There is a big problem with my harem [Qing Chuan]

In June of the 18th year of Kangxi, the draft this year seemed to be uneventful.Kangxi was in his prime, and the harem was considered empty, even the masters of concubines and concubines were not filled.But this time, no one was selected except for Tong's concubine daughter, and those who kept their names were allowed to enter the houses of princes or famous families.

At the same time astonishing, the eyes involuntarily fell on this little Tong Jiashi.As expected of the emperor's niece, little Tong Jia's concubine was named 'Wan' as soon as she entered the palace, but the rest of the arrangement made the concubines who were looking forward to it full of doubts.

Little Tong Jia unexpectedly did not live in the East and West Sixth Palace, and was not even arranged to serve the imperial concubine in Chengqian Palace as most people thought, but was arranged by Kangxi to live in Jingqi Pavilion of Ciren Palace.

Jingqi Pavilion is located in the backyard of Ciren Palace, not far from the Buddha Hall, which is the place where Nala promised to live alone.Without the permission of the empress dowager, almost no one can come and go here at will, and it is clean and peaceful.

'Wan', gentle and demure, gentle and humble.

Kangxi's hopes for little Tong Jia's are also in it.

Concubine Wan was taught by her father, uncle and aunt early in Tong Jia's mansion. After entering the palace, she stayed at Jingqi Pavilion, either copying Buddhist scriptures for Concubine Tong in the house, or going to the Buddhist hall to offer incense and chant scriptures for Concubine Tong. .

It wasn't until one or two months later that she revealed her true nature and showed her playful side, which surprised the empress dowager. Not long afterward, the relationship between Concubine Wan and Nala promised to rise rapidly, and they became friends who talked about everything. Little sister, Nala promised to smile a little more on the face of the cold and peaceful Nala who had converted to Buddhism.

Over time, the empress dowager also had some sincere love for her.

When Concubine Tong murdered the emperor's heir, Kangxi, who originally planned to take the empress dowager, empress dowager, and empress to hunt in Mulan, put aside this idea and focused on state affairs wholeheartedly.

At the court meeting, the limelight on the reform of the imperial examination system has not passed for a few days, and now the officials below are noisy about the publishing house that was previously ignored by everyone.At the beginning of the year, the publishing house officially released the first "newspaper", which had not been noticed before.

But with the popularity of newspapers in the capital, even in restaurants, tearooms and even libraries, there have been "tellers" who read newspapers for illiterate common people, especially the new issue of "newspapers" carelessly compares the predecessors. The affairs of Hailaxun and Tuba, the chief ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who corrupted the law and bought and sold official positions were written on it.

This frightened many swingers who were walking on the street. When they went back to tell their families, some courtiers with keen minds sent servants to investigate on the street, and some even bought a newspaper and hurried to Suo'etu Mansion superior.

Suo'etu read the newspaper carefully, and his heart skipped a beat, and he reported to Kangxi at the court meeting the next day: "Your Majesty, there is now a 'newspaper' in the world in the capital, which tells people about the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Everyone knows that rumors are everywhere in the capital, and the atmosphere is smoky! I ask the emperor to severely punish this villain who tells stories!"

"Is what the newspaper said true or fictional?" Kangxi asked calmly with a calm expression.

"This..." Of course Suo'etu knew that what the newspaper said was true, "Your Majesty, although the newspaper did not lie, but it is known to everyone in the world. It is really embarrassing for you, Your Majesty!"

"My face? If Hai Laxun and Tuba didn't do these things, would I lose face?" Kangxi sneered, looking around at the courtiers who wanted to bury their heads in their crotches after hearing this, and said slowly. Slowly said, "The purpose of running this newspaper is to let people all over the world know what the court is doing? What are the reasons and reasons for promulgating the policy?

I know that you want to save face. In the future, this newspaper will not only clean up these corrupt officials like this time, but if someone does something good that can help the world, I will also make people write it in the newspaper and spread it everywhere. "

Kangxi's words were not harsh and urgent, but many courtiers in the audience couldn't help wiping off their sweat, and swallowed subconsciously, with a little panic in their eyes.

What if, like Hai Laxun and Tuba, they were rejected by the people and even shamed the whole family?Those who have prodigal sons and oppressors at home suddenly feel that their underwear has been soaked in sweat

Except for these people, following Kangxi’s words, the faces of more courtiers, especially Han civil servants, gradually turned red—as a scholar, who wouldn’t want to be praised for a hundred years or even a thousand years?

University scholar Li Wei took the lead and knelt down on the ground and laughed loudly: "On behalf of the world's upright officials, I thank the emperor for his kindness!"

Kangxi raised his eyebrows, and snorted: "It's good for you to mention it, I still have something for you to do. Where is Guo Sihai, the censor of Zuodu?"

"The minister is here."

"I order you to bring ten supervisory censors, and cooperate with Shuntian Fu Yin, to register the storytellers in the capital, and after unified selection and training, order them to regularly read newspapers to the common people in restaurants and tearooms in various places in the capital.

And not only the capital city, I hope that this newspaper will spread throughout the entire Qing Dynasty in the future, no matter how remote the place is, you can see what the imperial court is doing! "

"I obey the order." Guo Sihai answered in a deep voice.

When Guo Sihai retreated, Prince Kang Jieshu issued a letter and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, regarding the matter of recovering Taiwan, now is a good time!"

"Oh?" Kangxi became interested, raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "What's the news from the Fujian Navy?"

Since Zheng Jing tried to contact Wu Sangui to counterattack the mainland a few years ago but failed, he was directly driven back to his hometown by the Fujian Navy. Compared with his father Zheng Chenggong, the gap in ability is too great, even the Fujian Navy, which has not trained for several years, is no match.

After the rapid development of firearms and the filling of the national treasury in the past two years, Kangxi naturally came up with the idea of ​​recovering Taiwan, but there was no excuse for the time being.

Hearing Prince Kang's mention at this moment, Kangxi's eyes flashed with eagerness.

"Return to the emperor! The spies of the Fujian Navy in Taiwan reported—" Prince Kang was about to answer when a violent shaking of the ground interrupted his words.

With a cry of surprise, he subconsciously fell to the ground and looked around in panic.

Kangxi's face turned pale, he forcibly controlled his panic, and grabbed the handle of the dragon chair to maintain his stability: "Is this...an earthquake?"

"The ground! The ground moved!" the courtiers exclaimed.

The duration of the earthquake was very short, but the sudden attack still shocked the courtiers a lot. Many people fell into a ball in groups, and some unlucky ones who happened to be standing near the beams were hit on the head. Bleeding, lying on the ground in a mess.

As soon as the earthquake stopped, Suo'etu and Mingzhu, who were closest to Kangxi, rushed up without hesitation, blocked Kangxi's head in fear, and looked around suspiciously.

Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, there was another wave of earth shaking, this time earth-shattering, even the beams and pillars on the Hall of Supreme Harmony creaked, and dust visible to the naked eye fell down. .

Seeing the situation, Kangxi hurriedly shouted: "Quick! Leave the hall immediately, and take refuge in the open space in front of the hall!"

He hurriedly dragged Suo'etu and the others down, while he was busy telling Liang Jiugong: "Quickly, quickly send people to various parts of the harem, let the empress dowager, empress dowager and concubines take refuge, and everyone must not stay. Hide indoors and go to open places outside!"

"Yes!" Liang Jiugong now only hated how long he had two legs, and hurriedly shouted at those little eunuchs who were pale and frightened out of their wits to go to the palaces to announce the decree.

After a while, dozens of courtiers, hundreds of imperial guards and eunuchs stood in the center of the square in front of the Golden Luan Hall. According to Kangxi's instructions, they stayed away from the building and waited for this round of earthquake with heavy faces. the end.

Waiting for the end of this round of earthquakes, Kangxi took a few deep breaths, cleared his throat, and ordered Liang Jiugong, who looked frightened: "You go to inform the consultant immediately, and ask him to send someone to check whether there are any injuries in the palace." , if there is a palace collapsed, don’t let anyone approach it, you must wait outside.”

Then he turned to Nalan Xingde: "Rong Ruo, immediately set off with Yin Jinding of Shuntian Mansion and go to Shuntian Mansion to check whether there are any casualties inside and outside the capital, so as to avoid disasters and epidemics."

Finally, he asked in the direction of the minister: "Where is Wang Ziteng?"

"The minister is here." Wang Ziteng was busy arranging guards to patrol nearby, and when he heard Kangxi's call, he pushed through the crowd and walked in front of Kangxi, knelt down to answer.

"You immediately rush to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and send a group of people to the capital to strictly prevent the vagrants and thieves from committing crimes, do a good job in the security work of the capital, and help Yin Shuntian when necessary, understand?"

"Yes, I obey the order."

Seeing that Kangxi had arranged many matters in an orderly manner, Suo'etu, Mingzhu and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and their faces seemed much calmer.

However, Suo'etu soon found that Kangxi's complexion had not improved, and he was still very dignified. He hurriedly asked tentatively in a low voice: "Your Majesty? The earthquake is over, should we prepare for the discussion again?"

"No, I'm afraid this earthquake is just the beginning!" Kangxi's chest heaved a little, he turned his head and shouted to many courtiers, "You quickly send servants back to their homes to let their families take refuge, and at the same time, along with the guards, let the people leave the room and go to the street Evacuate on the ground or in an open place!"

"Your Majesty?" Many courtiers looked at each other in blank dismay.

Cabinet bachelor Wang Fuzheng couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Your Majesty, these earthquakes happen occasionally, and the time is short and the frequency is small, so there is no need to worry—"

Before the words fell, there was a loud bang outside, the ground suddenly shook, and the white jade steps outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony actually cracked a big crack!It cracked until it reached the courtier's feet!

Some courtiers standing nearby stared at the bottomless crack so frightened that their legs and feet became weak, and they scrambled back a few steps, for fear that it would crack again and be swept away!

Everyone's complexion changed wildly, and they all exclaimed and shouted - this time it was even more violent than the previous two times!

This speed is actually faster than I thought!Kangxi's face darkened, he was afraid that if the palace was like this, other places in the capital would only suffer more serious disasters.

Suo'etu's palms were covered with sweat, and he gritted his teeth and shouted at his elder brother Gabula: "Brother, hurry up and notify the family to take refuge! My younger brother is with the emperor, and the emperor and His Royal Highness will be safe and sound!"

Kangxi shook his head: "Wait!"

He looked around at the courtiers, and when he saw the restlessness on the faces of the people, he calmed down and said: "Let the guards go and tell the servants waiting outside the palace to go back to their respective houses to notify them of asylum, and then make people shout along the official roads of the capital, and let all the yamen and the people of all ministries move outside. , You must not stay indoors to prevent another earthquake!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

After this round, no one dared to say that they were not afraid of earthquakes. The Grand Scholars and the Six Ministers directed everyone to go to various places to do business, while Kangxi stood there with a touch of anxiety.

He turned his eyes to the direction of the harem, and couldn't help but said to Liang Jiugong again: "Let someone ask, the two queen mothers and queens, are there any injuries from the prince brothers? Are there any dangerous casualties in the harem?"