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209 Heshen's Death (2)

After returning to the palace for many days, the emperor kept his eyebrows unrestrained. The people around him didn't know what was going on. They thought he was not safe in the dragon body, but only Jingyu was by his side for many years. She heard this from beginning to end. She understood that he was worried about how to deal with it. But even though she understood, the court had regulations, and such a major event was not something that a woman could make a suggestion. She had to think of other ways to relieve him. "Your Majesty, the story you told the slave last time has not been finished yet?"

"Huh?" the emperor was absent-minded, "What did you say?"

"It was the matter between Heshen during the reign of Emperor Gao?"

"Ah, this matter?" The emperor smiled bitterly, "Jingyu, wait for the future?"

"The New Year will begin in a few days, and you will be busy again by then. I dare not bother the emperor about such a thing. Why don't you take advantage of the present?"

Hearing her soft begging, the emperor knew that she was talking to him intentionally and did not let him think too much about his worries. He couldn't bear to refute her kindness and nodded and smiled, "Okay, where did we talk about it last time?"

"Last time you said that Emperor Rui was going to recruit Master Zhu to Beijing. "《》》()"

"Oh, yes-."

Zhu Gui was the teacher of Yongyan when he was a prince. His junior brother had a very good friendship. On the fifteenth prince, Prince Jia, and then succeeded to the throne. At that time, Fu Kang'an, the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, and Sun Shiyi, the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion, were vacant one after another. The Supreme Emperor decided to transfer Zhu Gui to the capital. He must have come to the cabinet to serve as a minister. This is naturally the emperor who inherited the emperor, so he did not dare to ask for help. He was happy for a moment and wanted to write a poem to congratulate the teacher.

Unexpectedly, the poem was just finished and before he could send it out, Heshen found out, and filed a lawsuit in front of the Supreme Emperor, and it was carried out openly, "The emperor wanted to please the master. Before the imperial edict was issued, the secret would be leaked first." The evidence was the poem.

The Supreme Emperor was very concerned about the mastery of power, because he, who was familiar with the Twenty-Four Histories, knew very well how painful it was to be a Supreme Emperor who was "Tai'a's Contradictory" because of the stories of Emperor Suzong of Tang, Emperor Gaozong of Song, and Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he believed that the successor Emperor was preparing to start seizing power, which was simply a rebellious person.

Jingyu didn't dare to disturb him at first, but at this moment he finally couldn't help it, "Emperor, what poem makes the Supreme Emperor so angry? But there are many taboo words?"

"If you look at it carefully, this poem is really bad." The emperor raised his head and recalled for a moment, "No. I can't remember so carefully. I can still remember a few of the sentences, which were all very disobedient in the taboo of the Supreme Emperor. It was written like this. Although the Holy Lord was in his seventies, he was in his sixties. This was to compare Zhu Gui with the Supreme Emperor, which was disrespectful. The next sentence was to provide important responsibilities for officials and to serve famous talents. This sentence was to promise the ministers with important responsibilities. It was to be usurped. Next is to pray for a long time, like a bush and a river. This sentence is to be ritualistic."

Jingyu stuck out his tongue in surprise, "So many sins!"

The emperor smiled unanimously. He continued to tell, "The Supreme Emperor summoned the Military Minister who met with his classmates and told Dong Gao, the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, you have been in the Ministry of Justice for many years. How do you say this in the "Law of the Qing Dynasty"?"

Dong Gao was shocked. How could the Supreme Emperor use criminal law to measure the actions of the heir emperor? After thinking for a while, he replied, "The Holy Lord has no words."

This was accusing the Emperor of the Supreme People in person for his mistakes. Everyone was panicked and they all sweated coldly for Dong Gao. However, the Emperor of the Supreme People was the King of the King after all. After all, he pondered for a while and nodded and said, "You are the minister of the country. Please provide me with the successor emperor."

Having said that, the Supreme Emperor was still very wary. Not only did he not invite Zhu Gui to Beijing, but he transferred him to Anhui as governor. When the emperor learned about this, he naturally became more careful and was particularly polite to Heshen. {/Uploaded and updated by book friends} The profound meaning of it was that Dai Quheng was a bystander, so he hurriedly advised, "It seems that it is not appropriate to summon Master Zhu to Beijing."

"Why?"

"I'm just afraid of alerting the snake."

The emperor thought about it carefully and suddenly realized that he temporarily suppressed this matter.

On the night of the second day of the first lunar month, relatives and military ministers lived in the palace. Yongxuan, Yongyan and Yonglin were all in the study of the Ganqing Palace, sleeping all night, sitting quietly around the fire, waiting to see the emperor off.

Shortly after dawn, the eunuch of Yangxin Hall came to report that the Emperor's great service was about to arrive, so everyone rushed into the Emperor's Palace. Yunbu, the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, stood on the steps and waved his hand, signaling to silence. When he let his feet lightly, he entered the Dongguan Pavilion. He saw that the Emperor had been helped up, with a large stack of brocade quilts placed behind him, and two eunuchs on both sides were supported. Shang Yi and Jia Boxiong knelt in front of the collapse, and the emperor stood behind him. Hearing the sound, he turned around, but saw a tear mark on his face.

Everyone knelt down and saw Shang Yi, who had been taking pulses, suddenly turned around and said to Jia Boxiong, "Shining fragrance."

He took a lit incense of thread, and Shang Yi held it to the emperor's nose. The incense of thread was bright and dark, showing a faint breath. With such a cup of tea, Shang Yi handed the incense of thread to Jia Boxiong, turned his head to look at the golden bell on the red sandalwood tea table, turned his knees and turned around, kneeled in front of the emperor and said, "The Supreme Emperor has returned to heaven."

After crying loudly, Heshen stepped forward more and more, "Please ask the emperor to mourn for a while. The great affairs of the Supreme Emperor are important, and we also ask the emperor to preside over the major affairs!"

Then the Minister of the Interior Department, Sheng Zhu, who was in charge of the keys, held a hot towel and handed it to the emperor, and replied in a low voice, "Please move the emperor to the front hall so that the concubines can come and mourn."

"No, I'll go to the study room, and Yilu is also located there."

Whenever there is a national mourning, the successor emperor will not live in the main hall. According to the ancient saying of "Ling Lu, sleeping on the ground and slept on the ground" in the Book of Rites, he summoned the ministers in the study room, without setting up a throne, and lay a bamboo mat on the carpet and sat. "The slave has already told the Imperial Heavenly Prison that he has chosen the small retention at noon, Shenke will be the big retention at the Hall of Yangxin, and the big retention at the Ganqing Palace." Heshen said, "The Prime Minister's funeral staff, the slave has prepared a list and asked the emperor to read it."

"You read it."

The list Heshen planned was headed by Prince Rui Chunying, including Prince Cheng Yongyan, Prince Yi County Yongxuan, Grand Secretary of Dongge, Minister of Revenue Fu Chang'an, Li Shang Deming, Acting Soldiers Shang Qinggui, Xing Shang Dong Gao, Gong Shang Peng Yuanrui, Sheng Zhu He Yunbu, Minister of the Office of the Office of the Interior.

The emperor heard that the grandparents under the prince included Wang Jie but Heshen. I don’t know why. If I think about it seriously, I realized that Heshen is retreating to advance! "Why don’t you add your name?"

"I am suffering from eye disease because the Supreme Emperor died. I cried too much, and my eyes were blurred and I missed the great affairs of the Supreme Emperor. How dare I not do anything to do? There is a list on it."

"It's good to have it. Put the list in the mourning edict, and there is no need to issue another edict." Then, the emperor gave a few more instructions, waved his hand to let everyone retreat, and each became busy.

As early as the 38th year of Qianlong, after the Emperor of the Supreme Emperor secretly established the throne, he managed his funeral for himself. The coffin of the bones had coffins and coffins, and they were made of best nanmu. The outside of the coffin was covered with gold foil, so it was also called a gold coffin; the coffin in the coffin was called a coffin, and the production was more particular. The vermilion carved lacquer was made with swastika patterns as the bottom, and the characters of Yangwen and Fan, which were about inch in diameter. Peony patterns were carved around it, and the same was the same as the characters of the Queen Mother and the Queen's Citizen. The difference was that the characters of Fanwen were negative.

Because I was prepared for a long time, although it only took half a day to concentrate from childhood to large, it was orderly and smoothly. While building the coffin, the emperor cried loudly. At the same time, he also had to comfort the emperor Yu Qiandi, Concubine Wangui and others who were eighty-two years old. In fact, as Heshen said, "Happy Mourning", concubines, princess, grandsons, princesses, etc., only cried for a while when they were dancing, and soon cried. The only exception was the ten squares - Princess Gulun and Xiao.

The Ten Grades were born in the 40th year of Qianlong and the sixty-five years. Before her, she was the seventeenth son of the Emperor Yonglin, who was born in the 29th year. After eleven years, she got another daughter. It was normal for human beings to have the "minimal pity" and not to mention the Ten Grades ** lovely people, which was the most loved by Qianlong.

Moreover, Shige's temperament was very suitable for his father. He had been fond of martial arts since he was a child and dressed up as a man. Since he was ten years old, he often followed the emperor to hunt together in Mulan autumn hunting. He wore a special and small military uniform and rode on the fruit horses selected from the stables, that is, the horses, and looked at him, which made the emperor very proud and often said to her, "It's a pity that you are a girl, otherwise I will definitely pass the throne to you."

By the 54th year of Qianlong's reign, Shi Ge surrendered to Heshen's family and married Heshen's son Fengshen Yinde. The Supreme Emperor specially ordered him to be named Princess Hexiao, and added a first-class guard. This set a precedent that had not been seen since Shunzhi. It turned out that only the daughter of the central palace, that is, the queen, could be named Princess Gulun, and the other concubines should only be named Princess Heshuo.

Thinking of the relationship between father and daughter and the friendship between the king and the subject, it is no wonder that the ten squares cry endlessly. But in addition to these reasons, there is one more thing that makes people feel that the road ahead is vast and full of unpredictable crises.

It turned out that shortly after she got married to Fengshen Yinde, his three brothers Yongyan, Yongyan and Yonglin were respectively awarded Prince Cheng, Prince Jia and Beile. One day, the three brothers chatted together and speculated who would succeed the throne in the future. Yonglin said, "The magical artifact is precious, how dare you covet it? I just hope that Heshen's house can be given to me in the future, and that's enough."

This is what is said outside, and everyone knows that Heshen will have a great disaster in the future! When the Supreme Emperor is here, it is natural that it is fine. Once the iceberg falls, the princess thinks that there will be a disaster in her family. Why can she not cry? The more others persuade her, the more she cries.

Instead, the emperor saw that the little sister was in his heart, and came over to hold her hand and said, "Little sister, don't be sad. Although the emperor has gone, everyone will understand that the emperor loves you, just like the emperor's time when he was alive."

This went to the princess' heart. She knelt down and touched her head and said, "The Emperor is fulfilling it." Then she stopped her tears.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Jiaqing, who had just taken power, issued an order, which was as follows: "After the Emperor's examination and imperial examination, they all issued edicts to seek words. If both listen to them, they will be clear, and if they listen to them in a partial way, they will be in a bad way. If only one or two people say, even if they are in a position of the public, they will not be able to fully understand the affairs of the world, and not necessarily in a position of the public." For this reason, "I have said that all the nine ministers who have the responsibility for reporting the matter will be secretly reported in the administration of the people and all matters will be sealed and secretly reported."

The change of dynasty and the successor emperor issued an edict to ask for advice. This is nothing new, but this copy comes from Wu Shengqin, the left censor, and the eight words "Jiuqing Kedao" and "People Administrative" are added with a red pen, which is a bit unusual.

Wu Shengqin and his younger brother Wu Shenglan were both lackeys under Heshen's disciples. Wu Shenglan was the general proofreading of the "Siku Quanshu" because of Heshen. Later, he was promoted to the Imperial College Priest and the Minister of Rites; Wu Shengqin became the left censor, stylist, and slander for him.

This time, the emperor sent someone to send an edict to the emperor and the eight characters of Jiuqing Kedao and the administrative characters of the people. It was obvious that it was implying that Jiuqing Kedao, and might as well launch an attack on the ministers who controlled the government.

Heshen was not afraid. His relationship with the emperor was not bad. With Princess Gulun, there would be no major disaster. For example, on that day, the list of the funeral officials deliberately missed his name. Didn’t the emperor point it out immediately? It can be seen that the emperor had no intention of deposing himself, but he would probably not be able to take over the power as before.

However, Heshen completely miscalculated the form. On the fifth day of the first lunar month, someone submitted a memorial on the sixth day of the first lunar month. One was named Wang Niansun and the other was Guangxing, the ministers of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice, both of whom were of great origin. The former was the son of Wang Anguo, the Minister of Personnel. He wrote articles at the age of eight and finished reading the Thirteen Classics at the age of ten, and was praised as a child prodigy. In the forty years of Qianlong's reign, he was well-educated and highly valued by Qianlong.

In his memorial, he did not impeach Heshen, but reported the "six matters of suppressing the thieves". However, the first one was to blame Heshen, and he arbitrarily suppressed the emperor in various military reports, which made the bandits in Sichuan and Chu so rampant - and this view was exactly the same as the emperor.

The other is Guangxing, who is the youngest son of Grand Secretary Gao Jin, who is the nephew of Emperor Huixian Concubine Gao Jia. Although he is a bannerman, his writing is very good. In addition to Heshen, his entrustment also impeached Grand Secretary Su Linga, Minister of Rites Wu Shenglan, Minister of War Li Huang, Minister of War Li Guangyun, Minister of Taipu Temple Li Guangyun. These are all Heshen's party. In the entrustment, Heshen set up a hall and a tunnel in his tomb in Jizhou, which the local people called "Heling".

Heshen felt something was wrong, but the clues of the inner court were cut off. The eunuchs in the Yangxin Palace and the Qianqing Palace had changed their staff and had no way to inquire about the news. But what he could do was to masturbate was that if these two people were ginseng, the crime would definitely be not light. If the emperor did not commit his own crime, he would have to search the property. He would have to recruit the Minister of Justice and the Infantry Commander's Office and make an explanation in person; but the officials of the two yamen had never entered the palace.

What he didn't know was that Jiaqing would deal with Heshen completely as housework, and only discussed with three people, namely Prince Yi, Prince Cheng, and the emperor's son-in-law, the new prince of the Korqin County who was walking in front of the emperor, named Sotnamdobuqi.

The four monarch and ministers agreed that Prince Yi and Prince Cheng would be arrested. At the same time, Zhu Bi secretly issued two secret instructions, one for the Minister of Justice Dong Gao, and the other for Prince Ding Mianen, who manages the infantry commander's office. After a day of his subordinates, Heshen had just arrived at the Military Affairs Office on the eighth day of the first lunar month, Sula came to report, "Prince Yi arrived."

The relatives rarely come to the Military Affairs Office. This matter seems a bit abrupt. Heshen didn't know how to deal with it. A guard had already lifted the curtain. Prince Yi walked in and asked, "Where is the blessing of Chang'an?"

Fu Chang'an, who was sitting inside, agreed, "Here."

"There is an imperial edict." As Prince Yi walked to the middle of the house and stood in the south. This was a formal declaration, and everyone in the house knelt down to the north.

So Prince Yi unveiled the edict and read aloud, "The Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue Heshen, Minister of Revenue Fu Chang'an, was very serious in love, and was immediately dismissed and handed over to the Ministry of Justice. Prince Yi Yongxuan, Prince Cheng Yongheng, Grand Secretary Wang Jie, Liu Yong, former Grand Secretary Dong Gao, Minister of Justice Qinggui, Minister of War Qinggui, Minister of War, and the Minister of War, were jointly reviewed and reported the crimes, and I am honored!"

After the imperial edict was announced, he would still have to "thank you" as usual, but Heshen and Fu Chang'an, who were so desperate, wanted to get this? Naturally, Prince Yi would not care about them, and only made a gesture to the four Ganqingmen guards he brought, and Guan Zi left first.

From the death of Qianlong to the arrest and imprisonment of Heshen, in just five days, no one has been more likely than Heshen’s powerful ministers in the history of the Qing Dynasty. (To be continued...)


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