Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 100 Fighting for the right to fight for the right to enter Tong's mansion, discussing the Western Expedition of the Bachelor was refuted (1)
Mingzhu's case was thus shelved.In the 28th year of Kangxi, Suo'etu was ordered to go to Nerchinsk to draw a boundary with Luocha Kingdom. During this period, Kangxi ordered Tong Guowei, the younger brother of his biological mother Tong Jia's family, to enter the study.According to his seniority, Tong Guowei is Kangxi's direct uncle. According to royal rules, if the emperor does not call him uncle, he can only be "Tong Guowei, Minister of Sanzhi".As early as the Shunzhi period, Tong Guowei had already held the false title of a first-class bodyguard. However, because he followed Mingzhu's agreement to withdraw the "San Francisco" and provoked Suo'etu, he was pressured by Leng Cao officials for many years before he came up.However, unlike Zhang Tingyu, he looked forward and backward. At the beginning of his tenure, he repeatedly mentioned and rectified the officials above the six ministers, eliminated the redundant and promoted the talented, and reformed the bureaucracy for a while, which was quite popular. Ma Qi, Wang Jie, Fan Chengxun, Yao Diyu, Guo Xiu and others all added the title of Gongbao, rewarded peacock feathers, and were promoted to first-rank officials, but they adjusted the rank of their son Longkodo from second-rank according to the rules. For Cong Sanpin.When Suo'etu returned from the negotiations in Nerchinsk, the situation in the court was completely changed.

Suo'etu came back from the Northeast on the tenth day of the first month of the 29th year. The crown prince and others went out of the city to set up a tent to welcome them in Lijiao.After reporting to Kangxi about the process of the Nerchinsk treaty, all the kings, Bei Le, Bei Zi, and the chief officials of the yamen rushed to Yuhuangmiao Street. Officials who have been eliminated will inevitably come to knock the wooden clock and complain about their grievances.Suo'etu, on the other hand, seemed calm and unhurried. He greeted and sent him off, and talked about it. If anyone spoke ill of Tong Guowei, he just laughed it off.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Suo'etu, on behalf of Kangxi, went to the Tianqiong Hall to offer incense.After returning to hand over the decree, he followed Kangxi out of the Shunzhen Gate to Dagao Hall, Shouhuang Hall, Qin'an Hall, and Doutan to burn incense and worship. Then he summoned the six chief officials to follow Kangxi to the Empress Dowager's spirit to pay homage.It's been a hectic day.It was already dark when I left Da Nei, and I saw that the sky was overcast and snowflakes were falling here and there.

If it was in previous years, how good is it tonight?This time has already boiled over, and all kinds of social fire, stilts, big plays, stories, tricks, tricks, dragon lanterns, and lion droughts have been dispatched.But this year is a national funeral, and all folk entertainments are prohibited, and thousands of households in Beijing are all decorated with white gauze lanterns.In front of the gate, there are only groups of children playing hide-and-seek under the lights, but there are few tourists.Suo'etu stood in a daze for a while under the huge white gauze lantern of Xihua Gate, let out a long breath, got on the sedan chair and ordered, "Go to Tong Guowei's mansion!"

Tong Guowei's Xinci Mansion is located along the West River, and he is familiar with the way, and he will arrive in a short time.As soon as the sedan chair got off, Suo'etu came out with a bow, and saw Jin Fu coming out of it.When Jin Fu saw that it was Suo'etu, he didn't turn his face away, trying to pretend he didn't see it, and walked to the sedan chair.Suo'etu laughed and stopped: "Zihuan, what's your name? You don't want to talk to me, Suo Lao San?"... He stopped, and said in a friendly way, "I haven't seen you for a long time, you are so thin. Your hair is also full It's white! Have you met Tong Xiang?" Jin Fu has indeed become thin and bony, and his dark face has also become blue-gray.He is an official who has been dismissed and lives in Beijing. He wears a gray silk sheepskin jacket, his thinning hair is almost white, and he looks old. His eyes, which were trained under the wind and scorching sun, are still piercing.Seeing the hypocrisy on Suo'etu's face, Jin Fu laughed dryly and said, "How dare you do it! Jin Fu is a person to be punished, and you are a noble person, so how can you mess with him?" Su'etu laughed loudly, holding Jin Fu's hand Hand said: "You weren't this tempered in the past, the older you are, the more irritable you become! Scholar-bureaucrats live in the court and are officials, so what's the matter of honor and disgrace? Maybe I will not be as good as you in the future! How can people be so shallow? What kind of nobleman am I? Xiaotong and Tingyu are the new rich!"

Although the words were very easy-going, Jin Fu listened to the voice behind the strings, so he smiled and said, "I don't care about the old and the new. Thanks to the grace of the saints, I have to be dismissed. What happened to Huang, he was detained in the Prison Temple for several years for no clear reason, and he was neither convicted nor released. What happened? I heard that the emperor intends to appoint me as the governor of Guizhou. I'm asking Tong Xiang to play for me, I'm old, please take pity on this old bone, and spare me this errand."

Suo'etu couldn't help being startled, how could this old guy refuse something that others were looking forward to?After pondering for a moment, Fang said: "There is no need to say anything. I know that the emperor has nothing in his heart for you. Back then, several ministers clamored to kill you, and the emperor said: 'If you want to kill, you have to wait until the river is cured.' Now that the river has been healed, he will be killed if it is true, isn't he fainted?" He pursed his lips and smiled.Speaking of river governance, Jin Fu's eyes lit up, then dimmed again, and sighed: "I shouldn't say a word of reasoning. Now Zhenjia has opened up the embankment of Xiaojiadu, the river channel has been widened, and the dam has been reduced. It's useless, the sand will silt up within two years, it's strange to be indecisive!" Suo'etu laughed and said: "I received Chen Huang's letter in prison from the Ministry of Criminal Justice the day before yesterday, and it was also about this kind of thing. You are dismissed Officer, he is a prisoner, why do you care about these idle accounts? Today is not the same as in the past, the court has plenty of money, and if you break your mouth, you will block it again-if you break your mouth, it proves that you are right?"

When the chief assistant of a country said such a thing, Jin Fu's heart sank suddenly. After thinking about it, he couldn't refute it openly. He sighed and was about to speak. Suo Etu shook his hand and said with a smile: "Someone from Tong's mansion came to pick me up." Let’s talk about it later. Don’t be stupid, if you are ordered to go to Guizhou, you can go! If you need food, clothing, housing and transportation in Beijing, just send someone to my house to ask for it. Don’t say it’s about you, let’s go to the study together. It doesn't help to say it - the emperor didn't kill him, it was his good fortune!" Jin Fu sneered and said, "If you don't say it, I will say it anyway. I am the one who is guilty, and Chen Huang, Feng Zhiren, and Peng Xueren are all guilty - the three armies can't be blamed. To win the commander, everyone should not lose the ambition, I have made a decision!" After saying that, he raised his hand and walked away on the snow, Suo'etu watched him go away with a sense of loss, and Fang turned his face.At this time, the middle door of Tong's mansion was opened, and Tong Guowei came out with several masters.

Suo'etu and Tong Guowei joined hands, talking and laughing until they reached the West Flower Hall in the back hall.It is very different from the deserted scene outside.Tong Guowei was hosting a banquet for his guest master, and a dozen people were sitting and laughing in front of the big banquet in the flower hall; more than 20 attendants stood on the corridor in the hall to greet them, dozens of silver candles were burning brightly, and the The pyrotechnic boxes ignited one after the other, such as clay casserole, flowerpot fireworks, flower tubes on fire, ground mice, no sound, no sound, only colorful bright flames sprayed, the courtyard was full of strong smell of gunpowder, and the house was full of fire. It is an atmosphere of excitement.Seeing Tong Guowei coming in with Suo'etu, everyone stood up and stood up to welcome him.

"Sit down, sit down!" Suo'etu smiled all over his face and waved his hands. "This is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. There are only a few friends in my house. I think it's too deserted. I've been busy the past few days since I came back." , I didn’t bother to come over to see Guowei, so don’t be surprised! Your place is good, there are many people and lively, and there is such a table of delicious food, even the imperial meal, it’s nothing more than that!”

Tong Guowei is in his 40s, with a purple face, his beard is shaved clean, his eyes are as black as lacquer, and he is not angry but also powerful.Seeing that Suo'etu was so courteous, everyone sat down with their hands crossed.Tong Guowei poured the door cup for Suo'etu, and gently tossed the thick black and shiny braids behind his head. Fang Liao sat down upright, and said, "Jin Fu came here just now. I feel sorry for him. He has worked so hard. After Nian fell to this end, he still has to worry about others. The Ministry of Officials announced the day before yesterday that he should go to Guizhou to serve as the governor, so Suo Xiangde told the Holy One to let him go."

"That's what I said." Suo'etu took a mouthful of vegetables and chewed slowly, and said in a deep voice, "I think so too. But Jin Fu may not accept this kind of favor. If we really don't want to, we don't have to force it. There is a vacancy, please ask him to fill it in, he is not a layman——Speaking of which, let me ask by the way, Geng Suotu, Minister of the Ministry of War, did a pretty good job, why is it replaced by Xie Changyi? At home, everyone has been replaced, and I don’t even know each other anymore.”

Tong Guowei looked at Suo'etu speechless.Several diners saw that the host and guests were cold, so they hurried over to persuade them to drink and add food.Tong Guowei made up his mind, and Fang said: "Xie Changyi has stayed in Tuhai and Zhou Pei's camps, and he understands military affairs. I didn't say anything about Geng Suotu's dismissal. It was the emperor's idea to ask him and his brother Guogang to go to Feiyanggubu Experience." Suo'etu poured a glass of wine for Tong Guowei, ate it slowly, and said: "That's different. Geng Suotu is the Minister of the Ministry of War. There is no such case for innocence. An Dian, I have played the emperor, but I still have to call back. I am here to say hello to you. We are in Jishu together, and it is not good for me to do things without telling you." Only then did Tong Guowei know the true meaning of Suo'etu's visit, and he felt in his heart Sneered, but said in his mouth: "There is a change of people in the six ministries, so don't mind. It's all impeached by the officials, and it's done according to the emperor's wishes. I'm just doing errands according to the order. Some people can't do it without changing, such as Xu Qianxue. Sticking out his tongue and licking Mingzhu's ass, and throwing things into trouble as soon as he turns his face, what the hell is that? I can't ask him to be the sacrificial wine of the Imperial Academy!"

"The officials only know how to sell fame and reputation, they know nothing!" Suo'etu got angry in his heart, but his face was still smiling, "Zha Shenxing is a wild scholar, isn't he just singing two lines of the Palace of Longevity during the national funeral? I was tossing and dying in the prison, and I am not afraid that future generations will say that we don’t cherish talents! I understand this matter, the Holy Majesty, and the Holy Majesty told him to let him go. I will send him to spend money and raise him in Nanjing. When the country is peaceful, what is there to be afraid of tolerating a few nerds?"

(End of this chapter)