The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

The Guerjia clan is very interesting. It comes from the ancient Jianzhou Jurchen Guerjia tribe. The Guerjia clan is named after the tribe. ), Antu Guerjia, Yehe Guerjia, Wula Guerjia and other branches. After entering the customs, there are Fengcheng Guarjia, Jinzhou Guarjia and other branches.

It is the clan tribe of the ancient Jurchen clan. It has always been called "the first clan of the Manchus" and was ranked first in the Qing Dynasty's historical book "The General Book of the Manchurian Clans of the Eight Banners".

At the end of the [-]th century AD, Guerja Gaha, the son of Guerja Song'ali, the ancestor of the Yaerhu Jurchen tribe, was the chief of Saerhu City, and later belonged to the Houjin Great Khan Nurhaci, and married the Aixinjueluo family , became an important force of Jin Jiye after Nurhachi was founded, and assisted Nurhachi in winning the "Battle of Salhu".

At first, "Guarjia" in Manchu was translated into Chinese as "ditch around the vegetable garden", and also translated as "troubleshooting", which was not a good explanation anyway.

The people of the Guerjia clan did not like the meaning of this Chinese translation, and later this translation was gradually deleted from various Manchu documents!

As a minority with a short history, it is quite normal for them to do so.

The emperor of the Han people couldn't even take a look at his daily life, but the Manchus could even change the original meaning of their clan name without authorization. I have to say that this temper is no one.

Later, because of their respect for Guan Yunchang, the hero of the Three Kingdoms, the people of the Guerjia family in Manchuria mostly took the surname "Guan" in Chinese characters.

Tomorrow, in the first year of Qiyuan (the sixth year of Tianming of the Later Jin Dynasty), Nurhachi, the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, annexed and occupied more than 17 cities in eastern Liaodong, and the Guarjia family (Guan family) also entered the Liaoshen area.In the [-]th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (the first year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty and the first year of Hongguang in Nanming Dynasty), the Qing army aspired to the Central Plains, and the Guarjia family (Guan family) then entered the pass from the master and lived in Shoubi Hutong in Beijing.

In the 26th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, in order to ensure the safety of the birthplace of the Manchus, Emperor Kangxi sent the eighth ancestor of the Guerjia family (Guan family) Guerjia Wengwotu and his younger brother Guerjia Yanbu to lead the army to move to Fenghuang, Dandong. Chengkabaling, that is, the Baoshan area (Leshantun, now Hongqi Village, Fenghuangcheng, Dandong, Liaoning), and its descendants have lived in this place for generations.

It was the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty.

The descendants live scattered in the towns of Caohe, Baiqi, Dabao, Hongqi, Xiuyan and Tanggou in Fengcheng. By the new century, they have been handed down for 22 generations.

Of course, the Chinese surnames crowned by the descendants of the Guerjia family include Shi, Bao, Wang, Li, Gao, Gu, Bai, Hu, Guo, Guo, Su, and Ye. Shi, Chang's, Xi's, Hou's, etc.For example: the Guerjia clan who lived in Suwan mostly took the Han surname as Su, and the Guarjia clan who lived in Yehe mostly took the Han surnames as Ye, Guan, etc. Guarjia who lived in Hulan County, Heilongjiang Province The Erjia family took the Han surname as the Chang family, and the descendants of the Minister of Internal Affairs Guerjia Huashan took the Chinese surname as the Shi family, which is the lineage of the princess.

The family of Guerjia Yintai, governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, took the Chinese surname as the Hu family, and the descendants of Guerjia Cheke took the Chinese surname as the Guo family.

But speaking of it, they are all of the "Guarja family".

But when the Oboi incident happened, who can guarantee that Kangxi didn't do what he did to disperse the power of the Guerjia clan?

Moreover, Aobai was finished, but his descendants continued to inherit the title of title. After more than ten generations, the surname was changed to Su after the Republic of China.

It can be seen how powerful the Guarjia clan is.

Can Kangxi bear such a large family riding on the head of the Aixinjueluo clan?

He has appointed such a princess as the crown prince, but he doesn't know what it means.

From the background of the Crown Princess, the surname is the most common surname, but when you think about it, it is a bit tasteless. This surname is good, but this surname has been fried by Kangxi into a mess!

What's the use of having a good name?

It's not as good as the tenth elder brother's Mongolian Fujin, at least the dowry and natal family are really awesome.

Just for such a Mongolian daughter-in-law, Kangxi gave the elder eleven the title of Beizi.

The prince looks good on the surface, but secretly hates him in his heart.

However, the Guerjia family, or in other words, the Shi family is indeed a famous family, which can be seen in the way they treat people.

After Kangxi issued the imperial decree, all the Fujins entered the palace to pay their respects to the Crown Princess, and all the brothers also entered the palace to pay their respects to the Crown Princess.

The concubine prepared the same things for every brother, a set of four treasures of the study, exactly the same things, impartial.

The same is prepared for every sister-in-law, a golden step shaker with happy eyebrows.

That is, the dead branch of plum blossom made of gold, and then inlaid with rubies to form a plum blossom pattern, with a long pendant, which is very auspicious.

All children, regardless of whether they were born in the same family or born in concubine, have a set of children's silver jewelry.

In this regard, Brother Fourteen is at a disadvantage. He has neither a wife nor a child.

When Xiao Shiba saw the Four Treasures of the Study, he pursed his mouth, and was pinched by the Fourteenth Elder Brother. When eating, he lay in the Fourteenth Elder Brother's arms and asked the Fourteenth Elder Brother to feed him.

But the eighteenth elder brother didn't stay for long, the fourteenth elder brother put him aside and picked up the nineteenth elder brother.

Brother Nineteen is only three and a half years old now, and it's time for fun. He's a little one, but he looks like an adult, so he's cute.

The eighteenth elder brother is next to him, the fourteenth elder brother is hugging the nineteenth elder brother, and the eighteenth elder brother, followed by the seventeenth, sixteenth and fifteenth elder brothers. The whole posture of a child king is also interesting .

After eating and drinking enough, the fourteenth brother sent all his younger brothers back, and then he was taken to the Hall of Mental Cultivation by someone sent by Kangxi. In the Dong Nuan Pavilion, osmanthus cake, milk tofu, and frozen top oolong tea had already been prepared. .

When Kangxi saw him coming in, he went straight to eat: "Are you not full?"

"It's a little bit, the new sister-in-law is here, and the brothers are a little bit reluctant to let go, and they have to take care of the younger brothers. I will pick up the food for the little eighteen's own meals, but nineteen can't do it. I need to feed it." Fourteenth Brother picked up two pieces of milk tofu and ate them: "Huang Ama, let's have some beef jerky to fight hunger, air-dried beef jerky!"

Kangxi waved his hand, and the daughter of Omiya came in with a plate of beef jerky.

"I have read the plan you gave me, but I don't understand one thing. Why do you have to let the old Cao family divide the mansion, family, and clan?" Kangxi asked the fourteenth brother: "Such a three-point Go down, isn't it scattered?"

Now the six houses of the Cao family live together, and they are all descendants of the Cao family.

As well as several close relatives of the Cao family, speaking of blood, they are not far away.

"Huang Ama, you can't make a difference!" The fourteenth elder brother frowned: "The Cao family has a shallow foundation, and it all depends on Huang Ama's favor, and you will go to live in their house when you go to the south of the Yangtze River. This flower of Jinshan Yinhai Go out, how to fill in the hole? None of them think about it, only Cao Yin and Cao Yong, father and son, will be crushed to death by pressure! Besides, is the money really spent on you? Not necessarily? In order not to be Tired to death, so this subdivision is only the first step, the second step is to divide the family, the debts are shared equally, and everyone has to pay back, instead of pointing at Cao Yin and Cao Yong and his son to pay back, even if the father and son are knocked It doesn’t cost much if the bones are broken and the marrow is drained!”

Kangxi felt that what the fourteenth son said was quite reasonable.

Can't help but nod!

"After the separation, everyone should set up a separate case, and each has his own business. Don't crowd together. If you borrow money today, he will borrow money tomorrow. This is a mess. It's better to cut the mess quickly. Divide all the people out, Mr. Cao Yin's branch will be counted separately, only to support Nanny Sun, how much money can it spend a year? Besides, the minister wants to make people rich, but he doesn't want to make a family rich." Fourteenth elder brother Seriously said: "Also, Huang Ama, the sea transportation must be opened, and the sea ban must be lifted!"

"What's on the sea?" Kangxi looked down on the sea.

Elder Fourteen smiled wryly and said, "Huang Ama, don't you find it strange?"

"What's strange?"

"Only missionaries came to our Daqing, but in our Daqing, no one has ever been to the place they said." Brother Fourteen said, "What they say is what they say? Who can prove it?"

Kangxi was taken aback.

It's not that Kangxi has never seen foreigners, and even several of his teachers are missionaries of foreigners, but their hometown, according to them, is very small and backward, and Kangxi didn't pay attention to it at all.

This is the case from Nan Huairen to Tang Ruowang.

"Their guns, telescopes, globes, and clocks are all very advanced things. Huang Ama, these are the things sold by their merchants. In a country, what kind of goods will the merchants sell to the country? That is theirs. There are things everywhere.” The fourteenth elder brother analyzed to Kangxi: “It’s like our tea and silk in the Qing Dynasty. These are not controlled products, so merchants sell them wantonly, but our artillery is controlled products. Merchants They will not and dare not sell, the power of firecrackers, Huang Ama should know that such weapons should be equipped by the entire army with them, or even better, and the eliminated products that are replaced will be Let the merchants sell at will..."

The fourteenth elder brother just said this, and Kangxi's hairs stood on end: "Then we can't open the sea ban!"

"But Huang Ama, if they are so advanced, they can blast open the gates of the Qing Dynasty with strong boats and sharp guns. Regardless of whether you are a closed country, I will advance with my weapons. Bring thirty to fifty thousand guns and countless ammunition Soldiers, you can sweep the Qing Dynasty! Straight to the palace!" Elder Fourteen squinted his eyes: "What will you do then? A weak country has no diplomacy."

In the last five words, Kangxi's expression changed: "I have done a good job in the Qing Dynasty, how did I become a weak country?"

"Foreigners have strong ships and guns, and advanced firecrackers, so why can't they get in?"

"Are they that far away from us?"

"How did the missionaries get here?"

The father and son spoke with anger, but neither of them let the other.

"The door of my country, if you say it is closed, it will be closed!"

"I don't care if you close the door? Your country is full of treasures, tea, silk, and the palace is paved with gold bricks. Westerners who have read "Marco Polo's Travels" coveted our Qing Dynasty very much. Halazi read countless books! And what do we know about them? We can’t even determine where their country is, only a rough and vague address.”

"And what about us in the Qing Dynasty? On-the-spot surveying and mapping, even every county government and every town is clearly visible. When people come, they don't need to be guided. They have their own maps. Are missionaries really good? Huang Ama, Wake up, people who are not of our race must have a different heart! What did the missionaries come to the Qing Dynasty for? The ancient oriental country is full of gold! After listening to these eight words, my son will be moved, but you are not. ?"

In fact, the West spent many years opening up the Silk Road on the sea, and after discovering the sleeping giant of the East, it took action against this ancient civilization.

How did Changchun Garden disappear?How was the Old Summer Palace destroyed?

In later generations, even Kangxi's mausoleum was blasted open with cannons, and no one restrained the bones.

Even the tomb of Honghui, the eldest son of Yongzheng who died young, was stolen, the urn was broken, and the ashes were scattered all over the place.

Kangxi Khan came down: "This..."

"Huang Ama, think about it carefully, we can't just look at the country, we also need to pay attention to foreign countries!" Elder Fourteen was drinking tea from a teacup, eating beef jerky and snacks.

Kangxi sat there blankly for a long time. After all, he was the Emperor Kangxi who ascended the throne at the age of eight. He was a young emperor who came through ups and downs. Once the matter was revealed, all kinds of things in the past flashed away in his mind.

He had heard of France, he had heard of England, but who had been there?

No!

It's what the missionaries said, and no one has been there in the Qing Dynasty.

Not even those smuggling merchant ships in the south of the Qing Dynasty who refused to obey discipline, there were none.

Firecrackers are very powerful, but how powerful can they be that can be traded as commodities by merchants?As Fourteen said, which country would let merchants sell advanced weapons at will?

Unless it's something that's been eliminated.

Just like the weapons eliminated by the officers and soldiers of the green battalion, they are usually bought by the bodyguards of the bodyguard bureau, and then taken to the blacksmith shop for remaking. Of course, the remade things are not as sharp and durable as the original ones, but they can be safely kept by the bodyguards. goods.

Because bandits and the like cannot get weapons.

"Then you mean to lift the sea ban?" Kangxi thought of Taiwan when he thought of the sea ban.

"Removal is certain. Taiwan and Laotaimen will have troops stationed there, and they will be converted into commercial ports. Also, take back Haojing." Elder Fourteen said, "That's our first island chain in the South China Sea. "

This is still a big project!

"Next year's southern tour, you follow!" Kangxi said after a rare silence for a long time: "This plan is too huge. If it is to be implemented, money is indispensable, but then again, there is not so much money in the treasury."

Kangxi was also forced by his fourth son to remind him that his soft-heartedness back then led to an empty treasury.

If you want to get back the money, you have to ask people to pay back the debt. The key is that the Cao family can't afford it.

It has become an endless loop!

"As long as you want to do something, the Cao family's money, my son will help them pay back, and then let them pay me back." Elder Fourteen said: "The main thing is how to ask for money."

Borrowing money is easy but paying it back is hard!

Not to mention paying back the treasury.

Kangxi began to feel embarrassed again.