Chapter 545: In the Qing Dynasty, there are still righteous people
Yongshou Palace.
The guard on duty is handing over.
After verifying that everything was normal and there were no problems, Haikang, the first-class guard of the Sticking Department, signed the handover form. From now until tomorrow morning, he will be responsible for guarding the Yongshou Palace.
After the palace chaos, the security of Yongshou Palace was the top priority of the entire Forbidden City, and everyone inside and outside the palace knew this.
In order to ensure control over the emperor, Sehentu, one of the three giants, entrusted the palace confinement of Yongshou Palace to his nephew Qinggui, who is currently the minister in charge of the Niangan Department.
On the basis of the original stick-sticking area, Qinggui reorganized it and transferred a group of people from the Shang Siyuan, Eagle Dog Breeding Department, Shanpu Camp, Military Beiyuan, including the Qianqingmen Guards Department to fill in the stick-sticking area.
The establishment of the sticky pole has been basically restored.
However, due to the fact that most of the guards at Niangan Department followed the administrative minister Fulsai to fight against the two yellow flag guards during the palace chaos, and were rushed into the palace and killed by the rebel clan bannermen, as well as the subsequent purge, Niangan Department still started from top to bottom. It was greatly impacted and its strength was severely damaged.
There are now less than one-fifth of the guards left in place.
The newly recruited guards are not familiar with the business of this unit, so many of the original duties of the stick sticking department have not been effectively restored. Qinggui plans to recruit a group of people from the outside stick sticking department to return to Beijing after the New Year to enrich them. .
Sehentu has approved Qinggui's proposal, but requires that the people transferred back to Beijing must be those who have been suppressed in the past, or whose ancestors were suppressed by the emperor.
That is to say, one must be politically reliable and not be loyal to the emperor Qianlong.
The source of the bodyguards who are now gradually being added to the sticky post are mainly the former Lianghuangqi guards who rebelled against Sehentu and his son. In addition, they are the idle clan members who have never participated in the palace chaos, but are not usually valued by the emperor.
Hai Kang, who was originally a third-class guard at the Qianqing Gate, defended the Qianqing Gate with a dozen of his colleagues during the palace chaos, and repelled a group of rebel bannermen who tried to escape into the palace from the Qianqing Gate. He killed a man who was rebellious in the clan with a blunderbuss, so he was promoted to the first-class bodyguard by Qinggui and transferred to the stick-stick department.
However, bravery in fighting was not the main reason why Haikang was chosen by Qinggui. His life experience was the key factor in his promotion to the first-class bodyguard.
The ancestor of Haikang was Prince Gong Chang Ning, the fifth son of Lord Shunzhi.
However, after Chang Ning's death, Prince Gong's lineage was demoted, and his descendants were repeatedly suppressed during the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties. The succession of titles continued to decline until they were hereditary to the Duke of Bufen Town.
This is the main branch, and side branches like Haikang don't even have titles, just ordinary yellow belts.
Therefore, in order to find a future, Haikang took the initiative to work as a sergeant in Jinchuan two years ago, where he achieved many military exploits. At the beginning of the year, he was recommended by the former Xiding Zuo Deputy General Bo Qing'e to be transferred back to the capital, where he served as a sergeant at Qianqingmen, and was regarded as one of the bodyguards. A few have seen big scenes and have experience in fighting with the enemy.
On the night of the palace turmoil, Haikang stayed calm despite the danger and organized his men to guard the Qianqing Gate, which benefited from his military experience in Jinchuan.
The person who handed over to Haikang was also a yellow belt man. This person was called Mulluo. He was the grandson of Wuerzhan, the nineteenth son of Prince An Yuele. In terms of seniority, he was the nephew of Prince An's Sehentu.
After Sehentu became the minister in charge of the bodyguards, he placed a large number of uncles, brothers, nephews and grandsons in the bodyguards and the Three Banners Guards.
After Prince Fu Jue'an was restored, he spared no effort to support the children of his branch. It can be said that the descendants of Yue Le's branch have been firmly bound to each other.
This is also the proper meaning. When father and son go into battle, they are brothers fighting tigers. If they do not reuse their own children, how can Sehentu rest assured that he will hand over the power of palace confinement to others at will.
If he hadn't listened to Fulehun's words and rebelled to help the clan force the emperor to abdicate, and then rebelled again to eradicate Prince Jian, Prince Kang and other conspirators, how could he have restored the inheritance of his ancestor Prince An at this time.
Wherever you gain momentum and where you make your fortune, you must guard against it and defend it.
After a lot of manipulation by Sehentu, it can be said that the Shangsanqi Guards and the Guards Department are run by his father and son in an airtight manner. If anyone wants to repeat the palace chaos again, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.
After a few words of conversation with Mulluo, Haikang officially took up his post. After Mulluo and the previous batch of guards returned home from work, Haikang went to Yongshou Palace for inspection as usual.
Today's Yongshou Palace is deserted. After the original owner of the palace, Concubine Rong, and the eunuchs serving in the palace were all executed, Yongshou Palace, one of the six western palaces, looks almost like a ghost palace.
Two little eunuchs of twelve or thirteen years old were sitting in the corridor outside the main hall. The wind was so cold that they both had their hands in their sleeves. From time to time they had to get up and move, otherwise their legs would become numb.
My whole body felt like it was filled with ice.
I could vaguely smell the smell of Chinese medicine, but it was Concubine Wang who was holding her daughter and cooking medicinal soup in the small house at the end of Langfang.
After the emperor fell ill, the imperial doctor prescribed many prescriptions and brought many medicines, which were originally boiled by the eunuchs, but Concubine Dun was worried and had to cook them herself. Every time she finished the medicine, she had to taste it herself.
Serve some and wait until it is warm before bringing it into the palace.
It seemed like it was unnecessary, but Haikang knew that Concubine Dun was afraid that someone would poison the medicinal soup.
However, Concubine Dun is a bit unfounded and unnecessary.
The reason is that although Prince An and Fu Zhongtang worked together to hijack the emperor, he obviously did not expect the emperor to die, which was completely different from Fu Zhongtang.
"Empress,"
Hai Kang stood outside the hut and looked at the somewhat haggard Concubine Dun inside. After looking around, he calmly placed a pack of meatloaf on the small table behind the door.
It's not that he has any sympathy for Concubine Dun, but Master Jia ordered that Concubine Dun and her son should be properly taken care of, and they should not be deprived of food or drink.
Based on his understanding of Master Jia, Haikang judged that Master Jia might have fallen in love with the Concubine Dun.
This is undoubtedly an extremely bold idea, but if others don't dare to do it, Haikang is not afraid that Mr. Jia won't dare to do it, but he is afraid that Mr. Jia won't want to.
Concubine Dun in the house held her infant daughter in her arms and did not turn to look at Hai Kang who was standing outside the door. However, she did not say anything. She just sat silently in front of the charcoal stove and fanned the fire lightly.
This is not the first time Haikang has secretly given her something.
The room is filled with the fragrance of traditional Chinese medicine.
Haikang didn't stay long and went directly to the palace where the emperor lived.
First, he gently knocked on the door from outside, then opened the door and stepped in.
Compared with the cold outside, the inside of the house is obviously much warmer.
The emperor's illness has greatly improved his living environment.
It's definitely a huge difference from before, but compared to when we were first trapped, it's actually much better.
At least, I won't be woken up by the cold again at night.
Qianlong, who was lying on the bed, heard a knock on the door and the sound of slowly approaching footsteps.
He knew it was not Concubine Dun who came because Concubine Dun's footsteps were not so heavy.
Looking sideways, it was Haikang, the bodyguard arranged by the pervert to look after him. He seemed to be a descendant of the clan, but he couldn't remember which family he was from.
Hai Kang glanced around the room, his eyes moving from the cold food on the table to the sallow face of the emperor.
With a slight sigh in his heart, he gently placed a booklet next to the emperor's pillow.
"Your Majesty, Fuzhongtang asked all the yamen to seal it in advance yesterday. All the officials were very happy about this."
After a pause, Haikang said another sentence: "I heard that Lord Jia Jia, the Admiral of the Nine Sects, will leave the capital later this year to take up the post of Governor of Zhili. There are rumors that Lord Jia Jia will be forced to leave the capital."
After saying that, he bowed and retreated directly.
After the palace door was closed, Qianlong, who was originally weak and sallow-faced, suddenly straightened up. His eyes were not sick at all. Instead, his face was gloomy and full of murderous intent.
"To win people's hearts, Fulehun is a good thief. Did he fall out with that Han army boy? We share hardships and wealth. I'm waiting to see the show of dog eating dog."
Qianlong, whose eyes were extremely clear, looked sideways at the pillow, which was a booklet titled "An Examination of the Red Flower Club's Rebellion".
Curious, he took it and opened it, his expression slowly turning from doubtful to solemn.
Finally, a light flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but murmured: "I knew there were loyal ministers and righteous men in the Qing Dynasty."