[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

Jiang Heng also saved Eunuch Su in disguise.

She showed the business list to the emperor, and attached the quantity and asking price of the goods prepared by the English businessman.

The price list and the list of goods have always been separated. Because the price list is long and trivial, the grade and quantity of the goods will affect the price, so a thick price list is listed separately.

If you just look at the catalogue, it seems that there is nothing wrong with importing some hibiscus tablets, just put them together with cinchona cream and other Western medicines, as if they are harmless to humans and animals.

But Jiang Heng picked out the price on purpose to show the emperor.

The emperor took a look and frowned.

Eunuch Su was able to escape because of this, and then reminded himself with lingering fears that he must be more cautious in his words and deeds in the future: The emperor spared him so easily today, thinking about it, he knew that his original intention was to stop the third elder brother from provoking the saint, not to dare to provoke him. Leak the imperial past.

This move was considered to be in line with the emperor's wishes, but it was not done well.Next time, I can do my errands better.

In the room, the emperor was calculating the amount in his mind: "In the first year, Yingjili can import one hundred boxes of refined and high-quality drug tablets, and one box is one hundred gluten."

In the first year, [-] catties will flow into the Qing Dynasty!

Nowadays, only Yunnan and Sichuan are able to produce locally-produced hibiscus tablets and finished drug ointments, and the output and quality of Sichuan are far from being comparable to those in Yunnan.

The emperor can trust the prices of basic necessities such as grain, coarse salt, cotton, firewood, and coal reported from all over the country. He said it casually, but think about the market prices of other items that are not commonly used.He closed his eyes and thought for a while: "If I remember correctly, the price of ordinary Yunnan ointment is ten taels of silver per catty, while the high-quality Yunnan ointment used in the imperial hospital is ten times more expensive." It is basically the same price as the equivalent amount of gold.

Jiang Heng also asked Imperial Physician Liu today. Imperial Physician Liu is a money addict, so he remembered the price very clearly.

She was surprised that the emperor could keep the price of such things in mind.

It can be seen that if the Ministry of Internal Affairs here wants to fool Emperor Yongzheng with an egg and two taels of silver, it may immediately embark on the road of reincarnation.

So she continued with the emperor's words: "The concubine asked the imperial physician Liu today, and said that most of the folk medical clinics can't afford Dian paste, and basically use Sichuan powder mixed with miscellaneous soil and Aphrodite tablets. Ointment, some can be bought for a catty or even two or three taels of silver, but the potency is not pure." It is said that some anesthetics are too ineffective after use, and the doctor ran away just as soon as the doctor tried to gouge the sore.

Those with a lot of impurities don't even have the basic medicinal effect, so it's not addictive, and it's not even as good as tobacco.

But Jiang Heng knew that what the English East India Company got was definitely not like this.

After the emperor remembered his own price, he looked at the price listed by the English merchant on the list: the top-quality drug tablets were still refined, and they were only priced at one tael of silver per catty!

When Jiang Heng turned to the price, he was also shocked.

The so-called dumping is nothing more than that, first use low prices to open up the market and occupy a large number of markets.

It is estimated that after people are generally addicted, Yingjili will raise the price again and make a lot of money.

After comparing Western medicines such as cinchona cream that Yingjili could produce, which were pitifully small but sold extremely expensive, the emperor said coldly: "There is no such thing as this kind of business in the world."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly remembered something, called Su Peisheng in and told him, "Go to find Hongshi immediately, and bring over the sugar pills he brought back from the Yingjili businessman!"

After all, it was his own son, the emperor was annoyed and drove him away today, but he didn't want to see him eat something harmful to his body.

Besides, Hongshi was really filial, seeing that Huang Ama refused to accept it, he came directly to Concubine Qi in a depressed mood, and gave some of the sugar pills made of Aphrodisiac tablets to his mother who was also 'tempered' recently.

But he remembered that the English merchant only put four in the water.

He thought that Erniang was a woman, and it was the first time to use it, so he missed two pills.

It's just that English businessmen are used to eating and drinking on weekdays, unlike Concubine Qi who used it for the first time, the effect is very obvious.Concubine Qi is more than just 'forgetful', she is simply hyperactive and emotional.

First he cried and laughed at his son and nagged for a while without saying a word, and even came to the residence of the concubine next door like a gust of wind (the palace people couldn't run away from her), and when he saw the concubine, he hugged the concubine and wept: "I Desperate sister, you said you were so good-looking, why did you fall out of favor? Why did you never see the emperor again!"

Concubine Nian: ...I'm sick, and suddenly ran over and stabbed me.

But she soon discovered Concubine Qi's abnormal mental state, even her pupils seemed to be much smaller than before, which looked quite scary.Heart said: It's over, Concubine Qi was finally locked up and went crazy.

So he hurriedly wanted to struggle himself out, and urgently asked the maid beside him to hold down Concubine Qi, so that she would not let her pull him.

Su Peisheng and the eunuch arrived at this time.

Today, in order to make meritorious deeds and crimes, after listening to the emperor's order, he personally brought a few inner eunuchs to look for the third elder brother, and wanted to confiscate the silver box of pills in his hand.

Unexpectedly, I went to the Old Summer Palace where my elder brother was in vain, so I had to take people all the way to the concubine Qi in the west of Fuhai to look for it.

This time, I saw the third elder brother who was so frightened by Er Niang, and the concubine Qi and the concubine Nian who were all stunned and confused.

The imperial physicians in the Old Summer Palace felt that they were a head lower than the imperial physicians in the Forbidden City.

In particular, Imperial Physician Lu is still young, just turned 30 this year.

So when I saw Imperial Physician Liu on the road, I hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to bow.Seeing the clothes of the little eunuch leading the way and the common direction of the two of them, Imperial Physician Liu smiled and said, "Xiao Lu was also summoned by the Lord Long Live?"

When Xiaolu mentioned this matter, he became excited and nervous, his hands and feet were numb, and he hurriedly bowed his hands again: "Exactly. This is the first time for students to face each other, so please give me your advice."

Given the difference in official positions between the two of them in the Imperial Hospital, Doctor Liu could afford Xiaolu to call him an adult.

And although Xiaolu humbly called himself a student, he didn't call him a master or senior brother because of his relationship. Imperial physician Liu also felt that this person was quite obedient, so he said with a smile: "Long live God, of course it is important to answer respectfully, but the most important thing is to say what you say." If you have something, you must not be cowardly and cowardly, and your words do not convey your meaning, and you must not talk about nerds in medical books to make Long Live God bother."

Young doctors have a common problem. They are afraid of patients, especially such noble patients, who will not believe what they say.

Little do they know that these patients have the worst tolerance.If you earnestly say that you have more book knowledge in front of him, they will think that you are guilty and eager to show off, and you are not as good as the old doctor with the old god.

This is also a good word from Imperial Physician Liu.

Doctor Lu hastily thanked him again sincerely.

Afterwards, the two of them hurried on their way, rehearsing in their hearts how the face-to-face would respond in a while, and stopped chatting.

Moreover, the two imperial physicians had a tacit understanding and did not ask each other why they were summoned by the emperor—this is an invisible rule and taboo.

In particular, Imperial Physician Liu is very good at mixing everywhere, and his ears are almost 'all-round'. I have heard that this Xiaolu imperial physician and another old Huang imperial physician are accused of being in charge of the two concubines in the west of Fuhai in Yuanmingyuan.

I heard that Concubine Qi had a sudden health problem yesterday, so she urgently called the imperial physician; I heard that it happened after the third elder brother went to visit; The Criminal Division and the Punishment Division, Madam Su, went to see the Holy Spirit.

What happened in it, I'm afraid it's not what he should inquire about.

Doctor Liu's curiosity was well stopped before he would harm himself.

The two arrived in Qingyan, Kyushu, but the emperor announced them in together.

No matter how hot the emperor himself is, he can also cool down others.Imperial Physician Liu and Imperial Physician Lu walked in and saw the emperor's face, they began to tremble, feeling chilled.

"How is Concubine Qi after one night? How is the test of the harmful pill?" The emperor didn't want Imperial Physician Liu to evade, so he asked directly.

Imperial Physician Lu began to take things from his bosom, quickly took out a flat silver box, bowed and handed it to Su Peisheng, and then sent it to the imperial court.

The emperor recognized that this was what Hong Shi wanted to provide to him yesterday.

It is said that the sugar pills made by Westerners are similar to the Cinchona cream back then, and they are all good things that are effective in one dose!It can relieve fatigue and refresh oneself. Hiroshi vowed that he saw that the English businessman became more energetic after drinking it, and he spoke much faster. Obviously, his thoughts also turned faster.

At that time, the emperor just sneered, thinking that Hongshi had been cheated.

How should I put it, the person who offered the elixir to the emperor in the previous life said something better than this!That's the hype. Hiroshi's vocabulary is much poorer in comparison.

Su Peisheng, who had received the silver box from Imperial Physician Lu, also recognized this thing: Yesterday, Third Elder Brother called himself in to make tea for the emperor, and put this thing in the tea!

Su Peisheng wondered at the time: "Third elder brother, the things that Long Live Lord wants to import are still Western things, and they have to be tested by the hospital..."

When the relationship between the former emperor and the crown prince was tense, the crown prince looked outside the tent at night to spy on the emperor's intentions. Like the third elder brother, he directly offered some western medicine with unknown ingredients for the emperor to eat, which made Su Peisheng want to give it to him. He knelt down.

However, the third elder brother just looked ignorant: he saw those Westerners drink this kind of sugar tablets soaked in water.Would they still poison themselves?

So he said confidently: "Then let the eunuch serving food try it, there are many of them!"

The emperor's anger at that time turned into discouragement: this child is always like this, stepping on his bottom line to be stupid, if he said that he intentionally harmed others and had any malicious intentions for him, it should not be the case.But he just has no brains. When he sees the western medicine, he doesn't investigate it clearly, so he takes it back and uses it for himself.

I have a little thought, but it is useless in the right place, and it is not used correctly.

The relationship between people is always a kind of game, even if it is between father and son, and the same is true between king and minister.Either Mingjun can suppress all kinds of courtiers, or the courtiers can hold up the king.

The emperor is a vigorous and serious person. Not only can he suppress the courtiers, but he can also prune his courtiers through his actions and words, like pruning flowers and trees. Removing them will affect his work as emperor if he dislikes them. The efficient part, keep the good part, and save the courtiers from the chaff to the chaff.

But Hong Shi was so tired of the emperor, it could be said that there were too many slots, and the emperor gave up pruning him in his heart. I have to say that being able to do this as a son is actually another kind of victory.

The emperor was speechless, and drove Hongshi away.

Yesterday, the emperor didn't expect that this thing was a lotus pill, and he also didn't expect that the child was filial at both ends, so he turned around and gave the pill to Concubine Qi to eat.

There was a farce yesterday.

Fortunately, all the concubines and concubines of Qi are in the west of Fuhai, and no news has spread outside.

Let's say that Concubine Qi's anomaly frightened Hong Shi into a daze on the spot, he was too scared.

One was because he was afraid that he would harm Er Niang, and the other was because he was afraid later, and finally remembered that he almost gave this box of food to Huang Ama today!If Huang Ama ate the dragon and got sick, wouldn't he be the capital crime of killing the king and killing his father? !

Such a huge fear overwhelmed Hongshi, so that he couldn't get out of bed at all today. He kept having a fever and vomiting. The Westerners, they are the ones who killed Erniang! They killed me! You have to petition Huang Ama for me!"

After Imperial Physician Lu tactfully reported, the emperor was also annoyed and helpless, what else could this son do?

I had no choice but to let the imperial physician stare at him and let him recuperate first.

After Imperial Physician Lu reported, Imperial Physician Liu was replaced.

Physician Liu just finished the animal experiment according to Jiang Heng's statement, and came to report to the emperor.

With Concubine Qi in the first place, the emperor was very interested in hearing the test results of Imperial Physician Liu.

Physician Liu also adjusted the word order and spoke very carefully.

First, according to the new method described by the Westerners, he burned the drug made into smoke paste, and introduced the smoke into the airtight cage that kept the little bird through a copper pipe.Sure enough, some of the little sparrows were irritable and pecked at each other immediately, while others couldn't even flap their wings, and their claws couldn't stand at all, so they fell directly under the cage.

He even sprayed extremely thick smoke over, and Xiao Que'er died.

In fact, the last time Imperial Physician Liu did, the smoke was too thick, and he couldn't tell whether Xiao Que'er was choked to death by the smoke or poisoned to death, but he chose to report this matter as the most important thing.

This is the sensitivity of being an imperial physician and a money fan.

He has seen no less than ten patients taking Fushou and ointment. The ecstatic posture and the appearance of forgetting all external pain are really shocking-it can make people forget the pain of being gouged out by a knife, which means that others I'm afraid I won't be able to resist if I take the knife to stab it down.

And those princes and nobles who have used this medicine are all dependent on it.

However, not everyone in the family has so much spare money. Many old masters started eating Fushou Gao for their illnesses, but high-quality Fushou Gao is priced like gold, and the more they eat, the more they eat.If the children and grandchildren in the family can't afford it, the old men who take the medicine will be irritable and scold their children and grandchildren, not to mention, there are many people who get violent and hurt others because of this. In the evil spirits.

If this thing is cheap, ordinary rich and wealthy people can afford it... Imperial Physician Liu can't even imagine it.

On this day, Imperial Physician Lu and Imperial Physician Liu stayed in Qingyan, Kyushu for a whole day.

Not only to explain to the emperor, but also to the two princes who came later.

The emperor not only ordered people to announce Prince Yi, but also ordered the eunuch to gallop to the Foreign Affairs Yamen to summon Lao Jiu.

Jiu Ye loves to make money, but he loves to make money from others. At first, he used drugs as a kind of goods to pass the inspection of the foreign affairs office. After the order was handed over to the imperial court, he felt that the price of Westerners was really cheap, so he could sell it The high price of anesthesia drugs in Taiyuan Hospital and folk medical clinics has been brought down.

Now hearing what the imperial doctor said, I naturally realized that as long as this thing spreads, it must not be the Qing Dynasty earning money from the Westerners, but it will be reversed immediately.

He couldn't help getting scared and said: "If this thing spreads, not only will the money flow out, but even the bodies of the subjects of the world will be emptied. Since then, officials will not think about government affairs, and people will not think about farming... Isn't it like this? Suffering from the plague?"

The silver taken away in the trade is equivalent to drinking blood, and at the same time destroying the bones of the people of the whole country, it is equivalent to knocking the bones and sucking the marrow!

Jiu Ye broke out in a cold sweat thinking about it.

"I'll go back and drive all the Englishmen from the East India Company out of Beijing!" Ninth Master was about to get up to do it in a hurry, but Thirteenth Master understood the emperor's thoughts better, and the haze between his eyebrows became thicker and he punished him a little more: " Ninth brother, not only drive them out of Beijing, but order soldiers to escort them to the sea and board the ship, lest they stay in other provinces! And from now on, let them never sail into our ports again, let alone set foot on half of our land!"

The emperor added a few words in a cold voice: "The Englishmen next to you can leave, just let them take the letter back to the King of England! But those two merchants who gave Hongshi a lot of drugs were directly kept and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Justice, and they were cut off." I want to keep them and see what they look like."

Jiang Heng didn't expect that he could still see the whole box of opium in his lifetime.

The heavy wooden box was placed on the ground of the main hall of the Queen's Concert Hall.

Jiang Heng didn't recognize what it was at first.

When she went to pay her respects in the Queen's Palace, she would always pass by Concubine Yu's residence, and the two of them would almost always go to Tongleyuan together.Today is no exception.

As soon as she entered the door, Concubine Yu couldn't help but said: "Is there a ditch in there? It smells so good!" After taking a seat, her brows frowned even tighter.

Because Concubine Yu was sitting close to the queen, it was inevitable that the smell would be stronger.

The queen didn't know whether she was overwhelmed by the smell or she was angry, and her face was also very ugly: "Just remember this smell! This is a drug made by some crooked businessmen in the West!"

Only then did Jiang Heng realize that this was opium.It has been refined and formed into solid balls, with some grass blades stuffed around them as cushions, and they are packed in plain wooden boxes.

In Jiang Heng's memory, Zhang Ailing is the person who has seen the most descriptions of opium smoking, the dimly lit kang, the lamp that burns cigarettes, and the person who is always crooked in the smog.

It was such balls that destroyed many people, burned their flesh into smoke, and turned their blood into silver and poured it into the pockets of foreign businessmen.

"The emperor said that those Western businessmen are the best at digging camps, so they will find a way to send these harmful things to the eunuchs who are out of the palace. This thing is addictive. If some eunuchs are obsessed with it These, maybe they will be aroused, and they will do something that harms the master. From now on, we will thoroughly investigate whether there are any useless drugs in the palace prison. It is for your own sake, go back and check for your own well-being Check your own palace servants! If there are any abnormalities, send them directly to the Department of Punishment!"

Jiang Heng couldn't help feeling the emperor's meticulousness and subtlety once again.

Since you want to block, kill or ban, start from the side.

The use of some eunuchs by Chinese emperors has always been a surprise to Westerners.

And their experience is also: the emperor asked them to serve him personally, so he must have trusted them the most. I heard that the eunuchs in the former Ming Dynasty were able to appoint and dismiss officials, which shows that they are very powerful and their words are very effective.

So Westerners, Japanese, and Koreans traveled to China, and many of them followed the path of these eunuchs according to the experience of their ancestors.

The queen's face was serious: "Today, I showed you the picture of this drug, and I want you to go back and check the palaces!"

Jiang Heng responded most solemnly.

There are not many concubines in Yuanmingyuan, except for the main seat, there are only seven or eight Chang Zai promised to accompany them to Yuanmingyuan as a bonus.

But if English businessmen want to make friends with and buy eunuchs, the eunuchs in the Forbidden City must be the most important.

So the emperor quickly plowed the Old Summer Palace, and then turned his eyes back to the Forbidden City.

Two eunuchs secretly using smoke cream were discovered in Yuanmingyuan, and it is estimated that there will be more in the Forbidden City!

Grandma Su just finished the construction of the Old Summer Palace branch, and at this time she was ordered to go back to the palace with Grandma Zhang, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, to check whether any eunuchs in the Forbidden City brought Western drug tablets into the palace.

Jiang Heng is also very concerned about the news of the ban on smoking in the palace.

When Chang Qing came again, he asked about him.

The dining room in the Yuanmingyuan often communicates with the palace: the Yuanmingyuan has a full range of vegetables and fruits, but some precious dry goods and seafood are still stored in the warehouse of the palace and need to be transported back and forth, so the manager of the dining room Chang Qing should be the person who knows the most news about the palace.

Chang Qing said: "Sure enough, a dozen or so people were found. They hid in their own room, lit and smoked with pipes for smoking tobacco, and even the whole room became addicted. Now everyone has been sentenced to death The company has gone, and if there are other crimes, they will have to be sent to An Le Tang!"

Then he laughed and said: "Of course some people may get used to it. They have no addictions and don't have any stock on them. Even the Department of Punishment can't find it. But you don't have to worry about it, they have no way out."

"My servant heard that the emperor ordered Lord Nine to drive out the businessmen from England. He only said this, Dong... the company's businessmen are no longer allowed to enter the country, and they are not even allowed to visit the port. They also ordered the king of England, Joe, Joe Shi..."

Chang Qing was really in pain when she saw that Concubine Xin was concentrating on listening.He has a very good mind, but he really can't remember the weird names of these Westerners, and he can't understand them even if he wants to say them now.

Jiang Heng didn't ask him any more, and waited to ask the emperor directly.

The emperor has obviously been busy with this matter recently, and he didn't have time to come to Suxin Hall for dinner until June, and he just had a look at the mother and daughter before leaving in a hurry.Jiang Heng didn't have time to ask questions.

Since the emperor was able to stay for dinner this day, it meant that he finally had some leisure time, and this matter came to an end.

Sure enough, upon hearing Jiang Heng's question, the emperor told her that her grandfather had gone to the foreign affairs office to sit in charge.The emperor also announced that the old earl, who was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, had questioned him, and he also strongly supported the emperor's ban on this product: "As early as the reign of the first emperor, there were people smuggling drugs in some coastal ports, but the quantity was too small and too expensive. , has never been popular. But the damage has been seen.”

Seeing that Jiang Heng listened seriously, the emperor said again: "I have sent a letter to King George II of England." Chang Qing racked his brains to remember the name of King George II of England. In fact, his name is George II.

In the past, the correspondence between the late emperor and King Louis XIV of France was relatively friendly, but this time the emperor's letter is of a completely different style.

The letter strongly condemned the English East India Company's attempt to dump drug tablets into China, and the East India Company was permanently banned from entering the Qing Dynasty.

Anyway, Western countries want to trade with the Qing Dynasty, and the English family is not bad.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty, compared with England, which had not yet started the industrial revolution and had not yet taken off, still had this confidence.The thing to worry about at this time is England, which needs a large amount of tea and silk imports. I think King George II will send a national envoy to communicate and explain this matter.

At least not to completely cut off the trade between the two countries.

And because of the quarrel between the third elder brother and Concubine Qi, the royal family was the first to be alert to the danger of this drug.The emperor quickly issued an imperial decree to prohibit foreign drug tablets from entering the Qing Dynasty as in previous lives (except for Western medicine, the surrounding areas such as Chenla and Annan actually also produce drugs, and all are prohibited from entering), this time it will be much stricter.

Not only are foreign ones prohibited, but even the planting areas in Yunnan and Sichuan in the country are directly owned by the state like copper and iron mines, and all future production and preparation of medicinal hibiscus will be dispatched by the government. , Those who have a large amount will be punished with capital punishment.

For this reason, the emperor didn't even let Lord Thirteen smoke more tobacco.

The Thirteenth Lord, who was forced to quit smoking, had to put the dipteromint powder prepared by the Imperial Hospital in a snuff bottle every day, and suck the mint like a big cat to refresh himself.

This is all for later.

Only at the end of June, the queen specially called Jiang Heng over.

"How's Minmin eating and sleeping lately?"

Jiang Heng just briefly talked about Minmin's recent situation, then calmed down and waited for the queen to speak - only Gong Mei was serving tea in the room, and it was rare for the queen to have no piles of accounts at hand, obviously he had something to talk to her about in detail , Minmin should be an opening greeting.

Sure enough, when the queen saw that she understood that she had something to say, a smile appeared on her lips.

"Next year will be the fifth year of the emperor's ascension to the throne. Concubine Xin, you will enter the palace in the second year of the emperor's ascension to the throne, right?"

Jiang Heng also vaguely guessed what the queen asked her to do.

Sure enough, the queen said: "Next spring will be the draft every three years. I thought, Minmin will be one year old then, how about you help me?"

"Although it was Nian's whim to send you newcomers to Chuxiu Palace to learn the rules, the emperor and the empress dowager thought it was a good thing for the newcomers to learn the rules. You are the leader who has gone through this matter, and now you are the master. The status of this person is enough——how about you arrange for the nuns to teach the beautiful girl who will enter the palace next spring?"

Jiang Heng: ...What is this?Let her do the work of the imperial concubine back then?

I come from Chuxiu Palace, and then go back to Chuxiu Palace, the boy who slays the dragon will eventually become a dragon?

Jiang Heng didn't want to take this hot potato at all.