[Qing] If you don't work hard, you will be forced to inherit the throne

"Sister Tong doesn't seem to have a good appetite today, and she hasn't moved a chopstick so far. Is it because the imperial meal doesn't suit her appetite?"

"Perhaps I caught a cold while enjoying the snow yesterday," Tong Huang Guifei said with a light smile, "It made my sister worry."

"That's right, this year I encountered the most beautiful snow scene. If you go to the imperial garden to see, there are crystal clear snowflakes everywhere, and the trees, flowers and plants in the entire imperial garden are covered with a layer of fairy clothes."

The one who spoke was another noble concubine Niu Gulu, who was conferred by Khan Ama just last year. It is said that she is the same mother and sister of the step-empress who died of illness.

Just look at her chatting with Concubine Tong with a smile, it seems that the relationship between the two is very good, but compared to other low-ranking concubines who want to curry favor with the concubine, Concubine Niu Colu seems to have a very high status, and she has a faint relationship with Concubine Tong The feeling of being on an equal footing.

"My younger sister has always loved fish, so why not try the fish meal that represents a surplus every year, it's delicious and auspicious."

The fish meal was delivered to Niu Gulu's table by the maid, her face changed slightly, she covered her mouth and retched.

"Ah! This fish smells so fishy."

Concubine Tonghuang said indifferently: "Sister, what's the matter, you can eat smells more fishy than this in your stomach on weekdays, why did you lose your composure at the New Year's banquet this year?"

Concubine Hui smiled and guessed: "Could it be that she is pregnant? When the concubine was pregnant with the elder brother, she couldn't smell the fishy smell like this."

"Yes or no, why don't you just ask the imperial physician to come and see it. If you are really pregnant in this festive day, it is a good sign." Concubine Tong sat firmly at the head and asked Kangxi and the Empress Dowager for their opinions.

The Empress Dowager smiled and patted her on the back of her hand: "It just so happens that the imperial physician also let the imperial concubine take a look, don't catch a cold, you haven't eaten anything today."

Kangxi didn't care, he was in his prime and had enough children, and there might be more in the future.Now there are a few more sons or daughters, they are all small cabbage in the field, and the appearance of the group is not as emotional as the first few.

If Niu Gulu was pregnant with a dragon son as a noble concubine, her mother would have a noble status, but counting the order, she would be Kangxi's tenth son, and it was hard to say whether she could support her.

On the contrary, Concubine Yi, who had just given birth to Brother Nine, changed her face slightly, she didn't know what was going on in her heart.

Chinese New Year is a festive day, and if two more concubines are pregnant with dragon sons, it will make the two old ladies happy.

Soon, the imperial physician came and took the pulse of Concubine Niu Colu and Concubine Tong Huang respectively, with joyful expressions on their faces: "The imperial concubine is pregnant, and it has been about two months."

Counting the days, she might have been conceived during the east tour.

"Concubine Tonghuang also has good news, but the month is still young, so pay attention to food and take good care of the fetus."

This one was conceived by the queen of the emperor's east tour palace.

Suddenly, it was revealed that two high-ranking concubines were pregnant, and the atmosphere of the whole New Year's banquet was heated up. All kinds of auspicious words continued, and the smiles of the two old ladies, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, never stopped.

Yinfeng: Good... so amazing.

If you smile like that, won't your face be stiff?

[There's an inside smell!This is the taste of the harem! 】

What can a harem taste like?

Yin Reng lightly raised his nose, as if he could really smell the light fragrance.

Ah, ladies like to use toilet water as perfume. In fact, not only ladies but also ladies like perfume. There seems to be a huge potential in it that can be tapped...

Yinfeng was fascinated: When the annual banquet is over, I will ask Hailaxun about the perfume manufacturing situation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Maybe I will improve the purification of perfume, and Khan Ama's money bag will be bulging again.

Yinfeng counted the number of his younger brothers and sisters, and found that Khan Ama had nine grown sons, while his daughter had only four good ones so far. Not counting the adopted daughter of the eldest princess, Khan Ama had only four sons. The three daughters are fine.

So he made a calculation: According to the law of development of things, since there are already so many younger brothers, the two empresses should be pregnant with a younger sister this time.

[There has never been such a rule, okay!Whether the younger sister Huai or the younger brother is completely decided by the little tadpole of the big friend's father, how can the big friend abandon biology and believe in metaphysics? ] That's what Yinreng said. The younger sisters are raised in the harem and marry when they grow up. This is the current harem custom, and it is impossible for Yinreng to take the initiative to approach any younger sister.Living in the Forbidden City, princes have more freedom than princesses, and the future is more open.

The second princess, who was the only one who had a chance to have a good relationship with him, was particularly afraid of him, and avoided Yinfeng every time she went to Concubine Rong's palace.

Just like the big-headed son saw the cute little sister in the neighbor’s house and wanted his mother to give him a little sister, Yinfeng actually wanted a little sister who would call him brother. Unfortunately, the rules of the harem are very strange. Inherited the customs of the previous dynasty, and attached great importance to the defense of men and women.

After the New Year banquet, it snowed heavily outside for several days in a row. The capital city is very cold this winter. For this reason, Yinfeng asked someone to make several earmuffs out of rabbit fur for him. , and give one to each of the younger brothers and sisters.

Kangxi asked him: "Why do you think of giving gifts to the princesses?"

"I haven't seen the princesses very much before. My son couldn't think of it. Now that I have seen them, it's okay to give some gadgets to my younger brothers and sisters."

Yinfeng raised his mouth: "Because of Han Ama's respect for Confucianism, noble girls no longer learn horseback riding and archery, but instead learn from Han girls, who smile without showing their teeth, are elegant and quiet. The princesses are also pampered. I heard that the former Manchu aunts are not like this."

The princess cultivated in this way is like a beautiful vase, suppressing her own character in the rules.Compared with the princes, the life of the princesses seems to be much more difficult.

"Will Khan Ama send the princess to marry him in the future?"

Kangxi cast a glance at him, and said calmly: "Marriage with Mongolia is a rule left by our ancestors. You have followed me to deal with the government for so long, and you will not know the meaning of it."

Yinfeng stopped talking, he thought of the hysterical Wu family after losing his whole family, the daughter of Wu Yingxiong and the eldest princess, before she died, she asked in tears, "Does the princess deserve to be sacrificed?"

It is impossible for Yinreng to say that he wants to ask Khan Ama not to make a marriage. It is precisely because he participated in government affairs that he knows the powerful relationship.

The Qing Dynasty was not strong enough, it was unstable inside, and there were troubles outside.If you want to stop getting married and get married freely, I am afraid that you will only have to wait until the national power of the Qing Dynasty is really strong.

"Although marriage is inevitable, I know that the princess cannot participate in politics in the capital, but she can participate in politics in Mongolia, right? Khan Ama," Yinfeng said: "If the princess who is going to marry has the ability to gain a firm foothold in Mongolia , that is a good thing for the Qing Dynasty.”

Yinfeng encouraged Kangxi: "You pay attention to the cultivation of the princes' academics, but you ignore the cultivation of the princesses' government affairs ability. They are also your children, why don't the princesses need to study?"

"Of course they study, and writing is no easier than the princes."

As for what to learn?

Embroidery, flower arrangement, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, managing palace affairs and other internal affairs...

Thinking of this, Kangxi was thoughtful.

Since the date of adoption, Chunxi, the eldest daughter of the emperor, has made up her mind to marry in Horqin Mongolia in the future.

"The Qing Dynasty continued the customs of the previous dynasty, and it also used a lot of reference when training princesses," Kangxi said: "In the eyes of the Han officials, women are not allowed to participate in politics."

"Mongolia is not a place where Han people gather. Mongolia is very wild there. Khan Ama, the method of raising daughters in the previous dynasty is not advisable. Many Hanchen families even bound their daughters' feet! They think that women with bound feet are Girls from a good family, girls with bound feet are easy to talk about kissing, this is terrible, the custom of bound feet violates the laws of human growth, and it is a persecution to the girl's body."

[The prohibition of footbinding is as serious as the Qing Dynasty ordered the Han people to shave their hair and change their clothes. Shaving their hair and changing their clothes forced people to change by forceful conquest, and many people were killed for this.The ban on footbinding also caused many Han women to commit suicide.The custom of binding feet has not been changed, and even has a faint influence on the Manchus, because of the unequal social status of men and women.Men are affected by this distorted aesthetic, and some people like the so-called "three-inch golden lotus", so that custom has been preserved among the people until now, and now more and more nobles also like Han women who are weak and boneless. look. 】Yinfeng said: "Ama Khan, I don't have a good relationship with any princess, and I speak from a fair point of view. It is a good thing that the princesses of the Qing Dynasty have cultivated their abilities. They can protect themselves, and they can also help you. Come to benefit, this is mutually beneficial, why don't you also set up a school for the princesses to train them?"

"You treat younger brothers and sisters equally, and you have to get involved in everything," Kangxi did not hesitate, and gave Yinfeng an affirmative answer: "I will consider this matter."

If it was in the past, how could Kangxi be easily persuaded by Yinfeng?

He said that he wanted to influence Yinreng and the fairy beasts, so why isn't Kangxi being guided by Yinreng and the fairy beasts subtly?

This process of mutual influence is mutual. Kangxi himself did not realize it, and Yinfeng did not realize it. In the day-to-day getting along with each other, the emperor's tolerance and way of thinking were gradually relaxed under Yinfeng's unconscious challenge. .

There is no one who does not love their children. The affection between father and son and father and daughter is natural. Kangxi's favorite son is naturally Yinfeng, and his favorite daughter is the lively and cheerful Princess Rongxian, who is Yinzhi's younger sister and Rongfei Ma Jia Shi's daughter.

After the new year, the emperor ordered to open up an empty courtyard in the upper study room as a place for the princess to study.

In addition to learning literature, he also ordered the prince and concubine Siruk, who was born in the Xianglan Banner of Mongolia, to come to the palace to teach the princess how to ride and shoot.

After the new year, Yinfeng will go to the Ministry of Rites to work.

The offices of the ministries are located outside the palace wall on the east side of the Forbidden City, within the scope of the outer Forbidden City.

The name of the Minister of Rites is Hesheli Shuaiyanbao, and the father of the third grandfather, Soni, is his cousin.

For Yinfeng, this is her natal family, and they are elders of the same generation as the old man.

Arranged by Shuai Yanbao, Yinreng went to the Ministry of Rites to take care of everything.

The Ministry of Rites is an important cultural department. Its functions include sacrificial etiquette, imperial examinations, receiving foreign envoys, etc. Of course, publicizing public opinion should also be under their control.

Due to Yinfeng's one-stop operation, the workload of almost everyone in the Ministry of Rites has doubled in the past year.

They are responsible for the review and publication of the book number proposed by Yinfeng.

And Nalan Xingde is now also working in the Ministry of Rites, and is responsible for conveying the coordinated magazines, newspapers, etc. to the Minister of Rites, because the Bureau of Printing and Casting is under the management of the Ministry of Rites.

On the first day of going to the Ministry of Rites, it was still snowing heavily outside, Yinreng saw Nalan Xingde was there, and greeted him.

It's been snowing heavily these days, Yinfeng himself didn't expect it, but Xiaomei reminded him.

[According to the current trend of snowfall, it may take ten days and half a month. ] Fortunately, Yinreng himself is in the Ministry of Rites, so he can get in touch with the front line of propaganda for the first time.

In his disaster prevention and self-rescue guide, he once wrote about what to prepare before a snow disaster, what to do to protect the people when the snow disaster comes, and how to deal with it after the snow disaster.

Now, he recorded the methods contained in Xiaomei's system in more detail, and sent a draft to the cabinet through the Ministry of Rites about snow disaster prevention, and asked that if a disaster occurs, nearby troops should be mobilized to rescue the disaster and the people.

It's okay for Yinreng to follow the procedure from the Ministry of Rites. Now that he's here, he should follow the rules of the place.

But the cabinet is different. The two scholars of Baohe Hall, Suo'etu and Wang Xi, are all willing to help Yinfeng.

This time, Yinreng thoroughly experienced what it means to propose to go up to the sky without hindrance, and to go down to the grassroots level as quickly as lightning.

When Yinreng followed Kangxi to review the memorial, he also approved his own memorial and the cabinet's memorial, and Kangxi did not take the plate himself during the whole process.

[It's a bit powerful. 】

Xiaomei even suspects that this is a loophole that the emperor personally gave Yinreng to do things, so that she can deceive the upper and lower, and completely keep the emperor in the dark.

The honest boy passed the memorial to Kangxi, and sighed deeply: "Khan Ama, you can't do this, you can't be a shopkeeper with hands-off hands and let the little donkey graze by yourself, you have to watch Erchen, otherwise Erchen will be afraid that if he plays too much, he will capsize the ship."

After these years of subtle influence, Yinreng, who was tied on the waistband of Kangxi's trousers, has become a father's treasure. Now Khan Ama wants to let the little donkey run by himself, but he is not happy anymore.

The author has something to say: Yinreng: Others are mother's treasure, and orphan is father's treasure. Khan Ama will fasten the orphan and don't leave it behind.