The north wind is like a knife, and the ground is covered with frost.
On a road near the seaside in the south of the Yangtze River, a group of Qing soldiers, holding swords and guns in hand, escorted seven prison cars, heading north in the wind and cold.
Imprisoned in the first three prison cars were three men, all dressed as scholars.
One was an old man with white hair, and the two were middle-aged.
The four cars behind were women, and the last car was a young woman with a baby girl in her arms.
The baby girl cries incessantly.
Her mother spoke warmly, but the baby girl just cried.
A Qing soldier beside the prison car got angry, stretched out his leg and kicked the car, and shouted: "If you cry again, I will kick you to death."
The baby girl was startled and cried even louder.
There was a big house dozens of feet away from the road.
Under the eaves stood a middle-aged scribe and a child of eleven or twelve years old.
When the scribe saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh, his eyes turned red, and he said, "Poor, pitiful."
The child asked: "Dad, what crime did they commit?"
The scribe said: "What crime did they commit?
Yesterday and today, more than thirty people have been arrested.
They are all famous scholars in Zhejiang.
All of them are He was innocently implicated."
He said the words "innocently implicated" in a very low voice, for fear that the officers and soldiers escorting the prison car would hear him.
The child said: "That little girl is still sucking milk.
It doesn't make sense that she has committed a crime."
The scribe said: "You understand that officers and soldiers are unreasonable.
You are such a good boy.
Alas, people are just cutlery, I am fish and meat, and everyone is a cauldron. , I am a moose."
The child said: "Dad, you taught me a few days ago that people are knives and knives, and I am a fish and meat.
The meaning of "cutting and slaughtering" is similar to that of "people are cutting knives and chopping boards, and we are fish and meat."
The scribe said, "Exactly" when he saw the officers and soldiers and the prison car.
Having already gone far, he took the child's hand and said, "It's windy outside, let's go back inside."
At that moment, the father and son walked into the study.
The scribe dipped his pen in ink, wrote the word "deer" on the paper, and said: "Although the deer is a huge beast, it has an extremely peaceful temperament.
It only eats grass and leaves and never harms other beasts.
It is ferocious.
If a wild beast wants to hurt it and eat it, it has no choice but to run away.
If it cannot escape, it will have no choice but to be eaten by others."
He also wrote two words "Zhulu".
He said: "Therefore, the ancients often compared deer to the world.
People in the world are docile and kind-hearted, and they can only be oppressed and harmed by others.
The Han Dynasty said: Qin lost its deer, and the whole world chased it away.
That is to say, the Qin Dynasty After losing the world, all the heroes came together and fought for it.
In the end, Han Gaozu defeated the King of Chu and got this fat and big deer. " The child nodded and said: "I understand.
The novel said that "Chasing the Emperor in the Central Plains" means that everyone is vying to be the emperor."
The scribe liked it very much, nodded, drew the shape of a tripod on the paper, and said : "The ancients did not use stoves or pots to cook, but used a three-legged tripod with firewood underneath.
When they caught a deer, they cooked it in the tripod.
The emperor and the high officials were very cruel.
If they didn't like anyone in their hearts, they would accuse him of committing a crime and put him in a cauldron and cook him alive.
It is recorded in the Historical Records that Lin Xiangru said to the King of Qin: I know that the crime of bullying the king should be punished, so I asked you to give me the cauldron.
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That is to say: I deserve to die, just burn me to death in the cauldron.”
The child said: "Novel books often talk about striving for the Central Plains.
This seems to have the same meaning as competing for the Central Plains."
The scribe said: "That's right.
King Xia Yu collected gold from the nine states and cast nine large cauldrons.
The so-called gold at that time was actually copper.
Each tripod is cast with the name of Kyushu and images of mountains and rivers, and whoever becomes the lord of the world in future generations will keep the tripod.
Zuo Zhuan (Part 1): Chu Zi observed troops in Zhou territory.
King Ding sent the princes and grandchildren to work for Chuzi.
What is the importance of Chu Zi's bid for the throne?
Only the Lord of the World can keep the Nine Cauldrons.
The King of Chu was just a prince of the Chu State, and his ambition to be king was because he had evil intentions and wanted to take the throne of the King of Zhou instead. " The child said: "So when you compete for the throne, you want to be the emperor.
You don't know who will win, because you don't know which one will become the emperor."
The scribe said: "Exactly.
Later, the four words aspire and compete for the throne can also be borrowed from other places, but the original source refers specifically to being an emperor."
At this point, he sighed and said: "As ordinary people, we always end up dead.
We don't know who will kill the deer, but we don't know who will kill the deer.
This deer is definitely dead."
As he spoke, he walked to the window and looked out.
He saw that the sky was gloomy and it seemed like it was going to snow.
He sighed: "God is so unkind.
Hundreds of innocent people are walking on this frost-covered road."
It’s snowing, but I’ll be tortured again.”
Suddenly I saw two people wearing bamboo hats walking side by side on the south road.
When they got closer, they recognized their faces.
The scribe was overjoyed and said, "It's you, Uncle Huang and Uncle Gu, who are here."
He hurried out to greet them and called out, "Brother Lizhou, Brother Tinglin, what good wind can bring you two here?"
The man on the right is slightly fat and has a black beard under his chin.
His surname is Huang, his name is Zongxi, and his courtesy name is Lizhou.
He is from Yuyao, Zhejiang Province.
The person on the left is tall, thin, and has a dark face.
His surname is Gu, Yanwu, and his courtesy name is Tinglin.
He is from Kunshan, Jiangsu Province.
Huang and Gu were both great scholars of the time.
After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, they were saddened by the changes in the country and lived in seclusion.
That day they came to Chongde together.
Gu Yanwu took a few steps and said, "Brother Wancun, I have an important matter and I'm here to discuss it with you."
This scribe's surname was Lu Liuliang and his nickname was Wancun.
He had lived in Chongde County, Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.
He was also a very famous hermit in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty.
Seeing the solemn expressions on Huang and Gu's faces, he also knew that Gu Yanwu had always been very resourceful and calm in situations.
Since it was an important matter, it was certainly not a trivial matter.
He held his hands and said, "Please go in and have three drinks first to relieve the cold."
Now please invite me.
The two of them entered the house and told the child, "Baozhong, go and tell your mother that Uncle Huang and Uncle Gu are here.
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Let's cut two plates of sheep paste for drinking."
Not long after, the child Lu Baozhong and his brother Yizhong brought out three pairs of cups and chopsticks and placed them on the study table.
An old servant served food and wine.
Lu Liuliang waited for the three of them to exit, closed the study door, and said, "Brother Huang, Brother Gu, have three drinks first."
Huang Zongxi looked miserable and shook his head.
Gu Yanwu poured himself a glass of wine and drank six glasses in one go.
Lu Liuliang said: "You two are here, is it related to the Ming Dynasty case?"
Huang Zongxi said: "Exactly" Gu Yanwu raised his wine glass and chanted loudly: "Although the breeze is fine, it can't blow me, but the bright moon doesn't shine on me, brother Wancun." , these two lines of your poem are really a masterpiece.
Whenever I drink wine, I will recite this poem and it will make me understand."
Lu Liu was fond of his homeland and refused to serve as an official in the Qing Dynasty.
The local officials admired his reputation and recommended him as a "hermit in the mountains and forests" and to apply for an official position in the court.
Lu Liuliang refused to the death, and the officials did not dare to push him again.
Later, another high official recommended him as a "Learned Confucian".
Lu Liuliang saw that if he refused again, he would be insulting the court and would inevitably be killed, so he cut off his hair and became a monk and became a fake monk.
Seeing his strong will, local officials stopped urging him to leave the mountain.
These two poems, "Qingfeng, Mingyue", mocked the Qing Dynasty and yearned for the Ming Dynasty.
Although they did not dare to publish it, they had been recited among like-minded friends.
At this time, Gu Yanwu read it out again.
Huang Zongxi said: "What a good poem."
He raised his glass and drank a glass.
Lu Liuliang said: "You two are so complimentary."
Gu Yanwu looked up and saw a large painting about five feet high and about ten feet wide hanging on the wall.
It painted a large landscape with vertical and horizontal strokes and a majestic atmosphere.
He couldn't help but cheered.
There were only four inscriptions on the painting.
A big character: "So Jiang "Mountain", said: "Looking at this road, it must be Mr.
Erzhan's painting."
Lu Liuliang said: "That's right."
That "Erzhan" was named Cha, a famous scholar in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.
The painter also made good friends with Gu, Huang, and Lu.
Huang Zongxi said: "How come such a good painting has no title or postscript?"
Lu Liuliang sighed: "Mr.
Erzhan's painting has a profound meaning.
It's just that he is a prudent and prudent person, and he neither signed nor had a title or postscript.
He was in his dormitory last month.
Pan Huan, I came here on a whim, I drew it and gave it to me, and you two How about a few words?"
Gu and Huang stood up and walked to the painting to take a closer look.
They saw a mighty river flowing eastward with countless peaks on both sides, dotted with strange trees and rocks.
However, the painting was filled with clouds.
Although the mountains and rivers were beautiful, But at the first sight, a sullen feeling suddenly arose in the chest.
Gu Yanwu said: "Such a country has been reduced to the barbarians.
It is really sad and indignation for our generation to swallow our anger and live in secret.
Brother Wancun, why don't you write a poem to express Mr.
Erzhan's meaning?"
Lu Liu Liangdao: "Okay" immediately took down the painting and laid it flat on the table.
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Huang Zongxi studied ink.
Lu Liuliang took up his pen and pondered for a long time, then straightened up his writing on the painting.
The poem was completed in an instant, and the poem said: "It's shameful that it was the Song Dynasty's southern crossing.
It's the future of Yashan."
It is unbearable to look at such a situation.
Now that I understand the meaning of painting, I cry bitterly and shed tears.
Look at the past as if it were the present, and swallow your voice without needing to hold your mouth.
The painting will bring tears to the table, feathers on the west platform, and grind into the painting and draw the brush.
Therefore, there are paintings but no poems.
The poems are all contained in four characters.
It is said that when I was born in the early days of Hongwu, I was blind and suddenly my eyes were lame and I could walk.
The mountains and rivers are open and the old jade is finished.
Where can I not be ecstatic when I climb there?"
After finishing the book, I threw the pen on the ground and burst into tears.
Gu Yanwu said: "It is full of joy and joy.
It is really a wonderful word."
Lu Liuliang said: "This poem is not implicit and cannot be considered good.
It only expresses Mr.
Erzhan's original intention so that people who watch the painting can understand it.
"Huang Zongxi said: "When will the motherland regain its glory?
The old jade of Sichuan Kaiji is completed, even though the mountains and rivers are barren, it still makes people look at it with a broad mind.
It is really said that there is no place where you can't be ecstatic when you arrive."
Gu Yanwu said: "The conclusion of this poem is wonderful.
One day, we will drive away the barbarians and return our great Han Dynasty.
Mountains and rivers are more inspiring than people expressing their sorrow and anger.”
Huang Zongxi slowly rolled up the painting and said: "This painting cannot be hung.
Brother Wancun must keep it properly.
If it is seen by traitors like Wu Zhirong, the government will investigate.
Brother Wancun will be troublesome, but also It’s implicating Mr.
Erzhan.”
Gu Yanwu slapped the table and cursed: "Wu Zhirong is a thief, I really want to eat his flesh raw."
Lu Liuliang said: "You two are in vain, saying that there is something important.
I, a scholar, have a long history of writing poems and paintings, but I have put aside my business.
"I don't know what happened."
Huang Zongxi said, "The two of us came here because of Mr.
Yihuang, Mr.
Erzhan's brother.
It turns out that I got the news the day before yesterday.
This major case in the history of the Ming Dynasty actually involved Mr.
Yihuang."
Lu Liuliang said in surprise: "Brother Yihuang was also implicated."
Huang Zongxi said, "Yes.
The two of us rushed to Haining Yuanhua Town the night before.
Mr.
Yihuang was not at home, saying he was out visiting friends.
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Brother Yanwu saw that the situation was urgent and hurriedly asked Mr.
Yihuang's family to stay away overnight.
Remembering that Mr.
Yihuang was friends with Brother Wancun, I came here to visit."
Lu Liuliang said, "He didn't come.
I don't know where he is."
Gu Yanwu said, "If he is at home, I have already written a note on the wall of his study.
A poem, if he returns home, he will naturally understand and know what to avoid.
What he is afraid of is that he does not know the message and is exposed to the public.
That would be terrible.
"Huang Zongxi said: "This is a case in the history of the Ming Dynasty. , almost all the famous people in western Zhejiang were killed.
The Qing government had very evil intentions.
Brother Wancun was too famous.
Brother Tinglin and his younger brother wanted to persuade Brother Wancun to travel far away from home for the time being to avoid the limelight.
"Lu Liu Liang said angrily: "If the Tatar Emperor captures me in Beijing and cuts me to pieces with a thousand knives, I will at least scold him and die happily after letting out this bad breath in my chest."
Gu Yanwu said: "Brother Wancun is very heroic and admirable.
What I'm afraid of is that I won't be able to see the Tatar Emperor, but will die in the hands of ordinary slaves.
Besides, the Tatar Emperor is just a child and doesn't know anything.
Understand, the power of the government is in the hands of the powerful official Obai.
Brothers and Lizhou believe that the reason why the Ming Dynasty case is so vigorous and vigorous is that Obai wants to dampen the spirit of our Jiangnan scholars. " Lu Liuliang said: "What you two saw is very true.
Since the Qing troops entered the pass, they have been running rampant in the north of the Yangtze River.
Once they arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, they encountered resistance everywhere, especially the scholars who knew the defenses of Huayi and kept making trouble with them.
Ao Bai took advantage of this.
Opportunity, we must severely suppress the Jiangnan scholars.
Huh, the wild fire will not burn out, and the spring breeze will blow again, unless he kills all of us Jiangnan scholars."
Huang Zongxi said: "Yes.
Therefore, we must remain useful and fight with the Tatars to the end.
If we show our courage for a moment, we will fall into the Tatars' calculations."
Lu Liuliang immediately realized that Huang and Gu had gone out of their way to find Zha Yihuang in the cold, and secondly they were trying to persuade him to escape, for fear that he could not control himself for a moment and lost his life in vain.
His good friend was deeply grateful for his hard work and said: "How dare you disobey your wise advice?
Tomorrow morning, my whole family will go out to take shelter."
Huang and Gu were overjoyed and said in unison: "That's how it should be."
Lu Liuliang muttered: "But I don't know where to avoid."
He felt that the end of the world is vast, and the world is full of Tatars.
There is really no clean land.
He muttered: "Where can I avoid Taoyuan?
Qin Taoyuan can avoid violence."
Gu Yanwu said: "In today's world, there really is a paradise, and we can't just live there."
Lu Liuliang didn't wait for him to say goodbye, he stood up and said loudly: "Brother Tinglin is right to blame you for the rise and fall of the country.
It is okay to avoid disaster temporarily, but if you go to hide in the Peach Blossom Spring.
Here, we are free and at ease, and we endure the suffering of hundreds of millions of people under the iron heel of the Tatars.
How can we rest in our hearts?"
Gu Yanwu smiled and said: "Brother has traveled around the world in recent years and has actually made a lot of friends.
From all over the country, what he has seen and heard is that not only scholars are against the Tatars, but also among the traffickers and the slaughterhouses, there are also passionate heroes everywhere.
Brother Wancun If there is "I wish, the three of us will go to Yangzhou together.
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How about brother introduce you to some comrades?"
Lu Liuliang was overjoyed and said: "Wonderful, wonderful, we will go to Yangzhou tomorrow.
You two sit down, brother Zhuo Jing, please tell me."
She packed up."
She said and hurriedly entered.
Not long after, Lu Liuliang returned to the study and said: "Although there are many rumors about this case in the history of Ming Dynasty, firstly, the rumors may not be true, and secondly, the people who spoke are too scrupulous to say anything.
The brothers live alone in a small house, and the details are unknown.
What’s the reason?”
Gu Yanwu sighed and said: "We have all read this history of the Ming Dynasty.
There is some disrespect for the Tatars in it.
This book was written by Zhu Guozhen, Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty.
It talks about the construction of Guanwai State Guard How could he be polite to the Tatars?"
Lu Liuliang nodded and said: "I heard that the Huzhou dealer spent thousands of taels of silver to buy the original manuscript of Ming History from the descendants of Zhu Xiangguo and publish it in his own name.
I didn't expect it to lead to such a big deal. disaster."
Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou in western Zhejiang are located on the coast of Taihu Lake.
They have flat terrain, fertile soil and are rich in rice and silk.
The first county of Huzhou Prefecture is called Wuxing County today, and was divided into Wucheng and Gui'an counties in the Qing Dynasty.
The literary style has flourished since ancient times, and talented scholars have emerged in large numbers throughout the ages.
In the Liang Dynasty, Chinese characters were divided into four tones, Shen Yue, and Zhao Meng, who achieved the highest level of calligraphy and painting in the Yuan Dynasty, were both from Huzhou.
The local area is also famous for its pen production.
Huzhou's pens, Huizhou's ink, Xuancheng's paper, Zhaoqing Duanxi's inkstones, and the Four Treasures of the Study are famous all over the world.
There is Nanxun Town in Huzhou Prefecture.
Although it is a town, it is larger than an ordinary county.
There are many wealthy households in the town.
Among the famous wealthy families is a family named Zhuang.
At that time, the wealthy man in the banker's family was named Zhuang Yuncheng, and he had several sons.
The eldest son was named Tingqin.
He was fond of poetry and calligraphy since he was a child, and he made friends with many celebrities and talented people in the south of the Yangtze River.
During the Shunzhi period, Zhuang Tingqin suddenly became blind due to his excessive study.
He searched many famous doctors but could not cure him, so he was very depressed.
Suddenly one day, a young man named Zhu from the neighborhood brought a manuscript, which he said was the legacy of his grandfather Zhu Xiangguo.
He mortgaged it to the banker and asked for a loan of several hundred taels of silver.
The banker has always been generous and has always taken care of Zhu Xiangguo's descendants.
When he came to ask for a loan, he immediately agreed and did not ask him to use any manuscripts as collateral.
But the young man surnamed Zhu said that after borrowing the money, he was going to travel far away.
He took this manuscript of his ancestor with him, fearing it would be lost.
He was worried about it being stored at home, so he had to leave it with the banker.
Zhuang Yuncheng agreed.
After the young man named Zhu left, Zhuang Yuncheng asked his family members to read to him in order to relieve his son's boredom.
Most of Zhu Guozhen's manuscripts on the history of the Ming Dynasty have been published and circulated throughout the world.
This time, what his grandson brought to the banker as a mortgage were the last of many biographies.
Zhuang Tingqin listened to Qingke read it for several days and was very interested.
He suddenly remembered: "Zuo Qiuming was also blind in the past, but because of a historical book Zuo Zhuan, he became famous thousands of years later.
Today I am blind and live idle.
"It's boring, why not write a history book and pass it on to future generations."
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Since it was easy to do things in a wealthy family, he immediately hired several scholars to read the Ming history manuscript to him from beginning to end.
Where he thought should be added and where should be deleted, he dictated it and asked the guests to write it down.
But I thought that I was blind and could not read many books.
If this Ming history was compiled and contained many errors, it would not only be difficult to be famous, but also ridiculed by others.
So I spent a lot of money and hired many scholars and scholars to revise it. , striving for perfection.
There were some knowledgeable people who could not be invited with money, so Zhuang Tingqin sent people around and invited them with humble words.
There have always been many scribes on the shores of Taihu Lake.
Those who were invited by the banker felt sorry for their blindness and felt that they were sincere.
Secondly, they felt that compiling the history of the Ming Dynasty was a beautiful thing.
Most of them came to the banker for ten and a half months to review the manuscript.
This book may correct errors, add embellishments, or write one or two articles.
Therefore, this history of the Ming Dynasty indeed contains a lot of great efforts.
Not long after the book was written, Zhuang Tingqin passed away.
Zhuang Yuncheng was saddened by the death of his beloved son, so he published the book.
It was not easy to print a book in the Qing Dynasty.
Craftsmen had to be hired to carve wood blocks into pieces before the book could be printed.
This history of the Ming Dynasty is a voluminous volume, and the engraving and printing work was very expensive.
Fortunately, the banker had plenty of money, so he allocated several large houses as workshops and hired more craftsmen.
Within a few years, the book was completed.
The title of the book was Mingshu Jiluo.
The author was listed as Zhuang Tingqin, and the famous scholar Li Lingxi was invited to write a preface.
All the scholars who have helped him are also listed on it, including Mao Yuanxi, Wu Zhiming, Wu Zhirong, Li Qitao, Mao Cilai, Wu Chu, Tang Yuanlou, Yan Yunqi, Jiang Linzheng, Wei Jinyou, Wei Yiyuan, Zhang Jun, Dong Eryou, Wu Yan, Pan Taozhang, Lu Qi, Zha Jizuo, Fan Xiang, etc., a total of eighteen people.
The book also mentions that this book is based on additions and deletions from Zhu's original manuscript.
However, Zhu Guozhen was the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty and his name was too big to write his name directly, so it was vaguely said to be "Zhu's original manuscript".
The compilation of the Ming Dynasty has been revised and revised by many literati.
It has a sophisticated style, detailed narrative, and elegant writing.
After the book was published, it was highly praised by scholars.
The bookmaker is determined to become famous again, and the price of the book is extremely low.
When the original manuscript dealt with Manchuria, there were many words of criticism and criticism, but historians have already deleted them one by one, but the words praising the Ming Dynasty were also unavoidable.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty had not long fallen, and scholars cherished their homeland.
As soon as the book was published, it immediately became a bestseller.
Zhuang Tingqin's reputation spread all over the north and south of the Yangtze River.
Although Zhuang Yuncheng was grieving the loss of his son, he was relieved to see his son becoming famous after his death.
It is also a time of trouble, when villains should succeed and gentlemen should suffer misfortune.
The magistrate of Gui'an County, Huzhou, whose surname was Wu Mingzhirong, committed corruption and perverted the law during his tenure, and the people hated him.
He was finally reported and ordered to be dismissed by the imperial court.
Wu Zhirong served as the magistrate of Gui'an County.
Although he plundered tens of thousands of taels of silver, he bribed and bribed here and there to avoid being punished by having his house searched and investigated.
However, all the stolen money was gone. , even the family members who were with them disappeared without a trace.
He lost both his official position and his fortune, so he had to go to various wealthy families to fight against the autumn wind, saying that being an official was a hard life.
This time he lost his official position, and he didn't even have the money to go home, so he couldn't make the trip.
Some rich people gave him twelve or eighty taels of silver to avoid trouble.
When I arrived at the rich Zhu family, my master Zhu Youming was an upright gentleman who hated evil.
Instead of seeing him off, he ridiculed him fiercely, saying that you were an official in Huzhou and the people suffered so much from you.
Even if I, Zhu, were rich, , I would rather go and help the poor people who have been harmed by you.
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Although Wu Zhirong was angry, there was nothing he could do about it.
Since he had been dismissed and had no power, how could he do anything when the wealthy family came to visit Zhuang Yuncheng again.
Zhuang Yuncheng was always acquainted with elite celebrities and looked down upon this corrupt official.
When he saw him coming to ask for money, he sneered and sealed a couple of silver coins to him, saying: "According to your character, these two silver coins should not be given as a gift.
It is just the hope of the people of Huzhou."
It would be nice for you to go a moment earlier.
It would be a good thing if you can get a few more silvers."
Wu Zhirong was so angry that he glanced at a compilation of Ming Dynasty books placed on the table in the hall, and thought to himself: "This man named Zhuang loves to hear flattery.
He only needs to praise how well the Ming Dynasty has been compiled, and his hands are filled with white money."
Give it to others, never again Don't frown."
Then he smiled and said, "My dear brother, I'm leaving Huzhou today.
The most regretful thing is that I can't take a piece of Huzhou's treasure back home, so that it can be an eye-opener for the ignorant people in our hometown."
Zhuang Yuncheng asked: "What is the treasure of Huzhou?"
Wu Zhirong said with a smile: "Mr.
Zhuang, this is too modest."
Among the scholars, they all said that the compilation of Mingshu written by Master Tingquan, Master Long, has great historical talent and knowledge. , historical writings, all of which are rare in ancient times, left Mabanzhuang is one of the four great historians of ancient and modern times.
This treasure of Huzhou is naturally the history of the Ming Dynasty written by the prince."
Wu Zhirong's first sentence "written by the prince himself" and the latter sentence "written by the prince himself" attracted Zhuang Yuncheng.
Elated.
He knew clearly that this book was not written by his son, and he couldn't help but feel regretful.
Wu Zhirong said this, which was exactly what he liked.
He thought: "People say that this man is greedy and a dirty villain, but after all, he is a scholar and has good vision." .
It turns out that the book written by Qin'er is from Huzhou.
Zhibao, this is the first time I heard this."
He couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother, I don't understand what Rong Weng said about Zuoma Banzhuang, the Four Great Historians of Ancient and Modern Times.
Please give me some advice."
Wu Zhirong's face softened when he saw it. , knowing that he has been flattered, I secretly like him.
Said: "Master Zhuang is too humble.
Zuo Qiu Ming wrote Zuo Zhuan, Sima Qian wrote Historical Records, and Ban Gu wrote Han Shu.
They are all masterpieces that have been passed down for thousands of years.
Since Ban Gu, there have been no great historians.
Ouyang Xiu wrote the History of the Five Dynasties, and Sima Guang wrote the Tongjian of Zizhi.
Although their articles were good, their talent and knowledge were ultimately poor.
It was not until the prosperous age of the Qing Dynasty that this magnificent masterpiece written by the prince was compiled in the Ming Dynasty, and no one could keep pace with the three predecessors Zuo Qiu Ming, Sima Qian and Ban Gu.
The four great historians, Zuo Ma Banzhuang, this sentence is It was born from this. " With a smile on his face, Zhuang Yuncheng cupped his hands and said, "It's too much to praise.
It's not enough to praise the treasure of Huzhou.
After all, I can't deserve it."
"Wu Zhirong said sternly: "Why can't you stand up to the people outside who say: Huzhou's most treasured silk brush is Zhuang Shi, which ranks first?"
Silk and writing brushes are two famous products in Huzhou.
Wu Zhirong has a humble character, but he is talented and exports well.
He is called "Zhuang Shi" together with Hu silk and Hu writing brush.
Zhuang Yuncheng liked it even more when he heard it.
Wu Zhirong said again: "Brother came to your place to be an official, and he got nothing.
Today, I am shameless and want to ask Mr.
Zhuang for a history of the Ming Dynasty, which will be an heirloom of my family.
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From now on, I, the descendants of the Wu family, will read it every day and night, and I will surely The great advancement in talent and the glory of the ancestors are all due to the generous gift of Zhuang Yun.
Cheng smiled and said, "I'll give it as a gift."
Wu Zhirong talked a few more words, but Zhuang Yuncheng didn't see any action, and then he complimented the Ming Dynasty for a while.
In fact, he had not read a page of this book, but it was just a history.
No matter how great it is, no matter how excellent your historical knowledge is, it’s nonsense.
Zhuang Yuncheng said: "Rong, please sit down."
Return to the inner hall.
After a long time, a servant came out with a package and placed it on the table.
When Wu Zhirong saw that Zhuang Yuncheng hadn't come out yet, he hurriedly weighed the package.
Although the package was large, it was light and there was obviously no silver in it.
He felt very disappointed.
After a while, Zhuang Yuncheng returned to the hall, picked up the package, and said with a smile: "Rong Rong respects the local products of our place, so I would like to give them to you."
Wu Zhirong thanked him, said goodbye, and went out.
Before returning to the inn, he reached into the package and dug around.
What he touched was a book, a bunch of silk, and dozens of brushes.
He spent a lot of time thinking that Zhuang Yuncheng would give him hundreds of taels of silver in addition to a history of the Ming Dynasty, but what he gave as a gift was the "Three Treasures of Huzhou" that he made nonsense of.
He cursed in his heart: "Damn it, The rich people like Nanxun are so stingy because I said something wrong.
If I said that the three treasures of Huzhou are gold, silver and Ming history, wouldn't I have gained a lot?"
Angrily, he returned to the inn, threw the package on the table, and fell asleep.
When he woke up, it was already dark, and it was past the time for dinner in the inn.
He was reluctant to order another meal.
He was so worried and hungry.
I was tormented and couldn't sleep anymore.
I immediately unwrapped the package and opened the Mingshu Collection to read briefly.
After reading a few pages, a golden light flashed before my eyes, and a gold leaf suddenly appeared.
Wu Zhirong's heart was beating wildly.
He rubbed his eyes and took a closer look, but it was not what the gold leaves were.
He trembled wildly and took out ten gold leaves from the book.
Each one was worth five coins at least.
Ten gold leaves were worth five coins.
Two gold.
Gold was so expensive at that time that five taels of gold was worth four hundred taels of silver.
Wu Zhirong was overjoyed and thought: "This man surnamed Zhuang is really cunning.
He was afraid that I would ask for this book, so he threw it away without turning it over.
So he put a gold leaf in the book to see who would read his son's words."
Whoever writes the book will be lucky I got this golden leaf.
I will read a few more articles and go to his door tomorrow.
While thanking him for the gift of gold, I will recite a few passages from the book and he will be very happy.
Maybe there is something else in his heart.
A few taels of gold as a gift.”
Now I lit the oil lamp, turned over the book and read, and read that in the forty-fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Nuerhaci, the Taizu of the Later Jin Dynasty, came to the throne.
Jianyuan, starting from this year, we should no longer use the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty, but the first year of the Dajin Tianming."
After reading all the way, I saw that Jin Taizong came to the throne after the year of Ding Mao, and the book still said "Tomorrow will start the seventh year" instead of "the first year of Tiancong of the Great Jin Dynasty".
After the year of Bingzi, the name of the Jin Dynasty was changed to the Qing Dynasty, and the name of the country was changed to Chongde of the Yuan Dynasty.
In this book, it is still written as "the ninth year of Chongzhen", but not as "the first year of Chongde in the Qing Dynasty"; in the Jiashen year book, it is written as "the seventeenth year of Chongzhen", but not The book "The First Year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty".
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We also saw that after the Qing soldiers entered the pass, the book wrote "the first year of Longwu" in the Yiyou year and "the first year of Yongli" in the Dinghai year.
Longwu and Yongli were the reign names of the Tang and Gui kings in the Ming Dynasty. , the person who wrote the book clearly still worshiped the Zhengshuo of the Ming Dynasty and did not pay attention to the Qing Dynasty.
When he saw this, he couldn't help but slap the table and shout: "It's reversed, it's reversed, it's not bad."
As soon as he slapped it, the table shook and the oil lamp fell over, splattering lamp oil on his hands and lapels.
In the darkness, an idea suddenly came to him, and he couldn't help but be ecstatic: "This is not a windfall that God gave me.
I got promoted and made a fortune because of this."
Thinking of the happiness, he couldn't help shouting loudly.
Suddenly I heard the shop companion knocking on the door and shouting: "My guest, your guest, what's going on?"
Wu Zhirong smiled and said, "Nothing."
He lit the oil lamp and read through it again.
I saw the rooster crow all night, so I got dressed and went to bed, but I found seventy or eighty taboo words in the book, and I couldn't help laughing in my sleep.
When the dynasty changes, the rulers are most concerned about the name Zhengshuo in this year.
The most taboo thing is to make people miss the previous dynasty in words.
The Mingshu compilation briefly narrates the events of the Ming Dynasty, and the year names of the Ming Dynasty are used to record the years.
Most of the scholars and scribes who participated in the compilation of history only assisted in compiling a few volumes and failed to read the entire book.
However, the person who compiled the last few volumes hated the Qing Dynasty deeply and would never use the Qing era name in the book.
Zhuang Tingqin was a rich man, and he was blind, so he was careless and careless, which eventually gave the villain a chance to take advantage of him.
At noon the next day, Wu Zhirong took a boat east and arrived in Hangzhou.
He wrote a notice in the inn and sent it to General Songkui's mansion together with this Ming history.
He expected that Songkui would summon him after receiving the notice.
At that time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was very generous with rewards for reporting treason.
It was expected that he would be appointed as a reinstatement officer for his great achievements, and he might even be promoted to three levels in a row.
Unexpectedly, he waited around in the inn for more than half a year, and went to the general's mansion every day to inquire about the news, but nothing happened.
Later, the concierge sternly rebuked him and forbade him to come to the door again.
Wu Zhirong was extremely anxious.
The money exchanged for the gold leaves given by Zhuang Yuncheng was about to be used up.
However, this report had no results at all.
He was troubled and surprised at the same time.
I was wandering around the city of Hangzhou that day.
I walked past the entrance of Wentongtang Bookstore and walked in to read the white books to pass the time.
I saw three compilations of Mingshu displayed on the bookshelf.
I thought: "Could it be that what I found?"
This mistake is not enough to bring down Zhuang Yuncheng.
I will find a few more rebellious words and write a notice tomorrow and send them to the general's office.
"The governor of Zhejiang is a Han, and the general is a Manchu.
He is afraid that the governor will not build a prison for this kind of words, so he must report it to the general."
The Manchu general reported.
He opened the book and read only a few pages.
He couldn't help but be startled.
His whole body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
He was like a monk two feet tall for a moment, confused.
He saw that all the taboo words in the book had completely disappeared.
After the founding of the Qing Dynasty, Taizu also used the reign names of the Jin Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.
As for the criticism of the relatives of the ancestors of the Qing emperors, the governor of Jianzhou Guards, and the writings on the reign names of Longwu, Yongli and other great books, there is not a word. .
However, the text runs smoothly from front to back, and the pages are clean, without any trace of alteration.
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It is really strange how this trick came about.
He held the book in both hands and was lost in thought in the bookstore.
After a long while, he shouted: "Yes."
Seeing the book's pages and envelopes, which were white and new, he asked the shopkeeper and found out that he was a book seller from Huzhou.
Recently delivered, it has only been delivered for seven or eight days.
He thought to himself: "Zhuang Yuncheng is so powerful that he can really make money.
He took back the old book, re-edited it, and published a new book.
He deleted all the taboos in the original book.
Humph, can't we just leave it at that?"
Wu Zhirong's expectation was indeed good.
It turned out that Hangzhou General Songkui didn't know Chinese characters.
When the shogunate saw Wu Zhirong's notice, he broke out in a cold sweat.
Knowing that the matter was extremely involved, his hands holding the notice trembled involuntarily.
This guest's surname is Cheng, his given name is Weifan, and he is from Shaoxing, Zhejiang.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, nine out of ten official staff were from Shaoxing, so the word "Master" was often given the title "Shaoxing" and called "Shaoxing Master".
These masters first learned a set of secrets from their fellow villagers, and then they became very skillful in handling the punishments and Qiangu.
All official documents in the government are drafted by the master.
Since everyone is from the same hometown, official documents from lower-level officials are less likely to encounter critical criticism when they are submitted to the superior yamen.
Therefore, when a new official takes office, the most important thing is to spend a lot of money to hire a Shaoxing master.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, not many Shaoxing people became high-ranking officials, but they controlled China's common government for hundreds of years, which is also a miracle in Chinese political history.
Cheng Weifan had a loyal heart and believed in the famous saying "It is good to practice among the public".
That is to say, the government has the power of life and death for the people.
When the master drafts the draft, a few words are slightly heavy, which can destroy the people's homes.
A little excuse can make them escape from death.
Therefore, rescuing people in public is more difficult than in public.
Practicing in a temple is more effective.
Seeing that if this Ming Dynasty case turned into a big prison, many people in southern Jiangsu and western Zhejiang would lose their lives and lose their families, he immediately asked the general for a few days' leave, took a boat at starry night, and came to Nanxun Town, Huzhou to inform him of the matter.
Zhuang Yuncheng.
Suddenly disaster struck Zhuang Yuncheng, and his soul flew out of the sky.
He was so frightened that he was paralyzed and drooling.
He didn't know what to do.
After a long time, he stood up, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Cheng Weifan for his great kindness, and then said to him He asked for advice.
When Cheng Weifan took a boat from Hangzhou to Nanxun, he thought about it over and over again and came up with a good strategy.
He thought that this collection of Mingshu had been circulated for a long time and could not be concealed.
So he had to resort to a tactic of draining money from the cauldron and sending people to various places to book it.
He bought all the books and destroyed them.
While working at night, he made a new edition, deleted all the taboos, reprinted the new book, and sold it to the outside world.
When the government investigated, they checked the new version of Ming History and found that Wu Zhirong's accusation was untrue, which helped to eliminate a misfortune.
The plan was revealed immediately.
Zhuang Yuncheng was surprised and kowtowed repeatedly to express his thanks.
Cheng Weifan also taught him a lot of tricks, such as how many gifts should be given to such and such government offices, and how to clear the way for such and such yamen offices.
Zhuang Yuncheng was taught one by one.
Cheng Weifan returned to Hangzhou, and after more than half a month, he handed over the original letter and Wu Zhirong's invitation to Zhejiang Governor Zhu Changzuo.
He approved a few words lightly, saying that the person who submitted the report had been dismissed from the county magistrate because of the stolen goods, which seemed to be a grievance.
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Futai to investigate in detail.
While Wu Zhirong was waiting for news in his hotel in Hangzhou, Zhuang Yuncheng's money was flowing out like water.
At that time, Zhuang Yuncheng's heavy bribes had been sent to the general's Yamen, the governor's Yamen and the Xuezheng Yamen.
Zhu Changzuo received official business, and the matter of publishing books was the responsibility of the academic administration.
After more than ten days of suppression, he transferred the matter to the academic administration Hu Shangheng.
The master of the Xuezheng Yamen first put it aside for more than half a month, and then took a month of sick leave.
Then he slowly drafted a document and sent the official business to Huzhou Prefecture.
The academic officer of Huzhou Prefecture delayed for another twenty days before sending a letter to the academic officers of Gui'an County and Wucheng County, asking them to apply for a reply.
The two academic officials had already received a large bribe from Zhuang Yuncheng.
At that time, the new edition of the History of the Ming Dynasty had been printed.
They handed over the two new editions and said in reply: "This book is mediocre and rough, and it is not helpful to the world's people.
However, it is detailed."
After checking the whole book, there is no prohibition of violation."
After repeated complaints, nothing happened.
Wu Zhirong didn't know what to do until he found a new version of Ming History in a bookstore.
He thought that only by getting an original version of Ming History could he re-expose the case.
Among the various bookstores in Hangzhou, the original books had already been purchased by bookmakers.
Now I went to remote counties in eastern Zhejiang to search for them, but I still couldn't find one.
He was so poor that he had no choice but to return home.
It was a coincidence that during the trip, I saw the owner of an inn in an inn, shaking his head while reading.
At first glance, I saw that what he was reading was the original version of this book.
I borrowed it and read it.
I was overjoyed at this moment, thinking that if I asked the innkeeper to buy it, firstly, he might not be willing to sell it, and secondly, I had no money and couldn't afford it, so I had to steal it.
I quietly got up in the middle of the night, stole the book and slipped out of the store.
I thought that all the relevant officials in Zhejiang Province had been bribed by Zhuang Yuncheng.
If they didn't do anything, they would go to Beijing to report.
When Wu Zhirong came to Beijing, he wrote a complaint to the three offices of the Ministry of Rites, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the General Affairs Department, explaining how the bankers bribed officials to engrave new editions.
Unexpectedly, less than a month after waiting in Beijing, three yamen responded one after another.
They all said that they had carefully reviewed Zhuang Tingqin's Mingshu Compilation and found that there were no illegal violations in the content.
The accusations made by Wu Zhirong, the dismissed magistrate, were not true and were clearly a form of coercion.
It is suspected of being a false accusation, and as for bribing officials, it is more of a false accusation.
The General Secretary's criticism was even more severe, saying: "It is Wu Zhirong who was dismissed for being corrupt, and all upright officials in the world were as corrupt as him."
It turned out that Zhuang Yuncheng had been taught by Cheng Weifan, and had already sent the new version of Ming History to the Ministry of Rites and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
The relevant officials and masters of the three yamen of the General Affairs Department and the General Administration Department have already given generous gifts.
Wu Zhirong encountered another disappointment.
Seeing that he would have no money to return home, he was about to live in a foreign land.
At that time, the Qing court treated Han literati very harshly, and would immediately execute them if they violated any prohibition in writing.
If Wu Zhirong had sued an ordinary literati, he would have succeeded long ago.
However, the opponent he encountered was from a wealthy family, and that was why there were many obstacles.
With no way out, I wanted to go to jail and fight this case to the end, so I wrote four more notices and sent them to the four ministers.
At the same time, I wrote hundreds of notices in the inn, exposing the case.
The story was posted everywhere in Beijing.
What he did was a dangerous move.
If the government investigated him and accused him of making alarmist remarks and disturbing people's hearts, he would inevitably be charged with beheading.
The four ministers who cared about life were named Sony, Suksaha, Ebilong, and Aobai, and they were all the founding heroes of Manchuria.
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When Emperor Shunzhi passed away, he ordered these four ministers to assist in the administration.
Among them, Obai was the most ruthless.
He had many party members in the court and the power of the Qing court was almost entirely in his hands.
He was afraid that the enemy party would be disadvantageous to him, so he sent countless spies to find out the news inside and outside the capital.
A secret report was received that day, saying that many posters had appeared in the city of Beijing, revealing that people with surnames in Zhejiang were writing books and plotting rebellion, and were treasonous, and that Zhejiang officials had accepted bribes and ignored them.
When Obai learned about it, he immediately investigated and started to deal with it vigorously and resolutely.
At this moment, Wu Zhirong's invitation was delivered to Obai's house.
He immediately summoned Wu Zhirong, asked him in detail, and then ordered his Han secretaries to carefully read the original Ming history submitted by Wu Zhirong, and found out that what he said was true.
Ao Bai was made a duke and a high official based on his military merits.
He always discriminated against Han officials and scholars.
After taking power, he wanted to handle several major cases to deter people.
Not daring to make any unusual move, he immediately sent an imperial envoy to Zhejiang to investigate.
As a result, the whole family of the banker was certainly arrested and brought to the capital, and all officials, big and small, including Song Kui, the general of Hangzhou, and Zhu Changzuo, the governor of Zhejiang, were dismissed from their posts and investigated.
All the literary figures listed in the history of the Ming Dynasty were imprisoned.
Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi explained the ins and outs of the case in detail at Lu Liuliang's home, but Lu Liuliang just sighed.
That night, the three of them had a long chat together on the couch, discussing world affairs.
They talked about the late Ming Dynasty when Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs framed Zhongliang and took control of the government.
They did all kinds of perverse things, and eventually the Ming Dynasty fell.
After entering the Qing Dynasty, the Han people were brutally massacred, and the disaster was so severe that everyone was heartbroken.
Early the next morning, Lu Liuliang's family and Gu Huang boarded the boat and headed eastward.
The middle-class and above families in the south of the Yangtze River all have their own boats at home.
In the water town of the south of the Yangtze River, rivers extend in all directions and are as dense as a spider web.
Most people travel by boat.
The saying "Northerners ride horses, southerners take boats" has been true since ancient times.
After arriving in Hangzhou, we turned north from the canal.
That night we heard news outside Hangzhou that the Qing government had executed many officials and civilians for this case: Zhuang Tingqin was dead, and his coffin was opened and his body was slaughtered; Zhuang Yuncheng could not bear the abuse in prison.
He died; dozens of Zhuang's family members were all beheaded over the age of fifteen, and his wife and daughter were sent to Shenyang to be slaves to the Manchurian flag soldiers.
Li Lingxi, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, wrote the preface to the book.
Lingchi was executed and his fourth son was beheaded.
Li Lingxi's youngest son had just turned sixteen.
Seeing that many people had been killed, the judicial officer softened his heart and ordered him to reduce his sacrifice by one year.
According to Qing law, those under the age of fifteen were exempted from death and sent to the army.
The young man said: "My father and brother are both dead, and I don't want to be the only child."
Finally, he refused to give up easily, so they were executed together.
Song Kui and Zhu Changzuo were imprisoned awaiting trial, and the secret agent Cheng Weifan abandoned the market late.
Two academic officials from Gui'an and Wucheng were executed.
Countless people have died unjustly as a result of this case.
Tan Ximin, the governor of Huzhou Prefecture, had only been in office for half a month.
The court said that he failed to report the knowledge and took bribes to hide it.
He was hanged together with the promotion official Li Huan and the disciplinarian Wang Zhaozhen.
Wu Zhirong had the deepest hatred for Zhu Youming, a wealthy man from Nanxun.
He went to fight in the autumn wind that day and beat him to a fight.
He was kicked out of the house.
He then claimed to the judicial department handling the case that the book was based on "Zhu's original manuscript with additions, deletions and embellishments." .
This Zhu family is Zhu Youming; he also mentioned his name as "Zhu Youming", which shows that he had the intention to curse the dynasty.
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As a result, Zhu Youming and his five sons were beheaded at the same place, and the Zhu family's property of more than 100,000 yuan was awarded to Wu Zhirong by order of the Qing court.
The worst thing is that all the engravers, book printers, and bookbinding workers, as well as book dealers, bookstore owners, book sellers, and book buyers were all executed after being identified.
According to historical records, at that time there was Li Shangbai, a consignor and official in Xushuguan, Suzhou who liked to read history books.
He heard that there was a new history of the Ming Dynasty in Changmen Bookstore in Suzhou, and the content was very good, so he sent a worker to buy it.
When the laborer arrived, the owner of the bookstore was out.
The laborer sat and waited at the house of an old man named Zhu next door to the bookstore.
When the owner came back, he bought the book back.
Li Shangbai read a few volumes and didn't take it seriously.
A few months later, the case broke out, and people who sold and bought books everywhere were investigated.
At that time, Li Shangbai was on business in Beijing and was immediately executed in Beijing for the crime of purchasing counterfeit books.
The owner of the bookstore and the laborer who was ordered to buy books were beheaded.
Even the old man surnamed Zhu next door was also implicated.
He said that since he knew that the man was coming to buy counterfeit books, why didn't he report it immediately and let him sit around at home when he should have been beheaded.
Gu Nian, who was over seventy years old, was spared death and was sent to the army with his wife. place.
As for the celebrities in Jiangnan, because Zhuang Tingqin admired his name and listed them in the book as a candidate for the school, they were executed late on the same day, including Mao Yuanxi and fourteen others.
The so-called Lingchi execution involves slowly cutting off the muscles of the body's limbs with one knife at a time, until the prisoner suffers all the pain, and then is executed.
The number of people who lost their lives because of this book is truly countless.
When Lu Liuliang and three others received the news, they were extremely angry and cursed.
Huang Zongxi said: "Mr.
Yihuang is on the list of joining the school.
I'm afraid he won't be able to escape this disaster."
The three of them had always been on good terms with Zha Yihuang, and they were all very worried about him.
On this day, the boat arrived in Jiaxing, and Gu Yanwu bought a newspaper in the city, which detailed the names of the people convicted in the Mingshi case.
But I saw a sentence in the edict that said: "Three people, Zha Jizuo, Fan Xiang and Lu Qi, are listed as professors in the school, but they have not seen their letters in advance, so they will not be punished."
General Gu Yan took the newspaper from his residence to the boat, I read it with Huang Zongxi and Lu Liuliang and were amazed.
Huang Zongxi said: "This must have been done by General Dali."
Lu Liuliang said: "I have to ask who General Dali is."
Huang Zongxi said: "Two years ago, my brother visited Mr.
Yihuang's house as a guest, but he saw that his mansion was completely new. , the garden is spacious and the furnishings are rich, which is very different from the previous one.
There is also a Kunqu opera troupe in the house, which is rare in Jiangnan.
The brothers and Mr.
Yihuang have always been good friends, so they asked Mr.
Yihuang about the reason.
It's an adventure in the world."
He immediately recounted the story.
Zha Jizuo, also known as Yihuang, has an article "Xue Tao" in the remaining book, describing this strange incident.
He begins by saying: "Zha Xiaolian, also known as Yihuang, from Haining, Zhejiang, is talented and charming, and is often called My eyes are filled with sorrow, and I can't bear to worry about the wonderful things in the world.
I can't find them unless I look for them in the dust."
It was the end of the day at home, and I was drinking wine alone.
Soon it started to snow, getting heavier and heavier.
Zha Yihuang was bored drinking alone, so he walked outside to enjoy the snow scene.
He saw a beggar standing under the eaves to avoid the snow.
This beggar was tall and muscular.
He only wore a ragged single shirt, but he did not show any signs of movement in the cold wind.
He didn't take it seriously, but there was a look of anger and sadness on his face.
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Zha Yihuang felt strange and said, "This snow will not stop for a while.
How about coming in for a drink?"
The beggar said, "Very good."
Zha Yihuang invited him into the room, ordered the boy to take out the cups and chopsticks, and poured a glass of wine. .
Said: "Please" the beggar raised his glass and drank it, praising: "Good wine" Zha Yihuang poured him three cups in a row, and the beggar drank happily.
What Zha Yihuang likes most is a cheerful person, and he likes it in his heart.
He said: "Brother, he has a good drinking capacity.
I don't know how much he can drink."
The beggar said: "A thousand glasses of wine is too little to meet a close friend, and a word of caution is more than enough."
Although this sentence is a familiar cliché, when said in the mouth of a beggar, Zha Yihuang secretly expressed surprise. , immediately ordered the bookboy to bring out a large jar of Shaoxing daughter's red wine, and said with a smile: "The amount of wine I can drink is limited, and I have already drank just now, so I can't accompany my brother to drink.
How about I drink a big bowl and I drink a small one?"
the beggar said : "This also makes it possible."
The boy then heated the wine and poured it into the bowls and cups.
Zha Yihuang drank a cup, and the beggar drank a large bowl.
When the beggar drank more than twenty bowls, his face was still not full of alcohol, but Zha Yihuang was already drunk.
You must know that Shaoxing daughter red wine is mild in taste, but its alcoholic properties are quite strong.
When a Shaoxing family gives birth to a son or daughter, they make several to dozens of jars of wine and bury it in the ground.
When the daughter grows up and gets married, the wine is taken out to entertain guests.
The wine is amber in color and is called "daughter red".
Thinking that the wine had been buried for 17, 18 or even 20 years, it was naturally extremely mellow.
As for the wine stored by the family when a son is born, it is called "Zhuangyuanhong" in the hope that the son will take it out to entertain guests when he wins the number one scholar in the future.
Not everyone can win the number one prize, and most of them will be used to entertain guests when their son marries a wife.
Those who make wine for sale in wineries also use the names Zhuangyuanhong and Nuerhong.
The book boy helped Zha Yihuang into the inner hall to sleep peacefully, and the beggar went under the eaves by himself.
The next morning Cha Yihuang woke up.
When I went to see the beggar, I saw him standing with his hands behind his back, admiring the snow scene.
A gust of north wind blew, and Zha Yihuang felt cold to his bones, but the beggar remained calm and composed.
Zha Yihuang said: "It's freezing cold, my clothes are too thin."
He immediately took off his sheepskin robe and put it on his shoulders.
He took out another ten taels of silver, held it in both hands, and said, "Brother, please give me some money to buy wine.
Please come and drink again when you are interested.
Last night My brother was drunk and couldn't clean the bed to stay with the guests.
Don't blame me."
The beggar took the money and said, "That's easy to say."
He walked away without saying thanks.
In the spring of the next year, Zha Yihuang visited Hangzhou.
One day in a ruined temple, he saw an ancient bell with a huge mouth, weighing at least four hundred kilograms.
He was admiring the characters and patterns engraved on the bell.
Suddenly, a beggar strode into the Buddhist temple and grabbed the bell with his left hand.
Holding the bell button, lift it up, and a big bell will be several feet above the ground.
The beggar took out a large bowl of meat and a large bowl of wine from under the clock, put them aside, and then put the ancient clock in its place.
Zha Yihuang couldn't help but be horrified when he saw such power.
When he looked carefully, he turned out to be the beggar he had been drinking with last winter.
He asked with a smile, "Brother, do you still recognize me?"
The beggar glanced at him and said with a smile, "Ah.
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"It turns out it's you.
I'm here to serve as a host.
Let's all have a good drink."
He handed the bowl over.
Cha Yihuang took the earthen bowl, took a big sip, and said with a smile: "This wine is quite good."
The beggar grabbed a large piece of meat from the broken bowl and said, "This is dog meat.
Do you want to eat it?"
Although Huang felt dirty, he thought: "Since I regard him as a drinking buddy, if I refuse, I will look down on him."
He reached out and took it, took a bite, and after chewing it, it was sweet and delicious.
The two of them sat on the ground in the dilapidated temple, passing the earthen bowls back and forth.
You took a sip, I took a sip.
When eating meat, they reached into the bowl to grab it.
After a while, the wine and meat were all gone.
The beggar laughed loudly and said, "It's a pity that there is too little wine.
Mr.
Xiaolian cannot be drunk."
Zha Yihuang said: "We met in our place last winter, and we met again accidentally today.
It is really fate.
My brother has amazing powers.
He turns out to be a strange man in the sea.
I must be able to make a friend like you.
I like you very much.
Brother If you are happy, how about we go to a restaurant and drink again?"
The beggar said, "It's wonderful, it's wonderful."
The two of them went to the Louwailou restaurant by the West Lake, where they drank wine.
Soon Zha Yihuang fell drunk again.
When he sobered up, the beggar had disappeared.
That happened in the last years of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty.
A few years later, Qing troops entered the pass and the Ming Dynasty fell.
Zha Yihuang was unwilling to make any progress and was just living at home.
One day, an officer and four soldiers came to Zha's house.
Zha Yihuang was taken aback and thought that something bad had come to his door.
Little did he know that the officer was very respectful and said, "On the orders of Wu Junmen of Guangdong Province, I have a small gift to give you."
Zha Yihuang said, "My dear Shangsu and I Don't know each other , I'm afraid I'm mistaken."
The officer took out the prayer box and took out a big red gold name card, which said "I pay homage to Mr.
Cha Yihuang, and I will succeed you", and below it was "Wu Liuqi, the late student, pays 100 thanks." ".
Zha Yihuang thought to himself: "I have never even heard Wu Liuqi's name, why are you giving me a gift?"
He was silent for a moment.
The officer said: "My Majesty said, I'm going to give you a small gift.
Please don't laugh at Mr.
Cha."
After saying that, he put two round boxes with red lacquer and gold foil on the table, leaned over to say hello, and then left.
Zha Yihuang opened the gift box and found fifty taels of gold.
In the other box were six bottles of foreign wine.
The bottles were decorated with pearls and jade, which was extremely luxurious.
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Zha Yihuang was even more startled and chased the officer out to ask him to take back the gift.
The warrior quickly walked away and was already far away.
Zha Yihuang was puzzled and thought: "This sudden windfall is either a blessing or a curse.
Could it be that someone has framed me?"
Then he sealed the two gift boxes with seals and hid them in a secret room.
Cha's family is well off, so he doesn't need to use gold.
But he has heard the name of foreign wine for a long time, and he doesn't dare to open the bottle and taste it, which makes him feel itchy.
After a few months, there was no difference.
On this day, a young man wearing rich clothes arrived.
The young master was only seventeen or eighteen years old.
He was full of energy and high-spirited.
With eight followers, when he saw Zha Yihuang, he knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Zha Shibo, my nephew Wu Baoyu pays my respects."
Zha Yihuang immediately helped him.
He got up and said: " I don’t dare to take the title of Shibo.
I don’t know who you are.”
Wu Baoyu said: “My family has a strict name, and it’s strange.
I am currently occupying the post of Admiral of Water and Land of Tong Province in Guangdong Province.
I specially ordered my nephew to build a mansion, and I respectfully invite Shibo to Guangdong.
Lingering for several months.”
Zha Yihuang said: "I have received such a generous gift from your father, and I feel very uneasy.
I am ashamed to say that my brother is a distant man by nature, and I can't remember when I met your father.
I am a scholar and have never made friends with noble officials.
Young Master, please be young.
Sit down."
He walked into the inner room, took out the two gift boxes, and said, "Please bring them back, sir.
I really don't dare to accept such a generous gift."
He thought that Wu Liuqi, who was serving as admiral in Guangdong, must have admired his reputation and wanted to pay a lot of money to hire him as a guest.
This man held a high official position, acted as a hawk for the Manchus, and oppressed the Han people.
If receiving his gold and silver would stain his innocence, he would look very unhappy at the moment.
Wu Baoyu said: "Jia Yan ordered us to invite Shi Bo.
If Shi Bo has forgotten Jia Yan, there is a token here.
Shi Bo, please take a look."
After taking a package from the servant, he opened it, but it was A very old sheepskin robe.
When Zha Yihuang saw the old robe, he remembered that it was given to the strange beggar in the snow in the past.
It suddenly dawned on him that this general Wu Liuqi was the drinking buddy he had drunk with back then.
He thought in his heart: "Tatars occupy my world, if there are any The person holding the military talisman first builds the flag of righteousness, and if the four parties respond, he may be able to defeat the Tartars.
This strange beggar still remembers my kindness in the past.
He is not a heartless person.
If I act with righteousness, I have no hope of serving the country.
At this moment, he will kill me.
Yes, but so what?"
He said happily and came to Guangzhou.
General Wu Liuqi came into the house with a very respectful expression, and said: "Liu Qi lived in the south of the Yangtze River, and Mr.
Mengcha refused to abandon me.
He treated me as a friend.
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It was a small matter to treat me to a drink and give me a leather robe.
He was willing to stay with me in that ruined temple.
Drinking in the same bowl and grabbing dog meat, then Liuqi really looks up to me.
At that time, he was in poverty and was looked down upon by people everywhere.
Mr.
Zha treated him so warmly, which immediately inspired Liuqi.
It was all thanks to Mr.
Zha that he was here.
Come on, General Wu today is not necessarily better than the strange beggar in the snow back then."
Wu Liuqi was startled and stopped asking.
He just said, "Yes, yes."
A banquet was held that night, and all the civil and military officials in Guangzhou were invited to the banquet.
Yihuang was judged to be the chief, and he accompanied him in front of the banquet.
All civil and military officials from the governor level down in Guangdong Province were secretly surprised when they saw the admiral being so respectful to Zha Yihuang.
The governor also said that Zha Yihuang was an imperial envoy sent by the emperor to visit incognito.
Otherwise, why would Wu Liuqi, who was always very arrogant towards others, be so respectful and respectful to this Jiangnan scholar?
After the wine was over, the governor quietly asked Wu Liuqi if this distinguished guest was paying homage to him.
Red member.
Wu Liuqi smiled slightly and said, "Brother, you are really smart.
You can judge appearance and color nine times out of ten."
This sentence was originally meant to be sarcastic, saying that he guessed wrong this tenth time.
Little did he know that the governor would be wrong and thought that Zha Yihuang was really an imperial envoy.
He thought that Master Zha was living in Admiral Wu's house and had already been currying favor with him.
Admiral Wu and himself had never been very fond of each other.
If the imperial envoy everyone After returning to Beijing, the memorial was not favorable to me, which would be terrible.
I prepared a heavy gift when I returned, and sent it to the Admiral's Mansion early the next morning.
Wu Liuqi came out to meet the guests and said that Mr.
Cha was still drunk last night and Futai's gifts would be delivered to him.
Don't worry about anything.
The governor was overjoyed when he heard this, thanked him profusely and left.
When the news spread, all the officials knew that the governor had sent a generous gift to Mr.
Zha.
The origin of Mr.
Zha is unknown, but even the governor sends generous gifts.
How could he not give them to him?
Within a few days, the admiral's mansion was filled with gifts.
Wu Liuqi ordered the accountant to collect them one by one, but did not let Mr.
Cha know about it.
In addition to going to the military mansion to handle official business every day, he always drank with Zha Yihuang.
In the evening of that day, the two of them sat opposite each other in the garden pavilion and drank wine.
After drinking for a few rounds, Zha Yihuang said: "I have been bothering you for many days at home, and I feel so warm.
I will be returning north tomorrow."
Wu Liuqi said: "Sir, what are you talking about?
It's not easy for you to come south.
If you don't live in the past, After half a year, I am determined not to let my husband go back.
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Let's go.
Tomorrow I will go to the fifth floor with my husband.
There are so many scenic spots in Guangdong that I can't visit them all in a few months."
Zha Yihuang took advantage of his drunkenness and said boldly: "Although the mountains and rivers are good, they have fallen into the hands of Yi Di.
Those who watched were even more sad.
"Wu Liuqi.
His face changed slightly and he said, "Sir, you are drunk.
Please rest early."
Zha Yihuang said, "When we first met, I admired you as a hero and worthy of being a friend.
Little did I know that I was blind."
Wu Liuqi said Asked: "How do you lose your eyesight?"
Zha Yihuang said loudly Said: "You have great skills, but you do not contribute to the country or the people, but you help the tyrants and bully the Tatars.
You oppress our common people.
At this moment, you are proud of yourself and are not ashamed.
It is shameful for you to be friends with me."
Huo Di said Stand up.
Wu Liuqi said: "Sir, please be quiet.
If anyone hears these words, it will be a big disaster."
Zha Yihuang said: "I still treat you as a friend today and have some good advice.
If you don't listen, you might as well kill me."
I'll kill him.
It's hard for Zha to fight since he doesn't have the strength to restrain a chicken."
"I'm all ears."
Zha Yihuang said: "The general's hand-banded military talisman for the entire Guangdong Province is a good opportunity for an uprising.
Climb high and shout, and the world will respond.
Even if the big thing fails, it will teach the Tatars to be courageous and do it vigorously.
It’s because of your natural bravery and good head.”
Wu Liuqi poured the wine into the bowl, drank it in one gulp, and said, "Sir, what you said is very pleasant."
He stretched out his hands and tore the skirt of his robe with a hiss, revealing his black-haired chest.
When he pushed aside the chest hair, he saw the There are eight small characters tattooed on it: "Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother, fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty."
Zha Yihuang was surprised and happy, and asked: "What is this?"
Wu Liuqi covered his clothes and said: "I just heard Mr.
Sir's grand speech, which is respectable and admirable.
He did not care about the catastrophe of death and annihilation of his family, and devoted himself to the cause of death.
Please tell me, how dare you hide it anymore?
I am originally from the Beggar Clan, but now I am the Red Flag Incense Master of Hongshun Hall, and I vow to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty with all my heart."
When Zha Yihuang saw the tattoo on Wu Liuqi's chest, he had no doubts and said: "It turns out that the general is in Cao's camp but his heart is with Han.
His words just now offended him, which offended him a lot."
Wu Liuqi was overjoyed, thinking that "he is in Cao's camp but his heart is with Han". , that was comparing himself to Guan Yunchang, and said: "I don't dare to take this kind of comparison."
Zha Yihuang said: "I don't know what the Beggar Clan is, and what the Heaven and Earth Society is, but I want to ask for advice."
Wu Liuqi said: "Sir, please have another drink.
Stay here and talk slowly."
Then the two of them drank a drink each.
Wu Liuqi said: "The Beggar Gang has a long history.
It has been a big gang in the world since the Song Dynasty.
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All the brothers in the gang make a living by begging.
Even if they have a rich family, they have to disperse their families if they join the Beggar Gang.
Zi, live the life of a beggar.
Below the leader of the gang are the four elders, followed by the five guardians in the front, left, right and center.
As a disciple of Bubao, his status was quite high.
Later, he got into a fight with an elder named Sun.
He was drunk at the time and accidentally beat him seriously, which was a big violation of gang rules.
Injuring an elder is a serious crime.
After a meeting between the gang leader and the four elders, I was dismissed from the gang.
That day when we met in the mansion, my husband invited me to drink.
At that time, I was first attacked.
I was so depressed after being expelled, but Mr.
Cheng didn't give up, and he still treated me as a friend, and he immediately felt relieved.
"Zha Yihuang said, "That's it."
Wu Liuqi said, "We met again at the edge of the West Lake in the spring of the next year.
The gentleman bowed down and said that I was a strange man in the sea.
I thought hard for several days, thinking that I was not worthy of being among the beggars, and all my friends in the world looked down upon me.
I couldn't afford it.
I was drunk every day and gave up on myself.
I saw that in a few years, I would die of drunkenness.
But this Mr.
Cha said that I was a strange man.
Could it be that I, Wu Liuqi, was on the verge of collapse and would never get ahead again?
Not long after, the Qing soldiers.
When I went south, I was so angry that I didn't know what was right and wrong, so I went to serve the Qing army, achieved many military exploits, and slaughtered my compatriots.
I feel so ashamed when I think about it."
Zha Yihuang said sternly: "This is not right.
Brother, you are not allowed to join the beggar gang.
It doesn't matter whether you go alone or establish your own family.
Why bother to take such a trick and go to serve the Qing army?"
Wu Liuqi said: "I am stupid.
At that time, I did a lot of wrong things without the guidance of my husband, and I really deserve to die."
Zha Yihuang nodded and said, "Since the general knows his mistakes, it is not too late to atone for his mistakes."
Wu Liuqi said: "Later the Manchu Qing Dynasty swept across the north and south, and I was awarded the title of admiral.
Two years ago, someone suddenly broke into my bedroom in the middle of the night and assassinated me.
This assassin's martial arts skills were no match for me.
I caught him, and when I lit the lamp, I saw that he was actually the assassin.
Elder Sun of the beggar gang who injured me in the past cursed loudly and said that I was despicable and willing to be a foreign hawk.
The more he cursed, the more fierce he became.
These words hit me in the heart.
Sometimes I thought about it, knowing that what I did was wrong, I asked myself in the middle of the night, feeling ashamed, but what I thought was not as clear and heartfelt as what he said.
I opened the acupuncture points that I had sealed and said, "Elder Sun, you are right in scolding me.
Just go ahead."
He was quite surprised and left through the window. " Zha Yihuang said: "This is the right thing to do."
Wu Liuqi said: "At that time, there were many good men who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty in the prison of the Admiral's Yamen.
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Early the next morning, I found some excuses and released them one by one.
Some said that I had arrested the wrong person.
Some said they were not the main culprits and were given a lighter sentence.
More than a month later, Elder Sun came to see me again in the middle of the night. , asked me straight to the point if I had repented and was willing to fight against the Qing Dynasty and make meritorious deeds.
I pulled out my knife, cut off two fingers on my left hand, and said, "Wu Liuqi is determined to change his ways and obey Elder Sun's orders from now on."
On the left hand, as expected, the ring finger and little finger were gone, leaving only three fingers.
Zha Yihuang gave a thumbs up and praised: "What a good man."
Wu Liuqi continued: "Elder Sun saw that I was sincere and knew that although I was reckless, I never broke my words, so he said: Very good, wait for my reply.
Gang leader, please give me your instructions.
Ten days later, Elder Sun came to see me again and said that the gang leader and the fourth elders had discussed and decided to accept me back into the gang and start from scratch as a disciple.
He also said that the Beggar Clan had formed an alliance with the Tiandihui. , Tongxinxie To fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, the Tiandihui was founded by Mr.
Chen Yonghua, the mastermind of the Taiwanese leader Zheng Dashuai.
In recent years, it has prospered in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong.
Elder Sun introduced me to Guangdong Hong.
The Master of Shuntang Incense has joined the Heaven and Earth Society.
The Heaven and Earth Society has been investigating me for a year and has asked me to handle several important matters.
Seeing that I am indeed loyal, Mr.
Chen recently sent a message from Taiwan and named me Hong Shuntang Hongqi Xiang.
The office of the Lord.”
Although Zha Yihuang did not know the origin of the Tomorrow and Earth Meeting, Zheng Chenggong, the prince of Yanping County in Taiwan, fought alone against the Qing Dynasty.
His loyalty and bravery were well known in the world.
Since this Tiandihui was founded by Chen Yonghua, his mastermind, he was naturally a member of the same group, so he couldn't help but nod his head.
Wu Liuqi added: "In the past, Mr.
Guo Xing led a large army to besiege Jinling.
Unfortunately, he was outnumbered and retreated to Taiwan.
However, there were many officers and soldiers from the old army who stayed in the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian and could not return.
Mr.
Chen secretly contacted the old brothers and formed the Tiandihui , the slogan in the meeting is Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother , the restoration of the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, those are the eight characters tattooed on the lower chest.
Normally, brothers in the association do not have tattoos on their bodies, so I tattooed the characters on my own to imitate Yue Wumu's dedication to serving the country with all his heart.
He was so happy that he drank two glasses of wine and said, "Brother behaved like this.
I am truly worthy of being called a Haineiqi man."
Wu Liuqi said: "I am not worthy of being called a Haineiqi man.
As long as Mr.
Cha is willing to recognize me as a friend, we, the chief helmsman of the Tiandihui, will be happy.
Chen Yonghua, Mr.
Chen, also has another name called Chen Jinnan, then He is truly a well-known hero.
No one in the world can disrespect him.
There are two sayings: If you don’t know Chen Jinnan in your life, it’s useless to call him a hero.
I haven’t seen Mr.
Chen in person, so he is nothing.”
Yihuang imagined Chen Jinnan's heroic spirit and couldn't help but be fascinated.
He poured two glasses of wine and said, "Come on, let's drink to Mr.
Chen."
They drank it all in one gulp.
Zha Yihuang said: "Chasing a certain scholar will be of no benefit to the country or the people.
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As long as the general takes advantage of the opportunity and rises up to resist the Qing Dynasty, Zha will definitely surrender to the army and do a little work."
From that day on, Zha Yihuang was in Wu Liuqi's house, talking secretly with him day and night to discuss the strategy of resisting the Qing Dynasty.
Wu Liuqi said: "The power of the Heaven and Earth Society has gradually expanded to the northern provinces, and incense halls have been opened in each major province."
Zha Yihuang stayed in Wu Liuqi's curtain for six or seven months before returning to his hometown.
When I returned home, I was surprised to find that a large new house had been built next to the old house.
It turned out that Wu Liuqi sent people to Zhejiang Province to carry out gifts from officials of all sizes and build a tower at Cha Yihuang's house.
Zha Yihuang knew that Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu were eager to revive and traveled around the world to gather heroes from all over the world to fight against the Qing Dynasty, so he told him the matter without any secret.
Huang Zongxi told Lu Liuliang about the incident in the boat, saying: "If this matter is leaked, it will be a big advantage for the Tatars to strike first.
Mr.
Yihuang and General Wu will definitely be the disaster of annihilation, and the great cause of anti-Qing will be even greater."
It's a broken pillar."
Lu Liuliang.
Huang Zongxi said: "Except for you and me, we must not say a word about this matter.
Even if we meet Mr.
Yihuang, we must not mention the name of General Wu of Guangdong."
Huang Zongxi said: "Mr.
Yihuang and General Wu There is such a history, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government were very fond of Wu General Yi was sent to Zhengyin, and General Wu came forward to tell Mr.
Yihuang that Xiang Shutong must be betrayed by the court."
Lu Liuliang said, "Brother Huang has seen a lot, but I don't know what happened to Lu Qi and Fan Xiang.
Like Mr.
Yihuang, it is said that I have never seen his book.
Without being punished, could it be that the two of them also have powerful people in the court to smooth things over for them?"
Huang Zongxi said: "General Wu is trying to smooth things over for Mr.
Yihuang.
If I mention one person alone, I'm afraid it will arouse suspicion, so I don't know if I bring in two people to foil him.
"Lu Liuliang said with a smile:" In this case, Lu and Fan still don't know how they lost their lives."
Gu Yanwu nodded and said, "The more famous people in Jiangnan can be saved, the more vitality they will retain."
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Narrating Zha Yihuang's encounter with Wu Liuqi, he concluded: "Later Zha was involved in the case of revising history, and the implicated people were imprisoned, but the soldiers were spared, all because of the general's strength."
The comment said: "He gave generously without asking his name.
He is a true chivalrous and fierce ancient husband.
The general's retribution was so generous and forthright that it has never been seen before.
Such a big-hearted person should not be too old to be in the trenches.
Therefore, the meeting between the two wise men was not accidental.
"Gu Sheng's book narrates this matter: "First, there was a rich man in the field, Zhuang Tingqin, who bought the history of Zhu Xiangguo. , Bo sought out three famous Wu figures, improved it, and published it in the world, before There are more than ten people with the surname "Xiao Lian" who have long been honored by Li Yan.
If there is any trouble in the private history, Wu Li will be exempted from writing for Xiao Lian.
"As for Wu Liuqi.
His participation in the affairs of heaven and earth is not recorded in official history or past ministers.
What the three of them talked about was the most secretive thing in the world.
At that time, they were in a canal boat.
There were only three people, Lu, mother and son in the back cabin.
Huang Zongxi lowered his voice and spoke, so there was no risk of others eavesdropping.
The boat had no walls. , and I am not afraid that the partition wall has ears.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Gu Yanwu finished speaking, he suddenly heard a strange laugh above his head.
The three of them were shocked and shouted together: "Who" was even more silent.
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The three of them looked at each other and thought: "Is there really a ghost?"
Gu Yanwu was the boldest among the three, and had also learned some rudimentary self-defense skills.
He reached into his arms and took out a dagger.
He pushed open the hatch, walked onto the bow, and stared at the top of the boat.
Suddenly, the boat's awning suddenly A black shadow jumped up and rushed down.
Gu Yanwu shouted: "Who is it?"
He raised his dagger and stabbed the black figure.
However, he felt a pain in his wrist, which had been grabbed, and then his heart felt numb, as his acupoints had been tapped, the dagger was released, and he was pushed into the cabin.
Huang Zongxi and Lu Liuliang were shocked when they saw Gu Yanwu being pushed into the cabin, and a man in black standing behind them.
They saw that the man was tall and had a sinister smile on his face.
Lu Liuliang said: "Your Excellency, what is your purpose of breaking in without permission in the dark?"
The man sneered and said: "Thank you three for picking me to get promoted and make a fortune.
Wu Liuqi is going to rebel, Zha Yihuang is going to rebel, and Ao Shaobao learned the secret report , Not too heavy and there is a reward, hehe, three Come with me to Beijing to bear witness."
Lu, Gu, and Huang were secretly frightened, and they all deeply regretted: "We were whispering in the boat late at night, but he still heard us.
We acted recklessly and did not regret death.
If General Wu is tired this time, it will cause serious problems."
Lu Liuliang said: "We have no idea what you are saying.
If you want to frame a good person, go ahead and do it yourself.
If you want to drag others along, that won't work."
He has decided to fight to the death.
If you kill him, then He will die without any evidence.
The big man sneered, suddenly leaned forward, and tapped a little bit on the chests of Lu Liuliang and Huang Zongxi.
Lu and Huang were immediately unable to move.
The big man laughed and said: "Brothers, please come into the cabin.
This time our vanguard camp has made a big contribution."
Several people from behind agreed in unison, and four people came in, all dressed as boatmen.
Laughing together.
Gu, Huang, and Lu looked at each other in confusion.
They knew that the forward battalion was the emperor's personal soldiers, but somehow, these people had followed them long ago, pretending to be boatmen, and had been eavesdropping outside the boat canopy.
Huang Zongxi and Lu Liuliang just paid it off.
Gu Yanwu had traveled all over China for more than ten years and met heroes everywhere.
He had a good eye for it, but he didn't pay attention to these boatmen.
Just listen to a soldier shouting: "The boatman turns around and goes back to Hangzhou.
What's weird?
Be careful about your life."
The man at the helm on the back of the boat responded: "Yes" The man at the helm was an old man in his sixties or seventies.
Gu Yanwu had spoken to him when he hired the boat.
This man's face was wrinkled and he was as bent as a bow.
He looked like he had been working on the oars for many years.
When he saw it, he was not suspicious at all.
Unexpectedly, although this old man was genuine, all the boatmen under him had lost their money.
Under the coercion of all the soldiers, they had no choice but to blame themselves for being alone in talking with Huang and Lu, and they were in a dangerous situation without realizing it. .
The big man in black smiled and said: "Mr.
Gu, Mr.
Huang, Mr.
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Lu, you three are so famous that even the elders in Beijing know about it, otherwise we wouldn't have followed you, haha" and turned to The four subordinates said: "We got real evidence that Admiral Wu of Guangdong was rebelling, so we quickly went to Haining to arrest the man named Cha.
These three rebels are so stubborn that they cannot escape.
We have to be careful of them taking poison and jumping into the river." you One by one, if something goes wrong, it's not a big deal."
The four people responded, "Yes, I will follow Gua Guandai's instructions."
Gua Guandai said, "I saw Ao Shaobao after I returned to the capital.
Everyone is not worried."
Get promoted and make a fortune."
One of the soldiers laughed and said: "Those are all cultivated by melon tubes.
The four of us alone can't have such a blessing."
Suddenly someone on the bow of the boat laughed and said: "With the four of you, we don't have such a blessing."
Waiting for blessings.”
The cabin door flew open to both sides with a roar, and a scholar in his thirties appeared at the hatch, with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face.
The melon leader shouted: "The officials are here to handle the case, who are you?"
The scholar smiled and did not answer, and stepped into the cabin.
The light of the sword flashed, and two single-handed swords fell from the left and right.
The scholar dodged and then bullied me, slapping him on the head with his palm.
Gua Guandai hurriedly stretched out his left arm to block, then formed a fist with his right hand and struck out violently.
The scholar kicked back with his left foot and hit a soldier in the chest.
The soldier screamed and blood spurted out.
The other three soldiers raised their knives to cut or chop.
The terrain in the cabin was narrow, so the scholar used his grappling skills, slashing and hooking, and with a click, a soldier broke his neck bone with the edge of his palm.
Gua Guan took out his right palm and hit the scholar on the back of the head.
The scholar turned his left palm, and with a bang, the two palms met, and the melon tube and vest hit the cabin hard, and the cabin collapsed immediately.
The scholar slapped the remaining two soldiers on the chest with two palms, making a clicking sound, and their ribs were broken.
Gua Guandai jumped out from the gap in the cabin.
The scholar shouted: "Where to go?"
He clapped his left palm quickly.
He was about to hit his vest, but unexpectedly, Guanguandai kicked back with his left foot at this moment.
The palm hit the sole of his foot, and the force of the palm pushed him forward.
The melon tube belt jumped out quickly and saw a weeping willow hanging from the bank toward the river.
He immediately grabbed the willow branch and did an upside-down somersault, flying over the willow tree.
The scholar rushed to the bow of the boat, picked up the pennant, and threw it with his hand.
Under the moonlight, the bamboo pennant shoots forward like a flying snake.
But when he heard a long cry of "ah" from the melon pipe, the bamboo pole had been inserted into the back of his heart, nailing him to the ground, and the body of the pole could not help shaking.
The scholar walked into the cabin, opened the acupoints of Gu, Huang, and Lu, and threw the dead bodies of the four soldiers into the canal, lighting them with candles.
Gu, Huang, and Lu couldn't help but thank them and ask for their names.
The scholar smiled and said, "I just received my humble name from Mr.
Huang.
My surname is Chen, and the cursive character is Jinnan."
Note:
The writing period of this book is from October 23, 1969 to September 22, 1972.
When I first conceived a new work, I naturally thought of the inquisition of words.
There was a historically famous literary inquisition in my own family.
One of my ancestors, Zha Siting, was sent to be the chief examiner of Jiangxi Province as the Minister of Rites in the fourth year of Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty.
The test question he gave was "Only for the purpose of safeguarding the people."
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This sentence comes from the poetry of Shang Xuanniao: "The country is thousands of miles away, but only the people can be protected."
It means that the country's vast land is inhabited by the people, and it contains the meaning of caring for the people.
That was originally a very common question, but someone reported to Emperor Yongzheng that the word "Weizhi" was the word "Yongzheng" with the word "Yongzheng" missing.
The purpose of this question was to kill the emperor's head.
Yongzheng came to the throne at the beginning of that year.
He won the throne after a fierce struggle and beheaded many people.
He felt guilty and resorted to the method of "splitting characters" to arrest Cha Siting's entire family and severely punish them.
Cha Siting was severely tortured and died in prison.
Yongzheng also ordered his body to be slaughtered.
His son also died in prison.
His family was exiled.
Scholars in Zhejiang Province were not allowed to participate in the examinations for candidates and Jinshi for six years.
Cha Shenxing was later released and died soon after.
Another theory is that Zha Siting wrote a book titled Wei Zhi Lu.
One eunuch told Yongzheng that the word "Weizhi" was taken from the beginning of the word "Yongzheng".
It is also said that there is a note in Wei Zhilu: "On a certain day in the sixty-first year of Kangxi's reign, there was thunder and lightning and wind.
I was begging for leave in my apartment.
Suddenly I heard that the emperor's fourth son had ascended the throne.
It was strange."
"Da Xing" refers to the death of the emperor, and the fourth son of the emperor is Yong Zheng.
The word "Qizai" is used in the book, which is obviously a mockery of Yong Zheng's usurping the throne by unfair means.
Wei Zhilu also records that there is a Guandi Temple in Zhuqiao Town near Hangzhou.
The couplet of the temple is: "The ancient temple in the deserted village still remains in the Han Dynasty, and the only surname of Yedian floating bridge is Zhu."
The two characters Zhu and Zhu have the same pronunciation, and Yongzheng believed that it was The Han people miss the past Ming Dynasty.
As for the test questions that Zha Siting asked in Jiangxi, the first question was actually the Analects of Confucius: "A gentleman does not use words to lift people up, and he does not use people to waste words."
The third question was from Mencius: "The path on the mountain path is made of roads. , between If you don't use it, it will be blocked.
Now Mao Saizi's heart is at a loss."
At this time, the imperial edict said that he intended to slander, and the three questions were stuck in his heart.
The imperial edict said that he "doesn't know what he means, and his intentions cannot be questioned." ” Yongzheng's edict said: "I ordered Zha Siting to travel in the inner court, and later he was awarded a bachelor's degree in the cabinet.
I saw that his language was deceitful and he had a look of wolf care, so I suspected that his mind was not good.
Now read the titles of Jiangxi Examination Records, It was obviously meant to be filled with resentment and to satirize current affairs.
It was expected that he had perverse intentions, and he must have recorded it on a daily basis.
He sent people to check his luggage at his apartment, and found two diaries, which were full of absurdity and complaints.
There are many fabricated words.
He also slandered the Holy Ancestor's employment and administration, and wrote that more than 800 officials drowned when there was an occasional flood in Rehe.
He also wrote that locusts covered the sky in the rain.
None of this is ridiculous.
The matter was immediately questioned and handed over to the Three Laws Division for strict review and finalization.
"The crimes disclosed by Yongzheng were: judging from his appearance, satirizing current events, and recording natural disasters in his diary.
When this book was first published in Ming Pao, the first chapter was called "Wedge", and the chapter was based on a poem by Zha Shenxing, "Such Frost, Such a Road."
Zha Shenxing's real name was Si Lian, and he was Si Ting's elder brother.
He, his second brother Si Yu, and his third brother Si Ting were all members of the Imperial Academy.
In addition, his cousin Sihan was ranked second in the ranking, and his nephew Zha Sheng was a minister, both of whom were also members of the Imperial Academy.
Zha Shenxing's eldest son Ke Jian and cousin Si Xun were both Jinshi.
At that time, it was known as "one school with seven Jinshi, uncles and nephews with five Hanlin", and the department was very prosperous.
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Because Zha Shenxing and Si Wei were burdened by their brother's literary imprisonment, they were ordered to go to Beijing from their hometown to be imprisoned in the severe winter.
At that time, many famous people were implicated.
On the way to prison, Zha Shenxing wrote a poem and gave it to a fellow prisoner who was a Jinshi in the same department.
Two sentences were: "Such frost and such a road, two people who are more than seventy years old are the same year."
Cha Shenxing was considered a first-rate poet in the Qing Dynasty, but he could only be considered a second-rate poet in the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Wang Shizhen, Zhao Yi, Ji Xiaolan and others from the Qing Dynasty all commented that his poems were on par with Lu You's, and that they had their own merits and demerits.
I'm afraid they were a bit exaggerated.
Emperor Kangxi liked his poems very much.
He failed the Jinshi examination three times after passing the imperial examination.
Kangxi summoned him to the palace and served as a scholar in the south study room.
After entering the palace, he took the exam again and won the second place in the Jinshi.
At this time, his cousin, second brother, nephew and son had already won the Jinshi.
Among those who were awarded Jinshi in the same subject as Zha Shenxing in the 42nd year of Kangxi's reign were his cousin Si Xun, and Chen Shiguan's father from the same town as Chen Jialuo.
Zha Shenxing and his second brother Si Wei were both disciples of Huang Zongxi.
Cha Shenxing has fifty volumes of Jingye Tang poetry collection and six volumes of sequels.
While he was in prison in Beijing, he continued to write poems.
Here we record several of his prison poems to show his poetic style: "Crying Third Brother Runmu": "It's difficult for the family to gather together at the same time, so I come to see you off.
I swallow my voice from my brothers, and weep my blood to my children.
The earth comes out of a cold cave, and the sky is miserable and windy.
The road to Mochiquan is far away, and father and son meet again."
"Original note: My nephew died the day before.
Note: Runmu immediately checked Siting, and his son died one day earlier.
"Written on the first day of the third month of the leap month": "The time is nothing to do with the decline of the old man, nor is it necessary to call for help from time to time.
I worry about the lack of spring rain for the grass, and cherish the morning breeze for the thousands of flowers."
Note: "The lack of spring rain" should allude to the court's lack of kindness.
"There are many morning breezes" should mean that political affairs are harsh.
Five-character quatrain: "The South Prison is opposite the North Prison.
It is said that it is the Jinyi Prison.
There are outsiders left, chasing the mouth of Xia Xia and thinking about misfortune."
Press "Misfortune" to indicate that at the end Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs framed innocent people.
"Insects get their name from their odor, and their rampant crimes cannot be concealed.
They are all harm to flesh and blood, and the lice will not be reduced."
There are peaches and apricots in the world, and I look forward to the end of spring.
When the wind blows and flowers fly, no one's family will fall from the tree.
"Original note: There was a strong wind on the day before the Qingming Festival, and several pieces of apricot blossoms were blown into the wall.
"The defeated group of magpies": "In the morning, they chatter, and in the evening, the magpies chirp, and the crows chirp.
Children hunt crows but not magpies, the saying is that Heqian is born in Leweinan.
Note: Heqian is famous for its extremely cold snow.
The two magpie birds are unkind, occupying their nests high in the trees with no neighbors.
They are like eagles that have turned into doves, but their eyes have not yet turned.
They use their fierceness to help greedy and try to annex them.
Whenever they eat, the flock retreats.
How dare the six countries to compete with Qin?
I want to drive him away, using fire and fire.
The nest is burned, and I still sigh and wander around.
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All things born are invincible.
"All things born are invincible."
"Spring has come to an end, and the lonely willow has not yet grown up, and it is difficult to walk under it." ": "There are new-leafed trees outside the wall, high pavilions and pavilions outside the wall, and the painted ground is a prison, and I come alone to accompany the prison.
What's the point of my decline?
I look forward to your prosperity day and night.
It has been more than three months, and everyone's eyes are still green.
You will not learn from the sick old man, you will become separated and grow in the sky and the earth, and the grass and trees will not be heartless.
Those who are disappointed after sending a message will quickly ask the prison hall. " Many of Zha Shenxing's poems sympathize with the sufferings of the common people, and even express sympathy for animals and plants.
The Jing Jing Tang poetry collection was published publicly at that time, and all the poems written in prison were also preserved.
The fifty chapters in this book are all collections of couplets from Cha Shen's poems.
Although Jingye Tang's collection of poems is rich in articles, it is not easy to choose fifty seven-character sentences to title the content of each chapter.
The method used here is not to select single sentences from different poems, or even single sentences from poems by different authors, as in general collections of sentences, but to select entire couplets of one person's poems.
Sometimes the previous sentence is correct, but the next sentence is irrelevant, or the next sentence is very suitable, but the previous sentence is not needed, so I have to give up all of them.
Therefore, some of the retrospectives are inevitably not very appropriate.
Therefore, we want to collect Zha Shenxing's poems, because most of these poems are "prison poems" that Kangxi once read, with the exception of Kangxi, who once inscribed a plaque with the words "Jingye Hall" on Zha Shenxing.
Of course, there is also a private intention to promote the poems of one's ancestors.
Contemporary scholars know that Zha Shenxing was an important poet in the Qing Dynasty, but I am afraid that few people have read about his poems.
After all, he cannot be compared with the real great poets.
When the ancients wrote articles about their ancestors, they never dared to call them by their names.
They usually added the word "公" under their font name or official title.
I remember when I was a child, I listened to the elders talking about their ancestors in the ancestral hall.
When talking about Zha Shenxing, they were called "Chubai Taigong", and when talking about Zha Sheng, they were called "Shengshan Taigong".
When modern people write in vernacular, they don't have to be so roundabout.
They have to respect their ancestors and just respect them in their own hearts.
In this chapter, "hooking the party" means "implicating and framing", and "hooking the party vertically and horizontally to clear up disasters" means: implicating and persecuting many famous scholars.
"Qiaoqian" means tall and sharp, describing noble personality and handsome style.
"Qiaoqian Fengqi Yuedan Comment" means: A person of virtuous character will be praised by people with high knowledge
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