On February 2, the fourth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the dragon raised its head and shaved its head. It was a good time to remarry, to recognize the father, to get engaged, and to have good luck.
The sound of crackling firecrackers filled the city of Beijing, and the area near the Forbidden City was even more crowded. Many men and women from Zhengbaiqi and Lianghuangqi crowded outside the Donghua Gate and looked in happily to see the Queen Mother getting married. This was a great event for the Zhengbaiqi and Zhenghuangqi families!
Although the marriage of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang to Dorgon was strictly covered up in later history books, at that time, everyone in Beijing knew that it was treated as a great wedding.
It is only the fourth year of Shunzhi. How long has it been since the Qing Dynasty entered the country? Why do you care so much about Han people’s etiquette? Although after Chongde changed to Yuan Dynasty, Huang Taiji stipulated that no concubine, aunt, aunt, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law, etc. were allowed to marry in the clan. How many strong men does Keman have? In recent years, there have been successive expeditions, and the number of people who have died in battle or died of illness on the front line is not a small number. If the system of stepmarriage really ceases to exist, and instead the women of bannermen are left widowed without men, it will be difficult to maintain the number of Manchu uncles in the next term.
So now Dorgon can only encourage the banner people to accept step-marriages, and he personally married Aunt Bumubutai to set an example, which is really admirable... It will definitely be left in the history of the country in the future. A bold stroke of color!
Zu Dashou, who was still in Zhenghuang Banner, has now arrived outside Donghua Gate, but he is not here to watch the excitement. He is here to drink wedding wine. He brings his eldest son Zu Zerun and a cart of silk shipped from Dagukou Mutual Market. , lacquerware, porcelain, happily together with a group of high-ranking officials holding yellow flags. Standing next to him was Obai, the first warrior in Manchuria who had just returned from Tianjin Wei. He was also beaming with joy and carrying a cartload of congratulatory gifts.
Aobai is now prosperous. He is now Angbang Zhangjing who guards Tianjin Guard! All nine imperial merchants had to send money to his family... This was all the grace of the regent!
The two of them were chatting happily!
"What a great joy! It's rare for a Queen Mother to get married since ancient times, right?"
"Isn't that right! The emperor also recognized his father, and this is a double happiness!"
"It's not double happiness, it's triple happiness!"
"Ah! Sanxi...is the Queen Mother Youxi?"
"No, no...how could the Queen Mother, ah, no, the Queen Mother will be happy sooner or later! But isn't this the moment of worship?"
"Yes, yes...then what are the three joys you are talking about?"
"It's Gege who is getting married!"
"Gege? That Gege?"
"It's Huang Ama's (referring to Dorgon) Princess Heshuo!"
"Is that...the marriage proposal is over?"
"It's almost done! Kefa went to the palace early in the morning with gifts. Should he be talking to Huang Ama about this now?"
"Wow haha... This is great. If the marriage is successful, the world will be stable and peaceful!"
"you do not say......"
Not to mention, although Zu Dashou has been idle now, the news is still very clear. His adopted son Zu Kefa is currently in the Wuying Palace talking to Dorgon, who is about to become the groom's official!
Dorgon's new son, the young emperor Shunzhi, and his old daughter Dongguo Gege were also present. Emperor Shunzhi was still the same, sitting there listlessly, like a clay Buddha. Dongguo Gege is actually very pretty. She does not follow Dorgon, but looks similar to her Korean cousin, with fair skin and beautiful appearance, a real little beauty. Although he was only ten years old, he was already somewhat sensible. Knowing that his marriage was being discussed today, his face turned red with embarrassment and he just lowered his head and looked at the floor tiles.
"Why am I still the imperial concubine...I am already the imperial concubine, and Dongguo is also the princess of Heshuo. Why can't I be named the queen?"
Dorgon looked unhappy and sternly questioned Zukfa who was smiling.
Zukefa is now a great diplomat, and he can understand Dorgon's thoughts at a glance - Dongguo Gege has already recognized himself, and this marriage will never be a dirty one.
"Your Majesty Huang Ama," he smiled and said back to Dorgon, "My family is all for the good of Princess. The queen and the imperial concubine are only one level apart, but one is the target of public criticism, and the other is trying to get both sides! Let me tell you the truth. Well, now the Ming Dynasty has two parties, the North and the South, cooperating to serve as king... The Wu family is the leader of the North party, and the Zheng family is the leader of the South party. If Princess Princess is above Wu Guifei and Zheng Guifei, wouldn't it mean that the two parties are cooperating with each other? Are you an enemy of the enemy? Why not take a step back and join Concubine Wu and Concubine Zheng."
Dorgon didn't believe a word of Zukefa's words - who was Zhu Cixiang? Will they be unable to control the two parties, the North and the South? By not allowing Dongguo to seal the throne, he clearly regarded the Qing Dynasty as his enemy!
But the little Dongguan girl sitting on the embroidered pier beside her was very happy. Brother Prince, oh, it’s great to be the emperor now. He has considered everything carefully...
And the little Emperor Shunzhi, who was sitting on the throne as a puppet, also felt like Dongguo that Zhu Cixiang's decision was right - Dorgon's Emperor Amma was fake! Princess Heshuo of Dongguo is also fake, and of course she cannot be the queen... But Emperor Zhu, please don’t worry, my fourteenth sister (Princess Jianning) is quite good-looking, and her Princess Heshuo is real! When she grows up, she will marry you and become your queen!
"Donggo, do you think this is okay?" Dorgon's voice rang. He knew what his daughter was thinking - although Zhu Cixiang, a bad boy, had no good intentions, he had given gifts to Donggo Gege in the past three or two years. It never stopped! Moreover, he will send his own portrait along with the gift... This guy also has a good skin, and he has already fascinated the little girl from Dongguan. Is there any reason not to agree?
"Ama, daughter, daughter... I think it's okay..." The little girl's voice was as thin as a mosquito, but her words were clear enough that several people in the hall could hear her clearly.
Dorgon looked helpless, Zhu Cixiang was not a good person, and he had no good intentions towards the Qing Dynasty or Dongguo Gege. But this relationship still has to be allowed, because it has both public and private benefits.
Mr. Yu, the marriage can delay the outbreak of war... The children of the Nine Banners (excluding Wu Sangui's green flag) have to rest and recuperate!
If we fight every day, where will the successors of Nine Flags come from? Why don't you take advantage of the current situation to ease and give birth to more children?
In addition, there are still some sequelae of the planned orally granted farmland in Henan, Beizhili, Shanxi and other provinces, which also require some time to repair. There are two main sequelae of the planned orally granted farmland in the Qing Dynasty. One is the "disappearance of industry and commerce". ", part of the industry and commerce disappeared with the disappearance of the landlord gentry class, and part of it was transferred to farmers who granted land. Therefore, the scale of industry and commerce in the territory of the Qing Dynasty shrank sharply in the past few years. Only "banner office" industry and commerce and large-scale industry and commerce were left. The nine imperial merchant houses were engaged in industry and commerce.
The second is the resistance of the Shanxi gentry! Although the nine imperial merchants were all Shanxi merchants, there were so many Shanxi merchants that it was impossible for them all to become imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty. And those Shanxi merchants and Shanxi landlords who did not become imperial merchants all became victims of the dictation of land!
Not only did they lose their land, they also lost their markets, sources of goods, cheap labor and capital. The current Qing Dynasty does not expect the support of scholar-officials, so it does not want to be the backend of loan sharks. As long as you don’t owe taxes!
Therefore, most of the gentry and profiteers in Shanxi sided with the third prince of Luliang Mountain... So Dorgon had to spend some effort to calm down the chaos in Shanxi.
After pacifying Shanxi, it will take time and effort to clean up the mess in Shaanxi. I really don’t know when I will be free to fight against Zhu Cihong!
In addition to the "gong" of the Qing Dynasty who needed Dongguo Gege to marry and get married, Dorgon's "private" also had such needs... This time he did not become the emperor and only got the emperor Ama. A little discouraged. Naturally, he has nothing to fear in life, but his health is not good and he is always sick. If something happens to him, who can Dongguo rely on? It is better to rely on her own man than to rely on anyone!
Thinking of this, Dorgon sighed: "Since Gege thinks it's okay, then it's OK!" He thought for a while and then said, "But Gege is still young now, only ten years old, so she can't get married... ..And Princess was born outside the customs, so she may not be able to adapt to the southeastern climate. You have to build her a palace in Dengzhou, Shandong, and let her live there for two years. On the one hand, she can adapt to the climate and on the other hand, she can learn the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty. Text. When the palace in Dengzhou is completed, I will send Gege there, and when I get hairpin, I will enter the palace of Emperor Zhu."
