"Your Majesty, Vice Commander Deng's memorial said that he sent a son who had fought against the Third Prince Zhu and the Third Grandson Zhu to come to Beijing with that Zhuge Shen Lei. Can you please let me see him?"
Xiong Cilu had already read a lot of title books and memorials, and was confused, so he did not give a conclusion directly, but asked to meet Deng Guangming's nephew Deng Zhong.
Emperor Kangxi nodded and said with a smile: "It's time to meet this slave...Xuan!"
It turned out that Deng Zhong had already arrived in the Forbidden City at this time. He was in an excited mood, holding a chamber pot, waiting to kowtow to his young master Kangxi!
He has been waiting for this day for more than twenty years. He has been waiting for this day for more than 20 years. He has been waiting since he was a young slave who was successful and then became unlucky with his master, and now he is an uncle in his early forties. Finally, he has been waiting for it. When he heard the eunuch coming to announce his presence, he could no longer hold back his tears, so he went into the south study room of Qianqing Palace while crying... Emperor Kangxi and a group of ministers were dumbfounded.
Whose stupid slave is this? Why did you come in while holding a chamber pot and crying?
While everyone was in a daze, Deng Zhong had already knelt down respectfully, carefully put the chamber pot away, and then kowtowed to Emperor Kangxi and said, "Slave Xushun Deng Zhong, the eldest son of the Banner Army, respectfully greets the Emperor. "
"Saint Gong, please be fine." Kangxi watched the tearful uncle stand up and asked again, "Does your accent sound like you are from outside Guan?"
"Your Majesty, the servant's hometown is Lushunkou, and he belongs to the Zhengbai Banner Han Army."
"Oh, are you still an old Han army member of Zhengbai Banner?" Kangxi asked, "Have you ever entered the pass from the dragon?"
"Returning to the emperor, the slave did enter the pass from the dragon, and also participated in the battle of Shanhaiguan with the army. However, the slave was still young at that time and did not raise the flag. He was just a flag slave."
"That's a hero too! How did he become the surrogate son of Duke Xushun?" Kangxi looked at this uncle and felt that he was tall and mighty, with a fierce look that had been through many battles. How did he become the surrogate son? Is it because I cry too much?
"Slave..." Deng Zhongna cried so hard when Emperor Kangxi asked him, "Slave has a hard life. They all say that he belongs to Dorgon!"
"A person from Dorgon?" Kangxi felt something was wrong when he heard this. "How old are you? You were probably not even twenty years old when Dorgon died, right? Can you be considered Dorgon's confidant?"
Deng Zhong didn't dare to answer this question, because if he didn't answer it well, he would be cheating the emperor, so he could only cry.
Kangxi was confused when he saw him crying. What was wrong with this man? Why do you cry when you ask me?
"Don't cry, what on earth is going on?"
"Your Majesty," Tu Hai, the bachelor of Baohe Palace, smiled and came out to play, "I have remembered this Deng Zhong. I have known him since I was a bachelor of the Secretariat Academy in the early years."
"You knew him back then? Then is he Dorgon's confidant?"
"Your Majesty, he is indeed Dorgon's confidant," Tu Hai said with a smile. "He was still a child when he was sent to Dorgon's side. He was responsible for cleaning Dorgon's toilets. He did participate in the battle of Shanhaiguan. Even though he was old, he was still responsible for cleaning the toilet. Because the toilet was very clean, Dorgon raised the flag when he was happy. After the dynasty was settled in Beijing, he also served as a guard of the Regent's Palace, responsible for guarding the gate. The slave still remembers that he had His nickname is Toilet Loyalty, and even the Empress Dowager knows him."
Having cleaned Dorgon's toilet, looked at the front door, and even recognized him, he was indeed a confidant. The little saint of Kangxi said in his heart: "You have been suppressed for more than 20 years and it is not unjust. If Dorgon succeeds in his attempt to usurp the throne, you will either be a feudal lord or a cabinet minister! Maybe today you will meet Dorgon in the south study room." (Dorgon’s adopted son, Duoduo’s biological son) Let’s discuss with that fool how to bring disaster to the country and the people!”
Thinking of this, Emperor Kangxi said: "The slave has his luck, and the slave's luck is linked to the master's luck. Only when the master is good can the slave be good. If the master is going to die, the slave will naturally not end well..." ....Deng Zhong!”
"The slave is here!" Deng Zhong no longer dared to cry at this time...because Tuhai mentioned Dorgon!
If he cries again, others will say that he misses his old master. Of course, he really misses Dorgon... To him, it is really not as close as his father and mother to Dorgon!
Emperor Kangxi asked: "Why did you bring a chamber pot to the South Study?"
"Reporting to the Emperor," Deng Zhong said, "This is not an ordinary chamber pot, but a dumb Zhuge Divine Thunder, which was picked up by a slave on the battlefield..."
As soon as Deng Zhong said this, Xiong Cilu jumped up, "What? Is this the Zhuge Divine Thunder? Protect the emperor!"
As he spoke, Xiong Dahanlin rushed to Emperor Kangxi's palace, opened his arms, and protected Kangxi with his body.
Seeing his reaction, the six great bachelors Tu Hai, Jin Batai, Suo Etu, Li Fei, Dui Kana, and Feng Pu also reacted, and they all jumped in front of Kang Xi to act as human shields.
Kangxi was expressionless and unmoved, but he was still very satisfied in his heart - this Xiong Cilu was a loyal minister!
Deng Zhong also started to explain at this time, "Your Majesty, my servant has taken out the gunpowder filled in the divine thunder, and only brought the shell of the divine thunder and the divine talisman to the audience..."
As he spoke, he turned the chamber pot over and shook his mouth downwards. Nothing came out. It was indeed empty.
In fact, if the gunpowder inside is not taken out, the guards outside will not let Deng Zhong have an audience. What if this Deng Zhong came to die as a confidant and lit gunpowder and died with Emperor Kangxi?
Kangxi nodded and thought: "This Deng Zhong is quite careful. No wonder he can be Dorgon's confidant."
"Things that can't be blown up should be scattered!" Kangxi said, "It's just a chamber pot...Deng Zhong, bring over this chamber pot and the other magic talismans!"
"嗻!"
Deng Zhong held the chamber pot in both hands and knelt all the way to Kangxi's imperial case. A eunuch following Kangxi took the chamber pot and placed it on the imperial case.
"Deng Zhong, get up," Kangxi said with a smile, "Although you cleaned the toilet for Dorgon, you can still hold the chamber pot for me now. It's even!"
This is the grace given by Kangxi. In the future, no one will use the historical stain of "cleaning Dorgon's toilet" to suppress Deng Zhong again!
This means that Deng Zhong will be promoted soon - he is the one who surrendered the flag to Huang Taiji when he was the emperor. He also participated in the Stone War, raised the flag when he entered Beijing, and later returned it to Dorgon As a bodyguard, he also participated in the siege of Datong Jiangwan and made military exploits.
After Dorgon's death, he was sent to serve as a vest in the banner army of Xushun Gongfu. After that, he had to fight for the first place in every battle... If there was no stain of "cleaning toilets", he would become a green camp general (banner man). You can be a green camp official), isn’t it easy to be a guerrilla?
You know, after the Qing Dynasty took over the Central Plains, due to frequent wars, internal strife and smallpox, the Manchurian population has always been very thin. Today, the total number of Eight Banners heavenly soldiers is less than 50,000. Among them, those who can compare with Deng Zhong in terms of qualifications may not even be able to gather 1,000!
"Thank you Lord for your kindness!" Deng Zhong knelt down and kowtowed to Kangxi again.
If you work as an official or a slave in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, you must be good at kowtow! I guess those ministers and servants just practice at home when they have nothing to do. Practice makes perfect!
"Get up, get up," Kangxi waved to Deng Zhong, "Come here, come here and talk!"
Deng Zhong quickly stood up, approached Kangxi, took out another magic talisman and placed it next to the chamber pot.
Kangxi looked at the talisman and asked, "What kind of talisman is this?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, this is the talisman that the servant inserted into the wooden plug with a hole in the spout of the chamber pot when he picked up the divine thunder of the chamber pot." Deng Zhong said, "The servant thought that this talisman was probably used to ignite the thunder, so I made it Pull out the talisman."
"Quite clever..." Kangxi picked up the talisman and looked at it carefully, but found no "spiritual power", and then looked at Xiong Cilu again.
"Your Majesty," Xiong Cilu said, "you can ask Master Da Zhen from Baiyun Temple to come and have a look. If you don't understand, you can also call Master Zhang from Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi to have a look."
"That's it..." Kangxi said again, "Deng Zhong, didn't you throw away the gunpowder?"
"No, I didn't throw them away. They are all kept in Duke Xushun's mansion."
There is also the residence of Duke Xushun in Beijing, and Deng Zhong lived there after arriving in Beijing.
"That's good," Kangxi told Suo'etu, "Suo'etu, you go back to Xushun Gong's Mansion, take the gunpowder and show it to Nan Huairen in Qintian Prison."
"Hey!" Suo'etu quickly accepted the order, and then said casually, "Your Majesty, I think that the third prince Zhu and the third grandson of Zhu who appeared in Chaozhou are not trivial. They are probably the real masters, and we cannot take them lightly!"
Kangxi glanced at him and asked calmly: "Suo'etu, if you have any ideas, please tell me!"
Suo'etu didn't dare to say anything, because he was one of the "loyal ministers" in the court who opposed the torment of withdrawing the vassal. In his opinion, this vassal...cannot withdraw. If we want to withdraw, we must start a war!
And to fight...who is going to fight? Look at the six bachelors and one Hanlin in the south study room now. Who can fight? Who can defeat Wu Sangui? Moreover, the Eight Banners soldiers only have tens of thousands of soldiers in total. It is okay to put them there to scare people and act as heavenly soldiers. If they are really sent out to fight a tough battle, don't let Wu Sangui lose them all in one battle!
But Suo'etu's idea of dawdling around would definitely not go together with Kangxi, the young hero.
"Your Majesty," Suo'etu said, "I think the imperial court should send an imperial envoy to Chaozhou to find out the truth."
"It makes sense." Emperor Kangxi nodded and thought to himself: "Did Prince Pingnan and Duke Xushun support the bandits to protect themselves and resist the withdrawal of the vassal state, or did a big rebel really emerge? They cannot be left to their own devices such as Shang Kexi, Shang Shuying, and others. Deng Guangming said it himself."
"Who can be an imperial envoy?" Kangxi asked.
"The slave recommended Xiong Cilu, the academician of the Hanlin Academy." Of course Suo'etu would not recommend an important official in the DPRK and China who had a clear stance on the issue of vassal withdrawal, so he introduced Xiong Cilu as the "storyteller of the Hanlin Academy".
"Xiong Cilu is indeed good at getting things done and he is loyal," Kangxi was very satisfied, and smiled and said, "But he doesn't understand military affairs. It's better to let Mi Sihan, the Minister of Household Affairs, be the chief, and Xiong Cilu be the deputy. By the way. , Deng Zhong, you are the Han Army of the Zhengbai Banner, and I am the leader of the Zhengbai Banner. You are my slave. I see that your qualifications and military achievements are not bad. Being the son of Duke Xushun is really unworthy of your talents, so you will be treated as a third-class person for me. Guards, accompany Mi Sihan and Xiong Cilu on errands in Guangdong!"
To be a third-class bodyguard is to reach heaven in one step!
Deng Zhong knelt before Emperor Kangxi again, and was so excited that he couldn't help sobbing: "God's kindness is so great! Although I am so cruel, I can't repay God's kindness. How dare I go all out to repay God's kindness!"
After that, he tremblingly kowtowed to Emperor Kangxi several times.
