Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 82
Sun Jiagan hurriedly ate breakfast in the store, ordered several masters to settle down at the inn in the city, and brought two children with him to the governor's yamen to pay a visit to Yin Jishan.The gate officer of the governor's yamen looked at his name badge, was startled for a moment, and said: "Our master also said yesterday that Master Sun Du will arrive in three to five days. My lord has come so fast! But it's too unfortunate. There are a few Qing guests who are going to take the exam, and I will go to Mochou Lake to see them off today. So, please sit and have tea in the signing room first, and the villain will go and invite them. It won't take an hour, please come back." Sun Jiagan He said with a smile, "Xiao Yin is so elegant, so don't let his interest be spoiled. Don't go, I will find it myself." After finishing speaking, he got on his horse and headed south from the Old Town God's Temple. The corridor is winding, the lotus leaves are swaying in the lake, and several painted boats are wandering in it - this is the world-famous Mochou Lake.

Sun Jiagan walked along the veranda step by step, crossed the Luohong Bridge, bypassed the Shengqi Tower, and stood on the rockery beside the Mochou Pavilion for a long time, but he saw the boats in the lake like weaving, and the tourists along the shore were like ants, coming and going, where did he see Yin Jishan? shadow?While I was pitching, there was a burst of drum music from the south of the lake. I saw a painting boat passing by the lotus bushes, and a woman was singing along with the music. It sounded very refreshing when it came across the water.

Red makeup is removed in spring, and plain clothes are opened in spring breeze.Chunyue is a rascal, come to take care of the man on the bed.Hand in hand on the embankment, women on the embankment are like jade.Tell Lang clearly, but you can't understand each other.What's the use of going out in the green, traveling in carriages and horses.Lying in an embroidered tent with Lang, where is there no spring breeze... I have a bed of acacia, and there are no ten steps to walk happily.But he laughed at Tianshanglang and worked hard to cross the river.The concubine weaves in the machine, and Huan recalls in the tent.Daolang and lie down, lingering and self-contained.Where is the joy?Borrow the east of the pond to restore the east.If you want to know the meaning of the song, you can point to the phoenix tree...

Sun Jiagan followed the singing on the shore, but saw Yin Jishan and a few people eating wine on the boat, a few kabukis leaning on the rails to play music, and two or three girls standing by the boat, picking lotus pods and water chestnuts, singing songs , Seeing that the boat was about to turn around and go west, Sun Jiagan hurriedly shouted: "Brother Yuan Chang, you are so happy!"

"Which one is it?" Yin Jishan listened to someone calling him on the shore, he hurriedly stopped his pleasure, walked out of the cabin and saw that it was Sun Jiagan, he was surprised for a moment, hurriedly moved to the shore, clasped his hands and said with a smile: "Oh, Mr. Xigong has arrived. What a surprise. I figured it would take you at least five days to arrive at Jinling."... Speaking of the boat docking, Yin Jishan waited for the boatman to set up the gangplank and stepped ashore.The two bowed to each other, and after the salutation, Yin Jishan took Sun Jiagan's hand and took him on board the boat, saying: "Let's not talk about business. The business is early! Come, get on the boat, and I will introduce you to some friends in the literary field! "

Sun Jiagan ordered two little Xi slaves to watch over the horses on the shore. When they got on the boat, they saw five or six scribes at the table, and they all stood up to greet them.Yin Jishan saw the guarded look on his face, and said with a smile: "Xi Gong really underestimated the people in the world! Only Le Min here has donated tribute, and he will go to Beijing for a test. Today is for him—— "As he spoke, he pointed to Le Min who was near the west station, and Le Min only bowed to Sun Jiagan—"No one else took the exam—this is Mr. Cao, Xueqin; this is Mr. He Shizhi; This is Mr. Liu Xiaolin..." After introducing them one by one, he dragged Sun Jiagan to sit next to him, and said with a smile, "You should rest assured? - Oh, you don't know each other yet, this is Sun Xigong who advised the late emperor about three things. Du Yushi, the main examiner who went to the south of the Yangtze River is here, and he is also a man of elegance and elegance!" This sentence made everyone laugh.Sun Jiagan also laughed and said, "Nowadays, when you say 'straight ministers', it seems that they are all gods who don't eat the world's fireworks. Zhonglie are all tempered, and I actually hate those hypocritical ones. The last time I went to a fellow of the same year, he praised His son has a good kung fu, he likes to study and is not close to women. When he visits young women with relatives outside, or has children from theatrical troupes performing plays, he hides away. I said, "Food, sex, sex, that's because you don't know, he The one who is thinking hard behind the scenes is actually more ruthless? ——Only Le Min has seen this, although Mr. Xueqin has never met, Prince Yi once mentioned you, 'the number one talent', I am so lucky to listen to your Song of Songs , watch you throw pots—everyone plays as they please.”

"This old master, Mr. Xiao Lin, who was in the 51st year of Kangxi's reign, was also a man of great ambition and wrote good words. Unfortunately, his official career was so turbulent that he fell into the world by mistake." Yin Jishan poured wine for Liu Xiaolin, who had a gray beard. Said, "Now in my house, I teach some nephews to read. Xueqin is writing a book, Xiaolin also worked as a teacher in Cao's family back then, and commented on Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions" nearby..." Liu Xiaolin stroked his beard and shook his head. "Shake your hands and don't ask about the past, now there is only a piece of rotten wood left, it's unbearable to say. The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's almost dusk!" Chong Wanqing! Come on, welcome the wind for Mr. Xi, win the first prize for Brother Min's palace exam, let's have a toast!"

Sun Jiagan stared at this suave and romantic frontier official. He was just in his early 30s, and his whole body was clean and neat. The mustache on his fair face was as thick as ink dye, and a big oily black braid was thick and shiny, hanging down to his waist. No matter how you look at it, you look like a bohemian Weidi Xiaolian.Who would have thought that he would enter the Imperial Academy when he was less than 20 years old. Within a few days, he was promoted to the sixth rank by Yongzheng, and within four years he was promoted to governor and Kaifu Jianya as a prince. ... While he was in a daze, Yin Jishan turned his face and asked, "Xi Gong, what are you thinking about?" Talent? Knowing about water transportation, salt administration, and military affairs, being able to play the qin and play the piano and playing festivals in the midst of complicated political affairs - all people, why can't I succeed, this must be accumulated by Yin Tai's great blessing..."

"Xi Gong is using Gezhi Kung Fu here again." Yin Jishan sighed with a smile, "Talent is one thing, but in fact I am very ordinary. If you want to say that I am better than others, I am curious and eager to learn. My late father was in the Kangxi period. I came to the south of the Yangtze River for inspections, and I went out with my father to study and travel. I paid great attention to matters such as salt administration, water transportation, and river affairs. As far as my nature is concerned, I still like to make friends with scholars of literature. I think this is called "adaptability" ’, and the rest are called ‘Mili. Personally, I am a model governor of mine, so you should be devoted to learning.” I said to each other: “Li Wei, I should learn from being brave, not rough; Tian Wenjing, I should learn from being diligent, not being serious; There are many places, but I don’t want to imitate his stubbornness.’ Just like you Sun Xigong, so do I. I imitate your straightness, not your rigidity.” Then he laughed.Sun Jiagan also couldn't help smiling, and said: "The emperor ordered me to write an article to refute Shuhede, please stop taking the exam. Although I refuted it, I knew in my heart that it was reluctance. This is what you call true talent and learning. Reading, learning from people, doing things, traveling— ——When it comes to selecting talents from here, I was the first to agree to the abolition of stereotyped writing. Are you still up to date?" Yin Jishan smiled and said: "Don't, don't talk about stereotyped writing! It's torture to death, and I've already done that. Throw it into the latrine—here, Mr. Xiao Lin is writing a long letter to Su Shunqing, don't let his Qingxing be defeated."

It was only then that Sun Jiagan noticed that He Shizhi was holding the paper with his hands on the side table, and the old Tanhua Liu Xiaolin was writing and meditating.Asked Cao Xueqin with a smile: "Mr. Xueqin's "A Dream of Red Mansions", is it a poem, a word, or a song? I only heard it from Prince Yi, and I was busy at the time, so I didn't have time to ask in detail. How about giving us a full ear?" Cao Xueqin was present Zhong bowed his body and replied: "A Dream of Red Mansions is a barnyard official's novel, not a poem, not a word, not a song."

"It's all there." Seeing the disappointment on Sun Jiagan's face, Yin Jishan said with a smile: "Although it's a barnyard official novel, the poems are good, the words are good, and the music is beautiful." After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands and said, "play music, sing The tune from "Dream of Red Mansions"!" The kabukis sitting nearby immediately tuned their strings and fiddled with their pipes, and the song began to sing gracefully, but when Sun Jiagan listened to it, it was:

He is a rare valley orchid, he is a stunning sunset glow, he is a willow in the spring water of Guangling, he is a pavilion flower in a Liangyuan terrace... Thanks to good luck, I met him according to the schedule, it turned out to be that, the old man by the Sansheng stone enemy.Just because I love him, I'm afraid of alarming him, I don't dare to think about him, but I can't forget him.In dreams and souls, we often carry each other to the end of the world... and the moon is slanting with five drums, and the waning moon is slanting. This is just like an endless cold spring, an endless Caoxi, and the soup swirls down...

Sun Jiagan also had a lingering love affair with his mother's cousin since he was a child.Because of his ugly appearance, several marriage proposals failed.It was very easy to get a clue, but then his family suffered a tragic change, and the two had to separate.Hearing this long sad and melancholy song, he thought of it suddenly, his heart ached, and tears welled up in his eyes.After listening to a few more songs, Sun Jiagan couldn't help asking: "Is this all from "Dream of Red Mansions"? Can—"

Knowing that he wanted to ask for the book, Cao Xueqin said with a smile: "These songs are from "Fengyue Baojian". But lack of talent. Although I intend to write a wonderful book to leave the world, I don’t know if nature will allow it!” When he came to Nanjing, Yin Jishan took care of him in many ways, so he didn’t have to worry about food and clothing.Only this place brought back painful memories of his childhood, and he couldn't feel at ease. He really wanted to go back to Beijing with Comrade Le Min, but he couldn't shake Yin Jishan's hospitality.There is always a pain in my heart.Seeing that Sun Jiagan was sad, he deeply felt that his confidant, after all, can't be deep in words, so he changed the subject and said with a smile: "The elegy of Ji Huyu (Liu Xiaolin) has been written, and we will appreciate it together!" He gave up his hand, Sun Jiagan and others came together, and they saw that Liu Xiaolin had written Su Shunqing's elegy:
May I ask who has suffered for 19 years of suffering?It boils itself like wax, binds itself like silkworms, there is no way to trap it.Zeng and Lang said: Zigu pities the poor, why should he give a helping hand?Alas!It can be sad.Recalling that under the dew of hibiscus in the past, before the wind of willows and willows, Wu songs with a witty tongue, and Chu dances with a light waist, every time you look at the blushing face and get drunk, you often work hard to carry it with your jade wrist.There is no such tour in Tiantai, no such encounter in Guanghan, and no such fate in the meeting.Even if he is sick and worried about work, he will be haggard, and he will still talk to each other at night, counting all the chicken chips, and the situation is usually graceful and tidy.

The opposite sentence is:

Do you want to have fun in two or three months, so you throw it away?Looking at the fish is always gone, watching the geese in the sky, maybe don't hold the pipa, it's a private plan for the canal, Qing is ignorant of her roots, and she is willing to lose her body again.Alas!Almost dead!So far, the fragrance of cardamom has faded, the roads are broken, the gates are still recognized by birds, and the buildings have been sealed by the Qin Dynasty.Nuwa can make up, Jingwei can fill, Shaoyin can pray.Shangji descended to the gods to show the prohibition, dealt with me, and made everyone Jishou kindly cloud, begging for the mandarin post, and a husband and wife together, life after life.

It was only then that Sun Jiagan realized that the couplet was from Su Shunqing, a famous prostitute in the capital, and sighed: "This happened more than ten years ago. How many officials and generals died during this period, who will rescue them?"

"Famous courtiers and generals are not as good as famous prostitutes, that's true. Look at "Peach Blossom Fan", which is a proof." Yin Jishan smiled, "But famous prostitutes lived a hard life. The world always wants a 'quick profit', so it's easy to run. The one who is chasing is still an official." He Shizhi carefully put the paper on the side of the boat to dry, and echoed: "How many people are obsessed all their lives, standing outside the door with a knocking brick and searching hard." Yin Jishan nodded and said: " In Guangdong, I took the test of an old man in his 80s, who was still a child student. I was confused when I asked him about scriptures and biography, and I still had to take the test. I also published a couplet. ", can say "Shou Kao"'; the second line is "I am not familiar with the Five Classics, and I am worthy of being a "scholar"'."

Everyone couldn't help laughing, Liu Xiaolin said with a smile: "This couplet is a pair of 'Shou Kao' and 'Scholar'." Cao Xueqin said: "It amused me, I imitated Hu Yu, the vice president. A joint gift to this 'old boy'." Then he wrote:

(End of this chapter)