Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One

The deposed prince Yinreng was wearing a robe lined with a crimson celestial horse skin, without a gown. Guided by two eunuchs, he walked slowly through the Qianqing Gate and entered the upper study.This place was the place he came to the most in the past. It was less than two months ago, and it has gone through another storm. Although everything here is the same as in the past, he feels as if he has been separated from the world, and he is stacked on the table. The familiar notebooks and boxes all looked strange.Seeing Kangxi sitting beside the case, Yinreng hesitated for a moment, rubbed his palms somewhat at a loss, stepped forward and knelt down, and said, "The guilty minister, Yinreng respectfully pays respects to Ama Fukang Wanan!"

"Get up." Kangxi said lightly, "I asked you to read it yesterday, can you read it carefully according to the chapter I pointed out?" Yinreng found another Qian'er to get up, bent down and replied: "Ye Lai panting and coughing, I haven't finished my homework. My son read "Xia Jing Xian Chuan Fifth" yesterday. Is this a hexagram? Because the softness, the upper, and the lower are sympathetic, so the fault will be corrected, and the stagnation will be restored. The hexagram says "the sense of a saint" The hearts of the people make the world peaceful', with the son's experience, no matter what offends or favors, the emperor will be the next generation of the world. "A gentleman accepts others with humility", the son reflects on himself, and he feels that he has benefited a lot." Kangxi listened with a smile on his head. Turning around, he asked Zhang Tingyu, "Is Yinfeng right?"

Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi looked at each other. From the harmonious conversation between father and son, it could be seen that they had talked several times, and the grievances between them had long since disappeared.Ma Qi couldn't help but regret secretly, there was no reason to take advantage of the hot stove of the eighth elder brother, how should he deal with the second elder brother now?But Zhang Tingyu said: "The second master explained it very well. Although the image of the 'Ninth Five-Year' in this hexagram has the meaning of 'no regrets', but from the 'Ninth Fourth', 'Zhenji regretted it, came from a long way, friends follow From Ersi', so in series, Geely (No Regret) also comes from 'repentance' and 'thinking after passing'. This is a little insight of a slave, I don't know, right?" Then he pulled Ma Qi , Said: "We haven't seen the second master for a long time, so let's say hello to the second master!"

"I am a guilty person, and my father is here, how dare I accept your gifts?" Yinfeng already knew that Zhang Tingyu was one of the few courtiers who sponsored him. One said with tears in his eyes, "Get up!" Kangxi took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "It's really Zhang Hengchen who sees it more clearly. You are ignorant, chaotic and confused, and you do many things that you don't even know about. I can understand. But if you look carefully, Throughout the ages, how many honest people have been restrained by the demon law? So the root of your disease lies in yourself. Virtue is no match for demons. Flies don’t hug unsewn eggs. To put it bluntly, that’s what it means.” Yin Reng hurriedly said: “Ah The hadith of Ma is very clear. My son must shut himself up and think about his mistakes, and read more books on character cultivation."

"You can't restore your crown prince right now." Kangxi mused, "but you can still read the memorial, so as not to neglect government affairs. What I fear most in my heart is that you have a grudge. For example, the two people in front of me, Ma Qi You are not the one who recommended it, and there are so many courtiers in the court, each of whom has his own protection, what do you plan to do?" Yinfeng hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "This is the thing that my son thinks about the most. Tianbao and Chen Jiayou also asked their sons, and the sons thought that because of the son's mistakes, he would never be pardoned and could not blame others. The ministers did not recommend their sons to follow the heart of heaven at the top and the will of the people at the bottom. Great Qing's righteous deed. Wang Jian said that the world is for the public, and no one should be private. It is indeed a wise saying. If the son does not lose his virtue, how can the elder brother's treachery succeed? How can the next hundred officials leave the minister? Go? So not only the ministers, but also Yinti and his son dare not harbor resentment. Here Ma Zhongtang is a witness, if I speak against my will, I will be punished by heaven!"

Yinfeng spoke eloquently, blaming himself blindly, Ma Qi felt relieved when he heard it, and Kangxi nodded frequently.Only Zhang Tingyu's exquisite mind felt that he was too "bright and aboveboard", which was inhumane, but how could he dare to break through this layer? "I hope you agree with what you say." Kangxi said according to his own thoughts, "I have issued an order to lock up eight elder brothers, nine elder brothers and ten elder brothers. It is not for punishment, but to suppress their ambitions and make them a little Self-knowledge. You have to think about it the other way around. Yinhu has to learn some strengths. With so many people protecting him, there must be something superior. He has a gentle temperament, peaceful dealing with things, knowledge and insight, and is second to none; The third elder brother studies and learns, and is very peaceful; the fourth elder brother is familiar with you, he is loyal and honest, but he is too serious in his work; ...Siblings work together to cut gold..."

Kangxi was afraid that Yinfeng would take revenge, so he talked about the benefits of his elder brothers one by one, and he was talking happily, when he saw Zhang Wuge come in from outside, he asked: "What's the matter?" "Go back to Long live Lord, the fourteenth master and the thirteenth master are fighting!" Zhang Wuge looked at Kangxi and Yinfeng anxiously, "Ninth master and tenth master are arguing around the fourth master. Passed out!" Kangxi slapped the table with a "slap", and immediately trembled with anger. It took a long time to calm down, and said with a sneer, "Okay! Seven gourds and eight ladles, press one end to the other and start! ——Let's go, follow me Go!" After saying that, he got up and left, but instead of going out through the Qianqing Gate, he went around the Yuehua Gate in the west and came out from Yongxiang, standing behind a large crowd of courtiers watching the excitement, watching the quarrel in front of the Qianqing Gate coldly. Called brothers.Yinfeng, Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu had no choice but to follow.

Yinxiang and the fourteenth elder brother Yinti had already been pulled away by the guards with knives at the Qianqing Gate, and they held on to each other. Yinti's forehead was black and blue, and Yinxiang's nose was bleeding, and they scolded each other. "What are you? You are just the fourth brother and a dog! Seeing the second brother's excitement, you stick your tail up and show your teeth. What kind of virtue is there?" "This virtue is better than yours! Don't look at you and the fourth brother and your mother, and because you spoil the fourth brother, I will beat you to death!"

"Hmph! That depends on your ability!" "Hey! Let Ma Xishan go tomorrow, one will not be taken with anyone, let's go for a walk!" When Kangxi looked at this side, Yinyu and Yinzhen were giving Yinzhen a sarcasm.Yinyu said: "The crown prince has not been restored yet, and the starling has been framed again, and we have suffered too! It is a crime of Ling Chi, are we not allowed to see Ama to plead? Why are you in the way? Are you the crown prince or the emperor? "Yinyu taunted at the interface: "Fourth brother will definitely do a good job sitting in Longting in the future. What year name do you plan to use: 'Yun (Yin) Zhen (zhen)'? Yunzhen Yunzhen, others say 'Yun', You are 'true', or called 'yongzheng' (Yinzhen), you are right, you are 'right' when you are 'yong'!" Yinzhen remained calm, with no expression on his face, Said: "You guys are crazy and delusional now, I don't care about it. I mean, you have to defend and petition, follow the rules! Li Guangdi proclaimed the decree, what's wrong with him? You just spit on him? Good brother, long live the past few days are not good, let's be aggrieved and considerate!" Yinhu, with a pale face, repeatedly begged the quarreling elder brother: "Good brothers and brothers! Calm down, things will always go wrong Understood! Are you going to send me to death?" Kangxi heard some eyebrows at this point, and was about to speak, when Yinfeng beside him knelt down with a "plop".He clasped his hands and said:

"Brothers! Let me start this matter, and let me rest it. It's all my fault. Look at the face of the master, stop arguing..." The courtiers stretched their necks to watch the bustle, but they didn't know that the crown prince was crowding here. When they looked back, the current Long Live Kangxi was also standing there with a livid face.Suddenly, the empty Tianjie became silent. "Li Guangdi is proclaiming the imperial edict." Kangxi looked at the group of sons contemptuously, "Who is instigating trouble?" "It's Erchen!" Everyone was in a daze, the fourteenth elder brother Yinti knelt forward and said loudly: "My minister wants to see Ama, but Li Guangdi does not allow it. Please punish Li Guangdi for the crime of alienating father and son! The fourth elder brother ordered the thirteenth elder brother to stop my minister, please Long live the fair treatment!" Yinti's face did not change, but his tone was strong, and he slammed it like a brick, which stunned Kangxi. After a long while, Fang sneered and said, "Really? How dare they block your way? Great! But what do you want to see me?" Yinti was not afraid, kowtowed and raised his face again, and said: "My son knows that the father is in trouble. I want to see you. I also want to ask Ama, the starling committed a crime. What's the matter, that the ninth and tenth brothers have to be locked together?"

When Kangxi stared at Yinti with a knife-like gaze, he said coldly: "It's no wonder you have such filial piety! What did Eighth Brother do? Didn't Li Guangdi pass on my word of mouth?" Said: "The legend has been passed down. How can the three words 'no need to have' be enough to convince the people of the world? Before the Ming Dynasty, all the officials recommended the prince, so that everyone would praise Yinhu together, with one heart and one heart. There is a collusion, but what is the crime of Baiguan and Yinhu? My son wants to know: Which villain followed the maggots in Long Live and made the court issue such a disorderly order?" Kangxi's eyes flashed fiercely, and he said: "I have always been cautious and arbitrary in the country's affairs. How often have I heard of a villain's flattery? Listen to what you mean, do you want to clear the emperor's side? Well, do you want to learn from Wu Wang Liu Bi, or Tang Suzong Li Heng? Or do you want to learn? Emperor Yongle Jing Nan, kill Zhu Yuanzhang's prince, and establish another Emperor Yongle?" "How dare my son have the intention of treason?" Hearing Kangxi's sharp words, Yinti seemed to tremble, but it was only a moment of cowardice, and soon calmed down again, but his face had turned a little pale, "Husband Wu If there is injustice, the minister wants to complain for the eighth brother. The eighth elder brother is talented, magnanimous, courteous and corporal, and there is nothing wrong with living on the throne. Long live you are recommended by the front, and you are locked behind for no reason. If you don’t teach, you will be punished. The officials are at a loss, and the prince is not in a hurry. Who would dare to follow the order in the future? Obeying the order is death, and resisting the order is also death. Long live, please show the sons and ministers a way to survive!" said Dou Big teardrops have already flowed down, but they just refuse to bow their heads and give in.Hundreds of officials kneeling next to him were also saddened by what he said, and some of them were weeping and weeping faintly. Kangxi listened to his impassioned statement, it was well-founded, it was hard to refute it after thinking about it, but he had never regretted what he had done in his life, how could he face so many people when he was hit by Yinti with a hard nail?Ge Ge smiled and said: "I just can't listen to your loyal advice, what do you dare to do?" "A son is filial, and a subject is loyal." Yinzhen's face was snow-white, "If a family has arrogance, a son will not defeat his family, and a state has arbitrarily ministers, but if his country is not destroyed, how would his sons dare to be descendants?" "Huh? If you don't listen to you, the Qing Dynasty will perish?" "Hard to say!" Yinhu, who had been kneeling and weeping and listening quietly, suddenly looked up at Yinti, and said in a trembling voice: "Fourteenth brother, don't say it, don't say it...Are you going to exhaust the starling to death?" He passed out on the spot! Kangxi was startled and angry, he felt his legs were weak, and his body was shaking, Yinfeng didn't expect that just after he was released, there would be such an arrogance, he bit his lips and thought for a while, and said, "Old Fourteen, are you attacking me?" , or to Ama? Say a few words less, and I will apologize to you when I go down, okay?" Unexpectedly, before the words fell, Yinti pushed back again: "What you say is right, Yao and Shun can't be wrong, what you say is wrong, sages can't Yes! Do you understand? You are not the prince, not the prince Baylor, do you want you to discipline me?" "What a beast!" Kangxi stared furiously, touched his waist with trembling hands, but didn't have a saber, looked left and right, pulled Zhang Wuge past him, pulled out his sword, held it in his hand, and kicked him away. An eunuch standing in front was about to rush over: "The father told the son to die, the son had to die, and the king ordered his ministers to die. The ministers had to die. This time I will be a foolish father!" The fifth elder brother Yinqi was always honest, but he was indifferent. Yu articulated, blocked his hands, and cried: "Father... Father... The fourteenth brother is young, and the youthful spirit... is full of..." Yinzhen was originally angry at the fourteenth elder brother, and he was happy to be taught by his father. Seeing him Wanting to kill Yinti, I couldn't help panicking, because I also took a step on my knees, hugged Kangxi's knees with all my strength, and said in a sobbing voice: "Ama, Ama... calm down, listen to my son... I was afraid that my son would stop them. Disturbing you is not quiet, I want to take a moment to say it... In fact, the eighth brother should not be locked up...Although the fourteenth brother has no rules...you killed him, not by your son, but by your son..." Zhang Tingyu sneered when he saw Yinzhen still looking up to the sky, knowing that adding fuel to the fire would make Kangxi even more angry.Because he revealed his identity as the prince and grand tutor, he shouted: "Yinti, you still haven't apologized! Come back!" Yinti reluctantly kowtowed, looked up at his unreasonable father, and burst into tears , covered his face and went all the way.Kangxi was so angry that his face was livid, and he was panting heavily.Only then did Ma Qi wake up from his stupefaction, and waved his hands to order all the officials: "There is no court meeting, and you are all gathered here, what is the proper way? The people from the official department wrote down the names of those who entered the Longzong Gate today without business. !” So ​​everyone hurriedly got up one after another, and fled away like birds and beasts scattered. "Father Emperor," Yinzhen saw the crown prince helping Kangxi, hurriedly put Kangxi's arm on the right side, and sent him all the way to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, muttering earnestly, "The fire hurts the liver, you can't be angry... Listen to your son's confidant, you have to spare the eighth brother, the ninth brother and the tenth brother..." "I will not forgive!" "Father..." Yinzhen breathed out and continued to comfort, "You old man, wise and wise, have you not read "Huangtai Melon Ci"?" Picking makes the melon thin. Picking three times is still possible, picking vines four times.'..." Kangxi stopped suddenly. He had never seen this poem before. At this moment, Yu Yinzhen chanted it slowly, which was really thought-provoking. After a long while, Fang asked, "Which book is this from?" ..." Yinzhen just heard it from Wu Sidao yesterday, and he is very familiar with it now, "In the past, the queen killed the crown prince Li Hong, Li Xian was afraid and disturbed, and wrote this poem to feel the empress..." "I...don't pick a single melon..." Kangxi sighed sadly, tears falling like rain, "Wu Zetian still killed Li Xian...she didn't do well...I won't imitate her...don't pick melons... ..." He seemed to be so old that he couldn't even walk, and with Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu behind him, he dragged back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Yinzhen was very peaceful in his heart, and he talked softly all the way to persuade, Yinreng supported Kangxi on the other side, but he couldn't help but think to himself: the fourth child is really smart, and he is so good at flattering. Unknowingly, the spring of the forty-eighth year of Kangxi came to the world. The water ducks in the spring outside Beijing and the willows on the shore turned yellow. The moss is fresh green and smooth, and thin Polygonum multiflorum vines are pulled out from the cracks of the bricks, silently telling the people in the deep palace that the sun is coming again.Beijing folks originally had the custom of painting "Nine Nine Cold Dispelling Pictures", some of which drew nine grids and eighty-one frames, starting from the winter solstice, drawing a circle every day, cloudy at the top and sunny at the bottom, wind on the left and rain on the right, recording the winter scene; People who are more elegant paint a bare plum branch with eight or two petals painted on it, and one petal is dyed every day, and the petals are all exhausted in ninety-nine winters.The royal system is different, but on the wall of the back hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, a nanmu frame framed with rice paper is hung, and the emperor writes a stroke every day. When the weather is cold, the Zhubi just writes out nine regular characters: Weeping Willows in front of the pavilion cherished Li Dequan, the eunuch of Spring Breeze, to wait on this errand. He was a careful person, and soon realized that every time he finished writing a word (nine days), Kangxi summoned Yinfeng once, and asked him for half an hour. He summoned him eight times in total.Today is the last stroke of writing "wind".Sure enough, Kangxi finished painting, put down his pen and said, "Go and pass Yinfeng in." "Zha, the slave understands!" But Kangxi didn't call to go immediately, he served tea and stared at the picture of dispelling the cold, and said slowly: "I think, Wang Jie must also be in Yinreng's house at Chaoyangmen. Still go back to Yuqing Palace to study... Tomorrow, ask Wang Jie to accompany Yinfeng to see me." "yes……" "Also." Kangxi said, "Go to San Age's Mansion, get the catalog of "Ancient and Modern Book Collection", and ask for a set of "Hong Fan · Five Elements". Tell Si Age and Thirteen Brothers to go to the study to see Ma Qi, they have to take care of the Ministry of Household errands, the peach blossom flood is about to come down, send people out to inspect the defense of the Yellow River, summarize the situation, and see which provinces should be exempted from taxes and which government should be given relief. There is no major event in the Ministry of Punishment in spring, you tell the eighth elder brother to discuss with Zhang Tingyu about the matter of the spring chamber: who will be sent to preside over the north and south chambers, and what topics will be asked, and draw up a secret report." Li Dequan has the best memory among the eunuchs, Kangxi said One thing, he pinched a finger, listened to it with his hands down, he had already memorized it in his heart, and repeated it all over again. Seeing that Kangxi had nothing to say, Fang bowed his back and stepped back. Because Yinfeng lived very close to the Babeile Mansion, Li Dequan was extra careful and accompanied the second elder brother to Donghua Gate to be sent to Da Nei, and then the family re-delivered the decree to each palace in order of seniority, although it was delayed , nothing else, just want to be safe and no gossip.So after a long walk, it was almost noon when we arrived at Yinhu Mansion. According to Li Dequan's thinking, the eighth elder brother was a dark star, and the eunuchs had a lot of taboos, so he didn't want to stay here any longer.Unexpectedly, the outside of the mansion looks deserted, but the inside is very busy with people coming and going, because the eight lucky Jin just celebrated his birthday, and the verandah is full of colorful lights, and there are piles of birthday gifts from the officials below, and the family members of the whole mansion run away. Dressed like a horse in unlined clothes, everyone was sweating hotly.The eighth elder brother Yinyu invited Yinyu, Yinyu, and Yinti to eat cold wine, and Kuixu, Wang Hongxu, A Ling'a, and Zhang Deming all came, and they all gathered in the Xihua hall.Seeing that Li Dequan was about to leave after delivering the decree, Yinhu smiled and said: "Don't be so scared, am I someone you can't mess with? He Zhu'er just came, and he still wanted to serve me! The day before yesterday, Long Live rewarded me with two jars of old Sanhe mash. Come, eat two cups before going! " Li Dequan opened his eyes and looked, Yinyu and Yinti raised their eyebrows with their arms raised, they were fighting with each other, Yinyu sat with his legs crossed and smiled and said nothing, the rest of the people were also smiling and gossiping, only Ah Ling seemed to be recovering from a serious illness , his face was a little pale, and he sat in the easy chair in a daze, because he laughed and said: "Where did the eighth master go? What brand name is the servant, dare to sit here and eat wine? No one broke the slave's fodder." "Forget it, you!" Yinzhen held the pot in one hand and the cup in the other, blushed from drinking, let Li Dequan into the flower hall with a smile, poured the wine at an empty table next to the partition screen, and said, "If you don't want to drink, I'll drink it." Ask the Fourteenth Lord to come out and pour you!" Li Dequan hurriedly ate a big cup.Yinhu smiled and said to Yinhu: "It's almost noon, where can I find Zhang Tingyu at this moment? You persuade them to have a few more drinks in the past, and I have a few words with Lao Li - I heard that the second brother is going to move again. Back to Yuqing Palace, is there such a thing?" Li Dequan leaned back and said: "Yes, the slave has just delivered the decree." Yinzhen ordered someone to serve two dishes, and while letting Li Dequan ask, "Long live did not say anything else? Did you ask him to approve the papers?" Li Dequan was clear in his heart. , knew what he was going to ask, because he smiled and said: "Long live did not say. The matter of reviewing papers is a major national matter, and I dare not ask." As soon as the words fell, the fourteenth elder brother Yinti staggered over and said with a smile "It's Lao Li! I just heard a joke from Yinyu, do you want to hear it?" Li Dequan hurriedly said: "This slave loves to listen to jokes the most. Fourteenth Master said it, so I will tell it to Long Live , Lord Long Live loves to listen too!" "There is a man—" Yinti hiccupped, poured each a glass for Yinti and Li Dequan, and the three of them clinked glasses for a drink, seeing that Yinti was silent, Li Dequan asked, "What about the bottom?" Yinti laughed and said, "The bottom is gone. " Li Dequan was stunned for a long time before he realized that he was talking about himself. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Master Fourteen can really make fun of—" Before he finished speaking, a large group of people across the screen burst into laughter. "Your lower head has been cut off, so are you still afraid of cutting your upper head?" Yinti laughed, "If you don't have a dick, why are you afraid of a dick? Master Jiu asks you a few words, and you pretend to be vague!" Li Dequan couldn't bear it. With his spear and stick in his hand, he couldn't help but smile apologetically, and said: "Although the Fourteenth Lord is a joke, this servant can't afford it. According to this servant's little knowledge, it is inevitable that the crown prince will be restored. Although there is no order, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will give the crown prince Giving pens is an old rule. Long live envoys are only called Er Ye envoys once. No one in Long Live knows about this and has no blame. The former Jiangning Weaving Department sent tribute, and the ones who rewarded the Second Master in Long Live were also those who had been crowned princes. Objects, not too many, not too few. Since the winter solstice, I have seen the second master every nine days. Long live is more and more easy-going and affectionate. The last time Wu Dan came in to say hello, long live said with a smile: "tune You made a false alarm when you went to Beijing and said what Yinreng was going to do. It was nothing. Now every time I see Yinreng, I feel relieved.' The soldiers of the Langhu Army Sect were also transferred back to their original station, and Ling Pu also When I returned to Rehe, I was still the governor. Yesterday, the prince of Yuqing Palace asked people to take out all the clothes and tents of the prince to dry, and he also asked to repair the prince's cart. Today, he ordered the second master to go in. ... If you're not blind, who can't tell the truth?" The words made the people on both sides of the screen speechless, they all stopped drinking and exchanged glances.Aside from the fact that Lang Su Hu Yi's army was ordered to return to the banner, and Ling Pu was demoted to two levels to take charge of these important matters, although I heard about other trivial matters from time to time, it was rare for Li Dequan to explain them so thoroughly.Yinti rolled his eyes and wanted to ask questions, but Li Dequan had already got up, and said with an apologetic smile: "The slave has to go, Long Live Lord rests for noon, I have to wait and change clothes!" "Take a step." Yinzhen knew that this person was timid and couldn't win him over, so he said with a half-smile: "I heard that He Zhu'er is going to be called to come to Baye's mansion to be the head of the eunuch, but there are?" Li Dequan hurriedly said : "The Ministry of Internal Affairs just said yesterday that he will come to serve in about two days." Yinhu walked over from behind the screen, sat on the porcelain table and breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes flickered faintly, and said: "I have so many people here, what do you need eunuchs for? Li Dequan is good at massage, you are a good person The head of the palace, tell Wan Sui, and I will leave you to order, can it work?" He Zhu'er spent money out of the palace because he offended Yin Reng, of course it can't be said, Li Dequan was a little anxious because he was entangled first, and second I was really afraid of this Prince Lian, who had a high regard for power, so I had to bow my head and say: "I will try my best to do it, but—" "Bring fifty taels of gold to Lao Li!" Yinhu rushed out and said, "What I want is this heart. I don't care if it works or not."