These are all the words that the Queen Mother told Qin Meimei, and there are occasional literary words, and they are all contained in the words of the Holy Ancestor's palace motto, which sounds a little awkward to outsiders, but the eunuchs feel that it is full of smoothness. After Qin Meimei finished speaking, everyone kowtowed together and said, "The minions obey Yi's order!" Qin Meimei knelt down herself.

Qianlong stood "respectfully listening to the ci training", and took his seat, and there was a sudden silence in the hall, and he heard the sound of his clothes sluggling cups of tea. After a long time, Qianlong put down the cup, didn't scream, and said: "Yesterday, the king of Fupeng County came in to report on his work, saying that he was ashamed of the king. Where does the king go? In Heilongjiang, he was enslaved by the armored people. He's crazy, too crazy to recognize people. There are also Wang Yi, **, Wang Lian, and Wang Li, who are supervising the concoction of ginseng in the old forest of Changbai Mountain, and when they met with the people of the Internal Affairs Office, they begged for 'a reward for the old cotton jacket'. Waiting for the messenger in the ice and snow, after all, the people who have followed me in front of him, so there is a decree that everyone will be rewarded with an old sheepskin robe, and the sorghum rice on the food will be full. ”

It was as if a cold wind suddenly struck, and all the eunuchs trembled in their hearts. The five people he ordered were all close attendants of the Forbidden City, and the eunuchs' envious and flattering positions disappeared without a trace overnight. Rumor has it that the "business trip" went. It turned out to be such an errand!

"They are still minions, and they were minions. Slaves and minions are also three, six, nine, and so on! Qianlong's words were as easy as talking to the teahouse in the teahouse, "Why is the fine clothes and jade food here reduced to such a state?" Don't make a cup for the loss, and accidentally lose the boot puller. I rule the world with benevolence, and never neglect human life for trivial matters - they have violated the family law of their ancestors, led their masters to do wrong, and spread rumors to smear their masters' faces! He held the chair handle with one hand and the other hand, and scanned the temple with a fierce gaze, "Is there such a person now?" ”

He paused. In the terrible silence, people felt that their scalps were suddenly rising, lying on the smooth gold bricks in the ground with their ears pricked up, staring at frightened eyes to listen to Qianlong's "teachings".

"The Queen Mother's decree is clear - it's hard to guarantee it!" Qianlong's words became extremely sharp, "What is a country? I am the country! What is Sheji? I am the society! I have inherited the destiny of the heavens to take care of Kyushu and ten thousand squares, and hundreds of millions of living beings have raised the people to live in peace, all of which are tied to my thoughts. Therefore, if you can't get along with me, you can't get along with the country and the people of the world! Whoever dares to make trouble in the palace will be to divide my flesh and blood, break up my family affection, and destroy my filial piety - I will skin you! He gritted his teeth, looked at the caisson on the top of the hall and smiled, "Skinning people is an invention of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. The history of eunuchs and disasters in the country is full of examines, how dare I not be afraid of the words of the sages? ”

He slapped the table casually, and all the heads bowed again.

"Don't learn from Zhao Gao, Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian, and these things. There are also good things in the eunuchs, those who suffer for the lord, those who die on behalf of the lord, and those who are loyal to the people, and the eunuch Zheng He of the Three Treasures of Ming Yongle is also a good thing - go back and ask the people of the Internal Affairs Office to ask Master Wang Erlie to tell you the story. He blushed, but slowed down, "It's not that I'm ruthless. I ants are not willing to trample to death easily, but they refuse to indulge the eunuchs, just because you are on an errand at the core of the world's privy secrets, and you are a cruel and lowly person, and the words 'prevent micro and gradual progress' can not be forgotten from time to time. He stood up with a grim smile on his face and said, "That's what I said. Qin Meimei, Wang Lian, and Wang Ren stayed—the rest went back and waited for rectification! ”

One by one, these "things" did not possess their bodies, and they withdrew tremblingly. The three people who stayed behind, a bit like the birds that had just been caught in the cage, kneeling on the ground, squirming in fear, avoiding the throne, as if there was some terrible mechanism installed in the throne of Welling, and what flames would spew out at any time to burn people into charcoal. In the unbearable horror of the silence, Qianlong spoke, but it was not the thunderous anger they imagined, and his tone was already as gentle as treating a foreign minister.

"The eunuchs of the six palaces and the deputy eunuchs are all old, and they can't help their spirits and bodies." Qianlong said, "What about exempting them? They are the ones who have served the first emperor, and they still have some prestige. So, I thought, all three of you have been promoted to the rank of deputy eunuch. ”

None of the three of them thought that the first thing was to be promoted. He shuddered, looked up in surprise, and leaned over again to thank him. Qianlong smiled imperceptibly, and said: "You have difficulties, I know - the big and small people in this palace, not to mention agreeing, often in these low-level concubines, that is, decent grandmothers and girls and female officials, etc., raise their feet and raise their feet higher than your head - but there are rules and proportions, and there is a fundamental principle, that is, to be loyal to the king." From generation to generation, you must be faithful. Only with loyalty can there be respect and sincerity, this is 'etiquette', 'self-denial and retribution for benevolence'......" He suddenly felt that he didn't need to say such a big truth to the "things", and his words changed, "All in all, I only know that there is a king in my heart, and I can tolerate everything, and I can endure small mistakes." You understand? ”

"Minions understand!"

"Who blamed Lafayette for yesterday's events?"

“……”

"Huh?"

…… There was a dead silence.

Under the incomparably powerful coercion, the three of them were so forced that they couldn't even breathe, but they were trembling all over.

Qin Meimei said first. Qianlong said coldly. Dip his hand in herbal tea and swipe on the table and wait for him to reply.

"Minions...... Minion ......"

"Are you so scared?" Qianlong sneered, "If you don't say it, you can go." Don't say it - naturally someone said it. ”

Qin Meimei kowtowed, propped up her arms, seemed to think about it, and felt that it was wrong, she was busy kowtowing again, and muttered: "The master's teachings are based on 'loyalty to the king', and the master's kindness is like a mountain, how dare the slave deceive?" It's really crooked here, and the minions can't understand it. Yesterday, the Queen Mother was fine, saying that today was a fasting day, and she would summon the twenty-four blessings and the five blessings to come in for meditation. Last night, they were summoned in, and while they were talking, the queen mother also came, and the queen mother drove the minions out, and the minions did not dare to eavesdrop on what they said. I only went in the middle to make tea, and listened to the twenty-four Fujin say: 'Lafayette, don't worry about this, there are some things that we can't figure out anymore, so let's take advantage of the time to talk to Long Live Lord.' It's not a big deal. 'The slave quit after making tea......"

"Is it Wu Yashi?" Qianlong was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "She is mourning at home, how can she know about He Shen's 'selection'?" Thinking about it in her heart, she felt that it was wrong, Wu Yashi herself had a kick with herself, how could she dare to eat this dry vinegar? Thinking about it, he looked at Wang Lian, but Wang Lian was very simple, kowtowed and said calmly: "The slave turned out to be ignorant. Qin Meimei said this, and woke up. Yesterday, long live the lord to reward things, the twenty-fourth master's mansion and the fifth master's mansion were all Gao Yuncong's go, and he was outside the noon gate at that time. I also asked Gao Yuncong, why don't you go to Donghua Gate, but go out of Taihe Gate? Gao Yun smiled and went silently. Saying this, Qin Meimei remembered it again, and said on the side: "The slave also knows, the slave went to the fasting palace to spread the decree and send Lafayette's "Diamond Sutra". Bumped into Gao Yun and came out of the alley, he said that he had just met the master Niangniang. The emperor rewarded the two widows with fifty taels of gold each, and the mother rewarded her with a big woolen ruler. The things were heavy, and he asked the slave to ask two people to help him move it, and the slave was also busy for a while, so he asked him to call it himself, so he went. Wang Ren also said: "Zhun must be surnamed Gao, his sister-in-law is the wet nurse of the Fifth Master's Mansion, his sister-in-law is the proud girl who waits for the mother's dress, his mother and his sister are all needlemen in the Sixteenth Wangfu, and his uncle is the head of the housekeeper with the Twenty-fourth Master!" This person doesn't hum or ha, in fact, his head is smart and sharp, and we all call him 'King Kong Diamond' behind our backs! ”

The three of them designated Gao Yuncong in unison, Qianlong became suspicious, Gao Yuncong was originally a second-class eunuch in the Yangxin Palace, and he was just diligent and fast, could it be that he watched him go on the stage and aroused their jealousy? Thinking about it, he smiled: "What you are talking about is just speculation, not evidence." Gao Yuncong is just a miscellaneous eunuch, he may not be so bold. ”

"Your Majesty," Wang Lian said with a bitter face, "This kind of thing minions don't dare to talk nonsense, Gao Yun has never been a coward, he peeked at your books, and even went to the Siku study to ask the list of books borrowed by the Long Live Lord, he was a eunuch and asked what was this for?" Wang Ren said: "Not only read books, but also read excerpts!" Once when I entered the warm pavilion, he was wiping the kang mat with a damp cloth, wiping it with one hand, and picking it with one finger to see the fold you had just approved. Later, when he was gossiping, he also asked, was it sent by Lord Liu from Shandong, and it was thick? I said what was sent, what happened to Shandong, it was nothing more than Cathay Pacific Yu Yijian, and Yu Dacai wrote it down! Something to do with your chicken-**. Long live the most taboo eunuch peeking at the excerpts! Besides, you, if you stain the fold, you will be counted as mine? He smiled and said, it's all no chickens - that playful person, who this light (egg) heart? Please rub the finch cards and mix things up-" He looked at Qianlong and kowtowed.

It's actually about Minzhong! There was nothing so shocking to Qianlong again. As far as the eunuchs are concerned, how can he not only taboo them to "chew his wife's tongue" to tell the truth and wrong of the rumors of the palace secrets, and gang up to cling to the concubines to pick three nests and four to make a fuss about housework, and separate the flesh and blood of the heavenly family? Princes of Traffic, collusion with ministers, and snooping on important military affairs...... These things are even more of a violation of the iron ban of the three generations of Shun Kangyong! Did they gang up to frame Heshen? Or is it connected with Heshen to set up a pit and trap in Minzhong? Or is Yu Minzhong really dignified on the outside, and there is such a trip of rats and dogs? …… Countless thoughts moved in Qianlong's heart for a moment, his face had become blue and dark, the ghost-like light waves were hidden behind his eyelids and flickering, his mouth was strained and he smiled gloomily, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Spread Gao Yun from in!" ”

…… Gao Yuncong came in with a solemn face, but his heart was full of joy: about the "purge" palace ban three people were not enough, and he recruited himself again? When he kowtowed to say goodbye, he couldn't hear a single echo, and he suddenly felt a chill coming, and his heart tightened his vigilance, and he guessed with one end of his mind and waited for the question.

"Gao Yuncong," Qianlong asked for a long time, his voice was a little muffled, because the palace was empty, with a slight echo in the hollow, "How much silver do you have a month?" ”

Everyone opened their mouths to ask about this, and they all raised their heads all of a sudden, and Gao Yuncong replied in a daze: "Back to the master, twelve taels." ”

"Eat, drink, and dress another palace, right?"

"Yes."

"Every time I go out to deliver the decree, I will give another reward to the minister?"

"Back to the master, this matter is not the same. There are silver rewards for happy events and funerals, and there are many rewards for big happy events, and there are many rewards for the yellow belt clan relatives who have sent envoys. It is common to see the will of the paicha, and you will be rewarded with tea money. Whether you reward more or less, it all depends on the will of the recipient. The minions dare not know how to lift, nor dare they reach out to care. ”

Qianlong sighed "hmm" and asked, "Did Yu Minzhong reward you more?" Otherwise, why did you dig into him, peep into secret folds, ask for bibliographies, spread rumors, and divide the relationship between my mother and son? Well?! ”

It was as if a thunderbolt in the clear sky pierced through the clouds and split into the sky, and then one after another lightning roared unequivocally and shot down again and again, where could Gao Yun stand it from being caught off guard? At first, his body trembled and twitched, and then his eyes darkened, and he fell down on his stomach again, his heart was already confused, and he didn't even know what to say to himself in a half-dazed and half-awake way.

"No?" Qianlong sneered lightly, stood up, paced half a circle with his footsteps, and looked contemptuously at the four eunuchs who were shocked and earth-colored, his voice became hoarse, and there was a faint and tasteless ruthlessness: "You tell the truth, I can give you a chance to survive." What are you in my eyes? The ants that climb on the royal case, and you will become - powder with a twist of your hand! Wang Ren, Wang Ren! ”

"Huh? Yes! Master! The minion is so bluffed away that the true soul ......"

"You bring the soul back to me, go and call Liu Yong in, just say that you will inform the Shen Xing Division, and you will ask the criminal department about the case of the great rebellion-" He said to Gao Yuncong again, "You say it's still too late now." ”

Gao Yuncong was already covered in wood and didn't know the pain, but fortunately, his mind was not completely dazed, he shook his head and kowtowed, and stammered: "Don't ...... Ask the master not to ...... The minion said...... It's just that the matter is too big, and I'm afraid that the master won't believe it...... Again...... Let's talk about ...... again," he said, while looking at Wang Lian and Wang Ren with a bitter face.

"You go out, go to the other side of the wall and watch the people!" Qianlong shouted viciously. When Wang Lian and the others stumbled out, they said, "You say!" ”

"Master Chaosheng......" Gao Yuncong was still frightened like a rabbit that only saw a wolf, and gasped, "When Lord Yu Minzhong was in Guanglu Temple, he was in charge of distributing New Year's salaries to the princes and ministers of the clans near and far, and the slave's mother, sister, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, and cousin are now on an errand at the prince's house outside the palace, and they were all recommended by him. At that time, there was no taboo, so he recognized Mrs. Yu's godmother, and sometimes called him godfather, and he also responded. "Godfather?" Qianlong snorted and said, "You go on." Gao Yuncong calmed down: "Lord Yu is a good person, not only me, not only eunuchs, but also those who are in trouble, not only pity and help, but also recommend messengers to other ministers, and his own family does not recommend any of them." Actually, I don't read the excerpts, I don't read the master's bibliography, and there will be others to help him......"

Qianlong was secretly shocked when he heard this, this "Taoist" military aircraft is in danger of dealing with the world, planning deeply, and thinking carefully is really unprecedented, and he cultivates quietly and intentionally, and he is actually a party henchman who is full of nobles! Thinking that he brought down Ji Yun and Li Shiyao, his methods were so secret that he was unconscious, and thinking that he watched Yu Yijian suffer and ignored him, and his forbearance was also rare...... He couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly said, "How can he explain to you, let you peek at the excerpts, and let you report the books I read?" Let's talk about it! According to what you say, it was also his idea for someone to go to the Queen Mother to tell him about his wife? Is it to use this matter to rectify Hailancha and then bring down Ah Gui and Shen? ”

"Master, master!" Gao Yun took two steps from his knees, stretched out his hand as if he was about to beg for something, and hung down again, and said helplessly: "What does Lord Yu think in his heart, the slave doesn't know, and he doesn't dare to ask - when the fifth master was alive, he told the queen, 'This person can't be of great use, it's good to go out and be a governor', and the queen also robbed Bai Wuye, saying, 'You can use it best, but your body and bones must be stronger', and the uncle and sister-in-law also made a fuss. Yesterday's incident was told by the queen who didn't know who she heard, and asked me to go back with the queen mother. I said that I am not from Cining Palace, the Queen Mother and the Emperor are the mother and son, and this matter must not be done. When I came out and met Mr. Yu, Mr. Yu couldn't go back, so he asked me to go outside the noon gate to see if it was true or not. Yu Yijian's case came out, Yu Min was very unsteady in the center, he didn't say that he let the slaves peek, he only said that it was not easy to be a man, and sometimes he was still in the dark when he got into the trap of people, so I asked me to pay attention to what the emperor said about Yu Yijian, and I should be more careful if he is implicated. But the emperor didn't say anything, and the slave felt that he couldn't see the adult, so he peeked at Zhu Pi...... "He said, I don't know what hurt he touched, he was already two bubbles of tears, raised his palm and opened the bow left and right, "Slap, slap" Two slaps in a row, kowtowed, "The slave received the emperor's favor, violated the emperor's law, received the favor of others, and all the old and young were pinched in the hands of people." The slave himself is not to mention, the old lady is over 70 years old, and she has been widowed for more than 30 years, and the lamp oil is all dry...... is what the emperor said, no matter who twists it, the slave family has to become a 'powder' silently, just ask the emperor to read that the slave is not so bad that his conscience intends to do bad things, and he has no choice but to ...... On the heart, only kill one minion, don't ...... Don't ......" said Ji Feng kowtowed, shrank on the ground and cried to the ground.

Qianlong listened to the anger that arched out of the dantian: he always thought that Shengwei Heyiguang was covered by all things, and he could see thousands of miles clearly, but who knew that under his nose was the darkness under the lamp, and the ghosts in the black ground were entangled and came straight to the throne! This Yu Minzhong is really insidious, unheard of, unheard of, and a traitorous male who is like a straight man! These words are summed up, his mental skills are clear at a glance, he is about to be rare, and the queen mother is even more frosty in the wind, moving out of this "boring" thing, it is obvious that he wants to get Hailancha again, and put the charge of "the evil of the king", even with Ah Gui, it is difficult to escape the Zhulian, Zhaohui is naturally a party...... "He is looking forward to my death!" Or once he has a stroke and is silent or something, how can He Shen Liu Yong be his opponent? This thought was drawn in his heart, and Qianlong's blood immediately boiled: "It's the eighth uncle, who has the danger of mountains and rivers in his heart and the strictness of the city government in his chest, is it so vicious?!" He sneered, made up his mind in his heart, glanced at Gao Yuncong, who was crying like a tearful person, for a long time, sighed and said: "I rule the world with filial piety, and I remember your last resort, not to mention that I have a word first, so I will spare you from death, not to mention Zhulian." ”

"Your Majesty......" Gao Yun fell to the ground suddenly, crying silently, "The slave will be a cow and a horse in the next life-"

"But you shouldn't be on an errand in Beijing." Qianlong interrupted him and said, "According to your sins, ten Gao Yuncong will also die." I have forgiven you, but I am afraid that others may not forgive you. The National Lianxing Prison is not an auspicious omen, many of your words cannot be verified at all, and if they are verified, they will stain the Forbidden City with blood. It's strange - people say that chickens are slaughtered for monkeys, but now monkeys are slaughtered to show chickens, and chickens are not afraid! Whoever looks good at it will cut him with a knife when it comes out! Go ahead, take your old mother Longhua Baiyi Nunnery, that is the forbidden place of the Holy Ancestor Qin, and no one dares to disturb it. You go today and let the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of War give you a survey. When he went to Fengtian to see General ***, he sent a decree to him to enter Beijing and take over as the commander of Jiumen. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for your grace......"

Gao Yun withdrew from the thousand thanks. Qianlong was the only one left in the empty hall, he paced a few steps with a faint gaze, returned to the Sumeru seat to meditate, the hall could only hear the sound of the self-striking bell "click" with a large mirror, and heard the roar of spring thunder outside, he came back to his senses, and found that it was overcast at some point, and the light outside was dim and dim, and the rustling rain was faintly heard. He groaned, and the wind outside penetrated the curtain, and it struck in a curling manner, and his body was cold, and he suddenly felt strange and lonely and terrifying, and he actually got goosebumps. Think about it: the queen inserted in, the queen mother also followed to help, and I don't know how many princes Fujin were inadvertently involved, and his "ruined wife" was also mixed in and couldn't be publicized. If he goes back ten years, he will be slashed no matter what, and these people will be killed, but now...... He felt that his hands had softened, and his heart had softened...... The blood of the people who have killed is too dazzling and too piercing, and it also hinders his reputation for being wise and lenient. Calm down and think about it again, I just wantonly killed and killed Yu Minzhong, what is the basis for my original "wisdom"? After all, Yu Minzhong actually has the heart to kill and has no charge of killing! He's really seen this man's mental skills! Another burst of thunder came, not very loud, but very close, like a wheelbarrow running over a stone bridge, rumbling from the top of the temple, I heard the eunuch shouting faintly in the distance: "It's raining heavily, close the windows and ......" He breathed a sigh of silence and shouted outward: "Wang Lian Wang Ren come in!" ”

There was no shelter from the rain in front of the wall, Wang Lian and Wang Ren trotted in, they were already drenched with water chickens, their lips were frozen blue, and they saw Qianlong writing with a pen, so he knelt down without saying a word. Qianlong only glanced at them and continued, he wrote very slowly, almost every word he wrote had to stop and think about it, and after a long time he put down the pen and said: "Wang Ren goes, according to the example of rewarding the five blessings and the twenty-four blessings, Hailancha and Zhaohui each have a share, you don't have to give the queen mother, and you don't have to come in to thank you." Go to the four-value library and choose two pairs of armor, one for Agui and one for *** - send it to Fengtian with a post. Oh, Mrs. Gui compared it to Mrs. Hailancha, and added ten horses of azure silk to the rain. Send a decree to them, and each family chooses a son to guard the Jinqian Qingmen. Fu Heng's mansion should also be rewarded, rewarding 5,000 taels of silver, ten swords, ten muskets, and those who have meritorious servants. ”

For no reason, these four courtiers were sealed and rewarded, Ze and his nephews and slaves, which was very rare in the Qianlong Dynasty, and three of them were all direct wives, which was unique. Where did the eunuch pay attention to his thoughts? Wang Ren agreed, Qianlong picked up the piece of paper on the case and handed it to Wang Lian, and said, "You go to the Military Aircraft Department and pass the will to the Minister of Military Aircraft." The words on this paper were picked up by reading ancient books, and I could not read them, nor did I know the meaning. Yu Minzhong is full of Confucianism, and Ji Yun is not there, so I ask him to note the phonetics, mark the meaning of the words, and I will wait here! "Anyway, take the book and don't talk anymore.

He Shen, Agui, and Yu Minzhong were all at the military plane, and they couldn't help but be surprised when they heard Wang Ren's decree. Ah Gui hurriedly knelt down and thanked him, and said, "Rong slave is grateful", got up and went to Yu Minzhong with He Shen to look at the word:

It's just ten words, written big and upright, a bit like the grid character imitation post he usually gives to his brother. He Shen's heart moved: Others rewarded Jia'en. But what does it mean to give Yu Min such a difficult problem? Ah Gui didn't pay attention to this, but just thought about it: This unvain blessing came out of thin air, how to phrase thanksgiving, and what other deep meaning does Qianlong have? The two of them each thought about their own thoughts, staring at the paper, but they were all very unfamiliar, only one of them was familiar with the word "劒", but because they were too familiar, the more they looked at it, the more suspicious they became, and they didn't even dare to conclude that it was such an easy word, why did the emperor write it out as a difficult word? Thinking about it, my mind fell into the fog...... Yu Minzhong was carefully identifying. His hands were already sweating, and his hair was wet on the edge of the paper, except for a "day" next to the word "夰", and a note on the side of the word "劒" "劒" next to the word "sword" and "夒" for a long time, hesitating to note a "loss sound", and the rest were already at a loss as if they were a guest to him. After hesitating for a long time, after all, he didn't have this talent, put down his pen and said with a smile: "Please reply to the saint, the saint is deep and can't be recognized, let alone Yu Minzhong?" I'm going to check it out, and then I'm going to hand the sign in. At this moment, even Ah Gui felt that something was wrong, and he tasted "Ji Yun is not there" in his heart, and he always felt that there was a sound outside the strings, and this topic was strange with his own reward. I wanted to say anything, but I couldn't say anything, so I only laughed and pondered with Heshen on the side. Wang Lian took the words that had been annotated and turned around and was about to leave, when Wang Zhong came over with a piece of paper and asked, "Have you finished annotating Master Yu?" The emperor has another one here, please note it out to your lordship. As he spoke, he stood by the kang with a smile on his face and waited. He stopped Wang Lian again and said, "The master asked us to reply together." ”

Yu Minzhong's feelings and governors have changed greatly at this moment, and his originally fair face is even paler to the point of not having any blood. He thanked him for receiving the order, and moved his lips as if he wanted to ask something, but the minister's decent dignity stopped him, his face was blank, he got on the kang like a marionette, grabbed the pen to the paper, and his heart was blank, where could he still read and hyphenation? He Shen "The small intestine is on fire, go to the pharmacy to ask for some medicine" and left. Ah Gui saw that there were more than 40 characters in this picture, and it was even more secluded than the one just now, as if he had never met any of them, and suddenly his heart brightened, Qianlong really wanted to rectify Yu Minzhong! Seeing that Yu Minzhong's face was full of embarrassment, shame and anxiety, he had completely lost his usual stubborn and arrogant face, and he thought about it, so he asked softly: "How many words can you recognize?" ”

"Three or five...... Yu Minzhong's voice was weak and trembling, showing that he was extremely frightened in his heart, and he was stunned, "...... It would be nice to have a "Vocabulary"......" Ah Gui asked Wang Lian: "Is there a "Vocabulary" in the Palace of Cultivating the Heart?" Borrow one for adults to see. Before Wang Lian could answer, Wang Zhong smiled and said: "The Palace of Nourishing Hearts has a book of "Vocabulary", but it has always been kept by Gao Yun, Gao Yun is never there, and we can't take it out. Yu Minzhong listened, his body trembled, and his heart, which was already a mess, was like a handful of thatch on fire, and his face, which was already so pale that people couldn't bear to look at it, was flushed red, but it was very unevenly distributed, red, white and blue, very ugly. This fire burned in his heart, his ears were buzzing, and he barely sat with his hands on the desk, and the beads of sweat on his head had already come out. Subconsciously muttered, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... What else is commanded? ”

"The emperor said, it doesn't matter if you don't recognize the words, it's not difficult for you." Wang Zhong was expressionless, and said unhurriedly, "I said that I asked Yu Zhongtang to go back to the house to check the book "Vocabulary", and Ming'er didn't have to hand the sign in, just wait at home, the book that the emperor is reading tonight is "Xinyu of the Xi Dynasty", don't bother Zhongtang to inquire again." ”

…… Yu Minzhong's face twitched sharply a few times, and he sat like a stiff couple.

"The emperor said that tonight he will approve the vacancies of several provincial governments in Fujian. Gao Yun has already been guilty, please find another way to dig and investigate in the middle hall. Wang Zhong repeated Qianlong's words, thinking of Qianlong's face full of sarcasm and sarcasm, he shuddered first, and then said: "The emperor also said that Yu Minzhong is a scholar, and he takes care of everything, so he is a bit like Zhuge Wuhou, he is tired to death, and the Qing Dynasty may not be able to have a Adou to ask him to protect him." Please Mr. Yu rest first, read a few books on nourishment, and wait for the opportunity to talk about it, don't be busy for a while......"

Yu Minzhong was already an idiot at the moment, sitting with his face raised and looking into the distance with a dull gaze. He couldn't remember "what the emperor commanded", and even if he heard it, his mind was already stiff, and he was so wooden. Ah Gui became more and more shocked the more he listened, and looked at Wang Zhong's terrible mouth with wide eyes, not knowing what "the emperor else said". Although there is no major crime mentioned in it, it is just about Minzhong's personality and taste, traffic eunuchs, Guan said errands, snooping on the palace, and "the family members are crisscrossing in the six palaces" are all "said by the emperor", this is the Taoist military aircraft that "Fang Zhengkai holds upright and upright"? He wanted to blame the eunuch for being rude, but Wang Zhong relayed Qianlong's words, and Yu Minzhong asked them - do you know that these words were not said to all the ministers of military aircraft? However, this kind of edict is not like a decree, reprimand is not like a reprimand, and the admonition is not like a precept, Yu Minzhong is already in a coma like half a dead man, what should be done? Rao is Agui Laocheng's self-cultivation style as the prime minister of the country, and I don't know how to do it...... Just as he was doing nothing, he suddenly heard Liu Yong sigh behind him, and when Zhang Huang turned his face to look, he didn't know when he had come in.

"I've been listening to it for a long time." Liu Yong's face seemed sad and happy, and he muttered, "Since it is a retelling of the emperor's will, Yu Gong should kneel and apologize for his sins......"

Yu Minzhong seemed to have been pricked by a needle, and a tremor woke up. He seemed to be trembling all over, trembling hands, and his legs and feet moved off the kang very inconveniently, and drove the kang table to turn over the ink pool, staining the corner of the robe The boss was black, and the folds on the case were also stained several copies, and when he turned around to pick up, his hands were also full of ink. When he got off the kang, he sat down for a long time and his lower body was numb, so he knelt down on the spot. After lying on the ground for a long time, Fang replied in a low voice: "The minister is guilty...... Please ask the emperor to deal with it heavily. Wang Lian and Wang Zhong glanced at each other, nodded knowingly and turned around and left.

"Wait."

Liu Yong suddenly stretched out his arm to stop him. His voice was not loud, but it was extremely clear, and even Yu Minzhong, who was kneeling on the ground, was shocked. Liu Yong took the two pieces of paper written by Qianlong and asked, "This is written by the emperor?" ”

"Yes!" The two eunuchs bowed together and replied.

"Did the emperor ask you to pass on the decree, or did you pass it on yourself?"

"No, no......" Wang Lian was a little flustered, "I...... I didn't say anything either......"

Liu Yong turned his gaze to Wang Zhong. Wang Zhong hurriedly said: "The emperor said that Yu Minzhong didn't ask, so there is no need to say it." If you want to ask the emperor if he has anything to say, just say it directly. So it's a message. ”

"There are rules for the proclamation." Liu Yong's rigid face was expressionless, "If you don't declare a 'purpose', how can you ask people to salute?" If you don't stand in the south, do you listen to it, or do you listen to the echo on behalf of the Son of Heaven? Hello wilderness, you want to enter the people to sin and deceive the minister of military aircraft! ”

Liu ...... Lord Liu...... Where? I'm ten heads ......"

"Wang Lian went back to repeat the decree." Liu Yong sneered, "Let's just say that Liu Yong punished Wang Zhong for kneeling in front of the iron brand and reciting the holy precepts of the Holy Ancestor Shizong!" He designated Wang Zhongdao, "Are you going?" Otherwise, they will have you out! Wang Lian saw that there was no way, so he had to go back alone. Wang Zhong was originally decent, but the eunuch was afraid that the Liu family had accumulated habits, and seeing that Liu Yong had no pretense on his face, he had to endure the grievances and said with a bitter face: "It was the villain who smashed the messenger, Lord Liu...... I pleaded guilty ...... "Rub the step out." At this time, the accident in the military aircraft department has alarmed the officials waiting to see outside, seeing that Yu Min is kneeling and paralyzed like mud, Wang Zhong hung his head and came to the "inner court palace concubines and eunuchs who interfere in national politics in vain and kill those who are unforgivable" The Holy Ancestor gave an iron plaque to salute and kowtow, and several officials probed their heads and stretched their necks to look, Ah Gui went up to the door and asked: "What are you looking at?" "The crowd stretched out their tongues like birds and beasts.

Liu Yong came over to comfort Yu Minzhong. But at this time, it is really inconsolable, and he is actually making up words with Ah Gui, what "the grace of heaven is exhausted", "the benevolence of saints is not too much", "I have thought about it behind closed doors and waited for the purpose"...... It's like scratching the itch through the boots, and it's like worrying about the clichés that Yu Minzhong teaches others on weekdays, and the two of them feel bored later. Seeing that he still refused to leave with a dark face, he knew that he was in love, hoping for his will, but he felt that his face was hateful. As soon as Wang Lian came again, Ah Gui knew that he was called in, stepped forward and patted Yu Minzhong on the shoulder, and sighed: "Please go back first...... If you have any words, you can write an excerpt and present it to the emperor. There are a lot of people here, and the people below don't look like it. We can't figure it out, let's talk about it when we see the emperor! Yu Minzhong got up and walked away. Ah Gui Liu Yong Xiang and sighed.

Liu Yong punished Wang Zhong for kneeling on the iron brand on the military plane, although he knew that Qianlong didn't care about punishing the eunuchs, but Qianlong was angry and a little worried. When they met, they saw that Qianlong was not very angry, and he was still sitting on the kang and writing. The two saluted, and saw Qianlong Yaoyao sitting down with his hand as a gesture, and Fang obliquely signed on the pestle and waited. For a while, He Shen also came in, Qianlong put down the pen, and Liu Yong talked about Wang Zhong.

"Punish him, don't say that he is at fault, that is, he is not at fault, so he kneels and breaks the dog's legs? You are the Minister of the Guard, and you have this right. Qianlong said indifferently, and asked, "You all know it?" How is Yu Minzhong? ”

Ah Gui bowed on the pestle and said, "The emperor was suddenly angry with Yu Minzhong, and the slave was very surprised. He is a stubborn man, he has always been honest and self-respecting, saying that he offended the eunuch, and the slave still trusted him, saying that he won over the eunuch, and the slave was also very surprised. He himself seemed unprepared and surprised. The slave takes care of military affairs for the emperor on the military plane, and occasionally manages a little tedious and trivial affairs of government affairs, and has no size merit, and should not be rewarded with Zhaohui, Hailancha, and Fukangan, which is even more accidental. Ask the emperor to take back his fate, keep the reward, and wait for the slave to be rewarded for meritorious service on another day, so that the slave can feel at ease. He had a series of "accidents", one was to leave room to speak, and the other was to give Qianlong the high hat of "saintly and wise people are unpredictable". Liu Yong and Shen couldn't help but admire it in their hearts. He Shen said: "Speaking of this person, the slave admires him very much. I am one of the few prime ministers of the dynasty, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, and has served as the president of the Siku Quanshuguan, the chief master of the upper study, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and the president of the Santong Hall of the National History Museum - who gave such a great glory? With such a big knowledge, how can you be a thief? No matter if you go to the military aircraft department in the study, you see the emperor every day, and you can make friends with eunuchs? Ah Gui is full of accidents, and the minions are full of questions: now this world is really getting more and more incomprehensible. Besides, he has always been a Beijing official, so where did he get so much money to attract people? Liu Yong said: "The minister didn't have much contact with him in the past, he was deep and unspoken, and the minister thought that this was the minister's strength." He worked as a waiter in the household department, and he was in charge of the affairs of the money hall, and he had a lot of money, but he didn't listen to the words of the hand chief. Hearing Wang Zhong count him, the ministers were surprised and surprised on the side, the emperor's reading list, the subordinates cared, and it was understandable, but he deliberately inquired and paid attention to the secret fold Zhu Criticism, the former can be said to be to cater to him, which is trivial and obscene, and the latter is purely ghostly. The minister punished Wang Zhong for his desolation of the holy decree. But he admired him in the past, and looked down on him in his heart! ”

"He's not just counting his sins—he just wants to be Cao Cao and is ready to usurp the government!" Qianlong sneered and snorted again, "I am also optimistic about this champion, because he has good words, is deep and smart, and asked him to copy two Buddhist scriptures for Lafayette, where did I think that he would use this to contact the inner palace, and blame him for illusion [1]

Privately! Yu Yijian's case was self-examined and died, he didn't say a word, which was enough to show his forbearance, and I thought that he could kill his relatives for the sake of the country's righteousness; He started to rectify Ji Yun and Li Shiyao again, originally they were at fault, and I also intended to temper it, and it fulfilled his heart, and now he is rectifying Heshen again, and he also wants to rectify Ah Gui, Zhaohui, and Hailancha. With his insidious and treacherous, Mingzhu and Suo Etu are also unattainable, Liu Yong is loyal and undeceived, how can he be his opponent? Alas...... I should have carefully judged and seen this person clearly, in the twenty-third year of Qianlong, his father died of illness in Fang and returned to his hometown for funeral. Later, when his mother died, he kept it a secret. At that time, the imperial historian Zhu Ji played him 'two relatives were confused into one, and he went to the official in a hurry', and I also said that Zhu Ji was nitpicking and making a big fuss! It's also human nature to think that he is hot in the middle of the eunuch journey - it seems that only he is talented, who would have thought that he would not only be able to write articles and write, but also have so many conspiracies and tricks, and will also illegally seize power inside and outside the traffic! He slapped his leg hard, "Dominate the Chaogang alone, this is Yu Minzhong!" Mother doesn't want it, brother doesn't want it, relatives and friends don't want it, the six relatives don't rely on the six relatives and don't recognize it, this is Yu Minzhong! Cao Cao! ”

He made a tirade and reprimanded Yu Minzhong with self-blame, disloyalty, filial piety, injustice, and five poisons, and the more he listened to it, the more shocked he became, and secretly shook his head and thought to himself, "This person is resting." Ah Gui was also shocked when he heard that Yu Minzhong wanted to rectify himself, although Qianlong did not tell the truth, he said that Yu Minzhong had something to do with the inner palace. He himself had already vaguely felt that Yu Minzhong was in Ji Yun, and there was no evidence at all, and now that Qianlong said it himself, it can be seen that this person is very dangerous, and he has done so many things without showing his face, and his opponents have fallen "on their own" one by one! But he couldn't agree with Qianlong's "Cao Cao" test. Yu Minzhong is Cao Cao, so who is Qianlong? Where did the Manchu civil and military live? What is the way of the world today? Thinking about it, he said calmly: "The emperor thinks deeply, the slave thinks that Yu Minzhong is Yu Minzhong." said that Cao Cao said Wang Mang, we don't have that number one person in the Qing Dynasty. It is one thing for the monarch and the ministers to discuss the Golden Palace, and to announce to the world that I have come out of Cao Cao, which is very shocking. Although he has a conspiracy, but his bad deeds are not shown, let alone his reverses, if he is punished for Cao Mang's crime, how big a crime is it? At present, there are many things to be done in the following martial arts, and a wave of unsettled waves has risen again, and Pepsi is based on peace and tranquility. The slave thought that he didn't need to ask too deeply, and he had borne the sin of 'befriending the eunuch temple and connecting foreign officials', that is, he would never get ahead, and he would never be able to command Ruyi to leave and right the dynasty. Moreover, Yu Minzhong has been in the center for a long time, and he has been extremely favored and gracious, because he still has merit in running errands on weekdays, and he is not completely deceived by Shengcong's ingenuity. In the past, he was not reused for no cause, and today's effect is not for this cause, but for his fate today. It seems more logical to do so. He pursed his lips and stopped.

This is a very thorough statement: In the troubled times, the king was a traitor, Yu Min became Cao Cao without the power to restrain the chicken, and Qianlong himself was not as good as Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Halfway through what he said, Qianlong had already praised it in his heart, and when he heard the "cause and effect" and "karma", he couldn't help but smile, and said: "Ah Gui Jiang Gui's sex is old and spicy, and he has entered the furnace a little bit of perfection. said that he was Cao Cao, but he didn't care about it, and he didn't deserve to go to Cao Shi to lift shoes when he was talented and martial. He's not a traitor. Maybe yes, at least it's just a hint of it. I don't want to build another big prison, and the good situation is causing everyone to be in danger. I hate him for being upright, but he is a wicked villain in his heart, and he is relying on him to do things, but he is doing these rats, dogs, and thieves behind his back! Gui, only you can say these things, and you deserve to say this. You led the troops in Jinchuan, and the three thousand lone troops were trapped behind the enemy, Yu Minzhong personally went to Sichuan to transfer troops to deal with the breakthrough, and you were not unkind, and now he is in charge of Hailancha, and he is jealous of your high merit and is above him, and it should be appropriate for you to come out and say a few fair words for him. Everyone said that he was honest and strong, and I had no evidence that he was greedy for ink, but his real behavior was Yan Song's heart. This time, Fukang An's pacification of Jinchuan, the day of great joy for the government and the opposition, was originally to learn from the fact that he had assisted Ah Gui in discussing military merits and giving him a secular position. Now that this matter has come out, let's be exempted from both punishment and merit. But with such a heart, he is actually honest? That's what He Shen said, where did his money come from? I can't believe it. The Ministry of Communications strictly disagreed, and Liu Yong sent an order to go out, and all the officials who were appointed by Yu Minzhong should report his illegal affairs, remove his military minister and his envoys, and leave a scholar of Wenhuadian University, and think about it behind closed doors at home! He pondered, after all, he felt that it was too cheap Yu Minzhong, and said: "His son and nephew are all officials, right?" Which ministry does it seem to be in? He Shen smiled: "His son Yu Qixian died of illness last year, it was his grandson Yu Deyu, who was the director of the Ministry of Industry, and his nephew Yu Shihe, who was the head of the pen-style house in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. With such a reminder, Qianlong immediately remembered, snorted and said: "Yu Shihe is recommended by Wang Jiawang to come up to fill the vacancy." At the beginning, Wang Kangwang transferred Zhejiang to Yu Minzhong, such a corrupt official, why did he go to his hometown to be an official? Liu Yong, you give me a real investigation! ”

"Yes!"

Liu Yong bowed down on the pestle and replied, and Qianlong ordered them to withdraw. About the heart is not smooth, he felt that his heart was a little blocked, heard the bell ringing twice, only to think that after the breakfast, even breakfast is useless, and now the card is not on time, and he is too hungry. Seeing Wang Zhong coming in with a disgraced face, he felt funny, so he ordered: "I said that if you go to Concubine Chun's for breakfast, you go and get some plain food, I will take a sip, and I will have to do things for a while." Wang Zhongyuan felt faceless, and returned to see Qianlong, seeing that Qianlong was willing to give orders, he suddenly felt light, and he agreed to go out, but he saw three or four palace maids coming over with food boxes, and asked, it was the breakfast sent by Wang's family, and he took a few words to go back to the Yangxin Palace and said with a smile: "Master Wang has sent the meal over." Green beans and millet porridge, pepper mustard shreds, bad goose paws, shallots and tofu dices, and a plate of ** fried three fresh beans, plain! He said that the palace maids had already come in with food boxes and squatted on Fu'er Bucai. Qianlong saw that it was really fragrant and good-looking, because he saw the fried yellow and bright small sticky cakes, he picked up and took a bite and said, "Okay!" - What stuffing? Several palace maids often waited for him, kneeling beside him and smiling: "This is what Lord Wang came up with at night, green celery chopped into fine powder, soaked in broth overnight, mixed with tender bamboo shoots and shredded melons, egg white powder hooked dipped in pepper water, fine salt, and slowly fried." ”

"Make such a loaf of bread, your master worries all night. Be faithful! Qianlong ate happily, and saw that the green bean and white fruit millet porridge looked good, so he took a sip and said, "I will drink this." The cake was stacked on a plate and placed on the table for snack. The girl smiled and said, "Master Wang said, the master is only useful, and it can be passed on at any time." This cake is not easy to use when it is warmed......"

While eating and gossiping, Wang Lian hurriedly came in and said:

"Mother is here!"

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诪 (zhōu) 张為幻 – fraud and confusion.