Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 56
Seeing Yunjue resigned, Yongzheng lost his mind for a while, felt his legs were a little sore, so he ordered Liu Tiecheng to accompany him, and took a bright yellow soft sedan back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.When they got off the sedan chair in front of the Chuihua Gate, they saw Fan Shijie, Sun Jiagan, and Liu Molin kneeling in front of the gate to welcome them.There was also an official wearing four dragon coats, a crane patch, and a peacock feather with two eyes behind the coral top, but Yongzheng didn't recognize it, so they kowtowed and saluted without saying a word, and entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation with a wave of their hands .Yun, Zhang Tingyu, Longkodo, and Ma Qi had already been waiting for His Majesty Dan, and rushed to greet him.

"Just now I went to see the Seventeen Gege with the old fourteen." Yongzheng sat down in the East Nuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, feeling a little stuffy, ordered ice water for everyone, took two sips, and said, "by the way I went to Xian'an Palace to see my second elder brother Yun, and heard that my elder brother was also sick. Yun, you should take care of the House of Internal Affairs, and I should tell you about these matters."

Seeing him sit down and start looking for his own business, the fire in his heart flickered.But he sat down and made up his mind to "stay on time and wait for changes", and he would never lose the big because of small things. He bowed and said cautiously: "This is my brother's omission. These are all recorded on the files of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I think they have already done it." It was submitted to the imperial court, but there was no other statement. Since the emperor said so, I will pay attention to it in the future."

"It's not a big deal, it's related to my reputation." Yongzheng smiled indifferently, "Elder brother doesn't talk about him, he's doing his own crimes. Give him a lifetime and he'll be worthy of him. Where's the second brother? After all, it is the person who was the prince, and I had a relationship with the emperor and minister, so I can't be wronged, so that people in the future will discuss that I don't know how to take care of him. Tell me, how do you deal with his affairs?"

Everyone couldn't help but looked at each other: "How to cook?" The question was so far-fetched, how should I answer it?When Emperor Kangxi deposed the crown prince, Ma Qi strongly recommended the eighth elder brother Yun to succeed him. Hearing Yongzheng's words, he felt sympathetic to the second elder brother. A thought of a benevolent person will reach heaven! The second elder brother was surrounded by a group of small people, and he was angry with himself. He was disappointed in the first emperor, but he has been imprisoned for more than ten years. Let it be bathed in sanctification. Following the ancient rules of the previous dynasty, it can be abolished as a commoner. It is also reasonable to grant a title." Zhang Tingyu thought to himself when he heard this: Ma Qi was imprisoned. He has grown a lot, and he speaks airtightly, and he seems to be thinking of the emperor, and he has experienced the old feelings of the past. He is so exquisite that he is impeccable, because he immediately echoed: "What the horse said is true. How to show kindness, please the emperor's sage, minister Waiting for the counselor according to the ancient rules."

"It's hard for me to give up my brotherhood!" Yongzheng frowned and let out a sigh, "Give him a prince, and set aside a piece of feudal land in Tongzhou to raise him, what do you think?" He looked at Yun after speaking.Yun couldn't figure it out for a while, but suddenly thought of Yun's matter-what is the emperor's plan?Before he could think about it, he said: "This is the law of heaven. According to my younger brother, I should call him Prince 'Li', how about it?" Long Kedo also said: "I also think this name is good. I can always remind the second master not to forget the emperor's virtue. Deeply grateful."

Zhang Tingyu frowned and was just contemplating. After everyone finished talking, Fang Xuxu said: "Prince Lian thought the name is not bad. But according to the slave's thinking, the second master is a person who committed a crime after all, otherwise, the late emperor would not abolish him." Get rid of him. Make up for mistakes, call it 'secret', this must be made clear, so that it will be logical and not cause the world's subjects to misunderstand. Therefore, it is better to be 'Prince Limi'!"

"Okay!" Yongzheng couldn't help praising him, "Heng Chen will draw up an edict according to this meaning and make it known to the world." After finishing speaking, he turned his face and asked Zhang Tingyu: "I just came in and saw Fan Shijie and the others outside the hanging flower gate, the one with the double-eyed peacock Who is Ling, why haven't I seen it before?"

Zhang Tingyu hurriedly said: "That's Kong Yuliu, the governor of Guangdong—" Before he finished speaking, Yongzheng had already remembered: "I know, the day before yesterday Zhu Pi Duo fell in love, I said, no wonder he was wearing four dragon coats, it turns out It's the saint's family—let them all come in!" Li Dequan agreed and hurriedly retreated.Yongzheng said again: "I'm going to Henan. Maybe I'll take a detour to Shandong to return to Beijing. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back for ten and a half months. First, I want to see the river workers, and second, I want to experience the feelings of the officials and the people. After the Dragon Boat Festival in May, about Nian Gengyao Before returning to Beijing, I will come back to celebrate for him." Seeing Kong Yuliu and other four people filing in, watching them stop, he just nodded and said: "Prince Bao will go to work on my behalf, Beijing Naturally, Hongshi sits on the flag. On Hongshi's side, I naturally have to give a few words of advice. The eighth brother and the thirteenth brother in Jingli, you should continue to do your own business, and see if Hongshi is good. Discipline as an uncle. I will only take Tingyu there, and Ma Qi will stay in the upper study to preside over the six miscellaneous affairs. You decide on small matters, and the big ones will be delivered to me quickly, so it will be appropriate." Everyone hurriedly bowed and said yes .Yun said: "It's too complicated to rectify the affairs of the flag. The younger brother still needs to make preparations for the triumphant return of the army. The ninth younger brother will naturally come back with Nian Gengyao. Now the tenth younger brother has nothing to do around Zhangjiakou, can you order him to go back to Beijing to help? "

"Let's talk about it later." Yongzheng seemed to say casually.He turned to Kong Yuliu and asked, "Did you come back from Guangdong?" Kong Yuliu, Fan Shijie, Liu Molin, and Sun Jiagan were listening blankly, and suddenly asked himself, and quickly kowtowed and replied, "Your minister is from Guangdong." Come back. After my mother passed away, I was on the spot Ding You guarded the system, and received the order of Long Live, that is, I helped the coffin to the north and placed my mother's coffin in Qufu. Your Majesty, I was lonely since I was a child. My mother weaves every night until the fifth watch. Long live to govern the world with filial piety, the decree of seizing love is really unwilling to obey the imperial edict, and dare not disobey the imperial edict, especially to pay homage to the emperor, remembering the sincerity of the minister's mother and son, I really can't bear to betray my relatives and forget my kindness, and be happy to do things outside, I beg the emperor to silently observe the minister's heart, When the guard period expires, I should encourage myself to do my best and do my best for the emperor. Your majesty...why do you choose such an unfilial son?" As he spoke, he burst into tears.

"Loyalty and filial piety are the same thing, and what you talk about is just the word 'heart'." Yongzheng looked sad, "Isn't my mother... well, needless to say. The same is true for your on-the-job system! Of course, I will also fulfill your wish." Filial piety - Ma Qi!"

"Chen is here!"

"Tell the Ministry of Rites to go to Qufu to pay homage to Yuliu's mother, to grant her the title of first-rank imperial order, posthumously titled 'Chengjie', to be commended by Lifang! Yuliu, are you satisfied?"

Kong Yuliu was so excited that he trembled all over, bowed his head on the ground again and again, and was sobbing: "I obey the holy order... Take loyalty as filial piety, and repay the emperor's infinite kindness!" Everyone saw that he was so filial, and the emperor was so generous. Li, also felt terrified and moved.However, Yongzheng had calmed down. He used the bowl cover to shake the foam on the tea but put it down again. He frowned and said, "Guangdong is too far away from Beijing. The so-called 'the sky is high and the emperor is far away'. , Such a big case has dragged on for more than a year, and I have issued three approvals since I came to the throne, but I can’t get the real culprit! According to your opinion, what is the reason?"

Everyone knows this. Ling Pu, a bully from Xinhui in Guangdong, set fire to the Hu family and killed nine members of his family in the middle of the night in order to fight for a piece of geomantic land. He withdrew two inspectors in a row, and still says "there is no evidence" to arrest Ling Pu.This is a major case that shocked Yongzheng's government and the public. That's why the Shangshufang drafted a vote to dismiss the current Governor of Guangdong, Su Mu, and let Kong Yuliu reinstate him. Hearing Yongzheng's inquiry, they all stared at Kong Yuliu with wide eyes. .

"Long live," Kong Yuliu replied abruptly, "I am the person who guards Ding You, and I have heard a lot of things behind closed doors. But this case is not based on 'rumours'. I borrowed a People watch the trial, if the case is not closed within three months, please take the minister's head!"

"Who?"

Kong Yuli pointed his hand and said, "He!"

All eyes turned to Sun Jiagan.Sun Jiagan didn't recognize Kong Yuliu, he came here to impeach Qu Sen, the chief envoy of Guangxi, because the Bureau of Casting Money for the Guangxi Feudal Officials refused to mint Yongzheng coins according to the "four coppers, four lead six", and saw that Kong Yuliu trusted him so much. Myself, Donggua's face immediately turned blood red.Because he presented himself to the emperor, he said, "Since brother Kong is trustworthy, as long as the emperor grants permission, I will go!"

"I also trust you." A spark of joy flashed in Yongzheng's eyes, and he said, "Since that's the case, I will give you a name to send imperial envoys from Guangdong and Guangxi to conclude this case. There is no need to rush back to Beijing. Take a look, come back and play me carefully."

"tie!"

Yongzheng stood up, looked at Fan Shijie, and said, "I called Liu Molin in. Please pass me the sign. What's the matter?" It's something." Yongzheng glanced at the crowd, and said with a smile: "Here are all my confidant ministers, you can say whatever you want." Fan Shijie also looked at the crowd, and said: "Long live, I am tired now, I would like to resign first, I would rather change Please see you again when you hand over the sign."

Although his words were light, they were firm and decisive, and everyone felt uncomfortable listening to them.Yongzheng turned pale, looked at Fan Shijie who didn't care, and suddenly remembered that Fan Shijie learned how to bray and play with Yunxiang in Changchun Garden that year, and couldn't help smiling, and said: "In that case, Tingyu, you go away. Lin stayed to talk to me. Fan Shijie, Liu Molin is not in your way, right?" Fan Shijie kowtowed and said, "Liu Molin is not in the way." Everyone was bored with what they said, so they had to ask An to leave, and there was no one who didn't get tired of Fan Shijie.

"Play a game of chess!" Yongzheng breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm playing chess with Liu Molin, just talk about what you have to say."

So Xingnian Gao Wuyong took Yunzier's Go box and laid out the chessboard, while Liu Molin held the sunspots and dealt with Yongzheng cautiously.Liu Molin is a well-known "black national player", and Yun Xiang, who is known as the king of chess, is not his opponent.Yongzheng himself loves to play go, but he is good at chess.Seeing his posture, Yongzheng knew that he was going to play chess again, so he said: "Liu Molin, chess is just for fun. To please me, I play chess every time. You don't mind bothering me! Just attack boldly and win If you accept me, I will reward you!" While talking, he said to Fan Shijie: "Aren't you going to make a secret report? What do you have to say?"

"I want to sue Nian Gengyao?"

Liu Molin had received the imperial decree to follow Sibeile Hongli to Xining to work in the army, and he shuddered when he heard this.When looking at Yongzheng, his face was expressionless, staring at the chessboard while thinking about how to deal with Zier, and said in his mouth: "Nian Gengyao is a person who has made great contributions to the society, you are not good enough, and you don't want to listen to Nian Gengyao's festival. I have impeached you, and it has been published in the mansion newspaper. I haven’t made the order to punish you, so why don’t you file a complaint first?”

"I know that Nian Gengyao has meritorious service." Fan Shijie said calmly, without fear, "I am suing him for his 'faults'. Besides, I was ordered to be transferred first, and Nian's meritorious service came later. In terms of personal friendship, I am Nian Geng." Yao recommended him to be promoted to the governor of Gansu, but the minister thought that no matter how great Nian Gengyao's achievements were, he was not the emperor. The minister could not be loyal to Nian Gengyao, but only to the emperor. If the emperor felt that the governor was given by Nian Gengyao, he had to listen to everything For Nian Gengyao, I would rather not have this red-cap!"

"Huh?" Yongzheng was about to put a white piece between his index finger and middle finger, and he paused for a moment before saying, "You tell the truth, if you say all of this, I will take it as your slander to separate the monarch and his ministers!" Yongzheng's words were sharp Seemingly sharp, Liu Molin's head was already soaked in sweat, but Fan Shijie didn't care, kowtowed and said: "Yes! Nian Gengyao is neither a prince nor a clan, why should his handsome flag be bright yellow?" Yongzheng pointed with a smile One corner of the chessboard, and said: "Mo Lin, I want to point out the corner of this corner—the flag is bright yellow, which is a gift from the emperor, why are you making such a fuss!"

Fan Shijie resisted and said: "The bright yellow belt he tied was also given by the emperor? When he eats, he is called 'Jin'; when he rewards people, he is called 'Gift'. Is this what a minister should do?" ", see "Yongxianlu" Volume 3, page 203.

Yongzheng stopped the chess in his hands, and asked sharply: "You have the right to play secret games, why didn't you tell me about these things? What did you do earlier?" "Return to the emperor!" Fan Shijie raised his face and said, "The minister has already played it. The yellow box was delivered directly by Nian Gengyao's military post. This is in the file in the governor's yamen's signing room, and it is recorded. If you don't believe me, you order to check it!" Yongzheng casually ordered a son , his face became a little pale.Yunxiang had mentioned these things vaguely, and had sent someone to Lanzhou to check the files, but he didn't find the secret slips and records. His heart suddenly became a little irritable, and he said viciously: "I I checked it! Your words are [-] times unbelievable! I know your thoughts, Nian Gengyao is favored by me, you are jealous. Get married with him, and save yourself a place in the future—because you were recommended by him after all, with plump feathers and strong wings, you are afraid of getting the reputation of clinging to powerful officials, isn't it?"

(End of this chapter)