The emperor let the joke be told, and the response pattern with a solemn and solemn recital immediately relaxed. The Queen Mother clapped her hands and smiled: "You are here, everyone is restrained, I was just about to get you to do something, and listen to Kang'er tell jokes about the ancient records outside!" In this case, the Son of Heaven is the first in the world, and you will talk about one first. Otherwise, Fukangan can't let go. He said to the queen again: "You are still crooked, your poor face is so white that there is no blood, we are all thinking about you boring, to talk and relieve fatigue, to sit up and dress and change the rules, but even more not." Qianlong hurriedly bowed and said yes, and said with a smile: "My son should be happy with a smile." The mother's life is to let her son 'invite you into the urn'. As he spoke, he looked up and pondered. Niu Hulu hurriedly handed a cup of hot ** to the queen mother, but Chen took a step forward to hold a bowl of ginseng soup for Qianlong, but stepped back and shook handkerchiefs with several concubines and stood still, and the queen stretched her back on the big pillow and looked at her husband quietly. Fukangan had never heard the emperor tell jokes, and stood beside the queen with a smile and listened with his head half-bowed.

"In the early Ming Dynasty, people wore hats, and there were two streamers tied to the back." Qianlong searched for a long time before he remembered a harmless and elegant one, "There is a scholar who wears a hat at dinner that day." It was porridge to drink, and as soon as he lowered his head, the hat strap slipped into the bowl, and he quickly pulled it out and wiped it dry and threw it on the back of his head; When he lowered his head again, the hat strap returned to the bowl, and he shook it back with his anger; Unexpectedly, as soon as I lowered my head to drink porridge again, the hat strap was one step ahead of the other! Speaking of this, everyone was already laughing, and the queen had heard this story and accompanied Guan Er. The Queen Mother smiled: "This hat and strap are interesting, and they are actually competing with him for porridge!" Won't take off the hat? "Taken off." Qianlong said with a smile, "This scholar has a manic personality, even put his hat in the porridge bowl, and said fiercely: 'I won't eat it!'" Tell you to eat, call you to eat! Qianlong said, holding down with both hands and panning.

The crowd burst into laughter. Qianlong said seriously, staring at the empty ginseng soup bowl, like a nerd scholar who was angry with the hat and belt. Everyone had never seen him like this, Niu Hulu beat his chest and came over to take the bowl, Chen saw the queen mother coughing with laughter, and came over with a smile to gently beat her back. The queen also laughed "sigh", and then gasped. Qianlong smiled and said: "The queen is phlegm and laughing, quickly take the scarf!" Caixia and Mo Ju came over to wait. Qianlong looked at Fukangan, Fukangan bowed to everyone and said: "The slave follows the emperor and tells a story about a scholar." Che Yinsang Ying reads, and Sun Kang Yingxue reads. One day, Sun Kang visited Che Yin, who was not at home, and asked what he had done, and the doorman said, "I went to catch fireflies." The next day, Che Yin returned to worship Sun Kang, and saw Sun Kang standing idly watching the ants go up the tree, and asked him, 'Why don't you study?' Sun Kang said: "In the summer, there is no snow at all!" Everyone laughed when they heard it, but they were not as happy as when they listened to Qianlong. Fukangan hurriedly said: "Let's talk about it again, Su Dongpo's son is a fool, but his grandson is very smart. One day, Mr. Su personally supervised the scene, and the father and son each wrote articles. The grandson lifted the pen with a wave, and the son was like a general who couldn't shoot the target, only bending the bow and not using the arrow. Su Dongpo's face turned blue with anger, and he said, 'How did the Su family raise such a thing as you?!' ’”

"'What's wrong with me?' Fukangan rolled his eyes upward, followed the fool's example, and asked in a daze, "'You are not as good as me, and his father is not as good as my father!'" - I'm better than you, better than him! ’”

Everyone was stunned at first, but when they came back to their senses, they suddenly burst into laughter. The Queen Mother, Niu Hulu's family, Chen's family and several concubines smacked their chests and backs one by one and laughed speechlessly, and the palace maids also covered their stomachs and laughed so much that they couldn't stand upright. Qianlong stumbled and smiled: "Okay, this is a good son!" Last time, who said that the grandson was punished for kneeling in the snow, and the son also knelt and said, 'You freeze my son, and I will freeze yours'! Fukangan has a new look. "I also want to order him to say it again, seeing that Bu Li and Bu Zhi are outside with a group of little Sula eunuchs carrying a few boxes and cages in the courtyard, they know that they are selected tributes, because of the order, "Carry the Danqi." The Queen Mother Lafayette was in this room. Bu Li "chirped" and agreed, and then there was another toss, and the six large boxes were carried under the eaves of the East Wing Hall and opened.

Five or six concubines, concubines, and concubines, their eyes immediately lit up together. The snow light of the temple, the roof, and the wall is reflected, and the items inside are wrapped in bright yellow soft satin, and the large bags and small bags are wrapped in long strips and small pieces to move in, first for makeup, what French perfume, pancreas, rose dew, tulip dew, rouge lipstick, rhinoceros horn wooden comb grate, head, pan mirror, seat mirror, all of which are extremely ingenious, pinched gold inlaid with jade exquisitely clean and dazzling, and then jade daily household goods, tea plates, bowls, pots, cups, cups, wine scalds, jade Guanyin, jade Maitreya Buddha, jade Ruyi, Qi, Lin, Lang, ball, Qiong, Yao carved lion, elephant, unicorn, lin, phoenix, crane, luan, crane and the like, suddenly stacked the kang head square table file and the corner of the hall wall between the strange and strange treasures. Bu Zhi and Bu Li were busy giving the tributes to the Queen Mother one by one. Qianlong only took a book of foreign paintings and sat and flipped through it. Look at the boxes of hairpins, hairpins, hairpins, rings, jue, and pei...... The price of the head ornament logistics water passed from the front of the eyes, and several concubines felt that their eyes were not enough, but the queen was indifferent, only talking to Fukangan, asking some trivial matters at home, from Tang'er's daily life, the Fukangan brothers' reading situation to where there is an old tree in the courtyard, where is a grape, the water pavilion in the garden, the medicine garden behind the study, and the wrinkling continues to ask with instructions, Fukangan listened impatiently, but did not dare to miss a word, and replied, his eyes looked at the tribute, wanting to see if there were any weapons such as treasure knives, bird guns, and horse guns. Listening to the queen's homework again, she smiled patiently and said, "This is something to be examined every day." The father was not there, the mother checked more strictly, she didn't see enough, and asked the little seventh son's family to take it outside to show the Qingke ministers, and she was afraid that the Qingke would lie, so sometimes she was sent to the Hanlin Academy, and she wiped her name to criticize the Hanlin people. If it's good, she likes it, and if it's not good, she wipes her tears. I'm not afraid of anything, I'm afraid of her crying. ”

"Isn't that for your own good?" Seeing that the tribute passed in front of her, the queen casually picked up a Guanyin amulet with a chain, hung it sideways for Fukangan, and said to Qianlong, "I don't like these things." Kang'er likes to play with knives and guns, and Long Live Lord has to reward him with one. Qianlong held the scroll in his hand, looked at the Western paintings on the book, the churches, castles, broken cities, forests and springs were painted realistically like the real thing, because he saw one, the painting of a scorched decadent house in a lush forest, there was a bunch of blooming roses in front of the house, the meaning of the authentic product, listening to the queen's words, said with a smile: "I have left a treasure for him." The short-handled musket from the Rakshasa State can shoot six projectiles in an instant. or there is a change in elbow tucking, or melee combat, even Huang Tianba can't resist it. A total of six branches have been entered, and I have rewarded *** one, and you have been rewarded with one branch, and other people can't remember who to reward for a while! ”

Qianlong said, approached the large grandfather clock against the north wall, opened the glass pendulum door, took out a small pillow from under the bell seat and a large box inlaid with gold and black lacquer, and pressed the machine spring, and the box "clicked" open. When Fukangan looked at it, it was like a small and delicate gold-inlaid horse, the handle was carved from ox horns, embedded with pearls and green jade, a thick wheel grasped above the trigger, six small holes were chiseled, the black and shiny barrel was only half a foot long, and the blue on it was faintly shining, and it was taken out and held in the hand, only weighing two catties, and the honeycomb under the yellow jacket was densely arranged, all of which were bullets, about more than 300 grains. Fukangan's eyes lit up with joy, and he played with the gun and touched the bullet. Qianlong smiled: "You can't play with guns in this place, go back and let *** teach you!" ”

"Yes, Hooray! The slave Fu Kangan used this gun to protect the master! Fukangan's knees "fluttered" and he knelt down and said in a loud voice, "Slave thank you Lord Longen!" ”

"Listen!" Qianlong smiled and called the queen, "Even the words in "Changban Slope" have been spoken! - Get up! The queen said, "Why don't you hurry up and change your ways?" Fukangan was about to kneel, but the Queen Mother picked him up, stroked his braids, and said with a smile: "Excuse me!" The Hui team entered Beijing and joined forces with Erhuang, the city of Beijing was crazy, and everywhere they went was a play! Last time your sixteenth uncle came in, I told him to check the old people in Manchuria, or those orphans and widows who had no hope, and ask for a little money and food; The family members who followed Fu Heng to send troops to release the horses also had to be helped. He is also a voice 'Lingyi Will'! ——We love Xinjueluo's family is a heavenly family, there is a king, there is Zhao Zilong, it is also a good thing! Everyone laughed. Qianlong didn't think so, and said with a smile in his mouth: "Mother said yes! It's our own home, so it's okay to be casual. ”

Fukangan listened to what they said, and couldn't help but look down at the gun box, and then glance at the case full of jewels. Qianlong smiled: "Fukangan also loves these things? Fukangan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I'm looking at this Western ship." As he spoke, he put down the box and picked up a small iron boat in the middle of the desk with both hands.

This is a ship welded of fine iron sheets, the mast is wooden, the large sail set and the small sail are seven sides, the bow and stern of each cannon, and the shape and scale of the naval cannon used by the sailors, a cabin with open windows on all sides, the compass set in it is only the size of a pea, there are no beds, pots and stoves and other miscellaneous objects, but there are two iron chairs of very fine workmanship, which are also welded together with the deck, the compass in the cabin is lowered, and there are a few button-like things nailed horizontally in two rows, I don't know what they are for, and there is an object that looks like a wheel in the direction of the bow, But it is placed diagonally, and there is a shaft in the middle connected to the bilge. Fukangan's little finger stretched into the cabin window, fiddling with the wheel, and there was nothing unusual about the hull, but he saw six dragonfly wing-like paddles under the boat, and a long bamboo grate-like iron plate, with the pinky finger plucking, slightly changing direction, thinking about it, this is the rudder, and a smile crossed Fukangan's face. Looking closely at the paddle, it was a bit like the windmill gourd scroll sold at the New Year's Festival, he was extremely talented, and he thought about it with dry eyebrows, he knew that it was an artifact that propelded the boat underwater, but how to make it turn, but he couldn't think of the reason for it. The Queen Mother smiled on the side: "Kang'er is also a half-grown person, and she is just a fun!" The queen said, "Since you love to see, let me reward you." There are still two of these things in my palace in Beijing! It's an object there, it can't be moved when it is launched, and it's a rare treasure [1]

, in the look at the food. Fukangan hurriedly knelt down to thank the reward, got up and stroked the boat, and said to Qianlong: "This is a Western warship!" Your Majesty, last year, the servants were ordered to look at the four-value library, and there was this kind of tribute in it, but they only dared to look at the label, called 'Fire Steamer Ship', but they couldn't see it so carefully. Since he rewarded the minions, he brought them back and asked Eun Zhun to take them apart and take a closer look, and see where the strange thing was—the chain was anchored, and what was the purpose of the platform in the middle of the mast? And this iron pipe, which goes straight to the sky, like a chimney, and there must be a spring in the hull. Around these small holes in the boat, the minions were just thinking, it must be the soldiers hiding in the hull of the ship, using muskets to shoot from the inside out, protected by iron armor, and beating people with muskets, this object is really powerful when you think about it! He pointed to the two gun emplacements very seriously, frowned and said, "One before the fight, the other after the fight, this method has long been thought of, our battleship is not like this, I tried to install two guns in my family's Haizi Pond, the cannon can also be shot, only two guns are fired, and their own ship is also scattered, but their cannon barrels are so thin, do they hit iron balls?" The minion wants to break his head, and he doesn't know it. ”

"You can take it apart and think about it." Qianlong said with a smile. He has been paying attention to Fukangan's movements, and he only feels that no matter the appearance, bearing, posture, and charm, wherever he looks at it, he has compared several imperial elder brothers, and he can't help but sigh in his heart, and said in his mouth: "A noble disciple like you, willing to pay attention to the military, government and civil affairs, a mind of meritorious service and gratitude, I am invited whenever I meet it, and no one is not fully allowed." It's just that the sages have training for this kind of thing, and don't lose your mind with playthings, and don't get caught up in it. It is still moral self-cultivation to rule the country and level the world, this is the foundation of being a man, and moral articles are still the first. These strange tricks seem to be heavenly, but people all over the world are reversed, what does a few cannons do? No matter how well the warship is built, can it be driven to the shore? - Don't argue, I'm not counting you, I'm teaching you, you can lead troops on land, you can fight on water, you can master the art of war, you can govern the people when you enter the house, and you can become a civil and military all-rounder, it's too late for me to be happy! ”

Fukangan listened, although it was the same as his father's usual teachings, but Qianlong said with a heavenly Xianlun sound jade decree, the voice and price are very different, and the empathy is different, but in his heart, he feels that the blood is boiling in the five hearts, and the chaotic and warm air flow is so that his heart is beating straight up, and his head is also a little dizzy, and he froze for a long time, and bowed down and replied: "As soon as the slave falls into the grass, he is a guard, and the family has been blessed with the grace of the saint for several generations, and he wishes to promise the monarch and the saint with all his heart!" The slave has been repeatedly trained by his father, and he does not dare to forget the way of the saint...... It's just that if a slave knows that a pampered person is not determined to work hard, he is most likely to fall into the flow of incompetence and incompetence, and dare to be vigilant at all times? Now that the emperor has been earnestly taught by the emperor and admonished him, only by working hard to learn, cultivating morality and ambition, and always guarding against the righteousness of the three fears of the gentleman, can he live up to the emperor's ardent expectations! He raised his head, tears were already pouring out, and he no longer used to play the right pattern, and said, "My father often scolds me for being Zhao Kuo and Ma Yan, and I will change my mind from here and be the mainstay of my Qing Dynasty!" ”

"Alright, alright!" The Queen Mother smiled beside her, "The emperor finally came in and asked you to come in and say that Gu Ji'er is happy to relieve everyone's boredom, and make a scene like a golden palace meeting!" The queen also smiled and said, "Kang'er is all right, but she is just willful. Don't talk to the emperor here, and forget about it when you go back - I got a cannon in my own pool, the cannon was also fired, the boat was shattered, and the general who fell into the water climbed ashore and choked on the water in a daze. Last time, Tang'er came in and said, I died of laughter and bluffed to death! Fukangan listened, only bowed his head and smiled.

After laughing for a while, Qianlong saw that the Queen Mother was happy, and the queen's spirit was much better, so he took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "Fukangan accompanied Queen Lafayette to dinner." Interesting stories outside, Gu Ji'er told about it, and relieved boredom. It's cold outside, the winter night is long, waiting to laugh and eliminate food, and then withdraw from the palace gate, and tomorrow I will accompany my brothers to see the spring flowers. The Queen Mother knew that he still had to approve the folds to meet people, so she smiled and waved her hand and said, "The emperor goes!" You're here, after all, you've detained everyone. The imperial kitchen said that he wanted to make food for Liu Tongxun, and there must be other adults who would also see him. You're busy with your business. Qianlong bowed to the Queen Mother and said with a smile: "Liu Tongxun is coming from Nanjing, I'm afraid I'm going to arrive." The meal is only rewarded by Fan Shijie A few officials of the province, the governors and generals of the provinces who accompany the driver here, and the commanders of hundreds of people, and wait for the completion of the southern tour to give a feast. If you get too much, you can't afford to spend time, and you can't afford to spend money. Although the silver is in the official, it is not effective to go up and down. He bowed again and resigned with a smile.

It's the end of the day, the winter days are short, and the sky has long been dark. Wang Ba shamed all the way outside shouting and reprimanding all the way to arrange Zhang Deng to watch the supply of charcoal and tea in each room, all the way in from the front yard, saw Qianlong coming out leisurely, hurriedly stood still, and said: "Liu Tongxun has received it, and he is talking to Ji Yun in the military engine room." The imperial meal has also been prepared. Excuse me, where is the table placed? Although the main hall is spacious, the space is wide and cold. There are big kangs in the east and west halls, and the ground is a little crowded......"

"It's in the military aircraft room." Qianlong interrupted Wang Ba's nag indifferently and asked, "Who is still waiting to be summoned?" ”

"This minion doesn't know, and he doesn't dare to ask." Wang Bashi smiled all over his face, "The slave came over just now, and there are more than a dozen adults waiting to see the driver in the west corridor room, and it is the lamp that the slave gave them." There is Le Min, the governor of Huguang, who is recognized, and Chen Shiqi, the governor of Fujian, who is familiar with other people and can't name them. By the way, there is also a Jiangxi Yandao surnamed Xu, who also recognizes ......"

Qianlong listened while walking, a little careless, and suddenly his heart moved, and he remembered - "surnamed Xu" Daotai is the son-in-law of Wang Zhenzhong, Hunan Zhensi, who visited Henan at the beginning of his ascension, and had a charming and romantic complex with Wang Tingzhi, the daughter of the Wang family, and later met Tingzhi in Taiyuan. It has been more than seven years since Ting Zhi's family moved out of Beijing, and she has almost forgotten her in the complicated state affairs. Thinking of Maodian Zhouji, Zhenhe Temple was infected and stayed at Wang's house, the warmth of Ting Zhi when he was sick, the cigarette with Dai Mei red scarf and green sleeves, the slender hand holding the decoction like bamboo shoots and ten fingers, the tenderness of the pulse when Ting Zhi stared at herself, and a little cinnabar red mole on the tip of her eyebrows...... Qianlong couldn't help but be stupid, and sighed in his heart: I don't know if there is a fate to see each other again, but there is no reason to meet the surname Xu at this time. Qianlong coughed lightly, had recovered from his distant thoughts, and said: "You go to pass the decree: Chen Shiqi will leave the feast, and the rest of the people will go back to wait for the decree." Well...... Whoever comes to Yangzhou to pick up the family members of the officials, tomorrow he will accompany the Queen Mother and Queen Luan to watch the flowers - go! As he spoke, he turned around and walked towards the military machine room, Ji Yun, Liu Tongxun, and Fan Shijie had already seen it through the window and greeted them. Seeing that they were about to kneel, Qianlong shook his hand with a smile and said, "Excuse me-people at this door have stepped on a lot of mud...... and walked closer, looked at Liu Tongxun and said, "The complexion is irrelevant." I'm afraid that the road is not easy to walk, and you are an urgent person, listening to my screams, no matter where you are in a hurry to put out the fire. Liu Yong went out on an errand, and I rewarded a few eunuchs and palace maids to wait for you, did they send a messenger? ”

"How can the minister be so virtuous, he deserves so much attention from the saint!" Liu Tongxun was soothed by Qianlong, his heart was warm, he opened his eyes and stared at Qianlong, the pupils in his old eyelids flashed, and said, "The minister has already put on the gratitude table, the eunuch stayed, and the palace maid begged the saint to take it back." ”

Qianlong smiled when he heard this, stepped into the room, sat down on the chair in the middle, and ordered the three of them to sit, and saw Chen Shiqian's white-haired dragon heel coming over by the eunuch, Wang Bashi commanded to carry the table to the table, and asked Ji Yun because he turned his face: "I plan to reward you with a few waiters, what do you think?" Ji Yun was stunned for a moment, and then knew that he was making fun of himself, and bowed down and said, "The king has a gift, and the minister has to resign?" The minister accepted the order and worked hard to repay the favor - to retreat, the minister to retire the eunuch, and leave the palace maid! Qianlong couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and when he saw Chen Shiqi coming in to salute, he waved his hand and said, "There are old people." You have been ordered, and you don't have to pay a big salute to the court. - It is also inappropriate to retire the eunuch and stay in the palace maid, 'the king does not give away', not only has a 'ceremony', but also has a meaning of faith and no doubt. There is a meaning of one heart and one heart in it. The saint's teachings are really a thousand words that cannot be changed. ”

"This—the minister made it clear in the thanksgiving fold." Liu Tongxun said, "A total of six palace maids were given, and after asking, they have all been in the palace for five or six years." They are looking forward to their home, and in another year or two, they will be put back as usual. It's a night of innocence in the minister's place, and if you go back, you won't be able to marry a good family, won't you miss someone's life? Therefore, the ministers did not allow them to enter the door, and they were placed in the nunnery, and the emperor approved the ministers' folds and sent them back to the palace. ”

"That's really a benevolent word!" Qianlong couldn't help but be moved when he heard this, and sighed, "If you are not a gentleman, you can't do this if you can't think of it...... However, needlework, sewing, pulping, washing, cooking, changing clothes, and lighting are such things, after all, eunuchs are not as good as palace maids. Your wife has passed away, and you have no concubines, so you should have a woman around you to take care of you. In this way, you choose two for yourself, and you will open your face to be a concubine, which can be regarded as a reward for you - don't quit again, Liu Tongxun is a good dynasty, a big husband in the world, what is it to accept two concubines? ”

At the moment, the meal has been arranged, Qianlong took off the crown and sat in the center, Chen Shiqi and Liu Tongxun accompanied each other left and right, Ji Yun and Fan Shijie sat opposite Qianlong, and Wang Bayan stood in the corner of the table holding a scarf and waiting. Qianlong looked at the table, a hot pot in the middle turned over the flowers, it was a bird's nest chicken cake and wine stewed duck, a slightly smaller hot pot next to it, and the bright yellow label was taken to see, called fried chicken and fried meat and sauerkraut hot pot, a symmetrical pot was a red and white duck stewed chowder, as well as sheep Xizhaner, chicken soup, steamed fat chicken, deer tail plate, roasted roe deer meat, all kinds of palace dishes, Zhou Za elephant eye small steamed buns, silk spring rolls, glutinous dumplings, salted meat, pheasant feet and all kinds of names, four silver sunflower box side dishes are placed in the four corners of the lacquered flower table, four silver plate side dishes, but they are all local flavors of Yangzhou, There are always high and low, and the colors are well matched. In an instant, the house was filled with hot incense and poured the original scent of ink. Qianlong ordered the dish with a chopstick: "This meal is not enough, the people who eat are interesting, Chen Shiqi is a person who cherishes his fortune and raises his life, and the amount of each meal is very small; Fan Shijie is a glutton, and he eats like a tiger; Ji Yun doesn't eat anything but meat, but Liu Tongxun's illness can't eat more meat! It's better to be casual, this pot of roe deer meat, fried chicken, and fried meat Ji Xiaolan let go of the amount. ——Replace the plate of celery mixed with bitter gourd in front of Xiaolan to Yan Qinggong's side. Yan Qinggong, this is some nitrate meat, I have used it, although it is a meat dish, it is also very light, I think I can enter a little, don't deliberately enter it because I said it. Since I left Beijing, I haven't let the minister accompany me to dinner, you are all hard people outside, don't be rigid today, you are full, and what is left is also a tyrannical thing. Come on, come in! I also let go, I don't pay attention to 'food and silence', you can chat......" said and chewed slowly with a spoonful of sauerkraut, and said with a smile, "I have used Shanxi sauerkraut, and I think there is no right thing in the world; Yangzhou sauerkraut is another excellent flavor! ”

Qianlong wanted to be "casual", but in this kind of scene, no one could get up at will, and it was a habit of "eating without saying anything", no one had ever chatted while eating, but he said a few words that everyone was no longer as sincere and fearful as Dabin. Ji Yun smiled and fished out the large fat roe deer leg meat out of his bowl, and said, "The ministers are ordered to eat meat, and they will not dare to hide the amount." "Tearing your mouth and eating with relish. Fan Shijie didn't dare at first, so he followed the chewing of venison, no matter the meat and vegetables, a few deer tails had already entered the stomach in the blink of an eye, and when he turned his eyes to see that the dishes in front of Shi Ji Yun were miscellaneous, and the chicken and duck stewed in large pieces had already been settled, he reached out and picked up the red stewed pork knuckle in the soup pot, and both of them were sweating profusely, and their hands were dripping with soup. Qianlong saw that he was eating well, and smiled and ordered Wang Bashame to send himself and a plate of sheep Xizhan Er in front of Fan Shijie. Fan Shijie bowed and smiled, just bored and ate. Next to Liu Tongxun ate very quickly, the old rice was poured with celery and bitter gourd, and he had already eaten it, because Qianlong specifically referred to nitrate meat, he also sandwiched two slices and ate them. Qianlong had dim sum in the afternoon, but he just dyed it as he liked. Chen Shiqi saw Qianlong moving, and he also followed a little vegetable and chewed it slowly. There are five people at a table, only Ji Fan and two of them play to their heart's content, and they are full for a while, except for the vegetable soup, they are all in one go.

"Even though I didn't speak, I was happy. The gentleman is silent, and I am not reluctant. Qianlong got up with a smile and ordered to withdraw from the table, and smiled and pointed to the leftovers of the soup and said, "The rich and noble people in the world, if you can cherish things like this, it doesn't hurt to enjoy some." He turned his face and asked Liu Tongxun, "You seem to have something on your mind?" He waved his hand and sat down.

Liu Tongxun sat down next to Qianlong, stroked his somewhat hot head, and said, "The minister is a person who can't let go of things. Although the case of Yizhihua was solved, the first bandit and several important bandits were burned to death. But according to Liu Yong's investigation report, there are still several important criminals who have not been arrested, one is named Hu Yinzhong, and another woman is named Lei Jian. Before Yi Ying went to Nanjing, she also met a Taiwanese named Lin Shuangwen, but she didn't get it. According to the rules set by the minister to the Criminal Department, the case cannot be closed. However, at present, the emperor is touring the south, and the original purpose of celebrating the peace and prosperity of the world and soothing the hearts of the people in the prosperous era of algae. If the case is not closed, some foolish husbands and foolish women who have strayed into the White Lotus Sect in the past can't help but feel apprehensive. This is the overall situation, and we can't help but be more cautious...... Weigh the two ends, and the overall situation is important, because after all, there are still some remnants of the sin that have slipped through the net and made gossip below. The emperor returned to Beijing on the front foot, and if there was a little mess on the back foot, the gain would outweigh the loss......"

"Hmm! You're right. Qianlong listened very attentively, and after listening to it with a mouthwash, he swallowed it and said, "You can close the case." You write a recital, Liu Yong is the first meritorious, and the following Huang Tianba, who originally promised him to protect his memory with military merits, will be recounted and approved by Zhu. Well...... can also give Liu Yong another will, secretly step up the investigation, and get the bandits who have slipped through the net within the service period, and it will be comprehensive inside and out. He paused and asked, "What's the rumor?" Liu Tongxun was silent for a moment and said, "It is said that a flower is not dead; said that at the time of the burning of the building, some people watched her fly away with the party members. It is said that I saw her again in Mochou Lake; It is also said that she has sent someone to Nanyang to welcome the third prince Zhu back to the Central Plains to rebuild the world. There are also rumors that the eldest son of the third prince of Zhu led troops across the sea and was on his way, so he would first take Taiwan and then make a big plan. In the northern part of Jiangsu, there are also wooden signs of 'Mixed Yang Sect Master' to worship and ask for medicine. Some people even said that after the emperor returned to Beijing from his southern tour, he wanted to govern the remnants of the party, and all those who joined the bandits, regardless of men, women, old and children, were all sent to Heilongjiang to be enslaved by the armored people. In the past, Jiangxi's bandit households moved out of the country in a series of groups, and some villages were empty...... Although these are secretly popular and do not hinder the overall situation, if the rumors are not quickly stopped, public order will be worried in the future. After hearing this, Qianlong raised his face and pondered for a moment, and asked everyone: "What knowledge do you have?" ”

Chen Shiqi saw Qianlong looking at him, twisted his beard and muttered: "There are only two things that the minister can grasp as an official, one is to calm the people, who have cold clothes and hungry food; The second is to appease local law and order, no matter whether they are rich or poor, if they commit crimes, they will just die in the hands of their ministers! With these two items, there has been no rebellion among the common people since ancient times. "Water Margin" has one hundred orders and eight generals, and only Li Kui is the only one who volunteered to go to Liangshan. Qianlong said with a smile: "Every time you see me, you have to cry for the people, and ask for a reduction or exemption of money and food, it turns out that you have a great truth in your heart!" ”

"I thought I still had to think twice." Fan Shijie's eyes flickered under the lamp, and he said, "The money and grain of the imperial court can't cause a famine. It is an empty phrase to prevent bandits, prevent disasters, prevent border troubles, prevent civil strife, repair military equipment, maintain honesty and maintain honesty among officials, handle cases, reclaim famine and control rivers, and there is no silver and grain in the treasury. He glanced at Liu Tongxun nonchalantly, and then said, "The imperial court has suppressed Jinchuan twice, and the king has been defeated, and it will cost seven or eight million taels of silver!" Fu Heng hit Luoxiao Mountain in Jiangxi, Pinghei Chashan, and there were 500,000 per battle, which was a flower, spreading cults in seven provinces, and it took nearly 20 years for the imperial court to pick her up, and she didn't know how much silver was gone. This is just a military bandit...... "He went on to say that river control, disaster relief, epidemic prevention, and the renewal of weapons and equipment, all of them are as real as bricks, Fan Shijie is worthy of the old official of the household department, how many years ago Chen Guzi's rotten sesame old things can still be said one by one, even Ji Yun, who has read five cars and never forgets it, can't help but secretly admire: This brother's memory is really unambiguous! Just thinking about it, Qianlong opened his mouth and asked: "Fan Shijie, the deceased Zunhua Infantry Army Admiral Fan Shiduo, are you a family?" ”

Fan Shijie was stunned, glanced at Qianlong for some reason, bowed his head and replied: "It's not a sect." In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, the first emperor asked us face to face, and we only met since then. Qianlong nodded and asked again, "How old are you this year?" "The horsetooth of the dog is fifty and nine, and it belongs to the ox." Qianlong thought for a while, and said, "Remember who said that you are a dog!" Fan Shijie blushed, smiled and said, "That's the private nickname given to the minister by Prince Lao Yi...... Said that the minister is a person who is happier the more he scolds...... "Everyone has heard of this, and at this time, they can't help but be surprised."

"You also go back to the household department to run an errand," Qianlong also smiled, and said busily and solemnly, "The last time I saw the two Shangshu of the Manchu and Han Dynasty in the household department, I asked about the matter of money, grain, customs, and gold, not only did I have no clue, but I also had no idea about all the affairs of the ministry, either 'probably' or 'estimated', or 'going back to the ministry to find out and play', it was actually two foolish worms who could only do eight shares...... "He was originally optimistic about Gao Heng, but he wanted to say it and swallowed it, and said with a smile, "Fifty-nine years old is not very tall, and he can contribute to the court for a few years." You come to be a book and take care of this 'No. 1 account room in the world'! Hubu Shangshu is known as "Dasi Nong", from the first rank of official, the governor is the second rank, is promoted, Fan Shijie hurriedly got up to thank him. Qianlong said: "No need to thank you, Ji Yun sent a message to Ah Gui in the evening, and asked him to come out and talk about it." Ji Yun, what Liu Tongxun just said, what insight do you have? ”

Ji Yun got up and agreed yes, sat down again, and said in a deep voice: "The minister is also in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and he is also in charge of the compilation of the four libraries, so I think more about this." If the current situation is forbidden, such a giant as a branch of flowers, there is absolutely no reason to breed again, the country's population is more than 200 trillion, plus the customs revenue, the treasury silver is collected 45 million taels a year, the Taiping leisurely travel is prosperous, to the minister's view, since the ancestral dragon is extremely rare, the world is exempted from money and grain every three years, according to the holy ancestor's will never be given, such a light tax, since the Han and Tang dynasties are extremely rare. The most feared thing about this situation is the internal collapse, and the rule of officials has fallen, just like a dangerous building being hollowed out by termites, and it looks fine from the outside, once there is a great drought and flood in the world, it is like a storm of storms, and the hollowed out house can not withstand it. The emperor's diligent government work all night, in fact, there are two major events, one is the literary affairs, the cultivation of rites and the holy way, and the rectification of the rule of officials; Armed with one head, conquer the bandits and bandits in the border jumping beam, and train the troops to prevent it. The minister felt the same way before driving, and he really admired the profound saintly virtue and the unfathomable holy learning......"

Half of these words are a routine of praising saints, and half of them are also Ji Yun's true feelings, so there is no hindrance in saying such words, and the words are as sincere as a piece of sincerity, and everyone is awe-inspiring when they hear it, and even Qianlong sat up straight.

"Every time the minister reads history and compares it, he often sighs when he wastes books." Ji Yun said, "Say a shocking word, the emperor, the first emperor, chase the Holy Ancestor, if it is not for the Manchurians, with such careful treatment, the world can be governed close to Yao Shun!" It's not a flattery. Taking Goryeo as an example, looking through the archives of the history of the Ming Dynasty, most of them are the holy decrees of reprimanding and admonishment, and the few catties of ginseng and a few mink skins are scolded embarrassingly. In the Goryeo dedication, there are occasional violations and disrespect, and they are rarely investigated - so a comparison makes it clear that it is still because of the Yiren Longxing claiming that the lord of China suffers. The Holy Ancestor said that what the former Ming monarch could do, his old man had to do with great strength. Thinking about it on behalf of the emperor, he often made the ministers sigh. The reason why it is so arduous is that the first is that the Qing Dynasty won the country in the hands of Li Zicheng, and it was self-reliant instead of destroying the Ming, and the righteousness of unification has never been popularized throughout the world. The second is that the scholars interpret the scriptures in vain, and they mistakenly distinguish between Huayi, and they don't know that the saints have the reason to discipline the people of China! ”

At this, he flashed a glance at everyone. This is the principle of the country's foundation, which is extremely heavy, and it is the "Great Road" that is extended, and everyone listens to it with a solemn expression and a blazing eye.

"The provinces south of the Yangtze River are rich and humanistic." Ji Yun subconsciously took out the cauldron of pipes, wanting to smoke on the fire, but suddenly understood that it was Chen Zuo, and he was busy putting it away. Qianlong said softly: "If you want to smoke, you can smoke." Keep talking! ”

Ji Yun thanked him, smoked his pipe, pressed the cigarette, lit the coal, took a sharp breath, spit out clouds and mist, and said: "The Qing Dynasty entered two places in Guanyang, Yangzhou and Jiading, and the battles in the south of the Yangtze River were the most tragic. In the hearts of the people, the fear of the outside has never been settled with the solution. The so-called 'Third Prince Zhu' rumor said by Yan Qinggong, and the rumor that the imperial court was going to make a big move, all happened from this.

"I think it's not so much that people believe in rumors, but that they actually want to have such a thing in their hearts, which is more terrible than a few rumors - nothing happens at the moment, and it may be a big deal when Jing is a child! Unspeakable!

"Last night, the minister wrote a recital, and before the transcription was played, the Yangzhou prefect Yudengshui repaired the bridge and wanted to demolish the Shi Kefa Temple, and the minister gave him instructions to postpone his life. Here to the emperor to play clear, Shi Kefa is a loyal minister, that is, in order to inspire the wind festival to encourage the holy way, this temple should not be demolished. Also, Qian Qianyi was a shameless literati in the former Ming Dynasty, and his book editions were circulated a lot, and even some college lecture halls still had a list of inscriptions for him, which should be banned and burned. If there is a omission in the "Biography of the Second Minister" in the history of the Ming Dynasty, it must be made up, and it cannot be because they have contributed to this dynasty and cover up their major festivals! Yan Qinggong said to his ministers in Nanjing that if half of the financial and manpower used to solve the case was divided to reward the honor and promote morality, the case could be reduced by three-quarters. In other words, if the officials are honest and love the people and diligent in government, they will use their thoughts of making money and fighting for fame and fortune on the people of the temple and the city. Then, how prosperous the world should be! ”

He spoke at length and was well-founded, so that it was sonorous and so loud that everyone was shaken and no one answered for a long time. Qianlong looked up and sighed: "This is a good and true word, from Xiaolan's heart, naturally it is for Jiana." I captured Nanjing towards the Eight Banners Army, when it was pouring rain, Nanjing Qianming officials rushed to surrender, the handbook was stacked several times, all of them were more than five feet high, the officials were all over the ground prostrate, the hairpin on the hat was drenched by the rain, and the red water flowed sideways! Which of these did not come out of reading the books of the sages? Why are there so many shameless people? It is enough to prove that the imperial court does not learn and has no skills, and does not pay attention to the name and festival, which will lead to the disaster of the country, and even those who stand up to the disaster are rare! "It's the same with the city of Beijing." Chen Shiqi said, "Li Zicheng Chongzhen invaded Beijing on March 19 of the 17th year, Chongzhen hit Jingyang Zhong in the middle of the night to summon hundreds of officials, no one responded to the edict, stole out of Donghua Gate, and went to several ministers one after another, all of them closed the door, and in despair, they fled to the coal mountain and hanged themselves. ”

"Not only can the temple not be demolished, but it must be repaired and renovated, and Ji Yun used the Military Aircraft Department to give them an edict." Qianlong listened to Chen Shiqian say a few words, and painted the embarrassed scene of the king of the dead country calling the heavens and the earth as if he had seen it himself, and suddenly his heart trembled, and he couldn't help himself for a while, his face became extremely pale, and his thin white fingers twisted the Han Yu pendant tied around his waist a few times, and then he froze his mind, and said silently, "Check it, in addition to Qian Qianyi, the famous scholars and Confucians who had been favored by the former Ming Dynasty and returned to our dynasty at that time, as well as the provincial Taiwan Bank in the big people who did not enter the second minister's biography, must all be made up!" As if he still felt incomprehensible and angry, he paused and said, "Inform the Ministry of Rites, I will return to Nanjing again, pay homage to the Ming Tomb of filial piety, and all the descendants of the second minister are not allowed to enter the mausoleum with them, and kneel outside the gods to think and repent for their grandfather!" ”

This kind of food is a bit unbelievable, Ji Yun and Liu Tongxun couldn't help but be stunned. It has been more than a hundred years since the former Ming Dynasty demoted officials, and now the officials are at least their great-grandchildren, and even great-great-grandchildren, and the Ministry of Rites is Guanyin with thousands of hands and thousands of eyes, and it is too late to test this period of history one by one. Besides, if you make such a fuss in plain way, you don't even say hello in advance, and it is very easy to cause a commotion in people's hearts. Ji Yun and Liu Tongxun looked at each other, understood each other, winked their eyes and smiled: "Your Majesty, the encouragement of the wind festival should be based on a typical model, the Holy Ancestor has a testament, and the Grandmaster also said it, and you also said it in the first year of Qianlong." Now there are rumors about the so-called 'Third Prince Zhu' outside, and this time the Ministry of Etiquette has made a big move to check his resume and set etiquette, which not only makes the officialdom uneasy, but also gives the villain a gap in attacking the party, and it is also easy to give the traitors an opportunity. The Ming edict added the sequence of two ministers, worshiped the filial piety tomb, and commended Shi Kefa, and the ministers thought it was very appropriate. And some things are difficult to deal with for a while, Shi Shilun's father Shi Lang, is a former Ming general, and Zheng Chenggong's command, if he is designated as a 'second minister', he has to withdraw Shi Lang's tablet from the Xian Liang Temple. Also, in the rebellion of the three feudatories, there were also many demos and generals, are they considered 'second ministers'? If you don't count, you will have wronged Hong Chengchou and these people, and if you do, you have to recognize Wu Sangui as the king of a dynasty. Just do it seriously, this is to be carefully screened, not for more than a hundred years of old accounts to mess up today's political situation - this is a little grass thatched thinking of the minister, ask the emperor to be a dictatorship! ”

"This is a discussion, not a court meeting!" Qianlong didn't wait for him to finish speaking, knowing that he wanted to be left, he smiled and said, "I won't check it carefully according to your performance." Liu Tongxun said with a smile: "The Holy Ancestor cultivates history and bows to the heavens, and a "Biography of the Second Minister" makes the world's future generations of chaotic ministers and thieves fearful, but it is worth a "Spring and Autumn"! In fact, Zhu Hongwu doesn't know about loyalty and praise? When the remnants of the Yen Dynasty were in danger, showing their merits in front of Taizu, calling themselves 'old ministers', Taizu was very disgusted with him. One day in the court, he walked in outside the palace, and said, 'The old minister came to see', and Taizu said: 'Is it dangerous?' The footsteps were so calm, I thought it was Wen Tianxiang coming! After all, he surrendered and punished him to guard the tomb of Yuque. It can be seen that Ming Taizu still dislikes those spineless ministers in his heart. He was inferior to the Holy Grandfather, he didn't think about this matter in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he didn't use it in the way of governing the world, which is small. The revision of "The Biography of Erchen", not only verbal criticism but also pendencies, the iron case of historical writing, which one wants to be a second minister, you have to weigh it well! ”

Qianlong nodded silently, stood up, and stared at the four courtiers sitting upright for a long time, as if he was overwhelmed with emotion, and said slowly to the faintly dancing candlelight: "Although it is not a meeting today, it is actually discussing politics. Since I arrived in Nanjing, I have met many magistrates, Yi Ying, and the three sects and nine streams of the small people in the market, and I feel that it is very different from what I heard and thought in Beijing. In Beijing, I see the minister, it is difficult to get out of the palace gate in one step, many truths cannot be heard, the truth cannot be seen, and when I come out, I am sometimes relieved, sometimes shocking! I have already read the twenty-four histories, and I also read the "Zizhi Tongjian", and I think about the way to the country since ancient times. The second is that the government is corrupt, the government is bribed, and the festering and decadent are day after day, just like a person who is seriously infected with a bad mange, and his body is weak, and he can't stand any wind and cold bumps, and the death of the two Han Dynasty is like this, and the same is true of the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties. Neither the famine nor the invasion of the foreign nations could resist it. Emperor Chongzhen said, 'The king is not the king of the country, and the ministers are the ministers of the country', which seems to be a remark, but in fact, he should be uneasy as the emperor, and once the corruption is out of control, even Yao Shun's rebirth cannot be saved. Li Zicheng's essay has said that 'Jun is not very dark'! Only when the upper and lower levels are honest can the country really be safe. In the hands of the first emperor, the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department are all outstanding people left by the Holy Ancestor, in addition to being honest and self-reliant, but also loyal and loyal. The following county guards the county order to the governor, but there are no greedy inkers. is really vigorous and resolute, but fewer people are killed. Qianlong seemed to be relieving the long-standing sorrow in his heart, his face seemed to be sad and happy, and he said slowly, "If you are too rich today, there is too much silver in the treasury, and there are too many ways to make money!" From the county, the government, the province, layer by layer first rotten, is a group of greed, taking advantage of errands, up and down their hands to play with the treasury, although do not add donations, secretly officials and businessmen collude to get silver, officials take money from discounts, or officials themselves secretly do business, there are more people who make a fortune through prison lawsuits, looking forward to land disputes in the realm, looking forward to brothers splitting up their families and filing complaints, looking forward to life lawsuits - Shanyang County, Neihuang County, Luanchuan County, Zhenping County...... "He listed more than a dozen county names in one breath," the lawsuit was reported, The plaintiffs and defendants were all detained, and the people of a village were all sent to them as certificates, but they were not tried or sentenced, and they were detained for several months. After the judgment is refuted in the house, the old trick is repeated in the house, and the rich must be squeezed out of the poor and the poor, and the slightest oil cannot be squeezed out before letting go! As for those who borrow river workers and borrow the emperor's mission to drill thorns to make a fortune, they must be seriously investigated and dealt with, and I am afraid that they must be caught cleanly and no one will be left behind. I read these excerpts in the middle of the night, and I am often so angry that I wander around the room and can't sleep, and I can't wait for Zhu Pi to hook them all with one stroke! But...... No! It's still them who do the errands......" He seemed to be choked by something, and suddenly coughed, coughing so red that his face turned red, and Wang Bayan hurriedly came over to gently beat his back for him.

In an instant, several people suddenly felt that Qianlong was also old.

"Therefore, I ordered Fan Shijie to go to the household department, not only to familiarize yourself with your accounts, but to manage your finances, and Liu Tongxun often communicated, stealing chickens and dogs, petty greed, and letting go, big cases, important people who commit corruption, is what Ji Yun said, a typical demonstration!" Qianlong took a sip of tea, took a breath, pushed Wang Bashi away, and said, "Just sit down for a while tonight, and you can continue to talk!" ”

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Rare treasure three yuan: that is, tomatoes. At that time, it was believed that it was poisonous and could not be eaten.