XXXV. Holy Drive
The car of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager entered the city in the afternoon. Both nobles could see that the city was neat and tidy, the streets were clean, and the snow that had just fallen had already been pushed to both sides of the road and swept neatly.
The people who came to greet him were all neatly dressed, although many people wore coarse cloth clothes, and some people wore one or two patches, but it was rare that all the clothes and faces were cleaned up, and everyone acted with courtesy, although some of them lacked some etiquette, but there was nothing reckless. There are a variety of shops on both sides of the road, and there are all kinds of shops in all walks of life. It can be seen that this Fengtian city is very well governed, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.
Looking at the surrounding security measures, there are people from the bottom who have reported that there are elite guards arranged everywhere, but on the surface, people will not be able to see it. This shows that Fengtianfu Yin is a careful and thoughtful person, and he is smart not to let the layers of heavy troops disturb the leisure and leisure of the nobles to enjoy the city, which is really good.
Fengtian is the former capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it has always been a place that the royal family attaches great importance to. There were a few words of praise immediately, and although some people next to him were not angry, most of the officials who accompanied them felt the thoughts of the superiors, and they kept saying good things. In this way, whether it is the civil and military officials who came with the holy car, or the subordinate officials who came out to welcome Fengtian City, they all know one fact: the day of the ascension of the government Yin Yuheng is not far away.
Yu Heng noticed the change in the eyes of everyone around him, and he was secretly happy in his heart, but he was still prepared, so naturally he couldn't waste a great opportunity, and secretly glanced at his subordinates. When Emperor Kangxi ordered the car to continue moving, two people blocked the road in front of him. Some of the Beijing officials who accompanied him thought that someone was going to sue the emperor, and their hearts were already happy, but when they heard the two people talking, they were poured a large basin of cold water.
In order to thank the emperor and the empress dowager for their benevolence, they specially offered this year's bumper harvest of grain to the two nobles to try it.
The eunuch who accompanied the holy chariot had already handed over two baskets of grain, one basket was corn, potatoes, peanuts, sweet potatoes and the like, neatly and beautifully, and one basket was full of squeezed baskets, and the other basket was filled with one-foot square white cloth bags, each bag was filled with various grain particles. Although there are not many things, it is enough to give the nobles a taste. The Emperor was very happy, satisfied, and satisfied, and he ordered two baskets to be brought to the Empress Dowager to show her old man, and then ordered the two delegates to be summoned to speak with him.
The representative of the banner man actually knew the emperor, who was originally a well-known gentleman in Beijing, who only liked to make trouble and did not learn well, so he was driven to Fengtian by his family early to endure hardships. Now he has learned well and others do not know, but seeing that he is strong and strong, his eyes are bright, and his words and deeds are polite and measured, the emperor thinks that he is promising, and when he hears that he is not only concerned about agricultural affairs in Mukden, but also diligent in practicing riding and archery, he is very happy and greatly rewards him.
As for the old Han peasant, he had thick calluses on his hands, and his clothes were all made of coarse cloth, unpatched, but not new, and his elbows were white. He is quite old, and his speech is still clear and powerful, his words and sentences are very simple, and there are no taboos, and he has a strong country accent, but it can be understood. As soon as the emperor saw it, he knew that this was really an old farmer who had accumulated years, and it was definitely not a childcare deliberately arranged by Yu Heng, and he didn't whitewash it, so he thought: "Yu Heng is very honest." He chatted with the old farmer cordially, and instructed the officials of Fengtianfu to take more care of the old man, and Yu Heng and his subordinates respectfully agreed.
The road leading from the city gate to the palace had already been arranged, and the people only waited quietly, and when they saw the holy car coming, they would kneel on the ground to greet them. Although the emperor said lightly that Yu Heng was too disturbing to the people, he actually felt that he was still sympathetic to the people. There were many people and nobles who came to greet them along the way, and the emperor and the empress dowager often called people to talk to them, and the holy car stopped and stopped, and after half an hour, only walked less than a mile, and at the end of the guard of honor, there were still people who did not enter the city gate, so some of the accompanying officials spoke.
The minister Suo Etu first raised objections, saying that the empress dowager was old and the journey was hard, so it was better to enter the palace early to rest. Several ministers who were good friends with him also chimed in, saying that the holy car was too slow, and it would also give the criminals an opportunity. However, this point was immediately dismissed by Yu Heng, saying that Fengtian City is the land of Longxing, how can there be lawbreakers? What's more, he has already arranged it, and he will never let people take advantage of the loopholes.
Although the emperor agreed with Yu Heng's words, he saw that the empress dowager was indeed tired, so he decided to enter the palace quickly. At this time, Chen Liangben, the minister of the upper study, came out and announced: "My emperor is sacred, and the people in the city are looking forward to seeing the style of the holy car, if you enter the palace early, you will inevitably disappoint the people." But the queen mother's phoenix body is precious, and the emperor is also the road, so it is better for the emperor and the queen mother to enter the palace first, let the guard of honor behind walk slowly, and let the people see the power of the holy sky. ”
The emperor agreed, he took the initiative to board the empress dowager's car, and together they took a step towards the palace, leaving his car and a large string of honor guards behind him to walk slowly, and instructed Yuheng to let the people no longer have to kneel to greet them, just watch on the side of the road.
Yu Heng respectfully received the holy decree, and sent the holy car first, and when the ministers behind him walked by, he secretly glanced up at Chen Liangben, only to see him nod slightly, with a little appreciation in his eyes, he was overjoyed, knowing that the arrangements discussed before had been successful. Suo Etu, who was walking with Chen Liangben, caught a glimpse of the interaction between the two, snorted coldly, and took the first step. Chen Liangben didn't care, and continued to smile forward.
Only they know the little inside story of this three-person room, how can others pay attention? Because the decree said that the people no longer had to kneel down and were free to watch, many people cheered, but no one told them that the emperor was no longer in the dragon chariot, and they were just shouting long live in front of an empty carriage.
Zhang Bao followed his colleagues in the palace to stand in the queue of Fengtian's subordinate officials, and could only see the faces of the emperor and the ministers around him from a distance, and he didn't know what they were talking about. When the holy driver leaves, except for the officials above the fourth grade, who have to follow the driver into the official, the rest of the officials have to return to their own yamen or functions to continue to be on duty, and Zhang Bao is no exception. It's just that he is a little anxious now, hoping to return home as soon as possible, because just now he saw the figure of someone, and listened to the private discussions of others, knowing that someone also followed the emperor and the empress dowager to Mukden, and he was anxious to go home and tell his wife the news.
====================I am ======================== dividing line of all evil
At home, Tong was a little restless. Usually only the officials greet the holy car, but because the empress dowager also came this time, the lords of Fujin and the ladies of the noble families of the royal palaces in the city all went to the palace gate to greet them, and the edicts of the officials above the fourth rank followed. Zhang Bao's grade is low, Tong does not need to go, but the nobles will temporarily announce the edict, and there has been a precedent of the seven-grade edict to see the phoenix before, so the Tong family put on a good dress early, took a bath and dressed, and sat at home to wait, just in case.
Shuning sat in her room embroidering, in fact, she was very excited, Kangxi is here! Xiaozhuang is here! Would you like to take a look? Let's see what they look like. There she was thinking, where did she have any intention of doing needlework? She was about to embroider a good lotus flower into a trumpet flower, which made Chunxing look at her strangely.
Duan Ning had already suspended classes and stayed at home, and he was bored at this time, so he came to his sister and said, "Is it okay to go to the street and see it?" Even if you can't see people, it's good to watch the excitement from a distance. Shuning immediately agreed, threw down the trumpet flower, put on a set of shoes, and didn't wear a coat, and pulled her brother to run out. Chun Xing repeatedly told her to wear a coat from behind, and attracted the second sister-in-law, and she barely stopped to put on a sleeved cloak and gloves.
At this time, the streets were full of people, and both sides of the road were crowded with people watching the honor guard of the holy driver, and many people shouted loudly and clapped their hands vigorously.
Duan Ning and Shuning came to the street, but they couldn't squeeze in front of the crowd to see, and they didn't give face to the two children, so they didn't mean to give up their positions at all. Duan Ning said to his sister: "This is not a way, why don't you let my brother hold you up and see if you can see it?" With that, he really lifted his sister and let her sit on his shoulder. He has been riding and shooting since he was a child, and he is physically strong, so it is effortless to do so.
Shuning didn't react at first, startled, but soon felt relieved. She sat on her brother's shoulder, stretched her neck and looked ahead, and crossed the crowd, only barely seeing some women, wearing pink and light green flag clothes, wearing red silk flowers, holding lamps in their hands, trays, boxes, etc., walking slowly, and then the white men in dark blue clothes (Shuning: This must be the legendary eunuch!). It's the first time I've seen it! )。
Although the crowd around them was very lively, these eunuchs and palace maids were expressionless and walked quietly, they had already walked a long way, some people clearly had sweat on their foreheads, and some people could obviously see that they were very tired, but they were just walking, and they didn't even raise their hands to wipe the sweat on their foreheads.
Shuning looked a little depressed, and didn't know what to say, but she heard her brother ask below: "How is it, can you see it?" What do you see? Tell my brother about it. She changed her smile and said to Duan Ning: "See, there are many palace maids and eunuchs, some of those palace maids wear red and some wear green, but few of them look beautiful." ”
Duan Ning scolded with a smile: "Little girl, what are you doing with these?" Let's see what the emperor looks like? Aren't the generals who came with them mighty? Shuning looked up again and shook her head: "I didn't see the emperor's car, it should have passed, let's be late." Hey? It's the official army! Behind is the guard of honor of the accompanying army! Brother, let me down, you can see for yourself! ”
Duan Ning put down his sister when he heard this, and kept jumping high to look forward, and could faintly see the soldiers walking by on a mighty high-headed horse, but unfortunately he couldn't stay in the air for a long time, so he could only catch a glimpse. Shu Ning's sharp eyes saw that a person on the left who had originally occupied a certain family's upper horse stone left the place and ran after the leading Ming and Huang military flags, so he immediately pushed Duan Ning and said, "Brother, go over there!" Duan Ning immediately stepped over, climbed the horse stone, and finally clearly saw the honor guard of the royal army, and excitedly described every detail to his sister, and Shu Ning also listened with a smile.
The siblings returned home happily and scrambled to describe to their mother what they had just seen, and Tong listened to them with a smile. Before he finished speaking, Zhang Bao came back, and as soon as he entered the door, he hurriedly said to Tong: "Madame, do you know who I saw among the people who came with the holy car today?" It's the fourth elder brother!! ”