Almost at the same time that the coffin of the sixth elder brother Yin Rong arrived at the summer resort, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty Aisin Gioro Yin Rong also returned to Qitianfu City in Shangjing, which was loyal to him, in an extra-large coffin called Zi Palace. .
In order to welcome his arrival, the entire Qitianfu City also mourned. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians from the Eight Banners of Confucianism and Horqin Mongolian people all gathered on the Sanjing Chi Road that leads directly to the south of Kaitianfu City in Beijing. Everyone wore filial piety and clothes. white. These bannermen and Mongolians seemed to really love the Qing Dynasty and Yinreng. From a distance, they saw Yinreng's Zi Palace on an extra-large carriage, being dragged by thirty-six long-legged Persian horses. Slowly, I was already crying. And when the Zi Palace where Yin Reng slept passed among them, the cries and shouts had gathered into a sound like thunder and sea waves, which was a bit deafening.
Yinfeng's eldest son, the young Aixinjueluo Hongxi, now also put on a dutiful son's clothes, holding a mourning stick in his hand, watching the big car slowly approaching him in a daze. He is just eight years old this year and is the son of the Li Jia family of Fujin Province. Because Yinreng's direct descendant Kong family of Fujin Province has not had a son yet, he adopted Hongxi as an adopted son just in case. I didn't expect this to happen!
When Yin Reng came back in a big coffin, a group of important ministers of the Western Qing Dynasty, the princes of the Eight Confucian Banners (Yin Lin, Yin Qi, Mandu Hu, Kong Chuanduo, Kong Chuanli) and others all surrounded the Queen Mother Kong and Da Brother Hongxi was standing outside Huiqing Gate, the south gate of Shangjing City, and everyone was crying like tears. Among them, the one who cried the most sadly was of course Yinfeng's direct descendant, Kong, from Fujin. Kong was born with fair skin and beautiful appearance, and was a very beautiful Shandong beauty. He and Yin Reng have been playing together since they were young. They can be regarded as childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts. When they grew up, they became husband and wife again, and they were quite loving. I thought I could grow old together, but I didn't expect that we are now separated forever.
Thinking back to the time when Yin Reng, wearing sackcloth and filial piety, set out to restore the Qing Dynasty, the Kong family was still full of joy. Unexpectedly, her husband was actually plotted against by his own Ama Kangxi... and even died. !
He really went out standing upright and came back lying down!
Seeing the big coffin where Yin Reng was sitting slowly stopping in front of her, Kong felt not only sad, but also filled with hatred! I hated Kangxi for poisoning the tiger and eating the seeds, and even more hated that Kangxi died after eating the seeds, without even leaving her a chance to take revenge... By the way, there are several articles in "Anti-Jing" that seem to be about digging graves and dumping the seeds. Fighting. In history, there were also "official downfalls", which were called "Mojin Xiaowei" and "Faqiu Zhonglangjiang". Let’s go back and set up the government office that dug up graves and turned them around. Kang Mazi’s grave must be dug up!
Kong, who was determined to dig out Kang Mazi and spread his ashes, wiped his tears and stopped crying. Instead, he held Hongxi's hand and strode forward, holding Hongxi who had just realized that there was no more Amma and was about to cry. Walking towards Yinreng's Zi Palace.
Thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang, Minister of the Southern Study and Lifan Yuan Shangshu Longkodo, and Wu Sidao, the right counselor of the left-behind department of the Summer Resort, saw Kong coming, and they quickly bowed together and called Kong the Queen.
Kong pointed at Hongxi next to him and said with tears: "Emperor Daxing did not explicitly appoint a heir apparent, but he told the Ai family more than once that the eldest brother Hongxi was intelligent, benevolent, filial and had the demeanor of an elder, so he could be the heir apparent. Now that the Ai family is in charge, let’s make him the successor emperor!”
Her intention was very clear, that is, she wanted to establish Hongxi as the new emperor, make herself the queen mother, and listen to politics behind the scenes in the capital.
However, Yinxiang, Longkodo, and Wu Sidao did not kneel down to Hongxi. They just bowed or nodded to him, which was regarded as a courtesy.
Kong's face turned blue when he saw the performance of the three of them, "Why don't you kneel down when you see the emperor?"
Yinxiang bowed and said: "Sister-in-law, the Qing Dynasty is gone..."
"Shut up!" Kong said with a serious face, "Yinxiang, how could you say such a thing?"
Yinxiang said: "Sister-in-law, the destiny of the Qing Dynasty has been exhausted. Now the world recognizes only Mongolia, and there is no Qing Dynasty... The Qing Dynasty is over!"
"You!" Kong was furious, "Are you a descendant of Aisin Gioro? Are you worthy of your ancestors by saying such things?"
Yinxiang said: "Sister-in-law..."
He didn't know how to persuade Kong, so he could only look back at Wu Si and said, "Yulu, it's up to you to say it!"
"嗻!" Wu Sidao nodded, and then said to Kong, "Empress, the great Qing Dynasty will not be completed, not by the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, but by the Grand Duke and the Emperor. Has the Grand Duke and the Emperor ever recognized the Daxing Emperor? The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty?"
This time, Kong was stunned.
Of course it is impossible for Zhu Heji to admit that Yinfeng is still the emperor of the Qing Dynasty...otherwise, wouldn't his cause of anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty be incomplete?
Seeing that Kong was silent, Wu Sidao said again: "Queen, the eldest brother, Prince Zhi, has been elected as the Northern Khan in Beijing, and Prince Yong, the fourth brother, has been elected as the Southern Emperor. They are also preparing to convene the Eight Banners Great Council to convene the Five Eight Banners and Horqin. The banner leader, the governor, and Buddhist monks all went to Beijing to meet to elect an emperor and a khan. It’s not impossible if the empress wants her eldest brother to stand for election, but..."
"But what?" Kong asked in a cold tone.
"But the eldest brother is the son-in-law of the Frankish Emperor Louis. The Southern Emperor and the Northern Khan must be one of them... The other position is Prince Yong of the Fourth Age, the eldest brother of the Sixth Age Ka family and the eldest son of your family. My brother has chosen one of three! Although the votes from the nobles of the Eight Banners and Buddhist monks decide who is elected, the person chosen must be approved by the Grand Duke and the Emperor, right?"
Kong finally understood that it turned out that the Southern Emperor and Northern Khan of Great Mongolia were not voted by the Eight Banners Conference, but the "father's choice" of Frank and Ming... The father in the background disagreed. That was fundamental. Can't choose.
Kong's face was gloomy, and his tone became even gloomier: "The mighty Mongolia is known as the Three Heroes of the World, how come it has been reduced to the point where whoever is the Khan and who is the Emperor has to be nodded by others!"
Although her words were strong, she was thinking in her heart about how to ask "Daddy Ming" for an emperor or to beg Hongxi to be the Great Khan... Now is the era of lining up to be shot and bombarded with sweetened pills. National population is hard power! Mongolia has killed three million people, and is now divided into three or four factions. If the Ming Emperor really feels like a threat, it will really be over.
Thinking of this, she asked again: "Old Thirteen, the Ai family wants to ask you, who does your fourth brother plan to send to the Ming Dynasty to meet Emperor Zhu?"
Yinxiang pointed to Wu Si beside him and said, "Sister-in-law, fourth brother sent this Counselor Wu as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty."
Kong glanced at Wu Sidao and said in his heart: "The fourth child made a miscalculation this time... The emperor of Ming Dynasty is a hero and a beautiful woman. I'm afraid he won't be able to take advantage by sending a man with an unattractive appearance to Ming Dynasty!"
Thinking of this, Mrs. Kong nodded: "Well, let's postpone this Eight Banners Conference for a few more days. It won't be too late to hold it again when the Ai family and Mr. Wu come back from seeing the Emperor tomorrow."
Yinxiang and Wu Sidao were both stunned. What does the Queen Mother mean? She is the empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty, and now she wants to be sent to the palace of the Ming Emperor herself...Yinxiang turned his head and looked at Wu Sidao, then looked at the Empress Dowager Kong, and suddenly felt that the Southern Emperor of Fourth Elder Brother Yinzhen was a bit suspicious. Got it!
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"What? Kangxi is dead? How is it possible..."
In the Forbidden City in Yingtian Prefecture, Nanjing, Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Da, who was studying a steam engine design drawing boredly in the Wenhua Palace, raised his head and looked at the panting Prime Minister Yang Qilong from the left and Prime Minister Guo Youde from the right, with expressions of surprise and inexplicable expressions on their faces. .
Because these two prime ministers ran together to tell Zhu Heji a big news-Kangxi Khan, the founding Khan of Later Mongolia, died!
Upon hearing the news, Emperor Zhu immediately became excited!
The Ming Dynasty has developed very steadily in the past few years, but it is also very boring. Zhu Heji's role as emperor is also a bit boring... As an emperor in the peaceful and prosperous times, there is really nothing challenging to do. .
The world war cannot be fought, and the industrial revolution has not yet begun, so it can only develop "slowly".
Although the steam engine has appeared, the efficiency of the steam engine that appears now is very low, the reliability is very poor, and the cost remains high. Moreover, improving steam engines these days is just like improving nuclear fusion reactors in the 21st century. The more improvements are made, the more problems there are, and the cost reduction is so slow that it is disappointing - it is one thing to make the steam engine generate power, but to make the power generated by the steam engine ratio Water power and wind power are cheaper, but that's another story.
Therefore, the steam engines that can be manufactured today can only be used to pump water in mines where it is difficult to use water power and wind power. They cannot replace low-cost wind power and water power to provide continuous power for industrialization. It may take decades of continuous improvement for Ming and European engineers to create an efficient steam engine and usher in a new era for mankind.
All Zhu Heji can do now is wait patiently.
Industrialization will not come for the time being, making world war impossible. Because there were no steam-powered trains or ships, the distance between the three world empires of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Mongolia, and the Frankish Empire was too far. No one could rely on sailboats to transport enough troops and supplies to launch a world war.
In addition, although the era of industrialization has not yet arrived, human productivity is obviously experiencing explosive growth. This in turn makes the economic growth large enough that all parties do not feel the urgency to start a war to compete for stocks - although the growth in the pre-industrial era cannot be compared with the growth after the industrial revolution. But the growth is staggering compared to any previous era.
Moreover, the dividends of the Age of Discovery are far from being exhausted, although there are no more new undiscovered continents. But the development of the new continent has just begun... There are still opportunities waiting for people to make a fortune.
The technological progress of the pre-industrial era and the dividends of the great voyages were enough to allow the people of the Ming Dynasty, Frankia and Mongolia to live comfortably for several decades. And a few decades later, the dividends of industrialization can generate incredible wealth!
Therefore, Zhu Heji estimates that in the next 100 to 150 years, the entire human civilization will be in an era of astonishing incremental wealth. Since the increase is sufficient, the three empires will naturally not start a bloody competition for the limited stock.
In other words... for a long time to come, launching a war will be unnecessary, uneconomical, and loss-making.
No one will do business at a loss, and no one will fight a war at a loss.
This is especially true for the Ming Dynasty, which dominates the Pacific Ocean and is far away from Europe, the powder keg of the world. The peaceful age has just begun!
And in Zhu Heji's memory, Kangxi was sixty-one years old! Counting the days this year, we have only reached the 42nd year of Kangxi. Kang Mazi still had 19 years left to become the Emperor of Peace. As long as Kangxi is alive, Great Mongolia will probably not fall apart... And after Kangxi, that Yin? It is said that he is quite powerful, and he can probably maintain Great Mongolia for another ten or twenty years.
By that time, Zhu Heji himself would have probably been buried in the imperial mausoleum in Purple Mountain and became Zhu Yuanzhang's neighbor.
But he never expected that Kangxi would die in the forty-second year of Kangxi's reign!
"It's absolutely true!" Yang Qilong smiled and took out the memorial sent by the Military Advisor's Office, and handed it to Emperor Zhu with both hands, "This is the memorial from the Military Advisor's Office... The Kaitian Mansion in Beijing had all the reports a month ago. The city mourned and sent it on behalf of Kangxi."
"Your Majesty," Guo Youde took out the memorial sent to him by Honglu Temple, "our imperial embassy in Dhaka also sent an urgent report... saying that the great monk Galdan of Nalanda Temple He has already set off for Kaitian Mansion in Beijing to save Kangxi Khan."
"Then you can't be wrong..." Zhu Heji nodded and thought to himself: "It seems that Kangxi was very depressed these years, and he became ill from depression, so he died more than ten years ago."
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji asked again: "Then who ascends the throne? Is it Yinfeng or Yin?"
"None of them." Yang Qilong said.
"No?" Zhu Heji was stunned, "Could it be Yongzheng... no, the fourth elder brother Yinzhen?"
"It's hard to say now," Guo Youde said, "What kind of Eight Banners Council will be held? There are a total of forty-eight banner owners and governors of the Qing, Confucian, Mongolian, Hui, Yin, and Horqin banners, plus some Buddhist leaders. Each monk has one vote to elect the Southern Emperor and Northern Khan."
"Emperor of the South and Khan of the North?" Zhu Heji thought to himself, "Are there still evils from the East and West from the West?"
Yang Qilong smiled and said: "The Prime Minister's Office and the Military Advisor's Office don't know the specific situation. However, the Empress Dowager Kong of the Qing Dynasty will come to Nanjing to pay homage to you in a few days. You can ask her then."
"What?" Zhu Heji was stunned again and again, "The Queen Mother of Kong of the Qing Dynasty? Come to see me? I am the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty," Guo Youde said with a smile, "If you don't want to see her, I'll ask Cewang Alabutan to keep her away... But I heard that this Queen Mother Kong is the daughter of Kong Shenggong Kong Yuqi. She is not very old either, less than thirty years old, and she is an outstanding Shandong beauty."
"What? Is she the daughter of Kong Yuqi, who doesn't deserve the surname Kong?" Zhu Heji's face immediately darkened, "Then I can't spare her... By the way, where is she now?"
"We have arrived in Yili." Guo Youde presented another memorial like a magic trick, "Your Majesty, this is the memorial from Cewang Alabutan, and there are... shadow figures in it!"
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