to the governor's office of a British government.

Fat Daoguang nodded, and said solemnly: "He Shen, what crime do you want to join the British East India Company?"

"Your Majesty, the slaves want to join the British East India Company to make huge profits. They manufacture a large amount of poisonous substances such as addictive wine, tea, meatballs, and sugar, and sell them wantonly to the territory of our Dajin Kingdom. It also induces people in Bukhara, Samarkand and other places to take a large amount of it. In recent years, Bukhara, Samarkand and other places have been flooded with drugs. Many common people and nobles are addicted to taking drugs. As for going bankrupt, they even engaged in a lot of male robbers and female prostitutes to raise funds for prostitutes. The folk customs in Bukhara, Samarkand and other places were also severely damaged. A large amount of gold and silver flowed to India, and the market was depressed because of this. Even the city guards Soldiers also eat too much yam, which not only exhausts their resources, but also makes their bodies weak and unusable. If I do not stop it, I am afraid that a large amount of yap will flow into the root of Wuji Valley after a short time. At that time, my Dajin will have no gold and silver to pay for, and no soldiers to use, and if things go on like this, my Dajin will surely lose the country!"

Hearing what He Shen said, Daoguang's expression immediately became serious: "Speaking of which, the East India Company is really a heinous crime!"

"Your Majesty is wise," He Shen said through gritted teeth, "Although this thing can be used as medicine, once it is abused, it is a poison that can make people addicted. If the poison is addictive, the person who takes it will have to go bankrupt to buy the poison that can kill him! This move by the East India Company is really vicious to the extreme. This slave asks the emperor to send out the heavenly soldiers to go to India to fight against these vicious thieves, so as to save the common people in the world!"

The poison of this bitch is of course very vicious, but the current damage to Dajin Kingdom is not as great as what He Shen said-Daijin is poor!Where can I afford it?Although there are some people in Bukhara and Samarkand who like it, most of those people are feudal lords who believe in Tianfang religion. After taking the porn, they get high and don't even think about resisting the Dajin Kingdom.
As for the influx of a large number of sluts into the Wuji Valley, that is simply impossible.Although all the disciples of the Eight Banners in Wuji Valley can eat enough, and still have houses and clothes, they can still read a little.But they don't have much cash - Promise Valley is almost isolated from the outside world. Although they can maintain communication with the outside world, there is no large amount of logistics, so they are basically self-sufficient.And all things that cannot be produced in Wuji Valley are basically sky-high prices, and only a very few dignitaries can enjoy them.

But fortunately, Promise Valley is a valley with very developed agriculture, so it is not a problem to eat and wear clothes.However, in recent years, because the population of the Eight Banners has increased several times compared to the Kangxi year, the land has become a bit tight, and the increased Eight Banners not only do not pay taxes, but also have to spend money on education for them from the Dajin court, and have to arrange some errands.However, the tribute paid by the affiliated cities and tribes outside Wuji Valley was extremely limited, so Emperor Daoguang's life became poorer and poorer.
But the poor want to change!If you can't change it, then you can only grab it!
Thinking of this, Daoguang finally made up his mind, and said to the few secret ministers below: "The East India Company really committed a heinous crime, but I am a benevolent king, and I am willing to show mercy outside the law and give them a chance to redeem themselves. As long as the East India Company agrees to stop Of course, we will export weed tablets and various weed products to Dajin territory, except for medicinal weed tablets controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then we will pay a fine of 1000 million Daming silver dollars, and I will spare them."

Having said that, he paused again, "He Shen!"

"The servant is here!" He Shen immediately agreed.

Daoguang said: "Heshen, you should immediately draft a telegram to Qi Shan, Consul General of Calcutta, and ask him to immediately negotiate with the Governor of India, Baron Amherst, asking him to strictly control the smuggling of illegal pornography by the East India Company and order the East India Company to Pay the fine, or the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers will go to India to question their crimes!"

"Hey, the servant leads the order!"

(End of this chapter)