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

After the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, the matter of the Eight Banners was finally settled.

Emperor Yongzheng issued a clear decree, lifting the restrictions that prohibited the Eight Banners, especially the Manchu Eight Banners, from farming, doing business, taking imperial examinations, etc. However, this did not mean that the Eight Banners were as free and omnipotent as ordinary people!

First, the Ministry of Personnel and the Eight Banners Commandery set up a simple checkpoint. Any healthy male adult who was twenty years old or above would be expelled from the banner and become a commoner if he failed the assessment. If one person in the family passed the assessment, all the members of the family except the male adult who failed the assessment could retain their banner status. However, if the assessment was not passed within twenty years, all the members of the family would be expelled from the banner and become commoners.

To be honest, this level is really very simple. It only requires running, riding a horse and shooting a few shots. The passing standard is really not high. It can be said that as long as the man is not a weak scholar who has been exhausted by alcohol and sex and knows nothing about martial arts, or a lazy person, the men of the Eight Banners can pass this level easily.

However, the affairs of the Eight Banners were stuck at the stage of "leaving the banner and becoming common people". In just five days, thousands of people failed the assessment, and 70% of them were from the Eight Banners of the Manchus. This made Yinzhen, the king of a country, have a gloomy face for several days. It was because he was very angry and felt that he could not make the best use of his talents!

The clan officials and Manchu officials came to the emperor in droves, groaning, "Your Majesty, why don't you just clear out the Han people? The Manchus cannot be touched, they are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty!"

Yinzhen had been suppressing his anger for a long time. Hearing this, he started to yell, "Manchus, Manchus! Are they still Manchus? Our Qing dynasty was conquered on horseback. These Manchus have no ambitions like their ancestors. I feel it is a waste to keep them around to have children! They are good-for-nothings, incompetent, and have such good bodies for nothing!!!"

When making the decision, he never imagined that the Manchus would account for the majority, and now he is very angry and humiliated!

"Besides, the Qing Dynasty advocates the unity of Manchus and Han people. What nonsense are you talking about?" Pig brain? Now the situation is unclear. If the Manchus want to secure the throne by relying on these 200,000 bannermen of varying quality, it is a daydream!

"Let the Eight Banners remain as they are. No one can interfere. I'd like to see if the Manchus are completely hopeless." His father and he had worked hard for decades, and it was with great difficulty that the Han people had some recognition of the Qing Dynasty. The foundation of the Qing Dynasty must not be destroyed by these people who were bent on excluding dissidents!

The Manchu officials were bitter about the Emperor's angry words. They could only watch helplessly as less than ten thousand of the two hundred thousand bannermen were killed. Fortunately, there was a piece of good news that comforted them - more than thirty thousand of the Eight Han Banners were killed.

Only the people from the Eight Banners of Mongolia went in the smallest number, less than 3,000 in total.

But the Manchu officials couldn't laugh even if they wanted to. "Only 30,000 men died among the 600,000 Han Eight Banners, and less than 10,000 men died among the 200,000 Manchu Eight Banners. Are you still happy? I really don't have the face to laugh!"

Although the people who were repeatedly scolded and rebuked by them were particularly unwilling to resign, they were unwilling to lose the privileges of their bannermen, unwilling to see their good days of living a life of luxury and debauchery end, and even more unwilling to see themselves become ordinary people who were looked down upon by them in the past. All these resentments accumulated day by day, and after being instigated by some people with ulterior motives, a farce was set off, which was later known as "drawing water with a bamboo basket".

In early September, a group of Manchus who had left the banners and served as civilians gathered together and ran to the palace gate, causing quite a commotion.

Although they were said to be causing trouble, in fact these people did not dare to challenge the majesty of Emperor Yongzheng too much, and they just knelt at the palace gate for a long time and begged His Majesty to revoke his order!

But Emperor Yongzheng himself could not stand threats, and felt that his dignity was violated. He was so angry that he overturned the imperial desk in the Yangxin Palace. "No one from the Han Army Banner or the Mongolian Army Banner came to make trouble, so what are the Manchus making trouble for? It's all because I and the Qing Dynasty spoiled them! I will never forgive those who rebel against me!"

Seeing this, Honghui quickly stepped forward to stop them, "Father Emperor, calm down. These people are not in their right minds. Don't bother with them."

"They are all people whose minds have been hollowed out by alcohol and sex. They have no intention of being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, and only want to sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor. I will never let them have their way!"

"There are many people causing trouble. You must not punish them severely, otherwise you will fall into the trap of those with ulterior motives!" Honghui saw it clearly and thought clearly. If blood was shed today, the reform of the Eight Banners would gradually come to an end.

Yinzhen also knew this truth, but he still had to be angry, "Do you want me to slap myself in the face and let this disobedient person go?"

"No, it will hurt your reputation, make people laugh at you, and damage the dignity of the Qing Dynasty. In my opinion, the only way to resolve today's crisis is to make these troublemakers come to nothing."

"Oh? Do you have any ideas?"

Honghui pointed to a copy of the "Book of Filial Piety" on the bookshelf, and then smiled mysteriously, "Since ancient times, filial piety has been the most important thing, and it is common for sons to take the punishment for their fathers. Since these people are unwilling to be exiled to the common people because they failed the test, let their sons take the punishment for them. If they fail the test once, one son will be exiled to the common people. If they fail the next time, another son will be exiled. This will continue until there are no more children left!"

Wow! What a sinister and vicious idea. Compared with a son/husband who has accomplished nothing and is a waste of food, and a grandson/son who may be smart or well-behaved but has an uncertain future, the families of the troublemakers probably want to keep these people at home and never let them go out to cause trouble again!

Well, yes, except for a family that had been expelled from the banner and became civilians and had to move to the outer city, the rest of the individuals who had been expelled from the banner were allowed to still live in the inner city, but they lost their banner status and privileges. This was the fundamental reason why troublemakers could still form groups and come to the palace gate to "make trouble" even though they had been expelled from the banner.

"Su Peisheng, pass on my decree. All males over 20 years old in the Eight Banners who have not passed the assessment can take the assessment once every six months. However, if they fail the assessment, their sons will take it on their behalf. If they fail the assessment once, their son will be expelled from the banner. If they fail the assessment twice, their sons will be expelled from the banner. If they still fail the assessment until they reach the age of 50, their entire family will be expelled from the banner!"

Then, less than half a day after the decree was announced, the people who had been kneeling at the palace gate were beaten with twenty boards and returned happily to their homes. What greeted them was not the heartbroken faces of their parents, wives and children, but angry expressions.

"You troublemaker, why are you making trouble at the palace gate? Someone, bring me a whip. I want to beat this disobedient boy to death!"

"Unfilial son, kneel down! In the past, you drank and had fun, and I couldn't control you and was too lazy to do anything about it. Today, you have gone against the emperor and ruined my good grandson's future. I will beat you to death!"

The old father in the family whips and punishes his father with a stick, and the eldest brother or uncle who has passed away takes over the father's duties. The old mothers who usually cry and shout "Son, son, don't hit my son" and have come forward to protect their children are all left alone. When you look again, they are actually hugging their sons and comforting them!

"My dear grandson, you have been mistreated by your inhuman father. My pitiful grandson..."