The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

At this time, the news came from the palace in a hurry: the crown princess gave birth, and a princess was born!

The prince went to announce the good news with a sullen face, and smiled very forcedly in front of Kangxi.

He felt that it was all Fourteen's fault. If he was in Beijing and gave the Crown Princess a bowl of chicken soup and dragon beard noodles, wouldn't he have given birth to a son?

The boss is better than him in this respect. Although he and Dafu Jin had four girls, he still got a son-in-law later!

What about him?What can a princess do?

Even if it is to help Meng in the future and win over a Mongolian tribe, it will have to wait at least 20 years.

Because the imperial court was afraid that the girls who married Mongolia would be weak, so they usually only helped Meng after they were twenty.

At least 18 years later.

The prince is over 30 years old, he has been the prince for [-] years!

It is rare in ancient and modern times. Huang Ama's body is very strong, and she can still give birth to children now.

As for him, he is over 30 years old and stands at thirty in his life. How long will he be the prince?

Kangxi was a little disappointed, this is not the grandson he wanted, but he didn't show it: "It's good that the mother and daughter are safe, come here, reward little Gege..."

As a father-in-law, Kangxi did not reward the crown princess, that was the empress dowager's business.

He just rewarded little Gege, who was his direct granddaughter, who will have a noble status in the future.

But the crown prince didn't think so. Huang Ama's indifference made the crown prince very uncomfortable.

At night, the crown prince's tent was lit all night, and several figures entered and left, surrounded by the prince's guards.

Kangxi seemed to be unaware of the prince's actions.

Even Kangxi's longevity was spent here. The fourteenth elder brother caught two fish in Qixing Lake, and picked a lamb to kill. He boiled sheep soup and fish soup, and made a "fresh" soup. , made a nest of hot noodle soup for Kangxi.

Cut the beef, put mushrooms and chopped green onion and coriander.

"Every year you have a bowl of noodles, I always think about it." Kangxi held the bowl of noodles: "It smells so good, what did you use?"

"The fish boiled in mutton soup, I made a bright soup for you." Elder Fourteen smiled and said: "I have tasted it secretly, it is very delicious."

Kangxi lowered his head and ate the noodles with a smile, this bowl of noodles was very satisfying.

"Son, I wish Ama a long life." The fourteenth elder brother finally kowtowed to Kangxi for his birthday.

"Why not long live, long live, long live?" Kangxi put down the bowl and asked Brother Fourteen.

"Everyone shouts long live, but there are so many emperors throughout the ages, who is long live? It would be nice to live a long life! I don't play tricks with Huang Ama. As long as Huang Ama lives a hundred years, life is nothing more than A hundred years in a hurry, I only hope that I can live a long life, and it is best that Huang Ama can live to be 140 years old, so that I can ask for a red envelope from Huang Ama when I am a hundred years old!"

These words made Kangxi laugh: "Okay, I work hard to live, and you work hard too!"

The relationship between the two children is better.

It's just that Kangxi stayed here for a long time, and many Mongolian princes and nobles came to pay homage to the emperor.

Qixing Lake is gradually heating up here, and Kangxi's sage car toured outside the Great Wall for three months, and he can already pack his things and return to Beijing.

However, he issued an imperial decree to build a summer resort in Rehe, where he would stay in the palace every autumn.

As for him, he took people to Mulan for autumn hunting.

The so-called "Mulan" is originally a Manchu language, and the Chinese meaning is "whistle deer", that is, to catch deer.

Because it is usually carried out in July and August every year, it is also called "autumn" (in ancient times, hunting in autumn was called "hunting", such as autumn hunting. Hunting in spring was called hunting, hunting in summer was called seedlings, and hunting in winter was called hunting) .

Since the Qing Dynasty was a feudal dynasty established by the Manchus, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty basically visited the Mulan Paddock every autumn to practice martial arts and go hunting.

This is a way for the emperors of the Qing Dynasty to practice riding and shooting, and it is also a way to show their prestige.

In order to hold "Mulan Autumn Festival", Kangxi also specially set up Mulan paddocks at the junction of Zhaowuda League, Zhuosuotu League, Xilingol League and Chahar Mongolian Four Banners in Inner Mongolia.

The forests here are lush and the aquatic plants are luxuriant, so it is easy for herds of animals to gather and breed.The range of the paddock is quite large, with a distance of about 1 miles from east to west and from north to south, with a total area of ​​more than [-] square kilometers.

In the meantime, according to the different terrain and distribution of beasts, it is divided into sixty or seventy small enclosures, and the number of enclosures varies each time.In order to facilitate the Mulan Autumn Festival, Kangxi also issued an imperial edict to set up many palaces along the way from Beijing to the paddock, the most important of which is the Rehe Palace.

This is the future Kangxi and Qianlong period. Since the emperor often went to the mountain to escape the summer, the Jehol Palace became an important political center.

The reason why Emperor Kangxi decided to hold a siege in Mulan in autumn was not for hunting and entertainment, but had great political and military significance.

This point can also be seen from the time when Kangxi set up the Mulan paddock, which was the time when Mobei Mongolia was pacified.

Through the siege activities, the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners can not only learn to ride and shoot, but also learn to work hard, so as to maintain the traditional bravery and honesty of the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners, resist the erosion of arrogance, luxury and decadence, and never forget danger , Standing unremittingly.

At the same time, the emperor can take advantage of the annual Magnolia Siege, where he can regularly meet with the princes and nobles of various tribes of Mongolia, so as to further consolidate and develop the relationship between Manchu and Mongolia, and strengthen the management of the three major tribes of Monan, Mobei, and Moxi Mongolia. Border defense is of great significance.

Therefore, the choice of Mulan Paddock in Inner Mongolia was not simply because of the good terrain and the abundance of beasts there.

At this time, the "Chengde Summer Resort" was just a "Rehe Palace".

It's just that they set off from central Beijing and went to Mongolia for a walk. It's June and July now, and they come to Rehe to escape the summer heat. They have to wait until August to hunt for Mulan!

However, the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and the fourteenth elder brother still likes it very much. He took the eighteenth elder brother and the nineteenth elder brother to pick mushrooms with others.

When I came back from hunting pheasants, I took the pheasants to make soup with wild mushrooms in it.

Moreover, the things in the palace are much more abundant than those on the grassland. It is actually quite good for everyone to live here. Although the current Rehe Palace is not as large as the later generations, it is better than sleeping in tents.

It was Kangxi who lived in the palace, and the princes lived in the other courtyard of the palace. Others had no choice but to live in tents, especially the marching tents where the guards and the imperial army lived.

But Kangxi was not stingy, and the food he gave them was good, with meat in every meal.

Kangxi didn't know what he was doing here, anyway, the Mongolian princes were all bloody, they came with high spirits, and when they left, they were full of enthusiasm, if they were not respectful to the Qing Dynasty, they paid tribute to Kangxi countless Cattle, sheep, horses... Fourteen thought they were going to rebel.

"They're not going to rebel, they're going to fight." When Kangxi had dinner with Fourteen at night, he almost laughed out loud when he heard Fourteen's words, but he explained to Fourteen's son: "I encourage them to go to war." Attack Tsarist Russia."

The economic lifeline of the Mongols is slowly getting stuck, and then in order not to let them notice, or in other words, do not want to conflict with them, the guys with excess energy had better go to Tsarist Russia to show off their prestige, Tsarist Russia can be considered a rich place up.

The fourteenth elder brother understood in seconds: "Yes, yes, Tsarist Russia is good!"

Should the conflict shift, not to mention that if the Mongols have been so restless, sooner or later it will be a disaster, and the princess helping the Mongolian is useless, let them go north slowly!

Kangxi looked at him, and didn't say it was his plan to come out after drinking too much. Instead, he asked him with concern: "Are you still used to it here? It's your first time to hunt in Mulan in autumn, so practice your bow and arrow well, and then you will get more money." prey."

"Okay, Huang Ama!" Elder Fourteen nodded.

The Rehe Palace has a nice scenery, with mountains and water, and it is more natural than later generations. Fourteenth elder brother happily plays with his younger brothers every day. No worries, feel free.

The fourteenth elder brother lived a carefree life, and he couldn't control the others. Fortunately, the younger ones were close to him.

Then came August, the second day of August, when Kangxi held autumn hunting.

Royal hunting is naturally unusual.

Every time the emperor came out to hunt, there would be a lot of commotion.

Moreover, the political significance is greater than the actual action, so every time a hunting activity is organized, tens of thousands of horses must be mobilized in a mighty manner.

The first is the encirclement, where the minister of encirclement leads the army of soldiers, forming an encirclement circle of tens of square kilometers from far to near.

The next step is to invite the emperor to come and watch.

It's not worth it if the emperor doesn't see it!

Emperor Kangxi, supported by ministers and bodyguards, came to the scene to command and inspect the team.If he happened to meet an emperor who wanted to hunt, he would ride a horse and lead a bow to hunt in person.

Of course, as the appeal said, an encirclement circle of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers has been set up, and the prey in the encirclement are naturally hard to fly, and let the emperor hunt and kill.

On this day, Emperor Kangxi beat 310 eight rabbits!

The others all had unspeakable tangled expressions on their faces, only the fourteenth elder brother happily said: "Huang Ama, we can make spicy rabbit heads!"

With so many rabbits, the rabbit head must be enough!

As for the rabbit body, it also has magical effects, such as spicy rabbit head, Kung Pao rabbit diced, and burnt rabbit legs.

So that night, Kangxi rewarded the princes and brothers, each with a plate of spicy rabbit heads, um, there are three rabbit heads in it; a plate of Kung Pao rabbit; two roasted rabbit legs; and a plate of stuffed rabbit meat cake.

Seeing such a reward, the crown prince clenched his fists, thought for a long time, and then called out: "Come here!"

A figure flashed in at the door: "Prince."

Different from the soft and soft voices of the eunuchs, this man was clearly a warrior, with quick movements, light and airless.

Kangxi still went hunting on the second day, but this time it was not so grandiose. The first day was much more of a show, but the second day was different.

Those who followed Kangxi were his sons, as well as close ministers and close Mongolian nobles.

But there were still quite a few people. Kangxi took the lead and shot a stag, and everyone cheered.

On this day, Kangxi harvested a lot, such as stags, roe deer and gazelle.

On the third day, he went out to hunt again. Unfortunately, His Royal Highness occasionally felt cold and was drinking medicine in the palace, so he didn't follow.

The third elder brother obviously felt that Kangxi was dissatisfied with him. In order to restore his image, he had to go hunting with Xiaojiu in his arms.

Xiao Nineteen didn't want Third Elder Brother to hold him. First, he was not familiar with him. Second, Third Elder Brother was uncomfortable holding him.

The third elder brother has never held a child before, so how could he make the nineteenth elder brother feel comfortable?

The nineteenth brother resisted: "I want the fourteenth brother!"

"What do you want, brother fourteen, can't your third brother hug you?" The third elder brother didn't let go, this is an important prop to show his brotherly love, how could it make people run away?

The nineteenth elder brother had tears in his eyes, as if he had been bullied by the third elder brother, he looked at the fourteenth elder brother with tears in his eyes.

Brother Fourteen also frowned!

Brother San took the wrong medicine?

In the past, he didn't pay attention to his little brothers, but now he holds Shijiu and doesn't let go.

"The third child knows how to take care of the younger brother." Kangxi sighed, and then left with fourteen.

Who can't see the youngest's showmanship?Kangxi deliberately asked the third child to take the nineteenth elder brother with him, and the nineteenth elder brother had a half-grown child, which was not easy to take care of.

After a while, the child cried, and Kangxi had reason to punish the third elder brother again.

The fourteenth elder brother only gave the nineteenth elder brother a helpless hand.

Nineteenth brother is really going to cry, he just got up a little late in the morning, and he was caught by the third brother, and he will never be late again!

Today all the hunters were from his own family. Kangxi brought the princes out not to let them travel, but to show the bravery of the people.

Today they walked a little far, and ran to the other side of the mountain forest. It is said that there are bears and wild boars there. It is autumn, and such beasts accumulate enough fat in autumn to survive the long winter.

Moreover, such wild beasts also pose a certain threat to the surroundings. Farmers can't beat such wild beasts. Hunting every year is actually an opportunity to deal with these dangerous wild beasts.

Even if Kangxi doesn't come, the troops stationed here will go hunting.

The group of people rushed to the other side of the mountain, where the forest was sparse, but they actually hunted two bears, one male and one female, but no cubs were seen.

There was also a herd of wild boars, and eight wild boars of different sizes were also shot.

Kangxi asked people to build a fire on the spot, roasted and ate the wild boar, and everyone cheered. This is equivalent to a picnic.

In fact, their picnic is also different. The entire team of the Yushanfang basically followed Kangxi. When he came for a picnic, the Yushanfang actually brought everything with him. It was said to be a picnic, but in fact it was just a picnic environment. and fun.

Because he wanted a piece of wild pork, an imperial cook came out with a big knife, roasted the wild boar and roasted the best wild pork, and respectfully sent it to Kangxi.

In the wild, there were not many people around Kangxi. The fourteenth elder brother was talking to Kangxi. When he saw the imperial chef bringing wild pork over, he smiled: "It's roasted wild boar...be careful!"

As soon as he said this, he saw a white light flashing in the hand of the young imperial chef...