Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 23 Dalang Temple as a Gift of Jade Pendant as a Gift of Love to the Prime Minister's Mansion (2)
Kangxi couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he felt that Gao Shiqi's words were a bit extreme, but the attack on Zhu Xi was clearly recorded in history, but it was irrefutable.When Kangxi was meditating, Li Guangdi sneered and teased: "Mr. Gao's study of Confucius and Mencius is admirable! It can be said that there are thousands of signs in the golden cabinet-Confucius said, Mencius said!" (The words must be said to mean Confucius and Mencius.)
"Sir, it's the right thing to make it difficult for me." Gao Shiqi knew that he was assessing himself, took the words vigilantly, and said with a smile, "It's easy to say--Huagon's hundred and twenty works, the emperor's teacher, the king's teacher!" Suo'etu thought about it , I am no match for learning, because I continued: "Mr. Gao is really quick in thinking. I heard a few riddles told by someone the other day, but I couldn't figure it out. You boast that you are the teacher of the emperor and the teacher of the king. Ask me." Gao Shiqi laughed and said, "How dare you pretend to be the teacher of the emperor, and the couplets are forced to this point, and you have to be perfunctory. Now that Zhongtang has talked about this, why don't you all guess together?"

"Month after month, half of the two months, there are arable fields on the top, and boats on the bottom. There are six people in one room, and the two are not reunited." Suo'etu said slowly.Before everyone could think about it, Gao Shiqi had already applauded and laughed loudly: "Wonderful! The doctrine of the golden mean is for it. This is the word 'use'!"

"Up is not above, below is not below, not above, only below!"

"One!" Gao Shiqi answered, picked up a glass of wine and ate it, "My way is consistent!" Seeing that Suo'etu couldn't trouble Gao Shiqi, Li Guangdi intervened and said, "I also have one—— In the middle gate, if you don’t walk through the threshold, it seems that people are afraid of it, and you are not afraid of it.” This riddle has a pun, and Gao Shiqi’s knowledge is not the right way. Gao Shiqi knew it when he heard it, and retorted: “Isn’t this The word, very vulgar, is the two generals Hengha on both sides of the temple—is that right?"

The crowd couldn't help applauding, but Gao Shiqi smiled and asked Li Guang: "Mr. Li seems to be a man who reads all books. "Using single cocoon silk as fiber, awn needle as hook, wattle as rod, and grain as bait, attract The fish in the carts are full of fish in the river of hundreds of feet, and the stalks are endless, the hooks are not stretched, and the poles are not scratched-it is given by the water.' Excuse me, where is this article from? "

This is talking about the philosophy of governing the country. If you guide it according to the situation, you will get twice the result with half the effort. Kangxi's eyes lit up when he heard it.However, Li Guangdi blushed. Since he entered the Imperial Academy in the ninth year of Kangxi, how many famous scholars have he met? Even Chen Menglei, a great scholar like Chen Menglei, deeply admires his knowledge of poor articles. He didn't want to bump into Gao Shiqi today. Live by yourself.After thinking for a while, Li Guangdi said hesitantly: "It seems to be "Zhuangzi"?" Gao Shiqi smiled and shook his head.

Li Guangdi had no choice but to be run over by Gao Shiqi, so he wanted to make it up, because he said: "This is all a trick. I just want to ask Mr. Gao for an article on current art. The title is the three characters 'Niu Hezhi'. I don't know where it is. Have you gone?" Kangxi couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Guangdi's question because he first came to Shihefu to look for Gao Shiqi.

"Mr. Li," Gao Shiqi said with a serious face, "I looked up the book "Mencius", and there are two places where 'He Zhi' is said. One said 'Niu He Zhi', and the other said 'Mr. He Zhi'. The 'first' , the cow kicks the flying feet; the 'live', the cow sits on the bench—but the cow and the gentleman, one becomes two, and two become one." As soon as the words were finished, the crowd applauded.Li Guangde listened to "kick flying feet" and "sit on the bench" implying sarcasm, but there was no room for it, so he could only laugh dryly, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.

Mingzhu was originally angry with Gao Shiqi, seeing Suo'etu and Li Guangdi being defeated one after another, and seeing Kangxi very happy, she also felt that her face was radiant.Busy serving dishes and serving wine, he said with a smile, "I'm just joking, everyone please! The big carp of the Yellow River that the Holy One gave me, it's hard to believe that it has been transported for thousands of miles, but it is still alive and fresh..." Why hasn’t the eggplant been served yet?” Kui Xu and Xingde both stood on the sidelines, heard his father’s question, hurriedly stepped forward and replied with a smile: “The vegetable stick in the cellar is wrongly written, the word ‘eggplant’ is originally a cursive. The first one was added, but it was written as a bamboo character...I just found it now, and it will be fine in a while."

Gao Shiqi was full of ambition at this time, so he wanted to take the opportunity to show off his talent. He frowned and said, "Kui's narrative is wrong. Caotou's next 'family' comes from the "Book of Changes", 'I don't ask for Tongmeng, Tongmeng asks for me'—— It's the word 'Mongolian'!" Mu Zixu smiled as he poured wine from the pot, "Mr. Gao eats too much, the young master didn't say the word 'family'." "Oh——" Gao Shiqi slapped his forehead Er, suddenly said, "It turned out to be a word 'Jia'. This word appeared in "Spring and Autumn", 'There are many robbers in the state of Zheng, and people go to the scorpion'... If you are confused, you should be punished!"

"It's wrong again!" Kangxi saw him teasing so much, he was happy in his heart, and smiled, "It's a hook and a swipe of the grass head, and another word for 'mouth'!" Gao Shiqi drew on the table with his eyes focused, He patted the case and laughed: "——it's actually a word for 'dog'! The opening chapter of "Book of Rites" says, "Never get rich when you are in trouble, and never escape when you are in trouble"..."

Li Guangdi sneered, and said: "My brother, what a trick—one hook and one stroke are not written like that!" Gao Shiqi pondered for a while, then nodded and smiled: "That must be a word for 'knife'. Zhihua', I forgot!"

"You're wrong again!" So far, Suo'etu knew that it was no accident that Mr. Wang's disciples were defeated by this person. He deeply regretted not keeping him in his sleeve, so he joked and said, "It's not a knife." ', but 'force'!"

"Li?" Gao Shiqi was dumbfounded, and sighed after a long time, "It can be seen that reading not only requires hard work on the scriptures, but also the inner scriptures of the Buddhist scriptures - that must be the word "Bo". The "Diamond Sutra" says "must What does Bodhi mean? The Buddha said to Subhuti', and the "Liang Huang's Repentance" said, "There is no Bodhisattva Maha in the south"-this time it will never be wrong again..."

The words were twisted and twisted until this point, Gao Shiqi made every effort to dodge, and every word came from the classics, everyone was amazed, and they all laughed.Kangxi smiled with tears in his eyes, pointed at Gao Shiqi and said, "Okay, it really has the style of oriental Manqian! Now that I'm talking about the Buddhist scriptures, let me ask you, who is the Tathagata?" Everyone heard the words, knowing that they had hit the holy will. Hold your breath and watch the emperor test himself.But Gao Shiqi said: "You don't need to ask, the Tathagata is a woman."

"why?"

"The "Diamond Sutra" says 'sit while sitting'." Gao Shiqi laughed, "If the Tathagata is not a woman, why would the 'husband' dare to sit when he is sitting?"

"Then - where is the Supreme Lord?" Kangxi asked again holding back a smile.

"Woman!" Gao Shiqi replied without hesitation, "The "Tao Te Ching" says, 'My great trouble is that I have a body; and I have no body, what trouble do I have?'——If you are not a woman, how can you have pregnancy? ?”

"Confucius is also a woman?" Kangxi asked again.

"Of course." Gao Shiqi said indifferently, "The master said, 'It's worth buying, and I treat Jia'—if he wasn't a girl, how could he be 'waiting to marry'?"

Kangxi laughed all over his body, got up and said to Mingzhu: "This is really lovely! You slave have kept it from me. You have been in the mansion for a long time, but you don't recommend it to enter the palace!" Seeing Kangxi revealing his identity, everyone was busy. Standing up and retreating respectfully, Mingzhu said with a smile: "I am ordered to study, do you want to keep Mr. Gao to study for a few more days - Mr. Gao will not be in front of Shengjia sooner or later?" Qidao, "This is the day today! I'm here to visit you today—why, you've been frightened away by all the chic and romantic?"

"Long live!" Although Gao Shiqi had a premonition, once it was confirmed, he still felt that it was too sudden and bizarre. He was dizzy, fell down and kowtowed in a daze, and his speech was not so articulate, "...Slave Gao Shiqi...drinking outside today , came back and disrespected the lord... A slave has committed a serious crime, and the crime cannot be punished!"

Kangxi giggled, and said, "Get up, what's so 'unforgivable'? - From tomorrow, you will enter the study room to attend to drafting matters!"

It is not necessary to have a high official rank to enter the study room, but from the perspective of the six departments outside, as soon as you step through the door, you have entered the place where the imperial court is at the center, and you have the power to control the court just like Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Jieshu.Suo'etu wanted to pull Li Guangdi in with all his heart, but no matter how much effort he exerted, he didn't see any effect. When he saw this little man jumping into the dragon gate and entering the phase, he couldn't help being startled, and hurriedly laughed: "Long live the holy book is very clear, Mr. Gao is indeed a genius However, Beiwei and Erudite Confucianism are about to open, so why not let them take the exam and fill the population?" Gao Shiqi also nodded and said: "I am willing to take the exam, take the exam first and then take it, so that the hearts of scholars in the world will be lucky! Slave In this life, I am fortunate enough to have a holy face, even if I can't get it, I will not lose the spirit of a scholar!"

Kangxi could not refute the truth of what he said.Kangxi looked at Gao Shiqi carefully for a while, and his eyes suddenly sparkled: Gao Shiqi added, he can not only draft imperial edicts for himself, counselor government affairs, but also make jokes and make up for boredom, and more importantly, he breaks the rules and regulations of Ming Dynasty. The unification of the two, why not do it?After thinking for a long time, Kangxi said with a smile: "You guys were the ones who read the erudite Confucianism, and Xu Qianxue and the others did the Beiwei. Is it not as good as you?"

After hearing this, everyone "huh" knelt down and kowtowed, no one dared to say anything.

"In the old days, Xiaobai raised his relatives, and Gaozu didn't pay attention to Chen Ping's robbery. This is the way to get a scholar." Kangxi said calmly, "When it comes to luck, isn't it all luck? If the examination room If Gao Shiqi missed his hand, or was ill, and he failed to win, what should he do at that time, should he use it or not? Suo'etu will discuss it, and there is no need to discuss it again."

(End of this chapter)