Chapter 5 Prequel to Empress Dowager Cixi (2-2)

"Trivial matters, the past is the past!" Concubine Yi said lightly.She had already calmly thought that this matter must never be brought up again, it was a joke, and it was really not a big deal for the elder brother to punish a eunuch.If something like this needs to be taken care of by the master, the master is too ignorant and disregarding his status. Xiao Anzi naturally wouldn't think so, he beat himself up so badly that he lost all face, but said it was "a trivial matter!" He thought Concubine Yi was trying to vent her anger on her, but she was so inconsiderate, On the contrary, the grievance became deeper and deeper.It seems that all loyalty is completely useless.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel chilled, and when I accepted the assignment, I deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb, lazily and not very energetic.Concubine Yi also knew that he had been wronged, so she tolerated it for the time being.It's just once or twice, it's always like this, but it annoys her. "I think you're a bit of a bitch!" Concubine Yi scolded him with a straight face, "If you want to work here with me, you can tell me as soon as possible, I will help you, and immediately upload to the respect room to take you away!" This time, Xiao Anzi was so frightened that he didn't dare to say another word.But sleeping on the bed at night, after thinking about it, I felt that it was a temporary mistake to serve Concubine Yi with all my heart and soul, and it was still a thousand days' good. I would be willing to bear beatings, scolding and punishment, but I was actually going to be kicked out, so unfeeling , not only chilling, but also really sad!

Therefore, like a wronged child bride, Xiao Anzi hid in bed and cried all night, the redness and swelling on her face did not go away, and her eyes were swollen again. It's really cheap to say, the eunuch's body is spoiled by the acquired thieves, which hurts the harmony of nature, so many of their ideas are absolutely different from men, and even from ordinary women.Xiao Anzi made Concubine Yi scold until she cried, but from the tears she was determined, thinking how to win Concubine Yi's favor, how to win Concubine Yi's praise?Only by thinking thoroughly in this way can he feel that a heart has a place to rest.

So the next morning, when the door of Concubine Yi's bedroom was first opened, when the maid came out to scoop water, he knelt outside the door and loudly reported, "Little Anzi, please greet the master!" There was no sound inside at first, and then he said, "Come in!" Opening the door curtain, I saw Concubine Yi sitting in front of the dressing table with her back to the door. She was wearing a rose purple satin jacket, moon white soft satin trousers, and a long sapphire blue nylon silk vest for combing hair. Like black satin, it was draped below her waist, and a court lady was smoothing her hair with a wide-tooth comb.She herself was raising her hand and scratching her scalp gently with her five extremely long nails. The sleeve of the jacket fell to the elbow, revealing a white wrist. On her wrist was a jade bracelet as green as A Wang Chunshui.

Little Anzi didn't dare to look any further, knelt down again, stood up and said with a smile, "Master, did you sleep well last night?" "En!" Concubine Yi saw his swollen eyes from crying in the mirror, turned around quickly, looked at him intently, nodded and said: "Be careful when you are on the job! You will benefit in the future." "Master's grace." Xiao Anzi got down on the ground, kowtowed again, and then got up to be his servant. What he does is very different, but there is an ever-changing purpose, everything he does, he must let Concubine Yi know.At this time, I checked the checkpoints in the house. Are those exquisite eight-tone bells wound up?What furnishings are not in the right place?Everything was found.Finally, seeing dust under the kang bed, I personally took a brown broom and went inside to clean it.

Concubine Yi saw his actions, but didn't say anything.According to the daily routine, after freshening up and passing breakfast, the front and back yards "wander around" to digest food. After walking around enough, change clothes and go to the central palace to greet the queen. Now Xiao Anzi was in a difficult situation again, he had to go with him every day to the Central Palace as usual, but his swollen face, especially his eyes, was really shameful, yet he didn't dare to ask Concubine Yi for leave.After thinking about it for a long time, I had no choice but to hide, hoping that if the master didn't see him, he wouldn't ask and just pass by.

Concubine Yi is a very delicate person, so why not ask: "Where is Xiao Anzi?" Since he couldn't get through, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree: "The slave is here!" He replied loudly, and rushed to work as an errand. Seeing him like that, Concubine Yi felt that he was a bit pitiful, so she said, "You don't have to wait on me today!" If Xiao Anzi was amnesty, he didn't dare to show a happy expression, and answered "Yes!" in a low voice, as if he didn't ask him to follow, and felt aggrieved. "What's wrong with your eyes?" Knowing that he was swollen from crying, Concubine Yi was embarrassed to point it out, so she said: "Go back to your room and rest! You don't have to work today!

Find some medicine to treat it, and then apply it with a hot towel! " Xiao Anzi really felt grateful for such warm words and comfort.Think about the tears that night, consciously not in vain. The time for Concubine Yi to arrive at the Central Palace is usually later than other concubines. This is due to three reasons. First, she wants to show that she has the highest status among the concubines.Secondly, she doesn't want to meet Concubine Li. When she sees Concubine Li, she will feel sore and uncomfortable.Another thing is to stay at the end, so that you can talk to the queen, first to inquire about some news, and second, to speak to the camera, and to fulfill her wish with the order of the middle palace.

This day, it was the queen who asked her something first, and before she said anything, she frowned, "What's the matter?" When she opened her mouth, she didn't even take it seriously, "It's presumptuous to say Xiao Anzi, isn't it?" As soon as Concubine Yi heard the queen's words, she felt angry-not at the queen, but at the people who came to the queen to tell tales, but she refused to express these feelings in color, only calmly and slightly arrogantly He replied: "No one in my place dares to be presumptuous!" "Then, how do you say that he contradicted elder brother?"

Concubine Yi smiled, this smile was artificial, very contrived, one could tell at a glance that she was proud of her son, and then replied in a slightly regretful tone: "Brother is self-willed, naughty, little brother An Zi can be considered a very alert person, which made him laugh and cry." Talking about this important public case as a joke, the queen has nothing to say, and just laughed it off. So Concubine Yi casually asked again: "Who did the Queen listen to?" The queen was honest and not good at telling lies, so she replied casually: "My elder brother told me." She smiled and added: "This child!"

Concubine Yi also smiled silently.Then he dropped the matter and talked about something else.It's just that he still couldn't let go of it in his heart, and Xiao Anzi kept saying: It's not a good thing for big brother to be willing to get close to the queen!It seems that this is really not without insight. So, in the afternoon, she went to Zhonggong again.The queen loves to eat snacks. In addition to the exquisite snacks from the imperial dining room, there are often special messengers who send famous snacks from the capital. The eldest princess born to Concubine Li.This is also one of the reasons why the sister and brother clamored to go to the Queen's place in the afternoon. As soon as Concubine Yi arrived, the two siblings stood up to greet Concubine Yi like sensible big children, knelt down and called her "Emiang".Then they held hands and went to play with their jigsaw puzzles again. Concubine Yi accompanied the queen to sit on the kang, drinking tea and chatting. After a while, the sister and brother quarreled, "What's the matter? What's the matter?" the queen asked loudly. Everyone's nannies came to fight one after another.The two sisters and younger brothers ignored them and ran to the queen one after the other to tell them. "Elder brother bullied me!" The princess pouted and said. "Who bullied you?" The elder brother opened his voice and yelled, looking righteous and strong, "You can't show it, it's a shame. The old fisherman lacks a head, so what is it?" The queen was delighted when she heard it, "What's 'the old fisherman has lost his head'?" "Emperor Niang, come and see!" The elder brother took the queen to watch the jigsaw puzzle they put up, and the eldest princess followed closely.This kind of "lawsuit", from the beginning to the present, they have ignored Concubine Yi, and Concubine Yi can't get in a word. The jigsaw puzzles played by the eldest brother and the eldest princess are different from the folk ones. They were improved by their grandmother, Empress Xuanzong Xiaoquan.Empress Xiaoquan grew up in Suzhou, and she is proficient in all the games in the Jiangnan Pavilion. The jigsaw puzzles improved by her are actually more than seven pieces, so they can put out more and more complicated tricks.Each pattern is drawn into a picture and titled, which is called "Qiqiaopu". The sisters and brothers competed to put up the "score", and the elder brother made a trick called "the beauty under the moonlight forest". The beauty was done, but he forgot to put the moon. When my brother lost, he refused to be called a slap, and just said: "It's up to you five times. If you lose, it's straight, and if you win, fight together!" The eldest princess agreed, and put on a trick appointed by the eldest brother, called "Fishing the Snow in the Cold River Alone". The queen asked their sister and brother to pull them over, and she could tell at a glance: "It's one piece less!" Sure enough, one piece was missing!One piece of semi-circular board is missing, hanging above it is the "moon", and it is placed on the old fisherman's body, which is the "head". Before the eldest princess can speak, the elder brother yells first. "Why is one piece missing? Find it, find it quickly!" So the maid and the nanny bent down to look for it. The semi-circular board was only half an inch long, and it was too small to find it. "Forget it!" the queen ordered, "There's no need to look for it. Bring another pair for Elder Brother and Princess to play with." "No! You have to find it." The elder brother pointed to the eldest princess and said, "If you can't find it, you lose!" "Emperor Niang, look, elder brother is unreasonable." "Okay, okay!" The queen persuaded the fight with a smile, "This one doesn't count." "And what about the first one?" asked the eldest princess. "The first one? Let's count..., Double Happiness loses. Come on, Double Happiness, let the Eldest Princess hit the palm of your hand!" Shuangxi smiled and stretched out her hand, but the eldest princess refused to hit her, so she twisted her body in refusal.Concubine Yi looked on coldly, seeing the elder brother making troubles, she walked over quietly, stretched out her hand to grab his small fist, and took out the hard-to-find semi-circular board from the fist! "A worthless thing! I lost to Sarai!" Concubine Yi casually slapped the elder brother's palm hard. Playing very lively, all of a sudden because the elder brother was punished, he wanted to cry and didn't dare to cry, drove away the laughter in the room, looked at each other, and didn't dare to make a sound. The queen felt very bored, turned around and went back to the kang to sit and smoke a pipe.Shuangxi winked at the nannies, and they all knelt down with the elder brother and the eldest princess, and quietly left the palace. "Big brother is going to school soon, so it's time to calm down." The queen said so. From the second day on, the elder brother could no longer play as happily as usual, until the sixth day of April, the day before the entrance, the emperor specially summoned the elder brother's master Li Hongzao to inquire. When Li Pengzao reported the elder brother's preparations for school, the emperor expressed his satisfaction.He asked again: "Emperor Gao Zongchun's hadith, there is a passage about the emperor's classics, do you remember?" "I will keep it in my heart, don't dare to forget!" "Read it to me." This is to test the "master" on purpose, Li Hongzao replied: "Yes!" Then he thought about it for a while, and recited in a very clear voice: "On the twenty-fourth day of the first month of the first year of Qianlong, the emperor's master and grand scholar Ertai, Zhang Tingyu, Zhu Shi, Zuo Du Yu Shi Fumin, Shi Lang Xu Yuanmeng, Shao Ji: "Although the prince is young, Tao Shu's cultivation must start from a young age. You can teach him with all your heart. If you don't teach, Qing and others might as well be too strict. The way of teaching has always been strict, but lenient is more harmful. In the future, the prince will grow up to know himself.'” "That's right!" The emperor nodded. "What I want to tell you is these words. As the saying goes: 'You have to eat well when you open your mouth'. You are the master who enlightened you, don't let me down!" Li Hongzao hurriedly met with his hat off, and replied in fear and trepidation: "I dare to be unstoppable, I owe God's grace!" The emperor turned his face to the imperial minister standing next to the imperial book case, the six-headed son-in-law Jingshou, and said, "It's not suitable for the study to be lively, but it's also not suitable for it to be too deserted. Brother, it would be great if I had someone to read with me!" Jing Shou was naturally clumsy, and he replied slowly: "It must be of similar status and age. King Dun's second child, Zai Yi, and King Gong's eldest brother, Zai Cheng, can accompany the elder brother to read, but they are not there. Here. Unless...." "Unless you are in Beijing." Sushun, who was standing behind the emperor, took a step forward and said, "Besides, there is only Master Li alone now, so I'm afraid that he will be too busy and delay the elder brother's homework. , after returning to Luan in the autumn, I will ask for an order to handle it!" "Well, that's true too!" The emperor said nothing more.There should not be too much silence between the monarch and his ministers, so Su Shun pouted, Li Hongzao knelt down, and Jing Shou led the way out of the imperial study. "What should I reward?" the emperor turned around to discuss with Sushun. "As usual, it's Wenqi's pen and inkstone." When the emperor picked up the ink brush, he wrote the words "Reward Li Hongzao". Su made his own claim by the way, and read the reward behind the emperor's back. "Two bolts of Ning silk, a pair of purses, a side inkstone, and ten large scroll brushes." He read a sentence, the emperor wrote a sentence, and after finishing writing, he handed Zhu Yu to Sushun, and the emperor went to the central palace again, called the elder brother, and warned him earnestly. Brother seems to understand the ground should be. After the emperor left, the empress had to give some advice. She took the elder brother's hand and said, "Listen to the master and don't be naughty. Do you hear me?" "Understood." Eldest brother agreed loudly, he fully understood what the queen said. The queen also passed on Zhang Wenliang, the chief eunuch from the elder brother's place, and asked him to take care of him attentively, and especially told him that sooner rather than later.Therefore, at the fourth watch of the night, Zhang Wenliang woke up the elder brother, dressed in robes, boots and hats, tied up, and led him to the emperor and empress to greet him, and then the imperial minister Jing Shou, who was ordered to take care of him, led him , first arrived in the study. At this time, Li Hongzao, who was mending his gown in the court of pearls and with a brilliant plumage, had already been waiting outside the study.Welcome the elder brother into the main room, first follow the etiquette of the courtiers meeting the prince, and please greet him, and then Jing Shou led the elder brother into the east study room. There are two desks facing east and west, and the west one is For the elder brother, Zhang Wenliang forced the elder brother to stand facing east in front of his own desk.Jing Shou walked up to the top and stood facing the south, Li Hongzao stood in front of the desk facing the east, facing the elder brother, the rest of the masters stood in a row under the south window, and Zhang Wenliang retreated outside the door. After everyone settled their positions, Jing Shou took out Zhu Yu from his body and said loudly: "By order..." After saying two words, Li Hongzao staggered a few steps and knelt down on both knees. The masters behind him also knelt down one after another. Only the six-year-old elder brother, who didn't understand these etiquettes, still stood. So Jingshou continued to deliver the decree: "Elder elder brother entered the study for the first time today, and the master has appointed Li Hongzao, editor of the Imperial Academy, to be the editor. The teacher is dignified. Although the prince is no exception, he should perform the ceremony of apprenticeship. Li Hongzao is not allowed to resign. !" As usual, Li Hongzao first kowtowed to thank him, and when he stood up, he said to Jingshou: "The emperor's kindness is so great, Hongzao can't thank you enough. However, the name and status are at stake, and the elder brother really dare not do it. I beg you I report to the emperor that I am exempted from this etiquette." "You don't have to be too humble! The most important thing in this dynasty is the teaching of the master. The elder brother saluted today, and let him remember that the master should respect, so that he will be taught with an open mind." Having said that, Jing Shou yelled out the door: "Zhang Wenliang!" "Zhang Wenliang is here!" "Bring the felt strips!" To pass on the felt strips, it is necessary to kneel down and worship, Li Hongzao quickly shook his hand at Jingshou and said, "If you perform a big ceremony, you dare not obey the imperial edict!" "Forget it!" Jing Shou waved his hand to Zhang Wenliang, but turned his face to Li Hongzao: "According to the old rules, Big Brother bows. You mustn't take it!" Since it was an old rule, and Zhu Yu had said, "Don't give a firm resignation", Li Hongzao would become hypocritical and lose his teacher's morality if he tried to resign modestly, so he stopped talking, walked to the desk, and stood still slightly. "Brother, bow to the master and call him 'Master Li'." This has been taught a long time ago, the elder brother bowed respectfully, and shouted: "Master Li!" After the apprenticeship ceremony, the juniors and younger brothers returned to their seats, Jing Shou sat on the chair next to him, only Wenda had no seat, this is also an old rule. "Big brother!" Li Hongzao said slowly: "Today is the first day of school, and I will tell you about the homework in the study room. Every morning in the study room, I first draw the bow, read Qing books, and then read Han books. It's half a day now. As long as you finish your homework early, I will let you go early, okay?" "Okay!" Big Brother agreed loudly, expressing his satisfaction. "Then, let's follow the rules on the first day!" At this point, Li Hongzao stood up and said to the masters, "Please take the elder brother to do homework first!" The masters took the eldest elder brother out to teach bow drawing, and Jing Shou followed him out to watch, while Li Hongzao still stayed in the study, hard-mounting the yellow silk, cutting it into squares, and the "font size" and Zhu Shu's imitation style were all Tidy up, then sit down with tea and wait. After drawing the bow, the eldest elder brother went back to the study to read Qingshu——Manchurian.Start with the "preface" first, and Jing Shou sits next to the elder brother's book case and teaches it in person. Hey, hey, he read five Manchurian prefixes, took a short break, and then went to Hanshu. Li Hongzao first took his pen and wrote the four characters "Tianxia Taiping". "Four sentences: "The way of great learning lies in Ming Mingde, in Xinmin, and ends in perfection." Li Hongzao taught the elder brother to use a Chinese ink pen to mark it out.After reading it twenty times, he was able to speak eloquently. The elder brother was very proud, stepped down from his seat, and shouted loudly: "Zhang Wenliang!" "Big brother!" Li Hongzao asked, "Why pass on Zhang Wenliang?" "I'm thirsty." "Oh, I'm thirsty." Li Hongzao pointed to the elder brother's desk: "You come back and sit down, I have something to say." Seeing the master's serious face, Zhang Wenliang stood at the door with his hands down again, not daring to approach him, as if he was afraid of the master, the elder brother was apprehensive, so he climbed up on the chair and sat down obediently without saying a word. "To be a man, one must learn the rules. The more important a person is, the more he must behave." At this point, Li Hongzao turned his face and asked Zhang Wenliang: "Brother, do you usually obey the rules?" "Shou!" Zhang Wenliang echoed, "Brother knows the rules best!" "Okay, you have to obey the rules, so you can be like a big brother with a precious personality." Li Hongzao continued, "There are rules everywhere, and the study room has its own rules. Big brother, do you know the rules of the study room? " "I don't know." After saying this, the elder brother suddenly remembered the teaching of the Queen's mother, and immediately added another sentence: "You must listen to the master!" "By the way!" Li Hongzao was very excited, "Zhang Wenliang's words are right, the elder brother really knows the rules the most. In the study, if you need a drink of water when you are thirsty, or you need to relieve your urination, you must Tell me first, when I agree, you can't walk down the ground by yourself, that's the rule of the study. Do you understand?" "understood." "Okay!" Li Hongzao nodded approvingly, "I know that elder brother is the most obedient and the smartest, and he understands it as soon as he talks about it!" "Master, I'm thirsty." "That's right. Come down and find Zhang Zhiliang!" Hearing this sound, the elder brother straightened up and slid down from the big rosewood chair. Zhang Wenliang took two steps to meet him, picked him up, and went to the opposite room.A small dining table with living legs has been set up there, let him sit facing south, take off his hat, and first wring a hot towel to wipe his face: "Drink rose dew, or osmanthus dew?" "No matter what, bring it here!" said the elder brother solemnly, "I'm thirsty from studying." In order to make him happy, Zhang Wenliang deliberately scolded the little eunuch: "Bring rose dew quickly! The elder brother is thirsty from studying.Quick, quick! " The little eunuch deliberately pretended to be in a hurry, and brought out rose dew mixed with honey, and a large plate of "little eight pieces" newly baked in the imperial dining room, and four or five people circled around the eldest brother. "Zhang Wenliang!" The elder brother asked in a low voice, "What's the master's last name?" "My surname is Li, Muzi Li." "I remembered, my name is Li Hongzao!" After saying this, the elder brother stopped drinking the rose water, and didn't eat any snacks. He stared at the sky with his eyes and smiled silly. Whenever this happens, the little eunuch will be wary, wondering what naughty tricks he will come up with. The elder brother didn't make trouble with the little eunuch, he stretched out his hand to tug on Zhang Wenliang's clothes, and when he bent down, the elder brother asked, "Are you afraid of the master?" Zhang Wenliang is familiar with the elder brother's temperament. If he says "not afraid", he may be instructed to deal with his master.The study room is no better than in the palace. The eunuchs are not allowed to associate with the courtiers except to pass orders, and they are not allowed to interfere in any affairs. Moreover, seeing that Master Li is upright and dignified, he set rules for the elder brother as soon as he came up, so it can be seen that he is a difficult person to talk about.So when he heard what Big Brother said, he immediately shook his head like a rattle. "Are you afraid of Master?" "Brother, are you afraid?" "afraid!" "Eldest brother is afraid, so naturally Zhang Wenliang is also afraid." The eldest brother fell silent, naturally, the displeasure was completely on his face. From this expression, Zhang Wenliang knew that he had guessed right, but seeing that the elder brother was unhappy, but also a little worried, he had to think of something to coax him, and when he was happy, he hugged him and sent him to Dongjian. The rest of the homework is to recognize the "brand size", which means the same as writing "Tianxia Taiping" with a pen, and recognize four characters: "Fair and Bright".This is the first day of school, embellish the story, turn it upside down so that the big brother can recognize it, and then recite the four lines of "University" without mistakes, Li Hongzao happily closed the book and left school. So it was still led by Jing Shou and sent back.As soon as he entered the Forbidden Palace, Zhang Wenliang picked up the elder brother, surrounded by the young eunuchs, and sent him to the queen like a treasure. This is the happiest day since the eldest brother was born!Along the way, I only heard eunuchs and maids calling from hand to hand: "Brother is off school!" She waited with a smile on her face, but she didn't see the elder brother's biological mother, Concubine Yi. When Zhang Wenliang saw the scene, he quickly put the elder brother down, and the queen asked in the first sentence, "Did you cry in the study?" Zhang Wenliang, who was kneeling on the ground, replied loudly: "I didn't cry, the elder brother is very good in the study, and the master praised him!" The queen's smile grew stronger: "What did the master say?" "The master praised the elder brother for knowing the rules and being smart." "Did you eat anything?" "I drank a glass of rose water and ate four or five yuan of dessert." "Oh!" The queen said, holding the elder brother's hand, "Come on! Tell me, what did the master teach you today?" While speaking, she led the elder brother in. The queen sat on the kang, took off the hat for the elder brother herself, let him lean beside her, and asked him about his homework in the study.There are too many things, the elder brother is a little bit hard to say, and the concubines, you and she ask each sentence, which makes him stutter more and more unclear.The queen passed Zhang Wenliang in, asked carefully, and then heard the elder brother recite the four lines of "University", knowing that everything went well, she felt relieved. "It's really difficult for you!" The queen smiled and touched his head, then turned to tell Zhang Wenliang: "Send eldest elder brother to see the emperor first, and then send it to Concubine Yi." The emperor was still summoning the minister of military aircraft in the imperial study room, and no one was allowed to enter at this time. Zhang Wenliang did not dare to disobey the queen's words, so he had to wait there with his elder brother. It took a very long time to summon the military plane on this day, not only because there were so many important matters to be adjudicated by the emperor, but also because of the fact that the Ministry of Household Affairs had a piece of paper, there were quite different opinions between the monarch and his ministers.The real power of the Hubu Manchu and Han Shangshu is in the hands of Sushun, the Manchu Shangshu.Sushun claimed to be able to clear up the accumulated evils. He believed that it had been more than ten years since Hong Xiuquan sent officers and soldiers to suppress the Jintian Village uprising, and that there were still a lot of military reimbursements in various places. Therefore, starting from Guangxi, where the military boom began, It was discovered that in the 30th year of Daoguang, Lin Zexu was specially appointed as the imperial envoy, and Xiang Rong, the admiral of Guyuan, and Zhang Bilu, the former admiral of Yunnan, were sent to lead the troops to Guangxi to suppress the beginning. In the second year of Xianfeng, Hong Yang sent troops to the two lakes, Guangxi's military report Up to the end of the paragraph, in three years, more than 11 million taels of military pay have been allocated, which will not be reimbursed.The Ministry of Household Affairs has repeatedly written to Guangxi to urge it to be completed, and it has been ordered to finish it at the end of last year.Three months have passed since the deadline, and it is still delayed.Therefore, Sushun made a note, and asked Liu Changyou, the governor of Guangxi, and Zhang Kaisong, the chief envoy, to discuss and deal with it first. The emperor highly praised Sushun's efforts to clear up the accumulated evils. However, since Sushun's insistence in the eight-year examination case in Xianfeng, after he killed the official examiner, the senior scholar Bai Ling, the emperor always felt that the methods he advocated were too much. some.For example, the military reimbursement in Guangxi, the current governor and the vassal government, of course, have their difficulties in delaying the implementation. It is unreasonable for a bad debt ten years ago to be held accountable by officials who did not know about it. . "Everything has a beginning." Sushun protested: "If the emperor is as lenient, there is no way to clean up the accumulated evils." "Things have their roots and ends, and things have their end. If we want to talk about the beginning, we must first pursue it from the governor of Guangxi in the 30th year of Daoguang." "The governor of Guangxi in the 30th year of Daoguang was Zheng Zuchen. He was dismissed. I don't know where he went now. Later, Lin Zexu served as an imperial envoy and served as an imperial envoy. He died in Chaozhou before taking office. Then Zhou Tianjue died in the battle of Luzhou. Then there was Zou Heming, who also died in Jiangning." "What about Lao Chongguang? He has been in Guangxi for many years, shouldn't he be more responsible than Liu Changyou?" "Lao Chongguang is currently the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, so he is naturally related!" So repeated disputes started, the emperor suspected that Sushun intended to embarrass Liu Changyou, but the group of military ministers echoed Sushun's words, and he was too tired to talk much, so he finally approved the request from the Ministry of Household Affairs, saying " In the Ming Dynasty, Liu Changyou and Zhang Kaisong were "handed over to the Ministry for discussion first." After the minister of military aircraft withdrew, the emperor knew that elder brother had been waiting for a long time.He himself has benefited greatly from his master's assistance, so he regards the prince's classics as more important than anything else. Although he was too tired to talk, he still passed Zhang Wenliang in and asked everything carefully.He was also afraid that the eunuch would try to please him, so he picked out the best to say, and asked Jing Shou to question him. What the two said about the study was roughly the same, and the emperor was very pleased. Therefore, the emperor loved the elder brother very much this day, and brought him to the East Nuan Pavilion for dinner. It was also rumored that Concubine Li brought the eldest princess to serve. Xie Xie, the emperor looked left and right, feeling extremely comfortable, so he had a big appetite, and the meal was very comfortable.I was thinking in my heart, it is better to be in Rehe, once I return to the palace in the capital, the system is closed, so I can't be so casual, then I can't enjoy this fun anymore! The emperor took a long time to eat this lunch, and the elder brother couldn't come down for a while, which made Zhang Wenliang very anxious.He knew every move in the queen's palace, and Concubine Yi knew everything. She must have got the news at this time, and she was waiting for the elder brother. If she was late, she would be angry.Of course, it is a big reason for the emperor to keep the elder brother, but what did Concubine Yi say like this: "Can't you come and deliver a letter first? Your two legs are so noble, why don't you take an extra trip?" Thinking about it this way, he naturally knew what to do.Estimated that there would still be enough time to send a letter, so he ordered the little eunuchs under him to serve carefully, and at the same time entrusted Ruyi, the most favored little eunuch in front of the emperor, to take care of and cover up if there were any inquiries from above.After the arrangement was made properly, he walked all the way, wiping his sweat all the way, and rushed to Concubine Yi. Concubine Yi said that when she was depressed and bored, according to her plan, the elder brother would come to see her after seeing the queen after school, and specially prepared the favorite dishes and snacks for the elder brother, waiting for him.But I didn't know that the left waiters would not come, and the right waiters would not come. Finally, I heard from Xiao Anzi that the emperor had uploaded the news of Concubine Li, and brought the elder brother and the eldest princess to have lunch in the East Nuan Pavilion of Yanbo Zhishuang Hall, eating, drinking, talking and laughing. very.Concubine Yi was so angry that she couldn't eat anymore. The more she thought about it, the more she felt uncomfortable. Just at this moment, when she heard that Zhang Wenliang asked to see her, she naturally wouldn't show him a good face. It was rumored that Zhang Wenliang had been seen, and as soon as he saluted, Concubine Yi asked sullenly, "You are the one who takes care of Eldest Brother, why are you here if you don't follow Eldest Brother?" Zhang Wenliang ran into a wall as soon as he came up, thinking in his heart, this trip is really a waste!Seeing Concubine Yi's appearance, she was very angry. If she hadn't sent a letter first, and then brought her elder brother back, she would be even more unhappy and hit a bigger snag. Because he had established his footing first, Zhang Wenliang responded calmly: "If you go back to Concubine Yi, Queen Yi will send the elder brother to see the Long Live Lord first, and then send it to Concubine Yi. Long live the elder brother If I stayed, the slave was afraid that Concubine Yi would be waiting, so I rushed here to deliver a letter." Concubine Yi felt very comfortable listening to these last two sentences. She calmed down and calmed down. She felt that he was wrongly blamed. At the same time, she thought that she should take advantage of this to win over Zhang Wenliang and accept him as a good helper. So Concubine Yi's face turned severe frost into spring breeze, "It's hard for you!" She said with a smile, "Get up and talk." "Yes!" Zhang Wenliang stood up, briefly reported the situation in the study, and finally added: "Brother is smart and polite, the master keeps praising him, and even the slaves think his face is so radiant!" "Brother is young, it's all up to you to take care of him. Don't worry, I know who is good and who is bad." Speaking of this, he shouted: "Come on!" The three or four maids in the corridor agreed in unison to come and serve her. Concubine Yi only left behind a maid named Wang Fu who was in charge of her accounts. "Has the yearly silver pass come yet?" "The customs are coming." Wang Fu replied, "Three months, one hundred and fifty taels." "Why three months?" Concubine Yi was greatly surprised, "Isn't it every six months?" "The eunuch, the head of the respect room, said that it was a new rule set by Su Zhongtang. Su Zhongtang said that all the money and food can't be expedited, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has difficulty in funding, so it has to be sent out for three months." "Hmph!" Concubine Yi sneered, then changed her expression and told Wang Fu: "You give Zhang Wenliang twenty taels!" Zhang Wenliang kowtowed to thank him immediately, and when Wang Fu took out the silver, Concubine Yi took it in her hand and handed it to Zhang Wenliang herself.This favor was much more important than twenty taels of silver. Zhang Wenliang accepted it on his knees, with a look of sincerity and trepidation. "I would have given you a little more. You see," Concubine Yi said with a wry smile, "Sushun beat us so hard!" Zhang Wenliang is a cautious person who works on errands, he knows how to speak and act, and he dare not speak up to Concubine Yi's complaints.Kneeling and exiting, he hurried back to the Yanbo Zhishuang Hall, just after the imperial meal, the emperor was discussing with Concubine Li, and took the elder brother and the eldest princess there to relax. Concubine Li agrees in her mouth, but feels quite embarrassed in her heart.Since being summoned to the Central Palace last month, the empress' slightly reproachful tone has aroused deep vigilance. She has heard many things about being envied and plotted against in the palace, and now it's her turn Head, can not help but be afraid.She is quite self-aware, with Concubine Yi's shrewdness and ability, she feels that she is definitely not her opponent. Even if she is not afraid of Concubine Yi, with the favor of the emperor, she can deal with it, but she is not willing to do so. ,get along in harmony. Therefore, she hoped to send her elder brother to Concubine Yi as soon as possible. This was not to please Concubine Yi, but to compare herself to others and understand Concubine Yi's mood at this time.And I'm also afraid that Concubine Yi, who has long hoped that her elder brother will not come, will become angry because of her resentment, and will put this account on her head again, making her hatred even more difficult to resolve. Naturally, it was inconvenient to tell the emperor clearly, and after much deliberation, he finally came up with a solution. "Didn't the emperor always say that they sang something wrong? Why don't you go to the money and grain department to have a look?" "They" refers to the eunuchs in the "Shengping Department" - the actors in the palace.The emperor and his father Xuanzong had different hobbies.Xuanzong was unhappy and frugal by nature, and thought that singing was the most wasteful and useless thing. Although it was inconvenient to abolish the Shengping Office that embellished the "prosperous age", but every year and festivals, or the celebrations of the Queen Mother's longevity, acting congratulations was just a name. , The role of going to the stage, wearing one piece of clothing, hanging one piece, is simply a group of beggars.The princes and ministers who were honored to "take a seat to listen to the opera" shook their heads and sighed in private, saying that it was a song and dance of heavenly families, which was worse than wild stage operas in remote villages. But today's emperor likes to listen to opera most, and is good at rhythm.After arriving at the Rehe Palace, I realized that the clothes made during the Jiaqing period are extremely exquisite. Although they have not been used for more than 40 years, they are still as good as new when they are taken out.This time, I was really happy, and I specially passed on the good characters of the Shengping Department from the palace in the capital, and often acted for entertainment.Sometimes it is sung a cappella, and sometimes it is "flower sung". The play list is all set by Zhubi, and a song always lasts for two or three hours. In addition, the emperor often went to see the old actors of the Shengping Department and rehearse plays for the new students, which were in a few rooms allocated from the "money and food department".Concubine Li did what she liked, and when the place was mentioned, the emperor really liked it. "Big Brother is going to school tomorrow..." "Yes, yes!" said the emperor, "Brother, it is not suitable to go to those places, you will be upset!" So Concubine Li got her wish, and finally she was able to send her elder brother to Concubine Yi.