In the first year of Yongzheng, Luobuzang Tenzin claimed to be 100,000 iron horsemen, and broke Erdeni, the king of Qinghai County, and the situation in the northwest border was extremely critical again. The imperial court added the title of Nian Qianyao Taibao, the third class duke, awarded the general Fuyuan, and the governor of Sichuan, the general Yue Zhongqi of Fenwei together with the army in the northwest. This is a vicious battle that was not resolved in the hands of the first emperor Kangxi, when 50,000 soldiers died on the snowy sea plateau, and no one survived. Whether this battle can be won is related to whether the Yongzheng Emperor can sit firmly, whether the Qing Dynasty can be consolidated, and whether the Eight Masters still have a chance to make a comeback in the battle for the throne.

On this day, Prince Yongzheng and Yi, the minister of the study Yun Xiang, came to Cining Palace to visit the Queen Mother, Yongzheng's biological mother Wu Yashi's illness, Yun Xiang reported the use of troops and food in the northwest, walked out of Cining Palace, Yongzheng said while walking:

"Qinghai uses troops, this is the first major event I have done since I ascended to the pole, and the Holy Grandfather didn't do it back then, so dare I ignore it? This matter has to be planned by someone in Beijing. Military side noon, the soldiers are fast, the study is just a study in the end, it is to dispose of documents, and then set up a military affairs to deal with military affairs, it is called the military aircraft department! You, Zhang Tingyu and Long Keduo, with the rank of Minister of Military Aircraft, have the right to consult the six departments and nine secretaries, and supervise military affairs, what do you think? ”

Yunxiang felt a little unbelievable at first glance, why did a military aircraft suddenly appear? But if you think about it carefully, in fact, Yongzheng just took advantage of this reason to seize the military command on the one hand, and built a new small study room that was not called the upper study, which easily squeezed the third Yunzhi and the eighth Yunzhi out of the power center, killing two birds with one stone without showing a trace.

"The Holy One is thoughtful!" Yun Xiang admired the "fourth brother" emperor so much that he threw himself to the ground. Thanks to an idea that wrapped the tip of a knife and seemed to slash at his opponent, he came up with it exquisitely in the blink of an eye.

"Nian Qianyao and Yue Zhongqi are both fierce generals and tiger generals," Yongzheng frowned and thought for a while, and said, "It is difficult to hide two tigers in one mountain, and two cats in a cage will also bite each other. ”

"Yes, the emperor is thoughtful."

"You should quickly set up the Military Aircraft Division!"

"Piercing!"

Since then, the Yongzheng Dynasty's power organs, the Military Aircraft Department, and the Minister of Military Aircraft, which have almost replaced the upper study and the minister of the upper study, were born. The third elder brother Yunzhi and the eighth elder brother Yunxi, who can compete with Yongzheng for hegemony, have the titles of Minister of the Interior of the Guard and Minister of the Upper Study, in fact, they have no power except to look at the twists and turns and help deal with some documents in the upper study.

In order to divide and disintegrate the Eight Masters Party, Yongzheng then resorted to three killer moves: first, he sent Yun Yu and the ten imperial guards selected in the palace to serve in front of the Qinghai Nian Qianyao Army; According to the regulations of the imperial court, all those who wear yellow coats, regardless of the rank of officials, have the right to supervise and participate in the performance. These "yellow jackets" not only have the responsibility of supervising Yunyu, but also have the power of the general of the secret year, and they kill two birds with one stone. The second is to send the tenth elder brother Yun and me to Zhangjiakou. The third is to send the fourteenth elder brother Yunyu to Xiaoling to guard the spirit. Yongzheng's last move was made in front of the biological mother of the two brothers who were terminally ill and dying, the Queen Mother Wu Ya. Since Long Keduo tampered with the edict of succession, Yongzheng ascended the throne, and the old fourteenth came back from the funeral to make a big fuss in the mourning hall, Yongzheng has been fortified everywhere against this half-brother. Later, Yun Yu threw himself into Yun Yu and became the backbone of the Eight Masters Party, and he gritted his teeth with hatred for Yun Yu.

Unexpectedly, this last killer did not surrender Yunyu, but the dying Queen Mother was so angry that she held back her phlegm, and she died! Wu Ya's death is that the two princes she gave birth to, one was a general and was deeply loved by the previous emperor, and the other was mean and unkind, but he became the current emperor. Now that this compatriot is incompatible with fire and blood, like an enemy, how can she turn a blind eye?

"Emperor, Emperor...... The emperor ......" When the Empress Dowager Wu Ya was about to breathe, she looked at her eldest son Yinzhen with begging eyes, and said intermittently, "You, you...... For the sake of the first emperor and his mother...... Body, you, you...... Be kind to ...... Old, old ten...... Four ......"

"Mother rest assured," Yongzheng pounced on the root of the Queen Mother's ear and whispered to the mother who had always been partial to the old fourteen, "as long as I don't dismantle the platform, I will naturally give him a way to live...... Allow it to be ......"

Wu Yashi's face turned pale, he spasmed, his mouth opened, and he grunted:

"Retribution...... Report ......"

Before he finished speaking, he swallowed.

It was a tense early summer night. The mourning edict of the death of the Queen Mother has not yet been announced to the world, and the yamen of the Beijing division have already received the grapevine. The teahouse and wine shop disappeared from the shadow of the official, and the Shuntian Mansion simply withdrew the palace lamp in front of the ya. Jing Youzi is the most traitorous and slippery, and there are a lot of strange things to see from it. Some rumors that are difficult to confirm are spreading in the streets:

"You know what? I heard that the general was defeated, and the general committed suicide! ”

"Huh? It's true? ”

"More than 80,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners died, 30,000 more than the Kangxi Dynasty!"

"How do you know?" Some people recognize the truth.

"My nephew is on an errand in the military department, and he is in charge of sending the military letter to the court for eight hundred miles," the man grinned, and said with a nose and eyes, "Hey, the military letter is not wrong at all!" Qinghai Lake has become a lake of blood, not just a river of blood! None of the soldiers are allowed to go home tonight, and they are mobilizing the Fengtai Battalion and the West Battalion to guard the Beijing Division! ”

"The fourteenth master fought well, why did he change Nian Qianyao to a big straw bag?" Someone lamented, "Rice cakes and rice cakes are already soft and messy, where can they withstand beating?" ”

"If Kangxi Lafayette was here, he wouldn't have done this!"

"Oops, this is providence, providence!"

"Retribution, retribution......"

"Who told him to fight to be the Emperor of Birds?"

"Shhhhh

Just when people shook their heads and sighed that it was "providence" and "retribution", and sighed, a middle-aged man wearing a lambskin coat and a silk robe from the Red River next to him slapped his palms with a folding fan and said, "What providence is not providence?" The Fourteenth Master brought the Fengtai battalion into Beijing City. Is it the other way around? Let me tell you, the Queen Mother Lafayette is gone, and her two sons born to the old man have fallen out. ”

"You know!" Another Jingyouzi is the most slippery, and he said that the spit is so cheap that it is not lively, "I lost the battle for Nian Qianyao, and the fourteenth master and the emperor turned their faces in front of the Queen Mother Lafayette and made a big noise, which made the dying Lafayette so angry that he held back his phlegm, and Lafayette returned to heaven." ”

"Yo, you see?"

"The Fourteenth Master has just rushed to the Eighth Master's Mansion, and I saw it with my own eyes," Jing Youzi said in a heartfelt manner, "It's a good show, it's still to come!" Do you see that in the city of Beijing, there is still a sign of calm? ”

"I'm really going to see the Bloody Light Disaster!"

An old man sighed and said:

"Yes, some people watch the stars at night, and the sky is about to change."

At this moment, in the mansion on the canal wharf outside Chaoyang Gate, which is second only to Prince Yi's mansion in the capital, Yun Yu is discussing in the secret room with Yun Yu and Long Keduo, who came to visit late at night.

Yun Yu took a sip of aged Moutai, and said with a red face:

"The last time the opportunity was wasted, and none of us should blame anyone. Now it's a fire that forces us to change our minds. His expression was still as peaceful as usual, but his tone was contrary to the usual warm and lovely demeanor, and he became aggressive and crazy, "Lao Jiu sent him to Nian Qianyao, Lao Shi went to Zhangjiakou, and he wanted to send Lao Fourteen to guard the mausoleum, and he was angry with the Queen Mother!" Such a person, who regards his brother as an enemy, is ruthless, unkind, and even inferior to the tyrant Qin Shi Huang, how can he be a king, and why should he be respected as an emperor? Think about it, as long as you bring down the old fourteen, the next one will definitely be my Eight Sages King! He did that military aircraft department to set me up, and I knew he couldn't wait to attack me. me, it's you Ronkodo-"

Long Kedo shuddered involuntarily, and he sat there staring at the chief minister, so nervous that he couldn't breathe. This was the third time that the three of them had directly discussed this matter. But when he thought of the word "changing the sky", he was still so excited that he trembled. After a long time, Yun Yu said slowly:

"It is indeed an opportunity to raise events during the national mourning. But unfortunately, Nian Qianyao's beast won the battle in Xining, which is very unfavorable for us! ”

"Nian Qianyao won the battle?"

"Well, this is the eight-hundred-mile urgent military letter that I just got-" he said as he handed the military letter to the eighth.

Yun Yu glanced at the military book, looked at Yun Yu in surprise and asked:

"This is directly presented to the fourth emperor, where did you intercept it?"

"Have you forgotten that I used to run the military department for many years?" Yun Yu smiled faintly, "Several Zhang Jing in the Military Aircraft Department who manage the documents and book cases are all transferred from the Ministry of War, and there are my people in them. As soon as this military book arrived, it was in my hands. ”

Yun Yu was impressed by Yun Yu, he glanced at the military book, and read it softly: "General Fuyuan Nian Qianyao, I would like to report the emperor's great victory in Xining, and destroy the enemy in 100,000 things......"

Reading and reading, he raised his eyebrows and said to Yunyu:

"God bless me, let this military book fall into the hands of you, the fourteenth brother. You must hold this military book in your hand and press it for a few more days, this is very important! He returned the military letter to Yunyu, and emphasized, "Once the military book is in the hands of the fourth child, if it is published, the people's hearts will be stable, and we will not be able to accomplish anything." ”

"That's fine," Yun Yu said thoughtfully, taking the military letter and stuffing it into his sleeve, "but now the incident seems to have been hasty." Lao Jiu also came to the news, he didn't make Nian Qianyao through, and the Jingshi was watching inside and out. Now the Military Aircraft Department is completely controlled by Zhang Tingyu, and there is a rat and thief think tank Fang Bao by the side of the fourth child. Tomorrow, we have to go in and keep a watch. Just one night, can you make it in time? The military power is under the jurisdiction of Ma Qi in the Ministry of War, and we can't transfer the troops of the Fengtai battalion and Xishan! ”

"Zhang Tingyu has thought about everything," Yun Yu sneered, "but a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts." He didn't expect that he should order that the garrison of the Beijing Division should not be transferred without authorization, which was negligence, so there was something to be done. Uncle is the admiral of the Nine Gates, no matter what it looks like outside, the nine cities are closed, and 20,000 horses are enough in the city. ”

Roncodo was so nervous that he was sweating like a needle mat. Ordering the forbidden city is a matter of his words. But the Forbidden City is a city within a city, named by him, but the real power is in the hands of Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi. Outside the city, nearly 200,000 people in Fengtai, Xishan, and Tongzhou are close to each other, and they are all the commanders of Yunxiang's old department. Thinking of this, he said: "Eighth Master, it's too late to start tonight, and you have to have a few days to prepare." The new emperor kept the spirit for twenty-seven days and ignored the affairs of the court, and the two masters were both in the vigil together, and I could still move inside and out. Give me ten days, and I will definitely be able to find an opportunity to replace Bilita, the general soldier of Fengtai, and appoint someone who can be trusted. With Fengtai as a support, it will be easy to do it at that time! ”

"Ten days, six days!"

"Six days is less, at least eight days."

"Can't wait until the first one breaks seven!" Yun Yu said decisively, "You think, at that time, foreign officials Li Wei, Ortai, Tian Wenjing and others all arrived, and you blocked the city to block these guys outside, if they break in and cause chaos in the world, then everything will be yellow." ”

Roncodo was still hesitating, muttering to himself:

"Time is so urgent, I still don't know the bottom of my heart. Someone commands hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the northwest, even if we succeed, he wants to wave the army to the king, the Qing monarch's side, that is not as powerful as a bamboo, who can resist it? Besides, if the governors of the provinces are not satisfied, how should they deal with it? ”

Yun Yu laughed and said, "Uncle is too worried." Brother Jiu didn't eat dry rice at Nian Qianyao's place, not to mention that Nian Mou's commanders were all my old subordinates, if you want to say that the commander of the army enters the king of Guanqin, even I can't do it as a general, not to mention a clothed slave Nian Qianyao, he can afford to call it? ”

"Well, well," Yun Yu nodded again and again, "Although Nian Qianyao is a disciple of the fourth child, he is a thief who has milk and is a mother. Uncle rest assured, once we succeed, he will be the first to go to the insurance to ask for peace. Seeing that Long Keduo stretched his brows, he smiled and said, "That's it, there's no need to talk about it." Lao Long should not stay here for a long time, and when he goes back, he just does what he planned. Anyway, it's convenient for you to see us, and there is a temporary change, so we will stop immediately, and it's still okay. ”

Long Keduo left in fear, until the time of Tianmingchen, Li Dequan, the eunuch of the Yangxin Palace, came to Prince Lian's mansion and sent him to go in to guard the spirit of the Queen Mother.

There are a total of five sheds in front of Cining Palace, and more than 20 elder brothers in Beijing have a shed for every five people. During the twenty-seven days of the vigil, he ate, drank, and slept in the tent, and was not allowed to go out at will. Anyway, Yun Yu and Yun Yu were divided in different sheds, Yun Yu forced the anger and disappointment in his heart, and said to the old eunuch:

"Last time I was guarding the Holy Ancestor, aren't we all together!"

"This is Mr. Fang's idea," Li Dequan replied, "The last time I kept the spirit of the first emperor in the Qianqing Palace, it was spacious, and the plot of Cining Palace was small, so it was divided into five sheds. This is also a long live Lord's understanding of all of you's Buddha's heart. ”

As he spoke, he trembled and walked away.

Yunyu gritted his teeth and cursed, eager to peel Fang Bao's skin to make a drum beat. And when Yun Yu broke up with Yun Yu and entered their own sheds, he whispered: "Act when you see the opportunity, and see how Long Keduo acts." Let's get rid of our hands at the right time, and get together in an hour. ”

Just when Yun Yu, Yun Yu and Long Keduo were plotting to launch a new bloody storm of "palace coup", Yongzheng, Fang Bao, and Zhang Tingyu were also discussing contingency measures in the east side of Shoukang Palace on the west side of Cining Palace.

Yongzheng was wearing linen and filial piety, and pedaled a pair of soap boots covered with white cloth. He walked excitedly in the hall with his hands behind his back, and said with a long sigh: "Nian Qianyao lived up to my hard work in the end, in the battle of Xining, Luo Buzang Tenzin 100,000 iron horsemen were captured alive, this is a great victory that the first emperor has never fought in his lifetime." He turned to the coffin again and said, "Queen Mother, if you leave a few days late, you can bring this good news to the Holy Grandfather......

"Your Majesty," Zhang Tingyu sighed and said, "But after all, there are too many killings, all the 100,000 captives were killed by Nian Qianyao, and Qinghai Province will be difficult to recover for ten years!" Moreover, although Nian Qianyao fought well in this battle, he completely fell out with Yue Zhongqi, and the emperor had to worry about some aftermath. ”

"Ah, is there such a thing?"

"Yue Zhongqi led the troops into Songpan, and the troops transferred from Gansu by Nian Qianyao were not the same, and the two sides competed for merit, and they were tense at the celebratory banquet, and they almost fought." Zhang Tingyu said knowingly, "Lobzang Tenzin was able to flee west due to Songpan's military inappropriateness, and the culprit has not been eliminated, which has increased my worries. Moreover, the ninth master is deeply popular in the army, and he wants to take the opportunity to instigate discord and mutiny, long live and must be guarded against. ”

"Well, that's a concern." Yongzheng frowned and pondered, paced to Fang Bao and asked, "Old Master Fang, why don't you say a word?" ”

Fang Bao sat down and said: "I'm thinking about two things: first, the military victory in the west, it is said that Nian Qianyao will definitely use the red flag to report the victory, but I haven't seen it so far." If it weren't for the secret fold of General Lanzhou, Gansu Province who arrived first, the master would still not know that General Nian had won a big victory, wouldn't it be a strange thing? ”

"Yes," Yongzheng was also surprised, "What's the matter with Nian Qianyao?" ”

"Maybe the battlefield still needs to be cleaned up, Nian Qianyao and Yue Zhongqi still have some things to mediate, and it is too late to hear about the ...... of the imperial court," Zhang Tingyu said to himself.

"That's not Nian Qianyao's temperament," Fang Bao inferred, "Even if Yue Zhongqi entered Qinghai and fought with Nian Jun, he should have had a twist and turn, but he didn't have it." My scholar told me that rumors have been spreading around Beijing recently, saying that Nian Qianyao has died in battle, the northwest military has failed, and some people have even spread that the Fourteenth Master has led troops to Beijing City, which has made people panic! ”

"Oh?" Yongzheng was stunned, "Mr. is saying-"

"The minister said that the military report has arrived, but it has not yet reached the emperor's subordinates."

"What about the rumors?"

"Rumors can kill people and stir up chaos!"

"Ahh

"The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind," Fang Bao said coldly, "The Holy Ancestor has not yet returned to heaven, the Queen Mother has passed away, and the country is an eventful autumn." There is no need to worry about the battle between Nianyue, as long as the battle is won. Beijing is a place of chaos in the elbows and armpits, and during this great funeral, like the funeral of the Holy Ancestor, everything must be carefully considered, and there can be no mistakes at all! ”

"What did the gentleman say?"

"Long live Shengming, this only needs the word 'defense', so why wait for the minister."

At this time, Long Keduo walked in, and when he saw that Fang Bao and Zhang Tingyu were there, he bowed to Yongzheng and said: "Your Majesty, Cining Palace is ready, and the brothers should be here. ”

Yongzheng is now thinking about the word "defense" that Fang Bao said, since there are still people who dare to intercept and not report such a major military plane as Nian Qianyao's military report, this "changing the sky" theory is not groundless. Who dares to defy the condemnation of the world? Those who were able to intercept the military newspaper at the military aircraft were Zhang Tingyu, Long Keduo, and Ma Qi. Zhang and Long have no doubts, they have no contact with a few elder brothers who dream of changing the sky, and Long Keduo still has the merit of passing on the edict of secret decrees, he will definitely not take refuge in the Eight Masters Party. Could it be Mazi again? Back then, Ma Qi was detained by the first emperor because he recommended the eighth child to be the prince, although he was not the head, but he was later released, is he still a thief? Thinking of this, he was not busy answering Long Keduo's question, but said to Zhang Tingyu:

"Tingyu, you go to the study and the military aircraft department to check if there are any military reports from Nian Qianyao and Yue Zhongqi. If you come, whoever takes it, be sure to find out! By the way, call Delentai and Yang Dazhuang to come over. ”

Zhang Tingyu went out, and not long after, Delentai and Yang Dazhuang walked in, and their eyes were red from crying. Yongzheng asked Long Keduo to sit down, and said to him and the two guards:

"Now I will order the funeral, my 'spirit shed' is located here, that is, there are some urgent matters to be taken care of in the funeral, please Mr. Fang accompany me here. Delentai, you pick thirty guards to guard this place. I gave an order, all the guards in the palace listened to you, you listened to Mr. Fang, understood? ”

"I understand!" Delentai said in a loud throat, "But there are several ministers of the guard, they have to give orders, do I listen to them?" ”

"You listen to Mr. Fang."

"Piercing!"

After Delentai left, Long Kedo was stunned. Yongzheng's hand was too ruthless, and he easily cooled down Yun Xu, Yun Zhi and his Long Keduo guards. Could it be that he smelled the ** smell of the eighth and fourteenth conspiring with him to "change the sky"? At this time, I heard Yongzheng say:

"Mr. Fang, you draft an edict to Yang Dazhuang, asking him to immediately pass on the decree that the officers and soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Shuntian Mansion and the Second Military Punishment Department will be stationed in Shenwumen. The Fengtai camp was led by Bilita himself, brought a felt shed, and stationed at the front gate to the south of Xihua Gate. Xihuamen was transferred to the north and the Han army was stationed under the Yellow Banner in the Xishan Ruijian Battalion. The Donghua Gate was guarded by the Yamen military horses under the command of the original infantry army. ”

As soon as Yongzheng's voice fell, Fang Bao's handwritten edict had been drafted, and he took it and looked at it, that is, he took out the "Yuanming Layman" Xiaoxi bell from his arms and handed it to Yang Dazhuang. Yang Dazhuang took the commandment, but glanced at Long Keduo again, and asked hesitantly:

"Hooray, the minions will do this immediately. It's just that Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate are all in charge of Longzhongtang, should the original soldiers and horses be moved, Longzhongtang is here, do you want him to give an order? ”

"No need, you can go!" Yongzheng turned back to Long Keduo and said, "Uncle, you will also have to keep a funeral these days, and all internal and external defense affairs will be handed over to Zhang Tingyu to preside." Because he is a Hanchen, and you are a relative. ”

He was afraid that Long Ke would be suspicious, so he said a few more words.

Long Keduo said yes again and again, but his heart was like frying fire. The eighth child also asked him to go to the event to replace Bilita of the Fengtai camp for a period of six days, but who knew that the fourth child was ruthless and took the first step. Now everything is empty of bamboo baskets carrying water, what else is planning to "change the sky"? It's a blessing to be able to keep it from showing a trace and not being caught. Long Keduo was worried about the military reports of Nian Qianyao and Yue Zhongqi detained by the old fourteenth, if Zhang Tingyu found out, the first one to be caught was the old fourteenth Yunyu. Sure enough, Zhang Tingyu quickly found the registration book at the military aircraft department, in which there were indeed 800 miles of Nian Qianyao and Yue Zhongqi to deliver the military newspaper, which was taken by Zhang Jing Nasu on duty and asked the old fourteenth Yunyu to take it. Zhang Tingyu said angrily:

"Then Su, the emperor is anxiously waiting for Nian Qianyao's fold, how can you let people take it casually?"

"Back to the middle hall." Na Su was so nervous that he sweated and said, "The twists and turns of the military aircraft department, the original thirteenth master and the fourteenth master, can be read at any time." That day, the Fourteenth Master saw that he took the fold away, and I was going to go to the Fourteenth Master to retrieve it early this morning. Unfortunately, Long Zhongtang came and wanted to transfer troops, saying that during the funeral, the Jingshi Pass Defense would be mobilized. The slave said that he wanted to go back to the thirteenth master, but Long Zhongtang said that he didn't need to, and he fought there for a long time, which was delayed. ”

"Longzhongtang wants a talisman to mobilize the guard?" Zhang Tingyu was slightly taken aback and glared at Na Su.

"Yes, that's what Long Zhongtang said."

"You gave the talisman?"

"Nope. Because the thirteenth master instructed the minions, during the period of the queen mother's funeral, every soldier and soldier should be mobilized by Prince Yi, or by the hand......"

"Don't be wordy," Zhang Tingyu stretched out his hand, "What about the excerpt?" ”

Na Su took out a few copies from his arms and handed them over, Zhang Tingyu saw that they were all eight hundred miles of Huang Aya's cover, and the cover read:

Fuyuan's general, Nian Qianyao, played carefully, and eight hundred miles were urgent

Although the seal was intact, the fine Zhang Tingyu knew at a glance that the Fourteenth Master had seen it and resealed it. It seems that Mr. Fang's estimation is not wrong, these restless elder brothers do have ulterior motives. On the one hand, they suppressed the military newspaper of Xining's triumph, and on the other hand, they spread rumors that Nian Qianyao had committed suicide in defeat, could it be that the eighth and fourteenth were really plotting to "change the sky"? And Long Keduo, why do you need to mobilize the guards at this juncture? Could it be that he also ...... He didn't dare to think deeper, so he took Nian Qianyao and Yue Zhongqi for 800 miles, and came to the "spirit shed" of Yongzheng in the east side of Shoukang Palace in Cining Palace, and hurriedly returned to his life. Yongzheng read the military newspaper and heard that it had been detained in the hands of Lao Fourteen for several days, so he was trembling with anger and his face was pale. The general read it hastily, slammed the milk cup in his hand to the ground, and shouted:

"Message!"

Zhang Tingyu, Fang Bao, Li Dequan, eunuchs, and guards who were standing on the side knelt down together. Zhang Tingyu and Fang Bao knew that Yongzheng was about to attack his half-brother. Invariably shouted loudly:

"Your Majesty, the period of great mourning is not appropriate-"

Yongzheng looked up to the sky and cried, crying uncontrollably: "Mother! Both Shengyu and He Shengliang? What's going on! Could it be that one of his own younger brothers is so incompatible with me, and insists on being in cahoots with the old eight, and is he complicit? He suddenly opened his eyes angrily, and said to Li Dequan, "Li Dequan takes the order!" ”

"Piercing!"

"Feng Bei Ziyun is given as the king of the county, you go to the queen mother's funeral shed to pass the decree!"

"Piercing!" Li Dequan got up and wanted to leave.

"Come back—"

"Piercing!" Li Dequan knelt down again.

"Message: During the mourning period, all the emperor's elder brother and grandson are not allowed to leave the mourning shed without permission, and whoever disobeys the rules will be killed!"

"Long live the lord," Li Dequan knelt and stood, already shaking. He squeaked, "This is the ...... That's ......"

"That's it!" Yongzheng Tie roared with a blue face, "Whoever doesn't follow the rules will be killed!" ”

Li Dequan trembled away, Zhang Tingyu and Fang Bao, who were kneeling on the ground, glanced at each other, and no one could admonish them again. The emperor, who was extremely sad and angry, wanted to start killing. But it will not be during the 27-day vigil period, after the strict suppression of "shoot and kill", which elder brother, whether it is the eighth or the fourteenth, will never throw eggs on the stone and make himself bored. But as soon as the mourning period is over, the first unlucky person is naturally the old fourteen. This is called first raising and then suppressing, and giving him the title of king of the county in front of the queen mother's spirit is a harbinger of imprisoning him in the cemetery. Zhang Tingyu was thinking like this, Yongzheng first helped Mr. Fang up, and then pulled him up, as if he had regained his calmness and said:

"Zhang Tingyu, the palace is safe and sound, you just go and greet me and nothing happens outside."

Sure enough, the funeral of Empress Wu Ya of Xiaogongren passed peacefully. The Eight Masters' "Dream of Changing Heaven" once again failed, and in vain they exposed the old fourteen and were caught.

In September of the first year of Yongzheng, Emperor Shengzuren was buried in Jingling, and Empress Xiaogongren was buried with Wuya. King Yunyu of the county gave an edict to guard the mausoleum, but was actually confined in front of his parents' mausoleum. Yongzheng's imperial system "Holy Oracle Guangxun" was promulgated all over the world. He also issued the imperial "Theory of Friends" to the ministers, and the spearhead was already known to all.

In fact, before the issuance of the imperial "Theory of Friends", Yongzheng had already found out Prince Lian Yunxi. His inner secret agent has found out that at the same time that Lao Fourteen withheld Nian Qianyao's military report, it was Yun Xi's protégé who spread the rumor that "Nian Qianyao committed suicide in defeat", creating chaos and plotting to "change the sky". He summoned the royal minister to reprimand Yun Xi, made him change his ways, and ordered the Wang minister to investigate his good and evil, and expose the problem of Prince Lian Yun Xi according to the facts. At the same time, it was announced that an important member of the Eight Masters Party, Dunjun Wang Yunyun, was guilty and detained. Then, Beizi Sunu was also detained for sitting in the party of Prince Lian, and his son Nasu, the military machine Zhang Jing, who reported the army to the old fourteenth, was also dismissed and investigated. In December, the abolished prince Yunren passed away, and the prince was posthumously crowned with a secret. In the third year of Yongzheng, those who were dismissed and investigated or cut off and imprisoned because of the Eight Masters were Yun Yu, Yun Yu, Yun Yu, Hongsheng, Prince Yu Baotai, Oro Dai and others. Among them, Yunyu was given to the king of the county, and he was demoted to Beizi again.

Later, it was announced to the courtiers that the crimes of Lao Ba Yunyu and Lao Jiu Yunyu were announced, and Prince Yi was the king of the people, and he was stripped of the yellow belt and yellow coat, and his family registration was cut. The blessing of the two women was driven back to their mother's house. After recovering the king of the people, he detained the Zongren Mansion, and ordered Yun Yu to change his name to "Aqina" (that is, pig), Yun Yu to change his name to "Seth Hei" (that is, dog), and imprisoned Yun Yu in Baoding.

Yun Yu was locked in a small room, his hands and feet were chained with iron ropes, and he often cramped, and he couldn't put down to stop for a moment no matter how much he pleaded. Due to the high walls of the cell and the scorching sun, Zhongshu fainted several times, and woke up again after spraying it with cold water. In August of that year, Yun Yu finally died suddenly in Baoding. Yun Xi's situation was similar, and in September, he died in his apartment.

The two brothers were renamed "pigs" and "dogs", and they were subjected to such miserable and inhumane treatment. In less than half a year, all of them were imprisoned and tortured to death, which shows Yongzheng's tyranny and cruelty.

While Yongzheng mutilated his flesh and bones, he raided Cao Xueqin's house twice. For the first time in the first year of Yongzheng, the Cao family of the Jiangning Weaving Department was mainly to collect money for the northwest army. Cao Yin, an old friend of the former emperor Kangxi, has been dead for twelve years. When Cao Yin was alive, in order to receive Kangxi's many southern tours to the "Grand View Garden" stationed in his family, he built a large number of buildings, extravagantly and extravagantly, and borrowed more than 700,000 taels of official silver from the national treasury. Cao Yin died, Kangxi died, and he has not returned it. Cao Yin was one of the heroes who assisted Kangxi in getting rid of Aobai, and fought with Wei Dongting and more than a dozen guards in the palace with Aobai, and the silver lost was spent on Kangxi. It is said that the Yongzheng treasury is the most stretched, and it doesn't care about the family property copied from the Cao family in Jiangning.

Among them, there are other reasons why it is inconvenient to say clearly: Cao Xueqin's father Cao Fu and uncle Cao Yan are all inextricably linked with Yun Xu, Yun Yu, and Yun Zhen, important figures in the Eight Masters Party. Therefore, the first emperor died and the bones were not cold, Yongzheng ordered Li Wei and Hurd to go to Jiangning, and raided the homes of Cao Fu and Cao Yan brothers for the first time. This time, the family was still a little merciful, but it only took away the floating wealth of the Cao Mansion of the century-old hairpin family, and it has not yet broken its muscles and bones.

That time he copied the Cao family of the Jiangning Weaving Office, and Hurd actually embezzled 400 taels of floating gold stolen from the Cao family. This matter was secretly folded by Li Wei, Yongzheng was furious, and then ordered Qin to send to Jinling to raid Hurd's house. It's only been a few months, and now it's my turn to be copied again! From Hurd's embezzlement of stolen money, it can be seen that the corruption in officialdom at that time had reached the point of robbing openly and secretly, taking advantage of the fire. The wind and waves of the sea are so sinister, how can it not be shocking. With the death of Yun Xu, Yun Yu and other princes, the prisoners, the last backer of the Cao family in the capital was destroyed, and the second raid of the house uprooted the foundation of the Cao family, which had been hereditary Jiangning weaving for three generations. The official position was reformed, the flag was removed, and even a property of his grandfather Cao Yin in the capital was confiscated, and Cao Xueqin, who had just reached the weak crown, became a homeless and dilapidated son in the capital. Cao Xueqin's father and uncle were imprisoned in Shuntianfu Prison after raiding their home for the second time. Even Cao Xueqin herself spent some time in prison before being released.

Cao Xueqin was smart and studious since he was a child, Kangxi took him to Beijing to read to the emperor's grandson, and later entered the national prison, and still studied with the children of the royal family. The master is a bachelor of Hanlin who is rich in learning and five cars in the world, and has studied hard for more than ten years, Xueqin is naturally knowledgeable, well-read and strong, and has written poems, and is exquisite in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. If it weren't for the sudden change in the Cao family, maybe he would have taken the road of being the best among ordinary students, taking the Xiucai test, lifting people, and then winning the Jinshi, winning the palace test, playing horses and paraded the streets, going to Qionglin banquet, and obtaining a half-official position. Now it's all in vain. When he was young, he was a weaving office with floors and pavilions, and the weaving office was full of flowers and smoke and willows; The beauties are like clouds, and the "Grand View Garden" with a list of fat powder fragrances; When I was young, I read with the emperor's brothers, in and out of the Forbidden City, the imperial garden, the endless royal style, the endless royal luxury, and the endless stories of the royal family's roosters and dogs, and the struggle for power and profit...... All of this has become a lingering nightmare in Cao Xueqin's soul in an instant!

He has seen through the joys and sorrows of the world, the great glory and disgrace, and he no longer has the slightest illusion about the filthy reality. In just a hundred years, the Cao family fell from the apex of Enrong into the abyss of criminal ministers, just like the emperor's own brother, who was still a prince with brocade clothes and jade food yesterday, and became a prisoner who was inferior to pigs and dogs in a blink of an eye. Cao Xueqin hated the mutilation of flesh and blood and the lords, and he cut off the idea of entering the official arena and entering the officialdom. It seems that the monk who has understood the Zen machine, after the second raid, he abandoned the life of the young master of the capital, who was drunk and drunk, and quietly came to Huangye Village in Xishan with a girl, bought a bungalow with a small courtyard, and lived a helpless secluded life. Sometimes, Cao Xueqin occasionally went to the city to meet a few close friends she had made when she was a teenager, reciting poems together, playing chess and drinking. But as soon as he returned to Huangye Village, in loneliness and loneliness, his heart was like the surging magma in the earth's crust, just thinking like a volcano and an earthquake to find an opening to vent the outbreak! A strong desire bites him and whips him, he picks up the pen like a manic patient, and wants to reproduce the depressed block in his chest - the Cao family, which he has personally experienced and heard and witnessed in just over 20 years, from prosperity to decline, and the decline of the Qing Dynasty from the prosperity of Kangxi to the perverse behavior of Yongzheng; Write about the tragic fate of the beautiful and thin-lived girl he had seen too much in the palace......

In the low house of Huangye Village at the foot of the West Mountain, on the night when the autumn wind swept the fallen leaves, Cao Xueqin wrote the three words "Stone Record" on a stack of open manuscript paper on the dim oil lamp.

"The Stone Record" is to herald the end of Kangxi's prosperous era, Kangxi and his many princes are "princes" and "princes", who inherited the bloody competition of the Qing Dynasty, and it really came to an end.