Qianlong saw that everyone was surprised and said: "This is the news I got before lunch, and I didn't have time to inform you." He suddenly became solemn, and there was still a trace of confusion in his eyes, as if he was going to penetrate this I-shaped hall and looked into the distance. I don't know if it's to everyone, or muttering: "Civil, martial...... They are all governed by officials, uneven taxation, and unfair prison lawsuits...... Where the sun does not shine, there is the darkness of raspberries. Don't take care of it...... It's hard to be corrupted again......" After speaking, he was silent, only used his hand to touch the purple jade Ruyi on the case, sometimes took a sip of tea, and waited for a few people to pass on the fold, but Fu Heng still presented it with both hands, and then ordered: "Give a seat, sit and say that the messenger - I have words first, there are many protégés and old officials, and some of you have worked with him for many years, one is that the news of his arrival in Beijing cannot be leaked, and the second is to discuss his crime impartially, convict his crime, and let you do your best to fulfill your personal friendship." Otherwise, even if I am a military cardinal, I cannot understand. ”

"Then please ask the master to condemn his relatives first. If it is fixed, it will not be changed. Seeing Fu Heng groaning, Ah Gui wanted to speak several times and stopped, knowing that he had unspeakable hardships, so he took the lead in saying, "Where is there anything in the officialdom that can't be leaked out now?" The court has a certain proposition, the king is in charge, and the favor is up to him - this is a little insight of the slave, please judge the master. ”

"Although it is an expedient measure, it is not a small insight." Qianlong looked at the upstart appreciatively, nodded and said, "This will save him a lot of trouble, and he won't have new twists and turns for him—just according to this purpose." Fu Heng, you have worked with your relatives for the longest time, there are political opinions and disagreements, and his original position is still above you. I know this, you don't have selfish intentions, or have concerns, just be impartial and sensitive, right and wrong, I can probably judge clearly. ”

Fu Heng's heart was moved, and he left his seat and kowtowed: "The holy candle shines, and the heart of the slave cannot escape the holy sword!" The relatives are in power and work with the slaves, and there are no personal prejudices, but the temperament of the relatives is cold and silent, and they are more withdrawn than the slaves. The personal relationship is not extensive, and the slave thinks privately that this is still a big advantage for the cardinal's courtier. In this battle of Jinchuan, he was first stubborn and did not accept good words, and after the defeat, he was afraid of crime and deceived the king. It is already a crime to lose a teacher and humiliate the country, and I am afraid that the crime will be exposed, so I try to kill people and kill people, and I am too meritorious to blame him. He was so mad that the slave did not expect it, and it greatly hurt the master's knowledge. The night is heart-wrenching, and it is hateful! If you talk about his crimes, bullying the king is above, defeat is secondary, bullying is above, and behavior defeat is secondary, he has swept away the face of the country, the society, and the court, and it is really unearthly! Fu Heng said emotionally, tears burst out of his eyes, and several people sitting next to him were also solemnly moved. The hall was silent and empty, only listening to the sound of the wind coming in from the corridor outside the hall, and the screens on all sides were trembling. Out of thin air, it added a bit of horror and horror to the temple.

"But there are also strengths that cannot be buried." Fu Heng calmed down his agitated emotions for a while, frowned and said: "Repair the embankment on the north bank of the Yongding River, build the sluice dam, and ensure that the Jingshi is free of floods, this matter is opposed by the slave, he is wrong to me; The inspection of the camp affairs of Henan, Jiangnan and Shandong provinces is carried out according to the order, and the rectification is successful, and it is not without achievements; By the way, he surveyed the Haitang River Works, repaired and repaired the leaks, returned to Beijing to check the disaster relief in Tianjin and Hejian, and in addition to the greedy and sympathetic to the people, although it was the duty of the minister, many hungry people also lived. In the south of the Yangtze River, the pond affairs and salt administration were rectified, and it was suggested that the dry fields in the lake should be loaned to the landless poor for farming...... The list goes on and on, and it's fair to say that it's not unforgiving. This is one of his forgiveness; Second, be honest and honest, selfless relations, and do not take undivided wealth. The errands are all fat and poor, and thousands of silver are passed by hand, and one is not taken. Now that the greed is rampant, Liu Tongxun went to Jiangnan to investigate, and there were no clean officials below the prefecture and county, and the evidence was full of evidence. Taking his incorruptibility and pardoning his serious crimes can encourage officialdom; Third, there are 'eight discussions' in the imperial court[1]

of the body. After the national meritorious service, the grandson of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhaoren, he can push the "Eight Discussions" and fall lightly. ”

This is a very fair criticism of the relatives, and it is indeed without the slightest prejudice. Talking about "hard work" and "eight discussions", Qianlong also listened carefully, but he didn't care, but the article "honesty" really made Qianlong excited. After listening to Fu Heng's words, he looked up at the caisson slightly, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "The relatives have a giant mastiff at the door of the private mansion, in case someone talks about hitting the wooden clock, people dare not have anything to do with private matters, and there is no trace of cars and horses in front of the door." Although it is a bit contrived, after all, the word incorruptible is allowed. You just said that the sin of the relatives is to deceive the king and deceive the heart. In fact, losing a teacher and humiliating the country is not a small crime. Zhuge Wuhou can slash the horse with tears, why can't I punish my relatives? He lowered his head, as if he couldn't breathe. After a long time, he raised his head and said with a pale face: "Say, what punishment should be given?" ”

"Kill!" Yue Zhongqi was the first to say: "The minister has led soldiers all his life, and if he fights such a battle, if he doesn't kill the main general, it is an unfair punishment." If there is a war in the future, who will motivate and use his life? Ah Gui bowed beside him and said: "His sin is humiliating the lord and humiliating the country, the more honorable and important the minister, the more he should show the world an example, and should not cite the example of eight discussions!" Honesty is the duty of ministers big and small, and the rectification of officials should focus on killing greed. If you choose a model of integrity, you can't choose a family like this. Such a misguided minister should be killed neatly, but he can cheer up the erosive wind of officialdom - this is the insight of the minion! ”

Ji Yun became addicted to smoking as soon as he thought about things, took out the smoking pot, and hurriedly stuffed it into his boots, but Qianlong saw it at a glance and said, "I'll make an exception for you today." You smoke it, it's good that it's ventilated here, and you can't smoke others. Ji Yun bowed down and thanked him, snorted, and said: "In terms of military law alone, the relatives are already unforgivable." He also committed the ten evil rules, pretending to be a 'great disrespect' for deceiving the king, and not being kind to the first, and then taking revenge after falling into the well, for the sake of 'not being right'—what is the use of keeping such a person? Don't talk about the long live lord, even the minister, don't dare to deal with him - you save his life, take him to break through, he plots to murder you under the lamp! Also, forgive my relatives, what should Zhang Guangsi do? Zhang Guangsi has field exploits and is also among the eight discussions. ”

Qianlong originally thought that the relatives of the monarch and the ministers had been in the same dynasty for many years, and when he was the emperor's grandson, he was accompanied by his relatives, and when he was the emperor's elder brother, he was under his own door, and he did his best to do his best, and he really wanted to kill him, after all, he thought of these old feelings and had a little compassion. Ji Yun's words hit the target, Neqin is a hypocrite, a villain who will take revenge, who dares to work with such a person again? Qianlong also extinguished the last trace of his pure heart, nodded and said viciously: "What Xiaolan said is - Zhongshan wolf!" Not only is it useless, but it is also harmful, and the most important thing is that I am sorry for the soldiers who died in Jinchuan! ”

At this point, the death penalty sentence was conclusive. Fu Heng secretly thought to himself, how to consider Qianlong's decency for the rest of the matter. After thinking about it, he weighed it again and again, and said, "The slave thinks ...... The Eight Discussions should still be cited as an example. The slave just said that the relatives also have his advantages, can not be erased, the merits and demerits do not match, he is still a capital crime, one is to remember the Holy Ancestor Emperor cultivated his painstaking intentions, the other is to remember the emperor's kindness to his earnest teachings on weekdays, the slave thought that the relatives were not bad, but bad because he was greedy for merit and progress, and wanted to invite more grace. With this selfish intention, he gradually corrupted the conscience. Moreover, those filthy acts in his private affairs, if they are announced to the world, will really lose the dignity of the court. Looking at the situation, his relatives are not self-judged, and he is still hoping for the future, and thinking about it makes people more and more disgusted. He had made a military order at the beginning, and now he doesn't have to reason with him for anything, just according to the military order, he ordered him to commit suicide to thank the world - this is a small insight of a slave, please ask the emperor to decide! After that, he took his seat and bowed to Qianlong.

"Fu Heng said it very generally." Qianlong immediately heard Fu Heng's voice, but his "insight" could not be exactly the same as Fu Heng's "small insight", thought for a while, and said: "He is responsible for the military defeat, and he is separated from the officials." He is such a big official, and he will investigate and connect the strains to cause new disputes. What a hero he was back then, there was such a scum grandson, he must have been humiliated and hated underground - he gave him his grandfather's sword, and made him commit suicide, and Zhang Guangsi was in front of the Fengtai battalion. That's it! ”

There are thousands of people here who have selected thousands of people who have sifted through thick and thin tubes, although Fu Heng said it tactfully, it was just a bend, and the emperor was not at fault for appointing his relatives, but he himself "changed" and failed Jun Enzude. In this way, both the mouse and the vase are not hurt, everyone has listened to the admiration in their hearts, Qianlong's disposition, the relatives and the civil and military officials on weekdays tore away the innocence, and it is even higher, and everyone admires it so much that they are all bowing down on the seat and praising the saint.

The crime of the relatives is established, and the cases of Zhaohui and Hailancha are clear. Liu Tongxun said: "Zhaohui and Hailancha have made outstanding achievements, and they have invested thousands of miles in military salaries, and their loyalty can be to the sun and the moon. After the ministers retreated, they immediately withdrew the sea fishing documents with the Second Military Punishment Department. It's just that the case of Zhaohui in prison and the case of Hailan Chadezhou have been known to the whole world, and they should be punished and asked the emperor to make a holy ruling. ”

"Thousands of miles to ride alone, these are my two Guan Yu!" Qianlong decided the case of his relatives, seemed to be a little more relaxed, stroked the case Ruyi, smiled a little self-deprecatingly, and said: "They used to meet with the class, but I actually don't recognize them. Gao Heng sent Hailancha into Beijing, and I met him alone. You can tell these two that Hailancha and Ding E'er, Zhaohui and He Yun'er, will be married by me, and I will fulfill their beautiful marriage. ”

It's a bit like a story in a drum excerpt. Ah Gui was full of interest, but Ji Yun felt that this kind of disposal was not dignified, because seeing Fu Heng smiling and silent, Liu Tongxun and Yue Zhongqi turned a deaf ear, and sighed: "It's a pity that our army lost the battle...... The two generals were outlaws. Otherwise, the class teacher will return with honor, the Son of Heaven will give marriage, and it will be lively, and it will be passed on to future generations, which is indeed a romantic story! reminded everyone of the words, Qianlong couldn't help but be stunned, and said with a smile: "Ji Yun is admonishing!" Well, I listen to you, and go about these things! ”

"The tenant rent is too heavy, and there are more and more lawsuits over the lives of tenant owners." Fu Heng smiled, turned to the topic of politics, and sighed: "The slave checked the two cases of Ding E'er and He Yun'er, one was that the master tenant did not agree and fled to avoid debts, and the other was sent to prison for resisting rent and not paying it. The two generals met by chance, and they were both the same kind of cases, which was so big in the world that it can be imagined. In the first year of Qianlong, the master had a will, 'the master and the tenant compete with each other, and the tenant will be punished according to everything', and the tenant only leases the land of the owner to cultivate, and does not have the status of master and slave. Now the owners take the tenants as slaves, and Gao Wanqing robs the people's daughters in broad daylight, which is an example. The slaves think that this matter is too big to be neglected, and that they should make an edict to the world and reiterate the will to deal with everything, which is the great law to put an end to civil unrest. Ah Gui thought so, and then Fu Heng said: "Never a customer bullies the store, and the store bullies the customer." The same is true of the landlords, all of whom are good and bad, good and evil. The landlord is strong, the tenant is strong, and there are all those who resist rent and debt and bully the landlord - either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind - the court should press both ends, reduce the rent according to the owner, and also take some stubborn and brutal tenant practices, which cannot be biased. Because he saw Fu Heng looking at himself, he expected that he had lost his mouth, so he accepted the money, and after thinking for a long time, he suddenly realized: he was not careful, and quoted Lin Daiyu in "A Dream of Red Mansions", and he couldn't help blushing.

Qianlong ignored it and said with a smile: "Ah Gui can see it!" Moved all the words on the finch table here—your will. He paused, looked at Liu Tongxun, and asked, "How many county officials are there in Jiangnan Yingge?" ”

"One hundred and thirty-four." Liu Tongxun replied.

"How many remained?"

"Twelve."

"Are they all in the hands of the king?"

"Most of them are not. But Yin Jishan's participation was very strong, reasonable and well-founded. Get rid of them, and the people of Jiangnan celebrate with their hands! ”

Qianlong was silent, and less than one-tenth of the provincial and county officials were honest and honest. The officials above the prefecture and county have not yet been cleaned up, and now the gold carried by Zhaohui is gone, faintly revealing the unspeakable corruption of the provinces, provinces, and departments, as far as they already know, Qianlong is still deeply uneasy, Fu Heng is most familiar with Qianlong's temperament and thoughts, because he said: "Master, Jiangnan is the richest province in the world, salt affairs, cao affairs, customs, river affairs, and pond affairs, and there are naturally more corrupt officials. The situation is different in each province, please pay attention to it. ”

"How can I not pay attention?" Qianlong sneered, "Isn't it frightening to be greedy for more silver and less greedy for less silver?!" Liu Tongxun wrote a letter to tell Liu Yong that the envoys from Wuhu and Dezhou were not doing badly, and that he would be given the title of squire of the Criminal Department, and that he would go to Jiangnan without returning to Beijing to thank him, and that he would start with five hundred taels of gold. Fu Heng gave Gao Heng instructions, Gao Heng's excerpt in the Texas case is very good, Wei Chi Jinxian Pi Zhongchen has a decree to lock it, telling him to focus on rectifying the salt business, check and make up for the omissions, and not neglect - Jiangxi, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi all have smuggling official salt, and Jiangnan is even worse, hanging official salt brands to sell illegal salt, and there are also a lot of deficits in the salt depot, all of which must fall on him to find out his innocence! ”

It is not surprising that the salt depot is empty, the scales in and out are different, the transportation is depleted, the warehouse is damp and leaking, and the official depreciation is insufficient to compensate, which has always been the case. The smuggling of official salt is puzzling. The price of official salt is more than twice as high as that of private salt, and if you buy it secretly and then sell it, how can there be such a fool in the world? Ah Gui's mind was smart, and a thought flashed through him like lightning: "This is the official selling private salt-heaven!" How big of a case should that be? He smuttered for a moment, wanting to speak, but seeing that Fu Heng and the others were silent, he swallowed back. Liu Tongxun held the back of the chair with both hands, sat up straight, and seemed to be thinking nervously. After a long time, he coughed lightly and said: "The minister asked to go to Jiangnan again to personally investigate the case of Zhaohui's military salary, as well as Yi Ying, a 'branch of flowers', spreading cults in the Taihu Lake area of western Zhejiang and northern Zhejiang. Liu Yong is young in the end, and the minister can rest assured that he can't do an errand! ”

"There is a son like Liu Yong, are you still not satisfied with Yanqing?" Qianlong said with a smile, then withdrew his smile and sighed: "You Mingtang has been on the fold several times to discourage me from touring the south. One is that the king of ten thousand vehicles should not move lightly; Second, when state affairs are cumbersome and government affairs are complicated, it is not suitable for smelter travel; Third, he was afraid of spending money, so he was sent to disturb the people and disturb the officials. He speaks straightforwardly, and I never offend him, because his heart is upright. But the land of the two rivers is the foundation of the country's financial endowment. A Yangtze River, a canal, and the Huanghuai embankment, as the lord of the world, how can I not care? It is the cultural scenery of Jiangnan, and you should also see ......"

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, the "humanities" in Jiangnan actually refers to the gathering of Han people there, and it was the former capital of the former Ming Dynasty, a place where scribes and scholars gathered, and there are many people who miss the Han family's crown system among the folk grass. The southern tour can win the hearts of the people and resolve the grievances of the Qing army when they entered Jiading and slaughtered Yangzhou for ten days. The Holy Ancestor made six southern tours, visited the Ming Tomb of Filial Piety three times, and met with the relics of the victorious country, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is the word "bondage". But three of the five courtiers in front of him are Han, and this layer can't be pierced. Therefore, Qianlong smiled a little treacherously, and said: "There have been many intentions to disturb the people and disturb the officials, and there will definitely be no such thing." Surveying the people's suffering, and watching the style of the fish and rice water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, I can't see it to the point of 'desolate and promiscuous'. Since Liu Tongxun wants to go down to the south of the Yangtze River first to clean up the garrison for me, it's okay. You can also recuperate in Nanjing for a few months. Liu Yong still has to handle more of the investigation of the case, and you can just sit and point out. Then he got up.

Several courtiers also hurriedly got up and saluted and took their leave. Qianlong thought steeply that as soon as they withdrew, they would immediately seal the knife to kill their relatives, and somehow his heart suddenly hurt. He stood in front of his seat with a sad and happy face, stunned and speechless. Fu Heng cautiously asked, "Does the master still have a will?" ”

"I remember one thing." Qianlong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He came back to his senses and reluctantly smiled: "Jiangnan has dismissed so many officials, who should fill the vacancy." Last time, there was a decree for your military aircraft department to discuss it, what are your regulations? ”

Fu Heng repented of his family's case, and when he heard this, he replied with a smile: "There is no meeting in the Military Aircraft Department. The minion discussed with Ah Gui and Ji Yun. The Ministry of Internal Affairs now has more than 100 post-type candidates to be selected. These are all poor Beijing officials, who are struggling here, so it is better to put them in Jiangnan Foreign Affairs, and the monthly money and grain of the Internal Affairs Office are a little more generous. This matter has not yet come out of the wind, and it can only be handled after the request. Qianlong smiled coldly and said, "The eunuchs have already let the wind out!" Now the wooden clock has hit Lafayette - settle it early, I'm afraid that the pen post who is in a hurry to fill the gap will have fewer bastards to stab the way. You see, I have to deal with a few eunuchs with heads and faces - this is not soft! Seeing Liu Tongxun open his mouth to speak, he said, "You seem to have something to play?" ”

"I don't think that's right." Liu Tongxun frowned tightly, and said in a deep voice: "The vacancies in Jiangnan are all state and county official vacancies, and they are for the people, and they should be let the officials who have been the people fill the vacancies, they are all fat shortages that many people fight for with red eyes, and go to a group of pen posts who don't understand government affairs and are bent on making money, which is equivalent to driving away a group of full wolves and a group of hungry tigers-" Before he finished speaking, Qianlong already laughed and said, "You can't negotiate the one." Liu Tongxun is the old man who seeks the country, and the loyal and conscientious heart of the ministers is worthy of the real prime minister! Fu Heng don't blush, I didn't say that you have selfish intentions, but you have to worry about things from the root, you are busy with official business, and it is easy to talk about things. Fu Heng hurriedly said: "This is the original master, and there are also selfish intentions when thinking carefully." The pen posts meet day and night in the Forbidden Garden, they walk diligently among the royal relatives of the clan, although the officials are small, they are all characters with all hands on the sky, and they are secretly afraid of offending them. ”

Qianlong stepped down from the throne slowly, but did not leave. Under the gaze of several ministers, he paced slowly. His gaze became a little gloomy, looking at the sunlight reflected in the corridor, nodding and sighing, "Yes! It's all about the heart...... Who can do things here is not a hundred and hundred? Relatives are cautious and cautious, and every inch is bad, and the sky is overwhelming, although they want to be spared, they can't! His eyes lit up and dimmed again, and he was silent for a while before he walked away, and said as he went: "Don't wait for the fate of the relatives." He wrote two bloody letters to see me, telling him that it would be more sad to meet each other, and sadness could not abolish the national law, so what good would it be to meet? That's it......" he said, and he was already far away.

Qianlong left Yingtai, crossed Banqiao and looked at the watch, and had passed the Shen Zhengshi card. Wang Bayan followed him, and when he saw that the eunuchs who were carrying the public were all standing outside the pavilion with their hands down, he took a step forward and said, "What are you doing here?" The master wants to go to the Ningju to say hello to Lafayette! Qianlong was expressionless, waved his hand and said: "I'm tired, feel free to walk a few steps over, you just carry Chengyu over there and wait." ”

"Master, look at this day, it's going to rain!" Wang Ba smiled and said, "Besides, Qin Meimei from Lafayette's side has come over twice and asked the master when he will come down." It's too late, I'm afraid Lafayette will be worried. There must be a great military event today, and the master has discussed the government for this long time—and he is tired. Qianlong said: "It's because I'm tired of sitting that I want to move around - the length of the discussion, what kind of politics is discussed, it's not something you ask." Carefully, tell the next head, this garden is big, and it is stricter than the Forbidden City. I have never relented in killing eunuchs! He breathed a sigh of relief, and walked away, but did not follow the road he came from, but only picked the forest path and walked in the direction of Shanningju. Wang Bashi did not dare to accompany them, and they did not dare to stay away, but only followed far behind, with the shadow of Qianlong trees and flowers, sometimes stopping and sometimes walking, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

The sky was really overcast, and there was still a faint rumbling thunder in the west, but the old trees in the garden were thick and cloudy, and I couldn't see what the clouds in the sky were. Qianlong was full of worries, thinking about them one by one, but he was not enough to worry about it, and he couldn't figure out why he was so heavy. As I thought about it, I saw that the forest was getting darker and darker, the unknown birds were fluttering their wings and chirping in the branches, and the insects in the grass were echoing each other, and the thick green leaves and grass covered the pebble path into a thin line, which became more and more dark and gloomy. As he walked, a crouching tiger stone on the side of the road came into Qianlong's sight, and his body trembled as if he was electrocuted, and he immediately understood that he was still thinking about his relatives subconsciously.

This piece of Crouching Tiger Stone is not big, only one person is more than high, the color is black and yellow, the natural four-legged bend, there is a head and a tail, the ears and eyes are like, it is said to be the god of the mountain, the Holy Ancestor of Kangxi in the early years of the hunting West Garden, it does not fit automatically out to escort, was mistaken by the Holy Ancestor for a fierce beast to shoot an arrow, turned into a stone tiger on the spot. A small stone scar on the left leg is an arrow wound left back then. Qianlong often came here to climb up and down the ground to play when he was a child, and he played hide and seek with his relatives in the rocks by the sea here, catching the grasshoppers, and sometimes stepping on the shoulders of the relatives and riding on the back of the tiger to look left and right...... At this moment, his relatives were imprisoned in Fengtai, looking forward to seeing him, and he was as anxious as he was, but he sent a knife over! When Qianlong thought of this, his heart seemed to fall from a very high place, and it kept sinking, sinking, ...... His face turned pale.

Just as he was doing nothing, Qianlong suddenly heard the voice of a woman behind the stone, and she sobbed in a very depressed voice, which added a bit of sadness and gloom to the dark forest. He slowed down, climbed the vine and walked around the Crouching Tiger Stone, and when he looked west from under the tiger, he was sitting under an old black tree with his back to the stone tiger, holding his mouth with a handkerchief to hide his face and crying. Qianlong was stunned for a moment, as if he wanted to tiptoe over to scare her, but he stopped again, coughed lightly and said, "Lai Nizi, who has been wronged?" Crying alone in this wood? ”

"It's Hooray!" Lai Niang was so frightened that she trembled, turned her face and saw that it was Qianlong, so she turned over and kowtowed, and said, "No, no one...... Wronged slaves...... It's the slave who can't think of it herself......"

"How dare you coax me?" Qianlong smiled and said intimidatingly, "I know everything!" ”

Lai Niang's face turned pale with shock, staring at Qianlong with frightened eyes, and she was speechless for a long time. Qianlong didn't care about it originally, but at this time, he really took it to heart and asked seriously: "What happened?" You're not right. The queen has already said that she wants to open your face and enter the 'promise' position, what is there that you can't think of? Lai Niang lowered her head with blurred tears in her eyes, and said, "Lafayette just passed me to ......"

"Galeries Lafayette?! Pass you? ”

"Lafayette asked me, in Wei Qingtai's mansion, at what age did you go in and what age did you come out?" Lai Niang wiped away her tears and said, "The slave didn't care at first, so she replied truthfully." Later, Lafayette asked again, I heard that Wei Qingtai had a grandson named Li Dengke, at what age did he die? What did you get and die? He also told me to tell the truth, and if I didn't tell the truth, he would beat me Xinzheku. Also said...... There was a person named Jinxia who hooked up with the emperor privately...... said that I am different from Jinxia, and I have no distinction with the emperor, as long as I tell the truth, I must not fight or fight...... O master! Li Dengke was a good friend of his cousin, Miss Qiao, and died of typhoid fever in the summer after eating Bingpai plums. I was only fourteen years old when I died, and I was still called Sister Qiao's name when I died-no one in this Wei Mansion didn't know, I was only nine years old at the time, and I didn't know anything about the vegetable washing girl, what does this have to do with me? …… Master, master...... You know that...... I'm giving you a clean body......" she said, and with tears streaming up in her eyes, she only cowered under the tree with convulsions, shivering.

The dark forest seemed to light up for a moment, followed by a "boom" of thunder. The sound of the brushing rain was as sudden as the whistling of a galloping horse, and it was gradually approaching, and the leaves were beaten indiscriminately. It's just that because of the dense foliage of the big trees, it is rare for raindrops to drop sporadically. Wang Bayan and the others had already rushed over when they heard the sound of the thunderstorm, and when they saw that Qianlong ignored it, they hurriedly retreated far away.

Qianlong's face was even more gloomy than the surrounding scenery. The teeth are clenched, and the interparotid tendons are slightly raised. He is the supreme of a country, first he had a relationship with Wang Tingzhi of Xinyang Mansion, Tingzhi married in Jingshang and occasionally had contacts, but her husband was transferred to Liangguang for no reason, as well as Yanhong and Yingying, as well as Tingzhi, who has the same life-saving grace as himself, and has lived in seclusion in the garden like a thief for several years, and now he is compared to a Jinxia, I don't know who is going to harm this Lai Niang in front of him! In the midst of complicated government affairs and complicated state affairs, there are a few confidantes chatting to comfort the lonely, why are there people everywhere who are obstructing them? Resentful Queen? The queen's affairs in bed are limited, she never takes over, and she is determined to be a famous queen in history; Resentful Queen Mother? He didn't dare to think like this, the Queen Mother had always followed etiquette in her own affairs, and she was her biological mother, so she didn't have the slightest extraneous ...... Thinking about it, Qianlong said: "Don't cry, Lai Niang, you are clean, I know." I'll call the shots for you personally, and see who dares to hurt you! As he spoke, he raised his voice and shouted, "Come here, the king!" ”

"The minions are here!" Wang Bashi heard that he called himself, jumped over in two jumps, and said to Qian'er: "Long live the will, the slave will undertake it immediately." ”

"You check for me, who is chewing Lai Niang's tongue in front of Lafayette, and turning back to play me!"

"Wow!"

"Spread the decree of the Internal Affairs Office, oh no, pass the decree of the queen, Lai Niang entered the concubine, separated the layer of 'promise', and gave the name - well, it is called Wei Jiashi - she is the Han army flag, carried into the Manchurian Zhenghuang flag!"

"Ahh Please, Wei Jia's family will raise the flag, will Wei Qingtai's family carry the flag? ”

Qianlong thought for a moment and said, "Let's raise the flag together-they will follow with a little light, maybe less right and wrong." After that, he commanded, "Send Lai Niang to Niangniang's palace and tell me my will." Lai Niang was stunned, and before she could thank her, Qianlong nodded to her and stepped away.

Out of the forest, Qianlong knew that the rain had fallen heavily, standing under an old cypress tree, the eunuchs put on oil clothes for him, changed into deerskin oil boots, and waded in the vast rain curtain slowly straight to Ningju. When he was undressing and changing his boots on the Danqi, the eunuchs in the palace had already rushed up and said: "Lafayette, please change your clothes inside, the wind is cold outside, so you don't catch a cold!" Qianlong shook his head and said nothing, and only then did he step into the hall.

Since Kangxi was tired of politics in his later years, it has always been a place for the emperor to discuss politics in the summer, and the furnishings and layouts inside are still in the style of the past. As soon as Qianlong came in, all the eunuchs and palace maids knelt down with a soft shout of "Long live".

"Get up." Qianlong waved his hand indifferently and ordered: "The Queen Mother is staying here, this Sumeru seat is not suitable for the main hall, ask someone to move it out." As he spoke, he entered the Dongnuan Pavilion and saw that the Nala clan and the Niu Hulu clan were serving under the queen mother's bed, and they had just gotten up and were squatting in Fu'er. Because he saw that there was a noble lady in her fifties who was also beside her, and there were still scattered cards on the kang table, it was expected that they were playing cards, Qianlong didn't pay attention to it, and only saluted the queen mother, and said: "Lafayette is healthy!" ”

The Queen Mother seemed to have something on her mind, her face seemed to be smiling, her hands unconsciously adjusted the cards on the table, and said, "The emperor get up!" It was raining so hard outside, and I told them to come and pass the word, so they didn't come to say goodbye, and they came back and said they were already on the road—were they drenched? The forest here is too dense and dark, and I don't dare to go in alone on a sunny day! You are the body of ten thousand gold, that is, the one named Ji or something, 'the son of a thousand gold can't sit down', you can't be willful in everything - the first emperor...... Sick, isn't it what Rick hit in this garden? Although you are blessed by God, it is still not too much to be careful. ”

"Today, my son has been discussing politics for a long time, walking around to evacuate his muscles and bones, and there are so many people following, so it's okay." Qianlong Palace outside the palace was worried about everything, it turned out that he couldn't keep his spirits up, and listened to his mother's lessons, so he had to say yes one by one, and replied, "Last time, Lafayette ordered to come down and ask someone to decorate the Buddha statue in Qingfan Temple with gold." This money cannot be taken out of the treasury, and the son has already sent a decree to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pay it out of the silver from the Huangzhuang tribute. The son asks his mother to rest assured about this, he burns incense in August, and his son accompanies you to see it, and the prospective mother is happy! He smiled.

The Queen Mother also smiled and said: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs will not be rich in gold and urine - that Zhao Sichen also came in to cry poor, Zhili, the suburbs of Beijing, as well as Chengde Montenegro and Kazuo are all in trouble, and they will have a poor year!" Kazuo is my mother's land, and I already have something to say, and I will be exempted this year. You still make ideas from them? As soon as Qianlong heard it, he knew that it was still the group of pen posts that were coaxing under him, arching the queen mother to press herself to let go of Jiangnan, and he was already angry in his heart, and reluctantly smiled: "Lafayette is the best to deal with it like this!" However, there are some things they coax you. Those pen posts in the Internal Affairs Office are all flag people, and there is a piece of imperial grain when they land, and they eat six products, where is this poor single? For the people of Jiangnan, the minister's opinion is to send scholars from among the people. In a flood in Huai'an, more than 200 people died of hunger and illness. Those who are hungry eat tree bark, Guanyin soil, and poplar and apricot leaves...... For fear that the officials will force the people to rebel and cause chaos! The Queen Mother turned out to have a different look, she was a devout Buddha person, and when she heard that people were starving to death, she only muttered: "Amitabha!" Poor man, what does my wife know? Let's do what the clerk says...... However, some flag people are also difficult, a month to keep the two or two months, there is no difference to make the external items, what is enough? You have to think about it, too. ”

"I've been trying to figure it out!" Seeing that his mother was reasonable, Qianlong felt a little relieved, and said with a smile: "Send them a messenger, they won't do it; When you are an official, you can't manage civil affairs; The land allotted to them was the best among the officials, and not only did they not plant it, but they sold it. can only brag in the teahouse, plant pomegranate trees for yellow dogs, and carry a bird cage around, and his son can't do anything about them. ”

The Queen Mother sighed: "I have been married to your Aixin Jueluo family for almost forty years. When I beat the Holy Grandfather, I said this, your Emperor Ama is short-tempered, and when he mentions the flag, he is so angry that his face is not colored, and now it's your turn again! To put it mildly, I see that the emperor seems to be smarter than the first emperor and the Holy Ancestor. Take advantage of the abundance and peace of the world and hurry up to rectify. The banner man is the foundation of our court! ”

Qianlong said yes while listening. In fact, he knows better than anyone that the banner man is spoiled: if the grass falls, there will be money and food, until he dies, who is willing to die to support himself? But this is the fundamental rule of "respecting heaven and ancestors", if this article is removed, the eight banners will be dispersed, and the throne will not be able to sit - how easy is it to say? Thinking about it, Qianlong said: "My son doesn't dare to be smarter than the first emperor and the holy ancestor. There is a gas number here, and it's not just human. During the rebellion of the three feudatories, the Holy Grandfather used Tuhai and Zhou Peigong, led 30,000 bannermen from Beijing, swept away the Chahar rebellion in 12 days, and cleared Ganshan in less than half a year. The son thought that if there was a battle to fight, it would also arouse the heroism of our Manchurians. It's like a knife, if you don't need to sharpen it, even the treasure knife is rusty. Tell my mother a word, although the war in Jinchuan is unfavorable, my son has two good generals, and they are all from our banner! Because he killed the enemy's guards in the battle between Zhaohui and Hailancha Jinchuan, fled with pay, and told his mother about the righteous murder on the way to prison, and said: "Ah Gui is the same, the pillar of the country!" Lafayette looked at it, with troops in the west, there will be another batch of talents. Carefully inspect and slowly straighten it out, you can still count on it. ”

The Queen Mother shook her head and closed her eyes for a while, frowned and frowned for a while, was stunned for a while, smiled for a while, and said to the three women standing next to her: "Listen! Doesn't that mean Gu Ji'er? One moment beheaded and spilled blood, and the other time it was a child's love - the emperor, there will be such a story in the future, tell me more, it will relieve boredom than anything else! Because he saw Qianlong looking at the noble lady, he said: "This is Wei Qingtai's family, and it is a member of our Niu Hulu clan, come in and ask for peace." We were missing a few cards, so we made a hand. ”

"Oh, Wei Qingtai's?" Qianlong nodded and asked, "Is your old man still strong?" Mrs. Wei Qingtai was listening in a daze, and when she saw the emperor asking herself, she hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Yes!" We are old-Wei Qingtai will be eighty years old during the New Year, his body is strong, and he can make two trips to Buku every morning! The first time she faced the emperor to reply, her heart was pounding, and she spoke like a cannon. The response is also inappropriate. When the Son of Heaven asked about his life, he first had to thank him, and then asked Sheng An on behalf of Wei Qingtai. These words were all forgotten, and the palace people all bowed their heads and snickered. Qianlong didn't care, only glanced at the Queen Mother, and said to the Wei family: "Lai Niang has entered the palace and waited well, and she already has a purpose to enter the concubine." She changed her surname to Wei Jia. Naturally, your family will also be touched by Jun'en, change your surname to Wei Jia's family, and carry it into the Zhenghuang Banner. There is a will when you turn back, you can report good news to Wei Qingtai first when you go back. ”

Lai Niang crossed the ranks of nobles, always there, and promised, and was promoted from the palace people to the concubines, including the queen mother, no one knew. The Wei family bullied and abused Lai Niang in her early years, and was afraid that she would retaliate, so they put some gossip into the palace from time to time to practice Lai Niang's character. Even the Queen Mother listened; Niu Hulu was afraid that his mother would be proud, and he fell out of favor and hindered his son's future, and often added some gossip to the queen. Hearing what Qianlong said, he couldn't help but be stunned. Looking at the Queen Mother, she seemed a little overwhelmed. Only the Nala clan touched Qianlong's moldy head, and he knew that this master's temperament was not offensive, because he saw Wei Jia's family kneeling in a daze, and said with a smile: "You are happy and confused-don't hurry up and thank you!" ”

"Thank you, master...... Longne! ”

"From now on, you will be your relatives." Qianlong looked at the rain curtain outside through the window, and said calmly with a teacup: "Like other concubines, I want to come in every month to invite An Chao to see you." I have a little bit of a rumor about some of your housework. The past is turned over, and Lai Niang has not cared about it. You remember two things, one is that Lai Niangrong and you Wei Jiarong, Lai Niang is humiliated, you Wei is humiliated, this is a natural principle; The second is to restrain the family members and nephews, there are no messengers, being an official is not an official, don't take advantage of the 'uncle of the country', you want to learn from Fu Heng, and be a good slave to me, then everyone will be happy with peace - understand? ”

Wei Shi was already sweating profusely when he heard this, his forehead was bruised, and he said again and again: "Yes, yes, yes!" The slave and maid understood, understood...... Finish. When you go home, you must reply to the will of the master and warn the family. The slave maid brought the female dependents into the palace to give her favor - Master Wei, please apologize! ”

"That's right." Qianlong smiled with satisfaction and said, "You can be regarded as bowing to Lafayette and me." Then go to the west of Dao Ning Zhai, kowtow to the master and thank you, and also congratulate your master, and then return to the house to report the good news after the gift is complete. He also laughed at the Nala clan and Niu Hulu clan, "You two also went over to the queen's side to have fun." Empress E's colleague is a good thing! I should congratulate you too. ”

The three women, each with their own thoughts, smiled at each other, bowed their heads together, and said in a low voice:

"Yes! ——”

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Eight discussions: According to the "Zhou Li", one discussion of relatives, two discussions of reason, three discussions of virtue, four discussions of ability, five discussions of merit, six discussions of noble, seven discussions of diligence, and eight discussions of treasure. Those who are included in the Eight Councils may be given a light punishment for a serious crime, and a minor crime may be predetermined. It is a noble privilege.