Emperor Yongzheng

Chapter 53 Snow blocked the lady on Taihang Road and she encountered the poor girl in Guanshan Temple.
The winter in Kangxi's 61st year was cold and wet. Since Lidong, the heavy snow has hardly stopped. The beginning of each volume of this book indicates the time of the story.Kangxi died on November 61, [-], and was succeeded by Yongzheng.With the capital Zhili as the center, it starts from Fengtian in the east, reaches Rehe in the north, stretches from Shandong and Henan to the west, and ends in Gansu, Shanxi and other places. However, white, confused, and mindless are just a mess.Far from the village and near the outline, the long forest and the frozen river are up and down, the wind blows up thousands of feet of snow and dust, whirling wildly under the dark and slightly crimson clouds, stirring up the whole world colorfully and muddy, turning all the ditches, The canals, ponds, and ridges were all flattened, and even the mouth of the well was tightly sealed.Occasionally, the snow falls, and the pale sun moves slowly like an ice ball in the frozen clouds. The sky is transparent, and it seems that it will clear up, but within half a day, a large thick lead-dark cloud layer presses over again, and everything looks the same as before. , is still a chaotic snow world.

At night, a group of more than 30 riders stopped in front of a snowy mountain temple in Niangziguan, Shanxi.These more than 30 people are dressed in different colors, the ten guards of the royal palace are all worn by fourth-rank military officers, with white and clear glass tops, eight pythons and five claws snow geese mending suits, and white fox wind fur lamb fur cloaks.There are two other six-rank pen post styles, but they are dressed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with twenty personal guards behind the team.The leader is a young man in his [-]s, wearing a rose-purple veneered black fox Batulu vest, a lynx monkey skin cloak, two thick sword eyebrows slightly raised on his delicate melon-seeded face, and tight lips around the corners of his mouth. Hanging slightly, as if expressing his arrogance and contempt to others at any time.Seeing the horse team in front stop, the young man reined in the horse, pressed the cold sword hilt with his hand, glanced at the guards beside him without saying a word, looked up at the dim sky with indifferent eyes, and let out a long breath .One of the guards hurriedly said: "Maybe it's about hitting the top, and the slaves went over to have a look." As soon as the words fell, the guards at the gate of the temple had already strode over, beating Qian'er in the snow in front of the young son's horse, and said: "Fourteenth Lord, This is a broken mountain temple, and the incense has long been gone. There is not even a station in the first fifty or sixty miles of this heavy snow, please show me, why don't you just rest here tonight?"

"Hmm." The young man nodded slightly, turned his head and said to the two pens, "Qian Yundou, Cai Huaixi, Cai Huaixi, from Luanzhou, claiming to belong to Zhenghuangqi. He once went to Jingling Yun to be imprisoned, and Yun was afraid of causing trouble. Refuse to see. Cai immediately wrote on yellow paper, "Twenty-seventh is the main time, nobles guard Zongshan", "The mother of the ninth five-year-old is the queen mother", and "The fourteenth will be the emperor" and threw them into Yunyuan. General Fan Shiyi discovered that Cai was arrested and imprisoned. This is about his guardian Yun returning to Beijing, which is the arrangement of the plot of the novel. You were sent by Emperor Yongzheng to escort me back to Beijing. —1688), the younger brother of Yongzheng. In Kangxi 1755, he served as the general of Fuyuan and led his division to the west. In October of Kangxi 57, the Junggar forces were wiped out to stabilize Tibet. After Kangxi returned to Beijing in October 59, he returned to the barracks. The decree went back to Beijing for the funeral, and then he was imprisoned next to Jingling. Qianlong died of illness in 60 years. I obeyed the order!"

The pen post style named Qian Yundou was so forced by his coercive eyes that he didn't dare to lift his head. He hurriedly lost his smile, knelt down and said, "How can a slave be worthy of what the lord said? If you don't have it, you can do it all!" The fodder for the slaves! If the master says yes, we will leave; if the master says stop, we will stop. The Lord Long Live only said that the slaves should serve the fourteenth master well and go to Beijing for the funeral of the late emperor. There is no time limit. The slaves obey Master Fourteen's life!" Yin nodded with a sneer.A guard knelt down earlier, and Yin stepped on his back, moved his legs and feet, rubbed his red hands and said, "The emperor is my fourth brother, and a compatriot from the same mother. When it comes to family relationship, we are Siblings, when it comes to status, we are monarchs and ministers. You came here by the holy order, how dare I not pay respect? You have to stop and go along the way. The rule is to stay in the post house. You have the final say. I live here today. , It’s up to you, I don’t want you to pretend to be good people! This place is not in front of the village, but in the back of the shop, I want to rebel here, or run away, it’s all your fault.” Qian Yundou and Cai Huaixi just apologized He listened and agreed again and again.After Yin's attack was over, Qian Yundou said: "Master Shengming, the slaves are only on errands. Both of us are written and posted. There are ministers, government officials, capital supervisors, and ministers leading the guards. We are still eighteen years away from the emperor." It’s all over the world! At any rate, the master is sympathetic to the slaves, and when they arrive in Beijing safely, the slaves will serve the master in the future, and they will be there when they are in the master’s glory!"

"This is still a human saying." Yin snorted, turned his face away, and ordered, "Take out the venison sent by the magistrate of Yangquan County, and I will reward my brothers tonight!" As he said, his deerskin oil boots creaked With a clucking sound, they led everyone into the mountain temple.

This is a temple that has been abandoned not long ago. The empty courtyard is covered with more than a foot of snow. According to the mountain, there are two side rooms neatly lined up on both sides of the main hall, and two or three feet long ice skates hang down from the eaves.The door of the half-old house is wide open, and the window paper is not broken; the vermilion paint on the pillars is not peeling off, just slightly old; only the big iron tripod in the courtyard is covered with a thick layer of snow, cold and gloomy. The ground stands in the snow, as if telling people something.This group of people broke into the main hall, only to hear a "hu", and startled a large group of rock pheasants, crows, pheasants who were sheltering from the snow in the hall, and a roe deer rushed out of the door, caught off guard, Qian Yundou frightened Had to plop down in the snow.On the contrary, Cai Huaixi had quick eyes and quick hands, and caught one with one hand, but when he saw it was two pheasants, he said with a smile, "Master Fourteen is a good food."

"Yeah." A smile flashed in Yin's eyes, then he backed it up again, striding up the steps, stomping the snow on his feet, and ordered, "Clear the snow in the yard, and remove the railings under the verandah to start a fire. The two Bi Tieshi and I live in the main hall, my guards live in the west side hall, and the brothers who are good at hunting camp live in the east side hall." After finishing speaking, he untied his cloak and handed it to Cong Ren, who walked into the main hall alone, facing the shrine and was smothered in smoke. The pitch-black mountain god bowed, murmured a few words, turned to Qian Yundou and said, "This is not like a dilapidated temple, why is there no incense, I'm afraid the Taoist priests and temple officials fled with the temple property Already?" Qian Yundou said with a smile: "Yes, the servant also thinks it's strange." Cai Huaixi lit a fire beside him and said, "I don't know, Shanxi suffered a severe drought last year, and there was no grass growing. There were no people here for dozens of miles. It's not for the sky. Leng is afraid to go out, there is plenty of coal here. People are hungry and run away, so naturally the people in the temple can't support them, so how can there be incense?" Before Yin could answer, he heard a loud "Mom" in the courtyard, followed by a Yelling:

"Get this smelly corpse out!"

"Find the door panel!"

"Pfft, bad luck!"

Only then did Yin know that it was the soldiers who cleaned the room and found the frozen body.Because the fire in the room had just started and there was a lot of smoke, he walked out of the hall without hesitation, and saw a group of people in the east side hall talking and arguing about carrying the corpse, he asked, "What are you shouting about?" A soldier hurried over and asked "There's a corpse in the east room, it's already frozen, it's a woman..." Yin didn't make a sound and came to the east room with his hands behind his back, and he saw a young woman, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with loose hair and a suit of clothes. Blue cloth shirt with blue thread, two little bare feet, the front and back of the shoes were bound with foot wraps, and he sat against the corner with his hands folded, his face blue and ugly like burnt incense ashes.A few soldiers from the Good Capture Battalion were spitting and cursing, probably because they were afraid of bad luck and being dirty, but no one moved the corpse.Yin said coldly: "Are you also considered the children of the Eight Banners? I am the king of the great general, and I led the troops to fight Arabbutan in Xidatong. After the battle, the corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowed like rivers! You are not worthy to carry shoes for my soldiers! ——Come on , where is my guard?"

"exist!"

"Drag her out of the temple gate!"

"tie!"

One of the guards agreed, grabbed the woman's armpits with both hands, and dragged her away. As soon as she reached the door, she suddenly stopped and said, "Fourteenth Master, her armpits are still warm!" Yin was startled for a moment and went up. He stepped forward to help the girl's arm, held her pulse and pondered for a long time, and said: "She is not dead. Hurry! Get warm by the fire in the temple, maybe she can still live!"

So everyone hurriedly carried the female corpse to the fire in the main hall, burned hot rice wine again, pried open the clenched teeth and drank it down, felt the pulse again, and felt that it was beating slowly, like tight or slow , Nostril wings opened and closed, and his face gradually turned back, but he was extremely pale, and he lay unconscious on the saddle cushion beside the fire.

The fire on the temple was crackling, and the venison cooked in the pot hanging on the iron shelf gave off a mouth-watering aroma.Yin was full of thoughts, looking wistfully at the dark night outside, listening to the rustling of heavy snow, he sighed after a long time, and said to Qian Yundou who was standing by: "I'm not hungry at all, you and Cai Huaixi can eat. If you think it's too restrictive here, you can hear how lively they are eating and drinking in the hatchback, just have fun, and you're afraid that I'll run away? I won't commit suicide either!"

"Fourteenth Lord, don't be too sad," Qian Yundou forced a smile, "The first emperor reigned for 61 years, and we ordinary people look at people in their 57s. This is a joy and mourning. Fourteenth Lord is a golden branch and jade leaf. Take care, death is like a lamp going out, no matter how sad you are, it won't help." Yin sighed: "Don't blame Fourteenth Master for having a bad temper. I have watched this journey carefully. You and Cai Huaixi are both good people. I feel sad for one thing, In the [-]th year of Kangxi, the first emperor asked me to be the great general. He sent troops to Qinghai. When he parted, he took my hand at the gate of Qianqing and said, "Ama is old and her bones are not good. I know you don't want to go far. But among the princes and elder brothers, you are the only one who can lead the army. If you don’t share my worries, who can fulfill this filial piety?’ At that time, Huang Ama was in tears and said goodbye. Who would have thought that my departure would be a forever farewell?” As he spoke, he burst into tears.Cai Huaixi hurriedly persuaded: "Nowadays, the master is very solemn about the funeral affairs for the late emperor. The slaves even visited the tomb built in Zunhua. It is not only magnificent, but also has very good geomantic omen. The Lord Long Live is afraid that the Fourteenth Lord will mourn too much, so he did it." Tell the servants to go to Xidatong to pick up the master back to Beijing. There are many things to do at the funeral. Don't be too sad because the body is more important than anything else."

Xu poked the fire with a wooden stick, looked at the girl sleeping next to him, and said, "Fourth brother is a clever person, what does he say as the emperor? The second thing I want to say is this. Today My son, this place does not touch the sky, and I cannot touch the ground. I have a few words to ask you. If you think that you are slaves under the banner of Zhenghuang, I will ask; if you think that you are the emperor's envoy, I am ordered to escort me, which is bad luck. When the lord returned to Beijing, just pretend I didn’t say anything, and I’ve been dumb since then!” Qian Yundou glanced at Cai Huaixi, and said with an apologetic smile, “Where is the lord’s suspicion? If the emperor suspects that the lord has other intentions, how can he just send two Ten personal soldiers escort the prince? If you have anything to say, just ask, if the slaves know, they will never dare to deceive you." Yin was slightly startled when he heard this, and suddenly laughed up to the sky, which made Qian and Cai tremble.But Yin lost the fire stick in his hand, got up and said, "Are you pretending to be stupid or confused? Since the current emperor 'trusts' me so much, why did the first imperial decree go to Nian Gengyao, governor of Gansu and Shanxi, ordering martial law in Gansu and Shanxi provinces? ? And ordered Sichuan Governor Cai to gather [-] horses to Laohekou to stand by?"

"Slaves know about this," Qian Yundou stared at the overbearing Yin in amazement, and said, "The late emperor passed away. The incident happened in a hurry, and for fear of accidents, he ordered all soldiers and horses in the world to be under martial law. Not only in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Sichuan, but also in Zhili. Same, nine cities in Beijing are closed!" Yin Gege smiled: "Even so, let me ask you again, Li Wei, the chief minister of Shaanxi, is the little bastard who was waiting for pen and ink in the fourth brother's study, and was in charge of supplying food and fodder for the army on the West Road. Yes, the military rations were originally supplied on a quarterly basis, why was it suddenly changed to a daily supply?"

"This..." Qian Yundou was at a loss for words, and was thinking about how to answer, when Cai Huaixi said beside him, "Perhaps it has been snowing for days, and the supply of food and fodder may not be available for a while."

Yin sneered and said, "Cai Huaixi, don't do this to me. I am the biological son of Emperor Shengzu Daxing, a nobleman of Tianhuang! I am only allowed to bring ten guards with me to the funeral, which is not as good as the guard of honor of a magistrate! You have to play this trick for a three-year-old child—do you think I don’t know? Thirty of you followed me around, and three thousand green battalion soldiers followed and watched for the next thirty miles, sending me “safe” from station to station. Going back to Beijing—what are you in a daze for? Think I’m in the dark? Stay here tonight, and the people at the inn in front of me will be as anxious as ants! See, someone will come to ‘greet’ me in the morning! I ——" The more Yin spoke, the more excited he became, his face was flushed with blood, and he was pacing back and forth like a trapped animal; suddenly he rushed to the window lattice and frantically tore off the window paper, his piercing eyes seemed to penetrate the boundless dark night outside.After a long time, he turned around, with tears streaming down his face, and murmured: "God...how did you arrange it like this? Eight brothers, nine brothers, ten brothers...and that damn Orondai, you are in Beijing... all What do you eat? You wine bags... these rice buckets!" He slumped back to the fire, the bright red flames reflected his handsome face, and did not speak for a long time.

Yin ranked No. 24 among the 14 sons of Emperor Kangxi, so he was known as the "Fourteenth Master". He was light on wealth and fond of charity, and he was a chivalrous and righteous man. He knew soldiers and was good at martial arts. He was a famous "King of Chivalrous People" in the Xi Dynasty.In the later years of Kangxi, the government was slack, the laws were lenient, and the prince Yin was mediocre and incompetent. He was deposed twice in 47 and 51, which triggered the ambition of his sons to covet the throne. Therefore, they formed factions and factions, creating a mess.The prince was deposed for the first time, and the eldest son of the emperor competed with Prince Yinzhi, the third prince, for the throne.Yin exposed the scandal of "the king of sincerity is not sincere", and sent his disciple Meng Guangzu to travel around the provinces, making friends with the officials in the frontier, in order to seek undue blessings.Yinzhi exposed Yinzhi's secret evil deeds of burying the "Hell Map" to suppress the prince, which caused Yinzhen to become confused and lose his moral integrity.Kangxi was furious and immediately imprisoned Yin, reprimanded Yinzhi, and issued an edict to the civil and military officials to elect a prince.According to Kangxi's opinion, since the eldest brother was responsible for the prince's immoral behavior and the chaos in the palace, the truth is now revealed. Yin, who has been the prince for 30 years, should be cleared of the trouble and return to the throne.Unexpectedly, the results of the election were unexpected. Six ministries, nine ministers, and eighteen provincial governors all unanimously recommended Yin, the "eighth master" who had never handled government affairs alone.After careful investigation, I found out that the Eighth Prince was a great figure. He had already secretly formed a secret alliance with the Ninth Prince Yin and the Tenth Prince Yin. He is also a comrade, he has been in the world, and he is both civil and military. He stamped his feet at the Eighth Mansion outside Chaoyang Gate and shocked the nine cities!Kangxi also had this idea of ​​establishing Yin as the crown prince, but then he thought about it. Yin, a prince with no real power, could actually influence the affairs of the court, call the wind and rain, and torment the prince to death. .The most important state affairs, such as the 57th Prince Yin and the [-]th Prince, cleared up the treasury arrears of officials and rectified the unjust imprisonments of the Ministry of Punishment, all because of the "eight sage kings"'s interference, they could not be completed.If Yin was really to be established as the crown prince, not only would the other sons inevitably change their flesh and blood, but even Kangxi himself would be in danger of being forced to abdicate.In desperation, Kangxi had no choice but to re-confess Yin as the prince, and appointed his fourth elder brother to assist Prince Yong in the affairs of the court.In order to appease Yin's people, the Jin Dynasty granted Yin the title of Prince Lian, and promoted Yin and Yin to Baylor.Unexpectedly, things would get worse. After the restoration, Yin was firstly afraid that Kangxi would change his mind again, and secondly, he was deeply worried that the Eighth Prince would be in trouble. He secretly plotted to launch a mutiny behind the back of the Fourth Prince Yin, in an attempt to force Kangxi to retire as the Supreme Emperor, and to kill all the "Eighth Prince" in one fell swoop. party"!The matter was not secret, and the shrewd Kangxi discovered it again, and issued an edict to imprison Yin forever. He also imprisoned the prince's confidant, the thirteenth elder brother Yin Xiang, and warned the world that the emperor would never appoint a prince again while he was in power.In the [-]th year of Kangxi's reign, Alabutan of the Jungar tribe made a move and sent troops to invade Qinghai-Tibet without authorization. Kangxi decided to raise troops to attack and ordered [-] elite troops to go out to Guanxi to march to the west. Yinxiang and Yinyin were known among the princes to be military and martial, and they were known as the "Two Heroes". Since he was imprisoned, it was logical that Yin was granted the title of General Wang and led his troops out of the capital.

Yin roasted the fire and fell into deep thought.On the eve of being appointed as the general king, he had a long talk with Yin.What was that like?A black handkerchief was wrapped around Yin's head, which was torn apart by disease and bones. He looked even more haggard under the dim flickering candle shadow. He held Yin's hand with tears in his eyes and gasped: "Good brother, you are going to travel far. I will One is fear, the other is joy... I don't know what evil I have done in my previous life. When I was born in the royal family, a disaster came unexpectedly. Not only did I lose my love to the emperor, but even my brothers couldn't tolerate me! I originally just wanted to do He is a wise king who helps the weak and helps the weak. He has done good deeds in his life. Unexpectedly, because of his good popularity, he elected me as the crown prince, but it turned out to be a disaster! I... I planted flowers, but I got thorns... I am so sick now, what? I don’t want to anymore, I’m afraid that once you leave, you and I will be separated from each other and never see each other again! On the other hand, Beijing is now a den of tigers and wolves, a den of right and wrong. To be honest, Amma is old, the prince is undecided, and none of the brothers have An abacus? The fourth brother is not meant to be an emperor. He only acts in a mean way and is eager to conquer the world. I think he may not have a different intention. The third brother has correctly identified Ama's love for reading. It seems that you lead Chen Menglei and others to write books and commentaries every day, but in fact it is a shortcut method of ascending the dragon! Even your ninth and tenth brothers are said to be die-hard "Ba Ye Party", but I can't even see it. ! In the past, the Jin State was busy with housework, Prince Shen Sheng was in danger inside, and Prince Chong'er was outside. In the early years of the Anton Zhou Dynasty, in order to create hegemony and strengthen the power of the official office, Duke Xiang of Jin wiped out the clans with the same surname in the country and exiled his son abroad. Prince Chui Er was outside 19 In the year of [-], he was trained, returned to his country, ascended the throne as Duke Wen of Jin, and became a hegemon. So although I feel reluctant to let you go and lead the troops, I feel relieved! Just rest assured and take care, my grandma Yabuqi is in Xidatong, and he will be waiting for you. , just like I did before. Once the situation in the court changes, you lead hundreds of thousands of bannermen to the city, and I will maintain it inside. If you don't take the throne of emperor, who will take it?" Yin burst into tears when he said this, choking on his sobs. Said: "My brother is all about being an emperor. Brother, I haven't thought about it and I don't dare to think about it... I can only lead troops and only love to practice martial arts. I don't have the magnanimity or the virtue to be popular. As far as I can see , The emperor loves you deeply, so he trains you. Otherwise, why would he say that you are treasonous, but instead promote you to become a prince? How many errands have the fourth brother done and how much effort has he put in before he is just like you... Brother Bage, please feel free Recuperate, I'm out here, if anything happens in the capital, at least bring me a message as soon as possible... I'm out with my troops, my priorities are all myna needs..."

The chopped firewood made a "pop" sound in the fire. A flash of light flashed in Yin's eyes. When he woke up, he realized where he was and what he was feeling.There are too many unexpected things in the world, and the number of things created is just not what people expect.Although Yinyin and Yin were weeping at each other, hurting their lover against their hurting lover, and their words had serious meanings, they each had their own wishful thinking.As soon as Yin arrived in the west, he bribed Yin'an's first-class bodyguard Elundai, who was beside him, and ordered him to return to the capital to "help the fourth master and watch over the eighth master." However, Yabuqi couldn't bribe him, so he was killed by Marching Law.They thought that since the emperor did not establish a prince, he would immediately lead his troops back to Beijing to fight for the throne as soon as he heard the news of Kangxi's death. Unexpectedly, as soon as Elundai entered the capital, he would be like a mud cow in the sea, without even a letter, and he did not expect that the emperor would actually have a posthumous edict, "He is not the emperor." The fourth elder brother of "Mao'er" made his grand appearance and became the king of the Ninth Five-Year Plan!The authoritative Eighth Prince unexpectedly surrendered. He was restrained by Nian Gengyao and Yue Zhongqi. Instead of being able to "bring a hundred thousand troops into the pass," he was sent to the capital by two dozen Yulin sergeants, half escort and half guard. ... He glanced at Qian Yundou and Cai Huaixi, who was eating venison and drinking wine, and sighed silently. Anger, suspicion, anxiety, melancholy, and a trace of inexplicable terror suddenly hit his heart, and with a "boom" he pulled I broke the collar in front of my neck and tried to stand up, but gritted my teeth and sat firmly.

"Fourteenth Master," Qian Yundou said with his mouth full of oil and turned to stare at Yin in surprise, "What are your orders?" Yin said fiercely: "Hot! Master, unbutton it!" Cai Huaixi said hurriedly: "This fire is too hot. It's prosperous; how many sticks of firewood can you please?" Yin stirred the fire manically and gritted his teeth: "I still think it's not prosperous! If there is a fire to burn this bastard world, I will also be happy to burn me to ashes. !" Only then did Cai Huaixi and Qian Yundou understand that Yin was so angry that he couldn't sit still and swallowed back everything he wanted to say.At this moment, the frozen woman twitched and moaned: "Water...water..."

(End of this chapter)