And said that Shangguan Hong pressed the strong men to come to the Kaifeng Prefecture County Ya, after beating the drum and ascending to the hall, the prefect saw that he knew a few strong people, but it was the local bully Nanbatian Li Yuan's people, he did not receive less money on weekdays, and the other few people did not know, after asking, he saw that he was not a local, and he had a plan in his heart, saying that since he was just strong, he did not succeed, and everyone had been taught, why bother biting it, just fine some money, even if he wanted to give up, he ordered to retreat. Kangxi was furious at the time: "You prefect is so angry, is this an official on weekdays, do you have to kill people and sell goods to be arrested, and you can't eat the laws of the Qing Dynasty with the wine and food in the dog's stomach?" ”

The prefect shouted boldly, and dared to roar in the court, when the real eyes were lawless, how can I use you to guide the official, and immediately ordered two classes of officials to beat Kangxi 20 boards, Shangguan Hong stepped forward to stop, said that the adult and slow, made a look, and signaled to go to the back hall, the prefect naturally understood, thinking that he was going to bribe him for money, so he led Kangxi Shangguan Hong to the back hall where no one was, just stood still, Shangguan Hong took advantage of his inattention, a slap to the face, at that time the eyes were full of gold stars, and wait for the prefect to settle down again, A royal gold medal appeared in front of him, and his legs were weak at that time, and he knelt down and begged for mercy. Kangxi said: "You prefect is really a bastard, I see that you don't take less bribes on weekdays, isn't it misleading the country and the people to be in charge of government affairs like this?" ”

The prefect agreed again and again, and asked Kangxi which high-ranking official he was, Shangguan Hong said that you only need to remember the name of our third master, you don't deserve to know, if you want to handle the case like today in the future, it is a small matter to lose the top of your head, and you will not know if you lose your life.

Immediately returned to the lobby, according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, a new judgment, and the matter was stopped. Back at the inn, Kangxi's originally excellent mood was also destroyed, saying that if all the officials in the world were doing such errands, what should be done, and the control over the officials must be strengthened, and after ordering Shangguan Hong to return to Beijing, he will continue to strengthen the establishment of the Janissary Prefecture sub-bureaus in various places, and officials at all levels must be allowed to have scruples and accept supervision when managing the localities. Everyone immediately set off and rushed to the ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River "Huayuankou".

In the pre-Ming Dynasty, a big official Xu Zan, Guijiazhuang, scavenged a lot of money, and built a big garden at home. This large garden is five or six hundred acres in circumference, and many are planted, planting exotic flowers and plants, and they do not wither in all seasons. Xu Zan dug up the mouth of the Yellow River, built a ferry, and ferried pedestrians. People heard that there was a ferry, and they rushed to see it. Later, the Yellow River flooded and swallowed up this beautiful garden. Since then, it has become a ferry port on the south bank of the Yellow River, and people call it Huayuankou.

Kangxi and others came to a big town on the ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River, called Qijia Town, which is a thousand-year-old town, not smaller than the general county seat, and antique, pleasant environment, mountains and rivers depend on each other, it is fascinating, and they found a good inn to live in, there are not many people who live in the hotel on weekdays, however, this time there are only a few ordinary rooms left, and the rest are all booked. That's it, or the three rooms that were quietly squeezed out of the silver. After Sheng Ying inquired, everyone understood that it was the local governor, prefect, and county officials who gathered in the ancient town a few days ago to requisition all the better inns in the town, and did not give money, saying that a big man was coming. Of course, Kangxi understood what was going on, but he felt that it was too manpower and material resources, and the excerpt said that he lived in the mansion of Xiaolian Gong Qi Mian. So he let the people go out to find out where the officials who came lived, and by the way to see the customs of the people.

Shangguan Hong replied: "The Qi family has started preparations a year ago, and it is now ready, and the officials from the governor to the county officials came to Qijia Town as early as ten days ago, ready to welcome the holy driver. ”

Kangxi was very satisfied, because since he decided to tour south, he issued a will, sent a message to all places, allocated silver taels, and it seemed that the preparation was still good, and he decided to go around with Shangguan Hong at the moment, and Sheng Ying also drove with him.

The ancient town is not a grand place, but it carries the culture of thousands of years and reflects the local cultural heritage, which is indeed unique. Kangxi and the three of them toured with great interest, walked to a corner, and saw a woman about twenty-eight years old, with a mat next to her, a sign in front of her, and six big characters when they got closer: selling books, selling bodies to bury their fathers. Next to it is a two-inch thick book, which has not yet been printed, a handwritten book, rough binding, three words on the cover, neon clothes and tears, by Li Xinran!

There are three copper coins donated by the occasional passer-by, a few blackened scattered silver, although the woman is dilapidated, but clean and neat, with beautiful eyebrows, a little tear stains on her face, I think it is that she has dried her crying today, her lips are white, she may have not taken water and food for a day, but her face is full of perseverance, and she has not been frustrated by the current predicament.

Kangxi walked closer, picked up the book and looked at it, Shangguan Hong saw this, glanced at Sheng Ying, that Sheng Ying understood in his heart, the emperor looked at it at a glance is a holy decree, don't mention it first, see such a poor person, he will definitely not care, he can't let the emperor speak, so he immediately took out ten taels of silver and put it firmly in front of the girl, enough for her to die. The girl raised her head and was about to speak to express her gratitude, but when she saw Shangguan Hong signaling not to speak, she did not speak again.

Kangxi picked up the book and wanted to take a casual glance, find a reason to give some money, and leave, but who knew that he looked into it at the first glance, wanted to see the second glance, and wanted to see the third glance, and he couldn't stop looking at it. So what's wrong with this book, so attractive to Kangxi. First, the writing is really good, and second, the content is really attractive and resonates with Kangxi. It is about the trivial matters of the former dynasty, which is the experience of the ancestor of the author Li Xinran's grandmother, whose ancestor was the former Ming Shenzong period of Kaifeng Mansion Yin, lost his mother since he was a child, and his father died at the age of ten or so, raised by his aunt, and married his cousin to him. Later, after several twists and turns, I learned that his enemy turned out to be his current wife and princess.

It turned out that although the hand-picked top three was a happy thing, but it was actually favored by the princess, and immediately recruited him as a colt, and ordered him to go home to divorce his wife, but he didn't want to but couldn't resist the authority, and went home to tell the truth at home, the aunt and Mrs. cried bitterly, thinking that they were looking forward to the moonlight, who knew that it was a dark cloud covering their eyes, but after all, they couldn't, they just wanted to go by him, and his wife was bizarre and threw himself into the river that night. It turned out that the princess saw that he had not returned for a long time and was nostalgic for the old man on time, so she ordered someone to push him into the river, but she did not know that she was pregnant for three months. Who knew that creation made people, they were rescued by people, went through many difficulties, and finally found out the truth, hit the golden bell, sued the royal court, pressed the princess, resigned from the high-ranking officials, and finally the two of them were incognito and blessed for the rest of their lives.

Through the story, the book clearly exposes the faces of all beings in social life such as people's hearts, officialdom, power, and family affection, and the descriptions are nuanced, vivid and fascinating.

Kangxi just read the beginning and couldn't help himself, stopped for a day, read this book after reading it, as if he had walked through someone else's life and two lives, looked at Shangguan Hong, and said: "It's worth the trip, Jade Qilin, do you say that my officialdom and people's hearts are so dark." ”

Frightened, Shangguan Hong hurriedly said: "Third Master, it may be true, it may not be true, Third Master." Shangguan Hong deliberately emphasized the word "third master".

Kangxi knew that he was speechless and should not call himself me, so he smiled: "I think this girl is not only very filial, but also looks at her weather, which is not comparable to ordinary daughters, so I bought it and brought it back to Lan'er." Shangguan received the order, arranged for Shengying to handle it, helped the deceased, bought this girl, and two days later this girl came to the inn, who knew that it would lead to the joy and tears of the officialdom of the Kangxi Dynasty.