Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 53 Emperor Kangxi’s Night Visit to Little Zhou Lang Gaojiang Village’s Humble Diagnosis of Tai Sumai (2)
Kangxi sat with his chin in one hand, nodded while listening, and kept saying "hmm".After Zhou Peigong finished talking about Zhungeer's general situation, Fang said: "I think that Geerdan is insidious, cunning, capricious, and based on this, he is really a strong enemy!" Zhou Peigong shook his head slightly, and said softly: "My lord You are wise, you have learned thousands of miles, but you misjudged this Gerdan!" Gao Shiqi was taken aback, and couldn't help but glance at Zhou Peigong. Since he entered the study, he has never heard of any courtier who dared to say that Kangxi "misjudged" human.Kangxi ignored it, leaned over, stared at Zhou Peigong and said: "Be more specific! He wiped out the three tribes of Khalkha without authorization, but he repaired the form and proclaimed himself a tribute; he said he was asking for peace, and he came with Luo Shaming Going secretly; in collusion with Rakshasa, it is also flickering like this, even if you are on good terms with Rakshasa, but you seem to be wary, isn't it capricious?"

"Gerdan is definitely not a capricious person." Zhou Peizheng looked into Kangxi's eyes and said decisively, "He used the strategy of the Warring States Period!"

"Combine!"

Zhou Peigong smiled and said, "It's a strategy to attack from a distance. He fought fiercely in Western Mongolia near Zhungeer, but he gave a camel of gold and treasures to the princes in the south and north of the desert. He sent envoys to Beijing to pay tribute , proclaiming himself a minister with humble words, but he ate a part of Khalkha in one fell swoop and knocked down the emperor's western barrier. He bowed his knees to serve Rakshasa in order to ask for artillery and equipment. Then he will turn against the emperor!" Kangxi recalled what Axiu said, that Galdan was digging gold in Zhungeer, and sent more than [-] taels to King Horqin. .Just as he was about to speak, Gao Shiqi laughed and said, "Now that the Warring States Period has passed for more than two thousand years, the situation is quite different. The emperor is the ruler of the world, the Kyushu is unified, and the government is divided into one school. How can it be compared with the mobs of the six kingdoms?" Zhou Peigong With burning eyes, he said, "This is where Galdan miscalculated."

Kangxi nodded and said: "In the 'San Francisco' rebellion, I did not personally conquer: once we fight Galdan, I want to personally command the three armies and hunt him!"

"The servant thinks that the emperor's personal conquest is the most important thing is to supervise the food." Zhou Peigong said a little excitedly, patting the map with his hands and said, "There are two roads north and south of Tianshan Mountain. There are eight rich cities and eight poor cities: the north is from the west of Urumqi, and the south is the west of Urumqi. From the west of Aksu, Tuwoquan is rich in sweet products, which are the so-called "rich eight cities"; from Nyulumuqi to the east, the terrain is high and cold, with many mountains and rivers and flat rivers, and the four cities from the south to the west of Hami are narrow in geothermal heat, mostly Gobi The vast sea is called "poor eight cities". If the lord can ensure the food for our army, he will order a general to cut off the road to the rich eight cities in Geerdanxi, and the enemy's food road will be cut off. Dan is starving!"

Kangxi murmured after hearing this: "Pei Gong, who do you think will be the main general? How about Suo'etu?"

Zhou Peigong was silent for a long time, carefully chose his words and said: "The prime minister's position is in the center, and he is very uncertain about leading the army and the enemy."

"And what about Bahai?"

"Impossible." Zhou Peigong said without hesitation, "Bahai has been dealing with Luocha in Fengtian for many years, so it is not appropriate to abandon the strengths and take the weaknesses."

Kangxi raised another five or six generals, but Zhou Peigong felt that it was inappropriate, so he sighed and said, "It's a pity that Tuhai has suffered from apoplexy." After thinking for a long time, his eyes jumped suddenly, and he said, "Why don't you use the emperor to fly?" Gu? The servant was in Beijing in the past, and he had many discussions with him on military affairs. He is really a good general, wise and calculating, prudent and powerful, and good at taking opinions from all parties—this man is good!" Hearing that Zhou Peigong and Xiong Cilu had the same intention, Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I heard that he is a famous 'sleep bug', is it true or not?"

Even the emperor knew the nickname Feiyanggu. Zhou Peigong couldn't help laughing softly and said: "Some people are shrewd on the outside, and some are hidden. Naturally, it is hard to escape the holy lesson. But my servant, please pay attention to the emperor. The most important thing is food. Our army rations The road must be unimpeded, and the enemy's food road should be cut off in every possible way. Even if the military loses a little, it will not affect the overall situation." Gao Shiqi said: "Pei Gong, you keep talking about food, but I don't understand. Could it be that the food in the Central Plains is not enough to match Galdan? Compare?" Kangxi also felt that Zhou Peigong was too worried, and looked at Zhou Peigong with a questioning look.Zhou Peigong didn't know what to say, so he said after a while, "Master Gao, the food has to be transported from the southeast! The road is so far away, if there is any failure, the success will be ruined. I think about this matter the most. In addition, the emperor must personally control it——Please look at the map, the emperor. If there are guards and halls in Yan'an, Yulin, Yikezhao and other places, the chief of the guards will not be under the jurisdiction of the prefecture or county, and will not ask about civil affairs. How about emergency supplies?" Kangxi focused on following Zhou Peigong's finger on the map, listening and thinking, then moved time, tapped the table lightly, and said, "Good! It can be said that there is no solution!"

Zhou Peigong's eyes dimmed, and he sighed as if he had exhausted all his strength, and said dejectedly: "There is no way to fight, and there is no way to fight. It is the same principle that the leader leads the army. I hope that the emperor's heart will be alone. What the slave said is superficial. It may not be right in my opinion, but since the emperor personally conscripted, it must be said that it is all-in-one, and he must act carefully. For example, when setting up a guard hall to raise food, except for the emperor and the high-ranking minister, the rest of the people do not need to let him know: lest it be done The food ministers were lucky, they pushed each other, and things went wrong. Alas! I really want to go west with my master and sacrifice my spare body to the battlefield, but when the luck is not good, I'm afraid it will be hard until that day!" Zhou Peigong said Already crying sadly, staring at the window paper that was blown up and down by the wind, he didn't speak for a long time.

Kangxi didn't speak either, he just looked at Zhou Peigong who was reclining on the table and languidly, stood up and walked to the table, picked up a pen and wrote quickly, Fang said loudly: "Wei Dongting, come in!"

"Your servant is here!" Wei Dongting, who was covered in heavy snow, responded, swung his sleeves and knocked down Qian'er, and said, "What is the master's intention?"

"You can't stay in Fengtian for too long. You have to go back to Jiangnan as soon as possible. There is not much you need to do here. The customs lijin must be used to buy grain. I will give you orders after returning to Beijing!"

"Cha!" Wei Dongting hurriedly said, "The slave will leave tomorrow!"

"Also," Kangxi handed the paper to Wei Dongting, "you detour to Beijing, pass the decree to the Supreme Hospital, send the best doctor and bring the best medicine to treat Zhou Peigong!"

"Cha! Excuse me, what medicine do you bring?"

"Tomorrow morning, you can ask Gao Shiqi, and he will decide." Kangxi said, took out his pocket watch and looked at it, smiled gently at Zhou Peigong, and said, "There is still something to do in Lian, you have to go, you are pregnant, this disease will not Correlation. Let Gao Shiqi stay and you can talk about it. He also knows medicine, so he can come up with a prescription. You are a subject with special authority, so just tell Lian what you want!" After that, he took the guards with him we went.

Only Gao Shiqi and Zhou Peigong were left in the room.Probably because he had exhausted too much energy just now, Zhou Peigong looked tired, his face flushed and faded, and he became as pale as wax, but he still reluctantly asked Gao Shiqi to sit down and ordered someone to watch tea.

"You don't need to take care of me," Gao Shiqi picked up a chair by himself, sat close to Zhou Peigong's bed, and said with a smile, "Now you are a patient, and I am a doctor. Please take a pulse." Zhou Peigong waved his hand and said, "Why should Mr. Gao You’re welcome, I’ve admired your name for a long time! My illness is well known in my mind, and it’s only been within two years, whether it’s cured or not.” Gao Shiqi laughed and said, “Why should Zhou Lang be so heroic? The days are thicker than leaves! Besides, I am ordered by the Holy Spirit to examine you, and if I don’t check the pulse, how can I give you an order?” Then he took the pulse.

Seeing that he didn't use his fingers on the size, close or inch, but only lightly tapped the Taisu acupoint on the back of his hand with two fingers, Zhou Peigong couldn't help being surprised, and asked: "Mr. is so good at Taisu meridian! This is a unique skill nowadays, sir. It’s true that there is no book without reading!” Gao Shiqi said: “If you can recognize this Tai Sumai, you will have extraordinary knowledge. I think you are the same as me, you can read books, but you have entered martial arts, and I have entered Wen Dao ,that is it."

It turned out that Gao Shiqi observed Zhou Peigong's illness by observing his complexion, and he knew that Zhou Peigong's illness was difficult to cure, so he wanted to use his life to learn from him and talk about it to comfort him.Listening to Mr. Zhou Pei's voice, it seems that he has never read Taisu's fortune-telling book. He was secretly happy, so he closed his eyes and checked the "Taisu" pulse for half a day. Like smoke, a solitary shadow hangs in the sky. Yellow falls and bleak broken branches sway, and wind and rain glide lightly in the evening—according to this pulse condition, it is a frightened lone goose, with poor strength and far-sighted ambition, high-minded but fearful. The Lord—" He pondered for a while, and then said, "There is a promotion for the main birthday test, and there is a noble sign for the poor and humble,——weird! How can it be like this? In fact."

"Mr. Gao is worthy of being a treacherous literati." Zhou Peigong said with a smile, "Why did you change 'Jing Gong' to 'Jing Hong'? There are four judgments in the back: snakes have no feet, and they have holes. Zombie—why didn’t you say it together?”

Gao Shangqi was suddenly discouraged, smiled awkwardly, and said: "So you are more proficient than me, so what else is there to say. According to my opinion, those low-level literati have had their fill. I was in a panic, and made up words to coax the world. Pei Gong is a master, so I don’t need my extra words to persuade you.” Zhou Peigong said indifferently: “Your intentions are so hard, how could I not be grateful? ? But Tai Su pulse is not all lies. For example, I have a deep feeling for the 'shocked bow' just mentioned." Gao Shiqi took a breath and asked in surprise: "Shocked bow? I want to ask, who is it to surprise? bow?"

"Even a very clever person often forgets when he is proud..." Zhou Peigong said ambiguously.Seeing Gao Shiqi wearing a string of silk knots around his waist, he changed the subject and asked, "This is an unlucky thing. Why are you wearing it?"

"Oh..." Gao Shiqi looked down and said with a smile: "This is given to Lao He by Mrs. He of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on her deathbed. No one can solve it. I look like agate beads. I am very loving, so I wear them." I don’t know if it’s an ominous thing.” Zhou Peigong stretched out his thin hand to ask for it, and played with it in his hand. It was bright and bright red, like drops of red tears strung together, and he said casually: "The name of this string is 'The String of Injustice'. According to folklore, the deceased has resentment in his heart, which cannot be unraveled for a day, and a living soul cannot be rescued. In fact, it is the dead who cannot get along with himself—Old He! Which old He?" Gao Shiqi Said: "He Guizhu is the most blessed person..."

Gao Shangqi was still waiting to say that Zhou Peigong's expression had changed drastically, his face was so pale that there was no blood at all, he was panting on the pillow, as if he was suppressing the extreme excitement in his heart.Gao Shiqi hurriedly got up and asked, "Are you feeling bad?"

"It's nothing... I feel panicked for some reason..." Zhou Peigong smiled wryly, "It seems that this lady's knot will be solved by me..." Gao Shiqi couldn't help laughing: "I never thought that you, a disciple of a saint, would Believe in gods and Buddhas like the wives! I don’t know how many times I have read this knot, how can you untie it.”

Without saying a word, Zhou Peigong put the string in his hand and looked at it carefully for a long time, then shook it lightly, and threw it into the brazier!Tung oil had been applied to the silk knot, and when it saw the fire, a bright red flame sprang up, and the silk knot twisted painfully a few times in the fire, turning into white gray lines... After a wave, it has disappeared without a trace - pick up the golden melon seeds, put them on the table, and stare blankly.

"It's dissolved!" Gao Shiqi clapped his hands and laughed, "You really deserve it! I never thought of using this method!"

Zhou Peigong smiled indifferently, picked up the golden melon seeds, felt a little hot, and said stupidly: "This is made of gold, it is difficult to melt in the fire!"

(End of this chapter)