In the Yangxin Hall, Yin suddenly threw the memorial in his hand to the ground. The golden red sandalwood pen holder next to him shook a few times, and then fell down, clattering the imperial pen to the ground.
The palace maid next to her who was about to serve tea was so frightened that she almost dropped the tea cup with a jade base made of blue glazed jade she was holding in her hand.
Inside and outside the palace, the servants heard the commotion and wondered what was going on inside. They suddenly knelt on the ground in darkness. Several ministers who came to discuss affairs also lifted the hems of their robes and knelt down.
Those who were brave enough to look up secretly saw a rare angry look on the emperor's face, his chest was rising and falling, and his eyes were so heavy that they seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, making people dare not look at him again after just one glance.
Yin's heart was filled with ups and downs of thoughts. The original seven points of suspicion and three points of intolerance had now turned into full of anger.
Academician Zhang Tingyu stepped forward and bowed to pick up the memorial. It was a memorial handed to the emperor by General Nian. At first glance, it seemed to be just an ordinary memorial to express greetings to the emperor.
But how smart is Zhang Tingyu? After a quick glance, he saw the key point.
Zhang Tingyu's father was Zhang Ying, a bachelor of the late Emperor Kangxi. He received his father's teachings from an early age and developed a gentle and tough temperament like his father. At this time, seeing the emperor's anger, everyone else was trembling and did not dare to speak, so he lowered his voice.
He said in a voice: "Your Majesty, it is possible that the great general may be confused for a moment."
Yin's heart felt cold, and he slowly raised his head and looked at Zhang Tingyu, but his eyes were full of anger and pain. When Zhang Tingyu saw the emperor's eyes like this, he couldn't help but feel worried.
Yin buried his face in his hands for a moment, then raised his head, looked at Zhang Tingyu with a tired look, and said slowly: "Thirty years."
Zhang Tingyu held the folded sheet and his eyes fell on the four words "Xi Ti Chao Qian" for a long time.
I don’t know if it was intentional, but in short, Nian Gengyao wrote it backwards. It should be “work day and night”
These four words come from the "Book of Changes". The original words in the Book of Changes are as follows: A gentleman works hard all day long, and is vigilant at night, without any blame.
Ganqian means continuous self-improvement, and vigilance means caution.
The four words combined together describe a person who is diligent and cautious all day long without any negligence.
Zhang Tingyu still remembers: After the emperor came to the throne, he was diligent and cautious day and night, and he also praised himself as "working hard in the morning and being alert in the evening".
When the ministers wrote a letter to the emperor, using these four words simply meant that they listened to the emperor's teachings in the morning, and in the evening, when they returned home, they carefully reflected on their mistakes in words and deeds that day, corrected them if they were found, and encouraged them if they were not.
This is a common honorific that praises the emperor and expresses loyalty.
But when Nian Gengyao reversed the order of the words, the whole meaning changed completely: I have to think about it every night, be alert and prepared, so that I can go to see the emperor during the day.
Zhang Tingyu broke out in a cold sweat. He lowered his head and looked at the toes of his boots. For a moment, he only thought of his father. His father, Zhang Ying, was a bachelor of the Wenhua Palace and the Minister of Etiquette in the Kangxi Dynasty. He was cautious and diligent throughout his life and was deeply loved by the late emperor.
, he stayed in the court to deal with official matters throughout his life.
At that time, he had just passed the Jinshi examination and was awarded the title of Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy. He was the proud young man.
Not long after, because his father was old, he was transferred to the South Study Room to replace his father's position equivalent to a senior secretary.
This replacement lasted for twelve years, until the death of the late emperor.
When Prince Yong Yin just ascended the throne and became Emperor Yongzheng, he carefully paid attention to the ministers around him and wanted to use them for his own team, but there were not many people who could be selected by the emperor.
Zhang Tingyu still remembers that when the emperor came to the South Study Room to examine himself for the first time as an emperor, he stared at himself, smiled and left an eight-word evaluation, which was praised in the Forbidden City as "calm bearing and profound character."
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Four months after the death of the late emperor, Yongzheng quickly promoted him to be the Minister of Rites. In the second year, he was appointed as the Chancellor of the Hanlin Academy to supervise the Hanlin Academy. This year, he was promoted to the Minister of Hubu, Wenyuange University.
Zhang Tingyu thought of the emperor's favor and saw Yin's expression of sadness. Her thoughts changed and she knew that the emperor had determined that this would be a major event that would shock the world.
He looked at the emperor with warm and dark eyes, and when he saw a bitter smile on the corner of the emperor's mouth, his heart jumped. He kept his voice steady and answered the emperor in a low voice: "Yes, it has been more than thirty years."
Everyone else heard that Monk Jie Zhanger was confused. Only Zhang Tingyu knew that the emperor was saying that he and Nian Gengyao had known each other since they were young, and thirty years had passed.
The thoughts in Yin's heart are ups and downs, thinking about old things, old friends, youth, and old feelings.
He thought of what he once said in the excerpt to Nian Gengyao: "The two of us can set an example for kings and ministers to know how to find good fortune, and make the world's future generations admire and salivate."
I also thought of how Nian Gengyao made all the officials kneel down to greet him when he returned to Beijing.
He also thought of his own emperor's decree, ordering Nian Gengyao's troops to rest, and all the soldiers did not move. However, Nian Gengyao only spoke once, and everyone immediately obeyed the command.
The last time, Nian Gengyao came to Beijing for an audience. In front of all the ministers, he proudly "sat" in front of him with his legs stretched out and spread out in a relaxed posture. There was no courtesy for him. At that time, he secretly
There was an uproar.
……enough!
During this period of time, the officials continued to go to the ground to fold their clothes and clothes in yellow bags. If they gave anything belonging to the officials, they were ordered to kowtow to the north to express gratitude.
Nian Gengyao ordered Abao, the prince of Mongolia's Zasak County, to kneel down... He secretly made the general's arrows... All the officials in Sichuan and Shaanxi knew about Gengyao, but they didn't know about the national law...
Yin leaned back slightly, seeming to use all his strength to look into the distance.
The gaze was empty, floating up and down, and finally fell on the brick floor in front of the Yangxin Hall. It was the only way for ministers and ministers to come and go to the Yangxin Hall to discuss politics. The blue bricks were slippery and cold to the touch.
The dragon chair he was sitting on was like a long live long live long live dragon chair, and it was extremely cold from a high place.
Among thousands of people, the Nine-Five Supreme Being is also lonely.
In June of the third year of Yongzheng's reign.
Emperor Yongzheng ordered the king's ministers, the three ministers of law, and the nine ministers to convene and punish Gengyao for ninety-two crimes: five crimes of great treason, nine crimes of deception, sixteen crimes of transgression, thirteen crimes of madness, and the crime of specialization.
Six sins, six sins of jealousy, four sins of cruelty, eighteen sins of greed and corruption, and fifteen sins of erosion.
In the Yangxin Hall, Yin said to everyone in a deep voice: "As for Nian Gengyao... Alas! I deeply regret that I didn't tell him early, favored him too much, and felt guilty and regretful. I have no words to thank the world! I can only blame myself."
He turned to look at the ministers and said word by word: "For ordinary ministers, it is easy to seek merit but difficult to succeed; it is easy to succeed but difficult to keep the merit; it is easy to keep the merit but difficult to achieve the final result!
It is easy for a king to give favors, but it is difficult to receive them; it is easy to receive favors, but it is difficult to keep them; it is easy to maintain favors, but it is difficult to give them all.
I hope you will keep in mind my saying that moral virtue can be relied upon but talent cannot be relied upon. Nian Gengyao was an example, but he was eventually killed."
