starling is not a bird

Yinzhen suddenly felt a huge sense of loss in his heart. Chen Menglei was originally the person he liked, but Baba said a lot of good things for him in front of Huang Ama, but now he became the third brother's servant, Yinzhen felt blocked It feels uncomfortable like a ball of cotton, but what can I say?The third brother is not only good at writing?Let alone himself when it comes to riding and archery, even the big brother who is good at bowing and horses can be equally divided!

Yinhu had seen his unhappiness early on, and she didn't want to stimulate him too much after thinking about it. Seeing that time was going to be tense, when would her business be over if she didn't get out?Pulling the younger brothers, the topic changed.

While talking, Liang Jiugong, the chief eunuch of Kangxi, begged to see him outside the door. He was holding a tray covered with a few fans in light yellow satin. The elder brothers knew that it was a gift from the emperor, so they hurriedly stood up to receive the reward. Liang Jiugong put down the tray , bowed with a smile and said: "The emperor wrote a few fans with his own hand and rewarded the masters." As he spoke, he put the tray on the table, took out two and handed two to Yinzhen and Yinhu, but the little elder brothers next to him didn't have any shares. , Xiao Jiu is the most fussy, feeling uncomfortable in her heart, disappointed, played with the fans obtained by the emperor brothers repeatedly, looked left and right, couldn't put it down, envious: "Director Liang, why didn't you have it?"

Liang Jiugong smiled: "The emperor only said that he would give rewards to a few elder brothers, and this servant is also surprised!"

"Ninth brother, is it possible that we won't suffer from heat stroke? Let's go, let's ask Huang Ama where we are going." Xiao Shi didn't like these things at first, but he couldn't see that his ninth brother was unhappy, so he dragged him away.

On the other hand, Yinzhen still remembered to reply: "My father-in-law has worked hard, running around in such hot weather."

"The slave is only capable of this idea, and it's all what should be done! How dare you say it's hard work?" Yinhu didn't answer the conversation, but he didn't bring any money before going out. Looking left and right, he took Yinhu on his own initiative. Zhenzhen passed the purse on the bookshelf to Yinzhen. Yinzhen took the purse without opening it, and stuffed it into Liang Jiugong's hand, and said lightly: "My father-in-law is tired, let's have a cup of tea."

Liang Jiugong took the purse and saluted the two of them vigorously before leaving.

"It's just a slave, is it worth being so careful?" Yinzhen waited for him to walk away before looking at his younger brother talking, his tone full of disapproval.

"Not for him, even the cats and dogs around Huang Ama are worthy of my care, but because he is the person around Huang Ama, looking at him serving the elders, it is just a word of filial piety." Yin Knowing her fourth brother's arrogance, Hu chose the most acceptable reason for him.

Besides Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi, who else is yelling outside?Xiaojiu and Xiaoshi who walked in danced happily, holding their newly acquired fans, "Mynah, the words written on Huang Ama's fans are five or six times more than yours, and the words are gorgeous, I envy you!" Right?" It was Xiao Jiu who was talking, he was very happy to get a new reward, and he could talk a lot at this moment.

"Really? Show me?" Yinhu liked his brother's cheerful appearance holding a fan, and asked softly.

: "Did I ask for it for yourselves?"

"That's not true, myna, you underestimated me again. I begged Huang Ama for a long time, stared at him and wrote more than a dozen pairs of fans. Except for these two, the others were sent back to the post station. They can get them on eleven ten 23." Everyone who moves the fan has a share! I even begged Baotai and the others!" Xiao Jiu puffed up her cheeks, dissatisfied with being underestimated by her brother.

Yinhu handed the fan in his hand to Yinzhen, hugged his younger brother,

: "How could it be, the starling knows, you are the most respectful brother and friend? What does Huang Ama have for the inn to deliver today?"

Xiao Shi suddenly laughed,

: "Myna, it's the crucian carp that Huang Ama just got. I fried fifty carps in fragrant oil and planned to feed it to the Empress Dowager. Unexpectedly, the cat, Ninth Brother, smelled it and looked at Huang Ama pitifully. Ah Ma had no choice but to order someone to fight again, we all have fish to eat tonight, thanks to Brother Nine!"

Xiao Jiu in Yinhu's arms was really sick when he told him that his hair was all blown up. He stared at the younger brother who exposed him: "I'm the only one who is greedy? Aren't you just drooling beside me? If you have the ability, don't you do it tonight?" Eat it, give it all to me!"

The two older elder brothers couldn't stop laughing, Yinhu could barely hold back,

: "Apart from crucian carp, there is nothing else? Impossible, after going for so long, crucian carp is not so attractive!"

Xiao Jiu's face started to turn red, and Xiao Ten next to him started to grimace

: "Ninth brother, you can tell this yourself, lest you blame me again!"

Xiao Jiu stomped on him fiercely, and said coyly for a long time

: "Huang Ama also rewarded us with inverted fruit. On the way, Xiao Shi and I shared half of it and ate it. I originally saved half for my brothers, but on the way, I remembered that my fourth brother had just died and couldn't enter."

"So?" Yin Zhen was also aroused curiosity

"I will reluctantly help fourth brother to eat." Xiao Jiu's head was buried in Yinhu's arms, and his voice could hardly be heard. Yinzhen held back his laughter, and waited for his next words, "I held it in my hand and wanted to try whether it was sweet or not, so I helped my starling taste one." His voice was even softer. What about it?" Yinhu looked at the little head on his chest, already knew the whereabouts of those hanging fruits, but still wanted to embarrass the little greedy cat in his arms.

Xiao Jiu didn't make a sound

Xiao Ten is already rolling his eyes

: "Brother, don't tease him, isn't it just eaten by him? What else? It won't be the crow that flies down and snatches it!"

Yinzhen and Yinhu looked at each other and laughed, rubbing their brother's head fiercely together.

On the second day, it was Yinzhen's turn to ride in the carriage. This time, Xiaojiu and Xiaoshi also had a conscience, and rode the horse for a long distance, not irritating their elder brother beside the carriage.

Along the way, Shengjing City is in sight, and Yinhu's longing destination has finally arrived!

It's a pity that Emperor Kangxi did not forget the studies of the princes. He ordered the princes to study their homework as soon as they were stationed. Yinzhen pinched his hair and thought for a while before he summoned up the courage to chat with Chen Menglei. With a few words, He was overwhelmed by the knowledge of this great Confucian, and felt even more regretful.

Yinhu couldn't calm down to read and write at all. Every once in a while, he looked up at the sun, hoping that the time would pass sooner.

"Brother, what's the matter with you?" Xiao Shi noticed his brother's absent-mindedness, and asked quietly, "It's nothing, I'm thinking about something." Yinhu was perfunctory to his younger brother, feeling extremely anxious, and had already sent a letter to his elder brother last night. Why is he still not here?

Looking forward to the stars and the moon, Yinhu's neck was stretched, and only then did he see his elder brother's figure. He dropped his pen, and rushed out without caring about asking the students for leave, and hugged him: "Brother, why are you so angry?" The time has come, and my younger brother is dying of anxiety." Yinhu couldn't help complaining, in his heart, his elder brother was already his favorite relative, and he didn't want to worry about the past anymore.Even if the elder brother betrayed himself once, it was for self-protection, how could he forget the elder brother's doting on him?

Yinti held up his younger brother in his arms and smiled brightly

"Little brat, I only bully your elder brother. Huang Ama ordered me to work, and she came here to complain? Huh?" As he spoke, he stabbed his brother's face fiercely with his thick beard, which made him angry. Yinhu giggled.

"Tell me, where do you want to go?" After the quarrel, Yinti put his younger brother down and looked at him casually. "It's still early, I'll take you on a horse, wherever you want."

"Brother, we don't ride horses, we want to take a carriage." Yinhu smiled slyly.

As the carriage staggered along the way, Yinhu just joked with the elder brother and ignored his questions. Finally, the carriage stopped.

Yinti jumped out of the carriage, looked at the green gauze curtain in front of him, and looked back at his younger brother in confusion, not understanding why he brought himself to see these.

Yinhu walked slowly to his side, pointed at the green gauze curtain in front of him and looked straight at his elder brother: "Brother, this is the food and grass that my younger brother found for you."

Yinti raised his eyebrows and remained silent, waiting to hear what his younger brother would say next. He knew that this younger brother could always surprise him.

"Brother, do you still remember why we lost that battle?" Yinhu looked at those green plants with obsession in his eyes.

"There is not enough food and grass, and the treasury is empty, how could I forget?"

"Those guys are cunning and shameless. We should have hit them hard, but our rear is empty and our national strength is weak, so we let those guys kill our courtiers. Brother, I can't swallow this breath! If there is another war, I hope I can go to the battlefield with my brother and you, and beat them to death." Yinti clenched his fists, "But the past few years have been affected by disasters, and the lives of ordinary people are also suffering. We are not qualified to fight." Yinti continued his deep pain, "Eight Brother, do you know? The larks raised in the respectful room of the palace, each eat one liter of red millet every month, each eat one liter of mung beans, and each eat one egg every day; parrots, each eat one liter of mung beans every month , one liter of polished round-grained rice; thrush, one liter of glutinous rice per month, and one piece of pork tenderloin per day; golden pheasant, two liters of sorghum per month, three liters of white rice, and four taels of cabbage and green onion per month Four taels!" (comment)

Yinhu didn't make a sound, just looked at his elder brother silently.

"But do you know how our people are doing? The catastrophe was the worst last year. There is no shelter in Beijing, no walls and no walls. Everyone uses umbrellas as sleeping places. Everything in the city is expensive and not easy to get rid of. Vegetables It is especially difficult, and it is also a rare disaster."

Yinti pulled a wry smile on his face,

"Huang Ama set up porridge factories in Yuqingguan, Xicheng Reclining Buddha Temple, Gongdelin, and Pujitang, and set up porridge factories in Sunhe, Dingfuzhuang, Caiyu Town, Huangzhuang, Panggezhuang, Lugouqiao, etc. outside Liumen. Set up porridge factories in six places, and also opened porridge factories in various towns in Gyeonggi Province, but what happened?"

"There are good officials in the world, but there are no good subordinates. If the government is in the hands of the subordinates, it will harm the people." Every time Yinti mentions those dog officials who have blackened his conscience, his heart is full of anger!

"The clerks and servants who cook porridge in the porridge factory withhold rice, and the officials can control him. But in the end, the officials start to swallow the rice. How dare the government officials take care of it? At first, the porridge was still cooked with old rice, and gradually mixed with Guanyin soil to make up the number. Later, the bark was put into the pot, and those hungry people "chewed mud to fill their intestines, and gnawed the skin for fragrance". Everyone knew that Guanyin soil could not satisfy their hunger, they could only suffer for a few more days, and then died. Gnaw the skin to delay death, take porridge today and ghost tomorrow.” Right next to those so-called porridge factories that save people’s lives, dead bodies and bones can be seen everywhere.”

"The porridge woman in front of Changchun Temple, her son was born on the [-]th day of June Niang. The official's porridge is not counted, no matter how old or young. If the child eats the porridge from the mother, the wet nurse eats porridge, two bowls a day to avoid belly. Chaofeng Meal , Sleeping in the dew. The son is in the twins, the son dies alone, the son is sick and the nurse continues to cry. Don't die, let the mother take advantage of the porridge today, cover her arms and wipe her tears and dare not cry." Yinti finished reading this song " Poetry on Fighting Congee, with grievous wounds on his face, "How does this tell us to levy their rations to go to war?"

Yinhu will never forget this poem. The 19-year-old young woman, holding a dying six-month-old baby in her arms, will never let him forget the tragic situation of making porridge to prolong her life. , the slowness of the chief official, the anticipation of the hungry people; when it is time to get the porridge, the arrogance of the officials and the cowardice of the hungry people;This strengthened his determination.

"Brother, look." Yinhu took out a crumpled "Baishan County Chronicle" from his arms, opened it and handed it to Yinti.

Yinti looked down at the book in his hand, it was written impressively

"Forty years ago, people only occasionally planted one or two stalks of barley in vegetable gardens for children to eat. Now it has spread across mountains and valleys, and people rely on it for year-round food within 40 miles to the southwest."

"Six Valleys... the staple food of the mountain people."

Raising his head, Yinti already understood what his younger brother meant, and couldn't restrain his excitement, pointing at those tall crops, "Xiaoba, are these fanmai?"

Yinhu nodded heavily

"Brother, I sent someone to ask. Fanmai has a rough nature, and it will grow well even if you don't overfeed it, and its growth season is interlaced with winter wheat. In the northern region where it grows near the Yellow River Basin, it can be rotated with winter wheat to achieve the same level." Two crops a year, these will become the main food of our Qing people, with this, we don’t have to worry about famine anymore!”

Yinti turned around and rushed to the field, not afraid of soiling his shoes at all, he brushed the lush leaves with his hand, he almost shouted, he didn't have to worry about food and grass, he could go to battle and teach him a lesson Those savages are gone.Yinti's heart was so excited, he didn't even care how much praise his Huang Ama would give him when he got such good news!

Yinhu looked at the almost crazy elder brother excited there, and his eyes slowly became moist. This is his elder brother, the hero who rose up for the people and the country. He didn't want to recall those years of confinement, and he didn't want to Thinking about those old grievances, he watched his elder brother kneeling on the ground and roaring loudly, feeling that God was really kind to him.

When Yinti came out of the field, his face was covered with mud, but his smile was brighter than the setting sun, "Xiaoba, you have done a great job this time, let's go, let's go back and tell Huang Ama, he I will definitely reward you a lot!" Yinti looked at his younger brother proudly, with the pride of a young child in my family, and he was even more happy that this younger brother always turned to him and took his worries to heart.

"Brother, you are the one who does meritorious service, and you are the elder brother who does the job!" Yinhu said slowly but firmly, he didn't want to expose his ability too early, now is not the time, brother, forgive younger brother, forgive Brother wants to use you as his shield!

"Eighth brother, brother will not be greedy for your merit!" Yinti looked at this sensible younger brother, unwilling to take advantage of him, let alone gain anything from his efforts. He is the emperor's eldest son, and he has his own pride .

"Brother, this is not a credit at all. I'm just looking for chapters and excerpts. If these things are really beneficial to people's livelihood, I still need you to promote them! I have never taken care of my errands, so why bother with such a false name?" Yinhu Knowing his brother's arrogance, he would never accept what others gave him.

"I'm just a child with a yellow mouth. I rashly went to report to Huang Ama. If I refuted it, I would lose face. It's a big deal. This thing can't be promoted, and it can't be used by us!"

Yinti looked at his younger brother, thought for a while, and still refused to give up persuading him

"This is easy, you and I will report it together."

"Brother, I just did this because I felt sorry for you. Why should I have such a relationship with my younger brother? Why don't you go back to Huang Ama, and when he asks you to take charge of this matter, elder brother, you take me with you and give it to your younger brother." How about a chance to practice?"

Yinti looked at his younger brother's gentle smile in silence, full of persistence, he sighed, and his younger brother smiled even sweeter.

: "Brother, let's go back and show Huang Ama? On the way, stop by the farm to buy some of this, and give Huang Ama a taste!"

The entourage next to them got the order, went down to the field, picked up a few strong trees and pulled them up, and put them on the back frame of the carriage. The farmer bought some fanmai pancakes and took some fanmai back.

Yinti took the "Baicheng Tongzhi" and a bunch of trophies and went to see Kangxi himself. After bidding farewell to his elder brother, Yinti went back to see his younger brothers.

In the room, Yinzhen was facing a screen triumphantly. Seeing her brother walking in, she threw the screen and rushed over, "Brother, you are back, and you will not take me with you when you go out for a long time." Raising her cheeks, Yinhu loved this younger brother and acted like a baby with her, hugging him with a smile: "Brother, I went to do serious things, why did I take you with me? Brother, how can I let you suffer?" Yinhu secretly thought I regret not having prepared anything for my younger brother on the road, and now I can't say anything with empty hands.

Seeing her brother happy at the moment, Yinzhen didn't care about anything, turned around and picked up the screen she wrote to ask her brother to comment: "Brother, look, today the fourth brother copied Huang Mafa's advice to be good on the screen, and specially invited him Chen Menglei, the third brother's attendant, helped him write the postscript, saying that he would send it to Huang Ama for this year's birthday celebration, I looked pretty, so I also wrote one for you, starling, do you like it?"

Yinhu played with the red sandalwood screen inlaid with jade in his hand, on it was his younger brother's immature brushwork, and felt sore in his heart, as expected, Xiao Jiu was the most caring, thinking of himself in everything.He thought about it, and when he returned home, he would give the sapphire ganoderma lucidum Ruyi bestowed by Concubine Hui to his younger brother, not for anything else, but to hope that everything in his life would be safe and happy.

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[Entry] Palace Birds by Liu Guilin

The food of various poultry and birds in the palace of the Qing Dynasty can be roughly divided into two categories:

One is to eat food, vegetables.For example: Quails, each use one liter of red millet per month; Ruihong birds, each use one liter of red millet per month; Achun birds, each use one liter of rice per month; money chickens, each use white rice per month Three liters; [Lark, each eats one liter of red millet per month, each eats one liter of mung beans, and mixes one egg every day; parrot, each month uses one liter of mung beans and one liter of japonica rice]; Turkey, each month Only use two liters of sorghum, one liter of white rice, and one liter of mung beans per month, and each month uses two liang of cabbage and two liters of mung bean vegetables; Two taels of cabbage and two taels of mung bean vegetables per month; golden pheasant, two liters of sorghum and three liters of white rice, four taels of cabbage and four taels of green onion per month; foreign duck, four taels of cabbage per month , four taels of green onions; Taiping birds, each month uses one liter of old rice, three liters of cowpeas, and each day uses one catty of cabbage, half a catty of green onions, and one catty of small fish.