Chapter 122: Become a minister again

On May 23, Yi came to Rehe from Beijing. After a few years, he returned to this place that made him heartbroken. He didn't know what it felt like. He went to the palace gate to hand in a sign for him. The sun was shining brightly and the traffic officers kept flowing, but they all gave ambiguous and inexplicable attention to the man standing at the palace gate.

Yi saw it and felt pain in his heart: this time the emperor suddenly summoned him, and the good fortune and misfortune were still unknown, but in the capital, he had already wanted to use it for the emperor again - especially when Xuan Luo Bingzhang handed over the job of the direct supervisor and entered the temple, he also told him about his own meeting. The meaning contained in this topic was very interesting.

But Yi did not dare to be grateful at all. After eight years of Xianfeng, he was in charge of his own affairs and was cautious in his actions. After the handling of the flag business, the emperor felt a little warming up, and it was not suitable for him and Lao Qi's concubine to enter the palace and ask the queen for the matter of Guiliang, which caused the emperor to be furious. He almost punished the queen internally, and was naturally even more unreasonable to mention the external. The holy family who had originally won a little back turned into flowing water overnight!

After that, I had been living for a long time, and after several years of leisure, I was young, but I felt that the high spirit that had originally been stored in my heart had long gone with the wind. Sometimes I thought about it, I should learn from the old five, and use the morning breeze and the waning moon, and the days of squandering the poem and wine to waste my whole life. It may not be unacceptable!

I was thinking randomly in my heart, and saw a group of people walking slowly from afar. When I got closer, I realized that it was Wen Xiang and the others, "Please pay tribute to the prince."

"Don't dare. Please give up the gift." Yi said with a smile, "Have you seen the emperor?"

"I've seen it. The emperor asked you just now. I said that the emperor would arrive in Beijing and the prince would set off for a few days. He also said that the emperor would not be in a hurry. Just in time, the prince would arrive." Wen Xiang said with a smile, "The emperor is summoning Luo Ruzhai. This reply will not be finished in one or two hours. Prince, please go to Zhilu to speak, right?"

"Hal has arrived at Mr. Xumen?"

Luo Bingzhang arrived one day earlier than Yi. With his long-term territorial status, he entered the central government, but only two ways, either added the title of Grand Secretary and became the Prime Minister; or even entered the Military Affairs Office. For Luo Bingzhang, he naturally hoped to take the second path and be called "Master of the Central Hall" to others. It was indeed the ultimate dream of all enterprising people. However, such things are not something that the ministers can invite, and everything depends on the use of the superiors.

After handing over the sign, the emperor summoned the Military Affairs Office and immediately reported to him. He went into the hall to kneel down and performed the ceremony of the monarch and ministers with three kneelings and nine kowtows. The emperor was polite to the old minister and ordered him to get up and walk to a suitable position, stand and reply, "You are here very quickly. I thought that you will have to wait for a while before you can hand over the errand in office. You will see you when you walk."

"What the emperor said is very. I could not come so quickly. However, since the last winter, on the way to pass the pass, I told you to me that I should prepare the business affairs clearly in normal times. I should understand them carefully. After returning to office, I searched the classics and found that there was a saying in the holy teachings of Emperor Saint Ancestor Ren, 'Stories one or two things are unreasonable today, and one or two things will be more tomorrow. If you are more at ease tomorrow, the more accumulated the future' will be more accumulated. In addition to admiring me, I will be more cautious. Therefore, since the opening of the yamen this year, I will supervise myself every day. No matter how tired I am, I will always prepare all the documents in the province for a day. After so many months, there will be no accumulation of official duties, so I can set off immediately after receiving the order."

"This is great. This is great." The emperor nodded with satisfaction, "This time you are here to see you, because the Military Affairs Office has felt a sense of lack of people recently. I am determined to select you as the one who serves as the ministers and do their duty."

Luo Bingzhang was overjoyed! But for many years in the officialdom, he had already practiced the skill of pretentious things. He was happy, and he did not show any of his face. He respectfully slapped the horse's hooves and bowed down to salute, "The emperor asked me to be loyal, how dare I not do my best to repay me?"

"I met you several times back then, but I have come and gone in a hurry. There has never been a long talk between you and my monarch and minister. I may not know what I am. I might as well tell you in advance so that you can avoid any mistakes in the future. While begging the leader to accept the national laws, I blame me for being harsh in my heart for not being able to punish me."

"I dare not."

"I know you dare not." He said, "What I want to tell you is that I have never believed in the 'nature is good' style that has been passed down for thousands of years, and I don't believe in the words of others. Who can't say beautiful words? Instead of listening to the words they say, I am more willing to observe his actions."

Luo Bingzhang felt a little moved. He had a good relationship with Zeng Guofan. The two often had letters and exchanged letters. When talking about the emperor, Zeng Guofan also told him politely that the emperor was very kind and had two biggest benefits. One was that he was able to accept the words of his ministers. Yuan Jiasan's affairs were a very obvious example; the other was that he was willing to do so and dared to delegate power. The responsibilities of the Ministry of Revenue were the first place in the court. The ministers who managed the Ministry of Revenue all had considerable power from Weng Xincun and Sushun at the beginning of the throne, to Yan Jingming later, and to Du Han now, which did not mean that he would submit all his entrustedness and ignored them. However, daily official duties were decided by the Six Halls of the Ministry of Revenue. If we talk about the emperor's shortcomings, there were two things, the first was greed for money; the second was suspicion.

It’s fine to be greedy for money, but only suspicion is the most troublesome thing for the ministers. This is certainly a common problem of the ancient heroes, but it can easily make the ministers suffer from being at a loss. Because if you do too much, you will inevitably think that you are taking over power; if you do less, you will be ridiculed as a corpse and a place. In the letters Zeng Guofan communicated with him, the emperor seemed to be born with a heart of a disciple of the "Legalist" and never cared about the "loyalty, filial piety, chastity and righteousness" passed down by saints. What he likes more seemed to be restraining his ministers with severe punishments and laws to prevent problems from happening. This is also confirmed by what the emperor said to him today!

The emperor did not know Luo Bingzhang's random thoughts, Guan Zi said, "You have been in foreign affairs for many years, and in political affairs, especially in matters that are hindering the welfare of the people, I think you have a clearer position than Wen Xiang and others. After you enter the quota, I hope you can break the sympathy and give me advice."

"I dare not. I was in Hunan and was in charge of the governor for many years. When I was free in government affairs, I also gathered with the people and gentry. When talking about the emperor, the people's respect and admiration were all false. They all said that since the emperor ascended the throne, they had done many good policies for the people, which was incomparable to ancient sages. And the prosperity of civil and military power surpassed all ancestors..."

The emperor laughed loudly, "It's over, it's over!" He said, "Luo Bingzhang, you should save yourself from these empty-minded words and flatter me, or focus on how to govern. That is the right measure to make me pick up my grace."

After meeting Luo Bingzhang, the emperor and his ministers had been talking for a long time. The emperor gave him a few days off and ordered him to kneel down and leave. Then, he passed on the meeting.

The two brothers have disappeared for many days. Yi lowered his head slightly and walked through Langya, the palace in the summer resort. He was lowering his head and walking forward, listening to the voice in front of him, "Old Liu?"

Yi was shocked and looked up. The emperor was standing not far away, watching him with a smile. He was wearing a croaker crown with ten thousand silk silk garlands, a blue gauze robe, a straight green gauze gown, a gold-inlaid purple string tie around his waist, and a blue satin soap boot. He stood in the open space in front of Ruyizhou Hall, walking towards him.

Yi was stunned and hurriedly fell down, "Brother, please respectfully ask the Emperor for the Holy One."

"Get up, how long has it been since you and I met?"

"Yes, since New Year's Day this year, I will be here to celebrate my wishes and congratulate the emperor..."

"Ah, I remembered it. It's been several months in a flash." The emperor said, "I'm really not very energetic when I stayed in the hall and talked to those people. Let's take a walk with me. Today, I don't care about the monarch and the ministers, but only brothers!"

He spoke like a cannon, which made Yi unable to say anything, so he had to bow and salute, follow him, and walk towards the lake along the direction of Ruyizhou. "Are you safe in Beijing these days?"

"From my brothers' view, everything in the capital is as old as before, the people live in peace, the market is prosperous, and each performs its own businesses. As in previous years, it is always a prosperous scene."

"That's good, that's good." The emperor hesitated a little, as if he didn't know how to speak to him. "I thought about it and let you enter the Military Service." He finally made up his mind and told the words in his heart frankly, "I dare not. What I did back then..."

"It is precisely because of your events back then that you have never forgotten that you have to give you another chance - last year I went out of the pass north and met a man named Hu Damao in the front line army. I think you know this person, right?"

Before he could answer, he said, "Even people like Hu Damao who are ignorant of Ding know shame and courage. They learn from the past and instead contribute to the country with usefulness. Do you and I belong to the Tian Family Xue Yin, who have been taught by many scholars in the study for many years, but they are not as good as him?" He shook his hand and smiled, "There is no such reason in the world!"

"I committed a crime that was really a disrespectful crime. The emperor ignored his past grievances and surrendered his kindness and regained his grace. I... I really don't know how to answer..."

The emperor turned around, looked at him meaningfully, and said slowly, "I occasionally remember the old things recently. Let's talk about Guiliang. Is there no way to forgive? The Jiangning Railway Construction was successfully completed. He also made great contributions from *** and made contributions. Did he have to kill his head just for millions of taels of silver?"

"I wish I forgive you for not agree with the words of the emperor. Although Gui Liang has made contributions, the achievements he has obtained are all due to the emperor's determination to implement the new policy, and he has tried to disagree in the court, and handed over the new railway policy to Gui Liang to coordinate the implementation of the new railway policy. If he says that he has made contributions, he is just to lead the emperor's will as holy as the sky, and build railways in the south of the Yangtze River, and sometimes mixed with some wind and rain." Yi said, "And what Gui Liang does in his office cannot do, and cannot do it. However, Gui Liang not only dares to do it, but also has no scruples. After Yan Jingming arrived in the province, the officer colluded with the upper and lower levels to deceive the angels. In this section alone, the emperor's punishment of the wise canon is the fault he deserves!"

He said, "Therefore, I assisted my Qing Dynasty in a long-term plan, and to seek justice and integrity, the Qing Dynasty's principles and disciplines, Gui Liang must not stop killing!"

"It is indeed beyond my expectations that you can think like this." The emperor turned around and looked at the most talented younger brother. "Lao Liu, I thought about it. Lao Wu asked me to send me outside the pass and handle the obstacles in Lushun, Sakhalin Island and other obstacles, island defense, and you cannot be accompanied by anyone in the court. You should take charge of this matter in front of the imperial court. You must always work with him and manage the navy affairs thoroughly and properly. This matter is related to the safety and fortune of our Qing Dynasty in the next hundreds of decades. You should not be careless at all. Hum?"

"yes."

"Also, Lao Liu, the Navy is a big chess game, and it is not possible to see results in one day. During the process of handling the matter, I will block you and Lao Wu's memorials against and even slandered memorials from Beijing and outside the country, but..." He waved his hand and stopped Yi from saying thank you, "But if you two are not good, and finally make my efforts a pot of paste, I can't spare you."

"My brother understands." Yi knelt on the stone floor by the lake and replied, "My brother must be careful with King Dun and take care of the navy, and I will worry about it."

"Like Luo Bingzhang, you should take a few days off first, and then go to the Military Office to enter the duty station."

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The emperor and his minister turned around and returned to Ruyizhou. Yi knelt down and left. The emperor sat in the warm pavilion in a daze. A few days ago, the queen came to the palace and told herself that since New Year's Day this year, the emperor has successively summoned female Buddhist disciples to the palace to serve, and staged a good show of the world and family spring. It has begun to cause trouble in the court and the country, especially sent people to Jiangnan to go to the beauty pageant. This time, he chose several young nuns who had lost their hair in the temple to come. This was not a serious matter in the emperor's opinion, but it attracted the attention of Concubine Lan.

She was not so arrogant that she thought she could dispel or advise the emperor to act rashly, but what she said was not unreasonable: "If someone outside the capital took this as an opportunity to collect women's contributions to the deep palace as a way to invite favors. In addition to being disturbed, the people have to be tarnished by the emperor's sage virtues, and they must prepare for the future."

Although the words were transferred by the queen, although they did not match the original words, he still understood the approximate meaning and deeply agreed in his heart. Indeed, if the farce of Emperor Zhengde of the former Ming Dynasty went south, how would the people evaluate themselves? For a moment, they were not interested in these three little nuns collected by Cheng Xiang, so they only ordered the palace to give rice and grain monthly, and then put it aside and ignored it.

Sometimes when thinking about these three little nuns’ romantic and handsomeness, I can’t help but feel angry, but when I think of the queen, I feel that I should not lose my big picture because of the small. If I know about it, how do I think of myself?

I didn't want it to be fine, but when I thought of this, I felt even more eager. "I sent an order to serve Yupin and Guipin tonight. In addition, I sent an order to serve Shengping Office in Ruyizhou."

Before Liu Fu went out to preach the imperial edict, he added, "Forget it, let the others come together."

After dinner, the queen and the following were all tidying up and pretending to be in trouble. The emperor smiled, "I'll tell you that today is to talk to you and my husband and I. I will take you to the clouds to watch the show."

Yunpin was the Ziyun girl from Tianjin back then, and Guipin was Liu Qingqing on the Qinhuai River in Jiangning. After entering the palace, she regarded it as a noble person. Later, after entering the palace for Yang Guiren, she lost her support and suffered a lot. The two girls were moved by their background and pity for her, so they often ordered people to visit and take care of the Changchun Palace where Yang Guiren lived. Later, when the emperor found out, he felt that he was called "Pin".

The emperor summoned the two girls into the palace. After the initial freshness passed, he had not turned over the signs of the two of them for a long time. This time, the sudden order came, and according to the emperor's intention, it was actually a trick of two horses and two horses? Yunpin and Guipin were dissatisfied with the emperor's favor because others had disparaged the emperor's favor. However, after many years of entering the palace, they knew that their temper was the most impossible to allow such a jealous situation in the harem, so they each squeezed out a smile and knelt down to thank him.

A cloud is Ruyizhou, and the stage built by the water is there. But the place where the emperor is lucky at this moment is on the south bank. When he arrives, it is exactly when the moon rises to the east mountain. The clear toad light reflects the lake reflecting willows, which is very quiet. The emperor specifically instructed not to see any lights, so the eunuchs rushed to the nearby house and sent an order to turn off the lights. Naturally, the palace lanterns illuminated in front of the emperor were also extinguished.

After a brief break, Su Shun brought An Fu, the eunuch in charge of the Shengping Administration, and several of the emperor's favorite inner court worshippers, such as Mei Qiaoling, Zhu Lianfen, Shen Zhiqiu, Sun Caizhu, Chen Lanxian, Yang Mingyu, etc., and worked as a doctor in Rehe during the Jiaqing period. Qian Sifu, Fei Ruisheng, Chen Jincui and others, who were specializing in singing music in Yujin, came to kowtow to the emperor to pay tribute, and then presented a play to the note and requested a play.

"I'll hear something special today," the emperor turned around and looked around, "Sifan. Have you heard of it?"

The two girls laughed everywhere, "I heard of the slaves in "Sifan" when they were wandering around in the world, but they never heard of them in this palace?"

"Look, it's very interesting."

After clicking the play, the backstage began to become busy. "Sifan" was originally a one-fold in "The Legend of the Sea of ​​Nei" and later separated out separately to become a play. Moreover, this play is not a one-fold, but a whole book. This is because the play itself is relatively short, and there is another advantage: this play can be regarded as a "dirty joke". The little nun in it is full of charm and charming. If it is only half-sing, it is not enough to make the viewer satisfy his desire. Therefore, as long as you click this play, it will always be sung from beginning to end.

After waiting for a while, the gong sounded, and the emperor, who was sitting on the throne, stopped talking to the concubines, stared at the stage with concentration, and sat on the stage, singing in Kunqu Opera, which was not as lively as playing randomly, nor as easy to solve as playing randomly, but the character who was acting was Mei Qiaoling. He was wearing a paddy field suit, holding a whisk in his hand, pretending to be a little nun. His face was lightly swept, applied rouge thinly, and made the corners of his eyebrows, making the meaning of infinite spring. Of course, he was an irregular little nun.

The emperor was very interested in seeing it, but the queen disagreed and kept muttering softly: "Sin, sin!" And she often kept her eyes closed, but she couldn't hold back for a long time and was reluctant to look at it, so she still opened her eyes wide open.

After this, the emperor gave the reward and Mei Qiaoling immediately went to the audience to thank him. Next, the emperor ordered another play: "Night Run". Both plays ordered tonight are very skillful. The so-called men are afraid of running at night, and women are afraid of Sifan.

The person who plays Lin Chong is Tan Jinfu, who is only fifteen or sixteen years old. He is wearing a new outfit and is extremely handsome. He sings while singing while acting like a little gong flute. He is clean and neat and delicate.
Chapter completed!