Chapter 302 The Price
The next day, when the Fourth Prince and Thirteenth Prince met the Eighth Prince, Ninth Prince, Tenth Prince and Fourteenth Prince in front of the palace gate, everyone was slightly shocked, but at the same time they greeted each other enthusiastically.
Everyone's purpose of coming was tacit, and they were polite on the surface. As time went by, the eldest prince, the third prince and the other few princes who were usually inconspicuous also came. In the end, except for the few young princes who were also raised by their mother's mother and the deposed prince imprisoned by Kangxi, it can be said that all princes were here.
Everyone stood quietly at the palace gate as yesterday, asking for a request to see Kangxi. The princes were like this, and the guards and eunuchs who were guarding the gate dared not make decisions. They had already sent people to go to the study room to find Ma Qibing to report.
After learning the news, Ma Qi went to see Kangxi first. He originally thought that Kangxi would let the princes go back like yesterday. Who would have thought that Kangxi had just given him a moment of advice and asked Ma Qi to bring them over.
After a while, the princes finally entered the palace and followed Ma Qi to the Ganqing Palace. After entering, they were led by the eldest prince. The princes first visited with great courtesy of ministers, and then asked the Emperor about the health of the Holy Body.
Compared with Kangxi who was half lying on the bed yesterday, Kangxi today has returned to his former majesty. He sat there, except for his somewhat bad expression, the rest is no different from usual.
Looking at the group of sons' greetings to him, there were even a few princes with concern for themselves on their faces and a little choked in their words. In addition, several princes also specially sent him a lot of things. Among them, the fourth prince was a hand-written Diamond Sutra, and the eighth prince was a hand-written Huayan Sutra. Both scripts were in small regular script. Although the fonts were slightly different, they were copied neatly. Judging from the handwriting, they were indeed hand-written by the two princes. More importantly, the ink color was slightly dark red, and it was obviously copied with finger blood, which was enough to show the filial piety of the two princes.
In addition, the other princes brought unusual things. Some princes have century-old ginseng and some princes have thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum. No matter what, these things all show that the princes are full of their hearts.
Kangxi took a look at these things quietly, picked up two scriptures and read them. After a long time, he said calmly.
Hearing this praise, the princes finally let go of their hearts. Then the princes answered Kangxi with several leaders, just to ask Kangxi to take care of the dragon body and not to work hard. As for the loss of Guangdong, Zhao Dequan was killed without mentioning any of these words.
After saying a few gossips, the princes didn't stay long. Kangxi asked them to go back and do their own errands. After the princes took their respectfully, Kangxi sat quietly for a while and glanced at the things the princes sent. But at this moment, his expression was different from before. Not only did he not have the relief he had just started, but he was a little sharp and cold and handsome.
He waved his hand and signaled that someone would take away these things. The eunuch who was serving on the side hurried forward tremblingly, and soon took all these things away.
"What a group of filial sons." Kangxi said to himself coldly. Why did these princes come here early in the morning? Kangxi knew very well. The so-called visiting patients and caring for him is fake. The real intention is probably something else.
Zhao Dequan and several eunuchs were killed yesterday, and these good sons couldn't sit still and ran over to inquire about the news. This would be fine, which made these princes feel scared. This was not a bad thing.
In the past two years, Kangxi felt very tired, not only physically but also mentally. The country rebelled everywhere, and the court was uneasy. Even his sons were intrigued by the throne, and now they even made up their minds to him.
Kangxi, who has always regarded himself as a benevolent monarch, has never relaxed his control of power for more than half. The royal family has no affection, and Kangxi is the same. The incident in Guangdong made him see many things clearly, and it made Kangxi distrust anyone now. In his opinion, only by firmly grasping the imperial power is the most fundamental thing.
It can be said that Zhao Dequan was wronged and not wronged. In fact, Kangxi also understood that Zhao Dequan and the eunuchs who were killed were making some money by their identity and revealed some information to several princes or important officials in the court. This may be true, but it is absolutely impossible to say that Zhao Dequan betrayed him privately and colluded with foreign ministers and princes.
But Kangxi did this. As an emperor, there is no reason to do this. Killing a few slaves is nothing, even if it is a slave who has followed him for many years. Zhao Dequan's death was a signal that Kangxi deliberately sent out. His purpose was to let those who secretly make up their minds know that the emperor was still the master of the Qing Dynasty!
In addition to Zhao Dequan, there were also A Ling who was sent to Guangxi, which showed Kangxi's attitude and used to warn everyone.
As for the real reason in Guangdong, Kangxi didn't want to investigate, and there was no need to check it out. First, it was impossible to check it out. Second, once it was really investigated, it would be difficult to guarantee that it would be a desperate situation and cause some trouble.
If it were in the past, Kangxi's temper would have been investigated to the end, but now it is different. With the rise of rebels and the court is already unstable, the most important thing for Kangxi is to maintain stability and then slowly calculate the general account after getting through the difficulties.
"Henan...Henan..." Kangxi said softly. His current hope was to pacify Henan as soon as possible. Only when he took over Henan and cleaned up the two provinces of Sichuan could he be able to free up his hands against Zhu Yicheng in Nanjing.
Now, the war in Henan has not been achieved overnight. Although the Qing army had the upper hand, because Wang Zhiqing's White Lotus Sect's troops were from Sichuan to Henan, Zhu Jiancai and he blocked the Qing army's footsteps together, causing the battle to begin to stalemate.
Originally, Kangxi wanted to use the attack power of the Mongolian cavalry to pacify Henan as quickly as possible. At the beginning, the progress was as Kangxi imagined. He even indulged the Mongols' looting in Henan for this purpose. But now, as the resistance became stronger, the fewer the advantages of the Mongolian cavalry, and what was even more deadly was that because the Mongols looted countless times in Henan, the people in Henan were extremely disgusted with the Qing army. Recently, many officials in the court wrote letters to severely punish the Mongols who killed good people in Henan.
Among them, the letters from several Han ministers were particularly fierce. Among them were two important officials, Chen Tingjing and Li Guangdi, especially the former. Chen Tingjing was respected and even half of Kangxi's teacher. Kangxi could only issue an order to let Longkodo restrain the Mongolian cavalry in Henan and punish those who killed good people and took the blame. However, in fact, Longkodo secretly ordered him to attack Henan quickly. As long as he wiped out Zhu Jiancai and other troops, no matter how much the price he paid, it would be fine.
Chapter completed!