novelhk Chapter 212
Chapter 212
After watching the canning process, Qi Cheng said that his family makes this every year. They usually make cans of whatever fruit is not selling well.
It is quite pleasant to eat a can in winter.
I continued to scroll down with my tablet, and found that the blogger who likes to talk about ancient people has updated again.
[Immortal relatives have always been a topic that no dynasty can avoid. Some dynasties developed from these relatives. Today, we will look at whether there are any good relatives by marriage throughout the dynasties.]
隋朝
Yang Jian had no expression at all. He knew that Tianmu was secretly talking about him, but so what? How many emperors would have the dignity to do that?
Besides, there is Wang Mang in front of him.
We've previously reviewed two Han Dynasty generals, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, so we won't discuss them here. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was another similar relative, Dou Xian. Although he also inscribed the Yanran Stone, he was arrogant and domineering in his official duties, making him far from a good relative.
[The person we are talking about here was also a relative by marriage, but his daughter had not yet entered the palace when he died. However, his daughter became a virtuous empress throughout history.]
[He was also a great general, having made great achievements in conquering the Xiongnu in the north and pacifying Jiaozhi in the south. Can you guess who he is?]
[He is the father of Empress Ma of the Eastern Han Dynasty Ming Emperor, General Fubo Ma Yuan.]
big man
Emperor Xian of Han looked at the sky with some envy. He thought that his ancestor was so lucky. He had a wife who was a virtuous queen throughout history, and a father-in-law who was such a capable fighter.
If only this were my father-in-law, then Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, and all of them would be...
Thinking of this, he shook his head. At this moment, relying on fighting skills alone is not enough. It is easy for a noble family to trick a general.
After all, even a eunuch can kill a general.
It would be better if Deng Yu from the early Eastern Han Dynasty was given to me.
Ming Dynasty
Zhu Jianshen looked at the sky with a sad expression. Jiaozhi was pacified during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Wang Bo's father served as the governor of Jiaozhi during the Tang Dynasty.
Even during the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Fu was sent to conquer, but by the time of his grandfather, Jiaozhi had been lost. This is what he knew about other Ming Dynasty emperors from the perspective of the sky.
If I don't send troops, I'm afraid I won't have another chance in the future.
There are indeed few good relatives by marriage. During the Song Dynasty, Empress Cao of Emperor Renzong's eldest brother was said to be quite good, but he was not in the officialdom and became a Taoist.
[He is Cao Guojiu, one of the Eight Immortals.]
During the Ming Dynasty, the foreign relatives were all very strange because of Zhu Yuanzhang's strange policies. However, if you like to read novels about the Ming Dynasty, there is one foreign relative that everyone will talk about.
[Almost every emperor who traveled through time would appoint him to be in charge of the Imperial Guard.]
[He is Xu Xianchun, the grandson of Xu Congcheng, the son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty Jialing Emperor.]
Ming Dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang was helpless. Ever since Tianmu said that his rules for selecting relatives were weird, he had been trying to change them. Don't mention this matter all the time. He also has his dignity.
If someone nosy asks about it, I'll lose all my face.
Emperor Jiajing was ringing the chimes in the harem when he heard Tianmu mention Xu Xianchun. He was interested in hearing what his great-grandson had done.
It can make Tianmu say it specifically.
First, we must point out that Xu Xianchun had a very bad reputation in ancient times. In history books, he was hailed as one of the Five Tigers, and he did many bad things with Wei Zhongxian.
[He was extremely cruel and harmed many ministers, including Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, and others...]
[However, his reputation has rapidly faded in the past few years, as the ministers he harmed were mostly members of the Donglin Party, which in turn had unclear ties to the powerful families of Jiangnan.]
[So some people have linked the fall of the Ming Dynasty to the Donglin Party.]
【To attack the Donglin Party is to save the Ming Dynasty.】
Ming Dynasty
Gu Xiancheng, Zhao Nanxing and other bigwigs of the Donglin Party looked at the sky and felt that the sky seemed to be falling. They wanted to leave their names for eternity.
But I didn’t want to leave a bad reputation.
What should I do after this?
Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up. He knew that Xu Xianchun was a somewhat cruel person, but since so many novelists in later generations found him useful, he must have some use.
At least we can clean up the civil service forces.
As for these Donglin Party members, Wei Zhongxian should be arranged to deal with them again, and beat them to death.
[In other dynasties, relatives by marriage had to be guarded against, but this situation was less prevalent in the Qing Dynasty. Even the princes could lead troops to war, let alone relatives by marriage.]
The person we are talking about today is Emperor Qianlong's brother-in-law, Grand Secretary Fuheng. If I were to give him a specific title, I would call him a firefighter.
In the eleventh year of Emperor Qianlong's reign, the chieftain of Dajinchuan rebelled. Because this place was a vital route into Tibet, Emperor Qianlong did not tolerate his rebellion and instead mobilized elite troops to suppress it.
However, the terrain of Dajinchuan is difficult, and the local chieftains have built many forts. If the Qing Dynasty had worked hard to develop firearms, they might have been able to flatten it with artillery.
However, they believed in conquering the world through horseback archery, so they suffered heavy casualties at Dajinchuan. The Sichuan-Shaanxi Governor Zhang Guangsi and Grand Secretary Neqin were killed one after another.
Qianlong: Just introduce it, don't mock it secretly
[Under such circumstances, Fu Heng volunteered and ultimately conquered this difficult situation.]
Later, during the Burmese expedition, the first three governors-general of Yunnan and Guizhou died, and the fourth, who had withdrawn before the battle even began, was demoted by Emperor Qianlong to the position of governor of Fujian. Fuheng was appointed commander-in-chief of the Burmese expedition.
[The Burmese king eventually surrendered, but Fuheng died of malaria shortly after returning to Beijing.]
[There's actually some other gossip about him, but we'll discuss that later. But for an emperor's brother-in-law to be able to do this is pretty good.]
Qing Dynasty
Emperor Qianlong's expression was somewhat grim. If the gossip hadn't been mentioned, he would have been quite happy. These were all his own achievements. But he already knew what the gossip was. How could he possibly do such an outrageous thing?
Ming Dynasty
Zhu Youtang's expression was even uglier. He had been looking at the sky curtain for so long, and he had only mentioned two emperors' brothers-in-law, and this one had made such great contributions.
What's wrong with those two? They stole my dragon robe and bullied men and women outside. I have lost all my face because of them.
Is it true that the rules set by Taizu are wrong? But isn't this how the Ming Dynasty did it? If I want to reform, the ministers of the previous dynasty will probably write to me.
What should I do?
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After watching this video, Qi Cheng could only say that the early Qing Dynasty relatives still had some abilities, and those in the later period were similar to those in the Ming Dynasty.
Incompetent bungler.