Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 219 Chinese Empire
"Yulin, how many years have you been with me?" Guan Xuqing stepped down from the throne and came in front of Peng Yulin.

"Back to the emperor, counting on your fingers, it has been 13 years."

"How have I treated you during these 13 years?"

"Your Majesty's kindness to my ministers is so great that I can't repay my ministers forever." Peng Yulin couldn't bear it anymore, hugged the emperor's legs and said: "Your Majesty, it's all because the ministers are confused for a while. Ask for nothing but quick death!"

Guan Xuqing pointed at Peng Yulin, and said in a trembling voice: "You have worked hard all your life, and you have been an official. Why do you do such ridiculous things now that you are old? Aren't you afraid of leaving a bad name for your descendants!"

"The minister is guilty." Peng Yulin broke down in tears.

Guan Xuqing restrained his emotions, regained his seriousness, walked back to the throne step by step, and said to Peng Yulin: "Peng Yulin, you have done such a rebellious thing, I can't let you live, but I miss you in the past. You have made great contributions, I will give you poison to kill yourself, and your family will send someone to settle it properly, so you can rest assured." After finishing speaking, Guan Xuqing turned his head away and never looked at Peng Yulin again.

"Thank you for your grace, my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" Peng Yulin took off his hat, turned and left the hall.

After a cup of tea, the commander of the guards, Wang Wu, the swordsman, kneeled under the red rhinoceros with Peng Yulin's court clothes on his hands: "Peng Yulin, the traitor, committed suicide by taking poison, and this servant is here to give an order."

Guan Xuqing waved his hand, telling everyone to step back, and sat quietly on the throne, looking at a towering old tree outside the hall, his eyes gradually became moist.

The news of Peng Yulin's death quickly spread in the capital. The officers and soldiers of the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion and Shuntian Mansion strengthened the vigilance of the capital, and strictly checked the people who entered and exited the city gate. Nuoda, a city of Beijing, was shrouded in the chill atmosphere of autumn. .The minister with ghosts in his heart hid at home all day long, not even daring to go out, not knowing what the emperor would do with him next.

Veteran Nie Shicheng personally escorted the rebel Wu Guang to Beijing, and only after Wu Guang was escorted to Dali Temple did he come to see the emperor. "Wu Guang and more than 30 traitors have been escorted to Beijing, please the emperor's order."

Seeing that Nie Shicheng, who was more than seventy years old, was still energetic and majestic, Guan Xuqing said: "Old General Nie is as powerful as before. He put down the Northwest Rebellion for me in just ten days. I want to remember a great service for you." .”

"It's all thanks to the emperor's great blessings and good supervision." Nie Shicheng sighed slightly, with an embarrassed expression on his face.

"Wu Guang and the others rebelled. Their crimes cannot be pardoned. We don't have to wait until after the autumn. Three days later, Feng Xianghua, Minister of the Ministry of War, was imprisoned and executed in Xisi Lingchi. The rest of the traitors were executed at Caishikou together!"

"twitter!"

Nie Shicheng had no intention of resigning, and knelt on the ground as if he had something to say.

"Just say what you want." Guan Xuqing saw what Nie Shicheng meant.

"The minister is incompetent and his subordinates are ineffective, so Wu Guang's rebel army can take advantage of it. If the emperor hadn't dispatched troops to suppress it in time, I am afraid that a big mistake has already been made. I am old and incompetent, and I feel ashamed. I am here to ask the emperor. Resign." Although Nie Shicheng is old, he has always been steadfast. He did not expect that this time Wu Guang and others plotted to take away the military power in the Northwest, which almost endangered the emperor.

Guan Xuqing pondered for a long while before saying, "Okay, I'm sure."

Nie Shicheng kowtowed to thank him, he was so moved that he didn't know what to say.Guan Xuqing got up and left his seat to come to Nie Shicheng, helped him up personally, held his hand and said: "General Nie has made great military exploits for me all his life. I know it very well. I specially named you first class Uncle Zhongyi, hereditary is irreplaceable, go back and live up to your old age."

"Thank you, Majesty Long En." Nie Shicheng was the first time to talk to the emperor at such a close distance, and felt the honor he had never had before.

Three days later, Wu Guang and other 36 rebels were punished by Ming Zhengdian, which naturally caused a lot of shock in the capital.The next day, according to the emperor's decree, all officials above the third grade in Beijing went to the court to listen to the training.As soon as the civil and military officials went up to court, they saw three wooden boxes on the ground. No one knew what was inside, nor could they guess what the emperor was going to do.

Guan Xuqing looked solemn, and said to the courtiers: "A while ago, there was a military incident in the northwest, and all the ministers must have known about it. Now Wu Guang and others have been punished, but many people who have contacts with officials from various places have been found from him. Letters, these three boxes are enough."

Many ministers who communicated with Wu Guang were so frightened that they looked at me and I looked at you, thinking that this time a catastrophe was imminent.

Guan Xuqing's face softened a bit: "Ni Shou has been removed, and the rest will not be asked. No one has opened these three boxes, and I haven't read any of them, because I know that these people may have been bewitched by the demon for a while, and they can't identify them. If you don't know right from wrong, you will inevitably do some stupid things. I don't do everything right, and I may hurt the feelings of some ministers on some things, but I have the same thoughts as you, and we all have the same thoughts. I hope that the country will be prosperous and the country will be prosperous and the people strong. Come here! Burn all these letters."

Several imperial guards carried the three boxes to the front of the main hall, poured tung oil on them in front of all civil and military officials, and burned all the letters with a torch.

"Let him pass the past. I hope that from now on, our monarchs and ministers can work together to make the country more prosperous and stronger. What do you think?" Guan Xuqing looked at the ministers present.

All civil and military officials knelt down together: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Your Majesty is worthy of being the king of benevolence and forgiveness. This move will definitely shine in the annals of history and shine through the ages. Since your Majesty took charge of the government, he has practiced benevolent government, thought about prosperity, increased profits with the people, and eliminated torture. This is enough to be called "benevolence." Wang Xing’s rebellion, Your Majesty forgives the chief evil, and the crime is not as good as the family. Since ancient times, there has been no forgiver like my emperor. Throughout the more than two hundred emperors since Zulong, I have never seen a benevolent king like my lord.” The thin middle-aged official stood up and talked freely.

Guan Xuqing immediately recognized that this person was Qu Hongji of Jiangsu Xuetai, and said with a slight smile, "Jiangsu is the most important place in my Qing Dynasty, the source of taxation. Inspire people's wisdom and correct people's hearts, you have to work harder."

"Follow the holy orders." Qu Hongji won the emperor's praise, and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty is the emperor through the ages. The changes in the country are the blessings of the people of Li. Now the country's weak spirit is wiped out, it is my emperor's blessing." Eternal benevolence and virtue. I am ignorant. I used to worry about the change of the ancestors' law and the chaos of the country. Now it seems that I am really ignorant."

"When I carry out the new government, you can also promote new Confucianism. New Confucianism is Confucianism that conforms to the world's current affairs and trends. What I want to adopt is New Confucianism, not Rotten Confucianism. You, Qu Hongji, may have been Rotten Confucianism before, but now you are also New Confucianism. Well. Before the new policy has achieved results, you should be a little bit worried. I am so busy that you should worry in vain." Guan Xuqing's words made all the ministers smile, and the chill atmosphere just now eased. few.

"I know that you are all loyal and upright people. The Qing Dynasty is undergoing a transformation, and I hope that all the gentlemen will encourage it. I feel that the changes in all aspects are in full swing, and the whole country also needs to have a new look. The Eight Banners have been abolished. , in the future, don’t deliberately distinguish between the Manchu and the Han and return to Tibet. Everyone is a member of the Chinese nation and should be dedicated to the prosperity of the country. I have decided that from today onwards, the Qing Empire will officially change its year name to the Chinese Empire, and this year it will be the Chinese Yuan. What do you think?" Guan Xuqing's decision was made in order to quickly unify the hearts of the people and dilute all kinds of conflicts after Wu Guang's rebellion. This decision was made at this critical moment.

"Long live the emperor, long live the Chinese Empire!" Everyone said in unison.

At this time, a ray of dawn light from the east entered the hall, and a round of scorching sun was bursting out!

(End of this chapter)