Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 97
Jin Fu rushed to Beijing just in time for the first snowfall.The snow wasn't falling very hard, but it was like fine white sand, which made the brim of the big hat rustle. Feng stirred the sleet and rushed towards his face, hitting his flushed face from the cold painfully.He is a "criminal official" and he didn't want to cause trouble for others. He went to the official department to report, and then found a clean house in Jizhu Hutong to live in. He received a court order and ordered him to hand over the sign tomorrow, and Kangxi will meet him in the Hall of Mental Cultivation .That night, a few friends of the same age came to visit in the snow. Jin Fu couldn't help but burst into tears with gratitude for such a kindness in the loneliness and desolation, and he left until the middle of the night.

I didn't sleep well all night, and when I woke up the next day, it was snowing heavily, decorating the entire city of Beijing with ice and jade.Jin Fu admired the snow in every mood, ate two bites of breakfast indiscriminately, and rented a donkey to go to Xihua Gate without sitting in the official sedan chair. He needed the snow to cool his feverish mind.

As soon as I arrived at Xihuamen, I saw the elder brother Yinti coming out of it.I haven't seen him for a few years, but he already looks like a handsome young man.Jin Fu suddenly thought that his mother was Mingzhu's cousin, so he hurriedly went up to greet Qian'er and said, "Greetings to Baylor!"

"Hmm. Isn't this Jin Fu?" Yinti said with a smile, "To see the emperor? He is in the Hall of Mental Cultivation right now, you go!" When Jin Fu wanted to ask questions, Yinti had already left.When he was in a daze, the fourth elder brother Yinzhen also came out from inside, but he also knew Jin Fu.Yinzhen was twelve years old, and his chubby face looked very simple and honest. Seeing Jin Fu standing there, he stopped and said, "It's Jin Fu! It's cold, what are you looking at?" Dark pupils. "It's the fourth master!" Jin Fu hurriedly saluted, "It was the elder brother who went out just now. It's so early, where are you going?"

"How did you know that since we were five years old, we have been going in there to study at the fourth watch every day, and now we just finished early school." Yinzhen was about to leave as he spoke, then stopped and asked, "I heard about Mingzhu's case It implicated you, but is it true?" Seeing Yinzhen's concern, Jin Fu couldn't help feeling hot in his heart, and hurriedly lowered his head and replied: "I always go to the customs and do things carelessly, causing Heaven's anger. But what is the crime of my subordinates? Gu Nao took it to the Prison Temple. I handed the sign in and asked the emperor..." "Are you talking about Chen Huang?" Yin Zhen thought for a while and said, "I heard from Master Tang Bin that he seems to be a talented man. Yes, it's a pity that you stumbled because of your careless behavior. I advise you to leave his business alone and explain the matter between you and Mingzhu to the emperor, I'm afraid it will be better."

Jin Fu shook his head and said, "Returning to Fourth Master, Jin Fu dare not betray his friends for glory. Chen Huang is really wronged!" Yinzhen smiled and said, "I'm afraid your heart is not good? It's just that you can't save Chen Huang, He and—" At this point, Jin Fu already understood that someone actually exposed the past between Chen Huang and Axiu!How can it be saved?Just as he was thinking, Yinzhen took another step forward and said with a smile: "You don't have to be suspicious of this person or that person, there are too many people who have foul tongues! You go to see the emperor, if you have any difficulties, come to Lama Temple to find me, I'm not afraid Those messy things, yesterday the Ministry of Criminal Affairs got Wu Sidao, who made a disturbance in the Jiangnan Examination Center that year, and I saved it—both legs were broken, and he has been punished for as many crimes as possible! Amitabha!" The prince He worships Buddha, so far, he put his hands together and recited a sentence of Buddha in a very serious way, before ordering the sedan chair to leave.Only then did Jin Fu inspect the card and enter the room, heading straight for the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Probably outside the hall, the snow was not shaking very cleanly. As soon as he entered the hall, the warm smoked cage was hot, and Jin Fu felt that the snow water on his neck was itchy and dripped into his neck, so he bowed his head and did not dare to move.When he glanced out of the corner of his eye, Gao Shiqi and Suo'etu were both there, and Duansu stood beside Kangxi without saying a word.

"Are you here?" There was a rustle of papers, and Kangxi "slapped" the memorial together, saying: "Get up and stand over there!" Jin Fu heard that Kangxi's tone didn't seem to be very strict, and felt a little relieved. Busy kowtowing Xie En stood up, and then dared to look at Kangxi.Kangxi wore a large woolen coat with Shi Qingjiang's thick face, and the sea dragon satin crown was placed on the table, and a braid of black hair tied with bright yellow knots was casually coiled around his neck, looking very leisurely and unrestrained, but he ignored Jin Fu, He only said to Suo'etu: "The case of Mingzhu, judging from the memorial of Bai Mingjing, the matter has become more and more obscure, and the prince's affairs have been involved in it! I went to Gubeikou, he entered the court in Beijing, and met the prince. No, you were there at the time, but you were there?"

Suo'etu bowed and smiled apologetically: "That's not the only thing. Lifting up the Yugan Qingmen to listen to the government, Mingzhu rode a horse until the Longzongmen did not come down, accompanied by the elder brother. Xiong Cilu was still angry and reprimanded at that time, It is said that although the master is not here, he should respect the state reserve, how can he be so presumptuous? The servant is not here, I heard from the eunuchs, and the master will know as soon as he asks Xiong Dongyuan." Gao Shiqi was secretly funny, but his face was With righteous indignation, he said: "Bringing bribes and breaking the law, coupled with the crime of disrespect, Mingzhu is really abominable and absolutely unforgivable!"

Kangxi walked back and forth for a few steps with his hands behind his back, suddenly sneered, stared at Gao Shiqi for a long time, and said, "Mingzhu is unforgivable, can you, Gao Shiqi, be forgiven? Before the house raid, I heard that Mingzhu visited you. What did you say together?" ? On the copy of the house, there is a plaque on which you sent Mingzhu, which says 'Shepherd Love'! Aren't you a member of Mingzhu?"

"Long live!" Gao Shiqi knelt on the ground with a thud, and said, "On the eve of the house raid, Mingzhu did ask the minister to mediate in front of the Lord Long Live, but the minister refused and asked him to plead guilty and hand over the stolen goods early. if……"

Kangxi took out a piece of paper from the thick memorial and shook it open.When everyone looked at it, they saw the word "Shepherd Love" written on it.Kangxi asked coldly: "What should I say? The Minister of Communications, you are a traitor. With your status, why are you holding Mingzhu's stinky feet?" Slaves are also hard to refuse. Master, please look carefully, these two are really 'received', and they are extremely helpless..." Kangxi was slightly startled, and examined carefully. It is very similar to the "receive" who accepts bribes. He couldn't help smiling and said, "You are a dog who is used to scolding, and I told you to escape another level. Get out!" , "I didn't want to focus on the Pearl, but I didn't expect him to have so many tricks behind my back. After reading the book, he didn't use it in the right place, and used it to deal with me. Damn it! I understand that the Mingjing, a timed pearl, is used to impeach me. Yes, I want to push his fault on party disputes. I underestimated me too much, didn’t Yan Song do this before? Hmph!” After saying that, he threw the notebook on the table, sat down and took a sip of tea , and suddenly got up and wandered around the room for a few steps, looking very conflicted in his heart, after thinking for a long time, he raised his face and shouted to the outside of the hall: "Immediately pass the decree, go to Mingzhu to lead the guards and ministers, go to the study room, and hold the title of secretary. Minister Zhi is on duty!" Kangxi, who wanted to kill Mingzhu immediately, changed his mind in an instant, and he had to take a second look and think again.

Jin Fu moved uneasily, and only then did he realize that Kangxi was discussing with the Minister of Shangshufang how to deal with Mingzhu today.Kangxi's exquisite and clear thoughts surprised him secretly, and he was puzzled by how lightly he was dealt with.Just as he was thinking wildly, Kangxi turned his face and asked: "Jin Fu, did you always know that Mingzhu is so bad?" Jin Fu made a "buzz" on his head, and hurriedly knelt down, not even knowing what to say. Say something.

"I don't know?" Kangxi said angrily, "I thought you were an honest person, but I didn't expect you to let me down so much, it's really heartbreaking!" He said, throwing a thick notebook over, "This is his copy of the house, you Look, such a person can be killed but not killed, what crime should you be charged with?"

Jin Fu's face was bloodless, and when he opened it tremblingly, there were densely written: "Pearl Confiscation List" bestowed by the king's mansion, with 27 pavilions and 340 rooms in total.One garden, 24 hectares of land, three pawnshops, 1000 taels of principal silver, 100 taels of gold in stock, 70 ingots in silver treasury, 170 million in Jingqi, 72 in Suqian, and treasury system 450 million coins, ten jade tripods, ten pieces of jade, forty handles of jade Ruyi, four hundred and five handles of inlaid jade Ruyi, ten pieces of sapphires, five carved gold screens with eight treasures, 26 tables of silver bowls, gold inlaid One hundred pairs of chopsticks.Eleven ancient bronze tripods, one ancient sword, one thousand reams of Song paper, 250 Duan inkstones, four coral trees three feet six inches high, one bell inlaid with gold and jade, [-] pieces of satin gauze, and [-] pieces of white fox fur , [-] pieces of Yuan fox skins, [-] pieces of sable skins, five large chiming clocks, [-] small chiming clocks, [-] pieces of jewelry, gold and silver, court beads, miscellaneous pei, hairpins, etc...

There are also endless items below, listing each item and who gave it, with marginal notes.Jin Fu saw his name appeared three or four times, and couldn't help sweating. He didn't know whether it was shame, shame, shock or fear. After reading it, he lay down on the ground for a long time without daring to look up.

"It seems that you still have a heart of fear." Kangxi glanced at Suo'etu and Gao Shiqi, and said, "There is room for forgiveness. You must know that you can still live if you do evil, but you can't live when you do evil! You are talented You, the river course is like this, you should be credited for your merits, but who would have expected you to be under Mingzhu's command? You left Beijing that day, how did I tell you to come?"

Jin Fu thought of Kangxi's all-out efforts to guarantee that the employer would not doubt him, and thought of the predicament he was caught between the two parties of Suo and Ming. He couldn't help but sighed, tears welled up in his eyes, kowtowed and choked up, and said, "It's always a slave who owes the emperor's favor. I beg the lord to severely punish the crimes, so as to protect the court. But even though the slave is dead, he still has one word to tell the master. He has made thousands of mistakes, and the fault lies with each slave. Feng Zhiren and the other three have achieved nothing wrong..."

"You mean Chen Huang?" Kangxi smirked, "You are a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and you still want to protect others! I am not punishing you for the Mingzhu case, not letting go. You have been dismissed and are waiting for probation in Beijing. You should think more about your own affairs! Whoever thinks that I am the master of bullying, just wait and see—you all go down! Gao Shiqi, didn’t you recommend Zhang Tingyu to enter the study to draft an edict? Tomorrow Tell him to come in, I want to test his knowledge and conduct!" After speaking, he lifted the curtain and entered the inner hall.

(End of this chapter)