[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

Hearing that the emperor has gone to the Yonghe Palace, the Queen Mother is relieved here.

Willing to enter the harem, I think the emperor's anger is finally going well.

The next day when the emperor came up to pay his respects, the queen mother tried to ask her son whether she should take advantage of the new year to choose a few concubines for promotion.

The emperor clutched the hand stove: "Why did the empress think of this all of a sudden?"

Hearing that Lao Ba's family members were chattering again, the emperor snorted coldly.If it weren't for the key role of keeping Lao Ba, the emperor wanted to put Lao Ba in the Changchun Garden now, and let him be a genuine tea tree, exuding fragrance alone in the garden.

The queen mother said, "Although the words of the eight blessings are not pleasant, they also have some truth. There is no happy event of promotion in the palace all year round. It is not unreasonable to punish people. Let's rush to spread the blessings during the New Year."

The emperor first asked the queen mother for her opinion.

The Queen Mother thought for a while: "Concubine Yu..."

Grandmothers always love and care for their grandchildren, and the elders in the world always look towards children, and the Empress Dowager loves the emperor's youngest son Hong Zhou very much.

Especially among the three princes brought into the palace when the emperor ascended the throne last year, only Hong Zhou, who was not yet old enough to go to the study room, could often come to the Queen Mother's Palace to pay his respects and be fed by the Queen Mother. He was considered the most familiar grandson of the Queen Mother.

Among the three princes now, two of the princes' mothers-in-law are concubines, and Hong Zhou's mother concubine Yu Concubine is slightly inferior. He said: "Hongzhou got acne when he entered the palace last year and survived safely, and now he has also entered the upper study, he can be regarded as a serious prince. If the emperor thinks it is okay for the position of concubine Yu, he can move up."

"Besides, Ai Jia remembers that at the horse race that day, Guo Chang was very good at riding and shooting."

"As for the other things...it depends on what you like." The queen mother looked at the emperor with a smile of her mother teasing her son.In fact, when it comes to Jin Feng, the first thing that comes to mind of the Empress Dowager is the nobleman, but she didn't mention it and left it to the emperor.

The emperor is the face of the emperor, so there is no embarrassment at all.

Then the Empress Dowager's words continued naturally: "If you believe in nobles, naturally you should give me a concubine."

After that there is no after.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager was still looking at him, the Emperor nodded to Er Niang twice, indicating that the sentence just now was a big period.

The queen mother smiled, but remembered something again: "Those lonely concubines in the palace, after the three-year filial piety period of the late emperor, they should all be taken into the palace to be raised, even though they have never met the saint, what are they? Those who were accused of going to the palace back then, even if they were given the status of an official woman, it would be better than staying in an empty house, wouldn't they?" The queen mother was very generous to the emperor's son, and she didn't mention that of course he was obedient to the Nian clan, even this All kinds of things can agree to dizziness.

Thinking of this matter, the emperor also felt that Yuanshen was speechless, so he agreed.

In winter, the Empress Dowager replaced the sweet and sour citron fruit tea with another kind of salted kumquat tea, which moistened the throat and lungs, and saved her from staying in the house with fire dragons and charcoal basins every day in winter. fire.

The emperor also said that he was tired early in the morning, so he picked up half a cup and drank it.

The queen mother looked at the emperor with great concern.The emperor raised his head, and when he saw Shangeriang's eyes, his heart felt warm.

Putting down the teacup, he said to the Queen Mother: "There is one more thing, my son wants to ask the Empress Dowager."

The queen mother nodded: "You just say."

"As for the selection of one or two concubines, the empress can express it to the sixth palace as soon as possible, and discuss it with Zhao Ende. But this candidate, please keep it in my heart for the time being, not even the empress, I have to think about it again I think. Especially Concubine Yu, she has a prince."

The biological mothers of the three princes are all concubines, which seems fair, but they are evenly matched. Now that the children are still young, when they grow up in the future, there will inevitably be competition for the crown prince.

The emperor is a very sober person, he fought fiercely with his brothers for the throne, regardless of blood relationship.When it comes to his own sons, he will not imagine that his sons are really loving fathers, filial sons, filial brothers, friendly brothers and respectful, and they are completely indifferent to the throne.

The queen mother was somewhat contradictory: she wanted her grandchildren, but she also didn't want them to repeat the scene of dragons fighting with tigers like the former emperor.

And she has always been very shy about asking the emperor about the prince.

Today, seeing that the emperor was a bit hesitant about promoting Concubine Yu, and mentioned that the birth mothers of the three older brothers were concubines, he couldn't help saying: "Hongshi is the eldest son, if the emperor thinks highly of him, he will promote Concubine Qi to the rank of Concubine Qi." It deserves it too."

As soon as the words were finished, the emperor's face darkened slightly: "Mother, don't mention this matter, that child is disappointing."

Hong Shina really followed his dear eighth uncle with deep affection and no regrets no matter what time and space, the more the emperor watched, the more angry he became.

When the queen mother mentioned it, the emperor first revealed his attitude.

The main reason is that the empress dowager's precious grandson made the emperor feel a little pressure. Originally, he only had three sons, and the empress mother was nagging like a heart disease every day. If the eldest son was abolished by then, would the empress empress cry? If I fainted, I'm really angry!

Sure enough, the queen mother saw that the emperor was very disappointed in Hongshi, and she couldn't help being surprised, and said the famous words of parents all over the world to protect the calf: "How can the emperor say this, Hongshi is just a child, you just have to teach him."

The empress dowager's reaction was also expected by the emperor, and he just put on a cold face and vaccinated the empress dowager to express his dislike for Hongshi.

And the queen mother heard that the emperor had a lot of dissatisfaction with the eldest son, so she remembered it in her heart.

The next day, I specially called Concubine Qi here alone, and said earnestly: "Although the princes are all raised in elder brother's house, don't let them all go. He often goes to the harem to pay his respects. As a mother concubine, you should It is necessary to teach him to obey his father, to study diligently on a daily basis, and to take care of his Huang Ama's worries in the future."

How she taught the fourth and fourteenth child back then.

What did Concubine Qi do? After teaching Hongshi, the emperor raised his eyebrows and twisted them into briquettes.

However, the prince is a sensitive matter, and the queen mother can't say it too bluntly. In the end, she just said cryptically, "You are only this son, and he is getting older. You should think about it later."

The empress dowager warned her: the older prince, in the eyes of the emperor, will no longer have the filter of a young son. If he makes a mistake, he will be cut down by the emperor.Think about those older princes who were able to enter the court of the late emperor, who has not been tormented and reprimanded by the late emperor?There is not only one person banned!

The empress dowager gave a serious warning, but Concubine Qi blushed and her heart beat when she heard it: both the empress dowager and the emperor realized that Hongshi was the only adult prince in the palace!The Empress Dowager summoned me alone today to remind me to teach Hongshi to share the emperor's worries on a daily basis. Is it possible that the emperor wants to use Hongshi again!

Co-authoring, she only heard the phrase "sharing the emperor's worries" - it can be said that those who want to hear it are heard and beautified, and those who don't want to hear it are treated as if they don't exist.

Concubine Qi held these wonderful misunderstandings and left happily.

At the end of the year, the Empress Dowager wanted to select a few concubines to be crowned, and it was quickly spread.

The unavoidable fluctuations in the hearts of the harem.

There were a lot of people in the palace of the first emperor, and the promotion was a hell model. Many of them gave birth to sons and became concubines, and there were not a few of them who had to endure more than ten or even decades before being promoted to the main position with the collective promotion.

The frequency of collective promotion is basically only once every ten years, which is rare.If the fate is not good, it really doesn't necessarily make it to the day when the group is promoted.

For example, for those concubines who were not served in Prince Yong's Mansion, the Queen Mother finally issued a decree this year, and next year they will be able to enter the palace and be granted the status of promised or official women collectively.

But I heard that two of them have depressed themselves to death.

This is so pitiful that there is no other way. After sealing this thing, only the living can watch the excitement.

Therefore, this kind of opportunity not to be promoted collectively, but to promote outstanding cadres individually, is highly valued by everyone.

Of course, Jiang Heng also valued it very much. Her biggest pursuit is to get promoted and raise her salary.And there has always been a saying in the workplace, every step is slow, every step is slow, the Tico level is slower than people, and the upper level is even slower, and the higher the level... the average person will not be able to move up.

Jiang Hengxin calculated his "achievements" when he entered the palace, and felt that he should be able to have himself this time.

If the original [-]% certainty, then the emperor asked her to clean up the small kitchen and use it directly, that would add another [-]% certainty.

But the palace is more unpredictable than the workplace, and no one can talk to death. Jiang Heng is going to treat himself as Jiang Bafen, and continue to work hard in a low-key manner before the official promotion.

Jiang Heng gave himself an eight-point position, but others in the palace saw her as [-]% stable.

Since a long time ago, the emperor had asked someone to distribute white wax to the noble lady according to the rules of concubines. Recently, he opened a small kitchen for her. I heard that another eunuch who has been serving in the dining room for a long time was assigned to be in charge of stewing soup. .

Jiang Heng belonged to the promotion personnel without any suspense.The hearts of the rest of the people hung high, wanting to show off one or two more.

Among them, Concubine Qi was very active, and suddenly realized: No wonder the Queen Mother called her there alone that day, it turned out that she meant to promote her.

That's right, now that the position of imperial concubine is vacant, it's time for her to take a step up.

In the past, in the Queen's Palace, Concubine Qi always had to sit under the Concubine Noble when paying her respects, but now it's all right, the Concubine Noble has been demoted to become a concubine, and she is a concubine with no status.

Concubine Qi, who has a title, a son, and more senior qualifications, is of course the most valuable concubine in the palace.

On the second day after the harem search, Concubine Qi came to Chengqian Palace, and very voluntarily took the position of the original concubine.

Now, the news that the concubine wants to be promoted as appropriate, Concubine Qi feels that there must be one of her own!We can't repeat the mistakes of the past!

The concubine system of the Qing Dynasty was slightly different from that of the previous dynasty.The imperial concubine is not the only one, but there can be two imperial concubines.

Concubine Qi's dissatisfaction with the Nian family for a long time is also here: your family is powerful, you are favored, you can be a noble concubine, but can you stop the emperor from letting me be a noble concubine too.

The two were both side Fujin in the mansion, and Concubine Qi felt that she could accept entering the palace as noble concubine.

The result was that Nian couldn't accept it.

The imperial concubine became Nian's exclusive status.

It was useless for Concubine Qi to cry three big vats of tears behind her back: At that time, the emperor really only saw the noble concubine, no matter how much he cried, the emperor would not see him, and no matter how much trouble there was, he would not even have the position of concubine.

Concubine Qi had no choice but to admit it, she could only ask for sick leave at times like 'the newcomer enters the palace to meet the empress dowager', and silently expressed her protest that she did not want to fall behind the noble concubine.

But it's different now, the emperor and Nianshi have come to the end!

Concubine Qi felt that she had seen her starting point!She walked towards the starting point of the imperial concubine.

It should be her anyway.

Hiroshi is the eldest son, and he is 14 years old this year.

The royal family chooses a daughter-in-law, and it is not done by just pointing at it.In the past two years, the emperor will definitely start choosing Fujin for Hongshi.Three years after the birth of the first emperor, Hongshi happened to get married.

Once married, a letter to the king, she let go of a major event in her life.

Before such a big event as the eldest son's marriage, isn't it justifiable to confer the title of the eldest son's mother-in-law as a noble concubine?

No matter what Concubine Qi thinks, it will be logical.

What's more, maybe Hongshi will not leave the palace to become the king... The prince of the late emperor lived in Yuqing Palace and did not go out of the palace.Every time Concubine Qi thinks of the word 'reserve position', her heart thumps unconsciously.Every time I go back to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, she mixes among the concubines, looking at the Empress Dowager sitting there with a relaxed and dignified expression, she can't help but think, maybe I will be sitting there in the future!

However, what Concubine Qi didn't know was that the emperor didn't want to find a wife for Hongshi now, the emperor wanted to find another father for Hongshi!

The emperor didn't enter the harem for more than half a month, not only because of the fact that Nian gave him to the maid.

More because something really happened in the previous dynasty.

As the Kuai Kao Fu was established longer and its work became more proficient, the work of its 'Audit Bureau' gradually radiated from the capital to various places.

Country, country, country is sometimes the same as home.

Especially for some big families, the daily operation process is actually the epitome of the country.

The wonderful book "Dream of Red Mansions" has not been published yet, but Jiang Heng remembers many plots in it.One of the chapters, "Wuzhuangtou pays rent at Ningguo Mansion at the end of the year" was studied by her as a "Guide to Ancient Meat Food" - the pork eaten in Jia's house is divided into "Siam pig, soup pig, dragon pig, wild boar, There are five kinds of domestic pigs.

It can be seen that no matter how low the productivity is in the era, the upper class always never tires of food and fine meat.

But at this moment, what Jiang Heng thought of was not all kinds of food, but the cry of poverty in Wuzhuangtou.

As the chief farmer in charge of the fields of Ningguo Mansion, when he came to pay the grain and silver income that Ningguo Mansion should have at the end of the year, he paid half less.Asking means that there is a disaster, asking means that there is no rain for half of the year, and it does not stop for the remaining half of the year.

This is a family.

It's not like this in a country.

Many of the money, food, taxes and taxes of the provinces cannot be paid up. At the end of each year, what is handed over to the emperor in the capital is only the crying and difficult notes.

In this era of insufficient science and technology, slow transmission of information, and even a lack of communication between villages, the emperor sat in the Forbidden City, and it was not easy to know whether there was really a disaster in various places.

We can neither let go of the local governor who lied about natural disasters to fill his pockets, nor can we make a one-size-fits-all approach and force all places to pay enough money and food. .

Because the officials of the imperial court are ex-officials, and officials are transferred back and forth, what the officials want to keep is their own black hat, not the lives of the people in this place.If the capital insists on forcing the local people to pay enough money and food, most of the officials will choose to send the folks hard.

If it arouses public indignation and resentment or even a rebellion, it will be another major event, and it will greatly damage the reputation of the emperor.

Sitting on the throne of the Forbidden City, it is really difficult to know the truth of the place and to distinguish the true from the false of "natural disasters".

Emperor Yongzheng came up with the simplest and most practical method, which is the liver.

I come to the liver myself, and I take the lead in the liver!

In a place, if there is only one person who can go to the secret book, it will cover the sky with one hand. If ten people can go to the secret book, the risk of major events being concealed will be greatly reduced. If there are 100 people who can go to the secret book, and it is With 100 people competing with each other, the news that the emperor will get will definitely be much faster and more accurate.

Of course, the workload of the emperor is definitely different when one person submits secret documents and 100 people submit secret documents.

There are no easy and effective shortcuts in the world.

To achieve this position, the emperor is ready to go to the end.

In addition to being angry in terms of quantity, the emperor also became angry in terms of frequency.

After the establishment of the Audit Bureau of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor changed the old practice of checking and handing over money, food, taxes and taxes at the end of each year-checking once a year, wouldn't it give you a year to make false accounts.

Come on, I work overtime, and the examination office works overtime, and checks every province several times a year from time to time.

Imagine Wuzhuangtou, who only came to pay the account with half of the estimated rent at the end of the year, and then made nonsense about all kinds of unpredictable weather conditions during the year, it is impossible to exist.

The imperial decree in Beijing does not necessarily arrive on a certain day, and the accounts within the jurisdiction must be handed in within a deadline, and fines will be imposed if the deadline is overdue.

The accounts handed in have to be audited by the Examination Office. If the audit fails, a commissioner from the imperial court will be sent to the local area to investigate the people's conditions and accounts on the spot.

It has to be said that the emperor is far away, not only has an influence on the emperor, but also has a great influence on the officials.

Officials in the capital have experienced the emperor's skills and behavior in the past six months, and they are much more honest, but many local officials have not yet come to terms with it.I have never heard of the examination of the government, so I still reported the famine and false accounts according to the time of the first emperor, and put the money in my pocket.

The emperor sorted out a lot of officials like this.

It's just that I was in the hunting garden at the time, and it was inconvenient to communicate with Beijing and China, so I saved it first.

Since returning to the capital, the emperor returned them like sweeping up small trash, ready to sweep them up.

Before taking care of people, the emperor did not forget to ask for debts first.

A few days ago, the emperor announced in the court hall: "Approved by the Huikao government, last year, the deficits in various places totaled 2509 seven taels, six taels, and three cents, and they must be made up this year."

The emperor was actually accurate to three points!

Not to mention the courtiers, even the officials of the Huikao government department were shocked: the emperor ordered the accounts to be clear and accurate.They did as they were told, and did so.

But I really didn't expect that the emperor really announced it like this.

This is not a single point is spared.

Soon, the emperor also announced the list of officials who made mistakes and their punishment.

The punishment is very simple and rude: those who make up the tax owed before this year can only lose their official position but not their family; It has been extended to families and relatives who have had money transactions; if the whole family has copied it and can't make up for the shortfall, they can use their heads to temporarily pay.

Note that it is a temporary arrival.

Not offset.

"Don't think that it's over once you die. I'm not an idiot who is fooled by you! All the officials, most of whom are from aristocratic families, protect each other and are greedy for money in office. Introduce a clansman who has been an official to offset the debt, and put all the deficits on him, thinking that it is over if one person dies, and the rest of the people can enjoy the greedy wealth with peace of mind, then you are dreaming!"

"Any family that has a deficit that has not been paid off will not be hired for the imperial examination until the debt is paid off!"

When the emperor said a word, the faces of the courtiers froze.

This, is it not over when the person dies?

Needless to say, what many people are fighting is really the emperor's idea. It is common to sacrifice a family to protect a family.Death is like a lamp being extinguished, and if you have to pay more debts, it will be the Lord Hades' fault.

I didn't expect that the emperor would do this Lord Hades!

The courtiers were still too naive.

The emperor is not finished yet.

Destined to be recorded in the annals of Yongzheng's reign, this day was a day in which the officials were deeply traumatized.

After the emperor said that the dead have to pay back the money, unless the whole family dies, the sons and grandchildren will move mountains to pay back the money, and he talked about another thing.

"Nowadays, there are thousands of officials in various places who are able to submit secret papers. I know very well whether there are natural disasters in each province. If there are any people who lie about the disaster, they will be severely punished; those who raise taxes on the people without permission will be severely punished."

He paused, looked at the group of ministers standing dumbfounded below, and said the last one: "If there is an imperial censor who participates in the prefect of a prefecture, and if the situation is true, the governor of the province will also punish him!"

Sit even!

The last hope of the officials was also dashed: As long as they don't sit together, you can fish for me and you can fish for you.

The subordinates took some of the scapegoat for Shangfeng, and temporarily suffered a little loss. As long as the foundation of the boss is preserved, there will be a day when he will stand up.

But now, the emperor directly cut off this road.

Why you protect me, I'll catch you, you two tied together and go down!

Even if there is no collusion with each other, and the governor does not know about the mistakes made by the governor, at least it is negligence and dereliction of duty, and I will take the leadership responsibility.

This is the way it is in this world, whoever sits in a higher position has to bear greater responsibilities.Just like if there are plagues and natural disasters in the world, Taishan earthquake, solar eclipse and lunar eclipse, etc., the emperor has to blame himself and reflect on why God is not happy. Of course, it is the same when he is an official.

If you want to be a governor but still think that it has nothing to do with you, how can there be such a good thing.

Let's talk about the emperor's series of actions, they are not heavy hammers, they are simply a series of Pegasus meteor hammers.

It made the courtiers dizzy.

And the emperor also ushered in the expected counterattack of the officials and tyrants.Of course, the fanning by Ba Ye and others is also indispensable.

What made the emperor most angry was Hong Shi, who was also fooled by the old man, and foolishly came to persuade himself Huang Ama to be "tolerant and considerate".The emperor thought: I am tolerant enough to your son anyway.

However, even a mature person like Zhang Tingyu once worried about asking the emperor in private if he acted too vigorously and beat people too painfully at once, whether he would be too rigid and easy to break, and even mentioned the failure of Wang Anshi's reform: "Back then Xining's reform, after careful calculation, is also beneficial to people's livelihood, but..."

The emperor directly interrupted: "Wang Jiefu is only the prime minister, and I am the emperor."

Zhang Tingyu bowed to the end, so there is no need to say any more.

Yes, this is the emperor in front of me.Moreover, he was an iron-fisted emperor who was completely different from the emperors in the late Ming Dynasty.

The Wanli Emperor of the former dynasty wanted to make his concubine Zhu Changxun the crown prince, but he couldn't do it on his own. He had to argue with his courtiers for decades, causing a long struggle for the country.In the end, even the emperor lost a little bit, and finally aggrieved and obeyed the courtiers' wishes and established the eldest son.

But now it's different, the emperor said which son to be the crown prince, and the courtiers absolutely have no right to comment.

If you want to put your beak on the country, you can just put your head on it - when the first emperor established the prince and abolished the prince, in the end several kings seized the heir, and how many courtiers were ruined.At that time, the ministers were as at a loss as if they had been waiting in line for a long time and found out that the stall had been withdrawn.

But no one can stop the late emperor's thoughts.

Today, the emperor is going to be so strict with his courtiers, and the reform is so absolute, that's the only way.

Today's attitude is very clear: If you feel that you can't survive under my rule, don't force yourself, you are willing to die, and the court is not willing to bury you?It happened to copy the rest of the family, and it was another income for the people.

Zhang Tingyu only mentioned this time, and fell into the boundless ocean of overtime.

Although the emperor's policy is good, it is accompanied by a lot of workload.

Jiang Heng didn't hear about the turbulent waves this time, from Qiu Xue.

No matter how Qiu Xue can inquire about news, it is not enough level after all.She could only listen to the little eunuchs talking about which prince and minister was scolded again, and what imperial decree was ordered by the emperor to be punished.

The little eunuchs are not worthy of hearing such a big event publicly announced in the court - even if they hear a word, they don't understand it at all.

About the emperor's recent drastic debt collection to make up for the shortfall, Jiang Heng heard from Thirteen Fujin.