The Military Aircraft Department happened to be the presence of the two military aircraft ministers, and when they heard Fu Hengjin announce such a will, they were immediately frightened into a cold sweat. Like them, who have lived in the center for a long time, and are well versed in the rules of officialdom, listening to the wind is immediately rain, knowing that the emperor is going to take two people to open the knife, he quickly came to the Palace of Heart Cultivation, and was busy wanting to see the emperor to confess.

Qianlong heard the report that the two major chiefs and assistants were outside the palace, so he asked Gao Wuyong to announce it. Zhang Tingyu spoke first and said: "Report to the emperor, the minister heard what Fu Xiang said about Peng Heng. Peng Heng is really a villain at both ends of the head. He is the one I took and the Jinshi who I took from the prime minister. But he came to me and said that Exiang was surrounded by full people, which was really angry and arrogant. I said in my heart that I had nothing to do with Exiangyuan, and he said that people were not good in front of me, and he was bound to say that I was not good when he went to Exiang. Later, he was sent to Handan as a county magistrate, and the old minister did not see him much. ”

Ortai also confessed: "If you want to talk about Erwen, he is a cadre, and he is a very capable talent among the Manchurians." The emperor knew that the Manchurians were not very keen on literature, and most of them were inherited for official purposes. This Erwen is a Jinshi in the eighth year of Yongzheng. The minister saw that he was shrewd and clever, and he was quite literate, so he advised him to go to the meritorious examination department. To say that on weekdays, the minister doesn't interact with him much, but occasionally in the banquet, he can meet and say hello. ”

Qianlong smiled coldly and said, "What are you doing in a hurry to come in?" I said, what's wrong with you? If his heart is right, why bother to confess? ”

The two were silent. Qianlong's words made people speechless. If it is said that it has no relationship, it is clear that the emperor thinks that they are indeed related; If it is said that it has a relationship, then the emperor is not even more suspicious of them.

Qianlong sent out a fire and said, "I'm tired, you can kneel down." The two had no choice but to return depressed. Wait for the news of Handan to come.

In a state of nervousness, Peng Heng was finally escorted from Handan to Beijing. Qianlong sent Zong Yang, the minister of Shuntianfu, and the prince Hongday, and Fu Heng, the minister of the Military Aircraft Department, to interrogate together. The three of them gathered in Shuntianfu. Zong Yang was the main judge, but Prince He and Fu Heng were jurors. The three of them sat down. Zong Yang ordered Peng Heng to be escorted there.

That Peng Heng was about thirty-five years old, and he looked very neat, and he didn't bow down when he saw the three chief judges. Zong Yang was annoyed and asked, "Why didn't Peng Heng worship when he saw the lower officials?" ”

Peng Heng smiled: "You are also a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and I am also a protégé of the Son of Heaven, why should I worship you?" ”

Zong Yang was furious and shouted to the officials on both sides: "Beat him and kneel!" ”

Two officials on both sides came out, each of whom kicked Peng Heng's back knee, but Peng Heng couldn't hold it steady. He knelt down.

Zong Yang asked again: "Peng Heng, are you guilty?" ”

Peng Heng said stubbornly: "The lower officials don't know what the crime is? ”

Zong Yang sneered: "At this time, do you still expect to have a top on your head?" Come, take off his hat, take off his robes. Then another servant came up and took off his robes three times and twice. Zong Yang asked, "Are you guilty at this time?" ”

Peng Heng replied: "If you want to punish the crime, there is no excuse. I think Peng Heng just wrote a few crooked poems, if you want to say that there is a literary prison or something, since the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Peng Heng is not the first case. I want to think about when Yongzheng was in the past. Jiangxi is the examiner Zha Siting, and came up with a test question, which is the phrase "Weimin stops" in the university, and it is played by the imperial history. said that he intended to insinuate the current emperor, but this sentence was a big rebellious remark. What the people have stopped is nothing more than saying that the people of the world have a house to live in. What insinuations can there be? What is the great perverse theory? But some people flattered Yongzhengye and said the words "dimension" and "stop". But it is the lower body of the word Yongzhengye, and it is clearly the word "Yongzheng". Cut off the leader, do you dare to want to get rid of the emperor's head? What is not disobedience? Poor Cha Siting did not take the papers, and ordered to take the solution to Beijing and put him in prison, he was unjustly complained, and died of anger in prison. Yongzheng still didn't understand his hatred, and he had to show him the corpse, his eldest son was killed, and his family members were in the army. It is very easy for Peng Heng's crooked poetry to be related to the literal prison. ”

If you want to talk about the literary prison of Yongzheng Dynasty, there are countless ones, in addition to the case that Peng Heng said, there is a more mysterious one. At that time, there was a famous scholar Lu Liuliang in Zhejiang, but he was a widow of the former Ming Dynasty, and he wrote a lot of books in his life, and he had a disciple named Zhang Xi. That day, Zhang Xi heard that Yongzheng was harsh at home, and he heard something about the inner summer and the outer Yi. On that day, I suddenly had a whimsical idea to drive out the Manchurians and welcome the Han people as emperors. But how can a scholar succeed?

He discussed it with his master Zeng Jing, and thought that Yue Zhongqi, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, was a descendant of Yue Fei of the Great Song Dynasty. That Yue Fei was a famous anti-Jin general, and the predecessor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was the Later Jin, so he thought that he could move Yue Zhongqi and then rebel against the Qing court.

Just do what he said, Zhang Xi held this idea, stayed day and night, ran to Shaanxi, asked the governor Yamen, and actually came to ask for a meeting. The soldier at the door stopped him, and Zhang Xi said: "I have a confidential matter to report to the general, and I dare to bother to report it." After speaking, he took out the name slip from his bosom and handed it to the soldier. The soldier also took the name card into Yue Zhongqi. Yue Junmen took a look and saw that it read: "Zhang Xi, a member of Hunan." "I was quite puzzled in my heart, and said in my heart, he is a Hunan talent, what are you doing in my Shaanxi? The sergeant said, "According to him, he has a confidential matter to report to the military, so he came here. ”

Yue Zhongqi didn't know what he meant, so he had to summon him in. After a while, Zhang Xi entered the meeting, and when he saw Yue Zhongqi, he didn't bow down, but only made three gestures lightly. Fortunately, Yue Zhongqi, as a general, didn't bother with him, and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Xi did not answer, and submitted the letter of rebellion. Yue Zhongqi took a general look, his face changed greatly, and he ordered Zhang Xi to be taken down left and right. Left and right for some reason, but the governor ordered, so he had to step forward and tie Zhang Xi back. Zhang Xi's face was calm, and he was tied up by them. Yue Zhongqi stepped down and made him kneel, and asked, "You bastard, how dare you fool the governor of Pontus to rebel?" How can you be so bold when you are a scholar? Do you dare that someone is behind it? ”

Zhang Xi said lightly: "What about the confusion of the army masters? The army is a descendant of King Yuewu. King Yue Wu has always resisted Jin, and was killed by traitorous ministers, but after all, his name will remain for eternity. The army is behind the ancestors, are you embarrassed to say Xiaosheng? ”

Yue Zhongqi was furious and angrily tortured Zhang Xi with hundreds of rods. That Zhang Xi just screamed, what Confucius, what Mr. Kong, there was no real confession.

Later, Yue Zhongqi had to use his wits to say that he was willing to rebel, and induced him to tell the truth, but he confessed all his masters Zeng Jing and Lu Liuliang. After this case, the court was shocked. Yongzheng sent Li Wei to escort a group of prisoners into Beijing and ordered the cabinet to try the case. At that time, Lu Liuliang was dead, his body was exhumed and killed, and his suicide note was forbidden to be destroyed. And Lu Liuliang's family was assigned to Heilongjiang to be slaves for the armored people. At that time, it was rumored that Lu Liuliang's daughter Lu Siniang escaped alone, went to the mountains to learn good skills, and then waited for the opportunity to enter the palace and killed Emperor Yongzheng. Of course, the later Yongzheng Lu Siniang mystery case is a rumor in wild history.

The two literary prisons of the Yongzheng Dynasty are still remembered today, because the influence of the nine and ten clans is too great. Originally, there were only nine clans before, but Yongzheng was furious back then, and he actually counted Lu Liuliang's friends and disciples into one, and they were wiped out together with the ten clans.

Fortunately, Qianlong was in power and had not yet engaged in a literary prison, but the day before yesterday, when he saw Peng Heng's recital, Long Yan was furious and wanted to open the first literary prison of the Qianlong Dynasty. Not to mention the rest, let's take Peng Heng, a disciple of Zhang Tingyu, the chief minister of military aircraft, first, how can Zhang Tingyu not tremble? During the Yongzheng Dynasty, Zhang Tingyu's younger brother Zhang Tinglu happened to be a scholar in Shanxi, and was killed by Yongzheng because of the emperor's brother Hongshi's intercession and revealing the exam questions. At that time, the court was shocked, and they all thought that the emperor would be angry with Zhang Tingyu, the first minister, but Yongzheng did not do that, but was convinced that Zhang Tingyu was not involved in this matter, and still entrusted him with a heavy task. But at this time and at that time, today's Zhang Tingyu is not the Zhang Tingyu of the past, and the current emperor is not the emperor of the day.

Seeing that Peng Heng was stubborn, Zong Yang picked up a book from the table, threw it straight at him, and said angrily: "Look at these books you wrote, do you still want to quibble about not satirizing the Qing Dynasty at this time?" ”

Peng Heng picked up the book from the ground, which was the "Handan Small Window" written when he was a county magistrate in Handan. He took the book into his arms and said with a smile: "It's interesting, my mouth is on my mouth, I can say whatever I want; My pen is in my hand, and I can write whatever I want. The dignified Qing Dynasty, manage their own people, do their own things, people have food and clothing, and they are afraid that people will say barbarians? ”

When the three ministers in the hall heard this, they were very reasonable, and said in their hearts, could it be that Peng Heng really has some evil achievements? At this time, you can't be fooled by him, and go straight to the topic. So, Zong Yang, Fu Heng, and Prince He glanced at each other, patted the shocking wood, and said, "Those poetry collections were created by yourself?" Or is there a complicity? ”

This is a sensitive question, is the meaning of the three ministers obvious? Peng Heng, do you have any comrades in the DPRK and China, and if you specifically refer to it, I am asking you whether Grandmaster Zhang Tingyu is involved in this matter? Fortunately, although Peng Heng is stubborn, he still has a sense of arrogance, and replied proudly: "This is only Peng Heng alone, and it has nothing to do with others." ”

He was still not at ease, and asked again: "Are you close to your teacher Zhang Tingyu?" Does he know anything about you? ”

Peng Heng glanced at the prince innocently, his eyes were full of contempt, and he said coldly: "The prince just tells the emperor when he goes back, although Peng Heng is Zhang Xiang's disciple, but Zhang Xiang has never liked Peng Heng, so he can't talk about intimacy." This book is only written by Peng Heng alone, and has nothing to do with others. If the emperor wants to raise any literary prison, Peng Heng will bear it alone. Fortunately, Peng Heng has no family members at home, and his mother also fell ill and passed away last year. I am afraid that the text prison of the Qianlong Dynasty is not as big as Zhang Xi at that time. ”

He said with a smile: "That's the best, I don't like to make a lot of noise, prince." Since this is the case, the prince and I will convey the will on behalf of the emperor, and Peng Heng will listen to the will. ”

Originally, to listen to the order, the subjects had to kneel, but Peng Heng originally knelt and saved this way. Prince He got up and announced: "Handan County ordered Peng Heng, because he composed several poems to ridicule the government, the crime is unforgivable, tomorrow at noon, the head of the owl will be shown to the public." The rest of the people will not be pursued for the time being. ”

It can be seen from this that the emperor's meaning is very clear, you form a party and a faction, and I will let you go first. However, another person also fell victim to partisanship. Zhang Tingyu has one less pawn here, and Ortai has to sacrifice one there, but let you see, who is the ruler of the Qing Dynasty? (To be continued......)