Speaking of Yin Jishan, the late famous official of the Qianlong Dynasty, he had thirteen sons and one daughter in his life. Among them, Qinggui was the fourth, and Qinglin was the fifth.
As early as the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign, Yin Jishan's only daughter married Yongxuan, the current Prince Yi, and became the direct descendant of Fujin. From this relationship point of view, Qinglin was regarded as a royal in-law, and in terms of it, he was Mian'en's elder.
Qinglin, who was standing at the door of the flower hall, saw that the leader of the three people walking towards him looked familiar. He took a closer look and couldn't help being surprised. He stepped forward to say hello.
Unexpectedly, Mian'en moved faster. He stretched out his big iron hoop-like hands to support Qinglin, and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Qingcun, we haven't seen each other for a while! Little brother, I
Your brother asked me to bring you a letter for this visit. Before leaving, he repeatedly told me to deliver it to you personally. I had no choice but to come and bother you."
Qinglin looked at Mian En with a face full of astonishment. When he saw the other party blinking at him, his heart suddenly moved. He smiled and invited Mian En and the others to sit down in the study. While tea was being served, he called Captain Geshiha.
He was ordered to lead people to guard around the flower hall, and no one was allowed to approach without his order.
According to the Qing Dynasty system, the prince was not allowed to leave the capital for more than sixty miles without an order, and the crime was the same as that of any official. Once violated, it would be regarded as treason and the crime should not be punished.
As a former spy leader of the Niangan Branch, Qinglin understood almost instantly that Mian En's appearance must be an imperial mission, and the matter was of great importance, so he concealed his identity.
Sure enough, when the surroundings of the flower hall fell into silence, Mian En immediately stood to the south and said in a deep voice: "There is an edict, Qinglin kneels down to listen!"
Qinglin flicked his horse-hoove sleeves, kowtowed to the ground and said, "Slave Qinglin, I respectfully listen to the edict!"
At this time, the Ouchi guard on the side had taken out a locked, red patent leather rectangular flat box from the bag he carried with him, and held it to Mian En with both hands. The latter took out the key he carried with him, opened the box, and took out a yellow paper folded letter.
, after opening it, he recited in a deep voice:
"Edict: With Jiangning General Qinglin immediately arranging Jiangning and Jingkou garrison for the families of the Eight Banners to move westward to Jingzhou, as soon as the personnel should be resettled, Jingzhou General Xingzhao has been entrusted to handle it. It is of the utmost importance that all necessary ships, grain and rice be prepared.
, without delay. Prince Ding Mian'en came out of Beijing with the royal flag to handle the case. In order to prevent the pirates from the North Sea from invading the mouth of the Yangtze River, eight banners were stationed in each of the two rivers, and the general soldiers and naval forces of each town were at his disposal. It was inconvenient to give instructions remotely.
Walk with your camera. Special order!"
"Slave obeys the order!"
Qinglin was shocked when he heard the word "handle the case". After he knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times, and was about to go to see the prince again with Mian En, the latter stretched out his hand to help him up, speaking in a tone that left no room for doubt.
He said: "There is no need between us, we are all one family."
After saying that, he handed the edict in his hand to him for viewing. Qinglin took it with both hands and saw the bright red and dazzling cinnabar regular script on it. It was strong and strong, with the spirit of gold and stone. It was the imperial pen of Jiaqing.
In the Qing Dynasty, there were many special edicts belonging to the emperor, such as "Zhi", "Edict", "Gao", "Edict", etc., each of which had its own purpose. However, the most common administrative document used by the emperor on a daily basis was actually the imperial edict.
Imperial edicts are generally referred to as "edicts" and are divided into three types: Mingfa, Tingzhi, and Zhuyu, each of which has a different lettering format.
Mingfa was issued publicly through the cabinet. The title was the year, month and day, followed by "Cabinet Feng", and the end was "I admire this".
The imperial mail is specially issued to a certain yamen or an individual official. It begins with "The Minister of Military and Aircraft sends an order to so-and-so", followed by "I send an order on the year, month and day", and the ending format is the same as Mingfa.
The most special thing is the "Zhu Yu", which is issued directly by the emperor to officials without going through the cabinet. There is no requirement for the letterhead format, and the word "special edict" is used at the end.
After the Yongzheng Dynasty, most of the emperor's decrees were issued through Zhu Pi memorials, and Zhu Yu was extremely rare. Qinglin had been an official for more than 30 years, and this was the first time he had seen it.
However, what shocked him was far more than that. After returning Zhu Yu Ping to Mian En, he asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, I am so brave, do you dare to ask what this case is...?"
He was now 100% sure that the case Mian En was about to handle was related to treason, and it was most likely related to Beihai Town. However, as a general of Jiangning, he had not heard anything about such a huge case. This is so unusual!
"Yuan Zicai and Zhao Yunsong secretly colluded with Zhao Ni and sent their disciples to participate in the imperial examination of the Beihai pirates last year. The emperor has decreed that Suiyuan and Anding academies should be raided and the two of them placed under house arrest to maintain court discipline!"
"Ah!!!" Qinglin suddenly felt his scalp explode, and he was shocked. There was a chill in his heart, and he said with a trembling voice: "This, this is impossible? Yuan Zicai is almost octogenarian, how could it be possible? ....."
Seeing his appearance, Mian En said with a smile or not: "Brother Qingcun, I heard that you and Yuan Zicai usually treat each other as brothers?"
Qinglin wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Uh... yes. Yuan Zi is my father's student, so, so..."
Mian'en didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and said with emotion: "The king left the capital and went to the palace to meet the emperor. The emperor sighed and said that the Yin family has been loyal and loyal for generations, and has been famous in three dynasties, from Duke Yin Wenke to your father Wen Duangong, and then to your brothers. , they can all be called the pillars of the country. It’s just that this Yuan Zicai is really unworthy of Yin Wenduan Gong’s painstaking efforts back then! Mr. Qing, as a Manchu nobleman, you have to think clearly about how to choose between national law and personal friendship."
These words were very serious. Qinglin knelt down and kowtowed again, and said with a choked voice: "I will remember the emperor's warning!"
It is said that the reason why Yuan Mei was able to withdraw from officialdom and build a garden in Xiaocang Mountain, and even accepted a group of female disciples despite the criticism from scholars all over the world, and dared to have a pen battle with Pu Xue master Hui Dong, was because he had his mentor Yin Jishan behind him. After Yin Jishan passed away, Qinggui, who had been promoted to Minister of Military Aircraft, took over his father's umbrella and continued to cover it.
Yin Jishan and Yuan Mei met in the fourth year of Qianlong's reign. At that time, Yuan Mei, who had already won the fifth place in the imperial examination, wrote a poem titled "Fu De Yin Feng Thinks of Jade Ke" when she participated in the Shujishi examination. "When you come to the Forbidden City when you are suspicious, you will feel like you are separated by the Tianhe River".
The poem is a good poem, but it has a big problem. To put it seriously, it violates taboos. You said that you are a Jinshi, why do you think about the inner courtyard of the palace when you have nothing to do? Across the Tianhe River, there are so many concubines and maids in the palace, who is the Weaver Girl?
Almost all the examiners at that time planned to depose Yuan Mei, but Yin Jishan, who was the Minister of Punishment at the time, argued against all opinions and said that this person's poems were excellent and he must be a young and talented person, but he just did not understand the corresponding genre.
With his words, 24-year-old Yuan Mei was selected as a Shujishi. From then on, he respected Yin Jishan as a teacher, and the two also established a deep teacher-student friendship.
Yin Jishan was transferred to the governor of Liangjiang, and Yuan Mei was also sent to Jiangsu as a county magistrate. The two had a deeper relationship. Yuan Mei even went to and from the Yin family's back house without avoiding his family members. Among Yin Jishan's many sons, the one with whom he had the best relationship was his third son, Qingyu.
Lao Wu Qinglin and Lao Liu Qinglan. Yuan Mei once commented that Qinglin was a smooth man and had the style of a king in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
The reason why Qianlong promoted Qinglin from the vice-capital of Qingzhou to the general of Jiangning last winter was because he had served in Shangyu's reserve office for many years and was meticulous in his work. It was suitable for him to be responsible for the preparations for the Eight Banners' westward withdrawal from Jiangning
.Furthermore, I want to use the relationship between the Yin family and Yuan Mei to monitor the movements of Jiangnan Shilin to prevent anyone from causing trouble.
You must know that although Yuan Mei has been idle for many years, he is good at dancing, relies on a skillful pen and an inexperienced Suiyuan, and has always been a core figure in the Jiangnan cultural circle. Countless dignitaries and literati have used peace and harmony in order to be arty and climb into officialdom.
He is proud to be familiar with people, and his charisma is extraordinary.
It's a good thing now. After monitoring for a long time, I found that the biggest rebellion of Ganqing was right under my nose!
Qinglin could guess at this moment the reason why Yuan Mei had an affair with Beihai Town, which was to allow his "Xingling Sect" to occupy a place in the court of the new dynasty in the future and compete with the Classical School in order to realize his "people-oriented"
"political ideal.
Now Jiaqing actually wanted to operate on Yuan Mei and asked Mian En to deliver a message. The purpose was very obvious, which was to warn him to understand his position clearly and not to be confused at the critical moment.
Mianen stayed in the study until the afternoon before leaving. During this period, he and Qinglin carefully discussed the evacuation arrangements for the families of the Eight Banners garrison in Jiangning and Jingkou. Although Jiaqing issued a strict order, more than 20,000 people did not just leave. Many of them
They all have close ties with the local Han society.
Don't forget that the Qing government required bannermen from the very beginning of the garrison city's establishment to not engage in any other occupations, such as business or agriculture, except as soldiers and errands. Bannermen and their families were strictly confined within the city, and their main tasks were military training and business trips.
When he was on duty, he was ordered to go on an expedition. However, after more than a hundred years, the population has increased day by day, and it is impossible to completely isolate himself from the local Han society, let alone the prosperous and luxurious Jiangning.
Before the 21st year of Qianlong's reign, the Qing government stipulated that officers and soldiers stationed in various places must return to Beijing for burial after their death. Those whose families had orphans, widowers, or elderly people who were struggling to make a living had to return to Beijing to live. This was the "returning flag system."
The problem is that as the garrison lasts for a long time, the connection between many bannermen and the capital gradually loosens, and the process of returning to the banner also causes greater troubles to the garrisoned bannermen and the places along the way. Therefore, in the 21st year of Qianlong's reign, the Qing government officially promulgated the "Garrison Soldiers Settlement"
The "Inheritance and Burial Regulations" allows the Eight Banners to purchase properties locally and bury them on the spot after death, without the need for family members to return to Beijing.
In the following thirty years or so, the indigenization process of the Eight Banners garrisoned in various places accelerated rapidly. Many banner families purchased local properties, bought shops, bought land and rented land, and some even married Han people. Now we need to
The thought of these people abandoning their property and moving westward is a headache.
Although he faced many difficulties, Mian En would not care about them. He told Qinglin that the family members of the bannermen who would evacuate to Jingzhou before the end of the year should not be less than 3,000. Qinglin had no choice but to bite the bullet and obey the order.
After Mian En left, Qing Lin sat in the study and fell into a long exam. He wanted to write a letter to Yuan Mei several times, and even wanted to go to Xiaocang Mountain to question the other party in person, but finally gave up. After thinking about it, Qing Lin thought about it.
Lin finally came to a conclusion helplessly.
It has been a full 150 years since the Manchus entered the customs. Four generations of kings have used various means to restrain people's hearts with written punishments, and to win over people's hearts with preferential treatment of gentry. His father Yin Jishan and his brother Qinggui devoted their lives to Confucianism.
He was kind to the Han talents who made friends with the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, rewarded the gentlemen, guided the people, and put a lot of effort into stabilizing the southeast for the imperial court.
However, even so, these Han people were not reconciled after all! The fire hidden in their hearts that had been almost extinguished was rekindled with the victory of the Northern Navy on the battlefield.
The fire that starts a prairie fire is born in the blink of an eye, and the water in the mountains is leaked in the trickle.
Unknowingly, the sun sets in the west, and the entire Jiangning City is shrouded in the dark and gloomy vast sky. The Qinhuai River in the city is as usual, with pavilions and pavilions lanterns, water light swaying, and boat cruises going back and forth; while outside the city,
The water of the Yangtze River changed from turbid yellow to dark black, and the waves undulated, making a heart-stopping sound of lapping the shore, roaring eastward towards the sea.
In the back house of the General's Mansion, it was already time for dinner. Qinglin's wife, concubines, and children had all arrived, but they found that the head of the family was not there. When he learned from the housekeeper that the master had been in the study since the guests left in the afternoon, his wife
Mrs. Chen asked her eldest son Esu to go and have a look.
E Su came outside the flower hall and saw from a distance that the lights in the study were dark. He was immediately unhappy and yelled at the housekeeper: "What's going on?!"
"Uncle, it's not that I don't want to, but the master has specifically ordered not to go in and disturb him."
"Then we can't keep the house dark!"
At this time, Esu saw the captain of the soldiers guarding the door of the flower hall, so he walked up to him and asked: "Who is here today?"
"I haven't seen him before. He seems to be from Beijing."
"Jingli?" E Su took the lantern from the butler's hand, went straight to the study door, knocked twice, and called softly: "Father, father?"
After a while, there was no response in the study. E Su was a little worried, so he opened the door and walked in. Unexpectedly, when he entered and held up a lantern to shine, he saw Qinglin's eyes shining dimly in the shadow of the lamp.
It was like two groups of bright and dim will-o'-the-wisps staring at him, which frightened him immediately.
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"How did you come?"
"Amma, it's time for dinner. Mother asked her son to invite you." As he spoke, Esu put the lantern on the table and called the housekeeper to come in and light the candlestick.
When the room became brighter, Esu noticed that Qinglin's complexion was not good and his eyes were gloomy, as if he was seriously ill.
"Amma, are you...do you want to invite a doctor?"
Qinglin shook his head first, then looked at the housekeeper and asked him to step aside, and waited for others to go out, then asked his son to close the door. E Su closed the door in confusion, and saw his father waving, so he walked over and said softly: "Ah
Ma, what happened?"
"Have you seen Yuan Dafu in the past two days?"
Yuan Dafu is Yuan Mei's eldest son Yuan Tong, who was adopted from his younger brother Yuan Shu. Both generations of the Yin family have good friends with Yuan Mei, and the younger generations are no exception.
"We met yesterday. Brother Yanting is coming to Jiangning the day after tomorrow, so we made an appointment to meet him."
The "Brother Yanting" mentioned by E Su was named Xu Shengwu, who once served as the magistrate of Pingxiang County, Jiangxi Province. It was he who created the dry dragon boat in eastern Hunan in later generations, and he was also a person who loved poetry.
Qinglin was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "The day after tomorrow...when you see Dafu, tell him that the court...is going to take action against Brother Zicai, and tell him to prepare early."
This person thought about it all afternoon and finally made a decision. The personal friendship between father and son still prevailed. Even if Yuan Mei couldn't leave, it would be a disaster to the family.
You must know that Yuan Mei's biological son Yuan Chi is not only the adopted son of the governor of Jiangsu, but also the adopted son of his third brother Qingyu, and he recognized him at the age of three. Yuan Mei is such a direct descendant and has not yet married. If it is because of this matter
How could he bear to have something go wrong?
"Why?"
"Lying with Beihai Town."
E Su was startled when he heard this, and his face turned pale instantly. At this time, the evening wind outside suddenly blew up, making the window paper swell, and the wind did not enter the house, and he actually shivered to the core!