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Liu Rushi waved and said with a smile, "Come on, come on, I'll compose a song, and I invite my sister to appreciate Fuzheng."

Liu Rushi gave birth last winter and gave birth to a daughter.She has a cold relationship with Fei Rulan and Fei Rumei, but there is no conflict, it's just that they lack a common language.

The most important thing is that the Fei sisters dislike her origin.

Everyone likes Pan Qimei, she is obsessed with cooking, and especially likes making pastries and sweets.Even Tian Xiuying's courtyard often receives pastries, and the children especially like her.

Liu Rushi was tuning the piano, Tian Xiuying said casually, "I went out to the streets today and saw some monks from the Western Domain leaving. I heard that His Majesty forbids them to preach. There are also many foreign monks in the Imperial Academy, right?"

Liu Rushi said: "There are none in the Imperial Academy, but there are many in the Qintian Academy."

"Why don't you go back to the Imperial Academy to work?" Tian Xiuying asked.

Liu Rushi said: "The child is too young, I really can't go away. You have to avoid suspicion, right? The Imperial Academy is full of men."

Tian Xiuying said with a smile: "It's really a blessing to be able to marry Your Majesty as a concubine. There are few rules in Nanjing, but there are many rules in Beijing."

"What are the rules in the Beijing Imperial Palace?" Liu Rushi asked curiously.

Tian Xiuying said: "When the empress meets the emperor, she should call herself a concubine. When the concubine meets the emperor, she should call herself a daughter. In Nanjing, when the empress meets the emperor, she can still call herself me. Wouldn't it be much happier?"

Liu Rushi was very surprised: "Calling yourself a daughter is a bad habit of buying and selling maidservants among the people, and it has spread to the Beijing Imperial Palace. Do concubines have to call themselves like this?"

Tian Xiuying hesitated to speak: "Forget it, the dead are the most important, so I can't say more. Alas, the world is changing, and all grievances and grievances are over."

It was inconvenient for Tian Xiuying to say more, and it was also inconvenient for Liu Rushi to ask more questions.

Letting the concubine call herself a daughter was deliberately suppressed by Queen Zhou, who regarded Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan as maidservants.

Chongzhen's harem didn't stop much either.

After the renovation of the Forbidden City in Nanjing is completed and Zhao Han moves in, his harem will probably not be as harmonious as it is now.

Of course, Zhao Han is too busy dealing with the issue of Christianity now, so he doesn't think about the harem.

"Since you have broken ties with the Holy See, your constitution should be changed," Zhao Han said, "I heard that there are Protestants in the West, and there are even Orthodox Churches. Your Excellency found a Nestorian monument in China. Why don't you call it Nestorianism from now on?" Bar."

Ayulio didn't expect the Chinese emperor to push forward, so he could only argue: "Your Majesty, this time it is only a violation of the Pope's order, and the Chinese Jesuits have not broken with the Holy See. With the Pope's enlightenment, there may be room for maneuver."

Zhao Han didn't force it either: "Then just wait."

Pope Urban VIII is indeed enlightened, but he is also extremely controlling.Moreover, this kind of cronyism and large-scale construction have made the Holy See's finances extremely embarrassing, and it can be called a "faint emperor" in China.

He and the French minister Richelieu are sworn enemies, but they have formed a strong alliance for decades, and are planning to brand the Jansenist sect as heresy.This kind of tough and profit-oriented guy will allow Chinese missionaries to be disobedient?

Zhao Han could imagine the pope's reaction. After a year or two, he would definitely appoint new missionaries to come to China to take over the management position.

At that time, people like Ai Julian will have to pinch their noses and completely rely on Zhao Han.Even changing the Society of Jesus (Diocese of China) to Nestorianism and drawing a clear line with the Holy See is nothing more than another Protestantism.

The interpretation of the "Bible" must also be changed, must conform to Datong theory, and must be integrated with Confucian classics.

Since Ayulio still has fantasies, let him fantasize first, it will only take two or three years.

After waving the missionaries to leave, Zhao Han continued to review the memorial.

A memorial from the Ministry of Rites made Zhao Han frown.

But the three counties of Luling, Jishui, and Anfu reported that the expenditure on education was too high.These three counties are Zhao Han's initial territory, and due to the improvement of life, there has been a baby boom.

The baby born after Zhao Han's uprising has already reached the age of elementary school.As a large number of children go to school, the education expenditure in the three counties has soared, and it is almost unbearable. They request that some tuition fees be properly charged, and that the free lunch system be abolished.

The free lunch was originally used to attract children to school.

The cabinet's reply to this is: abolish the free lunch and charge the primary school students for books.Students can also buy used books by themselves, or several people can share a book.

At the beginning, the three counties had been emigrating, otherwise the problem of education expenditure would have already erupted.

But ten or twenty years later, as the population in the north increases and the population in the south also increases, free education will definitely not be able to continue.Although it is also possible to immigrate overseas, it is difficult to start a business overseas, and only young men and women must be immigrated, and it is impossible to immigrate children.

Although Zhao Han was quite reluctant, he still picked up the ink pen and slowly wrote the word "ke" on the back of the cabinet's approval.

After thinking for a while, I added a few more words: cancel school meals, charge for books, and proceed step by step.This year it will be in three counties, and next year it will be in Jiangxi.Within three years, it will be implemented in the south of the Yangtze River, and gradually implemented in the north of the Yangtze River.In the newly occupied land, the people are poor, and within five years, the old law will be used.

Zhao Han got up and walked back and forth, then sat down to add his pen and ink: Do not charge for books by force, so as not to be taken advantage of by corrupt officials and booksellers.

Books are very valuable, and families who cannot afford the cost of books can share a book with several children.Or, if you invite literate people from the village, it will be cheaper to copy books than printed materials, since there are not many contents in elementary school textbooks anyway.

It is even worse in those mountainous areas, and many schools are ruined temples.A single teacher teaches all subjects in a comprehensive manner. Some schools do not have all the books, and some schools still use old textbooks. The students' pen and ink are completely controlled by their parents.After finishing elementary school, they can only read and write, and they have not practiced calligraphy at all. Children in mountainous areas still have no way out.

Unable to surpass the times, Zhao Han can only do this.

Chapter 466 [North Korea Changes]

For the trial of the Fu'an teaching case, Zhao Han also personally gave instructions, and the tendency was extremely strong.

Three Dominican missionaries, dead and dead.Anyway, they have no relatives, can't get any pensions, and bewitched the public to forget their ancestors. They are the real initiators of this murder case.

Eleven dead Chinese Christians were killed because no real murderer could be found, or there were too many murderers.The family members of the deceased received five taels of silver as compensation, which was shared equally among the people who participated in the riot.On average, each person who participated in the riots needs to pay about 4% in compensation, which is more than 30 yuan.

The wounded on both sides thought they were unlucky and healed themselves.

The patriarch of the Chen clan, Mrs. Chen, was the initiator of the riot. His sons were not allowed to be officials, and those who were in office were also dismissed from their official posts.But grandchildren are not involved, and grandchildren can still study and become officials.

In addition, more than 1000 rioters had to serve for two months without pay, that is, as volunteers for the local government.

This case is too special to be tried under ordinary law, or there is no relevant law.

Nanjing.

Zhao Han received intelligence from Liaodong that Manchu sent [-] troops to plunder North Korea.The whole way is like a broken bamboo, and they have already seized Gushan, Huangzhou, and Haizhou in North Korea. The soldiers divided into three groups and went straight to Huaiyang and Kaesong.

The kings and ministers of North Korea asked the Datong Army in Liaodong for rescue, and promised to openly break away from the Qing Dynasty, and presented their credentials to Zhao Han in Nanjing as a minister.

These guys sent envoys last year. While flattering China, they did not break off their relationship with the Qing Dynasty. They also wanted to offend no one at both ends!

Zhao Han called Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua, and Tian Younian, and after some discussion, he approved: "Send the navy to help, and then send a division from Jinzhou to fight. The money and food for the war must be borne by North Korea. If there is not enough money and food, it will be owed Return slowly!"

Liaodong can only mobilize one division, because there is really not enough food, and we have to wait for the summer grain harvest in the south before we can transport enough food and grass.

The Qing Dynasty was similar, with 10,000+ Eight Banners troops, and only 2 people were dispatched to attack North Korea this time.And not all of them are regular Eight Banners, there are many soldiers mixed in them, and the fighting power of these army coats is enough to hang and beat the officers and soldiers of North Korea.

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North Korea, Kaesong.

This place used to be called Songdu, and it was the capital of the Goryeo Dynasty. Korean ginseng is a specialty in the nearby mountainous area.

In the Qing army camp outside the city, Man Dahai looked angry.Thousands of elites from the Eight Banners of Manchuria were blocked in this city, and hundreds of people were killed and killed in the siege!

You know, they killed half of North Korea this time, and the casualties have been kept at single digits, but now they have broken through three digits.

"Call the city again and order the defenders to surrender!" Man Dahai pointed at Li Hao.

When North Korea was beaten to become a vassal, the three sons of the king were all taken hostage by the Qing Dynasty.The third son has been released, the eldest son died of the plague in Beijing, and the second son Li Hao was seriously ill last year.Kaichun's condition improved, Li Hao was immediately brought with the army, and ordered the defenders to surrender in the name of the son of Joseon.

Perhaps it was because they robbed too hard, all the way to Kaesong, the defending army refused to surrender.

Li Hao knelt in front of Man Dahai and said: "Your Highness, I am afraid that I cannot persuade you to surrender this city. Kaesong is the capital of the old Goryeo dynasty, and there are many nobles and powerful people in the city. In order to keep their property, they must spend money and food to boost morale. Unless... ..."

"Unless what?" Man Dahai asked.

Li Hao said: "Unless they are ordered to surrender in the name of the lord of North Korea!"

Man Dahai laughed suddenly: "King of North Korea? Report the details of Seoul. The king and ministers of North Korea don't even want the country. They have already fled to Jianghua Island."

Li Hao said: "North Korea can have a new king. If we send an elite group to escort the young ministers to Seoul, they will be able to establish a new dynasty in Seoul. When the time comes, the young ministers will, as the king of North Korea, order the whole of North Korea to serve as the king. For money and food. There is no need to fight at all, as much as His Royal Highness wants to take, the people of North Korea will personally send it to Shengjing."

Man Dahai was astonished, and it took him a long time to scornfully say: "In order to be the lord of the country, you are really a good dog!"

Li Hao said: "How can the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers be resisted by the weak Korean soldiers? I hope the masters of the Qing Dynasty are happy, and the kings and ministers of North Korea are willing to be slaves."

Man Dahai immediately patted his thigh and said: "Okay, I will give you a thousand elites, and go to Seoul to be the leader of North Korea!"

The next day.

The Qing Dynasty continued to attack Kaicheng, while Li Hao took a thousand elites and went straight to the capital Seoul, bypassing the city.

The king of North Korea really ran away, and the Qing army just hit Pyongyang, and he took his ministers away.The third son, Pinglin Dajun, was left behind to guard the city, and he appointed his son Li Yu as the supervisor of North Korea, who was responsible for leading the national army to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

"Open the city gate quickly, I am the eldest son Li Hao!" Li Hao went to the city and shouted in person.

Li Yu ordered the defenders to shoot arrows, and angrily scolded: "There is no such son in North Korea, yet you lead the enemy army to rob your parents' ancestral country!"

Li Hao was shot and fled in a hurry. He went back and said to the generals of the Qing army: "This city can only be outsmarted. I would like to enter the city alone and pretend that I have betrayed the Qing Dynasty. After defrauding the trust of my third brother, I will seize his military power. It can welcome the heavenly soldiers of the Qing Dynasty to enter the city."

The Manchu Qing general who escorted Li Hao to Seoul was called Xiergen, and he was born as Huang Taiji's personal guard.Because he lived in Changbai Mountain for a long time, he was relatively familiar with North Korea's geography, so he was there every time he invaded North Korea.

"Okay, you go to the city and try!" Hilgen agreed with a smile, he didn't take North Korea seriously, and immediately agreed to Li Hao's plan.

Li Hao came to the city alone again, and said to Li Wei who was guarding the city: "Hang me up to the city!"

Li Yu ordered the soldiers to hang down the baskets, and when his elder brother went up to the tower, he immediately ordered: "Tie it up!"

Li Hao was tied up obediently, and said in a low voice: "The puppet Qing army has killed Kaesong, and the father and king have escaped again. You and my brothers should cheer up."

"There are so many people," Li Yu suddenly roared loudly, "You are a prince in vain, and you actually help the evildoers. Come here, take them back, and I will interrogate them myself!"

Back then, the three brothers were arrested and sent to Shenyang together.

As the eldest son of Joseon, he managed to get some courtesy.The second and third children were bullied, and they were determined to take revenge at that time, but the eldest was trained to be a loyal lackey of the Qing Dynasty.

Today, the boss died of the plague.

Historically, after Li Hao succeeded as the king of North Korea, he frantically attacked the "pro-Manchukuo" forces and vigorously reused the officials of the "Northern Expedition".He and his third brother, Li Yu, were both staunch members of the Northern Expedition, and they were arguing all day long to go to Beijing to help the Southern Ming court restore the country.

Of course, there is loud thunder and little rain.

After taking control of the power of the court, Li Hao gradually indulged in pleasure, and even embezzled the military expenses of the Northern Expedition to build large-scale construction projects.

At this moment, the two brothers quickly reached an agreement to secretly send their confidants to rule the "anti-Qing officials", and then went to the Qing army camp outside the city together.

Li Hao knelt down and said, "General, I have persuaded my third brother to surrender. Are the general's heavenly soldiers stationed outside the city, or are they going inside?"

"Of course I'm going to the city." Hilgen laughed.

Two Korean princes accompanied a thousand Qing troops into the city.

Hilgen quickly took over the city defense, the North Korean defenders were furious and did not dare to speak out, and all the officials who did not escape hid in their homes.

A few ministers who were close to the Manchu Qing took the opportunity to show their faces.

That night, brothers Li Hao and Li Yu brought beautiful women and fine wine to Xiergen.

Hilgen was still slightly vigilant, and lived on the tower at night, fearing that North Korean soldiers would turn against the water and seize the city.

But the Li brothers sent beautiful women and fine wine every day.After several days in a row, Hilgen completely slacked off, and the thousand elite Qing troops also slacked off.

It was another day, the wine was hot, and three beauties were brought in, and Hilgen didn't fall asleep until midnight.

The rest of the Manchu Qing elite were also treated with good wine and good food.

On the fifth watch, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and Hilgen died directly in his sleep.

The two brothers, Li Hao and Li Yu, personally led troops to attack the city wall, and killed the Qing soldiers who were drunk and sleeping soundly.

Killed until dawn, and sent troops to slaughter the "pro-Manchu" officials. After these officials ransacked their homes, all the money was distributed to the city guards.

"Majesty, the Tartars are coming!"

Before the order in Seoul was completely stabilized, Man Dahai's main force had already forcibly breached Kaesong, looted and came straight to Seoul.

"Second brother, what should I do?" Li Yu was quite panicked.

Li Hao was also very flustered. He knew very well that the Qing army was brutal and Seoul would never be able to defend it, so he said, "Let's lead our troops to retreat to Jianghua Island, and then ask the Chinese heavenly soldiers to help."

Li Yu said anxiously: "But my father is in Jianghua Island, and my father asked me to stay in Seoul."

"Can you keep it?" Li Hao asked.

Li Yan shook his head again and again: "If you can't hold it, even if you distribute the money to the soldiers, if there is a real fight, some people will definitely surrender."

Li Hao said: "Then we can only retreat to Jianghua Island."

"How do you explain it to the father?" Li Yu wondered.

Li Hao's eyes showed a fierce look: "My father has been in charge of the country for many years, and he was robbed by foreign enemies time and time again. Moreover, he has become a vassal to the Tartars, and he has already hated the emperor and ministers of the Celestial Dynasty. North Korea can only truly get help from the Celestial Dynasty if it changes its leader. Third brother, are you willing?" Do you sit in fear all day long and watch your country be looted by barbarians? Do you still want to be taken hostage in Shenyang?"

"I don't want to." Li Yan said.

Li Hao encouraged and said: "Then please abdicate the king, and you and my brother will rule North Korea together!"

Li Yu could not make up his mind, he didn't dare to stick to Seoul, and he was afraid of being questioned by his father if he escaped.After thinking over and over again, Li Yu clenched his fists: "Then please abdicate father!"

The Manchu army was still tens of miles away, so the two brothers rushed to Jianghua Island with the army, officials and wealth.

The king of Joseon, Li Ji, was furious and asked his son, "Why did you come to Ganghwa Island when you were asked to guard the country against the enemy? Even if you can't defend Seoul, you can continue to retreat to the south!"