Chapter 578: The Pen Sticks Dripping Blood
In the Forbidden City, Yongzheng's imperial sedan chair is traveling from north to south, * bright, but the eunuch who can carry the sedan chair feels that his shoulders are cold and numb, and the heart of Lang Wei, who is with him, is also cold, and Yongzheng's face on the sedan chair is iron-blue, covering them like dark clouds.
"If you don't have the authority of the First Emperor, how can you save the heavens? Is the great determination of the Lord of Long Live only in his mouth? ”。
In the Yinghua Hall before, Ru Xi's words were still stirring in Yongzheng's mind.
He was angry and went to Yinghua Hall to reprimand Ru Xi, Nian Qianyao was still on the way to Beijing, and Cai Ting, the imperial history of the left capital, suddenly jumped out to impeach Nian Qianyao for colluding with Nanban and plotting rebellion.
This Cai Ting was originally recommended by Nian Qianyao, and he was the governor of Sichuan, but due to the conflict of interests, Nian Qianyao forced Cai Ting's confidant Cheng Rusi, the prefect of Kuizhou, to death, and the two were incompatible. Cai Ting was impeached again by Nian Qianyao and sent to Beijing for questioning. Yongzheng favored Nian Qianyao and didn't want Nian Qianyao to face more pressure, so he released Cai Ting and promoted him to the position of the imperial history of Zuodu, which naturally also meant to warn Nian Qianyao.
Cai Ting misunderstood Yongzheng's thoughts, and took overthrowing Nian Qianyao as his political mission, and constantly impeached Nian Qianyao, but because of the outdated materials, Yongzheng was not greatly touched. Unexpectedly, Cai Ting's impeachment this time was extraordinarily powerful, and the spearhead was directed at Chen Wance, who had been Yunyu's staff and defected to Nanban, saying that Nian Qianyao had an unusual connection with this person through his staff Zuo Weisheng.
This impeachment made Yongzheng think of Cai Ting's source at once, this matter involves both the north and the south, and it is not accessible to ordinary people.
Is it that Li Shi wants to rectify Nian Qianyao, or is that woman making her own decisions? If it is the former, he wants to protect the year, and if it is the latter...... Who does the woman think she is?
Yongzheng reported that he had cleaned up the woman's anger and went to Yinghua Palace, but he was dejected by the woman's words.
"Long live the new policy, the land and acres of money and grain are the foundation of the Han people, and the soldiers, horses, guns and artillery are the foundation of the people, which is an unprecedented great cause, just the authority of the general emperor, how can it be pushed forward?"
"All people are like this, they do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequality, and they do not suffer from disparity. If you want to establish authority, you have to stand up from the people around you. Long Keduo is reluctant to follow the game of chess of the Lord of Long Live in the court, and Nian Qianyao is domineering in the local government, only thinking about his own interests, if these two people don't move away, how can they implement a new policy in a country? Just rely on Li Weitian Wenjing Ortai and a few lonely ministers? ”。
"South? The south is also at the critical juncture of a country's turn, so Li Xi doesn't have time to look north, this is the concubine's own meaning."
Yongzheng was in a trance, and when he came out of the Yinghua Palace, he came to his senses and followed Ru Xi's words to think deeply.
Until the Kunning Palace got off the sedan chair, Yongzheng was still immersed in his thoughts, and the queen Wulanala called several times before waking up.
"Is the emperor still worried about state affairs?"
The Wulanala clan is the daughter of Kangxi's famous minister Fei Yanggu, who is gentle and cautious by nature, and Yongzheng still has a lot of feelings for her. She was also sick before, and she had just gotten better, and today Yongzheng stopped by to visit.
"The concubines don't dare to talk about national politics, but Koron Keduo ...... Regarding the matter of the uncle, although the princes and clansmen also said that the emperor was too lenient to the Han people, and even allowed the green battalion to form a firearms army and garrison the suburbs of Beijing, they did not have any resentment against the emperor's handling of the uncle. ”
Thinking that Yongzheng was worried about the chain reaction of punishing Long Keduo, the Ulanara clan said the words of the Manchurians he had come into contact with.
"I also talk to their wives and daughters when I have time, I am full of people, a little risk is always taken, and a little bait is always given, so that they can rest assured. They will soon see how I regulate the Han Chinese. ”
Yongzheng's heart suddenly cleared, he was worried before, and after rectifying Long Keduo and Nian Qianyao, what else could he rely on, but the queen's words reminded him that there were Manchurians behind him, he was the lord of the world, and he was the lord of Manchurians. Although for the sake of the new policy, the Manchus need to make some concessions, but as Ru Xi said, as long as the Han people are rectified more ruthlessly, the Manchus can still stand on their side.
At this time, Yongzheng no longer has much taboo against the eighth and fourteenth, and the current pattern is too different from before. For the Manchus, as long as the emperor is surnamed Aixin Jueluo and is on the side of the Manchus, it is enough. Even many princes and clan relatives began to be glad that it was not the gentle-looking people such as the eighth and fourteenth who ascended the throne, otherwise it would be difficult to stabilize the country and compete with the Nanban. ..., the fall of Long Keduo did not touch the princes and clansmen, or even the Manchu ministers, after all, this person has no foundation, on the contrary, the Han people in the court and the local area have a lot of movements.
This is also inevitable, Long Ke entered the military plane more, so he naturally had to pull up his own forces, and there were many Hanchen behind his buttocks. After Long Keduo was disposed of, these Hanchen were still shouting that they should not mess up the imperial court system, and they seemed to speak for the Manchu foundation of the Qing Dynasty, but in fact they were helping Long Keduo exonerate.
If you want to rectify the Han people, do you want to start from these Hanchens?
Back at the Heart Cultivation Palace, Yongzheng followed this line of thought, rearranged the excerpts of the past few days, and divided the Hanchen excerpts recommended by Long Keduo and the excerpts that spoke for Long Keduo into a pile.
One is an excerpt from Chen Shixuan, the governor of Shandong, who did not talk about Long Keduo, but a stroke of God, begging for a ban on Islam. 【1】
Yongzheng scoffed, and his heart forbade Islam...... So that the trust of the Han people is wider and the power of the Han people is greater?
Then there is the excerpt of Cha Siting, this person is the highest among the people recommended by Long Keduo, who has just been awarded a cabinet bachelor at the beginning of the year, and is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites.
Zha Siting did not directly talk about Long Keduo, but discussed the "Guang Hadith" in the Yongzheng New Deal, and asked all Mengxue, county schools, and even Guozijian to teach "Hadith", and even the imperial examinations also added such a subject, and the content included the admonitions of the emperors of the three dynasties from Shunzhi, Kangxi to Yongzheng.
Yongzheng initially thought that this suggestion was very good and could clean people's hearts, but when he looked at it at this time, he felt that something was wrong. The three hadiths are all added together, and the weight of his Yongzheng words is not only insufficient, but also has to be suppressed by the two generations of emperors. The people's hearts have been purged, but what they got was "the law of the ancestors", and this Cha Siting was going around the big circle to speak out for Long Ke and oppose his Yongzheng New Deal.
The anger gradually surged, Yongzheng looked all the way, this pile of folds has faintly become a party, and they are all Hanchen who climbed Long Keduo to the stage, and from all levels, openly or covertly opposed his new policy.
Noticing one more detail, Yongzheng's brows furrowed even tighter.
Most of these Hanchen were born in the Hanlin Academy, and they basically let go of a provincial school and politics, and more importantly, most of them were from Haining
Chen Shixuan is a native of Haining, the Chen family in Haining, the previous governor of Guangxi, Chen Yuanlong, was stationed in Nanban and never returned to the north, and he was also a member of the Chen family in Haining. Cha Siting is a native of Haining, and Haining Cha's family. Zha Siting's elder brother Zha Silian was implicated in the "Palace of Eternal Life" case during the Kangxi Dynasty, and changed his name to Cha Shenxing.
Gangnam ...... The Han people in the south of the Yangtze River have been killed if they have any objections, but those who remain always have to grow crookedly.
Yongzheng sighed so emotionally, these Han people who read poetry and books, even if they were choked out and became my Manchurian dog, they always had a bit of contempt in their hearts, and they still had a disdain for me. As long as there is a chance to jump into the court, you must stir up trouble, and you should be a Zhu Mingwen person, so that you can have Confucius in your heart and look down on the king.
Zhu Ming was defeated by you Jiangnan literati, how can you continue to defeat my Qing Dynasty?
Yongzheng gritted his teeth and took the case, this fixed thought, the fate of countless people was set.
But how to deal with it specifically in order to deter Hanchen to the greatest extent, Yongzheng had no idea for a while.
"The two dynasties of Shunzhi and Kangxi emphasized both the rule of culture and the rule of literature, and if you want the people to be convinced, you have to start with the text."
Zhang Tingyu has ideas, and he is very right about Yongzheng's path. There are also people trusted by Yongzheng among the Han people, strictly speaking, there are only two and a half, the first is Li Wei, the second is Zhang Tingyu, and the other half is Yue Zhongqi.
"The teacher said, there are great benevolence and small benevolence in the world, although the literati of Haining are in the same breath as my Tongcheng, and they are the noble lineages of Confucian scholars in this dynasty, but for the sake of great benevolence, I have to sacrifice you."
Based on Li Guangdi's inheritance, Zhang Tingyu's thinking is very clear, starting from words, tightening the attack surface, and increasing the intensity of the attack, in order to obtain the greatest deterrent effect. For him, the lives of these people, as well as the suppressed writing, were merely necessary sacrifices.
Yongzheng felt that it could be slowed down and discussed after Nian Qianyao entered Beijing. It is a top priority to crack down on the Haining party that clings to Long Keduo, so that it can not only wash away Long Keduo's power in the court, but also deter Hanchen and win people's hearts. What's more, after the pressure of the new policy, the literati in Jiangnan have the tendency to become a party, even if Kangxi is alive, he can't tolerate it, let alone he Yongzheng? In his eyes, it is best for courtiers to be lonely ministers.
Without absolute authority, it is difficult to promote the New Deal, and without absolute obedience, where is absolute authority? If you want to get absolute obedience, you have to disembowel and punish your heart..., the thunderbolt thundered down in March of the fourth year of Yongzheng, and it came so violently and unexpectedly that the person who suffered the thunder still felt like he was in a dream.
"You take the Henan Township test, and the title of the four books says, 'The gentleman does not raise people by words, and does not use people to waste words', the emperor asked, 'The world of Yao Shun, perfunctory with words, the way to take people, is nothing more than this. Now to make a science to take a scholar, not to say what people do', what is your intention in this question? ”
"You also published the title of the Book of Changes, 'Zhengda and the love of heaven and earth can be seen', the title of the four books said, 'Its purpose is far, its words', and the title of the Book of Songs says, 'A hundred rooms are profitable, and women and children are rather stopped'. 【2】
"The emperor asked, 'The ancients called the monarch the head of state, and the humerus and heart all refer to the subordinates, and now they are not called the head of state, do you not know that there is a king?' ”
Coupled with the meaningless or ridiculous accusations on other topics, none of the questions that came out of the Henan Township Examination presided over by Cha Siting last year escaped, and if the topic was an egg, in the mouth of the official of the Criminal Department who came to ask for the crime, it was an egg woven from countless bones.
Stunned by this sudden accusation, Cha Siting didn't make a sound for a long time, and the official of the Criminal Department said to his subordinates: "Write it down, the emperor asked, and Cha Siting was speechless." ”
Zha Siting was arrested, but the accusations against him did not stop, and a number of notes were retrieved from his mansion, and then transferred to the Criminal Department along with the books he had published, and under the burning eyes of those old officials with knives and pens, these materials were also turned into new evidence.
"In the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi, the first emperor died, and Zha Siting wrote in his diary that he had diarrhea recently, and he was quite unwell, which was a great disrespect"
"Zha Siting perverted his hopes in his diary and books, slandered the former emperor's governance a lot, and flattered Long Ke in every way."
"Cha Siting also sent his son Chuck to go outside, and was asked by the scholar to support the joint."
In Haining, Zhejiang, a group of officials poured into the Chubai Nunnery and blocked the old man who was carrying a fishing rod and preparing to go out in the courtyard.
"Cha Shenxing, your brother has happened, go to the prison of the Criminal Department in the capital to meet him."
It was the prefect of Hangzhou who came with the official messenger, shouting so coldly.
Cha Shenxing was stunned for a moment, and said bitterly: "Let me go home and tell my children ......"
The prefect sneered: "No need, you can see it on the road." ”
With a snap, the book in Cha Shenxing's hand fell to the ground, and looking at the words "Weizhilu" on the cover, the prefect's eyes narrowed.
asked the messenger to escort Cha Shenxing, and the prefect picked up the book and flipped it through carefully.
The storm has covered the entire Haining, and countless people gathered at the ferry to watch the official ship go north, and on that boat were more than 100 men, women, and weak members of the Cha family, including Cha Siting, Cha Shenxing, and Cha Siying.
"What happened to the Cha family?"
"What's the matter? It's nothing more than jealousy of my Jiangnan literati today, killing chickens and making an example of monkeys."
The crowd was talking, and a young scholar was angry to himself, but he was suddenly screwed by a few splashes.
"Wang Zhiyan, your matter has also happened"
The splashes are all dressed up as bad people, and the scholar named Wang Zhiyan is still shouting injustice, but when he arrived at the Hangzhou Mansion, the prefect asked him with a word, and his face turned pale.
"The ancient temple of the deserted village is still in the Han, and the Yedian pontoon bridge is surnamed Zhu, this couplet, you left it in the Guan Yu Temple in Zhuqiao Town."
The prefect held up the "Weizhilu" and said with a smile and viciousness.
"Are you still crying out for the Cha family? Your couplet, Han and Zhu stand side by side, and the rebellious heart is obvious, and it has also entered the book of Cha Siting, which has become another ironclad evidence of his rebellion. I don't know if Zha Siting is Ling Chi or splitting the body, I don't know, how many people died in the Zha family, and I don't know, but you, Wang Zhiyan, a small student, have already set a date for death."
Wang Zhiyan is just a small fish affected by the Cha Siting case, with Cha Siting as the center, presiding over the study and politics with him, holding the Henan Township Examination, and the civil officials who were involved in his topic and were born in Jiangnan, were all implicated. Under the instruction of Zhang Tingyu, the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Criminal Department made a list of the original history several times longer according to the degree of involvement and the depth of the background.
When Li Shi received the news, he could only sigh that the historical inertia was tenacious, Yongzheng still launched the text prison, and even the goal did not change, or that Cha Siting, I don't know if the Cha family will be killed in this time and space that he has changed, so that Jin Daxia has no possibility of being born......