Road to Shunzhi

In the spring of the 25th year of Shunzhi, all the eunuchs and maids in the palace had a sense of relief on their faces, and even the smiles on the faces of the concubines were somewhat real.For nothing else, the emperor finally got rid of filial piety.

According to the full system, three years of filial piety, the full count is 27 months, but the emperor kept it for 36 months.He didn't strictly require everyone in the world to observe filial piety, nor did he prohibit other people from taking off their clothes when they expired, but he just kept guarding silently, not sleeping with women, not touching meat, and insisting on wearing plain clothes.

He is the emperor, no one dares to take care of him, only Bumbutai can chatter a few words, but he still doesn't listen, and Bumbutai has nothing to do, so he and Renna try to make some vegetarian snacks or Boil some supplements and stuff them for Fulin to eat.And the resentment in the harem broke through the sky.For three years, the emperor did not go to sleep with any woman for three full years. Except for the empress dowager's compassionate palace and the empress's Kunning palace, there was no emperor's figure at all.They had no choice but to do everything possible to stay longer when paying respects to the queen mother and queen every day, and they did not dare to dress up delicately, for fear of causing the emperor's dissatisfaction.

Now, everyone has put on new clothes, carefully groomed, put on a touch of powder, and each of them reveals their spirit from the bones. Even the imperial garden seems to be infected by this atmosphere, and the tender green buds grow from the branches one by one. Heads are scrambling to poke out their heads, and they look like green mist from a distance, which is really beautiful.

Fulin didn't feel relieved at all.Three years, whether it is long or short, is enough for him and the ministers to go back and forth a few times.

Wu Sangui captured Burma, and Mangbai fled to Siam, Annan and other places, and soon lost his news.Wu Sangui is cruel and ruthless, it is impossible to let any dangerous person go.He killed all the boys of the Burmese royal family, leaving only a five-year-old grandson of the former Burmese king.He also announced to the world that Mangbai had killed his elder brother to usurp the throne, and he himself was wronged. Wu Sangui acted on behalf of the heavens, drove the rebellious officials and thieves out of Burma, and re-established the original Burmese king and grandson as king, which is a just act.

Geng Jimao passed away due to illness, and now his son Geng Jingzhong is in charge, and Shang Kexi, discussed with Wu Sangui: Why spend time in the Qing Dynasty rather than being a queen.Now the emperors of the Qing Dynasty are not easy to mess with. All the firearms in their hands are bought from the emperor. Who knows if the emperor has more advanced and more.Judging by the emperor's posture, he and the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties are very tough, not to mention treating them, withdrawing the feudal clan is a matter of time, it is better to find a way out sooner.

The three of them divided Burma equally, Wu Sangui coerced the emperor to order the princes, let the little boy emperor issue an imperial edict, let Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong split the soil and become kings, and then quickly wrote a letter to Fulin, expressing their willingness to withdraw from the feudal clan, For justice, stay in Myanmar.

Before the surrounding countries and the civil and military ministers could react, Fulin quickly approved their papers and expressed their high appreciation for their behavior of upholding justice for other countries even though they did not hesitate to leave their homes. This kind of feeling of benefiting others rather than oneself is worth learning for everyone. As an emperor, how can you not support it?Therefore, Fulin officially decreed to withdraw the feudal clan, and then quickly sent Wu Yingxiong, Jin Fu and his wife together with their son to Burma.

No one dared to raise any objections.Since the strike under the Four Banners, Fulin has resisted all the pressure by himself. Anyway, he is also keeping his filial piety. He does not go to the harem.It doesn't matter if there is nothing to do, the emperor is a workaholic, and one person can use it for as many people as possible.

As a result, those who flew under the Four Banners panicked.They just wanted to take this opportunity to blackmail the emperor. Who knew that the emperor would not listen to them, so what should they do? .Fortunately, there is the queen mother, who is not bad to their clan women, and comes to comfort their hearts.

Flying the Four Banners was not of one mind. The emperor suppressed it forcefully, but the queen mother was gentle and kind, and they were beaten and dismissed. They couldn't bear it, and they began to split from within.Fulin took the opportunity to announce: Anyway, you are very dissatisfied with your current status under the Four Banners. I am a good emperor and good at listening to your opinions. Let's all sit on an equal footing.Come, come, let's play a game, let's not get the Eight Banners at all, let's merge them into the Four Banners, so that everyone will be on the Four Banners, that's great.Look, I am very democratic, right?

The Eight Banners are the rules of the ancestors, do you want to change the emperor?All the clans wanted to cry at the Taimiao again, and some smart ones ran to the Emperor's Temple and cried to the statue of Dorgon: Emperor Chengzu, you left too early, the emperor, the emperor is simply A man who doesn't follow the rules!Hurry up and entrust a dream to the emperor at night, and tell him to stop messing around!

Facts have proved that it is quicker to expect Dorgon to dream than to expect the emperor to figure it out by himself.The people of the Eight Banners have never been so united. They wrote a letter together, telling the emperor that the ancestral system should not be violated easily, and gave many examples to show that the Eight Banners have made great military achievements. Therefore, the emperor, you should hold your hands high and let the Eight Banners go!Of course, in exchange, those who fly under the Four Banners no longer dare to be passive and sabotage their work. They are all conscientious and conscientious, and they can be regarded as model workers.

How could Fulin let them go so easily? He had wanted to make a move for a long time. Before, he didn't take action because of Dorgon's face. sorry for myself.

The emperor was determined to withdraw the Eight Banners, the pressure on the clan increased sharply, and even the Compassion Palace was overcrowded every day.Bumbutai was very worried about this, and went to persuade Fulin, but Fulin smiled and said that he had a sense of proportion.Bumbutai had always trusted his son, so he felt relieved after hearing what he said.

This tug-of-war lasted for more than half a year, and finally, under everyone's persuasion, the emperor still implemented the Eight Banners system unchanged.However, he performed a major operation in the Eight Banners and completely cleaned up the staff.

The vitality of the Eight Banners was seriously injured, not only the lowering of the Four Banners, but also the two yellow banners, which were directly under the emperor's troops, were also hit hard.After this time, no one dared to go on strike against the emperor's decision casually, for fear that the emperor would suddenly have a convulsion.With the unprecedented concentration of imperial power, Fulin once again discovered that being a foolish emperor is simply too easy.

He is not a god, but a mortal with seven emotions and six desires.Everyone likes to hear good things, and Fulin is no exception.He concentrated power, and the side effect was that there were more people who sang praises and sycophants.Fulin found that the pamphlets that had been banned many years ago were slowly gaining ground again. They were not simply asking for peace, but talking about trivial matters, and then adding some words of praise to the pamphlets.

At the beginning, Fulin didn't take it seriously, and was even a little complacent—the scriptures were very clever, and he didn't directly praise him, but borrowed folk songs from the common people, and praised himself well.As soon as he was in a good mood, he naturally noticed the governor of Jiangsu who submitted the paper. Although he didn't say anything on the surface, he took out the paper and put it aside.

The news from the palace has always been the fastest to spread, and soon, Fulin found that there were more and more similar reports.Jiangsu, Yuhang, Shandong, and Huguang, these places either have folk songs praising themselves, or literati praises for the peaceful era.When he is a fool?Fulin suddenly became alert.

Indeed, trade is now extending in all directions, and the people live and work in relative peace and contentment. The population is much larger than before.Especially in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan, the economy is more developed, and the handicraft industry has also developed accordingly. Not only are there hired workers and sailors, but even the women in the inner house can go out to work, making clothes, weaving baskets and so on.It has almost become the norm in these places to go to work during the day and go home at night, receiving monthly wages.

Fulin still remembers that the first industrial revolution in Britain started with the steam engine.Of course he won't do it, but he can provide an idea.The Ministry of Industry has been elated since it was in Fulin's hands. It changed its image as an invisible yamen back then and rushed to the front desk.Therefore, the Ministry of Industry unexpectedly became a fat job, recruited a group of craftsmen, and began to study steam engines.Although it is still at the stage of investing money in it so far, Ke Fulin believes that it will be researched sooner or later.

Under such circumstances, the emperor was inevitably a little narcissistic. Fortunately, he was awakened by a series of excerpts.Fulin calmed down a bit, and pasted a note on his desk with the words "Eight-Power Allied Forces" written in four characters, to alert himself.At the same time, he issued another imperial decree that such sentences are not allowed to appear in the memorial. It is best to write according to the item, and there should be no nonsense.

At the beginning, some people didn't believe it, and the obscurity was written correctly, but was cut off by the emperor soon, and everyone had to be obedient, and for a while, the government was cleared up.

After the emperor's series of actions, the eight major surnames in Manchuria suddenly became more honest, and Suo'etu and Mingzhu, who came from grass roots, also climbed to high positions.Suo'etu entered the cabinet, Mingzhu became the censor of Zuodu, Liao Xia and Fan Chengmo walked in the South Study Room, and Sangji, the admiral of the Nine Gates, also served as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.People with a discerning eye saw the clues of it all at once: these people are all unstable and can only survive by relying on the emperor.Moreover, these few families have not held any happy event for three years, nor have they had any children, that is to say, they are standing on the same line as the emperor and have been mourning for Dorgon for three years.

For a while, many people patted their thighs and regretted: If we knew this, we would not hold weddings or have children, and we could get promoted and get rich!Someone even concluded that hugging Emperor Chengzu's thigh is a shortcut to the end!

In addition, Fulin sighed that his butterfly wings fluttered too much.Instead of declining as in history, the Ottoman Empire experienced a renaissance.The two empires joined forces, one in the east and the other in the west, and they jointly controlled the trade routes and became very rich.On the contrary, Portugal and Spain began to show signs of decline, and England suddenly emerged, and sent a letter of greeting to Fulin from thousands of miles away, expressing their willingness to cooperate with this big eastern country, especially in the procurement of firearms.

And Bogor’s foreigner, Fang Fujin, also gave birth to a son, all of whom were beautiful, not to mention the noble concubine, even Bumbutai liked him so much that he often let the child be carried into the palace to play.Fulin had seen this brown-haired, big-eyed, fair-skinned child several times in the Compassionate Ning Palace, and he was really cute.However, the most speechless thing was that Bogor hired a fortune teller and named the child Xuan Ye.

History has indeed changed beyond recognition.Fulin hugged the mixed-race Xuanye, and heaved a sigh of relief.

The author has something to say:

Fulin is still wary of the Kangxi in history, and he still has the characteristics that all emperors have: he is afraid that the chair under his butt will be missed.