Chapter 53: Impeachment
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On the morning of March 18, Yinzhen rushed to the noon gate and hurriedly handed over the sign to ask for a meeting. Bayi Chinese~
On this year's Wanshou Festival, Kangxi originally didn't have the heart to do it, but after thinking about it, he could take this opportunity to eliminate the tension inside and outside the Beijing Division, so he gladly agreed to the ministers' invitation. Early in the morning of the 18th, Kangxi led the kings, Baylor, Beizi, Gong, Ministers, University Scholars, etc., to Taizhong to salute, and then moved to the Taihe Palace, to accept the civil and military officials on the table to congratulate, and then the court musicians played music, danced, and after the ceremony, the ministers naturally had to sing praises.
Kangxi didn't feel any meaning when he listened to it, too, after listening to it for decades, those clichΓ©d ears were about to become calloused, it was strange to be interesting, but he was still patient, accepting the congratulations of the ministers with a smile, and praising a sentence or two from time to time, until it was near the end, he moved his feet slightly, and Li Dequan on the side immediately shouted knowingly, "After the ceremony, I will offer a birthday gift." β
The first birthday gift is naturally the crown prince Yinren, this year's birthday gift, he used his brains, but also put a lot of effort, he is a jade carved old birthday star, jade quality and handiwork are naturally the best, rare is this meaning.
After the crown prince, he is naturally a group of princes, each of whom either offers calligraphy and paintings, or offers pearls and jade, and then a group of clan relatives and nobles, and finally all the ministers, Kangxi doesn't care much about the birthday gift, he has seen a lot of good things, he has seen too many good things in the collection over the decades, these birthday gifts, he often just glanced at it, and let Li Dequan put it aside, and when the birthday gifts of the princes were finished, he noticed that there was no birthday gift for the fourteenth this year, and he thought about it when he first thought, is the fourteenth not sent? Or did someone cut off the fourteenth birthday gift?
Just thinking about himself, Li Dequan stepped forward and said softly: "Your Majesty, the fourteenth elder brother is handing over a sign outside to ask to see." Bayi Chinese~"
Fourteen actually ran back? Kangxi was suddenly overjoyed and said softly, "Quick Xuan." β
Yinzhen learned from the little eunuch that the birthday ceremony was nearing the end, so he ran and entered the Taihe Palace, so he took a few steps forward and knelt down, "Son-in-law Yinzhen, I wish the emperor Ama Shoubi Nanshan, all the best." β
Kangxi nodded with a smile, looking at Yinzhen, who was empty-handed, he couldn't help but wonder a little, this reckless boy actually came to worship his birthday with empty hands?
Yinzhen's sudden arrival naturally attracted the attention of a group of princes and ministers, and they also wondered like Kangxi, why did Yinzhen come empty-handed to pay homage? The entire hall was immediately silent, and his eyes were glued to Yinzhen.
In front of everyone's eyes, Yinzhen didn't feel embarrassed, he ran too fast, and the little eunuch holding the gift box hadn't caught up at this time. But this matter is difficult to explain, he had to look back, this action made everyone understand, not that he did not bring gifts, but that things did not follow behind.
Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was still thinking about how to get this matter done just now, for this son who can make money, he now likes it in his heart, if the ocean-going trade fleet can be successfully formed, he will immediately have another 20 million in the account, which is half of the country's total annual income in a year, with this money, what else can not be done?
Yinzhen's arrival, Yinzhen, Yinzhen, and Yinzhen were naturally happy, and the crown prince and other princes were tired of it.
Since the birthday gift has not arrived, everyone is more curious, what kind of birthday gift did these fourteen masters come from Shanghai? Just when the ministers were curious and suspicious, Xu Yuanzheng, the imperial historian of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, flashed out and knelt down and said: "Weichen Xu Yuanzheng impeached the eighteen crimes of the Fourteenth Prince, Beile Yinzhen. β
The people in the hall were stunned, today is not a court meeting, it is a longevity festival, did this guy take the wrong medicine? actually chose to impeach Yinzhen at this juncture, Kangxi was not only stunned, he had never encountered this situation on the Wanshou Festival. Needless to say, the crown prince's party is waiting to see the excitement, the Eight Masters are shocked, not to mention how depressed Yinzhen is, I haven't offered this birthday gift yet, what are you trying to impeach in a hurry, and the eight major crimes, is it so exaggerated?
Xu Yuanzheng ignored everyone's reaction, he knew that this opportunity was rare, and before everyone could react, he said loudly: "During the period when the fourteenth prince Yinzhen was in Shanghai, he privately accepted Han women as concubines and did not respect the ancestral system. Second, taking a concubine but coming to the door to propose marriage, swaggering into the house, is really bad customs and violates etiquette. Third, there is no imperial court, unauthorized change of the customs system, and private customs officials. Fourth, arbitrarily adjust the national tax rate and invite people to buy people's hearts. Fifth, raise the price of cotton cloth, fill private pockets, and cause trouble in the place. Sixth, appoint private individuals to control the cotton cloth trade, abolish the public with private interests, and deceive the king. Seventh, as a messenger, the errand was unfinished, and he returned to Beijing without following the order, which is really a crime of defrauding the king. Eighth, the dusty face of the king, the monarch lost his manners. For the ministers, please ask the emperor to punish his crimes, and correct the dynasty. β
Xu Yuanzheng finished speaking, but the people in the hall were like mud lance wood carvings, and some people who had nothing to do with themselves secretly said in their hearts that Xu Yuan was just guts, whether the impeachment charge was true or not, not to mention, since Yinzhen dared to do this, his father and son must have communicated a long time ago, why use you to eat Luo Bu lightly, it doesn't matter how you die today, don't affect us to suffer.
As soon as Kangxi heard it, he pondered in his heart, this Xu Yuanzheng is the son of Xu Zhuo, the word Zizhen, a native of Deqing, Zhejiang, twenty-four years of Jinshi, Pingsu is good at poetry and writing, and he is the author of one volume of Qingxiao Loucao and Luanpo Cuncao, which is quite prestigious in the capital Shilin, he has always been strictly neutral, how could he suddenly make it difficult to impeach fourteen in this situation? Is it to gain fame, or Fourteen touched his family's interests, or secretly took refuge in Tai. A sub-party? Thinking of this, he glanced at the crown prince Yinren.
Yinren heard Xu Yuanzheng's eight solid crimes, and was schadenfreude, waiting to see how Yinzhen made a fool of himself, but he was shocked by Kangxi's glance, he was not an idle person, and immediately reacted, Kangxi was suspecting that Xu Yuanzheng's performance today was from his own instructions, and in an instant, he was so scared that cold sweat came out, today is Halloween, if Kangxi thinks like this, it is a big unfilial piety!
He immediately thought about it, what is the intention of this Xu Yuanzheng singing today? By whom? Where is this impeachment of the fourteenth, this is to trap oneself in the trap of unfilial piety and injustice, is it the old eight's plan to kill two birds with one stone? However, at this time, he has no time to think about it, and now he has to take himself off first.
Thinking of this, Yinren knelt down and said: "Qi Huang Ama, Xu Yuanzheng is vainly full of reading scriptures, but he is sick and virtuous, he does not know how to abide by the way of the ministers, for his own selfish interests, he makes false accusations, he is separated from his flesh and blood, and he is jealous of the court outside. β