Bright moon and clear breeze(241)

My son is getting married, and he has really become an adult! The bride lightly swept her eyebrows and stood in front of the hall.

There is no need to wash hands and make soup, and there is no difficult sister-in-law. The princess no longer goes to General Qin's side, but completely follows Lin Yutong's side as an assistant.

This is what you need to teach step by step! First of all, you have to learn how to operate the palace. The royal family is a huge system, and even with the help of female officials, you still need to be able to figure it out. If the queens of the past dynasties could figure this out

It’s good to be clear. In fact, many queens just did not radicalize the people below, and turned a blind eye, at the expense of the royal interests, to make things look decent. Secondly, there must be a need for the queen

The external affairs that need to be dealt with, such as the domestic wife. Only after these are dealt with clearly, the next step is the external affairs. Only when he touches each item one by one can Guo Dongli know what he has to face.

Newlyweds, loving children, loving children, yes! There must be! But the business matters are presented one by one, and all involved are major matters. The people below are waiting for a word or a seal before they can move. How can you have time to love children?

long?

Qiming no longer only helps with Tongtong and other affairs. The East Palace is officially opened, and his team is operating at full strength. Many things can be handled by Qiming without the fourth master's hands.

This meaning is completely different again, and it’s hard to be too frightened about it.

All Qiming's thoughts recently have been on counting the grain reserves. All the granaries up and down Xinming must be thoroughly counted. No matter how much attention the court pays, there will always be some daring people.

I dared to resell the grain to you at a high price. The granary was empty, which meant that Qi Ming had scattered all the boys around him. He checked some places emphatically. The first time he went to check, there was no problem, but he came back and checked again.

After checking, it went wrong and all the grain was taken away. After another check, it was found that the grains checked the first time were all borrowed from grain merchants. The grains earlier had "disappeared"! They were prevaricated by saying that they were opening a warehouse.

It's disaster relief, or else it's raining and the food is soaked.

Knowing that the court attaches great importance to this matter, he still takes such a desperate risk.

You can't be polite to such people! By reselling disaster relief stocks, you are murdering more innocent people - kill!

The sentencing for such crimes is sometimes flexible. If you want to convict him of buying and selling and dereliction of duty, you can do it! But if you upgrade it to making money when the country is in crisis, it is equivalent to treason, and there is no discussion about killing you.

If there is a shortage, the court must quickly replenish it! If a disaster really comes, don't really help.

Xinming's entire team is busy with this matter. Externally, Xinming and Mongolia are involved in planning a large piece of new land overseas. This matter is also being prepared intensively.

The New Year is about to come, and the letter sent by Fei Yangguo bluntly mentions one thing: there are two voices in the Qing court, but the cooperation with Xinming will not change. Lin Yutong forwarded the letter to Guo Dong

He said, "Look."

Guo Dongli put it down after reading it, "Does this mean that the Qing Dynasty has new attack targets? Where can they make a profit in the short term?" Her eyes were also on the map, and then she was unsure.

Looking at my mother-in-law, "Japanese country?"

Lin Yutong nodded, then clicked on the island country, "Yes! It's right here."

Guo Dongli felt that she was missing another part of the knowledge system, that is, she didn't know much about the Japanese country. But she thought, "It's unreasonable to attack others for good reasons."

Lin Yutong laughed, "The Japanese country... never has a good time. Not to mention that we were repeatedly harassed by their people disguised as Japanese pirates, even Chaoxian, who came ashore to harass us. How could the Qing Dynasty have no reason? They occupied

To harass Chaoxian is to harass them. If you don’t want to embarrass the other party, you can just turn a blind eye to this matter. But if you want to embarrass the other party, this is the reason! Therefore, the Qing Dynasty sent troops

, it’s not that the troops came out of nowhere. Besides, is there really a reason for sending troops? You can always find an excuse if you look for it! If you can’t find one, can’t you make one?”

Guo Dongli seemed to have some understanding. He nodded slowly and asked, "If the Qing Dynasty wants to send troops to the Japanese country, is the probability of victory high?"

Lin Yutong was silent for a long time, "If it is just for plunder, it is feasible! But at the same time, it will also attract crazy revenge. Any act of plunder will only get hatred. Moreover, the country and the nation's

With different attributes, the results will be different. Some nations have soft bones, and if you are strong, they will kneel down on you. Some nations have a wolfish heart. They can mess with you, but you can't mess with them. If we treat these two peoples as the same

Yes, you will suffer a loss!"

Guo Dongli quickly understood the situation, frowned and said, "So, the Qing Dynasty is very dangerous?"

Lin Yutong reminded her again, "Don't underestimate Huang Taiji and Dorgon, they are not ordinary people."

That night, Fourth Master wrote a long letter and asked Qiu Liujing to secretly pass it on to Liu Zhou and "forward it to Shi Yang."

So, that day, Shi Yang got a secret letter, and the font was indeed familiar. He tightened his hands and shut himself in the study room to read it. He read it back and forth a dozen times, pondered it over and over again in his mind, and then

Then he asked to see Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji didn't ask him to wait any longer. He asked to see him and he was met. It was too cold, so Huang Taiji leaned on the kang, covered with a bearskin mattress, holding the incense burner in his hand, and asked him to come up and sit down.

Shi Yang did not sit up, but sat on the stool closest to Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji immediately stuffed the smoker in his hand, and asked someone to bring a brazier and put it at Shi Yang's feet, and then said: "

It’s the Chinese New Year, and if you want to see me on a day like this at this time, there must be something big going on.”

Shi Yang hugged Xun Lu into his arms, and then said, "I heard that the Fourteenth Master advocated the use of troops against the Japanese country, so I came. As you know, my contacts are very complicated. For example, there are many Han merchants.

There have been contacts. I have had more contacts and collected more information. Regarding the Japanese country, I feel it is necessary to tell you about the situation there."

Huang Taiji nodded. Dorgon did have such a proposal. He didn't mention it earlier because he was not sure whether Xinming was really willing to give the ship to his family. Now, many things can be discussed on the negotiating table.

He brought this up! We are also cooperating with Xinming, but the goal is not the same. No matter how big the place is, it is deserted. There is a good place nearby. Besides, the Japanese pirates are at odds with Xinming.

It was not just a day or two. Xinming had reasons to send troops. On these basis, Dorgon felt that this was the basis for cooperation with Xinming, so he raised the matter.

Fei Yanguo and Dorgon each have their own goals, and it doesn't matter whether they are good or bad. Dorgon focuses on the present and does not want to be too restricted by Xinming. Fei Yanguo focuses on the future, and only by going out can he have a brighter future.

He didn't deny anyone's opinions, and he said the same thing to Dorgon. How much do you know about the Japanese country?

What Dorgon is doing now is to learn more about the Japanese country. I didn’t expect that at this time, Shi Yang would come, and he would also talk about the affairs of the Japanese country.

Then just say it!

Just listen to Shi Yang saying: "...To talk about the current Japanese country, we have to start from forty or fifty years ago! That is, forty or fifty years ago, the Spanish and Portuguese... This was rare in the Qing Dynasty, but in the New

In the Ming Dynasty, especially in recent years, we can often see them! They are those blond and blue-eyed foreigners who arrived in Japan one after another. From that time on, foreign religions took root in Japan with these people, and their followers

A lot."

Huang Taiji said, "But I heard that many adults in Xinming who advocate Western academics are also Western believers!"

Shiyang shook his head, "The so-called believers... I don't think they are that real! If joining the religion can help them learn more things, they will join the religion. Will they be affected by these teachings? Yes! But deep down in their bones

Will things change? No! This is the genius of Confucianism. He can be inclusive, but he can be easily kidnapped!"

Huang Taiji accepted this statement, nodded and asked Shiyang to continue.

Shiyang asked again, "How fast has this foreign religion developed? In a short period of time, in a small place like Japan, the number of foreign churches has grown to more than 200, with 150,000 or 60,000 believers."

Huang Taiji sat up all of a sudden, "Something is going to happen!"

"Your Majesty!" Shi Yang said hurriedly, "It's exactly what you thought! You should know that Lord Toyotomi of Japan."

You know! He was born as a poor peasant, and he pacified the Japanese Warring States Period. He was brutal in his later years, and was usurped by his retainers, the Dekang family. This is how the current Dekang shogunate came to be.

Shiyang said, "It is said that when Toyotomi was still alive, he had taken a fancy to a commoner woman. But this woman was a devout foreign believer and insisted on the doctrine of monogamy. Toyotomi wanted to take her away unless there were no other reasons.

Otherwise, she would not leave. But at that time, in addition to his wife, Toyotomi also had more than 300 concubines. Her request was a bit excessive and ridiculous. At that time, Toyotomi ordered a ban on Christianity! However, because at that time,

Toyotomi was fighting everywhere and did not take into account the ban on religion, so the ban was not complete. Later, in addition to Spain and Portugal, two countries, England and the Netherlands, came to Japan one after another! The latter were different from the previous two countries.

The doctrines they believe in are still different, and I call them Old Western Believers and New Western Believers. The new sect came too late. The old sect has become popular in the Japanese country! What should we do?

At that time, the Tokugawa family had already taken over the world, so they slandered the old faction in front of the Tokugawa family, saying that they were spies sent by Spain and Portugal with the intention of subverting the Tokugawa family and then achieving the goal of colonization. In addition,

In the past, the Japanese country was originally divided into Kyushu, and Kyushu was relatively independent. These two countries did business with the people in power in Kyushu, and trade exchanges made Kyushu rich. As the supreme ruler, the shogunate felt threatened. If this continues, no one will

Willing to obey the rule, the Japanese state began to ban religion completely! These old foreign believers were massacred. The most recent incident was three years ago, when these old foreign believers rose up... Although they were suppressed, this had an impact on the shogunate

It's also huge! After the incident three years ago, the Japanese country started to "lock the country". This "locking the country" is not a complete blockade. They lock foreigners, the original yellow-haired ghosts of the South Barbarians, but with Xinming and us even

Trade with Chaoxian is not prohibited."

Huang Taiji knew it in his heart. Shiyang was saying that this old foreign believer could be used!

Any kind of suppression is bloody and cruel! Not long after the incident, old grudges are still there, and this can be exploited.

After Shiyang left, Huang Taiji drank all the medicine handed down from below, and then called the person, "Xuan Dorgon."

Someone was busy announcing the decree, and someone changed the incense. In a blink of an eye, the smell of medicine in the room was diluted. Huang Taiji got up, went directly behind the screen, and then ordered, "Open the window!"

yes!

Huang Taiji washed his face with cold water. His face turned red and he became energetic. He took the knife outside and danced once. When Dorgon came, he stopped his posture and threw the knife to his guards.

. Then he pointed to the imperial study and took Dorgon in!

The room was cold. Huang Taiji ordered the people below, "Close the windows and heat up the room..." Then he pulled Dorgon to sit on the kang, "You came from outside and your legs and feet are cold. Go up and cover them."

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The hot kang was indeed warm. The two of them sat on both sides of the kang table. Only then did Huang Taiji explain what Shi Yang had just said to Dorgon in a different way.

Dorgon was stunned for a moment, "I also asked about it, and I only heard a few anecdotes. I don't know if it was from hearsay or something..."

Whether it's true or false, just say it first.

"Decades ago, a Western missionary who was forced to leave Japan left a prophecy, which was widely circulated in Japan in the early years. It was said that the missionary said that in twenty-five years, a Tiantong would appear in Japan.

It is God who is alive, proficient in doctrine, and skilled in magic, and will save you. During the chaos in the Japanese country three years ago, these believers supported a sixteen-year-old child named Shiro Shizhen. Later, there were many more than ten years old

The boy was thought to be Shiro Tokisada and was beheaded. Before his death, his mother said that the shogunate soldiers could not catch Shiro Tokisada, but some people said that his mother still held a head in the end and said

It’s like, ‘Why have you lost so much weight?’ But there has been a rumor among the people that Shiro Tokisada is not dead yet.”

It is said that there is a nose and eyes, so this must be the case.

Huang Taiji got up and walked around in the study, and then called someone, "Publish the money and pay for the results."

what?
To be continued...