Chapter 80: The Qing Dynasty wants to rebel (End)

Chapter 80: The Qing Dynasty wants to rebel (End)

When Kangxi heard the news of the defeat, he was furious. How could such a rebel group appear right under his nose?

What do officials do for a living? He was furious and scolded the officials like dogs. Then he looked at his older sons and asked, "Who of you is willing to share my worries?"

The princes looked at each other, then stood up together, clasped their hands and said, "Your sons are willing to go."

Kangxi then nodded with satisfaction and ordered the eldest prince to lead the troops into battle.

Xu Jinhuan also learned the news from the system, but she was not afraid. The original owner was a time-travel girl who studied science and could even make gunpowder cannons.

Faced with this epoch-making military force, both the eldest prince and the fourth prince were no match for it, and the Qing government retreated step by step.

Xu Jinhuan continued to attack cities and seize territories. For five years, the Qing government could only huddle in Beijing and retreat. However, it didn't take long before someone secretly opened the city gate.

Xu Jinhuan led the army into the city in an orderly manner. Without burning, killing or looting, they headed straight for the Forbidden City. After a fierce battle, they successfully defeated the last military forces of the Qing government.

Several royal children and their families who had not had time to escape were captured.

"It's you?" At the gate of Qianqing Palace, Li Qiuyue pointed at Xu Jinhuan with her eyes wide open. She deeply suspected that there was something wrong with her eyes.

Otherwise, how could it be possible to see a dead person here.

"Do you know her?" Prince Yong Yinzhen asked with a frown.

Everyone else also looked at Li Qiuyue.

Li Qiuyue rubbed her eyes, and confirmed that she was not mistaken. She looked at Yinzhen with a complicated expression and said, "Her name is Xu Jinhuan. She was once your princess. Later, she had a conflict with me and fell into the pond and drowned. You even put me in solitary confinement for a year because of this."

Yinzhen remembered, frowned, and looked at Xu Jinhuan.

Could it be that the reason she rebelled was to avenge him for not protecting her?

Xu Jinhuan resisted, "Don't look at me like that. I rebelled because I couldn't bear to see the suffering of others, not because of any personal grudges."

Under the watchful eyes of the public, of course I have to put a big hat on myself.

Yinzhen smiled bitterly.

It's really unpredictable.

I once thought about who would be the next emperor, but I never expected it would be the princess whom I ignored.

The Fourth Lady also remembered it and felt uncomfortable.

She was once a high-ranking concubine, and Xu Jinhuan was just an insignificant princess.

Now it’s reversed!

She closed her eyes, looked at Xu Jinhuan and said:

"For the sake of our past friendship, please let my children go. They are still young and ignorant. As for me, you can kill me or chop me up as you wish."

Xu Jinhuan raised a mocking smile and said, "Don't worry, I'm not like you. I won't do anything to innocent children."

All she could do was to treat them in their own way. She would hurt them back in the same way they had hurt the original owner.

The Fourth Lady subconsciously wanted to make excuses, but then she thought there was no need to do so.

Xu Jinhuan glanced at the prisoners with different expressions, his expression turned cold, and he said sternly:

"Take him away! Those who should be tried will be tried, and those who should be sentenced will be sentenced. We will never kill an innocent person, and we will never let a guilty person go."

The guard responded and stepped forward to escort the man.

"You dare?" The Ninth Prince glared at the guard and was about to curse when his sleeve was tugged by the Tenth Prince next to him, who winked at him wildly.

He took a deep breath and said in a muffled voice: "I will go by myself, no need to bother you."

The guards didn't listen and continued to hold him.

three days later.

Xu Jinhuan ascended the throne amid the call of the people. However, before he had the chance to enjoy the supreme power, he was overwhelmed by countless memorials.

Fortunately, she had experience as an emperor, and she issued decrees one after another.

Including the revision of the code and the implementation of the national policy of governing the country according to law.

It included clearing up the land, redistributing the land, and reducing taxes and levies.

This included sending troops to the nearby Sakura Country to take silver mines.

Including the imperial examinations.

and many more.

The punishments for the Manchu royal family and aristocratic families have also been announced. Well, everyone has committed crimes, but the severity of the crimes varies. When faced with questions from subordinates about whether the royal family should be given preferential treatment,

What preferential treatment? She didn't ask them to commit a crime, so they should just let it go.

If the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished the same as the common people, let alone the former emperor.

then.

As soon as autumn arrives.

There was constant blood in the vegetable market.

Among them were Li Qiuyue and some enemies of the original owner.

She looks like a weak woman, but in fact she has taken many lives.

Before each beheading, someone would read out to the crowd what crime the person had committed.

An entire autumn passed, and still not all the heads were chopped off because there were too many people breaking the law.

Xu Jinhuan didn't let them live until the next autumn to be executed. They should be executed if they wanted to! Killing people is not like farming, so why should we care about the time?

She was busy with another thing. Many people in the capital city smoked opium, commonly known as big smoke or opium.

In the original plot, the original owner said that more than a hundred years later, foreigners used opium to open up the country and launched a war of aggression, almost turning this vast land into a colony. They used human lives for games and experiments, regardless of gender, age or status, which was simply inhumane.

Therefore, those who sold or smoked opium were sentenced to death, so as to nip this trend in the bud and prevent the disaster from happening again.

After dealing with opium, it took another year to deal with the deep-rooted problems left over from the Qing government, and the country was thriving.

A few years later, the fleets that went out to sea returned, bringing back high-yield crops from overseas, such as sweet potatoes and corn. In addition, the emergence of new agricultural tools brought agricultural development to a new level.

In addition, Xu Jinhuan not only did not emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce, but also promoted overseas trade. Business also prospered, which brought about an increase in commercial taxes and a reduction in agricultural taxes. The people were able to live a good life and no longer went hungry or cold.

A year later, Xu Jinhuan made another move on the imperial examination. On the one hand, he allowed women to take the examination, and on the other hand, he recompiled the examination subjects, including medicine, mathematics, astronomy, literature, public schools and other subjects.

Many people opposed it, but facing the powerful empress, they had no choice but to work in silence and complain to their wives and children when they got home.

Sun Kezhen also knew about the Empress' reform of the imperial examination system and that it had nothing to do with her. Now, after hearing the complaints from her father, the Shangshu, she was eager to make a move and asked eagerly, "Dad, what do you think of me?"

Minister Sun looked at his daughter with a puzzled look on his face.

"Take the imperial examination." Sun Kezhen said with a blink.

The tea in Minister Sun's mouth spurted out, and he didn't even bother to wipe it off. He asked in disbelief, "You want to take the imperial examination?"

Sun Kezhen nodded and said, "My brother has not studied as well as me since he was young, but he was able to pass the exam. There is no reason why I can't pass. Now that the Queen has given me this opportunity, Dad, you have to support me."

Minister Sun frowned and said, "You will be seventeen next year, it's time for you to get married. It's ridiculous to take the imperial examination now. No man will be willing to marry you in the future."

"Your father is right." Madam Sun said, "Marriage is the most important thing for a woman."

Sun Kezhen said unconvincedly: "The empress is also a woman, why don't you say anything to her, Dad, you are just bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, and you treat me like a soft persimmon."

Minister Sun glared in anger.

Madam Sun on the side hurriedly advised: "Your father is right. For a woman, the most important thing is to get married and have children."

Sun Kezhen sneered.

"Okay, take the exam if you want to! Don't blame me and your mother if it delays your life." Minister Sun said.

Sun Kezhen smiled and said, "Thank you, Dad."

"Study hard and don't fail the exam, or you will embarrass your father." Minister Sun said unhappily.

Sun Kezhen nodded repeatedly, said "I'll go review," and flew out like a happy little bird.

It was sunny outside, just like her mood.

Sun Kezhen is not an isolated case. Many girls like her have left home, some have become officials, some have become businesswomen, and getting married is no longer the only way out.

As the leaders set an example, many women from the lower classes also left home, and the social atmosphere became much more open-minded.

After another year of scientific examination.

Xu Jinhuan looked at the admission list and sighed, "I said women were inferior to men before, now I'm slapped in the face! There are many more girls than boys on the list."

The officials below: “…”

I think of the female officials in the court who were only focused on their work.

Hey!

He underestimated the power of women.

Xu Jinhuan randomly picked out the test papers of several people, checked them, and then distributed the list.

After a few years, all walks of life in society flourished, especially in the south where business was more developed, and capitalism began to sprout.

Xu Jinhuan did not nip this bud in the bud, but only restricted it.

For example, working hours, overtime pay, wages, etc. should be stipulated, and workers cannot be exploited.

The newly emerged capitalists were not happy and felt that the court was too controlling. They gave money and these people should work hard for them and not rest. However, this was not allowed. If they were reported, they would be fined.

They could only swallow their anger and keep observing how they could get the workers to do more work in a limited time.

Then primary assembly line production was born and began to develop slowly.

A few more years passed.

After the birth of the steam engine, which was researched under the leadership of the imperial court, industry developed further and business prospered.

Domestic production gradually exceeded demand, and merchants turned their attention to overseas, starting to dump products around the world and making huge profits.

And continuously bring good things from overseas back to China.

When Xu Jinhuan was about to die, the country had undergone tremendous changes, as if it was a completely different era from the Qing government.

She became the undeniable queen, with countless people as her followers.

(over.)