The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

Update time: 21-06-2808 02:[-]

"Then reward Xiao Shishi with a plate of peach blossom crisps, and Xiao Shisan with a plate of dried pork. That kid loves meat." Emperor Kangxi was in a good mood, and this reward meant something interesting.

Now the most interesting thing is the thirteenth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother, especially the fourteenth elder brother, in Emperor Kangxi's heart, it is indeed different from other sons.

"The slave has written it down." Liang Jiugong also agreed with a smile.

Remembering this reward in my heart, I asked someone to order me to do it when I got to the garden.

Beijing's topography is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, gradually sloping from west to east.The western suburbs are at the junction of the Xishan Mountains and the plains, with many hills and abundant groundwater.During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many springs and streams in this area, and it was set against the verdant West Mountain. There are many mountains, clear water and beautiful green mountains. It looks like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River and an oasis outside the Great Wall.

This kind of scenery makes many literati in the capital often come here to play and sing, leaving a lot of poems and essays describing the beauty of the scenery here.

Wen Zhengming, a famous calligrapher and painter in the Ming Dynasty, chanted the landscape of the western suburbs with the poem "In the painting of ten miles of green hills, two flying white birds are like Jiangnan".

The grandfather of Cao Xueqin, a great writer of a generation, once wrote a good line "The geese are driven by the west wind, and the people are nostalgic for the west mountain".

The Changchun Garden is a summer resort built by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty after returning from his first southern tour.

Changchun Garden is about a kilometer long from north to south, and more than 600 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of ​​more than 60 hectares.

There are five garden gates: Dagongmen, Dadongmen, Xiaodongmen, Daximen and Northwest Gate.

The main gate is on the east side of the south wall, and inside the gate is the administrative and residential area of ​​Changchun Garden. Along the central axis, the middle road is followed by Dagongmen, Jiujing Sanshidian, Ergongmen, Chunhuitang, Shouxuanchunyongdian, and Houxuan. Houdian, Yunya Pavilion, Ruijingxuan, Yanshuanglou, Yuanfei Yuyue Pavilion.

In the north of the pavilion are Dingxiang Causeway, Zhilan Causeway, Taohua Causeway, Front Lake and Back Lake.

The east road is Danningju, Longwang Temple, Jianshan, Yuanjianzhai, Zangzhuozhai, Lanzaozhai, Taipuxuan, Qingxi Bookstore, Xiaodongmen, Enmu Temple and Enyou Temple.

On the west road are Wanfangzhai, Maimai Street, Wuyizhai, Vegetable Garden, Guandi Temple, Niangniang Temple, Ningchun Hall, Ruizhu Courtyard, Guanlan Pavilion, Jifengxuan and other scenic spots.

The West Garden, which exits from the west gate in the west of the garden, is surrounded by lakes, and buildings such as the Douyuan Bookstore, Guande Office, and Chengluxuan are scattered around the lake, where the young princes lived.

Changchun Garden is dominated by garden landscape, with simple buildings, most of which are small rolling sheds and tile roof buildings, without colored paintings.

The garden wall is built of tiger skin stones, and the pile of mountains is Tufu Pinggang, without precious lake stones.

However, there are a large number of ancient trees and vines left over from the Ming Dynasty in the garden. Kangxi did not let them remove them. Instead, they planted wintersweet, cloves, magnolias, peonies, peaches, apricots, grapes and other flowers and trees. Elk, white cranes, peacocks, and bamboo chickens are scattered in the forest. , the scenery is quiet.

The gardening style of Changchun Garden, which pursues nature and simplicity, influenced the imperial palaces such as the Summer Resort and the Old Summer Palace (before the expansion of Qianlong) that were completed after it.

Because it is a garden built by Emperor Kangxi to "avoid noise and listen to politics", it is called "Beijing No. 1 Garden".

Because of "avoiding noise and listening to politics, living in a secluded garden"?

In Xiao Shishi's memory, there are only two incomplete glazed mountain gates, which are already very beautiful, but after seeing this world-famous forest garden, he suddenly murmured to himself: "I finally know, those gangs Bandits and robbers, why are you so crazy!"

It is not an exaggeration to say that such a beautiful garden is a fairyland on earth.

Those turtles know what a fart, I'm afraid even the chamber pot will be snatched back as a treasure at that time.

Concubine De came to Changchun Garden and was arranged in Ruizhu Courtyard. This is an exquisite and small courtyard, which is not as dignified as the Yonghe Palace in the imperial city. The courtyard here is not big, but it is also decorated with carved beams and painted buildings. It is a large flower garden, which surrounds the whole yard in the middle, and the planted flowers and trees are very prosperous. Although it is only spring now, some flowers have already bloomed. There are so many colors in the green color, and it really seems to be embedded in the flowers. The stamens are average.

And little thirteen and little fourteen followed the fourth elder brother to live in Chengluxuan, and to study in the source bookstore.

The West Garden is the attached garden of Changchun Garden, which was built by Cao Yin during the Kangxi period.

The Chenglu Pavilion in the West Garden is built in the pine forest of the earth hill near the west garden wall. Next to the pavilion is the Immortal Cheng Terrace, on which there are bronze immortals made of Chenglu.

What happened to "Immortal Chenglu"?

According to "Zizhi Tongjian" and other historical records, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built a [-]-foot-high immortal dew plate with copper to collect dew and reconcile jade scraps for longevity.

The Cheng Terrace in the West Garden is no longer built for seeking immortals and taking medicine, but is just a garden sketch.

It's just a landscape.

But Cheng Luxuan is well built.

"Xuan" means a porch or a small house with windows in ancient times.

Therefore, Chengluxuan is located on a high platform in a pine forest on the side of the West Garden, with three small courtyards in the shape of "pin".

The regulations of each courtyard are the same, with five main rooms and three east and west wing rooms.

There are seven back rooms at the back, which are the places for the servants to live.

The front courtyard is naturally for the fourth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother lives in the east courtyard, and he lives in the west courtyard.

There are five main rooms, one is the main hall as soon as you enter the door, the east is a suite, the east outer room is a resting place, and the east inner room is a bedroom.

The interior and exterior rooms on the west side have been opened up and arranged into a large study room, which is very convenient for reading or receiving guests.

Moreover, to be honest, here, the guests are all distinguished, there are no outsiders, but it is barely enough.

Besides, this place is mainly a place for reading, not a place for them to enjoy. This point, Emperor Kangxi said very clearly, even the crown prince's Wuyi Zhai is the same.

The princes of the Qing Dynasty enjoy themselves in other places, but education is the only thing that is too hard!

But of course it is comfortable to be in the garden. Although the square and majestic Forbidden City is majestic, there are too many rules and regulations. It is no wonder that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty loved to live in the garden.

Can your own home be the same as a scenic spot?

They just arrived and needed to settle down, so the fourth elder brother called his two younger brothers to study. His study room is ready-made. This is not the first time he has come here, so the servants here tidy up quickly, and clean up the study room first. , to house the three Elder Brothers, followed by the Elder Brother’s bedroom, followed by other places, and finally the place where the servants live, that is, the back room.

The place where they live is easy to tidy up.

Whether it is a eunuch or a court lady, there are several people in one room.

"Let them clean it up, you two take a break here and read a book." In order to let the two younger brothers study honestly, the fourth elder brother specially took the beef jerky he brought: "If you study well, share a piece for each person, and if you don't study well , there will be no more."

"Yes, fourth brother." The thirteenth elder brother nodded honestly, this child is honest, and he must listen to the fourth brother for everything.

"Understood, brother." Little Fourteen nodded his head and looked at the beef jerky.

Beef jerky is the size of a sliced ​​apricot pit, and it is absolutely impossible to choke on one bite.

They set off early in the morning, and it was noon when they arrived at Changchun Garden. After reading for a while, someone brought snacks.

The rules of the Qing palace are two meals a day, breakfast and dinner, but at noon, snacks or snacks can be delivered.

This time it was just desserts.

Emperor Kangxi sent someone to reward Xiao Shishi with a plate of peach blossom crisps, Xiao Shisan with a plate of preserved pork, and Si Age with a plate of Saqima and a plate of pea yellow.

In addition, there is a pot of hot mare's milk and a plate of candied kumquats.

Probably because they were hungry, after the two little ones washed their hands obediently, the food was delicious and sweet, and the fourth elder brother actually used two pieces of sachima for the first time, he didn't like sweet things very much before.

Today, however, the two young ones are peach blossom crisps, dried pork for him to eat, and hot mare's milk. Although there is not much sugar in it, the milk is full of fragrance.

After eating snacks, the two younger ones were sleepy, and the one who was going to take a nap at noon, the fourth elder brother's bedroom was also tidied up, the third elder brother was still young, and there was a big kang in the bedroom, the three of them slept More than enough on top.

After taking a nap, Brother Si taught the two little guys how to play chess in the afternoon. At the beginning, it was impossible to teach advanced chess skills, but he played backgammon.

Two small chess games, the fourth elder brother is the referee.

Half of education and half of fun spent the whole afternoon, even the dinner was served at the fourth elder brother's place. After Defei settled down, he sent someone to see the three of them, and found that all three of them had settled down. It's not bad, so I don't worry, and Concubine De sent someone to bring three cups of clear chicken soup.

In addition, Emperor Kangxi sent someone to reward Si Age with a portion of vegetarian fried mushrooms.

Before the person who came to deliver the reward left, Elder Fourteen asked, "Where is Er Niang?"

"Yes, yes, Lord Long Live rewarded Empress Concubine De with a dish of fresh fish. This dish is unworthy in the palace!" She made a fool of herself: "There is also Concubine Min, who also got a dish of steamed fish."

Xiao Shisan smiled.

Er Niang was favored more than anything else. In the palace, she couldn't compete with other people's family background, so she could only fight for the favor. Zhang Jia's family had one son and two daughters, and she was a woman of merit with the royal family.

In addition, Concubine De also followed, these two women are concubines with "many children", Kangxi will not forget to reward them.

After dinner, the fourth elder brother sent the two little guys back to their yard, and went to have a look inside. Seeing that everything was arranged properly, he let the younger brother go to bed, and he went to rest.

The next day, Xiao Shisi got up very late and rolled around on the kang with the quilt in his arms for a long time. Nanny Sun came in to look at it several times. Finally, Qingyan came in and squatted on the side of the kang, coaxing him softly: " Fourteenth brother, it's time to get up, I'll wash up in a while, and I'll have river fresh steamed eggs."

When Little Fourteen heard "Hexian Steamed Egg", he opened his eyes immediately: "Why haven't I eaten it in the palace?"

"There is no river fresh steamed egg in the palace." Qing Yan smiled: "Only in the garden can you eat it."

"Ah?" Little Fourteen was dumbfounded.

He thought about it, isn’t it? He lived in the palace for five years, except for the first two years, he could only eat milk and nothing else. After he was able to eat, he refused to eat milk, but the supplementary food he had eaten Inside, it seems that there is really no fresh fish.

Not even a single steamed fish!

Because the fish needed for steamed fish must be live and fresh, but there is no.

The other fish that I have eaten are only in winter, they are tribute fish from Chagan Lake, and there are not many big fish caught in winter. If they are divided, there are only three or five fish in one palace.

You can only eat it during the Chinese New Year.

"Let's not talk about fish, you can't eat any seafood." Qing Yan told the poor little Fourteen: "Because the fresh food is easy to spoil, so the palace doesn't buy it. If you want to eat it, you can only eat it." Come to the garden to eat."