On the 27th, the national funeral finally passed quietly in sorrow, anxiety and tension, on the tenth day of the lunar month, the princes and grandsons under the leadership of Yongzheng, in the Kangxi Emperor's Zigong before the knock ceremony, by Yongzheng led the spirit, the coffin was moved to the Shouhuang Palace to stop the coffin. Because it is less than a month, the hairpins on the hats of the kings, princes, Baylor, Beizi and civil and military officials can not be worn, but the spiritual shed in front of the Qianqing Palace has been removed, and the white gauze lanterns hanging in front of thousands of households in the palace have also been removed by Li Dequan, the eunuch of the Six Palaces, and the officials of the Funeral Department of the Internal Affairs Office, and replaced with yellow gauze palace lamps. The palace was rearranged, and the original atmosphere of desolation, solemnity, and mourning suddenly disappeared by half. Since Kangxi was seriously ill in mid-October, the twenty-two emperors and elder brothers did not untie their clothes, serving day and night, first in Changchun Garden, and then in the Forbidden City, and "soaked" for more than a month. Everyone has a heavy heart, and the footsteps are mixed behind Yongzheng Luanyu, and they all secretly breathe a sigh of relief when they see Yongzheng Yu driving into the Rijing Gate, and they are all secretly relieved, full of thoughts about returning home, how to take a bath and change clothes, how to hold the stove and taste tea, and then sleep well, but the emperor has no will, so he has to wait. Ten Elder Brother Yun was not at ease for a moment, rubbing his hands and stomping his feet to get warm, sighing and looking at the sky, accosting this elder brother for a while, and then running to the eunuch group and asking, "Is there a hand stove?" Banyu turned to Yun again, and asked with a half-smile: "Hey, I said General Wang, this place is cold, or is it cold in Xidatong?" ”

"It's cold." Yun looked at the palace gate and said wistfully, "The military tent in my camp is a double-layer cowhide felt, and there is a fire dragon on the ground, which is very warm. On the outside, it's a long way off. A mouthful of spit froze and fell to pieces without landing - like my brother, wearing a lynx monkey skin robe, and still freezing around, I will never go to the west for the rest of my life. ”

"It's all cold—not bad!" Yun grinned and said, "But there is a difference. For example, the emperor, this son and Lao Thirteen, Long Keduo, and Zhang Tingyu are all eating fragrant tea and drinking ginseng soup in the warm upper study. As for us, we have to obediently drink the northwest wind in this icy and snowy land. If a father is born, his life is different! Yun Pin chewed the meaning of his words, smiled indifferently and said: "The monarch and the minister are close to the end of the world, so it is a matter of course." Yun snorted and said, "That's natural, that's natural!" In the past, Sun Hao surrendered to Emperor Jin, and sang during the banquet: 'In the past, I was a neighbor with you, and now I am a minister with you. Toast you with a glass of wine, congratulations to you for ten thousand years of spring! 'You clear your throat, in another twenty days, that is, the first day of the new year, the emperor will definitely receive a congratulatory feast in the Taihe Palace, you can raise your voice well, and you will be crowned a prince! Without waiting for an answer, he shrank his head and stomped his feet and jumped elsewhere.

Everyone gathered to talk, or whispered, and was waiting for no interest, Yun clapped his hands and said, "Yajing! The Grace is coming! Immediately told us to go home, shave our heads and wash our feet, and sleep with Fu Jinmeier in my arms! Standing on the palace wall and silent, Yun Xi looked up, but it was Xing Nian, the eunuch of the Yangxin Palace, who came over with a group of Sura eunuchs and set up at the Rijing Gate.

"Lord Lie," Xing Nian saw that everyone was reluctant to kneel, and said busily, "Long live the Lord ordered to be exempted." The master knows that the master is tired, but he still has some important words and wants to talk to him. Please go to the Heart Cultivation Hall and wait for the drive. The master is seeing people, or he will come down in an hour, please be patient for a while, and the master and the master will go in with the master for lunch. A few words made everyone discouraged, so they had to drag their lead-filled steps, detour out of Yongxiang, cross the heavenly street, and then wait from Xiyong Lane through the Yuehua Gate to the Yangxin Palace.

Xing Nian came back from the decree, and watched the elder brothers listlessly enter the Hanging Flower Gate of the Heart Cultivation Hall on the side of Yuehua Gate, and then went to pay the decree, and saw Long Keduo, Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi, Wang Luo and more than a dozen officials standing in front of the eaves. Xing Nian sighed in his heart: "It's really a son of heaven and a courtier." When the first emperor is here, he will never let these courtiers stand outside and suffer from the cold......" Thinking about it, he walked up to Ma Qi and Wang Luo, and said a thousand words: "Say hello to the two adults!" The two elders have been imprisoned in the Prison God Temple for a year, and they look fine! As soon as the new master ascended to the pole this time, he said that he would follow the last orders of the first emperor and let the lords come out. The nobles are grinded, and the blessings are endless, and the small ones are also happy for the adults! I looked at the first dozen or so people in the back, although I didn't know each other, I knew that they were all imprisoned by Kangxi, Yongzheng had just been pardoned, and Xing Nian also bowed and said with a smile: "Adults are blessed!" ”

"Is it Xing Nian outside?" Yongzheng's voice came from the upper study, "You come in." Xing Nian hurriedly agreed, picked up a heavy cotton curtain and came in, and a warm stream of heat immediately rushed to his face. When he looked at it, Yongzheng sat according to the case, wearing a crimson red silk dyed fox robe, wearing a mink yellow gown, and a yellow crepe bag around his waist, sipping tea and groaning. There were two people kneeling down, but they both recognized that it was Qian Yundou and Cai Huaixi, two pen-style people from the Internal Affairs Office, who sent them to receive permission that day, or they passed on the decree themselves. Because he didn't know what Yongzheng called them to say, Xing Nian didn't dare to say more than a word, poured a cup of hot tits for Yongzheng and bowed to the side. But I heard Cai Huaixi say: "The fourteenth master has been very safe all the way." The minions never expected that after entering Beijing, the Fourteenth Master would suddenly change his sex and cause such a big trouble. This is all the minions' misconduct, begging for punishment from the Lord Banzai! ”

Yongzheng stood up, paced a few steps, took a sip of his tits, and said with a smile: "I just asked in vain, and I didn't mean anything else." He is willing to obey the edict and come to Beijing safely, even if your envoy does a good job. Your fourteenth master has a high temperament, and when you meet the emperor Ama Long and the guest, you are anxious, and you can't help but talk and do things too much. When I summoned you, I told you that what the Fourteenth Master said on the road, whether it was good or bad, could not be spread out. He smiled suddenly, his eyes flashed with a faint light, and he gritted his fine white teeth and said: "Speaking out, it is to instigate the discord between my heavenly family, and you can't afford to bear this crime - after returning to Beijing, someone has asked you about these things?" Cai Huaixi hurriedly kowtowed and said: "When the slave came back, he was ordered by the constitution to go to the Ministry of Rites to help with this year's Enke, but it was so busy that no one came to inquire about gossip." is to inquire, the slave is a person who knows the rules, and he does not dare to talk nonsense. Qian Yundou also said: "Slaves don't dare to talk nonsense." Yongzheng smiled and said, "That's good." Xing Nian told the Ministry of Internal Affairs that the two would be given one level each, and they would be rewarded with one year's money and food. Waiting for Qian and Cai to withdraw, Yong Zhengfang asked Xing Nian: "Have they all passed?" ”

"Yes!" Xing Nian hurriedly smiled and said: "The slave saw the master enter the Heart Cultivation Palace, and then came to talk back to the master." Yongzheng nodded and said, "You can't make them wait for a long time, you just go with me!" Xing Nian hurriedly said: "The slave just came in, and there are many officials standing under the corridor!" The master doesn't see him and then goes over? ”

"Oh!" Yongzheng seemed a little surprised, stood up and looked out through the glass, and said to Xing Nian: "You called Long Keduo to come in!" ”

Long Keduo came in, this is a sturdy man in his fifties, wearing a robe with nine pythons and five claws, a black and red face under the coral roof, and a short figure that seems to contain inexhaustible strength, as soon as he entered the door, he threw off his horseshoe sleeves, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Slave Long Keduo knocks to see Long Live Lord!" ”

"Uncle, don't be like this, you get up, and I'll see you get rid of the word 'slave' in the future."

"Don't dare!"

"What's not to dare?" Yongzheng smiled, "Since I call you so, you deserve it." Seeing Long Keduo get up, Yongzheng said again: "I have to say a few words about my uncle." Tingyu is a Hanchen, be careful in everything, and pay it back. You are now the foreman of the upper study, and the commander of the Nine Gates, my dear and trusted minister, and you have to think more about me and take care of everything for me. ”

Long Keduo glanced at Yongzheng with blazing eyes, and hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Please make it clear to the emperor, and the ministers will obey the order!" Yongzheng pointed out the window and said: "Ma Qi is an old minister of the former emperor, and he accidentally remembered it, and the Ministry of Deliberation is just a matter of time." Wang Luo was a well-known loyal servant and a master who taught me to read. Some of these dozen or so people were unjustly imprisoned, and some were just official mistakes and were routinely punished. I rule the world with benevolence and filial piety, and of course I must pardon them. How can you treat them as normal offenders? On this side of the study, I occupy the room to talk and meet people, and there is a place in the copy room, so I can't spare some space for them to go in and rest. On such a cold day, just stand in the wind under the eaves! Long Keduo smiled and said: "Your Majesty, they just came out of prison, and they went to the study to report for business. The servants and Tingyu persuaded them to wait in the archives of the imperial driver's living note, they heard that the emperor was here, no one went to warm up, they were all waiting outside, and they wanted to see you...... "Xing Nian then understood, Yongzheng didn't know that there were so many people outside who were waiting to be seen, so he hurriedly came over and put on a big coat for Yongzheng, and followed Yongzheng out of the study with Long Keduo, and more than a dozen ministers standing in a row under the corridor saw Yongzheng come out, and knelt down together "suddenly", kowtowed and shouted:

"Hooray!"

Yongzheng seemed to be very moved, his pale face flushed, he only nodded slightly to Zhang Tingyu who was kneeling in front of him, walked a few steps, supported Ma Qi with one hand, and hugged Wang Zhu with the other, and ordered everyone to get up without courtesy, and said: "Master Wang, why are you doing this?" It's the apprenticeship of the Son of Heaven, I should still bow to you twice and bow six times! You are all people relied on by the first emperor, and the first emperor once said when he was there, leaving a group of talents for me, not in the sixth department, not in Jiuqing, in Dali Temple and the criminal department, I didn't understand at the time, but when I thought about it, it was you. I obey the last orders of the first emperor and pardon you to come out. I want to refresh the politics, clarify the rule of the officials, and rely on you old people a lot—in this way, you will talk to Uncle Long Keduo and Tingyu first, and take a month's leave to take care of your private affairs, and I will have a will for you. ”

Among these people present, Ma Qi was originally Kangxi's minister of the upper study, the minister of the guard, because he had been deposed as the prince of the East Palace, and Wang Luo was the fourth elder brother Yongzheng Emperor, and he was inexplicably lost his official position and was imprisoned. The rest, such as Zhang Tinglu, Xu Yuanmeng, Wang Hongxu, Ortai and others, are either ministers of the ministry or ministers of the department, all of them are capable officials of the Xi Dynasty, and everyone has a grievance in their hearts and wants to see the new emperor to complain. When I heard that the first emperor had this will, I was moved to tears one by one, and there was a sound of meeting on the ground. The king couldn't hold his head, so he let out a loud cry!

"My lord," Tingyu was a very scheming person, knowing that Yongzheng still had important matters, and said busily, "The emperor is still going to the Yangxin Palace to see the excerpts, please go into the study first and we will talk, and then please order, how about I take everyone to the Shouhuang Palace to meet the Holy Ancestor Zi Palace in front of the first emperor's spirit?" ”

"There's no need to ask for any more orders," Yongzheng nodded and sighed, "Just do as Tingyu says." Long Ke sent the newly minted Yongzheng money to the Yang Xin Palace for a while, and the Ministry of Rites invited the excerpt of Enke, and handed it over to the Imperial Palace. After that, he took Delentai and Fifth Brother Zhang out of the Yuehua Gate, and saw that the thirteenth elder brother Yunxiang was already waiting in front of the Hanging Flower Gate, Yongzheng smiled and said, "The brothers are in a hurry?" ”

Yunxiang frowned, his face was in a daze, at first hearing Yongzheng's question, when he looked up, he was already in front of him, so panicked that he hurriedly knelt down and said: "The emperor has thousands of letters, busy day and night, waiting for the courtiers for a while, how can there be a hurry?" The ministers are waiting for the emperor here, because Sun Jiagan, the head of the household department, and Ge Dahun, the monk of Shangshu, made a big fuss about the matter of minting money, and the two ministers disregarded decency, twisted until the Longzong Gate, and surrounded dozens or hundreds of officials to watch the excitement. It's not a big deal, it's too unseemly, so the ministers are here, and this matter can't help but play the emperor. ”

"What about people?" The muscles on Yongzheng's cheeks jumped imperceptibly and asked. Yun Xiang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "The minister stopped drinking." asked Ge Dahun to write an excerpt and hand it to the study to participate in the performance surnamed Sun, and asked Sun Jiagan to be temporarily detained in the guard room and wait for the study to be released. Yongzheng smiled coldly, raised his feet and entered the weeping flower door, and said, "Ridiculous! A six-grade master dares to make trouble in Ouchi - peel off his official uniform first, listen to the investigation! ”

"Piercing!" Yun Xiang hurriedly agreed to get up, asked the guards in front of the door to pass the decree, and followed Yongzheng into the main hall of the Heart Cultivation Hall with a few steps.

Because of the dazzling snow outside the hospital, Yongzheng entered the hall only to feel dim, and it took a while to see clearly, the third brother Yunzhi was the leader, Yunqi, Yunzuo, Yunyou, Yunyu, Yunyu, Yunyu, Yunyi, Yunyu knelt in the front row, Yunyu, Yunlu, Yunli until Yunji's ten young brothers knelt in the back row, all in the west of Sumeru, kowtowed together, and called out unevenly: "Long live......"

"Get up, get up." Yongzheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, his tone became unusually kind, and he raised his hands with a smile on his face, "The third brother and his younger brothers are tired these days, and I am tired of guarding the spirit and doing errands on the other. There is no outsider here today, our brothers talk about their hearts, and as soon as they detain the great gifts of the monarch and ministers, how many words in their hearts are also held back-Li Dequan, put a wooden pestle for you to sit on, put some snacks on the coffee table, and bring the palace people and eunuchs to wait in the East Side Palace! ”

The eunuchs were in a hurry, set up a coffee table, served tea, and quietly retreated. The main hall of the huge Heart Nourishing Hall fell silent, and the twenty-one elder brothers were sitting precariously, looking intently at the former cold-faced king, today's Ninety-Five, I don't know what he wants to say, the grievances and grievances of the past, with the monotonous and boring "click" sound of the golden self-striking bell in the corner of the hall, it seems to be gathering and scattering.

"I've been an emperor for a month." Yongzheng looked at the cloudy and sunny sky outside, the thick snow on the roof and the sparrows foraging in the yard, stunned, as if talking, and like talking to himself, and breathed a deep sigh of relief, "In another twenty days, we will change the yuan to 'Yongzheng'." Nko is already in the works, and the edict of the amnesty instrument has been drafted. The new money will be presented today, and it will be circulated all over the world next year......"

A "heart-to-heart talk" actually started here, and the brothers couldn't help but widen their eyes. Yun couldn't help but turn his head to look at Yun Xu, and turned his face again. Yun Xi is the head of Yongzheng's political enemies, his knowledge is naturally higher than everyone else, although his face is silent, his heart sinks, Yongzheng casually said these few words, in fact, it is to declare that the political situation has been stabilized, and to fight for this throne again is not only rebellious, but also in vain!

"I have already seen the suffering of being an emperor." Yongzheng didn't look at everyone, and said, "I have been in the mansion for forty-five years, and I have witnessed the difficulties of Emperor Daxing's great cause. At that time, I also wrote a poem in private-um......" while recalling, he smiled wryly and chanted:

Lazy to ask about ups and downs, entertaining flowers and willows.

Wu Er tunes the phoenix song, and the Yue girl presses the flute.

Dao Xu Mountain monk visited, and Qi will be wild.

The lacquer garden is not admired, and the right ambition is free.

After a pause, he sighed: "So my ambition has never been the idea of fighting for the throne. I never thought that the imperial examination would entrust these thousands of miles to me! I have been in the domain for decades, thanks to the blessing of the emperor, the wealth and glory are not diminished today, and the comfort and comfort are not as many as at that time. Every time I think about this for a month, I can't help but cry! In this life, I will never think of being free again! Saying that, I don't know which sentence touched the heart, Yongzheng really shed tears.

The people present, except for Yun, witnessed the shocking scene on the day of Kangxi's death. A month ago today, the nine-gate admiral Long Keduo announced in public, the fourth son of the emperor Yinzhen entered the succession, Prince Yong's mansion poured out to escort, the eldest son Hongshi and the fourth prince Hongli braved the snow to the West Mountain to stabilize the Han army's green camp army and Ruijian camp must not move, the thirteenth elder brother Yunxiang and the seventeenth elder brother went to the Fengtai camp with a gold medal order arrow, and blatantly killed the eighth elder brother's cronies, led the army to admiral Cheng Wenyun, and raised the troops to Changchun Garden Bao Yongzheng ascended to the pole...... These scenes are still vivid, and Yongzheng actually said eloquently, "Don't be an emperor"! Yun Yu listened to these hypocritical words, more greasy than eating flies, and glanced at Yun Yu who was next to him, and the fire flashed in his eyes, but at this time, he was under the low eaves, and he had to endure the nameless fire in his belly.

"These heartfelt words of mine are evil, and some people don't believe them. But my heart, God knows! Yongzheng frowned and said slowly: "Brothers have been together for decades, what do you not know?" No matter how much morality and knowledge are far inferior to the Holy Ancestor, only if you are serious and live up to your heart, you can be confident in this article. Since God has entrusted me with great responsibility, I have to fight with my life to do it. I, the emperor, are not as good as the previous generations of kings, and the father and son have established their own policies and achieved their own achievements. For example, after Yu Tang, there is a stubborn system, and the future generations of the world cannot cover up the merits of Yu Tang because of the bad deeds of the descendants - I am in the Holy Ancestor, right and wrong gain and loss, and it is really one. If I do a good job, then the imperial examination will be entrusted to the right one, and if I do not do well, then the imperial examination will also be entrusted to the wrong one--a great man like the Holy Ancestor, who has handed over his career to me, how dare I be reluctant and slack, willing to give up on myself, so that future generations will discuss the mistake entrusted by the Holy Ancestor? Brothers...... We are all the blood of the Holy Ancestor Emperor, you have to look up to his old man's heart, the great position has been decided, you should obey the righteousness of the heavens and the people, be loyal and responsible, and praise and bow! ”

His face was pale and emotional, and he glanced at his brothers one after the other with a slightly dazed expectant gaze. These brothers have been in trouble for a long time, where can they be moved by these few words? Only Yunxiang, Yunli and Yunyi stared at Yongzheng, as if they were moved. Yunzhi and Yunqi looked at each other, and after a while, they felt that it was very inappropriate to sit so hard and listen to the training, and they left the table one after another, and the fifth elder brother Yunqi was the most honest and simple, and took the lead in kneeling down, kowtowing and crying: "The emperor has a heart, see each other frankly, and the ministers are grateful and landless!" The emperor has an order, and his subordinates are all gone! ”

"Very good, brothers are of the same heart, and its profits are gold!" Yongzheng looked at Yun Xu, who was speechless, in disappointment, and said, "Fifth brother, I don't dare to take it seriously. I didn't give an order, and I instructed my brothers to 'smear their hearts and minds'. I just thought that I couldn't compare to the emperor and his old man, and I had to rely on my brother to help him. What I can't, you help me; If I make a mistake, you will admonish it; I will lose, and you will forgive and hide it. With one heart, let me have a 'yes' word, so that I can become a generation of masters, and fulfill the heart of the Holy Ancestor. You are both loyal ministers and filial sons, and of course you are my good brothers! Yongzheng said, seeing Yun kneeling on the ground shaking his head and raising his eyebrows, kneeling with his legs twisted and restless, he asked: "Yun, where are you useless?" Yun snorted, kowtowed and raised his body, squeezed his eyebrows and looked like a monster, and said with a sad face: "Long live the lord of the bitter mouth, if you can't listen to your heart, is it still a person?" The younger brother is really forced to come up, twisting the rope and twisting it is uncomfortable, begging the emperor for permission, and the minister wants to be complimentary! As he spoke, he let out a string of farts. Yun Yi couldn't help but laugh out loud, and hurriedly coughed a few times to cover up. Yongzheng's lips were dry and he talked for a long time, claiming that he should be tempted even if he was a stone man, but he didn't expect such a result, and he was suddenly so angry that his hands and feet were cold. He groaned for a long time with a blue face, and was about to have a seizure, giving this restless iron-headed man a dismount, and suddenly looked up and saw the banner given to him by Emperor Kangxi, with four words written in regular script:

No haste, be patient

Yongzheng smiled tolerantly and said softly: "The serious words are over." Kneel down brothers—feast! ”