Chapter 400: Decentralization
Seeing this situation, He Shen became more and more proud in his heart, but he showed the opposite, very respectful, full of servile appearance, heard Jiaqing's words, and immediately said: "Qi master, this prerequisite is to keep the current situation from deteriorating, and if you want the situation to not continue to deteriorate, you must ensure that today's court discussion is not spread, and the less people know about it, the better." Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info otherwise, once the generals on the front line, especially those soldiers, know, the morale of the army will definitely be unstable, resulting in irreparable consequences. ”
Jiaqing's face suddenly turned ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "Isn't it too late to say this now?" The ministers had already dispersed and left the palace, if Wang Aiqing's analysis was prevented from spreading, how could it be stopped? ”
He Shen showed nervousness, and said guiltily: "It's the slave's fault, the slave finished speaking." However, Your Majesty, the only measure that can make up for it now is ......"
"Come on, don't be so grinding, how can you make up for it?" Emperor Jiaqing was a little impatient and asked casually.
"Emperor Qi, for the sake of today's plan, there is only one crime of bewitching the people by Lord Zhiwang, disturbing the morale of the army in front, so as to deter the ministers, so that the ministers dare not discuss this matter, and block the news in the capital. As long as it is delayed for a period of time, the army will be transferred back to the Central Plains, even if rumors are flying all over the sky, the imperial court can have no worries, sit back and relax, and continue the subsequent actions. ”
Suddenly, the room was quiet, Emperor Jiaqing's brows furrowed, and it suddenly dawned in his heart that He Shen really had this idea, and wanted to take advantage of the situation to bring down Wang Jie, sweep away his obstacles above the court, and eliminate his biggest political enemy.
Emperor Jiaqing hesitated, once Wang Jie's restraint was lacking in the court, He Shen would be even more lawless and unscrupulous, and the problem of forming a party for personal gain would be even more serious. Not only that, Wang Jie is also one of the few honest and capable people in the imperial court, and he is truly loyal to his officials. Therefore, Jiaqing hesitated, began to weigh the pros and cons in his heart, and couldn't make a choice for a while. However, is the final decision-making power in the hands of Emperor Jiaqing?
At this moment, Qianlong, who was about to squint his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes, a trace of light burst out of his cloudy eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Yongyan, let's do it." Heshen, you go and let the great scholar of the imperial study draw up the decree, and then come to me to stamp the seal and issue this edict in my name. ”
Without waiting for Emperor Jiaqing to react, He Shen immediately bowed down and bowed, showing excitement, and replied loudly: "Oh, the slave will do it~!" ”
Looking at He Shen's distant figure and disappearing at the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace, as soon as he thought that Wang Jie was about to be deposed, Emperor Jiaqing felt a sense of powerlessness and filled all parts of his body. seemed to think of something, and immediately took two steps forward and pleaded with Qianlong: "Ama, no, just bypass Wang Jie once." He Shen simply went to Wang Jie and wanted to move to Wang Jie, and no one dared to go against him since then. ”
"Yongyan, how could I not understand what you said? How can you not see it? However, the overall situation is important, and everything is based on the stability of the imperial court. ”
In an instant, Qianlong's every word was like a heavy hammer, hitting Emperor Jiaqing's heart hard, making the last bit of strength in his body seem to be drained, and he sat weakly on the edge of the bed, stunned and expressionless.
Seeing his son's demeanor, Qianlong moved over, patted Jiaqing's shoulder, and said earnestly: "Yongyan, those who do big things should be unrestrained, especially as a king, what is the unjust death of one or two ministers?" The whole world is in the Qing Dynasty, and Han officials like Wang Jie have. What's more, it was not beheaded, but he was reduced to a civilian position and imprisoned for a period of time. ”
I don't know if it's because people are old and talk a lot, or for other reasons, Qianlong waved his hand and motioned for everyone else to go down. After all the eunuchs and palace maids retreated, Qianlong continued: "Yongyan, Huang Ama knows that you don't like Heshen, and you also know the reason, it's nothing more than that Heshen is a big corrupt official. In fact, Huang Ama knows this like a mirror in his heart. ”
Hearing this, Emperor Jiaqing's body was shocked, and he looked at the old Qianlong in surprise, his mouth opened slightly, but he didn't know what to say, and Qianlong's voice continued and sounded again.
"We Manchurians don't need Han Chinese, born on horseback, better at salvo, brave and good at fighting, but we lack some talent for governing the country and don't know how to run a country. Manchurian people like He Shen can be said to be rare, and there are not a few. Although He Shen is very greedy, he is really talented and has that ability. Otherwise, Huang Ama would not let him go on like this, so reused. ”
However, Jiaqing wanted to say something and argue, but was stopped by Qianlong. Then, Qianlong didn't say anything more, but came to the side of the bed, took out an object from the secret compartment near the pillow, the style in the shape of a jade pendant, and came to Jiaqing's side again. When Jiaqing couldn't figure out what the situation was, Qianlong stuffed the jade pendant into the hands of Emperor Jiaqing.
"Yongyan, Huang Ama's health is getting worse and worse, so while I am conscious, I will give you two things. The first one is the jade pendant in your hand, with it, you can command the blood droplets, it is the intelligence organization founded by Yongzhengye, which specializes in supervising officials all over the country, or where there is a chaotic party, the remnants of the former Ming who refused to surrender. ”
"What He Shen said just now, there are still shortcomings, don't look at the calm in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is also an undercurrent, treacherous, and something is likely to happen. Since we entered the Central Plains, there are the most anti-thieves in Jiangnan. Therefore, at this time of crisis, I will hand over the drops of blood to you, and send them to supervise the provinces south of the Yangtze River, if there is any abnormal movement, what unstable factors appear, you can also know in advance, have a psychological preparation, so as to formulate a countermeasure. ”
At this moment, Emperor Jiaqing was inexplicably moved, and at the same time, he deeply knew that the puppet emperor for nearly three years had not been in vain, and Emperor Ama had begun to delegate power to himself, and this secret intelligence agency of the blood droplet was a signal and an obvious sign.
However, Emperor Jiaqing couldn't be allowed to think too much and didn't have time to be happy, Qianlong said again: "Yongyan, the second thing is a treasure. At a time when the situation in the imperial court is unstable, the silver two are particularly important. With these tens of thousands of taels of silver, it is enough for the military expenditure of the imperial court for several consecutive years. ”
Emperor Jiaqing reacted, guessed what the treasure Qianlong was talking about, and couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, secretly happy. Suddenly, Qianlong's words changed sharply, and he said: "However, I haven't been a hundred years later, you can't touch this treasure, you can only wait, can you understand what I mean?" ”
Emperor Jiaqing is not a fool, how could he not understand what it means, nodded violently, and said in a deep voice: "Huang Ama, don't worry, until that time, I won't move Heshen." ”
As if he was very tired, Qianlong leaned there again, closed his eyes again to recuperate, and said softly: "Okay, you first take my jade seal and go to seal the holy decree, don't forget to send it back to me, Huang Ama, I am a little tired and need to rest." ”
"Yes, Huang Ama, Yongyan went back first."
Emperor Jiaqing left, and not long after, Qianlong suddenly opened his cloudy eyes and muttered to himself: "Yongyan, although the court you took over is a little chaotic, there are constant riots in various places. However, this is also the time to test you, to wear away your mediocre character, to truly grow up, to become a truly qualified emperor, and to continue my Manchurian rule. ”
After saying this, Qianlong closed his eyes again, and his breathing became even.
Not long after Emperor Jiaqing left, a holy decree flew out of the palace and rushed to the palace of Shoufu Wang Jie. Soon, when the holy decree arrived, when it was read out, the news that Wang Jie was dismissed and investigated quickly spread throughout the capital, and everyone knew it well.
All of a sudden, the storm in the capital suddenly rose, everyone became self-endangered, and became silent, no one dared to easily talk about the reason why Wang Jie was investigated, they all kept their mouths shut and remained silent, and no one dared to plead.
However, one by one, carrier pigeons flew up violently, flapped their wings and went straight in all directions, southeast and northwest. (To be continued.) )