Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 47
It is said that Renzong listened to the words of King Yi, and said: "Huang Kao respected Liu Tongxun, so he was upright. At that time, people in the court called him Bao Zheng and Hai Rui. Although Liu Yong was not as sharp as his father when he was in the court, However, being upright is already rare among senior officials."

Yi Wang said: "Outsiders say that he is always bookish."

Renzong said: "This is all jealous of him. It is said that he is angry with a book. After all, a scholar is better than a sly official."

King Yi said: "The emperor's vision is far beyond the reach of slaves."

After receiving the decree, he sent someone to the House of Internal Affairs to deliver a message to prepare the royal sacrificial feast, guard of honor and so on.

At noon the next day, all ten bodyguards went to the palace to wait on them, and all the sacrificial banquet and ceremonial weapons were ready, and the imperial sacrificial text written by the Imperial Academy was also delivered.So Yi Wang sat in the sedan chair, went to Liu Xiang's mansion to pay homage, finished the ceremony, and entered the living room for tea.At this time, Yinnian's relatives were full of civil and military affairs, and there were many people who came. As soon as King Yi arrived, those few friends who were friendly came in to perfunctory.

Wu Xiongguang, Minister of Military Aircraft, and Ying Xuqi, Minister of Rites, came in one after another.As soon as King Yi saw Wu Junji, he called him on behalf of him and said, "Huaijiang, you have good news, do you know?"

Wu Junji said, "What good news?"

King Yi said: "The higher-ups think of your hard work and want to let you out. It just so happens that the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou is vacant, so the higher-ups have filled in your name, and they will see it clearly tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

After hearing this, Ying Xuqi hurriedly congratulated Wu Junji.King Yi laughed and said, "It's rare to see Qing Diao crowded together."

When Xu Qi was told by Yi Wang, he immediately became bored.Wu Huaijiang hurriedly diverted the conversation with other words, everyone resumed the conversation, Yi Wang said: "The superiors talked about Chongru, saying that he has a lot of history, and he knew the day of his death before he died."

Xu Qi said: "That's what I heard about it."

Yi Wang said: "How do you know?"

Xu Qi said: "Shi'an is a very strange person. What he says and does doesn't look like the people of today."

Huaijiang said: "You still talk about him, but he suits you very well."

Xu Qi said: "He didn't really disagree with me, but according to his temper, he was lucky to meet Shengming. If he met a jealous master, how could he still be here today. In a word, a person who is too upright is also inappropriate. That is to say, his calligraphy was never criticized. When Heshen Fukang Ansheng asked for his calligraphy several times, although he did not return it face to face, why did he write it to him? I asked him, and he said that this kind of rape , who wants to call him brothers and sisters, and write something, it will inevitably be signed, I want to sign with this kind of person, Zhucheng Liu three words, I will be swept away."

King Yi said: "The emperor respects him only because of his integrity."

Huaijiang said: "What is Shi'an's previous knowledge?

Xu Qi said: "That sentence was still six years ago."At that time, I was in the South Study Room with him, talking at night with the lights on, and talking about our life experiences.Shi Xie said to me: "I will always ask you to write the biography in the future. It should be said that Liu is a noble son named Hanlin, and the title of the book is all over the world. If you ask yourself, you can do it when you are young, but you can't do it when you are a big one. He is 85 years old and I don't know what to say." Finally, I didn't care about it at the time, so I agreed to him a few words casually. "

Yi Wang said: "It's really strange, isn't he just 85 years old this year?"

Xu Qi said: "That's not it. On the day of 23, I went to visit him, and he told me the story of the Yong and Qian Dynasties of the Southern Qi Dynasty. He told me the story in great detail.

After finishing the lecture, he suddenly asked me seriously: "Xu Qi, what happened to the biography entrusted to you the year before last?"
'I replied that he hadn't written yet.He said: "Don't forget, today is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. There are not many days left. I can't wait any longer. I have asked Mengying Chan to engrave the imprint of a boy from the cave. You and I will be here for a few days." We are breaking up. ' Until yesterday morning, I was still drinking porridge and writing as usual. Unexpectedly, after the middle of the day, I would sit upright.Are you surprised that the posthumous manuscript was written by him before his death? "

When Yi Wang heard this, he was very surprised.

Huaijiang said: "This kind of thing is really a miracle for others, but it is not surprising for Shi'an's family. Because his father and grandfather did it like this. Now Shi'an can only be regarded as Keji Zude. It is already strange that Wen Zhenggong, the father of Shi'an, is not in the sedan chair; it is even more strange to know that his grandfather died."

Yi Wang said: "Who is his grandfather? Has he passed through?"

Huai Jiangdao: "Shi'an's grandfather, named Chi, styled Zitao, from a Jinshi magistrate, a calendar official to a Dafangbo, was a master of ginseng and Yili. When he was in office in the Fantai of Sichuan, he suddenly said to the scholars one day: 'I read the Tun at night. The third is that Yao Yixiang showed me a sign early, and while I still have a breath, I will beg for rest quickly, so as not to mistake the country. After a few days, it really died without a problem."

King Yi said: "According to this, it ended without a problem, and it has become the official position of the Liu family."

King Yi did not return to the court until the funeral was completed.Renzong mourned the ministers, and specially issued a decree to bestow the posthumous title of "Wen Qing".

When King Yi returned to his residence, he received a shocking report that suddenly said that Aled, the secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Xinpai Haijiang General Grain Taiwan, had been murdered.Yi Wang was surprised: "Alede has always been meticulous in his work, how could there be an unexpected change?"

He hurriedly asked his family to go out and inquire.It turned out that Aled was a man from the Zhengbai Banner of Manchuria, with outstanding intelligence and courage. When it comes to his talent and martial arts, there is really no criticism.

It's just that he is born with a secluded nature, he only likes men's sex, and he doesn't like women.Xiaodan in the capital was almost touched by him all over.At that time, Li Sutang was the young girl in Beijing with both sex and art. Aled was infatuated and often coveted.Reluctantly, the falling flowers are intentional, and the flowing water is ruthless.

Li Sutang didn't take him seriously.Every time Aled came back to the apartment, Sutang faced each other indifferently, never saying anything from the bottom of his heart, Aled was very unhappy.

On this day, it was also a matter of time, when Aled visited Sutang, he arrived at the door of the apartment, and a young man walked out face to face.

Behind the young man, there is another young man who is a romantic child, and it is none other than Li Sutang.

I saw Li Sutang and the young man talking and walking, lingering and affectionate, they couldn't say enough about each other.Aled was stunned, and thought to himself: There is such a beautiful man in the world, compared to Li Sutang, Suizhu and Bi, they are really a pair of jade, who can think of a way, iron net coral, put this pair of jade People come to the house and face each other all day long. That Fu is happier than being an emperor.Don't go in at the moment, go home alone, and secretly arrange secret schemes.

Let's say that this young man's surname is Jin, his surname is Chunqi, and he is from Pinghu, Zhejiang.I don't know how many immature people who are provoking grass and flowers outside at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and those frivolous girls who have been hooked by him.Relying on his rich family wealth and handsome appearance, he hangs around in the flowers all day and all night.I was afraid that he would spoil his body, and just when the imperial court was serving the Sichuan and Chu military affairs, a special case was made for donations. Rich people can get on the top and get an official position with a few dollars, so they asked him to carry money into the Du, do the big business of showing relatives and making famous.The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.When Jin Chunqi arrived in Beijing, he was still soliciting songs and selecting colors, busy with his affairs, and his fame and fame were not on his mind.Beijing fashion is all about playing Xiaodan. Although Chunqi is a newcomer and has different customs, he has already formed a close friend. This friend is the singer Li Sutang.The two sons hit it off, like paint and glue, and they couldn't say enough about each other.The money that Chunqi brought to Beijing was spent within a few months.The money on the head of the bed is exhausted, the strong man has no face, so he has no choice but to rent a house in Fayuan Temple to live temporarily.

One day, a surprise report was received saying that Li Sutang had died of a sudden illness.When he arrived there, he was buried in a coffin.Touching the coffin, I cried a lot.From then on, the screen traces of prosperity, no intentions, only living in a quiet place in the Xiao Temple.Thinking of Sutang, I can't help sighing and crying.

In less than two months, he had already developed a sickness from boredom, and with the shadow of the medicine furnace and the lamp, the guest situation became more and more miserable.It's exactly: Thousands of miles of rivers pass to mourn the thin letter, and the nine autumn wind and rain add to the disease.

One night, sitting silently with the lamp on, the sound of insects on the walls rang out.Touching the scene makes me sad, I am stealing marbles and tears, sad alone, when suddenly the monks in the temple come to report, and there are visitors.Chunqi wondered: I have very few friends in Beijing, who is visiting me now?After thinking about it, the guest had already stepped into the room and bowed his hands to greet him.While returning the salute, Chunqi carefully appraised the man: he saw that the man had a purple face, three beards, greasy face, and a slippery face.When I saw Chunqi, I asked for my name.After knowing the name, Chunqi turned to ask the man.The man said that his surname was Tong, and he was a member of the family. He is now a servant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he likes to make friends in his life. He came across here by chance.Zhimei Lanyu, like a fairy, is very happy in his heart.Seeing his eloquence, Chun Qi fell in love with him. After a while, he gradually talked about his sensuality.The surnamed Tong said: "The art of beauty in Liyuan in the capital is the best in the world. Has my brother ever dabbled in it?"

Seeing the question, Chunqi sighed and said, "Don't mention it again, brother doesn't want to get involved in it anymore."

The man surnamed Tong hurriedly asked why.Chunqi said: "It's hard to say!"

Immediately, he poured out his love for Li Sutang and Sutang's sudden death from a sudden illness, and told the person surnamed Tong about his feelings about the beauty of the loess.The one surnamed Tong laughed and said, "Unexpectedly, my brother's vision is so shallow! The world is so big and there are so many talents, what is a Li Sutang?"

Chun Qi asked in surprise, "Is there anyone else who is better than Li Lang?"

The surname Tong said: "There are many, many."

Chunqi asked, "Where is it?"

The surnamed Tong said: "You don't need him to ask. In the team of my brother's family, there are two or three people like Li Sutang."

Chunqi said, "Can you take my brother to have a look?"

The one surnamed Tong said with a smile: "This is a plaything, it's not worth anything. My brother likes it, so I went to his house with him.

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Chunqi was overjoyed, and immediately followed Tong's surname to go out and board the car, and the roads he passed were all unexperienced.After a while, I went to a mansion, with Zhumen Xuanhu, and the servants were like a cloud. Look at that style, it doesn't look like an ordinary bannerman.The surname Tong was attentive and extended, let Chunqi into the fasting, and treated each other with wine.There are many articles about the dishes, but they are successfully done immediately.

When Chunqi saw him, he became more and more surprised.The one surnamed Tong held the pot to persuade him, and after drinking three or five cups of wine, the one surnamed Tong said: "You are sitting here, don't drink silently."

Turning back to his family, he said, "Quickly ask Feng Nu to come out and sing two songs."

The family promised, and immediately attracted a beautiful woman, with a beautiful woman and a misty temple.The person surnamed Tong pointed to Chunqi and said, "This is Ji'er, my brother's new purchase. Her nickname is Feng Nu."

Chunqi raised his eyes and looked, scared out of his wits.Why do you think?It turns out that Feng Nu's appearance is exactly the same as that of Li Sutang, the singer. If he hadn't changed into a woman's dress, he would have blurted out Sutang.The person surnamed Tong said to Feng Nu: "Master Jin in Pinghu is very shrewd in lyrics and music, please play a nursery rhyme and serve wine to Master Jin."

Feng Nu responded slightly, and began to sing while patting on the sandalwood board, but she kept peeking at Chun Qi, with her eyes glistening and her eyelashes glistening with tears.Chunqi didn't turn his eyes to look, and saw Feng Nu's soft attitude and crisp singing voice, the more he looked at it, the more real it became, and the more he looked, the more he looked like Li Sutang.He wanted to ask a question, but he was hindered by the presence of Tong.

Being suspicious, the surname Tong got up and poured wine: "Drink two glasses quickly, don't just sit around bored."

Chun Qi couldn't refuse, and after drinking four or five cups in a row, he was already drunk.I only listened to the surname Tong instructing his family: "Master Jin is drunk, you can lead him to sleep in the study, and serve him well if he asks for tea or water. If there is any violation, I will check, but he will not comply."

With the help of family members, Chunqi went to the studio, the beds and quilts were fully furnished, and Chunqi slept with his clothes.Seeing that he was asleep, all the family members sneaked out.

Chunqi wakes up and asks for tea, but seeing that there is no one left, he waits to be called when the door knocker slams, and a person walks in through the curtain.Chun Qi raised his head and saw that the person who came in was none other than the Feng Nu whom he met at the banquet.When Feng Nu saw Chunqi, she said, "It's only been a few months, why don't you know each other?"

After distinguishing the color and hearing the sound, it was indeed Li Sutang.Chunqi said: "I suspected it was you, but I certainly wouldn't admit it. Li Lang, why did you change into a woman's attire? Why are you here again? I got your bad news that day, and my intestines were broken inch by inch. gone."

Sutang said: "I didn't die, but living is more difficult than dying."

Chun Qi asked, "How did you get here?"

Sutang said: "I was robbed and locked up here by that guy, and I was brutally raped. It is unspeakable. Today, I am like a bird in a cage, with wings that cannot fly and feet that cannot walk. My lord Jin, you Think for me, is it hard?
"Speaking of this, I couldn't help but shed tears. Chun Qi said: "Who the hell is this Tong, who has ruined you to such a state.If I, Jin Chunqi, don't know, it's fine, if I know, I'll try to save you.How about seeing you buried here for the rest of your life in vain? "

Then take the handkerchief and test tears for Sutang.

Sutang took advantage of the situation and sat in Chunqi's arms, and was about to express her heart, when suddenly a man surnamed Tong roared in, holding a steel knife in his hand, and pointed at Chunqi with the tip of the knife, saying: "I think you are an elegant literati, that's why you are like this." I entertain you. Unexpectedly, you are a beast, dare to molested my concubine Ji."

Having said that, Yuan Biaobiao's eyes were opened wide, and he raised his sharp knife, as if he was about to strike with the knife.Li Sutang was so frightened that he slipped out early, and Chunqi knelt down on his knees, begging for mercy.The surname Tong said: "Do you want me to spare? That's easy too.

"After that, he threw the knife, and then two boy servants rushed in from the outside, put Chunqi on the collapsed floor, and took off his clothes. Bearing the humiliation and being ashamed, let him do everything. The surname Tong is really hateful. After the frivolity is over, he still wants Chunqi to drink. Chunqi can't help himself at this time, so he tries to drink a glass. Feeling that the wine smells like medicine, he dare not drink any more. Unexpectedly, this wine is more powerful than anything else. If you drink one cup, you will be so drunk that you don't know anything.

When I woke up, my lower body had already been castrated, and I sat up and down in shock. I felt my limbs were soft, my whole body was slack, and I couldn't do any strength.At this moment, Chun Qi was completely ashamed.Suddenly, a person came in from the moving part of the door curtain, and said to Chunqi: "Unexpectedly, you will also be dragged here by him. I fell into a trap, and I hope you will save me. Now that you have fallen into it, I hope who will rescue me." Woolen cloth?"

After all, I hugged my head and cried.Chunqi also burst into tears.It turned out that it was Li Sutang who came in.After crying for a while, Sutang persuaded her.Chun Qi said: "This scoundrel surnamed Tong, you and I had some kind of enmity in our previous life, and we were tortured like this by him."

Li Sutang said: "Do you still think his real surname is Tong?"

Chunqi said, "Why isn't his surname Tong?"

Sutang said: "He is Aled, the secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is a big slippery man from Manchuria. He is extremely brave, has many buddies, and loves hunting and fishing. There are more than ten people who have been imprisoned by him. Now the back room is still open. Lock up three, including you and me, a total of five people."

When Chunqi heard this, he wept bitterly and wanted to die.Sutang said: "You have been newly injured. If you can't catch the wind for a hundred days, your life will be in danger if you catch the wind."

Chunqi cried: "The body is useless, and life is no fun. It's better to die early."

Su Tang said: "It's useless to die, it's better to plot revenge while alive."

Chunqi heard that it was reasonable, so he had to endure the humiliation for the time being.After three to five months, the wound healed and his hair grew back. Alled forced him to change into women's clothes.Chunqi conspired with Sutang to assassinate him, but he was afraid of his bravery and dared not do anything wrong.

This year Aled was looking for the general grain platform in Haijiang, and Chunqi has been in the mansion for more than two years.Alede got a new job and was in high spirits.One day, when I returned home from Yifu, I brought more than a dozen shotguns, and asked my family to deliver them to Chunqi for collection.When Chunqi saw the shotgun, he came up with a plan, secretly discussed with Sutang, and said that he had a farewell party for Ale De, and set up a banquet of wine.Chunqi said: "Sutang, you and I are ashamed, and now we can report the snow."

Su Tang took the shotgun in his hand, loaded it with bullets, pointed it at Aled's heart, and said through gnash teeth, "A thief, you only know me today."

After finishing speaking, there was a bang, poor Aled, who was as strong as an ox, but had five or seven grains the size of soybeans on his body, he went to heaven with a groan.Chunqi lit the gunpowder again, and the big house suddenly burst into flames.Chunqi and Li Sutang took advantage of the turmoil to escape, and went to the home of Zhi Qi, the chief politician, and wanted to sue the government.A certain ruler persuaded him to shave his hair and refit, and return to the south to finish.This is the news and wonder of Aled's assassination.In just two days, it spread throughout the capital.The family members of Yifu have returned to King Yi truthfully.When King Yi saw that he had done his own thing, he just let him go.

At this time, the imperial court was busy building ships, casting cannons, and dispatching generals and troops.Sun Yuting in Futai, Guangdong, put forward another current affairs strategy, saying: "From ancient times, I have only heard of coastal defense, but not of naval warfare. For more than [-] miles in Guangdong, the bandits are erratic, and the troops are divided. They are chasing the ocean all year round. If it doesn’t work, it’s better to focus on defending Haikou and strictly prohibit shore rape. In order to wait for work, the official salt ships and trading merchant ships are all patrolled by military ships.Renzong highly praised it and ordered it to be done.He also specially promoted Li Changgeng, the commander-in-chief, as the admiral of Zhejiang, and ordered him to specialize in pirates.At this time, the southeast land and water generals are both wise and brave.There is also an amazing ability, manipulating the steering, riding the waves like flying, the wind is frightening, the waves are turbulent, the dragon roars and the thunder roars, he controls the rudder and sails, and feels at ease, as if nothing happened to anyone.Every time you fight fiercely with pirates, you will take the lead and risk your life to climb up.When a battle is won, all the prisoners are rewarded to the meritorious officers and soldiers, and they are not cared about. Therefore, the soldiers and soldiers under their command all strive to be the first to die.When the pirates heard the word Li Changgeng, their heads were all racing.At that time, there was a saying among the thieves, "Don't be afraid of tens of thousands of soldiers, only be afraid of Li Changgeng".Renzong's special purpose for promotion can really be regarded as knowing that people are good at responsibility.

At that moment Ruan Yuan, governor of Zhejiang Province, received the imperial edict, and hurriedly invited Chang Geng to join the office, first showed him his favor, and then congratulated him.Chang Geng made a few words as usual, Ruan Futai treated him with wine and asked him about the strategy of suppressing the thieves.Chang Geng said: "Things in the sea, how can we predict them? If the wind is not smooth, dozens of miles are like thousands of miles. If you can't reach it in ten days and half a month, if the wind is favorable, you can cover thousands of miles in half a day. So use troops at sea. Do not fight when there is no wind, do not fight when there is strong wind, do not fight when there is heavy rain, do not fight against the wind and tide, do not fight when the rain and fog are removed, do not fight when the day and night are dark, do not fight when the hurricane is approaching, do not fight when the sandy road is unknown, and we are all thieves Do not fight when you are few, and do not fight when there is no place to retreat.”

Ruan Futai said: "Wei Dao has spent so many years with soldiers, but only a few pirates have been caught. It turns out that there are so many specialties. I only know today."

Chang Geng said: "It's just a battle, the courage is useless, there are countless knives and spears, all rely on the bombardment of the cannon. The commander-in-chief thinks about it, how powerful the turbulent waves are, and how powerful the artillery's shock is.

How many cannons can be hit when the hull of the ship is shaken?Even if the wind is favorable, I chase with the wind, and the thief flees with the wind, with no ambush to set up, no danger to hold back, so what to do with him?

At this time, it is necessary to use a hook and sickle to hook off his leather net, and use a cannon to blast off his fangs and tires, so that his boat will be damaged and the boat will be delayed. One or two.The situation can't be surrounded by boats and boats, and the thief boats outside have already fled away.Furthermore, the pirates travel thousands of miles between the three provinces, all of which are coastal and inland oceans. As for the outer oceans, they are vast and boundless, with no gaps to rely on, no ships to plunder, and thieves never dare to go.Only when the officers and soldiers were in a hurry, one or two of them forgot their lives and fled there.If the sun is setting and the pirate ships are heading straight for the ocean, it is useless for our master to take risks, and he will return to sail back to the port, and the pirates will be killed again.Things in the sea are not like land routes, the waves are turbulent, rising like ascending to the sky, falling like falling to the ground, if nothing is solid, there is the worry of drowning again.In the event of a strong wind, a boat broke its mast, and the whole army lost its color.At that time, although the thieves are protecting them, they will give up and take the mooring. When the mast is repaired, the thieves will have disappeared.After sailing and searching, after several days, the mast was broken and the sail was cracked, and it was still like this.

Therefore, it is very common for warships to go to sea and not catch a single thief after four or five months.Commander, can you predict such an enemy situation and such a terrain? "

If you want to know how Ruan Yuan answered, let's listen to the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)