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Chapter 158(1/2)

While waiting for Sha Cheng to present the problem to Khan Ama from the Ministry of Rites, Yinreng searched several documents of exchanges between the Netherlands and the Qing Dynasty in the apostle of the Ministry of Rites.

Cao Zhen also helped him find documents together, but he didn't understand Dutch writing, so he could only look for them from the records of Qing officials.

"In the records of the previous dynasty and the late emperor, this country was called the 'Red-Haired Kingdom'."

"Your Highness, the record says, 'During the late emperor's reign, the envoy of the Red-Furious Kingdom was sincere and repeatedly begged to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty, hoping to pay tribute once every five years. The late emperor was tolerant and kind, and allowed the Red-Furious Kingdom to pay tribute, and tolerate them to pay tribute once every eight years'."

"During the late emperor's reign, the Netherlands did mean humble in the words of the Qing Dynasty. Are they asking the Qing Dynasty to allow them to pay tribute?"

Yinreng thought about it and felt something was wrong. He remembered a funny animation "The Weasel greets the chicken" he saw when he was a child.

The document does not record how many good silk and tea the Qing Dynasty gave the Netherlands when it was given back to the vassal states. The Dutch document found by Yinreng also clearly mentioned the words "supremember to you" in the original Dutch document.

If you have nothing to do, you will either be traitor or steal.

"In the second year of Khan Ama's succession, the Dutch envoy successfully paid tribute again, with a lot of tributes? The Western sword that can be stretched and retracted freely, four foreign horses, the 'Phoenix and Crane shin' written on the record, the chicken and the white crane?"

Yinreng and Cao Zhen stared at each other with big eyes.

“Is it very rich?”

Cao Zhen shook his head like a rattle: "It's too..." Isn't it shabby?

"Your Highness, there is a poem called "The Netherlands' Tribute" among the people."

Cao Zhen also found the poetry records of the second year after Kangxi ascended the throne, and Yinreng looked at the meaning.

All the world is the king's land. The barbarians from all over the world are fighting to come and submit to us. The mermaids finally saw the dragon face...

The time continued until the Qing Dynasty and Zheng started a war, and the tone of the Netherlands when seeking cooperation suddenly changed.

It was like a hungry wolf who saw the fresh meat, his eyes were almost green and he wanted to get a share of the pie immediately.

Yinreng and Cao Zhen sorted out all the information they found.

The emperor was busy with government affairs and did not have so much time to pay attention to these, but Yinreng had plenty of time to ponder these words that were sealed in the grid.

Yinreng mysteriously approached Yinzhen and asked him: "In the memory of the fourth brother, is there a country like the Netherlands, how much do you know about it?"

Yinzhen said: "The Netherlands? Is the Red-Haiguo? They are vassals of the Qing Dynasty and have given tributes to the Qing Dynasty many times."

When Yinreng heard what Yinzhen said, he immediately looked disappointed: "Do you think so too?"

Yinreng: The fourth brother lived a confused life in his previous life, and he thought that this was based on the basis of his opinion.

"Has their king personally come to see Khan Ama and kneel down to Khan Ama? Can there be a letter of state that prove that they are vassals of the Qing Dynasty?"

Yinzhen was silent: "They paid a tribute to the Qing Dynasty for a new type of shotgun, although Dai Zi quickly imitated this shotgun."

Khan Ama gave the imitated shotgun back to the Red-Haired Envoy, showing the strong strength of the Qing Dynasty as a great power at that time and earned a lot of face.

Yinreng pricked up his ears and heard the keywords.

New style shotgun!

Dai Zi imitates it!

"What else? What else?"

Yinzhen looked confused: It’s gone? What else can I do?

Yinreng was so angry that he was unable to make a living: "You are just a fool!"

Yinzhi: "..."

The prince suddenly felt disgusted and was stunned. When Yinreng left, Yinzhen realized that he was so angry that he smoked from his head and his nostrils were spitting out: "It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable!"

Are you confused?!

If I am confused, can I clean up the mess left by Khan Ama in his later years and enrich the deficit treasury?

I was so angry, so angry, so angry...

Yinzhen was so angry that he didn't eat for two consecutive days. Thinking of Yinreng's little eyes today, he was dissatisfied. He went to the study room for two consecutive days to wait for Yinreng to appear, but Yinreng never came again. This made Yinzhen, who was eager to grab him and talk to him well, even more internally hurt.

The beginning of spring is the busiest time in the country. The plan for the year lies in spring, from emperors to the people, everyone is ready for the arrival of the new year.

Kangxi's imperial front was filled with memorials. In the past, there was a small figure sitting on the side of the imperial imperial case, sharing some memorials for him and handling some less important content. But now, the figure is gone, and the imperial table is suddenly deserted.

Kangxi was immersed in the memorial for a while, and during this period he drank three cups of tea, and Liang Jiugong kept buying new warm tea for him.

The Western bells in the study room rang out a crisp sound, and before I knew it, another hour passed.

Kangxi raised his head and inadvertently glanced at the empty small desk beside the imperial desk.

The child has just left him for so long, and he can't stop worrying about him. He used to be annoyed when he was around him, but now he is not around and he is not used to this kind of lonely loneliness.

Perhaps he guessed who Kangxi was thinking, Liang Jiugong whispered: "Your Highness the Crown Prince should read the pen-style translation documents in the Qingli Office, the head and guest of the Ministry of Rites."

Kangxi said lightly: "I didn't think of him."

Liang Jiugong lowered his head: Yes, yes, you didn’t think about it, you didn’t think about it and even looked at His Royal Highness’s table frequently?

"I asked Baocheng to go to the Ministry of Rites to experience it," Kangxi stood up, exercised his muscles and bones, and had to move his body regularly after sitting for a long time. This was the words of the imperial physicians' advice. The emperor himself didn't care, but Liang Jiugong was remembered, and Yinreng also remembered it.

Sometimes when affairs are busy and forget to get up and move, Liang Jiugong dares not interrupt the emperor's contemplation, but the prince will interrupt him and persuade him to get up and move.

Before he knew it, Kangxi subconsciously developed a habit. If he was busy, he would get up and move around every hour.

All of this was because of the prince's little slander, which caused a huge psychological shadow on Kangxi.

"Khan Ama, you will get hemorrhoids when you sit for a long time."

There is nothing to avoid about hemorrhoids. They can get it individuals, especially when they are older, they are not able to resist well, and the elasticity of the intestines and assholes will be weakened. If you don’t pay attention to the hardness of the feces, or if you are overly tired and have poor rest, you will easily get it by sitting for a long time.

The Empress Dowager has hemorrhoids, which are caused by excessive hard work when she was young. She has been well maintained and has not been sick for many years.

Kangxi once again thought of his son's inappropriate little mouth. He heard it on the spot before and wanted to beat him up on his butt, but now when he thinks about it, he can't help but curl up the corners of his lips.

How could he give birth to such a living treasure?

After about ten minutes of leaving the Western clock, Kangxi sat back in front of the emperor again.

"Emperor, Minister of Rites Sha Cheng requested a meeting with the saint."

Since Yinreng went to the Ministry of Rites, Sha Cheng had to meet the saint every now and then. That old face like a debt collection appeared in front of Kangxi more frequently than in the previous five years.

Kangxi was not surprised that Sha Cheng would come to him again: "Supreme him in."

"I will send Baocheng to the Ministry of Rites for training, with the purpose of letting the gentle and elegant atmosphere of the Chinese civil servants in the Ministry of Rites influence him well." Kangxi said disappointed: "Sha Cheng has let down my expectations!"

Liang Jiugong agreed with disgrace: Yes, that's right, Lord Sha can't handle the prince, he is incompetent!

"Let me see how Sha Cheng plans to complain again this time," Kangxi said expressionlessly, and went through the process of being angry, and took the initiative to prepare for the prince to clean up his tail.

What made Kangxi most interesting was that Sha Cheng complained about the complaint. When Kangxi proposed to punish the prince, he would praise the prince again. While preventing Kangxi from punishing the prince, he also strongly asked Kangxi: Please take care of the prince quickly!

Kangxi: If I could manage it, would I send him to the Ministry of Rites?

Liang Jiugong smiled helplessly and said, "The Prince's Highness has no fault in what he did, and Lord Sha Cheng has no choice."

If the prince really makes a mistake in major issues, Sha Cheng will not complain to Kangxi, but will submit an impeachment.

So, Sha Cheng came to report the translation to Kangxi and presented a translation written in the form of the pen and the translation after the Prince ordered the pen and the translation after the change.

There was a problem with the translation, and this matter was quite a bit serious. Sha Cheng said bluntly: "There is no despicable task in the pen style. The translations he made are inherited from his predecessors, and there is no fault in using words and sentences. I ordered another pen style to translate this document, and the results obtained are almost the same as that of him."

Is the problem lies with the prince?

Sha Cheng said again: "The translation given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not at fault, but the words are slightly different."

All of this is due to the cultural differences between the two countries. No one is wrong, but the results are completely different.

Kangxi looked at the Dutch document literally translated by Yinreng. The representative behind this document was the Dutch king "Hendrik Casimir II". The words also represent "equality" exchanges among peers, and there was no awe of the subordinate countries for the Qing Dynasty. Although the words were polite and friendly, the taste here was completely different after comparing the documents translated in a post-style manner.

"Go and call the prince."

Yinreng had been waiting outside for a long time. As soon as Kangxi asked him to go in, he immediately handed Kangxi the documents he had sorted out with and Cao Zhen.

"My son has sorted out all the records of the Dutch envoy's exchanges with the Qing Dynasty for decades, and found that the word change of their names began when the Qing Dynasty cooperated with them to attack Kinmen."

"The Netherlands wants Taiwan's mind is very obvious! Khan Ama."

Kangxi raised his eyebrows: "I know they want it. Now Taiwan is already our country's territory, so they don't want to take up any of it. Just the Red-Russian army, the Qing Navy can easily deal with it."

"Nah Khan Ama, what are you going to deal with this?"

"The translation matter needs to be rectified," Kangxi said: "Don't use our own words to polish it, or just translate it literally."

Sha Cheng bowed: "I obey the order."

Kangxi also came up with a solution. If the word type cannot be controlled at the beginning, please translate the three types of pen and post type into three translations: Man, Meng and Chinese, and Chinese, which can be compared with each other.

As for the trade and trade with the Netherlands, Kangxi sneered: "They have resentment in the documents. I am quite unhappy after seeing them, so let's be cold first!"

Yinreng: "A resentment?"

Kangxi pointed to the words and sentences: "Isn't this a blaming me for letting the Belgian merchant ship dock and not giving them a chance?"

"But a small vassal wants to control the lord country, and who do I want to dodge? I still need to discuss with them?"

Although Yinreng was alert to the Netherlands, he was a little interested in Dutch shotguns.

Being vigilant and dating them with caution is the same thing, but refusing to interact is not possible.
To be continued...
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