Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 31
"It's nothing." Gao Shiqi shook his head with a smile and let the horse go forward. "In my opinion, you can quietly tell the emperor when there is no one. The emperor does not want to provoke Ge Erdan at this time, so he may not be willing to publicize it." !" Mingzhu thought for a while after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, it doesn't matter if you don't rush to play."

The two walked while talking, and when they arrived at the forbidden area of ​​Xiyuan, they saw Hei Yaya, an official from the Six Departments and Yi, standing in a large area, gossiping and discussing, but they didn't see Suo'etu, so they got off their horses and went to the dragon pavilion at the gate of the garden to rest and wait.Mingzhu suddenly remembered that the emperor needed the king and ministers and poems for the banquet today, and she couldn't help but feel uneasy. Seeing Gao Shiqi looking around and looking at the scenery, Mingzhu was really envious and jealous. After thinking for a while, she finally said: "Alas! Maybe I have to play with writing again, what is poetry, it is difficult! If you are not careful, you will be embarrassed again!" Gao Shiqi knew that he begged himself, giggled, clapped his palms and said: "These odes The hymns are mostly in Boliang style, and there will be no mistakes if you don’t violate the etiquette or violation! If you don’t mind, I will be a gunner for you. However, the emperor will definitely not make things difficult for you today—— Please, Mr. Suo After a long sick leave, there are only two or three people in front of me, and they are still counting on to support the emperor!"

Mingzhu was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with the third child? Is he seriously ill? Suddenly he asked for a long sick leave - I didn't know anything about it!" "I'm surprised and delighted, I can't tell what it's like. "I also heard what He Guizhu said. The emperor hasn't approved it yet. It's about the same—we came just now, and you haven't seen Guanglu Temple, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry. How do they look at you? They They belonged to the third child, and now you tell them to lick the hemorrhoids and suck the carbuncle, I'm afraid some people will agree!" After saying that, he looked up and laughed uncontrollably.Mingzhu chewed on Gao Shiqi's words, but couldn't recall them for a while.But I saw Xiong Cilu and Li Guangdi meandering over with Yisang'a, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, Cui Yawu and Yilaka, the servants of the household department.Seeing the flattering smiles of these officials, Gao Shiqi knew that he had changed his family to join Mingzhu, so he just said "Say it", got up and left the Dragon Pavilion, beckoned to an official, and said with a smile, "Remember that in Shuntian Mansion I met, your name is Song Wenyun, member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice Wai Lang, right?"

"Zhongtang has a good memory," Song Wenyun narrowed his eyes with a smile, "The next official is Song Wenyun!"

Gao Shiqi pondered for a while, and said: "I want to ask about the case of Fang Lan and the Hu family, what's wrong? You have to deal with this matter fairly!" Song Wenyun didn't expect this prominent Zhongtang to ask this question, and rubbed his hands Said: "This case has not been concluded yet. The old man of the Hu family is a Taoist and he refuses to resign his engagement. His son died of tuberculosis, and he still insists on asking this girl from the Liu family to be a ghost relative. I don't know who the Liu family relied on, so he insisted on refusing. Mr. Hu went to Shuntian Mansion several times to file a complaint, but was blocked back, and he was so angry..." After listening to Gao Shiqi with a blank face, he said coldly: "To tell you the truth, the Liu family is relying on my power. Liu Fanglan alone Girl Huanghua, why did you tell her to jump into that fire pit alive? She is also a human being, so think about it, is this in line with the way of a sage's benevolent forgiveness?"

"Who says it's not!" Song Wenyun was very clever, and sighed with a change of tone, "Poor thing, it's unreasonable to drag a living person after my son's death! Originally, this matter was over, but our hall official said , this matter has something to do with famous teachers, and it also involves court officials—you must be old—for fear that someone will gossip.” Seeing Gao Shiqi sneered darkly, he hurriedly said, “But now that the Hu family’s bitter master is dead, how many The clansmen are making noise, not because of money! As long as these bastards are settled, who will sue them?——Zhongtang doesn’t need to worry about it, I’ll take care of it tomorrow, and I’ll go to the mansion when it’s over Just send me a letter and say hello!" Gao Shiqi laughed when he saw how knowledgeable he was.Nodding his head, he was about to speak when he saw Zhang Wanqiang, the eunuch of the Liugongdu, coming out of the house with a battle ax in his hand, standing in front of the door, and proclaimed: "The holy car has arrived at the Tuan Hall, and all the ministers, workers, and learned scholars will perform rituals one by one to see you!" Gao Shiqi didn't care to say much, so he followed Xiong Cilu and others into the room.

The banquet was very rich. Compared with the ones given by Tiren Pavilion, although the quantity of each kind is not large, the variety has greatly increased, and all of them are made by the masters of the Imperial Dining Room.According to Gao Shiqi's layout, there are eighty tables in total, eight people per table, taking the number of the emperor's eight.The huge golden bowl is filled with lala in the middle, such as bird’s nest hanging duck, game hot pot, hibiscus bird’s nest, fat chicken with apples, duck in soup, Ersi Kesen deer tail sauce, minced pheasant, red stewed lychee fish, Steamed shark's fin, plate of deer tail, pork roasted venison with lamb and bird, roasted wild boar... came up one by one.

Kangxi and Crown Prince Yinfeng sat at the same table, with only Yinfeng sitting beside him. The third elder brother Yinzhi and the fourth elder brother Yinzhen were carried by their respective wet nurses, and each took a small cup of milk before carrying them away. ".After a while, the hatchback began to play, and the sounds of Huang Zhong, Yupan, Qinse, and Sheng Huang were loud. More than six hundred people stared at the chief Kangxi, seeing him smiling and holding up their chopsticks.Gao Shiqi, who originally wanted to eat to his heart's content, realized that no matter how rich the imperial banquet was, it was just a fake.After the complicated ceremonies passed, Kangxi looked casual, stood up and said with a smile: "The lake here is clear and green, and the willows on the shore are like smoke. It's autumn and the scenery is pleasant. You are all Wen Zong and Confucian scholars, and you should have a wonderful work. The number one scholar article The same tune through the ages is very boring, so why bother with monarchs and ministers and poems?" After speaking, he chanted:

The golden breeze is refreshed by Wanfang!
When Mingzhu heard that it was really Bailiang style, she couldn't help laughing, and pretended to approach Gao Shiqi unintentionally, but she heard Xiong Ci's long beard and said:

Shao Le ascended to peace and worshiped the cup.

Gao Shiqi hurriedly muttered something in a low voice, Mingzhu lifted her body, raised her eyebrows and said:

The head of state is gray and bright!
"I'm afraid that Mingzhu invited the gunner?" Kangxi laughed after hearing this, "Li Guangdi, you come to continue." Because in front of so many people, Li Guangdi listened to himself, his face was naturally bright, and he looked around, and he was beside the throne. There are eight pieces of "evergreen in a bucket" of the same color, and he hurriedly left his seat, bowed and chanted:
Unify all directions for thousands of years!

Kangxi laughed loudly: "I asked you to pick up such a ready-made scene and use it—give me wine!" Yin then ordered, "Everyone is free, don't sit cramped, whatever you do, I will reward you for making good poems! "

All of a sudden everyone dispersed, some leaned on the railing to conceive, some bowed their heads and meditated, each painstakingly devising their own brains to sensationalize the world.However, Kangxi ordered Shi Runzhang to return the poem manuscripts that Puliuxian had asked for when he was giving a banquet at Tiren Pavilion, and said: "This man has an abnormal talent, and his poems and prose are impressive, but he is too depressed. He is not a man of fortune. You are not yet 50 years old, why do you want to ask Miao Ming if you want to coquettish, can you send a boat to the Lingtai?Xiong Cilu, Gao Shiqi and Li Guangdi rushed over, and when they saw it, it was a long and short sentence:
The sky is vague, and the earth is also vague, what are you talking about?I don't see that when a gentleman captures a villain, it's like fighting a jackal and a tiger with his bare hands; when a villain captures a gentleman, it's as easy as a strong wind blows up the earth.The centipede who kills the dragon, the rat who kills the elephant, the reason is difficult to understand, and the emotion cannot be seen-this life has been misunderstood by nature, how can I be a Feng Fu in old age!

"This word is interesting." Kangxi said with a smile, "Although it is a story of the previous dynasty, why is it useless to rule the Tao in this world?"

Xiong Cilu couldn't help but sink in his heart: an emperor, he would always remember this matter, who would die in the country?But Kangxi often said that the way to control the officials is to make the gentleman and the villain get their own place, which not only prevents the gentleman from being falsely accused, but also uses the talents of the villain.Why did Kangxi show the words to those who stayed behind when Suo'etu resigned from the study room?He is a Taoist who emphasizes sincerity and righteousness, and self-cultivation with "caution and independence", but in the past few years, he has been involved in the struggle between Suo and Ming parties, and he is also the prince's master, so he has suffered a lot of squeezes.Xiong Cilu knew in his heart that if it wasn't for Kangxi's absolute trust in his loyalty, he would have disapproved of evening the "San Francisco", and would have been crushed by Mingzhu long ago... Suo'etu withdrew from the upper study, obviously to avoid suspicion of power, but Kangxi Is it approved or not?A few days ago, Suo'etu even posted a memorial, impeaching several officials in the frontier, and replacing several ministers, of course, there are both honest and villainous people. Kangxi's book complied, and the holy family was very grand. This is why Woolen cloth? ...I was thinking wildly, but I heard Kangxi say to Shi Runzhang: "Pu is your disciple, you can comfort me with the saying that a gentleman establishes his life - write another letter to Shandong Lao Yu Jackie Chan, and ask him to take care of this person. To explain that this is me Otherwise, Yu Chenglong is not a good person, and he wants to use his roots to participate in you." After saying a few words, he dispersed.

Gao Shiqi did not leave.Behind Kangxi, he leaned on a railing and looked condescendingly at Haidian.Some people in the court have said that he is speculative and has no practical knowledge. He muster up his energy and is determined to recite poems that overwhelm all the sages.He was dissatisfied for several times in his heart, and he was groping his brains, thinking about it, kangxi gnashed his eyebrows and saw it, and said with a smile: "I won't allow you to show off today, I have another job for you!" Gao Shiqi let out a sigh of relief He was naked, and said with a smile: "I don't have any hope of showing off with my talent. What is the master's intention? Do you want my slave to help you read the poems and mark the papers?"

Kangxi trembled with a stack of handed-in poems, and said with a smile, "I'm confident that I still have some eyesight to judge the quality of poems! It's another errand to go to the palace to see a doctor for Lagu Su Ma."

"Seeing a doctor?" Gao Shiqi asked with astonishment, he felt a bit unbelievable.Kangxi's tears were shining, he stared at Manman Bibo, and said slowly: "You probably know that I have an enlightenment master named Wu Ciyou, who is now a monk." Seeing Kangxi's emotion, Gao Shiqi was secretly surprised, and hurriedly answered Said: "I have heard from He Guizhu that Mr. Wu has a good character and pure academics. He once assisted his master in learning the holy way, and later—"

"It's good that you know, but you don't need to talk about the rest." Kangxi cut off Gao Shiqi's words, "He became a monk for many reasons, and it can't be explained clearly in a few words. When it comes to the root, it is Su Mala, my maidservant when I was young." Auntie, now she is called Huizhen, and she leads the cultivation in the palace."

Gao Shiqi knew that there were many taboos about this matter, so he bowed his head and said, "Yes, once you say Long live, the servant will understand." Kangxi's tone was heavy and slightly sentimental, and he said, "I heard Mingzhu said that you are quite skilled in medicine. Now Aunt Su Ma is seriously ill, I want you to go for a consultation. Alas, the palace people I have been closest to since I was a child, one is Wei Dongting's mother, and the other is her. Now one has gone to Nanjing, and the other is so sick again. What if something bad happens, what will happen?" Hearing that it was such an errand, Gao Shiqi's heart was already half relieved.But I changed my mind a little bit, and thought that I should not be too obvious that my medical skills are too high, firstly, it would be taboo, and secondly, it would make everyone come to see a doctor, and I couldn't stand it.After thinking for a while, Gao Shiqi smiled apologetically, "Master, do you dare not do your best? But he is only slightly good at regulating qi stagnation, and he is very good at other symptoms."

How did Kangxi know that Gao Shiqi had been thinking so much all of a sudden, wiped the corners of his eyes, then flipped through the poems he sent, and said: "Go, pass the order to Wudan, and tell him to take you into the Zhongcui Palace .”

Gao Shiqi hurriedly exited the Dragon Pavilion outside the regiment hall to look for Wu Dan.

(End of this chapter)