The Harem of the Qing Dynasty - the next era

In October of the 30th year of Qianlong, the Nala family became a filial piety, and Hongli had to consider the position of his brothers-in-law.

There are seven junior males in the Nala family, and there are three brothers Qingfu, Nasuxun, and Zarafin in the Wude family. The Minister of Political Consultation, Zarafin was young, and he took the job of writing tips after being a filial piety; Sige also had three sons, the eldest son Yili was Gu Lun's son-in-law, and now holds the post of envoy of Luanyi, and the second son, Anting, is now the son-in-law. Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Officials, was only eight years old when he was a concubine, and now he is studying at home; there is only one seedling in Changlin in Neli, who just entered the Imperial Academy this year as an errand.

It is very difficult for the Yili brothers to make a fuss if the older generation does not show filial piety. Now that Ding You, the four martial arts masters, has expired, Hongli must of course make detailed plans.

First of all, Wude, Hongli gave him the official hat of the household servant; Nali was promoted to the Minister of Internal Affairs under the recommendation of his son-in-law and nephew; As the admiral of Yunnan, he actually demoted the second brother-in-law from the central to the local.

It is Hongli's intention to release the four grids, but it is Yongxi's proposal to release Yunnan: there is no other reason. It is difficult to persuade the emperor to pay enough attention to Xi's worries, so he can only make a second choice—send a reliable uncle to Yunnan to suppress the situation.

That's not to mention, under the operation of Yongxi, Yongjue asked the emperor's father to issue a secret order: If there is any change in Burma, all military affairs in the southern border will be controlled by the four rules.

Yong Jue studied military affairs and asked his brother privately: "Can Burma really become a big problem on the frontier?"

Yong Xi is very firm: "If you don't fight, let it go. If you want to fight, you must be the second."

Yong Jue was dubious: "Myanmar is strong and strong, how much combat power can it have in a barren land?"

Yong Xi smiled bitterly and said: "If I fight Myanmar, I will have five major disadvantages. If there is more than the rules, the attack must be insufficient. You should bear this in mind."

Yong Jue nodded vigorously: "Please fourth brother teach me."

Yongxi led Yongjue to the study room, and slowly explained to him: "Sun Tzu said, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. It is a disadvantage that the Burmese roads, mountains, terrain, and forces of all parties are not known to the Ministry of War; "Hanshu" says, The arrogant soldiers are destroyed. Burma has been fighting for many years, and the people are all brave. The local green battalion and Chaozhong Banner soldiers are often negligent. This is the second disadvantage; If you have the will to fight, you have insufficient food, weapons and equipment. If there is a fire, if the food and grass are difficult to provide, you will have a well-prepared army and a division that resists my lack of food. There are elephants and horsemen, and there are firearms, these are all rare soldiers, and I am afraid that I will not be able to defend against them, and these are five disadvantages."

Yong Jue seemed to see the sun through the clouds: "Fourth Brother, you can now be the Marquis of Liu!"

"I'm just talking on paper." Yongxi smiled slightly, "You are a marshal. You can't be like me. You can only think about it, but you can't do it. How you behave depends on how the commander changes. How can you be like me? so pessimistic."

Yong Jue fell into deep thought: "Let me think about it—I think about it—"

"Please order to check the military equipment?" Han Ling was taken aback, "That's Yunnan! Do you need a prince to add dignity to Myanmar?"

Yong Jue argued: "Emiang! My son is already twenty, and there has been no war in the Qing Dynasty for a long time. Could it be that he has been raised like this and turned into a canary?"

"No!" Han Ling was determined not to let go, "I let you go to the northwest earlier because the overall situation in the Tianshan Mountains was settled, and now the situation in Myanmar is unknown to the court. The damage—no way! Parents are not far away, where have you lost the teachings of the saints?"

Yong Jue was not discouraged: "Emiang is superstitious, and my uncle is taking care of me. My son, go and come back quickly, and I promise to catch up with you."

Han Ling asked suspiciously: "You are here to leave the palace and open a mansion, do you want to show me face?"

Yong Jue hastened to make amends: "Son, how dare you! My son is not a three-year-old child, so how could he not know about Er Niang's painstaking efforts? But my son loves to march and fight, and the government has his fourth elder brother to assist Ama, so my son can't just sit idle. Have a skill, right?"

Han Ling was slightly moved: "The emperor agrees?"

Hongli naturally couldn't agree: he was mainly worried that his son would go to Yunnan to suffer.

Prince Jia, who was over the age and weak crown, was shameless and acted like a spoiled child after following the emperor's father, with a posture of "not giving up until the goal is reached", and finally annoyed Emperor Qianlong: "Get out! Go wherever you like , I’m out of sight and out of mind.”

He said "out of sight, out of mind", Lord Qianlong couldn't really just let it go, he really had nothing to say about who he wanted to be nice to - especially his precious son.

Needless to say, the grandeur of the trip, from the carriage to the guards, definitely exceeded the treatment prescribed by the prince. Hongli was afraid that Yong Jue would be wronged on the road, so he personally wrote an edict and handed it to the head of the guards, Qing Fu, which was rude. Simple: This is my son, whoever neglects him blindly, I will make him lose the chance to open his eyes forever!

Needless to say, Han Ling's side has prepared two or three carriages of various snacks, various pills, clothes and luggage. Yong Jue is quite helpless, and sighs to Yong Jing with raised eyebrows: "Your ninth brother must not be Ama and Er Niang from outside. picked it up."

"Ancestors rule that the blood of the royal family cannot be tarnished." Yongjing rolled his eyes, "Besides, Ama Erniang has no shortage of sons, so she can't go outside and pretend to be someone else."

"You boy can do it!" Yong Jue rubbed the top of his younger brother's head, "He is good at speaking, so he dares to sneer at me."

Princess Hexiao said with a smile: "Ninth brother, don't forget to bring me a gift back!"

"Good boy, Brother Nine ordered you not to forget!" Yong Jue told his younger sister, "If you are free, go and talk with your sister-in-law Nine. I will entrust Xiao Ten to take care of your nephew and niece."

Princess Hexiao promised earnestly: "Don't worry, Ninth Brother, I'm here!"

Han Ling looked at the children, and suddenly there was a sign of melting somewhere in the frozen place in her heart: These children are the wealth he bestowed on her!

The husband is going on a long trip, and the father-in-law and mother-in-law will take care of everything. Being a daughter-in-law is naturally much easier. Qi Wan can't get in the way, so she directly puts Liu Jiashi, the concubine, into the team going south. .

Han Ling raised her face: "You claim to be doing business, and I can't say anything. There is a saying in the head, and people who have never kowtowed in front of me, even if they give birth to a phoenix egg, they can't be listed on the jade certificate." Name! If you don’t accept it, I’ll say it later, I’ll just think you’re secretly thinking about going out to find flowers and ask Liu, not doing business, and don’t use high-sounding reasons to perfuse us, have you written it down?”

Yong Jue obediently agreed: "My son understands."

This is true for his own son, but he should be more tolerant of his son who is not his own.

According to the previous agreement, Han Ling pointed out Yuying, the queen of the palace, to the eighth elder brother Yongxuan as a concubine.

Yongxuan and the Wang family can be regarded as a clear stream in the royal family: at first they were only in love with each other, but later they couldn't get together because of various accidents, but fortunately they were able to see each other often in the past two years, and their relationship was very strong. Not only did it not fade away, but on the contrary, it seemed to be flowing slowly. Even Yongxuan's official Fujin Zhangjia family acquiesced in the existence of Wang's family.

"Let's live a good life!" Han Ling had nothing else to say, "I chose the path myself, and you have to carry it yourself in the future."

The atmosphere in the harem of the capital is acceptable, but the Yunnan front line is not so warm.

Liu Zao, the current governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, has been promoted to a cabinet bachelor in just six years since he was awarded the imperial examination in the first year of Qianlong. After that, his career has been smooth. Now he is the governor of Guizhou with the title of "Prince Taibao" and temporarily assumes the title of Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. It's the big official who guards one side.

The ministers of the Qianlong Dynasty must meet at least one of the following three conditions to achieve such achievements in the officialdom: first, they must be from relatives and noble backgrounds with outstanding abilities, such as Sige and Fu Heng; second, they must be knowledgeable and capable, such as Liu Tongxun; third, have the opportunity to be close to the emperor, have a certain ability to handle affairs, and be able to please the emperor (good at figuring out what he wants), such as Liu Zao.

The friction between Myanmar and Yunnan is not a matter of a day or two. Although Hongli intends to clean up Myanmar, he does not take others seriously from the bottom of his heart, otherwise he would not have sent such a civil servant (and jester) to Yunnan to go.Like this time, although he made up his mind to let the four grids be released, the location will probably be in the rich places such as Liangjiang, Fujian and Guangdong. If Yongxi hadn't insisted, he would never have thought of letting the uncle of the current dynasty sit on the front line and command Kill the enemy.

Originally, Liu Zao felt that Ping-Myanmar was credited with sitting firmly in the three bankers. Even though he had been invaded many times by Burmese, he still made good news because he did not have any serious troubles.

Myanmar thought that the Qing court could be bullied, so it directly issued a document to the Tian Dynasty, declaring that Cheli (now Xishuangbanna) was Burmese territory. The loss of ground was basically due to the enemy's voluntary retreat. When he received the urgent letter from Sige, he just received the military report of the Burmese soldiers attacking Meng'a. Governor Liu became anxious at once: It's going to be bad!

The four grids have three identities: Uncle of the Dynasty (the most illusory on the surface, the most deterrent in reality), Taibao (the first grade, honorary title), the admiral of Yunnan (from the first grade, real job); Liu Zao also has three identities: Prince Taibao ( From the first rank, honorary title), Acting Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou (from the second rank, real position), Guizhou governor (from the second rank, real position).In contrast, Sige, who was born as a bannerman, completely crushed Liu Zao, who was born as a Han.

Not to mention whether Sige will find out that he lied about the military situation before, if Uncle Nala Guo didn't make a good contribution before he arrived, there will be nothing wrong with him in the future.

Sige's request in the official letter is: Conquering Burma is not a one-day effort, and the imperial court must take a long-term plan. Before arriving in Yunnan, it should maintain a conservative and restrained attitude towards the conflict in Burma, at least maintain the status quo and not continue to expand the war situation.

Liu Zao was having a headache, and soon received a second report: Prince Jia came with Si Ge.

What is Prince Jia doing here?There is no other possibility except to find the edge for the emperor!Liu Zao panicked for a moment: Prince Jia will see the current situation, can he keep the crown on his head?

The author has something to say: I don’t understand one thing. At least until the Qianlong Dynasty, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty still had a certain understanding of the Western powers—at least where their headquarters were and how strong their colonial intentions were—how did they come to Did Dao Guangchao become a fool who didn't know where the British army came from?Kangxi is a person who likes western learning very much, and Yongzheng still wears western suits, so it can't be said that they are complacent, right?Qianlong claimed to be the "sage grandson" that Kangxi valued, and he didn't see him learning from Kangxi in this respect?In particular, the later Emperor Daoguang was still the "sacred grandson" he himself recognized.