"Not necessarily," said King Gong, "the situation in the household department and the criminal department is not quite the same. The country is in a state of waste waiting to be revived, and it has to use money in the middle of the country, and if it does not start with the household department, it will be rectified, open source and reduce expenditure, where will the money come from? Don't say it, Yan Danchu is really good, after he arrived in the ministry, a year later, he didn't say 'open source', just said 'throttling', and the surplus silver of the household department was one or two million more silver, and he now has millions of taels of silver in his hands, right? In time, this is an incredible number - how much more can the state do? ”

After a pause, "What about the Criminal Department?" Of course, there are also unjust prisons, but at the moment, it seems that ...... There is no need for a major overhaul for the time being. ”

Bao Jun thought for a while and said, "Sixth Master, what you said is also right. At present, the most important thing in Chaonei North Street is to buy people's hearts, the bad things of the criminal department, no worse than the bad debts of the household department, it really turns over, some people, it's not to pick off the top, it's not good, it's to take off the head - at the moment, it seems that there is really no need for him to offend people so much. ”

"Besides," said King Gong, "the affairs of the Criminal Department are not so easy to handle. This dynasty has always had the practice of 'everything must be cited, and the case must be prosecuted', the laws and regulations are complicated, among the six departments, the criminal department is the first, and the court officials are not familiar with the laws, and many things, the court officials have no way to put their beaks, Ziying is in the criminal department, in fact, she has already suffered enough from the officials and officials......"

"Sixth master, you forgot, Qi Mingtang's original lack of points, but the 'integrity commissioner'."

"Ah, this, is it...... Well, although the 'Commissioner of the Integrity Commissioner' is new, there is only one copy of the "Great Qing Law", and the Commissioner of the Integrity must also be based on the "Great Qing Law......"

"Yes, so, this Qi Mingtang, "The Law of the Qing Dynasty" is proficient!"

There was a pause. Bao Jun continued: "Also, he is from the state and county, and the various doorways below are also 'Men'er Qing', the secretary of the Criminal Department, trying to bluff him - difficult!" ”

“…… Well. ”

"Also." Baojun said, "I also heard that back then, Qi Mingtang was removed from Zhenyang County, and the eunuchs were washed and had no livelihood, so he asked his wife to go to the trading house to pick up some books, and he was at home to check the numbers for others." Needless to say, this person is a shrewd number. ”

After a pause, he smiled and said, "Sixth Master, look, it's another Yan Danchu!" ”

King Gong was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said, "You're right, that class of officials in the Criminal Department. It's a nemesis. ”

"It doesn't matter if you plan to make a big move in the Criminal Department," Bao Jun smiled coldly. "The criminal department is a knife, and the knife handle is in your own hands, and when it is appropriate, it is always good to use it to stab someone."

King Gong's eyes flashed, but he didn't answer Baojun's words. After a deep sigh, he said: "I remember, the 'integrity commissioner' is the fourth grade, right?" ”

"Yes," Bao Jun said. "However, the discipline correction of the provincial officials by the commissioner of the integrity of the government - this 'discipline' specifically refers to those who have something to do with money, satiety, misappropriation, favoritism, and abuse, and it is not a trivial matter to be on the stall.

After a pause, "Before Qi Mingtang entered Beijing, he had already been promoted to the third grade, and at the same time, he was added to the rank of political envoy, and he was rewarded with a second-grade top - you can wear a red top." Although the squire is a second-class person, he is the 'acting manager' - like this, it doesn't seem so excessive. ”

"Deputy?"

"Yes, acty."

After a pause, "Sixth Master, I think that one of the most unique places in Xuandi is to use the word 'acting' to play with flowers!" ”

"How?"

"You see, Qi Mingtang 'acting' the squire of the Criminal Department, Qian Dingfang 'acting' the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and before, Zhao Zhusheng 'acting' the governor of Liangjiang - hehe, don't you think it's famous?"

"You mean ......"

"Someone else's 'acting'," Bao Jun said, "is really 'acting', 'protecting the seal' for a period of time, the main owner is here, after the handover, return to their own duties, how many of them, 'acting' is on, and they won't leave!" Look at Zhao Zhusheng's Governor of Liangjiang, how long has he been 'acting'? 'Above' doesn't mean to send anyone to receive the seal! ”

"Well, I understand what you mean," King Gong said, "Zhao Zhusheng is the governor of Liangjiang, Qian Dingfang is the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Qi Mingtang is the servant of the Criminal Department, and their qualifications are all weaker, so they will be 'really removed' as soon as they go up, I am afraid that they will not be able to suppress the scene, and some people will be unconvinced, so I will 'act' first, and after one or two years, the 'qualifications' will naturally be enough, and when the time comes, 'really exclude', it will be justified, right?" ”

"Sixth Master, what you said is too thorough! That's it! ”

King Gong raised his head, looked at the five towering King Kong Throne Towers not far away, breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly smiled, and said: "Pei Xuan, you have time, I will accompany you to the tower courtyard for a walk, and go around in circles under the King Kong Throne Tower - these five towers are the only one in Beijing. ”

Baojun was stunned for a moment, why did this sixth master suddenly change the topic, headless and brainless?

"Sixth master, I can't compare to you, an authentic layman, the dust and desire, how can I go endlessly, don't bother the Buddhas."

King Gong smiled and said, "I am also a layman, and only when I am vulgar is I want to see more Buddhas and listen to the Tao more—okay, I won't talk about this." Well, how long have we been standing here? Standing and talking to people like this, talking about such a long Chenguang in one breath, I have never had it in my life - my legs and feet are sore! What about you? ”

Bao Jun smiled: "Don't say it, don't think it, if you say it, it's true!" My legs and feet are sore! ”

"Also, your mouth is dry, right? Come in, I'll make tea for you!" ”

"This is not a ......"

After saying half a sentence, seeing King Gong leaning down and picking up the wooden basin containing the inkstone, Bao Jun hurriedly said, "Sixth Master, I'll take it for you!" ”

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and bent over and stretched out his hand.

"Don't!" King Gong said, "If this kind of thing has to be done by others, what does it mean for me to run to the mountains?" ”

Bao Jun retracted his hand in a sneer, and King Gong picked up the wooden basin and pouted: "In this way, you carry the bucket for me." ”

"Good!"

The two men entered the house, and the barrel in their hands had not yet been put down. Bao Jun saw that on the desk near the window, there was snow-white rice paper, and he swept it at a glance and saw it clearly, and there was a song of seven laws on it.

"Sixth Master. What a poem! ”

"It's a collection of verses," said King Gong, "a collection of Tang poetry." One or half a song a day, hoping to make one or two volumes, tentatively named ...... "Cui Jin Yin". Well, but there's nothing to do in the mountains, game text, just chat for self-entertainment. ”

The so-called collection of sentences is from the poems of predecessors. One by one, one sentence is drawn, the rhyme and meaning are in line with each other, and they are connected into a new poem. Among scholars at that time, sentence collection was a very popular word game, and it was also one of the main activities in the general "elegant collection".

"Oh?" Bao Jun was very interested, "I want to read this!" ”

Put down the barrel, walk to the table, and take a closer look.

While watching. On the one hand, the man chanted:

"The paper window lamps are still shining, and the cold clouds of the half-inkstone have not been completed. It's not easy to think about the past. Time urges old age and is ruthless.

The wind is far away and the thoughts are late, and the moon is hanging with a false bow and a haze. Through the ages, it is difficult to lose butterflies, and in the end it is difficult to compete with luck. ”

Reading and reading, I have a strange feeling in my heart, how can the meaning of this episode be so ......

Moaning. King Gong said with a smile: "I want to ask Bao Da Hanlin, who and what are these verses from?" ”

Bao Jun also smiled: "Sixth master, you are testing me." ”

After a pause, he said, "'The paper window lights are still shining'." from Qi Ji's "Jing Zhu Puppet"; 'Half Yan Cold Cloud Yin is not completed', from Yin Wengui's "Jiangnan Autumn"; 'The past is not easy to think', from Li Xun's "Fixing the Storm"; 'Time urges old age and suffering ruthlessly', from Bai Juyi's "The Title of the Urn Presents a Dream". ”

paused again, "'Wind Hanyuan thinks about the evening', from Gao Chan's "Autumn Beigu Evening Hope Two Songs"; 'The moon hangs on the void bow and the mist is bright', from Tortoise Meng's "Jiangcheng Night Park"; 'Butterflies are lost through the ages', from Cui Tu's "Jinling Evening View"; 'In the end, it is difficult to compete with luck', from Xu Kun's "Two Dragons". ”

King Gong cocked his thumb and praised: "Pei Yu, I really have you, admire!" ”

After a pause, he said: "I still have a collection of poems here, and I also ask you to take the school exam - you watch slowly, I will go to the kitchen for a turn, bring a pot of hot water, and make tea for you." ”

After a pause, he said: "This water is from the spring in the courtyard, it is sweet and pleasant, compared to the water of Yuquan Mountain, it is even better!" That Wang Quanyan, named 'Water Spring', also known as 'Zhuo Xi Spring', 'Water Spring Courtyard' is named for this, don't look down on it - it's famous! ”

Baojun Daqi: "Sixth Master, you really ...... things like boiling water and making tea." Hands-on? ”

King Gong smiled and said: "'There is a true meaning in this', you 'authentic vulgar', you don't understand." ”

When King Gong came out of the house, Bao Jun unfolded another set of verses given to him by King Gong, and chanted in a low voice:

"Only the tea fern is replaced by the clouds, and the bamboo is dust-free and the water threshold is clear. The gold and purple are full of foreign objects, and the article is also famous through the ages.

Because of the feast in Shujing, he took advantage of the New Year to celebrate peace. Slapped Gangan to think about the past, a spring dream is not clear. ”

Most of the sources of these eight poems are known to Bao Jun, but his focus is not on this.

King Gong's two collection of sentences, so the world is open-minded, but a little closer examination, you will find that this "birth" is not a real worldly dust, but a discouragement, had to do it, in fact, the inside is actually melancholy and resentful, greatly unfair.

Melancholy and resentful, greatly unjust? - Good thing, good thing!

Only if he is uneven, can he be said to "shoot the case and rise up"!

It's just that Baojun didn't expect that King Gong at this time was in a very different mood from when he wrote these two episodes.

After a short time, King Gong turned around, holding a purple clay pot in his hand, and the mouth of the pot was steaming.

After the tea was brewed, the two sat opposite each other and tasted tea, King Gong was relaxed and asked, "How is it?" ”

Ask not only about tea, but also about poetry.

"Tea is good, poetry is better!"

After a pause, Bao Jun said: "'Only replace the tea with the clouds', from Tortoise Meng's "Raiding the United States and Liuzhen Wen Banquet Turtle Meng Holds Illness and Doesn't Go to the Molestation to Advocate and Reward for the Rhyme"; 'Bamboo Dust Free Water Threshold Clear', from Li Shangyin's "Su Luo's Pavilion Sends Cui Yong Cui Gon"; 'The gold and purple are full of foreign objects', from Xu Xuan's "Sending Xiao Shangshu to Return to Luling"; 'The article is also famous' from Liu Jian's "Alone on the Riverbank". ”

took a sip of tea and continued: "'Because of Shujing's feast', from Song Qiqiu's "Accompany Hua Linyuan to Try the Little Prostitute Drum"; "Since the New Year's Celebration of Taiping", from Han Yu's "Tong Li Twenty-Eight Members Outside the West Boundary from Pei Xianggong's Wild Stay"; 'Shoot the old days'...... I'm ashamed, sixth master, I can't remember the source of this sentence; 'A spring dream is not clear'...... It should be from Zhang Mi's "Sensitive". ”

Speaking of this, his fingers tapped lightly on the table: "'Slamming the Gangan to think about the past', although I don't know where it is, I think it is the best sentence in the whole poem!" - Ask the sixth master, where is this from? ”

King Gong smiled and said, "My opinion is just the opposite, even you, the Great Hanlin, don't know where to go, so it can be seen that the remoteness is too much." Why is it secluded? It is not elegant enough to spread. Well, how about changing it to 'chanting short stories chasing the past'? ”

Bao Jun was slightly stunned and said, "This sentence...... From Weng Chengzan's "Civilization Hall Named King of Fujian"? Well, I can't say it's bad, but, Sixth Master, I still think that compared to 'slapping the past and thinking about the past', this 'chanting short story chasing the past' is a loss in terms of courage. ”

King Gong smiled again and said, "I am an idler living in seclusion in the mountains, looking at the green mountains and green waters, listening to the evening drum and morning bell, what do I want 'spirit'?" ”

……

After Bao Jun left Biyun Temple, King Gong instructed a personal guard foreman:

"The situation of the DPRK is changing, we have to keep an eye on it ourselves, and we can't rely on others to spread all the news."

"Huh."

"If Lord Bao has any unusual behavior, he must report it in time."

"Huh."

"Also," King Gong said slowly, "the side of Taiping Lake will also watch for me." ”

Taiping Lake - the residence of the King of Alcohol is located there.

“…… Phew. ”

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PS: A small explanation, in this chapter, when Bao Jun points out the source of King Gong's sentences, he directly calls the poet's name, which is not very consistent with historical truth. When scholars talk about poetry and essays, they talk about their predecessors or contemporaries, and generally call the poet's character, number or alias, and directly call the name, which is rare. For example, Bai Juyi will be called "Baile Mountain" and "Baixiang Mountain", and Han Yu will be called "Han Huizhi" and "Han Changli". However, some of the sixteen poets involved in this chapter are not very famous, and if Bao Jun is all called by words, numbers, and aliases, some book friends may be confused, so the lion will call the shots on his own, and ask Bao Jun to call the names of all people.

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