Chapter 52 Section 51

Before visiting Nanpi, he first Zhao Longyang, Longyang talent Yi Shunding and Cai Naihuang once shared adversity. It turned out that Cai Naihuang, whose real name was Jin Xiang, used a scholar as his knife and pen. For Wang Cunshan, the magistrate of Panyu County at that time, he was caught in the case of competing for prostitutes, and he was a literature teacher, and his scholar was dismissed.In this way, if you break the law again, you can't bow to the county magistrate and call him "Old Taizu", but you have to kneel and call him "Grand Master". When the "big master" gets angry, he can also spank his ass.With this danger, Cai Jinxiang did not dare to stay in Guangzhou any longer and left the capital.

When Cai Jinxiang arrived in Beijing, he changed into Cai Naihuang, whose name was Bohao, and was the supervisor of the Imperial College. There was indeed such a supervisor in the Imperial College, who was Cai Jinxiang's nephew.The counterfeit Cai Naihuang, as usual, can take the Beiwei Township Examination.His writing was very good. He won a Juren, but he dared not go back to Guangzhou. He donated a county magistrate and distributed it to Taiwan. It was in the Jiawu period. When the Yellow Sea Division was defeated and Taiwan was ceded, Tang Jingsong, the governor of Taiwan, was elected as the President. He sent secret telegrams to the capital and asked for a salary of one million in order to recruit troops to fight against Japan.The imperial court was allowed to play, and the household department raised funds, and allocated 600,000 to the treasury of Taiwan's vassal.At that time, the situation was chaotic. Cai Naihuang, who used the county magistrate as the confidant of the vassal, fished in troubled waters. He did not know what kind of tricks he used. He actually went through Yikuang's path and released Shanghai Road.

When he was in Taiwan, Yi Shunding was also a Taoist priest in Taiwan.Cai Naihuang now wants to get through Zhang Zhidong's way, and there is a ready-made Yi Shun Ding that can be passed.Fortunately, although they haven't seen much in the past few years, they kept hearing from each other, so when they met, they were still like close friends, and they didn't need to talk about the cold and warm, but just got down to business. "Zeng Wenzheng's youngest son-in-law used to be a Taoist priest in Shanghai and spent 90,000 silver, so Wen Yunge said that he's skyrocketing", which seems to be a compliment but a sarcasm." Yi Shunding laughed: "How much did you spend?"

"No need to mention it. Anyway, the capital has not been recovered yet." "So you are unwilling?" "Shifu, we are in a different place. Could it be that you can remain indifferent?" Cai Naihuang lowered his voice and said, "You and I don't know each other very well. Let me tell you the truth. Qing Tai Xiangcheng sympathizes with me very much, but I am afraid that Nanpi will make trouble. This If one level can be cleared, Shifu, I will engrave the 'Four Soul Collection' for you." Yi Shunding's poetic talent is like a sea, and he has written countless poems in his life. The poems he is most proud of are those two years in Taiwan. They are compiled into four collections, titled: "Soul North", "Soul East", "Soul South", Yu Sheng Kelian, taboo Hunxi, use "Hungui" instead, collectively known as "Four Soul Collection", which has already been engraved and published.It was just inconvenient for Cai Naihuang to publicly express how much money he planned to give him, so he used this statement.

Yi Shunding was in poverty, so he was naturally happy with the beauty of an adult, thought for a while and said: "Leave it to me! You can listen to my letter at the apartment!" "Shifu!" Cai Naihuang asked, "What tricks do you have in your bag to speak so confidently?" "The secret must not be leaked." Yi Shunding replied, "However, if you can't be found at that time, then you missed a good opportunity and you can't blame me." Cai Naihuang didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, so he obeyed his orders and stayed at the inn along the West River every day, refusing to socialize and just waiting for orders.In this way, at noon on the fourth day, Yi Shunding sent a servant to deliver a letter with only five words on it: "Feijiahuixiantang."

Cai Naihuang didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurried over, and Yi Shunding was waiting at the door.Pulling him aside, he said, "Nanpi is going to 'ring the bell' again today! It's a coincidence that Xiangcheng is here to celebrate Taixiang. Turn around and show your housekeeping skills, and get rich and honor out of fourteen characters." The so-called "ringing the bell" is a poetic bell, and Zhang Zhidong is the best at it. Yi Shunding and Fan Zengxiang in Muzhong are good players, and Cai Naihuang is not weak either.Hearing Yi Shunding's words, he suddenly realized that he could expect to be rewarded and returned to his post, so he said "wealth and honor are taken from fourteen characters".

"The opportunity is indeed a good opportunity, but 'the prime minister is extremely courteous', so I became an uninvited guest at the banquet." Cai Naihuang hesitated and asked, "It seems that it is not suitable for etiquette." "No, no! I have already introduced you, and I am not presumptuous. Besides, King Qing and Xiang Cheng, you are very familiar people." As soon as he thought of Yikuang and Yuan Shikai, Cai Naihuang felt that they were closely related, a little faux pas was fine, and he became more courageous, but he still had to ask first: "Who are they?"

"You'll know it as soon as you go in!" "It's the first time I've seen Nanpi," Cai Naihuang warned again: "Shifu, you have to take care of me everywhere." "Why don't you ask me more, please!" When I went to the hall, I saw that there were three tables in total, the one in the middle was headed by Prince Qing Yikuang, and on the left and right were Na Tong and Yuan Shikai, the scholars of Dongge University, and Zhang Zhidong was the head of the table.There are five people at a table in the east, the first seat is Lu Baozhong, the censor of Zuodu, and the other four servants: Yang Shiqi, Guo Zengxin, Tang Jingchong, and Yan Xiu.Seeing Tang Jingchong, Cai Naihuang felt a little shy, because Tang Jingchong was the younger brother of Tang Jingsong, who was ridiculed as "Huai Kemeng is short and troublesome". Of course, Cai Naihuang knew about the past in Taiwan.

Fortunately, Yi Shunding arranged for him to sit at the west table.Before he was seated, he greeted the nobleman first, Yi Shunding led him to the first table, Cai Naihuang greeted Yikuang first, and shouted: "My lord!" "Oh, you're here too, okay, okay!" Yi Kuang then pointed to him and said to his master, "Xiang Tao, this is Cai Bohao!" So Cai Naihuang turned around, greeted Zhang Zhidong who was looking sideways at him, and said humbly: "I have been in the middle hall for 30 years, and I just learned about thorns today. I am really happy for a lifetime."

"Please be courteous!" Zhang Zhidong said: "I have admired it for a long time. I heard that you have engraved a copy of "The Bell of Poetry in Jieyuan". Could you give me one?" "Zhongtang's words are serious!" Cai Naihuang replied: "I'll send it to the mansion later, I'm afraid it's not enough to be a good eye." "You're welcome, please sit down! I'll ask you for advice later." Zhang Zhidong said to Yi Shunding again: "Shifu, today is the lord's invitation to a company, with beautiful jade as the prize. , you are not allowed to do too much today."

"Zhongtang always makes things difficult for me." Yi Shunding said with a smile, "I only make four couplets." "There, there! One couplet per person." Zhang Zhidong pointed to the west and said, "Please return to your seat!" So Cai Naihuang saluted Natong and Yuan Shikai, and went to the east table to discuss a few words before returning to his seat.At the same table, there is a formidable rival that he fears. It is Xie Yuan Zheng Xiaoxu, who was selected by Bao Ting as the master of Fujian in the eighth year of Guangxu.If you want to be a blockbuster today, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult. Zheng Xiaoxu was talking about the clock, and when Cai Naihuang took his seat, he greeted everyone at the same table, then he continued the interrupted conversation and said: "One year in Fuzhou, it was my turn to lead the class, and I won the duet of 'Female Flower'. The characters are too wide, so someone proposed to limit the collection of Tang poems. The triple couplet of yuan, eye and flower is really amazing. The couplet of the champion is: "The young girl Su'e is both cold-resistant; the famous flower is full of love!""" Good!" Everyone applauded in unison. Not wanting to startle the first table, Zhang Zhidong asked in a blink of an eye, "It must be Su Kan's masterpiece again?" "Su Kan is talking about the clock." Yi Shunding rushed to say: "The second female singer is limited to collecting Tang poems." "Oh, I'd like to hear it." This time it was a full house listening.Zheng Xiaoxu recounted the "No. 1 Scholar" work, and then said: "The couplet ranked second is 'A business woman does not know the hatred of subjugation, and falling flowers are like people who have fallen from a building!'" "Not good!" Zhang Zhidong shook his head , "The words are unknown, it seems that this person's fortune is limited." "I'm the same. It's not as good as Yuan Zuo's appearance and status." Yikuang asked: "Is there another couplet?" "There is another couplet that is really talented." Zheng Xiaoxu chanted loudly: "'The life of a goddess is originally a dream; when the flowers fall, I meet the king again!'" "You say he is talented, but I say it is a poetic prostitute. Fortunately, this couplet is complete, but it will be inferior to Yuan's work." Zhang Zhidong suddenly asked, "I heard that Boqian must come to every society when he strikes the bell. Is there such a saying?" "Approximately so!" "Is there any particularly fine work?" "Too much!" Zheng Xiaoxu thought for a while and said, "Begging fans to sing three times, he made two couplets, one of which is 'Residual wine, begging neighbors to chat and get drunk; Where do you want to go when you get lost in the chaotic mountains?' The second is 'Lost in the evening In the end, there is no way out; beg for food and beg for food!'" Without waiting to chant, Zhang Zhidong was moved: "Could it be that Boqian's situation is so difficult and embarrassing?" He looked at Zheng Xiaoxu and asked. "That's not the case! It's just that I've been idle for more than 20 years, and I'm deeply moved!" Zheng Xiaoxu chanted again: "'Ten years of reunion, and a dream of Huai'an as an official!'" "This is also Boqian. sentence?" "Yes. Mu An Si sings." "The trust is deep, good!" Zhang Zhidong looked around and said: "Qin Xuan and Wei Ting did not catch up, the prince has witnessed our madness back then!" Yikuang nodded again and again, and said to Yuan Shikai: "Thirty years ago, the 'Four Remonstrances of the Imperial Academy' still won the limelight! The 'Meridian Gate Case' in the year of Geng Chen was the masterpiece of Xiang Tao and Bo Qian. Article. Prince Gongzhong told me personally: Memorials like those of Zhang Xiangtao and Chen Boqian are called memorials. Those poor and crazy Mr. Du, who are full of lies and spread rumors, should be ashamed to death." Yuan Shikai knew that he was taking advantage of the topic, so he smiled and didn't answer, but turned to Zhang Zhidong and said, "It's a pity that Bo Qian's study is idle. The court is very eager to seek talents, and it seems that they can be recruited." "I wrote to him and asked him, the intention of returning to bed is very strong, let's see!" This is Zhang Zhidong's theory against his will.Chen Boqian, Chen Baochen, one of the four admonitions of Hanlin, since the tenth year of Guangxu, a cabinet bachelor "knowledges about Nanyang military affairs", has been on par with Zeng Guoquan, Governor of Liangjiang.Once upon a time, I was offended and left.In addition, Zhang Peilun lost his master, Ma Jiang, and fell into a slump. Bao Ting pretended to be crazy and impeached himself.She would not have a good impression of Chen Baochen, so how could she dare to recommend him? However, Hanlin Sijian's personal relationship is unknown to outsiders.So except for Guo Zengxin and Zheng Xiaoxu who are native of Fujian who suspect that he is not sincere, everyone else thinks he is telling the truth.Yuan Shikai never mentioned Chen Baomao again, but the topic still focused on the anecdotes about the four remonstrances in the Imperial Academy.We kept talking about the end of the banquet, removed the table noodles, boiled tea and burned incense, and it was time to "ring the bell". The waiter of Huixian Hall has served in the waiter a few times, and he is very proficient. In addition to preparing more paper and pens, he also brought a tall copper plate with a small magnetic vase on it, and a piece of incense. A copper coin tied with silk thread.This is the last intention of imitating the bowl to remind the poem. Once the title is set, the incense will be burned immediately, and the incense will be burned to the place where the money is tied. "My lord, please make a proposition!" Yi Shunding held a box of ivory poetry rhyme cards in front of Yikuang. He opened a drawer casually, picked up a rhyme card to read, "Jiao!" He said: "One level and one level are done!" He opened the drawer that sounded "go", picked up another piece, looked at it and said, "Break!" "My lord picks these two characters very well." Zhang Zhidong said, "The word Jiaoduan is very loud, so there must be a good sentence today." "Xiang Tao, how much do you want to sing?" Yikuang also had a little ink in his stomach, and asked, "The fifth character of the seven-character poem is called the eye of poetry, but since it is one flat and one flat, it is used for the fifth character that can be flat or flat. It seems a pity, it is better to use four songs. What do you think?" "The prince is a great master, and the proposition has its own balance. If you say four songs, it is four songs." Yikuang nodded, raised his voice a little and said, "Jiao Duan sings four times, each is limited to two couplets. I have a little prize, let's talk about Zuo Qingxing!" Saying so, he waved to his personal attendant, and immediately brought a brocade box, opened the box, and placed it in front of the copper plate.Everyone came closer and saw that it was a green emerald coin with the words "more literature is rich" engraved on it.Exquisite and elegant, it is an excellent treasure, and it has the meaning of being unbearable. "Looking at the fish in the abyss, it's better to retreat and make a net!" Zhang Zhidong waved his hand and said, "Please come up with ideas!" After speaking, he blew on the paper coal used for smoking hookahs, and went to light the incense with his own hands.The fire was very fragrant and dry, and a section of it was burnt all at once, and the deadline for submitting papers was even tighter. At this moment, someone chanted loudly: "Slay the tiger and get rid of the three evils, and Fang Moudu will be of the same mind." When he uttered the sound, everyone was startled, and following the sound, it was Cai Naihuang who was reciting the words with ups and downs. When he read the word "Tong", Yi Shunding tossed his pen and said, "I'm going to stop the pen!" "Sure enough!" Zhang Zhidong made no secret of his pleasure at receiving the compliment. Of course, both Yikuang and Yuan Shikai were very pleased.The first couplet uses the story of Zhou Chu, one tiger and one dragon, which is self-evidently referring to Qu Hongji and Cen Chunxuan; the second couplet undoubtedly uses Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, the virtuous prime ministers of the early Tang Dynasty, who opened the reign of Zhenguan, to imitate Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhidong, Du Ruhui ranks first among the eighteen Taizi scholars, so it is more appropriate to imitate Zhang Zhidong's identity. As for chasing Qu and stopping Cen, we all know that it was the result of Yikuang's two independent confrontations; but Zhou Chu who killed the tiger and eliminated the Jiao was of course referring to him.Thinking back on these two happy events, Yikuang unconsciously smiled.