The change of seizing the palace was a complete victory, Kangxi attacked and reorganized the center of the imperial court, set up a south study in the south room of the Qianqing Palace, and took the ticket to draft the imperial decree and strengthen the emperor's centralized power. Zhang Ying, a 33-year-old Jinshi who was 17 years older than Kangxi, preferred to be transferred to the South Study, and he was more than capable of making a decree for a while. Since then, Zhang Ying has become Kangxi's confidant minister, and has become a scholar of Wenhuadian University and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, which is the position of prime minister. Suo Etu, Zhang Ying, Wei Dongting and other confidant ministers assisted Kangxi in promulgating the permanent suspension of enclosures, exempting money and grain, and ordering Jin Fu and Chen Huang to govern the Yellow River, stipulating that "additional dings will never be added", which greatly encouraged and promoted the development of agriculture. In a few years, the world is abundant, the people are rich and the country is strong. Kangxi, who gradually became sophisticated and mature, made a major decision in the Qianqing Palace to quell the rebellion of the three feudatories, send troops to invade Taiwan, and quell the Galdan rebellion in the Dzungar department. By the twenty-third year of Kangxi, the emperor who had just passed the year of his establishment, looked around Kyushu, and it was already a scene of prosperity and prosperity in the sea.

In Kangxi's childhood and youth memories as the crown prince, and even after he ascended the throne, the Qianqing Palace was gloomy and gloomy, and he always felt that there was a cold and swishing yin wind that swished people's muscles and bones, and I don't know where and what gap blew over. The coldness makes people's hairs stand on end, shivering, and a layer of goosebumps rises. Is it the terrible impression that I had smallpox when I was a child, had a high fever, and saw ghosts and ghosts in a trance, and the demons wanted to pull me to the underworld? At dusk that day, he walked out of the Qianqing Palace, and when he saw Zhang Ying in the south study going home, he called Zhang Ying and said:

"Zhang Aiqing, take a walk with me, and then go back after eating some night." Zhang Ying was startled, and immediately stepped forward to salute and accompanied the emperor towards the Golden Pavilion. There are two stone platforms on both sides of the platform in front of the Qianqing Palace, and a gilded copper pavilion is set up on the stone platform respectively, which is called the Jiangshan Sheji Golden Palace, and the colloquial language is also commonly known as the Golden Pavilion. The golden pavilion is equipped with four partition doors on each side, with heavy eaves. On the upper eaves of the round and pointed type, there is a casting of an elegant treasure roof, symbolizing that the country is in the hands of the emperor.

Zhang Ying saw that Long Live Lord was preoccupied, so he pointed to the golden pavilion and said:

"Holy Lord, if you are safe today, the people are rich and rich, and the society is solid, long live the Lord should be happy."

Kangxi didn't squeak, got off the platform with his head buried, and went down the royal road from the south. At the junction of the steps, there are three culverts, about two meters high and about one meter wide, named "Tiger Cave". Kangxi suddenly stopped, pointed to the entrance of the cave and asked:

"Zhang Aiqing, you are a rich five-car, do you know what this tiger cave is for?"

"Your Majesty," Zhang Ying replied, "It is said that because of the strict hierarchy in the palace, the inner legends who serve the emperor cannot go up to the terrace and the royal road, so this tiger cave is built for the palace people to pass through." ”

"During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty," Kangxi turned around and pointed to the platform Danqi, "I heard that Tao Zhongwen, an old Taoist who practiced the law, dug up a female corpse and a female ghost in His Majesty Dan, is there such a thing?" ”

Zhang Ying's heart was shocked, he didn't know what the emperor's intention was when he suddenly mentioned Jiajing's "Renyin Palace Change". Legend has it that during the Jiajing period, the Qianqing Palace "did not disperse". In the dead of night, the courtyard was filled with black air, and there were faint sounds of women crying and screaming. made people panic, Ling Chi executed Zhu Houxi, who was led by Yang Jinying and countless concubines and palace maids, who had ghosts in his heart, and was more afraid of ghosts than anyone else. He asked the old Tao Zhongwen to exorcise ghosts. Tao Lao Dao managed to the altar, wore Dharma robes, wore a cloak and scattered, and after a while, his hands broke the drum, and his mouth descended on the evil god; Fu chicken clean wine for a meal, and mix tongues; only said that he was from Dingshe, and he relied on being General Yang Si; After a while, he jumped east and west, slashing with his sword. He coldly pointed the tip of his sword at His Majesty Qianqing Gong Dan, and shouted loudly: "Look! The people dug up the steps, and sure enough, they found a female corpse, and set it on fire. In this way, Zhu Houxi was even more convinced of the old man. He didn't know until he died, it was just a trick played by the veterans.

"That's the case, Your Majesty." Zhang Ying replied honestly.

There is a reason why Zhang Ying dared to talk to the emperor about such a sensitive topic as the "Renyin Palace Change". It turned out that when Kangxi, who was handsome and handsome, still had some true feelings for women, he insisted on taking Princess Gulun as his concubine. This Princess Gulun is a few years older than Kangxi, but she has bright eyes and bright teeth, ice muscles and jade fat, and she is a great beauty in the royal family. The princess has grown up with Kangxi's childhood sweetheart since she was a child, and even her sister and brother are not so close. The emperor announced the decree of Princess Nagulun as a concubine, and the Manchu ministers, princes, county kings, and Baylor were all stunned. When he woke up, Prince Kang Jie Shuyue knelt down and bowed:

"The king of a country, in the court, the subjects admire, so the law of etiquette comes first, and it must not be lost. In the palace, the king is the cornerstone, so it is often unstoppable. Princess Gulun, in terms of seniority, is the emperor's aunt, and in terms of family friendship, she is a relative branch with the same surname, and the emperor must not marry an aunt with the same surname as a concubine. Hope to take back your fate! ”

"Please ask the emperor to take back his fate!"

The prince, the prince of the county, and Belle Qi all knelt on the ground, kowtowing like a chicken pecking rice, shaking the jade steps with a bang. Hoping that the emperor can change his ways. Angry Kangxi was angry but had a hard time arguing, the dragon sleeves flicked and was about to retreat to the palace, but Zhang Ying, who was not a scholar at the time, knelt down and said:

"The saint is smart and decisive, which is the blessing of Princess Gulun......"

When Kangxi heard that there were still people speaking for him, he suddenly turned his anger into joy, sat down again, and opened the golden mouth:

"Aiqing is flat, take your time."

After Zhang Ying was selected to enter the South Study, Kangxi gave the first Xi'an Gate, and the opening minister gave the beginning of the Forbidden City. Chen in and out of the twilight, retreating or resuming the call, cautious and diligent, peaceful personality, and not acting violent, made Kangxi very serious. No matter how fortunate you are to drive Nanyuan to the northeast, you will let Zhang Ying accompany you. This important minister saw that Kangxi was determined to marry his aunt, even if he touched the court, it would not help. He has read the subset of scriptures and history, and he always has to fulfill the responsibilities of his subordinates, not only to protect the dignity of the emperor, but also to cover up the best things. After thinking about it again and again, he decided to offer the emperor the strategy of "repairing the plank road in the bright and secretly crossing the Chen Cang". He got up and flicked his horseshoe sleeves, and arched his hand first to the emperor and then to the prince's relatives and nobles:

"There is evidence of historical sites, and the establishment of concubines in previous dynasties is not unforgiving. After Tang Gaozong accepted martial arts, Tang Xuanzong accepted Concubine Yang, all of them first sent out of the palace, changed their identities, and then summoned them to the palace to make a ceremony. Empress Wu was originally a talented person of Taizong, and in terms of fame, he should be regarded as Gaozong's concubine, but Gaozong accepted her as the queen, and no one said that he was disordered. Yang Guifei is the concubine of King Shou, and Xuanzong is Weng's daughter-in-law, and Xuanzong accepts her as a concubine, and no one says that he is profane. ”

At the end, he grunted, "This, this...... Duyuan turned a corner, a bend. Why didn't the emperor learn from his intentions and be flexible......" Turning around, Zhang Ying, who knew that he was thin, was already sweating. Kangxi stood up happily, glanced at the ministers, and struck a blow on the dragon case:

"What Zhang Ying said is reasonable, quasi-play! Retreat. ”

Zhang Ying helped the emperor through the difficulties of love, bypassed the bend, Kangxi and Princess Gulun finally had the joy of bed, and they were in love, and the royal family had no objections. With this layer of involvement, it is more contemporary, cautious and easy, does not fight with the party, and knows everything about feasts, people's livelihood and diseases, and floods and droughts in all directions. Kangxi often said to the minister: "Zhang Ying has always been cautious and has the style of an ancient minister." Since then, this pair of monarchs and ministers has been even more heart-to-heart and have nothing to say.

Kangxi and Zhang Ying walked in front of the Qianqing Palace for a while, and when night fell, the monarchs and ministers returned to the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace together. There the imperial eunuch had prepared for the night. The royal family in the palace followed the eating habits of the Manchus in the Northeast, and had two main meals a day, morning and evening, that is, breakfast and dinner. Dinner is served from 1 to 2 p.m. and an hour earlier in summer and autumn. After the two main meals, add a snack on each. If you need something to eat temporarily, you can send it to the eunuch at any time. According to the dietary system of the Qing Palace, the emperor's diet is divided into daily meals and various imperial banquets, the daily meals are responsible for the imperial dining room, and the various imperial banquets are jointly undertaken by Guanglu Temple and the Fine Diet Department of the Ministry of Rites, the Qing Officials Division, and the Imperial Tea Dining Room in the palace. There are 370 officials, cooks, and handymen in the Imperial Tea Dining Room alone, more than 120 people in the Imperial Tea Room and the Qing Tea Room, and 15 or 60 eunuchs in the two places. Most of Kangxi's usual places of eating are in the dormitory or office in the Qianqing Palace. When the meal is served, the eunuchs in the imperial dining room are responsible for putting the three dining tables together, laying out the table sheets, and the eunuchs holding red lacquer boxes in their hands line up to come in and quickly serve various dishes, meals, soups, etc. to the big table. After the emperor was seated, the eunuch first checked the test cards in each meal and tasted them himself, and then the emperor began to eat. This is a lesson learned from the court bloodbath: the ancients believed that if the food was poisonous, the silver test card made of half an inch wide and three inches long would change color.

No one could eat with the emperor without a will. The meals that Kangxi eats are generally eight main dishes, four side dishes, plus hot pot, porridge, soup, etc. In addition to the usual imperial meals, the emperor also held imperial banquets during the New Year and festivals. The inner court banquet held in the Qianqing Palace was a reunion family banquet held by the Qing emperor and his family, princes, princes, etc. The imperial banquet held by the emperor for the leaders of other ethnic minorities or local dignitaries, called the foreign court banquet, was mainly ceremonial, and the venue was mostly in the Baohe Palace. It was not the first time that Kangxi invited Zhang Ying to have a late dinner, and after the eunuch retreated, Kangxi said while eating:

"Zhang Aiqing, eat well."

Zhang Ying was hungry, but he knew that the emperor called him not for food, but to find someone to talk to. Aunt Su Mala, who can listen to him, is married, and his childhood friend Cao Yin has also become a political envoy. Kangxi's marriage was very unfortunate, the first queen Hesheri, was the granddaughter of the auxiliary minister Sony, Kangxi got married on the eighth day of September in the fourth year, and was canonized as the queen, when the emperor was twelve years old and the queen was thirteen years old. In the eighth year of Kangxi, the second son of the emperor, Chengyou, died at the age of four; On the third day of the fifth month of the thirteenth year, Yinren, the sixth son of the emperor, died in Kunning Palace a few hours after giving birth, at the age of 22. Kangxi was very sad and dropped out of the dynasty for five days. The second empress, Niu Hulu, is the daughter of the Auxiliary Minister of the First Rank Gong Ji Bilong. On August 22, the sixteenth year of Kangxi, she was registered as the queen for only half a year, and collapsed in Kunning Palace on February 26, 17 years, less than five years after the death of the first queen. The third queen is Tong Jiashi, the daughter of Tong Guowei, the minister of the guard, and the niece of Empress Xiaokangzhang, the biological mother of Emperor Kangxi, and the cousin of Kangxi. Kangxi was canonized as a concubine on August 22 of the 16th year, and was promoted to the imperial concubine on December 20 of the 20th year, and was born the eighth daughter of the emperor in the 22nd year. Emperor Kangxi has not set up another queen for more than ten years since the death of Empress Niu Hulu. Zhang Ying guessed that this might be the emperor's upset.

"While you eat, talk about the things of the previous dynasty." Kangxi symbolically ate some pastries and said, "Is the Qianqing Palace really so unclean and haunted?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Ying felt that the historical relics of the emperor's extravagance in the past that led to the palace change might be able to serve as an indicator for this unfortunate marital long live lord, so he told the story.

"This has to start with Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, when he was the prince, he was a casual Lingdan**, and the historical records were 'irritable and moody'; After ascending the throne, the emperor had to register every fortunate daughter, and dozens of women were fortunate in the internal history, some of whom died tragically on the dragon bed, and those who were alive were mostly struggling to survive and recover for a long time. In the twenty-first year of Jiajing, Zhu Houxi asked Hebei, Anhui and other places to select 1,500 girls to enter the palace. ”

Kangxi listened with squinted eyes and didn't interject. Zhang Ying said truthfully according to the notes of the official history and wild history: Zhu Houxi was tossing blindly, and there was a terrifying atmosphere in the Qianqing Palace. The concubines were exhausted and annoyed, and they swallowed their anger one by one. Empress Zhang was tortured and sent to the cold palace. The palace ladies are all in danger, and they are always worried that bad luck will suddenly befall them. As a result, the old saying was answered: retribution! Late at night on the ninth day of October in the twenty-first year of Jiajing, Zhu Houxi was tired of tossing and falling asleep. The more than ten palace maids on night duty all breathed a sigh of relief: they lived one more day! Yang Jinying took advantage of this rare respite to get together with several palace maids who usually get along well, and naturally talked about "damn the emperor". Yang Jinying said, if we continue to mess around like this, we will all have to die at his hands sooner or later, anyway, it is also a death, it is better to kill him first, and if we die again, it is better than dying at his hands! Yang Jinying raised her head, and immediately became angry, and regarded death as home. Everyone said, if you want to do it, do it immediately!

They found a rope, quietly approached the dragon bed, and put the rope around Zhu Houxi's neck. Everyone pounced on them, some on their heads, some on their arms, and some on their thighs. The rest, like a tug-of-war, pulled the rope hard. It is conceivable that if it weren't for Zhu Houxi's evil deeds, which made these girls unbearable, why would they have done such a "poisonous hand" to an emperor! However, Zhu Houxi rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue, but there was always a trace of residual breath and did not swallow it in his stomach. It turned out that Yang Jinying was in a panic and knotted the rope into a dead knot. The girls didn't find out, but some people thought that God blessed, "the emperor shouldn't die", they were scared, regretted it, and secretly ran to Kunning Palace to report to Queen Fang. The queen immediately got up and led someone to rescue the driver. History calls this event the "Jiajing Palace Change" or "Renyin Palace Change".

When Kangxi heard this, he sighed to himself: "Heaven creates evil, and there is still salvation; Self-inflicted iniquity, irretrievable. ”

"What the saint said is," Zhang Ying continued, "Zhu Houxi escaped death and recovered after a period of recuperation. The palace maids suffered, a big purge, Yang Jinying and more than a dozen others were executed by Ling Chi, and there were countless people who lost their lives because they were implicated, including many concubines. After the purge, the Qianqing Palace was haunted, and Zhu Houxi was like a frightened bird. He rolled up the bunk and moved to Xiyuan, where he lived for more than 20 years. ”

had this night talk with Zhang Ying, it was Kangxi, who was strong in blood, and he was confident that he would not repeat the mistakes of Emperor Jiajing. He has received strict teaching and training from his master since he was a child, from the age of three or four hazy to be the prince until he became the emperor, every morning when the sky is not bright and the black light is blind, the internal supervisor helps him put on the robe and crown neatly, and he will go to the Cining Palace, Shoukang Palace, and Shou'an Palace where his grandmother and the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the Concubine and the Concubine live one by one to "ask for peace", in order to show filial piety and respect for the elderly. Please finish reading and start your morning reading. Read the Hadith and Records of the Emperors of the previous dynasties. The Hadith is the edict and quotations of the emperors of the previous dynasties who admonished their ministers, and the Records are the chronicles of the governance of the country during the reign of the emperors of the previous dynasties. Kangxi's most energetic time of the day was spent studying the hadith of his ancestors, no matter how hot or bad it was. After years of studying and comprehending the situation, he is now able to readjust and formulate his own strategy for governing the country in accordance with the actual situation of the government and the opposition from a commanding height.

From half past nine to eleven o'clock in the morning, he had to go to the court to manage government affairs and handle general affairs. There are two types of government affairs: everyday and special. In the early dynasties, summoning ministers, the annual imperial approval of the death penalty, and the reception of foreign envoys were daily government affairs; Important ceremonies such as the grand ceremony, the imperial meeting, the emperor's birthday, the emperor's wedding, etc., are all special government affairs. Let's look at the so-called daily government affairs, the emperor is still at the dinner table, and the eunuch hands over the signs of the princes and ministers who request to be summoned, which is called "meal cards", and the emperor decides who to summon after the meal and who not to see. After dinner, he went to the imperial study and began to read the minister's recitals and summon the ministers to discuss matters. Sometimes one person, sometimes several. In many cases, four or five times a day will be summoned. When the emperor summoned his ministers, he asked about the situation and existing problems, and then issued an edict. Since the beginning of Shunzhiye, although the imperial court has many institutions to assist the emperor in handling government affairs, such as the Parliamentary Office, the Cabinet, the Military Aircraft Department, etc., these institutions have no decision-making power, and the emperor must make decisions on political affairs in the court, no matter how big or small. Kangxi underwent strict training when he was young, and after ascending the throne, he worked hard day and night, and was diligent in governing the government. Therefore, in order to review and review, I often have to sit at the desk until late at night.

Another way for the emperor to deal with government affairs is to listen to the government at the imperial gate, which is also the rule set by Lord Shunzhi. Shunzhi Ye is in the Five Eyes Dynasty, and Kangxi, who is busy with government affairs, listens to politics almost every day. Many major decisions, such as Kangxi's eight-year expulsion, Kangxi's twelve-year crusade against Wu Sangui's rebellion, and Kangxi's twentieth year of attacking Taiwan, were all made when the Yumen listened to the government. When it is most comfortable, after noon, go back to the dormitory to take a nap, and after dinner, you have to read the scriptures, history, subsets, recite poems and paintings, or be accompanied by concubines to watch plays and listen to music; After dark, if you go late or have a meal, you have to do Buddhist things, and then you can go to bed on the dragon bed. It's really dark all day long, like a farmer who is tired and his bones fall apart at the end of the day.

Kangxi is also a lover like the former emperor Shunzhi, as if in the blood of the Aixin Jueluo royal family, it has been burning with vigorous lust. He was not accustomed to such a rigid and boring court life, but under the strict control of his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, he tried to restrain his flamboyant personality and was determined to be a good emperor. The only good memories left to him in his childhood and adolescence are the frolic and friendship between the two little Wuchai and Su Malagu. After ascending the throne, especially after smashing the Aobai group's own pro-government, the canonized queens left him one by one. In addition to sadness, there is no one who can talk to his heart, although there is a large group of concubines around him, he does not feel much fun between men and women outside of the busy government affairs, it is nothing more than a short bed love, giving birth to a large number of princes and princesses, and more than a dozen princes always make trouble for him.

The crown prince Yinren and the fourth son Yinzhen are not restless. Originally, in the winter of the 22nd year of Kangxi, the emperor went south to inspect the river work, and by the way, he went to Jiangning and Hangzhou to visit the scenery and scenic spots in the south of the Yangtze River. Wei Dongting, the guard next to him, had already released the governor of Jiangning, and his uncle Ge Li was the governor of Jiangnan, and asked them to make some preparations for the southern tour. Who knew that when it was time to start, it was reported that the third prince of Zhu rebelled in Jiangning and wanted to take advantage of the emperor's southern tour to bombard the palace in an attempt to kill the king. The case involved the crown prince, the fourth son of the emperor, Suo Etu and his uncle Ge Li and others, Kangxi was furious, so he had to postpone the first southern tour, and did not dare to alarm Suo Etu, Xiong Cixu and other auxiliary slaughterers, only with Zhang Ying and Gao Shiqi, who had recently been promoted to the south study, so ordered. Then, Mu Zixu, a first-class guard beside the secret order, was transferred to Jiangnan as the political envoy of Jiangnan, and he rushed to Jiangning on the same day to investigate and deal with the case of the third prince Zhu with Wei Dongting.

Mu Zixu is Wei Dongting's brother, and he is also a family member of his sons and daughters, and they are all first-class guards of Kangxi's henchmen. Mu Zixi rushed to Jiangning to hand over the emperor's secret decree to Wei Dongting, and with the cooperation of the ships of the Xuanwu Lake Standard Battalion under the Governor's Palace, he annihilated nearly 200 monks who rebelled under the third prince of Zhu in one fell swoop. A number of red-coated cannons and invincible general's cannons were seized on the hill near the palace.

The so-called third prince Zhu is Yang Qilong, who organized the anti-Qing restoration in the capital and Zhili in the eighteenth year of Kangxi. After the matter was revealed, he and a group of people with lofty ideals came to Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with the secret support of the people who were vying for power and profit within the imperial court, he opened up the situation again, carefully arranged, prepared for Kangxi's southern tour, shelled the palace, annihilated in one fell swoop, and recovered the Ming Dynasty. I don't know why Kangxi got a glimpse of this mystery, and in an instant, years of hard work became a flash. Mu Zixu asked Nian Qianyao to tie up Yang Qilong and come to the Governor's Palace, and Ge Li was suddenly stunned. Mu Zixu knocked on the mountain and said to Ge Li:

"Lord Taiwan, the emperor's southern tour is a top secret, maybe only you know it, but on the territory of Taiwan, Yang Qilong, a thief, knows everything about the southern tour of the saint. He actually collected hundreds of monks and thieves, and set up the cannon on the hill near the emperor's palace. ”

Uncle Guo Ge Li's face was pale, and he said after a while: "There is such a thing, too, too unexpected...... Come on, wait for the third prince of Zhu to be punished! ”

Outside the foyer, when Ge Heha heard the call, two flag officers ran in. Mu Zixu immediately waved his hand to stop and said: "Slow, if you plot a rebellion against the imperial case, you must not use a big punishment, the law is clear, and Uncle Guo knows it." He was afraid that Ge Li's subordinates would torture Yang Qilong to death and would not be able to explain to the emperor, so he turned back to Yang Qilong and said: "Yang Qilong, you are not the prince of the dead Ming Dynasty, but you have repeatedly bewitched the people to make trouble in Gyeonggi, Zhili and Jiangning. Who is the mastermind, and who is planning this rebellious plan? How do you know that the emperor is coming to Ning this winter? Where did the cannon come from, speak? ”

"Haha......" Yang Qilong laughed, "I, the third prince of Zhu, have people in the imperial court and in the internal affairs office, Kangxi Lao'er was originally scheduled to come to Nanjing this winter, but later changed to April next year because he was afraid of death, and the prince knows everything about it." ”

"Who is in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"Prince Ben is not a traitor."

"Where did the redcoat cannon come from?"

"Ming Taizu Xiaoling Guard Fort...... Taizu has a spirit in the sky, and only invites experts to repair it. ”

"Who's going to renovate?"

"This ......" Yang Qilong glanced at Ge Li, who was trembling, and thought to himself that as long as Suo Etu and Ge Li and the other rebels were there, if my third prince Zhu didn't get rid of Kangxi, they would also kill Kangxi. As the saying goes: Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, thinking of this, he patted his chest and shouted, "If you want to kill or chop, just come at me alone!" ”

Mu Zixu knew that he couldn't ask anything from Yang Qilong's mouth, so he ordered Nian Qianyao to be escorted out and imprisoned in the Prison Temple. After the prisoner was escorted away, he retreated left and right, leaving only Ge Li, who said half in a proclamation and half in private words:

"Uncle Guo, my brother came here to handle the case this time, it was all a holy bow, and you have been an official for many years, so you naturally understand. The documents and files here, the brother was ordered to be sealed, and you have not been dismissed, but you have to take your family members out of the Governor's Mansion to wait for the decree, please send a letter to the ......."

When Ge Li heard this, his whole body was already soft and his back was cold.

Mu Zixu came to Wei Dongting's official residence and was excited to solve the shocking imperial case. Wei Dongting poured a scoop of cold water on him, and after he handed the tea to his in-laws, he said worriedly:

"Brother, you and my brother are in a lot of trouble this time!" He lifted a box with a purple lacquer gold wrapped in bright yellow cover on the coffee table, took out a carved Biruyi, a pinched gold thread Wolong bag, and whispered, "Do you know?" ”

"This is something in the palace," Mu Zixu was taken aback, "It was given by the emperor?" ”

"No," Wei Dongting shook his head, "Just now the fast horse sent it, Ruyi, it was sent by the fourth master; The Wolong bag was given by the prince, and I was specifically designated to give it to you. ”

Mu Zixu couldn't help but shudder. Wei Dongting leaned over and whispered: "You go and tell Nian Qianyao, don't check anything, you can't even connect one person, even Ge Li." Otherwise, the blood-stained court, you and I will not be able to get rid of it......"

Kangxi spent the harsh winter in the Qianqing Palace, he knew that the case of Jiangning's bombardment of the palace was definitely not the work of the so-called third prince Zhu and his party, if there was no insider, how could a group of thieves grasp my whereabouts? Thinking of this, he shuddered, the fourteen princes are now growing up one after another, the crown prince Yinren is the first queen Hesheri clan, is Suo Etu's nephew, and the rest of the princes belong to different queens and concubines, they all have uncles or grandfathers who serve as important ministers in the imperial court, if there is a prince competing for the crown prince like the former Ming Dynasty, or a prince like Zhu Changluo, this Qianqing Palace will bleed again, and a new ghost will appear. This kind of heavenly worry is that he can't talk about it with the most confidant ministers such as Zhang Ying and Gao Shiqi, he can only fight a belly lawsuit in his stomach alone, and he can't sleep at night on the dragon bed, tossing and turning, looking at the beams in the hall.

During the Wanli period of the former Ming Dynasty, the Qianqing Palace was a "world of flowers". The unassuming Zhu Changluo became the emperor, and between the beams and arches in the hall, there were hundreds of Buddha statues, some of them were made of male and female copulation, some naked women sat on male bodies, and some had three heads and six arms, and they stepped on naked men and women...... Thousands of postures, vivid. During the Chongzhen period, Sizong Zhu Youzhen launched a "sweeping Buddha" campaign, and expelled all these obscene Buddha statues from the Qianqing Palace. Now the Qianqing Palace, plus the east and west wings of the side hall Zhaoren Palace, Hongde Palace, and the east, south, west three sides of the Duanning Palace, Maoqin Palace, wing room, Qianqing Gate, in front of the Qianqing Palace formed a sealed courtyard. The facilities for the emperor's daily life and handling of thousands of machines include the imperial tea room (which also manages fruits, snacks, and wine), the imperial dining room, the imperial pharmacy (with the imperial physician duty room), the exhibition room for treasures, antiques, cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings, the warehouse for storing hats, shoes, belts, clothes and related accessories, and the place for storing stationery such as pens, ink, paper, inkstones, as well as books and clocks...... There is everything, but at this moment, in the eyes of Kangxi Xuanye, what appears is a ghost and a ghost.

At the end of Wanli, Zhu Changluo's status as the crown prince was determined. In order to please Zhu Changluo, the sinister and vicious Concubine Zheng Guifei gave him eight beauties for him to enjoy. Zhu Changluo's body was not strong, but this time he had sex with these women, and gradually lost his physical strength. Only ten days after ascending the throne, he was bedridden due to excessive drinking. However, he did not control himself, and still fooled around with the palace maid. One night, in order to seek excitement, he took a "red pill", and as a result, he was manic, laughing wildly, and his spirit was extremely excited. The next morning, Wu Zan, who was in bed, hurriedly invited the imperial doctor Cui Wensheng for treatment. Cui Wensheng didn't know that the emperor was yin deficiency and kidney exhaustion, and thought it was the evil heat inside, so he took a pair of fierce medicine to vent fire and laxative. As a result, Zhu Changluo had diarrhea more than 30 times overnight, and he was in danger. At this moment, there was a big disaster, the court was in a state of flux, and the important minister Yang Lian wrote a book, accusing Cui Wensheng of misusing laxatives. Cui Wensheng retorted that it was not misuse, but that the emperor used the "red pill" to cause serious illness. The Donglin Party immediately counterattacked Cui Wensheng, not only improperly medicated, but also used the "red pill" to ruin the emperor's reputation. Zhu Changluo, who was critically ill, was lying on the sickbed, still thinking about the "red pill" and wanted to take it. Li Kezhuo of Honglu Temple immediately took a red pill, and after Zhu Changluo took it, there was no movement. In the evening, Zhu Changluo asked to take another pill, and Li Kezhuo took another red pill. As a result, after a while, the emperor covered his heart with his hands, stared at his eyes, struggled a few times, and died with a whimper. Zhu Changluo has only been on the throne for 30 days, and the year name has not yet had time to be formulated!

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was fierce party competition in the court, and the "Red Pill" case caused a more acute conflict. Some people think that Li Kezhuo's "red pill" is "red pill", red lead pill, which is an ordinary **. **It belongs to hot medicine, the emperor is cold and discharged, and water is made from fire, which is the right medicine. Li Kezhuo used ** as a tonic, just wanting to follow in Tao Zhongwen's footsteps, but his luck was not good...... Some people believe that the red pill is the alchemy pill of Taoism. Use life-saving gold pills to deal with dying patients, and if you are cured, you will gain fame and fortune, and if you die, you will be seriously ill and difficult to cure. Li Kezhuo probably wanted to do so. Some people also think that it is counterintuitive to give ** to critically ill patients. Li Kezhuo knew that he was not an imperial doctor, and the patient was the emperor, and if he had a problem, he couldn't save his head, why did he take medicine so boldly? Besides, Zhu Changluo indulged in hurting his body and urgently needed to recuperate, why did he still use this tiger and wolf medicine? It can be inferred from this that Li Kezhuo must have been instructed by someone to intentionally murder the emperor. After another investigation, Cui Wensheng was a subordinate of Zheng Guifei. Choi should be killed! Cui's behind-the-scenes instructions should also be investigated! Li Kezhuo was brought into the palace by the first assistant Fang Congzhe, and Fang Congzhe must also be tracked down. Fang Congzhe hurriedly wrote a letter requesting retirement. In the end, Li Kezhuo was sentenced to exile, and Cui Wensheng was demoted to Nanjing. Concubine Zheng Guifei and many palace maids died, and countless palace people and courtiers sat down to death, and the "Red Pill" case was concluded.

Every time Kangxi thought of these stories of the previous dynasty, and then contacted the crown prince to discord with the elder brothers, his heart was like a knife. Every piece of gold brick in the Qianqing Palace is soaked with the blood of the palace maids and concubines. How could the souls of those concubines and palace maids who had died not wander around the Qianqing Palace? The phantom of the ancient palace made him frightened and disgusted, and he said to the prime minister Zhang Ying beside him many times:

"Zhang Aiqing, do you believe that there are ghosts in the world?"

"Your Majesty," replied the old prime minister Zhang Yingwen in a curtive manner, "Sage Kong said: Worship God as God is." As for ghosts, true saints die as gods, and those who die in vain die as ghosts, so they should respect ghosts as ghosts. ”

"What if you don't believe me?"

"Don't believe me?" Zhang Ying's squinted eyes widened, "The saint doesn't believe in gods and ghosts? ”

"Why don't you believe it?" Kangxi laughed, "In this Qianqing Palace, you can catch live ghosts in the daytime, and at night, I am in the same bed with the ghosts and ghosts of the previous dynasty......" He said these words not without reason: sleeping on the dragon bed at night, as soon as his eyes were closed, he saw the ghost with blue faces and fangs rushing towards him. He didn't dare to sleep alone, and always called the concubine to sleep. Due to the height of the palace and the excessive space, the warm pavilion was divided into several rooms, with as many as 27 dragon beds. Due to the large number of rooms and beds, few people knew where the emperor slept every night. Thinking of the "Renyin Palace Change" and "Red Pill Case" of the previous dynasty, he couldn't help but be vigilant.

Although Kangxi lives in a labyrinthine palace and is well guarded, he still can't sit back and relax. Sometimes he is tired and has no interest in the affairs of men and women, and he wants a woman as a companion, purely for his courage. And many concubines, it is not easy to be pampered once on the wheel, but the blind date does not get the "favor" that they think about at night. Tossing and turning restlessly on the dragon bed made him not rest. In such a vicious circle, he couldn't be interested in the concubines and palace maids around him.

"Your Majesty, the Qianqing Palace is the land of the Dragon Palace, the sleeping palace of many generations of emperors, how can it be ......" Zhang Ying on the side was so frightened that he couldn't go on. Kangxi knew that the old prime minister was frightened, he smiled and changed the subject:

"Zhang Aiqing, you are from Jiangnan, Jiangnan is a rich and prosperous place, a hometown of gentle wind and waves. I'm tired of living in the Qianqing Palace, you send the decree to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, and quickly arrange a trip to Jiangnan in May! ”

received the joint recital from Mu Zixu and Wei Dongting, and the case of the third prince of Zhu did not involve anyone else in the court, Kangxi was much more relieved. While issuing an order to execute Yang Qilong on the spot, he urgently summoned the generals stationed in Saibei to give him a face-to-face lecture. In May, when the spring flowers were blooming, he took Zhang Ying, Gao Shiqi and other close ministers to start his first southern tour. This time the emperor went out to inspect the river in the name of the river, came to the land of gold powder in the south of the Yangtze River, in order to envelop the Jiangnan students, talents, the former Ming relics, he visited the Confucius Temple in Qufu along the way, and paid tribute to the Ming filial piety mausoleum in Jiangning.

Kangxi's southern tour, playing and playing, and winning the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, can be described as killing two birds with one stone. Since then, he has enjoyed touring the south. On December 25, the 26th year of Kangxi, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang died at the age of 76. The emperor guarded filial piety in the Qianqing Palace, and temporarily stopped the southern tour for three years. As soon as the filial piety period passed, he couldn't stay in the Qianqing Palace anymore.