After reciting, Su Peisheng closed the gift list, and a leading military general stepped forward to take it, and then said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" The other three people followed him and thanked him simultaneously.
Yin waved his hand and asked them to get up.
He sat down on the dragon chair covered with bright yellow brocade and stared at the few people with bright eyes.
After listening to them talking about important military affairs for a while, one of them mentioned Nian Gengyao and got involved in a casual matter and said: "Your Majesty does not know something. I heard that when General Nian was in the northwest, he favored Master Nian as a private tutor.
He taught his lessons carefully. After the private school teacher got up in the morning, General Nian ordered that eight book boys should be around to serve him. The private school teacher was frightened and said, 'It really doesn't have to be like this.'"
He paused and continued: "The eight book boys heard this and were very panicked. They cried and said, 'The general has ordered that you should serve the gentleman as you serve him. No mistakes are allowed, otherwise the eight of us will fall.
Brain.'".
"The private school teacher was very puzzled by the fact that the book boy didn't serve him well, so why his head was missing? So he insisted that he didn't want the book boy to serve him, and did the washing himself. The book boy couldn't do anything, so he just stood by and waited on him..."
Another person couldn't help but interjected at this time: "This slave has also heard about this! Later, General Nian happened to come in with his guards. When he saw that the book boy was not carrying the silver basin on his head as he asked, he was kneeling on the ground to serve the tutor. He immediately became furious and made people angry.
Pulled all eight book boys out!".
"After a while, eight human heads, still dripping with blood, were brought in to show the teacher. The poor teacher, a scholar, was so frightened that he collapsed on the chair on the spot!".
When Yin heard the words, he calmly said: "Managing a family is like running an army, and military orders are like mountains. Once an order is given, no one dares to disobey it."
Those few people heard that the emperor called Nian Gengyao "Liang Gong", so they naturally had a very close relationship, but when they took a peek at Yin's face, there was no smile at all, and his face was full of indifference, which clearly meant that he was not happy.
Another general, because he was not at the flag, stepped forward and raised his hand, saying: "When I heard this, I remembered that General Nian had conquered the northwest and returned to the capital after winning the battle. He actually made the officials below the prince kneel down to greet him, and he...
… He didn’t even get off his horse, he just sat on it and looked at the officials nodding their heads!”.
He was a military general. When he got excited, he raised his neck and widened his eyes, saying: "The general is so wild and rebellious, he is so disrespectful! At that time, the sun was blazing, and many veterans knelt down and worshiped on the ground tremblingly.
Then all the ministers were angry!"
After hearing this, Yin also thought of the day when Nian Gengyao pacified Qinghai and Tibet, and when his troops returned to Beijing, he led all the officials to hold a banquet to welcome him.
It was a hot June day, and all the soldiers in Nian Gengyao's army stood under the scorching sun in full armor, and their appearance was majestic and neat.
When he saw it, he couldn't bear it, so he ordered the three armies to take off their armor and rest, and rewarded them with wine and meat.
Unexpectedly, even though the edict was announced three times in a row, all the soldiers still stood motionless.
Yin still remembered that at that moment, Nian Gengyao turned to look at him.
Then he took out a small red flag from his arms and handed it to the guard.
The guard rushed away, holding the small flag outside the gate and waving it vigorously three times. As if seeing the imperial edict, the soldiers immediately took off their armor and retreated quietly.
Also in February this year, I sent several young and promising imperial guards to serve under Gengyao last year.
As a result, Nian Gengyao treated these young people from noble families as slaves and ordered them around.
Not to mention the two provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi under the jurisdiction of Nian Gengyao. The promotion of all officials relied on Nian Gengyao alone to give them gifts and bribes. Those who liked him would rise to the top.
There were also some officials who were unwilling to join forces. No matter how good their political performance was or how honest they were, Nian Gengyao suppressed them all.
So later on, whenever there were vacancies in the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, the person recommended by Nian Gengyao had to be the first to fill the position.
Except for those official positions that the party has despised in recent years, it will be the turn of others to fill the vacancies based on qualifications. The world calls this the "annual election"!
Yin retracted his thoughts, looked down at the three of them with his hands behind his back, and asked in a low voice: "Who do you think Nian Gengyao is? What is his moral character? Does he deserve the word 'pure'?".
Seeing that the three of them were silent, Yin smiled and said slowly: "Is it possible...are you still afraid that I can't protect you?".
Several people were so frightened that they knelt down and kowtowed: "I don't dare!", "I don't dare!".
Yin looked directly at the few people and said gently: "There are only a few of us monarchs and ministers in the Nuan Pavilion. You can talk to me in secret!".
Those three people were not fools because they saw that the emperor had such a good relationship with General Nian. In the forty-seventh year of Kangxi's reign, he married his sister Nian and became the fourth prince. Xiang Fujin is now the concubine Nian of Yikun Palace.
The emperor still calls General Nian "Liang Gong" to this day, which shows how long this habit has been retained!
As a result, in front of him, the emperor asked this sentence... Should Nian Gengyao deserve the word "pure"?
All three of them knew what was going on!
Someone kowtowed and said: "Back to the emperor, I think that being a minister, indeed... the most important thing is to be a "pure minister"! Being bully, cruel, and disrespectful of the courtesy of a minister, pure ministers are everything."
Nothing can be done!”.
The other man was afraid of falling behind, so he hurriedly kowtowed several times and said loudly to Yin: "This slave risked his life to make a suggestion. The emperor is a wise king, and he cares about the friendship for many years, so he favors the general too much!".
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Jingyang Palace East Side Yard
After lunch, Ji Ling was copying books in the inner room.
The queen suddenly issued an order that all the concubines in the harem, who were always above the rank, had to copy the first chapter of "The Analects of Confucius".
After the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone has to submit their manuscripts to Kunning Palace for inspection.
"The Analects of Confucius" is a book of instruction for women written by sisters Song Ruoxin and Song Ruozhao during the Zhenyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. It emphasizes women's virtues, speech, appearance, and merit.
This book has a lot of words, so copying it through is no small task!
Okay, I suddenly want to copy a book, what is the reason, and who is taking advantage of it?
Everyone knows that, and many concubines are scolding the one in Yikun Palace.
At this time, Ji Ling held up a pen and painstakingly transcribed on the paper: "Don't imitate the foolish woman and ignore the root cause. Use filthy words to offend the virtuous...".
While she was copying, she heard the curtains being drawn up by the blue snow outside. She asked with a smile: "Master, do you want some..." When she said this, she suddenly got stuck.
That master's commonly used vocabulary...how do you say it?
Qixi stood next to Ji Ling, helping her master grind ink while watching her write. At this moment, she turned around and reminded Bixue softly: "Afternoon tea!".
Bixue's eyes lit up and she said with a smile: "Yes, yes, master, would you like some 'afternoon tea'?"