Eunuchs who traveled through the Qing Dynasty

This is the rule of the Qing Dynasty, this is China 150 years ago, and this is the most humiliating period of civilization in the past 5000 years!When Xiao Ran closed his eyes, he heard a heavy sigh from the bottom of his heart, yes, what could be more sad than this?

"Brother Xiao, are these also antiques? Why do you look nondescript. So you like these weird things?" Rong Lu looked a little puzzled, and there was clearly a subtext that he didn't say: I thought it was worth something. s things!

Xiao Ran managed to control his urge to flatter people.With a wry smile, he said, "Yeah, although these things are weird, they are also very interesting. Brother Rong, I guess they are not important things. If you don't care about them, can you leave them to your brother?"

Rong Lu didn't look down on these things at all.Naturally agreed.Several guards wanted to curry favor with this trusted commander, and also wanted to curry favor with the celebrity in front of the master, Xiao Ran, so they rushed over and packed all the treasures into the boxes. They were not registered, so there was no need to put a seal on them, and Xiao Ran confessed They were sent directly to the company to be handed over to Yulai for temporary storage.

One of the guards walked in a hurry and accidentally bumped into the wall, only to hear the rattling sound.The bluestone wall unexpectedly turned over, revealing a narrow mezzanine.It turns out that there are secrets in this secret room!Everyone felt strange, so they leaned over to have a look. It turned out that there was nothing else in the mezzanine, only an iron box half a person's height, which looked heavy.Rong Lu and the guards didn't recognize each other, and they didn't know what it was after touching it, but Xiao Ran's heart suddenly sank!

The surface of the iron box was painted dark green, and the door was embedded.It turned out to be a combination lock, which turned out to be a safe!

This time when he came to Sushun Mansion to raid the house, the last thing Xiao Ran wanted to see was this kind of thing.If the estimate is correct, there should not be any valuable treasures in it, and nine out of ten, it is the letters between Sushun and his party in private!If so.So too many people are involved in this coup d'état. When the political situation is unstable, it is likely to cause people to feel insecure and cause major incidents.

Sushun's downfall, apart from his confidantes like Lan Qingzhuo, there is no need to prosecute the rest of the party members, this is the proposition set by Prince Gong.But this is left to Concubine Yi.But it seems rather hesitant.The grievances between her and Sushun had begun to emerge when Xianfeng was still there, and it has continued to this day, and it is so deep that it cannot be let go.Especially in the end, Sushun led the eight ministers to openly reject the pick, and issued an order to let the car go.The scene that forced the empress dowagers of the two palaces to finally succumb was still unbearable.

So not to get involved in what Prince Gong said, in her heart, I'm afraid that she won't let this group of people go easily.The reason why he sent his good friend Rong Lu to raid the house with him was not only to give Rong Lu a chance to pocket his own money, but it also had a hidden meaning: if any important evidence was really found in Sushun, it could prove that the Su Party Concubine Yi would never let go of some of the core treason charges.Thinking of this, Xiao Ran couldn't help shivering secretly, it goes without saying how vicious this woman Cixi is.Just killing Sushun is not enough.If there are really some confidential documents and important letters of Sushun hidden in the safe, then Concubine Yi must be determined to kill to the end this time!

Feeling restless, looking at Rong Lu, he didn't seem to know what the safe was. He fiddled with the combination lock for a long time, but he didn't recognize it.Xiao Ran suddenly had a plan in mind, and said: "Brother Rong, these must be Sushun's collection of antiques, they are different from those just now, but they are also very interesting. Send me this thing later, too? "

Although Rong Lu is shrewd, he can't see anything when he looks left and right.

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The guards ransacked the house in a hurry until midnight, and there were still many things that had not been counted.Su Shun was originally the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs and also the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He monopolizes two money banks by himself. It is naturally conceivable how much benefit he has made.Antique calligraphy and paintings are not counted, just the silver bills plus gold, silver and jewelry. According to preliminary estimates, the value should be around 200 million taels!Rong Lu personally checked and divided the money one by one. Half of the money was in the book, and the remaining one million taels, half of which was shared with Xiao Ran.If you add antique calligraphy and paintings, just copying one Sushun, each person will have at least robbed nearly 100 million taels!

The one living opposite is Prince Zheng Duanhua.The aristocrats under the Manchus lived idle all day long, and their greatest hobby was collecting antiques.Every piece of calligraphy and painting in the mansion is precious, just take any of them, they are all famous masters.And Prince Yi Zai went even further than that.His father is Yunxiang, Prince Yixian, who is the most trusted younger brother of Emperor Sejongxian. During his lifetime, he was rewarded very generously. He has accumulated a wealth of collections of antique calligraphy and paintings for several generations. It is the landscape of the Four Kings, there are still some that have not been framed."It's a pity that the property accumulated in several lifetimes has been moved overnight, and only one Rong Lu and one Xiao Ran are cheaper.

After all, he was thinking about the safe, so Xiao Ran began to be a little absent-minded.It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the three mansions were copied. Princes Yi and Zheng confiscated a total of more than 170 million property.Rong Lu took care of Xiao Ran's share and ordered someone to send it to Tongran Hall.Then the two went straight back to the palace to return to their orders.As the commander of the guards, Rong Lu could not directly visit the two palaces. According to the rules, he had to report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Xiao Ran briefly explained the situation of the house raid to the Queen, and slipped out of the Ci'an Palace on the pretext of not sleeping all night.Before he could close his eyes, he took Baolu and rushed out of the palace, hired a sedan chair, and rushed directly to Tongran Hall in Hongmenzi Hutong.

In the past two days, there was a lot of noise in the street, they were all talking about the emperor's return to Luan, Yu Lai had already heard about it, and was thinking about going to the palace to see Xiao Ran.At this time, seeing him coming first, he was overjoyed and hugged him.Xiao Ran was pressed for time, so he didn't care to talk to him, so he immediately asked: "Have those things from the palace guards been delivered yet? Take me to see them!"

The things have been delivered and piled up in the warehouse.Yu Lai was still wondering where her brother-in-law got so many strange things from.Xiao Ran didn't have time to explain, he picked out the safe to have a look, but encountered another difficulty.The key must be in Sushun's place, and he didn't know the password, so he couldn't open it for a while.Baolu came up with an idea at the side, saying: "There is one in the Empress Dowager's Kunning Palace. Once I lost the key, it was a business in the south of the old city, and a foreigner opened it inside." How about we ask him to try?"

Xiao Ran was overjoyed, and quickly asked Baolu to invite the foreign devil.Baolu has always been extremely efficient in handling affairs, and he came back within an hour, and he brought back a blond foreign devil.He took off a large bunch of keys from his waist, tried them one by one, and put his ear on the dial from time to time, carefully turning and listening.Before a stick of incense came, the safe was actually opened. Xiao Ran hurriedly looked inside, and immediately yelled: "It's so dangerous!"

Sure enough, there was no treasure in it, just stacks of letters, after taking out only two or three letters, Xiao Ran knew that this time he was really lucky!The letters in it are indeed some speeches about the current situation and government affairs. Although most of them are in argot, but when connected with current affairs, it is not difficult to see that the reverse signs between the lines are obvious.Among them were Chen En, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, governors such as Jiangnan Luo Bingzhang and Lao Chongguang, and the so-called "Six Men of Sumen" Wang Kaiyun, Li Shourong, Yan Xian, Huang Hanxian, Zheng Mizhi, Deng Baozhi, etc. The cultural relics officials involved were almost Nearly a hundred!

If these secret letters fall into the hands of Concubine Yi, it will be considered intolerable, and if they really have to be investigated, then there will be a great prison that is difficult to deal with.At this time when the foreign troubles have just disappeared and the internal strife has not yet settled, it is enough to shake the foundation of the country!According to Sushun's charges, death is already inevitable, adding these things is just implicating others.Xiao Ran immediately asked someone to put them over the brazier, and wanted to burn these letters.Suddenly a thought flashed in my mind: This thing fell into my hands, must it be burned?

Concubine Yi, as long as she finds an excuse to cover up, forgive her for not daring to do anything to me.As for these secret letters, they are the authority of a group of ministers, and now they are in my hands, and they are just for my use!Threat people with this thing, grow a few heads, dare to submit obediently?

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After a quick calculation, he handed over all the letters to Yulai, and asked him to store them in the wall that he built secretly during the repair, so that he could read them carefully later.His naturally cautious character moved him extra, and he stuffed some discarded paper accounts into the safe, burned it to ashes, then locked it again, set the big iron box on fire and burned it once. , The paint on the surface of the burnt box was cracked.At this time, it was time for Shen to arrive, and suddenly there was a chaotic sound of horseshoes outside, followed by a chaotic voice of people, a burly man broke in and shouted: "Brother Xiao, is Brother Xiao here!"

"Brother Rong!" Xiao Ran pretended to be surprised and went forward, "Brother is counting the money with the door closed, which gust of wind brought you here? It's better to meet you by chance than to invite you. Come, come, brother, let's go today Have a good drink or two!"

"Drink it later! It's not going to happen today." Rong Lu grabbed his hand and said, "My good brother, what about the safe? The Empress Dowager ordered it to be delivered to the palace!"

"Safe box? Oh, so that thing is called a safe?" Xiao Ran suddenly realized with a smile and said, "No wonder you can't open it no matter what, it seems that this thing is really safe!"

"You didn't open it? That's great!" Rong Lu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "Hurry up, the queen mother is waiting for it, and she is urgently urging it. Hurry up and give it to my brother so that I can take it back to the palace and return to my life."

Looking at him like that, he must have been held back by Concubine Yi just now.Xiao Ran secretly laughed, and immediately asked someone to bring the safe.By this time it had been burnt beyond recognition and the paint had peeled off.Rong Lu was so strange that he stretched out his hand to touch it, and suddenly he let out a loud cry, and jumped up, his palms were already blistered.Xiao Ran exclaimed in surprise: "Oh, I can't touch it. It's burning!" Rong Lu had already put his hand to his mouth and blew and licked it, tears of pain came out.

"Hey, what's going on here?" Rong Lu asked anxiously.

"I forgot to tell big brother," Xiao Ran said with an innocent face, "This guy really can't be opened, as a last resort, brother burned it with fire..."

"Ah?!" Rong Lu was stunned for a long time, then sighed, "It's over. It's over! Brother, you have made my brother suffer!"

"Why, is it possible that this is a bank note? House deed? Calligraphy and painting?"

Rong Lu couldn't laugh or cry, he shook his head and said, "What! The Empress Dowager ordered that the things here are very important. I don't know if I can keep it alive after burning it like this! Oh, I hope it's all right!"

In desperation, he asked his guards to lift the safe and transport it into the palace.Xiao Ran was dazzled with joy.I said in my heart that Laozi is simply a prophet, and he is really not ordinary smart!

After chatting with Yulai about family affairs for a long time, it seems that this kid still doesn't know about Lin Qing'er, and his brother-in-law and brother-in-law called him very kindly.Xiao Ran felt a little guilty, and said flatteringly: "I haven't seen your sister for a while, right? I'll ask someone to bring her to Beijing tomorrow. Now everything is over, and we will be together as a family in the future You don't have to worry about it all day long."

While talking, suddenly a young eunuch from the palace came and passed word that the empress ordered Xiao Ran to attend her.Xiao Ran knew that the Queen had something to discuss with him, so he hurriedly left the Tongran Hall, and went back to the palace with Baolu.At this time the queen was fidgeting and sighing unceasingly, Xiao Ran ordered other eunuchs and maids to go down.Said: "What's wrong with you?"

"You said..." The queen hesitated to speak, hesitated for a long time before saying: "Sushun has returned to the capital and has been imprisoned in the clan's mansion. But, after all, he is the Minister of Gu Ming appointed by Emperor Daxing Zhu Bi. Are we... really going to kill his head?"

The queen's mood at this time was indeed very complicated.It's impossible for Sushun not to overthrow him, but now that the eight ministers of Gu Ming have collapsed, she really can't decide whether it is really necessary to be killed.On the one hand, this hesitation came from the pressure of Sushun's remaining party, especially the powerful governors in Jiangnan. On the other hand, it also made her feel guilty towards Xianfeng.After all, Xianfeng's death was directly related to her, and now she killed the important minister he ordered, which made her feel more guilty.

Of course Xiao Ran could understand her current mood. After pondering for a while, he said: "If you beat a snake, you won't die, but you will suffer from it. Su Shun is domineering and domineering, which is obvious to all. If you don't kill him, everything will be unpredictable when he makes a comeback. .Besides, the overthrow of the ancestral system this time must have a purpose. If Sushun is not killed, how will he explain it to the people of the world?"

This sentence was like enlightenment, and the queen also understood that the arrow was on the string and had to be fired.With a sigh, he bowed his head and remained silent.Xiao Ran embraced her in his arms, and said: "In the current Qing Dynasty, you are the queen mother and the ruler. It is indeed a blessing for all people to rule the world with leniency and benevolence. But kindness is also limited and selective. Blind kindness is If you become weak, only the combination of kindness and power is the real way to control. Sister, I know that you have always been generous, but now you are shouldering the burden of a country.

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The queen was silent for a while, and said: "You are right. A woman's benevolence is not worth it. Don't worry, young man, I know what to do." After a pause, she continued: "But this time to overthrow Gu The culprits of ordering the eight ministers are only Sushun, Zaiyuan, and Duanhua, and the others are at most just followers. Concubine Yi advocates beheading all eight, and I think it is inappropriate to do so. For example, the six foreheads By the way, he has always been honest and honest. I don’t think it’s necessary to knock them all down at once. After all, the current situation is unstable and the killings are too heavy. It will only cause panic among people, and other accidents will happen if they are not kept together. Do you think this is the case? reason?"

These words are really insightful.Xiao Ran couldn't help being a little surprised, he held her face and looked left and right.The queen couldn't help but shyly said: "I'm talking to you seriously for a while, why is there such a face again, I don't have a straight face!"

Xiao Ran laughed loudly, and said: "I'm so happy! I never thought that my good sister would finally have such insight. She is really a different person from the former you. People say that you should look at each other with admiration for three days, and it really is. .”

The empress was originally a smart person. During this period of time, she was exposed to government affairs and caught up with this turmoil. She really made rapid progress, and gradually gained her own views on some things.This really made Xiao Ran feel gratified.After all, in the future, at least for a period of time in the future, she will still be the mother of the country to formulate plans for governing and rejuvenating the country.Only by letting her grow and mature as soon as possible, can she completely get rid of Concubine Yi - this sinister and vicious woman!

After some discussion, it was decided to give Jing Shou, Du Han and the other six people a lighter sentence. Except for Jing Shou, all of them would be dismissed and exiled into the army.Mu Yin was relatively unlucky, because he served in the military aircraft for the longest time, so he was sentenced to the heaviest, and he was sent far away to Xinjiang.

Jing Shou has always been honest and honest, this is obvious to all.Moreover, he was originally a minister of the imperial court, in charge of the imperial forest army, and had a good reputation among the guards.The empress sentenced him to be dismissed and remain a nobleman, but he still retained the rank attached to him. This approach is more admirable, and at the same time, it is also conducive to soothing people's hearts.

Sushun, Zaiyuan and Duanhua must be killed, but how to kill them is also a lot of attention.According to the crime of disobedience, it is to be executed by Ling Chi. After all, the empress is soft-hearted, thinking that killing people is nothing more than nodding, beheading is fine, why bother to suffer that crime?The result that Xiao Ran wanted was to hang up Su Zhongtang, and it didn't make much difference whether it was Ling Chi or beheading.

After all, Zaiyuan and Duanhua are iron hat kings. According to the principle of negotiating relatives and nobles, it is not appropriate to be tied to Caishikou after all, so they decided to commit suicide.The next day, Prince Gong led a group of ministers to discuss the matter, and under the auspices of the Queen, the matter was settled in this way.Of course, many people felt that the sentence was a bit light, and Concubine Yi even winked at King Gong frequently.Yi made up his mind, how could he dare to refute, pretending not to see, Concubine Yi was helpless.

The candidates for the Minister of Military Aircraft have also been finalized. There are still six people, three full and three Han, and the leader is naturally Prince Gong Yiyuan.All of these were caused by You Yidu's confidants, but neither Xiao Ran nor the queen interfered.One reason is that the details of the courtiers' workers are not clear after all, and the other reason is that there are only advantages and no disadvantages in doing so.Because Yi holds it firmly in his palm, the more solid his foundation is, the more stable his control over the court will be.

A new regime began to officially operate.The first thing is to bring the three of Sushun to justice.This matter must be cut quickly, and things will change if it is too late.On this day, when the execution was scheduled, Xiao Ran received Yi's decree early and came to the clan mansion.Originally, he was reluctant to participate in this kind of supervision and beheading. After all, he didn't have that kind of SM tendency, but he had to be there today, because Sushun and the others saw the catastrophe looming, and it was hard not to bite like a mad dog.Although Prince Gong's arrangement in the clan's mansion was all his confidantes, Sushun was bound to Caishikou.If on the road, facing the sea of ​​people, he yelled: "Xiao Ran is a fake eunuch", wouldn't it be very fucking?

After thinking about it, I didn't come up with a good idea.Baolu gave him a trick, either cut off Sushun's tongue first, or stuffed walnuts in his mouth, but neither of these would work.Because no matter whether he cut his tongue or stuffed something, the ordinary people who watched the excitement would see it, and they would definitely think that he was deliberately sealed, which would inevitably lead to many nonsensical rumors and speculations.Xiao Ran couldn't help feeling a little resentful, if he could take ten or eight ecstasy pills at this time, everything would be fine.While shaking his head and hilariously, while stabbing the knife, this idea should be considered more creative, right?

The yamen of the People's Mansion faces east and west, and the courtyard is not very spacious, and the light that is built with green bricks around it rarely shines in, and it is almost impossible to see the sun.So from a distance, there is naturally a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere invisible.

The royal family of the Manchu Qing Dynasty made mistakes, and instead of issuing imperial edicts to prison, they were usually dealt with by family law, and they were all imprisoned in this high wall.After hundreds of years, I don't know how many people have suffered from the torment and torture here. It seems that some kind of grievances have really accumulated, making this isolated courtyard more gloomy and scary.In the dilapidated house, extremely thick moss grew on the brick floor, and dark red spots faintly appeared on the gray-black walls. At first glance, one would think it was the blood spattered by torture.

This morning besides Xiao Ran, Prince Rui Renshou who was in charge of beheading, Shangshu Miansen of the Ministry of Justice, and Zai Ling, the right servant, also arrived early this morning. They were a little nervous to kill two kings and one prime minister within a day.They all knew Xiao Ran's identity, so when they saw him, they greeted him politely first.Renshou said: "Deputy Manager Xiao, today's errand is really a bit tricky. Can you help us think of a way, as long as the heads of Su Liu and the three landed smoothly, everyone will be happy, right?"

Mian Sen and Zai Ling also looked at Xiao Ran and agreed repeatedly.Xiao Ran said: "Well, let me go in and take a look first. After all, I had some dealings with them when I was in the palace. If you can persuade them, it will be more convenient for you guys to do it."

"Okay, that's a good relationship!" Renshou was overjoyed, and hurriedly passed on the news of the ancestral mansion to bring Xiao Ran to meet the prisoner.That mansion is a third-rank official, who works in the clan's mansion.Not only are their methods ruthless, but they are also used to playing tricks on the wind. They are brothers and friends when nothing happens. Once someone commits a crime, they will be punished immediately, hoping to trample him forever.So this guy met Xiao Ran.Nodding and bowing, with a flattering expression on his face, he personally led Xiao Ran to a small house with twists and turns.After locking the door, I opened the door and walked in. The four walls inside were bare, mottled and filthy.The ground is covered with thatch.The two people above were lying on their backs, looking devastated, they were Zaiyuan and Duanhua.

Ever since they broke into the clan mansion, the two have been locked together.In terms of seniority, the two are still Sejong's clan relatives, so they really became brothers and sisters at this time!Xiao Ran lowered his hands to say hello first, and said with a smile: "The two princes are auspicious, and this servant is here to congratulate you two!"

Duanhua got up from the grass when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "What's the matter? Did the queen mother show mercy?" Zaiyuan suddenly softened into a puddle of mud.Shaking uncontrollably, his face turned pale, and he murmured: "It's over, it's over! This is to see us off...on our way..."