Unparalleled Fortune in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 411 East India Company

Spring goes and autumn comes, and two more plants have passed.

Under Kangxi's intentional training in the past two years, Yinzhen has become the tacit candidate for the crown prince in the court, but no one has revealed this matter.

Yinzhen himself is not in a hurry, and he has never been too close to court officials. Anyway, next year he will be very alienated from court officials.

Kangxi was very satisfied with this.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Yinzhen doesn't have people of his own, there are, but it's just that they don't need to speak up for the time being.

He needs talented people to be used by him in the future, for the purpose of governing the country, not for party struggles.

In the dark, Yinzhen was not idle either.

Over the years, his private business territory has grown bigger and bigger. He has built a fleet and raised a group of troops on the island that can go to the battlefield with guns and cannons.

Usually, this army only travels between countries as a caravan, earning a lot of money and making inquiries.

Yinzhen looked at the contents of the letter and was silent for a long time.

Tong Cheng'er saw that the person who had ordered hadn't come to eat, so she went to the study, saw Yinzhen staring at a letter in a daze, and said, "What are you looking at, so engrossed, I didn't notice it when I came here."

For Tong Cheng'er, Yinzhen had nothing to hide, so he showed her the letter in his hand.

"Just look at this."

Tong Cheng'er took the letter and read it.

Then his eyes widened: "East India Company?"

Her tone was too surprised, and there was a hint of familiarity in the surprise: "Cheng'er is no stranger to the East India Company?"

Tong Cheng'er was silent for a moment, then nodded: "It's really not a stranger."

She couldn't remember the exact year of junior high school history, and the introduction of the Qing Dynasty in junior high school history was relatively general, so she didn't associate the East India Company with the Kangxi Dynasty.

In fact, the East India Company had existed for about 100 years at this time.

"The East India Company has great ambitions and is good at plundering and colonizing. It is a very notorious organization in the history books of later generations."

In fact, the land under their feet was also the target of the East India Company, but the target was too huge for them to dare to act rashly.

The letter stated that there were eyes and ears of the East India Company in many places in the Qing Dynasty. This land is rich, and the East India Company will not let go of such a big "fat".

"What are you going to do?"

Tell Kangxi?

But how he knew that is hard to explain.

Don't tell, let him hold back, Yinzhen will definitely not be able to bear his country being coveted by others.

It seems that there is a problem with how to do it.

"This matter must not be kept secret, but I need to think about what to say on Huang Ama's side."

Three days later, Yinzhen took Zhezi to Qianqing Palace.

"Huang Ama, my son has something important to report."

Kangxi: "What's the matter?"

Yinzhen handed over the brochure that had been considered carefully.

What was written in the booklet was that when Yinzhen was on a business mission, he found out that there were foreigners inquiring about the Qing Dynasty. He felt suspicious, so he went on a mission. After several investigations, he found an organization called the "East India Company".

The organization has been established for nearly a hundred years. Over the years, it has plundered the land of other countries. Wherever it went, the people's livelihood was sad, and the local people became slaves...

"Huang Ama, the East India Company relied on its outstanding navigation technology to plunder everywhere. Now they are collecting news about the Qing Dynasty in various parts of the Qing Dynasty. I think this is not an easy matter. The Qing people are strong and powerful, but they are also You can't let anyone spy on you, I feel that someone should be sent to investigate, if the East India Company has ambitions for the Qing Dynasty, they should also let them see how powerful the Qing Dynasty is."

Kangxi only saw the content on Yinzhen's brochure. If it is true, then the East India Company is really hateful.

But Kangxi did not believe that such an organization really existed.

Plundering across the ocean and colonizing countless places sounds like a fantasy.

Kangxi didn't believe that such an organization really existed, and even if it did, it shouldn't be so alarmist.

However, Yinzhen is his valued son, and he proposed it with a good intention, and it is not impossible to investigate this matter.

"In this case, I will leave this matter to you to investigate."

"Yes."

When he came out of Qianqing Palace, he happened to run into Big Brother.

After not planning to compete for the position, the elder brother is much more straightforward, and he can greet Yinzhen with a smile: "Fourth brother is going to see Huang Ama."

Yinzhen said: "Eldest brother is also going to see Huang Ama."

Big Brother shook his head: "No."

As soon as he said it wasn't Yinzhen, he understood. He probably just came out of the upper study room, and his son probably caused trouble.

"Brother, if you have time, why not have a meal together."

The elder brother looked at him strangely: "Are you going back home to have dinner with Fujin?"

Yinzhen looked surprised: "Why did elder brother say that?"

The elder brother said bluntly: "Didn't everyone say that you must have dinner with Fujin?"

Yinzhen shook his head and laughed, not knowing who told it.

Unwilling to socialize, he said that he wanted to go back home to eat with Fujin, otherwise the food would not taste good, and finally there were rumors that he couldn't eat without Fujin's company.

Later, this rumor spread to Kangxi's ears, and it took him a long time to explain it clearly.

"Brother also made fun of me for failing."

The eldest brother smiled: "Okay, let's have dinner together, and then go to your Wangyue Tower, which happens to save money on meals."

"Brother is a good planner."

Yinzhen doesn't like to drink outside very much, but elder brother likes to drink. During the period of confinement by Kangxi, he was depressed and incomprehensible, so he could only use drinking to relieve his depression for a short time.

Yinzhen's big brother also knows that he doesn't have bad habits on the wine table. One of them drinks and eats, and the other only eats, which is harmonious.

After dinner, Yinzhen asked the eldest brother: "Big brother really wants to stay in the Ministry of War for the rest of his life?"

The Ministry of War is not terrible, what is terrible is that we face trivial matters every day.

He likes to fight on the battlefield, if he can, how can he be willing!

"What does the fourth brother mean?"

"I found an organization with evil intentions, which is very likely to be detrimental to the Qing Dynasty. Huang Ama has already asked me to investigate. If the investigation is true, then it is inevitable to fight a tough battle, and it will be a long battle."

Big Brother's eyes lit up all of a sudden: "What does Fourth Brother mean by that?"

Yinzhen smiled: "Brother, don't be too happy, you haven't checked it! Besides, this battle requires good water skills, you need to be able to fight on the water, and the eldest brother will naturally not say that he is heroic, but it's just this water?"

The water is no better than the ground, and no one knows the specific skills.

The elder brother also wondered why he still had to fight on the water.

But it's better to fight if there is a battle, it's better than being bored reading documents all day in the Ministry of War.

"Fourth brother wants me to do it."

It's hard to say about the art of war. He has never tried water warfare, but there is always a first time in everything. When you go to the military to plan, you can learn everything, just study.

Yinzhen said: "If possible, I hope that elder brother can bring someone to investigate."

The elder brother was silent for a moment: "I need to think about it."

Yinzhen said: "It's natural, it's just that time is urgent, brother should think about it quickly."

(End of this chapter)