The Empress of the Qing Dynasty is from the Northeast

Hong Zhao was also very surprised to see Thirteen, and immediately stood up and saluted: "Uncle Thirteen."

Thirteen nodded and looked over. There was a little girl in Mongolian clothes looking at him inquiringly. Hong Zhao scratched his head embarrassedly: "Her name is Naritai, the daughter of the prince of the Durbet tribe."

Shisan nodded in understanding, but didn't say much. He patted Hongzhao on the shoulder and left.

Hong Zhao felt a little uneasy.

Sure enough, he was called away by Yinzhen that night.

"Father, Naritai and I have an appointment. When we meet in the capital, I will take her around. I have no other intentions."

Yinzhen looked at Hongzhao's immature but gradually resolute face and smiled: "Well, Father didn't say anything about you, but your thirteenth uncle saw it and mentioned that Hongzhao is almost ten years old now and can get engaged."

engagement?

Hong Zhao opened his mouth wide. In his opinion, cousin Duo Xihui is only sixteen years old and is just getting married. The same is true for the elder sister.

What's more, my brother hasn't even got engaged yet, so why is it my turn now?

However, Hong Zhao was no longer the naive child who knew nothing. He could understand what his father meant and his face rarely turned red.

If my future wife is Na Ritai, life would be more interesting, right?

No one knows a son better than his father. Seeing his son's expression, Yinzhen already understood what was going on. He didn't say anything else, but just told him that it would be better for him not to go out with Naritai for the next few days.

Nowadays, there are people in each of the 49 Mongolian tribes, and with so many eyes and ears, it is hard to guarantee that we will not be discovered. All unnecessary troubles would be bad.

Although Hong Zhao felt disappointed, he still nodded obediently.

Although he couldn't go to the post station to see Na Ritai these days, Hong Zhao still saw her at the banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The Mongolian princess, dressed in her best attire, was like a rising sun that never sets, and the halo around her attracted him all the time.

Hutuli and Yierha's attention has always been attracted by Mengguqing.

She has now become the hidden leader among the 49 Mongolian tribes. Even the largest tribe, the Khorchin, now shows her respect. After all, everyone knows that Mengguqing has a close relationship with the emperor and the empress.

And it was at this Manchu-Mongol banquet that Yinzhen announced that Mongolia would be divided into banners, and above the banners were alliances. The alliances had alliance leaders, and each banner had a banner leader. The central government sent ministers to be stationed in various places, greatly weakening the centralization of power in each tribe.

Several princes from the major tribes could not hold back, but Mengguqing was the first to stand up to express his gratitude and accept the order, followed by Amur from the Aohan tribe, Asida from the Durbert tribe, and the prince of the Khorchin tribe who also agreed.

The first few tribes stood up to accept the order, and the princes behind them did not dare to object even if they were reluctant.

So, everyone passed.

In addition, Yinzhen also arranged a marriage between a Mongolian boy and a princess from the Qing royal family in court.

For example, the fourth princess of the Prince of Zhi was married to the youngest son of Prince Borjigit of the Khorchin tribe.

Prince Zhi’s face turned pale at that moment.

He almost knelt down and kowtowed on the spot, begging the emperor to revoke his order.

But Yinzhen said something next.

"The fourth princess of Prince Zhi is canonized as Princess Heshuo Duanrou, and Princess Duanrou is allowed to establish a princess residence in the capital and live in the capital with her husband."

As soon as this statement came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.

The people of Khorchin had obviously anticipated this, so they calmly thanked the emperor and accepted the order.

The Prince of Zhi was completely overjoyed.

He and his wife had a deep bond and they had four daughters and one son. This son would definitely inherit the title in the future, and his daughters' marriages were what he was most worried about.

After all, marriage between Manchus and Mongols is an old custom, and I'm afraid the emperor will not give it up easily.

The emperor was reluctant to give up his own princess, so the only ones who could be used as pawns were the daughters of his brothers.

Not only the Prince of Zhi, but also the third, fifth, seventh and so on, anyone who has a daughter is worried.

But they never expected that the emperor would be so wise!

Although it was still a marriage between Manchu and Mongolia, it was allowed to build a princess's mansion and the princess and her husband would live in the capital. This was simply great news!

She no longer had to worry about her daughter having to please others, nor did she have to worry about her daughter traveling all the way to Mongolia only to end up dead.

Prince Zhi was so excited that he burst into tears. He knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude, making the marble floor clatter so loudly that Changning felt a pain in his forehead just from hearing it.

The other princes were also delighted. The emperor's move was a good one, beneficial to both parties. They no longer had to worry about their daughters' marriages.

Under such circumstances, they suddenly realized that their fourth brother was actually a kind-hearted emperor, and they became more convinced.

There are so many important events tonight, and each and every one of them involves Mongolia’s vital interests.

So when the banquet ended in the evening, Hong Zhao originally wanted to chat with Naritai for a few more words, but he saw her being pulled away by the person sitting next to her. This left him completely confused.

In the evening in Chengqian Palace, Changning massaged Yinzhen's head and said with a smile: "It's better now. I finally solved a problem."

Yinzhen patted her hands and said, "Don't worry, I have never broken my promise to you."

"But do you really want to grant a marriage to Naritai and Hongzhao?" Changning thought of this and hesitated a little.

Yinzhen said "hmm", "Although we don't need to win over Mongolia as we did before, we can't ignore it either. After all, Nian Gengyao is fighting against the Dzungars now, and Mongolia is a very important ally.

Apart from these princesses from the royal family, the emperor's prince is naturally more important.

What’s more, I think Hong Zhao really likes Na Ritai.”

At this point, Chang Ning had no way to refute: "That's right, I didn't expect that among so many children, this little brat would be the first to come to his senses."

"Next year, we will select female officials first, then arrange the wedding for Honghui and Yierha, and appoint a concubine for Hongyan. In the next selection, we will decide on the marriage of Hongyan's concubine and Hongzhao at the same time."

Chang Ning nodded, and put more strength in his hands: "Okay, you should have a good rest. You are exhausted from dealing with Mongolian affairs recently."

Yinzhen held Changning's hand and said softly, "I'm not tired, Yaoxian. I want to take advantage of my youth and ability to make the foundation of the Qing Dynasty more stable, eliminate all these hidden dangers, and leave a peaceful and prosperous era for Hongyan."

Changning was somewhat touched, but didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Yinzhen did not need her answer and said to himself: "When all these things are settled, Hongyan gets married and has children. In the future, I will abdicate early and accompany you to travel all over the country, so that the travel notes you read every day will become reality. Okay?"

Hearing this, Chang Ning's eyes turned red and he choked up a little: "Okay."

This is the promise of an emperor.