Chapter 6 In the sixth round, Yang Mingshi was released and went to the capital Zhang Guangsi was ordered to settle the Miao border

Qianlong was really in a dilemma at this time, so he nodded and said: "Yes..." "It's not bad!" The Empress Dowager immediately thumped the bed in a rage, pulled a yellow silk ribbon tied on the big welcoming pillow and threw it to Qin Meimei: "Go, Take it to Jinxia, ​​and just say what I say, I know everything about her!" Qianlong hurriedly said: "Mother! Don't be angry, I'm not—I'm... Listen to me—" "Go, I have the final say on this matter!" The Empress Dowager shouted at Qin Meimei, and then ordered everyone, "You all get out!"

Everyone withdrew, and only the queen mother, emperor and empress remained in the palace, relatively silent, only listening to the unhurried "click" of the big golden chiming bell.When Qianlong looked at the queen with a wooden face, the queen didn't turn her face to look at the candle, as if she had no expression. "You don't need to explain." The queen mother sighed relaxedly, and said: "Is there still a need to break it down? This kind of thing happens to everyone, and your brothers are all young. There is a seductive goblin in front of the late emperor. How about I stop it?" If you spread the words, do you want the royal face? What's more, you are still in the filial piety! Don't think that I don't know about the death of the late emperor. In fact, the matter has come to this point. If you can't think about it, you have to think about it. It's not the slightest thing to say Good point. Didn’t he also suffer from the woman? Besides, there are a lot of queens and concubines in front of you, which one is not a beautiful fetus! You still have to look at the pot while eating the bowl, and you still want to drag the person in front of you?” Qianlong blushed and bowed his head in agreement.I just hoped that she would finish speaking soon.But the queen mother talked endlessly, from Zhou Daji to Han Feiyan and Tang Yuhuan, and talked about the meal time before saying: "The queen took the emperor back to the palace, I am tired."

The Empress accompanied Qianlong just out of the Chuihua Gate in the courtyard of the Compassionate Ning Palace, when she saw Qin Meimei come back to pay Yi's decree, her face was as white as snow under the lamp.Seeing the two of them, Qin Meimei timidly stepped aside and let her go.Knowing that the matter was irreversible, Qianlong stared at Qin Meimei and swallowed.But the queen said: "Qin Meimei, the mission...is it done?" "Return to the mistress, it's done...it's done..." He glanced at the cloudy Qianlong, and mumbled, "She...she didn't say anything, she just broke the strings, lit three incense sticks, and ..."

"Where are the strings?" Fu Cha said tearfully, "Bring them here." Qin Meimei hesitated for a moment, then took out a ball of strings from her cuff, and held them to Fu Cha with both hands.The Fucha family took it and looked at it, then passed it to Qianlong, and said to Qin Meimei: "Come to my palace tomorrow to get some money, and send it well." Qianlong held the ball of strings tightly, his heart shrank into a ball as if soaked in boiling water, and he said after a long time: "Go in, and tell all the servants who have served Lord Kangxi in the Palace of Compassion and Ning to here—don't disturb Lafayette!" Seeing Fucha looking at Qin Meimei's back in puzzlement, Qianlong said, "Don't worry, I'm not here for this."

After staying for a while, Qin Meimei came out with five or six eunuchs, some in their sixties and some in their thirties, and they saluted Qianlong and the empress together in the wet rain.Qianlong swallowed a breath and asked: "Lafayette said to build temples, do you know about this?" An old eunuch with white beard and hair bowed and said with a male duck's voice: "Long live Lord, the servants in this palace all know……" "There is only one thing I asked you to come here." Qianlong said coldly, "I take the law of Lord Kangxi as the law. You have all served Lord Kangxi. Lafayette Xiaozhuang also believed in Buddhism. You once asked the emperor to use money to build temples." something?"

"..." "This matter is your fault." Qianlong said, "If you encounter such a thing in the future, you will have to persuade Lafayette from the sidelines. Just quote the example of Lord Kangxi, and Lafayette will definitely listen to it—forgive you this time." , let’s not take this as an example.” The queen said beside him: "If Lafayette has any ideas, what should be done will naturally be done. The emperor is a filial son. You can't push Lafayette to do this or that, so as to make money from it. If I know it, I will definitely punish you crime!" As he spoke, he and Qianlong went to Chengyu together.In Chengyu, Qianlong asked:

"Queen, why don't you persuade Lafayette to take back his promise to deal with Jinxia?" "Because Lafayette handled it right." "Well, then why did you give me the string again?" "You should keep it as a thought. I can't be a jealous woman." "Oh, why did you take money out of your own body to bury her richly?" "Because I'm a woman too." Neither Qianlong nor the queen spoke again.That night, they all lost sleep. Yang Mingshi has been imprisoned in Kunming Mansion for three years.The governor of Yunnan and Guizhou who exposed the cheating case of Zhang Tinglu's examination room in the past was arrested and imprisoned for dredging the congestion of Erhai Lake and soliciting silver from salt merchants.Yang Mingshi was promoted from the governor of Guizhou to the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. As soon as he took office, it rained continuously and called the police several times. All of them were caused by the collapse of the Erhai levee, flooding villages, destroying fertile land, and countless deaths.I reported to the Ministry of Accounting several times. At that time, the Ministry of Accounting was eager to urge officials from all over the country to pay the deficit and report to the emperor for performance appraisal. Who would allocate huge sums of money to do this good deed?Therefore, the following text called Yunnan "raising funds on the spot and repairing by itself".Yang Mingshi made a rough calculation, at least two million silver.However, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces do not have such financial resources.Fortunately, Yunnan produced salt, so they made plans on the salt merchants, and ordered each main road in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to set up cards to levy silver.However, Zhu Gang, the new governor of Guizhou, was selected by Li Wei, governor of Liangjiang. He wrote to Li Wei, "Yang Mingshi scraped the land here to collect salt tax." Li Wei replied happily: "Mother Xipi, no wonder the salt here Price increase. He is corrupt, so you just sue him!" Zhu Gang then wrote a solid memorial, suing Yang Mingshi for "reckless building and planning to invade money", forcing the card guards to exploit passers-by unreasonably.It is said that there is a reason to be heartbroken.Yang Mingshi had always opposed Yongzheng's reform of taxation, officials and gentry's payment of food, liquidation of deficits, establishment of clean banks, etc., and he was not punished only because of his clean government.Seeing this memorial, Yongzheng was furious.On the same day, an order was issued to speed up the dispatch to Yunnan and Guizhou with six hundred miles, and Zhu Gang was ordered to act as the governor, and Huang Bingxing, the servant of the household department, was sent to Dali at night.Huang Bing is a student of Zhang Tingyu, and he wants to avenge his teacher.When the second imperial envoy got off the bus, he dismissed Yang Mingshi and sent him to prison without any explanation. Regardless of the laws of the Qing Dynasty, he secretly used fire, oil dragon and other terrible instruments of torture to put Yang Mingshi to death.

Yang Mingshi was always too clean and honest, because he didn't charge any fire expenses, he held a high position as the governor, sometimes he was too poor to cook, he didn't even bring his family with him, only a nephew from his own family took care of him.This is a fact that everyone in the gentry and common people in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces knows.They ransacked the family property, only found a few pieces of patched torn underwear and two strings of green clams.The two imperial envoys who could not communicate with each other counted the collected salt and silver as embezzlement.This angered the people of the two provinces.On the day of the torture, 30,000 ordinary people gathered outside the governor’s yamen, and there was a rage. Even Geshha and the yamen servants in the yamen turned against each other, shouting: “Mr. Yang is tortured, what is the future? We rebelled!” It was Yang Mingshi who came out in shackles and chains to reprimand, and ordered the people "not to violate the king's constitution" to be considered a relief.But this time, Zhu and Huang no longer dared to use punishment.Hastily with the end of the book.For some unknown reason, Yongzheng ordered Yang Mingshi to be hanged, but he didn't go to court for three consecutive years.

When he was an official, no one dared to give things away, and when he was in the class, people had no taboos.Some took care of him in the prison, lived in a single prison, and allowed his nephew to take care of him "due to illness".People who don't know their names often send clothes: "Brother jailer, save some, and the rest will be worn by grandpa"; every day someone will carry meat, "please take care of grandpa", leave it and leave.Therefore, Yang Mingshi, a prisoner waiting to die, is even richer than when he was governor.Every year during the autumn festival, how many people pray to Buddha and burn incense, hoping that "Yongzheng Lord squinted one eye" will miss Yang's name.Yang Mingshi was still studying and studying in prison, and sometimes he invited prison guards to give lectures. In his free time, he practiced Taijiquan, took a walk in the courtyard, and his face was full of health.

After receiving the document sent by the court to release Yang Ming from Shangshufang, Zhu Gang suppressed it for a few days and failed to comply. The newspaper also impressively stated that "Dian Province has been ordered to go to the study to write an article, and Yang Mingshi was released." Zhu Gang didn't dare to delay any longer, and personally sat in a sedan chair with eight people and went to the prison to announce the decree.As soon as he entered the prison gate, he saw the warden coming out of a small tile-roofed house with a group of prison guards, all of them blushing from drinking.Zhu Gangling stood brilliantly behind the iron gate of the front door, and scolded with a straight face: "It's not a year or a festival, what kind of wine do you eat? Are you looking for a fight?"

"Return to Taiwan dialect, uh—" the warden sipped his wine and said, "Just now Master Taishui of Dali Mansion came to visit and said that he had seen the mansion newspaper. Master Yang will be leaving soon. The banquet was brought by Futai Mr. Yang refused to eat, so he rewarded the little ones—" Zhu Gang swallowed, and without saying anything, stepped into the hut. This is a very elegantly furnished small house, the ceiling and walls are covered with mulberry paper, and the small wooden windows are pasted with very precious green organdy.A wooden couch occupies half of the room, and the paint is bright and shiny.On the couch were two neatly washed blue quilts, and there was a row of low bookshelves against the wall.The books on the shelves have been emptied, and there are tiles, inkstones, paper pens and other objects on the small wooden table.Yang Mingshi's nephew, Yang Feng'er, knelt on the couch with sweat on his face, binding up books.Yang Mingshi seemed to be sitting on a stool under the couch with a heavy heart, lost in thought.Seeing Zhu Gang coming in, he got up gracefully, and said calmly, "Mr. Zhu, are you all right?" He gave up his hand and asked Zhu Gang to sit opposite. "Mr. Yang," Zhu Gang looked calm when he saw Yang Ming, and his flustered mood gradually calmed down. He smiled while sitting down, "I made you suffer. But you look good. Your body seems to be stronger than before. "Yang Mingshi said with a smile: "Born in sorrow, died in peace? I think the adults are here today, not just to talk about these things." Zhu Gang smiled and said: "I'm here to congratulate the adults. Today, the lord is lenient Benevolence is the government, and the court has ordered the brothers to come and release Yang Gong from prison and go to Beijing immediately. Yang Gong has been wronged for three years, and now he sees the sun again, and he is expected to fly to the sky. It’s really ecstatic!" He said loudly Outside: "Go and prepare a sedan chair for Mr. Yang! In the past, brothers acted according to orders, and there were many offenses. Huang Shilang - too, alas... This is not a place to talk, and I went to the yamen for a few days. My brother suppressed Mr. Yang See you off, let's talk about everything slowly." Yang Mingshi was silent for a long time, and said: "Mr. Zhu, you still don't know much about Mingshi. I'm a straightforward person, so I can say what I have to say. You have selfish intentions in handling my case. But those who have no selfish intentions in the world can How many people are there? It’s alright to count them all? Let the past be the past. If you are really uneasy, please listen to me. Spring will start in March, and we will hurry up to get rid of the congestion of Erhai Lake. As for me, I never want to Flying yellow, I came to Beijing just to thank you, and I beg the emperor to allow me to go back to my hometown and always be with plum blossoms." Zhu Gang was full of ghosts, and was afraid that Yang Mingshi would come to Beijing to sue him. Hearing what Yang Mingshi said, as long as he was willing to dredge the Erhai Lake, he would be forgiven. Immediately he raised his eyebrows and said: "Brother is really a man and a real husband! But brother has heard that the emperor intends to appoint brother as Minister of Rites, I am afraid that brother will not be satisfied-please, it is inconvenient to speak here, come to our yamen, I will buy wine Let's have a quick talk overnight." Yang Mingshi said: "Please forgive me, Mr. Zhu, I never eat banquets, and I don't accept gifts. Since the journey to Beijing is for orders, the post station will provide meals as usual. You Don't worry, Erhai will be healed, and I'll serve Boji to treat you when I arrive in Beijing." Saying that, he stood up with a smile on his face.Zhu Gang was ashamed and grateful, and with a trace of inexplicable jealousy, got up and resigned respectfully. The group of jailors waited for Zhu Gang to go out, they had already swarmed in, those who congratulated, those who greeted him, those who said auspicious words, they all prepared to send Yang Mingshi off on the road like a moon.Seeing his blank expression, the warden asked, "Master Yang, do you have any other orders?" Yang Mingshi said with a smile, "I have nothing to worry about, and I have nothing to order. I have been studying here for three years, and I have been raised instead." I have recovered my health, and I have nothing to thank you for. I was thinking: How did you get this big wooden house into such a small room?" A few words made everyone laugh.At this moment, the outside of the prison was already full of people, and the firecrackers were crackling.Seeing Yang Mingshi's robe sleeve Xiao Ran walked out calmly, everyone knelt down.Those who knelt in front of them were all poor people. Those who won the lawsuit at Yang Ming's office in the past, raised their faces and said with a sob: "Grandfather, you are leaving. Who will take care of us Yunnan people?" "Get up...get up...you don't want to be like this..." Yang Mingshi called himself a "scholar without tears". Can't stop bursting out.The grief and sorrow I had accumulated for three years seemed to melt into these tears, so I wiped my tears and tried to comfort him: "What kind of virtue and ability are you at the time, and you are so loved by the elders! Just now Zhu Zhitai came, and now I have conveyed the public opinion to him , Zhu Zhitai has promised to eradicate Erhai Lake. Now the emperor is wise, everyone should go back and earn a living, and don’t let your reputation be filled with high hopes..." As he spoke, there were already thousands of people seeing off people.The people in front held hands and squeezed to make way for him.Yang Mingshi walked in front, Yang Feng'er picked up books and followed behind, and then squeezed out of the crowd, a man flashed out from under the eaves of the street, he threw himself down to Yang Mingshi, and said, "Please take care of the villain!" Thin and short, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, he is a young man in his twenties. He wears a homemade indigo shirt and a pair of "kicking dead cow" double-beam cloth shoes.Yang Mingshi didn't recognize him, so he looked at Yang Feng'er. Yang Feng'er smiled and said: "His name is Xiaoluzi. He is from Dezhou, Shandong. They suffered a disaster. He has a cousin-in-law who is the head of the prison where we live. When uncle is in prison, he is the one who buys things for you outside." "Yang Mingshi laughed and said: "In this way, I have been favored by you. It's just that I am like this now, how can I take care of you? How do you want me to take care of you?" This path is the boy from Shen's inn who was frightened by He Luying's "ghost" and ran away overnight.He escaped from He Luying's house and rushed back to Dezhou without daring to stay in Zhejiang any longer.As soon as he entered the village, he was seen by an uncle of the same family. He dragged him to the cemetery and said, "The Liufu Terrace has been raised to the supervisory road here. There is a robbery case ahead, and your Boss Shen has already climbed out. The people in the store Fleeing and fleeing, even your mother is hiding! You are so brave, you dare to come back! Hurry up and fly away!" Xiao Luzi was startled at the time, and it took a long time to wake up.This is Liu Kang who has a ghost in his heart and borrows a knife to kill someone.The uncle of the Ben family refused to let him go back to the village, so he took a bunch of money and sent him on the road: "My Kangkang sells silk and satin in Guangli, you go and join him, and come back after the limelight passes." Lu went to Guangzhou for begging, but his brother Kang went to trade in Nanyang.In desperation, I remembered that my cousin married in Dali, Yunnan, so I went here again.Unfortunately, my cousin died of tuberculosis three years ago, and my cousin's husband died again.Fortunately, my cousin-in-law has a good heart.When the wealthy households in the city agreed to take turns taking care of Yang Ming, someone had to go out to buy, so they temporarily placed him.After Yang Mingshi was released from prison, this job naturally disappeared.Xiao Luzi cried a lot thinking about his boundless future, and thought that Master Yang was a good man, begging him to be afraid that there is still a chance, so he came here to plead.Hearing Yang Mingshi's question, Xiao Luzi knew that there was someone, so he cried out his plight, and begged, "Just ask Master Kao to take me in. I can do any job, and I can suffer any hardship. When does Master want to look at me? Honestly, let the Lord let you down!" "I can only take you in temporarily." Yang Mingshi couldn't help feeling moved when he heard his plight, and said: "Back then when I entered Beijing to take the exam to be an official, I was strictly ordered by my mother not to follow servants around. But your situation is really pitiful. In this way, I Take you to Beijing first, and find you a bowl of food—do you know how to read?" Xiao Luzi hurriedly said: "The master is so kind to take in, he must be a prince for generations, and his official career will be prosperous! The young one has studied in a private school for three years. Copying a roster can still do it..." Just like that, Xiao Luzi followed Yang Mingshi on the road.Because Yang Mingshi has not yet resumed his post, the road from Yunnan to Guizhou is a post station. According to the rules, Yang Mingshi is only allowed to ride a horse.Yang Mingshi was very strict with himself and refused to ask for more post horses. This horse was only used to carry books, and he walked along with Fenger and Xiaoluzi.But it was too late. It was already February 2+1 of the first year of Qianlong when we arrived in Guiyang, and we had been on the road for half a month.That night, a group of three people checked their tickets and boarded at the post station behind the Sanyuan Palace. Just after dinner, the post Cheng rushed to the west wing room where Yang Mingshi lived, and asked as soon as he entered, "Which one is Mr. Yang?" Washing his feet, he was stunned to see him being so reckless. "I am." Yang Mingshi was browsing under the lamp with a book.Putting down the book, he asked, "What's the matter with you?" The Yicheng gave a "ba" and said, "Yue Junmen is here, and I have a decree for Master Yang!" Yang Mingshi was shocked and said, "Please hurry up." Is it General Yue Dongmei?" As he spoke, he saw a short-bodied official with a dark red face stepping in. It was Yue Zhongqi who had joined forces with General Nian Gengyao in Western Xinjiang to quell the rebellion. Yue Zhongyan was wearing a gown with eight pythons and five claws. The brand-new crane patch was bright and shiny. Behind the coral top was a peacock feather. Although he was over sixty years old, he was full of energy, his eyes were piercing, and he was full of entanglement. Correct the general's spirit.Yue Zhongqi strode into the door, glanced at the room, saw Yang Mingshi's clothes were so simple, frowned, and said in a voice like a bell: "Zhong Qi is proclaiming the decree, Yang Mingshi kneels to listen!" Xiaoluzi avoided going out. "Criminal Yang Mingshi respectfully invites Shengan!" "Holy bow!" Yue Zhongqi knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times while waiting for Yang Ming, opened the imperial decree, and read aloud: "This is Yang Mingshi's title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Guozijian's sacrificial wine, for me to teach the prince day and night. You should encourage it!" "Sir...thank you!" After Yue Zhongqi finished announcing the decree, he raised Yang Ming with both hands, and said, "Mr. Zhu, when I didn't see you, I didn't know why I was so haggard. It seems that I'm much stronger than the last time we met! You really are a cool person." Yang Ming smiled. : "What about 'Shuangda'? Tranquil ear. I want to go to Beijing to absolve the crime, but the decree came first. What should I say when I see the emperor?" Yue Zhongqi said: "Mr. Song, the emperor has made new plans. After you were released from prison, you were promoted to wash horses in the East Palace, master of the prince. How can you live up to such a great kindness?" "Mr. Dongmei," Yang Mingshi asked, "You are a general from Sichuan. Why did you come to Guiyang to deliver the decree?" Yue Zhongqi said, "I'm here to deliver the decree. But it's not just for you. I just came to Guiyang to deliver the decree." The Tai Yamen came over, and the Miao people rebelled here, and it has spread to half the province. The original imperial envoy Zhang Xi, the chief military officer Dong Fang, and Ha Yuansheng were all dismissed. Most of the soldiers here were brought by me in Qinghai. The personnel change, the emperor was afraid that his subordinates would be dissatisfied and cause trouble, so he specially ordered me to announce the decree. The emperor said that Yang Mingshi has no position, and he is afraid that the road will be too tiring, so he can go back to Beijing in a sedan chair with eight people by giving him an official title." Yang Mingshi never expected the new Jun Qianlong was so considerate to himself, his heart was moved, he sighed and lowered his head.After a long while, he said: "No wonder I felt something was wrong when I entered Guiyang. Three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post, there are barracks everywhere. It turns out that the imperial court will send a large army here to fight against the Miao revolution! Whoever will take charge of the military affairs here must be Duke Dongmei. "Yue Zhongqi laughed and said, "I'm just declaring the decree. The Prime Minister's Minister of Miaojiang Affairs is Zhang Guangsi. He used to be my subordinate, but now even I have to listen to his restraint. I advocate appeasement. The emperor's intention is to clear up first, So Zhang Guangsi was used." Zhang Guangsi and Yang Mingshi knew each other well, he was very good at fighting, and he was a famous warrior in Yue Zhongqi's army. Yang Mingshi had just come out of prison, so he couldn't judge whether suppression or comfort was better, so he kept silent.Yue Zhongqi knew his temper, and was about to leave when he got up.Then I heard the sound of horseshoes outside.A Goshha shouted loudly: "The Prime Minister, the Minister of Miao and Xinjiang Affairs, Zhang Guangsi, is here!" Yang Mingshi was taken aback, and asked, "Why is this man acting like this? The last time I saw him, he wasn't so arrogant!" "Yue Zhongqi smiled and said: "The so-called one moment is also the other moment. "Before he finished speaking, the courtyard heard the sound of riding boots stepping on the stone slab. Zhang Guangsi had already entered the room boldly. This is a middle-aged man in his early forties, his fair face is slightly longer, his eyebrows are straight raised, showing a murderous look, and the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, as if he is expressing his contempt to others at any time.He stood at the door and looked around, clasped his fists together, and said, "Don't you come here unharmed, Mr. Dong Mei?" Jean, said lightly: "My lord, please sit down." "Mr. Song, please forgive me. I can only sit for a while." Zhang Guangsi sat upright with his hands on his knees, "I have to make arrangements for the campaign when I go back tonight." Yang Mingshi stared at the general gently, and said with a smile, "The general has an extraordinary spirit. This time, he will definitely wipe out all the holes in Liting of the Miao Village." You sent troops Fang Lue, can you tell me? Zhang Guangsi glanced at Yue Zhongqi with a smile, and said, "Master Yang is a scholar, so he can tell you about military affairs!"In fact, Dongmei misunderstood me a little.I still want to caress.Only those who betrayed the imperial court, I will be severely suppressed, I must capture that fake Miao King! " Yue Zhongqi said: "You are the chief general, I will definitely obey orders. Divide the troops into three groups to attack Jiugu and Xiajiu. The strategy of Gu and Xiazhai in Qingjiang is feasible." Zhang Guangsi said: "The old army is right, I will lead the six Provincial officers and soldiers, if they can't win in one battle, they have to kill themselves to thank the imperial court." After saying that, he got up and said, "I know Song Gong is cold, and I don't want to suffer too much when I go to Beijing. Three hundred taels of silver are for use during the journey—I don’t know when you will leave? I’ll see you off.” Yue Zhongqi also stood up and said: “Mr. Song, it’s time for me to resign, and I’m going back to Chengdu to deploy military affairs. You pass by there, Mr. We will meet again." "I'm a scholar who doesn't understand military affairs. But I understand politics." Yang Mingshi also stood up: "A thousand words can be summed up in one word, the general must not kill too much. In the future, when the military affairs are over, the local officials will not be able to appease the people—as for Cheng Yi, you know the name and time, so you dare not accept it, and you accept it." Zhang Guangsi smiled and said: "Guizhou is a military zone. I have the final say on everything—come, get the silver!" After saying that, he left hand in hand with Yue Zhongqi.After Yang Mingshi waited for them to leave, he called Yi Cheng and said, "You can return this money to Zhang Junmen tomorrow—oh, don't be afraid of his punishment. I will write a letter before I leave, and you can give him the letter as well. "