northernbook Chapter 505 Qianlong's Succession 15
Chapter 505 Qianlong's Succession 15
The Qing Dynasty prohibited Han people from learning cultural knowledge and burned books, attributed science and culture books to the West, and allowed a small number of scholars to read the Four Books and Five Classics.
The literary inquisition and high-handed rule of the Qing Dynasty made many people afraid to read and write, for fear of getting into trouble.
In addition, the living standards of the people in the Qing Dynasty were relatively low, the problem of food and clothing had not yet been solved, and they lacked the conditions and motivation to read and write.
This was also the reason why the Qing Dynasty began to decline and civil uprisings broke out repeatedly.
Xue Li has arranged for his cronies to start mining and making weapons.
After Qianlong woke up from the faint, he was paralyzed with a crooked mouth.
After a long period of treatment, the mother and son moved one to the left and the other to the right.
Quite a good match!
However, for the sake of national stability, court officials still proposed that the prince ascend the throne.
with no doubt!
After all, the prince is a legitimate son, a Manchu, and of the right age.
Xue Li first took the prince to see Qianlong, and Qianlong agreed with a blink of an eye to let the prince ascend the throne.
Therefore, in the winter of the 1765th year of Qianlong's reign (), the Imperial Household Department began to prepare for the new emperor's enthronement.
In the spring of the first year of Zechang (1766), Yongqi ascended the throne.
The late emperor is the Supreme Emperor, the empress dowager is the Grand Empress Dowager, and Xue Li is the Empress Dowager!
The draft begins!
The court officials also began preparations in full swing!
Xue Li took Yongqi aside and began to discuss plans against the foreigners.
Of course, Qianlong was worried and wanted to ask about everything.
If they agree, they will blink; if they disagree, they will struggle violently!
Xue Li was annoyed by him and sent him and the Empress Dowager to the Old Summer Palace to recuperate.
Of course the concubines followed.
However, Concubine Yu’s son Yongqi suddenly fell ill and died in mid-April.
Yongqi was a man of affection and righteousness, and he was sad for some time because of his brother.
Xue Li looked at him and had a bad feeling!
She also said frankly that after dealing with the opium, she was too lazy to care about it anymore.
Yongqi never doubted anything. After all, some court officials would always think highly of themselves and whisper a few words in his ear from time to time.
It’s just that Yongqi believed in her, and believed in everyone!
In other words, he himself is a good person, and he thinks everyone else is a good person.
History's evaluation of him is: "He has a pure talent and an extraordinary character."
To put it bluntly, he is gifted, has a pure heart, is pure and simple, and is a person of temperament.
It is also the rarest one in the royal family.
He survived thanks to his kindness, prudence and indifference.
Also because the original owner copied Buddhist scriptures and chanted Buddha's name all year round, he also had a deep understanding of Buddhism.
It is completely different from the ambition for power of the royal family.
It seems dispensable!
However, Xue Li is more afraid that people like him will suffer in love.
This time, eight princesses were selected to enter the palace, one of whom was the queen, a daughter of Liu.
Selected by Xue Li, the descendant of Liu Tongxun, has a good family tradition!
This move made some old Manchu officials feel unfair.
Yongqi was troubled by the princesses of the Nianhulu clan.
Heshen was rejected by Xueli, and he represented the Niuhulu clan.
He is capable and good at specializing in business, and marriage is just icing on the cake at best.
But what if He Shen's ambitions grow? And what if he turns a deaf ear to the wind?
Yongji can't defeat him!
After Xue Li finished speaking, Yongqi nodded and agreed.
Xue Li looked at him and felt that she was being pretentious.
The child is obedient, but I am afraid he is too obedient.
I'm just afraid of what will happen.
Xue Li thought she could take a break, but ended up watching her son's concubines vying for his favor every day.
But he had a kind personality, and those concubines treated him like a play every day.
As long as it wasn't a life-threatening matter, he would just tap lightly!
Xue Li knew that she was destined to be the evil mother-in-law!
She took great pains to train people, and there were eyes everywhere in the harem, so she knew everything.
After Little White Flower caused trouble again, Xue Li arranged for someone to hold him down and beat him up!
Yongqi came very quickly!
The palace maids beside him listed out what Xiao Baihua had done one by one. Xiao Baihua felt guilty. He looked at Xiao Baihua's pitiful appearance and wanted to protect her!
Xueli didn't say anything at the time, she just looked at him and smiled intriguingly...
At night, Yongqi came to her to apologize!
"My son is guilty and has made the Empress Mother angry. I beg the Empress Mother to punish me!" Yongqi knelt down as soon as he entered the room.
"What crime have you committed?" Xue Li leaned lazily on the couch without changing her posture.
"My son shouldn't protect Dai Jia!" Yongqi lowered his head without changing his expression.
"Oh, you might as well know nothing!" Xue Li looked at his face, her anger rising. "You are unfair, what will happen to other concubines who are wronged? You let her ambition grow so big, the man-eating plant pretends to be a little white flower, and you take it seriously!"
"My son will definitely discipline her!"
To Xue Li, these words were no different from fart. He was the real master of the harem. He could not be fair in everything. It was only a matter of time before the harem became chaotic.
And the harem is closely related to the previous dynasty!
"Oh? What about them? Are your rules rigid?" Xue Li paced in front of him.
"…There is a queen! The queen is very virtuous!" Yongqi moved his mouth slightly and added.
"You let her hit the queen in the face, and you still have the nerve to mention the queen?" Really, it was the first time in such a long time that she had the urge to hit her son.
"Son, pay attention next time!" Yongqi said with a serious expression.
"You really don't know what she does?" Xue Li was simply curious.
"..." Yongqi moved his mouth for a long time but didn't say anything.
"Your mercy towards her is cruelty towards everyone else! I don't blame you for being deceived, but you have to bear the consequences of the harem being in chaos because of your injustice! And, most importantly, if you are so confused, you will be the second person to be recorded in history!"
There was coldness in Xue Li's eyes when she finished speaking!
They began to arrange people to cause chaos in the West on the one hand, and to mine and make weapons on the other.
Some of them even opened factories!
She originally wanted to give these to him so that she could go out and have fun!
I don’t know if it’s because the mother-son relationship is weak or if the magnetic field is not right.
Xue Li now looks down upon everyone in the Aisin-Gioro family equally, young or old!
Including this son!
He always reminded her of the "good old son" of Concubine Wan of the previous dynasty.
Not only that, it seems that the styles of the heirs of every declining dynasty are not much different!
More than enough to maintain the status quo, but not enough iron and blood.
Xue Li was too lazy to think about it and went back to rest!
Keep watching!
The emperor was actually cold towards the little white flower. The little white flower was afraid that Xue Li would beat her again without caring about anything, so she also kept a low profile!
The beating from Xue Li made the concubines behave themselves a lot better.
It’s just that there were frequent uprisings in the previous dynasty!
The emperor still maintained the strategy of his predecessor and then made gradual changes.
But those court officials relied on their seniority and were impossible to control.
The emperor did put some thought into balancing everything!
Of course, he was very gentle towards those court officials who were involved in smuggling and corruption.
So many things are only treating the symptoms and not the root cause!
Xue Li watched coldly as opium once again entered the Qing Dynasty under the cover of court officials.