Chapter 28 (10) Everyone Knows

The next day, Monk Ma was thinking about the little nun in the sedan chair, so he followed the group on the road.Along the way, he finally understood what was going on. It turned out that since Yongzheng ascended the throne, the eighth elder brother, the ninth elder brother, and the fourteenth elder brother were imprisoned respectively, and the confidant eunuchs, maids and guards of these princes were all exiled to Guangxi.It is unknown whether the Clan Mansion or the Ministry of Punishments will be responsible for this work, but the officials in charge are obviously not paying attention, or maybe they did it on purpose, and it is unknown.

In short, the imperial court actually formed a mighty team of these exiled prisoners, and together with the guards who escorted them, the total number exceeded a hundred.At first these people were still afraid, but with so many people gathered together, it was inevitable that they exchanged news and whispered to each other. The more they muttered, the angrier and more courageous the group became. In the end, every place they went , this group of people will find a high place to stand on, and shout at the passers-by: You all come to listen to the emperor's news. The current emperor came to the throne after poisoning the old emperor and tampering with the will. Not right...

and so on. This matter is well known, and the magistrates have heard it clearly.But just as Cao Xueqin analyzed, everyone knew that just hearing about this matter would inevitably lead to the whole family being punished, so everyone pricked up their ears to listen, but no one dared to report to the court. This incident, if it is not for the original text of Shi You, later generations will be hard to believe: According to Geng Liuge, the grandson of the traitor Geng Jingzhong, when Yixian Chongfa was in the Sanxing area, at the home of Babao, there were eunuchs Yu Yi and He Yuzhu talking to Babao women about the original biography of the fourteenth elder brother Yin To save the world, the emperor changed the word "ten" to "yu".

It is also said: The Emperor Shengzu was seriously ill in the Changchun Garden, so the emperor took a bowl of ginseng soup, and for some reason, the Emperor Shengzu died.The emperor ascended the throne.Immediately, Yinti was transferred back to prison.The queen mother wanted to see Yinti, the emperor was furious, and the queen mother was killed on an iron pillar.The emperor also left his concubine and other concubines in the palace to speak. ... It was found that the rebels Geng Liuge, Wu Shouyi, Dase, Huo Cheng, etc. passed through various places, complaining about injustice and slandering everyone along the way.The military service of rebellion, the store where he stayed, etc., are all heard of.Whenever you meet a village shop or a city, call loudly: You all come to hear the emperor's news, we have been wronged, and we want to tell you, so that you can tell the story to others.He also said: We have to ask about our sins, how can we seal our mouths and so on.It is the tricks of these ghosts and monsters. They have nothing to do, but they are deliberately plotting. They only use evil words as a means of incitement, hoping to get lucky.

This record shows that Yongzheng only heard about these things three years after the incident happened.At that time, he was so angry that he wrote a book called "Dayijue Milu" to record all these details. What is his purpose in recording these things? Soon we will find out.