The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

"I don't dare to urge your sister-in-law. This is getting a little angry. If you urge me again, do you want this daughter-in-law? Besides, among so many Fujins, look, the child of Sanfujin is only a girl, so it's safe It's all right, otherwise the third elder brother will be run over to death by the crown prince and the elder brother." Concubine De can see clearly that this dispute between the emperor's eldest grandson is no longer a battle of spirits between the crown prince and the elder brother , but look at the belly of the daughter-in-law among you elder brothers, and you will not live up to your expectations.

The crown prince has the least hope, because he has not yet married the official crown prince!

There is not even a side concubine, only concubine concubines and concubines, and their status is low.

Then all the girls were born, which is embarrassing. In fact, the prince has a lot of children, but he just can’t stand. There are at least two girls. Come down and die.

The other elder brother's women are also extinct, and they either don't give birth to boys, or they die young after giving birth. Only God knows if there is something tricky here.

"Emiang, for this southern tour, both of us brothers will go. If you are bored in the palace, you can ask Fifth Sister to come into the palace to chat with you." This southern tour, there is no Concubine De's business.

Elder Fourteen wanted to mention that Concubine De told him to shut up. It was filial piety to mention a Empress Dowager, and Concubine De was a bit of a stretch.

What's more, none of the four concubines in the harem will follow this time, so what's the point of concubine De following?

It's eye-catching enough, but stop for a while!

So Elder Fourteen and Princess Wen Xian could only keep silent.

The fourth elder brother wanted to mention it, but unfortunately he didn't have the chance.

Kangxi's affection is not given to everyone, and if it is not done well, the loss outweighs the gain.

"Understood, your mother-in-law has been in the palace for so many years, why is she lonely? The big deal is to ask your fourth sister-in-law and your fifth sister to come to the palace to play mahjong with your mother-in-law and me." Concubine De has long been used to it.

Grace or something is not as important as sons and daughters.

Her luck lies ahead!

"That's good. If you're bored, just find something fun for yourself, find a game or something, mahjong is also good." Elder Fourteen could only comfort his mother in this way.

"You should also be careful in the south. Erniang heard that the south is different from the north. If you feel uncomfortable when you pass by, remember to follow the doctor's advice, don't carry it hard, and watch it. Your fourth brother, although he is mature and stable, he is not good at words, he hides his thoughts and doesn't speak out, he is so aggrieved." Concubine De babbled: "Don't make him angry, lest he doesn't know when he gets angry. "

The fourteenth elder brother was overjoyed: "Definitely, definitely!"

The fourth elder brother was going to accompany him on a tour of the south, and after a day of searching, he brought Sifu Jin into the palace to bid farewell to Concubine De.

Concubine De also dragged him and chattered, Si elder brother was not impatient at all, he thought this should be maternal love, right?

Because when Empress Xiaoyi was alive, she never nag him like this.

On the other hand, the fourteenth elder brother secretly said to his own brother: "Emiang loves you more and more, and even said that you like to sulk, so let me not be angry with you, so that you don't even know when you get angry."

The fourth elder brother said that his heart was warm and sweet: "Don't worry, Er Niang, I will be optimistic about Fourteen."

The date of their departure was set by Kangxi, and they will leave in February.

Kangxi chose this day. In fact, it was still snowing in the north, but he believed that the purpose of the southern tour in this spring was first to inspect the river works in person;

So after eating the pork head meat, they prepared for the southern tour.

Finally set off in mid-February.

The whole process is like this:

On February 26, Yuzhou parked in Linjiazhuang, and on February 29, he inspected the Gaojiayan and Guiren embankments before the Yellow River.

Afterwards, take a boat along the canal and enter Shandong, pass Sangyuan Town, Zhengjiakou, the second gate of Linqing Prefecture, Ligaiwu of Dongchang Prefecture, Yanggu Guanjiabao, Zhangbalakou, Jining Prefecture Anju and Nanyang, and exit Shandong .

Go to Jiangning, review the military equipment; go south to Suzhou.

The whole journey passes through Hexiwu, Yangliuqing, Zhoujiazui, Qingxian, Dongguang, Sangyuan, Gaoyou, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Jiangning, Lihaiwu, Daijiawan, Zhangjiazhuang, Tongzhou, Dezhou, and is scheduled to return to Beijing in May.

When the emperor went out, the earth shook and the mountains shook.

Different from the northern tour, the southern tour was to take a boat, so they rode all the way during the northern tour, and when they went to the south, they had to take a boat. On the dragon boat there was the emperor, and on the phoenix boat there was the empress dowager.

They are a group of elder brothers who are all on big boats.

The fourteenth elder brother is in the same boat as the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother.

This big ship is made of wood, up to three floors, and the cabin.

The first floor is the kitchen and dining room, the second floor is where people live, and the third floor is where the three elder brothers and the guards live.

The first floor has at least three to five hundred square meters of space, and there are rice noodles, oil and various ingredients in the cabin.

The second floor is more than 300 square meters, where all the attendants are accommodated; the third floor is more than 200 square meters, where three of them, the eunuchs close to them, and one person and two big inner guards live.

The first stop was at Linjiazhuang, which is actually a Beidi Wharf. It is not prosperous, but the location is very good.

On the 29th, Emperor Kangxi led people to inspect the Gaojiayan and Guiren embankments before the Yellow River.

Almost all the people went, but the [-]th elder brother didn't. He and the thirteenth elder brother stayed on the boat to learn fishing, and they caught two big Yellow River carp!

They happily took them to the Queen Mother's phoenix boat, and asked people to make big braised carp and sweet and sour big carp.

"Huang Ma, the braised one is Thirteen's, and the sweet and sour one is Fourteen's. Try it, which one is better?" Fourteenth Brother introduced it to the Empress Dowager very enthusiastically, and wanted to win favor by the way.

The thirteenth elder brother ignored him, and took a piece of fish belly for the empress dowager, and removed the big thorns for the empress dowager to enjoy.

"All good, all delicious." The empress dowager was in a bad mood when she was on the boat, but Kangxi took people to inspect it. It was government affairs and she was inconvenient to follow and didn't want to go. Sitting on the boat and looking at the water made her upset.

It’s better to be the fourteenth elder brother, and bring the thirteenth elder brother to bring her fish, and the twelve elder brother personally roasted the leg of lamb for the empress dowager, and roasted the buns stuffed with beef and scallions.

The other elder brothers all followed Kangxi, even the crown prince, and the empress dowager was lonely. Fortunately, three grandsons stayed to take care of her.

"Huang Ma, why don't you eat baked buns? I haven't eaten them well in the past few days. Let's have a bite of hometown flavor while the boat is parked." Elder Twelve baked buns and served them.

The empress dowager was very moved: "Okay, you three also eat some, we won't wait for them."

Kangxi and the others left early in the morning. The fourteenth elder brother couldn't get out of bed, the thirteenth elder brother stayed to take care of him, and the twelfth elder brother was on the empress dowager's phoenix boat. These three little elder brothers were united.

But Kangxi and the others were not short of food, so they went for a stroll on the embankment to see the situation, and then had breakfast there.

I will come back after breakfast. Of course, I will not be on the dragon boat, but go to the local government to check the government affairs.

Two days later, the dragon boat went south along the canal and entered the border of Shandong, and the first stop was Dezhou.

They were sitting on the boat, and Brother Thirteen introduced Dezhou to the Empress Dowager: "Dezhou, Shandong, was called Ande in ancient times..."

The Empress Dowager listened with gusto, and Elder Twelve also added: "Dezhou is the northwest gate of Shandong Province. It connects Cangzhou, Hebei to the north, Jinan and Liaocheng to the south, Hengshui to the west, and Binzhou to the east...."

The two grandsons introduced everything well, and the empress dowager also had some understanding of Dezhou.

But... the empress dowager looked at the fourteenth brother who was in a daze: "fourteenth, tell me, what is there in Texas?"

"Dezhou grilled chicken!" Elder Fourteen ate it as soon as he opened his mouth: "Three flavors in casserole, plain eggplant, jujube rice dumplings, jujube cake, jujube cake, Maqiao tofu, steamed buns from Youyicun..."

The Empress Dowager laughed immediately: "Brother Fourteen is still so delicious. When we reach the border of Dezhou, the Empress Dowager will point to you to eat!"

"This is no problem!" Elder Fourteen patted his chest: "Huang Ama is here to do business, and we are a group of old and weak children who are here to eat. Our family has money and is not afraid to spend it. Let's eat and chew jujube dumplings! Maqiao Tofu, let’s eat tofu, and give the servants to eat bean curd!”

Made the empress dowager laugh again.

Others feel that with the Fourteenth Elder Brother, the Empress Dowager smiles more every month than every year.

Especially after arriving in Texas, they stayed in a big house in Texas.

It is said that this is the home of a high-ranking official in Dezhou, not a palace, because the Dezhou Palace was built during the Qianlong period, and was destroyed by war in the Republic of China. Few people in later generations know that Dezhou once had an emperor's palace.

I don't know what happened before, but the fourteenth elder brother made up his mind and pulled the thirteenth and twelveth elder brothers to stand in front of the empress dowager, and they kissed in Caiyi.

Fengshui is indeed good here in Dezhou. After they stayed, all kinds of delicacies were brought up. The empress dowager is here, and most people dare not put any beauties over to block their eyes. The old lady is from Mongolia, and she likes heroic women A child, not a delicate Han woman.

What's more, on the first day, I was not sure about my temper, and I didn't dare to mess around.

So I can only contribute a little filial piety to the food. Brother Fourteen orders very authentic dishes, all of which are Texas specialties.

I had a very happy meal on the first night, and the breakfast on the second day was even richer. There were not only Mongolian fried rice but also jujube rice dumplings.

I was having a good time this little day, but something happened!

Crown Prince Yinfeng was so ill that he couldn't get out of bed, but with such a serious illness, Kangxi didn't want the princes to attend to the sick, and he didn't even allow him to visit him!

The fourth elder brother had no choice but to come to look for Fourteen: "At least go to see the prince, this is locked there, people are isolated, only the imperial doctor is waiting for you, this..."

"Brother, it's okay, I'll go ask Huang Ama!" Elder Fourteen comforted his brother, and found a suitable time to meet Kangxi.

Under the orders of the fourth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother applied to visit the crown prince, but Kangxi patted his head and said: "You don't need to go, if you get sick, it will be fine."

Then he said to the ministers: "Brothers, brothers and sisters, please respect me!"

Therefore, all the elder brothers who followed did not go to see the prince, but they got the reputation of "brothers and friends respecting each other".

But in only three days, Kangxi called Suo'etu to Dezhou to serve the sick.

"There are so many princes and elder brothers here, how can you recruit Suo Ertu to serve the sick?" Fourteenth elder brother was simply dumbfounded by his Huang Ama's decision.

Suo'etu came to serve the sick?He's so old, it's not his turn to be sick! ?

The fourth elder brother said calmly: "This is Huang Ama's decision."

"Brother, do you know something?" Brother Fourteen felt that his brother seemed unhappy?

"Don't ask, hurry up and act coquettishly with the Empress Dowager. During this period of time, you just take Thirteen and Twelve with you and just guard the Empress Dowager." The fourth elder brother's face became colder and colder.

Brother Fourteen is sure, his brother is indeed unhappy, and very unhappy.

But Shishi didn't know the inside story, so he had to follow his brother's orders, accompany the empress dowager, and make the old lady happy. In addition, when they left Texas, Suo'etu hadn't arrived yet.

The strange thing is that as soon as they left, Suo'etu arrived in Texas.

The fourteenth elder brother didn't know what happened, but he obviously felt that his Huang Ama was not too happy, so he fished with the twelfth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother, and the big fish he caught were also shared with Kangxi. one serving.

Especially the fourteenth elder brother caught a big grass carp, so he asked someone to make a boiled fish and sent it to Kangxi's dragon boat. Kangxi looked at the big pot of boiled fish and smiled: "Go and ask the fourth child to come over, Eat with me."

The fourth elder brother was originally baffled, so he was called to accompany Kangxi for dinner, but when he saw the boiled fish, he knew it: "Huang Ama, this is what Fourteen caught?"

"You knew already?"

"Today he kept saying that he caught a big grass carp, which weighed five or six catties. He said it many times, and everyone in the southern tour team knew about it. He also caught a big carp. The red one was said to be burned for the emperor. Mama ate."

"Well, Fourteen means filial piety, good boy." Kangxi liked Fourteen more and more.

"Yes, I also said that I will be fishing along the way in the future, and the Pope will go fishing!" The fourth elder brother didn't mention the crown prince, but only talked about the interesting story between the fourteenth elder brother and the empress dowager. , little kid, the empress dowager was also taken by the fourteenth elder brother to play.

The next day the Empress Dowager really learned how to fish, and she caught several fishes, all of which were cooked by the imperial chef. Elder Fourteen ate them cleanly, leaving only a pile of fish bones.

Let the Queen Mother feel a sense of accomplishment.

After passing through Cangzhou, Hebei, they stopped at Sangyuan Town, Wuqiao County. Apart from supplying supplies, they just visited the local area.

There are many old people who are over 70 and [-] years old here. Because of the relationship between martial arts, all of them are getting older and stronger.

The Empress Dowager received more than a dozen old women over 80 years old, and these old ladies were all healthy, which made the Empress Dowager envious. The Fourteenth Elder Brother, the Thirteenth Elder Brother and the Twelfth Elder Brother were in charge of taking care of them. These old ladies.

The old ladies also envied the empress dowager for having so many grandchildren, all of whom were very filial, and praised them several times, which made the empress dowager very proud.

Kangxi also envied those old men in their seventies and eighties who could still take care of their grandchildren and even teach them martial arts.