Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 71 Luhualou leisurely recites "Fengfu" Fengtaiying discusses government affairs freely (2)
The two people, one full and the other Han, are both Zaifu City Mansions. They are particular about their emotions and anger. They gritted their teeth and talked peacefully. They seemed to be discussing peacefully. !When Ma Qi glanced at Long Kedo, just as Long Kedo was staring at him, sparks scattered in his eyes, and he dodged again.Ma Qi was about to reply, but he saw Yun Xiang came upstairs with Zhang Yu, a general from the Fengtai camp, and said with a smile: "Look, isn't Thirteenth Master doing well? He came here uninvited!" When he got up, Longkodo had no choice but to get up, and said with a smile: "Your lord is young after all. I went to visit the other day, and he still couldn't breathe... It's just that he doesn't look good, so why did he come out?" Ignoring the two people's greetings, he waved his hand and ordered Zhang Yu to stand on the left side, straightly raised his head to the south with a straight face and stood still, coughed lightly, and said:

"There is a decree. Mazilongko listen to the announcement!"

The two ministers opened their mouths in shock, and it took a long time to close them. Ma Qi breathed a sigh of relief, but Long Kedo suddenly lifted his heart, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead—he hurriedly lifted his robe He kowtowed on the ground and said:

"Long live! The slaves respectfully invite St. Ann!"

"Sheng Gong'an." Yun Xiang looked dull, looked at the two people in front of him indifferently, and preached, "Sheng Jia returned to Beijing at Xu o'clock yesterday and was stationed in Fengtai Daying. Order me to pass the decree: Hurry up to Longkodomaqi Let's go and meet, dear!"

Longkodo and Ma Qi were stunned at the same time, and hurriedly kowtowed to receive the order, stood up and looked at each other, but they didn't speak, but the same thought turned in their hearts: So you already knew that the emperor was coming back, so you deliberately tricked me Jump!Yun Xiang announced the decree, he seemed very easy-going, and said with a smile: "The two prime ministers disagree, are they playing tricks?" As he spoke, he coughed.Ma Qi said: "There are soldiers outside the garden, Lord Thirteen must have seen it. Duke Long wanted to come to defend him, but I stopped him, it's just for this festival."

"There is a sun above our heads." Yun Xiang said casually as he headed down the stairs, "It's common for ministers to disagree, what's the big deal? Myna, me, and two elder brothers are all in Beijing! Just now when I came in, I had already reprimanded Liu Tiecheng. The guards in the garden were not allowed to assemble, and everyone returned to their posts. The stalemate is not good, and if there is something to discuss slowly, it will be peaceful——Uncle, what do you think?" He suddenly stopped, turned and asked Long with a smile Codo.Longkodo was full of thoughts, seeing how Yongzheng responded, how to defend, how to impeach Ma Qi... It was like a mess, Yunxiang didn't hear anything, and suddenly asked this question, but he didn't know what to say , Zhang Huang paused and said: "What the Thirteenth Lord said is true."

The three of them led a large group of eunuchs out of the garden, but they stopped when they saw that Yun had just stepped out of the sedan chair.Yun came here to suppress Ma Qi, seeing Yun Xiang here, he was surprised and hurriedly said: "Aren't you sick? They even told me yesterday that you can't even get out of bed. It's a poisonous day Down here, what if you suffer from the summer heat?" Yunxiang glanced at the soldiers in the yamen commanding the infantry, and more than 1000 people stood in a square line in the open field at the gate of the garden, beckoning Li Chunfeng to come over, and said in his mouth: "Body If you don’t use it, I won’t pay my respects to my starling. The ginseng and white fungus that my mynah gave you are all taken away. You are sick yourself, and you still miss me——I’m here to pass the decree. The emperor and Mr. Hengchen have returned to Beijing. Meet them at Fengtai Daying. You are the king of politics, you can walk around, but you should go to see them." Yun was shocked first, and then smiled peacefully: "I'm bluffing! The emperor has come back? I thought Shengjia is still in Shandong! Since that's the case, of course I want to see you." Li Chunfeng had already come over, and seeing the conversation, he hurried forward to call Qian'er and said, "Master Thirteen, are you calling me?"

"Isn't this Li Chunfeng?" Yun Xiang smiled, "I remember you were in Xishan Ruijian camp, when did you transfer to the nine-door admiral's yamen? Your seventeenth master went to Gubeikou, and the thirteenth master was sick, so he couldn't bear to come over." Please be safe. Who’s dog is really looking at whose door?” Li Chunfeng laughed hurriedly: “The slave commanded the yamen last May, and it was the letter approved by the master! Every time I go back to the palace to say hello, you are not here , I heard that you are sick, and the people in the house don't ask to see you. With your status, there is nothing you can do. Look at the expression of the thirteenth master——" "Oh, I'm fine, isn't it good?" Yun Xiang laughed Interrupting Li Chunfeng's flattery, he opened his eyes to look at the three formations of Hei Yaya, and said nuzui, "Is that the soldier you brought?"

"Yes!"

"how many people?"

"Twelve hundred!"

Yun Xiang gave a "huh" and said: "The soldiers are not bad, they are full of rules, you are doing well!" "This is the teaching of the Seventeenth Master, and the support of the Thirteenth Master." Li Chunfeng hurriedly apologized with a smile "What's your ability, my slave?" Yun Xiang chuckled and said, "This bowl of rice soup tastes so good!——Go, it's a hot day, you can't stand under the sun for long. One is 'strict' and the other is 'love'—tell them to disperse, and rest under the shade of the big willow beside the double sluice embankment to wait for orders."

"tie!"

Li Chunfeng knelt down on one knee and knocked, got up and backed away.After issuing a few passwords in front of the team, the sergeants cheered softly and dispersed, and the tense atmosphere that was originally chilling and tense disappeared in an instant.Long Keduo saw that the dental general carried out Yunxiang's order without even asking himself, the chief officer, and his face turned pale with anger. Hearing Yunxiang repeatedly calling everyone to get on the sedan chair, he had no choice but to hold back his anger and lift up the sedan chair. Following Yun Yunxiang's bright light yellow sedan, he came towards the southeast - Fengtai Camp.

Yun Yunxiang and others slipped the official sedan chair and stopped at the gate of Fengtai Daying, and saw Bi Lita coming up, greeted the two princes with a smile, and said: "The tents of the humble Chinese army have been vacated, long live to move." Over there, I'm talking to Mr. Fang Zhang Zhongtang at this moment! I want the prince and the adults to go in as soon as they come, and don't have to wait here." After speaking, he looked at Ma Qilongko more as a salute, but Ma Qi ignored it. Su Li listened to the decree, turned around and left, but Longkodo suddenly felt chills, feeling that something big was about to happen: Fang Baoyunxiang and Zhang Tingyu are all loyal ministers, Ma Qi is the enemy, and Bilita is also offended this time. Sanbeile is a tortoise with no head, so far he hasn't even shown his face, and he doesn't even have a hole card in his hand. Who knows that this Prince Lian won't "give up his chariot and horse to protect the general" and follow the crowd to punish him to death?It turned out that I had that idea of ​​"fair and fair" in my heart, but the more I thought about it, the more unreliable I became.Seeing the three-step, one-post, five-step-one post in the camp, this very common defensive demeanor, I also felt that it was aimed at me. Suddenly, my heart beat like a deer, and my cheeks were covered with cold sweat, and I suddenly heard Yun Xiang's presence. The gate of the camp told Bilita: "Make a few pots of mung bean soup and send it to the gate of Changchun Garden to relieve the heat of Li Chunfeng's soldiers..." He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and followed everyone into the barracks.Yun Xiang has already followed up from behind, followed Yun to the main hall of the army, bowed and stood under the dripping eaves, and was about to sign up, but he heard Yong Zheng laughing inside:
"It's a hot day, let's cut down on the rules, why don't you all come in and talk!"

Several people glanced at each other, Yun Xiangyun headed in and filed in, suddenly felt a coolness in his body-the four sides of the room were stacked with ice cubes in large strips-Yun Xiang was a sick body, and he shivered, Yun has taken the lead to kowtow.Because Yongzheng had given the order, several people only kowtowed three times before getting up and retreating to one side and kneeling down.Ma Qi was outside because of the glare of the sun, and it was dark when he came in. Only then did he take a closer look and saw that Yongzheng was wearing a white silk tasseled crown, a green and solid gauze robe over a blue solid gauze gown, and a gold-studded red and green sapphire gown around his waist. Ya horsetail button belt, sitting upright by the desk, Fang Bao and Zhang Tingyu are sitting and standing next to him.Just thinking about how to report the dispute with Longkodo, Yun first said: "It was too dark when I came in, and now I can see it clearly. The emperor's face is very good, but it has faded a little, and it seems to be tanned." Point. These days, Kuaima reports every day that the emperor is still in Shandong. To be honest, I feel a little slack in my heart, thinking that it will take five or seven days for Luanjia to return. , is certainly good, but the body of the emperor is ten thousand chariots, the white dragon fish is outside, and there is a slight mistake, so how can it be good?" After saying that, weeping and wiping away tears.Seeing his sincerity, Zhang Tingyu felt ashamed, but Long Kedo shuddered: The eighth prince is so treacherous, even if he is on the top, he is not a good master to serve him!

"It's hard for you to think about it." Yongzheng raised his hand with a smile, motioning everyone to get up, "Sitting on the ride and watching the flowers, what can you see? I was thinking about Nian Gengyao's entry ceremony, so I simply talked with the court. Yu came back disguised as a businessman, and almost couldn't even enter the Fengtai camp!" He laughed and sighed: "This tour has benefited a lot! Only when I eat in a small restaurant do I know how I make it. The money has not really circulated yet; one tael of silver can only be exchanged for eight hundred coins, but the money accumulated in the treasury is all newly minted money! Also, the tenants wrote down the land in the name of the gentry in order to pay less grain. Now, the imperial court didn’t get any benefits, and it’s all cheap for those landmen who don’t pay for food. If I just hang my bow and refuse to step out of the imperial chariot lightly, when will I know these pros and cons? Taxes, banks, and Pingzhun storehouses are not allowed to accept silver, has the decree to change to collect money go down?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was so peaceful, Ma Qi also felt a little regretful for doubting Longkodo by mistake. Seeing the emperor's question, he hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Ting sent it to all provinces in the first ten days, and it was jointly issued by Chen and Lord Long. Provinces such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou may not receive it yet. As for the payment of grain by officials and gentry, Tian Wenjing is already trying it out, and we will do it later in accordance with the order." "Well, good." Yongzheng took a sip of tea, and then turned to Yun, "Old Ba , said he was sick, but is he better?"

"My lord cares about you." Yun said with a hesitation, "Your brother suffered from some heat and became dizzy. He just got better today and came out to watch things, and the lord just came back." "This is fate." Yongzheng smiled half-smile, and said lightly, "It's all right, I have to rely on you to take care of some things. Yun has come back with Nian Gengyao in the past few days, and the labor of the army will be on your side. The matter of the bannermen dividing the fields depends on you." Ma Qi’s turnaround is still a failure. There are also Yun and Yun. I don’t want to punish them. They have too much involvement with money-losing officials. Why do they complain when they don’t follow the government orders in Beijing? Looking carefully, they Is it not a crime? You should persuade them about these things, maybe they will listen to you!" As he spoke, the smile on his face was gone, and he only sipped tea with his eyelids closed.Yun was full of thoughts on how to deal with the matter of searching the garden, but he didn't expect Yongzheng to dig out his faults from this side. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and answered easily: "It's about Lao Jun, my brother and Long Ma will come together with ten I don’t know how many times the third brother has discussed it, and there will be no mistakes. Now that the Ministry of the Year is returning to Beijing to be stationed, there is really no good place, and it is not suitable to requisition private houses in hot weather. The thirteenth brother is sick, so I can discuss with my uncle. Please keep Fengtai Camp evenly, about 3000 people, it is not difficult."

"Ah."

"The matter of the banner people's farming has almost been done. There are more than 7000 banner people who are idle and have no positions in Beijing, and each of them is divided into [-] acres of land. They are all in the area of ​​Miyun, Shunyi, and Jingji. They are all good land. It's also close to home."

"Ah."

"As for Yun, Yun, there are indeed their difficulties." Yun Yuan planned to divert the conversation from the topic of the banner people's division of land for self-farming.Everyone knows that this group of eight-banners has its own banner owner, kissing each other, and connecting with each other until a few iron hat princes. Huaqiang, I don’t want Yongzheng but just blindly "hmm"!Yun had no choice but to swallow his saliva and said: "Yun is dissatisfied with the environment outside his mouth, and often has stomach troubles. He wrote to Thirteenth Brother last time, and he has become as thin as a handful of dry wood. I want to ask Thirteenth Brother to give a statement, and please return to Beijing for recuperation. Ten The fourth younger brother, the master, knows that he has a higher temper and is unhappy. He did not dare to resent the court. He still has some rules in his affairs. Here I also want to intercede on behalf of the fourteenth brother. It is also feasible to return to Beijing to strictly control The way." After that, he looked at Yongzheng.

Yongzheng was speechless after hearing this, and after a while he sneered and said, "I'm out in the wind and rain, patrolling the river, interviewing the people, how dare you sit in Beijing and fool me? It sounds logical, but is it really the case? Bannerman, None of the ten actually went there. Some of the allocated land was rented out by others, and some were sold! I wanted to make them more useful, but instead made them richer for eating, drinking and having fun! Old Ten I am sick, and the old fourteen is also sick. I know this, but what they suffer from is heart disease. When the heart disease is cured, the body and bones will naturally heal. Since I came to the throne, I have copied more than 140 officials' homes. This time Zhu criticized Li Xi’s 24 households were approved to you as early as the third day after leaving Beijing, why haven’t they been sent yet? Hmm?”

He was not harsh in his words, he just spoke eloquently, but every sentence sounded like a knife, so sharp that it made one's heart palpitate. Even Yunxiang, who was listening, felt uneasy, for fear that he would be furious and punish Yun on the spot. .

"Back to Long live." What Yun is most afraid of is that Yongzheng will pursue Long Kedo thoroughly. When he said these things, he felt even more uneasy, because he said loudly: "Actually, if I don't say anything, Long live knows that these errands are extremely important." Difficult! How wise is the late emperor? How resolute is Long Live? How upright and strong Shi Shilun is? It has been 46 years since Kangxi cleared up the deficit in 18 years. Qingtian protects the meritorious deeds, repaying the debts is already poor, and then ransacking the house, is it not afraid of chilling the hearts of the courtiers? If this is the case, I am too weak, and I really can't do it. I am willing to go to guard the mausoleum. Please ask the emperor to appoint another competent person. lest I commit the crime of wronging the country!"

Yun is known as the "Eight Sage Kings" and also known as the "Eight Buddha Lords". He is usually the most gentle and honest, and he doesn't say a single word in front of others.Today, in front of this iron-handed emperor, he actually stood up so much that everyone looked at each other in astonishment, their faces turning pale.For a moment, it was so quiet that a needle could be heard falling.

(End of this chapter)