Chapter 679 I Will Not Accompany You

Sure enough, after he came down to court, Kangxi immediately ordered someone to investigate the matter of the imperial examination.

He also ordered people to secretly investigate Eighth Master's recent behavior.

I don't know if I don't check it, and everything is clear when I check it.

"Long live, there are indeed many flaws in the matter of the imperial examination this time. Almost all the original champions, second places, and Tanhua were brushed back to the countryside and replaced with those incompetent people, that is, people who only know how to do business. As an official in the imperial court, I have already thought about how to make money." Zhang Tingyu reported the situation he found in detail.

Kangxi seemed to have guessed this result a long time ago, and there was no surprise in his eyes.

Just casually asked: "What else?"

"What's more... When the fourth master was chasing the national treasury, the eighth master took advantage of the fourth master's offense against the officials, so he went to buy people's hearts. In addition, he also gave Wei Dongting's descendants a lot of money. Said it was to let them take care of their future affairs..."

Zhang Tingyu said seven or eight things like this.

Each one is ironclad evidence of private collusion with the party members.

Especially with Wei Dongting's case, it simply went beyond the rules.

If Wei Dongting is a minister who has made great contributions, if something happens, Kangxi will naturally order someone to comfort him.

It's not up to Master Ba's turn to say anything.

Kangxi snorted coldly, and said: "What a good eight virtuous king, no wonder everyone flatters him, there are so many petty tricks."

"Long live...do you have any orders?" Zhang Tingyu asked cautiously.

"You retreat first, I have my own way." Kangxi said lightly.

Therefore, in the next period of time, Kangxi launched a thunderous suppression of the prince's party.

As for Ba Ye, he didn't do anything for the time being, as if he intended to deceive Ba Ye's heart.

After all, in the imperial court, the crown prince and Ba Ye are the main force.

If the two sides are hit at once, the court is bound to be in chaos.

Can only be solved one by one...

It can only be said that Chu Jun is more influential to Kangxi than Ba ​​Ye.

Or, he simply regarded Ba Ye as a clown and ignored him.

However, his dislike for Ba Ye deepened day by day.

In fact, as early as when the prince was restored, there were many problems that had always existed between Kangxi and the prince.

It's just that Kangxi sometimes didn't pursue those things because of his love for the prince.

The prince's pretended filial piety cannot be played for a lifetime.

Unless he does everything from the heart, and there are no other detours, or a change of appearance, that's a bit of a head.

Otherwise, once he reveals his flaws, it will be a complete catastrophe...

The pursuit of the state treasury a while ago allowed Kangxi to see clearly the prince's false filial piety and true cowardly behavior.

Now I know that the prince is selling an official.

As far as Kangxi is concerned, it is absolutely impossible for such a person to become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty!

In the tens of years, it is not easy for one person to control an increasingly large and powerful Qing Dynasty for such a long period of time.

As he ages and his energy declines, he naturally develops a sense of crisis.

Nowadays, Kangxi's biggest crisis comes from the threat of the power reserve to the imperial power.

The prince is the future emperor, he is getting old, and the prince is growing up.

Ministers will make choices for their own careers, and this is the last thing Kangxi wants to see.

During this period, the person who benefited the most was naturally fourth master.

When the elder brother next to him was called a pig by Kangxi, the fourth master was often praised and rewarded by Kangxi.

This made the elder brothers, the crown prince and the eighth master, suddenly stop arguing.

At the beginning, Qiqi turned his attention to fourth master.

Because of Kangxi's admiration for Fourth Master, they were full of a sense of crisis.

In the political wisdom of the past dynasties, when the emperor is old, there is a process of "supporting the horse and seeing him off".

There is usually such a process in the transfer of power.

The reigning emperor also paved the way and built bridges for later generations to establish authority.

All of this has brought new threats to the prince and Ba Ye.

However, when they were about to concentrate their firepower on fourth master.

The fourth master announced to Kangxi and the court: Due to the huge project of pruning the Old Summer Palace, and there are several farms in it. This made the son understand that what the son has always liked is the rural life. Thanks to Huang Ama for the garden, the son will make good use of this Zhuangzi to study agricultural development and Buddhism.

The translation of this sentence means this: You fight slowly, and I will not accompany you. I will be the number one idler in the Qing Dynasty.

As for Fourth Master's remarks, I don't know if Kangxi saw through or not.

But no matter what, he still reduced fourth master's errands in the court and approved fourth master's book.

It has to be said that the fourth master knows how to assess the situation, and this strategy of keeping a low profile makes the crown prince and the eighth master have nothing to do with him.

After all, he ignored the affairs of the government and devoted himself to rural life and studied Buddhism.

No matter how much they took Si Ye's papers, they would only disgust Kangxi.

People are so idle, and you still think he has something wrong, is it because he is full?

On the same day, Fourth Master received Kangxi's approval.

Just took a carriage and strolled leisurely in the streets and alleys of the capital.

He first went to the Wenwan shop for a stroll.

When the shopkeeper saw Fourth Master, he looked at the servants and guards behind him, and knew that he was an extraordinary person.

He hurriedly pushed the waiter aside, and went up to greet him personally, "My lord, what do you want to buy, the small shop has everything."

The fourth master didn't speak, Su Peisheng said in a sharp voice: "My master wants to see the Buddha beads and bodhi seed bracelets, show them all."

The slaves speak so loudly, the shopkeeper naturally dare not neglect the nobleman.

Immediately let Xiao Er pick out a lot of precious ones, and put them one by one in front of Fourth Master.

"My lord, this is a newly obtained Seven Treasures Buddha String in the store. It is made of gold, silver, glass, clam, agate, amber, and coral. It is the only string in the store. It is the most extraordinary and noble , very well suited to your status." The shopkeeper was promoting and flattering at the same time.

Those who can be followed by eunuchs must be the nobles in the palace, and they must take good care of them.

Probably because he doesn't like fancy things, fourth master frowned without even looking at the seven-treasure string, "The more expensive the beads, the better."

The shopkeeper paused, these days... there are still nobles who don't like expensive things?

After he smiled awkwardly, he said eye-catchingly: "Well, look at this string. It is made of Bodhi, precious jade, bamboo wood, ivory, ceramics, purple sand, and carved lacquer. This one is relatively low-key. Some."

Fourth Master didn't reply, just glanced at a string of Buddhist beads on the shelf, and casually pointed: "Is that made of small-leaf red sandalwood?"

The shopkeeper pointed at the fourth master, and replied: "This master has good eyesight, these are indeed small-leaf red sandalwood beads, and each one is carved in the shape of an arhat."

With that said, he showed fourth master the Buddhist beads.

Fourth master weighed it in his hand, and carefully looked at the texture.

He put the hole of the bead on the tip of his nose and sniffed gently.

"That's all." He handed the Buddha string to Su Peisheng, not forgetting to tell him, "By the way, pack some more agarwood and sandalwood, and use it to make aromatherapy for your Fujin master."