Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 49 The Secret Room Plans to Make Mistakes During Funerals
Fang Bao was sitting upright, deep in thought, listening to Yongzheng's question, raised his head, his two pepper-like eyes were shining brightly, and said with a sigh of relief: "I'm thinking about two things. Just now, my lord, you talked about military affairs. I thought What the Lord said is very true. But the military victory in the west, it is reasonable to say that Nian Gengyao must have used the red flag to report victory, but so far I have not seen it, but the secret book of Ma Changsheng, the general of Lanzhou, Gansu, came first. Without this secret book, the master has not yet I don't know, isn't this a strange thing?" Wen Jue said: "Perhaps the battlefield needs to be cleaned up, and the prisoners have to be disposed of, or else Nian Gengyao has new arrangements, and it's too late to report to the court." Fang Bao said, "That's not Nian Gengyao's temperament. Besides, Yue Zhongqi led the army into Qing Dynasty and joined forces with Nian Gengyao. The army is defeated!" Yongzheng was startled, his eyes flashed and he said:
"Sir means—"

"The minister said that the military report has been delivered, but the emperor has not seen it."

"So, what about the rumors?"

"Rumors can kill."

This warning word came out from between Fang Bao's teeth, and both Yongzheng and Wen Jue shuddered.The three of them didn't speak for a while, but they heard the wind blowing the corners of the hall outside the hall, and the iron horses jingled.

"The mantis catches the cicada without knowing that the oriole is behind, and the oriole pecks the mantis without knowing that the bullet is coming." Fang Bao said coldly: "It has not been a year since the death of the holy ancestor, and the death of the queen mother. The country is troubled. Long live, the dispute between the years and the mountains is a trivial matter , Your Majesty is absolutely right. Beijing is the place where the heart is at the elbow and armpits, and there can be no mistakes here. This big funeral must be the same as the funeral of the holy ancestor, and everything must be carefully considered."

Yongzheng never expected that Fang Bao was thinking about this matter.At first, he still felt disapproving, but when he thought about it carefully, even the trivial matters with Fan Shijie were even paid for by the courier. How could he keep silent for such a big victory?Thinking of the rumors, and thinking of Fang Bao's suggestion to set up a tent for the brothers, I felt more and more uneasy, and blurted out: "What do you want to do, sir?"

"Long live Shengming, this is only the word 'defense', why should I say it?"

This is the difference between Fang Bao and Wu Sidao. In the past, Wu Sidao advised Yongzheng, and he always spoke his mind directly, lest it be unknown. Fang Bao's demeanor, he only said "opinions", and let the emperor make his own decisions.Yongzheng was about to speak, but he heard the eunuch outside say: "Zhang Tingyu comes to pay respects to the emperor!" Yongzheng turned to Wenjue and said, "You are a monk, go and do your religious affairs - ask him to come in!"

"Your Majesty!" Wen Jue went out with his front feet, and Zhang Tingyu came in with his back feet, but his head and face were covered with snow. He knelt down in front of Yongzheng and said, "Everything is ready at the other end of the Compassion Palace. When is the funeral, please The emperor shows."

Yongzheng had returned to his normal state, and said softly, "Is it snowing outside? Shake the snow off your body, and say slowly—give me some tea, get up and sit down! Thanks to Mr. Fang who asked to build a coffin. Otherwise, the ice and snow How can I ask my brothers to bear it?" Zhang Tingyu let out a breath of cold air, his body had warmed up, and he bowed back and said, "I am also about to talk about this. The third master, the fifth master, and the fourteenth master asked the slaves to ask for an order. Crying in the coffin seems to be inappropriate for the Empress Dowager's gift. Keeping filial piety is a hard thing, and they should all go to the coffin. This is their filial piety. Please ask the emperor to issue a decree so that they can enter the coffin "Yongzheng was distracted for a while while holding the tea, and said: "Isn't that all the blood of the first emperor, my brothers and sisters? The front is in Qianqing Palace, and there are a few younger brothers with colds! It's freezing, and the queen mother is also uneasy in the spirit of heaven. , On the contrary, I am not filial. This time there must not be a single sick person. You pass the decree to the imperial hospital, call a few more imperial physicians, and come in to serve at any time. Each shed and the east toilet must have eunuchs take turns to take care of the lights and keep warm. You should enter the main hall to mourn , everyone go. Go back and return to the coffin, is this possible?"

"I didn't make it clear." Zhang Tingyu said hastily, "'Third Master' is Brother Hongshi. Fifth Master and Fourteenth Master are Yun Zuo and Yun."

"Well."

Yongzheng was stunned for a moment, and said, "Hengchen, that's it, go ahead. Oh, go to the upper study room, and the military aircraft department, and ask them if they have any military newspapers from Nian Gengyao and Yue Zhongqi. , You still need to pay attention to such a big event. By the way, call De Lengtai and Brother Zhang Wu to come over."

Brother Zhang Wu and De Lentai, two guards, both came in, their eyes were red from crying, and they seemed a little at a loss looking at the Holy One in front of them.

"My 'sacred shed' is set up here." Yongzheng said, "Because there are some urgent matters, even the funeral needs to be taken care of, so I ask Mr. Fang to accompany me. De Lentai, you choose twenty guards to guard this place. All the guards in the palace listen to you, but you listen to Mr. Fang—Mongol man, do you understand?"

"I understand!" De Lentai replied in a rough voice, "But there are several other ministers leading the guards, and they have orders, will I listen to them?"

"You listen to Mr. Fang."

"tie!"

Yongzheng took two steps, his gloomy eyes were gray and dark, and he said after a long time: "Mr. Fang, you draft a letter to Fifth Brother Zhang. Fifth Brother is going to deliver the decree tonight: Shuntian Mansion and the yamen servants under the jurisdiction of the Second Ministry of Military and Punishment Official troops stationed at Shenwu Gate to guard against entry and exit. The Fengtai Camp was led by Bi Lita himself, with felt curtains, and stationed at the front gate to the south of Xihua Gate. To the north of Xihua Gate, 1000 people from the Han Army Zhenghuang Banner of Xishan Ruijian Camp were stationed. The Donghua Gate is guarded by the Yamen army and horses commanded by the original infantry."

As he finished speaking, Fang Bao stopped the pen in his hand, and presented the drafted imperial edict to Yongzheng with both hands.Yongzheng looked at it and nodded, took out the "Yuanming Layman" small seal from his bosom, stamped it on, and handed it to Fifth Brother Zhang.Zhang Wuge accepted the imperial edict with some hesitation, and said, "I've paid attention to it. But Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate are managed by Longzhong Hall. Should the original garrison be moved? Should we tell Longzhong Hall about this?"

"Uncle will be in mourning these few days." Yongzheng knew that the fifth brother was careful, and he was afraid that he would be suspicious, so he said in a gentle way: "All internal and external defense, as well as military affairs and government affairs, are presided over by Zhang Tingyu. So this matter is waiting for you to pass the decree, tell me With Zhang Hengchen's voice, everything is under his control. When soldiers and horses enter the city, they all bring marching tents and listen to Zhang Tingyu taking care of the household department. Food, fodder and charcoal must be provided, and each sergeant will be rewarded with five taels of silver first. Rewards will be given after the funeral. Don't think about it .I only want to be safe inside and out, so let's go!"

After receiving the imperial edict, Zhang Tingyu rushed back to the upper study immediately to inquire whether there was any military report in Xijiang.Several officials who were on duty in the study room said that because of the establishment of the Military Aircraft Office, all military memorials were handed in directly by the Military Aircraft Office, and they did not see Nian Gengyao handing in this chapter.Because he rushed to the military plane again, he saw that Liu Molin was on duty, so he asked, "When did you return to Beijing? Are you alone on duty tonight?"

"Zhang Zhongtang, I shouldn't be on my job tonight. It's Su Zhangjing who is in charge. Long Zhongtang asked him to go there just now. It's been half an hour." Liu Molin changed his usual unruly air and stood up when he saw Zhang Tingyu. When I came to Beijing, I stayed in Jiaxing Building for half an hour, and then went to visit Fan Shijie, only to find out that something happened in the inner court, so I hurried in, how many things have to be told to Zhongtang!"

"You can write a brief summary of the affairs of Liangjiang, Anhui, and Shandong for me." Zhang Tingyu didn't sit down either, "I'm so busy right now that I put everything on the back burner. See if there is Nian Gengyao in the past two days." Your Majesty is waiting for your military report!"

Liu Molin didn't say anything anymore, got up and took out a stack of files from the copper inlaid cabinet in the middle, looked at each file, shook his head and said, "No. But the thirteenth master and the fourteenth master sometimes carry it with him, so you go in and ask the two masters, Don’t you know?” Zhang Tingyu turned around and left, one foot outside the door and one foot inside the door paused for a moment, then turned around and asked: “There must be a bottom file for the booklet outside, you can look for the register to see if there is any If you want, let’s see who takes it.” Liu Molin spread his hands and said, “Of course there are register books, they are all locked in the cabinet, and the key is in Nasu’s hand. Zhongtang, please stop for a moment, Nasu is on duty. , he dare not leave for a long time."

Zhang Tingyu took a deep breath and had no choice but to sit down, thinking about how many things were waiting for him to take care of, and felt anxious for a while.But he has been a minister for many years, and he has a good temperament, but he doesn't show it at all on the outside. He secretly looked at the chiming clock in the corner and sipped tea: "You went to Jiaxing Tower? Is it Su Shunqing's place? How are things going with you now?" ?”

"Chengzhongtang cares." Liu Molin sighed and said with a wry smile, "It hasn't been settled yet. With an imperial edict from the emperor, the pariah can be released from citizenship, but there must be money to redeem her! I will give three thousand, and Xu Jun will give five thousand. I borrowed five thousand here and there, and Xu Jun gave out eight thousand, and now it's ten thousand! The old bustard wanted to be a favor when I was lucky, but now he doesn't recognize anything except money. What do I have to pay for it? Xu Qian learned that playboy is richer? I saw her just now, and she cried, saying that her body is not as good as before, and I'm afraid I won't be able to survive that day." Zhang Tingyu put himself in Liu Molin's shoes, and it was really difficult.He suddenly thought of his son Zhang Meiqing, who was forced to death by himself because of a brothel girl. He couldn't help but feel sour. After a long silence, he asked again: "Where are your father and brother? What do they have to say?" Liu Molin said: " I'm an orphan..."

Zhang Tingyu glanced at Liu Molin tenderly, and said, "Ten thousand silver is nothing. Let me tell you, wait a minute, three or four thousand silver is enough. I saw Wansui in the first five days, and when I talked about Xu Qianxue's failure, I said he was a veteran , can you reduce it a little, he can't get a hundred thousand silver! Long live God said with a sneer, he is not afraid of the poor who owe debts, but the heroes who collect debts! It is inevitable that he will lose one or two taels of money! Wait a moment, tell Shunqing, relax your heart, if you are really in trouble, please tell me again." Liu Molin listened, his color was already harmonious, and he smiled and said: "It's really like that, I let go of my heart. Oh, Zhongtang, I heard some rumors in Jiaxing Tower, some said that the time for the Long live God to ascend to the throne was not right, it was 'Yongzheng', which was against God's will, so this year's first lunar month Thunder. Some people said that Nian Gengyao was going to lead his troops back to Beijing. They also said that "the emperor went out of Sanjiangkou, Jiahu Battlefield" is the third year of Yongzheng and four years in "Huang Nieshi Song". In Yue Nian Gengyao's "Zou Xi Tiao Bu Hangzhou General Zhe" (see the 8th series of "Wen Wen Cong Bian"), he once quoted these two poems, saying that the chaos in the world during the Yongzheng period was God's will. I was a little flustered, and went Looking for Lao Fan, Fan Shijie said that someone in Nian was extremely domineering in Western Xinjiang, but he heard that Nian Gengyao committed suicide after being defeated..." Zhang Tingyu listened, and his expression became more and more serious. I heard about it, but it was the first time I heard about Nian Gengyao's defeat in the army. Thinking of Yongzheng's summoning just now, he became more and more thorny and felt like sitting on pins and needles. He put down the teacup in his hand, nodded to Liu Molin, and said, "We dare not chatter Now, you go and see where Su, the idiot, has gone, I want to see the file register!"

Seeing Zhang Tingyu's expression changed drastically, Liu Molin knew that there was something wrong, so he agreed to get up and leave, but he bumped into Su who came in.Liu Molin took a step back and said with a smile, "Then Su, Zhang Zhongtang wants me to find you, you bastard!"

"Talk back to Zhongtang." Nasu's face turned black with cold, "Just now Long Zhongtang came to me and asked for a troop talisman. During the funeral, the capital's customs defense needs to be mobilized. The slave said he wanted to go back to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Masters, but Long Zhongtang said no , I played in the arena for half a day, and there were several memorials seconded by the Fourteenth Master. There was a military report in it, but the abbreviation hadn’t been written yet.

Zhang Tingyu frowned and said loudly: "Don't talk too much, where's the zhezi?" Nasu took out several copies from his bosom and handed them over together.All the six hundred miles of intensive memorials on the cover of Huang Ling, one by one are written:

Nian Gengyao, the general of Fuyuan, would like to play, and the six hundred miles will be closer.

But they are all sealed and have not yet been folded.Zhang Tingyu left without saying a word.Nasu hurriedly said:
"Zhongtang, about the troop transfer talisman..."

"No."

"Longzhong Hall..."

"Tell him to talk to me."

After speaking, Zhang Tingyu left in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)