The seventh time, looking for a good person and meeting a good person but missing the opportunity
Wu Dan was originally a horse thief from Guandong. He was the most rude by nature and would hurt people whenever he opened his mouth. Mu Zixu hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. He took a look at the man who was testing his wind power and asked with a smile: "Brother, since you can't stay here, why are you
Where are you?"
"I am Hebo Chen Tianyi!" Chen Huang said coldly, "This person has the ability to hurt others with his words. Let him stay here. You can leave quickly!" As he said this, he kept looking at his eyes without stopping.
Kangxi and his entourage added, "The Peach Blossom Flood will arrive in an hour, and this place will be a vast ocean in an instant!"
When Kangxi heard this, he got off his horse and came over and asked: "Isn't your life a life? I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman!" Xiong Cilu suddenly became anxious. Regardless of whether this person is crazy or stupid, there must be a peach blossom flood in this season.
He deeply regretted his carelessness today and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Kangxi and said, "Master Long, there's nothing to see. Let's go to the town to get some tips. Brother, thank you for reminding me!" Kangxi
As he followed, he said loudly: "Since it's so dangerous, you should leave quickly!"
"I want to measure the water level. Money can't buy it at this moment." Chen Huang agreed without looking back, and then boasted quite proudly, "It will take me a lifetime to drown me in the water!" As he said that, he hurried upstream.
go.
More than a dozen of Kangxi's emperors and ministers galloped back to Tieniu Town, and sat down under the shed of a passing dry shop on the edge of the town. Kangxi ordered a plate of Yellow River carp and a table of side dishes. While eating, he looked up at the river uneasily, sandwiching
After ordering the dishes several times, they all slipped off the chopsticks. This place is seven or eight miles away from the Yellow River. Everyone saw people in the town coming and going, bustling, and everything was calm, so they felt relieved. Mu Zixu saw Kangxi's state of mind
Uncertain, because he smiled and said: "The forest is so big, there are all kinds of birds - I don't know if that man is a madman or an idiot. Master, please ignore him!" Kangxi nodded after listening and sat down to drink in silence. Xiong Ci
Lu and Jieshu sat on either side, not daring to touch the chopsticks, but picked water chestnuts and carefully tasted fresh lotus roots to accompany them.
After a while, Chen Huang also walked over from the river beach, bought two sesame seed cakes and a plate of beef jerky from the shopkeeper, and sat down opposite Kangxi without any courtesy, tearing his hands and biting into pieces. Kangxi quietly took his watch and looked at it.
It had been almost an hour. He smiled teasingly and said, "Hey, Brother Hebo, why did you set off a dumb cannon? Didn't you just say that the flood would arrive in an hour?"
Chen Huang didn't answer immediately. He looked at the shadow of the shed pillar in the sun, then looked upstream, stuffed a large piece of beef into his mouth, and said vaguely: "No matter how good the watch is, it can't be accurate according to the sun - I'll look at it later."
!" Jieshu and Xiong Cilu couldn't help laughing when they saw him bragging. Wu Dan smiled strangely and said to Mu Zixu: "You and I have seen a bit of the world, but we have never seen such a person.
He’s a living treasure who can boast to death and never fall into disgrace.”
But their expressions immediately changed. Because the sound of rolling river waves like thunder could be heard faintly, and the earth was shaken. The quiet Tieniu Town was suddenly in an uproar.
He ran as fast as he could and shouted: "The Chao God is here! The residents and others have all gone to Donggang to avoid——" The sound of people barking, dogs barking, old ladies chanting Buddha's name, and children's cries were heard.
The clanking of pots and pans... was like stirring a pot of gruel, and groups of people formed into sheets, rolled into balls, and rushed to the east.
"Man, why are you so stupid!" The shop owner turned pale and ran over in a panic. Seeing Kangxi standing motionless under the shed, and several people nearby also standing stiffly, he said hurriedly: "This year is no better than in previous years. The river embankment is full."
Collapse! Come on, go away!"
"It's true that once you are bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years." Chen Huang only stood up and looked at it, but sat down again and said with a smile: "This is Tieniu Town. There is a sacred cow to control the water, so why be afraid?"
Yes? Let's go. Such a nice table of food and wine is only cheaper for me, Chen. When I return to Handan tomorrow, it's just the right time for me to go north for a farewell party!" Kangxi knew Chen Huang's ability, so he grabbed Chen Huang and said, "I'll arrange it for you tomorrow.
Wine, it’s too dangerous here!”
Chen Huang looked at Kangxi, shook his head and said: "Thank you for your love, I have to stay here to watch the tide. Don't worry, the Peach Blossom Flood will not come to Tieniu Town!" Kangxi saw Su Lun and Delengtai rushing towards him to help him.
He waved his hand to stop, and his eyes suddenly became aggressive: "Why? Are you a god?" Chen Huang was startled, and then laughed and said: "Where can there be any gods! Let me tell you, at this time, there are 60% of sediment in the Yellow River water, and iron
The river in the Niu Town area is 500 feet wide and seven feet deep. Including floods, it only rises two feet. The river bank is 1,100 feet away from the town. This beach is a natural barrier. The water beach buffers the flow and the sediment must be deposited.
, the accumulation is getting higher and higher, maybe it will form a long embankment. This can save the emperor hundreds of thousands of silver..." He talked incessantly, which made Kangxi stunned. Chen Huang pointed and pinched
He put the beef in his mouth and continued to talk in a long way, but Wu Dan had already spit in his face: "Shut your bitch! You are probably a lunatic. You are tired of living! Just wait here to feed the bastard!" Xiong Cilu said
He shouted loudly: "De Lengtai, Su Lun, hold the master and leave quickly!"
Delengtai and Su Lun agreed with a "cha" and helped Kangxi to the horse without any explanation. Wu Dan whipped the horse's butt hard, and the horse neighed wildly and flew away. Wu Dan hit the horse with a gloomy face and whipped the pole.
Pointing at Chen Huang's nose, he said fiercely: "You bastard, come out alive and don't hit me!" After saying that, he rode away with a "Du" sound. The huge town was suddenly empty, and only Chen Huang was there.
I sat firmly under the shed. At this time, the roar of the river waves was overwhelming like thousands of troops...
But after all, the water of the Yellow River did not enter Tieniu Town. After the first flood, a natural sand embankment more than ten feet high miraculously emerged. In the early morning of the next day, Kangxi sent Mu Zixu Pegasus to the town to see who had escaped from the water.
People haven't returned to town yet, but Chen Huang ate a sumptuous meal during Kangxi's reign, leaving the dishes in a mess, but no one knows where they are.
On the way back to Beijing, Kangxi was always unhappy about this. The young eunuch Qin Zhe didn't know what was on his mind, so he tried various ways to amuse him and please him, which actually offended Kangxi and ordered him to take off his pants and beat him to death. Wu Dan
Although he was careless, he knew that he had made a mistake about Kangxi. Seeing him taking out his anger on others, he became more careful along the way for fear of getting into trouble. Even the sanctimonious Xiong Cilu became a little tiptoe.
The governor of Anhui, Jin Fu, had several extremely capable staff, so he always handled matters quickly. After receiving the order, within two months, he cleared up the backlog of files in his hands and transferred all the unfinished files to the vassal yamen agent.
He ordered two masters to go to Qingjiang to inspect the intersection of the Huang, Huai, and Yun rivers, and prepared to propose a proposal to move the River Governor's Office from Jining to Qingjiang. When everything was ready, he called his most useful guest, Feng Zhiren, to come over and play chess.
.Actually, how could he have any leisure? He was worried about the upcoming governor of the river!
Jin Fu has been passionate about water conservancy since he was a child. In the tenth year of Kangxi's reign, he was appointed governor of Anhui, which coincided with the change of course of the Yellow River and passed through the territory. He tried water control for the first time, and it was quite effective. However, Jin Fu felt a little uneasy about taking over as governor of river control.
.The Yellow River flows eastward from Sanmenxia and has a gentle flow. As it reaches Huining, the terrain is flatter and silt is deposited, making the riverbed higher and higher. From a distance, it looks like an earth dragon that has no regard for the sky or the earth, hence its name.
"Xuanhe". Local officials have always regarded the post of River Governor as a daunting prospect. Now, although the imperial edict has not yet been issued, Mingzhu's letter has already revealed the news of taking up the post of River Governor. Although Jin Fu was promoted from the second rank of Zheng to the first rank of Cong, it seems a little bit
Unsettled.
Feng Zhiren, who was sitting opposite, saw that he was distracted and knew that he had something on his mind. He tapped the chess pieces with both hands without saying a word, rolling his eyes and looking at Jin Fu from time to time. He knew Jin Fu's temperament, but he just didn't like it.
Ask, this Dong Weng will say it himself sooner or later.
"How can things be decent now?" Sure enough, after a while, Jin Fu relaxed his brows and said to himself, "It's getting more and more difficult to be a foreign official - longer hands cost money, and the common people scold them.
You are a thief of the people; you don’t need money, you can’t send your boss away, and someone in the court will falsely accuse you of being a thief of the country... Anyway, you are just a thief when you advance or retreat! Alas..."
Feng Zhiren nodded, walked away on a "high hanging horse", and asked: "Dong Weng, how much money do you bring with you to Beijing this time?"
"Well?"
"I mean, it won't help if you take too little."
"I brought fifteen thousand." Jin Fu said with a smile, "I will be a corrupt official this time. When the river workers get the money, this account will be spent. The river governor is no better than the governor, and I can't afford to fill this hole." "Ten thousand."
Five!" Feng Zhiren repeated softly and blinked slyly, unable to tell what his expression was. Jin Fu glanced at him and asked in surprise: "What, isn't it enough?"
Feng Zhiren rubbed his hands, smiled nonchalantly, and said: "It's hard to say whether it's enough or not! As long as Zhongcheng is popular, he can get it even if he doesn't spend a penny. I really don't know what the status of a high official in Fengjiang is.
I know. My fellow villager Liu Xiazi donated only 300 taels of silver to a fellow friend. The donation was from Mingxiang's network. The door package was 1,700 yuan, and the court official was 5,000 yuan. In fact, it was 8,000 taels in the hands of Mingxiang, so I let him go.
There is a real shortage of prefects. Jiangxi Liu Ruben spent 1,500 taels of gold to make a Buddhist statue and sent it to Suo Zhongtang as a birthday gift. After the ticket was drawn up, he was awarded the Huaixi Salt Road. There was also a cousin of mine, Xu Qiuren, who came to Beijing at the beginning of the month.
I heard that I brought fifty thousand... This is the same principle as doing business. The buyer is willing and the seller is willing. You get what you pay for, and you are as good as your word!" He said, Jin Fu
His face changed color, he leaned up, and said with a pinched neck: "If this is the case, I don't have any! I have become such a high official, and I can't be so mean. This fifteen thousand is just to buy peace, if it doesn't work.
, I have no choice but to let him do whatever he wants!”
Just as he said this, the door boss Si Yan walked in and said: "Zhongcheng, there is a young woman outside with two children. She wants to see Zhongcheng - she is said to be the family member of Mr. Li Anxi..." After saying this, his lips moved.
After a moment, he hesitated to speak. Jin Fu was stunned after hearing this: Li Anxi is Li Guangdi. He usually only knows each other in person. Now he is a national honorary minister. How could he entrust his wife and children to him? How could he even seal the letters?
There were no famous names at all, so the three of them, the mother and the son, came to pay their respects. They were wondering in their hearts, but they said in their mouths: "Why are you standing there dazed, please come in!" Chang Sui bowed and agreed: "Yes... but the three of them
Personally... I really don't look like a servant. The clothes are as tattered as a beggar's, and the shoes are torn..."
After hearing this, Jin Fu stood up and sat back down, looking at Feng Zhiren a little at a loss. Feng Zhiren asked: "You didn't tell her that Mr. Jin didn't have any family members with him, so it was inconvenient to receive him, and that he would be leaving today."
Are you going to leave office and go to Beijing?" Chang Sui said hurriedly: "In reply to Master Feng, my servant said it. She said that she heard that Zhongcheng was coming to Beijing, and she asked Zhongcheng to take her mother and son with her to join Mr. Li.
, she doesn’t have a penny left on her..." Jin Fu hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said, "In that case, please come in and see her before we talk."
After a while, Guo Jianchang came in with a young woman in ragged clothes. When Jin Fu looked at her, she looked like she was only twenty-seven or eighty years old, with a slender figure, two thin eyebrows on her face, and a slight frown at the tip of her eyebrows.
, although he looked haggard, his eyes were flickering and he looked very energetic. He held a child in one hand and stumbled in. Before Jin Fu could speak, he squatted down for two Wanfu, then knelt down and said softly: "Bitch."
My concubine, Li Xiuzhi, came to see Mr. Jin..." Jin Fu gave him a slight support with his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Madam, please get up and take a seat. I don't dare to accept this. Mr. Jin Qing is a lucky minister of this day, and Jin Fu relies on him a lot. How about this?
Make?"
"Regarding your lord," Li Xiuzhi sat down, took the tea handed to her by the servant, and said with a blushing face, "Of course this is a courtesy, this concubine is not Jin Qing's true match..." She handed the tea to her left hand.
The child said in a trembling voice, "Xingbang, drink some, and give it to your brother..." The child took the tea and only drank half a sip before passing it to the child on the right and said, "Xingguo, drink..." Xingguo probably
I was very thirsty, so I took it and drank it all.
When Feng Zhiren took a closer look, he found that the two brothers were of the same height, same attire, and similar appearance. They were about seven or eight years old. They looked very much like twin brothers. He asked, "Feng Zhiren. I'm sorry for the rudeness, but I dare not ask Li."
Why did my wife end up like this?" Xiuzhi's eyes turned red, and she leaned forward and said, "My mother and I sold all our property and traveled from Hangzhou to Anxi, Fujian Province without being able to find relatives, and then traveled thousands of miles to get here. I heard that Mr. Jin is going to Beijing, and I would like to ask you to take him with you.
Let's go to Beijing to see the light...I can barely hold on, but the two children can't walk..." As he said this, tears started to fall.
"Is there no one in the Li family in Anxi?" Jin Fu asked in surprise.
"Yes..." Xiuzhi sobbed, her sleeves wet with tears, and she kept her mouth shut, "They... they refused to acknowledge their relatives..."
Jin Fu and Feng Zhiren quickly exchanged glances. Li Guangdi's family is from a famous Fujian family. How could this be so unreasonable? Jin Fu muttered and finally asked: "How old are the two young masters this year? How could they be born in Hangzhou?"
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"Sir, it's okay not to ask." Xiuzhi wiped her tears and said, "If you suspect that I pretended to be an official, please punish me. If you believe me, take me with you. If you don't want to take me, that's it. I owe you this."
It's just a glass of water, and I'll give it back to you one day." After saying that, he stood up.
The young woman's gentle words and a few words shocked Jin Fu and said hurriedly: "Please don't misunderstand me. I don't doubt your intentions. If you really pretend to be an official, how dare you go with me?"
See Jin Qing?" Feng Zhiren had already called for people to clean up the house, arrange tea and meals, and also asked people to go to the streets to buy clothes for his wife.
"This is another embarrassing thing." After Xiuzhi and the others left, Jin Fu took a long breath and smiled at Feng Zhiren, "The Fujian Li family doesn't recognize her, and Li Anxi doesn't recognize her.
Between the two, I'm afraid there's something hidden here!"
Feng Zhiren tapped the back of his hand with his fan and said in deep thought: "This matter has been known for a long time, but she still protected Mr. Li and refused to talk about it. When Mr. Li was in mourning for Ding You, he actually had an affair with a brothel girl. This
The word Taoism...sigh!" Jin Fu was stunned, and suddenly an ominous premonition came over his heart, and he said: "Actually, the crime of being careless in mourning is still second, abandoning flesh and blood, being unkind to a father, is even more scandalous.
Li Guangdi is very popular now. How can he admit to these two crimes when he is waiting to enter the study?" Feng Zhiren gasped as he said that. Feng Zhiren suddenly smiled and said: "Dong Weng is too worried, I thought this was a rare commodity.
If you secretly cover up the past for Mr. Li in Beijing, the favor may be worth more than 10,000 silver. Dong Weng, Li Jinqing is the most proud disciple of Suo'e Tu Zhongtang!"
One day later, Jin Fu took Feng Zhiren, Xiuzhi, mother and son and set off. Since the Yellow River's siltation had already cut off the waterway for water transportation, it was impossible to take a boat, so he went westward along the North Embankment of the Yellow River and checked along the way.
River situation. After passing Kaifeng, turn north and enter Zhili territory. Jin Fu and others did not enter Handan City, but went directly to Linmingguan Station in Huangliang Mengbei.
After dinner, it was already dark. Jin Fu wore a crimson robe without a coat, and walked out of the patio with Feng Zhiren. Seeing the bright lights in Huangliang Meng in the distance, reflecting half of the sky, he asked: "Zhi
Ren, you have passed by here many times on your way to the exam, and there is a bright light in front of you. Where are you going?" Before Feng Zhiren could answer, the doorman on duty at the post station laughed and said: "Master Futai, you want to leave tomorrow. I would like to advise you.
Let's go and have a look. The liveliness is rare in the world! Tomorrow, April 4th, Huang Liang Meng Sai God, there will be six theaters set up." Jin Fu smiled and nodded, and said to Feng Zhiren: "Come with me for a walk.
Just do it for digestion!"
The two walked while chatting, and half way through the meal they arrived at Huangliangmeng, which was really lively. There were thousands of candles inside and outside the temple, and hundreds of sea lanterns burning egg-thick lanterns, illuminating the surrounding area. Teams of stilts on stilts.
Some played the role of the Eight Immortals, some played the role of Guanyin, Sun Wukong, and Zhu Bajie, and some sang stories such as the West Chamber and the Peony Pavilion. There were six operas, three on each side of the east and west, singing to each other, and the gongs and drums were beating like rain knocking on the shed.
There were firecrackers, cannons and ping-pong noises, and it was impossible to hear what was being sung on the stage. The crowd was pushing and shoving under the stage. There were stalls selling melon seeds, sesame candy, buttered tea, wine, food and snacks.
, clusters, everything is there, the fortune-teller who made fortune-telling and fortune-telling raised his voice, but shouted loudly with all his strength... Feng Zhiren said with emotion: "Dong Weng, it seems that Confucius is difficult to compete with the emperor.
Laojun, Tathagata is like a Buddha! I have also seen the sacrifices to Confucius in Qufu. Where can there be such pomp and excitement!"
"The war is not over yet, and peace and prosperity have been revealed." Jin Fu felt a little happier, "As long as there is no war, recovery will be very fast! Zhiren, did you see it? There is also a foreign goods store here, and such a big self-ringing clock.
It's all put on the counter - Wei Dongting is really a man of ideas!" "That's right," Feng Zhiren said with a smile, "I have seen silks, tea, and porcelain shipped out from the customs; they were piled on the ship when they returned.
That silver is like the sea!" After saying that, the two of them walked into the back temple and read the inscriptions of their predecessors along the wall by candlelight in the corridor of Shinto stele. Some praised Shinto, some prayed for children, and some expressed their ambitions and complaints.
When Jin Fuyin saw Gao Shiqi's comments and used the word "dog fart" upside down, he burst into laughter and said, "This guy named Gao is really arrogant!"
"It is inevitable for a famous talent in Qiantang to be arrogant and short-sighted." Feng Zhiren said with a smile, "I heard that he criticized other people's articles and poems with only these three words. 'Bullshit' refers to people talking bullshit. Occasionally,
For this reason; 'dog farting' refers to a dog who has bad conduct and good writing; 'farting dog' refers to a dog who specializes in farting, and blames him for having poor character and writing..." Before he finished, Jin Fu couldn't help but laugh,
He smiled and said: "In short, they are all farts, but the advantages and disadvantages are subtle - Oh, this Chen Huang's poem is quite interesting: 'I want to borrow a pillow from my husband'. The words are also quite elegant - Chen Huang, this name is so familiar
, I can’t remember who it is anymore!”
Feng Zhiren shook his fan and pondered for a while, then said: "Chen Huang - Chen Tianyi! The younger brother of Chen Shouzhong in Qiantang. Due to the lack of water in his horoscope, he could not help but play with water and tide when he was young, and he became a talent! Zhongcheng must have forgotten that you
After reading his "Yang Shui Bian", don't you praise every section?" Jin Fu sighed: "It turns out to be him! What a pity that due to misfortune, he ended up living here! It's really a pity that the ancients dreamed of being romantic - I just wish I could see him!
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"I'm here," someone suddenly said from behind, "what do you two gentlemen have to say?" (To be continued)