The Ganqing Palace disputed the withdrawal of the three feudatories

Niujie Temple petitioners solve problems

On the third day after the Duanyang Festival, Wei Dongting and Mingzhu entered the palace by edict, and as soon as they got off the sedan chair at the noon gate, they saw Mu Zixu coming out of it, and said with a smile: "Please hurry up, the emperor is here early today, and he has not yet eaten, and the meeting of the ministers has already begun." The two wondered: Why was the matter so urgent?

There are a lot of people who come to the court this time, and there are Jieshu, Kubilong, Suo Etu and Xiong Cixu sitting on a low table on the side of the hall against the wall, and there are more than 20 ministers of ministries and courtyards sitting on the pestle, all with coffee tables, one by one, sitting upright, staring at Kangxi without saying a word. Wei Dongting looked at them one by one, except for Zhu Guozhi, Fan Chengmo and Hubu Shangshu Mi Hansi, who were more familiar, the rest only met and nodded. Mingzhu knew everything, but it was inconvenient to speak, standing next to him and greeting him with his eyes one by one. Kangxi is dressed neatly today, wearing a white Luo face silk crown, wearing a sauce-colored gauze robe, wearing a stone blue ground gauze gown, a gold-inlaid three-color ponytail tie tightly tied around his waist, and is pacing back and forth in front of the vast Ganqing Palace throne, and the blue satin soap boots step on the ground of the terrazzo and blue bricks and make a sound. As soon as he turned around and saw that Mingzhu and Wei Dongting were still standing there, he only nodded and said, "Sit down", and then ignored it.

"Except for Suppilon and Mehams, none of them are in favor of the removal of the domain." Kangxi suddenly stopped, stared at Xiong Cixu with blazing eyes and asked, "You Xiong Cixu is the leader of the academic world, the three outlines and five constants that you talk about every day, you talk about it, the carbuncle is a legacy, and in the future, there will be a lot of evil diseases, and swords and soldiers will be everywhere, how can you still have a 'gentleman is a minister' law?" ”

Xiong Cilu owed his body uneasily, and replied: "The minister didn't say that the three feudatories should not be withdrawn, but it is one thing to withdraw, and it is another thing to be able to withdraw. Now that the country's vitality has not recovered, it suddenly issued an order to withdraw the feudal domain, if there is an unexpected change, raising salaries is a huge problem, and the supply of troops is also lacking, how to deal with it? ”

"Hooray!" Suo Etu then said in Xiong Cixu's voice, "Although the three feudatories are now self-contained, they have no real traces of rebellion. At the beginning, the imperial court and Wu Sangui swore an oath to kill horses and let him defend Yunnan, but now he has issued an edict to withdraw the feudal domain for no reason, for fear of causing criticism from the government and the opposition - people have no faith and do not know ...... Yes! He suddenly felt that something was wrong with what he had said. Stammering and barely squeezing out the last two words.

"Huh?" Kangxi didn't care about Suo Etu's mean words, and asked with a calm face: "Withdraw the feudal domain for no reason - you see it this way?" Tell me, Wu Sangui buys 10,000 horses from Tibet every year and it is still not enough, and he secretly goes to Inner Mongolia to collect horses, what is the use of this? The weapons in his arsenal can already equip 700,000 people, so why do they have to forge them day and night? The officials of the imperial court can't be sent to the south, not to mention Jiangnan, how many officials in Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and Anhui are officials of ministries and commissions, and how many are officials elected by the west. These people are doing nonsense underneath, and the court can't control it! 'Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister', it is an empty word! Speaking of this, Kangxi seemed very excited, and took a cup of herbal tea in front of the dragon case and drank it all, and sneered: "I can't imagine that the ministers and workers are eating the court in vain, and they are not as knowledgeable as a twelve-year-old singing girl, which really chills my heart!" ”

These words were so loud that the hall suddenly fell silent. A fine layer of sweat oozed from Suo's head.

"Long live the Sage!" Mingzhu saw that Suo Etu was embarrassed, smiled secretly in his heart, and said loudly with a straight body, "Now that the internal troubles of Aobai have been removed, the internal and external ministers and workers all look up to the Lord to revitalize the heavens again, and reap all the benefits in one drum, the people of the world are disgusted with secession, and look forward to the withdrawal of the three feudatories like the hope of a great drought. Tianxin and the people are wanting, and Wu Sangui does not dare to disobey. ”

"Not necessarily!" Xiong Cixu said coldly. Mingzhu's words are exactly the same as Mi Hansi's words at today's meeting, Xiong Cixu hated this kind of empty discussion, so he said loudly: "Mingzhu is facing today, this is a villain's behavior!" Fang is waiting to be revived, and his vitality has not recovered! Since ancient times, there have been endless histories of the things that have been advocated by one husband, the suffering of all the people, and the suffering of the society, can we ignore the monarch and make a desperate bet? ”

"Mingzhu's statement is not unreasonable, it can't be said to be a face." Kubilon squeezed his eyes, coughed dryly and said, "The withdrawal of the feudal domain is indeed the desire of the people, if this feudal domain is not removed, the people will not be safe, and the country will not be governed!" He suddenly remembered that the year before last, he met the prefect who was snubbing the river workers in Gu'an, and when he thought about it, he swallowed it.

"The minister thinks that Xiong Ci's words are right, and he still has to convince people with virtue." Suddenly, someone said loudly. When Mingzhu looked at it, it was Wei Xiangshu, the secretary of Dali Temple, who was speaking, "Wu Sangui was just the future of a general town in the Ming Dynasty, and he was named an earl at a critical juncture. Mingzhu was about to refute, but Wei Dongting next to him spoke: "Wei Xiangshu inevitably spends the belly of a villain with the heart of a gentleman, can you ensure that Wu Sangui does not rebel?" ”

"If you want to withdraw, you must have a perfect strategy!" Xiong Ci came up with a swollen red face, "The Book of Changes has clouds, the king does not lose his country, and the minister does not lose his body!" In case something happens, where is the temple where to put it? At present, the grain can only be used for two years, and the silver deposit is not enough ......."

"Lord Bear!" Mi Hansi didn't wait for Xiong Cixu to finish speaking, and grabbed it to intercept it, "My household department has money to buy grain, and it can be used for five years!" Besides, the Lord is not saying that the feudal domain should be withdrawn today, but that he should immediately start preparing for the withdrawal of the feudal domain, and if there are two more years, I can accumulate another year's military salary! ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the palace couldn't help but whisper. Kangxi couldn't help but be stunned, and turned his face to ask Mi Hansi: "Last year's earthquake repaired the temple, didn't you say that there was no money!" ”

"If you go back to Banzai!" Mi Hansi got up and bowed and sat down, and replied loudly, "Long live talking about repairing the temple at this time, but the minister still has no money!" Suo Etu also got up and said, "Long live the crime of mishabilitation!" ”

Zhu Guozhi and Fan Chengmo were both foreign officials who went to Beijing to report on their work, and it was the first time for them to participate in such a pre-imperial meeting. For Mi Hansi's strength, he was worried that Kangxi would be angry, but Kangxi suddenly laughed loudly: "The country has such a good minister, what worry about me?" Zhang Wanqiang, let the Ministry of Internal Affairs keep a record, and Mi Hansi will wear a yellow coat and give him dazzling eyes! ”

The yellow coat is not enough, but the dazzling eyes are an extremely rare honor in the early Qing Dynasty. General Uriya Sutai was promoted to the marquis because of his merits, and he would rather not have the title, please give him a peacock flower feather, and he did not give this face to the ministry and the court. Now that Mi Hans has no merit of size, and has only accumulated a few years of military pay to be so favored, the ministers could not help but let out a wave of admiration. Mi Hansi was so excited that his face flushed, and he bowed to the ground and kowtowed heavily: "Long live the grace, the minister is ashamed of it, if you can't raise another year's military salary within two years, I am willing to pay back the long live reward!" ”

"I also understand what Xiong Cixu said, 'things are safe'. Have you ever read Mencius? The community is heavy, and the king is light! My decision to withdraw the feudal domain is for the sake of the world's society, and life and death are out of the boundary. However, the power of the world is controlled by one person, and it cannot be left behind. The feudal domain is to be withdrawn, and I have made up my mind. Kangxi said frankly, solemnly sat back on the dragon chair, and said according to the idea of "withdrawing the feudal domain" that he had revised, "All ministers must follow this purpose in everything from now on. Before the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the Western Han Dynasty, there were similar controversies today. You and others have different opinions on the affairs of the monarchy and society, and whether it is right or wrong, I will not condemn it. There is also merit in what Suo Etu and Xiong Cilu said: Before withdrawing from the feudal domain, you must make careful preparations and not act recklessly. If the state does not have the power to suppress the rebellion, it cannot easily issue an edict to withdraw the feudal domain. ”

"Hooray!" When Xiong Cixu heard Kangxi's words, his heart was greatly shaken, and he got up and kowtowed, "The day before yesterday, Wu Sangui asked to resign as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. ”

"Well, good!" Kangxi was very satisfied with Xiong Cixu's bearing, although he didn't have the same heart, he could work together, so he nodded with a smile and said, "I will give you what you play, and the edict will be issued on the same day." As he spoke, he said loudly to the officials who knelt down and resigned from the court, "According to what was agreed today, Zhu Guozhi will go to Yunnan to serve as governor, and Fan Chengmo will be transferred to Fujian as governor, and his majesty will leave on the same day after his resignation." After the rest of the ministries and departments retreated, they each planned to do their own office affairs, and you knelt down! ”

The people in the hall retreated, it seemed empty, and the oblique shadow of the sun shone into the hall from the open door of the hole, Kangxi suddenly felt a little lonely, and suddenly remembered that he had used snacks at the queen's place in the morning, and he had not eaten yet. He didn't feel secretly funny, stretched comfortably in the melting sunlight at the door, moved his legs and feet, and saw from a distance He Guizhu, the head of the household department, holding a large stack of documents in both hands to send to the clerical room, so he shouted with a smile: "He Guizhu, come here!" ”

"Yo!" He Guizhu was walking with his head down, but someone shouted, and when he looked up and saw that it was Kangxi, he came over with a smile, "It's the master who calls the slave, and the slave's eyes are getting worse and worse!" "Hurriedly sent the documents to the case, turned around and hit Qian'er again, and kowtowed, "I'm afraid that the slave hasn't asked the master for half a year!" Looking at the master's body, the bones are quite tough, but why are the eye sockets a little concave? Even if you are busy, you have to cherish it. ”

Kangxi looked at the owner of the Yue Peng shop, who had an extraordinary situation—although his hair was already half white, he was much more blessed than before, his face was full of red, and he looked quite energetic in a new six-grade uniform—and he smiled while listening to his nagging: "Now that I am an official, can I still do my previous skills?" When I first returned to your shop nine years ago, you were making wine for your second master Wu and sending him to the restaurant, I have tasted your steamed soft-shelled turtle, but can you still make it? He Guizhu was stunned when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Long live the memory of the slave is convinced!" The slave has been eating all his life, where is his life? Long live the lord thinks about it, and the slave will hold another seat! When Kangxi heard this, he turned his face to Mu Zixu who was standing in front of the throne and smiled: "You have been standing here since the morning, and you are also tired, so you all come down and loosen up - send someone to ask Tuhai to hand the sign in, I still have something to order." He Guizhu smiled and said: "I will reward the Qing palace guards for the imperial meal today, you cook and command, come up with means, don't ask those black-hearted cooks to deal with warm fire, you will come when you are done!" ”

He Guizhu agreed with a smile and went upside down. Kangxi was half-lying on the imperial couch and closed his eyes to recuperate, Mingzhu and Mu Zixu, Wolf See, Qiang Donkey and Su Lun and several other new guards moved their hands and feet beside the big golden jar under the Danqi, talking casually, only Wei Dongting did not join the group, and the nails generally stood by the palace to guard.

"The slave Tuhai is ordered to see the driver!" Kangxi was about to fall asleep, when he suddenly heard a loud cry from someone outside the hall, when he opened his eyes, Tuhai wore a flowering coral peacock feather top, wearing a robe of nine pythons and five claws, and walked into the hall with brocade chicken supplements, and knelt down with a flick of his horseshoe sleeves, "Slave respectfully invites St. Ann!" Kangxi hurriedly sat up and said with a smile: "Get up—I was waiting for dinner, but I didn't want to fall asleep." Tu Hai was about to ask what was the summons, He Guizhu broke in, and said with a smile: "The imperial meal has been prepared, placed in the East Chamber, and the guards are waiting outside the hall to wait for Long Live Lord!" ”

"The emperor hasn't eaten yet," Tu Hai hurriedly stepped aside and said, "The slave is waiting here." ”

"I'm still a little worried." Kangxi groaned and said, "Are you all arranged?" What did Zhou Peigong say? Tu Hai bowed down and replied: "Zhou Peigong asked for leave the day before yesterday, and when he said that he was going to do something in the Rotten Noodles Hutong, he didn't discuss with him - the twelve mosques in in Beijing have assigned a total of more than 5,400 people, first capture the Niujie Mosque and set fire to it, and the remaining eleven places will use the fire as the sign to start together, and the rebellion can be wiped out tonight!" ”

He Guizhu didn't pay much attention, but when he heard what the two of them said so seriously, seeing Tu Hai's face full of murderous anger, his muscles twitched and twitched, and his heart suddenly jumped with fright.

"Very good," Kangxi said calmly, "It's just that I'm not sure in my heart." said that the Hui sons rebelled, but I just heard some rumors, and the evidence is insufficient! They have been gathering at night for more than ten days, aren't they afraid of the court's awareness? ”

"Long live back!" Tu Hai is not burly, but he talks like a bronze bell, "The imperial court has repeatedly issued clear decrees, and the people are not allowed to gather to discuss matters, and the Hui people should know." On that basis, it is not too much to kill them. What's more, they are like this every night—" Before he finished speaking, He Guizhu suddenly exclaimed, "God! What are the masters and the figures saying—the Hui sons are praying! His face turned white with fright.

"Fork out!" Kangxi was taken aback by him, and when he saw that it was a six-rank official who was shocked and interjected in a state affair, he couldn't help but change color, "What did you say here?" Wei Dongting heard Kangxi angry at the entrance of the hall, so he hurriedly came in and pushed He Guizhu and walked out.

"Come back!" Kangxi suddenly thought thoughtfully, waved his hand and said sharply. He Guizhu saw Kangxi every day a few years ago, but he didn't know that Kangxi was so scary when he started his temper, he was so frightened that he was covered in chaff, turned around and knelt down in a trembling voice, and said with a sad face: "Slave...... Minions should ...... Damn it! Kangxi saw that he was frightened and pitiful, and waited for him to settle down before he said slowly: "This time I forgive you - how do you know that they are worshipping?" ”

"The slave's mother is in Islam." He Guizhu's soul was now at his knew, and he spoke more fluently, "When I was a child, I often followed him to the mosque. The master just said that 'night gathering and dispersion' is the rule of their religion, and it has been more than ten days in a row, so it must be the month of Ramadan? ”

"What is Ramadan?" Kangxi and Tu Hai were both stunned and glanced at each other. Kangxi said again: "You don't just kowtow. ”

He Guizhu raised his head, his forehead was already dark, and he smiled bitterly: "There are so many rules there that I can't remember clearly." To put it bluntly, it's about the same as our New Year. ”

It turns out that the twelfth month of the Hijri calendar is called Ramadan, which is the most likely to arouse suspicion from outsiders. As soon as the month of Ramadan begins, the Muslims abstain from eating and drinking during the day until the sun is gone. The Hui people only believe in Muhammad, and they are not like the Han people who worship God when they see it, and they can't go to the mosque if they ask for anything, but they can't go to the mosque, and they have to do the "Huo Fu Stall" evening prayer at home every day, and worship Muhammad ten times. During the month of Ramadan, you must go to the mosque every night to listen to the scriptures and preach, do "God's prayer" and "Tel Vihan", from 10 to 24 prayers, and do not go home to eat until late at night. People outside don't know what to do, seeing that they are doing things so sneaky, how can anyone not be suspicious? He Guizhu even said with a comparison, and it took a long time to make a rough calculation: "‧‧‧ now that the Lord wants to arrest these people, isn't that a great wrong?" On the twenty-eighth night of the month of Hijram, which is the day when Muhammad went to heaven, he will bow to the twenty-fourth day and add another hundred bows. He spoke incoherently, wiped the foam from his mouth with his hand, and stared at the dumbfounded Kangxi.

"Long live the Lord!" Tuhai was also a little flustered, the soldiers and horses had already set off, as long as the fire started, they would do it together, and if they wanted to change at this time, they needed to be notified one by one. Otherwise, if there is a fire somewhere, tens of millions of heads will fall to the ground!

"Even if you He Guizhu are telling the truth." Kangxi felt that the matter was very important, patted his head and asked, "Why haven't I heard of this after so many years in Beijing?" Whether it's the fasting month or the New Year, I didn't hear about it until Kangxi ten years, which is really strange! ”

This is indeed the truth, He Guizhu stared at it and thought for a long time and couldn't understand, so he had to kowtow and reply: "The slave's words are true. It's just that why these years have only been Ramadan, but this year has passed, and the minions don't know. ”

"I'm hungry," Kangxi took out his pocket watch to see that it was already the time to apply for a card, so he stood up and said to Tu Hai: "Kill Cheng Cheng halfway and bite the gold!" Asked Xiao Weizi to send someone to pass the decree: The soldiers and horses who entered the mosque from all walks of life will obey the order and move again, and the original fire will be invalidated! After dinner, I want to visit the Cow Street Worship Temple. Tuhai also followed. ”

Because of something, I was in a hurry to prepare a happy meal. Tu Hai and Wei Dongting tried their best to dissuade Kangxi from going to Niujie, but Kangxi just laughed. At the end, he got up and patted He Guizhu on the shoulder and said, "If what you said is true, you are really meritorious today!" As he spoke, he ordered to change his clothes, changed into a gray silk robe, wore a green felt hat on his head, untied the betel nut purse around his waist, and threw it to He Guizhu and said, "This reward you!" He turned his face to Tuhai and smiled, "Ask Wei Dongting to dress you up, go to the mosque like this, and Beijing will have news again tomorrow." ”

The early summer night is intoxicating with the smell of smoke and flowers, and the people on the cattle street are bustling, and the sound of selling dumplings, wontons, Beijing snacks, roast duck, roast chicken, scones, beef and mutton soup seems to be one after another, and it is also mixed with the sound of children's cannons and the laughter of chasing and playing, hide and seek, presenting a peaceful scene, and no one realizes that there is any danger in the middle. But Tu Hai and Wei Dongting muttered in their hearts, although there were dozens of guards behind Mu Zixu and dozens of guards pretending to be the people, who could imagine what it would be like for thousands of Hui people to riot, and how to ensure that this stubborn young emperor could get out safely? Wei Dongting is responsible for all the responsibilities of guarding Kangxi, and the more he thinks about it, the more afraid he becomes. A warm breeze blew, and Kangxi praised loudly: "Good wind!" Wei Dongting shuddered.

"Uncle, do you want to worship in the temple?" Tu Hai and Wei Dongting were thinking about their hearts when they suddenly heard Kangxi ask. When he looked up, he was a spirited old man, with silver beard and white hair, wearing a white cloth hat often worn by the old Hui people on his head, wearing only a half-cut white shirt, walking with his hands behind his back, Kangxi had already talked to him.

"yes!" The old man nodded and smiled, "The babies can't wait, so they go out as soon as the sky is bright." I'm old, and I can't compare to them.

"How many people are in the old uncle's family?"

"Me?" The old man smiled, stretched out his hand and flipped it twice, "Fifteen!" I'm in a hurry to go, it's not early to go to Good Morning, worried about the little oil at home - you little Langjun, everything for the festival is ready, right? ”

"Almost......" Kangxi hesitated for a moment and agreed vaguely.

"It's not easy!" The old man looked up at the big arch of the mosque that was getting closer and closer, and sighed, "It's finally a festival this year...... Obey Shunzhi Ye to sit in Beijing, it has been almost 30 years, the first few years of the war shortage, the first few years of the year is not good, sandwiched Ao Zhongtang a hard enclosure, really evil, a day of peace and no birthday! This is finally a nod - tossing for a few more years, I'm afraid that a baby as big as you won't even know how to celebrate Eid al-Fitr! This is really a blessing to Allah and Kangxi! ”

I see! Kangxi froze suddenly. Wei Dongting and Tu Hai also had a bright heart, and glanced at each other with some shame, and were about to persuade Kangxi not to enter the mosque again, but Kangxi suddenly turned around and grabbed Wei Dongting's arm, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Huchen, look who came from there!" The voice trembled a little in panic!

Wei Dongting looked in the direction of Kangxi's eyes, and was also surprised-six or seven people on the opposite side were chatting and walking, and in the middle was Yang Qilong, who was guessing riddles with Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei in the inn of Gu'an County. The answer to his riddle is "Yidi's king, not as good as China's". Therefore, Kangxi had a particularly deep impression of Yang Qilong, and his yin and yang strange expression at that time can still be remembered to this day. Yang Qilong's clothes were very bright, and he was surrounded by a group of people, walking towards Niujie Temple.