In the fourth year of Yongzheng, the Eighth Brothers Department of Science and Technology wanted to save money. Yongzheng threw his memorial and reprimanded: "How did you do things, old eight? The treasury was in deficit so badly, you don’t want to make up for it. I have to show me that there is no way, no way, no way, what can I do to support you?"
For the sake of Qingchuan, in order to follow his brothers and subordinates, Ba Age has been tolerant until now, but Yong Zheng is pressing harder and harder, which has already driven him to the end. Eighth elder brother sneered when he heard the words, and replied: "No matter what the courtiers do, the emperor is not satisfied. In this case, why didn't the emperor cut the courtiers' princes? Let the capable people take office?"
Yong Zheng was even more angry when he heard this, and said angrily: "What attitude do you have?"
Eighth elder brother replied: "The courtier knows that the courtier has always been a thorn in the emperor's eyes and a thorn in his flesh, and the emperor can't help but hurry up."
Yong Zheng didn't expect that he would dare to say such words in the court, and he was furious, "Boldly Yinhu, daring to speak wild words, do you think I dare not shut you down?"
Eighth prince smiled when he heard it. He looked up at Yongzheng and said: "The minister has been waiting for this day for a long time. Anyway, he will be there sooner or later. Instead of living with fear every day, it is better to have a good time. The emperor feels comfortable, the minister. My brother feels comfortable too."
Yongzheng could no longer hold back his anger anymore, and said angrily, "Here you come, lock him up for me!"
Eighth brother didn’t wait for anyone to pull, so he stood up, and laughed loudly as he walked out, “I wish the emperor great prosperity and prosperity. I just hope that when the emperor dreams back in the morning and night, don’t miss the courtiers too much. That's great. Hahaha..."
Yong Zheng was so angry that he hit the case with a fist.
The news that Ba Age was imprisoned by Yongzheng came back to Prince Lian’s mansion. Qingchuan’s expression was calm. She sat in the house silently for a while, then dressed up according to the rank of Prince Fujin, and went directly into the palace and knelt down in the Palace of Yangxin. outer. Yongzheng stayed away, Qingchuan didn't yell, only dressed neatly every day, came to kneel outside the hall.
Li Dequan was executed by Yongzheng for colluding with the eight princes. The current imperial eunuch chief is Xiao Shunzi. Although he hated the eight princes and his wife for his death, he also knew that Qingchuan’s status in Yongzheng’s heart was not. It was unusual, so I didn't dare to do anything to Qingchuan, so I could only persuade her to go back.
That day, Yongzheng finished handling the affairs of the court and went to the Hall of Nourishment. He raised his eyes to see that Qingchuan was still kneeling under the steps. He couldn't help frowning, and asked Xiao Shunzi next to him: "Why is she still here?"
Xiao Shunzi hurriedly bowed and replied: "Since the eighth prince was imprisoned, Bafujin has come to kneel every day, and the minion can't persuade him to leave."
Yongzheng hesitated, stepped down the steps and walked to Qingchuan.
Seeing him coming, Qingchuan kowtowed to him deeply and said, "See the emperor."
Yong Zheng looked at her quietly for a moment, and said lightly: "You go back."
After speaking, he turned and wanted to leave. Qingchuan knelt for a few days before he could walk by and take a look at him. Seeing this, he knelt forward and hugged his legs, begging: "The emperor, please forgive the eighth brother. Right. The concubine promised that he would never commit it again."
Yongzheng said: "The law of the country is difficult to tolerate, and I can't help it."
Qingchuan said hurriedly: "The emperor is heaven, as long as the emperor is willing to pardon him, eighth brother can come out."
Yongzheng shook his head, "The law of the Qing Dynasty is up, if I can do it at will, won't I become a faint emperor?"
Hearing that he actually used the Daqing law as a guise, Qingchuan couldn't help getting angry, and said with a sneer: "If it is true according to the Daqing law, the emperor should know in his heart that Ba Age has done his best as an errand in the past few years."
Yong Zheng stiffened, turned around to look at Xiang Qingchuan, and asked, "You mean I deliberately targeted him for my own purposes?"
That's what Qingchuan thought in her heart, but she didn't dare to admit it at the moment. Seeing his question, she replied: "The concubine didn't say that. The concubine just begged the emperor to give the eighth prince a way out."
There was anger in Yongzheng's eyebrows, he could only look at her for a moment, then suddenly pulled her up from the ground, and pulled her out.
Qingchuan was startled, and hurriedly asked: "The emperor, the emperor, where are you taking me?"
Yong Zheng said coldly: "Take you to see something."
He ordered someone to change her attire. He also changed his dragon robe, wearing only the clothes of ordinary people, and took Qingchuan out of the palace in a carriage.
Although the streets of the capital are bustling and lively, but beggars are still seen on the corners from time to time. Yong Zheng gently opened the curtain, looked out, and asked Qingchuan, "What do you think of the situation in Beijing?"
Qingchuan looked at the people curled up on the street and begged, and said the truth: "The average people are still living well, but there are also many people who can't eat enough and don't wear warm clothes."
Yong Zheng asked again: "Then what about these people?"
Qingchuan thought for a while, shook his head and said, "The concubine doesn't know."
Yongzheng said: "I have set up workshops in various places, such as cloth dyeing, food making, and house building... If there are more workshops, there will be more men needed, and if there are more men, some of the poor people who are idle in the capital will be able to do so. Self-reliance. The old eight is in charge of the internal affairs office. He was supposed to share the worries for me. He deliberately countered me and increased the cost of each workshop many times. In this way, the quantity is less, and the number of people in need will be fewer. I have all. The original intention is violated, do you understand?"
Qingchuan was stunned for a while.
Yong Zheng glanced at her, sneered softly, and instructed Xiao Shunzi in front of him: "Go to Lama Temple."
The Lama Temple was the former Lama Temple, and it was changed to the palace in the third year of Yongzheng and became the Lama Temple. Qingchuan was not surprised, what did he take himself there? She was puzzled all the way, and saw Yong Zheng lead herself straight into the study room of the East Academy of Lama Temple.
Qingchuan wondered: "What are we doing here?"
"Let me show you something," Yong Zheng replied. He walked to Duobaoge and turned one of the vases vigorously, and he heard a "squeak". A mechanism was triggered on the opposite wall. The roof rolled down, and a huge picture of people living and working in peace was opened.
Yongzheng looked at the picture, his eyes full of fanatical yearning for ideals, "This is an imagination of the entire Qing Dynasty when I was fifteen years old. I hope that in my lifetime, there will be no wars, no killings, and no bandits. , So that everyone has food to eat, everyone lives happily..."
Qingchuan was already stunned, and it took him a long time to ask him, "Is that why you are the emperor?"
Yong Zheng nodded and turned to look at her, "Personal life and death honor and disgrace are not important, and the life and death honor and disgrace of a small number of people are not important. The important thing is the world, do you understand?"
Qingchuan finally nodded gently. "I didn't expect that you would have such a big goal as the emperor."
Yong Zheng took a step closer to her and watched her slowly and said: "No matter how big the goal is, I am a human being. I also have seven emotions and six desires. I hope someone around me can hold my hand and accompany me to realize these wishes together."
He stretched out his hand to shake her hand, but she woke up suddenly, took a step back quickly, and said indifferently: "The emperor, I am the Bafujin."
Yong Zheng suddenly became angry, "As long as you want, you can be not!"
Qingchuan looked at him and said firmly, "I don't want to."
Yong showed an expression of pain on the front, and cried out: "Qingchuan, after so many years, don't you understand me..."
"The emperor!" Qingchuan interrupted him, and only said calmly: "Since you have such a big goal, you should be an eternal emperor. Are you going to leave a stain behind your light?"
She actually used such words to pressure him, he only felt a sudden pain in his heart, "I just want to let myself be willful this time, since I am willing to sacrifice everything for the world, the world cannot satisfy me. A small wish?"
Qingchuan did not answer, but looked at him quietly.
This kind of her seemed to have gone back many years ago. In Queen Hesheli’s Kunning Palace, he begged her to believe in herself again. She also looked at him like this, silent, but her eyes were firm. The meaning of rejection. It was the old ba, and it was the old ba who gradually snatched Qingchuan from his hand.
Thinking of this, he became even more annoyed, and simply said in a cold voice: "If you are willing to enter the palace, I will let the old man go. Otherwise..."
"Otherwise?" she asked.
His eyes were full of violence, and he replied with a cold voice: "State law will deal with it."
She watched him silently for a long while, and asked softly: "Is this interesting?"
He also fixedly looked at her and replied: "It may not be interesting at first, but after a long time, you will know that only I can give you real happiness."
Qingchuan smiled suddenly and said: "Okay, I promise you, please let him go immediately."
After speaking, he turned and walked out.
Outside the clan's mansion, the eighth prince didn't feel surprised to see that Qingchuan was on the same level as Yongzheng. Qingchuan didn't explain, she just went forward to gently tidy up his loose hair with her hands, and said softly: "Big Brother, go back to eat and sleep well..."
Eighth elder brother held her shoulders tightly, and asked both anxiously and in a panic: "Qingchuan, what did you promise him? Don't do stupid things for me. I would rather die than do stupid things for you. ."
Qingchuan smiled faintly, and comforted him: "Don't worry, I won't do stupid things. As long as you are good, I will be good."
Eighth brother said hurriedly: "Well, you go back with me."
Qingchuan shook his head lightly, "I have something to do when I stay."
Eighth prince grabbed her hard and said firmly: "No. Qingchuan, what you said, no matter whether you live or die."
Qingchuan felt sour, and couldn't help the tears in his eyes anymore, hurriedly stepped forward and hugged him hard, and whispered: "None of us can die, we all have to live well! You have to eat well and sleep well... "
After speaking, he pushed him away fiercely, turned around and walked towards Yongzheng, and said lightly: "The emperor, let's go."
Yongzheng glanced at Ba Age, and walked towards the palace with Qingchuan.