"I am willing to work with the Qing Dynasty and the Emperor in the same boat!"
"This slave is willing to live and die with the Qing Dynasty and the Emperor!"
"Your Majesty, my slaves can die, but the Qing Dynasty cannot be destroyed. Your Majesty, you must take more care!"
"Your Majesty, this servant will obey you in everything!"
"Your Majesty, from today on, this slave will only eat one meal a day, and all the money saved will be used to build a new army!"
"Your Majesty, my servant's family is gone, so why do I need money? I am willing to donate money!"
"Your Majesty, slaves also have money..."
"Your Majesty, this servant is willing to donate the family property!"
I have to say that these slaves in the early Qing Dynasty are really different from the Eight Banners nobles in the late Qing Dynasty, as well as the vassal kings, nobles, civil servants and bureaucrats in the late Ming Dynasty. They also knew that their fate was firmly tied to that of the Qing Dynasty.
If the Qing Dynasty falls, no matter how much money they have, it will be in vain!
Moreover, there are no foreign banks to deposit money for them these days. Why don’t you just bury some money in your own house? When Burney broke into Beijing, what was the use of the money? It's no use at all!
Therefore, some of the good servants of the Qing Dynasty, whose family members were kidnapped by Burni but whose money was not dug out, became anxious at this time, and all of them were willing to destroy their families to save them!
In fact, this kind of love for the Qing Dynasty more than money occurred occasionally in the history of the Kangxi period and even the Yongzheng period... Wouldn't Sun Sike be willing to spend his own money to buy firearms for the Qing soldiers? And he is not alone. There are quite a few good servants of the Qing Dynasty who are willing to do this!
However, such good slaves only lasted to the second and third generations of slaves, and there were really few after that.
The reason why there are fewer is actually that the Qing Dynasty slowly entered its twilight years from its early rise... People will age, and of course the country will also age.
When an aging country meets an ambitious and emerging country, the result is often one-sided.
For example, this was the case in history between the Qing Dynasty, which was engaged in the Westernization Movement, and Japan, which was under the Meiji Restoration. In fact, the overthrow movement before the Meiji Restoration was a revolution of replacing the old with the new!
The new government that relied on force to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate actually "formatted" Japan and put Japan in a vibrant initial state.
The Qing Dynasty next door is already old and lifeless.
But it is the Qing Dynasty of the Guangxu Dynasty that is aging and sluggish, not the Qing Dynasty of the Kangxi Dynasty... It has been less than thirty years since the Qing Dynasty took over the Central Plains, and it is still in its prime of life. It’s time!
Faced with the crisis of national subjugation and annihilation, how could the monarchs and ministers of the Qing Dynasty not use all their strength to struggle?
When Kangxi saw the performance of these loyal ministers and slaves of the Qing Dynasty, he was very moved. There were tears in his eyes and his voice was trembling when he spoke!
"With good servants and ministers like you, my Qing Dynasty will never fall... No, our Qing Dynasty will never fall! This Qing Dynasty does not belong to me alone, nor does it belong to Aixinjue The Luo family is the Qing Dynasty for all of us!"
Kangxi pretended to wipe his tears and said: "But I will not take your money for nothing. No matter how you come from your money, in the final analysis, it is earned by working hard for the Qing Dynasty...not you." If you sell your life, your father and grandfather sold their lives! Since you sold your life, you should share the money!"
His words are tantamount to admitting the legality of the people below who are greedy for money!
What's wrong with being greedy? They are all heroes of the Qing Dynasty! The Qing Dynasty was all brought down by them or their fathers and grandfathers with swords and guns. Shouldn't they be greedy?
The people below all nodded when they heard what Kangxi said - although their master was not good at fighting, he was still very good at winning people's hearts at critical moments.
Kangxi then said: "Your money is not easy to come by, so I can't take it for nothing... Although it will be difficult for me to pay back the money in the future, I still have land, and I have plenty of land!"
I have an imperial village in Guan, a banner land managed by the Eight Banners Dutong Yamen, official fields run by local Yamen, as well as grasslands outside the Great Wall and black soil fields in Guandong... You have the money to contribute and the strength to contribute. , when there is grain, food comes out, and when there is horse, horse comes out.
And I will take out these lands and seal them to you, so that your descendants and descendants can have a big inheritance for generations to come. How about this? "
As soon as the people below heard Kangxi's words, they understood more or less that the Qing Dynasty was going to reform in order to survive!
The old way of keeping the Eight Banners' disciples in captivity has come to a time when it has to change. Because Kangxi relied on the land at hand, no matter how hard he tried, he could not produce enough to support the two to three hundred thousand New Eight Banners and the Old Eight Banners, as well as the hard-core crops.
Kangxi could get enough money and food to provide some money and food to the soldiers and generals of the new and old Eight Banners who had served in the previous period, and then provide relief to the new and old Eight Banners who really had no food to eat. The remaining money could be used to build munitions factories, gunpowder factories, etc. It's already the limit.
And everyone knows that... there is no choice in this matter!
The Third Prince Zhu has gone to Tianjin Guards, and the new Emperor Tianyou of the Yuan Dynasty is just outside the entrance of the Great Wall.
These two groups are obviously colluding. Maybe it won't be long before the Ming army will march westward, and the Yuan army will march eastward... If we don't work hard now, our country will really be destroyed by then.
Moreover, Kangxi did not refuse compensation, but spent all his money...taking out all the land and sharing it with everyone.
Regardless of whether this land is worth money now, the attitude of leading everyone to fight together is in place.
Moreover, if the Qing Dynasty could overcome this hurdle, the land provided by Kangxi would be valuable!
If the Qing Dynasty can't pass the current level, everyone probably won't survive. What's the use of money?
"Your Majesty is willing!"
"If the emperor says so, the slaves will do it!"
"Your Majesty, all your servants want is to send out troops as soon as possible to attack the traitor Burni!"
"That's right, slaves only want to kill thieves for the country!"
"I don't want anything, I just want to kill Burni!"
The ministers and slaves below naturally understood the truth, and soon began to shout and kill - many of them had their wives and children captured by Burni!
I am alone, what use is the money hidden at home that the Mongols have not dug out? Weeping and drinking alone?
So as long as Kangxi could quickly send troops to fight Burni, everything else would be easy to discuss!
Of course Kangxi could not disobey the public opinion, and he also hated Burni...Burni killed his woman, killed his son, and drove his grandmother and eldest wife to the Bada Alley Went to take refuge.
What a hatred!
"Okay!" Kangxi said immediately, "I will take you to kill Burni...but not now, but in two months!"
At this point, he had already started crying, "There is no need to rush this matter, and there is no point in rushing! My son Saiyinchahun and my beloved concubine Ma Jiashi were also harmed by Burni! Speaking of urgency, I am just as anxious as you are! But there is no point in just being anxious, we have to prepare seriously."
Kangxi shed tears and gritted his teeth. The people below also cried together and gnashed their teeth together. The true monarch and his ministers are of the same mind!
Kangxi then sighed again and said: "Although we Qing warriors are not afraid of fatigue, our horses can't stand it anymore. We have to raise them for two months and buy a batch of pack horses!
Gunpowder, muskets, artillery, and arrowheads all need to be replenished, and armor, swords, 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 on the grassland... Otherwise, Burni will run away as soon as our army arrives! "
Having said this, Kangxi stood up from the throne and took a few steps: "I hereby swear an alliance with you all... In two months, I will send troops to the grassland with you to destroy Chahar." , kill Burney!
Moreover, I will take the lead in saving food and clothing, donating money and materials... Starting from today, all expenses in the palace will be reduced by 80%, and all the 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 destroy Chahar, and kill Burni!"
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