Chapter 6 Chapter 6 You are better than him
Qianlong brought Yonglian back to the coffin of the late emperor and sent everyone else away.
The attendants and servants did not think much of it and just thought that the father and son wanted to talk to the late emperor's coffin.
Only the father and son were left in the hall. Even Li Yu and several imperial guards had retreated to the gate of the courtyard to guard it.
At this distance, no one could hear what Qianlong and Yonglian were saying.
The weather was hot, and to prevent the corpse from rotting and emitting odor, ice was placed around the hall where the coffin was placed, and even the place where people saluted in front of the hall was filled with cool breezes.
Having just experienced such a supernatural thing and being in such a gloomy environment, Yonglian should be afraid.
But for some reason, when he thought that it was Yongzheng lying in the coffin in front of him, he was not so scared anymore.
The little guy tilted his head in confusion. He had never met Yongzheng before, and his impression of him came from either his original memories or from later TV dramas and books. There was no such thing as a grandparent-grandchild relationship. How could he not be afraid?
Qianlong personally picked up three incense sticks, lit them, and bowed in the direction of the coffin.
"Khan Ama, I heard from Yonglian that you appeared in spirit just now. Since your passing, I have been deeply saddened and miss you day and night. I really want to see you in my dreams. If you have any instructions for me, please tell me in my dreams."
Yonglian: “…”
Khan Ama is really good at talking. What he means is that instead of scaring people during the day, it is more reasonable to send them in dreams at night, right?
But the next moment, he heard a voice, "What do you mean by apparition? I wish I could send you dreams."
Yonglian: “…”
He thought for a moment, then turned his head and told Khan Ama, "The Emperor said that it would be great if he could send messages in dreams."
Qianlong: “???”
Yongzheng: “…”
"Yonglian! You...you can actually hear Huang Mafa talking!"
Yonglian looked in the direction of the sound and could only see a gust of wind blowing up a corner of the tablecloth.
"Your Majesty, I... I can hear it!" Yonglian replied. His nose felt inexplicably sore and several images flashed through his mind.
The little boy was running and playing in the western warm pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The Queen Mother grabbed him and held him on her lap. She read memorials while feeding him candied fruits.
He accidentally broke Huang Mafa's glasses. Huang Mafa pretended to be angry and slapped his little butt twice, but did not complain to his father and mother, and also told the eunuchs around him not to tell anyone.
Later, when he grew up a little, Huang Mafa would occasionally teach him a few sentences of "Thousand Character Classic" and even held his little hand to teach him to write the word "forever".
Huang Mafa said: "If you master the character '永', the other characters will be easy to learn."
"After I have written the character 'Yong', can you teach me how to write 'Lian'?" He wanted to write his own name.
Huang Mafa touched his head and said "OK".
But before the emperor could teach him how to write "lian", he suddenly passed away.
These memories were too real, as if he had experienced them.
Qianlong was stunned for a moment when he heard little Yonglian talking to himself. Now he came to his senses and found that Khan Ama's ghost was really here!
He immediately knelt on the mat and kowtowed in the direction of the coffin, "Khan Ama...Khan Ama...I miss you every day and remember your teachings every day..."
"Hmph! I don't think you remember much." Yonglian heard Huang Mafa say angrily.
"Banning 'The Great Righteous Awakening Record' is fine, but why are the requirements for officials and gentry to serve and pay taxes and the Grand Council abolished? Do you really despise my new policies?"
Yonglian: "...Your Majesty, Khan Ama can't hear you." He wanted to convey this, but he didn't dare!
As soon as he finished speaking, Yongzheng and Qianlong spoke at the same time.
Yongzheng: "Yonglian, my dear grandson, please pass on my message."
Qianlong: "Yonglian, whatever your Majesty said, please convey it to me on his behalf."
Yonglian: "This...this is what you said."
When Qianlong saw his son frowning in confusion, he suddenly realized something.
Khan Ama abolished several of his new policies and restored the clan membership of his eighth and ninth uncles.
If Khan Ama knew about this, he would definitely be dissatisfied.
Qianlong suddenly felt guilty and things got a little out of control.
"The Emperor... The Emperor said that it's okay to ban 'The Great Righteous Awakening Record', but it's best not to abolish the requirement that officials and gentry serve and pay taxes together."
If you change the rhetorical question into a declarative sentence, it will sound less fierce.
Qianlong: “…”
really……
"Khan Ama, please listen to my explanation. While having officials and gentry serve and pay taxes together may benefit the people, it will cause dissatisfaction among the gentry. I am young and not very virtuous, and I lack the Khan Ama's prestige. So I want to cancel it temporarily and reintroduce it after the court is stabilized and the Dzungars are pacified in the north."
Yonglian: “…”
Just make it up. Even if you want a good reputation, you're also afraid of the gentry causing trouble.
Of course, Qianlong's words could not deceive Yongzheng. He wanted to scold his son, but when he thought about having Yonglian to pass on the message, he hesitated.
Although Hongli was a bit confused, he was still diligent. He had to give him some face in front of Yonglian.
Yongzheng sighed and said, "You'd better remember what you said. It is often the hungry common people who overthrow a dynasty, not the gentry officials who exempted themselves from corvée and taxes."
Yonglian nodded repeatedly, the Emperor was a sensible man!
He passed these words to Qianlong verbatim.
Qianlong said solemnly: "I, your son, will remember the Khan's teachings!"
Yongzheng saw that little Yonglian nodded his head as he listened to what he said, as if he understood. He couldn't help but laugh, "Good boy Yonglian, you are even more obedient than your Khan father!"
Seeing his son's eyes curved with laughter, Qianlong asked him, "What did your Majesty say again?"
Yonglian: "The Queen cannot say that I am more obedient than you."
Qianlong: “…”
"Tell him that people's livelihood is the foundation of the country. Only when the people live well can the foundation of the Qing Dynasty last long." Yongzheng said.
Yonglian quickly passed on the message, saying that what Huang Mafa said was absolutely right!
"Don't be fooled by a few flattering words from officials."
Yonglian continued to convey the message, and every word Huang Mafa said hit the point.
Qianlong was complacent because he was praised too much.
Every time Yonglian said something, Qianlong would kowtow in the direction of the coffin and say, "Your son will remember the Khan's teachings."
He thought Khan Ama would mention the matter of restoring the clan status of the criminal minister, but Khan Ama never mentioned it. He talked about the officials and gentry serving as officials and paying taxes together, the Grand Council, and the issue of administration.
Yongzheng was afraid that little Yonglian would not be able to remember it, so he spoke very concisely. Hongli was very smart, so there was no need for him to explain it to him in detail.
Even if he told him some truths now, he might not really listen to them.
But I have reminded myself of what I should have reminded myself of, so I haven't wasted this opportunity.
As for the things in the royal family, they are all dead, so just restore their clan membership. Anyway, Hongli was also using his name at the time, so just consider it as a sacrifice on your part to give your son a good reputation.
As an emperor, he had a bad reputation when he was alive, so there was no need to worry about it after he died.
He recalled his sudden death, before many of his new policies had been implemented nationwide. His trusted ministers, Ortai, Zhang Tingyu, and Li Wei, were now aging, and while they still held powerful positions, their styles of doing things might not have pleased Hongli.
Thinking of this, Yongzheng couldn't help crying again.
Seeing that his son remained silent for a while, Qianlong asked, "What else did your Majesty say?"
"The Queen is crying." Yonglian was also a little sad.
Qianlong: "Khan Ama, if you have any regrets, please tell me. I will do my best."
As for whether he can do it or not, that is not up to him alone to decide.
"I have no regrets. I simply hope that the people of our Great Qing Empire will be prosperous and peaceful. I hope that you brothers, as well as my grandchildren, will be healthy." Yongzheng said, "I don't need to worry about anything else."
Yonglian relayed every word to Khan Ama, and couldn't help crying after finishing, "Huang Mafa, Yonglian will come to see you every day from now on. If you have anything to say, just tell Yonglian."
Huang Mafa's ghost cannot leave the room where the coffin is placed, but he can come here!
Qianlong was stunned, thinking that it was not necessary. Although he missed Khan Ama, he did not want Khan Ama to be involved in the affairs of the court after his death.
Feelings are feelings, and official business is official business. It is obvious that Khan Ama is only concerned about official business.
Even if he pretends to obey but actually disobeys, he will feel guilty. Firstly, Khan Ama's soul really exists, and secondly, this soul can communicate with Yonglian.
Yonglian saw that he did not follow Khan Ama's instructions. He told Khan Ama about this for one thing, but the more important thing was that he was afraid that Yonglian would leave the impression of him being a person who was neither trustworthy nor filial.
But Yonglian certainly didn't consider these things, and he didn't know how to stop little Yonglian's naive ideas.
Yongzheng started to laugh, "No, if you come here every day, your Khan Ama will be unhappy."
Yonglian: “…”
Yonglian looked at the silent Khan Ama beside him, and slowly understood what was going on.
Khan Ama is already the emperor, and he certainly doesn't want the soul of the emperor to interfere.
He sighed inwardly, which was understandable.
Just like when Jiaqing succeeded to the throne later, he did not want Qianlong to interfere.
What's more, Huang Mafa is still a soul.
"And I heard from the Twelfth Master that my coffin will be moved to Tai Mausoleum in October. At that time, my soul will also leave." People have three souls. One soul returns to heaven, one soul enters reincarnation, and the other soul follows the coffin in the human world and accepts offerings.
Now Yongzheng's soul is a human soul. After burial, his soul will be in the mausoleum.
"Wuwu... No, Yonglian doesn't want Huang Mafa to leave!" Yonglian cried instinctively.
"Good boy, don't cry..."
As Yongzheng spoke, he also began to sob.
Seeing his son crying so hard, Qianlong hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Is your Majesty leaving?"
Yonglian: "The Emperor said that his soul would leave after he was buried."
Qianlong: ...
What's with the inexplicable relief?
But this did not stop him from crying. It was true that he did not want Khan Ama to interfere in political affairs, and it was also true that he could not bear to leave Khan Ama.
No one would proudly praise him to the ministers anymore, no one would complain about his sloppy handwriting while urging his master to teach him patiently, no one would be so busy that they couldn't even eat, but would always tell their sons to eat as much as possible to gain weight...
Crying is contagious. The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren... no, it was two people and a ghost who couldn't stop crying.
Especially Qianlong, this was the first time he cried so freely since the sudden death of his Khan's father.
On the night Khan's father passed away, he had many things to deal with as the heir to the throne and had no time to grieve.
Afterwards, every time he wept or offered sacrifices, he would consider whether his every move was in accordance with etiquette. He also didn't dare to let himself get too sad, for fear of delaying the next step.
But now, he doesn't have to think so much.
He was just a son who lost his father.
…
Li Yu and the guards who were guarding outside the courtyard gate vaguely heard the crying of the emperor and the second prince, and everyone felt a little sad.
But some people also wondered whether the emperor specifically asked Prince He to bring the eldest prince back to the palace and leave only the second prince behind in order to tell the late emperor about the succession.
Doesn’t the Second Prince himself know that he is the Crown Prince?
Why bother with the secret succession? Just make it public.
Now everyone knows, but they have to pretend they don’t know.
It was not until sunset that Qianlong and Yonglian left the Yonghe Palace.
The father and son were crying and sweating, and were a little dehydrated. They kept drinking tea in the carriage.
Before leaving, Qianlong asked Yonglian to ask why only Yonglian could hear Khan Ama's voice.
Khan Ama couldn't answer either.
In fact, Yongzheng saw that the soul of his beloved grandson was different from that of ordinary people, but he was sure that this was obviously his beloved grandson. In order to avoid saying too much and making Hongli suspicious of the child, he said he didn't know.
Hongli loved Yonglian very much and hoped that they would remain so close in the future.
This is all he can do for his beloved grandson.
Qianlong knew a little about horoscopes, and before he appointed Yonglian as the crown prince, he asked someone to look at him. Everyone said that the child was destined to be very noble, and they did not find anything unusual.
Therefore, he did not suspect that there was anything wrong with Yonglian's fate. He was just worried that after communicating with the souls of the deceased, his body was contaminated with negative energy, which was bad for his health. So when he returned to the palace, he arranged a three-day peace ceremony for Yonglian.
He also specifically told Yonglian not to tell anyone about this, including the queen.
Yonglian agreed, but of course he couldn't tell anyone about this matter. He'd better forget everything the emperor had told him.
Sure enough, in the next few days, Khan Ama came to test him from time to time, asking him if he still remembered what Huang Mafa had told him.
Yonglian: “…”
I really want to remind Khan Ama that if you mention it repeatedly like this, it will enhance his memory. He will not be able to forget it even if he wants to. What's more, he doesn't want to forget it. He will have to bring it up to remind Khan Ama when necessary in the future.
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