The sixth time, as the emperor of the river inspected Bianliang, evaluated the merits and demerits of Tu Hai and was punished
Gao Shiqi walked in while chuckling, and said loudly: "Brother Tianyi is so beautiful! The moon is like a jade, and the luminous pearls dim its color. Brother Piantian has a unique eye, and his knowledge of spirits is outstanding among the wind and dust. It's so true
It's enviable..." After saying that, he entered the hall, looked at Axiu carefully up and down, and exclaimed: "She is so radiant! What is there to be ashamed of? Brother, I will give you a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc.
, as a courtesy for meeting!" After that, he stretched his neck and chanted:
The bees are happy, the butterflies are also happy, the sisters’ flirtatious words are too annoying, and they talk too much and annoy the little servant girl. They are a bunch of flowers and a bunch of brocade, they don’t know what to do with you, so they lower their heads so they don’t look!
After chanting, he laughed again: "I've got a four-color gift for you, but don't say 'I'm going to do it with you'!"
"Mr. Chen, if you tell me about your life experience, you will treat me differently. I know what you are thinking." Axiu ignored Gao Shiqi's teasing and slowly stood up and said, "I am homeless anyway, and I don't want to get married if I don't want to."
I have never changed my words, so you can do it as you see fit!" After saying that, he raised the door curtain, swung himself into the back room, and cried secretly. Chen Huang's face was green and red, and after a long while he said: "Mom of the Han family, Axiu will be placed in the house for the time being.
You here, she doesn't know the customs of the Central Plains people, and she will understand gradually. I will leave for Henan tomorrow to inspect the water conditions - it is about time that the Peach Blossom Flood has come down."
Chen Huang looked embarrassed when he saw Han Liu sitting like a woodcarving and clay sculpture. Monk Gao Shiqi was so puzzled that he asked in surprise: "Which song are you singing?"
Kangxi went to Kaifeng to inspect the river works. Since the capital was busy with the important events of opening up erudite education and Confucianism, neither Mingzhu nor Suo'etu came with him. He only brought Prince Kang Jieshu and Xiong Cilu with him. Jieshu could be called upon at any time for military affairs.
After the decree was issued, it was appropriate for Xiong Cilu to be consulted on government matters on the spot. He did not want to alarm the local officials, so he walked slowly along the way, without any carriages or carriages, and secretly occupied the Yamen of the capital of Kaifeng. Even the governor Fang Haozhi did not know what was happening today.
The emperor was close at hand. However, because the Fasi Yamen was in charge of the customs and defense matters, and there might be urgent needs, Kangxi ordered his bodyguard Mu Zixu to pay a visit to the inspector in a private capacity. The emperor did not want to disturb the officials and disturb the people's orders.
According to the local officials, they strictly inspected the customs. Mu Zixu was a meticulous man. He watched as the commander issued the fire sign and dispatched the garrison flag camps in Zhengzhou, Xinzheng, Mi County and other places to move to the provincial capital. Everything was fine, so he resigned.
It was past noon when Mu Zixu returned to Kaifeng Mansion. The first-class imperial guard Wu Dan and two third-class guards Su Lun and De Lengtai were stationed at the second door of the back hall. Huang Taizun, who was in front of him, was acting as usual because he was ordered to do so and was only signing the pledge.
The house was handling civil lawsuits, sometimes in silence, sometimes with the sound of boards being slapped. Mu Zixu ignored it, looked at it for a moment, and asked De Lengtai, "Brother, didn't the master sleep?" De Lengtai was arrested last autumn.
Selected to enter the palace. Last autumn, when the Mulan Paddock was built, the princes of Eastern Mongolia went on a hunting trip. Because Delengtai strangled a male bear with his bare hands, he was hailed as the first warrior in Mongolia and became a bodyguard. He was not very old, in his twenties.
Four or five years old, he was a solid man with a silly look on his face. When he saw the foreman asking questions, he hurriedly said: "Just now, the Ministry of Household Affairs handed over a note. What did you say? Too many Mongolian refugees from Khalkha fled to Shaanxi. Please transfer them to Shaanxi."
Food. Wang Shizhen, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, arrived in plainclothes and was chatting at Wansui's place. All the idlers were screened out. There is also an adult from Shaanxi, but he didn't recognize him. He is waiting for orders in the courtyard." Mu Zixu nodded and came in.
Seeing a first-grade official standing at the door of the back hall, with beeswax and beeswax eyes and flowery eyes, pacing, he cupped his hands and smiled and said: "It's General Tuhai! The Holy Lord is inside. I can't say hello to you, so I apologize!"
"What kind of crime are you accusing? Now you are a famous person among the guards. Once you are released, you will be a great general!" Tuhai paused for a while and then said, "Brother, I am really asking for forgiveness in front of the saint. Long live the Lord if you get angry.
, you should take more care of me." Mu Zixu couldn't help but smile and said: "You and Zhou Peigong have made great achievements not long ago, what crime can you plead for? Don't be kidding, military sect-"
"Who is outside, Mu Zixu? Come in!" Kangxi was sitting in the middle of the second hall of Kaifeng Mansion. Jieshu and Xiong Cilu were sitting side by side on the noodle benches diagonally opposite each other. Wang Shizhen, the Minister of Punishment, was kneeling below. Hearing Mu Zixu's words,
When talking outside, Kangxi only said hello, and then went on to say to Wang Shizhen: "The third prince Zhu didn't get it, and the fourth prince Zhu showed up! Whether it is false or true is not a concern, but I heard that some officials actually asked him for greetings. OK?
The gift from the old master is so unpredictable to people’s hearts, I am truly heartbroken!”
"Yes!" Wang Shizhen kowtowed, "so I immediately stepped forward and asked him, 'Whose child are you who was fooled by others and risked the annihilation of his family to come here?' It has now been found out that the person pretending to be the Fourth Prince Zhu
My name is Zhang Jin, from Jinhua, Zhejiang..."
Kangxi's face was ugly, and he stopped talking and said: "There is no need to repeat it. Since he refused to recruit the chief envoy, he used monsters to deceive the public and abandoned the market early!"
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"Come back!" Kangxi stopped Wang Shizhen again and said slowly: "I heard that your poems are good. Please bring in a copy for me to read. Well... what you just said, someone saw Yang Qilong coming to Beijing, it involves the country.
Minister, it must be kept secret. Maybe there are restless people in the court who are framed to frame me, but we must not be careful about the truth. Do you understand what I mean?"
Wang Shizhen kowtowed and said, "I understand!"
"Okay, please kneel in peace." Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief and said kindly, "Send your poetry book to the palace for me to read. I will also reprint a few pieces of "Strange Stories from a Liaozhai Studio" written by Pu Songling.
Enter."
Seeing Wang Shizhen bowing and exiting, Kangxi asked Mu Zixu: "Who are you talking to in the yard?" Mu Zixu was shocked when he heard that there was someone among the "gumi ministers" who was secretly treasonous, and he was thinking nervously. Listen.
Kangxi asked and hurriedly said: "It's Shaanxi Fuyuan General Tuhai. He said he came here to ask for forgiveness." Kangxi snorted and said, "Tell him to come in!" Then he turned to Xiong Cilu and said, "He's here to help the Mongolian refugees."
Let's do it like this. We'll transfer some grain from Shanxi first. Galdan is a man who shouldn't be underestimated. He occupied Khalkha and at the same time repaired his form and declared himself a vassal. He is really cunning. I'll wait until the matter in Taiwan is over before I talk to him.
Settlement of accounts - Now let's talk about the scholarly scholars. It's all arranged according to the excerpts of the Suo'e Tu. There are nearly two hundred people taking the exam. Even the small children and the low seats have to take up a large space. The Tiren Pavilion is too crowded.
Let's set an unprecedented precedent and take the exam together in the Hall of Supreme Harmony."
The Hall of Supreme Harmony was the place where the imperial court held the most grand ceremonies. It was never used except when the new emperor ascended the throne, received congratulations from hundreds of officials on New Year's Day, and received foreign vassals. Xiong Ci was the leader of the domestic literary world. Seeing that Kangxi treated literary affairs with such grandness, he couldn't help feeling.
Excited, he glanced at Tu Hai, who had just come in, and leaned forward and said: "Long live the emphasis on cultivating literature, which is a blessing to all people in the world! However, the Hall of Supreme Harmony has not yet been repaired after the earthquake in the ninth year of Kangxi's reign. Due to the country's military use, the Ministry of Industry refused to allocate funds.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it for a while." Kangxi raised his head and thought for a while and asked: "How much silver will I get?"
"This..." Xiong Cilu was stunned by the question because he had never thought about Xiu Taihe Hall, and his face suddenly turned red. Seeing his embarrassment, Jie Shu quickly interrupted: "The Ministry of Industry has not estimated it, Xiong Cilu
It’s not good to lie. However, in the twelfth year of Kangxi, a servant once asked Mi Sihan, the fashion secretary at that time, about three hundred thousand taels of silver." Kangxi pondered for a moment and said to Xiong Cilu: "It is three hundred thousand. Send a message to
Give Mingzhu, ask for Tu, and ask the Ministry of Industry to donate one hundred thousand, and the remaining two hundred thousand will be donated by the kings in Beijing." After saying that, he glanced at Tuhai and asked, "Tuhai, why did you come to see me?
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Tuhai listened eagerly for a long time. Kangxi didn't even look at him, and his heart was getting hairy. Suddenly he heard the question, and he knocked on the ground and replied loudly: "Slave... I have come to apologize to the master."
"Humph, you are actually 'guilty'?" Kangxi sneered, his bottomless black pupils shone with cold light, and asked, "Yu Guozhu has committed your ten major crimes and three unforgivable crimes. I have approved them and submitted them to the ministry for discussion.
I think you have read it. Since you know your crime, you should shut yourself up and think about it. Are you still a little dissatisfied and come to me to knock the wooden clock?" Tu Hai hurriedly knelt down and said without raising his head: "Yes! This slave deserves to be punished.
Wan died. But the master knew the situation when the slave led the troops to the expedition that day. Long live the Holy Ming, there is no such thing as "killing those who plunder people's property" in the six military orders. The slave deliberately indulged the soldiers in looting to make up for the lack of pay and silver. May the Lord understand clearly at that time
There was only 50,000 military pay, and after several years of fighting the rebellion, the Ministry of Revenue did not allocate a tael of silver..." "I know these things." Kangxi stopped him, "I want to know how he died!"
This is what Tu Hai is most taboo about. When they were in court, * and Tu Hai were good friends. When the "Three Feuds" broke out and the Pingliang Incident occurred, * rebelled. Kangxi ordered Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong to lead troops to conquer. After the Pingliang War*
After the army was defeated and surrendered, Kangxi deeply resented his betrayal of gratitude and secretly ordered him to be summoned to the capital to prepare for his execution at Lingchi. Seeing that he was happily preparing to go to the capital to "receive the reward", Tu Hai felt pity for him, so he secretly revealed the news.
.* But he couldn't bear to let Tu Hai be implicated. After getting drunk, the commander put wet tissue paper on his face one by one and suffocated to death. Listening to Kangxi's questioning, Tu Hai knew that he could no longer hide his feelings and swallowed a sip of saliva.
Said: "When the master asked about this matter, I have nothing to say..." Jieshu said from the side: "Why do you dodge, a man should dare to take responsibility for his work!" Xiong Cilu also said: "Master asked, what do you do?
To be able to say 'speechless'? It's really a wonder in the world!"
Tu Hai said in a trembling voice: "The lesson taught by the two masters is very true. I was appointed as the general of Fuyuan that day, and the edict originally contained the purpose of 'doing things cheaply'. Zhou Peigong entered the dangerous city alone and persuaded him to surrender. He once said that he was willing to sacrifice his wealth and life with me.
Bao* is fine... If I don't kill him, I can't uphold the country's principles, which is disloyal; sending him to the capital to suffer the pain of Lingchi not only betrays his word, but also traps Zhou Peigong in the dishonesty and injustice - between a dilemma
, I will take one of them and order* to commit suicide and apologize..."
Kangxi did not say anything after hearing this. He stood up with a livid face, walked a few steps with his boots clattering, and sighed: "In this way, you are loyal, trustworthy, benevolent and righteous. Why don't you think about me? How did I treat him back then?"
What about him? He undressed him and pushed him to eat - but what about him? He killed my minister of economics and strategy, and I ordered him to make amends for his past mistakes and forget about it, but he still rebelled, trampled on the land of three provinces, ravaged millions of lives, and neglected it.
If he committed suicide lightly, everything would be over! If he hadn't resisted, Wu Sangui would have perished two years ago. How could it be difficult to build a Hall of Supreme Harmony?" Kangxi said with a mixture of sadness and joy, tears suddenly bursting out of his eyes. * Accepted
When he left the capital, Kangxi presented him with a gun, favored him, and comforted him with gentle words. He witnessed the past events of Xiong giving him shoes. Jieshu and the guards all saw it with their own eyes. Thinking of the past, they all felt sad and moved. However, they heard Kangxi say again: "I strictly ordered him to
When I came to Beijing, I really wanted to see him again and think about how I misjudged this person in the first place. I have always wondered how a person who has been so deeply favored can be ungrateful so quickly..." Before he could finish his words, Tu Hai was already there.
His whole body was boiling, and he fell to the ground sobbing.
Seeing Kangxi's sadness, Jie Shu hurriedly advised: "Long live the common master of the world, who has the power to embrace the universe. If you commit suicide out of fear of crime, you are considered to have been punished by heaven. I thought this matter... would be exempted from investigation."
"Inherited, Yu Guozhu has been appointed as the deputy censor of the Jin Dynasty." Kangxi wiped his tears and sat down, and then said to Tuhai, "You are a meritorious minister. You led 30,000 people to defeat Chahar in half a month, and also annihilated the Liang rebels.
More than 100,000 yuan, you have made great contributions to the court, but your merits and demerits must be clearly distinguished - you will be promoted to a first-class uncle to reward you for your merits, and your eyes will be stripped of flowers and feathers as punishment!"
Being a first-class uncle in the Jin Dynasty is a very heavy reward, and pulling out the flower feathers is a very dishonorable punishment, but Kangxi imposed it on one person at the same time. Jie Shu and others didn't realize what happened, but Xiong Cilu found it a bit strange. After thinking about it carefully, there was no change.
What a good way to deal with it. While he was thinking about it, Tu Hai kowtowed deeply and said, "I thank God for his grace!"
"Get up." Kangxi had regained his composure, took a sip of tea, and said to Xiong Cilu with a smile, "As for the money, you can go down and discuss with Tu Hai whether you can divert some from his military pay to free up money.
Come and help the Mongolian refugees - he has plenty of money, don't be afraid of poverty! I am very clear in my heart, including you Jieshu, when fighting, it is difficult to distinguish between soldiers and bandits."
Kangxi stayed in Kaifeng for six days. Every day he would go to the bank of the Yellow River to see the water conditions. He had probably seen more than a dozen execution ports and embankments. On the seventh day, he made a special trip to see the largest breach, Metro Niuzhen.
Tieniu Town is located more than 20 miles northeast of the provincial capital Kaifeng. It has always been a place that has been hit by floods for many years. Due to the principle of the twelve earthly branches in astrology, Chou belongs to the yin earth, which is opposite to the yang water, and is called "nothing".
"The punishment of taboo", I don't know what year or era, people gathered money and cast an iron ox weighing more than 10,000 kilograms in the river, hence the name "Iron Ox Town". In the autumn of the seventeenth year of Kangxi's reign, the embankment collapsed again, and thousands of hectares of fertile farmland outside the embankment were lost.
The large beach was reduced to desolation.
At daytime, the dim sun hangs lazily in the sky, and occasionally you can see owls buried in the sand dunes and on the roofs of houses.
"Xiong Dongyuan," Kangxi rode on his horse, his lips tightened, squinting his eyes and looking at the roaring Yellow River in the distance. He asked after a long time, "You have read the Twenty-First History, and you know how many times this river has changed its course.
How many times?" Xiong Cilu hurriedly rode up to catch up with Kangxi, leaned down and said: "I didn't pay attention, but it's really impossible to calculate. It probably takes ten years, thirty to fifty years to change the route, and the break almost every year.
All - this is the source of blessings and misfortune given to China by God!" "It should be called the river of merit. The merit is too great to be rewarded, and the merit is too great to be punished." Kangxi said with emotion, "During my reign,
Even if everything else is mediocre, healing this river will be a great achievement!"
Kangxi's tone was very serious. Both Xiong Cilu and Jieshu knew that river management was a difficult and difficult task and had been regarded as a major headache for all dynasties, so they did not dare to speak easily. Kangxi walked slowly and sighed: "Now
It seems that the most rare thing is not the talents of generals. In civil affairs, I have a few of you by my side, and you can manage the officials and civil affairs, and the people will not cause trouble; in war, those who know land warfare are Tu Hai, Zhou Peigong, Zhao Liangdong, and Cai Yurong.
"Those who know how to fight with water include Shi Lang and Yao Qisheng. But what about those who know how to manage rivers? Since I came to the throne, I have had four river governors, but none of them have succeeded! Alas..."
"The Holy Heart is so kind, God will bless you, please don't be too anxious, Lord." Xiong Cilu was helpless and said with a wry smile, "Yesterday, the newspaper reported that Jin Fu is on his way, let him give it a try." Jie Shu clapped his hands.
He sighed: "Are you afraid of not having enough talent? But those who can control rivers may not necessarily know how to manage rivers. From a young scholar to a scholar, he will be promoted step by step, from a prefecture to a county magistrate. When the court knows that he can control water, it will be a thousand miles away."
Maybe I can find one."
After Kangxi heard this, he thought for a while and then said with a smile: "So I don't focus on the imperial examination. I leave the donation as a way to open up talents. Tomorrow I will issue an edict, asking the provincial officials to secretly visit talents.
. It is not limited to river management. Anyone who knows astronomy, geography, numeracy, calendar, music, calligraphy, painting, poetry, machinery, and has a skill should be recommended to the officials to be trained and educated. If you are good at it, you can come out to work.
Official Jin Fu was not only recommended by Mingzhu, but also by Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei. Maybe he can really do something, let's talk about it when we get back to Beijing."
When it came to Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei, no one dared to say anything. These two were both Jinshi in the 9th year of Kangxi's reign. They were friends for many years and were close friends from the same hometown, but now they have turned against each other. Chen Menglei was originally secretly destined to serve as an official in Geng Jingzhong's office.
It was agreed that Li Guangdi, who was in mourning, would report the rebel intelligence to the court. However, Li Guangdi's report to the court did not mention Chen Menglei. Now that Geng Jingzhong was defeated, Chen Menglei came to Beijing as a repeat offender and wrote "A Letter to the City God" and "A Letter to the City God".
"The Letter of Breaking Diplomacy with Li Guangdi" was popular all over the world, but Li Guangdi impeached Chen Menglei for betraying his kindness and being willing to become a thief, and the imperial court case became known to both the government and the public. Kangxi suddenly thought of them, felt upset, leaped his horse up a sand dune, and looked at the Yellow River from a distance
.The river breeze blew, and Kangxi's sapphire blue robe lifted up Lao Gao.
"What are you doing? Hurry up to the town over there!" There was a man on the shore in the distance. He stretched out his arms, as if testing the wind strength and direction, and visually inspecting the embankment on the other side, and shouted to Kangxi.
, "Hey, let's talk about you! You dozen rich young men don't want to live anymore? If you want to see the scenery, go up to the city's iron tower!"
Wu Dan, the imperial guard behind Kangxi, saw that this man was rude, jumped forward with his legs clamped on the horse's belly, pointed his riding whip at the man and shouted: "Can you control me?" (To be continued)