Chapter 566: King Yi is still alive (first update, please subscribe)
In fact, Yang Fuqing had his own little thoughts.
To put it bluntly, the reason why he wanted to visit the artillery factory with the Russians was because he knew that it was easy to deceive them in buying guns and artillery, but it was very difficult to deceive the foreign brothers!
If you buy from them, you won’t suffer any loss.
However, before he could realize his little idea, it was interrupted by a visit from an old friend. The visitor was none other than Li Fugui, who had done the population business in Hangzhou Bay and Tianguo for several years.
After returning to the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, although Li Fugui did not hold a position in the palace, he became Zhu Xianhai's housekeeper, in other words, he was equivalent to Zhu Xianhai's family member. This was also a recognition of his loyalty. As a member of the emperor's family, Li Fugui's identity was very special.
After visiting Yang Fuqing, the two naturally talked about many old things. After drinking and chatting for a long time, Li Fugui said to him.
"Prince Fu, pack up and go to Yingtian Prefecture tomorrow. His Majesty will summon you to the garden outside the palace!"
Finally I can meet the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
Yang Fuqing was so excited that he never thought about why Emperor Shengde would meet him in the garden. In fact, it was nothing, just because the Baiji dolphin was kept there.
The royal manor in the southern suburbs is actually an earlier manor. On the south side of the manor there is a small lake 12 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide. The lake is more than 20 meters deep. Although it is connected to the river, it is the most suitable area for Baiji dolphins near Yingtian.
Standing in the pavilion by the lake, Zhu Xianhai observed the movements on the lake through a telescope. After seeing the baiji dolphin, he laughed.
"Thank you, my lord, for this generous gift from the king of heaven!"
"The Celestial Empire is poor and the people are poor, so there is really nothing to show for it. The Heavenly King knows that Your Majesty likes Chinese rare animals the most, so he specially ordered people to capture 26 of them. Unfortunately, only 19 were left after being transported here. It is really a pity. Since Your Majesty likes them, I will have people capture some more after I return, so that Your Majesty's rare bird garden will have more rare animals."
"The Prince is thoughtful!"
Looking at Yang Fuqing, Zhu Xianhai put down the telescope and said.
"Nineteen is already a lot. If..."
In another century and a half, the Baiji dolphin will be extinct. Nine of these 19 Baiji dolphins are females. If they can adapt to the environment here, they will definitely be able to breed a new population.
If they can't adapt to the environment here, what's the point of transporting them here?
"In the future, when the need arises, I will have to trouble the Heavenly King."
Motioning Yang Fuqing to sit down, Zhu Xianhai asked.
"Everything is fine here!"
"Thanks to your majesty's grace, I have adapted to everything very well. I have visited various places in Ming Dynasty in the past few days. Ming Dynasty is indeed a powerful country with a strong country and a rich people. It is a blessing for Heavenly Kingdom to be on good terms with Ming Dynasty and become a friendly country."
Afterwards, Yang Fuqing naturally mentioned specifically that the Heavenly King had ordered the reconstruction of the Xiaoling Mausoleum in Zhongshan, Tianjing, and the Imperial Mausoleum in Fengyang. In a word, it was to tell Emperor Shengde that the Heavenly Kingdom was willing to become a friendly country with the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of its heart.
It is absolutely right to make friends with powerful countries. Now, under the assistance of Gan Country, the Kingdom of Heaven is no longer like a fool like in the past, pushing Western powers such as Britain and France to the side of the Qing Dynasty. It has already taken the initiative to establish relations with them. However, those Western powers are still loyal to the Qing Dynasty in their bones.
All the powerful countries in Tianjing missed the Qing Dynasty!
The treaty is clear!
Who doesn't like it.
But Daming was different. They and the Qing demons could never get along. The two families were enemies for generations! Therefore, during this visit, King Gan specifically asked him to get closer to Daming.
How to build closer relationships? When giving gifts, you have to cater to the other person's preferences and tell them what's good about you.
Emperor Zhu of course accepted all the goodwill gestures from the Heavenly Kingdom. While doing so, he naturally became concerned about the internal affairs of the Heavenly Kingdom. No, it should be said that he became concerned about the internal affairs of China.
Although he had long known that the reforms implemented by Hong Renxuan and others had finally brought the Kingdom of Heaven back on track, the reports from others were far less detailed than Yang Fuqing's. Zhu Xianhai listened very carefully, and when he heard that most of the people were able to live and work in peace and that Jiangnan had regained its former prosperity, he praised.
"With King Gan, King Zhong, and King Ying as the rulers of the Kingdom of Heaven, it is only a matter of time before the people can enjoy peace again!"
This is of course just politeness. What's wrong with enjoying peace again?
Aren’t you still eating coarse food and looking pale and skinny?
Whether it was the Heavenly Kingdom or the Qing Dynasty, they were all masters at exploiting the common people. The Heavenly Kingdom was even worse than that. Otherwise, how could they support the hundreds of princes? However, for the Ming Dynasty, this was not necessarily a bad thing. After all, only when people were living in poverty would they take the initiative to immigrate to the Ming Dynasty to find a way to survive.
In this respect, both the corrupt Qing Dynasty and the Fallen Kingdom of Heaven are good things for the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, those princes are now business lovers, and they are happy to send people to the Ming Dynasty's immigration ships. How could they not be happy if they can exchange them for silver?
"Your Majesty is right. The Qing demons treat us Han people like cattle and sheep. When the Heavenly Kingdom succeeds in its Northern Expedition, the people of the world will surely be able to live and work in peace. Now our Heavenly Kingdom is in high spirits, with no less than a million elite soldiers. The King of England is leading 200,000 troops in the north of the Yangtze River. When the time is right, he will lead his troops to the North. By then, China's restoration will be just around the corner!"
The reason why Yang Fuqing emphasized that the Heavenly Kingdom had a million elite soldiers was to tell Emperor Shengde - the Heavenly Kingdom was very powerful, you must not underestimate the Heavenly Kingdom, the Heavenly Kingdom would definitely be able to get rid of the Qing monsters, and it's right to support us.
"Northern Expedition..."
Zhu Xianhai asked.
"It's not easy to march north. I heard that Li Hefei has built fortifications along the north bank of the Huai River, and there are hundreds of thousands of elite Huai Army soldiers. If the Heavenly Kingdom rashly marches north, it will cause too many casualties on the north bank of the Huai River, which will be disadvantageous to the Heavenly Kingdom!"
Northern Expedition, what a joke! It was because of the existence of the Heavenly Kingdom that the Qing Dynasty did not abandon its troops and disbanded the Hunan Army and weakened the Huai Army. Only then could Li Hefei and his men carry out Westernization like an independent kingdom. If the Heavenly Kingdom's Northern Expedition failed, and Li Hefei took the opportunity to destroy the Heavenly Kingdom, then the good situation would have been over. Both Zeng the Barber and Li Hefei were cowards who rebelled. Without the Heavenly Kingdom, they would all become loyal subjects of the Qing Dynasty again.
"It is true that Li Hefei has hundreds of thousands of elite Huai Army soldiers, but my Heavenly Kingdom has more than a million elite soldiers, and..."
Yang Fuqing said proudly.
"Your Majesty, you may not know that in addition to the hundreds of thousands of elite troops led by King Ying in Jiangbei, our Heavenly Kingdom also has tens of thousands led by King Yi in Gansu..."
What!
King Yi, Shi, Shi Dakai is still alive!
How is this possible? Didn’t he die in the Dadu River?
(End of this chapter)
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