The thirty-first chapter: Little eunuchs run rampant in Sanhe County.
"Oh! It's Guo Xiu!" Kangxi's eyes lit up and he asked Wu Dan, "How do you know him - well, I got it!" He suddenly remembered that when Guo Xiu was a Taoist, he was impeached for bribery. During the Dragon Boat Festival,
He was punished by basking in the sun with the governor Yu Chenglong outside the Meridian Gate. Wu Dan was sent to deliver the order and ask questions. Kangxi himself only met Guo Xiu when he was introduced by the Ministry of Officials. Looking at it now, no matter how he looks at it, he is the same as "Guo Xiu" in his mind.
"Corrupt official" Guo Xiu was too far away, so he turned around and asked Mingzhu: "This Guo Xiu has been elected again. What official position will the Ministry of Personnel give him?"
Mingzhu couldn't remember clearly, and was tilting her head to think, when Suo'etu laughed and said: "This is what happened when the slave was in charge of the staff. Guo Xiu was demoted three levels, and now he is the magistrate of Shuntian Mansion. He shook his head.
Sir."
Kangxi didn't speak anymore, thinking silently, called the landlady and asked: "How many people are there in Sanhe County?"
"About 100,000 people!" The landlady said, a little puzzled, and said with a smile, "Sanhe Town is a large wharf, with 36 rows of 72nd Street, more than 5,000 households, and it's lively! - Ye Tai wants to go to the town.
Leave?" Kangxi did not answer her question, but asked with a smile: "How much does it cost to donate gifts here?" The landlady was startled and said: "One official and one king. In these eighteen years, I have served as five county officials.
, some are two cents, three cents, and some are four or five cents. The one in front of me, Mr. Wang, wants the smallest amount, only one cent and eight cents. Unfortunately, Ding You has left, and the new man has not arrived yet. How can the old lady know how much they want!
Anyway, this place is a blessed place, just let the gentlemen clean it up!" After saying this, he laughed.
Kangxi nodded, stood up, stretched his yawn, and said: "Okay! It is indeed a blessed place, with good wine and good food. I will come to disturb you another day - Jiangcun, let's settle the account!" After saying that, he came out.
Li Dequan and four or five young eunuchs were drinking and laughing in the shed outside, so they called him over and whispered, "Take two people to Sanhe Town and see how the county magistrate receives the seal. Don't cause trouble. It's over."
Come back soon." After saying that, he turned around and ordered Gao Shiqi and Wu Dan, "Axiu and the others have probably arrived at the inn, let's go back."
Sanhe County is named because the Lishui, Ershui and Baoqiu rivers pass through it. The thoroughfares and post roads extend in all directions, and there are two docks for floods and droughts. It is really bustling with people. Li Dequan has been nourishing his heart since Xiao Maozi was killed.
The first-class celebrity in the palace. After living in the palace for a long time, when he left Kangxi, he was like a trapped bird coming out of its cage. He suddenly felt that the sky was vast. This time he was ordered to go to the city to check the situation of the officials. He felt that he was worth half an imperial envoy, so he brought two young Sula eunuchs to fight Ma Yang.
Whip, rushing into the city like a splash of wind.
Unexpectedly, there is a market inside the west gate. One street and two rows are full of businesses, and it is crowded with people. A monkey performer is playing on the inside of the city gate building. The old monkey pretends to be Wang Zhaojun, riding a turtle.
Ziyang was performing "Out of the Barrier" in a similar manner. The large crowd was watching in a daze. How could they be wary of these three tall horses suddenly rushing in? The elderly and children were crushed before they could dodge. Looking at the embarrassed look of the people
, the three eunuchs looked at each other and couldn't help but giggle at the top of their lungs. A blind old woman was kneeling outside the venue, begging for food with trembling hands, but she was pushed to the ground long ago and could not be restrained.
The reining horse kicked a hoof and lost his temper without even humming.
People crowded around and stared at Li Dequan silently. Seeing that the three of them were very popular and well-dressed, no one dared to come forward and ask. A middle-aged man who was setting up a dragon gate formation with a few old men in the corner took a few steps to grab him.
He came in, helped the old woman sit down, pinched her, and beat her back. The young eunuch He Zhuer had sharp eyes, and hurriedly came to Li Dequan's ear and whispered: "Master Li, this is the man who was having a drink in front of the store just now.
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Seeing that he had hurt someone, Li Dequan felt a little panicked, but he was afraid that he would lose his temper if he paid for it. He quickly took out a piece of silver from his waist, weighed it, and found about one or two halves. He threw it on the ground and said to the middle-aged man: "Hey!
Take this money and find a doctor for your mother - how to get to the county government office from here?"
"God..." The blind old woman woke up at this time, spit out a mouthful of phlegm, and sighed weakly, "What... what's wrong? I... am really old and useless... Amitabha..." The middle-aged man
The person was Guo Xiu. He gritted his teeth tightly, stared at Li Dequan with gloomy eyes, and suddenly roared: "Get off your horse! You kicked someone down, and you want to leave after leaving such a small amount of stinky money?"
The people watching the excitement were crowded around. Seeing Li Dequan's arrogant face, they were furious and shouted loudly and cheered:
"Get off your horse, get off your horse! How can anyone in the world be so unreasonable!"
"Bring him the horse!"
"Heal the person and then let the dog go!"
"How could Guisun be so wild!"
"Hoho?" Li Dequan's slender eyebrows were raised, and he sneered and said, "I rewarded her with money just because I saw how pitiful she was, right? Is there anyone who kneels down in the street to beg for food? Horses are beasts, they understand
What? What's going on? I'm taking care of you!" After saying that, Huo Di jumped off his horse and said with a red face: "Do you want to blackmail me?"
Seeing that the old lady was getting calmer, Guo Xiu asked the people around to take her to a nearby teahouse to rest. She clapped her hands and stood up and said, "Looking at your accent, you look like someone from the capital. People under the emperor's feet must know the rules! What are you doing?"
What?" Li Dequan smiled and said: "You are quite discerning. I am here from the capital. I have an errand to see the magistrate of Sanhe!" Guo Xiu smiled sinisterly and said, "There is no magistrate in Sanhe. The county is new to the administrative office.
The Prime Minister has already removed the seal. Even if you see the county magistrate, you have to settle the matter here first!"
"You bastard!" Li Dequan spat and cursed in Mandarin, "Not to mention you, even the governor of Zhili has to give me three points! Is the master a fool? The man named Mao only arrived at noon.
The seal was taken off after only an hour? - You are so virtuous and you want to play tricks on men?" After talking, he whipped Guo Xiu on the shoulder.
Guo Xiu's mouth twitched in pain, but he held it back, breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Okay... If you don't believe it, I will take you there!" Li Dequan grinned: People are bitter insects and cannot survive without beating them. This is true.
It’s true! But he said: “If you realize this early, you will be whipped?”
The county government office was not far away. Guo Xiu took the three of them to the west for a bag of cigarettes. Then he turned south and saw a white wall. Behind the Zhaobi Bang house was the two-story Xuanhua archway, and there was an open space in front of the main entrance.
It is as big as a wheat field, with a pair of stone lions on both sides showing their teeth and claws, which looks very majestic. However, due to the official vacancy, there are only four silent avoidance signs beside the door, and there is no official title and tiger head license plate. Looking in from the gate, it is impressive.
Between the high overhanging walls of the Heguan Booth Box, the straight corridor is spotless, and the ceremonial gate leads directly to the platform. The layout of the house is rigorous, and the pavilion is spacious and tall. The other official offices are not as spectacular.
Guo Xiu arrived at the yamen gate, turned around and said to Li Dequan with a smile: "We're here, you guys wait for a while, I'll go in and talk to the person in charge, and then I'll come out to pick you up." After that, he went straight away. Li Dequan stepped off the horse stone and smiled at him.
He Zhuer said: "This dog is arrogant at first and respectful at the other. It turns out he is a man who often walks around in the Yamen. He treats us as foreigners..." He Zhuer grinned and was about to speak when Xing Nian, the little eunuch next to him, winked.
Flattery said: "You keep showing your true identity, I wonder if he doesn't get scared and fall down!"
While they were talking, the big drum in the hall suddenly made three loud "dong dong dong" sounds. The three of them eagerly waited for people to come out to greet them, but they saw a dozen government servants holding black and red water and fire sticks and swarming out with "ouch" sounds.
The three of them, Li Dequan, didn't even have time to ask. They were snatched in like an eagle catching a chicken and thrown into the center of the hall. After the case in the main hall, an official was wearing an eight-python five-claw robe, decorated with a heron patch, and a hat on his head.
Sitting half sideways on the white nirvana glass roof, when he saw the three of them being brought in, he knocked the sound wood hard and asked sharply:
"Who are you, the local thugs who come to Sanhe Town to oppress good people? Speak!"
Li Dequan was dizzy. When he looked up, he couldn't help but gasp. It turned out to be the middle-aged man who was staying at the hotel and protecting people in the city! He was discouraged for a moment, but when he thought of his identity, he suddenly became brave and jumped up with both hands.
, the nose is not the nose, the eyes are not the eyes, and he scolds: "You bastard, what is your name? I am the one who is worshiping me today, do you know? Even if you cross your toes, they are taller than you - you dare to do this.
I!"
"Arrogant!" Guo Xiu flew into a rage, struck the case with a bang, and shouted sternly, "The imperial court has issued an edict that eunuchs are not allowed to leave the capital without permission! Humph, you unruly people dare to pretend to be the emperor's emissaries and corrupt
My emperor’s reputation, come here!”
"exist!"
"Stand with a big stick!"
"twitter!"
Before the response was heard, the fire sticks were thrown down - twenty-ridged sticks for each person - and without any explanation, they were dragged out and pinned down, their robes were opened, and there was a burst of stinky beatings.
The three of them are all used to being pampered in the palace. How often have they experienced such suffering? They screamed and cursed at the beginning, but then they just howled incessantly, but their tone was not soft: "...Okay! -
- Ouch... I'll beat you, Ouch... good! Fuck your ancestors - Ouch!" When they were dragged back after the execution, the three of them were all in tears and disheveled, holding their backs and frowning and moaning in pain.
Guo Xiu asked with a sneer: "Do you still dare to pretend to be the emperor's messenger?"
"We were originally the emperor's messengers!" Li Dequan felt a stiffness in his neck and straightened his body. He could not help but grin and inhale because of the pain. "The emperor asked us to come to your county magistrate for questioning! I will let you know how many eyes Erlangshen has when you are young!"
Eunuchs are different from ordinary people. Guo Xiu saw their appearance, recognized their voices, and used torture, and he already believed them. But the people around Kangxi were doing such evil outside. If they admitted it, in front of so many government officials, it would be tantamount to slapping the emperor in the face.
When he was wiping the dust, he saw that Li Dequan was stubborn and sneered: "Since you are not afraid of being beaten, fine, I will serve you with the punishment!" He stretched out his hand and took out the sign again. When the officials saw the second Yin from Shuntian entering the office at noon, they couldn't help but take the seal of Mao Zongtang.
He ordered him to go out and went back to the government office in the afternoon. Knowing that he had a strong character, he agreed with an "oh" and "thumped" the three sets of oak wood, and clamped his legs viciously on the spot. As soon as the rope was pulled away, the three people "
"Oh my God", his face turned pale, and he fainted immediately. The head of the punishment room had already come over and sprayed water on everyone's face, and Li Dequan and others slowly woke up.
"Is he still the emperor's messenger?"
The veins on Guo Xiu's forehead popped out and jumped up and down. As he asked, he stretched out his hand towards the fire stick tube. It seemed that as soon as Li Dequan opened his mouth, he would be tortured again. The three eunuchs looked at each other, and Xing Nian said with a sad face: "
Good Uncle Li, please don't..." As he spoke, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he burst into tears in grievance. Li Dequan raised his head and looked at this unreasonable court official, secretly trying hard in his heart, swallowed, and said after a while:
"Even if...it's not..."
"It's okay if it's not!" Guo Xiu also breathed a sigh of relief, sneered and retracted his hand, and ordered, "This department is too lazy to ask the case today, so we will first detain these three villains in the patrol hall and wait for their fate. Don't let it go.
!Quit!" He sat and thought for a long time. He knew that Kangxi must live in Sanheyi, so he hurried to the Qinzhi Hall behind to repair the watch, and sarcastically remonstrated with the emperor that he should not send envoys to disturb the people.
Kangxi rested in the post for two hours. He slept very soundly. At the end of the year, he stretched out and sat up, rubbed his groggy eyes, took off his shoes and lifted the curtain to look inside.
Seeing Axiu and Han Liu playing dominoes and gossiping at the table to relieve their boredom, they walked to the corridor. They saw Wu Dan and two eunuchs feeding Hai Dongqing with a skinned chicken in the west corridor. That Hai Dongqing
He closed his eyes and didn't even look at it. He used his wings to dodge the food and refused to peck at it. Kangxi couldn't help laughing and said: "It's so easy to tame an eagle? It's an ancestral craft! You guys are going to kill me if you do this."
Dongqing - it's strange, what time has it been, and the slave Li Dequan hasn't come back yet? Wu Dan rode to Sanhe to have a look." Gao Shiqi, Mingzhu, and Suo'etu were all taking a nap in the east chamber, listening to Kangxi's rise.
After they all rushed out, Suo'etu smiled and said: "It's easy to let them out. These eunuchs love to have fun. Maybe they can have tea and read books somewhere?"
Before he finished speaking, three eunuchs, Li Dequan, He Zhuer, and Xing Nian, staggered in from the door of the post house. All three of them were wearing large shackles weighing forty kilograms. They staggered in and fell on the ground, even their heads.
He failed, and every buttock was soaked with blood. The guards, eunuchs and post office officials all over the courtyard were stunned for a moment. Li Dequan glanced at the shocked Kangxi, his lips trembled, and he cried loudly for a long time, then he lay forward.
After crawling two steps, he cried in silence: "Good master... the slaves are alive... back..." When Hai Dongqing saw his master coming back, he flapped his wings. Wu Dan let go and flew away early.
He came over and landed on Li Dequan's shoulder. He took out a piece of beef jerky from the skin on Li Dequan's back, pecked it with his claws and ate it fiercely.
Kangxi knew that something must have happened. He was stunned for a moment, and cursed angrily and funnyly: "Where did you get such a treasure? It's disgusting!"
Li Dequan cried so hard that he choked and knelt down reluctantly. He pointed out how he got to Sanhe Town and how he was lured to the Yamen by Guo Xiu. Without being allowed to say anything, he knocked him down, beat and pinched him. He also rubbed his eyes and coughed up snot.
He told the whole story with embarrassment, only concealing the fact that they knocked down the blind mother-in-law on horseback. Kangxi couldn't help being stunned. His face turned pale for a while, and then blood surged up, and his muscles were stretched so high. Look at Hai Dongqing's greed.
He looked so angry that his hands were shaking slightly.
"Get out of here." Kangxi shouted angrily, "I can't bear to see you being such a bitch! - Where are the people from Sanhe County, are they here?"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone outside the door of the inn shouted loudly: "Long live my minister Guo Xiu, the co-president of Shuntian Mansion!"
"Come in!" Kangxi flicked his pigtails, turned back to the steps of the central hall, stared coldly at the door with his hands behind his back and ordered sternly.
"twitter!"
Guo Xiu agreed, walked in with a hunched waist, unhurriedly tied up his horse-hoove sleeves, glanced at the furious Kangxi, knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times, and the mountain shouted long live. Gao Shiqi couldn't help but secretly praise: "This is so popular.
Not bad!" Mingzhu and Suo'etu also sweated for Guo Xiu. After a long time, Kangxi said: "Guo Xiu, it depends on the owner when beating a dog! You are very courageous, who can support you?
waist?"
"Long live the words!" Guo Xiu said loudly with a strong Shandong accent: "I act according to the laws of the imperial court. I was originally bold. I received my body from my parents, and my Qi from Confucius and Mencius. Just because I have read the books of sages, I don't know how to do it."
If you dare to act rashly and do it with a clear heart, why should you be afraid?"
"Wu Dan!" Kangxi was so angry that his face was as white as paper. He turned around and shouted, "Hit him with a whip!"
Wu Dan came over in response, held the horse whip in his hand, looked at Kang Xi's face, and then gritted his teeth and whipped it with a "sun" sound. Guo Xiu trembled all over, the robe on her back had been torn, and bright red blood stains had leached out, and then
Another four or five lashes made Guo Xiu sweat profusely in pain and gritted his teeth without making a sound.
"Do you still dare to say that you are reasonable?" Seeing how stubborn he was, Kangxi waved his hand to stop Wu Dan and asked coldly.
"Originally, I am right!" Guo Xiu finally managed to find his breath and said loudly, "Long live, I don't care about the indiscretion and whip the minister, I really can't accept it in my heart!"
"You can be regarded as a minister who studies to nourish his spirit!" Kangxi sneered and said, "You are good at using the torture tree to torture eunuchs, and you have no father. What book are you reading? You are a scoundrel, corrupt and corrupt, I
I hope you will be demoted lightly for your first offense, but you dare to be so presumptuous!"
"I use my official title and a stick to punish people, which is not a punishment!" Guo Xiu said in a loud voice, "Since I was punished for my crimes in the seventeenth year of Kangxi, I have cultivated my moral conduct externally, meditated on the gods internally, cut off my fingers and complained to the sky, and washed the earth with clear water;
I hope that I can wash away my shame by doing the most righteous deeds, and for the great cause of governing the country and the people, and doing the hard work of dogs and horses. Long live this day. I will put an end to yesterday's wrongdoing and today's wrongdoing. I will not allow you to change your past!" After saying this, he beat the eunuch and rushed into the street.
, trampling on the people, whipping the officials, and roaring in the court, all the plots were recounted in detail, and he also said: "...The Lord allowed his slaves to harm the people, and the people who gathered around looked at him angrily, daring to be angry but not daring to speak. The minister's duty is to be the pastor, and his responsibility is
What is the crime of practicing the Tao of Confucius and Mencius and enforcing the laws of the court in the local area? Banzai summoned the ministers, but before he could defend himself, he whipped the ministers without punishment. I wonder what book Banzai read? "
Guo Xiu didn't change his expression, he accused and cross-examined Kangxi face to face, and he spoke plausibly. How had everyone seen such a person before? Their faces turned yellow with fright. Only then did Kangxi know that the eunuch had caused the incident without reason, but Guo Xiu was so stubborn and had no face at all.
Yes, it was really hard for him to step down. He wanted to laugh it off, but he couldn't. He grimaced and said: "I always tolerate my ministers, but unexpectedly there are people who are above me. You...who do you think I am?"
It's gone!" Suo'etu had been with Kangxi for a long time and knew that as long as Guo Xiu admitted his mistake, the matter would be over. He quickly winked and asked Guo Xiu to apologize. Unexpectedly, Guo Xiu put his hands on the ground, knocked his head down, and said loudly:
"The emperor is the lord of Jie and Zhou!"
Kangxi seemed to have been shocked by an electric shock, his facial features were all out of place, and terrible sparks appeared in his eyes. He smiled viciously and said: "What a Guo Xiu, you really have a unique eye! I am eight years old, a powerful person, a traitor inside, and a wolf outside.
Atmosphere, home from all over the world, coming from all directions, Tang Zong and Song Zu are just like this! Humph! I would like to hear your opinions!"
"Your Majesty!" Guo Xiu cried out in pain, banged his head a few times, and said, "I have already died in the 17th year of Kangxi's reign, and it is too late to die now. Now that I have been questioned, I will simply say my words and then die. - Your Majesty Ying Ruitian
Judgment means not talking about it, and everyone in the world knows it. However, since the emperor came to the throne, he has not regarded himself as the common master of the world. He favors the ministers, rejects the Han officials, favors the eunuchs, and despises the courtiers. As a result, both inside and outside the court, he sells his officials and wins titles, and villains run rampant among them.
, greedy at the top and deceitful at the bottom, fond of hunting, sensual and sensual dogs and horses for their own entertainment. Such things are not comparable to those of Tang Zong, Song Zu, even the emperors of Jie and Zhou - ""You fart!" Kangxi roared manically, "Na
How can I be said to be corrupted by donating officials to raise funds for river management and troops? I regard the world as one family, so how can I hold the views of Manchu and Han? You say it, you say it!" Guo Xiuquan seemed to know what was good and bad, and kowtowed: "Yes! Long live my life for a moment.
To quell the anger of Thunder, Rong Chen finished his memorial. Although the donation was to raise money, it was also to drink poison to quench thirst. Once this example was started, there would be endless troubles. The country would be sick and the people would be harmed beyond words! During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor asked Shandong, and the people in Guanzhong agreed.
Wei Zhengzhuo said: "The king regards the world as his home, and it is not appropriate to show similarities and differences to the world." Nowadays, most of the emperor's assistants and ministers are Manchus, and only 23 out of 10 are Han people - you are the lord of the world.
, we should recruit talents from all over the world. The land does not distinguish between north and south, and the people do not distinguish between Han and Manchu. Now the emperor favors the Manchus, how can the Han people be loyal to the court? Now the people from all over the world have not yet surrendered, and the people of the world still pursue those who are in love with the former Ming Dynasty.
It's because the emperor always thinks that he is a Manchu..." What he said was from the bottom of his heart. In fact, the reason why Guo Xiu, who was upright and upright in nature, gained weight, wasted money, took bribes and was deposed in the 17th year of Kangxi was because he saw the tendency of people's hearts.
It was difficult for the Han and Manchus to gain a foothold.
Kangxi had no intention of punishing Guo Xiu seriously because Li Dequan broke the law and ruined his job. Unexpectedly, he quoted such a big article, which really added fuel to the fire. He was so angry that he went crazy, suddenly felt dizzy, and hurriedly supported the Yingzhu with his hands.
When Mingzhu came to help her, Kangxi pushed her aside, took the sword from Su Lun's waist and threw it to Wu Dan. She said with a ferocious smile: "Okay, okay, okay! I am a foolish king, how can I use someone like you?"
Minister of sages? - I'll help you, - drag him out and ask him to do the Dragon Fighting Competition!" (To be continued)