The daily life of Jiufu Jin in Qing Dynasty

When Kangxi came back from the west tour, his leg injury was already healed, so it can be seen that Kangxi was in a good mood on the Longevity Day, especially when a group of emperors and grandchildren lined up to send him blessings, The smile on Kangxi's face couldn't be hidden even more.

It's no wonder that Kangxi was originally a person who valued the reproduction of Manchus. In his opinion, although the rulers were Manchus and most of the people standing on the top were Manchus, the number of Manchus was really small compared with the number of Han Chinese. However, Kangxi was always worried that if this development continues, the world will return to "Han" sooner or later.

This is definitely not what Kangxi wants to see, so it is good to listen to the many words of the superiors, don't look at their slogans loudly, why are the Manchus and Hans one family? , They had no way to recover the Han people at that time and consolidate their status as rulers.

You must know that the first person who clearly put forward the concept of admiring Manchuria and carried it forward was Kangxi's father, Emperor Shunzhi. full privileges.

But why did Emperor Shunzhi and the regent Dorgon propose the policy of using Han to control Han after proposing the concept of advocating Manchuria first?

Because there were hundreds of millions of Han Chinese at that time, but what about the males in Manchuria?There are only 2000 to [-] people. As for the princes and ministers of the Eight Banners, there are even fewer princes and ministers, only [-] to [-] people.

With such a huge disparity in numbers, it would simply not work if Emperor Shunzhi followed the policy of Nurhachi, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, to kill the Han people and raise Manchuria.

Because the Manchus had already entered the customs at that time, what they had to do was to make the Han people submit instead of killing them all, so at that time a large number of Han ministers, Han generals, etc. began to appear in the court.

Although the Qing Dynasty is no longer as precarious as before, he dare not relax for a moment, because there are too few Manchus, which is always a hidden danger. Now seeing that he has so many emperors and grandchildren, how could Kangxi be unhappy?

Just like the Foolish Old Man who moved mountains, even though I die, there will still be sons; sons will beget grandsons, and grandchildren will beget sons; It's like seeing the future of the Qing Dynasty.

Although the Amas of these emperors and grandchildren are not likable, at least not very popular with Kangxi now, these little emperors and grandchildren are still very fond of Kangxi.

Especially the little fat guy among them, hey, hey, he knew he was well-raised just by the tonnage, especially according to the ranking, next to him was the elder brother who was prematurely born in the Eighth Master's family.

As we all know, there must be a big difference between premature babies and full-term babies, especially at this time, they may grow up slowly when they grow up, but now...

Just like a kitten, especially when compared with a healthy baby like Hongjing, it seems that the elder brother of the Eighth Master's family is pitifully thin. Kangxi's mood was a little unhappy, but after sweeping away to Hongjing, his mood suddenly turned cloudy.

Kangxi asked with a smile: "Is that the eldest son of the Xiaojiu family?"

Liang Jiugong, who returned to Kangxi's side after healed his injuries, heard the words, and said quickly: "Long Live Lord has a good memory."

Liang Jiugong's words were not flattery. In fact, Kangxi's memory was indeed very good, so why not offend him casually?Although part of the reason is because he is the emperor, but more because he has a good memory and holds grudges.

Many things have been forgotten by the parties involved, but Kangxi has a small book in his heart, and he has recorded a sum for him. As for when to find out and settle the accounts, only he knows.

Even if Kangxi is not today's birthday star, his every move still attracts attention. Seeing this scene, many people feel sour. Kangxi is naturally happy who adds sons and grandchildren to the royal family, but as the saying goes Well, rare things are valuable, there are too many grandchildren, and if the order is messed up, Kangxi may not be able to tell who is whose child.

But when they turned their heads and looked at Hongjing who was being hugged by the nanny, everyone said, "..."

Good guy, this kid's tonnage is incredible.

It's one thing for adults to fight for power, but what kind of malice can most of them have against children like Hongjing?Even the eighth master who had broken up with brother Jiu couldn't help being envious when he saw Hongjing.

It's not that he is greedy for other people's sons, because he also has a son, although there is only one son, but the tonnage of Hongjing is what Ba Ye is greedy for. My son was worried, for fear that if he made a mistake, something would happen to him.

What adults are thinking, how can children know?Kangxi thinks these little grandchildren are very cute, but some little grandsons think that Kangxi, the emperor, is not cute at all. It is okay for the sensible little grandsons like Hong Xi, at least they already know that Kangxi not only It's their Marfa, and he's also the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, so they need to please him.

But the little emperors and grandsons like Hongjing and the others are different. They don’t know what Mafa (they haven’t met a few times since they were born), and they don’t know what the Qing emperor is. In their eyes, Kangxi is just a Just a bad old man.

So what does it matter if he likes himself or not?

The important thing is not to delay them looking for Er Niang Ama!

It's not that Kangxi has no experience in taking care of children. Naturally, he knows that children of Hongjing's age group cry and make trouble when they say it, so no matter how much he likes it, Kangxi will let them wait for them to send their blessings to him. Their respective nanny carried them down.

"I'll go and see Hongjing first." Seeing Er Shui being carried down, Rou Jia greeted Brother Jiu, then got up and left the table.

That's right, don't think that Hongjing and the others can go back to their parents after being carried down, and the adults are going to attend the banquet, how can they bring Xiaotuanzi with them?They were all directly hugged by their respective wet nurses.

As the one with the highest status in the harem, although Noble Concubine Tong Jia has never given birth, she knows that the little emperors and grandchildren will come to give blessings to Kangxi, so she has already set up a rest area in the palace closest to the banquet for convenience. The nannies have a place to go after taking the little emperors and grandchildren down.

Like Roujia, there is Qiqige who is worried about their sons. As for Sanfujin and Sifujin, it is because their sons are old and they don’t need to worry too much. As for their daughters, they were not taken into the palace because they were too young. Come to Kangxi's Longevity Festival.

It's not that Sanfujin and Sifujin are patriarchal, but that such occasions have their own patriarchal attributes, and to be honest, they wish Kangxi would not remember that they still have a daughter.

There is no other reason, just look at the daughters of Kangxi. Except for the ninth daughter of the emperor, Princess Wenxian who was born by the concubine De, stayed in the capital to marry the Tong family, the rest of the princesses all married to Mongolia, even Kangxi's daughter. Princess Duanjing, the jewel in the palm of her hand.

When Princess Duanjing got married, Sanfujin hadn't married into the royal family yet, but Sifujin had already married the fourth master, so compared to Sanfujin, Sifujin knew how much Princess Duanjing was loved by Kangxi back then.

But no matter how much he loves Princess Duanjing, Kangxi still cruelly married her to Mongolia in the 31st year of Kangxi. Fortunately, Wulianghan Garzang, the second son of the Mongolian Duling County King of the Karaqin tribe, is a good man, proficient in both Poetry, and the Duanjing princess who knows a little about riding and shooting, plays the piano and plays harmoniously.

Even if their daughter is the granddaughter of Kangxi, but I also know that there is a great possibility that they will not escape the fate of Fumeng. After all, Kangxi alone will never be able to become a child of all tribes in Mongolia who need to marry. Prince's father-in-law's.

What Sanfujin and Sifujin are worried about, Roujia and Qiqige don’t have to worry about it for the time being, because the two of them haven’t even seen the shadow of their daughter. Instead of worrying about the future of their daughter who may be born in the future, it’s better to worry about it first The son who has been born is fine.

Well, you don't have to worry too much about the son who has already been born. When Roujia and Qiqige arrived, the two little guys were obediently staying in the nurse's arms and didn't cry much.

They were a little listless, probably because the surrounding environment was too unfamiliar to them, but when they saw Rou Jia, Hong Jing became excited, babbling and opening his little hands to beg for a hug from Rou Jia.

Other children may have milk and be their mother, but Hongjing doesn't. Don't look at Xiaotuanzi who can't even speak at the moment, but he is like a villain, and the distinction is super clear.

Milk is milk, mother is mother, these are different, why are they different?Probably because drinking milk will make my stomach full, and holding my mother will make my heart full.

Hongjing couldn't even speak yet, so naturally he couldn't express it. Anyway, that's what he meant. In layman's terms, he was happy to see Roujia.

"Sister-in-law Jiu, how did you raise Hongjing?" Qiqige looked at her son, then at Roujia's son, and then became curious, "I remember that Hongjing is only a few days older than Hongxuan of our family. , but why does it look so much bigger?"

It must be an exaggeration to say that he is so much older, because Hongxuan was also born at full term, and his body is also very good, but when Hongxuan and Hongjing are put together, people with a discerning eye can tell that Hongjing must be the elder brother. Hongxuan must be the younger brother.

"Is it okay?" Although Roujia is older than Qiqige by a lifetime, to be honest, there is not much difference, because she is still only a few years older than Qiqige in the sum of her two lifetimes. , like her, is also giving birth to a child for the first time, and she also has little experience in raising children.

The only difference is that she has been exposed to some scientific parenting knowledge in the 21st century. Among other things, it is definitely not enough to say that the current toddlers only drink milk, and I heard that some are spoiled. Aged and still drinking milk.

This is definitely not possible with Roujia. Fortunately, Hongjing is a snack foodie, so Roujia has now slowly weaned him, thinking of various complementary foods that he can eat to replace the staple food.

"Drinking milk alone is not enough, and the nutrition cannot keep up." Roujia said, "The bigger the child, the more nutrition he needs."

Of course, it’s not okay to wean too early, firstly because you can’t eat too much complementary food, and secondly because many young children fall asleep while feeding. It is said that this is the best way to help children fall asleep.

So it is best to wean the child when he is about one year old. Anyway, Roujia heard from her mother that she and her sister were weaned around one year old.

Roujia's thinking is different from most of the thinking now, so when she decided to wean Hongjing, she was opposed by Madam Xu and the others, because in their opinion, poor people have nothing to do. The child had to be weaned early, but brother Hongjing is not a child of a poor family, why should he be so harsh on him?

That's right, in the eyes of Mammy Xu and the others, it is harsh for Roujia to wean Hongjing so early, because people nowadays think that human milk is very nutritious, otherwise no one would let their children drink milk. To six or seven years old.

When she heard Madam Xu's theory at that time, Rou Jia could have thought about it, children from rich and noble families are indeed well-raised now, but in terms of survival rate and health, it seems that they are not as good as children from poor families.

Moreover, Roujia also knows that some people let their children grow up with pets. It is said that it is because children who grow up with pets are less likely to have allergies or asthma, because the younger the child, the sooner they can adapt to allergens.

"So you can try to feed Hongxuan some complementary food." Roujia said, "If Hongxuan can eat it and likes it, you can feed some more slowly."

So Qiqige asked, "What is complementary food?"

Then Roujia and Qiqige chatted about mother's scriptures, and they left hand in hand until Hongjing and Hongxuan fell asleep one after another.

After the banquet was over, they brought their own children back home together. The first thing Roujia did when she returned to the main courtyard was to kick off the flowerpot shoes on her feet. The person looks much slender, and even walks swayingly, against the beautiful flag dress, it has a special charm.

But beauty comes at a price. These flowerpot shoes are much more tiring to wear than high-heeled shoes, and they weigh a certain amount, so they take a lot of effort on your ankles. Otherwise, Roujia wouldn’t just give the shoes to her as soon as she got home. pedaled.

"By the way, Putao, please make up a copy of Hongjing's recipes, and have someone send them to Shi Fujin tomorrow." Roujia said, she chatted with Qiqige a lot in the palace, as for how much she remembered I don't know, anyway, just copy Hongjing's recipe to his little brother, it's not something valuable.

"What? The ten younger siblings praised you for raising Hongjing well?" Brother Jiu laughed when he heard Roujia say that, "You said that you are also the first-time mother-in-law, so why are you the right one?" so good?"

Is this a compliment to her?

Rou Jia gave Brother Jiu a sideways glance, and then said, "Isn't it enough to be gifted?"

"Okay, okay." Brother Jiu thought, what's wrong with this?He wished that Roujia would be more gifted with similar talents. After all, he didn't know about other families, but the Aixinjueluo family really lived more and died more.

So when Brother Jiu saw the bunch of little grandchildren tonight, don't mention how proud he was, because Hongjing was the best born in their family, white and fat, and the tonnage just made him a fool Ma felt at ease and proud.

Hongjing, who used tonnage to compete with his ama at a young age: "..."

He doesn't drink a sip of milk for nothing.

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Because his son (the tonnage) was favored by Kangxi, so that his son Ama was also targeted by Kangxi. Not long after the Wanshou Festival, Kangxi put the matter of paying the debt owed by the household department on the agenda.

The so-called freezing three feet is not a one-day cold, and the emptiness of the national treasury is not caused by a day or two, but caused by years and months. As for the reason?That's a lot.

First of all, it was because Kangxi fought for years in order to pacify San Francisco, recover Taiwan, expel Tsarist Russia, and personally conquer Junggar. You must know that fighting is equivalent to burning money. , allowing them to borrow money from the treasury, and it is the kind that does not count interest.

In this way, isn't the treasury about to be emptied?

Although there is no way to get back the money burned in the war and the money spent on river governance, but the arrears lent to princes and ministers can be recovered, because those who borrowed money from the treasury are still alive and well in all likelihood. of it.

Kangxi knew very well that according to the state of the treasury's current emptiness, if any natural or man-made disasters occurred, it would definitely not be able to sustain it. It is said that money is the guts of a person. This is true, and it is also suitable for Kangxi.

But how to recover these arrears?

That's a good question.

When Kangxi first lent out the money, he never thought that he would have to face such a problem now, but he couldn't bear this face if he asked the king of a country to open his mouth to ask the princes and ministers to pay back the money.

In fact, the best way is that these princes and ministers who borrowed money can be more sensible and take the initiative to pay back the debts. Wouldn't everyone be happy in this way?

However, if all of these borrowers think so, the national treasury will not be so short. Anyway, the law does not blame everyone, and I am not the only one who borrowed money, so why should I pay it back if others don’t?

Most people who borrow money have one thought, that is, why should they pay back the money they borrowed based on their ability?

So what can Kangxi, who is short of money, do?

He could only leave this difficult problem to his sons to solve. He was embarrassed to tell the princes and ministers, but Kangxi was not too embarrassed to tell his sons about it after closing the door.

Kangxi's meaning is already very clear, that is, the matter is such a matter, it depends on which of your brothers is willing to share Huang Ama's worries.

This is saying...

Who doesn't know that this is the case, but this is not an easy thing to do. It has always been easy to borrow money and difficult to pay back. , that is really too offending.

How else can I say that it is the uncle who owes the money?

So after Kangxi finished speaking, none of the elder brothers at the bottom spoke. Kangxi was unhappy to see him, and they were not allowed to do anything, so they rushed to come, but now they are all like dumb.

It's just that other people can be dumb, but fourth master can't, so when everyone else wanted to stay away, fourth master took the initiative to stand up and take on the task of paying the debts owed to the national treasury.

This is really a warrior.

Not to mention others, even Brother Jiu couldn't help admiring Fourth Master. Even someone like him who has no ambitions for the throne knows that collecting debts is not an easy task.

Although he is not afraid of offending people, but there is no need to rush to offend people, right?Do you have nothing to do?

Brother Nine had heard about Kangxi's need to pay the national treasury arrears a long time ago, so he didn't panic about it. Although he himself owed the national treasury, who made his pockets bulge.

It was his starling, who paid him such a large amount of money before, and now he has to pay the debt owed by the state treasury...

Gee.

People who don't know think he deliberately cheated him?But the conscience of heaven and earth, Brother Jiu didn't expect this to happen when he asked Baye to pay back the money. It's not that he didn't know that the national treasury was empty, but that the national treasury had been empty for so many years. Who would have thought that Kangxi would suddenly mention it at this time? Asking people to pay back the money?

But now he has returned to the bridge with Baye, and he is on his way back, so the matter of clearing the treasury arrears will cause Baye any trouble, Brother Nine can't control it, and he doesn't want to.

Anyway, he just waited to pay back the money.

However, Brother Nine did not expect that he wanted to sit on the sidelines, but his emperor Ama didn't give him this opportunity. After the fourth master volunteered to share Kangxi's worries, he felt that the fourth master was too weak alone, so he directly named the fifth master and Nine princes are helping him.

Fifth Lord: "...???"

Brother Jiu: "...???"

What are you doing?

Not to mention the two parties involved, even the others were surprised. They didn't understand why Kangxi singled out the two brothers to help the fourth master. However, Kangxi had a reason for doing so.

Regarding the character of each adult son, Kangxi knew everything, at least a little bit. Among so many sons, the fourth son had the most public heart, and Kangxi had seen his performance in the Ministry of Households. Therefore, Kangxi didn't have to worry about him fooling himself by handing over the payment of the treasury arrears to him.

It's just that there are many people who owe money, and they have different temperaments, and the relationship is even more intertwined. If the fourth master is alone, he may not be able to play well. After all, his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, his temper is too hard, and he is too serious. With the same temper, head-to-head confrontation will only hurt both sides.

Kangxi just wants to recover the debt, and doesn't want to hurt the peace, so it's right to let Brother Jiu come on at this time, and Kangxi is not afraid that he will mess up things if he is too messy, because isn't there still Wuye?

Brother Nine may not listen to others' words, but he will definitely give his brother face, so Kangxi has thought well in choosing these two people to assist him.

Brother Nine: "..."

It was very bitter, almost made him cry bitterly.

Brother Jiu, who suddenly had an errand from the sky, seriously suspected that Huang Ama was jealous that he was so rich that he was so rich, that's why he had to be punished like this!Blame him for being too rich?

Brother Nine just wanted to refuse, but Kangxi didn't give him this chance at all, and handed over the heavy responsibility of clearing the treasury arrears to Fourth Master, Fifth Master and Ninth Brother, Kangxi announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Brother Nine: "..."

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