Yinzhen: Become the favorite of the group in the Qing Dynasty where the brothers were reborn

The current emperor is preparing to abolish the pigtail.

When this incident happened, the whole capital was shocked.

All the civil and military officials in the court gathered together, their faces filled with disbelief.

Some of them doubted their lives, some looked dazed, and some even wanted to bang their heads against the wall to see if they were dreaming.

No matter whether they were Manchu or Han officials, every one of them was shocked and horrified by the emperor's sudden decision.

"How about we go talk to the Fourth Master?"

The Minister of Revenue couldn't help but make a suggestion.

The emperor is about to do something reckless, so we have to find someone to stop him.

As for who is most capable of stopping the emperor, it must be their Fourth Master.

Upon hearing this, the Minister of Personnel sighed and said, "Come on, instead of asking the Fourth Master to stop the Emperor, it would be better to go find the Emperor Emeritus."

He had never seen the Fourth Master not standing on the side of the Emperor. Rather than looking for the Fourth Master, it might be more useful to look for the Emperor Emeritus, the culprit who caused this uproar.

As soon as the Minister of Personnel said this, the Minister of Revenue fell silent.

There is no other reason, it just makes too much sense.

"What about the other gentlemen? Look for Prince Kang? Or Prince Cheng?" The Minister of Rites suggested.

When the Emperor decided to abolish pigtails, the person who was most panicked and dared not accept it was the Minister of Rites.

He is a stubborn old man and he really can't stand this kind of stimulation.

The Minister of Industry glanced at him and said with a smile, "You can't even count on the Fourth Master, how can you count on the other Masters?"

Not to mention whether the emperor would listen to the words of the other lords, just take those princes who never play by the rules. The possibility that they would listen to them and dissuade the emperor is estimated to be no more than 10%.

The words of the Minister of Works were sarcastic, but they made sense, and a group of ministers couldn't help but sigh after hearing them.

"What should we do? Go talk to the Emperor?"

The ministers still held out hope. They thought to themselves, maybe the retired emperor only cut his braids for convenience after going to sea, and he didn't want to change the entire Qing Dynasty?

Thinking of this, all the civil and military officials rushed to Changchun Garden to ask for an audience with the retired emperor.

However, the emperor did not meet them, but arranged for Liang Jiugong to pass on a message to them, saying: "The emperor does not care about state affairs, and the emperor has the final say on everything."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials in the court understood.

The emperor emeritus also supports the emperor.

So what's the obstacle?!

The emperor is a man who doesn't listen much to the nagging of his subjects, and the emperor emeritus is the best among them.

Besides, with the princes and princesses watching from behind, how could they, the ministers, have any say?

I couldn't help but think that it would be a good idea to cut off my braids.

After all, looking at the appearance of the retired emperor and Prince Zhi, it seems that their refreshing short hair is particularly capable and neat, and it seems that they are very convenient for work.

Come to think of it, there is really nothing good about having braids. After all, not everyone had braids decades ago.

As Han Chen thought about it, he felt relieved.

As the Manchu officials thought about it, they accepted their fate.

After all, all of them are royal servants, and they all do things according to the emperor's instructions. They just have to do whatever the emperor wants them to do.

Thus, a group of ministers comforted themselves one after another and went back to their homes.

Now that I’m no longer in a hurry to do anything, I feel much better.

After receiving responses from his ministers, Yinxiang knew that he could start paving the way.

Then he turned around and looked at Yinzhi, saying, "Third brother, it's your turn."

Yinzhi nodded and gave him a look that said "got it".

It is easy for these ministers to convince themselves, and the people will have to follow the court.

In order to prevent any unrest at that time, we have to brainwash the people in advance through the Qing Daily.

Therefore, the new issue of the Qing Daily contained a picture of the retired emperor returning to the court.

It focuses on depicting the hairstyles of the retired emperor and others, and is accompanied by several articles that focus on introducing their hairstyles and the benefits of having such hairstyles.

They also joined forces with Dayong on the other side of the ocean and made a lot of exaggerated claims, even exaggerating that the short hair of the retired emperor and others was the will of the gods and that they were blessed by heaven.

The simple and unpretentious people were truly brainwashed, and only some young students who were well-read and politically minded noticed some clues.

However, they all received progressive education and did not take these things seriously.

Anyway, it’s all the court’s actions and the emperor’s will.

Whatever the king wants to do, his subjects will follow him.

This is enough.

They would also spontaneously persuade the elders around them and help the court brainwash these people, so that when the decree to abolish pigtails was really issued, these older people could easily accept it.

Just like that, the preliminary preparations were successfully completed.

On May 25, the tenth year of Yongzheng's reign, the court issued a new policy in accordance with the order of the retired emperor, abolishing the queue and allowing freedom of hairstyle.

In other words, it doesn’t matter what hairstyle you have, as long as you like, even if you paint with your hair, no one will mind.

However, thanks to the few issues of newspapers that reported the emperor's return to the court, most people subconsciously followed the emperor's footsteps after cutting off their braids.

Since their emperor has this hairstyle, they naturally have to follow suit.

When Kangxi learned about this, he laughed for a long time before he exclaimed, "This is the celebrity effect!"

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After the new policy was issued, dozens of bald heads appeared in the court.

Sometimes when the female officials went to court, they had to laugh for a long time outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony before they could enter the hall with a serious face.

Otherwise, they were really afraid that they would be in court and suddenly look up and see a shiny bald head, and they would laugh out loud on the spot.

Fortunately, court robes all come with official hats, and as long as they are worn tightly, they can basically cover the entire head.

Otherwise, the female officials wouldn't even have to laugh, because Yinxiang, who was sitting high on the dragon throne, would have been unable to hold back his laughter.

After all, if he looked down and saw a large number of shiny bald heads, he would really burst out laughing.

This also made the male officials quite embarrassed. After all, not only did they have to wear their official hats all the time when they were on duty, but they were also reluctant to take them off even when they returned home.

The madam, concubines, daughters and maids always had to lower their heads before they dared to get close to them, otherwise they would all be unable to hold back their laughter.

They really don't want to go through that kind of embarrassing situation.

Fortunately, hair grows quickly. After ten days or half a month, some prickly hairs appeared on the top of the head. After the awkward period, the male officials walked with their backs straighter.

After all, they are no longer bald!