After a while, the door government returned to the court to report: "Luo Youde and Su Degui went to the military department to receive the bird gun for target shooting; Cai Changming was a servant of the prince, and he dispersed the camp and went to the prince's mansion to ask for peace; Chai Daji went to burn some books, and when he returned to the camp, he learned that the yamen was having a meeting, so he hurried over. ”

"Huh?" Li Shiyao's eyes jumped, his face was already dark, the pockmarks on his face were purple, and he gritted his teeth and said with a cruel smile, "Only Chai Daji burns books and is true, let him in the meeting-Tumen, Ah Cheng, why are you two lying and deceiving this commander?" Ah Cheng seemed to shrink uneasily under his cold-electric gaze, and then became a hippie smile, patted his head and said, "Don't be angry, Junmen. Is it worth it? Oops, you look, you see...... My memory! Su Degui is going to get **. Tumen was a violent martial artist with a full face, and he said with a stalk around his neck: "Even the leader ** is also an upright messenger!" I said, Lord Admiral, since there is a meeting, you should just say it—should you just hold this meeting by name? ”

Li Shiyao "snapped" the case, and the whole hall was bluffed: "I also have the right to convene a meeting just for the roll call!" Seeing Chai Daji come in and salute, he waved his hand and ordered "late to the class", and then said viciously: "I have an envoy who is ordered to do, who has the kung fu to play with you?" Yesterday evening, I was informed of today's promotion to the government, and how contemptuous you are, and how dare you lie and deceive the governor in front of the court! "These three people are all deputy generals, with the title of deputy commander, and their rank is only half a level lower than Li Shuyao, and they have always been the most famous figures in the yamen, and they were reprimanded by Li Shuyao in public, and their faces were blood-red, and they were long. Tumen is used to being domineering, how can he be angry like this? Brush the ground and stood up and said, "Are you ordered to come by name and toss people?" I'm also ordered to lead the troops! Ah Cheng, Mu Ama - go, let's not wait for this master! Ah Cheng also stood up with a tiger face. Mu'ama wanted to move and sat down again.

"Seal the door!" Li Shiyao shouted, "Wu Shixiong, remove Tumen and Ah Cheng's seats!" Lee eighty-five! Lee eighty-five! ”

The whole hall was stunned, Li Eighty-five had never seen this battle, and his legs were so frightened that his legs became weak, and he stammered for a long time: "Slave...... It's here! ”

"It seems that there is no blood, they can't recognize me Li Shiyao." Li Shiyao smirked all over his face and said in silence, "Li Chuanyao and the two of them have never known each other, and they have no reason to despise me. Telling lies and lying about the military situation, and who is there to resist the order? They are contemptuous of military law and despise the emperor! - Go, please give out my royal flag! At the gate, I'm ready to fire a cannon and raise my flag! He suddenly turned his face and stared at Li Eighty-five with strange eyes, and snorted: "What are you in a daze?" Go! ”

"Ahh

A terrifying atmosphere arose in the dead lobby. The civil and military generals and the soldiers suddenly stood on end, and I don't know who was so nervous that the strings were broken, and a dizzy "goodong" fell to the ground, which made people even more frightened. Ah Cheng and Tumen, who were standing at this moment, were already drenched in cold sweat, and their eyes were staring like dreams like idiots. Muamma sat beside him, his face as white as paper. At one moment, I heard Li Eighty-five bring two Goshha in and put the shrine-like royal blue order flag on the case. Li Shiyao slowly walked down and bowed three times and bowed nine times, got up and put away his respectful countenance, snorted contemptuously, paced close to Tumen, and looked at the two frightened generals with cold and ruthless eyes, but his voice was much softer: "I just said, I have no grudges and no enmity with you, and I will practice the law today to be public and selfless." After you go, I will naturally send another ceremony to the house. He turned around and waved his hand, and said in a vicious voice: "Drag it out, don't wait for the afterlife, execute immediately!" ”

This sound was like a thunderstorm in the air, and it was simple and clear that there was no room for categorization. Seeing a few Gosh Haron wearing swords at the entrance of the court, and stepping on the spurs under his feet, Ah Cheng couldn't hold his head, and knelt down with his legs weak, beads of sweat the size of beans dripping down, and his mourning and pleading words were silent: "Gao, Gao Tao is big...... Da Shuai...... Please, please...... Knife ...... Superborn under the knife...... It's me who makes the yellow soup - no, no, it's that I don't have long eyes after eating...... I blame you for being troublesome, and I ...... perfunctory and light-hearted" Tumen first thought that Li Shiyao was just bluffing, and he drummed in his heart, and stood upright with a hard face on his face, and saw the Goshha people striding forward, and their fierce eyes showed a fierce light, and they "pounced" and knelt down in a hurry: "Handsome...... It's me who doesn't understand...... Thinking about it doesn't matter much...... I'm too long-winded...... Don't dare to ...... anymore" Seeing Li Shiyao smiling and turning his back to the sky, ignoring him, a few Goshha pounced on him and dragged the two of them out. Although Muama was panicked in his heart, he also faintly had a thought of "knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger", and when he heard "not waiting for his fate", he knew that he had underestimated this ruthless admiral, so he threw himself over in the chair and knelt down, raised his arms and shouted: "Slow! ——Kneeling a few steps tightly around Li Shiyao's knees, sobbing and pleading: "Your Excellency...... Calm the Anger...... Label, label under the clumsy tongue, I don't know how to intercede...... Although these two people deserve their crimes, they have made meritorious contributions to the conquest and suppression of Su 43; The second is that it is quite hard to manage the army on weekdays, and the third is that you have just taken office, and they don't know gold and jade, so they are offended indiscriminately...... Tiger Might. Killing a general as soon as you arrive is not good for you, is it? and send their heads to see the after-effects. Bid a guarantee that they don't dare to ...... anymore" said, looking back at a cadre of generals: "Why don't you hurry up and ask for a guarantee?" ”

The 20 or so generals woke up like a dream, and suddenly knelt down together, and the civil officials also knelt down. From the front of the public case to the entrance of the second hall, they all fell to the ground as if they were cutting wheat, and they all pleaded for Tumen and Ah Cheng.

"You probably think I'm bluffing." Li Shiyao Gege smiled and retracted it, "Besides, it is difficult for my three tendons to enter your eyes with a jujube pit." Therefore, there is no emperor and no supreme constitution! His voice echoed in the court with the trills of metal collision, his eyelids were pressed, and his eyes flickered faintly, "Lao Tzu traveled the world in white hands before the age of twenty-three, and at the age of twenty-three, the Son of Heaven interviewed for the Jinshi, and at the age of twenty-six, he followed Fu Zhongtang to fight Heicha Mountain, and captured Piaogao and beheaded three thousand alive!" One master Tongzheng entered Jinchuan twice, and the grass cowards killed countless people, and the generals who violated the order also cut down more than a dozen. I am the number one Qiu Ba Xiucai in the world, and this top is dyed red with human blood! I have followed the Long Live Lord for decades, and I know that although I am not talented, I am profound, but I am impartial and selfless in all punishments, and the emperor does not forgive me for being reckless! Speaking of the two of you, I will be punished a little if I kill you, but the Nine Gates Admiral Yamen of the Imperial Capital of the World Capital is the key to the Suwei Palace's forbidden Son of Heaven to live in peace and govern all directions in Kyushu, and there are no rules? Well?! ”

Listening to this fierce and incoherent questioning, all heads bowed a little.

"Since the Lingya intercedes for you, this admiral will not be too much." Li Shiyao paced slowly, wandering in front of the public case as if no one was around, and said slowly in a gloomy dantian, "Although I kill a lot, I am a scholar by nature, not a person who is easy to kill—although the death penalty is exempt from the living crime, it is unforgivable—pushed to the bottom of the corridor, and each person has forty military sticks!" No ** call signs! ”

In the crackling sound of corporal torture, Li Shiyao's expression returned to normal, ordered everyone to "please get up", ordered someone to move the public seat to sit firmly in front of the public case, and said: "This time the Holy Lord summoned me, and sighed that the discipline of the Beijing Master Yamen was not in order, and the affairs of the government were lax. Although the Yamen, the commander of the infantry army, also arrests thieves, he also has the responsibility of correcting and investigating the discipline of hundreds of officials. There are government affairs and general affairs, but it is said that in the final analysis, it is the defense of the nine cities, with tens of thousands of soldiers, and it is a military affairs yamen. Therefore, the emperor earnestly warned that it is necessary to take the rectification of discipline as the first, eliminate the habit of hakama, and set an example for the yamen of the Beijing Division. On this point, 'roll call' is an errand, and Tumen is also right. There are more than 30 people with me, you can ask them, they are all naughty and mischievous outside, who dares not to name them? Who would dare to scorn me like this? ”

Today, however, the congregation and bandits are going around to incite people's minds and spread the word that cults form halls and offer incense, which has become a trend of spreading in Zhili, Shandong, and Henan. Gyeonggi, the capital of the capital, is also full of henchmen - called 'Tianli', but in fact, it is still a variant of the White Lotus Sect and poison! Li Shiyao said in a southern and northern tone, and said eloquently: "The rebellion of Huoji in the West is blazing, the bandits in Fujian in Taiwan are gathering, and the people in the six provinces of Jiangbei are still displaced by frequent floods and droughts. Is this the time when our courtiers are absurdly frolicking and neglecting their official duties? There is an abnormality in the Jingshi Sect, but I am asking, this is the emperor's holy decree, and it is also a military order I made. The emperor gave me the right to kill, who should I kill? He scanned the four directions with a piercing gaze, "Whoever misunderstands my business, I will kill him first!" - Grandma's bear! ”

He said softly, and suddenly relaxed, "Qiu Ba Xiucai" was revealed, and everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

"We want to celebrate the New Year, but the bandits may not want us to live in peace. That's the situation. Li Shiyao said eloquently, "I have to ask everyone to work hard." I have other messengers who want to arrest cases, and the envoys of the Military Aircraft Department can't be mistaken, so I can't go to the government every day to see things. I am not there, Muama will act as an agent, first, if there is something to do immediately, ask me for instructions, second, to put the discipline of each battalion in order, smell the wind and move, no wind is as quiet as Mount Tai, third, all the copywriters, clerks, and departments and halls have sorted out the messengers in their hands, and they will be implemented to me, and they will be dispersed on time, and if you don't want to do it, Lao Tzu will open your vacancy! Fourth, we also want to celebrate the New Year. Tomorrow, I will take Muama, Ah Cheng, and Tumen to inspect the battalions, and the soldiers' meat, vegetables, fish, eggs, clothing, weapons and equipment, and camp work for the New Year's Chinese will be procured by Chi Benqing and Li 85. In short, the New Year is going to be good, safe and rigorous, and people are happy - it's over! ”

After Li Shiyao finished speaking, he got up with one end of the tea bowl and walked away with a slight waist. went to the side door and whispered to Li Eighty-five: "Two things: ask that Chai Daji to come in and see me." Then I asked the room to make a good table on the table, and asked Mu Ama to stay, and I set up a feast for Tumen and Ah Cheng in the evening, and we brought some refined stick sore medicine and Yunnan Baiyao, so that Lang Zhong could treat them. After saying that, he looked at the people who had dispersed and smiled.

Li Shiyao commanded the Yamen in the infantry army, and beat the yamen with forty killing sticks. This is a new thing that has not been seen in the more than 100 years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, and the news spread far and wide, and the next day it spread all over the world. Li Shiyao came to the military aircraft office early in the morning, and listened to several military aircraft Zhang Jing laughing and talking about this matter at the door, and he didn't pay attention to it, and came in, but saw Yu Minzhong sitting cross-legged on the kang, holding a pen in one hand and rubbing his wrist in the other, quiet and quiet like a child who had just woken up. Because of the smile: "Didn't you sleep all night last night?" I see that your eyes are dark-" Seeing that Gao Yun stood in the corner of the door with his hands lowered from smiling to smiling, he asked again: "Are you waiting to give the emperor a fold?" ”

"Back to Li Ye's words," Gao Yun said with a busy smile. "Yu Zhongtang didn't sleep all night last night, seven counties in Huaibei were flooded in autumn, and twelve counties in southern Lunan were drought. Zhili Qinghe, Xianxian, Baodi, Xingtai, Sanhe, Wuqing, Julu, and Cangzhou bandits took advantage of the New Year to contact them, saying that 'all brothers in the world are brothers', and the brothers can't ignore the suffering, and they collect money separately to collect grain and winter clothes to be sent to the disaster-stricken places. This head Yu Zhongtang wrote a letter to the disaster-stricken counties, preventing the bandits from sending people to perform the Fa and send things to buy people's hearts, and asked the governor of Zhili, Yamen, to check the suspicious people on the roads leading to other provinces, and then transferred medicinal materials from Henan and Huguang to avoid plague and dispel evil spirits and transport them to the disaster area. Long live the Lord got up on the fourth watch, and each letter was approved by Zhu and sent out with an expedited delivery of 600 miles. I'll just pass letters and letters back and forth. As he was talking, Ji Yun also came to the duty, smiled as soon as they met, and said, "Yesterday, Li Gaotao was obscene and powerful, and the soul of the Admiral's Mansion was not possessed - Ji Yun met you early in the morning, and today is not auspicious!" Yu Minzhong was so tired that he didn't seem to want to say anything, smiled and nodded, deceived himself into getting off the kang, took steps to relieve his fatigue, and said after a long time: "Wang Lian came over to pass the decree, and the exam questions are about to be released, so you can go in as soon as you come, why don't you hurry up and meet the driver?" ”

Ji Yun and Li Shiyao glanced at each other, and hurriedly lowered their hands and agreed "yes". Ji Yunfang said with a smile: "Old Master Yu has also learned Taoism, he is so tired that he stretches his waist and yawns, or even kicks his legs to live and pan his body, as long as he does not violate etiquette, even Confucius and Mengzi do not prohibit it." Yu Minzhong was not angry, only rubbed Yin Tang's eyebrows with his hand, and said: "I'm used to it." Since childhood, I didn't dare to be presumptuous, some people are the same. When the Master said, 'If you don't cut it properly, you won't eat it,' not because the meat isn't cut enough to make it tasteless, that's the rule of practice. Ji Yun said: "Is this also presumptuous? Cultivation is a cultivation product, and Confucius is talking about 'Tao' - when Chen Cai was starved of food, his old man was so hungry that his belly was pressed against the back of his back, and he was brought a plate of burnt Texas grilled chicken to him, which may not have this exquisiteness. With a smile, he pulled Li Shiyao to meet the driver.

The two of them entered the weeping flower gate of the Heart Cultivation Hall together, and saw Wang Lian greet him, whispered goodbye, and said, "The two masters will stop for a while and ask for a meeting." The old man just lost his temper, and this son is training his brother! You go in, the elder brothers can't hold their faces. Li Shiyao took a look, and saw that the guards and eunuchs in the courtyard were all frightened, their faces were pale, and they stood like puppets with broken threads, and they didn't dare to come out. Because he and Ji Yun stood side by side under the corridor, they listened quietly to the movement in the warm pavilion.

But there was no movement in the warm pavilion, like a courtyard where people were asleep, and some of them were silent. The two men did not dare to speak or move, and stood with their breath for a moment before they heard Qianlong's order inside: "Call two animals in!" Li Shiyao was startled, thinking that he was calling Ji Yun and himself, when he looked at Ji Yun, he saw Ji Yun shaking his head slightly and waving his hand, and then listened to the voice of the king in the hall: "The master is angry, the two masters please go in, pay more attention to the master, and it will be fine......" Then he listened to the sound of thanks, got up and squirmed, footsteps, and kowtowed to the hall to apologize: "The sons are wrong, and they don't dare to wander around in the future." The son is not angry, and he can't complain that Ama is angry. Ask Ama to calm his anger, don't be angry, and his son's sin will be even greater......" Only then did Li Shiyao know that it was the two emperors who committed it, and they were trained by Qianlong in it.

"I have taught you so much, but in fact, you have only one fault: forgetting your identity." Qianlong said, "To forget your identity is to forget your name." The saints set up the festival of honor, and remember that the "name" is still in front of the "festival", which shows how important it is! ”

"Yes Yes ......"

"It is my will to go out of the palace to listen to the government in the ministry, and it is not a mistake. It's not wrong to walk around the streets, as long as you don't look for flowers and willows for cockfighting lackeys. When I saw a demon acting method, I should have informed Li Shiyao or the magistrate Chana - if that were the case, I would have praised you - but it's good, you are like street ruffians, watching and watching the rarity! When I returned to the palace, I chewed my tongue and said the news like a eunuch! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Aside from the layer of golden branches and jade leaves, you are the country's backbone and are closely related to the country's lifeline, this is the name!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Qianlong seemed to ponder for a while, and then said: "Besides, the son of a daughter can't sit down, and when you go out, you won't talk to the respectful room, and you won't ask the master for leave." If there's something wrong outside, how do you cook it? I heard an elder brother who seemed to laugh and explained: "The sons don't dare to cause trouble, thinking that the Jingshi is serious about the prohibition, and there must be no accidents." Huang Ama has already understood this lesson-" "You don't understand! Qianlong stopped him and sneered: "You're still a bastard - who worries about your safety?" For example, Li Shiyao led the troops to take people, and even tied you up on the street, do you still do not do it? - Stupid! Go ask your master Ji Yun! ”

Ji Yun and Li Shiyao looked at each other. Seeing that Wang Ba Yan carefully lifted the curtain, Ji Yun hurriedly dragged a corner of Li Shiyao's gown to meet him, but saw that it was the eighth elder brother Xuan Xuan and the eleventh elder brother Xuan who came out dejectedly, and they were trying to avoid the two, but the two of them had already avoided the window first. Xuan Xuan smiled and said, "Master Ji is here!" We made a mistake, Huang Ama has a will, go back and listen to the master's lesson......" Ji Yun smiled and nodded, and before he could speak, he heard Qianlong say inside: "Ji Yun and Li Shiyao come in - don't pay attention to them!" ”

"Yes!" Ji Yun hurriedly agreed, nodded to the two of them, and entered the hall with Li Shiyao to warm the pavilion, saluting while peeking at Qianlong's face. Qianlong didn't look as sharp as he imagined, there was a painting on the case, it was "Taizong's Eight Horses", half-spread, and there were a few pieces of antiques with blood jade rings or something in the corner of the case, it seemed that Qianlong was appreciating the antiques, and suddenly called the two elder brothers to reprimand. He stood on the edge of the kang, flipped up the corner of the painting and looked at it, and asked, "You just came in?" ”

"It's been a long time since the ministers came in." Ji Yun was afraid that Li Shiyao would tell a lie, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Knowing that the emperor is cutting the jade of Jingshan Mountain, the prince Fang has been trained by the court, so he didn't dare to enter the palace to be alarmed." "Teach your son in person, and persuade your wife behind your back." Qianlong smiled and said, "Come in and listen, it's good for them." Li Shuyao said: "The emperor's elder brother and the ministers also have the status of monarchs and ministers, we should avoid it and give the two elder brothers a little dignity." ”

Qianlong sat down with a smile, and he also sat on the kang side chair, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "This idea is good." Li Shiyao has also grown. They went out of the palace to the ministry, and when they came back, they made a detour to the North Jade Emperor Temple, and heard that I had gone to buy this painting, and I also went to buy two pieces of jade. I saw a Taoist priest casting spells and selling medicine, cutting and shoveling in the winter, planting a gourd, picking the gourd and pouring out the medicine, and there were also those who did not give money, and also applied medicine to get married. Thousands of people watched it, and they also watched it, and when they returned to the palace, they muttered to his brothers and brothers about his 'supernatural powers' - so thoughtless! "Brother Elder Brother used to only study in Yuqing Palace, because he lacked a little experience, and he dared to guarantee that this kind of thing would never happen again." Ji Yun groaned and said, "This is the responsibility of the masters, and when talking about the "Zizhi Tongjian", it is very important to remind the elder brothers to pay attention to the methods of gathering people to bewitch the rebels and evil people in the past dynasties. After all, the elder brothers are new to politics, and long live does not seem to be too responsible. Li Shiyao said: "Shuntianfu came to ask me, and I said that before I found out the details, the activities of the Tianli Sect and the Red Yang Sect will not be moved as long as they do not harass the public security. Find out the nest of the first offender, and uproot it overnight. Now that the New Year is approaching, my mission is to celebrate the festival in peace and tranquility in Gyeonggi, and I dare not ruin the peaceful and prosperous landscape. There were also a lot of foreigners who made pilgrimages in Beijing at that time, and if the Song Jiang Lantern Festival made a big fuss in Tokyo, it would ruin the overall situation of the emperor, and the death of a hundred Li Shiyao would not be able to withstand this crime! ”

"What I think about, what I think, what I say!" Qianlong looked at Li Shiyao with appreciation, his face was already full of gloom, "If you think like this, you have the style of an ancient minister, not limited to your yamen envoy." The Minister of Military Aircraft is not also the Admiral of the Nine Gates, which is a rule left by the first emperor. Because the power of the two positions is too heavy, and the responsibilities are too great to be taken into account. Although you do not enter the military aircraft department, you still have to do something on the military aircraft. I heard that the yamen was cleaned up yesterday? Well done! Don't be afraid of gossip, don't be afraid of people smashing black bricks to plot you. I take leniency as my government and the law of the Holy Ancestors as my law, not to indulge these filthy and murderous officials in the world. Benevolence, education and righteousness complement each other, and there must also be a group of righteous ministers who dare to kill and cut! There are too many mediocre officials today, as many as cow hair! I can't use it, and I don't dare to dethrone it all. He sighed softly, "After all, these people are the foundation of **, and it depends on them to exercise the decree......"

Li Shuyao listened to Qianlong's earnest encouragement, a warm current in his heart rushed and reversed, his blood was full of blood, his face was flushed, and he was suspicious, anxious, and depressed for many days...... The haze in my heart was swept away, and I wanted to say thank you, but I couldn't find words for a while. I also heard Qianlong sigh that it was difficult to govern the officials, and he felt that he lacked the skills to govern, so he couldn't help but sigh secretly. Ji Yun also sighed and said with a smile: "Yangzhou has a light and thin teenager set "Burrow Ming" as "Burrow Ming", I don't know if the emperor has heard of it - the official is not high, and if there is a scene, it is famous." It is not deep, but it is spiritual. Although Si is an ugly official, only profit is Xin. The silk round pile is white, and the money is blue. There is a business to talk and laugh, and they are all cooked. There is no need to tune the crane harp, and it does not deviate from the scriptures. There is no deaf ear of the name of punishment, and there is the shape of wine-colored labor. Or borrow far away from the public house, or drunk bamboo West Pavilion. Confucius Yun, what is ugly? - This is only to say that the officials of the salt affairs, and the rest of the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods are even more difficult to explain. ”

"This kind of thing has to be talked about almost every time you go to the court." Qianlong smiled bitterly, "But it's just talking, 'that's all'." Looking through the twenty-four histories, there are many ordinary times in the rule of officials, and there are only a handful of good times, and there is no prescription for a cure...... Don't talk about these worries. I asked you to come in to discuss the questions of the Spring Exam. Although Ji Yun is not the main examiner, the academics are good, Li Shiyao is a rough talent, and after considering the plan to seal it, he will no longer discuss this matter. Li Shiyao smiled and said: "The emperor said that the ministers are rude. When I entered the palace, I mistakenly wrote 'Weng Zhong' as 'Zhong Weng', and became the 'second master', and the emperor also had a poem 'How does Weng Zhong be Zhong Weng?' Er's article owes the husband credit. Now he is not allowed to be Lin Han, and he will be punished to Shanxi! Then I went to Shanxi! I listened to the emperor's arrangement and asked Ji Gong to draft it. ”

Ji Yun smiled and said, "When it comes to academics, who can match our emperor?" I'm 108,000 miles away! The "Four Books" have been tested repeatedly for hundreds of years, and the questions have been repeated, and there are all kinds of strange tricks. The minister thinks that this year should not be a truncation question, and he does not want to be biased, strange, strange, and astringent, and he is upright and straightforward, but I am afraid that they will not expect it if they want to break their heads! Qianlong nodded with a smile and said, "That's good." Don't look at me reading the four books, Wei compiled three uniques, it is really dangerous and strange to make up strange and difficult topics, and it may not be able to be compiled. There is a pen on the table, Ji Yun, you remember, the first question: Gong is not insulting - how? Ji Yun hurriedly went to the small table next to the fence and wrote down the pen and ink, and said contemplatively: "This purpose is extremely magnificent, and it is even more connected to the world of society. Add 'Zhuzhi Zong Temple', can the emperor see it as successful? ”

"Good!" Qianlong was very happy, "That's it, it's a topic." He turned his face to Li Shiyao and said, "You plan to come too!" Li Chuanyao said: "We must also prevent people from thinking about the big picture - 'seventy years old', and the joint topic of 'the country of ten thousand times', I don't know if it can be used?" Seeing Qianlong nodding, Ji Yun wrote on the paper, looked at the two questions, suddenly thoughtfully, his eyes flashed and he smiled, and said: "Always respect the monarch himself, and it seems better to change the 'country of ten thousand times' in front." Qianlong smiled: "Whatever you want, you can ask another question." Ji Yun said: "The title of the minister is 'One Son of Heaven' and 'Zi Fu Yao's Clothes', please judge the saint." Then he copied it again and presented it with both hands.

Qianlong read it again, satisfactorily pressed the seal, folded it carefully, took a gold thread to seal the book, wrote a few words on the cover, sealed the exam questions, sealed the seal, opened the big gold cabinet against the wall, put the book on it with both hands, and locked it again, then returned to the place, and said: "This key is only available to me, and the eunuch who opened this cabinet privately is to be executed." The topic is only known to the three of us, and if it is leaked out, the righteousness of the monarch and the minister will be gone, and the credit will be gone. Zhang Tinglu was cut for this, killed and fell in Xishi, the upper body was not dead, he dipped his fingers in his own blood, and wrote seven "miserable" words in a row - don't learn from him! With a sad smile on his face, he calmly recounted a past incident that really happened in Yongzheng Dynasty, and told the extremely miserable and terrifying scene like a common story, Ji Yun and Li Shiyao only felt a chill in their hearts, and they were about to be silenced. Ji Yun reluctantly smiled and said: "The country is a big deal, our participation in the secret is a great honor and trust of the emperor, how dare we forget our righteousness and use our lives to play?" "I know you won't, but I'll tell you nothing." Qianlong still had that unfathomable smile, subconsciously stroking the few pieces of blood jade on the case, but changed the topic: "Now it seems that the left and right sides of the mountains are not as stable as Jiangnan." Yu Minzhong was busy all night, that is, to deploy to prevent the movement of the bandits, it seems that the imperial court also has a 'New Year'! The common people are not happy to evade debts and repay debts, the people are noisy during the New Year's Festival, and there is no reason to gather together, Jinwu can't help but be prosperous, prohibiting the people's society, sacrifices, and lively celebrations on the streets, which is not reasonable. What is the 'Heavenly Principle' religion? It's still the Miao descendants of the White Lotus Sect who are making trouble! The military Ah Gui in the west is in control, and the case of Cathay Pacific in the east is in the hands, and there can be no chaos in civil and military affairs. ”

"Yes!" Ji Yun hurriedly agreed, and asked tentatively, "Liu Yong is in Shandong, and the investigation of the case is an envoy, can the disaster relief and the eradication of bandits be handled at the same time?" Li Shiyao also said: "Cathay is the governor of Shandong, and now he is investigating him for bribery, although he has not taken office, he is worried that he may not be able to do his best." Liu Yong also can't put his mind on civil affairs and take charge of the province's government affairs. He Shen is shrewd and capable, please ask the emperor to decree and order He Shen to handle it with full authority. Responsibility is at stake, so there is no passing the buck to each other. ”

Qianlong thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I look at He Shen, who is a bit good at personnel and negligent in government affairs. If the small things are done too beautifully, the big things may not be useful. Since Yu Minzhong is in charge of this matter, it is not good to change people for no reason. The fifteenth elder brother will leave for Shandong tomorrow, and he will let him inspect the inspectors, and it is not appropriate to toss a few bandits as if they were facing a great enemy - I am concerned about Chunqiu, and Li Shiyao must carefully select some useful talents to come up. A real scholar of Confucianism and a man of literature, Bagu articles may not do well. Let the examiner feel it from the paper. If you look at the good ones on weekdays, you can also recommend them to me. Li Shiyao said with a smile: "There are still many talents among the candidates. One of the ministers is attentive to it, and the other is to see their luck. Because of the situation of Cao Xibao and several people, he smiled and said, "I copied his letter, it is really a wonderful speech, and the last one was not lucky after all." Qianlong smiled and listened attentively, but didn't say anything, only said: "There is really a good article, copy it into Cheng Zhen and read it, it's good to be able to smile at it!" Kneel down and go out to do your errands. ”

"Yes."

Ji Yun and Li Shiyao agreed to salute, bowed and withdrew. Qianlong sighed and glanced at the golden self-striking bell in the corner of the warm pavilion. Wang Ba shamefully stepped in and said with a smile: "Long live Lord got up early today, and slept late last night, and only entered two cloud cakes. ”

"No need." Qianlong stood up and said, "I want to go over and say hello to Lafayette." Galeries Lafayette was afraid that he was also eating, so he just went in there. With that, he changed his clothes, and the two palace maids hurried over a few steps to clean up for him. Wang Bashi went out to pass the decree to inform Cining Palace, came in with a mink fur, and said with a smile: "The sky has changed outside, and the wind is cold." The master went out to warm up and get cold...... Qianlong didn't answer, so they put on a big hat, tied the necklace, and went out of the hall. Sure enough, as soon as I left the temple gate, I felt that my body was suddenly cold, the cold wind rushed up, and my clothes seemed to be much thinner. Looking up at the sky, it was half cloudy and half sunny, and the clouds were looming with a round of ice balls, and the stratus clouds in the southwest sky outside the palace wall seemed to have a cloudy taste, but they moved very slowly. He stood at the door of the hall and muttered for a moment, and said: "Wang Lian went to the fourth value warehouse of the Internal Affairs Office to receive three mink furs, which should be thick and warmer, and should not bring bright yellow colors. "Then lift your feet and go.

The Queen Mother's palace is still as warm as spring. She was opening cards on the couch, and next to her was kneeling with Concubine Ding'an to help her look at the cards, and Twenty-four Fujin knelt behind her and gently beat her back, and when she saw Qianlong coming in, she lost the cards and smiled: "The emperor is here!" After training his son, he came to wait for his wife—just now they came and said that they wanted to eat at my place. I've already entered it just now, and I'm fasting today, those vegetarian meals are too light, and I'm afraid that you won't be fragrant, so I've told Wang Shi to come over and fry it for you. You sit and talk to us, wait, and you'll be fine. Qianlong smiled and asked his mother to say goodbye, and when he saw that He Yun'er and Ding E'er were also there, he sat under the kang and laughed with him, because he said with a smile: "It's all free of courtesy - I just said that the sky has changed, thinking that the land in Qinghai is very cold, I gave a mink robe to Zhaohui and Hailancha, and I will meet you here." Okay, it's all promoted to a first-class fate, and this dress looks even more blessed. He also said to Concubine Ding'an and Twenty-four Fujin: "You wait for Lafayette in peace, don't come down to salute." As he spoke, he sat down on a chair on the edge of the kang.

"Thank you, Master, for your grace." He Yun'er and Ding 'E still squatted down before Fu'er sat down. Both of them were pregnant, and Qianlong looked embarrassed, and signed diagonally, half facing Qianlong and half facing the Queen Mother. He Yun'er was shy, smiling and silent. Ding E'er smiled: "The emperor's grace is really twice as big as the sky!" The monkey boy dog in front of me was also sealed as a lieutenant. Yesterday I sent him to his father, Hailancha. I said, what credit did you have for being made a lieutenant? Isn't it that the emperor sympathizes with your father for sending troops and horses in the ice and snow outside, and contributing to the emperor's life? Son, you listen to me, the real blessing has to rely on oneself to earn, comfortable not to be an adult, not to be an adult, you give me a warm dress, go to the camp to be a real captain, little by little to earn upwards. The first 30 years look at the father and respect the son, and the second 30 years look at the son and respect the father, you give us the face to earn the next 30 years. He Yun'er also said: "That's right." There is a yellow member in my mother's house, and there are thousands of cards hanging in the first twenty years, and the house is one after another, like a dark city, and the son-in-law and the young lady of the family go to this house and that house, and a few steps are all carried by girls. said that it was defeated, and in a few years, the house was demolished and sold. The honorable is not honorable, the dignity is not dignified, the children and grandchildren who sell pulp, plow coal, and go to the field to plant crops go their own way, and carry the burden for hundreds of miles, who will do it for him? He laughed as he spoke.

The two of them whispered that homely things were better than stories, and even the Queen Mother and her people listened to it on the kang. Qianlong's eyes were blazing when he heard this, and he nodded again and again and sighed: "These truths sound like common sayings, there is really a large article in it, and it is very good to tell your brothers." Listen to these more, dare not be vigilant and avoid the impermanence of destiny? Well...... The first 30 years look at the father and respect the son, and the second 30 years look at the son and respect the father - really don't be annoyed! He said to the Queen Mother again: "The eighth elder brother and the eleventh elder brother have come to ask for peace?" It's about crying and mourning again? If the emperor has the spirit, she will teach them a lesson, and if she is too lazy to say it, she will ignore them - she is weak, and she can raise it, and the rest will go out on errands. The mother can rest assured that her son's love for her grandson is the same as the mother's love for her son. Let them go through what they can, and they will never be wronged. ”

"Nope." The Queen Mother laughed when she heard this, "They didn't complain, they went after a conversation with an honest invitation." Twenty-four Fujin half-rolled up his sleeves to beat the queen mother's back, and when he saw the emperor glancing at himself several times as he spoke, he felt that he had blushed slightly. Seeing the queen mother's cards, she stopped her hand, put down her sleeves to help the whole card, and said to Qianlong with a smile: "The grandchildren are quite good, obedient and knowledgeable, why is the emperor still not happy - Hao Xuan's poems and paintings are carved into a book, although I don't understand, I see that it is stronger than the one bought back in the outside workshop!" That's all I said—but he went to see the blonde pagoda made for Lafayette, and said that the gold was still not enough. I said that I would donate another two hundred taels, and Lafayette laughed, saying that he would not fight for my little self-esteem, and the emperor would move tens of thousands of taels if he looked at it, but he was afraid that he would be rich. ”

She is Kangxi's youngest son, Prince Yunji's successor to Fujin, Manchurian surname Wu Yashi, is the maiden niece of Qianlong's grandmother, in terms of seniority, Qianlong's own aunt, but in terms of age, she is only twenty-seven or eight years old. is neat and neat, can speak and laugh, and he is not shy about seeing Qianlong. Qianlong has always paid little attention to her, but today he suddenly felt that she was strangely beautiful and charming, and when he saw her smiling skillfully, she was dizzy and dizzy, and her silver bell was as crisp and pleasant as a silver bell, and she didn't feel a move in her heart, and said with a smile: "Aunt Twenty-four said yes - isn't it just tens of thousands of taels of gold?" Let's move from the household treasury to make it over, even the walls of this palace are gilded and pasted with gold leaf, how magnificent - it is not easy for my aunt to come in, I have time today, I will talk to Lafayette for a while, and I will be filial piety on our behalf, okay? Wu Yashi listened to Qianlong's ridicule, swept his temples and said with a sneer: "What do I know as a woman, the emperor only makes fun of me!" Your twenty-fourth uncle has been ill badly for the past two days, and he wants to go to the Jiutian Niangniang Temple with Prince Fujin to ask for medicine. Day'er said that it was a witchcraft cult, and people like us can't get involved in that. The two of them have the same temper, they both say that they are life and death, and they don't even call the doctor! If you don't believe in God and don't see a doctor, that's not waiting-" She covered her mouth, "I originally went back to Lafayette, and Lafayette said that he would go to the small Buddha hall behind the palace to offer incense to Guanyin Bodhisattva, and make a wish for fasting." It's too cold in the house, and there's a fire going on! ”

The Queen Mother and Concubine Ding'an sitting on the kang are all old and dizzy, and the two ladies of Kang Xia Ding and He are both exquisite and intelligent people. Seeing this scene, the two of them looked at each other for a while, and E'er said: "The hour is not early, there are still a lot of things at home, and I have to write to Hailancha to say that we are bathing in the emperor's grace, and the concubine will resign." The Queen Mother smiled: "You are very suitable for my temperament, come in and talk to me diligently." Qianlong also said: "If there is anything missing at home, or if there is anything, come in and give your queen mother, or tell the Internal Affairs Office." You have met Mrs. Gui and said the same thing. Smiled and watched the two of them leave, turned his face to the Queen Mother and said: "It is my wish to build this blonde tower, and hide all the hair that Lafayette combed in." The son knows that you are thrifty, but this is the son's filial piety, so that future generations who will be the queen mother will envy your old blessing! Since the Qing Dynasty is now in a very prosperous world, is this also a very prosperous weather! The gold is not enough to make up the idea, and the base of the hair tower is mixed with some silver. He Shen is on a business trip now, he comes back to do this kind of thing, he has a way! ”

As she spoke, the food had already risen, and Concubine Ding'an got up and resigned. Wu Yashi went down to the kang to help spread the vegetables on the small table, and also said to the two of them: "Go to the small Buddha hall." Qianlong instructed: "Tell Wang that dinner will come in at the queen's place, and call him over to wait." He also said: "Go to the Yangxin Hall and send the paperweight Ruyi through the small Buddha hall to reward Wu Ya's family." Wu Yashi Shane went, and then sat down to eat. The Queen Mother sighed: "My son! Although I don't go out, there are many people who come in to ask for peace to talk, and I know a little about something, and many people have disasters! Some rumors are very bad, and there must be a way to open up the flow and save the source! Qianlong smiled and said, "Mother, that's called opening up sources and reducing expenditures." 'Open stream and save the source' is also returned! ”

"That's what it means." The Queen Mother also smiled and said, "Now that the entry is big, Kangxi Ye and Yongzheng Ye can't be compared, but the project is also scary!" Repair the garden and fight, that is the gold and silver mountains to the stacks! He Shen can't be gold, urine and silver, isn't the wool out of the sheep? I have enjoyed all the blessings in the world, and I am looking forward to your good children and grandchildren, so that I can close my eyes and go to see the first emperor. What we can save in our own house, we can also do a lot of things to save a lot of people when we use it as an official, isn't that a matter of virtue? ”

Qianlong ate one head and the other indiscriminately agreed, and said "yes". When I was full for a while, I rubbed my face with a handkerchief and rinsed my mouth, came over to pinch my mother's shoulders and back, and said eloquently: "What E-niang said is right. My son knows it in his heart, and he remembers it all! Where there is a disaster, the son is more attentive than the mother! Not only food, but also winter clothes and anti-poison and plague medicines, this kind of thing is not a trivial matter. What is hateful is that these officials are stuffing their own pockets layer by layer, and it is pouring rain here, and it will become a drizzle at the end! My mother listened to me, it is my nature to be filial, and I want to teach everyone in the world to talk about filial piety. Only with filial piety can there be loyalty, so this is also a matter of great truth. A Chongwenmen tariff, a guilty silver, although it is also wool from the sheep, after all, it is separated by a layer, not from the people to collect violently, the number is limited, we are rich, and we also open a way for officials to rehabilitate. There is also a meaning of 'edification'...... He Shen's military and civil affairs are not talents, and others still can't match him in financial management...... Alas, the world is so big, there are so many things, it is really difficult to be thoughtful everywhere...... Isn't my son staying up all night after night for these lights? As he spoke, he sighed in his heart: The money used by the Internal Affairs Office to discuss the guilt and customs duties is actually the official silver for private use, and it has become the royal family's "own money", which can coax the queen mother, but can't coax the civil and military courtiers outside, only turn a blind eye and refuse to discuss the edict of the lower ministry, that is, there is this ulterior motive. But the number of people in the Forbidden City, the Old Summer Palace and other palaces has increased by almost ten times compared with the previous dynasties, and they can't understand the right way to increase the amount of silver from the household department, otherwise there is really no way. After saying a few more homely words, seeing that the Queen Mother was squinting and sleepy, she whispered to Qin Meimei: "Good life waits." Quietly exited Cining Palace, looked at the watch just after the beginning of the afternoon, and said to Wang Basha, who was guarding outside the palace: "I am a little tired, I want to go inside to rest for a while, you go back to the Heart Palace, and ask Wang Lian to wait at the gate of Zhongcui Palace, and I will return to the palace to do business." Wang Bashame and the others agreed to retreat. Qianlong walked alone along the water alley to the north. hesitated at the gate of Zhongcui Palace, but still strode into the small courtyard of the Buddhist hall.

At that time, it was about to be noon, and the eunuchs all went to the room to eat, and several nuns with hair and cultivation in the small Buddha hall were also fasting in the west chamber of the courtyard, and only the sound of chanting was heard on the partition wall, and the courtyard was more secluded. Qianlong wandered around, touched the bronze crane, looked at the incense burner, and looked at the bonsai placed in it through the glass, and caught a glimpse of Wu Yashi sitting cross-legged on the futon under the file of Guanyin Hall and sitting silently, so he paced in and said with a smile: "My aunt has done her homework religiously!" ”

"It's the emperor who is here!" Wu Yashi had already felt that Qianlong had arrived, so he pretended to be surprised and snorted softly, knelt on the futon, kowtowed, pursed his lips and smiled imperceptibly, lowered his head and said nothing. Qianlong smiled casually and said, "I just had dinner, come out and take a few steps." remembered that my aunt was here to incense my uncle, so I came to rejoice by the way. Uncle Twenty-Four is six years younger than me, and he reads together as a child, rides horses and shoots arrows together, and he can't afford it for a few years if he doesn't think about it. As he spoke, he picked up three sticks of incense in front of the Buddha's case, and the Buddha lamp was lit, and his hands were inserted into the incense burner, and he took a step back and folded his hands, and muttered: "Om Liduo, Mile Duo, Zha Zha Ha, Sha Po He!" Om, three no, fold metaphor, Saga! After reciting, he let go of his hand and said, "Please sit in the east hall and speak." ”

The east hall is the banquet hall on the east side of the Guanyin Buddha Hall, and the three halls that are actually connected to the Guanyin Hall are specially used for the concubine to rest and rejoice. Wu Yashi had already seen the meaning of Qianlong's off-topic, and looked left and right at no one, and couldn't help but panic for a while, his heart fluttered, and he felt that his cheeks were hot, and he was probably already red - he got up and passed by the door, and saw a little nun coming, hurriedly calmed down, and said, "Long live the lord come over to give the prince incense." You send some food! Only then did he enter the east hall with Qianlong and sit down with Qianlong. Qianlong was also uncertain, watched the nun bring tea in, and said, "Hold, don't come over and wait, I want to be quiet." The little nun whispered yes and tiptoed out. The room was quiet, and Wu Yashi was even more embarrassed to lower his head and rub the corners of his clothes with his hands, and smiled sneeringly for a while. Qianlong looked at her with a biased face, and asked with a smile: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"I laugh at the emperor—" she hesitated, and suddenly raised her head boldly, "What scripture are you reciting?" Why don't I understand a word? Qianlong saw that her temples were half-covered and peach-colored, and her face was delicate and disgusted, and half of her body was already crisp, and said with a smile: "Not only do you not understand, but I also don't understand, it is a Sanskrit mantra, one is to eliminate disasters and relieve diseases, and the other is to prolong life." Wu Yashi smiled and said, "I heard that the emperor is a layman. As soon as you prayed like this, even the Jade Emperor knew about it, and our master's illness would be irrelevant......"

Qianlong smiled loudly and said, "It's hard for the Jade Emperor to say, Guanyin must have heard it......" said and reached out to pour the pot to pour tea. Wu Yashi hurriedly got up and took the pot to pour it for him, and said, "This is our woman's business, you are thirsty and give orders." Fang was about to put down the pot, but Qianlong grabbed it and grabbed her hand.

For a moment, the air seemed to freeze.