lied to Kangxi

Chapter 531 You are still young

In the Kangxi Dynasty, it was actually a good thing to take the blame for the emperor.

After being wronged for the emperor, under normal circumstances, the old emperor will always make up for it.

Li Guangdi had long wanted to take the blame for this.

In the end, thanks to Zhang Yushu's tact, Li Guangdi got his wish smoothly.

Yuzhu glanced at Zhang Yushu who was pretending to be calm, um, Wu Fan is still the best.

It's a pity that there is no such strange person as Wu Pu by Kangxi's side!

Li Guangdi's meaning has been made very clear.

In any case, during the Shengshou Festival, it is impossible to settle old accounts with the corrupt officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Everyone is a sensible person, whoever makes the old emperor unhappy for a while, the old emperor will make him and his whole family suffer for the rest of their lives.

The old emperor liked to have fun in his later years, and he liked to overhaul the palace, which was actually something Yu Zhu liked to hear.

If the old emperor had no shortage of money to spend, the international trade at Dagukou Wharf would be completely cut off in a blink of an eye.

As for how many porters and merchants there are on the wharf relying on international trade to support their families, the old emperor doesn't care at all.

The fourth child also knew that the eighth child dared to indulge the corrupt officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to spend money recklessly because of the celebration of the Shengshou Festival.

Even if the fourth child is angry again, he can't do anything to the eighth child, so he has to endure it.

Kangxi knew that Yuzhu was lazy, so he arranged for Li Guangdi to take charge of the banquet.

Li Guangdi really understood Kangxi very well. He suggested that when old people from all over the country came to the Rehe Palace, all expenses on the way should be paid in advance by the post stations in various places, and then reimbursed by the internal treasury.

After hearing the words, the old emperor was overjoyed, and praised Li Guangdi fiercely.

Kangxi has always talked about the four words of not competing with the people for profit. Li Guangdi's proposal fits the old emperor's thought of loving the people like his own son.

No matter how expensive the expenses were, it was just a thousand old men over [-], and the silver that Yuzhu scooped into the inner treasury was enough to support all the expenses.

Back then, Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, was called a real cow.He issued an edict that merchants from various countries will not be charged for all expenses on the way to the capital.

The cost of this is an astronomical figure, which directly caused the bankruptcy of thousands of households, and indirectly caused the collapse of Sui Yang's country.

Spending common people's money, earning the reputation of a hospitable sage, causing tens of millions of people to go bankrupt, Yang Guang is not a faint king, who is it?

At this level of Yuzhu's favor, it is obviously too much to continue to seize power.

After all, it's been a long time since Lao Ba has caused any demon moths, and the more Yu Zhu seizes power, the easier it is to arouse the resentment of the old emperor.

Therefore, after serving the old emperor's breakfast, Yu Zhu planned to withdraw.

However, the old emperor chose to keep the jade pillar, and asked him worriedly: "If someone gives up halfway, what will the people think of me?"

Yuzhu knew very well that the people who came to Rehe Palace were all old men over 60 years old.

When the heat is so unbearable, it is inevitable that some old people will not be able to stand the toss and die halfway.

However, in the officialdom, it has always been the style of deceiving the superior and not concealing the inferior.

On this occasion, on the occasion of the [-]th birthday, who would dare to report the news of the old man's death outside to the palace?
Objectively speaking, even if Yu Zhu had a sense of justice, he would not say anything.

What the superior likes, the inferior must cater to.

"Old man, don't worry, all the government will definitely serve these auspicious old people like their ancestors." Yu Zhu had no choice but to appease the old emperor against his conscience in order not to spoil the fun.

Such an explanation full of loopholes, the old emperor actually believed it, he grinned and said: "Old people, old people, old people, great kindness!"

Yuzhu thought to himself, what is the difference between what he did and what the ancient courtiers did?

But what can be done?

Who told the old emperor to become extravagant?
If the old emperor was an old man from an ordinary family, he would spend a little money and say something nice, just coaxing him with his mouth.

However, the old emperor was the supreme being in the world, which made him feel uncomfortable, and he would bleed for thousands of miles.

"Lao Ba is quite calm recently?" The old emperor asked seemingly casually, and Yuzhu's vigilance immediately increased a hundred times.

"His house often entertains guests, and the people who participate are also those old people. Apart from this, there is no other movement." Yu Zhu answered the old emperor's question without thinking.

The old emperor nodded and said, "Keep an eye on it, I always feel that something is abnormal."

"Hey." Yuzhu knew in his heart that the old emperor's fear of Lao Ba was deeply rooted in his bones and could not be changed.

The old emperor felt that Lao Ba was abnormally quiet, and Yuzhu also hoped that Lao Ba would make some big troubles from time to time.

It's just that Lao Ba seems to have changed his temper, and has always been very quiet, making people feel that his eyelids are always twitching.

Under the auspices of Li Guangdi, the banquet of thousands of old men has been going on step by step.

Originally, everything was planned very well, but in any case, people are not as good as God.

When the feast was approaching, the cold air from the north moved south without warning, and suddenly swept Rehe.

Almost overnight, the Jehol Palace was covered with heavy snow.

The so-called auspicious snow heralds a good year, although it can be used to cover up the unfavorable weather, but problems follow.

It's just cold, it's fine, just wear more cotton-padded clothes and cotton-padded jackets.

The problem is, in such a cold weather, if more than a thousand old people participated in the feast for the elderly, if their stomachs were spoiled and a lot of them fell ill, it would be a big spoiler.

In a few days it will be the feast day, which is a very auspicious day chosen by Kangxi himself, and it cannot be changed.

Li Guangdi was helpless, Zhang Yushu was helpless, and the old emperor was also on fire.

Yu Zhu clearly knew what He Zhongtang did in history, but he deliberately pretended to be stupid and pretended not to see it.

It is not a bad thing for Yu Zhu to let Li Guangdi stumble quietly, suffer a little bit, and show off his prestige.

Unlike Wu Pu, although Li Guangdi is Yuzhu's tutor in the provincial examination, his mind is full of the exchange of interests.

Among Li Guangdi's disciples, those who were useful were treated like guests, and those who were useless were turned away.

If it weren't for Yu Zhu's grasp of the real power in Beijing that cannot be circumvented, Li Guangdi might not be able to talk to him.

Because of the upcoming Shengshou Festival, Sun Chengyun accompanied the princess to Rehe.

When the weather is cold, steaming hot shabu-shabu is the best way to heal the stomach.

An old friend came from the capital, and Yuzhu was still in the old habit. He ordered someone to cut up a dozen plates of lamb, served it with green vegetables, Wang Zhihe's stinky tofu, marinated shrimp oil, etc. How happy and happy?

Sun Chengyun took a sip of his wine and said in a low voice: "Brother, when I was in Beijing, I heard a piece of news. Before Nian Gengyao, governor of Sichuan, came to see His Majesty in Rehe, he brought a lot of gifts and sent them to the fourth son. on the house."

Yuzhu nodded. How could he not pay attention to Nian Gengyao's movements?

This news, to Yuzhu, is old news.

"Hey, after Nian Shi became the side Fujin of the fourth child, Nian Gengyao and the fourth child have obviously gotten closer." Sun Chengyun poured a whole plate of mutton into the boiling pot of hot soup.

Sun Chengyun's way of boiling mutton belongs to the classic way of eating the nobles.

The real aristocrats under their subordinates do not eat slices of mutton, but put the whole plate of mutton into the pot together, and then dip it in marinated shrimp oil and other accessories, eat meat and drink heavily.

In the capital city, only low-class bannermen with little money in their pockets pick up a piece of mutton and cook it ten times before eating.

For lower-class banner people, eating mutton is considered a tooth-making sacrifice, and they are reluctant to eat more, and they even call it "this taste, and that is authentic."

No money, but also want to save face, it is purely stinky!
These days, mutton is the meat that nobles love to eat.Only the banner people without status can only eat pork every day.

To put it bluntly, even a Bannerman's family with hard-core crops is unlikely to eat pork every day.

For example, Ma Jia Hanyuan, the Duke of Fuguo, received hard-core crops every month, raised coachmen and bearers, kept the necessary travel ostentation, and left the gift money for the welcome, and the money in his pocket was also reduced. Not much left.

Otherwise, if you are dignified to assist the Duke of the State, what about organizing weddings and weddings for others?

"When I was sending the princess into the palace, I heard someone say that the feast of the thousand elders might be over?" Sun Chengyun was like a curious baby, wanting to know everything.

Yu Zhu smiled slightly, and said: "The weather suddenly turned extremely cold, and the hot dishes prepared on the menu of the Thousand Old Man's Banquet will definitely become cold dishes. Hey, I'm afraid that the old people will spoil their stomachs and cause bad luck instead." !"

Sun Chengyun picked up a large chopsticks of mutton, stuffed it into his mouth, and after chewing vigorously, he said with satisfaction: "Many people want to see the jokes of that old boy Li Guangdi. When Zhong Gao Dazhuang drank too much, he publicly threatened to impeach Li Guangdi severely."

The dog-eat-dog relationship between Li Guangdi and Zhang Yushu had nothing to do with Yuzhu, so he naturally couldn't take it to heart.

Different from Sun Chengyun's wild way of eating, Yu Zhu is used to the way of eating slice by slice.

Ten slices of meat, Yuzhu is also very comfortable to eat.

In fact, after reaching a certain power and status, Yuzhu has gained a certain degree of freedom to do whatever he wants.

However, when Yuzhu was eating happily, Zhang Hongxu came.

"Master Zing Zhu, Lord Long Live ordered you to be called into the palace to see you." Zhang Hongxu bowed his waist and put his posture extremely low.

Yuzhu smiled shallowly, after so many years of hard work, the chief eunuchs in the palace like Zhang Hongxu not only dared not ask for his silver ticket anymore, but instead offered him as an ancestor.

It would be hypocritical to say that there is no sense of accomplishment!

"I'm eating, please wait for a moment." Yuzhu deliberately squeezed Zhang Hongxu.

The old wound on Zhang Hongxu's buttocks hadn't healed yet, so he didn't dare to provoke the old emperor anymore.

He hurriedly got down, and begged in a low voice: "To tell you the truth, Lord Zhu, Lord Long Live was furious, and Wang Chaoqing was so scared that he would die, so he deliberately mentioned you in front of Lord Long Live."

Yuzhu nodded, Zhang Hongxu's foundation is shallow, and he is not a little behind that old Wei Zhu without being scared.

"Well, Nian Gengyao is also in the palace, right?" Yuzhu thought for a while, the old emperor's sudden anger was probably related to the military situation in the northwest.

Zhang Hongxu was stunned immediately.He circled around for a long time, refusing to tell the truth, but unexpectedly, Yu Zhu had already guessed the truth.

(End of this chapter)