Chapter 22 The twenty-second round

When Kangxi returned to the Forbidden City, Zhang Wanqiang was anxiously waiting at the Shenwu Gate.Seeing him coming back, he hurried forward, and before he could say hello, he paused and said, "Well, my master! You're still here, you're still here, you're so anxious to kill this slave!" Kangxi saw that his head was sweating profusely and his face was yellow, so he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Zhang Wanqiang looked around and saw no one else, so he hurried up and said, "Ao Zhongtang handed over the sign just now. Sitting in the Wenhua Hall, he said he had something important to do, so he must see you! There is no other way, so the slave had to say, the master is resting I feel, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager ordered that the big things have to wait for the master to get up before talking about it! Well, if it's a little later, won't you be exposed?"

Kangxi's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: "I've never seen you at noon, could it be that he smelled something?" After a pause, he said: "I just said that I just got up and relaxed my muscles and bones in the imperial garden, and told him to come to the imperial garden to relax. Come in the garden." Then he told Wei Dongting, "You also come in with me, and practice kung fu together." It was Kangxi's temporary decision to meet Obai in the Royal Garden.Instead of rushing to the upper study to summon him in a hurry, it is better to let Ao Bai run a few more steps, this is considered "reverse the guest".When Aobai arrived with Murima and Nemo, he had lifted the stone lock several times and was practicing archery.

Obai walked into the garden, and did not meet him, and stood on the side with a smile to watch, but Kangxi was practicing, turned around quickly, and a loud arrow whizzed straight towards Obai's face.Murima turned pale with fright, and took a quick step forward to stop it, before it was too late!But Oboi stood motionless as if nothing had happened. When the arrow flew in front of him, he stretched out his hand and caught it in his hand, but it turned out to be an arrowhead wrapped in sandbags... Kangxi dropped his bow on the ground, and the two looked at each other haha laughing out loud.Wei Dongting, Murima, and Namo also laughed dryly in false alarm.

Kangxi patted the ashes on his body and came forward, Oboi said with a smile: "Master is good at archery, it almost scares the old minister!" Kangxi also laughed and said: "It's really worthy of being a general, good technique! I'm just playing for fun. Please come here Sit on the side." Then he asked Oboi to sit on the stone drum under the shade of the tree in front of the imperial pavilion, raised his head and asked, "What's the matter, so urgent?" Aobai took out a booklet from his sleeve, cupped his hands and presented it: "Wu Gui, King of Pingxi, please transfer two million grains of grain from Wuhu to finance the military supply. Please issue an order from the lord."

"I want to learn from Shenzong and become the emperor of Taiping comfortably, so don't worry about it." Kangxi smiled and shook his head, looking absent-minded, "You have already done things bigger than this, so why worry about it?" .” Aobai said: "That's not the case, it is necessary to send a capable minister to Wuhu, the amount is too great. Kangxi asked slowly: "Who do you want to see?" Obai replied without thinking, "I think Suo'etu is better." Kangxi smiled and tried to keep calm on the surface, but in his heart he wanted to kick the flesh-faced guy in front of him to death.Picking his teeth, he hesitated and said: "A few days ago, General Fengtian rushed six hundred miles away, and reported that the Raksha Kingdom invaded the Outer Xing'an Mountains, and its power should not be underestimated. I want to entrust Suo'etu to handle this task. Wait a while and see, If Rakshasa doesn't retreat, he will have to go. He is familiar with the situation in that area..."

Aobai thought to himself, "If Suo'etu really went to Waixing'an Mountains, he might freeze to death and die in battle. If he loses the battle, he will never come back. It would be better than going to Wuhu." Before he had time to think about it, he asked again: "My lord sees Wuhu. Who is it good to send?" "What do you think of Bumbleshan?" Kangxi stared at Oboi with provocative eyes and asked.Aobai shook his head again and again and said, "No way. The servant is very busy there, he is the only one who knows the affairs of the household department, and once he leaves, he will be very busy."

Kangxi smiled secretly, thinking about it: + Then I have to work harder for Ye Bilong.He is not in good health and has not been in court for more than half a year.You go and tell him, fortunately, he can finish his job in half a year, and he can also go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to recuperate from his illness, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. " Obai said: "Since the Holy Majesty said so, this afternoon the servant will find out." After discussing important matters, Obai got up to leave.Kangxi smiled and said: "I have heard for a long time that Qing's martial arts are extraordinary, and today I am just having a good time. Please demonstrate it and show me how you like it?" Kangxi waved his hand and said, "Why be too modest, please!"

Aobai said "presumptuous", he took off his tasseled hat with a coral top, and handed it to Murima along with the pilgrimage beads. In a gauze poplin dress, without braiding her hair, she immediately changed into a posture of "burning the sky", raised her breath and kicked her feet violently, and picked up a lake stone weighing more than three hundred kilograms with one hand with a "squeak" He lifted it up and turned it around twice underground, the stone in his hand seemed to be fixed in mid-air. Kangxi was dazzled.Aobai suddenly threw the stone up, more than five feet above his head, turned his body to the side, and put his palms flat on the ground.The stone fell quickly and hit the back of his hand with a "squeak" sound, and went straight into the soil for more than two inches!Kangxi and everyone exclaimed.Aobai pulled his hand violently, and slashed at the rock like lightning, splitting the big rock into two pieces instantly.

Wei Dongting saw it clearly, secretly horrified.He has long heard people say that Oboi's martial arts are excellent, and seeing him today, he has really reached the point of perfection.Murima and Namo stood beside them, although it was inconvenient to applaud, they looked very satisfied.When watching Kangxi, he didn't seem to care, holding a sandalwood fan and watching with great interest.Aobai was able to practice, and casually grabbed two fist-sized pebbles from the ground, and with a "hey" grip, the stones shattered with each other.Then he smiled and patted the ashes on his hands and slowly dressed, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is laughing."

Kangxi stuffed the fan into his sleeves and said with a smile: "The country has such a brave general as Qing, so I can rest easy." Then he turned to Wei Dongting and said, "Go find some young men, all of them are sixteen or seventeen years old. Yes, practice kung fu with me." Wei Dongting hastily responded, "Zha—" He peeked at Oboi, seeing that he didn't mind.He said again, "I'll find this servant for the Holy One tomorrow." Obai laughed and said, "When I was seven years old, I began to practice martial arts with a famous teacher. Long live, I'm in a hurry to practice now. I'm afraid it's too late." Kangxi He laughed and said, "Of course you have to go to war. I'm just relaxing my muscles and bones. How can it be true!"

Ye Bilong received the imperial envoy to go to Wuhu and issued an edict, he was really overjoyed.After a busy night, packing luggage, ordering servants, hiring boatmen, and hiring masters... He wished he could leave Beijing earlier to avoid this troublesome place. For half a year, he watched with cold eyes while "disease", feeling that both the emperor and Oboi were not easy to mess with.Like two whirlwinds, expanding their power.If you get close to any vortex by chance, you will feel strong wind blowing in your face, and there is a huge gravitational force pulling you towards the center.He understands that with his own identity, no matter which side he gets involved in, it will be very dangerous.When these two whirlwinds meet together, what will be the result? Will it pull up trees and build up houses like a tornado, making the government unmanageable? He didn't dare to think too much, but couldn't help thinking about it.After he fell ill, Oboi and Bumbleshan visited him twice; Kangxi also sent Xiong Cilu and Wei Dongting to visit him twice.Every time someone came, it brought him new uneasiness.Sometimes he feels like he is alone in a small boat floating in the vast sky and water, and one day he will fall into a bottomless abyss.For everything that happened in the court, he had to break it apart, put it together, crush it, and pinch it again to weigh it.If the "sickness" continues, I'm afraid I will really fall ill.At this moment, he received an errand to handle food affairs, and he was able to leave Beijing in a dignified way. How could he not be happy? After a busy night, the next day he hurriedly went to Qianqing Palace to resign and ask for training.Kangxi sent word that he wanted to meet him in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Looking at the haggard man kneeling in front of him, seeing him with gray beard and hair, skinny, as if he had aged a lot, Kangxi couldn't help feeling a sense of pity and sympathy: Yes, if Ye Bilong is forced to Contrary to Oboi openly confronting the two armies, I am afraid that he will also end up in Sukesaha's end.At present, he is willing to stick to it and still has a conscience.Dazed for a while, suddenly found that Ye Bilong was still kneeling, sighed lightly and said: "Get up and sit down!" Ye Bilong kowtowed.When he sat on the wooden stool at the bottom and raised his eyes, Wei Dongting stood behind Kangxi like a Dharma protector.Lang Tan and other new guards transferred from Yuqing Palace also all have their chests and bellies raised, looking very mighty.Kangxi sat on it calmly, shaking a lacquered folding fan, looking very chic.At this time, I heard Kangxi ask: "I have sent people to visit you a few times, are you feeling better?" Ye Bilong blushed, and hurriedly bowed back to play: "The disease of the slave dog and horse, I will pay my respects to you." ! Thanks to Master Hong Fu, she has recovered in recent days." Kangxi said: "How do you feel about going to Wuhu to handle food?" Ye Bilong hurriedly replied: "This matter is of great importance, and the servant must handle it properly." Ye Bilong was shaken by the edict, and Fang wanted to ask, so he heard Kangxi continue: "What kind of food does Wu Sangui lack? He mints money, cooks salt, and makes weapons by himself. Can’t feed more than a hundred thousand people?” Seeing that Ye Bilong was in a daze, Kangxi emphasized, “Beijing is short of food! There are more than 500,000 people stationed in the Green Battalion of the Eight Banners in Beijing, Zhizhi and Shandong. , is there no shortage of food instead!" He said the word "man-made disaster" eloquently.Ye Bilong's heart skipped a beat: at Kangxi's age, Beijingers call him a "half-pile kid" who doesn't know anything.It was said that Kangxi only knew how to hunt and play buku games all day long, and he didn't pay much attention to government affairs. Who would have thought that he was so familiar with the situation and so decisive!When peeping, Kangxi was also staring at him with piercing eyes, and hurriedly replied: "What the Holy Majesty said is absolutely true!" "It's like a full man doesn't know a hungry man is hungry!" Kangxi said: "You go to Wuhu this time. Within a year, you have to deal with 6 million stone grains, which will be secretly transferred from the canal to the north to listen to my dispatch. If the canal is blocked, return It is necessary to raise money and recruit workers on the spot." Ye Bilong stood up and prostrated himself on the ground, and began to play: "If the central government of the capital is assisted by a minister, and the king of Pingxi sends someone to ask for food, please let me know how to deal with it." "It's up to you to figure it out yourself." Kangxi laughed, "The ancients said that the general is out, and the king's life will not be tolerated!" Ye Bilong remained silent. Kangxi knew what he meant, and said with a sneer, "I'm the one who decides for you, so don't worry about it. Well, I'll just help you again. But I also want to tell you, if it goes wrong, I'll punish you with ease!" Picking up a vermilion pen, he wrote an imperial decree, "The matter of Ye Bilong's grain raising is a special decree for the imperial envoy, and internal and external ministers and workers are not allowed to interfere, hereby!" After writing, he threw it to Ye Bilong, "This is enough for you to deal with. You are a smart person, take care of yourself!" Seeing that Kangxi did not speak anymore, Ye Bilong thought over and over again, and finally said: "The command of the Holy Majesty, I will keep it in mind. Although the current political situation is peaceful, there are hidden worries, and the south is not peaceful. I hope the Holy Majesty will pay attention." "It's still like a word." Kangxi nodded and smiled, "It's good that you understand. Kneel down!" As soon as Ye Bilong left, Kangxi drove to Qianqing Palace, and saw Sun Dianchen, Mingzhu, Zhao Fengchun, Mu Zixu, Stubborn Donkey, Hao Laosi and others waiting at the gate of Yuehua.Seeing Sheng Jia approaching from a distance, everyone knelt down.Only Sun Dianchen greeted you with a happy face and said: "Master, we are here to relieve your boredom." Kangxi looked at these people and turned around and asked, "Just these few?" Wei Dongting hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "According to the master's order, it will take a few days to add more. Did the master forget?" Only then did Kangxi remember, waved them up and asked them their names one by one.He was particularly interested in Mingzhu, and said with a smile, "That's a good name, is it the Pearl of the Palm, or the Pearl of the Earth?" When Mingzhu met the emperor for the first time, she was a little nervous at first, but when she saw Kangxi's easy-going words, she boldly replied: "My servant is willing to be the jewel in the emperor's plate!" Kangxi nodded, and asked Hao Laosi again: "Are you the fourth?" Hao Laosi replied according to Wei Dongting's prior care: "The slave's real name is Hao Chuncheng. Since I was young, I was not afraid of anything except heaven, earth, and the emperor, so people called me Hao Laosi!" "Okay, if you know how to respect heaven and fear life, you can be regarded as a well-behaved person!" After finishing speaking, he asked, "Where is another stubborn donkey? Come to me!" The stubborn donkey heard this, stepped forward a few steps, knelt down on the ground and kowtowed.Kangxi smiled and asked, "So what do you do?" "I did business with no capital." The stubborn donkey had long forgotten Wei Dongting's care, "But that was a few years ago, and I haven't killed anyone in the past few years." Wei Dongting and Mu Zixu were worried, but Hearing Kangxi laugh loudly: "Get up, it's better to be your old self!" Then he asked Wei Dongting: "These few friends of yours probably all have not cultivated good fruits in their lives?" Wei Dongting knew that "I don't cultivate good fruits in my life" is a sentence in the verse left by Lu Zhishen sitting on the bank of the Qiantang River in "Water Margin", and the next line is "I only know how to kill and set fire".He hurriedly replied with a smile: "Except for Mingzhu, they are all, but if you follow the master, you will be successful in a few years." "Okay." Kangxi said, "Go and tell the respect room, and give them each a share of money and food, and enshrine them according to the eighth grade. Once a month, the general manager will come to you." Speaking of this, Zhang Wanqiang and Su Aunt Ma La came over and said: "From now on, I will go to the palace every day as a servant, and I don't need to bring any equipment, just play boxing. Wei Dongting, I leave this to you." After finishing speaking, he went back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. After Kangxi left, Wei Dongting called several people together and said, "Master, I heard everything! From now on, you are all officials of the imperial court, so you have to behave yourself. You have to follow every step you take, and follow every word you say." Come on the rules! Since the master asked me to do this job, I have to let go of my brother's loyalty. Whoever wants to make a mistake in this Forbidden City, let alone big brother, I can't save you, even if I save you, the family law will not forgive! " He said these words with a straight face, and everyone had to listen respectfully.Only the stubborn donkey turned his head away and muttered something.Seeing that everyone was speechless, Wei Dongting continued: "Every day at Chenshi and Shenshi, we each work as errands in Rijingmen and Yuanhuamen. When the master comes, he will accompany the master, and if the master does not come, we will wait for the errands. When we get home, we will still Dude." After Wei Dongting finished speaking, he led everyone through the rainy road, entered the Yuehua Gate, and met Ban Burshan coming down from Qianqing Palace head-on.When Bumble saw Wei Dongting, he stopped and looked carefully.Wei Dongting hurriedly stepped forward and made a half-runway: "Greetings to Master Ban." Bumble was smiling all over his face, and quickly pulled Wei Dongting up with his hand and said, "Wei Junmen, why bother? You are—" Seeing him staring at Mu Zixu, Wei Dongting quickly smiled and said: "Oh, these are the newly selected low-grade servants, they are here to play with the emperor." Said: "Okay! Everyone is a young hero, and they have endless prospects!" Wei Dongting laughed and said, "Your Excellency praised them, look at their appearance, with black eyebrows and fierce eyes, they don't look like heroic youths!" After finishing the second sentence People laughed heartily.