The sun never sets in America

Chapter 197 Qing Dynasty Affairs: Outside the Pass
  Although March in the capital was much warmer than last month, it was still not a good thing for the poor.

This one is cold and one is hot, it’s so frustrating! !
  Except for the other group of people, they live a carefree life regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter.

In the winter, I am eating hot pot at home, roasting it over the fire, and playing cricket accompaniment. I look at the heavy snow falling outside. It is called winter outside and summer inside...

In the capital, these people gather in teahouses, theaters, or alleys, and live happily.

They have a common title...

Children of the Eight Banners! !
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"Master, your tea..."

The waiter carrying the tray, with a white towel drooping on his shoulders, delivered tea and snacks to a young man wearing a silk mandarin jacket and a small hat inlaid with emeralds.

The young man first opened the hot tea bowl with his finger-wearing hand and looked at it. An unhappy expression appeared on his face, and then he said to the waiter: "Agui, your brain is in vain, this kind of tea You can also give me Lu Ye to drink, so I’ll change it quickly. For Longjing, I want the Yuqian one..."

Mr. Lu looked at the tea bowl, held his breath, and knocked the tea bowl to the ground, breaking it on the spot.

"Master Lu, please calm down, please calm down..." After hearing the noise, the shopkeeper Wang immediately ran over and said to Mr. Lu.

"Master Lu, you don't know something. There was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River some time ago, and the tea could not be shipped out at once..." Shopkeeper Wang told Master Lu about the reason why there was no good tea, "The bowl of tea you just broke, It’s already the best for us, we haven’t given it to anyone else, we’re just waiting for Mr. Lu to come!!” Shopkeeper Wang said condescendingly to Mr. Lu in a flattering tone.

As for the boy Agui standing aside, he also kept smiling.

"So, you are still doing it for my own good??" Lu Sanye asked shopkeeper Wang and his assistant Agui with a smile.

"Yes, yes, we must be thinking about your old age. We treat you as your own father..." Shopkeeper Wang quickly replied to Mr. Lu in a flattering tone.

"Okay, let's forget it this time. If you do this again next time, I won't let you go!!" Third Master Lu had already said this, and there was no point in continuing to be stubborn, so he simply let Shopkeeper Wang and others go. Guy Agui Yima.

"Thank you Mr. Lu, you have a lot, sir." After hearing this, shopkeeper Wang felt relieved and thanked him quickly.

"Agui, go and kowtow to Mr. Lu... Go quickly!!" Shopkeeper Wang pulled Agui beside him and ordered him to kowtow to Mr. Lu.

"Master Lu..."

Agui called Mr. Lu and kowtowed twice on the ground. When he kowtowed to the third time, Mr. Lu stopped him.

"Okay, who do you think I am, Lu San? I'm not a bandit who bullies men and women. Let me tell you, my brother is the imperial guard, Batulu. I can't lose his people..." Mr. Lu said that he did not use his power to bully others, but what he said was true to his elder brother who worked as a personal guard for Emperor Daoguang and was awarded the title of Batulu.

"Have you heard that the emperor said that he would open the gates outside the customs and let people inside the customs enter..."

"Who did you listen to??"

"Hey, that's what my seventh uncle who works as a yamen official said personally. It's still false!!"

Just when Mr. Lu was showing everyone his so-called family background and his so-called kindness, at the other end of the teahouse, the two people who had just entered and sat down attracted everyone's attention.

"Tell me, you two, what kind of switch is it? Can you explain it more clearly?"

"Yes, let's be more clear..."

As one person took the lead in asking, other people asked the two richly dressed men sitting in the southeast corner.

"Shopkeeper Wang, give the two heroes good tea..."

Mr. Lu even walked directly to them and sat down on the bench in front of them, ordering a pot of tea for them.

"Two of you, Lu San, holding a white flag. The eldest brother of the family is serving as a servant to Lord Long Live and has been awarded the title of Baturu." Third Lord Lu introduced himself to the two of them as soon as he came up.

"Yingqi, the red flag is right..."

"Yingshun, the red flag is rising..."

The two of them clasped their fists at Mr. Lu.

Then the two of them leaned against Mr. Lu, which was also a way for bannermen to greet each other.

"You two just said that the emperor wanted to shut down the government. What happened?" Mr. Lu asked them while pouring tea for them.

Other people in the teahouse also turned their heads to look at the few people, their ears perked up, hoping to understand.

"Hey, it's not that Mu Zhang'a. He's a traitor to the country. What does this old bastard say? He wants to let the people inside the customs enter and allocate land..." When Mu Zhang'a was mentioned, Yingqi became furious. (Sai Shanga was labeled a traitor after the first Opium War because he signed a treaty)

"What else are you talking about? The purpose of allocating territory outside the customs is to prevent the Han invaders from becoming bigger. Damn, this old bastard may have taken money from those Han people and planned to sell the ancestral land of our bannermen to the Han people so that we can build new territories in the future. Let's take a seat..." Yingqi continued, her tone full of resentment towards Mu Zhang'a, the minister of the Military Aircraft Department and a bachelor.

"What, the switch is for the Han people..."

"What kind of bullshit is this!!"

"Beyond this pass is the land of our Qing Dynasty. Han people have not been allowed to leave the pass since Lord Shunzhi. It has been two hundred years. There are still people who want to open the pass, and they are still a bannerman. Damn it, this Mu Zhang, really It’s not a thing…”

"Bao Buqi, this bastard is a bastard!!"

In the teahouse, everyone was insulting Mu Zhang'a, the Minister of Military Aircraft Department, as if they were all loyal to the court and the Qing Dynasty would be over if they didn't rely on them.

"Has the emperor agreed?" Mr. Lu asked anxiously to Yingqi.

"No, who is the emperor? How could he be deceived by something like Sai Shang'a." Yingqi mentioned Emperor Daoguang and said with clasped fists in respect.

"The emperor said that we need to discuss it again. It is estimated that we will discuss this matter in the next few days. However, I estimate that Sai Shang'a will not succeed. Not all the princes in my court are like him, and they are all treacherous ministers..." Yingqi continued to hold her fists and said.

"Okay, Your Majesty is truly a Holy Son of Heaven. He has not been bewitched by traitors such as Saishang Ana..."

"Hmph, if you ask me, after the court meeting, I have to convict this old guy Mu Zhang'a of treason and have him skinned and tortured..."

"Ling Chi, I think he is worthy. I want to send his whole family to Ninggu Pagoda, and give his wife and daughter to armored men as concubines. I can't kill him!!"

"It's just..."

In the teahouse, these bannermen treated Sai Shanga from head to toe, and even his family members without restraint.

In this way, the news that Mu Zhang'a was going to be sold out of the customs spread like wildfire, and the bannermen in the capital were all filled with righteous indignation, as if they wanted to kill Mu Zhang'a's family.

The officials in the court also seized the opportunity and continued to give Emperor Daoguang memorials to impeach Mu Zhang'a.

Some memorials just have the words "Mu Zhang'a beheaded" written on them.

Emperor Daoguang suddenly had a headache when he saw so many memorials of opposition in front of him.

"Pass an order to convene a military aircraft department..."

Emperor Daoguang really had no choice but to use a group of people to solve the problem, which was to use the Military Aircraft Department as a cover.

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"Your Majesty Sai Shang'a, I'm going to pay homage to Your Majesty..." ˆ ˆ ˆ "Your Majesty, Pan Shi'en, I'm going to pay homage to Your Majesty..."

"Your Majesty, Qi Jie Zao, comes to see the Emperor..."

"My lord, Mu Zhang, come to see the emperor..."

In the Military Aircraft Department, the four military ministers from the [-]th year of Daoguang all knelt down in front of Emperor Daoguang.

Two Han people, two bannermen, it can be seen that Emperor Daoguang knew the way of checks and balances.

"Your Majesty, please excuse me..." Emperor Daoguang sat on the first dragon chair and said, "Give me a seat..." Emperor Daoguang pointed to the four prepared chairs around him and said to the four ministers.

"I asked you to come here today for matters outside the customs." Emperor Daoguang made the matter clear as soon as he opened his mouth, and did not flatter each other like those civil servants.

Several people around him lowered their heads, wondering what they were thinking.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Daoguang ordered Mu Zhang'a on his right: "Master Mu, please speak first." Emperor Daoguang looked at Mu Zhang'a.

"Long live your Majesty, I will speak frankly..." Mu Zhang'a looked around and bowed to Emperor Daoguang first to thank him.

"Outside the Pass has not been open for two hundred years. The population is sparse and the real estate is desolate. If it was before Emperor Qianlong or Emperor Kangxi, forget it. It would be nothing... But what we do today cannot be compared with what we did in the days of Taizu and Saint Ancestor... "Although this was a bit disrespectful, Mu Zhang'a still had the courage to say it.

Sure enough, when they heard this, the old fritters around who had their heads lowered suddenly raised their heads and looked at Sai Shan'a, thinking in their hearts:
  "Did this old boy take the wrong medicine?"

Although Emperor Daoguang was a little annoyed at how Mu Zhang'a told the truth, since it was the Military Aircraft Department and they were all confidants, he let it go.

"Today there are Tsarist Russia in the north, British barbarians in the south, and Han thieves peeking outside, the laws of our ancestors cannot be changed..."

"If you want to change, please start outside the Pass..."

Mu Zhang'a has made it very clear. You, Daoguang, are not going to be the emperor for eternity. You are not going to expel the British, punch Tsarist Russia, and kick the Han Dynasty. Just like the Qing Dynasty, how can you do it without reform? Instead, you must reform. , the first thing to do is to attack the so-called ancestral land outside the customs.

As for Mu Zhang'a, why would a bannerman support Switch? ?
  What a joke, I have been in the customs for hundreds of years since my ancestors. I don’t know any of those people outside the customs! !

"Master Mu said it lightly, which shows that human words are formidable and historical writing is as iron as iron..." Pan Shien stood up and retorted on the spot to what Mu Zhang'a just said.

"If, as Master Mu said, our Qing Dynasty can reform and rejuvenate by opening the door, then why do we need to discuss it here? You, Master Mu, can decide alone..." Sai Shang'a also followed Pan Shien, He reprimanded Mu Zhang'a for what he said about the switch reform.

Only Qi Zuozao didn't speak. He just sat quietly in his seat and watched the three people fighting.

Emperor Daoguang on the stage was not surprised by this kind of thing, and did not even intervene. After all, the more fiercely the ministers fought with each other, the more he, the emperor, could sit calmly and not be ignored.

"I think it is your selfishness, Saishan'a. Reform and reform will end up harming the country and the country..." Saishan'a continued to accuse Mu Zhang'a.

"Master Sai's words are reasonable, but Master Mu's move is quite inappropriate..." Pan Shien agreed.

"Master Pan, Master Sai, you two said that I have selfish motives in front of the emperor. I would like to ask, what selfish motives do I have??" Mu Zhang'a looked at Emperor Daoguang, clasping his fists, with a look of grievance on his face.

"Why are you selfish? I ask you, do you need money or food outside the switch, do you need an official escort, do you need to pay the required expenses from the Ministry of Household Affairs?" Pan Shien asked Mu Zhang's life, It was as if Mu Zhang'a had committed a heinous crime.

"The switch is a real move of immigration. Although there will be losses, once the people settle down, cultivate the fields, and recuperate, the money and food we will get in the future of the Qing Dynasty will be more than a hundred times higher!!" Mu Zhang'a looked at him with an ugly face. In the end, the two old bastards Pan Shien and Sai Shanga could only explain the benefits.

"Okay, according to Mr. Sai, immigrating to the border will be of great benefit to the court." Saishan'a first agreed with what Mu Zhang'a just said, and then continued to ask: "Then let me ask Mr. Mu, what are the barbarians of Tsarist Russia in the north? The threat is that immigration can be stopped, but immigration can be withdrawn??”

"If Lord Mu sees it, if the Qing Dynasty encounters foreign aggression in the future, we only need to follow Lord Mu's story of immigrating to Shibian, and everything will be solved..."

Saishang'a raised his voice and asked Mu Zhang'a whether the immigration to Shibian could defend the Qing Dynasty.

All of a sudden, a small off-switch issue was elevated to a strategic security issue. It has to be said that the ability of these civil servants to stir things up is not comparable to that of the British.

"You, you are so arrogant!!" Mu Zhang'a was disturbed by Sai Shang'a and was speechless.

"Your Majesty, Mu Zhang'a has an evil plan. He intends to use the real-edge switch to disrupt the foundation of our Qing Dynasty. Please forgive him..." Seizing the opportunity, Sai Shan'a knelt down in front of Emperor Daoguang with a plop, slapped him on the ground, and asked Emperor Daoguang to punish Mu Zhang. Ah's sin.

"Your Majesty, Mu Zhang'a's move is a great rebellion. The first rebellion is to disrupt our dynasty. The second rebellion is to destroy our ancestral heritage of the Qing Dynasty. The third rebellion is to disrupt the foundation of the Qing Dynasty through immigration. These three rebellions should be treated according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty. Kill!!" Pan Shien also knelt in front of Emperor Daoguang. He was even more ruthless than Xishang'a and directly killed Mu Zhang'a.

Mu Zhang'a suddenly turned pale, knelt down on the ground, and shouted: "I said from the bottom of my heart the day before yesterday, in order to understand the Holy Spirit. Now Pan Mu, the two great scholars, think that I have committed a serious crime and have falsely accused you. If Your Majesty punishes me, I will have no regrets." I only hope that the history books of future generations will avenge my grievance..." Mu Zhang'a shed tears as he spoke.

"This..." Emperor Daoguang was not a decisive emperor like Kangxi, Qianlong and Yongzheng, otherwise he would not have allowed a few people to quarrel and create this situation.

Maybe Emperor Daoguang was very happy when he saw them arguing at first, and he even felt like he was manipulating people's hearts, like a king manipulating his ministers.

But now it was completely out of control. Emperor Daoguang, who had no ability in the first place, was suddenly forced speechless by several ministers.

"You guys are persecuting the Holy One here. Isn't this the courtesy of being a minister?"

"Is this how you treat your father?"

"what……"

At the critical moment, Qi Zuozao stood up and rescued Emperor Daoguang.

Several people were so scolded by Qi Zuozao that they couldn't get off the stage.

Emperor Daoguang glanced at Qi Zuozao gratefully, and immediately re-divided the rankings among his ministers.

"I am reporting to your Majesty, I heard that to strengthen the country, we need to feed the people, and to feed the people, we need food. Where does the food come from? It is obtained from farming the land..." Qi Zuanzao bent down and respectfully told Emperor Daoguang about the people and food. relation.

"In the past two hundred years since the founding of the country, the number of new fields in our Qing Dynasty has been reduced, and the number of old fields has increased. However, the number of people in our Qing Dynasty has not decreased, and has reached as many as [-] million. Since the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, the number of people has increased. Apply benevolent government..." Qi Zuozao first blamed Kangxi, Qianlong, and Yongzheng for why the Qing Dynasty had such a large population, and blew the Aixinjueluo family away in front of Emperor Daoguang.

(Forty million is four hundred million, and this is the data from 1840)

"Nowadays, there are Western British barbarians threatening us in the south, Tsarist Russian Rakshasa and Northern Barbarians in the north, spying on our ancestral property in the Great Clearance, and there are American Han invaders outside, using the name of Han to commit treacherous and evil deeds, using the benefits of land and land to seduce people. I, a small citizen of the Qing Dynasty, have become a puppet Han..." Qi Zuozao said while looking at Emperor Daoguang.

"According to what Mr. Mu just said, we should immigrate to the border areas and close the borders to control the Russian northern barbarians, dredge the common people, and reduce the number of Han invaders. I think this plan is feasible..." Qi Zuozao was Mu Zhang'a's helper at the critical moment. Switch outside the big plan platform.

Mu Zhang'a had to accept this favor from him, and even the other two people didn't dare to say anything because of what happened just now.

What is planning and then acting? This is it! !

"I secretly believe that if the reform is implemented now, it must be done before the switch. If this is done, there will be considerable resistance. Don't rush, but take it slow." Qi Zhuozao bowed to Emperor Daoguang and said, "If it is in the name of the switch, I may be attacked both inside and outside the pass. This may not be conducive to the reform of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, I believe that immigrants should be recruited in the name of confining troops to the border, mainly young and strong, and should be divided into areas outside the pass to farm. We should follow the example of the former Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty in organizing militiamen outside the pass." Qi Zhunzao was very happy. The clever use of militias and troops bypassed the resistance of those who opposed it.

"Immigration can alleviate the suffering of the common people and reduce the threat of Han invaders. It can also enrich our country's population outside the pass. It can also form an army based on strong men to control the Tsarist Russian barbarians in Beihai..." Qi Zuozao explained in detail the immigration switch. The good thing is that it can be seen that he has been a switch fan for a long time, otherwise he would not do one thing after another. Didn't you see that even Mu Zhang'a and Pan Shi'en couldn't find any excuses? ? (The North Sea is Lake Baikal)
  What is eloquence, what is calmness, what is tact? Qi Jianzao acted it out for several people.

"Okay, as you said, recruit the people inside the pass to camp in the fields outside the pass to serve as troops!!"

After Emperor Daoguang heard this, he couldn't wait to agree. He didn't expect that the problem outside the customs that had always been a headache for him would be spared in this way.

The other people didn't react at all. Only Mu Zhang'a glanced at Qi Zuozao helplessly and gratefully. He knew that not only would his credit be robbed, but he would also be owed a favor.

A few days later, after several fake court meetings, a call for immigration and military confinement was announced to the whole world.

Suddenly, the storm surged! !

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