Chapter 888 He Was Deceived By His Gentle Appearance!

When they arrived at Prince Yu's mansion, the people in the mansion welcomed Kangxi to Fuquan's room.

As soon as Kangxi entered the room, he sat down beside the bed with the support of his servant.

He looked at Fuquan lying on the hospital bed, his face was sallow and sallow, without a trace of life.

Even though he was lying flat like that, there was bean-sized sweat oozing from his forehead, as if he had put in a lot of hard work.

Kangxi waved his hand, and after sending everyone in the room away, he said, "Old brother, I'm here to see you."

As soon as the voice fell, Fuquan slightly opened his eyes.

But he has more than enough energy, even with great efforts, his eyes are only half-closed.

"Here we come..." Fuquan said vicissitudes of life.

Seeing him like this, Kangxi's experienced eyes immediately turned scarlet.

"Old brother, I'm sorry for you. If I knew this, I should have kept you in the capital and let you spend your old age in peace."

"I'm an old man, and I can't be idle...I like to fight against those thieves with the emperor..." Fuquan said weakly, "It's the emperor, you are an emperor, this time the dragon body suffers It's the minister's dereliction of duty..."

Kangxi sighed, was silent for a while, and said again: "Both of us brothers are not people who are afraid of death, what we are afraid of is those wolves, tigers and leopards that can't be suppressed, peeping at the Qing Dynasty. I will ignore life and death, there is only one thing, I want to ask my brother."

"Your Majesty, please tell me..."

"In the past, I always thought that I could still fight wars and govern the Qing Dynasty. But since returning to Beijing, my health has deteriorated day by day, and I realized that I need to appoint a prince with good character."

As Kangxi spoke, he paused slightly, "But those officials in the imperial court already had their sources of support, and now I can only tell you these words. You have always been selfless, and I want to hear from you. What do you think?"

The important ministers in the court had their elder brothers who supported them a few years ago.

If he asked, maybe it was the same as a few years ago, most of them supported Lao Ba.

Because Lao Ba is a person who is used to winning people's hearts.

Even if he is demoted to a commoner, there are still a lot of people attached to him.

Therefore, what those people said cannot be trusted.

But what Fuquan said is different.

This is Kangxi's trusted elder brother, and his words are kind when he is about to die.

"Since the emperor trusts me, I want to recommend Eighth Brother to you." Fuquan took a few breaths heavily.

"What! Those officials were bribed by him, but now, are you also bribed by him?"

Fuquan shook his head and said: "It's not a bribe, it's just that a few years ago, I was seriously ill. When the eighth elder brother served me in the house, I felt his sincerity and benevolence and filial piety. In addition, there are some things, I think If you dare to tell the truth, you may...offend the emperor."

"But it doesn't matter."

"The eighth elder brother was raised by the ministers. He has both ability and political integrity since he was a child. He loves and helps each other with his elder brothers. He is also kind and righteous. It is precisely because of this that he is respected and supported by the officials, and he has become one of the princes. The rafters who are in the top position, similarly, these good qualities are also his shortcomings, if he is really guilty, it is also a crime of virtue, or a crime of outstanding virtue and talent."

At this moment, Fuquan was like those ordinary elders, protecting Baye.

After all, which elder would not like a junior with a filial governance and gentle personality?

Kangxi felt that he could hardly listen anymore.

Fortunately, what Fuquan said is almost the same.

Although what Fuquan said did offend him.

If it were someone else, Kangxi would be furious.

But at this moment, it wasn't Fuquan's words that angered him.

But what Fuquan said was far from the eighth elder brother in his heart.

"Brother, it's a good thing you've known for the rest of your life that you were deceived by his gentle appearance just like those officials!"

Fuquan opened his mouth, wanting to say something for Ba Ye.

However, Kangxi lightly pressed his shoulder and said: "Don't be in a hurry to talk to me, just listen to what I have to say, it doesn't matter if you continue."

Fuquan was slightly taken aback, but in the end he didn't speak anymore.

"You said that the eighth elder brother and the princes love and help each other, but that's just the surface you see. You know that when the prince was imprisoned in the clan's mansion, the prince clearly asked him to bring a message, but when I asked, he Without mentioning a word, it was the fourth brother who told me the truth in the end. Not only that, but he also framed the prince many times. Later, he extended his hand to the fourth and fourteenth."

Fuquan: "..."

"Let's talk about his benevolence and righteousness. I rule people with benevolence, and he buys people's hearts with benevolence. I have overindulged the people below, but he is even more indulgent than me. Even if his benevolence is true, it will only Completely destroy the country of my Great Qing!" At the end, Kangxi added: "Especially in these years, the national treasury has suffered serious losses, and the Great Qing cannot fall into the hands of such people."

Getting old and getting old, what made Kangxi exhausted both physically and mentally, but was powerless, was rectifying the administration of officials and filling the treasury.

Over the years, Kangxi has given preferential treatment to his courtiers and brothers who have fought with him.

It's like asking for a house for a house, and a car for a car.

A minister wanted a beautiful maidservant to warm his feet. Kangxi was so proud that he gave twelve of them at once.

Not to mention the losses they caused by borrowing money from the treasury.

In addition, last year's feast of thousands of seniors also cost a lot of financial resources.

These sums of expenditure have left the national treasury in dire straits.

But even if Kangxi knew about it, he didn't plan to clean up the mess.

Because those important ministers and brothers have fought with him since he ascended the throne and suffered a lot.

One by one, the friendship with him is no less than that of a brother like Fuquan.

Now that the Qing Dynasty is finally in its prosperity, he can't let go of his old face, and he can only turn a blind eye when he goes to collect debts from those brothers.

Besides, Kangxi is old, and he wants to leave a reputation in history as a benevolent and righteous master, and he doesn't want to be too mean and ungrateful to the meritorious veterans.

But he doesn't intend to clean up the mess, which doesn't mean the mess will never be cleaned up.

Therefore, this arduous task is naturally left to future generations, that is, the new emperor who will ascend the throne in the future.

He himself also deeply understands this, in order to ensure that the Qing Dynasty can be maintained after a hundred years.

The new heir to the throne must have the courage and ability to deal with the mess he left behind.

To help him plug the hole caused by his "benevolent government".

However, as far as Kangxi is concerned, the eighth elder brother is simply too benevolent.

If he is allowed to ascend the throne, wouldn't the Qing Dynasty go from deficit to ruin.

At this time, Fuquan felt that what Kangxi said was nothing serious.

He said: "I don't think these are the problems. In terms of dealing with people and things, they can always be changed."

"Well, let's not talk about those things, just talk about other aspects of him. Every time there is a good errand, he and the disciples below will squeeze their heads to grab it. When it comes to difficult errands, he will be vague. He resigned and was unwilling to take over. Besides, did you ever know that this rebellion against Allah Butan was all due to his secret collusion and using the remaining power at hand to open the way for the thieves!"