Kangxi's head was wrapped in a yellow handkerchief, lying sideways on the hot kang, his face was as usual, only the left half of his body was paralyzed, and the corners of his mouth were a little crooked. Seeing Gao Shiqi coming in, he ordered everyone to go out, and said: "You are originally good at the art of Qihuang and the road of life and death." Over the years, you have withdrawn from the study and become more and more focused on medical science, and some people say that you can judge life and death, and you can be as good as a god. I don't need it, so I don't pay attention to it. I feel that this disease is very different from before, and I want to ask you a true letter, how many days do I have left? Don't be afraid, just say in the short term, living a long life is my earnings, and I will never sin against you. ”

"Master......" Gao Shiqi's face was so white that there was no blood, and he paused again and again, and choked up: "Why do you say this?" The minions' hearts are going to break! At the banquet that day, the slave had already seen that the master's illness was imminent, and it was unfortunate as expected. Seeing that the master was not well, what he was most afraid of was these days. The master has boiled it out, and slowly adjusts it, which is the infinite longevity of the saint! Don't think about it, it's not your life! Kangxi stretched out his right hand, ordered Gao Shiqi to get up, and said with a smile, "People talk about life and death, and wise people don't do it, let alone you?" You have a good point. But I have a lot of important things that must be dealt with, and we must arrange them well, and we cannot be confined to conventions. It's about the country's social welfare, you have to get rid of vulgar thoughts, and finally help me! ”

Gao Shiqi lowered his head deeply, and only raised it for a long time, but his tears were already shining, and he slowly stretched out a finger.

"A year?"

Gao Shiqi shook his head.

"A month?"

Gao Shiqi shook his head.

"So...... Ten years? Kangxi's face turned pale.

Gao Shiqi said: "Every ten into one." The saint is at ease to regulate, the world is blessed, and there is a one-year risk, and there are ten years of holy life. After this, the minister did not dare to say ......"

"Oh......" Kangxi pondered for a moment, with a burst of relief in his heart, staring at Gao Shiqi and said, "How old are you this year?" Gao Shiqi hurriedly said: "The slave canine has two out of sixty." Kangxi nodded and said, "Count the old man next to me, you are still a young man." I intend to use you back to the study to do things. What do you think? ”

Gao Shiqi has long seen through the situation of the court, and even the envoy of the National History Museum wants to resign, how can he be willing to wade into this troubled water again? sighed and said: "I'm not afraid that the emperor will laugh, the slave is already an outdated person, and the ambitions of the past years have turned to ashes, how can I be a Feng woman again and control the current situation?" The slave has been concentrating on the classics all these years, and he has become a silverfish insect, and he dare not be shy about the corpse, and he has missed the holy event! Please ask the emperor to check silently, the minion's words are from the bottom of his heart! ”

"There you go." Kangxi saw that Gao Shiqi was sincerely frightened, and he really lost the aura of the year, so he couldn't help sighing, "You have your difficulties, Tong Guowei was often difficult for you when he was in power, but Yinren also said a fair word for you." Although Guowei is not here now, I don't think it's any worse than him! The upper study is a place to go with people. I am prosperous, it is also prosperous, I am declining, it is also declining, I know it in my heart! Go back to do things with peace of mind, and if you want to see me, you can hand over the sign at any time. ”

Watching Gao Shiqi go out with a procrastinating step, Kangxi felt a pity in his heart: the versatile and suave Gao Shiqi would become so sluggish, which shows that the wind of party struggle is terrifying!

One day, Ma Qi came in and said, "Your Majesty, the eighth elder brother came in to say goodbye, can you see you?" ”

"Nope!" Kangxi said angrily, "-When I was going to die a few days ago, the other elder brothers were there, but he was sick, and this time he came back to his senses, and he was fine!" Ma Qi hurriedly agreed, and when he was going out, Kangxi changed his mind and sighed: "Alas...... Tell him to come in. ”

It took a long time for Yinxi to come in, he didn't mean to be slow, on the way from Donghua Gate to Yangxin Palace, there were too many officials who came in to ask Kangxi for peace. He himself was also "sick", and everyone still had to say goodbye when they saw him. These people who he kept out of Yinren and Yinzhen in the past are now his pillars, and he can't be slow, so he has been delayed for a lot of time, and he has been waiting for the Heart Cultivation Palace, but he saw Zhang Tingyu kneeling aside, and Xing Nian and other eunuchs supporting Kangxi. Yinzhen knelt on the kang with one leg and was feeding the emperor medicine. Yinzhen knelt down quietly, and when Yinzhen retreated, Fang said: "Son-in-law Yinzhen respectfully invites Sheng'an!" "Say it calmly and kowtow.

"Get up...... Kangxi looked tired, stared at Yinxi with deep eyes, and said, "I heard that you were in poor health a few days ago?" What is happening now? Yin Yu smiled and said: "The disease of the sons and horses of the sons and horses does not dare to worry about the sacred heart." Erchen had already seen it, but when he heard that Ama Sheng bowed to the harmony, he was so shocked and worried that he fainted, and he only saw it today" Kangxi nodded, and said after a long time: "This is the nature ......of father and son-I don't know what medicine you use now?" I rewarded you with medicine last winter, but later said it didn't work very well. I want to reward you again, but I am afraid that it will not suit your condition, so I dare not send it. ”

Yinxi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and after a while, he kowtowed and said: "The father has a gift, but the son does not dare to resign." What's more, Amma's father is all in one! Please do not dare to do so. ”

This is really not speculation. Kangxi was suddenly silent, thought about it, and said with a smile: "People say that the fourth child is picky, and I don't think you have as much heart." Speaking of ninety-nine to one, you are my son, you have always been clever and generous, and I love you very much in my heart. Since you are sick, you should think less about miscellaneous things, if you want something, just ask He Zhu'er to come in and play me. Yinxi also felt that he had nothing to say, so he kowtowed and said: "It's hot outside, and the kang is burning in this house, and I can't stand it anymore, the emperor alone is the blessing of the common people in the world, so take care." The son was a little stronger, and he came in and waited for him every day. ”

When Kangxi saw him kowtowing to leave, he stopped and asked, "Are you going back?" Yin Yu hurriedly turned around and bowed and said, "The son wants to go inside to greet his mother." Hooray, what else to command? Seeing Kangxi nodding speechlessly, Fang slowly retreated.

"There is the danger of mountains and rivers in the heart, and the strictness of the city in the chest!" Kangxi looked at Yinxi's back and pondered secretly, and suddenly remembered Gao Shiqi's words: If you really have ten years to live, everything is another matter. But Gao Shiqi's words "one-year risk" chased him silently like a nightmare, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter what. Kangxi was stunned for a while, and commanded: "Go back to ...... Changchun Garden goes. ”

The rider shouted softly: "Tuk! Eight healthy mules pulled the sick and broken Kangxi out of the Forbidden City. Kangxi was half lying on the soft couch in the camel cart, at a loss in his heart, I don't know if he can return to Ouchi this time? Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi, who were accompanying them, pretended to be calm on their faces, but they were inexplicably panicked in their hearts - none of the imperial doctors dared to say anything, but after waiting for the past few days, from the flickering eyes and ambiguous words of the people, they were already clear in their hearts, the time limit had come, and the holy life was not long! The position of the crown prince is uncertain, and the thought is terrifying, in case of the story of Qi Huan, not only will he be defeated at this time, but the future generations will also be ruined! The two of them looked at Kangxi in a daze, the old emperor's former heroic demeanor, bright decision, and generous benevolence, how much comfort and calmness had been given to them! All of a sudden, it turned into a cloud of smoke......

"Stop......" Kangxi said.

"Hooray!" The two of them hurriedly bowed forward, and Ma Qi said: "It's not Changchun Garden yet!" Zhang Tingyu hurriedly wiped the saliva from the corner of Kangxi's mouth with a silk handkerchief and said: "Long live Shao'an, don't be impatient." Back to Changchun Garden, spring and Jingming, good health and recuperation, not a few days to recover. ”

Kangxi smiled faintly and said, "...... Where did it go? Zhang Tingyu said: "Only then did I go out of the West Gate." Kangxi bowed his head slightly and said, "Fu Zhen sits and sits ......."

Zhang and Ma hurriedly stepped forward to set up Kangxi's arms and sat up, Kangxi's bright eyes looked through the glass window for a while, the wheat spit out outside, the cauliflower was yellow, the green willows were like smoke, the minister of the country, the party attached to Yinren to death, and the dark and heavy Berlin in the distance was Baiyun Temple. Further to the south, it was the place where Kangxi studied in his childhood, but it was covered by a tree and could not be seen, Kangxi stared for a long time, relaxed and lying, and muttered: "Let's go...... It's a good scenery outside, but it's a pity that I'm not blessed to suffer ......"

The body shook and started. Kangxi looked up and thought, and suddenly raised his head and said, "Wang Luo...... Have you seen the king these days? Ma Qi's eyes jumped, and he hurriedly leaned over and said, "Master, Wang Zhu is crying badly." The servant saw that he was not in good trouble, and yesterday he was sent back to the house. The corners of Kangxi's mouth twitched slightly, and he turned his gaze to Zhang Tingyu: "His share of the fold, on you?" ”

"In ......," Zhang Tingyu said, "Do you want to see it?" ”

"Oh......" Kangxi lay back, closed his eyes and said, "I'm so dizzy, I can't look at it...... You burn it......" Ma Qi was surprised: "Your Majesty, this can't be done." There is a record in the history museum, how to explain if it is burned? Zhang Tingyu said: "Brother Ma is here, it is a witness, this is the emperor's special decree!" So saying, he took out the fold from his sleeve, and without saying a word, shook the fold of fire, and burned it in his hand.

Kangxi watched the fold turn into ashes, smiled coldly, and said, "You have done a great good deed." Wang shook the corpse and ate the vegetarian meal, Tai was the minister of the country, the party attached Yinren to death, and I gave him to commit suicide, what do you think? ”

"Master!" Ma Qi was startled, thinking that Kangxi was confused. Just as he was about to admonish, Zhang Tingyu said: "Ministers do their duty, and death is their duty." Thinking that he had served for many years, the minister thought that it would be enough to match the cattle and fight Ulla. ”

Kangxi pondered for a long time, and Fang smiled and sighed: "He is over seventy years old, what is the difference between going to hunt Ula and giving death?" Remove his official, stay in Beijing to be investigated, and find someone from his descendants to match him! ”

The two men were about to answer, when the car shook and stopped. Fang Bao, who was crying and her eyes were red and swollen, said through the curtain: "Master, the minister Fang Bao takes over!" - The master has a special order that the ministers are not allowed to go over to wait. After that, he whimpered and kowtowed, lifted the curtain and glanced at Kangxi, and couldn't stop crying bitterly!

"I'm better, you don't want this." Kangxi also felt sad and couldn't help himself. "I moved to a poor house and turned it into a dormitory, and there are some things that I need to discuss with you when I understand!"

After the moon cave gate in the east of the Ningning residence, the road inside was not easy to walk, and a group of people put Kangxi from the car to the sedan chair carried by four people, and came in wearing flowers and willows. Garrisoned in front of it was the "Poor Lu" dormitory where the Shanpu Battalion and the Imperial Forest Army under the command of Wu Dan and the dumb eunuchs waited. Mazi has always had a sense of mystery about this place. I really wanted to go in and have a look, but when I arrived in front of the fence, Kangxi stopped, looked back and smiled: "Send you a thousand miles, and you must say goodbye in the end." Ma Qi and Tingyu retreated first and took care of the outside affairs - everything should not be wasted lightly, and everything is prosperous as usual. The two of them had to bow down and retreat as ordered.

"Lingao." Kangxi returned here, looking much more peaceful, because he saw Fang Baowu with a Qi face, he beckoned to the bed and said, "Do you also have the views of ordinary people?" Life and death have a fate, wealth is in the sky, the former sages said that it is written in a book, so that future generations can read and think. I know my illness in my heart, and I have passed the first hurdle. After passing the second level, it's like a spinning top, if it turns steady, then there are still a few years to live! Fang Bao said gloomily: "Life and death are big, and the reason is difficult to understand. Therefore, the saint does not say that he will die, let alone my generation? I've been so anxious, sad and frightened these days! The minutes of your speech are all in my hands, and I haven't fixed which elder brother will succeed to the throne, if something happens, it will be a catastrophe in an instant! Kangxi said: "I want to discuss this matter with you today...... You put those things ...... Take it. ”

The "things" were placed in a large gold-plated cabinet next to the chiming bell. Fang Bud gently took it out, as if holding a baby, somehow, he felt that his legs and feet were weak, and his hands were a little trembling.

"So many......" Kangxi stroked the manuscript on the case, and looked at it casually, and the half-foot-thick manuscript was also divided into outlines and items, politics, astronomy, geography, river defense, and Jingbian...... One compilation after another, all of them are weekdays when he talks freely, Fang Bao sorted it out, handed it over to him, and when each type of case is unknown, it is filled in by Fang Bao to check the file and add notes. After each editor, the small seal of Kangxi's "master of the body yuan" was believed to be. Kangxi looked at the ceiling woven with dragon whisker grass with blazing eyes, and said for a long time: "The manuscript of the edict is from here, you might as well write it longer, 20,000 words are enough." …… For example, autumn hunting, how many bears, tigers, and evil beasts I killed in my life, don't list these things - it's too trivial. ”

Fang Bao nodded and said: "This book has written the brilliant career of Banzai's life, and it should be carefully edited again, please give Banzai a name for it!" Kangxi thought for a while, turned his face and asked, "What do you think it's called?" Fang Bao said: "How about calling it "Shengwen Shenwu Ji"? ”

"It's called Shengwu." Kangxi smiled, "This is all obvious, you might as well leave some room for future generations to comment, it is tasteless to boast that you are a 'god'." Fang Bao agreed, folded the manuscript gently, and asked: "I also want to ask for a decree, do you want to write the tacit successor in the edict?" ”

Kangxi ignored this, but changed his tone and asked, "How many days have you left the study to come here?" Fang Bao thought for a while and said, "It's been eight years." The minister has not been out of this garden for eight years. Kangxi conspired silently in his heart and said, "Yes, after the thirteenth elder brother was banned, you came in." It's unreasonable to imprison a generation of Hongru here! Do you want to go out and become an official? "Don't!" Fang Bao was shocked, and sighed: "Listen to the voice of Long live, don't you want me anymore?" Banzai...... Since the encounter at Llama Lake, long live treating me as a friend, I have secretly promised ...... May the rest of this life do my best for the Holy Lord. Now that the lord is in danger of the country, it is the autumn of the minister's sacrifice to serve his life, and I hope to take the loyal heart of the minister and leave the minister......"

"The main danger is or, but the national suspicion is not." Kangxi said quietly, "I didn't say that I would let you go at this time." For many years, the courtiers were anxious, for fear that after a hundred years, they would not be able to see their children and grandchildren. This is not unreasonable-once a son of heaven and a courtier! I repeatedly told Wei Dongting and them to make up for the deficit as soon as possible, what I am afraid of is that I will die in front of them, and they will not be able to bear it! Now they went first, and they were alive in peace. I don't choose the eighth child, he has too many henchmen, a litter of wolves and dogs, and there are many righteous people like Li Guangdi. There are many henchmen, the minions are sharp, and there will be changes for a long time, and I will be restless; Once he succeeded to the throne, he wanted to cheer up, but he had no choice but to support his mermaids and dragons, and he was in love, how could he do it? ”

At this point, Fang Bao has already understood that Kangxi has decided to make Yinzhen his heir, but there is less time, and he will never reveal the pot. Just thinking about it, Kangxi said again: "If today's officials don't rectify it, they have to make a big mess." Taiwan's Zhu Yigui is almost flat! The mob in Quanzhou, Fujian Province gathered in the thousands, and this traitor robbed the rich and endangered the villagers, and a strong general like Lan Li couldn't suppress it...... What about Shandong? The salt people rioted and trapped the Yanzhou Mansion, and even the tenants of the Confucian Mansion were entrapped in it...... Although these are all thieves, they are also forced by the officials to oppose the people! Flat...... It's flat, after all, the paper can't contain fire, the source of chaos is not clear, and governing the world is to seek fish for the sake of the wood - I plan for the descendants of all generations, and I should also - consider a decent emperor......" He breathed a long sigh as if he was overwhelmed. Fang Bao listened to Kangxi's thoughtful words blankly, and secretly admired in his heart: These thoughts have really reached the point of perfection! With such a careful mind, why can't you "end your life"? After a long time, Fang Bao wiped away his tears and said: "The ministers know that the lord has a good life and rest, but he is too tired today." ”

"Someone's coming." Kangxi shouted slowly. Li Dequan, Xing Nian and the others hurriedly came in from outside the house and asked, "Long live the master, what's the errand?" Kangxi said coldly: "From now on, my dormitory will be changed here." The rules should also be tightened. You know, although Wu Dan is old, he is a murderous demon king, no matter what I say, if I go out with a word, the love of waiting for decades will be ticked - huh? You know what? ”

"Wow!" The two of them responded in unison, "The slave doesn't have the guts!" ”

Kangxi said "um", and said: "Go out and spread the word: On the day of my 60th anniversary, Wang Luo dared to speak falsely and confuse the public. It is not to bow down happily, and his heart is very unpredictable, so he removes his title of scholar of Wenhuadian University, and flows to Heilongjiang - slowly - remembering his old age, and his children go on his behalf. I stayed in Beijing and thought about it behind closed doors! ”

"Wow!"

"Also," Kangxi said gloomily, "the case of Yongchun and Dehua counties in Quanzhou Prefecture gathering 2,000 people to erect flags and set off cannons is my original will, these people are not thieves, because they are sorry for the year, they have to do it as a last resort, and they can send the ministers and guards to Zhao'an." Ma Qi, the minister of the upper study, dealt with the perverseness, and approved the document to enter and suppress without authorization, not only the first thief Chen Wuxian escaped, but also killed more than 80 coerced people, and went to Ma Qi to lead the Minister of the Guard, the Prince Taibao, and the Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar, and handed it over to the Ministry of Deliberation! ”

"Wow!"

Fang Bao was already dumbfounded, his face was scorched, and there was no blood! He didn't understand: Why did Kangxi suddenly exalt his power and depose two court ministers in a row? There is still something to say about Wang Qi, this Ma Qi has always been loyal and diligent and cautious, so he will be dismissed for this little mistake?

"Passing the decree," Kangxi had no expression on his face, "Zhang Tingyu, the minister of the upper study, has been serving for many years, and there is no suggestion for good governance. Last year, I issued an edict to plead, but the minister prevaricated perfunctorily, and the subject was not sincere! It should have been strictly discussed, and there was no major fault in other than that, so he was demoted to two levels of punishment and stayed in the study for the time being! ”

"Chirp, chirp, chirp!"

Xing Nian and Li Dequan sweated on the tips of their noses, because they saw that Kangxi no longer commanded, and repeated the three wills and went out, Xing Nian staggered because he walked, and when he got out of the hall, he broke his foot and neck for no reason, and limped out.

"Hooray...... This? ”

Kangxi saw that Fang Bao's face changed in a hurry, waved his hand and smiled, and asked, "For example, a pearl, I don't want people to find it, where to put it?" ”

"Put it in the eyes of the fish!"

"Where's a piece of wood?"

"Put it in the woods!" Fang Bao had already suddenly realized, and couldn't help but smile to himself.

Kangxi stretched out his right hand and took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "That's what I just said to Ma Qi, 'I have to say goodbye in the end'." You'll talk about that later. first went to the ministers' mansions of the elder brothers, and said that the "Imperial Music Rhythm" compiled for me had been completed. Ask the seventeenth elder brother to give you a house, and you can come in and see me at any time - I am really tired today, and I will meet again. ”