The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

"Go and pick some good medicinal materials, let's go and see Chuxiu Palace Concubine Hesheli." Concubine De wiped the corners of her eyes: "A person like her doesn't fight or snatch, probably because the child died young, she... There is no hope."

Concubine De regards others as her own, she had survived that year, otherwise, she might have gone like this!

So Concubine De quickly asked people to prepare things, and took her with her to the Yonghe Palace, heading straight for Chuxiu Palace.

Hesheli's family background is not low, Manchuria Zhenghuang Banner, and she is the granddaughter of the assistant minister.The minister of state affairs and the minister of the bodyguard, the minister of public affairs, the daughter of Kabula, is the younger sister of the concubine of Empress Xiaocheng.

In the 23rd year of Kangxi, she was promoted to two ranks and was named a concubine alone. She was ranked among the five concubines and was also one of the five concubines in the early Kangxi period. She was not only the youngest among the five concubines, but also the youngest and the highest born. One, but these ten concubines are untitled concubines.

Until the 26th year of Kangxi, the Borzigit family, who entered the palace in the early years, was conferred as a concubine, and she also had no title.

The six concubines existed in the middle of the Kangxi Dynasty, in order: Concubine Hui, Concubine Yi, Concubine De, Concubine Rong, Concubine Chuxiu, and Concubine Xianfu. Among them, Concubine Chuxiu is the Hesheli family and has no title , It's just that the treatment is that of a concubine. In essence, it is no different from being canonized as a concubine, but there is no title. This is the biggest difference.

So as soon as Hesheli fell ill and was "not very well", all the women in the harem came to visit her.

It wouldn't let her leave this world coldly.

Concubine Yi and Concubine Min even went to Baohua Hall in the name of praying for blessings, eating fast and praying to Buddha all day.

The harem was tense because of Hesheli's illness, and the whole palace was watching the troubles in Chuxiu Palace, which was convenient for Xiaoshishi.

This little guy had a dozen powerful eunuchs follow him, and a dozen palace maids, big and small, who were holding the hand warmer. They could fill the hand warmer with silver frost charcoal at any time, so as to continue to keep warm, so as not to freeze for fourteen years. Lord.

Those with hot water bottles, those with snacks and dried meat, those who chat with him so that he is not lonely... It can be said that two-thirds of the people in Lilac Garden followed.

"Grandmother, what is the House of Internal Affairs?" Little Fourteen only knew that in history, the House of Internal Affairs was a fat and oily place.

But what exactly is it, and what is it doing inside?He really doesn't know.

The small 14 people are too young, and it is unrealistic to walk to the House of Internal Affairs, because the House of Internal Affairs is located to the west of the right-wing gate inside the Xihua Gate of the Forbidden City, the north center of the Wuying Hall, and the fourth gate of the wall to the east.

There are five levels in the front and back, with 43 rooms. It was originally the site of the Hall of Renzhi in the Ming Dynasty.

The three courts and seven divisions under the Ministry of Internal Affairs all have their own offices.

So Xiao Shisi was carried on the back by a strong eunuch, lying on Ah Qi's broad back, Xiao Shisi was very comfortable, and walking side by side with Ah Qi was the eldest mother.

He just asked this question.

"I don't know too well that the Ministry of Internal Affairs was established by the imperial court. I only know that there are everything, and the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are all very powerful people." A face-to-face person who has served Concubine De in the palace for half her life, but she wants to talk about the House of Internal Affairs?There is really no way to say.

"Then let's talk about something else. By the way, why did Er Niang leave in a hurry today? She also took a lot of things." Xiao Shisi saw that the people in the Yonghe Palace were very quick to prepare gifts. The titled imperial concubine has two sons and a daughter, who can make her go to war like this?

Empress Dowager?Emperor Kangxi?or who?

"It seems that Chuxiu Palace is in trouble." The eldest mother also heard about it: "That person has a special status and has been ill for a long time. He hasn't been well since... and it seems that it will be Chinese New Year. If something happens , how unlucky it is? Besides, she is also the daughter of Hesheli after all."

"Really? It's a pity, I thought I would have another younger brother!" Xiao Shisi is still the youngest elder brother in the palace, otherwise, Kangxi would not be so spoiled by him.

"That's true." The eldest mother said: "But Princess Chuxiu is very valued, Lord Long Live may go, she is Hesheli."

Then the eldest mother talked about the relationship between the concubines in the harem, and Xiao Shishi found out that his empress Ama liked sisters very much!

Concubine Yi and nobleman Guo Luoluo are biological sisters.

Empress Yuan and the Hesheli family are also sisters, although the Hesheli family is a concubine.

Following Niu Hulu, they are sisters, sisters of the same father and mother!

So the reason why Niu Hulu's family was a noble concubine when she entered the palace, and Hesheli's family was just a concubine.

After Empress Tong Jia made a big trip, Tong Jia sent a noble daughter of Tong Jia in this year's draft, and was selected by Kangxi to enter the palace, but she was also just a concubine, because this Tong Jia was a concubine, not to mention, In order to have a good reputation in the palace, this little Tong Jia was adopted by Tong Jia under the name of Fujin before entering the palace.

It is said that it is a concubine, but it is actually a concubine, but it is recorded under the name of the aunt.

Little Fourteen was drowsy when he heard it. His Empress Ama has a lot of women in the harem, and sisters are everywhere.

After walking for a long time, Xiao Shishi patted Ah Qi on the shoulder: "Are you tired? Change someone else to carry the young master."

Ah Qi smiled honestly: "The slave is not tired, the young master is not heavy."

Ah Qi is 19 years old this year. He has Mongolian blood. For some unknown reason, he entered the palace and became a young eunuch. He only knows that he is called Ah Qi. It is probably because of his Mongolian blood. Being a eunuch has no descendants, and he can grow strong Generally, such little eunuchs have been specially trained since childhood to become powerful eunuchs.

General powerful eunuchs have certain uses, such as arresting people.

When the emperor wants to punish a person, he usually says "pull him down".

But ordinary eunuchs don't have that much strength!

At this time, the two eunuchs usually pulled him down, and usually the person who was punished would shout "I was wronged" and would struggle hard when he was pulled down.

At this time, can you pull it if you don't have much strength?Of course not!

And most of the eunuchs are sissies, and they can't pull this kind of people!

But if it really can't be pulled, how embarrassing the Long Live Lord?So there are special "strong eunuchs", who know some superficial martial arts, and they have been trained since childhood, and they are loyal.

Wood was the safest person among the powerful eunuchs, so Concubine De asked him to pick someone to serve by Xiao Shisi's side. In addition to protecting the little master's safety, these strong eunuchs were also responsible for holding the little master and transporting him.

For example, now, Ah Qi carried Xiao Shisi on his back all the way from the Yonghe Palace to the House of Internal Affairs. Although the Fourteenth Master asked him if he was tired, Ah Qi answered honestly: "Not tired."

The Fourteenth Master was only five years old, and he carried it lightly on his body. Ah Qi was really not tired, so he carried people on his back all the way to the House of Internal Affairs.

The House of Internal Affairs is very large, even bigger than the Yonghe Palace, and it is already close to the root of the imperial city. There are several gates outside to enter and exit, and there are so many people in the House of Internal Affairs!

Although there are also guards from the Royal Forest Army, the eldest mother only needs to show the palace wearing sign of the Yonghe Palace to lead people in.

As for Xiao Shisi, he was on Ah Qi's back, and was carried in by Ah Qi generously, and the guards of the Royal Forest Army almost didn't look sideways.

At this time, military discipline is still very strict, especially here in the imperial city, where dignitaries walk everywhere and there are as many officials as dogs.

Even if a child as young as Xiao Shishi came to the House of Internal Affairs, they... let him in. What's more, the braids on his head were decorated with multicolored silk threads at the end of the child's hair. It is not easy to have a golden pearl!

After Xiao Shisi entered the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he patted Ah Qi on the shoulder: "I'm going to get off and go by myself."

"Hey!" Ah Qi carefully put the person down.

Little Fourteen jumped up and down, flexed his muscles, and then walked ahead of everyone with a high spirit.

Although he had visited the Forbidden City in his previous life, the Forbidden City in his previous life, the House of Internal Affairs, was no longer there, it was changed to the Executive Yuan, and a large number of sites had been destroyed in the flames of war.

Only Weiming stayed behind, who didn't know that the Ministry of Internal Affairs was full of oil and water!

But the House of Internal Affairs in front of him is a place with both offices and warehouses.

Although it is said to be a yamen, this yamen is different from ordinary yamen. The layout is more like a palace, with yellow tiles and vermilion lacquered pillars.

The most important thing is that the place is big and there are many people, all the people coming and going are busy, some people are arguing, some people are moving things.

In short, this is the first time that Xiaoshishi saw the office in the Qing Dynasty, and what people were doing.

After they entered the main courtyard, they saw various gates extending in all directions. Each of the twelve divisions had an office yard, and the back of the main courtyard was a warehouse, because the road on the side of the main courtyard was wide enough for vehicles to enter and exit.

In addition, valuable things are of course stored in the warehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs has too many things. In the inner city, there is also a special warehouse for storing some less expensive things.

However, the eldest mother took him directly into a door. Before Xiao Shishi had time to see what the name of the agency department was, he entered a yard. There were many people in the yard. Seeing such a group of people coming in, they also Not surprised.

On the other hand, the person who came out of the next house saw the eldest mother, and was taken aback for a moment: "Fei Moshi?"

"Master Wu Ya, this is the Fourteenth Brother." The eldest mother did not greet the other party, but introduced the Fourteenth Brother respectfully.

Xiao Shishi looked up at this man, wearing a heavy official uniform with black rabbit fur on the edges, and the hat on his head also had a fur edge, which was very warm.

"Come in and talk!" Wu Ya Yue Se hurriedly welcomed the person in.

This is his duty room. There are three rooms in total. There are writing desks on both sides. To the south is a big kang, which is very hot. There is an iron stove in the corner, which is filled with coal to dry the inside of the room. It's not cold, it's much warmer than outside.

Little Fourteen just sat on the kang, and after everyone else came in, the room was almost full.

"Slave Wu Yayuese, please greet Fourteenth Elder Brother!" Wu Yayuese greeted Little Fourteen excitedly.

"Wu Ya... Yue Se?" Little Fourteen looked at the eldest mother.

The eldest mother said in a low voice: "It's Chang Ke, the master of virtue."

It means uncle.

"Yue Se, get up." Little Fourteen didn't know what to call this...uncle, grandpa, how did you call it in Manchu?It doesn't matter, he is only five years old, so he doesn't need to be called, and Yue Se looks okay, he is a relatively stable middle-aged person.

After Yue Se stood up, she looked at Brother Fourteen with excited eyes, as if she saw a golden mountain!

Little Fourteen coughed lightly: "Yue Se, elder brother Ben asked you, what does the House of Internal Affairs do?"

Yue Se was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at the eldest mother. As a member of Wu Ya's family, even if the eldest mother has been in the palace for 30 or [-] years, she can still be regarded as an old acquaintance.

The eldest nun nodded quietly, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Fei Mo's represents the concubine De, and the fourteenth elder brother is the youngest elder brother of the Long Live Lord, and he is very much loved.

"The chief is called the minister in charge, and there is no fixed number of people. Manchu princes or ministers of the Manchu nationality will also be in charge, and they will be ranked second." Wu Ya Yuese said respectfully: "The Kuaiji chief is in charge of the cashier of the house; The Duyu Division is in charge of the selection of military positions; the Punishment Division is in charge of the punishment of the government; the construction department is in charge of the renovation of the government; the Qingfeng Department is in charge of cattle, sheep and sacrifices; the Qianliang Yamen is in charge of the imperial estate rent; Office of the Hall of Mental Cultivation is in charge of making utensils; the staff of the Zhongzheng Hall are in charge of the Lama scriptures; the book repair office of the Wuying Hall is in charge of the supervisory publications; the secretary of the Yonghe and Ningshou Palaces is in charge of the furnishings The Imperial Book Office is in charge of imitating imperial books; the Royal Tea Room is in charge of food and drink; the Royal Pharmacy is in charge of medicine; the Sacrificial Office is in charge of herding black cattle; the Prime Minister’s Engineering Office is in charge of camp work. The Siyuan is in charge of the horses used by the court, the Armed Forces Academy is in charge of the weapons, saddles and bridles, armor, quilts, etc. used by the court, and the Fengchen Garden is in charge of the affairs of the garden..."

He said a lot of things, and Xiao Shisi finally summed it up. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is a self-contained system, which has nothing to do with officials in the outer court. It has more than [-] agencies and more than [-] officials. The administration of the government and the forbidden affairs of the palace are all in charge of it.

To put it bluntly, this is a logistical organization!

As for the objects of service, the first is the royal family, the second is the Eight Banners, and the third is all chores.

The main function of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is to manage royal affairs, such as royal daily meals, clothing, storage, etiquette, engineering, farms, animal husbandry, guards, and mountain harvesting.The main institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are the "Seven Divisions and Three Courts", each of which performs its duties.

In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also has three major halls under its jurisdiction, managing the Palace of Compassion, Shoukang Palace, Royal Pharmacy, Shou Pharmacy, Wenyuan Pavilion, Book Repair Office of Wuying Hall, Imperial Book Office, Hall of Mental Cultivation Office, Xian'an Palace Official School, Jingshan Official School , Respect Room, etc.

Among them, the respect room is the institution that manages the eunuchs in the palace.

What's more, these divisions of responsibilities are so troublesome and complicated that Wuya Yuese can remember them all, and can tell Brother Fourteen clearly that this person is worthy of working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. That's great!

Brother Fourteen was about to say something when suddenly, the door was forcibly opened, and a man came in quickly!