The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

It took Kangxi a long time to worship the ancestors this time.

I don't know what he said to his ancestors.

It took such a long time, everyone knelt for a long time, why didn't others know, anyway, Shisi's legs were numb.

In the Qingming Festival in March, after the ancestor worship, Kangxi returned to the Changchun Garden, and the scenery in the Changchun Garden was still picturesque.

Kangxi suddenly had a whim, and called Shisi and Nian Gengyao to come and see him.

When the two came hand in hand, they saw that Kangxi had changed into a new attire, which turned out to be that of a wealthy old man.

"Huang Ama, where are you playing?" After Fourteen greeted him, he became amused: "Do you want to go out for a private visit on Weifu?"

"Yes, private visit in micro-service, you two also change your clothes, Lianggong wears fourteen's suit, some of his suits are made a little too big, you can wear them just right." Kangxi ordered: "Hurry up and put on your clothes." Bar!"

Originally, fourteen's clothes were prepared in the Changchun Garden, with several boxes.

Some of the suits were made a little bigger, which is just right for Nian Gengyao to wear at the moment.

Those were clothes made by Eighteen Fujin. Because they didn't have any female celebrity skills or experience, they were made bigger, but the materials were all good.

The two of them changed their official clothes and came out in casual clothes. Kangxi smiled when he saw it: "Liang Gong is wearing it just right."

"Isn't that right, these are clothes made of Shu brocade, can it be good!" Shisi was a little chicken belly.

Because Nian Gengyao looked even more handsome after wearing this dress!

He's more handsome than him, and he's jealous.

Kangxi patted the back of his head affectionately: "What does it look like?"

The Fourteenth Master was moaning, and Nian Gengyao humiliated him, and Kangxi couldn't stop laughing at him: "Lianggong doesn't have to be like this, you are just more handsome than him."

This is the royal words of the Long Live Lord himself, and there is nothing the Fourteenth Lord can do if he is dissatisfied. Nian Gengyao got Kangxi's words, and his smile became even more seductive.

Fourteenth Master is so angry, his cheeks are bulging, like a little toad.

Although Kangxi was happy to see his fourteenth son playing tricks and making himself happy, he always felt weird in such a situation, but he couldn't tell what was wrong with him.

Simply ignore it, the three of them changed their clothes, and brought Li Dequan, who also changed into ordinary clothes, San Dezi and his servants, more than 50 big inner guards, and more than [-] first-class guards. out of Changchun Garden.

This is the capital city, and there are people secretly protecting them along the way. They rode horses and walked slowly, protecting the frame, until noon, when they arrived at the place.

The Fourteenth Master took a look: "My brother's house?"

Yes, Kangxi came to Prince Yong's Mansion.

Opposite is his Prince Xun's Mansion.

"San Dezi, go knock on the door." Kangxi commanded San Dezi to call the door vigorously.

In fact, there is no need to call the gate. There are several gates and guards standing guard in front of the gate of Prince Yong's Mansion... You have seen it a long time ago.

But Kangxi's group, or a team of people.

It seems very strange, the first is the huge momentum, which is nothing in the capital, the capital is at the foot of the emperor, and there are countless dignitaries of all kinds.

There are quite a few people who are willing to travel in a big way, but they are a bit unscrupulous!

The second is these people, those who ride horses are not counted, there are no signs on the carriages, the carriages of ancient nobles, the logos of various mansions or the titles of mansions are written on the front of the carriages, such as Prince Xun XIV, on his carriage, There will be palace lanterns with the words "Prince Xun's Mansion" hanging on the two corners, which is the treatment of the prince.

The Eighteenth Prince is now Beizi, so there will be a palace lantern hanging on his carriage, with the words "Eighteenth Prince" and "Beizi" written on it.

At least the one with the family crest.

But the regulation of this carriage is very advanced, at least at the level of a prince. They know the Fourteenth Lord who came out of it!

But there is no sign on the body.

But looking at the entourage, all of them are full of energy, and the horses they ride are also first-class horses, the ones with extraordinary origins at first glance.

It's not like something that small households can have.

The third is people who come, even Prince Xun can only clear the way for others, helping an old man get off the carriage, who can let Prince Xun help him get off the carriage?

At least it has to be the one with high morals and respect in the royal family, right?

Of the four doors, two rushed in to inform the prince and concubine, and the two quickly opened the door, at least the official door of the palace.

Fourteen was as if returning to his own home. He called people to line up to welcome Kangxi, and then led Kangxi to the Yijin courtyard of Prince Yong's mansion, and went straight to the main hall.

The main hall of Prince Yong is the place to meet guests, and the guests who can meet in the main hall are all distinguished guests.

Kangxi looked around: "Where's his study?"

"There is an outer study room and an inner study room, why don't we go to the outer study room?" Fourteen said, "My brother's outer study room is very big, the kind where all three rooms are connected, and there are a lot of books in one room."

"Go and have a look." Kangxi didn't know how to be polite.

The Fourteenth Lord really took Kangxi and Nian Gengyao to Prince Yong's study, which was actually in the courtyard next door.

Prince Yong's study is still the same, but on the desk is a list of arrears, and there are still a few houses left, which have not been returned to the Ministry of Households.

There are certain reasons for these families. One is that the old man in the family borrowed money. As a result, the old man passed away and the family was divided. The three brothers felt that the boss should pay back the money, because when the family was divided, he divided most of the property. , the boss should pay it back, but the boss thinks that the three brothers should pay it back in threes, threes and fours, because the second and third children have divided the family property.

The three brothers also filed a lawsuit for this, and the old man borrowed money because he wanted to buy property for the three sons at the head of the family.

Because the family has no son, the two married daughters have been divided up by the members of the clan. Now that the lights are out, how can they collect debts?

The reasons for each family are different, and the reasons are also very strange. It can be seen that Prince Yong also has a headache, and angrily wrote comments on the back of each debtor, and it is very childish.

Kangxi is very happy to see.

Prince Yong would not be reconciled if the money didn't come back. It can be seen that Prince Yong has a stubborn character.

At this time, Prince Yong came.

"My son didn't know that Huang Ama came to the humble house, and I was disappointed to welcome him. I hope that Huang Ama will forgive me." Prince Yong said hello and apologized in a serious manner, full of etiquette.

"Get up, I'm here to have a look." Kangxi sat behind the desk: "What are you doing?"

"I'm discussing the matter of spring plowing with the princess." Prince Yong said: "Several Zhuangzi in the mansion have been busy with spring plowing these days, and the Zhuangzi in Shengjing, I have seen it when I went to worship the ancestors. Yes, the harvest has been good, and a lot of greenhouses have been set up according to the vegetable shed of the fourteenth brother, at least in winter, you can also eat some green leafy vegetables."

In fact, the green leafy vegetables over there are only sold to a few big families in winter. They all think of vegetable sheds, but they don't have the technology of Prince Xun's mansion, so they can only spend money to buy vegetables to eat.

However, in winter, the vegetable shed also provides green vegetables to several generals' mansions. The selling price is high, but the profit is limited, because there are only so many consumer groups, not to mention there is no market, so it can only maintain small profits but quick turnover.

"A year's plan lies in spring, not bad." Kangxi nodded in satisfaction. A Prince Yong who values ​​farming is better than a Prince Yong who values ​​power and strategy: "Take me away!"

"Yes." Prince Yong led the way, and Kangxi visited Prince Yong's mansion.

He has never been to Prince Yong's Mansion, but he has seen the blueprints. Today's Prince Yong's Mansion is much bigger than when the fourth master left the palace to build the mansion.

To be precise, the entire mansion looks like a Chinese character for "vessel", with a vertical line added in the middle.

That is the middle road, facing the gate is the lobby, after entering the second gate is the living place of Prince Yong, next door is the inner study, between the third gate and the second gate there is a pavilion, a small lake, and now the water is rippling Lin, it will be full of lotus in summer, very beautiful.

And this water is living water, not stagnant water, which is rare.

Inside the three gates is a large courtyard, which is where Prince Yong and Princess Yong live, next door is a courtyard for girls, and the Xiulou at the back is a place for girls to play.

Princess Yong took the side concubine and the female relatives to greet Kangxi. There was a row of female relatives in the front, and elder brother and princesses in the back.

Fourteen acted as a "tour guide" for a while: "Huang Ama, you know this is Honghui, this is Hongyu, Hongyun...this is my eldest niece... my second niece..."

In fact, the girls don't have any titles, only the names given by their families, but on the jade record, they are only recorded as the first daughter and second daughter of Prince Yong. The title of Duoluogege, or the title of a certain Gege, this is an honorary title, more dowry, and better reputation.

But fourteen pairs of girls are better.

Especially Da Gege of the fourth master's family, this girl has already been betrothed by the fourth master, he married his eldest daughter to the eldest son of the Ulanara family, Ulanara Xinghui, who is the eldest nephew of Princess Yong's natal family, In this way, the fate of Da Ge Ge Fu Meng was avoided, and she was also found a good family.

Er Gege is from Li's family. Although she is a side concubine, Li's vision is too high, and she hasn't decided who to marry Er Gege to.

Sangege and Sigege are still young, and Wugege is Yuanyuan who was born in the first place, not yet old enough to think about getting married.

But Kangxi could tell that the fourteen pairs of children of the fourth master's family were very precious, he knew everyone's name, and hugged Yuanyuan and said, "This is Yuanyuan, who looks like Erniang, right?"

"Like." Kangxi was really interested in this little girl, she really looked like a shrunken Concubine De when she was young, or in other words, like a Concubine De when she was a child.

After several female relatives paid a visit to Kangxi, Princess Yong said, "It's rare for Huang Ama to come to the house, so my daughter-in-law will take someone to prepare dinner for Huang Ama."

Naturally, it is impossible for Princess Yong to be here, and it is even more impossible for the other female relatives. If they hadn't followed Princess Yong, they would not even have the qualifications to meet Kangxi.

So even though Concubine Li was unhappy, she had to retreat with Concubine Yong, not to mention she was not the only one who was not reconciled, Niu Hulu was also not reconciled, unfortunately, her status was not as good as Concubine Li.

On the contrary, Kangxi still had an impression of Nian Shi: "She is Liang Gong's younger sister."

"Yes, it's my sister." Nian Gengyao said, "Now I have two sons and a daughter."

It can be regarded as "high yield", because Princess Yong only has two sons and one daughter.

Others are either a son or a daughter.

Princess Yong is not bad in Kangxi's eyes, and there is nothing taboo about Prince Yong. Kangxi can go wherever he wants.

Kangxi went to Brother Honghui's room.

There is a small courtyard to the east of Prince Yong's Mansion, separated by a flower wall in the middle, forming a middle courtyard. In each small courtyard lives an elder brother. Honghui's courtyard is the closest to Prince Yong's study.

Honghui’s yard is just a small second house. There are three rooms in the front row and three rooms in the back row. The front row house is his study and main room, where he meets and reads. The three rooms in the back row are his bedrooms. , but when brothers come over, they can still live together. The bedroom is on the east side, the living room is in the middle, and the west side is a small warehouse for valuables.

The three rooms in the front row have been opened up and arranged into a large study room. There is also a pair of armor. Brother Honghui smiled and said, "This is given to my grandson by Uncle Fourteen, and my grandson likes it very much."

"It seems that you are not only good at learning, but you have not forgotten to practice martial arts." Kangxi saw the armor and several saddles of different sizes, all of which were used by Honghui.

"Many of us live on horseback, and we can't let go of riding and shooting." Hong Hui said with a smile, "There is also the firearms that Uncle Fourteen taught his grandson, which is also very powerful."

The Fourteenth Master was proud, he secretly taught Hong Hui how to shoot a gun in private, don't tell me, this kid who has practiced riding and shooting learned how to shoot a gun faster than others.

Next to elder brother Honghui's yard is the small yard of Hongyun, the second elder brother of Li's family. Unfortunately, Kangxi only looked at elder brother Honghui's place, and then went to the main hall in the backyard to rest. After passing all the places in Prince Yong's Mansion, he was also tired. He only cared about the elder brother Honghui, the eldest grandson, and he just met the other grandsons.

It was three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was time for everyone to eat dinner. Princess Yong did cook the meals herself. Of course, the other women were not idle, and each of them prepared a special dish.

Princess Yong's favorite dishes are stewed deer tendons in a casserole and rose rolls in a pot.

Concubine Li's is much more luxurious. She specially made a Dinghu Shangsu and a first-grade official swallow.

The concubine of the year is braised beef in brown sauce, cucumber with garlic, and stewed tofu with fish head.

Song's is a chili stir-fried pork; Geng's is a sweet and sour tenderloin; Wu's is a sweet and sour carp; Niu Hulu's stewed mutton.

The chef's special dishes, as well as some of the favorite dishes of the Fourteenth Master, are also full. There are seven or eight main dishes and five or six soups, which seem to be quite a lot.

"Come on, Huang Ama, try Sisao's handicrafts. I will tell you, this dish is learned by the cook from Sisao. Sisao doesn't cook easily. This is the most authentic stewed deer tendon in casserole. "The Fourteenth Master hurriedly prepared dishes for Kangxi: "Try it, and this fried spring roll is not stuffed with bean paste, but filled with vegetarian stuffing. It's delicious."

This is Shisiye's favorite flavor of spring rolls. Shredded cabbage, carrots and green peppers are rolled inside. It is light and not greasy at all, and tastes great.

"Well, the taste is very good." Kangxi's experience was also very novel, it was the first time he ate dishes made by his daughter-in-law.

In the past, the royal chef in the palace would cook for him.

The soup and other things sent to him by the women are said to be boiled by themselves, but in fact, when the soup is ready, they swiped a few times with a spoon, even if they boiled it by themselves, in fact, they are all cooks credit.

Few women would really cook soup for several hours for Kangxi.

Of course, the soup this time was indeed boiled by several women for several hours.

It tasted really good, and when Kangxi was eating, the only ones who accompanied him to eat were Fourth Master, Fourteenth Master, Nian Gengyao, and the elder brothers of the palace.

The female relatives are all serving outside, and there is no meal at all.

But still willingly stood and waited, wishing to be called in by the Long Live Lord, and serve as the big maid to serve the Long Live Lord's meal, this is a matter of showing his face.

However, after Kangxi finished his meal, he walked around Prince Yong's mansion again, and looked at the scenery of their house in early spring. The jasmine flowers bloomed early, and the lilac trees also bloomed, and the faint fragrance of lilac flowers wafted over.

Kangxi was asking Prince Yong some sharp questions along the way. Shisi felt that it was a national event, and while listening to it, he was confused and not interested at all.

Nian Gengyao, on the other hand, listened very seriously.

At first glance, it is a model of famous ministers.

The fourteenth master looked like the type who would eat and wait to die.

Kangxi was very satisfied with Prince Yong's various answers, but he was speechless about the fourteenth master's laziness, and he was full of praise for Nian Gengyao's reaction.

Prince Yong and Nian Gengyao also complemented each other more and more.

After Kangxi returned from Prince Yong's mansion, he ordered his eldest son Honghui to be raised in the palace, and even the place where he got married was chosen.

It is the head office of the elder brother in the palace.

It used to be the place where King Zhijun lived.

Gandong Wu is located to the east of Qianqing Palace and to the north of Qianying Gate.

In fact, there are five south-facing courtyards, which are called "Dongtou", "Donger", "Dongsuo", "Dongsi", "Dongwusuo" from west to east.

After the king of Zhijun, where Dongtou is located, has been vacant since he left the palace to build the mansion, and later it was given to the eighteenth prince to live in. After the eighteenth prince left the palace to build the mansion, it was vacant. Now Kangxi has asked someone to renovate it. .

After this imperial decree, everyone's heart is like a mirror, and the Long Live Lord has made a decision.

Kangxi himself hesitated again and again. He was in Changchun Garden, standing in Qingxi Bookstore, looking at the spring scenery outside the window. Fourteen was reciting a book with Honghui, and the two were playing chess. He picked some wild vegetables from the garden and gave them to Kangxi.

Kangxi looked at the pair of uncles and nephews, and then at Nian Gengyao, who followed Fourteen step by step, without frowning, and even rewarded Nian Gengyao with two eyes.

According to the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty, the first rank is ruby, the second rank is coral, the third rank is sapphire, the fourth rank is lapis lazuli, the fifth rank is crystal, the sixth rank is clam, the seventh rank is plain gold, the eighth rank is gold, and the ninth rank is gold. The product is gold with Yang pattern engraving.Those without top beads have no official products; the second is a summer hat, without brims, horn-shaped, flat and large in the early stage, small and tall in the later stage, with rattan and bamboo mats, wrapped in silk, mostly white, and also lake and yellow. Red tassel top beads.

There is a feather tube under the top bead, which is made of jade or emerald, and is used to place feather branches.There are two kinds of Qing Ling branches: Lan Ling and Hua Ling.Lan Ling was made for He Yu, and Hua Ling was made for Peacock Feather.

In the Qing Dynasty, Hualing was a symbol of distinguishing prestige and showing rank, which could not be worn by ordinary officials; its function was to clarify ranks and reward military merits. Do not wear it at will, and if there is a violation, you will be strictly punished; generally, officials who are demoted or dismissed can still wear court clothes according to their grades, and being fined to pull out their feathers is an unusually serious punishment.

At a young age, Nian Gengyao was treated like a double-eyed Hualing, and he was the admiral of the Nine Schools. Such a young talent with no family background, but no one came to propose marriage!