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Chapter 525 The relationship between the suzerain and the vassal

After Bao Fuquan bowed and took the order to retreat, Yinzhen slowly walked up in the hall. The reason why he asked Lao Jiu Yinzhen to come was that he wanted to temporarily hand over the military workshop in Tianjin to Lao Jiu for management. It is not a trivial matter for the bannermen to enter the workshop to work. These bannermen are all old men, and they can get in touch with a group of princes and nobles. Without a capable person to take charge, they can't stop them at all.

Furthermore, there were many princes and nobles who were close to the Baye Party. From Lao Jiu to Tianjin, he not only saved a lot of trouble, but also easily gained strong support from most princes and nobles. This matter was very important and he did not want to make any mistakes.

Bao Fuquan quickly returned and came in and reported: "The prince, Wang Shu, went to the study room, and the two adults Fu Ning'an were looking for a meeting outside."

"Please come in." Yinzhen stopped and ordered casually, then slowly walked back to the desk and sat down.

Wang Yu and Fu Ning'an came very quickly. After coming in to pay tribute, Fu Ning'an bowed and said, "Reported to the Crown Prince, the generals of the Qing Dynasty's Royal Navy are all young heroes. They have been in the third place because of their military achievements. There are many fourth-rank people. It is rare. Now the navy is victorious and has won a great victory every day. It is not only not conducive to the support of talents, but also afraid of being discussed by the people. The slaves beg to appellate the subordinates to reward them." After that, he bowed and presented a memorial that had been written long ago.

Yinzhen took the memorial and said with a smile: "Sit down and talk." As he said that, he opened the memorial and looked briefly, then looked up at Fu Ning'an, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Does Fu know the current scale and preliminary plan of the Royal Navy?"

Before Fu Ning'an could speak, he continued to say, "It is not counting the navy that was incorporated into the navy, nor is it counting the 20,000 new recruits still in Shanghai and Tianjin. There are more than 30,000 people who are fighting in the navy now. Now there are only a few generals and deputy generals of the navy? Within five years, the navy will be more than 100,000. This is only the beginning. In recent years, the navy will continue to promote a large number of generals.

The expedition to Europe is about to be imminent, and the expedition to Japan is a great victory in the national war. If there is no reward, how can we encourage soldiers? We will expedition to Europe for 40,000 miles. I wonder how many soldiers will be buried in the sea and buried in a foreign country. How could the court be stingy with this reward?

I know that many officials are jealous, but the rewards of the navy are based on real military achievements. If you don’t reward merits, how can you demonstrate the justice of the court? How can you encourage soldiers to use their lives?

The emperor has already made an order and must reward the meritorious soldiers as soon as possible. It is better to take back this memorial by Lord Fu himself."

After hearing what Yinzhen said, Wang Xuan and Fu Ning'an were shocked. The navy would expand to 100,000 in five years? How many warships would it take? The maintenance of warships, the consumption of firearms and gunpowder, plus military pay, the annual expenditure would be at least tens of millions. How could the court raise it? Is it like fighting Japan? Get compensation through constant wars?

Fu Ning'an didn't dare to think too much. Since Kangxi had issued an order, his memorial would not have any effect except offending others. Yinzhen asked him to take it back. He quickly got up and took back the memorial, secretly feeling that Yinzhen was kind.

Seeing that Fu Ning'an had a big nail, Wang Xuan naturally didn't want to be too troublesome. Whether the court had the ability to maintain such a huge force was not his business. The Navy was the prince's heart. He was serious about the crown prince and was purely asking for trouble. However, the Japanese marriage was still trying to find out, which may imply that there was a major change in the Qing Dynasty's foreign policy. It may not be great if Yinzhen expected to explain it on his own initiative.

After pondering for a while, Wang Shu bowed and said, "Since Japan has already paid tribute, it is my vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. I have sent a princess to marry her, and there is no way to follow. The crown prince is my throne. If such a marriage is made, all the vassal states will inevitably follow her. There are many vassal states in the Qing Dynasty. If they all flock to emulate her, how should we deal with it? I am so stupid, I would also ask the crown prince for advice."

"There is no order to follow? Is there any order to follow everything? What is not something from nothing?" Yinzhen asked repeatedly, paused for a moment, and said in a heavy tone: "You are all well-educated people. You should not blindly follow the old and follow the crowd. The world is changing all the time. You must keep pace with the times, be brave to innovate, and dare to innovate.

As for firearms, what did the original firearms look like? Didn’t it have the power of today after countless innovations and improvements? In terms of the law, there are Shang Yang’s reforms, Wang Anshi’s reforms, and Zhang Juzheng’s reforms recently. Our dynasty’s “spreading acres” is also a reform. How can there be a constant method? How can we follow the old examples in everything?

Now that the maritime trade is booming, various novel affairs are emerging one after another. If you blindly follow the old and keep your compliments, you will fall behind. If you fall behind, you will be beaten. Why does Japan pay tribute? I am willing to pay a huge sum of money? Today, I will tell you clearly that because the navy killed tens of thousands of people in Edo, and only suffered more than 200 casualties.

Now the enemy of the Qing Dynasty is not around, but is far away in Europe forty thousand miles away. Because European countries are brave enough to innovate and are constantly making progress, the Qing Dynasty does not want to make progress, does not know how to innovate, does not know how to keep pace with the times, and it takes decades to go, Japan is our lesson.

Two hundred years ago, who would have dared to think that Europeans would come to China across 40,000 miles away, and see these European missionaries in the capital. If the missionaries can come, their army can also come. Isn’t the Spanish fleet a good example? If Spain can come, can’t the fleets of Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries come?”

Wang Fei and Fu Ning'an didn't expect that when asked about the marriage between Japan, Yinzhen seized the fact that there was no exception, took advantage of the issue, and criticized them greatly. Both of them were both powerful people. From these words, they vaguely guessed that Yinzhen was about to start reforming again. He listened to his tone and seemed to have to carry out major reforms. Both of them were quite worried. The reforms have never been good in history. The Qing Dynasty even controlled more with less, so the major reforms naturally became even more difficult.

Since the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, it has been uneasy. Now, the world has finally become peaceful, but there is a crown prince who likes innovation. Both of them sigh secretly, and it seems that they are going to be poor again.

Yinzhen paused for a moment, took a sip of tea, and then continued: "The Qing Dynasty can send princesses to marry, why can't the vassal states send princesses to marry? A sect leader country, don't you still dare to accept the requests of the vassal states? How many palaces come to accept all the vassal states? Can't the huge Forbidden City accommodate a few women from the vassal states? Not only that, the palace also intends to condemn the various vassal states to come to Beijing, and receive coins every year, and the vassal states should also form a regular rule."

Wang Shu and Fu Ning'an couldn't help but be secretly shocked. The many vassal states of the Qing Dynasty were actually condemned and paid tribute every year or the next year or even three or five years, expressing surrender. The Qing Dynasty did not interfere with the internal and diplomatic affairs of the various vassal states. The crown prince ordered the vassal states to marry, pledge and collect annual monies, which was obviously to prepare to actually effectively control the internal affairs of the various vassal states. Although this move could greatly strengthen the control of the various vassal states, it was also very easy to be strongly opposed by the various vassal states. Is the Qing royal navy ready to use force against the surrounding vassal states?

This is a huge matter. Yinzhen just returned from Xiaotangshan Palace. Could it be that Kangxi has already agreed? Wang Fei and Fu Ning'an couldn't handle it, so naturally he didn't dare to express his opinion easily.

Yinzhen just started to blow the wind and circulated the two of them to see the reaction of the court. He did not expect the two to express their opinions. After saying that, he said lightly: "Kneel down and rest."

When the two withdrew, Yinzhen also relaxed and leaned comfortably on the back of the chair. He made this news, which was indeed intended to change the current vassal relationship between the Qing Dynasty. Although the Qing Dynasty was a sect leader, it had no substantial management and control over the vassal states. It can be said that it was just a false reputation. The vassal states were not subject to any restrictions except for condemning tributes, requesting titles for the list, and nominally surrendering.

Needless to say, condemn the tribute, it is completely a loss of money and gaining publicity. The Qing emperor rewarded the tribute envoys far more than the tributes of various vassal states. In addition, he also allowed tribute envoys to trade in the Huitongguan. This kind of good thing that is difficult to find with lanterns is naturally a matter of interest. All vassal states are trying every means to pay tribute, especially North Korea, which loves to take advantage of the benefits. Every year, in addition to the four fixed tribute envoys who celebrate the winter solstice, the Zhengshuo, the Holy Day, and the annual tribute, there are also a steady stream of various irregular envoys.

When North Korea receives annual monies every year, Yinzhen only knew that it was 100 taels of gold and 1,000 taels of silver before, but after many reductions, he didn't know that this amount of money was not enough to be stuck in the gap. Compared with their mission trade exemptions and the money and goods given back, the Qing Dynasty was completely in a loss, and it was just a good nominal sound.

The letters of each vassal state are just superficial articles. There are few things that are not allowed to be approved. Even so, the letters of each vassal state did not submit the letters to be approved in time. The small Ryukyu had changed two kings, but they did not submit the letters to be approved. Not to mention blaming, there is no way to know.

Yinzhen's move was not only to change this loose vassal relationship, but it was just a signal. From this year on, the Qing Dynasty would press forward against the various vassal states step by step, and to force them to rebel one by one, and there would be an excuse to send troops. The surrounding coastal vassal states wanted them to rebel, which would lead to the end of the country's destruction, the race was destroyed, and the country's assimilation would not rebel, and the country's assimilation would be the end of the country's assimilation.

However, this move must have been attacked by a large number of court officials in the court who said "benevolence, righteousness, morality, gentleness, far-reaching and kindness, and a king will not rule the barbarians". There will definitely be a big debate and we must first ventilate our own people.

Just as he was thinking about his own deafness, Bao Fuquan bowed outside and replied, "Crown Prince, the Ninth Master has arrived."

When the old ninth arrived, Yinzhen hurriedly got up and went out to greet him. As soon as he left the hall, he saw the fat Yinzhen strode towards him. He couldn't help but stand on the steps with a smile. Seeing the old fourteenth greeting him, Yinzhen rushed forward a few steps and rushed to the front and clasped his fists and said, "Why should the crown prince be so polite?"

"Brother Jiu is here, I must be welcomed." Yinzhen said with a smile, then stretched out his hand and said, "Let's go into the house to talk, Brother Jiu, please." q!.

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