The Qing Dynasty stipulated that all girls aged 13 to 17 from the Eight Banners must participate in the emperor's female selection every three years. In the Qing Dynasty, there were eight Manchu, Mongolian and Han banners, a total of 24 banners, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Baoyi Sanqi was a slave of the Qing Dynasty, and his beautiful women could only be "palace ladies".

Xianfeng's long-awaited period of filial piety for Emperor Daoguang was finally over, and he couldn't wait to start drafting women under the banner of passing on the family line. Sixty flag beauties from all over the country had already arrived in the capital on mule carts, including Yanjing.

Yehenala from Pichai Hutong in Xisi Archway was also waiting nervously in the mule cart team. Yehenala Xingzhen later became a person worthy of being remembered in history. Xingzhen was the well-known Empress Dowager Cixi at home and abroad, but at this time

, she is just the daughter of a fourth-grade Taoist priest from Xianglan Banner.

Because the emperors and empresses only selected girls from two banners every day, Xianfeng could go to Shunzhen Gate every day to watch the beautiful women and never tired of it.

Today, it was the turn of the beautiful women with blue and red flags to come forward. As usual, Xianfeng carefully observed each one. By the end, he found that no one could make his heart move. When he lost interest, he heard a woman's voice: "Now is the time.

When the country is in crisis, bandits are everywhere, and foreign barbarians are invading, how can the emperor miss beauty? The daughter of the people advises the emperor to work hard to govern and avoid sex, so as not to regret it for the rest of his life in the future."

When Xianfeng heard someone ridiculing him, he immediately became furious and turned around to look for the source of the sound. It turned out to be a beautiful girl standing at the back. Seeing that she was looking at him with a look of death, Xianfeng was a little funny and asked: "Who are you?"

?Aren’t you afraid that I will kill you?”

The beautiful girl was happy and not afraid, and continued: "If I can trade a little girl for the solid foundation of the Qing Dynasty, I will die without regrets."

Xianfeng was afraid that the incident of punishing her would spread and ruin his reputation. If she stayed in the palace, she would be upset if she came to advise her every day. He said: "It's rare for you to be loyal, but national affairs are not something you women can discuss. This

The next time I thought that you were young and ignorant, I would not care about your sin of deceiving the emperor. I remembered that there is a royal family member who has just been widowed and wants to remarry. Marry him and become a blessing."

The remaining ladies looked at her with envy. Being Prince Fujin was a better ending for them. But if they were selected by the emperor, they could only start as palace maids. Those who were not selected could only go home and find a maid.

Marry a well-matched man.

"What are you still doing? Why don't you thank the Emperor quickly?" The sister next to Xiu Nu pulled her and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty"

Xianfeng was satisfied with the beautiful appearance of the beautiful woman who urged her to thank her, and asked: "What is your name and where is your family name?"

"The slave Yehenara's name is Xingzhen"

"good"

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In this way, Yehenala was chosen by the emperor and placed in the Old Summer Palace.

Xianfeng returned to the military aircraft in a depressed mood. The military ministers had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Xianfeng coming in from behind the screen, they quickly kowtowed and said hello.

"I will see you, Your Majesty."

"Excuse me, are all the ministers here?" Xianfeng saw that several military ministers were there and had a premonition that something had happened.

Several military ministers and ministers looked at each other, and then turned to look at Sushun, who had the lowest official rank. Sushun didn't want to get into trouble with the emperor, so he lowered his head and pretended not to see it.

Xianfeng was already in a bad mood when he saw them shirk so much, and now he was even more angry, "You bastards, you usually rush to get ahead when you have something to gain, but what happened now! Did the frontline lose another battle? Sushun, tell me."

Sushun had no choice but to step forward and said: "An hour ago, the memorial was sent from the front line. Please take a look at it, your Majesty."

Xianfeng took two memorials from the eunuchs. He first looked at the titles. The first one was from Jiangning General Fuxing. The second one was from Changgui, who helped with military affairs in the Jiangnan camp. He thought to himself, could it be that it was from the Jiangnan camp?

Something happened in the camp.

I opened Fuxing's memorial and read:

The imperial envoy Xiang Rong was stubborn and refused to accept loyal advice, which resulted in repeated defeats for the officers and soldiers. First, Jiangsu Governor Gil Ahang was ambushed and died fighting. Then all the fortresses were occupied by the bandits, and Xiang Rong sat idly by.

Rescue. When thieves besieged the Xiaolingwei camp, Xiang Rong was so frightened that he planned to abandon the camp and run to Suzhou. I knelt down and could not stop him. He was punished by death.

Xianfeng read the next memorial:

I was ordered by the emperor to help with military affairs, but Xiang Rong repeatedly ridiculed me, and the envoy had no prestige in the army... The Jiangnan camp was about to collapse, and Xiang Rong actually planned to abandon the camp and leave, but I refused to listen...

Xianfeng suddenly saw drops of blood on the memorial. Thinking of the scene of the battle between the two armies in the Jiangnan camp, Xianfeng suddenly felt some moisture and heat on his lips. He touched it with his right hand and saw that it was full of blood. He was so frightened that he threw away the memorial in his hand.

go out,

When several ministers saw that the emperor's mouth was full of blood, they were so shocked that they could not speak. After a while, they all shouted:

"Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body."

"Quickly tell the doctor..."

"The emperor raised his head for a while, and when I had a nosebleed, the doctor looked after me like this..."

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Seeing the panic below, Xianfeng calmed down. He covered his nose with a handkerchief and felt that the bleeding stopped. He wiped the blood off his mouth and waved his hand to the shouting ministers below to signal them to be quiet.

"This happened two days ago. How is the Jiangnan Camp now?" Xianfeng suddenly became confused when he thought of the war.

Seeing the emperor staring at him, Zaiyuan could only step forward and carefully consider his words: "I'm afraid something is wrong with the Jiangnan camp. As far as I know, the frontline generals will not report to the court unless they have to. Since Fuxing and Changgui impeached him together,

Coach Xiang Rong, Jiangnan Camp..." I didn't dare to continue.

Without him having to say anything, Xianfeng also understood what would happen to the Jiangnan camp. He was shocked and frightened, and murmured: "The hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers in the Jiangnan camp were killed by Xiang Rong overnight. Jiangsu and Zhejiang are all in danger..."

Zaiyuan was the closest to Xianfeng and could hear clearly. He saw the emperor complaining about Xiang Rong. In order to please the emperor, he insulted Xiang Rong and said: "The collapse of the Jiangnan camp was all caused by Xiang Rong's unfavorable command and failure to listen to the loyal advice of his subordinates. Please ask the emperor

He severely punished Xiang Rong as a warning."

Seeing Xianfeng's move, many ministers immediately agreed and said:

"Xiang Rong deserves to be killed"

"Xiang Rong deserves to die for harming the country"

"Kill Xiang Rong to thank the people of the country"

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When the ministers who wanted to speak for Xiang Rong saw this, they kept their mouths shut.

Seeing the faces of these ministers, Xianfeng sat down on the dragon chair in despair, waved his hands and said, "Okay, we'll stop here today. I'll give the order later. You all can go down first and let me be alone."

"

Sushun pretended to pack things and stayed at the end. When all the ministers had left, he saw the emperor closing his eyes and concentrating, so he stood aside and waited quietly.

When Xianfeng saw that there was another figure next to him, he didn't look up and said in annoyance: "Didn't I ask you to go down? Why are you still here?"

Seeing that Xianfeng was in a bad mood, Sushun first advised: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the war on the frontline is changing rapidly, and the Jiangnan camp may be in danger now."

When Xianfeng saw that it was Sushun, he stopped scolding him and asked: "Sushun, do you think I am incompetent? Was it wrong that Emperor Ama chose me to be the emperor? If it was Lao Liu, maybe...he would have led the expedition himself."

Went." Thinking of the imperial commander's personal expedition, Xianfeng asked again: "Do you think I, the imperial commander, will conquer the rebels in one fell swoop?"

Su Shun said: "How can the emperor, the king of a country, be in danger so easily?"

Xianfeng also thought this was a whim. If he was asked to go to the front line, he would not dare to go even if it was a sure win.

Sushun said: "I feel that Xiang Rong is guilty, but the crime is not worthy of death. Besides, he has been chasing Xiang Rong from Guangxi to Jiangnan. He is most familiar with the rebel surname Xi. I ask the emperor to allow him to pay for his crime and serve in the army."

Xianfeng said: "Don't believe in being honest and being honest! Even if I spare him, will Xiang Rong understand my compassion and eliminate the rebels? It's really unpredictable."

Seeing that Xianfeng's attitude had relaxed, Sushun struck a chord while the iron was hot: "I always believe that Xiang Rong is not an incompetent person. He has been in the army all his life, so he is more capable than most of the people of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Please think again, Your Majesty."

Xianfeng said: "Okay, let's dismiss him first and investigate, and then allow him to serve in the army. Do you think the rebels are really so popular? Wherever the army goes, they are invincible."

Sushun thought about it for a while and then denied it: "I have seen that many memorials refer to the rebel army in the south of the Yangtze River as the Han Army, and the army of Hong Xiuquan in Sichuan as the Taiping Army. These big Han people, and the Taiping name, have attracted many people to join them.

"

Xianfeng came to his senses and said angrily: "You bastard, I decree that all officials who call the rebels in this way will be dismissed from their posts and questioned. Anyone who colludes with the rebels will be immediately beheaded, leaving no one behind."

Sushun said: "Your Majesty is wise, let the officials and people all over the world call them rebels from now on."

Xianfeng thought about it: "I heard that Li Yunzhong from the south of the Yangtze River has always had short hair. This bastard has no king and no father. From now on, we will call them short hair. The Sichuan rebels have always grown their hair. From now on, we will call them long hair, hair thieves, and hair bandits."

"

Sushun smiled and said: "Short hair? Long hair? Haha... Your Majesty is really a great talent. People all over the world get used to it by shouting and shouting. They think that short hair and long hair are not good things."

Xianfeng picked up a memorial and handed it to Sushun and said, "Look, this is a memorial to Zeng Guofan of Hunan."

Sushun took the memorial and read it. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and said with a smile: "Zeng Guofan said that he would set up a 'big regiment' in Changsha instead of mentioning regiment training. This must be a hint to the emperor that he is not willing to just organize regiment training."

Xianfeng said: "What does he want? Does he want to join the Green Camp Army?"

Sushun shook his head and guessed: "Wei Chen thought that if he wanted to be incorporated into the Green Camp, he had already proposed it to the emperor. He wanted to organize military training and be more capable than the regular army of the Eight Banners of the Green Camp."

Xianfeng laughed uncontrollably and said: "He is so brave. Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, our Qing Dynasty has always focused on the Eight Banners of Green Camp. How can we let him read and read?"

Sushun also felt that it was fanciful for Zeng Guofan to make such an outrageous request before he had made any achievements. However, he had a good impression of Zeng Guofan and was capable. He was also loyal to the court and a pillar of his family, so he said: "It's better to compromise."
Chapter completed!