Forget it, let's focus on iron ore first!
Because the twins would frequently leave the palace to attend banquets and dine with the Empress Dowager.
Jingrong is still spending all his time in the Qing Palace!
Therefore, Sydney's house arrest was actually unnecessary.
It was just too cold for Sherry to go out.
However, after a serious illness, Dong Eshi developed a deep hatred for Xue Li.
I also remembered her most embarrassing moment!
Unfortunately, she kept subtly mentioning Xue Li to Shunzhi every day, which annoyed him so much that he went to visit other concubines' palaces instead.
Lady Dong'e was unwilling but helpless!
However, because Xuan Ye asked Shunzhi for a teacher.
Ambitious and hardworking children are naturally likable.
Even though he didn't shine brightly in front of Jingrong.
Shunzhi agreed.
The second prince, Fuquan, the third prince, Xuan Ye, and the fourth prince, Jingrong, were listed in that order.
The fifth prince, Changning, was still young.
The sixth prince, Chang'an, was still a baby.
In fact, Jingrong is not old enough, but he is too precocious, and no one has realized that he is actually still young.
However, with the instruction from both Chinese and Manchu/Mongolian teachers...
The conflict between Xuan Ye and Jing Rong is becoming increasingly serious.
Jingrong was always calm and composed, exuding an aura of authority without anger.
The teachers liked him very much.
Xuan Ye was unwilling to fall behind others, so he worked even harder.
However, the two are fundamentally different!
Jingrong occasionally listened to the Master's lectures and heard various cases. Instinctively, he felt that subjects were subjects and slaves were slaves.
Emperor Xuan Ye genuinely believed that the Manchus were nobles and that only those close to him deserved to be called servants.
As for the Han people, they were definitely considered inferior.
Unsurprisingly, Jingrong was well-liked by the Han Chinese chefs.
Xuan Ye saw all of this.
He was bewildered and at a loss, as was Jingrong.
Besides his daily studies, Jingrong is keen on reading historical documents.
Recently, I've been watching "The Past and Present Life of the Qing Dynasty".
After learning about it, my face darkened considerably.
Her expression remained cold and aloof for several days, which frightened the young eunuch serving her so much that he reported back to Shirley.
Sherry thought of her son's mature soul, but was also afraid that he would stifle his own growth.
I caught the little guy chatting with him one day.
"Jingrong, are you unhappy lately?" Shirley asked, afraid she couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, and placed him on the table.
The little guy couldn't hold back his expression anymore!
"Mother, put your son down!" The little guy blushed.
"You're still shy!" Sherry pinched him and then picked him up. "Answer properly!"
"That's right, the debate with my third brother that day. I couldn't agree with his ideas, but that's fine—it's really nothing!"
The little guy swallowed his words as he was speaking.
"What did he say?" Sherry asked, puzzled.
"It's nothing, just the relationship between nobles and commoners!" The little guy's demeanor right now is...tsk tsk tsk!
Sherry stared at him for a long time.
Could the relationship between nobles and commoners possibly affect him?!
He used to have slaves too.
During the unification of the six kingdoms at that time, a large number of prisoners of war were captured and enslaved.
Those slaves were used for various kinds of labor, such as building the Great Wall and mining.
Also included were criminals and their families, slave markets, and children born to slave owners.
There were indeed slaves during the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, the slaves of the Qin Dynasty were different from those of the Qing Dynasty.
One type was slaves from border regions or specific groups who engaged in heavy physical labor such as farming and manual labor.
Another type is the bondservant, who mainly served royal, noble, or bureaucratic families.
Moreover, the royal family was closer to the bondservant class than the Han Chinese!
Wait a minute, so what might be causing the little guy's frustration is the status of the Han people?!
Or, to be even bolder, what if the Han culture, which has been passed down for thousands of years, was conquered by a foreign tribe?
Sherry felt like she had guessed right again!
But who's to blame for this?!
It is said that the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty ordered Liu Bowen to destroy the dragon vein of the Central Plains in order to consolidate his imperial power and rule!
Legend has it that Zhu Yuanzhang once had a dream in which a dragon that did not belong to him appeared, which was regarded as an omen that his country would be threatened.
In order to eliminate this potential threat, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to take action.
In the ancient land of China, dragon veins are regarded as terrain or landforms with spiritual energy and fortune in the geographical environment, which can influence human destiny and the rise and fall of the country.
Zhu Yuanzhang firmly believed in this, and therefore hoped to consolidate his imperial power and rule by severing the dragon vein.
Liu Bowen was ordered to travel to famous mountains and rivers to find the location of the dragon vein.
He took a series of measures to sever the dragon vein, including digging into the mountains and burying gold to cut off the energy flow.
He spread rumors in Longshan, Wuxi, to guide the people to dig up the soil, thereby destroying the geographical features of the dragon vein, and dug a "dragon-locking well" on the top of the mountain to block the dragon's energy.
Faced with the powerful Yellow River dragon vein, Liu Bowen adopted strategies such as trapping dragon nails and building the Dragon-Subduing Pavilion to try to trap the dragon vein and prevent it from threatening the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Bowen's dragon-slaying campaigns spanned the entire country; according to different records, he severed 99 or 108 dragon veins.
These actions weakened the fortunes and power of other forces to some extent, consolidating the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
Sherry thought this was a bit of a joke!
If she remembered correctly, the Ming Dynasty lasted for 276 years.
Just like the Qing Dynasty...
The mother and son were both lost in their own thoughts.
Sherry suddenly realized what was going on when she saw her son.
Where were we in our conversation?
The eldest son was somewhat helpless.
"Where's your sister?" Jingrong changed the subject.
“I remember now!” Sherry said in unison.
Jingrong scratched his head helplessly.
Sherry suddenly looked sly.
She crouched quietly under the table and whispered in Jingrong's ear.
"What you're conflicted about is the Han Chinese, isn't it?!"
Sherry stared intently at her eldest son, and saw the undisguised surprise in the little guy's eyes.
"Do you believe in fate?" Sherry originally wanted to mention the previous dynasty's dragon-slaying operation.
The little guy firmly shook his head: "I don't believe it!"
Sherry: That's true, emperors all trust themselves.
"Do you believe in fate?" Sherry asked again.
"Hmm...it makes sense, but I still don't believe it!" The little guy's gaze was firm.
Sherry: How am I supposed to respond to that?
"That's right!" Sherry was so taken aback by her eldest son's response that she forgot what she was going to say.
But the person in question was looking at her with an adorable expression.
"Don't get caught up in this internal struggle. When you grow up and have the ability, just do what you want to do! After all, war is cruel, but the legacy hasn't been lost!"
Sherry thought he must have a very good ability to learn.
After all, he views problems from the perspective of a ruler.
It is estimated that he understood Shunzhi's occasional desire to instigate "literary inquisitions".
He also participated in the "burning of books".
The essence of all this is fear that people will cause trouble, which is detrimental to national stability and unity.
Many dynasties in history have records of literary inquisitions, but the literary inquisitions of the Qing Dynasty are the most typical.
Its network of laws, the severity of punishments, and the scale of its enforcement reached their peak in feudal society.
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