Chapter 13 Punishment
"The way of the university is to know it, to be close to the people, and to stop at perfection." Guan Xuqing followed Weng Tongsu to study in college.
"Your Majesty, do you know what this means?" Weng Tongsu asked with squinted eyes.
Guan Xuqing shook his head.
The meaning of this passage is that the principle of the university lies in promoting the virtues of people, in caring for the interests of the people, and in bringing people to the state of perfection. Weng Tongsu explained.
Guan Xuqing was very disgusted with learning these awkward and useless things, but it was a pity that people in this era learned this. There is no way, it is worth following the hard way.
"Master Weng, I want to understand. Go out and come back right away. Guan Xuqing said.
"Oh, the emperor must study hard, so that he can govern the country well in the future." Weng Tongsu said dissatisfied.
Can you govern the country well by reading this book? So how did the Qing Dynasty die? It's ridiculous, Guan Xuqing smiled darkly. But on the surface it is still very respectful to achieve, "Got it." ”
As soon as I walked out of the study, I met Li Zhen, who was driving yesterday.
"The minister knocks to see the emperor." Li Zhen knelt down and said.
"Get up, why are you here." Guan Xuqing wondered, shouldn't the Internal Affairs Office be busy handling the funeral for the Empress Dowager at this time.
"Emperor Xie," Li Zhen stood up and continued, "Back to the emperor, this morning, the minister went to the ceremonial department to prepare for the burial of the Empress Dowager, and the chief manager Li Lianying and the directors of the various departments came to find the minister, and gave the minister a silver ticket of 50,000 taels. ”
"Oh? Are they so bold? At the funeral of the Empress Dowager, they also dare to play catty? Guan Xuqing was surprised.
"Your Majesty, please see," Li Zhen said and took out a list of expenses, "This is recorded by Chief Manager Li's ministers, and the expenses of the buried guards, servants, honor guards, super monks, lamas, etc., are 100,000 taels. The actual expenditure was only 20,000 taels, and this alone embezzled as much as 80,000 taels. The rest is even more incalculable, and the ministers have recorded it in the dark according to the emperor's instructions, and the personnel who were delivered at the time of expenditure have also been registered. The minister received 50,000 taels of silver, and handed it over to the emperor in full, and asked the emperor to collect it. Li Zhen handed over a silver ticket with both hands.
Guan Xuqing took it and took a look, and sure enough, it was a long silver ticket. There are 50,000 taels on it, and Guan Xuqing is the first time to see the silver tickets of the Qing Dynasty. It reads Dehong Bank, which is a private money bank in the capital. Branches were spread all over the country, and it was the largest money bank in the Qing Dynasty at that time.
"Well, you're doing a great job. Go back and be your errand. In the future, if anyone gives bribes, they will all be accepted as they are, but all of them will be registered. Surrender in full. Guan Xuqing said.
"Oh, the minister is leaving." Li Zhen knelt on the ground again.
Guan Xuqing got the money and was in a good mood. suddenly thought of the person who promised Dong Liang to give him money today, so he immediately ran to the back garden. Come to think of it, he should have been waiting for himself there.
As soon as he was halfway through, he met Cixi and Li Lianying walking slowly. Guan Xuqing was in no hurry to hide, and hurriedly hid the silver ticket.
"My son, please say hello to my father." Guan Xuqing lay on the ground.
"Why are you here at this time? Didn't go to school? Cixi asked sternly.
Guan Xuqing hurriedly lied: "Erchen saw a colorful butterfly flying over, so he chased after him. "Pretending to be naughty and not studying is better than being known by Cixi to make friends with foreign ministers and organize an army privately.
"Hmph, the emperor is so playful, he doesn't study or practice martial arts, how can he govern the world and manage the country? Punish you to stand here until dark, and think about where you are wrong? Cixi always felt a little strange about Guan Xuqing, but she couldn't say what was wrong. It's also good to punish him so that he can remember it for a long time.
"Yes" Guan Xuqing stood up and saw Li Lianying gloating. I can't kill these two people right away. It's a pity that the time has not come, so I have to endure it.
Seeing that Cixi and a group of people slowly walked away, Guan Xuqing simply sat down on the steps next to him. Looking at the sky, I was thinking about how to solve Cixi.
"Your Majesty, why are you here? What about Master Weng looking for you? Tricy ran over.
"My father punished me here until dark." Guan Xuqing raised his head to the sky, as if to say to himself.
"What mistake did the emperor make? The Queen Mother wants to punish the emperor. Cui Xi asked in surprise.
"Maybe it's not nice to look at me, God knows." Guan Xuqing turned his head and smiled at his nurse.
"Then I'll go back to Master Weng." Cui Xi said anxiously.
"Well, go ahead." Guan Xuqing replied.
Suddenly the clouds were thick and it began to rain. Guan Xuqing hurriedly hid in a pavilion, and at this moment, Li Lianying came over with two eunuchs.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother asked you to stand until dark, why are you sitting here?" Li Lianying asked with a smile.
"I didn't see the rain anymore, so I came in and sheltered from the rain." Guan Xuqing replied assumingly.
"Oh, my emperor. You can't help but listen to Lafayette's words. That's the rebellion. Li Lianying said in panic.
"Fart, do you want me to get drenched in the rain?" Guan Xuqing was really angry and yelled at Li Lianying.
"Come on, Lafayette will let the emperor stand until dark and reflect on his mistakes. Take the emperor out. Li Lianying no longer paid attention to Guan Xuqing.
"Chirp," the two eunuchs replied.
"Do you want to rebel? Yes! "Although Guan Xuqing was physically strong in his previous life, he is only four years old now, how can he be stronger than two eunuchs.
was carried into the heavy rain by two eunuchs one after the other, and helped him to stand in the rain. Don't let him move.
"You let me go, you, you want to rebel." Guan Xuqing shouted desperately.
"Don't hold it in your heart if the emperor has a fire, it will be better to sing it. The emperor sang it. A eunuch shouted.
"Yes, the emperor's anger is not small, we will defeat the emperor." The other eunuch winked, and the two lifted Guan Xuqing upside down and turned around.
Guan Xuqing only felt that his eyes were dark, and he fainted.