Chapter 15 The Fifteenth Chapter of the Qing Dynasty, Silver Baylor Jin Throne

With Yinxiang's entry into the household department and the start of cleaning up the deficit bank balance, the atmosphere in the capital's officialdom became tense again.Due to lack of manpower, Yinxiang personally called forty five post chiefs from the garrison outside the mouth, all of whom were recruited during his own military training.He also selected Tian Wenjing and Li Fu from the Gongsheng students in Qiuwei, and asked Shi Shilun to gather the original class officials of the household department to form the general accountant for verification.In addition to inspecting the accounting offices at Yin, Chen, and Si hours every day, there are also meetings to summarize from time to time, summoning officials in debt, urging the issuance of documents, and drafting memorials.From morning to night, there is a huge household department, but hearing the abacus beat like heavy rain, it drove all the debtor officials to their wits.

Seeing that the 15th day of August is approaching, seventy-eight out of ten of the accounts have been collected, and I heard that Wu Dan, the governor of Guangdong, has also rushed over.This person is a big debtor, but he belongs to the same category as Wei Dongting, Cao Yin, and Mu Zixu. They are all heroes of the Xi Dynasty. Roll over with the emperor from death.Although he is no more than a first-rank official in terms of status, no one can compare to him in terms of affection.Kangxi treats people well, elder brother is not as good as his relatives, and his relatives are not as good as ministers. The more relatives are, the more ruthless they are. The last time the Qing Dynasty stopped in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it was said that a dozen or so state government officials hanged themselves to defy their debts, but they were speaking from the bottom of their hearts, because Wudan Cao Yin and others owed a large amount of debts. And it was all for Emperor Kangxi's previous southern tours to borrow debts to pick up his envoys.If they were cleared, the money was spent by the emperor; if they were not cleared, a group of military officers who owed them all made up their minds, but they followed suit.Now at this juncture again, Wei Dongting and Mu Zixu claimed to be sick, the emperor has promised not to come to Beijing, but Wu Dan and Cao Yin have come, if they don't come, this matter will still be ruined.Knowing this, Yinxiang couldn't help muttering in his heart, asked Shi Shilun to explain a few words, and only said to go back to the house, then he took a sedan chair to Changchun Garden to look for Yinzhen.As soon as he arrived at the double gate at the entrance of the garden, he saw Nian Gengyao walking out from inside. He was wearing a brand-new nine-python five-claw gown with a golden pheasant patch on it, and a flower coral on his head, which looked very bright. .Yinxiang couldn't help laughing: "Hey! Got promoted? When did you come back to Beijing?"

"Back to Lord Thirteen," Nian Gengyao saluted Qian'er, and said with a smile, "I've been back for three days, and I just met Lord Long Live. Lord Long Live said that the errand in Tongcheng was done well, so he revealed it to the Crown Prince and Fourth Master." Face. Because of the vacancy of the admiral in Sichuan, I made up for it. This time when I leave Beijing, it will not be so convenient to see Lord Shisan again.” Yinxiang looked back at Gou’er Kan’er and smiled: “See? This is your role model! Good life, follow the fourth master, with your cleverness, you can also get a red-capped Dai Dai in the future! Dai Duo resigned the day before yesterday, went to Zhangzhou, Fujian, and set up a Taoist platform. I also taught Gao Fuer not to just serve tea and water. Work hard. If you want to stand out and become a master, you must be able to share the worries of the master. If the master is a dragon, you are the cloud. If the master is a tiger, you must be able to blow the wind!" Gouer Kaner half understood, a tiger Ling squinted at Nian Gengyao, who was imposing, and Kaner squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "What's so good about being in the early stage? You can't become a king if you are in the early stage—" He suddenly thought that he was referring to Nian Gengyao, and kept the word "eight" in his stomach inside.

Seeing that he was so disrespectful, Nian Gengyao glanced at Kan'er slightly, and said with a smile: "Master Thirteen, it's a coincidence that you came, the crown prince and Master Wang are talking with Wansui at Danningju and the old military gate of Wudan. The fourth master went back to the mansion at Chenshi. If you see the prince, you have to wait for a while, and I want to see the fourth master, and I also want to say goodbye; let's go together?" Yinxiang thought of the prince's weakness every time he met He shook his head and said, "Let's go to Ding'anmen Sibeile Mansion together." Nian Gengyao moved closer to Yinxiang, looked around, and said in a low voice, "Master Shisan doesn't know yet, right? I just now According to He Zhu'er's letter, Da Qiansui was granted the title of Prince Zhi, the third master was named King of Cheng County, the fourth master was named King of Yong County, the fifth master was named King of Heng County, the seventh master was named King of Chun County, and the eighth master was named King of Lian County. Even Lord Thirteen has been promoted, and now he is Lord Baylor!"

"Really?" Yinxiang said with one foot on the sedan chair, his eyes flickered, "it's a pity that Brother Six went early and missed. Where are Master Nine and Master Ten?" "The servant also asked He Zhuer. , He said he didn’t know.” Nian Gengyao said, “Probably not sealed—the inner court is already drafting an order for this matter, and it will take a few days to promulgate it! Congratulations to the Thirteenth Master, and the Eleventh and Twelfth Lords There is no promotion!" Yinxiang turned his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "I am not so crazy, why do I have things outside my body?" After saying that, he raised the sedan chair and got on the bar.

Yinzhen seemed a little indifferent after hearing Yinxiang's return and Nian Gengyao's congratulations in Wanfutang.It was originally a happy event to be crowned the throne, but it happened to be the eighth elder brother Yinhu, so it cannot be said that there is no article here.Wu Sidao has already analyzed this matter, if the emperor wholeheartedly trusts the crown prince, he will save the throne of his brothers until after his death, and the crown prince will seal it himself when he ascends the throne.Now the enfeoffment is for the emperor to win over the elder brother's heart, take away the power of the prince, and weigh the pros and cons. It's better not to be promoted to the throne.Feeling silent for a long time, Yinzhen Fang said: "It is a gratifying thing for Liang Gong to be promoted to the admiral of Sichuan. Dog Kaner, you come in."

"Fourth master, the servants are waiting!" The dog Kan'er was playing with the parrot on the porch, hurried in and laughed, "What's the job, master?" Yin Zhen looked at them and said with a sigh of relief: "You two are extremely Lingli, I like this one very much. But as you grow up day by day, you should be sensible, and you can’t always play childish pranks. The most promising of my slaves is Nian Gengyao, who is good at reading, can lead soldiers, and is very generous. I show my face, you have to learn a little bit. You can’t always let the master wipe your ass when things happen.”

Thinking of what he said just now, Yinxiang couldn't help laughing. Just as he was about to speak, the dog laughed and said, "Yes, we and the master can't mess around. If the egg seller hit the beggar old man last time, we wouldn't play tricks on him... ..." "I'm not talking about that." Yinzhen snorted, "You guys actually sold Ba Ye's screen wall, but there are?" Both Yinxiang and Nian Gengyao were taken aback.Although Yinxiang took them to the household department, he didn't take them very seriously. He let them go out to play for an hour or two every day, not wanting to do anything again.Yinxiang said: "Two puppies, why don't I know about this?" "This happened five days ago." The dog glanced at Kan'er and said. "Kaner and I went to Xuanwumen to play. There was a rich man who was building a house there, and there was a shortage of bricks on the construction site. The old dog Ri was so stingy that he thought the bricks he bought were too expensive, so he wanted to deduct his wages to make up for it. Kaner and I saw that the plasterers were eating like dog food, and I felt anxious, so I went over and said, "The screen wall in front of Baye's mansion needs to be replaced with new ones, the old bricks are cheap, how good is it for you?""

"The one surnamed Qian still didn't believe it, so he stared and asked where we were from. We said...we said we were Ba Ye's companions...he followed us to Chaoyangmen. He measured the wall and sold the wall..." Yinxiang listened and thought about it, and said with a smile: "The gate control in front of Baye's mansion is so strict, will you be allowed to use a tape measure to measure the wall?" Kan'er said: "This is a pre-made set, let's go to Baye first. We have agreed with the gatekeeper that we belong to the third master’s mansion. The third master saw that the wall of the eighth master was in good shape, and wanted to build it according to the size. Why should they not follow it?... The master of the Qian family looked at us from afar Measure the wall. Later, Ba Ye just went out, and we went up to report in person, and Ba Ye smiled and nodded, got into the sedan chair and left. Old Guisun couldn't help but believe it. At that time, he ordered 20 taels of silver and agreed to demolish the wall the next day. , and he left." Yinxiang fell down with a smile, and asked: "...Did he really go to tear down myna's screen wall the next day?" Kaner shook his head and said, "You told us to go to the infantry commander on the second day. Yamen, I don’t have time to watch the excitement... I don’t know if he’s gone or not.”

"If he wants to go, how would I know?" Yinzhen frowned and sighed, "Third brother told me as a joke, I guessed it was you, others don't have the guts!... This is the capital, under the imperial chariot, Wang Fawenming, how can you do this?" He stood up with a gloomy face, and said, "Do you remember what I said when I took you in? This kind of thing ends here! Follow my mansion, you have to walk according to my ink rope; follow ten Third Master, you have to listen to Thirteenth Master's orders in everything. Take your wild nature away—go!" Gou'er Kan'er stuck out his tongue and looked at each other, Nuonuo backed out repeatedly.Only then did Yinzhen say: "Yesterday, I met Wu Dan and asked him privately. He, Wei Dongting, Cao Yin, and Mu Zixu owed nearly four million taels of silver. I told him that there is a system in the country for picking up the driver on the southern tour, and he should use the government’s money. Now he owes a private debt for this matter, and he is very worried about the old general. Wu Dan is nothing, only that he will pay it back Money, even the correspondence between the other three people, none of them is repaying the debt. But I know their family background, and it is difficult to repay it. So I guess the Long Live God must take it out of his own money to replace them Pay it back." Nian Gengyao said with a smile: "Since that's the case, why bother to make things difficult for Master Thirteen and Lao Shi? If you settle the bill earlier, it will be settled?"

"Long Live Lord is also a hard book." Yinxiang stretched his eight-character eyebrows, and laughed loudly, "The construction of the Changchun Garden, the Summer Resort, and the inner city are also spent. Now it is not forced to the end of the mountain, his old man It's hard to give up good money. Besides, the rest of the debtors are watching, and he doesn't want to have a reputation of relatives. I'm actually forcing the old man to pay the debt now!" Yinzhen looked Yinxiang up and down, and said: "These words are thorough, and they are actually begging for money from the private treasury of Da Nei Wansui!" His eyes seemed to be frozen, staring out the window, no one could guess what was going on in this mysterious mind What is it.After a long time, Fang Yinzhen said word by word: "Long live must have made a promise to Wudan and the others in private. Therefore, as long as the matter of paying off the debt is a little bit harder, everything will melt away. We are doing the way of the minister. As a minister, For the sake of the country, you must take back all the money from the treasury; for your son, you should consider it for your father, and you can't spend money on the poor, so that the emperor can't do enough to award rewards to the officials..." Nian Gengyao opened his mouth wide, and was a little confused for a moment. He always thought that the emperor spent money as he wanted.Yinxiang murmured: "...Then, what should I do?" Yinzhen sneered, and said: "The prince can't understand this reason, he went to Danning to live a few times, wanting to touch Ama's real bottom, long live The Lord is always talking about him. Mr. Wu and I are bothered. Before August 15th, we have to squeeze this group of Qiuba as hard as we can. Except for Wu and Wei, the others are not really poor, they are really crowded. It's almost there, after the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, the emperor may be about to speak." "Success!" Yinxiang approached Yinzhen, and just to ask for this idea, he patted the arm of the chair up and was about to start walking, but Yinzhen called out: "What are you busy with? Once you see through the debt, it is no longer a big deal Geng Yao, please tell me about the situation of meeting Wansui, and ask Thirteenth Master to listen to it too." Nian Gengyao seemed a little surprised, he was taken aback for a moment, and said: "Long Live Lord didn't say much, only Wu Dan was there at that time, and Long Live asked me that when I was a guerrilla in the Feiyang Ancient Army, I went to Shaanxi to adjust grain and kill the governor of Shaanxi The situation of Ge Li. I prepared a detailed account of asking the Son of Heaven to kill Ge Li. The old man listened very carefully, and sometimes nodded at Wu Dan... Later, Long Live said that Tongcheng's errands were done well, and he shared the country's worries. It is not in vain for your master to cultivate. He also said that Wu Laojun has devoted his whole life to the country. He is a monarch and minister in his name. In fact, he never treats these people as slaves. He is going to transfer Wudan back to Beijing to serve as the governor of Zhili. Now The servant of the Jin Dynasty has become an admiral, and a one-foot-wide stream can be jumped across, so I have to learn from Wu Dan to do things faithfully..." "What happened later?" Yinzhen asked, looking at Yinxiang who was absent-minded. "Later the crown prince came, and Long Live called the servant to come out." Nian Gengyao said, "I happened to meet Fan Shijie when I came out, and I was going to bid farewell to Ba Ye's mansion. It was said that Ba Ye invited an old Taoist priest named Zhang Deming, who was the best at reading faces. I asked the slave to go too, but the slave didn't agree, and met the thirteenth master again, so I came with the master." Thinking of Fan Shijie, Yinzhen couldn't help smiling, but it was only for a moment, and then he said: "You will be on the road tomorrow, I tell you a few words, you have to remember them." Nian Gengyao hurriedly stood up and stood with his hands down, and said : "Master please give me instructions." "You still sit and listen, even though you are my slave, we are still relatives." Yinzhen suddenly became very easy-going and amiable, waved his hands with a smile on his face, and said, "You admiral It belongs to the imperial court. After you go there, you must do errands, bring good soldiers, and win face for the imperial court, so as to earn face for your fourth master. This is the most important thing. The second is not to come and go with Brother Chaoli casually. The imperial court has repeatedly issued decrees Elder brother is not allowed to make friends with foreign ministers. If someone comes to you and says something, you have to tell the news truthfully and let me know. Third, if you don’t obey the order or my words, you don’t have to go back to Beijing every time. Beijing is right and wrong. It is a land of troubles, and your status is conspicuous. It is of no benefit to come back. Your sister has Fujin and Niu Hulu in the mansion, and I take care of you. You can rest assured and bring your family to the office. Do things honestly. Hello, we are naturally fine, and you are naturally fine with me, honor, disgrace, profit and loss are all the same thing-do you understand what I say?" "Zha!" Nian Gengyao was sitting with his body tilted, and he got up and agreed with a "huh", "I understand! Fourth Master's words are only told once, and I will keep them in my heart!" "Go." Yinzhen nodded and smiled with satisfaction, "Go see Fujin and say goodbye to your sister. Just give me a safe report after you arrive in office." Yinxiang waited for Nian Gengyao to go out, he also stood up, stretched his bow and said with a smile: "What is the important purpose of my long live life! If there is nothing else, I will go back to the Ministry, and a dozen hard-headed nails are there Waiting for me to pull it out!" Yinzhen sighed: "Good brother, nothing that Nian Gengyao said just now has nothing to do with my brother. Brother is heroic, but he is too careless! Think about it at night, you will I understand..." Nian Gengyao's news is not fake at all.Outside the Chaoyang Gate, a large group of people gathered in the West Flower Hall of the Babeile Mansion, waiting for Zhang Deming, a man of extraordinary abilities who is famous in Beijing.Ninth elder brother Yinyu and tenth elder brother Yinyu have already arrived. Wang Hongxu, A Ling'a, and Kui Xu are all sitting or standing, anxiously waiting to invite Zhang Deming's Ren Boan.On the surface, they all came to the mansion to congratulate Yinhu's entry into the king's rank, but the host, the eighth elder brother Yinhu, never showed up. Neatly arranged, with lychees, longan, apples, grapes and other seasonal fruits, it looks really bright.But none of the people was in the mood to taste it, some were drinking tea, some were tasting olives, the room was full of hookah snoring, and the smoke was clouded. "Master Jiu," Wang Hongxu was sitting next to Yinzhen, waiting a little impatiently, and asked with the matchmaker on fire, "it's time to light the lamp in a while, why don't you come? I'm afraid this bull-nosed man doesn't have real talents, so he dared not come." Right?" Before Yinzhen could speak, Yinxuan next to her said with a big grin, "I never believed in these things. Last time I went to Tanzhe Temple with myna, I also met a man and a woman who put their arms around and kissed. Surrounded by crowds of people, saying that this pair of sluts are not serious in Foshan, the Buddha saw it, and told them to stick together in public to make a fool of themselves. I put a fucking centipede on their noses, scaring them 'Mom ' They separated with a bang..." After saying that, they laughed. Yinzhen crossed Erlang's legs, holding a cup to see the foaming tea, and said: "Such things are true and false. I didn't believe it at first. Last time the elder brother said that even the third elder brother asked him to meet each other, which is strange. ——What kind of Taoism is the third master, how can you easily believe these things? Look, the real can't be fake, and the fake can't be real." Wang Hongxu was born as a Confucian scholar, and he came to see it just because he was curious. Yinhu didn't take this action seriously, and said with a sneer, "I'm going to see what this bull-nosed man can do today! He's so deceitful that even the scholar-bureaucrats in Liubu were fooled, and he's making trouble in elder brother again! Playing tricks here, I Just tell him to walk around without eating!" Erlundai, the guard of the Qianqing Palace who sat diagonally across, was full of flesh and oil, talking to A Ling'a, when he heard Wang Hongxu say, he turned his face and smiled and said, "Don't think that you have read a few words. Master said Shiyun, you will be able to understand the affairs of the world! Ma Rendao told me that when he met Zhang Deming, he was still a candidate. Thinking that the one with the surname Zhang was not sure, when it came to the palace examination, the examiner saw that his poem was wrongly promoted by one frame, and suddenly dropped to the seventeenth place, which happened to be the seventh in the second class! Do you think it is accurate?" While chattering, the curtain rang, Ren Boan hurried in and said, "Here, why don't you see Ba ​​Ye?" Yinzhen flicked the corner of his robe, and said with a smile: "Ba Ye came when I was young. Mr. Zhang Now that you're here, please come in." Everyone opened their eyes and looked out, and sure enough they saw a white-haired old Taoist walking in along the stone corridor, guided by a few long followers, and they didn't speak.Wang Hongxu looked at Zhang Deming coldly. He was about sixty years old. With a smile that wasn't a smile, he stood indifferently at the door and looked at everyone in the room.Wang Hongxu asked coldly: "Immortal Elder isn't practicing Taoism in the mountains, what's the matter in this bustling bush?" Zhang Deming bowed slightly, and said lightly: "Come here for preaching." Wang Hongxu smiled, and said: "A crane in the cloud, flying around to the prime minister's office! Taoists are proficient in magic, so what magical powers do they have?" Zhang Deming stared at Wang Hongxu silently for a long time, and said: "Layman, what you said just now is good. It depends on the ability of the poor Taoist. How can he be deceived in the capital? Changtou Mingshi, who has cultivated five thousand words of moral scriptures, and mastered the secluded paths in the lacquer garden, if he has no real learning, he has no choice but to walk away without food!" After speaking, everyone looked up to the sky and laughed, everyone was horrified, staring at each other dumbfounded. "The old man really has some bloody skills!" Seeing Wang Hongxu's face turned pale when he got off his horse, Wang Hongxu laughed and stood up and patted Zhang Deming on the shoulder and said, "Look first, how is our fortune?" Zhang Deming turned to look at Yinti , pondered for a while, and said: "You are the tenth master? Swallow-nosed ape eyes, broom eyebrows square mouth, originally a general, but unfortunately this pair of brains and ears is the master of Fulu, two strokes, no murderous aura, can't lead Bing. Ten sons and grandsons of dragons and phoenixes, fame and career but no great achievements, but a long life, he died at the age of ninety-four, so he was a long-lived elder brother." Yin Ni couldn't help clapping and laughing: "Good! I have money and money. I am most afraid of short life, carpe me in time is also called happiness, you are scratching an itch!" After saying that, he pushed Zhang Deming: "Go, show them all!" Zhang Deming nodded slightly, went to Aling'ah, looked at him carefully and said: "Junshan's root energy is upright, Saturn is bright, and the position can reach Taige, so don't be suspicious. In the next two years, you must pay attention to preventing diseases." Alingah He said: "This is all flattery, why is it so surprising! If you say you are sick, you should find a doctor early, and you will end up?" Zhang Deming walked forward and replied, "To avoid illness and turn it into a disaster in prison, instead The gain outweighs the loss." As he spoke, he came to Erlundai's side, looked the guard up and down, and said: "You are not greedy for women, you have no mechanical skills, you are admirable, your talents are limited, and you must rely on others to achieve success. The so-called: the flying of the green rope is only a few weapons, and the tail of the horse can reach a thousand miles!" As he said, he turned around and laughed and said to Wang Hongxu: "A gentleman and a daughter are in the same body, and Zu Delong is thick. Except for my elder brother, everyone here is the most Prime Minister, there is only one person. I am afraid that I will be relegated when I am too young. Although the king wants to recover, his life is over, so there is nothing to do!" "What about me?" Yinzhen has been listening by the side, and seeing Zhang Deming's eloquent words, he threw his braids back on his head and raised his face and asked, "I'm asking about the evil, not the good, please tell me." Zhang Deming smiled and said: "Jiuye A gentleman has a heart, as it should be. According to Jiu Ye, Wu lips and moon mouth, phoenix eyes, silkworm eyebrows, and earrings like pearls, it was originally a very noble appearance. Unfortunately, the eagle nose and cheeks are slightly disfigured, and the bright hall is hidden, and the heart is more murderous. I am afraid that there will be a small misfortune at the age of fifty-four. It is like a stream, one foot wide, you can cross it with every step, and you can pass it. If you live to eighty, if you can't pass it, you may have something unbearable." After finishing speaking, he pondered for a while, and said: " Please Jiuye stretch out his left hand, and look at it poorly." Yinzhen stretched out his hand silently, Zhang Deming glanced at it and said: "This is the jade well pattern, Zuo Li Chaogang doesn't need to ask. The name of this pattern is 'Tianyin', but the middle path is cut off. I don't know if there is a murder of a maidservant in the mansion? If so , that is, this matter interferes with Yin Gong. This is the same as face-to-face—I know why Master Jiu can’t go one step further.” The muscles on Yinzhen’s face twitched: he did kill his maidservant It's not for adultery.The summer before last, the two maids quarreled in the kitchen, which made him unable to take a nap. When he got up, he was tied up and put in the sun by the stable, while the guards took refuge in the cool air.This matter has always been ignored, Zhang Deming said it out, Yinzhen couldn't help feeling remorse, and sighed: "This is destiny..." Just as they were talking lively, a group of people outside, all in green clothes and hats, dressed in long suits, filed in without saying a word, and lined up in front of the big bookcase.When Erlundai saw that Yinhu was also dressed like this, he couldn't help being taken aback.Kui Xu got up and said: "There is one here who is the eighth master, and the rest are servants in the mansion. Please look at the face!" Everyone immediately turned their gazes to Zhang Deming.