Li Shuyao calculated that Qianlong was going to summon himself and Yu Minzhong to arrange the Spring Festival, and he guarded the military aircraft for several days, but he was not called in alone. Ji Yun and Yu Minzhong, two ministers of the Military Aircraft Department, worked in shifts, and they were all meeting with the officials of the six ministries. He was still muttering in his heart that someone was plotting against him, wanting to spy on Qianlong's intentions, but when he went in with the people from the Ministry of War, he was talking about Zhaohui Hailancha's march and Agui's garrison and defense, a bridge should be built somewhere, a road should be repaired somewhere, ** should be moisture-proof, the camp equipment should be replaced, how to supply fresh water to everything, and sometimes he went in with the household department, and he was talking about disaster relief, river defense, Caoyun, spring cultivation, grain and cattle tools. Qianlong looked very tired, listened with a tired face, or allowed or not to say a word to kneel down, a few times wanted to stay alone after the meeting, because he didn't have important official duties, looking at Qianlong's face, he had to withdraw with the crowd.

On this day, the officials of the Ministry of Industry were summoned, and Ji Yun brought them to the introduction, and Wang Bayan went to the military aircraft to pass the order: "Come in with Li Shiyao." Li Chuanyao was having breakfast in the big room, and when he heard the will, he dropped the bowl and got up and came out. Ji Yun was already waiting outside the door, glanced Li Shiyao up and down, and said with a smile: "It's only been a few days since you entered Beijing, how can you see that you have lost your aura?" It's like a little nervous, or maybe you haven't slept well? Hurry up and get Master Li's morning pearl! Li Shuyao felt this way, and hurriedly took the pearl from the eunuch's hand and hung it on the neck, while walking with Ji Yun, he said with a smile: "There is no boss outside, there is no boss here, you have to worry about everything by yourself...... I forgot to bring the sign when I handed it back, and I lost it to Gao Yuncong to meet him, so I entered the Qianqing Gate. ”

"This is the difference between a Beijing official and a foreign official." Ji Yun nodded and said, "A small Zhang Jing here is the fourth grade, it will be difficult to let it go to the place, if you want to eat tea at the military aircraft, you have to carry your own water, and you have to wash your clothes yourself if they are dirty!" Therefore, there is a saying that 'monks who enter Beijing and officials who leave Beijing'. You forgot to wear Chaozhu, that year, Zhang Zhenren, the head of Baiyun Temple, was also, and he was reminded of a panic on the aisle, afraid that he would lose his honor when he saw the emperor. I said, aren't you able to exorcise ghosts and foxes and dispatch divine generals? Hit a token, and the god of Liuding Liujia will quickly take the pearl! Taishang Laojun is as anxious as a law! He looked witty and talked and compared, and Li Shiyao and the two eunuchs laughed when they heard it. Because he saw that Chen Suowen, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, and several officials from the Baoyuan Bureau, the River and Ditch Department, the ** Bureau, and the Yamen who managed the street were standing outside the weeping flower gate of the Yangxin Palace, he stood and asked, "Isn't this Suowen - didn't you Wang Sikong come?" ”

"Wang Sikong is vacant, Ding is worried." Chen Suowen was inconvenient to attend the court because this was a forbidden place in the inner garden, so he bowed with a few officials and said with a smile, "Now it is Huang Keji's acting Yamen of the Ministry of Science and Engineering. He went to Fengtian to inspect the renovation project of the Taimiao. The inner court asked me to bring it to the emperor. Ji Yun smiled and said solemnly: "Let's see you." Then he led everyone into the mermaid, and was led by Wang Bashame into the Dongnuan Pavilion and knelt.

But at this moment, Qianlong was not in the palace, and Wang Bashi only said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the master will come when he is young" and went out. A few people knelt in front of the Babao glass screen and didn't dare to talk and speak, the four officials were about the first time to this place, and they didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere with a terrible breath, Chen Suowen hung his head and knelt without squinting, Li Shiyao frowned and thought that Qianlong didn't know what to ask, how he should respond, only Ji Yun relaxed, looking at the sunshine in the courtyard through the curtain, and didn't know what he was thinking. There are dozens of eunuchs and palace maids in the hall, each standing according to the direction of the ministry, so quiet that even the chirping of birds in front of the eaves is clear to the ears. For a while, I heard Wang Lian say at the corner of the corridor: "The master is back, tea and towels are waiting!" Then I heard a burst of footsteps coming in from outside, and there was a noise of noise, and it seemed that Qianlong was not alone. Several palace maids also moved, tiptoeing hot water towels and serving ginseng soup. Even Ji Yun, several courtiers were busy and bowed their heads. Listening to the sound of the eunuch lifting the curtain and the sonorous sound of Qianlong's green satin cool soap boots stepping on the gold bricks, Ji Yun gently touched the ground with his head and said, "The ministers are waiting for the long live holy drive!" ”

"Ji Yun is already here?" Qianlong said, "You are from the Ministry of Industry, right?" - No courtesy, let's all come into the warm pavilion. Because of the proximity, Qianlong's voice was almost overhead, and Ji Yun and Chen Suowen hurriedly kowtowed and replied "yes". When he raised his head, Qianlong had already wiped his face, signaled not to participate in the soup, put the towel on a silver plate, and entered the Dongnuan Pavilion. A few people looked at his back and kowtowed to thank him, before he got up and walked inside, seeing Qianlong waving his hand, he carefully sat on the wooden pestle diagonally. Chen Suowen peeked at it, Qianlong was already sitting cross-legged on the kang, and just as his eyes swept over, he lowered his head again. Qianlong smiled and said: "It's sunny and sunny outside, I haven't slept well for a few nights, I went to the Imperial Garden for a walk, watched a few elder brothers practice Buku, and I also followed the evacuation, this time I feel a lot more comfortable - Yanyan, Qi, Xuan, Xuan, Yanxuan, you guys come in." I only heard the voice of Yan Yan outside the window, and then a few elder brothers walked in, slapped a thousand on the kang, and knelt under the fence together. The warm pavilion suddenly seemed a little overcrowded.

People looked at Qianlong, waiting for him to speak, but Qianlong was speechless for a while, and his face became a little unhappy, and he said after a long time: "Why are you so light?" One is your emperor Amma, and the other is a courtier who is doing business outside, and he doesn't have the grace of the royal brother at all! Besides, Ji Yun is also the study master of your Yuqing Palace, why is it so good that he can't even give a salute, and he doesn't have a word of greeting? Well? ”

Although his voice was not harsh, he picked this point, and even Ji Yun was the first time he encountered it, and Li Shiyao and the officials of the Ministry of Industry were even more unheard of, and they all froze all of a sudden. Stunned, he sat up straight, his heart was beating suddenly, and cold sweat broke out in his palms. Several elder brothers turned pale all of a sudden, looking at each other at a loss. Ji Yun also had a layer of fine sweat on his brain, he knew that Qianlong's family law was in the same vein as Kangxi, the ministers were stricter than the foreign ministers, the guards were stricter than the courtiers, and the nephews were stricter than the relatives - the closer they were to themselves, the more harsh they were to write courtesies. It was originally not wrong to ask my brother to be graceful and give a salute to the master, but to be so picky in public, no matter how embarrassing it is to be saluted and saluted? Seeing that the elder brothers tried to get up to thank him for the crime, Ji Yun was in a hurry, hurriedly left his seat and knelt down and said with a smile: "The gentlemen are occasionally careless, because they dare not make a mistake when they see the monarch's father-what kind of place is this solemn size, and when it is the time of the meeting and government affairs, the ministers dare to accept the salute calmly?" Please let the emperor spare the suffering of the minister's cramped anxiety - lords, don't take an example, don't take an example......"

"You can read at the age of three, and you will be taught at the age of six. Heaven and earth are the king's teachers, and the 'teacher' is within the five constants, how can he be negligent and slack? If you don't cultivate your qi and cultivate virtue after reading the book, you will become arrogant and frivolous, which is more disgusting than ignorance-since it is Ji Yun's intercession, then let's not take it as an example--I went back to write an essay today, the title is-"Qianlong thought about it," "Self-denial and revenge are benevolent, and Si is kind"-but listen? Tomorrow, I will bring the window textbook into the imperial view! ”

"Yes!" As if they had been pardoned, they prostrated their heads together and gave thanks, "Remember the Hadith of Emperor Amma! ”

Qianlong then became pale, looked at Chen Suowen and said, "Your name is Chen Suowen?" Chen Suowen was shocked, and when he was stunned and hurriedly left his seat, Qianlong smiled and waved his hand: "Sit, sit and play, you can't do anything if you make such a fuss-you introduced the ministry this summer, right?" Chen Suowen saw that Qianlong was easy-going like a family, so he calmed down a little and bowed down and replied, "Yes." Qianlong thought about it with a biased face, and then asked: "There is a political envoy named Chen Suojian in Fujian, you are a family, right?" ”

"Yes, long live the memory is not bad. Chen Suojian is the younger brother of the minister. ”

"Okay, your father teaches his son well, and the two brothers are the ministers of the court, one is the minister." Qianlong nodded and smiled, "This is rare. Chen Suowen heard the emperor mention his father, and hurriedly left his seat and kowtowed: "This is the emperor's grace like heaven, the ancestors of the courtier's family have accumulated virtue, so they can invite the holy court to rain and dew, and have to serve on the side of Yao Shun - and even more back to the emperor's words, Chen Mozu, the minister's father, has seen his back in the world six months after his brother's birth." Chen and Suo Jian have been disgraced since childhood, thanks to my mother's spinning and sewing and laundry to survive, and the hard festival has enabled my brother to become an adult, and it has been 40 years now. Today's brother Zhu Zichaogui, his mother has not entered the edict, and he has applied for the establishment of a workshop several times, but there is no whereabouts......" said and burst into tears. Qianlong looked at Ji Yun when he listened, and saw Ji Yun shaking his head slightly, because he said: "There are rules and regulations in the Ministry of Etiquette for this matter." went down to write the chapter in detail and handed it to Ji Yun, naturally there was a will. You Huang Shilang Shangshu came back from Fengtian and played again. He glanced at them and said, "Tell me about the messenger." ”

According to the Ministry of Industry, it is the last of the six departments, although they are all "ministries", in terms of authority and responsibility, they are far less complicated and important than the ministries of ceremonies, punishments, and households. It was probably because of the cold yamen, the Tang Dynasty simply called Dongguan, Shangshu was called Dongguan Shangshu, and Shilang was called Dongguan Shilang. In the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the power of the Ministry of Industry was much greater, and it was in charge of river engineering, water conservancy, sea ponds, river defense, ditches, shipbuilding, minerals, pottery, tuntian, camping, repair, charcoal, bridges, ferries, fishing auxiliaries, water transportation, boats, ordnance workshops, and money-making workshops...... It is as big as the people's livelihood and the national context, and as small as trivial, but if you touch the word "work", you will be connected with the Ministry of Industry. The remaining five departments are short of officials, monks, scholars, and waiters, and most of them have to be sharpened for a few years in this mint oil yamen, and they can understand everything and be perfunctory before they are promoted. As far as its own yamen is concerned, it really has neither power nor money, and there is no wooden clock to hit, and it is inseparable from the Leng Cao Department, which has no room for great development. Therefore, Chen Suowen only picked up a few details about the river engineering and Caoyun, Tuntian water conservancy, and ** factory that Qianlong cared about, and asked the management street yamen to say that it was necessary to ask for two pieces of silver to expand the demolition of the Old Summer Palace.

Li Shiyao listened and calculated in his heart, these labor expenses are too huge! The demolition of the dwellings alone cost four million silver, accounting for more than the sum of the rest, in the end, it is the style of the heavenly capital, which should be placed in the province, I really don't even dare to think about it...... Ji Yun added and subtracted in his heart to calculate the wins and losses, and the household expenditure of the silver corroborated each other, sometimes nodding, sometimes surprised. After about a meal, after several officials finished speaking, Chen Suowen continued: "The red orchard is about one hundred and two miles to the west, and it was originally a flying outer official road. There was originally a Xuannu temple there, since the Kangxi Dynasty puppet Zhu three princes case has collapsed, in recent years, the incense has suddenly flourished again, good men and women have thousands of people into the incense every day. This is the west gate of the Old Summer Palace, the Ministry of Industry went to demolish it, and tens of thousands of pilgrims knelt down to block it. The families of the officials of the Shuncheon Province also have believers. Wang Huayu, the former secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was worried that the forced demolition would provoke an incident, and said that he would keep it for the time being and implement it after the request. Now Wang Hua is worried about the vacancy, Huang Shilang went to Mukden on a business trip, please long live the will to cut it. ”

"Hmm—Xuannu Temple?" Qianlong listened to the official's story, while holding a pen on the paper to record something, when he heard this, he stopped, and asked Ji Yundao, "Is the Xuannu Temple a formal or obscene ceremony!" Ji Yun hurriedly said: "Back to long live, the Xuannu is an ancient goddess, also known as the Nine Heavens Xuannu, commonly known as the 'Nine Heavens Niangniang'." The Yellow Emperor fought against the deer, and the Xuannu descended to help the battle, and made eighty cow drums, and then broke the chiyou. Contained in the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon", it is a formal ritual. However, since it has collapsed and has been revived, it is difficult to say that there is no other reason for it. Fang Jinjingshi Zhili is prevalent in the Tianli cult, and often uses temples to borrow divine advice to create chaos, called sacrificing to the gods, but in fact, false Shinto spreads cults to sell their own personal interests, and we must not ignore it. Qianlong put down his pen and said in contemplation: "When I was young, I heard the Holy Ancestor say that the nest of Yang Qilong, the third prince of pseudo-Zhu, was in the red orchard, and I also heard Mr. Wu Sidao talk about Zhou Pei's rebellion in Wu Yingxiong. You played this well - Li Shiyao. ”

"The minister is here!"

"Don't do this with the heavens. You have acted as the commander of the infantry army, and this is your due ministry as the commander of the nine gates. ”

"Yes! I'll check it out today! ”

"Check out the recital." Qianlong said, "If it is really to worship the righteous gods, do not disturb it, and the Ministry of Rites will send people to worship, and issue an edict to choose a new site to move the temple - in fact, it is not bad to have a temple gate outside the garden." If it is a cult that uses the temple to incite the foolish people and gather a crowd to plot something, then it will not only demolish the temple, but also arrest and prosecute the traitors in order to suppress the public. ”

"Yes! After the minister found out, he immediately issued a request! ”

Qianlong ate tea with his head and returned to this topic: "One is to make **, which is supervised by the Ministry of War, used for mining, and used for muskets and artillery by the military of the West Road Military and Fujian Navy Divisions, and the wax seal should be thickened, which should be different from the use of firecrackers made by the people." Anhui and Yunnan Copper Administration Department has a title book to send to you, where the rainy season is damp, a reservoir is broken, and the frying power is weak after turning over and drying. One is that the Baoyuan Bureau makes money, and it is supervised and managed by the Ministry of Households. Guangzhou sent money samples, and the money that flowed to the market there was privately minted, thin and light, what was going on? The household department should be investigated, and the Ministry of Industry should also be investigated. Li Shiyao wrote a letter to Sun Shiyi and asked him to find out the truth and return the performance. Li Shiyao hurriedly agreed: "Yes!" Chen Suowen said: "Nowadays, the money is too good. The money made of copper six lead and four is shiny and golden, and there are many people who collect Qianlong money and melt it and recast bronze ware. Yongzhengye's money is copper four lead six, and the color of calligraphy and painting is poor, but it eliminates this drawback. There are no copper mines in Japan, and a lot of them flow out of the sea, all of which are smuggled from Fuzhou to Taiwan and then transferred to Japan. More copper was used to build the Old Summer Palace - copper production in copper mines tripled, but it was still insufficient. In the humble opinion of the ministers, it is better to make money and still use the legacy of the first emperor, copper four lead six, the fineness is poor, and the calligraphy and painting are also slightly unclear, but it is not cost-effective to use this money to cast privately. Japan smuggled them back, and they still brought back the goods they came to China to buy. It seems that this is more convenient, Fu Wei Shengju. ”

This is the most important government affairs for people's livelihood, and Chen Suowen's suggestion can be said to be the first to be true. The five elder brothers kneeling next to him, Yishen County Wang Haoxuan often went to the Siku Quanshu compilation room to borrow books, and he was familiar with Ji Yun, and the two of them also talked about the disadvantages of the money law, but they didn't see it so thoroughly. Hearing this, he couldn't help but peek at his father's face, and then glanced at a few courtiers, just as Ji Yun's eyes touched, and he was busy and flashed away. Ji Yun also heard someone making up his own gossip in front of Qianlong, so he didn't dare to speak rashly, and hoped that Hao Xuan would echo it, but Hao Xuan and the others had already given a clear order, listened to politics and studied, and were not allowed to talk about it in vain, so they had to bow their heads and keep silent.

"Don't change the law easily." Qianlong was silent, lowered his eyelids and said. In an instant, people felt that the energetic and radiant spirit of his usual political discussions had disappeared, and he looked a little old, and he was so tired that he spoke with a muffled voice, as if he was sighing slowly: "The first emperor had the difficulties of the first emperor and the situation at that time." In comparison, it is still the Holy Ancestor's money method that is the way to deal with things. Qianlong money has been used for nearly 40 years, and now in order to save copper, suddenly changed the copper four lead six, the color is poor, the calligraphy and painting are not good, the circulation of the people, the common people are not used to it, and it is easy to have doubts. That is, what you said is also the truth, once foreign countries use Qianlong money, there is also a meaning of admiration for Xianghua in it. Moreover, the people of Japan, Ryukyu, Java, and Siamese have a lot of smuggling copper, and a Qianlong son can exchange it for 30 pieces of national money, who is willing to melt down and make utensils? Second, the coppersmith turned the money casting, after all, it was privately cast, and it was necessary to make a decision if he took it. Qian Du was killed, although he had a bad character, it was still good to rectify Qian Zheng, and the cost of this was limited. Now the most copper is used in the Old Summer Palace, which is a national event that is in and out. When the Old Summer Palace is completed, this expense will be gone. Therefore, the lack of copper is temporary, as long as the villains on the copper mine are prevented from gathering in an irregular manner, more workers can be added, and more excavation is enough. He let out a long sigh, and said in an aggravated tone: "Ji Yun has a lot of money there, and there are all over the ages. You can take a look. However, where the prosperity of governance, the peaceful situation, and the prosperity of the country are prosperous, the quality of the money is good, and the weight is heavy. When the people's livelihood withers and the world is pouring smoke, the money will be made light and thin - there is a big topic of the rise and fall of chaos here, not the personnel of saving copper and spending copper. ”

More than a dozen elder brother ministers in the warm pavilion originally felt that Chen Suowen's suggestion was reasonable, well-founded, and analyzed in detail. When I first heard Qianlong's refutation, everyone had a "only" face, but they didn't admire it very much. Later, the deeper he spoke, the more he saw Qianlong's lofty and far-sighted thinking. Chen Suowen couldn't sit still, and kowtowed to the ground and said: "The ministers are not pure academically, listening to the emperor's teachings is like lifting the dark clouds and seeing the sun and the moon, I am full of admiration!" Then Li Shiyao, Ji Yun and the ministers of the Ministry of Industry also did not praise "the sage is lofty", "the temple is profound", "the subtle knowledge", and "the insight into the present and the ancient" ...... It is said that Qianlong Yaoshun is reborn and reborn.

"Good! Go and do your errands. The mission of the Ministry of Works is trivial, and everything is related to the lives of the people. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has become more and more valued by the imperial court, and it must not be neglected. Chen Suowen went down to draw up a detailed list of the pros and cons of river work and presented it to the imperial review. "Qianlong was praised by everyone with a smile on his face, and his eyes were shining, and he waved his hand and ordered everyone to kneel in peace, and ordered," Ji Yun, Li Shiyao and Yan Yan stayed to continue the discussion. ”

So everyone knelt down and came out, and after a slow and mixed footsteps, the temple was quiet. The three of them stared at Qianlong with six eyes, but they saw Qianlong getting up and getting off the kang with a smile, and said: "The weather outside is so good, it's too sullen to sit in the palace, how about going to the imperial garden with me?" ”

This is naturally a desperate thing, Ji Yun laughed happily, took out the cigarette pot from the page of his boots, and said: "Although the emperor ate cigarettes at the imperial meeting, after all, I am afraid that I will smoke you." is so casual, the emperor also took a walk, and the minister's smoking addiction has also passed-the emperor's body is really meticulous! Li Shiyao pretended to be reserved outside, and he was thinking about it tightly, should he take the opportunity to say that there were his own rumors outside? said with a smile: "The slave was still a Zhongjin Shi who entered the Imperial Garden once that year, and now this blessing is an outlier, and the slave is really overjoyed!" Yan Yan pressed her happiness, but her face was full of respect, and said: "After all, it's colder outside, and the snow on the wall hasn't melted - Huang Ama should dress warmer." Then he said to the king, "Take the emperor's ama with you." ”

The imperial garden is not far from the palace of nourishing the heart, the four of the monarchs and ministers father and son go north along the Yongxiang, pass the Chuxiu Palace to the east, and arrive at the north opposite the Kunning Gate. Because the sun is not yet noon, the high wall of Yongxiang shades the sun, and it is still a little cool to walk in the shade. But seeing the clear blue and cloudless sky, the southeast round of golden crows is bright and bright, generously sprinkling the sunshine, and the golden tiles and red walls in the palace are blended and bathed in a brilliant and dazzling ray. In the garden, cypress, pine, bamboo, evergreen, honeysuckle, ligustrum...... Many evergreen trees have green and verdant old leaves, and countless deciduous trees, although there are no leaves to decorate, but they are either like dragons and dragons, or like cockroaches. The branches and branches are staggered, the old roots are intertwined, compared to the time when the leaves are luxuriant, there is another strong and majestic meaning, Qianlong sighed while walking, it seems to be writing poems in the abdomen, and as if thinking about something, several people also tend to follow, while watching the scenery, and the heart is busy speculating about what Qianlong said. Qianlong kept smiling and silent, walking around the Imperial Pavilion, and suddenly turned his face and asked Ji Yun: "Fang Cai meeting, you wanted to laugh for a while, what is the reason?" ”

"Ah-yes......" Ji Yun was cold and asked this with his mouth, and said with a smile, "The minister is thinking, the emperor has been in power for forty years, and the spring and autumn period has been under great rule in the world. ”

Qianlong couldn't help but smile and said, "If you have this idea at the moment, I can trust it." I laughed at the meeting just now, not for this. Ji Yun was happy to see Qianlong, and said with a smile: "The minister's mind cannot escape the holy sword." It's because the name of the Ministry of Industry is interesting, and I think of a joke I told to Ah Gui, and I can't help but laugh a little in my stomach. Qianlong said with a smile: "A few years of redundancy and busyness, I don't hear Ji Xiaolan laughing." You are an open-minded and witty person by nature, and you grind as fast as Fu Heng, what's so good about being stuffy? If there is a joke, say it, and make me have fun. ”

"The emperor must still remember," Ji Yun said, "Huang Shangshu has a clip excerpt after being transferred to Beijing four years ago, please transfer Honglu Temple or Dali Temple to Ren Qinger." Because his real name is 'Shilang' and his surname is Huang, in the same year, they gave him the nickname 'Weasel', and he happened to be a waiter in the Ministry of Industry, and his official name was still called Weasel - he actually sat down on this name! So when I heard that he had changed office, I wanted to laugh: the weasel went up the tree (Shangshu)! ”

Everyone laughed. Qianlong remembered that Huang Shilang had indeed complained to himself face-to-face, and the grievances and helplessness on his face that seemed to have taken bitter medicine were still in his eyes, and when he heard "weasel on the tree", he looked at the shadow of the tree in the sky with one hand, and smiled back and forth: "Say one more, one more ......"

"The next one is the Chen brothers." Ji Yun said seriously, "It was the year they paid tribute, and I hadn't entered the military yet. Eating wine at Fu Liuye's house, Naqin, Ah Gui, Duncheng, and Dunmin are all there. I went late, and listened to their jokes outside the door, and when I came to the scene, the two brothers were drunk, and insisted that everyone listen to them memorize the articles. The emperor remembered that Duncheng, who liked to laugh the most, was sarcastic next to him, saying that one was an article about dogs eating shit, and the other was an article about dogs farting. ”

Speaking of this, everyone laughed when they thought about the lively situation at that time, and Ji Yun continued: "...... Both of them were half annoyed, making a lot of noise, and they didn't give up. As soon as I entered, I pulled the commentary, and I had to recite it to me again. Your Majesty, you know how much you suffer from listening to this kind of article - I heard that someone punished me for being late for drinking, so I told a joke and scolded the two of them, which made everyone laugh. "Lick your lips. Everyone couldn't help but be surprised when they heard that they were in high spirits, and Li Shiyao said: "Why, vigorously, suddenly the cannon twist is wet?" Qianlong also asked, "What joke?" ”

"I said that I was sleeping at home, and I dreamed of King Xuansheng[1]

"King Xuan Sheng said that I have seen all your articles, even your protégé in the same year, those high-headed sermons written by him are extremely stinking, disloyal and forgiving, have a critical heart, empty words and rational life, and disregard the national economy and people's livelihood, one is a shit-eating article, and the other is a fart article!" I said, 'The minister is foolish, and he really does not understand the meaning of the proclamation of the holy king.' King Xuan said, 'Have you never seen a dog eat shit and a dog fart?' I hurriedly returned the salute and apologized, saying: 'Back to the prince, the dog eating shit is what the minister has seen (Chen Suojian), and the dog farting is what the minister has heard (Chen Suowen)!" ’”

Everyone was stunned and immediately burst out laughing. Qianlong was stretching out his arms, and suddenly realized that he couldn't bear to laugh, and almost lost his breath, bent over and coughed and laughed. Yan Yan hurriedly came over and gave him a slap on the back with a smile. The eunuchs who followed also laughed and stumbled, Li Shiyao held his belly with one hand and pointed at Ji Yun with the other, trembling with laughter, and stammered: "Mouth is evil...... Mouth ...... I am not afraid that the master will flash his body with a smile...... "Ji Yun was busy coming over to ask for water for Qianlong, twisted the towel and handed it over, and said: "The emperor is not easy to be idle, the minister wants to make you happy, but you will be presumptuous unconsciously......"

"It's fine." Qianlong laughed for a while, felt relieved, and said, "Ji Yun is witty, a bit like Liu Molin in the hands of the first emperor." When he was alive, I was in the domain, and I was also very important......" He pondered, and he had become a little emotional: "It's nearly half a hundred years in a flash...... Liu Molin was killed by Nian Qianyao's poisonous hands. Now I'm afraid that the tomb tree is old and the tree has arched...... "Li Shiyao knows a little bit about this matter, and said busily: "The slave went to Xi'an to send Yin Jishan a military salary, and visited the city where this predecessor and sage lived. The cemetery is well preserved, and Su Shunqing is also buried there. The slave also planted two acacia trees in front of the tomb. They know that the emperor is still so careful about remembering fifty years later, and he will be grateful for the landless, and he will seek retribution for his life. ”

Su Shunqing, Ji Yun is very familiar, only that she is a famous prostitute in the Yong Dynasty of Jingshi, and she died a fierce death, but she unexpectedly had this lingering and sad relationship with Liu Molin. Seeing that Qianlong was sentimental, he hurriedly persuaded: "What Li Gaotao said is true." The Three Realms know that there is this thought on the Minister's Reflection, not only Liu, but also the Su family is extremely favored and glorious! Seeing a smile on Qianlong's face, he was busy and funny: "Last time, a few of them saved Su Shunqing, wrote poems and wrote poems, and the sons and daughters were always charming and affectionate, and the ministers suddenly had an epigram - this is a solid female for a while, and now it is safe!" He had an idea, and recited such an "aphorism" in a loud voice, which caused everyone to laugh again. Qianlong Yin said: "I have already read your "Luanyang Continuation". Some people say that the article denigrates Song Confucianism and deviance. I see that there are those who slander Song Confucianism, but there are none. Its purpose is to persuade the good and punish the evil! Cheng Zhu's set is nothing to discuss? The name is 'Preserve Heavenly Principles, Destroy People's Desires', but it is actually a self-flaunting portal! The blame for people is endless, and the alarmist talk is shocking, but in fact, Zhu Xi himself is not a barefoot perfect person. Like Su Shunqing, although her work is indecent, she will be martyred by medicine when she is trampled, and she is not a martyr? If you want to be a Taoist, I don't know what to arrange her! After all, God knows how dirty he is in his own heart! He suddenly remembered Chen Suowen's mother's matter, and asked with a new face: "Chen Suowen's request for his mother's life, it seems that you have something to say?" ”

"Back to the emperor." Ji Yun also took away his smile and replied with a bow, "Suo Wen's mother, Chen An's cousin, reported to the Ministry of Rites twenty years ago. At that time, You Mingtang of the Ministry of Rites sent people to investigate, and someone in the local area testified that An was robbed and held hostage by pirates for four days when he was not married, and the ransom was returned. This matter had to be put aside. Later, Chen sent certificates from Suowen's grandmother, aunt and neighbor Wang Mama, pointing out that Chen was indeed a virgin when he passed through the door. After reading it, the minister was greatly surprised, first, more than 40 years later, there was a virgin testimony in the family when she was married, which was unheard of, and second, her mother-in-law, husband and sister and neighbors at that time, how could she know that she was a virgin? And why is there such a test? When things went wrong, the Ministry of Rites laughed at them, and then put them down again. Qianlong couldn't help laughing: "His mother married in and was a virgin? Or is it a mother-in-law and sister-in-law certificate? "Yes." Ji Yun said: "The minister had doubts in his heart, that is, he was re-examined by the Ministry of Rites, and learned that it was indeed true-it was the An family who was robbed and ransomed, and the Chen family immediately returned the marriage, and none of the relatives and friends in the neighborhood believed that she had not been abused. The two in-laws turned against each other for this, and they couldn't make a decision when they sued the Zhangzhou government. Chen An's family was in a hurry, and he broke into Chen's house in plain clothes and said, "The Chen family doesn't want me because they are afraid that I have broken my body." Outside, I am now this reputation again, and I have to go through the government to move the government, and I am desperate. The woman's innocence is clear as soon as she is verified, and instead of being embarrassed outside, it is better to break the innocence between the mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and ask the neighbor Wang's mother to testify. After speaking, he went straight into the inner room and undressed and undressed his pants to verify his innocence...... A vigorous and lively rumor was suddenly extinguished. ”

Originally, it was all a joke, Ji Yun painted the shapes and colors, and said it so thrillingly that even Qianlong was stunned, and only after a while did he ask: "That is the case, Chen An's was originally innocent, and he became famous for decades, why can't he make a statement?" Ji Yun sighed: "She's too spicy...... The ministry discussed several times, and several old gentlemen said that this matter was unbelievable, even if it was true, it was chastity and no quietness, and it was not a woman's behavior. After hearing about the re-investigation, she came back and said that her mother had been going in and out of rich households to wash and sew for people, and she was a famous local 'bigfoot woman'. From time to time, he also worked in brothels...... In this way, it is even more difficult to have a performance. I discussed this matter with Yu Minzhong. He said that the matter of 'famous teaching' should be stricter than the slightest flaw. set up a workshop to find out that there was a mistake, and it swept the face of the Chen family. Chen thought that this was for the good of the Sowen brothers anyway. How many women in the deep mountains and forests in the poor countryside have died without flaws, who can think of building a workshop for them? The bitter festival was originally a keep, so why bother to ask for that false name? I also persuaded Suo Wen in private, who thought that he would still make it clear in person. ”

"That's what the saying goes—what temple doesn't have a ghost?" Qianlong sighed, turned his face to Yan Yan and said, "This is all a trivial matter, there is a word 'Dao' in it, do you understand?" Yan Yan replied respectfully, "Yes." According to his son, Chen An's two entanglements have their own reasons and feelings. The Chen family took risks when life and death were at stake, and the Ministry of Rites was also reasonable, Ji Yun and Yu Minzhong weighed the pros and cons, and they also had a last resort. According to the principles of heaven and human feelings, it is the Tao - the son's insight is dull, please ask the emperor Ama to teach. Qianlong asked, "Is there no right and wrong?" "Back to the emperor." Yan Yan replied calmly, "Major national affairs must distinguish between right and wrong, and small family affairs should be hazy." It is necessary to take the way of loyalty and forgiveness, not to be critically measured, or to be close to the mean. It is difficult to be fair if there is paranoia. "Say that, lower your eyebrows and bow your head to listen to the training.

Qianlong pondered. said: "It's okay, but it's not a great insight." You are fifteen years old this year, and it is the day of your studies. I heard that school is just a closed-door study, I still take your article, however, there is a saying among the people that the eldest brother is like a father, and Du Men does not interact with his brothers, so he has a paranoid view. I brought you out, not because you have any shocking benefits-I have already drawn up Li Shiyao's main exam, and he will give you thirty articles for you to write, and you will go to the exam in the next year. He turned his face to look at the eunuch who was entourage, "If any of you have lived enough, just say it outside!" ”

The prince entered the spring test as a bus lifter! Everyone was stunned, Ji Yun was dumbfounded, Li Shiyao opened his mouth like a stupid fool, and an old and cautious person like Yan Yan also looked dumbfounded, all staring blankly at this supreme, not knowing what kind of medicine was in his gourd.

"I'm not curious." Qianlong said, "Don't talk about the Holy Ancestor, the Ancestor of the World and I, they are all errands, and after many great dangers and hardships, I have experienced the hardships and hardships of the world - you say, just listening to the master's lectures in Yuqing Palace and reading a few lines of sage books, can I create today's extremely prosperous world by hand?" He stared at the palace wall covered with algae-like wisteria, as if he was very thoughtful, and his squinted eyes were faintly shining: "...... Ying Xuan is still too young, and Ying Xuan and Ying Xuan will walk as counselors of the military aircraft from tomorrow to study government affairs. Yesterday, she was received by Qi Qi and went to Qingjiang in the south of the Yangtze River to inspect river affairs. I'm as old as them, and I've been out on an errand long ago. I am in the high weir, thunder and lightning are flashing in the sky, the river is flooding, and the torrential rain is pouring like a ...... Commanding tens of thousands of river workers to block and break the embankment - like you, you will be paralyzed when you see that battle! In Gaoyou, he ordered the palace guards to behead three mobs who instigated trouble - like you, give you a chicken that you don't know how to kill, your hands are shaking, and you have to recite the "Death Mantra" for it! - What do I want those shitty shitty muddy soft eggs to do?! He suddenly shouted, "Practice!" - Do you understand?! ”

Yan Yan was so frightened that he trembled all over, his face was already pale, and he wanted to kneel and look at his father's face, but he didn't dare. But the emperor could not fail to reply to his question, because he said in a trembling voice: "My son has written it down." The son's next examination room is also an experience, he can know the ups and downs of scholars, they are from ****, and he can also understand the outside world from their mouths. Huang Ama, my son will live up to your hard work and high hopes, and be a virtuous king who is guarded and promising......" Qianlong turned his gaze to Li Shiyao and said: "Originally, he didn't enter the examination room for the sake of his reputation. You are the main examiner, and he has no identity as a lifter, and he doesn't want the Ministry of Rites to know, for fear that there will be a misunderstanding in the field, but the discussion is boiling. You arrange, if his ink scroll can pass the level of Fang Shi, you will take him as a tribute, and you don't have to take care of his face and deliberately take it. After trying, he will go to Shandong for disaster relief, and don't try again. Buddies don't do art articles on weekdays, so ask you to give him a test and practice your hands, so that you won't make a fool of yourself. ”

"Now the capital is full of people from all over the world who come to try." Only then did Li Shiyao understand where Qianlong's "holy will" was, his suspicions dissipated, he was apprehensive, and said with a smile, "The fifteenth master wants to have experience, the meaning of the slave, and the article to do, and he might as well have some literary contacts with these people, and he will be able to write poems or something." I stayed in the slave's house at night, and when I came to the exam, I entered the field with the slave's clerks, and the rest of the things were easy to do. is so inconspicuous and safe, but I have been wronged. I don't know what the prince thinks? Yan Yan stayed in the palace all day long, not taking a single step and not saying a word, like other elder brothers, the outside is honorable and glamorous, in fact, it is like being in prison, I wish Li Shiyao said this, he was already happy to hear it, and just about to agree, Qianlong waved his hand and said: "No matter how you arrange, you will not be wronged!" - Go down and consult for yourselves. Go ahead! ”

Yan Yan retreated with Li Shiyao. Qianlong turned around and instructed Wang Basha: "You retreat outside the garden." With that, he walked towards the Imperial Pavilion. Ji Yun was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a thought came to him, the emperor has something important to say to himself! At this time, there was no way to speculate, so he held his breath and steadied himself and followed quickly. Walking on the side of Qianlong, he stared at him from time to time.

Qianlong seemed to be a little careless, slowly moving his steps to wander among the swastika flower stands made of 10,000-year-old blue flower pots, and finally stood still in front of the stone steps of the Imperial Pavilion, pursing his lips and saying nothing. Here is a belt of flower houses, because the weather is sunny and warm, the grass on the roof is rolled up, a row of warm walls are densely packed with all kinds of bonsai flowers, spider plant, begonia, western lotus, impatiens, cloud bamboo, Mexican cactus, lotus arrow, moon season, rose, butterfly flower, all kinds of herbs are planted in the garden, in the sun, the green and lush lush, delicate and unstoppable. There are also bush plums, pavilion plums, or arrow branches, or oak trees are staggered, new buds are like beans, and pink, white, and yellow buds are bright and colorful...... They are all sprinkled with water, and the sunlight is like a layer of transparent amber, which looks strangely spiritual. Ji Yun was dizzying, and Qianlong asked with a smile on the side: "Ji Yun, how many years have you been in the military department?" ”

"Ah, go back to the emperor." Ji Yun hurriedly said, "Together with the military machine, I have been learning to walk for twenty-five years. ”

"Twenty-five years is a lifetime of time." Qianlong pinched a piece of jointgrass, twisted it on his fingers, and asked, "How old are you this year?" ”

"Fifty and six of the minister's teeth this year."

"Hmm. It looks like you're in good shape—I know, you don't eat much grain, so you still eat gizzards? ”

Ji Yun smiled with a smile on his face, and replied with strength in his heart: "Those who eat grain are born, how dare the minister not eat grain?" In "Zuo Biography", it is said that 'carnivores despise and fail to plan far' - so it is accompanied by eating. When he first entered the eunuch journey, he was not enough to eat meat, and Empress Xiaoxian authorized her ministers to eat gizzard meat with the guards. The rest of the ministers of military aircraft did not honor this grace, and after a long time, it was not easy to eat too much. Now he only eats on the first and fifteenth days of the new year to show his respect and sincerity, and on duty on the rest of the days, he eats in the big room of the military aircraft department. ”

Qianlong nodded with a smile and said, "It's good if you don't forget your roots." It's interesting to say 'it's not good to eat too much' - Ah Gui is the same age as you, right? Ji Yun said: "Gui is one year younger than Chen. Qianlong strolled, stroked the dahlia, touched the dragon's beard grass, and went to the rose bush to pull the branch and sniff the bud, straightened up and stepped on an empty field, touched the stone bench, felt that it was not cold, sat down in the sun, and asked: "What is this place?" Ji Yun didn't know the purpose of his question, so he said, "It's the Imperial Garden." Qianlong laughed, "You and I have a vague fight—I ask this empty field what this platform is for." ”

"Your Majesty, this is the moon platform!" Ji Yun added a careful smile and said, "Every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the inner garden has to meet here to worship the moon, and the ministers are often honored to ......" Qianlong stared at the half-moon-shaped stone platform, because the years are long, the stone table and stone bench on the platform, the stone table used for moon worship, the stone base along the ground are mottled with dark red moss, and there are unknown dead vines, silently along the wall base, as if to tell people something. After a long time, he sighed and said, "There has been a major incident in this place, and few people outside know about it. In the forty-sixth year of Kangxi, the holy grandfather feasted at the house to worship the moon, the eighth uncle, the ninth uncle, the tenth uncle, and the fourteenth uncle were one group, and the second uncle, third uncle, and thirteenth uncle were another group, and they were in the nest here, and they fought hard...... "With an indescribable smile on his face, he said slowly: "I am annoyed by telling jokes, my body is gone, and my face is gone, and the grace and elegance of the noble man are gone, some beat, some scold, some noisy and some scream, the tenth uncle beat his head and bled out, and the thirteenth uncle wanted to commit suicide on the spot...... It's been more than 60 years, and it's been today. Every time I come here, I can't help but think of this past......"

Ji Yun's heart sank suddenly: the nine elder brothers of the Xi Dynasty turned against each other for revenge, and it took decades for the fish and dragon to overturn the thunder masterpiece before it was calmed down, and he knew it well since he was a child when he read Yongzheng's "The Mystery of Dayi Jue". But I didn't know that there was such a vicious battle behind the scenes! But he doesn't know why Qianlong mentioned this past at the moment - this is a national misfortune and a family ugly, how can he reply?

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King Xuansheng is Confucius.