Chapter 49 Chapter 49: Ge Fengnian Leads His Troops to Capture Elder Brother Qianlong Emperor Talking and Laughing at Qing Emperor's Side

Ge Fengnian retreated outside the store, and after waiting for a while, Hong Xiao and others did not come.He was an impatient person, so he asked Bu Ren, who was guarding the door, to go in and ask if he would be allowed to go back to the camp and gather the troops first.After a while Bu Ren came out.Said: "No need. After a while, Minister Wang will pass through Fengtai Daying, and it will be done." Ge Fengnian had to wait patiently outside the door. It took nearly an hour before he heard a sound of horseshoes Desheng, Hong Xiao, Neqin, Zhang Tingyu, the admirals of the Nine Gates were temporarily appointed by Ying Nuo, the minister of the Ministry of War, because they were vacant. They all came here on horseback without any followers.Seeing them coming, Bu Ren and Bu Li secretly asked, "Is it Bu Yi?"

"It's me." Bu Yi replied, "I've invited you all!" After saying that, he bent down under Zhang Tingyu's horse, and Bu Ren and Bu Li hurried over to help Zhang Tingyu step on Bu Yi's back.Several people quietly entered the shop.As soon as they entered the upper room, they saw Qianlong who had been away for nearly a month, led by Zhang Tingyu, and they all knelt down to pay their respects. Qianlong raised his hand and said, "Get up. This place is no bigger than Da Nei, the house is small, we can't all sit down, except Tingyu, let's all stand and talk." Zhang Tingyu Xie En sat on the stool against the wall and said, "The emperor looks very good. , but a little clearer. Now that we have arrived at Fengtai, we are only a short distance away from Da Nei or Changchun Garden, and this place is not easy to defend.” Qianlong didn’t answer the question, and said: “Your Minister Wang in Beijing is doing a good job—see you Is there a copy from Shanxi?"

"I see." Prince Yi Hongxiao hurriedly said, "This is really a matter of embarrassment to the court. But Sun Jiagan's handling is too reckless. How can we investigate if the evidence of the stolen goods is destroyed? My brother is very upset. Because Yang Sijing I don't know this person, so I asked Hongsheng if he had written a letter to Shanxi, and Hongsheng said, "What's the matter, I'm so stupid?" After talking about it, he became more and more confused." Qianlong's face With no expression on his face, he turned to ask Neqin: "Look!"

Neqin was stunned for a moment, and said: "According to my servant, this is the same as the false manuscript case, and it is not appropriate to go into it. If you can't find out, it's better to cut the mess with a knife." Hong Xiao sneered: "Then Yang Sijing openly said that it was Hong Kong. I was promoted to write a letter on my behalf, how can I clear up my wronged? It's none of my business, you speak so coolly!" Neqin said: "My lord, don't mistrust me. We are responsible to the master. What do you think in your heart, it should be There is no deceit and no concealment. There will naturally be an imperial meeting when the master returns to the palace. Allow me to explain slowly."

"Now is the imperial meeting." Qianlong said with a smile, "Isn't the discussion in the palace the same as now? Even the admiral doesn't know, you've kept your mouths tightly shut, and you've done everything very strictly." He said with a pun, "I just want to ask, what's going on with the Seventh Division Yamen?" Hong Xiao said calmly: "It was my younger brother who asked for instructions on the Seven Division Yamen established by Prince Zhuang. Your Majesty knows that it has been a hundred years since the founding of the country. In my younger brother's generation, there are still two or three generations younger than my younger brother. Thousands of people. Carrying a birdcage to teahouses every day, gossiping, raising dogs, and planting pomegranate trees, it is better to arrange a serious errand for them, and they are easy to supervise. Foreign princes come to Beijing and let them take care of them. So as not to cause some disputes." Qianlong asked kindly: "Who is in charge of this Seventh Office?" Hong Xiao said: "It's Hongsheng from Wu Ye's family. He is smart and capable. Prince Li Hongzhe and Yibeile Hongchang recommended it. I was worried, so I added Hongpu as co-organizer." Qianlong asked: "After the establishment, did you not ask about these matters?" But paying money and food every month and taking care of housekeeping every day are trivial things."

"Small matter?" Qianlong sneered, "They have taken over the defense of the inner guards, and even blocked the eunuchs who were ordered to return to the palace. You are in charge of 'big matters'. May I ask you, what else is bigger than this? One is the note you send to me every day, the report that is not painful or itchy, the barometer of the mess? You Hongxiao solemnly gave me a note? There is such a pile of dry firewood in the backyard. It's on at one o'clock, and you still don't say a word? Fainted!" The emperor suddenly changed his face, and several people were so shocked that their faces turned pale. They couldn't stand anymore, and they all knelt down together.Zhang Tingyu also couldn't sit down, knelt down, and said: "The minister and the neqin both know about this matter, and have also asked about it. Because they said that it was approved by the decree, they didn't go into it... The minister is old and faint, please forgive me. " Neqin also said: "Is it true that the minister is guilty, please punish the emperor severely."

"I won't punish anyone." Qianlong suddenly changed his smile. "I called you here just to save your dignity. You have to tie the bell to untie the bell. We will do this tonight. The inner city is full of people from Yingnuo, and it is still so far away from the city. Ask Ge Fengnian to escort you Go in—that's it!" Hong Xiao was a little embarrassed and said: "This is a matter of a decree. Why be so hasty, leading troops into the city, it's too much of a shock." Qianlong quickly put away his smile and said: " Your name is Hong'Xiao', but you don't know anything, and you still want to talk about your dignity! You step back and go to the West Wing to follow me into the city tomorrow, I don't want you to do this job!" He said, and went to the city again. He wrote the handwritten letter at the desk, and said while writing: "For example, if there is sand in my eye, you want me to rub my eyes 'tomorrow' again!" He handed the handwritten letter to Ge Fengnian. "Your errands are two. Escort a few ministers to Da Nei, and then immediately go to Prince Yi's Mansion to capture Hongchang, as well as Hongpu and Hongsheng. Lock them together and take them to Jiaozongren Mansion for Neqin to take care of!"

"Your Majesty!" Hong Xiao called softly in pain. Qianlong looked gloomy, waved his hands, and said: "Go down, I have a decree of kindness." The Seventh Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was established less than half a month ago, collapsed within two hours, disappearing as abruptly as it had appeared.According to Hongxi's vision, more than 2,000 royal children and idle clan relatives in Beijing will be organized, together with their respective slaves, this is a formidable force, quietly controlling the House of Internal Affairs. (It goes without saying that the Clan Mansion is self-evident), and gradually grasp the power of the guards, the reception rights of foreign vassals, and the right to liaise with the Eight Banners.... When the strength is strong, the emperor has to buy it, even if it cannot abolish this "origin". Suspicious, with an improper name" emperor, at least he can cut off his dictatorship and restore the situation where the former eight kings of the Shunzhi Emperor discussed politics.But things are not easy until they are done.It turned out that the plan of "not showing the mountains and dews for a year, but only gaining a firm foothold" that had been secretly discussed many times failed to materialize.These days, all the nobles are not fuel-efficient. They say that they are the "Seventh Division" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs dare not provoke them at all, even Hongpu, Hongchang, and Hongsheng can't restrain them.These "soldiers" in the seven divisions of the yamen have a terrible face.This one went to the Ministry of Households to find his disciples to approve money and food, and that one went to the arsenal of the Ministry of War to find his slaves to borrow weapons—they were all surnamed Aixinjueluo, and no one dared to provoke them.Later, they simply occupied Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate, saying that they were "helping the guards to guard the inner garden".The rapid development of this momentum even surprised Hong Xi himself.

But the next morning, Hongxi got up without knowing the sky.He planned not to even eat breakfast, and hurriedly called Hongsheng and Hongpu over to discuss how to rectify the "Seven Offices".Unexpectedly, before he finished washing, the official of the palace came in in a panic and said: "My lord, I don't know why, there are soldiers outside our door! It seems that something is going to happen." "Soldier?" Hong Xi spat out the green salt water in his mouth and asked, "You didn't ask, which yamen is it from, and who sent it? What are you doing guarding the door?" The doorman said, "The servant asked, said It belongs to the nine-door admiral's yamen, and is ordered to guard it. I can't ask anything else." Hongxi stood there like a log, without speaking for a long while, his face was green and gray, and suddenly an ominous premonition came to his heart , shuddered uncontrollably: "The emperor must be back, he found out about the Qisi yamen." He slumped down in the easy chair, stroking his shiny forehead and thinking for a while.Suddenly he jumped up and said, "Ask them to prepare a sedan chair for me. I'll go to Da Nei to have a look."

The gatekeeper promised to go out, and Hongxi changed his clothes here, wearing a smoked mink court crown, a four-ball five-claw golden dragon stone blue court jacket, a sable hood with a golden satin lining, and a cat's eye stone around his waist. The gold and jade square belt, the sash is slightly exposed, and it is adorned with four oriental pearls - neatly dressed, when I left the palace, I saw outside the screen wall and along the wall of the palace, there are three steps, one post, five steps and one post, all of them are military officers with swords, and the lowest rank Boss Qian, standing proudly and not looking sideways.Knowing that something serious happened, he took a breath of cool air, calmed himself down, and got on the sedan chair, but no one stopped him, so he ordered loudly:

"Go to Donghua Gate to pass the sign!" Everything in Donghuamen is as usual.When the gatekeepers, guards and eunuchs saw Prince Shili arriving, they greeted him as usual.After handing over the sign and entering, there was a decree immediately: "See you at the Hongxi Yangxin Hall." Hong Xi's heart was fluctuating, at one moment he thought "I'm not afraid of taking cold medicine if I'm fine", and at the other moment I was inexplicably nervous.It was snowing lightly in the sky, and there was thin ice on the ground. I lost my mind a few times and almost slipped and fell... In a trance, I came to the Chuihua Gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.The eunuch Wang Li went on to say hello to Qian'er, and said, "Long live Lord said, when Prince Li arrives, call in immediately." Hongxi nodded and came in, and saw Qianlong sitting in the East Nuan Pavilion with Neqin and Er Er Tai, Yunlu and Hongxiao were discussing matters, they hurriedly went forward and kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and said: "I don't know that Yujia has returned with honor, so I don't have to welcome you. I beg the emperor to forgive me." "It seems that you are in good spirits." Qianlong said with a smile, "It's just that you are getting thinner, so you should take care of yourself a little bit!" Then he asked to get up and give him a seat, and then said: "The palace examination can no longer be delayed. Yes. It’s so cold in Beijing, some poor scholars can’t afford it. Let’s ask the Ministry of Rites to check. There are Gongsheng students who can’t afford to live in a store or live in a temple. He must have not brought cotton-padded clothes and quilts, and distributed some from the military supply warehouse. You know, there may be future generals here, wouldn’t it be a crime to freeze to death here?” Ertai, who was sitting next to Hongxi, hurriedly said: "The master is very thoughtful. According to the servant, there were five or six thousand taels of silver in the seven-division yamen searched last night, and there were a lot of things like clothes and charcoal. Why don't you take these things away?" Distributing them to the poor Gongsheng students separately saves a lot of trouble." Naqin immediately objected, saying: "It's better to follow the Lord's will. The confiscated things are messy, and they are directly rewarded. There is no account. When encountering this kind of thing in the future, it will be bad if it becomes an example. The copied things should be stored in the warehouse, and the rewarded things should be shipped out of the warehouse. The rules should not be messed up. We must prevent the villains from cheating." Only then did I realize that something serious had happened, and my head swelled up with a "buzz".Mouth twitching: "...copied?..." "The palace examination will be on October 26th." Qianlong looked at the puppet-like Hong Xi with a coconut-elm gaze, and said to himself, "It will be presided over by Hong Xiao and Hong Xi, and will be supervised by Neqin. Those who suffer from frostbite will be called the Ministry of Rites this year, and each person will be given a copper hand stove, and the hot water will be replaced every once in a while. As for the topic of the palace examination, I will decide at that time. What do you think?" Several ministers immediately sang the praises and praised in unison.Qianlong smiled and asked, "Hong Xi, why don't you say a word?" "Ah? Ah!" Hong Xi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "What the lord said is very true. I have long been displeased with this Seventh Division Yamen, so I should copy it!" A few ministers said a word. stunned. Qianlong chuckled, and said, "You only think that the pigeons are coming! I dare not worry about the imperial examination." Hong Xi blushed, and said, "The Seventh Division Yamen is actually not a matter of my minister's itch. But , Hongsheng, Hongpu, and Hongchang are all brothers, and upon first hearing it, they were inexplicably horrified. I beg the Lord to be lenient, and show some dignity. You know, all the supporters in the Seven Division Yamen are the children of the royal family!" Qianlong snorted, and said: "It's the soldiers! I'm naturally a little bit disturbed when the soldiers are placed in the palace. It's a matter of love for you to plead for them. Hongsheng, Hongchang, and Hongpu were all taken out of bed last night. Lila got up, and has been imprisoned in the Clan Mansion, waiting to be tortured by the Department of Punishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Please, how to deal with the law of the country? If the matter involves you, who will plead for you?" "emperor!" "It was so loud." Qianlong gritted his teeth and smiled bitterly, "When did you really regard me as the emperor in your heart? Let me tell you the truth, Hongpu and Hongchang recruited everything last night. What kind of hard bone? Even thirty Even the whip can't stand it!" Hongxi couldn't sit still any longer, and as soon as her body softened, she knelt down on the ground and just kowtowed, unable to reply a word. "People are really strange." Qianlong stood up, strolled in the Nuan Pavilion and the hall, meditated, seemed to be talking to himself, and also seemed to reprimand: "The holy ancestor abolished your father's crown prince twice! The second Ming Dynasty Issued an imperial edict, "Anyone who dares to say that Yinreng recovers from illness and can become a prince again, I will not forgive him" - this is an imperial edict, not in a secret room, it is known to all the world, but how did you forget it? Yes. The late emperor said it was mean, but it happened that the late emperor pardoned your father. He did not shy away from it, did not become a minister, and was buried as a crown prince when he died. I treated the world with generosity and made you a prince, running in front of the imperial court. How dare you I also remembered that your father was originally a crown prince, and this Hall of Mental Cultivation and that Hall of Supreme Harmony should belong to you!" Hongxi's face was as ugly as incense ashes, his whole body was trembling when he kowtowed, and he stammered: "Chen, Chen... I don't have this kind of heart...really, really..." Qianlong ignored him at all, and continued: "Oh... my heart is too benevolent, it's a bit circuitous. All the subjects in the world think that I can't even be a chicken. Don’t dare to kill!—How did Yang Mingshi die?” Qianlong suddenly approached Hong Xi, stood beside him, looked at Hong Xi who was shaking into a ball with disdain, and said, “Don’t be afraid, Yang Mingshi’s death It is not directly related to you. But you are with them, you know it and don’t speak up! When they discussed this matter, they talked by the river, and there were fish in the water! Even the case of Sahalang in Shanxi, I don’t want to investigate it carefully. If I investigate, I’m afraid some of you here will find it difficult to accept the crime!” He suddenly burst into a nervous laugh: “God, you told me to rule the world with benevolence and filial piety, how can I be kind to such people who are not as good as pigs and dogs? The fraudulent book, I want my relatives to be gentlemen and villains, what if I am surrounded by villains and there are no gentlemen, what should I do? Sun Jiagan said that it is so difficult to break the villain in my heart!" When he said this, he swept in all the people present. None of Neqin, Ertai, Hong Xiao, and Yunlu could sit still. They all knelt down together. The envoy has no place to be ashamed, and if he does not pay attention to his affairs in Beijing, he should—" "I'm going to talk about you now." Qianlong grinned viciously, "What do you mean by 'not paying attention to things'? You are a good person! Uncle Thirteen is a world-renowned chivalrous king, how could you be raised? You are here Going to the study room, and at the military plane, Hongchang is your own brother, he behaved mischievously, are you deaf or blind?! Yang Sijing Tun’s letter said that you wrote it under your instruction, I still don’t believe it, but Hongsheng, Hongchang, Hongchang Pu these three evil species act secretly, not every day or two, have you ever said a word to stop them? Have you ever played me in secret?" Hong Xiao was sweating all over his body when he heard it, and he hit his head on the ground with a "bang bang" and said I can't even come back.Yun Lu hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am in charge of the Eastern Palace, so I am indeed guilty of negligence—" Qianlong waved his hand angrily, and shouted: "Shut up! You are so light, you are just a 'crime of negligence'? What you are suffering from is a disease of depression! What Hongyi and the others really want to do is 'Eight Kings' Discussion of Politics', which is also suitable Your heart, your heart is tacit, and it hits it right away. I won’t let you enter the military office, so you don’t think about why!” Ertai and Neqin had never seen Qianlong so angry and excited. They wanted to comfort him with gentle words, but the two princes were scolded bloody as soon as they opened their mouths, and their hearts were beating wildly in fright.For a while, all the eunuchs and maids in the hall were stunned, and Qianlong roared in the hall: "What's the 'eight kings discussing politics'?! If it is really a good system, why did the ancestors abolish it? Why did the Shangsanqi be directly under the emperor? Lose the military power of all their iron-hat kings? The idea is really satisfactory-"discuss politics" first, and then force the palace! Okay! Aren't they all in Fengtian? "Invite" them, and I will give them "government" and let them" Proposal'! Do they have the guts? Say it! As long as there is a suggestion, I will make an order!" He had a seizure for a while, and the pent-up anger dissipated a little. He slowly turned back and sat on the kang, stretched out his hand, Bu Ren hurriedly stepped forward and handed him a cup of milk, and said carefully: "Master, the milk is hot, master is slow." Use it." Qianlong took a sip and said: "It seems that you still have shame and fear. If you have this heart, you can be saved. I forgive you, get up!" "Thank you!" Yunlu, Hongxiao, Ertai and Neqin kowtowed and got up, everyone was sweating heavily.Only Hongxi lay down on the ground, and said in a voice: "The crime of the minister is particularly serious, I beg the emperor to kill him, in order to thank the late emperor." Qianlong looked at this skinny elder brother, who had been imprisoned in the high wall with his father since the fifty-first year of Kangxi, and almost spent his whole life in prison, he couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion.He sighed from the bottom of his heart.Just thinking about how to deal with this matter, Wang Lian came in and said, "Zhang Tingyu has come in and is waiting outside the Chuihua Gate, can you see me?" Qianlong sneered, "You are so forgetful! If you don't understand the sword shoes, as long as you don't release the key at the palace gate, you can see me at any time!" "Zha!" Wang Lian turned his face away, stuck out his tongue, and went away lightly. After a short pause, he heard Zhang Tingyu coughing. Qianlong said gently, "Heng Chen, come in! Bu Ren, Bu Yi, help the old Xiangguo to sit down." Come over here on the porcelain pier!" Zhang Tingyu sat down tremblingly under the support of the two eunuchs, and said with a smile: "The servant is old. He wanted to come in earlier, but he didn't struggle to get up. When he was young, he and the holy grandfather didn't sleep well for three or four days. I went to bed late last night, so I can’t hold on today.” Qianlong smiled and ordered someone to give Zhang Tingyu ginseng soup, and said: “This is an old saying. I still say that, I won’t let you go back to the mountain. How much can you do? How much. They——have been punished by me today, and now they are discussing how to deal with the Seven Division Yamen case!" Zhang Tingyu pondered for a moment and asked, "What's Ertai and Neqin's opinion?" "Old Zhongtang," said Neqin, wiping off his sweat, "I was only too busy to reflect on myself, and I didn't even think about it!" Ertai had always been at odds with Zhang Tingyu, and seeing him acting so deeply, he became disgusted and coughed With a sound, he raised his face and said nothing. Zhang Tingyu frowned and sighed: "The old servant of the Seventh Division Yamen has known about it for a long time. But I really didn't take it seriously, please forgive me. Now I still don't think it is a great thing." , Everyone was startled. Compared with Qianlong's roar and fury just now, the disparity was too great. Even Hong Xi, who was lying on the ground, couldn't help but sneak a glance at Zhang Tingyu.Qianlong was not angry, but asked, "What do you mean?" "The yamen of the Seven Divisions is full of golden branches and jade leaves," Zhang Tingyu said eloquently, "It's true that it's hard to discipline. If you want to do big things with real swords and guns, they are just mobs if you want to do small things, and they don't bother to do them. In the end, nothing can be done. This is one. When it comes to the eight kings discussing politics, it was the ancestral system before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. "Lu Shi Chunqiu" said, "Shanghu violated the law of the previous kings?" The situation has changed. Please look at this couplet, "Only rule the world by one person, not serve one person by the world." This is the situation today. Even if the eight hereditary princes have this Heart, may not have the guts. At that time, the eight kings ruled the government together, and it was difficult for the emperor to monopolize the power. Now it is an imperial decree that can remove his iron hat. The iron hat can be passed on to his children and grandchildren. The head is fleshy. It's gone with one knife. Compared with the hat and the head, it seems that the head is more important. The most important thing is the third rule. My lord, watching the heyday of the Qing Dynasty is approaching, not to mention the gentleman and the good man, even the rebellious officials and thieves also have the opportunity to 'take advantage of the time', there is no such opportunity at all, neither occupying the time, The location is favorable, and there is no harmony. Why should you take this little Seventh Division Yamen so seriously?" Having said this, Qianlong laughed.The rest of the people also laughed, only Hong Xi couldn't laugh, and his heart was getting heavier and heavier.Zhang Tingyu changed the subject, and said again: "What I just said is true. If you talk about your heart, the people who manage the Seven Division Yamen will be punished. Ask yourself, and your heart can be punished. The slave just wants to wait and see. See what kind of medicine is in the gourd of this yamen. When the flaws come out, you can catch them all in one go. The Lord's benevolence and virtue will disappear in the beginning, and the chaos will be settled in Erqing, saving many dragons and phoenixes from the disaster of genocide. I tossed and turned last night, pushing the pillow and wandering, in fact, I was uneasy about my original intention: I am innocent, and my heart can be killed. I beg the master to shine a candle." After saying that, he bowed his head and remained silent.Zhang Tingyu's words were clear and coherent, and the following words were sincere and heart-rending, with eulogy in his self-blame, and even hinted that there was no need to severely punish the Qisi yamen case, so clean that the four sides were as clean as a mirror and spotless Even Ertai couldn't help admiring him secretly: "This old man dog, how could he come up with such a correct performance!" "Filial piety is the first thing to do, regardless of the heart, regardless of the matter, all evil and adultery are the first, regardless of the heart." Qianlong said: "Transforming filial piety into loyalty, Zhang Tingyu can be regarded as a deep understanding of the three flavors." He looked at Hongxi and frowned, " Arise, I forgive you." Hongzhe struggled to get up. At this moment, he was really ashamed. He wished he could get in through a crack in the ground. Just as he was about to thank him, Qianlong said, "You were wronged by the gangsters. No matter what you think in your heart, this matter has already been embarrassing by the law of the country." Rong, take off the oriental bead on your head as a sign of punishment. Hong Xiao stops his salary, and when he contributes to the community, I will reward him again. Uncle Sixteen, I feel very sad when I think of you, but when it comes to uncles and nephews, I will give you more rewards. When I was young, I often played around your knees in front of you, and I can't bear to blame you!" His eyes were red, and tears seemed to be pouring out, and he quickly wiped them away, "However, the law is not in the hands of princes and ordinary people. There are similarities and differences, so I have to be a little vigilant. Think behind closed doors for three months, and then do business as usual." After speaking, he said to Zhang Tingyu and Neqin: "The relatives are strict, and the neglected are lenient. I will not hold you accountable." "Thank you!" Everyone bowed down together. Qianlong also stood up, stared into the distance, and said: "Hongsheng is the chief evil, a scum of the clan, and will be imprisoned forever. Hongpu aided the tyrant in abusing the tyrant, there is no crime to be done, he will be deposed as a nobleman, and he will be reduced to a commoner. Hongchang —Oh, forget it!"