Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 10
"Bronze, four, lead, six." Sun Jiagan said, "Although the fineness is poor, it's just that the calligraphy and painting are a little blurred, but it has put an end to the great evils of money and law, and it is beneficial to the country and the people. Why not do it? I beseech the emperor Learn!"

Yongzheng's eyes flashed for a moment, and then dimmed.I just met my elder brother, and I still have plausible words. The holy ancestor and myself are "right and wrong". In the blink of an eye, the ratio of copper and lead in the holy ancestor's coins was changed. Who knows what kind of rumors these jealous brothers will create. ?According to the ancient rite of "a father's death, a son will not change his way for three years", Kangxi's rules are not allowed to change in the slightest during the three years. If there is a rush, the court full of dry wood will turn into a sea of ​​flames.Yongzheng knew very well that his virtues were not enough to convince the public, but because the authority bestowed by Kangxi overwhelmed everyone, it was not easy to barely maintain the current situation.If one is not careful, the huge "Baye Party" forces of the ruling and opposition parties and the Five Banners nobles under their leadership will jointly attack him, and his "emperor" will be reduced to powder!Thinking about it, Yongzheng had already made up his mind, and giggled and said with a smile: "I thought you were really talented! It turned out to be nothing more than that! The Emperor Shengzu reigned for 61 years, and he used copper and lead to make money every year. In half, the prosperous Xi Dynasty has been created! You are a petty official, dare to talk about the great affairs of the court, and dare to say that you are innocent? I think you are young, Meng Lang is ignorant, and it is because of official business that you have to fight against your superiors. Constitutional disputes, so I will not punish you severely. You will be removed from the title of the head of the Yunnan-Guizhou Division of the Ministry of Households, and you will go back to wait for election, and you will be fined for half a year. It is ridiculous. I have so many important military and state affairs waiting to be handled, but I have listened to you for half a day. Nonsensical arguments!" Seeing that Sun Jiagan was still going to reply, Yongzheng shouted: "Go on! It's good to read a few books before you come to chat with me!"

Seeing that Sun Jiagan limped out of the hall and walked away in a huff, everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief silently.Yun Xiang blinked, wanting to say something fair for Sun Jiagan, looking at Yong Zheng's face, he didn't dare to open his mouth.Zhang Tingyu was cunning and scheming, and he had clearly seen the deep meaning of Yongzheng's off-topic, but he adhered to the silent saying that "everything is worthwhile, it is better to be silent", and he refused to say a word.However, Longkodo felt that Sun Jiagan's words were justified, so he apologized and said with a smile: "Although Sun is presumptuous, I think he has no selfish intentions, but he is only thinking about the court, and the money law he discussed is not unreasonable. I hope the Holy Majesty will abandon his wrongdoing Instead, it seems more appropriate to reduce his memorials to six volumes and to gather ideas."

"I'm exhausted, so I won't discuss this matter today. Our mouths are full of copper, and our words are not righteous. This is not in line with Mencius's righteousness." Yongzheng said with a frown, "The most important thing at the moment is for the general Wang Yun to return to Beijing. If there is a vacancy, we must quickly choose a competent replacement. Shandong suffered a severe drought in autumn last year. The provincial chief envoy delivered a memorial the day before yesterday, saying that more than 300 people have died of freezing and starving. Great? You and Tingyu go to the upper study, discuss a relief method, send an appropriate person to stockpile food, see if there are similar situations in other provinces, and write a report together—well, now it’s—" He looked Glancing at the chiming clock, "It's the time card at the end of the application. I'll give you half an hour to eat. At Haishi in the evening, use the yellow box to ask the eunuch to hand it to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and you can go home." , Yongzheng said with a smile: "Yunxiang, it's been a long time since we talked alone - we brothers want to order wine and food, how about we play a game together while eating?"

Emperor Yongzheng was a cold person, he didn't eat alcohol and was not greedy for sex. He didn't have much hobbies for entertainment, eating and drinking. He only liked Go occasionally, which was also a terrible shit game.Yunxiang is the king of chess in Agoli, and Huang Wenzhi, the national player, can only spare two of his sons. Yunxiang snatched black pieces, while trying to make a draw, looking at Yongzheng's face, he said: "Your Majesty, I have been thinking about Zhang Tingyu all the time." If more than half of the court's taxes are taken from the difference in the exchange rate of money, those unscrupulous officials will take it... This is not a problem after all!"

"No more! It's always a draw, it's boring." Yongzheng threw the pieces in his hand into the box, stood up, stared at Yunxiang without saying a word.Yunxiang agreed with "yes" and hurriedly stood up.Yongzheng paced silently for a long time, then suddenly said: "Yunyang, do you look down on me?"

Yun Xiang was taken aback, knelt down on the ground with a plop, and said in bewilderment: "How dare I, the ruler and the minister are divided, and the subordinates do not preside over the superiors. The ministers act according to reason."

"Fart!" Yongzheng spat at Yunxiang, "The more I look at you, the less you look like the former Yinxiang! Dare to speak, dare to do, dare to be angry and dare to laugh—the Holy Patriarch personally bestowed the title 'Desperate Thirteen Langs'!" Yun Xiang hurriedly kowtowed to apologize, and said: "This time, the situation is different——" Before he finished speaking, Yongzheng punched the chessboard with a "bang", black and white pieces, the chess box, and the fruit cups and wine placed around the chessboard. But all the weapons danced high, "I still want the old Thirteen Lang! I want you to be my Thirteen Taibao!" The eunuchs and maids of the Hall of Mental Cultivation have been serving the new master for a month, and they have never seen him. He was furious.Seeing that Yongzheng's eyes were burning with anger, and he glared at Yunxiang with a ferocious expression on his face, everyone was stunned.In Xingnian, when Li Dequan lost his temper when Kangxi lost his temper, they would rush to the study to ask the ministers to come over to rescue them, but they didn't have any confidence in Yongzheng's character, and they didn't dare to make mistakes and follow the old rules.

Yunxiang's black pupils were bright, then he lowered his eyelids, thought for a while, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, you know, our clan's flesh and blood, since August 45th, 14th year of Kangxi, ten brothers and others have made a big disturbance in the imperial garden, for a whole day. I have been tossing for 14 years! For this dragon chair, in order to remove this thorn in my side, some people set traps to harm me several times, and some people sent people to kill me with poison. You all know. I have been walking on thin ice for 37 years, and I have been careful every step of the way. , still followed other people’s rules, and was imprisoned in a living coffin by his father for eight years..." His voice had become choked and he couldn't control himself, "... Your Majesty... I crawled out of the thorn bushes, oily... Get out of the pot, the person who escaped from hell! Look at my hair, more than half of it is white! Have you ever thought about it, I am only [-] years old this year! How can you expect that dead Thirteen Lang to return to the sun? Woolen cloth?……"

"Thirteenth brother..." Yongzheng was deeply moved by his words like weeping and complaining. He stepped forward and took Yunxiang with both hands, his voice became a little hoarse, "It's the fourth brother who thought wrong."He patted Yunxiang on the shoulder, wandered around the room with his hands behind his back, and said with a long sigh: "Your brother is too sad, I have been thinking too much these days, and I didn't take your state of mind into account, I just want to cheer you up..." Yunxiang hurriedly Wiping his tears and bowing, he said, "I understand..." "You don't fully understand." Yongzheng sighed, "If you really understand, you should cheer up! You must know that I am roasting on the stove now, and you can't understand it at all." Still in the thorn bushes!"

Yunxiang raised his head all of a sudden, stared at Yongzheng in astonishment, and said, "Please give me a clear instruction from the emperor!"

"I think a lot about keeping the spirit these days." Yongzheng looked outside the courtyard, the sky had already darkened, the cold wind blew past, making the iron horses beside the bunting jingle, his eyes seemed to penetrate the thousands of layers of the palace Looking out at the wall, he stared intently, and said slowly: "Norbu Zang Tenzin of Qinghai and Arab Butan of Jungar have met in secret three times. They have resigned from the title of prince conferred by the imperial court and proclaimed themselves Khan. In fact, they have already reversed their position." .For things here, it is inevitable to use troops to rejuvenate the army. But fighting in the west is actually fighting for money and food, and the 'battlefield' is in the rear! But our treasury only has less than 1000 million silver deposits. What is this enough for? Money, I gave up to that corrupt official, the late emperor was in power, we two just concentrated on this mission, chasing after the deficits of the provinces, what was the result? I was dismissed from the mission, and you were banned!" Yun Xiang couldn't help asking "Since that's the case, why does the emperor still reprimand Sun Jiagan?" Yongzheng turned his face and said word by word: "Because his statement was made too early, I can't just give someone a handle as soon as he ascends to power, and give someone with ulterior motives Take advantage of this opportunity! As for Sun Jiagan, he is a censor, and I will give him an order in a few months."

As soon as Yunxiang heard it, he understood that "someone" refers to the eighth elder brother, the ninth elder brother, the tenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother, who are powerful in the government and the public. He couldn't help secretly admiring Yongzheng's scheming, and said: "Long live the holy candle, Foresight is far-sighted, and the subject understands and accepts!" "Sit, sit!" Yongzheng pointed to Muzi and told Yunxiang to sit down, and he himself sat cross-legged on the kang, saying politely: "Nowadays, there are so many evils in the world, what do I not know? Officials are corrupt, no officials are not corrupt, and officials form cliques and gangsters. Huang Ama was already heartbroken by this when he was in his old age. However, in his later years, his health was poor and his body was tired. If I don’t do these things, why does the Qing Dynasty think so? Country? If I do things, who will you help if you don’t help? So you can’t retreat bravely, I have too few helpers and too many obstacles, even for your own wealth and life, you have to cheer up!” Yun Xiang said, The blood all over his body surged up, moved and ashamed, Huo Di got up and said: "From now on, I will live and die, but the emperor will follow! I will invite the former enemy, and I am willing to go to Qinghai to join Luobu Zangdan in a chariot Yes, after a great victory, all evils will be avoided! At that time, Long Live will be able to free up his hands to clean up the officials!"

"Well! What I want is your great ambition!" Yongzheng also stood up, staring at Yunxiang with piercing eyes, "But you can't go to Qinghai, one is that I can't go without an escort, and the other is you If you go, some people will say, "Why don't you let the Fourteenth Master go?" It will cause disputes in the court. You stay and take care of me. I have sent an edict, ordering Fang Bao, the former minister of the study, to enter Jing, with Tingyu and the others, things will be much easier!" Seeing Zhang Tingyu coming in with the memorial in his arms, Yongzheng waited for him to put the documents away, and before he could salute, he said, "Hengchen, you draft two edicts!"

Zhang Tingyu didn't expect that Yunxiang hadn't quit yet. Seeing his brother's lively conversation, Zhang Tingyu was regretting that he had come too early. He listened to Yongzheng's order and hurriedly agreed.

"Wang Yunshi, the original general, took the throne of Jin County, and rewarded the prince's salary." Yongzheng said, "The remaining general is missing, that is, Nian Gengyao, governor of Gansu and Shanxi, will take the throne and take office after seeing your Majesty in Beijing."

This is a very simple imperial edict, which Zhang Tingyu wrote with one stroke, and presented the draft with both hands.While looking at the manuscript, Yongzheng said: "Yunxiang has done many jobs in the hands of the late emperor, all of which were beautiful. The late emperor said to me many times that 'Yinxiang is my family's thousand-mile horse', and I have long been deeply in love with it. Knowing him, and now he is going to the study to be the counselor Jishu, I think it is right to give a prince a three-eyed flower feather—Yunxiang, please don’t resign—Tingyu, just embellish it according to this meaning!" Go back to your seat, stand in front of the case and wait.Zhang Tingyu is very sensitive in writing, the emperor said, and he was already beating the manuscript. When Yongzheng finished speaking, he did not add a little bit of thinking and writing, and the writing was as fast as the wind and rain, and it was completed in an instant. :
According to the imperial edict of Fengtian Chengyun, the former thirteenth Baylor Yunxiang was loyal, honest and capable, diligent in the king's affairs. ", I also know his ability well in the mansion.Today, Yunxiang was granted the title of Prince Yi by the Jin Dynasty, and he admired the three-eyed flower feather to show the holy intention of the imperial court to praise loyalty and meritorious deeds.This!Yongzheng nodded in satisfaction after seeing it, and said, "That's it, I will use the seal tonight and send it out tomorrow, Yunxiang's Mingfa, Nian Gengyao's court post."

"Heng Chen," Yun Xiang's eyes glowed brightly under the candle, "last time we discussed that the investigation of deficits will be suspended during the national funeral, so the original plan of six departments and [-] officials to search property has stopped. Once the funeral is over, things will continue as usual Do it, the court will go down tomorrow, you will inform the Shuntian Mansion, the infantry command the yamen, and ask them to come to my mansion, and I will give them an assignment."

Zhang Tingyu glanced at Yun Xiang who had been sluggish for many days in surprise, and for some reason suddenly became so energetic, he quickly called Qian'er and said: "Follow the constitutional order of Prince Yi, and I will obey it!"

"These are these country moths, so don't be merciless." Yong Zheng interjected, "I haven't cleared them for a while, I'm afraid some property has been transferred, and we have to chase after them fiercely, just to prevent them from committing suicide, and not afraid that he will go bankrupt!"

"tie!"

"Kneel down!"

"tie!"

Yongzheng personally sent the two of them out of the palace, stood on the altar and took a deep breath of the cool air, like a man made of iron, stood there for a long time.

(End of this chapter)