The Tenth Chapter Su Zhongtang's Bloody Western Vegetable Market Wu Ciyou's Dangerous Remarks
The summer solstice is approaching, just after the fifth drum, the Forbidden City is already dimly lit. The little eunuch holding the lamp blows out the lamps hanging in front of the palace and in Yongxiang, and the eunuch keeping watch also stretches and yawns and goes back to his room to sleep.
Yesterday, we hosted a banquet for Wu Ciyou at Suo'etu Mansion. Kangxi felt very happy and got up early in the morning to practice martial arts in the Imperial Garden. He wore tight clothes and jacket, and took Zhang Wanqiang with him. He had just left the east gate of Yangxin Hall. See you early.
Aunt Sumala came towards me and said with a smile: "You can actually be wiped out! Do you dare to underestimate the people of the world again?" Aunt Sumala saluted and said with a smile: "I don't obey Yi's decree."
How dare you be so presumptuous, you will be happy even if you lose! I am a female, so of course I cannot become a Buddha, I can just be a Bodhisattva." Kangxi smiled and turned to Zhang Wanqiang and said: "Go and get the banner that Mr. Wu wrote yesterday."
Zhang Wanqiang just said "yes", and a young eunuch rushed in and took it out. Aunt Sumala didn't understand what he meant. When she took the paper and unfolded it, she saw a couplet. Her heart couldn't help but she just looked at it silently.
Kangxi had already led his people to the back.
Aunt Sumala walked through Yongxiang and went out of the gate. She saw two young eunuchs leaning next to a large gilded copper vat and whispering. When they listened carefully, one of them said: "Please ask Old Zhao to ask the Seventh Prince to open his eyes and bail you out."
My brother is here, that’s all."
"Spit!" the other one said with a twist of the neck, "Who is the Seventh Prince? It's useless!"
"Then who's in charge?"
This one gently tapped the jar with his hand: "Old Zhao told me to talk to the guards of Namo -" Just as he was talking, he looked up and saw Aunt Sumala standing in front of him, and was startled: "Oh
!Didn’t I see that it’s you, Sister Su, waiting for the Emperor to go out?”
Aunt Sumala sneered and said, "Don't be confused with me. Didn't you hear me when you looked at me? It would be great to tell the truth!" The little eunuch knew that she had heard it, so he apologized and said with a smile: "Actually, Sister Su must have known about it.
Something went wrong with Su Zhongtang, and his brother from Huang Sicun followed him and asked someone to take it, and wanted to ask the Namo guards to talk about his love."
Aunt Sumala was shocked in her heart, but she refused to show it on her face and said with a smile: "What should I do? Mr. Suksaha has not been dismissed from his post. What kind of crime was he convicted of?"
The little eunuch hurriedly said: "What! You don't know that the people from the Criminal Department and Shuntian Mansion have all been vacated, and the house of Mr. Suksaha was ransacked, saying that he was treason-" Just as he was talking, Huang
Si Cun was licking his lips, then swallowed his words and refused to speak.
Aunt Sumala's face was pale, she forced herself to calm down, and said with a forced smile: "This can be considered a big event! The seventh prince will come to announce the matter later, just ask for his love." Huang Sicun said with a smile:
"It was the Seventh Prince who took Su Zhongtang away. Is he willing to go and intercede?" Aunt Sumala became more and more frightened and did not bother to ask any more questions. She said, "The chef's Ah San is not the godson of the Nemo guard."
? Go to him and beg him, and you won't be able to do anything. Go ahead!" Then he turned around and hurried towards the imperial garden.
However, Kangxi was no longer in the imperial garden. The eunuch Zhang Wanqiang was asking the young eunuchs to collect the swords, guns, swords and halberds underground and the stone lock balls used for practicing martial arts. Aunt Sumala asked breathlessly: "Where is the emperor?" Zhang Wanqiang said: "You don't want to
Do you know? The messenger just now said that the seventh prince asked for a meeting, and the emperor ordered him to wait at Yuqing Palace, and then he drove off. "
Aunt Sumala felt slightly relieved when she heard that she had arrived at Yuqing Palace. There used to be Wahe on duty there, but now that Wahe is gone, the original team is still led by the guard Lang Ling; Sun Dianchen from the Jingshi Room was temporarily transferred here
Steward. This man is just timid, but he is actually quite loyal. After thinking about it, he asked again: "Who is following the guard?"
Zhang Wanqiang shook his head: "Of course there are people on duty, why-"
Before he could finish speaking, Aunt Sumala panicked: "Stop talking, quickly send people to look for Xiao Weizi to Yuqing Palace, and don't hang around here, hurry up - just say that you are here to serve on Yi's order."
Driver, I'm going to Cining Palace right away, no matter what!"
Zhang Wanqiang had never seen La Aunt Sumala in such a hurry, and he was frightened. While he ordered people to look for Wei Dongting, he said, "Come as soon as you finish cleaning up." He turned around and ran towards Yuqing Palace.
Kangxi danced the sword for a while, relaxed his body, put on a camel-colored Ge gauze robe, and drove to Yuqing Palace. Suo'etu, Xiong Cilu, Taibitu and other ministers of the ministry were there.
He stood outside the palace waiting to see the driver. When he saw his arrival, he quickly knelt down.
Kangxi climbed up the steps comfortably and smiled at Suo'etu, but he saw Suo'etu looking at him strangely. He was startled and hurriedly stepped into the hall, only to see Aobai and Jieshu kneeling on the ground side by side, and felt in his heart
Suspicious, he stopped hesitantly, calmed down his emotions, and sat on the imperial chair in the middle as if nothing had happened. He smiled faintly and said, "Second Qing, please stand down and speak. Seventh Uncle, please see me. Do you have anything to report?"
Jieshu raised his head and saw Kangxi's sharp gaze, and avoided it with fear. He knelt down and lowered his head and said, "I have already drafted the case of Suksaha's request to be buried in the mausoleum, and I have already prepared it and asked the Holy One to issue an edict." Kangxi glanced at it.
Ao Bai, seeing Ao Bai standing solemnly with a smile on his lips, he knew something was wrong, so he calmed down and said: "Why are you 'waiting'? Didn't I just entrust you? But since you are waiting for the meeting
Come on, read the memorial to me."
Jie Shu unfolded the book tremblingly, and read it carefully: "I do this by decree..." He was about to read half a sentence when Kangxi interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "You can read my comments again without bothering me. How do you plan to punish Su Ke?"
Saha?”
"Yes..." Jieshu kowtowed, "I have thought about it over and over again. As an auxiliary minister, Suk Saha was entrusted by the late emperor. He didn't know... to repay God's kindness, but he barked and insulted the Lord..."
"Slow down!" Kangxi shouted in a trembling voice, "I didn't hear you clearly, read it loudly!" He was shocked and angry, gritting his teeth and said: "How should we deal with such a big crime?"
Seeing Kangxi's change of expression, Jieshu became more and more frightened. He turned back to look at Obai, who was also staring at him with a smile and a fierce look in his eyes. He couldn't help but think of the tall silver cup that broke his waist, so he forced himself to say:
"Insulting... insulting the Lord, Lili will be charged with treason, Ling... Ling Chi will be executed, and the whole family will be executed..."
For a moment, the huge Yuqing Palace was as silent as an ancient tomb, with only a gold-plated Western self-ringing clock in the corner of the palace mechanically "clicking". The ministers kneeling outside the palace looked at each other, and Suo'etu suppressed his extremely nervous mood.
Be careful to listen to the movements in the palace.
Kangxi grabbed the back of the chair with both hands and sweated. He forced himself not to yell and curse, but stuttered slightly and asked: "Su... Suksaha please guard the late emperor's mausoleum, but the words are more violent, how can it be related to rebellion?"
Besides, I just issued an edict asking you to ask, why are you even punished?"
Jieshu kowtowed at the bottom, saying "this——" but could not answer.
Obai looked at the prince's cowardly appearance and was secretly amused. He felt that it was time for him to speak, so he flicked his horse sleeves briskly, lifted his robe, knelt down, raised his head and sang: "Suk Saha has failed to live up to the kindness entrusted to him by the late emperor."
"Disrespecting the current emperor is the same as treason, and there is nothing inappropriate in this action. I think that what the king has said is in line with the government!"
When the class started yesterday, Wu Ciyou's first lecture was "The Doctrine of the Mean". At this time, Kangxi sneered and said: "When people are sentenced to death, it is still advisable to say 'Zhongyong'. Which sage's book are you reading? I would like to know, Su Ke
If Saha has any enmity with you, you must get rid of him!"
Ao Bai thought for a moment and then said loudly: "I have no enmity with Suk Saha, I just deal with him impartially!"
"What a loyalty!" Kangxi sneered. Obei did not kowtow. He knelt down and raised his hands and said: "If traitors like Suk Saha are not severely punished, in the future I will deceive you and ignore you."
!”
Before he finished speaking, there was only a "pop" sound. Kangxi hit the dragon table with his palm, and his eyes seemed to be on fire: "You can deceive the emperor and ignore your superiors. There is nothing in front of you! I think Suk Saha has some rules.
!”
Obai was also furious, thinking, even if the sun goes dark today, Suk Saha must be killed, otherwise this trip will end in failure. He jumped up from the ground, turned up his horse hoof sleeves, and waved
Fist said: "Could it be that the emperor said that I deceived you?" As he said this, he approached the throne menacingly.
Kangxi couldn't help but gasped. Sun Dianchen, the guard on duty, was also shocked and broke into a cold sweat. He took a step forward and stood between Ao Bai and Kangxi. Almost at the same time, Lang Dian also jumped out.
The guards Mulima and Nemo standing outside the palace had already heard clearly. The two of them exchanged glances and stepped into the palace door with their sabers in hand. Jieshu, who was kneeling on the ground, did not recognize them and shouted hurriedly: "What are you doing? Get out of the way.
!" Mulima smiled and replied: "Mulima, the guard of Qianqing Palace, Nemo is here to attend!" As he spoke, he walked towards Kangxi without stopping.
When Kangxi saw the two guards coming in, he felt relieved at first. When he heard that it was Mulima, he suddenly felt that the situation was serious. Cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead, and he shouted: "Who do you want to serve? Get out!" Jieshu also stood up, livid.
He scolded with a straight face: "You are the servants of the Qing Palace. What do you have to do here? Get out!"
The emperor and the political king both spoke, and Mulima and Nemo had no choice but to stand hesitantly and follow Obei's instructions. At this moment, they heard Xiong Cilu playing loudly outside the palace: "Your Majesty, guard Wei Dongting
Please see you!"
Kangxi suddenly became energetic and ordered sternly: "Come in!" Before he could finish his words, Wei Dongting stepped into the hall with sweat on his head. When Mulima saw Wei Dongting, her eyes burned and she stepped forward to block it, but Wei Dongting was already very fast.
He walked around. Oboi turned around and looked at the young man. He chuckled and asked, "What do you want to see the emperor?"
Wei Dongting didn't seem to hear him. He knelt down and said to Kangxi: "If you don't leave the court so late, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager sent a servant to come and have a look." Kangxi waved his hand and said: "Since you are here, I will wait here first.
Let’s go back to the palace together later.”
"Hey--" Wei Dongting agreed, then stood up, and then said to Ao Bai: "Go back to the middle hall and tell me, according to the decree of the two palaces, I came to serve the Long Live Lord." After saying that, he walked past him carelessly,
Standing directly on the left side of Kangxi, he scanned the hall with bright eyes.
Kangxi felt relieved. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to kill Obai, but when he saw Mulima and Nemo, he retreated to both sides and stayed there, carrying waist knives. After thinking for a long time, he finally realized that his power was too weak.
If he really takes action, success or failure is unpredictable. When he looked at Obai, he still had a fierce look on his face, and sighed in his heart: "I have no choice but to take a step back!" He calmed down and spoke more fluently: "There is no need to be so impetuous.
I think that even if Suksaha is guilty, he will not be executed without delay!"
At this moment, Obai also quickly assessed the situation. He was going to fight here right now, and his chances of killing Kangxi were very small. Speaking of which, there was Wei Dongting, and Sun Dianchen had dozens of guards and soldiers outside in the corridor. How could it be?
Can you handle it? There are Suo'etu and other military officials standing outside Kuang Hall. How can they stand idly by? After weighing it for a long time, he looked around and replied: "According to the law, Suk Saha is Ling Chi's crime, but since the emperor shows mercy,
Then it will be exempted and the punishment will be beheading instead!"
Kangxi softened after listening to Obai's words, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief: his own safety was no longer a big problem. But when he thought of killing Suk Saha, he couldn't bear it, and just kept silent with a straight face. Kneeling beside him
Jieshu was the one who knew the details best. He knew that if Suk Saha was not killed, there might be big trouble if the entanglement continued, so he kowtowed and said, "In my humble opinion, let's... hang him!"
Kangxi swayed for a moment, gritted his teeth and remained silent. Aobai said with a cruel smile: "Looking at the face of the Emperor and His Highness, it would be better to give him a whole corpse!" After saying this, he did not kneel down, but bowed and said, "I will go right away.
Imprisonment!" Turning back to Mulima, Nemo roared: "You bastard! What are you doing standing here, why don't you come with me?" He stamped his feet and walked away with Mulima's uncle and nephew.
Seeing Obai's arrogant figure go away, Kangxi was so angry that he became weak and stood up to leave. Seeing that Jieshu was still lying prone and did not dare to move, he walked slowly over and said coldly: "Prince Jieshu, please lift up."
Get started!"
Jieshu raised his head in fear, dodged Kangxi's gaze, and mumbled a few times to speak, but nothing came out. Kangxi wanted to kick him to death, thought about it, sighed, waved his hands and said, "You...
Kneel down!"
The summer solstice in the sixth year of Kangxi's reign was a dull and cloudy day. The clouds were low. The willow branches by the sea were motionless and hanging straight down the water. The vendors selling fruits on the streets also changed their usual loud and elastic voices.
, shouting feebly "Xiangsi'er - Ma Tangli -" "Who wants to stick cakes and fried dough sticks Ma Huaer -"
After getting up from his sleep and paying his respects to the Queen Mother, Kangxi followed the old rules and took La Gu Suma and Wei Dongting with him. They came out of Shenwu Gate in a small sedan and quietly went to Suo Mansion inside Xizhi Gate to attend classes.
There were servants specifically waiting for Kangxi at the back door of the Suo Mansion, who were second-generation slaves of the Suo'etu family. Although they had retired long ago, they were re-employed for this mission. Several plainclothes guards lived here to help take care of them.
, so you can go directly into the inner courtyard of the back house without disturbing other people in the house.
This is a large back garden, with more than ten acres of land. Several pavilions of varying heights are scattered around the pool, which is very well-proportioned. There is a water-pressured arch bridge in the middle that leads directly to the center of the pool. Go around the exquisite rockery, and then
After passing the winding stone bridge, you can reach the study room - Wu Ciyou lived here and taught Kangxi.
When the three of them walked to the bridge, they heard the tinkling sound of the piano coming from the study. Wisps of fragrance wafted in the water and stones of the mountain pavilion, which really made people feel like walking into a fairyland. Kangxi stopped and the three of them
Stand on the bridge, hold on to the stone railing and listen quietly to the music.
The sound of the piano is sometimes tight and sometimes slow, provoking and outlining, and I can't tell what it feels like. Sometimes it makes people feel ethereal, like flying on the clouds; sometimes it feels like there is a depression that is pressing in my heart and cannot be squeezed out.
; Sometimes it makes people feel as relaxed as if they had opened a suffocating cage for the first time; the aftertaste of chanting repeatedly is endless, but the turbid air in the chest is swept away.
Wei Dongting listened for a while, and suddenly touched Kangxi's sleeve lightly. When Kangxi looked back, he was smiling at Aunt Sumala. Kangxi saw Aunt Sumala looking thoughtful, and asked in a low voice:
"Wan Niang, what are you thinking about?"
Aunt Sumala didn't know what to say for a moment. She hesitated and blushed and said with a smile: "Let's listen to the piano. What do you have in mind?"
Kangxi was surprised because he had never seen La Gu Sumala look like this. Wei Dongting, who was standing next to him, smiled and said: "Long'er, you don't have to ask, this is in the Book of Songs. There is also a footnote, and the saying is, 'Once upon a time, it was difficult to make water out of the sea.
Except Wushan is not a cloud. Sister, do you think so?" Aunt Sumala blushed and spat: "You are not a good person! You instigate the master to make fun of people, see if I don't tell Grandma Sun when I get back!"
Wu Ciyou heard the chattering of people outside the window, so he listened to the scent of the piano, stood up, opened the window, and said with a smile: "No wonder the sound of the piano is strange, the strings are weird, and the strings are wrong. It turns out that someone is eavesdropping. Please come into the house!"
As soon as Kangxi entered the door, he asked: "What piece of music did you just play? I have never heard such a good piano!" Wu Ciyou laughed and said: "What sounds good? The music has no sorrow or music. The listener has a heart, but what does the player mean?"
The three of them all laughed as they spoke, but what they were thinking was different. Looking at Long Er, Wei Dongting sat in silence and said nothing. Wu Ciyou found it funny, cleared the things on the table and said: "Today we will continue to talk about "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty"
, let’s start with the Emperor’s Chronicles.”
Now the class officially started. After Kangxi sat down, Aunt Sumala took the "Book of the Later Han" from the shelf and spread it in front of him. She also poured a cup of herbal tea for Wu Ciyou and Kangxi each, and then she and Wei Dongting stood side by side.
Sitting on both sides of Kangxi.
Wu Ciyou briefly analyzed the reasons for the demise of the Western Han Dynasty and said with a smile: "Ban Shi's "Han Shu" can certainly be drunk, but according to my foolish opinion, there are many chapters in Fan Yezhi's "Hou Han Shu" that are excellent words.
It is a pity that one thing has greatly damaged his own reputation." Kangxi asked hurriedly: "How can articles change with people and events?"
"Yes!" Wu Ciyou replied, "This is a clear proof. Fan suffered a loss because of the word 'arrogance'. In his letters to his nephews in prison, he once boasted that his "Book of the Later Han" was better than the "Book of Han"
Even more brilliant, it is a "wonderful work in the world". The middle-level chapters in "Book of the Later Han" are not inferior to Jia Yi's "On the Passage of Qin". Even I can't choose the right words to describe this wonderful book.
, since ancient history, there is no one comparable to "Book of the Later Han"."
"Listen, how big of a boast did he boast?" Wu Ciyou paused and then added, "It is a virtue for a scholar to be noble and self-respecting, but if he thinks too highly of himself and turns into arrogance and ignorance, it will inevitably attract the ridicule of future generations."
Many chapters in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" are very readable, and this is the source of why he is despised. This is really caused by Fan Ye's self-destruction."
After talking about this festival, the author was introduced, and then he briefly discussed the lineage of Emperor Chen, and made a historical review one by one with his own opinions. When talking about the time when Emperor Zhi ascended the throne at the age of eight, a smile suddenly flashed in Kangxi's eyes, and his hands
Pressing his knees, he leaned forward and asked, "Isn't that the same as the current Saint?"
Wei Dongting knew this anecdote and was very taboo. He kept sending glances to Wu Ciyou to deal with it. Wu Ciyou didn't know what this meant. He took a sip of tea and continued: "This little emperor is very smart. If he can grow up, he will definitely become the master of the next generation...
"Wei Dongting walked over to refill his tea and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, are you going to break them off one by one after talking to each other?" Aunt Sumala had noticed it early and said hurriedly: "Little Wei Zi is also so sneaky.
Yes, sir, there is no reason for you to interrupt when you are talking about books. Don’t you think Linwen is right?" Kangxi also smiled and said: "Yes, yes! What's the point? Emperor Zhi is Emperor Zhi, and the current Holy Emperor is the current Holy Emperor!" Wei Dongting
I just blushed, smiled, and sat down to listen.
Wu Ciyou then continued: "Unfortunately, this little emperor showed too much sharpness. He criticized the general Liang Ji to his face as a 'domineering general'. He was hated by the Liang family. He secretly used poisonous cakes as bait and died in the palace...
..." He sighed and said, "It's really a pity!" When Kangxi heard this, his heart was beating wildly, and he was really scared when he thought of the fight with Ao Baiting.
Wu Ciyou saw that he was silent and seemed to be distracted, so he smiled and said: "Let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about Emperor Huan." Kangxi said hurriedly: "I also want to ask sir, what about Liang Ji?"
If you are so tyrannical and harm Emperor Qi, why don't you seize the throne and become the emperor yourself?"
"Because the Qing Dynasty debate was just starting at that time," Wu Ciyou said with a smile, "people were very talkative. In addition, the Eastern Han Dynasty was still full of energy, and Wang Mang was still making mistakes, so Liang Ji had to be wary."
Kangxi didn't understand the word "Qingyi", so he asked hurriedly: "What kind of Qingyi law?" Wu Ciyou laughed and said: "Xiong Dongyuan [Note 1] impeached Ao Bai's political affairs are changing, and the legal system is not yet settled. My theory is to enclose the land in chaos.
"Guo" is today's "Qing discussion". The Qing discussion in the later Han Dynasty went astray and became empty talk. But when the emperor was questioned, there were still many people among the officials who were not afraid of death who dared to criticize the government boldly."
Kangxi paused for a moment and then asked: "In terms of subduing the emperor, what is the best way to eliminate Liang and Ji?"
Wu Ciyou couldn't help but look at Kangxi in surprise, wondering why he kept insisting on this question. After pondering for a while, he replied: "Based on the situation at that time, Liang Ji's evil has made enemies on all sides, which has offended the public and lost people's hearts. If you can hide the mystery,
Waiting for the opportunity, showing great wisdom and foolishness on the outside, harboring brave warriors on the inside, recruiting wise ministers, and supporting the Qing Dynasty. When the time comes, kill Liang Ji with only a few strong men." Kangxi couldn't help but smile as he listened.
head.
[Note 1] Xiong gave his name to "Dongyuan", so it was called Xiong Dongyuan. (To be continued)
