For two consecutive days, Qianlong stayed in the dormitory of Concubine Rong of the Palace of Cultivation, he wanted to take advantage of the Lantern Festival before the political leisure to loosen his heart that was too tight, no matter which palace brand was turned in the west half of the Forbidden City, there were eunuchs making noise early in the morning, and it was called "remove the lights, remove a thousand taels (lock)", and sweep the floor. Although his voice is not loud, and he is far away, he has been used to getting up early since he was sensible, waking up early, and then faintly hearing these movements, it is more difficult to fall asleep and sleep again than to climb to the sky. Concubine Rong, this woman has another advantage over other "masters": she is not very busy in sexual affairs, she is not spoiled, and she is indifferent and casual. Unlike other women, as long as he is awake, he will do everything possible to twist and rub, "Please the emperor Longma spirit, and then ......" makes people dizzy, so he has to sleep well for two nights.

On the morning of the seventh day of the first lunar month, Qianlong slept until Mao Zhengshipai got up, and Zhuo's eyes were already awake, lying beside him looking at the bright window paper, seeing him dressed, he was also busy waiting for washing, and used it too early, so he asked Qianlong to sit in front of the big mirror and comb his hair braid beside him. Qianlong saw her staring at something in her hair with her fingers, and asked with a smile, "Do you see white hair?" ”

"Yes, a big (thick) one." He Zhuo smiled childishly, "When I arrived in Beijing, the most ridiculous thing was to see that the men all wore braids and the hair on their foreheads was shaved off. It's not pretty, but it's nothing when you're used to it, and it's ridiculous to think about it - Great Emperor, you have supreme power, why don't you order not to have this braid? - I'll unplug it - okay? ”

Qianlong stopped her with a smile and waved his hand, and sighed: "This is the ancestral family law, and there is no way to do it." Twenty years ago, I wanted to get rid of this full outfit. The Queen Mother, and none of those princes and nobles who do not object, insist on reform, maybe they will reform me, the emperor! It is taboo for a Manchurian custom woman to cut her hair, and cutting off her hair means that she does not love her husband. Men have to keep braids and shave their heads, and if they don't shave their heads, they will die! ”

"Really!"

"Of course it's true, as true as Allah above your head." Qianlong said slowly, "In the future, I will take you out of the palace, and you can see the barber's burden of shaving his head on the street, with a hot water basin for the stove at one end and a small drawer table at the other end. He patted the dressing table with Zhuo, "It looks a bit like this side - there's an iron bar stuck in it, it's useless - do you know what it's for?" Used to hang the severed head! ”

"Ahh He Zhuo exclaimed softly, his hand trembled, and he almost dropped the wooden comb, "So cruel? ”

"It's not cruelty, it's cruelty." Qianlong said abruptly, "If you want the Han people to shave their heads, if they don't shave, they will cut off their heads and hang them on iron bars." It's called 'keep your head without hair, keep your hair without your head'. If you don't comb your braids, you will not obey the rule of the new dynasty, and you will kill him like a sheep! This is politics, so that the Han people understand from their hearts to the whole body that they have changed their new masters. Yangzhou alone captured a city, and killed 300,000 Han people in ten days...... Therefore, I want to be lenient, time can wash away shame and hatred, and a hundred years have passed, and if I can't look back, I will look back. Seeing that in the mirror and Zhuo's jade face was discolored, holding a wooden comb, Qianlong smiled and said, "It's been a hundred and thirty years, what's wrong with you, so scared?" Let's go to the Queen Mother to say goodbye, okay? ”

He Zhuo smiled reluctantly, tied a knot on Qianlong's braid with a bright yellow silk silk, and loosely tied the Hanyu luozi to the side of Qianlong's Wolong bag, stepped aside and said, "I will follow the master." Peony Hua'er said beside her: "The slave will tell them to prepare." ”

"No need." Qianlong stood up and said, "I walked with the concubine, and you just waited." ”

"Chirp ......"

When the three of them went out of the palace to see, the sun had already come out, but the palace wall and hall were blocked one after another, and the lower head was cold and cold, and the yellow glazed tiles on the palace wall and the bronze horse and beast heads were all reflected in the rising sun, and the gold was bright and brilliant and dazzling. When Qianlong arrived at the entrance of the north and south alleys, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, and when he saw Qin Meimei trotting over from the south all the way, he asked, "Is there something wrong?" Qin Meimei ran a little out of breath, and said with a slight gasp: "The Queen Mother Lafayette asked the slave to pass the word, her old man wants to take a leisurely walk in the imperial garden, please don't have to go over to say goodbye." Tell him Zhuo to prepare, stay for a while and go to the cultivation hall to sit, breakfast is used here, don't have so many courtesies, just divide it. ”

"Yes." Qianlong bowed slightly and agreed, and smiled at He Zhuo's family, "It seems that the hand-grabbed mutton made by your cook is right for Lafayette's spleen and stomach, and Peony Yao'er went to send a decree to tell the cooks to be attentive and wait for Lafayette to be used and rewarded--after it is over, I will wait in the imperial garden." "Wow! Minion Command! Gao Peony knelt on the ground, and flew as if she was going, Qin Meimei knew that Qianlong was going to the Imperial Garden, and she took Qianlong and Zhuo's to the north sideways, and walked west from the North Five Clamping Road, and a bend was the east gate of the Imperial Garden.

As soon as Qianlong entered the garden, he knew that the Queen Mother had not yet arrived. The huge garden was empty, only a few old eunuchs on the Dan Pier of the Qin'an Hall were holding brooms and sweeping the floor seriously, which was very deserted. He Zhuo walked with Qianlong towards Kunning Gate, and couldn't help asking, "Bogda Khan, why don't they salute you?" ”

"They......" Qianlong said with a smile, "These are all old people who have served Kangxi, the youngest is over sixty years old, and most of them are still deaf and dumb, and their eyes and spirits are useless." Besides, I never come to the garden at this time, nor do I go through this side door, and they don't think it's me. ”

"Are they all deaf and mute?"

"Yes," Qianlong said with a smile, "what's so strange about this?" In his later years, the Holy Grandfather had housework in the palace, and some things could not be passed on, so they were deaf and dumb, so they took care of the garden here. As soon as he turned around and saw that Peony Yao'er was also following, he ordered: "I am walking with the concubine, you see, Lafayette will come and inform you." Seeing that He Zhuo stood still, he pointed to the northwest and said, "Let's go to the Qianqiu Pavilion, the sun is warm, and the flower room over there is also beautiful-what's wrong with you, a little uncertain?" He Zhuo was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, and while slowly moving with Qianlong, he said, "I heard too many things this morning, and they are all terrible. I don't know if I'll see more in the future...... For example, the ear of a deaf person pierces the throat of a dumb person......" Qianlong was also stunned, then smiled and said, "You are a beautiful and kind princess." It is not surprising to think that women should stay away from politics and war, so when I see you, I say that you are not allowed to interfere in government affairs. Slowly you get used to it, and you will understand Huaxia, huh...... This civilization is very different from ours......" he muttered, turning back to the east and saying, "We have just passed by those five low palaces, where a queen mother was imprisoned, and the people supported her son as emperor, but did not recognize the status of his mother, and kept her there for twenty years, until her son saw her, and she was terminally ill and blind, and took his son's clothes and said, 'My son has grown up, what is my resentment when I die?' 'Just give up,......," Qianlong said, his voice trembling.

The two of them stopped almost at the same time, standing under the Dan Pier of the Qin'an Hall without saying a word.

"Over there," Qianlong pointed to the northwest corner, "that place is called Chonghua Palace, where there used to be a prince who hid in it for seven years, and even the old emperor didn't know that he had a son!" Because, his mother can't protect him, and other concubines would rather the emperor have no son for the sake of their own status, and will kill the prince at any time...... It wasn't until he grew up that someone told the old emperor that father and son were by nature, and the child threw himself into his arms as soon as he saw his father......" Qianlong said, his eyes were full of tears, and he guided the side, "I called it the Palace of Nourishment, two hundred years ago, the eleventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty was called Zhu Houzhao, who was a faint monarch who did not do his job properly. One night, seven palace maids strangled him with ropes......"

"Oh my God! The Emperor ......"

"They didn't make it." There was a sly smile at the corner of Qianlong's mouth, "The rope in the black ground is tied with a dead knot - think about it, what the emperor looks like, and what the palace maid looks like." He Zhuo's face was so pale that there was no blood, and he said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, don't say it...... Stop it...... I...... Afraid ......" "It's good to hear about these. Qianlong calmly patted her on the shoulder and said slowly, "What I said was all about the faint monarch's dynasty, and hundreds of years have passed. There was only one case after the establishment of the Great Qing Dynasty, that is, in the early years of Yongzheng, a military minister named Long Keduo led troops to break into the Forbidden City of Changchun Garden to search the palace, and Yongzheng Ye imprisoned him with a decree. It's been 50 years. I want you to know in your heart, this is the pivot of all things in the world, different from the people, and even different from your hometown, where the mountains and rivers are clear and clear, and it is good to be vigilant and vigilant. Qianlong smiled, "You are a person who can see your heart at a glance, no one will hurt you, let alone me!" ”

was gossiping, and suddenly faintly heard the frolicking voices in the north of the Qianqiu Pavilion. The two of them looked for prestige, and the bamboo forest in the area was tightly blocked, and there seemed to be a group of children playing hide and seek across the forest, some laughing, some clapping, some chattering, and the shadows were not very clear. Qianlong listened attentively for a while, and while climbing the stone steps, he said with a smile: "This is the little eunuch who just entered the palace." Listen to the great eunuch in Chonghua Palace**. Probably the New Year's festival is not strictly controlled, and they all sneak to the garden to play. He Zhuo said: "Children, love to play." Talking through the bamboo forest, sure enough, I saw more than a dozen children playing in the open field, but not hide and seek, the big one is about eleven or twelve years old, the small one is only about seven or eight years old, some of them are jumping around with one foot and bumping into the "cockfight", some are playing tops, some are pulling the wind gourd, and there are seven or eight people gathered in a pile to see what is rare. When Qianlong looked at it, it was an old eunuch with gray hair crawling on his knees, drawing something. None of the children recognized Qianlong, ignored them, and surrounded the old eunuch with great interest, pointing and drawing, gossiping:

"This is the Qianqing Gate!"

"This is Cining Palace!"

"This is a woman, why is she not wearing pants, with two legs, like a goblin! The man had braids, was a man—and didn't wear pants. Hee-hee......"

Someone immediately retorted: "The big girl outside also has braids, how do you know it's a man?" The boy pointed to the painting and said, "Look, there is no egg in his leg!" Someone answered, "Do you have eggs?" Show it out and I'll see! In a burst of laughter, a child asked the old eunuch, "Hey, madman Gao, what kind of play do you draw every day, is it a man or a woman?" Say! ”

Only then did Qianlong notice that the brick floor in front of Chengrui Pavilion was full of paintings, there were palace gates, and there were also male and female figures, crooked and distorted and even disorderly, some of the painting marks overlapped between the old and the new, and some had been trampled on by their feet. Pay close attention to the old eunuch, about sixty years old, with his hair disheveled, the back of his head sticky like felt, the hair on his forehead more than three inches long, hanging down to cover half of his face, holding a talc in his hand for tailor's drawing lines, looking straight at the ground with straight eyes, shaking his hands and drawing crookedly. In an instant, Qianlong felt that his face was familiar, thought for a while, and shook his head again.

"Old immortal, don't speak! Pee him! A child shouted. These words immediately aroused the excitement of a group of people, and even the little eunuchs scattered on the side also came over, everyone took out their robes and pants, took out the little cocks, and stood far away and urinated on the old eunuch's body, and the old eunuch was dripping with urine juice on his head and face. Such a prank on a cold day, Qianlong was smiling, his face sank, and he was about to stop drinking, when someone in the little eunuch shouted: "Father-in-law Qin is here!" Suddenly, they were scattered like birds and beasts, and there was no one left. Qianlong turned around, and sure enough, he saw Qin Meimei striding over, knowing that it was the Queen Mother who had arrived, so without waiting for him to speak, he turned around with Zhuo's family, and instructed as he walked: "Which palace is this the eunuch?" If you are sick and treated as usual, what is the view of this? Tell someone to shave his head and change his clothes - and these little bastards, who cares? If you practice people like this, you don't have a **, tell the Shen Criminal Division, even the eunuchs, and each person will be rewarded with five strips! Then he asked, "In which palace did this old eunuch wait?" I looked like I'd seen him—"

Qianlong said on the side, Qin Meimei replied "yes" repeatedly, carefully carried him down the stone steps with Zhuo's family, and said: "This crazy man is an old man, and he is waiting for pen and ink in the master's study in the Lama Palace. The master ascended to the pole, and he came in. At that time, he was still Gao Dayong's master, he was full of pride, followed the first master Niangniang, followed the current master Niangniang, and followed the noble master, somehow, and Gao Yun made a mistake, saying that he stole the first calligraphy and paintings in the palace to sell, and beat him to the North Five to sweep the courtyard. That year, the emperor came on a tour of the south, and he could have gone back to Chuxiu Palace on an errand, but somehow he went crazy. Whoever sees it and doesn't say a word, they just lie on the ground and paint, and this has been the case for many years...... I don't know about other minions......" Qianlong listened to him, remembering it in his heart, but he couldn't remember it for a while. Seeing the Queen Mother coming from the Kunning Gate, the Chen family and the Twenty-four Fujin walked towards the Qin'an Hall with her on one side, followed by a group of eunuchs, hurriedly rushed to meet them, and hugged the Queen Mother on behalf of the Wu Ya clan, and said with a smile: "Aunt Twenty-four who doesn't work and suffer, came in so early to say goodbye to Lafayette?" - Galeries Lafayette is in good spirits today! The son said that he and Zhuo went over to ask for peace. I just met Ji Yun and Yu Minzhong, and I was dizzy, so I said that I also came to the garden, and I heard that the old man also came. Isn't this the nature of mother and child? ”

"I'm still there." The Queen Mother smiled, "I got up a little early today, and the Goryeo cake that your twenty-fourth aunt sent in, although it is easy to use, I am afraid that I will stop eating if I don't move, so I will come out and walk around." I don't feel my leg hurt when I walk here! I also call you twenty-four aunts, you are also in your sixties, it is warm in the sun here, and there is no wind, ask them to move the spring stool to sit and talk, and then disturb the Zhuo family! As she spoke, she had already saluted with Zhuo's family, and Qianlong ordered again and again, "Peony flowers, go and spread the decree - and Zhuo's, this is Aunt Twenty-four, you squat for a blessing ceremony!" ”

So everyone was busy, some passed on the decree, some arranged the guards, and drove the idle eunuchs to open the door of the palace and move the spring benches back and forth, and the bleak garden immediately became noisy. Between the handover between Wu Ya's family and Qianlong, Qianlong had secretly slapped him on the wrist, and when he saw that "Peony Hua'er" was a eunuch, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Peony Hua'er - what a good name." He hurriedly returned the salute to He Zhuo's family: "Master Rong, you are the master, I am a slave, and I have not folded my imperial grain - Lafayette, you see, the clothes of Master Rong's mother, this appearance - is more beautiful than the painting on the "Beauty Shepherd Picture" of the Persian country! Yikes...... Tut-tut...... Dressed up like this, isn't that a Persian Guanyin? The Queen Mother smiled and nodded and was picked up by Wu Yashi, Qianlong's hand did not grow old again, Wu Yashi only smiled, and Chen also smiled. The Queen Mother was unconscious, and when she saw that the wisteria spring stool was brought, she sat down with their support, and said, "The one from the Internal Affairs Office called Zhao came back to me, saying that He Shen sent in Shandong another three hundred taels of gold to make a hair tower. I didn't care about it, I was just going to do it soon. In the palace, even two or three coins of gold spoons were melted into it, and the lower base was poured out with gold and silver mixed with two stirrings. Emperor, we are a heavenly family, and there is no problem at all with these unurgent needs in our own house. You just order, don't collect it so sloppily—okay? ”

"My son listened." Qianlong said with a smile, "Mother is too frugal, this pagoda did not use the treasury gold, it is purely a little filial piety of the son himself." What my mother said was that the lower base could be made of gold and silver. In this way, Peony Hua'er sent a decree to Wang Lian and He Shen to send three hundred taels of gold, and sent them to Cining Palace with thirty taels and one hundred gold spoons, and the rest was turned into the base, and the gold was no longer requisitioned. Seeing Wu Ya's handkerchief covering his mouth and smiling, he asked, "What is my aunt laughing at?" Wu Yashi blushed with laughter, and said: "Back to the emperor, the slave still laughs at the name of Peony Flower, such a pock-faced eunuch is black and does not slip away, shouting 'Peony Flower' and running like a dog's tail, and 'Peony Flower'!" Chen said: "The eunuchs in the aunt's palace were left by the first emperor, and the name is not strange, and it is not strange if you see a lot - there are several eunuchs in the fifth uncle's mansion, some of them are called 'shit', 'bastards', 'bastards' or something." Once, the fifth uncle thought that the dish was not done well, so he lost his temper and slapped the table and scolded: 'How did this dish be made like this, bastard! The two eunuchs were so frightened that they knelt down together, and said with bitter faces, 'This is not the business of the slaves, it is shit to go to the kitchen to confess!' ’”

As soon as the words fell, everyone immediately burst into laughter, more than a dozen palace maids laughed crookedly, the eunuchs bowed their backs and turned around and coughed and fell, only He Zhuo did not understand, and looked at everyone with a pair of big eyes and a smile. Qianlong saw his mother holding a tea bowl in one hand and laughing all over, and hurriedly took out a handkerchief to take care of it. Chen slapped the Queen Mother's back, and said with a light smile: "It's me who is not good, I see that Lafayette is choking......"

Laughed, the atmosphere in the garden is not as solemn as when the seat was placed, because when it comes to the Lantern Festival lantern viewing, there are female officials and palace maids who have a head and face also come to have fun, some say that a big dragon lantern is in the imperial garden, some say that the lantern shed is set up in Cining Palace, some say that the eunuchs in the palace step on stilts and pretend to be a hundred plays, and the dry boat sedan chair dance lantern...... And then release the elk...... That scenery is also not blessed with this outside. Qianlong smiled: "What happened to the Forbidden City when a group of beasts rushed in? This imperial garden should set up a feast to entertain hundreds of officials, and it is not good if it is not solemn. It's better to simply go to the Old Summer Palace, the empty field by the Xihaizi of Baoyue Building, which makes the Internal Affairs Office lively, spacious and generous. Is this possible? The Queen Mother smiled and shook her head when she heard this: "No matter how you are at the mercy of the palace, you can't get really interesting." They danced and danced, and when they thought that they were all eunuchs coming out of the fancy, they couldn't laugh when they wanted to. Here go out to Zhengyangmen, is the most lively in Beijing, the first emperor took me to see the lanterns when he was young, the fireworks and firecrackers, the silver mountain fire trees, the play that people...... The palace can't be dressed up - the first emperor gave us all cars, and I watched it from the glass window in the middle of the night! Her eyes stared ahead, and her somewhat dim pupils emitted a joyful light, as if she was looking forward to the elegance of the past, and like sighing that time had passed, "Alas, I haven't seen that scene again for fifty-five years......"

"Galeries Lafayette has this mood, and his son should be filial." Qianlong was also infected by her emotions, and said with a smile, "The first emperor can let you look at the lights, why can't my son?" I simply made a big fuss and informed the people of Beijing that I would accompany you to Zhengyangmen to watch the lanterns! Queens, concubines, concubines, concubines...... And-" He glanced at the twenty-four Fujin, "the prince and the prince of the county, Beile Beizi Fujin, are all upstairs, and the banquet of the hundred officials is set up in the Zhengyang Gate-so, the people who don't want to come to pay their respects and sightsee, it is becoming more and more lively!" The Queen Mother said happily: "It's good to dare to be affectionate!" This is called enjoying with the people, and it is a prosperous scene - I am afraid that there are too many people and people will be crowded, and the flower thieves mentioned in the drum words also love to take advantage of the chaos to abduct other people's children. "That's fine." Qianlong smiled and said, "What does Li Shiyao do for food?" Just tell him to be protective and protective. As he spoke, he saw the Queen Mother smiling and getting up, and said, "It's still the Chen family and Aunt Twenty-four, let's look at the flowers in the flower room." ”

A group of people got up one after another, accompanied by Qianlong, surrounded by the Queen Mother to the west, but did not go by the stone steps, along the west gate in the slope of the stone pebble road to the north, around the Chengrui Pavilion, Shunzhen Gate to the Fubi Pavilion, all the way along the flower room through the glass skylight to see the flowers. Kankan went to the north of Wanchun Pavilion, Qianlong saw Gao Shaoyao coming back at a glance, followed by Wang Basha, hurriedly walked this way, and knew that there was something in the front hall, and sure enough, he saw Gao Shaoyao say something to Wang Basha, and Wang Basha stood still. Qianlong saw Gao Shaoyao sneering, and took advantage of the fact that the Queen Mother, He Zhuo's family, Twenty-four Fujin and Chen's family were looking at the "thunder on the flat ground" flowers inside, and took advantage of the step to come over and ask, "What's the matter?" Gao Peony whispered: "Grandpa Fu Heng - it's gone!" ”

“……”

"Fukangan entered Tianjie to report the funeral, and now the military aircraft department is waiting for the order."

The smile on Qianlong's face seemed to be stirred by the sudden cold wind, and he immediately froze and froze, knowing all the bad news that must be there, and knowing "just these few days", at first glance, his heart still thundered, as if he had collapsed. When he was stunned, he came back to his senses and hurriedly ordered: "Wang Bashame asked the minister on duty to bring Fukangan to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and I will go here - send a decree to Li Shiyao to come in and see me!" He stood again and calmed down slightly, turned back, and saw that the flower worker eunuch was holding a bowl of queen bee ** to offer to the queen mother, so he ordered: "You take a sip first and then offer the queen mother!" He smiled and said, "Lafayette, I told my son that I had something to do before, and I can't accompany you to breakfast." You just have fun in the past, and Zhuo's and the Western Regions dance are good at making you bored! My son will go now, if you have time, I will go in to accompany you, or I will not be idle, and I will go over in the evening to say goodbye. He Zhuo's waited carefully - Aunt Twenty-Four did not come in easily, accompanied Lafayette more, and also went to see the queen, so there was no need to go back when it was late, Chen took care of the ......" The queen mother smiled and waved her hand: "You are busy with your going, and anyone dares to wronged me?" ”

Qianlong took the steps out of the imperial garden, a bright yellow soft sedan chair has been waiting in the north of Kunning Gate, hurriedly took a few steps up to sit, the sedan chair has slipped and moved forward rapidly, head-on to the door of Chuxiu Palace, the straight Yongxiang South Head Yangxin Hall hanging flower door to see refreshing, Ji Yun has arrived, and a white filial piety Fukangan kneeling down under the steps in front of the door to greet the car. Qianlong got off the sedan chair, only glanced at Fukangan, who was trembling, sighed, and said: "Come in......" and went straight into the hall. Wang Bashame Wang Lian was busy removing the leather robe for Qianlong, the tea was not on the table, Ji Yun was silently leading the way in front, and Fukangan staggered into the warm pavilion.

"The Emperor's ......" Fukangan seemed to be paralyzed on all fours, almost sticking to the ground, trembling violently from shoulders to arms, the braids that were usually combed very delicately were also a little loose, and the hair in front of his forehead was full of inches and a half long, gray and dull, with countless encounters trembling, choking his throat and shouting again and again, "Your Majesty...... Emperor...... The emperor ...... "Ji Yun knelt side by side with him, although he could hold it slightly, his face was pale and his eyes were dull, the corners of his mouth were a little distorted, twitching as if he wanted to cry, but this square inch of land is the central button of the world, and the rules have always been the strictest, not to mention the New Year's Festival, even if he speaks too loudly on weekdays, it is also a faux pas in front of the king, so he only endured choking and wiping his tears, and said: "Fu Heng let go of ......"

Qianlong didn't say anything for a while, looked out the window as if he didn't settle on all sides, and looked up at the caisson on the top of the hall, and suddenly tears overflowed his eyes, endured it, or fell down like a bead, trembling hands took the towel handed by Wang Bayan and wiped his tears, his voice had become hoarse: "Is it?" It hurts my heart so much...... You're only in your fifties...... He has been with me for more than forty years...... Just went? He looked at Fukangan again with blurred tears, still kowtowing again and again, his throat seemed to be choked, his whole body was breathless, and his thin white fingers desperately grabbed the gold brick floor that was slippery and did not leave his hands...... Qianlong said: "The child ...... I know you're sad, don't do this, don't ...... Cry loudly, cry...... Don't be afraid ......"

Fukangan let go of his throat with a "woo", turned to the side, twitched, twisted and cried, and almost collapsed on the ground. Qianlong burst into tears like rain in a long voice, and the people in the palace thought that Fu Heng treated people on weekdays, no matter whether he was noble or low, he was never domineering, and he was simple and peaceful, and he was all moved at this moment, and they were all accompanied by sighs and tears. Ji Yun cried with Fukangan for a while, feeling a little comfortable in his heart, thinking about many major arrangements, sobbing and wiping his tears, and said: "Although Fu Heng is gone, his life is vigorous, leading the emperor and the emperor to be enlong, showing the virtues of the people, and making great achievements in history. What a regret is there in life and glory and death and mourning! Now in the new funeral, there are many compassionate ceremonies to arrange, the emperor should not be too sad for this, Fukangan should be more grieved, sincere and filial piety, properly sent back to Fu Heng, and move filial piety to loyalty, so that Fu Gong can be comfortable in the ground...... "Say it, hold back tears and kowtow.

"Drop out of the dynasty for three days to mourn Fu Heng." Qianlong Xue wiped his face, and waited for Fukang to stop crying, then he said, his voice became dull and heavy, as if he was considering the words, and said, "Ji Yun drafted a sacrificial text on behalf of me, and the prince Yongxuan went to the Fu Mansion to pay tribute...... The Dhara Sutra was prepared in advance, and I still had a glimmer of hope, so I didn't give it, so Ji Yun and Yu Minzhong went to the house to give it to it. The rest of the ceremonies are reported to me according to the first-class public funeral, which is agreed upon by the Ministry of Rites. He groaned and said, "As for the compassionate ceremony, it goes without saying that Fu Heng wants to enter the Xian Liang Temple, and after the funeral, he sent Fu Heng Danqing's portrait into the Purple Light Pavilion to hang his confession." Fu Long added a first-class earl, and Fu Lingan added a second-class earl, and they all entered the Sanzhi minister's listening. Fu Heng is a concubine - you will inherit your father's title and enter the first class. ”

Fukangan, who knelt on the ground, trembled. Ji Yun's waist also straightened up, and the rewards in front of him were all in his expectation, as far as Fu Heng's prestige and faithfulness among the hundreds of officials, soldiers and civilians, and his life's achievements deserved the emperor's rewards. But the "first-class duke" is the peak of the people's ministers, and how many honors and nobles in the previous generation may not earn such a high title for a lifetime. Light and light take not only jealousy, but even the room for progress in the future is not left at all, what is the benefit of Fukangan? Qianlong has always wanted to promote Fukangan, everyone knows that he has been promoted to the third-class public military aircraft several times, and at this moment he was suddenly promoted to "first-class"! Ji Yun thought about it, but he wanted him to "top" alone, he didn't have the guts, and at this moment, he couldn't refute Fu Heng's compassionate canon repeatedly, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he only made a contemplative state, and secretly touched Fukangan with his leg "intentionally or unintentionally". Almost at the same time, Fukangan has kowtowed: "The emperor's mercy is the honor of his father Fu Heng, and the slave should not resign, remember the emperor's repeated teachings, 'A good woman does not wear a dowry dress, and a good man does not eat his parents' fields', the slave should be self-reliant and self-reliant, and then make meritorious deeds to reward the emperor's grace from heaven and earth, and repay his father's hard work." This will be used as a reward for the slaves, and when the slaves are full of filial piety, they will come out to serve the country and make meritorious contributions to the reward, so as to benefit both public and private. ”

"Then put this into the holy decree, and I will leave you room for improvement." Qianlong said, "But after all, you are not Fulongan Fuling'an. You quit, do they quit? - Enter the third-class public, don't quit again. Qianlong said, and when he saw Li Shiyao coming in, he also knelt down with tears on his face, because he said, "You and Ji Yun have both received Fu Heng's kindness, Ji Yun is the Lord to help with the funeral, and you have to go to Fu's mansion more." Fu Heng is different from others, not only is he and I Uncle Lang's family relationship, but he is also a minister of society in the annals of history. I can't go back to the Fu Mansion, I'm afraid I can't stand it in my heart, and you can discuss it if there is something to do...... It's just ......," he said, and wept again.

Li Shiyao's eyes were filled with tears, but he was a vigilant and moving person, and he was experienced, but he was not as innocent as Ji Yun's scholar, and after listening to Qianlong's orders, he kowtowed and choked and said: "Fu Heng has been the boss of the minister all his life and a good teacher. When the minister heard the bad news at the first time in the Longzong Gate, it was really like a thunderclap on a sunny day, and he was shocked, and his heart was still blindfolded at this moment, and he didn't dare to believe that he had gone...... What the ministers can think of, Fu Heng is the prime minister cultivated by the emperor, in charge of national affairs, in the army, he is also the marshal of Yuan Rong, the general of the three armies, can a thousand soldiers be allocated to escort the coffin to the honor? This is not something that a minister can call the shots, so please ask the emperor to make a holy judgment. ”

Qianlong looked at Li Shiyao speechlessly, with Fu Heng's prestige in the army, the protection of thousands of soldiers is not extravagant, but this is "arrogance", except for burying generals on the battlefield, there is no precedent for this. There are already so many graces, and I have to ask for more. What does this mean? He was silent for a while, and the three of them immediately felt an invisible pressure coming through, but Fukangan couldn't refute it, Ji Yun couldn't resign, and Li Shuyao couldn't change his words, he squirmed a little, and he already felt uneasy. Qianlong said "um", as if he had understood that Li Shiyao was just "reckless", and wanted to "pick up the missing things" at Fu Heng's funeral, and sighed with relief: "You are also kind, you want to be strong Fu Heng." But it's too eye-catching, it's a festival, the alarm is too great, and Fu Heng is not at ease. He has been cautious and fearful all his life, but he still wants to fulfill his heart. Li Shiyao hurriedly kowtowed and said, "It's not what the minister said, follow the holy decree." Qianlong was still about to speak, but when he saw Wang Lian coming in, still holding two letters in his hand, he asked, "Where did you deliver it?" ”

"The Military Aircraft Department just rushed in." Zhenglian held the letter to Qianlong, took a step back and said, "One is with Hurd, and the other is from the fifteenth master, with the word 'special urgency' added to it, and there are three chicken feathers on the letter of the fifteenth master." It's all six hundred miles to step up, Master Ji is not there, and the military machine Zhang Jing and Liu Baoqi are called slaves-" Before he finished speaking, Qianlong had already raised his hand to stop him.

Wang Lian didn't dare to come out, so he tiptoed back. Ji Yun and Li Shiyao didn't know what was going on, they all knelt up straight, and even Fukangan raised his head with tears on his face and stared at Qianlong. Qianlong compared the two envelopes to see, with Hurd is the fire paint and printed through the seal of the book, because of the long distance, has been ground a little rough, but the Yan Yan is the ordinary people on the market mulberry paper envelope, is written to the military aircraft department, the top is written "urgent secret" four words are also very sloppy, pressed along the seal sticked to three chicken feathers, it is obvious that these two letters are very urgent, but he first opened and looked at the Sui Hurd, only glanced at it and put it on the case, and then opened it to look at Yan Yan, and saw that it was either Yan Yan's handwriting or a stunned. asked: "Ji Yun, who is following Yan Yan?" ”

"It's called Wang Erlie." Ji Yun trembled when he asked coldly, and hurriedly said, "Wait for the emperor's elder brother to study in Yuqing Palace, and edit it in the Hanlin Academy-" Before he finished speaking, he stopped by himself, because Qianlong was already concentrating on reading the letter.

There was no sound at all inside and outside the warm pavilion, and the three people kneeling had forgotten Fu Heng's funeral, and even the eunuchs were holding their breath and peeking at Qianlong. The letter was written on not much paper, and the words seemed to be very long, Qianlong's face was expressionless at first, but gradually turned red, his eyelids were slightly open and emitted an angry light, and for a while it dimmed, and his face became gloomy and pale. He pushed away the letter, seemed to be thinking about something, and said for a long time: "I'm afraid that something will happen, but something will happen!" He stood up, took the letter in his hand, and wandered around the temple.

This is a very rare situation, Qianlong's sitting skill is actually better than Yongzheng, often sit down for three hours without moving, Hongday smiled and said, "Urine is ashamed of the king", and thousands of military affairs Chen Mo just sit and take care of it, unless he is extremely angry or emotional, he will wander around the room like the impatient Yongzheng. I don't know how long it took, Ji Yun saw that Qianlong's color was slightly gentle, so he asked in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty...... What happened? ”

"Pingyi County let people serve it." Qianlong's abrupt words made the three of them tremble, "...... Two firewood sellers fought in the firewood market, and the officials of the county yamen pulled people to the flail, and the firewood was confiscated and returned to the public! A blind mother who sells firewood went to cry for her son to feed, they threw the bowl into the basket and ......kicked it, "I don't know if I was angry or sad, Qianlong gritted his teeth and shook his hands, "Can this not attract public anger?" At that time, it was the fourth day of the new year, and it was noon, and the people on the street were crazy, and there was a fifteenth elder brother named Wang Yan who suspected that he was Lin Qingshuang, standing on the carriage and calling for the crowd, more than 5,000 people rushed up, smashed the prison and entered the county government, grabbed a street, and roared away! …… The county magistrate fled and disappeared, his eldest son was beaten to death by the rebels, all six women were raped, and twenty-one officials were killed, and many were injured. What's even more hateful is that there are 1,000 green battalion soldiers stationed outside the city, knowing that the city is chaotic, the camp is also chaotic, no one leads the team into the city to bomb pressure, no one arranges defense, no one sets up a card to intercept, seeing the thieves rushing out of the city, no one even closes the door of the barracks, 2,000 chaotic people rushed in and grabbed this battalion, killed thirteen soldiers, seven chaotic people, lost five shotguns, blew up a cannon on the spot, robbed the grain and meat for the New Year, and then the people left! He spat "phew" and slammed his fist on the gauze drawer grille, causing the carved grille to tremble and rattle, and shouted, "Gao Yun came in!" ”

"Slave, slave slave is here!" Gao Yun trotted in, already bluffed, and suddenly lay on the ground, "The master has a will, and the slave will pass it on!" ”

"Yesterday, you asked the Military Aircraft Department, where is Ah Gui?"

"Go back to the master, Gaobeidian!"

"Send someone to ride and pass the decree, go fast, what's there to see on the road in winter, just rub it off?"

"Yes!" Gao Yun started and stopped, and repeated, "——Go fast, what's there to see on the road in winter, just rub it off?" Seeing that Qianlong was speechless, he got up and walked quickly.

Qianlong glanced sideways at the hall, looking like he was looking for someone to be angry, and swept everyone shorter, but saw him staring at Ji Yun and asked, "Zhaohui is short of food in the army, why doesn't the military aircraft department play me?" Ji Yun's mind was on the riots in Pingyi, Shandong, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The military ministers don't know much, but I only heard Liu Baoqi say that Yu Min transferred 300,000 catties of radishes from Kaifeng to Xining. The military department complained that the radish was worth only three hundred taels of silver for two pounds, and it would take six thousand taels of silver to transport it—"

"Sixty thousand taels of silver must also be transported!" Qianlong roared hoarsely, "The people in the military department are a group of bastards, and he can only make money when he has more money - half of Zhaohui's soldiers are now night blind, and they come in with Zhuo in the middle of the night, which is similar to chopping melons and vegetables--remove the title of Shangshu Ahmu of the Ministry of War, and ask him to quickly escort vegetables to Zhaohui's camp, and come back with Zhaohui's receipt to exchange his top!" ”

"Yes!" Ji Yun agreed and was about to get up, but Qianlong frowned and shouted: "Tell Wang Bashi to go, and send a decree to Yu Minzhong." So the king came over to listen to the order. Qianlong's impatient mood calmed down a little, and ordered: "Inform Yu Minzhong of the rebellion of the mob in Pingyi, Shandong, and tell him that the military affairs in the Zhaohui camp are more important, and tell him to take a closer look, except for vegetables, to see if there is anything lacking and to supply urgently." Remember the six words 'the west line is safe, the world is peaceful'! Go ahead! ”

These six words were obviously well thought out by him, and he said them slowly and casually. Li Shiyao chewed for a while, and immediately weighed out the weight: With the military, government and civil affairs in the mainland, leaking air from all sides, and winning the victory on the western front, we can slowly adjust the yuan and recover, if the army is defeated, it will really be out of control. Thinking about entering Beijing, everything is unpleasant, it is better to go out to fight, and his heart is hot, and he is about to speak, but Fukangan has spoken first: "Your Majesty, the slave is willing to share the worries of the master!" Zhaohui is the main general, and the slave is the vanguard, sweeping the western frontier! ”

"You are eagerly pleased, and Li Shiyao is also a little eager to try, which is good. But things are not in a hurry. Qianlong looked at the three people softly, "The stall is too big, if there is a little trouble, I will be irritable." Your father is newly mourned, don't be impetuous, settle your father in the ground, and take good care of your mother. Three years of filial piety is full, and I am useful to you. Fukangan is stubborn and conceited by nature, and he likes to be good at martial arts, and he feels that he is useless when he is crowned duke, and he is stained with his father's light, but he refuses to let go of the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to himself, because he kowtows again and again, and says: "The emperor is worried, it is the autumn of the courtier's service!" With the support of Fulong'an Fuling safety at home, it will definitely be able to comfort the high hall for a comprehensive funeral. If the emperor does not want the slaves to go to Xining, please give the slaves a will to go to Guimengding to exterminate the Pingyi bandits. Now this group of rebels is a rabble, and the hasty uprising is unstable, and the longer it drags on, the more difficult it will be to recruit and suppress. The Emperor Mingjian! Qianlong said with a dry brow: "The Pingyi Rebellion, I expect that it is just a temporary situation of the bandits, more than 5,000 people are involved, and the number of people who really go up the mountain plus the prison prisoners will not exceed 1,000, and there are bandit cottages in Guimengding Mountain, which together are about less than 2,000, Liu Yong and Shen They should not be difficult to deal with in Shandong." ”

Fukangan listened and kowtowed: "Liu Yong is an expert in official governance. He Shen thought he was a mediocre minister! How can he take care of the military? "Zuo Chuan: Cao Di Polemic" cloud 'one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion', a battle can not be fought, the bandits stand firm and then fight ten times more difficult, and it is Shandong Zhili Sect bandits rampant, once it spreads, the situation is dangerous! ”

He Shen walked from Luan Yiwei to the military plane, and directly promoted the minister of military aircraft, he was a hot figure who was as popular as the sky, and he said "is a mediocre minister" without thinking! Li Shuyao and Ji Yun were both taken aback: they all said that Fukangan was heroic and bold, and he really had a good name-they were happy and worried, and they both looked at Qianlong.

"He Shen is not a mediocre minister, he is a good hand at reconciling the six departments and managing money." Qianlong said, "Fighting, sending troops and releasing horses, you say that he is useless, I believe it, and the rest of your words are right." Qianlong said, Ji Yun and Li Shiyao looked at each other, and they were secretly surprised in their hearts: If this matter is let go of others, will it be okay? If you don't get dismissed, it's at least a reprimand! Why is Fukangan so presumptuous? Qianlong ignored the thoughts of the two, and even brought a warm smile, but it was a sincere teaching: "You are already a duke, a noble hairpin, don't hurt people at every turn...... Your father is gentle and frugal, and you have to learn from him...... Let's send someone else for the conquest, I can't bear to let you take away your love and obey the public ......"

Fukangan burst into tears, and said to the ground: "My father usually teaches me like this. When he was dying, he took my hand and said, 'The emperor is your aunt, I don't want you to always remember this.' Emperor...... It is a saint who has transcended the ages, I hope you will remember this article, and treat the emperor as a father and a saint ......'" He was intermittent, and he couldn't speak continuously, "...... He also said, '...... The wealth you are born with is unreliable, and what you earn is considered ...... I regret that I didn't take you with me when I went to Jinchuan. I have the power in my hands, and I can send you to Uriya Sutai to lead the army...... Go, go and experience ......'"

When Qianlong listened, there was a burst of sadness in his heart, he bit his lower lip and barely suppressed it, and said: "Since your father has this word, I have changed my mind, I will give you the identity of the envoy of the bandits, you go to Shandong!" ”