Cutting 1719

Chapter 429
The case of Li Yanxi from the Ministry of Internal Affairs caused a sensation in the government and the public. It not only involved the corruption case of the firearms factory, but also related to the life and safety of Emperor Yongzheng himself. Therefore, there were rumors inside and outside the capital for a while.

Some people say that Li Yanxi is the shadow of the south, who has been buried in the capital, waiting for an opportunity to do some damage, but the relevant insiders naturally sneered at this suspicion. After all, if Li Yanxi and others are shadows, then where is Yongzheng still alive?
What really aroused more people's suspicion was still Prince Lian Yunyu, because Yunyu had been in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a long time, if it was a hidden stake planted by Yunyu, it was not impossible, but no one dared to break it come out.Once it is put on the table, the royal family will no longer have prestige.

After all, from the second year of Yongzheng to the third year of Yongzheng, the royal family has caused a lot of controversy because of various issues. For example, the sudden death of Hongshi has not yet come up with an accurate result, so everyone understands that the water in it is afraid Not so deep.

Seeing that the case of Li Yanxi has not been resolved, and rumors have been aroused inside and outside the capital, Yongzheng was extremely annoyed, and repeatedly ordered Prince Zhuang Yunlu to step up the interrogation. The interrogation, just because there were too few relevant clues, did not get much useful things for a while.

In the current Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are mainly four people who are in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including Li Yanxi, Fu Nai, Chang Ming, Lai Bao, etc., to ensure that the power will not fall into the hands of one person, but relatively speaking, Li Yanxi, Fu Nai and Fu Nai are older, and Li Yanxi is in charge of Yongzheng's elixir, which is naturally more critical.

Yongzheng opened the booklet presented by Prince Zhuang Yunlu, read it briefly, then frowned and said, "Prince Zhuang, do you think this is just the result of corruption by the servants?"

Obviously, there are other meanings in Yongzheng's words, and Prince Zhuang Yunlu can naturally understand. He felt that his juniors were sweating, and whispered: "I think there may be other things in this matter." It's just that the punishment has already been imposed, if the punishment is too severe, it may directly lead to the loss of the lives of those servants."

"But if it's only that simple, then would I go to war so much?"

A sneer appeared on Yongzheng's face, but it made Yunlu, who was kneeling on the ground, feel chills in his heart.

"The slave is really stupid, please ask the emperor for advice."

"In the case of Li Yanxi, the key point is not what he wants to do, but who arranged him, who is the backbone of his cronies, and whose orders he took. These are the key points, do you understand?"

When he said this, there was a bit of coldness in Yongzheng's voice, if Yunlu continued to pretend to be ignorant, then don't blame him for disregarding brotherhood.

Yunlu's forehead was covered with sweat, he naturally understood Yongzheng's meaning, so he could only say in a low voice: "This matter is related to the clan, the servant thought that we should investigate carefully and get the evidence before we can convince the public."

Yongzheng snorted coldly, "Since you want evidence, you might as well go directly to your starling for advice. He has been in charge of the clan's mansion for a long time, and there may be some things that you don't quite understand."

"Hey, the servant leads the order."

Yun Lu's heart sank, after all, he was about to make a move.
What is the so-called asking for advice on the surface?In fact, it was to tell Prince Lian Yunhu that if he wanted to confess his guilt, Yongzheng no longer had the slightest patience, and he hoped to solve this serious problem as soon as possible.

Yun Lu came to Prince Lian's mansion with Yongzheng's edict, but at this time, Prince Lian's mansion seemed particularly quiet, there seemed to be few servants left in the mansion, it was not like a mansion, only one janitor The old man led Yunlu to the palace.

Yunlu felt a little strange, although Prince Lian Yunyu was not favored by the emperor, the prince's treatment was still guaranteed. On the bright side, the salary was 1 taels, plus other rewards and Income, life is usually pretty good - at least not as shabby as it is now.

When Yun Lu was brought by the old man to the lime in the front yard, he saw a figure in a long gown of a scribe standing in the lotus pavilion, looking rather desolate, the old man cupped his hands and said, "My lord, my lord is already here The gazebo is waiting, please."

Yun Lu nodded slightly. He grew up listening to the name of the eighth elder brother since he was a child. After all, Yun Lu was born in the 34th year of Kangxi, and the Jiulong seizure happened when he just knew about it. Here, I am even more curious about this eighth elder brother who is praised by the court, but I don't have much acquaintance with him.

When Yun Lu walked into the lotus pavilion, the scribe turned around, and it was the current Prince Lian Yunsi, but at this time Yunsi was a little older than when Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, and there was already a growth on his head. Large areas of white hair, even wrinkles are much more obvious, as if he has become an old man who is almost sixty years old.

"I've seen mynah, how is mynah recently?" Yun Lu bowed his hands, with a somewhat cautious expression.

Looking at Yunlu who is in full bloom in front of him, Yunhu can't help being a little envious. The other party has just arrived in his thirties, and he doesn't look like he is already very old, not to mention that the situation of the two parties is very different now.

"Sixteenth brother, it's rare that you have the leisure to come to the mansion to see mynah today, and stay at the mansion later in the evening to try your sister-in-law's handicrafts. In recent years, our mansion has become quite deserted."

But Yun Lu said in a low voice: "If you go back to myna, this meeting is not for personal friendship, but for business. The emperor wants my younger brother to ask myna a few words, and I have to report to the emperor when I ask. Next time, I will come to Starling's Mansion to taste the handicraft of the emperor's wife."

"Oh, I'm so confused for my brother."

A trace of sadness flashed across Yunhu's face. He was such a smart person, so he naturally knew what he was doing. It was nothing more than that his good brother, the emperor, had never let go of his suspicion of him. Now that he had this opportunity, naturally Will not let go.

It's just that the two are brothers after all, and Yunhu never thought that Yongzheng would pursue Yu Si, and even at this point, he still refused to let him go. A wry smile crossed his face, and he sighed leisurely: "Just ask, myna I will tell you everything I know."

"Yes, starling."

Yun Lu immediately stood facing south, apparently about to start questioning on behalf of the emperor, and his whole person became a little dignified, while Yun Hu knelt down obediently on the ground, lowering his head and waiting for the question.

"The emperor asks you, is the corruption case of the Ministry of Internal Affairs related to you?"

"If you go back to the emperor, this matter is only heard by the slaves, but you don't know it at all."

"The emperor asks you, since you were in charge of the clan mansion back then, don't you know anything about the corruption of Li Yanxi's party?"

"The slave is really stupid and incompetent. If he failed the emperor's great trust, the slave is guilty."

"The emperor asks you, has Li Yanxi, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, ever had a close relationship with you?"

Hearing this question, Yunhu's face was a bit ugly, he was very embarrassed: "Returning to the emperor, when the servants were in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they had a lot of contacts with the servants below, but they were all for official business and never involved in private affairs , let alone communicate in private, every time we meet we must be in the public house, and we never avoid people."

"The emperor asked you, why did Li Yanxi say that you have given benefits to the servants below many times? Could it be that you bought people's hearts?"

Yunhu bit her lip, her face lost any color, she just kowtowed sadly and said: "Since the emperor ascended the throne, the servant has never had the intention of inviting people to buy, I hope the emperor will check it out."

When the questioning was over, the faces of the two were gloomy. How could such a conversation be a conversation between brothers?Rather, he was interrogating the prisoner.

Yun Lu sighed softly, helped Yun Si who was kneeling on the ground, and comforted him in a low voice: "Now the emperor is only in a fit of anger. Don't think about it too much, starling. When the matter is found out, it will be over. At that time, the starling will still be a good starling."

"Brother Sixteen, do you think I'm okay?"

Yunhu smiled miserably, and stared at Yunlu fixedly, but Yunlu avoided his eyes, this made Yunyu's heart sink to the bottom, it seems that no one can speak for him anymore.

"Myna, take care, Shiliu will report back to the emperor."

When Yunlu presented all the contents of Yunhu's report to Yongzheng one by one, Yongzheng dropped several teacups one after another, looked at Yunlu with a sneer and said, "The meaning of Yunyu, could it be that he was born before I ascended the throne?" Already started to buy people's hearts?"

Obviously, Yongzheng has discovered the flaw in Yunhu's report, and this is something that no one dares to deny. After all, before Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, the two sides started a life-and-death struggle for the position. Who didn't do it to buy people's hearts?Even Yongzheng himself bought the hearts of the nine admirals, Longkodo, before successfully inheriting the position.

Yunhu has no way to explain this matter, and Yongzheng obviously will not give him another chance to explain. It can be said that at this point, the intentions of both parties have been fully demonstrated.

Yun Lu didn't dare to say much, but knelt on the ground and wept in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this servant thinks that even though the starlings have done these rebellious things, they are still the blood of the previous emperor, and they are also the emperor's siblings."

"Hmph, do you think I will kill him?"

"Slaves dare not, slaves are dull"

Yongzheng had a sneer on his face, "If you kill Yunyu just like that, it will damage my reputation. If it wasn't for the emperor's examination, I must submit this case to the Sanju Judiciary for public trial, so that the world can take a good look at him." Those black hearts in the king's belly!"

When Yunlu heard Yongzheng's words, he immediately fell silent. If he really wanted to do this, it would be more uncomfortable than killing him. This is a very cruel idea!

"He is not benevolent but I will not be unrighteous. Let this matter stop here. The slaves involved in the case can be punished as they like. As for the old eight, I will have a charter. Step down."

Yongzheng said coldly, but then he opened a memorial and began to review it, but Yunlu knew it well and quickly withdrew. This matter is over with the emperor, but he still has to finish it.

On April 21, the case of Li Yanxi from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to an end. Li Yanxi, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, sentenced Ling Chi to death, while Fu Nai, Chang Ming, Laibao and others were all hanged. , or kill or flow, almost the entire House of Internal Affairs has been bloodied.

In the past dynasties, it was the first time that such a large-scale exchange of blood for the Ministry of Internal Affairs was carried out. However, the matter involved the inner court, so it did not cause too much disturbance. Besides, everyone was waiting for the arrival of one thing. is the real highlight.

Sure enough, on April 25th, Yongzheng issued a decree to accuse Yunyu of being selfish, soliciting people's hearts everywhere, with wrong intentions, and together with Yunyu, Sunu, Wu Erzhan and others, were sent away. The yellow belt was issued and the name was removed from the clan mansion, which can be regarded as completely cutting off the foundation of the clan opposition parties such as Yunyu, Yunyu, Sunu, Wu Erzhan and so on.

On April 28, Yongzheng made another decree to remove Yunyu's wife to "Fujin" and return to her natal family. He also decreed that Yunyu was imprisoned in the clan's mansion, surrounded by high walls, and only two eunuchs were left around her. In response, in addition to these measures, Yunyu and Yunyu were also ordered to change their names, and they were forced to change them to "Aqina" and "Seth Black" respectively.

The so-called "Aqina" means a dog in Manchu, and "Seth Hei" means a pig. Using these two names to name Yunyu and Yunyu shows the resentment in Yongzheng's heart. After the imperial decree came out, all the officials in the capital pretended to be dead, and no one dared to speak to Yongzheng at this time.

After disposing of Yunhu, Yongzheng was a little relieved, and asked the Ministry of Households to allocate 50 taels of silver as funds for the purchase of raw materials for the firearms factory, and ordered Dai Jing to hurry up and build new guns and artillery for the Eight Banners New Army For the purpose, the original lacking part can be temporarily replaced by calling the old-fashioned shotgun.

This is also a no-brainer, after all, holding a blunderbuss is better than holding a stick, and when the battle breaks out, I'm afraid they won't even be able to use the blunderbuss, then the big guy will really have to fight Ning Chu with a stick up.

Yongzheng also knew in his heart that the day of Ningchu's Northern Expedition is probably getting closer and closer. According to the reports from the spies below, the number of Fuhan troops along the south of the Yellow River is increasing day by day, and more than 10 people are on the way. With a strong army, he is afraid that he will cross the Yellow River this year, and then he will meet Ning Chu for a real chapter.

The current Qing government only has about 40 New Eight Banners troops with not fully equipped equipment, plus [-] Manchurian cavalry, [-] to [-] old Beijing Eight Banners, and [-] to [-] Green Battalion troops distributed in the northern provinces. With a full force of less than [-] troops, this is the current possessions of the Qing court.

It sounds like a lot, but everyone knows that it is nothing more than that the Eight Banners New Army and the Manchurian cavalry have a certain combat power, which is less than half of the total, which is only 15 people. The troops that come out are at least between 20 and 30.

When the Qing government attacked more with less, they couldn't beat the Fuhan army on the opposite side. What's more, they still use less to attack more. No one dares to say that they can win these two words. Said to wait until the variable appears.

I don't know whether it was Yongzheng who moved the heavens or the ancestors of the Eight Banners, but it really brought variables to the current Qing court.

(End of this chapter)