Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 322 As long as the "Chinese people" rise up, everything will be fine (please subscribe, ask for a monthly pass)
Nanjing, the imperial city, the Little Palace.

The Little Palace, also known as the Nangong Palace, is the original East Palace, and now it is the palace of Zhu Cijiong, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty with a daily salary of 100 taels.

Although the Emperor of the Republic had proposed a salary increase long ago, his proposal was shelved by the General's Mansion and the Minister of Finance, and it never reached the People's Political Council.Therefore, Zhu Cijiong has no money to repair the huge Forbidden City that Zhu Yuanzhang passed down, which is now dilapidated.

But after all, Zhu Cijiong is the emperor who has endured hardships. He was very happy to eat the pickled vegetables and tofu for the Chinese New Year. Now he is also the emperor of "hundred and two days", which is 100 taels of silver!
As long as you don't waste your money indiscriminately, and don't let the eunuchs below or the servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs go to death, 100 taels of silver a day is enough to spend.

Moreover, the emperor of the republic can earn some extra money, and there is a concubine Yang Gui who is good at housekeeping. Under her management, the emperor's family lives well.

Anyway, when Li Zhongshan entered the palace with Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao this time, he saw that the inside and outside of the Little Palace had been completely repainted.The places damaged by the previous battles were also repaired, and the palace people and servants who came in and out (the Emperor of the Republic had no eunuchs) were all well-dressed and seemed to be well-nourished.The various ornaments and pendants in the palace also look exquisite.Although the style is not a luxury for the royal family, it is an item of ordinary people bought from a private store, but it is beautiful, practical and economical, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

"Fufu, Sanhao, our emperor seems to be living a good life! Still have the time to write how to eat duck in the "National Scholars Review"."

Outside the main hall of the Nangong Palace, General Li, who was drinking tea and reading a newspaper called "Guo Shi Ping" in a corridor for the ministers waiting to meet, casually chatted with two ministers from the Minister of the Ming Dynasty. The second in command (tied), talked about the happy life of the emperor of the Republic.

This "National Scholars Review" is a very interesting newspaper. It was co-organized by several bigwigs in the National People's Political Council, funded by Tiandihui, and Li Zhongshan himself was one of the initiators.

He originally wanted to run a newspaper to publicize his ideas, but he was too busy to manage it, so he left it to Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, and Wang Fuzhi.

Under the management of these three, this "Guo Shi Review" unexpectedly became popular very quickly-it was a publication dedicated to "commenting the world" run by Mr. Yuan Rusan, how could it not be popular?

The "Guo Shi Review" run by the three of them became popular not only because of the prestige of the three, but also because they really had a lot in common with the "newspaper-reading class" in Daming today.

In this "National Scholars Review", in addition to reporting major events in the "Ming Dynasty" and the announcement of the National People's Political Conference, there is also a "comment" that is highlighted in the debate articles written by those political conference leaders.Some commented on current events, poems and songs, ancient and modern figures, local specialties, operas, novels, eating, drinking and having fun in Nanjing, and even girls on the Qinhuai River. our
Moreover, these "commentary articles" are not all written in jerky and hard-to-understand ancient Chinese. A considerable part is written in contemporary (referring to the Ming Dynasty) vernacular that is easy to understand, and anyone who knows a few words can understand it.Those who are not very literate can also understand.So this "National Scholars Review" has been very popular from the very beginning, with a huge audience.Issues are issued every three days, and the printed volume of each issue exceeds [-] copies of the original version alone. If pirated copies are included, there are hundreds of thousands of copies.

You must know that this "National Scholars Review" was only published at the beginning of this year, and it became a big hit within a few months!
In the latest "Guo Shi Review", Li Zhongshan also saw an article signed by "Republican Emperor".This is an article reviewing the deliciousness of Nanjing salted duck, salted duck and roast duck. This emperor really knows a lot, he is really knowledgeable!
"It's not badly written!" Li Zhongshan said to Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao with a smile after reading the article by Emperor Gonghe, "I didn't expect our emperor to be so good at it."

"The emperor is making money!" Lu San said with a smile, "In these few issues, I was commenting on ducks. In the previous few issues, I was still commenting on silks and satins woven by the four major companies. Before that, I was also commenting on porcelain. These were all written after receiving the money." .His articles are not cheap, and he can receive 300 taels of embellishment for each article, almost catching up with the emperor's salary (emperor's salary)."

"Is there such a thing?" Li Zhongshan was taken aback, and said to himself: This emperor has become an advertising expert?But this also shows that the industrial and commercial economy in the southeast of Ming Dynasty is developing very well!Well, this is all due to the good leadership of the general.Now that the imperial court has no money to fight the war, the merchants in the southeast of Ming Dynasty have to pay more money!
Chen Yonghua said: "The emperor is not making random comments, it's really good to get his praise. So his retouching pen has been rising. At the beginning, the three gentlemen wanted the emperor to earn some retouching pens, which was equivalent to raising some embellishment pens in disguise. I didn’t expect everyone to like his comments, and more and more people read them. There are also many businessmen in Nanjing paying him to comment on their goods, and his embellishment is getting higher and higher.”

"This is King Yuanjunsu," Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "King Yuanjunsu is down-to-earth, and he really understands the sufferings and preferences of the people. Although our emperor is the son of the former emperor, he has not grown up in the deep palace. Prince, so you know everything."

"I also heard that the emperor wants to comment on the girls of the Qinhuai River." Chen Yonghua said with a smile, "To comment on a new Qinhuai eight beauties, but that Concubine Yang does not allow it, so I have no choice but to let it go."

"Your concubine did the right thing!" Li Zhongshan nodded and said with a smile, "Our emperor is a prime minister, and he must be a virtuous king. It is not appropriate to comment on women in brothels. But we can ask the emperor to come forward and comment on me. Bullish market."

"What is the bullish market of the people of Ming Dynasty?"

"That's right, people in this country can't buy and sell, so why are they bullish?"

Rao Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao, I don't understand how Li Zhongshan is trying to fool people this time?

Li Zhongshan closed the "National Scholars Review" newspaper in his hand, smiled and said to the two: "Sanhao, Fufu, don't we have more money now? And it's time to use money. The current situation, Ming, Zhou, Qing At the end of the Three Kingdoms fight, it is to compare who can overwhelmingly invest in military expenditures!

If we only rely on tax collection, even if we hold the two rich territories of Jiangnan and Guangdong, we may not be sure of victory.After all, paying taxes is not something everyone likes very much!
However, there are still only two ways to quickly and massively raise money, one is to sell the status of Chinese nationals and national scholars, and the other is to borrow money from businessmen in Jiangsu and Guangdong! "

"Shikai, there are quite a few people who oppose this act of betraying the status of nationals and national scholars!"

"That's right, almost everyone who has obtained the status of national scholars and national scholars does not want us to sell a large number of nationals and national scholar identities. And the state capitals that have implemented or are about to implement national deliberations do not support the state capitals that increase the deliberation of nationals too quickly .”

Li Zhongshan knew this situation a long time ago, so he just smiled at the moment and said: "It's a business to talk about politics with the people of the country! If there are too many people in the country, it is not rare, and the benefits that can be shared will be small. And there are many places for people to discuss politics. There will be fewer seats for low-level officials. Those scholars who have bought the status of national scholars and can pass the official examination and rural examination, of course, do not want other state capitals to engage in the discussion of government by the people of the country. The number of floating officials will be reduced, and many second-ranking officials will be recommended for local government discussions, so there will be fewer opportunities for them to become officials in other places."

Of course, both the Chinese and the national scholars are beneficial!
First of all, the people and scholars of this country have certain political privileges. They can see officials without kneeling, they can not be punished when they are on trial, they can discuss politics, they can write letters to express their opinions, and they can have priority in entering local government schools.

Don't underestimate this privilege. With this privilege, local officials can't handle it casually.

Secondly, as long as the Chinese and national scholars join the army, they are eligible to be allocated land or residential land in a metropolis (of course the location is not good).For Chinese people who have no industry, this economic benefit is still very attractive.

Third, national scholars are equivalent to having the reputation of a scholar. As long as they pass the local officials, they can serve as low-level officials in the local area, and they can also take the provincial examination as a candidate.After winning the exam, you can go to the reform schools in Nanjing and Guangzhou to study New Confucianism and the theory of practical management.After graduating from the Restoration School and passing the examination, one can become a Jinshi, and then one can become a local mid-level official.

Of course, low-level local officials can also be promoted to middle- and high-level officials without having to take the provincial examination and study in the Reform School.

And the Chinese can also be awarded the title of national scholar by serving in the army, so as to obtain the qualification to be an official, and can also be directly admitted to the lecture halls in Nanjing and Guangzhou-graduating from the lecture hall is a national scholar!
However, the way to become a national and a national scholar is still open, mainly through the imperial examination to be admitted as a scholar. It is not easy to be admitted as a scholar!For each hospital examination, the number of students in a county is only 20 at most.

In other words, the number of national scholars who passed the imperial examination was extremely limited, and it was impossible to form the basis for the people of the country to discuss politics, and it was difficult to dilute the interests of the existing people and scholars.

Of course, it is impossible for the talented national scholars who passed the imperial examination to give much help to the Ming Dynasty today.

"General, you must have thought of some clever trick, right?"

"General, if you want to make a brilliant move, just come and listen to it, and the next official and the three good brothers will help you with one or two suggestions."

After listening to Li Zhongshan's analysis, Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua knew that he must have a brilliant idea!
Li Zhongshan nodded and said: "It's not a good move, but there is a bad move! It's 'as long as the people of the country rise up, everything will be solved'!"

"Rise up?"

"How did it go up?"

Li Zhongshan said: "It means that the threshold for being a Chinese has to be raised greatly and continuously! Only in this way, those who have become Chinese before will feel that they have taken advantage of it, and this Chinese is right. In this way, they will not strongly oppose it. Let’s expand the scale of Chinese people. Those who did not become Chinese people before will also follow suit and buy because Chinese people have risen! Moreover, Chinese people are expensive, so naturally they don’t need to sell too much to make up enough money.

In addition, in order to create demand, we can also make regulations on the inheritance of Chinese people and national scholars! "

"inherit?"

"How will this be inherited?"

Li Zhongshan said: "What I mean is that the status of a countryman can be inherited, but only one-on-one. The heir can be a son, brother, son-in-law, nephew, or even an elder. But a countryman can only pass on his identity For a family member, there is no such thing as saying that the sons of a Chinese are all Chinese. In addition, the sons of kings, dukes, marquises, uncles, sons, males, etc., can all get the status of a Chinese!

And the status of a national scholar cannot be inherited!
In this way, many rich but not noble national scholars and people will first buy a countryman status for their sons who have just been born or even have not yet been born. "

Chen Yonghua frowned and asked: "Then can a person who has no money still become a Chinese?"

Lu Sanhao also meant the same thing, nodded and said: "Yes, we are in the Ming Dynasty, we can't just recognize money, can we?"

"Of course!" Li Zhongshan said, "In today's troubled times, how can we weed out those who have made meritorious service? However, this threshold must also be raised. Originally, a soldier can become a citizen of the country, but now it has to be changed to ten years or more. You have to make a certain amount of military merits to be a citizen of the country!

In addition, if you become a soldier of the Chinese people, you can get a piece of land that is enough for their family to live comfortably!In this way, soldiers who were Chinese before will feel that they have taken advantage of it.And the new soldiers will definitely work harder in order to become the people of the country and get the land. "

His method is the same as the Roman citizenship in the early years!
This Roman citizenship used to exude a seductive aroma, and many strong men in the Roman overseas provinces who wanted to obtain Roman citizenship even did not hesitate to serve as soldiers for Rome!

Moreover, these non-Romans, who were not easy to become Roman citizens, also have a very strong sense of identity with Rome.

Now Li Zhongshan has packaged this Roman citizenship as a member of the Ming Dynasty. Now he is using it to fool the strong men and rich people in the Ming Dynasty. In the future, he can give some to foreigners who admire the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

"The method is not bad." Chen Yonghua asked, "But I'm afraid that no one will recognize our method of driving up the prices of Chinese people."

Lu Sanhao thought for a while and asked, "Brother Shikai, you don't mean to use the "Guo Shi Review" to promote how valuable Chinese people are?"

Li Zhongshan nodded and said: "Not only should the "National Scholars Review" help to promote it, but we must also use all means to promote it. We must let everyone know that the situation in Ming Dynasty is very good, and that the three-point world is as solid as gold, so this countryman will definitely do it in the future. If you don't buy now, you will regret it for a lifetime!

We can even do a little trust, so that everyone knows that the status of Chinese people is in short supply! "

His method is to artificially create a tension between supply and demand, release false good news, and conduct false transactions to drive up prices. Isn't it a piece of cake to use this to deal with the gentry and young men of Ming Dynasty?
"Hahaha, the general has a solution! With the general planning a strategy, I can sit back and relax!"

Li Zhongshan had just told Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao how he wanted to raise his status as a Chinese, and how to get a high-ranking additional issuance, circle a large sum of money and a strong man, and Zhu Cijiong's voice came over.

Li Zhongshan, Chen Yonghua, and Lu Sanhao quickly stood up and followed the voice, and saw a spring-faced, emperor of the Republic of Ming Dynasty, dressed as a scribe, walking over like flying.

"The ministers respectfully invite the emperor to be safe."

When the three ministers saw the emperor coming, they hurriedly saluted.

Zhu Cijiong waved his hands and said, "Let's all sit down. After you sit down, tell me, how can I help promote the market of this countryman?"

Hearing what Zhu Cijiong said, Li Zhongshan, Chen Yonghua, and Lu Sanhao all laughed.

This emperor is really a rare Ming emperor in the Ming Dynasty!With such a wise king, why worry that there will be no day for the four families to return to the Ming Dynasty?
Great Qing Dynasty, Beijing city, inside the imperial palace.

Emperor Kangxi, who just got married, was hosting a banquet in Qianqing Palace to entertain his uncle Yang Qilong.

The emperor also seemed to be in a good mood - his new wife was two months pregnant!She was two months pregnant just after getting married, which is a good sign!
Of course, this doctor Le and Xiao Guizi's father-in-law have helped Kangxi live, and the child in this belly must belong to him!Because before the wedding with Yang Xiaomi, Kangxi had already let her sleep.

Moreover, Imperial Physician Le also told Kangxi that after his careful pulse checking, there is a [-]% chance that the child in Empress Yang's belly will be a boy, and only [-]% chance that it will be a girl!

There is also a [-]% chance of twins!
In any case, there is a good chance it is a boy!

So Kangxi has already named his future prince, "Baoqing" - keep the Qing Dynasty!
Of course, keeping the Qing Dynasty cannot rely solely on Kangxi's son, Kangxi himself has to work hard.And today he held a banquet in honor of Yang Qilong in Qianqing Palace, just to try his best to protect the Qing Dynasty.

"Brother Yang," Kangxi politely called his uncle "Brother Yang", and then said to him with a pleasant face, "The North Korean side has already expelled the envoys sent by me and they refused to accept my prison in the Qing Dynasty. China, it seems that it is preparing to rebel!"

Of course, it is impossible for North Korea to accept the supervision of the Qing Dynasty.The previous Ming and Qing didn't send Jian Guo, and now the Qing Dynasty is in decline, so why send Jian Guo to the mighty North Korea Kingdom?
If the Kingdom of Korea hadn't united with the Ming Dynasty to crusade against "Hu Qing", it would have been benevolent.The Qing Dynasty actually wanted to send a supervisor to the country, which is simply making trouble for no reason!

"Don't worry, your majesty, with your ministers here, the Kingdom of Korea cannot be turned around!" Yang Qilong said confidently.

Kangxi nodded with satisfaction, and said again: "Brother Yang, this North Korean conquest is directly related to my prestige, and there must be no accidents. If you are not sure, I will send some more troops to you. Be sure to be safe. "

"Don't worry, Your Majesty," Yang Qilong said, "This time the North Korean conquest has an army of [-] land and water troops, and they will also take the sea route to attack the North Korean capital. They will definitely be caught off guard!"

"Okay!" Kangxi said with a smile, "Then I will wait for your good news in Beijing. This is the achievement of destroying the country!"

(End of this chapter)