The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

In the study room, the three brothers were finally able to sit together and talk peacefully.

In fact, there is nothing to hide from others, but the fourth elder brother told them to keep a low profile, and it is okay to take the brothers to play, but don't forget to read.

"There is also martial arts." Elder Fourteen said: "Old Brother Thirteen is very good at bows and arrows, I just teach Eighteen and Nineteen."

Brother Thirteen hesitated to speak: "Is this appropriate?"

"Appropriate." The fourth elder brother said: "Let others teach, it is better to let Thirteen you go."

The fourth elder brother knew the thirteenth elder brother's knot in his heart, since he came back, he didn't even go to the household department with him to do errands.

I don't practice martial arts anymore. You know, Brother Thirteen's arrow skills are very good.

"Okay, then I'll go," Brother Thirteen really didn't want to practice martial arts?certainly not!

He was terrified, and he didn't want to get involved in those things anymore, and he lost all his courage.

All the way back from the northern tour, he was in the car, except for the guards, he couldn't see anyone else!

After he came back, when he was imprisoned among the beekeepers, he thought he would be imprisoned for the rest of his life, but it was Fourteen who didn't give up on him.

In fact, Fourteen was pulling him to rescue him this time. It was true that he went into the water, but whether Kangxi believed him or not was not certain.

If it hadn't been for him to carry Kangxi on his back along the way, it is not certain whether this Beizi's title will come back.

After Shisan's incident, there was a lot of silence, and the fourth elder brother didn't know how to tell him, so he could only count on the fourteenth elder brother to be eloquent.

I also hope he can figure it out for himself.

The three brothers went back to sleep separately after eating supper.

The days in Changchun Garden were very leisurely. Fourteenth elder brother liked it very much. It was cool, the scenery was good, and the food was good. However, he still ran out a few times to open a roast sheep shop. Twelve stores were opened, eight stores were opened in the suburbs of Beijing, and four stores were opened in Zhili. He asked Nian Gengyao to help choose the store location.

Kangxi also took Princess Wen Xian into the garden, and with her children, Elder Fourteen was even happier.

It was a joy to play with a group of children every day. Kangxi once saw him playing eagles and chickens with a group of children. Many people in the garden who laughed loudly heard it.

Kangxi looked at it for a long time with a telescope given to him by missionaries in the west: "Fourteen is still like a child."

Li Dequan knew that he liked Fourteen Baylor: "Fourteen Baylor is still a child!"

I'm almost 20 years old, and I'm still a "child"...

The days in Changchun Garden seem to be timeless, but it is a pity that in August, the preparations for the Mid-Autumn Festival begin.

Usually at this time, there is a custom of presenting mooncakes to the palace, and Elder Fourteen thought of snowskin mooncakes.

At this time, there are no snow skin mooncakes yet.

Because all traditional mooncakes are made of syrup, the color is golden yellow, and the name of the snowy mooncake is a gimmick. In fact, part of the raw material is glutinous rice. The mooncakes made of glutinous rice are white in appearance, clean in appearance, and translucent. It does not need to be baked, the process is simple, and energy is saved.

The taste is soft and smooth, slightly elastic, and the color is as white as snow.

When it first became popular, it was advertised for a long time, and there were also ice-skin mooncakes made by craftsmen themselves, but the fourteenth elder brother couldn't make them, so he ran to the imperial dining room and tossed the imperial chef.

After several days of tossing, I finally made it.

Fourteenth elder brother personally carried a small basket and gave it away one by one!

The first one was given to the empress dowager, the second one was given to Kangxi, and the third one was concubine De, Concubine Min.

The others also got the ice skin mooncakes. Surprisingly, the female relatives liked this very much and said it was delicious, but a man like the fourth prince only likes the snow skin moon cakes he made called "half sugar". The snowskin mooncakes are too sweet, they don't like to eat them.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, taxes everywhere have been raised, but this time the Guangzhou side shook the court, their thirteen banks paid a large amount of taxes, and the people in Guangzhou didn’t dare to deduct it, because the tax was paid by Cao. Yong, after he took over the thirteenth line, in addition to foreign trade, he also organized a fleet, the kind belonging to the imperial court, the royal fleet, just for exploring the sea, and the local navy also went with the fleet.

The first time I went to sea, it was just a test. There were [-] ships, [-] ships, and [-] frigates. They were the ones leading the way, and there were many private merchant ships following the wind. It's not that I was doing something at the pier. I went to Nanyang to find out how popular their things are. Local spices, wood and grain are cheaper than those in Qing Dynasty.

Especially food, which is basically worthless, because the local rice is grown three times a year.

The famous Champa Rice!

The precious stones, spices, gold, wood and food of various colors earned from a single transaction would not be able to fit in many ships.

Whether it is the royal fleet or a private caravan going south this time, they all made a lot of money, but Cao Yong said, pay taxes!

Whoever doesn't pay, don't blame him for being rude next time!

Because I still expect to go to sea together next time, there are basically no Shanghai businessmen who do not pay taxes. Besides, compared to making money, this tax is really not enough!

"The sea is so rich, but our Qing Dynasty has secluded itself from the country. This is not appropriate!" This is what Kangxi sighed when he left the court.

Many officials are actually more inclined to close the country, because they think highly of themselves and feel that their country's technology should not be shared with outsiders.

The Tang Dynasty shared superb technology with Tubo, and the two countries even became husbands-in-law.

But then what?

Datang can be said to have fought Tubo all his life!

If Princess Wencheng hadn't entered Tibet, Tubo would be nothing!

Still living on the plateau, in the age of savagery, slash-and-burn farming.

The last piece of pure land in the world also means the most ignorant place in the world.

Without the technologies passed down during the Tang Dynasty, how could the Tibetans on the plateau have been able to fight the Tang Dynasty for more than 200 years?

The technology of the Song Dynasty was not kept secret, and as a result, it was learned by Liao, and half of the country was conquered.

Then he was stepped into the country by the Mongolian cavalry.

To sum up the education, they started the Qing Dynasty from outside the customs. At the very beginning, they also used the red cannons of the Ming Dynasty to blast through many checkpoints and went south with their whips.

Therefore, the ministers of the Qing Dynasty all had a self-cherishing mentality.

Especially the Hanchens, even more so!

But now that the emperor suddenly said such words, the ministers, who were as thoughtful as briquettes, had to wonder what the holy intention was?

Even the eighth elder brother couldn't help guessing.

"What is the holy will? I don't know, but I know that Prince Yu is ill." These are the original words of Brother Jiu.

The eighth elder brother is in the study now, talking with the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother.

Since the last time he patrolled the river, Babeile clearly felt that Kangxi's trust in him was no more than before, and he looked at him many times.

Although his mother's family is also a family with a deep foundation in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after all, the structure is a bit small. His money is half supported by the ninth elder brother, and his power is supported by his wife's family. Waving the flag and shouting, his team is no worse than the eldest brother.

Even when the big brother fell, he took over a third of the big brother's team for his own use.

The three of them had a good relationship since childhood. Similarly, they also had a good relationship with Prince Yu. This uncle was much more friendly than their uncle Changning.

"Uncle Wang is sick?" Eighth Prince was taken aback: "How do I know?"

"You are so busy all day long that you don't even know that Uncle Wang is sick!" Brother Jiu was very angry: "Brother, what are you busy with? You don't even go to see the concubine Liang, what are the people in the palace doing?" Say you don't know?"

Elder Brother Ten took Brother Ninth's hand: "Brother Ninth, don't be so excited."

"Can I not be excited? My eighth sister-in-law always greets my mother-in-law every time I go, and my mother-in-law is also very embarrassed. It's not good to see her, and it's even worse to see her." Brother Jiu complained: "Brother, you just Do you look down on your mother-in-law then?"

"Who said that?" Eighth Brother said uncomfortably: "I went to see Er Niang, she is very good."

Went to see Er Niang, and left after less than a stick of incense. He was very busy, and there was nothing Er Niang could do to help him.

He is also past the age when he needs help from his mother.

Brother Jiu rolled his eyes: "What about Sister-in-law Eight?"

Speaking of which, Guo Luoluo is still his cousin.

But Brother Nine didn't think much of her conduct, disrespectful to her mother-in-law and her husband, and myna's concubines died of illness within a year of her entering the house.

Now that they have been married for so many years, they haven't even hatched an egg, they are not pregnant, their stomachs are not up to snuff, they don't take concubines for starlings, and they don't take the initiative to tell the women in the palace about it. Speaking of which, the eighth sister-in-law is either crying or making trouble, Yifei is not the eighth brother's adoptive mother, let alone the eighth brother's biological mother.

If the eighth sister-in-law doesn't go to the concubine Liang to say hello, the concubine Liang won't be able to say it even if she wants to talk about it!

The eighth elder brother rarely goes to the concubine Liang's place, so he will leave after a while, what are you doing?Like a revolving lantern, it's not as good as Fourteen's filial piety.

At least Fourteen gave Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to Concubine Liang, eight snowskin mooncakes of various flavors, various gadgets outside the palace, and even several exquisite rabbit lanterns. Concubine Liang is a rabbit.

I won’t talk about it in previous years. This year, the eighth elder brother actually forgot the birthday of the concubine Liang, and the eighth sister-in-law didn’t prepare a gift, and they actually ignored the concubine Liang. It was the gift that the fourteenth elder brother prepared for them. They entered the palace together.

In fact, there are so many concubines in the palace, and their birthdays are all celebrated by themselves. Those who have children will be respected by their children. Kangxi will not remember so many birthdays of so-and-so, but the people around him are not vegetarians. When the time comes, I will say, if Kangxi cares, just ask what rewards he has prepared, if he doesn't care, just reward him as usual.

That day they stayed with Concubine Liang all afternoon, until the key was released at the palace gate, they left without seeing Eighth Brother, Eighth Fortune, or even a gift from their house.

Concubine Liang's smile is uglier than crying.

Huang Ama gave some rewards to Concubine Liang as usual, but no one came.

Husband and husband didn't come, son and son didn't come, and daughter-in-law even forgot!

What is this called!

In the past, Prince Bo was kind to the eighth elder brother, and the eighth elder brother was very close to Prince Yu if he could use him, and the guarantor with Prince Yu's family was also good.

That is Prince Yu's eldest son, who will inherit the title in the future.

As a result, once the eighth elder brother took control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he became less enthusiastic about Prince Yu.

There is no way, Eighth Prince is such a realistic person, he will not bow down to anyone when he has power, and he will only use it when he needs someone.

This made the ninth elder brother who used to think that the eighth elder brother was gentle and gentle and broad-minded could not accept it.

What a wonderful person the old starling was?How could something change?Is it because of power and influence?

"I really don't know about this matter. During this period of time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a lot of things to do, and I have to prepare a dowry for the king of Zhijun. I also went to the elder brother's side twice. He didn't say anything, but This is Huang Ama's first granddaughter to marry, so it's different." The eighth elder brother found a reason for himself: "Besides, she married Taiji from Horqin, by the way, what's the matter with the fourteenth elder brother?" Did you mean it? I remember when Wen Ke and Dun Ke got married, he gave them business, and the two tribes over there respected the two princesses."

No way, who would make life difficult for interests?

The princess is the bond and bridge between them and the fourteenth elder brother.

When the thirteenth elder brother had an accident, the two tribes had no idea, but then the caravan of the fourteenth elder brother arrived, and brought gifts from the fourteenth elder brother to the two princesses, as well as gifts from the ladies. Reward, the business has doubled!

Especially Princess Duanjing, who is very greedy.

Similarly, Bandi on Princess Chunxi's side is even more envious.

But Elder Fourteen only does business with Princess Chunxi, and doesn't even mean to say hello to Bandi.

Ban Di felt aggrieved, but he didn't dare to take any action. After all, Princess Chunxi was not a vegetarian. It didn't matter if she was favored or not, as long as she had money.

The lack of salt and tea on the grasslands, I don’t know where the fourteenth elder brother got so much, let alone trading cattle, sheep and horses with them, he also opened a hot pot chain in the capital, opened a roast sheep shop, and more Opened a spicy shop, I heard that the spicy shop is the property of the eighteenth and nineteenth, how old are those two brats?There will be an industry!

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Brother Nine blew up when he heard this: "It's true that Da Gege is Fourteen's eldest niece, but Da Gege has Ama, Erniang, and a group of uncles. If Fourteen gave Da Gege business, then what should I do? What about you? Are you embarrassed not to give it? Old Ten has to give it too! What about the others? Why didn’t Zhijun Palace lose its share and bonus? Don’t you know the reason?”

Da Fujin treated Fourteen like that, Huang Ama deserved to cut off their share and bonus!

The eldest brother still has the face to trouble Fourteen, and the couple really lived longer and returned home.

The eighth elder brother was choked up and blushed: "I just said it casually."

Elder Brother Shi drank tea silently. In fact, he didn’t want to come today. He wanted to go home and be with Fujin and the child. Since Fujin gave birth, he has become indifferent to Guo Luoluo and devoted himself to raising the child with Fujin. Happy day.

It would be better if I didn't hold errands, alas!