There was an official road from Ma Shen Bridge to the imperial mausoleum, and the carriage moved quickly, and they arrived at the place in less than an hour.
Brother Jiu covered himself tightly and got out of the carriage.
The thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers followed.
The third elder brother also came down from the front and said with a bit of embarrassment: "Ninth brother, these three people are too crowded in one car, why don't you open the windows to spread the smell..."
Brother Jiu glanced at him, nodded and said, "What the third brother said is true."
After that, he pointed to a guard and said: "Open the curtains and windows of the car in front, just in time to disperse!"
Third brother:
He hesitated and said: "Why don't you endure it first, so that you don't have to worry about getting cold in the carriage and it will be cold when you get back!"
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said: "It's okay, just be cold if it's cold!"
Anyway, I don’t sit down.
snort!
The minister guarding the imperial mausoleum has brought officials on duty from various yamen to greet him.
There are many people stationed here at the Imperial Tomb.
There are people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who are responsible for keeping, picking up and delivering various gold and silver utensils, making sacrifices, as well as opening and closing doors inside and outside the mausoleum, sweeping sprinklers, lighting out lights and other trivial matters.
There are people in the Ministry of Rites who are responsible for producing and supplying raw materials for sacrifices, conducting rituals, slaughtering cattle and sheep, etc.
There are people from the Ministry of Industry who are responsible for the daily maintenance of the mausoleum, making some gold and silver utensils and offerings, and making various supplies for the mausoleum.
These are three sets of management teams.
There are also two sets of security agencies, the Eight Banners and the Green Camp, responsible for guarding.
Although Brother Ninth is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was ordered to come here to check on the preparations before the Holy Emperor's visit to the mausoleum, and to interrogate not only the matters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
When the heads of each yamen reported the matter, the ninth elder brother did not leave immediately. Instead, he took the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother to visit the temporary Fengan Hall, Xiaoling Tomb and Queen's Tomb. Pass.
seeing is believing.
This is the experience that Brother Ninth gained from working as a errand for one and a half years.
If the people below like to mess around, then you should keep an eye on them more to avoid problems, which are just a matter of "oversight".
If this "oversight" occurs too often, it means dereliction of duty, and the position will become unstable.
The Temporary Feng'an Hall was built as a memorial place for the Empress Dowager after her death.
The new hall in Cining Palace was used. The Empress Dowager liked it very much and lived there.
After the Empress Dowager passed away, according to regulations, she had to be buried with Emperor Taizong in Zhaoling.
Zhaoling is located in Shengjing and is one of the three tombs in Shengjing.
However, the Empress Dowager had a death wish and did not want to be buried with him. First, Emperor Taizong had been buried for many years and it was not easy to disturb him; second, she was reluctant to leave Emperor Shizu and did not want to stay away.
Therefore, Kangxi demolished the palace that the Empress Dowager liked and moved it directly to the entrance of Xiaoling Mausoleum to rebuild it. It was used as a temporary Andi Hall to house the Empress Dowager's coffin.
Needless to say, Xiaoling Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Emperor Shizu.
The so-called "Queen's Mausoleum" is actually Kangxi's imperial mausoleum. Construction began in February of the 15th year of Kangxi and was completed in February of the 20th year of Kangxi.
According to the rules of the past dynasties, the underground palace of the imperial mausoleum is opened only after the death of the emperor. If the queen dies first, the Zi Palace will be kept outside. When the emperor dies, the imperial mausoleum will be buried with him.
When Kangxi arrived, he ordered the empress to be buried first. After the imperial mausoleum was completed, he ordered people to move Empress Renxiao and Empress Xiaozhao's Zi Palace into the underground palace.
In the twenty-eighth year of Kangxi's reign, Queen Xiaoyi passed away, and this was the case from then on.
Therefore, a great sacrifice will be performed at this place now.
The imperial mausoleum was solemn, and even the two younger brothers, the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince, looked a little solemn and stopped chatting.
Brother Jiu did his duty and found that there were no mistakes, so he returned to the entrance of the imperial mausoleum.
The third elder brother was talking to the guards. When he saw several elders coming back, he smiled and said, "Is it time to return?"
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Just in time, don't delay later."
The doors and windows of Brother Ninth Brother's carriage were open, so you knew it was freezing cold without even thinking about it.
The third elder brother smiled and said: "Okay, then let's go quickly..."
After that, he went to the carriage behind.
Seeing this, Brother Jiu quickly grabbed his arm and raised his eyebrows, "Third Brother, what are you doing?"
The third elder brother smiled bitterly and said: "I'll deal with the thirteenth and fourteenth brothers for a while. I won't take off my shoes this time..."
Brother Jiu felt his hands itchy when he saw his naughty look, and said rudely: "Okay, we can't sit apart, we are still crowded together!"
Just say it, he motioned to the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers to get in the car quickly.
His strength is limited, but he can't hold down the bully Third Brother.
The thirteenth brother and the fourteenth brother quickly got into the car, and then they blocked the carriage door and had no intention of making way for the third brother.
The third elder brother was a step too late and regretted that he should have asked someone to lower the curtain of the carriage in front of him just after the few children had left.
Otherwise, open the carriage curtain at the back.
Brothers should "share blessings" and "share hardships"...
Why is one car warm and the other not?
There was nothing he could do now. With so many people watching, it was hard to hold back. He reluctantly returned to the carriage in front.
The group started to return.
In the carriage, Brother Ninth rubbed his fists and said: "The third brother deserves a beating. The brother in front is really well-behaved. If I were to beat him three times a day, how could I beat him?" Get rid of the problem!"
The thirteenth elder brother reminded: "Only the eldest brother can do it. Anyone else who does it is 'beating the brother'. Khan Ama will not allow it! Yin."
Brother Jiu gritted his teeth and said: "Either way, we who are at the back will suffer a big loss! We don't act like brothers, and Khan Ama didn't scold him when he should have scolded him!"
The fourteenth elder brother stood beside him, straightened his waist and said: "There is no such reason. It is true that there is order between the elderly and the young, but it does not say that you can't fight back. If anyone hits me, I will definitely fight back. I can't be bullied anymore!"
Brother Ninth remembered the brawl in the paddock last year. No one was left behind.
He said sadly: "Forget it, a gentleman talks but doesn't do anything. I'm too lazy to argue with him."
As he said this, he had already made a note in his mind.
After nearly an hour, the group returned to Xingzai.
It was already dark.
Walking inside and outside, the lights are bright.
Kangxi was not late yet and was waiting for his sons to come back.
After Brother Jiu and his party had simply freshened up, they arrived at the imperial palace.
The eldest princess is not here and has already rested.
The dining table has been set. It is a round table.
Kangxi is in the middle, Princess Rongxian is on the left, and the eldest brother is on the right.
This is the golden value that can be reflected in the daughters of Manchuria. The unmarried aunt-in-law is ranked above the sisters-in-law; the married aunt Guining is ranked above the brothers.
Seeing that the third elder brother and others were back, Kangxi also motioned for them to take their seats.
The third elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother sat next to Princess Rongxian, while the ninth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother sat next to the eldest elder brother.
Kangxi was reminiscing about the Empress Dowager with his children.
This is the eldest son and eldest daughter, one was born in the eleventh year of Kangxi's reign, and the other was born in the twelfth year of Kangxi's reign. They were both very young when the Empress Dowager died in the twenty-sixth year of Kangxi's reign.
The eldest brother said: "My son still remembers the mutton buns in Mama Uku's palace. They had them all the time. There was only a small amount of chopped green onion in the bag of meat."
Princess Rongxian said: "Mother Uku is simple, but she loves to dress us up. She often asked Grandma Suma to draw palace flowers and make damasks for our little princesses..."
Kangxi fell into nostalgia, looked at Princess Rongxian, and said: "Before the Empress Dowager left, the one she was most worried about was the eldest princess."
Princess Rongxian looked a little bitter and said, "Grandma only has one thing on her mind."
Kangxi had seen the pulse of the eldest princess and knew that the old man could travel now only by taking "life extension pills" every day.
He looked at the prescription carefully and found that in addition to ginseng and other qi-tonifying ingredients, there were also two sleeping pills.
This is why the eldest princess goes to bed early.
People who are old and sick are most afraid of having a restless pillow at night.
If you get enough sleep, you will feel better.
The third elder brother was standing by and said, "Maybe it's because of the weather that my aunt feels a little uncomfortable. When the weather gets better after the New Year, she will get better."
Kangxi glanced at him noncommittally.
Brother Ninth's face looked a little ugly, droopy, and seemed worried.
Kangxi saw it and looked at Brother Jiu.
Brother Jiu sighed and said, "Not to mention my great-aunt, my husband seems to be in a bad situation. I heard that he is just having a hard time."
This is talking about Chang Shu, the concubine of the eldest princess and the concubine of Emperor Taizong, who has been ill since last year and will not be well after winter this year.
Compared with the eldest princess, she is Leng Zao.
Although Brother Ninth has not been around there, he is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and knows more information, which is still embarrassing.
Kangxi's face was pale.
He had never been happy with this uncle.
He was first granted the title of General of the Zhenguo, but after he took charge of the government, he promoted his close relatives and promoted him to the title of auxiliary Duke.
As a result, Chang Shu was confused and couldn't distinguish between far and near.
When the San Francisco Rebellion broke out, Kangxi wanted to personally conquer the emperor and establish a prince to stabilize the court. However, Chang Shu had a banquet with others and mentioned the past events of Emperor Shizu, saying that the instability in the feudal towns was due to the disharmony among the Eight Banners.
The reason why the Eight Banners are not in harmony is because they are common people and cannot make the princes and grandsons of the founder of the country obey the people.
He also mentioned that Emperor Shizu wanted to establish Jieshu and Yue Le.
Kangxi did not let this uncle cause trouble, and then found a way to oust Chang Shu's Duke Fu.
It was not until last year when Chang Shu was ill that Kangxi appointed an auxiliary Duke.
Although more than 20 years had passed, Kangxi still felt heartbroken when thinking of this past incident.
For the emperor, the clan is a double-edged sword, which can be used to protect himself from the outside world, but he must also guard against backlash.
It took him thirty years to change the previous structure, making the imperial power superior to the clan, without the need for clan princes to hold it hostage.
But the current weakness of the clan is only superficial.
Their roots are still there.
If the prince cannot be persuaded in the future, he will have to restore the past situation.
Thinking of this, Kangxi glanced at his eldest brother.
At that time, the prince will face not only the descendants of the founding kings of the clan, but also his own children and grandchildren.
The prince should not only be powerful, but also be tolerant and show kindness to his brothers.
But the prince's temper has always been dominated by me...
Wood.
Mulan Paddock, Palace.
The prince was having a banquet with his subordinates and accompanying guards.
Tomorrow we have to go to the siege, which makes people look forward to it just thinking about it.
After coming out of the palace, the depression in his heart disappeared a lot. The prince raised his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
He is the crown prince, beneath one person and above tens of thousands of people...
