Chapter 41 Chapter 41: Officials governing Yinzhen, the way of the world is unworthy, and the prince is abolished for the second time

In the fifty-first year of Kangxi's reign, the decree was promulgated, and the people's hearts were greatly happy.At that time, the left side of the mountain was ripe, and the right side of the mountain reported a bumper harvest. The wheat was growing gratifyingly, and the price of rice in the south of the Yangtze River dropped to three cents per bucket of rice.Fearing that the low price of grain would hurt farmers, Kangxi ordered the governor of the customs to use all the lijin of the year to buy grain.Therefore, although there is no income in the national treasury, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Anhui, northern Jiangsu and other drought-prone and flood-prone provinces, the surplus treasury is full of grain.Yinzhen, who is in charge of the household department, in addition to strictly ordering the provincial vassals to check the dangerous houses and leaky houses from the treasury to prevent the food from rotting, he also negotiated with the fourteenth elder brother to refill the old grain and allocated a large amount of oats, sorghum, and corn Waiting to be transported to Monan Mongolia to store feed.Even with the help of Yinxiang and others, he was extremely busy.In late April, Kangxi patrolled Rehe, and decreed that the breeding population should not be increased from then on. Silver (poll tax) is a three-pronged approach.Yinreng was originally displeased with these decrees. Seeing that Yinzhen and Zhang Tingyu, who was staying in Beijing, were having a good time, he simply "followed the order".If there is a decree, it will be approved to Yinti if it belongs to the Ministry of War, and it will be approved to Yinzhen and Yinxiang if it belongs to the Second Ministry of Household Punishment.Zhang Tingyu is not like Ma Qi, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he settles down in the morning and goes to Yuqing Palace every day to pay his respects. When he comes out, he goes to various ministries to inquire about the affairs of the ministries and the implementation of the decree, and reports in duplicate to Yuqing Palace and Rehe Yujia. .It turned out that the prince had been put in a high cabinet and left aside with dignity.Busy until Jin Gu's appearance in autumn and August, several busy people breathed a sigh of relief.

On the fourth day of September, Yinzhen received an edict that the emperor celebrate the Double Ninth Festival in Chengde, and set off after the festival. If the weather is fine, he will return to Beijing on the 16th.This is a copy transferred from Yuqing Palace, needless to say, every prince and elder brother in Beijing has a copy.Yinzhen and Yinxiang were discussing matters at the Ministry of Household Affairs, they frowned and looked at the edict and said, "I'm very suspicious that the crown prince didn't read this edict at all, the reception is a matter for the Ministry of Rites, I just came back from there, Chen Shen is the minister, It’s just that I just took office and didn’t know what to do, and even You Mingtang didn’t make a move. Besides, the road is closed and stationed, and Sheng Jia will settle in Da Nei or Changchun Garden when he comes back?...Why is there no charter?”

"Who knows what he does for a living every day in the dark!" Yinxiang yawned, "The last time I went to Yuqing Palace, Wang Jian was there, and told the prince the Four Books 'Be close to the people, and stop at the ultimate good', His mouth was dry, the prince just smiled when he heard it, and when he talked about the rhyme of poetry, he said that Jiangnan tunes have no sound, Zhili tunes have no sound, what four tones and three tones, the theory is so hypnotic. Master Wang was so angry It's so long, he said: "Prince, if you study the rhyme and rhythm of the words carefully, can you compare with the empress of Tang Dynasty?" After saying that, he picked up his foot and left."

Yinzhen imagined Wang Jie's speech and hand-to-hand comparison, and Yinreng's drowsy look in class, so he couldn't help laughing, got up and said, "Let's go to the study and see what Zhang Tingyu thinks." So the two brothers went to the Xihua Gate hand in hand. When they came in from the Longzong Gate and went straight to the study, they saw a fourth-rank civil servant sitting on the couch in front of the couch, waiting to see him, but Zhang Tingyu was not there.When Xu Zhen saw it, it was E Ershan, the supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and said with a smile, "You are here? Where is Hengchen?" After inviting Ann, he replied peacefully; "Zhang Zhongtang has been there for a while at the approval office." Yinxiang knew that Ershan was the toughest one in the censor, and the prince changed the list of corrupt officials alone He wrote three chapters of admonishment by himself, and if it wasn't for his status as a speech officer, he would have been dismissed long ago, because he said with a smile, "What are you doing here? Who else are you going to play?"

"Go back to Lord Thirteen." Ershan said with a slight bow. "Li Fu, the acting magistrate of Fengyang, had a robbery case in the territory. It has been three months since the governor of Anhui sent troops to suppress it. Li Fu has not reported the case so far. It is obvious that he is avoiding punishment. The middle hall turned to the court." Yinxiang smiled and said, "It's in a door. Do you know whose disciple Li Fu is?" Ershan glanced at the two elder brothers and said calmly: " I know, he is Zhang Zhongtang's disciple. Because of this, I should ask Zhongtang to deal with it fairly."

Yinzhen looked Ershan up and down. He was in his thirties, with a slightly slender figure. He was dressed in flat ironed court clothes. On his fair face, the three long black beards were not messed up. In the triangular eyes, there were two big pupils. There are almost no whites in the eyes, very clean and tidy—such a young censor, who is eager to be promoted, dares to meet Zhang Tingyu’s bad luck—he suddenly feels good about it, because he said slowly: "Just follow me, let it go. This It's not a big deal, and he didn't necessarily mean it on purpose. Ting Yu has never had any views on the family, and he is so busy every day, why don't you make him feel less troubled?"

"Back to the fourth master, the minister can't obey the orders of the fourth master." Ershan bowed his head and said politely: "For the emperor, although it is not a big deal, it shows Li's character; for the common people, there are robbers in the territory. Failure to report the case will easily lead to catastrophe, which is no small matter; for Zhang Zhongtang, the more his disciples, the more he should discuss it strictly, and set an example for all officials to break the door." Yinzhen stared at Ershan for a long time, seeing Ershan looking at him calmly, without panic, he secretly praised: This person has the style of a minister.Then he nodded and said, "I'm just talking casually. Since you think you're right, just do what you want." Then he came out with Yinxiang.

When he arrived at the batch book, Yinzhen knew that it was Shi Shilun who had come.Zhang Tingyu was chatting with him here, and when he saw the two of them coming in, he quickly got up and smiled and said, "My lords, I thought you wouldn't come in, and you were going to go after finishing your work. Lao Shi is here, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate Shi Du Yu Shi Dingyou is vacant, I would like to invite him to host, old Shizheng is fighting with me!" Shi Shilun invited Yinzhen because he hadn't seen Yinxiang for a long time, and kowtowed with his hands and feet, it was Yinxiang who helped him He got up and said with a smile, "Old man, you are strong, and your face is full of red! There are tigers in Beijing who can't eat you. Tingyu, you just write a letter and call him! Yu Shi, who is not an upright official?" Shi Shilun also smiled when he said it.Seeing that the chief officer and the lord seem to be discussing something, several officers of the approval department hurriedly carried papers between them and went to the north room next door to do business and evade.

"Let's chat here." Yinzhen put on his robe and sat opposite Zhang Tingyu, "The Jiangnan inspector took bribes and let the murderer escape. He escaped and recuperated in Jining. His cousin reported it and took it. It seems that the unjust prison in Jiangnan is worse than that in Beijing. There is another reason. The bandits mistakenly suppressed good people and killed a hundred There are many people. When Lan Li conquered Taiwan, he fought against Panchang. He was a brave general. There is a reason for the incident. With this kind of credit, it is enough to forgive his crimes. How can it be so difficult to punish Xifuna, the governor of Jiangnan? Zhang Boxing went to the Ministry of Wen Acting governor’s yamen, I heard that he still refuses to hand in the seal?” Zhang Tingyu nodded and said: “Xifona is the disciple of the Eighth Lord, and he must be defeated by Long Live. Zhang Boxing is similar to Lao Shi, he has no decree, no imperial edict , With only a piece of paper, what can I do? It is the one who was not killed in the execution ground, Jining Dao is my disciple, and I regret that I should not be brave enough to get it."

The government is like this, Yinzhen really can't laugh or cry.Yinxiang smiled and said: "The country is really boring, and the criminals can't be killed even if they are dragged to the execution ground! I don't understand, what do the supervisors eat? There are also autopsies!" "Brother, the bell is ringing, how can you know what is going on in the world!" Shi Shilun said with emotion, "Last time, Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment said that it is not easy to cheat when the criminal law is established. , chop meat with a knife, chop meat into dumpling stuffing, and rice paper is not allowed to cut a knife! When the prisoner arrives at home, he will have to cut the skin with a sharp knife; if there is no money, it will take eighteen miles for a slow ox cart to die! This kind of escape from the execution ground, you can see him chopping people down, the flesh and blood are smeared, it is really scary, in fact, the muscles and throats are not broken. As long as the money is hit up, down, left, and right, you can’t be hacked to death on the execution ground——The country is boring, Thirteenth Lord Well said!"

Several people chatted for a while, Shi Shina saw Zhang Tingyu looking at his watch, so he got up and left.Yinxiang then asked: "Hengchen, seeing that the emperor is going back to Luan, you have to collect all the official business. I haven't seen our prince, and he doesn't care about everything. Long live, go back to Beijing to see what's going on. What's the matter?" Okay?" Zhang Tingyu looked up at the gray and gloomy sky outside the window, and said after a long time: "I have returned to the crown prince. Long live Lord asked Ma Qi to write to me, and kept everything simple, so I just called the Minister of Rites Confess a few words. But the defense along the way is important. Long live special decree sent to Wudan, and Wudan and Shanpuying will mediate and deploy. We just need to take care of our errands." Only then did Yinzhen Yinxiang understand, Kangxi himself had made detailed arrangements for returning to Luan in Rehe.Yinzhen also wanted to ask Kangxi where he lived when he came back, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt that it was unnecessary, so he got up and said goodbye. "Fourth Master, Thirteenth Master," Zhang Tingyu got up to send them out, and was about to go back to the study, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said: "I still want to ask something. The corruption list is in the hands of the second master." , or has it already been paid to the Crown Prince of Yuqing Palace?" Xiu Zhen raised his head and looked at the sky, and saw that the cold raindrops had already fallen. He thought for a while and replied, "The list was drafted by Lao Shisan. If the crown prince changed it, he would hand it back to me. Did the old thirteen send it back?" "I sent it back." Yinxiang asked in surprise: "This is the rule. What's wrong?" "It's nothing." Zhang Tingyu said with a smile, "Yesterday Chen Jiayou came to the study and asked me if the list was with me? I said no, and I handed it back. He still didn't believe it. I showed him the receipt, so he didn't ask again." Said He bowed and turned around.Yinzhen pondered for a moment, then asked Yinxiang: "Do you have a receipt?" Yinxiang was stunned, then smiled and said: "I never wanted these things, I gave them to Zhu Tianbao. What the hell is this? I have to hand in dozens of files every day, and I have a mulberry receipt to wipe my ass?" Yinzhen Thinking about it again, this matter is not a big deal. Yinxiang's willful and careless nature makes it hard for him to be the same as himself. Seeing that the rain was getting heavy, he smiled and said, "It looks like it's going to be cloudy this day. I'll borrow some oil from the House of Internal Affairs." Yi, it's time to go home." It rains continuously in late autumn, and there hasn’t been a single sunny day since the Double Ninth Festival. Sometimes it rains heavily, sometimes like mist, and sometimes like a sieve, falling evenly and finely. In the dense rain, there are continuous cloudy bubbles, which sometimes gather and sometimes disperse, and the muddy yellow water slowly flows into the ditch beside the street, and flows into the Jinshui River and the sea in the west of Beijing. The news of heart palpitations spread quietly in the official circles and folks: "Master Kangxi's dragon body is not in good condition, and he is seriously ill!" Although the king is different from the ordinary people, and the officials and the people are not in the same furnace, in Kangxi, the British lord who has been in power for fifty-one years, everyone is in agreement: they all look forward to Kangxi's early recovery and return to Luan.The crown prince of Yinfeng re-established and punished the ministers who recommended Yinhu again and again, which made everyone flustered and restless. Once Kangxi scolded, the ensuing great changes were obvious, so people went from door to door and paid homage to the officials in the rain. , students please see the teacher for information.The common people have another method. Some invite the gentry to come forward to sing operas in the temple. They are obviously begging to stop the rain and let the sun clear. Dozens of temples such as An Temple, Fayuan Temple, Tianning Temple, Dazhong Temple, Zhihua Temple, Dongyue Temple, Niujie Mosque, and Tanzhe Temple are full of worshiping pilgrims, asking for blessings from gods and Buddhas "Kangxi Lafayette Wan'an Longevity". While the capital was anxiously waiting, September 16th passed, and September 26th passed again, and there was still no news from Chengde.Zhang Tingyu returned Chengde's request for peace several times, saying that the holy driver had already set off. As for why he has not been to Beijing so far, and which road he took, even his protégé Chengde prefect didn't know, which made this famous The prime minister, known for his prudence and prudence, was also disturbed and frightened overnight.On the evening of the twenty-sixth, Zhang Tingyu came back from the study, took a few mouthfuls of food, thought that he would not be able to sleep at home tonight, and would go to the study to wait, half lying on the easy chair without finishing a cup of tea, he saw his family Come in and report: "Master Xiang, there is an order from the inner court!" "Who's here?" Zhang Tingyu stood up suddenly, his voice trembling with excitement: "Quick... please!" As soon as the words fell, Li Dequan, the eunuch of the Six Palaces, stepped in. Zhang Tingyu was afraid that he was coming to pass Bad news, his face was so pale that he didn't even have a trace of blood, he managed to hold it together, nodded firmly and said: "Lao Li, wait a moment, let me change my official uniform." "No need." Li Dequan smiled slightly, and stood still in the south.Zhang Tingyu straightened his robes a little, knelt down on both knees, and said in a trembling voice: "Slave Zhang Tingyu respectfully invites Sheng An!" Zhang Tingyu was relieved when he heard that Kangxi was safe, his body went limp, and he could hardly get up.The two family members had never seen the master like this before, and hurried forward to help him.Zhang Tingyu didn't bother to ask other questions, so he said, "What's the matter? Even Ma Qi didn't write me a letter! The capital also rumored that the emperor is not in good health. As a minister in charge of the guards, I don't even know where the emperor is!" "Your majesty returned to Beijing this morning in disguise." Li Dequan said, "In the afternoon, he took Wu Dan to inspect the garrison in the west of Beijing in the rain, and went to Tanzhe Temple to offer incense and beg to stop the rain. Zhang Xiang goes in." After saying that, he changed his smiling face, beat down a thousand sons, and said: "The decree was delivered just now. Here we give Zhang Xiang a blessing!" Zhang Tingyu opened his mouth wide, he was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses, he hurriedly changed his clothes and hung up the court beads, while asking: "Who else did the emperor call?" Li Dequan lowered his voice and said: "You are the first to know. About the matter of the crown prince, the emperor summoned you and wanted to deal with it immediately. The crown prince has done something bad!" Zhang Tingyu felt a "buzz", and his ears rang for a while, and he didn't speak anymore, and he didn't take the sedan chair. He ordered people to lead the horse and change the oil Yi jumped up and ordered again: "Bring me food in the middle of the night!" With his legs clamped, the horse disappeared into the rainy night like a gust of wind.When he got to the double gates of the east gate of Changchun Garden, Zhang Tingyu took out his pocket watch, and when he looked at it by the flickering palace lanterns, it took half a quarter before Xuzheng was reached.Zhang Tingyu was hesitating whether to wait for Li Dequan to catch up and go in together or to see him immediately, Zhang Wu who was waiting in the guard's room trotted over, helped him off the horse, and said: "Long Live Lord just had dinner, Ma Zhongtang and Ma Zhongtang Fang Xiangzheng is talking with me." Zhang Tingyu said nothing, just nodded and followed inside.Now it was raining harder, looking through the rain curtain, the palace lanterns far and near were all blurred.Raindrops hit the dark bamboo forest and lush trees indiscriminately, and there was no sound at all. The whistle wind came, and the smell was so cold that the whole body was shivering.When Tan Ning lived next to His Majesty Qiandan's big bronze crane, Zhang Tingyu's lower body was already drenched.Standing in the porch to calm down a little, twisted the corner of the robe, and listened carefully, it was Fang Bao who was talking: "Xian Zhongxuan's "Recalling Jiangmei", the master said that the notes were trivial. In fact, he was being imprisoned at that time, life and death Unexpectedly. There are no plums in the north, and I am afraid that people will not understand, so I annotated them in detail. In fact, the poems are sad and touching. Since the master can’t remember clearly, I will recite it for the master: Tianya Chuguan recalls Jiangmei, a few branches bloom, so that Came from the south, and brought Yuhang Chunxin to Yantai. I would like to chat with Hanying far away, and who should be sold out across the mountains and rivers? Who should I go to? Laughing and picking pistils based on daydreams, breaking the ileum, and thinking about my hometown. Playing, I don’t feel my soul flying. I also listen to Hu Jia’s mourning and tears staining his clothes, randomly inserting his prosperous beards, waiting for a lonely day, afraid of the east wind, blowing overnight.” Zhang Tingyu did not expect that Kangxi was still in the mood to talk about poetry at this time, flustered mood Immediately calmed down, he coughed lightly and said, "Long live my servant Zhang Tingyu!" "Is Tingyu here?" Kangxi was lying on the kang leaning on the big welcoming pillow to doze off, sat up and said, "Come in!" Zhang Tingyu promised to step in, but saw Ma Qi and Fang Bao sitting on Kangxi's side Before the bed, kowtowed and invited An to look at Kangxi, his expression was the same, only a little thinner.For some reason, Zhang Tingyu had a sore nose and almost burst into tears.Kangxi smiled and said: "You are also a woman? Isn't this good? Get up!" Zhang Tingyu wiped his eyes and stood up, forced a smile and said: "I have lost contact with Shengjia for more than ten days, and it is a normal festival. This is too abnormal. The slave must first remonstrate with Long Live, this matter can be done once and never again!" Kangxi stared The dragon and phoenix candle on the case nodded after a long time, and said: "You are very right. This matter can never be done again, and there will be no such 'again'. At this moment, Zhao Fengchun has entered the city according to the order. The soldiers of Shanpuying took over the defense of the Forbidden City, and escorted Yinfeng to Xian'an Palace for temporary imprisonment. At the same time, Thirteen Baylor Yinxiang was taken!" Zhang Tingyu was prepared in his heart, but once confirmed, he was still surprised and paled His face was startled, and he murmured: "I don't know what happened to the second master?" "That's right," Ma Qi saw Kangxi beckoning to him, leaned forward and said, "August 120,000 years old felt the wind and cold, and ordered to build a funeral ceremony in a building with high mountains and long rivers to beg for blessings. When clearing the venue, he dug up the 'quick death' of Nightmare Town's long live At that time, he ordered all the palaces to search, and in more than a dozen places in Yanyulou and Yanbozhishuangzhai, nightmare monsters and magical artifacts were found. According to the eunuch's secret interrogation, it was Lingpu's envoy. Got it on the 13th Ling Pu, Mr. Fang and I were interrogated together. Ling Pu handed over the affidavit of blood pledging between him and fourteen people including Tuo Heqi, Zhu Tianbao, and Geng Suotu. General confession, when Long live returns to Luan, Miyun will block the road and hijack the car. Fang Bao and I have discussed several times, and after asking for instructions, we will issue an edict and return to Beijing on September 16 to see what happens. In fact, we only set off on September 16 , took the Xifengkou, and came back from the east." Although Ma Qi said dryly, the context was still clear, and Zhang Tingyu was covered in cold sweat. This treacherous villain really dared to play Kangxi's idea!After thinking about it, he asked again: "The holy car doesn't pass by Miyun. What's the movement there?" Withdraw the command arrow again." Zhang Tingyu frowned and thought for a long time, bowed and said: "The slave already understands. Please pay attention to Long Live. Yinfeng may not personally participate in these matters. The small people want to support the cause and create a big rebellion. Take credit for success." It is possible to blame the master for failure." Fang Bao giggled and said, "Heng Chen, Long Live thought of what you said. But the prince doesn't cultivate morality, doesn't care about things, and is surrounded by small groups. Abandon Mengen and revive, all kinds of bad deeds have not been repented. The husband of the world is also a public weapon, and the monarch carries it on behalf of the sky. Long live for decades, it has been hard to create, and it is today's scale. Can you entrust someone like Yinfeng?" Zhang Tingyu said Kneeling on the ground in a long robe, his voice was trembling and choked with sobs: "The servant is not afraid of abolishing the prince, nor is he feeling sorry for the second master. But the truth is shocking. Once it is all revealed, the Tian family will be transformed, and the court will create a big prison. The historical annals passed down to later generations hurt the emperor's sagely rule... The meaning of the slave, can we involve fewer people and keep things more secret, so as to save the dignity of the Tian family. Besides, the thirteenth master, the slave dares to be a guarantor, isn't he A princeling is an elder brother who sincerely works for the country!" "I'll tell you about Elder Brother Thirteen later." Kangxi sighed, stepped off his shoes and got off the kang, and said as he walked, "Get up, and draw up an imperial edict for me. I will dictate it, and you write it!" Zhang Tingyu got up, the inner coat was already sticking to his back with sweat, and he stared at Kangxi with pen and ink, and listened to Kangxi's words carefully said: "Because of Yinfeng's surly behavior, he was once imprisoned, and then I bowed to my illness, thinking of the kindness of my father and son, and forgive me. In this issue, I have changed my past, but I did not know that Yi's surly heart was revealed from the day he was released. For several years, the illness of Kuangyi has not been cured, and it is impossible to tell right from wrong. , Disappointing the hearts of the people. He has a cruel nature and forms a party with a villain. He endangers the country and desecrates the sacred weapon. The ancestor Hongye must not entrust this person, so Yinfeng will be detained and guarded!" He dictated, Zhang Tingyu wrote quickly, and saw Kangxi stop After pondering, he said: "The phrase 'endangering the country and desecrating the divine weapon' seems to be too strong. This is a great crime of treason, and I'm afraid it will cause controversy." "Okay, delete it." Kangxi nodded and continued, "Written like this-although Yinfeng has no different intentions from the emperor's father, but if there is something unexpected about me in the younger generation, it will be related to my reputation for the rest of my life...Release before At that time, I had already warned, 'If you are good, you will be the crown prince, otherwise you will be imprisoned again', which has been detailed in the daily notes. Now it is hopeless, so it is still deposed." After he finished speaking, Zhang Tingyu also stopped writing.Kangxi took it over and looked at it, and said: "Okay, let's make it clear like this. One more sentence-all ministers and workers are my ministers, each of you should never forget, devote your heart to the Lord, and share peace. If there is any later, please ask the emperor The crown prince has changed his ways to do good, and if he should be released, I will punish him for lying! This is it!" After the imperial edict was written, Kangxi, Zhang Tingyu, and Fang Bao silently stared at the ink dripping rice paper, without saying a word for a long time.Ma Qi said: "After the crown prince was abolished last time, the edict ordered the crown prince to be elected together, causing the city to be full of storms. This time, I ask the Sacred Heart of Long Live to be silent and establish a new crown prince early to calm people's hearts." Zhang Tingyu dared to think about this matter in his heart, so he looked up Kangxi. "No more." Kangxi said, "I am determined not to establish a crown prince." Zhang Tingyu shuddered, put down his pen, knelt down and said, "Long live..." "I know what you want to say, don't say it. Get up Let's go!" Seeing Zhang Tingyu kneeling and refusing to get up, Fang Bao, who had been silent for a long time, sighed and said, "Tingyu, the system of our court is different from that of the previous Ming Dynasty. Brothers all set up a mansion to build teeth and do errands. The disaster of the wall!" Zhang Tingyu stood up suspiciously, and said, "Is this Fang Linggao's idea?" Fang Bao smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether it is true or not. Song Renzong did not have a prince for thirty years, and neither Taizu nor Emperor Taizong established a prince. Isn't it still peaceful?" "The so-called not establishing a crown prince is just not publicly establishing a crown prince." Fang Bao raised his mouse beard, and his eyes shone brightly. , once the dragon returns to the sea, the country will have a new king. When the emperor is alive, no one will know who is the prince and how much right and wrong has been established?" This is really an unprecedented way to establish a prince, Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu couldn't help but be dumbfounded!But Kangxi glanced at him fiercely, and said, "Only the three of you know about this matter. Whoever leaks out, I will take his head!"