Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter Three
Kangxi giggled and said, "You probably still think that this place is the capital of Yuan Dynasty! Perhaps, you still think that I am the descendant of the Jurchens, who were once defeated by your ancestors? Now the descendants of the Jurchens are under your control. Kneeling three times and knocking nine times, I feel a little uncomfortable, don't you?" Gelong was taken aback by the question, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no, we Boshuo Ketuhan people all know: God only blesses those who have People of Germany. We surrender to the Great Bogda Khan. We come to pay tribute, but I don’t know why Bogda Khan refuses to receive us!”

"You don't look like a submissive person, so I don't bother to see you!" Kangxi said with no expression on his face, "I have issued an order to bring the murderer to justice."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" Gelong was taken aback, "Dorji was sent by the minister, if you want to kill him, kill me!"

"It's too late," Kangxi said, "At this time his head has already fallen to the ground."

Ge Long was shocked, staring at Kangxi with both hands on the ground, and said after a while: "Your Majesty, this will cause trouble! He is chasing Baori Longmei!" Kangxi laughed loudly: "Say it slowly, he chased the wrong person, just say It’s really Baori Longmei. Since she came to the capital, she should be protected by the national law! You talk about military affairs, okay, come on!——Tell you, our 70 troops have already destroyed Wu Sangui’s old lair, and we are worrying that there is no use for us What!" Gelong didn't expect Kangxi to say these words, and his face turned pale with anger.

"Human feelings, natural principles, and national laws should be like this." Kangxi suddenly changed his tone, appearing gentle and amiable. "If someone breaks the ban in Zhungeer, won't your Galdan ignore it? So you don't have to feel ashamed. This is for your own good, and it is also for the good of Galdan. ——Everyone should take care of their reputation !dont you agree?"

"Yes..." Gron swallowed, his voice trembling.

Kangxi smiled slightly, got up and bent over, helped Gelong up, patted him on the shoulder and smiled and said, "You are so arrogant, why bother? You are from Arabtan, right? Dolji relied on his relationship with Galdan It's an alliance brother who took away a large piece of grassland from you. Is there such a thing? Didn't I provoke you? He violated the king's law, who can save him? Why should you be sad?" The majestic words made my heart feel hot.After being stunned for a while, he said slowly: "He is the deputy envoy, I...go back..." "It doesn't matter if you go back." Kangxi said, "Of course I don't make it difficult for you. When you go back and bring the imperial edict, I canonize Galdan as Khan, don’t hold him accountable for murdering his father and brother to seize the throne. You and his nephew Arabtan persuaded him to guard the western frontier and not to oppose the imperial court. It will be beneficial to him——Prince Niebuhr of Chahar You know, the orthodox descendant of Kublai Khan! He rebelled, and it will be over in twelve days. Twelve days, understand?"

This imperial edict was what Gelong wanted during his ten-thousand-mile trip. Unexpectedly, Kangxi, who was furious just now, became a Bodhisattva in a blink of an eye. !Gelong really felt everything in his heart at this moment, blushing, bowed his head and said: "Thank you Bogda Khan for your kindness! You must obey the oracle!"

"Reward Ge Long with a thousand bolts of Ning silk, and we will discuss Galdan's reward again!" Kangxi laughed, "You have been neglected in the past few months, so don't take it to heart—ask Ge Erdan to take a look, Zhen What kind of person! Come, take Gron to receive the reward!"

Watching Gelong go out, Kangxi put away his smile and said, "Gelong is not difficult to deal with, but Geerdan is! This man has a strong will and should not be underestimated. It's a pity that our affairs are not finished here, and we have no time to deal with them." Ah!" Seeing He Guizhu, the head of the upper study room, holding a stack of papers, he said, "Is there any urgent paperwork? Go look in the mirror and see how you look! You are a sixth-rank official anyway, so it's still the same as usual. What a shopkeeper's temperament!" Then everyone took a closer look, and saw that He Guizhu was not wearing a gown, his robe was crumpled, his collar was tucked up and turned upside down, and there was a layer of greasy mud on it. He probably had a cold from the cold, and his eyes and nose were rubbed It's flushed, and it looks like a wimp all over.Only Mingzhu knew that his wife was ill and was too busy to treat her, so she couldn't help grinning.

"Respond to the master's words——Ah!" He Guizhu replied, and couldn't help but sneezed, "The slave was walking halfway, because the rain soaked the paper bag, so he had to take off his coat and wrap it—there is a whole body inside. There is another copy of the discussed memorial, which was sent in urgently by Liubaili, the governor of Henan. Yu Guozhu, the censor Yu Guozhu, encloses Peng Xueren's papers on impeaching the Huayuankou river channel." The words reminded Kangxi.He opened the packet and said, "It is said that Peng Xueren came in—knowing that he took off his coat and wrapped the memorial, he knows the general idea! What I mean is that your temperament is the same as when I first met you 17 years ago. There is no gap between a gentleman and a villain. If you don't study and don't raise your spirit, you will never be reborn! I wanted to promote you and let you out to be a Daoist, but you are so virtuous, how can you do it?" He Guizhu wiped off his sweat and said with an apologetic smile: "Long live Lord taught you a very good lesson! This slave! You cheap, vipers and scorpions are out of place. The servants should read more articles!"

Kangxi ignored him, and went to see the notes presented by the governor of Henan, Fang Haozhi.While watching, he frowned and scratched with his nails.After half a day, he raised his head and took a deep breath.Mingzhu bowed and said, "What happened in Henan?"

"He protects Peng Xueren," Kangxi said in a low voice, "and said that thousands of people in Qingjiang area carried [-] people's umbrellas and braved the rain to transport [-] shi of grain, and sent it to Beijing by dry road, and it has already arrived in Kaifeng..."

"Food?" Everyone was surprised and stared at Kangxi.

Kangxi took a heavy breath, and said: "... is pleading for Yu Chenglong's life. It seems... I have wronged Yu Chenglong..."

"Long live!" Mingzhu called out, and was about to speak, but Kangxi stopped him with a wave of his hand, and said: "You must not speak ill of Jackie Chan again. A good mother and a good minister are gathered together, and should be rewarded, but I..." Said Without saying a word, he walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back.

Peng Xueren had been in for a while, but he didn't dare to trespass because he didn't obey the order, so he knelt under the wet alcove, saw Kangxi coming out, kowtowed and said: "Long live Peng Xueren, the guilty minister!"

"Oh!" Kangxi froze for a moment, then sneered and said, "Your name is Peng Xueren? You knelt outside for half a day and got cold, how does it feel?" Swallowed by the flood, the slaves dare not speak coldly." Kangxi snorted: "So you are a good official, and you still remember the people in the world! Let me ask you, where are the prefect and Tongzhi of Zhengzhou now?"

"They... all died..."

"How did you survive?" Kangxi said, "Oh, I understand, you are on the river engineering, so the flood has given you favor!"

"If you go back to Long Live..." Peng Xueren swallowed, and cried, "...At that time, the flood flooded the embankment, and the prefect Huang Jincai and Tong Zhi Ma Xin threw themselves into the river. The three agreed that slaves would go to Beijing to lead them to death. Later, the embankment collapsed Sinking, because the servant has a little knowledge of water, he rushed down for more than sixty miles before climbing up..."

These are not in Yu Guozhu's ginseng book, Kangxi's heart sank, and he paused for a while and asked: "How many breaches were there at that time?" Peng Xueren raised his head and thought for a while, and replied: "First, six places, and five places are blocked. , the slaves are in the biggest place, and they are about to join the dragon, because the sandbags are used up, and the success falls short....It's all over, it's all over, my master!" Tears welled up in his eyes, but he didn't dare to cry out loudly, he could only sob under his throat .Kangxi couldn't help but feel a little pain when he heard it: even the sandbags are not enough, what's the use of blaming the river?But Peng Xueren's job is to control the water, so it makes sense for Yu Guozhu to participate in the impeachment.Kangxi thought, frowned and looked at the sky, and said: "Go down, I have ordered Anhui governor Jin Pu to be the governor of the river, you go to work under his curtain!"

After Kangxi finished speaking, he turned and went back to the hall, stroking his short beard that had just grown up and said to Xiong Cilu, "The governor of Shandong is called Yu Chenglong, and the county magistrate of Qingjiang is also called Yu Chenglong. Are they the same family?" Xiong Cilu didn't know, but Guan Suo Etu, who was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, said: "It's a brother of the same clan." "Interesting." Kangxi smiled and said: "Show an edict: Xiao Yu Jackie Chan will be promoted to the prefect of Ningbo, and Ge Li's book must be strictly refuted!"

"I don't understand, do you?" Kangxi saw everyone looking at each other in astonishment, and replied, "I read Ge Li's book last night, and I was so angry that I couldn't help it. Today I read Fang Haozhi's capital preservation, and Fang was right! In this case, the Qingjiang River was trapped by water, and 10,000+ hungry people were trapped in the city. Yu Chenglong was the parent and official of the whole city. Can he sit and watch the people accumulate food like a mountain and starve to death? This is called benevolence and cleanliness; The people who will be violent are called loyal and bright; obeying the mother's order and resisting the chaos of the power is called filial and straight; -- such a virtuous mother and good official should of course be praised. Stupid and rotten!" Kangxi said eloquently, after a long silence, he sighed and said: "After a long rain, it will be clear, at least the sky will be clear soon! Now that it is clear, there is still hope for this year's autumn grain..."

(End of this chapter)