Yongzheng period

Its trust is added.Zhao Shenqiao is known for his proficiency in civil affairs, but he is quite stubborn in temperament-it can be said that he has extremely poor official connections.

Speaking of 'corruption investigation', Yongzheng thought of his methods. Literati cherish feathers the most. If they can be guided to take the initiative to focus on some local government affairs-and the scope of this candidate is those who have not been deeply involved in officialdom-those supervisors of the Imperial College a good choice.Thinking about it this way, he would have to have a long talk with the third child. The third child couldn't study the minds of these scholars thoroughly.

Yongzheng rubbed the thin calluses on his fingers subconsciously, but his mind flew to Shanxi, which is famous all over the world for "Lao Ji"-although Shanxi has gone for a long time, I don't know how many cancers are left behind!

Yongzheng thought with a dark face about how he would tell the old man to move Shanxi's officialdom and rich businessmen who stingy, while Xiaoxiazi came with a whole box of letter paper: there were not only the reports on the sticky sticks, but also the Concubine Hui's recent pulse case compiled by Sun Zhiding.

Daiyu was depressed, and Yongzheng also noticed it.It's just that she kept her mouth shut, and Yongzheng couldn't ask questions, so he could only focus on Daiyu's food and clothing.

Who would have thought that Yongzheng got a very likely surprise in a trance after reading the pulse case today.

Xiaoxiazi looked at Yongzheng's almost drifting expression in horror.

After a while, Yongzheng quickly changed from being happy to dealing with the follow-up—especially in such a tense time: the queen mother was watching and the queen was ready to move.

Thinking for a moment, Yongzheng narrowed his eyes and told Xiaoxiazi, "Concubine Hui has been in the palace for many years, and she hasn't seen her family for a long time. Call Hutu family into Changchun Palace."

【51】

The Chunhui Hall in Changchun Garden used to be the residence of concubines during the first emperor's time, and it was changed into a Buddhist hall after the empress lived there.In addition to the enshrined Buddha statue, the incense table and the kneeling futon, there is only one blue smoke bed in the living room for rest.There are several porcelains on the wooden shelf, and several bottles of lush flowers and plants are placed on the table in the four corners of the room for decoration.

The guards of Changchun Garden devoted themselves to their duties outside the gate, silent as if they were statues.

The door of Chunhui Hall was closed tightly, and the light in the room was dim. There were scattered glimmers of light coming in through the thick window sills, which made this small hall consisting of three compartments even more unbearable.

All the queen's actions were restricted in this space layer by layer, and the days accompanied by useless Buddhist sandalwood made her numb and almost crazy.Every stroke of those Buddhist scriptures contained distorted hatred and unwillingness. She endured it day by day, fantasizing about the day she would go out. underfoot!

Although the queen still retains the title of the middle palace, Yongzheng decreed that she would only be given the "promised" treatment-and her three meals a day and all the supplies she needed were delivered by different maids every day, so as to ensure the greatest degree of severance. While she communicated with the outside world, she also ensured the queen's safety.

However, besides Yongzheng's and the Empress Dowager's manpower arranged by Chunhui Hall, the Empress Dowager's side often has rewards and the little eunuch coming over. At the beginning, Yongzheng didn't want to kill them all, so he turned a blind eye.Therefore, in fact, the queen's treatment was not harsh except that she restricted her movements and had nothing to do all day long, only writing Buddhist scriptures to survive.The head manager of Changchun Garden was afraid of getting burned, so he kept his hands off all the affairs of Chunhui Hall, and even avoided showing up.

The queen sat upright on the futon, closing her eyes and reciting Buddhist scriptures silently.After moving to Changchun Garden, she became very old, her skin was flabby and dry, her eyesight also deteriorated due to the lack of sunlight and no one to talk to her, and her voice, which was originally full of vigor, became rough and unbearably rough. Fang Buddha is more than ten years old.

The saddest thing is her expression, the queen is now a shell supported by the pitiful obsession in her heart.Even if Concubine Duan was here, she could hardly recognize that the slightly bent-backed and haggard woman in front of her was the queen of the palace who was the mother of the world.It's no wonder that Daiyu felt emotion and pity after knowing the Queen's situation.

Chunhui Hall used to be neglected, even Liu Chang, who was pregnant, just huddled in the Yunya Hall to raise her baby after living in Changchun Garden, and never came to pay her respects.

The Changchun Garden was still as calm as before, and the empress was completely indifferent after hearing the news about the Liu family, showing no abnormalities.But this peace made the queen mother anxious. The Yunya Pavilion is located on the hillside behind the Chunhui Hall, only separated by a piece of willow embankment.The Empress Dowager couldn't figure out Yongzheng's thoughts, and couldn't find out all kinds of clues, so she had to send people to keep a close eye on the Empress and the Liu family.

It's just that Gonggui was also banned, and all the power in the harem was delegated to Concubine Jing and Concubine Hui. After all, the Empress Dowager had limited energy and suffered from fighting in the harem.In addition, Yongzheng maliciously provoked the incident, deliberately leaving a loophole between the queen, Gonggui, and Liu Changzai.

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Today it was the turn of the palace maid of Compassionate Ning Palace to be on duty in Chunhui Hall, but she had a sudden illness and Zhu Xi couldn't get away from her body to deal with it, so the eunuch in charge of Compassionate Ning Palace appointed another palace maid there on her own initiative.

"You should remember it for our family. That person is a taboo in the hearts of the emperor and the queen mother." Tong Shou smiled with the silver in his hand, his eyes almost narrowed into a ball, and his face trembled wildly. "Stay in, don't say a word." Talk more, don't do more than one thing."

"Eunuch, don't worry, slaves are the most peaceful and sensible." Qiu Ju flattered and said in a low voice, "This time, slaves just want to show their face in front of nobles, and I will have to rely on father-in-law's praise in the future."

Noble man, that one used to be considered a 'noble man'!Tong Hai sniffled in his heart, clutched the purse tightly on his face, shook his fat skin and said with a smile, "It's easy to say, easy to say! But--"

Tong Hai's high-pitched voice turned, and Qiu Ju moved closer when she saw this, and said knowingly, "Before the servants were transferred back to the Palace of Compassion, they were working under the nobles, and the master rewarded them generously. .No matter what it is from now on, it will naturally be filial to your father-in-law."

"Alas--" Tong Hai became a chrysanthemum when he heard the words, and said happily, "Okay, good! On the road, on the road!"

When noon was approaching, Qiu Ju deliberately found a wrong place to leave the Compassionate Peace Palace, and took the opportunity to enter Changchun Garden early.She was also very careful, pretending not to be familiar with the terrain, and went around several times before rushing to the Yunya Pavilion in time.

She stayed in Yunya Hall for a full quarter of an hour, then walked quickly to Chunhui Hall with the lunch box in hand.

"The servant is here to deliver meals today." Qiu Ju stopped half a foot away from the main entrance, lowered her head obediently, her eyes were always down, and she didn't dare to raise her eyes.

The guard standing on the left looked at her for a long time, and seeing that she was fine, he took the lunch box and turned and opened the door behind him.

Through the gap opened by the "squeak" sound, the queen's hunched figure kneeling on the futon was immediately revealed faintly.

Qiu Ju resisted her curiosity and didn't take a look - she clearly felt that another guard's gaze was poking at her drooping face, if there was anything wrong with her expression, he would not let her She left here alive and well.

Qiu Ju didn't dare to move until she felt the pain in her neck was unbearable. Then the guard walked out of the room - the door was closed tightly again - the guard said coldly, "You can go."

Qiu Ju let out a long breath when she heard the words - but she still seemed very calm, and said unhurriedly, "Yes." Then she turned and left slowly.

Going all the way to the place near the garden gate, Qiu Jufang leaned on a tree and almost collapsed into a ball.After stabilizing for a while, she shook her hands and took a quick glance at the note that Liu Changzai brought out, then tore it into pieces, and then swallowed it all.

Qiu Ju took a moment to show a smug smile - she successfully brought the words to the queen, thinking about the promise of Mrs. Gong - how could she not be proud

Complacent, Qiu Ju hurried back to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, and Wen Xing showed her figure on the other side—she guarded near the palace gate for a whole noon, and had a panoramic view of Qiu Ju's entering and leaving process.When Qiu Ju's figure was blurred to the point where she was barely visible, Wen Xing took a detour back to Yanxi Palace to report the news.

In Chunhui Hall, the Empress ate very slowly today, she savored the details and taste of each dish, but found nothing.

The queen closed her eyes, suppressing the irritability in her heart. Then, her gaze slowly swept across the sandalwood box she had left aside at the beginning, and the box was still wrapped in a layer of light yellow silk.

The queen's eyes sharpened in vain, she hastily pulled out the silk cloth, and carefully groped around the box wall.There was a pause when her fingers touched the messy lines on the bottom of the box, and then, the queen raised her head to look at the window where the sun was pouring, and squeezed out a crazy smile.

*

On the seventh day of the seventh month, the magpie bridge fairy night, the chief worships the stars.

It has been almost three months, and Daiyu's abdomen has slightly bulged, and her taste has become more and more tricky.Sun Zhiding was also diagnosed with Ximai, so Yongzheng found an excuse to hand over the palace affairs in Daiyu's hands to the nobleman Ma Jia to assist him - in order to cover up the fact that Daiyu was pregnant, Yongzheng also used this to summon the Hutu clan into the palace , to relieve Daiyu's homesickness.

Yongzheng roughly drew up an idea for the establishment of a fluid supervision system by delegating supervisors and students to the localities, and handed it over to the cabinet and six ministries to propose improvement and implementation. In Shanxi, Yongzheng sent Lao Ba to inspect with great fanfare, and secretly dispatched officials from the Inspectorate Go to Shanxi to investigate corruption.

Those who contacted Zhao Shenqiao, who had just rushed back from Shanxi, brought back a lot of news that Shanxi Governor Su Keji, officials and wealthy businessmen had embezzled huge amounts of money.A while ago, Su Keji blatantly colluded with other officials in the DPRK to attack Zhao Shenqiao's son Zhao Fengzhao for embezzling 30 taels—the name of "Guantu" is impressive, and the actions of the officials in Shanxi are nothing more than a drunkard's intention to attack by borrowing his son's fault. It's just Zhao Shenqiao who threatened their interests.

Most of Shanxi are officials from the Manchurian faction, and they are related to the Eight Kings Party