Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 64
"He is already doing it. After 13 years of Kangxi, he went to Baoding five times and replaced the eunuchs in the palace. He managed it all by himself. He became the minister of the guards, and the soldiers above the camp officer in the Forbidden City personally selected private individuals. The guards stuffed a lot of them too! Don’t you have to wait for a disaster to happen to Xiao Qiang one day before you are willing to fight to the death?” Suo’etu had already drank a lot of wine, but his expression remained unchanged, and he said frankly, “You said he was a beggar Family background, almost burnt. This is just a rationale. What Mingzhu said, he said: "If you survive a catastrophe, you must have a future blessing!" '? Is this intention scary?"

Jiang Mingdao listened, and felt that Suo'etu's words were too explicit. Li Guangdi sounded reasonable at the moment, but after thinking about it later, he inevitably discounted it, so he interjected and said, "It's rare for the sage to know that the personal guards are transferred and replaced by themselves. Simply pull it out with your own hands, don't ask anyone, don't rely on anyone." After speaking, he let out a deep sigh.Suo'etu also came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "Yes! After Wei Dongting left, Mingzhu asked several times to transfer Mu Zixu to be Jiangning's political envoy, and later said that Mu Zixu should make up Tuhai's care There is a lack of great generals, and the emperor just doesn’t say anything, and he can’t do anything! The emperor is in the prime of his life, mighty in the sky, wise in judgment, and a treacherous villain will not have any delusions for a while, but to seize the position of the East Palace is another matter. Something is wrong. Jinqing, you have to be clear in your heart and look at it from a distance, the prince, but you don't have a mother!"

"I'm going to write this book to refer to his pearl!" Li Guangde thought that Mingzhu was holding back everywhere, making things difficult for him, and actually harboring the intention of seizing the heir, is it tolerable or unbearable?He clenched his fist and slammed it on the table, saying, "If Shen knocks him down, then the iceberg of Yinyi will be melted, so what worries the prince!"

After going around in circles for a long time, I finally led Li Guangdi to this topic.Li Guangdi had contacts with Kangxi when Kangxi was not an official for nine years, served as a Hanlin, and then returned to Fujian. On the day of Geng Jingzhong's rebellion, he escaped with 30 taels of military payment from the treasury, sent wax pills to secretly report the military situation, and made various meritorious deeds. In addition, he tried his best to take over Taiwan, and he was already a pillar of the government and the opposition.With his status at this time, Kangxi will never remain indifferent once the book is published; as long as it is sent to the ministry, he will surely mobilize and attack him; even if he cannot be sent to Shengjiang Alley all at once , the position of the study room is definitely not guaranteed.Suo'etu and Wang Mingdao exchanged glances, and said: "I have long seen that you are a bloody man, a pillar of the country! Otherwise, I would rather die than dare to say something today. You just participate, don't have to look forward and backward, I will take care of you inside." It’s on! It’s the case of the Nanjing Examination Center, including Mingzhu and Xu Qianxue’s bag, and Yu Guozhu, what are they all about! If these national thieves don’t go, how can the court be safe? With your move, it’s already a big deal to enter the study. It's not worth mentioning outside things." At the moment, the three of them ate at the banquet and discussed, until it was dark, Li Guangdi resigned.

Suo'etu sent Li Guangdi straight to Yimen before returning, and asked Wang Mingdao to rest. Seeing that Cai Dai was leading the boys to clean up the broken seats, sweep the floor and wipe the table, he said, "I ask them to do these tasks. Cai Dai, come with me." , I have something to say!" Cai Dai hurriedly agreed, and followed Suo'etu out.Seeing that Suo'etu didn't go back to the main room, but walked towards the water pavilion in the west of the garden, Cai Dai couldn't help being startled, and hurriedly walked a few steps to follow.

It was the middle of July, the season of meng qiu, when the cool wind gradually picked up and the moon was covered by thin clouds.The lotus in the pond is swaying, the fragrance is refreshing, and the surroundings are completely silent, only the chirping of crickets and the echoing sound of clucking and clucking frogs.

"Cai Dai," in the dark, Suo'etu's face could not be seen clearly, only his figure sitting on the gazebo with his feet crossed, "Are you from my residence during the ten years of Kangxi?"

"Yes..." Cai Dai replied blankly, "The servant came to Beijing after fleeing famine in Shandong. In the first year of Kangxi, the slave's land was enclosed. There was no food, so he couldn't go to Beijing to make a living, so he grew vegetables in the East Garden. ...Later, Mr. Xiong saw me as pitiful and recommended me to you..." Suo'etu laughed and said, "You know your resume very well! I'm afraid you were working in the Shisan Yamen when you were growing vegetables?" Cai Daiyi Hearing this, I was almost out of my wits with fright, and it took me a long time to come back to my senses, and said: "The little one doesn't understand the meaning of the master, how does the young one know what is going on with the Thirteen Yamen?"

It turns out that after the founding of the Qing Dynasty, it followed the Ming system and followed the former Ming Dongchang Jinyiwei system, and set up thirteen yamen to detect the actions of various ministers.Suo'etu revealed that Cai Dai was sent by Emperor Kangxi to sit next to him. Hearing Cai Dai's voice trembling with fright, he faltered and said, "Let me tell you about your resume; you fled famine and came to Beijing in the 16th year of Shunzhi. Dongyuan grows vegetables, and Xiong Cilu lives nearby. Seeing that you are young and capable, I recommended you to work in the Thirteenth Yamen. Later, the Thirteenth Yamen was abolished. You went to the House of Internal Affairs and Wei Dongting, and pretended to be a 50-year-old man in his house. Old man, until something happened to Ao Zhongtang, your 'errands' were finished. Well... nine years to ten years... You planted 'vegetables' for another year, and the old bear asked you to come to me again——I said Not bad, right?" After Suo'etu finished speaking, he chuckled and observed Cai Dai calmly.

Cai Dai was completely stunned. For such a confidential matter, no third person is allowed to know between the recipient and the recipient, except for the special order to consult the archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is a permanent secret.But a minister like Suo'etu, aware of his identity, would have to die if he went back according to the rules!Cai Dai stood there dumbfounded for a long time, then murmured, "Zhongtang has uncovered this layer of paper, so there's no point in hiding it. But you said that Xiong Zhongtang sent me, maybe you misunderstood someone's words, but I don't know who sent me. Errand. That being the case, I will ask Zhongtang to resign from me tomorrow. Zhongtang has treated me with great kindness all these years, and I have never seen you have any indiscretions. It is useless for you to expose it. There is a saying that the mountains are high and the rivers are long. Just to repay your kindness."

"I never do anything ignorant in secret, so naturally I'm not afraid of a villain like you suing." Suo'etu sneered, "You are here to work diligently, and you have made no mistakes. Wouldn't it be suspicious if I resigned from you? ? You have to stay, in addition to doing errands for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you have to do errands for me sincerely, I will triple the monthly payment for you, how about it?"

"This can't be done!" Cai Dai was frightened by his gloomy voice and shivered. Reminiscent of the "seizing the heir" mentioned by the Qing people in Suofu these days, even if he dared not report the truth to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he would Never dare to inquire about inner court news for Suo'etu.He knelt down on his knees in a panic, waved his hands and said: "There is a ban on this, one mistake, even Zhongtang will have to..." After saying that, he just kowtowed as if smashing the price of garlic.

Suo'etu stood up with a "huh", gritted his teeth, and said through the gaps between his teeth: "You don't want to? Well, let me tell you, I am the best prime minister! The emperor has issued a clear edict since the third year of Kangxi. Died in the disaster of Dongchang, the thirteen yamen of the supervisory ministers will be abolished forever. I don’t know who dared to pretend to be a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and sneak into our house for 12 years! I will not make it difficult for you. This is within my authority!" After saying that, he pulled away and left.

"Zhongtang, Lord Zhongtang!" Cai Dai knelt down a few steps, hugged Suo'etu's leg tightly, and begged, crying, "I beg Zhongtang...to be reborn! I listen to the Lord's wish...that is..." After a long time , I heard Suo'etu let out a long breath, and said: "Get up, I will do it if I don't play! I will support the emperor and protect the prince. I am a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and I will not ask you to rebel. You do it in a pretentious manner." What? But I want you to inquire about it for me, lest villains harm my country, you are so afraid! Didn’t you take a fancy to the fourth grandma’s companion girl, Ming Dang? I reward you!"

Li Guangdi hurried back to the mansion, and Li Lu, the leader of the door, followed him, led the way with a lamp, and replied as he walked: "Master, Li Fu came from Fujian, and there is a letter from the master. I told him to wait in Diecuixuan. Do you want to see him now, or call him after dinner?"

"Yeah." Li Guangdi had been typing out the manuscript of impeaching Mingzhu all the way, and at this moment he came back to his senses and said, "I've already had dinner, let him come to the study!" Conceive epigrams in memorials.When Li Fu came in, he hurriedly kowtowed to Li Guangdi, presented his family letter, and asked casually, "This is written by the third master? Is the old lady well?"

"The old lady... is dead!" Li Fu was crying, and knelt on the ground with a plop and said: "The third master is afraid that the master will be sad and anxious, so he doesn't ask me to wear filial piety to report the funeral, but asks me to go to Beijing to report to the master about the family affairs. The old man will preside over it all by himself, and the old lady's funeral must be handled in a glorious manner..." Before he finished speaking, Li Guangdi had already sat down in the chair, bent over and cried bitterly: "Mother, mother! You... are so miserable. ...I didn't enjoy one day's blessings...I went...Li Guangdi is really the most unfilial son in the world...This time I went back to Fujian on business, and I only stayed at home for half a day...Leave—I'm so stupid! I..." He shook his hand He slapped his forehead and trembled uncontrollably.

Li Guangdi was not from a well-known scholarly family. Although his family was wealthy, he was a wealthy businessman.He is the youngest of the four brothers. He is often looked down upon by his father because of his cleverness and love of reading. Mrs. Tai, who was born in a rural official, loves the seed of reading the most.Just a few years ago, Wu Zhixun, a veteran of the Ming Dynasty, traveled to Fujian and occasionally lacked funds. He came to Li's family to teach.Now suddenly the bad news came.Li Guangdi was really like five thunderbolts, how could he stop his tears rolling down like beads?

"Fourth Master, you have to mourn..." Li Lu persuaded with tears in his eyes, "Third Master said, Master is now a first-rank court in the Ren Pavilion, and the emperor may want to seize love. As the emperor's person, it is inevitable that loyalty and filial piety cannot be balanced. Master, please think carefully—the old lady had something to say when she was dying, and said: "Si'er doesn't have to come back, as long as he takes care of the emperor and the people, I will be happy in my heart...""

Li Guangdi listened blankly with tears in his eyes. When he heard his mother’s death, he knelt down and kowtowed to accept the order. What's the use of my unfilial person..."

While weeping uncontrollably, family members from outside came in and saw Li Guangdi kneeling by himself, so he also knelt down and said: "Master, Mr. Gao Shiqi is here to visit..."

(End of this chapter)