SFS Chapter 220 Yinreng Goes to Guang
Chapter 220 Yinreng Goes to Guang
Chapter 220 Yinreng Goes to Guangdong and Guangxi
Boolean translated very quickly, thanks to his memories from his previous life, which helped a lot.
It was said that because she was studying higher-level mathematics, she had specially learned the languages of the three giants of mathematics: Britain, German and French. Some theories, examples and even papers still needed to be read in the original version to be accepted. Without the support of advanced theories, the translation would be like a pile of waste paper even if the original text was in front of her.
As for Italian and Dutch, she only learned a lot of them as minor languages at the time, but since these languages had not been mutated for many years, it was not difficult to pick them up.
What surprised her was that because Johann Adam Schall von Bell was German and had a master-disciple relationship with Ferdinand Verbiest, they shared information with each other, so a large part of the information here was in German and French.
In recent years, because the Qing Dynasty has invented relatively few things, the information collected by the Holy See is mostly about gold and opium.
The order given by Kangxi was to translate the parts composed of German and French first. No matter what, the most important thing was to know what he had lost and whether he could find it back.
The information was directly divided into three parts, one of which was handled by Prince Cheng alone, and the rest was taken back to Prince Chenyuan's Mansion by Hongye. Burhe and Hongye handled it in the front yard. After Jingyi finished her daily affairs, she would be taught by Burhe, and he would even give her examples to teach.
Even so, when Bull and the others were about to complete the entire task, Prince Cheng still had not yet taken action on a large part of his tasks.
It's not that he is lazy, it's just that he lacks the ability. He was always praised for his good language skills before, which was simply like choosing a general from among short men. Now that there is a big guy taking his place, his shortcomings are instantly exposed.
Therefore, Buerhe asked Hongye to bring all the remaining parts to help Prince Cheng. When the translation was almost finished, Prince Yong and Min Beile's team also returned to the capital from Liaodong.
The journey was a journey of rapid speed and hardships, but they lived up to everyone's expectations and brought Dai Zi's entire family back safely. Thanks to Yinzhen's attentiveness and Yin'er's financial support, when they arrived, Dai Zi's family was starving, cold, and sick, and was nearly dying. It was only with the help of Yinzhen's imperial physician and Yin'er's medicinal herbs that the family was saved.
Because of this favor, and the emperor's direct decree appointing Dai Zi as the Minister of Works, the family finally put aside their grudges and were willing to return to Beijing.
They were doing very well, and the other brothers were also strong. With Kangxi as their cover in the court, the brothers disappeared from the capital one by one. In the military camp, the fifth and seventh brothers each led a team and began training.
Their goal is to restore the glory of the Qing Dynasty's land forces, so that if a war really needs to happen, these troops can go directly to the battlefield.
The Tenth Prince, the Twelfth Prince, and the Fourteenth Prince followed closely behind. Although the Qing Dynasty did not have a regular ocean-going army at that time, it had large trading ships, and the navy began to be formed.
They were all young people and were more receptive to new things. Therefore, when training the navy, they absorbed more of the so-called pirate ideas and even took the advanced weapons that the pirates had previously looted for themselves.
Moreover, the young people were full of drive. In addition, this was the first time that the emperor entrusted them with such a task and had such high hopes for them. So as soon as they arrived in Weihaiwei, they quickly gathered the first group of personnel and conducted simple training for a month. Thus, the first navy and fleet of the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang Fleet, was established.
With sufficient money and personnel, the Beiyang Fleet had a total of 25 main warships, 50 auxiliary warships, 30 transport ships, and more than 4000 officers and soldiers in just a few months.
This also gave the Qing Dynasty some confidence when facing these foreign bandits.
The progress in the capital was very fast, but the progress in Guangdong and Guangxi was a little slower. Firstly, the distance was far, and secondly, among the three brothers Yinzhi, Yinsi and Yinxiang, Yinsi was actually the one in charge. He did not advocate a quick investigation. Even if Yinzhi and Yinxiang had ideas, it would be useless. After all, before leading the team this time, the emperor had already made it clear directly that everything would be based on Yinsi's suggestions.
The emperor believed that Yinsi was very good at maneuvering and would soon be able to infiltrate the inner circle and find out the enemy's true intentions. His idea was correct, but he misjudged Yinsi's patriotism, or his overall perspective.
Regarding Hibiscus Cream, although they all knew that this thing was not a good thing and needed to be banned, Yinsi did not take its real impact or future harm to the Qing Dynasty seriously from the beginning.
All he could think about was how to distribute the benefits among his brothers during this mission. Through this mission, his fifth, seventh, tenth, twelfth, and fourteenth brothers would all gain military power. His fourth and ninth brothers would receive a portion of the weapons production. As for himself, the best he could achieve during this trip to Guangdong and Guangxi was to apprehend one corrupt official and one traitor. There was nothing more to come, and the credit would have to be shared equally with his eldest and thirteenth brothers.
The more Yinsi thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, so much so that he began to slow down after leaving Beijing. Later, he was even unwilling to rush to Guangdong and Guangxi, and just wanted to pass by leisurely.
He was trying to figure out whether he could transfer a brother from the capital to swap places with him. He really didn't want to lead his hot-tempered elder brother and his young thirteenth brother, nor was he willing to take over this responsibility that looked powerful but was actually very dangerous.
His base is still in the capital, and currently more than half of the people support him, so becoming the next crown prince is just around the corner. What if he directly captures the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi this time, and the Emperor directly leaves him here because there is no one in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi?
The situation in the capital was changing rapidly. He didn't believe that his brothers would not take action after he left the capital. If he stayed here for too long, would those who had supported him defect to someone else? Would he still have a chance of succeeding to the throne?
In fact, Yinsi was right about one thing. Kangxi was thinking that if there really was a problem with the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, Shi Tingzhu, he would be escorted back to Beijing and Yinsi would be allowed to temporarily take over the position of Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi and wait for a new person to be decided before handing over the position.
But he was overthinking it. Kangxi had such a strong desire for control that it was impossible for him to allow a son to have such great power while being so far away from him.
Just when they were about to reach Guangdong and Guangxi, Yinsi came up with an idea. He found an opportunity to break his leg. He was a cruel man. Although taking the water route would not delay the journey, the investigation and home visits would definitely be put on hold.
It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. Even if he brings a royal physician with him, it's impossible for him to get Yinsi to stand up and walk in such a short time, right?
The news of Yinsi's injury was soon received in the capital. Yinreng knew what Kangxi thought, but he felt that this was an opportunity.
So he found Yinzhen and discussed with him that one of them would guard the capital while the other would go to Guangdong and Guangxi. After the two brothers discussed, Yinreng quickly went to the Qianqing Palace and talked about this matter. His suggestion was to recall Yinsi and replace him, hoping that the emperor would also give him the military command of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Although Kangxi was most suspicious of his son Yinreng, he also trusted him the most. After so many years of hands-on imperial education, he trusted Yinreng immensely at this moment. Without saying a word, he handed the tiger talisman to him and gave him the power to act at his own convenience.
Just like that, half a month later, Yinsi returned and met Yinreng on the river.
Yinsi: "Brother, take care of yourself. It's my fault that I got hurt at this critical moment. Don't worry, I will help take care of your family in the capital."
Of course Yinreng understood the implication of Yinsi's words, but he didn't care. If his years of preparation failed because of his brief absence and he was not as skilled as others, then he would have no regrets about not reaching that position in this life.
But who doesn't know how to say harsh words?
Yinreng: "Take care of yourself, Eighth Brother. You should know that the higher you climb, the harder you fall. No one can guarantee that next time it will only be a broken leg."
The two ships met and soon went their separate ways, with the same smile on their faces.