Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 31 Investigating the Master's Envoy Controlling the Mansion's Miracle and Conspiracy to Awaken the Fans
It is said that Zhang Xi received the letter, packed his luggage, and set off immediately, heading for Shaanxi Avenue. He lived at night at Xiaoxing, thirsty and hungry, and the journey on the road did not last for a day.When I went to the city of Xi'an Province to invest in a store, I inquired about the location of the Ming Tai Yamen. I was pregnant with a letter and went to deliver it.This day coincided with the festival period, and the sedan chairs and horses of all the civil and military warriors in Ti Town, Sidaozhou County, crowded inside and outside the gate.

Zhang Xi didn't care about it all, and rushed straight in with high-spirited strides.The soldiers at the door stopped him for questioning, and Zhang Xi said, "I have a secret and important matter, and I will report it to the military."

Bing Bian asks for a name card, returns it when he enters, and sends an order to see him for a while.Zhang Xi followed the officer, entered with pride, and arrived at a very elegantly furnished place, presumably it was a signing room.I saw an official about fifty years old sitting on the kang, majestic and majestic, I think it was Yue Zhitai.Beside the official, seven or eight servants waited on him like wild goose wings.I saw that the officer went to the officer first, beat Qian'er and replied, "Zhang Xiucai has passed it on."

The official didn't speak, just nodded his head a little.At this moment, Zhang Xi rushed forward, struck three arches in a row, and said: "The late Zhang Xi would like to pay homage to you.

"Yue Zhongqi saw that he bowed his head and did not bow, she was very surprised, she couldn't help asking: "Just now the inspector said that you saw me, there is a secret matter, I don't know what it is?" "

Zhang Xidao: "Wansheng came here from Hunan, wearing the moon and wearing stars, and walked more than a thousand miles. It is nothing more than a matter of course, the principles of ancient sages and sages. It is daunting not to accept the arrogance of Wang Zhijun."

Yin sighed to himself: "It's a pity that I failed Master Zeng's good intentions."

Stand up and say goodbye.Yue Zhongqi said with a smile: "Why is that so? When literati ask for an interview, they always give a few innocuous statements, or copy the classic articles of the predecessors here and there, and make up a lot of nonsense to come here to prevaricate. I want to make a recommendation for a hermit in the mountains.

I'm already tired of being teased by them, and I suspect that you are also in this group, since you are not, why not invite Dazuo out to have a look.If there is one or two places that can be adopted, the Ministry of Education is very modest and will definitely recommend it as a special chapter. "

Zhang Xidao: "Late students want to get fame, don't wait until now.

One layer of sponsorship is not necessary. "

Then he submitted the letter.Yue Zhongqi took it apart for a look, her face turned pale with fright, and ordered to take it down.The policemen did not dare to be negligent, so they took Zhang Xi down immediately.

Yue Zhongqi said: "Give this thief to the Chinese army, and send more soldiers to guard him strictly. This is a big rebellious thief. If you ignore it, I will only ask you for someone."

The servants agreed to two "yes" and surrounded Zhang Xi. At the same time, he asked the two divisions of Fan and Standard to interrogate him together.This dharma hall is strict and powerful. It has never existed before. There are three seats facing outwards. It looks like wings, and there are various instruments of torture under the steps.Yue Zhongqi sent an order to bring the prisoner with him, and he brought him there at once.The Chinese military officer went to the hall to report and sing, and Zhang Xi, the conspirator and traitor, brought him in. The officers and officers on both sides shouted in unison.Thanks to Zhang Xi's boldness and iron heart, he just pretended not to see it, and still smiled all over his face.Yue Zhongqi shouted: "This dynasty has been benevolent and generous for more than 80 years. How has it ever been wronged by you? You rebel, you dare to present a letter of rebellion in front of the main hall, and persuade the main hall to seek rebellion.

Now I ask you how many people are against the party?Last name?what is it call?Where is the lair?Whose order is it to offer a book here? "

Zhang Xidao: "Manyi entered the customs, killed people everywhere, plundered everywhere, where is the benevolence? In the past few years, food and pay have been collected, and they have to be dismissed at 01:30, regardless of the size of the official position, or the reason for the crime By mistake, where is Ze?
My father-in-law, a descendant of Song Zhongliang and King Wu Mu, made his ancestors die for the barbarians. My father-in-law helped the barbarians with all his heart, worked for him, and betrayed his ancestors. Well, it's fine for barbarian people to see you being sympathetic, I know that instead of being sympathetic, they're plotting against you.Why not change your mind and start your own business.Observing the sky from above and observing people's hearts from below, this matter is likely to be successful. "

Yue Zhongqi shouted: "Damn traitor, who is willing to listen to your rebellious words, you just have to tell me how many people in your party, where is the lair, and who is sending you to the main hall this time, just offer it, you don't need to say anything else .”

After Zhang Xi heard this, he just sneered and didn't answer.Yue Zhongqi ordered to torture him.The military officer promised, and then threw the stick in front of him with a bang.A soldier said: "Quickly confess, the commander-in-chief is going to torture."

Zhang Xi sneered and said: "Your commander can at most put someone to death. I'm not afraid of death. If he has a sword tree and a mountain of knives, what will he do to me!"

Yue Zhongqi slapped the table and drank quick clips, and walked up to four or five army camps early, like a hawk catching a chicken, lifted Zhang Xi two feet above the ground, put on the clip stick, and just received it, the pain penetrated to the bone marrow, it was extremely painful.Yue Zhongqi shouted and asked: "Are you recruiting?"

Zhang Xi gritted his teeth and said nothing.Yue Zhongqi said: "Don't recruit again."

Zhang Xi couldn't bear the pain, hey, and passed out.The military servant hurriedly sprayed cold water to wake him up.Yue Zhongqi asked: "Who sent you here, can you confess?"

Zhang Xidao: "I, Zhang Jingqing, only know how to sacrifice one's life for righteousness, but don't know how to sell friends to survive. If you want to catch everything, I will die if I try my best."

Yue Zhongqi expected to be overwhelmed by the situation, so he withdrew from the hall.That is to say, the two companies are invited to the signing and deposit room to discuss together.The three cobblers resisted Zhuge Liang, but he finally came up with a secret plan.So he changed his face, invited Zhang Xi inside, extended him as a guest, and praised him as a good man.Seeing his sudden change of accent, Zhang Xi was very surprised, and then asked, "How can the army be so respectful."

Yue Zhongqi said: "My husband and I are strangers. How can people not be suspicious of the sudden drop today? I pray for forgiveness.

"Placing wine as ordered, and suppressing Zhang Xi's surprise. During the banquet, he asked sincerely and resigned, and was extremely humble. Zhang Xi couldn't let go of his heart, and Yue Zhongqi said: "I have had this intention for a long time, but I dare not make trouble. First, there is a shortage of soldiers and horses, and second, there are no assistants.Now that I have read this book, although I have never met the person who wrote the letter, I believe that he is a very special person, a great talent who is well known in the world.If I can hire him as an assistant, my business will be successful. "

He also said that there is also a collection of Qu Wenshan hidden in his home, and the comments he made are all consistent with the letter writer.Zhang Xi agreed casually, but he refused to believe it in his heart.Yue Zhongqi also ordered the errand to immediately invite a famous traumatologist to treat Zhang Xi's wound with a stick.That night I personally accompanied him to sleep in the study, drove away his servants, talked about my heart in detail, revealed my heart and soul, swore to the sun, and spoke with inexhaustible sincerity.After all, Zhang Xi is a pedant, a ghost of human feelings. He has never written about it before. Seeing Yue Zhongqi swear to the sky like this, weeping on his lap, thinking that it was true, he unconsciously poured out Zeng Jingliju's surname.

When Yue Zhongqi discovered the case, she immediately turned her face away, and ordered Zhang Xifa to be handed over to Shouxuan for custody. On the one hand, she filed a police report, and on the other hand, she sent a letter to the governor of Hunan to arrest Zeng Jing and other criminals.The wind was blowing and the water was surging, and the electric switch was thundering, almost turning the whole world upside down.When it was over, Sejong also issued several edicts of limited length.I can't remember the others who spoke, but I only remember a few epigrams in it, what is it? As a landowner in the interior, according to Nimo and other theories, the people of the Central Plains are all inferior to animals. Why do you have the time to be in the Central Plains and barbarians outside?" and so on.The confessions of Zeng and Zhang were combined with Huanghuang's sacred edict into a thick book called "Dayijue Milu", which was published all over the world and distributed to the academy.At the time of Sejong, he thought he was very proud of things, but in fact, being the emperor, it was not enough to have a lawsuit with a bookworm.Zeng and Zhang, thanks to their eloquence, the criminals are long and the criminals are short. A hundred of them admit their mistakes, and a hundred of them ask for death, but they blame the dead ghost Lu Wancun for many mistakes.Shizong was also wise, and he only vented his anger on the dead ghost, and ordered that Lu Wancun's corpse be slaughtered for public display, but Zeng Jing and Zhang Xi let them go.Let the judge try to guess, what is the purpose of this?It turned out that Sejong Jiu knew that there was a girl named Siniang in Wancun who was very restless, and wanted to use this as a way to catch everything.Unexpectedly, Lv Siniang was more spirit than a ghost, and when the police captured her, there was only one empty house left. When she asked the neighbors, they all said that Siniang had gone with her old mother a month ago.The police officers had no choice but to arrest a few irrelevant neighbors and use them as prevarications.

The magistrates of the prefectures and counties made a detailed application according to the facts, and the governor Feizhang replied. Shizong stumbled and said: "If this girl is not removed, I will always suffer from her. But the magistrates of the prefectures and counties are too incompetent, and they can't even get a girl. What is it like?"

This night, I didn't call my concubines to sleep in bed. I was lying alone in the dry and upright official, turning over and over again. I never closed my eyes all night.When he went to court the next day, he was not very happy.It was like this for three consecutive days.On the fourth day, a thought suddenly occurred to him, and he immediately summoned the officials and said: "The state and county are officials who are close to the people. If the state and county officials are good, the world will be peaceful. If the state and county officials are not good, the world will not be peaceful. Think about it for three days. Three nights, there is only one way to remove all the state and county magistrates in the world, and send the Ministry of Education to fill the vacancies, what do you think?"

After hearing this, all the people were easy-going and praised, but there was only one person among them who did not answer in silence.Shizong was surprised, and regarded it as Zhang Tinglu, a senior scholar, and said, "Why doesn't Zhang Tinglu answer?"

Zhang Tinglu replied: "The emperor's sage will have to think about it for three days and three nights tomorrow. Kuang Chen is ignorant. How can he beg for a three-day vacation when he has a sudden surplus? Rong Chen will go home and think about it."

Shizong said with a smile, "it's reasonable to say that it's up to you for three days, and you can play back to me on the fourth day."

After three days, in the early morning of the fourth day, a decree was sent to call Zhang Tinglu.When Ting Lu came to see him, Sejong said, "It's the fourth day, are you sure?"

Zhang Tinglu said: "The prefectures and counties are officials who are close to the people, and the people are also the people. Yichen is muddle-headed, and an official who governs the people must always be a person who has done the people."

Shizong threw his hands and said, "It's wonderful! It's wonderful! Go home and have a rest."

After Ting Lu retreated, Sejong summoned all the ministers and recounted Ting Lu's words.The ministers spoke in unison again.Praise the saint.Shizong said with a smile: "There is no need to praise, this was originally Zhang Tinglu's idea."

Then he asked everyone, "Do you know that there is an official in Hebo in Guangdong?"

Some people know it, and some people don't know it.Shizong said: "How much does this official in Hepo do in a year?"

Everyone doesn't know.Shizong said: "There is a priest surnamed Qu in the cabinet. He really wants to be an official, so let him be replaced."

When everyone came out with the decree, they all said: "You little priest, how could the emperor know his surname and name him to fill this position? It's really another miracle that came from outside."

Zhang Tinglu said: "I think there must be a reason, so I have to ask him.

"The crowd said: "Qu Gongshi is a minister of the cabinet. It's the best thing for your old man to ask him. "

At that moment, Zhang Tinglu walked into the cabinet, called more than 20 priests together, and asked, "Who among you is Qu?"

I saw a slender man in his thirties who came up to him and said, "The priest's surname is Qu."

Zhang Tinglu said: "Let me ask you, have you encountered any accidents in the past few days?"

Qu Gongshi said: "No.

"Zhang Tinglu said: "Do you want to be an official of the Guangdong Hebo Institute?" "

Qu Gongshi said in surprise: "How does Zhongtang know? This is a despicable idea of ​​the priest."

Zhang Tinglu smiled and said, "Congratulations! Congratulations! Your Majesty has ordered you to be replaced."

Qu Gongshi was shocked and said: "Oh, the one I met the night before was today's day."

Zhang Tinglu hurriedly asked: "When will we see today?"

Qu Shi said: "What I said the night before, brought up this matter, I really deserve to die."

Zhang Tinglu said: "Isn't last night a holiday?"

Qu Gongshi said: "It's a festival. That day, all the people in the pavilion went home for the festival, and I was the only one staying here, drinking to relieve boredom. Suddenly I heard footsteps, and a person came in. He looked very strange. I just thought it was somewhere." A member of the first department. I was very bored at the time, so I invited him to drink. The man did not refuse, sat down to drink and chat, and sat for a long time before going.”

Zhang Tinglu said: "What are you talking about?"

Qu Gongshi said: "He asked me, 'Where are the people in the pavilion? Who will handle the matter?' He asked me: 'What's the point of being an official here?' I replied: 'But I want to serve as an official for three years, let a small official do it.' He asked: 'A small official Is it okay?" I said, "Why is it not good, like the officials of the Hebu office in Guangdong, it is luck to do it." He asked, "What are the advantages of the officials of the Hebo office?" I said: "Hebu Merchant ships come in and out, and there are filial people. If you have served one or two terms, you still have to worry about having nothing to eat.' The man asked my name, got up and resigned.

Unexpectedly, it is today.Now that I think about it, I really deserve to die. "

Zhang Tinglu said: "The Strange Daoist asked about you. It turned out that there was such a story. It was also your luck. As long as you work diligently, you may have a bright future in the future."

Qu Gongshi was overjoyed, received his diploma the next day, and went to Guangdong as an official.

It's hard to describe what Sejong did, like ghosts and ghosts, and so on.One year, it was the 13th year of Yongzheng. Sejong felt unwell occasionally. The medical officer of the imperial hospital asked for a pulse as usual and prescribed a prescription. After taking the medicine, he felt better.Although he didn't sit in the court, he called in the ministers of the king every day to teach the opportunity face to face and give instructions in person.One day, Zhang Tinglu, Prince Zhuang, Prince Guo, and Ertai were summoned to the imperial couch and greeted them. Shizong gave them seats on the footrests and talked for a long time.The four of them withdrew and just arrived at the Meridian Gate, when they suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, three or five eunuchs, out of breath, rushed out to report, "The emperor has a banquet."

When the four of them heard this, they were all in a cold sweat.Ertai said: "It was fine, why did it die?
Zhang Tinglu said, "Let's go back and have a look." "

So the four of them went back into the palace and took a look in front of the imperial couch, ouch!It hardly scares them to death.There is a poem from later generations: heavy cold air forces the towers, and the palace gates are locked and cannot be opened.

The girl with the red thread in the sword and leather bag, the Forbidden City screams and the wind comes.

I saw Zhuang Wang said: "This miserable appearance, how can a minister bear to look at it carefully! Put down the tent quickly."

Guo Wang said: "The most important thing now is to torture the prison in the palace first, and don't let one go."

All the eunuchs were so frightened that they knelt down and said: "This is not about slaves and maidservants. The servants are waiting here to work, hoping to be okay. How could they expect such a catastrophe?"

Ertai said: "This is also the truth, you can't blame them.

" Zhuang Wang said: "it turns out that the matter came from outside the sky, but they are too troublesome in the inner court, so they should be rectified. "

Ertai said: "I don't dare to refute the two princes' claims. It's just that the inner prison was originally prepared for orders, and it seems that they should be punished for their crimes."

Zhang Tinglu couldn't bear it any longer, and said: "Catastrophes are changing very much, the most important thing is to control chaos. The way to control chaos is nothing like establishing a monarch. Once a master is established, everything will have a clue."

The two kings Zhuang and Guo nodded and said: "Your words are not true. But the emperor Daxing hastily changed, this is a big event..."

Ting Lu didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and said in the interface: "You don't need to worry about this, Emperor Daxing wrote a secret decree to show the two of us."

As he said, he pointed to Ertai: "If the prince doesn't believe it, just ask him.

Ertai said: "Yes, this secret decree is still kept in the palace." "

Ting Lu said: "Please come out and read it quickly. A country cannot live without a king. The general system is not right, and people's hearts are uncertain.

"The two kings Zhuang and Guo said together: "This is very true. "

Follow the eunuch in charge and ask him where the secret decree is hidden.The chief eunuch said: "Emperor Daxing didn't mention it, and the slaves didn't know about it.

" Ting Lu said: "The emperor Daxing sealed the document that day, there is not much forgiveness, you can look for it, it is sealed with yellow paper for external use, and the letter written on the back is the secret decree. "

The chief eunuch left as promised, and got it immediately.When everyone came to see it, Huang Feng Zhu Yin, the system is grand, and it is indeed an imperial seal.Take it apart and read it out, Zhu Shuyu's pen, a few words.Roughly speaking, "Hongli, the fourth son of the emperor, has a pure and filial nature, a steady demeanor, and a deep respect for me. He will be able to inherit the great order, and he will be the emperor after me. I respect this."

Zhuang Wang said: "Let's go to the new master and announce the imperial edict together."

So the four of them went to the fourth prince's mansion together to read out the will.The fourth prince, Hongli Zunzhao, ascended the throne and changed the Yuan to Qianlong, that is, next year will be the first year of Qianlong, and he will be Emperor Gaozongchun.

Hold on, Emperor Shizong of the Qing Dynasty occasionally suffered from minor ailments, so why did he have a banquet all of a sudden?It is said that after the massacre of corpses in Lvwan Village, Zhejiang Province that day, Lv Siniang, a chivalrous woman, took care of her old mother and fled to Shandong.When they escaped, there were only two naked bodies.At that time, I met a dutiful son who shared his food and clothing, and gave him money all the time.This year, my mother died of illness, and Si Niang shed her burden, went to Beijing with a sword in her arms, and avenged my father.This incident was also mentioned in Pu Liuxian's "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio", and the title of the article is called "Xia Nv" as far as I remember.

It was also said that Sejong was stabbed by a palace lady.Therefore, after Sejong, the emperors of all dynasties took precautions against daughters-in-law and concubines, and they were extremely strict.Whenever a concubine enters the palace, she must first call the eunuch to inform her. At this night, the eunuch took a quilt, crawled into the concubine's bedroom, spread it out, and spread it on the ground in front of the bed.The eunuch crawled under the bed, covered his face and announced the decree: "The emperor summoned a certain lady."

The concubine took off her clothes, naked body, got into the quilt, rolled up tightly, and then said the word "leader", and the eunuch carried her to the bedroom.Put down the ground, still climb under the bed, wait for the concubine to go to bed, and then will be retreated.On the next day, the old method is still used to send her back.These two said, after all, the former is true, and the latter is true. The palace is secret, it has a long history, and it is difficult to describe the words.However, after Emperor Gaozong ascended the throne, his respected mother Niu Kulu was made the empress dowager, his brother Honghui was named Prince Heshuoduan, younger brother Honghua was named Prince Heshuogong, Hongzhan was named Prince Heshuoguogong, and the deceased brothers were also posthumously named Give posthumous title.It's strange to say that Gaozong was born with a golden ox and a stone horse, but when he became the empress dowager, he was very filial. Even the mothers and brothers were very kind and generous, so the clan Jueluo, civil and military officials , but there is no one who does not sing praises.Empress Fucha is also very virtuous and won the favor of the Empress Dowager.When Emperor Gaozong came to the descendants, he also looked at him differently. He played the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty and specially allowed the family members of Jiaofang to enter the palace to be inspected.The queen's mother, sister-in-law, sisters and sisters, who do not actively appreciate the decree of kindness.Since then, my mother and sisters have gathered together from time to time, donating a little parting sorrow and don't hate.Gaozong didn't care about major government affairs, and he often joked with them in his spare time to relieve boredom, or go, or wipe cards, or compose music, as good as his own.The family members of Jiaofang are all young and beautiful, with eyebrows like the autumn moon and delicate like spring flowers. Seeing Gao Zong's kindness, they gradually get rid of it, laughing carelessly and playing around.Gaozong was generous and tolerant, and he didn't care about it.Among the family members of Jiaofang, there is Mrs. Fu, who is the most eloquent and the most beautiful. She is the Queen's sister.The empress dowager also liked her very much. The first time they met, she rewarded her with a velvet snowsuit tribute from Russia. She was afraid that the empress would arrest her, so she asked the inner supervisor to tell the empress.The queen was originally virtuous, and when she received Yi's order, she naturally obeyed everything.Thanks to Mrs. Fu Dali Zhishu, although she followed the order of kindness and behaved well, she followed the rules.Even her husband, Fu Heng, who served in the court, was very cautious and did not dare to violate the law.Therefore, none of the clansmen and relatives did not praise them.I don't know what will happen in the future, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)