Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 86 Raising Army Pay, The Emperor Speaks Great Righteousness, Filial Sons and Old Mothers Speak Spring and Autumn (1)
Kangxi was writing in the Zhenxia Pavilion in Weifu South Garden.Seeing Yu Chenglong coming in, Li Dequan hurriedly came up to him with a smile and said, "Master Yu, please wait here a moment, the master will see you when he finishes writing." Yu Chenglong nodded and knelt down solemnly at the place designated by Li Dequan.

Wei Dongting's mother, Nanny Sun, has gray hair all over her head.Sitting diagonally across from Kangxi, he stared at Kangxi intently.Grandma Sun is the wet nurse of Emperor Kangxi, and she loves Kangxi more than her own son.This time when Kangxi came to Nanjing, she heard that she would live in her own house, and she was so anxious that she couldn't close her eyes for several nights.

Unexpectedly, when Kangxi entered the mansion, he kept meeting with officials stationed in Nanjing, gentry and merchants, and the elders.Seeing that it was not her turn for a while, the old lady put on the clothes of the holy lady, walked over with a stick, and quietly found a seat in the corner of the hall, her eyes were fixed on Kangxi.Kangxi was also moved to see her like this, and occasionally came over to strike up a conversation with her when he had spare time, or even offered her some tea.Although there is no time to talk, the old man is satisfied.It is unnecessary to mention the irony in Sun Nanny's heart that she has free time to write for her at this moment.

Kangxi wrote the four characters "Fuhai Shoushan", raised his head suddenly and asked, "Mum, if I come to live this time, I'm afraid I'm going to blow up your house, right?"

"It's because the ancestors of the Wei family are virtuous, and this slave earns this dignity. Others can't even dream of it—it's willing to give up the family!" Sun said with a smile on his face, "I'm afraid my master has been wronged, but I It’s a sin.” Kangxi thought for a while, and said, “It’s not a trivial matter to spend money on such a big ostentation. If you lose money, you will have to pay back the money in the end. Hmm—this year’s tariff silver will be exempted from paying [-]%, and it’s called Mu Zixu Weaving Please help me a little. Although no one is talking at the moment, it won’t be long before the censors are going to talk.” After finishing speaking, he dried the words and handed them to Mrs. Sun. Fang turned his face and called Yu Chenglong: “You always do it on your knees. What? Come here!" Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Mrs. Sun ordered people to light the lamps, and gave many orders before leaving.Kangxi took two steps back and asked: "Yu Chenglong, do you know what I asked you to do?"

Yu Chenglong pondered for a while, and replied: "I don't know."

"I intend to ask you to be the governor of Jiangsu." Kangxi sat down comfortably, took a sip of tea, and said calmly, "What do you think of this job?" The move was something I did not expect. As a subject, promotion is both joy and worry, and I am afraid that my talent will be too weak to do my job, and I will let down the emperor's painstaking efforts." Kangxi nodded in satisfaction, and put the teacup gently on the table. On the case, he said: "As the governor, you have to pay an extra 700 million stone grains to Beijing every year. Can this job be done?"

"Long live!" Yu Chenglong fell to his knees with a plop, "Two-thirds of the imperial court's annual revenue comes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the people are already suffering from too much taxation. The 'San Francisco' was flattened, and the people just breathed a sigh of relief and waited impatiently. The imperial court is light on corvees and low on taxes, how dare the ministers be greedy for merits and become officials who collect money at this time? The tyranny is fiercer than a tiger, and the ministers dare not obey the imperial edict!" Hearing his strong tone, Kangxi couldn't help laughing, and said: "Who is arguing with you? I was discussing with you! I just thought this matter would be difficult, so I entrusted you to handle it. Within five years, the Northwest will use troops, and there are no tens of millions of stone grains. How can we fight this battle?" "Hasn't the emperor fought enough?" ?" Yu Chenglong stared at Kangxi and asked, "Is this the idea of ​​Mingzhu and Suo'etu, or is it the dictatorship of Sheng Gong?"

Kangxi's face suddenly turned livid, and he glanced at Yu Chenglong coldly, got up and walked back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, and stood still in front of Yu Chenglong, seeing him looking at him without changing his face, he suddenly smiled and said: "Of course it's me!" My own ideas, I have always been alone, how can everyone in the study control me?"

"Since it is the emperor's idea," Yu Chenglong said decisively, "I think it is impossible! To destroy the 'San Francisco' rebellion is already a great loss of vitality, and the flattening of Taiwan will make the situation worse. Adding gifts, how will the people live? How did the court deal with the aftermath of the civil uprising?" Listening to this aggressive question, Kangxi seemed to have expected it, and smiled casually: "So this job is up to you! If you are a corrupt official, it will definitely spark a civil uprising, but you No, you are their "blue sky", even if the imperial grain is heavier, at most you will complain, but you will not be able to rebel. When the northwest is pacified, I will issue an edict to reduce the money and grain in the south of the Yangtze River. You are a minister, and you should have this kind of tolerance."

Yu Chenglong took a deep breath, and said in silence for a long time: "It's not that I don't want to bear the reputation of tyranny, but please think of the common people in the world, and don't lose the hearts of the people with violence, which will hurt the virtue of the emperor Yao and Shun."

"You are right." Kangxi sighed, "I just care about the common people in the world. There are billions of people in the northwest, and the land is thousands of miles away. Now they are lingering under the iron heels of Geldan. The hero of Luocha has been looking at the northwest for many years. If I just sit back and ignore the Central Plains, and one day the land, people, and treasures will be lost to the enemy, and the emperor's chariot will not show up at Jiayuguan, I ask you, what should future generations think of me as an emperor, and what will they say about you who "love the people like a son" What about upright officials?"

Yu Chenglong was shocked when he heard this, he looked at Kangxi in astonishment, and was speechless for a moment.

"Qingjiang City is besieged by water. If you cut food and save the people, I will promote you to an official; if you file a lawsuit to equalize taxes and wipe out the thieves in the territory, I will promote you again." Kangxi looked at the dancing candlelight with piercing eyes and said, "Nowadays the fertile land in the Northwest is being ravaged, and hundreds of thousands of hungry people are swarming into the Guanzhong to take refuge. You Yu Chenglong can't see or hear you, so you don't care, right?" His face was flushed, and he said after a long while: "I am short-sighted, the emperor's holy candle illuminates, and the land with hairy horns should all be blessed. If so, I will accept the holy order!" "This is the great weapon of the country!" Kangxi turned his face back, He said with a smile, "Loyal ministers, many of them can be selected in the court. Food and salary serve the king. As long as they are a little bit conscience, they can be "loyal". Such a man is very rare. Let's get up and talk."

Yu Chenglong stood up with some difficulty, thinking about Kangxi's words, it was really a pain in the ass, he was a little bit ashamed of himself even though he had studied for five carts and still kept his petty air.It took a long time before he said: "Respectfully listening to the imperial edict is really enlightening. I beg the emperor to punish the crime of disrespect!" Kangxi ignored Yu Jackie Chan's plea, and said in a low voice: "Courtesy like you and Guo Xiu, I have never doubted your "pureness" and "loyalty", but narrow-mindedness is also a serious illness. Spring and Autumn period punishes the heart, always you are too famous, aggressive, self-denial, always think from the selfishness of this thought, and be "cautious alone" Two words, it's still far away!" After saying that, he couldn't help laughing, "Kneel down!"

When Yu Chenglong returned to Quandaotai Mansion, he saw that Yu Lu was waiting at the door with a group of staff members and family members. The door opening was illuminated by lanterns and candles. What is it called? Didn’t I tell you earlier that a little girl is waiting at the door?”

"Master Zhongcheng, it's not that the slave is bold, it's the old lady who said it. When the master comes back, he will go see her!" Yu Lu replied with a smile.Then a group of people knelt down, some called "Zhongcheng", some called "Fujun", shouted "Ministry, Futai, Fuxian", there was a lot of congratulations, and Yu Chenglong, who was full of worries, was confused Don't know whether to laugh or cry, because he said: "What's the point of congratulations, get up, your ears are not so good, the emperor told me over there, and you all know here-when did the old lady arrive at the yamen?" Walk.Yu Lu followed him in, and said in his mouth: "The master left, and the old lady came back. As soon as the old man finished her dinner, Prime Minister Ming came to worship in a sedan chair, and gave the old lady congratulations and gifts..."

Hearing this, Yu Chenglong stood still and asked without turning his head: "What gift did he give? Did the old lady accept it?" "The old lady never accepts gifts, so she resigned." Yu Lu hurriedly said with a smile, "Speaking of the gift, it's not worth much. It's a porcelain Guanyin." A smile flashed across Yu Chenglong's face: his mother was different from ordinary women and Taoists.If Mingzhu really took out Gao Shiqi's calligraphy and painting, she might not be sure, but she just took it.Thinking that it was wrong for Mingzhu to please her, Yu Chenglong felt half relieved, walked a few steps into the main room, saw his mother sitting on a chair drinking tea, then knelt down, and said softly: "Mother, my son is back." It's gone." Seeing him kneeling down, all the people who came in hurriedly knelt down.

"It's Jackie Chan?" Mrs. Ding was blind, but her ears were still working.Leaning on crutches, she stood up and touched her with trembling hands, her white hair trembling under the candle.Yu Chenglong's heart became hot, two lines of tears rolled out early, kowtowed his head and hurriedly got up and helped the old lady sit back on the chair, turned around and said to everyone: "You have been busy all day today, the old lady is tired tonight, I have to wait , Today’s evening class will be waived. Since I said that I am happy to be promoted, I will take out ten taels of silver from my salary tomorrow to have fun with the family, and follow me to take over the governor’s office in Nanjing the day after tomorrow.”

(End of this chapter)