Chapter 126: The Dark Tide (3)
Seeing Yin leave, Kangxi half-turned to Ma Qi and frowned: "What is the matter, it is inconvenient to say it in front of my son?"
Ma Qi also said with a bitter face at this time: "Emperor Mingjian, the slave has another case today, and it is very tricky. Reading a book // Slaves are afraid of ....... ”
Kangxi smiled a little and said: "You usually look at Lao Cheng and take it seriously, why are you messing up today? Didn't you bring out some powerful people, and you still have to find refuge here with me?"
Seeing Ma Qi's melancholy getting thicker and stronger, Kangxi couldn't help but become heavy, and when he contacted the courtier in front of him just now, he stopped talking and asked, "Could it be that this case involves the fourth elder brother?"
Ma Qi shook his head, Kangxi felt a brisk in his heart for no reason, and said with a half-reprimanded smile: "Don't worry, even if you bring out the royal princes and nobles, there will always be the law." Timid, how can you afford an errand!"
Ma Qi snorted at this time: "I'm afraid that the slave is that as soon as this case comes out, it will affect the country!"
Although the voice of this sentence was soft, it fell into Kangxi's ears, but the words were like thunder. The words were vague, but Kangxi understood that this matter must involve the crown prince. The prince is the prince, and the mountains and rivers of the future are related, in addition, what else can shake the country's foundation!
Kangxi grimaced and said, "You have to be clear." ”
Listening to the faint sound of thunder in Kangxi's tone, Ma Qi picked up the important points and said the whole thing in detail. Reading//
Kangxi listened to it, and was speechless for a while, and after a while, he forced a smile and said, "What a big deal it is." You say, what to do?"
Guessing that Kangxi must have this question, Ma Qi thought all the way before entering the palace. Although he privately concluded that the prince was behind the scenes, he didn't dare to say it easily. Even if he didn't think about his own blessings and misfortunes, he didn't think about the lives of the Fucha clan. Therefore, when Ma Qi was narrating just now, he only deliberately downplayed Wang Jichen's confession, so that there was room for maneuver in advance and retreat. At this time, he replied: "The slave thinks that the case of Xuzhou Prefecture and County is definitely solid. Wang Jichen Xu climbed the prince in order to get rid of his crimes. But the slave thought that if this matter was spread, the government and the opposition would talk about it, and it would inevitably damage the prestige of the prince. Therefore, the minions did not dare to put their beaks in vain. ”
In fact, no matter what Ma Qi said, Kangxi didn't listen to a word at this time. His heart was like a knife. Since the last time the prince was sick, there was no sadness, and the father and son had some trouble. In the past few years, although Kangxi did not say anything in his mouth, he had doubts inside: In the end, did the prince still have the slightest idea of being a king's father? This time, Li died unjustly, and Wang Jichen insisted that the prince sent someone to instruct him, and Kangxi's suspicion became a little heavier.
Kangxi casually took the file attached by Ma Qi, during which it was recorded: Wang Jichen and others were directly released from the prison to the lack of knowledge of the state and the county, and were not introduced by the officials. This proves the connection between this matter and the prince. Otherwise, according to the usual practice, most of the prisoners only receive a few alternate envoys, how can there be a precedent for going from Wupin Zhizhou to the state in a smooth manner? Even if the order is simple, it must be introduced by the officials and the emperor himself can only take up his post. And the vacancy of these two people happened to find a gap in Kangxi's southern tour and the prince's imprisonment. Kangxi left Beijing with the front foot, and the two of them left the gap with the back foot. But the two did not go to work immediately, but after Kangxi left Jiangnan, they arrived belatedly. If it weren't deliberately arranged, would there be such a coincidental thing in the world?
There is always all kinds of anger, but Kangxi is silent on his face, gently puts down the case file, and says: "Su Chengpu, the magistrate of Feng County, unjustly killed someone for no reason, and denied it in every possible way afterwards, which is really hateful. Prisoners. Wang Jichen, a subordinate who cares about people's lives but neglects to do nothing first, and the prince is dirty, because he killed him, he has a lot of remorse, and he fell lightly, and went to Heilongjiang to hand over to the Heilongjiang general to guard, and he was not pardoned. ”
Ma Qi was stunned when he heard this, he thought that Kangxi would inevitably punish the two of them, so he wiped out the matter, but he didn't expect that Wang Jichen would be left alive. Could it be that Kangxi wanted to use this person to leave a credential so that the prince could learn a lesson? Or did he dare not think about it anymore.
Kangxi sighed slightly and said, "Ma Qi, since your grandfather Hashtun, the Fucha clan has followed the Aixin Jueluo clan to fight in the east and west, and has made countless contributions. What's even more valuable is that the Fucha family, from your ancestor to your father, has always taken the word loyalty as the foundation of their life. Now, with what you are doing today, I can see the wind of your ancestors and fathers, and I am very pleased. I don't need to tell you anything, just do a good job. ”
Ma Qi naturally heard the sound of this, and hurriedly knocked and said: "The slave family has been deeply favored by the emperor, and they should work hard to serve and die. ”
Kangxi nodded and said, "I can trust you." You wait a minute, and then go to pass the decree, Shi Shilun has a good administration, and immediately transfer the prefect of Jiangning. After a pause, Kangxi continued: "Recently, there have been many events on the border, and there will be a battle between me and Geerdan. I intend to go on a second expedition, and the matter of grain and grass is the key to success or failure. Xiangbei (Li Tianfu, then the head of the household department) recently lost his mother, so he went to the fold to keep the system. I think about it, you have always been careful, and you can do things solidly, you go to the household department, I can rest assured. ”
In just a few words, all the people involved in this matter were transferred. Ma Qi understood in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything, just bowed and thanked Tianen.
After Ma Qi retired, Kangxi immediately summoned Li Dequan and ordered him to come as soon as possible. Li Dequan wondered in his heart, and couldn't help but say more, "Master, it's getting late, and the palace gate is about to be keyed." Minion....... Before he finished speaking, Kangxi had already slammed his palm in the face, making Li Dequan stumble. Kangxi's face was gloomy and terrifying, and he reprimanded angrily: "Dog, I'm afraid that if I spoil you too much, the more you won't go up and down, when will it be your turn to teach me a lesson?"
Li Dequan was so frightened that he fell to the ground, trembling, and didn't dare to say anything more. After serving Kangxi for many years, Li Dequan knows Kangxi's temperament very well, and the more he justifies at this time, the worse the situation is, it is better to kowtow desperately, but Kangxi may raise his noble hand. Sure enough, seeing Li Dequan's embarrassed appearance, Kangxi's face softened slightly, and said, "Get out and do your errand." Half an hour, I can't find the fourth elder brother, don't say more, you go to the clean room to receive the death yourself!"
Li Dequan was a little relieved at this time, received the emperor's order, ran out in a hurry, and hurriedly went to the direction of the West Sixth Institute, and kept asking for the gods and Buddhas in his heart: the Buddha and Bodhisattva of great mercy and compassion, the fourth elder brother has not yet left the palace, the fourth elder brother, you can talk to the thirteenth elder brother, if you return to the house when you are old, the small life of the slave will be gone!" Thinking about it, I almost tripped over my own footsteps.