In October, Jiangnan is still in a clear and refreshing season, but in Shaanxi it is already a severe cold.

The sudden heavy snow caused the temperature in Shaanxi to drop sharply overnight, which also made the Qing Dynasty feel relieved.

This year, there was no rain in Shaanxi and Gansu, and the food was not harvested a few times, and the disaster was severe. Although it was not as terribly as the previous Ming Dynasty and the Yizi vegetation was so bad, it still faced serious tests under the Qing Dynasty.

As the year was about to pass, Emperor Jianxing almost used all his might to survive this difficulty. Now, it finally snowed heavily, which means that the next year might be a good year. In addition, the promotion of high-yield crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes in recent years has made it still less harvest in the years of famine. In addition, Emperor Jianxing launched a war against the Western Regions. With several major battles, he not only opened up the channels for the Qing Dynasty to the Western Regions, but also obtained extremely needed supplies from the Western Regions, which eased the bad situation of the Qing Dynasty to a certain extent.

These news made Emperor Jianxing smile with a rare smile, and the large amount of finance plundered from the Western Regions also alleviated the Qing Dynasty's finances. This can be said to be the best days he has lived this year.

Unfortunately, before he was happy for a few days, another bad news came, that was the news that Zhao Hongcan made himself the King of Song.

Upon hearing this news, Emperor Jianxing was furious and his hands trembled. Regarding Zhao Hongcan, Emperor Jianxing thought he had never treated him unfairly. During the Kangxi period, Zhao Hongcan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, suffered losses in Guangdong and generals, and was about to lose Guangdong, and was taken down by Kangxi for guilt. At that time, it was Emperor Jianxing of the Eighth Prince who secretly revealed the news to Zhao Hongcan in advance, which made Zhao Hongcan escape.

After Zhao Hongcan threw away Guangdong and ran to Guangxi, Emperor Jianxing was also dealing with him in the court, which made Kangxi suffer a loss and pinched his nose to admit the facts.

From this point of view, Emperor Jianxing can be said to be Zhao Hongcan's life-saving benefactor. No matter what purpose he had for that year, this is beyond refutation.

After Emperor Jianxing ascended the throne, he was extremely encouraging to Zhao Hongcan, and he also issued an order to encourage him. He also tried to activate Zhao Hongcan to unite the three provinces to stabilize the situation in the southwest to the Qing Dynasty and then cooperate with the Central Plains army to attack the Ming army. Unfortunately, Zhao Hongcan did not do that, but instead started a quarrel with Guizhou for the sake of territory. Not only did he not unite with Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to restrain the main force of the Ming army in the southwest, but his own people fought back and forth.

Even in this case, Emperor Jianxing did not remove Zhao Hongcan from his post for the sake of the overall situation, and just scolded him. In the view of Emperor Jianxing, although Zhao Hongcan had such and such a thing, he still had some ability after all. With him in Guangxi, it would be enough to block the Ming army's attack on the southwest for the Qing Dynasty, which was second only to one point.

But what Emperor Jianxing never expected was that Zhao Hongcan actually rebelled? Zhao Hongcan's rebellion was like a stick slamming Emperor Jianxing in the face, making him lose face in front of the world. More importantly, after Zhao Hongcan rebelled, he not only surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, but also joined forces with Gao Jin's troops in Guizhou, intending to occupy Guizhou in an all-round way.

Once Guizhou falls, then Yunnan will be out of preservation. By then, all the territory in the southwest of the Qing Dynasty will be lost, which Emperor Jianxing would not allow.

What's more, because of Zhao Hongcan's betrayal, Emperor Jianxing was extremely angry. He even wanted to issue an order to kill Zhao Hongcan's nine clans to get rid of their hatred. However, he hesitated and failed to issue this order. It was not that Emperor Jianxing still had any fantasies or feelings for Zhao Hongcan, but it was actually because the hasty in Yue Zhongqi's previous incident caused Emperor Jianxing to suffer.

When Emperor Jianxing was furious because Yue Zhongqi defected to the Ming Dynasty, he did not listen to Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi's advice and issued an order to destroy his nine clans. This action made all the Han ministers in the court dangerous, and caused local Han officials to fear and become discontent with the Qing Dynasty.

More importantly, Yue Zhongqi's uncle and brother were also implicated to death. As generals in the Qing army, they even went to the battlefield to make merits and shed blood. They were also killed because of this case, which is really heartbreaking.

Many civil and military officials in the court, whether Manchu or Han people, had been difficult to clearly explain their relationships in the past century since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass. Although Manchu and Han did not intermarry, let alone ordinary Manchus, even among Manchu nobles, there were many women who married Han military flags.

Furthermore, among many of the Manchu or Han court officials, there are many cases where each of them is teachers, students and children. One Han minister often has Manchu students, while the other Manchu minister often has many Han disciples, and this is even more common.

It was because of Yue Zhongqi's actions that many people were implicated, which caused great turmoil in the Qing court, which was unexpected by Emperor Jianxing.

If Emperor Jianxing still dealt with Zhao Hongcan's case this time, because of the incident, he would have been like Yue Zhongqi, the Qing Dynasty would have lost all people's hearts and could no longer control the regime.

Emperor Jianxing was a smart person. Since he was a smart person, it would never be possible to fall twice in the same pit. Therefore, although many ministers wrote letters in the past few days to demand that Zhao Hongcan be severely punished, Emperor Jianxing, who had repeatedly considered it, finally only issued an intention to nominally determine what Zhao Hongcan did, and denounced his crimes. He also claimed that as long as Zhao Hongcan was given the head, he would be promoted to the third level and rewarded him heavily, but he did not expand the matter.

Emperor Jianxing's actions made the Han officials of the Qing Dynasty breathe a sigh of relief. At least many people would not be involved in this matter because of this matter. But in the same way, many people criticized this matter, and among these people there were many Manchu nobles.

In these people's minds, Emperor Jianxing's actions were completely a kindness for women. Since the loss of Beijing, the situation in the Qing Dynasty has gradually declined. Now many Han people have been bewitched by the Ming Dynasty and are already a little disinterested in the Qing Dynasty. It is precisely because of this that we must use tough measures to warn us.

Now, Emperor Jianxing not only did not do this, but instead put on a high and light-hearted attitude because of these and other concerns, and put on a stance to try to balance. What is the consequence of doing this? That is equivalent to telling all officials that even if you betray the Qing Dynasty, it doesn’t matter. The court will not kill you because of your crimes. Isn’t this equivalent to encouraging these Han officials to make choices that are not conducive to the Qing Dynasty under certain circumstances?

Geng E, the minister of Shangshu, was one of them. In his opinion, since the severe handling of Yue Zhongqi's case has been carried out, Zhao Hongcan should be punished the same. The Qing Dynasty is no longer the Qing Dynasty of the year, and the foundation of the Qing Dynasty is in danger. At this time, as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Jianxing must use powerful means and iron fist to suppress different voices, so that he has the opportunity to let the Qing Dynasty survive the difficulties in the storm.

But now, Emperor Jianxing has adopted another method, not only to waste all his previous efforts, but also to give many people the mentality of taking chances. This is a very unwise approach. Unfortunately, although Geng E was the minister of Shangshu, he insisted on killing his nine clans in the Yue Zhongqi case before, and the series of consequences later made Emperor Jianxing extremely dissatisfied with Geng E who was originally proposed, which made his rights no longer as good as before.

"It's really unwise to do what the emperor did!" Geng'er, who was already a little drunk, couldn't help but say.

"Zhongtang... Be careful!" The person sitting opposite him quickly looked around and confirmed that there were only two of them in the room, and then persuaded in a low voice.

"What? I can't tell the truth at my own home? If this continues, will the Qing Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty?" Geng'er glanced at the other party with dissatisfaction: "Isn't it true that I don't say it? Lao Fan, you understand, you should talk about this principle."

Fan Shijie suddenly looked awkward. Speaking of Fan Shijie, although he was a Han Chinese, he was no different from Manchus. His ancestor was the famous Fan Wencheng. As early as Nurhaci's era, he followed the Manchus outside the pass to make plans. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, Fan Wencheng was valued by Huang Taiji and was directly called "Mr.".

Later, Shunzhi entered the pass, Fan Wencheng assisted the Qing Dynasty to unify the Central Plains, formulated a series of national policies, assisted the young master, and was awarded the title of Grand Tutor and Grand Tutor of the Prince, and was called the first civil minister.

By the time of Kangxi, when Fan Wencheng died, Emperor Kangxi personally wrote a tribute and buried it in Hongluo Mountain in Huairou County, with the posthumous title of Wensu. In front of his tomb, there were four words "Yuanfu Gaofeng" written by Emperor Kangxi, which was enough to show his lofty status.

Therefore, although the descendants of the Fan family are still Han people, they are just superficial, but in fact there is no difference between them and Manchus.

Fan Shijie was a first-class viscount. He served as a general, deputy general and general. He was previously the general in Ningxia, but is now transferred to Shaanxi.

Because the court is now conquering the Western Regions, in order to stabilize the situation in Shaanxi, Fan Shijie was transferred back. At present, his position as the admiral of Shaanxi is not bad. Moreover, after the Qing Dynasty moved westward, Shaanxi had become the current political center of the Qing Dynasty. It is impossible for ordinary people to hold this position at all, and only people with a background like Fan Shijie have the opportunity.

This year, Geng E called him to come and drink. Fan Shijie and Geng E have always had a good relationship. Besides, Geng E is not only the minister of the study room, but also in charge of the Ministry of War. It can be said that he is his boss.

An old friend and boss asked him to drink and get together, how could Fan Shijie refuse? Who would have thought that after a few cups of yellow soup, Geng's words started to talk nonsense, which made Fan Shijie not know how to answer for a while.
Chapter completed!