Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 37 Zhengqianmeng Zhishi seeks a hall seat to pray for mother's birthday and chasing lamas in Buddhist hall (1)
Tian Wenjing received a letter from the Ministry of Officials on April 23, and immediately packed up and prepared to take up his post in Sichuan.He is an old official in Beijing. Although he is usually lonely and self-admired, he does not talk to ordinary people. He has few friends, but he has many acquaintances.During this trip to Shanxi, Tian Wenjing overthrew "the world's number one Fuchen" Nuo Min in one fell swoop, and became famous all over the world. It has long been rumored in the inner court that Tian Wenjing will be a useful person sooner or later.Therefore, there are also people who rush to the hot stove.The officials of the six departments, as well as the former colleagues of the Ministry of Industry, the superiors and the subordinates, came to make friends who were not friends, and those who were not relatives also came to recognize relatives.Tian Wenjing had to deal with it on the surface, but he thought in his heart: "What did you do long ago? Dog eyes!" Therefore, he refused to go to the banquet, the master did not want to accompany him, and even the money was not accepted. Talking about talking, serving tea to see off guests after a conversation, all the visitors came and chatted away happily. The popularity was not good, and everyone hated him, and they all said that he was "a villain".

At this moment, Tian Wenjing was sitting on the bundled luggage of several colleagues who had just sent away for the "farewell party", looking at the empty yard in a daze, thinking about the schedule on the road.Just as he was thinking about it, seeing his family member Zhu Xigui bring a woman in, Tian Wenjing was short-sighted. It wasn't until the two of them entered the room that he realized that it was Qiao Yindi, the "witness" who explained the Beijing investigation at the same time as Nuo Min.Tian Wenjing frowned imperceptibly, changed his smiling face, and said, "It's Yindi! This hard work is hard for you. Sit, sit!"

"Master Tian," Yindi blessed two blessings with her knees on her knees, and sat down on a box opposite, saying, "I heard that you are leaving tomorrow, let me take a look..." Tian Wenjing took a closer look Yindi.Seeing that Yindi was wearing a moon white jacket and a black embroidered skirt with dotted flowers inside, and she had no money to change, she laughed and said: "It's already hot, I can't stand this spring dress. Although you are in the Prison Temple, It's not far from me, why don't you come to see me if you have any difficulties?" Yindi shrugged and replied, "Dali Temple has returned all my money to me, and I'm not poor. A few days ago, I accidentally caught wind , I was getting hot, and I was wearing thick clothes. I know that the fourth master is a poor official, and he didn't want to fight the autumn wind. I heard you go, and I have a meeting with you, so I came to say goodbye..."

She said a few words, which hit Tian Wenjing's mind. Tian Wenjing couldn't help blushing, and quickly changed the subject: "What are you going to do now? Don't think of me as a small person. No matter how poor I am, I'm still better than you." When you go back to Shanxi, feel free to tell me if you have any difficulties." Qiao Yindi didn't say anything after hearing this, she rubbed her clothes and lowered her head to think for a while, before she said: "I just can't make up my mind! Ordinarily I should go back to Shanxi. I haven't seen you for so long. I don't know how my family is doing. But yesterday Fourteenth Master sent someone to the Prison Temple and asked me if I would like to serve Fujin in the palace. Fourteenth Master is my savior, but he still cares about my family, so I want to see you for advice. "

"I think it's better for you to go back to Shanxi." Tian Wenjing breathed a sigh of relief, and said without hesitation: "Guarding your own home, your own land, and eating a bowl of safe rice is better than anything else." Seeing Yindi nodded , Tian Wenjing said again: "Don't look at the Fourteenth Lord as a prince. From the outside, it looks like gold, jade and jade are so powerful. In fact...you are a woman, and I will not hide it from you. His mansion is not a safe and good place..." He For Yindi's sake, thinking about how to make the words clear, he suddenly stopped and asked: "What's wrong with you? You look so pale?"

Yindi stared at Tian Wenjing as if she didn't know her.Obviously, she never expected that Tian Wenjing, the "Great Upright Official" whom she respected and admired, would have such a heart.After thinking about it for a while, he said lightly: "It's nothing, I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable... I'm a woman, so I don't understand what you said. Now that I've made up my mind, I'll stay in the Fourteenth Master's residence. Mr. Tian, ​​you have a great future ahead, Take care. I'm resigning now..." After saying that, he got up.Tian Wenjing suddenly felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong. I mean, you are the daughter of a good family, and it is not appropriate to get involved in the lawsuit. I'm wandering here, it's better to go back and reunite." But no matter how "kindly" he explained, Qiao Yindi couldn't listen anymore.She respectfully blessed Tian Wenjing twice more, and went out silently, sitting in the small warm sedan chair carried by the two of them.

Tian Wenjing blushed suddenly, looked at Yindi's back, and took a heavy breath.He was not afraid that Yingdi would shake off these words when he saw Yun, but he felt that his personality and sentiment were inferior to this woman. "Let a woman underestimate you!" Tian Wenjing thought about it, and seeing that Zhu Xigui was still standing there, he reprimanded angrily, "What are you selling? Why don't you hurry up and cook?"

"Make four more people!"

Someone outside suddenly spoke loudly, following the voice, Li Wei led Wu Sidao, Feng Gu and Lan Cao'er up the hall steps together.Li Wei is dressed in short clothes, a white linen cardigan, crotch-changing blue cloth pants, a pair of kicked cow shoes, and Wu Sidao with a cane behind him is a green satin jacket and a caramel-colored river silk robe, surrounded by two women surrounded by pearls. , It's like four masters and servants coming to visit.

"It's Mrs. Li, oh...and Mr. Wu!" Tian Wenjing hurriedly stood up and took two steps towards him, and said with a smile, "What brought you here? Did you know each other before? Mr. Wu, and... the two wives , please sit down. It’s just too slow, the heavy furniture is sold, so if you feel wronged, sit on the luggage...Xigui, prepare the meal!"

Li Wei shook a broken banana fan, and sat next to Tian Wenjing. Seeing that Wu Sidao and the others were all seated, he smiled and said, "Brother Tian is a famous iron rooster, how can he prepare a good meal? Don't look at my background as a beggar. Migrating to Ju Yiqi, now I am impatient with your cabbage tofu—" He took out twelve and a small Jing ingot from his waist and threw it to Zhu Xigui, "Go! Get a table of noodles!" Tian Wenjing laughed hurriedly: "My lord, where is this place..." "Forget it," Li Wei patted Tian Wenjing's shoulder with his fan playfully, "Brother, it's a good time to sit down, I have some good news for you, and I have something to ask for!"

"Then I have to turn the host into a guest." Tian Wenjing was originally short on money, but he was so happy. He sat down with a smile and said, "Thanks to the great grace of the Holy Grace, Tian Wenjing escaped from the defeat and was promoted. It is beyond hope." Fu, what other 'good news' is there? Mr. Li sent Liangjiang Fang Bo a heavy responsibility, Jane is a capable minister in the emperor's heart, what can you ask me, a little magistrate?" Li Wei laughed: "Is there anyone in the world who doesn't ask for help? Huang Zongxi vowed not to be an official back then, and the holy grandfather tied him with ropes and took him to Beijing. Jianwo Ancient Temple refused to obey the imperial edict. His character is not as tough as you and me? But why does he still write poems for Wang Shihuahuaer, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment? Please be safe! In fact, you have already agreed to my request. This Mr. Wu is a well-known scholar in the south of the Yangtze River and my teacher. If there is an agreement, I will recommend you here again, 5000 taels a year to satisfy Mr. Wu, is it possible?" Tian Wenjing was slightly taken aback, and said with a smile: "We do have an appointment, but it is only 3000 taels!"

Li Wei looked up to the sky and laughed, and said, "You're so petty! You let go of the Taoist platform, you know?" Tian Wenjing said in surprise: "How could such a thing happen? I only received the prefect's ticket yesterday..." Li Wei bent over He took out a letter from the boot page, threw it to Tian Wenjing casually, nodded with his hand and said: "The ticket is not worth the sacred letter! The Ministry of Officials received an order from Zhang Xiang this morning, and ordered Tian Wenjing to be the deputy envoy of Henan Buzheng." , Kaifeng, Guide, and Chenzhou Taoist priests are filled in real vacancies! This time it is really "Bao Longtu meditating in Kaifeng Mansion", do you think it is happy or not? Even if you don't scrape the land, there are three or four in a year Ten thousand income, take five thousand silver to support a disabled master, who cares?"

"Master Tian," Wu Sidao sat on the side without saying a word, saw Tian Wenjing holding the book in a daze, and said with a smile, "Don't get me wrong, thinking that Wu Sidao is shameless, and Nuo Min came to vote for you again. In fact, how did Nuo Min fall? It wasn’t you and me who brought him down, it was he who brought himself down! I’ve done a lot in my life, and I’ve gotten into quite a few troubles. To be honest, I once led five hundred people from Jiangnan to kill him. Gongyuan! It’s just that the body is old and the road is poor. It’s no longer suitable for the minister of the imperial court. I only have an inch of heart like an old man. I am willing to help you to be a famous minister of the generation. A good bird chooses a tree and a good minister chooses the master. Ken limped and ran all the way here. But it’s a matter of mutual consent, and I don’t specify that I have to join you. If you can’t take me in, it’s okay for Li Wei to recommend me to go elsewhere.”

"Ah, ah?" Tian Wenjing woke up from the dream-like stupefied at this time, quickly changed his face and smiled: "What are you talking about, sir? Ji Bu Yinuo Qianjin Ji Bu, the former general of Xiang Yu, surrounded Liu Bang. The Han Dynasty was established. Later, he was hunted down, and he was pardoned after someone spoke to Liu Tie. He is a famous ranger, known as "getting a hundred catties of gold is not as good as getting Jibu Yinuo." "Wen Jing is also her husband! I don't know how many people have come to recommend the master's staff these days. I have resigned all of them, and I am waiting for my husband to take up the post together. I will ask for advice sooner or later!" During the conversation, I saw Zhu Xigui and several assistants carrying a At the generous table, with wine and food boxes, dishes of hot and cold meats were spread on the table. Tian Wenjing raised his hand to Li Wei and said, "I'm disturbing Mr. Li! Mr. Wu, and... two ladies, please, please!"

Li Wei had something on his mind that he didn't dare to drink too much, so he resigned after drinking a few glasses of wine, went back to the lower place and hurriedly changed into court clothes, then took a four-person green woolen official sedan chair to Xihua Gate and handed out a sign to see you.After a long while, Gao Wuyong, the eunuch of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, came to pass the decree to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Li Wei followed in, and asked in a low voice, "What is Long live Lord doing now?" I went to serve in the past. Today, the original purpose is not to see all the officials. Even Li Ye, you have to wait for a while before the Long Live Lord can come down..." Li Wei nodded and smiled: "You are also needed for this. Sneaky? It's not like the Queen Mother has been ill for a day..." After saying that, he followed Gao Wuyong into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Master Li, please kneel here and wait." Gao Wuyong said, pointing to the southwest of the throne, "Master invited a monk today, he said that he is the ethereal master of Wuhua Mountain—he is here to dispel evil spirits for the Queen Mother!" Li Wei asked: "Didn't you listen Are you talking about going to Qinghai to invite living Buddhas?" Gao Wuyong said: "There is a war going on in the west, and the two countries are fighting each other. The emperor is afraid that he will invite gods to invite ghosts. Master Kongling is the true teaching of Tantric Buddhism. Not an opponent! I heard that it can bring the dead back to life and the living to death! Many dignified officials in the six books, those who like to practice Zen, are ordered to sit with them in the small Buddhist hall at the back of Zhongcui Palace, and Sanding Jia is also ordered to come in. He said he wanted to test the monk's ability. Master Li, Long Live ordered that this is a housework and not a state matter, so don't say anything about it. If you know it, just do it. Don't talk about it." Li Wei smiled and knelt down and said: "I know, you will tell the master How many days?—This brick is not knockable, right?"

"Grandpa's words..."

"Don't play tricks with me." Li Wei sneered, "You husbands have to coax those foolish officials outside! You think I don't know? You have knocked all the gold bricks in the underground. Here If you stuff money, you kneel in front of the empty brick, and if you don’t send you, you bring it to the filled brick in the ground, and don’t make a sound when your head is smashed——Think I don’t know? "

Gao Wuyong told him that he broke the mechanism, and said with a sly smile: "The servant said something presumptuous, the common name of the master is 'ghosts are difficult to deal with', and the real name is well-deserved! Give me ten guts and dare not fool the master-if you don't believe me, just try it. Knock twice, you'll be sure to hear the sound of the mountain!" He lifted the curtain and came out, and saw Yongzheng had just entered the Chuhua Gate, and hurriedly leaned sideways and said: "Master, Li Wei has come in and is waiting in the main hall!"

"Get up and stand on the side." Yongzheng entered the hall and sat down. His expression was somewhat haggard. He asked for tea and sipped it, and said, "Have you been to Tian Wenjing's place?" Li Wei got up and called Qian Erfang and replied: "The servant just sent Mr. Wu away. Mr. Wu was not very happy with him at first, saying that he was afraid that he would not get along with Tian. The servant finally persuaded him to give it a try before agreeing. Tian Wenjing didn't say anything. He said a lot of gratitude on the table, and he didn't think about the master any more. He valued him so much, and said that he was strict by nature, and he was afraid that he would not be able to get along with the governor. He originally wanted to try to pay the government and the gentry together, to see how much money one mansion can bring to the court in a year, and divide it into three mansions at once. If you don't come, you've failed the master's kindness."

(End of this chapter)