The fifty-second chapter, the hero of the death of a rabbit and a dog, Liang Gong abandoned himself to protect his talents
Ten days after receiving Jin Fu's imperial edict, it arrived at Qingjiang. Since July, the Luoma Lake Middle River has been opened for irrigation. All the counselors and officials of the Qingjiang River Governor's Mansion were dispatched and took the official ship to Anton to watch the ceremony. There is a canal of its own.
Since then, except for Chen Xuan's construction of Qingkou in the early Ming Dynasty, there has never been such a huge project. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers gathered along the banks of the Yellow River for 180 miles. It took five years and countless coins. This last project along the river
The project was finally completed, and the big stone that Jin Fu was pressing on his chest was finally removed. He and Chen Huang, Feng Zhiren, Peng Xueren and other subordinates shaved their heads and faces one by one. With their faces shining, they got off the boat and climbed the embankment to look north. Only the ink line was visible.
The stone embankment was so densely packed that people on both sides of the canal could not be seen, all coming to watch the irrigation of the Zhonghe River. Chen Huang saw at a glance the old man Balsam Pear, wearing a brand-new blue cloth shirt, standing in a nearby crowd with his son and grandson.
Then he walked over and said with a smile: "Old Huangtou, I haven't seen you for a long time. Once the river work is stopped, I won't be able to drink your big bowl of tea!"
"It's Mr. Chen!" Huang Binggua, with a smile on his face, hurriedly called Qian'er to say hello, "Last year I went to the Shanyang construction site to boil water, and you were always busy. Even though I had been there, I didn't dare to disturb you.
You have saved some money from river engineering in the past few years. We have already discussed it, and we will start a boat business, selling porcelain from Luoma Lake to Nanjing. Once the Zhonghe River is opened, we will not have to walk in the Yellow River. This is not Jin
What are the merits of the master and the master?" Chen Huanggang wanted to ask him why he didn't plant crops, but he suddenly remembered the farming thing, so he swallowed it and just smiled and said: "Business is not bad, selling porcelain is also a very profitable business." That yellow bitter melon.
However, Chen Huang’s son did not buy Chen Huang’s blame and said with a sneer: “If the dry land is returned to us, then Gui Sun will want to do business!”
Chen Huang was choked by him and was startled. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the sound of firecrackers at the Guangji Gate upstream. The gate had been opened to release water. The Yellow River water roared into the Zhonghe River, rolling up wood chips and grass leaves under the river bed.
Migrant workers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait cheered and threw dustpans, baskets, and hats into the sky. The excited migrant workers blushed, and some shouted, "The middle river is open," some shouted, "Amitabha," and some shouted, "Long live the emperor!"
The sound turned into a pot of porridge. Chen Huang's instant unhappiness disappeared without a trace. He walked quickly to Jin Fu and was so excited that he pulled Jin Fu's sleeve and shouted: "The water is here, the water is here! Sir, look,
Most likely! Just in time to sail!"
Jin Fu smiled from ear to ear, just staring at the slowly rising Zhonghe River, reluctant to leave for a moment, and said after a long time: "Thank you, thank you! Thank you, Lao Feng, Lao Peng! Ten years of hard work finally paid off.
——I will definitely protect you from the Emperor!"
"I don't want to be an official!" Chen Huang stood on the river embankment and let the autumn wind lift up the hem of Lao Gao's robe. Somehow, he suddenly thought of Axiu, who had worked hard for half his life and spent all his efforts on the soil under his feet and the river flowing in it.
On the water, I am still alone, and by the time I take care of my own affairs, I am already old and gone! After a long time, Chen Huangfang sighed, "My "River Defense Summary" is still a draft. I haven't had time to revise it in these years.
Official, this book has become obsolete, won’t it let me down?” As he said this, two strings of tears came out of his eyes. Feng Zhiren and Peng Xueren were awarded the fourth rank of Dingdai last year. They were eager to become officials, but they ignored his thoughts.
, only said happily: "...if Taiwan is taken over, it will be Haiyan, and the river course will definitely be Heqing. If Haiyan River is clear, the world will be peaceful, and we can enjoy peace and happiness for a few years!" "The rough river course cannot be regarded as Heqing," Chen Huang
He jumped in and said with a smile, "The Yellow River, as long as there are more grass and trees in Gansu and Shaanxi areas, it will be really clear!"
While he was talking, he saw the Goshhada horse from the office galloping down the embankment. He panted and said: "Jin Zhongcheng, Yisang Ashangshu from Beijing is here. Since he can't wait in the Yamen, he has already come over in a sedan chair. Let's call him first."
Just give me a warning."
"Didn't you say something happened?" Jin Fu was startled and asked.
"Said there is a will," Goshiha replied, "I don't dare to ask what the purpose is."
Jin Fu looked into the distance and saw an eight-person sedan with a yellow dragon umbrella covering it. He hurriedly arranged his clothes to get ready to pick up the imperial envoy. He turned around and said to Chen Huang with a smile: "The emperor must have received the memorial about the opening of the Zhonghe River, and he chose today to release the water to express his gratitude."
Zhao. If you don’t want to be an official, I’m afraid that wealth and honor will force you to do it, and you can’t help it!” At this moment, the sedan chair has slowly descended under the embankment. Isang Aha got down and walked solemnly up the embankment step by step. The nearby people had already been driven away.
Open, but no one wants to look at such a grand scene. There is only a thick wall of people surrounding it from a distance, staring blankly this way.
"Jin Fu accepts the order!" Yisang'a stepped onto the embankment, feeling a little out of breath from exhaustion. He calmed down and announced loudly.
"Your Majesty, Jin Fu, respectfully listens to the edict." Jin Fu and others knelt down for a large area. Seeing Yi Sang's face, he couldn't help but be confused, "Kowtow to Jin An!"
"Holy Holy Gong!" Isang Alang said in a loud voice, "I have asked Jin Fu how much of the 40,000 hectares of farmland in the Erhe River are dry farmland with owners? I said that the embankment of the river can prevent the intrusion of seawater. Today, the seawater
There is still backflow, why? Let Jin Fu tell you the truth!"
The first question he asked was in a bad tone. Jin Fu was confused for a moment. He stared at Yisang Ah for a long time, then he swallowed his breath and kowtowed and replied: "About one-third of the farmland was originally owned by the owner and is temporarily used as farmland."
We have to raise the river and wait for the landowner to redeem it. There is still work to be done on the embankment of the lower river, so the tide will flood in from time to time, but it is no longer a big harm. Rong Chen will supervise the repair and complete it, so there will be no worries..." Yisang'a nodded.
, said: "With this memorial, this imperial envoy has transferred from the present generation to the Holy One. The imperial edict asked: In the summer of the 19th year of Kangxi's reign, Jin Fu sent the Pearl Bingjing [Note 1] 20,000 taels, but are there any? Where did the silver taels come from?"
Jin Fu replied truthfully, if there is deception, your crime will be unforgivable!" This question was like a thunderbolt from the blue, Jin Fu's face suddenly turned yellow. At that time, Mingzhu was involved because his disciple Fulun ran short of money in the treasury.
, wrote a letter asking to borrow 20,000 silver from Hegong. Jin Fu and Peng Xueren discussed and sent 20,000 from the remaining silver in Quy Nhon Embankment.
As if he was startled, he kowtowed and replied: "This matter cannot be escaped from the emperor's insight. It is actually a slave who borrowed the pearl from the remaining silver in the river, but it is not a matter of honor. I hope the emperor will understand it clearly!"
"Well." After Yisang'a finished asking, he saw someone moved a chair from the boat, so he sat down and said with a smile: "Mr. Jin, you are outside, and I don't know that the court situation has changed. The Pearl Festival has begun on the eighth day of September.
Confiscating the house. This matter involves you, and the Emperor has no choice but to ask. I didn’t know until I got to the Yamen that the river construction had been completed, and it turned out to be good. A mistake is a mistake, and a merit is a merit. Your Majesty will not let you down. I am afraid that the above two items will be a mistake.
You have to go to the capital with your brother and explain to the emperor face to face. But the truth is that Tuntian Xiaheer misused bandits, which disturbed the people and made a big mistake. Please Jin Gong handle it immediately, and I will naturally speak for you when I return to the capital."
Jin Fu was already furious. He was stunned for a long time and asked: "Who should we deal with? Who is the bandit?"
"Chen Huang!" Ethan replied immediately without thinking, "Isn't he the one who proposed farming? He is really a villain who cares about the sick people of the country! A villain has talent, but he is not as good as a gentleman without talent!"
Jin Fu's face was pale, and the veins on his forehead were twitching violently. He tightened his mouth and burst out with a dry laugh from between his teeth: "I am responsible for cultivating the fields and raising the rivers, and going down the rivers to build embankments. Please forgive me!"
Peng Xueren straightened up and said: "Yi Zhongtang, this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Jin and Chen Huang. I handled it myself!" Feng Zhiren couldn't hold himself back and said loudly: "Please uphold justice, Mr. Chen Huangxiang. Praise
It is hard to convince the people that the river control has been done without merit!" Although Peng Xueren is an old official in the officialdom, he has always been outspoken and outspoken. Jin Fu didn't realize why, but Feng Zhiren, who has always been weak and fearful, actually spoke up like this. Jin Fu
I couldn't help but be startled. Then I saw that Chen Huang had slowly taken off the top of his head and handed it to Geshiha. His face was as calm as if he had just woken up, and he smiled calmly and said: "The love between Jin Zhongcheng and the two of you is mine."
If you accept it, why bother everyone? The river has been cured, and I am just free to write books. It suits me to have no official position and a light life. Seek benevolence and be benevolent, and I have nothing at all!"
"The emperor said that villains form cliques and are entangled, and it is indeed true!" Yisang'a sneered, "If one person is in trouble, everyone will share the same responsibility! In this case, Brother Jin went back to the Yamen to handle the settlement and then came back. Today, these three brothers will
It was taken!"
"Leave it to whom?" Jin Fu asked blankly, looking at the boundless autumn water in the distance. His eyes were a little distracted, and even he couldn't tell whether it was a dream or an illusion at this moment, and what he was thinking about.
Yisang'a waved his hand and ordered Chen and Huang to be put on the big yoke of Huang Fu and Mian, and escorted to Jin Fu's official ship. He turned around and bowed to Jin Fu and said: "Take care of Zihuan, brothers, we will have a banquet in Beijing.
I'll just borrow Jin Gong's boat and I'm going to say goodbye. As for taking over as the river governor, he is probably Zhenjia Gong. There is also an imperial envoy to pass the order to him. I'm afraid he will go to the Yamen tomorrow and the next day to take charge!" After saying that, he stepped onto the boat.
, and gave many nagging instructions, but Jin Fu didn’t hear a word.
As soon as the official ship moved, it slowly headed north along the Xinkaizhong River. The three prisoners were sitting beside the cabin with happy expressions. Tens of thousands of people watched from the bank. It was so quiet that no one could cough up phlegm. There was heavy pressure in the air.
It was so breathless. I don’t know who was shouting sadly: "Chen Hebo is back..." which immediately caused a burst of sobbing.
Jin Fu rushed to Beijing just in time for the first snowfall. The snowfall was not very heavy, but it was like fine white sand, making the brim of his hat rustle. The wind stirred up the snow and hit his face, turning his face red from the cold.
The blow was painful. He was a "criminal officer" and did not want to cause trouble to others. He reported to the official department and found a clean house to live in Jizhao Hutong. He then received a court order and ordered him to deliver the sign tomorrow. Kangxi
They were received at Yangxin Hall. That night, several friends of the same age came to visit in the snow. Jin Fu couldn't help but shed tears of gratitude for such human kindness in the loneliness and desolation, and he didn't leave until the middle of the night.
He didn't sleep well all night, but when he got up the next day, it snowed heavily, which decorated the city of Beijing with ice and jade. Jin Fu was not in the mood to enjoy the snow, so he ate a few bites of breakfast, and instead of riding in an official sedan, he rented a donkey.
Rushing to Xihuamen, he needed to cool off Xue Bing Yi Bing's head, which was heated by his endless thoughts.
As soon as he arrived at Xihua Gate, he saw his eldest brother Yinti coming out. After not seeing each other for several years, he already looked like a handsome young man. Jin Fu suddenly thought that his mother was Mingzhu's cousin, so he hurriedly stepped forward to fight Qian'er.
Kou'an said: "Greetings to Beile!"
"Hmm. Isn't this Jin Fu?" Yinti said with a smile, "Are you meeting the emperor? He is in the Yangxin Hall right now. You can go!" When Jin Fu still wanted to ask questions, Yinti had already walked away.
When he was in a daze, the fourth elder brother Yinzhen also came out, but he also knew Jin Fu. Yinzhen was only twelve years old, with a chubby face, and looked very honest. When he saw Jin Fu standing blankly, he stopped and said: "It's Jin Fu."
Fu! It's such a cold day, what are you looking at?" As he spoke, his dark pupils flashed. "It's the Fourth Master!" Jin Fu hurriedly saluted, "Just now the eldest brother went out. Where are you going so early?
?”
"How did you know that since we were five years old, we have been studying inside every day at the fourth watch, and morning school has just finished at this moment." Yinzhen said before leaving, then stopped and asked, "Listen to the case of Mingzhu.
I have implicated you, but is it true?" Seeing that Yinzhen was so concerned, Jin Fu couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, and hurriedly lowered his head and replied: "It is always the subordinates who do things carelessly, which makes Qian Tian angry. But what is the fault of the subordinates?
I brought the brain to the Prison Temple. I handed the sign in, hoping to ask the emperor..." "You are talking about Chen Huang, right?" Yinzhen thought for a while and said, "I heard Master Tang Bin talk about it, it seems that he is a famous person.
He is talented, but it is a pity that he behaved carelessly and fell into a somersault. I advise you not to interfere with his affairs, but to tell the emperor clearly about you and Mingzhu, I'm afraid it will be better."
Jin Fu shook his head and said: "In reply to the fourth master, Jin Fu dare not betray his friends to seek peace. Chen Huang is really unjust!" Yinzhen smiled and said: "Is your heart not good? But Chen Huang, you can't save him.
He and -" At this point, Yinzhen stopped talking and looked back at the snow-covered inner palace. In an instant, Jin Fu already understood that someone actually revealed the past events of Chen Huang and Axiu! How to save them?
! Just as he was thinking about it, Yinzhen took another step forward and said with a smile: "You don't have to suspect this person or that person. There are many people with bad tongues! Go see the emperor. If you have any trouble, come to Yonghe Palace to find me. I will
"I'm not afraid of those messy things. Yesterday, the Ministry of Punishments got hold of Wu Sidao, the person who caused trouble in the Jiangnan Examination Hall that year, so I protected him - both legs are broken, and he has been punished for all his crimes! Amitabha!"
The prince worshiped Buddhism, so when he said this, he clasped his hands and recited a sentence of "Buddha" solemnly, and then ordered the sedan chair to leave. Jin Fu then checked the plaque and entered, heading straight to the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart.
The snow outside the palace was not very clean. As soon as he entered the palace, the warm smoke cage heated him up. Jin Fu felt that the snow water on his neck was itching and dripping down his neck. He lowered his head and kowtowed, not daring to move. Use
When he glanced out of the corner of his eye, Gao Shiqi and Suo'etu were both there, while Duan Su stood beside Kangxi without saying a word.
"Are you here?" There was a rustle of paper, and Kangxi folded the memorial and said, "Get up and stand over there!" Jin Fu felt relieved when he heard that Kangxi's tone did not seem to be very harsh.
, hurriedly kowtowed and stood up, and then he dared to take a closer look at Kangxi. Kangxi wore a large woolen sheepskin coat with an azure silk cover, a sea dragon leather satin crown on the desk, and a shiny black hair braid tied with a bright yellow knot.
, casually wrapped around the neck, looking very casual and unrestrained, but ignored Jin Fu, and only said to Suo'etu: "In the Mingzhu case, judging from the memorial of Bai Mingjing, the matter is becoming more and more mysterious, and there is a lot of trouble inside."
It's the matter of the prince! I went to Gubeikou, he entered the court in Beijing, and saw that the prince did not perform the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers. Were you present at the time?"
Suo'etu bowed and apologized and said with a smile: "That's not the end of the matter. The prince Yu Qianqingmen listened to the government, and Mingzhu rode a horse until he came down from the Longzongmen. He was accompanied by his eldest brother. Xiong Cilu was even angry at that time and scolded him, saying Even though the master is not here, he should respect the crown prince, so why is he so presumptuous? The slaves are not here, but they heard it from the eunuchs. The master will know it when he asks Xiong Dongyuan." Gao Shiqi was secretly amused in his heart, but there was a smile on his face. With righteous indignation, he said: "Being bribery and perverting the law, coupled with the crime of disrespect, Mingzhu is really abominable and absolutely unforgivable!"
Kangxi paced back and forth for two steps with his hands behind his back, then suddenly sneered, stared at Gao Shiqi for a long time, and said: "Mingzhu cannot be forgiven, can you, Gao Shiqi, be forgiven? I heard that Mingzhu visited you before the house was raided. What did you say together?" ?There is a plaque on the home confiscation list for you to send Mingzhu, and it says 'Mu Ai'! Aren't you a member of Mingzhu Party?"
"Long live!" Gao Shiqi knelt on the ground with a long puff and said, "On the night before the house was confiscated, Mingzhu did ask me to mediate in front of Long Live. I didn't agree. I only asked him to plead guilty and hand over the stolen goods early. There was nothing else. …”
Kangxi took out a piece of paper from the thick memorial and shook it open. When everyone looked at it, they saw the word "Mu Ai" written on it. Kangxi asked coldly: "What do you mean by this? Minister of Communications, Pengbi is "Treacherous, with your status, why are you holding Mingzhu on your stinky feet?" Gao Shiqi kowtowed in panic and replied: "Returning to the master, Mingzhu asked for the word "Mingzhu" at that time, and it was hard for me to refuse. Master, please look carefully, these two words are really 'Accepting' is also extremely helpless..." Kangxi was startled for a moment, and after careful inspection, he saw that "Mu Ai" was written in cursive script with dragons and phoenixes flying in the air. Judging from the strokes, it really looked like the word "accepting" for accepting bribes. He couldn't help but smile and said "You are a bitch who is used to scolding people. I asked you to escape again. Get out of here!" After saying that, he quickly put away his smile and said in a deep voice, "I didn't want to pay more attention to Mingzhu, but I didn't expect that he would go behind my back. There are so many tricks. After reading the book, you don't use it in the right place, and you use it specifically to deal with me. Damn it! I think that Mingzhu ordered the impeachment of this Mingzhu book, and I want to blame his fault on the party struggle. It's also outrageous. You're underestimating me. Didn't Yan Song do this before? Huh!" After saying that, he threw the folding paper on the table, sat down and took a sip of tea, then suddenly stood up and wandered around the room for a few steps, looking very deep in his heart. Contradictory, I thought about it for a long time, raised my face and shouted outside the palace: "Immediately pass the order, remove Mingzhu to lead the internal minister of the bodyguard, go to the study, and hold the title of minister. Retain the minister of Sanzhi to serve on the class!" I wanted to kill Mingzhu immediately! Kangxi changed his mind in an instant and wanted to take another look and consider it again.
Jin Fu moved uneasily, and then he realized that Kangxi was discussing with the minister of study today how to deal with the pearl. Kangxi's exquisite and clear thoughts surprised him secretly, and he was confused by how lightly he dealt with it. He was thinking wildly. Suddenly, Kangxi turned around and asked: "Jin Fu, did you ever know that the Pearl was so stained with evil deeds?" Jin Fu's head buzzed and he knelt down in a hurry. He didn't even know what he said in reply.
"I don't know?" Kangxi said angrily, "I thought you were an honest person, but I didn't expect you to let me down like this. It's really heartbreaking!" He said, throwing a thick notebook over, "This is his house confiscation list, you Look, whether such a person can be killed or not, what crime should you be charged with?"
There was no color on Jin Fu's face. When he opened it tremblingly, he saw densely written words:
Mingzhu house raid list
The royal palace was granted with a palace, twenty-seven pavilions, and a total of 340 rooms. A garden, two thousand hectares of fields, three pawnshops, a capital of 240,000 taels of silver, and a treasury of 21,100 taels of silver.
There are 23,000 Yuanbao in the treasury, one million Jingzhu, 700,000 Suzun, 1,700,000 coins in the treasury, ten jade tripods, ten jade pans, and forty handles of Ruyi jade, inlaid with
Four hundred and five handles of Ruyi jade, ten pieces of reflected sapphires, five screens with eight treasures carved in gold, seventy-two tables of silver bowls, one hundred pairs of gold inlaid chopsticks, eleven ancient bronze tripods, one ancient sword, and one thousand Song Dynasty papers
Order, four hundred and fifty square inkstones, four coral tree branches three feet six inches high, a clock inlaid with gold and jade, five thousand two hundred pieces of silk and satin, twenty-six white fox skins, and two hundred and fifty yuan fox skins.
, four hundred pieces of sable skin, five large self-ringing bells, seventy small self-ringing bells, a total of 101 pieces of jewelry, gold and silver, court beads, miscellaneous pei, hairpins and other items...
There are endless items listed below, each item was given by someone, and there are marginal notes. Jin Fu saw his name appearing three or four times, and couldn't help sweating. He didn't know whether it was shame, shame, shock, or fear.
After reading it, I lay on the ground for a long time without daring to raise my head.
"It seems that you still have fear." Kangxi glanced at Suo'etu and Gao Shiqi and said, "There is room for forgiveness. You must know that you can live if you do evil by God, but you can't live if you do evil by yourself! You are talented.
Man, the river has been restored like this, and you should be credited with it. Who would have thought that you would find yourself under the command of Mingzhu? You left Beijing that day, how did I tell you to come!"
When Jin Fu thought about Kangxi's words that he had truly guaranteed that the people he hired would be trustworthy, and how he was caught between the two parties, Jin Fu couldn't help but sigh, tears came to his eyes, kowtowed and choked with sobs, and said: "It's always the slaves who betray the divine grace.
I pray that the Lord will severely punish the crime in order to maintain the order of the court. But even if the slave died, he still had a word to report to the master. He made many mistakes, and the fault was only due to the slave. Feng Zhiren and the other three people had merits and no bad behavior..."
"Are you talking about Chen Huang?" Kangxi smiled ferociously, "You are like a clay Buddha crossing the river, but you still have to protect others! I am just not punishing the Mingzhu case for the time being, not giving up. You have been dismissed from your post and are waiting for investigation in Beijing.
It’s better to think more about your own affairs! If you want to think that I am a master who can be bullied, just wait and see - you all go down! Gao Shiqi, didn’t you recommend Zhang Tingyu to the study to draft the imperial edict? I’ll call you tomorrow.
When he comes in, I want to test his knowledge and conduct!" After saying that, he opened the curtain and entered the inner hall.
[Note 1] Bingjing: In summer, foreign officials give silver to Beijing officials to make up for the lack of salary, which is called "Bingjing". (To be continued)
