Chapter 77: The 77th Day of Wanting to Die
The three of them looked at each other, all of them feeling somewhat wicked.
It really makes people can't wait.
As expected, this news caused an uproar in the harem.
Even Concubine De didn't know what the emperor was going to do.
She was anxious, holding Wujina's hand, and said nervously, "Wujina, what on earth is your father going to do?"
Concubine De was increasingly unable to see through Kangxi.
Maybe it's menopause.
Defei thought she was smart, but there was nothing she could do at this moment, because the emperor had already spoken, so Wujina and Tana had to go.
Ge Jing, on the other hand, was a little conflicted. She was already seventeen years old this year and was preparing for her marriage.
Yes, she had known her fate long ago. Several of her sisters had married off to other countries, and she was no exception.
She is already this age, does she still want to go?
Ge Jing didn't dare to go to the emperor to ask.
But she felt it was somewhat inappropriate.
What does Huang Ama mean?
Mr. Guo was a little worried about his daughter, so he came here specially.
But she had no choice.
But she thought of Concubine Yi.
"Go ask your mother Yi-e-niang."
Mr. Guo gritted his teeth.
Ge Jing stopped her and shook her head: "No need, mother. This is the order from the emperor. Aunt may not know it either."
Mr. Guo sighed and said, "What on earth is this all about?"
The corners of Noble Lady Guo's eyes were moist. She had not been able to spend much time with her daughter, and now the Emperor had done something like this.
Guo Gui was heartbroken when he thought about Ge Jing going to marry into Mongolia as a political marriage.
Her daughter was very outstanding, but such was the fate of the Qing princesses.
Sometimes she regretted that if only Ge Jing was a prince, then life wouldn't be so hard.
Ge Jing bent down and hugged Noble Guo. At the age of seventeen, he was already taller than Noble Guo. "Don't worry, my dear. Wait for me to come back for dinner tonight."
Seeing that she had made up her mind, Mr. Guo did not stop her and walked towards the Shangshufang.
The Shangshufang is on the other side of the Qianqing Gate and is no longer considered the harem.
Except for major festivals, Ge Jing rarely comes here.
When she arrived, she saw a strange eunuch coming to greet her at the door: "I have met the fourth princess. The emperor asked me to wait for you here. Please follow me in."
Ge Jing asked him to get up, and then followed the young eunuch in.
There are five rooms here, but usually the brothers take classes in one room.
But most of the time they are separated, after all, the progress of each prince is different.
Except for more powerful bachelors like Zhang Ying, when they come to give lectures, everyone will listen to his lectures in the same room.
The rest of the time is separate.
People like Yinyou and Yinsi should be considered the first tier, followed by Yin'er and Yin'e, followed by Yinzhen, Yin'e and Yinxiang, and the last one is Yinzhen.
After all, he has only been studying for two years and his progress is not very fast.
The last few times Yin Zhuo came to teach, it was Zhang Ying's turn, so everyone was in the same classroom.
They are usually kept separate.
But the riding lessons are unified.
They have been learning this since they were young and are very talented.
Just like Yinsi's riding and archery are not as good as Yinyou and Yin'e.
It has little to do with age.
As expected, Ge Jing was led to the middle room, where several of his younger brothers were.
There was originally going to be a horse riding lesson in the afternoon, but Kangxi asked for it, so it was changed temporarily and Zhang Ying was also called over.
I heard that the emperor wants to conduct a test to assess the basic knowledge of the subject.
When he got the news today, he was completely stunned.
What does it mean to let the princess come to study in the Shangshufang?
I don't know if the news has spread outside. Although Zhang Ying is open-minded, this is the first time he has encountered such a situation, and the princess is also old.
This man is a big defense...
Although he was half buried, he was still somewhat out of place.
Zhang Yingti came to the job easily, but he didn't want to go.
What on earth is the emperor going to do?
I wonder what the other princes' teachers think?
Why doesn't the emperor look for Li Guangdi?
Is this the treatment that comes from winning the emperor's favor?
Zhang Ying was in mixed feelings for a moment. It was not good to be favored by the emperor too much, as all kinds of bad things would happen to him. There was no need to think about it. He had to attend his class today, and tomorrow the ministers would have to mention his name when they scolded others.
Zhang Ying had been in the officialdom for so many years that he was used to it, but he found this matter somewhat tricky.
Zhang Ying frowned when he thought of the Emperor and the Sixth Prince's previous policy of abolishing women's foot binding.
What exactly are the emperor and the sixth prince going to do?
I heard that the White Lotus Sect was spotted this morning, and it was also caused by the Sixth Prince.
Just when Zhang Ying was wondering whether the Sixth Prince had anything to do with this matter, he saw a familiar little bald man coming over with his hands behind his back and greeting him.
"Hello, teacher. Why don't you come in?"
Yin Zhuo said cheerfully.
Zhang Ying said with a bitter face: "Sixth Prince, how can I get in?"
Zhang Ying lowered his voice, feeling bitter.
Although it would not shake the foundation of the original male examiners if princesses and princes did not have to take the imperial examinations, the emperor's decree was totally unreasonable.
Yin Zhuo found it funny: "Since it's the Emperor's request, then just do it."
Could it be that Zhang Ying was willing to die in disobedience to the imperial order?
If a man could be Zhang Tingyu's father, he shouldn't be so pedantic.
Zhang Ying gritted his teeth and said, "It was the Emperor who forced me to do this."
As he said this, he also glanced at the Sixth Prince.
Seeing a foxy smile on his usually innocent face, he shook his head involuntarily.
It's confirmed that this matter is related to the Sixth Prince.
But what the Sixth Prince said made sense. How could he, a subject, disobey the emperor's decision?
After figuring it out, Zhang Ying put his hands behind his back and walked into the Shangshufang room with the finished paper.
Ge Jingze and Tana looked into each other's eyes, and Urina's thin and yellow face was full of curiosity.
The same is true for other sisters.
It's just that Yinzhen is a little nervous.
Tana and Uzhina are both his sisters.
It was fine that he had a sixth brother before, but now there were two more. Yinzhen felt that his school career was full of twists and turns.
It's too difficult.
As expected, Yinzhen was surrounded, with his sixth brother on his left, his fifth sister Tana and his twelfth sister Wurina behind him, and his fourth sister Gejing on his right.
The others felt a bit gloating when they saw Yinzhen's miserable condition.
Fortunately, Xiao Shisi took the blame for them, otherwise one of them would have been surrounded.
It seems that Fourteen is still very friendly in the eyes of the sisters?
Everyone is willing to be next to him.
But everyone noticed the Sixth Brother next to him.
Hmm, I was wrong. The popular one should be the Sixth Brother.
Everyone is very energetic in today's class, and if nothing unexpected happens, the Emperor will definitely come over to watch.
But before the Emperor came, he waited for his second elder brother, the Crown Prince.
Yinreng came here to seek inspiration and also heard about this matter. He can only say that the Emperor is worthy of being the Emperor and he acts quickly.
He just executed the crime first and reported to the emperor later without arguing with the ministers. He just gave the order because the emperor gave it.
I just hope those Han officials won't make so much noise.
Kangxi actually had an excuse ready. His daughter was not an ordinary Qing Dynasty woman. She was a Qing princess, but she was to be married off to a foreign prince. If she only learned about the female virtues of supporting her husband and raising children, she would not be able to adapt to the environment after she was married off. Even if she did, she would not live long without brains. The princess was not sent to them to continue their family line, but had her own mission.
Kangxi figured it out and straightened his back. He wanted to see who would dare to ask the first question.
Let's see what they will say after we use this combination of punches.
Seeing Zhang Ying's uneasiness, Yinreng smiled and said, "Sir Zhang, my sisters are princesses of the Qing Dynasty. They are of noble status and of course have greater responsibilities. When the emperor learned about the living conditions of the second and third princesses, he was very worried about the situation of the princesses who were married to the emperor. You should know that the princesses of the Qing Dynasty play a role as a link in the harmonious coexistence of the Manchus and the Mongols, but the princesses of the Qing Dynasty cannot be slaughtered at will. Therefore, they should learn more about policies and laws so that they will not be helpless when they are controlled by others. After all, the emperor is in the capital, and distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, so he made this request. I hope you can understand the emperor's love for his daughter."
After Yinreng finished speaking, Zhang Ying fell completely silent.
The Mongolian grasslands can only maintain the current peace by marrying princesses, not to mention that Outer Mongolia has not yet been completely annexed, and Galdan is even more difficult to eliminate. Even the emperor personally led three expeditions. Now they have a truce and are waiting for Galdan to send envoys to negotiate peace. By then, the princess will inevitably be asked to marry again.
But the leader of the Dzungar Khanate, Galdan, was always insidious and cunning.
It was not known whether the emperor would marry the fourth princess, but Zhang Ying felt it was hard to say.
The emperor wanted to execute Galdan.
How could he be willing to marry the fourth princess?
Moreover, Galdan was too old to be worthy of a Qing princess.
But the princess still needs to be comforted.
Zhang Ying's heart softened for a moment. He was originally too embarrassed to look at the princesses sitting in the Shangshu room, but now he felt a little sympathetic towards them.
How old are these princesses? Even though the emperor will grant them a palace, they are alone after all, and it is not as good as living in the capital where they have relatives.
Yin Zhuo didn't expect that his second brother had already dealt with Zhang Ying.
He was now looking at the fourth princess Ge Jing with shining eyes.
【Wow, is this the Princess Haibang? The fourth sister looks very cool, no wonder she can achieve such success. Apart from the emperor, these sons and daughters are rare good seedlings, unlike the Yongzheng and Qianlong who came later, none of them can compare to the sons and daughters of Kangxi, but it was also because of the bad father. When Qianlong was old, he became the emperor for three years, so that the new emperor Jiaqing lived a very aggrieved life. Even Heshen could suppress him. No wonder Jiaqing raided Heshen's house as soon as Qianlong died. He must have been tired of it. But Qianlong also had his own difficulties. Tibet was not stable at that time. But this is also the basket left by Qianlong. The White Lotus Sect became rampant during the Qianlong years, and ended up rebelling during the Jiaqing period. Jiaqing really had no words to complain about it. He was a very aggrieved emperor. 】
[But now the White Lotus Sect has dared to jump in front of me, so don't blame me for being ruthless. I will just close the door and release the emperor and my elder brother, and wipe you out. For more than a thousand years, is it true that the core goal of the White Lotus Sect leader is to rebel? They have played a role in every dynasty, but none of them succeeded. ]
Ge Jing was startled.
At first, she felt a little strange being stared at by Sixth Brother, but she didn't feel shy. She just thought Sixth Brother was quite funny. He was always smiling and there was a smile in his eyes when he looked at people.
But now she felt a little confused after hearing this long string of words.
Sixth brother, are you complimenting her?
But she couldn’t understand the following large part, and hadn’t Pope Bai Lian already dealt with her?
Why is there more?
Who are Qianlong and Jiaqing?
Is Yongzheng the Crown Prince’s second brother?
Ge Jing's mind was full of questions for a moment.
The rest of the people have sorted out the situation pretty much. Although we don’t know who they are specifically now, we can still remember these emperors clearly.
Moreover, they are all smart people and never discuss such matters in private. After all, the Emperor is very shrewd.
Who knows when the news will reach the emperor's ears, and by then they will be finished.
Therefore, no one would say anything unless they heard Xiaoliu or Liuge’s thoughts in person.
After all, too much talk leads to mistakes. In this Forbidden City, the only person you can trust is yourself.
People like Yinsi, Yinlu and Yin'e also have their own little thoughts.
Privately, they would never say that the fourth brother would ascend the throne in the future, so they have to please the fourth brother. In their eyes, everyone is the same, because this is also how they are in the eyes of the sixth brother.
Ge Jing was very smart. She blinked and roughly guessed what was going on.
So, the subsequent emperors of the Qing Dynasty fell into decline?
Even the White Lotus Sect can rebel?
After Emperor Jiaqing ascended the throne, there was still an emperor emeritus suppressing him...
Ge Jing tried hard to write down the information. Since Xiaoliu mentioned it, he must have his reasons.
[Even during the Yongzheng period, the fourth sister was very powerful. There is still a princess's mansion in the north. It's a pity that the begonia leaf map has turned into a rooster. Because of the war, the modern map is much smaller.]
Everyone was stunned, Begonia leaves?
What is that?
And how does a begonia leaf turn into a rooster?
Xiaoliu, does this mean that a lot of territory has disappeared from the map?
Ge Jing's heart moved. Is the princess mansion that Xiaoliu mentioned hers?
The present is the future, right? The Emperor had issued an edict saying this before. Ge Jing was also surprised at the time, but as a princess she knew what to be curious about and what not to be curious about, so she did not intentionally contact Xiaoliu. It was not until today that she saw this younger brother again. Apart from anything else, her younger brother looked much better.
The whole person also appears to be very lively and cheerful.
Ge Jing couldn't describe the feeling in his heart, but he felt that his back was much straighter.
It looked like she had done something useful.
Tana and Wujina both looked at the fourth sister with some admiration.
Fourth sister is really amazing.
Wujina originally wanted to tell her fifth sister that she was also very good, but suddenly she remembered that her fifth sister died in an accident on the age of Double Ten.
For a moment, the smile on the corner of his mouth froze.
It seems she never lived to adulthood.
Wujina felt that her health was getting worse and worse.
But she composed herself and put a smile on her face again.
This time we have Sixth Brother here, so Fifth Sister will definitely be fine and live a long life.
As for her, let's take it one step at a time.
Thinking of Wujina, she coughed lightly again.
She suppressed the itchiness in her throat. Today was her first day to go to school with her brothers, and she must not cause any trouble. Otherwise, what if the Emperor found out and didn't allow her to come to the study?
Wuzhina will perform well.
Because the sixth brother kept praising the fourth sister, the other younger ones all turned their eyes to this sister out of curiosity.
Aren’t the Sixth Brother and the Fifth Princess siblings?
Why do you keep talking about Princess Ge Jing?
Seeing Tana and Wujina's indifferent expressions, everyone understood in their hearts that the two of them must also know what Sixth Brother was thinking.
That's right, it's said that they were all born to Concubine De, so it's normal for her to know that.
I don’t know what the final outcome of the fifth princess and the twelfth sister was.
Ge Jing was also a little curious, but when he glanced around and saw that no one moved, he lowered his head to hide his emotions.
This is to protect Xiaoliu.
Zhang Ying saw that the princes kept looking at the princesses and frowned. He thought, could it be that they didn't want to attend classes with the princesses?
That won't work.
He has no objection. They are brothers, how can he have any opinion about his sister?
Besides, who says that a woman’s virtue lies in her lack of talent?
The princesses of the Qing Dynasty were also proficient in horse riding and archery, and Kangxi even hired female teachers to teach these princesses.
Zhang Ying's mind started to work as he figured it out all of a sudden.
He was still a little nervous. It would be so embarrassing if the princes he taught were not as knowledgeable as the princesses.
"Okay, here are the questions, please start answering them, princes and princesses."
Yin Zhuo stared. No, no one told him there would be an exam?
Yin Zhuo was numb for a moment.
Isn’t this Zhang Ying teaching the Analects?
Why does this question seem a bit policy-oriented? It is actually asking about epidemic prevention.
The weather is getting warmer, and diseases will slowly emerge after the cold winter.
Yin Zhuo felt that this was directed at him. Did Zhang Ying want to know about smallpox?
He might be particularly curious about the fact that smallpox, the most widespread and powerful virus, suddenly has a way to deal with it.
Yin Zhuo thought about it and decided to talk about it from a macro perspective.
Let’s first take the most common examples such as smallpox and plague.
In the end, Kenkenbaba actually wrote two long pages.
And he wrote it with charcoal.
[After all, I have seen computers before. There are a lot of such things on the Internet, but they are also valuable experiences left behind after bloody history.]
Yin Zhuo was deeply moved.
Even Yinreng was a little curious about what he wrote.
Xiaoliu mentioned this computer again, and can we read history-related books casually?
Wait, those people nowadays are so bold that they even dare to make fun of the Emperor. Is there anything they can't do?
For a moment, Yinreng felt that it made a lot of sense.
No wonder Xiaoliu has those wonderful ideas, the idea that everyone is equal. It seems that in that modern world, resources are shared.
You can find out by just searching on this thing called a computer.
Unlike today, some precious books are in the hands of a few people, and the cost of imperial examinations is unaffordable for ordinary people.
The family cannot even afford to support one educated person.
When Yinreng realized this for the first time, he fell into deep thought.
His position was so high before that he didn't even know the price of an egg, let alone the current situation of the bottom-level students.
Is this what it means for a sixth grader to want to open a school?
Yinreng seemed to have found the answer at this moment.
Xiaoliu wants to share resources so that everyone, regardless of gender, can seize the opportunity to advance.
This is Xiaoliu's ideal world and also a microcosm of the world he lives in.
At this time, Yinreng felt that the children in the Salesian Bureau who were selected by Xiaoliu were lucky. They didn't know the magic of their Xiaoliu, no, or the magic of their principal.
If Xiaoliu opens a school, he will become the principal.
Yinreng thought of Xiaoliu standing with his hands behind his back and looking serious as the principal, and he felt a sense of disconnection between him and the person in front of him.
Can Xiaoliu hold it back?
But Yinreng felt that he was worrying too much.
No matter how humble Xiaoliu is, he is still the Sixth Prince of the Qing Dynasty.
[I am so tired. Why is my second brother staring at me? Is there something wrong with my face or is there something wrong with his eyes? You are just slacking off here instead of working. Wait, I will definitely complain to the emperor when I get a chance. My second brother, the King of Rolls, has been lazy for the whole afternoon. Although you will not be the emperor in the future, you can't act so lazy.]
Yin Zhuo secretly glared at Yinreng, and Yinreng burst out laughing.
This Xiaoliu is still so unreasonable.
He couldn't feel at ease even if he wanted to.
Only Xiaoliu could be missed so much.
Yin Zhuo lived up to everyone's expectations and after so many days he was finally able to write all the traditional Chinese characters.
When the time was up, Yin Zhuo handed in the paper and lay down on the table, his whole body numb.
He stretched out his dirty little hand in front of Fourteen: "Fourteen, you know what to do, right?"
Yinzhen puffed up his face, took out his handkerchief reluctantly, and began to wipe his hands in a bad mood.
Yin Zhuo touched his little bald head with his other clean hand: "You are such a good brother. We are the smartest little bald heads in this study."
Yinzhen's face turned red as he felt the gazes being cast towards him from all directions. His face turned red and he wiped his sixth brother's hands with more force.
Why does Sixth Brother say all these things? Originally, no one mentioned that he was bald, but Sixth Brother brought it up.
Now he was exposed.
Yinzhen felt his scalp tingling.
Yinyou and the others had noticed Fourteenth's head a long time ago, but they thought he had to shave it off because he was vaccinated against smallpox. Now it seems there is a hidden story.
Yinyou didn't know what he was thinking about, and for a moment he felt like doing something.
Fourteen probably shaved his head because of Sixth Brother.
But Brother Six doesn’t seem like the kind of person who would feel inferior because of shaving his head.
But the two are brothers after all, their head shapes are quite similar.
Tana saw Fourteen obediently wiping Sixth Brother's hands, and her face was full of surprise. Is this Fourteen?
It's really surprising that he is so obedient.
It seems that Fourteen still needs Sixth Brother to treat him.
For a while, everyone was amazed.
Fourteen is too obedient.
After wiping his fingers clean, Yinzhen actually discovered that there was flesh on his sixth brother's hands, not as dry as before.
He pinched it, then his eyes widened in shock, and it really softened a lot.
Yin Zhuo pulled his hand back, and goosebumps appeared all over his body.
"What are you doing?"
Zhang Ying was frowning, then he looked at the sky and said to everyone, "My dear princes and princesses, today's lesson ends here. The results will be distributed tomorrow and will be presented to the emperor first."
Zhang Ying gave a preview and left with the things.
Now it's time for him to go off duty.
A good teacher never keeps the class late.
The main thing was that he was correcting the work of so many princes and princesses on the spot, so he had to give them some face.
Especially the princesses, what should we do if he makes them cry when they come here for the first time?
The emperor will still come to settle accounts with him then.
Zhang Ying understood it all in her heart.
Yin Zhuo stretched lazily.
Then someone called me.
"Xiao Liu."
Yin Zhuo turned around and met the smiling eyes of the fourth sister. He could tell from her eyes that she was not an ordinary woman. Her eyes gave Yin Zhuo a very capable feeling.
She's the kind of woman who doesn't procrastinate and has her own ideas.
"Fourth sister."
Yin Zhuo inexplicably thought of his teacher, who was in the same situation.
Ge Jing smiled and said, "You are much better now. You just got the vaccination against smallpox. How do you feel?"
Yin Zhuo didn't expect his fourth sister to mention this. He told her his feelings truthfully, and Ge Jing and the others found it magical.
There is a difference between reading something written on paper and hearing it spoken out loud after experiencing it yourself.
Ge Jing was a little excited at the end: "That's good, as long as you and Fourteen are fine."
Yin Zhuo didn't expect that she still missed him, and felt a little embarrassed: "Cowpox is not very toxic. Fourteen only had a pimple on his arm, and there were no other symptoms."
[Wuwuwu, Fourth Sister is so gentle. The tone of her voice reminds me of my mother, so kind.]
The smile on Ge Jing's lips froze. She was still a beautiful lady, how could she be associated with kindness? Xiaoliu really didn't know how to speak.
Ge Jing covered his mouth and smiled: "That's good, I'll bring it with me when Fourth Sister goes to marry. There is also a widespread smallpox outbreak in various tribes on the grassland."
Yinsi was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his fourth sister would say it so openly.
Very frank.
All of a sudden, I had a new understanding of the fourth sister. She knew that she would marry a foreign prince and she accepted her fate. Not only that, she also actively prepared for the marriage and even considered cowpox.
Yin Zhuo didn't know what to feel.
[Alas, the fourth sister did what she could, but unfortunately Outer Mongolia finally broke away from the embrace of Begonia Leaf, and a piece of the map was missing. Begonia Leaf turned into a big rooster. Mongolia was so greedy that it ran away as soon as the Qing Dynasty was destroyed. Hum, Tsarist Russia lost the war and signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk, and in the end it intervened in the matter of Mongolia's separation. It was really nosy. If I had known this would happen, I would have taken more land.]
Ge Jing's face changed. Didn't Mongolia already submit to the country?
Why did you break away?
Tsarist Russia was so shameless. Mongolia broke away from the Qing Dynasty. What does that have to do with Tsarist Russia? Why did they meddle in other people's business?
Now that Ge Jing knows about this situation, he must make additional preparations.
Mongolia is close to Tsarist Russia, so she has to be on guard.
Otherwise, as Xiaoliu said, if we take over more land, wouldn't that be meddling in other people's business?
Just take care of your own business first.
【But this was also because the Qing Dynasty was weak and was bullied by several countries, especially Japan, which had been harassing our dynasty for decades and even cruelly held killing competitions, simply not treating ordinary people as human beings.】
Thinking of those tragic situations, Yin Zhuo's heart ached.
Yinreng's eyes were filled with shock. Japan?
That tiny place?
It's not even as big as a province of the Qing Dynasty, yet it could have harmed our dynasty for decades?
Not only did the common people have no ability to fight back, but how could they be humiliated and killed in such a way?
How did the Qing Dynasty end up in such a miserable state?
A fire started in Yinreng's heart.
A fishy and sweet taste surged up his throat. It would be fine if the foreigners came to attack him, after all, Yinreng didn't know much about the situation overseas. Maybe the other side was really strong.
But they know the Japanese inside out.
A poor little island that had to rely on harassing coastal residents and stealing things to survive. How could this land end up being suppressed and beaten by the people on that little island?
Yinreng couldn't understand.
Yinreng swallowed the blood in his throat forcefully.
He couldn't do that. He had to go and talk to the Emperor about it.
He couldn't swallow this.
Yinreng really felt ashamed this time.
It turned out that their enemy was both far away and close at hand.
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