Emperor Yongzheng

Chapter 17 The Prodigy
Among these elder brothers, only the fourteenth elder brother Yin knew in his heart that the tenth elder brother was deliberately making a scene tonight.As soon as he returned from Mulan Paddock with the order, he went to visit Ninth Prince Yin. The turmoil in Beijing was already vivid in his mind, but he waited calmly for this good show.Yin Yinxiang was of the same age, equally chivalrous and heroic, good at martial arts, and even similar in size and appearance. However, he and Yin had the same mother, and were both descended from De Fei Wu Ya.But in the Qing Dynasty's princely system, if the elder brother, regardless of his concubine, fell to the ground, the nanny would take him out and hand him over to the wet nurse. Each of them had eight nannies, eight wet nurses, as well as the so-called needlework master, starching master, lamplight master, and As soon as the master of Guozhao became pregnant, he added eight more educated eunuchs, who were called "skilled". They taught language, walking, and etiquette, and they all behaved according to the rules.Yabu is calm and well-mannered. He is not accepted by his parents, and his brothers only give in to each other.Therefore, regardless of father and son, mother and son, brothers, the happiness of flesh and blood, family and family cannot be mentioned.When Yin was born, he died because of the birth of a son by Queen Xiaocheng, so he made an exception and took her into the Zhongcui Palace to comfort the queen's desolate knees.Because of this matter, the other elder brothers were jealous, and Yin was exposed to it for a long time, and he did not know how many sarcastic remarks he made.Therefore, Yin has been fighting fiercely with Yin and his family since childhood, but his brother Yin has nothing to do with it.

At this moment, he looked at Yin who was calm and composed and Yin Xiang who was smiling and looking forward. He couldn't help but smile to himself as he greeted and kowtowed. He suddenly heard people shouting "Long live!" and then kowtowed, shouting: "Wan Wan!" age!"

"That's it." Kangxi smiled brightly, raised his hands, and said, "Today is a family feast. Everyone has a good time, so there is no need to be formal. In previous years, this time was a feast for the officials. They enjoyed the king's favor, but they couldn't. Reunion with the family, something has changed this year. We have a banquet during the day and go home at night. Everyone has their own fun. Yin has thought carefully about it." After saying that, he changed his clothes, changed into a velvet gauze crown, and put on another maroon silk robe. Wearing an azure tapestry cotton gold dragon gown, a gold-headed thread tie is tied around the waist, and he walks slowly towards the worship platform in front of the imperial pavilion with his feet on green satin liangli soap boots.

At this moment, the wind is refreshing, and the moon in the clear blue sky is bright, softly shining with mercury-like light.Incense smoke fills the platform, and there are stoves, mirrors, tripods, cymbals, red tiger beads, glass bowls, and golden dragon oil lamps on the table. Next to them are gold wheels, silver wheels, porcelain wheels, silver horses, silver elephants, and silver fish. , silver snail, silver general, silver man, silver woman, silver cup, silver pot, silver umbrella and other magical objects.Kangxi washed his hands in the silver basin, his expression became extremely solemn, he bowed to the ground silently, looked up at the Haotian and the sea, and murmured a prayer: "Prime Minister Heshan, Minister Aixinjueluo? Xuan Ye Xunmu would like to play to heaven." : Madam, when you are alive, it is easy to achieve success, but difficult to succeed; it is easy to succeed, but difficult to achieve final results. Those who are good at starting must be careful about finishing. This is what Xuan Ye has in mind: There has been no perfect person since ancient times, and I am willing to shorten my life to find a perfect person. , but God is silently watching and blessing!" Because he was very close, Yin could hear it clearly, and remembered that his father had worked hard all his life to create a foundation, worked tirelessly and diligently to seek treatment, and had become an eternal ruler. He was actually willing to shorten his life in order to survive. I can't help but be obsessed with the name.While he was deep in thought, Kangxi turned around and said with a smile: "We have finished worshiping the moon. Everyone is free to sit down and enjoy the moon. Princes under seven years old can sit with their mother - take care of it, don't go in too much, and be careful not to hurt the spleen and stomach."

The banquet has been prepared, with thirty tables in total.Scattered beside the rockery and beside the waterside pavilion, tables of delicacies are stacked high.Kangxi's table was placed under the moon altar, with a five-blessing plate in the middle, including duck silk bird's nest Ruyi, duck smoked cabbage, five-spice roasted roe deer meat, osmanthus soup, sheep tripe slices, and snacks on enamel plates surrounded by sweet-scented osmanthus. Sugar-filled mooncakes, elephant-eye steamed buns, pastry, peaches, watermelon, cantaloupe, grapes, apples, lychees... are not worth mentioning in detail.Kangxi smiled and said to Yin: "It's hard for you to clean up the deficit this time. You did a good job on the errand. You are not as hesitant and hesitant as usual. I feel very happy. You are the prince, sit down with me and talk." Yin saw Elun. Dai came in and said again: "Instruct the imperial dining room to set up four tables at the entrance of the garden just like here. You can also have fun with Wu Dan - carry a table to Yuqing Palace to reward the crown prince, concubine Shi and the crown prince. Princes, use it!" After saying this, he raised his chopsticks and everyone began to eat with them.Under the clear moonlight that filled the garden, I could hear the slight sound of cups and plates, but not a single sound of laughter.Kangxi knew that it was because he was present alone, so he laughed again and said: "If I had known this, I might as well have had wine with the ministers! Who has a joke? If you make me laugh, I will be rewarded!"

"My son should be the one to carry on the performance." Yin took the lead and stood up, but he was always gentle and gentle. He thought for a long time and then said: "I heard someone say something before, but it is true for this dynasty. Xu Jining, who was dismissed from office last year, When Qiu Ren was in office, a man named Wang killed a man named Yin. When the prisoner got it, Xu Qiuren pointed at the man named Wang and slapped the table and cursed: "The husband and wife are together in the three gangs. They are such a good couple, why do you dare to break them up?" Are you going to make someone else's mother-in-law a widow? Now I will award Yin's wife to you, so that your mother-in-law can also experience the feeling of being a widow!'" Then he glanced at Zheng Chunhua in the imperial concubine team, and Zheng Chunhua hurriedly turned away to talk to Mrs. Chen.

Kangxi was stunned for a while and came to his senses. He couldn't help laughing and said: "This person was recommended by Mingzhu, but he has such talent! Excellent judgment, this is a good joke - take a bamboo fan I wrote about Concubine Xiang to reward the prince!" "Yin sitting at the next table is Mingzhu's nephew.Mingzhu has been in power for more than [-] years and has been in charge of the government and the public. He has been dismissed from office because of his opposition to the prince. When he saw the prince telling this joke, he couldn't help but get angry: Everyone is dead, and he refuses to let it go! ... He stood up and said with a smile: "People say that chickens have five virtues. I feed a Persian cat in my house, and it also has five virtues: if it sees a mouse, it is benevolent not to catch it! The mouse seizes the fish on the plate and can divide it and eat it. Righteousness; when guests at a banquet are served a sumptuous meal, they come as soon as they catch wind of it, which is courtesy; no matter how densely hidden the delicious food is, they can still steal it, which is wisdom; when the winter is cold, they must first occupy the smoked cage to keep warm, which is faith..." Before he finished speaking, everyone was already laughing.

"My son, please join me." Yin was at the fourth table. He had already heard the two of them criticizing each other, so he wanted to tease him. He stood up and said with a smile, "Su Dongpo's son is the stupidest by nature. Because of the heavy snow that year, the smartest son from Dongpo A little grandson refused to study because he was naughty, so Su Dongpo ordered him to kneel in the snow and recite "Encouraging Learning". When the son saw it, he also knelt down. Su Dongpo asked: "Why are you kneeling?" The silly boy said: "You are freezing." My son, I will freeze your son too!'" As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell down with laughter. Several tables of concubines covered their mouths with handkerchiefs and burst into laughter. Kangxi laughed so hard that he stroked his chest and said: " Lao Jiu is usually taciturn, so I can’t help but reward him with a ream of Song paper for speaking well!”

Yin couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled. He was about to say something when he saw Yin walking into the garden carelessly. Is the sand gone? I'm lazy and unbecoming! I'll punish you by telling a joke!"

"Yes!" Yin is blunt and straightforward, not hiding his scheming. He is very popular with Kangxi, and he has always been arrogant. Went to Yongji to have a look at Pujiu Temple. There is a bad custom there, you don’t use paper to wipe your ass, but you use a straw to make a stick, which is called ‘toilet chip’——” At this point, everyone I was stunned for a long time, but I heard Yin say again: "I think, my son, others are fine. On that day, when Zhang gave birth to Cui Yingying at the meeting in the West Chamber, Cui Yingying's beautiful appearance, shameful face, and the beauty of flowers closing the moon, use this trick Wipe your butt, is that clean?..."

Everyone listened in a daze at first, but now they all raised their eyebrows and shook their heads, grinning their lips and baring their teeth.Kangxi frowned and said with a smile: "Scary! Are you still asking everyone to eat? You will be punished!" Yin drank a full cup in one gulp, and said with a playful smile: "Yes...it really is not good! There is another—— All the way, a pirate robbed a merchant ship. Unexpectedly, the warehouse was full of incense candles. There was no place to store this thing, and it was cheap to sell, and it would be a pity to throw it away. So everyone discussed: "We are doing business without capital, and it is a waste of money." The act of entering the red knife and coming out is all counted on God's blessing. It is better to burn his mother, which is also considered a merit." Then a flame was ignited, and the fragrance was immediately fragrant. The Jade Emperor smelled it and asked: "Who made such a big fire?" The merits?' He ordered Tianding to check, and Tianding replied, "I didn't see anything else, but I saw a few poor people crying there, and a group of old robbers were facing the fire there!""

Everyone could tell that this was no joke at all.Kangxi's face suddenly darkened and he slowly put down the wine glass.All the brothers who had borrowed money were moved in their hearts, and they glanced at Yinxiang, who was so domineering these days and had all the officials flying around.Yinxiang swallowed, stood up and said with a smile: "My son also told me something about a boat - I passed Wuhu last year, and Lei Yong from Wuhu went to see his son. I asked him: 'You came from Guidao by boat? Where is the boat?' ’ He said: ‘The boat is in the river.’ The son was angry and funny, so he said: ‘What a straw bag!’ Unexpectedly, he replied: ‘Back to Thirteenth Master, the straw bag is in the boat!’” Yinbei nicknamed “Ten Everyone knows it, so when this joke was told, no one dared to laugh. Kangxi laughed so hard that he spat out a mouthful of wine. At a glance, Yin's face turned white with anger, and he stopped laughing again, with a confused look on his face. Dong looked at the two brothers.At this moment, the 600 people in the imperial garden were holding their breath. They all had a premonition that something would happen tonight, so they stopped their cups and chopsticks, and looked at Yin Yinxiang in fear and uneasiness, like a cockfight.Yinqing knew that these two younger brothers were going to stir up a hornet's nest. She glanced at Kangxi in panic. She wanted to get up and persuade him but didn't dare. She only gave Yin a wink and hinted that he should persuade Yinxiang. However, Yin was watching the development of the situation with concentration. Not aware at all.

"Old Thirteen!" Yin couldn't hold back, knocked on the cup and laughed, "The idiot story you told just now, except for Long Live, none of us laughed, you should be fined three cups!" Yinxiang smiled and held the pot , walked to Yin's side in full view, and said: "Long live Lord smiled, that is, I have done my filial piety, even if other people cry, what has it to do with me? Now that Brother Ten is talking about this, I also think of Brother Ten's incense boat I don't know what dynasty and generation this matter originated from? Whose ship was robbed, did the robbers capture it?" "You ask this?" Yin sneered: "It was originally an ancient record. There is no dynasty to worry about. The time can be tested, who has the heart of a robber, and I can't help but become suspicious. I know who is called robbery--Long Live God just asked why I was late, and I didn't dare to answer. I'm afraid it's a big deal. The Tian family is decent. To tell you the truth, brother in charge, my house was robbed, and the walls are in shambles. Your sister-in-law and nephew are poor people, crying there. I went out to borrow clean clothes and came in. I had to laugh and listen to others scolding the mulberry tree. Brother, do you see me as difficult?"

Yin Xiang suddenly said: "Oh——no wonder Brother Ten came late, so he borrowed his pants!" Seeing Kangxi listening attentively, Yin Xiang became more arrogant, because he shouted: "Brother is so smart, you really don't need a heavy hammer to play the drum. You If you want me to explain it clearly, I will say: you and Shi Shilun are ugly monsters, they are robbers! I have trampled on Lao Shi yesterday, and I must have offended you a lot—whatever it is, there is only such a big scar after losing your head !" He made a circle with his hands, smiled and said: "I did it indecently, I looked like a bastard, I'm really sorry, I'm a vulgar person."

Only then did Kangxi know the whole story, that the prince had been pawned off by clearing up the deficit!His mind was spinning rapidly: Why is Lao Shi like this?Could it be that you and Lao Ba and the others have discussed it down below and took the opportunity to attack tonight to see how good Yinyin is?When he glanced at Yin, Yin was so anxious that his face turned yellow. He just frowned and sighed, but he didn't feel like... Just when the prince was annoyed that he didn't say a word, Yin spoke loudly on the second table: "Thirteenth brother, come over here. Sit down! He just looks at you, why are you arguing with him?"

"You are ignorant!" Yin was furious and yelled at Yin, "Catch ants to boil oil, scrape paint from bedbug skins, as long as you have money, you are not afraid of poverty! If you don't believe me, come to my house and see, are they crying?" Before he finished speaking, Yin came back and said: "Who knows whether to cry or howl? Even if you really cry, the ancients have a good saying: How can we cry together when one family is crying?" Yinxiang said casually: "That's what Fourth Brother said—— The presence of sound and tears is called crying, the presence of tears but no sound is called weeping, the sound and absence of tears is called howling, who knows you..."

Yinxiang was very relieved, and before he finished explaining complacently, with a "slap", Yin slapped Yin on the cheek early: "Which god are you? You are a prostitute who is a seed! You know how to follow the prince The fourth brother flattered and licked his ass..." While he was talking, spitting all over the place, Yinxiang slapped him back with a leaky slap, and the two brothers immediately huddled together in front of the table.

"The fight is about to start!" Everyone stood up, and the imperial garden suddenly became a mess.Wudan Elundai and other guards heard this from outside and rushed in to protect him. Seeing this scene, they couldn't help but froze. When they were about to step forward to pull him, Kangxi did not say anything and had to stand aside.The prince withdrew and shouted, but he had no courage. Who would listen to him at this time?Yin pretended to be a big brother and yelled falsely; Yinzhi dusted off his clothes, waved his fan, and persuaded this and that; Yin Yinzuo had always been honest, trembling his lips and looking around in panic at a loss; Yin calmed down at this moment, waved his fan, drank tea, and pondered. Yin Yin helped Yin by pushing and shoving him.Some of the other princes were helping the Taiping Fist gang, some were pale and dumbfounded, and some were making inexplicable sarcastic remarks:
"Look at it!"

"Why bother!" "Nonsense!"

"Oh... mess around!"

Yin Qi, Yin Yin and others were young and had been protected by wet nurses for a long time. They were so frightened that they grinned and cried loudly... For a moment, the people in the imperial garden were like ants on a hot pot, and the sound was like boiling water. It was noisy and chaotic. .

"Stop it all!" Kangxi roared suddenly, "Let the two little bastards fight, it's so hard to beat, beat to death!"

He finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He had many sons, and they all had different personalities. Kangxi also knew that some of them were not compatible with each other, so he thought that some would be trusted and some would not work.Unexpectedly, it is related to national policy, and we cannot share the same fate!Kangxi was furious at this, and all the princes were afraid of him. Their faces were all blue and red, and Nuonuo retreated continuously.Yinyinxiang got up covered in dust, with black spots and purple spots on his face.Yin spat and turned away. Yin Xiang looked up and felt that everyone except Yin was an outsider. He twisted his face and twitched a few times and cried loudly. He fell to the ground and complained: "My son is rude, and I am ashamed because of my Amma. I just wish for long live." Today, in front of everyone, I want to give my son justice... and explain whether my son's mother is a prostitute... a bitch..."

The whole story of this matter is difficult to explain in just a few words? , but tonight it was obvious that Yin wanted to cause trouble and hit someone first.Kangxi was startled for a moment and said: "Get up! Your mother Axiu is the princess of Tuxie Tuhan, and she has a noble status. Just because of the bad luck and illness, I specially allow you to sacrifice your life and become a monk. Don't listen to the farts of little people - I This will give your mother a name: Jin made Zhangjia's family the noble concubine of Emperor Jingmin! - Yin, I won't ask you for wasting your studies all day long. I don't even bother to ask about you borrowing money or humiliating the court officials. Why did you act so shamelessly and recklessly tonight? Have you lived enough?"

"It's not that my son has lived enough," Yinzhi had already discussed with Yinyin below, and understood Kangxi's temper: the harder he stood, the more he would be appreciated.Because he said back: "They want to force my son to death! As you know, since they cleared up the deficit, 23 court officials died, and my son doesn't want to be among the 20th four! The original intention said that the fourth brother will be the main one to clean up. Why does the Thirteenth have the right to open his bow and shoot people? The shit beetle pretends to be a black man - long live you, don't glare at me, even if you die, you have to finish your words - like this, using a gun in the nest, holding a kiss The brothers were slaughtered one by one, making the whole family feel like they were on pins and needles. Never before? The third brother's money was paid by Long live. The rest of the brothers were not poor. How could they be in a good mood to tell jokes and have fun with Amma? "Speaking of this, I don't know which words touched my heart, and two strings of tears flowed down my cheeks.

Kangxi originally knew that because of Yinyin's persistence, the thirteenth elder brother would inevitably offend people when doing practical things in the household department, but he did not expect that he would be pawned by the prince's pawnbroker.My heart sank.While he was thinking about it, Yin stood up and said calmly: "Old Shi, do you think Yin Xiang won't leave any room? Do you leave any room? Shi Shilun, an official who knows nothing about a bowl of water, you humiliate him like that in front of thousands of people! You still ask us to do things? Stop barking?" Because Jiang Yin told Yin in detail at the stall in Dalang Temple yesterday: "Shi Shilun saw me crying loudly last night, and he was in a hurry to celebrate the festival. He was afraid that the master would be upset and angry when he found out, so he didn't tell me - like this Zhongliang, why should we, as elder brothers, abuse him?"

"Old Shi is confused." Yin thought about it for a long time and felt that he had to help Yin with this hard-headed nail. Yin said, "But everything happened for a reason, and Shi Shilun also had his faults. He knew that Yin was in the Dalang Temple, so he just added fuel to the fire. , sifting through the big gong and passing there. You should avoid it at least." Yin said with a smile: "If the slaves in Lao Shifu don't stop the sedan chair and curse in the street, will Shi Shilun dare to take people recklessly?" "It depends on the owner to beat a dog! "Yin sneered and said, "After all, Shi Shilun is a Han Chinese. How dare he be so showy if no one indulges him?"

Yin Xiang turned pale with anger, and shouted back: "Shi Shilun is the most upright official in the world! This is Long Live's words! It is Long Live's will to clean up the deficit, and the money collected is returned to the treasury! A joke—what are the Manchus and Han people talking about? Ninth brother, you went to Shandong for disaster relief, and the officials under you are all Manchurians?" For a while, the brothers were talking at each other, blushing and fighting with each other, and there was another lively scene.

"Shut up!" Kangxi shouted.After weighing it again and again, he soon came to his senses: as long as he showed a little sympathy for Yin at this moment, the news would spread faster than the wind, and it would be known to everyone in the court within three days. The errand of Yin Yin and Yin Xiang would be even more difficult to handle. Then he walked to Yin's side, gave Yin a hard look, and said: "Killing people to pay debts and paying back money has been the rule since ancient times! You beast is likened to a 'robbery'! I know you are not convinced by the mission of the Fourth and Thirteenth Duo, you go back and ask yourselves, am I not going to give you an errand, or do you not want it? In the 44th year of Kangxi's reign, I told you to ask the boss, eighth, and ninth to take charge of the household department. You are all 'sick'? Your body, bones, and gold are precious! What a good job. , you robbed the job because of your superficiality, and pushed the hard work to them. They took it seriously, but you are jealous, thinking I don't know?"

One sentence made Yin Yinxiang almost cry. In fact, even they themselves had never thought of these words so thoroughly and considerately.The other brothers thought about it and it was true, so they all lowered their heads and said nothing.Kangxi added: "The prince and Yin Yinxiang do things sincerely and do not avoid resentment. It is the auspiciousness of the country. Why do you let them go? Yin, you are always arrogant and arrogant, and everyone is ignorant and ignorant. I pity you for being careless and ignore them." Why don't you even look down on me today? You made a big fuss in the imperial garden and went to such an extent with such unscrupulousness - this is quite forgivable. Only Shi Shilun is the pillar of the imperial court. You dare to insult wantonly in broad daylight. I have never heard that a scholar can be killed. Humiliation? Come on!"

"The slave is here!"

Li Dequan's face was burnt yellow, his heart was beating wildly, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Long live..."

"Take Yin to the clan mansion." Kangxi gritted his teeth and said, "The Department of Punishment punished him with ten sticks and imprisoned him for three days!"

Li Dequan hurriedly agreed, slapped Qian'er in front of Yin with trembling legs, and said in a trembling voice: "Master Ten... Please..." "I haven't thanked you yet!" Staring at Yinxiang, he kowtowed and said, "My son has gone to receive the stick!" After he got up and walked away, Kangxi was so angry that he stood in a daze. After a long while, he called Wu Dan and said, "I wanted to have a meal tonight. Wine, I told you to come in and dance swords under the moon. It's a disappointment. Didn't Mu Zixu come to Beijing? Tomorrow, I asked him to hand over the sign, and you come in to accompany me..." He sighed, waved his hands and said, "It's gone Bar."

(End of this chapter)