Chapter 2 first quarter

The emperor finally read all the memorials. Abandoning the scripture played by Prince Hui, "Grandly complete the hadith, please follow the decree", he took advantage of the opportunity to lean on the red sandalwood desk to pant.The little eunuchs on the left and right did not move, they just watched nervously, fearing that "Long Live Lord" would faint.The emperor was too weak to touch him at this moment, and he had to wait for his breathing to calm down before he stepped forward to serve him. The thirty-year-old emperor had cold sweat dripping from his head and a dull pain in his chest. The most uncomfortable thing was that his cheeks were hot, and he felt a sense of vanity that he didn't know where to focus his efforts.However, his thoughts are still clear and sharp, and he can still clearly remember the content of the last memorial he saw.What "hadith"?Thinking of what he said to his courtiers, how about "Zhen"? How about "you"?The more I felt that my cheeks were on fire, and my ears were burning hot.

Every time he thinks about his responsibilities, he can't help but feel confused, confused about his ancestors, how can he have such energy to easily cope with the complicated dramas of daily affairs?What puzzled him in particular was how his great-grandfather, Emperor Sejongxian, had the utmost pleasure in dealing with political affairs throughout the ages, writing thousands of words every day without getting tired of it? For him, just reading the memorial every day is a torture, especially those military newspapers.The south of the Yangtze River has not been leveled, Shandong has risen again, the territory has not disappeared, and the barbarians have arrived again.Before my grandfather, there was only the scale and armor of the frontier. In my father's hands, it was nothing more than Yingyi fighting for opium. As in the past few years, internal and external troubles have occurred one after another. Not coming to Rehe for refuge, this is a difficult situation that has never been encountered before. He believes that any emperor will be like him, afraid of reading the chapters that report the military situation.

Only in this way can he sustain himself, and only in this way can he find reasons for himself, can he have some fun and appreciate some of the nobleness of the emperor! The panting gradually calmed down, and he slowly raised his body. The little eunuch, who had been prepared for a long time, stepped forward to serve him quickly and orderly. First, a soft white hot towel was handed to him, then the ginseng soup and bird's nest, and finally the emperor Ruyi, the most favored little eunuch in front of her, took a large fruit box with red lacquer inlaid with snails, knelt beside the throne, and when the lid was lifted, there were five kinds of jujube, lotus root, lychee, apricot pear, and muskmelon inside. Candied fruit.The emperor picked up a piece of pear with a golden fork, put it in his mouth, leaned on the throne and chewed slowly, feeling much more comfortable.

"The imperial concubine Chuanyi came to approve the book!" "Hey!" The little eunuch Jin Huan, who was in charge of propaganda in the palace, knelt down, took the order and left. "Wait!" When Jin Huan stood still, the emperor ordered again: "Concubine Chuan Li, Dong Nuan Pavilion will serve you." By the time Jinhuan passed the decree and returned to the imperial study, the emperor had already returned to the East Nuan Pavilion of Yanbo Zhishuang Hall.Then Concubine Yi went to the imperial study, and quietly commented on the memorial for the emperor alone.

She cannot sit on the throne, and there is a small desk for her on the side.Moved all the memorials that the emperor had read from the imperial book table, and dealt with them first.Pick out the yellow papers of "Please Saint Ann" and put them aside, and count the white papers for the incident. There are thirty-two papers in total. After picking them out, there are only seventeen pieces left. Approving seventeen memorials will take less than half an hour for Concubine Yi, because it is really nothing! Due to the experience accumulated over the years, the emperor usually only chose one of a few idioms when answering this chapter, such as "lan", "know", "the ministry knows", "the ministry discusses", "according to the proposal". "such as.And even for this simple sentence, the emperor does not have to write it himself, just make a mark on the memorial.

The markings are made with fingernails.The white folds of the tribute rice paper are soft, and the pinch marks are not only clear, but also difficult to eliminate. The person who approves the copy can know the meaning of the emperor by looking at the number, horizontality, and length of the pinch marks. , even if the review is completed.The eunuchs in the "respect room" are capable of everything. The noble concubine Yi who likes to seize power, because she often waits on the emperor to handle government affairs, took this job that can be kept secret.Sushun, the emperor's close confidant, co-organizer of the university, chief of the guards, minister of the interior and in charge of the key, repeatedly said in secret, saying that concubine Yi is in power and likes to interfere in political affairs. In fact, she is studying political affairs.For the throne of the Qing Dynasty, no one sees it more clearly than her. Maybe within a year and a half, or at most within three years, her son, who is only six years old this year, the eldest son of the emperor, is the only son Zai Chun in front of the emperor. , will inherit the Datong.She must help her son govern "the world".

Therefore, she not only responded according to the pinch marks, but also paid more attention to the fact that the emperor had read it, but did not make a statement, but had to submit it to the Minister of Military Aircraft for handling. Often the statement in it was the important military affairs in development. , She wants to understand the internal and external situation, be familiar with the court system, tacitly understand the words and deeds of ministers, study the way of controlling subordinates, and understand the style of instructions. All these must be carefully understood from the memorials.

There is a memorial, which was given by Prince Gong Yixin. The emperor did not make any mark, but there should be clear instructions. Love is a matter of course, why not criticize it? After thinking about it for a while, Concubine Yi could see that there were other articles in this simple memorial.Prince Gong's visit to ask about the daily life was just a superficial reason, but actually he wanted to see the emperor's condition in person, so as to prepare for himself.Perhaps, Prince Gong would still try hard to remonstrate back to Luan, and if the persuasion really came into effect, when he returned to Beijing, there were so many princes and ministers, and his relatives and elders were still there, so he could always find a way to punish Sushun who was domineering and domineering.

Thinking of this, she immediately knew the result after the memorial was sent to the Military Aircraft Department.Although Sushun was not a minister of military aircraft, among the ministers of military aircraft in Rehe, Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Sushun's elder brother, Prince Zheng Duanhua, relied on Sushun as their soul.Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, and Du Han all looked up to him. Jiao Youying, who had the lowest qualifications to "play the curtain", was promoted by Zhang Jingchao, the military aircraft minister, to be the Minister of Military Aircraft, and it was Sushun's promotion. Meaning, to refute Prince Gong's note?

"Hmph! Sixth Su, don't be complacent!" Concubine Yi whispered to herself softly, holding Prince Gong's memorial in her hand and going to see the emperor. Concubine Li in Dongnuange deliberately avoided the eunuch's report after hearing the eunuch's report.The emperor was still lying on the kang bed, and when Concubine Yi knelt down, he asked, "Whose book do you have in your hand?" "The Sixth Master." The family members in the palace called it, the emperor was the fourth, and Prince Gong was the sixth, so all the concubines called Prince Gong the "Sixth Lord".

The emperor remained silent, his face slowly darkened, but the hot flashes did not subside, and his cheeks were still bright red like roses, making him look sicker by comparison. With such a gloomy face, Concubine Yi had seen too much in these two or three years.At first it was uneasy and unhappy, but after a long time, the feeling of uneasiness disappeared.But now, he can't even feel unhappiness, he still has to say what should be said, no matter what his face looks like! "Your Majesty! Why do you have to distribute this booklet?" The emperor said: "I have my reasons." He originally wanted to use a cold voice to show her a nail, but because of lack of energy, his voice was low and weak, as if he was asking for forgiveness. So Concubine Yi became more and more aggressive: "I know the emperor has reason. But the emperor has something to say, and he should write it down. Don't forget, the emperor, the sixth master is the emperor's brother. And..." She pondered for a while, and finally said the following words Come out: "He has a different relationship with Fifth Master and Seventh Master." The emperor has five half-brothers. Yicong, the fifth brother, was born as the son of his third uncle, and heir to the title of Prince Dun. , is the younger sister of Concubine Yi, Yi Yi of Xingba and Yi Yu'e of Xingjiu, both of whom were named King Zhongjun and King Fujun only in the hands of the emperor.Only Yixin's situation is special. When the emperor inherited the throne, he was proclaimed as Prince Gong by the late emperor Zhu Bi. The special difference is that the emperor lost his mother at the age of ten and was raised by Prince Gong's biological mother. Among the six brothers, only the two of them were born from the same mother. However, because of love, it almost becomes hatred, and that is why.This was the emperor's heart disease, and Concubine Yi came to expose it. It made sense, but the emperor was annoyed in his heart, but he had no choice but to back down a step: "Then, you put it aside for now!" "Yes!" Concubine Yi said, "I will keep this excerpt separately, waiting for the emperor to personally approve it." "Well. Kneel down!" "Kneeling down" is a more euphemistic way for the emperor to ask people to step down. However, the real meaning varies from person to place. To summon ministers and workers is a way of expressing preferential treatment, and in the hall of heavy curtains , If you tell the concubine like this, it more or less means that you hate her in front of her, so Concubine Yi feels very uncomfortable. Kneeling is kneeling, and it just so happened that when I knelt down, I saw a pink handkerchief dropped from under the kang bed. I picked it up and shook it.Seeing this, Concubine Yi suddenly felt a sour taste hit her forehead, and her face became ugly. Enduring and enduring, unable to swallow the breath, she stood still and shouted: "Ruyi!" This cry startled the emperor, and when he turned around, he saw a handkerchief in her hand, which he recognized as Li Concubine's.How did it get into her hands?Let's see what she said to Ruyi? "Send a message to Xiao Anzi and ask him to ask, is the empress taking a nap? If she wakes up, report that I want to see the empress." Concubine Yi finished her instructions loudly, raised her handkerchief, stepped on the "bottom of the flower pot", and left Dongnang Pavilion with a sway. The emperor was very angry, and immediately went back to his study to summon Sushun. Originally full of anger, he planned to demote Concubine Yi three ranks in a row, and become the first "noble person" when she entered the palace, but after seeing Sushun, the emperor changed his mind again.Concubine Yi and Sushun are deadly enemies, the emperor can't overcome troubles, but he wants nothing to happen, and dare not stir up trouble. However, Sushun had already learned the clue from the eunuch from a young age. Seeing that the emperor was silent and troubled, he went to the side of the throne and asked quietly: "I guess Concubine Yi is being rude in front of the emperor again?" The emperor sighed and nodded. "Then, what does the emperor mean? Order it down, and the slave will follow it." "I don't know what to do?" The emperor said helplessly: "First, she has finally made meritorious service to the clan; Great topic, one excerpt on the left and one on the right, it’s so annoying!" The so-called "Yu Zongshe has made meritorious service", of course, refers to the only concubine Yigui who gave birth to the prince in the harem. Sushun thought to himself, it's fine not to mention it, but it is just to use this as an example. So, he looked out first and saw clearly that the little eunuchs were all in the far corridor, then he lay down on the ground, touched his head with his hat off, and said in an extremely devout and loyal gesture: "My slave has a saying, dare to enlighten me." Play to the emperor. This sentence comes from the mouth of the slave, if there is a disaster of death, I beg the emperor's grace and make decisions with the slave." Sushun was a close and close minister who obeyed the emperor's words, and he had already lost the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers. At this moment, he was surprised to see him so sincere and frightened, and also felt a little funny, so he used the usual ranking address and said: "Su Liu! You have something to say. Get up and say." Sushun was really a little panicked, kowtowed, his forehead was already sweating, he also forgot why, he put the big hat topped with a jewel given by the emperor on the imperial case, and leaned over to whisper to the emperor . "Concubine Yi is proud of her son and has ulterior motives. The queen is loyal, and concubine Li is no match for her. The emperor should make plans for the queen and concubine Li." The empress is respected by the emperor, and concubine Li is loved by the emperor. When it comes to these two people, the emperor has to be concerned, but: "How do you plan? And with me here, how dare she do it?" "It's not about the immediate future, it's about ten thousand years after the emperor - it's still too early! However, it doesn't matter if my elder brother is six years old this year. When my elder brother grows up and becomes sensible, then the emperor will make another decision. It's not easy to do!" What he said was quite straightforward, and the emperor couldn't help being horrified. Regarding his own illness, he was the one who knew the most.Lu's family is bright and empty, with clear historical records. The Qing clan society cannot be given to the Yehenala clan for nothing. If that day comes, how can we show the spirit of the ancestors in heaven? The emperor is tempted!Under the pale skin on the temples, blue veins were faintly throbbing, both hands tightly grasped the armrest of the throne, thinking painfully and laboriously about this serious future trouble. And his frail body couldn't bear such a major problem. After thinking about it for a long time, he felt dizzy and had chest pains, and couldn't make any more careful calculations.This is not a major event that can be decided in a moment, so let's not think about it for the time being! "Let me think about it carefully." The emperor warned again solemnly: "You must not reveal anything!" "The slave doesn't have two heads, how dare he?"