The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 56 Shocking Change ([-])

"By the way, my lord, I heard from my father that most clans are not allowed to leave the territory, and they can only go to Beijing during the Longevity Festival. How can they go to the capital to meet the emperor now?"

Taking advantage of being free, Yun Ruochen just asked Concubine Duan Gui to answer one of her doubts.

After arriving in Daqing, Yun Ruochen mostly read the books in Prince Jing's study and chatted with Prince Jing, Concubine Huang, Madam Zeng, etc., to gradually understand the various world customs and human relationships in Daqing from top to bottom.But she had too many questions, and she couldn't keep asking questions all day long to make people suspicious. Some doubts that she didn't care about kept in her heart and waited for the right time to ask again.

Whenever this happens, she misses the omnipotent Internet very much, and even more misses the omnipotent search engine.

Her understanding of the Daqing clan system was gradually completed under such "difficult" circumstances.

The Taizu of the Qing Dynasty took great care of his descendants. Since the founding of the country, he has set up a clan mansion to manage all matters concerning the royal clan.There is also a jade record that specifically records the reproduction and transmission of the royal family, the clan, and the marriage and burial of life and death. It is revised every ten years, so that the family can receive the most comprehensive and perfect care.

It turns out that the invincible Qing Taizu did it...

The Yun clan is divided into Prince, County King, Zhen Guo General, Fu Guo General, Zhen Guo Lieutenant, Fu Guo Lieutenant, Feng Guo Lieutenant Ba and so on.

An adult prince can be named a prince, with an annual salary of [-] shi, and the ability to open a mansion and own his own farm... In short, all kinds of preferential treatment.It would be fine if only the prince received so many benefits. The problem is that Qing Taizu is a very caring old man. To put it bluntly, the rate at which rats and cockroaches reproduce—is skyrocketing.

The salary of the king of the county is two thousand shi, the general of Zhenguo is one thousand shi, the general of Fuguo is [-] shi, the lieutenant of Zhenguo is [-] shi, the lieutenant of Fuguo is [-] shi, and the lieutenant of Fengguo is [-] shi.Two thousand stones for the princess and the consort, decreasing step by step from the princess...

If there were not many descendants of the clan, it would not be too difficult for the country to support these royal relatives. After all, it was the Daqing Dynasty, which was known as a vast territory and rich resources!How can you not afford to support a few masters? Lose your position!

But the members of the Yun family are really... so capable of giving birth!
Because most clans were unable to participate in politics and lead troops, and had nothing to do all day long, and they were not short of money, the princes and grandchildren of the Qing Dynasty often accepted wives and concubines, and produced many dragon sons and grandsons.In this era when the medical level is quite backward, the strong and brave Yun family has shown great fertility!
For example, the cousin of Emperor Yuan Qi, the son of King Chen who was enfeoffed in the southwest, the Xiping County King knew how powerful it was-the Xiping County King had a total of 45 wives and concubines, and had more than 100 sons, all of whom were named generals of the town!
Compared with the super reproductive power of the local clan, the royal family of this family is strangely sparsely populated, and I don't know why.Perhaps, it also has a lot to do with the fierce court struggle?

In short, in the 35th year of Yuanqi today, the population of the imperial clan recorded in the Yuji has reached more than 15.

Yun Ruochen remembered that she once heard Elder Gu Ge and King Jing talking in the study once in a while, saying that last year the whole country collected more than 2000 shi of grain from spring tax and autumn tax, and the annual salary expenditure of each palace was as high as more than 800 million shi.What a scary number?

So this time, according to the information she sent from Nie Shen, she already knew that many clans were instigated by people from the Destiny Sect behind their backs, and she still watched them make a scene with cold eyes.

Let's make a fuss, the bigger the fuss, the better.

This group of moths who only know how to lie on the common people to suck blood, since you have brought the guilt to the emperor with your own hands, why should I stop it? ——
Concubine Duan Gui could never have imagined that Yun Ruochen was preoccupied with important court affairs, and thought that children were very curious, so she said with a smile: "That's the old rule of the great grandfather. Over the years, no one has mentioned it much. The clans often come to Beijing."

In Yun Ruochen's impression, the clan kings could not "come to court" without an order from the court.Generals, lieutenants, concubines, etc. of the lower ranks have no right to leave the city.The general, lieutenant, etc. have something to play. If it is not confidential, they have to go through the county king and the prince who has changed their career, and then they will play at the end. Leapfrogging is not allowed.

But like Concubine Duan Gui said, these are all old calendars.From Concubine Duan Gui's mouth, Yun Ruochen learned that this ancestral system has long since become a dead letter, and those middle and lower clans have been able to freely enter Beijing without anyone caring.Only the prince, who is so big and flirtatious, still can't do anything arbitrarily.

There are many reasons for the clans to go to Beijing. For example, after the death of their own father and son, they have not been granted the title of the imperial court for a long time. They can't wait at home, so they rushed to the capital to make connections, in order to inherit the title of title and improve their treatment.For example, family disputes, disputes between the concubine and the concubine, although there are not many such disputes, it is not impossible.

This time, the clans from Henan and Hebei provinces near the capital came to Beijing for the same reason, that is, they were afraid that the emperor would really go to war and seriously reduce the treatment of the clans.

It is also impossible for Concubine Duan to speak in such detail, most of the content was deduced by Yun Ruochen from her few words.

As for why they didn't stop on New Year's Eve, this Yun Ruochen didn't need to ask the adults to figure it out.

Because tomorrow is the New Year's Day Grand Court Meeting.

If we don’t hurry up to negotiate with the emperor to come up with a result today, what if the emperor directly announces some important decision about the clan at the court meeting tomorrow, and let people live?
If objective conditions permit, Yun Ruochen would like to go and see how those clansmen kept the old emperor's thigh and wept bitterly, just like he often eavesdropped on Prince Jing and Gu Ge's conversation in Prince Jing's mansion.But in the heavily guarded palace, she decided not to die.
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The two drank tea and chatted, and the time passed quickly.

After all, she was in the palace. After resting for more than half an hour, Concubine Huang got up quickly and rushed over.Seeing that Concubine Duan Gui and Yun Ruochen were much more familiar than before, Concubine Huang could only praise Yun Ruochen in Concubine Duan's tone with a smile, but felt a little uncomfortable.

It was only half a year ago, she didn't have a deep feeling for Yun Ruochen, the daughter in name, and she was just doing her duty as a concubine to get along well with her.But as Yun Ruochen became more and more valued inside and outside Prince Jing's mansion, Concubine Huang's mentality gradually changed.

Of course, even she herself couldn't explain why she disliked Yun Ruochen more and more.

So far, they have no conflict of interest.But the slight disgust in Huang Fangfei's heart became more and more intense.

Maybe it was dissatisfaction that Prince Jing loved Yun Ruochen too much, maybe it was because Yun Ruochen talked and laughed freely in front of the emperor and concubines, which made her feel inferior.

The concubine Huang, who was used to occupying the exclusive position among the female family members of Prince Jing's mansion all the year round, subconsciously rejected such a dazzling existence as Yun Ruochen.But she can still control herself, no matter what she thinks in her heart, on the surface she still treats Yun Ruochen as before.

In the second half of the New Year's Eve, as Concubine Duan Gui said, everyone was several times busier than before.

All the palaces have to put pollen, tie up lanterns, hang lanterns, and set off fireworks according to the time.Not everyone can eat the New Year's dinner with the emperor in Hetai Hall, so each palace has to be responsible for its own food, cooking and setting the table before the sun goes down.

Concubine Duan is fine, she is qualified to watch the New Year in Hetai Palace, so Tsinghua Palace is at least much cleaner than other palaces.But another imperial decree came from the Jingxin Hall, saying that the emperor's clans would eat New Year's meals in the palace, and Concubine Duan Gui, as the head of the six palaces, could only rush to arrange various matters.

When the sky finally darkened, the reunion dinner at Hetai Hall officially kicked off.
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"Every time a dish is served, there must be drumming and whipping, such a stupid rule..."

Yun Ruochen kept complaining in his heart, following the eunuch's instructions to stand up and sit down, sit down and stand up again, his whole body was going to be bad.Fortunately, Concubine Huang's physical strength has improved a lot these days, otherwise she would definitely not be able to hold on.

Today's New Year's dinner is an important banquet, and the whole set of etiquette is extremely complicated.Shangshi Bureau, Guanglu Temple, and Jiaofang Division all came out in full force.

The maids, servants, and guards were separated from the east and west sides of the Tai Hall, and the Jiaofang Secretary set up music and dances inside and outside the hall, and it was really loud for a while.Sihu, Shangjiu, Shangshi, etc. are all serving.

Yun Ruochen listened attentively, and the music played by the teacher was different when toasting and serving dishes.Nanny Zeng said that there are rules for what tunes to play in each step, but unfortunately she hasn't started learning musical instruments yet, so she doesn't know the specific tunes at all.

After all the tossing and tossing came to an end, Emperor Yuan Qi said a few auspicious words symbolically, and said that since it is rare for a "family" to eat this year, everyone should not be formal and enjoy the meal.

"This is called informality!"

Yun Ruochen really wanted to roll his eyes.

On the square outside Hetai Hall, there is a huge Aoshan lantern, and nine piles of fragrant wood are burning around it, which is really fragrant.When the north wind blows, the rich fragrance enters the hall, and those who smell it will be drunk.

Yun Ruochen lowered his head, sipping the dishes in front of him, but twitching his nostrils lightly.

This peculiar fragrance had a strong exotic flavor, completely different from the spices she usually smelled in the palace.

"Grandfather, these incense trees are so fragrant, are they all agarwood?"

Yun Ruochen asked Emperor Yuan Qi with a smile, which attracted the attention of King Cheng's family.This girl actually asked the emperor something during the meal, how impolite!
Emperor Yuan Qi showed no signs of embarrassment, and rather gently chatted with Yun Ruochen about the rules of burning incense in the palace.

"Oh, these fragrant trees were all sent into the palace by Prince Chenghui today?"

Yun Ruochen looked out of the hall curiously, but there were waves of waves in his heart.

She finally fully deduced the conspiracy of the Destiny Sect...

It really is a bold and vicious plot!
　The update on the 13th has been completed.This chapter counts as an update on the 14th.Mmmm, I made it up, gasp~~~ Good night!

　　
　
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