Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 22 The Thunder Acts as the Color Yongzheng Punishes Corruption
"Didn't you turn out to be the Lord of Zhongshu, and within three months, you also moved to the official position, and entered the study as a minister of Zaifu? There are also famous ministers Guo and famous general Zhou Peigong. Didn't the former emperor get the pearl from the mud? Yeguang?" Yongzheng stared at Zhang Tingyu closely, and said with a half smile, but his tone became more and more harsh: "Where do you put yourself when you talk like this?"

Zhang Tingyu was taken aback by these words. His own resume could indeed be regarded as "advanced", but he still thought that Yongzheng's words were not good, so he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "I am a minister who entered because of the wrong love of the late emperor. Long live and think carefully. Every year there are tens of hundreds of people who go out to proclaim the decree. Once this case is opened, everyone is free to intervene in local military affairs, civil affairs, and even wealth. How can outside officials handle things? Tian Wenjing passed by Shanxi and discovered Nuo Min’s treachery. Wen Shen played the imperial court, and the imperial court sent an officer to clean it up. The officer actually used the imperial envoy to guard against him without authorization, and acted beyond his authority! This move was originally a crime, and there was no mistake in the edict before the longevity of the edict. If there is evidence, it is enough to show the merits of the original crime, and suddenly rise to a high position, and everyone will follow suit, how difficult it is to deal with the aftermath!"

This makes sense.Masuda Wenjing, the Xuanzhi officials who went out of Beijing in the future will learn it in a swarm, the sky is full of imperial envoys, and they ask foreign officials to do things?Yongzheng hesitated immediately.Zhang Tingyu saw Yongzheng groaning silently, knowing that he appreciated Tian Wenjing and wanted to be promoted to his official position, so he said calmly, "Tian Wenjing is serious in his work, and he is dedicated to sharing the worries of the court and eliminating a giant beetle for the court. The ministers also appreciate it very much. The officials of the country appreciate it." Nowadays, there are very few people who are willing to do this kind of work. Long live wants him to be promoted faster, so he can be promoted step by step. Kuang Tian has only been an official in the capital for many years, and has never experienced the practical affairs of the state government. The government affairs of a province are suddenly under pressure On his shoulders, can he bear it or not?" Ma Qilongkodo also kowtowed to ask "Long live to accept Zhang Tingyu's words", but Yun felt disappointed for a while, so he had no choice but to echo: "What Heng Chen said is true, please be careful, Your Majesty."

"I'm tired." Yongzheng has been busy arranging and arranging the eyes and ears of various places for several days, and reviewing the first batch of secret documents they sent in. In fact, he slept less than Zhang Tingyu. Thinking to the left, because he moved down the kang, he stretched his body behind his hands, and said with a smile: "This is not a big deal, let me think about it! Prince Yi is talking to Nian Gengyao at this moment. Tomorrow Nian Gengyao is going back to the camp to lead troops to fight. This is a big government policy of the imperial court. It is auspicious to send troops and release horses. The old eighth told the third brother to make an appointment with the fourteenth brother, and some of you will set up a drink for him to be strong. Color—tomorrow I will send you to the Luhe post on behalf of my suburbs! The road is exhausted!"

Ma Qi is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and said hurriedly: "Tomorrow seems to be in a hurry; I think Qin Tianjian should choose an auspicious day, plan a book ceremony, and send the ceremony out of Beijing." "This trip is determined to win. Those who beheaded and shed blood can choose an auspicious day." Yongzheng lowered his head and thought for a while, "Tell Nian Gengyao that the officials will not send him off when he goes out of Beijing, and he will not make a big show of etiquette. If we win this battle, I will personally greet him." He went to Beijing. If he wants to humiliate the country and mourn his teacher, he doesn't need to plead guilty, and he doesn't need to think about posthumous titles, just ask Yue Zhongqi to come to Beijing with his head!" Zhang Tingyu's exquisite thoughts have already seen that Yongzheng didn't want to make a big deal out of Qinghai, so as to avoid future wars Unfavorable and embarrassing, because he said: "Long live is a very good idea. The edict to send troops has already been issued. Nian is just returning to Beijing to report on his work. He listened to the Lord's instructions. It is not only a waste of money, but also inappropriate. It seems that it is better not to say the words of humiliating the country and mourning the teachers, but at this moment, we should focus on encouraging them, I wonder what Long Live thinks?"

"According to your words, tell him to do business well and not worry about the future." Yongzheng nodded with a smile, walked a few steps, and turned around at the entrance of the palace: "I have made up my mind, Tian Wenjing will be the governor of Chongqing, and I will simply fulfill your wish." Decent, you are allowed!" After saying that, Fang slowly stepped out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

In the Xingnian year of Li Dequan, all the eunuchs were waiting under the east corridor of the main hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Seeing Yongzheng walking out, it was a very cold day, and he only wore a blue silk-covered large wool sheepskin gown, and a blue silk-covered medium wool sheepskin jacket over his head. , hurried forward to greet Qian'er.Li Dequan said: "Master, it's extremely cold today, the wind is blowing, and the skating under the eaves doesn't drip water, why don't you add a cloak to the master?"

"No need." Yongzheng agreed briefly, took out his pocket watch and looked up, looking up at the gray sky covered by clouds and mist. He walked up and said: "I want to take a few steps, don't call Chengyu, and don't want so many people to follow, just the two of you."

Li Dequan hastily agreed and waved away the crowd, Zi and Xing Nian waiter followed Yongzheng from left to right, Zhang Wuge, the guard at the gate of Chuihua, kowtowed when he saw him come out, and said: "Master wants to walk around freely. ? The servant followed!" Yongzheng smiled and said, "No need? Where did the accident happen in the palace?"

"Master, that's not it." Brother Zhang stood up and said: "Master has a decree ahead of him. The Yulin army in Da Nei, who is good at capturing the battalion, will be dispatched by Longkodo, and the guards will be controlled by Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu. No matter where we go, the four big guards Zhang Wuge, Sauron, De Lengtai and Liu Tiecheng must follow. The slaves also follow orders."

Yongzheng stared at Fifth Brother Zhang without saying a word, and walked out of the Chuihua Gate to the north.

It was the noon card time, and the eunuchs in all the palaces were busy serving their masters. There was no one in the Yongxiang, and a round sun without brilliance was hidden behind the dim thin clouds.The blurred shadows of the palace walls were cast on the brick floor, and occasionally a group of crows pecked at something underground. Seeing the four of them coming, they flew up with a "huh" and hovered in the sky. A little angry.Yongzheng walked steadily without turning his head. After a long time, Fang casually looked at the sky and said:

"Fifth Brother Zhang—oh, you are the bodyguard elected in the 46th year of Kangxi?"

"Long live, the slave was Kangxi's 46th year to take the place of someone's crime. He was executed in the Xicai market. The late emperor saved him from the killing field..." Fifth brother Zhang thought of his old master Kangxi, his voice became hoarse and choked, "47 Nian Cong Shanpu was recruited into Da Nei as a guard, Long Live visited Rehe, and was promoted to a third-class servant..."

Yongzheng shook his body and said with a smile, "You are so blessed!"

"master……"

"Someone took a copy of you, saying that you were squatting in prison and raised a singer in the prison?"

Brother Zhang Wu blushed immediately, and said loudly: "I beg the master to point out that the one who smashed the black bricks was the man who argued in front of the master together. The slave was wronged in the lawsuit back then, and there was a woman who followed the slave. This is the slave now. She is a good match for a woman. She used to be a singing singer. Her parents died of illness, and she sold her body to bury her father. My father subsidized her and fulfilled her filial piety. She heard about the death penalty for a slave, and traveled all the way to Beijing. Yinliang went to jail and followed me, saying that my Zhang family has accumulated such good virtues and shouldn't be cut off... to give me a child!"

"Don't be in a hurry." Yongzheng stopped suddenly, turned his face and smiled, "I can't tell you whoever complains. This is the rule. I asked you Thirteenth Master about this matter, and you both said the same thing. The complainant is a A boring person, or someone with other thoughts, wants to instigate me to demolish the city! I have suppressed the book long ago——I understand better after you say it. You have a family of kindness, filial piety, loyalty and bravery, and I still want to commend you ! How old are you now?" Saying that, he walked forward again.Fifth brother Zhang hurriedly replied: "A servant is a first-class guard, and an official rank is a third-rank one." Yongzheng smiled and looked back at Xing Nian, "You pass the decree to Long Kedo later, fifth brother Zhang is also an old guard for more than ten years , enter the second rank!"

Xing Nian hurriedly replied: "Yes!" Before the fifth brother could thank you, Yongzheng laughed again: "Your wife is Mrs. Jinfeng—a honorable husband and wife! How ugly is it to say 'my woman'? It's not indecent. This is the fifth elder brother's speech. Because Yongzheng is still leaving, it is inconvenient to thank you, so he just cried: "Master... your heart... oh... what can I ask my servant to repay? Everyone said——" He Suddenly felt a slip of the tongue, and covered it up.

"People say I'm mean, don't you?" Yongzheng was in a good mood, walking around, and seemed to be talking to himself, "This reputation is not good, why don't I know? Through today's world affairs, it is too lenient. I am the son of heaven, rich in the world, it is not easy to be kind? But have you read "Zuo Zhuan"? There is a saying in it, "Xiao Huiwei, the people are not obedient" ""Zuo Zhuan" "Cao Gu's Controversy" in the tenth year of Duke Zhuang. When Qi attacked Lu, Cao GUI said to Duke Zhuang of Lu that the war depends on the people, and if small favors are not common, the people will not follow. People like Nuo Min are mean to the common people, common people—so easy to offend? My virtue is like the wind, and the people's use is like grass. I have set up an example of perverting the law and doing favoritism. In a few years, there will only be some bad books in the treasury What should I do if there is a flood, drought, or war?" After saying that, he sighed.

Brother Zhang Wu and Li Xing, two eunuchs, followed Yongzheng step by step, listening quietly to Yongzheng's eloquence.From Yongzheng to Jinfeng County King, they saw him almost every day, with a cold and indifferent face, which made people awe-inspiring. Unexpectedly, this majestic and stern emperor, and his warm state of mind, made them feel warm in their hearts.The four of them took a walk along Yongxiang to the north, passed the Hall of Worship to the west from the Imperial Garden, walked southward, passed Changchun Palace, Tiyuan Hall, and Taiji Hall, entered and exited the hall, and came out along a narrow alley. Huo Ran suddenly brightened—it was already outside the Longzong Gate. This is the place where foreign officials enter Beijing and wait to be summoned by the study room. A dozen officials were scattered outside the door, all holding resumes in hand, talking in whispers. Yongzheng walked out of the alley slowly, and shouted in surprise: "Long live, the Lord Long live is here!" Then everyone "huh" knelt down and kowtowed to pay their respects.

"Your name is Ertai, and you went to Yunnan as the chief envoy the year before last, didn't you?" Yongzheng looked at the crowd with a smile, walked up to a fair-skinned middle-aged man in his 40s, and said, "I read the book of the governor of Yunnan a few years ago. , saying that you are sick. I have a decree to tell you to come later when the weather is warmer. Didn’t he pass the decree to you? What disease do you have?” Ertai was transferred from the Ministry of War by Wai Lang in 60 years of Kangxi It was the first time for the new emperor to see Yongzheng as the chief envoy of Yunnan. He was in charge of the arsenal in the Ministry of War. Once, Yongzheng sent someone to choose a bow and arrow for his son. It was a trivial matter, but Ertai insisted on asking for the trust card of the clan mansion. I have to go back in disappointment.There is such a little grudge, because I know that Yongzheng will take revenge, I was worried when I went to Beijing this time, I didn’t want Yongzheng to be the first to talk to me, so I hurriedly kowtowed: "I got up 20 days ago, Chen Shiguan probably didn’t have time Proclaim the decree to the minister. The malaria I suffered from has been roughly cured, and the disease of dogs and horses is so worrying, the minister is extremely grateful!"

Yongzheng laughed loudly, and said: "'Shenglu' is not 'Shenglu', you can't take it as medicine! Then ask Li Dequan to take you to the imperial pharmacy and get some Jinji Nashuang." Li Dequan hurriedly agreed, and Yongzheng pointed to Ertai again. : "Do you know this person? His name is Ertai! When I was in the mansion, I bumped into his wall for a trivial matter! A small official of the Ministry, who dared to fight against the emperor's relatives, this pair of bones is quite strong-you You must learn from him! Yongzheng praised Ertai in volume 10 of "Xiaoting Miscellaneous Records": "You dare to reject the prince because of the insignificance of the official, and you are very firm in abiding by the law. Now you are ordered to be a minister, and you will not be entrusted by others and also. " Before he finished speaking, Ertai's tears welled up in his eyes, and he was about to replay some words of gratitude to God, when Yongzheng walked over to another official and asked, "What's your name?" "

"Long live back, my name is Huang Liben."

"Huang Liben." Yongzheng raised his face and thought for a while, "Are you distributing the Taiwan government?"

"Yes!"

Yongzheng pondered for a while, and said: "Taiwan and Fujian are separated by oceans and seas. The people's customs are not pure, and it was originally the old land of the Zheng family. It is easy to link up with the Hongmao country and pirates. It has always been difficult to govern. This makes you do it?" Huang Liben In response, he replied: "The minister is only devoted to his loyalty and wisdom!" "Well, good!" Yongzheng praised, "This is a statement of ambition. But is there any difficulty?"

"I have no worries at all," Huang Liben hesitated for a moment, glanced at Yongzheng, and murmured, "It's just that my mother is far away in Henan, and there is no one to take care of her at home..." Yongzheng laughed: "You don't need to say it, it's because you are still a dutiful son! However, the government of Taiwan has a rule that officials are not allowed to bring their family members. This is not a trustworthy thing, it is a rule. In this way, I will send a decree to the governor of Fujian, Chang Fu, and ask him to pick up your old mother and raise her in Fuzhou. Going to the province to report on your work, you can do a little bit of filial piety-good job, after three years of tenure, you open up [-] acres of wasteland in Taiwan, and I will confer the order of your old mother!" Huang Liben did not expect Yongzheng to be so magnanimous. It suddenly became red, and he kowtowed again and again: "I will work hard to heal Taiwan, and open up [-] mu of wasteland to show to the master! Within three years, I will definitely make Taiwan more than self-sufficient in food!"

"That's good, it's a deal!" Yongzheng looked around the crowd with a smile, and saw that everyone was staring at him and wanted to talk, so he said with a smile: "I have to see each other anyway, and I have to talk. I only see three people every time I dial, compared to here." It’s convenient. It’s just one thing, you must tell the truth, and don’t hide any difficulties—I still have to go to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, so you should meet the minister of the study first!” After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and took Zhang Wu Brother waited for three people to go west.

(End of this chapter)