Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

chapter 68
"Nowadays the world has just come to peace. In recent years, it has been rumored that the third prince Zhu sneaked into the south of the Yangtze River, and several magistrates arrested him. They were all dismissed and transferred as soon as they had a clue. The culprit has not been found, so it is very worrying!" Zhang Bonian said calmly.In fact, he himself suffered such a big misfortune this time, which is fundamentally the reason.

He doubted very much that Yang Qisheng was nesting in the Governor's Mansion, but now he is fighting with Ge Like, so if he said it, he would suspect revenge, because he said vaguely, "... For example, there is a Pilu courtyard next to Longtan. Incense was flourishing, there was a cloud of tourists, and there was a great mix of people. The year before last, four eminent monks showed their promise to pass away. This year, the minister is in prison. I don’t know what happened. This is also suspicious! How can you reassure people?"

Kangxi thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Isn't it child's play for an eminent monk to announce that he will sit down four times in two years? Have you checked it?" Zhang Bonian said with a wry smile: "How can I have time! The construction of the palace and the academy will be punished before it is finished. I just went to the Pilu Courtyard to inspect it once, and then I was relieved to be investigated." Kangxi thought about the matter, and felt that he would not be clear if he asked again, so he smiled and said: "You were surprised today. Some things will be delayed later. Take it easy—your property of less than five taels is called plagiarism, and you are too poor. Come, reward Zhang Bonian with 300 taels of silver!"

Standing at the bottom of the steps, Kangxi ordered someone to bring in a sedan chair to carry Zhang Bonian out, and also ordered Gao Shiqi to take Zhang Bonian and his son to the mansion so that they could live and breathe, and watched them go out in the drizzle.

Kangxi changed into a micro-clothes, rode a horse with Mu Zixu each, and left Donghua Gate one after the other.Seeing that Mu Zixu was silent, Kangxi immediately turned around and said with a smile, "Zixu, have you been with me for more than ten years?"

"Respond to the master's words." Mu Zixu bowed his body and replied, "The servant was the one who followed Brother Hu Chen from the dragon in the sixth year of Kangxi."

"It's not easy, I've survived so many life-and-death junctures." Kang Qing said with emotion, and then smiled again: "I heard that you married Xiao Weizi? It's been mentioned in Xiao Weizi's booklet, and you feel bored like a gourd." Are you afraid of eating your wedding wine?" Mu Zixu was taken aback, and laughed quickly: "I don't dare to expect to have such a big face. I thought it was a private matter for my sons and daughters, so I didn't dare to disturb the master." Kangxi smiled, Said: "You, Xiaoweizi, Langshuang and Wudan are different from others. They are people who came out of Lian'hammer. Big and small things are just jokes. Tell me and make the master smile. It's you too." Loyalty—do you still have the job of patrolling the yamen?"

The chief of the patrol yamen is the admiral of the nine gates.Mu Zixu didn't know the meaning of Kangxi's question, so he thought about it and replied: "The slave is in charge of the Shanpu camp. In 12 years, Kangxi took over the admiral of the nine gates, but he was acting as an agent. He didn't go to the yamen to handle affairs. Now Tong Guowei, a doctor in the Ministry of War with..."

"Tong Guowei?" Kangxi reined in his horse, raised his face and thought for a while, "Is it the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Xiaokang? If it's in Xiaojiazi, it's my serious uncle—what about this person?" Mu Zixu smiled. Said: "He is very careful in dealing with things, because he is a foreign relative, he rarely interacts with others..." Kangxi rode forward, nodded and said: "Okay, knowing that being careful in this position is a good slave - I will promote him and transfer you. How about serving as the political envoy of Liangjiang and also in charge of weaving in Jiangning?"

The political envoy of Liangjiang is not a very big official, but he has a lot of power to manage the army and the people. Although Jiangning weaving is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he directly deals with the emperor.Although there have long been rumors that Mu Zixu was called to be the chief envoy, Mu Zixu was still surprised when he heard Kangxi say it personally on this occasion, so he paused and replied: "The slave is a person who is adjusted by the emperor, what should I do?" The missions are all assigned by the emperor. It’s just that... the slave was born as a young horse thief, and has worked with the emperor since the end, so I am afraid that he has failed the emperor’s trust.”

Kangxi laughed when he heard this: "Compared to Wei Dongting, you are more cautious and less aggressive. Wei Dongting thinks he is too mature and careful! Don't worry, don't worry! I will give you a Dai Lu, just like Xiao Weizi! Went there and discussed with Wei Dongting about something, it is still me who takes care of you!"

The Ministry of Household Office is located at the north T-shaped entrance of Iron Lion Alley, just a stone's throw away from the Ministry of War. of.The two monarchs and ministers got off their horses at Tingzikou, Mu Zixu saw the chaos of people coming and going at the hall, and said with a smile: "Master, when you come here, someone will recognize it, it's better not to provoke them, the servant is very familiar with you here. , let's go in through the side door. Feiyanggu is coming, and he will definitely go to the Military and Political Department to file a payment lawsuit with them—to find out!" Kangxi nodded with a smile, and then came in one after another.

The yamen was very deep, and Mu Zixu led Kangxi around, avoiding people, until he reached the northernmost house, and saw an iron sign hanging on the gate of the courtyard, which read "Emperor Shizuzhang's imperial edict: This place is a military plane." Important, civil and military officials can’t get in without a book!” A Goshha came out earlier, saw that it was Mu Zixu, and hurriedly saluted and smiled: “Hey! It’s Mu Junmen! I haven’t greeted you for a long time—please come in !"

"Are all the judges here?"

"One of the six officers was on a business trip yesterday," Ghoshha said with a smile, "The remaining five are dealing with the Feijunmen. Wait a moment, I will report to you."

Mu Zixu looked back, saw Kangxi shaking his head, and said with a smile: "You don't need to show off, brother, what kind of friendship do I have with Lao Fei? It's a coincidence!" As he said that, he and Kangxi had a quiet time. Military and political department compound.The two walked half a stone's throw along the corridor, and then they heard someone talking in the signing room.Kangxi approached the window, and when he looked through the window lattice, four or five well-dressed principals turned their backs to the window and were reporting to Feiyanggu the situation of the military settlements in various places. Looking at Feiyanggu, he almost didn't laugh: Feiyanggu was wearing a crimson red gauze gown .Lying lazily halfway on the easy chair, facing Kangxi, the 32-year-old, with an old-fashioned and exhausted look, closed his eyes and said "hmm" as if he was not sleeping.

"...The Gubei Gate where the Feijun Gate is located has a total of 600 Mongolian soldiers from Chahar. According to the military system, each person and each household should plant 40 acres, and the annual military rations are [-] catties, which should be reduced every year. Distributing [-] million catties of grain, now the household department has decided to reduce it to [-]." The principal, Xiao Jizu, was probably refuting Feiyanggu's demand for payment, and said, "Now that the military sect still says that the household department refuses to take care of it, the lowly officials will inevitably feel wronged. ..."

"Ah."

"Do you want to report the number of acres of farmland in each province to the army, so that you know what to do?"

"Yes." Fei Yanggu just nodded.

"It was all published in the mansion newspaper this year."

"Ah."

Kangxi couldn't help snickering: The principal was obviously impatient to give Feiyanggu a return, but he just wanted to "hmm"!The principal swallowed helplessly, glanced at the sleepy-eyed first-rank official, first-class bodyguard, and master commander, and quickly reported a series of numbers: "...that's it, please check carefully at the military gate, the household department You are also doing business for the emperor, how dare you do deceitful things?"

"End?"

"Yes."

Fei Yanggu sat up slowly, put his hands on his knees, he was no longer sleepy, and said slowly: "I know that you have difficulties in doing things here, but I am not here today to ask for salary. Let’s have a deep talk. Where to use soldiers in the Northwest? No matter who is the commander in chief, the emperor must use me to garrison troops at Gubeikou!" Kangxi saw that he suddenly became so energetic, and he was surprised to hear that what he said made sense, so he couldn't help nodding secretly.But hearing Feiyang Gu's tone changed, he said with a half-smile, "Brother Guangdi is busy, please tell me about the situation, why do you fight against brother instead?"

One sentence made the five people look at each other in blank dismay, Xiao Jizu stood up, bowed and sat down again, blushing and said: "Please teach me clearly, my lord."

"It's not Ming Xun." Fei Yanggu sneered, "Zhili's farmland is 740 acres, Shandong's farmland is 920 acres, Shanxi's is 290 acres, and Henan's is 510 250 mu, 95 mu in Jiangsu, Anhui is..." He went through the details of farmland in 600 provinces in one breath.There are wholes and zeros, as large as a million, as small as one or two mu, and there is no mistake. Not only Kangxi and the principals, but even Mu Zixu, who was eavesdropping, couldn't help talking. "...Not counting my Gubeikou, the total is 410 mu. You said 250 mu less - but you said the whole number for my farmland, which is actually 970 more. One mu. Mr. Xiao, I am the general of the commanding army, and I shouldn’t haggle over every detail with you like a woman—four thousand surrendered soldiers are five hundred catties each, and you give a lot, but you don’t know that each surrendered soldier is People with a family and a family can support themselves, and they still expect to pay for their food? There is a lot of trouble here, not because you are confused, but because you are unfair. If you want to go to the front to lead troops to fight like Lord Dagon, you have to mutiny! "

Although Fei Yanggu said these words eloquently and not in a harsh voice, it made the heads of several officials sweat, and they couldn't refute a word.After hearing this, Kangxi tugged at the corner of Mu Zixu's clothes, turned around and left.When he left the gate of the Military and Political Department, Mu Zixu asked, "Master, don't you want to see Fei Yanggu?"

"Haven't I seen it before?" Kangxi said with a smile, "If I want to go in, I can only see what clothes he is wearing and how he is polite. How can I see such details!"

(End of this chapter)