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Chapter 20 Difficult!

"Damn it!"

After opening this memorial submitted by the clan’s mansion, Kangxi was furious again before reading a few lines of words!

"Your Majesty, please calm down!...What's this?" Soetu believed that he was now the most powerful minister in the court. Seeing Kangxi getting angry, the others were silent one by one. After thinking for a moment, they stood up and asked.

"Hmph! This guy Lebuto is really restless. He just was detained for half a year by me. After only a few days, it started again. He deliberately didn't want me to be at peace!..." Kangxi said angrily.

"Prince Jian? What's wrong with him? He made the emperor so angry?" Soetu was very surprised. Prince Jian really couldn't support him. What's wrong with him?... Soetu still doesn't know the cause of this incident. He gave Old Man Fei and others a mansion without authorization.

"It's not because of your own family, you can see it yourself..." Seeing Soetu ask, Kangxi glared at him angrily, shook his hand and threw the memorial to him.

"My family..." Soetu was stunned. Prince Jane LeButto was in Fengtian. Where did he have his family there? Did something happen? So he took the memorial and immediately opened and browsed.

...

"Your Majesty, I don't know about this. Please forgive me!" After reading the memorial, Soetu immediately knelt down in front of Kangxi and said, "Your Majesty, I really don't know that Ferdinand would be so bold. If the emperor wants to punish him, I will never have any words!"

"Okay, I know it's none of your business, get up!" Kangxi helped Soetu up. At this time, Mingzhu fell, and Soetu's party must be both surprised and happy. They were happy that the party was dominant from now on, and what was shocked was that Kangxi used such methods. I wonder if he would attack them too! Therefore, at this time, we must not let Soetu's party be too arrogant, nor can we scare them!

"Your Majesty, what's going on?" Xiong Cilu also asked from the side. It was Ferdinand again? Last time, this guy made the court very troubled, which made some Manchu and Han officials dislike each other. This time, what happened to him?

"Hmph, this old man Ferdinand is so amazing. He actually tried to grow rice outside Fengtian City, and one type is more than 1,500 acres!" Kangxi's voice kept rising, and he seemed to be very angry.

"Growing rice in Fengtian? How is this possible? Rice is produced in humid and hot places in the south, and it cannot be planted in North China, let alone the colder Manchus? He is doing it nonsense!..." Xiong Cilu also shouted.

"Yes, my master, I think this person must not be spared easily... I just said that their origin is suspicious. Sure enough... He is trying to destroy the foundation of my Manchuria and destroy the land of my ancestors!" Soetu saw Xiong Cilu say this, and quickly cleared his relationship with Ferdinand! As soon as Mingzhu fell, those envoys who were almost crazy about becoming famous were staring at him. The wind was too loud now, so people could not catch the handle, otherwise, they might have to be hit by a few "bricks", so we must firmly draw a clear line with Ferdinand and his group.

"Transfer my order, Ferdinand was demoted to the third-class man and seized the position of deputy commander. Yu Heng, as the prefect of Fengtian, did not report the information and issued an order to rebuke..." Kangxi was angry. Ferdinand had a criminal record of causing chaos in the imperial court's Manchu and Han officials, and this time he seemed to be unreasonable. After all, Northeast China had no history of planting rice before, and Kangxi had already doubted the five of them, so he finally decided to punish him well. (The rice planting in Northeast China was successfully tested by Korean immigrants in Northeast China in 1875!)

"emperor……"

Just as Kangxi was talking about the punishment for the people involved, a low cry came into his ears. He turned to see that it was Gao Shiqi!

"Gao Shiqi, what else do you have?"

"Your Majesty, the criminal has something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not!" Gao Shi said strangely.

"What should I say or not? If you have something to say... Although I am just your official, you are still my minister after all!" After scolding, Kangxi was very familiar with this skill.

Of course, everyone present also understood Kangxi's meaning. Gao Shiqi had a delicate heart, and of course he understood even more. However, he was still moved by this sentence, and his eyes were blurred on the spot, and his voice choked up: "Emperor... The emperor's great kindness... the guilty ministers... will never repay their deaths..."

"Okay, okay, when did you, Gao Shiqi, cry so much? Okay, get up and reply!" Kangxi felt a little sad when he saw Gao Shiqi crying. He had been with these ministers for a longer time than the concubine's family. Although they were guilty, they were reluctant to leave!

"Woo... I thanked the emperor!" Gao Shiqi stood up and bowed to Kangxi, "I have received a letter from Ferdinand last year. He asked the Imperial College to help find a few wild rice seedlings!"

"He wants you to help him find wild rice seedlings?" Kangxi was stunned!

"Yes!" Gao Shiqi had gradually controlled his feelings and spoke smoothly.

"What did he look for wild rice seedlings?"

"Your Majesty, how can wild rice seedlings keep up with good-bred rice? I think Ferdinand must have wanted to plant this rice on the land of Manchuria and destroy our fertile soil of Manchuria..." Soetu shouted. At this time, he thought his mind was quick and proud. When he heard the three words "wild rice seedlings", he guessed Ferdinand's thoughts. Now, he could expose Ferdinand's "conspiracy" for the emperor, and completely distinguish his relationship with the old man Fei, who claimed to be the Hesheri clan!

"Shiqi, say..." Kangxi looked at Soetu in displeasure and asked Gao Shiqi again.

"Prince, Ferdinand wrote in his letter to me that wild rice seedlings can be hybridized with the rice seedlings we usually use to make another high-yield rice. At first, the Sin Chen thought Ferdinand was talking nonsense and had other plans. After all, how can rice be grown in Manchuria? But later the Sin Chen thought of something..."

"What's up?"

"Your Majesty, North Korea seems to grow rice too... and it is even more north than Fengtian, so the criminals thought, since North Korea can also grow rice, why can't Fengtian grow a little south? Moreover, what's the use of Ferdinand destroying Manchuria? Planting rice is definitely not a overnight success. If there is no high-yield rice, who would follow him to plant it? The court would not allow it!... Moreover, Manchuria is the foundation of my Qing Dynasty, and there are Manchurians everywhere. If he wants to make trouble there, wouldn't he begging for trouble?"

"Well, it makes sense!...You sent someone to find him wild rice, right?"

"The emperor is wise and the criminals didn't think it was a big deal at that time, so they sent someone to the south to find two rice seedlings..." Gao Shiqi said carefully.

"But he planted 1,500 acres at once. Could it be that he had made such high-yield rice?... No, even if two rice seedlings succeed, it would be impossible to cultivate enough seedlings to plant so much land at once!..." Although Kangxi did not know about agricultural planting, he also knew that this was unlikely.

"Your Majesty, I have also received a letter from Ferdinand asking for seedlings. I thought he was a mess, but I ignored him. Now, I heard what Gao Jiangcun said, there seems to be some truth. However, one thing is certain, that is, Ferdinand does not mean to hide it. From this point of view, he may not have any malicious intentions..." Xiong Cilu also remembered the old story! (Gao Shiqi, named Jiangcun)

"Whether there is any malice or not, he can't do anything in Fengtian!... Even if he doesn't punish him, the emperor should issue an order to scold him to stop him from doing so!" Soetu saw that the atmosphere on the court changed a little, and these people seemed to not take him seriously, so he said angrily.

"Emperor!... Rice yield per mu is higher than wheat. As far as I know, rice yield per mu is about two stones, that is, 240 to 50 kilograms, while wheat yield per mu is only 150 to 60 kilograms. The difference between this is very large! Not to mention whether Ferdinand could produce good-quality rice, even if he could not make it, if he could plant grain and fodder in Manchuria, then my Qing Dynasty would have another granary!..." Xiong Cilu could not help but feel excited when he expected the scene of grain fields everywhere in Manchuria. (According to the online investigation, during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the average wheat yield per mu was 167 kilograms, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places was the least, and it was only 60 kilograms! After the 51st year of Kangxi, the average yield per mu of rice in Jiangnan was only 2 stones and eight dou, and one stone was about 120 kilograms! They are all far lower than the current level.)

"Did Lord Xiong think too beautifully? Manchuria is the foundation of my Qing Dynasty, how can I do it there? Moreover, if Ferdinand fails to plant rice in Manchuria, what will the people say? My Qing Dynasty's Dragon Rise is not as good as the small land of Korea?...Who will suffer the consequences?" Soetu is not good enough, and he is still a little capable of picking up on people.

"This..." Xiong Cilu was excited for a moment, not thinking about the special status of Manchuria. After Soetu's reminder, his face turned pale!... How could it be the turn of Manchuria to speak!

"Zhang Tingyu!" Kangxi suddenly shouted.

"I am here!" Zhang Tingyu immediately bowed and replied.

"You set off to Fengtian immediately and find that Ferdinand and see what he said!"

"Abide by the order!" Without any delay, Zhang Tingyu turned around and left the study room.

"Your Majesty, why bother to send someone to ask? You just need to give Ferdinand a trip to the capital. Moreover, for such a thing, Is it a bit of a big deal to send an imperial envoy?" Soetu looked at Kangxi in confusion again.

"Make a big deal? Humph, what big deal? This is a big deal, and it is a big deal that concerns the national economy and people's livelihood!" Kangxi looked at Soetu unhappily and said.

"National economy and people's livelihood? The emperor's meaning is a little clear...but, the servant still has something to say!"

"speak!"

"Your Majesty, let alone whether Ferdinand can succeed. Even if he succeeds, how many places can he drive? Are you planning to immigrate to a large number of people outside the pass? Wouldn't that shake the foundation of the country?" After a while, Soetu felt Kangxi's attitude towards the whole matter, and immediately adjusted his strategy appropriately and no longer firmly opposed it, but raised the biggest problem: the Qing Dynasty imposed a ban on Manchuria!

This kind of ban originated from the Tianming Period (that is, the Nurhaci period), and its core is to protect the "Dragon Rising Harmony Land"! The purpose is to protect and enjoy the economic resources of the hometown, protect the Manchu cultural tradition of "Mandarin riding and shooting", and protect the holy land that emerged from the Qing Dynasty to be destroyed... These are almost untouchable terms even for the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty! Because if it is violated, it is equivalent to "disrespect for the ancestors", and for the emperor, it is also a serious crime of "unfilial piety". Even if this emperor is Kangxi, who is extremely authoritative, he will be very passive!

Moreover, even if Kangxi immigrated not by Han people, but Manchus, how many of these Manchus could farm?

"I know what you mean, so I sent Zhang Tingyu to Fengtian!... Alas!" Kangxi's excitement was poured down, so he could only sigh helplessly. The ban during the Tianming period did protect the newly emerging Manchus, so that they were not affected by the Southern Dynasties and maintained the combat effectiveness of the Manchu army at that time. However, how much effect does this ban have? When the Three Feudalists were pacified, the Eight Banners Army had been defeated in a row. In the end, the court achieved victory by the Han army's green camp. Now, these bannermen not only did not regret it, but became more and more powerful, enjoying the monthly money given by the court, not working, and becoming more and more unreasonable. If this continues, what role can the little people who stayed in Manchuria play?

"It collapsed too quickly! The Mongols occupied the Central Plains for a hundred years. Although they were driven out by Zhu Yuanzhang at that time, they were still able to ride a horse and carry a sword and kill all directions, which made Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di and his son unable to reach into the grassland. However, since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass in the second year of Shunzhi to the Three Feudal Rebellion in the 20th year of Kangxi, in just 37 years, the Eight Banners Army, which had defeated powerful enemies countless times and claimed to be "invincible" had collapsed. They were beaten to pieces by Wu Sangui's army. They finally blocked the enemy's attack, but they had lost half of them.

If it weren't for finally using the Han army's green camp, if Wu Sangui's strategy had not been wrong, even Beijing would have been lost! How could this be the place be there!... Now, the imperial court wants to wipe out a Galdan with only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he would have to prepare hundreds of thousands of soldiers for several years! Emperor Taizu brought 30,000 troops to fight Chaharlin Danhan, who claimed to be 400,000 troops!" Kangxi was thinking in his mind, and the more he thought about it, he became more angry, and he wanted to throw the bannermen who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun into the white mountains and black waters in the northeast to make some rectifications!

If these guys could fight well, how could the country have such trouble? Will the Three Feudalists dare to riot? With a word of withdrawing the vassals, they would probably have to hand over the military power obediently; does Galdan dare to rebel? Even if he dared, he could only send tens of thousands of troops to destroy him. How could he have to prepare hundreds of thousands of troops, tens of millions of stagnant military rations, and tens of millions of military pay? It took several years to dare to take action!

"Emperor?..." Seeing Kangxi say for a while, he fell silent, and Soetu called out softly.

"You all go out, I must think about it!" Kangxi leaned on the back of the chair, waved his hand, and signaled Soetu and the other two to go out.

"The slave (member) surrenders!"

*******

"Wow, I'm going to kill someone!..."

Just when Kangxi was having a headache about the rapid depravity of the Eight Banners' children, in Yaquesa, a fake Manchu was showing her strength!... The scream of Princess Doro Mo Jing made the new Heilongjiang general Pengchun who had been hiding from afar and visited Yaquesa. He felt a chill from the bottom of his heart.

"Dong Yu, may you not be able to satisfy Jing Gege recently?"

Pengchun inherited the title of First Class Duke. He is currently the General of Heilongjiang. He is also the deputy commander of the Mongolian Prince of Zhenghong Banner and is in charge of the title of Prince Taibao! (Eight Banners, there are 24 parts of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han tribes in total)

Originally, Pengchun's headquarters was in Nibchu. He had been tidying up the border defense for more than a year. After finally getting free, he wanted to see Mo Jing, who was already called "the number one beauty in Heilongjiang" by those soldiers. Because when Mo Jing and the other two first arrived at Soetu in the camp beside Nibchu, he was staying in Yaquesa and could not see it! So, this time he planned to make up for this shortcoming and take a closer look at what this wonderful woman who had just given ten thousand troops was like!

However, when he came here and saw Yu Zhong, he forced this guy to take him outside Mo Jing's room with both soft and hard work. Before he knocked on the door, he was frightened by the sudden screams from the room. In a state of fear, he immediately pulled a group of followers and retreated.

"…Yu Dutong, are you really sure that it wasn't because of your problem?"

Although the scream was separated by a floor of door panels, Pengchun could still clearly feel the anger and helplessness contained therein. Therefore, of course, he could not believe what Yu Zhong said was definitely not his business!... Why can a woman get angry for? I heard that Princess Mo Jing is almost thirty years old! It is normal for Yu Zhong to not hold on!

"No, definitely not my problem!"

Yu Zhong couldn't laugh at Pengchun's dirty thoughts! He thought about it, but was Mo Jing so easy to get close to him? Although the two of them had been very close several times in the past year, they were definitely not as hard as they could not hold on!

"Why did that Princess Jing get so angry?" Following Pengchun was Lang Tan, the deputy governor of Nibchu. This guy looked terrified. His heart kept twitching, and he always felt that he had some evil intentions.

"You'll know if you ask? Who will come in with me?" Yu Zhong smiled reluctantly and looked at Pengchun and the others.

"Is it okay?"

"This... I can't guarantee it!... Everyone can only bear all the consequences themselves!" Yu Zhong said seriously.

"...Lang Dutong!" Pengchun suddenly said to Lang Tan.

"General?"

"Go knock on the door!"

“…”
Chapter completed!
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