Chapter 655: The Coming Storm (I)
Qin Kan's attitude is very tough, things have come to this point, and he can no longer reason with anyone, after all these years of being in the court, Qin Kan has already seen clearly what the faces of civil officials are, their brutal and arrogant nature is always hidden in a reasonable face, and the appearance of the lotus flower reflects the soul of nonsense.
Looking at Qin Kan's murderous face, Li Dongyang stopped talking and sighed deeply.
Perhaps the only person in the world who can see Qin Kan's true face most clearly is Li Dongyang, he knows what kind of violent character this seemingly gentle and polite young man has in his bones, and it turns out that he is not mistaken, most of the time Qin Kan is very elegant and very reasonable, but once he meets an unreasonable person, Qin Kan will behave more brutally, no matter what kind of dispute, it often only ends with you living and dying when it develops to the extreme.
The reason why Li Dongyang sighed was because he saw the killing opportunity in Qin Kan's eyes, he knew that this young man would do whatever it took to achieve the goal of opening the sea ban, and the so-called "all costs" often represented countless lives, although Li Dongyang admired Qin Kan, a junior in his later life, it was undeniable that he was a member of the civil service, and he could not restrain the compassion in his heart.
Compared with Li Dongyang's complicated mood, Qin Kan's mood was even heavier.
He didn't expect that not only was it not easy to open the sea ban, but it was also not easy for him to participate in the sea business. After a hundred years of contention, this cake has already been divided, who eats which part, how much to eat, how to eat, there are unwritten rules, this cake has no share of him at all, even if he is the prince of the country, he can not participate.
You don't even have the right to participate in the game, let alone change the rules of the game. Qin Kan only now realized how difficult it was to open the idea of opening a hundred-year sea ban.
"The old man who should be said has said it, after saying goodbye today, the court will have nothing to do with the old man, Qin Kan, you are so precious." Li Dongyang shook his head, he had already made a decision, and he no longer sought his own politics, this problem could only be solved by Qin Kan himself.
Qin Kan put aside his worries, smiled, and raised his glass towards Li Dongyang: "The mountains are high and the waters are long." There will be a period later. The younger generation wishes the old man a smooth journey. ”
The two drank it all and looked at each other and smiled.
After drinking the last cup of candied wine, Li Dongyang swayed and boarded the carriage with seven points of drunkenness.
Qin Kan stood in the cold wind, quietly watching Li Dongyang's carriage go away. Long. Suddenly, he straightened his clothes. He gave a long flick to the back of the carriage.
The elder of the Three Emperors, the Kaiji of the Four Dynasties, Li Dongyang. You will go down in history.
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The strange atmosphere is still spreading in the Jingshi court, and there is a sense of depression that the mountain rain is coming.
After talking with Li Dongyang, Qin Kan became more and more aware of the difficulties of going to sea to do business, and he has been thinking about the trade-offs for the past few days. In fact, if Qin Kan orders a stop at this time, all the upcoming storms will disappear invisibly, and Qin Kan will still be his Taiping Gong, holding monstrous power and having thousands of money, power and money and nothing lacking.
However, after thinking about it several times, Qin Kan finally gritted his teeth and decided to continue to prepare for going to sea.
There is no turning back from the bow, the situation has developed to this extent, it can be said that it is only the last kick in the door, stop at this time, everything will be abandoned, waiting for the next opportunity in hibernation but I don't know what year and month it is, although Qin Kan is young, he can't afford to wait, time is too precious for him.
What about the resistance? Run over it.
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At the same time that Tianjin Donggang began to build eight thousand warships, Qin Kan made an appointment with Miao Kui, the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, in Fusi, Beizhen, and the two closed the door and discussed secretly for a long time, and they didn't know what benefits Qin Kan promised to Miao Gonggong, Miao Kui was beaming when he came out, his legs fluttered, and he was dizzy like drinking three catties of old wine.
On the second day, the Imperial Horse Supervisor sent the Warrior Battalion to break into the Bureau, and in front of the Bureau's steward, without saying a word, he snatched more than 400 newly-made Franco cannons and countless ammunition and firearms.
Four hundred Franc cannons and countless ammunition and firearms did not stop at Yumajian, even if Miao Kui ordered them to be sent to Donggang in Tianjin, two days later, the newly built Fuchuan warships in Donggang began to be equipped with artillery.
When Liu Jin was in chaos, the power of the eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace reached the peak since the Ming Dynasty, even if Liu Jin has been dead for more than a year now, but the residual power still exists, and the civil officials still have a certain fear of the eunuchs, and many domineering things can be endured. However, these 400 artillery pieces only went through the scene in the Imperial Horse Prison, and then they were sent to Tianjin Donggang, and the news naturally could not be hidden, and when all the civil officials learned that the artillery was installed on the new ship in Donggang, the civil officials who had suppressed and endured for a long time finally could not bear it anymore.
There was still half a month before the Chinese New Year, and when the emperor and civil and military officials were happily waiting for a half-month holiday, the military department gave a very bad scenery to the royal bureaucrats.
Wang Gong is still very combative, and the spearhead of his impeachment is not directed at the Imperial Horse Supervisor or Qin Kan, but the officials of the Impeachment Bureau of Corruption and Corruption for guarding and stealing, saying that they stole 400 artillery pieces and sold them to the local government to enrich themselves, and the matter of the warrior battalion robbing artillery is obviously well known, but the Wang Wing has the ability to reverse black and white, not that the Bureau of Creation stole it himself.
The bureau naturally shouted injustice, four hundred artillery pieces are not a trivial matter, they can't afford this black cauldron, and they can't afford to offend Miao Kui immediately, so they didn't hesitate to confess to the imperial horse prison, but the royal bureaucracy bit the bureau to death and didn't let go, about today's state of complaint in the Golden Palace is really good, and in a comfortable mood, he sued the bureau for one more crime - malicious slander and bite the inner palace, and separate the guards of the Son of Heaven.
At first glance, the charges filed by the royal bureaucrats sound very reasonable, and they are discerning, and sharply point out that the bureau has framed good people, which seems to excuse the imperial horse supervisor.
However, the Imperial Horse Supervisor Warrior Battalion grabbed the artillery, and by the way, also put down several officials of the Creation Bureau. Who doesn't know about this in Beijing? The king's excuse for the imperial horse supervisor, but anyone who has a brain thinks about it carefully, and knows that it is full of malice and traps.
The court meeting ended hastily because of the quarrel between the royal bureaucracy and the bureaucracy, everyone walked out of the palace with their own thoughts, everyone knows that today's court meeting is just a beginning, the excitement is still behind, the matter of Ning Guogong Qin Kan connecting a group of noble shipbuilding and business will not end so easily, this matter involves the interests of too many people, and the dispute between the noble class and the civil officials represented by Qin Kan will inevitably not be good.
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The second day. When the hundred officials gathered outside the Chengtian Gate and waited for the palace gate to open. The gaze of many eyes attracted by the official sedan chair was disdainful, angry, and indifferent.
The guards in front of the official sedan chair lit two dim lanterns. On the white lantern paper is a huge character "Qin". Officials with a little insight in Beijing all know the way. This is the sedan chair of the Ningguo Mansion, and Qin Kan's shaft is actually going to the court today.
At the end of the day, the bell and drum tower bells rang loudly. The heavy palace door slowly opened with a creak.
Qin Kan stood in the noble class with an expressionless face, exchanged glances with all the nobles, and walked towards the palace in silence.
Maybe it's almost the New Year, Zhu Houzhao, a little faint gentleman, is rare and diligent, and he didn't call himself sick for a few days, when he was already on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and in a few days it should be the time to strike the dynasty and rest for a while, so the efficiency of the ministers above the early dynasty has also improved a lot, and the cabinet and the ministers of the six ministries are also very concise in dealing with it, I don't know whether they are waiting for the upcoming annual leave or waiting for the upcoming storm, the jubilant atmosphere has a bit of treacherous meaning.
Sitting on the dragon chair and listening to the hundreds of officials playing various state affairs, the sleepy-eyed Zhu Houzhao forcibly suppressed his impatience, raised his sleeves and covered his mouth and quietly yawned, and kept looking at the dark sky outside the hall, obviously he was more anxious than the ministers, and just wanted to quickly disperse the court meeting and go back to the leopard room to sleep.
Half an hour passed, after all the things were played, the noisy golden hall suddenly became silent, so quiet that the needle could be heard, and the atmosphere in the hall also changed in vain, as if a yin wind was blowing from nowhere, and even the temperature was inexplicably lowered a lot.
Zhu Houzhao, whose nerves have always been thick, also sensed that something was wrong at this time, and couldn't help but sit up straight and slowly look around the ministers in the hall.
"It's strange today, how long has the court meeting been going on, and you have nothing to do?" Zhu Houzhao's eyes showed novelty, this emperor with outrageously high mediocre values naturally would not make a cheap mistake and find trouble, seeing that no one in the hall spoke, Zhu Houzhao said happily: "Since there is nothing to play, then the secretaries will go back to the council and disperse ......."
Before the word Sanchao was finished, a calm voice came: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do!" ”
Qin Kan's heart sank, what should come will come after all.
Yesterday, he already knew about the impeachment of the officials of the Bureau, and after a little pondering, he knew that this impeachment was unusual and there was a murderous motive hidden in it, so he got up early in the morning today to attend the court meeting.
Zhu Houzhao was a little displeased, and his eyes glared fiercely at the killer who disturbed his sleep: "Tell me if you have something!" ”
The name of the killing talent is Wang Bureau, and yesterday he participated in the impeachment of the military department of the Creation Bureau, and he had the typical urine nature of a big Ming Yan official, the official is not big, his temper is not small, he is in charge of all kinds of idle affairs, people hate him, and flowers see flowers wither.
Wang Feng brushed the hem of his clothes, walked out of the court without hurry, stood in the center of the golden palace and bowed down and said: "The minister pleads guilty to His Majesty, yesterday the minister played the matter of the officials of the Creation Bureau guarding and stealing by themselves, and the Bureau of Creation did miss 400 newly-made Franco machine guns and a number of ammunition and firearms, but it was not done by the officials of the Creation Bureau, the minister did not notice for a while, wronged his colleagues in the court, and asked His Majesty to surrender the crime......"
Speaking of which, even Qin Kan couldn't help but secretly admire this royal bureaucracy. This person is well versed in the art of speaking, and a big event that came out of his mouth was actually a spring and autumn brushwork, but it left enough suspense for the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, as if he had leaked his mouth, and he poked out this major event without naming or surname.
It is said that the Wang bureaucracy has said it to this point, if Zhu Houzhao is not so mediocre that he is mad, he should know the meaning of the string song, after all, although the words of the people are clearly pleading, but the suspense is very attractive to the audience, framing the officials of the bureau is a trivial matter, and the disappearance of 400 artillery pieces is a major matter, which is something that everyone should ask.
However, Zhu Houzhao's performance is not like a human, at least not like a normal person.
Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, quickly glanced at Qin Kan in the crowd, and then pretended to be careless and said: "Knowing that mistakes can be changed, good is great, since you took the initiative to admit your mistakes, how can I not forgive?" I forgive you for this...... Do you still have something to do? There is nothing to do. ”
"Huh?" Countless officials looked at Zhu Houzhao in astonishment.
The emperor's reaction ...... That's not right! The country is yours, the court is yours, the artillery is naturally yours, your things have been stolen, how can you act as if you were just lending a bottle of vinegar to your neighbor as an understatement?
Four hundred artillery pieces, a few rounds of combos, the capital city is enough to be bombarded into slag, how can it really be as childish as borrowing a bottle of vinegar to get out?
After the royal official standing in the hall was stunned, his face suddenly turned red, and he was a little angry, and Zhu Houzhao's reaction was obviously beyond his plan.
"Your Majesty, four hundred newly-made Franco cannons are gone!" The king said in a hurry.
The hall was suddenly silent, and Zhu Houzhao, who stood up and was about to flash people, had to sit down again, touching his chin and muttering vaguely: "Four hundred artillery...... Disappeared from the Bureau of Fabrication? This one...... Did you count wrong? ”
Wang said angrily: "The courtier is six in his Chinese New Year's Eve this year, does His Majesty think that the courtier will miscalculate such a thing that even a child-old child will not be wrong?" ”
Zhu Houzhao said: "That's not necessarily, although there is one of the 'number' arts in the six arts of the gentleman, but which of you dares to guarantee that you are proficient in the six arts?" For example, if there are two pipes in a pool, one pipe enters 6,000 catties of water per hour, and the other pipe produces 4,000 catties of water per hour. ”
The king was stunned for a moment, and then shouted sharply: "One end in the water, the other out of the water, this is which traitor and bewitched the public, and gave His Majesty such a boring question, he should be pulled out and killed!" ”
"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"
Qin Kan, the Duke of Ning Guo in the crowd, unfortunately lay down and coughed without warning.
Qin Kan coughed for a long time before he stopped at the strange gaze of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, and then showed a wry smile.
Zhu Houzhao is naturally not unreasonable, just as the royal bureaucracy said, 400 artillery pieces are not a trivial matter, and if you don't play it in advance, you can't take off a hat with bad intentions. Therefore, before the soldiers of the warrior battalion started, Qin Kan had already entered the leopard room to explain the matter to Zhu Houzhao, and told Zhu Houzhao that the 400 cannons were to be equipped with new warships to bombard the island where the Japanese invaded and the inevitable encounters with the Japanese at sea in the future.
Qin Kan, a merchant who went to sea, had already counted Zhu Houzhao's share, and it was the largest one, and at least forty percent of the profit from each ship's cargo in the future belonged to the inner treasury. From the Bureau of Fabrication to get 400 cannons to arm the caravan to the teeth, how can Zhu Houzhao not allow such a good thing? In fact, Zhu Houzhao knew about this for a long time, but today he was stabbed out by the king, Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to prevaricate vaguely, and talked about him left and right, and led the topic away for 108,000 miles. (To be continued......)