Wei Dongting's secret excerpt was handed to Beijing, and the matter of the Xiaojiadu crossing was boiling like boiling oil. The Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Imperial History Yamen are like a nest that has exploded today, and a piece of ginseng tomorrow, and the snow flakes fly to the study.

Gao Shiqi and Jin Fu just met and made friends. Because he saw that Chen Huang was involved, he pressed it in his hands for a few days, and when he saw that the hearts of the people were difficult to disobey, he didn't dare to stay any longer, so he took a stack of documents into the Qianqing Palace to see Kangxi. But seeing that Shi Lang was resigning from it with a small yellow bag in his hand, Gao Shiqi asked, "What is it, did the Lord give you?" Shi Lang nodded and said with a smile: "This is a treasure, it has great power to sacrifice the flag, and I don't dare to show it off at this time." "Let's go away. Gao Shiqi bowed in, but saw that Mingzhu and Suo Etu were already inside, so he only nodded and said to Kangxi: "Master, the matter of the Xiao family's crossing is very discussed, and I respectfully ask for the holy judge." ”

Because it was nearly November, the weather was very cold, Kangxi sat on the hot kang, wearing a little sheepskin coat with lynx wind hair, and was looking at Wei Dongting's fold, stroking the dark short beard under the impeachment with one hand, and muttered "um" for a while: "There are many things to do this winter, and it seems that I can't live in peace." I originally wanted to go out to patrol Fengtian this month, but I had to push it back. Your excerpts are full of chapters, and they are all about Jin Fu, but you don't know that the Jiangnan Science Field case is even more fierce. I'm not energetic at this time, you can talk about it first, what are you talking about? ”

Gao Shiqi knew that although Kangxi didn't look at it now, he still had to read it word for word when he returned to the palace with the yellow box at night, and he didn't dare to make a fuss about it, so he hesitated and smiled: "I have everything to say." Some said that they should be removed from the title of governor of Jin Fu and exiled to Heilongjiang; Some said that they should be compensated for the loss of their property; Some said that they would be transferred to the post of fine; Some said that they should be locked up and brought into Beijing for strict interrogation. The Criminal Department has the heaviest discussion, and Jin Fu should be given the ...... to commit suicide."

"Mingzhu," Kangxi asked, "Jin Fu was recommended by you, what do you think?" ”

"Jin Fu listened to the nonsense of the servants and smashed the messenger, and the crime was not small. The recommendation of the slave is unknown, and there is also the crime of misleading the country, so I ask the master to deal with it together. Mingzhu rubbed his hands together and said carefully, "But the emperor is clear, and the post of river governor has always been a thankless messenger." Who is Jin Fu to replace? It's a lot of thought. ”

After Suo Etu recovered from his "illness", he was very generous to others, not as if he used to give people small shoes to wear, and when he heard Mingzhu say this, he smiled and said: "We are far away in Beijing, and there is no field investigation." According to Jiangbei magistrates who came to Beijing, more than 10,000 hectares of land have dried up in the five counties of Shuyang, Haizhou, Suqian, Taoyuan, and Qinghe in a few years. The meaning of the minion, although Jin Fu made a mistake this time, he still made more merit than a fault. The master must remember that the Qingshuitan embankment was originally planned to use 800,000 silver, and the people in the Ministry of Industry laughed at him for spending a small amount of money to invite merit. Now that the work has only been completed for tens of thousands of taels, it seems that it cannot be said that Jin Fu is completely incompetent. ”

Kangxi listened and thought about it, looked at the window lattice with blazing eyes, sighed heavily for a while, and said: "Merit is merit, fault is fault, merit is reward, and there is no exemption from punishment." You said that Jingshi is too far away from the river work, but this is the truth - what the dam and the narrow river are like, you should always see what it is like on the spot! With that, he got up and paced to the window, climbed the window lattice with his hand and looked at the blue sky outside, and muttered, "I am in a hurry to go to Shengjing, and of course it is important to pay tribute to the mausoleum." What's more important is to meet with the princes of the Eastern Mongolian banners and discuss how to deal with the Rakshasa Kingdom. In the Heilongjiang area, they stirred up a lot, Bahai and Zhou Peigong fought a battle in Jingqili, although they won, but because of the lack of soldiers' salaries, they failed to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. So far, who has been used as the main general in the Western Expedition is still in my heart. I remembered to use Zhou Peigong, but he was seriously ill. Alas! Unexpectedly, after the 'Three Feudatories' were pacified, I was still overstretched! Mingzhu smiled: "Rakshasa and Geldan are just clowns who jump off the beam, why should Lao Shengzhi be like this?" The minion thought that it was better to make a move in the north first, and it would not be too late to free up his hands to govern the southeast. Kangxi was stunned for a long time, and Fang said: "How do you know, Geldan is difficult to control, and the king of the Rakshasa country has changed to a man named Peter, and I see him as a male lord." The southeast is the source of the state's wealth, and it is absolutely impossible to use troops in the northwest unless it is cured. He stroked his brain, which was a little hot, and turned his face to ask Gao Shiqi: "What are you doing in a daze?" ”

"The minion is thinking two words." Gao Shiqi hurriedly smiled, "It is the emperor's established national policy to set the southeast first, and then to level the northwest, and it is not appropriate to move lightly." ”

Kangxi sighed: "In the past, Mr. Wu Ciyou gave lectures, and I have repeatedly discussed with him, without the prosperity of armor soldiers, without the surplus of grain, it is difficult to use troops in the northwest - what about the second sentence?" ”

"Don't use suspicious people, don't use suspicious people."

"Huh?"

Gao Shiqi said calmly: "Jin Fu probably spent too much money, committed all kinds of evils, and was jealous, so it would be difficult for something to happen." If someone else goes to control the river, what is the difference? ”

"Well, that makes sense."

Gao Shiqi was encouraged, and said more and more boldly: "As Suo Etu said, Jin Fuzhi River, there are many Beijing officials who attack and foreign officials who say good things, this is the proof!" A dog barks, a hundred dogs bark, and the big idea has to be decided by the emperor himself - let the dogs bark and break the alley, the owner can walk calmly! The slave thought, and issued an edict to reprimand Jin Fu, so that he could make up for it by himself, and repair it within a time limit. ”

Gao Shiqi compared the hundred officials to the "hundred dogs", still in a hot scolding style, Kangxi couldn't help but smile, and was about to speak, Mingzhu said: "Can the master allow the slave to go to Qingjiang for a field trip?" Kangxi smiled: "One Ethan, one Yu Jackie Chan has already made a mess, why bother you anymore!" I can't believe it! After the battle of Taiwan, I have to see it for myself, so I can rest assured! Kangxi has his own calculations in his heart: Isan Ah is the person who asks for Etu, and he changed Mingzhu, but he turned it over to bully Isang, which has no meaning. Although "I can't believe it" Mingzhu, this is not serious, and Mingzhu does not panic. Suo Etu said, "Isana has been here for many days, and it is good to come back to pay the decree." ”

The four of them were talking, Xiong Cilu hurriedly walked from the Longzong Gate, knelt down on his knees as soon as he entered the study, presented a few copies to Kangxi, and said: "This is the twist and turn of He Guizhu who has just been transferred to the Ministry of Rites, and it is the reason for the fraud of Jiangnan Qiuqiu. ”

Kangxi had already learned about the fraud in Tianfu Nanfu from Wei Dongting's secret compromise. It's just that the performance is in a hurry, and the details are unknown. Kangxi took the fold and flipped through it in contemplation. Zuo Yuxing and Zhao Taiming are both protégés of Xu Qianxue. Mingzhu knew that once the prison was raised, he would definitely implicate himself, and his face suddenly turned pale, and his heart was raised.

"Who recommended the main exam in Nanyu this year?" Kangxi frowned and looked at the fold and asked, "I remember that it seems to be Xiong Cizhi?" ”

"Yes!" Xiong Cixu glanced at Mingzhu a little aggrieved, "It's always the ministers who don't know people, and they ruin the country's talent ceremony, and ask the emperor to punish him heavily!" ”

"What's this busy with? Isn't the matter cleared yet? Kangxi had no expression on his face, "Everyone has their own account, no one has to accept it on behalf of anyone, get up." As he spoke, he took out a large roll of rice paper from the file and slowly unfolded it—it was a couplet that was more than a zhang long. There are still traces of paste clay on the back of the paper, apparently removed from the wall:

Zuo Qiu Ming has eyes but no beads, and he doesn't distinguish between black and yellow, but he recognizes his brother;

Zhao Zilong is full of courage, but when he sees Kong Fang, he is his father!

Wuxi scholar Wu Sidao is a gift

Kangxi raised his eyebrows, and only said: "Wu Sidao is a good word!" Then he put aside the recital and looked at the original fold. This is the transcript of the governor of Jiangnan.

Kangxi's face became more and more gloomy. Gradually, his hands trembled, and several ministers knew that he was about to have a seizure, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out, and listened to Kangxi read softly:

…… On Renzi Day, hundreds of people who took the test carried the God of Wealth into the Tribute Academy. Zuo Yuxing and Zhao Taiming fled to the minister's office in a hurry, and the minister went to investigate the leader of the trouble. The minister immediately went to the Nanjing City Gate to suppress the comfort, and seconded to the Fujian Navy Division to guard the Gongyuan with 1,000 soldiers. Except for Wu Sidao, who escaped beforehand, all the main criminals have been imprisoned and are in custody......

Reading this, Kangxi "banged" a punch on the case, and Huo Di stood up. He was so excited that his face turned purple, and he reached out to touch the fold, but he inserted one hand into the cinnabar inkstone, and he was so angry that he was a kick, only to hear a chaotic sound of "bang", full of documents, notes, inkstones, paperweights, stamps, teacups and a few plates of delicate palace dots, all overturned in the ground! Xiong Cixu and a few others lifted their robes and knelt on the ground with a "plop".

Mu Zixu and Wu Dan, who were guarding outside, didn't know what was going on, so they rushed in three steps and two steps, and saw Mingzhu and the other four ministers lying on the ground in fear, and several Sula eunuchs and palace maids lying on the ground and scrambling to pick up. Kangxi was so angry that his facial features were misplaced, his whole body trembled, and when he saw them coming in, he reflexively took off the hanging sword on the wall, and commanded sharply: "Mu Zixu, you rush to Nanjing with this sword in the starry night, and correct these two bold and reckless dog officials on the spot, and take the head and send it to Beijing!" Mu Zixu had no choice but to agree, and asked: "The beggar master gives the name of the official who should be beheaded, and the slave can obey the order." ”

"Long live the wrath of the thunder!" Xiong Ci walked a few steps closer to Kangxi, and kowtowed again and again, "This matter must be investigated and dealt with." The minister thought that it should be handed over to the ministry and punished according to the law! He knew very well in his heart that outsiders didn't know that the two exams were recommended by Mingzhu to take care of himself. As soon as the head hits the ground, I will never be able to tell the difference, this black pot is easy to carry?

"Look at it!" Kangxi threw down another excerpt, "Where is this exam!" It's just a bribe and a traitor! After the erudite and Confucian science opened, the south was a little quieter, no one scolded the street, Zuo Yuxing had such a bad reputation! ”

Xiong Cixu checked the fold and wiped a handful of sweat beads oozing from his head, but when he looked at it, it was a joint unveiling post by hundreds of people.

"Read!" Kangxi roared.

"Wow!" Xiong Cixu hurriedly kowtowed in response, and read carefully:

The subjects of the imperial court were originally used to collect practical learning and promote real talents, not to bribe and welcome the powerful and important people. In addition, the Holy Son of Heaven and the Italian culture and religion, strict government officials, all those who belong to the officials, should wash their lungs and intestines in response to the edict. I don't want to take the main examination of Tianda, Zuo Yuxing, Zhao Taiming, etc., to destroy the principles of heaven, completely ignorant of people's hearts, not to think about the grace of special Jane, and not to remember the suffering of the cold people. The white smoky heart is smoky, and the flame is dazzling. There are four or five in the middle hall, all of which are among the best; There are dozens of people in the ministry, all of whom are in high rank. Wang Jingzeng and Li Tianbao provided 3,000 cash with the aid of the Prime Minister; Kumamoto and Jiang Renxi, as relatives of the ministry, directly donated 10,000 dollars. Shi Yizhi and Pan Weizhen were sold because their fathers were both housing officials; Han Xiaoji and Zhang Sandi were all accepted because their father was now living in the Ministry of Rites, and they were afraid of grinding and surveying......

The more Xiong Cilu reads, the more frightened he feels. He originally felt that he was clean, but the surname Xiong in the fold was not sure which house in the clan he was the nephew of the family. There were dozens of people in the back, all of whom were named and surnamed, whose joints were passed, and how much silver was sent, all of which were clear, and it was also thanks to the filial piety people who inquired so carefully! Although everyone did not ask directly, among the names of the people who heard the name, they were quite familiar, and it was difficult to guarantee that they would not go through the door under their own banner, which is an indescribable thing...... I was thinking about it in my heart, and I listened to Xiong Ci read to the end:

The court treats him as a thin matter, how ridiculous is the second monarch's intentions? Don't you read the sky and listen to thunder, and the eyes of God are like electricity? Woohoo hee! Our generation is relentless, life and death are only fate, please ask Shang Fang's sword to cut off the culprit. When the rumors on the road are true, and the witnesses are true, why not regret the chapter of impeachment, and reach the heavens to hear. Otherwise, Gou Baijian's delay will cause the county to be turbulent. Once there are righteous people, stand up, or stab the country, or kill the people, the four sides hear it, and I am afraid that no one will laugh at the scholars and doctors!

At this point, it was abruptly stopped, and when Xiong Ci looked at it, there were a large number of people's names under him, and the leading one was still that Wu Sidao. He lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, and when he went to the study, it was so quiet that he could hear a needle dropping.

Mingzhu originally heard Kangxi say that "everyone has their own account", but because the bribes have not yet been paid, they are slightly relieved. When I heard that more than a dozen feudal officials were exposed in this article, some of whom were friends who had been close friends on weekdays, and they were involved in the human feelings of Xu Qian's theory, implying that they had instructed themselves, they couldn't help but be frightened. Although Gao Shiqi had nothing to do with the case, he knew that the previous dynasty's handling of the case in the field was extremely harsh, and he was in a big prison, killing hundreds of people, and he couldn't help but shake in his heart, and his hands were sweating.

"Xiong Cixu, I want to punish the crime according to the law you said." Kangxi said slowly, "I don't know how to deal with this matter to comply with the law?" ”

Xiong Cilu raised his face and thought for a while, and replied: "My Qing Dynasty law follows the law of the Ming Dynasty, and I should also follow the precedent of the Ming Dynasty. The chief examiner of this case, the deputy examiner of the bribery and bad law, is not an ordinary dereliction of duty, and should be punished by abandoning the city, and the canonical punishment should be punished, and the examiners of the eighteenth room will be hanged, executed, suspended or given to commit suicide according to the severity of the crime, and the rest of the ministers involved in the case shall be killed or exiled, and they should also be dealt with separately according to the circumstances - as for extrajudicial favors, the authority lies in the master, and the ministers dare not pretend to be. ”

Kangxi was stunned when he heard this, what abandoned the city, hanged, and committed suicide, although the level is different, it is all a death after all. The thought of killing so many people at once made him hesitate. But these days, he has read a few copied books, such as Lu Liuliang's "Spring and Autumn Righteousness" and Yan Bo'an's "Theory of Sexuality", and he still says something there, "Yidi is different, like a beast", "Ming Jun is immoral, and the Central Plains is sinking", and "Zhu Sanzi" has caught one after another, and he still hears about it from time to time. Once it is not handled properly, even the existing scholars will be dissatisfied with the imperial court, isn't it a bane? Thinking of this, he sneered: "I don't have any 'kindness' to give them this time, but I want to punish a few big people to show the world!" ”

"Hooray...... several ministers kowtowed in unison.

Kangxi snorted and pulled his feet and left, and when he went to the outside of the hall, he still couldn't help waving his hand and said angrily: "You have to kill a few feudal officials!" ”

Mingzhu sat sullenly in the sedan chair. Back at the house, as soon as he got off the sedan chair, the old king of Si Yan greeted him, smiled and said, "The master is back?" Xu Qianxue and Yu Guozhu have already arrived, waiting for the master in the back! Mingzhu lowered her face and asked, "What is the matter with them?" ”

"The minions don't know." The old Wang Tou saw that Mingzhu's complexion was not good, and he replied with extra caution, "I just listen to their gossip, Shandong Kong Shangren made up a play "Peach Blossom Fan", Dashilar performed very well, and the two masters ordered the church meeting, saying that the middle cousin is idle and happy these days, and he wants to invite the master to enjoy ......the play."

"Leisure—happy?" Mingzhu sneered, raised his feet with a gloomy face and entered the second door. Seeing the family members shouting and drinking, they were busy setting up a stage on the water pavilion, and stood and watched with a belly of anger. He felt his head buzz and his lips trembled, not knowing what to say. Huang Mingyin, the deputy head of the house, saw him coming from afar, so he hurried to offer his courtesy, and said with a smile: "Is it okay for Xiangye to look at this table?" Mingzhu didn't say anything when he heard it, he only raised his hand and slapped him with a palm, hitting Huang Mingyin on the spot, half of his face was already purple, and when he looked up in panic, Mingzhu had already strode away.

Yu Guozhu and Xu Qianxue are playing Go and are in the situation of closing the petty officials. Yu Guozhu originally won the chess, but Xu Qianxue came out of thin air, couldn't parry, scratched his head and asked to regret the chess. Xu Qianxue saw Mingzhu coming, so he got up and said with a smile: "Look at Mingxiang, this is also a scholar!" Let the chess of the six sons gamble on the host of a game, but regretted three steps. Well, I can't afford to mess with him, a miser! Yu Guozhu grinned and said, "Who told you to come to the God of Wealth?" ”

"Play?" Mingzhu snorted and asked coldly, "What play?" ”

"Good show! The city of Nanjing is a sensation! Yu Guozhu looked at the chessboard and said with great interest, "The "Peach Blossom Fan" of the Confucian family, the writing and rhetoric are very good. ”

"Pull the ** down!" Mingzhu held back the fire for a long time suddenly broke out, what the prime minister's decency, the minister's demeanor all forgot, roared loudly, and kicked a game of chess to the old high, the chessboard flipped in the air and fell to the ground, like a "chess rain", black and white clanging scattered all over the house.

Mingzhu is never angry in officialdom, and is a famous "laughing pearl". It became so hideous in an instant, not only Xu Qianxue, Yu Guozhu, but even the family members who waited all day were all stunned. Mingzhu scolded: "Within half a month, you have to go to the rope craftsman alley to see Wang Shizhen squatting in the prison temple to eat the dead, and what bird chess to play and listen to bird play!" ”

"Ming Xiang!" Yu Guozhu saw that Mingzhu was as angry as a pig's head plague, and hurriedly smiled, "It's a big deal, we should destroy the Nine Clans, or if we should be punished, you have to explain it to us!" Mingzhu sneered and said, "I don't know, what have you done in Nanyu!" Thysa's audacity! In the words of your Xu Qianxue's bullshit, you 'East Window Incident'! This time Ge Li is in charge, Nian Qianyao led the troops to seal the tribute courtyard, and is checking room by room, rolling soup and pouring mice, and no one can get out! This time, if you don't kill ten or eight feudal officials, it's strange if you don't dethrone one or two hundred officials! I kicked your chessboard just now, and now the emperor has even lifted the dragon case! Let's wait to see the fucking show! With that, he sat down on a chair and bent down deeply, rubbing his thinning hair.