Chapter 19: The Folds of the Zongren Mansion
"Oh? Do you really think so? Hearing Gao Shiqi explain that Zhu deserved to die, Kangxi frowned, and asked with some displeasure.
"Your Majesty, the words of the criminal minister are not finished yet!" Gao Shiqi was kneeling on the ground and bowing his body, but now he straightened up and answered Kangxi's question, "The crime of Mingzhu is indeed a heinous crime, according to my Qing law, it is also feasible to punish the nine clans, but it is ......"
"Just what?"
"Your Majesty! β¦β¦ I wonder if you remember someone? β
"Who?" What else does Mingzhu's sin have to do with someone? Kangxi was a little puzzled, so he asked.
"Bow down!"
"Worship?" Kangxi didn't expect Gao Shiqi to say such a person, Mingzhu also made a contribution to dealing with Ao Bai at the beginning.
"Your Majesty, Ao Bai was originally an auxiliary minister, since the death of Boss Sony, he monopolized the power of the imperial court, and was awarded the title of first-class super martial artist, whose power is much higher than that of today's pearl, but he bullied the lord, so that in the end he dared to have bad intentions against the emperor...... But, Your Majesty, Ao Bai is such a big crime, didn't you kill him either? β
"Ao Bai has made great contributions to my Qing Dynasty's entry into Guanli, and he is also the auxiliary minister of Emperor Shizu's order, the emperor thought of this, so he was spared immortal, however, how can he be a pearl? Everything he did was given by the emperor, but he failed the emperor's grace and committed so many great sins, how could he be forgiven? Suo Etu heard Gao Shiqi's words and interjected dissatisfiedly.
"Of course you can't be spared! β¦β¦ However, if it is discussed, the merit of the pearl may not be lost to the worship. In the rebellion of the three feudatories, Mingzhu took the lead in proposing to abolish the three feudatories, and served in the military department, commanding the dispatch of grain, grass, military horses; The Zheng family plagued the southeast, and Mingzhu also went to Taiwan for the emperor and almost died...... Moreover, although Mingzhu is guilty, he has always been loyal to the emperor...... Therefore, the sinner thinks that Mingzhu has also meritorious, as for how to deal with it, please ask the emperor to judge! β
Gao Shiqi is also very single! He is equivalent to coming out of Mingzhu's mansion, and he has always had a lot of dealings with Mingzhu, so Suo Etu has never been very cold to him, and looking at the current posture, he may still have hope of staying in the study, but the situation is extremely bad, after all, he has no team, and it is impossible to compete with Suo Etu, if Mingzhu is finished at this time, he will not want to live a stable life in the future, so, at this time, Mingzhu must be kept alive, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, Mingzhu is Suo Etu's old opponent for so many years, even if he is not in phase, It must be better than him to attract Suo Laosan's attention, besides, in the whole case, Mingzhu is the main culprit, since the main culprit can not die, the punishment of his accomplice should be lighter! What's more, Kangxi's words also clearly showed the meaning of not killing Mingzhu, can he Gao Shiqi still offend Kangxi in order not to offend Suo?
However, what Gao Shiqi thinks about the most now is not just these, if it weren't for the fact that in front of Kangxi's driving, he really wanted to give himself a few mouths!
"Okay, you Guo Xiu, ungrateful bastard, Lao Tzu was kind enough to save you, if you want to participate in Mingzhu, it's all up to you, but why did you bring Lao Tzu on it? You don't have a son......"
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The four prime ministers of the Xi Dynasty, Suo Etu, Mingzhu, Gao Shiqi, Xiong Cizhi!
Mingzhu and Gao Shiqi were unlucky and were participated by Guo Xiu! Suo Etu and Xiong Cixu have nothing to do!
Suo Etu was unhappy that Kangxi intended to be lenient with Mingzhu, but he also knew that Kangxi's mind could not be easily changed, since this was the case, then it was better not to upset the emperor, so after Gao Shiqi finished saying "please ask the emperor to judge", he stopped speaking, but was thinking about how to further attack Mingzhu and the gang!
It's the same with Xiong Ci Shoes! In the eyes of outsiders, Mingzhu has fallen, Gao Shiqi has also been involved, and he, the semi-retired fourth prime minister who was previously squeezed, should at least be promoted, with more official positions and more real power! But he himself knows it! Although he is a Taoist gentleman and does not have much talent, however, old people are capital! He can see it in his eyes, and he can understand it in his heart, it's time to retreat! When this matter is over, after a while, I will ask the emperor for my resignation! How could he have such a thought at such a good time? Because, he knows very well the ins and outs of Mingzhu's involvement...... The whole thing has to be directed by Kangxi himself!
Thinking of the scene a few days ago when Kangxi was alone in the study, he seemed to give himself an order very casually, so that he could find a reliable imperial envoy to impeach Mingzhu, Xiong Cixu couldn't help but feel a chill! A companion is like a tiger! Mingzhu celebrated his birthday, Kangxi just wrote a plaque of "Liangfu Liangbi" and gave it to him, but in the blink of an eye, he was about to step down, and this change was too fast, how could he not let him break out in a cold sweat behind his back?
However, Xiong Cixu didn't expect things to get to this point today! After he got Kangxi's will, he found a protΓ©gΓ© of his, another imperial envoy named Bai Mingjing! Who would have thought that Bai Mingjing was not planted, and there was a soft egg in the battle, but Guo Xiu suddenly appeared, and besides, this guy participated in more than one pearl, and even brought so many officials to him to participate! β¦β¦ The fall of Mingzhu was a shock to the government and the opposition, this guy didn't seem to be enough, did he have to knock down the officials of the entire Qing Dynasty to fulfill his heart?
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Gao Shiqi's words are not wrong! β¦β¦ Mingzhu, I won't kill you! Since he had found enough reasons, Kangxi didn't bother to continue the discussion, "Originally, I should have sent you to the Prison God Temple (a place in the Qing Dynasty dedicated to the detention of criminal officials), but forget it, you go back to the house and wait for the summons!" I will let the three divisions and nine kings review together and set a reasonable disposition for you...... Go down! β
"Slave thank you lord Longen!"
Knowing that he had escaped death, the tears that Mingzhu had been rolling in his eyes finally fell...... It's good to be alive!
Soon, Mingzhu was taken down by the imperial guards.
Kangxi glanced at the three ministers who were still in the upper study, standing and kneeling, and finally sighed and didn't say anything! As a result, the entire upper study fell into silence, and the pressure instantly increased.
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The pressure is on the three of Suo Xiong, of course Kangxi won't feel anything, he is having a headache!
Mingzhu can not be killed, and Gao Shiqi can be lightly dropped, but this Guo Xiu ......
He can't stay in the capital anymore, now he has brought down Mingzhu, and his momentum is not up to the sky? If his interest comes up again and finds Suo Etu or others, I won't be able to open this court? Moreover, he offended so many people at once, if he stayed in the capital, I am afraid that it is not clear how he died, so let him go down to "scourge" the magistrate, where to transfer? By the way, Yu Chengchan's side has a lot of Qingming, transfer this guy over there, let the two Qing officials pinch it themselves, and let this Qing Dynasty be quiet and quiet!
After a long time, after thinking about the disposal of Guo Xiu, Kangxi looked up at the three ministers again!
"Gao Shiqi!"
"The sinner is here!"
"You justified your defense of Mingzhu just now, and now, I let you defend yourself...... What do you think I should do with you? β
"Sin...... The sinner has nothing to say! β
"Nothing to say? This is not like your Gao Shiqi style, where are your sharp teeth? Kangxi said.
"Your Majesty, it's not that the guilty minister is prevaricating, but that the minister knows that he is guilty and doesn't dare to avoid it!" Gao Shiqi kowtowed.
"Don't dare to quibble? When did you Gao Shiqi become so open-minded? β¦β¦ If you know you're guilty, why do you commit it? Look at what Guo Xiu has participated in you: accepting bribes, friends, and deceiving the holy bow...... What do you say you haven't done? Kangxi's voice suddenly turned sharp, and the three ministers were all trembling!
"Your Majesty, Your Minister...... Guilty! "Does the emperor want to turn his face? Gao Shiqi didn't expect that Kangxi would suddenly come like this again when the situation eased, and his heart became worried.
"Hmph, Mingzhu's guilt, with your relationship with him, will you not know? Why haven't you reported it to me? Kangxi asked sharply again.
"Your Majesty, Mingzhu's adultery, the whole country, in fact, can be said to be known to everyone. But...... In life, who is not afraid of death? Suo Etu and Xiong Cixu still dare not play clearly, but they are not new people, and their positions are low, and they dare not ......"
"The (minion) minister is guilty!"
Unexpectedly, Gao Shiqi actually pulled the two of himself into the water, Suo Etu and Xiong Cixu were resentful, so they couldn't blame him, so they could only quickly kneel on the ground and kowtow to Kangxi to apologize!
"Hmph, I can't imagine that the people around me dare to work together to deceive me, do you think that I am really deaf and blind, and let you play with it?" Kangxi shouted angrily.
"Servants (ministers) don't dare!"
Mr. Xiong Ci Daoxue, his moral character is okay, although he is a little resentful, but he doesn't pay much attention to it, but Suo Etu almost wants to strangle Gao Shiqi to death in this study! Who is it? The one who joined you was that Guo Erpole, what did you do when you pulled Lao Tzu into the water? It's not a thing! He didn't know that Gao Shiqi was also involuntarily, there was a saying: "The king is only loyal", Kangxi blamed him for not saying Mingzhu's sin early, this is the crime of disloyalty, when it comes to it, it can be light or heavy, but, thinking that Kangxi was still affectionate and affectionate to Mingzhu a few days ago, and he turned his face and turned the stage today, some are not sure whether Kangxi wants to turn to use his Han official as a scapegoat, Gao Shiqi was in a hurry, so he had to pull the other two people to suffer together, and Kangxi would not bring the four prime ministers down together!
"Humph! Don't you dare to push your guilt away? I trust you, but how much better are you than Mingzhu? β¦β¦β
Kangxi snorted coldly, and decided to take the opportunity to teach his important ministers a good lesson, so a large impassioned language passed through the mouth of him, the emperor, and splashed like water on Gao Shiqi, Suo Etu and others! The heads of the three prime ministers got lower and lower, and in the end, they almost fell to the ground! It wasn't until he stopped that the three of them dared to raise their heads slowly!
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"I heard that when the emperor was a child, he once participated in the imperial examination under the pseudonym 'Long'er' and won the third place in Tanhua in one fell swoop, it seems that this is true! β¦β¦ It's called a profound, I didn't understand a sentence! Listening to Kangxi's words like a book from heaven, outside the door of the study, a new eunuch boasted to his companions proudly in the future.
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The eunuch didn't understand, of course the three prime ministers understood, and after the three of them saw Kangxi finish speaking, they still looked puzzled, and they didn't dare to stand up, so they had to kneel there!
"Your Majesty, Lord Zhang Tingyu is out in the south study and asks to be summoned!"
Just when the three prime ministers were kneeling and their knees hurt, and they didn't know how to plead with Kangxi, a wisp of sound came in from outside the upper study!
Zhang Tingyu, the new branch jinshi, is currently the minister of the South Study Walk, and the official of the Ministry of Officials! Recently, this is a celebrity in front of Kangxi!
"Xuan!"
Sure enough, Kangxi hesitated for a moment, and immediately announced that Zhang Tingyu would see him, of course, in order to maintain the dignity of the prime minister in front of the new officials, Suo Etu and others, including Gao Shiqi, were specially allowed to stand up.
"Your Majesty, the Zongren Mansion handed you a fold! Wechen didn't dare to delay, so he sent it here! β
There is nothing complicated, as soon as Zhang Tingyu came in, he talked about the purpose of his visit! But his words made Kangxi and the others at a loss!
"The twists and turns of the Zongren Mansion?!"
When did those royal relatives start to play and fold?