Ji Yun, a bachelor at the Hanlin Academy, has been hiding in the National History Museum since the sudden chaos broke out in the city. Although he didn't know why the emperor suddenly became a Han, he didn't understand why the situation in Beijing suddenly became extremely tense.
There were rumors everywhere that the emperor was going to kill the clan, but they knew that no matter how the clan and the emperor fought, the National History Museum was the safest place in the city.
Who would attack the historian?
Ji Yun could not tell whether the emperor was a Manchu or a Han. He also secretly read a few related rumors and banned books. In addition to the filth described in some books, Ji Yun had to admit all the emperor's actions since he ascended the throne.
, it seems a little abnormal.
For example, if the late emperor supported something, the emperor would oppose it; if the late emperor opposed something, the emperor would support it.
But it seems too childish to conclude that the emperor is a Han or not a flesh and blood of the late emperor.
It's just that Ji Yun can't afford to offend any party in this drama, and he, as a bachelor, can't get involved in it.
Therefore, Ji Yun chose to protect himself wisely and locked himself in the National History Museum. Every day he either collected and compiled from the "Yongle Dadian", added, deleted, and revised, or improved the "Rehe Chronicles" he compiled.
It seems that Ji Yun turned a deaf ear to the struggles in the outside world and only read the books of sages, but deep down in his heart, Ji Yun may not have had the idea of changing to another emperor.
Because serving Qianlong is really like accompanying a king like a tiger.
At this age, Qianlong's treatment was extremely miserable. Not only was he scolded by Qianlong as a prostitute, his dignity was trampled to zero, he was also sent to Urumqi to eat sand for three years.
Just two years after he returned to Beijing, his second son Ru Chuan, who was a general magistrate in Jiujiang, was implicated in dereliction of duty and defaulting on taxes, so he was demoted by Qianlong to three levels and retained in office.
The imperial bachelor's degree at the Hanlin Academy was only a fifth-rank official. However, Qianlong thought that Ji Yun was superior in knowledge and specially added a fourth-rank title. Now he was demoted by three grades and remained in office. As a result, Ji Yun became the lowest-ranking official since the founding of the Qing Dynasty.
Study for bachelor's degree.
How can you dare to talk to humanity when you are upset and depressed inside?
As Qianlong got older, Ji Yun, an official, became more and more worried, fearing that one day he would answer incorrectly and be sent to Ninggu Pagoda by Qianlong.
Therefore, from the perspective of personal "security", Ji Yun somewhat hopes that the clan will win a big victory.
He was really frightened by Qianlong's temper.
The other officials staying at the National History Museum may have similar ideas to Ji Yun. They each portray themselves as good ministers who fulfill their duties, but privately they keep sending junior officials out to inquire for information.
The news was more shocking than the last.
First, a palace suddenly caught fire, then the palace also caught fire, then the Upper Three Banners Manchuria was suddenly besieged by the Eight Han Banners and the Lower Five Banners, and then the emperor abdicated and the clan took power.
What’s even more surprising is that some people say that the Queen Mother is resurrected!
He jumped out of the coffin and took the late emperor's edict to kill the emperor!
The latest news that Ji Yun learned was that the emperor had abdicated and the royal family was going to hold a meeting of kings and ministers to elect a new king.
This news made Master Ji feel very complicated. Although he was very afraid of Qianlong and the emperor did not regard him as a human being, after all, the emperor and his subjects had been getting along for twenty years. How could he not have feelings?
He sat alone in his office and smoked several taels of Huangshan tobacco, so that people outside thought there was a fire in Bachelor Ji's room.
After the sound of the bells and drums of the Forbidden City reached the National History Museum, officials who were high enough to enter the palace walked out of the office one after another. You looked at me, and I looked at you. Finally, they both sighed and walked silently to the palace, preparing to welcome the new master of the Qing Dynasty.
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Ji Yun walked out of the office that smelled of cigarette smoke, looked at the empty National History Museum, and sighed before changing clothes before entering the palace.
Although he is currently in the seventh rank, he is still serving as a bachelor, so based on his job position, Ji Yun is qualified to enter the palace.
Besides, the new king has ascended the throne. As a great talent known to everyone in the Qing Dynasty, if Ji Yun does not enter the palace, he may be slandered by villains and say that he misses his old master. That would not be good.
Halfway through, I saw an acquaintance, Liu Yong, who was supposed to be at home to pay filial piety to his father.
Liu Yong was four years older than Ji Yun. He was a Jinshi in the 16th year of Qianlong's reign, while Ji Yun was a Jinshi in the 19th year of Qianlong's reign.
The two had no friendship in the early years. After Liu Yong returned to Beijing to pay filial piety to his father, he often went to the National History Museum to look for books and read. Over time, he had some contact with Ji Yun, and both sides had a good impression of each other.
Ji Yun's only dissatisfaction with Liu Yong is that Liu Yong is good at writing and harming others, and nothing else.
When it comes to honesty, the eldest brother of the two is not the second brother.
Liu Yong was a corrupt criminal who was proposed to be executed by the Ministry of Punishment, and Ji Yun was also a corrupt official who was proposed to be dismissed from his post by the Ministry of Punishment.
Let’s put it this way, there were no honest officials in the Qing Dynasty.
The impact of recent events on Liu Yong was similar to that of Ji Yun, but Liu Yong was loyal to Qianlong because Qianlong treated his Liu family well. Last year, Qianlong missed the achievements of his father Liu Tongxun and specially issued an edict to grant Liu Yong the title of bachelor in the cabinet.
After his father's mourning period expires, he will take up a post in Nan Shufang.
This gave Liu Yong an opportunity to show off his talents. The emperor changed his position overnight. You can imagine Liu Yong's inner disappointment.
Although he was in mourning, he was also a third-rank official. Since he was in Beijing, he would definitely go to the palace.
"Brother Xiaolan, what do you think of this matter?"
"Brother Chongru"
When the two brothers travel together, they often exchange intelligence information that each other knows.
Soon the two of them focused their common attention on the candidate for the new king.
Ji Yun speculated that other descendants of the late emperor might have inherited the throne, but Liu Yong thought that it might have been Xianliang, another descendant of the holy ancestor.
Everyone has their own reasons.
Finally, they began to speculate about the treatment of the abdicated Emperor Qianlong, whether he was revered as the Supreme Emperor or something like that.
When I came to the Meridian Gate, I found that the ones guarding the Meridian Gate were not the guards, but a group of soldiers in white clothes and armor that I had never seen before.
Just when I was wondering who was leading the white-armored soldiers, I saw a group of people from the Eight Han Banners lining up to the Meridian Gate. After saying a few words to the white-armored soldiers on duty, the people from the Eight Han Banners filed into the imperial city.
The white-armored defenders did not conduct any interrogation at all, and did not even hand over the weapons worn by the officials of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty.
The queue for the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to enter the palace was not generally long, but extremely long.
There were probably more than 2,000 people in front and behind.
It looked like he was entering the palace to meet the new emperor, but he seemed to be going to show off his power.
People from the Eight Banners of Meng and the Five Banners also came, and they were a large group. They were all confused about their armor and clothing, and they didn't know how to hand over their weapons, so they entered the palace openly and arrogantly.
The white-armored defenders were like wooden men and didn't ask any questions.
This shocked Ji Yun, Liu Yong and other Han officials who arrived.
Ji Yun felt something was wrong, so he plucked up the courage and quietly asked the captain of the white-armored soldiers on duty: "Who rang the bell to summon the officials?"
"Of course it's the Emperor."
Lai Wang, who was leading the troops guarding the Meridian Gate, looked at Ji Yun and wondered what kind of job this old boy was doing.
Ji Yun smiled apologetically and said, "Which emperor?"
Lai Wang was unhappy: "Of course it's Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty!"
Um?!
Ji Yun was stunned, his mind couldn't turn around anymore, and he lost his voice and said, "Didn't Qianlong abdicate?"
"What kind of almanac is this?"
Lai Wang rolled his eyes at Ji Yun: "Half an hour ago, my lord, the Emperor, was restored to the throne!"
"Your master is!"
The person who asked this question was Liu Yong. Not only was his face filled with joy, but his heart was as happy as a hundred phoenixes approaching a phoenix.
"My lord is the most loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, the first pillar of the Eight Banners, the most respected by the emperor, and the most supported by the soldiers. He painted the Ziguang Pavilion, which made the Jinchuan bandits change their expressions and made the Shandong bandits flee. He is the nemesis of anti-thieves in the world. Jiashikai! Do you know, you bumpkin!"
Lai Wang looked at Ji and Liu with disdain. Not only were these civil servants useless, they also had no knowledge at all. They were very boring.
After announcing the long list of names of the adults in one breath, the sound of a Western self-ringing bell came from the chiming bell in the southeast corner of the Qianqing Palace Hall in the distance.
However, the self-ringing bell does not ring by itself, but someone makes it ring.
It was Lehun of Fuzhongtang who dialed the bell when he had nothing to do. Listening to the pleasant ringing of the bell, Fuzhongtang enjoyed it quite a lot, and then had people carry the bell out to the home of his six sons.
When he was done, he glanced at Qianlong who was sitting beside him, and for some reason he became more and more displeased. The more he looked at him, the more angry he became. Seeing that there was no one else in the room, he simply hit Qianlong's old face with an old fist and snorted angrily: "This You have to write a few decrees whether you want to or not!"
This is really the emperor, times have changed.
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