Emperor Kangxi sent me to marry

One emperor, one courtier.

Zhang Yushu, who was full of filial piety and served in state mourning for Kangxi, did not expect that less than a month after he left the capital, new rules had been changed here.

He couldn't even enter the Forbidden City.

The guard at the gate asked him for his waist badge. Zhang Yushu took out the old one, but was told by Zhengse that this one was no longer used and that he had to replace it with a new one issued by the fourth princess's house. If not, you can also get a warrant issued by the Princess's Mansion.

Both sides looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes. Zhang Yushu didn't get either, and the guards didn't even have the slightest intention of being accommodating.

Zhang Yushu was not sure what to do. In the long morning light, a carriage drove up. He happened to recognize the owner of the carriage and hurried forward to say hello.

"Master Ma Qi, you are well."

"Ouch, Brother Zhang is back from Guihua City! Why don't you explain why you just arrived?"

Ma Qi got off the carriage and saluted enthusiastically. Zhang Yushu took the opportunity to talk about the waist badge. To his surprise, Ma Qi was very calm and did not think that the guard at the door was at fault.

"This is a good rule. I didn't think so before. Nowadays, fewer people can enter the Forbidden City. It's very clean. I quite like this. Of course Brother Zhang can enter. I've prepared the badge for you. Who would have thought you'd arrive early."

Ma Qi called a personal attendant and asked him to go to Yisang's house to retrieve Zhang Yushu's new waist card.

Zhang Yushu couldn't help but feel shocked.

He thought that after Suo'etu fell, his son-in-law Yisang'a, even if he could escape unharmed, would have to get down from the first chair in the south study room and calm down for a while. Unexpectedly, Yi Sang'a is still in charge of Nan Study.

There was a hint of temptation in the words.

"Why did you change your belt? Whose idea was it?"

"Fourth Princess. Oh, I almost forgot. Brother Zhang, you will have a vote at the morning meeting. You have to reject the proposal from the Ministry of Revenue. Why did they spend more money to build the river? They just can't pay the bill. And they don’t dare to go to the princes’ palaces to take back the money they released. Today is the third vote. If they don’t pass, they will have to cut their own salaries and make up for the arrears.”

"What, vote, pass..."

"You can understand it after two gestures, and it's not difficult. You just need to know how to count. Although I don't deal with the fourth princess, her idea is really convenient. In the past, one thing couldn't be done after four or five days of arguing, but now that we have voted, no It only takes a cup of tea to finish.”

Ma Qi then told Zhang Yushu that after the emperor's death, the bachelors in the south study relied on voting to deal with government affairs in various places. Zhang Yushu was confused when he heard this.

Without much effort, Ma Qi's personal entourage came back with the waist badge. Zhang Yushu took it with him and entered the Forbidden City side by side with Ma Qi.

The road was indeed different from the past. There were not many ministers going to the south study room, but there were a few idle clan members who were not often seen, and they were all relatively young.

Ma Qi quietly pulled Zhang Yushu's sleeve and whispered to him.

"These people can also vote, but they have to read the brochure first and be able to tell the terms above. If you are not here, the south study room is short of manpower, so the fourth princess has come here for emergencies. Although they are strict in doing things, fortunately they don't make many mistakes. Waiting for Si Belle After ascending the throne, we thought about how to give these people some concessions and ask for a few official positions."

This topic was what Zhang Yushu was most concerned about. He didn't go any further and dragged Ma Qi into a corner.

"It's not that I'm impatient, but Four Belles haven't been found yet?"

"I can't find it! Tuoheqi is very busy. He is searching every house in the capital. My house has been searched three times!"

"Then, what about outside the capital?"

"Outside the capital?"

Ma Qi thought Zhang Yushu's words were strange and stared at him hard.

"Don't you know that a few days ago, the fourth princess came back and sealed the capital. Not even a fly could fly out? Sibeile has no wings, how could he get out of the capital? Tuoheqi needs to be able to welcome Sibeile now. It is a great achievement to come back and ascend the throne. His big family can directly raise the flag and leave the city. He said he didn't see Sibeile leave the city, which means he didn't leave the city."

Zhang Yushu thought about it, but he was so anxious that he couldn't bear it. A country cannot live without a king for a day, and the prince who wants to succeed him cannot be found. Zhang Yushu, who has been reading the book of Heaven and Earth Lord all his life, feels like there is a lump in his throat, and he sighs.

"No, we need to send more people out to search! Send out all the major battalions that guard the capital!"

Ma Qi laughed loudly and dragged Zhang Yushu towards the Qianqing Palace.

"Okay, you write a note and we will have a vote in the morning meeting!"

As soon as the two entered the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Yushu looked at a wooden house on wheels parked in the yard and was confused. Mazie told him, pointing to the house.

"Vote here. You'll understand once you go in. I'm just saying, Brother Zhang is even more confused."

After entering the south study room, Ma Qi was not in a hurry. He first took a box of copper movable type and paper and told Zhang Yushu how to use it.

"Now we don't need those people who copy and write, for fear of leaking the news. This was brought back by the fourth princess. It seems to be a man named Huang... Huang or something..."

"Huanglu Village!"

"Yes, that's the name! This guy is quite clever. He came up with this little thing and printed a piece of forty characters. After Brother Zhang put it together, he applied ink and printed it."

Zhang Yushu wanted to interrupt Ma Qi several times, but did not dare to divulge the secret rashly. After listening to the explanation, he sat there alone and played with the movable type, feeling a drum in his heart.

Huangluzhuang.

Because of him, Sibeile and the Fourth Princess became estranged.

Gao Shiqi used the excuse to send him back to Huacheng as an errand. Before the rebellion against the prince, he left the palace and avoided the stormy waves of those days without leaving any trace. Now he is the famous man beside Eighth Prince, who can't be separated for a moment.

Huangluzhuang is still researching these ingenious things for the fourth princess...

Zhang Yushu was even more sure that the guesses he and the other two bachelors made together were not wrong.

The disappearance of the fourth princess and the fourth Belle are inseparable.

After printing ten pieces of paper, Zhang Yushu wanted to show it to Ma Qi and discuss the details together. At that time, Ethan Ah also arrived and said hello to him while drinking almond tea. The three of them exchanged some pleasantries together. Zhang Yushu handed over the note he printed. Ethan took it in his hand, looked at it briefly, and nodded in praise.

"Sir Zhang is really thoughtful. Tuoheqi can't find Sibeile even though he's searching like this. It's time to look outside the capital as soon as possible. Ma Qi, what day is this?"

Ma Qi rummaged through the other colors of paper in his hand, raised his head and replied.

"Number 5. Let's get ready. The fourth princess never misses the time. I guess it's almost here."

Zhang Yushu had roughly heard that Ma Qi and the fourth princess had a tense quarrel in the Qianqing Palace, so he was very puzzled by Ma Qi's attentive attitude towards the fourth princess. While everyone was busy checking the notes in their hands, Zhang Yushu secretly asked Ma Qi:

"Isn't it appropriate for the fourth princess to control the government like this?"

Ma Qi was busy and had no time to elaborate with him, so he only responded vaguely.

"Who said she controls the government and just sits there counting money every day."

Zhang Yushu wanted to ask again. The door creaked open, and all the ministers immediately stood up from their chairs and greeted him in unison.

"Good luck to the fourth princess."

Haifeng was in the early stages of pregnancy and was in the sleepy stage. For her, getting up on time every day was cruel torture. If it weren't for the feeling of becoming a queen, she wouldn't be able to persist.

After holding back his sleepiness and saying hello to the ministers, Hai Feng saw Zhang Yushu there and nodded to him.

"It would be best if Grand Scholar Zhang is back. Everyone in the South Study Room is so busy that your feet never touch the ground. Besides, we don't know what is going on in the palace. When the morning meeting is over, Grand Scholar Zhang will tell us."

Zhang Yushu lowered his head and responded, but in fact he kept sizing her up secretly. The fourth princess was also dressed in filial piety, only wearing blue jewelry on her head. There was no makeup on her fair face, and she was as delicate as shelled egg white, making her look like she was only sixteen or seventeen years old.

No wonder people say that if you want to be pretty, you must be filial.

Haifeng stepped forward and took the seat at the head of the table, and all the ministers followed suit, leaving only Yisang'a standing and talking about today's No. 1 to-do item.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs couldn't come up with the money for the national funeral at the moment. When I asked the Ministry of Accounts, they found that there was money in the account but no money in the treasury. Master Chen Tingjing went to the Ministry of Accounts to check the accounts and found a deficit of more than three million taels of silver. How to make up for this money? The Ministry of Accounts handed over a note, which means to make up for the mistakes, open a few businesses, and use the money earned to make up for the shortfall. Mr. Chen asked the Ministry of Accounts what business they planned to open, but they didn't tell them carefully. The first two reports came up Yes, the wine business and the medicine business were rejected by everyone here. This time they said it was a cloth business."

Ma Qi snorted impatiently, his mouth was quite sharp.

"If you want to make money, you have to think about the national mourning. Yes, every household uses white cloth and blue cloth, and it is difficult to buy it at a higher price in the capital. But the Ministry of Household Affairs is doing this business openly, and it seems not dignified. No matter what you think, I will say it clearly. Now: I’m going to vote against it.”

Axiang, who helped Haifeng in, waited for him to finish speaking, took out a short incense stick from the small wooden box he brought with him, and used it to control the length of the discussion. After Ma Qi finished speaking, Chen Tingjing stood up and interceded for the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"If the Ministry of Revenue refuses to do anything, I don't care about this mess. The money was actually borrowed by the princes and the men in the clan. Many princes have not returned from the palace of naturalization, so they use this to argue. Procrastination and failure to pay. Not to mention the Ministry of Accounts, in these mansions, when buying antiques and jewelry, if you don't pay back the debt for one or two years, the storekeepers in the shops don't dare to come to ask for it, so they consider themselves unlucky."

Zhang Yushu was frightened when he heard this. This is something that everyone knows, but who dares to say it in the South Study Room. If you tell me, the emperor will not care. He only wants to use the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pay off the debts of the banner people. After three or two visits, the bannermen became more daring to take credit, treating the symptoms rather than the root causes, and borrowing more aggressively.

Haifeng naturally knew that this was a confusing account, but it was too ugly for the Ministry of Accounts to publicly disclose the money from Kangxi's funeral, and Ma Qi's words were rude and unreasonable.

Based on her experience in hosting voting these days, she can probably pass the vote if she puts it to the vote. But this method of handling it would be embarrassing if passed.

After the incense was burned, the ministers present were in the middle of the discussion, and they all still had something to say.

Haifeng thought calmly for a while and asked Hube to withdraw the fold.

"Everyone is at loggerheads. Let me see. Otherwise, the Ministry of Revenue should think of other ways. Don't abolish the last right to vote, that will be famine. What's next?"

Everyone then went on to talk about a case in the Ministry of Justice, and then went on to talk about the appointment and dismissal list of the Ministry of Personnel. Zhang Yushu found that the discussion was really fast, and the notes handed over by various yamen were much shorter than in the past. After asking the person next to me, I found out that the fourth princess had given an order not to write any longer words. If it exceeds 350 words, I will go back and rewrite it. After finishing the scheduled schedule, Haifeng asked as usual if there were any temporary motions. Zhang Yushu thought it was his turn and stood up in panic. Unexpectedly, Ma Qi suddenly took the lead.

"The third time, I'll use up my worries. As I said a few days ago: Please ask the fourth princess to move out of the Qianqing Palace immediately. This is the emperor's palace, and His Highness cannot live there. Even if it is a temporary couch in the study, that won't work. !”

Zhang Yushu thought this was correct, but everyone laughed after hearing it. Ethan, who was sitting in the front, winked at Zhang Yushu, indicating that he could talk about his own affairs. Zhang Yushu took out the note and stated his opinion loudly in front of everyone.

Haifeng thought to himself, if you go out to Beijing and find Zhangjiakou, Kangxi's mourning period will be over. So she happily agreed to add this item to the vote.

Ah Xiang had already practiced the routine these days and immediately brought the bamboo tube for drawing lots.

Zhang Yushu heard a tinkling sound in the bamboo tube. Then I saw the fourth princess reaching in with her bare hands and grabbing three round things and coming out.

Haifeng carefully checked the patterns and words on the coins, and revealed to everyone the ancient coins that would be used in today's vote.

"Today it's the turn of Italy's silver coins and France's two copper coins. First of all, I will throw in the official documents, move my palace out of Qianqing Palace, and leave the capital to find Si Baile. Let's go out."

She stood up and left first, followed by the other ministers in order. Zhang Yushu walked at the end and wanted to improvise and ask Ma Qi a few questions, but he didn't have time.

The wooden house on wheels in the yard was unlocked, revealing its exquisite internal structure. Ma Qi helped Zhang Yushu get the coins and taught him how to use them.

"Silver coins are used on the official's fold. The larger copper coins are my business, and the smaller ones are your business. If you think it works, throw it to the left. If it doesn't work, throw it to the right. If you don't know, put it in the middle. Do you understand?"

"Thank you very much, I understand."

Zhang Yushu had just returned to Beijing. Everyone humbly asked him to go in first. As soon as Zhang Yushu stood still in the hut, the door was locked firmly, and there was the sound of some mechanisms turning. There is no light on all sides, only the top is bright. Zhang Yushu looked up and saw that it was covered with glass.

In this way, I am not afraid of anyone peeking.

Zhang Yushu thought to himself and started voting. He felt that he should agree to all three things. Just dump the coins into the box on the far left with "Ke" written on it, and that would be it. He still regretted throwing it away too quickly. He carefully looked at the decorations three times before turning around and leaving.

The door was locked tightly. Zhang Yushu knocked twice and someone outside helped open the door. Ma Qi was already waiting to go in.

"I forgot to tell Brother Zhang how to get out. That's it. I should have knocked three times in a row."

Zhang Yushu watched everyone finish voting, but he wanted to know what Ma Qi said about the fourth princess' "counting money".

Axiang took out the key and Haifeng took it in his hand. He turned the mechanism from one side and the box containing the money was pushed out by the mechanism.

She then turned the pulley at the bottom to change the orientation of the wooden house, and the three boxes were displayed in front of everyone. Haifeng counted the coins in each box one by one. Ethan took a booklet and a writing brush to help keep count.

When it came to the item that Ma Qi asked her to move out of Qianqing Palace, there were only two large copper coins in the "ke" box, and the rest were all in other boxes. One belonged to Ma Qi, and the other one, all the ministers looked at Zhang Yushu. Only then did Zhang Yushu realize that voting requires skills. It’s not that no one can take a peek. Others have no way of knowing what you voted for.

After finishing this round, Haifeng re-selected the coins and invested in other matters. The same process is repeated again, and the morning meeting is completed.

After the meeting, Haifeng called by name and asked Zhang Yushu to tell him how the national funeral was going. Zhang Yushu started practicing Tai Chi and talked about trivial matters.

Everyone understood as soon as they heard it, and those who wanted tea and those who wanted water went out to avoid it.

Haifeng didn't want to be led by Zhang Yushu, so he invited him to the small study room where he lived.

"It's clean and easy to talk to over there. Academician Zhang also saw with his own eyes how on earth I 'lived' in Qianqing Palace. And why no one else except Ma Qi paid much attention to this matter."

Zhang Yushu naturally couldn't get what he asked for, so he went with him with great gratitude.

In this small study, when Kangxi was there, he would occasionally come in to sit, have a snack, and change clothes. There were several rooms in the Qianqing Palace that were all used for this purpose. Zhang Yushu had been here before. He looked at the furnishings and furniture as before. He looked at things and missed people. Thinking of Kangxi, he couldn't help but get red circles under his eyes and took out his handkerchief to wipe them.

Hai Feng pointed to a rattan recliner the size of a camp bed by the window and showed it to Zhang Yushu who was choking.

"Only this. How dare I touch the furnishings of the Qing Palace? When Sibeile comes back, he can change it himself. The bachelors even have a kang. When they are tired, they can lie on it for a while. I don't even have a chair. Used? Ma Qi just likes to be serious, no one will pay attention to what he says."

After that, I just happened to sit down on a chair and rest. Zhang Yushu knows the rules, how can a minister sit higher than the princess? She lay down, and Zhang Yushu, according to his usual habit of serving Kangxi, invited a military aircraft mat, sat on the ground, and talked to the fourth princess.

"Since His Highness mentioned Si Beile, I dared to ask. Since the government and the public could not see Si Beile, they all felt unsure. Regarding the whereabouts of the new emperor, the fourth princess, is there anything that can be remembered..."

"Oh, you don't have to be so careful. Just ask if you want. This palace is not his Baylor Mansion. The lion painted on the door, I don't know where he went."

"But, Sibeile is not in the capital and cannot be found. How can the emperor enter the mausoleum? The new emperor does not preside over state funerals. From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of such a thing."

"Isn't that an errand of the Ministry of Rites?"

Haifeng was playing with it intently, with a pair of white jade Ruyi in his hand, and his answers became more and more absent-minded.

Zhang Yushu looked at her with an unconcerned look, and became increasingly dissatisfied.

As a child, she actually forgot her filial piety and was busy seizing political power in the capital. Not to mention being a princess, even an ordinary aunt would not treat her dead father so indifferently.

"Your Highness the Princess is like this, I can't help but say a few words! When the Emperor was here, how much he loved His Highness and his consort! The annual rewards, titles and honors, which one is short? The Emperor collapsed, and His Highness only liked to intervene in six affairs in the capital, but not What's the rule for going to the palace to help the Queen Mother solve her problems? Didn't Chen Tingjing's niece teach His Highness the Classic of Filial Piety and the Analects of Women?"

He thought he was impassioned and had the moral high ground, but Haifeng just wanted to laugh and called Axiang over.

"I'm tired, just tell him."

After hearing Zhang Yushu's words just now, Axiang wanted to scold him back. She was eager to roll up her sleeves and speak.

"The great bachelor is so powerful, he actually taught the master a lesson! There are several princes in the palace now, and the third elder brother is older than the master. He doesn't care about the emperor, how can the master get over it? The grand master has never heard of it, new The emperor does not preside over the state's funeral, even if I have no experience, I have never heard of a princess from any dynasty or generation presiding over the emperor's funeral!"

"I didn't say that I would ask Your Highness to preside over it, but I have to go there and fulfill my filial piety..."

"Hey, how come you don't know anything? The master is happy! It's still light days! You can't eat well or sleep well on the way to the palace. You don't want the master to be safe, so you have a bad idea! A letter written by the Queen Mother, Tell the master to have a baby first and not to go; Qintian Supervisor has calculated that according to the horoscope of the master's fetus, the emperor may be shocked. When he returns to the capital, the master will have to stay away from home! It would be better if you don't persuade him to let him go. Master, will you catch up?"

Since Zhang Yushu entered the officialdom, he has never been robbed like this by someone. The other person is still a little girl in her twenties. She is ashamed and angry, but she can't scold her for losing her identity. Her face turns red, so she just kneels down. .

"I really don't know the reasons for your highness. If I offend your highness, I will go to the official department to receive the punishment."

Before Axiang could use her full power, Zhang Yushu gave up and within a short time, he could no longer escape. She took advantage of the situation and sat on the military plane cushion where Zhang Yushu had been sitting just now, and talked to Haifeng.

"Master Zhang is not as powerful as Master Ma Qi. The last time I slapped him, Master Ma Qi jumped up. I was really scared!"

Haifeng changed directions on the recliner, talked to Axiang, and rewarded her with the pair of jade ruyi in his hand.

"You don't have to be afraid of anyone now. I am the biggest in the capital. Zhang Yushu ran away because he felt that quarreling with you was unbecoming of a great bachelor. I didn't talk to him because he didn't argue with me. You two are qualified to argue. You two are barely equal. You are my maid! Let's spend some time. When the ministers are impatient and people's hearts are agitated, we set off for Zhangjiakou. Two days ago, I I asked the Ministry of Rites to report the year number, did they follow my instructions?"

"Well, Fugui made a trip and got the note with 'Yongzheng' written on it."

Haifeng touched it, but could not see the rising and falling of his lower abdomen, feeling a little guilty for no reason.

I don’t know if Duobu will be angry after meeting her, angry that she doesn’t take care of herself even though she’s pregnant, and is just messing around.

It seems that she has no destiny to raise her child peacefully. The last time she was pregnant with Lian'er, she went to the Forbidden City in the rain to run for the victims of the Shandong disaster.

History is really a joke. After all, the fourth prince will still be the Yongzheng Emperor.

She defeated the two great treasures, the Prince and the Eighth Prince, but failed at both times.

Fortunately, Guo Luoluo Yuluo's willful revenge unexpectedly hit her right and created an excellent opportunity for her.

Perhaps, this is called fate tricking people.

Even if Sibeile has the imperial edict to pass on the throne, how can he be the emperor if his hands are disabled?

Haifeng seemed to be able to predict that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would be divided into two factions with clear-cut banners.

One faction used the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Permanent Rules as weapons, insisting on acting in accordance with the imperial edict, and invited Si Baile to ascend the throne;

The other faction, the ministers who really care about the prosperity and decline of the country, know that an emperor with disabled hands cannot suppress the rebellious hearts of all parties, and demand the selection of a new emperor.

This is not a problem that can be solved by a wooden house or an anonymous vote.

But she, a soul from modern civilization, has prepared an excellent answer to this difficult problem.

Empty him and Emperor Yongzheng.

He could be a quiet mascot, live in the Qianqing Palace where Ma Qi did not allow her to live, and witness the fall of power.

The monarch is highly centralized, a word that has appeared in history books, and is about to fall apart bit by bit.

Look, the national destiny is really starting to change!

I forgot to mention it in the previous chapter, so I’ll add it here.

Substituting platycodon for ginseng will definitely be discovered by the imperial doctors. They are not that bad, but I still wrote it like that.

I once prepared a mature modus operandi, but when I was about to write it, I deleted it because I was worried that it would be used in reality. Just like the mystery novels and TV series that everyone has seen (especially the elementary school detective with a tie), many of the methods are unrealistic. They are deliberately arranged to ensure that they are theoretically feasible and cannot reveal truly successful criminal methods.

Because, maybe someone really imitates it, and that would be the end of it.