Dressed as Su Peisheng

The first year of Yongzheng

The thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Prince Lian's Mansion

Yinzhen came to see the eighth elder brother, and he had to say that Ye Tianshi's medical skills were really good. Liu Huai's thirteen ghost needles failed to cure his madness, but when he came to Ye Tianshi's place, he gradually stabilized.

Although Eighth Prince's personality has changed, he still doesn't have frequent headaches and can't sleep peacefully at night.

"Now our imperial brother has become cruel. The household department has lost 800 million taels in one fell swoop, and the local government treasuries are still hiding it. Huang Ama left early, leaving an empty shelf for our imperial brother."

Yinzhen looked rather gloating.

The eighth elder brother is lying on the soft couch. He has always been called to work in the cabinet for the past few days. Recently, he has taken the position of Minister of the Lifan Academy, and even the work of the Ministry of Industry has always fallen on his head. I don’t know who the above is Is it true that I am so relieved for him, or I am planning to exhaust him to death.

"It's not easy for him to issue eleven decrees in a row. Once he takes the throne, he doesn't worry about causing complaints from all the officials."

"Hey, what is there to complain about? Since ancient times, the Tao is one foot tall and the devil is ten feet high. It's nothing more than an edict. It's not a day or two that the whole world obeys the law and violates the law. What can he do?"

Brother Ba shook his head, took a sip from the tea bowl on the Kang table, and frowned.

"What's the matter, starling, do you have a headache again?"

"No," Eighth Brother drank half a cup of tea, and put down the teacup, "Fu Jin was afraid that I would drink regular tea that would have antidote properties, so he specially took care of the bitter tea that Ye Tianshi wanted, it tastes very astringent."

The corners of Yinzhen's mouth twitched, but she smiled, "Sister-in-law Ba is really infatuated with brother-in-law. During the days when you were sick, it was thanks to sister-in-law Ba, a woman's family, who supported her inside and outside the house."

The eighth elder brother didn't speak, but his eyebrows and eyes were slightly lowered, "I heard that Yinqi left Qinghai?"

"No, I was just about to tell my starling about this," Yinzhen suppressed his voice, "Yinzhen left Mulu Wusu, and was supposed to go back to Beijing directly, but who knows what he thought, suddenly turned Went to Sichuan? Right now, I met Nian Gengyao."

"Nian Gengyao..."

The eighth elder brother tapped lightly on the couch, "I'm afraid Yinti's place is unreliable, we have to find a way elsewhere."

"My lord, Lord Orondai, please see me!"

Eunuch Rong Ping's voice came from outside the door, a little anxious, and Erlun Dai walked in regardless of the notification from his servants.

"My lord, my ninth lord."

"Why are you so impatient?" Yinzhen asked.

"The news just came from the palace that the emperor was furious because of Li Xu's request to scout Wang Xiude for Wang Xiude. He decreed that Li Xu should be abolished as an official, and Li Xu's position in Suzhou weaving should be dismissed!"

"What?" Yinzhen stood up vigorously, "Li Xu is Huang Ama's favorite, how dare he?"

"What's not to dare?"

The eighth elder brother smiled solemnly, "Don't forget again, Huang Ama has passed away, and now he is the ninth five!"

Only three days after the eleven edicts were promulgated, Lord Yongzheng made a move against the Cao and Li families who had been favored by the Kangxi Dynasty for a while.

Li Xu is now very old, and when he was censored because of a deficit, Lord Kangxi specially opened the back door and asked him to supervise the patrol salt to make up for the debt.

Cao and Li are relatives by marriage. Lord Kangxi made five tours to the south and lived in Cao Yin's mansion four times.After Cao Yin's death, Li Xuzuo asked Cao Yin's son Cao Yong to succeed him as Jiangning weaving and to supervise the salt affairs.After Cao Yong's death, Cao Fu, Cao Yin's heir, was asked to continue to take over the post of weaving in Jiangning, so he insisted on keeping the status and wealth of the two families in Jiangnan.

This time, Lord Yongzheng attacked the Li family, took away the officials and resigned, ordered the local governor to strictly investigate the money and food he owed, and arrested Li Xu's son, all the people in his family, as well as the cronies of Li Xu's yamen.At the same time, order the local governor to find out his family property, shop, money lending bank, etc., and all accounts will be reported separately.

This move, it goes without saying, is planning to raid the house.

As for the Cao family, Lord Yongzheng did not kill them all, but ordered him to make up the owed money quickly.

However, in the past, because of the care of Lord Kangxi, it was allowed to use the Lianghuai salt class to compensate for the deficit of Jiangning weaving.But this time when the Li Xu case happened, the Cao family not only lost the help of the Lianghuai Salt Department, but also had to return the more than 8 taels they received from the Salt Administration in previous years.Coupled with the unpaid debts before, it is also an unaffordable hole.

the sixteenth day of the first lunar month,

Wailang Ertai, a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, waited at the gate of the palace early in the morning. He was appointed by Lord Yongzheng as the deputy chief examiner of the Yunnan Provincial Examination.

In time for the court meeting, many ministers were waiting at the gate of the palace. Ertai originally thought that he would go around to greet him, but everyone seemed to be silent.

"Master Ertai?"

When Ertai was in a daze, a person suddenly walked beside him.

Ertai took a closer look, and hurriedly saluted, "Master Shangshu."

"Hey, it doesn't have to be like this," Zhang Tingyu helped Ertai up, smiling very amiably, "Your Excellency behaves well, no wonder Long Live Lord appreciates you so much."

"Hey, my lord praises you, Xiaosheng is just a Langguan, and he only has a relationship with the Long Live Lord."

"A one-time relationship is enough. I believe that the adults will not disappoint the grace."

"That's natural," Ertai said sincerely.

Zhang Tingyu smiled, and raised his head at Ertai, "Is it strange, my lord, why the courtiers are still so dull outside the palace?"

Ertai nodded, "Master Shangshu please enlighten me."

"Long live God has been enthroned for less than a month, and he issued an order to rule the officials and deal with the veterans of the former court. Originally, it was a fluke, thinking that the new dynasty would be unstable, and it was necessary to inherit the old system. At this time, we are panicked. We as human beings My minister, I used to wear shackles on business for the emperor, but now that the shackles have been removed for a long time, many people have forgotten it. Naturally, I am not used to putting them on again."

Ertai felt something in his heart, and his eyes brightened a lot.

"Long Live Lord has just been enthroned, and he doesn't have much patience to wait for these people to get used to it. Therefore, Lord Ertai, for example, is what Long Live Lord will rely on in the future. You must see your feet clearly, and don't just make mistakes."

Ertai shuddered, looked back at Zhang Tingyu, and bowed his hands, "Thank you, Lord Shangshu, for your guidance. Ertai will live up to the emperor's expectations!"

Noon, Hall of Mental Cultivation

Prince Yi came to see Lord Yongzheng, who was eating alone.

"Eunuch Su seems to be very busy these days," Yinxiang was greeted by Master Yongzheng to sit down and have dinner with him.

"He always likes to run outside the palace, I will let him, and let people follow carefully."

"Eunuch Su doesn't know about the will, does he?"

Master Yongzheng shook his head, "I can't tell him."

Prince Yi didn't ask why, but silently lowered his head to eat.

The two of them were eating, and they reported to Mr. Zhang Tingyu to see him.

"Exactly, add a pair of chopsticks!"

Zhang Tingyu entered the Xinuang Pavilion, pushed and pushed, thanked and thanked, and followed him to eat the imperial meal of porridge and side dishes.

After lunch, the emperor moved to Dongnuange.

"Long Live Lord," Zhang Tingyu is now the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and his performances are basically the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. "Now that the new year has passed, it's time for the masters of the harem to take their positions. The Ministry of Rites has to prepare in advance for the queen's canonization ceremony."

Prince Yi, who was sitting on the soft couch and helping to turn over the chapter, paused when he heard this, and quickly raised his head to look at Lord Long Live.

Long Live Lord is still calm, with a calm expression, "The funeral of Huang Ama has not yet passed, and the war in Tibet has not yet been settled, so there is no rush for the canonization. Anyway, they are living in the harem, and now they are calm."

"This……"

Zhang Tingyu was a little worried, "Long live Lord, you should think about it. The harem also affects the former dynasty. The latter is the mother of a country, and it should be settled as soon as possible to stabilize the hearts of the people."

"The common people plant spring and harvest autumn, and their own lives are too busy. How can they have so much time to care about who is the concubine and who is the queen?"

"Your Majesty, what you say is unreasonable. You are the Son of Heaven, and the affairs of the Son of Heaven concern all the people. How can the common people not care?"

Lord Yongzheng frowned, and the veins on his forehead twitched. Prince Yi, who had been watching from the sidelines, hurriedly said, "The emperor has too many things to do at the moment. As a last resort, there is no way to make the harem wait for a while. Anyway, wait The war in Tibet is over, let's talk about it when the Lord Long Live is free."

Zhang Tingyu wanted to persuade him again, but Prince Yi secretly shook his head at him.

"Yes, I know about it," Zhang Tingyu lowered his head, "However, Long Live Lord has just ascended the throne, and there are not many people in the harem. Is this about the draft?"

Prince Yi's throat itched and he coughed, Zhang Tingyu looked at him again.

"Huang Ama's funeral has not yet passed, how can I have the heart to draft?"

Long Live Lord put down the pen and said with a snap, "Why are you so wordy today? Do you have anything serious to do? Go out if you have nothing to do!"

Zhang Tingyu was rarely reprimanded by the Long Live Lord, but today he was really at a loss.

"Yes, I know my mistake, I will resign."

Beijing, Wenfeng Pavilion

Su Wei was settling accounts in his firm, when suddenly someone sent a message saying that an old friend wanted to see him, please move to Wenfeng Pavilion.

Su Wei's mind has been in a state of turmoil these past few days, and anything around him can make him think wildly for a long time.It was really strange for him to have an old friend appearing out of nowhere.

Bringing a team of plainclothes guards to Wenfeng Pavilion, the so-called old man had already reserved a box, and was ushered to the door of the box, but it was a maid who opened the door.

"You..." Su Wei looked familiar at this maid, "Aren't you?"

"Shh!"

The servant girl raised her index finger at Su Wei, and pointed to Su Wei inside the room, "My master wants to see you, but his status is inconvenient to go out at will, so he came up with this idea, please help Su Wei."

Su Wei looked around, turned around and said to Bayan, "You guys are waiting outside, they are people I know."

"Huh? But—"

Before Bayan could stop him, Su Wei had already entered the box and closed the door.

The servant girl moved forward to remove the screen, and the person behind the screen stood up abruptly.

"Is it really you? You—"

"Eunuch Su!" Before Su Wei could finish speaking, the woman supported by the maid had already knelt on the ground.

"Oh, Fourteen Fujin, what are you doing? Get up!"

This so-called old man is none other than the Fourteenth Prince's Fujin Wanyan family, and the maid who opened the door just now is her personal maid, Shan Tao.

"I really can't do anything, Eunuch Su..."

As soon as Wan Yan opened his mouth, tears fell, "I hate myself, why did I lose my temper and didn't go with Master Fourteen. If I did, I wouldn't let him leave the camp even if I died."

Su Wei followed with a sigh, and the first time he saw Fourteen Fujin, he knew why the other party came.

"Grandpa Su, the emperor already knows about the fourteenth master leaving his post without authorization." Wanyan was supported by Shantao and sat on a chair, "I heard from Ama that the emperor ordered the fourteenth master to return to Beijing immediately. Hand in all the edicts issued by the former emperor Zhu, and no more than 15 guards will be around. The position of General Fuyuan will be temporarily replaced by Yan Xin. Eunuch Su, can you tell me what the emperor plans? What will happen when the Fourteenth Lord comes back? ?”

Su Wei lowered his head, and also sat on the chair brought by Shantao, "Fu Jin, this slave is just a eunuch, and I really don't know about the affairs of the court. However, the Fourteenth Master really made a big mistake this time. If he goes back to Beijing, you have to persuade him to admit his mistakes honestly, admit his punishment honestly, and don't be provoked by others to become impulsive again."

"Admit the punishment? Is it okay to just accept the punishment?"

Wan Yan seems to have caught something, and regardless of the rules and etiquette, he grabbed Su Wei's cuffs with both hands, "Su Gonggong, you mean, as long as the Fourteenth Master is punished, it will be fine, right? It won't hurt your life, no Would be too punishing, wouldn't it?"

Su Wei raised his head slightly, "Fu Jin, to what extent do you think the punishment is too much?"

"Me?" Wanyan was stunned for a moment, curling her fingers.

"You also know what the fourteenth master originally planned to do when he left his post without authorization this time."

"He won't, he dare not. Eunuch Su, the Fourteenth Master was also watched by you to grow up. Although he has a stubborn temper, stubbornness, and pride, he is different from the current emperor. Brother, they are all different. Eunuch Su, just because you have taken care of him many times over the years, think of a way for him. I really don’t know who to ask, the empress moved to the palace After that, I stayed behind closed doors. My brother and I wanted to get rid of our relationship with our family. After thinking about it, I can only think of you. When the fourteenth master left, if there is anything in the family, It is more useful to find you than to find someone else."

Su Wei's eyes widened a little, why didn't he know when the Fourteenth Master looked at him so highly?

"Fu Jin, the slave can only say that he is thinking of ideas for you, but whether it works or not, the slave will not be able to do it properly."

"Okay! As long as Eunuch Su agrees to help, no matter what the result is, I will be grateful to you, and I will always be grateful to you!"

Coming out of the box, Eunuch Su looked listless.

Bayan's heart hung in his throat, wanting to see who was in that wing, but unfortunately the door was closed tightly again.

"Eunuch Su, who is looking for you?"

As soon as Bayan moved closer to Su Wei, he smelled a scent of powder.

"Yo, is it a woman?"

Grandpa Su turned his head and glared at him, "Yes, our family's confidante, can you take care of me?"