Ten days later, Hongtian and A Gui's "Investigation and Verification of Wang Ganwangler's Sincere Risking Relief and Bribery and Accepting Prisoners' Invitations" were impeached and handed over to Qianlong's imperial drive by the post for 600 miles. At that time, the car driver of Huiluan had been stationed in the palace in Dezhou, because the queen's illness became more and more serious, and the queen mother was also tired from the journey, Qianlong issued an order, "temporarily stationed in Dezhou", and the governors and political envoys of Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Anhui, and Henan provinces who accompanied them from afar "returned to the province to do business, and they were not allowed to stay here." The two ministers of military aircraft, Liu Tongxun, were responsible for the royal driving and customs defense, and arranged for Wu blind Huang Tianba and his cadres to guard the Cao Yun relief grain, and always paid attention to the trial of Qian Du Gao Heng's case. Because of the will to pardon the prison for the queen's calamity, every day with the officials of the Beijing Criminal Department's Department of Prisons rushed to examine the prisoners on death row in prison one by one, screen out the suspicious reasons for the discreet and commisiculate, and draw up a list of reduced and issued prisoners. Ji Yun was even more busy, regularly meeting with the officials who revised the "Siku Quanshu" every day, selecting important books and sending them to Qianlong for personal reading, and the "Zhengjun" sent from all over the "Erudite Confucianism" had to be inspected one by one, and morality, learning, talent, knowledge, and hope were not sloppy, and they were also busy dismantling and looking at the recitals sent from all over the country. There are no trivial matters everywhere, Rao is that he is strong and hard-working, but he is also so tired that his face is haggard and his steps are staggering. Both of them were so busy that they all slept and ate, so they simply lived in the military aircraft department, and there were a few eunuchs raised by dogs barking and bitches to take care of them, which was much lighter and easier than going back and forth every day.

"Duke Yanqing, the prince and Ah Gui are really resolute." Ji Yunkai looked at Hongday's fold, closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and handed the sealed book to Liu Tongxun, who was sitting at the next table, "I'll cook it in three days." Let's take a look first: the grain in the province is less than 50,000 stones, and the silver is 300,000, which is more than 700,000 yuan short of the household account. This Wang Kanwang looks gentle and frugal, so black-hearted and bold! Do you dare to pretend to be a prisoner? The three divisions and yamen were vacant at the same time, and one hundred and seventy-two officials were punished by decree - this is to immediately see the emperor's request, and you and I have to have a discussion. ”

Liu Tongxun was originally half-leaning on the chair to smoke, spitting out clouds and fog one after another to relieve the fatigue on his body, I heard that the case in Gansu had a clue, the plot was so important, he was very concerned, sat up straight with a cigarette stick in his mouth, took the folded draft, and said indistinctly: "The hearts of the people in the world, the heart to do good things is getting smaller and smaller, and the courage to do bad things is getting bigger and bigger. I have a lot of cases, this kind of thing is really not strange......" said and turned the page, he was afraid that Liu Yong would not know how to rise and fall, and in the name of Qincha and Hongday Agui jointly played, seeing that it was Liu Yong's handwriting, and the latter paragraph was not named, so he was relieved to look at it from the beginning.

The fold is written very long, sprinkled with nearly 10,000 words, please An Taotou write the whole layer to write Hongday from Gannan Gandong, A Gui from Ganbei all the way to investigate the situation of the poor and ask the rich in the treasury, Liu Yong's own visit is understated, only talking about the geometry of the poor people who starved to death in a certain county, a certain township was frozen and buried a few, a certain stock of grain was robbed and concealed and not reported, the government bombed and beheaded several levels, and reported the merit with "military merit", which was trivial but everything was well-founded. Hongday is also an unannounced visit, reporting that the rain has drowned Zhuang He for many years, and the insects and locusts have no harvest, "only to the minister Wang Hongday saw, the seventeen counties of Gannan, only Wudu, Lintan, Longxi three treasury slightly stored grain and less than 200,000 stones, and after the Gandong locust plague, there is no grain everywhere in the red wilderness, and tens of millions of hungry people feed on locusts every day. Ah Gui inspected the military garrison all the way from Ganbei to Lanzhou, "but the secret is not to tell Leer." With the warning of the various armies, not only did they not receive the grain from Wang Wangleer, but also transferred military grain from Yulin to help the victims of the disaster with nearly 30,000 stones, and now the cattle and sheep in Ganbei have been slaughtered, and the food and lambs will be retained, and those who are even more worried are that spring has arrived and there is no preparation for planting grain, and the grain stored in the army has been unsuitable for use as seeds for many years. "The conclusion is written in the spirit of word for word:

It is a matter of paying grain to donate to prisons, and there is only a notice with a document, but there are no grains in the warehouse, but it is to offset the shortfall of the account with false relief. One is to deceive the Son of Heaven, and the other is to harm the people. According to the province, there are six prefectures in Zhili, six prefectures, eight prefectures, and forty-seven counties, all of whom are cheating and colluding, and there are 102 state and county officials who have embezzled more than 2,100 taels of silver, and all officials of all sizes in the province are guilty. On the day of His Majesty's resignation, long live the instructions to detail the purpose of the fire and the insight of the thousands of miles! Under careful pressing, it is the king who wants to be despicable and shameless, invite merit and favor the first, and Leer will take the opportunity to make profits and take advantage of the latter, and his feelings are hateful, and his affairs are terrible, and the aftermath is difficult. That is, in the case of Yongzheng Chao Nuomin, there are still officials in Shanxi Province who are honest and self-clean, and the rest of the bribery cases are either committed alone or the boss conspires with three or five subordinate members to accept bribes and ask for money. It seems that this province is bent on deceiving and bullying the monarch and harming the people, which is the first case of the founding of the country. Wang Kangwangler, and Jiang Quandi, the prefect of Lanzhou, who presided over his affairs, took the first responsibility. The rest of the state and county officials, except for those who were newly transferred to Gansu to fill the vacancies, should be questioned for their crimes. However, the spring famine is sowing a huge amount of work in the middle of the spring, and the various official tasks of disaster relief and supporting are suddenly short of manpower, which is afraid of the livelihood of the people this year. Because in addition to the three law divisions and the Lanzhou prefect supervising the trial, how to deal with the remaining officials, the minister Wang Hongday and the minister Liu Yong will consult, and temporarily stay in office to do the errand, and then punish according to the decree issued by the holy order.

Liu Tongxun slowly closed the folded book, I don't know if it was sad or smoked, he took out a handkerchief to wipe his tears, pushed the folded book to Ji Yun, and said: "I really have nothing to say, and I'm worried that the emperor won't be able to stand it." His eyes were as dull as the black stones embedded in the walls, and there was helpless sadness in his tone, "I went to see Sun Jiagan a few days before he died. He said that there is a slogan in the officialdom now, 'one year is clear, two years is turbid, and after three years, it is desperate to fish', and I recognize that some of the more than 100 officials, Le Jinshi, were only distributed to Gansu last year to fill the vacancies, and they have already reached out a lot of money. The common people eat locusts, they eat the common people, I only have one word, do! ”

"I agree with Liu Gong's opinion." Ji Yun approved a few votes in his hand, looked at the drying, held his aching hand and twisted it, and said, "Gao Heng's case and this case will be dealt with harshly, and it will be good for the officials to deter corruption." However, I think that it should be divided into two steps, one step is to ask Wang Kangwang, Leer, and these leaders, and at the same time, the officials from other provinces who have been transferred out of Gansu should be identified and escorted to Lanzhou according to the list, and the officials below the prefect of Gansu should be temporarily retained in their original posts to wait for the decree of grace to do the atonement. The second step is to wait for spring plowing and spring sowing, and the Ministry of Officials will select and transfer a group of new jinshi to fill the vacancies, and the trial will be held in Lanzhou. I'm afraid there is still some screening: first, there is a difference in the number of people; second, the qualifications are different; third, there is a difference between occasional offenders and habitual offenders; Fourth, there is a difference between good and bad reports and confessions; Fifth, there are differences in the performance of those who stay in office. It is easy to deal with the aftermath in this way, and it also leaves room for some people to make amends, and it will not disturb the overall situation of 'taking leniency as a policy'. "He has been handling government affairs in the Military Aircraft Department for many years, and he is as strict as the city government, and there are few omissions in the details of the overall situation. Liu Tongxun nodded while listening, coughed twice and said, "You are very thoughtful. This is the essence of the clear will to proclaim to the world, and it is not appropriate to smear the government program too black, so that the villains can make rumors, and the traitors will take the opportunity to provoke, but they must not. I'll go with you to see the emperor, and I'll hand over the sign at this time. ”

The two agreed to get up and come out, and Ji Yun was pointing to the afternoon Shenshi card when he looked at his watch. At some point, the sky was already covered with clouds dyed with pale ink. There was no wind, and the clouds came up from the east, and they became thicker and thicker without a sound. In the western half of the sky, a very distinct cloud line pressed the sun, and the scattered sunlight unwillingly extended ten thousand golden glows from under the cloud line, reflecting the Sulu King Mountain Mausoleum, the scattered hills in the north and east of Lingbei, and the majestic and magnificent palace in the south of Lingnan. The confluence of the Ma Ying River, the Four Female Temple, the Jianhe River and the canal is like a freshly baked golden wave that melts into one, embedded in the green trees covered by the red wall. On the fishing boats and wharves with nets and boats, the dense forest-like masts are floating in the misty and steaming rose and purple mist, and the surging mooring capacity and uncertain advance and retreat, giving people a sense of remoteness and chaos. Even people like Liu Tongxun, who never paid attention to the scenery of mountains and rivers, looked at it, and a smile bloomed on his face full of knife-like wrinkles. Ji Yun rarely saw him so suitable, so he refused to be alarmed, paced a few steps Shi Yudao handed a sign at the door of the instrument, turned around and saw the son of a bitch coming over with two clothes, so he smiled and said: "Are you afraid of getting cold when you enter it in this weather?" You're careful, too. ”

"Ji Ye, look at this day, it's going to rain." The son of a bitch squinted at Liu Tongxun, "Liu Ye's cloak minion also brought." You two adults don't know when you can get out, and it's going to rain again, and it's not fun to get drenched. Last time on the Gaojiayan embankment, the old man Liu braved the wind, and the Internal Affairs Office barked the dog in and scolded him, but the old man took it on his own to be considered fine......" He said, suddenly his tongue was knotted, and he opened his eyes to see the mouse behind Ji Yun and saw the cat-like body shrinking. Ji Yun smiled and said: "What are you doing like a child, you look weird-" When he turned around, he was stunned: it turned out that Qianlong didn't know when he arrived behind him. At this time, Liu Tongxun also saw it, turned around and hurriedly took a few steps and knelt down with Ji Yun to say goodbye.

Qianlong looked in good spirits, wearing a red velvet knotted black satin melon skin hat on his freshly shaved head, a blue lake silk Baturu vest with a sauce-colored Jiang silk robe after the rain, and the extremely delicately combed braids hung down on the back of his head, holding a wisp of bright yellow silk, which was like a tassel on his waist, holding a plain paper fan in one hand, and raising it with the other hand to call Liu Ji and the others, and said with a smile: "I am also sitting on a sleepy waist and writing with sore hands, and when I go out of the hall, they say that you two hand over the sign - the eunuch is holding Lord Liu, why are you so blind?!" - I really didn't want to go back to that house, so I just went out for a walk. Liu Tongxun looked at Qianlong with a smile and said, "The lord is a little bruised when he looks at his eyes, dare to love or haven't slept well?" If some things can be slowed down, you might as well save the excerpt and go back to Beijing for approval. Now that it's on the way, the six departments can't share the labor, so don't fight for your body. Qianlong said: "Just teach you to work hard, I stand on the dry shore and watch, is that still called the king's and ministers' strength?" Let's take a walk, and from here we go west, then north, up the hillside, and then east, and then we go back to the palace. There are also peonies sent by Luoyang, and they will reward you with a pot each, and they will not leave you to give you food at night, and they will go back after they are done, how about it? Liu Tongxun said: "It's rare to accompany the emperor to evacuate, of course I'm happy." There is only one, and the emperor cannot leave the palace. If I want to go out, I'll go back and set up the guards. Qianlong smiled and pointed at Liu Tongxun with a fan, and said, "You old Yanqing...... Well, I listen to you, listen to you! So he started and left, Liu Tongxun and Ji Yun followed each other left and right, Wang Bashi Bu Li Bu Xin and a few eunuchs raised by the son of a bitch and a few guards followed five or six zhang away, and when they stepped out of the Yimen to the west and went down the Ma Ying River embankment, the sky was already cloudy and dark, and it was completely overcast.

The tall tomb of the Sulu kings was completely dimmed in an instant. A gust of whistle wind with a damp rain came coolly, raising the hem of several people's robes. Clouds of different shades pressed low, squeezing each other in a disorderly and disorderly manner. The thorn tree, which is very bright and shining in the sun, suddenly turns from verdant to green, rich and lush like a jade waterfall covering the mountains, and the stone steps that are very neatly built under the shade of the tree are covered with new moss, and the bright green winds around the heart from time to time, and it looks extraordinarily deep and mysterious in the swaying and turning thick shade. Along the way, Ji Yun told Qianlong about Hongtian Agui's recital. Because he knew that Qianlong was in an unhappy mood, he was particularly careful about the aftermath of the relief of the disaster victims, the distribution of seed grain and the replacement of grain in the warehouse, and even the planning of slaughtering too many cattle and sheep in northern Gansu, and suggesting that they be purchased and transported to Gansu at a reasonable price from southern Mongolia and loaned to herdsmen was also inserted into the beginning and end of the case. He and Liu Tongxun were both nervous and uneasy with the ghost fetus, worried that Qianlong would be angry and angry, and they were furious on the spot, but Qianlong listened patiently, and was calm and calm, and did not squeak from beginning to end, only occasionally turned his face to look at the two courtiers, and then walked again. Seeing that he was so calm, Ji Yun was relieved, and he prepared a detailed statement with left and right citations, and said, "...... All the circumstances were judged by the saint at the beginning, and the ministers and Liu Tongxun made peace, if there was no saint to see the subtle knowledge, the case of Gansu would have been annihilated. Drawing inferences from this move, the rest of the provinces like the Gansu case do not dare to assert that there is no such thing. With the Gao Hengqian case and the beginning of this case, this kind of deterrence goes without saying. And when the world was peaceful and prosperous, such a large-scale rectification of the rule of officials, but also saw the great vision, great strength, and high demeanor of the emperor of the Lord! ”

"Your opinion is a two-step process, and I don't think so. All the officials who came up to be involved in bribery, more than 1,000 taels, should be immediately locked up in Beijing, handed over to the Ministry of Investigation and Deliberation, and the case of Gao Heng and Gao Heng will be disposed of concurrently, and those below 1,000 taels will be screened and punished. Qianlong stood still. This is a corner of the mountain col, with a high bird's-eye view, the three rivers under the mausoleum are staggered, the dark willow and the water meanders and twists picturesquely, the rice is green like a wind and waves, just like a painting that is open and open, and extends to the end of the endless sky. He squinted into the distance, his face as calm as a child who had just woken up. "I have seen through it now, and there are many things that I can only do with my manpower. The world is so big, and it is the time when the country's fortunes are scorching, and the scrutiny has been tightened, and there are more clean officials, and the people's livelihood and industry will wither. Blindly being with the light and dust, that is connivance, connivance is full of corrupt officials, connivance is bribery, and chaos is a great chaos in the world. So we should still take the mean, the other end is biased, and if it is not overcorrected, it cannot be overcorrected, and the right is overcorrected, what do you think? ”

Ji Yun nodded and sighed when he heard this: "Since the beginning of prosperity, a profit will give birth to a disadvantage, since the lord ascended to the pole, he has lightly endowed all industries with interest and relief for the poor, and the world's wealth is more than five times the income of the Xi Dynasty. The lord of the people is always vigilant, long live the diligent government and not let go of the peace, and there is no source of chaos. I'm afraid that I'm afraid of corrupt officials like Wang Wangler, he is not the same dust as the light, the country is rich, the people are rich, and I am also rich - this also takes into account a little bit of the people - he is the king of Hades and does not dislike ghosts and thin, the people are fried in the oil pot, he makes money in the oil pot, bullying the king and abusing the people, and he is mad, and if he is not punished with heavy punishment, there must be chaos. Liu Tongxun frowned and said: "Last night and Ji Yun picked up the lights and talked at night, it is indeed this truth, the lord is lenient in government, and the emphasis is on litigation and evenness, no violence and no hatred, but the appointment of this official is abusing the government below, as long as he is promoted to make a fortune, he dares to do anything that hurts the law and violates the law." is like the song "Song of Political Abuse" sung 'The song is loud and the grievance is high', when the people's grievances are boiling, he spreads his hands, can't he hate? ”

"Hmm, "Song of Political Abuse"?" Qianlong asked, "Who did it?" ”

"It's "The Ballad of Political Abuse". The former Ming Jingzhou was too greedy and abusive, and the local people sang songs, but there is no source indication. Ji Yun hurriedly said, "The minister picked up some books, I saw them in the Jingzhou Mansion Chronicles, and I occasionally talked about them yesterday, so I recited them to Liu Tongxun." "Because of the word by word recited in one sentence:

Shi Lu is wearing a brocade robe, how do you know that the people are miserable?

Poured the blood of thousands of families with fine wine, and carefully cut the fat sheep and ten thousand surnames.

Candle tears are dripping with tears of grievance, singing loudly and complaining loudly;

The sheep are paid to the jackals to graze, and they live up to the court!

Yin bowed his head and was speechless.

A drop of cold rain fell into Qianlong's neck, he was so excited that he shivered, looked at the increasingly misty and miserable scenery for a while, turned around and said, "It's going to rain, let's go back to the palace." Bu Xin saw that it was raining, so he trotted all the way to catch up, put a dark sauce-colored coat on Qianlong, and said with a smile: "The light rain has already fallen, and half of this road is hidden under the trees, and it can't be drenched for a while." The wind that goes out here is poisonous! The master is thicker, it's not fun to catch a cold...... "Qianlong stopped by him, still didn't say a word, and staggered down the mountain road. Liu Tongxun and Ji Yun exchanged glances and hurriedly followed. Descending to a hollow, a stone path up, it is already the second courtyard of the palace, and the rain has moistened the road to be smooth and bright.

The main hall of the palace stands in the south of the mountain, the mountain is gloomy and dark, a few thick plane trees in the courtyard shade the skylight, it seems that this hall is a little gloomy, the palace door and the window are a bit like breathless monsters, the black mouth is open and gasping, but a few third-class guards stand up in the middle of the Xuanxia and the courtyard, bringing a few traces of human fireworks to the dead and silent deep palace courtyard. Qianlong seemed reluctant to enter the hall, and took Liu Ji and the two to stroll on the super-handed verandah, and said for a long time: "The land annexation is too powerful, the rich are extremely rich and the poor are extremely poor. There is a first-class virtuous gentleman who understands the righteousness and reduces the tenant and rent to help the people, and the report will be commended - this is a major policy, not an ordinary detail, and you must pay attention to it. Ji Yun and Liu Tongxun were stunned for a moment, and then they knew that these words came from "The Ballad of Political Abuse", and it was indeed not an "ordinary detail", but the root of the plan of the source of the chaos, and they were busy with the response: "Yes!" ”

"The Old Summer Palace still needs to be repaired." Qianlong said slowly in the rustle of the rain on the sycamores: "However, after the ICBC material silver is approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to the actual situation, the household department will approve it and then allocate it to the application, and the Ministry of Industry will send someone to supervise it. ”

"Yes!"

Qianlong raised his face and stared at the branches of the plane tree, as if a little self-defeating flashed a smile, and said: "Send a decree to Lu Zhuo, add two levels to him, the Yellow River estuary is dredged, the Yangtze River estuary must also be dredged, and the silted beach fields will be handed over to the salt administration department to dry salt." The case of Gao Heng, who had dried up the Yellow River and had to dry up, was closed and reconsidered. There is also - although the southern tour did not disturb the people, officials from all over the country also provided a lot of 100 million yuan to welcome and send cars, issued a decree to the world, and once again pardoned the world's money and grain. ”

Dredging the estuaries of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and building salt farms to make a profit, Ji Yun and Liu Tongxun didn't say anything, but if the world's money and grain were pardoned, the annual income of the treasury would immediately be reduced by 50 million taels of income, and the two of them would inevitably hesitate. Ji Yun hesitated and just said "too much silver", but was interrupted by Qianlong: "The people have a permanent property, Bengu Bangning - this is what you Ji Yun told me." Just don't be wronged by the queen mother's use, even I can be frugal. That's it. Where is the poverty? I know the bottom account of the household department! Seeing Qin Meimei flashing out of the east corner gate, she glanced at herself, and stood sideways under the eaves of the Danqi to wait, she knew that there was something on the queen's side, and sighed silently, but beckoned to call Bu Li, "What about the peonies they sent?" If you don't enter the hall, you will move out and reward Liu Tongxun and Ji Yun here. He added, "Originally, I wanted to discuss it in detail in one place, so let's do it, you should consider these articles to see if there are any omissions or omissions, and then I will read the draft of the draft." ”

As he spoke, Bu Yi had already supervised the little Sula eunuch to carry the flowers. When Ji Yun looked, the two pots of flowers were about three feet tall, both of them were famous, one "Wei Zi" and one "Yao Huang", each with two or three blooming flowers, the flowers had bowls to be big, and the remaining five or six bones were half hidden and half appeared in the dark jade-like branches and leaves, just moved from the rain behind the palace, the pink and trembling with beads with Lu Yin Yunyu, happy to clap his hands and smile: "Only the peony is true to the country, and the flowers are beautiful when they bloom." The real Luoyuan Immortal Cao Hou Jade Shadow is luxurious and graceful, invincible in the world. Liu Tongxun said with a smile: "I saw you composing poems the day before yesterday, and you were still counting peonies, how can you be so happy that you are crazy?" The two men hurriedly lifted their robes and knocked on the reward. Qianlong asked with a smile: "Ji Xiaolan still has a poem about falling peonies?" Listen to me! ”

"That's also the love that moves with the situation, it's just a metaphor for peony, if it's true, Lao Liu will live up to the emperor's heart." Ji Yun said with a smile, "At that time, when I talked about the Jiahe sent by the Fujian Wang, a jade ear, after all, there was no seed, and when it came to peonies, I led a poem from Yuanren: 'Jujube flowers seem to be small and can become fruitful, although mulberry leaves are rough and silky. Only the peony is as big as a bucket, and it is empty if it doesn't work. If you say this poem, although it is a rhyme, after all, it will ruin the scenery, stiff and stiff, and it will just give the emperor a smile. ”

Qianlong nodded and said: "You don't have to argue, this is not a peony, it's a metaphor!" Poetry and scholarship are two different things, like Lu Jiashu chanting Buddha, saying, 'He is also a smart and great man, who can empty his mind and eliminate the dust, but it is a pity that he was born in the west and did not listen to Nishan talk about Wulun'. The discussion is absolutely gone, but the Taoist spirit is too heavy, and the poems written are not interesting. He took out his pocket watch and looked at it, "I don't have time to play with poetry." Wang Basha, Liu Tongxun and Ji Yun gave food in the side hall, and you stayed to wait. Send back the two adults, and you can come in again. As he spoke, he climbed up from the west steps under the corridor, walked to the east of the hall through the Danqi, and asked while going down the steps, "Qin Meimei, who is there in the queen at this time?" ”

"Back to the master!" Qin Meimei walked with Qianlong and replied, "Lafayette has been here, and lunch is on Niangniang's side." The noble lord of Nala also came, and saw that the master was asleep, and accompanied Lafayette over. Fang Cai Niangniang woke up, her complexion was not good, her chest was stuffy, and she broke out in a cold sweat. Ye Tianshi was giving her an needle, and the slave looked at him a little panicked, so he came out to report to the master. ”

As he spoke, Qianlong suddenly had an ominous premonition, and his steps had quickened, and he came out of the east moon gate of the palace, along a wet and shiny pebble path, and did not follow the right path, and entered through the east gate of the harem. The rain was drizzling all the way, and when I arrived under the dripping eaves outside the queen's main hall, my hair and face were already full of water droplets. Caiyun Moju Cuizhu and a few big girls had already seen it, and they rushed to change his clothes after squatting slightly. He took away the green satin cool soap boots, replaced them with a pair of dry and loose tweed soft shoes, and only wore a single robe of Hailanning silk with a rolling gold dragon edge, and stepped into the hall lightly.

The hall was filled with a strong medicinal fragrance, and it was almost impossible to smell the few wisps of sandalwood that rose into the sky in a lonely and lonely way. The yellow jacket pillow on the Sumeru seat in the middle and the worship cushion in front of the seat are quietly placed there, and there are more than 20 palace maids and eunuchs standing around them in order, and they still look empty and lonely like a deserted temple. Although the south wall was full of large glass-embedded windows, he still felt dark when he first entered, and stood in front of the throne to settle down, as if to reveal a depressed depression, and stared up at the caisson on the top of the temple for a moment, and moved towards the east. Qin Meimei bowed slightly, lifted the curtain for him, and listened to the queen's low and almost whispered voice: "It's the emperor who came up...... Finish...... Bring the seat to the front of the couch and ...... Move ...... a little"

There are only three or four palace maids in the warm pavilion, holding scarves and holding bowls in the corner. Ye Tianshi knelt at the end of the couch, carefully wrapped the used needles with raw cloth, his expression was dumbfounded, it seemed that he had just been frightened, he still had a slight palpitation, and there were still a few drops of sweat on his dark face. Qianlong glanced at him, sat close to the queen's pillow, and said softly: "I just saw Ji Yun and Liu Tongxun come down." It's not good to say it's just a good way...... What will happen to this? ”

"Call them...... Exit to ...... Colorful clouds leave ......"

The queen's face flushed, and her voice was so small that it seemed to come from a distant wind, and she waved her hand weakly and said. Qianlong looked at everyone, Qin Meimei bowed first, and then Ye Tianshi and a few palace ladies retreated silently. Qianlong said softly: "Why are you so solemn? What do they say, do they dare to leak it? But the queen's eyes stopped him, her pupils never seemed so deep, hidden in her tired eyelids, trying to stare at her husband, as if gathering the last of her strength, she suppressed her gradually rapid breathing, and frowned and swallowed something, as if she had to weigh the words. Qianlong leaned forward and said, "Don't worry, speak calmly...... Talking about hardship and peace of mind. I'll be listening to you right next to you......" he said, his voice choked. "I ...... I'm afraid I'm going to let go......" The queen said a word, Qianlong stretched out his hand to cover her mouth, she gently removed his hand, but still held it with cold fingers, and said with a smile: "I should have died in the Guazhou Palace, and it is my wish to live here, I like this place name...... It is also thanks to the fulfillment of Ye Tianshi's heavenly medical star...... Therefore not only do not sin against him, but also reward him with money and return to his homeland. I have promised his ......"

"But—"

"I was indeed frightened and angry in Guazhou-you don't have a temper-no one dared to wronged me, it was the things I heard that bluffed me......" The queen stared and groaned, her face turned pale, there was no trace of blood like Hanyu, she swallowed something and said, "Only Caiyun knows about this matter...... Your Majesty, I don't have enough strength, ask her to play on her behalf, and I'll listen to ......"

Caiyun had already knelt on the side of the couch, and when he saw Qianlong looking at him, he was flustered for a while, and he kowtowed to calm down, but he still spoke incoherently: "Your Majesty, this time the slave maid still feels bad when she thinks about it." On the other side of the West Flower House, it was night again, and they were ...... It's really hard to return to the master, some words are very important, and you can't help but return to the master......" Qianlong knew that she was not used to playing right, so he pressed it with his hand far away, and said: "You usually wait for the messenger to speak smartly!" Just like you replied to the queen and the queen mother, explain the causes and effects of the before and after, and reduce nonsense. Caiyun hurriedly kowtowed and replied "yes", straightened his sideburns and hair, and his speech became calm and fluent:

"The master turned over Chen's brand that night, Niangniang's dinner into two lotus leaves dipped in honey small rice dumplings, a few of our big girls accompanied in the pavilion for a while to cross the rope, afraid of sitting and accumulating food, look at the master Niangniang's good spirits, just out of the palace in the courtyard for a walk, when we came out of the emperor into the east chamber, look at Wang Ba shame at the door to listen to the master a few words of something, everyone didn't care.

"Niangniang's body was tough that day, and she didn't need our help when she just walked out of the hall. At that time, it was already dark, and we first went to the stone mountain pavilion in the back garden for a while, the woods were too dense, and the lights were black. Xiaohuizi said that the flower room is bright, and some flowers should be lit up all night, and there are Qionghua, water lilies, and chrysanthemums that bloom in spring, and maybe they can meet rue blossoms...... The lady seemed to be a little tired, and when she came to the flower room, she said, 'You all walk around and look at the flowers, and I will sit at the door for a while.' 'Long live the bones of the mother, I know that there must be no one around, and the slave and maid are waiting in front of me.

At this time, it was quiet, and someone heard from the north room of the west wing. I feel strange in my heart, there is no one with the light on in the flower room here, why is the light on when someone is talking in that room? Niangniang is also strange, leisurely walking over, at this time I heard refreshingly, it was a man and a woman in it, I didn't know what to do dirty, and what I said was really unpleasant! ”

Caiyun blushed, and stopped spitting. Qianlong's heart trembled, and his head immediately "buzzed" to the boss: The palace is filthy and mixed with outsiders, is this worth it? But no matter which palace it is, it is Liu Tongxun who strictly guarded it, carefully checked and checked it according to the system, and the three layers inside and the three layers outside the guard Luo Cha, will there be traitors sneaking in at night? After thinking about it for a long time, he already understood in his heart, listening to the queen gasping slightly, Qianlong got up and personally got a cup of warm tea, helped her to drink it halfway to the side, and then calmed it down, and soothed: "This must be the eunuch palace maid and the vegetable household husband and wife in a dirty play, remember what I told you about 'digging a dry well'?" There has always been a thing, the two eunuchs of the former Ming Dynasty Wei Zhongxian and the Wei Dynasty competed for the Ke clan, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse also gave them peace and mediation to fight for the wind and jealousy. If it's these dirty things, you don't have to care, go back to Beijing and let the fifth child treat them. Caiyun, you go on. Caiyun hurriedly agreed, and continued: "The woman said...... She wasn't clean yet, so she told the man to be a little more energetic...... The man sounded like a eunuch, only laughing and not knowing what to do. The woman said, this is not as good as Beijing, it is all in the same courtyard, and it is not good if you call the opponent and take it. The man said, if you want to be safe, everyone is safe, and if you want to cause trouble, everyone will toss. The master is so virtuous, they secretly calculate, and the two elder brothers are out - before the words are finished, it seems that the woman covered the man's mouth! ”

This is really an earth-shattering sentence, even if there is a scorching thunder in the clear sky, Qianlong has never been so shocked! "Two elder brothers have smallpox" all because there is a pair of ghostly black hands plotting in this deep and dark palace? This is the sin of the Ling Chi Nine Clan, how dare anyone? He felt that the blood all over his body was pouring up, rushing to his eardrums and temples, and he was dragging a long sound......

"Niangniang was the same as the master at the moment, holding on to the wall and not moving...... Caiyun's words seemed to come from a long distance, "I was bluffing my legs at the time, and I was shouting 'Niangniang' tightly, and I was afraid that she would faint, and I was anxious and afraid that I was covered in cold sweat...... When a few of them heard it, they hurried over and sent someone to spread the word to Ye Tianshi......"

Qianlong woke up from his near-numb dementia. He wanted to stand up, moved, felt that his legs were a little weak, and sat firmly, when he looked at the queen, he saw that her eyes were closed, her face was full of tears, and her thin hands were holding her hand, and her heart was sad and sour, and she almost fell into tears, and she pulled a handkerchief with one hand and wiped it for her, and said: "Ming'er, you should have asked someone to deal with me at that time...... Don't say you've seen this, even I'm thrilled to hear it! He suddenly thought of Hongday's invasion of the palace, thought of the inexplicable "stroke" of the high-headed nurse, thought of someone harming Brother during the Shunzhi period, and sent smallpox pox clothes to the palace, and then remembered Lai Niang and Little Brother, who were actually "avoiding trouble" outside the palace, and felt a pang of panic in his heart, and he had goosebumps! Thinking about it, he comforted the queen: "The stay in the palace was arranged by Liu Tongxun, and the Internal Affairs Office has a list of contacts, so I must check him out!" If that happens, I'm going to skin and last his family! At this time, you put aside your hands for the time being, try to think about things in the open direction, don't think about the narrow way, your body is well-raised, and everything is not difficult to do......"

"It's the ...... I don't let them make a noise" The queen let go of her hand weakly, she seemed to calm down, maybe she didn't have the strength to get excited anymore, her voice was weak but very clear, "There have been such rumors in the palace for a long time, but I have heard it myself for the first time...... There was a eunuch in Chuxiu Palace, and Lafayette executed him when he was in Beijing, and he was also ...... for these words You are tired from being busy with state affairs outside, and you are tired of living in the palace, and you are bothered by all kinds of housework in the palace? …… So I didn't let you know...... The next day, I was going to drive back to Luan, and the night was like a wolf smoke, which was unlucky...... I thought about it, I still went back to Beijing, and I was able to get up a little bit, and I gave Lafayette to deal with it. Alas......" Her lips tightened, she shook her head with a wry smile, and suddenly her heart swelled, as if she was in the void, and the entire temple and chairs were swirling and floating in the light smoke mist, and she didn't know where she was...... She saw Niu Hulu's family, Nala's family, Chen's family, and Wang's concubines coming over with a smile, and no one saluted her when she approached, and she was a little scared when she saw that smile. In a daze, I saw Jinxia show her the makeup box, one by one jewelry was dazzling, and suddenly Jinxia took out a piece of yellow silk from the box, which was the one she used for the hanging beam, and said with a smile: "Niangniang, you see this color is so good!" She was so frightened that she cowered back. In the blink of an eye, I saw the white light shining brightly in the west, and the faint sound of music, the phoenix, the peacock and the unknown bird circled and danced in the light...... In the void, she opened her arms and wanted to embrace something, but she threw herself into the air and shouted: "Buddha Buddha!" I'm the letter girl Fucha - I'm the queen, ah no, I'm Fucha...... Ah Cai, chant for me! Hurry up, recite the Amitabha Sutra! ”

She was suddenly full of delirium, one moment telling "you stand down", and the other saying "it's your own fault", and muttering endlessly. Qianlong and Caiyun were both panicked. Qianlong didn't expect her to have such a quick seizure, seeing that something was wrong, when he got up in a hurry, the corners of his robe staggered on the curtain hook, and he shouted urgently: "Tell the imperial doctor - tell Ye Tianshi to come quickly!" He pounced on the queen's hand again, stretched out his hand and trembled to try her snort, but it was all gone, and Qianlong, who was extremely shocked, suddenly saw a black eye, and fainted in front of the couch softly......

At this moment, there was a great chaos inside and outside the hall, and Ye Tianshi rushed in for the first four imperial doctors. Wang Bayan shouted at the side of Yuluan: "Don't mess up, the master is in a hurry, don't worry-" Qin Meimei cried and took a few eunuchs out of Qianlong, and ordered people to "let Lafayette know." The screen in front of the warm pavilion was removed. The big girl in front of Niangniang knelt in the corner of the hall and recited the scriptures, and called a imperial doctor to come over and check the pulse of the emperor...... "Some of the eunuchs in the palace carry screens, some move tables and chairs, take medicine pots, add water to light fires, burn incense, kneel on the ground to look at the cracks in the bricks, and they are busy for a while with their hands in a hurry. Qianlong had already woken up, lying on the spring bench, and when he saw Ye Tianshi in front of him, he said: "It doesn't matter to me, it's blood that doesn't return to the heart, you hurry up and take care of the queen!" ”

"Niangniang's virtue is matched with heaven and benevolence like the sea, and when the villain is as kind as a mountain, I will definitely do my best to save the horse." Ye Tianshi's eyes were full of tears, and he sighed while kowtowing, "But the number of life and death is only the order, the emperor, you must have a ......preparation in your heart" After saying that, he staggered over, and saw several palace maids coming in with the queen mother, Qianlong supported his body to get up, and said with tears: "The son is not filial, and he is working his mother again." Why didn't the Nala clan come over to wait? As soon as the queen mother entered the door and saw this formation, she knew that the queen was categorically unfortunate this time, and seeing that Qianlong's face was yellow and weak, she was still about to get up and salute and hurriedly held it down, leaned over to sit on the rattan chair next to her, and said: "Don't move anymore, it's so resting...... I didn't call them over, so I chanted scriptures and burned incense in the west side hall to pray for the queen's blessing. There are a few big girls in Caiyun here, and they want to recite the "Mida Sutra" according to the queen's decree...... My son, there are some things that you can't look at, even if the master Shakyamuni also wants to achieve nirvana, let alone us? The queen has been like this all her life, just doing good deeds with good nature, some of them are not good at treating others, and she has always taken refuge in my Buddha, so she has been guided by the Buddha, there are birds in the sky, the West goes to Bliss, and music, even I can vaguely hear it, what a merit and what a blessing this is......" She gently stroked her son's forehead and comforted gently. Caiyun Caihui five or six girls knelt together in the northeast corner of the hall and recited the "Mida Sutra"

…… At that time, the Buddha told the elder Sariputta: From the West, there are more than 10 trillion Buddha lands, and there is a world name called Bliss. There is a Buddha in its land, called Amitabha, and now he is saying the Dharma. Sariputta, why is the land called Bliss? The sentient beings of the kingdom do not have any suffering, but they receive all kinds of happiness, hence the name Bliss......

About half an hour later, Ye Tianshi was the leader, and several imperial doctors suddenly withdrew from the warm pavilion with their hands down, and slowly walked towards Qianlong.

Without waiting for them to kneel down and play, Qianlong had already fully understood. He still sat up straight, and silently listened to Ye Tianshi's lengthy medical case, the pulse and the pathology of the source of qi and blood, how to administer acupuncture and medicine, how to return to heaven and fatigue, and finally returned to the west...... The matter was a foregone conclusion, but Qianlong became more calm in his heart, endured his grief and said: "I know, you have done your best, you don't have to ...... Ask for sin, and kneel down, and there will be a reward for your grace. He got up and bowed to his mother again, and said, "Mother is a person of age, and it is not advisable to be too hurt." The funeral was presided over by the Nala clan inside, and he also had to take over Niu Hulu's family to come to Texas to welcome the coffin, and Ji Yun was in charge of the outside. Fu Heng couldn't come back from military affairs, so he asked Fukangan to come to Texas to give his aunt incense instead of his father......" said, tears were already raining down, and he choked up and ordered, "Spread the decree, Liu Tongxun Ji Yun entered the palace to discuss ......"

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Busy, chaotic, and uncertain, the dawn has come unconsciously. The queen was breathing, and within a moment, Liu Tongxun and Ji Yun of the Military Aircraft Department had already been reported. These two people are not only the sons of heaven, but also different from Gui Yin Jishanyue Zhongqi and others, they are both courtiers who were extremely appreciative of the queen's life and were repeatedly gracious. At first hearing the bad news, the two of them felt a thunderclap in their hearts, their eyes widened and they were stunned on the ground, and they woke up for a long time, Ji Yun remembered that he knelt in front of the couch with his little brother in his arms to rescue the dying queen, and recalled that the queen said "Ji Yun loves to eat meat, and in the future, he can use meat in the palace at will with the guards", Liu Tongxun remembered that he was still a minister, and the Lantern Festival street patrol was specially called into the palace and rewarded with fish head tofu soup, and both of them couldn't stop crying. But both of them were people who had been in the position of political leaders for a long time, and they knew that it was not the time of grief and mourning, so they sighed and hurriedly discussed important matters, and they both lit cigarettes and smoked before they settled down.

"First of all, this is the first priority. Go in again so as not to be caught off guard. Ji Yun's eyes were already a little stasis, and he smoked a thick spray vigorously, and said, "This is the Empress of Rende Muyi, who has never met in the ages, Derong has all four virtues, gentleness, courtesy, and frugality, so that the five virtues are complete, and there can be no omission." Liu Tongxun's hand holding the pipe kept shaking, nodded and choked: "I heard that Banzai said that the queen's last wish was called 'Xiaoxian', so I will use these two words to listen to the emperor's ruling." My knowledge is far inferior to yours - and the temple number, please also ask Ji Gong to bother. Ji Yun lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then got up and wrote:

Filial piety, sincerity, Zhengdun, Mu Renhui, Hui Gong, Kang Shunfu, Tianchang, Shengren Empress

"The temple name is 'benevolence', and the body is extremely benevolent, such as the good day is said to be benevolent, and Dunhua Puhun is said to be benevolent." Ji Yun said, "Yanqing, do you think it can be done?" ”

Liu Tongxun shook his head and said: "My square inch is a little messy, I really don't know much about this, and in this way, I will talk about it after I see it." You have to hurry in, it's disrespectful to be late. So saying, he got up. Ji Yun followed out, and in the faint twilight, he saw that there were already more than a dozen foreign officials standing waiting for the matter, so he said: "Brothers, except for the 100,000 urgent military situation, the rest of the things will be put aside first, and the queen mother will be in control!" We're going to go in and see long live. Liu Tongxun ordered with a blushing face: "Remove your red tassels, and replace the lights in and outside the palace with plain colors." A few of you Zhangjing, pick up the folds handed over from all over the place, write them in abridgement, and put them first. Inform the officials from the Ministry of Rites and tell the people from the Department of Ceremonies to draft the funeral rites, and they should hurry up, and hand them in after the preparation is cleared. After saying that, the two of them pulled their legs and left. When I entered the palace, it was already dark. The doors of the halls had been pasted with plain paper, the tents had been replaced, and the lights and candles were being filled with people arranging spiritual curtains. There was already a divination ceremony, and then he took the two of them to the Qianlong rest place in the west side hall to meet.

"Well, this nickname still makes." Qianlong's expression was full of apprehension, and he looked at Ji Yun's nickname blankly, and said for a long time, "I am very confused in my heart, and I can't think clearly for a while." The temple number is 'Ren', and the queen naturally deserves it, and she always feels empty. Ji Yun, you want to listen to it again. The emperor was too vague, so he naturally wanted to be realistic, Ji Yun said: "How is the word 'Dun' - gentle and benevolent, and close to the family." Qianlong shook his head: "See small, and make a heavy offense." ”

"So—how is the queen of 'Yuan'—Dexin Jing said in the depths of the abyss; Sink a few candles and hide in the abyss. Qianlong just shook his head: "The queen is very sensible, and the word 'yuan' does not match." Ji Yun proposed a few more in a row, but Qianlong didn't agree, but asked: "How about the word 'pure', how to interpret this word?" ”

Ji Yun has already thought about this word, he is a person who knows the poor world and learns the rich, and he is well versed in the way of Tao Hui, and he can never appear incompetent in front of an emperor like Qianlong, let alone show his ability and wisdom. Now that Qianlong said it himself, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and kowtowed again and again: "The Holy Learning Abyss is deep and intelligent, and the ministers are really unable to reach one." It's the word 'pure' that is the best! The word 'pure' is said to be sincere, the heart is one thing, and the essence of governance is called it! "I folded a belly of eulogy, and suddenly stopped it on the spot, so that it was just right.

Then, the three of them discussed the funeral ceremony and agreed to immediately go to Beijing for funeral treatment; amnesty to the world, except for the ten evils, the prison will be suspended for one year; Spread the mourning of the mother's ceremony in the world as soon as possible. Cabaret entertainment is prohibited. It was agreed that the coffin would be temporarily located in Changchun Palace, and then moved to Feng'an after the completion of the construction of Shengshui Yuling (Yuling). In addition, yesterday's several edicts were all issued to the world, and they were busy until the beginning of the day. The inside and outside of the palace are already as white as snow-capped mountains. Qianlong heard the faint cry of the ladies in the palace, his heart was like a thorn, and he struggled to go to the side of the bed to see the queen, and suddenly Wang Ba shamefully picked up the curtain and came in, and looked at the top with red and swollen eyes, kowtowed, and did not speak. Qianlong asked with a straight face: "What kind of rules do you have?" ”

"Back to the master's words, the master is with the master...... Out of the flowers......" Wang Ba said with a bitter face, "Zhao Weisan of the Internal Affairs Office rode a horse overnight to report the news, his buttocks were all upside down, his legs were rubbed into blood and his pants, and the horse was also-"

"Less nonsense, how is my brother doing now?"

"It's not good that the pox doesn't bloom!"

Qianlong's heart moved, he jumped a few times, his face turned pale, his legs fell weak, he sat back in the chair, and shouted with a trembling finger: "Tell Ye Tianshi, you don't need to come to see him, go to Beijing for treatment immediately!" Ride on my chrysanthemum skull, change horses with two guards, and quickly return to Beijing without changing people! Tell Ye Tianshi, but only do your best to heal without worrying about him, I can trust him, and I will return to Beijing to reward the gold back to the mountain! Wang Ba was ashamed to respond, and almost crawled away.

Liu Tongxun and Ji Yun's original worries about the death of the queen, Qianlong's anger and Ye Tianshi and the imperial doctor, they were relieved to look at each other at this time.