Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 393 Prince Nala’s Eight Ministers (please subscribe, please vote)
"The Empress Dowager, your Majesty has really cheered up this time. We have achieved a great victory in the west, and our Qing Dynasty's national destiny is about to come back again!"

Na Lalan'er, that is, Yang Xiaomi, wearing an azure tight-fitting jacket trimmed with fox fur and an azure all-over robe, supporting the old queen Bu Mu Butai, followed each other by the waterside of the West Garden of the Imperial City in Beijing. Walking.The tight-fitting little coat stretched her figure, especially the pair of mountains, which made Bumbutai hate it. Prince Gong Chang Ning followed the two women, looking at the nose and heart without looking. My sister-in-law's graceful back looks like a virtuous king.

After Bumbutai learned that the great monk Shunzhi had become a Buddha, he suddenly fell ill after being in good health.After receiving the news, the filial grandson Nala returned to Beijing from Kaiping in the north with his filial grandson Prince Gong Chang Ning.The two of them came together to show their filial piety to Bumbutai. Everything was good, except that they were always talking and laughing. It was clear from the first glance that uncle and sister-in-law had a deep love for each other!
But Bumbutai didn't dislike Nala because she first served Fuquan, then Kangxi, and now she was flirting with Chang Ning.On the contrary, she also admired Nala's method of dealing with men.Forget about that silly boy Fuquan, how picky was Kangxi?How heavy is Chang Ning's mind?These three brothers all think Nala is good, which already explains the problem.This method is even more generous than the method used by the old queen mother to win over Dorgon.

Of course, Nala's personal conditions are great!If she were to change with the old empress, she could directly become Huang Taiji's empress!

What the Queen Mother really dislikes is Nala's bloodline and her policy of reemploying Han people!

The so-called Nala family is actually a trick to fool the ancestral system. In fact, everyone knows that her surname is Yang, and she is the biological sister of Yang Qilong, the first-class governor of North Korea!What made Bumubutai even more angry was that after she became regent, she vigorously promoted Han officials with imperial examination backgrounds, and regarded the Han Chinese Chen Tingjing, Xiong Cilu, Yu Chenglong, and Wang Xi among the eight assistant ministers as confidants. What's going on? Discuss everything with them first.

What's more, she also let Chen Tingjing concurrently serve as the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, Xiong Cilu concurrently as the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, Yu Chenglong concurrently as the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Xi concurrently as the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. Their status is lower than that of Manchu ministers and they do not hold real power. However, these four Han ministers are all auxiliary ministers, so of course it is different!

At the same time, in the name of guarding against the Ming Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty, she sent all the Manchus among the eight ministers to serve as local governors. Among them, Prince Kang Jieshu was sent to be the governor of Shandong, and Bahai was sent to be the governor of Shanxi. Mingzhu became the governor of Liaodong, and Laita became the governor of Henan.

And she had a pretty good reason - preservation!This is to protect them and prevent them from following the footsteps of Obai and Suksaha!In addition, she had a special affinity for men, and her brother Yang Qilong had enough money to select beauties from North Korea. Therefore, the four Mandarins were very satisfied and all spoke well of Queen Yang.

As for the most important local official in the Qing Dynasty, the Governor-General of Zhili gave Zhang Yong the paralyzed man - the reason was very good. Since ancient times, no paralyzed man has ever rebelled and become the emperor!The reason why Wu Sangui rebelled is because he is not paralyzed. If he becomes paralyzed, he will not be able to rebel!

The two nine-door admirals of Kaiping Prefecture in Beijing and Shuntian Prefecture in Beijing both used Manchurian veterans, one was Langtan and the other was Pengchun.But the soldiers they carry are all recruited from the Han people directly under the control - the Manchu veteran generals lead the Han people to recruit soldiers to check each other. Is there no problem with this?

As for the commander of the guards and troops who directly guard the palace, Prince Gong Chang Ning is also in charge of it - Chang Ning looks at his charming sister-in-law, can you rest assured about this?

Such an arrangement, up and down, left and right, everyone thought it was very good, and they all said that Queen Yang's behind-the-curtain regency was very good!

Only the old Queen Bumubutai felt bad. For this reason, she often reported bad things about Queen Yang to Kangxi who was far away in Central Asia!Of course, she didn't dare to talk nonsense about the friendship between uncle and sister-in-law, but about Yang Xiaomi's alienation from the country and his emphasis on Han Chen, she would definitely have to say it with salt and jealousy!

But Kangxi's reply made Bu Mu Butai feel very helpless - although the "Ma Emperor" of the Qing Dynasty also felt that Yang Xiaomi valued the Han people too much and underestimated the Manchus, the curative effect of Yang Xiaomi's curtain regency was indeed very good!

What Kangxi left to Yang Xiaomi and Chang Ning was actually a mess. It was said to be "united", but in fact it was a separatist state!What the imperial court can really control is half of Zhili, half of Liaodong plus Datong Prefecture in Shanxi and the Eight Banners of Chahar in Monan Mongolia.Moreover, these territories are not well managed, the administration is corrupt, people's hearts are wandering, people's livelihood is in ruins, and the local powerful are ready to take action.

That is to say, Chen Tingjing, Xiong Cilu, Yu Chenglong, and Wang Xi are capable and powerful ministers (among them Chen Tingjing and Yu Chenglong have their own regiment training arms and territory), and at the same time they are relatively honest and honest officials. After getting the favor of Queen Yang, Only with full support can we be able to rectify the current situation.

In addition, Empress Yang also managed the "Manufacturing Office Arsenal" left by Kangxi very well. Not only did she hire many "foreign craftsmen" through Yang Qilong, she also broke the "slave circle" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and recruited many blacksmiths from the private sector. Apprentices and gunpowder apprentices also opened an iron ore and iron factory outside Zhangjiakou, and merged and reorganized the original Eight Banners Ordnance Factory into the Manufacturing Office Factory, and also cut off all other industries that could not manufacture or manufacture except ordnance and gunpowder. The Ministry of Internal Affairs Industry concentrated its efforts on manufacturing arms, thus significantly increasing the output and quality of the arsenal of the Manufacturing Office.

On this point, Kangxi couldn't say anything bad about Yang Xiaomi - he was fighting on the front line, so he could rob him of food and get military pay from Aurangzeb, but arms could only be supplied from the rear.And there must be no fire in the backyard!
In fact, Yang Xiaomi also knew that the old lady was dissatisfied with him, but he was still very good at showing off. He never said anything bad about the old lady in his letters to Kangxi, nor would he say this to his brother-in-law Chang Ning.This effort of pretending to be confused is really well done.

The old lady now also knows that Kangxi will not touch Yang Xiaomi, because she has also seen that no one can now settle Kangxi's rear area like Yang Xiaomi.

She coughed lowly and waved her hand. Chang Ning, who was following him, immediately turned around and waved to the eunuchs and maids behind him, telling them to move further away, but he himself did not move back.

"Chang Ning," the old lady said again, "you can go and play too, your sister-in-law and I have something to say."

"Hey!" Chang Ning glanced at his good sister-in-law, then bowed and stepped away.

"I heard that your brother came to Beijing?" the old lady asked.

"Aunt Huang's information is really well-informed!" Yang Xiaomi said with a smile, "He just arrived yesterday."

"Did you come from North Korea by boat?"

"No, it came by land."

"It's a long way by land! It must be [-] miles, right?"

"It didn't come directly from North Korea, it took a little detour."

"Detour? Where did you go?"

"It's a detour to Nanjing." Yang Xiaomi said with a smile, "My brother went to Nanjing first, and then took the overland road north from Nanjing. It's [-] miles and it took half a month to arrive."

"But what is he going to Nanjing for?"

"What else can I do? Of course I'm going to be a second minister!"

When Bumubutai heard this, he turned around and looked at Yang Xiaomi, quite dumbfounded: "Hey, you won't hide it for him?"

"What are you hiding?" Yang Xiaomi shook his head and said with a smile, "Isn't he just a well-rounded person? My brother-in-law Li Zhongshan also knows this, and even made my brother a Duke of Sui!"

"Sui Guogong? Isn't that Yang Jian? Li Datou is quite bad!" Bumbutai frowned.

Yang Xiaomi smiled and said: "If Li Datou is not bad, who else can be bad? Then Li Datou even wrote me a personal letter!"

"A handwritten letter? What was it written?" the old lady asked.

"He wrote that in the future he would make a northern expedition to recover Beijing, and also recover the Ming Dynasty's homeland in Liaodong, and he also planned to drive the Western Zhou Dynasty further west. But after that, the Southern Ming, Northern Qing, and Western Zhou Dynasties could still stand on their own feet. He told me not to worry about not being able to survive! "

"Hmph! I've never seen him so arrogant!" the old lady said angrily, "How are you going to respond to him?"

Yang Xiaomi puffed up his chest, "I'm not afraid of him! I plan to tell him in the letter that if he dares to come north, then I will follow Xiao Yanyan's example and fight with him on the bank of the Yellow River!"

Bumubutai glanced at Yang Xiaomi and said to himself: Where are you Xiao Yanyan?You are obviously Yang Yuhuan and you are fighting with Li Datou on the bank of the Yellow River?Are you afraid that he won't come or what?Seeing the troubled look on the old lady's face, Yang Xiaomi burst into laughter: "Aunt Huang, my granddaughter-in-law is joking with you! My granddaughter-in-law will not go against Li Datou. She actually plans to tell him in the letter that the Qing Dynasty , Dazhou will soon form an alliance with Spain, the Netherlands, England, Portugal, Germany, and Timur of India! If he dares to fight, the Eight-Nation Alliance will fight him!"

"But those Western countries and India are quite far away from us, so it would be too late to fight!"

Yang Xiaomi thought for a moment and said, "There is also Japan!"

"Japan? It's closer," the old lady asked. "Japan also forms an alliance with us?"

"No," Yang Xiaomi said, "My brother suggested that we unite with foreigners to attack Japan and force Japan to surrender to the Qing Dynasty!"

"What?" The old lady was at a loss. "What kind of route is this? Even if Japan surrenders to us, so what? Can it cross the sea to help us resist Daming?"

"That's not true," Yang Xiaomi shook his head, "but Ming will compete with us for Japan. In this way, Japan will become a battlefield where both sides compete with each other! If Ming spends its energy on Japan, the pressure on us will not be Is it too young?"

"Why?" The old lady still didn't understand, "Why does Ming want to compete with us for Japan?"

"Because Japan is the springboard to the New World!" Yang Xiaomi explained, "Last year and this year, the Ming Dynasty invested a lot of money in the New World. Last year, it sent ten ships with a total of 3000 expeditionary troops. This year, the number of ships crossing the sea has doubled. Three times, reaching 7500 ships, half of which transported troops and cargo. It is estimated that the Ming Dynasty has invested [-] people in the New World!
If Japan falls to Spain at this time, then all Ming Dynasty's investment in the New World will be in vain! "

"But is the New World so important?"

"Of course it's important!" Yang Xiaomi nodded, "The New World is a huge territory. The land is fertile, the population is sparse, and the products are rich, especially gold and silver!
If the Ming Dynasty can seize a large piece of territory in the New World, then it will need money and land. At least for 500 years, there will be no more people and less land, and the poor will not have a place to stand.

If there is another big disaster like the one in the late Ming Dynasty, the refugees who have no food to eat can go to the New World to find a way out.And the Ming court could also use the gold and silver from the New World to maintain expenses and provide disaster relief. There would be no more Li Zicheng in the world! "

"It sounds good..." Bumbutai said, "But we shouldn't rush it for a while. Can't we wait until the world is unified?"

"It's too late then... Everyone wants a good piece of land!" Yang Xiaomi said with a smile, "This land was originally robbed by the Spaniards, but their population was too small and they couldn't control such a large area. For 200 years, no one came to rob from the west, that is, from our side, so we neglected it. As a result, Zheng Jing’s people found a loophole and robbed a very wealthy and large port...With this large port, the Ming Dynasty passed There is a place for people to stand.”

"Humph, there are no good people named Zheng!"

"Aunt Huang, you are wise, but the Spaniards are not stupid. They know that they cannot let the people of the Ming Dynasty occupy this foothold. Otherwise, if a steady stream of people pass by, they may not be able to squeeze out the Spaniards in ten or eight years, but One hundred and eighty years later, the New World will become the New Ming Dynasty. So they will definitely counterattack that port! And if the Ming Dynasty does not invest more now, the port will definitely be lost. After it is lost, it is hard to say whether it can be snatched back in the future. After all, they have Be on guard!
In addition, this business of traveling across the ocean to seize land was initiated by Zheng Jing... Li Datou and several other kings of the Southern Dynasties may have invested in shares, but they cannot lose money! "

"I see!" The old lady snorted, "My family's business cannot be lost!"

Yang Xiaomi smiled and said: "So we just take advantage of the trend and turn Japan into a battlefield that consumes Ming Dynasty!"

"Well." The old lady nodded, "Xiaomi, you still have a way. You're no worse than Xiao Yanyan, just do it!"

"Thank you, Auntie Huang."

Today, Empress Yang and Prince Gong went to Xiyuan to visit Bumbutai who was recuperating here, not for any other reason, but to get the old lady's approval for turning Japan into a battlefield.

Although Kangxi never said that old ladies can be involved in politics, whenever Yang Xiaomi wants to implement some major policies, he will first ask the old lady to explain it-whether the old lady supports it in the end or "has reservations", but her explanation work , it must be very in place.

Therefore, although the old lady was dissatisfied, she also knew that those things had to be done, so she would not cause trouble to her grandson's wife anymore. At most, she would report to Kangxi.

But today's matter did not involve the distribution of power between Manchu and Han, so the old lady naturally nodded and let it go.

After getting the old lady's consent, Yang Xiaomi immediately invited his brother Yang Qilong and the four auxiliary ministers Chen Tingjing, Xiong Cilu, Yu Chenglong, and Wang Xi to his residence in the Forbidden City, Kunning Palace.

The scene of Nala, the four ministers, and a Korean superintendent discussing war with Japan really seemed familiar!

"The Empress Dowager is ready!" Yang Xiaomi spoke while sitting behind a sparse bead curtain.

Prince Gong had a chair outside the bead curtain, and everyone else was standing.

Queen Yang still has quite a lot of authority now - the most important thing is that Prince Gong takes the lead to give face!And the four Han ministers who assisted the government were in the same group as her, and everyone praised her, so she became "important".

Yang Xiaomi's beautiful eyes moved, and she took in the expressions of the people outside the bead curtain, and then said: "But we can't invest too much in Japan. After all, our entry into Japan is just to attract others, and bringing in Li Datou is the most important thing." Yes, it doesn’t matter how much Japanese territory we conquer.”

"Queen Shengming!"

Several ministers, including Prince Gong Chang Ning, sent compliments together.

Yang Xiaomi smiled and said: "Don't coax me, how wise can I be? Isn't it all your help? Let's talk about it, where should we be?"

"Empress," Chen Tingjing said, "I think that as long as Japan is willing to surrender to our Qing Dynasty, just like North Korea, this will be enough."

"Empress," Xiong Cilu said, "I think so too. As long as they are willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will definitely set foot in Japan!"

Yu Chenglong also said: "Empress, I think it is relatively easy to force Japan to surrender. As long as we let the Mongolian cavalry land on Japanese soil, we won't be afraid of them disobeying!"

Wang Xi said: "My Queen, I also think this plan is feasible!"

Yang Xiaomi nodded and said to Yang Qilong: "Brother, since everyone thinks this is good, then go ahead and make a hard trip. I will allow you to recruit [-] warriors from the host Mongolian tribes to expedition to Japan!"

(End of this chapter)