Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 55
Yongzheng stood still, only to realize that he was already standing at the gate of Xian'an Palace.This is a desolate partial palace located in the northeast corner of the Forbidden City. On the high palace wall, fluffy bamboo grass grows in the gaps between the yellow glazed roof tiles. The red color on the palace wall is peeling off in pieces. The Artemisia annua half a person's height was not cleared up, and the deserted desert looked like an ancient temple that had been abandoned for many years. A few gray-haired old eunuchs stood guard in front of the hanging flower gate. Seeing the emperor and the fourteenth elder brother meandering over, they panicked They all went down the steps and knelt down, kowtowed with shriveled drake voices and said: "Slaves, pay your respects to Lord Long Live!" , It has not been renovated for many years, and the paint flakes have peeled off so that the handwriting is blurred.He frowned and ordered, "Open the door."

"Zha!" several eunuchs replied in unison.

The tightly locked palace door let out a groan and was slowly pushed open.From the 51st year of Kangxi to the present, this door has been open for twelve years, charcoal is delivered in winter, ice water is delivered in summer, and vegetables, rice and noodles are delivered on weekdays.The white-headed husbands and the deposed concubines who accompanied Yun looked at each other in panic for some reason.The deposed prince Yun was in the study room, when he saw the emperor and the fourteenth elder brother coming in through the glass window, his complexion turned pale with shock, the pen in his hand fell to the ground, he walked out of the study room with trembling legs, and knelt at the door Next, he said in a trembling voice: "Sin...sin minister Yun...Kowtow to Long live Jin'an!" He bent down to kowtow, but for a while he couldn't support his body with his hands!
"Second brother," Yongzheng hurriedly stepped forward to help Yun up with both hands, and walked into the study holding hands.He felt that Yun was trembling all over, as if his hands were soaked in ice water, and he couldn't help but feel a gloomy chill, but he said: "Sit down, sit down and talk."

Yun also looked at Yun in surprise and astonishment, seeing that Yun was still wearing a silky gray poplin robe on a hot day, thick white socks were exposed in his semi-new Qimingjian shoes, his face was green and gray, as ugly as a dead person, he couldn't help feeling Also a sigh.He and Yun have been deadly enemies for decades, and the position of Prince Yun has been abolished again and again. Yun does not know how much painstaking effort and manipulation he has made in it.But seeing the "Heaven's Proud Son" who has been the crown prince for 40 years become uneasy, panicked, like a frightened child, nervously swinging his skinny body, looking at Yongzheng shyly, Yun couldn't help but feel deeply moved .He glanced at the calm and composed Yongzheng again, and thought: "How could this be? How could we be here today? The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman wins..."

"Yun," Yongzheng's words interrupted Yun's train of thought, "I'm going to do the family ceremony today. Please give my second brother a blessing on my behalf." Yun hurriedly responded, and was about to hit Qian'er, so panicked that Yun hurriedly supported her with both hands, He stammered and said incoherently: "This is absolutely...not allowed! Your Majesty, you...don't kill the criminals..." "There is no need to mention the words of the past." Yongzheng looked out of the door wistfully, slowly deliberating He said in words, "Although you are imprisoned here, I am really thinking about it. The king's law is the king's law, and human feelings are human feelings. You are still my second brother."

Yun bowed deeply on the scorpion, and said: "Your Majesty, speaking of my sins, I should have gone to the eighteenth floor of hell long ago. Now it is like dead wood and ashes. Thanks to the grace of the emperor's rain and dew, I was able to live in glory. I have fulfilled my wish. I only ask Buddha to bless the emperor with a healthy dragon body, which is the blessing of the people in the world and the blessing of the guilty officials."

"I wanted to come in and see you a long time ago." Seeing him like this, Yongzheng also felt sad, so he calmed down and said calmly, "It's about the national system, and I can't help myself. I often ask people to bring things in, but I also tell people not to allow it." I said it was a gift from me, because I didn't want you to give me the gift of a king and a minister, and thank me for my 'favor'. I have worked hard on this idea, and my second brother has to be considerate." When Yun's eyes met Yongzheng, he immediately dodged away. The emperor worked under him for more than ten years and performed the rituals of the emperor and his ministers every day. Now it is like a cloud of smoke in his memory. Thinking that the world is upside down and blurred, and the lightning is like a dream, he meditated and said: "This is the emperor who is like the sky." Shengde, I am a minister of sin, but one day I will be born, that is, the gift of the emperor's rain and dew. Over the years, I have devoted myself to Buddhism, and I have gained a lot of experience. I know that the emperor came to save all sentient beings with the golden body of the Arhat. Copied the Shurangama Sutra, the Lotus Sutra, and the Diamond Sutra, all three of which are Buddhist Zen classics. The Shurangama Sutra is also called the First Shurangama Sutra, ten volumes. "Said that Sakyamuni wants to make all living beings obtain the wisdom of Buddha, that is, everyone can become a Buddha. "Diamond Sutra" says that the reality of wisdom lies in not being concerned about things. Zen refers to "heart" as the total color world, and persuades people to do good. Being able to enter the kingdom of heaven, being content with the status quo, etc., all meet the needs of feudal rulers. Buddhism was introduced into China from the Eastern Han Dynasty, and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. There were Tiantai, Faxiang, Huayan, and Zen. After the Song Dynasty, Zen combined with Confucianism and Taoism, and became more It is popular, and I would like to dedicate it to the emperor's birthday." After speaking, he got up, and tremblingly took a few large books from the top of the cabinet, a thick stack of scriptures.

Yun Jianyun was as dull and rigid as a hanging marionette, looking very weak, hurried forward to help hold it and put it on the case.When Yongzheng opened it to read, he saw that the same color of Zhong Wang's teeny lowercase script had no random strokes from beginning to end, and there were some shocking famous lines, with blood-piercing circles on the side. Absolutely not for this sake.Seeing the satisfied smile on Yongzheng's face, Yun pointed to the cabinet and said, "These big cabinets are all Buddhist scriptures copied by criminal ministers, but they are not as good as these. A few copies are presented for the emperor to enjoy."

"Second brother, isn't he 52 years old?" Yongzheng suddenly felt sour. "I've been imprisoned here for more than ten years. It's not a common practice. I want to move it for you. The garden you originally set up in Tongzhou I will repay it to you. This palace is too gloomy, and it is difficult for you to stay alive. Let you go out, I also have this intention, but I am afraid that it will violate the sacred will of the first emperor and be shocking. I still give you the name of prince, as long as you don’t communicate with others If you come and go, you will appreciate my painstaking efforts."

"No no no no... Oh, the guilty minister dare not accept this blessing..." Yun Ru met a snake and scorpion, shaking his hands, "That's it... that's it, the guilty minister is very at ease, I don't need anything, I don't want anything , that's the best!"

Yongzheng stood up and said, "Second brother, you can rest in peace and study, and then I will give you a decree. If you want something to use, ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to report to me, and you will never fail. Sigh... Yun, we Let's go..." As he said, he walked out with lead-filled steps, Yun sent him out of the study room, knelt down with several eunuchs, and said loudly: "Congratulations to Long Live Lord!"

"Long Live Lord? Hahaha! Hahahaha..."

Suddenly there was a ghostly howling sound from the other courtyard, as if a lunatic was running in the courtyard and shouting, "Your Majesty! Where are you? Come here and let me see what you look like? You are the king of a country, I He is the king of the house. Sovereign king...is a word, huh? Ah...hahahaha..." While shouting, while walking far away, the elf screamed in his ears: "Come here, come here! You can come here, but I can't get out! Ho-ho--"

Yun knew that over there was the Shangsi Courtyard, the stable yard where Emperor Kangxi raised horses, and the elder brother Yun had stayed in it for fifteen years.Suddenly I realized: I will also go to Zunhua to guard the spirit, why the emperor asked me to follow this ghost place alone, to meet these people and know these things?He shuddered from the bottom of his heart, and stole a glance at Yongzheng.Yongzheng was unmoved, walked forward slowly, beckoned to the eunuch at the gate of Shangsi courtyard and asked, "How long has Yun been sick?" The eunuch hurriedly kowtowed: "One and a half years."

"What's the point of yelling?" Yongzheng sternly said, "Go! Shut up the empty house first to defeat him, and call an imperial doctor to come in and see what medicine he should take. Don't wrong him."

After finishing speaking, he left, and Yun hurriedly followed.The two entered the garden from the northeast corner gate of the imperial garden. Seeing Liu Tiecheng and De Lengtai's bodyguards leading a group of Buku youths practicing kung fu, Yongzheng ordered the eunuchs behind him to leave the garden, beckoned Liu Tiecheng and De Lengtai and said, "Old man. De, you go and ask the ministers in the study room and Prince Lian to wait to see me in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. By the way, tell Fifth Brother Zhang that he and you will leave Beijing with me the day after tomorrow. Go back to the mansion for cooking today, afternoon and tomorrow, so you don’t need to come in Waiting. Tiecheng, you stay here, and I have a few words with my fourteenth brother, and you go with me."

"Yes, the slave will save it."

Yongzheng and Yun brothers were the only ones left in the lush and verdant imperial garden. In the huge imperial garden, there were gorgeous passionflowers blooming. Under the sunlight, they shone like jewels, and the thick green seemed to flow down. Roses and rosebushes are dotted with blood-red flowers, and weavers among the pansies are singing endlessly, but there is no one else.

"Your Majesty, let's say goodbye here today." Yun looked at Yongzheng in a daze and said, "The emperor will also leave for the south in the future, should I send the emperor off before leaving?"

Yongzheng didn't speak, but nodded his head as he heard.

"Your Majesty, do you have any orders?"

Yongzheng had no expression on his face, and he casually browsed the scenery in the imperial garden. After a long time, he said, "Do you remember the day when I celebrated my mother's birthday five years ago?" Bing, things are very complicated."

"Some things can't be forgotten, and shouldn't be forgotten." Probably because of the glare of the sun, Yongzheng squinted his eyes, and couldn't see any expression hidden in his eyes.But the tone was as flat as an autumn pond: "I saw the second brother today and heard the elder brother speak, and I was very touched. It was the two of us that time, but that time was in front of a grave in the wilderness outside the city. This time, it was in Tianjia Imperial Garden. This time, the spring scene has gone, and that time, the autumn scene is old. The deserted graves, wild grass, cold wind and the scene in front of me are really different."

Yun remembered that it was the 56th year of Kangxi, the birthday of Concubine De (Yongzheng and Yun's birth mother), and the two brothers worshiped Chenghuan on their knees.Concubine De tried her best to persuade a pair of enemy brothers who became political enemies.At that time, Yongzheng and Yunfang went out of the city and stayed in front of the desolate and dark wild grave to talk, but they parted ways because of their political differences.Today, when a winner is about to punish the loser, the two are reliving old stories in the Royal Garden!

"I cut down your prince, and sent you to guard the mausoleum." After some time, Yong Zhengfang gritted his fine white teeth and stared at Yun, "What do you have in mind, it's just the two of us here, why not?" Straight up."

Yun lowered his head and followed Yongzheng as he walked on the fluffy "rule grass". After thinking about it for a while, he finally realized that it would be better to speak up than to go around with this scrupulous and critical son of the emperor.Yin said: "This is a matter of course, it is imperative. When I return from Pingliang, I will prepare for it. Now that I have dealt with it like this, I am very gracious,—really, I am very gracious."

Yongzheng turned his face suddenly, his eyes flashed with surprise and suspicion, but he was not angry, he said with a half smile, "Why do you think so?" Yun Ye stared at Yongzheng with no timidity on his face, and his eyes met When the time shifted, Yun turned his eyes to the white clouds in the sky, and said: "As soon as the emperor ascended to the throne, he wrote the "Friends of the Party" with his own pen. Since the emperor called for blunt speech, my younger brother said it straight. In the emperor's heart, my younger brother is a member of the 'Baye Party'." Well!" Yongzheng looked at Yun intently, saw that he had stopped speaking, and said, "Go on, I said it, today the speaker is innocent."

Yun smiled lightly and said: "Actually, I don't have much to say. After many years of competition, the emperor came first, but the power of starlings still exists. The emperor is worried, so naturally he has to clean up one by one. So I stripped my military power and transferred my younger brother back to the capital. So called The ninth brother stayed with Gengyao last year, and the tenth brother went to Zhangjiakou. The emperor wanted to disband the 'party', so the younger brother had to go to guard the mausoleum. Before guarding the mausoleum, the emperor did not forget to take the younger brother to see the situation of the two elder brothers in the secluded palace , That is self-evident. The younger brother is dishonest in Zunhua, so he has to be prepared to become an idiot like the second brother, or a lunatic like the eldest brother. This cannot be said to be compassionate, so the younger brother said, the younger brother is really I really feel that the "emperor's grace is mighty" - because "the minister's crime should be punished"!"

"Happy!" Yongzheng nodded and smiled.His smile is childishly innocent and straightforward, and the corners of his mouth hang down slightly, with undeniable sternness and arrogance: "There are many words here, which are exactly what I want to tell you. Now that you know it, you don't have to." More to say, but you are only half right. "Clique Theory" is not aimed at the eighth younger brother, it is aimed at the habits of the Han people. I can't talk about reforming the bureaucracy!

"As for you, you consider yourself an 'Eight Lord Party', I don't think so. Even Yun, as long as you live in peace, you are still my brother. But whoever wants to stop me from being a good emperor, whether it's brothers, father and son, or monarchs, It is difficult for me to take personal matters into account. I am ordered by the heavens, and I must be worthy of the emperor, queen, and ancestors!
"Peeling off your lord, telling you to guard the mausoleum to study, is not for the 'eight master party'. Even if the old nine and you are in Beijing, I can't take you away? Can't I kill you?
"So don't think about it, go to Zunhua, so that you can study well. Since you are in Zunhua, you should work hard on the word 'Zunhua'. In this sense, you can guess that my compassion is quite authentic."

Yongzheng talked about it in a long and eloquent way, gouging out the tendons and eviscerating the bones to analyze the principles. Yun listened to the needles hidden in the cotton and the bones in the flesh. Although there are fakes, most of them are true.Thinking about it, he sighed: "You don't need to talk about it. My younger brother will be on the road tomorrow. I must shut myself up and think about my life and study well. I will live up to the painstaking efforts of the emperor."

"That's it," Yongzheng didn't say any more, staring at the gate of the garden gloomily, and said, "Man does not fail the heaven and the earth, and the heaven and the earth do not fail the man. Do it for yourself!"

(End of this chapter)