Forty-eight years of Qianlong

After giving the order, He Shen returned to Dongnuan Pavilion.At this time, Qianlong, who was lying on the couch, had already fallen into a deep coma due to a stroke. One of the two imperial physicians was administering acupuncture for treatment.

He Shen comforted Xiao Delu a few words, and then gestured to another middle-aged imperial physician surnamed Meng to let him come out with him.When the two came outside the hall, He Shen said softly, "How is the emperor's condition?"

Physician Meng cupped his hands and said, "Going back to Zhongtang. This time, Shengjia was caused by the excessive disorder of qi and blood. The so-called qi deficiency can't dispel dampness, dampness stays in the middle burner, yin deficiency produces internal heat, heat burns body fluid, and damp heat accumulates. Block the meridians, turn fire into wind, and phlegm fire upside down to blind the clear orifices. Needling alone may not work, and the medicine should focus on restoring yang, strengthening the body, refreshing the brain and resuscitation. This is the prescription written by the lower official, please take a look at it .”

He Shen listened very carefully. He has many positions now, and he is also in charge of the imperial hospital and imperial pharmacy. He is the immediate boss of these imperial doctors.He took the prescription without looking at it, and continued to ask: "When will the emperor wake up?"

Doctor Meng said: "Using the medicinal holy body will definitely recover. It's just."

"Just what?"

"Even if the emperor wakes up this time, it may still be inconvenient to speak and act. You need to calm down and recuperate, and try not to be disturbed by foreign affairs."

He Shen nodded, raised his eyes and glanced to the south, saw the eunuch who had left before going back and forth, followed by more than a dozen people in the costumes of Su La's attendants, his heart jumped wildly.He suppressed a sigh and said, "Nowadays, the country is in a state of chaos, the North Sea pirates are scrambling outside the customs, and the Miao people in the south are not stable. The Qing Dynasty cannot do without the emperor and his old man. Lao Meng, we have been together for more than ten years." We are friends, tell me the truth, the emperor is awake this time, can he still deal with government affairs?"

"Uh" Imperial Physician Meng hesitated for a moment, and finally said dejectedly: "Zhongtang, let me say something out of my head, the emperor's illness is too sudden this time, even if he recovers, I'm afraid it's not as good as before, and handling government affairs may be difficult for a strong man."

He Shen nodded after hearing this, then opened the prescription and looked at it for a while, then suddenly showed surprise and said: "Huh? This prescription is not right."

"Zhongtang, I dare to guarantee my life with my life, there is absolutely no prescription." Imperial Physician Meng hurriedly defended, completely oblivious to the fact that the eunuchs had come a few steps behind him.

Just at this time, a sudden change occurred, and one of Sura's attendants who was walking in the front shook his hand, and slipped something from his sleeve, emitting a bright cold light under the light.This person walked behind Doctor Meng, covered the other's mouth, and at the same time pierced the back of his heart with a dagger, and twisted it hard twice.

Physician Meng's back hurt, and a hoarse whine came from his throat. He stared at the smiling He Shen with wide eyes, kicked his legs hard a few times, and swallowed his breath unwillingly.

"There are four in the main hall, and four in the Xinuang Pavilion. Except for the emperor, Xiao Delu don't want to hurt him, just restrain him."

Hearing He Shen's order, the man in charge of the assassination wiped the dagger on the bottom of his boots twice, and said in a deep voice, "Yes. What else does the master want?" Although the man spoke in a low voice, his voice was hoarse and rough , obviously not a eunuch.

"Your Majesty, you can't wake up, and you can't die. Do you understand?!"

Another guy with a fat face said softly: "Master, don't worry, we have also studied medical skills for two years, and this method is still within reach."

He Shen closed his eyes, nodded heavily, and a dozen people filed in from beside him.After a few breaths, there were exclamations and screams from the East Nuan Pavilion, and a faint smell of blood drifted into He Shen's nose. He opened his eyes and looked at the dark night sky in the distance, feeling worried.

Although it was a bit hasty to start suddenly today, He Shen knew in his heart that Qianlong would most likely fail this time.Once the gate of the palace opens at dawn, the news cannot be concealed no matter what, and it will be too late to try to do something wrong.

That is, in the cold winter half a year ago, when Zhao Xin uttered those deafening words in the Shuifa building, He Shen, whose mind was greatly shocked, began to plan a way out for himself and his family.However, when he analyzed all aspects one by one, he found that he didn't have many choices.

Guard Qianlong and wait for the Northern Navy to enter the capital, let Zhao Xin collect all the gold and silver treasures he has accumulated for many years?He is not reconciled.

Prepare in advance and take the emperor to Xi'an?Not to mention whether the 83-year-old Qianlong would like to be the "Tang Minghuang", and even if he wanted to, he could endure this toss. How long can he stay in Xi'an?The North Navy came to attack something, so the court still had to continue to Xining or even Tibet? Qianlong in his 80s entered the snow-covered plateau, and He Shen's scalp tingled just thinking about it.

What's more, He Shen is not tired of living yet!When Chaoyin Temple returned to Beijing after the negotiations, he never forgot the killing intent he felt from Yongyan.Although Qianlong said that he established the crown prince in secret, today's princes and ministers would be fools if they couldn't see it anymore.

All right!Although Zhao Xin once explicitly rejected his temptation to seek refuge outside the customs, He Shen still saw an opportunity from the other party's methods over the years.In his opinion, although Beihai Town used the banner of the former Ming Dynasty to win people's hearts, Zhao Xin's attitude towards the Manchus and captives outside the pass is enough to prove that this person will not be wiped out, as long as he does things for him, he will have a way to survive; Ty is the perfect example.

He didn't want to give up money or life, so there was only one road left before Heshen, to go to Yunnan, Guizhou and join forces with Helin to take Myanmar and southern Tibet for Zhao Xin.I will help you expand your territory, and you provide arms and material support. With this credit, it is not too much to change the position of guarding northern Myanmar for generations in the new dynasty, right?

Nine years later, the Manchu rulers and ministers came to a conclusion from the large and small information. The reason why Zhao Xin could not take the capital in the east and west was one thing to seek stability, and another to turn the fence into a territory.It was not enough for this person to force the imperial court to take Gurkha, but he also thought about southern Tibet and northern Myanmar, and his wolfish ambitions were clearly revealed.

He Shen believes that as long as he has the support of Beihai Town, coupled with his huge financial resources and He Lin's [-] troops, neither Yongyan nor Fukang'an will dare to touch him.

With the plan in mind, he began to prepare.Years ago, after discussing with Liu Quan, Ma Basan and other confidantes, he first transferred the team responsible for the assassination from the south of the Yangtze River back to the capital.There are more than 83 people in this team, all of whom are dead men he has adopted for many years, and they obey him.Afterwards, He Shen used his authority as the head of the House of Internal Affairs to place most of them into Sula's attendants in the Old Summer Palace.

Of course, if you want to carry out a coup d'état, it is not enough to have this kind of people.

While He Shen was in a daze, the people in the hall were killed and tied up, and several of his subordinates also started to carry the corpses out and wipe the ground.All the dead would be strapped with weights and sank into the lake behind.

He Shen rubbed his face with his hands, turned and entered the hall.When he walked into Dongnuan Pavilion, he saw Xiao Delu, the chief eunuch who was tied up like a zongzi, lying on the ground, looking at him with eyes full of surprise and fear.He Shen ignored Li Yu, but went to the couch and took a bunch of keys from the waist of the unconscious Qianlong.Then they went straight to Xinuang Pavilion, which is called "Le'anhe".

This is Qianlong's dormitory and study room, which is extremely private. Even if he is favored by Qianlong, he can't easily come in.After entering the room, he took a look around, came to the table, poured some water into the inkstone, rubbed the cinnabar ink, took out a piece of yellow paper used to write the imperial edict, picked up the pen, dipped it in the ink, and began to write. snake.If Xiao Delu saw it, he would be surprised that his handwriting is almost exactly the same as that of Qianlong.

It is said that in order to please Qianlong, Heshen worked hard on poetry, otherwise he would not have this "Jia Le Tang Anthology" in history.In addition, his calligraphy attainments are also top-notch. Since he often wrote poems on behalf of Qianlong, his imitation of Qianlong's handwriting can reach the level of real ones.

He Shen wrote two edicts and one letter in total. Afterwards, he came to Qianlong's bedside, opened a sandalwood box about a square meter in size with a key, and took out a seal from a yellow silk bag.This is a "Emperor's Treasure" seal carved in Manchu and Chinese languages. The whole body is made of sandalwood, carved with coiled dragon buttons, and tied with silk ribbons.

In the 11th year of Qianlong's reign, the "stamp-stamping madman" re-examined and ranked the many imperial treasures of the previous emperors, and finally set the total number at 25 squares, and specified their scope of use in detail.Among the 25 square jade seals, this sandalwood seal has the highest frequency of use, and its use range is extremely wide, and other treasures cannot compare with it.

He Shen held his breath, carefully applied the cinnabar ink pad, and stamped the two forged edicts.While waiting for the ink and marks to dry, he took out his veil and wiped the sweat from his forehead and the back of his neck.

Afterwards, he first put the "Emperor's Treasure" into a bag, tied it around the waist of his official robe, and looked at the full-length mirror in the room, because the official uniform is very large, and it is basically invisible from the outside. .Immediately afterwards, he folded the two printed imperial papers and stuffed them into his cuffs, and then he walked out of Xinuang Pavilion.

"Go and call Hu Shijie here." He Shen ordered the eunuch who brought his men down.

The eunuch was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, and said "Aba Aba" twice, it turned out that this person was dumb.

After a stick of incense, when the Qingyan Palace in Jiuzhou was cleaned up and a faint agarwood was wafting, Hu Shijie, the eunuch who passed the decree, also arrived.He called He Shen who was waiting outside the palace gate, and said with a smile: "He Zhongtang, are you looking for the younger one?"

He Shen took out an imperial edict from his sleeve, handed it to the other party, and said, "The emperor called Prince Yi and Prince Ding to enter the palace immediately. This is an edict."

Hu Shijie hurriedly knelt down on the ground, took it with both hands, and carefully opened the lantern in the hand of the waiter at the door, and saw that it read: "Shangyu, Prince Yi Yonglang and Prince Ding Mianen enter the garden immediately." See you. May 51, 25 years of Qianlong."

The words are correct, and the seal is also correct. Hu Shijie didn't doubt that he was there, so he got up and left.When the figure of the other party disappeared, He Shen took out another forged edict, letter and a square waist card from his sleeve, and said softly: "You go to Gujiatun and give this to Liu Quan, so that he can prepare. "

The reason why he wanted to force Prince Yi Yonglang and Prince Ding Mian En to enter the palace was to control them so as to gain control over the Eight Banners Guarding Barracks and the Infantry Commanding Yamen.

The Manchu Qing learned the lessons of the Ming Dynasty, and a very important feature of the internal system was checks and balances, which made it possible for no one in history to launch a coup through military means.The military ministers have great power, but they are only the heads of civil servants and the emperor's mouthpiece.

So don't look at He Shen who is also the admiral of the Nine Gates and the Minister of the Guards, but it is Qianlong's grandson Mian En who really controls the infantry commanding the Yamen, and it is the third generation Prince Yi Yonglang who controls the Eight Banners Guarding Barracks.In other words, our He Zhongtang is not the president and minister with the palm seal, and has no military talisman.After dawn, as long as the situation is found to be wrong, the two princes can lead troops to destroy him in minutes.

By the way, in the Qing Dynasty, the military talismans that could mobilize the emperor's army were never gold medals and arrows, but two things that looked like waist cards; one was carved in Yang characters, and the other was carved in Yin characters. It is still necessary to check whether the two coincide with the first one.

After the dumb eunuch left, He Shen called two of his subordinates and accompanied him to a small courtyard outside the Yuanmingyuan.When I knocked on the door and walked in, I saw under the bright lights, more than 30 people holding weapons, wearing shuttle armor inside, and cotton armor outside were gathering in the yard. Seeing He Shen shaking their sleeves and knelt down, they said in unison: " master."

He Shen nodded slightly, raised his hand to signal everyone to get up, and asked with a smile, "Are you full?"

"I am full!"

"Okay! When we do it later, the two princes will be kept alive, and none of their guards will be kept alive."

"Whoo!"

To make a long story short, after more than half an hour, the sky was twilight.Prince Yi Yonglang and Prince Ding Mian En, who came here according to the edict, got off their horses outside the gate of the Grand Palace, led four guards, and followed the eunuch Hu Shijie who passed the edict.When they walked across the Ruyi Bridge leading to Qingyan in Kyushu and came to the gate of the Yuanmingyuan Palace, the two princes were about to order a few guards to wait here, when suddenly a dozen people rushed out from the darkness on both sides, each holding weapons , coming straight.

At this time, the four guards under Mian En and Yong Lang were shocked, seeing the other party slashing with a knife, they unconsciously raised their hands to block with their arms.You must know that this is a forbidden garden, without the emperor's order, daring to hold weapons here is a dead end.

The two leading men with long knives raised and lowered the knives, and immediately chopped off the forearms of the two guards.After hearing two screams, the assailant stepped forward and tripped them again, kicking them to the ground.The reason why a long knife is used is because this knife is very suitable for fighting in the dark, and it is precisely because it cannot be seen clearly that it complies with the principle of "one inch long, one inch strong".

Those who can serve as the prince's bodyguards are all very skilled. When they saw someone who dared to do something wrong, they first shouted "Who is that?" and then waved the horsewhip in their hands to protect the two princes and wanted to run back.However, they soon discovered that there were several figures standing at the end of the bridge, strictly blocking the way of retreat.

Prince Yi Yonglang was shocked, and shouted: "I am Prince Heshuo, I have ordered to meet you! Why do you want to kill someone?"

Prince Ding Mian En was also frightened, although he was the most proficient in horseback riding and archery among the kings, but he didn't have a bow and arrow, and he didn't have a sword, and he didn't wear armor, how could he resist?

At this moment, someone behind him said: "The imperial decree has arrived, please accept the decree~~"

Yong Lang turned around to look, and saw under the bright lights, a middle-aged man wearing a boa robe and smiling was standing at the entrance of the hall, whoever it was if it wasn't He Shen!
"He Zhongtang save me"

While Yong Lang and the others were stunned, several attackers took advantage of the gap and threw down two guards and two princes with force respectively. Prince Ding Mianen, who is in his 40s, is different from the thin Yonglang. He is as strong as a cow, and after being overturned to the ground, he couldn't stop tossing. Pressing him, one of them stepped on his neck hard with his foot, which made it difficult for him to move his upper body.

However, Mian En's two legs were still struggling desperately, and he shouted hoarsely: "Come here." Before he could finish speaking, someone stuffed a rope into his mouth.

Soon, the two princes and two guards were strangled by the ropes. Yong Lang and Mian En were stuffed into the leather pockets prepared in advance and tied up. courtyard.The four guards were also stripped of their yellow jackets, and one of them was stabbed in the heart, then stuffed into his pocket, filled with stones, carried by four people, and thrown into the lake.

As for the eunuch Hu Shijie who passed the decree, he was so frightened that he shrank under the stone lion.What is going on here?