In the early morning of the next day, in the west room of the cabinet hall, there is a row of tall cabinets in the east and west directions, all of which are covered with blue satin with black edges, and each long edge is marked with a small sign. The stacks of yellowed inscriptions are also arranged in order in the divisions and courtyards, towering on the desk, but they are lined with the uninterrupted pen hanging books of the first two Manchurian university scholars on duty, which inevitably makes people feel that they are working the case. At this time, the sky has not yet brightened, and I can already see a few new bachelors or holding the newly drafted initials for review, or sealing the approved version, busy in an orderly manner, but they are all solemn and quiet.

This year's winter is already early, Ma Qi has always been afraid of the cold, approved the ministry of the Imperial Court, took a short rest, ordered someone to add a charcoal basin, took a sip of hot tea, and meticulously checked the initials submitted urgently at the ticket office. If it was cold, Wenda, the bachelor who was sitting in the east with Ma Qi, had already unconsciously formed a layer of fine beads of sweat on his forehead. When the scholar of Manchu University Xihana returned, Kangxi conferred the Honda Wenhua Hall Scholar in the forty-sixth year, and he served as a cardinal assistant for only one year. Kangxi loves to be upright and upright, and now Zhang Mingde's case has been handed over to his General Administration, but his age is not qualified, and he does not know how deep the water is if he is not in his position? Moreover, how can this royal matter be on the same day as the officials of the DPRK and China, and how can he not be worried?

Wenda looked at Kangxi's approval book, and his heart was in the middle of it, when he saw the consultant walking in and making a thousand salutes to Ma Qi and Wenda. "Father-in-law Gu is exempt from courtesy. Wenda hurriedly put down his notebook, got up from the couch, and before he could open his mouth to ask, he listened to the adviser say: "The master has a will, and the master will see the master in the Qing Palace." Wen Da was a little stunned, he was already worried, and he didn't know if Kangxi was just for Yinxi's business, he looked around at Ma Qi in the west, and asked the consultant: "The two of us will go now?" Or wait for the master to have breakfast and then hand over the sign?" The consultant glanced at him slightly, read Kangxi's words, bowed down and hurriedly said: "The master didn't know that Ma Xiang was also there, but he was in a hurry to pass on Wen Xiang to see him, and the slave didn't dare to be self-contained." You don't have to wait any longer, just go with your minions. ”

In the morning, when the consultant came in to serve Kangxi to change his clothes, he saw Wei Zhu going out to deliver the book with a dirty face, and he was secretly tongued in his heart, and he immediately hung his heart, if he wanted to say that something happened to Li Dequan in front of him, he didn't know, but he was not afraid that it was impossible, so he couldn't help but add it carefully. only served Kangxi with boots, and listened to Wenda. The adviser knelt down and was about to withdraw, but was stopped by Kangxi raising his hand, "Slow, who is on duty in the cabinet today? "The consultant is already a lively waiter, but now he looks even more humble and clever, Kangxi has a life first, and when Wen Da asks like this, he feels that it is appropriate to say so.

From the Jingyun Gate on the West Road to the Qianqing Palace, Wenda followed the consultant all the way to the Qianqing Gate, and heard that the Seven Belle Yinyou entered the palace to ask for peace, and inevitably waited for half an hour at the bottom of the stairs.

Kangxi took the fold that Wen Da knelt down, pointed to the small pestle not far from the kang table and said, "I sat down and talked back." After a rough glance, Wenda's performance was a little more general than Chao Ketuo, Mu Helun, and there was no pre-planned disposition of the ministry, Kangxi couldn't help frowning, and looked up at Wenda: "It's the same, whose handwriting?"

The corners of Wenda's eyes jumped, and when he heard the words, he knew what was going on, but he felt a tremor in his heart, and he couldn't sit still: "If you go back to the master, the slave will be ordered to try the case together, and the performance will also be based on the trial situation of the Criminal Department, and the slave should be the same as the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate." It's just that this case is not as good as another, the stakes are very high, and it involves the royal family, as for how to deal with it, the slave does not dare to comment arbitrarily, and wants to ask the master to show it. ”

Kangxi snorted coldly, followed by a heart-wrenching sentence: "This is what you are talking about! I know what you think, the governor of a province, no matter how big the official is, he is also a courtier. ”

This was said very seriously, Wenda's face turned pale, he hurriedly got up, and was about to leave his seat and kneel to ask for guilt, but was stopped by Kangxi with a gesture: "Don't kneel, I didn't mean to blame you when I said this, let alone ask for guilt." Chao Ketuo, Mu and Lun are not handing me an excerpt, it is a 'dossier'! I am afraid that I will not be able to explain to my brothers, and I am afraid that I will not be able to explain to me if I don't discuss the crime, and I can still see this little trick clearly. I feel your heart with my own heart, so I say this, you are the minister of the study, I rely on my humerus, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister is like father and son, what can I not say? I love your heart and integrity, so I let you take on this mission. ”

Wen Da listened, straight to the throat, forced himself to press his heart, and said slowly: "Only slaves are guilty, and slaves have the grace of their masters......" Wen Da pondered for a while, looked up at Kangxi, "Ask the master to give back the folded book, and the slave will verify with the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate again, and then lead the inscription and present it to the master's royal review." ”

In the cabinet, Ma Qi is the chief scholar of Manchuria, and it is easy to intervene, so it is not easy to expose the case, Zhang Yushu, Chen Tingjing, and Li Guangdi are Hanchen, and only Wenda has a direct name, so he can speculate about his own meaning and ask the book, and he can also calm down the chaos of things and discussions, and people's hearts are fluctuating, which is a good choice. Kangxi's use of grace and power was originally intended to ask Wenda to lead the meeting and then submit the case to the Council of Ministers. And no matter what, he can't personally dispose of this case: if it is a crime, Yinhe and Yinhe will not talk about it, and he can't help but have the rest of the elder brothers involved, and there are many people involved in the clan, who are close relatives...... Moreover, once this matter is announced, it will be a royal scandal, and he does not want to bear the name of unkindness......

Thinking of this, Kangxi also sighed heavily: "I don't need to try this case with Ma Qi, I just want a 'Zhongyun'." If you take 'public' in everything, you may not be able to be 'public', and there are not a few Han people who are as stupid as Guo Xiu, so the problem of selling fame and selling straight is not a public heart. You are old in doing things, and I only hope that you will not be such a pedantic person. ”

This is to warn him, Guo Ruifu has always caught the reckless questions of the powerful, and he has always been taboo by Kangxi. Wenda is also a person who has been immersed in officialdom for more than 30 years, Kangxi has said this part, how can there be anything that he doesn't understand, Wenda is introverted and thorough, even if Kangxi doesn't say it deeply, he can be very clear inside, and nodded at the moment: "Sharing worries for the master is something that a slave should share." Master...... But what else do you have to command your minions?"

Kangxi's body has not seen a good look, and last night he was even more annoyed by the case of Yinyu Kuanzong Lingpu, about the wind, and suddenly for a while, he felt that his body was sore and weak, his hands were shaking, and he couldn't even hold the fold that he wanted to return to Wenda, Wenda saw that it was wrong, and hurriedly got up and waited for him, and couldn't help but worry: "The master looks at the lack of body, or is it that Imperial Doctor Xuan comes to ask for a pulse?" Kangxi waved his hand: "It's not helpful." Kangxi paused, as if thinking about something, he just smiled bitterly, "I know that you are a filial son...... , I only hope that they will fall on me, and they will be filial to the family, and they will not lose their ....... ”