The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

"Brother got it, congratulations!" The Fourteenth Master touched Eighteen's head. This child stayed because of him. He was not like a younger brother who died young as in history. After all, he was a different younger brother: "Wait back Go to Beijing and see where your mansion is built? Clean it up well, and you will be an adult when you get married, and the head of the family, you can't be childish anymore."

"No." The eighteenth elder brother bouncingly said: "My brother has already made an agreement with my future Fujin, we will live a good life, go shopping when we have time, eat delicious food, and have a few children in the future. Watching the kids start families and businesses...."

It's a pretty long-term plan.

The Fourteenth Master thinks that the Eighteenth Elder Brother has also grown up.

"Brother Fourteen, can we have dinner together tonight?" Elder Nineteen was rather shy: "Brother asked someone to make a pot for boiling white meat."

"Okay!" Fourteenth Master nodded: "It's just right, since my brother came back, we brothers haven't talked properly."

When I was on the grassland, I was busy.

The [-]th elder brother just nodded, he was still young, and he didn't care about his elder brothers' affairs, but the fourteenth master ordered shrimp tofu and minced meat egg custard for him alone.

Nian Gengyao went to the place with his luggage in high spirits. It was indeed a guest room, and it was a guest room in the guest courtyard.

After asking, I found out that the Fourteenth Master was accompanying the three princes and elder brothers.

He had no choice but to have dinner with his own soldiers. Fortunately, his master Fourteen had already told him to have dinner, nothing else, hot pot.

In fact, when we were on the prairie, vegetables were rare, but when we arrived at the Rehe Palace, there is a special place for growing vegetables, and there is also a vegetable shed built by the Fourteenth Master, just to let his Huang Ama eat well. To a bite of fresh dish.

So there are more dishes here, spinach, rapeseed, and lettuce are green and green, and cucumbers with garlic.

This is really killing people. These soldiers ate meat and vegetables without raising their eyes. Nian Gengyao had a rare experience of the dining atmosphere in the army a long time ago, and the chopsticks were flying up.

But on the Fourteenth Master's side, besides the pot for boiling white meat, there is actually boiled fish!

When the Fourteenth Master saw it, he was overjoyed: "How do you know that brother, I want to eat this?"

Nian Gengyao saw that he was very strict, and he was not allowed to eat anything that would hurt his body, not to mention eating boiled fish in autumn, and the Fourteenth Master has a physique that loves fire, isn't that a crime?

"My brother saw that since my brother came back, he had to weigh the amount of chili powder in the grilled lamb chops, so I knew that my brother had suffered during this time." The nineteenth brother also felt sorry for the fourteenth brother: "It's not easy to go out. , but there is nothing in the palace? I asked someone to use these seven or eight catties of big grass roots to make this boiled fish for you."

Grass root is another name for grass carp.

"Good brother, you're still thinking about your fourteenth brother." The fourteenth master is so beautiful that someone scooped up all the peppers and peppers on it with a colander. He picked up the chopsticks and ate a piece of fat fish: " fragrant!"

The pot for boiled white meat and boiled fish, just for these two dishes, the Fourteenth Master ate two bowls of rice.

A stir-fried seasonal vegetable is also very refreshing, and the old vinegar cabbage is even more appetizing.

The brothers had dinner together, talking and laughing was quite beautiful.

Today Kangxi had dinner by himself, so he didn’t need to eat something, but instead asked Li Dequan beside him: "Where did they go?"

"Go to the fourteenth master's other courtyard for dinner." Li Dequan said: "Brothers even ordered food."

"What did they order?" Kangxi asked smoothly.

"Eighteenth Master ordered stir-fried seasonal vegetables, Nineteenth Master wanted boiled fish and a pot of boiled white meat, Twenty Elder Brother didn't order, but Fourteenth Master ordered shrimp tofu and minced meat egg custard. Brother Twenty's dishes!" Li Dequan said: "It's just that boiled fish is more shameless. Today, there is a grass root that weighs seven or eight catties in the kitchen, and the imperial chef took it out and made a big pot of boiled fish. .”

He said this on purpose, and hoped that Long Live Lord would go and have a look. At that time, what else could he use?

Tonight, Lord Long Live had just a small bowl of rice porridge and just two mouthfuls of vegetables.

As a result, Kangxi didn't move anywhere!

"A bunch of brats." After Kangxi finished speaking, he didn't continue.

Master Fourteen had dinner with his three younger brothers and was sent back home.

The next day was Nian Gengyao's breakfast with him, steamed stuffed buns filled with vegetables, soy milk, stewed eggs, and more than a dozen side dishes.

Nian Gengyao, however, ate a stewed egg one bite at a time, and he ate it generously.

"Eat slowly." Fourteenth Master peeled an egg for Nian Gengyao: "Eat some food."

There is also a big plate of stewed beef.

There is no shortage of beef and mutton in this place, and there is beef soup in the breakfast.

Fourteenth Master drank a bowl. The beef soup contained not only beef, but also dried tofu with vermicelli and shredded cabbage.

After breakfast, Kangxi sent someone to call, and the two went to the Rehe Palace to ask for an audience.

In fact, it was nothing, just that Mulan Qiudi was about to leave, and Kangxi called the two of them here to talk to them about hunting.

"This time you two have outstanding military exploits, so I have to show your bravery." Kangxi was in a good mood: "Go and beat two bears, I want to eat bear's paws."

"Okay, Huang Ama can eat it if you want." Fourteenth Master laughed: "This time, Mulan Qiudi, I will make you a hundred and eighty rabbits, and make you a spicy rabbit head?"

"I don't want to eat the rabbit's head, I think you want to eat it." Kangxi and the fourteenth master were teasing.

"My son still wants to eat roe deer meat! By the way, kill two more deer and send them back to Prince Yong's mansion to make some roasted deer tendons for my son." The Fourteenth Master was still thinking about the food in Beijing.

Everyone else made fun of it, saying that Long Live Lord and the Great General Wang wanted to eat bear paws and scarlet lips.

As far as Nian Gengyao remembered, the fourteenth master wanted to eat spicy rabbit heads.

Just as everyone was chatting in full swing, someone from Jingzhong came.

It's Elder Seventeen, the team he led!

Don't look at Kangxi coming out of Beijing in May, but there is no news about Beijing, Fourth Master can't hide anything from Kangxi in Beijing.

This time, people from Beijing brought the Double Ninth Festival gift from Beijing.

There are also Mulan Qiudi's things, such as the new bows and arrows made by the Ministry of Industry, and the taxation of the court after the autumn harvest.

There are also things given to Kangxi by the ladies in the palace, such as clothes, bedding, furs and the like, to show their concern for the Long Live Lord.

Concubine De gave Kangxi a thick embroidered brocade quilt and Concubine Min's wolfskin mattress.

The small tea-scented pillow made by Mrs. Wang.

And the person who came was Elder Seventeen, who also brought a gift from Lian Baile to the Long Live Lord: a pair of Hai Dongqing.

"The old man touched Hai Dongqing?" Kangxi was a little surprised.

Costinus, also known as gyrfalcon, falcon eagle, sea green, is a kind of falcon, distributed in the Arctic, North America, and Asia, and native to Heilongjiang, Jilin and other places in China.

Haidongqing is small and strong, and it can fly very high. It is an important helper in hunting. It can attack swans, chickens and rabbits.

Costin can be divided into Qiuhuang, Bohuang, Sannianlong, and Jade Claw. Among them, the pure white jade claw is the most precious; and it is said that Costin takes pearl mussels as food, and hides the pearls in the crop after eating the clams.

"Haitongqing" is the ancient totem of Sushen, which has the meanings of "God of Eagles", "Messenger of God", "Existence closest to God", "People Chosen by God", etc. God here refers to Su Abu Kahehe, the supreme god of the Shen culture, the mother of the gods.

In Tungusic languages ​​(Manchu, Xibe, Hezhen, Ewenki, Oroqen, Daur, etc., Haidongqing's pronunciation is Xiongkulu, Song Kunluo, Sushen, Jurchen, Zhushen, Zhushen, Zhu Lizhen, etc. It is Manchu, these are the same word with different Chinese translations and translations.

It can be said that Costin is the name of the Sushen (Manchurian) nation.

Costin is not simply a real species, similar to the phoenix totem worship of the Han people.

In the history of Manchu, Costin is a divine bird.

Among Costin, the pure white "jade claw" is the top grade, and there are other names such as autumn yellow, wave yellow, and three-year dragon.In the Qing Dynasty, if a prisoner caught a sea dongqing and presented it to the imperial court, he would be exempted from all death penalty, which shows how precious it is.The arrogant and extravagant Emperor Tianzuo, the last Liao ruler, sent silver envoys to ask for Haidongqing from the Jurchens every year, and "every time he came to his country, he would definitely want to recommend a pillow. In his domestic round, he would use a household as a place to stay, and he would not go out. After the virgins, envoys come and go, relying on the fate of the great country, they only choose beautiful women, regardless of their husbands and lovers."

This move aroused the resentment of the Jurchens at that time. Under the leadership of Aguda, the leader of the Jurchen Wanyan Tribe, they "gathered the soldiers of the Jurchen tribes and captured the Liao barrier eagle officer".

Shen Zhaoti, a literati in the Qing Dynasty, once commented: "The Liao and Jin dynasties provoked Haidongqing, and the jade claws named Yinggong stopped for a long time."

It can be seen that although an eagle is insignificant, it is related to the rise and fall of the Liao and Jin Dynasties.

The Manchus used eagles for hunting, and the rulers used eagles to catch geese and geese as a means of entertainment.It is not easy to capture and tame Costinus, and there is a folk saying: "Near death, rare eagle".

After capturing the wild Hai Dongqing with an eagle net, he would like to thank the "Eagle God" Gege for his gift.

Take it home and put it in the eagle-boiling room to put the eagle on the shelves, add "foot tripping" to keep it from sleeping for several days and nights, and wear away the wildness, which is called "boiling the eagle".After passing through the steps of "crossing the fist" and "running the rope", at this time, the eagle can listen to the yelling and come to the hunter's arm.

Finally, through the "stripping" of the eagle, scrape out the intestinal oil, so that the eagle is hungry, but its muscles are strong, which is convenient for capturing prey.The tamed eagle can go to the mountains to "release the eagle".The eagle holders stand on the sidelines and watch, and let people beat the bushes with sticks to blast the wild animals out, commonly known as "chasing battles".

When the prey is found to run or fly out, the hawk will immediately scream and dive down to catch the prey. The hawk hunter should rush to get the prey as soon as possible, and only give the hawk some animal offal, but not enough to feed it. ", that's the truth.

In addition to "Grand Views of Unofficial History of the Qing Dynasty", books such as "Yanshan Conglu" and "History of Liao Dynasty" also recorded in detail the scene of the leader of the Liao Kingdom assisting hunting with eagles.In the early spring of the next year, the hunters fed the hawks, removed the bells and stumbling blocks, and released the hawks back to nature for spring and summer to reproduce.

Hai Dongqing is not easy to grasp, even more difficult to domesticate, Lian Baile even gave Kangxi a pair of jade claws Hai Dongqing.

In the oracle of Manchu shamanism, it is sung that the eagle god has "golden wings covering the snow-covered ground, two silver claws in his arms, carrying the sun on his back during the day, and walking with the sun at night", which is the domination of light and darkness in the world. By.

At the same time, the Eagle God and the Condor God are symbols of strength and might, and the Condor God is the most ferocious cosmic god.

It's not that Kangxi doesn't have Costin, but in his Costin, there is no such excellent Costin as Jade Claw.

"It seems that Lao Ba is still a bit filial." Although he likes Yuzhuo's top-quality Costin, Kangxi doesn't like people who send Costin.

Elder Seventeen took the opportunity to step forward and said: "Ama Huang, the starlings have spent a lot of time thinking about this matter. This is a pair, and a large group will be produced in the future!"

Elder Seventeen doesn't have any errands in Beijing, so he was able to come here because of Lian Baylor's recommendation.

In addition, Prince Cheng deliberately opposed Prince Yong. Originally, this errand was for Fifth Master, but Fifth Master was also busy, and Seventh Master wanted to come, but Prince Cheng insisted on recommending Seventeen.

In addition, Prince Cheng's tossing is enough to make people worry, no, the seventeenth prince is here.

This is a good job, he pointed to showing his face in front of Huang Ama this time, hoping to get some attention or reuse.

"You think well." Kangxi glanced at the seventeenth prince lightly: "Where's Hai Dongqing? Let me see."

"Hey!" The Seventeenth Prince immediately asked someone to present Hai Dongqing.

Master Fourteen touched his chin: "Why do you think something is wrong?"

After a while, a large cage covered with black cloth was pushed in.