Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 82 Asking the treacherous and evil ministers to turn pale and tell loyalty and forgiveness of Emperor Kangxi's finger marriage (2)
Kangxi pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Ruozhi, have you promised anyone?"

"No..." Ruo Zhi blushed.

Kangxi turned his face and asked Mingzhu: "I remember you have two children, how old are you?" But the master said first, Nalan Xingde and her are not a match made in heaven!" Kangxi crossed his legs, nodded and smiled: "That's it. Xingde is a good-looking child, and he is talented. Tell him to join the guards!"

The son became a "guard" and the emperor appointed him to marry him. How could he expect such a good thing?Mingzhu was so happy from ear to ear, she said: "The eldest son of the slave, Kui Xu, was entrusted to be a bodyguard the year before last, and the slave himself is also a bodyguard, and now the whole family is the bodyguard of the master - and he is married again, the slave is a double happiness! "As she untied the gold-encrusted jade pendant from her waist and handed it to Ruozhi, she said, "This is a dowry gift, you take it with me, my child. Tomorrow I will send someone to take your mother and daughter to Beijing to resettle."

When it was said to move again, Kangxi asked the crowd to disperse. Hearing that all the merchant ships had evaded, he ordered Wudan to send people to lead the fleet to wait from the waterway to Suqian, and he wanted to go by land.Because I thought I would be lucky to Han Liu's family in the evening, I ordered Jin Fu to go to work by himself.Only then did he lie down to rest—he was really tired.

Jin Fu disembarked along the board, and Suo'etu followed him out of the cabin. Seeing that the sky had not reached Shenshi, he hurried up a few steps, patted Jin Fu on the shoulder and asked, "Where is the home of Han Liu's son, do you know?" Is it?" Jin Fusu knew that this person didn't like him, but he couldn't afford to offend him, so he hurriedly said with a smile: "I didn't know before, but last year I came here with Chen Huang to survey the terrain and met Han Chunhe. He was by the lake in the west of Luoma Town He opened a Maosheng warehouse, specialized in exchanging porcelain and tea, and often went to the customs with Huchen and the others. I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has registered as an imperial merchant..." Suo'etu laughed: "I'm not interrogating you, What are you talking about? Wait here, I’ll go back to the boat and change into plain clothes, and we’ll go to his house together—the emperor is going to visit his house at night!” Jin Fu was startled when he heard this, and thought he must It is to go to the front of Han's house first, nod with a smile, and wait under the willow shade on the bank.As soon as Suo'etu came back, he came meanderingly in Jin Fu's double official sedan chair.

Han Chunhe's Maosheng Warehouse is adjacent to Luoma Lake in the west and the Yellow River in the east. It is located at the southeast corner of Luoma Town in the south and north, facing the water on three sides, and it is very convenient to go out to the wharf.Along the street is a brick door with hanging patterns, and there is a large car door facing west along the powder wall, which is a warehouse for storage.Looking from a distance, there is a stone building standing in the courtyard, which is probably used to avoid theft.Jin Fu looked from a distance, smiled and pointed to Suo'etu: "That's it. This Han Chunhe is as smart as his mother, and his business is doing well, and he even built a building to avoid robbers!" Suo'etu seemed to have something on his mind, nodded, and said with a smile: "In the past, eight people carried you one. Today, the emperor is here, and four people carry us two. Now that we have arrived, we should get down early, so as not to call these dogs and get bumped in our hearts." Tian Qu swears at people." He paused, and the sedan chair stopped immediately.

Han Liushi was talking to Chen Huang at length at the back, while his son Han Chunhe and daughter-in-law Han Zhoushi were making fun of it.Hearing that Jin Fu and Suo'etu had already entered the gate of the mansion, they quickly got up to greet them, and said with a chuckle: "Good, my God and Buddha! Mr. Jin is a regular visitor, needless to say, any gust of wind will make Third Master Suo Is it blowing to our house? Tsk tsk! Come on, please!" He introduced them one by one.

"Greetings to Prime Minister Suo!" Chen Huang bowed reluctantly.Hearing that Mrs. Han and Liu were coming back, he came here in a hurry just to inquire about Axiu's situation.And Han Liushi talked about Fengtian Longhua Town, and happily talked about how Axiu is favored and honored now. For some reason, a kind of faint sadness and melancholy came up gradually, and it weighed more and more heavily on Chen Huang. heart.Years of walking on the riverworks in the wind and rain, working desperately, almost forgetting all the feelings and encounters in the past, but as soon as he mentioned it, it burned his heart again like ashes, burning him in a trance. He just sat there and bowed his head in silence.

Seeing his arrogance, Su Ertu was naturally unhappy, but after years of experience, he has already learned the art of keeping a low profile. After a short pause, he said with a smile: "I have never met Mr. Chen, but we have known each other for a long time! Er Wansui also praised you as a river-control genius who knows everything about the past and the present, and promotion is just a matter of the present! Since you are here, it’s good, and Wansui will arrive later, so I will introduce you—Old Jin, what do you think?” Jin Fu laughed hurriedly: "Of course I have to rely on Zhongtang—Tian Yi, why don't you thank Prime Minister Suo soon!"

"God, is the master really coming?" Han Liu slapped her hands, "I thought the master was just joking!" The resourceful old woman panicked.Standing up hurriedly, he said: "He'er, you and your wife don't stand up here. Someone will call a troupe and invite the best cook here to serve! How can we deal with this matter of defense?"

Han Chunhe hurriedly got up and promised again and again, "It's all right. Now that the world is peaceful, what are you afraid of? My son's yard is built after your house in Huangliangmeng. Why is it so unlucky, there just happen to be thieves?" After saying that, he went out with Mrs. Zhou, and the hundred and ten people in the house immediately became busy like boiling a pot.Here, Suo'etu and the other three were just sitting and eating snacks and chatting.It wasn't until it was almost dark that Jin Fu resigned and went back to the boat to lead Kangxi.The rest of the people hurriedly waited in the side room of the gate.

For a while, I heard the horses' hooves outside, and Kangxi said that the laughter was getting closer: "Jin Fu, I thought it was far away, such a short distance, how good it is to walk like a car, and get these horses again!" Everyone was busy. Come out and kneel down.Kangxi stepped into the courtyard with a wave of his hand, and said with a smile: "I heard that Chen Hebo is here too, so great! Call me over, I'll take a good look at it!" Chen Huang heard Kangxi say this, his brain "boomed", and his whole body The blood surged up all of a sudden, and his face flushed immediately. When Kangxi sat down, he hurried forward and fell to his knees with a plop: "Chen Huang, a commoner scholar, kowtows to Tianyan, and may my emperor live forever!"

"Okay!" Kangxi looked Chen Huang up and down, with a smile all over his face, "It's not our first meeting, but do you still remember me?"

Chen Huang was stunned, thought for a long time, kowtowed and said: "Long live forgiveness, Chen Huang really can't remember when he saw the holy face..." Gao Shiqi, who was behind Kangxi, took the gift from Han Liushi Holding the teacup in front of Kangxi, he said with a smile, "Tianyi, why didn't you write to me when you met the emperor?" I visited Kaifeng, met at the Yellow River in Tieniu Town, and ate under a shed. The Wu Dan at the door called you "wearing a straw hat without a top"-remember? You eat all the food and wine at the table It's over!" He said while taking a sip of tea.

"Oh..." Chen Huang thought of it all of a sudden, kowtowed again and again, "I don't know the face of the sky, and my words are so offensive... What the emperor said really made me feel ashamed..."

"Get up and sit down and talk." Kangxi said.Seeing that Gao Shiqi knew Chen Huang, he said again: "Gaojiang Village, so you and Chen Huang and Han Liu have known each other for a long time?" Once again, the plot between Chen Huang and Axiu was hidden, which made everyone laugh.Han Liushiyin came up to Mingzhu and whispered: "Master only brought a few of you? I'm not familiar with the situation in this place, so there should be a few more people here..." Mingzhu said: "Master doesn't want to hug and provoke Eyes. You still don’t know his temper? Besides, this is not the past few years, how could something happen?” After all, Han Liu was worried, so he came out and ordered people to go out to watch the wind around the house.

Gossiping for a while, Kangxi saw that Mrs. Han and Liu were busy setting up wine and singing an opera, so he stopped and said, "I came to your house to relax and see the life of the small family. If you want to make a fuss, I will go." After passing by Han Chunhe, he asked carefully about the success or failure of the business and the local crops. At the end, he twisted his beard and said: "At the beginning of my personal administration, I had three major things in mind. One is to withdraw the domain; the second is river affairs; the third is water transportation. It caused so much trouble, spent so much money, and delayed the water transportation of the river for several years. Now these three things finally have a good destination, so I am very happy in my heart. I opened the Haiban, Wei Dongting does this job in Nanjing. Han Chunhe, it’s not bad if you become an imperial merchant, but don’t think about only earning Chinese money. Porcelain, tea, rhubarb, angelica, etc., charge more. Taxes are imposed on the customs, and a ship shipped out of the country can be exchanged for half a ship of silver. Such a good thing, why not do it? Don’t underestimate business. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are among the four people. What about the chancellor! Sichuan Ba ​​widow is good at collecting money, Zu Long met her as an equal, and Zheng Guoxian Gao is also a businessman, so don’t they have meritorious service to the community?”

Kangxi talked eloquently, and he was very kind and family-like.Han Chunhe secretly admired him when he heard it, and agreed again and again.Han Liushi originally wanted to ask for a family background for his son, but he swallowed it back.A group of people were chatting and laughing lively when Ma Guishi, the housekeeper in front, rushed in hastily.Loudly said: "Old lady, Liu...Liu Tiecheng...they rushed into the town to borrow...to borrow food! Several shops on the South Street were on fire, and the horse team came...to our house!"

(End of this chapter)