[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

Qing Yanyi of Kyushu imitated the system of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the emperor personally wrote plaques everywhere, and he always saw his close officials in the Hall of Diligence and Prosperity on the east side.

Hongli Hongzhou enters the door and greets you.

The two originally wanted to greet Huang Ama, who was exhausted in the boat and car, but before expressing their filial piety, the emperor directly started to collect homework.

Xiaoxin didn't have a chance to speak, so the two had to take out their own articles from their sleeves and hand them in.

The older Hongli Hongzhou became, the more he felt the difference between Huang Ama and Ama. In front of the emperor, he was no different from the respectful and downcast courtiers. The emperor was reading the papers above, and they looked down at the toes of their shoes .

"I looked at it carefully, but I was careful."

Hearing the emperor's praise, Hongli was overjoyed, and was about to step forward to answer, but he heard Huang's Ama say: "Hongzhou, your homework has improved a lot this time."

Hongli, who had already stepped out half a step on his toes, was in great embarrassment.

As the elder brother, the emperor praised Hong Zhou first, so he naturally felt that his articles were nothing to praise.Thinking of his taking a step forward for granted, Hongli hoped that the golden brick of Kyushu Qingyan would crack a crack and let him fall.

But after the embarrassment, I was puzzled. Didn't Hongzhou ask him to write the article?Why did Huang Ama only praise Hong Zhou?

Needless to say, the emperor was really touched by Hong Zhou's policy theory completed under the guidance of Wu Xiang: Strictly speaking, Hong Zhou's policy theory did not contain any unexpected and penetrating insights, but he found another way to sort out the history of the late emperor from his youth. When the elder brother's mentality towards the West and coastal defense changed, it was like a mirror shining on the emperor.

When the first emperor was in his prime, he also had the ambition to conquer the world, otherwise he could not have resisted the opposition of his courtiers and insisted on taking back 'Taiwan Island'.It's just that after old age, focusing on tabooing the older princes, and facing up to the turmoil for the crown prince, the late emperor may feel tired, so he only hopes that the court will be stable and the daily peace on the surface is enough.

At that time, if there were any turmoil at sea, it would no longer arouse the late emperor's ambition, but would only annoy him.Since banning the sea can bring peace and tranquility, then ban it.

I have to take it as a warning.

Therefore, although Hong Zhou's policy theory has no practical advice on court affairs, it is very touching to the emperor himself.

Hong Zhou didn't expect that he would be praised.

Hong Zhou, who seldom gets compliments on his homework, was elated, and couldn't help but tell the truth as soon as he opened his mouth: "My son has rarely seen and heard nothing about Haiphong affairs on weekdays, and he only sees flowers in the fog when he looks at the words of the courtiers. Forbidden sea is still There seems to be a great truth in not being able to stop the sea.”

Having said this, Hongzhou subconsciously glanced at Hongli again, and saw that although the fourth brother bowed his head, his ears were blushing, and he retreated slowly, looking very embarrassed, so he hurriedly made up for him and said, "Huihuang Ama, my son's articles are all guided by the fourth brother and my husband. If the fourth brother didn't remind me to read the Hadith of Huang Mafa, my son would still be confused."

The emperor glanced down at Hongli's article again, but he was still noncommittal, raised his hand, and Hong Zhou didn't dare to continue.

The emperor ordered Su Peisheng to bring a new book published for the Longevity Festival to appreciate Hong Zhou.Seeing that it was a new book with "Dabao Zhen" written by Zhang Yungu as the first chapter, Hong Zhou hurriedly thanked him.Everyone in the court knows that the emperor loves Zhang Yungu's words very much: If only one person rules the world, how can we serve one person for the world.

He also deliberately hung a book on the wall of the palace to encourage himself.

Hongzhou couldn't stop being overjoyed when he received such a reward.

Afterwards, the emperor did not comment on (mainly criticize) the two sons' strategies word by word as usual, but only casually ordered them to go back and study hard.

When Hongli heard that the emperor told them to leave, he just felt that it was more uncomfortable than Huang Ama scolded him severely when he didn't hear a word of Huang Ama's comments on him.

The only consolation is that since Huang Ama praised Hongzhou's article, she should support Jinhai——so Hongli, who didn't know that Hongzhou's article had been completely revised, thought so.

After leaving the house, the two of them went back to Elder Brother's place, and Hong Zhou tried to comfort him: "Fourth Brother, I think it's because I've never done well in my homework. Huang Ama suddenly saw a good article and encouraged me with it. It must be Fourth brother's article is as good as ever, after all, with Huang Ama's temperament, it is excellent not to scold."

Hongli felt a little strange looking at Hong Zhou who was trying to relieve him: in fact, he was the one who comforted Hong Zhou all the time.

The two are about the same age, but Hongli knows that regardless of homework or work, and everyone else generally thinks that the fourth elder brother is far behind, so Hongli often comforts Hong Zhou who is scolded by the emperor for not being hardworking, lazy and uneducated.

It was only then that I realized that being comforted turned out to be a hard thing.

Hongli had to be patient and perfunctory Hongzhou's two sentences.

Just after Piansheng arrived at the gate of elder brother's office, Hongli saw a familiar figure, but he didn't really want to see it at this time.

"Sister!" Hong Zhou was very pleasantly surprised, turned around and stuffed the imperial book in his hand to the eunuch who was following him, walked two steps, stood in front of him and smiled with Min Min: "Are you used to the prince's ordinary clothes? "

Minmin wore a royal blue prince's uniform today, which was exactly the same color as what Hongzhou was wearing today.

Behind her were many maids and eunuchs holding many boxes.

Minmin said hello to her two elder brothers first, and then said with a smile: "It's not convenient to come here if you don't dress like this." Pointing to the boxes held by the palace people behind her, they were all things she brought back from the Mulan paddock, such as tea bricks, milk rolls, etc. , is here to distribute the elder brother.

Hongli and Hongzhou all thanked him.

Hong Zhou said happily, "That's great. The milk rolls on the grassland are different from those made by the imperial dining room. They are rich and fragrant."

It's a pity that this time they were responsible for picking up the Fourteenth Master. They stayed in the Mulan paddock for a short time, and Hong Zhou didn't have enough to eat.

Minmin raised her head with a smile and said, "I knew Fifth Brother likes thick milky rolls, so I specially brought back ten boxes for Fifth Brother. Anyway, it won't go bad if it's cold outside. When you eat it When baked on the stove, it will be fragrant and soft, and a layer of crispy skin can be baked."

The palace servants followed the princess and stood in two teams, ready to follow the fourth elder brother and fifth elder brother to send things in later.

This team saw that Minmin really brought a lot of things to Hong Zhou.

If Hongli has never seen it before: Hongzhou liked to run to the Yonghe Palace since he was a child, and he was closer than himself and the fourth princess, not to mention that Minmin just mentioned that Hongzhou loved to eat this milk paper, so give more Nothing.

But today, Hongli thought about Huang Ama's indifference, looked at Hongzhou's imperial letter, and then looked at Minmin's "treating one more than another" and felt very heartbroken.

So I just smiled and thanked again: "Thank you, Fourth Sister, for thinking about it."

After finishing speaking, he coughed twice: "It's been cold recently, and it's been a little bit windy, so I won't stand here and talk to my sister." After speaking, he left his siblings and turned away.

Seeing that Min Min was stunned, Hong Zhou hurriedly explained: "Fourth Brother feels a little unhappy today." He pointed to his pile of things and said to Min Min: "Why don't sisters send these people to send some more to Fourth Brother. "

Minmin smiled and said, "Since the fourth brother is not happy - I won't give it away next time."

Hong Zhou: ...

The emperor and the queen mother raised the princess differently from the prince, they followed Minmin's temper very much.Minmin felt that what she brought back from the prairie were just snacks and tea bricks, nothing precious, and it wasn't a New Year's day ceremony that had to be done according to seniority. She just thought that her brothers didn't eat much. I left the Mulan paddock on the [-]st, so I brought it back as a gift.

If the recipient is not happy, she won't bother to bother, just don't give it away.

So Hongli, who left coldly, was actually quite tormented in his heart, annoyed that he couldn't hold back the description. The fourth sister wondered if she would sue Huang Ama, and if the imperial concubine knew about it, would she embarrass her in private? .On the contrary, it was refreshing to lose control of my emotions for a while, and afterward, I was tormented by thinking over and over again.

However, Minmin couldn't get this toy since she was a child, and she never bothered to cry, and she let go when she turned around or went to sleep.And the relationship with the fourth elder brother is average. At this time, there is no sadness of being indifferent by the elder brother. It is just a very happy decision: then the next order will be sent to the fifth elder brother.

Kyushu Qingyan, the emperor read the two sons' articles again, and immediately wanted to announce that Xu Yuanmeng and Wu Xiang would meet each other.

Su Peisheng went out and asked the little eunuch to invite the two princes and masters. Cui Jin happened to be on duty today, so he hurried up and said: "When the emperor was not in Beijing, the head of Xu fell ill, and he asked Prince Yi for leave to go back to Beijing to recuperate. The bones of the body are gone, I'm afraid the prince has too many things to report to the Long Live Lord." Xu Yuanmeng once served as the head of the Imperial Academy, and the officials in Beijing still call him Lord Palmer when they see him.

Su Peisheng heard the words, went inside and returned to the emperor, but seeing the emperor's expression was even more elusive, he said: "Ill? It's a coincidence."

And Wu Xiang just received a gift from a student.Hong Zhou specially divided half of the milk rolls sent by Minmin and gave it to the teacher, thanking the teacher for his guidance on homework.

Just as he was talking, Qingyan from Kyushu had come to announce Wu Xiang's face.

Seeing that the teacher's face was frozen, Hong Zhou smiled and said, "Sir, you don't have to worry this time. Today, Emperor Ama praised my article and even rewarded me with a new book. This time, Emperor Ama must have summoned Mr. Awarded."

Teacher Wu looked at the student carefree, and encouraged him to look holy while eating milk papers, he was really worried.

"You urged him to change Hong Zhou's article?" Before Wu Xiang had finished knocking on the door, he heard the emperor straight to the point.

How could Wu Xiang dare to answer the word "urging", and hurriedly completed his gesture of greeting, while explaining that the fifth elder brother came to inquire, his master is just...

He just got started, but was interrupted by the emperor, asking Su Peisheng to fetch a pen and paper: "Speak out the article written by Hong Zhou himself and let me see it."

Although Wu Xiang's level is not as good as Xu Yuanmeng and Zhang Tingyu's photographic memory, it is still very easy to silently write an article by Hong Zhou, and hand it in quickly.

The emperor looked at Hongzhou's remarks about the forbidden sea that were almost the same as Hongli's before, and he understood that Hongli wanted to pull Hongzhou to advise the forbidden sea together.Presumably it was his own idea, that's why Xu Yuanmeng fell ill immediately.

If Hongli's intention to forbid the sea comes from a public heart, it doesn't matter if it comes from selfish intentions...

The emperor asked Wu Xiang to retire, and immediately drew up an order, thinking that Xu Yuanmeng was old, and he was relieved of the job of teaching the prince.

He also promoted his official position from a Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion to a Bachelor of Wenhuadian.To be promoted to a higher level in a false position is equivalent to allowing him to retire from office.

It was Zhang Tingyu who was in charge of processing the edict memorial at the Military Aircraft Department today.Although he is ten years younger than Xu Yuanmeng, the two have a good friendship.

Seeing this decree at this time, I can't help feeling a little bit embarrassed: I deeply feel that Xu Yuanmeng is a great talent, but it's a pity that he missed it too early and the timing was not good. Struggling in the strife, he did not realize much of his ambition to be an official.

Now that Master Long Live has made this will, Xu Yuanmeng can be considered to be completely liberated.Retiring as the prince's teacher with the position of a bachelor of the Wenhua Palace, in the future, it is estimated that he will only manage the compilation of books, or go to the canon hall as the president to revise the etiquette system.

It is far away from the rivalry between the princes of this dynasty.

Zhang Tingyu shook his head and thought: Xu Yuanmeng suddenly retired from illness, the emperor must find a new master for the fourth elder brother, I don't know what it is like.

Just as the emperor's imperial decree was being sent out, suddenly the eunuch Qingyan from Kyushu came to summon him.

As soon as Zhang Tingyu had invited Ann, the emperor asked, "How about you come to be Hongli's master?" Zhang Tingyu was shocked: I was just wondering what the future would be like, but it turned out to be my unlucky one!

He quickly euphemistically expressed that although he was honored, the workload of the Military Aircraft Department was there, and he probably didn't have time to take care of it.

I heard the emperor say: "Why don't I know, but I don't feel at ease if I change someone else."

Zhang Tingyu was beating in his heart: The emperor is worried about this sentence. Is it because he values ​​the fourth elder brother and feels that other people's teaching is not good enough? Or is he worried about the fourth elder brother himself?

He followed the emperor for a long time, and his intuition was the latter.

The emperor was contemplating, when Su Peisheng came in on tiptoe: "Your majesty, Director Su of the Punishment Department is asking to see you."

If there is nothing wrong with the Punishment Department, he usually does not come to the emperor. Hearing this, the emperor asked Zhang Tingyu to step down first, and see the people from the Punishment Department first.

Su Momo entered the door and knelt down: "Return to the emperor, the internal eunuch inspected by the Punishment Department in the past few days has discovered that a small eunuch in the fourth elder brother's place is sneaky, and only makes friends with eunuchs who can go out of the palace."

"Because I belong to elder brother, I didn't dare to move lightly. It wasn't until the little inner eunuch took out a gold rod as thick as a little finger yesterday, that he was considered to have obtained all the stolen goods. The slaves detained him privately and asked him where such a strange gold came from." Where did it come from—although the masters in the palace often reward silver coins, they have never seen gold bars of this shape."

While talking, Su Nai took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Su Peisheng.

Su Peisheng opened it and presented it to the emperor.

The emperor picked it up and looked at it, only to see that it was indeed a stick as thick as a golden little finger, which seemed to be sawed off from something.

Mother Su's voice was always calm, and she continued: "The little eunuch only complained when he was questioned by the people from the Punishment Department, saying that he did not steal any property, but that the fourth elder brother ordered him to burn a model of a western ship a few days ago. The rest of the ship bones couldn't be burned, so he rewarded him. He thought about cutting out the most precious piece of gold inside and taking it out to his family."

Madam Su said: "The Punishment Department did indeed find a boat skeleton from his room, but the little eunuch faltered and panicked when he answered. The servant also sent people to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Construction Office to ask about it. Well, there are no Western ships among the utensils that have been reported damaged by the fourth elder brother in the past few months."

"The slave girl thought that it was no small matter involving elder brothers, so she went back and forth to the Lord Long Live and asked for the emperor's decree. If she wanted to take the person to continue the trial, the slave girl would order someone to go back to the fourth elder brother and go to the elder brother to arrest the person. Or the slave servant Send someone here to ask fourth elder brother, if you really rewarded this inner eunuch in private, then you will have to pay the bill if you think about it."

The Punishment Department obeys the emperor's orders, and it is an iron rule that he will not make friends with the prince in private, even if he only asks the fourth elder brother a word, he has to go back to the emperor first.The Department of Punishment could not take it for granted, so he sent someone to ask, and Elder Brother came back again, skipping the step of the emperor.

When the emperor heard the skeleton of the western ship, he frowned: "Bring it to me for a look."

If it was the past two years, the emperor might not have recognized the differences between the various ships, but in the past year there have been frequent accidents in the coastal defense, since the emperor has the intention to rectify the navy, he has seen more ships of various colors.

He turned over the burnt and somewhat charred ship bone and looked at it for a while. He found the size quite familiar. Thinking that Dai Zi was looking at all kinds of Western utensils in the Thirteenth Warehouse, he asked Dai Zi to come over. identify.

Dai Zi just held it in his hand, but after shaking it, he recognized it: "It's the model of France, Long Live God sees that this machine expansion and the hollow keel below it should be a high-quality product that can float in water. "Although it's just a broken keel, Dai Zi still studied it with great interest, and regretted to the emperor: "Long live lord, in fact, the twisting machine on the top is not broken, only a piece of support is missing here, I will go back and repair it. Repair, then add the hull to the hull, and it will be a good ship again.”

The emperor handed him a piece of gold bar that was cut off by the little eunuch: "Is it this kind?"

Dai Zi pushed it up: "That's right, that's it!"

Immediately, I will take the boat down for repairs.

Still the emperor said helplessly: "Put it down first, I'm still useful."

Dai Zi had no choice but to put it down, and did not forget to tell the emperor: "After the Long Live Lord is used up, remember to send it to the minister."

Su Peisheng's brows twitched when he heard it beside him: he knew why this man was sent to dig a stone quarry.Except for talking about professional matters clearly and clearly, the rest of the time, Mr. Dai was silent and choked when he opened his mouth.Is there still a courtier who arranged for the emperor?

The emperor knew Dai Zi's temperament from Mr. Gu, so he didn't think it was disobedient.

Holding the Western ship in his hand, he frowned and recalled that such a precious Western ship model must not be a regular item for princes.Was it he who rewarded Hongli before?I don't even remember.

"Go to Suxin Hall to invite the noble concubine." The accounts of the Thirteen Treasurys have long been under the management of the Yonghe Palace, and the emperor wants to check the files, so he also ordered people to go to the Yonghe Palace to collect them.

When Dai Zi heard that the emperor wanted to see the noble concubine, she hurriedly resigned.

Jiang Heng here heard that the emperor wanted to check the whereabouts of a mold for a western ship, so he brought several books of accounts from the thirteen warehouses.However, when I got there, I didn't need to check it out.

Jiang Heng looked at the burnt smoky black ship bone, and said helplessly: "If the emperor asks about the model that can be put in the water, then you don't need to check the file, the concubine will know. There are not ten such ships in total, and there are only ten of them. The largest and most exquisite one, the concubine gave Si elder brother a tenth birthday gift a few years ago."

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Su Peisheng shrunk his neck: My dear, the fourth elder brother actually burned the birthday gift from the imperial concubine, no wonder he had to report the damage.

When Hongli was recalled to Kyushu Qingyan, he was still a little unclear.

When I entered the door, I saw a burnt familiar ship skeleton on the emperor's case, I felt a cold current rushing up my back, and I immediately knelt down and said, "Huang Ama..."

The emperor flicked his sleeves: "Given by the elders, I dare not resign. You have learned the rules well, but you didn't resign, but you burned the matter directly!"

Hongli hurriedly said: "Huang Ama, it was my son who was confused. When he was writing the theory of banning sea policy, he thought of things like foreigners causing disasters, etc., and he was not angry. In a moment of excitement, he missed and broke the gift given by the imperial concubine. Because he was afraid that the imperial concubine would be overwhelmed. , and dare not take it to the construction office for repairs, so..."

The emperor just said: "If you want to make up words to fool me, you are still too early! Why did you start your theory of banning the sea, and why did you point out Hong Zhou? I don't ask whether it is based on public opinion or selfishness. You, you ask yourself!"

Hongli felt his heart beating rapidly, and hurriedly wanted to defend himself.

But I heard Huang Ama, who was working above me, said beyond doubt: "From now on, I have changed a master for you, go down!"

How could Hongli go down now? Huang Ama clearly doubted him.He hurriedly kowtowed: "Huang Ama, my son knows his mistake."

Then I suddenly remembered something, and said hastily: "Although my son was confused for a while, the accidental throwing of the boat and rewarding the bones of the boat are all small daily things that happen in my brother's house. How did the imperial concubine know about it? And how did you sue Huang Ama?"

Hongli really felt that the Yonghe Palace might not have planted someone in Elder Brother's place while he was not in the palace.

The emperor's expression became colder when he heard the words: "You will beat me up. Then I can tell you clearly that the noble concubine didn't know about this. It was the little eunuch in your palace who dismantled the bone of the ship and sent people out of the palace secretly. The Punishment Division has alarmed me!"

Hongli explained in the wrong direction, and he wanted to strangle the little eunuch to death.

I also know that I completely missed the opportunity to defend myself, and I violated the taboo of alluding to the concubine's placement in my eager words just now. I must have angered Huang Ama, so I had to kowtow and apologize and then resigned. I wanted to go back and calm down. A note on pleading guilty.

However, before Hongli could plead guilty, the emperor issued two imperial edicts.

One was the transfer of the master of the fourth elder brother Hongli, from Xu Yuanmeng to Zhang Tinglu.The courtiers were slightly surprised by this: Zhang Tinglu, the gap between this and Xu Yuanmeng is too great. This was the second place in the last imperial examination, but now he is only a student in the Imperial Academy. It's a heavyweight master, even if Xu Yuanmeng retired from illness, he wouldn't be able to change to such a young and unyielding master.

If there is anything special about Zhang Tinglu, there is only one thing, he is the younger brother of Zhang Tingyu, who is trusted by the emperor.

And Zhang Tingyu, who received the order, couldn't help but smiled wryly: within a day, the emperor wanted him to be the master of the fourth elder brother, and replaced it with his young younger brother. What mistake did the fourth elder brother make!What's wrong with our family!

And the other imperial decree about the fourth elder brother seemed normal in the eyes of the former court, but the harem was greatly shaken.

The emperor bestowed a marriage on the fourth elder brother Hongli, the daughter of Naerbu, who was inlaid with a yellow banner, and her clan was Fujin.

The eighth year of Yongzheng was the draft year. At the beginning of this year, there was no one left in the palace after the draft.

But there are a few show girls who didn't put up their signs, didn't refer to marriage, and only said they would stay temporarily.

The courtiers have counted them, and it seems that they are the candidates for the Fujin side of the two princes, the fourth elder brother and the fifth elder brother.

Therefore, the courtiers were not surprised that the emperor gave the fourth son a marriage before his longevity.

The accident in the harem lies in the selection of candidates.As soon as the news reached Tantandangguan, Jiang Heng was startled, and asked Qiu Xue, "Is the Wulanara clan the Zhengfujin?"

Qiu Xue nodded: "That's right, the emperor hasn't bestowed a blessing on Si elder brother yet."

Jiang Hengyuan was very distressed when he thought of the Western ship burned by Hongli: before and after that, there was no such exquisite mold. It is said that the French shipbuilder has passed away and has become out of print.So when he heard that Hongli had been burned, Jiang Heng regretted it a lot. If he had known better than to give him such a good one, he would just leave it for Minmin and Sixth Brother to play.

Fortunately, the emperor comforted her, Dai Zi said that the ship could be completely repaired, at most it would change its appearance a little.And Dai Zi was very happy that the fourth elder brother burned the boat, otherwise he would not have studied such a keel.He promised the emperor that after he dismantled and repaired it, he would be able to make such a ship model.

Now that he heard the decree referring to marriage, Jiang Heng changed his mood: Alas, the young man couldn't hold back, and burned his original daughter-in-law to death.

Sure enough, when the news reached Concubine Xi, she was the one who was the most shocked, and even lost her composure, and couldn't help asking Dongqing several times: "How could it be the Wulanara clan? Didn't the empress dowager hint that the emperor is more optimistic about the Fucha clan?" !"

Although they are all girls with common surnames in Manchuria, and they are both from the Shangsan Banner Bordered Yellow Banner, the Fucha family and the Ulanara family are completely different.

Ama of the Fucha family is the chief executive of Chahar, and his uncle Ma Qi was also the Minister of Prime Minister Affairs who was alongside Prince Yi when the emperor first came to the throne. The imperial concubine's natal family is not bad at all.

In comparison, Ama of the Ulanara family is only a leader of the fourth rank, and his family background is not outstanding.

Concubine Xi wanted to find out what happened.