The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

Brother Fourteen doesn't understand the twists and turns here. He only knows that Kangxi seems unhappy, but he doesn't know why.

Or the fourth elder brother saw him running around like a headless chicken, and pulled him over: "What are you doing?"

"Brother, what's the matter? Huang Ama seems very unhappy." Elder Fourteen scratched his head: "What happened?"

The fourth elder brother flicked his brains: "Huang Ama is for the prince's business."

The fourteenth elder brother was educated by the fourth elder brother before he understood some of the connotations here.

Emperor Kangxi suddenly summoned Suo'etu to Dezhou. On the surface, he was ordered to visit the crown prince and even serve him sick, but his real meaning was not like this.

Suo'etu is the uncle of the crown prince's biological mother, Empress Xiaochengren, and the prince has a close relationship with Suo'etu.

Later, Emperor Kangxi gradually became dissatisfied with the prince's behavior, and Suo'etu was also implicated, but Suo'etu didn't know how to restrain himself, but instead showed his eagerness to let the prince ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor everywhere.

Secondly, someone reported Suo'etu, but Emperor Kangxi did not deal with it.

You must know that Gao Shiqi was the first person who fell into Suo'etu's attention.

Gao Shiqi's family was poor, but he was good at poetry and calligraphy, so he was recommended to Suo'etu.

Suo'etu often said that "Jiaofang's relatives are also expensive, and the servants and officials are not polite. Kuang Gao is a slave of his family and a friend, and he is called under the curtain. He dictates and treats him as a slave."

Later, Gao Shiqi was promoted by Emperor Kangxi as a high-ranking official, but when he saw Suo Etu, he knelt down and refused to let him sit down. Moreover, his family was still called Gao Xianggong, so Suo Ze directly denounced his name. Kneel in the court and slander him."

Suo'etu sometimes "grished his teeth and cursed, insulting his parents and wife".

For this reason, Gao Shiqi held a grudge in his heart, "suddenly forgetting the old kindness, and thinking about it in his belly."

With so many grievances and grievances, how could Gao Shiqi, the prime minister of peace for ten years, spare Suo'etu?

It's just that the time didn't come, Gao Shiqi was preparing in private, on the surface he was still one of the ministers following Kangxi's southern tour, and he never mentioned the crown prince in front of others.

Suzhou is good, there is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below.

They stayed in the other courtyard for half a month, and Kangxi didn't know whether it was a good mood or a bad mood, probably because the matter was almost settled, Kangxi suddenly summoned the fourth elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother.

"Huang...Ama?" The fourteenth elder brother was the last one to come, and when he saw Kangxi, the fourth elder brother, and the thirteenth elder brother inside, his eyes were straightened: "Why are you all dressed up like this?"

Kangxi was wearing a navy blue single gauze straight gown, a moon white lychee pattern belt tied around his waist, and a melon skin hat. He looked like a wealthy official.

The fourth elder brother was wearing a blue gown with a Buddha's head, a large white lychee pattern belt tied around his waist, and a melon skin hat. From Kangxi's eyes, he looked like a father and son.

The thirteenth elder brother, on the other hand, was wearing a strong suit with a buddha-headed green curly cloud pattern brocade belt tied around his waist, and he was wearing the same hat as the fourth elder brother.

"Hurry up, take the fourteenth elder brother to change clothes!" Kangxi commanded the staff enthusiastically: "Put on, Huang Ama will take you for a private visit."

Brother Fourteen was taken in to change clothes, and after a while he came out, everyone laughed.

The fourteenth elder brother changed out of the prince's regular clothes, wearing a plain hang silk gown with a blue belt tied around his waist, and the same melon skin hat. He looked like a rich man who followed his father and brother out Worldly.

There are sachets, purses, fan bags and jade pendants hanging on the belts of the four masters.

The jade pendants are all green jade signs that signify safety, and they look like a family at first glance.

However, Brother Fourteen still habitually carried a dagger for cutting flesh on his body, and he tied the dagger to his thigh like a spy.

Wearing the same layered cloth shoes on the outside.

The four of you went out, followed by Li Dequan, and more than a dozen Ouchi guards who were also dressed as nurses.

This appearance is like the posture of the master taking three young masters and a dozen guards out for shopping. Recently, because of Sheng Jia's presence in the city, the entire city has been under martial law, especially on the street of Jiangnan Manufacturing Mansion. The streets are guarded by soldiers, so there are fewer people doing business.

However, many markets spontaneously formed outside the city, much more lively than inside the city.

And outside the city are some small towns in the south of the Yangtze River. You can go to the ancient city of Suzhou along the waterway by sitting on a black boat.

Nanjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou are all next to each other, very close to each other, and can be reached within a day or two by waterway.

They are all directly under the scope of Suzhou, and now all the officials in Suzhou and Hangzhou are waiting to see them in Nanjing City.

The four of them went out and boarded a boat. They came out from the small gate at the back, and then directly boarded a black-covered boat docked at the small gate at the back, and then went down the river directly to the ancient city of Suzhou.

Gusu City.

The ship stopped outside the city and docked.

Then climb the mountain and go to Hanshan Temple.

"The moon is setting and the sky is full of frost, and the river and the fishing fire are facing sorrowful sleep; the Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, and the bell arrives at the passenger ship at midnight." Looking at the primitive Hanshan Temple, the fourteenth elder brother couldn't help but read this song "Fengqiao Night" Park".

"Let's stay here today and listen to the bells of Hanshan Temple in the middle of the night." Kangxi was shaking his folding fan lightly, but when he heard this, he closed his fan: "Go to the temple and worship, and I hope Buddha and Bodhisattva will bless you all in good health. "

"Okay, Dad, I also ask Buddha to bless Dad and the whole family to be healthy!" There are too many of them in the family, and the fourteenth elder brother is smart enough not to count them one by one.

"Fourteen, look at the environment, can you sing a song?" Elder Thirteen leaned over and tugged on Fourteen's braid.

His hands were so strong that he almost picked up the silver horns that Shisi had attached to his braids.

"Hair, hair! Don't think that you are my brother and I won't take revenge!"

"Then come here!"

The two brothers had no time to calm down, and they became honest after entering the monastery in a noisy manner.

Hanshan Temple can be regarded as a thousand-year-old temple. The four of you worked hard to worship Buddha and pray for God. At night, you even had a fast meal in the temple before going down the mountain. There are many boats in the dock at the foot of the mountain. Come and hear the midnight bells.

So they came to live in the cabin.

The passenger ship here is not bad at all, there is nothing uncomfortable.

It’s just that they were so excited that they couldn’t sleep when the sky was over. The thirteenth brother was playing with the big roof at the bow, and the twelfth brother looked at the fourteenth brother: “Fourteenth brother, do you have the inspiration to sing?”

The twelfth elder brother asked him this purely as a joke, but the fourteenth elder brother actually nodded!

"Really?" Twelve elder brothers were taken aback.

In fact, there is really a song that is more suitable for this scene, and that is "The Sound of the Waves Is Still". Unfortunately, the first half is not suitable for this era, so Brother Fourteen cut a section, and he only sang the second half: "Moon The crowing crow is always a thousand years of wind and frost..."

Talking and laughing like this made Kangxi smile a little more.

Although he didn't know what, the fourteenth elder brother could feel that Kangxi was sad. He didn't know what the prince had done to make Kangxi sad and depressed.

In the middle of the night, everyone was very sleepy, and then the bell of Hanshan Temple was rang.

"This is the unchanging bell of Hanshan Temple for thousands of years!" Elder Twelve sighed with great emotion.

"How do you feel after listening to it? Twelfth brother?" The fourteenth brother leaned over and asked his upright twelve brother: "What's the big enlightenment?"

As a result, Brother Twelve lay down on the bed: "But the bell is ringing, go to bed quickly, I'm so sleepy!"

"That's right, hurry up to sleep, hurry up to sleep!" The fourth elder brother was also very sleepy, he always went to bed early and woke up early, but this time he went to bed late this time, so he definitely won't be able to get up tomorrow morning.

"Actually, the ancients listened to the bells occasionally. We did this too deliberately, and instead fell short." Kangxi also felt a little inappropriate.

But Fengya is something that most people can't afford.

So, a group of people hurried to sleep, and fell asleep listening to the sound of the waves... It was so noisy that they couldn't sleep well.

Ordinary people would not have imagined that the sound of the waves would disturb their sleep.

The next day, they woke up very late, and they were all a bit listless, so after eating the breakfast provided by the fisherman, a group of people hurried ashore, found an inn to catch up on sleep, and encountered a few people who were similar to them. All of them stayed overnight in one place, and several guards knew the people on the opposite side.

I just don't know the name.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent.

After a good night's sleep, in the afternoon, a group of people went to the street.

It's not a regular street, it's just a market, but because Shengjia is here, the market is quite bustling. At a glance, it's crowded and chaotic; when you look closely, these people are from different industries. engaged in various activities.

Vendors and many tourists make up this lively market.

The stalls sell local specialties. Although it is only March and April, when the north is still plowing the fields, the south has already finished planting the seedlings.

There are knives, scissors, groceries, specialty products and some aquatic products on the stalls.

There are tea stalls selling tea on both sides of several roads, and there are also fortune-tellers!

All kinds of small commodities have a strong Jiangnan style, even the specialty products.

The lotus root just out of the mud, the hairy crab, the small lotus pod, the corners and so on.

This time the fourteenth elder brother let go of the shopping, and also did not miss the various food stalls. There are too many snacks in the south of the Yangtze River!

Xiaolong steamed stuffed bun with sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root, Dongpo elbow with plum and dried vegetables, Jinhua ham, Nanjing salted duck...

Anyway, there were a lot of people, and they bought one Dongpo elbow, which was not enough to share. They bought three and sat down in front of the stall, and then they ate, dripping with juice, and left with their mouths full of oil.

There is no need to have dinner after shopping until the evening, but go directly to the inn to stay.

This time they directly booked a small yard to sleep peacefully, and the next day they were all in high spirits.

Going down the river, you will reach the ancient city of Gusu. After passing the ancient city of Gusu, you will find a small town in the south of the Yangtze River.

The life here is slow-paced. Seeing the very leisurely living environment, Elder Fourteen couldn't help but say: "This is the south of the Yangtze River, with withered vines, old trees, dark crows, small bridges and flowing water. The ancient road is windy and thin. The sun sets in the west. , Heartbroken people are at the end of the world."

"This artistic conception is not bad!" Kangxi waved his fan and entered an inn built near the water.

The inn is small and elegant, because it is far away from Shengjia's location, there are not many people here, and a group of them booked the inn, fortunately, there are no guests staying here.

"If it is packaged, it will be 20 taels of silver a day." The inn is not big but it is also a business, 20 taels of silver a day is not expensive: "Three meals are not included!"

"Including us don't eat it!" Brother Fourteen smiled: "Which one of the food outside is delicious, you should know the shopkeeper, right?"

"I really know that. The guy in my family is not good at craftsmanship, otherwise he would not make money for board and lodging, and let others earn it." The shopkeeper saw that they gave 60 taels of silver to cover the inn for three days. He still talked about the market of the surrounding catering industry: "If you want to eat fish, go to Jiangmanlou in front, it is a must for making fish! If you want to eat puffer fish, you can find it. If you want to eat shrimp and crab, go to Ruyiju next door. Crab roe steamed buns and shrimp wontons are a must. If you go there late for breakfast, you have to queue up to eat! Don’t eat other big dishes in these two places. Take two more steps to the Qionghua Restaurant at the end of the street. It’s a big hotel with an apprentice chef in charge, and you can eat any Jiangnan flavor you want, but their house is not good at all, and the dishes are more expensive.”

However, the shopkeeper saw that this group of people were so generous, so there must be no shortage of money.

Recently, Shengjia stayed here, many princes and rich people came here, some of them were rich and powerful people.

"Okay, just follow the recommendations of the shopkeeper, and eat one by one." Fourteen likes food the most.

The inn is all their people. After putting down some simple luggage, they went directly to Jiangmanlou.

I ordered fugu there. To be honest, this food really needs courage and determination to eat to the bottom.

"Father, don't eat it yet, I'll come first!" Brother Fourteen said and wanted to take the first bite by himself.

"Don't mess around!" Kangxi was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped Fourteenth Brother: "Let the housekeeper test the poison!"

Brother Fourteen looked at Li Dequan inexplicably: "Isn't it?"

"Master, you are thinking too much." Li Dequan took out a silver needle and tried it, and then another guard brought out a puppy, fed it, and even ate a bird.

The two were alive and kicking after eating, and their voices didn't change, so Kangxi said with a dark face: "Okay, you can eat."

Pufferfish is not a big thing. Killing four pufferfish actually yielded a small amount of dishes. It was supposed to be eaten raw, but Brother Fourteen was worried that there was no effective way to deal with food in ancient times, and he was afraid that there would be parasites. Therefore, there are steamed puffer fish, braised puffer fish, stir-fried cabbage with puffer meat and boiled puffer fish bone soup.

The other side dishes are also delicacies with Jiangnan flavor. Although the workmanship is rough, the ingredients are fresh.

The guards took turns to eat, but they sat there all the time enjoying the delicious food.

After eating and drinking enough, I returned to the inn, planning to get up early the next morning to eat Jiangnan-style breakfast.

Brother Fourteen is looking forward to this.

In the capital, the crown prince came back, and Suo'etu also came back, but without any will from Kangxi, the elder brother Zhijun Wang used this as an excuse to only let the crown prince enter the palace and recuperate in Yuqing Palace, without any power. They are not willing to share with the prince.