Emperor Kangxi: The First Rule of the Palace

Chapter 27 Obai in the Imperial Garden Performs the Martial Cultivation Hall of Kangxi's Decree

When Kangxi returned to the Forbidden City, Zhang Wanqiang was waiting anxiously at Shenwu Gate.Seeing him coming back, he hurried forward, and before he could say hello, he stopped and said, "Okay, my master! You are still here to enjoy yourself, and you are so anxious to kill this slave!" Kangxi saw that his head was sweating profusely and his face was yellow. Quickly asked: "What's the matter?"

Zhang Wanqiang looked around and saw no one else, so he hurried up and said, "Ao Zhongtang just handed over the sign and sat in the Wenhua Hall, saying that there is something important, so I must see you! There is no other way, the servant can only say that the master is resting I feel, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager ordered that the big things have to wait for the master to get up before talking about it! Well, if it's a little later, won't the truth be revealed?"

Kangxi's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: "I've never seen you at noon, could it be that he smelled something?" After a pause, he said: "I just said that I just got up and relaxed my muscles and bones in the imperial garden, and told him to come to the imperial garden to relax. Come in the garden." Then he told Wei Dongting, "You come in with me, and practice kung fu together."

It was Kangxi's temporary decision to meet Oboi in the imperial garden—rather than rushing to the upper study to summon him in a hurry, it is better to let Oboi run a few more steps.When Aobai arrived with Murima and Nemo, he had lifted the stone lock several times and was practicing archery.

Obai walked into the garden, and didn't meet him, and stood aside with a smile to watch, but Kangxi was practicing, turned around quickly, and a loud arrow shot straight at Obai's face.Murima was shocked, and took a step forward to block it, but it was too late!But Oboi stood motionless as if nothing had happened. When the arrow flew in front of him, he stretched out his hand and caught it in his hand, but it turned out to be an arrowhead wrapped in sandbags... Kangxi dropped his bow on the ground, and the two looked at each other haha Laughing loudly, Wei Dongting, Murima, and Namo also laughed dryly under false alarm.

Kangxi patted the ashes on his body and came forward, Oboi smiled and said: "Master is good at archery, it almost scares the old minister!" Kangxi also laughed and said: "I really deserve to be born as a general, good skills, I'm just playing for fun. Please come here Sit down." Then he asked Oboi to sit on the stone drum under the shade of the tree in front of the imperial pavilion, and Fang asked, "What's the matter, so urgent?"

Aobai took out a booklet from his sleeve, cupped his hands and presented it: "Wu Sangui, king of Pingxi, please transfer 200 million stones and grain from Wuhu to fund the military supplies, and please issue an order from the lord."

"I want to learn from Shenzong and become the emperor of Taiping comfortably, so don't worry about it." Kangxi smiled and shook his head, looking absent-minded, "You have already done things bigger than this, so why worry about it?" .”

Obai said: "That's not the case. It is necessary to send a capable minister to Wuhu. The amount is too great." Kangxi asked slowly, "Who do you want to see?" Obai replied without hesitation: " The minister thinks that Suo'etu is appropriate."

Kangxi smiled and tried to keep calm on the surface, but in his heart he wished to kick the flesh-faced guy in front of him to death, hesitantly picked his teeth: "A few days ago, General Fengtian rushed six hundred miles to report that the Raksha Kingdom was rampant in Xing'an Mountains. Intrusion, its power cannot be underestimated, I want to entrust Suo'etu to do this job. Wait for a while, if Luo Sha does not retreat, he will have to go, he is familiar with the situation in that area..."

Oboi thought to himself: "If you really go to the Outer Xing'an Mountains, you might freeze to death and die in battle. If you lose a battle, you won't be able to return. It's better than going to Wuhu." Before he could think about it, he asked, "My lord, who is going to Wuhu? good?"

"What do you think of Bumbleshan?" Kangxi stared at Ao Bai with provocative eyes and asked.Aobai shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, the slave is very busy there, he is the only one who knows the affairs of the household department, and once he leaves, there will be no business." Kangxi smiled secretly, thinking about it: "Then I have to work hard for Ye Bilong. .He is not in good health, and has not been in court for more than half a year. You go and tell him, fortunately, he can finish his errands in half a year, and he can also go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to recuperate, which can kill two birds with one stone."

Aobai laughed and said, "Since the Holy Will is so, it will be revealed this afternoon."

After discussing important matters, Obai got up to leave.Kangxi smiled and said: "I have heard for a long time that Qing's martial arts are extraordinary, and today I am having a good time. Please demonstrate it and show me how you like it?" He waved his hand and said, "Why be too modest, please!"

Aobai said "presumptuous", and took off the big tasseled hat with coral top, and handed the pilgrimage beads to Murima, and took off the crane mend suit and the nine-python five-claw robe, wearing only a solid gauze Poplin loose clothes, without braids, on the spot in a posture of "burning the sky", kicked up with both feet, picked up a lake stone weighing more than 300 kilograms with a "squeak", and raised it with one hand , rolling sideways on the ground, the stone in his hand seemed to be fixed in mid-air.

Kangxi was dazzled by the sight, Oboi suddenly threw the stone up, more than five feet above his head, leaned his body, and put his palm flat on the ground, the stone fell quickly and hit the back of his hand with a "squeak", straight into the soil More than two inches!Kangxi and the others exclaimed in surprise, but Oboi pulled his hand violently, and slashed at the stone like lightning, the huge rockery immediately split into three pieces.

Wei Dongting saw it clearly, secretly horrified.He has long heard that Oboi's martial arts are excellent, and seeing him today, he has really reached the point of perfection.Murima and Namo stood beside them, although it was inconvenient to applaud, they looked very satisfied.When watching Kangxi, he didn't seem to care, holding a sandalwood fan and watching with great interest.Aobai was able to practice, and he grabbed two pebbles the size of a fist from the ground, and squeezed them hard with a "hey", and the stones shattered in response to the sound - then he smiled and patted the dust on his hands, slowly dressed, and said with a smile : "Your Majesty laughed."

Kangxi tucked the fan into his sleeve and said with a smile: "The country has such a brave general as Qing, so I can rest easy." Then he turned to Wei Dongting and said, "Go find some young men, all of them are sixteen or seventeen years old. Yes, practice kung fu with me."

Wei Dongting hastily responded, "Zha—" He peeked at Oboi, seeing that he didn't mind, and said, "I'll find the sage tomorrow." Oboi laughed and said, "When I was seven years old, I voted I have practiced martial arts with a famous teacher, Wansui is in a hurry to practice now, I am afraid it will be a little late."

Kangxi laughed and said: "Of course you have to go to war, I just relax my muscles and bones, how can it be true!"

Ye Bilong received the imperial envoy to go to Wuhu and issued an edict, he was really overjoyed.After a busy night, packing luggage, ordering servants, hiring boatmen, and hiring masters... He wished he could leave Beijing earlier to avoid this troublesome place.

For half a year, he watched with cold eyes during his "sickness", feeling that both sides are not easy to provoke, like two whirlwinds are spinning in front of him, expanding his own strength, if you get close to any whirlpool by chance, you will feel the strong wind blowing in your face, there is a gust of wind The huge gravitational pull pulls you towards the center.He understands that with his own identity, no matter which side he gets involved in, it will be very dangerous.If these two whirlwinds collide, what will be the result?Will it pull up trees and build houses like a tornado, making the government mess up?
He didn't dare to think too much, but couldn't help thinking.After he fell ill, Oboi and Bumbleshan came to visit him twice; Kangxi also sent Xiong Cilu and Wei Dongting to visit him twice.Every time someone came, it brought him new uneasiness.Sometimes he felt as if he was driving a small boat alone in the vast sky and water, and one day he would fall into a bottomless abyss.For everything that happened in the court, he had to break it apart, put it together, crush it, and pinch it again to weigh it.If you continue to "sick", I'm afraid you will really fall ill.At this moment, when he received an errand to handle food affairs, he could leave Beijing in a dignified way. How could he not be happy?
After a busy night, he hurriedly went to Qianqing Palace to resign and ask for training the next day.Kangxi sent word that he wanted to meet him in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Looking at the haggard man kneeling in front of him, with gray beard and hair, skinny, as if he had aged a lot, Kangxi couldn't help feeling a sense of pity and sympathy in his heart: Yes, if Ye Bilong and Aobai are forced to openly With the two armies facing each other, I am afraid that he will also end up in Suksaha's end.At present, he is willing to stick to it and still has a conscience.After being stunned for a while, suddenly seeing Ye Bilong still kneeling, he sighed softly and said, "Get up and sit down!"

Ye Bilong kowtowed.Sitting on the wooden stool at the bottom and looking up, Wei Dongting seemed to be standing behind Kangxi like a Dharma protector, and several new guards including Lang Fong transferred from Yuqing Palace also had their chests and bellies raised and their stomachs raised, looking very mighty.Kangxi was waving a lacquered folding fan and sat on it with a calm demeanor, looking very chic and suave, Ye Bilong hurriedly lowered his head again.But I heard Kangxi ask: "I have sent people to visit you a few times, are you feeling better?" Ye Bilong blushed, and hurriedly bowed back to play: "The disease of the slave dog and horse, please do your best to miss you! Please master Hong Fu, he has recovered in recent days."

Kangxi said: "What do you think about going to Wuhu to handle the food?" Ye Bilong hurriedly replied: "This matter is very important, and I will definitely handle it properly when I go here."

"No!" Kangxi's complexion changed, and he said suddenly: "You can't give Wu Sangui even a stone of grain!"

Ye Bilong was shaken by the edict, and Fang wanted to ask, so he heard Kangxi continue: "What food does Wu Sangui lack? He mints money, cooks salt, and makes weapons by himself. Can’t feed his 10,000+ people?” Seeing that Ye Bilong was in a daze, Kangxi emphasized, “Beijing is short of food! There are more than [-] people stationed in the Eight Banners Green Camp in Gyeonggi, Zhili, and Shandong. , is there no shortage of food instead!"

He said the word "man-made disaster" eloquently.Ye Bilong's heart skipped a beat: at Kangxi's age, Beijingers call him a "half-pile boy" who doesn't know anything - I heard people say that Kangxi only knows how to hunt and play buku games all day long, and doesn't care much about it. Who would have expected him to be so familiar with the situation and be so resolute in the government affairs!When peeping, Kangxi was also staring at him with piercing eyes, and hurriedly replied: "Yes!"

"It's called a full man who doesn't know a hungry man is hungry!" Kangxi said, "You go to Wuhu this time, and within a year you have to buy 600 million shi of grain, which will be secretly transferred from the canal to the north to listen to my dispatch. If the canal is blocked, you have to pay Raise money and raise workers on the spot."

Ye Bilong stood up and prostrated himself on the ground, and began to play: "If the central government of the capital is assisted by a minister, and the king of Pingxi sends someone to ask for food, please let me know how to deal with it."

"It's up to you to figure it out yourself." Kangxi laughed, "The ancients said that if the general is outside, the king's life will not be tolerated!"

Ye Bilong remained silent.

Kangxi knew what he meant, and said with a sneer, "I'm the one who decides for you, so don't worry about it. Anyway, I'll just help you out again. Listen, if you're unkind, I'll punish you with ease!" Zhu commented on the decree: "The matter of Ye Bilong's food raising is a special decree of the imperial mission, and internal and external ministers and workers are not allowed to interfere. This!" After writing, he threw it to Ye Bilong, "This is enough for you to deal with. You are a smart man. Do it yourself!"

Seeing that Kangxi did not speak anymore, Ye Bilong thought over and over again, and finally said: "The command of the Holy Majesty, I will keep it in mind. Although the current political situation is peaceful, there are hidden worries, and the south is not peaceful. I hope the Holy Majesty will pay attention."

"That sounds like a saying." Kangxi nodded and smiled, "It's good that you understand—kneel down!"

(End of this chapter)