Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 54
Qianlong couldn't hold back the fury in his heart, and he turned around and shouted angrily: "Selenge! You are getting more and more stupid, and you are getting worse and worse at serving! For such a bastard, let him be in my office!" Go wild!" Selenge blushed, bowed and agreed: "Master, it's the servant's fault!" Turning around and lunging forward, he slapped Huangtou in the face until stars appeared in his eyes, and he spun around like a spinning top , Before he could stand still, he was kicked on the back of the spine again, and fell to the ground.Gao Wuyong was slapped for no reason, his anger had no place to vent, he pulled out the horsewhip from the back of his waist, regardless of the nose and eyes, he whipped violently.Cui'er had already arrived, knelt on one side, seeing that the beating was too heavy, she hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Master, he is a low-class slave, it's not worth getting angry with him." Qianlong then waved his hand to stop Selenge and Gao Wuyong .The yellow head could no longer move.

"Master," Cui'er said with tears in her eyes, "please sit in the room..." Qianlong nodded, and said to Huang Tou'er who was lying on the ground looking at him in horror: "Go back and deliver the decree, Tell you, those in charge of the House of Internal Affairs, to go to the Punishment Department to receive twenty lashes! — Li Wei is an old man of the late emperor, and also a confidant of mine, let people like you do it? How can you give a house without a garden? Tesha It's a snobbish eye!"

After Qianlong finished speaking, he followed Cui'er to the main room of Li Wei's house.He sat down, took the tea that Cui'er brought over, and was still out of breath: "Tui'er, I didn't tell you about you. In the early years, I was studying in the study room of Lama Temple. You were also the girl who served me. At that time, I said something You still dare to spit and laugh at me with stubborn words. How come you have become more and more timid after being a wife for more than ten years? Such things should be typed first and then returned to me. If I am busy, Just tell the empress and we'll deal with it!" Tweety said with tears in her eyes: "Li Wei and I were originally from a poor family, and we don't care about being poor. I feel uncomfortable. He is so sick, and rumors say that he has committed a crime. The Ministry of Internal Affairs He came here again for no reason. Thinking about going back to my hometown, at this time I was afraid that the master would suspect us of hiding things, and I felt uncomfortable for a while, not as good as the time when I was begging with the dog. Master, he is very sick these days. I'm really sad. I'm sorry that he is a big man, and he asked his master to be such a big official. I won't allow him to ask for a concubine first. I told the old master that I want to be a jealous gourd, which made the old master laugh. Actually When I was in Nanjing, there was a girl who treated him very well, but I sent her away at that time. Now I have brought her back to serve Li Wei. I can't make him feel comfortable for the rest of my life." After saying that, she wiped away her tears and laugh.Qianlong wanted to laugh, but his heart sank.Unable to laugh, he comforted him and said, "Liu Kang's case has not been reported, Li Wei is indeed wrong, but Li Wei has made a lot of contributions in his life, and I know it well. Who can say, don't believe those bastard words." Qianlong said , Li Wei's violent coughing sound was heard from a distance, like a hollow bull roar.Seeing that Tweety'er's face was pale and distressed, she stood up and said, "I'll go and have a look."

Tweety agreed with "yes" and led Qianlong out of the main room, passing through the east courtyard wall, and the small study room where Li Wei's sons used to study.From the window, Li Wei gasped and said: "Don't stick to me, go back when you should. I have already agreed with Mr. Fu, please take care of him. It depends on the emperor's mind, and the punishment will be executed later. Let Liu Tongxun take care of the matter. I also told Yanqing about you. I have met him, and you go to meet him. If you don’t meet, you will be out of touch... How can there be a reason for hanging people from a tree?" Qianlong listened to this outside, To no avail, Tweeter lifted the cotton curtain, stepped in, and said with a smile, "Li Wei, I see you are here." After speaking, he looked around the study room, and saw three middle-aged men lined up sitting on the coffee table under the south window beside.A girl in her 20s was sitting sideways on the edge of the Kang.Li Wei turned his body halfway and coughed until his face flushed.The girl held the bowl with one hand and gently patted his back with the other.

"Ah, master!" Li Weifang gasped, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Qianlong coming in. He struggled to get up, struggled a few times and finally couldn't even turn over. His two pale hands were tightly grasping the edge of the kang. After touching it, she wept with a "woo", and murmured: "The slave has come to this point...he doesn't even have the strength to salute the master..." Tweety said to the three middle-aged people: "This It's Lord Long Live, what are you doing standing there?" The three of them came to their senses, turned over on the spot, prostrated themselves on the ground, and said, "Your servants don't know the face of a saint, Your Majesty forgives you!"

Qianlong ignored the three of them, frowned and sat on the chair looking at Li Wei, thinking that the young man on the kang had become a beggar; Entering Wang Qinglou to lock up Gan Fengchi, the number one hero in the world; breaking into the cottage alone to dismiss Dou Erdun's rebels; holding hands with all the leaders of black and white, who can be regarded as heroes in the world, and now they are so sick!Thinking about it, Qianlong said: "When you are sick like this, what kind of etiquette can you do? Have you used the Chuanbei I gave you?"

"I've been using it all the time." Cui'er saw that Li Wei was so breathless that he could not speak, and replied beside him, "It's just that the disease is good and bad, most likely it will be the turn of winter and spring, and it will gradually get better when the leaves are all out. Already." Turning to the girl, she said, "Yuqian, pour some tea for the master."

Only then did Qianlong take a closer look at this girl, and saw that she was wearing a honey-colored skirt, a coat with a light yellow wind-haired bijia, a pair of half-sized bow shoes exposed outside, her facial features were correct, and her appearance was not outstanding. The slender eyebrows were raised slightly, looking charming, and then she smiled and said: "Yuqian! Well, the name is good, Tweety has such a measure, why don't you open your face and accept the house justly?" Tweety smiled apologetically. "The first emperor has something to say, Li Wei is not allowed to take concubines unless he obeys the order." Qianlong was stunned, couldn't help laughing, and said, "This master can do it." Yuqian blushed, and offered Qianlong tea, saying: "This It's the emperor's grace and the wife's kindness. The servants are blessed, and they can serve our master for a lifetime, and my wish is fulfilled."

"Yuqian, I'm feeling better now." Li Wei kowtowed to Qianlong again while supporting the edge of the kang, and said, "Help me to sit halfway. The master is here, this appearance is too disrespectful." Yuqian hurriedly With a promise, he supported Li Wei to lean halfway on the big welcoming pillow.Li Wei looked at Qianlong, tears streaming down his face, choked up for a long time before saying: "I have taken all the medicine that the master rewarded. It is Tweety's words. It is the slave's fate when it is good and bad! The old master asked Mr. Wu Sidao to give me a push I counted and said that I could live to 86. At that time, the old master happily said that you were a slave for my son. Now that I think about it, I realized that Mr. Wu counted day and night and added it to me. The length of life is a slave. I don't care, I just didn't expect that I would be close to Huangquan, and I would betray the heart of the late emperor and master, and become a guilty person. Thinking of this, the slave really has a thousand arrows piercing his heart, and there is no redemption for a hundred deaths..." He said in a weak voice. Sad and deep, Cui'er and Yuqian both covered their mouths and wanted to let out a sound.The three men kneeling on the ground also shrugged and trembled.

"Don't be so affectionate." Qianlong couldn't help being sad when he was with Li Wei's master and servant since he was a child, and said slowly, "I am here today, half to see your illness, and half to comfort your heart. It seems that your heart is sicker than your body." It's even more serious. Liu Kang's case has now been concluded. You are at fault, and your fault is that you can see me every day, and you are a slave who has been summoned in two lifetimes. You shouldn't have told me about your case. But In any case, I know that you have no two intentions. I will give you small punishments, but there are no major punishments. I hold the world in balance, and I am neither willing to abolish the public because of private interests, nor will I abolish private interests because of public affairs. That is to say, Suspend your salary for three years. Is it not worth your troubles day and night?"

Li Wei's critical illness this time is really more of a heart disease than a body disease.Liu Tongxun tried the case with a thunderbolt, and the invoices were brought to witnesses, implicating several provinces.Although Cui'er was in the way of my mansion, I heard the imperial physician's words, "Don't worry, my lord, you can't act because of your illness, and they won't do it anymore. We have to talk to the Ministry of Punishment." ——He is a shrewd man, what can't be guessed?Although he was not sent to the public court for reconciliation, he was always uneasy: he didn't know how Liu Kang and He Li would testify, and he didn't know how the court would deal with him.Today Qianlong came to visit him in person, and he was already half-hearted. Hearing these sincere and sincere words, it was like a spring breeze, and the ice melted in his stomach: "The master is so kind, how can I ask the slave to repay it? This life will not be successful. Only in the next life can I contribute to the master..." Qianlong didn't know whether he was deeply moved by Li Wei's words or by himself, and his eyes felt rosy, and he said with a smile: "You have seduced me and I feel bad! You just passed the age of no doubt, Slowly recuperate, and the illness will heal naturally. There will be many days of hard work in this life!" At this point, he turned to look at the three people kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Which department do you work in?"

"Your Majesty!" The three kowtowed and kowtowed, already kneeling stiffly, "The slaves are not working in the ministry."

"Oh, it's a foreign official who came to Beijing to report on his work."

"Slaves are not foreign officials."

Li Wei smiled and said: "Your Majesty, these are the three disciples of Luo Zu of the Green Gang. Weng You (Ying Kui), Pan An (Shijie), and Qian Bao (Shengjing), there is a book in front of him, who is in charge of water transportation. Although he is working for the imperial court, he has not been introduced to him yet. The slave has not been in good health for the past few days, and he is afraid that once he leaves, they will be left unattended and cause trouble again, so they called here to explain a few things about their funeral. The master Luo Zu has passed away, so we have to find a new headmaster." When Qianlong saw it, Weng Youshuo had a long beard, Pan Anhei was thin and lean, and Qian Bao was short and fat, but they all had bright eyes and spirited spirits, and they all wore cloaks on their arms. Hei Sha was obviously paying tribute to the patriarch Luo Zu.Qianlong said with a smile: "I said I saw you a long time ago, so I let it go if there were too many things. The grain was transported by your hands, and there was no big trouble. You still have merit."

"Thank you, master, for your compliment." Weng You kowtowed, "Since the slaves are called the 'Qing' gang, they will naturally help me clear the Qing Dynasty. The grain ships will be handed over to the slaves to escort them, and they will be fined ten catties for one catty short in Beijing. Good luck to see you today." My lord, I beg my lord to give you some kindness—" Li Wei said from the sidelines: "Don't talk nonsense, the court will naturally give the kindness that should be given. What's the use of asking for something that shouldn't be given!" Qianlong saw that the three of them bowed their heads, He smiled and said: "Li Wei is also true, so why not talk about it?"

Weng You kowtowed and said: "Although the slaves are mixed in the wharf, they have obeyed the decree. After all, they have no status. They are often coerced by local officials along the way. I beg the master to understand the difficulties of the slaves, or give them a false title, or reward them with a license. Obstacles, so as to discuss with the officials, so as not to be too humble... There are many difficulties here, and the slaves can't explain it clearly for a while, so I always ask the master to learn!" Qian Bao kowtowed and said: "One sentence will make it clear, slaves Escorting food outside, without the name of a food security officer, like a shameless little girl, she is still a girl after all, not even a concubine!" One sentence made Cui'er and Yuqian blush.

"This is a good analogy!" Qianlong laughed loudly, "It should also be said that if the name is not right, the words are not right! Isn't your master dead? I don't think there is any need to push any more rudders, the three of you can stand on your own. All of you are given the post of military officer guerrilla. Although you don’t lead soldiers, you are allowed to recruit disciples, um..." Qianlong thought about it, and said, "Each person is limited to 320 disciples and 400 disciples with food ships. Ten and a half... can be regarded as your 'soldiers'. They are in charge of food protection. However, Zhili has to transport [-] million stone grains every year, and whoever is short of a catty, I will cut off the first-level official rank, is this possible?"

The number of apprentices is mixed, and it is reasonable to say that this "half" boat is a kind of arrangement, and the whole room is baffled, even Li Wei, Cui'er, and Yuqian are also surprised.

(End of this chapter)