Chapter 104: Father and Son (10)
Tong Guowei hesitated when he heard this, as if he was thinking about how to reply. Reading the book// Kangxi chuckled lightly and said, "You slave, is it possible that you have something to hide from me?"
Tong Guowei replied with a wry smile: "How many of the minions dare to deceive the emperor? The minions received a rolling order this morning, saying that the car of the crown prince and the third elder brother is still more than 200 miles away from the imperial camp, and the speed of travel should be able to arrive in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow." ”
This answer was subtle, and he smashed a brick on the prince. The two-hundred-mile journey was simple and simple, and the prince who was ordered to see the driver had to walk for two days. But Tong Guowei told the truth, and when the prince arrived on the spot, he couldn't find the slightest mistake. What's more, with Tong Guowei's expression, everyone present thought that Tong Guowei was willing to protect the prince.
Sure enough, Kangxi frowned slightly, and asked again: "When did Yinren leave Beijing?"
Tong Guowei hesitated again, and replied: "On the second day of the Emperor's Holy Sacrament's disobedience, he had already sent an urgent message to the prince for eight hundred miles. The prince left on the same day. ”
Kangxi suddenly rose in his heart with a burst of anger, since Ding Weiri passed the message to the prince, a full ten days have passed, the capital is only a thousand miles away from here, if the horse is fast, it will be five or six days if it is slow, and it will be two or three days if it is fast. However, the prince was still two hundred miles away from the imperial camp, and it would be two more days before he arrived.
Kangxi didn't seem to let the courtiers see the discord between father and son between himself and the prince, so he forcibly suppressed his anger and said with a smile: "I think the prince has something to do and is delayed on the way." I haven't seen the prince these days, and I miss it very much. Tong Guowei, you go and walk once, and tell Yinren and the two of them that other things can be put aside for the time being, and it is good to go to my camp as soon as possible!"
Tong Guowei has also been by Kangxi's side for many years, and he is familiar with Kangxi's temperament, and he has already seen the fleeting coldness on Kangxi's face, and knows that the prince will inevitably kick the iron plate when he comes, so he thought about it in his heart at the moment. After reading the book// After answering, he hurriedly took a team of guards and hurried out of the camp.
Chen Tingjing was alone by Kangxi's side, looking at Kangxi's uncertain complexion, he really couldn't leave, and he couldn't stay. Kangxi sat on the couch and didn't speak for a long time. Knowing that Chen Tingjing couldn't suppress the light itch in his throat and suppressed his cough, Kangxi seemed to come back to his senses and said, "Ah, Tingjing, I was a little absent-minded just now. I'm thinking about what Tong Guowei said yesterday about the many orders. Now, whether the generals are at odds with each other or not, I also need to plan a little for the front camp for the sake of war, and be careful to make the 10,000-year-old ship. I deliberately admonished the eldest brother a little, and ordered him to obey King Yu's military orders, what do you think?"
Chen Tingjing understood that Kangxi didn't want to be entangled more in the matter of the prince, so he followed Kangxi's words and said: "The minister thinks this move is very appropriate. The minister also had the idea of persuading the emperor to transfer back to the eldest brother, but after thinking about it, the emperor was still thoughtful. The eldest brother was the deputy marshal at the beginning, and it was the time of high spirits, and the minister estimated the dispute between the eldest brother and King Yu, but the two had different opinions. ”
Kangxi nodded and said, "Ziduan is right, I do have this concern. You go and draw up a secret decree for Yinchu, and the words will be considered according to what I just meant. ”
Chen Tingjing replied: "Yes." After the minister's grass is finished, please take a look. There is another matter, in the military report, it seems that there is not much grain and grass left in the front camp, and in ten days, the grain and grass in the front camp will be exhausted. Now that Geldan has fled with less than 10,000 remnants of his army, and the weather is cold, it is not appropriate for our army to pursue him on a large scale. The minister estimated that King Yu would soon ask for a teacher. As for the aftermath arrangement, does the emperor have a will?"
Kangxi pondered for a moment, and before he could answer, he saw Li Dequan walking in with a yellow box, kneeling down and saying, "Your Majesty, eldest brother Chen Mi folded a letter." ”
Kangxi smiled and said: "It seems that this place also has spirituality, but I can't say it." Yinchu probably knew that he was not doing things well, so he first hit a wooden clock here with me. While laughing, he took the box, tore off the seal on it, took out a fold, and read it. I didn't want to read only three or four lines before my face changed color, and I didn't wait to read it, but I angrily threw the fold on the ground!
Chen Tingjing didn't know what had happened, so he bowed down and persuaded in fear: "The emperor is angry!
Kangxi said dejectedly: "How did I give birth to such an unkind, unfilial, ruthless and unrighteous son?"
This was said very seriously, Chen Tingjing did not dare to respond, so he had to remain silent.
Kangxi sighed and said, "Ziduan, look at what this little beast has written on the secret fold!"
Chen Tingjing picked up the fold and looked at it carefully, and the more he read, the more shocking he became. On the one hand, the eldest brother made a generous statement, saying how he was prescient and wanted to attack Geldan with heavy troops, but he was suppressed by Prince Yu and couldn't. There are many hints in the words, pointing out that Prince Yu was cowardly, did not dare to confront the Dzungar tribe head-on, and although he had become a heavy army besieging Geldan, he could not take advantage of the victory, and his desire to lead a team of personal soldiers to attack was strictly forbidden, so that Geldan escaped from Yunyun.
Chen Tingjing couldn't help but think in his heart: Big Brother's move is really stupid. Not to mention, among Kangxi's brothers, Kangxi's most borrowed is Fuquan, and among the emperors, in addition to the prince, Prince Yu's rewards are the first, and Kangxi's special decree to give the whole court no need to be called a minister. Kangxi also said more than once in front of the ministers that if it weren't for Fuquan's wish to the emperor with the wishes of the virtuous ministers, he might not be able to sit in the Dragon Court. The brotherhood between the two is deep, and no one in the court knows it. Moreover, Kangxi attaches great importance to honesty and filial piety. Usually educate the prince to meet the elders, and etiquette must not be missing. But now that the eldest brother is unabashedly attacking his own uncle, how can Kangxi not be cold. Moreover, the eldest brother relied on the identity of the prince to skip the former battalion coach and directly skip Chen Zuo, which was even more wrong.
Kangxi saw that Chen Tingjing finished reading, so he said: "Now, I will immediately draft a decree and return to Beijing with Yinchu, and all the departments under him will be under the control of Prince Yu." and asked Prince Yu to recite in detail the escape of Geldan. You can cite the old precedent of the DPRK and China. Bel Amin abandoned Yongping and made a good envoy to Korea, and the two did not follow the order, and Prince Ying and Emperor Taizong all took confessions. Attach another secret decree to Yinchu, just write one sentence: Prince Yu is your uncle, if you have similarities and differences with the king, you will be put in the law!"
Chen Tingjing said yes in his mouth, and he couldn't help but sigh inside: In the end, the emperor is still more towards his son. This secret decree to the eldest brother is sandwiched in the will to Fuquan. Fuquan is a cautious and smart person, and after reading it, it is impossible not to understand the meaning of Kangxi's words: "I don't even want my own son for the sake of my second brother." Can Fu Quanyan not be moved? He must take all the mistakes on his own head to take care of Kangxi's heavenly face. Then Kangxi gave extrajudicial grace, just hello, I'm good, everyone.
It's just that Chen Tingjing can only think about this meaning in his heart, but he only says 'Emperor Shengming!'