Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 242 The Second Waste
Changchun Garden, Arrow Hall.

After hearing Kangxi's verbal instructions, the princes and elder brothers looked at each other in shock.Even though everyone saw that the crown prince's position was not stable before, no one thought that he would be "detained" without warning.For a moment, those who suppressed ecstasy, those who showed confusion, those who frowned slightly, and those who were muddled, had different expressions.

Although among these princes, the eldest brother, the third elder brother, is almost in his prime, and the youngest elder brother, the seventeenth elder brother, is also sixteen years old.But the news was really shocking. In the panic, some people inevitably lost their composure and forgot to cover it up.

Sitting on the high dragon chair, Kangxi turned his gaze away from the faces of his sons, seeing the uncertain faces on everyone's faces, suddenly felt a little lonely in his heart.

This is all injustice, I have always governed the country with "benevolence and filial piety", but among these sons, apart from thinking about the high dragon chair at this moment, who would think about whether the emperor's father is in a good mood, whether he is healthy or not?Hmph, I'm afraid he thinks he's lived too long, and I wish... Kangxi lowered his face, feeling very irritable, stood up, and left with the eunuchs and guards amidst the voices of "Send Huang Ama off".

They are all the emperor's own sons, except for the crown prince who was born in the first place, who is better than anyone else?Even Elder Sixteen, who has always been lazy, couldn't help feeling dazed when he heard the prince "hold him up for guard".However, thinking of the elder brother who was circled, and the crown prince who had been dealing with the attacks of the brothers with trepidation, the sixteenth elder brother immediately woke up.

The eighth elder brother who was expected by everyone, the third elder brother with the longest sequence teeth, the fourth elder brother who is proficient in government affairs, and the sixteenth elder brother quickly glanced at these elder brothers, but decided to be his leisurely prince and just sit on the sidelines.

Looking back at Elder Seventeen, his little face was blushing, his eyes were straight, and he was a little excited.The sixteenth elder brother's heart sank, he quickly pulled the seventeenth elder brother away, and without thinking about saying goodbye to the other elder brothers, he left the arrow hall.Fortunately, they stood at the end, and the others were all pretending to greet each other and testing each other, so no one paid attention to them.

After getting out of the arrow hall, the sixteenth elder brother pulled the seventeenth elder brother to turn right and went to an open place.The seventeenth elder brother was confused, and looked at the sixteenth elder brother very puzzled.

Brother Sixteen frowned, walked a few steps left and right, finally stood up, and said solemnly: "Brother Seventeen, this idea is unthinkable! Perhaps the neglect you have received these two days has made you feel angry. But this idea is not necessary! Even if it is born in the heart, it should not be shown on the face! Our brothers, which one is easy to get along with, and which one is big enough to tolerate other brothers' desire to seize the heirloom? !"

Elder Seventeen's face turned pale, and he murmured: "Brother Sixteen, we are also Huang Ama's sons..."

Brother Sixteen nodded and said: "This is true, but don't forget that there are also things like 'a son is more precious than a mother', 'a long man is a virtuous man', 'simple is in the sacred heart'! Speaking of honor, even if you don't The crown prince who was born after Tiyuan, and the fourth brother who was raised by Zhonggong, the tenth brother whose birth mother is Concubine Wen Xi. The word "Li Chang" caused the elder brother to be obsessed and crazy in the early years. Even now, our third brother But I have been looking forward to it for several years; as for "Lixian", as early as the 47th year of Kangxi, when the officials recommended the prince, there was an answer. Speaking of "Jane in the Sacred Heart", apart from ten Third brother, and fourteenth brother, where is our turn?"

Having said that, he paused, stretched out his hand, and patted Elder Seventeen on the shoulder: "Brother Seventeen, look, there is no room for people to miss it! Besides, fighting for the throne, this is the emperor Ma is the most taboo! Eldest brother is the real eldest son with outstanding military achievements, trained by Huang Ama himself; Thirteenth brother has always been the most sacred heart, except for the crown prince, even if he spends a lot of time by Huang Ama's side. But, Just because it got mixed in, what is the situation now? Huang Ama, Huang Ama, first is "Huang" and then "Ama", this is the most important thing we, as princes, must never forget!"

Elder Seventeen's face turned from white to blue, then from blue to red, and finally lowered his head: "Brother Sixteen knows all this, younger brother knows what he said, but he was just confused for a while, thinking of Er Niang, he is finally a little bit unwilling!"

Brother Sixteen knew that his younger brother was a smart person, he had said everything he needed to say, and he would figure it out himself, so he stopped talking.

From a distance, a little eunuch in Tsing Yi came running, but it was Chen Fu, the servant next to Brother Si, who came with a package.His head was covered with sweat, he ran to the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother, and said: "Slave... my servant Chen Fu has met the sixteenth and seventeenth masters, please greet the two masters!"

Brother Sixteen saw that he was out of breath, and scolded with a smile: "What? Your master asked you to come to find your master? Let's talk after you get your breath back!"

Chen Fu lifted up the package in his hand and replied: "If you go back to Master Sixteen, the servant was ordered by our Master to find Master Seventeen! Yesterday, we Fujin went to the palace to pay homage, and we also went to the nobleman's place to check on illnesses. When we came back I have prepared some tonics, but it’s inconvenient to travel to and from the palace, so let our master bring them, isn’t it cheaper! Unfortunately, when our master came out just now, he couldn’t see the two masters, so he sent the servants to look for them!”

The fourth elder brother Fujin, whose rank is Prince Fujin, and his mother-in-law and concubine are in the palace, it is already a bit eye-catching to visit Qingui, if he keeps sending things over, I am afraid that the faces of other concubines will not look good.

Elder Seventeen received the package, he was very grateful in his heart, and said with a smile: "I know that your house has strict rules, and the Lord will not reward you! The acting Lord thanked you Fujin, and said that the Seventeenth will not be a stranger to the fourth sister-in-law." !"

Chen Fu listened with his hands hanging down, and agreed.

Brother Sixteen asked, "Where's your master? But go back to the city first?"

Chen Fu replied: "Back to Master Sixteen, our master has returned to the city first. He thought the two masters had left the garden, but after asking at the door, they found out that the two masters were still in the garden, so they sent the servants to stay. Looking for two masters!"

Brother Sixteen looked to the south, unable to figure out what that brother would think.Even the two little ones, he and Shi Qi, couldn't help being moved when they heard that the crown prince was about to be abolished again. How could the fourth brother, who is half a legitimate son, be able to calm down?

Although I don't know how the fourth elder brother is, but the eighth elder brother can't calm down no matter what.

Although the hardcore supporters of the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother, and the fourteenth elder brother all raised their eyebrows, they wanted to go to the tenth elder brother's house to discuss how to celebrate the tenth elder brother's birthday.October [-]th is Elder Brother Ten's thirty-year-old birthday, and it's a whole birthday.Although the words were open and clear, it was just a way to get together and discuss the future regulations.

The eighth elder brother was dragged down by the recommendation of the ministers last time. In the past few years, he has been suspended for seizing the title and has been reprimanded.After thinking about it for a while, he still let his brothers go first, and he will arrive later.

The ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother, although they don't know what the eighth elder brother intends to do, but now is not the time to ask in detail, so they all led people out of the garden first.

Eighth Brother waited for the brothers to leave, hesitated for a moment, and finally went to Qingxi Bookstore where Shengjia was.

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Kangxi sat behind the imperial case, picked up his pen, and drafted a letter to the kings, Baylor, Beizi, ministers and others tomorrow to abolish the prince.Only two lines of words were written, "Because of Yunfeng's surly behavior, he was once imprisoned. Then I bowed to my illness, thought of the kindness of my father and son, and forgiven me. In front of everyone, I once said that he seemed to be able to change. Yi Zaihuang The queen mother, concubines, and kings and ministers also insisted on the oath of alliance", so I couldn't write it down.

Kangxi felt his arm was heavy and trembled slightly, a drop of cinnabar ink fell on the imperial decree, and it was bright red.

The chief eunuch Liang Jiugong came into the room, saw Kangxi's face was ugly, and felt uneasy, he whispered back: "Long live Lord, Lian Baylor is begging to see you outside!"

Kangxi put down his imperial pen, and snorted coldly: "I can't wait so much, let him in! I want to see what kind of virtuous brother this 'Xian elder brother' is!"

Liang Jiugong went down in response, knowing in his heart that this elder brother was afraid of coming at the wrong time.Because the crown prince was abolished, imperial servants like them also had their own considerations.Would you like to mention a word?Liang Jiugong hesitated for a while, but finally shook his head.Forget it, if you make it clear, so that Lord Long Live can't get angry, who knows who the anger will be directed at.

Poor eighth elder brother, who wholeheartedly wants to be a "filial" good son, but he doesn't know that taking this step will put him a little further away from the throne. "A wise man thinks a lot, and he will make a mistake." This is probably his stupid behavior at this time.

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Yizhou, Daotai Yamen.

According to the previous rules, in October, the Daotai yamen will start to be busy, assessing the administration of officials in the jurisdiction, cleaning up tax sources, reviewing money and food accounts, and so on.Because there are special officials in charge, Cao Yong goes to the Yamen for half a day every day, which is considered easy.

Although there was nothing unusual in the news sent back from the capital until the end of September, Cao Yong remembered clearly that the "two waste princes" happened in the 51st year of Kangxi.Now, until the end of the year, less than three months, it seems that the "second waste" is about to kick off.In addition, the governor of Liangjiang, Gali, and the governor of Jiangsu, Zhang Boxing, intervened in the case, and it seems that the dust will be settled.

The first day of October is Brother Thirteen’s birthday. Needless to say, a birthday gift was sent as early as September; the end of October is Brother Fourth’s birthday. Cao Yong had specially prepared a gift, a white jade Guanyin , a plate of ivory beads, a plate of beeswax beads, and a copper incense burner with two ears and three legs in Xuande of Ming Dynasty.

On the third day of October, the stewards sent by Prince Ping's Mansion arrived in Yizhou and brought the full moon gifts from each mansion.When they returned, Cao Yong sent Cao Fang to Beijing with the birthday gift prepared for Si Age.Of course, there are some reciprocal gifts for other prefectures.

The prince was "detained" and officially "deposed and imprisoned" on the first day of October. It was spread to Yizhou on the fifth day of October, which originated from the "family letter" of Pingjun Wang Naersu.

In addition to congratulating Cao Yong's eldest son on the full moon, he also "lightly stated" that at the Great Court Meeting in early October, Emperor Kangxi's imperial pen and Zhu Shu told the kings, Baylor, Beizi, ministers, etc., that the "so mad and unpopular" crown prince "Still abolish the imprisonment."

Got this news, Cao Yong is not surprised, but a little dust settled, feeling at ease.After all, Kangxi will establish a "secret reserve" system in the future, and all methods of seizing the heir apparent will be hidden. On the surface, the capital and localities will be quiet for a long time.

Only Mr. Zhuang, seeing that the letter of Prince Pingjun did not mention the words "bringing the world together", guessed that the emperor might want to see the reactions of the four parties, to see if there are still people who want the prince.

Cao Yong also had contact with the Crown Prince when he was on duty in Yuqian earlier.No matter in appearance, figure, speech or manner, the crown prince is very similar to Kangxi, but his body is not dignified enough, and his face is often covered with gloom.

Thinking that after the crown prince was abolished, he would be imprisoned until death, Cao Yong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.Maybe the crown prince has a lack of personal morality, but since he was taught by Kangxi for more than ten years, he is definitely a qualified prince.As early as his teens, he served as the supervisor of the country during Kangxi's Western Expedition.

If it wasn't for his brothers being too outstanding, and if his mother clan Suo'etu and others were not too ambitious, then he wouldn't have been forced to get to where he is today step by step.

The position of prince is more difficult than the position of emperor.Although he is called Chujun, he is still not a monarch after all. Before sitting in that chair, he is trembling, and he can't miss a single step.Don't be mediocre, so that you don't have to be jealous of the brothers, the emperor's father will not be able to see it, thinking about establishing a new crown prince; don't be outstanding, otherwise it will hurt the emperor's eyes and affect the monarchy, even his own father will not tolerate it.

It was just a sigh, Cao Yong couldn't help but began to speculate about the fourth brother, wondering how the team of the future cold-faced emperor was built.Nian Gengyao was the governor of Sichuan, Longkodo had become the admiral of the Nine Gates, and Dai Duo was the prefect of Fujian.

But the strange thing is that Ertai, Li Wei, and Tian Wenjing, the three model governors of the Yongzheng Dynasty, did not even have a shadow.

When he was in the capital, Cao Yong wanted to ask the thirteenth elder brother several times if there was a boy named "Dog" in the fourth elder brother's house, but he thought that the fourth elder brother was not a good-tempered person. The thirteenth elder brother leaked his words and let the fourth elder brother misunderstand that he was spying on the palace, that is really wronged.

However, driven by curiosity, he would also pinch his fingers and calculate this "model governor" who was legendary by later generations. If he was the governor in the early years of Yongzheng, he should be an official now; Still working as a servant in Prince Yong's Mansion?
In the ten years since I came to this world, I have met many famous figures in history, but none of them can arouse Cao Yong's curiosity.Perhaps it was because the journey from "little servant" to "governor" was too legendary, and all kinds of comments from later generations were full of praise, which made Cao Yong feel a little "admiration".

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