Emperor Yongzheng: Eagle Bow Sirius

Chapter 38 Zhengqianmeng Zhishi seeks a hall seat to pray for mother's birthday and chasing lamas in Buddhist hall (2)
It turned out that there was an old system in the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and all Confucian households and eunuch households did not pay enough for the imperial grain.Anyone who owns half an hectare of land belongs to the landlord, and if he is bound by the government to make friends with the powerful, he also enjoys the same privileges as the gentry.This is an old rule of hundreds of years. Once the gentry is abolished, it will not only hurt their wealth but also their dignity. Lu Longqi, a famous official of the Xi Dynasty, once tried to "officials and gentry pay errands and pay for food" and almost ended up being sent to Xinjiang.In order to repay the king's kindness and increase the annual income of the national class, Tian Wenjing dared to risk the world's displeasure and try again. Yongzheng couldn't be tempted by this loyalty.Yongzheng pondered for a long time, and sighed: "It's not good to have such a fear? But it's not just one or two people offended, it's all the rich and powerful landlords..." He frowned and meditated, and it took him a long time to make up his mind, gritting his teeth Said: "I have long wanted to do this. The officials and the gentry don't pay the food. How many traitors can take advantage of the opportunity to transfer all the land to their names. What was originally due to the court has fallen into their waists. Annexation of land—well, that’s it, tell him to do it. If it succeeds, I will issue an edict to all regions to do so! You send him off tomorrow, just say what I say, and I will definitely not let him go to the end!” Li Wei remained silent.Li Weilue thought about it, and said with an apologetic smile: "I originally wanted to try the 'combination of Ding Mu' in Liangjiang, and put Dingyin into the land tax. This year, Gengyao is fighting again, so he can't mess up the place. Even with Tian Wenjing's method, according to the slave's knowledge, he has to stop for a while, and wait until the war on the west side is over. It's like the land of Liangjiang, which is short of the court's 500 million silver. After teasing and returning to the treasury, I dared to think about the next step! The slave is going back to the province, please teach me, can this be done?" Yongzheng's eyes flashed, and he smiled: "That's it. I really don't want to leave for three days. You should look at it with admiration. You can look at the overall situation and start with the small one. It is really difficult for you! The wealth of the Liangjiang court is fundamentally important and cannot be messed up. Since you are so promising, I naturally have the purpose of fulfilling your kindness. But if you don’t study, it’s all because of that Being smart is not enough to govern the country and keep the people safe. I heard that you like to use your temper to scold people, and you can't get up or down when you get angry, but there are?"

"Back to the master," Li Wei said with a bow, "the emperor bought the slave in the market, watched the slave grow up, and adjusted the slave to adulthood. How can the slave's idea be fooled by the master? That's the idea. This ability is also learned from the master. The master said that slaves are rude, self-willed and swearing at others. The slave has to live well and read a few more books, and now he can read 'Poems of a Thousand Family'! He said that the slave is not up and down. Which bastard is it? Tell the master a word, the slave sees some people disrespect the master, he has lost the "big up and down", the slave will not tell him "small up and down"! Just like the last time we chatted, Huzhou Dao Hu Qiheng said The master 'has a lot of alcohol', the master thought to himself, isn't this a fucking fart? The slave went up to pat his stomach and said, 'You are the wine barrel'!"

Except for New Year's festivals, ceremonies, and big banquets, Yongzheng usually did not drink alcohol. He didn't expect that there would be such discussions in the end, so he couldn't help changing his face, turned calm again, and said with a smile: "You are right! But this Hu Qiheng, He was also recommended by Nian Gengyao, why are you so unruly down here?——Have you heard what someone said?" "I didn't hear anything else," Li Wei scratched his ears and said, "I went there yesterday. Ministry of Industry, I saw a few Lang officials gossiping, saying that Tian Wenjing was out of luck, and his dog eyes grew to his forehead, oh--also, that Tanhua, the new selection of Long Live Lord, is a romantic thief, and he is in the inn during the day. Hold down your buttocks—I don't know these people, and when they see me go, they will leave as soon as they are coaxed." Yongzheng was stunned for a moment, saying that it is human nature for Tian Wenjing to be short or long, and Liu Molin pulled it out of the paper himself Yes, I didn't expect it to be such a person!Yongzheng thought about it, and felt more and more uncomfortable. He got up and said, "That's it, you go back to the south. I have been tired for a few days, and the queen mother is not well, so I won't see you—go back to make a living, write more notes for me, and pay back later. I have a will for you. Oh, last time your woman Tweety made shoes for me and your mistress, they fit well, so I asked her to make two more pairs carefully. Her bad wine dates are good, Lafayette said that restraint can be changed, and it’s fine. Come into the two jars." Yongzheng said something, Li Wei agreed, and finally shed tears, and hurriedly wiped them away.Yongzheng asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, I'm reminded of the early years." Li Wei replied with a choked voice, "I also thought about sending Tian Wenjing away tomorrow, and the slave will also go back to Jinling by boat. I don't know how soon I will have to see the master again... Sigh! Kaner How wonderful it would be to be alive today!"

Yongzheng's heart sank suddenly, he quickly glanced at Li Wei and lowered his eyelids.Kan'er is a bare-bottomed friend who grew up with Li Wei since childhood. When Yongzheng went to Yangzhou to supervise the grain, the slaves he bought in the market were actually superior to Li Wei in terms of quick thinking, intelligence and intelligence.Li Wei broke the family law because of his friendship with the girl Cui'er, and was sent out to be an official. Kan'er stayed in the study of Prince Yong's mansion to help Yongzheng's confidential affairs. Because he knew too much, Yongzheng "reluctantly gave up his love" on the eve of his ascension to the throne. dealt with him.This is something that will never be brought to the table, so that whenever Yongzheng thinks of that drowsy face that seems to be awake and half asleep, he feels uneasy.Hearing Li Wei talk about Kan'er, Yongzheng bowed his head in meditation for a moment, and sighed: "Kan'er is too smart, he was tabooed by nature, and died short-lived... It's really a pity. There are thousands of slaves in Yongwang's mansion, and they are really useful. There are not many, and if he doesn’t die of illness, he will not be in your position now. Alas... this is fate!” After speaking, as if feeling overwhelmed, he got up and took two steps, commanding in a mournful voice: “Don’t mention it. After these things, I feel sad-you kneel down, go back and do business with peace of mind."

"Zha!" Li Wei hurriedly agreed.Regarding Kaner's sudden death, he also had a terrible thought, but he didn't dare to think deeply along this line of thought, and he didn't want to connect this thought with the benefactor who rescued him from the sea of ​​suffering in front of him. , I would rather think about Kaner's "lucky fate" and die of a sudden illness to feel more at ease.Therefore, Li Wei didn't want to talk about Kan'er anymore, he agreed and kowtowed to say goodbye, and then the gold brick knocked loudly.

After Li Wei left, Yongzheng immediately drove to the Small Buddhist Hall of Zhongcui Palace.This ethereal monk has been in Beijing for more than ten days, and he has been to Yunzhi, Yun, Yunxiang, and Yun's palaces. The capital made a sensation saying that it was the reincarnation of Arhat.In Jiangxi, Hu Qiheng personally tried it, and it was indeed able to move the wind and rain. Yun's old cold legs had an attack a few days ago, and he couldn't get out of bed in pain.Therefore, the four kings jointly named Mi Chen, and he could treat the queen mother's illness and prolong her life.Yongzheng called himself "Yuanming Layman" and had already converted to Buddhism. His substitute monk Wenjue was also a master of the generation.However, it is one thing to talk about Zen with courtiers who understand the Buddhist scriptures in leisure time, and it is another thing to pray for blessings and disasters in the palaces and palaces of the imperial court.If it is not done well, it will not only avoid gossip in front of the eyes, but also add a sentence "Yongzheng believes in Buddhism" in the history pen, and it will be ridiculed endlessly by future generations!So this time, Kong Ling was invited to enter the palace to pray for three days, but he never showed up, and was received by the monk Wenjue.Just now, when he went to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, he saw that the Empress Dowager's health improved slightly, and he couldn't help but want to see this ethereal, is it a real Buddha or a charlatan?Thinking about it, Cheng Yu had already stopped outside the Zhongcui Palace, Yongzheng got off the sedan chair without saying a word, waved his hands and ordered the eunuchs not to pass the report, and walked in with his hands behind his back, but saw Ma Qi coming out from the entrance of the small Buddhist hall with the corner of his robe in his hands. Ask: "Where are you going now?"

"I'm going back to the study." Ma Qi said with a grim expression, kowtowed, "I beg your forgiveness, I'm a disciple of Confucius, I don't want to see the bald donkeys fighting!" Yongzheng looked inside, there were about dozens of people Looking at Ma Qi, who was blushing again, he couldn't help but chuckled: "Are you angry with the bald donkeys, or with me? I know you don't believe this, but I didn't force you to believe it! Zhang Tingyu is not a disciple of Confucius." ? Oh, isn’t Sun Jiagan the No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and No. [-] player in the list? You can’t even humiliate them, but you can’t bear it? It’s just a game, so let’s take it for granted.” Ma Qi took a deep breath: “Long live if it’s a game I have nothing to say. But I do have something more important than this. Mr. Fang Bao said in the master's study of Changchun Garden that I gave a booklet to the late emperor the year before last, and said that the warehouses were built by various prefectures and counties, but I couldn't find it. The original copy, please go over and discuss it in detail. There is still a shortage of [-] silver for disaster relief in Shandong, and the household department must send it out quickly. The master must ask to read this, and the minister will naturally obey the order, but speaking from the heart is almost like watching a trick."

Yongzheng was taken aback by his neither soft nor hard words. After thinking about it, he couldn't refute it. After a while, he smiled and said: "The cow does not drink water and forcefully presses the head. It's all up to one's own heart. I still force you? You have a serious job , do what you have to do." After saying that, he entered the courtyard of the Small Buddha Hall.

There are about 20 to [-] officials here, all of whom are believers in various ministries who usually practice meditation and worship Buddha.Probably Wen Jue and Kong Ling were discussing Buddhism just now, the officials stood up and listened with solemn faces, but they didn't see Yongzheng coming in.Yongzheng saw that the deacons and eunuchs of the Buddhist hall were busy serving tea to the two great masters. It was expected that they had finished their sutra lectures and were about to go up to meet them, but one of the officials laughed: "I thought the two great monks had some real talents and lessons." , I listened to it for a long while, but it turned out to be nothing! If this is enlightenment, my student would have been the master of the two monks [-] years ago!"

Because of the silence, he even talked and laughed, with a sarcasm on his face, which was particularly eye-catching. Even Zhang Tingyu, who was sitting on the first chair, turned his face away.When Yongzheng looked through the cracks in the head, it was Liu Molin, the Xinke Tanhua who behaved indiscreetly, and couldn't help frowning, but he heard the ethereal voice sitting cross-legged under the bodhi tree and said: "Layman, I know you. I don't know your name, Wen Xing Gao Zhao, it’s an investigation of today’s science! Is the old man’s eyesight bad?” Yongzheng then took a closer look, his face was ethereal, dry, dark and thin, his complexion was like iron, and he wore a big red cassock over a yellowish-brown trousers. His eyes were shining brightly, and he folded his palms together and said: "What do laymen have to teach?"

"Student's flower exploration is to be personally ordered by today's royal pen." Liu Molin raised his brows and said with a smile: "The hairpins in the Imperial Garden, the wine in Qionglin Courtyard, the praise of officials in Chang'an Street, thousands of people in Beijing will recognize it. , Great Monk, you also recognize it, why is it so surprising? Only the students just listened to your witty words, no hype on the top, no stubborn stones on the bottom, nodding, how can it be called the true ignorance of the Three Vehicles? It’s just a little slander, dare not say 'Teach me'!"

Monk Kongling listened for a long time without saying a word, closed his eyes and meditated for a long time before saying: "The layman is a man of wealth and honor, not my pure disciple. The true ignorance of the three vehicles has nothing to do with you!"

"My students read tens of thousands of volumes, and they can see all the three tombs, five classics, eight records and nine hills, and all the golden figures and jade Buddhas in Tianqiu River Map. How can it be that they have nothing to do with the three vehicles?"

No one of the crowd would have thought that this new science explorer would fight the monk in full view, and they couldn't help being stunned.Xu Jun, who was squeezed into the lecture hall of the Imperial Academy, wished that the monk would get angry and curse the strange scholar to death on the spot, leaned forward slightly, and stared.Zhang Tingyu, who was sitting at the top, saw Liu Molin rushing out of the way, and wanted him to come forward to stir up trouble, and was afraid that Yongzheng would be angry if he disturbed the dojo, so he was about to drink Liu Molin away, when he caught a glimpse of Yongzheng crowding around to watch, so he stopped , but this time, it was no longer convenient for him to sit down, because he pretended to evacuate and got up and walked down the steps to wait and see.Seeing a challenge, Kong Ling looked at Wen Jue, the lord, and seemed to want to ask what to do. Monk Wen Jue clasped his hands together, with no expression on his face, and said, "Lady Tanhua, do you know that 'if you want to participate in the three vehicles, you must first break the six roots'?" ?”

"The six roots are nothing more than the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind." Liu Molin didn't know that Wen Jue was Yongzheng's substitute, and said with a smirk, "The students lost these six things, and only one braid remained. The monk shaved his head and broke six. Students can’t describe what it is?”

The monk's head was shaved bald, and the "eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind" were removed, it really didn't look good. Everyone was thinking about it, and they were already snickering.Wen Jue was the emperor's substitute monk, from the Zaifu down to the Bailiao, all of them bowed their heads and saluted when they saw him, and he specially invited him to Wuhua Mountain for the ethereal, how dare this little new Jinshi dare to ridicule in public, He couldn't get over his face, because he smiled and said empty-handedly: "Master, you are not good at Zen language in Tantric Buddhism, my monk is here to ask Layman Liu Molin for advice!"

"Amitabha Avalokitesvara, the Jade Emperor's grandson, all the gods and gods, and the 72 cave demon kings!" Liu Molin made a strange face at the crowd, and sat cross-legged, "The Great Monk, please come and play!"

(End of this chapter)