Chapter 3 Chapter 2 The reputation of child prodigy

After a person is born, he is like a kite flying in the sky, the hand of fate, controlling the silk thread that determines the journey of your life.It is sometimes loose, sometimes tight, sometimes slow and sometimes urgent. We can only spread our wings in that narrow space, watching the sun rise and moon set, and the dust come and go.Maybe one day, you and I can escape from the string and fly high in the blue clouds. A kite with a broken string has no way out.Maybe you can fly over the boundless peaks, showing the king's style, maybe you can turn your head and fall into the clouds, in exchange for a sigh that breaks the dust.

Fate has paved a road to prosperity for Nalan with gold bricks and jade. If it weren't for the cold feelings in his heart, he should have a prosperous life.When he was born, the Manchus ruled the Central Plains, and Dingding Huaxia had been established for several years.At that time, the disciples of the Eight Banners rode high-headed war horses and stepped into the south of the Yangtze River domineeringly, which made this gentle place full of talents painful.The Qing army occupied the famous cultural city, but did not conquer the hearts of the people. In the eyes of the learned Confucian scholars, they were just blood-stained prairie men.Because the frontier of the desert, the lofty sentiments of thousands of miles of clouds cannot replace the water bank of the south of the Yangtze River, the clearness of the plum blossoms in the cold moon.

Later, Qing Taizu Nurhachi had begun to pay attention to absorbing Han Chinese scholars to join the Qing army.Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji, did not diminish his father's majesty and grand strategy. He had an excellent cultural accomplishment and proposed "fighting chaos with martial arts, and supporting peace with culture and education".In the Qing Dynasty, Zu Fulin, with the help of his mother Empress Xiaozhuang Wen, rectified the administration of officials, paid attention to agriculture, opened up the way of speaking, and recruited talents, making immortal achievements in consolidating the rule of the Qing Dynasty.But after Kangxi came to power, this bright and studious young emperor realized the importance of Wenzhi even more. He knew very well that the horseback culture brought from outside the customs was difficult to enter the mainstream of Chinese culture.He is no longer a foreign conqueror, but as a seeker, he has integrated into the civilization of the Central Plains.He made a pilgrimage to sacrifice to Confucius, set up a erudite Hongci course, and opened a course to obtain scholars.In that primitive and barbaric land of thought, the seeds of culture are planted everywhere, and bright flowers grow.

The period of Nalan Rongruo's birth and life coincided with the glorious era of the Qing Dynasty surrounded by the majestic sun.His father, Nalan Mingzhu, was also a prosperous official, standing among princes and princes, and the prime minister's prominence was beyond the reach of all ministers.Such a graceful and luxurious status enabled him to receive the best education in the best environment from the very beginning.Mingzhu is open-minded and has a positive attitude towards Central Plains culture.The literati temperament in Nalan's bones, in the era and family without any constraints, is like a plum blossom blooming in a courtyard with deep walls, growing unscrupulously, without worrying about the fate of being pruned or felled.

Rong Ruo was intelligent and precocious, at a young age, proficient in poetry, proficient in riding and shooting, the reputation of "noble child prodigy" was well-known in Beijing at that time.He lived in the magnificent Mingfu Garden, Mingzhu's villa in the northwest suburb of Beijing.Although it is not as majestic and magnificent as the Forbidden City, it is a paradise on earth with beautiful mountains and rivers.There are pavilions, pavilions, rockery, and even a temple stage. It looks like a small garden in the suburbs, but it is inclusive and all-encompassing.Nalan Rongruo grew up unrestrained in such a paradise on earth, reading and studying, riding a horse and archery, and spent his beautiful youth.In his poem "Suburban Immediate Events", he said: "The victorious couple is often lazy, and the ghost is on the stone beam. The ground should be adjacent to the shooting garden, and the flowers do not hinder the court. The belt is clear and the silk is weak, and the leaves are exposed and the leaves are cool. Here, it is scattered. Absolutely, pour the pot and drink at will."

When Rong Ruo was babbling and learning to speak, he would read a few lines of ancient poems.He was born with white teeth and red lips, fair and elegant, which made Nalan Mingzhu even more convinced that when he grasped Zhou, holding a brush in his hand was a sign.When he was four years old, Rong Ruo rode a horse for the first time, wearing the Manzhou Zhenghuang Banner armor specially made for him by Mingzhu, and he was extremely brave.In this handsome child, it seems that his ancestors are riding BMWs and holding long-tasseled swords, rushing towards the Central Plains like quicksand.The blood-drinking sword cut off the river and split the mountains. At that time, the strong Great Wall was like thin paper that could be broken by blowing bullets, unable to withstand a bent bow of eight riders with iron hooves.

When Rong Ruo was seven years old, Nalan Mingzhu invited some princes and nobles, as well as little Baylor and young princes, to Mingfu Garden in order to try these juniors' riding and archery skills.Nalan Rongruo was the most outstanding among his peers, he shot a red heart, which shocked everyone present.Those soldiers of the Eight Banners seemed to capture the shadow of himself back then.Once they were whimpering wolves beyond the Great Wall, with domineering ambitions.Today, the mountains and rivers remain the same, and what has changed is only a generation of dynasties and personnel.Those heroes from all walks of life who rose to the top also gradually took off their shirts or released their horses to Nanshan. The stories of competing in the Central Plains in those days have become gossips of fishermen and woodcutters after drinking.Even some Eight Banners children have abandoned their horses and swords, and indulged in walking birds, singing operas, betting on horses and fighting crickets in the gentle and prosperous countryside.

Rong Ruo knew poetry and prose at the age of fourteen, as if he and writing had an innate fate.Holding a scroll of poetry in his hand, listening to the rain through the curtain, and looking at the moon through the window, the feelings deeply planted in his heart will always disturb his clear dreams.He likes to go boating on the pond in the garden, as if with a light wave of the oar, he went to the Jiangnan water town in his dream, seeing the misty rain of apricot blossoms and the moonlight in the courtyard.The misty rain clearly wetted his skirt, and the lotus dew wet the beauty's skirt.He has a deep affection for Jiangnan, just like he likes the graceful rhymes of Song Ci, and he feels that every phrase in the book can talk to him and express his emotions.

Whenever he read "be patient with the false name, pour it lightly and sing in a low voice", Nalan Rongruo would always pour himself a pot of green plum wine, either among the flowers, or under the moon, or in a pavilion, or Under the window.He let the beauty of the words and the fragrance of the wine slide slowly between his lips and teeth, feeling the gentle fragrance and charm.His youthful dreams were locked in the garden of the Ming Mansion, and this paradise on earth also satisfied all his beautiful longings.Here, he saw Yanyu Jiangnan, found Wuling Peach Blossom, and Penglai Xiandao.

When he was impetuous, he went to the temple to listen to the scriptures, to understand a little bit of Zen, to see the tolerance of a flower and the compassion of a drop of water.When he was lonely, he went to the theater to listen to plays, and watched the stories in Tang and Song legends about reunion after broken mirrors, poems written on red leaves, and peach blossoms on human faces.What a good time, you can squander time to your heart's content, and don't even care about how fast it goes by.In Mingfu Garden, he is the one who can control his own destiny, because his intelligence and talent are undoubtedly the pride of Nalan Mingzhu and his wife.He is so perfect that Mingzhu can't find any reason to be harsh on him.

At that time, Emperor Kangxi, who was one year older than him, lived in the Forbidden City and took on the important task of the country early.It is also rich in clothes and jade food, but the sun, which is wearing a dragon robe and holding a scepter, is not as holy and peaceful as this moon.Maybe they have the same arrogance and loneliness among the stars.Later, the wise young emperor respected and appreciated this talented young man with great literary talent.Nalan Ruorong became Kangxi's most important personal confidant, and traveled with him to places of interest, mountains and rivers, and through villages, towns and cities.Ask about the country with a sword, cook wine and discuss heroes, write poems and write about the years together, and even reward beauty together.How many people can't achieve such honor and honor despite their lifetime efforts, but Nalan Rongruo regards it as a burden.The life he longs for is to be surrounded by mountains and rivers, enjoy lotus and drink wine in pavilions, and write poems and lyrics; it is to snuggle up with a young woman under the window and look at the bright moon. Rong Ruo was seventeen years old and entered the Imperial College to study.He is that bright moon, coming from the Tang and Song Dynasties, with the civilization of the prosperous age and the memory like water, his body has an unconcealable brilliance.Rong Ruo's bearing and elegance were appreciated by Xu Wenyuan, the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine, and recommended to his brother Xu Qianxue, a cabinet bachelor and minister of rites.At the age of eighteen, Rong Ruo took part in the Shuntian Mansion Examination, he was full of talent and learning, and easily passed the Juren Examination.From birth to the age of eighteen, he seemed to be in every position—among the stars, he was the peerless and independent moonlight; among the flowers, he was the proudly blooming winter plum. On the bustling and noisy stage, Nalan Rongruo always acts out his true self alone.He pointed out the country on the stage, and the people in the audience were enthusiastic, but they could never have a collision of hearts.Over the years, when he opened the book, he always hoped that the person he was waiting for would appear in the dimly lit place.Only under the moonlight can he dare to admit that there is actually a woman who has already plucked the strings of his love.There is only a window between them, as long as you reach out your hand, you can hold the fate.Was Nalan Rongruo's first love in his life fulfilling his wish?Maybe we should ask, how many rounds does that bright moon have?