Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 27 The trend slave conspires to make friends with sprites, trend scholars, master thesis, and Hongru (2)
"Mr. Wang is worthy of being a resourceful man, good!" Tong Bao looked aggressively, clapped his hands and sighed, "The authority is the main suspect! Once Zhongtang retreats, he can understand his heart in front of the emperor and stop the mouths of those who say that Zhongtang takes power and self-respect. Mingzhu immediately became the person on the stove, and the target of everyone who looked sideways-one stone and three birds, wonderful!" Suo'etu got up and took a few steps, then turned around and said: "It's killing five birds with one stone! I can work hard with pain Serve the prince well, and you can also carefully see who really treats me well! — Humph! I'll just let him Mingzhu just let him toss around in front of the master!"

The originally dull atmosphere immediately became active, and everyone was in the mood to pay attention to the not-so-rich dishes on the table.The five of them ate and drank, and asked the family's theater troupe to play to add to the fun, until the middle of the night.When returning to the room to rest, Tong Bao sent Suo'etu directly to the third door, and asked in a low voice: "Third Master, what should I do with what my brother said in the letter?"

Suo'etu stood in the chilly spring wind for a while without saying a word, and then sighed slightly: "It's no fun killing this fake thing, it's useful to keep it, and I'm afraid of playing with fire, so I ask Ge Li to be careful, don't kill it." Meet and go directly, and listen to my orders!" Then, seeing Cai Dai came out with a few servants holding a lamp, Suo'etuyin smiled and said: "Lafayette is next month for Christmas, and I asked you to inquire about tomorrow's Christmas. What kind of gifts are you giving each other, can you ask? Anyway, we are serious relatives, so don't fall behind."

"Returning to the Lord," Cai Dai said with a smile, "the woman of the Huang family, the head of the teahouse in our mansion, is the sister of Zhang Guanshi, the head of the treasury of Mingxiang's mansion. I have already asked about it. Mingxiang sent one gold and one jade. Ruyi, a marble picture of longevity compared to Nanshan Mountain - I am thinking that Lafayette is the most devout believer in my Buddha. The muddy gold Avalokitesvara presented by Jiangning Yandao has more than 700 double weights, which is worth it, but now it is again There is an extra high profile, I don't know what he gave..."

"That's all." Suo'etu said, "Gao Shiqi doesn't have to worry about that. He just entered the study. His official rank is no more than that of a doctor. No matter how much money he can spend, he will be able to compare with us in a while?" Go back to your room and rest.

One day off, the third day is the day to read the examination papers of erudite scholars and Confucianism, Suo'etu got up early, got off the sedan chair at Xihuamen and handed the sign into the hall.Seeing Li Guangdi coming out, Suo'etu stood up and asked, "You came in so early? Where are you going in such a hurry?" I drafted an imperial edict for Shi Lang. Because I don’t understand military affairs, I searched the history books in the Wenhua Palace, and I was busy until dawn. The emperor wanted to stay and take a look, so he ordered me to go back and rest, and I will meet Sheng Sheng in the afternoon. Listen to the order." Suo'etu was startled when he heard this, and said: "The emperor has come to court now? Are all the ministers here?"

"There is no need for Zhongtang to go to the Qianqing Gate," Li Guangdi said with a smile, "The emperor is reviewing papers in the Hall of Mental Cultivation today. Zhongtang didn't come yesterday, and the master went to Changchun Garden with Gao Shiqi, Ming Xiang, and Xiong Xiang, and said that he would go to Changchun Garden from here." Brother Huchen allocated several million to the customs to rebuild it and give Lafayette a place to take care of him!" Suo Etu couldn't help feeling remorse when he heard this, he shouldn't be greedy for a day of leisure, but he said: "I'm too tired these days, master I was granted a one-day vacation—have you been there?" "Yes." Li Guang smiled, "and Zha Shenxing and the others are working in the Hanlin Academy, writing poems with the master to relieve boredom." The two of them were talking, and they saw Gao Shiqi Suo'etu smiled and said, "I thought I was the only one who came late! What are you bringing here, and are you still covering it with yellow silk?"

Gao Shiqi said with a smile: "The birthday gift for Lafayette—don't look at the middle hall, it's just flowers and grass. I'm a poor scholar, and I can't compare with you and Mingxiang." After finishing speaking, he took the covered pot with both hands Hua'er followed Suo'etu to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and Li Guangdi went back home by sedan chair.

There was no sound in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Gao Shiqi quietly put the flowers under the altar, and whispered to Suoertu with a smile: "This time Zhongtang and Mingxiang lied to us, and they took a rest for a day! I came back from Changchun Garden yesterday. The master asked me to read the papers with Xiong Xiang, and we won’t go back until midnight!” Suo Etu felt relieved when he heard that Mingzhu didn’t participate in the examination papers, and just smiled, Gao Shiqi had raised the curtain, and the two of them were one behind the other. Come in.

Kangxi was holding a list, frowning and meditating. Three stacks of papers were piled up on the desk and put aside neatly. Underneath, Xiong Cilu and Mingzhu were sitting on the wooden sticks and waiting for Kangxi to ask questions.Hearing the sound of the curtain, Kangxi turned around to see Suo'etu and Gao Shiqi coming in, and said with a smile, "Suo'etu came just in time, and you kept Yan Shengwu's paper, did you lose a page?"

"Back to Wansui," Suo'etu hurriedly replied, "Yan only wrote one poem, but he didn't write "Xuanji Yuheng Fu", so one article is missing-how important is this matter, how dare a slave be rash " Kangxi looked at Xiong Cilu and said with a smile: "No wonder you don't have Yan Shengwu in the first, second and third grades on this list." Mingzhu said: "Yan Shengwu is a great Confucian. It is really disrespectful to omit the test questions on purpose. The slave thinks that Xiong Ci It is quite appropriate for Lu to take him out of the waiting list."

Kangxi took a sip of tea, sat cross-legged on the edge of the kang, took out a paper and said, "Dong Yuan read this paper, right? In this article, 'what is tested by heaven does not have to be tested by man', I am afraid that the reasoning may not be complete. Right?" Xiong Cilu saw that Kangxi picked out some faults in his graded papers, and hurriedly said: "Although what the master said is true, but in terms of the principle of things, heaven and man are originally the same principle, which is tested by heaven or tested by others. There is nothing wrong with everyone. So although what Peng said is biased, it is not paradoxical in Dali." Seeing Xiong Cilu defending himself, Kangxi knew that he didn't understand what he meant, so he smiled again: "That's all. In Wang Wan's volume, there is "Yes or ask Yu Yuyue" at the beginning, and "Wei Wei, No No" at the end. Who is he referring to? Is it me, or himself? Or is there something wrong with me? It’s not easy to say it directly, have you changed this method to insinuate?”

Unexpectedly, Xiong Cilu hit another harder nail, so he didn't dare to sit still and answer, he hurriedly got up and said with a bow: "The Emperor Wang Wan knows very well that he admires the holy virtue so much, how can he insinuate it? These words are vain in the body, they are not really referring to anything, but the Lord is a holy lesson."

"Don't panic. It's okay to insinuate. I will ask him again in the future. If I have something to say, just tell me!" Kangxi giggled and put the paper aside, "My wish is to praise you and Gao Shiqi. No There are too many styles, and I don’t take it well. What’s the matter with the erudite Confucianism this time? You see, Zhu Yizun’s poem "Apricot blossoms are as red as fire, and calamus leaves are smaller than hairpins". Who has seen apricot blossoms as fire? Let’s talk about calamus How could Ye get involved with Chai?" He flipped through the volumes, "...there are too many such problems! In Pan Shu's volume, Dong Yunye has the word 'Gong'; Li Laitai put' "Feng" and "Nong" are both used to prevaricate; Shi Runzhang, who is most particular about poetic rhyme, even mistakenly put the word "flag" into the rhyme..."

Mingzhu's knowledge of poetry and rhyme is limited, and she repeatedly bumped into a wall, knowing that it is better to hide clumsy than to be brave. Seeing Kangxi looking at herself, she laughed and said: "The emperor is really careful! Nowadays, many scholars don't pay much attention to these things. It is difficult to make modern poetry, and it is easy to sing calmly on weekdays." If you can do this in a hasty imperial test by snapping off three beards, the servants will see that it will be difficult for these old gentlemen."

"How do you know them!" Kangxi sneered, "They are all contemporary masters who know the poor world! How can there be a reason why they can't write Fu and rhyme wrongly?" He stood up, paced slowly, He said again: "They didn't want to take the exam, so they used typos and rhymes on the exam paper. If I were dismissed according to the paper, Keer's would have dropped the most famous people. Who in the world would believe it?" Is it because his test paper is not good? Just saying that I can’t know people! If I get it in a daze, the Confucians will laugh at me because I don’t have practical knowledge, and I can’t see the faults in the test paper-in terms of their intentions, they treat me very meanly... He pondered, and murmured, "It seems that they can't be subdued with just one exam!"

After Mingzhu heard this, she couldn't help but said angrily: "This is called ignorance! Please report these people's papers to the mansion for printing in all provinces, and all those with wrong grid, violation of regulations, and wrong rhymes will be discarded!" Suo'etu also said: "Mingzhu It makes sense!" Xiong Cilu sighed to himself, if that was the case, almost all the people in this erudite contest were second-rate people.Kangxi didn't say anything when he saw Gao Shiqi, so he asked, "Gao Shiqi, what do you think?"

"The slave thinks that they should all be selected, and this was agreed before the exam." Gao Shiqi's eyes flickered, "The emperor knew that they would not take the exam, but St. Ra insisted on it. What kind of mood do you have to write poems and essays?" But there are also occasional clerical errors. In this way, all the famous scholars will be dismissed from Luosun Shan. How different is it from not running a learned scholar? Wouldn’t it be a waste of years of hard work and preparation? Of course they dare not scold the public when they go back, but The emperor was given the reputation of being an ignorant scholar, and he was indeed a waste of talents... Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to use the ordinary imperial examination system to seek complete blame, but all the places are filled, and even those who are not in the ranks are awarded officials. Those who do not want to be officials , and give it a name, it’s a way to give up..." Kangxi smiled and listened to Gao Shiqi's grand theory, and said: "Your way is good, but it's inevitable that they will laugh at me for not being good at writing, and they don't care about it!" Gao Shiqi Puchi smiled and said: "Where! The emperor can add comments on the absurdities of each volume, and send it back to me for reading. There are more than 100 people, who dare not be convinced?"

"Okay!" Kangxi's spirit was lifted up, and he hit the case with a "bang", "Wang Qian said to be a scholar, and a scholar said to be a trend. I will be the master of the trend!"

"Trends will lead to the decline of the country, and trends will lead to the prosperity of the world!" Gao Shiqi replied, "My lord's heart is the blessing of the world's subjects!"

Kangxi laughed loudly: "That's it! Gao Shiqi, read it carefully again, and use your fingernails to mark out any absurdities. If you write well, add double circles with a vermilion pen! ——Propaganda: Gao Shiqi's writing to supplement erudition The first-class extra name of Hongruke!"

(End of this chapter)