In October of the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign, a well-thought-out edict was issued, which immediately caused an uproar in both the government and the public. However, Qianlong had been in power for more than fifty years and was very powerful. Not to mention the censors, no one dared to write a letter to object, and even all the Manchu and Mongolian princes and ministers did not dare to say anything.
"I respectfully read the records. It is recorded that Huang Fangdu, Duke of Haicheng, died with his door closed. He is commendable for his loyalty. He has been allowed to attack the Duke twelve times as a reward for his righteousness. Because he thinks of the green flag worldly position, he has no intention of inheriting it and will not replace it. , but just like Huang Fangdu sacrificed his life to receive the order, and his righteousness was so great that he should be extraordinarily generous, and his reward should be extended to the world to show his loyalty.
When it comes to conquering Wu Ni. Generals Zhang Yong, Zhao Liangdong, and Wang Jinbao are all loyal, honest, brave and strategic, and are good at military and border defense. Admiral Chen Fu worked hard and bravely on the battlefield to serve his life.
I also ordered the Minister of Military and Aircraft, together with the Ministry of War, to conduct a detailed investigation of all those who have records of meritorious service since the beginning of the Republic of China, and record their names and records. According to the report, there are 17 people including Zhang Guoyan, Xu Yong, Zheng Zhiwen, Jia Dadi... who died in battle; there are also Hui Yingzhao, Liang Huafeng, Tong Guangying, Huang Xizhan... who have outstanding military achievements. ...and fourteen others. Depending on his deeds, he may be fatal on the battlefield and conquer his righteousness; or he may be brave and hard-working, so it is appropriate to treat him with special treatment.
The above-mentioned people, at the request of Jiaenzhun's descendants, will be sent soon to join the three banners of the Han army: Xianghuang, Zhenghuang, and Zhengbai.
The country has been at peace for more than a hundred years, China and foreign countries have been unified, and the Manchu and Han people are all my servants. I have never been willing to divide the territory even slightly, and the green flag will be in the center. If there are people who are sincere to the country and have the ability to conquer the skin, they should be recorded as being favorable and benevolent to their descendants. If he has experienced military service, but chooses to be weak or cowardly, and his misfortune fails, he must also learn the canonical punishment, so that he can teach the military ministers the strength and know what to do. In short, punishments and advice are given, but the merits and demerits of the people are self-inflicted, and there is no tolerance for favoritism. Therefore, it is believed that rewards must be punished, which is why this encyclical is known both at home and abroad. "
Since the Manchus entered the customs, there has never been an instance of dozens of Han people raising their flags collectively. For a time, the Manchus in Beijing were talking a lot.
At dusk, in Hanjiatan Hutong, located between Hufang Bridge and Zhushikou, more than a dozen "private apartments" have their corner lamps hung high and crimson wax burning brightly. At the entrance of a private apartment called "Baozhutang", the door was already crowded with cars and horses, and there was an endless stream of guests. The business was obviously more prosperous than other apartments.
This is the first time for twenty-five-year-old Ruan Yuan to come to such a place since he came to the capital. In April, Ruan Yuan ranked third in the second class of the imperial examination of high school. Later, he was ranked ninth in the imperial examination and served as editor of the Hanlin Academy, which is commonly known as "Shujishi".
Ruan Yuan has been diligently studying for the past two years, from passing the exams in the previous year to the second grade in high school. Although he lives just outside Xuanwu Gate not far away, he has never set foot in the land of fireworks.
Xinke Hanlin Huang Rong from Nanjing opened the sedan curtain, stepped on the footstool placed by the coachman and got out of the car, and said to Ruan Yuan who followed him out of the car: "Bo Yuan, what do you think of this place?"
Ruan Yuan glanced at it and asked hesitantly: "Brother Zhengqi, you and I both have official positions. Isn't it inappropriate to come here?"
Huang Rong came over and whispered: "Hey~Boyuan, you and I are here today to listen to the opera, and we don't want to act like actors, so what are we afraid of! That Shi Baozhu has a good voice, and specializes in Kundan, as the saying goes 'The sky wind blows down Xu Feiqiong, interpreting the song of the time's feathers'. Besides, in this private place, you can often hear about some affairs of the government and the public. Now that you and I are officials in the same government, it is better to listen to and see more about many things."
Private apartments were also called "tangzi", "Xiangongtangzi", "Xiachu", etc. in the old days.
In the mid-Qing Dynasty, members of major theater troupes generally lived together to facilitate daily rehearsals. This was called an "apartment". But later, as the income of famous actors in the theater troupe increased, they felt that there were too many people in the apartment and the food and daily life were inconvenient, so they rented another place to live by themselves, which was called a "private apartment". In the old days, families with a certain status in Beijing would have their hall number hanging on their door, so they were also called so-and-so hall, or hall son.
As a digression here, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, even the princes and ministers, no one hung a large plaque with the name "So-and-so Mansion" on the lintel of their house. Whoever dares to do this will be thrown into grandma’s house for disgrace even if it violates the rules! Why is that red lantern at the door used? Are you really using it as a decoration?
Moreover, even on the lanterns, one cannot write "such-and-such mansion". Han officials would only write their surnames, middle-class families would only write their palace titles, and those of princes and ministers would only write their titles, such as "prefecture and prince's mansion."
The abolition of lowly status decree issued during the Yongzheng period actually enabled actors to gain professional recognition in a specific era, get rid of their inferiority complex in the industry, and begin to move towards professionalism. As a result, "private apartments" began to develop "vigorously".
However, since the early Qing Dynasty, regulations regarding actors were promulgated, such as "Forbidding Officials to Keep Actresses" and "Prohibiting Actors from Entering the City". As a result, female actors did not flourish while male actors flourished.
The actor in the private apartment is called "Xiangong", which is actually a rumor. Because the young actress often played women in plays, she was originally called "Xianggu", but unexpectedly she got the homophonic name of "Xiangong". Ever since this name came into being, the children of officials in the capital no longer dared to use it as a commensurate name.
After Ruan Yuan followed Huang Rong into the main entrance of "Baozhu Hall", he saw yellow or white chrysanthemums placed everywhere in the courtyard, and the fragrance was fragrant; there were even a few green bamboos under the wall of the corridor, which looked very quiet and elegant, and he couldn't help but admired it. .
At this time, the boy in charge of greeting the guests saw Huang Rong and obviously knew him, so he came up and bowed, and without saying much, he led the two of them towards the second courtyard.
When he walked into the second entrance, Ruan Yuan couldn't help but be stunned. I saw a greenhouse set up in the middle of the courtyard. Although there was no shelter around it, seven or eight charcoal braziers lit with fine bamboo charcoal made the courtyard as warm as spring. Chrysanthemums were placed on three sides of the greenhouse. The east and west wing rooms and the main hall in the courtyard are specially used for entertaining guests.
Looking up, I saw the dazzling decorations in the main hall, the brocade curtain hanging at the door, and the figures of people moving inside. Although Ruan Yuan came to the "private apartment" for the first time, he had been to Huafang when he was in Yangzhou before. He did not expect that the capital city could have such an exquisite and elegant place.
After the boy took Huang Rong and Ruan Yuan into the private room in the east chamber, a faint scent of sandalwood could be faintly smelled, and the furnishings in the room were extremely elegant; although there was no Zhou Yi Han ding, the mirror and clock were clearly visible. , Ruan Yuan couldn't help but marvel. All kinds of furniture in the house are also made of Soviet-style mahogany. There are Duobao Pavilions, desks, tall flower stands with potted orchids, and an Arhat bed for people to rest on the walls. There is an Eight Immortals table, two armchairs, There are several carved stools, and seasonal dried fruits and preserved fruits are placed on the table.
Huang Rong had been here before and seemed very familiar with the place. When the tea was served, he ordered the food and drinks to the waiter, then took out a piece of broken silver and handed it over. The boy suddenly smiled brightly, hurriedly slapped Huang Rong and Ruan Yuan, and then went down to organize things.
Ruan Yuan knew in his heart that just for this room and the banquet, he would definitely not be able to listen to a scene without a hundred and ten taels of silver. If we ask an actor to come over and drink with us, it will cost at least two to three hundred taels of silver.
However, the Ruan family belonged to an aristocratic family in Yangzhou. Although they were not as luxurious as the salt merchants, his grandfather also served as a general in Hunan, and his father was a master of ancient prose. Ruan Yuan has studied literature and martial arts since he was a child, and has made friends with famous people. What kind of scenes have he not seen? So he remained calm.
He took a sip of tea and was about to speak when he heard a commotion coming from far away. Then, footsteps and voices came from the private room next door.
"Who are you? Are you still following the same rules today?"
"Mali'er, hurry up! You guys are here to listen to Baozhu's opera today, so we don't have time to make noises with you."
"Hey, I'm going to help you guys out now."
Ruan Yuan frowned, thinking that the soundproofing of this private room was too poor. He was about to tell Huang Rong when he saw the other person raised his finger and made a hissing gesture at him. Ruan Yuan felt strange and was about to ask Huang Rong when he heard someone knocking on the door.
Huang Rong swooped back to the table and sat down, coughed slightly, and then asked someone to come in. Ruan Yuan was stunned to see all this.
The door opened, and the young man from before came with a maid to deliver food and wine. Huang Rong didn't say a word during this period. After the boy went out, Ruan Yuan asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhengqi, what were you doing just now?"
Huang Rong showed a mysterious look on his face, leaned over and whispered to Ruan Yuan: "Bo Yuan, please remember my brother's words. No matter what you hear today, if it comes into our ears, please do not spread it to outsiders."
"Brother Zhengqi, what do you think of me?" Ruan Yuan was a little angry. What is Huang Rong doing? Eavesdropping on people's conversations in a private apartment is something that a gentleman would not do. If someone finds out, his reputation will be ruined, and he might even get into a fight.
He was about to stand up and say goodbye when he heard a man next door shout loudly: "Second Master, what do you think the old man is going to do? Good guy, Thirty-Six Family!"
Another person said: "No! This has become the Water Margin, the 'Disha Thirty-Six', and maybe one day there will be the 'Tiangang Seventy-Two'."
After a while, I heard a young man say: "Lao Min, Lao Fu, what the hell are you two doing! Is this old man something you can criticize?!"
"Old man? Thirty-six?"
Ruan Yuan's heart suddenly trembled. He was astute and quickly thought of the edict issued the day before yesterday. In it, the number of people carried by the Han people to the three banners of the Han army was exactly thirty-six. Thinking of this, he looked at Huang Rong again, only to see the other person looking at him with a smile on his face, showing a hint of pride.
This Huang Zhengqi seemed to be a very upright person before the examination, but why did he start to engage in such things as soon as he became an official?
At this time, I heard the person next door say again: "Second Master, how can we dare to criticize the old man? It's just that in the first few years, he said that he was recuperating and recuperating, and his household registration was increasing, so he was repatriated to his place of origin and included in Baojia. How could he be transferred to Baojia in the blink of an eye? Why are so many families integrated into Shangsanqi?"
"Yes, Second Master, we included all these people in the "Biography of Erchen" a few years ago, why are they so praised now?"
"My second elder brother, why don't you just give your sisters a good talk?"
"Damn it! You really made a careless friend. How come I've known you three since I was a kid!"
Everyone laughed loudly after hearing this, and then told some embarrassing stories about how when they were children, they climbed up the wall of the room and put pepper noodles in the snuff bottle for the teacher, but the prince almost got his butt smashed due to his mastery.
The young man paused for a moment, as if he was considering his words, and then said: "At this time and that time, which year of the lunar calendar are you talking about? Listen to my Amma, the reason why the Han army flag was abolished in the first place , It’s not because of that little money and food at all. Our Qing Dynasty is prosperous and the Holy Emperor is on the throne, so we can still lack that little money. It’s because they can’t fight, and they live like uncles, so what’s the use of it?”
Ruan Yuan felt a little awkward after hearing this, but he also thought it was reasonable. He had heard this matter told by someone before. That person's name was Jiang Fan Jiang Ziping, a fellow countryman and friend of his.
Jiang Fan made it very clear at the time. Since Shizu's entry into the Pass, especially after the San Francisco Rebellion, the imperial court has dispersed the Eight Banners garrisoned in key areas across the country in order to nip trouble in the bud. The characteristics of the garrison of the Eight Banners in various places is that they are connected by points, roughly forming five lines of defense across the country: the Great Wall, the Yellow River, and the Yangtze River are three horizontal lines, and the canal and the coast are two vertical lines. With these five garrison lines of three horizontal and two vertical lines, plus the Green Battalion, the Eight Banners garrisoned a tight garrison network within the pass. Any abnormal movement could be dispatched at any time to quickly extinguish the army.
However, as there was no more fighting in the pass and the situation in the DPRK became increasingly stable, some garrison points or garrison lines gradually lost their original military value. Especially after the northwest was pacified, the imperial court gradually reduced the garrison in the interior and south of the Yangtze River. The excess troops were supplemented by the Eight Manchu and Mongolian Banners in the capital and transferred to the northwest for garrison.
For example, in the Mingfa edict issued in the 26th year of Qianlong's reign, the emperor requested that the eight banners banned from travel should be selected with families, and each banner would send forty-three vests and raised soldiers to Suiyuan City for garrison duty. All the Han troops garrisoned in Suiyuan City were sent to Zhili and Shanxi provinces to supplement the green camps. As for the troops sent to Zhuanglang garrison in Liangzhou, they were selected from the Manchurian troops in Xi'an. The remaining shortcomings were filled by Yu Ding. It is of great benefit to the livelihood of the Manchu people in the provincial capital.
Since Zhaohui put down the rebellion of the Junggar tribe in the 22nd year of Qianlong, the rebellion of the Junggar tribe in Mongolia in the desert has been basically eliminated. Taking this as an opportunity, the imperial court made major adjustments to the military deployment across the country. Considering the need for the Han army to raise the flag, the emperor repeatedly stated the measures to raise the flag and accelerated the Han army's raising the flag.
Ruan Yuan was so distracted that he missed a lot of the conversation next door. He only heard the young man say again: "It's not like you don't know what happened in the past few years. I won't talk about the first two years. That North... ..”
The young man suddenly lowered his voice so low that Ruan Yuan could no longer hear it, so he hurriedly imitated Huang Rong and put his ear against the wall.
"...That fight in June made everyone in Zhangjia's family vomit blood. The third son of Fucha's family fought hard to save Jilin. Alas! Listen to my Ama, this time it's... More than 20,000 flags were broken!"
Only one person was heard exclaiming: "What?! Another twenty thousand! God, how many people have fallen in before and after this?"
"Shh~~ Rich boy, can you speak a little bit lower! If you keep using that loud voice of yours, I'm going to stop talking!"
"My eldest brother came back from the north the year before last and asked someone to spend money to go to Yili. He said that he would rather be exposed to the wind and cold than face that person named Zhao. Let me tell you, it turns out there is such a thing!"
The young man added: "We are so full of people that we only have a few hundred thousand. If we really want to lose all our money, the old man will not agree. How about we mobilize the Qingzhou soldiers and the Northwest Green Camp to go out in the past few days? How about we raise the flag of these Qiu Ba?" Who knows what could happen!"
The whole room sighed, and then the young man said again: "Let me tell you something rare. Don't get under the table after hearing this."
"Second Master, look at what you said. Although my brothers are not in the army and cannot go into battle to kill thieves, they are not cowards! Don't you think so?"
"that is!"
"Give me a musket and kill that bastard named Zhao with one shot!"
"Look at what you're capable of! You're not afraid of blowing off the roof when you brag." The young man was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "You all know that the Rakshasa invaded last year, right?"
"I know, isn't it just Hongmao? Didn't the copy of the document say that they were all beaten back?"
"A bunch of barbarians. According to me, we should kill all the Rakshasa gang in Dongzhimen!"
"Oh, it's such a good thing, Lao Min, you have to say something when the time comes. It's not a big deal for the brothers to help out."
"Stop, stop, stop! Shut the hell up and listen to me first."
Ruan Yuan heard this so funny that he covered his mouth and did not dare to say anything. Just listen to the young man continue: "What the hell, we fought back, even Qiqihar almost lost it. To tell you the truth, it was the man named Zhao who led 600 soldiers and defeated more than 10,000 Rakshasa in one battle They were cleaned up and a major general was captured."
After saying this, there was a sudden silence in the room next door. Ruan Yuan and Huang Rong here also looked at each other with astonishment on their faces, thinking to themselves that six hundred to ten thousand, are these still human beings?
At this time, Ruan and Huang wanted to listen again, when they heard the sound of a sandalwood board in the courtyard. Someone in the next room said: "Shi Baozhu is coming out!"
Ruan Yuan and Huang Rong walked to the window, pulled up the curtain, and saw two people in opera robes walking out of the third moon door.
Both of them looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old. The leader was dressed like a scholar and looked very delicate and handsome. But the person following him had a furrowed brow, clear eyes, and two wine dimples on his pink cheeks. He lowered his head and held his hands with a half-smile, his figure was graceful, and his steps were graceful.
When the two of them entered the greenhouse, the man behind him raised his head, glanced at the two wings and the main room opposite, and smiled slightly.
"Okay!" The spectators in the houses outside the greenhouse cheered.
Ruan Yuan looked at the man carefully and saw that the man's snow-skinned face and charming eyes made him look more and more radiant and graceful.
He couldn't help blurting out: "Brother Zhengqi, isn't this a woman?"
"This is Shi Baozhu." Huang Rong, who was standing next to him, smiled slightly, and then murmured slowly: "The God of Feng is a willow-colored lotus, so we meet each other with a smile. Good things are all shared by everyone, and the singing is beginning to turn and the wine is beginning to be strong. ..."
Before Huang Rong could finish speaking, he heard the drums in the greenhouse gently playing and the melodious sound of the flute. Shi Baozhu raised his sleeves and sang along with the sound of the flute.
"When the morning comes, the green sleeves are cool, and the bed is wrapped in smoke. When I wake up from a drowsy sleep, I raise my eyebrows tiredly, and I am lazy to urge the parrot to call for the fragrance of plum blossoms. The red door is quietly closed, the curtains are spread out, and the king and grandson's horses are allowed to neigh the green poplars. The locks in the dream are lush, and I am afraid of being blown away by the east wind. . I saw bees making noise on the paper windows and butterflies crossing the white walls..."
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