Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

"What a considerate flat-haired bastard!" There was a sudden laughter from outside, and then the curtain rang, Liang Qichao and Zaifeng walked in, and smiled and said to Xiong Xiling who was stunned: "Bingsan, there is one in the cabinet." There are three meetings a day, a lot of booklets, but you steal half a day's leisure, we can't watch it, so it disturbs your dream."

Xiong Xiling hurriedly put down the scrolls, with nowhere to put his hands and feet, and shouted at the servants to serve tea, and just said: "You are talking sarcasticly, I wish I could be quicker soon, and go back to work, but this body does not live up to expectations .”

"Master Xiang, I have a guest! Lord Xiang, I have a guest!" The parrot yelled again without thinking.

"What a flat-haired bastard. When he's full, he whispers in my ears. See if I don't knock you over." After finishing speaking, he jumped out of the bamboo curtain with his shoes on and opened his eyes. Liang Qichao and Zaifeng stood with their hands behind their backs. Under the window, there was just a smile on his face.

At this moment, Xiong Xiling was bumping into the man who came in, and only heard the man say: "Wow, what is the rule in Bingsan's house, and there is a reason to block the door to prevent people from entering." People stepped into the main hall.

Xiong Xiling didn't want to look at it, but when he saw that he was busy bowing his head, he bowed, and said inconsequentially: "Chen...Chen...Xiong Xiling...Welcome...Forgive me for your crime of disrespect."

It was Guan Xuqing who came, Zaixun, Duke of Zhen Guo, Zhijun, Deputy Governor of Manchuria, and several eunuchs from the study room accompanied him.

"Get up, it's cold on the ground, the imperial gate is in charge today, if you don't go to see me, I will come to see you." Guan Xuqing smiled and helped Xiong Xiling up.

Zai Xun jokingly said: "Your Majesty, you don't need to help him up. Bingsan is suffering from wind-heat. The most important thing is to find a cool place. If you can sleep on the spot overnight, the disease will be cured."

After saying that, everyone burst into laughter, Xiong Xiling blushed and was at a loss for a while.

Guan Xuqing was only wearing casual clothes, looked at Xiong Xiling's embarrassed face, and said, "The room is dark, since Bingsan wants to find a cool place, let's talk under the patio."

While talking, everyone came to the yard. The eunuch had already moved bamboo chairs and played fans beside him. Guan Xuqing sat down with his robes lifted, and looked up at the yard. Interested, he said: "I also come to you to find a quiet place. This garden is well placed, and it is a bit angry, unlike other gardens where there are either famous flowers or famous grasses. They think it is elegant but it is vulgar."

Everyone nodded their heads in praise.

Suddenly, the parrot under the eaves shouted again: "Gude is a cat, Gude is a cat!"

Everyone was amazed, and before the emperor asked, Xiong Xiling laughed and said, "It's that foreign devil Johnston, who likes to tease this flat-haired bastard when he's in the house. No, he's learned a bit of foreign language."

Guan Xuqing said: "Johnston has a heart, his bird's language is in the right direction with this bird, this is called bird's language." It made everyone laugh again.

"Master Xiang!" A young servant ran in excitedly holding a wet cup of soil, and said with a smile, "It's really a rare thing, a purple-red mushroom, like a crab shell, and it's still hard!" Xiong Xiling's eyes suddenly lit up, Then he stood up and said, "Ganoderma lucidum! Your Majesty is in the house of Xingchen, and you are born with auspiciousness!" He suddenly remembered what the previous emperor had said in the Zhu Zhubu to reprimand the governor of Henan Province for "blasphemy and auspiciousness", so he paused, with embarrassment on his face.

Guan Xuqing saw it immediately, and said with a smile: "There is still auspiciousness. The world is prosperous, and the river map and Luoshu are published; the world is chaotic, and the mountains, rivers, and lakes are collapsing. Bingsan learns to be rich and five carts, don't you understand this reason?"

Liang Qichao also came over and joked: "Bingsan, why, the emperor is here, so he doesn't even want to have your good tea?"

Xiong Xiling slapped his head, and said: "Forgive me for my crime of disrespect! I have been doing errands in the hands of the emperor for ten years, and there has never been such a case. How can a master come to visit my subordinates! It's disgusting." A series of repeated voices said: "Quick, dig out the jar of snow water stored last year, and make tea for the master!"

"Snow water brewing tea, good!" Guan Xuqing nodded with a smile, "I will fry it in the outhouse, let me know when the water is about to boil, and I will make it for you personally. The eunuchs in the palace are all good at making tea, and they are still taught by me. It came out! Everyone sit down! We are all guests today, so don’t be bound by the etiquette of the emperor and ministers. It’s a pleasure to sit and talk about the Tao and drink tea.”

As soon as the servants heard that the holy car was coming, they rushed to the backyard to dig the jar of snow water. The two maids were busy wiping the bamboo table and putting exquisite fine porcelain teacups on the wooden table one by one. Guan Xuqing picked it up. One came and put it in front of his eyes, and said: "Well, this is the official kiln bucket color of the first three generations. The painting and production are decent, but the bucket color cup is usually used as a wine cup, and blue and white porcelain is more elegant for drinking tea."

Xiong Xiling hurriedly put on the blue and white porcelain utensils, Guan Xuqing waved his hand: "No need, let's fight for colors. There was a style of tea fighting in ancient times, and today we also learn from the ancients to fight for tea by fighting colors."

At this time, a servant girl brought a porcelain jar, and before Xiong Xiling could speak, Zaifeng took it and said happily, "Drink, Bingsan has really come out with his money. This is the yellow bamboo and white hair from your hometown, right?" Without waiting for the other party to answer, he pinched the lid and smelled it again, "It smells so good!"

Xiong Xiling said to the emperor: "Prince Chun has good eyesight, this is Jiarui from my family, and I entrusted someone to bring the yellow bamboo and white hair from Yongxing."

Guan Xuqing took a little out of it with a wooden spoon and sniffed it in front of his nose. He closed his eyes and praised: "The fragrance is rich and long-lasting, with a distinct phonology and a scent of orchids. It is indeed the best tea!"

Everyone cheered up when they heard it, and their tongues were full of fluid. They must enjoy such a good tea today.

Guan Xuqing became interested, and asked for a pen and paper as he spoke.Xiong Xiling was overjoyed, hurriedly came over with the inkstone, and smoothed the paper with Zaifeng one by one.Guan Xuqing dipped in thick ink, held the pen in his hand, and the words "Huangzhu Shushe" appeared vividly on the paper where his eyebrows were lowered. After a short pause, he wrote the four characters "Baihao Xianju".A few words are written with such vigor and skill that the pen is like the wind, it is really like a silver hook and iron stroke.Xiong Xiling shouted "Yes" first, and everyone cheered.Guan Xuqing also felt satisfied, took out the small seal that he carried with him, and stamped it on the paper.The seal is good, pointing to the paper and saying: "Give this to Bingsan."

Amid all the admiration, Xiong Xiling kowtowed to thank him, put the paper on the case in the main hall with both hands, and ordered the servants: "No one is allowed to move, and I will call Tang's framing shop to come tomorrow, and I will watch them mount it."

As he spoke, he heard the tea boy shouting loudly outside: "Master Xiang, the water is ringing!"

Now it's up to Guan Xuqing to act, I saw him lift the tea pot, put a little of it into each cup with a wooden spoon, and the tea boy came in with the freshly boiled pot.Guan Xuqing rolled up his cuffs and held the pot in his hand, poured about half a dash of boiling water into each cup, and the dry tea leaves immediately sizzled.He listened quietly to the sound of tea leaves stretching, observed the color of the water in each cup very carefully, and added water bit by bit, saying: "Dew water is the most important thing to drink tea, followed by snow water, followed by rain water. Well water is wasteful. The lighter the water, the better the taste. This is snow water after a year, not as good as it was back then. This is not wine, the older the better."

Xiong Xiling looked at the tea, which was as clear as amber and filled the courtyard with a fragrance, and said with a smile: "I don't know this, I just drink like donkeys on weekdays, so I don't have to waste this good tea." .

"Wait, this tea is only useful when it's half-warm. It's best to sip it bit by bit."

After a while, when the tea was half-warmed, the aroma of the tea was different from before, the aroma was stronger and more mellow, now it was like an orchid in the empty valley, directly refreshing the stomach and lungs.

Zhijun shook his head and praised: "The emperor is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, which makes the ministers envious."

Guan Xuqing said with a smile: "In fact, this knowledge is written in books. Lu Yu's "Tea Classic", you can read it if you have nothing to do. It will be very helpful." A little bit of it will leave a mouthful of fragrance, which is completely different from the usual brewed tea. The more you eat, the more delicious it will be.

"Tea is the gentleman in the water, and wine is the villain in the water." Guan Xuqing sipped tea and glanced at the crowd, and said, "But for a gentleman, you can only be close to the gentleman and keep away from the villain. You can't kill all the villains, and you can't make wine." The workshops are all ruined. Everyone has his own ambitions, otherwise there will be no poet Li Bai."

Guan Xuqing got up and paced around with a cup in his hand, looking at the greenery all over the garden, he said: "Confucius said that the doctrine of the mean is the ultimate virtue. These words really become more meaningful the more you chew them. It is also the same principle to rule the world. Back then, when I first became a great treasure, a hundred wastes were waiting for prosperity. , all affairs are neglected, that's why I govern with strictness, it's like treating a terminally ill person, who can only be brought back to life with strong medicine. It is good to govern with leniency."

Everyone knew that the emperor had mentioned something important, so they all listened attentively.

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Guan Xuqing also said: "But lenient is not blindly indulgent. The local people thought that I had implemented a lenient policy, so they became arrogant and extravagant. On the one hand, they were in the fish and meat village, and on the other hand, they colluded with each other and protected each other. If the water can't get in, you go to investigate him, and he will try his best to gain political achievements and official reputation. It is said that the Changshu Guards are searching for ticks and doing all kinds of evil in the local area. The black ones have been bleached to white ones, and now the lack of cleanup has made the officialdom run amok, and everyone is in danger. In the past, Hunan reported the amount of food, and even the seeds could not be collected. They beat their swollen faces to make them fat. The hungry people slept in the shacks Well, the auspicious harvest is still being reported here. Besides, the matter of clearing up the deficit is very common. At the end of the year, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance want to clear up the money and grain, but the local ghosts will do everything possible to bribe them. No ghosts are also falsely accused of being short-lived by others because of their uprightness. Counting on their fingers, how many officials have been thrown into the river and hanged, and sent to the army. It is even more difficult, especially when it comes to priorities, leniency and strictness, it is the most difficult to decide, and you have to be careful when doing errands in the future, and the most important thing is the word prudent."

Everyone was still thinking about the emperor's tea making argument. Xiong Xiling frowned and said in thought: "I have worked in the upper study for a few years, and I have been with the emperor day and night. I look at my heart at midnight and speak with conscience. The selfishness of the emperor's face makes him think that he is just being loyal and fulfilling his duty, and he tries to do his best to benefit his master, thinking that this is a virtuous prime minister. Today, the emperor's grand remarks started from the tea ceremony, which is refreshing and refreshing. It’s very simple. Tonight, I plan to embellish the emperor’s decree today, and tomorrow the emperor will read it. If there is nothing wrong, I will send it to the provinces by court mail, and declare it to the world’s schools.” After hearing this, everyone hurriedly echoed.

"I said here to relax, but for no reason, I talked about the way of governing the world." Guan Xuqing said with a smile, "The cooler the tea, the more fragrant it is. If you don't believe me, try it." Yes, it's really sweet and fragrant.

Guan Xuqing looked at the crowd and said: "What I said today is not an outline, you can decide whether to say it or not. There is another matter on your mind. This morning, the governor of Hunan, Tan Bili, is 66 years old. He is quite strong, but his blood is weak, he is blind and deaf, how can he manage government affairs well. Tan Bili is a diligent official, and he can also be regarded as a model for a generation of officials, but when people are old, they often lack the strength of heart, and they will inevitably be biased in doing things. It’s not that I don’t know the truth, the most important thing is that there is no way to continue, and there are still no people in my hands.”

Liang Qichao said: "Nowadays there are too many vacancies and few people. There is a long queue at the gate of the personnel department every day. There are many people waiting to fill the vacancies. But there are too many unexplained things. I haven't found a county magistrate yet, and some wealthy families took some money and ransacked to get a magistrate. It seems that this bureaucracy will not be eradicated overnight."

Guan Xuqing deeply agreed: "Official cover has been around for a long time, and it can't be eliminated by issuing a few government orders and killing a few heads. We still need to act carefully. I plan to add an Enke this year to bring together the top-ranking poor people. Let Bingsan handle this matter."

"twitter."

Guan Xuqing stood up: "This tea is of good quality, I have something to gain, and I hope all the ministers will encourage each other. Let's talk freely at one table, and now it's the Shen Weishi brand, so just drink the tea, don't disturb Bingsan's rest."

Only the parrot under the eaves shouted again: "Serve tea, see off guests! Serve tea, see off guests!"

Everyone looked at the flat-haired beast and laughed again.

Xiong Xiling stood up and walked out with the emperor, saying as she walked, "Chen Gongling's hadith, right now I just feel relaxed all over my body, I think I can go back to work tomorrow."

Guan Xuqing smiled and said: "Don't worry, diligence is not a matter of time, only when you have taken care of your body, can you do business for me happily. It's easy to make a list of the officials who were forced to leave their posts in the past, and we have to list them one by one Screening. Like that 'official butcher' Cen Chunxuan, he was very happy when he cut the mess quickly in Yunnan, but he made the official circles in Yunnan a lot of scolding. Officials above the fourth rank jointly signed a letter of impeachment. I had no choice but to temporarily take him to prison. It’s been three years now. Cen Chunxuan is a good official, but his fault is that he is too straightforward and doesn’t know how to be an official.” After finishing speaking, he got into the car and was sent to Donghua Gate by Zhijun and Zaixun. Ouchi.Liang Qichao and Zaifeng also resigned here.

Guan Xuqing entered the patio of the palace courtyard, took out his gold watch and looked at it. Just after noon, there was no silence in the courtyard, so he beckoned to an eunuch and asked, "Has the empress rested for noon?"

The eunuch hurriedly laughed and said, "No!"

"Okay, go and see the queen." Guan Xuqing came to Jingfen's place, and a group of court ladies and eunuchs saluted hurriedly. He waved his hand and stepped into the palace gate.

The room was surprisingly quiet, Guan Xuqing quietly came to the inner room, but saw Jingfen was facing the glass mirror and didn't know what to do. Looking closely, Jingfen was pulling a silk thread and scraping fiercely on her face. bloodstained.Guan Xuqing was taken aback, grabbed Jingfen's hand, and said, "What are you doing? What's the matter with it?"

Jingfen's eyes were full of tears, she stared blankly at the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, do you think I am getting old?"

Seeing Jingfen's miserable appearance, Guan Xuqing couldn't help but feel his heart tighten. He didn't pay attention to it on weekdays. Now that he took a closer look, there were a few plain lines on the original pretty face. Just now, Jingfen used silk thread to smooth out the wrinkles. , covered it with a dry cough, and said with a smile: "How can she be old when she is so beautiful?" As she said that, she grabbed the silk thread and sat down with the queen's body simmering.

Jingfen's expression was gloomy, she didn't know what was on her mind, she actually burst into tears.

Guan Xuqing immediately lost his mind, held Jingfen's catkin, and said softly: "Jingfen, people are always getting old, not only you, but also me, but in my eyes, you will always be the beautiful and dignified person back then. look."