The Harem of the Qing Dynasty - the next era

After the Queen spoke, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Department of Punishment immediately took action. After the Yonghe Palace case, the attendants of King Lu suffered another catastrophe. The palace servants who had been purged by the third division of the inner court and reassigned to Yongxing were all new recruits personally selected by Han Ling.

The empress dowager was very dissatisfied, and interceded with Han Ling in front of the concubines of the Sixth Palace: "Yong Xing recently lost his mother, and going to the Xinghua Spring Pavilion was also approved by the Ai family. It's a pity that he gave birth to an heir at a young age, so he doesn't look around. Yes, just because he has called you Queen Mother for more than ten years, you should treat him more kindly."

"What the empress dowager is teaching you." Han Ling changed the subject, because she said to her mother-in-law, "The empress dowager naturally loves her grandson, and concubines can't ignore their dignity. , not only the emperor and the queen mother are angry, but even the courtiers and concubines are suspected of dereliction of duty, so I ask the queen mother to investigate carefully."

The queen mother was furious: "According to what you mean, Aijia is an old fool who disregards decency and ignores palace rules?"

"The concubine dare not!" Han Ling bowed her body, "The queen mother is a grandmother, so she is naturally more tolerant towards her grandchildren. After all, the concubine is Yongxing's aunt. The children do not teach, the fault of the parents, regardless of whether the noble concubine Shujia or not. Negligence of duty, it is said that the dead are respected, and the courtiers and concubines have nothing to criticize. Although I am strict and merciful, I am doing my best to make up for the dead."

The empress dowager barely restrained her anger: "Only you can teach your son, you can't even say sorry for your family."

Han Ling replied neither softly nor hard: "The concubine is the prince's concubine, but there are some shortcomings. After all, I have to do my best, regardless of my own birth and dissimilarity. Which one is not good, and it is also the face of the Long Live Lord. What is the concubine? Live up to the trust of the Long Live Lord and the Empress Dowager."

The queen mother was angry: "You—"

This remark cannot be further studied. The Empress Dowager Chongqing beat her daughter-in-law: the current emperor is her own son;Everyone present couldn't hear the cleverness in it, but the fourth concubine was deaf and dumb, and the sixth concubine was silent like a cicada, how could anyone dare to speak up?The calm and peaceful atmosphere suddenly became serious, Han Ling squinted her eyes: "Concubine Shu, Concubine Ling."

The second concubine stood up in response: "My lord."

Han Ling said indifferently: "My palace has a heavy responsibility, and Yongxuan Yongyan was entrusted to the two of you to educate yourself. If something like Yongxuan gets to my ears, I will naturally report back to the empress dowager. Make other arrangements for the future."

The second concubine only said: "The concubine respectfully obeys the imperial edict of the empress."

The emperor is more than fifty years old, and there are nine princes under his knees. Except Yongxi, Yongjue, and Yongjing who are the sons of the middle palace, Yongqi and Yongrong have already belonged to Jingren Palace, Yongxuan is disabled, Yonglu and Yongyan are twins. Now there is only one Yongxuan left. Since Concubine Shujia passed away, Concubine Shu wished she could teach the whole world to know that she had the misfortune of raising an absurd son who was ignorant and ignorant. No wonder he has the confidence to confront the empress dowager face to face.

The empress dowager couldn't have missed the things that the concubines thought of. When she thought about it, she immediately brought up the old saying and asked Xingshi: "If Ai's family remembers correctly, the harem has not had any children for four or five years, right?"

"The emperor has the meaning of age and concubines. From now on, we should pay more attention to maintenance." Han Ling said with a smile. The five generations are living under the same roof, standing shoulder to shoulder with Empress Xiaohuizhang, and it would be better if the harem can be icing on the cake, but if there is no chance, the queen mother can be regarded as a perfect and blessed birthday star."

The queen mother pinched the rosary in her hand: "You can talk, and you are also a fair mother with a bowl of water. Unfortunately, brothers are not blessed. Yong Qi, Yong Rong, and Yong Xuan are older than Yong Jue, and Yong Jue already has a son. I don’t know when we will hear good news from them.”

Han Ling raised her eyebrows, and Concubine Yu apologized to the Empress Dowager: "This concubine should plead guilty to the Empress Dowager for Yong Qi. If he takes the teachings of the master and empress to heart, I don't know how many grandchildren I have already embraced. Yong Rong has already come out." Filial piety, I think I will be able to announce the good news to the Queen Mother in a short time, but it is a pity that the eighth elder brother will have to wait a little longer before adding children to the royal family."

Although it was unintentional, these words also insinuated that the mother-in-law was ignoring the filial piety etiquette.

All the concubines have a calculation: the current harem has really become the queen's world, and from now on, the empress dowager will probably only have to sit high and take care of her.

As the folk saying goes, 73, 84, the king of Hades does not invite himself to go, and the empress dowager happens to be the birthday of Confucius. Even if there is filial piety to rely on, who knows how many more years he can live?Sooner or later, the imperial harem is in the possession of Empress Nala. Which one is stupid, willing to fight against the future master for the empress dowager?She can't do anything to her mother-in-law. Isn't it as easy as crushing an ant to kill a concubine?

The Empress Dowager of Chongqing also got angry: Today, only Concubine Yu, Concubine Shu, and Concubine Ling are qualified to compete with the Empress. She was originally the best candidate to check and balance the queen, but it is a pity that she is a Dou who can't afford it. She lost her early arrogance, and now she is not much different from the Haba idea Western dog in Jingren Palace. Even Yongxuan's reputation has been ruined. Concubine Ling——The introduction of this matter actually lies in her son.

Han Ling quickly reiterated the palace rules: whoever dares to make unreasonable comments about the prince, find out the evidence, and immediately hand it over to the Punishment Department to kill him!

Adopted by his own younger brother, Yongxuan had no choice but to send Fujin to hand over a greeting card to Tianranhua.

Han Ling was blunt: "Your mother has done many wrong things, some the emperor knows about it, and some the emperor doesn't know about it, do you know why I want to dissuade the emperor from taking her posthumous title and demoting her?"

Yongxuan bowed and said, "It's the emperor's mother who rewarded her son with dignity."

"This is one of them." Han Ling narrowed her eyes, "In the harem, how can there be no reason not to fight? Your mother-in-law is not a good stubble, and I may not be a person who is as innocent as paper. So I will do it." Most of the outrageous things like that are because they were instigated and used by others."

Yongxuan remained silent: Regarding this point, he actually knows it well.

"The emperor has quite a few sons. You are the only one who understands a little bit about human history. I don't have to cover it up. It was not my intention to have an heir for Yongxing. His current results have made me settle my mind. A disrespectful word, most of the late emperor's reputation was ruined by his own brothers and sisters. In the fourth year of Qianlong's 46 years of conspiracy, my life with Yongxi was hanging by a thread. Only then did I understand the late emperor's difficulties. Yongxun was smart, but I I don’t want to see him become the second Aqina because of being used by others.” Han Ling paused for a while, “I dare to point to my ancestors and say that I have a clear conscience, Yong Jing was born by me. The poison almost never got into his mouth. I endured it, and it wasn't because I was big-hearted and unwilling to care about it. I found out, Yongzhang, Yongrong, you, and Yongxing. It's all meat, how do you Huang Ama deal with yourself? I didn't want you to appreciate it, but if Yong Xing still feels wronged, you can ask him, what kind of result do you want to be satisfied?"

Yongxuan kowtowed and confessed: "Yongxuan is foolish, and he has let down the painstaking efforts of the queen mother."

Han Ling breathed a sigh of relief: "Son, don't say anything about your mother's faults, let's talk about your mother's innocence. Concubine Xiang's crime is not as good as death, but the emperor still insists on giving her the death penalty. I watched the king of Guojun grow up. You don't want to listen. I look at him much the same as you. This bowl of water is uneven. I’ll tell you the truth. He broke my heart. I can’t do anything to him after all. Who can be more considerate of your brothers than me? Mood? A person cannot be resurrected after death, if he dies, can your mother and my mother be resurrected?"

"Emperor Niang, you don't have to say it!" Yongxuan sighed, "I don't blame my son, it's Erniang's fate!"

"Get up!" Hanling Fue commanded, "Next year, there will be a big selection of beautiful women. I will choose the next-generation Fujin for Yongxuan, Yongxuan, and Yongxuan. I will teach you Fujin to pay attention to which family is suitable. Find out who is suitable for you. I discussed, when he leaves the palace to open the mansion, you, as an elder brother, need to take care of him."

Yongxuan got up and thanked: "I made Queen Mother bother."

"Go back to Haosheng and live with you, Fujin, and wait until next year, when you are out of the filial piety, I will make the decision to point out Mrs. Wang as your concubine." Han Ling waved her hand, "Go, you don't have to hide anything wronged, as long as I still live in Zhonggong for a day, and I will live up to the fate of mother and son."

Yongxuan beat Qian'er to his knees, stepped back and stopped and said, "Don't worry, Empress, my son will not make things difficult for you."

What makes Han Ling feel embarrassed is his own two sons.

The cause of the incident originated from a memorial presented by Dai Zhen, the head of the Lifan Academy. The content was very simple. He proposed to the emperor that in order to facilitate the communication of astronomy, calendar, geography, and technology, the court should cooperate with England, France, Russia, Belgian countries sent envoys to each other to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between the Qing Dynasty and the West and learn from others.

Emperor Longyan was furious, dismissed Dai Zhen on the spot, and sent him to prison.

As early as ten years ago, Yongxi once proposed the governance concept of "Han Wu farming and studying, Eight Banners performing military exercises, the inner government seeks business, expands the navy, and communicates with the world". Select foreign guns, artillery, cavalry, and infantry from the Eight Banners, totaling 40 soldiers to fight the world. If there are any shortages, use the Mongolian and Han Eight Banners to supplement; in addition, the sea ban is widely opened, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs appoints special personnel to monopolize the benefits of commercial taxation , and then build a navy in the southeast, one is to defend the coast, and the other is to protect the merchant ships.At that time, Hongli cleaned up all the masters of Yuqing Palace. Dai Zhen's performance was similar to Yongxi's idea, so he couldn't help being annoyed.

Let me talk about Dai Zhen's background again: he was born in Juren. In the 27th year of Qianlong, he drove three times to the south of the Yangtze River. He was appreciated by the clan prince who met with Juzi. Qualifications.

The author has something to say: the last paragraph deals with imperial power struggles.There are not many, at most [-] to [-] words.