Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 128 Qu Hongji Was Severely Condemned for Talking Too Much
It is said that Zaiyan married Su Baobao, needless to say, it is naturally Yan Er's newly married, lingering love.It's just that the newspapers have a lot of troubles and the news is really good. In only three or five days, every newspaper in Beijing has reported this matter, and the city is full of wind and rain, causing a stir for a while.Yikuang was furious, and immediately called Zaiyan to be severely reprimanded, and told him to be kicked out, and he was not allowed to enter my door again.Zai Yang could tell that it was a rumor from outside, and his son never did such a thing again, so the master can investigate as much as possible.Left and right also tried their best to cover up for him, Yi Qiang said: "I don't care at the moment, if there is any discovery in the case, I will argue with you again!"

Zai Yan was terrified, so he hid Su Baobao in the Xiheyan Inn, and the newspapers revealed it again.Changed to hide in a house in the north of the city, and revealed it again.

The man who runs the newspaper is a real ghost. If you keep it secret, he will know it immediately.Zai Yang was desperate, fearing that he would make the same mistakes as his elder brother Zhen, and bring him down, so he had to bear the pain to part with his loved ones and avoid the trend for the time being. Liu Shi, Shang's good friend.This Liu Shi is a well-known wealthy household in Leting, and he is very close with Zaiyan as whoring friends.As a planner, the current generation allowed Su Baobao to be temporarily sent to Liu's residence. Liu ordered his nephew to welcome Su Baobao to a certain residence in the north of the city, take the Beijing Express to Laoting, and take his relatives to see her off on board.The baby was full of tears, and Zai Yang was also crying, very sad.

It looks so loving, young master, what is the nature of it?He loves red when he sees red, and loves green when he sees green. Not long after, Zaiyan married a famous prostitute, Hong Baobao.Nai's brother Zai Zhen was also a (hidden) southern prostitute Xie Shanshan, and was joined by Yushi Zhang Yuanqi.At that time, there was a poem that sighed: "The treasure mirror of emerald tin is bound to three lives, and the palace of shell, que and pearl is very affectionate."

Color does not make mistakes, everyone makes mistakes, and it really becomes a brother and a brother.

The clear rhyme of the bamboo forest is long, deep and liao, and the poems of Hengmen are Guangsao.

Turning green back to yellow is a matter of course, after all, it is money to mislead people.

The old story of the red scarf said that Hong Yang could also hurt the Central Plains.

It also misunderstands other people's state affairs, and the bloody Xinhua mouth is fragrant.

Luxurious guests with charming and idiotic sons and daughters, good stories can be passed on forever.

Blowing and wrinkling a pool of spring water and green, misleading people.

Prince Qing's father and son have been impeached several times, but the roots are deep-rooted, and it is difficult to touch him in the end.Later, the censor Jiang Chunlin, because Chen Kuilong, the governor of Zhili, was the son-in-law of Yikuang, and Zhu Lun, the son of Zhu Jiabao, the governor of Anhui, was the son-in-law of Zaizhen.The imperial decree involves many people in trivial matters, wantonly slandering, and harming the overall situation. The original yamen walk in the whole country, censor Chen Tian, ​​Zhao Binglin, Hu Sijing, etc., please take it back.What is the effect?At that time, there was another poem: it is true that the Manchu family has a new look.

Also when Zhu Chentong got married and got together, Yunnan and Guizhou were originally fellow villagers.

The sound of the warbler is beeping and calling for the grandpa's day, and the dolphin is still thinking of his mother's day.

Who knows a kind of style, ask why you bother to ask the former grace.

Being a godfather for two generations in one family, reunited with a family full of joy.

As usual, it is natural to call Gege, please An Ying not to call Dad.

There is a new look in King Qi's house, and there is an old government office when Jiang Ling returns.

Children make Zhang Weng make tiles by themselves, parasitic grass to parasitic flowers.

Someone else made the correct sentence "the elder brother once snuggled up to the emerald brother and the younger brother snuggled up to the red" and it became absolute, and it was passed down for a while.This is a later story.

However, among the ministers of military affairs, the two palaces cared the most. There were only two people: one was Yikuang, Prince Qing, and the other was Qu Hongji, a university scholar.

Qu Xiangguo is from Hunan, but Zhao Qilin, the censor who impeached King Qing, is also from Hunan. In Yikuang's mind, he couldn't help but suspect that it was the instruction of Qu Xiang, and he had a heart with Qu. But still ignorant.It's also coincidental. Today, Yikuang asked for sick leave because of his poor health, and Qu Hongji was alone.After the political discussion was over, the Empress Dowager suddenly frowned and said, "Is Yikuang sick again? What's wrong with him? He's just busy with money! A 70-year-old man with millions of silver in his family can give up. You are busy, what are you doing?"

Qu Hongji answered "yes" a few times, returned the money and went home.

The family chatted and unintentionally told his wife what the queen mother said.It just so happened that Zhongshu Wang Kangnian came to chat with someone, and Mrs. Qu told Mrs. Wang that King Qing's fortune had declined, and the above said so and so.Mrs. Wang went home and told Wang Kangnian.Wang Kangnian informed Zeng Guangquan again.This Zeng Guangquan is also from Hunan. After the famous Zhongxing official Zeng Guofan, he is now an official of a certain department.In February of this year, Zhang Baixi, Minister of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, was vacant due to illness, and Cen Chunxuan, governor of Sichuan, was transferred as Minister of the Ministry of Posts and Communications.

As soon as Cen Chunxuan arrived at the ministry, he impeached Zhu Baokui, his servant.Zeng Guangquan campaigned for Qu Hongji to become the minister of the postal department.Qu Hongji had agreed, but Yikuang could not hold on.He also asked to be the prefect, but was also blocked by Yikuang.It turned out that Zhu Baokui was Yikuang's confidant, and even Cen Chunxuan was transferred to Guangdong and Guangxi for this matter. Zeng Guangquan hated Yikuang very much for this reason.

When I got this letter, I immediately made a piece of news and mailed it to the London newspaper.It so happened that at this time, a new envoy from a certain country came to visit the Empress Dowager.The Empress Dowager called the wives of ministers from various countries into the palace to give a banquet. When the wine was half drunk, the wife of the British envoy suddenly asked the Empress Dowager, "Your country just reported that Prince Qing is about to withdraw from the military plane, is that true?"

The queen mother was stunned and said: "Where is this matter? Where did you hear this sentence?"

The British envoy's wife said: "I only know it because I read The Times."

The Queen Mother urgently asked what the newspaper said?The envoy's wife said: "It's just that the queen mother thinks he is old and greedy for money."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "This is a rumor from the newspaper office. Why did I say such a thing?"

After the banquet, the Empress Dowager thought to herself how could foreign newspapers know about this remark?Then I remembered that I told Qu Hongji a few days ago that Qu Hongji must have leaked it, otherwise, how would foreign newspapers know!Thinking of this, he couldn't help being furious, so he immediately summoned Yikuang's young daughter, Sigege, into the palace, and said to him, "Your father is old and good, and he owes me a lot! I think he is old, and I can't bear to punish him. Now he is being punished by Qu Hongji." Tell foreigners, what is the status of the country when it is published in the newspapers and laughed at by all countries? Go to your family and tell your father to be extra careful in the future!"

Sige followed the order and warned Yikuang.After hearing this, Yikuang hated Qu Hongji even more, and must try to drive him out of the military plane.

This meaning was known by Zai Zhen, who whispered to his aides, Mu Liao rumored it, but it caused an extraordinary person.This old man's surname is Hong, his first name is Shuzu, his style name is Yinzhi, and he is from Yanghu, Jiangsu. He is the great-grandson of Mr. Hong Beijiang.At a young age, he is unruly and uninhibited, likes to speak big, claims to have vertical and horizontal talents, and is extremely proficient in English.During the Sino-French campaign, Shuzu was in Taiwan under Liu Mingchuan's command of the army, punishing military affairs, and assisting in diplomacy, and he was deeply trusted by Liu Mingchuan.After the Sino-French peace treaty was concluded and Taiwan's defenses were lifted, Ming Chuan sent him to the French general to discuss the matter of redeeming the military ship.

Because at the time of the war, the two military ships sent by Central Fujian to aid Taiwan to deliver salaries were captured by the French army, so he was sent to discuss redemption.When he got this job, he took advantage of the situation to make a fortune and eroded a lot.

Liu Ming was furious when he heard the news, so he hurriedly recalled him with a command arrow, and bound him to the army to rectify the Fa. After all his colleagues knelt and begged, he was changed to imprisonment.After being released from prison, he translated for lawyer Dan Wen in Shanghai, and then donated to the magistrate of the county, and went to Hubei as an alternate.Cen Chunxuan served as the Jianghan Pass in Hubei, and appointed Hong Shuzu as the head of the Qingzhang Bureau in Hankou. In order to collude with foreigners, he stole land deeds and caused major negotiations.Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Hubei, hated him so much that he planned to set up a righteous law for him. After Zhao Fengchang sent a power call for help, he said that Shuzu was a descendant of Hongbeijiang.Shuzu escaped twice, so he came to Beijing to find a solution. It happened that Li Jingfang was ordered to go to England as an envoy.Before Li Jingfang left, he went to Qu Hongji to bid farewell. Hongji asked about the names of the attendants, and Jingfang presented the list. Qu Hongji reefed Hong Shuzu's name, frowned and said, "It's so ridiculous, how can we go abroad with him? If you cause trouble, you will not only laugh at outsiders, but will also tire you for the rest of your life!"

Li Jingfang had no choice but to resign Hong Shuzu when he came back.Shuzu asked why Zhongdao abandoned the donation, but Jing Fang didn't answer at first, but later he couldn't ask, so he had to say: "It's not that I don't want to use you, Qu Zhongtang doesn't agree, I can't do anything."

So Shuzu held Qu bitingly, and waited for him every day.Now that he had this opportunity, he was so happy that he went to see Yun Yuding, a scholar of attendant lecturer, overnight.

This scholar Yun was also not very close to Qu Hongji, so he immediately impeached Qu Hongji for four serious crimes: first, instructing officials, second, accepting foreign aid, third, transportation newspapers, and fourth, citing private individuals.After the participation was completed, the empress dowager was extremely furious, and ordered the military plane to draw up a decree to reprimand him and expel him from Beijing immediately.Yikuang strongly agreed, but Tie Liang couldn't stand it alone, saying: "Qu Hongji is a privy secretary, an official to a counselor, and now, with the words of a small minister, he severely condemns the minister. Wouldn't everyone be in danger! Please send someone to investigate , if there is evidence, it is not too late to get rid of him."

Seeing that what the empress dowager said was reasonable, she agreed.So Sun Jianai and Tie Liang were sent to investigate secretly.

Tie Liang secretly said to Sun Jianai, "I don't care about a certain Qu, my lord should count for the state!"

Envoy Sun Qin agreed, and when the Zhafu performance was played, the big ones were turned into small ones, and the lightness was changed a lot.

The first paragraph of the original play originally referred to Zhao Qilin's participation in the impeachment of King Qing, but it was changed to the previous year when Zhao Zengzuo asked Chuanshan, the Confucian king of the Ming Dynasty, to be enshrined in the Confucian Temple, which was instructed by Qu.The second paragraph of foreign aid originally referred to the United Kingdom, but it was changed to the private correspondence with the governors of other provinces, which refers to the settlement.The third newspaper, which originally referred to "Taihetu", was changed to Wang Kangnian's "China and Foreign Daily".The fourth paragraph refers to a private person, originally referring to Zeng Guangquan, but it was changed to Yu Zhaokang.The Empress Dowager didn't want to get into the details, so she ordered Qu Hongji to leave the vacancy and return to her hometown, so she settled the case.

However, at this time in China, although it is said that a constitution is being prepared, in fact, various government affairs, not to mention that ordinary citizens cannot predict, even the Emperor Dezong who rules the country, and the military minister who assists the general government, how can he have the slightest authority?All killing and cutting decisions are made exclusively by the empress dowager.

This female middle school "Yao Shun" is full of energy and extraordinary talent, not to mention anything else, but in terms of appetite alone, it is already terrifying.One day, Emperor Dezong came in to pay his respects. The Empress Dowager was eating glutinous rice balls and asked if you had eaten them?Dezong didn't dare to say that he had eaten, so he knelt down and said, "Not yet."

The Empress Dowager gave him some food and asked if he was full?Don't dare to say that you are full, and when it comes to "not yet", you will give food more.If this happened several times, I couldn't eat all I could, so I hid the glutinous rice balls in my sleeves.When I returned to the palace, the glutinous rice balls were full of sleeves.I wanted to change into a small shirt, but my private clothes were searched by the Queen Mother. At this time, there was no shirt to change, so I had to endure it.Afterwards, the eunuch managed to take in the small shirt from the outer room before it had to be replaced.

Bei Zi Pu Lun once met the Queen Mother and also met the Queen Mother eating. He was as embarrassed as Dezong.When I got home, I was full of breath and was seriously ill for more than forty days.What's more, it fully proves that the Queen Mother is in good spirits.One day, a dentist came to a certain dentist's house in the city, saying that someone had a dental disease and needed to be treated.Not long after speaking, a man in a blue silk robe was seen in the shop outside, sitting alone, his complexion was dark, he was in pain, his eyes couldn't bear to see, blood was pouring out of his mouth, he was incessantly relishing.The dentist fitted him in the same way, thinking that he was a palace eunuch, and he left without asking who he was.The next day, the guide came again and said that the teeth that were inlaid yesterday were very good and there was no more pain. He asked me to thank you for a purse, four taels of silver.The dentist accepted it and thanked him again and again.The next day, a man suddenly came to visit in a hurry and said, "Have you ever entered the palace to have your teeth inserted? It was my elder brother who guided him. Now he has been killed by Lafayette. His bones are exposed and he has no money." Why buy a coffin?

"After speaking, wept loudly, only to realize that the one who had a toothache was the current emperor, who was escaped by the empress dowager. The empress dowager was annoyed that the prison had secretly quoted a doctor to relieve the emperor's pain, so she killed him specially.

When Dezong was in court, he was not allowed to talk to his ministers, and he was close to the princes, and he did not dare to visit him privately.

Di Naijiu meditated and kept a small box in the south study, and privately communicated with his younger brother, Prince Chun.

Dezong and King Chun each wear a key to the small box, and outsiders are not allowed to open it. Most of the letters say trivial things outside, just for writing to relieve boredom.Unexpectedly, it was also known to the Queen Mother, and she was angry and banned it. From then on, even the freedom of writing and talking was deprived.

You think the Empress Dowager is so troublesome, and she still refuses to let go of a step, her spirit is good, you can tell it without asking.In my spare time, I still want to play mahjong or listen to operas.From time to time, the kings Fujin and Gege are called into the palace to fight the sparrows.The two princes in Prince Qing's Mansion have a lot of grace.

Whenever the bird card is about to be released, there must be a palace maid waiting behind the queen mother, quietly making a gesture, suggesting to the gamblers that when encountering the queen dowager's hands, the gamblers must quickly play the ones that are enough to complete the game. .When the queen mother becomes a card, she must attend the celebration. If she loses money, she must kowtow to ask the queen mother for a reward.

The Empress Dowager likes to listen to operas, and most of the Nanfu troupe are unbearable to the ear, so every time a drama is performed, there are always a lot of external calls.According to the palace rules, every time a servant is selected, the advanced empress dowager who is handsome and sensitive is selected, the second is the emperor, and the second is the miscellaneous affairs, and the lowest one is selected to learn opera, named Nanfu.Those who worship the government from outside are called foreign studies.More than 140 stones of rice are enshrined to the prisons, and the monthly salary is only a few gold.Every new moon, you have to enter the palace as an errand.When the date of death is met, it will be pushed down one by one.For each performance, there will be a total of more than [-] gold rewards.All the excellent people in Nanfu are inferior in art, but there are some excellent ones who serve the prisons.Just like Li Lianying's young student, all foreign scholars call him his master.According to the old rule in the palace, on the first day of the first month, the second day, the third day and the third day, outside actors were called to perform in the palace.Now, because the Queen Mother likes to listen to operas, she doesn't stick to the old rules and is called in at any time.

The recruits are all well-known actors in the capital, such as Xiaoming Tianwang Yaoqing, Yang Xiaolou and so on.

Among these few worshippers, Tian'er was the one who became famous and became popular among the people.There is a proverb in the capital, which is called "there is a book in the capital, and there is no Tan in the cavity". The previous sentence refers to the same amount in the coal shop, Mizhuang restaurant and other places in Duzhong, all of which have the word Wang's. Tan Xinpei's tone.It turns out that the little one is called Tian, ​​and the other is Tian'er, whose surname is Tan and whose first name is Xinpei. He is a native of Hubei.His acting, scale and appearance are outstanding for a while.Entering Liyuan in the year of Mao, at first he was famous as a martial arts student, later he sang Xu Sheng, privately admired Cheng Changgeng, and participated in Yu Sansheng, so he reached the pinnacle and became the leader of the opera world.Tan Xinpei's voice can be overpowering with rhyme, desolation and sincerity, and the combination of strangeness and positiveness makes people feel like reading the characters of Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, which is out of nature.Ancient and sharp, it can be a swan song through the ages, and Xun Fei Yu Zi can't match it.The play sheet was posted, and the Nine Cities were shaken, and everyone respected it as "Tan Beile". Every Longevity Festival, he was summoned to the palace to act in a play, and the rewards were endless.The Empress Dowager admired Tan's singing "Lianying Village" very much, and made white clothes, white armor and white emblems for Guan Zhang to wear.Tan Xinpei swore an oath to be the teacher of Emperor Zhaolie, and he lectured Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, weeping.At that time, there was a poet who sighed: "The children of Liyuan look like immortals, and a piece of pipa is wrapped in ten thousand brocades."

Newly received a third-rank salary, Jiangnan shamefully killed Li Guinian.

This day was the Dragon Boat Festival, the empress dowager was happy, summoned the ministers, gave a banquet to the Summer Palace, and ordered Tan Xinpei and a group of famous actors to enter the palace to perform the execution. For a while, Yang Xiaolou and other actors arrived, only Tan Xinpei was not there.The queen mother was impatient and asked someone to remind her, but she still resisted the order.

The queen mother said angrily: "Calling Tian'er is just a showman! He is so arrogant that he dares to disobey my will, that's fine! The Ministry of Internal Affairs hurriedly passed the card and asked him how many hairs there are on his neck?" Head? If you understand the question, hurry back to me!"

The eunuch waited to deliver the decree, only to see a prince and minister knelt down and begged for favor, saying: "Old ancestor, please calm down, forgive Tan Xinpei for not being so presumptuous, there is no kindness in it, and I will pass on the favor to him personally!"

After finishing speaking, we met each other endlessly.When the Empress Dowager looked at it, the person who begged for favor was Shanqi, Prince Su, who was newly appointed Minister of Civil Affairs.

It turns out that Shanqi is also addicted to opera. He once learned opera from Tan Xinpei, and co-starred with Huaqie and Yang Xiaoduo in "Cuiping Mountain". Shanqi pretended to be Shi Xiu, and Xiaoduo played Pan Qiaoyun. Unyielding in the defense, Qiao Yun sternly said: "You are the prince today, you have to get out!"

Everyone who listened to the play turned pale, Yang Ling talked and laughed freely, and Shanqi, who was pretending to be Shixiu, was even more delighted.Tan Xinpei said in a humane way: "The only one who will be passed on to me after my death is Prince Su."

So now that the Queen Mother wanted to do Tan Ling, I knelt down and begged for him.The Empress Dowager said: "There is no need to bother, the actor was originally under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will punish him according to the law and it will be over."

Shanqi begged again and again, and the Queen Mother finally agreed.

Shanqi immediately drove to Tan Xinpei's house, and Tan Xinpei came out to greet him.Shanqi said: "You are so bold, Lafayette is so annoyed, thanks to my begging, come with me!"

Tan Xinpei said: "My lord, you are extremely wise, I can't hide anything from you!

Forgive me as an actor, how dare you resist the order?It is true that I dare not enter the palace because I have a mistake. "

Shanqi said: "It's amazing! What's wrong with a healthy person? Even if you are sick, you can tell the truth. The Buddha is very merciful and sympathetic."

Tan Xinpei said: "Smoking is banned in the Ming Dynasty, and the lords are all quitting. I am an addict. If I don't smoke enough, I can no longer sing. If I want to be called, I will definitely bring smoking equipment into the palace. That is something I have violated the prohibition , how to make it! There is such a level of embarrassment that the actor dare not obey the order. Prince, did you hear me wrong?"

King Su said: "Your words are also the truth. I will tell you the truth. Please make a decision!"

Now Shanqi played back to the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager laughed and said, "What am I supposed to be? It turns out that it's just for smoking, so what's the problem? Just tell him to enter the palace to smoke. As long as he sings well, I will send two A eunuch is filling cigarettes for him!"

Shanqi told Tan Ling that Tan Ling was overjoyed.From then on, although the smoking ban was strict, Tan Xinpei was ordered to smoke, and no one dared to stop it.If you want to know what happened next, let's listen to the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)