The 50th Lafayette's sickness lying in the Cining Palace, the ministers He Shouzai
Aunt Sumala died silently in the Forbidden City. According to her will, Kangxi ordered the palace eunuch to go to Xiangyang with her ashes and scatter them in the roaring Han River. In the following years, Kangxi often thought of his childhood.
My good friend at that time, "Sister Su", was always feeling sad. Unexpectedly, the sadness was not over. By September of the 26th year of Kangxi, the 75-year-old Empress Dowager was also seriously ill and could not afford to die. Kangxi at that time
I was visiting the construction of a summer resort in Chengde, and stopped by Gubeikou to see the Green Camp troops of the Eight Banners stationed in Feiyanggu. I was planning to rush back to Beijing to spend a good winter vacation when I received a letter from several study ministers in Beijing jointly
After hearing the memorial, this surprise was no small matter. He immediately drove back to Beijing on a starry night. The guards and accompanying eunuchs were divided into two groups. One group slept in the car, and the other group walked under the car with the retinue. For three days and three nights, they finally rushed back to Beijing.
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When the car entered Donghua Gate, it was already dusk, the autumn colors were dim, the crows were flying, and the golden wind was blowing withered leaves. Kangxi got off the car and didn't even bother to change clothes. He just waved his hand and ordered to be picked up at Donghua Gate.
Suo, Ming, Xiong, Gao and others "go back and do things in peace" and rushed straight to Cining Palace. At this moment, the white-haired and silver-browed Zhang Wanqiang knew that the emperor was back, and he was already waiting in front of the door of Cining Palace.
"Zhang Wanqiang," Kangxi asked as he walked, "what symptoms does the old Buddha suffer from? Are all the concubines waiting here?" Zhang Wanqiang was a little behind in his steps and said slightly breathless: "On the third day of September, the old Buddha is still here.
He was very tough and called the princes and concubines of each palace. The princes and princes discussed it and said that when the emperor came back, they would go to Yuquan Mountain to climb up to relieve the cold. Who knew that night, he would feel hot and could not move around.
The food has not been delicious these days, and I can't use less than half a bowl of Bijing porridge in one meal... Because I was upset, I ordered the concubines to only visit once a day at Chen time, and not to wait in front of them..." Kangxi nodded as he listened.
, saw that the palace maids had lifted up the curtain, walked in a few steps, knelt down in front of the Queen Mother's couch, and said softly: "My grandson is back, and I will pay my respects to Lafayette here!"
Under the candlelight, the Empress Dowager was lying on the big pillow with her eyes closed and concentrating. Her face was flushed, her throat was probably blocked by phlegm, and her breathing was uneven. When she heard Kangxi coming, she opened her eyes in confusion, stretched out her hand and said: "
The emperor has come back. You sit in front of me. I have something to say. Good luck with your coming back. I'm so afraid..." At this point, he stopped and just looked at Kangxi up and down. That attachment, love, and expectation
Kangxi's expression made Kangxi's heart heat up, and his eyes suddenly filled with tears. He could only hold back to prevent them from rolling out. He held his grandmother's hot hand and comforted him: "Grandma, don't say such things. It's very uncomfortable to hear. Where is it?"
Has this come to that? You have always had a strong body and a broad heart. Last year, you asked Blind Man Luo to tell your fortune. You have a lifespan of 120 years..." As he spoke, his voice was choked with sobs.
"Oh, one hundred and twenty..." The Empress Dowager nodded with an unclear smile, and lay down again, only holding Kangxi's hand tightly, "... Those are all coaxing, I
I understand in my heart! Seventy-three or eighty-four, the King of Hell will not invite me to go - this is a Han proverb I heard from Master Fan when I was with Taizu. I originally only wanted to live to eighty-four. It seems that Buddha
You want me to leave." Seeing Kangxi wiping his eyes with his sleeves, the Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Everyone has this day sooner or later. When I return to the West and become a Buddha, you should send me off happily. But there are a few words.
, it would be best if I said it before I understood it, can you listen?"
"Well..." Kangxi replied with a cry in his voice, "If you have anything to say, Lafayette just gives instructions, and my grandson will obey everything."
The Empress Dowager let go of her hand, as if gathering her last energy, closed her eyes and breathed heavily, caressed Kangxi lovingly and said: "I entered the palace in the tenth year of Tianming and followed you Aixinjueluo family.
Sixty years. How many difficulties and things have you and your grandfather and father gone through. It seems that they are never as good as you. In fact, you are a smart and blessed man! In the twenty-six years since you ascended to the throne, our grandparents and grandchildren almost died.
Ao Bai's hand almost cost Wu Sangui his life. It's not easy for our Qing Dynasty to be what it is today. You have to cherish it!"
This was clearly a will. When Kangxi thought about the past, his mind was shaken and his whole body was boiling. He forced himself to endure the sadness and said: "Yes, the Qing Dynasty is what it is today, it is all the blessing of Lafayette!"
"Logically, I should be buried in Taizong's tomb." The Empress Dowager seemed very calm and said slowly, "Taizong has been in great power for decades, and I don't want to disturb him anymore. Your tomb is in Zunhua, which is nearby.
Build me an underground palace there, and one day I can see my royal grandson underground every day, and I will feel at ease!"
After Kangxi heard this, he could no longer hold back and threw himself into his grandmother's arms. He burst into tears and agreed: "According to my grandmother... I, my grandson, can't bear to see you grow old..." "Don't cry, don't cry. If you cry,
My heart is in chaos." The Empress Dowager stroked Kangxi's braid, and for a long time, she raised her voice and ordered the palace attendants, "You all should go out, and no one should be here!"
In front of and behind the couch, the palace eunuchs standing in the corner of the palace had already burst into tears. After listening to her instructions, they all knelt down and retreated silently. Zhang Wanqiang was guarding the Danqi outside the palace gate to monitor her. Kangxi didn't know that she was
Is there any secret message? I listened with tears in my eyes, but I heard the Queen Mother ask:
"What do you think of this guy So Etu?"
"Suo'etu is Sony's son, a person who was used by the late emperor." Kangxi's heart skipped a beat, "Seventeen years ago during Kangxi's reign, I thought he was more arrogant and treated others badly. But he seems to have changed in the past few years..."
"Where's the Pearl?"
Kangxi lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "Mingzhu, like Suo'etu, is both meritorious. In the past few years, he has made a lot of trouble down here. There were several letters against him, but I suppressed them. I originally wanted to get rid of him."
"Yes, and I'm afraid that my ministers will be suspicious. You know, my grandson wants to attack the west, and the government cannot be in chaos, which will create an opportunity for the villains..." It was hard to say what he said, so he swallowed it.
"It sounds like you have an idea." The Empress Dowager was very smart at the moment, and she immediately heard the implication of Kangxi's words. She breathed a sigh of relief and said decisively, "No one in the world can escape the power of fame.
.Some people are good at first, but not necessarily later! Although you are smart, I think you are still too generous. Last year, I asked the Department of Punishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to kill Bai Cai of Cining Palace with poisoned wine. You know why!
"
Kangxi knew about this. Bai Cai was originally a Qingyi from Changyin Pavilion, nicknamed "Baicai Gangzi". Seeing her cleverness, Kangxi sent her to Cining Palace to relieve the boredom of the Empress Dowager, and executed her if he didn't want to.
Pay attention, Kangxi was a little confused when he heard the Empress Dowager mention it: "I heard from Li Dequan that Bai Cai had no rules, Lafayette was fasting, and she was executed for singing "The Little Widow Goes to the Grave". Isn't that so?" The Empress Dowager shook her head and said
: "That's what I told them to say. Bai Cai made your birth date, pinned it on the five green-faced ghosts with a needle, and practiced magic to harm you. Did you know?" Kangxi's face suddenly turned white.
, this was a major case of treason and treason, but he was completely unaware of it! After thinking about it, he asked, "Didn't Lafayette ask who was behind it?"
"The whole body was branded with a branding iron, and she just tried to fight to death without telling anyone - nothing can be traced from such a person." The Empress Dowager said, "Last autumn, the Taomu man was also found in the Prince's room, but there was no trace of it.
After finding the perpetrator, I had to replace all the eunuchs there - these things were ineffective, which shows that evil cannot invade good. According to my careful consideration, these things are related to outside the palace, some are to harm the emperor, and some are to harm the prince. I
I'm afraid that if I tell you that your temper will come up, it will turn everything upside down and make a big fuss. So I held on. There is no rightful master in the palace now. If I go again, I'm afraid that if you don't pay attention to things inside and outside, what happens if something happens?
It's a mistake, and it's hard for me to see my ancestors..." After saying that, a string of old tears flowed out silently.
Kangxi's heart was pounding when he heard this. He gritted his teeth and pondered for a long time. He had made up his mind. He stood up and tucked the quilt for the Empress Dowager, and comforted him: "Old Buddha, you are uneasy, so don't say more. Since my grandson understands,
There is nothing that can't be done. My life depends on the sky, and little people can't do anything to me! You have a good rest, and when you recover, my grandson will tell you to see the results!" After saying that, he knelt down again, called Zhang Wanqiang and said, "Old man
The Lord Buddha just suffered from the cold and is a little unwell, so he needs to rest quietly and select a few mature palace ladies to serve him. If any foreign officials come in to pay their respects, just ask them to kowtow to him outside the palace!"
After leaving the Empress Dowager and returning to the Yangxin Hall, Kangxi ordered a bowl of ginseng soup and lay on the easy chair with a jade Ruyi, playing with it in a trance. When he saw Li Dequan coming in cautiously with a yellow box in his arms, he asked: "Go to the study."
Everyone has gone back? Is everything okay?" Li Dequan had been beaten in Sanhe County and was so honest that he was afraid of hitting his head even if he dropped a leaf. Hearing Kangxi's question, he quickly put the box on the case and lowered his hand and replied: "To my master:
Xiong Cilu was on duty in the study tonight, and the others had just left. The servant didn't hear anything there, only heard Xiong Cilu say that the Empress Dowager was very kind, and asked Mingzhu's fiftieth birthday to do things simply, and the Lord was worried.
Humiliation is not the time to be happy...Xiong Zhongtang also said a lot of things, but this servant is stupid and can't understand."
"Fiftieth birthday, oh, I also remembered it!" Kangxi couldn't help but smile, "It doesn't matter that the Empress Dowager is ill, just celebrate her birthday as she should! I originally said that I would write him a message on his birthday, maybe they
That's what I'm talking about." After saying that, he stood up, went to the front of the desk, pondered for a moment, and wrote four characters, "This is a pearl. You go and deliver the message, saying that I can't come in person, and give him three days' leave.
!”
After Li Dequan went out, Kangxi walked out of the palace. When he saw Wudan Suwei, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go to the study and ask Xiong Cilu to come. Tell him that I have a secret message for him!"
Mingzhu's fiftieth birthday was celebrated with great excitement. He came to Beijing at the age of twenty-four, begging for food from outside the customs, and almost froze to death outside He Guizhu's Yuepeng shop. His thirtieth birthday coincided with Kangxi's seizure of the palace and the removal of Ao Bai.
In the tense days, only Wu Ciyou was invited, and Wei Dongting and others had a few glasses of water and wine. When he was forty, the court was in full swing with Wu Sangui in Hunan. He stayed up late with Kangxi to read the military newspaper, and was so busy that he forgot. At this time, there was no one in the world.
It was time for a big celebration. He had lived in officialdom for more than 20 years, and he had been the prime minister for 12 years. He was favored by the emperor and had countless disciples and former officials. Anyone who had some connections should not be teased.
Thousands of birthday invitations were printed, and after they were sent out, there was an endless stream of gift-givers. The various gifts in the courtyard in front of Prince Dafu's Mansion were already filled with piles of gifts.
By noon, all kinds of cars and sedans were crowded from the entrance of the alley to the gate of the palace. Mingzhu went inside to call his wife, and his daughter-in-law took the girl with her. The old woman happily received the officials and their families. Before she could even sit down, her family members rushed over to report. "Suo Zhongtang, Xiong Zhongtang and Gao Xiang have already arrived at the door. Please welcome me!" Mingzhu knew that Xiong Cilu never did such things, so she jumped up happily and left the officials chatting on the corridor in the courtyard. Welcoming them out, they saw that the three commoner men had already entered the second door. They hurriedly raised their hands and said with a smile: "Is this my duty? I'm thinking of my brothers. Please come and sit in the room. You can start the feast as soon as you come!"
"It's rare to have half a day to spare in a floating life," Suo'etu chuckled and said while greeting the officials around him, "I'll give you three days at your convenience!" Xiong Cilu also smiled and said: "Fifty people know destiny, and it's not easy for Pearl today! "Gao Shiqi protected his chest with a folding fan, shook it gently, and said: "We don't have the gift to give you a gift. We just took a bite and left. The master will discuss something later. Didn't the master give you a word? Where is it? Let’s pay our respects!”
Mingzhu hurriedly led the three people to the main hall and said: "Although I won't accept your gift, I'm afraid it will be inevitable in the future. Are you afraid that you will be poor? When it comes to the word "reward", it is really a great grace from the Holy Spirit, but I don't deserve it. "It's not that it's already hanging in the center of the main hall, but it's just too late to make a plaque. I asked someone to frame it for now. Everyone, please-" Four people came in laughing and talking. When they looked up, they saw that it was hanging on top of the word "Shou". Wearing a banner framed with bright yellow silk, it reads:
Liangfu Liangbi
A stroke of official script, elegant and powerful. Gao Shiqi put his hands together and praised first: "Wonderful! Dong Xiangguang has his own charm but no rhyme!" Suo'etu and Xiong Cilu also expressed admiration at each other. Mingzhu saw that all the guests had arrived, and raised his hands He called the butler and said: "Let's have a dinner!"
As a result, more than a hundred tables of sumptuous delicacies were lined up from the central hall to the wing rooms on both sides. Thousands of officials, big and small, with hairpins and nobles, some were shouting and drinking, some were whispering, some were joking, some were joining the banquet to toast, and some were raising their ears. The punishment-drinking was really lively. Mingzhu was filled with unspeakable pride at the moment. With a glowing face, she held a jug in her hand and went to the table to persuade people to drink. She also ordered people to call the troupe to sing, but she was stopped by Suo'etu and said "They are all old-fashioned talk about longevity, who can bear to listen to it! Here are Gao Shiqi, Li Guangdi, Zha Shenxing, and Xu Qianxue, who are either the number one scholar or the Imperial Academy. Wouldn't it be great to ask them to help?" Li Guangdi was sitting in the main hall. The people at the second table had already heard it, and hurriedly waved their hands and said with a smile: "Third Master, please don't make it difficult for me. Xiong Dongyuan and I are on the same path. I can just write a poem, but I can't sing a tune. This broken gong voice will make everyone laugh!" Several ministry officials were unwilling to give in, so they shouted: "We have all heard the best singer in Rongcun! Could it be that Suo Zhongtang's face has been lost?"
Li Guangdi couldn't do it, so he stood up with a red face, bowed his head, and said: "It's hard to ruin everyone's fun, so I have to show off my embarrassment. Don't blame me if you don't sing well!" After that, he cleared his throat. He was always dignified and unsmiling. When I saw him, In this way, everyone in the main hall put down their chopsticks and listened quietly, and Li Guangdi had no choice but to sing:
There is no curtain in front of the quiet hall, and I can't get tired of seeing the strange flowers and rare grasses in the quiet scenery. I stay alone in front of the flowers and under the moon, waiting to see you, but I am afraid that you will talk nonsense. I put a book and light a cigarette, and my heart is just I would like to come and play the strings under the window when I have time, and half-heartedly admire the Penglai gods...
Although he sang seriously, his voice was not interesting, and the Fujianese Mandarin was awkward and weird. Everyone laughed. Gao Shiqi said: "Li Anxi's skills are indeed extraordinary, and he made Lao Gao feel itchy. I won't wait for you."
Come and urge me, I will also play a perfunctory song!" Then he sang:
A sprig of hydrangeas is fresh and watery, causing bees to dance and butterflies fluttering their wings into a ball. Mingguan Lique has hung a silk whip, twisting it on the left and twisting it on the right. I'm afraid you, Li Guangdi, are looking for a break.
He was as solemn and solemn as if he were sitting at a banquet of five deer, cursing in his heart: It has nothing to do with you, Lao Gao...
Before he finished singing, everyone was already laughing. Suo'etu couldn't help but spit out the wine, pointed at Gao Shiqi, and said with a chuckle: "It's really hard to change one's nature. I haven't listened to you in the past two years."
You're swearing, are you drunk with yellow soup today?" Mingzhu, a very smart man, listened to the two of them sarcastically teasing each other, and hurriedly poured wine to persuade him. Over there, Zha Shenxing used chopsticks as a festival, and he was already formal and polite.
Singing with eyes:
Don't worry about your beautiful hair in front of the mandarin duck mirror, don't just pick the lanterns in the spring window every night. Because I raise my cup, because I even go to the end of the world, because I have exhausted my passion, but I just don't return home?
"Why return home?" Xu Qianxue heard Cha Shenxing complain and knew that he was drunk. He often walked around the Mingzhu Gate and had to maintain it for a while, because he smiled and said: "Are you still dissatisfied? The Holy Master gave you the honorary title.'
"Yanbo Diaotu", and he chose to be a bachelor in the Ci Museum, who can compare with this blessing? Compared with you in the same year, they are still sitting there doing middle school books, copying paintings for others, what does that mean? "
He had good intentions to comfort him, but unexpectedly, Jin Xianting, the minister of the Ministry of Industry sitting next to him, was born in Zhongshu. He didn't listen to it, so he laughed and said: "Old Xu, you are the number one scholar, and our brother admires your knowledge. Qianer's Yamen has been punished.
Lu, I burned down the Yimen, and I took people to check and repair it. Li Wenhan from the Hanlin Academy came and made a couplet, but no one said it right. Can you?" As he said that, he looked up at Xu Qianxue and read:
There was a fire in the Ministry of Water Resources, and Jin Sikong started construction work
Singing a tune leads to a couplets, and the questions are all five elements. Everyone here is a master, and they can't help but be very interested. Even Xiong Cilu, Gao Shiqi and Li Guangdi frowned and lowered their heads in thought. Zha Shenxing was sober now and listened.
The first couplet mentioned by Jin Xianting was really embarrassing, and he frowned in thought. Gao Shiqi glanced around and saw a young man in his twenties sitting in the corner of the hall, smiling and saying nothing. Knowing that he was there, he walked over and asked
"It seems that you are already confident, why don't you share your wonderful article and share it with us?" Seeing that she didn't recognize Gao Shiqi, Mingzhu hurriedly came over and introduced: "This is Zhang Tingyu, the eldest son of the great scholar Zhang Luosonggong. He entered the school the year before last.
Hanlin Academy.”
"Yes, there is." Zhang Tingyu, a young man with elegant temperament and a clean gray cloth robe, saw the famous scholar Qi Yuzun asking for advice. He stood up, bowed and said: "I just have to ask you to do the middle school.
My lords, please forgive me before I dare to say anything." Everyone had been waiting impatiently, and several people had already laughed and said: "I won't mince words, just tell us whether we don't blame you or not!" Zhang Tingyu pursed her lips and smiled shyly.
road:
People from the north look to the south, what the heck is Zhongshujun?
Everyone laughed again, so they sat down to drink and chat, all exaggerating that Tingyu was worthy of a scholarly son, and that he was really quick in thinking. Suddenly, the housekeeper came in and said, "Mr. Guo Xiu, the censor of the Imperial Palace, is here to congratulate you on his birthday!" "Please come quickly!"
!" Mingzhu became more and more happy, and as she spoke, she left her seat to greet her. Guo Xiu was already swaying in wearing a brand-new divine sheep patch, and the sapphires on the top of the big hat were shining brightly, looking very energetic.
The appearance of this man who never attended banquets immediately attracted the attention of all the officials in the house. Even Suo'etu and Gao Shiqi were startled and stood up.
"Ming Xiang, congratulations on your fiftieth birthday!" Guo Xiu entered the room proudly, bowed his hands to the ground, and said, "Guo is so late and disrespectful. Please forgive me!"
Mingzhu saw that he was neither yin nor yang, neither humble nor arrogant. She didn't know what his background was. She thought about it and returned the gift with a smile, saying with a smile: "How dare you? Please take a seat, everyone is having fun at the moment!"
"That's even better," Guo Xiu glanced at everyone, took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve, unfolded it, and said with a smile: "I am also good at writing. A gentleman loves others with virtue. My articles do not flatter each other, and I am clear about it.
Weird!" He coughed lightly and said:
Guo Xiu asked me to ask about the pearl. Corruption, bribery, bad laws, forming cliques for personal gain, harming the country and the people.
Your Majesty Guo Xiu knelt down to report: I am the Minister of the Study, the Minister of the Bodyguard, and the Crown Prince's Taibao Mingzhu. Since the 14th year of Kangxi's reign, I have been in the Cabinet and Counselor of the Imperial Affairs. I have been favored by the Holy Spirit many times, and have been entrusted with no less important posts, with high hopes.
He should be diligent, prudent, respectful, thrifty, caring for the people, and loyal to the master, so as to repay him in case of disaster. This officer...
It turned out to be the bullet that impeached Mingzhu! Everyone was stunned and stood there stunned! (To be continued)