My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 383 Honoring Emperor Yongzheng as the Retired Emperor and the Empress as the Retired Empress!
"My meaning is very simple: be patient when you should be patient, and don't be short-tempered; be ruthless when you should be ruthless, and don't be soft-hearted."

"Therefore, I urge my seventeenth uncle to convey my message to all my relatives, so that they may know that although I have bestowed favors upon my relatives to usher in a prosperous era, it does not mean that I will spoil them."

After dealing with Li Pan, Hongli summoned Prince Guo, Yunli, who had presented a plaque to express his gratitude, at the Rugu Hanjin Pavilion in the Yuanmingyuan Garden.

at the same time.

Hongli also told Yunli about his handling of Li Pan, and clearly stated his purpose in doing so.

Hongli did this to warn these relatives not to think that he was targeting Yongzheng or trying to eliminate Yongzheng's old associates.

of course!

Hongli had actually expressed his reasons for doing so by rewarding Li Pan to Hongxi.

He asked Yunli to repeat it again to avoid any confusion among the less intelligent members of the clan.

If, by then, any member of the imperial clan still hasn't realized the truth after hearing Yunli relay his words, then it can only mean that they are purely evil.

However, Yunli was startled after hearing Hongli's words.

When he saw that Hongli had issued a great decree as soon as he ascended the throne, he was somewhat worried. He felt that the new emperor was still a bit naive and arrogant, and might suffer a great loss because of it.

But now, Hongli's words have dispelled his doubts.

As a result, Yunli began to feel from the bottom of his heart that he, the new emperor of the Great Qing, was undoubtedly still a sage ruler.

The key point is that this Holy Lord is even younger!

This made Yunli even more imaginative about the future of the Qing Dynasty!
Yunli then rose and bowed deeply to Hongli: "Your Majesty, I obey your decree! Your Majesty has just ascended the throne. It is not easy to stabilize the people's hearts and make them fear and obey you. I will do my best to regulate and coordinate!"

Hongli smiled and nodded. He also admired Yunli's high political acumen, so he added at this moment: "With my seventeenth uncle assisting me, I don't know how much trouble I will have to worry about."

"Your Majesty is too kind!"

Hongli raised his hand slightly, not letting Yunli kneel down, but only letting him sit down to speak, and said: "I have just ascended the throne, and there are many complicated matters. I will have to trouble Seventeenth Uncle a lot."

"This is my duty, and also a great favor from Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please do not worry."

Yunli stood up again and replied.

Hongli waved for Yunli to sit back down, then looked at him and continued, "Right now, the most important thing is to honor Father as the Retired Emperor, Mother as the Retired Empress, and Mother as the Retired Imperial Noble Consort. I urge Seventeenth Uncle to have the Grand Council draft this edict for me as soon as possible."

"Whoo!"

Yunli acknowledged and took his leave.

After Yunli left, Hongli rubbed his face and blinked.

It was noon on the 27th day of the fifth month of the thirteenth year of the Yongzheng reign.

However, because he had worked overtime last night to process memorials, Hongli was still a little sleepy, and he had to force himself to stay awake when he spoke to Yunli just now.

Hongli did not expect to be as diligent in his duties as Yongzheng, to the point of staying up all night to review memorials.

But whether it was because he was still excited about his ascension to the throne, or because power itself was the best stimulant, he couldn't control himself once he started dealing with memorials and didn't want to stop.

He suddenly began to understand why company bosses in his past life loved to work overtime.

However, Hongli still tried his best to control himself and be as self-disciplined as the historical Emperor Qianlong, refusing to be a slave to power.

Hongli had to admit that, having just ascended the throne, he had a lot to deal with; the memorials from ministers requesting an audience with him were piled up on his desk.

When Hongli turned around, he saw a table full of memorials requesting an audience with the emperor.

This made him close his eyes briefly.

"I brought this on myself!"

Emperor Hongli sighed, hands on his hips.

That's right, he brought it on himself; he issued numerous imperial edicts as soon as he ascended the throne.

Those princes and nobles who received imperial favor and had even a basic understanding of etiquette would naturally request an audience with the emperor to express their gratitude.

Otherwise, it would truly be like a centenarian eating poison, having too much of a life left.

"Master, it's time for dinner."

At this moment, the newly appointed eunuchs Chen Fu, who served as the head eunuch of the Hall of Diligent Governance and the Hall of Pacifying the Ninth Prefecture, and Li Yu, the chief eunuch, cautiously approached Hongli and bowed to report.

Hongli nodded, then stepped out of Rugu Hanjin Pavilion, crossed the South Bridge, and returned to his residence, Jiuzhou Qingyan Palace.

At that time, the banquet for the emperor had already been set up in the main hall of the Kyushu Qingyan Palace.

The palace maids in charge of serving the emperor, Jin Yuchai and Cao Lu, were already standing on both sides of the table with other palace maids serving the emperor.

These palace maids had already brought a copper basin of water for washing hands, a cotton towel from Songjiang, a rinsing bowl, and tea.

According to the rules, the banquet consists of eight main dishes, four side dishes, plus dozens of other dishes such as hot pot, porridge, and soup.

However, Hongli's main dish for dinner tonight was shad, a tribute from Jiangnan.

After Emperor Yongzheng, the Empress, and the Imperial Noble Consort made their choices, Hongli himself had the Imperial Kitchen select the freshest one to cook for him.

Transporting shad from Jiangnan to Beijing is not cheap.

During the Kangxi era, the official cost of paying tribute with shad once reached as high as 8,000 taels of silver. However, when local officials took the opportunity to embezzle the tribute, the total burden on the people could increase to tens of thousands of taels. As a result, a political struggle arose during the Kangxi reign regarding whether or not to abolish the tribute of shad.

Ultimately, due to this struggle, the tribute of shad was officially halted, but the Jiangning Textile Bureau would still use its own manpower and resources to send shad to the emperor, only it would no longer excessively disturb the government and the scale would no longer be as large as before.

Because of the blazing sun, before tasting the shad, Hongli first had Jin Yuchai serve him a bowl of perilla drink.

Jin Yuchai's situation is quite similar to Xue Baochai in "Dream of the Red Chamber", while Cao Lu's situation is quite similar to Tan Chun's.

Hongli appointed the two women to serve him because of their past experience in his own backyard and their high level of cultural literacy.

Originally, Li Qiyun was also quite suitable, but because she was physically weak and could not handle heavy tasks, and considering Fu Peng's feelings, it would be more appropriate to choose his cousin Cao sisters. Therefore, Hongli still chose Cao Lu to be the head palace maid in charge of the imperial affairs.

Perilla drink has the effects of relieving exterior syndromes, dispelling cold, regulating qi and stomach, and was a common summer drink for the court nobles during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

While Hongli was drinking perilla tea, music began to play outside.

That's right!

According to custom, music should be played when the emperor ate.

Emperor Hongli had also heard that music could help with eating and digestion, so he never thought of changing the system.

After Hongli drank the perilla drink, Cao Lu, having already tested it for poison, handed the silver chopsticks to him, saying, "Please enjoy, Master."

Hongli then took the chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat with skin on from the belly of the shad, and put it in his mouth.

The best part of shad is its skin, so the scales are left on. It also requires a high degree of freshness; even if it has just died, the taste will change drastically. Therefore, it is essential to ensure that the fish is 100% alive before processing.

But shad is indeed delicious; otherwise, Emperor Kangxi would not have tacitly allowed the textile bureau to continue sending shad as tribute even after he had explicitly ordered the cancellation of its tribute.

When Emperor Hongli tasted it, he found it quite delicious and issued an edict: "Reward him!"

"Whoo!"

The reward that Hongli mentioned was naturally a reward for the imperial chef who would serve on the fish.

He was generous in rewarding those around him whenever he was satisfied.

After finishing his dinner, Hongli took his usual afternoon nap, strolled around, looked at ancient paintings, and practiced calligraphy until late afternoon when he began to read the memorials submitted by the various ministries and commissioners, as well as the reports from governors and military commanders.

To Hongli's surprise, less than half a day after he ordered the Grand Council to issue an edict to the Ministry of Rites to discuss honoring Yongzheng as the Retired Emperor and the Empress and Imperial Noble Consort as the Retired Empress and Retired Imperial Noble Consort, the Ministry of Rites had already drafted a proposal.

The administrative efficiency of the central government offices is undeniably fast!

This forced Hongli to admit that the administrative style of the Yongzheng era still existed, so the efficiency of the central government offices was still relatively fast.

Hongli immediately granted the Ministry of Rites' request, honoring Yongzheng as the Retired Emperor, and the Empress and Imperial Noble Consort as the Retired Empress and Retired Imperial Noble Consort, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to work with the Imperial Observatory to determine the auspicious day for the investiture.

Next, Hongli chose to read the chapter on Miao affairs.

At present, the most important military and political matter is Miao affairs.

This is a legacy issue from Emperor Yongzheng's policy of replacing local chieftains with centrally appointed officials, and it remains unresolved to this day.

"On April 21, the Miao people captured Kaili. Shao Huanlin, the clerk of Qingping County, was killed in battle, and Cao Wanguo, the garrison commander, and his entire family were killed."

"April 23: Miao people were trapped at Chong'anjiang Post Station."

"April 27: Miao people captured Huangping Prefecture, and the prefect Luo Mingxu died in the process."

Soon, Hongli frowned upon seeing several chapters.

really!

While in the capital, he only saw the national treasury overflowing and a prosperous era as magnificent as flowers in full bloom and oil being poured on a raging fire.

However, in some places, things are not always peaceful and the people live in tranquility.

The Miao rebellion in the southwest has become so severe that several more prefectures and counties have been lost!

Although the loss of a few more prefectures and counties was not a big deal for the Qing Empire as a whole, the fact that a few more prefectures and counties fell at the local level was something that should raise alarm.

It should be noted that Nurhaci only controlled a few cities, such as Hetu Ala, back then.

Therefore, with such a large stronghold now established, no one knows how much turmoil the rebellious Miao chieftains will cause.

The Minister of War, Gao Qi, even submitted a memorial requesting the abandonment of the policy of replacing native chieftains with appointed officials and the restoration of the chieftain system, which would mean relinquishing actual control over the Miao region.

"Has there been another major problem with the seedling management?"

When Hongli came to pay his respects to Yongzheng, Yongzheng also asked him about this matter.

Hongli knew that Yongzheng was good at capturing subtle changes in other people's facial expressions, so he was not surprised that Yongzheng suddenly guessed that he was worried about the Miao affairs. He just smiled and replied, "Kaili, Qingping and Huangping counties have fallen again."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yongzheng sighed deeply: "Intended to bring peace to the people, it has instead become an act that harms them. How can I and the ministers in charge of the matter escape blame?"

Hongli could tell that Yongzheng was beginning to regret the increasingly serious situation regarding the Miao people.

"If you intend to give up on the policy of replacing native chieftains with centrally appointed officials, then give it up!"

"There's no need to continue this policy of instability and hardship for the sake of my reputation! Since most Manchu and Han officials, as well as local chieftains, are unwilling to abolish the native chieftain system and establish direct imperial control, forcibly pushing it through is futile!"

(End of this chapter)