Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

"Huang Ama/Huang Ama Fa..."

After a while, the coughing gradually stopped. Kangxi panted heavily and looked at his children and grandchildren with reluctance, "Fourth Brother... take good care of you... Empress Dowager, the Qing Dynasty... is in your hands..."

Before he finished speaking, his raised right hand suddenly fell down. Yinzhen reached out his hand tremblingly. After two breaths, he shook his body first, then his eyes suddenly closed, and a choked sound came out, "The emperor father has passed away."

Suddenly, there was a sound of weeping in the house: "Father Emperor/Father Emperor/Emperor Retired, wuwu..."

Li Dequan took trembling steps and announced loudly to the royal family and court officials waiting outside Changchun Garden: "The emperor has passed away, the emperor has passed away!"

Afterwards, the burial clothes were first put on for the retired emperor, or Kangxi, who should now be called the late emperor. Then the body was moved to the Qianqing Palace, and the small and large burials took half a month, not to mention the vigil and libation of wine. It can be said that the entire first month of the year was immersed in the sad atmosphere of the late emperor's death.

As the main force keeping vigil, Yinzhen and his son Honghui lost at least ten kilograms. Yinzhen even wanted to observe three years of mourning for the late emperor. However, he was persuaded back by the kings, princes, civil and military officials in the court, and Uya Chengbi, who was promoted to empress dowager.

However, he was not satisfied with only mourning for 27 days. Through mediation and perseverance, he managed to extend the mourning period to half a year. As for court officials and subjects across the world, they all mourned according to the rules and there was no need to make exceptions.

In early February, Prince Cheng Yinzhi submitted another memorial, requesting that the character Yin in the names of all princes be changed to Yun, citing precedent, and the emperor agreed.

At the end of February, Empress Dowager Uya was carried from the Plain Yellow Banner to the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner and moved to Shoukang Palace.

At the beginning of March, the late emperor was given the posthumous title of "Hetian Hongyun Wenwu Ruizhe Jingjian Kuanyu Xiaojing Chengxin Gongde Dachengren Emperor", with the temple name of Shengzu, and was known in history as Shengzu Ren Emperor. He was buried in Jingling.

At the end of March, the coffin of the late emperor was moved to the Feng'anxiang Hall in the funeral palace and was guarded by Prince Lu Yunqi. The inscription on the Jingling stele was written jointly by Prince Cheng Yunzhi and Prince Zhao Honghui.

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The death of Emperor Shengzuren caused the previous dynasty to languish for half a year. Unexpectedly, before May, Emperor Yongzheng, who had been on the throne for more than a year, began to take drastic actions.

In early April, Emperor Yongzheng established the secret memorial system, which required that anyone who submitted a secret memorial must keep it confidential and not let it leak. Otherwise, they would be punished. Memorials from the previous dynasty must also be returned, and they must not be delayed or kept privately.

On the tenth day of April, Emperor Yongzheng issued a decree, "The Eight Banners Commander-in-Chief shall investigate the drunkards among the officials and soldiers of the Eight Banners. If they can change their ways, they will not be held accountable. Otherwise, they will be severely punished once they are found out! If they are officials, they will be reported immediately, and those who should be succeeded will be succeeded by others; if they are soldiers, they will be dismissed immediately and not tolerated!"

On April 12, he added another imperial decree, "Instructing Prince Chun Yinyou and Prince Xian Yinzhen to rectify and examine the soldiers and generals of the Eight Banners, and if there are those who do not meet the standards, they will be dismissed immediately."

On April 15, another imperial decree was issued, "From now on, the Eight Banners, the royal family, and the imperial family must all be examined and conferred titles. Those who do not meet the requirements will not be allowed to inherit the title, and must serve in the military camp for a year of training. After a year, if they meet the requirements, they will be allowed to be released and re-examined. This cycle will be repeated until someone in the palace passes the examination."

As soon as three or four imperial edicts were issued in succession, the capital was in an uproar. Old princes, dukes, and imperial officials all took the trouble to run to the palace to beg for mercy.

Which family doesn't have a few useless children and grandchildren? Or, how many families in the Eight Banners today have outstanding children and grandchildren? Let's not mention anything else. The current empress's family, the Ulanara clan, also has few successful children and grandchildren. It is estimated that more than half of them have difficulty inheriting the title. Looking at the entire capital, there are countless people in the same situation.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress were in a bad mood for several days. It was because the situation of the Uya and Ulanara families was not optimistic. There were still seven or eight people from the Ulanara family alive, but only two people from the Uya family passed the examination for the title!

The old eunuchs of the two clans ran to Shoukang Palace and Chengqian Palace every day. Three or two days was fine, but if they did this for seven or eight days in a row, they would be overwhelmed. However, they did not want to go against their sons and husbands, so they simply pretended to be sick and closed the palace to see no guests.

Despite this, they couldn't stop worrying in their hearts. They were so anxious that they ordered their personal maids to run to the two clans three or four times, repeatedly reminding them to work hard and make progress, after all, this was their mother's home.

Seeing this, Honghui took action.

"Royal Madam, Royal Mother, let me handle the Uya and Ulanara families. You two just rest and take care of your health. Oh, by the way, no matter who comes to beg for mercy, you two should ignore them. As descendants of the clan, you should strike hard and deal a heavy blow!" As if seeing the future of suffering for the people of the two clans, Honghui could not help but raise the corners of his mouth.

The Empress Dowager and Yixiu looked at each other, but couldn't bear to reject Honghui's kindness, so they gritted their teeth and agreed.

What is the Uya clan, what is the Ulanara clan, no matter how close they are, can they still have their own grandson/son? The two of them thought in the same way.

Then, the hard days of Uya and Ulanara began. From the age of ten to forty, all the men from their close relatives could not escape!

In the first half of the year, all these people were arranged to learn to read and write. In the second half of the year, those who were twenty years old or above were sent to the military camp to practice martial arts. Those who were under twenty years old were assigned martial arts masters for strict instruction. They were only allowed one day off per month, and only during the New Year could they have an extra five days off.

For the sake of efficiency and to prevent the men of the two tribes from being perfunctory, Honghui even reproduced the examination system based on the memories of later generations, setting a small test every ten days, a big test every month, and a summary test every six months. The men of the two tribes who were tested were all wailing.

Some women who felt sorry for their children and husbands could not help but go to the palace to plead for mercy, but they were all turned away by the Empress Dowager. There were also those who openly or secretly complained to Yinzhen in the court, but nothing happened to them either.

No, it should be said that Yinzhen was too lazy to listen to them, and all the hard work and psychological preparation he put in before he could speak was ignored!

The men of the two tribes were so miserable, and the women did not escape either. They all went to private schools to learn the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, knitting, needlework, and the Four Books and Five Classics. However, this time there was no requirement for progress, only self-awareness.

Since the only Prince Zhao that the two clans could rely on was Honghui, and they did not dare to offend the next crown prince, they argued back and forth for two months, and finally gave Honghui his wish.

Not only that, he also ordered the close relatives of the Wuya clan to make up for the proceeds of past corruption, and even said clearly, "If anyone dares not to listen to my words, don't blame me for being rude! If any family is extremely greedy and refuses to return the money, I wonder if it is in your opinion to raise the flag?"

Those with shallow eyelids smiled brightly, probably without realizing what was going on.