Yongzheng period

Yongzheng: ...with a deep face, "Second Brother, please get up quickly."

【XVIII】

Yangxindian

"...There is often a saying in Beijing of 'Four Kings and Eight Dukes'. The Holy Grandfather abolished the kings of the opposite sex after he took over the government himself, and the eight princes also fell to the five princes. Today, they are only the three princes of 'Rongning Liu'."

Yinreng and Yinti had done enough homework before entering the palace, Yinreng continued, "Mr. Liu has always been law-abiding and disciplined, and his family style is strict; only the two houses of Rongning and Ning were originally famous families in Jinling, and they have close contacts with the Zhen family. He said that he and the other dignitaries in Beijing also had marriage ties, which seemed to be the intention of forming a party for personal gain. Therefore, the two mansions acted quite rashly. "

Yinreng had eight sons and five daughters who lived to adulthood. Although Qin Keqing failed to grow up by his side, Yinreng still cared about him very much.After Yinreng was imprisoned by Kangxi, he felt very sorry for Keqing being forced to live in Jia's house - Yinreng also heard about the "good reputation" of Jia's mansion, but at that time, although he was imprisoned, there were still forces loyal to him , Thinking about coming to Jia's mansion, I don't have the guts to neglect the royal princess.

I never thought that Jia's family was as dirty as a servant!Seeing that the Zhen family is also falling and the building is about to collapse, that Jia's mother actually designed to force her great-grandson-in-law to death with such low-handed means!

Every time Yinreng thought of his poor daughter, he hated the Jia family even more.

Yinti also wished for the unlucky Jia Mansion who had sold himself so that it would be wiped out, and then added embellishments, "There are also the four big families—I used to hear about the 'official talisman' when I was in Yingtian Mansion— —The name of the most powerful, rich and noble squire in the province is written on it. Local officials often say, "If you offend such a family, not only will you lose your official title, but you may even lose your life." These four It can be seen from the family's actions."

These four families are somewhat like the four iron hat kings of 'Ankang Zhuangjian', Yongzheng is silent in his heart.The rights of the four kings in the early days were even feared by Kangxi: in the early Qing Dynasty, the emperor only held two yellow flags, and the rest were in the hands of the "banner masters" of the clan and powerful. Therefore, the relationship between the various banners is intricate, forming a huge force.

Later, under Kangxi's methods, the four kings were instigated to fight to divide the interests. The supported King Jian Yaerjiang was close to Kangxi, and most of the banner affairs and assistant leaders under King Jian were cheated by Kangxi; the situation of King Kang was the same as that of King Jian ; the head of the four kings, Prince An, Yue Le, has no outstanding descendants in his lineage. Prince An is a scumbag, and he can adopt a younger brother to reap the wealth just waiting for him to raise his hair in Yongzheng; Without heirs, Yongzheng has already adopted the old sixteen with him, so naturally it is not a problem.

Therefore, although these four families cannot be compared with the four kings, the mansions have their own scenery, but they are nothing more than the glory of the ancestors. What makes Yongzheng difficult is the in-law relationship between these four families and the dignitaries in the court.This is like a confrontation between the two armies, and when I saw it there-oh, isn't that the son of his uncle's aunt's aunt's second aunt's family, how can he fight?What's more, governing these four families alone is nothing more than a temporary solution—Kangxi clearly forbids officials from colluding into parties, but parties are still prohibited. This kind of 'in-law network' is just another form of parties.

And the easiest way to make a person give up a pie in front of him is to give him a bigger pie.

Thinking of this, Yongzheng simply said, "The Rongfu is connected to the rest of the family by in-laws. If all four families are eliminated, it will inevitably cause panic—" Yongzheng paused, looking at the man who is only [-] this year due to years of confinement. Yinfeng, who already had gray hair on his temples, could not help but soften his tone, "Ning's mansion will definitely be eliminated. For the sake of my second brother, the outer house bestowed the status of Fu Jin, and the Qin family granted the title of 'Heshuo Gege' as an adopted daughter. Look. Second brother understands my painstaking efforts."

Yinreng was unwilling to hear the words, and said, "Your Majesty—"

Yongzheng raised his hand to stop it, and said, "Second brother is not in a hurry for now, I have an idea in my mind and would like to hear the opinions of the two brothers."

*

On the vertical day, Yongzheng issued an edict to add Hongyu, the eldest son of Yinti, the prince of Zhijun, as the son of the prince; I took an errand to supervise the renovation of Jingdao.

The Ning Mansion confiscated the servants and seduced the children of the aristocratic family and sent them to prison. Except for some female relatives, such as Jia Zhen, they were directly dealt with by Yongzheng's sticky stick. Qin Keqing's body was also moved into the royal mausoleum. Give Yinfeng a consolation; Rongfu also suffered the crime of consecutive sitting, Jia Zheng's official position was not hesitated by Yongzheng, Jia Amnesty was fined for three years; Yongzheng also ordered Jia's family to remove the title of "Rongguofu" and hang another The title of 'General's Mansion' or 'Jia's Mansion' is out of Yongzheng's consideration as to what Jia's mother, who has been a concubine and wife all her life, thinks.

The news that the two masters were reused helped Yongzheng confuse most people's attention to the Jia family, and then once again ordered to accept the sixth daughter from the Tang family of the Prince Side Fujin as an adopted daughter, and named the princess "Heshuo Shushen" and bestowed upon him Marry the Confucian family to advocate the marriage between Manchu and Han—and abolish the regulation that bannermen women get rid of the banner after marrying a Han.

After these few decrees, the whole capital was boiling, and no one paid attention to a small Ningfu, only Shi Wang's family helped the Rongfu to resettle the Ningfu's female relatives and the remaining family property.

The Confucian family was the head of the Han people in the world, and the Qing Dynasty treated the Confucian family with the most courtesy. The head of the Confucian family enjoyed the title of "Yan Shenggong" passed down from generation to generation, and even exempted from kneeling when entering the palace.For the Confucian family, marrying the royal family without raising the flag-boosting the family status and retaining the identity of the Han family, is the best of both worlds; but for Yongzheng, the marriage of the Qing royal princess to the Confucian family is also his push. Manchu-Han marriage is the most powerful determination to ease ethnic conflicts; and for a large number of low-level banner people, this is also a good policy to increase their livelihoods.

In fact, the imperial court distributes silver taels every year to guarantee the most basic life of the banner people, but this big burden is not enough for these low-level banner people to live under the situation of rising prices in various parts of the country.Most of these banner people's families are "glamorous on the outside and dilapidated on the inside". The daughters of the family can't marry those high-ranking banner people or marry low-status Han people. problem.

Those princes and nobles are quite dissatisfied, because this will inevitably weaken the cohesion of the banners, and they will be divided one by one, resulting in the reduction of power in their hands.But no one dared to confront Yongzheng, not to mention the public opinion, and they still haven't forgotten the cold face and the method of defrauding you when they were still princes when they pursued the money owed to the government by the government.

Therefore, during this period of time, the happy events in Beijing were one after the other, and because Yongzheng allowed the draftees to stay for a year and then get married on their own, the engaged marriages continued one after another, and the sound of firecrackers could be heard all day long.

The scene in the middle of the capital, Yongzheng, listened to the report from the sticky pole and threw it away after a glance-since there was no one jumping out, there was no need to pay attention.

*

Changchun Palace

Since Concubine Yu showed her kindness to Daiyu that day and broke Yongzheng's thoughts on her, the relationship between Yongzheng and her became a little warmer. During the day, Yongzheng often came to Changchun Palace to sit and listen to her talk about family anecdotes. No longer being too disciplined and appearing distant.

Daiyu saw the cloud-patterned sachet hanging on Yongzheng's waist, and couldn't help but pursed her lips into a smile, "This sachet embroidered by my concubine is fine for private wear, but it's not suitable for serious occasions—it should be embroidered elsewhere."

Yongzheng frowned when he saw that her body was still a little thin, "Don't be too tired, your body is already weak, and I don't know how much effort it took to embroider such a one. I see that you are still a little lackluster. How did Sun Zhiding take care of it?"

"This has nothing to do with Dr. Sun, it's because the concubine was too late to read books a while ago, and that's why she lacks energy," Daiyu said angrily, "Besides, it takes a long time to see the effect of health preservation, how can it be so fast."

When Yongzheng heard her talking about reading, he thought of an allusion in "The Red Chamber", and couldn't help but whisper, "Have you read those 'idle books', my concubine?"

Daiyu was embarrassed when she heard the words, and gave him a sideways glance. Yongzheng laughed first, "There is nothing to say, it's just that when I was young, I was very itchy, and I secretly read something about 'West Chamber'." Then he said with emotion "I remember that when I was young, my brothers and I loved to read an idle book. When I read it at night and read it in the daytime, I was naturally depressed. This made the master in the study angry, and Huang Ama was very suspicious. As a result, one day I lost ten books. When I was taken to the classroom, Huang Ama caught me straight, and I and a few brothers were fined to kneel. The older dozen or so kneeling were not honest, and they were joking and joking. In the end, the second brother begged for us. It's over."

Yongzheng's tone was a bit sad, "I have forgotten the name of that book long ago, but I still remember the scene at that time clearly."

Daiyu just listened quietly when she heard the words, she never intervened in the court affairs, the relationship between Yongzheng and the princes is like a person who knows the temperature of drinking water.

Yongzheng liked this feeling very much, before he could say anything else, he saw Xiaoxiazi walking in with a servant from Yongshou Palace.

"Your Majesty, people from Yongshou Palace have come to report—Your Fang has had a miscarriage."

Yongzheng's face turned cold instantly.

【nineteen】

Yikun Palace

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs is doing everything with all its heart." Concubine Hua played with the newly delivered armor with satisfaction, "This set of armor is also well-made."

"Doing things for the empress, how can I not do my best." Song Zhi complimented.

"Knowing that doing things for this palace is to be jealous of this palace," Concubine Hua said lightly, "Fame is still secondary, what is important is where the emperor's heart is - the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs can't wait to hold Changchun Palace tightly The Lin Jia family? And the Geng family, what's the use of being promoted to a concubine because of the prince? Still not favored. Not to mention the queen, she is old and poor, and even offering a beautiful maid can't keep the emperor in Kunning In the palace, the emperor treats her with affection just because he cares about the empress dowager."

"Yes, when I was in the palace, the emperor