Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 444

In October of the 54th year of Qianlong, after a well-thought-out edict was issued, it immediately caused an uproar in the government and the public.However, Qianlong has been imperial for more than 50 years, and he is very powerful. Not to mention the imperial historians, no one dared to write a letter against it, and even all the princes and ministers of Manchu and Mongolia did not dare to talk too much.

"I respectfully read the memorandum. It is recorded that Huang Fangdu, the Duke of Haicheng, died with his door closed. His loyalty is commendable. He has been approved to attack the Duke twelve times as a reward for his righteousness. Because of the green flag's world position, there is no rule of succession or replacement. , but like Huang Fangdu who sacrificed his life and gave orders, his righteousness is great, so he should break the rules and bestow favors, rewards and extensions in the world, and praise the grand ceremony of loyalty.

Until Ruzheng suppressed Wu Nishi.Generals Zhang Yong, Zhao Liangdong, and Wang Jinbao were all loyal and loyal, brave and strategic, and served in frontier defense.The admiral, Chen Fu, devoted himself to fighting bravely on the battlefield, expressing Dan to serve his life.

I also ordered the Minister of Military Aircraft, together with the Ministry of War, to conduct a detailed investigation since the beginning of the country, and all those who have meritorious service to be recorded will be listed and played.According to the replay, there are seventeen members including Zhang Guoyan, Xu Yong, Zheng Zhiwen, and Jia Dadi who died in battle; and fourteen members including Hui Yingzhao, Liang Huafeng, Tong Guangying, and Huang Xizan who have outstanding military achievements.Check his deeds, or kill the battlefield, and overcome righteousness;

The above people, at the request of Jia Enzhun's descendants, will send a group to belong to the three banners of Xianghuang, Zhenghuang and Zhengbai in the Han army.

The country has been in peace for more than a hundred years, and China and foreign countries have been unified. The Han people in Manchuria are all my servants, and I have never been willing to make any distinctions.The green flag will be selected, if there is sincerity for the country, and those who have restrained the merits of the skin, they should record and narrate favorably, and benevolent to their descendants.If he has been in the army and chooses to be weak and cowardly, and things go wrong, he must also understand the canonical punishment, so that he can learn from the military and ministers, and know what to warn.All in all, to show punishment and exhort, only one's merits and sins are taken by one's own, and there is no tolerance for twists and turns in the meantime, so the scriptures that clearly believe that rewards must be punished are all about it.Make this encyclical known both at home and abroad. "

Since the Manchus entered the customs, there has never been a single case where dozens of Han people raised the flag collectively.For a while, the Manchus in Beijing were talking about it.

At dusk, in Hanjiatan Hutong between Hufang Bridge and Zhushikou, more than a dozen "private apartments" are already hung with corner lamps and burning red wax.And at the entrance of a private apartment named "Baozhutang", there are already a lot of cars and horses, and there is an endless stream of guests, which is obviously more prosperous than other houses.

It was the first time for 25-year-old Ruan Yuan to come to such a place since he came to the capital.In April, Ruan Yuan was No. 3 in the second grade of the palace examination for high school, and was ranked No. 9 in the subsequent imperial examination.

Ruan Yuan has been diligent in his studies for the past two years, from the time he landed in the annual meeting to the current top two in high school. Although he lives not far from Xuanwu Gate, he has never set foot in the land of fireworks.

Huang Rong, a Xinke Hanlin from Nanjing, opened the car curtain, stepped on the footstool put by the driver to get out of the car, and said to Ruan Yuan who got off the car, "Bo Yuan, what do you think of this place?"

Ruan Yuan glanced at it, and asked hesitantly: "Brother Zhengqi, you and I both have official positions, so it might be inappropriate to come here?"

Huang Rong leaned over and said in a low voice: "Hey~~Bo Yuan, you and I are commoners here today to listen to the opera, and you don't act like a courteous actress. What are you afraid of! That Shi Baozhu has a good voice, and he specializes in Kundan, as the saying goes. 'The sky wind blows down Xu Feiqiong, explaining and singing the song of feathers at that time'. Besides, in this private residence, you can often hear some things about the government and the people. Now that you and I are officials in the same dynasty, there are many things that you should listen to and see more."

Private apartments were also called "Tangzi", "Xianggongtangzi", "Xiachu" and so on in the old days.

In the mid-Qing Dynasty, the members of major opera troupes generally lived together in order to facilitate daily rehearsals, which were called "apartments".But later, because the income of famous actors in the troupe increased, they felt that there were too many people in the apartment and it was inconvenient to eat and live, so they rented another place to live in, which was called "private apartment".

In the old days, there were hall numbers hanging on the door of some dignified houses in Beijing, so they were also called so-and-so halls, or halls.For example, those whose surname is Zhou can be called "Ai Lian Tang", and those whose surname is Zhang can be called "Bai Ren Tang".

To make a digression here, even the princes and ministers in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, no one hung a big plaque of "so-and-so mansion" on the lintel of their house.Whoever dares to do this, not to mention violating the rules, will be ashamed and thrown to grandma's house!Why is the red lantern at the door used? Is it really used as a decoration?

And even on the lanterns, you can't write "so-and-so mansion". Han officials can only write their surnames, middle-class families have to write their hall numbers, and princes and ministers only have their titles, such as "Junwangfu".

The abolition of low status promulgated during the Yongzheng period, on the contrary, enabled actors to gain professional recognition in a specific era, get rid of the inferiority complex in the industry, and began to move towards professionalization, so "private apartments" began to "flourishing".

However, due to the promulgation of regulations on actors such as "Prohibition of Officials from Keeping Actors" and "Prohibition of Acting Girls from Entering the City" and other regulations on actors, female actresses did not flourish, but male actors flourished.

Private actors are called "Xianggong", but they are actually spreading rumors.The young actor was originally called "Xianggu" because he often played the role of a woman in the play, but he made a homophonic name "Xianggong".Since this name came into being, the children of officials in the capital no longer dare to call it by it.

After Ruan Yuan followed Huang Rong into the main entrance of "Baozhu Hall", he saw yellow or white chrysanthemums everywhere in the courtyard, which were fragrant; there were even a few green bamboos under the wall of the corridor, which looked very quiet and elegant, and he couldn't help admiring .

The servant in charge of greeting the guests was also handsome. He obviously knew Huang Rong, and when he saw it, he came up and bowed. He didn't say much, and led the two of them towards the second courtyard.

When he walked into the second entrance, Ruan Yuan couldn't help being taken aback.I saw a greenhouse set up in the middle of the courtyard. Although there was no shelter around, seven or eight charcoal braziers lit with high-quality bamboo charcoal made the courtyard as warm as spring, and there were chrysanthemums on three sides of the greenhouse.The east and west wing rooms and the main hall in the courtyard are specially used for entertaining guests.

Looking up, one can see that the interior of the main hall is decorated with dazzling brilliance, there is a brocade curtain hanging at the door, and there are figures shaking inside.Although Ruan Yuan came to the "private apartment" for the first time, he also went to Huafang when he was in Yangzhou before. He didn't expect that there is such an exquisite and elegant place in the capital.

After the servant brought Huang Rong and Ruan Yuan into the private room in the East Chamber, a faint aloe fragrance could be heard faintly, and one could see that the furnishings in the room were extremely elegant; although there was no Zhou Yi Han Ding, the clothes mirror and the clock were clearly in sight. , Ruan Yuan couldn't help being amazed.All kinds of furniture in the house are also made of Soviet-style mahogany. There are Duobao Pavilion, tables, tall flower stands with potted orchids on the walls, and an Arhat bed for people to rest. In the room, there is an Eight Immortals table, two armchairs, There are several carved stools, and seasonal dried and preserved fruits are placed on the table.

Huang Rong had been here before, and he seemed very familiar with the way. After tea, he ordered the food and drinks with the servant, and then took out a piece of broken silver and handed it over.The boy immediately smiled, and hurriedly called Huang Rong and Ruan Yuan, and then went down to make a fuss.

Ruan Yuan knew that with just this room and the banquet today, a play would definitely be impossible without a hundred taels of silver.If you ask an actor to come over to accompany the wine, it will cost at least two or three hundred taels.

However, the Ruan family belonged to an aristocratic family in Yangzhou. Although they were not as luxurious as salt merchants, his grandfather was also an officer in Hunan Province, and his father was a master of ancient prose.Ruan Yuan studied both civil and martial arts since he was a child, and made friends with celebrities. What scenes have he not seen?So it is also calm.

He took a sip of his tea and was about to speak when he heard a burst of voices coming from far and near, followed by footsteps and voices from the private room next door.

"How many masters? Is it still the old rules today?"

"Hurry up quickly! The masters are here to listen to Baozhu's opera today, so I don't have time to chat with you."

"Hey, I'm going to tell the masters right now."

Ruan Yuan frowned, thinking that the sound insulation of this private room is too bad.He was about to tell Huang Rong when he saw him raise his finger and make a hissing gesture at him.Ruan Yuan felt strange, and was about to ask Huang Rong when he heard someone knocking on the door.

Huang Rong rushed back to sit at the table with a "whoosh", coughed lightly, and then let people in, Ruan Yuan was stunned to see all this.

The door opened, and the servant brought a maid to deliver the food and wine, during which time Huang Rong didn't say a word.After the boy went out, Ruan Yuan asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhengqi, what were you doing just now?"

Huang Rong revealed a mysterious expression, leaned over and said to Ruan Yuan in a low voice: "Bo Yuan, remember what you said as a brother, no matter what you hear today, let it be in your ears and not pass it on to outsiders."

"Brother Zhengqi, what do you think of me?" Ruan Yuan was a little annoyed, what is Huang Rong doing?Eavesdropping on people's conversations in a private apartment is something a gentleman would not do.If someone finds out, not to mention the bad reputation, maybe there will be a fight.

He was about to get up to leave when he heard a person next door shout: "Second Master, what do you think the old man is doing? Good guy, 36!"

Another person said: "No! This has become a water margin, the whole 'Tiangang 36', maybe someday there will be a 'Disha 72'."

After a while, I heard a young man say: "Lao Min, Lao Fu, what the hell are you two doing! The old man is also something you can criticize?!"

"Master? 36?"

Ruan Yuan's heart suddenly trembled, he was alert, and quickly thought of the edict issued the day before yesterday, in which exactly 36 people were carried from the Han people into the Han army to fly the three banners.Thinking of this, he looked at Huang Rong again, only to see that the other party was looking at him with a smile on his face, revealing a bit of complacency.

This Huang Zhengqi looked quite upright before the exam, so why did he start messing around as soon as he became an official?

At this time, a person next door said again: "Second Master, how dare we criticize the old man, but in the first few years, he said that he was recuperating, and his household registration increased day by day, so he was changed back to his original place and incorporated into Baojia. So many families have been incorporated into the Shangsanqi?"

"That's right, Er Ye, those people were compiled into "The Biography of Second Officials" in the first few years, why are they being exaggerated now?"

"My second elder brother, why don't you give me a good talk with my brothers?"

"Damn! It's really careless to make friends. How did I know you three pieces since I was a child!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and then they said a few more embarrassing stories about climbing the wall room when they were young, and putting pepper noodles in the snuff bottle of Mr. Xuetang, but they were almost smashed by the prince's ass.

The young man paused for a moment, as if he was considering his words, and then said: "This time, that time, which year's almanac are you talking about? Listen to me, Ama, the reason why the Han army flag was abolished , It’s not because of that little money and food. Our fortunes in the Qing Dynasty are prosperous, and the Holy Son of Heaven is in power, so we still need that little money. It’s because they can’t fight anymore, and they live like uncles one by one. What’s the use of it?”

After Ruan Yuan heard this, although he felt a little awkward, he also thought it was reasonable.He had heard this matter from someone before, and that person was Jiang Fan Jiang Ziping, who was his fellow countryman and good friend.

Jiang Fan made it very clear at the time.Since Shizu entered the customs, especially after the San Francisco Rebellion, the imperial court dispersed the Eight Banners stationed in key areas of the country in order to prevent problems before they happened.The garrison of the Eight Banners in various places is characterized by point-connected lines, roughly forming five defense lines across the country: the Great Wall, the Yellow River, and the Yangtze River are three horizontal lines, and the canals and the coast are two vertical lines.With the five garrison lines of three horizontal lines and two vertical lines, together with the Green Battalion, the eight banners garrisoned formed a tight garrison network in the pass, and any disturbance could be dispatched at any time to quickly extinguish it.

However, as there was no more fighting in the pass and the situation of the court became more and more stable, some garrison points or garrison lines gradually lost their original military value.Especially after the pacification of the Northwest, the imperial court gradually reduced the garrison in the interior and the south of the Yangtze River, and transferred the excess troops to the Northwest for garrison with the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia in the capital.

For example, in the 26th year of Qianlong's Mingfa, the emperor requested that the eight banners should be banned from traveling to all those who had families, and each banner would send 43 vested and raised soldiers to be garrisoned in Suiyuan City as errands, and then Suiyuan City would be garrisoned All the Han troops were dispatched to Zhili and Shanxi provinces to replenish the green battalions.As for the soldiers sent to garrison at Zhuanglang, Liangzhou, they will be selected from the Manchurian soldiers in Xi'an.What was left behind was made up for by Yu Ding.It is of great benefit to make a living in the provincial capital of Manchurians.

Since the 22nd year of Qianlong's reign, Zhaohui pacified the big and small Huojizhan, and the rebellion activities in the Junggar tribe of Mongolia in western Moxi were basically eliminated.Taking this as an opportunity, the imperial court made major adjustments to the country's military deployment.Considering the need for the Han army to raise the flag, the emperor repeatedly stated the measures to raise the flag, which accelerated the speed of the Han army's raising the flag.

When Ruan Yuan was distracted, he missed a lot of conversations next door, and only heard the young man say again: "It's not like you don't know what's going on in the past few years. I won't talk about it in the first two years, that North"

The young man suddenly lowered his voice so low that Ruan Yuan couldn't hear him, so he hastily imitated Huang Rong and put his ear against the wall.

". In June, Zhang Jia's family member was beaten up and vomited blood. The youngest of Fucha's family fought hard to save Jilin. Alas! According to my mother, this time it was more than 2 yuan. Eight Banners!"

Only one person exclaimed: "What?! It's another [-]! God, how many people have fallen in all this time?"

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

The man known as the "rich second" said: "My elder brother came back from the north the year before last, and asked someone to spend money to go to Yili. He said that he would rather suffer from the wind and suffer from the cold than go against that Zhao. Let me tell you, So there is such a thing!"

The young man said again: "We are full of people, men, women, and children, and we are counting hundreds of thousands. If we really want to fight for nothing, the old man will not agree. Why don't we transfer the Qingzhou soldiers and the Northwest Green Camp to leave the customs a few days ago, or else Raise these Qiuba flags, who knows what kind of moths will come out!"

Everyone in the room sighed for a while, only to hear the young man say again: "Let me tell you something rare, listen to it and don't get under the table."

"Second Lord, look at what you said. Although the brothers are not in the army and cannot go to battle to kill thieves, they are not cowards! Do you think so?"

"that is!"

"Give me a musket, and shoot that bastard surnamed Zhao!"

"Look at how capable you are! You're not afraid of blowing off the roof if you brag." The young man was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "You all know that Raksha invaded last year, right?"

"I know, isn't it the red hair? Didn't Di Chao say that they were all sent back?"

"A group of barbarians. According to me, they should just kill the Rakshasa gang at Dongzhimen!"

"Oh, it's such a good thing, Lao Min, you have to say something when the time comes. It's not a problem for a few brothers to help you out."

"Stop, stop! Shut up the fuck, and listen to the master first."

Ruan Yuan listened amusedly, covered his mouth and dared not make a sound.I heard the young man continue to say: "What bullshit was beaten back, even Qiqihar was almost lost. To tell you the truth, it was the one surnamed Zhao who brought 1 soldiers and killed more than [-] Rakshasa soldiers in one battle." It was cleaned up, and a major general was captured."

After saying this, there was a sudden silence in the next room.And Ruan Yuan and Huang Rong here were also stunned, they looked at each other, and said in their hearts that six hundred broke ten thousand, is this still human?
At this moment, Ruan and Huang wanted to listen again, when a sandalwood board sounded in the courtyard, and then someone in the next room said: "Shi Baozhu is coming out!"

Ruan Yuan and Huang Rong went to the window and pulled up the curtain, only to see two people in theater robes walking out from the third moon door.

Both looked about thirteen or fourteen years old.The leader was dressed as a scholar and looked very handsome.But the one who was following him had locks of eyebrows, clear eyes, and two dimples on his pink cheeks, with a half-smile lowered his head and holding his hands, his figure was graceful, and his steps were graceful.

When the two of them entered the greenhouse, the man behind raised his head, glanced at the left and right hatchbacks and the opposite main room, with a slight smile on his lips.

"Good!" The spectators in the houses outside the greenhouse applauded.

Ruan Yuan looked at the man carefully, and saw that the other party's snow-skinned and jade-like appearance, with winking eyes, made him look more and more graceful and colorful.

He couldn't help blurting out: "Brother Zhengqi, isn't this a woman?"

"This is Shi Baozhu, a real man." Standing beside him, Huang Rong smiled slightly, and then whispered slowly: "The god of abundance willows and willows are the color of lotus, so I smiled sweetly. Everyone can take advantage of good things. The singing turns to the beginning of the wine"

Before Huang Rong finished speaking, he heard the drum board lightly opened in the greenhouse and the melodious sound of the flute. Shi Baozhu raised his sleeve and began to sing along with the sound of the flute.

"The green sleeves are cool in the morning, the smoke cage embraces the bed, the drowsy sleepy eyebrows are tired, and the parrot is lazy to call the plum fragrance. The rich door is quietly closed, the curtain is spread, and the king and grandson are neighing green poplars. The dream lock is luxuriant, afraid of being driven by the east wind. .I saw bees making trouble on paper windows, and butterflies crossing whitewashed walls.”

　Both "Baozhu Hall" and Shi Baozhu are real in history.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)