Returning the Pearl and the Reborn Emperor

At the beginning of the new year, the concubines in the harem were collectively promoted. Among them, the most unexpected and luckiest thing was that the emperor promoted Concubine Shu to be a noble concubine. But she has been ignoring her all the time. Concubine Shu was still aggrieved at first, but later she became disheartened, and most of her desire to strive for glory and boast was gone. Unexpectedly, she won the first prize this time.Everyone thought that Concubine Shu would show off, but they didn't want Concubine Shu to behave in a low-key manner, which was very inconsistent with her personality, which surprised Concubine Ying and the others.

Concubine Gong and being promoted to Concubine Gong, while being happy, she must also be careful not to get carried away and lose her tongue. She knows that she was not promoted to concubine because of the emperor's favor, and she has no prince to rely on. It is decent to be a low-key person.The position of concubine was also filled by several new dignitaries, and Guo Guiren Huo Shuote, who died of a sudden illness in August last year, had already been posthumously conferred the title of concubine Xun. The few women here are just lowly nobles. This time, a few of them were promoted to concubines, and their status was elevated. It was also a happy event for the emperor. On this matter, Qing Ting took the initiative to propose and voted for the emperor's heart.

In contrast, Concubine Ying was a little disappointed. She had a daughter and an elder brother under her name, but this time she was not included.She said to her mother-in-law: "Concubine Shu has survived to this day, and she is considered to be a noble concubine, and her merits and virtues are considered complete. In the past few years, in order to gain popularity, she was angry with this, and against that, but she hit the cotton with her fists again and again. "

The nanny persuaded her: "Master, the emperor doesn't like Concubine Shu, it's because of her qualifications. In all honesty, Concubine Xin and Concubine Gong can't surpass you. It's papery, it's no match for Jiugege, and there are fifteen elder brothers, but it's in your name."

Concubine Ying sighed, and said: "This matter is not that simple. With seniority, there are so many nobles in this palace all their lives. Now I don't know who the emperor's heart is, and what about Concubine Shu, Concubine Xin is gone, and I, too, are the same. There is still a noble person in the queen's palace. In my opinion, if she didn't take care of the queen's face, maybe she should be promoted from nobleman to palace master this time. Concubine Ying thought for a while and said, "Let's go to the empress's place." Those who should congratulate should congratulate, these days when I went to greet you in the morning, the queen always had a smile on her mouth, she admired the queen very much for this, and accepted it. Let it go freely, like a pot of fire on the surface, maybe when you will stab a knife secretly, maybe the queen is in a panic now, she will express her attitude in the past, and get close to the queen, which will be good for her future life.

Qing Ting was indeed in a panic. When she thought of the situation of sleeping in the past few months, she gritted her teeth with hatred, saying that she was busy and had no time for other things. She flipped the cards in front of the queen, and flipped the cards of other concubines in front of the queen. If the queen didn't take the initiative to mention it, she would inevitably lose face to the queen.I really shouldn't forget that the emperor is also a small-bellied master, so he speaks a bit more heavily.

It's a delicious dish, don't be in a hurry.

When the dragon returns to Bihai in the future, the new emperor must be her son.Qing Ting hugged her daughter, thinking bitterly in her heart, she looked down at the daughter in her arms, and taught her how to read with the "Thousand Characters".

In fact, children learn characters very quickly. Although Shigege is only three years old, he can read according to "Thousand Characters" after Qingting taught it a few times, but he doesn't understand the meaning, and he doesn't know how to read and break sentences. It's just a thought.

When Concubine Ying came over, she heard that Shi Gege was reading "Thousand Characters", and she was quite surprised. After seeing it with her own eyes, she was even more surprised. Although the palace often said that Shi Gege was extremely intelligent, such things were mostly flattery. That's all.She wondered in her heart: Is it possible that Xu Hui, who was four years old and had mastered "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mao Poems", was more talented than Xu Hui?No wonder the emperor likes Shigege, but he doesn't like Jiugege.As a mother, her heart is sour. Who doesn't want her child to be the smartest and most loved, but unfortunately there are always other people's children. It was unremarkable, although there was a lot of flattery and flattery in it, Concubine Ying saw it with envy and jealousy.

"Why are you here at this time? Aren't you congratulating Concubine Shu?" Qing Ting asked with a faint smile on her lips.

Concubine Ying smiled and said: "If you go back to the Empress, Concubine Shu Guifei has been there long ago. The slave came here specially to see Shi Gege. Shi Gege is really smart. The servant heard that Shi Gege was reading "Thousand Characters". It was really good."

Qing Ting said with a smile: "What's the matter, I just know those words, I don't know what I'm reading. Why didn't Jiu Gege bring her here together? Good." They are both mothers, and Concubine Ying is very clear about what is going on in her heart.

"It's because this girl is very lucky to be loved by the empress. Compared with Shi Gege, Jiu Yatou is really far behind. Don't look at Jiu Yatou who was born a few years earlier than Shi Gege, I'm afraid she doesn't know more than Shi Gege. "

"But Jiu Gege is not like this girl, who swallows jujubes without knowing what she means. It's okay, you and I don't want to flatter each other. The two sisters have their own advantages. If Jiu Gege is not outstanding, I wouldn't love her so much. To be honest, I was dizzy by the noise today, and it was boring to be alone, you came just in time, let's talk to sisters."

Concubine Ying hurriedly agreed, and said: "It's the first time I've seen a queen wear this dress, the roses are so vividly embroidered, the color is neither too bright nor too dull, it makes the queen's complexion even fairer. "

Qing Ting smiled and said: "This is made by Huier, a court lady next to me. I like her craftsmanship, and it is more in line with my wishes than those made by needleworkers." , Pull out a few outstanding concubines in the palace to comment.Qing Ting said, "When it comes to jewelry, there is a filial piety here in this palace.

In line with the wishes of the palace. "And talking about who wears good-looking jewelry one day, she pulled out some outstanding concubines in the palace to comment. Qing Ting said, "If you want to talk about jewelry, there is a filial piety empress in this palace that used to wear it. The hairpin I got when I was hiding in the mansion, after so many years, this hairpin is still my favorite. "

Concubine Ying sighed: "Your Majesty, who misses the past and has nostalgia for the past, has always attached great importance to the old people."

Qing Ting rubbed her temples with her fingertips, and said: "What are you talking about about the old people? The past has been in the past for so many years. What's the use of remembering the old people? There are still a few old people left. There are not many old people in the first few years when the emperor boarded the plane. Concubine Ying, I remember that you entered the palace in the 13th year of Qianlong, and Concubine Shu was also Concubine Shu in that year."

Concubine Ying smiled and said, "Exactly, more than ten years have passed."

"In 16 years, I still remember that when you entered the palace, you were pretty and straightforward. Among the beautiful women who entered the palace that year, I liked you the most, and your temper was against me." Qing Ting smiled slightly.

Concubine Ying also laughed, and said: "Empress, the slave had to be taken care of by the empress back then. At that time, the slave entered the palace with a lot of curiosity and felt that he had offended others. It was your empress who said something for the slave. Entering the palace will receive the favor of the empress."

Qing Ting said in her heart, is there such a thing?It was not found in Nala's memory, maybe it was a trivial matter for Nala, and he had forgotten it long ago.Qing Ting lowered her head and smiled, and said, "What are you talking about those trivial matters? Speaking of which, with your qualifications, it's a pity that you didn't get promoted this time, not to mention you still have Jiu Gege and Fifteen Brothers, but she got in earlier than you." Palace for a few years."

"Your Majesty, how can a slave be filled with grievances because of this kind of thing all these years after he entered the palace, and Sister Concubine Shu is not bad at dealing with people, as it should be."

Qing Ting picked up the teacup and said, "It's good if you think about it this way. The harem never lacks old people and new people. Those new people have become old people in the end, but some old people just refuse to face it. The newcomer is against me, if I want to say that it is really boring, instead it will cause troubles, and in the eyes of the emperor, it will become more and more unreasonable for the old people to make trouble, and the newcomers are 'very pitiful', they really shot themselves in the foot."

Concubine Ying's heart moved, and she hurriedly said: "What the empress said is that it is a good thing to have more sisters in the harem, and there are more servants around the emperor. How important it is to make the emperor happy physically and mentally, how can we add trouble to the emperor."

Qing Ting moved her body and said: "I don't know any younger sister who can add a son to the emperor, but it's just icing on the cake."

Concubine Ying also nodded with a smile and said yes, but her internal organs felt tumbling.

In fact, Qing Ting is also the same. If she changes time and space, and changes her identity, she must drive men to death and women crazy.

When the emperor came over, Concubine Ying and Qing Ting had just had dinner and didn't want to take a nap, so they recruited nobles Wu to play tripod hanging.

The emperor smiled and said: "Don't stop, just keep playing, I'll come and see ten girls."

Having said that, whoever of them dared to put the emperor aside and play with the tripod hanging on their own, all left the tripod hanging and came to accompany the emperor.

Qing Ting said with a smile: "How dare you continue to play? If you play for a while, my box should be empty. Man'er, you don't need to count the hanging money, just put it in front of Wu Guiren, and you can afford to lose. Next time I will try again." Copy it."

The emperor said: "You should give up this idea as soon as possible. Don't pretend that I don't know. You have been a fat sheep on the poker table since you entered the mansion." He glanced at Mr. Wu, "Unexpectedly, you are good at this thing. Concubine Ying, nine How about girl and Xiaoshiwu, I heard yesterday that girl Jiu is not good at eating?"

Concubine Ying hurriedly said: "I thank the emperor for your concern. This servant has been taking care of Jiu Gege and Brother Fifteen. Jiu Gege usually eats very well. It may be that the child has a weak spleen, so he has no appetite. This slave also asked the Tai Hospital who is good at pediatrics. The imperial doctor had seen it, and they all said it was a minor problem, so they prepared pills and let Jiugege take it with warm water twice a day. The slaves were really panicked, Jiugege was slightly unwell, but the emperor and queen asked them personally."

The emperor glanced at the queen and knew that she had sent someone to interrogate her yesterday. "You women are good at taking care of children. Children are weak, so be more careful. Where's Shi girl?"

"Nurse is playing with ten girls, I'll ask someone to bring Shi Gege here"

The nanny hugged her for ten years, and the emperor saw that his daughter was becoming more and more beautiful, lively and cute, unlike other children, she seemed to have a bold and straightforward personality.It's just the emperor's regret, except that the queen gave birth to ten princesses, and Concubine Min (formerly Min Guiren, posthumously named Concubine Min after dying of dystocia) gave birth to fifteen elder brothers, and the few women he favored had nothing to do with them.

Concubine Ying and nobleman Wu saw that the emperor had no intention of caring for them, so they made excuses and retreated first.

The emperor didn't care either, and said with a smile, "Let me see that ten girls have learned a few new characters." He took the paper and ink on the table, and asked Shi Gege to read the characters, and Shi Gege recognized those simple characters every time. .Although he still has a prince, he thinks that Shi Gege is smarter and healthier than Fifteen Elder Brother, and his status is also higher than Shi Gege, so he loves Shi Gege more.Now my daughter is babbling and talking in a baby voice, which is very pitiful.

Before Shi Gege learned to speak, Qing Ting made a lot of literacy pieces of paper to teach her daughter to read. This is a very common way of early childhood education in later generations. Children who cannot speak read the words on the pieces of paper, and their parents read out at the same time. For this word, let the child read a few words, then put the piece of paper that he just read in front of the child, say a word himself, and ask the child to find out the word that the parents said, every time ten grids can

It is amazing to find out exactly what Qing Ting said.There is a lot of flattery in the palace, Qing Ting just listens to these words, and the flattery in them is too heavy, when Shi Gege is a little older, she must not let these words fill her around.

Qing Ting sat opposite him, said with a smile: "The emperor is in a good mood today."

The emperor smiled and said: "Of course I have something to be happy about. Empress, tonight I'm calling Little Eleven, Little Twelve, Lan'er, Qing'er, and Ziwei. They're all coming to eat, and I'm coming too. I haven't had dinner with the children for a long time." It's over."

Qing Ting nodded in agreement, knowing that what would make the emperor feel at ease was naturally a matter for the court.

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The emperor wanted to send bright and studious young people from the Qing Dynasty to overseas to increase their knowledge. Think of Zheng He's voyages to the West, build huge sea ships, and fly the flag of the Qing Dynasty, hoping to cultivate truly useful talents for the Qing Dynasty.

He told the queen about this matter, and the queen didn't say anything because the harem was not allowed to interfere in political affairs, but after Mrs. Nala went to the palace twice to see her daughter, the queen's father, Naerbu, published a memorial, which contained nothing in it. It does not involve sending educated young people to the sea, but the content in it, in today's words, is education reform. Although the current education system of Narbu has always respected Confucius, it has not really used his ideology To educate young people, the six arts of Confucius: rites, music, archery, censorship, calligraphy, and mathematics. Few of today's scholars can truly understand all of them.It can be said that the country's education system has become one that only emphasizes intellectual education and neglects physical education. When a few people mention scholars, what appears in their minds is not the image of gentleness, pale face, and thin body, but a tall, literate What about martial arts?

Physical education (the Qing Dynasty didn’t have this name, but it’s what it’s about, so it’s used), which is often overlooked. Even in later generations, the so-called good students are those who don’t make mistakes, are good at cultural subjects, and those with extraordinary sports performance, It's rare, and it's good to be able to get a passing grade. Anyway, it's not a middle school or college entrance examination subject.It cannot but be said that this is a great pity. If sports is not important, why should it be compared with morality and wisdom? To a large extent, sports depends on a person's talent, and not everyone can become a sportsman through hard practice. Genius, although many people don't care about it, and have never cared about it, but in fact, sports-especially those sports that require teamwork, fully exercise a person's cooperation, judgment, and individual leadership skills, which is better than burying your head It is much more important to study books hard, because book knowledge and knowledge theory can be used in sports. While learning to abide by the rules, you can also learn to collide reasonably within the rules. Moreover, when the rules of the game are strictly enforced, the selection of players will not allow

Going through the back door, because you will lose the game——Qing Ting didn't see the memorial, but only knew that her father should be proposing that physical education and intellectual education should be promoted to a unified position, and they should be given equal importance.

I have to say that this approach is not what most people like. As I said before, sports rely more on talent, and talent is born. Don’t believe in the magazines like "Reader" that you can succeed with hard work. This is as absurd as the "ghost story" about drinking toilet water. In sports, art, and even other content, people without talent can learn superficially. Many people will not admit it, but the fact is that if there is no college entrance examination , so that so many people can be admitted to university through endorsement, but like in Europe and the United States, in addition to book knowledge, plus school social activities, whether to participate in volunteer work, and whether they have outstanding sports performance-please believe that at least they can brush Lost a lot of people.

Although most people will not like it, this proposal is what the emperor needs. In this era, if you go to another continent by boat, don't doubt that it takes a long time and your physique is not good enough. A water burial that cannot be experienced inland.In addition, although the emperor hoped that all the talented people in the world could serve the people of the world, as the ruling class, he didn't want the various classes to flow too much, and it wasn't necessarily a good thing for a country. Some people might not understand that this What does it have to do with class? However, if you can learn the necessary cultural knowledge, understand the knack of interpersonal communication, and be able to play correct and effective sports, how likely is it that you are a person of the civilian class or the bottom of society?It’s really unfair to say this, but the fact is, and has always been, even in modern times, it is very difficult for a person without any background to step from one class to a better class, even if this person earns tens of millions His family property is only a small step forward, and his life is better than before. He has a few friends who are also rich, but there is still no place for him in the salons of the real upper class.This point will not be explained in the memorial, but they, the rulers, are well aware that although the imperial examinations gave the children of the poor family the opportunity to jump over the dragon gate with carp, after jumping over the dragon gate, the carp will always be a grass dragon The dragon with the golden key in its mouth is still different.

This memorial catered to the emperor's idea to a certain extent, but it required the support of more ministers. The emperor began to announce in the early court that he wanted to send the Qing Dynasty mission to sea, and the idea of ​​strengthening physical education. complementary.If you want to go abroad to study, in addition to a strong body, you must also have a mind that is willing to accept new ideas. The emperor has been trying to reform education in recent years, hoping to teach a group of people who can go to sea for him and accept the directors of other countries with humility. Face up to the shortcomings of one's own country. At the same time, one should not blindly negate one's own country and praise other countries. The emperor felt that for a long time in later generations, this was the custom of denying everything in one's own country, regardless of whether it was good or bad, while everything in other countries was good.

However, it is impossible to change immediately with only one memorial, but there are

People pointed out that no matter how many courtiers are supported by the court, this incident has caused a storm. Since ancient times, literati have often ridiculed that "there is no power to restrain a chicken", but why don't literati say that this sentence is about Han Xin, although Han Xin has no restraint. The power of a chicken can also be named a general, better than a martial artist.

Naturally, some people refuted, saying that from ancient times to the present, there are many talented people capable of writing and martial arts——

How can students all over the world study the books of sages and sages like martial arts masters with guns and clubs——

If there is no warrior, who can guard the frontier, who will send troops to fight, and besides, no matter how handsome or general, he is also a generation with both civil and military skills——

Zhuge Liang doesn't know any kung fu at all, and he's not leading the Shu army——

——From ancient times to the present, the country has always been governed by literature——

There are all kinds of opinions, but if the emperor is willing, with the support of the courtiers headed by Fu Heng and Nabull, and the princes of the clan are the emperor's leader, the matter may proceed. At worst, it will be done step by step. , but in the future, it will be even more difficult for frail scholars with no background to succeed.

As for traveling abroad and absorbing the essence of other countries, it is another debate. The country's vast land, rich resources, historical origins, ancestral family law, etc. are all used as reasons why this matter is not feasible.

However, if they find reasons to object, they can naturally find reasons to refute them. The emperor is determined to make this matter a success, and he will not let go.

In order to support the emperor, he and the prince endured the pain of blood in their hearts and offered their sons—the same is true for Fu Heng and Nabul, and they were even willing to donate part of their property. .

The author has something to say: By the way, have you ever encountered nationalists and how did you deal with them?I don't think it's useless to reason with them, it's easier to solve it with violence