Chapter 68 The 68th Day of Wanting to Die
Mr. Kang is really sick this time.
He felt a little embarrassed. They had relied on the shipyards left by the Ming Dynasty to defeat the Southern Ming navy. However, when the shipyards fell into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, not only did they fail to build more powerful ships, but they even regressed further.
Originally, we could build ships over 60 meters long, but in later times, we could only build ships over 20 meters long.
Kangxi closed his eyes deeply. He felt so weak that he didn't even have the strength to raise his hands.
When the filial son Yinreng saw that his father had woken up, he brought a cup of tea over and asked Kangxi to lean against him so that he could moisten his throat.
After Kangxi finished his tea, he held Yinreng's hand and leaned on him, shaking: "Baocheng, your father is in pain."
Yinreng supported the emperor and understood him very well, but now he could only comfort him: "Don't worry, emperor, everything will be fine."
Kangxi shook his head: "Do they think I'm old?"
Kangxi felt something was wrong in recent years. Ten years ago, the Qing Dynasty already had so many bird ships. However, such a long time had passed, and the shipyards allocated funds for shipbuilding every year, but no more news about the ships was heard.
Kangxi now understood that those people were just guilty.
The cost of building a ship is very high, not to mention the profits. But if the profits are stripped away layer by layer, less than one tenth of the money will be actually used for shipbuilding. Let alone building a 60-meter ship, even a 20-meter ship would be expensive.
"They just think I'm old..."
Kangxi could not accept that the Qing Dynasty he ruled was in such a terrible state.
The Imperial Kitchen, the Imperial Household Department, the Ministry of Revenue, the Shipyard...
Everyone is after his money...
As expected, now that life is peaceful, people start looking for trouble.
Kangxi wondered if those people had forgotten their own methods.
Kangxi was furious, and then he couldn't catch his breath and started coughing again: "Cough cough."
In order to show his filial piety, Yin Zhuo went to personally make medicine for Kangxi, and now his little face is black.
"Your Majesty, I am here. I will feel better after taking the medicine."
Yin Zhuo came over carefully, holding the jade porcelain bowl. When he looked up, he saw his second brother gently hugging Kangxi.
His movements paused for a moment, then he moved away slightly.
[Ah, I seem to have interrupted the time when this loving father and son were talking to each other. The second brother still has the emperor in his heart. Looking at what was said on the forum, I thought it was always the emperor's wishful thinking that couldn't warm the second brother's stinky stone. Oops, it hits! It turns out that it's a two-way flow! ]
Both Kangxi and Yinreng froze.
What's in this little guy's head?
Kangxi straightened up as if nothing had happened, then patted Yinreng on the shoulder.
Then he said to Yin Zhuo unhappily, "Come here quickly, what are you dawdling for?"
Yin Zhuo quickly said "oh" and brought the medicine over to hand it to Kangxi.
[The Emperor is so fierce. It seems that I am really being treated as a light bulb. My head is bald and it is so shiny.]
Kangxi took the medicine and glanced at him. What did Xiaoliu mean by the light bulb in his mouth? Anyway, it was definitely not a good thing to link him with Yinreng.
"Okay, go back now. I need to rest for a few days."
Kangxi was heartbroken.
Even hybrid rice didn't interest him.
Forget it, let's take Xiaoliu to Fengze Garden to recuperate. He can rest, but Xiaoliu has to move.
So Kangxi let Yinreng supervise the country and he took Xiaoliu away.
Yinreng was really speechless, and let him be the regent again.
To be honest, he was a little slow in speaking when the Emperor asked him questions, which allowed Yinzhen to seize the opportunity to go to Jiangnan to plant rice.
Otherwise he would be the one going.
Although he didn't know whether the emperor would agree, he really wanted to go out for a walk.
As a result, the emperor didn't even take him with him to live in Fengze Garden.
The person had already left, and there was no point in complaining. He could only take a few brothers to see Yinzhen, give him a few instructions, and then send him out of Beijing.
Kangxi's illness was serious. The originally dull court suddenly became boiling.
The emperor finally collapsed from exhaustion. If he didn't collapse, they would probably be the ones to collapse.
The entire capital city was made deserted by Kangxi and his son. If you want to know why, it was because the emperor had gone crazy and arrested many people and put them in jail.
Moreover, the person was still in ambush, but they raided his house.
Don’t say it, although it’s fun to watch the excitement during this period, my heart has always been uneasy.
Because you don’t know if it will be your turn next.
It's really scary.
But don’t judge a book by its cover. Those fathers-in-law are really rich. They can afford to buy a courtyard with four courtyards, and they even have wives outside.
Good guy, I knew they were playing tricks, but I didn't expect them to play so tricks.
What’s even more terrifying is that not only is Kangxi powerful, but those princes and crown princes who have the potential to succeed the throne are also extremely powerful and ruthless.
They held their voices during court sessions these past few days, fearing that they might disturb the other princes.
If one of them were to ascend the throne in the future, there would be no point in living.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
The salaries from the court were not enough to cover the expenses of their entire family. The emperor had no idea how hard their lives were.
But the emperor could not hold on any longer and collapsed from exhaustion. Now everyone felt relieved as they no longer had to attend court and could even have a rare good night's sleep.
As a result, as soon as he arrived at the yamen on duty, he heard that the emperor had sent the fourth prince to Jiangnan.
They said they were going to plant rice and asked all levels of local authorities to cooperate.
Everyone was confused. The emperor had not given up on his northern rice. That rice was not adapted to the southern seasons and could not be grown at all. Why didn't the emperor give up?
But the court officials who had been deceived several times were still worried. The more the emperor announced the purpose of the Fourth Prince's trip in such a high-profile manner, the more unbelievable they found it.
Moreover, after the emperor arranged this matter, he actually took the Sixth Prince to live in Fengze Garden.
Isn't this a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt?
The rice was grown in the Fengzeyuan experimental field.
Is the Emperor going to start checking the food supplies?
For a moment, everyone's scalps went numb and the back of their heads felt cold.
It would be bad if we checked the food supply.
But the time has come now, they cannot act rashly. If they are caught by the emperor, wouldn't they be courting death?
Therefore, the best way now is to remain calm and wait and see what happens.
But now the crown prince is in charge of the country, and they are used to it. With the crown prince in charge, they have more power. After all, the crown prince is too young and is just a mascot.
If it is not a particularly urgent matter, sometimes you can just say something on a memorial and it will be implemented.
This also gives everyone a chance to catch their breath.
But this time they were wrong. The prince, who usually looked gentle and smiled at everyone he met, actually joined forces with the eldest prince, the third prince, and the fifth prince.
The four brothers were in power together, and all their attempts to take advantage of the situation were rejected.
I felt so embarrassed for a moment.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has become too powerful. Without their support, he would never be able to sit firmly on the throne of Crown Prince.
Yinreng was not afraid. If it was lost, it was lost. It was not like he had lost things before. According to Xiaoliu, he had lost it twice.
So the worst that can happen is being imprisoned. Is there anything worse than that?
No, so now he just needs to go ahead and do it.
Kangxi was very pleased to see the four brothers working together in Fengze Garden.
Kangxi stroked Yin Zhuo's bald head and said to him, "Your fourth brother has left. It will be a month before he comes back."
Yin Zhuo was eating dried fruits. Hearing this, he nodded: "Yeah."
But Yin Zhuo didn't seem to care and slowed down his eating of the dried fruits.
[I forgot to see my fourth brother off. What a great opportunity to show off. I hope he won’t forget me when he comes back. When he succeeds to the throne, remember to praise me in the history books.]
Kangxi glanced at him sideways, this brat had a really strange train of thought.
Is this the point?
As a younger brother, shouldn't you care about him?
How come this has become an opportunity for Xiaoliu to show off his reputation and gain a sense of presence?
Kangxi withdrew his hand and chased him out: "Go to the fields and take a look. You were not in good health during the Spring Festival, so I didn't take you to work in the fields."
Yin Zhuo was thinking the same thing. He grabbed another handful of dried fruits and then ran away.
When Kangxi saw him leave, his brows furrowed, hoping that Xiaoliu could find a solution.
But soon Yin Zhuo came back with a gloomy face. The land in Fengze Garden was bare and rice had not been planted yet.
It was no use for him to go, and he came back dejected and sad, so we had to wait again.
Oh, it's so annoying.
Kangxi was also surprised to see him coming back, and was also very upset when he heard the reasons given by Liang Jiugong.
He was in such a hurry that he forgot about it.
But there is also winter wheat planted over there. Forget it, let him rest.
Xiaoliu now has no strength to use.
Kangxi was still weak, but after sleeping for a while he felt more energetic. Looking at the little bald head lying beside the bed, his heart softened.
He touched Yin Zhuo's head, looked at the bed curtains and began to think about the shipyard.
The shipyard was not far from them, in Jilin City, which was close to the Songhua River and connected to the Heilongjiang River. It was mainly used to build battleships and navy. There was a port on the Songhua River, and when fighting with Tsarist Russia, they relied on the port to transport supplies to the front line.
But he never expected that the shipyard he was so proud of would become like that later.
They couldn’t even build a 30-meter-long ship.
Wouldn't it be like sending your life for nothing if you board a boat that's over 20 meters long?
Xiaoliu is right. We can't complain if we are attacked. Without a ship, we have no ability to fight at sea.
Kangxi was not at peace during the time he was recuperating with Xiaoliu.
The main thing was that Xiaoliu was not obedient at all. He first took Wujina to fly kites for two days, and then called Yinzhen, Yinxiang and Yinzhen, who were on vacation, to come over and have fun for a whole day.
He had recovered from this illness a long time ago, but because of Xiaoliu's presence, he was forced to delay his rest for two more days.
But by this time the outside world was in chaos.
Because the court officials heard from the crown prince and princes who were in charge of the country that the emperor wanted to lift the maritime ban.
這個想法太叛逆了。
那海禁是能禁就禁，能開就的嗎？
這可不是開玩笑，這關乎着沿海居民的安全。
已經有人開始反抗了，一封封折子都是彈劾康熙的，引經據典，就是為了不讓康熙解除海禁。
康熙還在豐澤園住着，沒有露面，讓人傳了消息。
胤礽接到皇阿瑪密旨的時候臉色就是一變。
沒想到皇阿瑪竟然會這麽說，這是小六提議的嗎？
皇阿瑪明知道造船廠現在不行，派去的人還在那邊當卧底打算調查清楚再回來禀告的，結果皇阿瑪直接讓他傳達大清有戰船的事。
金銮殿，高位上的座位空着，胤礽站在最前方，把康熙的意思給傳達了出來。
“諸位愛卿，你們的考量皇阿瑪都看在眼裏，皇阿瑪這裏讓孤傳達一下他的意思。”
胤礽頓了一下，原本還在争吵的衆人安靜了下來，都看着前面的胤礽。
胤礽見他們都安靜了下來，直接放出了一個地雷，把衆人都給炸懵了。
“皇阿瑪說，在十多年前，大清就已經擁有了五十三只鳥船，每只長達六十多米，高大七米，上面配制了火炮，當初憑借這兩只這樣的鳥船擊退了南明海軍，奪回了琉球。而十多年過去了，我們大清擁有鳥船的數量肯定不止這麽多，所以不用擔心沿海居民安全的問題，到時候會有水軍駐紮在各個港口。”
胤礽說完，朝堂之上衆人一片沉默。
鳥船的威力他們是知道的。
但……
底下的人臉色發白，都沒說話，只互相看着，誰都沒有打破這片沉默。
當初跟沙俄對戰的時候，鳥船的數量就沒有這麽多了。
衆人想到了皇上淩厲風行處理戶部內務府等的手段，一個個都後怕的喉嚨發緊。
一些不知情的算是把心給放下了。
還好，大清還是有保衛沿海居民生活安定的戰力的。
那還怕什麽，開海禁就開呗。
但他們也都是人精，看出了有些人的表情不對，怎麽臉色刷一下的就白了呢。
有心人仔細一心就能察覺出其中的微妙。
那些人多多少少跟造船廠是有牽連的。
他們很怕，皇上既然都這麽說了，那肯定是掌握了證據。
怪不得這幾天都不出面，還去了豐澤園，說是養病，其實是讓人找證據去了。
這證據也好找，有賬本就有了證據。
船政大臣更是臉色發白，因為在康熙二十二年之前執行了海禁，但民間反對，所以在康熙二十三年就在沿海開放了四個碼頭。
但康熙又有要求，出海的船運輸不超過五百石，裝配的火藥不超過二十斤，更是不允許民間造船廠存在，也不允許在海外造船，造船廠完全把控在了朝廷的手裏。
進而把控在船政大臣和漕運總督的手裏。
近些年來，他們造的船是越來越小，但因為康熙不喜海運這方面的事，他們就沒有提過這事。
誰曾想，康熙竟然主動動了心思要把海禁給解除了，這意思是應該不只是再多開放碼頭的事了，而是要全部解除。
這要是一查賬，不就完了嗎？
有了，把錢給補上。
對，把錢補上，之後就可以甩鍋給皇上。
康熙這些天聽小六說船的事，心情沉重。
小六越開心，他越郁悶，這小子不知道給他帶來了多大的沖擊。
原來這還都是自己的鍋。
康熙腦袋疼的不行。
既然是他的因，就由他來解除吧。
他有錯，但船政司和漕運總管更是可惡，每年拿了那麽多錢，卻造小船來糊弄自己。
可恨。
尹灼無聊的快待不住了。
他這幾天也見了幾次胤禩和胤禟給他們交流一下在海上如何保護自己，免的得病。
兩個人聽的還都挺認真的，而且他們都開始跟着洋人學英語了，說的還似模似樣的。
就是老十不跟着他們，讓尹灼有點奇怪。
鐵三角竟然只剩兩個人了。
胤俄正在求自己的額娘讓他同意自己也跟着八哥九哥出海，結果他額娘就是不松口。
胤俄也沒辦法，先把額娘那邊搞定才能跟八哥九哥一起行動了。
康熙上朝的前一晚，跟小六聊了一下。
“小六，朕打算解除海禁，當初雖然開放了四個港口，但朕覺得既然老八跟老九要去海外的話，大清的水軍實力還不夠，需要開放海禁來鍛煉他們的實力，到時候老八跟老九出了什麽事，這邊還能顧上他們。”
尹灼動了動嘴，沒說話。
【啊？皇阿瑪這就為了老八跟老九解除海禁啦？果然，兒子才是讓康熙改變主意的良技啊。但光開放海禁有啥用，現在船是什麽樣我都沒見過，那傳說中六十米的大船，我都是看史書記載才知道的，但眼見為實，說不定現在已經縮水了，萬一鹹豐比較倒黴，被人打上了門這才暴露了呢，而且重要的是船啊，要講究百花齊放，這個時候皇阿瑪是嚴禁民間造船的，這樣是走不遠的，要知道當時宋明兩代的船遠超世界水平，怎麽到了大清就落後了呢，不能把造船完全把控在朝廷的手裏啊。】
康熙本來沒這個想法，但小六都這麽說了，他也動搖了。
“小六覺得朕把造船的權限解除怎麽樣？”
康熙擡頭，這話簡直就說到了尹灼的心巴裏。
“皇阿瑪英明啊，民間有錢的就讓他們造船呗，到時候來個造船大賽，看誰造的船航行距離遠，航行的平穩，還有船的戰力高，到時候選出來了朝廷給他們頒發榮譽。”
尹灼小算盤打的啪啪響，這不就是套路嗎？
這不就有了動力嗎？
這不就讓那些人主動的開始生産更高質量的船了嗎？
尹灼真是覺得自己光頭真符合自己的這個人設，因為他太聰明了。
聰明的腦袋不長毛也正常。
康熙眼睛一亮，覺得可行。
至于打臉自己這事吧，打就打了，畢竟是他錯了。
于是，康熙養病出關第一天，直接頒發了相關政令。
先是解除海禁，接着就放出大雷，允許民間造船，但需要官方審核，不符合質量的船只要打回重造。
這下子朝堂上課炸鍋了。
胤礽跟胤褆都麻了，皇阿瑪不是說循序漸進的嗎？
怎麽一下子把路給走死了，而且怎麽還把民間造船這個先例給開了呢？
不知道小六又說了什麽？
你們兩個有主意先同他們商量一下行不，免得他們手足無措。
朝堂上吵了一上午，結果以船政大臣下獄為結局。
漕運總督不在京城，抓他們也要時間。
與此同時，胤褆也從京城離開了。
他要去吉林城，嚴查造船廠貪污一事。
聖旨一下，衆人都有一種果然如此的想法，就知道皇上打的是這個主意。
又去抄家了，大阿哥已經熟門熟路了吧。
沒想到抄家也能成為一項技能。
但這件事人們并沒有一下子就接受，引起了很大的抗議。
其中不乏有心人的撩撥，但康熙不為所動。
罵吧，随便罵。
康熙學着尹灼讓人到處貼小貼士的做法，把開放海禁的好處給張貼了出去。
不少讀書人原本就對康熙最近的做法有些不滿，認為他冷血無情，殘害有功之人，不仁不義。
而且還愛多管閑事，連女子裹個腳都要管，更是對他們這些喜歡裹腳女子的人進行了徹底的批判。
還攔着下一代的女子不讓他們裹腳，推行的态度十分惡劣。
不顧民意，枉顧倫理。
讀書人暴怒了，寫了幾篇酸詩，算是從頭到腳把康熙給批判了一頓。
但康熙不管他們。
讓人私下去查了一下，不出所料是被觸動利益的人給收買了。
要是之前康熙肯定會暴怒，但現在他不會了。
就像小六這兩天說的，改革就是觸動利益，然後再平分利益給天下人。
但很快康熙的做法獲得了更多人的支持，因為他允許海外經商。
這對商人來說，是巨大的誘惑。
但康熙也做好了準備，設立海關大臣，嚴格把控出入關口的物資，做好審查。
有違背朝廷利益的人抓緊大牢，嚴重的格殺勿論。
進關的更要審批，免得引進災禍。
就像小六提到的那種能夠讓人上瘾的麻藥一樣，那些陰險的洋人就是靠着這一招麻痹大清，然後導致白銀外流，普羅大衆深受其害，痛苦不堪。
那是一個能讓人上瘾的東西。
所以，絕對不能碰。
因為剛頒布了政策，所以康熙連忙了好幾天，算是弄出了章程。
馬上就可以開海了。
等到各方人馬到位，就能見證歷史，解除海禁了。
尹灼最近一直老實呆在康熙身邊，時不時的冒出兩個小點子，康熙也都采納了。
尹灼倒是有些受寵若驚。
康老爺子實在是太信任他了，有點受不住啊。
于是尹灼溜了。
他要去找小十四，這麽多天沒有關心小十四的學習情況，他甚是挂念啊。
于是念叨着，張英就見尚書房出現了一個熟悉的身影，舉着手要打報告。
張英：……
He was really confused, and always felt that the Sixth Prince was a little magical.
It seemed that he was also involved in the maritime ban and shipbuilding issues. The emperor issued a series of notices after returning from a trip to Fengze Garden.
There are fewer and fewer people attending court in the Golden Throne Hall.
But their work efficiency has improved, and they were afraid that the emperor would be unhappy and replace them again.
He was a little anxious. As a Han official, he had no status. If he displeased the emperor again, he would have no way out.
The only time I feel relaxed is when I'm teaching these guys.
But Zhang Ying recently felt that this job was not easy, because the emperor was so shrewd, which meant that his children were also extraordinary.
Except for the Sixth Prince who looks silly with a stupid expression written all over his face, the rest of the princes are very thoughtful.
Sometimes he can't see clearly.
For example, the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince, at such a young age, were already discussing going out to sea to hunt for treasure.
This is simply unthinkable.
The emperor actually agreed. He was stunned when he heard the news during break.
Zhang Ying collected his thoughts, sighed at the Sixth Prince standing at the door, and then said quietly, "Come in."
Yin Zhuo sat next to Yin Zhen, then picked up his homework and began to check it.
[I have been so busy these past few days, have you been lazy, little Fourteen? I am such a good brother, thinking about Fourteen even when I am so busy. I hope Fourteen will not let me down.]
Yinzhen was so angry that his teeth were itching. Why didn't Sixth Brother believe him?
Sixth brother himself doesn’t come to the Shangshufang anymore!
You still have the nerve to care about him.
Humph, Yinzhen was very unconvinced.
But Yinzhen still had something on his mind; he was a little worried about his fourth brother.
I don’t know how my fourth brother is doing.
Yin Zhuo frowned as he checked his homework, then endured until noon and said to him, "Do you think your sixth brother can no longer operate?"
Yinzhen:?
Others:?
[This trick of Xiao Shisi is what I left behind. I write big characters on purpose to take up more space, and then try to write less.]
Yinxiang never expected that the seemingly silent Fourteenth Little Boy would actually do such a thing and even resorted to trickery in order to write less.
Yinzhen's face flushed red, and he snatched back his big words, and grumbled back, "No, it's just that big."
"Hmph, then why is this one written so small?"
[Tsk, how could I have such a stupid brother? He is so stupid. He didn't inherit any of my intelligence. I can even help the emperor with his plans.]
The princes looked at each other secretly and found that it was indeed the sixth brother who proposed to lift the maritime ban.
Everything that happened in the court reached their ears.
E'niang had asked them to find out what was going on, and now their guess had been confirmed.
It was done by Sixth Brother.
But the emperor is too obedient.
He was reluctant before and opened four ports very stingily, but ended up limiting the size of ships going out to sea and the firepower reserve. Now he is regretting it for the sake of his sixth brother?
Xiaoliu and Huang Ama are the true love.