every spring [comprehensive]

Mingzhu thought of the sentence Kangxi said just now "everyone has his own account", and was even more panicked and couldn't help shivering.There are many people's affairs here, all of which implicate me.Xu Qianxue was entrusted by Mingzhu to directly intervene in the Nanwei scientific examination, and the top few winners were also instructed by his Mingzhu. This, how can this happen.

Xiong Cilu bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, I also think that there are many officials involved in this matter, and the situation is very complicated. It should be investigated carefully, handed over to the Ministry for discussion, and punished according to the law, so as to prevent such incidents from happening again. "This examiner was recommended by Xiong Cilu, but that person was recommended by Mingzhu. If the emperor really wanted to make a big deal smaller, and beheaded two examiners to appease the anger of Jiangnan scholars, then this recommender The scapegoat for people's disadvantages will be borne by him, Xiong Cilu.

Kangxi's face was ashen, and he didn't answer, but he walked to the case, picked up a memorial, glanced at it, and handed it to Mingzhu: "Hmph, you are now the minister of the guards, and you can't absolve yourself of the blame for what happened. Take a look at this. This is the memorial of the joint complaint filed by the scholars in Jiangnan. Since they learned about the Confucianism, Jiangnan’s anti-Confucian talents have become much more peaceful, and no one dared to scold the public. But Zuo Taixing, How dare you openly accept bribes and sell officials, tarnish my reputation and ruin my great career!"

Mingzhu is guilty of being a thief now, how could he see it in, he took the memorial with trembling hands, and said: "Please appease the emperor, slave..." But Kangxi shouted sharply: "Read!"

"Yes. Yes." Mingzhu kowtowed her head in agreement, and began to read tremblingly.

This is an exposing post, which was written jointly by hundreds of Jiangnan scholars.There is a large list in the middle, which records in detail how much money a certain person bribed a certain examiner, and which rank he won.A certain person is the nephew of a certain high-ranking official, who was selected... I don't know where they got the news, but each item is written in such detail that it makes people want to pretend to stay out of it.Moreover, the officials involved in this post are all named and even listed with their official positions, and there is no vague concept at all.There was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials present, with the resumes of the officials of various ministries in his mind, until the one mentioned above was good.

Mingzhu was terrified when she read it, and all the ministers were out of their wits when they heard it. On this list, some are their former students, some are their close friends, some are their relatives and nephews, and some even walk through their connections, or fight against others. Their flag!

The emperor really blames it, who can run away!

After Mingzhu finished reading, the hall was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop.The ministers were all terrified.

Kangxi said slowly with a sullen face: "You have all heard that an imperial examination case has involved how lawless the officials have become! Since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, those scholars in the south of the Yangtze River who did not obey discipline often said that I was a 'hu captive' ', 'Yi Di', and 'Central Plains Lu Chen'! This time, the court case has aroused public anger and produced extremely bad effects. If it is not handled strictly, it will not be enough to block the hearts of the people in the world. If the court does not come up with something Strict measures are used, how can we establish a law in the future! So don't blame me for not giving you extra-judicial tolerance."

Jianning didn't pay much attention to how the situation in the court was changing, but even if he didn't pay attention, he could still hear some rumors. The emperor's big moves in the court have made everyone in the court feel insecure, so even some people in the garden It means people are nervous.

Since Kangxi began to work in Changchun Garden, he moved the princes' homework to Changchun Garden. The Qing Dynasty stipulated that after the princes who were six years old began to study and go to school, they had to leave their mothers and live in elder brother's house. Kangxi directly let The underage boys live in the garden and study in Wuyi Zhai.This is convenient for him to spot-check his homework at any time, otherwise, if he puts them all in the palace, without mentioning others, ten princes who don't like to study will be able to skip class every day.

This day the crown prince came into the garden to see Jianning, he did not come alone, with a little radish head behind him, it was Yinxiang, the thirteenth elder brother who had just entered school at the age of six.

Seeing the child's appearance, Jianning couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter, you're so disgraced?"

Thinking of the lawsuits of these restless younger brothers, the prince couldn't help but sigh: "Auntie, Xiao Shisan won't go to class this afternoon, I still have things to deal with, can you let him stay with you for an afternoon?"

Jian Ning said: "Of course there is no problem, what happened to him? It seems that he was bullied by someone?" Who dares to lift a finger for the prince and grandson?

The prince said: "It's not that group of little overlords like old nine and ten, haha ​​beads are actually more delicate than brothers, but I have already taught them a lesson, and I don't plan to complain in front of Huang Ama again, and I don't plan to make things big. But Xiao Shisan may not be suitable for practicing riding and archery in the afternoon, so I want to bring him to my aunt, I don't know if I will disturb my aunt."

Jianning: "It's okay, just let him here, and he can accompany me to relieve boredom."

Yinfeng curled his lips and said: "It's all because of Yinfeng's badness, which made my aunt feel bored. When I'm done with work for a while, I will definitely come to accompany you every day. I'm afraid that my aunt will bother me when the time comes."

Jianning smiled dotingly: "How could it be! By the way, lunch time is coming. I didn't know you would come, so I didn't cook in advance. Wait a minute, I will make two of your favorite side dishes by myself Bar."

The prince was sent by the emperor again recently, and he couldn't let his studies fall, so he was so busy every day that he didn't even have time to eat lunch. The queue was already full in the afternoon, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "No, this one It's very good. I can eat it, this is made by my aunt, next time you will make it delicious for me!"

The prince ate a few pieces of snacks made by Jianning, drank another bowl of hot goat milk, and left in a hurry.

The thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang has seen the prince who is usually cold and cold from the beginning to the end, and entering the imperial aunt's bedroom is as comfortable as entering his own home. He is a little envious. Yinxiang's mother and concubine were born in Mongolian nobles, but passed away. It’s so early, I still have some sympathy for the prince who died with the same mother, but seeing how he is at ease with the emperor’s aunt, it can be seen that there are people in this world who love him very much besides the deceased queen, so in this world The prince here is not at all like the prince who usually demands perfection in everything in front of them.

Yinxiang is only six years old, no matter how precocious the children in the palace are, they are not good at hiding their emotions at this age, and they look at Jianning eagerly.

In the last life, she had a lot of contact with this thirteenth master, and received a lot of favors from him and Fujin, and respected him very much.Facing him as a child, Jianning didn't know how to get along with him anymore.

Seeing the way he looked over, Jianning thought he wanted to eat the cakes on the table too, but she was too embarrassed to do it.So he gently pushed over and said: "Yinxiang, do you want to eat? But you can only eat one piece, and you will have lunch soon. If you eat too many dim sum, you will not be able to eat well."

Yinxiang nodded obediently, "I know, aunt, my mother used to tell me that too." Yinxiang has a bold personality, open and close, if he is not stubborn, he will not be with the domineering Lao Jiu and the others By the way, on the way here just now, he was very reluctant and was dragged here by the prince. Now that the prince has left, he is not in a hurry to leave.

His address was naturally taken as the same by the crown prince. When other elder brothers saw Jianning, they would respectfully address him as the emperor's aunt.

So Jianning asked someone to heat half a bowl of goat's milk for him. Yin Xiang couldn't help squinting his eyes satisfied while eating the snack, thinking that this snack is really delicious, no wonder the prince regards it as a meal!It is soft and waxy, not particularly sweet, but it makes people want to eat it all the time.But he kept his promise and ate only one piece.

Jianning arranged for Yinxiang to have lunch here, knowing that he had had a fight and exhausted a lot of energy, so he let him rest and take a nap.

When he woke up, he found that the sun had already set, only the afterglow filled the earth, and the pavilions and palaces were covered with the warm yellow golden light of the afterglow.

Yinxiang ran to the courtyard and saw Jianning was painting in the courtyard. What he painted was the Xishan Pavilion in the sunset. I don’t know where so many bright oil paints came from. It was like putting the real scene into the canvas Generally, after her artistic treatment, the picture will only be more beautiful, and the setting sun in the distance reflects the mountains, and the scene of the rays of the sun tilting the mountains is too real, which makes Yinxiang have the urge to go out and have a look.

Yin Xiang was stunned by a painting, and when Kangxi walked in, he saw this scene and couldn't help laughing: "Xiao Shisan, what are you looking at, you can stuff eggs into your open mouth!"

"My son, please greet Emperor Ama!"

Kangxi waved his hand: "Well, it's free." He walked to Yinxiang's place, saw the painting under the sunset, couldn't help being startled, and said, "This is it?"

Jianning said: "This is the Western painting method that Bai Jin and I learned. He gave me a lot of ink to achieve this effect."

Kangxi nodded, and said with emotion: "Sure enough, it is a Western painting. They have sent this kind of painting before, but none of them are as good as yours."

Jian Ning smiled and said, "The emperor's brother loves the house and the crow, so compare it with other foreigners' paintings. Of course you think my painting is good."

Jianning brought Kangxi into the room, turned his head and winked quietly at Yinxiang, Yinxiang was very smart, without her needing to say more, he understood that he should slip away as soon as possible.Otherwise, when Huang Ama asked why he ran to Huang Aunt's place instead of taking riding and archery lessons, he couldn't explain it.

Jianning also knew clearly that with Kangxi's temper, even if Yinxiang was the one who was bullied, he would be reprimanded if he knew that he played truant and missed classes.

From that day on, Xiao Yinxiang often came to Jianning. Children are very sensitive to other people's emotions. Whether others like him or hate him, they often have very accurate judgments. He knows that Jianning's aunt is very welcome. he comes.Either have some snacks here, or have an afternoon tea, sometimes simply accompany Jianning to finish the meal, and sometimes bring the fourth elder brother who is close to him.

Kangxi naturally discovered this son's little action, no matter whether it was in the palace or Changchun Garden, on the emperor's territory, how could there be things that he didn't know about.Once Kangxi and Jianning half-jokingly said: "Yinxiang likes you so much, and you two hit it off again, why don't I adopt Yinxiang to you?"

Jianning quickly declined, saying: "He is the beloved son of the emperor's brother, how can he be adopted easily, and I don't need someone to inherit the family business and title, what's the use of having an adoptive heir, the emperor's brother should not destroy it He has a bright future."

There is still a big difference between being the thirteenth prince and being the son of a princess. Firstly, Jianning never thought about adopting a child to support her in the elderly. Secondly, he really didn’t want to change the status quo of the little thirteenth. .

Starting from the fraud case in the examination room, coupled with the verified rumors and rumors, a large number of officials have been dismissed from the court, including many core members of the Pearl Party and the Suo'etu Party.Mingzhu is the most powerful one among them.No one would have thought that the bright face with boundless scenery and overwhelming power would fall as soon as he said it!All the ministers and workers in the world are even more frightened by the emperor's heavenly power, and they have to fully support the subsequent policy of canceling donations and being an official in the whole country, whether they want to or not.

Kangxi decreed to stop accepting donations, and instead, the provinces, prefectures, and counties recommended talents with real talents to the imperial court, and they had to be evaluated before being hired, so as to suppress the habit of bribery among officials.

The only thing that made Kangxi happy was that Suo'etu and Zhou Peigong lived up to their prestige and successfully signed a border treaty with the Russians, which established the northern border of the Qing Dynasty.After so many years of wrangling and fighting, the old Russians were finally driven out of China!

After Zhou Peigong and Suo'etu came back, they were received grandly by Kangxi, and even personally took the officials of the fourth rank and above out of the Meridian Gate to greet them.

Zhou Peigong also negotiated a mutual trade treaty with the Russians, and signed a large order directly in the hands of the negotiating envoy, regardless of the existence of tea, porcelain, silk, etc., which are luxury goods for Westerners, and only trade in cement , You can make a net profit of 10 taels of gold every year.Kangxi also strengthened Zhou Peigong for the sake of an increasingly full treasury.

When he arrived at Suo'etu, Kangxi saved him face and summoned him to speak alone.On the way back, Suo'etu already knew about the great changes in Beijing - not only his old rival Mingzhu had fallen, but also Suo'etu's own party was running out, and what was left was mediocrity. generation.Decades of management have been in vain, and Suo'etu's heart is bleeding!This is similar to how Princess Jianning killed Ge Li with a single sword - he lost his important right-hand man.But before he knew that he still had someone available, but now, even if the emperor doesn't deal with him, he has become a bare-bones commander, and he can no longer make any big waves!

Kangxi called Suo'etu in, gave him a tall pile of papers, and said, "Don't think that if Mingzhu collapses, you will be fine. These are all for impeaching you! Take it back and take a good look at it, corruption and bribery , widely plant party members, obey the law and violate the law, and act lawlessly! You have done all these bad things after being an official for so many years, you really deserved your life!"

Suo'etu hurriedly said: "These impeachments are true or false, please the emperor to investigate clearly!"

Kangxi said angrily: "What is true and false! As long as one of them is true, you are unpardonable!"

Suo'etu could only bow his head and say, "Yes, I am guilty! I am asking the emperor to grant me a crime."

Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Suo'etu! Your father, Suoi, made great contributions to the establishment of the Qing Dynasty and the great honor of establishing the country! I still remember that before he died, he left two wills, one for the Qing Dynasty. My one, let me be a holy king forever, one is for you, so that you will be loyal to me forever! But what about you? You indulge lawlessness, don't think about serving the country, and fight openly and secretly with Mingzhu all day long, making the whole court restless!"

Suo'etu knelt on the ground and regretted, "It's a slave who is sorry for my late father!"

Kangxi said with all his heart, "Suo'etu, I made your daughter the queen and your grandson the prince, what are you not satisfied with? What do you really want?"

Suo'etu burst into tears. "It's the servant who failed the emperor's love! I woke up in the middle of the night and often thought, stop fighting with Mingzhu, let's take a step back..."

Kangxi stood up and said: "Is this a matter between you and Mingzhu? This is a party struggle! Do you understand the way of subjugation!"

Suo'etu cried: "The servant is really confused!"

Kangxi had restrained his emotions at this time, and said: "You are confused, but don't put all the blame on Mingzhu, he is him, and you are you!"

Suo'etu was beaten by the emperor, how could he not know that after Mingzhu, he will be the next to fall!The emperor will not let him off so many sins!Just like what the emperor said, if only one thing is verified, it is enough for him to fall!

After Suo'etu returned home, he thought about it and couldn't sleep at night.At this time, the only one who can get him a hand is the crown prince!But thinking about it now, it's a good thing that the prince is not close to him.As Mingzhu and elder brother walked so close before, I am afraid that others would not know that they are relatives. Now that Mingzhu has fallen, elder brother is also unlucky.

However, Suo'etu didn't care about implicating the prince at this time. In order to have a chance for himself, he had no choice but to beg the prince brazenly!If there were other methods, he didn't want to use this trick either.After all, if the crown prince really angered the emperor, it would be equivalent to pulling out his salary from the bottom of the pot, taking away his biggest reliance on Suo'etu!Suo'etu, who was tossing and turning, thought of another person, and suddenly sat up!

So on the second day, Suo'etu waited outside Changchun Garden early in the morning, and hurried in after the garden opened. This time he was not going to see the emperor, but the third princess.

Jianning did not avoid it, but said strangely: "Master Suo, why are you here? You are exhausted, and the emperor asked you to rest in the mansion, why did you appear here?"

Suo'etu knelt down with a plop, "Third Princess, please save the old minister! For the sake of the crown prince, please save me too!"

Jian Ning said: "Master Suo, what is the meaning of this? I don't understand. Are you afraid that the emperor's brother will punish you? What did you do wrong? Before you do things you shouldn't do, you should know that such a day will come." Bar?"

Suo'etu said: "The old minister has been doing business for the emperor for so many years. He has devoted himself to death. Although there are occasional mistakes, the old minister has no credit and hard work. The old minister wants to ask the third princess for help. I ask the emperor to show mercy and let it go. This time, old minister, from now on, this old minister must change his ways, do a good job for the emperor, and do his duty faithfully!"

He doesn't want to become like Mingzhu, Mingzhu has been ganged up to the end now, and his house has been ransacked, and everyone around him has run away, leaving him alone.Normally, Suo'etu would not forget to add insult to injury, but now that he is in danger, he doesn't even have the mood to watch Mingzhu.

Jian Ning said: "The prince breaks the law, and he is guilty of the same crime as the common people. Although Lord Suo is a relative of the emperor, he is no bigger than the law of the country. How the emperor wants to deal with you will be done in accordance with the law. It will surely convince the Lord Suo who has been punished." !"

Suo'etu said: "Princess, if the old minister is really finished, the prince will also be greatly affected. The third princess loves the prince the most, and you don't want to see the prince's position being unstable!"

Jianning felt angry, if Suo'etu didn't mention the prince, she would be more talkative, but the prince is obviously a good child, but he was burdened a lot by his grandfather. I can't get rid of my muddy ideas, and I'm afraid the road ahead will be even more difficult!

"You still dare to mention the prince! After so many years, don't you understand that you will only be a disservice to the prince, and will only become his burden. The prince has a Huang Ama who loves him, and teaches him to walk upright and sit upright Master, if you are really doing it for his own good, I would advise you today that you will be doing the crown prince the greatest favor by quitting the court!"

Suo'etu's face was flushed red. He knew that it would not be so easy to impress Princess Jianning, so he still had second-hand preparations. He looked at the palace people on both sides of the hall and said, "Can the third princess retire?" My servant, the old minister has something to say to the third princess alone."

Jianning said: "Master Suo, if you have something to say, just say it. I have nothing to say to others, and the people in my palace are naturally trustworthy. Lord Suo can rest assured that no matter what you say here today, It will not be passed on.”

Seeing that he insisted on this, Suo'etu didn't insist anymore, and she would bear the consequences. It's not like he didn't remind him, and said: "The third princess, remember that you lost something important in the eighth year of Kangxi. thing?"

In the eighth year of Kangxi, it was the time when Oboi was the most rampant. It was more than 20 years ago. Jianning didn't think that Suo'etu would play tricks, but because of the long time, he really couldn't remember: "I never lost what."

Suo'etu said confidently: "The old minister reminds you, do you still have your identity jade pendant?"

When he said this, Jianning remembered that Oboi wanted to kill three loyal ministers who opposed him to establish his prestige, and it was to destroy Kangxi's confidence in wanting to be in charge of the government. Go crazy.Jianning was also angry that Oboi was so rampant, so Mao Shiba, a martial artist who happened to be in the palace at that time, took the jade pendant out of the palace to rob the court, rescued those adults, and handed the jade pendant to them Let them hide their names for the time being, and wait until Oboi's downfall before returning, and the jade pendant will be used as a proof of returning to the court in the future.

Who knows that there was no news of the three people after they were rescued, and the jade pendant was also missing. I don't know if Mao Shiba didn't fulfill her order to deliver the jade pendant, or if something happened to the three ministers. Jianning didn't care about this at first.

But Suo'etu actually knew about this, there might be something hidden in it!