Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 84
The rain came and went quickly, and at dawn the next day, the clouds cleared and the rain gathered, and the moon was bright and the stars were shining again.Nian Gengyao, who originally planned to stay in Beijing for a few more days, had no choice but to go to the palace to bid farewell.Yongzheng summoned him with an extremely warm and intimate tone, so he gave the royal meal in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The emperor and his ministers talked and laughed happily at the banquet, and they talked very speculatively. Doing things is a waste of body and bones. I have decreed that Yue Dongmei (Zhong Qi) will still retreat to Sichuan. You just need to rein in your soldiers and avoid troubles. Liu Molin will go to Liu Molin for the matter of food and pay, and coordinate the provinces to handle it. You come to control. Your sister has already been promoted to the imperial concubine, and your father and son are all taken care of by me. You are in the army as usual, train your soldiers well, and don’t care about other things. Now Qinghai and Tibet are stable In the future, when the national power is more abundant, I still plan to let you march westward to wipe out the rebels in Arabatan. I have high hopes for you... I will be the master of the Ming Dynasty, and I hope that you will be a good minister and general, and I will build a castle just for you. Lingyan Pavilion is not something that cannot be counted on..." One end said, the other end persuaded him to drink, pouring down bowls of rice soup.Nian Gengyao originally planned to ask how to deal with Shi Yizhi, but was blocked by these tender words, so he only asked Yongzheng to say yes.Until the card at the beginning of the time, people from the Ministry of Rites came in and reported: "Hundreds of officials are waiting outside the Meridian Gate, and I invite General Nian to accept gifts from the suburbs."

"The emperor's oracle servants will keep it in mind."Nian Gengyao stood up and bowed to Yongzheng, "A slave can only repay the master's kindness by working hard to do the king's affairs!"

Yongzheng also stood up and looked around the hall, as if he wanted to appreciate something, but he always felt that there was nothing to give. After thinking about it, he took a handle carved with gold and pearls, as if sighing, and said: "There is no need to confess, everything is in the heart. Middle. You have to endure hardships when you go out. I don’t know how to reward you. Take it away, look at it when you eat, think about it when you train, and take it with you when you march, just like I am by your side. ..."

Yongzheng's eyes turned red as he spoke, and tears welled up.Nian Gengyao was so moved that he turned over and knelt down on the ground with a "squeaky" promise, choked up and said, "Master, take care, the slave is gone!" Yongzheng helped Nian Gengyao up with both hands, and said with a smile, "It's not about life and death, but about death." Why be sad? I’m the same today, I can’t control myself for the first time in so many years. Get up——I’ll send you to the Meridian Gate, let’s go out together.”

So the two walked out of the Chuihua Gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation side by side, but instead of taking the ride, they just took a walk to the south, went around the three main halls, entered through the gate on the right wing, walked through the Gate of Supreme Harmony, crossed the Jinshui Bridge and headed straight for the Meridian Gate.Seeing the banners outside the Meridian Gate and the armored soldiers standing in the sun, Yongzheng stopped, staring outside as if thoughtful, waved his hands and ordered Zhang Wuge and his guards to avoid him.Nian Gengyao had been following his attendants all along, seeing that Yongzheng seemed to have something to say, he quickly bowed and asked, "The emperor seems to have something on his mind?"

"Yes..." Yongzheng sighed, "I have been hesitating all this time, wondering if it's the right time to speak." Nian Gengyao stared at Yongzheng suspiciously, not knowing how to reply, and said after a long while: "Please make it clear, Your Majesty!" Yongzheng paused After a while, he said, "I still plan to call Yun back to your army."

Nian Gengyao laughed as soon as he heard it, and said, "Whether Jiuye is in Beijing or in the army, what's the problem? He can't make money! —— and according to the servants, Jiuye seems to be in peace."

"I'm most afraid of you thinking like this." Yongzheng gritted his teeth and sneered, "Why don't I want to be harmonious with my brothers? But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop! This is said in the palace, the ears and eyes are too complicated, and it is not just a sentence or two. It's clear. Now that I'm leaving, I just want to ask you, what will you do if the eighth master turns against the court?"

"It's impossible for such a thing to happen! If such a thing really happens, one hundred thousand elite servants will kill King Qin of Beijing!"

Yongzheng nodded, and said: "I can only say that I hope that such a thing will not happen. But how desperately did they try to seize the heir, what are they trying to do? The old eight, the ninth, the ten, the fourteenth, they are the villains, and they must not I hope they will repent. Now we are dealing with them separately, just to prevent them from committing crimes! The more beautifully you manage your errands outside, the more stable and enjoyable the emperor will be! Otherwise, it will be difficult for anything to happen. Unexpectedly. That's why I don't focus on Shi Yizhi. Shi Yizhi said, "There are traitors on Dingxuan's side", not deceiving the emperor!" Nian Gengyao blushed, took a step forward, and pressed his voice His voice was trembling with excitement, and he said: "Please issue an order from the emperor, the slaves will take away this "Eight Lord Party" in half an hour! Yongzheng smiled and said, "Lianggong, you don't understand politics."Even if you are not in Beijing, it is only a matter of an imperial edict if I want to take them ruthlessly.Don't forget that they are all my flesh and blood brothers!Even if the crime is obvious, I can't bear it.I can't even educate my own brothers, how can I educate the world?They don't dare to act rashly now, they just wait for me to ruin the court situation, and then summon the Eight Banners and Banners to abolish and establish according to the law established by their ancestors.I have worked hard day and night to rule the country like an iron barrel, and I have blocked their excuses. If they retreat from their delusional intentions, they are still my good brother! "Yongzheng's face is serious, and Nian Gengyao's blood boils when he speaks for a while, and his heart hangs high for a while, and he seems to want to punish a group of people, and he seems to deeply appreciate the "flesh and blood" bond. Nian Gengyao also I didn't have time to think about it, but I just felt that if I didn't take myself as my confidant, the emperor would definitely not be able to say it. As he promised repeatedly, he said: "The slaves lead troops outside, and the villains definitely can't do it.Long live, when it comes to brotherhood, the servant dare not intervene, but asks the emperor to take care of himself.Once there is a servant, step up to eight hundred miles, and you can reach the servant in three days, and you can respond overnight. "Yongzheng smiled and said, "That's good."I'm just worrying about it, and I'm just telling you, you know it well.In fact, the sky can’t be turned in Beijing—there were eight kings inside and fourteen kings outside, so I’m not afraid—go, I’ll send you out, it’s not good to talk here for a long time. "After that, Yongzheng walked slowly, and Nian Gengyao followed behind with a solemn face. The gunners downstairs in Wufeng Tower lit the cannons when they saw that the Yujia was activated. Priests of the Yin Pavilion beat drums and bells, and the sound of Huang Zhong and Da Lu was loud and thunderous. Dozens of eunuchs in Gao Wuyong, wearing yellow umbrellas and feather fans, surrounded the emperor and the general and left the main entrance of the Meridian Gate...

On the fifth day since Nian Gengyao returned to Beijing, Wu Sidao rushed back to Kaifeng, Tian Wenjing already knew the origin of this lame master.Although I feel uncomfortable in my heart, I have to pay more respect.I don't ask whether I went to the Yamen or not every day, I sent someone early in the morning to send 50 taels of Taizhou foot prints for the god's expenses.Sometimes Wu Sidao went to the yamen to do business, and sometimes he didn’t come at all. After receiving the money, he wandered around the scenic spots in the provincial capital. , more carefree.Wu Fengge, Zhang Yuncheng, Yao Jie and the three masters saw hatred in their eyes, and made several indirect remarks to reveal Wu Sidao's selfish intentions. Tian Wenjing was all about him by Wang Gu, and only said: "He has a disability, and he should take care of him more. Son. Do you earn less money? This matter is not worth getting angry about." The three masters were so angry that they simply did not go to the government office to do business.

Tian Wenjing took office in Henan immediately, and he was determined to rectify the administration of officials. He did not expect that as a governor, he held a lot of power in his hand and had a constitution in his mouth, and he was still under control in everything.For the case of Chao Liu, more than [-] people from the Niesi Yamen were taken, and Hu Qiheng and Che Ming were impeached with evidence. They have all been confessed, but it was the imperial court's document, which was approved by the official department as "the general's car inscription, Hu Qiheng's corruption of ink, and the lawlessness of the Xiebu Shangwen".The Ministry of Punishment criticized that "the one-sided statement made by the monks and the people is very shocking. It is obvious that they have passed the blame on the ministers in an attempt to confuse right and wrong, so we will report the facts after the review."Looking at these articles, Tian Wenjing was so angry that he wanted to cry: he had issued a constitutional card, asking Che Ming and Hu Qiheng to seal and listen to the participants, in order to get rid of the articles, so that he could confront these lewd monks and nuns in court and try the case. The truth came to light.Now that Che and Hu are impressively in power, how can single-trial monks and nuns be determined?Looking around again, Wu Sidao doesn't ask about everything, Wu Fengge sits on the sidelines, and only himself is left alone, standing alone and hanging from each other, the real monofilament is hard to achieve alone!Thinking hard all night in the signing room, Tian Wenjing didn't close his eyes.Until Maoshi, all the deacons in the governor's yamen came. Tian Wenjing endured the pain in his heart and asked Zhu Xigui to go to the governor's yamen and the inspector's yamen to invite Hu Qiheng and Che Ming.Zhu Xigui promised before he left, when he saw an official brought in by the gatekeeper outside. He was tall, dark and thin, with a pair of small black and bright eyes embedded in his protruding cheekbones. Wearing a sapphire crown, one can tell at a glance that he is a third-rank official.Tian Wenjing stood up in astonishment, but when he took a closer look, he was an acquaintance, Gao Qizhuo, Huguang's political envoy—I don't know when he came to Kaifeng?
"What are you in a daze for?" Gao Qizhuo was very bold, strode into the signing room, and said with a smile, "Is it such a pleasure to have friends come from afar? Back then you were working with the Thirteenth Master in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and you went to Sichuan to urge the treasury bank. Have you never dealt with Qizhuo before? Now that you are in Fengjiang, you don’t even know each other!" Tian Wenjing returned the salute and said, "Where is it? Do you dare to know your brother Qizhuo? It suddenly fell from the sky, I can’t think of——how? You don’t want to report it, you’re getting more and more decent!” Gao Qizhuo sat down with a smile, took the tea from Li Hongsheng, and said with a smile: “Don’t be angry with me. They want to report it. It's me who doesn't want to make such nonsense, and it's not in our favor to open the door."

After a few pleasantries, Tian Wenjing became dull again, touched his knees and sighed and said, "Brother Qiaoshan, did you come to Beijing to introduce you?" See you here. Come over from Li Wei's side. The emperor ordered me to see you first." Tian Wenjing hurriedly got up and bowed, and said, "Why is Wenjing not worthy!" Seeing that Li Hongsheng was still standing, he said, "Go, just say Mr. Gao is calling from Huguang, and please come over to talk with us. Ask the kitchen to prepare wine!"

"That's it," Gao Qizhuo waited for Li Hongsheng to go out, sat down, waved his fan and said, "The emperor is going to build a mausoleum in Zunhua. The Qin Tianjian chose a place, and I went to see it last year. I said that the land veins of this place have been exhausted." It looks good from the outside, but it’s actually too rustic underneath. They didn’t believe it. They dug it up in the early spring of this year, and it turned out that the bottom seven feet was covered with sand and water gushed out. This time it was recommended by Mr. Wu, and I went to choose a geomantic place for the emperor— ——I heard that Mr. Sidao has returned to Henan, please come out and meet me!" Tian Wenjing smiled bitterly, and sighed: "I don't know where I went. Qiaoshan, my water is too shallow to support Wu Mr. is such a great talent. If I change someone, I will never, and I dare not say such a thing, this governor is really useless!" Gao Qizhuo smiled and said: "I know the pain in your heart. The emperor asked I came to see you, and it was approved on my secret papers. Even your papers were transferred to me for reading.”

Tian Wenjing opened his eyes wide, staring at Gao Qizhuo suspiciously.

"Li Wei is in a better situation than you. Clearing up the deficit, he saved a group of officials. Ershan was so tired that he couldn't live, and he didn't find out that there was a deficit in Jiangsu." Gao Qizhuo said with eyes: "Actually, he already has another Confidentially, he reported the situation of Jiangnan’s deficit to the emperor. He stood firm, and then returned the consumption and envy to the public. Unlike you, as soon as you took office, you made Henan’s officialdom run wild. You don’t want to avoid resentment, so you asked me to come and talk to you, he knows your difficulties.” Tian Wenjing’s eyes flashed, and he asked, “Did the emperor say what you just said, or brother Qiaoshan’s speculation?” Gao Qizhuo said solemnly: "The emperor himself was a lone minister at the beginning. Not only was he out of line with other ministers, but even compared with the eighth master, he was not as popular as him—Wen Jing, how dare I fabricate an imperial edict? But the emperor didn't call me To repeat the original words, I can only speak from this heart."

He could only talk about this point, Tian Wenjing couldn't ask any more questions, he felt relieved, almost burst into tears, lowered his head just in a daze, and murmured: "The emperor knows that Tian Wenjing's heart is hard to die, I There is nothing else. I think about it carefully, the emperor is also a problem. But I don't understand, Che Ming belongs to the eighth prince, so it's fine if he can't move it. Why is General Nian Gengyao so protective? Like Hu Qiheng, really leave it to me Interrogation, his crime is not inferior to Nuo Min! These two people, one is in charge of money and food officials, and the other is in charge of judicial affairs. If they can't be brought down, what can I do in Henan? There is also Wu Sidao, who bears the name of a master, it is me Those who are "hired" only take money and do nothing, and the hearts of the masters in the yamen are all lost!If it was really me who hired him, I would have sent him back to Wuxi long ago! "

"Zhongcheng, if you really tell me to pack up and walk, I will return you one or two taels of money I took before!"

Tian Wenjing and Gao Qizhuo spoke so intently that they didn't know when Wu Sidao had come in.Hearing this sentence, Tian Wenjing trembled in shock, turned around and saw Wu Sidao standing by the door with a cane on his back, he couldn't help blushing, he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do.Gao Qizhuo was also very embarrassed, but he was a spiritual person, so he hurriedly got up and came over, helped Wu Sidao to sit himself, and said with a smile: "The ground in Henan is evil, saying that Cao Cao is here! Tian Zhongcheng just said you are not, Ke Ke, you come in, If you speak later, maybe I will send you private messages too! I am from Li Wei, asking you how is your husband, Tweety and your two wives get along well, and take care of everything, Sir, please don't worry about it——Tian Zhongcheng is bored, there is no place to vent his complaints, he has acquaintances all over the world, how many friends are there? Don't take it to heart..."

"I'm telling the truth," Wu Sidao said sincerely, "I'm really not a good master if I only take money and don't do anything." With gloomy eyes, he paced a few steps, and said slowly, "Today Qizhuo is a witness, I am indeed a friend of Emperor Yongzheng today. I was a counselor at Yongzheng’s residence for more than ten years, until the emperor ascended the throne. It was originally said that I was ordered to enter the study. That’s what I am. Brother Zhuishan, you and Li Wei are friends, and he is the county. You are the master, you know my details, is what I said true?"

Tian Wenjing's face was so pale that there was no trace of blood. Only then did he understand the deep meaning of Yongzheng's "Mr. Wu's greetings". He thought that Wu Sidao was just a celebrity who took advantage of the prince's mansion in the capital. Unexpectedly, he really had such a deep relationship with the emperor!Gao Qizhuo had already stood up, bowed himself to say yes, and said to the astonished Tian Wenjing: "Everything Mr. Wu said is true. The emperor actually treats him like a teacher in the mansion. Li Wei can do it when he sees Mr. Wu." Slave ceremony, that is, the three elder brothers in front of the emperor, they all call Mr. "Shi Bo"..."

Wu Sidao waved his hand to stop Gao Qizhuo's introduction, and said calmly: "I don't dare to be the emperor's teacher. If Wen Jing really hated me, I would never say such a thing today. Great hermits are hidden in the court, hidden in the city, and small hidden in the wild. Back then Farewell, the emperor said that I 'neither want to hide from you, nor allow you to hide from me', I hide from you, but you are raising me on behalf of the emperor, do you understand - I am 'hiding' in front of you, How dare you chase fame and fortune like other masters?" He stared at the ceiling, as if he couldn't help but sigh, and murmured: "Actually, it is the most difficult to hold the middle, and the master said that the mean is the virtue, and it is so perfect... Wen Jing My lord...I really want to go back, go back to Wuxi. The mountains, the water, the plums, the snow...there is no sacred order, you can't let it be you and I can't let it be me..." As they spoke, the two lines shed tears.

(End of this chapter)