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The Great Confused

Yinzhen felt a deep heart when he heard this. Song Zhu did not participate in the party struggles, and he has always been a pro-war faction. Even he has so excitedly opposed the expedition to Europe. This shows how strong the opposition is. Li Guangdi and Zhang Pengsheng should be the two who support the expedition. However, why was Kangxi unhappy?

After walking into the Donghun Pavilion, Yinzhen glanced at Kangxi with a calm face and cross-legged on the big kang. The others were sitting on the little mat. Except for the six ministers in the study, Yin Tebu, the Minister of War, and Sun Zhenghao, were also there. He had no time to think about it, so he quickly kowtowed to Kangxi to pay his respects.

"Give your seat to a flat body." Kangxi said lightly, then glanced at everyone and said, "Let's discuss."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Minister of the Manchus of the Ministry of War Yin Teb said: "As we all know, Western countries such as Spain, the Netherlands, England, France and other maritime powers are in the Americas, Africa has many overseas territories, and overseas feudalism must be to go to war with Western countries. Now, civil strife in the West is a great opportunity to take the opportunity to weaken the other side, so we naturally have to send troops to the West."

Sun Zhenghao, Secretary of Han of the Ministry of War, also said: "America and Africa are not tens of thousands of miles away? Unless overseas feudals are not implemented, they are all unseen cross-sea expeditions."

No wonder the battle was fierce. Yinzhen thought to himself that these two ministers of the Ministry of War were strongly advocating war. Thinking about it, the Ministry of War has always been a war faction. One is the war, and the Ministry of War is above the six ministries. They are of high power. Secondly, they are afraid of the impression of fear of war in Kangxi's heart, so the Secretary of the Court is over. Thinking of this, he was happy. Kangxi deliberately mixed the two ministers of the Ministry of War into it. Is it also inclined to send troops to Europe?

When he heard that Yin Tebu was joining the expedition to the West and the overseas feudal alliance, several ministers who had opposing opinions couldn't help but be cautious. This could not be said randomly. If someone misunderstood the opposition to the overseas feudal division, it would offend all the royal family and noble ministers in the court. Ma Qi couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Despicable."

Although the Eighth Party and the Fourteenth Party are in honeymoon period, the Fourteenth Party has become too popular recently. If you go to the West and win, the Eighth Party will never have any hope. Therefore, Ma Qi strongly opposed the Expedition. He pondered a little, and then said: "It is not that you are opposing the Expedition to the West, but that the Expedition to the West is not ripe. Even the route to the West has not been opened, so you condemn 30,000 naval expeditions. This risk is too great. In the past, Yuan Dynasty conquered the East and suffered a storm and the entire army was destroyed. The lessons of the past must be taken as a warning."

Xiao Yongzao also followed and said: "Southern people go north or north, but they still don't adapt to the environment, let alone expeditions to the West? Besides, I heard that there was a plague in the West - the Black Death. As many as tens of millions of people died of this epidemic. It is not advisable to expedition before the situation is clear."

Wang Yu also bowed and said, "This is true, and I have heard that it is because of the fear of the Black Death that the nobles of Western countries never bathed in their entire lives, but covered their body taste with fragrant powder. This is also the reason why Western countries have a special liking for spices."

Yinzhen was so amused that he could not hear it. It seemed that these ministers had not been idle for the past six months. They had worked hard on the situation in Europe. The Black Death, the nobles did not take a bath, and the demand for spices were all discovered. However, European good things, Copernicus' heliocentric theory, calculus, Renaissance, shipbuilding, navigation technology, and the Academy of Sciences, why did they not see anything else?

Kangxi moved his seat slightly, took another sip of tea, then looked at Yinzhen and said, "Yinzhen, you proposed the expedition to Europe. Tell me what you think."

Seeing Kangxi's actions, Li Guangdi felt relieved in his heart. Kangxi was very good at sitting and doing political affairs. He could not move for two hours at all. Only then did he move his body. This was dissatisfied with what the few people said just now, and it was a subconscious behavior. It seemed that Kangxi still advocated the expedition.

At this time, Yinzhen had no time to consider whether Kangxi supported or opposed it. At this time, the expedition to Europe was the best opportunity. Once he missed it, he didn't know how many years he would have to wait for intrusion into Europe. Therefore, he had to convince them in any case. After pondering, he calmly said: "Expedition to Europe is a major event of the country. It has great significance and far-reaching influence. It will affect the fortune of the Qing Dynasty for a hundred years, and even hundreds of years. All the officials here are pillars of the Qing Dynasty and a great generation of people. I hope that you will reject your views and discuss this matter with a cautious attitude, a long-term vision, and a meticulous and comprehensive perspective.

For more than 70 years, the Emperor Ama was as bright as the sun, and the most benevolent as the sky. For more than 50 years, he worked hard to govern and diligently seek the people to be cured. Now the world is returning to the heart, and the world is in peace, which has laid the foundation for the Qing Dynasty and opened up the foundation for a century of prosperity. He expeditions to Junggar in the west, resisted Tsarist Russia in the north, and fought south of Australia in the south. His territory and territory have never been seen since ancient times. He has actually gathered the great achievements of the emperor and kings, and has first emerged from ancient times."

Hearing this, Kangxi was extremely helpful and his face was very gentle. He had a century of prosperity and gathered the great achievements of the emperor and king. These two sentences are classics. Although they are a little out of style, they are not false. This old fourteenth person really talked about it. He glanced at him with great appreciation.

The ministers secretly felt ashamed, and they were alive as if they were old. Why didn’t they expect these words? They actually let the Fourteenth Master take the lead. They really didn’t realize that the Fourteenth Master’s flattery is also so outstanding.

Yinzhen paused a little, his tone changed and said jokingly: "However, if people do not have long-term plans, they must have immediate worries, and the same is true for the country. As the saying goes, be prepared for danger in times of peace, so that they can last for a long time. Looking around the world, Tsarist Russia is in the north, and the tiger is looking at the dandan. European countries are developing rapidly and ambitious. How could the Qing Dynasty rest easy and enjoy peace?

America and Africa are all wild and unparalleled lands, and there is no need to worry about it. The Ottoman, Persia, and Mughal empires were also sunset and had no time to protect themselves. Only European countries could threaten the Qing Dynasty. One thing to say is that Tsarist Russia is also a European country. It fought with Sweden, a powerful Nordic country, and had achieved a decisive victory, thus rushing into one of the European powers.

The development of European countries in recent years is obvious to all. Whether it is shipbuilding and nautical technology, astronomical mathematics, natural sciences have far surpassed that of the Qing Dynasty. Spain is currently only a second-rate power in Europe. Everyone has witnessed the power of its fleet. Although the Qing navy is slightly strong at present, the warships are all imitated by the Dutch, and the fleet size cannot be compared with that of European countries.

At present, although the Qing Dynasty captured the Southeast Asian and Australia, its development was too fast, which always gave people a sense of urgency. Once the European war ended, the navy could not compete with European countries at all. What the navy needed most now was time and development time. Once it was destroyed by European countries halfway, the consequences would be unimaginable. How to win time? It is best to let the civil strife in Europe continue and the war in Europe have no time to withdraw from the east.

Secondly, send troops to Europe, form alliances with Spain and France, and seek a corner of Europe to gain a foothold. It can not only differentiate the alliances of European countries, but also understand the trends of Europe anytime and anywhere, absorb various advanced European cultures, science and technology, technology and crafts. I believe everyone here has heard of it. The Dutch are called the "sea coachman", but do you know how this name came about?

Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands alone, has more than 30 shipyards, and there are more than 10 large shipyards like the Navy in Shanghai. It is said that the country can build hundreds of large ships at the same time. The Netherlands alone has as many as 16,000 merchant ships. It is not our two-masted small sea ships, but they are all large three-masted sailboats."

Everyone was shocked by this specific number. Merchant ships these days are armed merchant ships. Not to mention the Dutch navy, just driving these merchant ships over is enough to submerge dozens of warships in the Qing Dynasty. Didn’t the navy stab a hornet’s nest? I heard that England, Britain, is stronger than the Netherlands, so how many warships do they have? No wonder the Fourteenth Master was anxious.

Kangxi also looked at Yinzhen suspiciously. What the Fourteenth said was a bit scared. Is it a matter of scaring them or is it true? There are so many missionaries in the capital, and I think he dare not tell this lies. With this statement, Europe is really the number one strong enemy of the Qing Dynasty. No, I have to turn around and ask those missionaries carefully.

Seeing that everyone in the hall was silent, Yinzhen took a sip of tea and thought to himself, was he scared? However, he still had to block your retreat. He pondered for a moment, and then continued: "European countries have always been aggressive, and the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty has long been coveted by them. Even if the Qing Dynasty did not develop overseas lands, European countries will still come to their doors after decades.

In recent decades, European countries have gradually moved eastward. Britain and France have been in the Mughal Empire, the Netherlands in Java, Spain in Luzon, the Netherlands, and Spain have even occupied Taiwan. All of this is enough to show their ambitions.

The Mughal Empire (India) was close to the South Ocean and was considered a neighbor of the Qing Dynasty. I believe everyone knew that this was a powerful dynasty established by the Mongols and was once prosperous. But now, Britain and France have established a country in the Mughal Empire, wantonly enslaved their people and plundered their wealth. If the Qing Dynasty did not work hard to develop, within a few decades, it would be the second Mughal Empire, which was enslaved and plundered by European countries.

This is by no means an exaggeration. All the Dukes carefully considered whether they were willing to go out and enslave other countries or were willing to be enslaved by other countries! This is not a generation. Once they were enslaved by other countries, it would be as few as hundreds of years or as many as hundreds of years.”

Speaking of this, Yinzhen stood up and knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Mengmi from Tianjin to Mughal Empire, it took only half a year to go back and forth. The sons beg Emperor Ama to take turns to condemn the ministers in the court to go to the Mughal Empire, and to experience the suffering of being enslaved by other countries in person, to experience how European powers plundered other countries, and to see with their own eyes how the people of the Mughal Empire struggled in dire straits.

Our ministers cannot always look at the sky in a well and be arrogant. Only by going out, experiencing it with your own eyes, and looking at the world, can the Qing Dynasty know shame and be brave, strive for strength, avoid being enslaved, and become strong and enslaved other countries."

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