The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

The Hall of Supreme Harmony was originally called Fengtian Hall, but later it was changed to Huangji Hall.

After Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty ascended the throne, he rebuilt the three main halls and changed the Huangji Hall to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Because the name of Huangji Hall collided with the name taboo of grandfather Huang Taiji.

"Taihe" means: all relationships in the universe can be coordinated.

Later, during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, it was rebuilt twice before the scale of the Hall of Supreme Harmony we see today.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is 35 meters high, 64 meters long from east to west, and 33 meters wide from north to south, covering an area of ​​370 square meters.

It is eleven rooms wide and five rooms deep, making it the largest hall in the Forbidden City.

The decorations are painted with the highest grade golden dragon and seal.

The roof of the hall is in the form of the highest-level double-eave hipped roof, and even the kissing beast on the main ridge of the main hall is the largest in my country at present. In general, it shows "the first" everywhere, which is the embodiment of the emperor's thought that "Lao Tzu is the number one in the world".

The furnishings in the main hall are simple but magnificent. The ground is covered with "golden bricks". The emperor's Kowloon throne is located on a [-]-meter-high nanmu platform.

In front of the throne, there are precious elephants, cranes, incense pavilions and other items, all of which have beautiful meanings. In the middle of the main hall, there are six golden pillars of Panlong, which lead directly to the top of the hall. Mercury ball.This ball is called the Xuanyuan Mirror, and it is usually hung above the emperor's throne, which means that the reigning emperor is the authentic heir to the throne of Emperor Xuanyuan, not a counterfeit. If it is really a counterfeit, it is said that the Xuanyuan Mirror will fall Come down and hit him on the head.

I don't know if the legend is true or not. Anyway, after watching Shisi for a long time, I didn't understand whether it has such a function.

He couldn't sit on it and try it.

But now, he, Huang Ama, is sitting on the dragon chair very imposingly, and many people can't look directly at the emperor at this time, or in other words, this is the emperor's "highlight moment".

Many people are shouting long live!

Fourteen also followed Shan Huo.

Everyone had a harder time at this banquet than in previous years. Those who paid back the money were naturally relaxed, but some people did not pay back the money, which was a bit of a crime.

Moreover, it is impossible for everyone to eat in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Many people eat in the open air on the square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This is imperial food, and there are so many people. , generally there are mostly stew pots, with charcoal fire underneath, the heat can be maintained, other dishes, even if they are hot out of the pot, when they are served, they are still warm, and after a while, in the cold wind , there is only a plate of ice balls left.

The inside of the hall is better, at least sheltered from wind and snow, and the temperature is higher.

The food is also the best. The Fourteenth Master insisted on sitting with Nian Gengyao. They were both people that Kangxi valued. Sitting together, they were surrounded by either princes or grandsons. Several young princes even sat with Fourteen and Nian Gengyao. Gengyao is fighting wine, the eighteenth prince will be hired next year, and will get married the year after.

"Brother Fourteen, you said I'm going to hire you, what should I offer?" The Eighteenth Prince had met his fiancée, and he was very satisfied with the girl.

"You just give gold, grain, cloth, tea, and salt." The Fourteenth Master said with experience: "Mongolia lacks those things."

"How much is appropriate?" The Eighteenth Prince is definitely a little rich man now.

"Gold is only 2000 taels, is it a pair? Two thousand catties of grain, two hundred catties of cloth, two hundred catties of tea, and one thousand catties of salt." Nian Gengyao said, "In Mongolia, these are all hard currencies."

Nian Gengyao had stayed in Qinghai, so he knew what the local people liked.

The Eighteenth Prince thought for a while: "What about gold, silver and jewelry? I think they like some of them too."

"It's enough to make a set for that noble lady alone, and give it to her alone." Nian Gengyao said: "It's made of gold and red gemstones, which are rare treasures in Mongolia. By the way, I will give you two more corals." It would be even better to give the bonsai to your father-in-law."

Although there is no sea in Mongolia, they love coral jewelry, which probably has something to do with Buddhism.

Because coral is one of the eight treasures of Buddhism.

"Yes, there is a pair of coral gold bonsai in my brother's house, with pearls as the bottom, here I give you." The things in the fourteenth master's house were "filially" given to him by the people of the Royal Navy Fleet of the Qing Dynasty. There are more than one pair children, but ten pairs.

It's okay to give it to eighteen couples and let him use it to please the old man.

On the fifteenth and the sixteenth, each person gave 1000 taels of gold to the eighteenth prince as a dowry gift.

In fact, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a certain process for the prince to get married, but the extra thing is that the prince attaches great importance to his daughter-in-law.

Kangxi was very satisfied with the knowledge and interest of the Eighteenth Prince.

Wang Shi also collected some of her good things. In fact, she didn't have many good things. At this time, Concubine De joined Concubine Min to build a good relationship with Wang Shi, and there were many excuses to reward Wang Shi.

Wang was so grateful that her three sons got married thanks to Concubine De's help.

Kangxi also rewarded the Wang family with a lot of good things, and at the same time, let her show her appearance. After the New Year, before the first month, the harem was sealed again.

The Wang family finally came to the fore, she was made a concubine, and finally she was no longer an unknown concubine.

All women who gave birth to princes, the lowest one is a concubine, including the Sehetu family who gave birth to 21 princes.

All the women who gave birth to the emperor are at least noble.

All the women who have given birth have become permanent and have escaped from the status of concubine concubine.

The harem is full of joy, but the front is bleak.

Fourteenth Lord celebrates his birthday, okay, gift givers lined up in a long queue, the door of Prince Xun's mansion is easy to enter, as long as it is said to be for Prince Xun's birthday gift.

But after entering the door, drink a cup of tea, eat some snacks, and have a meal of flowing water, and it's over.

If you can't see Prince Xun, the best thing is to see Shi Tongjia Qinggui, the head of the palace.

But even though Tong Jiaqinggui is the head of the royal family, he is not slippery, like an autumn loach, which makes people unable to catch.

In the past, the Tong Jia clan didn't pay much attention to this long history, but it's different now, because the Tong Jia clan also owed a lot of debts.

There are many people who want to borrow money from Tong Jiaqinggui.

But Tong Jiaqinggui has no money, and when others cry poorly to him, he plays a rogue with others; when others play a rogue with him, he is more shameless than others.

So don't look at Tong Jiaqinggui as just the long history of Prince Xun's mansion, but he is becoming more and more famous.

When I saw him, there was actually nothing to say, because he was too busy.

Everyone is eating at the flowing water table, and there is no real master.

The master is in the palace!

The Fourteenth Master went to greet Kangxi as usual, and kowtowed to Concubine De. Concubine De cooked longevity noodles for him and fried poached eggs.

"This is a year." Concubine De looked at her youngest son, always thinking about something in her heart.

"Well, Er Niang, she's still as beautiful as last year." The Fourteenth Master acted like a baby, "I want to drink the bird's nest porridge, and I also want to eat the sea cucumber."

"Understood, there are so many good things to mend, your mother and I really don't have a bad mood." Concubine De touched her cheek. Over the years, the youngest son has not lost the filial piety of all kinds of good things. The same goes for the older son.

Among the concubines in the harem, the two sons belonged to the prince, and she was the only one.

This matter alone is enough for her to overwhelm Concubine Yi. It is also a business, and Concubine Yi's Ninth Prince is not as good as her Fourteenth.

In fact, in Concubine De's opinion, it's not that the Ninth Prince can't do business, but that the Ninth Prince can't be a human being.

Fourteen is also in business, but Fourteen's focus is on filial piety. In the overall situation, unlike Lao Jiu, she has heard about it and monopolized the tea business in the capital. Later, I don't know if she wanted to open it up and gave up. After making this deal, he also abolished himself as a concubine.

"That's good, Er Niang, take good care of yourself and live a long life!" The Fourteenth Master finished eating the Longevity Noodles, and Kangxi sent someone to pick him up and have dinner together.

Actually, it's still early for dinner.

But Kangxi called, and the Fourteenth Master went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation in Qianqing Palace without stopping.

Kangxi was reading in Dongnuan Pavilion, and next to him was a half-grown child who was writing. It was Honghui.

"Fourteen pays respects to Huang Ama." Master Fourteen greeted and saluted, which was very standard.

"Get up." Kangxi put down the book in his hand and took off his reading glasses.

"Nephew pays respects to Uncle Fourteen." Elder brother Honghui slipped off the kang and bowed to Fourteen: "Nephew wishes Uncle Fourteen good luck like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan."

"Okay, good boy!" Fourteen smiled and touched a jade pendant from his body. It was carved from a piece of emerald green jade to signify safety, and gave it to elder brother Honghui: "Uncle Fourteen Take it for you to play with."

"Thank you Uncle Fourteen." Brother Honghui liked what Fourteen gave him.

"Okay, don't practice calligraphy, go out for a walk and see the scenery in the distance." Kangxi sent elder brother Honghui to go out for a walk. Children shouldn't stay in the room like this and study hard. Go out and let the wind go.

After Brother Honghui was fully dressed, he went out for a stroll.

Fourteenth Master and Kangxi were sitting on the kang, the two of them didn't do anything, they just drank tea, ate snacks, leaned there and chatted.

"Don't leave the capital in the past few years. Your Huang Ama and I are getting old, and I can't handle many things." Kangxi rarely sighed.

The Fourteenth Master nodded: "I understand."

It is now 56 years of Kangxi, 60 years of Kangxi's reign, and there are still four years left. Fourteen doesn't know whether his appearance can affect history.

He also didn't want Kangxi to die early.

Now it seems that Kangxi's health is quite good.

After being equipped with reading glasses, his mood seems to be much better.

"I'm going to ask your brother to help me and read some unimportant notes." Kangxi closed his eyes and said, "I'm a little tired, and I want to go to Xiaotangshan Palace for a while."

"Okay." The Fourteenth Master said: "My son brings a firearms battalion and stands guard for you!"

Fourteen knows that Kangxi is paying more and more attention to his own safety now, and there are not many people he can trust.

"En." Kangxi was satisfied.

The dinner was shared by Kangxi, Shisi and elder brother Honghui, and the three generations had a great time.

After some twists and turns at the Eighth Master's place, he finally got some useful information. The Fourteenth Master celebrated his birthday, but Kangxi left elder brother Honghui to have dinner with him in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Can't help but sigh, Honghui is ten years old, right?His son is only six years old.

What's more, he can no longer enter the palace now.

Prince Cheng dedicated a book on the second day of his [-]th birthday after the new year.

The revision of "Zhouyi Zhezhong" was completed, and it was promulgated by Xuegong.

Kangxi rewarded Prince Cheng for this, and of course, the inner palace also rewarded Concubine Rong, and Concubine Rong and Prince Cheng crawled out of the mud.

Ba Ye was also in a hurry to get angry because of this matter, but even so, he still gritted his teeth... and didn't pay back the money from the account department.

And Kangxi went to Xiaotangshan Palace just after the first month.

The cold wind in early spring couldn't stop the warmth of the Xiaotangshan Palace. After Kangxi came, he went to the vegetable shed in person, stayed there for a long time before he was willing to come out, and picked a lot of vegetables by himself.

Fourteenth Master smiled and said, "We'll eat your vegetables for dinner."

"Okay!" Kangxi had a sense of accomplishment: "Let people do more."

Sure enough, for dinner, vegetable balls, tenderloin, grilled rapeseed with shiitake mushrooms, etc. are all freshly cooked, and there are fried fresh mushrooms, which is the favorite dish of Fourteenth Master.

The Fourteenth Lord came, and so did Nian Gengyao. He brought people from Fengtai Daying to guard the safety of the Long Live Lord.

In fact, it was to give Kangxi a reassurance. The two of them brought soldiers to protect Kangxi, and Kangxi let the fourth master do it freely and follow what they had agreed.

The Fourteenth Master accompanied Kangxi every day, and took Honghui's eldest brother, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren had a great time playing.

Nian Gengyao even taught Brother Honghui how to ride horses and shoot arrows.

Kangxi also let it go, thinking that there is nothing wrong with elder brother Honghui learning from Nian Gengyao.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, Kangxi moved to Changchun Garden.

In the same month, Jiuqing suggested that Wang Baylor sent people to go out, and if there was no investigation, he would conduct investigation immediately.

It means that according to the rules, the royal relatives are not allowed to leave Bailidi in the capital. If they want to leave, they have to report to the higher authorities and get approval.

But there are rules, and there are countermeasures!

People can't go out, but they can send people out. As long as they have their own posts and seals, they can go out as themselves. Royal relatives, the imperial court still wants to eat what is in the bowl, look at what is in the pot, and miss what is in the pot!

Kangxi approved this booklet, and in the future, if Wang Beile sends people out, if there is no verification, you can refer to him for a copy. The censors are all sharp-eyed.

The Dragon Boat Festival is here, and there is a dragon boat race in the Changchun Garden. Similarly, those who did not come to the Changchun Garden can only kowtow to the empty throne at the Qianqing Palace.

As for Ba Ye, he didn't even have the chance to kowtow to the empty throne.

In July, Tsewang Alabtan sent generals to harass Tibet, kill Lazang Khan, and imprison the Dalai Lama.

When the army reported to the court, Kangxi threw his cup angrily: "Is Tsewang Allah Butan crazy?"

"Huang Ama calm down, the Northwest Army has left a lot of firearms, and they are probably ready for use." Fourteenth Master said: "Or let Nian Gengyao go and blow the snow mountain down, and he will know We are very powerful in Qing Dynasty."