Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 47 Wei Dongting Debriefs and Goes to the Capital, Emperor Kangxi’s North Hunting Tigers (1)
Yao Qisheng and Shi Lang made a joint obeisance, stated the details of the dispute between the two, and sent it six hundred miles to Beijing, and attached a folded report to Kangxi about the process of punishing Laita.

When the memorial arrived, Kangxi was discussing Fengtian's trip with his ministers in the study room.Because Lang Shuang came back to report on his work, and reported in detail the situation of Heilongjiang's investigation of the deployment of Luocha troops and the situation of Bahai, Zhou Peigong and the Cossacks for several years. Mongolian prince.After reading Shi Lang's booklet, Kang suddenly burst out laughing, and said, "A slave like Laita has to be ruled by someone like Shi Lang! The bad habit of the Han people is to gain fame, and the Manchus also have a bad habit, which is arrogance and incompetence. Now, if you use ten red-clothed cannons and one hundred thousand rockets to redeem the top man, are you afraid that he won't restrain himself?" He told about Shi Lang's punishment of Laita, and everyone laughed along with him.Kangxi ordered Gao Shi Qicao to give Shi Lang an imperial edict to allow Xia Tian to march in the army, and Lai Ta was transferred to the general of Sichuan after he finished building the cannon, so as not to hinder him.

"Speaking of cannons, they are still the best made in the West. When the 'San Francisco' was pacified, the cannons made by Zhang Cheng were used in Hunan and Shaanxi. Now I heard that the Cannon Manufacturing Bureau stopped making it again. This is not possible! Suo'etu remembers Let the Ministry of War pay attention to this matter, I want to see it!" Sitting on the big kang heated by animal charcoal, Kangxi casually picked up a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus sugar dipped in peanuts and slowly chewed, while meditating.Suo'etu hurriedly bowed his body and said "yes", and then smiled and said: "Adding these to Shi Lang's gunboat, I think it's enough for the servant, this time the remade gun may as well be used on Galdan, I'm afraid it will be stored in the warehouse." It's not good for a long time."

Xiong Cilu was sitting next to Suo'etu. He originally disapproved of fighting Taiwan. Seeing that Kangxi had made up his mind, he was worried that the war would be unfavorable. The cannon, I think it should be transported to Fujian. It is always good to be careful. After Taiwan wins, the cannon will be transported to the Gubeikou camp. "Kangxi is using troops in the west, and he is choosing a general from the former enemy. Xiong Cilu recommended Feiyanggu to be qualified for the job several times, but he still didn't make a decision. Hearing Xiong Cilu still say "Join Feiyanggu", he smiled and said: "It seems that you are determined I want to recommend Fei Yanggu. From my point of view, Zhou Peigong seems to be better, he is in Ganshan Pingwang Fuchen, he is very organized!"

But Mingzhu didn't want Zhou Peigong to send troops to do meritorious service again, so he hurriedly said with a smile: "Shaanxi put down the rebellion, the general is Tu Hai, and the soldiers he leads are slaves of Duke Jing's family. Without Tu Hai in charge, what can a certain Han member of Zhou do? Gubeikou The soldiers are different from those brought by Zhou Peigong that time, they are all of the official brand of Shangsanqi, old Tuhai is too sick to use anymore, Zhou Peigong can’t do it alone.” Suo’etu wrote several letters to Zhou Peigong, but they didn’t get it. He wrote back, feeling uncomfortable, and said: "Xiong Dongyuan and Mingzhu said that Zhou Pei is a weak scholar, and it is really impossible for one person to lead a powerful army full of flags and eight banners. Besides, he is also sick..."

Kangxi shook his head as he listened, although he didn't know the exact meaning of what they said, but he didn't believe that Zhou Peigong could not lead troops.When Zhou Peigong was still a scholar in white.Kangxi conducted a military interview on the spot in Lanmian Hutong. It was really eloquent, and everyone was shocked. Nanyuan's marching method, Pingliang's great victory, Zhou Peigong's contribution is beyond Tuhai. How can the time be easily changed?Thinking about it, he couldn't help smiling, and when he was about to speak, Li Dequan came in through the curtain and said, "Long Live Lord, Wei Dongting, Governor of Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, and Zhejiang Customs, is here in Beijing. Please pass the sign to see you!"

"Are you here? Where is it? Tell him to come in!" Kangxi jumped up and ordered loudly, "He must have just arrived—ask the Imperial Dining Room to get some dishes. The number of samples doesn't need to be too much. They should be fried now, not over the fire." Eat more affordable food!" While speaking, Wei Dongting came in, followed by someone holding documents, but it was He Guizhu, the official of the House of Internal Affairs.

Wei Dongting has been out of Beijing for three or four years. Although he and Kangxi are divided into monarchs and ministers, after all, they have walked together since childhood, and the monarch and ministers have a deep friendship.As soon as he came in, he listened to Kangxi's order to ask someone to take care of him. For some reason, his nose was sore, and he almost shed tears. While bowing his head respectfully, he said: "Slave Wei Dongting respectfully sees the master! Look what's wrong with me, Just weeping—a man with a beard is out of place!"

This is the real feeling, Kangxi couldn't help feeling hot in his heart, his joy turned into emotion, he stared at Wei Dongting, and said for a long time: "Yes, you are also thinking about it now. How about the family, my grandson Can you eat enough?" Wei Dongting hurriedly wiped away his tears and said with a smile: "Thanks to the master, the slave's mother is still in good health, but she just misses the master and has to repeat it several times every day. This time when the slave enters Beijing, the mother will In autumn, she brought ten altars of drunk dates specially soaked by the master. She said that the master loved it the most. Jianmei, the cheap internal secretary, gave birth to her second child this year, and it was clearly stated in the book..." Kangxi laughed and said, "I promise to give it to you. This child is to be named——Wei Fu—we will meet soon anyway. I will be on a tour to the south next year, and I will ask Jianmei to prepare two altars of good goose palms for Lianzao to serve!" After saying that, he laughed, and then He Guizhu asked, "What's the matter with you?"

"Return to the words of the Long Live Lord." He Guizhu kowtowed with a smile, and said, "The servant sent the booklet, and there is a piece of Jin Fu repairing Xiaojiadu in it. The Fu River has been half opened, and the rest is expected before the autumn flood next year Completion. This one is the list of servants drafted by the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Should I let Xiong Cilu have a look at it before entering the master's imperial examination? The other one is Li Guangdi's invitation, the master's northern tour, and the prince will preside over the court in Beijing Please let the emperor decide the details of the affairs."

Kangxi nodded and said with a smile: "He Guizhu has studied hard in the past two years, and he has made great progress. Just these few words are more concise and clear than before—" Picking up the list, throwing it to Xiong Cilu, said: "You think about it again, It's not that I'm going to visit the mountains and rivers, Li Guangdi, Zha Shenxing and other literati don't have to drive, Gao Shiqi is enough. Dongting is coming back, so let's go to Shengjing with me?" Wei Dongting was in a hurry. Said: "This is really an unexpected joy, I am so eager for it! I am afraid that the master will drive the slave back. There are many things that I have to go back to the master calmly!" When the imperial dining room came to report that the dishes were ready, Kangxi smiled and said: "No Send it here, he can't eat well here - he even went to the guard's room to have a meal with your friends, it was delicious. I will leave in the future, so you go to greet Lafayette first, and see the old friends in Beijing , and look at Aunt Su Ma, hand the sign in the day after tomorrow—kneel down!"

Wei Dongting repeatedly agreed to go on, Kangxi Fang picked up Jin Fu's and folded it, while looking at it, scratched it with his fingernails, and asked: "The emperor is out on tour, and the crown prince is sitting in Beijing. I didn't say anything. I'm afraid he still wants to leave." Is it too young?" Suo'etu hurriedly said with a smile: "Although the young master is young, the emperor presides over important events outside. He is only studying in Beijing to read scriptures and meet ministers. Inside, there are old master Xiong and Tang Bin to take care of him. Li Guangdi is not in charge, and he can also help with affairs, so the emperor doesn't have to worry about it." Mingzhu also laughed and said, "What Suo Xiang said is very true, but the servant said something crazy. When the master became the emperor, he was only eight years old. I'm afraid he might not be as tall as the young master. It’s high now! The most important business is naturally to send the emperor to the place where the emperor is. For other irrelevant matters, the courtiers outside have discussed it, and Lafayette inside can also take care of it. The elder brother and the third master are also serving the prince. It’s not strict. Really?" Kangxi didn't pay attention to the nuances in the words of the two courtiers, and fell silent for a while.He smiled and said: "That's it. But since the prince is regent, he has to be decent. Suo'etu said before, please increase the clothes for the prince, because he is still young, I didn't agree. Now that he is out to do things, even though he is with the elder brothers Flesh and blood, after all, there are distinctions between monarchs and ministers. I think the crown prince can use Xuanhu and Dongzhu to add up to twelve, and the rest of the princes can use Qinggu Chaoguan and ten Dongzhu to show their difference—Xiong Cilu, are you People in the Ministry of Rites, what do you think?"

Xiong Cilu had already listened intently. The prince has always supervised the country, and the other princes were absolutely not allowed to interfere in the government. Now it is very wrong for the prince and the prince to handle the government affairs.But the rules brought by the Qing Dynasty from outside the customs are like this, and it is no small matter to change this "ancestral family law".Of course he heard Suo and Ming's implication, but he felt that neither of them could be offended.After thinking about it for a while, he slowly said: "Actually, it doesn't really matter whether the clothes are changed or not. Ask the Ministry of Rites to formulate rules and plans according to the previous regime, so that there will be no chaos."

Only then did Kangxi taste it, several people disagreed, and there was no time to think about it, so he just said: "Just follow Xiong Cilu's play, and ask the Ministry of Rites to draft it for me to see." He ordered everyone to kneel down.

A day later, Kangxi's car left Beijing from Dongzhimen and headed north.Because of the decree first, the Ministry of Rites is not allowed to set up a large-scale halogen book by mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people.So I only took a green wool warm mule car with a crank and yellow cover. Because Mu Zixu stayed in Beijing to guard the prince, Wu Dan brought more than 20 capable guards to surround Kangxi and walk around.The eunuch Li Dequan supported Hai Dongqing and a group of internal eunuchs to follow on horseback, while Suo'etu and Mingzhu followed the car to listen to the greetings.

Wei Dongting and Gao Shiqi followed behind.These two people knew each other as Kangxi's confidantes, one was studious, humble, kind and steady, the other was funny, wise, and knowledgeable, they talked with each other while walking with whips, and became friends after a short time.

After traveling for four days, we left Gubeikou, and the vast Mongolian prairie is outside. From here, you can go east, cross Chengde Mansion, Sheda Linghe River, Liaohe River, and from Lingyuan, cross Chaoyang and Kalaqin Zuoqi. Bless God.

(End of this chapter)