[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

The sun and the moon change, and it is the autumn of the eighth year of Yongzheng in a blink of an eye.

Nearly three years have passed since she gave birth to her sixth elder brother. Sometimes Jiang Heng looks back and feels that time flies really fast.

In September, a large area of ​​chrysanthemums bloomed in Yuanmingyuan.

Jiang Heng came out of the Empress's Common Music Hall and made a detour all the way to the southeast.Compared with four years ago, the Old Summer Palace has now been expanded a lot, and the original landscape has also been renovated.In the algae garden in the southeast corner, a large maple tree is planted. The deeper the autumn, the redder the maple leaves are, as if they are about to burn, and if they are covered with frost in the morning, they will look crystal clear and beautiful.

"Your Majesty still likes to go shopping." Qiu Xue followed Jiang Heng, and said as they walked with her: "It's just that your Majesty can steal some free time now. She will be busy in the future."

"The second day of October is our sixth elder brother's birthday. Although the palace does not make birthday party wine for the young princes and princesses except for the first year, each palace will send longevity noodles and clothes and playthings, and the empresses always have to entertain. Two days."

"The next is the Gold Festival, and after the Gold Festival is Longevity, where is the time?"

Jiang Hengxin nodded a little bit, but no, just because of this Longevity Festival, the queen called her to the Tongle Academy on purpose, and the discussion lasted all afternoon, and she was not let go until it was almost lunch time.

Speaking of which, three years ago, the emperor's 40th birthday was passed by her. She was in confinement at that time, and she only heard people say that the outside world was full of excitement and busyness, but she opened the gate of Yonghe Palace. One pass, avoiding all kinds of entertainment.

Not this year.

And although this year is the emperor's 43rd birthday, not the whole birthday, but because of two big happy events, this year's Wanshou is probably even more lively than previous years.

The first thing is that Master Fourteen is going back to court!

This war in the Northwest has been dragged on for more than three years, and this year it ended with Junggar being unable to withstand the peace. So far, Junggar has completely retreated back to its hometown, let alone giving up on the original Tibetan Heshuo Te tribe , Even the large tracts of land and towns that bordered Qinghai before the Junggar Khanate were given up to the Qing Dynasty.

The emperor ordered Fu Erdan, Fu Ning'an and others to take over Shishi and Celeng to temporarily station in Qinghai and Tibet.

After the arduous battle is over, it's time to come back and claim the credit.

Fourteen Fujin's face has been glowing red recently, shining like a newborn sun. It has reached a level where when seeing a bird flying by in the garden, one can't wait to catch it and tell the bird that Lord Fourteen is coming back.

Since the news was settled, Jiang Heng was dragged by her to say that the Fourteenth Master was going back to Beijing, no less than eight times.

It is said that the thirteenth Fujin listens more - but everyone understands the Fourteenth Fujin, it's been more than three years, it's hard for her to support the palace alone in Beijing, and nothing big or small is left behind.

Jiang Heng and Thirteenth Fujin listened to her patiently, and congratulated her on her appointment as Prince Fujin soon.

The merits of the Fourteenth Lord and Celeng, it is enough for the county kings of the two to be promoted to the prince. The army has not yet returned, and the emperor has not yet issued a decree, but the Ministry of Rites is already discussing the process of making the prince. The Ministry of Industry is even measuring the land around the Xunjun Prince's Mansion, and is planning to expand the yard according to the regulations of the Prince's Mansion.

As for the second happy event, Prince Lian was going back to Beijing to receive the official seal of "Annan's political envoy", and Annan has since come under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

In fact, as early as last year, the little king of the Annan Li family had moved his mind and wanted to directly join the Great Reckoning.

Let's say that Annan belonged to Jumping Candy in the hands of the former old king of the Li family.Such a small country dared to provoke its huge neighbors, secretly poking at and occupying Yunnan's land and minerals, which shows how bold and productive a king is.At that time, they harassed and invaded neighboring countries such as Chenla, Java, and Siam, which made the neighbors annoyed Annan.

In recent years, the Annan border has been quite unstable (of course, there are also many contributions from the Eighth Master and the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Gao Qizhuo), so that the king of the Li family finds it even difficult. If he is not like his father and brother, the Daqing Prince is here. Always being a good person, 'persuading' the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou to help him deter neighboring countries, Annan is afraid that he will suffer a lot of wars.

After thinking about it, he felt that leaning against a big tree would be a good way to enjoy the shade, so he voted directly!

Prince Lian is well versed in the way of people's hearts. When Li Si tentatively mentioned this matter to him for the first time, Prince Lian immediately refused - Li Si obviously didn't make up his mind. If he showed enthusiasm, Annan might think he was Strange goods to live in.

Prince Lian only made the attitude that the Qing Dynasty did not need Annan.Li Sifan was a little anxious, and said to Prince Lian: "Although the land in Annan has small hot tides, it produces good rice, and the rice is harvested twice a year." Prince Lian only said: "The vast southern land of the Qing Dynasty is mostly double-cropped fields. "

Li seemed to look for advantages again: "Annan has many good fruits. Didn't the prince say that the emperor likes mangoes and other things in Annan?" Prince Lian continued to refute: "It seems that such fruits and vegetables can also be grown in Yunnan, Guangdong and Guangxi."

It made Li Si foolish. Besides, Annan is close to the sea, so it is convenient to communicate with foreign countries, but he remembered the big ports such as Guangzhou mentioned by Daqing Jiubei Le, who came to Annan before, then Annan is naturally inferior.

In the end, Prince Lian said to Li Si earnestly: "You insisted on calling me a teacher before, and you have learned both Manchu and Chinese from me. How could I not think of you in my heart. But personal affection is one thing in private, and it is a major matter for the country. It's another matter, Annan is not of much benefit to our court, but we need to send more soldiers to Annan to guard the four borders, it is really difficult for me to speak to the imperial brother in the capital."

Li Si has been with Prince Lian for several years, and he really fooled him into saying one is one and the other is two.

Coincidentally, at that time, the neighboring country Chenla was as suitable as a grass boat borrowing the east wind of an arrow, and there was a border friction with Annan.

Li seemed to have to turn to Prince Lian for help.But this time Prince Lian avoided seeing him, didn't really want to help him, and even said that he was going back to Beijing and wanted Li Si to make up his own mind in the future.

Li Si was panicked to death, he deeply felt that he could not sit firmly on the throne, once Prince Lian left, he might be overthrown by his brothers.

For this reason, he even went to Gao Qizhuo to intercede, and wanted him to help persuade Prince Lian, and even helped him write a letter to the Qing Emperor, asking him to accept Annan and send troops to settle in. He was willing to pay military expenses.

At that time, Gao Qizhuo was stunned: Why is there such a good thing about rushing to sell himself and lose money?

It's like someone holding a pile of jewels, coming to the door of their house, and then saying: "Please take away my pile of junk, just leave me to eat."

Gao Qizhuo "reluctantly" agreed to help Li Si make peace.

After more than half a year of tugging, this year Prince Lian agreed to Li Si, willing to write to the emperor, asking the emperor to give him extra grace and set up a political envoy in Annan.

Li Si once again regarded Prince Lian as a benefactor: indeed, it was a ray of light in my darkness. First, he helped me who had been despised all my life to become king, and then he was willing to plan for me and protect me—if Da Qing was willing to garrison here , set up a chief envoy here, then the surrounding countries will not be afraid to fight again!

Let Jiang Heng say that the little king of the Li family is the standard "he was too young at that time to know all the gifts given by fate, and the price has already been secretly marked".

If a country expects the force of others to protect itself, it will inevitably be at the cost of losing its own voice and sovereignty.

Li didn't seem to be able to see that far. He was neglected since he was a child, and he didn't receive systematic cultural education, let alone systematic training to be a monarch.In fact, his three views have been shaped more by Prince Lian, and he didn't know where it went wrong for a long time.

Sitting on this throne, he was really trembling. Whenever there was a difficult problem (in his eyes, it was basically a difficult problem), his first reaction was to ask Prince Lian for help.Every time he heard people report that there was a war, he could only feel very worried, but his head was empty and he didn't know what to do.

So he didn't feel bad about selling his grandfather, and quickly sold Annan. From then on, he can be a "king" who enjoys peace of mind and enjoys himself.

In short, compared to the real swords and guns in the northwest, Prince Lian took Huairou for several years and took down Annan without bloodshed.

And the emperor also fulfilled his promise, and gave the position of Annan's chief envoy to Prince Lian, and ordered him to return to Beijing to receive the order.

Therefore, although this Longevity Day was not the emperor's entire birthday three years ago, in a sense, it was more important than three years ago.

Jiang Heng went to see Maple Leaf, and by the way completed today's exercise, and then he was ready to go back to the Tantan Pavilion.Just passing through the Siyi Library in the Old Summer Palace, she thought about going in and picking some books for her two children.

The eunuch who followed Jiang Heng went to knock on the door early to order the library to open. When Jiang Heng came, he saw Hu Si, the steward of the Siyi library, rushing out: "My servant, please greet the imperial concubine and empress!"

Sounds very exciting.

This is an old acquaintance.

When Jiang Heng was still a nobleman, when he returned to Jingyang Palace to pick up books for the first time, this was the steward of the Jingyang Palace library.After she became a concubine, the emperor asked her to manage Jingyang Palace together, and had a lot of dealings with Hu Si.

The Old Summer Palace occupies a large area, and the buildings in various places are also larger than those in the palace.After the Ming and Qing dynasties, more and more houses were used to store various archives in the Forbidden City, so that the space gradually became insufficient. The emperor decided to put many books and new books printed every year in the Old Summer Palace.

Hu Si came here to be the general manager.

The emperor attached great importance to his own Old Summer Palace, and before calling Hu Si over, he summoned him once in the Yonghe Palace and asked him some questions about the maintenance of calligraphy and painting. Seeing that Hu Si answered clearly, he asked Jiang Heng how he could do things on weekdays. Being diligent and careful, Jiang Heng nodded truthfully, and the emperor pointed at Hu Si.

Since then, Jingyang Palace has almost become a warehouse that cannot be entered or exited, and only Hu Si's disciples are left to guard it.The Yuanmingyuan often enters the library of new books and extensions - for the eunuchs in the palace, there is flow to make money, and only oil and water to get. Naturally, the errands here are better.

Therefore, Hu Si deeply thanked the empress and concubine of Yonghe Palace, but since he went to Yuanmingyuan, the expansion of Yuanmingyuan in the past two years, the emperor and empress have not come, and Hu Si has no chance to ask for peace.It's so easy to look forward to this year, and I heard that the empress has been very busy with the palace affairs since she was formally registered as a concubine more than two years ago.

Hu Si didn't dare to come to the door. It's been a few years, who knows that the imperial concubine empress still remembers that she is an ordinary eunuch.If the empress is busy and disturbed by him, it will be annoying instead of flattering.

So I just kindly sent all the new books to the Tantan Museum.

One day, when someone reported that the imperial concubine had arrived, Hu Si was so overjoyed that he rushed out to greet her.

Jiang Heng couldn't help smiling when he saw him: "Boss Hu, don't come here without any problems." This kind of old man who has been dealing with nobles since he was a nobleman always looks kinder than others.

Hu Si was about to cry, the imperial concubine still remembered his name!

The Siyi Bookstore in Yuanmingyuan may not have more rare and rare books than those in the palace, but it has more new books. Jiang Heng only browsed this year's new book section for a while, and picked out a dozen or so books.

Qiu Xue stepped forward to write a note with Hu Si, and handed over to pick up the book.

Hu Si eagerly sent it to the main gate, and he also liked to carry a purse.

After the imperial concubine and empress took the people away, Hu Si pulled off the tie of the purse and took a look, only to see a mini mooncake-shaped golden curly inside.Presumably it was the Mid-Autumn Festival for the imperial concubine, who made a lot of gold coins for Ying Jinger, but there were still some leftovers.

Hu Si went into the house, opened a box that had been wiped clean, and put the gold locket in. Inside were gold lockets of various colors that had been rewarded by the Yonghe Palace in different styles, and he could also take them with him when the time came Comparing the principals of the Yuanmingyuan—just like Eunuch Changqing, he is the principal in the palace who collects the most complete collection of golden cymbals of all colors in the Yonghe Palace, which is enviable.

In fact, the advantages of the dining room are there. People have to eat every day, which is incomparable with other places.

However, there are many people who envy Hu Si, and they think he is lucky: the Jingyang Palace he was in charge of before returned to the Yonghe Palace, not to mention the old master-servant relationship with the imperial concubine, even the palace maid lead bridge that his subordinates once managed, is now He is already one of the vice-principals of the Punishment Division.

How important it is to be acquainted with the Department of Punishment and Punishment. If you make any mistakes, the Department of Punishment will be in charge of the punishment and you can beat him lighter.

After thinking about it, Hu Si felt quite satisfied with his luck.

Jiang Heng returned to the Tantan Pavilion of the Old Summer Palace.

After returning to Yuanmingyuan after a few years, she still lives here.It's just that the words Suxintang on the plaque in the main hall have been replaced by the emperor's own handwriting.

After entering the yard, I saw my son playing a ball on an open space paved with bluestone slabs.

He is less than three years old now, and he can only count to ten, so he counts one to five and ten while hitting the ball, and switches to another hand when he reaches ten.

Jiang Heng looked funny.

Speaking of which, this elastic rubber ball was brought back from Annan by her second brother Jiang Yuan the year before last.Although rubber has many uses, it is an indispensable production material in modern times.But at this moment, the whole world can't even talk about the word industry, not to mention the chemical industry. If rubber is to be made into various things such as tires, rubber sheets, and medical masks, under the current productivity and production technology, it can be properly produced. Compatible with the Arabian Nights and castles in the air.

So the rubber only played the most primitive role, used to make elastic balls, and repeatedly flattened the rubber on the body as the original raincoat and tarpaulin.

On the contrary, Jiang Heng's original idea of ​​using rubber as a rubber was not so easy to use.The effect of wiping graphite powder with unprocessed rubber blocks is mediocre. In terms of cost performance, it is not as suitable as miscellaneous grain steamed buns...

However, the first two functions of rubber were very important in the eyes of people at the time, especially the latter one. It is too practical to make a waterproof cloth!

There are a lot of things in the Forbidden City that need to be waterproofed. Whether the original oil-paper umbrella or waterproof tarpaulin, they are all paper or fabrics that have been coated with tung oil for waterproofing. However, if it rains heavily, it will be easily damaged. It is not as good as pressing rubber into thin sheets. Put a cover on it, and you don't have to worry about the pouring rain.

Therefore, although King Annan felt that his country was useless under the flickering of Ba Ye, for the emperor, Annan was very useful when he only looked at rubber as a tree plant.

And Jiang Heng took the children to start playing with the ball and taught them how to walk with the ball—she herself was selected for the basketball dribble and layup during the high school entrance examination.

At that time, the sixth brother was still young, and only Minmin could play pinball, which was one of her favorite activities when she was three or four years old.

The emperor watched his daughter's history of playing ball: from the moment she hit the ball and rolled away, she wanted to chase it, and now she is five years old, and she has been able to run while hitting the ball.

From the perspective of a martial artist who can ride and shoot Buku, the emperor found that ball games made the child's hands and feet more flexible and coordinated.

So when Brother Six turned two years old, the emperor asked him to learn how to play ball.

Jiang Heng walked over, and saw the three-headed son stop the ball in his hand, and greeted her first: "Er Niang left the house early today." After he woke up, he knew that Er Niang was not at home, and he had to make up for it now. : "Good morning, Er Niang."

Jiang Heng suppressed a smile and responded, "Okay."

Although they are children of the same father and mother, the sixth elder brother and Minmin have very different temperaments.For example, getting up early to say hello, ever since he understood the words, he learned it after hearing Er Niang say good morning to his sister once, and then every day, no matter the weather, he would find Jiang Heng to say good morning.

Another example is the shooting of balls. He found that he was not as good as his sister, so he took out his rubber ball every day and started shooting at a fixed place in the courtyard——Jiang Heng suspected that if he learned to read his watch, he would not have to set a fixed time every day. Let's shoot the ball.

Unlike Minmin, when he was playing ball, he was very casual, kicking and running, and if he couldn't shoot well one day, Minmin would throw it away and play other things.

Nanny Yu has been personally taking care of the sixth elder brother with the wet nurse. Seeing that the interaction between the mother and the child is over, she rolled into the wheelchair and said, "Your Majesty has been away for a long time today. Sixth elder brother has asked several times since he got up early."

When Jiang Heng didn't see his daughter, he asked, "Where's Minmin?"

Mammy Yu pursed her lips and smiled: "I'll see you soon, Madam. Just now, the Empress Dowager's maid came and gave the princess two sets of new clothes. She is currently trying on in the back hall." Seeing that Jiang Heng was going to see his daughter, Mammy Yu He hurriedly stopped: "This time the clothes are novel, the princess specially said that she has to change them before showing them to the empress."

Jiang Heng shook his head helplessly: "What kind of precious material is it? Minmin's clothes will not be able to fit in this way, which month is it according to the quota?"

Nanny Yu said with a smile: "This is why all the ladies love the princess."

Jiang Heng can also understand, who doesn't like to dress up a little girl, the little one is white and tender, in the words of the queen mother, she wanted to find the right material for Minmin, but she compared it to her granddaughter. Quantity, you will find that any color looks good!Then come in all kinds!

Moreover, children's clothes are very cute, and everything is a little more cute when it is small.

Not only did the empress dowager send new clothes here every now and then, but the queen, concubine Yu, and concubines also often sent them here.

In fact, there were no other little girls in the palace, so the empress said: "Some delicate and bright materials are too fluffy for a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl to wear, let alone people who are forty in this palace? Only little girls look good in them. Am I spoiling it for nothing? It’s not for everyone to wear it to show off women, so naturally we have to wear it to dress up our princess." He pointed at Jiang Heng with a smile and said, "Just don't worry about it, I know it well. Not too much."

The empress herself didn't give too much, but she couldn't hold back too many empresses in the palace!

Jiang Heng waited for Minmin to come out, watched his son shoot the ball, counted to a hundred, and asked him to stop: "You are still young, you can't shoot so many balls a day, it will hurt your bones."

The nurse standing beside hurriedly stepped forward to add clothes.

Although the sixth elder brother was a little bit unsatisfied, he still nodded obediently, and then said: "Emiang, then I will go up the steps."

Jiang Heng: ...

This was also taught by the emperor. He said that when they were young, the late emperor asked them to practice walking up and down steps to exercise the strength of their legs so that they would not be able to hold a horse in the future.

Jiang Heng couldn't help feeling that whether it was a ball or a wooden step, it was originally a place for children to play, but his youngest son made it look like he was practicing triathlon hard.

She seemed to see the shadow of the emperor's childhood in it.

People who have not had perseverance since childhood, nor can they be diligent in government for more than ten years.

Seeing his son walking up and down three times, Minmin hadn't come out yet, and the wind was picking up again, so Jiang Heng took the sixth elder brother back to the main hall first.

The sitting room in the main hall still retains the appearance of Minmin when she was playing in the past, and the Kang table is removed from the kang near the window, surrounded by a soft screen.

Even the sub-office of the Yuanmingyuan Building Office sent an original version of the ball twisting machine with wooden balls of various colors inside, and put it in a corner.

Jiang Heng put his son on it to play, and sure enough, he walked to the ball twisting machine familiarly, and began to spin the ball non-stop.

It didn't stop until the ball twister was emptied in one breath.

Then put the balls on the kang according to the color, still counting in the mouth.

Finally, I reported to Jiang Heng: "Emiang, today there are only three golden balls, and yesterday there were four. They let them go less."

Jiang Heng agreed and thought to himself: This kid is really a good accountant and auditing talent.

After 'playing' the ball twisting machine, the sixth elder brother walked to the edge of the soft screen, held the soft screen and asked Jiang Heng: "Er Niang, when will I learn Chinese characters today? Don't you want to learn Chinese characters now?"

Jiang Heng couldn't help but raised his hand and pressed his temple, wouldn't this child be tired?

Minmin began to learn to read at the age of four, and it has been a year since then.Jiang Heng originally wanted to follow the rules in the palace and wait until the prince was three years old before teaching him how to read, but Min Min went to teach his younger brother when he learned the new characters, and the sixth elder brother also came to ask him when he had a small book and when he could hold it. stroke characters.

Jiang Heng had no choice but to teach him two words every day.

Then I looked forward to him going to the upper study two years later, to study with a professional teacher.

It was Minmin who saved Jiang Heng from the additional workload of his son. When she walked in, Jiang Heng was very surprised.It's not that the material of the clothes is novelty, but the style of the clothes, which turned out to be a standard prince's clothes.

It's not that Jiang Heng has never made unisex clothes for his daughter, or simple men's clothes.

But the Empress Dowager did not send an ordinary men's robe, but a serious dragon coat with four balls of golden dragon and four claws.There is even a sable fur crown with a ruby ​​in it, and five-color cloud-patterned boots on the feet.

Even if it is a prince, unless it is a sacrifice or a big occasion under the New Year's Day, there is no need to dress so formally.

"Emiang, is it good-looking?" Min Min turned around.

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "It's good to look good, but what are you going to do in this suit?"

Minmin smiled and said: "The emperor asked me to wear this dress, and then I will go with Huang Ama to see the fourteenth uncle!"

Just as he was talking, the palace servants outside reported that the emperor was coming.Jiang Heng smiled and waved his hands, Minmin hid in the room, ready to come out later to shock Huang Ama.

When the emperor came in, he was obviously in a good mood.

There are many happy events this year, so he is naturally in a good mood.

No need to salute when entering the door, warmly responded to the youngest son's greetings, and then looked around the room: "Where's Minmin? Just now I went to tell Queen Mother about the fourteenth brother's return to Beijing, and then I finished the business. The old man didn't even give her a sip of tea, so she urged me to come and see Minmin, why don't you see me now?"