Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

chapter 32
Gao Shiqi and Wu Dan each rode a strong red-maned horse, and went straight through the Xihua Gate into the palace, dismounted at the Longzong Gate, and went straight to the Small Buddha Hall of Zhongcui Palace along Yongxiang.Entering the Buddhist temple, Gao Shiqi didn't realize what was going on, but Wu Dan was stunned: Kangxi eight years ago, Wu Dan guarded Kangxi to study outside the palace, and met Lagu Su Ma almost every day, how did she behave back then? How radiant, how eloquent, quick-witted and capable!It has only been six years since I saw Lagu Su Ma in the Hall of Mental Cultivation on the soul-stirring night on the 12rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the 23th year of Kangxi. Unexpectedly, this Lagu Su Ma, who just turned 34, has gray hair like silver!Wu Dan didn't understand what "the peach blossoms are clouded with apricots, and the beauty is withered", but Aunt Su Mala, who was once graceful and graceful, could still see her in such a state of anxiety. He shuddered involuntarily, and suddenly squatted down, covering his head and sobbing uncontrollably.

Aunt Su Ma was half lying on the couch in the corner of the monastery, Gao Shiqi's greetings and Wu Dan's crying could be heard clearly, but she had no heart to think and was unable to speak.She has no joy, no sorrow, not even a recollection of the past, she just looks at the geese in the sky outside the window with her bright eyes, and listens to the cries of mourning.

"Master Huizhen," Gao Shiqi approached, softly called her Dharma name, examined her, and suddenly heard a long bell from the Buddhist hall ahead.Gao Shiqi didn't feel like Wudan. He just felt a little grumpy when he suddenly fell from the joy of flowers in Xiyuan to such a deep and quiet environment. Seeing Lagu Su Ma turn his eyes to look at him, he hurriedly laughed again, "Because the emperor knows that the student is quite skilled in medicine, he specially ordered you to come here for a consultation..."

La Aunt Su Ma was well-informed and had never heard a doctor claim to be "very good" in medicine. Her eyes flickered, she stared at Gao Shiqi, and said in a weak voice: "Go to the doctor... the sound of bells and drums is really thought-provoking. ... Now that the end is approaching, the Buddha wants to call me to go! All the prosperity in the world is like a passing cloud... I want... to go..."

Gao Shiqi listened to her clear voice, without words, sat on the chair and closed his eyes to feel his pulse. After half a meal, Gao Shiqi suddenly opened his eyes and smiled and said, "Master, do you know who I am?"

Aunt Su Ma gave Gao Shiqi a serious look and shook her head.Wu Dan was also surprised to see him "seeing a doctor" like this: the doctor sees the disease and prescribes the right medicine, why do you want people to know "who" you are?
"My surname is Gao Mingshiqi, my surname is Dan, and my name is Jiangcun." Gao Shiqi let go of his pulse-pressing hand, "Although I am not Hua Tuo or Zhang Zhongjing, I can still cure your illness."

Hearing his bragging, Aunt Su Ma just smiled slightly.

"Let me talk about the symptoms first. If it's not true, Gao Shiqi will leave the house immediately and never speak to the doctor." Gao Shiqi raised his face proudly, and said coldly, "Master's pulse is stagnant and sinking. The main food is weak. See Feeling tired of eating; counting the feet and floating, the main reason is that the liver is inflamed, dizzy like in a boat; sleepless nights and no thoughts, quietly watching the moon rise and the stars set; the inch is slippery and counting, the main energy loss, limbs and bones can not be independent , Walking and sitting are weak, but lying down is safe—but is it?”

These symptoms were also mentioned by the imperial physicians before, and they were not surprising, but no one could tell her that she was "not sleeping nor thinking, just watching the moon rise and the stars set." Aunt Su Ma couldn't help closing her eyes.

"The master is not sick." Gao Shiqi stood up with his front skirt lifted, and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back a little complacently. He flicked his big black braid, looking very chic.Wu Dan blinked and looked at the upstart in a strange way, but he heard Gao Shiqi say: "The master is an outsider, who is proficient in internal scriptures, and he must know that no thinking, no desire, and no seeking are the highest Bodhi realms of Buddhist practice— ——This is the result of the master’s ten-year practice. To put it bluntly, it is a kind of benefit. For example, if you become a Jinshi, can it be regarded as a disease? Forgive Gao, after all, you have not broken through the three realms, so you have "seeing the merits of yourself" Doubtful disease, it is worthy of sigh!"

"What kind of warning are you talking about, and why do I doubt myself?" Aunt Su Ma couldn't help asking.Wu Dan looked at her in amazement, feeling that her spirit seemed much better than before.

Gao Shiqi smiled heartily and said: "I calculated it based on the principles of medicine and Buddhism. The master converted to Buddhism and practiced meditation. He had already entered the realm of illusion, but he mistakenly thought that his body was extremely weak, his life was not long, and he was afraid of the cold at night and on the road. , Fear of the long journey, so the heart is burning and dying! Master, I tell you that you had hemoptysis in the middle of the night in the past, but now you don’t have this disease, don’t you? You laughed. I never misunderstood others. light!"

Aunt Su Ma was taken aback, moved a bit, and managed to sit up barely!Seeing the blood on her face, Wu Dan couldn't help being dumbfounded: Even if she does a trick, she can't be so fast!

"Coptis chinensis is the most common medicine in the world, but it is the best medicine." Gao Shiqi said solemnly, "It's a pity that the master doesn't know how to use medicine. If it is matched with radish and green celery, it can be used for daily meals, even if oil is not used. Why did your master do this?" Gao Shiqi calmly prepared a medicinal diet for Lagu Su Ma, "...if you mix it with rice and yellow rice, you will be back to normal within half a year!" Wu Dan was fascinated by what he heard. , Pulled a futon and sat down, but saw Lagu Su Ma smiled, shook her head and said, "I'm afraid it may not be so?"

Gao Shiqi didn't answer, turned around and came to the window, and put up a row of green screens.The gloomy, suffocating atmosphere in the house was instantly swept away.Gao Shiqi turned his head and smiled and said, "Master, you can see the clear autumn air outside the window. It is the blue sky, the yellow flowers, the mountains dyed with red maple, and the water washed with clear waves. At this time, if you want to hike up the mountain and float in a boat, how happy is it? Don't go out, sit in a lonely city, keep the blue lanterns, accompany the ancient Buddha, recite scriptures, read the inner scriptures, and the evil spirits enter, and you will have this symptom, what a pity!"

La Aunt Su Ma followed Gao Shiqi's eloquent description, thinking about the scenery outside, and couldn't help being dazed. After a long while, Fang Chang let out a long breath, nodded firmly, her eyes were flowing, and she was very energetic.

Gao Shiqi saw that the method of heart therapy was very effective, and knew that she was very talented, so he was afraid of making mistakes, so he went to the front of the case and wrote with a smile: "Master's disease does not need medicine. I wrote a handwritten one. Black hair will definitely reappear within a year!" As he spoke, he began to write quickly.When Wu Dan took a closer look, it was a poem. He hurriedly handed it to Aunt Su Ma, but when he read it, it was: "Cultivating one's body and cherishing treasures for thousands of years, without thinking and worrying, is a Buddha fairy."I advise you to learn the Sixth Patriarch's method and always add half a share of salt to your food!Yao Yin: Go out of the palace for a walk.

Aunt Su Ma couldn't help laughing, "puchi" smiled, and said, "I don't know where the Buddha came from to eat salt?"

"There's no need to look up this matter." Gao Shiqi said with a smile, "I went to Dajue Temple with Lafayette last month to offer incense, and because I was a little hungry, I ate a piece of Buddha offering snacks, which turned out to be salty!" Before he finished speaking, Wu Dan was already laughing out loud, and Aunt Su Ma couldn't help but smile too.

Wu Dan and Gao Shiqi came out hand in hand, it was almost dusk.Originally planning to go to Xiyuan to report to Kangxi, Mu Zixu came in from Longzongmen with a group of guards.Mu Zixu smiled and said: "Have you shown the master that you are sick? You can tell from Lao Wu's face that it doesn't matter." Gao Shiqi smiled and said: "Where is the emperor? We have to submit the order, and we can talk about it later. " Mu Zixu told them that the banquet in Xiyuan was over, and the emperor went back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to see the ministers, and the two left the crowd and went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After entering the Chuihua Gate, he saw the eunuch Li Dequan waiting at the door, playing with a sea holly locked in a big cage. Gao Shiqi asked: "Xiao Lizi, who is the emperor seeing now?" "Yo, it's Gao Ye, Lord Wu!" Li Dequan raised his head, seeing the two of them, he hurriedly called and said with a smile: "My master is seeing Shi Lang, the admiral of the Navy right now! Or, I'll let you two go in and report first. Son?" Just as he was talking, Kangxi said inside: "Is it Gao Shiqi? Come in!" The two came in one after the other, but they saw Xiong Cilu and Mingzhu sitting on the wooden pole on the left, and an official on the right, He is short and fat, with side cheeks, squinted eyes, high nose bridge, about fifty, with wrinkled face, sitting with his hands on his knees and answering Kangxi's words.

"...Why do you want to stop the drill? Hmm! Fifty cannons are not enough, so ask the Cannon Manufacturing Bureau to build another twenty!" Kangxi only took a look at Gao Shiqi, and then said to Shi Lang, "Your naval unit is in the slightest. Soldiers training in Shanhu and Dongpinghu are useless, have you thought about it?"

Shi Lang was silent for a while, then said: "I have already consulted with the household department about the cannon making. It was originally agreed that the delivery in June has been delayed until now. I don't know why. The most important thing at the moment is morale. The training on the lake, Fighting at sea is two different things, what the Holy One just said is very true. I also sent a bidder to Yantai to try it out at sea, and some people fled before the battle, and some asked someone to write a will for their parents and wives..."

"It's not low morale, I'm afraid it's low official morale. Maybe you've heard some gossip again?" Kangxi sneered, "I'm not talking about you. The people in the six ministries don't work hard and make troubles. I know it clearly. Manchuria Civil and military, only Li Guangdi and Yao Qisheng are the ones fighting, and now Suo'etu has taken sick leave, thinking that even Li Guangdi will lose power! You, Shi Lang, also have this idea in your heart, thinking that I have changed my mind, don't you?!" He His face was livid, and after glancing at Mingzhu and Xiong Cilu, even Gao Shiqi felt a chill in his heart.Shi Lang breathed a sigh of relief and said melancholy: "What the emperor said is not true! I escaped from Taiwan alone in Jiashen year to serve the Holy Dynasty. Both my father and brother were murdered. With blood feud, I even pacified Chaoyang, Qiongzhou, Leizhou In other places, they think that since they have done meritorious service for the country, they will be trusted by the court. Until now, there are still many people who think that I have many friends in Taiwan and will never return. Thinking about this, can you not feel chilled?" Kangxi took a sip Tea, said with a smile: "In life, who can not hear gossip? If you listen to gossip, you will not live well? For example, if you say you are the 'seventh star of the Big Dipper', you can't listen to it? You are the seventh star, don't you? Not under Ziwei Star? I think I am quite qualified! Whoever loves Hu Yu any more, just tell him what I said - you want to be the seventh star, but you are not worthy!"

"My lord..." Hearing this, Shi Lang was in tears, sobbing and unable to speak.

Xiong Cilu originally disapproved of conquering Taiwan, but he didn't think Taiwan was a dispensable place like some people did.He felt that the country should have time to recuperate after years of wars, and Li Guangdi was aggressive, relying on Suo Ertu's influence, and used big hats to suppress people everywhere, so he tightened up.Seeing that Shi Lang was so emotional, tears flowed from his heart, and he was about to speak when he heard Mingzhu say: "Your Majesty and General Shi, don't be sad, if the people in the six departments are still unwilling to contribute, just find slaves. Fortunately, Suo'etu is not a serious illness, as soon as he comes back, some people will be honest."

"The conquest of Taiwan is a national policy that I have personally decided," Kangxi said with a stern look, a little unofficial, "I asked you to come in today to let you know that it is not Li Guangdi or Suo'etu behind you, but I am here for you." Make the decision. There may be disagreements among the ministers. I don’t blame them. They are all for the sake of the country. Why should everyone be silent? I can tolerate those who disagree, but I cannot tolerate those who do not cooperate: Zheng Siqi, Minister of the Ministry of Removal, by Zheng Siqi Esang A’s Secretary of the Household Department, Cui Yawu’s Minister of the Household Department—directed by Li Guangdi and co-organized the bachelor’s degree, coordinating the affairs of Shi Lang’s Department in Beijing, asking for people, money for money, and salary!”

Shi Lang's face couldn't help but light up when he heard that, Mingzhu and Xiong Cilu knelt down with a "plop", and responded loudly: "Cha! The slave is leading the order!"

"...As for morale," Kangxi said in a deep voice, "wars in lakes and rivers are different from naval battles after all. There must be a way to live and die in the turmoil of the ocean—who doesn't have parents and wives! Shi Lang, you go back and make a statement. Those who were killed and disabled in battle across the sea will be given preferential treatment, double the preferential treatment. All the remains of those killed in battle can be brought back. There is really no other way. The list is all listed in the imperial examination, and the name is left in the stone! Death is famous, life is beneficial, and it is for the country. Loyalty, I don't believe that morale can't be raised?"

Shi Lang jumped up when he heard this, and said in a voice like a bell: "Your Majesty, please withdraw the melody and stop practicing the sailor's excerpts!"

"Oh?" Kangxi couldn't help laughing, got up and patted Shi Lang on the shoulder, and said, "Sit down and listen to me. I know you. You didn't study Confucianism, and you failed in school. You changed to fencing and became a good general. Zheng Chenggong and his son did harm to you." For you, it’s not because you have the strength to resist the tripod, but because you are afraid of your superior resourcefulness! He dare not use a person like you, which shows that he is small and incompetent-I don’t care that you can’t conquer Taiwan, but I also have Worrying, you know?"

Shi Lang opened his eyes wide, looking at Kangxi puzzled, and Xiong Cilu, Mingzhu and Gao Shiqi couldn't help but exchanged looks.

Kangxi walked slowly, his soapy boots rattling on the water-polished blue bricks, after a long time, Fang smiled and said: "This matter seems to be mentioned a little early, but you can listen to it and think about it. It will be beneficial. Taiwan Located in the corner of the sea, hundreds of miles away from the inland, the people are unfamiliar, and the government is the most difficult. Some of Zheng Chenggong's subordinates have kindness to you, and some have enmity with you. , needless to say; if you are willing to surrender, I will send you eight words—" As he spoke, he looked at Shi Lang.Shi Lang hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "I respectfully listen to the oracle!" Kangxi's eyes were bright, he took a step closer to Shi Lang, and said word by word: "You can only repay favors, not revenge!"

Shi Lang took a deep breath, paused, and said, "I understand—you can only repay favors, not revenge—I should put the great cause of national unification as the most important thing, and never complain privately!"

"This is the real husband, Minister of Sheji!" Kangxi sighed, "You can do it with confidence, don't be afraid of villains harming you, and don't worry about the future. I will help you again, isn't the Governor of Fujian Yao Qisheng your eighth acquaintance? I ordered him Go to the army to serve as a military counselor, and take the responsibility of preaching the court's morality. He belongs to the [-] navy and is assigned to you to command. Our monarch and ministers are of the same mind, and its benefits can cut gold, so why not worry about major events?"

Watching Shi Lang resign, Kangxi was stunned for a while, Fang turned to smile and asked Gao Shiqi: "How is your errand?" Gao Shiqi licked his lips, and said: "At present, it seems irrelevant for a while. "Wu Dan laughed beside him and said: "Gao Shiqi is too humble, this servant really convinced him this time, it's really a fairy trick! He just didn't use the medicine, just like talking about fate, and then he said that the half-dead Lagu Su Ma was on the spot Sit up, blushing!"

"She doesn't have a few years to live!" Gao Shiqi said abruptly, causing everyone to tremble in shock, "Master is a disease whose lamps burn out. All physical illnesses in the world can be cured by medicine, but heart disease can only be healed by the heart; But this whole body is free from disease but everywhere is sick, and the heart is exhausted and the mind is exhausted, and it belongs to the jurisdiction of the commander! I will do my best to restore my confidence and eat well. If I follow my instructions, I can still prolong my life for five years. After this, I dare not speak nonsense!" Wu Dan's whole body froze, what he saw, heard, and thought were too far away from Gao Shiqi's performance, and he couldn't accept such a harsh fact for a while, Fang was stunned for a long time Said: "I don't believe it!"

Kangxi's expression became solemn and compassionate, he had already believed it, looked out of the hall with his eyes, and murmured: "I can't return to heaven... I can't return to heaven?"

"Yes..." Gao Shiqi choked up for a moment, "I can only do this so that Lagu Su Ma dies without a problem, so I can go away peacefully..."

Standing aside, Mingzhu suddenly felt a pang of guilt. He was the instigator of this criminal case, and now the real result has come out.He glanced at Gao Shiqi, stroked his newly grown beard and lowered his head.Xiong Cilu is already a gray-haired old man. When he thinks of the times when he helped each other in difficult times, the old things are still in his eyes, and he can't help crying.

Kangxi pondered for a long time in a daze, then sighed, and suddenly shouted: "Li Dequan!"

"Hey, the slave is here!"

"Decree to the Ministry of Internal Affairs," Kangxi wiped his eyes, "prepare a sedan chair for Master Huizhen. Inside and outside the five cities, the imperial garden forbidden area, the capital Zhili, wherever she wants to go, whenever she wants to travel, there is no need to come again to ask for an order !"

"twitter!"

Kangxi sat silently, counting the years secretly, and sighed: "Lagu Su Ma has always wanted to visit Jinling, if only I can live to make my southern tour! Alas, I don't know when Jin Fu's business will be done. it is good……"

(End of this chapter)