Emperor Tong's Concubine Tong in Qing Dynasty

From the north to the south to the canal, after sitting on the dragon boat, the wind went smoothly, and the weather became warmer at this time.

Because we are going to pass through Yangzhou this time, Tian Mi has never been to Yangzhou before, and it is spring, so there is a feeling of "fireworks go to Yangzhou in March".

Tian Mi's condition has also improved. When it's cold, Tian Mi can't wait to open her lungs and squeeze them with her hands.When the weather was hot, the breathing became calmer, and Tian Mi was in the mood to travel around the mountains and rivers.

Every time the dragon boat stops at a place, local officials and gentry will come to pay their respects.Men go to the dragon boat to meet the emperor, and women come to meet Tian Mi.

The more you go south, the more Tian Mi can't understand the dialect. Few of these boudoir women can speak official Chinese, especially the Wuyin soft language spoken in the south. Tian Mi thinks that she has traveled far and wide and has seen countless dialects. You have to be half-baked and half-guessed. Fortunately, there will always be a female relative who knows Mandarin to translate for me.

When women are together, if there is no friendship, the things they talk about are eating, drinking and drinking.If the friendship is deep, the topic of conversation may be the backyard that women are particularly concerned about.

But according to the arrangement, there was no stop when passing through Yangzhou. The dragon boat went directly to Suzhou. If you stay in Suzhou, you can go to Jinling. After living in Jinling for a while, go north to Yangzhou, and leave Jiangnan by boat from Yangzhou to be returned.

The consideration here is that because Dorgon ordered that the sword should not be sealed in Yangzhou for ten days, which caused bloodshed in the city and at least 80 officials and civilians died.

Shengjia had to pay homage to the tomb of the Zhu Ming royal family in Jinling before going to Yangzhou, in order to eliminate the local hatred of the Manchus in Yangzhou.

After Tian Mi arrived in Suzhou, she learned that she would rest here for two days. Officials from Suzhou came to visit her together.

The place where I live now is the garden of a wealthy businessman in Suzhou. Everyone says that the gardens in the south are more beautiful. Tian Mi took the court ladies and eunuchs to walk around the garden and found that it was very delicately built.

"Our Changchun Garden is full of atmosphere, but it is more interesting without the small gardens in the south of the Yangtze River."

These gardens in the south of the Yangtze River pay attention to the combination of pavilions, terraces and pavilions, and they don't have to be grand.However, the gardens in the north pay attention to a solemn and grand, and there are two styles that are diametrically opposed to each other.So there is no way to blend perfectly together.

Qingyu was talking about the news he had heard, "I heard that the emperor also likes the garden here, and the area around Changchun Garden will be expanded in the future."

If you want to expand the garden, you need to spend money. Tian Mi knows in her heart that she will have to ask for money from herself in the future, but at this time, the beautiful scenery in front of you and the delicious food at hand are more important. I will talk about the future. If this day really comes, Tian Mi will naturally have a way Get things right.

Just as Tian Mi stuffed a piece of dim sum into her mouth, she heard the maid report, "Mrs. Tong is here."

"Please."

This Mrs. Tong is a family sister, her father is a concubine, and her grandfather is not good at home.So when it was her turn, the marriage was a little too high and low, and finally married a sixth-rank official. After some work from her natal in-laws, she came to Suzhou and became a fifth-rank official.

This time, relying on her kinship, this Mrs. Tong became famous among the female relatives in Suzhou official circles. During the few days Tian Mi stayed in Suzhou, she came here every day to keep her company.Let the envious eyes of these officials and wives turn red.

"Sister is here, sit down quickly."

"National rituals cannot be abolished, slaves and maidservants first pay respects to the empress."

Tian Mi asked Herring to pull her to sit next to her, "What do you think about what I told my sister yesterday? Our sisters are just making money for cosmetics. If my sister promises to send me here immediately, If my sister thinks it's inappropriate, or if my brother-in-law thinks it's inappropriate, we won't talk about it."

"I have 1 promises in my heart when I mention this matter. The reason why I said yesterday that I want to let my mother wait is because I have no choice but to go back and discuss it with my child, Ama."

"This is human nature." Tian Mi took an orange, took off her armor, peeled off the skin and shared half of it with her. "Then what does my brother-in-law say?"

"Of course I agree. After hearing it yesterday, he scolded me why I didn't agree then. So I rushed over early this morning to give my mother a promise."

Don't look at the daughter of the Tong family, she seems to be having a hard time, her face is very sad, since Tian Mi's concern has been realized, she can't help but ask quietly beside her, "Why is my sister such an expression? Something happened at home gone."

"Look at the look on my face that makes my mother worry." She took the orange and squeezed it in her hand, feeling a little annoyed, "It's not a big deal, it's just that a letter has been sent in the capital, saying that our couple has been living together for a few years. The outside life is too peaceful, and it all depends on the management of the family. Now that Shengjia has arrived in Suzhou, he said that my wife and I are sisters of the same clan, and I want us to say more good things about the family in front of you or the emperor. Ring the wooden clock and get him promoted sooner."

After all, they are all surnamed Tong, and because this Mrs. Tong is out of town, she hasn't spoken her heart to anyone for so many years, so she can't hold back for a while, and all her grievances pour out like a flood bursting a bank.

"...The eldest uncle in the family took a concubine and spent 3000 taels of silver. Our master wrote to ask for 500 taels of silver from the family to manage Shangguan and send a birthday gift to Shangguan's old lady. As a result, the old lady at home wrote I received the letter, and sprayed out the dog blood scolded by our master. I didn’t ask for a tael of silver, and I provoked another scolding.... I received a letter a few days ago, saying that my eldest son who stayed in the capital fell ill , so skinny and out of shape, my heart is as sharp as a knife, I wish I could go back to the capital and bring him here now..."

"You send a letter to your natal family and ask them to take your child over and put them in your mother's seldom care. Even the elderly can't get rid of their partiality. You two should find a way to take the child over."

"I don't think it's been a day or two since I took the child over, but every time I wrote a letter, the mother-in-law said that the son stayed there to fulfill our filial piety for the couple, and that the half-grown man ate the poor old man, and we lived outside. With such poverty, what can children learn? These words are heart-piercing."

After she finished speaking, she couldn't help crying, when the surrounding maids were about to persuade them, Tian Mi waved her hand to let them back down, and quickly reached out and patted her on the back, "Sister, let's talk about your family's affairs logically. As a younger sister, I shouldn't have interrupted more, I have interrupted in this position so far, it seems to be pressing your family to do what I say..."

"Your Majesty, please don't get me wrong. I'm not here to ask your Majesty to do something. I really can't say these things to people, and I can't tell my slaves. The people I've known in Suzhou for a few years are all from the officialdom. These words How can you say it, it will be a handle after you say it."

"I know," Tian Mi put her arms around her shoulder and patted her shoulders, "So you have to promise me that, no matter what, having money in your hand is more important than anything else? Let's work together to make some money and turn around You take the child over, and find him a famous teacher in Jiangnan, so that he can be successful as soon as possible. Don’t you know that in the past few years in Jiangnan? There are far more scholars in Jiangnan than those in the north. How many Tanhuas are from Jiangnan, and several major academies are located in Jiangnan. Nowadays, among our bannermen, there are more warriors and fewer literati, and the emperor will definitely use the scholars among the bannermen in the future."

This Mrs. Tong quickly wiped her eyes, "Yes, yes, your mother is right. Although our Tong family gained meritorious service by killing enemies on the battlefield, the old man has long said that he should not put down his pen, and that's what he said."

"Just remember."

"Your Majesty, what should we do in the first step? Everything is difficult at the beginning, and this matter has to be carefully calculated."

Tian Mi nodded, quickly put her arms around her shoulders, and whispered her plan.This plan is also very simple. First let the sister of the family be a second-hand dealer and collect the silk from Jiangnan. "Separate them according to the quality and thickness. For the first time, we don't have a large amount. First, we will bring [-] pieces. I will pay for the hands and money." , just keep an eye on it."

Talking about these two people all morning, Tian Mi told her the contact method, transportation time and cost control.He kept her here for another lunch before someone sent her out.

After sending people away, Tian Mi only felt that she had too few people in her hands, but she should not be too anxious about things, otherwise she would not get what she wanted.

Tian Mi has been quietly telling herself not to worry, take your time.

At the same time, he thought about his plan carefully from the beginning to the end. Sure enough, everything is difficult at the beginning, as the clan sister said. There is someone in Suzhou who manages this mess for him. Jinling is the center of Jiangnan. , There must be a more reliable and flexible person to check here for him.

After thinking about it, Tian Mi had to wait for the right person to come to her door.This person doesn't have to be an official's wife, as long as there is a resolute woman, I can give her a chance, even a man, depending on his character.

First build up the sites one by one, and then slowly connect them to open up the situation in ten or twenty years.

Don't worry, don't worry.

Tian Mi sat by the lake and told herself not to worry several times before slowly opening her eyes.The amount of exercise today is too little, and she needs to walk more. Holding the hand of the maid, she strolled around the artificial lake three times by the lake.

At this time, the fourth elder brother ran over, "Er Niang, where did Er Niang go today?"

"I've been staying here all this time, and I haven't gone anywhere."

The fourth elder brother scratched the hairs on his head in a bit of embarrassment, "Er Niang, it just so happens that my son can't understand a few questions, so come and see Er Niang."

A few days ago on the dragon boat, Tian Mi saw the fourth elder brother doing homework, and took it over to have a look. Isn't this a linear equation in two variables?It's really boring to take a boat, so I showed it off. This is not shocking knowledge, after all, the emperor likes these things, and the high-ranking empresses have studied them in the early years.The deceased Empress Xiaozhao was a master in geometry.

Moreover, Tian Mi has almost forgotten her knowledge of algebra and geometry. This kind of simple knowledge can still be shown in front of her son.

The fourth elder brother came to Tian Mi with these things at this time, and Tian Mi didn't think much about going back with him.

In fact, the fourth elder brother was in a state of turmoil in his heart, and he scolded this guy Cao Yin like a bloody sprinkler in his heart.

Cao Yin is Suzhou weaving, and Jiangnan Sanzhi's father and son occupy two positions. They both say that they are the emperor's servants, so they are more comfortable in flattering the emperor than others.

The fact is indeed true, Cao Yin gave him a stunning beauty just after Kangxi landed, what kind of role is this beauty?

The fourth elder brother just took a few glances, saw her lowered her eyebrows, and thought she looked seventy percent like Er Niang, raised her head and smiled, she looked like the eighth younger brother's Er Niang Wei Guiren, and when she acted like a baby, she looked like the fifth eldest concubine Yi Concubine.

That's okay, this woman is so beautiful, even the third child is worried about his mother.

The fourth elder brother even wanted to say: "Your mother-in-law has long been out of favor, what do you have to worry about!"

But to be honest, the fourth elder brother was very worried about his mother-in-law.

What if my mother is sulking?Her lung disease is most afraid of sulking.