Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

If the finances of the Qing Dynasty went bankrupt, would they be able to resist the Ming Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty?

In the current situation, it seems that it will be difficult to persist until the 17th year of Kangxi!

Thinking about these concerns, the officials of the Qing Dynasty who were still in Beijing and who were qualified to participate in the court meeting, also followed the etiquette system and gave Kangxi three worships and nine kowtows.

"Flat body, flat body!"

Emperor Kangxi's loud and brisk voice sounded.

The officials who were near the Qianqing Gate were taken aback... What's wrong?Is there really a good thing, or are you forcing a smile?

The big guy got up and peeked up.I saw Emperor Kangxi in court clothes, sitting on the throne outside the Qianqing Gate, looking at everyone with a smile.Seeing that everyone got up, Kangxi smiled and said: "I received a secret report from someone in Huainan Camp early this morning...Wu Sangui is dead!"

The "someone" he said was referring to someone who was ordered to lurk in Wu Zhou's camp!

Kangxi went on to say: "Wu Sangui died at noon on January 23, and was poisoned to death in his presidential palace...It is said that Zhu Heqi put fugu poison in the allicin sold to Wu Sangui and poisoned Wu Sangui. Dead! There are many doubts about this method of death, but the person must be dead, there is no doubt about it!"

"Emperor Hong Fu Qi Tian!"

"The slaves are waiting to congratulate the emperor, and congratulate the Great Qing..."

The ministers below all knew that Emperor Kangxi had been trying to make peace with Wu Zhou some time ago, and even sent many people to Wu Zhou.So this time, there shouldn't be any trouble with Wu Sangui's life or death!

Thinking of this, the ministers below congratulated Emperor Kangxi together!

Anyway, Wu Sangui's death is a good thing after all.

If that Wu Yingxiong could ascend to the throne after Wu Sangui's death, then the Zhou-Qing Alliance's anti-Ming would most likely be accomplished.

But... what about financial problems?

Even if Wu Yingxiong became Wu Zhou's master, he would not be able to pay taxes to the Qing Dynasty!

This Wu Yingxiong probably wants to be the emperor himself!

When Kangxi spoke again, his tone was already lowered: "Once Wu Sangui dies, Puppet Zhou will not cause trouble for the time being. Maybe we can join hands with Wu Yingxiong... After all, he is also the son-in-law of my Ai Xinjueluo family, and he I still know how many catties it weighs.

But the crisis of my Qing Dynasty has not passed... Now the Mongols outside the Great Wall are bewitched by the pseudo-Khan of Burni, and the Chahar, Tumed, and Ordos banners have all taken refuge in Burni. The situation in Monan Mongolia Urgently!

At the same time, the banner of the third prince Zhu has been planted in Dagukou and Tanggu in Tianjin Prefecture... False Ming has already owned Fanhai and went north, directly attacking the port of our Great Qing capital!

Beijing has now become the gate of the country and the front line of fighting hypocrisy!If we can't work together to get over this hurdle and let the hypocrisy win Beijing... Ha ha! "

Kangxi said "hehe" twice, but did not continue.

But this means, everyone understands!

Now that Wu Sangui is dead... Wu Yingxiong seems to have no ability to call the Northern Expedition to Beijing.And the third prince Zhu came over by sea!

If everyone doesn't work hard and don't unite, when the third prince Zhu enters Beijing, I'm afraid everything will end.

Many of these people standing outside the Qianqing Gate now have the intention to vote for Wu... For example, Wang Fuchen!

But vote for Zhu... Hehe, does Wang Fuchen dare?Zhu and Qi are worried that they won't be able to catch him!

Emperor Kangxi said lightly: "there are always more solutions than difficulties... We are in difficulties now, but compared with the time before we entered the customs, we always have more than half of the Central Plains and the entire Northwest, and there is always a year's tax money. A few million taels. Isn’t it much better than that time? As long as we unite as one and lose all the luxury and lust we have cultivated in the past years of entering the customs, what is the difficulty now? It is nothing at all!

And I also believe that you good slaves and courtiers of the Qing Dynasty will definitely be able to help me and the Qing Dynasty in the same boat!

How about our monarchs and ministers working together to drive the Third Prince Zhu away from Tianjin Wei? "

The following servants and courtiers already understood a little after hearing this.

Kangxi probably wanted to reform the finances and practice strict savings...and in order to gain the support of the big guys, he carried out the third prince Zhu who ran to Weihaikou, Tianjin.

Think about how the third prince Zhu's brother was so fierce back then, who would dare not work hard and be frugal?

Now it is not a question of money, but a question of life!

Chapter 471 Do You Think Kang Mazi Is Guangxu?Actually he is Meiji!

"The slave is willing to help the Qing Dynasty and the emperor in the same boat!"

"The slave is willing to live and die with the Qing Dynasty and the emperor!"

"Your Majesty, a slave can die, but the Qing Dynasty cannot die. Your Majesty, you must take care of yourself!"

"Your Majesty, this slave will listen to you!"

"Your Majesty, from today on, this slave will only eat one meal a day, and all the money saved will be used to run the new army!"

"Your Majesty, the slave's family is gone, why do you need money? The slave is willing to donate money!"

"Your Majesty, slaves also have money..."

"Your Majesty, this servant is willing to donate his property!"

I have to say that the slaves in the early Qing Dynasty were really different from the nobles of the Eight Banners in the late Qing Dynasty, and those vassal kings, nobles, civil officials and scholar-officials in the late Ming Dynasty.They also know that their own fate and the fate of the Qing Dynasty are firmly bound together.

If the Qing Dynasty falls, no matter how much money they have, it will be useless!

Moreover, there are no foreign banks to deposit money for them these days, so why don't they bury some money in their own house?When Burni invaded Beijing, what was the use of the silver?It's useless at all!

So some of the good slaves of the Qing Dynasty whose family members were captured by Burni but whose money was not dug out were anxious at this time, and all of them were willing to destroy their families to relieve their difficulties!

In fact, this kind of love for the Qing Dynasty is better than silver, which occasionally appeared in the Kangxi period and even the Yongzheng period in history... Wouldn't Sun Sike be willing to buy firearms for the Qing Tianbing at his own expense?And he is not alone.There are quite a few good servants of the Qing Dynasty who are willing to do this!

However, this kind of good slaves is only up to the second and third generations of slaves, and there are really fewer of them further down.

The reason why there will be less is actually that the Qing Dynasty has gradually entered its twilight from its early prosperity... People will age, and of course the country will also age.

When an aging country meets an ambitious and newly emerging country, the result is often one-sided.

For example, the Qing Dynasty, which engaged in the Westernization Movement in history, was like this with the Japan of the Meiji Restoration—in fact, the falling curtain movement before the Meiji Restoration was a revolution of exchanging the old for the new!

The new government that overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate by force actually "formatted" Japan and put Japan in a vigorous initial state.

The Qing Dynasty next door is already old and lifeless.

But it is the Qing Dynasty of the Guangxu Dynasty, not the Qing Dynasty of the Kangxi Dynasty that is getting old and dull... It has not been 30 years since the Qing Dynasty ruled the Central Plains, and it is still in the prime of life that has not yet exhausted its vitality!

Facing the crisis of national subjugation and genocide, how could the monarchs and ministers of the Qing Dynasty not use all their strength to struggle?

Kangxi was quite moved when he saw the performance of these loyal ministers and servants of the Qing Dynasty. There were tears in his eyes, and his voice was trembling!

"With good slaves and courtiers like you, my Qing Dynasty will never perish... No, our Qing Dynasty will never perish! This Qing Dynasty does not belong to me alone, nor does it belong to the Aixinjueluo family. It is the Qing Dynasty for all of us!"

Kangxi pretended to wipe away his tears, and said again: "However, I will not take your money for nothing, no matter how your money came from, in the final analysis, it is all for the Qing Dynasty... Either you sacrificed your life, or Your father and grandfather sacrificed their lives! Since they have sacrificed their lives, they deserve a share of the money!"

What he said is tantamount to acknowledging the legitimacy of the underlings' greed for money!

What's wrong with being greedy?They are all heroes of the Qing Dynasty!The Great Qing Dynasty was brought down by them or their fathers and grandfathers with one shot at a time.Shouldn't they be greedy?

The people below all nodded when they heard what Kangxi said - although their master is not good at fighting, he is still very good at winning people's hearts at critical moments.

Kangxi went on to say: "Your money is not easy to come by, so I can't take this money for nothing... Although it will be difficult for me to pay back the money in the future, I still have land, and I have land!

I have Huangzhuang in the Guan, the banner land under the control of the Yamen of the Eight Banners, the official land managed by the local government, and the grasslands outside the Great Wall and the black soil fields in the Kanto... You have money to contribute money, strength to contribute, and food to contribute Food, there are horses out.

And I will take out these lands and seal them to you, so that your generations, children and grandchildren can have a big property, is that good? "

As soon as the people below heard Kangxi's words, they more or less understood that the Qing Dynasty was going to reform and save itself!

It was time to change the old method of keeping the children of the Eight Banners in captivity.Because Kangxi relied on the land at hand, no matter how hard he tossed, he couldn't afford to support 30 to [-] new and old Eight Banners' wages and hard-core crops.

The money and rations that Kangxi can get in his hands can be given to the new and old Eight Banners soldiers who have served in the last time, and then give relief to the new and old Eight Banners who really have nothing to eat, and the rest can be used for military factories, gunpowder factories and so on. It's already the limit.

And the big guys also know that this matter... has no choice!

The three princes of Zhu have all gone to Tianjin Wei, and the Tianyou Emperor of the new Dayuan is just outside the Great Wall.

These two groups are obviously in collusion.Maybe it won't be long before the Ming army will march westward, and the Yuan army will also march eastward... If you don't struggle hard now, the country will really be destroyed by then.

And it's not that Kangxi doesn't pay or compensate, but gives everything... all the land is distributed to the big guys.

It doesn't matter whether the land is worth or not now, but the attitude of bringing everyone together to fight is in place.

And if the Qing Dynasty can pass the hurdle in front of it, the land that Kangxi took out will be valuable!

If Daqing can't pass the current hurdle, the big guy probably won't survive. What's the use of money?

"The minister is willing!"

"The emperor said so, the servants will do what they want!"

"Your Majesty, the servants only want to send troops out of the mouth earlier to attack the traitor Burni!"

"That's right, the servants only want to kill thieves for the country!"

"The slave wants nothing, just kill Burni!"

The ministers and servants below naturally understood the truth, and soon started shouting and killing—many of them had their wives and children captured by Burni!

What is the use of the silver hidden at home that has not been dug out by the Mongols?Drinking wine with tears alone?

So as long as Kangxi can quickly send troops to fight Burni, other things are easy to discuss!

Of course Kangxi could not go against the will of the public, and he also hated Burni to death... Burni killed his woman, killed his son, and drove his grandma and eldest wife to Bada Hutong for refuge.

What a hate!

"Okay!" Kangxi said immediately, "I will take you to kill Burni... but not now, but two months later!"

At this point, he was already crying, "There is no need to rush this matter, and it's useless to rush! My son Saiyinchahun and my beloved concubine Ma Jiashi were also killed by Burni! Say urgent, I am as anxious as you! But it is useless to be anxious, we have to prepare seriously."

Kangxi gritted his teeth while shedding tears.The people below also cried together and gnashed their teeth together. The real monarchs and ministers are of the same heart!

Kangxi then sighed again, and said: "Although our warriors in the Qing Dynasty are not afraid of fatigue, our horses can't stand it anymore, so we have to raise them for two months, and we have to buy a batch of draft horses!

Gunpowder, muskets, cannons, and arrowheads all need to be replenished, and armor, knives and bows need to be repaired.

In addition, I also need time to raise money and food, recruit new soldiers, and use some means to deal with the heroes from all sides on the grassland... Otherwise, once our army arrives, Burni will run away! "

Having said that, Kangxi Teng stood up from the throne and took a few steps: "I am here to make an oath to all of you... Two months later, I will send troops to the grassland with you to destroy Chahar and Burni. !

Moreover, I have to take the lead in saving food and clothing, donating money and goods... Starting today, all expenses in the palace will be reduced by [-]%, and all gold and silver utensils in the palace will be used to recruit troops! "

Kangxi's statement immediately ignited the atmosphere of the court meeting!

I don't know who took the lead, and then everyone shouted together: "Follow the emperor, swear to kill Chahar, and kill Burni!"

Chapter 472 Third Prince Zhu, why don't you change the script too!

On the west side of Qianqing Gate, the South Study Room.

After the early court, it was naturally a small meeting between Kangxi and the ministers of the South Study Room.

Emperor Kangxi, who was still high-spirited just now, seemed to be ready to lead the Qing Dynasty to reform and make great achievements, now he had lost his energy, sitting on the throne, just not saying a word, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he even changed his face. Wearing a robe that is half old and not new... Looking at it like this, it really seems to be possessed by Emperor Chongzhen!

Seeing him like this, the ministers of the Nan Study who were kneeling below were already depressed, and suddenly became even more depressed.

Just when a group of ministers were thinking about how to comfort the lord of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi suddenly spoke.

"Do you think I will be able to wipe out Burni in one fell swoop in two months, so as to unify Monan and Mobei Mongolia?"

The people below dared not speak.

Burni is now a great hero of the Mongols. The heroes of Monan and Mobei Mongolia all think that he is the reincarnation of Genghis Khan, and they all want to live with him the prosperous life that their ancestors lived hundreds of years ago.

Of course they had to do their best to keep Burni!

In this case, even if Burni can't beat Kangxi, he can still flee with his troops... So the war with Chahar Mongolia is likely to last for a long time.

Moreover, the enemy that the Qing Dynasty had to deal with was more than one Burni!

Seeing that the people below did not speak, Kangxi already understood their thoughts, and said with a wry smile: "I know that the scourge of Burni has become bigger, and it will be difficult to eradicate it for a while! And I have to deal with the even bigger scourge of hypocrisy. Unable to concentrate on fighting Burni.

The situation I am facing now is a bit similar to that of Chongzhen...and this Burnie might be our full Mongolian Li Zicheng! "

"Your Majesty, this Burni isn't that capable, is he?" Prince An Yue Le shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, you think highly of him."

Yue Le's descendant, Fujin, is from the Borjigit clan, and his father-in-law is from Baylor of the Mongolian Zasak Banner, so he still knows the situation of the Mongolians very well.

Emperor Kangxi looked at him, "I don't know what tricks the emperor uncle has?"

Yue Ledao: "Your Majesty, what the slaves know, there are actually three sources of righteousness and fame in the eyes of the Mongols today... One is that my Qing Dynasty accepted the support of the Mongolian tribes in Monan, and accepted the tribute of Jiubai to become a Great Khan; The second is the direct descendants of Genghis Khan; the third is the great lama of the Holy See in the Snowy Region!"

Yue Le's words are actually putting gold on Kangxi's face, because the "orthodoxy" of the Qing Dynasty was originally taken from Lin Danhan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.Now that Burni ascended the throne in Beijing and restored the Yuan Dynasty, it is tantamount to regaining the legal system.Both Monan and Mobei Mongolia will recognize him!

Because the host Mongolia is deeply tied to the Qing Dynasty, it will not fall to Burni for the time being, but the host Mongolia is the leftovers of the gold family, and it is impossible to provide Kangxi with a righteous name.

However, the strange existence of the "Snowy Holy See" has obtained the righteous name of the Mongolians through religion.The three Khans of Tumed and Khalkha Mongolia, as well as the Khan of the Heshuote Khanate, and the Khan of Oirat Mongolia, are all great lamas from the Holy See in the Snowy Region!

And now Taiji Gardan, the most powerful Zhungeer tribe in the Oirat Alliance, is a disciple of the Great Lama of Xueyu.