After the July Festival, Jingshi sprinkled two showers of rain, the autumn wind gradually rose, Jingu appeared, and the weather was already cool. At this time of year, there are two important things that must be done. The first is to urge the provinces to collect food and taxes, and the second is to arrest prisoners in prison. The first one is fine. This second matter is related to the great politics of the national code, and it is not dignified to deal with it in the garden. Kangxi then ordered to return to the Forbidden City, still living in the Palace of Nourishing Heart. Rushed to worship the Ming Temple, sacrificed to the Temple of Heaven, met with officials during the day, carefully read the prison with candles at night, and from time to time with the prince and the courtiers in the study, and was very busy, and by the beginning of August, the backlog of copywriting in the summer heat was finally completed. Yinxiang has also achieved great results in cleaning up the deficit in the household department. Since the crown prince took the lead, the following elder brothers also repaid the money. Only ten elder brothers squeezed pus and repaid a little, and the rest said that they couldn't afford to pay it back, and they would repay the debt when they sold the goods. Although there is a small obstruction, it is no longer in the way of the overall situation.

Let's see if the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, or there are precedents to follow every year. The Ministry of Rites ordered amnesty to the world, and all the elderly over 50 years old were rewarded with moon cakes and rice and wine. Inside and outside the palace, there are colorful lanterns, tie rabbits, steam out a cage of steamed buns and longevity peaches, and more than 2,000 eunuchs and palace maids in the six palaces shuttle in and out, and they really tossed for a few days with joy. At the end of the period, Kangxi got up early in the morning and took Delentai, Mei Bingzheng, Oro Dai, Liu Tiecheng and a cadre of guards to the Tianqiong Palace, Zhongcui Palace, Qin'an Palace, and Doutan to make incense. After breakfast, he went to the Qianqing Palace to receive congratulations from hundreds of officials. These are all official articles. Kangxi patiently listened to the courtiers sing praises of virtue, and finished reading "Longevity Without Borders", what is "Heqing Haiyan", and what is "Huangtong Baisuo will always enjoy the blessings of prosperity and peace", and gave a banquet, which took two and a half hours to finally settle.

After entering the dinner and resting for a while, I saw Li Dequan come in with more than 70 Sula eunuchs and palace maids from the Heart Cultivation Palace, and he knelt down for a long time. Li Dequan smiled and said: "It's a good day today, it's so sunny that there is no cloud." Yue Ye'er just got up, and he is round, which really makes people love it more and more! The crown prince, the elder brothers, and the nobles in the palace are all waiting in the imperial garden. Long live the Lord for a short rest, it's time to change clothes and go in. This Li Dequan was free to be beaten by Guo Xiu's board in Sanhe County, and became extremely cautious. At that time, Zhang Wanqiang, the old chief eunuch of the Sixth Palace, had passed away, and Li Dequan made up a deputy governor, although he had the right, he was once bitten by a snake, and he was afraid of the well rope for ten years, and he didn't dare to be in the wind anymore. While waiting for Kangxi to change his clothes, he said with a smile: "Fang Oro Dai asked the slaves to ask for orders, and some elder brothers want to bring the emperor and grandson in, I don't know how long live the lord ......."

"No need." Kangxi thought for a while and said, "More than 100 imperial grandchildren, the eldest is seventeen or eighteen years old, and the younger one is only a few months old, plus the princess, the county lord, Gege, the nurse, the girl, and the old woman also followed, not to mention more than a thousand people, do I admire the moon, or listen to their noise?" Li Dequan smiled and was speechless. The royal rules are different from the common people, if there are many people in the people's family, the old man will also call the family together - and the Mid-Autumn Festival will be reunited! But he didn't know what Kangxi was thinking, and several emperors and grandsons were suffering from pox, and they were all called for fear of contracting measles; Some call and some don't, and they are afraid that one over the other will give rise to gossip, so they simply don't call it. Li Dequan was neatly dressed for Kangxi, and shouted loudly: "Wait for the public opinion, long live the lord - let's drive!" ”

At the end of the unitary period, Kangxi's Chengyu carried it into the imperial garden. Because it is the sixth palace of the conference, except for the one-third left in the palace on duty, all the eunuchs have already followed their own sons to greet and wait. The heads of each palace have heads and faces in the garden, and the rest kneel outside the park according to their shifts. Hearing the arrival of the holy car, the three silent whips, the music stopped and the drums stopped, and Emperor Kangxi stepped in with a smile on his face. But see the colorful silk shed in the garden, the five colors are confused, the palace lamps are decorated, the fire trees and silver flowers, and the indescribable luxury and grace. The eastern area is headed by the Guifei Niu Colu clan, and the order is the Hui Concubine Nalan clan, the Rong Concubine Ma Jia clan, the Defei Wu Ya clan, the Yi Concubine Guo Luo Luo clan, the Cheng Concubine Dai Jia clan, the Ding Concubine Wan Liuha clan, the Mifei Wang clan, the Qin Concubine Chen clan, the Xiangfei Gao clan, and dozens of princes who have not yet given birth to a prince, such as the Chen family, the Zheng family, the Sehetu family, the Shi family, as well as the promise, Chang Zai...... Each according to the grade of clothing color hangs down their hands. The twenty-one unmarried princesses all stood behind Niu Colu. The west side is headed by Yinren, and the brothers stand in the order of eldest and youngest: Yinzhen, Yinzhi, Yinzhen, Yinqi, Yinzuo, Yinyou, Yinyu, Yinzhen, Yinyu, Yinxiang, Yin, Yinlu, Yinli...... The eldest one was thirty-five or sixteen, and the younger one was still young in the general horn, and there were more than 200 deacons and eunuchs with positions standing behind them. The women are all showy, and the men are all chic and dignified, and they are all harmonious. Seeing Kangxi come in, the crown prince Yinren took a step forward and knelt down to salute, kowtowed: "Erchen Yinren led all the emperor's brothers and brothers, and the harem's mothers and concubines, long live the emperor!" ”

"That's it!" Kangxi smiled and helped him with his hand, and said, "Today is a family banquet, and the family reunion is fun, so there is no need for these false tricks." In previous years, at this time, I gave a feast to the ministers, and although they enjoyed the grace of the king, it was difficult for them to reunite with their families. Wouldn't it be nice to ask them to go back this year, so that everyone can enjoy themselves? Everyone bowed down to receive the order without saying anything, only Concubine Guo Luo Luo had the most boys, and she has always been sharper than others, and while getting up with the class, she smiled and said: "Master, this is called Titian Gewu, good at knowing people's hearts!" Not only us, but even the ministers outside the family, all of them are also touched by the grace of rain and dew! ”

At this time, the wind is refreshing, and the clear sky hangs a bright moon. The ritual utensils and fruit offerings placed on the moon worship platform are dazzling, and the cigarettes are ethereal.

Kangxi stepped onto the platform, his face became serious and solemn, he put his hand in the silver basin, for a long time, raised his hand, quietly looked at Haotian Haiyue, and prayed sincerely: "Mrs. is born in a lifetime, it is easy to succeed, but it is difficult to succeed; It is easy to succeed, but it is difficult to achieve in the end; Those who are good at the beginning must be cautious at the end, this is Xuan Ye's heart. Since ancient times, there is no perfect person, I wish to reduce my life to fill the gaps, and the jade will become a flawless beauty, but the heavens will silently observe my heart, protect it, and give it a feast! Everyone was silent, just savoring Kangxi's prayers. Kangxi took a step back and bowed respectfully, turned around, and said with a smile: "It's time to worship the moon, let's enjoy the moon casually!" Brothers under the age of seven are all seated with their respective mothers - take care of it, don't go too much! ”

The meal was set up early, a total of thirty tables, scattered in the garden. Kangxi's chief is placed under the platform, and when he enters the table, there is a five-blessing plate in the middle, with duck smoked cabbage, bird's nest duck silk Ruyi, five-spice roasted roe deer meat plate, osmanthus soup, lamb belly slices sandwiched around the enamel plate side dishes, and there are osmanthus sugar filled moon cakes, small steamed buns, dumplings, peaches, as well as watermelon, cantaloupe, grapes, lychees and other dried and fresh fruits.

"It's hard to do it well for you this summer." Kangxi turned around and said to Yinren with a smile, "Although the household department is handled by the thirteenth old, it is also thanks to you to supervise the fourth child and they do their best, not as weak as in previous years, I am very relieved." Yinren hurriedly thanked humbly: "What kind of virtue does the son have?" It's all up to my father! Kangxi turned around and called Delentai, and instructed: "The guards don't have to be formal, sit next to me - pass the decree to the imperial dining room, carry a table to Yuqing Palace, and reward the crown princess Shi!" ”

At that moment, everyone saw Kangxi holding it, and they followed to eat. The garden is full of clear light, only to hear the slight sound of cups and plates, and not to hear a word of laughter. Kangxi knew that everyone was restrained because of his presence, so he smiled and said: "I knew that you were so stubborn, I might as well be with the ministers!" Whoever has a joke, tell me about it, it can make me happy, and there is a reward! ”

Although Yinren is not long here, he must take the lead in Chenghuan! After thinking about it for a long time, he smiled: "I heard a story from others before, but it is a fact in this dynasty." Xia Qitong, who was dismissed last year, adjudicated the case while in office. The person surnamed Wang killed the person surnamed Yin, and the offender was arrested and brought to justice. After reading the cause of the case, Xia Qitong scolded the surnamed Wang and said: 'The husband is the main way, and the woman is Kun Dao, which is in line with the principles of heaven and contained in the Gangchang!' People are good husbands and wives, why did you kill other people's husbands, break up, and call others widows? Now I will give you a wife surnamed Yin, and I will let your wife also taste the taste of widowhood! Kangxi was stunned, listened to it for a long time, and when he came back to his senses, he couldn't help laughing loudly: "This person was introduced by Mingzhu." I didn't think it was authentic at the time, who would have thought that he could come up with such a wonderful judgment, and he was still a jinshi - well spoken! Take a handful of the Hunan Concubine bamboo fan that I have inscribed and give it to the prince! ”

"Erchen will also talk about one!" The emperor's eldest son, Yinyu, who was next to Kangxi's next table, was Mingzhu's nephew. Mingzhu has been in power for more than 20 years, the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and he has already died of resignation, seeing that the prince still remembers the front gap and holds on, Yinhe can't help but burst into flames, gets up and smiles: "People say that chickens have five virtues." The day before yesterday, Wang Hongxu came to me, because he talked about the emperor's snow lion cat, and said that this cat also has five virtues - don't catch mice, and be benevolent; can share the fish in the plate with the rat, righteousness; But when he saw the feast and food, he heard the wind and came to salute it; No matter how secret the delicious food is, you can find it, and you can also be wise; As soon as winter comes, you must first go to the smoke cage to sleep day and sleep to keep warm, and the letter is also ......"

Before he could finish speaking, everyone was already laughing. Kangxi couldn't stop coughing with laughter, and the concubines at several tables covered their mouths with silk handkerchiefs, and Geergeer leaned back and smiled with a smile. The eunuchs Xing Nian and Li Dequan hurriedly stepped forward and beat Kangxi's back with a smile. Kangxi saw Delentai come in to reply to the decree, followed by Ten Elder Brother Yin, so he smiled and said, "Why did you come so early or late?" I'm too lazy to look like it! Punish you for telling two jokes! ”

"Erchen deserves to be happy!" Yin is straightforward by nature, does not hide his thoughts, and is usually quite loved by Kangxi, so he is particularly debauched, while agreeing, sat at the third table, and said, "It's just that my son has no belly, and he doesn't say it well, and he swept away the interest of his father and brothers." Kangxi smiled: "It's okay, you just have to say it!" Yin looked at the prince on the top, grinned, and said: "My son was ordered to go to Shanxi the year before last, but there was still the Puji Temple where Cui Yingying lived in "The Legend of the West Chamber". What is your word? They shit and wipe their buttocks, using a kind of bamboo skewer, which is called 'toilet chips'. The son thought to himself, Yingying and the matchmaker are both peerless beauties, rub their butts with this thing, tsk! He shook his head, "—is that clean?" ”

At first, everyone listened in amazement. At this point, no one frowned, such a lewd "joke" can be said by him! Kangxi raised his eyebrows and looked at the table full of delicacies, shook his head and said, "It's not good, it's not good!" Blame the spoiler! Change the story! ”

"Yes!" Yin rolled his eyelids and thought for a while, and then said, "There was a case of water thieves who robbed merchant ships. Unexpectedly, when I opened the cargo hold, it was full of incense and candles! This thing sells very cheaply, it is not worth saving, and it is a pity to throw it away. So everyone discussed: 'We will do the business of having no money to buy and sell, and the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out, and we hope that God will bless us.' It's better to burn them all, and it's also considered merit. Then the flames were blazing, and the fragrance was nine folds. The Jade Emperor smelled it and said, 'Who has made such a great merit?' So he asked Tianding to check it. Tianding came back and said, 'I saw nothing else, but I saw some poor people crying there, and a group of old robbers were there scolding you!' ’”

He said it in a strange voice, but no one laughed. Everyone heard that this was not a "joke" at all, and they all swept their eyes to the table of the thirteenth elder brother. Yinzhen sat at the same table with the third elder brother Yinzhi and the eldest brother Yinzhi, and had already smelled that the smell was wrong, seeing that Yinzhen was rude, he was afraid that Yinxiang would not be able to stand it, so he had a seizure on the spot, so he wanted to get up and find a topic to diverge. But seeing that Kangxi's face changed slightly, he didn't dare to say it, only poured a glass of wine for each of his two brothers, and sat down again calmly.

The thirteenth prince Yinxiang chewed as if no one was around. gnawed on a roe deer leg, calmly finished eating, rubbed his hands and got up to hold the pot and pour wine, paced to Yin's side, and said with a smile: "Ten brothers! ”

"Huh?"

"Your joke, the master didn't laugh, we didn't laugh, and you didn't even laugh yourself. It's time for a drink, brother poured it for you! ”

"Okay, I'll have this one." Yin took it indifferently, tilted his neck and swallowed it, and did not return the salute, and sat down with the vegetables. Yinxiang didn't go back, filled the cup for him, and said: "Since everyone doesn't laugh, it can be seen that it's not a joke." Brother Ten, you are a cheerful person, you never hide your head and show your tail, and your brother has always admired you. There is something unclear today, and I want to ask the tenth brother. As soon as Yin heard it, he knew that this younger brother wanted to find fault, but he was in line with his private intentions, so he arrogantly set up Erlang's legs, hit the back of his hand with a folding fan, and said, "Don't dare!" Brother, just say it! ”

The atmosphere immediately became tense. Yinzhen saw that Yinxiang was going to cause trouble, and looked left and right in fear, and saw Kangxi's eyes flickering faintly, pressing the cup with one hand and holding the back of the chair with the other hand to watch the situation. He knew that something was wrong, but he didn't dare to speak, and only secretly glanced at Yinxiang. Yinxiang is on fire, where can I see it?

"I'm also ready to shoot." Yinxiang smiled and said, "Or the bone is in the throat, don't vomit and be unhappy!" Tenth brother, tell me, whose incense boat was robbed and used by robbers to tie up the Jade Emperor? And who are the robbers? Did the government arrest them? "You ask this?" Yin sneered, "This was originally a story, but there is no real point. Whoever is weak in heart is a robber. - Long live the Lord just asked me why I was late, but I didn't dare to reply. For fear that the festival will sweep away our royal dignity. Xuanwu Gate, Zhengyang Gate, and Guandi Temple, more than a dozen pawnshops, old clothes shops, and antique shops are full of your tenth brother's belongings, which are sold there! Your sister-in-law and your nephew are all at home, guarding the four walls and crying-I'm not afraid of your God of Wealth laughing when I say it, my clothes are still borrowed from the third brother's mansion! Yinxiang listened quietly, and suddenly said: "Oh! No wonder Brother Ten was late, it turned out that he borrowed clothes! You have a wildfire in your heart,—— you just talk about Cui Yingying and spoiling the scenery, right! ”

Yin saw that Kangxi listened attentively, and became more and more presumptuous, so he said: "You are a smart person, you don't need a hammer to beat the drum, if you have to ask, I will say - you are a robber who robbed my family property, so my family is crying!" ”

Kangxi only understood at this moment: cleaning up the deficit and arrears, he actually got to the point where the prince sold his property. Yin Zhen, who was sitting at the second table, spoke:

"Thirteenth brother, come to me. He's a two-five-eyed, don't worry about him! ”

"You're three-eyed!" Yin was furious and yelled at Yin Zhen, "If you don't believe it, go to my house to have a look!" ”

Before the words fell, Yin Zhen had already coldly pushed back: "Didn't the emperor give you a fortune?" Who told you to borrow money? Now that everyone else has paid it back, you can't afford to pay it back? Also use swear words on ** - who knows if it's real crying or fake crying? Even if you really cry, the predecessors have said, 'How can a family cry like crying all the way'. Yinxiang said: "That's what the fourth brother said!" Before the words were finished, I only heard the sound of "pop", and the left cheek was already slapped with a slap! Yin broke his mouth and scolded: "Which way are you an immortal? **Dirty seeds from mother-in-law! I know that dogs fight people, follow the prince and pat ass, slip the ditch, and lick the ass! Yinxiang was most disgusted by this words, he was already furious, and when he said it, he was foaming at the mouth, caught off guard, and slapped back with a leaky slap, and the two brothers immediately scuffled in front of the table.

There was an uproar at the table of the brothers! Li Dequan, Xing Nian, and He Zhu'er rushed up to pull the rack, looked at Kangxi's face, and all retreated. Yinren hurriedly got up and went to solve the problem - where can I persuade him! The eldest brother stomped his feet and stopped shouting; The third elder brother Yinzhi waved his fan and persuaded this to say that; The fifth elder brother was honest, standing aside with trembling lips, not knowing what to do; The eighth elder brother Yinxu was gentle and elegant, standing next to him and frowning silently; The ninth elder brother Yinyu and the fourteenth elder brother Yinyu were happy to see it, and they smiled and drank on the side, as if there was nothing. The rest of the princes, some were stunned, and some pretended to persuade them to join in the fun. Yinxuan's several boys had already been protected by the nurse to the side, and they were so frightened that they grinned and cried. The sound of cups, tables and chairs, and cries made a mess of the cups and plates. For a time, the Imperial Garden was full of people.

"Stop!" Kangxi suddenly roared, "Let the two little beasts fight." Fight well, fight to the death! ”

He finally couldn't hold it anymore. More than 20 sons and more than 100 emperors and grandchildren, each with different temperaments. Kangxi Yuan also knew that there was some discord between them. I thought it was just for some to receive credit, and some didn't have an errand, so they didn't accept each other. Unexpectedly, the battle between the various sects and factions was so fierce, the boundaries were clear, and the momentum was like ice coal!

The roar silenced everyone. Kangxi has always treated people, the emperor is stricter than the minister, and the prince is stricter than the minister. In Yinxi's words, it is "pointed on the inside, round on the outside". No matter how old or young the brothers are, they are not afraid of this strict father, and when they saw Kangxi's anger, they had already retreated silently. Yin and Yinxiang also got up, covered in dust, and their faces were blue and purple. Yin looked up with his face, looking like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and cleaned up his clothes. That Yinxiang raised his eyes and looked, except for Yinzhen, all of them were outsiders, twisted his face and convulsed, and cried loudly, kowtowed, and said intermittently: "My son is rude in front of the king, let it fall long...... I just want to live the edict today, explaining the reason why my son and mother are monks...... Is it a **village woman...... "She was already crying.

The bottom line of this matter is that I can't tell the details of a car. But tonight it's clear that it's hard to find something. Kangxi groaned for a moment and said, "You get up - your mother is the princess of Tushetu Khan, and her status is precious." Just because of the fate of the canopy, there are many disasters and diseases, and I am willing to sacrifice myself to follow the Buddha, don't listen to the villain's fart and rumors! - Yin, I don't ask you to abandon your studies and wander all day long, and you will talk about the matter of misappropriating the treasury money another day. It's just that you are talking and acting tonight, so presumptuous, and deliberately making me unhappy, why? Have you lived enough? ”

"It's not that my son has lived enough," Yin Zai discussed with Yin Yu about his livelihood, and figured out Kangxi's temperament, the harder he was, the more appreciative he was, "It's people who want to force their son to death!" Long live I didn't see the Di Bao, clean up the arrears, the provinces have already hanged thirteen government and county officials, and my son doesn't want to be the fourteenth! The thirteenth elder brother and Shi Shilun turned the household department upside down and became the world's big creditor! Hooray, don't stare at me, kill me, I'll have to finish my sentence. Like this, he took his own brother and asked for a knife, which made Beizi, Baylor's chickens fly and dogs jump, and ghosts cry wolves, which has ever happened? The silver owed by the third brother was replaced by the Lord of Long Live, and the rest of the brothers demolished the east wall to make up the west wall. People sit here and eat wine, thinking about the creditor in their hearts, and they dare not say it, for fear that the master will know that they are sad in their hearts, where is the interest in worshipping the moon and eating wine, and accompanying your old man to tell jokes? Speaking of which, since he was also sad, two strings of tears came out of his eyes.

Kangxi's heart couldn't help but sink suddenly. Di Bao and the chapter did mention that "a certain person committed suicide", and he didn't care about it, but only approved the order to find out the recital. Unexpectedly, it was due to the refund. But he soon became vigilant, and as long as he sympathized with Yin at this moment, he would be known in less than three days. The situation created by the prince, Yinzhen, and Yinxiang was over in an instant. Then he sneered and said: "It is my decision for the country to clean up the arrears, and you brute is compared to a 'robber and robbery'!" What's the matter with a few dead ink officials? Ming'er I have to kill a few corrupt officials! According to me, the crown prince, the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother are honest and do not avoid resentment, and it is the auspicious fortune of the country - Er Yinsu is arrogant and arrogant, and he is unlearned and unskilled, and today he actually makes a big fuss in the imperial garden. - Someone! ”

"The minions are here!" Li Dequan saw Kangxi's gloomy face, his face was scorched with fright, and his heart was pounding.

"Take Yin to the Zongren Mansion," Kangxi said, "Ten rods of heavy punishment and imprisonment for three days!" ”