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"Yulin, how many years have you been following me?" Guan Xuqing stepped down from the throne and came to Peng Yulin. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Back to the emperor, it's been thirteen years."

"What have I done to you in these thirteen years?"

"The emperor's kindness to the ministers is high and high, and it is difficult to repay the ministers for their deaths." Peng Yulin couldn't hold back any longer, hugged the emperor's legs and said: "Your Majesty, all the ministers are confused for a while, they think they are high and powerful, they are consumed by the desire for profit, and the ministers don't ask for anything else but to die quickly!" ”

Guan Xuqing pointed at Peng Yulin with his finger, and said in a trembling voice: "You have been diligent all your life, and you have a clean breeze for the officials, why do you do such a ridiculous thing when you are old now, aren't you afraid of leaving an infamy for your children and grandchildren!" ”

"The minister is guilty." Peng Yulin couldn't cry.

Guan Xuqing restrained his emotions, regained his seriousness, walked back to the throne step by step, and said to Peng Yulin: "Peng Yulin, you have done such a big rebellious thing, I can't let you live, but remember that you have made great contributions to the country in the past, I gave you to commit suicide by taking poison, and your family will send someone to settle it properly, you can rest assured." With that, Guan Xuqing turned his head and never looked at Peng Yulin again.

"Thank you for the grace of the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Peng Yulin took off his crown and turned to leave the hall.

After a cup of tea, the guard commander Dadao Wang Wu knelt under the Dan rhino with Peng Yulin's court clothes: "The traitor Peng Yulin has committed suicide by taking poison, and the slave has come to give the order." ”

Guan Xuqing waved his hand, told everyone to retreat, sat quietly on the throne, and looked at a towering old tree outside the hall, his eyes gradually moistened......

The news of Peng Yulin's death soon spread in the capital, and the officers and soldiers of the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion and the Shuntian Mansion strengthened the vigilance of the capital, strictly checking the people who entered and exited the city, and the Beijing city was shrouded in the atmosphere of autumn slaughter. The minister with a ghost in his heart hid at home all day long, and he didn't even dare to go out, not knowing what the emperor would do with him next.

The veteran Nie Shicheng personally escorted the traitor Wu Guang to Beijing, and only after escorting Wu Guang in Dali Temple did he come to see the emperor. "Wu Guang and more than 30 other traitors have been escorted into Beijing, please ask the emperor to judge."

Seeing that Nie Shicheng, who was over the age of old, was still in good spirits and majestic, Guan Xuqing said: "Old General Nie has not diminished his majesty back then, and he put down the Northwest Rebellion for me in just ten days, and I want to make a great contribution for you." ”

"Thanks to the emperor's blessings and supervision." Nie Shicheng sighed slightly, looking very embarrassed.

"Wu Guang and others rebelled, the crime cannot be forgiven, there is no need to wait until the autumn, three days later, Feng Xianghua, the secretary of the military department, was sentenced and executed in Xisi Lingchi. The rest of the traitors were killed at the entrance of the vegetable market! ”

"Wow!"

Nie Shicheng had no intention of retreating, kneeling on the ground as if he had something to say.

"Say whatever you want." Guan Xuqing saw what Nie Shicheng meant.

"The ministers are incompetent, and the supervision of subordinates is not effective, so that Wu Guang's rebels have a chance, if it is not for the emperor to deploy troops in time to suppress, I am afraid that the big mistake has been made. The minister was old and incompetent, and felt ashamed, so he came to ask the emperor for his resignation. "Although Nie Shicheng is old, he has always been iron-clad, but he didn't expect that this time he was calculated by Wu Guang and others to take away the military power in the northwest, almost endangering the emperor, and he really couldn't forgive himself, so he insisted on asking the emperor to return to his hometown.

Guan Xuqing pondered for a long time before he said, "Okay, I'm ready." ”

Nie Shicheng kowtowed and thanked him, and he was moved and didn't know what to say. Guan Xuqing got up and left his seat and came to Nie Shicheng, personally helped him up, held his hand and said, "General Nie has been fighting horses all his life and has made great achievements for me. I know that very well. I specially named you a first-class loyal uncle, hereditary replacement, go back to live in the old age. ”

"Thank you, Emperor Longen." It was the first time for Nie Shicheng to talk to the emperor so closely, and he felt an unprecedented favor.

Three days later, Wu Guang and other thirty-six traitors were sentenced by the Ming Dynasty, which naturally caused a lot of shock in the capital. The next day, according to the emperor's edict, all the senior officials above the third rank in Beijing went to the court to listen to the training. As soon as the civil and military officials went to court, they saw three wooden boxes on the ground, and no one knew what was inside, and they couldn't guess what the emperor was going to do.

Guan Xuqing's face was solemn, and he said to the courtiers: "There was a military incident in the northwest a while ago, and all the secretaries must know about it. Now the rebel Wu Guang and others have been punished, but many letters exchanged with officials from various places have been found from him, and these three boxes are just that. ”

Many of the ministers who communicated with Wu Guang were so frightened that their faces were like ashes, you look at me, I look at you, thinking that this time a catastrophe is coming.

Guan Xuqing's face softened: "The head of the rebellion has been removed, and the rest don't ask." None of these three boxes have been opened, and I have not read any of them, because I know that these people may have been deceived by demons for a while, and they could not distinguish right from wrong, and they would inevitably do some stupid things. I don't do everything right, and I may hurt the feelings of some ministers in some things, but I and all of you have the same thoughts, we all hope that the country will be prosperous and the people will be strong. Someone! Burn all these letters. ”

Several royal guards carried three boxes to the front of the main hall, poured tung oil in front of the civil and military officials, and burned all the letters with a fire.

"Let him go in the past, I hope that from now on, our monarchs and ministers can work together to govern the country more prosperous and strong, what do you say?" Guan Xuqing looked at the ministers present.

The civil and military officials knelt down together: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Your Majesty is worthy of being the prince of mercy, and this move will surely shine in the annals of history and shine through the ages. Since His Majesty came into power, he has practiced benevolent government, thought about rejuvenating the country, increased profits with the people, and eliminated torture, which is enough to be a benevolent word. The relatives of the clan forgot to plot against each other, His Majesty forgave but punished the evil, the crime was not as good as the family, and those who have forgiven since ancient times have not been as good as my emperor. Throughout the more than 200 emperors since Zulong, the ministers have not seen a benevolent monarch like my lord. A lean middle-aged official jumped up and talked eloquently.

Guan Xuqing immediately recognized this person as Qu Hongji, a Jiangsu Xuetai, and said with a faint smile: "Jiangsu is the place where I am extremely heavy in the Qing Dynasty, and the source of taxes." To inspire the wisdom of the people and correct the hearts of the people, you have to work harder. ”

"Do the holy thing." Qu Hongji won the emperor's praise and said: "Your Majesty is the first emperor through the ages, and the changes of the country are the blessings of the people." Now that the country has swept away the weakness, it is the eternal benevolence of our emperor. The ministers were ignorant, and they were worried that the law of their ancestors would change and the country would be in turmoil. Now it seems that the minister is really ignorant. ”

"If I implement the new policy, you can also promote new Confucianism. The new Confucianism is the Confucianism that conforms to the current situation of the world. I want to take Neo-Confucianism, not Rotten Confucianism. You Qu Hongji may have been a rotten Confucian before, but now you are also a new Confucian. Before the new policy has achieved results, it is right for you to be a little worried, and I am so busy that it is right for you to worry and worry in vain. Guan Xuqing's words made the ministers smile, and the atmosphere of the slaughter just now eased a lot.

"I know that you are all loyal and upright people, and the Qing Dynasty is in the midst of a change, and I hope you will encourage you to do so. I feel that the changes in all aspects are in full swing, and the whole country must also have a new atmosphere, the Eight Banners have been abolished, and in the future, we should not deliberately distinguish between Manchus and Han returning to Tibet, everyone is a member of the Chinese nation, and we should be loyal to the prosperity of the country. I have decided that from today onwards, the Qing Empire will officially change its name to the Chinese Empire, and this year will be set as the first year of China. "Guan Xuqing's decision was made in order to quickly unify people's hearts and dilute various contradictions after the Wuguang rebellion.

"Long live the emperor, long live the Chinese Empire!" Everyone said in unison.

At this time, a ray of dawn from the east shone into the main hall, and a round of scorching sun was erupting!