Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 26 The Eight Heroes of Extending the Righteousness

It is said that the holy ancestor has collapsed, and the fourth prince Yinzhen mourns and howls, shouting and jumping.All the eunuchs heard the news and went to the assembly, and saw Longkodo, Minister of the Lifan Academy, Wei Liangchen, the imperial guard, and Li Fuquan, the chief of the Six Palaces, all busily reading the will.Long Keduo said to Yinzhen: "Master's edict, it is important for the fourth master to continue to inherit the affairs of the state. It seems that the fourth master should not mourn too much."

Only then did Yinzhen stop the tears, so he had to go through the funeral with mourning.All the ceremonies are as usual, lively and bustling, no need for a detailed list.Yinzhen is the emperor, and the year name is proposed, which is the word "Yongzheng". That is to say, Guimao next year will be the first year of Yongzheng, and he will be Emperor Sejongxian.

When Shizong passed the throne, some confidants came to report and said: "There are rumors outside, and they all say that the emperor is not the body of the former emperor. This time, in the last edict, it was originally written that the fourteenth prince passed on the throne, and the guards privately The word "十" was rewritten into the word "Yu". The emperor actually obtained it by usurping it. The eight princes agreed to worship and entangled all the princes. They want to disobey the emperor. For the sake of discussion, it is said that inside and outside Beijing, Your Majesty, just be on guard."

Shizong said: "Isn't the fourteenth prince Yunyu? Since the 58th year of Kangxi, Emperor Daxing worshiped him as the General of Fuyuan and sent him to Qinghai to inspect the teacher. Until now, he is still stationed there. This soldier has the power in his hands. , Now that there is this rumor, I have to guard him for a while. Yun Si waits for those few wine bags and rice bags, empty fists and bare hands, I am not afraid of him. Since they are desperate at this moment, they have to find a way to deal with him and tell them to wait That's it."

The man said: "The emperor has underestimated Yunsi, the empress dowager loves him very much!"

Shizong laughed and said: "The empress dowager is always a woman. What about her, she can't escape from my hands. At most, she is trying to gain a reputation for being unfilial. Could there be other things?"

Without saying a word, the eunuch reported: "Master Jiu is here for the funeral."

I saw Yunyu crawling and approaching people until he was in front of the coffin. Jiqian wept blood and cried hard for a while, then Yunti, Yunzhi, Yunqi, Yunyou, Yunsi, Yun (礻wo), Yunxuan, Yunxuan, Yunxiang, Yunyu, Yunlu, Yunli, Yunyi, Yunxi, Yunhu, Yunqi, and Yunmi all arrived one after another. Only Yunfeng and Yunyu, one was imprisoned in Xian'an Palace, and the other was sent to Qinghai. Can't go to a funeral.All the princes used to pay little attention to Shizong, but now they see him ascending to the throne in a hurry, and they are all angry in their hearts.However, the ignorant Longkodo took advantage of the momentum of the new emperor, walked up to everyone, and said grandly: "The emperor has ascended the throne, and all the lords have never congratulated him. Although the emperor ignored the order, after all, the imperial system cannot be wrong. Yes. Why is it here today? If you don’t see the new king first, you’re all crying. Common people also have their own dignity. Don’t we, emperors, if we don’t even understand this etiquette, we’re all savages. Advise everyone Hurry up and perform a full ceremony in front of the emperor, if the censors participate and say that the princes have no rulers, although the emperor is kind, I am afraid that they will not be able to preserve it."

Everyone was getting angry, and when he was angered by his words, Gu Shan Beizi Yunzhen jumped up and said: "I don't know etiquette, I'm a savage, you can join me."

Longkodo sneered and said, "Master Beizi! What are you busy with? I don't join the master. Anyway, there are people who participate in the master. Just wait."

Suigu said: "There are also such people who don't know what is good or bad, but they actually annoy me. I am doing it for the best, otherwise what would I do?"

Yunyu said angrily: "I want to be a savage, let's see what they do to me! Could it be that I will knock my teeth out."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly set off, cried in front of Shizong, and sat down with a slap on his feet, pretending to be arrogant on purpose.When he looked at Shizong, he sat silently with his head bowed, but there was no sign of anger.All the princes only said that Shizong was afraid of them, and became more and more mad.

A few days later, Sejong suddenly issued a decree of grace, conferring Baylor Yunsi as Prince He Shuolian, and sent him an assistant minister.He also sent Gushan Beizi Yunyu to Datong, Shanxi to investigate and deal with the incident.He also issued an imperial edict to transfer Doro Xunqin Wang Yunyu back to Beijing. All Qinghai military personnel sent Nian Gengyao, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, as the general of Fuyuan, to follow up.

He also sent Yue Zhongqi, the admiral of Sichuan, as General Fenwei, to counsel military affairs and help his colleagues handle it.After the edict was issued, others didn't argue, but the guards of the inner court, Wei Liangchen, panicked and rushed to see Shizong, and said in secret: "The emperor sent this order, dare you not know about them. Who is reliable in this group of people?" All of them have evil intentions, without the right to make troubles all the time, can't afford to confer titles on him, tell him to do things, the big worm has added wings, who can control him. "

Shizong smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have already made up my mind. Among them, only Yunsi and Yunyu are the most tricky, and they are harassing. If you break one at a time, the other will be easy Cleaned up."

Wei Liangchen said: "Since we want to deal with him, why did you confer title on him?"

Shizong said: "Seal him, so that he will not be suspicious. What do you know?"

Liang Chen was relieved.

It turned out that after Sejong came to the throne, he lived in seclusion and lived in seclusion. From the outside, he really did nothing. In fact, everything in the government and the public, no matter how small as a bean mustard or finer than a hair, will be known in an instant.One day, there was a servant who gathered several colleagues to play cards in his private house. At the end of the game, he suddenly lost a six. After searching for a long time, there was no sign of him.In the early morning of the next day, all the people in this group were called up, and Shizong asked, "What are you doing for fun at home?"

Everyone replied: "The ministers and others are born in a prosperous dynasty. There is nothing wrong with it. We meet privately. It's just go, poetry and wine."

Shizong said: "It's elegant.

Did you play anything yesterday? "

The waiter replied directly: "I have played cards."

Shizong laughed and said, "You are honest. I will reward you with something."

He tossed down a small paper bag and said, "Take it home and open it!"

The servant only asked what the most precious treasure was, and hurriedly kowtowed to God for his kindness.When I got it home, I opened it and looked, and I was shocked. It turned out that what was inside was nothing else, but the six playing cards that I lost yesterday.There was another Shangshu, who came home after the court, and his wife asked him to make some new Longjing tea. The Shangshu stopped and said, "Don't worry about it. Longjing is very expensive. It's a pity to drink it at home. Even rough tea is fine."

When he was summoned the next day, Emperor Shizong gave him two catties of Longjing tea, and said: "Drink this as much as you want, and if you don't have it, just ask me for it, lest people laugh at you for being frugal."

These two things are very common.At that time, the people inside and outside the capital were talking on the streets, and as long as they slandered the government for a little bit, they would lose their heads immediately.Sometimes two people chatted on the road, and in a blink of an eye, one of them was already dead in the road, and the government and the public were speechless in fright.From then on, I didn't dare to say a word, and I didn't dare to take a step.

After all, Emperor Shizong of the Qing Dynasty was not a god and a monster, how could he do things so elusively?It turned out that he had a group of people who came and went from time to time, wandering around the wall and flying rocks, working on his errands.This group of people, commonly known as "Blood Droplets", are all heroes from all over the world.Sejong has been on the rivers and lakes for more than ten years and worked hard to collect them successfully.The leader of Xuedizi, Shizong worshiped him, and he was a brother, and he betrayed him, and he did not behave like a monarch and a minister.This person's surname is Nian and his name is Gengyao. He was originally a son of a wealthy family.His old man asked him to study at a young age, and even hired five or seven masters, but he beat him away, and no one dared to apply for the job afterwards.Nian Xialing had no choice but to change his method, posting a list and recruiting masters.Sure enough, he recruited a famous teacher, taught Gengyao to be a versatile man in both civil and military affairs, and he resigned just now.Before leaving, he gave a few good words, saying: "Young master is beautiful and talented, and it is not difficult to meet the situation and skyrocket. But after achieving one's ambition, one must restrain oneself before submitting, and only then can one hope for wealth and honor."

Nian Gengyao was the most talented person at this time, and his wisdom and courage overthrew all generations, so he still kept his master's words in his heart.Adults with light fur and fat horses, wandering in the rivers and lakes, heroes and heroes, not one of them does not know.None of them are bad.Regardless of Shandong, Hebei, Shuibo, and Shanzou, when Nian Gengyao ordered him to arrive, the group of grassland heroes were all running around and fearing the future.

I don't know how many things have been done in smuggling and smuggling taxes, robbing treasuries and officials, and all kinds of illegal things.

Inside the capital, the government offices of the provincial capitals, and even the government offices of the prefectures and counties are full of dissatisfaction, and the actions of the officials are known in an instant.Sejong knew of Nian Gengyao's influence when he was in Qiandi, so he visited Nian Gengyao alone, humbly surrendered, and did not respect himself as a prince, so he became a life and death brother with Gengyao.

And with his ingenuity, he created an extremely sharp and cruel weapon, Zhao Xijia's name is Xuedizi.From the outside, this thing looks like a very ordinary leather pouch, but inside it contains a dozen or so small fast knives, piercing through a switchboard.As long as you sneak behind the person, put the leather bag over his head, flick the switchboard, and turn the knife, the person's head will be in the leather bag without knowing it.Then use the bone-melting potion, flick a few drops, and it will turn into blood in an instant, so it is called a blood drop.Those people are very good at nocturnal walking, walking on walls and rocks like walking on flat ground.

He will also disguise himself, patrolling merchants and beggars, in every way, and in everything.After the blood drops were trained, Shizong smiled at Nian Gengyao and said, "My brothers are much stronger than today's Boy Scouts."

Gengyao said: "Is there a hero team today? I've never heard of it."

Shizong said: "When he ascended the throne today, he was only eight years old. At that time, the university scholar Oboi was in charge, and he was extremely arrogant. Today, he is afraid that he will do something wrong, so he secretly trains a team of boy scouts in the palace. Every time Oboi The boy scouts played with him when he was playing in the palace, some pulled his clothes, some dragged his braids, Oboi couldn't be entangled by them, sometimes he pushed him twice, and the boy scouts rolled on the ground, crying coquettishly He was used to teasing him, but he didn't care. One day, Oboi went to the palace to play the present because of something. Today, taking advantage of his unguardedness, he ordered "Hold and hug"! More than 100 boy scouts fought together, and unexpectedly Obai took it, and issued an edict to declare his crimes, and revoked his post and law. At that time, Ming Zhu, Wang Xi and other ministers all praised that today's thunder is unpredictable, joy and anger are like gods, and heaven is full of sages."

Geng Yao said with a smile: "My lord has a blood droplet, he is really holy first and then holy, and he is the last one."

At that time, Shizong did not love his ancestors very much, so he made every effort to send ministers to the ministers to lobby for him.Among the ministers, Ertai and Zhang Tingyu are the most willing to help.

Shizong asked them to find a job for Nian Gengyao.From then on, whenever there were important confidential matters, Shizong invited E and Zhang to Gengyao's office to discuss together.One day, Shizong saw Gengyao's worried face and asked him again and again, but he refused to answer.Shizong said: "The two of us are more than flesh and blood, so there is nothing to say! Don't you believe me?"

Gengyao said: "I told the lord about this matter, but it didn't help, but made the lord even more depressed.

Shizong said: "No matter what, brother will always tell me."You love me and are afraid that I will be depressed. I don’t know if you don’t tell me, I will be even more bored and flustered. "

Gengyao said: "My lord, do you think the heroes of the world are all here with us? Are they all helping you with all their hearts?"

Shizong was startled and said, "Did someone help Yunsi and Yunyu?"

Geng Yao laughed and said: "Your lord is too underestimating others. Could it be that those heroes, other than the lord's family, have nowhere to go to, nowhere to settle down, and they are not for the lord, but for the lord's brothers and sisters? There are still many people who can help.”

Sejong was surprised and said, "Who else can make a difference except our brothers?"

Gengyao said: "Why not, the surname of Zhu in the Ming Dynasty, although the country was destroyed, there are still people who are desperately trying to restore it."

Shizong said: "No matter what, you are not afraid of killing. Zhang Cangshui and Zheng Yanping are so powerful, and they are still wiped out by today."

Gengyao said: "Everyone has their own ambitions."

Shizong said: "Yes. Come on, what kind of people are against us now?"

Gengyao said: "There are always eight of them, called the Eight Heroes of Nanzhong, one of them is a monk, and the other seven are all Zheng Yanping's remnant party. Compared with us, those people's abilities are probably stronger than ours. Weak. Now they are all in the north and south of the river, doing chivalrous things."

Shizong said: "Do you know all the names?"

Gengyao said: "I know, that monk is called Yin. There is also a woman named Lu Siniang. Her father, Lu Liuliang, is a bookworm. Everyone calls him Mr. Wancun. A surname is Cao Mingren, who is the best marksman in Emei. He is invincible, and he can make up a few lines of poetry."

Shizong said: "Liao Yin, Lu Siniang, Cao Renfu, there are already three, how about five?"

Gengyao said: "Lu Minzhan, Zhou Tao, Lu Yuan, Bai Taiguan, Gan Fengchi. Both Lu Minzhan and Zhou Tao can write a few paintings. The eagles painted by Minzhan are all inscribed with the words 'Heroes get the way'. Zhou Tao is also somewhat famous for painting dragons. The Ganfeng Pond is the most difficult to do."

Shizong hurriedly asked why.Gengyao said: "He is alone, but there are really two of them."

Shizong said: "I don't understand what you said."

Gengyao said: "Fengchi's wife, Chen Meiniang, is also very talented. This Chen Meiniang was originally a girl who sold the old man Chen Si. That year, Meiniang followed Chen Si to Nanjing to perform art, and claimed that whoever wins will be rationed as his wife. , Fengchi was young and eager to win, so he wrestled with Meiniang. There was no victory or defeat for most of the day. Meiniang was light and fast, and Fengchi was short and thin. Fengchi's eyeballs, Fengchi hurriedly held the tip of the shoe with his mouth, Meiniang smiled and fell to the ground, and they became a good couple for a hundred years, isn't it true that there are two people in one person."

Shizong said: "There is no lawful thief here, can't we deal with him?"

Gengyao said: "We have to wait and see. We don't have time to deal with this right now."

Shizong said: "That's not the case. The sooner the rebellious officials and thieves are eliminated, the sooner the world will be quiet. Besides, that seat will be mine sooner or later, so why bother to suffer from it?"

Gengyao said: "You might as well send a few people there and play by ear."

Shizong said: "That's the best."

After a few days, the sent people came back and reported that the leader of the Eight Heroes had been put to death by themselves.Because of his arrogance and arrogance, he doesn't pay attention to his party members, rapes and plunders, and commits all kinds of evil.The Seven Heroes hated him for ruining his chivalrous reputation, and they discussed to deal with him, but they were no match for him in terms of skills.Later, it was decided that seven people would work together to plot against him, six would fight with open guns, and one would injure someone with a hidden arrow.After all, two fists were defeated by four hands, and Liao Yin lost his life.Gengyao told Shizong that Shizong was in a hurry to seek succession and had no time to take care of this trivial matter, so he let it go.In November of this year, the holy ancestor came to heaven, and Shizong ascended the throne according to the imperial edict.All the princes were dissatisfied because of the extraordinary behavior. Sejong was too busy guarding against family thieves, so he didn't have time to argue about it.

On this day, Sejong was discussing with the inner eunuchs to expand the old residence of Yongfu as a summer resort.Suddenly I heard the golden bell on the wall beeping chaotically. I knew that the blood drop had come back to return to life. The golden bell was a secret signal.He hurriedly asked the inner eunuchs to retreat, only to see a black image falling from the eaves to the ground like a leaf, and when he lifted the curtain to enter, it was a man in black.Shizu closed the door with his own hands, and the man kowtowed to see him.Sejong said: "Is there any new news outside?"

The man said: "The Ninth Prince wants to rebel!
Shizong said in surprise, "But really?" "

The man said: "Although I didn't get his credentials, his appearance is very suspicious."

Shizong said: "How suspicious, you can tell me about it.

"The man said: "Since I was ordered by grace that day, I have followed the Nine Kings Brigade secretly. He can do what he wants, and he can stop me when he stops. He has traveled thousands of miles without taking a step away.At dusk, when people are quiet, they always change into night clothes, sneak into the camp, and scout everywhere. Sometimes they pretend to be eunuchs, mix in the team of eunuchs, and spy randomly.Local officials from all over the country dare not let them go easily.However, they all kept the etiquette and did not violate the rules and regulations. "

Shizong said: "Come on, according to what you say, Yunyu is clearly a good person."

The man said: "At that time, the minister also suspected that he was a good person, or that he was not good enough, and his scouting was not thorough. Who would have expected that as soon as he arrived in Datong, Hu Daxian would give his true identity. Today there is a Linghu Shiyi, come forward An invitation letter, urging him to learn the story of Yongle in the previous Ming Dynasty, to revive the teacher and calm down the difficulties. The Nine Kings accepted the invitation letter, although they did nothing else, and they never handed over this treacherous man to the officials. Isn't that the opposite of the past?"

Shizong said: "What about the post?"

The man said: "It has been stolen here by the minister."

After finishing speaking, I will present it.Shizong took it, looked at it briefly, and said happily: "You are really good at handling things, and I won't send anyone else, so I will entrust Yunyu to you alone."

The man thanked him, Shizong opened the door and said, "Go."

That person said "receive the decree", and even the shadow was gone.

A few days later, the man came to report again: "The Nine Kings are about to rebel. Quite a few of the kings in the capital have contacted him. If troops are mobilized, how many of them should there be?"

Shizong said: "Do you remember those names?"

The man said: "Eight Princes".Sejong nodded and said: "This guy Yunsi, I know him, he will always have a share. Who else?"

The man said: "The tenth prince, the fourteenth prince, and the rest of the ministers haven't found out yet."

Shizong said: "It's fine with Yunyu, and Yun (礻我) also agrees with them, what is the idea?

That was amazing. "

The man said: "At this moment, the Ninth King sent someone to write a letter to the Tenth King's Mansion. I followed him all the way. I arrived in Beijing yesterday. I didn't vote during the day, and I didn't enter the mansion until dark to write a letter. I also followed him. Go in. Under the stealth case, I heard the ten princes complaining about the emperor.

Shizong hurriedly asked: "What did he complain about my idea?" "

The man met and said: "This minister dare not play back."

Shizong said: "No matter how much you slander, you didn't say it, so you can answer me."

The man said: "The ten princes said that the emperor did not observe etiquette. The Daxing emperor has not lived for a hundred days, so he spends day and night messing around with women. He is not like a master. At that time, I wish I could kill him with a drop of blood. Because he had never given an edict, he dared not act without authorization.

" Shizong said: "that's all, it's just that you said something in the letter, but you never stole it. "

The man said: "It's already in the arms of the minister. The ten princes saw it on the case, and when he was gone, he was taken by the minister."

Shizong took a look and saw that what was said earlier was irrelevant, only two suspicious sentences followed, which were "the opportunity has been lost, and there is no time to regret it".It is also definitely not a case of treason.Shizong was disappointed and said: "What I think is the real evidence, it turns out to be these few words. The three of them can't carry the word "reasonable", so how can I deal with his crime!"

The man said: "What's more, the Nine Kings know that our group is investigating him, and we have been doing things more closely recently."

Shizong said: "It's all because you don't keep things secret, and he knew about it."

The man said: "Linghu Shiyi's report was stolen by the minister last time, so he took precautions. It's just that no matter how careful he is, he can't escape the minister's hand. Now the Ninth Prince is communicating with the people in his house." , the words written are not ordinary words, they are all newly coded words."

Sejong hurriedly asked, "What password?"

The man said: "The password is very ingenious. I collected some irrelevant words and filled them in casually, but he kept a back book for himself, so he can check it. If outsiders see it, it is even more difficult to recognize than foreign characters. "

Shizong said: "This will be troublesome."

The man said: "The letters between the Ninth Prince and his son all use these words. I also got one, but I don't understand it."

Shizong said: "Show it to me."

The man took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Sejong.Shizong read it repeatedly for most of the day, and felt that he was reading a heavenly book. He didn't understand a word, so he asked, "Where did you get it?"

The man said: "I got it from the clothes and socks of the mule driver in the Ninth Prince's mansion."

Shizong said: "how do you say this?"

The man said: "The Ninth Prince made up the password, and I am afraid that it will be lost. The letters and letters are all sewn into the mule driver's clothes and socks, which can be regarded as secret and secret. If not, the minister will still find out."

Shizong said happily: "Of all my confidants, you are the smartest and most meticulous. I will use you again in the future."

The man said: "It's all the emperor's blessing, and the minister has nothing to do with it."

If you want to know what is going on, listen to the next breakdown.

(End of this chapter)