Kangxi deposed the prince this time, and his actions were surprisingly fast. On the evening of the same day, he braved the rain to return to Ouchi from Changchun Garden, and immediately sent a decree, ordering Yinren not to return to the palace, but to wait for disposal in Changchun Garden. The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs took a group of eunuchs to Yuqing Palace, removed all the documents and files stored here, and sent Zhu Tianbao and Chen Jiayou to the Criminal Department for temporary house arrest. At the same time, he ordered to lock up the military department Shangshu Geng'e, the criminal department Shangshu Qi Shiwu, all of them were in charge of Eshan, and the deputy capital was in charge of Wuli and Tuoheqi. Overnight, the situation changed dramatically, and the newly built *** was almost wiped out. Wang Luo was at home on sick leave, and he didn't even get any news. On the second day, he heard from his family that the prince had an accident, and he still didn't believe it, but this time, he couldn't lie down in bed. got up and came out and ordered: "Prepare the sedan chair, I want to enter the palace!" ”

The rain had stopped, but the clouds in the sky had not dispersed, and the round sun was lifeless in the clouds, and from time to time a shadow of the sun swept over the earth. Wang Luo sat in the green tweed official sedan chair and frowned and pondered. It's true that he has a sickness, but it's also somewhat because he is a little annoyed and uses the topic to play. Yinren set up the East Palace again, which was already very reluctant, and Wang Luo knew it very well. According to his thoughts, Kangxi has too high expectations for the prince, and his hatred of iron is not steel. The prince is not stupid, as long as he judges the situation and is careful to keep it, he will probably not make a big mistake. To deal with corrupt officials, he once strongly advised the prince not to act with his personal feelings, but Yinren did not listen to him at all, did not ask for orders, and did not consult with Ma Qi, the minister of the upper study, and brazenly decided to lock up 143 prisoners into Beijing, causing shock in the government and the public. Yinren privately drank and gathered with Geng E, Tuoheqi, Eshan and others, and also carried him behind his back, I don't know what they discussed. Wang Luo asked a few times, but Yinren only vaguely said that it was "for fun", which made Wang Luo angry. When he heard from Chen Jiayou that Yinren had privately transferred the Gubeikou army into Beijing, Wang Luo realized that something big was going to happen. I wanted to take advantage of yesterday's Double Ninth Festival, during the drinking banquet, to discuss the pros and cons, but I didn't want Yinren to invite so many irrelevant outsiders to talk about the "four tones and three sounds" tunes, and Wang had nowhere to vent the fire in his stomach, so he had to complain. "That's good! It turned upside down overnight! Wang Luo breathed a sigh of relief and sighed slightly, "I don't shine on my sincerity during the day—what can I do?" ”

handed over the sign at Xihuamen, and it didn't take any trouble at all, and Wang Luo entered the interior. Entering the Heavenly Street from Longzong Gate, you will feel that the atmosphere is different. Almost all the officials of the six ministries and nine secretaries came, standing in front of the Qianqing gate, talking to each other and whispering. Seeing that Wang Luo's face was pale and Lingding came over brilliantly, everyone wordlessly dodged an alley. Wang Luo knew that the rumors were true, and he didn't pay attention to it in his heart, and climbed the Danqi to peek in. Because I saw that more than a dozen princes and Yinren who had sealed Beizi, Baylor and the prince were kneeling in front of the Yuehua Gate, but they didn't see Yinren inside. Li Dequan, Xing Nian and several other eunuchs came and went in a hurry, and they didn't say a word, and they were so nervous inside and out that they couldn't breathe. Wang Luo looked at it, and as soon as he lifted his robe, he was about to go in, and the fifth brother of the guard, who was guarding the door, came over and said, "Lord Wang, please stay." ”

"I want to see the emperor!" Wang Luo's face turned red sharply, "You let me in!" The fifth brother stopped Wang Luo with one hand and said, "You live a little in peace, and you will have a will in a while." "Wang Liang earned two in a row, just like being caught by iron pliers, where can he move? At this moment, I saw Kangxi entering from the Yuehua Gate from a distance, followed by Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi, and Fang Bao in a black satin cotton robe. Yinren and the other princes kowtowed together, and Kangxi shook his hand and went straight to the East Warm Pavilion of Qianqing Gate. The officials at the gate of Qianqing immediately stopped talking and looked at each other, so quiet that they could hear a needle on the ground. After a while, I saw the ministers of the study Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu coming out of the Qianqing Gate together, all of them were pale, and said something in front of the Yuehua Gate, Yinren, Yinzhi, Yinzhen, Yinqi, Yinyou, Yinyu, Yinxiang, Yin, Yinlu, Yinli and other princes kowtowed together and said "Leader", and then followed the two people out of the Qianqing Gate, and stood in front of the big golden cylinder.

"There is a will," Ma Qi said aloud under the door, "and the civil and military officials kneel to receive it!" Hundreds of civil and military officials heard this, and there was a sound of robes and boots, and the black crow knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted: "Long live!" "An old gentleman from the Lifan Academy, because he was too nervous, kowtowed his head and fainted on the spot! Ma Qi didn't pay attention to it, only unfolded the edict in his hand, held his breath, and read dryly:

Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said: Since ancient times, the prosperity of the generation must have the master, and the country will be long and the prince is the most important. Because of Yinren's perverse behavior, he was once imprisoned, and then he bowed down and embraced his illness, and remembered the grace of his father and son and forgave him. In this issue, we have reformed ourselves, and we can barely entrust it with big things. How do you know that Yi is free, and his perverse heart is revealed? For several years, the disease of madness has not been eliminated, right and wrong are indistinguishable, it is very unpopular, cruel, and a party with bad villains! Although Yinren has no dissenting intentions in me, if the villain wants to support the merits, if there is something unexpected in me, it will be related to my fame! When I was released before, I had already said: Yishan, then he is the crown prince, otherwise he will be imprisoned again, and there is no hope for his deeds now, and his ancestors will never pay this person, so he will still be deposed and imprisoned. All the ministers and workers should think of my heart, and each should be desperate, devote their hearts to the Lord, and share peace. Later, if there is a request that the crown prince has changed his ways, and he should be released, the law of the country is there, although I want to be punished, how can I get it? Chin this!

The ministers knelt down and listened quietly, and when they finished reading, they kowtowed to the mountain and shouted: "Long live!" "There were already two eunuchs who walked towards Yinren in full view of everyone and silently beat a thousand children. Yinren's face was as white as paper, and he silently took off the big hat decorated with twelve Dongzhu and handed it over with both hands, and the two eunuchs knelt down to receive it, and kowtowed back to pay the decree. Liu Tiecheng had already come over with two guards to support Yinren. Yinren pushed it away, stood up and followed the guards with his head held high. Here the officials dispersed. Wang Luo turned his face and couldn't bear to see this scene, he was already in tears, because he saw that Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu were about to retreat, he jumped up and shouted: "The surname is Ma, the surname is Zhang!" Please turn long live, the king will kneel and die here, and he will also meet the emperor! ”

"It's Wang Liang!" Zhang Tingyu's voice was very calm, and seeing that Wang Luo was trembling with excitement, he smiled faintly and said, "Why do you want to do this!" Long live the will of the king, and after the decree was announced, the king was sent in. You go in! The king choked up and said, "Minister...... Command! He got up and took off his big hat, staggered into the Qianqing Gate, where Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu glanced at each other, walked in front of the princes, and said to Yinxiang: "There is a will to ask you!" ”

Yinxiang had already expected that he would inevitably suffer from the disaster of the pond fish, so he touched his head and said, "Ask, Yinxiang listen!" Yinzhen next to him turned his face and said, "Yinxiang, don't be rude!" Yinxiang only sighed and didn't say anything more.

"The case of Feng Shengyun was personally interrogated by the emperor," Ma Qi asked, "Originally, it was said that the Ministry of Communications was strictly discussed, but later it was only 2,000 miles away, and you were the presiding officer of the Criminal Department at that time." The emperor asked you, was it your idea, or was someone instigated? Ma Qi, the minister of the upper study, is in Beijing, why don't you consult him? Yinxiang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, obviously, he didn't expect to ask this, so he replied: "Qi Shiwu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, has been detained, and he knows this matter." When dealing with Feng Shengyun, I investigated and dealt with Ren Bo'an's case in the Ministry of Officials, but I did not go to the ministry. But since the emperor handed over the criminal envoy to me, I can't escape the blame, and I have nothing to answer. Ma Qi rolled his eyes and thought about it, and said: "Please ask Zhang Zhongtang to transfer on his behalf, at that time, the thirteenth elder brother was investigating the case of Ren Bo'an in the Ministry of Officials." ”

Zhang Tingyu nodded, and asked again: "Ren Bo'an sold dozens of lives privately, why didn't you go to the Criminal Department to clean them up one by one?" and turned to the Ministry of Officials to clean up their corruption. After the incident, the case was still closed with private archives, and the emperor asked you, what is your intention? When Yinxiang heard this, he immediately trembled with anger, he took the risk and worked hard to clear this hidden danger for the imperial court, and he didn't think that he would now cure his own sins, and pick out the bones from the eggs! Lying on the ground and gasping for breath for a long time, he replied stiffly: "I am in the same party as Ren Bo'an, so avoid the important and protect him!" Ask the emperor to punish the crime heavily! ”

"Lao Jiu!" Yin Zhen next to him listened to Yin Xiang's willful anger, and his answer was extremely inappropriate, so he turned his face and stared at Yin Zhen and said sharply, "You are a character, you should stand up and say a fair word for the thirteenth brother!" Yinyu only snorted, turned his face, and said: "Fourth brother, the emperor didn't ask me, how can I answer correctly?" Seeing that he was such a scoundrel, Yinzhen didn't pay attention to it, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Ask Zhang Zhongtang to play on his behalf, Ren Bo'an's case, from arrest to trial, it was Yinzhen's command. Chen Yinzhen thought that the thirteenth elder brother was not guilty, and asked the emperor to learn clearly, and to punish the crime, and to cure the crime of the minister Yinzhen! ”

Zhang Tingyu nodded, and asked abruptly: "The emperor asks you: How did the people of Zheng Gong die, you have to reply according to the truth!" "Zheng Gongren and Yinren, some of the princes know a little shadow, and some have never heard of it, listening to Zhang Tingyu ask about Yinxiang, even Yinzhen was stunned. Only then did Yin Yu and the others know that it was this stunned young man who started first, and Zheng Gongcai died inexplicably, and they couldn't help but prick up their ears.

"Zheng Gongren?" Yinxiang raised his head a little sluggishly, looked at Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi, and said, "I don't know from Zheng Palace, which palace is she from?" Long live Mingxun, please! ”

But Zhang Tingyu didn't answer, and he didn't ask anymore, but waved his hand to everyone and said, "Everyone, please get up—long live the Lord today and I won't see you anymore." Thirteenth Master, please go home first. Ma Qi and I were just asked by order, and the emperor told you to stop your errand and think about it behind closed doors, and there must be a will when you turn back. Whatever can be taken care of here, it will be taken care of. Yinxiang didn't buy it, and sneered: "What can I do to work for you to take care of?" You don't have to pity me, and you don't have to be sentimental-" He raised his face and was sarcastic, and Yinzhen was so anxious that he said loudly: "You are not grateful!" Yinxiang kowtowed reluctantly. Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi didn't care, bowed to the princes and returned to the Qianqing Palace.

"It's back!" Kangxi was sitting on the kang in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and when he saw the two of them coming in, he said, "Excuse me, go over there and stand with Fang Bao." Lao Wang is arguing with Fang Bao! Zhang Tingyu explained the situation of the questioning one by one.

"The minister is not arguing," Wang Luo knelt on the ground and argued, "The emperor is so sinister in his words!" Tuo Heqi changed his guard according to the routine, saying that there was an unforeseen heart, but whether the prince participated or not, it was unclear! The prince invited his generals to march west, and he also suspected that he wanted to support the army and respect himself, and the servants listened to it, it always seemed to be a 'trumped-up' crime! Fang Bao, you are on the emperor's side with the body of cloth, who has been favored since ancient times, who is as heavy as you? When this country is in danger, you can't help you see what is going on, and you only use empty words to prevaricate, aren't you a treacherous villain? ”

Fang Bao's eyes were shining, and he took a bite back: "The emperor deposed the crown prince to ensure that the Qing Dynasty will be passed down from generation to generation, a real thing, how can it be empty words?" The prince was already guilty, but after the reinstatement, he didn't want to repent, he intensified his efforts, he would drink and discuss, form a party for personal gain, and crack down on dissidents, the facts are all there, and your king is also outspoken! Is such a person able to accept the responsibility of the world and save the people from the table? It is the emperor's words to say that the prince has moved. Although I dare not assert it, I will look at his words and deeds, and I will find it very suspicious! Long live the lord of the world today, your king asks himself, are you blindly protecting Yinren, out of public intentions, or to fight to the death, to invite the name of the unrequited minister? These words, every sentence fell to the ground, Wang Luo first trembled, and then fell to the ground and cried: "...... The prince has no disobedience to the heart, and begs the emperor not to mishear the slander of others...... "He no longer calls Fang Bao a "villain", Fang Bao saw him so sad, and couldn't help but be moved, and sighed: "Brother Wang, you don't have to be like this, the prince will be abolished again and again, the country will inevitably hurt its vitality, and the emperor is also sad!" But for the sake of the community, you can't abolish the public with personal feelings! The crown prince has no disobedience, and the emperor's edict also said that in fact, this is also for the prince's good——"

"That's it." Kangxi also sighed sadly, "I have done things all my life, and I have no regrets, only this Yinren, since I was a child, I watched him grow up, and I pity him the most in my heart, but my poor mother still died of dystocia for him...... When I go underground, it's hard to see my grandmother and queen! He wiped away a handful of tears, and said: "It seems that this prince is not good, and he is not all complaining about Yinren, the princes are in charge of the Eight Banners, building teeth and opening mansions, each has its own subordinate officials, and each has its own master." Unlike the former Ming Dynasty, the princes only had the Shijue, regardless of the facts. The prince is a leader, and if he wants to keep his position, he can't do without his own people. The left and right groups are small, hoping to be glorious, and preventing others from taking it, it is imperative to form a party. In this case, it is not good to make anyone the crown prince. It seems that there is only a temporary absence of a prince. ”

Although Ma Qi, Zhang Tingyu, Fang Bao and others have not discussed this matter, back and forth, I don't know how many times I have broken in my heart, the prince was abolished by the party, and then reset, it is still abolished as a party, which is very intriguing - the world will be his sooner or later, why bother to form a party? In just a few words, Kangxi made it clear that there was a system of eight banners, and there was a prince who formed a party, and if he wanted to sit firmly on the prince's throne, he couldn't support it without a group of people; If you want the prince not to form a party, unless the eight banners system of kings is abolished. But shaking the Eight Banners system is tantamount to dissolving the main body of the Manchus, and it is not easy to remove this "ancestral family law"! For a moment everyone was speechless.

"Therefore," Kangxi said, "we can't follow the Han customs in everything, but we have to establish a plan according to the situation and situation here and now: from now on, we will not talk about the establishment of the prince - until I die!" ”

The ministers couldn't help but be dumbfounded, the prince system, which has been followed for thousands of years since the Han and Tang dynasties, has been abolished from time to time, but it has never been interrupted - if the prince is not established until death, who will succeed him? Ma Qi was the first to say: "This matter is not trivial, I hope to be cautious before acting!" Forgive the slave Meng Lang, there will always be a day long live the dragon to control the guest, if there is no master in the world, how can it be imagined! ”

"What Ma Qi said is extremely true!" Wang Luyuan listened in a daze, and felt that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, so he said: "There is no prince in the country, once there is a change and disputes arise, who can clean up the situation?" ”

Kangxi looked out of the hall with blazing eyes, and said slowly: "Yes! Qi Huan Gong Hero I, the first to build the great cause of the five hegemons, after his death, the five sons of the dispute did not lose for a hundred days, and the corpse capital released maggots, I am not afraid? But who will have a good end for the crown prince? You are all people who have read history books and don't know about the changes in Xuanwumen? I don't know if Yongle is difficult? If Yinren is not established as the prince, how can there be today's disaster? Everything is foreseen, and if it is not, it will be wasted, I have thought about it carefully. Prince, never again! Fang Baoyuan heard Kangxi say that he would no longer establish a prince, and he felt that it was inappropriate, and after listening to Kangxi's words, he quickly understood what Kangxi meant, and was about to speak, but he heard Zhang Tingyu say: "Song Renzong has not established a prince for thirty years, and Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty have not established a prince in advance, but the country is becoming more and more prosperous, and the slave thinks that the emperor is right!" ”

"Pretty right?" The king sneered at each other. He can't agree with Zhang Tingyu's "high opinion". His grandfather Wang Xijue was the first assistant in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and he once asked Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of Shenzong, to be the crown prince, and opposed Zhu Changsui, the son of Zheng Guifei, who was the favored concubine, and was successful, and the sound shocked the world. In order to make him tutor Yinren well, Kangxi once gave the king a plaque of "Mao Yi Fan". Kangxi's words and Zhang Tingyu's words sounded like a mockery of him, and he kowtowed and said: "Zhang Tingyu, as the first assistant, should be punished by the sycophant monarch in front of him, in order to thank the world!" Kangxi saw that Zhang Tingyu's face was red and red, and he wanted to refute Wang Luo, so he stopped and said: "Wang Luo, although your words are fierce, I know that you assist the prince and do not follow the rules. So I don't blame you. Zhu Tianbao and Chen Jiayou are another matter, so the two of them have been detained and placed under house arrest, and there is still a will after the trial. You are an old person, don't be too strong in the liver fire, go back to extinguish the fire, rest for a few days, go to the Wenhua Palace as a scholar, there is a place to consult you, I will naturally call you - come to someone, help the king down, he has been kneeling for too long...... "Wang Luo was made to stammer by Kangxi's words that were not soft or hard, seemed to be considerate and intimidating, and he didn't know how to reply, after a while, Fang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said helplessly: "Minister-Order!" ”

Kangxi watched the eunuch carefully help Wang Yu out, and Fang sighed: "It's commendable! It's a pity to assist non-people-like Thirteen Elder Brothers, a ...... who dares to do things" Then he turned his face and asked everyone: "Do you have anything else?" If not, they will disperse. ”

"Long live," Ma Qi said, "Although the thirteenth elder brother has the matter of the party attaching Yinren, but according to the officials in the ministry, he does his best to do things and is very honest, isn't it ......" Kangxi had no expression on his face, pondered for a long time, and said: "According to Yinren's example, build a high wall and ban it!" ”

The high-wall encirclement is a very heavy punishment among the relatives and nobles of the clan, and it is nothing more than that, and now that the prince's case has not yet been concluded, the "accomplice" Yinxiang will be imprisoned first, and Fang Cai's words also reveal the meaning of appreciation, why did it change in an instant? Everyone turned their eyes to Kangxi, feeling that the emperor in front of them was becoming more and more difficult to wait, and more and more unfathomable. Only Fang Bao's heart moved, and he was silent thoughtfully.

"Don't worry!" Kangxi said with a smile, "I will definitely choose a strong and unassailable person to be your future master!" ”

After the second deposition of the crown prince, the situation seems to be more stable than the first. In addition to imprisoning Yinren and Yinxiang, there is no further connection in the prince, and the courtiers below are all *** people. Only the Zongren Mansion and the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department are the busiest, interrogating day and night, clamping and beating, beating and beating, for half a month, before the case can be decided. Hold the toddler and cut it at the waist; Qi Shiwu was hanged and sent to prison. The secretary of the military department, Geng E, is Suo Etu's domestic slave and is ordered to be confined. The rest of Shen Tiansheng, Yi Ersai, Zhu Tianbao and others asked for a decision. It wasn't until mid-October that everything was ready. The provincial governors Fu Yuan were all frightened, for fear of being involved in the No. 1 lawsuit of Tianzi, so far, they have all settled down.

But at this moment, the situation of the Jingshi is just like the frozen Yongding River, calm as a mirror above, and turbulent as a torrent below. Yinxi was sick at home on the day of the abolition of the prince, watching the incident, waiting for Kangxi's order to recommend again. Yinyu, Yin, and Yin pretended to be excellent and traveling, visiting friends today, meeting tomorrow, going in and out of Fang Bao, Ma Qi, Zhang Tingyu, and even Li Guangdi, Liang Qingbiao, and Yisan's court households who were retired from old age, but they never talked about court affairs, and they were very peaceful and self-contained. The matter of dealing with Yinren's henchmen was not issued until October 19. Yin immediately came to see Yinxi. Yinxi, who was lying on the bed, jumped up and said happily: "It's a great pleasure to scatter like birds and beasts!" Yin also said: "That's right." There is no day to turn over this time! I just wonder, how can there be no letter to the election of the crown prince so far? ”

Yin Yu smiled indifferently and said, "How can there be no reason for this edict? The emperor just wants to see if I'm exercising. In fact, it was the last time, and you also took the lead, and your words were too sharp, but this time I won't say anything. The peach and plum do not speak, and the next is its own, let's see what the charter is? Wait and see! ”