Chapter 62 Section 62

The emperor in the fasting palace had a good pastime this night, enjoying that book of poems.The booklet is bound with high-quality continuous history paper, with Zhu Si bounded by it, and a delicate and delicate lowercase script.It is conceivable that it was done by Concubine Zhen. The poems are twenty-one and seven unique.The title is "Imitating Ancient Palace Ci". The emperor heard from Weng Tonghe that all "imitating ancient palaces" often have other sustenance. It can be seen that these twenty-one imitating ancient palace poems are about current events.Thinking about it this way, the more curious I became, I drank tea under the lamp and read it carefully sentence by sentence: "Mengjia cicadas are skillfully made by hairpins, and the lonely and stable clothes still look like they are left behind; Every year."

The emperor was a little disappointed, and couldn't understand the first song.Let's read it further, and read the third song. I am very happy, and finally understand it. "Dinghulong has been gone for many years, and I see the chapter of Zhaogong edition again; cherish Huiling's pure filial piety, and the high officials will save water and balance money." Seeing the word "Hui Ling", the first word can be understood. "Hui Ling" refers to Mu Zong, so of course "Dinghu Longqu" also refers to Mu Zong. The combination of "Banzhu" and "Zhao Palace" refers to the Empress Dowager Cixi's construction of the West Garden and the Summer Palace, and the use of the word "revisited" means that Mu Zong had a proposal to rebuild the Old Summer Palace in Japan.

That is to say, in order to rebuild the Old Summer Palace, Mu Zong made a few small actions and was infected with "smallpox" and died. After more than ten years of "Dinghu Dragon Quest", the past has been forgotten, and the hot samples and illustrations of the garden were seen again in the deep palace.Although some people dissuaded him, and officials like Yan Jingming refused to use the funds, Mu Zong's filial piety in rebuilding the Old Summer Palace in order to take care of the Holy Mother should be cherished and should not be stingy with the allocation of funds.The emperor remembered that the allusion of "water balance money" was found in the "Han Shu", and ordered the eunuch to check the book. In "Xuan Di Ji", there was indeed a sentence "using water balance money to build a house for Pingling migrants".The "Shuiheng Duwei" of the Han Dynasty was in charge of the royal family's private collections. "Shuiheng money" is like the income of the Ministry of Internal Affairs today, but Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty used it to build houses for "ling households".In contrast, repairing the Forbidden Garden seemed selfish.

"Sure enough, he is a genius! This allusion is well used!" The emperor whispered to himself, and recited it twice again. He felt that these twenty-eight characters were more than a plethora of chapters, and the memorial to admonish the garden workers was just and solemn. more powerful. After this comprehension, the second song is also understandable. "The inner court announced that he was in Zhao's house, and he was the best at singing; Jiegu Hua slaves gathered their hands and listened to speeches by Cai Zhonglang." That was when the Empress Dowager Cixi was recovering from a serious illness.In order to relieve her boredom, the Ministry of Internal Affairs once summoned several girls from "Luozi Pavilion" to sing "Octagonal Drum" in Changchun Palace.For this, King Dun was very dissatisfied. One day, after having lunch and drinking in the court room of the House of Internal Affairs, he happened to be summoned by Yi, so he wore a small Gebu gown, put his braids on the top, and wandered into the palace humming the tune "I'm not busy". temple.Li Lianying turned pale with shock, but the Empress Dowager Cixi had no choice but to say: "The fifth master is drunk!" and ordered the eunuch to help him out.Knowing the meaning of King Dun's remonstrance, I no longer "listen to people's speeches by Cai Zhonglang".

Thinking of King Dun's remonstrance, the emperor remembered another funny and happy past event.Once King Dun offered yellow croaker fish, and the eunuch in the respect room asked for it. When he was summoned, he personally brought a plate of fish and presented it to the imperial case.The Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't help asking in surprise, and King Dun replied: "The eunuchs in the respect room want red envelopes, and they won't let them in. I don't have money, and I can't give it to them if I have money, so I have to bring it myself." The Empress Dowager Cixi was furious. The eunuch in the respect room is handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It is said that King Dun is not good at Shengmo, but he is actually a good king.The emperor was thinking in his heart that among the relatives and nobles, the Empress Dowager Cixi was only afraid of King Dun.Now that she died, no one would dare to speak out in front of her. Covering the book with a long sigh, after being sad for a while, the emperor opened the book of poems again, and the sixth poem was also very easy to understand. "The fish key of the thousand gates is heavy and strict, and Dongyuan Guanfang is twice as real. It has been hardworking and frugal for 20 years, and it is ashamed to write light dust with no rafters."

This is to praise the Empress Dowager Ci'an.From the curtain hanging in the eleventh year of Xianfeng to the sudden collapse in the seventh year of Guangxu, it took a total of twenty years.If the Empress Dowager Ci'an was alive, what would be the situation today?Will the Summer Palace appear?It's hard to say. The emperor was startled when he saw the eleventh poem. This poem can be used as a lament for Empress Jiashun. "Who will be rich and honored for a long time? Poor girl who has no skills to beautify! Da Xing has not been buried in the Yao coffin, and the middle official has been sent to withdraw from the dining room."

The emperor couldn't remember what Empress Jiashun looked like.In the past ten years or so, I have rarely heard of her.It is only vaguely heard that Empress Jiashun died of a hunger strike, but judging from this poem, it seems that this is not the case. "Daxing" is the abbreviation of Emperor Daxing, referring to Mu Zong. The "Yao coffin" is the white jade coffin. The emperor remembered that it was the story of Wang Qiao in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty".Shizu also died of smallpox, so Wen Tingshi's use of the words "Yao coffin" is more stable, and it is even more suspicious that he alludes to the collapse of Mu Zong.

A funeral is a funeral home.This line of poem indicates the time when Mu Zongchu died and Zi Palace has not yet been moved to the Guande Palace Funeral Palace east of the Shouhuang Palace in Jingshan.From this point of view, Empress Jiashun died on a hunger strike there, and she was actually forced to death for Empress Dowager Cixi. Thinking of this, the emperor shuddered, and at the same time refused to believe such a thing. So he turned around and told the little eunuch who was serving the incense case: "Look for Zhang Yiying!" Zhang Yiying is naturally also a eunuch.This eunuch came from a different background, he was originally a scholar, he didn't pass the provincial examination, he studied hard, and after three years, he came back to the imperial court, he was very proud of himself in the field, he felt that if he was able to write with the help of a god, he would be sure to hit the mark.Unexpectedly, ink smeared the test paper in the third round, so the "blue list" was posted.Zhang Yiying was angry and "self-palace", unexpectedly he did not die, but became a useless person.He was from Dingxing, and there had been eunuchs here since the Ming Dynasty, and someone quoted him to enter the palace, filled in the eunuch's name, and sent him to serve Mu Zong to study in Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Guangxu came to the throne, and Zhang Yiying was still working as an errand in Qianqing Palace.Because he was born as a scholar, he became "expert" invisibly. During the two years when the emperor first entered the study, he often turned to Zhang Yiying for help when he returned to the palace to study his homework.Later, he became the emperor's chat partner, and the emperor heard many stories in the palace from him. At this time, when he was called to come to the imperial court, the emperor asked bluntly, "How did Empress Jiashun die back then?" Zhang Yiying was taken aback for a moment, and then asked back: "Why did Long Live Lord remember to ask this?"

"Just ask. Don't worry about it! You just say it." "Empress Jiashun..." Zhang Yiying lowered her voice and said, "She died by swallowing gold." "How do you say she was on a hunger strike?" "Actually, it doesn't matter if you go on a hunger strike or not." "How do you say that?" "Grandpa Tongzhi controls the honored guests, and Empress Jiashun cried to death. From then on, she doesn't plan to live anymore. Where is the heart to eat and drink?" "Is there a diet?" "Of course there are." Zhang Yiying said, "The back family also often eats food." As soon as the emperor heard this, he immediately asked: "Why does the empress family have to eat food?" Zhang Yiying replied expressionlessly: "That is also a common thing." "There must be some reason?" Zhang Yiying didn't answer.Rolling his eyes twice, he replied slowly, "I don't know why." This is deliberately not to say.Of course the emperor also knew that he was being cautious.But in the past, I was just curious about Empress Jiashun's story, and after listening to it, I just sighed, but now I don't know what to do, I feel very concerned, if I don't ask, I can't feel at ease. Helplessly, Zhang Yiying has realized that talking too much is enough to cause harm, so she pretends to be deaf and dumb even more.The emperor wanted to inquire deeply, but was unable to speak, so he had to give up. Look at the next one: "The Haizi Bridge near Jinxiudui, the westerly wind and the yellow leaves are different from the front; the red wall circles the back and the back is broken, and the ten hectares of lotus flowers lock the jade." This poem has the exact name of the place. The emperor had read "Xiaoting Miscellaneous Records" and "Tianzhi Ouwen", which talked about the changes and anecdotes of the capital, and knew that "Haizi Bridge" was the three-turn bridge on the Shichahai Sea outside Di'anmen. Not far to the north of the bridge is Prince Gong's Mansion, which was originally He Shen's mansion.In the last years of Qianlong, the emperor privately discussed the reserve position. The seventeenth son of the emperor, Belle Yonglin, said: "The world is the most important thing, why dare to think about it? I only hope that one day I can live in Heshen's house, and my wish is fulfilled." Afterwards, Yonglin The sixteen sons of the same mother's brother, the emperor, received inner Zen, that is, Jiaqing.In the fourth year of Jiaqing, the Emperor Taishang passed away, and Heshen was imprisoned and ransacked his home. There was a rumor that "Heshen fell and Jiaqing was full".And that huge house was given to Yonglin who had already been named King of Qing County.In the early years of Xianfeng, Fang gave it to King Gong. But playful poetry, but it seems to have something else to say.Although Prince Gong kept a low profile in recent years, when he was in power, he never expanded the mansion, and the so-called "Zhu Qiang circles behind the wall" has no meaning.Moreover, since it is a palace poem, it should not talk about the mansion. If you think about it carefully, it may refer to the demolition of the Canchikou Church and the expansion of Xiyuan.Sanhai was called "Sanhaizi" in the Ming Dynasty, also known as "Xihaizi". Haizi Bridge probably refers to a certain bridge in Sanhaizi.That area was originally quite desolate. Compared with the present and the past, it is naturally "the westerly wind and yellow leaves are different from the previous dynasty." Once the church at Canchikou was demolished, it was designated as a forbidden garden, and pedestrians could not reach it.However, "Ten Hectares of Lotus" is about the summer scenery of Zhongnanhai, but who does "Yujiao" refer to?The emperor couldn't figure it out. What I want to understand is this one: "Nine layers of immortals gather fairy peaches, jade girls and concubines gather in court; who is the last to accompany the queen mother to the banquet? Yannian's younger brother is the most enchanting! " This refers to Li Lianying's younger sister, who is shrewd and good at serving people. She is often called into the palace by the Empress Dowager Cixi, and will not be let out for ten days and a half months.Last year, when the Empress Dowager Cixi Wanshou summoned her family members to give a banquet, she was surprised to accompany the last seat. The emperor felt that the most interesting thing in this poem was that he compared Li Lianying to Li Yannian of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Identity match.Li Yannian is good at understanding rhythm, and Li Lianying is also good at singing Pi Huang, which is similar.Li Yannian was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but Li Lianying was even worse.Wen Tingshi compared the two Lis to each other very cleverly. The most coincident thing is that both of them have a "voluptuous younger brother".Li Yannian's younger sister was Mrs. Li. After she died of illness, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty forgot to sleep and eat for her, and summoned the alchemist Qi Shaoweng to summon her soul.So will Li Lianying's younger sister become Mrs. Li? The emperor felt that this self-question was unimaginable and really funny, so he put it aside and read another poem. The beginning of this poem used the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. "The golden house was not built back then, and the moon was born by the Ying'e pool; what is Yuqing chasing and discussing? Take Luo Yi personally and ask her nickname. " The emperor remembered that "Ying'e Pond" was also a pond in the Han Palace, so he ordered the little eunuch to look at the "Sanfu Huangtu", and he found it in the "Pond Gate" in the fourth volume. Ying'e Pool, Emperor Wu chiseled the pool to play with the moon, and built a swan platform next to it to look at the moon, and the shadow entered the pool, so that the palace people took boats to play with the moon's shadow, so it was named Ying'e Pool.It is also called overlooking toad platform. It is the allusion of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty again, which makes the "golden house" more obvious.Emperor Wu was appointed King of Jiaodong for the first time, and he loved Chen Ajiao, the daughter of the eldest princess. If he could get Ajiao as his wife, he would like to build a golden house to hide.This is the origin of the idiom "Golden House Cangjiao".Emperor Wu and Gillian are cousins, just like the emperor and empress Yehenala. Therefore, the emperor came up from the "Ying'e Pool" and remembered the past of "taking Luo Yi personally and asking for his nickname".It was last summer when the expansion of Xiyuan was completed, and the Empress Dowager Cixi spent the summer in Yiluan Palace.One day, concubines and family members were summoned to go boating in the North Sea. It happened that the queen was also in the palace and was a member of the retinue, but she was not on the Empress Dowager Cixi's boat. The emperor rushed over after finishing his homework at Butong Bookstore near Yingtai. He saw a big boat in the distance and thought it was the imperial boat of Empress Dowager Cixi.But the queen knelt at the bow of the boat to meet her. Although the emperor and her were cousins, the rules of the Qing Dynasty did not respect relatives, so he did not visit Fangjiayuan's uncle's house, and for this cousin, he was just picking out beautiful women. I have met each other from time to time.At this time, it seemed that he couldn't ignore it, so he personally helped her and asked her nickname. I don't want to let Wen Tingshi know about this passage, and write it into a poem.He remembered that it was more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and it was not dusk, so why did the moonlight come?The so-called "Yuehuasheng" is just a description of the allusion of Ying'e Pond. However, the first and fourth sentences made the emperor quite unhappy: "The golden house was not built back then" plus the saying "Pick up Luo Yi personally and ask her nickname", it seems that the emperor has long liked this cousin.This is complete nonsense! Therefore, the emperor didn't want to look any further.Closing the book of poems, thinking about it from the beginning, from the queen to Dexin's daughter, and then to sister Jinzhen, I feel indescribably melancholy. Slowly calmed down.But the other phantoms disappeared, only Concubine Zhen's charming demeanor lingered in her mind.