The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 245
The night is getting thicker.

Sun Lianqiao is still serving at the sleeping hall, Kangxi is in a coma now, Prince Yong is tied up, the government and the public are afraid that there will be another chaos, but fortunately the four academicians are here, and the infantry commander Longkodo, Nothing major will happen to the left and right, but the imperial physicians who are outside the sleeping hall at this moment can no longer take a step.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. If you can cover it for a while, it may not be able to cover it for a lifetime.

Therefore, when it is time to act, you should not be soft-hearted.

Sertu, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, had just bid farewell to several colleagues, and was still pondering what happened in the Changchun Garden today. He just felt strange, who was looking for the Pisces jade pendant?

For no reason...

I'm afraid that something happened to the emperor again, the military affairs in the northwest are very urgent, and the emperor's health is not good, so it's better not to have any problems in the end.

Sertu thought about it, always feeling that he had forgotten something, so he stroked his chin to think about something.

The bearers carried the sedan chairs, just crossed the street and turned to an alley, when suddenly there was the sound of footsteps in front of them, neatly.

Sertu's heart skipped a beat: "Who is in front?!"

"Reporting to the master, in front are the soldiers in charge of the Dongzhimen under the admiral of the Nine Gates."

As soon as Seertu's servant finished speaking, he saw a guard with a knife in the lead walking over.

At this moment, Sertu hurriedly asked someone to open the curtain of the sedan chair, and before he had time to ask, he heard the guard say loudly: "Master Minister, Long Live Lord summoned you to Changchun Garden to discuss matters again, and please come with your servant." .”

Looking at this murderous posture, it doesn't look like he is going to Changchun Garden to meet him?

Seertu's soul was terrified, and he wanted to run away immediately, but before he yelled "Help", the guards behind him directly stabbed Seertu with a few knives!

He slashed his face with a knife, sprayed a whole sedan chair with blood on his neck, and finally stabbed him in the heart!

The sound of "Gululu" was so weird that Seertu stopped in his footsteps, and then fell on his back into the sedan chair. He has been using the sedan chair for so many years, but he never thought that this would be his last burial land……

This guard is the same as countless guards of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, with an ordinary face, two crouching silkworm eyebrows, calm eyes, containing a cold killing intent, he is no longer young, but he never expected to meet such a day.

He withdrew his hand lightly, and when he drew the knife out, the four bearers beside him and Seertu's housekeeper had already met Lord Yan.

He glanced back at the people behind him, and said: "Seertu colluded with the rebel party, intending to rebel, and the law has been executed on the spot."

Mr. Zhao, who was born in the household department, just came out of Bada Hutong. This is the only way a man can feel the joy of galloping under the red lanterns.

It was cold, he shivered his legs, thinking that the emperor was about to return to the imperial city, and he would go to Changchun Garden after the new year. He wondered if he could get a walking official position after the new year, or he had to bribe the higher-ups Good people.

Thinking about it, Mr. Zhao was about to cross the alley and go back to his house near Liulichang.

There is still a long way to go, the weather is cold, and I don’t know if my whole body is frozen when I go back...

As he was walking, he felt a chill in his chest, and something white and red came out from his chest. Master Zhao looked down and saw the blood spraying out.

His head was twisted at a weird angle, and he tried hard to turn around to look at the person behind him, but he couldn't. He was kicked and fell to the ground, and he was already out of breath the moment he hit the ground .

The three masters of the household department, a servant of the official department, and two doctors all died violently tonight.

The snow in the capital is getting bigger and bigger, and it is falling densely. This year's first snow is so bone-chilling.

Gu Huaishu was sitting in the sedan chair, Zhang Tingyu hadn't come back yet, and I'm afraid he wouldn't come back tonight either.

A shout came from outside, "Get off the sedan chair."

Then someone pressed the sedan chair, Qing Dai went up to lift the curtain, when Gu Huaishu looked up, Li Wei was also beside her.

Gu Huaishu raised his hand and motioned for Li Wei to come over and give her a hand. Li Wei came up and gave her his hand to support her.

After getting out of the sedan chair, I saw the side door of Zhang's residence, Gu Huaishu looked back, but Ade didn't come back.

However, a fast horse came galloping on the street ahead, and when he reached the gate of the residence, he reined in hastily, "Woo——"

The horse's hooves were raised high, splashing a few pieces of snow, the man on the horse got off the horse neatly, walked up to Gu Huaixiu in two steps, slapped his sleeves and slapped Qian'er, and said: "Ma'am, Master E, I will give you a message , the matter is settled, there is no news from the admiral's office."

"Tell him to be steady, that's one or two days."

Gu Huaixiu didn't change his expression, he replied casually, and took Li Wei's hand into the mansion.

When something like this happened tonight, Li Wei also knew that something might happen. When he came out, he knew that Gu Huaishu had ordered something, and he had a vague idea of ​​what it was, but now that he saw the fast horse coming to report it, he was still a little terrified.

Following Gu Huaishu into the mansion together, Li Wei asked: "Mother, you just said that it's only a couple of days..."

"Not false."

Gu Huaishu knows that there is no way out now, the place surrounded by the guards can be seen by people, and it is still in Kangxi's bedroom. Kangxi will not send Longkodo down for a while, after all, he is angry Extremely aggressive, I couldn't figure it out for a while, and I was still dizzy, but once I woke up, the first thing to deal with was Longkodo.

At the very least, Longkodo, the admiral of the nine gates, must be removed from his position before the matter is clarified.

This time it was a surprise, but it might not be a good opportunity.

There is no such situation anymore, and fourth master can be forced to take action.

If the chess piece of Longkodo is abolished, it is unknown when Prince Yong will be able to put him back to his original position. In addition, Kangxi may have already made a decision on the reserve position, and Yinzhen must not wait.

Losing the Nine Gates Admiral's pawn, the game of chess will be over, and the whole situation must be settled before Kangxi regains the situation.

How many people in the entire capital know about the turbulent undercurrent under the water?

Gu Huaishu's footsteps were very steady, and he only told Qing Dai who was beside him: "Take it easy, don't see any visitors behind closed doors, and send a message to the Wanqing Guild Hall, asking Shen Qubie to come out and walk around."

"The servant can save it."

Qingdai responded, and went down to give orders.

The night is long and short.

In the Changchun Garden, the concubines wanted to come to serve the sick, but they were all blocked outside. No matter if it was Concubine De or Concubine Yi, there was no way for them to see the emperor right now.

The four academicians are old and weak, and they cannot be exposed to the cold wind for too long. Zhang Tingyu suggested that they go to rest and come back tomorrow morning. Yes, there is no doubt about it.

If he can't leave Changchun Garden, then he can't pass on the news he got from here before. Ma Qi has his own selfish intentions, and he wants to curry favor with the future emperor.

At this time, Kangxi was ill, and the first person to inform the Fourteenth Master would definitely be able to get the Fourteenth Master's reuse.

Several bachelors have their own plans, but in the middle of the night, Longkodo is still investigating the case.

When the senior scholars were about to leave, the person sent by Long Kedo to investigate the little eunuch had already returned, and the report said that he was found to be related to the Fourteenth Elder Brother, and it was the Fourteenth Lord who had placed him in the palace Spy, this time the incident was revealed, so he committed suicide in fear of crime.

The result came out too fast, Ma Qi was a little surprised, Xiao Yongzao and others didn't expect it, they looked at each other with Wang Jie, and felt that things were a little weird.

But Longkodo has already spoken, "Since this matter has been found out, let's wait until the emperor wakes up to talk about it, and you can continue to investigate the rest. Several university scholars are here today to testify, and Long Live will ask about it later, Longke Many have never bent the law for personal gain."

Who doesn't give Longko more face now?Now that he said it, it was impossible for someone to hold him accountable.

Now everyone responded, and then left here.

For some reason, when Ma Qi left Changchun Garden, he suddenly felt flustered.

Anyway, the person who has served Kangxi for so many years always has a dark feeling that makes him uneasy.

Going back to sleep for the night, Ma Qi woke up before dawn, left and right felt that something was wrong, so he lifted the quilt and came out in his middle clothes, the housekeeper hurried in and said: "Master, just now there is news from Changchun Garden , Said that the emperor woke up in the middle of the night yesterday and wanted to drive back to the palace immediately, and he is already on his way back to the palace."

"what?!"

Isn't Kangxi still sick?Why did you come back to Luan in such a hurry?

Ma Qi thought for a while and couldn't figure it out, so he hurriedly asked someone to wait for him to put on his clothes, and he was going to meet the emperor at the gate of the palace. Several senior scholars met in front of the Forbidden City, and they discussed whether it would be better to go directly to the palace to serve as servants, so he went to the palace.

Kangxi traveled between Changchun Garden and the palace several times, and he came back very quickly. This emperor through the ages already knew the predicament he was facing now.

He can't touch Longkodo yet, he is afraid that people will jump over the wall in a hurry, as long as he returns to Beijing...

Upon hearing the news, Ma Qi couldn't sit still immediately, and went directly to wait outside the Zijin City, but he didn't see anyone after waiting for a long time. Several university scholars also received the news, and it took a long time before someone came to pass: "The emperor fainted and fell ill before departure, and he can't start again. Please, my lords, go to Changchun Garden to see you."

At the same time, the news of Kangxi's serious illness was also secretly notified to the princes by Longkodo, and the princes were invited to come to Changchun Garden to attend to the sickness.

This is a well-dug hole, just waiting for everyone to jump.

Yinyu Yinhu and the others would never have imagined that they had already been placed under house arrest in a disguised form as soon as they arrived in Changchun Garden!

Instead, several bachelors stood outside the dormitory again.

Zhang Tingyu met a few senior scholars outside the hall, and hurriedly came up to greet him: "You don't have to worry about the elders, it doesn't matter for a day or two..."

If there is, the courtiers are also clear, judging by the current appearance, Kangxi is probably still not well.

Everyone retreated to the side, Ma Qi raised his hand and pressed Zhang Tingyu's arm, saying: "Master Zhang, what you said..."

Zhang Tingyu glanced at the closed door, and shook his head with some strange regret.

As a result, the adults felt as if they were struck by lightning, and they immediately realized that the emperor was really only a few days away!
Zhang Tingyu persuaded: "I'm not as old as the elders. I can still live now. The imperial doctor said... It's just a few days ago, tonight and night after night... You guys have been serving the emperor for a long time, and now the emperor just I just came back two hours ago, and I still fell asleep after taking the medicine, saying that I would wake up at night, let's rest first, I'm afraid I still have a lot of work at night..."

This made sense, Zhang Tingyu hadn't slept all night, the person Zhang Ying and Li Guangdi picked was really extraordinary.

Ma Qi was afraid that there was a fraud, so he called the imperial physician to question him carefully, Sun Zhiding also came after a while, and what he said was good, he only said that it was just the two days, so the ministers recovered their spirits and came back again.

This is the news that just arrived, Ma Qi decided not to be careless, he finally left here first, and did not dare to deliver a letter to the Eighth Master's people in Changchun Garden, so he quietly asked someone to deliver a letter out of the city, so that He was handed over to the Fourteenth Master who was still in Qinghai.

But Ma Qi would not know that this letter was stopped at the gate of the city before it left the inner city. The admiral of the nine gates, Longkodo, had completely controlled the defense of the inner city, and even a fly and a mosquito could not fly. go out.

When the first guard took down the man with a knife in his hand, he pinched the envelope in his hand.

Ertai was originally a bodyguard of Manchuria Xianglan Banner. Two years ago, he donated a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wailang, and there was no more sound. Seeing that it was not good, Gu Huaishu asked him to come to guard the city under the admiral of the Nine Gates It was only at that time that Ertai was really depressed. Fortunately, Ertai quickly adjusted, and he never expected to encounter such a thing today.

He suppressed this letter from Ma Qi and did not let anyone know about it.

Just like there are factions in each of the six departments, there are many factions in the nine admirals.

In the early years, when Tuo Heqi, an important member of the Baye Party, served as the admiral of the Nine Gates, most of the admirals were the Baye Party.Now that it is replaced by Longkodo, it is not easy for Longkodo to eliminate the Baye Party inside.

Of course, there are also strange queue jumpers like Ertai.

Ertai is the one who has been accepted by Gu Huaixiu. If the fourth master has factions, Nian Gengyao has Nian Gengyao's faction, Longkodo has Longkodo's faction, and there are Tian Wenjing and the like in farther places .

But there is another thing that cannot be ignored, that is the people under Mrs. Zhang's hands.

In this world, women can't be underestimated. Seeing that Mrs. Zhang has done nothing, the people she is looking for are all the servants directly under the fourth master, but whether she has anything to do with these people, and to what extent, only she herself Everyone knows.

Ertai just picked up the envelope without looking at it, and asked someone to clean up the body as if nothing had happened, saying that the man had robbed in the street and used a knife, and carried the body back to the yamen to be claimed.

God is sorry, this slave has been doing errands for Ma Qi all his life, even when he died, he was doing errands for Ma Qi.

Ma Qi thought that it would not be long before he sent someone to deliver the letter, as long as he delivered the letter to the right person, it should have been successful by now, but the slave waited until the sun was about to set and did not come back, so Ma Qi knew that something had happened. up.

He didn't care about any rest anymore, he was about to go out to see the emperor immediately: "Is the emperor still awake?"

The guard with a knife standing outside replied: "There is no imperial edict, please wait here. After a while, the father-in-law returns to the emperor, and then make a decision."

Ma Qi glanced at the heavily guarded situation outside, and after thinking about Longkodo's behavior in the past two days, he suddenly understood.

lost...

They lost...

Slumping down on the chair, Ma Qi couldn't say a word.

Zhang Tingyu, unexpectedly...

If he had seen it clearly a few hours earlier, he would not have felt that Zhang Tingyu was anything scary, but this person's true face was still hidden until the last moment.

At this moment, not only Ma Qi, but the rest of the people are also shocked from the bottom of their hearts!
Except for Sun Lianqiao and Sun Zhiding, none of the imperial physicians I met outside Qianqing Palace looked familiar!

Kangxi was familiar with the imperial physicians who went to Changchun Garden before, why did they change a batch when they came back?
Immediately, someone thought of the fact that Kangxi saw someone wearing a double fish pendant eavesdropping on secret discussions. Wasn't it the imperial physicians who identified Sun Lianqiao?It was only at the last moment that Kangxi said that the color of the jade pendant was wrong...

Vaguely, this situation has surfaced.

Until this time, everyone was shocked to recall that yesterday turned out to be a blunder!

Unfortunately, it was too late.

They have no chance.

Long Kedo stood in the sleeping hall, but no one else could be found in the whole hall, the eunuchs who were serving all disappeared, not even Li Dequan was there.

Kangxi was still in a deep sleep, and only when he saw the sun sinking in the west did he wake up in a daze.

When he opened his eyes, he only saw Longkodo, Kangxi's voice was hoarse, he was already an old man with white hair and chicken skin. "Long... Kedo? Why are you here... I said, I want to go back to the palace! Cough cough cough..."

With a concerned expression, Longkodo said, "Your majesty, don't worry, several senior scholars are outside, and the father-in-law went to bring the medicine. You are not in good health. The imperial doctor said that you can only move around when your condition is stable."

Originally, Kangxi was very suspicious of Longkodo, but seeing that there was nothing unusual about Longkodo, he gradually let go of his heart.

In fact, at this moment Longkodo's heart also hangs.

When Kangxi saw the dim sunlight coming in from the window, he knew it was already afternoon. He said in a hoarse voice, "Six Departments and Nine Ministers are summoned...Master Xuan, and Zhang Tingyu, my deadline is approaching, and the secret order will be designated as the reserve!"

These words seemed to have exhausted all of Kangxi's energy, and he fell backwards after speaking.

Zhang Tingyu walked in slowly, and only bowed to Kangxi's couch: "Minister Zhang Tingyu greets the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"Zhang Tingyu..."

At any rate, a trustworthy one came, Kangxi glanced at Long Kedo, and asked again: "Wang Ji, Ma Qi and others?"

"Back to the emperor, the adults are worried. Not long ago, Grand Master Wang Yu fainted on the ground. The imperial doctors are treating them. They are old, so they rested for a while..." Zhang Tingyu said without changing his expression, seeing Kangxi's face He glanced at Long Kedo again, his expression seemed a little hesitant.

In this situation, in Kangxi's eyes, it seems that he is afraid of Longkodo.

With just this one look, Zhang Tingyu has already figured out Kangxi's heart, knowing what the emperor is most taboo, and he wants to make himself the only person Kangxi can trust now!
Kangxi said: "Longkodo, you step back and call Li Dequan and Wei Zhu to come! The scholar of Xuan University has an audience, and Zhang Tingyu stays."

Long Kedo said: "Long Live Lord, I'm afraid that something will happen to you—"

"Master Admiral!"

Zhang Tingyu suddenly interrupted Longkodo's words with a loud voice, stood straight in front of Longkodo, and raised his hand to point: "The emperor's golden words are sacred orders, and the admiral is hesitating. Could it be that he wants to resist the order and not obey it?" ?!"

What a freshman?With the hat buttoned down, Longkodo's complexion changed, he glanced at Kangxi again, and finally retreated.

As soon as Long Kedo left, Zhang Tingyu's tense body seemed to finally relax, and soon Wei Zhu and Zhao Chang, two eunuchs who had served Kangxi for a long time, also came in.

Zhang Tingyu lowered his voice, only came to talk to Kangxi, and sighed: "Long live... the little eunuch who bit his tongue and killed himself first was the apprentice of De Gonggong, so I dismissed him. Although Longkodo is the younger brother of the former empress ,Can……"

How did Kangxi not know?
He stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhang Tingyu, feeling sad, "Zhang Ying gave birth to a good son, he has a good son!"

Zhang Tingyu lowered his head, as if he also remembered many things from that year, he said: "Your Majesty, please rest first, and now the princes are also rushing to Changchun Garden, you..."

"No, Wei Zhu, take care of the pen and ink, draw up a decree...cough cough cough, draft a decree..."

can not wait anymore!

Kangxi firmly held Zhang Tingyu's hand, and looked at him with wide eyes: "You, you, must—"

"Wei Chen understands."

Zhang Tingyu also shook Kangxi vigorously, Zhao Chang had already come to support Kangxi, Wei Zhu spread pen and ink on the imperial case over there, a blank imperial edict.

He had always been used to drafting edicts for Kangxi, but now that Zhang Tingyu was standing in front of him again and picked up his pen, he immediately revealed a kind of calmness.

Perhaps it was his calmness, or perhaps it was the fact that he was surrounded by familiar people, which made Kangxi feel at ease.

His voice was full of old age, as if it would be cut off in the next moment.

"It has always been the emperor's rule of the world that he did not take respect for the ancestors of the heavens as the first task. The ancestors of the heavens and ancestors are truly soft and far-reaching, and they can rest and nourish the common people. The interests of the world are for the benefit, and the heart of the world is the heart. Governance is not chaotic, working hard all night long, sleepless nights, it is a long-standing national strategy, and it is close to it. Now I am seventy years old, and I have been in power for 58 years. It is really thanks to the silent protection of Tiandi Zongshe, not my cool virtue. Also. Looking at the annals of history, there have been a total of 350 emperors for more than 20 years from the Yellow Emperor Jiazi to the present. There are very few emperors who have been in power for as long as I am. When I came to the imperial court for [-] years..."

The above is all looking back at his own life. Come to think of it, Kangxi also knows that his time is approaching, right?

Zhang Tingyu wrote very calmly and did not pause at all. He has done too many such things.

Is it Yinzhen or Yinzhen?

When Zhang Tingyu was writing, he also wanted to know that the imperial edict was written in Manchurian, Mongolian and Chinese. Kangxi spoke very slowly, still remembering his life, and carefully considering the words and sentences. Occasionally, something wrong in the West would be revised by Zhang Tingyu in the imperial edict. After a while, the imperial decree will be written, and then it will be shown to Kangxi.

"I am an old man, although I am dying now, I am also happy. The sons of the emperor Taizu and the descendants of the princes and princes are all safe now. If you can be vigilant and safe after my death, I will happily pass away..."

Speaking of this, there is already a look of pain on the face, Wei Zhu and other eunuchs who have been close to him for many years are also weeping.

Zhang Tingyu paused, and at the same time transcribed the edict written just now in Manchu. When he was studying Qingshu in the Imperial Academy, he was already proficient in three languages.

Here, is the real key point.

Kangxi paused for a long time, and then coughed several times violently: "Yinzhen, the fourteenth son of Beizihuang, the great general of Fuyuan, has a noble character and is deeply respected by me. He will surely inherit the great order. If I succeed you to the throne, you will be the emperor..."

Hearing the first word, Zhang Tingyu's brows suddenly twitched. He rolled up his sleeves, opened his lips slightly, wrote down the imperial decree, and then wrote down the money, November 58rd, [-]th year of Kangxi.

"Your Majesty, the will has been drawn up."

There were several imperial edicts stacked underneath, and Zhang Tingyu sent Wei Zhu to fetch the seal, so he came here with the edict.

"Look, is this will right?"

As he said that, Zhang Tingyu slowly unfolded the edict in front of Kangxi's eyes. Every word on it was in the pavilion style that Kangxi was used to, and Zhang Tingyu's handwriting was even more outstanding among them, few people could match it.

Kangxi watched carefully, especially the last paragraph, and then, as if he had finally fulfilled some wish, he murmured: "Yes, yes, that's exactly what it is..."

"Does the emperor think the imperial decree is good?"

Zhang Tingyu still looked as gentle and gentle as he was twenty years ago, a modest gentleman.

He gently took back the edict, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully, but sighed softly, and smiled uncomfortably: "But my minister dared to think that this edict——is not good."

Wei Zhu and the others next to them were so frightened that they almost dropped the big seal in their hands!
Kangxi also shrank his pupils sharply, and looked at Zhang Tingyu in horror!
However, Zhang Tingyu just raised his hand and discarded it like a pair of shoes. He threw the edict in his hand into the stove in the palace, and said in a calm and leisurely voice, "Your Majesty, I also drew up an edict last night. May you listen to it?"

As he spoke, he took out his sleeve, flicked his wrist, and opened the imperial edict.

Zhang Tingyu's eyes were calm, and he fell on the edict, ignoring Kangxi's frightened and angry expression: "... Yinzhen, the fourth son of Prince Yong, has a noble character. That is, the emperor's position, that is, obeying the public system, holding the clothes for 27 days, releasing the clothes and announcing them both at home and abroad, so that the salty envoys can hear about them. I admire this."

Wei Zhu's legs went limp, and he knelt on the ground all of a sudden, and Zhao Chang, who was serving Kangxi, was already dripping with cold sweat.

Kangxi didn't catch his breath, pointed at Zhang Tingyu and opened his mouth wide, as if he knew this person for the first time!
Zhang Tingyu suddenly thought of the third prince Zhu, his disciple Dai Mingshi, every case he had handled, every file he had read...

An emperor through the ages, a body of a hundred years, tonight...

"Long Live Lord, the time has come, please die."

(End of this chapter)