Cao Xibao, Hui Tongji, Wu Xingqin, Fang Lingcheng, and Ma Xiangzu visited Xishan today to enjoy poetry and wine, and at this moment they were still in the mood, and they completely ignored what they said that "Li Zhitai" was right in front of them. When I heard that the examiner had test questions, I was tired, tired, and hungry. Fang Lingcheng saw the guy serving food, stretched his neck and looked at it and said, "Isn't it fried noodles?" Send it to the people in the other room first, and we'll eat the last pot! He said to everyone again: "I guess, it must be Ji Dayan's pot point exam!" He is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the world's famous master of Hengwen, the president of the "Siku Quanshu", and now he is being favored by the Holy Family, who should he not be the main exam? His gaze was aggressive, "Ji Xiaolan is different from Ah Gui, this is a scholar who knows the world." It's like a boy making eight comparisons to the teacher, you just have to write these great principles of nature and human nature to show him, and he will be impatient after reading a few lines, brush your papers, and appear with a black face! The reason should be mellow, the taste should be old and spicy, and the six classics should be quoted well, neither can be petty, nor dare to show off at will. This can be in line with his old man's wishes! ”

"You only know one thing and you don't know the other!" The tall Wu Xingqin sat on the chair with Erlang's legs, played with his pigtails with one hand and said, "-Don't forget that he is a great talent!" You just have to make some precipitous arguments and say that Shiyun is indiscriminate, how to please him? It is also necessary to pay attention to literary style, the rhythm is more sonorous, the avenue is elegant and complementary, and the yin and yang are both fire and water, which must have entered his eyes! He paused, "Ah Gui Ye pays attention to the atmosphere, and the Han and Tang Dynasty articles are heroic, and he is happy when he sees it; If you point to Liu Yong, the pen will go down, and the layers of reasoning, such as wadding, such as peeling bananas, such as drawing, pay attention to rigorous and meticulous; Or maybe he ordered Li Zhengtai - he is a rough talent, he has been running errands in the outside army, and he has never presided over the examination, but in this way, maybe because he has no view of the door, it is difficult for Xiucai to guess the question blindly - if he really clicks on him, it will be difficult to figure out. ”

Li Shiyao was listening attentively, and suddenly it was his turn, and he couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that the word "rough Xiucai" was not insulting to himself, and "no gateway view" was still a good word, so he stabilized his heart a little, and sat down with a pot to add tea to himself obediently. But it was the fat man named Hui Tongji who interjected, he leaned back on the back of the chair, stretched out his arm and pressed the lid of the tea bowl, with a determined look, and said: "Now General Zhaohui is sending troops to Xinjiang, and Gui Zhongtang is in charge of the military department, and he can't preside over the Spring Festival by no means." The White Lotus Sect of the Heavenly Council made trouble in a few places, and Lord Liu Shi'an couldn't point out this errand. Have you read the preface written by Sheng Shiyan to Ji Zhongtang's "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang"? He glanced at them with a little pride, cleared his throat and recited:

The text carries the Tao, and the Confucians are all speechless. Husband, how can it be that the secret is unfathomable, such as the heart seal of Buddhism, the mantra of Taoism? The reason why everything should be done is the right way. Therefore, the Tao is in heaven and earth, like water pouring out of the earth, and all are round; Like the moon reflecting the water, it can be seen everywhere. As big as governing the country and leveling the world, as small as every thing, every thing, every action, every word, the Tao is everywhere. Text, one end of its way. The great one of the text is the Six Classics, which is sent by the solid road, and is reduced to the history of the dynasties, and is the book of the sons, and the collection of the hundred clans, which is one end of the text, and its words are full of clear ......

Before he could finish memorizing it, Fang Lingcheng interrupted with a smile: "According to Brother Hui Xian, if Ji Dajunji is the main exam, we must first memorize all the four books of the subset of scriptures and history before we can be perfunctory?" What are you talking about? If you understand, say something you can understand! ”

"Brother only understood in one sentence. Ji Zhongtang is not easy to wait. Hui Tongji smiled suddenly, "Li Gaotao (Shiyao character) is so confused!" ”

Li Shiyao swallowed a sip of tea, and scolded with a smile in his heart: "Your mother's fat pig guy, Lao Tzu is 'so foolish' - wait and see!" When he turned his face to look at it, it was the reunion-faced person named Ma Xiangzu who sneered at each other: "Li Shiyao is so foolish? Don't look at him to treat the head of the person with a mouthful of 'fuck fart, fuck your mother', it seems to be a rough man, and he is also bold in rewarding people, but in fact, his heart is the most calculating person. This is all a problem brought out by leading soldiers - he went to Jiangxi to inspect the school and search for talents. So where is the entrainment? It was the government that caught Jiang Yang's thieves and searched for stolen goods! Speaking out and insulting Sven was embarrassing, even the patches of his robe were torn apart, and Xiucai was asked to bend down and break his ass to check-" At this point, everyone was already laughing, Li Shiyao did have this matter, and Fu Heng also wrote a letter to scold him for being "a scoundrel." Those who harm others' bodies and hurt their own virtues will be scorned by Shilin." I really bumped into Jing'er today, and I felt my face warm up as soon as I baked my heart. Where did Ma Xiangzu pay attention to the thoughts of the old man sitting in the corner, and just said to himself: "This group of Xiucai is really gnashing their teeth, and they are helpless, there was a poem about him at that time." He cleared his throat and groaned in a strange voice:

The Heavenly Sect of Heaven has affected the flying disaster, and Si Kou has inspected it this year.

The students in the annual examination pretended to be sick, and the villagers were afraid of leaving talents.

The old boy's arms were all searched, and the new entrants opened their palms.

Even if the punishment is worthy of porridge teaching, you must know that peach and plum must be cultivated!

In the midst of everyone's laughter, Li Shiyao took a sip of tea with a wooden face, but he didn't taste it at all, put down the teacup and got up and went back to the east courtyard.

"Li Ye Li Ye ......" The boss has been standing next to him and is worried, seeing him walking away with a calm face, he chased a few steps out, walked with him, and said with a slow smile: "Don't worry about their descendants...... How many years has the villain opened the store, this kind of thing has been seen a lot. Hey...... If the examiner has no intention of figuring out the test questions, this ear goes in and the ear comes out! That year, Huguang Li Ju came to Futai too, and several people commented that he was a 'hypocrite and a real villain' - what a cruel thing that was! Zhenjiao couldn't swallow it, and Li Futai only smiled and let go of his hand. Hey...... Don't look at their nonsense at this time, when they really went out of the dragon gate to watch the dragon and tiger list worship master, they still turned around you like a dog with their tails around......" Li Shiyao smiled and said: "My measurement is not necessarily smaller than Li Futai, don't care!" Copy their names to my henchmen, and maybe I'll do some of them! I went back to rest, and He Shen came to me at any time. Boss Cai looked at his face, it really didn't seem to be angry, and he boasted a few words, "The real prime minister measures the princely style", tiptoed back to the front store, arched his hand and smiled at a few filial piety indemnities: "The master went out for a day, although he took a sedan chair to go back and forth, and he could straighten people's legs when he walked around the mountain." People who are tired, the weather is cold, eat a bowl of fried noodles, and then drink a bowl of sheep blood soup, warm and drilled quilts, how beautiful! Greeting the guys to dinner, he kept saying: "Do articles and write poems, and have a ...... of days to show off your talents" Everyone was busy eating, Cao Xibao took a sip of soup with a bowl, said "good", and praised the boss: "This is no less than the mutton soup at the old east gate of Xi'an - the boss can say that he can do things, no wonder the business is thriving!" "Borrow Cao Ye's auspicious words!" The boss hurriedly smiled back, "Master will definitely be high this time, and he will sit firmly as the prime minister of Taiping for 20 years in the future, and he will make money every day!" ”

"This old boy is really exquisite, and he can pour a big bowl of rice soup with his hands!" Hui Tongji chewed a piece of meat and said with a smile, "Xibao is blessed to carry a house, you can assist the government for twenty years and it is a day to make money, we are Xiao Bald and follow the moon, everyone will be wiped out!" "Who can say what is famous?" Fang Lingcheng had finished eating the noodles, stirred the meat in the broth with a spoon, and said with a smile: "I have been in the Xiangguo for more than 20 years, and the Xiong Cizhu Suo Etu in front of Kangxi Ye has also been 20 years. Zhu Guangbiao and Yin Tai are not genuine brands. Needless to say, from the 20-year-old cardinal counselor, the seventy suspension cars are not allowed to go into hiding, which is an outlier. In the hands of Lord Qianlong, Fu Liuye is the number one Red Army machine, although Ji Zhongtang said that he had entered the military aircraft department early, he only worshipped the university scholars last year, and Ah Gui Zhongtang and Yin Zhongtang were not old enough...... I have been a prime minister for twenty years—" He suddenly thought that Xiong Cilu Mingzhu Suo Etu, the three famous ministers of the previous dynasty were all deposed or imprisoned; Zhang Tingyu struggled several times to gain posthumous fame; Qingfu even made a ghost under the knife, although Fu Heng Yin Jishan did not replace the saint, he was not very old, and he was so sick that he died...... "And the prime minister of this dynasty is not good at dying" The sentence was swallowed back into his stomach.

Seeing that he suddenly stopped, he bowed his head to fish for meat in the soup without saying a word, and looked attentive, they all felt funny, and Wu Xing sighed: "The length of the prime minister's reign is related to the fortunes of the country. Han Zhoubo is thirty-four years and thirty years of infantile irrigation; Tang Guo Ziyi was twenty-six years, Wen Yanbo was fifty years, Zhao Pu was twenty-nine years, Li Linfu was nineteen years, Yang Shiqi was forty-three years, Yang Rong was thirty years, and Xie Zhengting was thirty years. As for the prime minister at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was even changed every few months, and the fifty-fourth prime minister in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty was ...... These prime ministers are also the best of the best, but when the country's morale is exhausted, they will be unlucky. Fang Jincheng retorted with a smile: "If the country's fortune is not prosperous, the prime minister will be exchanged for diligence? Wei Sima Yi is twenty-three years, Sui Yangsu is twenty-seven years, the five generations of Feng Dao Changle Laozi have been in the four dynasties, and there is no obstacle to changing the dynasty! There is also Cao Cao, Jian'an worshiped Sikong for three years, and at the end of Prime Minister Wei Wang, he reigned for twenty-five years - you can talk about it! ”

Ling Cheng said yes. The length of the prime minister's reign has nothing to do with the fortunes of the country. The ancestors are virtuous, they cultivate virtue by themselves, loyal ministers assist the Ming Lord, natural brocade clothes and jade food, and the big officials do a long time. Ma Xiangzu listened quietly, and couldn't help but interject: "I don't dare to say anything else, Cao Cao is a loyal minister, and Sima Yi is too, such a courtier is in charge of the dynasty, how can the emperor not worry?" If the saint is good, he will naturally do it in the long run. ”

Ma Xiangzu is not pedantic on weekdays, indulged in the art of making, the eight-strand system art is the head of the Soviet Union, and he has published several ink scroll sermons, he suddenly came out with such a sentence, everyone thought he was ridiculing and joking, and they didn't care much. Only Fang Lingcheng had read his article and knew some details, and when he saw Ma Xiangzu's solemn face, he trembled and looked in awe, and asked tentatively: "Have you read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" at your feet?" Ma Xiangzu spat out something between his teeth, and said indifferently: "How can there be a book bigger than the four books?" My father taught us a lesson when we were sensible, Guan Hanqing's "Dream of Red Mansions", Shi Nai'an's "Sou Shen Ji", Luo Guanzhong's "Journey to the North", ...... These books can be burned in one fell swoop! Wasn't "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by Pu Liuxian? It's a book of talents, I secretly read it when I was a child, and there are barnyard officials and wild Shi Qi Dongye's language is not enough to allegorize, otherwise it is to talk about ghosts and foxes, and tell the karma story of God and Buddha, which is very uninteresting...... Later, when the adults saw it, they beat it up, and the books were burned, and I stopped reading those books from then on. He licked his lips as if no one was drinking the soup. Everyone had already listened to it in a daze, and only then did they understand that this person was actually ignorant of the subset of scripture and history, and all the wild history novels were confused, and they couldn't help laughing. Fang Lingcheng said because of his positive color: "Ling Zun's style of training is admirable. How many people still understand this truth today? In fact, even Sima Qian's "Historical Records" and Qu Yuan's "Lisao" are also very good books that can be burned in one fell swoop, leaving a "Analects", "Mencius", "University", and "The Mean" enough for my generation of readers. Ma Xiangzu said: "Yes, this is exactly what my father taught." ”

"However, the entrance is always to be an official, and the name of the loyal minister cannot be remembered!" Fang Lingcheng looked solemn, and said to Ma Xiangzu who was stunned, "Cao Cao and Sima Yi are models of our generation as Brother Ma just said. But does Brother Ma know that the number one loyal minister in history is not Cao Cao, there is a 'Lingyan Pavilion Ranking'! ”

"That'...... Who is number one? ”

"Zhao Gao. Qin's time. ”

"Oh...... And then? ”

"Wang Mang."

"This is the second one."

"Then there is Cao Cao and Sima Yi." Fang Lingcheng couldn't help but laugh, and snapped his fingers like a few family treasures, "This can only be said by the famous one, Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty is the son of the Holy Tomorrow, and his subordinates are all loyal ministers, and in the Tang Dynasty, like Yang Guozhong, Li Linfu, Lu Qi, Cai Jing, Gao Yu, and Qin Hui of the Song Dynasty, Yan Song and Yan Shifan of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhen, Wei Zhongxian - these are all examples of courtiers, you must remember it, and in the future, the Golden Palace will meet right, and the Lord will ask 'Ma Xiangzu, who is typical of you as a courtier in history?' You just kowtow and say, 'The minister must learn from Cao Cao, bow to the best of his ability, and then die, and be a prime minister, King Wei, to assist my lord!' —What a complacency! Ma Xiangzu hurriedly waved his hand and thanked: "Where do I have such a blessing!" It would be good to be able to do Wei Zhongxian. ”

As soon as the words fell, he was already laughing. Hui Tongji covered his stomach and couldn't straighten his waist on the chair, Wu Xingqin laughed so much that tears flowed out, pointed at Fang Lingcheng with one hand, and coughed and coughed while holding the back of the chair with the other: "You should cut off your tongue and cut your head, it's really a sin!" Ma Xiangzu glared at himself and asked, "What's so funny about this?" Cao Xibao wiped away his tears and smiled: "Brother Ren Zhai fell for him...... You really should start with the "Three Character Classic...... Tell them to fool you like that! Fang Lingcheng laughed heartily at this time, blew his nose and wiped his tears, and said to Wu Xingqin: "Ma Renzhai wants to be Wei Zhongxian, then you have to cut off your head before you can have fun!" …… If you don't talk about it, it's time to rest...... I still have something to say to Brother Xibao. Ask him to catch a knife and make an article. The boss arranged a room for the two of us - I won't be amused with you......" Boss Cai Nuo promised repeatedly, and ordered the guy to clean up the dishes and chopsticks. Everyone got up one after another, and Hui Tongji still asked himself: "What article?" Do you want our horse brother to do it? Suddenly, I heard someone outside the store asking: "Cai family, we are here with the adults-is Master Li resting?" As he spoke, he saw Liu Quan come in, and then a few officials stepped into the door, and a gust of cold wind came in with the people, blowing the candle flame and shaking, and the people suddenly lost their smiles, and dispersed into the back store with the shopkeepers. Boss Cai hurriedly called the guy, "Come to the East Courtyard to make the Taiye", and trotted all the way out of the store, and saw that He Shen had dismounted, standing in front of the tethered horse pile in the shadow of the lamp rubbing his hands together, as if he was distracted.

He was a very handsome young man, who looked to be in his early twenties. A pair of almond eyes on the slightly long square face, the eyebrows are black and thin as if they have been drawn with an ink pen, the nose wings under the high nose bridge are slightly upturned, the face is as white as jade, the lips are red and the teeth are white, the shoulders are thin and the waist is thin, wearing a rain-passing Tianqing Ning silk jacket, tied with a dark embroidered gold thread Wolong belt, the upper body is covered with a rose purple Baturu lambskin wind fur vest, the black satin six-in-one hat is also embedded with a piece of Chinese jade, and a thick and well-proportioned braid hangs down from the back of the head to the waist very carefully. Boss Cai saw that it was the first time for him to greet this noble man so close every day, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: He Ye's posture and appearance are dressed like Guanyin, but he smiled and said: "Please say hello to Heye - Ye is auspicious!" It's a cold day, it's falling again, please settle inside! He Shen looked up at the sky, stretched out his palm to try, and said with a smile: "I can't tell if it's rain or snow, this can only make God sneeze - lose the stars, not make it rain." As he spoke, he entered the store and walked one end at the other, "Where does Lord Gaotao live?" Take me to see you. ”

"I've already gone in to make a statement, so I'll stay here for a while." Boss Cai and a group of four or five guys served diligently around Heshen and a group of people, wiping the table and dusting chairs for Heshen to make oolong tea dumplings, also called "bringing steamed buns to give the gentlemen snacks". He Shen smiled and waved his hand to stop, and said, "You are busy, I still have something to do, I will leave when I see an adult." "I don't sit down, I just walk underground. For a while, I saw the guy who went in to report and took Xiao Wuzi from the side door of the east courtyard into the front store. Xiao Wuzi looked up at everyone with his face up, nodded politely at He Shen, and his tone was undisguised cold: "You are driving He Shen and Lord?" ”

He Shen had a smile on his face, nodded slightly, and said, "Yes." ”

"We adults are writing excerpts, and we have just burned incense, so please wait here with your adults. The adults said that this place is not as good as the Guangdong Yamen, so please understand with the adults. ”

"Please return to Lord Tai, I have taken the time to come out to meet tonight, and I have urgent things to do. Your Excellency is busy, let the official go back first. Come back tomorrow morning and say goodbye. The time is short, and I will wait until the adults have finished writing the excerpt and then go back. ”

"Please wait with you."

Xiao Wuzi said, put his hand on the chair, turned around and left. He Shen didn't pay attention to it, took out his watch and looked at it, paced a few steps in the room, and asked, "Your store has a strange name, it is elegant, who named it?" Boss Cai took the hot towel from the man's hand and held it to He Shen: "Ye wipe your face - the name of this store has a history, and there is a story!" In the early years, when my father opened the store, there was a living god named Jia Shifang in Beijing, who often came to the store to eat and drink. Once, he showed his magical powers, and turned over a wine jar like a leather cloth bag in front of everyone, with the pottery side facing outward and the glazed side facing inward—this matter spread out, and everyone near and far called us 'turning the altar shop'. This name is not a good homonym, and people who don't know often ask, 'Is it the meaning of the old turtle turning over the pool?' 'Changed to the 'epiphany', some people say that it looks like the name of the temple. Later, a filial and honest old man gave this name - it was said to be appreciated by both the elegant and the vulgar. There is this fairy spirit, the meaning is good and the name is good, and the old men love it. ”

He Shen listened and nodded repeatedly. Although his grade can only be regarded as a sesame official in Beijing City, he is connected to the military aircraft department at one end, and the internal affairs office at the other end, and he is a second-class shrimp and also has the command of the Luan honor guard, and seventy percent of the silver on the customs tax is paid to the treasury with thirty percent of the money used to pay back to the treasury, the official is not big, the six departments and the Shuntian Mansion, and the infantry army command the yamen, no official can really manage him, the officials from other provinces entering Beijing, and the Beijing travel back to the road have to hit the net here, look at He Shen's face, the baht contest must be fought for every minute, and the money for the road is left, and the most decent small yamen can sweep the officials. However, He Shen has no shelf, and there is no official faction at the moment, and the parents talk to Boss Cai for a short time, from housework to business, and the weather and the year, as eloquent as to the family. Boss Cai was flattered and dealt with carefully and thoughtfully one by one. Listening to He Shen's question about the ghost market outside the door, he hurriedly smiled: "This kind of day is not successful, the weather is too cold, and the humidity is big, there are few people who go to the market, and the practice stalls are naturally out of interest - the master wants to buy something rare, and it is inconvenient for him to come, so the small one will run errands for you." "There's nothing taboo about it." He Shen listened attentively to the movement of the East Courtyard, smiled and sipped tea and said: "I want to buy a few duck Zhang's feeder cigarette bottles, a few Ling Song paper, but I haven't been able to get the real thing, people say that the ghost market is full of goods, I don't know if it's real or fake." ”

"Really! Except for dragon eggs and phoenix eggs, there is nothing that cannot be found in the ghost market. The boss grinned and said: "Dongchenggen, Yuhe Bridge, Qipanjie and Chongwen Gate outside the four ghost markets, there are all the goods here." Why? A kind of thief stolen goods, in the city, I am afraid that the owner of the government will be caught, and there is nowhere to escape; When everyone is broken, I am embarrassed to sell antiques for fear of acquaintances. This place is remote, and the ghost market is prosperous. This half-street alley, looking from the west, Hujiadian jade, Lingzizhang's top wearing flower feather, Yunlinzhai's Beijing-style silk fan, and Bingyuzhai's jewelry. Then come over is the South paper, Song paper, ancient ink inkstone, Han tile, calligraphy and painting, old books, inscriptions, cigarettes, what ancient swords, old books, singing books, plasters, flowers and trees, all kinds of fine dogs...... I want a cigarette bottle Song paper, there is! The little one said to Lao Liu, I will definitely get you authentic genuine goods...... "He said and for example, who spent two taels of silver to buy a guqin, to Yunlinzhai to appraise, it was actually an object in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which could be worth 10,000 yuan, and so-and-so bought a box of Go pieces, knocked over and broke the patent leather, and it turned out to be made of gold...... Dong Xiangguang's calligraphy and painting, Gao Shiqi's words, Song Huizong's eagle, and Wu Daozi's Guanyin sending the child picture are all worth the shot......

He Shen gossiped with him, just to wait for Li Shiyao's letter for an hour. When I looked at my watch again, it was past the end of the day and the beginning of the morning, and there was still no movement inside. Liu Quan waited anxiously, knowing that Li Shiyao intended to take the big and entertain his master and servant, he swallowed his saliva and said: "Heye, a few girls bought by the twenty-fourth master and wife of Prince Cheng's family are practicing in the mansion tonight, and several side ladies are watching, and Lord Zhu is also there." If you go back late, you don't say that we have something to do, but it seems that you are deliberately slowing down, and the statue of Lu Dongbin that you invited from Wutai Mountain to the twenty-fourth master, Handan jade pillow, if you don't go back in person, how can you ask your family to give it to others? In this way, the slave is waiting here, Li Ye wants to ask, and he will make it clear, and tomorrow morning the master will come over to greet him. Is this possible? He Shen bit his lower lip and groaned slightly, and said with a smile: "I didn't have a holiday with Gao Taogong. When you go in and say hello again, you will say that I have repeatedly saluted you, there is indeed an urgent matter, please take the time to meet with Master Li. Master Li is really busy, and I will rush over tomorrow at dawn to ask for sin. As he spoke, he stood up and waited. With a slight smile on his face, he said to the boss: "You know, Ming'er has time to come and see your jar, and then take me around the ghost market." ”

Liu Quan came back in a blink of an eye when he arrived at the East Courtyard, he was already so angry that his face was red and his neck was bulging, and he said to He Shen: "Where is the writing of his mother's twists?" Blatantly bullying! It's dark and blind when you go to the room! Dare to be in the corpse and tell us to wait! The man surnamed Wu said, Master Li's temperament, lying on the bed in the dark with the lamp typing what kind of 'belly draft', telling us to wait honestly! - Isn't this just making fun of us? He gasped heavily, his face was not colored, and he scolded roughly: "I have seen the prince, and I have seen the Minister of Military Aircraft." Others are not people, and the roots of the tree are not the roots of the tree-" Before he finished speaking, He Shen had already stopped him: "Presumptuous! Do you think you're still a desperate gambler in Santang Town? Are you still the young shopkeeper of the Liu family's pawnshop? Speak in a measured manner! Master Li is still drafting the draft after typing, and it is inconvenient to disturb his old man in the middle of the night. Annoying Boss Cai, I came over early in the morning. Wen Cunwen quietly commanded, and the angry scribes and servants in the room all turned back, and no one made any more noise and noise. The boss sent them straight out of the alley and came back, thinking about Heshen Measuring Instrument, he still sighed with emotion. Look at the east courtyard there is no movement, the lights on the east window of the north courtyard are bright, it is Fang Lingcheng and Cao Xibao who are writing articles together, he doesn't dare to sleep, he just sits in the store and waits for the east courtyard to come out and ask questions...... In the middle of Fangzheng's eyes, Xiao Wuzi came in and asked:

"What about people? What about the Heshen people? Your Excellency will summon you! ”

"Hmm!" The boss was stunned for a moment, woke up, and then thought that he was asking himself, and hurriedly got up and replied with a smile, and euphemistically said the situation when He Shen left, and said: "He Ye respects Li Zhitai very much, and apologizes repeatedly, please forgive me, Ming'er came over early in the morning to say goodbye to the master of the Taiwan...... Boss Cai still stood in a daze: In such a comparison, how can this producer be unreasonable, deliberately looking for faults and making trouble, why bother?

…… Xiao Wuzi entered the upper room of the east courtyard and relayed the boss's words. Li Shiyao was silent for a while, gently grinding ink in the inkstone with one hand with his sleeve, looking at the faint candlelight, his pupils were as dark as black stones embedded in the wall, the muscles on his cheeks twitched a few times, and a sinister smile hung up at the corner of his mouth, and said: "This little white face, I want to give him some color to see, hum!" ”

"My lord," Xiao Wuzi looked at his boss in confusion, "you want to impeach him?" ”

"Impeachment! - He's worthy? Li Shiyao gritted his teeth and smiled: "It's not what you asked. Let the brethren be dressed in all their garments, and march into the city to-morrow. Whoever dares to stop it, listen to my orders, just take people! ”

Xiao Wuzi's eyes widened, and he said, "Master! This is the city of Beijing! ”

He was about to say more, but Li Shiyao's eyes stopped him, and he retreated repeatedly. Only then did Li Shiyao spread the paper and ink, burned incense, and wrote on the excerpt of the recital:

Slave Li Shiyao knelt down: The former was ordered to inquire, who can replace him when he leaves Guangzhou? Li Shiyao was sincerely recommended by the public for verification of appointment. Chin this! According to the slave since the twelfth year of Qianlong, he was awarded the deputy commander, and was promoted to the leader, successively served as the deputy commander of the Zhenglan Banner, the commander of Rehe, and the twenty years of Qianlong served as the squire of the Ministry of Works, that is, the Ministry of Household Transfer, and the general of Guangzhou at the end of the same year. During this period, although he repeatedly won his post in Beijing, he actually went to foreign countries a lot, or to manage copper politics, or to run military affairs, or to assist in the investigation of cases, and he did not try to see the overall situation in a single day. The slave is sparse and isolated, but he knows that he is sincere and diligent in his master. Although the friendship of a gentleman does not abolish personal friendship, the personal friend of a slave is not worthy of this great responsibility.

He stopped writing, pondered for a moment, and then wrote:

The governor is the national barrier, and the people of the territory on behalf of the heavenly herdsmen are the most important shortage. Guangdong and Guangxi are adjacent to the sea and foreign domains, and the Chinese and foreign are mixed with Han and Yi, and the folk customs are fierce and easy to gather people to make trouble, which is difficult to govern. As far as the slaves know, Yunnan Governor Sun Shiyi is smart and capable, and Huguang Governor Le Min is sensitive to history, or he can be in this position.

At this point, the context is coherent, and the problem immediately becomes apparent: confession and showmanship. Slow to say that the vacancy of the governor of Liangguang is far less than that of Liangjiang, even if it is really "the most difficult in the world", it is not appropriate to say that it is none other than himself. He sucked his lips and leaned back for a while, and then he put pen to paper:

The quality of the slave is stupid and reckless, and he has been in the feudal territory, all of them have been taught by the heavenly language, the book is simple and dense, and the details are straight through the ninefold, and the emperor has been instructed to teach the strategy day and night, and the beginning has to make the rough and safe, and then leave the office to carefully inspect, and the mistakes and omissions are everywhere. One is ashamed, I am afraid that the slaves will miss the places on weekdays, causing the worries of the master. The lonely shadow of the green lantern in the desolate suburbs, Lin Ying remembered the grace of the Lord, and couldn't help but cry......

He looked at it again and put down his pen in satisfaction. Listening to the movement outside the house, there are still gusts of wind, the whirring sound seems to be louder, sometimes there is a fine rustle of fine sand sprinkled on the window, the window paper is a little damp, and the color looks dull under the lamp. Only in this way, it is more quiet and peaceful, peaceful and warm, warm and hypnotic. He yawned and said, "It's not early, I'm going to sleep......"

Li Shiyao has developed a habit of getting up when he smells the chicken for many years, and he also has the same regulations in the morning class, and he gets up to read the half-hour book first, plays a set of long fists, blows a song and then does things, so Yin Chu got up and lit a candle to read. A group of entourage Goshha knew his rules, and they all stood under the eaves of the wing room with bated breath. Yin Zhengshi brand Li Shiyao was discharged from the hospital on time, stretched out his arms in the cold wind and took a few deep breaths, opened his posture and was about to punch, when he heard the voice of someone in the front store, thinking that He Shen was coming, so he ordered: "He Shen is here and tells him to wait outside." As soon as he finished speaking, he had already entered the hospital, but it was not He Shen, it was Li Eighty-five, who was his housekeeper in the Beijing Mansion, and Zhang Yongshou, the master who had returned to Beijing in advance, who came in to pick him up. Li Shiyao frowned and said, "Didn't Xiao Wuzi say it last night?" Tell you to wait at home. If there is any will in the great city, and you all come out, will you tell the women to take the decree and give the message? ”

Zhang Yongshou and Li Eighty-five hurried up a few steps to greet Li Shiyao. Li Eighty-five said with a smile: "There is a word from Guizhongtang's mansion, saying that Fu Xiangye has returned to Beijing today and has arrived at Luheyi. Long live the Lord has something to say, Li Shiyao wants to go to Beijing, meet Ah Gui first, and then introduce him. Ji Zhongtang took Fu Xiang away, there was no one in the military aircraft department, Gui Zhongtang said that he would go straight to the military aircraft department, in case the master wanted to see him, it would not take much trouble. After discussing with Master Zhang, we will report to you. Li Shiyao heard Qianlong's words, lowered his hands and said, "Yes." He turned around and shouted, "Little Wuzi! ”

"In!"

"Set the car, go to town!"

"Wow!"

There was a rush of neighing and kicking of horses and mules, and the mule cart had stopped. Boss Cai and his fellow men also rushed to open the door to see them off, Li Shiyao no longer sat on a mule cart, and when he rode out of the Dongda car gate to see, the sky was just slightly dawning, and the battalion soldiers sent by He Shen in the lanes were carrying lanterns and dots, still cruising back and forth, and the car prints and mud stains all over the street were lived, and a few people who got up early to endorse stood on the side of the street and watched from afar. Li Shiyao didn't pay attention to it, and the whip swept back, and the convoy looked at Chongwenmen and Xiao Xiao. Huitandian and Chongwenmen are actually just a stone's throw away, and a stone's throw to the east and half a mile north to the north. Li Shiyao was afraid that he would be late to enter the city, so he hurried to urge the ride, and immediately arrived at the Chongwen Gate, only to see that the city gate had been opened, and the car pulling water and soybean milk, the charcoal car, the clay car, and the radish car were shouting and drinking and rumbling and rolling to the city intermittently, and a few tax collectors on duty sat at the entrance of the door, lighting the dead wind lamp to collect money, except for the charcoal car with three cents per car, the rest were all a penny through the door, although it was such a small business, the tax collection was also meticulous. Li Shiyao saw that the tax customs yamen had not yet opened, so he ordered Li Eighty-five and Xiao Wuzi: "You go and see!" ”

"Yes!" Li Eighty-five hurriedly responded, and rushed over with Xiao Wuzi. It was two people who collected the account, and when they saw the two of them coming, they looked at it, and Xiao Wuzi knocked twice on the table with his whip and said, "Hey! Tell these cars to give way. As I told you, we adults have to pass the test! The collector was startled when he saw his momentum, and when he stared, one of them recognized Li Eighty-five and said with a smile: "It's Eighty-Five!" Lord Li entered the city so early? He Ye had something to say last night, and Li Ye was different from others, so he told us to wait carefully. He must have arrived before the time and personally sent Master Li into the city. Li Shiyao held the reins on the horse, secretly couldn't see what his face was, but his tone was very calm, and said: "It's too late to wait until Mao Zheng, I want to rush into the military plane." You and your lords have come and thanked me on my behalf. Li Eighty-five also smiled and said, "Ah Gui Zhongtang is waiting for our master." As he spoke, he silently handed a small bag to each of the two tax collectors, squeezed his eyes and said, "Brother Geshu, I still have some interest when I go back here." ”

The one named Ge Shu seemed to be a leader, and when he pinched the paper with his fingers, he knew that it was a small golden cake, and he snorted for a while, and shouted at the tax collector on the guardrail: "There is an official car passing by-the one in front of you, stop from this car!" Give way to Li Zhengtai, hey! What are you doing? Take a step back, Lao Tzu doesn't collect taxes, do you dare to pass through this door? Hey, what to see? Say what about you! Drag your old donkey back—quick! Saying that, he smiled at Li Shiyao and said, "I said that I would personally come to pick you up into the city." You are all official silver, and the tax is limited, please take the car in first, and we will go back to you with the master, and settle it according to the account book-" Before he finished speaking, there was a string of four lanterns in the city gate, all of which could be the size of a watermelon, and the word "and" was written on the lanterns, which meandered and meandered. Ge Shu smiled and said, "Heye is here." Li Shiyao said "um", looked at the shadow of the lamp and Shenha got off the sedan chair, stepped forward to pay respects, and said, "I have accepted you, get up so early to pick me up." ”

"This is a lowly messenger, and he never dares to slack off." He Shen smiled, and stood up straight, "Please serve tea in the yamen and speak." ”

"I'm in a hurry to get into town. Long live the Lord has an order for the Military Aircraft Department to call me in. ”

"Your Excellency wants to go into the city, I didn't say anything." He Shen gave up his hand and said, "You have invited to drive - however, the mule cart must be left for customs inspection and tax payment." ”

Li Shiyao blushed, pressed the fire and said: "In the car is the customs gold, it is the emperor's gang - do you understand?" ”

"My lord, in addition to the military salary, there is the seal of the Emperor of the Ministry of War, and the rest must be inspected - this is where the duty of the humble duty lies." He Shen's eyes wandered and looked away, still with an unbreakable smile on his face, and said slowly: "Last night, I asked Zhao Weisan, the official of the Internal Affairs Office, who is also the head of the household department. Lao Zhao said that the customs can be exempted from inspection, and the winning and losing accounts can be converted from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Households, but the rest of the property still needs to be checked. Just talking about the adult, I didn't say it, but the envoy here is directly responsible for the Long Live Lord, and every five days when the Heart Cultivation Palace comes to withdraw the silver, they have to check the accounts one by one. You are such a big official, there is no reason not to ask. Besides, if you don't check this time, you won't be able to check the governor next time. The humble position is just the emperor's watchdog in Chongwenmen, and he has his own unavoidable suffering, please forgive me. After speaking, he licked his lips and lowered his hand.

Li Shuyao saw that the iron-headed monkey was invulnerable, and he wanted to be whipped with a horse, the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and he asked gloomily: "There is no private goods for me Li Shuyao here, and I am not like some dog mongrel, whose head is shaved like a bamboo skewer and drilled everywhere." In addition to the centigold, they are all assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the things purchased for the master of Nala and the noble lord of the button, are they also collected by you? ”

"My lord, please look," He Shen didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in his words at all, and pointed to the back of the long line of convoys, "Those carts of pigs, a few carts of sheep, and those waterwheels of live fish, when you enter the city, you will pull the Donghua Gate into the city, and the ones used in the imperial kitchen on the day will also have to pay taxes." This is the rule set by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he does not dare to Meng Lang. ”

"Shall I not?"

"Back to my lord, that humble post has to be closed. Please! ”

"it!" Xiao Wuzi couldn't bear it anymore, and scolded: "Don't say that you are a little little road platform with a dog with a tail upside down, that is, the governor and governor of Zhili, can you stop us adults outside the city?" Something that grew up eating grass - shame on the face! A few goshkhas had already been so irritable that they unloaded their muskets from their shoulders and raised them flat, and one goshha shouted: "Make way for Lao Tzu, or I'll sacrifice you!" The soldiers who followed the car also clasped knives with their hands, and stared at He Shen angrily. The tax collectors usually only blow their beards and stare at the common people, where have they seen this battle, they are dumbfounded for a while, there is a lantern forgetfulness, as soon as the lantern rolls to the ground, the rest of the tax collectors are shrunk to the edge of the doorway, one by one with a pale face and cramps in the legs and stomachs. Only Liu Quan was very wild, stepped forward with his hands on his hips, and shouted at the soldiers: "Beijing City is not your turn yet!" - Damn, fire if you have a kind! ”

A hint of cowardice flashed in He Shen's eyes, and he immediately calmed down. He himself once followed Ah Gui as a personal soldier, but Ah Gui was an easy person, unlike Li Shiyao, who had been in the territory for a long time, conceited of civil and military all-rounders, and raised an arrogant and domineering atmosphere. After thinking about it, he drank Liu Quan, bowed to Li Shiyao again, and said, "I am also from a soldier. In the West Gate, he and Ah Gui Zhongtang suppressed horse thieves. But please restrain your subordinates and don't be rude. This is my jurisdiction, and the customs inspection is my messenger, and I dare not embarrass my lord, and my lord does not have to embarrass my humble position too much. How many people are watching here, and everyone is not looking good if they lose their official body. ”

Li Shiyao looked back on the horse, when it was almost midnight, the sky was gradually hazy and clear, and he saw that there were crowds of people not far away, and the villagers who were pulling goods and entering the city were stopped by the tax collectors, and they stretched their necks and stared at this side. He tightened his lips, took a breath from his nose, and said, "Look at this." As he spoke, he took out a bright yellow satin bag from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Yongshou. Zhang Yong was praised and transferred to He Shen, and when He Shen unfolded it, it was Li Shiyao who said that the people of Guangdong had colluded with Westerners privately and learned to speak Western dialects. At the end, Jingkong wrote the royal approval. He Shen hurriedly knelt down to read, and wrote:

It was very gratifying. The husband was angry, blood splashed in Mingtang five steps, and Qing Zhi punished Liu Yapai in one fell swoop! Today, the crumbs of the little bandits in Guangzhou, ignoring the dignity of the Celestial Empire, contempt for the laws and decrees, or trying to fight for small profits, or saving the ambition of the deer, are to parrot the tongue in Xiyi, and teach foreigners Chinese without authorization. Although the matter is trivial and large, Qing should prevent the slightest gradual deterioration, Qing Zhi beheaded Liu, banned Hong Renhui in Macau, and dealt with it very well, but there is no need to ask for guilt, and I issued a decree to the Ministry of Rites and the Siyi Pavilion to be known to the world, and the decree was commended. Qing Qi came to Beijing to play in detail. Chin this! In addition, on the seventieth birthday of the Queen Mother, the gold platinum used for the casting of the pagoda can be used in the customs gold, and it can be temporarily exchanged for one or two thousand taels for emergency use, and the surplus of the household department will make up for it. This matter is confidential, be careful not to leak it, and be careful.

The following is Qianlong's small seal:

Changchun layman

He Shen's heart rang loudly, and in the cold weather, a layer of fine sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead, thinking that he had taken advantage of the reason, and this secret edict stripped his "reason" to the core. How's this going?! After all, he is a highly talented and alert person, and he knows that Li Shiyao intends to wear small shoes for himself, but at this time, as long as he opens his mouth, everything is wrong. "I'd rather not say it, never say it wrong" The eight words passed through his mind, because he didn't say anything, his head lightly touched the ground three times, and his hands were folded.

"Let's go!"

Li Shiyao sneered and whipped the horse's buttocks. The mule convoy rolled by, and the round-tipped nailed wheels rumbled across the stone floor of the doorway, making a muffled sound like in a jar.