I am their great emperor again!

Hearing the cheers of the people below, Kangxi Khan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Kangxi, who had been emperor, emperor, and khan for more than 20 years, already knew the way of a king. A king must not only have a title, but also have enough minions to drive them, and the key to driving the minions is rewards and punishments...

..It can make people rich, but it can also make people ruined!

The current Kangxi Khan cannot touch the big figures of Ruba Banner and Horqin for the time being, otherwise it will be a civil war. Because Ruba Banner and Horqin Mongolia are not his slaves of Kang Mazi, but a self-contained vassal group. They have their own

The territory and army could not be controlled by Kangxi Khan's will at all.

The only way to move them is to fight a civil war!

For Kangxi, who was outnumbered and had a super strong enemy like the Ming Dynasty, fighting a civil war between the Eight Banners of Mongolia, the Eight Banners of Qing, the Eight Banners of Confucianism, and the Horqin Mongolia was tantamount to courting death. Because these four forces were his core interests.

, without them, the Eight Banners, the Eight Banners, the Sikh Green Camp, as well as the Bukhara, Khiva, Kazakh, Afghan, Rajput and other tribes would most likely rebel.

Therefore, Kangxi Khan must maintain the unity of the four core groups of the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Qing Eight Banners, the Confucian Eight Banners and the Horqin Mongolia!

In this case, "reward" became the only method Kangxi Khan could take.

Of course, it’s not enough to just have rewards without punishment. But the punishment must be placed behind the reward... After everything is sorted up and down, then bring a few out and punish them severely. Ru Baqi and Horqin

You will be able to obey.

"Sweat!"

When Kangxi was feeling proud, a harsh Shandong accent suddenly came to his ears. It was Kong Shenggong speaking.

"Brother Shenggong," Kangxi Khan looked back at Kong Shenggong and asked in a friendly tone, "do you have any good advice to offer?"

Kong Shenggong walked up to Kangxi, bowed to Kangxi and said: "Great Khan, a few days ago the deputy Khan of Mongolia and Heshuote Khan sent envoys to Beijing to report the emergency, saying that Cewang Alabutan had led tens of thousands of Ming invaders to invade Yeerqiang.

The troops and horses of the Quanbu and Yeerqiang tribes are difficult to resist, and the situation is extremely urgent... I propose that the King of the Western Qing Dynasty take command of the Western Qing Dynasty, and Horqin's elite troops march eastward to rescue the troops of the Quanbu."

When Yinreng heard what his father-in-law said, he immediately ran to Kangxi and knelt down and said: "Emperor Ama, our Qing Dynasty and Junggar are close to each other. If our lips die, our teeth will be cold! If the Junggar people die, the Kazakh grassland will also die.

If the bandits invade, Horqin will no longer have peace, and he may be disturbed by the bandits when he goes to the capital. Please ask the emperor to allow his ministers to send troops together with the Holy Duke to rescue the army and ensure the peace of the Kazakh grasslands!"

Of course Kangxi Khan knew what Kong Shenggong and Yinreng were thinking... This was to unite the forces of the Ruba Banner, Horqin, Junggar, and Heshuote by sending troops!

But he just held high the banner of opposing the Ming and restoring the Qing Dynasty, so it’s not a good idea to slap him in the face right away!

So I could only nod approvingly: "Okay! My son is indeed a hero from his youth... I will immediately ask someone to bring some guns, sugar and medicine from Beijing to Beijing. After the great mourning of the Empress Dowager, I will let you and

Kong Shenggong will send troops together!"

.......

In November 1687 AD, Goa, the newly opened Zigongtang shop, there are distinguished guests visiting today!

The so-called Zigongtang firm was, of course, not opened by Duanmu Zigong, a good student of Confucius, but a firm affiliated to the Confucian Main Hall responsible for business and trade... Confucianism today is really working hard, every day

Progress has been made. It is no longer the "Four Books and Six Classics", but the "Four Books and Ten Classics". Among the "Ten Classics", in addition to the "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes", and

In addition to the traditional Five Classics such as the Spring and Autumn Period, we have also "discovered" new Five Classics such as the Anti-Jing, the Agricultural Classic, the Gong Jing, the Business Classic, and the Military Classic!

The New Five Classics all guide practical work, so they all have corresponding branches. Among them, the "Anti-Jing" corresponds to the secret hall...Rebellion must be carried out in secret. The "Agricultural Classic" corresponds to the canteen.

..... It sounds like a place where you queue up for meals, but it actually manages some of the farms and pastures controlled by Confucianism in Shangjing Prefecture. The "Gong Jing" corresponds to the Equipment Hall, which manages the production of various weapons and farm tools.

The organization of the handicraft workshop. The Military Classic corresponds to the Military Academy, which is actually a military academy. The Business Classic corresponds to the Zigong Hall, which took the name "Zi Gong Tang" given by Duanmu, Confucius's "rich disciple".

The name "Gong" is actually a licensed trading company belonging to Confucianism!

After Kangxi Khan took over the fertile northwestern India, both the Great Mongolia and Confucianism had the need to conduct foreign trade. And the foreign trade of this era certainly included the kind of "franchised trade" that involved burning, killing, looting and all kinds of evil.

Zigongtang's "franchised trade" targets the various kingdoms in South India and the Tianfang religious countries along the Indian Ocean. He is also responsible for trade with the Ming Dynasty, the Hindustan Empire and Western countries.

In addition, Zigongtang is also responsible for selling the white sugar produced by Pingtianfu in Nanjing to foreign countries!

It is no exaggeration to say that this Zigongtang was opened with a golden key!

However, the distinguished guests who came to visit today did not come for sugar, but for "cultural relics"... came for several precious cultural relics from China's Shang and Zhou dynasties!

In a parlor on the second floor of the Zigongtang store in Goa, several cups of tea are exuding the subtle and ever-changing aroma of tea.

Zhang Ying and Tu Hai, who had just arrived with the newly made cultural relics, were already meeting with John Churchill of the United Kingdom, Martin of France, Wallenberg of Sweden, and Rodrigo Dacos, the Portuguese Governor of India (Governor of Goa).

Ta, Regerson, the Governor of Colombo of the Dutch East India Company, Ji Dabao, a leading figure in Oriental studies who was responsible for holding eyes for foreigners, and others, had been chatting there for a while.

Seeing the impatient expressions of several foreign devils, Zhang Ying and Tu Hai looked at each other, finally ended their pleasantries and started talking about business. They saw Zhang Ying with a serious face: "You foreign masters

This time, my brother and Lord Tu visited the Confucian Duke Kong Shenggong in Shangjing. After all, they finally got a treasure from him. They were all good things passed down from the Zhou Dynasty, priceless treasures! What if?

Unless the Great Khan lets it go, there is no way we can get it."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Tu Hai continued what he said: "Everyone, Tu also got a few good things from the King of the Western Qing Dynasty this time... Yes

The tributes from overseas merchants sent by Korea, as well as a copy of the memorial sent by the king of Korea to the regent of the Qing Dynasty."

Both of their words were translated into Latin by Ji Dabao. When the foreign devils present heard this, their eyes widened.

Really!

John Churchill quickly said to Ji Dabao: "Professor Ji, tell them to take out the cultural relics quickly, we are waiting to see it!"

Look? Ji Dabaoxin said: "Do you know the goods? That is not a treasure from ancient Rome, ancient Greece, or ancient Egypt. It was passed down from the Zhou Dynasty... I have never seen it!"

Thinking of this, he quickly smiled and said to Zhang Ying and Tu Hai: "My lords, Lord Qiu is very interested in antiquities. He has collected many treasures from ancient Rome, ancient Greece, and ancient Egypt at home. He is very interested in our Chinese cultural relics.

I'm also very interested, can you two take out the treasure and let Lord Qiu open his eyes?"

"Okay!" Zhang Ying said, stretched out his hand and slapped it three times. Then he saw four Indian maids wearing Indian risis, strong bodies and veils walking in carrying two boxes.

Went to the living room, and then placed the two boxes side by side on the Eight Immortals table in the middle of the living room. There were seals on the boxes, and you could tell at a glance that they had not been opened.

Zhang Ying and Tu Hai stood up together and walked to the table. Zhang Ying waved his hand and asked the four Indian maids to step back. Then he opened one of the boxes himself and worked with Tu Hai to take out a very simple shape from it.

, the color is green, and you can tell it is an ancient bronze vessel at first glance.

And Baron Churchill, who was very knowledgeable about ancient Roman, ancient Greek, and ancient Egyptian cultural relics, recognized this bronze artifact at a glance. Then he stood up suddenly, raised his arm and pointed at the "treasure", and stammered: "

Mortar, mortar, mortar... cannon! Oh my God, they had mortars more than two thousand years ago!"

Several other foreigners present were also shocked.

Because what they saw was clearly an ancient small mortar... The technical difficulty of casting a bronze cannon was not high, it was just a hole in a cylinder. Many strange bronzes were far more difficult to cast than

A small mortar is taller.

The real difficulty in inventing artillery is actually gunpowder, and gunpowder has already appeared in China a long time ago. Although there is currently no historical data to support that gunpowder has appeared as early as 2,000 years ago, there are many things that have been invented many times in history.

Or discovered, then lost, and then invented or discovered again... It is not surprising that things like gunpowder have been invented many times.

Moreover, early firearms had limited power and were not even suitable for use as weapons to kill enemies. Instead, they were used to emit sound or smoke for battlefield communication or to scare enemies.

It is not surprising that such firearms would be lost.

But there is also a possibility that these ancient firearms were lost in China, but businessmen who fled China passed them on...

Ji Dabao was also shocked: "This, this is a mortar! Master Zhang, Master Tu, did you really get this from Kong Shenggong?"

Zhang Ying said seriously: "This is not a mortar. This is called 'bang'. It is a military instrument, and it is used like this."

As he spoke, he took out a short stick from the box, and then gently knocked on the instrument called "Boom", making a sound of "Dang".

"Did you hear it?" Zhang Ying said, "When you knock it, it will make a 'boom' sound."

As he said that, he knocked again, and there was still a "dang" sound.

Ji Dabaoxin said: "Are you a deaf person? You still 'boom'...it's obviously 'dang'!"

When he was suspecting that there was something wrong with Zhang Ying's ears, Tu Hai called to Ji Dabao again and said, "Mr. Ji, look here... there are one hundred and eight bells and tripods engraved on the surface of this 'boom' device.

"

"Which dynasty is Zhong Dingwen written in?" Ji Dabao, an "Orientalist", is so knowledgeable that he doesn't even know what Zhong Dingwen is!

Hearing his question, Zhang Ying and Tu Hai felt relieved.

Tu Hai explained: "The so-called bell and tripod inscriptions are the characters engraved on bronze vessels, also known as bronze inscriptions. They are usually characters from the Shang and Zhou dynasties."

Learned a lot!

Ji Dabao quickly took out a magnifying glass and pretended to identify the bells and dings... basically he didn't recognize them!

Ji Dabao "can't read", so he can only ask for advice humbly, "Master Zhang, Master Tu, what do the words above mean?"

Zhang Yingdao: "Mr. Ji, most of this Zhong Ding Wen has been lost due to its age, and only a few of its contents are still known. Fortunately, the ancestors of the Holy Gong learned about the origins of their family, and many generations of people have verified each word word for word, and finally they can recognize it.

There are hundreds of bells and tripods. There are a total of one hundred and eight bells and tripods on this 'boom' device, and now fifty-one of them can be identified."

As he spoke, he took out a thread-bound book from the box, and handed it to Ji Dabao, "It's all here, and the fifty-one words that can be recognized are explained clearly. The 'boom' device is on it.

There are a total of twenty-two paragraphs, and they have been explained as much as possible. The general meaning is that King Wu returned to heaven, and the Shang Dynasty recovered the country. After three years of occupation, they were finally defeated by the Zhou Dynasty, so they crossed the sea and moved eastward to find overseas paradise and cast it.

The 'boom' vessel was used to worship the God of the Sea... It is said that the 'boom' vessel was discovered by the Marquis of Qi, Jiang Ziya, in an altar near the seaside in what is now Beizhili. It was later collected as a national treasure by the State of Qi.

After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Six Kingdoms, it lived among the people. Later, it was acquired by King Liu Fei of Qi and given to the ancestors of Shenggong. Then it was passed down from generation to generation. Mr. Ji, these words I said are all written in the book I gave you."

Ji Dabao flipped through it and found that it had actually been written, and there was also a picture of a ‘bomb’ weapon, which was quite clear and it looked real!

Obviously, this ‘Boom’ is the real thing!
To be continued...