My diary of transcendence from the heavens

Chapter 128 126. The golden cicada sheds its shell and the fallen leaves return to their roots

The dim palace.

The two were speechless.

Emperor Qianli suddenly asked: "People have seven emotions and six desires, and everyone in the world has selfish emotions. Why can't I feel them in front of the Grand Master?"

Zhao Xuanqi replied: "Of course I have selfish emotions, but I am already old. After death, everything will be empty and everything will no longer matter."

Emperor Qianli asked again: "You said that everything will be in vain after death, but even if you die, you can make such a contribution to the country and the monarch. I don't believe there are such selfless ministers in the world."

"You are not just a test for me, are you? Do you want to take the opportunity to seek power and usurp the throne? Or do you have other plans?"

Zhao Xuanqi said: "If I had other plans, I wouldn't have said so many words to you. Wouldn't it be a waste of time? And with my current power, I can't do what I want to do?"

Emperor Qianli lowered his head and tried hard to ask: "I really want to know why you are doing this? It's hard for me to believe that there are people in the world who are willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of others and the stability of the people of the world."

Zhao Xuanqi fell into silence.

Memories swirled in his mind, remembering the late Emperor Qinglong and the late Emperor Jingming.

He thought of the two poor imperial examination geniuses Ouyang Fugui and Wang Shilin, and also thought of the many college friends who helped him.

Open your mouth, wanting to say something.

But nothing could be said.

Finally, the poem he had written about his ambition during the imperial examination came to his mind.

"Worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later."

"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, and create peace for all generations."

In the end, I just copied the sentences of the Chinese ancestors, but I didn't expect that it would eventually infuse my own life.

He slowly told a story:
"In ancient times, there lived a tribe of giants deep in the mountains and forests of the north. Their leader was named Kuafu."

"The people of this tribe are kind-hearted, hard-working and brave, and live a life of freedom without fighting against the world."

"One summer, the weather was very hot. The sun shone directly on the earth. The crops were burned to death, the trees were scorched, and many people died in the scorching heat."

"Kuafu felt very sad. He vowed to catch the sun and make it obey human orders."

"I heard that Kuafu wanted to chase the sun, and the tribesmen tried to dissuade him, saying, "The sun is so far away, can you catch up? Besides, the sun is so hot, even if you can catch up, you will be roasted to death by it."

"But Kuafu has made up his mind and must go."

"The next day, as soon as the sun appeared, Kuafu said goodbye to his people and strode towards the sun."

"The sun was moving rapidly in the sky, and Kuafu was desperately chasing it on the ground. He climbed over mountains and crossed rivers, chasing the sun."

"Seeing that the sun was getting closer, Kuafu felt that his whole body was extremely hot and thirsty, so he ran to the Yellow River to drink water, and ended up drinking all the water in the Yellow River in one breath."

"This was not enough to quench his thirst. He ran to the Wei River again and drank all the water in the Wei River."

"After drinking enough water, Kuafu continued to run towards the sun, but after running for so long, he was exhausted. He fell down with a bang before running two steps and never got up again."

"When he was about to die, Kuafu threw out the wooden stick in his hand, and a lush peach forest grew up where the stick fell."

"Kuafu believes that there will be people chasing the sun like him. This peach forest is for them to quench their thirst."

Zhao Xuanqi said seriously: "Everyone has his own ideal. Just like Kuafu chasing the sun, people work hard to chase this ideal. Ideals, ideals, even if they don't make any sense in front of others, even if others can't understand, There will always be people who are willing to fight for their ideals, even if it means going up the mountain of swords. Even if it means going down into the sea of ​​fire, there will always be people who are willing to pay for their ideals!"

"People always have their own meaning when they live. If you die for your ideals, you will not regret it even when you die."

"To report my gratitude to you on the Golden Platform, and to guide the Jade Dragon to die for you, in addition to thanking the late emperor for his kindness, my ideal when I came to this world is to realize the great unity of the world and let the people live a prosperous life. "

"Just like Kuafu threw away the crutch before his death, he would use the crutch to turn it into a peach forest even after death, to help the subsequent sun chasers and convey the ideal flame in his heart."

"When I died, I chose you and supported you. I hope you can inherit the fire in my hands and work hard for the people of the world and this country."

Emperor Qianli said again: "Those ministers say that I am unkind and unjust. Aren't you afraid that I will not redress your injustice after your death and make you slandered?"

Zhao Xuanqi smiled and said: "Although I have not educated you, Jin Yiwei's eyes are on me, and I have been observing you."

"Although you are ruthless and ungrateful, you are a person who understands justice, and you are a proud person."

"Just like when you were very young, you learned that you would be the emperor in the future. You started to practice martial arts on your own since you were a child, and you were familiar with military books. You took the initiative to study your lessons every day. You wanted to work hard to be the emperor, and you wanted to not let others go. Disappointing others and wanting to prove to everyone what you can do.”

"Your pride does not allow you to become a fool, so you are already 15 years old and have already done so many things."

"You regard the country as your home, you regard the people as your own, you regard yourself as the head of the country, and work hard to be a good emperor."

"You are a born monarch, very suitable to be an emperor."

"I have helped you so much, and you already owe me so much. People like you never owe anything to others. You can't sleep even if you owe others a little bit. I believe you will treat my family well, and I believe you will vindicate me." .”

"Besides, there is Princess Xiaoyao. With her here, I believe everything will have a perfect ending."

Emperor Qianli listened to these words.

I still can't believe that a person like Zhao Xuanqi is willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of the world.

It was clear that he had all the power in the government and it was easy to change the government, but he did not choose to change the government, but adhered to his duty as a minister.

Obviously he can enjoy his old age in peace, enjoy the reputation in the world, leave his name in history and be praised by countless people, but he would rather take the risk of reputation pollution and make some calculations for the future generations after his death.

If he didn't know how to change his name, I'm afraid he would be insulted in future generations, but for the sake of greater stability in future generations, he was still willing to risk this stigma and choose to believe in an emperor who hated him a little.

Regardless of whether he is a person or a minister, the Grand Master has gone to the extreme, and he has done his best for the people of the world, and he has done his best for this country.

Kuafu chases the sun, Kuafu chases the sun.

Others cannot understand Kuafu.

I can't understand the Grand Master myself.

Although he could not understand Zhao Xuanqi, Emperor Qianli respected Zhao Xuanqi and the man who had given him great help. He was also willing to take over the torch in his hands and work hard to make the country more prosperous!
So he couldn't afford to kneel down, and he knelt down affectionately for Zhao Xuanqi three times.

"This bow is for the sake of the common people of today. I pay homage to the Grand Master."

"Second bow, thank you for your willingness to sacrifice your life to help me stabilize the government. Thank you for your deep understanding of justice."

"The last bow is for the people of the next century. I am grateful to the Grand Master. The hundred years of prosperity are the result of the Grand Master. Please accept these three bows from me!"

After three bows, Emperor Qianli slowly raised his head and found that Zhao Xuanqi had slowly left.

Zhao Xuanqi's figure had left Kaiming Hall, came to the direction of the gate, and finally left the palace, leaving only his back.This back figure, rickety and vicissitudes of life, will remain in the heart of Emperor Qianli forever. He only felt that such a figure stood tall and supported a huge country and the prosperity of hundreds of millions of people.

I don't know when, when he came back to his senses, Emperor Qianli found a tear in the corner of his eyes.

A heartless person like yourself?Will you also be moved?
"You will not fail me, and I will not fail you."

"Don't worry, I will do it perfectly..."

……

Five years passed slowly.

After that day's agreement, Zhao Xuanqi began to pay little attention to the government affairs, and gradually transferred the government affairs to the hands of the prime minister.

Then he began to enjoy himself peacefully, hanging out with the well-hidden corrupt officials in the court, trying to collect their evidence, and began to accept various filial gifts.

No matter who gave gifts to Zhao Xuanqi, Zhao Xuanqi would not refuse them all. He worked hard to obtain huge amounts of money from these wealthy families and officials, and plundered money from those powerful landowners.

Others get money from the common people, but Zhao Xuanqi is different. He just wants to get money from those powerful landowners with bad records.

And once there are powerful landlords who want to plunder people's money and want to do some shameful things, Jin Yiwei will take down these powerful landlords and ransack their homes where they should be.

Moreover, Zhao Xuanqi began to sell official positions. The price of each official position was extremely expensive, but all the positions he sold were nominal positions.

Those official positions will not have much influence on the government, will not affect the people, and will not be able to do any major things.

However, big businessmen are usually willing to spend money to buy official positions as a way to honor their ancestors and shine brightly.

Moreover, Zhao Xuanqi also used various means to concentrate the military power of the major generals in his own hands.

The generals became famous but not powerful, and some people wanted to resist, but only ended up with their property confiscated. All the troops almost only obeyed Zhao Xuanqi's orders, and one family was the only one.

In the court, Zhao Xuanqi formed a party of his own, and brought into this party all those who might influence the rule of Emperor Qianli in the future, and integrated all those who might harm the country and the people into the party.

Zhao Xuanqi has never thought of harming the people, which is not good for his reputation.

For the sake of the stability of the country, and for the stable handover after his death, he just tried his best to draw those who were arrogant, arrogant soldiers, and important civil and military officials into his party.

Today's important officials in the imperial court are basically those who follow Zhao Xuanqi to conquer the world.

These people who conquer the world are all people who were trained by Zhao Xuanqi personally and for the late Emperor Qinglong. It can be said that they are on Zhao Xuanqi's side. It can be said that they are all groups of the old forces. But now, he wants to All he did was backstab this group of people.

This group of people hold high positions and are veterans of many dynasties in the imperial court. After Zhao Xuanqi leaves, they will definitely become a group to keep each other warm and fight against the little emperor.

If these old brothers and partners don't go with Zhao Xuanqi, Zhao Xuanqi will not worry about this country.

Those who are likely to cause chaos, those who have the ability to cause chaos, regardless of whether they are good or bad, will be drawn into the party.

And after making an agreement with Emperor Qianli, he replaced the senior executives of Jinyiwei and Dongchang first, secretly nurturing those people in Emperor Qianli's hands, and sending them to their rightful positions.

In this way, in the past five years, almost all the important officials in the court, those who might cause trouble, and the corrupt officials in the court fell into the hands of Zhao Xuanqi.

Zhao Xuanqi became the leader of the old forces group. He was the representative of all conservative forces and successfully collected the deeply hidden evidence of corrupt officials.

The people's reputation for Zhao Xuanqi is getting better and better. They find that fewer and fewer people stand on top of their heads to urinate. Those rich people who usually have higher eyesight don't dare to bully them and others.

After many common people have lived for so long, this is the first time they see the children of a wealthy family being so kind to themselves and others.

However, those powerful landowners and wealthy families, whether they were civil servants or military generals, had most of their interests taken away by Zhao Xuanqi, and Zhao Xuanqi had taken away the property their family had been running for generations, and they all complained.

Some people were originally in high positions, and it was not easy for them to get to high positions with Zhao Xuanqi. However, they were removed by Zhao Xuanqi on trumped-up charges, and they were replaced by new officials who were poor and had no background, and they were even more angry.

On a dark and stormy night, Emperor Qianli gathered a group of people and used an army he had already mastered to immediately catch all the members of Zhao Xuanqi's group and put them all in prison.

Zhao Xuanqi's group is very large. They are basically all important officials of the imperial court or veteran military generals with outstanding military achievements. They have huge interest groups behind them. They are also the people who Zhao Xuanqi guesses are likely to fight against the emperor after his death. They are also the old power group to which he belongs.

In this way, this group of people ransacked the homes of those who deserved them and beheaded those who deserved them.

The remaining civil and military officials of the imperial court had long been replaced by poor new officials by Zhao Xuanqi. They were basically rootless duckweeds. They did not have much background behind them. Emperor Qianli could easily remove these people and replace them with himself. of cronies.

Suddenly, things changed.

The old official group was wiped out and replaced by a new power group belonging to Emperor Qianli.

……

Zhao Xuanqi successfully landed in jail.

Deep in the prison, there is a clean room. The furnishings inside look like a warm home, but not like a prison.

Now, Zhao Xuanqi stays here.

At this moment, besides Zhao Xuanqi, there were two other figures in the room.

They are Emperor Qianli and Princess Xiaoyao.

At this time, Emperor Qianli was already 20 years old. Emperor Qianli solemnly thanked him and said, "Thank you so much, Grand Master. I have done everything you said according to your instructions."

"Those arrogant and powerful generals, as well as those important civil servants who may be in trouble, including a group of corrupt officials, all unstable factors, and all old power groups have basically been captured by me!"

"I have won over a group of important ministers, and they are grateful to me. Next, when I take charge, the civil and military ministers will be very supportive. I have also cultivated my own team and created a new power group that belongs to me. I no longer have any resistance!"

Zhao Xuanqi said: "That's good!"

Princess Xiaoyao said: "It's time for you to go. We have prepared a scapegoat for you. You can leave quietly through the secret passage. We will have someone to safely protect you and take you back to your hometown..."

"In less than ten years, we will definitely clear up the situation for you!"

Zhao Xuanqi nodded, and he slowly opened the mechanism next to him. The bookshelf next to him moved slowly, revealing a two-meter-high hole, and he walked into it.

As long as he passes through this hole, he can leave the prison, and someone from outside will come to pick up Zhao Xuanqi and take him back to Shixi County.

As the saying goes, fallen leaves return to their roots, Zhao Xuanqi hopes that when he dies, he can die in his hometown, preferably in Zhaojia Village.

He walked into the passage without hesitation, leaving the two of them with their backs.

Emperor Qianli looked at the back of the departing figure and said with emotion: "Next, I will hold a funeral for him, a grand funeral!"

"In the past five years, he has offended too many wealthy families, and also offended the top civil and military ministers of the imperial court. Although these civil and military ministers, those wealthy families, have shouted at others..."

"But the eyes of the people are sharp. There are fewer and fewer people standing on their heads to urinate, and there are fewer and fewer wealthy families committing crimes. They can feel that their lives are getting better and better. I believe they are willing to bid farewell to Mrs. division."

Princess Xiaoyao said: "Mr. Wu An is also an interesting person. He is said to be corrupt and corrupt, but in the end he is still so good to the people. He has still done a lot of good things for the people over the years, but instead he embezzled the money of the civil and military ministers. To embezzle money from wealthy families, and if these wealthy families embezzled people’s money, he would kill them immediately and continue to collect their money. Do you call this corruption?”

(End of this chapter)