Emperor Kangxi's "fire and thunder policy" and Zhu Hetong's "sugar medicine route" are a bit coincidental. They both monopolize as much as possible... This is a powerful weapon for the country and must be firmly grasped!

And I have to hide it from the foreign devils, so let the master of the Roman Demon Suppression Division study it carefully!

Thinking of this, Emperor Kangxi said to Tuhai again: "I remember that the question book handed over by Shang Zhijie mentioned something about Zhang Zhenren from Longhu Mountain, and it seems that he is good at fooling people."

Tuhaidao: "There is such a person who seems to be named Zhang Hongtian and has the name Qiling. Now he seems to be staying in Huizhou Prefecture."

Kangxi said: "I issued an edict to Liu Bingquan, saying that this Zhenren Zhang was a master of fire and thunder, and asked him to carefully escort this person to the capital... The fire and thunder of the court had to come from him in public!

When the mage of Xiyi comes back, we will ask this Zhenren Zhang to deal with it."

"Yeah!"

Tuhai responded and then reminded: "Emperor, the use of a lot of white sugar is required to configure this fire thunder medicine, and white sugar is mostly produced in Guangdong and Fujian... Should the court order the two provinces to purchase private white sugar for military use?"

"No." Kangxi said, "When this order is, either the sugar will rise up, or the local officials will disturb the sugar farmers, making them afraid to grow sugar cane and make sugar... Shi Lang, you are from Fujian, what should you do if you think this matter is done?"

"Emperor," Shi Lang replied, "this sugar is only sold for 100 cents per pound in Beijing... In Fujian and Guangdong are cheaper, and it is nothing. As long as you send some capable slaves and secretly acquire them, it will be enough to deal with military use, and there is no need to make a big fuss."

"Okay," Kangxi said to Shi Lang with a smile, "I will hand over the errand of buying sugar to your family. You are from Fujian and have done business at home, so you will definitely be able to do it. Just give me a memorandum of money, I will trust you!"

"I thank the Lord for your kindness!"

Shi Lang kowtowed quickly, and he was so moved that Emperor Kangxi sent his most important "military industry order" to his family!

Although Shi Lang did not dare to treat Kangxi as a trap, reasonable profits still need to be made... and Kangxi also said, "Just believe him." The meaning is very clear, just telling Prince An Yue Le and Grand Secretary Tu Hai that no one is allowed to cause trouble for Shi Lang on the issue of buying sugar!

If someone is not open his eyes and must interfere, then they are an old elder of the royal family and a chief senior citizen, and they will go to the person to flatten it and do not poke it up.

Yue Le and Tu Hai were both smart people, so of course they knew what Kangxi meant. Kangxi no longer mentioned buying candy, but changed the subject and talked about the Guangdong provincial examination.

"Xue Zhang handed me a memorial and asked me that Xiucai from the already occupied Guangdong prefectures and counties cannot come to Shaozhou for the imperial examination? Prince An, Tuhai, what do you think?"

"Emperor," said Prince An Yue, "This scholar has no responsibility to defend the territory. If the territory falls, you cannot blame them! The slave thinks that they should come to the exam."

Tuhai frowned and said, "Your Majesty, I think I should let them take the exam, but this braid..."

The braids are gone!

Xue Zhang's comment was actually asking this. Guangdong scholars with braids can of course take the provincial examination, but Zhu Heting does not allow adult men who have registered in their jurisdiction to have braids.

"Let them take the exam!" Kangxi smiled, "Compared with braids, heads are always important... I must be humane!

Besides, I have no head left, where can I get my braid? What imperial examinations are there? How can I serve me? Although I can’t tolerate those traitors who really follow the thief, those who cut off their braids in order to save their heads are not considered to be traitors.

Ming issued an edict to tell Guangdong scholars that no matter whether they have braids or not, they can go to Shaozhou to take the provincial examination and come to Beijing to take the imperial examination. I will treat them equally and will not blame them for their braids if they are cut."

Kangxi ordered Xue Zhang to conduct the Guangdong provincial examination, with the purpose of digging out Zhu Hetong's corners and consolidating his own camp. How could a scholar not give a test because he didn't have a braid? This is not the same as stabilizing the camp for Zhu Hetong?

"The emperor is wise!"

Regarding Kangxi's decision, Yue Le and Tu Hai of course called "Shengming" together.

In fact, there is not much holy name, it is just a common sense. Although Kangxi was not a saint, he was not the kind of king who was arrogant but did not know the fireworks of the world.

Moreover, most of the ancestral family rules of the Qing Dynasty came from Kangxi... Some were determined by Kangxi when he was alive, and some were summarized by Yongzheng after Kangxi's death. Of course, these ancestral family rules could not be used to restrain Kangxi himself.

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"Prince An, Tuhai, what exactly do Geng Jingzhong want to do when he ran to Beijing from afar? Have you asked?"

On the way back to the city from Zizhuyuan, Emperor Kangxi, who looked quite good, asked about Geng Jingzhong's visit to the capital again.

Geng Jingzhong left Fuzhou in May and took two months to slowly head north and finally arrived in Beijing a day ago.

Kangxi asked Yue Le and Tu Hai to greet him, and asked him what he wanted to do when he came to Beijing.

"Report to the Emperor," Tuhai replied, "King of Jingnan is here to ask for power."

"You want power? What power?" Kangxi asked again.

"Emperor," Yue Le took over the question, "King Jingnan said that his name is great and powerful. Although he is in the name of King Jingnan, he actually cannot even control the land of Fuzhou. The only ones under his jurisdiction are dozens of vassals, fifteen flag soldiers and six thousand green camp soldiers. He felt that with this little strength, he could not defeat the pseudo-San Prince Zhu and the pirate Zheng. If he could not get more military power and wait for the two families to come to his door, he would be as happy as a monk."

"Just like a monk Kexi?" Kangxi frowned, "Didn't I give Shang Kexi great power? Shang Kexi has been in Guangzhou for so many years, and the trade between Xiangshan and Macau alone has made hundreds of millions... But he still beat the Zhu's surname like that?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Kangxi was quite dissatisfied with the Xiangshan-Macao trade in his tone because Rotoni and Sang Paul and other Macau Portuguese people have arrived in Beijing and have all become glorious servants of the Yellow Flag.

Emperor Kangxi also summoned them personally, not only asked about Zhu Heying's capture of Macau, but also carefully asked about the trade situation in Macau. He was a little dissatisfied when he learned that Shang Kexi could get at least one million taels of silver from Xiangshan-Macao trade every year.

It is not because the people below are dissatisfied with making money, but because Shang Kexi only knows how to make money and have children, and forgets everything about the war and is dissatisfied with it.

Moreover, the money was not spent in the end, and most of them belonged to Prince Zhu and Grandson Zhu!

Do you think Emperor Kangxi can avoid being angry?

"Emperor," Yue Le looked unhappy at Kangxi, so he tentatively said, "Or why don't you remove Geng Jingzhong's vassal and let him return to Beijing to be a free prince."

"Removing the vassal?" Kangxi was stunned, "Is Geng Jingzhong loyal?"

"Sure!" Yue Le said, "He told the slave yesterday that if he had no power, he would definitely not be able to defeat the fake third prince Zhu and the fake prince Zheng... Instead of misleading your major affairs, he would be defeated and killed by the emperor, it would be better to hand over the power early and return to Beijing to be a rich man. In this way, the emperor would also send officials to Fujian to take charge of military and political power, so as not to restrain the officials of the court and the vassal kings and eventually ruin the major affairs."

"The officials and the vassal kings restrain each other?" Kangxi frowned deeply when he heard this, and he already understood what Geng Jingzhong meant... There were not many soldiers in Fujian, but there was a vassal king, a vassal duke, a governor, and an imperial envoy.

This can make up a table of mahjong!

The four bosses each have their own ways, and the people below don’t know who to listen to? It would be strange if the battle is fought well.

Moreover, the situation in Guangdong is similar to that in Fujian, and even more chaotic! Now there is a governor, a vassal king, a duke, a general Dingnan, and a certain Nange... The five bosses, who should I listen to?
Chapter completed!