Qing Dynasty

It is recorded in history that Kangxi once criticized his fourth son, Yinzhen, for his moody temperament. Later generations also recorded that the emperor Yongzheng was indeed moody and elusive, but now Kangxi stands in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and scolds people back and forth. No matter how you look at the posture of hitting people, you can feel that Yinzhen's temper is actually quite similar to Kangxi's. At least he likes to scold and scold others, and once his temper comes up, he can't stop.

"Tell me, ah! Let me tell you, why did such a large group of pirates jump out on the sea, not only robbed the food, but also couldn't even find their shadows. What do I support you for? You usually brag about how brave you are, Why are you being teased by little pirates when things come to an end? Could it be that you are always fooling me?"

You can see how vicious Kangxi’s mouth is when you look at how fiercely Kangxi scolded the eighth elder brother Yinhu in history. He scolded for nearly an hour without repeating, "Trash, a bunch of trash! I raised you all to eat dry food? I am afraid that you are not capable enough to eat dry rice, and you will choke to death if you are not careful." Yinzhen and his elder brothers are also unlucky, so they heard Kangxi scolding above their heads, "Usually they talk about how to share my worries, but now you are helping me. Share your worries! Why are you all dumb and can’t speak? Still can’t speak? Yinfei, tell me!”

The elder brother who was named, Yinqian, buckled his head bitterly, and said in a voice of fear and fear, "My son is useless, I can't share the worries of Khan Ama, let Khan Ama worry about such trivial matters, my son is not filial."

Kangxi snorted coldly above his head, "Small matter? Do you think it is a trivial matter that the relief food sent by the Qing Dynasty to North Korea was hijacked by pirates? It is a trivial matter that our Qing Dynasty loses face to North Korea?" Kneeling there, he stopped talking Kangxi turned his head to look at the only standing prince Yinfeng, "Prince, tell me."

The prince Yinfeng and the elder brother are absolutely dead enemies and don't explain it. As long as there is an opportunity, they will step on each other to death. If the prince catches such an opportunity, he should make good use of it. The relationship between a small country cannot be taken lightly, so Yinfeng dare not agree with what the elder brother said is a trivial matter. The most urgent thing is that we should allocate another batch of relief food to North Korea, and at the same time, we must step up the arrest of the group of pirates at sea. , please Khan Ama decide."

No wonder he was the precious son raised by Kangxi himself. The prince said a few words to his heart. Losing food is a trivial matter, but losing face in front of small countries such as North Korea and losing the prestige of the Qing Dynasty is a major event.

However, Lord Kangxi finally got the tone in his heart, he nodded, and acted according to the prince's wishes, but no one expected that the grain ship was robbed again, and his whereabouts remained a mystery afterwards, without any clues to follow.But this time Kangxi did not give any remedies. The first time it was robbed in the border waters between the two countries, the Qing Dynasty had to pay half of the responsibility, but this time it was robbed in the Korean waters, so sorry, the Qing Dynasty didn't care.

Why didn't Lord Kangxi, who was always good-faced and meddling in his own business, ignore it?

Hehe, let’s talk about conspiracy theories. The two robberies of the grain ships were in neighboring North Korea or in North Korea. This made Kangxi have to think carefully. Maybe the disaster in North Korea’s eight provinces is not as serious as the King of Joseon said. There is a disaster, but maybe he used it to exaggerate, the purpose is to hoard food, and to dress himself up as a victim.

Could it be that North Korea has a big heart?Do you think I am too easy to talk to, I have fattened up my courage, and want to play tricks on him?

In a word, North Korea was very dark as conceived by Kangxi, so North Korea, which was supposed to rely on the relief food of the Qing Dynasty to solve the famine, suddenly fell into the crisis of destroying the country. Too many people starved to death in North Korea due to the disaster.The king of Joseon went to Shu repeatedly to ask for help from the Qing Dynasty, and attached the land that Shu claimed to be a vassal of the vassal state. It also brought a lot of treasures from the Joseon royal family from North Korea to Kangxi.

This time the grain ship was finally not robbed, and it was finally transported to North Korea safely. Not to mention the cheers of the victims of the Eight Paths in North Korea, just talking about Kangxi and Wanhou. Kangxi felt that he guessed right. Look at the boatloads of treasures, huh, huh, if there is no suppression this time, what would happen to North Korea?

But Houhou was very happy when she heard her subordinates report that North Korea was hit by the disaster and lost a lot of money and jewels. She didn't like Fu Cailin's group at the beginning. You said you are a North Korean.With so much ability, go back to your own country and become the king and hegemony.

The Korean affairs finally came to an end. In April, Dorobeile Yinzhen had another son, born to the Shufu Jin Majia family. In terms of the era in which he was born, Yinzhen, who is already 20 years old, has only two sons, and they are still young, and none of them is a legitimate son. This is very worrying for him.

And the Hundaqi side Fujin in Sibeile's mansion is a virtuous person, there are too few children in Baylor's mansion, now the only one who can serve Master Baylor is Gegeyi, and the concubine who is not on the table Mrs. Wang, like what Houhou said, apart from the nearby Babeile Mansion, there are several concubines who are not princesses in the rest of the mansions, so Houhou handed over the sign and entered the palace, and first went to Yonghe Palace to meet Concubine De.

Concubine De nodded when she heard that she was here. After all, Yinzhen is her own son, and no matter what, she hopes that he will have a prosperous offspring, but ten fingers are different in length, and the palms and backs of hands can be thin or thick!There is no doubt that the old son's fourteenth elder brother Yinzhen is the heart of the concubine De, so all the good concubines are left to the old son Yinzhen, and the ones given to the eldest son Yinzhen are basically not very good.

Sitting there, Wan Wan smiled, and couldn't help curling her lips in her heart, thinking that she must be the Han army flag-coated Gege as usual, but who would have thought that Concubine De would actually give her brother's concubine daughter this time, that is, Concubine De's own niece was given to the eldest son Yinzhen, which made everyone think that the sun is coming out in the wrong direction today!

But if you think about it carefully, you will understand that now that the eldest son has been named Baylor, the younger son is still young and can't see anything, and the eldest son already has a title and has an errand in the household department. Centrifugal, no matter what you have to win over.

Look at the girl named Ying'er who was brought in. She is fourteen or five years old. I think she has only been in the palace for a few years. Her eyebrows are still a little immature and green, but her body is well developed, her skin is fair, and her eyebrows are thin and big. Eyes, there are two or three points so similar to Concubine De, revealing a gentle shyness like water.

After a few compliments, Wan Wan accepted him.Concubine De didn't keep her anymore, she knew that the Empress Dowager was still waiting for her, so she let her go, and just came to Yonghe Palace to take her away when she was about to leave the palace.

Hou Hou still likes the honest and honest empress dowager, after seeing the ceremony, she directly tells the intention of coming, and the queen mother hears it!There are only a few people in Sibeile's house, except for one who has just given birth and one who is not of sufficient status, there are only Hun Daqi and Ge Ge, even with the addition of the one given by Concubine De just now, there are only three people.

The old queen is a real person. With a big wave of her hand, she bestowed two Manchu flags on Houhou. They were the quotas handed out in this year's general election. They have tried the primary election, but failed the second election.The empress dowager originally wanted to keep it for the fifth elder brother Yinqi who was raised by her side, but now that she begged her, the empress dowager who was there selflessly gave her two children who looked good.

Hou Hou happily thanked her, and when she left the palace, she took three princesses back to the mansion. When Yinzhen came back at night, she understood what she said after hearing what she said, boasting that she did a good job, after all, it was given by her mother They are all coated with the Han army flag, and their status is not Manchu. Yinzhen's idea is that it is better to have children of noble girls who are manchurian flags!

Today, three of them belong to Manjun Banner, except for one from Wu Ya's family, the other two are noble girls from Manjun Banner.

Under Houhou's arrangement, Yinzhen should go to sleep in the newcomer's Gege room according to the rules, and the first night was the Gege Yanjia family bestowed by the empress dowager.

As soon as Yinzhen entered the room, the first time he saw her, he seemed to think of what he said about Fujin, she seemed to be a good child.The girl saluting in front of her was only about thirteen or fourteen years old, but she had a very good figure, a little plump, her cheeks were flushed, and she looked very healthy.

It is needless to say that he turned upside down overnight, but when he saw the other two gege when serving tea the next morning, Yinzhen knew that the queen mother and her old man were really picking gege for him according to the standard of good birth.

However, even with the addition of three beautiful girls to the house, Sibeile Yinzhen could not stay at home for a moment longer. He spent most of his time in the yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs, except that the relief food shipped to North Korea after the year was robbed one after another. There is no clue about the case, and the rest is the flood disaster that needs to be prevented during the rainy season every year.

In July of the 37th year of Kangxi, there was not only a lot of rain, but also a lot of things.

On the 37th day of July in the [-]th year of Kangxi, Tao Dai, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials of the Qing government, returned from North Korea. Reward [-] shi of rice, lead the officers to monitor, and distribute the relief to the king. His merchants trade [-] shi of rice, and hand it over to the minister of the household department to see He Nuo to monitor the trade.

According to the Korean king Li Xuan, the emperor opened the sea road, transported rice to save the east country, and used it to feed the people of the sea.

At present, Ermai is familiar with it and can help, and the eight-way creatures are all alive.

After Emperor Kangxi heard the play, he wrote "A Record of Relief to Korea by Sea".

After Wan Wan found out, she couldn't stop laughing, and decided to write a biography of her son in a notebook starting from today. When the son grows up, it might be interesting to show it to him.

The Hun River in the 37th year of Kangxi was still considered stable. Due to the construction of embankments, on July 37, the 21th year of Kangxi, the Hun River was renamed Yongding River by Emperor Kangxi.

The Hun River originates from Mayi, and its source is very small. Whenever there is a flood, it will flood and flood the fields. The reason is that the Hun River has a lot of silt, and when the water is low in spring, the residents below Bao’an divert water from the Yellow River. Irrigation of the field will cause the sand to be choked up, the river will accumulate high, and when it encounters heavy rain, the water will flow from the high place to the low place, causing the river to overflow and the fields to wash away.

In Bazhou, Xin'an and other places, when the water flooded for several years, the Hunhe River flooded every rainy season. Because it and the Funan River in Baoding often flooded, the banners and people's farms were submerged. The reason was that the Nanhe River in Baoding Where it merged with the Hunhe River, it was so overwhelming that it flooded.At this time, the people in the disaster-stricken area of ​​the Hun River would feed on algae. Therefore, Emperor Kangxi ordered Yu Chenglong, the former governor of the river, to go to the Chahun River, and Wang Xin, the former governor of the river, went to the Nanhe River in Chabaoding Prefecture and asked them to conduct a detailed survey and draw a map. Discuss.

Kangxi ordered officials to pick up silt and sand when building embankments everywhere, and dig five or six feet deep and wide on both sides of the river to make the water flow smoothly, so as not to silt up. Monitoring and repairing in time, the silt must be removed in the year of severe drought to ensure the prevention of floods.

On July 21, the dredging of the new river was completed at Jackie Chan Shuzuo Bazhou and other places. The new river was from Zhangjiazhuang in Liangxiang to Langshen River in Dong'an. And asked the emperor to give the name of the river.Emperor Kangxi then named it Yongding River.Afterwards, the Hunhe River was renamed Yongding River, and [-] soldiers were assigned to the Yongding River, and the protection of the Yongding River was carried out according to the Yellow River.

The arrival of the rainy season made both the Ministry of Housing and the Ministry of Industry busy. Yinzhen was afraid of the heat, and the heat became even more unbearable in summer. It is not the only place where rivers flood every year, especially the Yellow River, Huaihe River and other places.

Yinzhen stays at the Ministry of Households every day to read the reports of disasters in various places, calculating how much money is in the treasury, how many people and areas are affected by disasters, and how much money the court needs to allocate for disaster relief. He is very busy every day.

As far away as Hunan, Huang Ming, a general under Wu Sangui who had lived in Miaodong for many years, was indignant by the private faction of the magistrate of Chaling Prefecture, so he joined forces with Chen Danshu, Wu Danxian and others in Chaling Prefecture, Jingzhou and other places to revolt.

On August 24th, Li Huizu, the governor of Huguang, reported that Huang Ming led Wu Danxian and more than a hundred people to the outside of Jingzhou City on July [-]th, holding a flag and firing guns, secretly wounding the general manager Li Chenggong and others.In addition, Chaling Prefecture in Hunan Province is connected with Wanyang Mountain in Lingxian County. On July [-], Chen Danshu led a crowd into the city of Chaling Prefecture. Tong Zhishi of Yongzhou Prefecture, who was in charge of state affairs, was injured in Qiguang and others, and the seal was robbed.

On September 24th, Li Huizu reported again that Chen Danshu rushed to Anren County on the [-]th day of August, and set fire to attack the gate outside Hengzhou Prefecture. The officers and soldiers attacked and captured Chen Danshu and others in Changning County.

After the failure of the uprising, Huang Ming, Wu Danxian and others fled to Guangxi and Guizhou, and were rescued by Tiandihui and others soon after, and their whereabouts were nowhere to be found.

Kangxi was furious, Zhao Guoxuan, the magistrate of Chaling Prefecture, had an upheaval in his private faction, and after discussion, he was sentenced to be executed. Li Huizu was negligent, and after discussion, he was punished.

37 years was not a very good year for Kangxi, but it was still a good year for Sibeile Yinzhen. In addition to being canonized as Dorobeile, the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are two new princesses bestowed by the queen mother at home. Being pregnant one after another made Yinzhen even more happy and happy.

It was night, Yinzhen had dinner in Yueyuan, and he drank two more glasses for a while, thinking that in a few months, there will be two or two children in Baylor's mansion, what a happy thing for him who has few children .

During the dinner, he held Houhou's hand beside him, and sighed softly, "Wu'er, the mansion has worked hard for you these days, and I have seen it all. Don't worry, the master will not forget you."

Wan Hou nodded with a smile, "I am also happy for my master. The family is prosperous, which is the best thing. Don't worry, my master. After the new year and the spring, the two younger sisters will give me two healthy children." Brother."

Yinzhen was very happy when he heard that, after dinner and washing, the two lying on the bed rubbed each other's ears and temples, needless to say, the Furong tent was warm, and the next day Yinzhen went to court, and Houhou also got up to go to the palace to announce the good news.

Although Concubine De was also happy, she was not so happy when she heard that there was no Wu Yagege.The queen mother was very happy, she kept praising her virtuousness and magnanimity, how good she is at coaxing people, she kept saying that the queen mother would pick someone, and she would have it all at once, it was all the blessing of the queen mother The color is deep.

The two of you came and went and praised each other very happily, but Concubine De at the side had a toothache.

Generally speaking, the 37th year of Kangxi's reign was a good year for Houhou and Yinzhen, and the end of the year is coming soon. The two children in the mansion are growing up slowly, and the other two's stomachs are gradually getting bigger. Yinzhen was reused by Kangxi in the court, and Houhou also obtained a lot of food and manpower from this year, especially the former Wu Sangui's Huang Ming, who recruited many people from his hands.

But who would have thought that in November, Tao Dai, the right servant of the Ministry of officials, was found out to have sold goods to North Korea, so he was dismissed.

Kangxi was very annoyed by this, and cursed him for being shallow-sighted and eating inside and out. In short, Kangxi's disgust and vigilance towards North Korea has risen to another level. He thinks that today they can persuade and bribe his right servant of the official department to bring them private goods , then tomorrow they will be able to buy other officials of the Qing Dynasty to use them for them. It is simply abhorrent and hateful! ! !

Because of Tao Dai's affairs, the whole court passed the New Year tremblingly, for fear that they would accidentally touch the emperor's eyebrows and be dismissed from office. After a long time, the first month of 38 years had not yet come out, and Emperor Kangxi was defeated by the Yellow River, Huaihe River and other places year after year. , The lower reaches were submerged. Although it cost millions of taels of treasury silver, it was still ineffective for many years, so he decided to make a third southern tour, inspecting the river in person, instructing the strategy, and visiting Jiangsu and Zhejiang, inspecting officials and pacifying the people.He told the ministries of household, industry, and military that all supplies for the southern tour will be handled by the capital. Those who complained were punished by conflicting ceremonial rules.