Chapter 13 The thirteenth emperor who was in charge of palace affairs Zhenqian Gang Qing Jun Minzhong was deposed

These are the words that the Empress Dowager told Qin Meimei just now, and there are occasional classical Chinese among them, which are also the words contained in the Holy Ancestor's Palace Instructions, which sounds a bit awkward to outsiders, but the eunuchs think it is very smooth.After Qin Meimei finished speaking, everyone kowtowed and said: "Slaves obey Yi's order!" Qin Meimei also knelt down. Qianlong stood "respectfully listening to the benevolent training", and sat down alone. The hall was suddenly silent, and he heard the rustling of his clothes and the sound of sipping tea.After a long time, Qianlong put down his cup and did not cry out. He said: "Yesterday, the king of Fu Peng County came in to report his duties and said that Wang Shu was missing. Where did Wang Shu go? He was slaved to armored men in Heilongjiang. He is already crazy, crazy. It was hard to recognize people. There are also Bu Yi, Bu Xin, Bu Lian, and Wang Li, who supervised the processing of ginseng in the old forest of Changbai Mountain. When they met the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they begged hard to "reward an old cotton jacket to avoid the cold" The servants in the ice and snow, after all, the people in front of me have followed me, so there is an order, each person will be rewarded with an old sheepskin robe, and the food will be filled with sorghum and rice."

As if a bone-piercing wind suddenly hit, all the eunuchs trembled from the bottom of their hearts.The five people he ordered were all red-hot servants in the Forbidden City, positions envied by the eunuchs, and disappeared without a trace overnight.Rumor has it that he went on a "business trip".It turned out to be such an errand! "They are still slaves now, and they were slaves back then. The slaves and slaves are also of the same rank!" Qianlong's words were as relaxed as talking to the teahouse in a teahouse, "Why are the rich clothes and jade food here reduced to such a point? No I accidentally lost my boots and boots for throwing a cup. I rule the world with benevolence, and never ignore human life for small things—they violated the family law of the ancestors, led the master to do wrong, and spread rumors to discredit the master!" He held the case with one hand, leaned on the handle of the chair with the other, and scanned the palace with fierce eyes, "Is there such a person now?"

He paused.In the terrible dead silence, people felt their scalps flickering, and they lay on the smooth gold bricks in the ground with their ears pricked up, listening to Qianlong's "teachings" with frightened eyes. "The Empress Dowager's edict is clear—it's impossible to guarantee that there is no such thing!" Qianlong's words suddenly became extremely sharp, "What is a country? I am a country! What is a country? I am a country! On the other hand, billions of living beings support the people and live in peace, all of which are tied to my thoughts. Therefore, if you can't get along with me, you can't get along with the country and society, and you can't get along with the people of the world! Whoever dares to make trouble in the palace is to separate my flesh and blood and tear me apart. My family love, destroy my filial piety - I will peel your skin!" He gritted his teeth, looked at the algae well on the top of the palace and giggled, "Peeling the human skin was invented by the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty. The way is to treat the person. The history of eunuchs’ disasters can be tested, how dare I not be afraid of the words of the sages?"

He patted the table casually, and all the heads bowed down again. "Don't learn from Zhao Gao, Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, and Wei Zhongxian. There are also good things among eunuchs. Those who suffer for the master, those who die for the master, and those who act loyally, are also considered good things like Zheng He, the three treasures of Ming Yongle—— Let the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs ask Master Wang Erlie to tell you the story." He blushed, but slowed down, "It's not that I'm cruel, I don't want to trample on ants to death easily, but I don't want to treat eunuchs lightly. Just because you are working at the core of the world's secret secrets, and you are humble and lowly people, you must never forget the words "preventing the small and the past." He stood up with a dark smile on his face, and said, "That's what I said, Qin Meimei and Wang Lian Wang Ren stays - the rest go back and wait for rectification!"

These "things" were out of their wits, and retreated tremblingly.Qin Meimei and the other three who were left behind were a bit like birds just caught in a cage, kneeling on the ground, wriggling in fear, avoiding the throne, as if there was some terrible thing on the mighty throne. The organ will spew out some kind of flame at any time and turn people into coke.In the unbearably terrifying silence, Qianlong spoke, but it was not the thunderous anger they imagined, his tone was already gentle as if he was treating a foreign minister. "The eunuchs and deputy eunuchs of the Six Palaces are all old, and they can't help themselves physically and mentally." Qianlong said, "How about letting them go? They are people who have served the late emperor, and they still have some prestige. So, I think, the three of you Everyone will be promoted to deputy capital eunuch."

None of the three of them thought that the first mission was to promote the throne.Shivering for a while, he looked up in surprise, and hurriedly leaned over to thank him again.Qianlong smiled imperceptibly, and said again: "You have difficulties, I know--the big and small people in this palace, not to mention agreeing, often stay with these low-level concubines, they are decent nanny girls and other female officials, raise your feet You are taller than your heads—but there are rules and measures in things, and there is a fundamental principle, which is to be loyal to the emperor. You must be loyal to your masters from generation to generation. Only with loyalty can you have respect and sincerity. This is "propriety", "self-denial" Restoring propriety is benevolence'..." He suddenly felt that there was no need to talk about such big things with the "things", and changed his tone, "In short, I only know that there is a king in my heart, and I will tolerate everything, even small mistakes. .You understand?"

"The servant understands!" "Who stabbed Lafayette about what happened yesterday?" "Ok?" ...a dead silence. Under the incomparably powerful coercion, the three of them were so forced that they couldn't even breathe, but trembled all over. "Qin Meimei speak first." Qianlong said coldly.I dipped my hands in herbal tea and swiped casually on the table, waiting for his reply. "Slave...slave..." "Are you so afraid?" Qianlong sneered, "You don't need to say it, just go. You don't want to say it—of course someone said it."

Qin Meimei kowtowed her head, stretched her arms, seemed to think about it, but felt something was wrong, hurriedly kowtowed again, and muttered: "Just now, the master's instruction is based on 'loyalty to the emperor', and the master's kindness is as heavy as a mountain, how dare the slave lie? Really? The head here is twisted and twisted, and the slaves can't understand it. Yesterday, the queen mother was fine, and said that today is a fasting day, and she will invite the twenty-four and five Fujin to come in for meditation. Last night, she called them in and said While talking, the Empress Dowager also came, and the Empress Dowager drove the servants out. The servants dare not eavesdrop on what they were talking about. They just went in to make tea, and heard twenty-four Fujin say: "Lafayette, don't worry about this, some The people inside us couldn’t figure it out, so we took the time to talk to the Lord Long Live. It’s not a big deal.’ The slave left after making tea...”

"It's Wu Ya?" Qianlong was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "She was in mourning at home, so how could she know about He Shen's 'selection'?" How dare you eat this dry vinegar?Thinking about it, he looked at Wang Lian, but Wang Lian was very straightforward, kowtowed his head and said: "The servant is also ignorant. Qin Meimei woke up after saying this. Yesterday, the Long Live Lord rewarded things, and the Twenty-Fourth Lord's Mansion , Gao Yuncong went to Wuye’s Mansion, and he and his lord were outside the Meridian Gate at that time. I also asked Gao Yuncong why he didn’t go through the Donghua Gate, but went out of the Taihe Gate? Gao Yuncong smiled and remained silent I'm gone." After saying this, Qin Meimei remembered again, and said from the side: "Your servant also knows, I went to the fasting palace to deliver the "Diamond Sutra" to Lafayette. I bumped into Gao Yun from the Dayong Alley When he came out, he said that he had just met his mistress. The emperor rewarded the two widows, Fujin, with fifty taels of gold each, and the empress rewarded him with a ruler of woolen wool. The thing was heavy, so I asked the servant to ask two people to help him move it. Busy, let him call himself, and go." Wang Ren also said: "It must be Gao, his sister-in-law is the nanny of Wuye's mansion, and his sister, Trumpet Flower, waits on the proud girl on the mother's dress. They are all needleworkers in the Sixteenth Prince's Mansion, and his uncle was the head of the housekeeper of the Twenty-Fourth Lord! This man is not humming, but in fact, he has a sharp and sharp head, and we all call him 'Diamond Diamond' behind his back!"

The three appointed Gao Yuncong in unison, and Qianlong became suspicious. Gao Yuncong was originally a second-class eunuch in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. ?Thinking about it, he said with a smile: "What you are talking about is just speculation, not evidence. Gao Yuncong is just a eunuch doing odd jobs, so he may not be so bold." "Your majesty," Wang Lian said with a bitter face, "Slaves dare not talk nonsense about such things. Gao Yun has never been a coward. He peeked at your books and even went to the Siku study to ask the book borrowed by the Lord Long Live." Shanzi, he is a eunuch asking what he is doing?" Wang Ren said: "Not only reading books, but also reading booklets! Once I went into the warm pavilion, and he was wiping the kang mat with a damp cloth, wiping it with one hand, and picking it up with the other finger. When you saw me coming in, you quickly threw away the paperwork you had just approved. Later, when he was talking about gossip, he asked, did Mr. Liu send it from Shandong? Cathay Pacific is Yu Yijian’s, and it’s Yu Daren’s book! It’s related to your dick—cock. Long live God hates eunuchs peeking at the scriptures! Besides, if you dirty the scriptures, it’s yours and mine? He said with a smile , They’re all useless——that person who plays tricks, who cares about his innocence? Please ask the game player to get rid of the matter—” He looked at Qianlong in a daze, kowtowed and stopped .

It actually involved Minzhong!There was no such thing as a shock to Qianlong.As far as eunuchs are concerned, he is not only jealous of them "chewing their wives' tongues" to spread rumors about the secrets of the palace, ganging up with gangs and relying on concubines to pick up three wives and make troubles around housework, just to alienate the kinship of the heavenly family?Traffic princes, colluding with ministers, spying on important affairs of the military and state... These things violated the iron plate prohibition of the three generations of Emperor Shun, Kang and Yong!Are they ganging up to frame Heshen?Or set up a trap with He Shentong and fell into Minzhong?Or is it that Yu Minzhong is really pious on the outside, and has such a thieving behavior? ...In an instant Qianlong had countless thoughts in his mind, his face had turned blue and dark, and the waves of light like will-o'-the-wisps were hidden behind the eyelids, and phosphorous flickered. Word: "Let Gao Yun come in!" ...Gao Yuncong came in with a serious face, but his heart was full of joy: Maybe the "purge" palace ban was not enough for three people, so he recruited himself?When he kowtowed to pay his respects, but there was no echo, he suddenly felt a chill hit him, and he became vigilant in his heart, trying to make guesses while waiting for questions. "Gao Yuncong," Qianlong asked after a long time, his voice was a bit muffled, because the palace was so spacious, there was a slight echo in the hollow, "How much money do you have in a month?" Everyone couldn't prevent Qianlong from opening his mouth to ask this, and they all raised their heads at once. Gao Yun replied in a daze, "Return to master, twelve taels." "Eating, drinking, and clothing are for officials, right?" "yes." "Every time I go out to deliver an order, maybe the minister who receives the order will give you another reward?" "Returning to the master, this matter is not equal. There are silver rewards for weddings and funerals, more rewards for great weddings, and more rewards for high-ranking officials with yellow belts and relatives. It is common to hear the decree of sending missions. A reward for tea money. Whether to reward more or less depends entirely on the will of the person receiving the order. The slaves dare not be ignorant of flattery, and dare not stretch out their hands to care." Qianlong let out a "huh" and asked, "Did Yu Minzhong reward you more? Otherwise, why did you pry for him, peep into secret books, search for bibliographies, spread rumors, and separate my mother and son?" ?!" It was as if a thunderbolt from the clear sky pierced through the clouds and fell straight down, and then one after another, lightning roars shot down unambiguously one after another. How could Gao Yun suffer from being caught off guard?At first, his body trembled and twitched for a while, then his eyes darkened, and he lay down again, his heart was already in a mess, and even he himself didn't know what to say when he was half awake. "No?" Qianlong sneered softly, stood up, walked around half a circle, and looked contemptuously at the four eunuchs whose faces were pale with shock. Heartless and unrighteous: "If you tell the truth, I can give you a lifeline. What are you in my eyes? An ant that crawls on the imperial case, if you twist it casually, you will turn into powder! Wang Ren, Wang Ren! " "Ah? Ah! Master! The servant has bluffed away the true soul..." "Bring the soul back to me, go and call Liu Yong in, and tell the Department of Punishment, and we will inquire about the treason case with the Ministry of Criminal Justice—" He said to Gao Yun again, "You still have time to say it." Gao Yuncong was already numb to the point of pain, but luckily his mind was not completely lost. He kowtowed all over his body, stammering and saying: "Please don't ask the price... the slave said... it's just The matter is too big, I'm afraid the master won't believe it... Let's talk... Let's talk..." As he spoke, he looked at Wang Lian and Wang Ren with a sad face. "Go out and watch people over at Zhaobi!" Qianlong shouted angrily.When Wang and Lian stumbled out, they said, "Say it!" "Master Chaosheng..." Gao Yuncong was still panicked like a rabbit seeing a wolf, panting, "When Master Yu Minzhong was in Guanglu Temple, he was in charge of distributing annual salaries to the princes, relatives and ministers from far and near. The slave's mother, sister, sister, brothers, uncles, aunts, and aunt's cousins ​​are now working as errands in the palace and outside the palace, and they are all recommended by him. It was because the slave's family was poor, so he often went to him to deliver decrees and reward them with the autumn wind. Thicker, the servant is really grateful. At that time, there was no taboo, so I recognized Mrs. Yu's godmother, and sometimes called her godfather, and he agreed." "Godfather?" Qianlong said, "Go on." Gao Yuncong calmed down a bit: "Your Excellency is a kind person, and he takes care of not only me, but also eunuchs. When encountering difficulties, he not only shows mercy, but also recommends jobs to other ministers. No one in my family would recommend it. In fact, I don’t read booklets, I don’t read Master’s bibliography, and there will be others who will help him..." Qianlong was secretly startled when he heard this, this "Taoist" military plan is unprecedented in his life, his depth of planning, and his careful consideration.Thinking of the way he brought down Ji Yun and Li Shiyao with such secretive means that he didn't realize it, and thinking that he just ignored Yu Yi Jian's suffering, and his forbearance was rare. The most important thing is that "it comes gradually, and the person is deep"... He couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly said: "How did he explain to you, let you peek at the booklet, and let you report the list of books I read? ? Tell me! According to what you said, it was his idea that someone went to the Queen Mother to tell the story of Huifu? Is it possible to use this incident to punish Hai Lancha, and then bring down Agui and Shen?" "Master, master!" Gao Yun took two steps from his knees, stretched out his hands as if to beg for something, then lowered them down, and said helplessly, "I don't know what Master Yu thinks in his heart, and I dare not ask—the Fifth Lord was with you when he was alive. The queen said, "This person can't be used much, it's good to go out to be a governor", and the queen even robbed Bai Wuye, saying, "It's best if you can use it, but you need to be stronger." The two uncles and sisters-in-law There was also a lot of trouble. The empress did not know who said what happened yesterday, so she told me to go back with the empress dowager. I said that I am not from the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and that the empress dowager and the emperor kissed mother and son. Master Yu, Master Yu also said that he can’t go back. He told me to go outside the Meridian Gate to see if it’s true or not. When Yu Yijian’s case came out, Yu Min Center was very uneasy. It’s not easy, sometimes I’m kept in the dark when I fall into a trap, and I’m told to pay attention to what the emperor said about Yu Yijian, and to be more careful when implicating him. But the emperor didn’t say anything, and the servant felt that he couldn’t see it to the adults, so he peeked I was criticized by Zhu..." He said, he didn't know what hurt him, and he burst into tears, raised his palm and slapped his bow left and right, "pa, pa" followed by two slaps, kowtowed and said, "I am honored by the emperor. Obeyed the emperor's testimonies, received favors from other people, and the whole family is in their hands. I don't want to say anything about the servant himself. The old lady above is over seventy years old. She has been a widow for more than thirty years, and she is boiled dry like lamp oil That's right...that's what the emperor just said, no matter who twists it, the slave's family will become 'fans' if they don't make a sound. I just hope the emperor thinks that the slave is not too bad. I have a conscience and intentionally do bad things, and I have to... take heart, Only kill one slave, don't...don't..." After saying that, Ji Ying kowtowed, shrunk down on the ground and cried until the ground was wet with tears. Listening to Qianlong's anger bursting out from his dantian: he always thought that the holy majesty and light are all things, and he can see thousands of miles and discern the details, but who knows that there is darkness under the lamp under the nose, and ghosts and shadows in the dark ground are entangled and approaching. The throne is coming!This Yu Minzhong is really a treacherous villain who has never been heard or seen before, and is a fraud!When these words are summed up, his intentions are clear at a glance. He is about to be an old man, and the Queen Mother is even more swayed by the wind. Bringing up this "boring" thing is obviously going to mess with Hai Lancha again, and plant a "evil of the king" Even if Agui is involved, Zhaohui is naturally part of the party... "He is looking forward to my death! Or if he has a stroke and doesn't say anything, how can Heshen Liu Yong be his opponent? "——With this thought in his mind, Qianlong's blood boiled all over immediately: "It's the eighth uncle, who has the dangers of mountains and rivers in his heart, and the strictness of the city in his chest, can he be so vicious?!" He sneered, thinking He took a look at Gao Yuncong who was crying like a tearful person, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "I govern the world with filial piety, and I think of your last resort, not to mention that I have spoken beforehand, so I spare you death, let alone implicated. " "Your Majesty..." Gao Yuncong fell limply to the ground, weeping uncontrollably, "The servant will be a cow and a horse in the next life—" "But you are not fit to work in Beijing." Qianlong interrupted him and said, "According to your crime, ten Gao Yuncong will also die. I forgive you, but I'm afraid others may not forgive you. Prison is not an auspicious sign. Many of your words cannot be verified. If they are verified, the Forbidden City will be stained with blood. It’s so strange-people say that they slaughter chickens for monkeys, but now they are not afraid of slaughtering monkeys for chickens! Which one looks better? When he came out, he was cut with a knife! You go, take your old mother Longhua Baiyi Nunnery, that is the forbidden place of the Holy Zuqin, and no one dares to disturb it easily. You go today and let the Ministry of Internal Affairs I will cooperate with the Ministry of War for you. When you go to Fengtian, you will first meet with General Battelle, and send an order for him to come to Beijing to take over as the admiral of the Nine Gates." "Yes yes yes! Thank you master for your grace..." Gao Yun withdrew from the thank you.Qianlong was the only one left in the empty hall. He took a few steps with a gloomy gaze, and then returned to sit quietly on the Sumeru Seat. In the hall, only the sound of chiming bells with a large body mirror could be heard. There was a roar of spring thunder outside, and he came back to his senses, and realized that the sky had become cloudy at some point, the light outside was so dim that it was gloomy and gloomy, and the sound of rustling rain could be faintly heard.As he muttered, the wind from outside lifted the curtains and blew in. His body felt cold, and he suddenly felt strangely lonely and frightening, and a layer of goosebumps appeared on his skin.Think about it: the empress stepped in, the empress dowager joined in, and a few princes, Fujin, were inadvertently involved, and he was also involved in "ruining the Huifu" so he couldn't make it public.If he went back ten years, he would attack them no matter what, killing these people to the point of fright, but now...he felt that his hands had softened, and his heart had softened...the blood that had killed someone was too dazzling It's too heart-piercing, and it's also a hindrance to his reputation as a wise and lenient government.Calm down and think again, after killing Yu Minzhong just now, what is the basis for his original "wiseness"?After all, Yu Minzhong actually had the intention to kill but was not charged with murder!He really saw this man's skill!There was another burst of thunder, not very loud, but very close. The sound of a wheelbarrow running over a stone bridge rumbled across the roof of the hall, and the prison guard shouted faintly from a distance: "It's raining!" It's too late, close the windows..." He breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted out: "Wang Lian Wang Ren come in!" There was no place to shelter from the rain in front of the screen wall, Wang Lian and Wang Ren trotted in, already drenched with water, their lips black and blue from the cold, seeing Qianlong writing with a pen, he knelt down silently.Qianlong only took one look at them and then continued. He wrote very slowly, and almost every time he wrote a word, he had to stop and think about it. After a long time, he put down the pen and said: "Wang Ren, go and reward the five Fujins and the twenty-four Fujins." For example, each of Hailancha and Zhaohui's family has a share, so there is no need to report to the Queen Mother, and there is no need to come in to thank you. Go to the Four Value Storehouse, choose two sets of armor, one for Agui and the other for Battelle—use the post Send it to Fengtian. Oh, Mrs. Agui, according to Mrs. Hai Lancha's comparison, plus ten bolts of Qing Ning silk after the rain. Pass the decree to them, and each family will choose a son of Jingan Qingmen to guard. Fu Heng's mansion also To reward, five thousand taels of silver, ten Japanese knives, ten muskets, and meritorious servants, Fukang'an will recommend officials according to the facts." It was very rare in the Qianlong Dynasty to confer titles and rewards to the courtiers of these four families, Ze and his nephews and slaves for no reason, and it was even more unique in the Qianlong Dynasty that three of them were all wives who directly passed the decree.How could the eunuch understand his thoughts?Wang Ren agreed, Qianlong picked up the piece of paper on the case and handed it to Wang Lian, and said: "Go to the military aircraft department and pass the will to the minister of the military aircraft. The words on this paper are from the ancient books I read. I can't read it, and I don't know the meaning. Yu Minzhong is a well-learned Confucian, since Ji Yun is not here, please ask him to phoneticize and mark the meaning of the words, and I will wait here!" After finishing speaking, he took the book to read and stopped talking. The three of them, Heshen, Agui, and Yu Minzhong, were all at the military plane, and they couldn't help but be surprised when they heard Wang Ren's decree.Ah Gui hurriedly knelt down to thank her, and said, "Only a slave can show your gratitude." He stood up and walked up to Yu Minzhong with He Shen to read the words: Just these ten characters, written big and correct, a bit like the grid characters imitation posts he usually gave to elder brother, He Shen thought: What does it mean to give Yu Min such a difficult problem when others reward Jia En? ?Agui didn't pay attention to this, but just thought about it: this innocent blessing came out of thin air, how should I express my gratitude, and what other deep meaning does Qianlong have?The two of them were thinking about their own thoughts, staring at the paper, but each of them was very unfamiliar, only one word "剱" was familiar, but because of the familiarity, it seemed that the more they looked at it, the more doubtful they were, and they couldn't even be sure about this word. It's such an easy word, why did the emperor write it as a difficult word?Thinking about it, my mind was in a fog... But Yu Minzhong was seriously identifying.His hands were already sweating, and his hair wet the edge of the paper. Except for marking "天" next to the word "Qi", "Jianben" next to the word "剱", and "Tang" next to the word "Tan", he hesitated for a long time. Note a "deficient tone", and the rest are already at a loss as if they were strangers from other places.After hesitating for a while, after all, he didn’t have the talent, he put down his pen and said with a smile: “Please reply to your majesty, you can’t even recognize the profound knowledge of the saint, let alone Yu Minzhong? I’ll go check it out, and then pass the sign in.” At this moment, even Agui felt that It's not right, thinking "Ji Yun is not here", I always feel that there is something beyond the strings, this question is not even my own kindness, it is strange to come together.Wanting to say something but having no way to say it, He and He Shen just laughed and pondered beside him.Wang Lian took the phonetically marked characters and was about to leave when Wang Zhong came over with another piece of writing paper and asked, "Have you finished annotating your lord? Your Majesty, here is another one. Please write it out now, lord Yu." As he spoke, he stood by the kang and waited with a smirk on his face.He stopped Wang Lian again and said, "The master told us to return the decree together." At this moment, Yu Minzhong's emotional situation has changed drastically, and his originally fair face is even paler, so that there is no blood at all.He thanked him for accepting the decree, and moved his lips as if he wanted to ask something, but the dignified dignity of the minister stopped him, his face was dumbfounded, and he got on the kang like a marionette, grasping the pen to the paper, his heart was blank, how could he understand? Hyphenation?He Shen said "I have a small intestine fire, go to the pharmacy to ask for some medicine" and left.Ah Gui saw that there were more than forty characters in this piece, and it was even more remote than the one just now, as if she had never met them all, she suddenly realized that Qianlong really wanted to punish Yu Minzhong!Feeling that this method is unrighteous no matter what, but he has no way to say it. Seeing Yu Minzhong's face full of embarrassment, shame and uneasiness, he has completely lost his usual stubborn and arrogant face. Thinking about the end, he asked softly: "How much can you know?" word?" "Three or five..." Yu Minzhong's voice was weak and trembling, obviously extremely panicked in his heart, and he said in a low voice, "...it would be nice to have a copy of "Zihui"..." Agui asked Wang Lian: " Does the Hall of Mental Cultivation have a copy of "Words"? Borrow one for your lord to read." Before Wang Lian could answer, Wang Zhong said with a smile: "The Hall of Mental Cultivation has a copy of "Words", but it has always been kept by Gao Yuncong. Gao Yun is never here, we can't get it out." Hearing this, Yu Minzhong's body trembled suddenly, his already messed up heart seemed to be stuffed into a handful of thatch and burned again, and his face that was already so pale that it was unbearable to look at it turned again. It's flushed red, but the distribution is very uneven, red, white and blue, very ugly.The internal organs of the internal organs were completely messed up by the fire, and there was a buzzing in the ears, and he could only barely hold his hands to support the case and sit upright, the bean-sized beads of sweat had already come out on his forehead.Subconsciously murmured: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... what else do you want?" "The emperor said, it doesn't matter if you don't know the characters, it's not difficult for you." Wang Zhong said calmly and expressionlessly, "I said please go back to the mansion in Zhongtang to look up the book "Zihui". Wait, the book the emperor is reading tonight is "Xi Chao Xin Yu", so don't bother in the middle hall to inquire about it." ...Yu Minzhong's face twitched several times rapidly, sitting upright like a doll. "The emperor said that he will approve the vacancies of several Taoist government offices in Fujian tonight. Gao Yuncong has already been convicted, please find another way to investigate in the middle hall." Wang Zhong repeated Qianlong's words, thinking of Qianlong's sarcasm With a sarcasm on his face, he shuddered first, and then said: "The emperor also said that Yu Minzhong is a scholar who takes care of everything, just like Zhuge Wuhou. A Dou asked him to take care of him. Mr. Yu, please rest first, read a few books on self-cultivation, wait for the opportunity to talk, don't be busy for a while..." Yu Minzhong looked like an idiot at this moment, sitting with his face raised and staring blankly into the distance.He could no longer remember "what is the emperor's order", even if he heard it, his mind was already frozen, and his whole body was numb.The more Ah Gui listened, the more startled she became. She opened her eyes wide and looked at Wang Zhong's terrifying mouth, not knowing what else "the emperor said".Although there is no major crime mentioned in it, it is just that every sentence is about Minzhong's personality and taste. The traffic eunuch, Guan Shuo's errand, spying on the palace, and "family members in the six palaces" are all "said by the emperor". Is it that "Fang Zhengkai upholds righteousness, uprightness, and determination"?He wanted to blame the eunuch for being rude, but Wang Zhong relayed Qianlong's words, and it was Yu Minzhong who asked him -- how could he know that these words were not meant for all military ministers?However, passing an edict like this is not like passing an edict, reprimanding is not like reprimanding, and admonishing doesn't look like admonishing, Yu Minzhong is already half-dead in a coma, so what should happen?Rao is Agui, who is old enough to be the prime minister of the country and cultivate his demeanor, and he doesn't know what to do... When he was about to do nothing, he suddenly heard Liu Yong sigh behind him, and when he turned his face to look, he didn't know when he had come in. "I've listened to it for a long time." Liu Yong said with sadness and joy on his face, "Since you are repeating the emperor's will, Yu Gong should kneel down and apologize..." Yu Minzhong felt like being pricked by a needle, and woke up with a shock.He seemed to be trembling all over, his hands were trembling, his legs and feet were extremely awkward and he moved down the kang, and he brought the table over the ink pool, and the corners of his robes were all black, and several memorials on the case were also stained. , Both hands are full of ink.When I got off the kang, my lower body became numb after sitting for a long time, and I just collapsed and knelt down on the ground.After lying down on the ground and meditating for a long time, Fang replied in a low voice: "I'm guilty... Please the emperor deal with it severely." Wang Lian and Wang Zhong looked at each other, nodded knowingly, turned around and left. "Wait." Liu Yong suddenly stretched out his arm to stop him.His voice was not loud, but it was so clear that even Yu Minzhong who was kneeling on the ground was shocked.Liu Yong went to the kang and took the two pieces of paper written by Qianlong, and asked, "Is this written by the emperor?" "Yes!" The two chief supervisors bowed together and replied. "The emperor asked you to pass the decree, or did you pass it on yourself?" "No, no..." Wang Lian panicked, "I...I didn't say anything..." Liu Yong turned his gaze to Wang Zhong.Wang Zhong hurriedly said: "The emperor said that Yu Minzhong didn't ask, so he didn't need to say it. If you want to ask the emperor what you want, just say it directly. So it's a decree." "There are rules for delivering decrees." Liu Yong's rigid face was expressionless, "If you don't announce 'there is a decree', how can you ask people to salute? If you don't stand facing the south, is it you listening, or listening to the replay on behalf of the emperor? You He is so wild that he wants to be accused of crimes and despise the Minister of Military Aircraft!" "Liu...Master Liu...what about it? I have ten heads..." "Wang Lian went back to replay the decree." Liu Yong sneered, "Let's say Liu Yong punished Wang Zhong to kneel in front of the iron sign and recite the admonitions of the holy ancestor Shizong!" He appointed Wang Zhong and said, "Are you going? Otherwise, someone will fork you." Get out!" Wang Lian saw that he had no choice but to go back alone.Wang Zhong was decent at first, but he was a coward at this point, but the eunuch was afraid that the men of the Liu family had already accumulated a habit, and seeing that Liu Yong had no excuses on his face, he could only endure the grievance, and said with a bitter face: "It's the villain who messed up." Errand, Mr. Liu...I accept the punishment..." Rumbling out, the accident in the military aircraft department has already alarmed the officials waiting outside, seeing Yu Minzhong knelt down and limp like mud inside, Wang Zhong came to the inner court dejectedly The eunuch who recklessly meddles in state affairs will be killed without pardon" and kowtows in front of the iron plate bestowed by the emperor. Several officials stretched their necks to look at it. Agui went up to the door and asked, "What are you looking at?" Birds and beasts scattered. Only then did Liu Yong come to comfort Yu Minzhong.But at this time, there is really no consolation. They actually made up words with Agui, saying that "the grace of heaven is boundless and powerful", "the holiness and benevolence are not too much for oneself", "the door is closed and the past is waiting for the decree"... as if Scratching the itch, it seemed that Yu Minzhong used to teach others those clichés, and in the end the two of them also found it boring.Seeing that he was still sullen and unwilling to leave, knowing that he was in love, hoping for a future life, he felt disgusting.When Wang Lian came again, Ah Gui knew it was called to come in, stepped forward and patted Yu Minzhong on the shoulder, and sighed: "Please go back first... If you have anything to say, you can write a note and present it to the emperor. There are many people here, let's go down." It doesn't look like a human being. We can't figure it out, let's talk about it after seeing the emperor!" Yu Minzhong got up and walked away.Ah Gui and Liu Yong entered with a sigh. Liu Yong punished Wang Zhong by kneeling on the iron sign in the military plane. Although he knew that Qianlong didn't care about punishing eunuchs, Qianlong was furious and worried.When we met, Qianlong was not very angry, and he was still sitting on the Kang and writing with a pen.The two saluted, and saw Qianlong far away signaling to sit down with his hands, and Fang obliquely signed on the twig and waited quietly.For a while, He Shen also came in, Qianlong put down his pen, and Liu Yong talked about Wang Zhong. "Punish him, don't say he's at fault, if he's not at fault, just kneel down and break the dog's legs? You are the minister of the guards, and you have the right to do so." Qianlong said indifferently, and asked, "You all know? How is Yu Minzhong?" Ah Gui leaned back on the bed and said: "The emperor suddenly got angry because of Yu Minzhong, this servant is very surprised. He is a headstrong man, always self-respecting, if he said he offended the eunuch, this servant can still believe it, saying he wins over the eunuch, The servant was also very surprised. He himself seemed unprepared, and he was also surprised. The servant took care of the military affairs for the emperor on the military plane, and occasionally took care of some trivial government affairs. It is even more accidental to receive rewards at the same time. I beg the emperor to take back his life and keep the rewards, so that the slaves can feel at ease when they make meritorious service in the future." He has a series of "accidents", one is to leave room for speech, the other is to " The high hat of "sage, wise, wise and unpredictable" was silently presented to Qianlong.Both Liu Yong and Shen couldn't help admiring them.He Shen said: "Speaking of this man, I admire him very much in my heart. I am a rare number one prime minister in my dynasty, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace. Academician, president of the Santong Museum of the National History Museum - who gave such a great glory? How can such a great knowledge be treated as a thief? Whether you go to the military aircraft department of the study room, you see the emperor every day, so you can use it to make friends with eunuchs? Ah Gui is full of surprises, and the servant is full of doubts: the world is becoming more and more difficult to understand, besides, he has always been an official in the capital, so how can he get so much money to win over people?" Liu Yong said: " I didn't have much contact with him in the past. He was deep and reserved, and I thought it was the minister's strength. He was a servant in the household department and was in charge of Qianfatang. He had a lot of money, but he didn't listen to the boss. Listen Wang Zhong reprimanded him, and the ministers were surprised and amazed. The emperor's reading list and the ministers' concern are understandable, but they deliberately inquired secretly and paid close attention to Zhu Zhu's criticism. The former can be said to cater to it. , the latter is purely a ghostly act. The minister punished Wang Zhong because he blasphemed the imperial decree. But he admired him in the past, and he looked down on him in his heart!" "He is not only guilty of the crimes I blamed on him - he has always wanted to be Cao Cao and prepare to usurp the government!" Qianlong sneered again, "I was also optimistic about this champion because he has good words and a deep personality. He was quick-witted, and asked him to copy two Buddhist scriptures for Lafayette. Who would have thought that he would use this to get in touch with the inner palace, and cast Zhang as an illusion to seize power for himself! From the investigation of Yu Yijian's case to his death, he did not say a word,已经足见其忍，朕还以为他为国义能灭亲；他又下手整纪昀、李侍尧，本来他们有过错，朕也有意锤炼，又遂了他的心，现在他又整和珅，还想整阿桂兆惠海兰察。以他的阴险奸诈，明珠索额图也难企及，刘墉忠忱无欺，岂是他的对手？嗐……朕早该仔细审量，看清这个人的，乾隆二十三年，他父亲于枋病故，回乡治丧。后来他本生母亲去世，就瞒着一言不发。当时御史朱嵇奏他'两次亲丧蒙混为一，忽然赴官'，朕还说朱嵇吹毛求疵小题大作！心里想热中宦途也是人之常情——看来只重了他有才，谁料得他不单会写文章会写字，也会这许多的阴谋诡计，还会交通内外揽权不法！”他重重捶了一下自己的腿，“独揽朝纲，这就是于敏中！母亲也不要，弟弟也不要，亲戚朋友都不要，六亲不靠六亲不认，这就是于敏中！曹操！” 他长篇大论连着自责带指斥于敏中，不忠不孝不仁不义五毒俱全，和珅刘墉愈听愈惊，暗自摇头心里想“此人休矣”。阿桂听说于敏中要整自己，也是一惊，乾隆虽没有说实据，却说到了于敏中与内宫有所于连。他自己早已隐约觉得于敏中在整纪昀，也是一点证据也没有，现在乾隆自己说出来，可见此人心地丘壑凶险，作这么多事都不显山不露水，对手一个个都“自行”倒下！但他不能认可乾隆说的“曹操”考语。于敏中是曹操，那么乾隆是谁？满朝文武居于何地？当今又是何许世道？想着，从容说道：“皇上深恩，奴才以为于敏中就是于敏中。说曹操说王莽，我们大清不产那一号人物。君臣晤对金殿议论是一回事，昭告天下我朝出了曹操，十分惊骇视听。他虽有阴谋鸱张的事，但劣迹不彰，更遑论反迹，若以曹莽之罪论处，那是多大的罪案？目下文治武事诸多待人料理，一波未平大波再起，百事以祥和安谧为要。奴才以为不必求之过深，'结交阉寺通连外官'八字之罪他承受了，即永无出头之日，也断不能指挥如意左右朝纲。况且于敏中久居中枢，荣宠恩义浩封备极，是他平日于办差上头尚有功劳，并非全然蒙蔽圣聪巧取豪夺。昔日重用他不为无因，今日之果不为此因，乃是他今日之缘。这么着似乎更加顺理成章。”他抿抿嘴，住口了。 这是很透彻的话了：乱世昏君出奸臣，于敏中手无缚鸡之力当了曹操，那乾隆自己连汉献帝也不如了。他说了一半，乾隆已经心里嘉许，听到“因果”“因缘”不禁破颜一笑，说道：“阿桂姜桂之性老而弥辣，有几分进了炉火纯青了。说他是曹操，只是诛心不论，文才武略上头他去给曹氏提鞋也不配。他不是个奸雄。也许是的，至少只是露头端倪而已。朕也不愿再兴大狱，好好的局面搅得人人自危。朕所恨的朕正嘉许他持正，偏他心里是个狎邪小人，正倚重他作事，他却在背地里行这些鼠窃狗盗勾当！阿桂，只有你说得这些话，你也当得说这话。你当初在金川带兵，三千孤军被困在敌后，于敏中亲自到四川调兵策应突围，于你不为无恩，现在他整海兰察，又妒你功高，位在他上边，你出来为他说几句公道话，该是恰如其分。大家说他廉刚，朕也没有证据他贪墨，但他实在行为是严嵩心性，这次福康安平定金川，朝野大喜的日子，原是要从他曾经援助阿桂述论军功，给他个世职的。现在这事出来，治罪论功两免了吧。但他这样的心性，居然廉洁？就是和珅讲的，他的钱哪里来的？朕还信不及。交部严加议处，由刘墉传旨出去，凡于敏中取任中官员举发他的不法情事，撤除他的军机大臣及所兼各差使，留一个文华殿大学士衔，在家闭门思过！”他沉思着，毕竟觉得太便宜了于敏中，又道：“他的儿子、从侄都做官的吧？好像在哪个部？”和珅笑道：“他儿子于齐贤去年病故了，是他孙子于德裕，在工部当主事，他的从侄于时和，在内务府是笔帖式房总管。”这么一提醒，乾隆立刻想起来，哼了一声说道：“于时和是王亶望举荐的优叙上来补缺。当初王亶望调浙江是于敏中保奏，这么个贪官，为什么保奏到自己家乡做官？刘墉，你给朕着实查！” "yes!" 刘墉在机子上躬身回道，乾隆这才命他们退出去。大约心气不顺，他觉得心口有点堵，听见自鸣钟两响，才想到早点过后，连早膳也没用，现在未正时牌，也是饿过头了。见王忠灰头土脸一副倒霉相进来，倒觉好笑的，便命：“原说过到淳妃那里进早膳的，你去一趟，弄点清素的过来，朕略进一口，少歇一时还要办事。”王忠原觉得没脸，硬着头皮回见乾隆的，见乾隆肯吩咐差使，顿时浑身骨头一轻，答应着便向外走，却见三四个宫女提着食盒子过来，一问，正是汪氏送过来的早膳，搭几句话抢先回养心殿笑着禀说：“汪主儿把膳送过来了。青豆小米粥儿、椒糖芥菜丝儿、糟鹅掌、小葱豆腐丁儿，还有一碟子宫爆三鲜豆儿，清素着呐！”他说着宫女们已经提着食盒子进来蹲福儿布菜。乾隆看时果然鲜香好看，因见煎得黄亮的小贴饼子，拈起咬了一口道：“好！——什么馅儿的？”几个宫女都是常侍候他的，打头的跪在旁抿口儿笑道：“这是汪主几夜来想出来的，青芹菜儿剁成细未儿用高汤浸一夜，拌嫩荀瓜丝儿，蛋清粉荧勾了蘸花椒水细盐文火慢煎就成。” “造这么块饼子你们主子操心一夜，有忠心！”乾隆吃得高兴，见青豆白果小米粥好看，喝了一口道：“朕就喝这个。这饼子用碟子码起来放案上，当点心用。”那丫头便笑，说道，“汪主儿说了，主子只管用，随时传随时有。这饼子放温了不好用的……” 正吃饭闲话间，王廉匆匆进来禀道： “娘娘来了！”