Queen Xiaozhuang's personal maid: Su Malagu

Chapter 54 Conflict between mother and son
(1)

After Dorgon passed away, Bumbutai returned to the Compassion Palace.What Shunzhi did after Dorgon's death caused a rift between Bumbutai and his son.However, in order for Shunzhi to sit firmly on the throne, Bumbutai still endured his grief and anger, and united with Shunzhi, hoping to overcome the ruling crisis.

In order to calm down the internal conflicts, Bumbutai and Shunzhi once again adopted the method of breaking down one by one, and re-entrusted Prince Zheng Jierhalang, who was ousted during Dorgon's regency, with an important task.Jierhalang, who has been up and down, knows that the world is unpredictable, so he accepts it when he sees it, so he also uses the same method to appease his subordinates, one by one, and the internal conflicts are temporarily alleviated.

The interior seems to have settled down, but Bumbutai and Shunzhi still feel that there are dangers everywhere. The kings seem to be waiting and watching, and they are all looking for opportunities to usurp the throne.

"I'd like to see how this ten-year-old emperor is capable of governing a country?" All the kings sneered in their hearts, thinking about how to play it by ear.

Internally, there are kings who are eager to move and usurp the throne, and externally, the conflict between Manchu and Han is intensifying. Peasant uprisings in various places come and go, waiting for the opportunity to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

Facing the conflict between the Manchu and Han ethnic groups, Bumbutai and Shunzhi were completely at a loss.Bumbutai had no choice but to discuss the matter with Su Moer, whom she had long regarded as a "military adviser".

"Now we must know what the Han people's biggest dissatisfaction with our Qing Dynasty is. Now all the kings in the palace are Manchurians, we need to find a Han person to discuss it." Su Mo'er thought for a while and said.

"Han people? Our Qing Dynasty has not allowed Han people to participate in politics since ancient times. Where can we find a reliable Han person?" Bumbutai was in trouble.

"Why don't you go find Master Lu?" Su Mo'er was still a little embarrassed when she mentioned Lu Qingyi.

It was only then that Bumbutai remembered that Lu Qingyi, who worked in the Guangchu Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was also considered to be half Han.Lu Qingyi's mother was Manchu, but his father was Han.

"Yes! How did you forget him? Go, go!" Bumbutai said happily.

Su Mo'er immediately went to find Lu Qingyi.After listening to Su Mo'er's words, Lu Qingyi pondered for a moment and said, "Although the conflict between Manchu and Han made the emperor feel a crisis, it may not be a good thing for the emperor at the same time."

"Good thing?" Su Mo'er didn't understand.

Lu Qingyi said: "As far as I know, when Prince Rui was the regent, he issued a 'hair-shaving order' (all men must shave their front hair in accordance with Manchurian customs, and shave an inch around the top hair, and those who do not obey Beheading), this hair-shaving order caused many Han people to be killed and caused dissatisfaction among the Han people. In addition, since ancient times in the Qing Dynasty, Han people could not take part in the imperial examinations and could not be officials, which doubled the conflict between Manchu and Han. If the emperor can change In this situation, there will be more people supporting the emperor, wouldn't it turn a bad thing into a good thing?"

"Oh, I see. Changing some rules and regulations will not only alleviate the conflict between Manchu and Han, but also win over people's hearts and have more supporters. If there are more supporters, naturally there is no need to worry about someone usurping the throne." Su Mo Suddenly realized.

"The Qing Dynasty has always practiced 'rigid' governance. If the emperor can 'flexibly' govern the country, it will definitely play a role in helping the country." Lu Qingyi said again.

Su Mo'er kept nodding.

"Thank you!" she said.During this period of time, because of Bumbutai's worries, she was also worried. Lu Qingyi's words suddenly made her feel enlightened, and a smile that hadn't appeared for a long time appeared on her face.

"You don't need to thank me. I am willing to work with you to relieve the worries of the empress dowager, because the worries of the empress dowager are also your worries. I hope you can be happy. I like to see you laugh."

Lu Qingyi's caring eyes and words made Su Mo'er feel warm and no longer lonely.

(2)

Su Mo'er brought Lu Qingyi's words to Bumbutai, and Bumbutai then told Shunzhi.Since childhood, Shunzhi had a Han Chinese teacher around him, so he didn't reject the Han people like Dorgon and other princes, so he readily agreed.He began to adopt a series of reasonable policies, strengthening the imperial examination system, no longer excluding Han people, and emphasizing ethnic equality.

Not only that, Shunzhi also gradually became interested in the advanced culture of the Han people in the Central Plains and the advanced culture of the West.He felt that only by adopting the Han system and absorbing the Han culture could the Qing Dynasty enjoy long-term stability.For this reason, he began to worship Tang Ruowang, a missionary in the West, as his teacher.

Tang Ruowang is a German. He was educated in church schools since he was a child and became a missionary.Like other missionaries, Tang Ruowang knew how to use the advanced western science and technology he had learned to connect with the local rulers.Because of this, Shunzhi worshiped him a lot, and with his help, he revised the calendar for the Qing Dynasty.

Tang Ruowang's profound knowledge made Shunzhi confer three honorary titles on him when he first met him: Doctor Tongyi, Minister of Taipusi, and Minister of Taichangsi, making him a first-rank official.

Tang Ruowang not only understands astronomy and geography, but also medical skills. He also cured Bumbutai's illness. Bumbutai is also grateful and trusts him.Shunzhi, who lost his father since he was a child, became emperor again, and lived without ordinary children, regarded Tang Ruowang, who was 46 years his senior, as his elder, and called him "Mafa" (grandfather).

The reason why Shunzhi treats Tang Ruowang like this is because Tang Ruowang can see into Shunzhi's lonely and self-respecting heart.When Shunzhi did something wrong, Tang Ruowang would only bring it up when the two of them got along, trying to maintain Shunzhi's self-esteem as much as possible.

The appearance of Tang Ruowang made Shunzhi, a child who lacked love since childhood and only knew power and war, feel great warmth.Influenced by Tang Ruowang, Shunzhi believed in Catholicism.Seeing Shunzhi and Tang Ruowang getting closer and only accepting Western culture, Bumbutai began to worry.

"How could the emperor of the Qing Dynasty only believe in Western Catholicism?" Bumbutai, who believed in Buddhism, felt that Shunzhi must be changed from this point of view.

So whenever he had time, Bumbutai told Shunzhi the benefits of Buddhism and gave him some books on Buddhism.Shunzhi watched and became interested in Buddhism, and even proposed to meet the Buddhist monk Han Pucong.

When Bumbutai heard that Shunzhi had been corrected by her, he was very happy. He never thought that this would pave the way for Shunzhi to become a monk in the future.

After listening to the lectures of the eminent monk Han Pucong, Shunzhi was not satisfied, and then summoned the monks Yulinxiu and Maoxisen from the south to let them open an altar in the inner court to promote Buddhism.Slowly, he was deeply fascinated by it.Only then did Bumbutai realize the seriousness of the problem.

"It seems that we have to marry another queen to the emperor as soon as possible, so let him calm down." Bumbutai thought.

In the second year of Shunzhi's pro-government, Bumbutai married Shunzhi's cousin, the noble daughter from the family of Prince Horqin Zhuoliketu, for him.Bumbutai has never forgotten the mission of letting the Mongolian blood continue in the royal family and making the Horqin woman the queen.

However, Shunzhi had no interest in this Mongolian aristocratic daughter. The titular Mongolian queen was reduced from a girl of heaven to a resentful woman, crying to Bumbutai all day long.Bumbutai went to find Shunzhi, but the wayward Shunzhi didn't give his mother a son: "I don't want this woman, I want to abolish this queen!"

"Absolutely not! She bears the mission of our Mongolians!" Bumbutai flatly refused.

"Baby is the emperor. I want to find a queen I like. If I don't like her, I don't like her!" Shunzhi lost his temper with Bumbutai with staring eyes.

"It's fine that the emperor doesn't like her, but she must be your queen and give birth to a prince for you." Bumbutai was also furious.

"This is the queen that the mother established, not the queen that the child wants!" Shunzhi rushed out after finishing speaking.

Because of the queen's matter, the mother and son were at a standstill, and Bumbutai often sighed because of this.

"Your Majesty, you can't force your feelings. If this is the case, why don't you follow the emperor's wishes and abolish the queen!" Su Mo'er advised her.

"Why do you say that? No way! This is the daughter of our Mongolian with pure blood." Bumbutai firmly disagreed.

"But what's the point of persevering like this? The emperor is young and the empress has no real name. If this continues, not only will the mission not be completed, but the emperor will probably resent the empress even more. If the empress and the emperor are at odds, others will surely take advantage of the loopholes. "Su Mo'er said slowly.

Bumbutai thought for a while, and felt that it made sense: "But what should I do if the queen is abolished?"

"You can find a Mongolian woman he likes to be the queen for the emperor." Su Mo'er said.

Bumbutai nodded: "It has to be like this."

(3)

Bumbutai took a step back and abolished the first queen in order to ease the conflict with Shunzhi.However, soon, the two had conflicts over the choice of the second queen.

"The queen's child has to be chosen by herself," Shunzhi said.

"The emperor can choose by himself, but it must be chosen among the people selected by Aijia, and it must be us Mongolians." Bumbutai remained expressionless and kept his eyes fixed.She made up her mind and never backed down.

Shunzhi's stubborn eyes resembled his mother's.He stared at his mother, and Bumbutai also stared at him without showing any weakness, and the two of them just confronted each other.In the end, Shunzhi was defeated, and lowered his eyes: "Okay! The son of the empress will obey the mother's orders, but in the future, the son will have to decide for himself."

After Shunzhi said this, he tightly closed his lips and stared at his mother with firm eyes.Bumbutai was about to lose his temper when he saw Su Moer winking at her, so he said angrily, "Just do as the emperor says."

After Bumbutai said this, he ignored Shunzhi and left with the excuse of feeling uncomfortable.Back in the room, she lost her temper at Su Mo'er: "Why don't you let Aijia stop it, the emperor is getting more and more shameless."

"The emperor's temper and character are the best. If the empress does not agree, I am afraid that the emperor will not even agree to the condition that the queen is a Mongolian."

Su Mo'er's words discouraged Bumbutai.

The severe political situation and tremendous pressure forced the mother and son to make concessions. Shunzhi reluctantly married the second master of the middle palace from the grassland.

However, the stubborn and self-willed Shunzhi gave the title of queen, and would go to visit, but he was still unwilling to give affection.The queen's depression embarrasses Bumbutai, who tried his best to maintain his Mongolian blood.But what made her even more embarrassed and even angry was that Shunzhi fell in love with his younger brother, the wife of Prince Xiang Bomubogor.

Shunzhi happened to see Bomu Bogor and his Fujin not far away during an outdoor play.Shunzhi was instantly attracted by the smiles of the woman next to Bomu Bogor.The woman is wearing Hanfu, petite and exquisite.Riding on the horse, she mischievously used the whip in her hand to lightly hit Bomu Bogor, who was leading the horse beside her, and laughed like a silver bell.

Although Shunzhi couldn't see the woman's exact appearance, he was also stunned by her naughty appearance, and stood there in a daze until Bomu Bogor and the woman went away and disappeared, so he asked slowly: "Who is that woman?"

After learning that the woman was Fujin of his younger brother Bomu Bogor, Shunzhi was extremely depressed, and began to lose his mind, stopped playing, and was about to return to Qianqing Palace.But after returning to Qianqing Palace, without reading a few memorials, he got up and left anxiously.He went directly to the Prince's Mansion in Bomubogor and met Fujin Dong of Bomubogor.

Seeing this, Shunzhi regarded her as a beautiful woman even more: those big watery eyes, pouty red lips, elf-like expression... were deeply imprinted in Shunzhi's mind.After returning from the Prince's Mansion, Shunzhi couldn't restrain himself from seeing her at all, even to the point where not seeing her every day felt like three autumns.He began to enter and leave the prince's mansion uncontrollably and frequently, and even asked Fujin of Bomubogor to be interviewed in the palace.

After Bomu Boguer knew about it, he knew he didn't dare to do anything to the emperor, so he just beat his own Dongshi Fujin.When Shunzhi saw Dong Shi again, he felt distressed when he saw the beautiful woman crying with pear blossoms and rain.He rushed into the prince's mansion recklessly, slapped Bomu Bogor severely, and sent him to go out to fight outside the pass.

How could Bomu Bogor endure such humiliation, and committed suicide after Shunzhi left.

Not only did Shunzhi not feel guilty, but he happily wanted to marry Fujin of Bomuboguer and make her a noble concubine.Bomubogor's mother, the wooden clock, refused to agree, and went to Bumbutai weeping.After hearing this, Bumbutai was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time.

After finally persuading the wooden clock to leave, Bumbutai asked Su Mo'er to accompany her to the Qing Palace: "I want to see how ridiculous things this emperor will do."

(4)

After seeing Bumbutai, Shunzhi greeted him enthusiastically, and said that he was thinking of going to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay his respects to Bumbutai.

"The emperor is busy with official duties every day, so there is no need to visit Ai's house. It is better for Ai's house to come and see the emperor." Bumbutai became more and more angry, and was about to get angry, but remembered what Su Mo'er said to comfort her on the way: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. The Emperor is young and vigorous, and Your Majesty rushed over angrily, fearing that the Emperor will do something that will make your Majesty even more angry. It's not good to be angry."

Bumbutai took a long breath to calm himself down, and then said: "How is the emperor these days?"

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for your concern. The baby is fine." Shunzhi lost the gloomy and unhappy expression before, and became more energetic.

Shunzhi's changes made Bumubutai feel relieved on the one hand, and on the other hand, because Shunzhi's spiritual joy came from that woman, he became angry.

"Queen, my boy wants to accept Mrs. Dong as my concubine. My boy..." Shunzhi raised his face and said happily.

"No!" Before he finished speaking, Bumbutai squeezed out two words coldly.

"Why not? The queen mother once promised Hai'er that if a Mongolian woman is made queen, Hai'er can choose his concubine freely. Hai'er is the lord of a country, the emperor, can't Hai'er even choose his own concubine? If he can't choose his own concubine, What is the child still doing as the emperor?"

Shunzhi's face, which was still smiling just now, suddenly changed color.He waved his hands and roared loudly, completely without the appearance of an emperor.Bumbutai was stunned, and Su Mo'er groaned inwardly.She hurriedly walked up to Bumbutai, and signaled that she must be calm and never get angry.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! How decent is your Majesty!" Bumbutai finished speaking in a trembling voice, seeing Shunzhi's furious expression, he dared not say anything more.

Shunzhi stared at Bumbutai, Bumbutai opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't.She closed her eyes, got up and said: "The emperor is tired, and the Ai family will not disturb the emperor's rest."

Bumbutai left Qianqing Palace as if he had fled.Reason told her not to get angry, but emotionally she couldn't help but want to get angry, so she had to run away.

As soon as he returned to the Compassionate Ning Palace, Bumbutai asked the others to retreat, and he slumped on the chair with tears rolling down the corners of his eyes.

Su Mo'er picked up the handkerchief and wiped it lightly for her.

"What kind of dignity is it, hum! What kind of dignity is it! The lord of a country, what kind of dignity is it!" Bumbutai murmured.

Su Mo'er didn't speak, but gently rubbed her shoulders, waiting patiently for her to calm down.

"For a woman, he lost his composure. Is this still an emperor? Is he still an emperor?" After Bumbutai finished speaking, he suddenly turned his head to look at Su Mo'er: "Tell me, is he still an emperor?"

"Madam, although the emperor is the emperor, he is still a man, and he is still a young man. When he meets a woman he likes, he will naturally act like an ordinary person." Su Mo'er squeezed Bumbutai's shoulders while gently Comfort her softly.

"What? Do you think it's normal? Do you think it's normal for him to yell at me like this? No! It can't be like this! Drag that woman to me right away... No, don't drag, just kill me!" Bumubu After gritting his teeth, Tai clenched his fists and smashed them on the table next to him.

A cup on the table rolled to the ground, and a maid poked her head in, but was turned away by Su Mo'er's wink.

Su Mo'er picked up the broken cup and put it aside, then calmly poured a cup of tea and handed it to Bumbutai: "Your Majesty, have some tea."

"Don't drink!" Bumbutai waved his hand, and the cup and water fell to the ground together, and the water in the cup splashed onto Su Mo'er's feet.Su Mo'er knelt down to pick up the cup, and Bumbutai looked at her angrily: "Didn't you hear me talking to you? Bind that shameless woman to me and kill her immediately. What's the matter with me?" bear."

Su Mo'er stood up and looked at Bumbutai: "Your Majesty, after you calm down, think about how to treat her."

Bumbutai stared at Su Mo'er, stood up, and said dissatisfiedly: "You are not in a hurry for such a big matter? Tell me not to be in a hurry, can I not be in a hurry? A woman makes the harem chaotic Yes, the emperor is in a mess, can I not be in a hurry?"

Su Mo'er smiled: "Ma'am, it doesn't help to be anxious."

Bumbutai glared at Su Mo'er, sat down again, glanced at her again, and spread his hands: "Pour me a glass of water!"

After drinking a glass of water, Bumbutai's mood gradually calmed down: "Tell me, what should I do with that woman?"

"Promise the emperor to accept her as a concubine." Su Mo'er said.

"What!" Bumbutai threw the cup in his hand on the table again, staring at Su Mo'er.

"First, the last time the empress asked the emperor to appoint a queen, she agreed to it. The matter of accepting the concubine is up to the emperor himself; second, you have seen the emperor's performance today. If you don't agree, it will definitely be impossible. If you don't agree, you can do anything." occur."

Bumbutai thought for a while, and was a little discouraged: "But this woman is Han."

Seeing that Bumbutai's tone softened, Su Mo'er said patiently: "Madam, isn't our Qing Dynasty trying to make the Han people feel that the idea of ​​our national equality is true? It will turn bad things into good things.”

Bumbutai sighed, and after a while he said: "You are right in everything. This is the only way, there is no other way?"

Su Mo'er nodded.

(End of this chapter)