On 22 June, the Qing army recovered the whole island of Penghu, and the door to Taiwan was suddenly opened. When Li Guangdi got the news of Penghu's victory, he was relieved and almost fainted, because Shi Lang said in the chapter that there was still a shortage of 9,000 taels of silver, so he hurriedly moved to consult the Yamen of the Fujian Domain to transfer the silver to Penghu. The next day, he received Shi Lang's book, saying that Zheng Kexuan had sent someone to ask for surrender. Now that the front line has been completely victorious, Lee Kwang-di decided to go to Beijing immediately and ask for a request to handle the surrender.

The news of the reconquest of Taiwan immediately caused a sensation in the city of Beijing. At this time, it happened that Italy, France, and the Netherlands in Europa were sending envoys to the court, and they all followed the fun, and congratulated the emperor on recovering Taiwan. Suo Etu and Mingzhu searched for dry intestines, and picked out all the good words to praise the emperor's "sacred literature and martial arts": Gao Shiqi impromptu recited poems and wrote essays, offering longevity without borders; Even Xiong Cixu also gave the princes a holiday, rushed back to the Ministry of Rites by order, and took the official Lian Ming to draft the edict all night, formulate the etiquette of surrender, and send it to Fuzhou with 600 miles after presenting it to Kangxi.

On the second day, He Guizhu went to Li Guangdi's mansion to issue an edict of grace, and crowned Li Guangdi as the crown prince, Wenyuange scholar, and secretary of the Ministry of Rites. He Guizhu has been promoted to the rank of four Beijings. The white-bearded man shook with a smile, greeted Li Guangdi with a red face, and said, "I have entrusted the blessings of the Wu family in my life. In the past, the master was the master's teacher, and I was the companion, so I became an official. Second Master Wu is about to cultivate to become a Buddha, and here you are again, but it is the high feet of Old Master Wu, you can take care of it more! Li Guang was calm on the ground, his heart was beating a drum, he was pounding with excitement, and said with a smile: "I have never believed in the theory of good fortune, but it seems that you He Guizhu is blessed." I heard that the eunuch He Zhu'er was originally called Ah Gou, but he changed his name because he was envious of you. With that, he burst out laughing. He Guizhu was comfortably greeted by Li Guangdi, and leaned closer and said, "I heard the rumors inside, my lord wants to enter the study!" Master Li, you really have yours! When I said that I would take Taiwan, even Suo Zhongtang didn't dare to say tough words, but you must fight against it - this is the ability! Lord Xiong now also says that you have the demeanor of a famous minister! He Guizhu said, shaking his head and smacking his tongue, admiring again and again.

Li Guangdi's eyes jumped when he heard this, and he breathed a sigh of relief for a while, smiled faintly, and said: "A gentleman knows his fate, and if he is good, he will help the world, and if he is poor, he will be good alone." Famous ministers are not famous ministers, I didn't think about it, and deliberately seeking fame would go into obscenity. The emperor is so gracious, I am already a very human minister, how dare I think anything wrong? He Guizhu couldn't help but smile when he heard him clear up. He has been on an errand with the emperor for many years, and he knows the habits of literati, the more enthusiastic he is, the more serious he is. Hearing Li Guangdi say this, it was not good to get close to it again, so he got up with a smile and said, "I believe what my lord says, you are a great Confucian of science!" It's getting late, I have to go back to the decree - you might as well go and meet Suo Zhongtang, he is well-informed, maybe the emperor will be gracious! He smiled and went away.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Guangdi took a four-person official sedan chair to Suo'etu's mansion on Yuhuangmiao Street. When the person on the door saw that he was coming, he called Qian'er to say goodbye, and then ran in to report, and saw Chen Tiejia and Chen Xijia, the prime ministers of Suofu, who were visiting each other. Laughing all the way into the West Flower Hall.

Suo Etu was playing against Wang Mingdao when he saw Li Guangdi coming in. Leaving the chess pieces and getting up, he smiled and said: "The new upstart is here, I've been unhappy for the past few days, and I haven't had to greet him, so I won't be worried about Jinqing, right?" ”

"Teacher, where are these words?" Li Guangdi swung forward, sat upright, and said with a smile, "There are too many things after returning to Beijing, you know everything." So I didn't come to the house to say goodbye, and I have to ask you Haihan! ”

"Get some wine!" Suo Etu ordered casually, "And Elder Wang." Let's talk while eating - Jin Qing, have you received the holy decree? Li Guangdi said: "He Guizhu came to deliver the decree this morning, it is really a holy grace, and he deserves it!" After that, he stroked his knees and sighed. Wang Mingdao stared at Li Guangdi and pondered, and said for a while: "Holy grace is a layer, and there is also the meaning of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here." Zhongtang also said in the morning, the little prince has asked for long live several times, and wants you to go into the study to do something! Suo Etu saw that the housekeeper Lao Cai had already sent the table, so he said: "Cai Dai, what are you leviing?" Why don't you hurry up and send the jar of Moutai given by the Holy Lord? Seeing Lao Cai agreeing to go up one after another, the three of them took their seats.

Suo Etu rummaged through the plate with chopsticks for a long time, picked up a crab, twisted his legs and said: "Rongcun (Li Guangdi), you don't know, what happened as an order is not as difficult as Kangxi twelve years ago!" In peacetime, who doesn't want to go up? What do I not know about your mind? With your character, heart, and talent, isn't it logical to enter the study? Damn, someone is doing it! "It's like hanging my appetite. He stopped talking again, dug out the crab roe and dipped it in ginger vinegar and tasted it slowly, and said, "You have been going for a few months, there has been a lot of gossip, Chen Menglei has also been transferred back, because no one can extinguish your credit, this is the reward for you, if you talk about the articles here, there are many!" ”

"Dare to ask what kind of gossip?" Li Guangdi's heart sank suddenly, but he had always been extremely self-contained, and quickly regained his composure, "I don't care, the Emperor knows me." But I served in front of the army, but there are people behind me who make 'articles', isn't it a strange thing? As he spoke, Cai Dai came in and poured the wine. When Wang Mingdao saw him go out, Fang sneered: "You are still a well-educated person." How many such things have happened since ancient times! There is no shortage of people who have made meritorious contributions and killed their heads! ”

Suo Etu said: "There are four or five references to your films. Yu Guozhu, Xu Qianxue, and Guo Xiu all participated, this is all an open-faced matter, and I don't want to hide it from you. Some say that you are in mourning in Fujian, and you are also in collusion with Geng Qingzhong, and you are a traitor. Some people say that your wax pill book was sent a year late, and it is difficult to ensure that it is not a reputation and a wait-and-see situation; There are also those who say that you are a false Taoist, that you are not careful, that you fool around with prostitutes - you say that you are not angry! Li Guangdi listened, sparks were already bursting out of his eyes, he didn't expect that he would go to the front to comfort the army, and there would be these nonsense words behind him! After a while, he took a breath and said, "My heart, God knows!" ”

"The emperor also knows." Suo Etu said calmly, "So it's all deducted, and it won't be released!" Wang Mingdao said: "But it's hard to say after a long time." Zeng Shen is a sage, and Zeng Mu is a good mother. With the love of mother and son, can you say that you don't know your son? reported three times that she had participated in murder, but she didn't believe it? ”

Li Guangdi "Geden" in his heart, of course he knew this allusion, and he transferred back Chen Menglei for no reason, which was a bad omen. There was a pause. He asked a little reluctantly, "Brother Chen has been transferred back?" In which ministry do you run errands? ”

"If it's in the ministry. That's good! Suo Etu sneered, "Now in the Third Master's Mansion, he is the prince's master!" ”

The third master Yinzhi is still young, and it doesn't matter, but it is the newly entered Baylor, who is on an equal footing with the eldest brother Yinzhi, second only to the crown prince, Kangxi lifted Chen Menglei, who was poor in learning, from a prisoner to this position at once, which is indeed surprising. Li Guangdi thought about it, this was Kangxi's intention, it was hard to say anything, sneered, picked up Moutai and drank it all.

"To be honest," Suo Etu glanced at Wang Mingdao, poured wine for Li Guangdi with his own hands, and said, "Mingzhu still has the final say in the study." Old Master Xiong is cautious and cautious, and the two do not mess with each other; Gao Shiqi can't stand on the top of the mountain by himself, in the final analysis, he is the pearl party. If I hadn't had the prince in it, I would have been squeezed out a long time ago! Hum! Mingzhu is a person, everyone says that he is smart, but in fact, who can he hide from the little Jiujiu he played in his heart? ”

"What little ninety-nine?" Li Guangdi listened quietly and asked with a faint gaze.

"Big Brother Yinchu!" Wang Mingdao leaned back, leaned back in the chair and said.

"Agori, he's the first to be named Baylor, what else does he want?"

Suo Etu looked Li Guangdi up and down, and when he saw Li Guangdi's face, he suddenly burst into laughter and said, "You, I don't know if you're really stupid or stupid?" Extravagant hope that there is an end to this stuff? Ao worships the position of a grandfather, and once he has the power, he wants to sit in the Dragon Court. What's more, Yinchu has golden branches and jade leaves, and he is respected by Baylor, and he is the favor of the Nalan clan. Outside, there is Mingzhu who controls the government and the guards of the Forbidden City, and he is in power! ”

Li Guangdi suddenly shuddered, he never dared to think about this matter, if there was really a disaster to take over the heir, the first one would bring down Suo Etu, and the second one would be his turn! What is the eight seats, the glory of the ancestors, what is the planning of the temple, the benefit of Li Shu, an ancient brain is all gone!

After thinking about it, Li Guangdi smiled and said, "Zhongtang is a little alarmist today!" I heard that Mingzhu was a beggar who froze to death on the street back then, not Wu Ciyou and He Guizhu, and he would have been sent to Zuojiazhuang to turn into a human field. He is like this, and he has received the emperor's immortal grace, how dare he think of it? If that's really the case, I, as a courtier, will only have my head hung on the door of the country to repay the grace of God! ”