Qing court ladies

Chapter 36
"Slave please greet Long Live Lord, Long Live Lord is auspicious." As soon as Su Yue saluted, Kangxi raised her hand and called out. Su Yue hurriedly stepped forward to change Kangxi's clothes. Su Yue served Kangxi together.

As soon as Kangxi finished changing his clothes and sat on the couch, the officials were brought in by Liang Jiugong.

"The ministers and others will see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, my emperor." The ministers stepped forward to salute.

"Pingshen" Kangxi took a sip of tea and called out.Su Yue lowered her head and stood behind Kangxi, one on the left and one on the right with Liang Jiugong.

"Today, I would like to discuss something with all my loves first. I want to open up my mind. What do you think?" Kangxi focused on everyone.

"The subject thinks it's inappropriate. Once the words are opened, the officials are in turmoil. What's more, once the words are opened, the speaker is innocent, and there is no scruples. It has been made up since ancient times. How to distinguish who is true and who is false" Suo Etu Take the first step to stand up against it.

"I think this move is feasible, and it opens up the way for speech. Because I am innocent, I can speak freely, so that everyone can be restrained." Zhang Tingyu responded differently from Suo'etu's opinion.

"Although the way of speaking is good, but the further you go, the disaster of the way of speaking will harm the country. Long live Lord, if you want to let it go, you must first think about how to stop it, and there will be no harm." Tong Guogang stood up, but he thought well comprehensive.

Several people expressed their opinions, and Dongnang Pavilion became lively again for a while.Kangxi used to give the questions and not participate in the discussion. After listening, he made a decision and never changed it.

"Okay, I understand the meaning of all the ministers and workers, let's all step back, I'm considering it carefully." Kangxi saw that the debate became more and more intense, so he stopped it loudly and asked people to leave.

"Suyue, do you know what a way of speaking is?" Kangxi sat on the couch and wrote notes.

Su Yue shook her head, "The servant does not understand"

Kangxi laughed and explained to him, "The so-called way of speaking is that anyone who wants to say something can write a letter to me, and it is written in a secret name, and he can speak quickly without offending anyone. I can also hear more. Tell the truth, of course there will be some rumors.”

Su Yue really had never heard of this, the ones who gave Kangxi the papers were always ministers, and they had to go through the prime minister's assistant, how could it be so easy?Unless it is secret, but how many people can have this honor, not to mention so many copies, where should they be handed over? "Long live, where do you send those booklets?"

"Thirteen Yamen" Kangxi beckoned Suyue to go over, pulled Suyue to sit on the couch, handed Suyue the booklet in his hand, and signaled Suyue to take a look.

Zhezi Kangxi has already approved it, and it is still the same, three words - I know, Kangxi once said that only when you can't see through can you be afraid, and if you don't understand, you can be timid, and the emperor just wants people to be invisible. This, Kangxi did. very good.

It was written in the booklet that it cost Galdan personally to conquer Ge Erdan, and the months of fighting had cost the national treasury a huge amount of money, military pay, food and grass, and money.But Su Yue knew that there was a lot of water in the middle.

"Long live, this is too scary." Su Yue handed the booklet to Kangxi, her face full of disbelief.

Kangxi looked at Suyue with a smile, "tell me what you think"

Su Yue thought about it for a long time before she said, "The first time I fought Galdan, as far as I saw in the army, at least a quarter of the food and grass on it were false. Second: the number of soldiers in the three armies is correct, but There is a discrepancy between the people left behind and those who need the tribute, so the military salary is overpaid, and the tribute is also given too much, the sum of the two is not small, and there is something that the slaves can’t see.”

Kangxi nodded and praised, "I can see that these are not bad, and the amount of money and grain and grass out of the warehouse is wrong, but it is done carefully. No loopholes are the biggest loopholes."

Su Yue nodded, but she could see what she said, and it was due to the fact that she had been in the army for a while, and heard soldiers complaining that the military pay did not match.

"The emperor's grandmother once said that the emperor should not trust the zhezi. For many years, I have never dared to just look at the zhezi." Kangxi looked at the zhezi and smiled in surprise.

Su Yue nodded, everyone would lie, not to mention that a book is still a dead thing, it is written by the person who wrote it, and it is what the person who wrote it wants to write, so naturally it cannot be fully believed.

Kangxi changed the subject, and said, "But after all, there is only one emperor, the world is so big, how can I check everything with my own eyes, and have to rely on these books and these ministers to govern the world?"

Su Yue was entangled, but after thinking about it, there was no conflict.It's just that since ancient times, good and bad officials have been mixed, and collusion between top and bottom is not uncommon. Three people become tigers.

"In this way, I need a group of loyal people who don't know each other, but who know and restrain each other. See the world for me, tell me about the world, and this group of people is the Thirteen Yamen" General Kangxi Another copy of the paper was handed over to Su Yue.

Su Yue took it over and saw that these papers were different from the ones she had seen before. The words were not smooth, like a running account, and there were typos, but the things on it were extremely true. Kangxi didn't approve anything on it, obviously No need to pass it on.

"Long live, this is the booklet from the Thirteenth Yamen." Su Yue asked Kangxi with the booklet.

Kangxi nodded, "That's right, but Su Yue, do you know that there are no real thirteen yamen in this world?"

Su Yue has been dizzy by Kangxi today, she didn't answer, she nodded and looked at the book in her hand, but the content became more and more shocking, the book said Kangxi's personal conquest, before Su Yue came back to get the medicine, there was a lot of traffic in Suo'etu's house , many officials came, and there were even generals stationed outside the capital who secretly came back to see Suo'etu.Su Yue hurriedly closed the booklet, not daring to read it again.

Kangxi didn't force it either, he took the booklet and said, "I know the things in the world I don't want to know, but I can't get anything I want to know" and took out another booklet to Su Yue.

Su Yue was terrified, this booklet was like a branding iron, hot to the touch, but Kangxi wanted you to read it, could you not read it, Su Yue took the booklet and read it for a while, this one belonged to the Crown Prince’s East Palace, it described the prince’s every move, and the words on the back It was Kangxi's personal conquest again. Before Suyue came back, the servants of the East Palace circulated that Kangxi was seriously ill and the prince would ascend the throne in advance. They also said that the prince tried on Kangxi's dragon robe, and the back was even more scary. It said what Suyue said to the prince at the gate of Qianqing Palace , Bi Suyue herself remembers clearly.Su Yue couldn't hold the zhezi in her hands at all, and the zhezi fell on the couch.

Kangxi picked up the booklet, closed it, folded it together, took Su Yue's hand and asked, "Can you tell me why you said that, or what do you know, I remember that you even looked like yourself at that time Beware, what are you afraid of?"

Su Yue couldn't bear to sit up straight, and was held in Kangxi's arms, tremblingly said, "I'm afraid of what, in fact, Long Live God knows, at that time, Long Live God's life and death are at stake, I'm afraid that there is something wrong with Long Live God, if I don't believe it, it's just because of this." The people in the palace were frightened, and unconsciously guarded in their hearts, the conversation with the crown prince was just an unintentional act, I can’t even remember what I said.”

Kangxi sighed softly, "Suyue, I don't want to force you, but I believe in you. I just want to tell you this to be honest, and I don't want to hide it from you. I know how you are. Besides, I teach you so much and I hope you will be considerate."

Suyue was covered in cold sweat, in fact, Suyue dared to lie because she was sure that Kangxi would not do anything to her.Su Yue doesn't know the history of the Qing Dynasty, and she doesn't know when Kangxi's son started planning, so Su Yue must guard against it. Naturally, what she said was to hope that the prince would think of family affection and not do stupid things.What's more, when Suyue came to Beijing, she also heard some gossip. Suyue was afraid, so she put her heart into everything, but Suyue couldn't tell Kangxi about any of these, and she couldn't explain it clearly.

"Long live, the matter of the prince..." Su Yue thought for a long time. Su Yue felt that the prince was not that kind of person. The prince entered the water. Although Suyue didn't have much contact with Suo'etu, she instinctively didn't like him. The prince Suyue had seen him many times and listened to Li Dequan's talk, and she also had some superficial understanding.

"Finish." Kangxi looked at Suyue's troubled face, smiled and nodded Suyue's nose.

Su Yue's heart froze, "Long Live Lord, the maidservant once said that to the Crown Prince in Qianqing Palace. The Crown Prince was very moved at that time, with tears in his eyes. Moreover, the Crown Prince just heard that the Long Live Lord was ill, so he was busy making an order to do as I asked. , I believe the prince, he is not that kind of person"

Kangxi nodded, he had his own concerns about this matter, and he didn't want to talk too deeply with Su Yue.Su Yue understood completely today and woke up.The royal family is too scary, and Kangxi is the most terrifying person. If Suyue is on guard against it, it is because of historical results, and Kangxi is guarding against these now, it is not too scary. If Suyue had some affection for Kangxi before or something else Feelings, then now Su Yue only has fear, nothing but fear.

Su Yue was frightened by those excerpts, and Kangxi didn't want Su Yue to be exposed to the darkness too much, and hoped that Su Yue would come slowly, so he sent Su Yue away.

(End of this chapter)