A Chronicle of the Growth of the General Manager in the Qing Dynasty

Perhaps because he felt the stiffness of the person in his arms, Fourth Master finally came back to his senses. He turned his head and looked at Su Wen who was expressing all kinds of entangled thoughts on his face. Su Wen's elm head has finally opened up, knowing that he is different from him, and what worries him is whether Su Wen can accept it. Although Fourth Master has strong self-confidence in him, once he meets him, People who really care don't have the confidence.

When Su Wen came back to his senses, he realized that the fourth master was still holding his hand, but he hadn't practiced calligraphy. He didn't know what to do. Should he act as if he didn't know, or secretly refuse, or just be so muddled? live on?

Standing in front of the desk, both of them were lost in thought, but their bodies were not separated, and even their hands were still intertwined. It was just pity for Su Peisheng who was trying to be invisible on the side. Su Peisheng originally kept his head down. Checking the dust on his shoes, he suddenly felt the silence in the study, so he couldn't hold back the gossip in his heart, quietly raised his head and took a quick glance.

After this glance, Su Peisheng was relieved. Both the master and Su Wen were distracted, so he raised his head and looked carefully for a while, always feeling that something was wrong. The previous Su Wen didn't pay attention to the master's actions. Yes, they all accept it with peace of mind. Su Peisheng admires Su Wen very much in this regard. Even he, who has served his master for many years, does not have such a strong mental endurance.

It's just that it's different today. Judging from the change of various emotions on Su Wen's face, it seems that there is a feeling of distress and fear. At this time, the master is also in distress. Su Peisheng once again feels that he is really old, and has begun to understand their thoughts less and less.

The day ended with Su Wen's escape and fourth master letting out the cold air. Neither of them said a word, but it was Su Peisheng's suffering. For the next few days, he was always entangled between the two of them. .

In September, the brigade rushed back to the capital, and returned to the capital at the end of September. Although Kangxi was not in good health after running around, he still dealt with the government affairs on time. Hui, Longkodo and others inspected the warehouse, and the capital also entered an extremely sensitive state.

Fourth Master already understood Huang Ama's intentions when he got this task. Although he was very happy, he also realized that Huang Ama's body was about to fail, so he suppressed this excitement.

Long Kedo has been hiding the line since he contacted the fourth master before, and no one knows that he is already a member of the fourth master. This is also the first time that Su Wen has followed the fourth master to handle such a huge errand.

The storage locations are scattered around Tongzhou and the capital, and it is very cumbersome to investigate, but because of worrying about Kangxi's health, Fourth Master didn't take a good rest and was immersed in work all day long.

There are a total of 370 six warehouses in the west, middle and south of Tongzhou. Except for those that have already been distributed, there are 460 villages in the other warehouses and the Lutun in the courtyard. Less than 45% of the rice that has changed color over time has been paid in half. After many calculations and investigations, the Lord went to Kangxi, and believed that the unreduced price should be sold, so that the new rice can be brought into the village.The capital needs a lot of rice, so another warehouse should be built under the city wall of the capital.

Before receiving Kangxi's reply in time, he went back to Jingshi to survey the warehouse. Jingshi's warehouse survey is more complicated than Tongzhou's. Siye, Honghui, Longkodo and others calculated separately. After staying for nearly half a month, I finally got detailed results in November.

There are eight warehouses in Haiyun in Beijing, and one warehouse in Benyu in Qinghe, with a total of 560 square meters, and a total of fifteen square meters in the courtyard.Except for the good rice released in autumn, there are not many discolored rice left.When Si Ye returned to Kangxi, he thought that Mishi's distribution should be carried out in the same way as Tongzhou.Another warehouse was built from Chaoyangmen to Dongzhimen.

After Siye met Kangxi, his mood became worse again, just because Kangxi's health was about to die. On the ninth day of November, because of Kangxi's illness, he ordered Siye to preside over the Southern Suburb Sacrifice. This order is It hit everyone's heart thoroughly, and everyone was wondering if Kangxi had decided to pass the throne to the fourth master?

In the past few days of the sacrifice, the fourth master has been fasting, and has been sending guards and eunuchs to Changchun Garden to pay respects to Kangxi. Su Peisheng is on the list, but Su Wen's heart is heavy now. He knows that Kangxi It's really about to die, the life of this great emperor is coming to an end.

On the thirteenth day, Kangxi sent an order, ordering the fourth master to rush to Changchun Garden immediately. Kangxi was about to die. When the fourth master stood up, his body shook slightly, and his whole body was in a state of anxiety. Before it was too late to replace them, they rushed out, and Su Wen followed closely behind.

When the fourth master arrived, the third son of the emperor, Prince Cheng Yinzhi, the seventh son of the emperor, Yinyou of Chunjun, the eighth son of the emperor, Belle Yinhu, the ninth son of the emperor, Beizi Yinyu, the tenth son of the emperor, Yinyu of Dunjun, and the twelfth son of the emperor, Beizi Yinxuan , the emperor's thirteenth son Yinxiang, the emperor's fourteenth son Belle Yinzhen, and the Lifan Academy Shangshu Longkodo all waited beside the imperial couch. The fourth master only glanced at everyone hurriedly before kneeling down.

Kangxi suddenly became energetic now, but everyone's hearts sank. Thinking of the word "return to the light", Kangxi looked at the sons kneeling in front of him, one by one, and finally stopped on the fourth master. Everyone has noticed that there is more or less emotion on their faces.

At this time, Kangxi said: "The fourth son of the emperor, Yinzhen, has a noble character, and he is deeply inferior to me. He will be able to inherit the great order. If he succeeds me to the throne, he will be the emperor."

As soon as the words came out, the fourth master let go of the stone in his heart, but the eighth elder brother held his hands tightly, and then let go after a long time, and exhaled lightly. The tenth elder brother and the eighth elder brother looked at the eighth elder brother worriedly, but the fourteenth elder brother glared angrily, and at this moment Kangxi passed away.

Before everyone could react, the thirteenth elder brother knelt down with Longkodo and others and said, "See the emperor!" As soon as the words came out, the other elder brothers also knelt down one by one, but at this time nine Elder Brother stood up and shouted: "Obviously Huang Ama is talking about passing the throne to Fourteen."

Brother Ninth would be fine if he didn't shout, once he yelled, Brother Ten would join in the fun, Brother Fourteen would stand in front of Fourth Master without saying a word when he saw someone supporting him, just staring at Fourth Master, Before the fourth master could speak, Zhang Tingyu stepped forward with the decree and announced that the fourth master was the heir, and this decree was not like what was said in the unofficial history, it was written in Manchurian, Mongolian and Chinese. No room for change is possible.

So at this moment, even the eighth elder brother knelt down, the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother also knelt down after seeing it, only the fourth master and the fourteenth elder brother were left standing there in the whole room, and the fourth master said a word He didn't say anything and just looked at Fourteen. After a while, Brother Fourteen knelt down and saluted with grief and indignation.

That night, Kangxi's body was returned from the Changchun Garden to the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City under the strict protection of the Kangxi princes, Li Fan Yuan Shangshu, and the infantry commander Long Kedo. The door, Longkodo personally arranged the security of the capital.

The tenth elder brother looked at the lonely eighth elder brother and said, "Mynah, forget it, we all failed."

The eighth prince said: "Don't worry, I already knew this result, but I still felt a little uncomfortable when I heard Huang Ama's last decree, but thinking about it carefully, in fact, Huang Ama should have done it a long time ago. I value the fourth brother, otherwise it would be impossible to entrust him with important tasks frequently, I have fallen into a magic barrier."

The tenth elder brother let go of the stone in his heart when he heard the eighth elder brother, and said to the ninth elder brother: "Ninth elder brother, how could you talk nonsense at that time, it is obvious that Huang Ama passed the throne to the fourth elder brother. But you call white things black, isn't that courting death?"

Brother Nine smiled and said: "I did it on purpose, you should still remember that the incident of mynah's death of an eagle, the last information we found was planned by Fourteen, who has been with Mynah since he was a child. Those around him, how many things my starling has helped him with, otherwise he would have fallen out of favor because of his impulsive personality, but as for him, at the most critical moment, he stabbed my starling in the back, causing mynah to end up like this. "

Thinking of this, Elder Brother Ten felt sad and indignant and said: "Since you also despise him, why did you help him so much before, even when Shisi went to the Northwest, you gave him a lot of help, and now you are so helpless? recommended him?"

The eighth elder brother on the one side smiled, and only the old ten was left among them, and the ninth elder brother said helplessly: "At that time, it was the meaning of the eighth elder brother who supported the fourteenth. After all, the eighth elder brother had no hope. Although ten Fourth brother betrayed starling, but he is still in our camp. If he is in the top position, he is better than fourth brother, but he does not have that life after all. In the end, a good opportunity to build military exploits was given to others. What a waste My money?"

When the tenth elder brother heard the ninth elder brother talk about it for a long time and felt sorry for his own money, his face showed disapproval, and he only felt that his ninth elder brother really got into the money hole.

Brother Nine went on to say: "Today, when passing on the decree, everyone knows that it is for the fourth brother, but I just said that it is for the fourteenth. You must know that people's words are scary. Once I say this, you Didn’t you see the shining eyes of Fourteen? Fourteen will definitely take action again, and Concubine De will not miss this opportunity. Hmph, compared to Fourth Brother, I despise Fourteen’s personality even more In the past, when mynah was favored, he came to pester mynah every day. Later, when mynah fell out of favor, I never saw him come to my door again. I just want them two brothers to fight. There is no room for sand in his eyes, if he knows that his own younger brother dares to spread rumors when he ascends the throne, do you think Fourth Brother can let Fourteen go?"

Brother Ten looked at Brother Nine in surprise, and said after a long time: "Brother Ninth, I admire you, but I'm not stupid. No matter what you say, Brother Four will not be against Fourteen. After all, we still have to take care of him." own reputation."

Brother Nine nodded and said: "I know, fourth brother can only confine fourteen at most, but this is what I want. The most painful thing is when people are alive, and it's easy to die."

Elder Brother Ten feels that he has never understood his Brother Ninth. In the past, he only thought that Brother Ninth was a very powerful "businessman" and made money at an astonishing rate. Now he realizes that Brother Ninth is not relentless even when he is yin.

The eighth elder brother seemed to have not heard what the ninth elder brother said, and said: "Okay, now that everything is settled, we can't be so blind, don't get involved in the fourteenth matter, the fourteenth Brother is the one who can hold grudges the most, now we just have to wait honestly."

And the fourth master on the other side is now making deployment arrangements. First of all, Longkodo has already controlled the capital, and the green camp and Fengtai camp in the hands of the thirteenth elder brother will be fine. Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi and others are in the court. The above is also a high status. Nalan Fusen controls the Northwest Army in the northwest. In short, all these arrangements are very proper, and there can be no mistakes.

On the [-]th, the fourth master asked everyone to give Kangxi the honorary title, and finally the honorary title was: Hetian Hongyun Wenwu Ruizhe Respectful Thrifty Generosity Filial Piety Honesty Merit Great Chengren Emperor, Temple name: Holy Ancestor.

When the whole capital was immersed in mourning, Elder Fourteen really took action. After he met Concubine De, he ordered his subordinates to spread the news of Fourth Master usurping the throne, but before his people had time to spread the news, He was caught by the sticky stick that fourth master had already arranged.

On November 61th in the [-]st year of Kangxi, Yinzhen, the fourth son of Kangxi, took the throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and was called Emperor Yongzheng in history.Afterwards, he offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, ancestral temples, and Sheji, and announced to the world that next year will be the first year of Yongzheng.

After the grand ceremony, Fourth Master went to see Concubine De. He wanted to respect Concubine De as Empress Dowager, but Concubine De yelled at him for usurping power and the throne, and refused to be called Empress Dowager.

Fourth Master looked at Concubine De, who was no longer as noble as before, and said, "Emiang, my son just wants to ask you, is the son your own?"

Concubine De looked at Fourth Master and said: "I really wish you were not my own. If I had known this earlier, I should have strangled you when you were born. Why did you want to grab the fourteenth throne?"

At this moment, the fourth master only felt empty, not sad, because his heart had already been hurt, he said: "Emiang, I still call you Emiang, you have arranged a lot of people in your son's house, right?" ? Honghui's illness, Hongyun's premature death, Hongli's poisoning, all of these were arranged by you behind the scenes, right? My son already knew about it."

Concubine De laughed and said, "So what if you know? When you were hugged to that bitch Tong Guifei, I was still sad. After all, you are my son, but later the emperor named me De Concubine, Only then did I realize that it was not because I was favored, but because I gave birth to your son, and you were given to Concubine Tong Gui. He was making up for me. Your son is fine, and later I gave birth to Yinzuo. You see, the name Yinzuo is so nice. At that time, everyone in the harem was jealous. I can always hear the words that you and Tong Guifei mother and son complement each other, you Do you know how much pain I feel in my heart? Obviously I am your biological mother!"

Concubine De stood up again and said: "You may have forgotten that Yinzuo was not in good health before, but he has always loved you as an elder brother, so he often pestered me to let him go out to play with you, but sometimes Once, you refused to leave the door. Because of this, Yinzuo suffered from a serious illness. It was because of that illness that Yinzuo's health became worse and worse, and then he disappeared suddenly. At that time, I What a hate, Yinzuo is my lifeblood, but he was killed by you!"

At this time, the fourth master remembered the incident a long time ago. At that time, he had unintentionally known that Concubine De was his own mother-in-law. When the love between mother and child was born, I was very sad. This accident also made Tong Eniang know, but Tong Eniang did not punish him, but at that time he already understood many things, knowing that the women in the harem were not Simple, so I never saw my mother-in-law again.

Later, when he met Yinzuo, although he was jealous in his heart, he also loved his younger brother, and the relationship between the two became better, but Tong Erniang found out later, when Yinzuo went to find him , Tong Erniang's daughter died not long ago, and he didn't go to see Yinzuo after thinking for a long time.

The fourth master wanted to explain, but Concubine De didn't listen, she just said: "You killed Yin Zuo, you are no longer my son, and now you are going to grab the throne of Fourteen, you were born to conquer us Yes, even if I die, I will not be the empress dowager."

When Fourth Master left Yonghe Palace, he was lonely. He locked himself in Qianqing Palace. Looking at this palace that he had longed for for a long time, he felt extremely cold. He no longer had the strength to argue with his mother-in-law. , Maybe I really can only be a loner.

Su Wen and Su Peisheng are also busy recently. Because they are the servants of the fourth master, their status in the palace has also risen sharply, especially Su Peisheng. Su Peisheng took over the power from Wei Zhu and became the palace supervisor. This official position is the official title of Dingjing Shifangzheng's fourth-rank manager, so Su Peisheng became very popular all of a sudden.

Su Peisheng handed the food box to Su Wen and said, "Go in and give it to the emperor."

Su Wen was startled. He glanced at Su Peisheng and knew the meaning in his eyes. Then he took the food box, opened the door and walked in. Su Peisheng looked at Su Wen who entered, and heaved a sigh of relief. At this time, he hoped that Su Wen could Play your part and make the emperor feel better.

When Su Wen walked in, it was already very dark in the palace, and only two candles were lit alone. Su Wen glanced at Si Ye who was sitting on the chair above. He propped his head on his hands, wondering But in Su Wen's view, even if he was far away, he could clearly feel the sadness and pain surrounding the emperor.

In fact, as early as when Su Wen came in, the fourth master knew about it, but he didn't want to speak. Su Wen stepped forward, put down the food box, took out the food inside and put it on the table and said, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to eat." .”

After a while, Fourth Master raised his head to look at Su Wen, stood up and pulled him into a hug. He just felt much better in his heart, at least he was not so lonely anymore, and there was someone by his side who could accompany him, so he didn't feel sad in his heart. No matter how empty it was, Su Wen froze there, trying to break free, when he heard Fourth Master whispering: "Don't move, let me give you a hug, just let me give you a hug!"

Su Wen could feel the exhaustion and helplessness in his words, so he didn't move any more. He just stood there and let Fourth Master hold him. The candles in Qianqing Palace were burning gently. The wind that came in through the crack of the door was blowing. Although it was a bit dark inside, you could still see the two people embracing each other from the flickering candlelight. It was so harmonious and beautiful...

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Sisi finally became the emperor, it's not easy to be alone, but fortunately there are mosquitoes to accompany him...

small theater:

One day, Su Peisheng walked around casually when he was bored, and suddenly saw several of his apprentices watching something together, so he stepped forward.

Su Peisheng: What are you looking at our map of the Qing Dynasty for?

Apprentice A: Master, what do you mean by this map?

Su Peisheng thought for a while: Isn't a map a tool?

Apprentice B clapped his hands: Master is right, what do you think this tool is used for?

Su Peisheng: It is a very important tool for wars, river control, and southern tours.

Apprentice C shook his head: Sure enough, one cannot hold on to the master's ideas.

Su Peisheng was speechless: Am I wrong?Impossible, I have always been the most qualified manager.

Apprentice A: Master, you were in the past, and now the latest function of this map is to express your love.

Apprentice B: Some time ago, the master once took this map and said to Su Gonggong: "This map represents the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Qing Dynasty. I gave them all to you." '

Apprentice C: hohoho~~ What a touching confession, this map is really cute.

Su Peisheng vomited blood: If the ancestors of the Aixinjueluo family knew this, they would come out of the ground, the master is too careless.

Apprentice A: Master, you are too outdated, these days you have to be ruthless if you want to succeed in confessing your love.

Apprentice C: Yes, master, you are really old, this is the generation gap, ah!ah!The map is so cute...

Su Pei was furious: I used to be a cute creature, have you all forgotten?