Emperor Kangxi nodded slightly, and entered calmly, Pei Wenzhai, who was originally talking about it, became silent, and the eunuchs who walked around also bowed their backs, coughing and coughing without smelling. Shi Shilun suddenly felt nervous, feeling the double oppression of Tianyan and Tianwei. Since the junior sergeant conferred the officer, although he has also seen it a few times, he has taken a look from afar, bowed down and withdrew after asking a few words, plus he was short-sighted, he didn't know what Kangxi looked like at all, this time he almost knelt on his knees, but he didn't dare to raise his head.

"You're saying that, why are you dumb?" Kangxi sat down and said with a smile, "If you want to see me, just raise your head, I'm not a tiger, can I eat you're not perfect'?" The three of them laughed when he said this, and the atmosphere in the fast suddenly eased. Shi Shilun took a deep breath, bowed, really raised his head, and took a serious look at Kangxi.

Fifty-three-year-old Kangxi wears a velvet grass raw silk dragon godson crown beads, a very well-cut stone blue straight yarn golden dragon coat covered with a beige kudzu gauze robe, and four white marble yellow horsetail ribbons are tied around his waist, his gray beard is combed to the bare seamlessly, the corners of his mouth and eyelids have fine fish scale lines, only a pair of pupils under his thick eyebrows are bright and bright, and he is bottomless black, and his spirit looks quite healthy, but he shows his old appearance in every gesture - change a place, change a blue coat, he is very much like a square and kind Sanjia Village pedant, I would never imagine that he was actuarial, calligraphy and painting, astronomy, and foreign languages, ascended to the pole at the age of eight, and at the age of fifteen, he was a one-man and determined to withdraw from the feudal domain, six times to the south of the Yangtze River, three expeditions to the Western Regions, Taiwan, and northeast Jing, to cultivate Ming politics, dredge river transportation, open erudition and vocabulary, and defeat all the heroes in the world - he is an emperor who is a scholar and martial arts who directly pursues Tang Zong and Song Zu, and is an emperor who is full of ability!

"I can't underestimate you Shi Shilun, you are the only one who dares to look at me like this!" Kangxi laughed, gently patted the fold on the case with his right hand, and said: "When your father came back from Taiwan that day, I asked him, 'How many of your sons can be cultivated?' Shi Lang said five, and never mentioned you. Later, I learned that Shi Lang has a little ninety-nine, and five are useless, so I want to be gracious, and the real ability is this sixth child, he expects that you can make a name for yourself, so I don't mention it at all, knowing that his son is not as good as his father! Zhang Tingyu saw that Kangxi was happy, and hurriedly said: "The minions of Fang Cai also said that there are broken and expensive in the photo book, and there is 'poor harmony' in the finch card, and the old general Shi Lang has probably read it, so it is not wrong." Shi Shilun didn't expect Kangxi to be so open-minded and open-minded, and Yizhuang was also as harmonious as talking about family life, so he suddenly relaxed, and replied with a smile: "I don't know Zidu [1]

The evil one is eyeless, and there is no salt to see[2]

The beauty is unintentional. ”

Everyone laughed again when they heard this, but Kangxi changed his face and said, "Let's get down to business." You all get up - Li Dequan, move a stool for a few adults to sit on! "Li Dequan is the deputy chief eunuch of the Yangxin Palace, and he has been with Kangxi for more than 20 years, and the envoy has done it very neatly. After a few people sat down, Kangxi said, "I'll ask you to come in the study today." As for Shi Shilun, he was recommended by Lao Thirteen. You are in the Governor's Mansion in Anhui Province, and you are stiff, and I want to borrow your fortitude and integrity......" He leaned back and said, "The affairs of the household department are becoming more and more unspoken now, and they must be rectified painfully. A few days ago, the fourth child handed over an excerpt from Anhui, saying that the silver for repairing the river was short of 300,000, and I thought it would be at least 1.5 million, which was difficult for the fourth and thirteenth old. I asked someone to check it, and I received 30 million pieces of silver, and in less than half a year, I lent out thousands of dollars, and I said that whoever killed whom, I would have lost this will, otherwise I would have borrowed it again! The officials were bitter, and they thought they knew about the silver borrowing from the treasury, but who knew that it had come to this point! As he spoke, he shook his head, as if chewing on a bitter olive, and sighed again for a long time. Ma Qi hurriedly comforted: "There is no silver, the account is there." The slave also knows a thing or two about this, and the disadvantages in it are unspeakable. Some household officials take out the money to lend money for interest, and the money is easy to chase. There are still more than 20 million in the library, and there are no soldiers for a while, so it will not be difficult for the fourth and thirteenth masters to even pay for repairing the river and governing the Cao. ”

"The terrible thing is this," Tong Guowei muttered, "the lack of officials is uneven, and the wealth is all thin." Banzai is only talking about the household department, and the situation of the officials is even more unquestionable, except for the regular practice of one year's ice charcoal, the lower head is not filial, the promotion should not be suppressed, and the crime should not be fabricated; As long as a lawsuit is in hand, the prisoners and witnesses will be escorted to the capital and tossed with oil and bones. Alas...... The common people say that they will not sue if they die, not only because they are afraid of unjust imprisonment, but also because they are afraid of this kind of toss, one person commits a crime, one village is poor, and I don't know how many murder cases are private! Tong Guowei doesn't talk much on weekdays, but today he can't hold his mouth shut today. Kangxi listened quietly, without squeaking, and only looked at the door of the hall with a faint gaze. Although Zhang Tingyu was young, he entered the study in his twenties, read a lot, was deep and practiced, and only adhered to the proverb of "ten thousand words and ten thousand words, it is better to be silent". It's not that he disagrees with Tong Guowei's opinion, the facts of the shortcomings in the six parts are far beyond his superficial opinion, but he doesn't understand Tong Guowei's intentions a little. Tong Guowei is the backbone of the "Eight Masters Party", the more he says this, the more it shows that the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother are doing the right thing and doing a good job? After thinking about it for a long time, my heart suddenly moved: Over the years, the six ministries have all been presided over by the prince Yinren, and the six ministries are in a mess, what political achievements does the prince have? Kangxi was originally very dissatisfied with Yinren's cowardice and incompetence, but Tong Guowei said quietly, it turned out that he was adding fuel to the fire! Zhang Tingyu was about to speak, but Ma Qi said: "Lao Tong, that's why the emperor issued an order to condemn the malpractices and rectify them ruthlessly!" Zhang Tingyu had already made up his mind at this moment, sighed because he stroked his knees, and said: "This is because a few of our courtiers who went to the study did not do things well. 'The Lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the Lord humiliates the death of the ministers', as soon as I think of these two sentences, I am ashamed that it is difficult to sleep and eat, and I will not be at peace. ”

Kangxi had no expression on his face, and said coldly: "Everyone has their own account, and it doesn't need to be accepted on behalf of anyone." But as a minister, the reason of heaven should have this idea of uneasy conscience. He coughed dryly, his face had gradually softened, and he asked Shi Shilun with a smile: "I heard that the fourth elder brother convened salt merchants in Tongcheng to gather gold to repair the broken river, do you know this?" "Long live the words," Shi Shilun replied hurriedly, "the minister left Anhui on May 19. When I arrived in Beijing, I heard rumors that the fourth and thirteenth masters had summoned salt merchants to forcibly raise donations. Actually-" Before he finished speaking, Kangxi waved his hand to stop him and said, "I have issued an order to call them back." In October, I will go hunting in Rehe and meet with the Mongol princes. All princes have to obey. Before I left Beijing, the official deficit had to be paid off in one piece, and you were transferred here to do this errand. You go to the household department to serve as a waiter, first familiarize yourself with the ministry affairs, and the fourth elder brother should come back. ”

"Your Majesty," Zhang Tingyu asked beside him, "You left Beijing this time, or is the crown prince sitting in Beijing?" ”

Kangxi ignored Zhang Tingyu's question, stared at Shi Shilun and said, "Do you know why you were transferred?" You are a man who does not take anything, you are honest and self-controlled, and you only take four coins of silver for fire, which is good. But he suffers from the same problem as the dead Yu Jackie Chan: dare to resist, the poor and Xiucai sue, you are biased towards the poor; Xiucai and the rich man are in a lawsuit, and you are biased towards Xiucai. This disposition is unfair—I have taken your disposition and asked you to manage your finances. There is a shortage of manpower, so I will call the old four and thirteen to transfer a few, and this year, I can also choose a few to stay in the ministry to do errands. Shi Shilun listened to the will, got up and kowtowed to the ground and said: "Long live the ninefold body, insight into thousands of miles, not all the ministers are there, but the ministers know that they can change." The minister's temperament is strict and broad, it is not suitable to be a Beijing official, regardless of which province, please long live the ministers still transfer the ministers out, or according to the inspection envoy, or the provincial government, the ministers will protect within three years, and the whole territory will not be closed at night. The household errands are difficult and difficult, and the ministers' talents are weak, and it may be difficult to deal with them, and there is a sense of hurting the emperor. "Huh?" Kangxi patted the fold, "I'm afraid it's not!" I know that to do this is to offend people. But the king is loyal, and the future should be thought of by me. I am a minister, I am much more tolerant, are you still afraid of ending up? ”

Shi Shilun swallowed a mouthful of saliva, what he was most afraid of was the "tolerance" of this master. Forgiveness and generosity are a very good thing, but if they go too far, they become "indulgence", and their disadvantages are even more indescribable. Since the 42nd year of the elimination of Suo Etu's group of "princelings", the world has been quiet for a long time, Kangxi is bent on being a perfect person in ancient and modern times, tolerant and indulgent, blindly simplifying government and giving grace, making Wen Tianwu and frolicking corrupt, and all kinds of greedy winds are blowing more and more hot, all born from the word "tolerance". But this is the "Shengde" that Kangxi has always been proud of, how dare Shi Shilun easily praise and disparage? After a long time, he had the courage to say, "Your ...... It's not that I'm afraid of offending many people, it's that I'm afraid of ...... The people who offend are too big! Several ministers in Zhai couldn't help but look at each other, knowing in their hearts what he wanted to say, and their hearts were raised high for a while.

"Too big ......" Kangxi was slightly stunned, then turned his face and smiled: "Three auxiliary ministers, which of you has accepted bribes or borrowed treasury silver?" Tong Guowei sat down next to Kangxi, and said with a smile: "The slave himself has more than a dozen Zhuangzi, and the emperor rewards him from time to time, how dare he betray the king?" Even the two Zhang Ma, the minions dare to protect it! Kangxi Yin said with a smile: "I have repaired these two palaces and gardens, and I have my own positive expenses, and I have not embezzled the treasury silver." What is the basis for the word 'too big'? Shi Shilun lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and said: "It has been a few days since the minister entered Beijing, and there are a few people in the household department who are the same year, and they talk about each other and sigh. Now there is a slogan in the court: 'If you don't owe treasury money, you are not a good man', long live do you know? It's a few Zaifu in the study, and they have all borrowed it before, and the fourth master and the thirteenth master entered the household before returning it, I heard that the elder brothers, the elder brothers, ......" He glanced at Kangxi, whose face was getting more and more ugly, and suddenly shuddered, and stuttered when he spoke. "About the crown prince?" Kangxi had already seen the fire and understood the meaning of Shi Shilun's so-called "too big", and stretched out his hand to flick the corner of his robe, "It's not a big deal." ”

Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi, and Tong Guowei couldn't sit still anymore, and stood up with a red face, Tong Guowei's voice was so low that only he could hear it: "Please ask the master to cure the crime of deceit of the slaves, the slaves have indeed borrowed silver, and they have paid it off." ”

"Sit down." Kangxi was stunned for a long time, and suddenly smiled, "Debt repayment, what kind of deception?" It's better than scraping the people! I don't understand, is there a shortage of money even like you? Tong Guowei suddenly knelt down on his knees, paused again and again, and said, "Long live the lord...... The minions are also a last resort. In the past, Duke Huan was tired of government, and Guan Zhong built a house to store prostitutes, which is really unspeakable......" "Fart! Kangxi has long been forcibly pressing, listening to Tong Guowei's words is really sad, and he can't help but change color, "Duke Huan is the king of the dead country first!" It is the duty of a courtier to fight to the death. If the prince has a place, you can only admonish him, not to mention that I am still alive, why don't you make it clear? But learn to slander him! ”

When he was angry, the three ministers and Shi Shilun knelt down with a "plop" on the corner of their robes, just kowtowed to apologize, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the room were all so frightened that their faces trembled like earth, and for a while the deserted temple in Zhai was as dead and silent as a temple, only the Fan Jin grandfather clock on the east wall clicked unhurriedly. Yinren, the prince of the East Palace, is the second son of Kangxi, who was originally the only son of the Empress Hesheri of filial piety, since the forty-second year of Kangxi, Suo Etu privately formed a party, trying to force Kangxi to abdicate the throne, supporting Yinren, the incident was executed, and he has been unexpected, scared like a mouse and a cat, except for the morning to set the province, I dare not see Kangxi more. What the minister of the study is worried about every day is that this pair of father and son, who are many and a lot of half-old, can't help each other, and the splint is uncomfortable. Zhang Tingyu's heart is bright, Kangxi's anger today is all provoked by Tong Guowei, but Tong Guowei is now the uncle of the country, and behind him is the powerful power of the eighth elder brother Yinxi, how dare he be among them? Ma Qi is really frank and sloppy, but he refuses to follow Tong Guowei to wade into troubled waters, because he kowtows and says: "There is another reason for the slave to borrow silver: now there are six departments and nine secretaries, and no one does not borrow treasury silver." The slaves and Li Guangdi are a few of them, but they are actually 180 taels of silver a year, just this little money, let alone entertainment, even their wives and children can't support them! Relying on the emperor's reward, Bing Tan Jing in the province of origin, and a manor, should not have borrowed silver. But if we don't put on a show, how can outsiders know the details, thinking that we must live by selling and receiving, how can this corrupt official afford to be notorious? ”

"At this point? Those who borrow money have a good reputation, but those who don't borrow become bastards, which is shocking! Kangxi got up according to the table, paced a few steps, looked at the word "patience" in his handwriting on the west wall, and slowly, his face turned back to color, looked back at Shi Shilun who was full of confusion and said, "Shi Shilun." ”

"The Ministers Are in ......"

"The more I think about it, the bigger it gets." Kangxi paced slowly, and said carefully, "Alabutan of the Dzungar Department is a wolf lamb, very restless, and has occupied a large area of pasture in the Khalkha Department. It is also difficult to guarantee that I will not conquer Dzungaria for the fourth time! Once the country raises troops, there is no silver in the treasury to pay it back? Therefore, the arrears of the household must be recovered as soon as possible, and you should not hesitate. ”

“…… Phew! ”

"Don't look ahead. Liang Qingbiao, the secretary of the household department, issued an order today to let him rest in Beijing so as not to be hindered. Kangxi looked at Zhang Tingyu with burning eyes, "Zhang Tingyu, you draft the edict." After that, he flicked his hair back and said to Shi Shilun: "The yellow coat and the king's flag are all given to you, and you have the right to be arbitrary." There are the crown prince and the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother in charge, you just have to be bold and do it. From the top to the princes and ministers, all of them are treated equally! ”

Shi Shilun shirked the mission, what he was most afraid of was that Emperor Kangxi was not strong-willed, seeing that Kangxi was so determined, a stone suddenly fell to the ground, he fell to the ground deeply, and said in a hoarse voice: "The national scholar does not care about his net worth, long live so trust, how dare the minister derelict his duties?" ”

"That's a good thing to say!" Kangxi sighed, "I just said that the prince, in fact, the prince knows best, he is not a person who is confused and ignorant of things, and there must be loyal people to assist him in perfecting him." There are rumors outside that I am going to do whatever I want to do with the prince, but there is nothing to do - have you heard it? The four of them were stunned when they heard it, and they all kowtowed and agreed, but they heard Kangxi say again: "I have a word of warning, there is great power in the world, but I am the only one who accepts it, and one person does it, and there is no reason to fall aside." As a courtier, you must not have a strange mind, form a gang, bring disaster to the country and private interests, and be detected by me, who can't protect you; But as long as you are honest and honest, and there is me, who can't harm you! ”

His words seem to be fragmented and incoherent when they sound roughly, and when they are carefully considered, they are connected and the meaning is unfathomable. Several people are Wenxin Zhouna, what don't you understand? His foreheads were sweating densely, and they all replied, "Yes!" The voice was so loud that even I was startled.

"Kneel down." Kangxi's eyes were gloomy, and he waved his hand and said, "I'm also tired." Shi Shilun will go to see the prince, and you will come in in a few afternoons with a sign, and bring the prepared draft in and I will look at it. ”

[1]

A famous beautiful man in the Spring and Autumn Period, with a vicious heart.

[2]

The famous virtuous queen of the Spring and Autumn Period, an ugly girl.