The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

"It's too early to be an official now!" Elder Fourteen wiped his hands.

Xiao Pingzi led someone to bring up the breakfast. Brother Fourteen's breakfast was very down-to-earth. When Nian Gengyao saw the breakfast, he remembered the first time he met him.

It's similar to the breakfast of ordinary people, except that, in addition to spicy soup, stir-fried liver and other civilian styles, there are also court side dishes such as palace cucumbers, pickled black vegetables, sugared garlic, and pickled water mustard.

Pea yellow, sesame rolls, golden cakes, jujube cakes and other early snacks.

Big bowl of steamed donkey meat, big bowl of boiled cabbage, small bowl of shredded shredded chicken, small bowl of fried sea cucumber, five-inch dish of cooked purple cover, five-inch dish of crispy fire, five-inch dish of sauced meat, five-inch dish of vegetarian fried cabbage, cowpea porridge a can.

There are market flavors and palace delicacies, this combination is really... not very used to.

"Students don't run away from the government, and they can't afford to run. They have just won the Jinshi, and the family doesn't have the extra energy to help the students." Nian Gengyao is very free and easy: "Besides, the student's younger sister will come to the capital this year. Next year Draft."

The fourteenth elder brother thinks so too. He has just "graduated from university" and has not yet waited for distribution.

Some even watched politics for six years, and were finally assigned to some remote village.

Moreover, the level of the assigned official position is also uncertain. The county seat of the ninth rank is much different from the county magistrate of the seventh rank.

It is very interesting to run for an official in the Qing Dynasty. There are seven procedures and two audits. The interview procedure during the interview is very complicated, and there are many departments involved. Without a strong backing, it is impossible to smooth all the joints. What will happen in the end? The result cannot be guaranteed.

"You should observe politics in the Hanlin Academy for three years first. Recently, there has been a lot of turmoil in the court." Brother Fourteen said while having breakfast with him: "Wait until the three-year period expires, and see where it is suitable to be transferred."

"Okay, students listen to Fourteen Baylor." Nian Gengyao ate his breakfast and felt much more at ease.

5000 taels of silver, to be honest, can't support him, let alone those servants, he must find a way to make money.

His little salary can't support him.

However, Brother Fourteen gave him a contract after having a good morning: "Sign it."

Nian Gengyao opened it and took a look, his eyes almost fell down: "This...you will not be rewarded for nothing."

"Just think that I invested in your talent in advance." Fourteenth elder brother smiled: "It's not easy to live in the capital. With this income, you have the capital to settle down. The situation in your family is well known. The next time someone brought you some money, but it’s not much, right? It’s not enough for you to spend. I’m afraid your sister won’t bring much money when she comes. Then you have to ask your family for help. The second mother in your family But there is a reason to rule over you."

As for Nian Yaling, he didn't believe that Nian Yaling didn't know about it.

It's just that I don't want to care about it.

After all, his official position is almost coming to an end.

A person who is about to retire and become an official does not have any feelings for his second son. The second wife has never met, but just by looking at her behavior, she knows that she is a woman with long hair and short knowledge.

Historically, there are only two illegitimate sons and one aunt's daughter at the age of nine, and there are no other concubine children.

I don't know if there is no record, or I forgot?Or not at all.

The fourteenth elder brother gave Nian Gengyao half of the dry shares of his hotpot chain store, which was enough for Nian Gengyao to walk out of a prosperous road without relying on his family.

"That's too heavy." Nian Gengyao knew that for the Xilaishun hot pot chain, half of the dry shares cost 1 taels of silver. I heard that there are as many as 200 shares of dry shares, which is [-] million taels of silver.

It's not that no one wants to join it, but the fourteenth elder brother offered a sky-high price, 10 taels of gold for one share, and 100 million taels of gold for one achievement!

Even if someone wanted to make some money with the emperor, they couldn't afford to join in at such a high price.

Those who can afford it are even more afraid, and the wealth is not in vain. If the emperor knows that you can afford this dry stock, then your family will not be "rich as an enemy".

These four words, most people can't afford them.

Take a look at Shen Wansan in the Ming Dynasty. Wasn't he finally dealt with by Lao Zhu, an emperor who was born as a cowherd?

All your wealth will be confiscated!

Nian Gengyao's eyes are real, but he never thought of owning it.

"It's not heavy, your expenses will be high in the future, remember, don't go to the household department to borrow money." Fourteenth elder brother said seriously: "If you have no money, I would rather come to the master to help, you know?"

Nian Gengyao thought for a while: "Students should borrow a little. If you don't borrow at all, you won't fit in with the group. If you borrow too much, students are afraid that you won't be able to pay it back. You only need to borrow 200 taels a year, which is barely enough to make ends meet in the capital."

"That's fine, remember, it can't be more than a thousand taels." Elder Fourteen sighed: "When the time comes...you have to think it over."

"Students, think it over. Students want to join your sect." Nian Gengyao mustered up his courage and wanted to join Fourteen Baylor's sect.

Become the disciple of Brother Fourteen.

In the feudal era, the earliest disciples were also called disciples, referring to students and students who sought knowledge and knowledge, or people who were taught by knowledgeable and respected families and elders in the academic circle.

Later, it generally refers to students and disciples.

However, after several changes, it changed even more in the Qing Dynasty.

The relationship between "student" and "teacher" is the relationship of learning from master to master, and has nothing to do with politics. This may be related to avoiding literary inquisition.

However, the Qing Dynasty was quite special, as it was an ethnic minority. Coupled with the tradition of semi-slavery, it was not uncommon for some people who wanted to get promoted and make a fortune to submit "student posts" to the bureaucratic ruling class.

To become a sect will be stamped with the imprint of a big person or a certain force, which has both good and bad things.

The disadvantage is that once this person or power loses power, no matter whether you are an important person or important thing in it, you will be implicated. At least, you will be demoted, and it will be difficult to get promoted and make a fortune;

The benefits are naturally great, if they are twisted into one rope, it will be easy for someone in the court to handle things!

Getting promoted and getting rich is a trivial matter. If there is any disaster, everyone will help each other.

Some small matters can also be settled quickly, without even delaying the future.

There are also Manchu officials who make mistakes, the crime is reduced, and the death penalty is exempt. Generally, they will not be beheaded. At most, they will be driven back to their hometown in Shengjing to farm.

At least his life was saved.

But Nian Gengyao's father doesn't love him, he doesn't have a mother's love, and there is an older brother in the family. If he doesn't find a way out for himself, how can he live?

"I don't have any power, and I don't plan to form any power." Fourteenth elder brother shook his head: "If you have the heart, you can join my brother's sect in three years. He knows people and makes good use of them."

"Yongjun King?" Nian Gengyao was taken aback. He had never thought about going to vote for Yongjun King. Everyone in the civil and military courts knew it. Even he, a new Jinshi, had heard of it. The fourth elder brother was famous for his stern and selfless face. , very hard to talk about.

"Don't worry, I'm a sensible person." Elder Fourteen even reached out and patted Nian Gengyao on the shoulder: "I promise you will follow the right master."

Nian Gengyao lowered his head and looked at the hand that was retracted: "There is news from the family that elder brother Nian Xiyao has joined Babeile's sect."

"I know!" Fourteenth elder brother nodded: "He opened the door for Babeile in Yunnan, and let Jiubeile's slaves do the spice business."

The spice business includes incense and edible spices. The grass fruit, fragrant leaves and cinnamon bark used in his hot pot restaurant are all from Yunnan.

Incense was also popular in the palace, and many concubines liked it.

The empress dowager's palace is lit with sandalwood because of the perennial worship to the Buddha.

The benzoin incense lit in Fengxian Hall is also incense made of spices brought as a tribute by the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou.

Nian Gengyao was taken aback: "You know?"

He didn't know the news not long ago, and someone from his family brought him a letter. In the letter, his old father mentioned that his elder brother has also won the favor of a nobleman. If he has no other plans, he will invest in it with his elder brother. Under the Eighth Master's family, the Eighth Master is a prince elder brother.

It was not the first time for Nian Gengyao to play tricks on his family. He didn't say that he had won the favor of any nobleman.

Not to mention his own predicament back then, he had never hated anyone that much in his life, but the eldest brother and second mother in the family were a thorn in his heart.

Especially the eldest brother, in order to suppress him, he did not hesitate to unite with that bitch to plot against the two brothers and sisters.

My sister is okay, because she is a girl in the banner, and her future is not in that woman's hands. Even if she wants to play tricks, those loyal servants in the backyard will not let her succeed. He gave the deed of his dowry to his daughter.

Only then did the two brothers and sisters grow up safely, even if Erniang tried her best, she couldn't stop Nian Gengyao from coming to Beijing for the exam.

Also passed the exam!

From then on, the sea is wide and the fish leaps, and the sky is high for the birds to fly.

"I've known it for a long time. The news of the master is not much slower than anyone else." In fact, most of his references come from the Qing palace dramas that he watched with his aunt in the orphanage when he was young. Of course, the Qing palace dramas of that era were still acceptable. The quality is getting worse and worse, and finally Gongdou dramas have become girl grabbing dramas.

There are all kinds of messy plots. If poisoning was so easy, everyone in the palace would have died long ago.

It is a capital crime for a concubine to kill herself, and it will implicate everyone in the family. Suicide is the most stupid act.

What else is there to push a child into a pond? It’s purely a dream. There are at least six NO.70 people around a child. The fourteenth elder brother fell into the water in the garden, and he did mental calculations without intention. Try it in the palace!

And since he fell into the water, no matter where the children in this kilometer are, there are never less than 20 people around them.

Although he couldn't be sure how detailed it was, he could still figure out a general context. Although Nian Gengyao and Nian Xiyao were brothers, they were not in the same way.

"Since the Fourteenth Lord knows, the student will not cover it up for him. My brother has no talent or knowledge, but he is very good at some clever tricks." Nian Gengyao didn't know how to properly describe himself. The half-brother: "And he has a stubborn personality and stubborn thinking. To put it bluntly, he is a person who goes all the way to the dark."

"I know, he is good at settling accounts." The fourteenth elder brother impressed me the most. It seems that a certain Qing palace drama was adapted from historical facts. The party is making troubles in the court, and Yongzheng can't afford money to support the front line, so he has to give up temporarily and let Nian Gengyao's elder brother, Nian Xiyao, go to Jiangnan to raise military expenses. Nian Xiyao's abacus!

Although 20 taels of silver were raised at that time, it was still not enough for the Northwest. However, the balance of Xiao Nei Fu settled by Nian Xiyao to the eight elder brothers was more than 100 million taels.

I have to say that Nian Xiyao is a talent, but a talent who is willing to die.

Nian Gengyao didn't even expect that Fourteenth Master is so powerful, and his elder brother knows everything, so he has nothing to hide: "Eldest brother wrote that he will be able to move soon."

"It should be. Babeile has now been transferred to the Ministry of Officials. Although he is only a small official, it is still possible to bring up a few people." Fourteen didn't know what Huang Ama thought, and put Baba Brother was sent to the Ministry of Officials to practice. This department has great power, so it is not easy.

"Does the student still have to invest in Yongjun Palace in three years?" Nian Gengyao wanted to join now.

"You can do whatever you want." Elder Fourteen said, "I won't force you to make a decision immediately."

Elder Fourteen was really not in a hurry at the moment, and Nian Gengyao didn't think about it, the two of them chatted for a long time before they broke up, and Nian Gengyao returned to his place, thinking that this matter should be more cautious.

At this time, the Dachaohui called Da Qier, and the crown prince was full of energy. He was the first to present the memorial, and then talked about the Kangxi Longevity Festival.

The prince talked eloquently, but it was actually the words of the fourteenth elder brother yesterday, and the old meal was re-fried.

Eldest brother was the second to present the memorial, also the eulogist, and then he brought up the matter of performing martial arts.

Next came the third elder brother, he was very obedient, and even asked the fifth and seventh elder brothers to accompany him.

Only then did the prince and elder brother realize that they were alone, a bit weak, and they didn't share the credit with their brothers who followed them.

Shouldn't they be angry?

Sure enough, after the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother stood up. His proposal was very ordinary, but it was also a bright spot. He proposed to reduce or exempt taxes in some disaster-stricken areas, so that the common people could enjoy the grace together.

Twelve elder brothers and thirteen elder brothers agreed with this matter.

Eight princes proposed to give wine, meat and silk to centenarians, wine, meat and cloth to people over 90 years old, wine, meat and new clothes to people over 80 years old, and wine and meat to people over 70 years old.

Got the support of Brother Nine and Brother Ten.

The other little elder brothers are too young to have a say at all.

Kangxi sat on the dragon chair, looked at the dozen or so sons standing there, and said nothing.

So soon, a new group is formed, the prince is ruthless, the elder brother only cares about himself, the third elder brother is trying to gain fame, the fourth is okay, and the eighth wants to be independent!

Kangxi saw very clearly that the courtiers were bewildered by this move. They hadn't thought that the Longevity Festival could still be celebrated like this?