Xianmen Palace, go to the study room.
"Your Majesty, I have reached an agreement with Lin Zexu. He promised to rent a large amount of weapons and ammunition to us, Daikin, and it doesn't matter if we can't pay back..."
The person who is reporting to Daoguang on the progress of the negotiations on the "Loan Printing" project is, of course, the most important minister of the Kingdom of Jin, the Grand Bachelor of Taiji Hall, and the foreman Minister of Tianji, Heshen and Dazhongtang.
"What? It doesn't matter if you don't have sex yet?"
As soon as Fat Daoguang, who was sitting on the throne, heard "It doesn't matter if it's not enough", he immediately became energetic. He sat up straight, his eyes widened, and he looked at He Shen expectantly.
"Your Majesty," Heshen said with a smile, "Lin Zhongtang said that as long as we can agree to lay two railway tracks from Yining to Tugelsk in the Rakshasa Kingdom on the Kazakh grassland...the arms account will be fine. I won’t pay it back.”
"What? Ming Dynasty wants to build a railway on our territory?" Daoguang immediately shouted, "Heshen, have you forgotten the ancestral family law passed down by Emperor Kangxi?"
"Your Majesty, this servant doesn't dare!" He Shen immediately lifted up his robe and knelt down before Emperor Daoguang. "This servant remembers the ancestral precept of Emperor Kangxi that says 'No roads should be built outside the Wuji Valley'."
"Then you still want me to agree to the Ming people building the railway?"
"Your Majesty, the people of the Ming Dynasty did not say they wanted to build a railway, they just wanted to lay two tracks..." Heshen said, "The tracks are not roads!"
"What? The railway track is not a road?" Daoguang was stunned, and then looked at the ministers of secrets standing in the study room, "You guys tell me, do these railway tracks count as a road?"
Do railroad tracks count as roads?
Several military ministers were a little confused.
This question is obvious. Whether railway tracks count as roads depends on whether the emperor wants to take advantage of it...
"Your Majesty," Mu Zhang'a, a scholar from the Liangyi Palace who was second only to He Shen in front of Daoguang, understood his master's thoughts best. He immediately left his duties and knelt down and said, "The ancestral precepts of the Emperor Xianzu (Kangxi Temple Name) said: ' "Road" rather than "rail", it can be seen that it does not include railway tracks."
The Minister of Secrets, Sai Shang'a, who was ranked behind Mu Zhang'a, was also a good strategist. When he heard the two old foxes He Shen and Mu Zhang'a saying, "The railway is not a road," he immediately knew what to say, so he raised his eyebrows. Paozi also knelt down in front of Daoguang: "Your Majesty, what He Zhongtang and Mu Zhongtang said is absolutely true. I also believe that the railway is not a road but a track, so what Ming Dynasty wants to build in our Dajin territory is a track, not a road... ...But even the rails can never be controlled by Ming Dynasty, they must be in our own hands!"
Daoguang nodded slightly, seeming to be convinced.
At this time, several other Tianji ministers had "calculated", and each of them lifted up their robes and went out to kneel down, and then explained to Daoguang the difference between "rail" and "road" - the difference is very big, the road is "foot" The one next to the word "rail" is next to the word "car", which is completely different!
Moreover, there is the word "foot" next to the road, which means that it is easy to walk with feet, and that is the road. The track is next to the word "car" and is for cars to move on. The rails that the train runs on are so narrow that walking on them with your feet is just like juggling. Ordinary people can't do that at all.
After some explanations from his subordinates, Emperor Daoguang finally understood the difference between "road" and "rail".
So he nodded and said: "He Shen, it seems that the road and the track are completely different... The Immortal Ancestor's family law does not prohibit track repair. This track can be repaired."
"Your Majesty!"
The secret ministers below immediately shouted "Holy Ming" in unison.
Emperor Daoguang smiled, nodded, and asked: "Everyone, is there anything else you want to report?"
"Your Majesty, slave He Shen has another book to play!"
While He Shen was talking, he took out a memorial he had prepared a long time ago from his sleeve pocket and raised it high above his head: "Your Majesty, this slave must take part in a copy of the British East India Company!"
As soon as he said this, the other secret ministers present were stunned - the British East India Company was said to be a company, but in fact it was the governor-general's office of the British Empire that ruled India! It sounds a bit ridiculous that He Shen, a wealthy minister of secrets, actually went to join a British governor's office.
Fat Daoguang nodded and said seriously: "Heshen, what crime do you want to commit by participating in the British East India Company?"
"Your Majesty, this slave wants to join the British East India Company to make huge profits, manufacture large quantities of addictive Yapian wine, Yapian tea, Yapian balls, Yapian sugar and other poisonous substances, and also wantonly sell them into the territory of our country, the Golden Kingdom. It also induces people in Bukhara, Samarkand and other places to take large amounts of YA tablets... In recent years, Bukhara, Samarkand and other places have been flooded with YA tablets. Many people and nobles have become addicted to YA tablets and have to They were so addicted to buying in large quantities that they went bankrupt, and even committed many crimes of men stealing and prostitution to raise money for girls. The folk customs in Bukhara, Samarkand and other places also deteriorated greatly. A large amount of gold and silver flowed to India, and the market became depressed as a result. . Even the soldiers who defended the city took too much yapa, which not only exhausted their supplies, but also made their bodies corrupted and weak, making it difficult to use them. If we don't stop it, I'm afraid that after a short period of time, a large amount of yapi will flow into Wuji. The land at the root of the valley. At that time, our country, Dajin, will have no gold and silver to pay, and no soldiers to use. If this continues, our country, Dajin, will no longer be a country!"
Hearing what Heshen said, Daoguang's expression immediately became serious: "So, this East India Company is really guilty of heinous crimes!"
"Your Majesty," He Shen gritted his teeth and said, "Although this thing can be used as medicine, once abused, it can become an addictive poison... If the poison is addictive, the person who takes it will have to go bankrupt to buy it. Poison to your own death! This move by the East India Company is truly vicious to the extreme. I ask the Emperor to send out all the heavenly troops to go to India to defeat these vicious thieves in order to save the people of the world!"
The poison of this bitch is certainly very vicious, but the current damage suffered by the Kingdom of Jin is not as great as He Shen said - Dajin is poor! Where can I afford a girl? Although there are some people in Bukhara and Samarkand who like this, most of them are feudal lords who believe in Tianfang religion. After taking the pill, they get high and don't even think about resisting the Kingdom of Jin... ....
As for Ya Pian flowing into Wuji Valley in large quantities, that is simply impossible to happen. Although all the Eight Banners disciples in Wuji Valley have enough to eat, housing and clothing, they can still read a little. But they don't have much cash - Wuji Valley is almost an isolated place. Although they can maintain communication with the outside world, there is no large amount of logistics, so they are basically self-sufficient. And anything that cannot be produced in Wuji Valley basically has a sky-high price, and only a few powerful people can enjoy it.
But fortunately Wuji Valley is a valley with very developed agriculture, so eating and clothing is not a problem. However, in recent years, because the population of the Eight Banners has increased several times compared to the Kangxi years, land has become a bit tight. Not only do the additional Eight Banners not pay taxes, but the Jin Dynasty has to spend money to educate them and arrange some errands. The tribute paid by the affiliated cities and tribes outside Wuji Valley was extremely limited, so Emperor Daoguang's life became poorer and poorer...
And if you are poor...you want to change! If you can’t change it, then you have no choice but to rob it!
Thinking of this, Daoguang finally made up his mind and said to the few secret ministers below: "The East India Company has indeed committed a heinous crime, but I am a benevolent king, so I am willing to show mercy outside the law and give them a chance to atone for their sins. As long as the East India Company agrees to stop Export Yapian and various Yapian products to Daikin... Of course, except medicinal Yapian controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then pay a fine of 10 million Ming Dynasty silver dollars, and I will spare them. "
At this point, he paused again, "Heshen!"
"I'm here!" He Shen immediately agreed.
Daoguang said: "He Shen, please immediately draft a telegram to Qishan, the Consul General in Calcutta, and ask him to immediately negotiate with the Governor-General of India, Baron Amherst...requesting him to strictly control the illegal smuggling of pornographic films by the East India Company. , and instruct the East India Company to pay the fine, otherwise the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers will go to India to hold them accountable!"
"Hey, this slave takes the order!"
