The power of the wet nurse family cannot be underestimated. During the Kangxi Dynasty, there was a guard named Cao Yin. He followed Emperor Kangxi when he was a teenager. He made contributions when he eradicated Obai.
This Cao Yin was eventually granted the title of Feitianqian Jiangning Weaving, and won Kangxi's trust. Throughout Kangxi's life, the Cao family was favored and favored! It wasn't until the Yongzheng Dynasty that they were in trouble because of a deficit!
This Cao Yin is Cao Xueqin's grandfather, so many of the wealth and prosperity in Dream of Red Mansions are described by the Cao family!
And why did Cao Yin win the favor of Kangxi? In fact, the reason is very simple, because Cao Yin’s biological mother was Kangxi’s wet nurse!
These two are monarchs and ministers in name, but in private their relationship is no different than brothers. Kangxi once went to Jiangnan several times and stayed at Cao's house. Every time he saw the nanny, he would not let her salute. This shows the strong relationship between mother and son. The feelings are so deep!
Throughout the history of the Qing Dynasty, this ancestral system has not changed. Prince Gong, Prince Chun, etc. were also raised in this way, so Guiziliu would also use people from his natal family to surround him!
This palace maid concealed her relationship with Prince Gong’s aunt’s family. What was she trying to do? It’s scary to think about it!
Maybe this woman has never conducted any espionage activities in the palace, maybe she is the deepest secret hidden by Guiziliu, and she may explode at some point!
At this time, it doesn't matter whether she was wronged or not, what matters is that she might cause trouble!
This kind of major political case is not an ordinary case. In many cases, the interrogation is to punish the heart, rather than the yamen interrogation which requires complete witnesses and material evidence!
In lawsuits between the public, what is important is to punish the crime without punishing! For example, if a man sees a beautiful woman in a secluded alley, you can't arrest him and punish him just because he fantasizes about doing something inappropriate to a woman!
You know, it’s not illegal to think about it! Only if he actually takes action and commits an act of violation can he be guilty!
But cases in the political arena are exactly the opposite. Not only actions must be punished, but more importantly, thoughts must be punished, which means you can’t even think about it!
If you have a bit of unruly and disobedient heart in your eyes, it will implicate the nine tribes! If you want to rebel, you will have your head chopped off!
Even if you haven't thought about it, but you have the possibility of thinking about it, you will still die!
Just like this poor palace maid whose name will never be left in history, she did nothing illegal and may not even have the idea of rebellion!
But just because her identity is inextricably linked to Prince Gong, that means she has the possibility to think about it! Then you can't live either!
The bloody storm caused by Da Sixi in the Forbidden City killed these three types of people!
Those who have committed real crimes, those who have disobedient thoughts, and those who may have disobedient thoughts!
Baochu stamped his feet and sighed, "What the hell is this! Hey..."
After passing the Longzong Gate, I walked quickly along the entrance of the Military Aircraft Department, and entered the Yangxin Gate to wait for His Majesty’s summons. After a while, the little eunuch smiled and invited my uncle into the Yangxin Hall!
Go straight to Yourixin in the last three rooms. This is the emperor's bed on weekdays, and Arut is recuperating here!
"Chen Baochu, I say hello to Lord Long Live. Long live my emperor, long live long live..."
"Get up! Don't be too polite in this family... I heard that you had a Bodhisattva heart when you entered the palace?" Zai Chun's voice was hoarse and looked very tired.
Baochu suddenly started sweating on his forehead. He raised his head and took a careful look at the emperor, "Your Majesty! I just feel that the killings in the capital are too cruel, and I can't bear it for a moment..."
"Get up! You don't have to be so careful with me. I know your temper. You have read a lot, but you don't have much experience. You are too bookish!"
"You can't bear it when you see dead people. What about those people who killed me? Can you bear it? Your sister will also be forced to die in the future, will you be able to bear it?"
Baochu had just stood up halfway, but his knees were still bent. When he heard these words, he was so frightened that he knelt down again, "I don't dare, I don't dare to have such thoughts!"
"I was wrong, please punish me..."
"Forget it, forget it... I have punished people? I have punished too many people, but those who should rebel are still rebels... Go see the Queen, don't let her worry..."
In fact, Mrs. Arut hadn't slept the whole time. She kept listening with her ears pricked up in Yourixinli. When her brother came in, she struggled to let the palace maid help her sit up.
The brother and sister didn't say a few words when they met, and burst into tears. Baochu also heard a little bit about his sister's humiliation, but what could he say?
"Sister! The Queen Mother has to follow the rules. You have to be careful in the future and don't make the Queen Mother angry..."
"I know, my brother has to take good care of his father and mother when he is outside... Did you come to the palace this time just to see me? You can't do this next time. The palace has its own rules. It's not good if you come too many times..."
"That's right...I'm teaching you a lesson! This time I handed over one sign to express my greetings to your Majesty, and the other to ask for His Majesty's mercy..."
"Your Majesty! I followed King Yu to inspect the capital today. It is really shocking. A large number of people have been displaced. Thousands of refugees have already appeared in the northern suburbs!"
"I ask Your Majesty to issue an order as soon as possible to open warehouses to provide relief to the victims!"
Upon hearing this, Zai Chun's face, which had been calm just now, suddenly turned gloomy. "Humph! Do you think of me now? Do you know that there is a need for relief if you don't have anything to eat?"
"This is their retribution! This is their retribution in this world! The fact that they have fallen to this day is their own fault!"
"Why do we need to provide relief in a good year? Today there is a famine in our capital region? Is it a flood, a drought, a locust plague, or is the British and French coalition coming again?"
"Last year was a great year! Most places in Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan reported a surplus, and only a few counties reported a deficit..."
"Moreover, the import of rice from Nanyang has never stopped. When did the price of rice in the capital reach a high level? Why do we need relief in such a peaceful and prosperous time?"
"It's not like these unruly people rebelled and committed suicide. Who can blame them? No matter what, let them starve to death! All of them starve to death!"
"It's a good life, but if you insist on rebelling, they still want to provide relief? Bastard..."
Zai Chun was too emotional. What had just been a peaceful and sunny day suddenly turned into a storm. The eunuchs and maids inside and outside were so frightened that they all fell to their knees and did not dare to express their anger!
Baochu was so shocked that he kowtowed and kowtowed like garlic, and he didn’t know how to tell the difference!
At the critical moment, the queen suddenly burst into tears. She struggled to get out of bed and kowtow to the emperor to apologize. "Your Majesty... my concubine's family is ignorant and makes your majesty angry. Please punish me!"
"Hey... why are you down? You just took medicine... rest quickly, get up, get up!"
It’s really a matter of reducing one thing to another, brine and tofu! Zai Chun looked like a tyrant everywhere, but when he saw this queen, he couldn't harden his heart.
