Chapter 9 The ship arrives in Yantai (1)

Sushun pleaded for Liufu and scolded the emperor head-on, so scared that he didn't dare to make any more suggestions. But after thinking about it, he had been asked by Liufu several times, and did not ask to return to the imperial court to be the eunuch, but he only wanted to return to Beijing, even if he was a small Sura in the Yangxin Sect? Wouldn't it be better to be suffering from the cold wind outside the pass day and night? He also saw Liufu pitiful at the beginning, and agreed with a heat in his heart. He originally thought that with his own emperor's family, such a thing could be solved in just one sentence, but unexpectedly things would become like this? He also was implicated by himself. Thinking that for this reason, Sushun did not dare to speak too much along the way south of the emperor, and his cautious look seemed to be even more pitiful than the child bride in his family.

The emperor felt unbearable. No matter what, Sushun had been cautious in doing things for more than ten years and was loyal. It was also common for human nature to plead for his sworn brothers. With such thoughts in his heart, the emperor felt that he should not be so harsh, "Sushun?"

"The slave is here."

"When did you see Liu Fu?"

"This, since the 12th year of Xianfeng, when the emperor stationed in Rehe and sent Liufu out, I had never seen him. However, since the 16th year of Xianfeng, I was ordered to go north to see the custom-made gunboats from Britain and met him in the province." Sushun explained, "I haven't seen each other for several years. Liufu has grown much older, and it is probably thin and difficult to keep the bitter cold outside the pass. After being sent to guard the tombs of Emperor Gao outside the pass, I often got sick. When I met last time, he told the servant that he was afraid that his life would be difficult to protect, and he would never meet the saint again in the future and serve his master!" Sushun knew the emperor's temperament well, so he deliberately said it miserable.

Sure enough, the emperor's face was suffocated, "Is his life in the tomb very hard?"

"What do you think of this? Keeping the tomb for Emperor Gao is the most honorable thing for those who are ministers, but Liufu is naturally weak, so Long lively knows it."

"That's fine." The emperor sighed and turned to look at Sushun. "After you have been by my side for many years, serving errands, and working hard, so I would like to reward you for your face." He said, "After arriving in Yantai, I will issue an eunuch to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and transfer Liufu to the capital. I will be a Sura eunuch at the Yangxin Sect for the time being." Before Sushun could kneel down and thank him, he said, "After you see him, tell him that you will be honest and honest in the future, and there will be a chance to see me. Otherwise, do you really think I will not be willing to kill a eunuch? Li Lianying, An Dehai is his role model!"

"Zhe." Su Shun knelt down with a smile, "I must have told Liu Fu one by one the emperor's holy intentions. I think Liu Fu is a little different from Li Lianying and An Dehai. I don't say anything about it, but this thought of sharing the work for the master is beyond the comparison of these two people. The emperor taught him for many years, and the holy heart has long known."

"You,..." the emperor smiled and shook his head, "Sushun, in the past few years, you have been the former minister of the Imperial Court, the Minister of the Interior, and the responsibilities of the Ministry of Revenue. The navy was first established, and you have worked hard for military pay and military supplies, and it is also very hard."

"The master is trustworthy and entrusted with heavy responsibilities. How dare you say that hard work? Moreover, the master is still young and thinks about how many years he can serve his master."

"Yes, how old are you this year?"

"The slave is born in Jiaqing's 21st year and is forty-eight years old this year."

"I know that you are a person who is loyal to others, but you often say something about rejection. You often say something like "many bastards," right?"

"This, I have said, but I think that compared with the Han people, most of the Manchus inside and outside the capital are ignorant. So I say that they are slaves. Although they are loyal and sincere, they are not comparable to Han scholars when it comes to talent and learning. On the contrary, they are mostly stupid people like Zai Quan and Jing Lian. How can they continue to do this?"

"This is not wrong, but it is a little too extreme, just like the late Weiren, and the current Wenxiang and Yi..." The emperor said this and smiled helplessly, "It seems that the only people in our clan who can be considered to be of high quality and academic performance are just like poor people counting treasures."

Su Shunzhan smiled, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for not agreeing with this."

Before he could ask a question, Jingyu walked into the cabin lightly, "Your Majesty, several adults from the Military Affairs Office have arrived."

The emperor waved his hand and signaled everyone to come in. He turned around and continued to ask, "Sushun, did you say anything just now?"

"Yes." Sushun was not a military minister and could not participate in such political affairs. However, the emperor asked, and had to say that he had to speed up his speech a little. "I think that since the second year of Xianfeng, when the emperor established the Tongwenguan, most of the students were children of his own families. Until the ninth year of Xianfeng, the children of Han nationality took the initiative to enroll. After the subsequent universities, Naval Academy and other departments were all like this. After the students of our banner graduated, they distributed various departments of the temple to study. The children of Han began to register for the examination. Such delays were always after three or five periods..."

The emperor suddenly waved his hand and interrupted him. He asked Wen Xiang and the others who came in, "Did you all hear Sushun's words? Do you think that from Tongwenguan to Naval Academy, and then to the university, the bannermen always sign up first, and the Han people often ignore it until they confirm the determination of the court. Until they see that the children of the bannermen have completed their studies in the above three institutions and the state has another appointment, they began to register enthusiastically. Why is this?"

"My brother thinks that this is because the Han people follow the customs and mostly use the words of sages to teach them as the way to act, so they are still willing to take the right path."

"This is wrong. Isn't the Tongwenguan and university a legitimate way?"

"This is my brother, please give me advice."

"The Tongwenguan teaches mostly Western learning. In the eyes of our geniuses, this is like a skill and trick, so we are not ashamed of learning. Not only do we not learn by ourselves, we do not allow our children to enter school. But what about the bannermen? Most of them do not have such rules and regulations, which is the reason for the first level. Besides, the Tongwenguan is not happy to see the success of Taoists. If we ask them to send their children to the school institution, it would be difficult for others to do so. Therefore, when I issued an imperial edict, there was a rule that no one would be allowed to enter school unless they were under the banner - and it would also save those who would have quarrels with them because those who thought it was delayed their children's studies."

Everyone didn't know why the emperor talked about this, and listened blankly, "As for the Naval Academy, the principles of the Naval Academy are similar to those of the Tongwenguan, there is no need to say much. There is only one section. Most of the students recruited by the Naval Academy were unwilling to move to the bannermen outside the pass, and they had other plans to stay in the capital. From this point of view, many people were helpless."

"The emperor is wise." Su Shun said the first, "it was just like the deputy steward of the Zhenxi gunboat, Enjie, Lei Kun gunboat, Qingkuan, Lian Kui, English, etc., when the slave was ordered to serve as the chief auditor of the college, he talked to them and asked about the reasons for enrollment. They all said that this was also the order of his father and brother, so that he could stay in the pass for a long time, so as not to go away from the pass like other incompetent and talented families."

"This is true." Wen Xiang also said, "I have heard a lot of such voices, all of whom apply for colleges and naval academy to avoid the imperial court's immigration outside the pass. I think the emperor should make plans early?"

"What preparations are made? Immigration is the only national policy, and it is equally important to select talents for the country. Moreover, those who want to enter the above two institutions must go through layers of screening - Chen Fuen is a person who is not good at being a human being, and he is still very sure of doing academic research." He said, "If the people can think that universities and naval colleges are places for national talent accumulation, they will become places that scholars yearn for, just like the Imperial College and the Hanlin Academy, becoming a place for scholars to yearn for? As for outside the immigration office, how many people can avoid this matter through admission? It is only a very small number! Such things will not be affected in any way."

"The Emperor's Holy Spirit."

"Before you came in, I was talking to Sushun, talking about the difference between Manchu and Han. I think there are pillars of Manchus and Han people, and there are humble people among the Han people. We must not use the distinction between ethnic groups as the key to the difference between good and bad. The Qing Dynasty has been in the pass for more than 200 years. If it is from the temple, it will still maintain the division between Manchus and Han dynasties, so what do the people below view?" He said slowly, "So I thought about it. From the first day of the first lunar month next year, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites will re-wrote the Qing Dynasty laws and regulations, and the clause that Manchus and Han dynasties will be abolished forever. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, if you allow intermarriage between Manchus and Han dynasties to eliminate the views of the territory, I think it is not impossible. However, the people of the two tribes have different livelihoods and customs. I may not be able to do everything I want after getting along with each other."

"It's nothing. Things have to be done step by step, so there's no need to hurry. Besides, the Manchus have been in the pass for many years, and their food culture has been Chinese. Even if there are still some places that maintain the old precedents outside the pass, it's not about the overall situation. At this level, in the future, the governors of various provinces and governors, the officials and officials will study and govern the government, and tell the people seriously. "He turned his head and said, "I ordered the soldiers stationed in Beihai and Yonggu to marry Russian women. Didn't it cause any trouble? Foreigners are all OK, but they are both citizens of the Qing Dynasty, but the ethnic groups are different, so can't it?"

The imperial court issued an order that the Chinese soldiers who fought outside the pass would marry Russian women, which caused great turmoil among the people. The main reason was that these women would not be able to do housework and could not speak well. In the future, there would be many things to do when serving the old man and aunt in the future, so the opposition was loudly raised. However, the imperial edict should not be stopped by the call of the common people. This matter was finally forcibly promoted. However, the Russian bride's marriage to China was unexpectedly obedient and filial piety - this was because although the customs and cultures of the two countries were very different, there was no big difference in the service of the elders, and the women married far away from a foreign country, had no relatives, and had no capital to be arrogant. But if the intermarriage of Manchu and Han Dynasty was promoted, it would be another matter.

The Han family had great rules. Even the aunts of the banner family were in the mansion, even the parents, brothers and sisters-in-law were all polite. It was no problem to show up in public. All these were very different from the rules of the Han people raising their daughters. It can be said that the conflicts between them were irreconcilable. The emperor had an occasional idea that he actually wanted to implement the policy of intermarriage between Manchu and Han? If he spread it, he was afraid that the people would be excited again.

Xu Naizhao gave Zeng Guofan a wink and signaled him to persuade him, but the latter shook his head implicitly as if he hadn't seen it, and turned to say, "Your Majesty, I'll be in Yantai tomorrow. The emperor is tired all the way. I have discussed it. It's better to go by land than to return home? If the emperor thinks it's good, I will immediately draft an order after I wait."

"Will it not be too hard to go on land in such a season?"

"I think it's okay. The official road from Shandong to Beijing is extremely spacious. You can reach Beijing within three or five days when you travel. Even if there is a little wind and cold, it is better than the sea, and the waves are surging, it is still incomparable."

"Okay, let's follow you. Go back to the dry road."

After a few words of the king and his subjects, the emperor waved his hand, "Zeng Guofan stays, let the others go out first."

After sending everyone out, the emperor looked at Zeng Guofan leisurely, but just smiled and didn't speak, which made Zeng Guofan feel strange and dared not ask, "Zeng Guofan, how many descendants do you have?"

"This is my son and six daughters. In addition to the eldest son Ji Di and the fifth daughter died prematurely without the name, there are still two sons and five daughters."

"But are you all married?"

"This is the eldest son has not been married for a long time, and the second son has not yet married. The daughter is the third daughter, and is not yet at the age of marriage," Zeng Guofan's heart moved. The emperor would not have taken action against him, right? He just talked about the intermarriage of Man and Han, and asked about this. It must be! Thinking of this, before the emperor continued to speak, he added, "However, the few little girls are already suitable for the people, just waiting for adults to marry."

The emperor really wanted to get married, but when Zeng Guofan closed the door tightly, he was a little disappointed, "That's it, then forget it. However, I know that your second son Ji Ze has not yet been married, right? I'll be a big matchmaker for him, how about it?"

Zeng Guofan smiled helplessly, but he still couldn't escape! "This is the blessing of the old minister's family, but I don't know that the emperor wants to marry the lady of the dog's son?"

"It's from the Aisin Jueluo family, named Linghui. What do you think?"

Zeng Guofan was stunned and suddenly a thought flashed through: Linghui? Isn’t it the emperor’s eldest princess? “Emperor, my minister is always stupid, how dare you rely on the support of the lord? And I…”

"You don't have to panic. Many people think that the matter of Shangzhu is not a very glorious thing. This is just because a woman is of great importance. You are a family member and you can't say it, and you can't control it. If it's not done well, there will be a disaster for the rest of your home. But my daughter, I know that among the sisters Linghui and the others, she is the most kind of kind. Moreover, since the 12th year of Xianfeng, she has severely punished her mother, she never dared to talk nonsense again."

The emperor felt that he was a bit suspicious of Lao Wang selling melons, and sneered a few times, "As for you, morality, and the world is a communicative person. To be honest, I married my daughter to your family, and I hope that she will have a better home after getting married. As for you, Zeng Jize is stupid, that pure deception. I personally chose the son-in-law, do you say stupid? Don't you see that I have no idea of ​​anyone's wisdom?"

Zeng Guofan was stunned and could not argue, so he had to kneel down, meet his head, receive the order, and thank him.

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Back in the temporary office cabin of the Military Affairs Office, I don’t know who had a sharp ear and a fast mouth. I actually spread the news back one step ahead of him, “Mr. Zeng, congratulations, congratulations.”

"Ah?" Zeng Guofan was stunned and looked up at his military aircraft colleagues who were envious, jealous, funny, or naughty, and smiled bitterly, "Oh, Your Majesty... What do I say? Such a kindness is certainly the appearance of a minister, but the eldest princess..." He hesitated for a moment and looked at Yi like begging for mercy, "Prince, can you talk to the emperor again? Please take him back to life?"

"How can this be done? How can the emperor take back his words? Besides, Princess Linghui is both talented and beautiful, so that her husband can be the master. I don't know how many people envy her! Duke Di, just wait for a cup of daughter-in-law tea!" After saying that, she laughed loudly.

Zeng Guofan was angry and laughed, and had no choice but to do anything. At this moment, the cabin door was pushed open, and Sula came in and reported, "Sir, you have arrived in the sea of ​​Shandong. The emperor is asking you to take a look at the bow of the boat."

Everyone did not dare to neglect, so they stepped out of the cabin and arrived on the deck. It was almost noon, and the sea breeze was blowing, and the deck was bright and dazzling. In the distance, there were a few small eunuchs holding a big umbrella in their hands, following the emperor, but they couldn't hold the umbrella for the sea breeze, so they had to move their bodies and run back and forth in the wind, which was very funny.

Yi walked behind the emperor, and the former turned his head and asked Shen Baozhen beside him, "Why do there are more ships here than you see in Lushunkou?"

"Yes. Some of them are British, French, and American ships, but most of them are mainly merchant ships, and there are a few military ships. I also reported to the emperor a few days ago." He said, "As for the rest, it is because the Naval Academy is located in Weihai. In addition to studying on weekdays, students began to have internship courses on sea boats and boats. Therefore, there are also training in Weihai, and many sea boats are performed. This time, the emperor went to the east for the emperor to go to the east, and the children thought they were disrespectful to the point of competing for the saint's face. Please remember that they are still young, so don't bother with them, right?"

"I don't blame them. I ordered Ding Richang to whistle and greet my future maritime general of the Qing Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!