Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 12 The Son of Heaven, Shihegong, Visits Bianliang, Praises Merit and Defeats, and Punishes Tuhai (2)
"Hmph, you're actually 'guilty'?" Kangxi sneered, his dark pupils gleamed with a cold light, and asked, "I have approved and handed over your ten major crimes and three unforgivable papers to Yu Guozhu, I think you have read it before. Since you are guilty, you should contemplate your mistakes behind closed doors. Are you still a little bit dissatisfied, and hit the wooden clock in front of me?" Tuhai hurriedly leaned down, without raising his head, and said: "Yes! A slave should be punished. Ten thousand deaths. But the master knows the situation of the slaves leading the troops that day. Long live the sage, there is no "beheading those who rob the people's property" in the six military orders. There is only [-] military pay, and the rebellion has been suppressed for several years, and the household department has never allocated a tael of silver..." "I know these things." Kangxi stopped him, "Fu wants to know how Wang Fuchen died!"

This is exactly what Tuhai taboos the most.Wang Fuchen and Tu Hai were good friends when they were in the court. The "San Francisco" was in chaos, the Pingliang Incident, Wang Fuchen rebelled, and Kangxi ordered Tuhai and Zhou Peigong to conquer.After the Pingliang War, Wang Fuchen was defeated and surrendered. Kangxi deeply hated Wang Fuchen's treachery, and secretly ordered Wang Fuchen to be summoned to the capital to prepare for Ling Chi's execution.Seeing that Wang Fuchen was happily preparing to go to Beijing to "receive the reward", Tu Hai was really sympathetic, so he secretly leaked the news.However, Wang Fuchen couldn't bear to let Tuhai be involved. After being drunk, the command officer covered his face with wet tissue paper one by one, and died of suffocation.Hearing Kangxi's questioning like this, Tu Hai knew that he couldn't hide it anymore, he swallowed and said: "The master asked about this, the slave has nothing to say..." Jie Shu said beside him: "Why do you dodge, a man must dare to do things. Take responsibility!" Xiong Cilu also said: "Master asked, how can you say 'nothing to say'? It's an anecdote!"

Tu Hai said in a trembling voice: "The two lords have taught you very well. Back then, the servant was ordered to be the General of Fuyuan, and the edict originally had the purpose of 'doing things cheaply'. Zhou Peigong entered the dangerous city alone, and persuaded Wang Fuchen to surrender. He once said that he would sacrifice his wealth and life with his ministers Keeping the king and his ministers safe... If you don't kill the king and ministers, you will not be able to maintain the country's discipline, that is, you are disloyal; sending Wang and ministers to Beijing to suffer from Ling Chi not only has no faith in Wang Fu's giant words, but also traps Zhou Peigong in benevolence and injustice - a dilemma In between, the minister took one of them and made Wang Fuchen commit suicide to apologize..."

Kangxi didn't make a sound after listening, stood up with a livid face, walked a few steps in his boots, and said with a long sigh: "In this way, you are loyal, benevolent, righteous, why don't you think about it for me? How did I treat him back then? He? He undressed him, pushed him to feed him—but what about him? He killed my Minister of Economics and Strategy, and I ordered him to make up for his mistakes and forget the past, but he still went the other way, trampling the land of the three provinces, ravaging millions of lives, and lightly If he committed suicide lightly, everything would be over! If he hadn’t turned back, Wu Sangui would have been killed two years earlier, so why would it be too difficult to build a Hall of Supreme Harmony?” Kangxi said with sadness and joy, tears bursting out of his eyes.Xiong Cilu, Jie Shu and the guards all witnessed the past when Wang Fuchen was appointed out of Beijing, and Kangxi gave him a gun and favored him, and his gentle words comforted him. When they thought of the past, they were all terribly moved, but they heard Kangxi say again: "My strict decree I really wanted to see him again when I asked him to come to Beijing, and think about why I misunderstood this person at the beginning, I have always wondered how a person could be so ungrateful so quickly..." Before he finished speaking, the picture Haizao boiled all over, and fell to the ground sobbing.

Seeing Kangxi's sentimentality, Jie Shu hurriedly persuaded him: "Long live is the co-lord of the world, and he has the capacity to tolerate the universe. Wang Fuju committed suicide in fear of crime, and he was punished by heaven. This slave thinks that this matter...is free from prosecution."

"Pass the decree, Yu Guozhu will take the post of Jin deputy capital censor." Kangxi wiped his tears and sat down, then said to Tu Hai, "You are a meritorious minister. You led 3 people in half a month to wipe out Chahar and wiped out the Pingliang rebels. More than one hundred thousand yuan has made great contributions to the imperial court, but the merits and demerits must be clearly distinguished - you will be promoted to the first-class uncle to reward your achievements, and your eyes and feathers will be removed as a punishment!"

The first class uncle of Jin Dynasty was a very heavy reward, and pulling out the flower feathers was a very shameful punishment, but Kangxi gave it to one person at the same time.Jie Shu and others didn't realize what was going on, but Xiong Cilu found it a little weird.After thinking about it, there is no better way to deal with it.While thinking about it, Tu Hai kowtowed deeply and said, "I thank you, my servant!"

"Get up." Kangxi had regained his composure, took a sip of tea, and said to Xiong Cilu with a smile, "As for the money, you can go down and discuss with Tu Hai, whether you can spare some money from his military pay Come to help the Mongolian refugees—he has plenty of money, don’t be afraid to make him poor! I am clear in my heart, including you, Jieshu, in a war, soldiers and bandits are indistinguishable.”

Kangxi lived in Kaifeng for six days, and every day he would go to the banks of the Yellow River to see the water conditions. He had probably seen more than a dozen breaches and embankments.On the seventh day, I made a special trip to see Niu Town, the largest breach subway.

Tieniu Town is located more than 17 miles northeast of Kaifeng, the provincial capital. It has always been a place that has been repeatedly repaired and often flooded.Because of the principle of mutual generation and restraint of the twelve earthly branches in astrology, ugliness belongs to the yin earth, which is opposite to the yang water.Hence the name "Iron Bull Town".In the autumn of the [-]th year of Kangxi, the levee broke again, and thousands of hectares of fertile land outside the levee were razed to a desolate beach.

During the day, the dim sun hangs lazily in the middle of the sky, and occasionally you can see owls and roofs buried in the sand dunes.

"Xiong Dongyuan," Kangxi asked after a long time while riding a horse, with tight lips, squinting his eyes and looking at the roaring Yellow River in the distance, "You have read the history of twenty-one, and you know how many times this river has changed its course. What time?" Xiong Cilu hurriedly followed Kangxi, leaned forward and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention, but I really can't calculate it, probably every ten years, three to fifty years, there will always be a diversion, and the breach will occur almost every year. Yes—this is the source of misfortune and good fortune bestowed upon China by God!" "It should be called the river of merit and demerit. The merit is too great to be rewarded, and too great to be punished." Kangxi said with emotion, "during my reign, even if Other things are mediocre, but curing this river is a great achievement!"

Kangxi's tone was very serious. Both Xiong Cilu and Jieshu knew that the task of harnessing the river was difficult and had been regarded as a major headache by all dynasties, so they did not dare to speak up easily.Kangxi reined in the reins and walked slowly, and said again: "Nowadays, it seems that the most rare talent is not the talent of the general. Wenzhi has you by my side, manage the officials and the civil affairs well, and the people don't make trouble; what about fighting? Tu Hai, Zhou Peigong, Zhao Liangdong, and Cai Yurong are those who understand land warfare; Shi Lang and Yao Qisheng understand water warfare. But what about those who understand river control? Since I came to power, I have changed four river governors, and none of them have succeeded! Alas... "

"The Sacred Heart is so merciful, God will bless you, Lord, please don't be too anxious." Xiong Cilu couldn't be comforted, and said with a wry smile, "Yesterday, the mansion reported that Jin Fu is already on his way, let him try it." Jie Shu clapped his hands Sighed: "Aren't there any talents? But those who can control rivers may not be good at stereotyped theory. From a child-born scholar to a juren, he was promoted step by step from a county magistrate. When the court knows that he can control water, it will take a thousand miles." Might not be able to find one."

Kangxi listened, thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "So I don't pay much attention to the imperial examination. It is considered another way to save donations. Tomorrow, I will issue another decree, ordering the officials of various provinces to visit talents secretly. It is not limited to river governance. Anyone who knows astronomy, geography, numeracy, calendar, rhythm, calligraphy and painting, poetry, machinery, and anyone who has a skill must be recommended to a minister to be raised. If he is a scholar, he can come out to be an official if he does well. Jin Fu was recommended not only by Mingzhu, but also by Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei. Maybe he can really do something, let’s talk about it when we return to Beijing.”

When mentioning Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei, no one dared to speak.Both of these two were Jinshi in the ninth year of Kangxi. They were both friends of the year and friends from the same hometown, but now they have turned their faces.Chen Menglei was originally entrusted with the secret purpose of serving as an official at Geng Jingzhong's office, and it was agreed that Li Guangdi, who was in mourning, would report to the court the information about the rebellion.However, Li Guangdi's report to the court did not mention Chen Menglei.Now that Geng Jingzhong was defeated, Chen Menglei was brought into Beijing as a rebel and felon, and his "Letter to the City God" and "Letter of Breaking Friendship with Li Guangdi" became popular all over the world, but Li Guangdi impeached Chen Menglei for being ungrateful, treacherous, willing to follow the thief, and the imperial order won the lawsuit The government and the public know it.Thinking of them suddenly, Kangxi was upset for a while, and leaped up a sand dune, looking at the Yellow River from afar.When the river wind blew, Kangxi's sapphire blue robe lifted Lao Gao.

"What are you guys doing? Get to the town over there soon!" A man on the distant bank stretched out his arms, as if he was testing the wind force and direction, and he seemed to be visually observing the embankment on the other side, and shouted at Kangxi. , "Hey, let's talk about you guys! You dozen or so rich men don't want to live anymore? To see the scenery, go to the iron tower in the city!"

Wu Dan, the imperial guard behind Kangxi, saw that this man was being rude, and jumped forward with his legs between the horse's belly, pointed at him with a whip and shouted: "You can control me, man?"

(End of this chapter)