Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

Chapter 298

The snow outside was getting heavier. Qi Cheng curled up in bed again after lunch. Snowy days were similar to rainy days, both of which were especially suitable for sleeping.

The sky is dark and the earth is dark.

When he woke up, it was already past three in the morning of the next day. He had slept so comfortably that he felt like he had made up for all the sleep he had missed.

I couldn't sleep, so I picked up my phone and played games for a while.

By six o'clock, an orange glow had appeared in the sky. Qi Cheng asked the system to quickly send someone as there were other things to do today.

"Qing Dynasty, Chang Jian."

Qi Cheng took a look at the introduction in the system. This person was a minor horse-breeding official during the Kangxi period. He was only of the ninth rank, but he also came from a large family.

My surname is Ergenjueluo.

"Host, I'd like to ask if the Eight Banners were very poor during the late Qing Dynasty. Why did they use pig skin to wipe their mouths? Did the imperial court no longer provide them with food?"

Chang Jian was very anxious. He thought about it carefully yesterday. The official position that appeared on the sky curtain was his boss's boss. If his family was like that, his descendants would have to beg for food.

If you ask this in advance, you can find a way to avoid it.

Emperor Kangxi was somewhat unwilling as he looked at the sky curtain. He saw how other dynasties asked the same question: they all asked about the famous civil and military officials.

The man asked why he was poor?

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Qi Cheng found a few videos and said with a smile, "Not all Eight Banners descendants are poor. Only the lower and middle-level Eight Banners are relatively poor. The upper-level families are not poor at all."

"For example, the Prince Qing I mentioned has a lot of wealth. Also, upper-class people have a lot of good things at home, so even if they sell things, they can still survive for a long time."

"For example, the descendants of the Iron Hat Prince Shuncheng sold the palace. I heard they got 70,000 yuan. If you save a little, you can have enough money to drink and eat meat."

Qing Dynasty

Several of Kangxi's princes looked at Prince Shuncheng. He was not a useful person at that time, but they did not expect that his descendants would sell the prince's palace.

It's really embarrassing for our ancestors.

"Hmph, you guys don't know how to save money. You spend money recklessly all day long. How can you leave a fortune for your descendants?" Emperor Kangxi narrowed his eyes. "Prince Shuncheng, when you go back later, check the account books carefully and send half of the fortune to the palace. When your family is no longer able to afford it, I will return it to you."

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"The lower- and middle-ranking Eight Banners descendants had a harder time, and they were poor and pretentious, so they made a lot of jokes." Qi Cheng found a clip.

"This is from Liu E's Travels of Lao Can, which is also a satirical novel."

"It says there was a young man from the Eight Banners who went to a teahouse and ordered a sesame seed bun. After eating it, he wrote on the table. When he wrote something sentimental, he slammed the table hard."

"But after careful observation, Lao Can realized that what this person called writing was just dipping his hands in water to pick up sesame seeds that had fallen on the table, and slapping the table to get the sesame seeds out of the cracks."

"This is considered good. In the later period, some of the Eight Banners descendants were even poorer. They had to spend every penny carefully. After selling all their family belongings, some of them became beggars on the streets."

Ming Dynasty

Zhu Youjian laughed heartily. "Great! That's great! Justice is the law of nature, and retribution will come!"

Qing Dynasty

Emperor Kangxi's face turned black. He could imagine that the Eight Banners children would have a hard time if the iron-clad crops were stopped, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

We really need to find a way.

"Father Emperor, I don't think it's all because of the cessation of the iron-clad crops," Yinzhen whispered. "Our Qing dynasty has been around for over two hundred years. It's impossible for the money we've accumulated over those two hundred years to be spent all at once."

Several Manchu ministers in the hall looked at the Fourth Prince and felt that he was somewhat unaware of the situation below. Not to mention more than a hundred years later, even now there were many people who were living beyond their means.

Some are already selling houses and land.

Thinking about the prodigal sons in their family, and then thinking about their future generations who would have no food or clothing, they decided to be greedy for two more if they had the chance, otherwise they would have no chance after the fourth son came to power.

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"The reason the Eight Banners children lived like this has a lot to do with their love of fun and their penchant for being poor and particular." Qi Cheng found two videos. "This is a clip from a teahouse. Teahouse is a very good play written by Lao She. His real name was Shu Qingchun, and he was from the Manchu Zhenghong Banner."

"In addition to this teahouse, there is also an unfinished film called Under the Red Flag, which tells the story of the Eight Banners in the late Qing Dynasty."

After watching the video of Uncle Song exchanging his ancestral grave for a cricket and slicing the steamed bread before eating it, countless Eight Banners descendants couldn't believe it.

They thought that selling the palace was the limit, but they didn't expect that someone would even sell their ancestral tomb. This was simply outrageous.

"Your Majesty, this is definitely nonsense. We, the descendants of the Eight Banners, are all heroes. How could we do such a thing as betraying our ancestors? This must be nonsense."

"That's right, the Emperor wants to punish the Zhenghong Banner. They... they are slandering us!"

Emperor Kangxi squinted his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Actually, another reason is that he's a hard-working farmer. He gets paid every month and doesn't have to work. Gradually, he becomes useless."

"Perhaps the rulers realized this reason and refused to allow Sauron's soldiers to enter the world of pleasure."

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"Was there ever an emperor who wanted to make changes? Actually, there was one, Yongzheng, who is known as the only emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He wanted to make some reforms in the early days, but the resistance was too great."

Qi Cheng found some clips from The Yongzheng Dynasty.

"Why should I farm? My grandfather and my great-grandfather have already suffered all my hardships. I... I just enjoy the good life."

Seeing the rogue look of the Eight Banners descendants on the sky curtain, Emperor Kangxi slammed the table hard, then dragged out the Eight Banners and asked him what he thought after watching it.

"I think we should..."

"You bastard, haven't you ever thought about this problem? Let Lao Si and you handle this together. If you can't do it well, I'll put you in a circle!"

Yongzheng period

Several princes and ministers also gathered in the palace. When the emperor proposed reforms some time ago, they were extremely unwilling, but after seeing the sky curtain, they knew that it was useless to oppose it.

It's also the fault of these Eight Banners descendants for being so disappointing. Why did they become like that in the end? Although they love to play, they are not obsessed with it.

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Seeing that the interaction time was over, Qi Cheng put away the tablet and other things, as he had something to go out for today.

Fortunately, the snow outside has stopped.