Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 85 Touring Jinling Hundreds of Officials to Receive Longyu and Present Evil Books
"What are you panicking about?" Han Liu's spirit was lifted immediately, she stood up abruptly, and said in a sharp voice, "No chaos!—Brother, hurry up and hold back, in case someone refuses to join in and cause trouble—with me, You can't afford it!"

Liu Tiecheng glanced blankly at everyone in the hall, and moved his bloodless lips.Weakly ordered: "Brothers, all... put down your swords and guns - it's all up to my sister!" Almost at the same time, dozens of guards rushed out from the back door of the hall, and surrounded Kangxi in the center.

"Wu Dan," Kangxi smiled reservedly, waved his hand and ordered, "Go out and see whose soldier it is."

"Cha..." Wu Dan promised not to leave, there were dozens of bandits inside and outside the hall, how could he "get out"?Gao Shiqi understood, and said with a smile, "I'd better go and have a look." After saying that, he lifted his robe and went away. For a while, the hall and courtyard were as dead as an ancient tomb.

When the time passed, Gao Shiqi came in with a fourth-rank military officer who was full of confusion. The military officer saw Wu Dan at a glance. He was originally on an errand in Shanpu Camp, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Master Zhuang, you are always here." here!"

"Don't shout nonsense, you boy, I am now Wu Dan!" Wu Dan said coldly, "Master Long Live is here, so of course I am too!"

Long Live!Kangxi is actually here today!Like five thunderbolts, all the people who didn't know opened their mouths and eyes widened in horror, and froze on the spot like a wooden sculpture of clay, only Kangxi was shaking his folding fan coolly.

"See you!"

Gao Shiqi shouted loudly with a long voice, and knelt down first.

This sound woke up all the officers, soldiers and bandits. Liu Tiexiang, who had been distracted, was shocked by the electric shock, fell to the ground in the hall for a while, turned over and knelt down again, and just kowtowed regardless of his body.Suo'etu, Mingzhu, Jin Fu, Chen Huangyan, Han Liu's family and a large group of swordsmen and thieves all knelt down on the ground.

"Liu Tiecheng." Kangxi glanced at the crowd comfortably, walked slowly into the hall, stood in front of Liu Tiecheng who was lying on the ground, and said, "You have committed a crime that can be punished, and you are considered a blessed person if you are destined to meet me. Jokingly speaking, since Fu promised to comfort you, there is absolutely no reason to turn back. I will send you to Gubeikou to serve in the ancient army, and I will make atonement after you have made meritorious service!"

Liu Tiecheng didn't understand etiquette, and stared at him not knowing how to answer.Gao Shiqi gestured behind Kangxi, and he hurriedly kowtowed, and said nondescriptly: "Thank you, Long Live, Son of Heaven! Since Ling'er, our hundreds of brothers are all old, Long Live, you. If you work hard, you can make a wife and son rich and powerful..."

After Liu Tiecheng and the others retreated, Kangxi beckoned to Chen Huang and said with a smile: "Tonight I was planning to discuss river affairs with you in detail, and I didn't want to kill Liu Tiecheng halfway. There is no time to talk in detail. I think you are not amazing, but you are talented. Very good, I will give you the fourth grade first as a Daoist, and you are still in the Jinfu tent, so you can do it, and I will have a place to go in the future." After saying that, I ordered: "Send me!"

After the Duanyang Festival in May, Ge Li, the governor of Liangjiang, received a message from Jin Fu, saying that Kangxi's southern patrol car arrived in Nanjing on the seventh day of the lunar month.As the Governor, he did not dare to be negligent at all, and hurriedly ordered people to pave the road and decorate the road, close the guards, and in the early morning, he led the city's civil servants and military generals to greet the official ten miles away.

At that time, it was the official card, He Zhu, the eunuch of Li Li.He brought twenty eunuchs on flying horses to report, saying that the holy car would arrive immediately, and ordered all the officials to kneel down to meet him.In an instant, 24 cannons hung with bright yellow silk on both sides of the royal road roared to the sky, and the Jinyi band that had been trained in advance raised the Sheng Huang and played the bells and drums together.Amidst the sound of the rumbling cannons, Kangxi was supported by Suo'etu and Mingzhuxu to read the imperial chariot, stepped onto the loess high platform, stood facing south, and accepted civil and military officials' dust and dance worship with a smile.

"Slave Ge Li pays homage to Long Live!" After the ceremony was over, Ge Li knelt a step forward, kowtowed and said, "Please, I don't know which palace my master will be in?"

Kangxi ignored it, and searched among the officials with brilliant feathers. Seeing that Guo Xiu was also there, he turned back and asked Suo'etu, "Why is Guo Xiu here?" Suo'etu hurriedly bowed and replied, "He The one who came last month was an errand sent by the Dali Temple." Kangxi nodded, walked in front of Jackie Chan, stretched out his arms, and said with a smile: "Yu Zhenjia, I crossed the Qingjiang River, and the common people there are discussing to cover you. Shengci, your official reputation is not bad!"

"I have already heard about this matter as a slave." Yu Chenglong hurriedly said, "How virtuous and capable a slave is, I absolutely dare not take it. I have written a book to my mother to dissuade this useless move."

Kangxi smiled and said: "It may not be a useless act. Your mother is very virtuous. She couldn't accept the daily welcome of scholars, people, officials and businessmen in Qingjiang. She thought it was troublesome. She has already come to Nanjing. I even asked the guards to send Cheng Yi!" All the officials nodded their heads, then turned around and came back, smiling at Ge Li: "You are much thinner than before, what's the big deal to torture you like this? Anyway, be careful!"

Although the words were spoken very peacefully, there were bones in them. Ge Li couldn't help being shocked, and hurriedly said: "This slave is an old man. He has a bad appetite and can't eat in recent years. He has this bit of dog and horse disease. It’s rare to have a big heart and a fat body—if the Holy Majesty finds it uncomfortable to live in the palace, it would be very convenient to move to the governor’s office.”

"I live in Wei Dongting's mansion." Kangxi said, "You know that the palace is under the gunfire of Yang Qilong, let alone your little governor's mansion? I'm afraid Wei Dongting's private house will have less trouble!" Hearing these words, Sweat dripped from Ge Li's head immediately, and he was about to kowtow to answer, when Kangxi said again: "You don't need to make an apology, I have already read your apology, and there will be an imperial edict for you soon. ——All the gentlemen kneel down !” After finishing speaking, he ordered Fa to drive into the city.

Yu Chenglong went all the way back to Nanjing Daoya, remembering the scene when he was interviewed by Kangxi just now.I can't tell what it's like in my heart, I just feel that my five internal organs are boiled, and it's not peaceful to lie down or sit down.When I bring up my pen to make a poem, I feel confused and can't write a good sentence.While he was in a daze, his family member Yu Lu came in and said, "My lord, Mr. Guo Xiu, the censor, is here to worship!"

Yu Chenglong hurriedly gathered his mind and said: "Please!" When he was wearing his hat and was about to go out to meet him, Guo Xiu had already strode in and said with a smile: "Zhenjia, I'm here to congratulate you!" Yu Chenglong said as he gave up his seat : "You have learned this too, it's unbearably vulgar. Being an official is one's duty not to be corrupt. Only because there are too many corrupt officials, those who are not corrupt are commended. Thinking about it carefully, it's a bit chilling to be ashamed." Yu Lusu knew that the master admired Guo Xiu very much on weekdays, so he brewed two cups of Yuqian tea collected by Jackie Chan and served it.

Guo Xiu sipped his tea, looked at the pictures of dishes hanging on the wall, pondered for a long time, and said with a smile: "Even so, it is still admirable to receive such great love and kindness from the Holy Majesty. I just saw Wei Dongting and heard that the Majesty intended to order You are the governor of Jiangnan. No matter what, it is always a good thing for the people!" Yu Chenglong smiled and said: "Where is this saying? There has never been such an extraordinary promotion, and I can't afford it."

"Breakthrough!" Guo Xiu laughed loudly, "Compared to Mingzhu, a third-class bodyguard was appointed as Zuodu Censor; compared to Gao Shiqi who moved seven times a day; what kind of breakup is this? I am so happy that the court has one more good minister. , the people have to protect the people and keep the officials upright.”

When he said this, Yu Chenglong also believed it a little bit. He sipped his tea for a long time without making a sound. After a long time, he sighed: "It's hard to go straight! If it weren't for the Lord's sage, fools like you and me would have been put on the cutting board long ago." Chopped up."

"Today I am also very restless, and I really want to talk to you." Guo Xiu also sighed, "According to what I read in history, the current emperor is really the master of life. To be honest, I underestimated the emperor. , because there is a world of Huayi in my heart. When I was a child, I came to see the Lord’s actions, and I am not willing to sink, and I really want to do something with my meager efforts.” “Oh?” Yu Chenglong smiled, “You are disrespectful, You are already indispensable in the history books, so what are you going to do?" After thinking for a while, he added, "Besides, now the Lord Mingchen Xian, what do you have to do?"

Guo Xiu said with a sneer: "Your words are only half right: the lord is true, but the minister is not necessarily! I don't hesitate to speak, not as deep as you. To tell the truth: I thought the lord has been beaten by the group of young people. Surrounded!"

This sentence is too heavy, Yu Chenglong was stunned for a moment.I couldn't speak for a while.But I heard Guo Xiu speak frankly: "Suo'etu relied on his merits to do evil. He only sold more than 180 officials in the official department, and he got millions of taels of stolen money. The civil and military courts are full of civil and military affairs. Except for Li Guangdi, who is a hypocrite, no one believes in it. No way; Mingzhu and Gao Shiqi both walked into the city of Beijing like beggars. You go to their house to have a look. They are both wealthy, squandering gold and silver like dung, and their annual salary is only more than [-] taels. Where did he get so much money? Money? There is only one Xiong Cilu left, who only knows how to protect his life and devote himself to teaching the prince. Now he doesn’t even ask about government affairs! What kind of person can such a person teach the prince? So whenever he comes to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to give lectures, I, Guo, stay away , Never listen!" The more Guo Xiu spoke, the more impassioned and angry he became, his face flushed, "...the more benevolent and generous the master is, the more strict the ministers should be to discipline themselves. In the past few years, they have become more and more unscrupulous! The rule of Tianbao, the chaos of Tianbao in the future, the teacher who never forgets the past, sometimes I think of it, I really feel heartbroken!"

Yu Chenglong listened silently, the joyful and excited thoughts in his heart were completely washed away.But he is a man with a plan, unlike Guo Xiu, who is so passionate that he will do it regardless of 21 [-].As he pondered, he said: "What you said is not unreasonable. I hear you want to be reckless. Brother, listen to me, except for Gao Shiqi, the rest of you were in the lord when the lord was in charge of peace in the 'San Francisco'. They are all meritorious. If there are no good people in the study, then even the emperor will be bad, have you thought about this?"

Guo Xiu took a deep breath, he hadn't really thought about this matter, if he called the people who went to the study room "rats", how could Kangxi have any "clearness" to speak of?

"In order to beat the mice without hurting the vase, we can only do it one by one," Yu Chenglong looked out of the window with deep eyes, "It is my responsibility to destroy the turbidity and raise the cleanliness. If we want to do such a thing in today's world, who else can I do?" Guo Listening to Jackie Chan's voice, Xiu seemed to be ready to shoot the first shot. Thinking about Suo and Ming's protégés and old officials all over the world, and the huge network of palace bureaucrats, it is really chilling.Guo Xiu gritted his teeth and thought for a while, then said: "The two of us will join hands to make a deal, and we will first overthrow the thief Mingzhu." There has never been a book of power and treachery. This matter has to be slowed down, and he has spotted his most easily defeated misdeeds. I will take the lead. You will also go to the book, and the courtiers swarmed up to participate in the impeachment. The Lord is the sage Ruiduan, he must be taken away!"

The two of them were talking about entering Hong Kong, when Yu Lu came in from outside and said, "Master, someone from Wei's mansion has been sent to order the master to meet the emperor!" Yu Chenglong hurriedly got up and replied respectfully: "Yes." Guo Xiu's hand said: "Brother Guo, if you participate in the book together, the master will be suspicious. I will do it in Nanjing first, and you will go back to Beijing to make some preparations. One book will not make up to ten books. If you can't do it in one year, you can continue to work in the next year. You can't let it down." Your Majesty's kindness." After saying that, he left.Guo Xiu watched Yu Jackie go out the second door all the time, and then ordered the sedan chair to go back to the post station.

Wei Dongting's private residence is located in Qingren Lane, eight miles away from Yu Jackie Chan's Daotai mansion. It was the end of the unitary era when Yu Chenglong arrived at Wei's mansion.At the entrance of Qingren Lane, Yu Chenglong got out of the sedan chair, only to find that Qingren Lane had been completely demolished and widened by more than a foot, and a white wall at Yingjiekou was two miles long. The green tree mother-in-law hides several pavilions and pavilions.It turned out that Wei Dongting borrowed 50 silver from the treasury for two major construction projects in preparation for the emperor's southern tour.Yu Chenglong was secretly sighing in amazement, the guard Su Lun who was waiting in front of the stone workshop had seen it long ago, and hurriedly waved: "Master Yu, I just sent a message to ask you, please come in quickly!"

Yu Chenglong followed Su Lun straight to Yimen, seeing Governor Ge Li kneeling at the door of the study, he asked Su Lun: "Master is in the study?"

"Not here," Su Lun said with a smile, "Master has ordered him to kneel here for more than half an hour. He messed up the errand of the master's southern tour, and today he gave away a book about self-cultivation, Taoism and longevity. The not-so-old Langshu came, which annoyed the emperor—isn’t that Lord Ming and Lord Suo coming? Let’s hear what’s the purpose?” When Yu Chenglong looked at it, he saw Suo’etu and Mingzhu coming out of the moon gate in the South Garden one after the other. , only nodded slightly to Jackie Chan, and then walked towards Ge Li.

"Ge Li," Suo'etu said unhurriedly with a gloomy expression, "I have a question for you."

Ge Li kowtowed uneasily, and said with a smile, "My slave, Ge Li, listened respectfully to the oracle."

"The rebel Yang Qilong set up guns in the two palaces of Mochou Lake and Baishadu, with the intention of rebellion. You reported that the firearms ordered by the Governor's Office were not lost. Today, I checked the firearms battalion's equipment list, and there is no account. "Suo'etu said carefully, "I want to ask you, how do you know that the cannon is not lost?"

Ge Li's face was as pale as paper, but he soon calmed down again, and replied softly, "There are 24 cannons in the Jiangnan camp. Because the number is limited, the slaves have always managed them by themselves, so they have not been recorded in the account. There are always slaves. Careless heart, poor performance, this is a crime, I beg the master to be severely punished!" Suo Etu took a breath, and said: "I ask you by order, the southern tour is such a big event, you intend to build the palace at the gunpoint of the rebels Next. After the incident happened, I wrote a letter of apology, blindly evasive, and did not take the blame and resigned from the governor, and questioned the crime. When I came to Nanjing, you dared to write a book of evil spirits to me, intending to flatter and deceive me! You Why are you so shameless?" Ge Li listened to the stern tone of the oracle, cold sweat dripped from his head, he bowed his head and did not dare to lift it, and replied in a trembling voice: "Slaves are shameless, and there is a way to lose humanity. My lord asked At this point, what else can I say to the slave, I always ask the emperor to issue a strict order!"

"Ge Li listens to the decree!" Mingzhu showed no expression on her face, and slowly unfolded the Huangfeng imperial edict, declaring loudly: "Ge Li is the governor-general, and a great official in the frontiers, he should be meticulous, honest, loyal to his duties, and repay the country's favor. He was ordered to prepare for the Southern Tour's heavy code, neglected and contemptuous, and appointed bandits, so that the rebels succeeded in their schemes. I am not guilty, but this member is shameless and has no fear of inducing guilt. He is really obtuse. By Ge Resigned from office, and sent to Yan'an Prefecture to serve in the army, so as to see the effect later. I respect this!"

"Thank you, sir!" Ge Li kowtowed deeply.Mingzhu took away Ge Li's most important person, changed her face, smiled and rolled up Ge Li, and said: "In the path of an official, honor and disgrace are common things, so you don't have to worry too much about it. Land, the Lord told you to go, and there will be an order in the future, as long as you do your job well, it will not be difficult to get back—don’t be so depressed, go, go to the front and ask Hu Chen to make a banquet, and I will give you a farewell farewell!" Suo Er Tu accompanied Mingzhu and Ge Licai to walk a few steps, turned around and saw Yu Jackie standing in a daze, hurriedly said: "Zhenjia, you still not going in? The master is waiting to see you in Zhenxia Pavilion!"

Yu Chenglong forced a smile and nodded. Today, he saw the city of "Xiangchen" as an eye-opener.He doesn't know Suo'etu's thoughts, but Mingzhu has always suppressed and criticized Ge Li in every possible way, and anyone with a discerning eye is sharp-eyed.Ge Li dismissed Mingzhu as the happiest, but his comforting words were warm and pleasant.Can you beat this scheming?While thinking about it, he followed Su Lun to the South Garden in a twists and turns.

(End of this chapter)