Chapter 25 The twenty-fifth chapter Chengzuo made jokes to Agui when he talked about government affairs

Agui almost trotted in all the way, until she entered the East Nuan Pavilion of Yangxin Palace, knelt heavily on her knees, panting heavily, and kowtowed while saying: "Master...I want to kill my slave...Your body is so weak... Okay? Zhaohui and Hailancha are also really thinking about their master, they said..." As they spoke, their voices choked. "Get up and talk slowly. Wang Lian, help Gui Zhongtang to sit down..." Qianlong saw that he was so in love with the Lord, his heart felt hot for a while, but he smiled: "I calculated the mileage of the road, you should have arrived yesterday no matter what. Are you afraid that the road is not easy to walk?" Looking up and down, I saw that Agui was wearing a thick and heavy old sheepskin robe, and there were two big oily gloves tucked in beside the sword hook on his belt, which were also made of sheepskin and blackened. His face was cracked by the wind and sand outside the Great Wall, and looked very rough.He couldn't help but nodded and sighed: "It's hard for you to do this job, it's really hard! Don't you even have some oil for your face? Your lips are cracked and scabbed... It's hot in this room, take off your old sheepskin robe. "

Agui has been staring at Qianlong with good eyes, sipping tea carefully with her mouth pursed, and said with a smile: "When I came to the master, my body was hot, and my heart was even hotter; it was already hot, so I just got hot to the end. The slave hasn't bathed for two or three months. How dare you take off your clothes and stink of sweat? The master said to put on oil, let alone dare. There are tens of thousands of horses, and I have oily hair and powder noodles. Dressed up like a pink man, he needs to eat vegetables and take a bath, and his hair is still oiled! A few soldiers under Hai Lancha took advantage of him to go out to play alone, put him in the sand pit and beat him up, saying:' Please eat sand chicken, you little white face!' He came to me and cried, and said, "Sha lost his eyes, I don't know who hit it." I was very suspicious that Hailancha, a living ghost, was responsible, so I called him to ask, and he still He refused to admit it, and said: "I am the emperor's lackey, and I am too busy with serious business. How can I care about this beast?""

Qianlong laughed loudly when he heard this, and said: "Okay, okay! Hai Lancha is leading Qiu Baye!" Ah Gui said: "This is how leading soldiers is. If fate is right, he would rather be cannon fodder to protect you from arrows and guns." ;He thinks you are not authentic, no matter how big the official position is, it is useless. A general of the Taihu Navy, when he was taking a bath, several subordinates surrounded him and said, "Help me sober up" and asked him what month and what day Taking the credit of so-and-so, and secretly wearing small shoes for so-and-so, stealing the military salary and planting money on other people's heads, and taking a lot of money. Naturally, he refused to admit it. Those people are all very good at water, just Turned the boss upside down in the water, and he was almost suffocated before he let go and asked again, and finally asked innocently, and this group of subordinates floated away..." Qianlong frowned and asked: "He is a general, didn't he fight personally? Shiha follow? Let others deal with it to death?" Ah Gui said: "This man is greedy and harsh. Frolicking and pretending to be deaf, he didn't come until he 'confessed', he pretended to be okay even talking and laughing, and let it go. At that time, Hai Lancha was also on the admiral of the navy, saying that this 'custom' was not good, looking for Not individually, the general was transferred to guard the warehouse; the subordinates did not say that he was "offended", they were all sent to the local guard envoy, and the military power was stripped away - Hailancha and Zhaohui are both sensible people, Don't be confused about major issues." Qianlong smiled and said, "I know. He sent Zhaohui to Jinchuan and sent his enemy to the army to relieve his hatred. It is said that he was slapped on the face, fell off his horse, and said in public. One by one, this is the measure of virtue. A general, repaying grievances with virtue and rewarding meritorious deeds is the only way to lead soldiers!"

The two monarchs and ministers reunited after a long time, did not mention government affairs, just gossip, warm and affectionate like family members.He also said that Yin Jishan and Fu Heng passed away one after another. Although Yu Minzhong and Ji Yun were capable, they seemed to be unable to take charge of government affairs.Qianlong still thought of the bad things in the inner palace of Zhonggong, and he couldn't help sighing, saying: "Ji Yun was in the military aircraft department, and he always only focused on compiling the "Siku Quanshu", just like Yu Minzhong, his prestige is not enough to control the overall situation; Shen just came in, and his prestige can't convince the crowd. It's ridiculous to say that what I'm doing now is actually the matter of leading the military minister! It's good that you come back, Fu Heng is gone, and you have to take the responsibility of the chief military minister. My shoulders can also relax a little bit."

"The servant will go to Fu Heng's mansion when I leave later." Agui probably felt hot, and put down the front skirt with his hand, and said thoughtfully: "Fu Heng's greatest strength in life is to be favored and not to be favored, and to treat him with sincerity. Arrogant, for the rest of his life, the master will value him highly and dare not slack off. This is virtue, and his wisdom is second. Therefore, the emperor relies on trust, and the people below are obedient. The slave is from the army. Compared with Fu Heng, he is more frank No matter how detailed it is, running around the military aircraft department is enough for a slave, and he dare not take on the responsibility of the 'Chief', and even Fu Heng did not have the name of the chief military aircraft in the past. According to the slaves, the military aircraft department is the emperor who handles the world's government affairs It seems that there is no need to have a foreman in the study room. Tianyan is close at hand, there are six departments to handle minor matters, and major matters can be coordinated at any time. There are only three or five people who are directly responsible to the emperor, and the work is more agile and fast. The emperor pays attention , The Military Aircraft Department is different from the former Ming cabinet.”

He spoke frankly and sincerely, looking up and down, he seemed to be another Fu Heng, muttering while talking, looking at Qianlong quietly, not long after parting, but he seemed to be deep in the city.Qianlong then nodded and smiled: "Then it's up to you, although you can choose who to follow, but you are an old man from Manchuria, He Shen and Liu Yong are still immature, Yu Minzhong and Ji Yun can't make it, so if there is something to do, the military aircraft department will brainstorm, who will gather? I still want you to come!" He said while thinking, and then said: "Fu Heng is seriously ill, and there are some discussions outside, saying that some people are dying, and the personnel of the military aircraft department are changing. Have you heard this? What do you think? thing?"

"I have heard about it. There are also rumors that the slave is a member of Fu Heng's team, and there are gossips about Ji Yun and Li Shiyao." Agui said honestly, "Fu Heng has been in power for a long time, and it is not surprising that there are such discussions. On the day when Empress Feng passed away in a dream, some people said that Fu Heng was about to lose power. The slaves thought it was a vulgar and boring view of the market, and whoever said this in front of the slaves would reprimand him! Because Fu Heng really did not form a party for personal gain. Discuss matters without personal prejudice. Although I, Ji Yun, and Li Shiyao have good personal relationships, the cultivation, discovery, promotion and appointment are not recommended by Fu Heng; even Fu Heng, including Fu Heng, was promoted by the emperor's dictatorship. Say this In other words, it is more elegant to use the light of fireflies to illuminate the moon in the heart of the sky; to put it bluntly, I underestimated Fu Heng and even underestimated the emperor—how can the emperor be controlled by other ministers? So hearing this, the slave is not worried or afraid , I just think it’s ridiculous and pitiful.” This was obviously a well-thought-out answer, and it was said clearly and forcefully.After pondering for a while, he sighed again: "A generation of younger generations chased after their elders. Fu Heng held a heavy weapon for 20 years. He left suddenly and changed his personnel so that the government affairs can be implemented smoothly. Don't care about any discussions. The emperor's purpose has never changed. Even if Fu Heng is alive, promotion and demotion are also common affairs of the court. How can there be any unchanging principles?"

Qianlong smiled and said: "I think about everything, so I can see that I am still studying! There are a few new recruits in the Military Aircraft Department, and the fear is that the old and the new will not get along. 'Disharmony between the general and the prime minister is a harm to the country', this is "The Harmony of the General and Prime Minister" What about Li Lianpo? He Shen was your personal soldier in the early years, not even Geshha, and now he is on an equal footing with you...well, this, this..." He felt that the following words were difficult to say, so he stopped.Ah Gui smiled, in his heart he didn't have any ill feeling towards He Shen, but he only thought that he was a good waiter, he was pervasive and dazzled by his cleverness.If you want to be appointed by him, just give him a secretary of the Ministry of Industry if you give him a little bit of praise.But He Shen was right under his nose, climbing dragons and phoenixes by himself, beheading generals and seizing barriers, making success again and again. In such a complicated and ever-changing central mechanism and personnel affairs, he was like no one else.He felt that he still couldn't figure out this person right now, because he said: "The time between He Shen and me is very short. It is his own ability and master's appreciation that made him rise to the top. The slave and He Shen have no grievances. Since they are colleagues, they must work well together. I will definitely not be able to show my strength today because of the division of subordinates in the past, nor dare to look at the right and wrong of today because of the same department in the past." "Very good, so I can rest assured." Qianlong smiled with satisfaction, "Military and government affairs You should pay more attention, financial matters are about He Shen, Liu Yong and Yu Minzhong are in charge of public security and official administration. The imperial edicts have been sent to you along the way, so I have nothing to worry about. Immediately march. There can be no accidents on Fukang’an’s side. The first suppression is not good, and the second suppression will be ten times more difficult—Jinchuan is an example. You probably haven’t eaten yet? I wanted to give you a meal, but you won’t be able to make it here. , just kneel down. I don’t have to work today, and I will hand over the sign early tomorrow, and I will see the Queen Mother first, and accompany me to send the Queen Mother to Zhengyangmen.”

"Yes, I obey the order!" Ah Gui said solemnly, "There was a blizzard from Shijiazhuang to Gaobeidian, and thousands of houses were destroyed. The servant stayed there for two days, so he had to quickly transport coal, firewood and rice noodles. The servant has already Ordered the Luoyang Green Camp to transport the discarded military tents by car overnight. Here, an order is also requested that the remaining materials for the construction of the Old Summer Palace, such as residual bricks and short wood, be sold at a cheap price to the Ministry of Households, and sold to the victims of the disaster here... Your Majesty, The snow fell two feet down there, and the scene was so miserable! The whole family covered a torn quilt, huddled in the temple, ate frozen steamed buns and drank cold water, and wept all the way. Official buildings have been vacated. The snow melts and the weather spreads, which is even more serious... The governors and slaves of the provinces in the north of the Yangtze River have to write letters to take care of them, and handle such things accordingly. The Empress Dowager, the Empress and the Holy Majesty all have to go to Zhengyang Gate, and the servant has to accompany Li Shiyao for a walk around the city to see if there are any omissions in guarding the security. After a busy period, it is not too late to rest, but fortunately, the servant is a fast eater and sleepy, I'll wake up after a good night's sleep..." After finishing speaking, he got up, saluted and left the hall.

Going out of Yongxiang and entering Tianjie, Agui looked at the sky, only to see gray clouds that were neither thick nor thin, and neither the sun nor the shadow of the sun could be seen. When he took out his pocket watch, it was a quarter past noon.There was already a large group of officials standing inside the Long Zongmen, all from the six ministries and three divisions, some knew each other, and some were just familiar with each other. Ah Gui knew that they had received the news of his return to Beijing to welcome them; , looked at me and laughed, it was the "old fritters who were connected to the door" before leaving Beijing. Relying on the "poor friends" with Agui in the early years, he tuned in for himself, and sought a job for his son to seek promotion. Green Skinless and faceless like a fly, he has been entangled all day long. As soon as he returned to Beijing, his front feet came in and his back feet came.Agui couldn't help being amused and angry, so she stood still at the gate of the Military Aircraft Office, clasped her hands together, and said, "Brothers, I just met you, and I haven't returned to Beijing yet! Cooking, so this is considered to be a meeting. Brothers dare not be pretentious, please forgive me, those who come from far away from other provinces have urgent business, please wait here, the rest of the brothers have to go back except for important military affairs, disaster relief and government affairs, please go back. I'm just a courtier on errands for the emperor, so I'm not afraid of trouble, how about we talk about it later?" With a smile on their faces, they clasped their fists together, and the group of people scattered like birds and beasts while talking and laughing.Ah Gui had just entered the computer room, but saw Yu Minzhong, Ji Yun, and Li Shiyao were all there, sitting cross-legged on the kang, looking at him and smiling, because he asked: "Brother Ji came back from Liuye's mansion? You are like the three official Bodhisattvas." Sitting like this, what are you laughing at?"

"We laughed at the group of birds, including crows, night owls, sparrows, bustards, eagles, and weeds." Ji Yun laughed, "I also laughed at you as a straw stack, and all birds fall." Everyone got off the kang and held hands to salute.Yu Minzhong and Ah Gui were not very familiar yet, so he bowed and smiled and said, "You didn't come back a while ago, and these few days the emperor personally took care of the backlog, and he was very busy. We all hope that you will come back soon, so it's okay How are you on the way?" Li Shiyao also said: "I'm so busy! There are Tai Chi practitioners who disturb you when you're busy, military officers want money for a job, and they are more ambiguous than civil servants! In the middle of the night last night Yi brought his nephew to see me, and asked me to talk to Yu Zhongtang, say hello to the Ministry of War, and send his nephew to the Fengtai Camp—how ​​many turns has this been made? I’m wicked and fuming, saying that I’m useless and boring, so my descendants are not prosperous. I’ll fight haha, saying that we are the same, we both have two sons, and your grandson is probably your son’s strength, probably not yours!” Said angrily Sigh, all three of them laughed. After chatting and laughing for a while, Agui changed his solemn appearance, told about the situation Qianlong had summoned, and said: "There are two important matters, Zhaohui, Hailancha and Fukang'an; Disaster victims. I will take Li Gaotao to go out now, and walk around the inner city. I beg you two to follow the emperor's will and give Buda court orders to the southern provinces to stabilize the officialdom, stabilize the place, and guard against bandits. Letters from the northern provinces I'm here to write, because I have seen and heard all the way, and the situation in each province is different, and the layout is also different. How about this?" Ji Yun said with a smile: "I don't have any urgent matters, so I will walk with you. I am in charge of the funeral of the Fu family, so come back together You go and have a look too." Agui was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay. Let's ride horses—quickly." So the three of them went out of the Xihua Gate together, and Agui's entourage, Ma Bian, was still waiting outside the gate.Ah Gui ordered: "Everyone should go back to the post station. Master Ji and Li and I will ride horses to patrol the city. I will return to the post station at night. If you come back late, you don't have to wait for me after Haishi." "tie!" A group of dozens of generals agreed with a thunderous bang, saluted Qianer, the spurs and sabers bumped into mountains, untied their bridles and led the horses, seeing that the three of them were riding steadily, they all got on their horses and walked towards Agui on the horse In the military salute, the flag officer said "Go!" Amidst the sound of horseshoes, everyone left in a hurry.Ji Yun couldn't help admiring: "The tiger is fierce and fierce, good!" Agui raised his whip on the horse and pointed south, and said with a smile: "The most important place to go to see the lights at Zhengyangmen is the outer city. Let's go out from Xuanwumen one by one!" Clamping its legs, the horse neighed and galloped out, Li Shiyao and Ji Yun hurriedly let go of the reins to follow. It wasn't until he left Xuanwu Gate that Ah Gui slowed down his horse gait.This is already the outer city of Beijing. Along Guang'anmen, Xuanwumen, Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen and Guangqumen is a loess road. All the temporary stalls for selling goods in the outer city, dilapidated houses and rotten mat sheds have long since been demolished. It was clean, with countless grids drawn out with white ash. It was the floor of the lamp shed circled by Li Shiyao. There were wooden signs on them, which read the land occupation sign of "XX Company".In front of the Guandi Temple at Zhengyangmen, there is a large empty field with a radius of more than ten mu without grids. It is obviously used for walking on stilts, dancing dragon lanterns, and playing various operas for the royal family to watch.Li Shiyao followed behind him and pointed out, where is the firework area, where is the horse road, rescue, security, which area has an accident, which road to follow in Tianfu, where is the nine-door admiral's yamen commanding, and the villages come to the city to perform Those who watch the lanterns should enter from Zuo'anmen and exit from Right'anmen... In addition to how to control the flow of people, treat the wounded, medical supplies, how to prevent the chaotic houses on Qipan Street and Chongwenmen, and how to Guan Fang...he kept talking all the way.Ji Yun was listening, and wanted to find out some faults, but just as he thought of something, Li Shiyao had already mentioned it in his words, so he simply didn't want to think about it, and thought to himself, "This person is really a character in his work!" But Agui listened very carefully, didn't say a word, just meditated, until at the gate of Dongbian, he took a piece of beef jerky from the horse bag, chewed and pointed at it and said: fireworks, fire, rocket, two kicks, etc. Firecrackers are not allowed to be released in the outer city, and firecrackers are not allowed between Xuanwumen and Chongwenmen.this is one.The second is that there should be two garrisons at the east gate and west gate, and they cannot all be in plain clothes, but the flags and armor should be distinctive, bringing out some power--what's the use of the gate gods during the Chinese New Year?Can it ward off evil spirits and scare ghosts?The infantry commanded the soldiers of the yamen stationed in Yongdingmen, and asked the old yamen servants of Shuntian Mansion to lead them. If something happened, it was done quickly and quickly, and there were fewer accidental injuries and arrests. I led troops in Xidakou, and those soldiers called him Killing is a good hand, give him a rope, he can't tie people up!Yamen servants are experts in these matters.The third, there is no toilet.At least one hundred thousand people must be squeezed into this outer city, including men, women and children, so it can't be convenient anywhere, right?Six on the north side of the bridleway and six on the south side—at least twelve should be enough.The men's restroom is slightly covered with a reed mat, and the women's restroom has to be tighter, and there must be a man who pulls out the excrement at any time..." Before he finished speaking, Li Shiyao slapped the back of his head and smiled: "I really forgot all about this!Fortunately, you want to come - there is no toilet in Zhengyang Gate!There are many women in the palace, so the women's toilet needs to be bigger! Ji Yun laughed and said, "Ah Gui can really squeeze oil out of stones!"I thought about Li Yao's carefulness anyway, nothing else, twelve latrines are hard for you to think about! "Agui listened to his Hejian accent, called "toilet" as "chai", laughed and joked: "It's easy, it's the same as living, which family doesn't have "chai"?"There are in the Imperial Palace and in the Old Summer Palace, so there is also a 'Jinling Twelve Beauties' in it! "After that, all three of them laughed immediately. Talking and laughing, the three rode their horses out of the east gate.This is the real outer city of Beijing. According to the inner city wall of Beijing in the Qing Dynasty, there are nine formal archery gates. Except for Zhengyang, Xuanwu and Chongwen, they come out from the east side gate and go straight north. Zhi, Ding'an, Desheng, Xizhi, Fucheng six.The inner city encloses the imperial city, and the imperial city encloses the Forbidden City.The outer city is already a rural place, and on the moat that is frozen as flat as a mirror, there are children frolicking on the ice from far and near. The ones, the cockfights, the spinning top, the gourd-chattering... It was very lively and lively.There are not many pedestrians on the straight loess official road outside the green weeping willow embankment, and most of the people in twos and threes seem to be villagers returning home, and there are also young couples driving donkeys back home.About every 50 zhang or so, street-crossing beauties are erected, with paper flowers inserted on pine and cypress branches, and various small lights hanging from them.Pedestrians stopped and lingered a lot in the past.Seeing these three people all dressed in court clothes and gowns galloping past, without even a follower behind them, people stared at them in amazement, and some children chased after them and shouted: "Look! Three old lunatics!" Ah..." The sound came from far behind, making the three of them laugh uncontrollably. After passing Fucheng Gate, Ah Gui dismounted from the horse and said with a smile, "It took one and a half hours to go around the outer city. Let's take a rest. The stone benches by the Haizi are clean. Let's sit down. I'm hungry... In the morning Going to Zhuo County, thinking about seeing you. Thinking about the emperor’s meal, I didn’t expect it. How long have you walked? How long have you not eaten? Come, you two ‘old madmen’ also eat some beef jerky... ..." Saying that, he sat down and bit the meat.Ji Yun and Li Shiyao came to sit with him, Ji Yun couldn't help laughing, and said: "The Old Summer Palace is being built in the west of the city, and pedestrians are prohibited. If you want to go to the Chaoyang Gate, there must be a group of children gathered around to see the three old lunatics. Eat beef!" "I still didn't plan well! I want to go to Fu Liuye's mansion, and I have to go through the inner city again, go out from Dongbianmen to Chaoyangmen and settle down, saving thirty miles of travel - if I send troops to fight, the soldiers will spit on me No way!" Ah Gui licked her chapped lips with a smile when she was full for a while.Looking at the tall and dark piles of Fuchengmen, he calmed down and said: "There is nothing to say about the layout outside the city. Several more fireworks sheds should be set up from Guangqumen to Chaoyangmen, from Guang'anmen to Fuchengmen. Outer city If there are fewer fireworks inside, they will be set up outside, and if there are too many fireworks, they will not be released. In addition, two reed mat lamp sheds will be set up outside the east and west gates, which are considered to be set up by the government. At that time, there will be more firecrackers, and the common people will be able to enter the city. See, it will be even more lively." He looked at Li Shiyao, and said without doubt: "You have to work hard for your office." The east of the city is the only way for the people to enter the outer city, and the west of the city is the Forbidden Garden, where there are fireworks and firecrackers, for whom?Both Ji Yun and Li Shiyao felt that Ah Gui was a bit extraneous—thousands of households in the outer city presented colorful offerings, and they had already been arranged like a vast ocean of lights, not enough for people to see?Moreover, these two places are in the corner, blocked by the wall, and can't be seen from the Zhengyang Gate, so what's the use?But this is a matter of little money, and the shedman can go up and finish it in less than two hours.Now that Agui has already exported, who will stop her?So everyone smiled, nodded and said yes. Ah Gui didn't know what the two of them were thinking, so she also smiled, but her heart was not as relaxed as her face.Although he is far away in the Western Regions, because he is an imperial envoy, letters are delivered by express horses from the capital every day, and old officials from the old department report important events under the imperial chariot at any time, and he can see them more clearly when he stands far away.Both Ji Yun and Li Shiyao have already been plotted against, even if they are not guilty, it is almost a matter of time before they are dismissed from the military plane.He tried in front of Qianlong, "upgraded and dismissed officials" in personnel affairs, Qianlong responded with approval and praise, and the military dispatcher "forgot" Ji Yun... All kinds of clues seemed to confirm the information he had obtained.Both of them can be regarded as his close friends, but given his current position at the center of balance, and he doesn't know the depth of the muddy water, how dare he have an affair?Seeing that the two of them were still happy and happy, saying that they were the "backbone", they felt uncomfortable in every way, and said in surprise, "...I have to be more careful! I am a martial artist, and I have forced myself to read a few books over the years. You are a half-talented scholar. You, Ji Yun, have learned a lot, and you still praise me? Things are very different from those in the early years of Qianlong. The so-called "poor will change, change will lead to success, and success will lead to long-term"; after "long time"? I think it will be" Poor'—the wheel of the water wheel turns around again. In Emperor Wudi's "Autumn Wind Song", "Take a boat on a building and go to the Fen River, and the drums are humming and singing songs", followed by "Extremely joyful and sad"! Read it and think about it, isn't it shocking?" He was "reminder", but Ji and Li only thought about the chaos of the country, and they all praised Agui's analysis as "thorough and novel" and "a work of benevolence and wisdom". Words", "We must work hard to write articles on 'Jiu'" and other Huatou.Seeing that they didn't understand, Agui stopped talking, got up with a smile and said, "Take off your robes, and go to Fuchengmen to eat something. Then go to Fugong's mansion. They are going to have funerals, so even if you are hungry, you have to eat." Hold back. Wearing this outfit and going to a restaurant for dinner, a group of people outside the street are watching 'Old Crazy', what kind of birth? We are now in the west of the city, and we are going to the east of the city to express condolences. In the evening, I will go back to the post station in the west of the city. But it’s useless, and you’ve done nothing wrong!” The three of them talked and laughed, except that they stuffed their court robes into the saddlebags.He stopped riding, and led the horse into the inner city. At this time, Shiguang said that evening was not until evening, and that it was not time for meal.Agui originally thought that the inside of Fucheng Gate must be very deserted, but when he entered the city gate, he was surprised. There were vendors everywhere along the outer city root to Xibianmen in the south and Xizhimen in the north.As far as Xi'anmen, the original very wide street is lined with vegetable gardens, and it is also bustling with people. There are booths set up in front of the street, selling antiques, selling dog skin plaster, carrying candied haws skewers and yelling loudly. Frying and cooking at the food stalls filled the street with hot aromas, yelling and drinking, and the crowds were so lively that it was very lively.Li Shiyao strolled along and walked eastward, seeing the two people surprised, he smiled and said: "These are all hawkers who rushed in from the Yulan Lantern District of the outer city. There are many idlers in the first lunar month, so it became lively..." Hearing the sound over there The incision that sells rat medicine sputtered, and a large group of people gathered around to listen: "A package of medicine has four flavors, half salty and half sweet, half spicy and half sour, Zhao Kuangyin named it Broken Heart Pill!" Someone asked: " Does that matter?" The drug seller said again: "It's midnight and it's three o'clock. I didn't bother to find a doctor. When will the rat die? The rooster crows three times and it's dawn!" Baoer, who delivered the medicine, kept saying: " The mouse has eaten my medicine, and I discipline it to die, and it will neither poop nor pee, blood will come from the seven orifices, and the civet cat in the house can sleep!" The medicine seller in his hand kept saying: "Mice mouth, match steel gun, Biting clothes through a suitcase, smashing a lampstand and smashing a pot, which one is not worth more than three hangs? Dropping a basin and smashing a bowl, which one is not worth three pieces..." He is also very eloquent, and whenever someone opens his mouth to ask , is a string of words like a lotus flower, which flows smoothly and without stickiness.Li Shiyao saw that there was a dining shed behind the medicine stall. Although it was set up temporarily, it was surrounded by felts. It looked tighter and warmer. The lights were already lit inside, and there were not many customers, so he smiled and said, "Let's go in here." My son, don't listen to this glib talk!" When the three of them entered the shop, the drug seller was still laughing and said, "...this master said I was glib, and one more rare thing, in the middle of the night I heard a call , stealing oil, the mouse jumped on the quilt, and the wife turned over and used a cold hammer to break the man's stick!" When the three entered the store, they still listened to him boasting: "The twelve zodiac signs rank first, and it is the number one scholar among beasts. Back then The five rats are making trouble in Tokyo, thanks to Song Renzong who bought my rat medicine, the Song Dynasty can enjoy peace..." The three of them laughed and sat down while the waiter was so busy that he didn't touch the ground to wait on him.The three of them are busy people, and they only need a few dishes of side dishes, a plate of steamed buns, a bowl of plain noodles for Li Shiyao and Agui, Ji Yun is not a vegetarian, but a bowl of steamed sliver meat, and they eat alone .However, the guests at the other table and against the wall gradually heard what they were talking about. It seemed that a few people had exchanged posts to pay homage to Brother Jinlan and had a drink here.Agui and Ji Yun ignored them, but Li Daiyao couldn't help but take a few extra glances when he heard that they called them brothers and sisters, and it turned out to be Fang Lingcheng, Wu Shengqin, Cao Xibao, Hui Tongji, and Ma Xiangzu.Without saying a word, he tugged on Ji Yun's skirt, and said in a low voice: "Didn't you ask someone to write a letter to ask your brother to agree to the marriage? The one sitting at the head of the table over there is called Cao Xibao; the one sitting next to him is called Ma Xiangzu, It is the one who regards Zhao Gao and Qin Hui as loyal ministers; the one named Fang Lingcheng is the one who asks Cao Xibao to take the knife to act as a secretary..." Seeing that Ah Gui came to listen, Li Shiyao will meet these two candidates in the back talk shop It's over.Hearing the debate about loyalty and treachery, Ah Gui laughed so hard that his whole body trembled, and said: "It's true that we never meet again in life... Thanks to your good memory!" The few little people here didn't notice the discussion of some of their big shots.Half an hour ago, they poured wine to the ground, burned incense and proclaimed to the sky, and swore loudly: "I will become Jinlan brothers and sisters, cleanse my heart and worry, and make progress in learning. Gou can be in Qingyun, and his heart is in the temple. Don't forget to make friends with each other, and kill each other." Do your best to benefit the living and the people. Even if you don’t sell your ambitions, you should be clean and self-sufficient when you are in the clouds and wild cranes. Bright windows and dark rooms, don’t deceive your heart.” They were still immersed in a frank feeling of worrying about the country and the people.To them, the other diners in the store and the hustle and bustle of "rat poison" outside the store are just chaotic and mundane disturbances.At this moment, Cao Xibao was sitting upright according to the case, Wu Shengqin held the cup and meditated, Ma Xiangzu listened quietly, Fang Lingcheng caressed his face, and was listening to Hui Tongji's eloquence, and he was still talking about Li Shiyao: "I still have the same idea, I would rather be a gentleman than have no talent. Don't use the talents of villains. Gentlemen may not be talented, but villains are all talented. Mr. Li's name is 'Shiyao', and his name is 'Gaotao'. Look at his behavior. That's how it is. What?" He paused, raised his glass and drank, and said, "My brother-in-law wrote a letter from Guangzhou, and people said that he only eats a day for one or two renminbi." Eat chicken in the morning and listen to a ditty during the day. Hug a little girl at night, entertain a Western foreigner once, and hundreds of taels of silver will disappear without a sound... Just like this Lantern Festival, how many people were driven away by the capital? How many people were relocated from the inner city and the outer city? This is called "not sympathizing with the people"! Look at the mountains and seas of lights, the story of fireworks, the fiery trees and silver flowers, how much money will it cost for a while to be empty? One head is so extravagant, and the other is poor. .” When he mentioned Li Shiyao at the beginning, he criticized Li Shiyao as a "villain" by name, and Li Daiyao's face changed after hearing this.Agui was afraid that he would lose his face, so she leaned into his ear and teased: "Old Li, your reputation is very bad!" After hearing this, Li Shiyao had a wry smile on his face.Ji Yun also felt relieved, and said with a smile: "It's a spirit, you have to ask someone to talk." But at the next table, Wu Shengqin said proudly: "Isn't that all the blood of the people in the world? People's donations are so squandered! Liu Yong Liu My lord is known as 'Qingtian', and he went to Shandong with Heshen, and built tourist houses, brothels, and theaters everywhere! Compared to this, Li Gaotao is better—you can't ask about today's affairs!" He said, shaking his head.But that Ma Xiangzu said: "I don't know what Liu Yong thinks. No matter what you say, I still think he is a good person. I have been to Jinan and Dezhou, and they are really shabby! Such a beautiful spring city scenery is better than that of Hangzhou. It’s not bad, there are dilapidated shacks everywhere, prostitutes soliciting customers all over the street, the capital city of the province, the place where the imperial envoys are guarding, there must be a decent civilization. It is Beijing, the most benevolent area in the country. The emperor ruled the world with filial piety. Watching the City of Lights from the Virgin Mary. This is a major event of filial piety, and this is the Beijing city where 'all nations wear clothes and crowns'! I don't think the layout is too much." He made a joke because he didn't understand history, probably not on weekdays. Why is he so important to others, he hesitated to speak, looked at the faces of the people left and right, looking cautious, and said: "What do you think?" "Xiangzu, don't shrink back like this. Now that we are brothers, who can underestimate you?" Cao Xibao said with a smile, "We are in Beijing, so don't judge the right and wrong in Shandong. Just like Li Shiyao in Beijing, I have the same experience as Xiangzu. I think it’s a matter of course! Filial piety is one level, the emperor’s worries and joys are the same as those of the people. It is also fun, and those who worry about the people's worries are also worried about their worries. The world is happy, and the world is worried, but there is no such thing as a king'. There are many articles in the external edicts, all of which are about disaster relief in various places. This is called worrying. The worries of the people; it is what Xiangzu said, in a typical civilized place in the capital of China, all the people are celebrating the Lantern Festival. 'Stingy', said in the imperial court all over the world, is also called 'lost morality'. We have not entered the official position, and many economic methods do not understand. The so-called 'not in the position, not in the government' does not mean "a dog takes a mouse". , it's really "not in the right place, don't know the taste", it's hard to be appropriate anyway. We seem to have a lot of ambitions and talents here, and some people will laugh at us when they hear it! Come on, come on, come on, Eating wine, right now we are discussing the matter of Weimo in the discussion hall, it seems to be closer..." Fang Lingcheng laughed and said: "Brother Xibao said that our 'politics' is to enter the arena to compete for the number one scholar, and to take the rat There is no need for us, so go to the drug seller at the door. Here, the situation between dragons and tigers will be irrelevant, and a single kick in the examination room will turn you into a blunt scholar with autumn wind, so you have to go to see "Boundless Falling Trees"! " What he said made everyone at the tables on both sides laugh.The three people here are already full, Ah Gui paid the bill, Ji Yun and Li Shiyao came out of the store, and it was already dark. Qianlong didn't want to see the queen, after all, he couldn't escape.The three ministers were patrolling the city outside, and Qin Meimei from the Palace of Compassionate Ning came over to pass on the Queen Mother's order: "Tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, go and see what the emperor is doing, be busy, take care of the important affairs, and don't see the ministers outside. Fengtai Flower For the flat peaches brought in by the craftsman, I specially asked Mrs. Wang to make meals for him, and told him to come to my place, and I watched him enter in person." Qianlong was reading Wang Xizhi's post when he heard the message from his mother, he quickly dropped the post and got up to agree: "Yes—you go and talk to Lafayette, and I'll go right away—who is in the Palace of Compassion?" Qin Meimei laughed and said: "The empress, the noble master Niu, the noble master He Zhuo, and the noble Wei Wei." Zhu'er, Jin Kui's noble master, Chen Zhu'er, Wang Zhu'er...they are all here! Prince Laozhuang Fujin, Mrs. Shibeile are also there, as well as Yongqi, Yongxuan, Yongxuan, Yongxuan, Yong A lantern riddle made by Lin's five elder brothers. If the emperor doesn't pass by, they dare not move and talk, they are all waiting there!" After finishing speaking, seeing that Qianlong had nothing to say, he bowed and backed out.Only then did Qianlong lazily get off the kang, and Wang Lian took off his robes and gowns towards the beads, put on a red-colored Ning silk black fox casual gown, loosely tied the crouching dragon belt, looked at the palace wall outside the window, and thought about it. : First, you can’t turn against Nala, which will make your mother unhappy; second, the relationship between husband and wife has come to an end, and you can’t be harmonious with Yongxi, so you have to leave room for "less contact"; third, someone asked about Wang Baxie The reason why the eunuchs were offended must have an explanation, and it is necessary to prevent Bu Yi from telling the truth, so as to preserve the chance of reconciliation.This feeling of grievance in his heart has never been felt before, but he just put it aside for the time being... He let out a sigh of relief and said, "Let's go..." So Wang Lian led the way to the Palace of Compassion and Ning.After passing the glass corridor of the rear palace, he heard the Empress Dowager's laughter, Qianlong stopped and listened, it turned out that it was Yong Xun who was telling a joke inside: "Let's talk about another fact—that year, Fengtai Daying's school grounds were performing soldiers and shooting bird guns. Three bird gunners tried three shots each. The guns couldn't be fired. The Queen Mother, Lafayette, knew Bilita's personality, and dragged出去就是一顿臭揍！”乾隆知道，自己一脚跨进去，立时就扫了母亲的兴，便在门首帘外静等，果然听太后道：“毕力塔我知道，先帝得用的将军，当过九门提督一一你接着说。”“是。”颙瑆笑道：“三个鸟铳手，就叫他张三李四王二麻子吧。张三三枪顺顺当当打过了。李四上场，一手这么端着鸟铳，一手拿火媒子点炮捻儿。谁知那炮捻儿又短又粗，这么一沾火，嗤——嘣！一一来不及对靶子就响了，满膛火药黑烟'呼'地一喷，眉毛胡子都燎了，脸熏黑得跟个灶王爷似的。发了半日癔症，跳到海子里洗澡去了。轮到王二麻子，偏是那药捻又细又长，在铳子里燃，又瞧不见，王二麻子对着靶子瞄得眼酸手困，那枪只是个哑巴一样。他急了，这么放下枪，觑着眼往枪眼儿里瞧，忽的'砰轰'一声，平地响个炸雷似的，那鸟铳就响了，把个王二麻子崩得血葫芦似的，就地死了。 “再说李四鸟铳走火，有人已经报信儿到家，李四老婆慌慌张张跑来，见个男人撂倒在地下，乌烟鲜血不辨头脸，认定就是自家丈夫，扑到身上搂住就号陶大哭。王二麻子老婆来瞧热闹，在边上劝说'人死吹灯拔蜡，嫂子再伤心他也活不转。死的自死，活的还要活。不是我说刻薄话，他活着时候，有点银子都塞了桥东的王四妞儿，大年下你们也没少生气…… “正劝着，李四洗澡回来了，见自己老婆抱着别人哭，问：'这是他娘的咋回事？'两个女人一看李四活着，都瞪眼儿发愣。一时人来说：'死的是王二麻子。'他老婆一认，真的是自己男人！李四老婆起身，王二麻子老婆换上去，就哭得倒噎气发昏。李四老婆在旁边劝：'人死吹灯拔蜡。弟妹的话，死的自死，活的还要活！我也说句刻薄话，他有点钱不都填还了葛巧儿那丫头子了？'……” 他似乎是在里头连说带比划形容儿，说得活灵活现的，太后、皇后和一群女人都笑。乾隆正要进去，听太后说道：“这个笑话拿死人开心，罪过的。趁你阿玛没来，罚你再说一个。他来，你就放不开了。”乾隆想了想，脸上挂了笑，一脚跨进殿里，笑着对母亲一揖，说道：“母亲这话儿子当不起，没的我来了，倒不能招额娘开心？”一众人等见他进来，炕上地下墙边桌旁忽地跪倒一片，只太后不动，那拉氏偏身下炕蹲福行礼。太后道：“不是不开心，在你跟前都得讲规矩，礼拘着，又要讲说话分寸，我老天拔地的人了，爱听俗话笑话儿，那些雅文章虽好，我们不懂！”乾隆笑着唯唯答应，从腰下解了玉珮放在桌上，对几个儿子道：“谁来尽这个孝道？就说俗故事俗笑话儿，逗乐了老佛爷，这个就赏他！” “儿子想得这个彩头。”几个儿子互相递了一阵眼色，八阿哥颙琁乍了胆子，起身一揖，笑道：“说个一一傻女婿走丈母娘故事儿！”话一出口，连乾隆也随众笑了。太后笑道：“我就最爱听这些个一一你放胆儿说，有我在，你阿玛也不得拘你！”“是。”颙琁哈腰赔笑，打叠精神说道：“有个人，是个不够数儿。老丈母过生日，两口子回去，媳妇怕他丢丑，出门前千叮咛万嘱咐，这回回去要支起样儿叫他们瞧瞧。告诉你，我们家门上那个铺首衔环是古铜的，你进门时候盯着看看，用手敲敲，就说'噢，是古铜的'，堂上香炉也是古铜，也要认认敲敲，就说'嗯，这香炉也是古铜的！'我们家中堂有幅画，见了就说'这是唐朝古画儿'……再有就是吃饭，别在席上张牙舞爪狼吞虎咽，我在厨屋里筷子敲一下碟子，你就夹一口菜。还有和客人敬酒，要说'酒逢知己千杯少'，别说'话不投机半句多'……傻女婿一一答应记住了。 “这么交待清爽，两口子骑驴回门。老岳父家是绅士人家，这日老亲故友自然不少，都知道他有个傻女婿，他们一到门上就招眼，人们都留神瞧这女婿动作。只见他不慌不忙摇着方步一一”颙旋学那样子，皱着眉头，拿腔作势向四周点头致意，又上下审视那“门”，用手指虚敲了敲：'嗯，这个铺首衔环是古铜的！ ' “众客人一听，都是一怔：这不像是个傻子呀！说话气派落落大方，彬彬有礼的，蛮好的嘛！ “接着进正房拜寿了，那媳妇都在身边，礼数、风度都漂亮。他又走到香炉跟前，这么伸手一敲，侧耳听着，又说：'岳丈，这香炉也是古铜的，嗯，好！'这么着一手卖弄，人们谁也不敢小看这傻子了。 “接着便上席。他是娇客，自然和乡大人们同坐首桌。姑奶奶回门，照例到厨屋里帮嫂子们忙儿。那媳妇儿择菜洗盘子，眼里留神丈夫，隔一会儿，就用筷子'当——'敲一下盘子。傻女婿坐在上头，衣冠楚楚，正襟危坐的，专听这一声响，他就夹一口菜填嘴里，慢慢嚼咽。” 颙琁说着，脸上板得一本正经，手伸着比个夹菜样儿，“吃”到口里，磨着嘴“嚼”了又“咽”了，逗得太后前仰后合笑不可遏，指着颙旋道：“这孩子伶俐，只听说是个读书种儿，诗写得好，说古记儿也这么爱人的！”颙琁便忙收科，笑着斟了一小杯葡萄酒，双手捧了敬给祖母，又斟一杯捧给乾隆，道：“祖母、阿玛都笑了，这是儿子孝心虔诚，请老佛爷、皇阿玛赏脸用一点。”还要敬皇后，那拉氏笑道：“皇上用了，也就有我的了，你只管说笑，老佛爷、皇上开心就好。”乾隆听这话，真觉得入情入理，无可挑剔，满心要冷淡皇后的，又复疑思不定，只向皇后点头微笑了一下，举杯饮了。 “酒席筵上丁点毛病没出，傻女婿又过一关。”颙琁接着说道，“人们私下里交头接耳议论：谁说人家女婿傻？文雅端庄，活脱儿一个黉门秀才嘛！ “接着老丈母下来劝酒，傻女婿就起身帮着张罗——'来来来，今儿个高兴，酒逢知己千杯少一一请干了这杯！'人们纷纷起身回敬，都来逢迎，说'令贤婿知书达礼，日后前途不可限量'、'乘龙腾达'、'慧眼识东床'之类乱嘈。谁想偏这时候儿出了毛病。”颙琁笑着顿住