Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 43
Xu Qianxue and Yu Guozhu stood frozen on the ground as if struck by lightning, their faces ashen.Half a day later, Xu Qianxue said: "What does this matter have to do with our Beijing officials? It wasn't because Ge Li took advantage of the power of Suoxiang and instigated the governor of Jiangnan to do it! This is too much, don't they make less money?" Of course Mingzhu knew that Ge Li dared to instigate trouble because of Suo'etu's backing.He thought, when the matter got to this point, Xu Qianxue still had to get rid of it, and he had to argue with Suo'etu by himself, so angry that his calves twisted and twisted.Angry is angry, after all, Mingzhu intervened in Nanwei's affairs, the top three were all done according to his own suggestion, the handwriting fell into the hands of Xu Qianxue, once it was shaken out, he would be the first to kill.

When we are in the same boat, we can't fight in the nest.Thinking of this, Mingzhu sighed, and said: "The Holy Majesty is determined to handle this case, and there is no escape. The more you talk about the situation, the more serious it becomes. Seeking Etu is even seeking skin from a tiger! Fortunately, Guozhu and Ge Li are good friends, and they hold Ge Li's hand." For the handle, write a letter to Ge Zha, get some money out, and let him take care of it, don’t involve the two of you. The rest of the people can’t care about it.”

At this point, Mingzhu suddenly felt a chill in her heart.He suddenly realized that after Suo'etu returned to his post, Kangxi treated him far less intimately and confidantly than in the past-in the past, he always had to discuss such a big matter with himself first.Thinking up to this point, the square inch has been messed up, and he sat blankly without saying a word.Yu Guozhu and Xu Qianxue didn't really understand the seriousness of the situation until then, and they couldn't help being anxious like ants, begging Mingzhu: "I always ask Zhongtang to help us!" Mingzhu shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Once this case happens, I have to avoid it Please, I might as well beg that stinky beggar scholar!" With an idea, he suddenly thought of Gao Shiqi, "That's right! You go to see Gao Shiqi immediately and spend [-] silver to buy this hozen. speak loudly!"

Yu Guozhu's official rank was two ranks higher than Gao Shiqi's, and begging him to feel wronged and want to bribe him, he felt a little embarrassed and murmured: "I have a big appetite, I'll get [-]!" He didn't want to go, just blushed and said nothing.

"Put the stinky shelves away!" Mingzhu sneered, "If you enter the study, you will be the prime minister of the court. I'm afraid he won't take the cash! You have to exchange the money for antiques, and then go to exchange for his two bad calligraphy and paintings ! As long as this hozen says a few words, everything will be fine!" After saying that, he called: "Huang Mingyin, Huang Mingyin!"

"The servant is here!" Huang Mingyin came in on tiptoe, and said to Qian'er, "Master Xiang..."

Mingzhu regained her composure, and said lightly: "I don't want to perform this play in my house, I send it to Gao Xiang's house. October 26th is his wedding day, and it's really needed. Just say what I said, the play is excellent, and it's absolutely perfect." A good team, maybe the emperor is also happy - and, I also sent my Huizong "Eagle View" and the pair of Yide stoves that Xia Qitong sent up, saying that it is to congratulate Gao Gaotang on their happy marriage. Do you understand?"

"Huh?—Understood, chirp!"

Sitting in the mansion, Gao Shiqian accepted the antiques worth [-] silver from these three people for no reason. Mingzhu, tacitly wants to solve Mingzhu's problem.

As Mingzhu said, Gao Shiqi never took money.What Duan inkstone, ancient ink, Song paper, Han tile, cloisonné, Jun kiln porcelain... These things are elegant, but they do not lose the reputation of accepting bribes. They are indeed better than collecting money.It's not that he is not afraid of beheading. From Kangxi's hesitation, he knew that Kangxi was trying to shake the mountain and shake the tiger.At present, Kangxi is focused on governing the country and using troops, and will not brazenly disregard the overall situation and kill ministers.

After receiving the gift, Gao Shiqi wrote and drew at home. After thinking about it for two days, he had already made up his mind that he would use the opportunity of his marriage in the future to finish this matter.Even though Kangxi said that he would come to "officiate the wedding", but the nobleman said that he would forget about it. Gao Shiqi was a little afraid that he would not come, so after much deliberation, he thought of Lagu Su Ma.

For La Aunt Su Ma's relaxation and convenience, Kangxi obeyed Gao Shiqi's "doctor's order" and built a villa for her in Changchun Garden.Gao Shiqi immediately ordered the sedan chair to go.The villa is located under Niu Shou Peak in the garden. Gao Shiqi entered the Forbidden Garden with a signboard, and walked along, but saw that the foot of the peak was full of pines, bamboos, bodhisattvas, vines, junipers, bisensen, green and secluded, cypresses covered with frost, and pine cones all over the ground. Quiet and not as depressing as Zhongcui Palace Buddhist Temple.Gao Shiqi walked slowly, and saw Lagu Su Ma playing chess with a woman from a distance, and several nuns gathered around to watch the game.Because he came and went frequently, but he recognized the woman as Kong Sizhen.Kong Sizhen saw Gao Shiqi coming in holding a large scroll, and said with a smile: "Mr. Gao is here! This Buddha place will be disturbed again! Last time I had a fever, thank you for the medicine!"

"Si Gege is a joke, what a trivial skill is!" Gao Shiqi smiled back to Kong Sizhen's words, and said while looking at Lagu Su Ma's expression, "I don't think the master's illness has anything to do with it. Quietness, emptiness, and self-cultivation , This is the essence of Buddhism, the innate temperament brought by the master, any disease will be cured, unlike ordinary people like us, who can't get a good result after a lifetime!" Kong Sizhen couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said: " The official has become so great, and you still come here to flatter you, we don't have an official to reward you!"

Aunt Su Ma and Gao Shiqi were already very familiar. Although he felt that this man was a bit naughty, he had no talent or learning, and he was very talkative.Hearing Gao Shiqi's flattery, a smile flashed across La Aunt Su Ma's face, she gave up her hand, and said, "Gao Jushi, please sit on the futon over there—(Shan Yin) Yun Jingcha!"

A little nun promised to bring out the tea. Gao Shiqi sat down while receiving the tea, and said with a smile, "It smells so good! Thank you Master for the tea!" Aunt Su Ma asked, "What wind brought you, a busy man, here? Come? You are holding such a big roll of paper, what is it?"

"Student, come show me your ugliness." Gao Shiqi said shyly, "The master mentioned my handwriting last time, and he was so busy that he forgot it when he went home. I was drinking at Wudan the day before yesterday, and Zixu begged me to write before I remembered it. Doodling while drinking, I'm afraid it won't catch the eyes of the master." Kong Sizhen had heard that Gao Shiqi had a good calligraphy, so he got up and showed it on the case.When Aunt Su Ma looked at it, she couldn't help shaking.

There are three calligraphy and paintings in total.A painting in the central hall is neither pine nor bamboo nor plum, nor is it auspicious beasts such as unicorns, deer and cranes, but a bright moon in the sky, surrounded by colorful halos, a melon in a clear pond, and a green weed on the bottom. Accompanied by a tall lotus flower with a solitary sign, a thin-waisted bee is fluttering its wings beside the flower, ready to fly.A couplet of calligraphy is more spiritual:
Xia Nai Yun Po Soul

bee is flower spirit

Aunt Su Ma looked at it, neither saying it was good nor saying it was bad, as if she was crazy.At this moment, my mind is full of emotions, I don’t know where I am, where my heart is.Gao Shiqi's heart was in his throat, for fear that this flattery would hit his hoof.

It turns out that this joint language has a lot of origins. 14 years ago, Wu Ciyouyi also wrote this couplet in public as a gift to her.

"The writing is not good, not as many as Mr. Wu!" Gao Shiqi laughed, "However, according to Gao, speaking from the bottom of his heart, the master's illness is actually caused by this. It is better to hang in the middle hall than to keep in the heart and face the body. more beneficial."

Aunt Su Ma was taken aback, and when she came back to her senses, she felt that Gao Shiqi's words were not unreasonable. She put the paper in her hands and smiled, "Who dares to say this word badly? But I have nothing to repay your favor. It's not like That cadre is shameless and dirty official, round and flat, just fill your courtiers in the study. The world today is so different, it is really deplorable-I just accept it, and you will be empty if you become a monk. Don't expect me to do anything for you!"

Gao Shiqi was taken aback by her sudden vigor and harsh words—he never thought about it.This taciturn, chilly stone bodhisattva is so fierce!But he didn't know that La Aunt Su Ma was like this nine years ago in Kangxi—startled, she hurriedly smiled and said: "That's that! I never take money from others, let alone ask the master for nothing. The master accepts it." Knowing calligraphy and painting is my face, and Gao Mou and his friends have the capital to brag. Oh, I almost forgot, the capital has recently come to a few troupes of opera actors, and I heard that Master Huchen appreciates the good plays. Just came through the door, I sincerely want to ask the master to go and relax, is the master in the mood? If Si Gege is willing to show respect, the emperor may be able to move it, this is the virtue of the great ancestor, and it is not in vain. Fanglan's respect Heartbroken!" Aunt Su Ma was still looking at the calligraphy and painting, and said in her mouth: "I never go to the theater, the emperor asked me to go to Changyin Pavilion to watch the theater, I am too lazy to go! It is nothing more than Feiyan, Yuhuan, Zichai , Peony, or else it’s Fengshen, Journey to the West, and Baolongtu Yeduancao, what’s the fun? You probably won’t be able to please the emperor, but you used calligraphy and painting to hit the wooden clock, right?” Kong Sizhen was bored in the palace for a long time, but thought Going out for a walk, he smiled and said: "Master Huizhen is still 'everything is empty', such an exquisite mind, it is difficult to become a Buddha in one lifetime! If you go, I would like to accompany you. I haven't seen you for many years. You have such a smiling face!"

Gao Shiqi blinked, and suddenly laughed out loud after a long while: "Master, if you are a man and don't go out, people like Shiqi really have to pack their bags and go back to their hometown to study for another ten years! —— It's confirmed! Why don't you have this Meaning! With Shiqi’s face, how can he move the emperor!——This play is not an ordinary script. Hu Chen said in the letter that Mr. Lian Wu read the draft back then, and he loved it so much!” He had an idea, and then Move out the god Wu Ciyou.

"What play?" Aunt Su Ma was really moved.

""Peach Blossom Fan"!" Gao Shiqi's eyes lit up, and he regained his energy. "Shandong talent Kong Shangren's proud handwriting has been written for 20 years! It tells the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, and the joys and sorrows of Hou Chaozong and Xiangjun. The poems in it The Fu, the style and artistic conception are all excellent! I asked the emperor not all for flattery, firstly, the emperor agreed to it; secondly, the style of the play is very upright, although the sage is profound, it is so affectionate and interesting to read in every spare time. A disciplined play is not without benefits!"

La Aunt Su Ma listened to what he said, thinking that he has always been very meticulous in treating diseases, and he is really kind, so she shouldn't be too shameless, because she said: "Go back and listen. Si Gege is Lafayette's adopted daughter, I will accompany you She went to invite it together. It is your nature to please, please don't complain if you don't move."

Gao Shiqi spent a long time talking and deceiving her to win her such a promise, fearing that she would change her mind again, he hastily agreed to leave and return home.

Sure enough, when the Admiralty Bell hit the flood, the sound was abnormal.The relationship between these two women is astonishing.At the end of the second day, He Guizhu came to deliver the decree, ordering the study to take a vacation on the 26th.Lafayette will bring the emperor, prince, noble concubine Nukulu, Hui concubine Nalan, Rong concubine Ma Jia, De concubine Wuya, Yi concubine Guo Luoluo, Cheng concubine Dai Jia, Liang concubine Wei, and The princes Yinxuan, Yincha, Yinzhen, Qiqi and Yinzuo came to the theater together, and asked Gao Shiqi to prepare for the pass.He Guizhu also brought 20 taels of gold and [-] bolts of Ning silk from the Empress Dowager to reward Fanglan.

As soon as Gao Shiqi heard it, he knew that he had moved all the concubines of Prince Yanyu and elder brothers over three years old.Going to the study for a holiday must be the idea of ​​Kong Sizhen and Aunt Su Ma. Since the empress dowager is coming, I am not afraid that the emperor will not come. The editors naturally wanted to have fun.Who has been responsible for such great dignity and such a great ostentation?

Gao Shiqi thought better and better.He called Laoguan and rewarded his family with 2000 taels of silver.

More than a hundred people in Gaofu got the silver, and they were all elated.Running back and forth like a lantern all night, he was still full of energy and never tired - the mansion was almost turned upside down: the main hall was changed into a banqueting place for the empress dowager and the palace family, with a veil screen in front of it In the middle of the front hall, a soft couch was set up for Kangxi; the side rooms on both sides also set up seats for important ministers.The two gates were demolished into a flat ground like a palace wall, and the front and rear yards were turned into an empty space. The east side was made of moso bamboo to form a Xieshan-style stage, which stood like a fairy platform in Qiongge.In a large open space in front of the stage, many low tables were set up.Keep it for drinking tea while watching a play.All the exquisite palace dishes, tea and food, wine and vegetables, pens and inks, paper and inkstones are all ready, and even the female relatives are thoughtful about going to the toilet - neither too far away, nor any smell.

The next day was 26, and Gao Shiqi hurriedly became the groom's official for a while.Kangxi served the Empress Dowager in Gaofu.There was a large group of ministers accompanying them, and it was indeed very lively.

After a burst of gongs and drums, Tiao Jiaguan thanked the emperor for his kindness.First perform a hat show called "Xiameng Pass", in which Guan Yu, a raw character, "Looks at the Spring and Autumn Period under the Light", once folded down, the Empress Dowager issued an order from behind the gauze screen to order Kangxi: "This actor is good, what do you want to see?" Bar!"

Kangxi was also fascinated by it. Since entering the Dingding Dingguan, Wen Sheng has already confirmed Confucius.Only Wu Sheng decided who to decide, and discussed several times without any result.The Ministry of Rites proposed three—Wu Zixu, Yue Fei and Guan Yu.Due to the continuous war, Kangxi didn't make a decision, so he let it go.At this time, Guan Yunchang, who was brave and calm on the stage, was reading history under the lamp, and Zhou Cang was guarding the side with a majestic Qinglong Yanyue knife in his hand. After waking up, he hurriedly told Li Dequan, "Reward him with a handful of golden melon seeds!" Then he turned to the next group of civil officials and said, "For this play on stage, with Guan Yu as the theme, each of you draw up a couplet for Fu to read. "

Gao Shiqi and others retreated to the verandah according to the order, but saw that Zha Shenxing was also there. He hadn't seen him for a long time, so he hurried over and bowed, wanting to say a few words of his own.Cha Shenxing held the pen barrel and said with a chuckle: "Brother Tanren is auspicious, and everything goes well, so you forget the love of the old man?" "Stop talking nonsense, how dare you forget the virtue of my brother's praise?" : "I know what's on your mind. I feel aggrieved that I didn't perform the "Palace of Eternal Life" that you commented on today, don't you?"

"Where is it!" Cha Shenxing said with a smile, "The ending of Hong Fangsi's "The Palace of Eternal Life" is too depressing, why should I make the master unhappy? ——Tonight's writing couplet, don't argue with me, be careful. Boss!" Gao Shiqi was writing, and when he heard what Zha Shenxing said, he scribbled it with one stroke, and said, "Okay, tell me, I will record for you, we don't want to be the second place in the list - hurry up, Hanlin over there We have already handed in the papers, and it’s too late, what kind of 'Yanbo fisherman Cha Hanlin' can be called?"

After writing, the two of them came to Kangxi. The hat show on the stage was just finished, and "Guan Yu" led "Zhou Cang" to kneel on the stage and kowtow to thank him.When Kangxi saw the two of them coming hand in hand, he said with a smile, "Here comes the big hand! I'm just waiting to see yours!" Gao Shiqi hurriedly said, "I'm so happy that I don't know how to write, but it's Cha Shenxing who made it. Wen, the slaves write the characters." Kangxi laughed and said, "Okay, are you going to take the top spot?" Then he started, but it was:

Wearing a green robe, facing the blue lamp, reading the annals of history, holding the Qinglong Weir, the moon knife, Liuhe, full of loyalty

With a red face, a red heart, a red phoenix eye, a red rabbit, a horse chasing the wind, an ancient tree, a scholar, a weather vane

Kangxi couldn't help laughing heartily: "That's good! I won the leader. But two people can only reward one volume for one volume!" Looking at Tang Bin again, it was:
Zhongyan three-point tripod of the Han Dynasty

Aim for Spring and Autumn
Kangxi looked at it silently, thinking to himself: It seems that neither Wu Zixu nor Yue Fei can compare with Guan Yu.Wu Zixu avenged his father and brother, and whipped the corpse of King Ping of Chu. Although he had filial piety, he lost the way of his ministers, so he was not loyal.But Guan Yu is a combination of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, and he is indeed worthy of the word "Master Wu".This person, all right!
(End of this chapter)