Chapter 712: I won't be with you

Sure enough, after going down the court, Kangxi immediately ordered people to investigate the imperial examination.
He ordered someone to secretly investigate Ba Ye's recent behavior.
I don’t know if I check it, and everything will be clear once I check it.
"Long live, the imperial examination is indeed a lot of slots. The original champions, second-place winners, and search for flowers have almost all been brushed back to the countryside and replaced by those incompetent, that is, people who can only do business. When the court is an official, he has already thought about how to accumulate money." Zhang Tingyu will report on the investigation.
Kangxi seemed to have guessed such a result a long time ago, and he was not surprised.
Just asked casually: "What else?"
"There is also... that when the fourth master was pursuing the treasury, he took advantage of the fourth master offending the officials, so he went to buy people's hearts. In addition, he also gave Wei Dongting's descendants a lot of money. Said to make it easier for them to handle their funeral..."
Zhang Tingyu said seven or eight things like this.
Each one is ironclad evidence of private collusion.
Especially the matter of Wei Dongting, simply went beyond the rules.
To say that Wei Dongting is a minister of merit, Kangxi will naturally order people to comfort him if something goes wrong.
It's not a turn to say anything.
Just listened to Kangxi snorted coldly, and said: "What a eight-sage king, it's no wonder everyone flatters him, and there are so many small movements."
"Long live Lord...what's your order?" Zhang Tingyu asked cautiously.
"You first withdraw, I have my own way." Kangxi said lightly.
Thus, for a period of time, Kangxi carried out a thunderous suppression on the princely party.
As for Ba Ye, he didn't take anything for the time being, it seemed that he deliberately blinded Ba Ye.
After all, in the court, the prince and the eighth master were the main forces.
If the two sides were hit at once, the court would be in chaos.
It can only be solved one by one...
It can only be said that the prince is more influential for Kangxi than the eighth master.
Or, he regarded Ba Ye as a clown at all, and didn't take him seriously.
However, his aversion to the eighth master has deepened day by day.
In fact, as early as when the prince was restored, many problems existed between Kangxi and the prince.
It's just that Kangxi sometimes does not pursue those because of his love for the prince.
The prince's pretended filial piety cannot be played for a lifetime.
Unless he does everything from his heart, and there are no other corners, or a change of appearance, there is still a nod.
Otherwise, once he reveals his flaws, it will be a complete catastrophe...
The recovery of the national treasury a while ago allowed Kangxi to see the prince's false filial piety, and the real counseling behavior.
Now I know that the prince sells officials.
For Kangxi, such a person is absolutely impossible to become the emperor of Qing Dynasty!
In ten years, it is not easy for one person to control an increasingly large and powerful Qing Dynasty for such a long time.
As his age and energy decline, he will naturally feel a sense of crisis.
Nowadays, the biggest crisis of Kangxi comes from the threat to imperial power from the reserve power.
The prince is the future emperor, he is getting old, and the prince is growing.
Ministers will have choices for their official careers. This is the situation that Kangxi is most unwilling to see.
And during this period, the person who benefited most was naturally Si Ye.
When the elder next to him was scolded as a pig by Kangxi, the four masters were often rewarded and rewarded by Kangxi.
This made the elder brothers, the prince and the eighth master, suddenly stop fighting.
At the beginning, they turned their strength to Si Ye.
Because of Kangxi's appreciation of Si Ye, they were full of a sense of crisis.
In the political wisdom of the past, when the emperor gets old, there is a process of "helping on the horse and sending it off".
Whenever the transfer of power, there will generally be such a process.
The reigning emperor also paved the way to build up authority.
All this made the prince and the eighth master full of new dangers.
However, when they were preparing to focus their fire on the Fourth Master.
Si Ye announced to Kangxi and the court: Due to the huge pruning project of the Old Summer Palace, there are several farms in it. This made the son-chen understand that what he has always liked is the pastoral life. Thank you Huang Ama for the garden. The son-chen will make good use of this village to study agricultural development and Buddhism.
The translation of this sentence means this: you fight slowly, the master will not be accompanied, and the master will be the first idler in the Qing Dynasty.
Regarding Si Ye's remarks, I don't know if Kangxi has seen through it or not.
But no matter what, he still reduced the errands of the fourth master at the court and approved the fourth master's discount.
I have to say that the fourth master knows how to judge the time and weigh the situation, and this strategy of keeping a low profile makes it impossible for the prince and the eighth master to take him.
After all, he ignored the affairs of the court and yearned for a rural life and studied Buddhism.
No matter how they went to the Fourth Master's fold, it would only make Kangxi disgusted.
People have become so idle, and you still think he has a bad heart. Is it because he is full?
On the same day, Si Ye received Kangxi's approval.
Riding a carriage, strolling leisurely in the streets and alleys of the capital.
He first went to the Wenwan Store to stroll around.
The shopkeeper saw the Fourth Master and looked at the minions and guards behind him, and knew that he was extraordinary.
Busily pushing the shop aside, he personally greeted him, "Master, what do you want to buy? There are all kinds of small shops."
The fourth master did not speak, Su Peisheng said with a sharp throat: "My master wants to see Buddhist beads and Bodhi bracelets. I will show them all."
Minions speak so loudly, the shopkeeper naturally dare not neglect the nobles.
Immediately let Xiao Er pick a lot of valuable items, one by one in front of the Fourth Master.
"My lord, this is the newly acquired Seven Treasure Buddha Strings in the store. They are made of seven kinds of materials: gold, silver, colored glaze, clam, agate, amber, and coral. This is the only string in the store, the most distinguished , Ten assigns your identity." The shopkeeper's side promoted and flattered.
If you can have an by your side, it must be a noble man in the palace, and you have to take care of it.
Maybe he doesn't like bells and whistles. The Fourth Master didn't even look at the Qibao Buddha string, so he frowned, "The more expensive the Buddha beads, the better."
The shopkeeper paused, these years... and noble people don't like noble things?
After he smiled awkwardly, he said boldly: "Well then, look at this string. It is made of bodhi, gemstone, bamboo, wood, ivory, ceramics, purple sand, and carved lacquer. This string is relatively low-key. some."
Si Ye didn't reply, just glanced at a string of Buddhist beads on the shelf, and pointed at random: "Is that made of small leaf red sandalwood."
The shopkeeper followed the Fourth Master and replied: "This master has a good eye, this is indeed a small leaf red sandalwood prayer beads, each one is carved into the shape of an Luohan."
With that said, he showed the Buddha beads to the fourth master.
Si Ye put the weight in his hand and looked at the lines carefully.
Then put the beaded hole on the tip of the nose and sniffed gently.
"That's it." He handed the Buddha string to Su Peisheng, and did not forget to tell him, "Yes, I will wrap some agarwood and sandalwood, and take it to your Fujin master to make aromatherapy."