Chapter 30 The Thirtyth Chapter of Hong Jinglue’s Rebellion

Kangxi said good night to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and it was time to light the lamps when they returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.La Aunt Su Ma sat on the footrest and was burying her head in looking at a piece of paper, but she didn't realize that he had come in. Kangxi smiled and said, "Wanniang, what are you looking at, so concentrated?" Only then did La Aunt Su Ma raise her head: "Ah, the emperor is back. Mr. Wu went to Feng's Garden today to copy these poems and came back. The servant is about to present them to the emperor."

Kangxi took it over and took a look. It turned out to be a sad poem written by an old man from the Ming Dynasty who missed his hometown. He couldn't help frowning, "Well... what does Mr. Wu think of it?" Seeing Kangxi's solemn expression, Aunt Su Ma said, "Mr. Wu thought that these poems were all written by old people from the Ming Dynasty. These people have backbone, not to mention talents, but it's a pity that they don't know the general principles and don't follow the trend. They don’t follow the people’s sentiments, don’t understand reason, and don’t understand that it’s caused by fate, so we can’t say how to persuade them right now.”

Lianxi listened; he remained silent.These words are right on his heart disease: Master Shunzhi won the world immediately, but I can't cure it immediately.It is a big deal that these Confucian celebrities from the previous Ming Dynasty refused to be used by me.We can't kill them all; but we can't let them scatter in forests and springs, chant the wind and moon, and criticize current affairs.That way, it's a pity that the talent is still second, and it will be a big deal to disturb people's hearts.Thinking of this, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Mr. Wu, did you say any good strategies for these people?"

Aunt Su Ma replied: "Back to the master, Mr. Wu said that he does not agree with these people. However, people have their own ambitions, and there are not many of them. Why should Long Live worry about this? Besides, I don't think about it now. It's about time." Kangxi sighed deeply: "No, think about this matter a little further. You should know that they are all talents, and I can't bear to abandon the mountains and fields. And if the righteous way is not good, evil will arise." See Su Mala The aunt was listening intently, when Kangxi continued: "Sister Man, have you heard the story of Hong Chengchou's banquet in the south of the Yangtze River?"

So Kangxi told Lagu Su Ma this sensational story in the early Qing Dynasty: In the seventh year of Shunzhi, Dole Zhong captured Jiangning, and half of the southern rivers and mountains belonged to the Qing Dynasty. The overall situation of the country has been roughly determined.Dorgon returned to Beijing to report to the king, leaving Hong Chengchou to guard Jinling.This Hong Chengchou was originally a trusted minister of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. He served as the governor of Jiliao and commanded troops outside Shanhaiguan to resist the Qing army.Unexpectedly, the general was arrogant and lost the war.As a result, the entire army was annihilated, and old man Hong became a prisoner of the Qing army.Emperor Chongzhen was a headstrong person.The government is chaotic, and the eyes and ears are not strong.He believed the rumors and thought that Hong Chengchou would definitely die by cursing the enemy, so he ordered people to build a news agency ancestral hall for Hong Chengchou in the capital. Loyal minister, use this to boost morale.Unexpectedly, on the morning of the opening ceremony, news came that Hong Chengchou had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.Chongzhen was so angry that he almost lost his temper.

After Hong Chengchou surrendered, he did make great contributions to the entry of the Qing army.Dorgon kept him in Jinling because he wanted to use Hong Chengchou's prestige in the former Ming Dynasty to call on scholars in the south of the Yangtze River to submit to the Qing Dynasty.Because he won the trust of Emperor Shunzhi and Dorgon, Hong Chengchou was also full of ambitions. In Jinling City, he held a three-day banquet to reward the soldiers of the whole army and pay homage to the souls of the Southern Expedition.For the first two days, everything was going well, but at noon on the third day, while eating, a notice came from the door saying that a student surnamed Wu asked to see his teacher, Mr. Hong.After he was brought in, he was not polite and did not drink, but he said to Hong Chengchou:

"The teacher's pommel horse is exhausted, and the students have been through wars and chaos, and their studies have been neglected. Recently, I got a wonderful article, and I want to appreciate it with the teacher." When Hong Chengchou heard this, he became impatient.We are having wine here.What article to read.then said: "My old eyes are dim, and I can't read the article clearly." "Maybe, teacher, sit still and wait for the students to read to you." After speaking, he took out a volume of documents from his sleeve and started reading aloud.It doesn't matter after reading this, it made Hong Chengchou blush and feel ashamed.The people who were full of seats did not change their colors.It turned out that this article was exactly the "Memory of Hong Chengchou" written by Emperor Chongzhen himself.In a fit of anger, Hong Chengchou killed the man surnamed Wu.

After hearing this, La Aunt Su Ma was also taken aback: "Long live, why is this man so bold!" "It's not bold, but I think it has backbone. If I was there at that time, I would never let Hong Chengchou kill him." "Why, they were loyal to the Ming Dynasty and resisted the Qing Dynasty, can you also forgive the rabbit?" Aunt Su Ma asked puzzled. Kangxi said solemnly: "Yes. Scholars of letters are all serious about integrity. They read the book, holding the idea that loyal ministers are not two masters, can they kill them all? If I can explain it with reason and move it with emotion Let them get rid of this idea, regardless of Manchu and Han, and help the Qing Dynasty together, literati and bachelors. All for my use, what's wrong with that!"

Aunt Su Ma nodded and said: "Long Live is extremely concerned. This is a big deal, and my slaves dare not comment on it. However, Long Live's own dragon position is the top priority. Only when this end is taken care of can we think about other things." What about it?" Kangxi knew that Aunt Su Ma was right.The external aggression is not over yet, internal worries are looming day by day, and his throne is in jeopardy. ——Those long-term considerations are all things that the Taiping Emperor thinks about, and I have more important things to do now!Kangxi closed his eyes in pain.Seeing him sitting upright with eyes closed, Aunt Su Ma thought he was sleepy, so she hurriedly lighted benzoin and put it in the incense burner, and ordered the maids to remove the big lamp, leaving only a candle lamp with a red gauze cover on the table. Then he approached and asked for instructions: "Long live Lord, it's time to rest."

"I don't need it, I have to think about something more. You can tell them to go down, and you can wait here. You are sleepy, just lean on the smoke cage below. Aunt Su Ma had no choice but to dismiss the servants as she said, and took a nap by herself beside the smoked cage. Kangxi sat for a while, but he felt that all kinds of worries were gathered, and all kinds of threads came: Oboi's arrogance and lawlessness have reached such a point that he dared to openly pretend to be rebellious, search the minister's house for evil, and plot to wipe out the king!Although there are many personal guards in Ouchi, but the strength that is really in their hands, there are very few who can be rushed.At first glance, people are suspicious.Although I still accept the worship of internal and external ministers every day in Qianqing Palace, but as the supreme emperor, I feel like an "outsider".Hmph, this is all a joke to fool me!Youda Inner City, the emperor doesn't know where his safe place is, it's really chilling to think about it.

He suddenly thought that if he wanted to kill Oboi, he must be in Da Nei.Because outside, Oboi's fierce generals are like clouds, and counselors are like rain, so how can he succeed!Of course the three halls won't work.So Jiaotai Hall, Fengxian Hall, Yangxin Hall, Tiyuan Hall, Qin'an Hall, Wenhua Hall, Wuying Hall, Shang Study Room... which one is the best?He thought about it one by one, in addition to analyzing the personnel there, he also had to take into account the terrain, the secrets of defense, and even the retreat.Suddenly his mind flashed, and he thought of the place "Yuqing Palace".He opened his eyes and stared at the red light on the desk.The palace here is deep, but not too remote. The road loops around, and dragons and tigers can be hidden.Moreover, Sun Dianchen, the chief guard of Yuqing Palace, is his confidant, and all the guards including Lang Jiao are friends of the dead Wohe, so it can work here! But Sun Dianchen and others are doing such an extremely confidential matter, can he only have me in his heart like Wei Dongting! Thinking of this, Kangxi suddenly got up and came to Lagu Su Ma.He was about to call her, but he heard her quiet voice, and knew that she had fallen asleep, so he turned back and took a robe and covered her lightly.Unexpectedly, Aunt Su Ma suddenly opened her eyes, turned over and sat up and asked, "Is there something wrong, Master?" Kangxi lowered his voice: "Tomorrow night, I want to see Sun Dianchen and Lang Jian/"Sun Dianchen? " Kangxi nodded firmly. Aunt Su Ma pondered for a while, her eyes sparkled.Said: "Slave understands, where can I see you?" Kangxi said calmly, "Go to Xiao Weizi's house, you arrange this matter, keep it a secret!" Aunt Su Ma nodded and said: "The slave will handle this matter, the master can rest assured." But he said that Xiao Maozi, who worked as an errand in the royal tea room of the palace, sent all the money for buying medicine for his mother to the casino, and lost everything quietly and had nothing to do. He is a dutiful son, because his father passed away early, and his mother was a widow and brought him and his elder brother to suffer for twelve years.Later, the elder brother married his sister-in-law and separated, leaving him and his mother aside.The old lady had to sew and wash clothes for others to live.Unexpectedly, my mother is getting old, and her body is failing.In the twelfth lunar month, I washed my clothes and froze my hands. In autumn, my joints were swollen and so painful that I couldn't even do sewing. My sister-in-law is not good, and my brother secretly helped me: how can I raise two live! Just at this time, there was an important person in the palace, and the little boy had nowhere to go, so he felt angry, "Sneakily cleansed himself, and earned two and a half monthly allowances to support his old lady. After hearing this, the old lady panicked, her eyes dimmed, From then on, he became blind. In order to treat his mother, Xiao Maozi couldn't stop stealing some small things from the palace to get money from the ghost market. Otherwise, he won a few money to treat his mother by relying on his cleverness. Fortunately, the palace There are many such things. No one cares about it. It was very cold this winter, and seeing my mother struggling to survive, I lost my bet again. Cousin Wen didn't dare to ask for it.Although it is said that it will never fail, it is really embarrassing to ask for scolding once, and the family is also a big family.Wei Dongting's there.He does respond to every request, but he asks too many times, and he can't open his mouth.In desperation, I slipped into the imperial kitchen and my cook Ah San exchanged a few. Ah San is the godson of Nemo.Hearing what he came for, he sneered and said, "I'm going to sweep your face today. I'll lend you money, regardless of the principal, and you won't even pay the interest. I'm tight! Your mother is sick. , you are acting filial piety, you should give it, but you can't ask me to fill this bottomless pit for you?" Xiao Maozi looked at Ah San's tense face, and cursed in his heart: "What the hell! You stole a lot of porcelain from the kitchen just because you recognized a godfather. Why, just show this face!" But he was giggling: "I still owe third brother fourteen taels, what is this worth to you! You always lend me a few more and sell it next month. I also want to pay off the trousers, how about it?" "Monkey bastard, it's yours!" Ah San laughed, "I shouldn't have lent it to you, it's my fault. I still have three coins here, and you can use it to buy medicine. The principal and profit will not be clear next month, so be careful." I will sue the big guard of Namo, and I will beat you to death!" Xiao Maozi had no choice but to pick it up, and when he went out, he saw a small Jun kiln tureen on the ledge, only the size of a fist, and two big green hydrofoil cicadas were burned on the mouth of the bowl, as if drinking wine on the mouth of the bowl. Extremely expensive.I don't know which courtier Gong came from outside, he looked at it and no one cared, so he copied it and stuffed it into the cup before leaving.Ah San could see clearly through the glass of the door, but said nothing. In the evening, Xiao Maozi waited for the water in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and heard that Ah San brought four little cooks to send the unused imperial food to the gate of Qianqing to reward the guards on duty at night, and waited for the chief supervisor of the Palace of Mental Cultivation to carry it away. Water, packed up and was about to go back to the room to rest.Suddenly seeing Nemo striding forward, he hurriedly stood up with his hands down, and said with an apologetic smile, "Master Nemo, have you eaten?" Namo let out a "hum" with a livid face, stepped into the tea set and tea room without looking back, and stood in the middle to search around.Xiao Maozi didn't know well, so he picked up a chair with a smile and said, "Sit down, and I'll make you some tea right away. Do you drink Longjing or Pu'er?" Namo sneered with a wave of his hand : "Don't do this with me! Let me ask you, what did you steal in the big kitchen today?" "Big kitchen?" Xiaomaozi's head exploded, his face immediately turned pale, and he forced a smile: "I went to the third brother to borrow money. How dare I lose something. How dare I touch the belongings there?" "I'll make you stiff-mouthed in a while!" Namo raised his hand and wanted to hit him, but stopped after thinking about it, opened the tea cabinet by himself, and rummaged through it. The gaiwan was not in the tea cabinet, but Xiao Maozi knew something was wrong, if he was turned around like this, he would be found out.The bachelor doesn't want to suffer from the immediate disadvantages, Xiao Maozi stepped forward and stopped him with a smile: "This imperial tea cabinet can't be turned over. There are some tribute teas in it that haven't even been sealed. Old Zhao won't obey if they are messed up." "Bah!"Xiao Maozi's voice fell silent, and he received a slap on the left cheek, which made his eyes stare and swell immediately.This little brat was a rascal, so where would he eat this? He came back to his senses and shouted loudly: "Dung beetle crawls on the broom, what are you doing cocooning here! Didn't you see that this is your territory? But look at the scorpion Zhongtang, if I call you 'Master', you will come here to put on airs—you get out of here, Master is going out!" Namo was furious: "Little beast, don't talk about yours, I will shave the head no matter how difficult it is to deal with!"Turning around, he picked up a bunch of keys on the table, opened seven or eight cabinet doors, and searched the cabinets. Xiao Maozi sat down on the ground, and Sappor cried loudly: "Men, this is Mr. Zhao's command, is it your turn, do you deserve it! Seeing that Namo ignored him, he continued to rummage , He was really in a hurry. He got up with an idea, grabbed the key and ran out. Before Namo could figure out what was going on, he locked the imperial teahouse with a "clack bang". Jumping and shouting in the yard: "Where are you all coming to see! Something new happened in the Qing Dynasty, Master Namo searched the Royal Tea Kuro of the Long Live Lord, you all look at it! Huangsi Village, you are dead? Hurry up and find Master Zhao!" The guards of the Qianqing Gate who were eating, and the chief supervisor who had eaten and had nothing to do, heard crying and shouting, roaring and cursing, making a mess of noise, and they didn't know what happened, so they all gathered to watch the commotion. Namo, who was locked in the room, panicked and came over to pull the door—the door is locked, how can I pull it!Then he turned back to close the doors of the tea cabinets.Incidentally, those locks were tributed by the Netherlands, and they contained special messages, which could neither be opened nor locked without a key.Xiao Maozi left with the key, how can it be closed?In the fuss, he almost broke the little finger of his left hand.He gritted his teeth and stomped his feet again in pain.Accidentally, he overturned an unopened jar on the case to the ground, and with a bang, the tea leaves were scattered all over the floor.Those who watched the bustle outside didn't know how he was tossing around inside, but they were startled when they heard this sound. While they were making a fuss, someone suddenly heard shouting: "What's the fuss, what's the dignity?" When everyone looked back, it was Zhang Wanqiang, the chief eunuch of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, who came and stepped out of the way.Little Maozi refused to let go, stepped forward and cried: "Grandpa Zhang is here, just take a look, what kind of rules do we have in the big house!" He opened the door with a grin. When everyone watched, they couldn't help laughing secretly.Nanamo was really embarrassed.The doors of the cabinets were all half-opened and half-closed, and the large and small bags of tea in the ground were trampled to pieces.He also pinched the little finger of his left hand with his right hand, kneading it hard, gritting his teeth in pain.Seeing the door open, he rushed out with a stride, lifted the little boy in the air as his chest, and was about to kill him fiercely.Zhang Wanqiang hurriedly shouted: "Don't be rude! Speak slowly, what's the matter?" How could Namo think highly of Zhang Wanqiang!Frowning his eyebrows, he scolded viciously: "Eunuchs have never been a good person since ancient times, and you are not a good thing." He wanted to scold again, but when he raised his head, he saw Lagu Su Ma walking over with a serious expression, knowing that this court lady is different from ordinary people, Wu Liangfu is Because of her words, Kangxi ordered her to be beaten to death.I couldn't help but lose half of my arrogance first.Sa Shouzheng dismissed the boy, and waited quietly for Lagu Su Ma to ask: Why did La Aunt Su Ma come here at this time, neither sooner nor later?It turned out that she followed the emperor's order last night, taking advantage of the fact that the eunuchs and guards were having dinner and no one was paying attention, she quietly sent Kangxi, who had changed into casual clothes, out of the palace.After finishing the errands, he was about to return to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, when he heard the commotion here, he walked over.Seeing that it was Namo who was acting fierce here, she was not angry at all, but she didn't know the reason, so she couldn't speak. When Xiao Maozi saw her coming, he put away his tears and came forward to say hello, sobbing, he said, "Sister Su, the Namo guards forced me to steal things, so I came to search them myself. Look at how he took this What did the house look like?" La Aunt Su Ma remained calm and asked slowly, "What is missing?" "I don't know, you ask him!" Xiao Maozi pointed at Nemo. Namo's face was black with anger, and he said, "He stole a hook kiln tureen!" "Who saw it?" Aunt Su Ma asked sternly. "Me?" Ah San who was standing at the side opened her mouth in a showy manner, "I saw it with my own eyes!" Aunt Su Ma spoke very concisely: "The thing belongs to your imperial kitchen. You are from the imperial kitchen. Why didn't you seize it immediately when you saw it? This is the opposite! Zhang Wanqiang, tell Zhao Bingchen to get rid of him!" Namo said: "No matter how reasonable you are, the emperor's things are stored in the warehouse of the imperial tea room. If you beat a dog, you still have to look at the owner. How dare you search it casually? - You go first, and we will do it tomorrow." know." "Then you have to see if there is a tureen inside!" Namo's face turned pale with anger, and it was so useless that a reasonable thing was made like this.Thinking of this, I added another sentence, "The tureen is also used by the queen, so he stole it, so there is no crime?" "Okay!" Aunt Su Ma smiled, "I'll handle this matter. Check it out, let's deal with it together!" Then they went into the warehouse.Looking closely at the pieces in the cabinet, Xiao Maozi's heart rose to his throat. La Aunt Su Ma looked at all the tea cabinets one by one, and then returned to the tea set and utensil cabinet, and looked carefully one by one. When she saw the last cabinet, the Jun kiln tureen of Nokochan was impressive.At this time, Xiao Maozi was really pale, but he saw Lagu Su Ma reach in and flip it for a while, then withdrew her hand, patted and cursed: "The dust inside is as thick as two fingers, what a poor slave you are!" The little boy was sweating from fright, but when he heard the scolding "dirty inside", he hurriedly praised: "Big Sister Su is right, I will clean it up tomorrow!" But he wondered why she refused to expose this. layers of paper. She went to look elsewhere, then came out and said, "I didn't find it. You guards, be careful, and when you find it, let me know, and I will punish him!" After saying that, she walked away slowly.