The Long River 天下长河 Episode 34

Looking at the Yellow River from a distance, Jin Fu expressed his feeling that he was not afraid of beheading and exile, even if he died, he would die well. If there is any regret, I am afraid that the project that has been painstakingly managed for many years will be destroyed in the end. Thinking of this, Jin Fu chanted poems to sadden his heart, wishing that the Yellow River would be governed for a long time, and peace and prosperity would last forever.

Suo'etu returned to the capital safely, and the ministers waited at the city gate to welcome him. Yisang'a was definitely happy from the bottom of his heart, but Mingzhu and Gao Shiqi were purely under the cloudy sky and exposed to the sun, hypocritical. The three prime ministers greeted each other in a pretentious manner, and in a few words, they revealed their true colors, and officially opened the mode of talking with a knife hidden in a smile.

This time Lin Xingzhu made a great contribution, and he did not ask for a reward when he entered the palace to face the saint, he only hoped to bring the bones of the soldiers back to his hometown for burial. Kangxi respected Lin Xingzhu's loyalty and bravery, but Yakesa was still rebuilding the city and still needed Lin Xingzhu's army, so he ordered rewards for meritorious service and sent people to bury the soldiers.

As soon as the words fell, Suo Etu raised his voice from far to near, and with the support of Mingzhu and Gao Shiqi, he rushed to Kangxi in three steps at a time, his eyes were as round as copper bells, Every sentence is inseparable from Jin Fu and Chen Huang, and the mention of these two people is full of anger, wishing to kill them on the spot.

Mingzhu noticed Kangxi's wink, and immediately interrupted Suo'etu and reported that Tuktuhan brought his daughter to Beijing. Kangxi was going to appease Suo'etu and return home first, but Suo'etu insisted on discussing the river channel issue today. Fortunately, Gao Shiqi stopped him from thinking about it on the grounds of preparing for the war.

Now Kangxi suddenly reused Xu Qianxue. He was promoted from Zhan Shi of the Imperial Academy to a cabinet bachelor. Suo Etu was restless when he heard about it. Although Mingzhu believed that Xu Qian's learning was insufficient, both he and Gao Shiqi knew that Kangxi's move was intended to change horses and support new ministers to overthrow old ministers.

Princess Tuktuhan entered the palace on behalf of the Horqin tribe to explain her intentions, mainly to test Kangxi's mind, lest he might withdraw. Kangxi asked the eldest prince Yinyi to reiterate his true intentions. The previous reward to Galdan was purely a strategy to delay the army. If he could coexist peacefully with the Mongolian tribes, if he persisted in his obsession, he would definitely attack him himself.

It was also because the princess knew about Kangxi's deployment that she finally felt relieved. Kangxi told her to stay in the capital first, and reminded the rest of the troops to stay away until the food, grass and soldiers were ready to take Galdan in one fell swoop. After Kangxi waited for the princess to leave, he intentionally hit Yinyi on the sidelines to prevent him from being brainwashed by Mingzhu and even Concubine Hui.

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang didn't have much time, she lay weakly on the bed, forced her consciousness to respond to Kangxi, and then slowly fell asleep. Kangxi went to the ancestral temple to pray for the blessing of his ancestors, hoping to restore the health of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, but unfortunately his filial piety failed to impress the ancestors. On a snowy night, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang sat in the main hall and looked at Kangxi as before.

Obviously, the Empress Dowager's return to light means that her life has come to an end, she is indifferent to life and death, and there are only three things that need to be explained to Kangxi when she is dying. One is that the foundation of the Qing Dynasty is rare, and the prince needs to choose the best; secondly, the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change, and the child cannot be made into a child by preference; the last is to tell Kangxi not to always miss the old love, reuse the courtier does not mean pampering the courtier, remember Changing horses frequently can prevent ministers from overshadowing the master.

After saying these words, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang mentioned the matter of Fulin and Tong Jia, and admitted that she should not have forced Concubine Zhao to be the queen, and that her sins in this life will be punished underground. Kangxi knelt down to Xiaozhuang three times and kowtowed nine times, turned around and walked out of the door step by step, sitting on the steps and weeping silently until the news of the Queen Mother's death came.