Chapter 15 Chapter Fifteen

The summer solstice in the sixth year of Kangxi was a dull and cloudy day.The clouds were low.The willow branches beside Haizi hang straight down on the water without moving. From time to time, we can hear a weak cry from the street: "Xiangsier---sesame sugar~" "Who wants cakes, fried dough sticks and twisted flowers---" After falling asleep, he woke up and greeted the Queen Mother. According to the old rules, Kangxi took Lagu Su Ma and Wei Dongting with him, and came out of Shenwu Gate in a small sedan chair, and quietly went to the Suo Mansion inside Xizhimen to attend classes.

There is a servant specially waiting for Kangxi at the back door of the Suo mansion, who is the second generation of the Suo'etu family slave.Although they have long since retired, they were reappointed for this errand.A few plainclothes guards live here to help take care of them, so they can go straight into the inner courtyard of the back house without alarming other people in the mansion. This is a large back garden, covering more than ten acres of land.Several gazebos of varying heights are scattered around the pool water in an extremely well-proportioned manner. Among them is a pressurized arch bridge leading directly to the center of the pool.Detour from the exquisite rockery, and then pass a tortuous stone bridge to the study—Wu Ciyou lived here and taught Kangxi.

When the three of them walked to the bridge, they heard the sound of tinkling zither coming from the study.Wisps of fragrance wafting among the water and stones in this mountain pavilion really make people feel like walking into a fairyland.Kangxi stopped walking, and the three of them stood on the bridge holding the stone railing and listened quietly to the sound of the piano. The sound of the piano is sometimes tense and sometimes slow, provocative and delineating, and I can't tell what it feels like. Sometimes it makes people feel like they are floating in the sky, and they have the feeling of riding in the sky, and sometimes they feel that there seems to be pressure in their hearts that cannot be squeezed out. Depressed, sometimes it makes people feel relaxed like opening a stuffy cage. Repeatedly chant endless aftertaste, but feel the turbidity in the heart is swept away.

Wei Dongting listened for a while, and suddenly touched Kangxi's sleeve lightly. When Kangxi looked back, he was smiling at La Aunt Su Ma. Kangxi saw La Aunt Su Ma blankly thinking, and asked in a low voice: "Wanniang, what are you thinking?" Aunt Su Ma didn't know what to say for a while, she blushed and smiled after hesitation: "Listen to the piano, chant, what do you think?" Kangxi was surprised because he had never seen Lagu Su Ma like this before.Wei Dongting, who was standing next to him, smiled and said, "Longer don't need to ask, there is something in it. There is also a footnote, saying, 'Once the sea was too difficult for water, except Wushan is not a cloud'. Sister, do you think so?" Aunt Su Ma blushed and spit Said: "You are not a good person! Instigate the master to make fun of people, see if I go back and don't tell Grandma Sun!"

Wu Ciyou heard the voices of people chattering outside the window, so he stopped the qin and breathed incense, stood up and pushed open the window and smiled, "No wonder the qin sounds different, the strings are good and the sound is wrong. It turns out that someone is eavesdropping, please come in!" Stepping into the door, he asked: "What song did you play just now, sir, I have never heard such a beautiful piano sound!" Wu Ciyou said with a smile: "It's nice to hear, there is no sorrow or joy in the sound, the listener has a heart, but what does the player want to play!" This sentence made the three of them laugh, but each had a different thought in their hearts.Seeing Longer and Wei Dongting sitting in a daze without speaking, Wu Ciyou thought it was funny, so he tidied up the things on the table and said: "Today we will continue to talk about "Book of the Later Han", starting with Emperor Ji."

This is the official start of the class.After Kangxi sat down, Aunt Su Ma took the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" from the shelf, spread it out in front of him, and poured a cup of herbal tea for Wu Ciyou and Kangxi respectively, and sat side by side with Wei Dongting on Kangxi's side. Wu Ciyou briefly analyzed the reasons for the death of the Western Han Dynasty, and said with a smile: "Ban Shi's "Han Shu" can certainly be served with wine, but according to Yuyi, there are also many chapters in Fan Ye's "Hou Han Shu" that are wonderful and good words, which can last forever. Immortal. It is only a pity that one incident greatly damaged his own reputation."

Kangxi hurriedly asked: "Does the article change with the personnel?" "Yes!" Wu Ciyou replied, this is a clear proof.The Fan family suffers from the word 'proud'.In the express letter to his nephews in prison, he once boasted that his "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" is more brilliant than the "Book of Han Dynasty", and it is a "miracle work in the world", saying that the middle-level chapters in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" are not inferior to Jia Yi's "On the Passing of the Qin Dynasty", even I couldn't choose a suitable word to describe this wonderful book. Since ancient times, there is no history book that can compare with "Book of the Later Han Dynasty". "Listen, how big is he bragging? If he thinks too much of himself, he turns into arrogance and ignorance. The reason why he is despised is here. This is really the result of Fan Ye's self-destruction."

After talking about this festival, I introduced the author, and then briefly introduced Chen Diji's lineage, one by one with my own views, and made a review according to history.Speaking of when Emperor Zhi ascended to the throne at the age of eight, a smile flashed across Kangxi's eyes, he put his hands on his knees, leaned forward, and asked, "Isn't that the same as the current emperor?" Knowing this allusion, Wei Dongting was very jealous, and repeatedly sent winks to signal Wu Ciyou to be perfunctory.Wu Ciyou didn't know what this meant, he took a sip of tea and said: "This little emperor is extremely intelligent, if he can grow up, he will definitely become the ruler of a generation..." Wei Dongting walked over to refill his tea, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu Are you going to start from the beginning one by one after the series of talks?" Wu Ciyou noticed it early, and hurriedly said: "Xiao Weizi is also so sneaky. There is no reason for you to intervene in the lecture, sir, don't you just listen to the text? "

Kangxi also laughed and said: "Yes! Yes! What's the matter? Emperor Zhi is Emperor Zhi, and the current Holy Master is the current Holy Master!" Wei Dongting could only blush and smile, and sat down to listen. Only then did Wu Ciyou continue: "Unfortunately, this little emperor was too sharp, he denounced the general Liang Ji as a 'domineering general' face to face, he was hated by the Liang family, secretly used poisonous cakes as bait, and died in the palace... ..." He sighed and said, "It's really a pity!" When Kangxi heard this, his heart jumped wildly, thinking about the fight with Aobai Ting in Yuqing Palace a few days ago, he really felt a little scared.

Wu Ciyou saw him sitting blankly without saying a word, as if he had lost his mind, so he smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this man, let's talk about Emperor Huan." Kangxi hurriedly said, "No, no, I still want to talk about it." Excuse me sir, Liang Ji is so overbearing, since he harmed Emperor Zhi, why didn't he seize the throne and become emperor himself?" "Because it was the beginning of the Qing Dynasty." Wu Ciyou said with a smile: "People's tongues are very fierce! In addition, the Eastern Han Dynasty is not yet exhausted, Wang Mang's past is still there, and Liang Ji has to be scruples."

Kangxi didn't understand the word "Qingyi", so he hurriedly asked: "What is the law of Qingyi?" Wu Ciyou said with a smile: "Ah, Qingyi is the discussion of ministers and people criticizing the government, just like Xiong Dongyuan's impeachment of Oboi. Undecided', my "discussion on enclosing the land and disordering the country" is today's "Qingyi". The Qingyi in the later Han Dynasty went astray and became empty talk. However, during the reign of the emperor, there were still many people who were not afraid of death among the officials who dared to be bold Criticize the government." Kangxi thought for a moment, and then asked: "In terms of the quality of the emperor, what is the best way to get rid of Liang Ji?" Wu Ciyou couldn't help but glanced at Kangxi in surprise, wondering why he insisted on this question.After pondering for a while, he replied: "Assessing the current situation at that time, using the evil of Liang and Ji to make enemies on all sides, has offended the public, and lost people's hearts. If you can hide and wait for the opportunity, you will act like a fool with great wisdom on the outside, and you will be brave and courageous inside, and you will accept good officials , Supporting Qing Yi, when the time comes, it only takes a few wrestlers to kill Liang Ji. However, he was too impatient, and he lost his life in the end." Kangxi couldn't help smiling and nodding his head as he listened.