Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 27
Less than five months after Yongzheng ascended the throne, the coin-making case was followed by the Shanxi deficit case. After two waves of unrest, another wave of fraud cases in the imperial examinations surged, shocking the government and the public.On the second day after Li Wei sealed off the Gongyuan, Nuo Min, the governor of Shanxi, was imprisoned by iron chains and imprisoned by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.The imperial decree is imminent, and the examiners of the [-]th Chamber of Enke in Shuntian Prefecture headed by Zhang Tinglu are locked up to the Prison Temple for investigation. Even the plaintiff Yang Mingshi is also ordered to stop work and wait for the confrontation.People are watching in confusion, and the imperial decree is issued again. The team consists of Zhengqing of Dali Temple, Manchu Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.Immediately after the Mansion Report came out, the court sent an imperial edict ordering Li Fu, the envoy of Zhili School, to take the main examination, and to change the examination questions to re-examine Xiaolian.Then there was news that Zhang Tingyu, the minister of guards and military aircraft in Shangshufang, asked for an order to recuperate because of malaria, and he was granted the order to treat him at the government.Strict decrees were issued one after another, and everyone in the officialdom of the capital was panicked three times a day.

After receiving the imperial decree, Li Fu went to the Ministry of Officials to hand over his errand, and without stopping for a moment, he rushed to Prince Lian's mansion outside Chaoyang Gate in a sedan chair to listen to the training.He has been in Beijing for more than five years since Kangxi 56, and has been living in the west city to study behind closed doors. He seldom goes to the city, let alone outside the gate of the east city.Ever since the great general Wang Yun led the troops to the expedition, Kangxi's twenty or so sons were busy with housework, and the competition for the throne intensified. Who would dare to get involved in this kind of family destruction?What's more, Li Fu nourishes himself by reading, and Lian Yu is serious and careful in cultivating cliffs, and he is even more unwilling to make friends with this cadre who is jealous of the prince Baylor.However, Prince Lian Yun is the younger brother of Emperor Yongzheng after all, and now he is the chief minister of Shangshufang, who is also in charge of the four departments of rites, officials, households, and workers.Now that he has been selected as the chief examiner of Shuntian Mansion, he is the number one poor student in the Ministry of Rites, so it is unreasonable not to come to see Prince Lian for training.Li Fu sat in a brand-new eight-person green woolen official sedan chair, and rushed out of the old Qihua gate. Through the glass, he could see the majestic palace of the palace, the inverted building with three couplets and red red on the eight-story stone steps of white marble. At the gate, he lightly kicked the sedan chair with his foot and stopped.He bent down and came out, flicking the corner of his robe and was about to go forward to report, when he saw a eunuch coming over from a distance and asked:
"Which yamen?"

"I'm from the Ministry of Industry..."

"Where's the notebook?"

"Oh," Li Fu smiled self-consciously, looked at the young eunuch with a businesslike face, and said, "I didn't finish my words. Shuntian Mansion is a poor student, if you want to see Eighth Master, please teach me." The young eunuch had just been assigned to Prince Lian's mansion, and he was not familiar with the personnel. He heard that he was a Beijing official, so he knew that there was not much to squeeze, so he listened with a straight face. , nodded and said: "Your family will come back another day. Our lord has made an appointment with the ninth master, the thirteenth master, and the fourteenth master. This meeting is discussing the affairs of the general of the year. Order, all civil and military officials will not be seen! "Li Fu held back his breath and listened, then giggled and said: "You probably didn't understand, I'm a new student of politics!"

It stands to reason that the eunuch is made of wood, so it should be worth the weight of the word "xuezheng".Reluctantly, he didn't understand. Seeing that Li Fu couldn't take out the bag of silver, he became impatient and said, "boots and hats are the same, anyway, it's not Yongzheng! Please drive back and come back tomorrow!"

"Slap!" Before the eunuch finished speaking, Li Fu slapped Li Fu on the left cheek.Li Fu was furious immediately: "You don't know the state system or the imperial constitution, so you dare to be so arrogant! Long live God's emperor title dares to be so profane? You get out, tell Prince Lian, and say that the imperial envoy, Shuntian Mansion chief examiner Li Fu is here After passing, I told you to drive away! I’m going into Thorn City tomorrow, so I don’t care about coming back to receive training!” After saying that, he turned around and said, “Turn the sedan chair back to the city!”

The eunuch received a slap in the face unexpectedly, and stood there in a daze.He couldn't figure it out for a moment, how could this humble and smiling Confucian, crowned and poor Beijing official become so arrogant and domineering in an instant?Li Fu looked back coldly, and was about to get on the sedan chair when he saw a middle-aged eunuch panting over from Yimen, shouting at one end, "Is it Mrs. Li? Please stay!" After a few steps, a thousand He beat him down, and said with an apologetic smile, "Slave He Zhuer, I kowtowed to the imperial envoy!" Standing up, he bowed again, and turned around to scold the young eunuch, "You just got dizzy from eating shit! I'll talk to you bastard later!" Don't worry! Don't hurry up and take care of Mr. Li's followers—the house wine is already ready!" The eunuch realized that he had made a mistake today, and hurriedly clapped his hands, agreeing to what He Zhu'er said. When he wanted to come over to apologize, Li Fu had already moved away, and slowly asked, "The lord knows that I'm coming?" The two came out hand in hand from the hallway of the second gate, both of them stopped and stood sideways.

"Okay, the new chief examiner is here!" Yun Xiang clapped his hands and smiled from a distance, "I went to see the emperor this morning, and Ma Qi said: 'There have always been two chief examiners in the Shuntian Mansion Examination, and now only Li Fu is appointed, I'm afraid It's not in style." The emperor said: "If you want to be greedy for ink, it's the same for ten examiners—I'll only use Li Fu this time! I knew this person before he passed the exam. He is a decent scholar, and his articles are of good character." You listen to what the emperor said! It’s a good job, let’s get promoted in one fell swoop!”

Hearing this, Li Fu's heart became hot, so he quickly controlled it, bowed solemnly, lifted his robe and knelt down to kowtow to the two princes, got up and said solemnly: "How dare Li Fu live up to the high expectations of the Holy One? I want to be self-denying and self-cultivating, be prudent, and serve the country." Select real talents!" He was so serious, which made Yun Xiang feel uncomfortable, he was taken aback for a moment before he smiled and said, "Okay! I'll wait to see the champion you choose!" Yun's temperament is very similar to Yun Xiang's, but The old emperor passed away, and the new emperor ascended the pole in a violent storm, Yun Xiang became sophisticated and alert, but Yun became a little gloomy and indifferent.Originally, Yongzheng had a saying, "If Li Fu has the courage to try his own way, he will not escape my slaying." After hearing Yun Xiangyin's words, Yun just smiled calmly and said, "You go. Thirteenth Master and I are going to the Ministry of War .” After that, the two left.

Only then did Li Fu follow He Zhu'er through the Moon Cave Gate and enter the West Flower Hall.It was originally the place where the eight kings Yunping had a banquet, and the decoration is very exquisite.The two walked in slowly, but saw that the embroidered pavilions were uneven, the writing windows were slim, and the corridors were tortuous. All the way to the study room, there were four or fifty maids in red and green, and they were all young. Stunning.Seeing the two of them approaching, they each stood with their hands down to make way.Only then did He Zhu'er have the time to reply to Li Fu's words, and said in a low voice: "Master Li, the ticket for the evening ceremony came last night. The prince originally said that he would go to visit him in person, but the fourteenth and thirteenth masters came over. , discussing the matter of raising wages in the west, and Mr. Li Wei also ordered to preside over the joint trial of the two major cases, and also came to ask for instructions. Because the eighth master was thinking about you, he specially asked me to come out and take care of him. If he didn't want to run into the murderer Just now I am having trouble with adults—please go this way, this is the end—the sage said 'only a woman is difficult to raise a villain', you have a lot of adults, don't be angry with this kind of person—please, Baye is in this room! "When Li Fu looked up, he had reached the end of the verandah. The red lacquer columns in the outer compartment were separated by red sandalwood carvings. Five or six bird cages were hung under the corridor. The three characters are written in seal script by Nian Gengyao's father, Nian Xiaoling. Although they are not very good, the Teng Snake Gouqu is also quite charming.A crystal screen can be faintly seen behind the Xiangzhu curtain, and the study room is covered with large glass from the ground to the top. Looking through the glass, one knows that the house is rebuilt from a water-pressing pavilion, and fishing can be done by picking a pole from the window.Li Fu couldn't help sighing to himself, ten years of poverty, seven articles in three literary wars, and seven articles, what a hall with eight seats, it's a disappointment to come to such a rich and rich dragon family. off.While Fang pondered, he heard the voice of the eighth elder brother Yun inside:
"Mr. Julai? Don't sign up, please come in and talk!"

"Minister Li Fu!" Li Fu hurriedly responded by bowing across the curtain, and stepped in to salute. As expected, he saw that the ninth elder brother Yun was also sitting on the carved burden chair beside Yun.There is a person sitting upright on the twig at the bottom, but Li Fu knows that it is Li Wei. There is only one person on the spring stool next to the bookshelf in the corner of the room. Vest, holding a copy of "Langhuan Suoji" in both hands, looking at it intently, as if there is no one else around, but he doesn't recognize it.Yun saw that Li Fu hesitated, and said with a smile: "Oh, this is Master Shi. You don't need to be polite, just sit down and talk about your errands after talking about the prison. If you are late, you can stay here for dinner. "Yin turned to Li Wei and said, "I just said it, and I didn't intend to keep you in Beijing. But Nuo Min's case was brought to the officials of Tong Province in Shanxi; There are so many positives and evils in it that even Zhang Hengchen avoided it. Counting, in the 79 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there has not been such a big case. I am afraid that Ma Qi will not be able to handle it alone. One Tu Lichen and one you will go to their own after the help is over. Poor. Don't shirk, no one knows that you, Li Youjie, are the number one official who can deal with crimes!"

"I met the emperor yesterday, and I resigned." Li Wei's brows trembled slightly, and he said with a half-smile, "My lord knows that things in Shandong are even more difficult. In the past ten years without Jackie Chan, it has almost become a world of robbers. The hungry people in Dongping Lake, Weishan Lake, and Baodugu rebelled. A Taoist with an iron crown, contacted the Jianghu martial arts master Gan Fengchi, Lu Siniang and others. On the surface, he competed in Shandong, but in fact he was meeting people from all walks of life. It's hard to say what An's thoughts are. "Shandong is in chaos before the ashes are cold" - this place has been a place since ancient times Restless place - no matter how entangled the case is with the capital, it can always be handled calmly. I talked well with the emperor yesterday, why did it change today? I want to hand over the sign to see the emperor, but I have to say something in my heart It's a pleasure."

Yun listened with a smile and said: "Again, don't get angry, it's not my idea to keep you in Beijing. It's Ma Qi who thinks there are not enough manpower, so please let me keep you. If you want to hand over the sign, I have no right to stop you, but if you are willing Listen to my advice, there is no need to do anything superfluous. I know the errands in Shandong, and I have already asked Cai to block it for a while. Didn’t your blind man Wu also go? You are exquisite and clear, and you don’t need to beat the drum hard, isn’t it true? Do you know why Ma Qi kept you? It’s not good to pierce some paper, you say so!” After finishing speaking, he flicked the tea leaves with the lid of the bowl and remained silent, with a smile on his lips.Li Fuyuan was also ignorant: the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, plus Shuntian Mansion, the infantry commanded the yamen, Ma Qi was the main one, and there was Yun Zuoer on the top, so he couldn't handle these two cases?After being reminded like this, I realized that Nuo Min is Ma Qi's protégé, Yang Mingshi is a protégé of Zhao Shenqiao, Minister of Criminal Affairs, Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu have been colleagues for many years, and Zhang Tinglu is Zhang Tingyu's younger brother. Old friends, the case is facing each other, life and death are short-lived, not to mention the years of grievances between Longkoduo and Ma Qi Zhang Tingyu, dating back to the 47th year of Kangxi, the old feud between the Longkoduo family and the thirteenth elder brother Yunxiang...all in these two cases The mediator is thoughtful, who doesn't want an extra backer, and who doesn't want to have an extra backer?
"My lord has said so much, I can't say anything more." Li Fu was thinking wildly, when Li Wei lowered his head and sighed and said, "I'm on business. But I also want to say a word to my lord. Since this matter is in my hands If I can be considerate, I will try my best to be considerate. If I can't be considerate, I will not be considerate. There is no distinction between the virtuous, the foolish, the noble and the humble. Regardless of your family background, I will deal with it according to the law. Don't blame if it doesn't suit the prince's heart. If you are so considerate, I will I am satisfied." Yun, who was reading a book, suddenly sat up straight, and scolded with a smile: "It is worthy of the nickname 'ghost is hard to deal with'! Are you afraid that Ba Ye will cheat you? What you say is like a book from heaven, I can't understand it ——What fox-whistle riddle did you play?"

Li Wei seemed to be very casual with Yun, and his smile changed the taste of his mouth, teasing and mocking, "Master Shi, a big-headed ghost, is trying to pester me? I'm running away! Master Shi was confused like a mirror in his heart. If the case is not going well, there will be a presiding judge after the criminal is tried! A candle is lit at both ends, how can it be thoughtful? Pulling my hair and planting the beard of others, is this the idea of ​​Master Shi?" The words made everyone roar Laughing, Yun leaned back on the spring bench and shook with laughter, pointed at Li Wei with the handle of his fan and said, "You hozen, get out of here, the eggs are going to laugh!" Li Wei smiled and got up to drink tea , came over and patted Li Fu on the back of the head, who was sitting upright, and said, "Hey, a sect, it's your turn!"

"What kind of 'Zong'?" Li Fu has always regarded himself as a Taoist Confucianist, a well-known Jinshi, and he looks down on Li Wei's temperament that sometimes pretends to be serious and sometimes has a temper. It was hard to get angry, straightened up and said: "I am Jiangxi Li, and you are Jiangnan Li, how can you be a 'one sect'?" Li Wei didn't care, and said with a more playful smile: "You have no beard on your chin, it really should be planted. Gen, a Li in Jiangnan, Jiangxi, haven’t you read about Zhang Xianzhong offering sacrifices to Zhang Feimiao? “My father’s surname is Li, and your surname is also Li, so let’s join the clan!” Do you think Li Weiguang will be a beggar?” Then he laughed loudly. With a bow, he went on his own.

Yun looked at Li Wei's back and scolded something with a smile, then fell down to read a book, but Yun turned to Li Fu and smiled, "Mr. Julai is not used to seeing such wildness, is he?" Li Fu never thought of this high position and weight The number one prince next to the emperor asked this question as soon as he opened his mouth, he couldn't help being startled for a moment, then he bowed in his seat and replied: "Returning to the prince, Li Wei and the two princes are in an orderly manner, and the righteousness of the monarch and ministers is listed in the three cardinal principles. This is not called wildness, this is called indecent and frivolous!" Yun, who was half lying down, heard this, sat up straight, this well-known "ridiculous prince" looked very solemn, stared at Li Fu, and sighed after a long while : "On the day when rites collapse and music is destroyed, what are the three cardinal principles and five constant principles?"

(End of this chapter)