Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 891
Qian Qianyi had submitted his resignation several times. He begged the emperor for his illness, claiming that his foot disease was so serious that he was about to be unable to walk, and that he could no longer serve as an official.

It's just that the submission of several rhetoric in a row is like a mud cow falling into the sea, and there is no response.

Today is a holiday, Qian Qianyi took his wife Liu Rushi to Longze, Changping, the western suburb, which is known as the Dragon Vessel of Beijing, so there are not only royal palaces, but also many princes and aristocrats who built manor villas here, all wanting to be a part of the dragon People who share wealth and wealth, and those who can build a manor here, are either rich or expensive.

Just having money is not enough, one must also have status.

A real job below the third rank, and a title below the earl are not eligible to buy a property here.

Xishan developed these manors under the name of the Royal Shaofu Supervisor. They have royal signboards. In the Xishan Manor area where every inch of land is expensive, every manor and villa is designed to the extreme. Many of them are garden masters in Suzhou. A manor is in the hands of a famous teacher.

Qian Qianyi has a big manor in Xishan. After all, his status is there. At the beginning, Qian Qianyi also planned to rest here in the future, so he spent a lot of effort and took three years to complete this manor. Although The place with every inch of land and every inch of gold is not too spacious, but it is very clean and elegant. Qian Qianyi likes his state of mind, and Liu Rushi also likes it very much. The couple will come here when they are on vacation.

It's just that on the way to the manor this time, Qian Qianyi didn't have the slightest joy and relaxation. His face was full of wrinkles, and he was already skinny, making him even more distressed and worried, and he sighed from time to time.Liu Rushi looked at her husband who was over sixty, and reached out to take his hand in his.

"Maybe it's not what you think it is."

The four-wheeled carriage traveled west along the Shahe River. The large carriage was luxuriously decorated, the interior was spacious, and the decoration was also very comfortable. There were not only soft seats, but also coffee tables and teapots.

In front of the big carriage, there were several servants and servants riding horses to lead the way, followed by a large group of servants and servants, which showed that the former leader of Donglin had a high status in the new dynasty.

It's just that Qian Qianyi is terrified to the bone now, he feels his heart is pinched, since the emperor returned to the capital, Qian Qianyi has not had a peaceful night's sleep.

Compared with Hong Chengchou, who first went to the Northwest to quell the chaos in the past few years and then went to Liuqiu to become the governor, Qian Qianyi has always stayed in the capital, has been in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Admonition Court, and even has a bachelor's degree and entered the Prime Minister's office. place.In the eyes of outsiders in recent years, Qian Qianyi was successful. Although he took the lead in shaving his head, opened the city to welcome the Qing Dynasty, and later went to Beijing to be an official, he was still appreciated and trusted by Emperor Shaotian when he came back.

Many people even really believed that when he was with the Tartars, he sneaked into the enemy camp to work.

But Qian Qianyi knew very well that he really surrendered back then, even though he took the initiative to contact Zhu Yihai to inform him later, it couldn't change this.

In the past few years, there are many criminal officials like him who have repeatedly held important positions. Even Ruan Dacheng and Ma Shiying are still above him.

But all of these always left him with a little uneasiness in his heart. He dared not be negligent in admonishing the two courts in Taiwan. He changed from the former leader of Donglin, and began to stare at him like a loyal dog of the emperor. All the officials in the imperial court were stern and selfless to everyone, no matter who were the former gentlemen of Donglin Fushe, no matter what former teachers and students, the same age, and fellow villagers, he was merciless.

He has impeached and investigated countless officials over the years, and even Chen Zilong, Hou Fangyu, Hou Xun and others were labeled as cliques and rebellious groups, and he took the lead in biting them.

These actions caused Qian Qianyi to be criticized and cast aside by many former comrades, although he had been stable in the court for many years and held an important position.

Once upon a time, Qian Qianyi also felt that what he had done was enough, and he should have completely won the trust of the emperor, at least he could be stable until he became an official.

But after the emperor came back this time, Qian Qianyi immediately sensed that something was wrong.

The emperor actually wanted to abdicate to the prince.

Then the emperor was making a lot of tight personnel arrangements, and even just decided to let the five righteous sons restore their original surnames, each Jin was granted the title of duke, and a camp was set up to conquer Burma, and all the five adopted sons were transferred there.

Such as all kinds.

Qian Qianyi felt something was wrong.

The emperor was only 36 years old, why did he suddenly want to be in Zen?If the emperor really wants to take the Zen throne, the most likely reason is that there is something wrong with the emperor's dragon body, and his life will not last long.But now Tai is less than 20 years old, can the emperor rest assured?

Who will the emperor worry about?

Almost instinctively, Qian Qianyi felt that he was in danger.

Although he is in his 60s, he is still in good health, and he may live for another 20 years. Although what he has done in the past few years, in the eyes of Donglin, Fushe and others, he is no longer The leader, but after all, he is still very influential among the literati.

"Aren't Qian Yangxian and Chen Zaizhu back yet?" Qian Qianyi was worried.

Qian and Chen are his very confidant clan disciples, they have been running under his sect all the time, they are trustworthy in terms of their ability to handle affairs and their loyalty.He sent two people to inquire about some news, and even contacted some people for him, but no one came back until now.

His heart hangs even tighter, and he always feels that something is wrong.

A voice came from outside the carriage, "Master, not yet."

"What is the master worried about?" Liu Rushi asked.

"Thunder and rain are all due to your kindness." Qian Qianyi sighed. The city of Beijing is very quiet now, but it made him feel more and more that this was a harbinger of a storm.

An old era is coming to an end, and a new era is coming.

And a person of the old era like him may not be able to escape being taken away by the old era after all.

"The master has done so many things for the court and the saint, isn't it enough?"

Although Liu Rushi is a talented and famous prostitute, she is only a little girl after all, how could they understand the benefits and disadvantages in the temple.

And Qian Qianyi, as the former leader of Donglin, fought so fiercely with Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren Party, and even fought openly and secretly with Ruan Shicheng, Ma Shiying, and even other Donglin gentlemen in the Hongguang court in Nanjing, and then joined the Shaotian Dynasty. Acting as the emperor's eagle dog, this seemingly thin old man is a master of fighting.

Even when he fought with Chen Zilong and others in the love field by the Qinhuai River, it was the beauties he embraced in the end. In order to win the beauties of Liu Rushi back then, at his age, he was a dignified leader of Donglin, and he was even able to ignore the criticism of the world. Regardless of face, he took a prostitute back home with the ceremony of marrying a wife.

At that time, Chen Zilong, a famous scholar in Donglin, made a love affair with Liu Rushi one step earlier, and even made Liu Rushi willing to be a housewife for a long time. In the end, because Chen Zilong could not give Liu a title, Liu left him, but Qian Qianyi If you can spare it, go out and marry Liu Rushi as a wife.

All these reveal that Qian Qianyi is actually a ruthless person.

When Zhenjiang was breached and Emperor Hongguang fled, Qian Qianyi decisively took the lead in opening the city and surrendering to the Qing army. He even took the lead in shaving his hair when he was ordered to shave his hair. After Zhu Yihai came back, he immediately wrote a letter to contact the Qing army. Surrender.

When the emperor needed him to be a lone loyal, eagle dog, and asked him to supervise the impeachment, and even bite the former Donglin Fusocialists, he did not hesitate. With these, he has survived until now, and he can even go all the way. Entering the central prime minister's office, you can get the title of duke of the county for life.

But when an era wants to abandon you, no matter how hard you try, it will be useless.

For Qian Qianyi, what he fears the most is Emperor Shaotian. It is a fear from the bottom of his heart, because in the face of this young emperor, in the past, he could deceive, fool, and confuse Chongzhen, Hongguang, and even Dole. Dagon's skills are all useless.

When he got along with Emperor Shaotian, he always felt that he had seen through him without reservation.

Qian Qianyi originally wanted to retreat bravely, but he wrote three rhetoric.

But now the emperor is staying behind.

He felt that something was wrong. If the emperor agreed to let him serve as an official, he could end up with a decent death, but now maybe the emperor is not even willing to give him this dignity.

Thinking of the beautiful wife, thinking of the huge family business of the Qian family, thinking of the fact that he had disregarded his reputation all these years, but in the end he might end up with an unsatisfactory end, Qian Qianyi wanted to cry but had no tears.

There is a feeling of hopelessness.

But he was a bit unwilling and always wanted to find a way out.

His mind kept turning, thinking about why there was such a sudden change, and where was his chance of life, as long as he could guess the real motive of the emperor, he might be able to find a chance of life.

"Tomorrow you will go to the palace to pay a visit to Imperial Concubine Ruan and the others."

Liu Rushi asked, "Do you want me to inquire about some news?"

Qian Qianyi felt that this was probably impossible. He looked at his beloved wife and held her hand tightly, "If my guess is correct, I'm afraid that this time I, and even the Qian family, will be doomed. We will end up in the same fate as Zuo Guangxian, Chen Zilong, Hou Xunhou Fangyu, Zheng Sanjun, etc. Now maybe only you can save us."

Liu Rushi was stunned.

Looking at her husband's expectant and begging eyes, she suddenly understood the deep meaning in it.

Liu Rushi was born in the same year as today's son, and they are both 36 years old this year. As one of the ten beauties of Qinhuai, Liu Rushi is indeed stunning in the world. Even if she is 36, she has more charm and temperament. She married 23 The year-old Qian Qianyi has been together for 59 years in a blink of an eye.

The two also have a lovely daughter, Sun Rui, who did not expect him to have such an idea.

Even if it came from the Qinhuai River, she was shocked by her husband's thought.

She was silent.

Qian Qianyi held his wife's hand, full of prayers.

"I'm old, it doesn't matter if I die with an old bone, but I'm afraid that the Qian family will be implicated, Sun Ai, Sun Rui and you and I can't rest assured, especially Sun Rui, who is only 12 years old. If the Qian family is broken, It is also hard to escape the fate of being sent to Yongning Temple and armored men as slaves..."

Hearing his mention of his daughter, Liu Ru was heartbroken.

She herself experienced ups and downs in her life. When she was young, due to her poor family, she was plundered and sold to Wujiang as a maidservant in Jiaxing. When she was young, she fell into the Zhangtai brothel, traveled between Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jinling in the chaotic world, and was later sold to the former cabinet university of Chongzhen. The scholar Zhou Daodeng's family married Zhou Daodeng, who was over sixty years old, as a concubine. As a result, Zhou's wife Hedong Shihou almost died at the knife of the jealous woman.

After Zhou's death, at the age of 14, she was kicked out of Zhou's house, forced to leave the court, and became a singing girl.Later, she fell in love with Chen Zilong, a famous scholar in Donglin, and became a housewife. However, Chen Zilong and Zhang Shi led others to beat her to the south tower.

Later, she met Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Rites, and was finally moved by his talent and sincerity. She married him as a continuation. After 13 years, she washed her hands and made soup, devoted herself to serving her husband, and gave birth to a daughter. He actually made such a request.

Her heart was full of anger and heartache, but then she thought about her twelve-year-old daughter, and thought that if the Qian family mansion collapsed, there would be no eggs under the overturned nest. She herself had a hard life, and she did not want her daughter to die again repeat.

She struggled to break free from her husband's hand, retracted her sleeve, and told her husband through gritted teeth: "Okay, I will enter the palace tomorrow, and the master will send someone to take me there."

Hearing this, Qian Qianyi breathed a sigh of relief, but hurried to grab his wife's hand and opened his mouth to explain.

"Master, I'm tired. I want to close my eyes and rest for a while. When I arrive at the manor, the master will wake me up again." After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and ignored Qian Qianyi who opened his mouth.

Qian Qianyi's worries were not superfluous.

Even his intuition is indeed very keen.

In the Hall of Martial Arts in the Forbidden City, Zhu Yihai was playing chess with the prince. There were only father and son in the hall. He told his son his plan without any concealment.

"If the emperor doesn't trust Hong Chengchou, Qian Qianyi, Wu Sangui, the local national treasure, Li Yuchun, Ma Guozhu, etc., why don't they just let them go to official positions, or change their posts to idle positions, wouldn't it be easier?"

"I have my own considerations. In fact, it is very simple for me to get rid of these people. It can even be done without anyone noticing. But I don't just want to take away their official positions, let alone get rid of them. They, what I really want to do is to bring order out of chaos, to let the people of the world understand that some things are wrong and some things are right. At the time when the world was in chaos, the situation forced us to unite and fight together, but now the world is stable. It’s time to tell right from wrong.”

"Qian Qianyi used to be the leader of Donglin, the head of the imperial court, and even a high-ranking central position. However, he directly surrendered Nanjing City and took the lead in shaving his hair. This is tantamount to breaking the hearts of the people in the world to resist captives. It is a heinous crime."

"Hong Chengchou, as a rare minister of the Chongzhen Dynasty who was capable of writing and martial arts, was deeply trusted by Chongzhen. After being captured, he not only surrendered, but also offered strategies to destroy the Ming Dynasty for the Tartars, and personally persuaded and recruited rebels in Jiangnan, Huguang and other places, and even ruthlessly attacked the righteous fighters of the Ming Dynasty who resisted the Qing Dynasty. This is unforgivable."

"Not to mention Wu Sangui, Xianshan Pass surrendered captives, led the Tartars to Beijing, and even led the Guanning Army, which was built by the imperial court with countless national power, to act as the Tartars' vanguard, not only for the Tartars. Righteous man, how can these blood debts be eliminated?"

"I didn't kill them before, it was forced by the situation, and it was an expedient measure. Now it's time to settle accounts, and I want to tell all those who come after me that there are some things that cannot be done, and there is no fluke."

The prince pondered for a long time while holding the chess piece, and asked: "But if the father turns over the old account again, wouldn't he be suspected of breaking his promise, so what will be the court's faith in the future?"

"Prince, there is no such thing as having the best of both worlds. It's just a matter of weighing the pros and cons and choosing the lesser one. Han Gaozu Liu Bang killed heroes, and my Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty also killed heroes. Do you think they don't know the harm of killing heroes?
But as a king, there must be a balance. "

"If I don't kill Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Qian Qianyi, etc., and let these people be the Duke of the State, the scholar, and the governor, how will it feel to the people who come later? They will feel that it doesn't matter what they do, and they are betrayed. But there is still a chance to come back."

"This is wrong. The red line must be drawn clearly. If betrayal is not punished, what is the point of loyalty?"

"I will not assassinate them, nor allow them to resign, let alone commit suicide. They must be formally tried. Although doing so will have some bad effects on me and the court, two evils are equal. Whichever is less,"

"Don't worry, before you officially succeed to the throne, I will do all the things that should be done."

The prince has not yet accepted this cruel theory with such a strong heart, "What about other people, such as those in Shunying and Xiying, or the former pirates, local bandits, etc.?"

"I will clean them from the beginning to the end, and punish them according to their previous crimes. Those who deserve to be killed will be killed, those who should be demoted, and those who should be dismissed will not be polite. Of course, if the crimes in the past are not serious, I will also punish them." For those who are pardoned or lightly punished, I will take a comprehensive inventory of the old accounts in the past, and after I have dealt with them, you can write them off in the future."

"Prince, kindness does not command soldiers, but to rule a country and govern the world, let alone benevolence and small righteousness. If there is a great order after the chaos, then some things must be completely overthrown, otherwise the new order How to rebuild?"

He threw down the chess piece, got up and patted the prince on the shoulder, and walked slowly in the hall with a cane.

"Qin Shi Han Wu Tang Zong Song Zu and my Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, every great emperor, the great achievements they have established are not because of their kindness, and they are by no means saints. They all have clear goals and goals. Gritty determination perseverance.

Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, how many people were killed?But the world of great struggle for hundreds of years ended, and the world became one.With the power of the whole country of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, half of the bankrupts in the world defeated the Xiongnu in decades, but in exchange for hundreds of years of prosperity of the Han Dynasty.

Tang Taizong killed his brothers, killed his brothers and imprisoned his father, and even seized his brothers' wives. He also killed many clans, but his achievements in defeating the Turks, defeating Goguryeo, and setting up the imperial examinations will last forever.Song Taizu also seized the foundation of Zhou’s orphans and widowed mothers, and my Great Ming Taizu also served as the leader of the Red Scarf Army Xiaoming King..."

"Those who achieve great things must distinguish between the primary and the secondary, and see clearly the pros and cons."

The prince's heart ached when he heard this, these words kept impacting his conception.

"Actually, many things in this world are not a simple distinction between right and wrong, but a distinction between interests and interests, especially for emperors. For the court, you should always remember one thing. To be an emperor is not to be a saint, and the emperor will never be a saint. "

(End of this chapter)