Chapter 15 Chapter fifteen

Master Qiming Daqi has a long horse face and a pair of protruding ears. The ears are thin and big. There is a bean-sized mole on the left earlobe, as if there is a fly that cannot be driven away.His eyes are not big, and he likes to squint when looking at people, making his eyes even smaller. If it is not because of his habit, people can hardly even identify where the eyes are on this horse face. The nose is not bad, high and straight, like a horse. Steep hills. Master Qi doesn't look good. Master Qi is not very good-looking but has an excellent head. He was a scholar at the age of nineteen, a scholar at the age of twenty-four, a Jinshi at the age of twenty-nine, and a county magistrate of Guiping at the age of thirty.When Guiping was the magistrate of a county, during a private visit in a micro-service, a fortune-teller called "Suanpotian" dragged him and showed him his face, saying that his face was very similar to Ming Taizu, but slightly different. What's more, the face is less dimpled, and the ears are more protruding. "Suanpotian" asserts that Master Qi may be very rich, unspeakably expensive, as expensive as the emperor; or he will die under the sword in a catastrophe.

Master Qi rewarded the fortune teller ten taels of silver, and he has written down his words since then. He strives for integrity as an official, and is very careful in dealing with the world, in order to become rich and noble one day, as honored as the emperor. Unexpectedly, because of Master Qi's integrity and carefulness, he lost his position as an official.The first disturbance occurred in the 18th year of Jiaqing. At that time, there was a severe drought in Guiping, starvation was everywhere, and hungry people rebelled. The situation was imminent.Master Qi was shocked when he heard the news, and he knew in his heart that as long as the people in the county rebelled, the Holy One would blame them, and the disaster would be serious, so he set up a list to comfort the people and persuade the big households to release grain.There are also a few large households that put hundreds of loads of grain, but dripping water can hardly quench their thirst, and the situation has not been relieved.Mr. Qi is honest and upright. He is the honor of a county. How can he sit idly by?What's more, if you cause trouble, you will also be implicated, and then submit a memorial, begging to open the official warehouse and release food for disaster relief.The emperor, who had never thought of being holy, was not very wise this time. Three memorials were presented, but no imperial edict came.In desperation, Master Qi opened the official warehouse on his own initiative and distributed food to the victims of the disaster.This suddenly annoyed the court and almost sent him to prison.Fortunately, the Holy Spirit pardoned Mr. Qi's heinous crime of ignoring the court after learning about the disaster, and at least kept his official position.The second time was in the 25th year of Jiaqing, the bannerman who was escorting the grain and the people in the county fought with each other. Banner was released on bail.Unexpectedly, another catastrophe occurred. In order to avoid the crime, the group of bannermen insisted that the people of Guiping rebelled, but Master Qi knew about it and refused to act.Master Qi was dismissed from office and sent to prison.He stayed in the big prison for almost a year, and was not pardoned until Daoguang Sheng ascended the throne.

After all these troubles, Master Qi has aged a lot, and when he returned to the village, most of his hair was gray—poor Master Qi is not yet fifty years old. When he returned to his hometown in Xinshiji, Master Qi decided that his way to become rich and powerful was not in his official career, but in other places.There will only be catastrophes and disasters in the official career, but there will be no great wealth and great honor.Mr. Qi thought of rebellion——the great ancestor Liu Bangchu of the Han Dynasty was the head of a small pavilion in Surabaya, and later became the founding king of the country after killing snakes; the great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty also rose from the rebellion and became the emperor!If his fate is really precious, maybe he will be an emperor once or twice!Since Ming Taizu was able to ascend the throne against the Mongols of the Yuan Dynasty, why couldn't he ascend the throne against the Manchus of the Qing Dynasty?The Manchu court is so stupid, shouldn't it be reversed?

Just when the idea of ​​rebellion stubbornly floated in Master Qi's head again and again, Ruan Dacheng sent it to Master Qi's door. Mr. Qi had heard of Ruan Dacheng before he was recommended by Du Tianxing. Mr. Qi wanted to meet him a long time ago, but he never had the chance.Now, Ruan Dacheng and Du Tianxing paid homage to Jinlan, and Master Qi and Du Tianxing were friends with Jinlan, so it was even more necessary to meet him.Du Tianxing wanted to accompany Ruan Dacheng, but Master Qi refused.Master Qi wants to see with his own eyes what kind of character Ruan Dacheng is, how capable and courageous he is, and how dare he "conspire against him"!Master Qi needs to find out: Is this Ruan Dacheng the general talent sent by heaven for his enthronement!

Master Qi wants a general, a military adviser, a minion who is waving the flag and shouting, charging into the battle, but he doesn't want a king! Master Qi is the future founding king! In order to complete this extraordinary meeting satisfactorily and safely, Master Qi tossed and turned on the bed all night, thinking every word, every question, and every step during the meeting very thoughtfully——Master Qi will take it all down at once Ruan Dacheng! Master Qi's mansion is magnificent, with a screen wall in front of the door, a flagpole in the courtyard, a wide hall facing the courtyard door, and a building behind the hall, with three entrances and two compartments in total.When Ruan Dacheng arrived, Mr. Qi endured the heat and sat on the carved mahogany chair in the middle of the hall waiting for him.

Master Qi didn't go out of the hall to greet him - he heard the report from Mending, the master originally wanted to greet him, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was inappropriate: in the future, the master will be the emperor, how can an emperor condescend to greet his subjects?The rules have to start from scratch!Besides, even if the master does not become the emperor in the future, the master was indeed a magistrate in the past, and it is not in accordance with the rules to welcome a commoner with the magistrate's dignity! Mr. Qi talks about the rules everywhere. How can there be a circle without rules?

Under the guidance of the doorman, Ruan Dacheng entered the hall, Master Qi stood up, took a few steps forward with his belly outstretched, then stopped and waited for Ruan Dacheng to salute him.Ruan Dacheng seemed to have guessed what the master was thinking, and he was still far away from the master, so he arched his big hands, raised them to his nose, and made a perfect and regular long bow: "Ruan Dacheng, I will pay my respects to Mr. Jinshi!" The bow was really good, but he didn't kowtow, Master Qi felt that there was something wrong with it.Fortunately, the master bowed properly, and the question of whether to kowtow or not, the master was embarrassed to think about it-the master was sympathetic and courteous!If you are not understanding and courteous, what kind of emperor is the master!

The master solemnly and politely invited Ruan Dacheng to the table in the hall, and when Ruan Dacheng sat down at the table, the master raised his hand and called the servants to serve refreshments and make fragrant tea. The master likes to make majestic gestures, and he does not want to talk nonsense that is not majestic. The master knows the art of majesty. While waiting for the tea to be brewed, the master began to look at Ruan Dacheng seriously, he first had to find out whether this Ruan Dacheng had the air of an emperor. Two small eyes moved away from the tip of his tall and straight nose, and stared at Ruan Dacheng's chest first; the chest was nice, wide and thick, like a city wall, and the city wall was covered with light blue cloud gauze.Looking up, I saw a perfect neck, thick and strong, the part facing the master's gaze was blocked by the drooping wide chin; the neck was sweaty, and the veins were like an earthworm.If you look up, you can see the face. The face is long and thin, like... like... like a green winter melon with bad color, but the eyebrows are very thick; the eyes are big and bright, the complexion is bright red, and the nose ... The nose is not good, it is a lump of meat, like a small meat ball with two holes; then, look at the ears - the ears are very important, as important as the nose - Zhongyue, which is as big as the emperor's ears Shoulder length!Ruan Dacheng's ears are not good, they are small and thick, with almost no earlobes.There is also the Heavenly Court—there is no need to look at the Heavenly Court, no matter how good the Heavenly Court is, this Ruan Dacheng will not be able to be an emperor!

Master Qi is relieved. At this moment, two domestic servants came to the table with refreshments and fragrant tea, respectfully placed the refreshment plate in the middle of the table, and put a cup of tea on the table in front of Master Qi and Ruan Dacheng, silently retreated. Master Qi stretched out his hand and made a gesture of inviting tea. Ruan Dacheng picked up the fragrant tea, took a sip, and couldn't help but said: "My lord! Ruan Dacheng has heard about your name for a long time, and wanted to visit you for a long time, but there was no chance for a while. Today Fang was recommended by brother Tianxing, and finally I can see you." My lord, it can be said that three lives are lucky!"

"No! No!" The master's nasal voice is good, deep and thick. "Brother Tianxing originally agreed that he and I would visit your lord together, but Master Li Qingpu invited him to go, so it didn't happen!" "No! No!" The master's nasal voice became thicker and thicker. "Brother Tianxing asked me to bring a piece of paper with my own handwriting for you, please read it!" Ruan Dacheng respectfully handed a letter to Master Qi. Master Qi read it all at a glance, put the letter on the table, and said with a long sigh: "I see, Tian Xing has already told me about your brother, and I want to see you too! God Wake up and praise your brother for his generous donations and great ambitions! Say your brother is worthy of the title of today's great hero!"

Ruan Dacheng was overwhelmed by Master Qi's power for a long time, and he said sincerely and fearfully: "Don't dare to do it! Don't dare to do it! Brother Tianxing is too beautiful!" Master Qi laughed and said: "Why don't you dare to do it! The way of heaven is unknown, and a hero for the first time must do justice for the sky, relieve the people from hanging upside down, and save the people from the fire and water. If you dare to do what you want, you must dare to be famous!" Ruan Dacheng knew that the senior Jinshi in front of him was frustrated in his official career and was dissatisfied with the court. He had long been rebellious, and before he left, Du Tianxing handed over his cards to him. To save the people from the fire and water, there is no one person can do it! My lord is a sage, I must know more about the tyranny and ignorance of the Manchu court. In today's world, the one who puts our people in the water and fire is a court full of dogs! Want to save our people , this court full of dogs must be eradicated! And to accomplish this, one must open up the wisdom of the people, wake up the hearts of the people, and mobilize against it..." As soon as Ruan Dacheng's words reached this point, Mr. Qi couldn't sit still. Mr. Qi got up immediately with a long face, slapped the case with his palms, and shouted angrily: "Bold! The conspiracy came to my master's house! You know what this master is Who is it! My lord has bathed in the mighty grace of the emperor for generations. At the age of 24, I was granted the title of Juzi. Waiting for the bandits to conspire together, blind your eyes!" Ruan Dacheng had the bottom line in his heart, and said with a cold smile: "My lord, don't get angry! I still know a little bit about your lord's details. Your lord's words are certainly true, your lord has indeed been blessed by the mighty emperor, and you have indeed been the county magistrate of Guiping. However, didn’t your lord also sit in a prison full of dogs? Didn’t your lord almost be put in jail?” Master Qi was still angry and said: "So what? I should do my duty, be responsible, and be loyal to my ministers! The Holy Majesty grants death, and I have to die! Even if my master dies immediately, he can't rebel against the court!" Ruan Dacheng stood up abruptly, and said coldly: "What a loyal minister! If that's the case, I will take my leave!" Master Qi said gloomyly: "I'm afraid it's not so easy? My Qi mansion is easy to get in and hard to get out of! What if I don't let you go? What if I detain you in the house and sue the officials?" Ruan Dacheng couldn't bear it anymore, for a moment he almost suspected that he had been deceived by Du Tianxing, and fell into a trap jointly set by Du Tianxing and Qi Mingda. However, the matter has come to this point, but it is not easy to back down. A good man must do his best to the end. Once he softens, things may become more and more out of hand. Ruan Dacheng sat down on the grand teacher's chair again, pretending to be relaxed and smiled and said: "It's fine if you don't leave. As long as the adults think highly of me, Ruan, it doesn't matter if I stay at the mansion for two days. It's just that the adults are afraid of talking to the officials when they come out. I don’t know! Who will prove me for treason? My lord has been an official for many years, don’t you know that there is also a law against rebellion?” Master Qi was stunned, sat down slowly, thought for a moment, then changed his face and said: "Your rebellion is certain! However, I don't need to raise it, but you will have to spend two! I heard that you are in the south I bought a lot of money, but if I don’t ask you how much you want, I will blackmail you, so you can give me three thousand taels, how about it? You should know that treason will be punished by death!" Ruan Dacheng concluded that he had fallen into Du Tianxing's trap!They—they really wanted to blackmail him for money!He fell for them! That being the case, simply scold the general heartily!Anyway, if you scold, you will be knocked, and if you don't scold, you will be knocked, so what's the point of scolding once! Ruan Dacheng then scolded angrily: "Manchu people have no morals, smoke and dust are everywhere, and the people of the whole country are in the water and fire. You wait for the dogs of the Manchus, who don't want to save the people and the country, and revive the great Han, but run a dog's business. Don't you? Do you feel ashamed! The ancients said: Hulu has no luck for a hundred years. Today, the Manchus have occupied the Central Plains for 178 years, and their extinction is imminent. How can the dogs of the Manchus survive on the day when the Manchus are extinct? Why? Self-preservation..." Ruan Dacheng was eloquent, and when he wanted to continue cursing, unexpectedly, Master Qi changed his face again, and shouted: "Good scolding! You really are a hero!" Ruan Dacheng was stunned, he didn't know whether what Master Qi said was right or irony. Master Qi got up from his seat, walked quickly to Ruan Dacheng, put his fleshy hands on Ruan Dacheng's broad shoulders, and said sincerely: "Brothers from the Ruan family are so heroic, I can rest assured that Qi!" It was only then that Ruan Dacheng realized: Master Qi had done a fake show! Ruan Dachang let out a sigh, and said with a wry smile: "My lord has made me so miserable!" Master Qi said: "I didn't mean to tease you, but I was forced to do it! When I was in Guiping, I was involved in the word 'rebellion' and almost lost my head. How can I be careless today? How about being cautious? The Ruan family brothers must not mind!" Ruan Dacheng said: "My lord, don't worry, the young one is not the kind of small man who cares about every detail! It's just that since the old man has long been anti-fulfilling, he must have a group of forces to achieve great success. The young one came to worship today, so he wanted to talk to the old man. Let's talk about the alliance." Master Qi said: "Du Tianxing has already told me about the alliance, and I am very much in favor of it. Those who achieve great achievements must recruit heroes from all over the world and recruit sages from all over the world. It's just that if I want to join Hongmen, I need to rely on me. thing!" "My lord, please speak!" Master Qi said: "You and my brother, don't call yourself an adult! This seems to be born!" Master Qi knew how to be humble before he became an emperor——didn't Uncle Liu Xuande call his subordinates brothers and sisters before he established his career?This is the strategy of a big man, and Master Qi understands it. Ruan Dacheng immediately changed his words: "What's the matter? Brother Qi, please tell me." Master Qi said: "The first thing is that you must not hide anything from me about the affairs of the Hongmen meeting. What you want to do must be approved by me-this is not what I want to do, but for the sake of caution, so as not to leak the secret and provoke the destruction of the family. A fatal disaster. Compared with you, I may not be very smart, but I have spent some time in the officialdom of the Manchus and know some inside information." Ruan Dacheng thought about it for a while, and thought that what Master Qi said was reasonable, so he nodded in agreement and said, "I will depend on my elder brother for this one!" "Secondly, the rules of the Hongmen Society need to be changed—in the fifty-second year of Qianlong, the imperial court copied out the Hongmen secret seal and Xiangtang meeting book. Some secret words have been exposed and cannot be passed today. Otherwise, there will be endless troubles! Meixian County, Guangdong The failure of Hongmen's uprising was related to the leak of that code word." Ruan Dacheng exclaimed: "Good! Excellent! My brother is worthy of being a county magistrate, and he is brilliant!" Master Qi was very proud, and poked his gray head again and said: "Third point, burn the Xiangtang meeting book, and don't write the name of brother Hong on paper and ink again, so as not to be caught by the government. Brother Hong In between, it is necessary to reduce communication, use a few people to gather young people, use young people to gather large groups, and the person who acts as a liaison must be very reliable!" Ruan Dacheng said without hesitation: "This one is also up to brother!" "The fourth point, put away the righteousness of the Hongmen, and don't speak against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, so as not to scare everyone away." "This is what Brother Du said!" Mr. Qi said: "That's enough. According to these few rules, we can step up our actions secretly, lay a foundation, contact the heroes of the world, and look for opportunities to start trouble! At that time, I, Qi, will pay people and money, and we will set up knives and guns with you and others." , Fighting will create a world of big men!" Ruan Dacheng was extremely excited and shouted: "At that time, the Ming Dynasty will be restored, and we will all be the founding heroes. With my brother's education, we may be the chief assistant or prime minister!" Master Qi smiled lightly, but did not answer. Master Qi has the appearance of an emperor, he is as noble as the emperor, and if he wants to rule the world, can a chief assistant and prime minister be enough?Master Qi didn't let Ruan Dacheng talk about anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty, which also implied that he wanted to be an emperor. If he really brought out the emperor of the Zhu family, would Master Qi still be able to be the emperor? Mr. Qi's heart moved, and he wanted to tell him about "Suan Potian" meeting him, and remind Ruan Dacheng to notice the existence of a founding king with the surname Qi.However, as soon as the words came to his lips, Master Qi held back again—it is too early to talk about this now, and if the trouble is not good, his head will be lost. Even if he is not killed by the government, he will have to be killed by the brothers in Hongmen. No kidding! Therefore, Mr. Qi shook his long head and said humbly: "Where! Where! We and the brothers gathered in Hong's family, because the emperor has no way to do justice for the heavens, and to relieve our people from the misery and the future of personal fame. , wealth and life come second!" Ruan Dacheng couldn't help being awe-inspiring, and praised sincerely: "Brother Qi is very talented and bold, with a bright integrity and high style, I admire him very much!" On this day, Ruan Dacheng was very satisfied. On this day, Master Qi was also very satisfied.