Emperor Yongzheng

Chapter 54: The stuttering Yi Cheng said that he was unlucky and the prince was deported back to Beijing.
Yin was startled, turned his head to look at the woman, and shouted out: "Where are my guards?" Yin's two guards were guarding the door, and when they heard the greeting, they rushed in and stood with their arms crossed.Yin frowned and said, "Can you get some hot water?" Qian Yundou said with a smile, "Master Fourteen, she's comatose and delirium, not really thirsty. The villain is proficient in medicine. I pour a bowl of ready-made venison soup to make up for it." Stay in Yuanshen, just dare to be afraid." Seeing that Yin was speechless, Cai Huaixi hurried over to help the girl on her back, and Qian Yundou fed a large bowl of hot and fragrant broth with a silver spoon.Yin didn't pay any attention to it, he just paced back and forth full of thoughts, sometimes bowing his head in meditation, sometimes staring hopelessly outside the courtyard, no one knew what he was thinking.

"God..." The woman who escaped from death finally woke up, Qu Qing's face was blushing, and a pair of watery almond eyes slowly moved away, sweeping across the faces of strange men, Nana said, "Am I in the underworld, or alive? Are you human or..."

Yin watched her silently, her appearance and facial features were still upright and handsome, but her face was unkempt, her feet were bleeding from the cold, and her childish eyes were filled with doubt and fear.After a long time, Yinfang smiled faintly: "We are not ghosts, but compared with ghosts, humans are more terrifying. No wonder you panic. You have been to the gate of ghosts and come back. What is your name, why did you fall out of the cold alone?" In this lonely temple?"

"I'm from Dai County," the girl shyly tucked her feet into the saddle in front of so many men with her bare feet. When I got down to the official bank, my family had to pay seven and a half dollars... It's a pity that there was no harvest last autumn. Where did I get so much money? There are only my parents and a younger brother who is less than six years old at home. God should not The land is not working. A barbarian came to the village, who spoke Suzhou dialect, and said that he would buy twenty girls to go to Suzhou to weave tributes and embroider for the emperor. For travel expenses, I want to keep six taels of silver a year. In order to pay off the debt and to survive the family, my parents sold me..."

She cried and said, Yin frowned and pondered, he knew the annual tribute Suzhou gave to the imperial court, all of which were woven by Suzhou Li Xu Li Xu, his father Li Shizhen adopted Li Xiquan, the leader of Manzhou in Zhengbai Banner, as his son, for the internal affairs Mansion coating (domestic slave), has a special relationship with the royal family.Li Xiquan was the governor of Guangdong.Li Xu first served as the secretary of the cabinet, the magistrate of Ningbo, and the general manager of Changchun Garden. "A Dream of Red Mansions" author Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin is his brother-in-law.They all have the special task of secretly reporting the public situation to Kangxi and monitoring officials.Because he had a close relationship with Yun and had a shortfall of 38 taels of silver, Yongzheng was confiscated after he succeeded to the throne.In charge, but there is no case of buying people from the north.Li Xu is a person who is so cautious that he would dodge when the leaves fall, how dare he buy and sell people privately?Thinking about it, she asked, "Since it's mutual consent, why did you come back?" Yindi whimpered, "Where does the Lord know? He's a human trafficker! He sold me to Chunxiang Pavilion when he arrived in Suzhou. I don't think the master taught needlework. He sings songs, plays the piano, and teaches chess and painting every day. I feel suspicious, so I ask my teacher's mother, and my mother said that this is also a learning ability. But a big sister in Chunxiangyuan was kind enough to tell me the details—Man At the age of 15, we were asked to pick up the guests—uncle, I am the daughter of a good family, how can I do this? I escaped when they were unawares, and I didn’t even dare to go the proper way, all the way back from Anhui, Shandong, and Hebei to beg for food. When I arrived at Niangziguan, it was snowing heavily again, and I wanted to go to the temple to escape, but I didn’t know that because of the disaster here, the abbot in the temple ran away hungry, and I fell down from the cold..."

"Your story is so upside down that it makes people cry." Yin said with a sneer, "I saved your life, and you still follow me? Last year, there was a drought in Shanxi, and it was true that the autumn grain was confiscated. Kangxi Long live God once issued a decree to exempt Shanxi and Gansu from money and food for the whole year, and sent imperial envoys to help the victims with Shanxi governor Nuo Min. How could there be a reminder? Tell the truth, whose escaped slave are you? I will take care of you and keep you safe. Since I save people, I will naturally save them to the end." Yindi stared at Yin for a moment with her wide eyes open, then sighed and said, "I can't do anything if you don't believe me. I can't explain it, anyway, I heard that it is Mr. Nuo and the master of the county... It seems to be owed some kind of money. Not only did the relief money not see a single penny, but we people have to make up for the money owed——People in the province It's all the same, how can I deceive you, uncle? You can ask a villager and you will know..."

Before she finished speaking, Yin's heart was clear, Yindi did not tell lies, this is exactly the sin of today's current emperor and former Prince Yong!Since the 46th year of Kangxi, when Yin was in charge of the Ministry of Finance, he cleared up the officials' outstanding debts to the treasury, and many officials were forced to hang themselves. This Nuo Min found a different way. The court forced him to repay the debt, and he asked the people to pay it for him!Looking at the bonfire, Yin muttered "bad guy", then turned to ask Qian Yundou, "This Nuomin was born in Niulu under Zhenghuang's banner, and seems to be a student of Lama Temple?" He wanted to send this unprovoked prince to Beijing to finish his work, he muttered for a while, but didn't answer.Cai Huaixi said beside him: "It's not Long Qianshi's disciple, he's the Dutong inlaid with a white flag, and he was originally a brother of the Nianzhitai."

"A raccoon dog!" Yin gritted his teeth and smiled, "Aren't you afraid of stirring up civil uprisings if you wear a protective gauze hat like this? The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, I think—" He suddenly realized his situation, named "General King", In fact, he is a tiger in a cage. It is not his turn to take care of this kind of business. Moreover, he has no idea of ​​the current situation in Beijing, and it is difficult to say whether his future will be good or bad.Thinking about it, Yin sighed, forced a smile and said: "Yindi, if you survive a catastrophe, you will have future blessings. Are you willing to follow me to Beijing and serve me, or are you willing to go back?"

Tears welled up in Yindi's eyes, she thought that all of these people were armed with swords, either thieves or swordsmen, but now she came to her senses and realized that Yin is not a bad person, but he is not like an ordinary person either.Thinking about it, he wiped his tears with his sleeve and said: "I... have parents and younger brothers at home. My father is old, my mother is sick, and my younger brother is still young. Someone needs to take care of me..." Yin smiled and said, "It's hard for you to still have this Filial piety is better than our brothers! In that case, tomorrow I will help you to pay some money and go back to Dai County." After that, he ordered the guards, "It is inconvenient for her to rest here. I think there is a side room in the East Wing. Take her to In that room, there are some ready-made food to send over."

The guards took Yindi out.Yin took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was already the hour of the day, and it was snowing heavily outside. Looking at the two pens, he sat upright and looked at him respectfully. He couldn't drive them away, but he really had nothing to say. talk.Hearing the whistling sound of the bleak wind passing over the mountains, Yin felt even more melancholy.He took off his saber, leaned on the saddle, took a few mouthfuls of deer tendons in the hanging pot, and ate a large bowl of rice wine. He felt drunk, meditated beside the warm fire, and gradually closed his eyes. eyeballed.

"Master Fourteen, Lord Fourteen!"

Yin, who was asleep, opened his eyes at once, only to see that Qian Yundou was calling him softly. He shook the cloak covering his body and sat up straight, asking, "What's the matter? You're yelling!"

"Jingxing Station sent someone to pick you up!"

"Well, remember what I said last night?"

"..."

"Call them in at the head!"

"tie!"

Like a snowman, Jingxing Yicheng entered the mountain temple with white breath, stomped his feet lightly under the eaves, took off his big hat and shook, wiped his snow-stained face, and stammered the report: " Jingjingjingxing, Yiyi... Yicheng Meng Mengmeng..." The melancholy Yin was teased by him with a "puchi" smile, and said: "Don't make it difficult, it's Meng Yicheng—come in." The Yicheng Short and fat, he rolled in like a rubber ball, hit a thousand sons on the spot, and said, "Nu Nu... Slave Meng... Xianyou please please... please be good!" It was the first time for Pin Yicheng to see such a high-ranking nobleman, Meng Xianyou was sweating on his head, gesticulating with his hands and talking for a long time, but Yin couldn't understand what he was saying.I wanted to ask, how did Emperor Yongzheng "pay attention" to his entry into Beijing, but he couldn't help being annoyed and funny when facing this piece of material: "Forget it. Be careful and tired you! You speak Jinbei dialect, and you are stuttering." In this way, I can't understand anything! How much money did you spend to donate this official? Could it be that your boss replied like this?"

"Back to... my lord," Meng Xianyou kowtowed. ! Day by day... It's been a long time, and I don't... don't care about it anymore. My lord, your name is Nunu... you only sing about love, so you don't stammer... stop stammering..."

Yin looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "Okay, it's interesting, you sing! Who told you to pick me up?" Don't stutter.The guards of the two verandahs followed the unlucky prince. They had been on a lonely journey for many days. When they saw someone in the main hall singing love songs, they couldn't help but join in to listen to the excitement, but they heard Meng Xianyou sing:

Chitose, please listen carefully.
The servant sings love for you.

Don't dare to make a mistake to pick up the king's car,
It's all because of the constitutional order from Baoding mansion.

If you receive the fourteenth master, you can return it.
If you can't get the fourteenth master, you can't be an eighth-rank official!
Although the lyrics are vulgar, they are clear and clear. Yin did not expect him to sing so fluently, so he suppressed a smile and said, "I just came to Niangziguan. Baoding Mansion has such long ears!" Meng Xianyou bowed his hands and sang slowly:

The grievances inside, the slave can't figure it out.

Last night an official came to Jingxing,
Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, named Tian Wenjing,
I was ordered to go to Shaanxi to comfort the military camp,

Along the way, I brought this order and ordered my servant to take the warm sedan chair back to Jingxing.

The 45-mile mountain road made my slave's hair bald—ah
Squeaky brother!Singing here, closing the board, he sang "Ya Zhi Ye Yao Ge" so that everyone in and outside the hall bowed their backs, fell their feet and beat their chests and laughed loudly.Yin couldn't hold a sip of tea and sprayed it on his sleeve, but he soon understood how tightly he was being controlled.His complexion gradually changed, he stood up and said coldly: "It's hard for the governors of Zhili and Shanxi provinces. This heavy snow is ten times harder than my king's walking! Since you brought a warm sedan chair, you are also counted." With a sincere heart, this king will go away in a sedan chair." After saying that, he got up, Meng Xianyou kowtowed and got up to greet the sedan chair and horses, while Yin's entourage, Qian Yundou and others hurriedly prepared their luggage.

"Master Fourteen," a royal guard saw Yin coming out buttoned up, and rushed forward to report, "What should I do with that woman? Should I send her back to Dai County, or take her away?" He said and handed over the cloak .

"How is her body?"

"It's good. It was warm last night and it's here."

Yin pursed his lips and looked at the sky, the snow was not falling too much, and the sparse snowflakes were weakly swaying and falling slowly with the wind.He murmured, seeing Yindi coming out of the east ear room, he said: "Are you okay?" Yindi was wearing a heavy and thick cotton gown, warmed up all night, and her spirit has fully recovered.Seeing Yin's group of people tidying up their things in a hurry, she first stared at him through the window, then listened to Yin asking herself, then came over in a few steps, knelt down on her knees, and kowtowed three times in the snow. He let out a voice: "Benefactor...you are leaving now? How can I repay you?...We are a poor family, and the benefactor is a noble person. I only hope that the benefactor will be promoted step by step, and the prince will last forever..." Yin smiled wryly , touched his bosom, there was no silver in it, but a handful of golden melon seeds - it was Nian Gengyao who gave him a drink to see him off, and won by guessing one before the banquet.They took them all out and said, "I can't afford to be grateful. In normal years, I would take you to the capital and help you feed and feed your family, but now it's not possible. Take this money and go back... "After that, his expression was gloomy.

Yindi raised her head all of a sudden, looking at Yin with tears in surprise.In an instant, Yin discovered that she was very handsome: Shaoxiu's face had been washed with snow water, with a pink flush; there were two faint smiles under the corners of her mouth; her black hair was somewhat disheveled, but black. Fluttering in the wind like the wings of a crow; the bottomless black pupils are childish, but also alert and mature beyond their age.Yin sighed: "In my palace in Beijing, the eight maids around me are not as good as you. It must be good to take you to serve Fujin. It's a pity... I am in the midst of accidents, so I can't take care of these. You can't walk like this, I advise you to change into men's clothes and take the main road to return home slowly." After saying that, he wanted to step down.

"Emperor!"

"Well?"

"I beg your benefactor to give you your name, and I will set up a longevity tablet for you when I go back!"

Yin Tian smiled calmly, walked down the steps slowly, and said without turning his head as he walked: "Since ancient times, how can there be a long life? I am not short-lived, but the heavens! The late emperor was alive, and the officials shouted long live every day. After all, he only reigned for 61 years. Good fortune is impermanent..." I don't know which sentence touched my mind, tears suddenly filled my eyes, I hurried out of the temple, bent down into the warm sedan chair, kicked my feet and said: "Get up the sedan chair!"

More than a hundred people surrounded the soft sedan chair covered with apricot-yellow felt, with one foot high and the other foot low, walking eastward on the snow-covered mountain road.Yindi stood at the gate of the temple and stared blankly, watching them until they disappeared in the wind and snow before returning to the temple...

The group trudged for several more days in the wind and snow, and when they arrived at Luheyi on the outskirts of Beijing, it was already the evening of November 26th. Kangxi passed away on November 61th, the [-]st year of Kangxi's reign. The next day, Yongzheng sent an order to the Ganzhou Military Camp to summon Yun came to Beijing to attend the funeral. Yun arrived in Beijing on December [-].It took a month and three days before someone came to Beijing on horseback to report the news.After crossing the Yongding River, I saw Yin Tai, a scholar of the university, Gao Qizhuo, a member of the Ministry of Rites, and Arsong'a, a secretary of the Lifan Academy, and Su Nu, who came to pick him up. When they saw Yin Ha got down from the sedan chair, they all asked him to go down and make peace.Yin looked at it and saw that Arson'a was the son of Amai'a, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Sunu was a disciple of Prince Yin, the eighth brother Lian. They talked about everything when they were in Beijing, but at this time there were many people, and they were in the imperial carriage. Next, I didn't dare to say more than a word. I just ordered to call and then followed everyone into the inn.During the national mourning period, it was not convenient to hold a large banquet, so Yin Tai ordered someone to prepare a plain banquet for Yin to receive the wind.We can neither ask the singers to play music to entertain us, nor can we play guessing games or answer riddles. Everyone is preoccupied.Therefore, after eating a few bites and seeing Yin put down the chopsticks, they all got up and went to the main room of the post to meet and talk again.

"Mr. Zhu Yun," Yin took the main seat, glanced at Yin Tai across from him, and said, "Where is Huang Ama's Zi Palace? I'm going to keep a vigil tonight!"

Yin Tai is a bachelor of Wenhua Palace and the top disciple of Xiong Cilu, the late minister of study. He is famous for being old-fashioned in Taoism.In the later years of Kangxi's reign, he followed the great scholar Wang Bao to dethrone the crown prince, and was fined and dismissed from office. He was idle for many years. The man in his seventies, with his beard and hair all shining brightly, was still in good spirits. He sat upright next to Yin, with a slender face and a solemn expression. The color of respect.After listening to Yin's question, he bowed on his chair and said, "Emperor Daxing has decided to give him the posthumous title of 'Holy Ancestor'. Please pay attention to the Fourteenth Master. The Holy Ancestor died on the [-]th, in Changchun Garden. On the day Yongzheng ascended the throne in front of the coffin of the Long Live Lord, he was moved to Qianqing Palace by Emperor Daxing. I was ordered to pick up the general king and rest at Luhe Posthouse tonight. Tomorrow, I will be summoned by the Holy Order to summon the Fourteenth Lord."

Facing these people, Yin suddenly felt a distant and unfamiliar feeling. He remembered that he had sent out troops and unleashed his horses with thousands of cavalry. It was the emperor who was sitting on the ninth level and reigning over the world today. He sent him here on behalf of the emperor. Not long ago in front of the post. A banquet was held under the green reed shed in the distance and we parted with tears.When I came back today, I had already assigned the title of king and minister. My biological brothers and sisters were told that they were not allowed to enter the city, so they had to stay outside the city obediently!It's true that the scenery remains the same, but the people and things are completely different.Not far away from here in the Forbidden City, old Ama was lying quietly in the cold Qianqing Palace. She could no longer hold her hands to teach herself how to write, and she could no longer watch herself dance the sword while eating wine... Yin couldn't help but burst into tears. , but didn't want to lose his composure in front of people like Yin Tai, so he quickly wiped his hands and said: "Yin Tai, since I can't go in, I will naturally obey the order. You are a famous Neo-Confucian master. Please advise me. I should see Yongzheng first." Emperor, should we go to pay homage to the Holy Ancestor’s spiritual throne first?”

"Loyalty, filial piety and justice are the same principles, but they are in order." Yin Tai said calmly, "Loyalty means guarding one's position. Today, the distinction between monarch and ministers has been decided. The Holy Emperor is above, so he should go to see you first. Long live today. However, Wansui is also keeping vigil at Qianqing Palace day and night, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to see him together." Yin Tai said confidently and confidently.He usually doesn't interact with his elder brother, but he actually has a good impression of the straightforward and heroic Yin.For ordinary people, it is a trivial matter to see who you meet first and who you meet later. However, Yongzheng was a mean-spirited man today. He advised Yin to pay homage to the emperor and ministers first, and then visit the Emperor Kangxi's palace. He was full of good intentions for preservation, but his Taoist face was stiff. It's hard and blunt, which makes people feel uncomfortable listening to it.Arzona came with Yin Tai. When he saw Yin Tai treating Yin like this, he glanced at Yin Tai and cursed in his heart: "The old coffin is full of flesh," but he said in his mouth: "Loyalty and filial piety are one, and Mr. Yin is very right. Filial piety is the foundation of loyalty, unfilial piety means disloyalty, and a non-filial son cannot be a loyal minister. Since the Long Live Lord is also in the Zi Palace, it is okay to ask for a temporary decree to make a decision." Yin Tai knew that he was refuting himself, so he did not defend himself, his face was expressionless. With an expression on his face, he turned to Yin and said: "There is one thing. I want to return to the Fourteenth Master of the Ming Dynasty. After Long Live ascended to the throne, all the elder brothers avoided taboos. Therefore, all the elder brothers' 'Yin' was changed to the word 'Yun'. Yin Yun The pronunciation is close, and it is difficult to distinguish the spoken names. If the Fourteenth Master has a report, please pay attention to correct it."

This is the intended meaning of the question. Yin also heard Yin Tai's good intentions and couldn't help but nodded and said: "Thank you for taking care of me. From now on, Xiao Wang will just call you Yun."

"Master Fourteen," Arsunah saw that Yun Zheng didn't even look at him, knowing that he had misunderstood.Before coming to pick up Yun, He Zhu'er, the eunuch of Ba Age's Mansion, made a special trip to meet him, and told him to meet Yun alone and report the situation in Beijing in detail.Seeing that the chief officer is Yin Tai, an inexplicably bad old man, and the rest of the people are all harboring ulterior motives and are vigilant, where can they ask for opportunities?Arsunha sat beside him and pondered for a long time. It was absolutely impossible to see Yun alone, but he kept silent and pretended to be dumb. Lord, Lord Ninth, and Lord Thirteen have all met. All the gentlemen said that they should have come to welcome the wind in person, but they all value their filial piety, so I asked the servant to tell the master to take care of himself." This is like a letter of safety to Yun. Yun immediately breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down and said: "Both brothers have taken care of you. We are filial to each other, so there is no need to talk about these rituals." Su Nu looked at Yin Tai and Gao Qizhuo, and followed Arson's words Said: "It's not all about keeping filial piety. Long live Lord is new, and he has to take care of all the affairs. He keeps watch at night, and the memorials are brought to the Qianqing Palace for disposal. The third master, the thirteenth master, and the eighth master are now in the South Study Room, and Long Kedo and Ma Qi are jointly in charge of the country's funeral affairs. In order to prevent collusion inside and outside the party and riots at the funeral, Nine cities have been closed for [-] days."

This is another piece of information, and even more important.The so-called "treacherous party", Yun was very clear, refers to the "three regrets" in the life of the new emperor Yongzheng - the eighth elder brother Yun, the ninth elder brother Yun and the tenth elder brother Yun - of course, he is the "external" of the "internal and external" "Yes.Yun couldn't help feeling nervous, but at the same time he was a little relieved: This is obvious, the eighth prince has not been overthrown, and Yongzheng's throne is not stable!Danger and opportunity existed at the same time. Of course, things could still be done. Yun was so moved by these words that his heart was pounding. His eyes flashed wildly. He wanted to ask something more, but he suppressed it again and turned around to ask. Qizhuo: "What's your name? I've never seen it before!"

"Back to the Fourteenth Master," Gao Qizhuo hurriedly bowed his body and smiled apologetically, "I was originally the acting prefect of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and has been out all the time. I was transferred to the Ministry of Rites a few days ago, so I have no chance to meet the Fourteenth Master." Dry and thin, with piercing black bean eyes and a slightly disfigured face, he is smart and quick to know that he is a character who is full of information and can move at the touch of a button.Yun tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "I remembered, you read Fengshui very well. The book "Kan Yu Jia Yan" you wrote is very interesting." Suddenly, Gao Qizhuo thought that Gao Qizhuo was the food supervisor in front of Nian Gengyao's account. The person who was single-handedly promoted by the general manager Li Wei fell silent again.But Gao Qizhuo was scratched to the itch by him, and he continued to say: "Fengshui was first mentioned in the Han Dynasty and originated in the Tang Dynasty. Geography corresponds to astronomy, and there are people who are unpredictable. When the late emperor was there, Zeng ordered his ministers to accompany Qin Tianjian. Yuanming went to Fengtian to see the Fuling Mausoleum of the Taizu, and when he came to Zunhua, Yuanming took a fancy to a piece of land: the land started from the dragon's head on the Lying Yanshan Mountain, and the drums were wrapped one by one, and the shape was like a turtle's back. Like a long snake, it stretches straight down to the southeast, and is in contact with Shizu Jingling. He said that this land is good, but I said that this land is the land of generals, not the land of kings. If you don’t believe me, if you dig down, it will definitely There is water. Ask someone to dig it, and it is just as it should be! Even Yuanming was convinced, and asked his ministers to accompany him to look at it from ridge to ridge, and then he chose the Jingling of Emperor Daxing! The ancestral tomb of Grand Master Zhang Tingyu and Xiangye Please let me have a look, and I agree, but I'm afraid it will hinder Young Master Ling, and there will be disadvantages for Younger Brother Ling. Let me just say a word, I have also seen the ancestral tomb of Mr. Yin, Mr. Ling has already passed the examination, if he is not in the current department, he will be in the next one, if he is not in the top three, please goug out my eyes!" He said Chattering, graceful gestures, how to look at the direction of the mountains, detect the atmosphere of the earth, look at the dragon, check the veins of the earth, spit all over the place, and everyone is stunned when they hear it.Alsuna said nonchalantly, "I never thought that my brother is so familiar with the principles of yin and yang. It is a good fortune, and I will definitely be able to choose a better mausoleum for today's Wansui."

Sometimes a sentence is like a gate, which can block the tide of topics.Originally, it was not a taboo thing for the emperors of all dynasties to choose a mausoleum when they ascended the throne. However, Kangxi’s body was still cold and had not yet been buried. I felt that he had ulterior motives and puns, although I couldn't find fault, I felt a thump in my heart.Gao Qizhuo also consciously lost his composure, blushed, ate his tea with his head down, and never said anything about the earthy "sweet and bitter".

"I'm tired too," Yun stood up and stretched his arms, "I'll have a rest for the night as ordered. Since Gao Qizhuo is good at handling the situation, it may not be without profound meaning to invite him in. Mr. Qizhuo has some free time, and in the future Show me a piece of land. I don't ask for wealth in the world, but for peace from generation to generation. Please pay attention to it." After saying that, he gave up his hands and everyone hurriedly bowed and left.

(End of this chapter)