When Peter heard Kangxi speaking in a sparse and ordinary tone, his face became even more distorted. He felt that the Qing Emperor was indeed as shameless as his sister Sophia! Was it his fault that the land was so vast and the people were sparse? He didn't even look at them.
In the cold climate, how much food can we grow to satisfy our hunger this year? Without so much food, how could there be such a large population?
"Not even one-fifth. As long as it is a request to cede territory, I will not satisfy it! Our territory is also hard-won. If I sign a treaty and cede territory to you, then after I return to the country to take charge, our people and future generations will
How should my descendants evaluate me? Wouldn’t they call me a sinner of Tsarist Russia that everyone wants to beat!”
Peter's two big hands hanging by his sides were clenched tightly into fists, and he glared angrily at Kangxi, who was sitting on the armchair opposite with a leisurely expression. He was so angry that he couldn't even stumble when he spoke Chinese, and he started to speak a long sentence from the beginning in one breath.
in the end.
Kangxi raised his eyelids and glanced at the white cheeks on both sides that were swollen with anger, like a young man with a bulging pufferfish. He tapped the surface of the small square table beside him regularly with the fingertips of his right hand, and said unhurriedly:
"Peter, you still haven't understood the situation. You are the one who needs help from me now. Protecting your safety in the Qing Dynasty is something I can easily accomplish with just my words, but it requires a lot of effort for you.
The price may not necessarily be the difficulty of surviving to adulthood."
Knowing that Kangxi was telling the truth, the stubborn young tsar was soft-spoken and short-handed in taking advantage of others, not to mention that he had to live in the capital for several years with food and shelter. He couldn't help but pursed his thin lips, and an embarrassment appeared on his face.
look.
Fuquan glanced at the little tsar standing opposite and gradually calmed down. He coughed twice and said in Chinese:
"Little Tsar, there is something you may not know yet."
Being imprisoned here as an unidentified alien, he could still live in a comfortable guest room and eat hot meals. Peter knew that this was Fuquan's arrangement, so he had a pretty good impression of him. Hearing his voice, he was also curious.
He moved his gaze behind the armchair.
Seeing Peter's gaze towards him, Fuquan lowered his head and glanced at Kangxi's face. Seeing that Kangxi didn't show any objection, he raised his head and showed an honest smile to Peter, and patiently explained:
"Yesterday, when a group of us came down from Wutai Mountain, we accidentally caught two extraordinary Rakshasa killers halfway up the mountain. After a night of torture and interrogation, we found out that they were sent by your sister, Princess Sophia, to assassinate you."
"The two of them have been tortured by the secret guards to the point of dying. They are no longer human. We are locking them in a house not far from here. If you don't believe it, you can go and take a look in person later."
When Peter heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, and a chill ran down his spine. He never expected that his assassin would follow the caravan to Mount Wutai so quickly.
Hearing Prince Yu say that the killers had been almost taken care of, although he felt a sense of joy in his heart that he would survive the disaster, Peter was not stupid either. He clearly knew that Prince Yu made this statement now to convince him that he was willing to do so.
He wanted to cede land to the Qing Dynasty, but he still held his neck and said stubbornly:
"I, my sister, have assassinated me countless times. I have long been used to it."
"Ha~ are you used to it?"
Kangxi raised his eyebrows and smiled sarcastically. Before Peter could say anything else, he changed to a more comfortable position, pressed his elbows on the armrests of the armchair, leaned forward slightly, turned the jade ring on his hand and sneered.
:
"I didn't know how Princess Sophia assassinated you before, but the gun in my arms was seized from those two Rakshasa killers. As far as I know, the level of firearms in Tsarist Russia today should not be as good as ours.
Qing Dynasty, but this hand gun is not only exquisitely made, but also has a string of English words imprinted on the side. It is impossible for the firearms made by your Tsarist Russia not to have a word of Russian inscribed on it, right?"
Peter couldn't help but frowned and asked:
"Qing Huang, what do you mean?"
"What's the meaning?"
Kangxi smiled and waved his hand, like a caring elder answering the doubts of his ignorant younger generation and said warmly:
"What I want to say is that I guessed that your sister had assassinated you many times, but I never saw the results, so I became anxious, so I spent a lot of money to buy this gun from Yingjili. Yingjili has a gun
Royal Academy of Sciences, they can produce handguns with long range and accurate shooting."
"Just now you saw with your own eyes the power of this gun. As long as you pull the trigger lightly, it can penetrate a bronze mirror. You are also smart. You can imagine the time when you two groups were caught here.
So close. If you were not so lucky and met those two killers before we caught you, even if God gave you a pair of wings, I don’t believe you would be able to grab the ammunition in this gun and shoot.
speed!"
"Although I really can't kill you, the news of my patrol in Wutai Mountain is known to everyone in the world. I can definitely use those two killers as a reason, saying that they were sent by your Tsarist Russia to assassinate me by hiding in the deep mountains and forests.
What a crime for the king of a country, but I am standing here
The moral high ground is putting pressure on you, Tsarist Russia. If you don't give me enough compensation, then in the early years, we Manchus were also brave and good at fighting, walking out of the white mountains and black waters with difficulty, fighting on horseback to conquer the world, but we have no blood in this aspect.
I’m not even afraid of you idiots!”
"Pa" Kangxi suddenly stretched out his hand and patted the small square table again. A pair of slender red phoenix eyes revealed a sharp edge, and he looked at the young tsar with a burning gaze. The blue and white porcelain tea cup placed on the small square table was also touched one after another.
The two shocks caused it to fall from the edge to the ground, and it fell to pieces on the cold ground with a "snap".
"you!"
For a moment, Peter was caught by Kangxi's aggressive momentum and choked severely by what he said. His hands were trembling with anger and he could not speak a complete sentence.
Fuquan watched as the tea lid of the thin porcelain cup fell to the ground. Not only was it not broken, it stood upright and rolled towards Peter. It didn't lie down until it hit the deerskin boots on Peter's feet.
On the ground.
He couldn't help but glance at the little tsar with pity. He felt that Peter was still too young and too shallow. His third brother, the emperor, had such a poisonous tongue that he scolded all the civil and military officials in the court until they couldn't hold their heads up.
Where did it go?
Just as he was thinking about this, sure enough, the next moment he heard the words of his third brother, the emperor, which only added fuel to the fire.
"Peter, why are you so short-tempered? I just said this and you can't stand it anymore?"
Kangxi pretended to be innocent and said that he was joking, and when Peter closed his eyes and looked like he didn't want to talk to him, he reached out and flicked his narrow horseshoe sleeves, and said with a little pity:
"I still have to finish my words. If you really care about reputation that much, I won't make it difficult for you. China has been a land of etiquette since ancient times, and everyone from afar is a guest."
"You have a distinguished status. I welcome you to visit the Qing Dynasty. You are the same age as my eldest son. In a few years, I will find a good wife for you. You can live peacefully in the capital. It will be fine.
If you are a child, you will not die of hunger even if you become a Russian master. If you continue to learn astronomy, I will definitely leave you an official position in the imperial prison."
"Qing Emperor, are you threatening me? Do you want to treat me as a prisoner?"
Peter was so angry that not only his hands shook, but his broad shoulders began to shake. See, are these human words? He is the Tsar! The king of a great country!
"Emperor Qing, you are also the king of a country. How can you be so dishonorable? You just promised to help me, and then you decided to keep me as a prisoner in your country for a long time. Are you so reneging on your word?"
Kangxi looked at the handsome young man standing opposite him who was forced to speak his native language. He was so angry that he almost fainted. He raised his hand carelessly and touched the blue-black stubble on his upper lip, and said with a kind smile:
"Peter, no, no, no, the word 'captive' is not enough. It would be more appropriate to use the words 'foreign proton' to describe your situation. As the noble tsar, if you send me your country in advance,
The book said that you were coming to the Qing Dynasty as a guest, and I decided to host a state banquet to entertain you, but you just ignored the rules and sneaked across the border like a thief, disguised as a businessman, your identity is so
So special, for the sake of my own safety and the safety of the people of the Qing Dynasty, I will keep you all under house arrest in the capital. Even you, the ministers of Tsarist Russia, can't say anything, right?"
"Besides, it's empty talk whether I can benefit from helping you. If you can't defeat your sister Sophia, then I'm just trying to draw water from a bamboo basket in vain. I might as well tie you up and send you to the border, and let your sister do it."
In exchange for territory, wouldn’t this be more beneficial to me?”
Kangxi turned his palms upward, shrugged his shoulders, and said cheerfully.
Peter looked at the proud smile on his face, like a ball pricked by a needle. He was completely discouraged. He felt that the Qing Emperor was an out-and-out cunning old fox. At the age of twelve, he could not defeat him in any way.
, thinking of his mother who was still suffering in Tsarist Russia, as well as the hardships of the great escape and the guards who protected him to death, he couldn't help but take a few deep breaths, sat back on the soft couch, lowered his head and said nothing.
.
Kangxi looked at Peter, who was still full of fighting strength just now, like a little rooster standing on a wooden stake facing the morning sun and crowing loudly "Oh oh oh", his proud "red comb" hung down, and his whole body was withered and drooped.
He looked so frustrated that he couldn't help but twitch his eyes, thinking that he couldn't really defeat the young tsar and lose his fighting spirit, right?
He also hoped that the young man would run back to the Tsar to cause civil strife. How could Princess Sophia be able to comfortably serve as regent? He hurriedly patted the small square table with his hand again, trying to attract the little Tsar's attention, but this time Peter
Too lazy to even look at him, he couldn't help but frown, imitating the twins' familiarity with everyone, and comforted him with familiarity:
"Peter, what are you doing? I thought to myself that I didn't say anything outrageous. Although you are young now, you are also the Tsar of Tsarist Russia. How can you be so narrow-minded? You don't
As I said, my experience as a child is similar to yours now?"
"Well, I have to say something from the bottom of my heart. When I look at you, I feel like I saw myself when I was a teenager. I feel very kind to you. I remember that you and my sons are the same generation. I am now
Let me teach you another ancient saying from our country, which is called 'Business cannot be accomplished but benevolence and righteousness'.
"Look at us now, we haven't made a deal yet, so your kindness and righteousness are gone! This is not the way of a gentleman!"
"Qing Emperor, you don't need to say more. Anyway, I can't defeat you. If you want one-fifth of our territory, just go ahead and dream!"
As soon as Peter finished speaking "jirgulu" in Russian, a loud "jirgulu" sound came from his stomach.
He couldn't help but raised his right hand irritably and scratched the chestnut hair that was half long on his head. He touched his dry belly with his left hand and pursed his lips.
He didn't eat much last night, and he didn't eat much this morning. He was at the age of growing up, and he was already very hungry. He had been angry with Kangxi for so long, and his stomach was even emptier. He felt that if he was in front of him,
If there was a whole little roasted suckling pig, he would devour it whole without any dipping sauce!
"What's wrong? Peter, are you hungry?"
Kangxi came running over with a full stomach in the morning. He looked at the boy opposite him sucking his stomach and tightening his belt. A smile quickly flashed in his eyes. He turned to Fuquan behind him and ordered:
"Second brother, go out and see how these people are doing their work? Ask the two guards at the door to go to the dining room to urge them to bring a steaming meal here as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go right away."
Fuquan raised his voice, slowed down his speaking speed, and said cheerfully:
"Your Majesty, when we were having breakfast, I heard from the old Yi Cheng that he thought that your Majesty and your group were eating too much vegetarian food in Qingliang Temple, so he braved the wind and snow to buy several fat and strong Mongolian beef cattle, and said
I’m going to make a few whole-beef feasts to make up for the mistresses. I’m looking at it and it’s almost noon. Maybe the beef soup pot with white steam is ready.”
“Beef Stock Pot.”
These four words were irresistible to the hungry little tsar, and his temple of the five internal organs rang even louder.
Kangxi also knew that negotiations involving territory were not like buying a piece of cabbage. He had to take his time and not rush it. He also stood up from his armchair and said to himself:
"Well, I am also a little thirsty after talking. After Peter has finished your meal, you can go see the two killers, or you can ask two or three of the guards following you to come in and chat with you, etc.
I’ll come see you when I’m free.”
After saying this, Kangxi didn't even pause, and left with Prince Yu without looking back.
When Peter heard the two people leaving, he raised his head and took a look. He happened to catch a glimpse of the two people's backs leaving one after another and the white snow in the yard through the gap in the door where the guards closed the door.
He couldn't help but clenched his hands into fists and beat the soft couch under his butt irritably.
The bright glass windows on the wall were sealed tightly by thick wooden boards as wide as four fingers, which were nailed together horizontally and vertically. The skylight emerging from the gaps in the wooden boards illuminated Peter's clear-cut profile.
Kangxi and Fuquan walked along the bluestone road to the backyard. The fine snow falling from the sky soon fell into a thin layer on the brothers' shoulders and warm hats.
Seeing Kangxi in a good mood, Fuquan couldn't help but smile:
"Your Majesty, your request is indeed very attractive, but one-fifth of the territory is quite large. I think it is unlikely that Peter will agree."
"And you said that there are few people in Tsarist Russia, and the population of our Qing Dynasty is not large now. Although Shengjing is the land of Longxing, the climate is very cold. Now more and more people have begun to move here, slave.
I think it’s good to have a large territory, but with a small population and uninhabited territory, there is a risk that it will not be able to defend it in the long run.”
Kangxi took a deep breath of the cold air, feeling that he was awake from beginning to end, and said with emotion to Fuquan:
"Second brother, I know what you said is true, but the Analects of Confucius says: 'If you take it from above, you will get it from within; if you take it from it, you will get it from below; if you take it from below, you will get nothing'."
"Human temperament will be worn away day by day in an aggrieved environment. If I don't set a big goal that is difficult to achieve from the beginning, then my subsequent achievements will not be great, and it will be difficult to negotiate with others.
In this way, Peter initially felt that one-quarter of the territory was too much and was unwilling to give it to me, so he rejected me. When I reduced it to one-fifth, he still felt that it was too much and rejected me again. When I raised it for the first time, Tsarist Russia accepted it.
The land is vast, even if one tenth of the territory is given to us, we will still gain. I have nothing to lose. At most, I will support him for a few years. But he has rejected me twice in a row. Maybe when the time is right,
He is willing to cede one-seventh, one-eighth, or one-ninth of the land. We have plenty of time for him to spend. When he remembers to take charge, he will be anxious, not us."
After hearing this patiently, Fuquan became happy. He stroked the short beard on his chin with his hand, shook his head and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty is right. No matter how you calculate it, we will not suffer any loss. If Peter can take back the Great Persuasion, maybe we can get the benefits he promised. If he is incapable and cannot take his own throne, then we will detain a tsar in the capital. The idiots also think that
He has no shame and cannot touch us."
Kangxi smiled and nodded, then as if he remembered something, he turned sideways and asked Fuquan:
"Second brother, you caught a big fish this time, which can be said to be a great achievement. Is there anything you want? If you tell me, I will definitely satisfy you."
When Fuquan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, he stopped and faced Kangxi, cupping his hands and saying:
"When I return to the Emperor, I do have an unmerciful request. I have been hiding it in my heart for many years. I want to satisfy the Emperor."
"Oh? Then why don't you tell me?"
Kangxi also became somewhat interested after hearing this, and simply turned around to look at Prince Yu, who was one meter away.
Fuquan suppressed his excitement and bowed:
"Your Majesty, I am very grateful to you and the imperial concubine for allowing Muldenge to study in the college when it was first established. When she graduates next summer, she will also be a big girl. I know that Princess Fumeng in the clan is the ancestor of the family.
According to the rules, princesses can condescend to marry far away to Mongolia, and the daughters of slaves are naturally not as noble as those in the palace."
"But the slave and Fujin are both in their thirties, but they only have this pair of children. The huge Prince Yu's palace only has these two young masters. It is so empty that they can run horses. The slave Changquan has never worried about him, but
Muldenge is the slave’s first child, and he is also the slave’s only little cotton-padded jacket. In the past two years, the slave
When I think that she is getting bigger and bigger, and she will be groomed in a few years, I feel very uncomfortable. I also ask the emperor to take the slave's meritorious service into consideration and spare Muldenge from having to groom her.
For the marriage, let her stay in the capital, so that the servant and Fujin can be close to her, and if nothing goes wrong, they can see her more."
The emotional Fuquan's eyes became redder the more he talked about it, and he got slightly choked up when he talked about his daughter's marriage.
Over the years, the elders in the Forbidden City have gathered together in a row, from the eldest to the fourteenth, tall, short, fat and thin, standing in a row, making the two empresses feel happy just looking at them.
With an abundant number of grandchildren, the Empress Dowager, who lived deep in Cining Palace, gradually no longer worried about Kangxi's heirs, stopped giving birth to children, and did not care much about which palace he wanted to go to.
The fifth grandson, Prince Gong Chang Ning, has gradually seen more and more children under her knees in recent years. The youngest grandson, Prince Chun Longxi, has been in poor health since childhood, and her eldest son Fulhuulun also had a hard time raising her. She also cares about Longxi.
There is no hope for him, he just needs to be a happy and wealthy young prince.
But I have watched him grow up since he was a child. He is honest and filial to his elders, and has a gentle temper. His honest and honest second grandson has become the object of discussion for the elderly. Fuquan is such a big man, but he only has a son and a daughter, and his meager offspring has become an elderly person.
My heart is sick.
Kangxi also had a very tight relationship with his second brother's children. He had few children and died young easily.
He frowned slightly and thought for a while before speaking:
"Second brother, although Muldenge is your eldest daughter, he is also the first child of his grandchildren. He has been doted on by the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother since he was a child. I have also hugged her, so naturally
I hope she has a good marriage like Flana and the others."
"You may not know much about it. I heard from the imperial concubine that Muldenge was top-notch in the liberal arts and martial arts classes at the college. Sometimes after class, when they went to chat with the imperial concubine, Yan'er also said that when they talked about
If the princess gets married, how to help local herders improve their lives?
Ke Jing asked me to give her a garrison and bring it to the princess's palace. She would first use force to take power. After having a strong voice to support her, she would participate in the tribal governance of the Mongolian princes and fundamentally issue the decree.
Provisions that are beneficial to herders to help them improve their lives."
"Although Muldenge is not as direct as Ke Jing, she has also expressed her thoughts on seizing power. In your opinion, she is your caring little cotton-padded jacket, but in my eyes, this eldest niece of mine is not a brainiac.
Thinking of the romantic little girl."
Kangxi shook his head and smiled.
Fuquan's eyes were a little confused when he heard this. He also knew that his daughter had excellent grades in all subjects, but he had never heard of her saying this before.
"Your Majesty, are you unwilling to let your slave's daughter stay in the capital?"
Fuquan's eyes became even redder. For the first time in his life, he felt that it was not good to hope for a daughter to become a phoenix. This was because his daughter was too good and the emperor was unwilling to let her go.
Kangxi looked at his second brother who was about to burst into tears. He quickly raised his hand and patted his shoulder. He couldn't help but comfort him:
"Second brother, why don't you understand the point of what I want to express?"
"I want to say that Muldenge and Kejing are both royals. It is rare for a girl in the clan to have great ambitions. I know that you and your second sister-in-law feel sorry for your daughter and do not want her to marry far away. You think the conditions in the capital are better than those in Mongolia.
She wants to be comfortable and carefree, but as the saying goes, "What's your honey is her honey." Poor parents in the world, you want to give her good things, but the life you choose for her may not be what she wants.