"Hengchen, if we don't have the money from my Indian Ama, how big will our financial gap be? How long can we last with the money we saved before?"
When Yinreng asked Zhang Tingyu, his big white face was almost turning black with worry.
Zhang Tingyu shook his head, "Your Majesty, this won't last long. The Supreme Emperor subsidizes the court three million silver rupees a year..."
This is really a penny that can stump the hero Khan, and three million can make a filial son die of worry.
Although Kangxi's Ama was a rebellious and unfilial old man, in the past few years, Kang's Ama had never gotten stuck in Xiqing's neck with money. The salary for the Western Qing Dynasty has been increasing year by year, from one million rupees per year at the beginning to three million rupees per year now - about one million silver dollars!
The "pocket money" given by Zhu Heji's father to Yinreng was 200,000 silver yuan a year plus 200,000 catties of sugar, which together amounted to 2.34 million silver yuan.
It seems that who is the real father and who is the fake father can really be measured by money.
Now Yinreng's Indian father has made it clear that he is going to attack him, but considering that he is a powerful and rebellious son, Kangxi, the unfilial father, will probably not send troops to kill people as soon as he comes up, but will fight with those ordinary unfilial people. The father resorted to "economic sanctions" just like when he found out that the son he had worked so hard to pamper turned out to be a prodigal and rebellious son.
However, unlike the ordinary unfilial father who still hopes that his rebellious son will change his mind, once the father and son of the emperor's family turn against each other, there will be no chance to resolve the feud. Sometimes, only father and son will kill each other, and brothers will kill each other.
Even if Yinreng went to Pingtian Mansion in Nanjing to plead guilty, Kangxi would not be able to change his mind... To plead guilty would be to fall into a trap!
Kangxi... wouldn't even give him a chance to be imprisoned until death.
Unlike the unlucky prince in history, the current Yinreng had been the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and in the minds of most Mongolian, Qing, Confucian and other Eight Banners disciples, Yinreng was still the Tongzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
So for Kangxi, this son could not be kept!
"Your Majesty, it is impossible for us in the Western Qing Dynasty to be self-sufficient. We have so many Confucian disciples to subsidize, and a Confucian who spends money like water to support, and we have to maintain an army that can resist the Ming in the east and the Luo in the west. Cha, Nanzhen... Nanzhen vassal armies. They also have to spend money to win over and support the Horqin kings on the grassland. The annual income of one million and hundreds of thousands of silver dollars is barely enough, and it is impossible to save It’s only a few dollars. If the Supreme Emperor really cuts off our salary, I’m afraid it will only last a few months.”
Frankly speaking, although this son Yin Reng is a rebellious son, he is definitely not a prodigal who spends money freely - at least now he is not a prodigal at all. He can maintain more than 300 Confucian Eight Banners with more than one million silver yuan. The fighting power of Zuo Ling can also allow Horqin Mongolia to occupy itself with him, and he can also draw out 100,000 combatable soldiers at any time, so that all tribes and tribes in the land he controls and on the Kazakh grassland will not dare to show any disobedience. move.
At the same time, Yinreng had to squeeze out a little money like toothpaste to win over the Dutong, Deputy Dutong, Shenling and Zuoling of the Eight Banners of the Mongolian and Qing Dynasties in Kaitianfu and Summer Resort in Beijing.
This more than one million silver was spent... really carefully! And it must be spent rupee by rupee, otherwise it will definitely not be enough.
This means that he is establishing his own country and taking charge of his own business, and he is still in the stage of "prosperity and province". Therefore, top and bottom must work hard and live with one heart and one mind, so that we can manage the current situation in the deserted land of Central Asia. If you were to replace an official, whether it was a governor, a general or a military envoy, it would be impossible to survive in Central Asia with just such a small amount of money.
But if Yinreng can live his life again, it is impossible to maintain the current situation with just a few hundred thousand silver dollars.
The time period doesn't matter at all, the people below can still endure it. But as time goes by...I'm afraid people's hearts will disperse!
When Kangxi Khan spends a large amount of silver rupees, he will probably be able to dismantle Yinreng's men.
So now there are only two ways in front of Yinreng. One is to launch a war immediately and defeat his pro-Ama Kangxi Khan before all his savings are spent! The second is to ask Mingzhu’s father for money.
"Your Majesty," Zhang Tingyu said, "How about we ask the Emperor of Heaven if he is willing to fill this gap..."
"Is Daming willing?" When Yinreng heard that he was going to ask Dad Zhu for money, he felt unsure, "That's not a small amount of money. You have to give us at least one million silver dollars a year!"
While Yinreng was talking, he was thinking in his heart: "My dear Ama is not willing to give it to me, how can Ye Ama give it to me?"
Zhang Tingyu said: "Your Majesty, why don't I go and talk to Boss Huang, Mr. Du, and Brother Zhang first..."
Of course Yinreng and Zhang Tingyu knew who was behind the Qinggang. At first glance, this Youth Gang, which calls for "restoring the Qing Dynasty", seems to be a Confucian youth organization, or it was founded with money from Yin Reng to infiltrate the Qing Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners. But actually the man standing behind the Qinggang was Zhu Heji, the Grand Duke and Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
The 200,000 taels of silver and 200,000 jins of sugar that Dad Zhu gives to Yinfeng every year are all paid through the camel team controlled by the Qinggang. This is why Yinreng joined the Qinggang and became the leader, and also endorsed the Qinggang.
To be honest, Kangxi and Zhu Heji were really lifelong enemies!
When Kangxi became emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Heji wanted to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Now that Kangxi has become the Great Mongolian Khan and no longer wants the Qing Dynasty as a sign, Zhu Heji has started to spend money and people to restore the Qing Dynasty and abolish the Yuan Dynasty.
Of course, Zhu Heji's real purpose of restoring the Qing Dynasty and abolishing the Yuan Dynasty was something that Yinreng could never have imagined - the devil Zhu did not support the restoration of the Qing Dynasty in order to bring down Great Mongolia or split it, he wanted to kill that The powerful southern country India supported the restoration of the Qing Dynasty!
Well, India...the 21st century is said to be the Indian century! Of course Emperor Zhu had to contain India. Although India has been split into several parts now, the northwestern part of India plus Afghanistan, plus the Transoxiana area, plus the Kazakh grassland is incredible. Is this still a big deal if it reaches the 21st century? That is really the great and colorful India.
Therefore, if this country is not broken up, Zhu Heji will not be able to rest in peace even if he dies!
Yinreng didn't know that the invincible Zhu Heji was afraid that the Indians would support his restoration, so he said uneasily: "I'd better pay a visit in person!"
Zhang Tingyu responded: "That minister will go and prepare the carriage immediately."
"Go quickly, go quickly...remember, I want to visit you privately."'
"嗻!"
...
A new and not old carriage, escorted by a group of men wearing green cloth gowns, slowly entered the most prosperous commercial district in Qitianfu City, Shangjing, and turned into an inconspicuous alley.
At the entrance of the alley, there was already a man with braids on his head, wearing a long green cloth gown, with the cuffs rolled up a little, revealing a section of white lining, which looked very neat. A disciple of the Qing Gang with an ax stuck in his black cloth belt was waiting there.
When they saw the carriage and the people following the carriage coming in, they immediately rushed to greet them and clasped their hands. One of them read loudly: "The tiger roosts in the Tianshan Mountains, and the grassland is ever green!"
The driver of the car was also dressed as a disciple of the Qing Gang. It was Zhang Tingyu. He also hugged his fists and shouted back: "The dragon swims in the Caspian Sea, and the waves of thousands of miles are clear for thousands of years!"
This is right for the poetry number!
But it's not over yet, we still have to go to the bottom of the sea and make the incision.
The man who had just exchanged poems with Zhang Tingyu asked again: "Excuse me, boss, where can I burn incense?"
Zhang Tingyu said: "My little brother, the first fragrance on the Tianshan Mountains is above my head!"
"What word does boss deserve?"
Zhang Tingyu said: "My younger brother is a senior member of the Qinggang De family!"
When the man heard this, he quickly clasped his fists and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It turns out that my uncle is here and I don't know why?"
Zhang Tingyu also clasped his fists: "I came with my mentor to meet three great gentlemen."
The three big gentlemen are Huang, Du, and Zhang. According to the seniority of the Qinggang, they all belong to the senior generation, one generation older than Zhang Tingyu's senior generation. There are only four leaders of the big generation, and besides the three of them, the only one is Yinreng!
Of course the Qing Gang disciples guarding the alley know who the fourth "Mr. Big" in their gang is? How dare they neglect it? They all gathered around and knelt down to salute the carriage.
The sky was getting dark. Zhang Tingyu opened the car curtain, and a young man wearing a green cloth gown walked out. Of course, he was Yinreng, Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty. He wore a Ruyi eight-petal melon-skin hat on his head, and looked around. He really had the air of a king who was not angry and proud.
When Yin Reng got off the carriage, a disciple of the Qing Gang had already informed the main hall of the Qing Gang of the arrival of the big-name leader. Then he saw a burly middle-aged man with a pockmarked face and a skinny little man with windy ears. Welcoming them together.
Yinreng looked at them, and before they could clasp their fists and salute, he smiled and asked, "Boss Huang, Mr. Du, why haven't you seen Brother Zhang?"
The pock-marked man laughed and spoke softly in Wu language - this was a man from Suzhou. The man from Suzhou smiled and said: "Jin Longtou, Brother Zhang went to Suiye Mansion to handle business... There are distinguished guests coming to the Western Regions."
"Dear guest? Can you tell me something?" Yinreng asked with interest.
"What's there to say?" The little man spoke with a Wu tone, "He's the leader of the Western Freemasonry, his name is Philippe de Polo... He's also some kind of great mage, he's very capable! "
Of course this "Philippe de Polo" is Saint Philip! Is he a living saint? Of course he is!
"Freemasonry?" Yinreng asked, "What is this for?"
The pockmarked face said: "What kind of alchemist's guild it is... I can't tell for a while, and this is not the place to talk. Jin Longtou, let's talk inside."
The thin man also said: "Golden Dragon Head, please come inside!" Then he said to the disciples around him: "Hurry and prepare the banquet, Golden Dragon Head is an honored guest!"
Under the kind invitation of Boss Huang and Mr. Du, the two leaders of the Qing Gang, Yin Reng was invited into a small and secluded hall inside the Qing Gang Zongtang. The banquet was not served yet, but some stunning Hu Ji first served tea to Yin Reng, Zhang Tingyu, Boss Huang, and Mr. Du. The four of them drank tea while talking about Freemasonry.
Of course, the stories about Freemasonry described by Boss Huang and Mr. Du were all created by Pu Songling based on Zhu Heji's request. The story begins with Marco Polo's journey to the east. Later, due to some "magical events", a group of alchemists serving the Holy See were led to establish the Freemasonry under the leadership of Marco Polo, and began to trade and explore at the same time. Magic... goes all the way to how Freemasonry secretly developed in the East and West, eventually becoming a mysterious organization with huge wealth and a large number of members with backgrounds!
Although Huang and Du only talked about it briefly, the story of Freemasonry has aroused great interest in Yinreng. Although he has no interest in cultivating immortals, if Freemasonry can extend his life, He still wanted to get some elixirs to take.
So Yinreng asked: "I wonder why this leader of the Freemasonry came all the way to our Qing Institute?"
"He was passing through the Qing Dynasty," said the thin man. "He wanted to meet Tsar Peter from the Rakshasa Kingdom."
"Oh..." Yinreng said in his heart; "That Peter loved magic and cultivating immortals when he was a child. He fantasized about going to the East to attend some magic school all day long. As a result, his sister caught him every day to learn arithmetic and Latin. Wen... I didn’t expect that there would actually be a god to enlighten him now!”
Seeing that Yin Reng seemed a little interested, the pockmarked man smiled and said: "Jin Longtou, wait until Lao Zhang picks up Mr. Polo from the Freemasonry. How about we meet together?"
"Okay," Yinreng nodded, and did not say anything more about cultivating immortals. Instead, he changed the topic and went straight to the topic, "Two leaders, did you hear that I, Ama, will make the eldest and fourth eldest son the flag masters and serve as the left-behind ones? Is something going wrong?"
The pockmarked man nodded and said with a smile: "I heard...and the Emperor not only named the eldest brother and fourth brother, but also sent people to contact the third and fifth brothers. If nothing happens, Surprisingly, they will soon become flag masters!"
The thin man also said: "In addition, Queen Sofia is going to the Rakshasa Kingdom with a large sum of gold and silver. In name, she wants to do business on the Black Sea coast, but in fact, haha..."
Yinreng's face was a little ugly. He didn't expect that Kangxi's Ama would actually extend his claws to him and win over his two brothers. It was really unfilial!
Although the third elder brother and the fifth elder brother are relatively reliable, after all, they are also the sons of the unfilial Amma. Who knows whether the father and son will suddenly get better again?
"The third and fifth children will not betray me!" Yinreng could not say that he did not believe in his brothers. He said, "There is no need for the Supreme Emperor to grant them the title. I will grant them the title of Banner Lord Baylor!" He paused. After a pause, he continued, "Of course I am not afraid of the Supreme Emperor poaching me... I am the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty after all! The righteousness and honor are on my side!
But I am worried that the Supreme Emperor will use the money in his hands to recruit the Qingba Banner, the Mongolian Banner, as well as the Horqin Mongolian, Kazakh, Bukhara, Khiva and other tribes to deal with me!
In addition, if there is a war, money will be wasted. My savings on hand are limited and I'm afraid I won't be able to last for long. I wonder if the Ming Emperor can lend me some money..."
