The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 109: Wind Rising from the Hall of Supreme Harmony

In the Qing Dynasty, the more people attended a meeting, the more ceremonial it became and the less practical it became.

At the New Year's Day court meeting attended by thousands of people, ministers of all ranks would always kowtow to each other endlessly.

"kneel!"

"Su!"

"Kowtow!"

"prosper!"

“Kneel again…”

After the ceremony of three kneelings, six solemn gestures and nine kowtows, Kangxi called out affectionately in front of everyone inside and outside the hall: "Fifteenth prince, come, come to my side." He wanted to call Yinyou to the Sumeru throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony to stay by his side.

Unexpectedly, after Yinyu came out of the class, he knelt down in front of the seat and said loudly: "I dare not be presumptuous and rude. Please take back your order, Khan Ama!"

Damn, the prince was just standing on the left side of the Sumeru throne, but Yinyou actually ran to the Sumeru throne. This was simply Sima Zhao's intention, as if he was afraid that passers-by would not know!
As an experienced bureaucrat with many years of experience, Yinyou deeply understood the truth that gossip can melt gold and constant criticism can destroy a person!

If Yinyou does not know how to restrain himself, everything Kangxi rewards him with today will be taken back double in the future!

To be honest, the grace that Kangxi showed to Yinyou was somewhat excessive.

Yinyou knew in his heart that it was only the fatherly love and gratitude for protecting the emperor that temporarily overwhelmed his suspicion.

Under the evil imperial power, the higher you are praised today, the harder you will fall in the future.

The fourth brother, who was standing in the Prince's train, couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. He felt fortunate and extremely happy!
If Yinyou ascended the Sumeru throne today, what could the fourth brother reward him with after he ascended the throne in the future?

It is clearly recorded in history books that there is no reward for those who have made great contributions and have frightened the ruler, so it is time to find a way to get rid of them!
Since Yinyou took the initiative to save the precious friendship between brothers, the fourth brother did not hesitate at all. He took the initiative to step out and kneel side by side with Yinyou.

"Your subject respectfully requests the Khan, Father, to revoke your order!" the fourth brother said loudly and forcefully.

The fifth brother originally planned to stand up and persuade Kangxi together with the fourth brother.

However, if too many people came out to speak for Yinyu, it would easily give Kangxi a bad impression of forming cliques, which would be a disservice to Yinyu!
The twelfth prince did not stand up and take the initiative to speak for Yinyou.

The more people who speak up for Yinyou in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the more likely he is to be suspected of forming a faction!

With the fourth brother standing up, the twelfth brother would have been a great help to Yinyou if he had not come out to cause trouble at this time.

The eldest brother hoped that Yinyou would choke to death while eating, die of fullness while drinking water, or fall to death while walking down the stairs. Naturally, he would not stand up and speak.

The third child, who had read a lot of books, was full of bad intentions. His eyes rolled slightly, and a plan immediately came to his mind. He stepped out of class decisively and knelt down beside the fourth child.

"Khan Ama, I think you should not favor my fifteenth brother too much."

At first glance, the third brother's words seemed to be in support of Yinyu, but in fact, they were likely intended to provoke Kangxi's anger.

Oh, you all want to stop me, but I won’t let you do what you say!
The happiest moment for the emperor is when he rejects the opinions of the majority. Humph, you are all wrong, and I am the only one who is always right!
Otherwise, it is said that the more you read, the worse it is? The third brother's intention is extremely sinister and cruel. One cut from him with a knife is enough to kill him!

The twelfth brother watched the third brother's performance with his eyes wide open, but he kept his mouth shut and said nothing. At this time, he must not cause trouble for Yinyu.

The people from the Eighth Master's party did not move rashly, but just watched Old Eight silently.

As long as the eighth prince gave a hint, Alinga, the Grand Minister of the Imperial Guard, who was the tenth prince's uncle, would be the first to stand up and fire at Yinyou.

However, the Eighth Brother had a clear plan. Even if Yinyou was brought down, what would it matter?
The crown prince is still sleeping in the East Palace. He has offended Yinyou, who is in the emperor's favor. No matter how you calculate it, it is not worth it!
However, the Eighth Brother never dreamed that Orondei, who had long held a grudge against Yinyou, could not help but jump out.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, you should pamper the fifteenth prince. There is no greater merit than protecting you." Orondei was just arrogant, but not stupid. He wanted to use Kangxi's hand to deliberately praise and kill Yinyou.

Good guy, Orondei, a core member of the Eighth Master’s Party, openly set a bad example and made everyone mistakenly believe that it was Old Eight’s idea.

As a result, Alinga, who was unwilling to be lonely, also jumped out impatiently and said shamelessly: "The emperor can favor whoever he wants, why should others care?"

At that moment, dozens of members of the Eighth Prince's Party stood up and spoke in unison in favor of Yinyou ascending the Sumeru throne and serving beside Kangxi.

Yinyou was crouching down and couldn't see clearly the expression of the fourth brother beside him.

However, the fourth brother just lay on the ground without saying a word.

Yinyou nodded secretly, the fourth brother was indeed a close brother who understood each other's minds!

To put it bluntly, as long as the Fourth Prince and Yinyou kept silent, they would invisibly push the extremely large Eighth Prince's party to the center of the stage ahead of time and expose them under the nose of Kangxi.

Want to use Kangxi to praise and kill Yinyou?

Hehe, those who want to play with Kangxi like a fool will not have a good ending! For example, Oboi, Mingzhu and Suo Etu.

Kangxi, sitting on the Sumeru throne, remained silent. He waited silently to see clearly: how many important officials of the court would jump out and attack Yinyou in disguise?
Kangxi understood better than anyone that when a person becomes famous, he would be prone to gossip!
At this critical moment of life and death, because the crown prince had not yet been deposed, Lao Ba's mind remained clear and he secretly sent a signal for help to Tong Guowei.

The current emperor's uncle, the father of the fourth son's adoptive mother, the first-class duke and minister of state affairs, Tong Guowei, has always looked down on his eldest nephew, Orondei.

Tong Guowei saw with his own eyes that Orondai, this unfilial son, was so angry that he even dared to beat his own father Tong Guogang! Tong Guogang, who was beaten, could not swallow this bitter taste, and actually took the initiative to run to the palace, chasing after Kangxi, and demanding that his nephew issue an order to skin Orondai alive.

Therefore, when Orondei jumped out to attack Yinwei, Tong Guowei remained silent.

Tong Guowei did not express his opinion, and his former students and subordinates did not dare to speak either.

If anyone dares to act on his own without the order of the leader of this faction, what kind of behavior is that? Is there any need to ask?

"Your Majesty, I believe that the Sumeru Throne is the throne of the Supreme Being. How can any subject ascend it rashly?" Tong Guowei placed his bet on Lao Ba, so naturally he had to help Lao Ba.

After Tong Guowei made his public statement, his followers also stood up and spoke for Lao Ba.

So far, those who have been jumping up and down are all royal family members and Manchu nobles.

All the Han officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were watching coldly, watching the further development of the situation.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the group of civil servants dared to scold the emperor to his face, but in the Qing Dynasty, they became more obedient than grandsons!

It is really lamentable!
There was no way. Before the Taiping Rebellion, the real power of the Qing Dynasty was completely in the hands of the Bannermen.

To put it bluntly, the Han official group has no soldiers or troops except for their mouths, and they have no confidence to get involved in the infighting among the Manchu royal family and nobles.

The weak Han ministers could only be forced to be spectators of the internal strife in the Hall of Supreme Harmony!
However, the fact that the Han officials dared not speak did not mean that they did not understand the situation!
Li Guangdi frowned and sighed in his heart, "Eighth Master, Eighth Master, Tong Guowei came out too late!"

Kangxi was not blind. So many people took the initiative to attack Yinyou. If there was no one instructing them, no one would believe it!

Dangnian Mingyue once made a brilliant statement that if a small person dares to attack a big person, either he is mentally ill or there must be a mastermind behind him.

The chief cabinet minister, Zhang Yushu, the minister of Wenhua Palace and the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, did not even look at the eighth prince, but kept staring at Yinyou silently. No one knew what he was thinking.
To be honest, Kangxi did not expect that there would be such a chaos in the Hall of Supreme Harmony during the New Year's Day court meeting.

As the saying goes, if the family is not harmonious, outsiders will bully you.

Kangxi didn't want the Han officials to stand on the shore and watch the joke, so he pointed out the name of the man and said, "Zhang Yushu, what do you think?"

Zhang Yushu had expected Kangxi to ask this question, so he stepped out of his shift, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Yu was injured by a tiger while protecting his master, and his body was badly injured. Please forgive me for speaking so boldly, but it is not appropriate for me to stand for long as I am still not fully recovered."

Li Guangdi is Zhang Yushu's old rival. Based on his understanding of Zhang Yushu, this old fox has always been extremely slippery and has never taken sides.

However, this time, Zhang Yushu actually took the initiative to speak for Yinyou. Why?

Li Guangdi couldn't help but think about the reason why Zhang Yushu did this.

After being reminded by Zhang Yushu, Kangxi suddenly realized, yes, the fifteenth boy was still seriously ill and had not recovered, so why should he stand on the Sumeru throne?
"Pass on my oral order. The fifteenth son of the emperor, Prince Yinyou, has not yet recovered from his serious injury. He is specially granted a sedan chair to serve in the palace. I decree this." Taking advantage of Zhang Yushu's reminder, Kangxi readily gave Yinyou another big gift.

The so-called sedan chair, for ministers, generally refers to a convenient sedan chair.

Bianyu can be understood as the sliding pole in Sichuan, which is a chair tied to a horizontal bar and carried by two eunuchs, one in front and one behind, walking in the palace.

Yinyou was qualified to walk around in the palace and had two main part-time jobs: one was the general manager of the Imperial Household Department, and the other was the minister of the Southern Study.

It just so happens that the South Study is on the west side of the Qianqing Gate, corresponding to the Shangshufang on the east side.

In other words, from then on, Yinyou could enter the palace in a sedan chair and stop in front of the Qianqing Gate.

Kangxi's favoritism could no longer be concealed.

At this critical moment, Yinyu naturally could not let Kangxi down, so he said loudly: "Your son Yinyu, I accept the order and thank you for your grace."

Under the strict etiquette system, it is only stipulated that if you are not qualified to sit in a sedan chair but you sit on it, this is considered a violation of the rules and you will not only be guilty but also be severely punished.

However, Yinyou was clearly qualified to ride in a sedan chair, but he walked into the palace, and no one cared about it.

Many officials in Beijing, who are qualified to ride in sedan chairs, insist on riding in horse-drawn carriages just to save money.

Because the officials in Beijing did not just hire two or four sedan chair bearers, but 6-12.

After all, the sedan chair is very heavy and the bearers have limited physical strength, so someone needs to take turns carrying the sedan chair in the middle of the journey.

After the grand court meeting was over, Yinyu walked out of Longzong Gate and saw that there were no outsiders around, so he whispered to Yuzhu: "Go and find out the details of the Dantu Prime Minister's home."

Zhang Yushu, whose ancestral home is Dantu County, Zhenjiang Prefecture, was called "Dantu Prime Minister" by people of his time!

"Whoo."

Yuzhu seemed particularly excited. Yinyu asked him to do such a thing, which showed that he knew how to appoint the right person to the right position.

Because, Amaron Kodo of Yuzhu, although he was called the first-class guard in front of the emperor, was actually Kangxi's personal informant.

PS: There are more than 12500 monthly tickets. I will continue to update three times today. This is the first update.

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