Road to Shunzhi

"Ama, Ama," Shanhu is born on the first day of the first lunar month, and is now two and a half years old. In fact, in Fulin's opinion, one and a half years old is the most fun.

Coral really likes this Amma who often comes to play with her and often gives her shiny things. Every time she sees Fulin, she screams non-stop, and stretches out her little hand to beg for a hug.

"Ama's good daughter~~" Fulin followed her tricks, lifted her up and turned her around, and Shan Shan laughed loudly, "Come again, come again,"

"No more, why are you getting heavier again?" Putting down his daughter, Fulin weighed his second son Jing's forehead by the way, and found that this one was also a lot heavier.

Fuquan said coolly at the side: "Ama, my second brother likes to eat glutinous rice cakes the most, mint, rose, red bean paste, as long as it is glutinous rice cake, he will stuff it into his stomach, eating so many sweet ones, it won't last long. It's strange to be fat."

Jing Er was in a hurry, and shouted at the elder brother who complained: "You are fat, Er Niang said, I am strong!"

"Pfft." Fulin finally couldn't help laughing.It is now June, which is the hottest time, and there is an ice basin in the room, which is cool, and the children are all wearing thin summer shirts.Jing E was wearing a big hollow gold collar, which was filled with small beads, which would jingle whenever he moved. Come and roll.

Seeing that Ama was also laughing at him, Jing Er finally pouted his mouth and wanted to cry, but Coral jumped up to him and said with a smile: "Second Brother, Er Niang, Er Niang also said that Coral is strong, like a ball. Er Brother is a big ball, coral is a small ball."

Fulin couldn't bear it any longer, and burst out laughing. Even the empress was ashamed and wanted to laugh, and hugged a child in one hand. Thinking about it, she didn't want to say anything serious, so she just smiled and touched her daughter's forehead: "You A spooky one."

Fuquan looked enviously at the three of them's mother-child affection. Ren Na soon realized it and waved to him with a smile: "What is Big Brother still standing there for? Come to Erniang soon."

"En!" Fuquan responded, and ran to her embrace happily, and then pushed Jing Er aside because of his age, making Jing Er keep mumbling about bad brother.

Fulin watched from the side, somewhat satisfied.These days, there are a lot of political affairs. He has to be busy until late at night every day. It has been a long time since he has time to go to the harem to sow seeds and watch a few children. I really don’t know where the emperors who can have many children and have many women come from.He sent Sangji to collect news about some unfavored legitimate or concubine sons of wealthy families, thinking about raising these people from an early age, as the first batch of children sent to sea to study.This method can only be done in secret, which takes a lot of time and money. Before Gao Sai and Chang Shu were robbed, he lost a lot of money, and he had to pay to redeem Chang Shu, which may be expensive.It's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice, and the emperor is also devastated by having no money.

Moreover, some of his administrative measures were also explicitly or secretly dissatisfied by the Manchu nobles.A while ago, he appointed Wei Zhouzuo as Minister of the Ministry of Officials and concurrently as a Bachelor of the Inner Academy. At the same time, Liu Chang was Minister of Industry, and Hu Shi'an and others were all Han Chinese.Since the Dorgon period, the imperial court has reused Han people, and it seems that there are very few Manchu nobles who can be ranked as bachelors.Now that the emperor got another South Study Room, and Hong Chengchou left, he brought up Jin Zhijun again. Didn’t he know how to give this position to Manren?

Therefore, Fulin appointed Baha, Feiyangu, Batma, Batai and others as internal ministers, and granted Feiyanggunan a study tour to appease the dissatisfaction of the Manchu nobles.Fei Yanggu is not young, and he is also in a semi-retired state. He was born in a war, and he is not interested in understanding some literary things, but his mind is still very flexible. He knows that he is the face of the emperor, and he does his duty every day. He went to the South Study Room to sit and drink tea, expressing that he was still working hard every day.

Fulin admired Fei Yanggu's attitude very much, and directly expressed that Fei Yanggu was more aware of the rewards given to him, and he would not interfere with the affairs of the South Study Room. very.

Time passed day by day like this, and in a blink of an eye, autumn passed and winter came, and something happened.

In fact, this year is quite smooth. In such a large country, it is normal to see droughts here and there, floods here and there, earthquakes here and there, solar eclipses there, but this year there are not many such things.A while ago, when Fulin was chatting with Dorgon, he said with emotion: "It's really a great fortune for the country to have a good weather!"

Facts have proved that some words cannot be collected randomly.In October, Jingzhou, Xiangyang, Anlu and other places were severely flooded, and the river burst its embankment. Tens of thousands of people were affected and thousands of people were drowned.It happened to be winter again, and the victims had no clothes or food to eat. In just a few days, hundreds of people died of freezing and starvation.

After the great disaster, there must be a great epidemic.Fu Lin's head was getting old, and he didn't have time to investigate the responsibility of the officials. The most urgent task was disaster relief.The Ministry of Household Affairs had already established a complete set of disaster relief procedures. The Ministry of Household Affairs sent people to the disaster area in person, and brought generous relief food and medicines. If you do something beneficial for the disaster area, you will be rewarded with good wishes.

For the sake of money, the emperor became more and more shameless.The corners of the ministers' mouths twitched, but they still acquiesced in this kind of behavior similar to fighting with open flames. After all, after the war with Nanming, the treasury was not so abundant, and it was a little bit of savings.

Many businessmen and medical students were excited. The businessmen began to donate spontaneously, and the doctors rushed to the disaster area with the medicinal materials donated by the rich.In the capital, Bumbutai also ordered to reduce his quota and do his best for the disaster area.Fulin was naturally unwilling. To him, the Empress Dowager was very important, not to mention how much she could save.Ren Na stepped forward responsibly, and used the Zhonggong paperwork to declare that the expenses of the entire harem, except for the queen mother, would be halved. She also donated 1000 taels of silver to help the people in the disaster-stricken area.

If the queen does this, others will naturally follow.Several Gege paid 800 taels each, and even Fuquan came to Fulin with his small purse, saying that he would donate the lucky money he had saved.

This kind of behavior will naturally lead to the imitation of the noble ladies in the capital, and those noble ladies will also start to rush to donate.Naturally, they can't go beyond the queen. You have six hundred and I have five hundred, and even those favored concubines are not far behind. A donation of one or two hundred can make a lot of money in a short time.

Fulin didn't have any idea that "women's money can't be used". His wife has already contributed money, and everyone's wives have to contribute money.However, having too much money is also a problem. There is no Red Cross this year, and even if there is, who knows what the money will turn into if it falls into the hands of the Red Cross.

This kind of thing can only be done by the royal family.Fulin announced the youngest brother Bogor into the palace, smiling like a fox.Bogor's Fujin gave birth to an elder brother early last year, and his second son a while ago. Now Bogor is also a man with both sons and daughters. He also knows that he needs to make progress, and he always clamors to ask the emperor for errands.

Speaking of Boguoer's second son, who happened to be born two days apart from Shun Gege's child, Fulin's third prince Chang Ning, after the full moon, Bumbutai asked Tong Layue to carry the child into the palace from time to time, watching the two The little elder brother who was about the same age slept soundly with his head side by side, so she smiled all over her face.

Bogor came here excitedly: "Brother Emperor, but where is there a battle to fight? Brother, I am duty-bound!"

"Come on!" Fulin really wanted to slap this incomprehensible younger brother from the air, "Is it a good thing to fight, just think about it!"

Bogor curled his lips: "Jidu has gone to Ninggu Tower, the emperor's brother might as well send his younger brother, the younger brother will definitely not embarrass the emperor's brother!"

Fulin said sternly: "Stop making trouble, I really have an errand for you to do." He explained the idea of ​​establishing the Royal Relief Society, and said again: "I intend to let you take charge of this matter, what do you think? "

Bogor was a little displeased: "Your Majesty, this slave wants to fight, but you let him do such trivial things!"

"How can you say it's trivial!" Fulin frowned, "This matter is of great importance. I trust you and let you take on this important task. Why, you are not willing to share my worries!"

Bogor was not stupid, and immediately knelt down to show his loyalty: "Don't worry, your majesty, this slave will definitely go all out, and die after dying!"

Fulin stepped forward to help him up, after hitting him with a big stick, it was time to give Tianzao.He said that the affairs of the Royal Relief Society are very important, to share the donations from all over the world, to make the accounts clear, to commend those who have done a lot of good deeds, etc., in short, it is very troublesome.Forget it, what's more important is that there is no precedent for this matter, and you have to figure it out from the ground up. The difficulty is not a little bit greater than that of war.

In terms of fooling people, Bogoer is no match for Fulin, and he quickly agrees to do something great for the country and the emperor.

After all, he was young and impulsive, and Fulin asked Dorgon to take care of him so that Bogor would not be fooled.The Royal Relief Society is only a matter of the royal family. If the clan is only informed, the ministers are not qualified to speak, and since it is a good deed, the clan will not say anything.

After discussing several articles of association, the Royal Relief Society was officially established.All the donations of the noble ladies of the capital are gathered here, and they have been registered in detail.Now, some people who are not willing to spend money regret it. This is a great opportunity to make their name in front of the emperor, but it is so vividly missed, it makes people beat their chests!So, someone went to inquire again if it is still possible to donate money. The answer they got made them overjoyed: the Royal Relief Society is always open, and they can donate whenever they want. The Relief Society will register the list. If the country has another Disaster, the money will have a place to go.

As a result, a second peak of donations emerged in the capital.Women who used to be housekeepers, now even men are eager to try, especially businessmen are the happiest.Their status is low, and they finally have such an opportunity to become famous, so naturally they can't miss it.

In just five days, the Relief Society received as much as 160 million taels of donations, which made people break their glasses.Bogor stood up again, declaring that all the money was detailed, and swore in the name of his King Xiangjun that all the money would be used for the victims, and the court would not embezzle a single penny.

With money, disaster relief will naturally be much more convenient.The disaster victims in Jingzhou and other places have been properly resettled, and there is no shortage of doctors and medicinal materials. After the outbreak of the epidemic, it was also controlled within an appropriate range.What followed was the rebuilding of the disaster area and the rebuilding of the embankment. Of course, Fulin did not forget those officials. earthquake.

The author has something to say:

This Royal Relief Society will later belong to Princess Coral.

Well, now Fulin has four children, the eldest son Fuquan, the biological mother Ninggege Dong E, born in the 11th year of Shunzhi; the second son Jinger, the biological mother of the late Ruifei Niu Hulu, born in the 13th year of Shunzhi; the eldest daughter Hu Tuli , the birth mother, Empress Zhonggong, was born in the 14th year of Shunzhi; the third son, Chang Ning, was born in the 15th year of Shunzhi.

Because I mainly focus on politics, Chang Ning's birth is just a passing mention.