Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 29 The overall situation, Nuo Min plans to cut in half, seek talents, be famous, Confucianism, and enter the machine (1)
On the second day of April, two cases of Shanxi deficit and examination fraud were concluded.The Three Law Departments have drawn up the charges and punishments for each person. Because there are so many people involved, big and small, they are afraid of causing a shock in the officialdom. Li Wei and Tu Lichen have made plans, and they will not make a statement for the time being. They will only classify the circumstances of each case in detail. Written in a secret form, the yellow box was handed into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and Yongzheng personally adjudicated it before issuing an edict.The two of them went to meet Yun outside the Chaoyang Gate first. Yun was busy with Enke Chunwei's announcement, and met Li Fu and the curtain officials of each room. The Lord agreed to be included in the list of draft girls, and I will have to spare time to go in later to pay my respects. These days, you have come to report the case every day, and I know the plot. If there is nothing wrong with it, I will not meet the emperor with you. Those who summoned me—you go in first.” The two had no choice but to agree to withdraw and pass the sign at Donghua Gate.After a while, the eunuch came out to pass the decree, "Let Li Wei and Tu Lichen face the saints in the Hall of Mental Cultivation!"

After arriving outside the Chuihua Gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Xing Nian, the eunuch, followed him.Hearing that Yongzheng was having breakfast, the two stopped in a hurry.Xing Nian said with a smile: "Both of you are bodyguards, your own people. The emperor's order is not to have so many etiquettes. The emperor is eating and talking at the same time." The two hurriedly bowed and agreed: "Yes." Come in with Xing Nian, and it turns out that I saw Yongzheng sitting cross-legged on the kang of Dongnuange, with the imperial meal in front of him.Li Wei had been a foreign official for many years, and it was the first time that Yongzheng met at dinner when he became the emperor.Because there was a plate of roasted bean tendons on the Yongzheng dining table, a plate of sautéed tenderloin with celery, a plate of steamed vegetarian meatballs, and a plate of stir-fried bean sprouts. The rice was just a bowl of brown rice, which was already eaten.Li Wei saluted and said with a smile: "The slave thinks that the master is already the emperor, so he is frugal. The servant of the emperor's imperial meal has already received the gift. The emperor is in the ninth five, and the king is in the world. If he is a dragon, it will be fine. When it comes to royal scale and decency, it’s important that you have a body of gold—now that foreign officials, not to mention officials as big as slaves, even state and county officials, the dinner is not so shabby.”

"I am rich and honored as the son of heaven, what is not to ask for? What is not to eat? It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to return from luxury to frugality!" Yongzheng slowly chewed the rice, and poured the remaining bean sprouts and soup into the bowl He pointed to the plate of celery tenderloin that had not been touched and ordered: "Reheat this dish for lunch, and I will use it again—let's not talk about it, say it." Your errands."

Tu Lichen glanced at Li Wei, saw Li Wei nodding, and hurriedly opened a long book of memorials and chapters. He had already grasped Yongzheng's taste, so he didn't read the original text, but picked up the important ones one by one. Zou, talked for half a meal, and finally gave an overview of the interrogation of the two cases.

Yongzheng sat cross-legged and listened silently. He sighed softly until Tulichen finished playing, kicked off his boots and got off the kang, pacing and walking just bowing his head in thought.Li Wei and Tu Lichen knelt on the ground, staring at Yongzheng intently.After a long time, Li Weifang asked: "Master, 180 and three officials were involved in these two cases. The ministry discussed the punishment, and the nineteen members below Nuo Min and Zhang Tinglu all took the lead to show the public. The slaves think that the country has a system of discussing relatives and nobles. Nuo Min is Royal family, Zhang Tinglu is the Viscount Enxie, such a killing caused a sensation in the world, it seems to be a bit serious..." Yongzheng's face was ugly, his brows were slightly frowned, and he said slowly: "The prince breaks the law and the common people are the same crime. As long as it should be killed, it is I have no pity for the [-] officials! It’s just that in my opinion, the case in the examination room has not yet been clarified, and some people will not accept it and laugh secretly when the case is closed like this.”

This was talking about another matter, which was directly related to the official admonitions of Li Wei and Tu Lichen, the two trial judges, and the two of them suddenly had thin beads of sweat on their heads.Yongzheng glanced at the two of them, and said slowly: "Don't be afraid, you have difficulties in your assignments, and it's inconvenient to tell them. Although I'm not in Dali Temple, I probably can't hide the details from me. The test questions were drawn up by myself. It was sealed in the gold cabinet by myself, and Zhang Tinglu and Yang Mingshi also opened it on the spot. Then—where did the test questions leak out? Who was the first to peek at the test questions? The maid? The eunuch? The prince? Elder brother?” These questions, Li What Wei and Tu Lichen discussed over and over again as soon as they were ordered to stand trial was exactly what they most hoped that Yongzheng's gourd would cover up.No, Yongzheng pointed it out as soon as he opened his mouth, and there was no room for concealment to avoid it.Li Wei kowtowed heavily on the ground three times, licked his lips and muttered: "The minds of the slaves cannot escape the sacred lesson. But the things below have shocked the government and the public, and the slaves have already found it difficult to deal with. The matter in the palace is related to the reputation of the Tian family. According to my slave's little knowledge, Zhang Tingyu said that he was sick, which meant to avoid suspicion, and more than half of it was for Long Live, to avoid misfortune..."

"You are very right." Yongzheng took a long breath, looked out of the window and said, "It is precisely because Tu Lichen is my confidant, and you were pulled out of the fire pit by me, that I am talking about these things. Words. Don’t talk about you in the palace, even if I deal with it myself, it’s quite tricky. You know, Nian Gengyao is still fighting in the west, and officials have to collect donations, and the military’s salary has to be supervised by the provinces. Some people in the court glared I hope that he will be defeated in battle, and that there will be chaos in the court... So no matter what, I can't be fooled by this, let alone my brothers and father and son messing around with housework! But if I don't say these words, no one will dare to say them , it seems that I can't even see through this level, so I wasted Prince Yong for 40 years!"

It turns out that the emperor's complaints were only to vent his heart and complain about his heart!The two couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at the same time.Tu Lichen kowtowed and said: "Since that's the case, please issue an edict early and deal with it decisively. The affairs in the palace are ambiguous, and Xu Tu can just clean them up."

"Killing too many people is not a good thing after all," Yongzheng vomited the depression in his heart, looked better, and nodded, "The leaders, like Nuo Min and Zhang Tinglu, ignore the court's laws and regulations, and ruin my reputation. Gui, Nuo Min is a distant relative, what kind of "relative" is it? Zhang Tinglu, a little viscount, is not considered "gui". "Punishment can't be a doctor" and they themselves have to match the word "doctor"! Seeing money, Seeing fame and fortune, the kings, relatives and teachers of heaven and earth have all left their minds behind, such a bastard must be exposed to the slaughter, and must be severely punished!" Yongzheng couldn't kill a lot because he wanted to stabilize the court, but he was picky and cruel by nature, and he didn't want to forgive him. As a last resort, Nuo Min and Zhang Tinglu felt a surge of resentment.His face was pale, he gritted his fine white teeth, smiled coldly, and said, "I mean, Nuo Min and Zhang Tinglu will be cut in half, what do you think?"

"Beheading in half" is the worst punishment after Ling Chi.According to the routine, the ministry has already decided to cut the sentence seriously, and it is expected that "gratitude comes from above" and give the emperor the favor of reducing the sentence. Unexpectedly, Yongzheng will add another class, which even Li Wei and Tu Lichen are also shameless.However, Yongzheng's words were like a mountain by nature, and there was absolutely no room for disobedience, so the two had no choice but to kowtow to accept the decree, and there was a chill in their hearts.But Yongzheng said again: "I know very well that these two people have always been trying to gain fame. Speaking of which, they are very popular in the officialdom. Today's bastard rules, when such things happen, relatives, friends, disciples and old officials will inevitably have to bid them farewell. Sacrifice to the execution ground, collect the corpses—very good, whoever wants to do this, I will not stop it. However, you have issued an order that all the yamen in the capital and the Shuntian Mansion, all officials above the fourth rank will go to the West Market to 'watch', Let's see these two ink officials off!" The two of them felt that they were too disrespectful to the officials when they heard Yongzheng gnashing his teeth and speaking in a murderous tone, and about to expel all the officials to go to the West Market to watch.Li Wei kowtowed, and was about to say a few words of persuasion, when Yongzheng saw the little eunuch Gao Wuyong come in, and asked, "What's the matter?" See you, Lord Long Live!"

"Fang Linggao is here? When did you arrive in Beijing?" Yongzheng frowned, and then frowned again, "From now on, civil and military officials all call Linggao 'Mr. Go, put your husband in the military plane first, and tell him that I will pick him up in person later." After Gao Wuyong "Nuo Nuo" repeatedly withdrew, Yongzheng continued: "Li Wei, don't say anything, I will probably say what you want to say. I also know. Killing corrupt officials, just asking people to see it is not very effective. Killing officials has to be seen by officials to know what is going on with the king's law. I can see their muscles and bones are crisp, their hearts are frightened, their hearts are jumping, their dreams are disturbed, and their black eyes are staring at them. When Bai Yinzi knew how to weigh, he wanted to retreat and save the way—let me tell you, seeing this blood is more effective than reading a hundred "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius!"

Li Wei had no choice but to kowtow, and said: "Long live the Holy Spirit! The slaughter of chickens is for the monkeys to watch! Please order, whether the rest of the officials who should be executed should be executed together. This seems to be a greater deterrent. And how to deal with the officials of Shanxi Tong Province, please ask the holy order, The servants can vote to implement it when they get back." Yongzheng pondered for a long time, and said: "You go back and discuss it again, just make a draft according to your original ideas, and submit it to me for consideration—that's it, you kneel down!" After the two resigned and left, Yongzheng took out the gold watch in his pocket and looked at it. It was just before the end of the afternoon. After thinking about it for a while, he ordered to change his clothes - he changed into a blue cotton gauze robe, and put on a Shi Qingjiang silk jacket. He carefully tied a gold-studded ancient coin thread button belt around his waist, wore blue satin sandals and soap boots, and wore a velvet and grass thread tassel crown. He turned around and told Xing Nian: "Let's go."

(End of this chapter)