It is now autumn in Beijing, with strong northwest winds and very cold weather. In the Cining Palace, warm earth dragons have risen. Walking in from the cold and windy palace, and stepping into this warm hall, Dorgon, who had been thinking about things tensely, felt relaxed. , people feel a lot more comfortable.
"My dear, Ama, you are here." When Aunt Bumubutai saw Dorgon coming, she didn't care about the little Emperor Shunzhi who was kneeling on the ground and shedding tears, so she greeted him with a smile.
"Ah, here we come...what's wrong with Fulin's kid?" Dorgon had already seen Shunzhi who was crying.
"Alas," Bumbutai sighed, "Xifu has come to complain again... This kid is not good at martial arts, nor is he good at studying literature. What will he do in the future?"
The person who dared to sue the Qing Emperor was Hesheli Xifu, the director of the National Academy of History. He was Sony's uncle and one of the top academics of the Hesheli family. He was proficient in Manchu, Chinese and Mongolian, and he presided over the translation of Liao and Jin Dynasties. , Three History of the Yuan Dynasty. He is also proficient in various Confucian classics, so he is very knowledgeable!
But because he was a member of the Hauge Party, Dorgon charged him with "provoking and disrupting government" after he came to power. He was eventually dismissed from office, demoted from his post, and had his home confiscated.
However, after Dorgon became the emperor, he pardoned his crimes, gave him a National History Academy to govern, and also made him the teacher of Emperor Shunzhi, who liked literature and disliked martial arts, and asked him to teach Emperor Shunzhi and Shunzhi's Those "little brothers" study.
But this Shunzhi... I really can't compete with those "weak Eight Banners" recruited by Sony, let alone Manchurian talents like Nalan Mingzhu and Suo'etu. Even Shunzhi's concubines Brother Gao Sai (one year older) is also much better than Shunzhi. Whether it's poetry or calligraphy, they are all outstanding!
"In the future?" Dorgon was amused by Aunt Bumubutai's words, "He is already the emperor, what else can he do in the future? Continue to be the emperor!"
Dorgon no longer wants to usurp the throne - his emperor Ama has done a good job, but he will become smaller when he becomes emperor again.
"My son, please send your regards to the emperor." Shunzhi said with a mournful face and saluted Dorgon.
"Get up, get up..." Dorgon pulled Bumbutai to sit on the kang, and then waved to Shunzhi, "Come here, your Ama, I have something good for you, it's Dongguan That girl asked someone to bring it from Shandong."
Brought by Dongguo Gege? Toys!
Shunzhi immediately broke down in tears and laughed. He stood up and went to Dorgon. He saw Dorgon taking out two books and placing them on a table.
"This is the "Confucius on the Investigation of Things", and this is the "New Arithmetic Science"." Dorgon smiled, "The "Confucius on the Investigation of Things" came out of nowhere. It is said to be the posthumous works of Confucius, which is very interesting. That’s interesting!”
"Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" is said to have been dug out from Confucius... But Dorgon clearly remembered that Confucius had not been dug out at all!
However, Dorgon didn't care too much. He received "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" from his daughter from Shandong (this book is not a controlled commodity. Hundreds of thousands of copies were printed. Every scholar in the Ming Dynasty had a copy, and it was also controlled. But after I came) I opened it and could actually understand a little bit.
"This "New Arithmeticology" was compiled by Zhu Cixiang," Dorgon said. "That girl from Dongguo used it to teach herself when she had nothing to do. She found it very interesting. I heard that you were interested in learning, so she started studying it with "Zi Lun". "The Investigation of Things" was brought along with me."
Shunzhi was in dire straits... He hadn't finished studying the Four Books and Five Classics yet, so he had to study "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" and "New Arithmetic Science" again!
This "New Arithmetic" is a little easier at the beginning, but becomes more difficult as you go to the end!
"Thank you Huang Ama!" Bumbutai said solemnly.
"Thank you, thank you Emperor Ama." Shunzhi couldn't help it. He didn't get the toy, and then he had to study philosophy and mathematics!
"Don't study alone," Bumbutai said. "Study with Sixth Brother, Nalan Mingzhu, Suo'etu and the others. You can't lose to Sixth Brother this time! Do you understand?"
The sixth elder brother, Gao Sai, was born as a concubine! How can a concubine do math problems better than a legitimate son?
"I know..."
Dorgon looked at Shunzhi, then at Bumubutai, who wanted his son to become a dragon (Shunzhi was already a dragon), and didn't know what to say. At this time, an eunuch from Chonghua Palace (Dorgon's palace) came in. When he saw Dorgon, he greeted him with a greeting: "Your Majesty, I wish you good luck. Fan Wenchen and Ning Wan want to see you."
"What?" Dorgon was stunned, "It's so late..."
Bumbutai said beside him: "My child, Ama, if he comes to the palace so late, there must be something important."
"Then let's meet!" Dorgon said, "Take them to Cining Palace and meet them here."
It was so cold outside now that Dorgon was unwilling to move back to Chonghua Palace, so he summoned Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo together with Bumbutai and Shunzhi in Cining Palace.
Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo have a bachelor's degree from the Internal Secretariat and the other a bachelor's degree from the Neihongwen Academy. They may sound like high-ranking officials, but in fact they are Dorgon's "big secretaries".
The two secretaries were both working the night shift today. They received the report sent by Dodo, which cost 600 miles, and an autographed letter from Chacon, the governor of Spain (bringing his own translation). After reading it, they immediately went to work. The palace informed.
Because the Governor of Zizbania made an unexpected request in his letter - Chacon hopes that the Qing court will send a mission to Europe immediately!
Chacon also told Dorgon in the letter that if the Qing Dynasty did not send a mission in time, and if the Ming Dynasty reached an agreement with the Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, and Roman churches that was unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty would be very vulnerable. It is possible to face a total blockade and embargo!
In addition, the Ming court's mission may conclude a treaty with the Rakshasa tsar against the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the Qing Dynasty will face a joint attack by the Ming Dynasty and Rakshasa!
"Huang Ama," Fan Wencheng reminded in a low voice when he saw that Dorgon had finished reading the letter, "Fan Yongdou and Jiabus reported that they only exchanged a few hundred furs and more than a hundred East beads for 3,000 Ris Baniya muskets plus four 3-pound cannons!”
These hundreds of furs and 100 large pearls are worth a lot of money when picked up in Europe. Their value is much higher than 3,000 Japanese muskets and four 3-pound cannons.
But this was not the case in the Qing Dynasty. Although the ten banners of the Qing Dynasty and the general's office outside the pass opened gun-making and cannon-making factories, the output was extremely low. The monthly output of the Ten Banners and the General's Mansion was only three to four hundred muskets, and 3,000 Japanese muskets were enough to keep them busy for a year. As for the output of artillery, it is even less. With full production of 3-pound guns, the monthly output is only more than ten (the yield rate of cannon castings is low these days, so the number of discarded cannons is several times this number)
With this quantity, it is impossible to withstand the consumption if we fight!
Therefore, if the Qing Dynasty wanted to survive, it had to carry out the "Fur Empire" to the end. It must not lose the fur and Dongzhu producing areas in the Northeast, nor be blocked by the Ming Dynasty.
"As an envoy to Europe..." Dorgon stroked his bare head, but stared at Fan Wencheng, "Who is suitable to go?"
Fan Wencheng understood that Dorgon wanted him to go there, but the Western Ocean was so far away and he was quite old. He didn't know if he could come back after he went there. So he said: "Your Majesty, my servant recommends Vladivostok Melechan Jingshang, who has experience in dealing with Westerners."
"Is he the only one?" Dorgon frowned, "Who else can go to the court?"
After Ning finished I said: "Huang Ama, I recommend that Fan Yongdou go together."
"Fan Yongdou?" Dorgon was stunned, "Isn't that just a businessman?"
"Yes, but Europeans like to do business, so it would be good to send a businessman there." Ning Wanwo said, "Besides, before we started the war with the Rakshasa Kingdom, Fan Yongdou had been using Zhangjiakou as a base to do business outside the country. It is said that all business was done. Rakshasa Kingdom. It shows that he knows how to deal with the Western Yi people."
"That's right," Dorgon stroked his beard and thought for a moment, "The letter said that our mission should go to the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Japanese people would send a ship to borrow them to Manila... Got it?"
Fan Wencheng said: "It's possible to go, take the Korean ship, but you have to go quickly! Fan Yongdou is in Shengjing now, so he can prepare his entourage and gifts immediately."
