Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 504: Kangxi's Rebirth - It's over, Obai has been reincarnated!
When Kangxi walked into the office of the Grand Duke of Thrace, the regent of the Eastern Roman Empire, the guardian of Constantinople and the heir to the Grand Duke of Galata, the commander of the legions of Constantine and the Grand Duke of Thrace, He was sitting behind his desk looking down at a document.

Unlike Kangxi, who was dressed in a gray woolen military uniform and had a clean shaven head, the Grand Duke of Thrace wore a blue mandarin jacket and had a bald head without a hat. Most of his head was shaved bald, and there was still a hair on the back of his head. braid.If it weren't for the Rakshasa-style furniture and decoration in this room, as well as the glass oil lamp on the desk and the quill pen held by the Grand Duke, Kangxi would have thought that he had returned to the Qing Dynasty!
Although Kangxi had long known that the man who was looking down at the document was the brother he was most afraid of in this life, when he saw the Grand Duke of Thrace, he still felt that this man had a strong back, a big bald head, and a face as big as a steel needle. His beard looks very similar to that one!

While he was trying to think about who that "who" was, the Grand Duke of Thracian had already raised his head and stared at Kangxi with a pair of copper bell-like eyes, with a cruel smile on his lips: "Xuanye, again Didn’t do well in the exam?”

This voice sounded very majestic, and Kangxi shuddered, and he immediately remembered who the Grand Duke of Thrace in front of him looked like!

Like Ao Bai!

Why does this Thracian Grand Duke look so much like Obai?He has a similar head, a similar beard, a similar voice, and a similar temperament. He looks different from Obai. He is not that old, only in his 30s, and his facial features are much more regular than Obai's.

He, he couldn't be the reincarnation of Obai, right?
Thinking of this, Kangxi was so heartbroken!
Originally, he wanted to kill his brother, and then replace him as the Grand Duke of Thrace, and then inherit the position of Regent of the Empire and Guardian of Constantinople in the future, so as to fully utilize the strength of Eastern Rome to restore the Qing Dynasty.

But who would have thought that his brother in this life was not the Fuquan type, but the Obai type!

And this time "Obai" is not a slave, but a master!

"Obai" is now the official heir to the Imperial Regent and Guardian of Constantinople, the Grand Duke of Thrace, and the Commander of Constantine's Army!He was Kangxi’s master!

When Kangxi thought of "Obai" becoming his master, he felt "a lot of pressure"!Even his voice was trembling a little: "I passed the exam, I passed it, and I finally passed it this time!"

"Grand Duke, the third prince did very well in the exam this time," said Principal Kong, "he got a special grade!"

"Special Class?" The Grand Duke of Thracia looked at Principal Kong with a look of disbelief, "He can take the Special Class exam? Wasn't it Natasha who helped her prepare the papers?"

"How can this be possible?" Principal Kong smiled and took out two papers, "Master, see for yourself, you can do these eight pieces. Not to mention Natasha can't do it, even I can't write it that well. The eight-part essay. Oh, and the calligraphy in that hand, the writing is so good!"

"Writing brush?" The Grand Duke of Thracia was stunned and took the two papers from Principal Kong. "Did the third child really write these words?"

"It was written by the Third Prince," Principal Kong said. "I saw it with my own eyes and it cannot be wrong."

"Really? But this word looks familiar. It seems to belong to someone."

When Kangxi heard this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead!
It was also his fault that he was too obsessed with perfection and thought the handwriting he wrote with a quill pen was too ugly—Kangxi had never practiced writing with a quill pen!And he was used to using a brush, so he took the brush and inkstone with him to take the exam.

And his calligraphy was ranked first in the Qing Dynasty back then. In Constantinople today, he might be ranked first in calligraphy.

If Principal Kong didn't show his article to his eldest brother, the Grand Duke of Thracia, it wouldn't be a big deal. If his eldest brother, the Grand Duke of Thracia, wasn't the reincarnation of Obai who drank less Mengpo soup, it wouldn't be a big deal. of.

Isn’t it just that the words are better?Today's Europe and West Asia are in troubled times. Being able to fight in troubled times is the most important thing. It's useless to write better words and write better articles!

Otherwise the Qing Dynasty would not have died.
But this big brother, is he the reincarnation of Obai?It looks a bit similar, but in Zhu Xuanye's memory, the eldest brother is more fierce, stern, a bit arrogant, and a bit more serious. Oh, isn't this temperament the same as that of Obai?

Is it
When Kangxi was scared, his good brother, the Grand Duke of Thracia, no longer wondered who Kangxi's calligraphy looked like, but began to concentrate on reading Kangxi's compositions. While reading, he nodded slightly, but his brows were already Wrinkling, I don’t know what I’m thinking about?
Kangxi's heart was beating fast, for fear that his enemies from the previous life would come to settle accounts with him.

"Third brother!" The Grand Duke of Thrace had already read Kangxi's two eight-part essays, then put down the paper and looked at Zhu Xuanye with bright eyes, "Can you compose poetry?"

"Yes, a little bit." Kangxi replied while trying to recall the relationship between Zhu Xuanye and this "good big brother".

The two brothers are more than ten years apart in age. Zhu Xuanye is only in his early 20s this year, and Zhu Xuanwu is already 36 years old.When Zhu Xuanye was still a child, Zhu Xuanwu made the Grand Duke of Thrace, served as the deputy commander of the Constantine Army, and moved out of the Pingxi Palace.As the second-in-command of Constantine's legion, he had been busy with military affairs and would not care about his third brother's studies at all.

In addition, because Zhu Xuanye's biological mother Yang died of puerperal fever after giving birth to Zhu Xuanye, Zhu Xuanwu and Zhu Xuanye's second brother Zhu Xuanying (3 years younger than Zhu Xuanwu) both felt that Zhu Xuanye had harmed their mother, so they both hated him. .Later, after the two brothers divided their houses and moved out of Pingxi Prince's Mansion, they stopped seeing Zhu Xuanye less.
Zhu Xuanwu pointed to the documents placed on his desk and said to Zhu Xuanye, "This is the news from Moscow that Generalissimo Suvorov has arrived in Moscow. Why don't you write a poem on the theme of the Generalissimo's illustrious martial arts?" First!

In addition, I heard that during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Pi once ordered his brother Cao Zhi to write a poem in seven steps. You should try it too!Thalia, get him a brush and stationery and let him write it down! "

Of course Kangxi understood what this eldest brother who was suspected of being the reincarnation of Obai meant?Eight-part essays are very difficult to write, but those who can write eight-part essays well have mastered writing skills and can easily write poems and lyrics.

Of course, this poem may not be passed down to the world, but it will definitely be passable.

Thinking of this, Kangxi had no choice but to follow Cao Pi's example and walked around the office of the Grand Duke of Thrace. When he reached the seventh step, he suddenly stopped and looked at his good brother, thinking about that Taishi Ao started reciting a poem as soon as he opened his mouth: "The reputation of hundreds of battles has long been known, and I have been carrying my ax in Yanjiang for many years. I always know that I am brave and strategic, and I should follow the great plan to eliminate ghosts." The Grand Duke of Thrace also received Chinese education Being educated, after listening to this poem by Kangxi, I knew it was good. I nodded and thought to myself: It seems that this third child is really proficient in Chinese knowledge. It was a good choice to send him to Napoleon.

At this time, Kangxi had already taken the brush from Thalia, dipped it directly in the ink used for the quill, and started writing quickly on a piece of letter paper, and soon wrote the poem.

The Grand Duke of Thrace took the letter and looked at it. A smile finally showed on his face. He looked at Zhu Xuanye and said with a smile: "Okay, you boy is still a scholar! Come on, go back and clean up. I will arrange for you and Paul tomorrow ( Brother Peter) and Natasha, let’s go to France together!
By the way, I also prepared a gift for General Napoleon.Thalia, go get that copy of Dong Qichang's "Dan Ge Xing" so that the third child can also open his eyes. "

"Dong Qichang's "Dan Ge Xing"?" Kangxi was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself: Dong Qichang's "Dan Ge Xing"?That calligraphy was actually taken to Constantinople?

Thalia quickly brought out a very simple-looking scroll and carefully opened it on the desk. Kangxi glanced at the words and his heart skipped a beat.

The Grand Duke of Thrace also saw the problem: "Hey, why does this character look so similar to Lao San? Is this authentic?"

Kangxi was so frightened that his face turned pale, because this calligraphy was not Dong Qichang's "Dan Ge Xing" at all, but written by him. Dong Qichang's "Dan Ge Xing" was in cursive script, and when he was still the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he imitated Dong Qichang In his handwriting, he wrote a regular script "Dan Ge Xing".

I don't know how this calligraphy was brought to Constantinople, and three seals were added: "Xuan Shang Zhai", "Xuan Zai" and "Dong Qichang Seal", as well as a "Kangxi" appreciation seal.

"It's unmistakable," Talia seemed to know how to calligraphy and painting, and said with a smile, "The third prince's calligraphy was imitated by Dong Qichang, but it still lacked some skills. And there is 'Kangxi' on this painting "Dan Ge Xing" The appreciation seal cannot be faked!”

"That's right!" The Grand Duke of Thrace smiled. "Although Kangxi was a foolish emperor, he collected a lot of paintings and calligraphy, and they were all genuine. The paintings and calligraphy stamped with the 'Kangxi' seal of appreciation are in Constantinople." There are quite a few here, and they were all brought by our grandfather when he was running away from the Qing Dynasty. This "Dan Ge Xing" was one of them and was given to Napoleon as a gift, isn't it a shame?"

"Brother, Napoleon likes calligraphy?" Kangxi was a little surprised, "Isn't he French?"

"What's wrong with the French?" asked the Grand Justice of Thrace, "I'm still a Roman! I still like robes, mandarin jackets, and braids! Third brother, let me tell you, this Napoleon Bonaparte really likes Chinese culture. Fengwu, especially calligraphy and poetry. Among them, I especially like the poetry of Cao Cao and Li Bai! On your way to France, remember to pick up the poetry collections of Cao Cao and Li Bai and memorize them!
In addition, your calligraphy is good. Oh, and Napoleon is very good at mathematics. Can you be good at this? "

"Okay!" Kangxi nodded, "Don't worry, brother, I'm also very good at math."

"That's enough!" The Grand Duke of Thrace tapped Kangxi's two papers with his fingers, and then said in a serious tone, "Third brother, your article is good, and the ideas above are also interesting. But let's do something about it. The Roman Empire was a small country with too little capital to withstand the troubles. When you get to Napoleon, don't act rashly, let alone fan the flames and start a world war. That's not what a small country like us can do!

In addition, you know nothing about Ming's strength. So don't be smart and regard Ming as our enemy.Without my order, you can just stay in France and accompany Napoleon to recite poems and compose poems. Do you understand? "

"I understand, my brother taught me the right lesson!"

Kangxi seemed to see the shadow of Obai in the Grand Duke of Thracia again, but he couldn't help it. Now "Obai" was the boss and he was the younger brother.He must be more honest, otherwise the bloodshed of the Emperor's family will befall him!

"Okay, go back and get ready, we will set off tomorrow!" The Grand Duke of Thrace was very resolute in his work. He immediately arranged for Zhu Xuanye to arrange a ship to France, and then asked Thalia to send Zhu Xuanye and others away from his Grand Duke Mansion.

After leaving the Grand Duke's Palace of Thrace, Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief. He really felt like accompanying you like a tiger!

If this "Living Oboi" becomes the regent of the empire and the guardian of the castle in the future, his life may not be easy!

With a lot of thoughts, Kangxi led Natasha back to his house. Then he asked Natasha to take the servants of the house to pack their luggage, while he himself plunged into the study and looked for I "gnawed" through several history books - his "Obai" eldest brother was very afraid of becoming an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, which may have some reason!

It’s better to study it carefully, what if Daming is really difficult to deal with?
In these history books, Kangxi found a few strange but very important words. They are - steam engine, steamboat, railway, breech-loading gun. In addition to the breech-loading gun, Kangxi could also find physical objects from Zhu Xuanye's memory. Kangxi didn't understand the appearance of steam engines, steamships, railways, etc. at all.There are also these words in Zhu Xuanye's memory, but Zhu Xuanye doesn't understand them very well, and he must have never seen them before.

What exactly is this steam engine used for?Is it used for steaming steamed buns?Why does the book treat this as a big deal?
And a steamboat. What kind of steam is this?What kind of ship is it again?

And what does railway mean?Pave the road with iron plates?How expensive is that?
While racking her brains, Natasha had already opened the door and walked in. She smiled and said to Kangxi, "Master, everything has been arranged. Master, what are you thinking about?"

Kangxi was so lost in thought that he didn't notice Natasha coming in. He only reacted when he was reminded and asked casually: "Natasha, do you know what a steam engine, a steamboat, and a railway are?"

"I know a little bit." Natasha nodded, "These are all novelties invented by the great scholars of the Ming Dynasty. There are many in Europe, but they are concentrated in France, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. The Holy Roman Empire seems to have them as well. Steam engines are also planned to be built on railways, but Rakshasa is still a bit inferior to ours, and we don’t have them yet. By the way, we will probably be able to take a train when we return to Paris this time!”

train?Kangxi was startled and thought: It sounds very dangerous!

(End of this chapter)