Chapter 242: Slave (Second Shift, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Early the next morning, Liqing's dense fold straight hair Jinan, an excerpt, looked inconspicuous, but just a few days later, it set off an unprecedented wave in the entire "Great Qing Kingdom".
As soon as Liqing's excerpt came out, it immediately shocked the Qing Dynasty and the upper echelons of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In the past, as the emperor's blessing, he could pretend not to know for the sake of the queen's reputation, but now he can't leave this matter alone, so he immediately made another will:
"Unscrupulous profiteers collude with Jiangnan pirates, spread **, and destroy the imperial court, the crime is unforgivable, and the profiteers who sell this book will be strictly investigated...... Li Qing and other cadres read banned books privately, and the crime was unforgivable, so they were immediately dismissed and questioned. ”
The front is to ban the destruction of "The Secret History of Concubine Zhuang", and then to investigate and deal with Liding, so that the court can be said to be panicked. When someone came to deliver the message to Liqing, Liqing just smiled.
"The slave is guilty."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and slapped his mouth like a mosquito, and said.
"No one is to blame for this, but only to blame me for being born with this stinky mouth. This is a slave alone, and it is all the sin of the slave alone! ”
This will be Li Qing simply, he directly took all the responsibility on himself, in fact, except for him, no one dared to participate in this matter, and waited until the time when the decree was removed from him.
didn't even need to be done by others, Li Qing took off his top first, and then said.
"Alas, this top was rewarded by the emperor, and now the emperor is going to take it back, and the slave has no complaints, this matter, the slave always wants to say, when the emperor ordered the slave to be this errand, this said, if the slave doesn't say it, I'm sorry for this ......"
Such words, don't say that they are others, that is, the news spreads to the outer city, and to the ears of those Han officials who have never looked down on Manchu officials, and they can't help but shout for Liqing, but when they call this good, everyone is watching, and they are watching how this turmoil will continue.
Everyone looked at the palace, and the Empress Dowager Zhuang in the palace was still unmoved and didn't seem to know. At this time, don't you know that the Empress Dowager Zhuang will never say anything, thinking of the peerless enchantment of the Empress Dowager Zhuang described in the book, others can't help but envy the "blessings" of Fan Wencheng and others.
I just don't know, what should the emperor do when he looks at that "father"?
When everyone's minds were chaotic and cranky, in a rich manor outside Jinan, Shunzhi was losing his temper and reprimanding a Manchu minister. Others didn't know what this person said before, but they saw that the emperor was so angry that his facial features were misplaced.
"Hmph, good you Huo Deha, good your fist, someone came to take off his crown!"
The top was taken off, and there was no other room, but even so, when Hodeha, a civil official of the sixth grade, was taken off the top and wore it, he was still full of anger.
As a guard, Suo Etu saw this scene and didn't say a word for that person, as the emperor's confidant, how could he not know why the emperor was angry, that Huo Deha was a full minister, but he was also Fan Wencheng's protégé, and the emperor hated Fan Wencheng to the core!
Fan Wencheng is gone!
Think about how prosperous Fan Wencheng was at the beginning.
Thinking of this, Suo Etu's mind sank, he naturally thought of his father, now that his father is the holy family, if he doesn't plan as soon as possible, I'm afraid that the emperor will inevitably blame!
The reason why Suo Etu thinks so is because in the past few days, several ministers who are close to Fan Wencheng or recommended by him have been taken off their crowns, and now the emperor is afraid that he has been holding back a cloud of anger in his heart, but this fire can't come out!
Thinking of the anger revealed in the emperor's eyes in the past few days, Suo Etu secretly thought in his heart, it seems that it is time to go back and persuade his father, no matter what, he must fold the bullet to impeach Fan Wencheng, otherwise, the fire in the emperor's heart can't come out, who will be the next unlucky person to keep it?
The protégé was taken off the hat, but in an hour, it reached Fan Wencheng's ears, for a period of time, he was like after the original "begging", writing poems, not asking about political affairs, if he could, Fan Wencheng will definitely write again "begging", for the danger of officials, he knows it, if possible, he naturally wants to spend his old age wholeheartedly.
But, is it still possible?
Again, he thought of the emperor's kindness to him in the past few years. In August of the 11th year of Shunzhi, Fu Lin specially added Fan Wencheng as the young protector and the crown prince. Obviously, at that time, Fulin had a lot of respect for him Fan Wencheng. He even said many times, "Wen Cheng did not attach Baylor when he was in Shengjing, and he did not attach Prince Rui later, which is well known." ”
But at that time, Fan Wencheng chose to retreat bravely in the rapids. While he thanked him, he asked for retirement on the grounds of infirmity. Fu Lin warmly comforted him and agreed to his "temporary dismissal", a word "temporary", indicating that the emperor still wanted to recall him after he recovered from his illness. The emperor even personally mixed medicine for him; Send a painter to paint his portrait and hide it in the inner house; And he often gave him royal clothes, because he was tall and burly, and ordered special clothes to be made for him.
And now all this is gone!
Thinking of the emperor's indifference to him over the past few days, and even the hatred faintly revealed in his eyes when he saw him, Fan Wencheng's brows became tighter and tighter, he could imagine that now the emperor not only did not have the slightest respect for him, but could even be said to hate him to the core.
"Father ......"
Thinking of the "Fan Wencheng" in the book and the ridicule when he joked with Concubine Zhuang on the bed, Fan Wencheng's heart suddenly felt a bitterness, and he even murmured softly between his lips.
"Old, old slave, how dare you make such a joke about the master......"
"Father, if it really can't be done, why don't you beg for rest as soon as possible!"
Again, looking at his father's sad face, Fan Chengbin persuaded on the side.
As the eldest son, he naturally knows what his father's heart disease is now, that heart disease is because of "The Secret History of Concubine Zhuang", as well as the "Supplement to the Secret History of Concubine Zhuang", which is different from the dry mouth of others when they see the two books, when he sees the two books, he only feels a burst of fear, after all, in that book, his father not only insulted the queen mother, but also ridiculed himself many times as the emperor's "second father". Such a disrespectful act fell into the eyes of the emperor, and how could the emperor spare him.
"Bin'er, you don't understand!"
Shaking his head, Fan Wencheng smiled bitterly.
"If you beg to rest now, the emperor will not only not allow it, but even ......"
What would you even do?
Fan Wencheng didn't know, even after Li Qing read the excerpt, he still chose to remain silent, because there was no way to explain this matter, and as a "party", he could only choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
But how long can you pretend?
One day, the emperor will definitely pursue this matter, and when the time comes, what should he do?
Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng looked at Fan Chengbin and said.
"Bin'er, you remember, if your father is not alive one day, when the time comes, you must not enter the court as an official!"
"Dad, if it really doesn't work, you can go to the fold and defend yourself, then the book is clearly a move by the pirates in the south to sow discord, if you plead on the fold......"
Before his son finished speaking, Fan Wencheng interrupted him urgently.
"What do you know, now my father is still alive, but if it is on the fold, not only will your father's head not be able to be saved, but when the time comes, the Fan family may not be able to save his life, the viciousness of the surname Zhu lies in this, the book is related to the reputation of the Queen Mother, if the father writes to defend himself, when the time comes, where will the Queen Mother be? Where to put the royal face? Isn't this forcing the emperor to kill me? ”
Looking at his son's completely ignorant appearance, Fan Wencheng's mind suddenly sank, and he told again.
"Remember, if it's Daddy...... When the time comes, you must not speak for your father, you know? ”
Knowing the danger of officialdom, he just sighed helplessly when he saw his son nodding his head reluctantly.
"Well, you know, Daddy...... I'm afraid I won't have a chance......"
In the end, Fan Wencheng still shook his head, left the study, he came to the courtyard, he raised his head, looked at the stars in the sky, and when he sighed, a trace of bitterness appeared in his face.
"Your Majesty, don't you understand the thoughts of the old slave?"
In the courtyard, he muttered to himself, but despite the muttering on his lips, he also knew very well that the emperor would not listen to his explanation, and what was even more annoying was that there was no way to explain this matter.
Not only can it not be explained, but even if the emperor wants to kill him, for the sake of the future of the Fan family, he must pretend to be deaf and dumb, and he must not have the slightest act of shouting injustice!
Your Majesty!
Thinking of the emperor's misunderstanding of himself, the tears almost burst out of Fan Wencheng's eyes, although he could understand the emperor's anger, but for Fan Wencheng, he was unwilling to face all this, in his opinion, the emperor should have believed him, not a book of "ill-intentioned" words from the south.
But in the face of such a script, which he knew was intended to "sow discord", he was powerless to refute, and could only watch the script tighten day by day like a rope hanging, and it was no other person who tightened the rope, it was the Qing Dynasty for which he had sold his life and worked for it all his life.
Could it be that this is retribution?
Retribution!
When these two words came to mind, Fan Wencheng realized for the first time that he was a Han and made suggestions for the Qing Dynasty, and he didn't know how many Han people died under his plan, but he never regretted it, and he never had the slightest pity for others, but now, when facing such a cause of life and death, looking at the tighter and tighter ropes, he regretted it for the first time.
Ay......
After Wei Ran let out a long sigh, Fan Wencheng looked at the night sky, and when his mood became heavier and heavier, someone over there reported it.
"Master, the Imperial Guard, Lord Suo, asks to see you!"