Chapter 267: The Turbulent Head
"How did adults forget, those people have to make three-foot waves without wind!" Xu Run said, "Adults need to know, you have been raised by your uncle and aunt since you were a child, Lord Shen and the old lady are equivalent to the parents of adults, if the old lady dies, they will definitely make a fuss about it!" The "Brief Treatise on Filial Piety in the Western Kingdom" written by the adults before, has already pasted the word "filial piety" to themselves, and they will definitely use this "filial piety" word to come back to deal with adults! For example, they say that it is against filial piety for adults to marry concubines during the serious illness of their relatives, and as soon as this fold is published, it will detonate the theory of scholars! When the Queen Mother saw such an excerpt, she had the heart to protect the adult, but she was afraid that it would be extremely embarrassing! If there is a chance to die with one blow, this is one! ”
After listening to Xu Run's explanation, Lin Yizhe understood the seriousness of the matter, and his eyebrows couldn't help frowning. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Damn!"
"Adults can know that when the official hears the words, there is no need to distinguish the truth in the performance! If they deliberately confuse right and wrong, knowing that their aunt is not a loving relative, but they deliberately say this, and exaggerate it, in order to reap the appalling effect, the center does not know the details, and they will definitely think that the adults have violated filial piety, and they will severely punish them, and even if they know that they are wrong and lose face, they will not correct it in the future. Xu Run continued, "If that happens, everything will be irreparable." ”
"What the gentleman said is that I did ignore this part." Lin Yizhe knew that what Xu Run said was true, and he was shocked in his heart, and immediately began to think about countermeasures.
Lin Yizhe, who is familiar with history, knew that in the late Qing Dynasty, there was a unique phenomenon in which officials were involved in the impeachment, that is, the officials did not care about whether the events of the impeachment were accurate, but they paid attention to whether the content of the impeachment was shocking, deafening, and unexpected, so as to create a sensational effect in the court discussion. For this reason, some shameless officials do not hesitate to use fabrication, exaggeration, and other means. Privately, Qingliu literati will also evaluate and discuss which impeachment story is the most bizarre and amazing. During the First Sino-Japanese War, the leader of the Qingliu Dynasty, Weng Tongyi, was very interested in an absurd and indifferent performance of the impeachment of Li Jingfang, the son of his old rival Li Hongzhang, and called it "brilliantly written"!
If the fabricated story is too bizarre and causes the monarch to be angry and even dismissed from office, the convicted official will not only not be ashamed of it, but will be very proud, so as to flaunt his "courage to speak out" and "strength". The first-class scholars of Qingliu will also take it as an example, calling it a "good story" and widely praised it. In this way, the system of monitoring and impeachment, which was originally set up to put an end to administrative mistakes, has been reduced to a tool of political attack, because the impeacher only bears limited responsibility for his speech!
"Sir, do you think you have to reserve a place now?" Lin Yizhe thought for a while and asked.
"It has to be reserved." Xu Run said his thoughts straightforwardly, "Your Excellency can add the matter of marrying a girl to the compromise of the center's statement of the love of the platform, just say that this matter is to appease the hearts of the people, and secondly, to give my aunt joy, such a matter of loyalty and filial piety, the center will definitely not say anything." In the future, once the old lady returns, if someone takes the opportunity to impeach the adult, the adult can reply to resolve public opinion. ”
"What Mr. said is very true," Lin Yizhe heard that Xu Run and himself thought of going together, and they were all going to give the center an excerpt to "set up this record", and he made up his mind slightly, "I will draft this excerpt today, and I will ask Mr. to polish it for me after the draft." ”
"This is natural." Xu Run thought for a while, and said, "In order to be in a hurry, the adults only need to write down the situation in detail, and the reason for marrying the girl is written by the old man." ”
"So much better!" A big stone fell to the ground in Lin Yizhe's heart, and the two of them had decided on a plan, so they immediately went back to their rooms and began to draw up folds.
At this time, it was already night, the moon and stars were sparse, and suddenly a large dark cloud floated from nowhere, covering a bright moon, and then a gust of cold wind blew, and little by little it turned into a howling wind, indicating the coming of a storm.
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"Lin Wenzheng's Public Collection? Diary: "...... August 15, Mid-Autumn Festival, for my aunt's birthday, my aunt was sick for a long time, and she was able to get up on that day, and Yu and his uncle and all the brothers and relatives were very happy,...... At noon, Yu and his wife moved forward to wish him a long life, and his aunt was still able to sit upright and answer with a smile. Yu was not relieved, and he visited in the back hall from time to time, but there was no abnormality. When the time comes, he dies peacefully. …… Yu Wenbao mourned the loss, fainted on the ground, and Fang Su ...... in the middle of the night Gai Yu has been raised by his aunt since he was a child, and he has more than a parent, and he lost his mother when he was young, and his aunt is Yu's mother. ”
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Beijing, Forbidden City, Palace of Nourishing Hearts.
The young Emperor Tongzhi sat in front of the dragon case, put down the book he had just approved, and after a long yawn, he involuntarily glanced in the direction where the Empress Dowager Cixi was once sitting.
Now, although his strict biological mother no longer looks at himself to deal with government affairs, he still sometimes feels an invisible pressure from that direction.
Emperor Tongzhi looked at the still thick stack of folds on the table, sighed, beat his spirits, took a book, and continued to read it.
The emperor Weng Tongyi, who was also in the main hall, noticed this small action of the emperor and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Now this emperor student of his own, in his heart, still regards the "emperor" as an errand!
Emperor Tongzhi read a few more books, which may be some inconsequential things, and Emperor Tongzhi routinely criticized the words "I know" on it. Until a book caught his attention.
"Hehe, people marry concubines, what is your business? Are you jealous or idle! Emperor Tongzhi said, throwing the fold aside, not bothering to look at it again.
Weng Tongyi stepped forward with some curiosity, took this book and opened it to take a look, and found that it was the excerpt of Liu Haoliang, the supervising imperial historian, who participated in the impeachment of Lin Yizhe, the acting governor of Fujian, for "privately accepting a girl as a concubine", and couldn't help frowning.
He knew, no wonder the emperor felt impatient, it was common for officials to take concubines, as long as it was not during the period of filial piety, who did he marry? If you talk about such bad things, it's strange that the emperor cares!
Because it is an excerpt of the impeachment of Lin Yizhe, Weng Tongyi endured the surname and read this excerpt, Liu Haoliang participated in the impeachment of Lin Yizhe in the excerpt to take the opportunity of going to Taiwan's Fanjing to "Fu Fan", and saw that "the girl is pretty", so he accepted it privately, "day and night lewdness", "ignoring political affairs", and asked the court to cure Lin Yizhe's crime of "fake public and private", remove Lin Yizhe from his official position, and "set an example"!
"Master Weng has seen it, do you think this thing is funny?" Emperor Tongzhi saw that the teacher was also looking at this excerpt, and said with a smile, "This subordinate married a concubine, and it was even written in the excerpt." ”
"If Lin Yizhe marries during the mourning of his parents, no matter who he marries, it is against filial piety. Weng Tongyi said, "If it is an ordinary time, it will be a big fuss. ”
"I remember that this Lin Yizhe is the grandson of Lin Wenzhong, and his parents have long since died, so marrying a concubine at this time doesn't seem to have anything to do with filial piety, right?" Emperor Tongzhi said, "If you want to talk about fake public and private interests, I'm afraid you won't be next to each other." Besides, a girl, born in the deep mountains and dense forests, who drinks blood, where can she see her appearance? Lin Yizhe married, Bao Buqi is the daughter of the chief of the Fanshe, and Lin Yizhe married him in order to comfort his heart. It's a 'fake private business'. ”
Hearing that Emperor Tongzhi actually remembered the death of Lin Yizhe's parents, Weng Tongyi was secretly surprised. However, although the emperor's words of "fake private help" were somewhat reasonable, he listened to them not as a monarch should say, but as if they were said by a person in the market, and he couldn't help but show embarrassment.
"What the emperor said...... Extremely, there is no reason for this fold, and it is thrown back in front of it. Weng Tongyi coughed lightly and gave advice on how to deal with it.
"That's it." Emperor Tongzhi nodded casually.
Weng Tong bowed down to receive the order, and Emperor Tongzhi then reviewed the fold, and after a while, when he approved another fold, his face changed.
"Damn! Today, it's not all about him marrying a girl, right? ”
Seeing that the emperor was angry, Weng Tongyi, who was standing on the side, was startled at first, but immediately calmed down.
"Your Majesty, this is ......"
"Look at it! It's Samlin Yoshizhe who married a girl again! Are the officials of the science and road all full and supporting? Emperor Tongzhi said angrily, he stretched out his hand violently, spread out all the folds that the eunuch had placed on the dragon case, and picked up all the folds of the Yanguan and opened them, sure enough, it was all a tone, and the target of the impeachment was one person - Lin Yizhe!
Weng Tongyi was also surprised to see that most of these were excerpts from the six ways of giving the official, and the content was all about reprimanding Lin Yizhe for marrying a daughter during his aunt's serious illness.
"It's all these things! I'm going to be screaming to death all day long! Don't look at it! Don't look at it! Emperor Tongzhi lost his temper, "I'm going to say hello to the emperor's mother!" These folds! Throw it all back! ”
Emperor Tongzhi said, and did not wait for Weng Tongji to answer, so he walked out on his own, and a group of waiting eunuchs hurriedly followed, leaving Weng Tonggong and Li Hongzao and other emperors looking at each other in the main hall.
Emperor Tongzhi went back to the palace to change into civilian clothes, and went straight to Changchun Palace to greet the Empress Dowager Cixi, as soon as he arrived at the Changchun Palace, Emperor Tongzhi saw that Cixi was talking to the Empress and Concubine Hui, and saw that the Empress Dowager Cixi was in a very good mood today, and Emperor Tongzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
For his biological mother, in his heart, he is still more afraid than intimate.
"My son asks the emperor to say goodbye." Emperor Tongzhi bowed to his mother.
"Get up, hurry up! The emperor came over, and we sat and talked. The Empress Dowager Cixi smiled and waved to the emperor and motioned for him to sit beside her.
"The emperor came early today, isn't there not much to see?" The Empress Dowager Cixi held her son's hand, checked her son's face, and asked with concern.
"Back to the emperor's mother, there are not many excerpts today." Of course, Emperor Tongzhi couldn't tell the Empress Dowager Cixi that in fact, he didn't finish reading the excerpt today, so he came to hide from the leisure, and quickly diverted the topic, "The emperor is so happy today?" Is there something good for my son to know? ”
"You ghosts and elves don't rub sand in your eyes!" Empress Dowager Cixi smiled and pointed out to the Tongzhi Emperor, Empress and Concubine Hui, "I have this little thought!" It's all for you to see! ”
Listening to the words of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the empress and Concubine Hui also laughed, only Emperor Tongzhi was a little confused.
"The face of the ancestor has the word happy written on it." Concubine Hui smiled, "When I came, I saw it!" ”
"The emperor guesses, what's the joy today? Is the emperor so happy? The queen said with a smile.
"Yes...... Is the garden going to be repaired? Emperor Tongzhi seemed to see something in the empress's eyes and immediately said.
The queen smiled and glanced at Concubine Hui and nodded in unison.
"Or the emperor knows my thoughts." Hearing Emperor Tongzhi's answer, the Empress Dowager Cixi was greatly relieved, patted the emperor's hand and said, "The emperor is right, this 'heaven and earth are one spring', it is almost completed!" This project is much faster than I originally thought! If it weren't for the emperor to keep an eye on me, how could it be so fast! Speaking of which, it's the emperor's credit! ”
"This is all thanks to the emperor's mother's blessing and blessing, there are overseas businessmen to report the results, and the project is flawless, the son just urges the ministers to handle it carefully, where is the credit." Emperor Tongzhi hurriedly said.
"If the emperor hadn't asked the foreign ministers to introduce this foreigner's machine, the result would be twice the result with half the effort, how could it be so fast with manpower alone." Seeing that the emperor did not take credit at all, the Empress Dowager Cixi was even more happy, "The emperor can think of using this foreigner's machine in the garden, and no one can compare with this piece of credit!" ”
Hearing his mother's praise, Emperor Tongzhi couldn't help but cry out in his heart to be ashamed.
It was only after reading Lin Yizhe's excerpts about Western machines and Hong Jun's "Diary of the West" about the palaces of Britain and France that he thought about using machines to repair the garden.
In order to speed up the progress of the garden work, the Tongzhi Emperor ordered the prime minister Yamen to send a special letter to Li Hongzhang and Lin Yizhe to inquire, Li Lin and the two of them respectively reported in detail after receiving the edict, and after getting the approval, they purchased construction machinery from abroad, and hired foreign engineering and technical personnel to come to help repair the garden work, so as to make the progress of the garden work a thousand miles and finally achieve great success.
"I'm just free today, otherwise, how many of our mothers will go over and have a look?" When the Empress Dowager Cixi said that she was happy, she couldn't help but want to go to the construction site to check it out.
"Yes, yes! Ancestor take us to see! "Concubine Hui is clever, and she is the first to praise.
"Yes, we have long wanted to see with our own eyes what the 'Heaven and Earth Family Spring' where our ancestors lived back then was like." The queen also smiled and said, "I think it's a fairyland-like place." ”
"If the emperor likes it, the son will accompany the emperor to have a look." Emperor Tongzhi stood up and said respectfully.
Cixi immediately ordered to set off, and the eunuchs had to order the preparation of the imperial chariot, and the Tongzhi Emperor and the Empress Dowager Cixi went to the imperial chariot and went to the Old Summer Palace.
About three hours later, the imperial chariot came to the Old Summer Palace, and the Tongzhi Emperor who sat on the imperial chariot saw the green mountains and green peaks in the distance from a distance, and the carved beams and paintings were like the exquisite buildings in the painting, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes.
At this time, the project was almost completed, and there were wooden frames around some of the buildings, and many workers were busy on them. And on some construction sites, several strange-looking machines are still in operation.
"Sure enough, it's a fairyland on earth." Concubine Hui admired, "Only such a place is the place where the emperor can live in peace." ”
"It's beautiful. Even if there is a Danqing wonderful pen, it is difficult to paint all the beautiful scenery here. The queen sighed too.
"When it's all repaired, I'm going to have a good time here to make a good deal of fun for the emperor!" Emperor Tongzhi hurried and said fun.
"This is natural, but I have to pay for this lively silver, if not, there will be someone to talk about." The Empress Dowager Cixi remembered that she wanted to repair the garden in the past but was blocked by the officials, and said a little sarcastically.
Empress Dowager Cixi's words reminded Emperor Tongzhi of Lin Yizhe's involvement today, and he couldn't help but snort.
"These officials know the noise of gibberish all day long, which is annoying!"
Empress Dowager Cixi keenly heard the implicit unhappiness in Emperor Tongzhi's words, and immediately asked, "What troubles did the emperor encounter today?" Let's talk to E-Niang. ”
"It's not a big deal, it's just that there are more excerpts for the six officials to impeach Lin Yizhe, the governor of Fujian, for marrying a girl privately." When Emperor Tongzhi heard Empress Dowager Cixi's question, he knew that he was speechless, and replied vaguely.
Hearing the words "Lin Yizhe", the Empress Dowager Cixi raised her eyebrows and immediately asked, "Marrying a girl privately?" What's going on? ”
Emperor Tongzhi didn't notice the look of concern in the eyes of the empress and concubine Hui beside him, but replied respectfully: "There are many officials who have broken their heads, and Lin Yizhe was impeached for taking the opportunity of entering Taiwan to marry a daughter as a concubine, and when his aunt was seriously ill, he said that he was pretending to be a public servant and a private person, which violated filial piety, and wanted to ...... Punish him for his sins. ”
"Did Lin Yizhe report this matter in his previous excerpt?" The Empress Dowager Cixi thought for a moment and asked.
"This ...... The son couldn't remember. Emperor Tongzhi replied in a low voice, a bead of sweat habitually appearing on his forehead.
"Back to the emperor's mother, the daughter-in-law remembered that Lin Yizhe took the daughter as a concubine, and he said it in the previous excerpt. said that it was for the sake of the hearts of the people, so he followed the customs. The queen said, and reminded Emperor Tongzhi again, "Don't you remember?" It's his 'newspaper platform'. ”
"Yes, yes, it's this excerpt, he said it, and my son remembered it." Emperor Tongzhi hurriedly said.
"Did the empress help the emperor read the excerpts?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked quietly.
"Back to the emperor's mother, that day the imperial doctor entered the camphor, and the daughter-in-law heard that the camphor was produced in Taiwan, and wanted to know something about Taiwan, so she told the emperor about it, and the emperor took a few excerpts related to Taiwan and showed it to his daughter-in-law." The queen hurriedly knelt down and replied.
"Queen, get up." Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, "The emperor can't remember many things, it's not bad for you to help him look at the excerpts and give him a reminder." She turned around, looked at the "Heaven and Earth Family Spring" in the distance, remembered the past, and sighed, "At that time, I also helped the first emperor to see the excerpts, and the first emperor also praised me......