Chapter 23: The Showdown
On the night of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the weather became more and more gloomy. The thick clouds weighed down Fu Chang'an's breath. He was in a state of panic and a sense of foreboding.
"Big brother, the emperor won't be playing with us, right?"
"What's the? During the state funeral, in front of the emperor's spirit, how can you say such nondescript words? ”
"We've been keeping vigil here for three or four days, and we don't know anything about anything outside the palace. I've always prided myself on being well-informed, but now I can't hear the slightest news. The people I met were also vague and evasive, and I always felt that something was not quite right! ”
"Everything will be said after the emperor is buried." After Fu Chang'an reminded him of this, Lord He also seemed to be aware of the inappropriateness. However, he didn't want to collide with the Emperor Taishang in front of the spirit, so he still avoided talking about it.
"I'm afraid we won't be able to wait until then! Our brothers are now losing all their military and political power, and they are confined to the Qianqing Palace, what is the difference between this and being imprisoned in a prison? ”
Fu Chang'an is not smarter than Lord He, but Lord He lost his mind due to Qianlong's death, and rarely thinks about things that have nothing to do with the wake and funeral. Fu Chang'an is different. It is Qianlong who is prosperous and grown, and Chang'an is developed by him. His affection for Qianlong is much lighter than that of adults, and he just treats him as a master. When guarding the spirit, he is often half-hearted, and whenever he encounters an outsider, he must carefully inquire about the situation outside the palace.
"Have you seen Wang Lian in the past few days?" Wake up from a dream with an adult.
Fukangan is right, the two of them seem to have been stripped of all their rights, more like they are under house arrest in the Qianqing Palace.
"Never, not even Gu Lun and Princess Xiao have come. Princess Hexiao has the deepest relationship with the Emperor, so she should come to cry no matter what, right? What the adults ignored was what Fu Chang'an paid the most attention to.
"Haven't you ever been to Princess Hexiao?" Hearing this, the adults became even more uneasy. In any case, as her own daughter, Princess Hexiao should have come to cry, could it be that something happened in the house?
"Have you ever noticed the princes and ministers who came to pay their respects, what is unusual about them?"
"I've been paying close attention to them, but none of them are us. Those people were so tight-mouthed that they couldn't ask anything. ”
And adults no longer have any mind to guard the spirit, and their hearts are up and down, and they don't know what to do. Fu Chang'an saw that he was in a panic, and he had no backbone.
"Tomorrow the emperor will come up and cry, and I will probe his tone." He muttered to the adults, more like talking to himself.
Ready to start?
Oh, yes! The emperor has a strong desire for power. Now that the Emperor Taishang has died, if he wants to be pro-government, he must first eradicate me, the 'second emperor'. Rub, careless......
On the eighth day of the new year, Jiaqing got up early and went to the study with heavy snow. Since Qianlong's death, the snow has never stopped, and the sky and the earth are white and bleak. Jiaqing was not interested in appreciating the snow, so he hastily combed it and ordered all the princes and ministers to gather at the Qianqing Palace.
Today, he is going to have a complete showdown with the adults.
When the hour comes, it is like an ant gathering outside the Qianqing Palace.
Although Lord He knelt in front of the mourning hall, he had long lost the mind of guarding the spirit, and was only looking forward to the arrival of the emperor, and wanted to confirm one thing from his mouth: Do you want to deal with me? !
Fu Changan didn't even kneel, he secretly ran to the gate of the hall to look out, and suddenly saw the crowd of people outside the hall, and couldn't help but be surprised.
Rub, what's the situation?
"What day is it? Why did so many people come at once? Fu Changan hurriedly asked Lord He. He presided over Qianlong's funeral with Lord He, and did not arrange for the princes and ministers to come to the spirit to worship today.
"What?" I didn't close my eyes with adults all night, and I have been thinking about the clues after Qianlong's death, the more I think about it, the more wrong it is, and the more I think about it, the more impatient I feel.
Urgency leads to change.
"The emperor is here!" At this moment, I suddenly heard Fu Changan say. He hurried back to the spirit and knelt down in a proper manner.
After a while, Jiaqing appeared in the Qianqing Palace. He knelt in front of the Azusa Palace and cried bitterly for a while, then wiped his tears and stood up.
"Your Majesty, so many ministers have come to Qianqing Palace, is it a special day today?" And the adult hurriedly asked.
"It's not a special day, it's just that I have something important to announce." Jiaqing's face was as usual, "Someone! Tell the princes and ministers to enter the palace. ”
"Pass all the princes and ministers into the palace!" The little deacon eunuch trotted out of the door and shouted at the top of his voice.
This sound penetrated two hundred and fourteen years.
That year was the eighth day of the first month of the first month of 1799 A.D.
When the ministers heard this, they walked into the main hall one after another. Everyone's expressions are intriguing. They were thrilled to be able to witness this historic moment firsthand.
"Long live our emperor! Banzai! Hooray! ”
"Everyone, Aiqing is exempt from courtesy!" Jiaqing said, looking proud, "Today, I summoned all Aiqing into the palace because I have something important to announce to you. ”
and the adult's heart suddenly, today's Jiaqing made him feel particularly strange: is this still the emperor who can be bullied and silly to himself?
"In the past few days, I have continued to receive letters to Wang Niansun, Yushi Guangxing, Yushi Guangtai, Liu Yong, a university scholar and others. After some investigation, most of the information is true. I can order that the posts of Heshen University Scholar, Minister of Military Aircraft, and Commander of the Infantry Army be cut down, and he will be imprisoned for punishment! Jiaqing didn't look at Lord He, and announced to everyone.
"Your Majesty! The minions are wronged! "And the adults were stunned all of a sudden.
It was too sudden, it all came too suddenly.
He didn't expect that Jiaqing, who was honest on weekdays, would suddenly attack him, and choke his throat, a fatal blow.
Wolf ambition, real wolf ambition!
At this time, he seemed to suddenly understand one thing: this kid is Qianlong! Where there is a father, there is a son! Rub, why didn't I forget about it. Careless......
Imperial power is a multiple-choice question, not a multiple-choice question......
It's a pity that I got the answer wrong with the adults.
And there is only this one question in the whole paper.
A question is life and death!
"Fu Chang'an, together with He Shen, bent the law for personal gain, and ordered Fu Chang'an to be stripped of the Minister of Military Aircraft, the Ministry of Officials, and other positions, and sent to prison together for punishment!"
"Your Majesty! Slaves are innocent! Fu Changan was even more shocked, he had already collapsed to the ground, and his mouth was weakly defending himself.
"Of course, I will not wronged you. If you two are really innocent, I will immediately reinstate you as an official! Jiaqing looked at Lord He and Fu Chang'an, and finally revealed his fangs that had been hidden for a long time, "Prince Yi Yongxuan, Prince Cheng Yongxuan, Efu Lawanger Duoji, and University Scholar Liu Yong, several of you are responsible for investigating this case thoroughly!" Mian'en, you are responsible for raiding the two mansions of Heshen and Fu Chang'an. ”
"Command!" Yongxuan, Yongxuan, Liu Yong and others immediately knelt down.
"As for those officials who are coerced by the Heshen party on weekdays, I will not pursue them and will not ask for their crimes!"
"Long live our emperor! Banzai! Hooray! ”
"Someone! Bring Heshen and Fu Chang'an down to me......"
Jiaqing's big sleeves flicked, and the domineering side leaked.
At this moment, he remembered four words:
Domination of the world! (To be continued.) )