starling is not a bird

Before the emperor's Yi Cong left his residence, the magistrate of Tongzhou, who had heard the news, had received the letter and made preparations overnight. He recruited dozens of craftsmen to add new patterns on the nine-eyed and four-dragon stele to congratulate the royal family on their success.

When Kangxi arrived outside the city of Tongzhou, the magistrate of Tongzhou had already led people to wait on the official road for a long time. The stele with nine eyes and four dragons, the umbrella of meritorious deeds of all people, and the pavilion of imperial books by the roadside were all ready, and they thought they would be praised by the emperor. , but I don't know that I have greatly violated the taboo of the emperor.

Thinking that he was congratulating the royal wedding, Kangxi didn't want to touch his own bad luck, so he was not furious, but he also severely admonished a few words: "Since I became a great treasure, I put the people first in everything. The tour is only for the purpose of knowing the officials and observing the people's feelings. It is a great joy to add blood. Mencius once said: "The people are more valuable than the emperor. What about children? I am a king and know how to be considerate of the people's conditions. Everything I need is frugal." If you and other local officials send people to take people and harass the people, it will only increase the nuisance, and if there is peace in the sky, it is not beautiful."

The magistrate of Tongzhou can only apologize and beg for mercy, and Kangxi is unwilling to get entangled in such bad things. The focus of his tour of Gyeonggi this time is to inspect the river construction. The 29-year drought hit Kangxi particularly hard. Internally, the lack of harvest delayed his great plan to wipe out Galdan. To make matters worse, the foreign aggression did not subside and internal worries arose again. After the drought, the hungry people were displaced. Kangxi was very discouraged.Therefore, in the past few years, Kangxi has paid special attention to river engineering, and allocated funds to the Ministry of Households every year. First, to consolidate the people's foundation, and second, to prepare for sending troops again.After a few reprimands at will, he ordered someone to pass the water conservancy officer back and forth.

Soon, Zhang Penghe, the water conservancy official of the Huai Tao, handed over a sign outside the camp to see him. Kangxi looked at him casually, rewarded him, and began to ask: "Your last memorial said that you are going to excavate the Huai Tao. That’s right, how to excavate, can you talk about the method of excavation now?” Zhang Penghe said unhurriedly: “The emperor loves the people like his own son, and he spared millions of dollars just to help the common people. Grace."

Kangxi was the master of pragmatism, and he had always been impatient with those red tapes. After hearing Zhang Penghe's praise, he was already very impatient.He thought that he would always get to the point after finishing those official articles, but seeing Zhang Penghe quietly lowered his head and hands, and there was no more to say, Kangxi couldn't help frowning, and patiently said to Zhang Penghe: "What you said is all useless empty words, I want to ask Your business is about river construction. Now that all the officials, big and small, are gathered here, should the river be opened? How should it be opened? Just to explain the truth to everyone.”

Zhang Penghe said: "I came here to supervise the river construction on the orders of the emperor, but I feel that the matter is very important, so I invite the emperor to come and inspect it in person, and decide whether to open it or not!" When Kangxi heard this, he was furious: "Today, I will inspect along the way. Seeing that the poles on the embankment are scattered and scattered, I asked you that you didn't know it at all, you are in charge of engineering, if you don't pay attention to this matter, what should you pay attention to?" Zhang Penghe knelt on the ground in a guilty conscience and took off his official hat. , Kowtow again and again to plead guilty.

Kangxi was already at the top of Qiqing, and he yelled at Zhang Penghe: "It is a great responsibility for me to entrust the river workers in the world to you, and I will give you the lives of the people. You are the leader of the river workers, and you are in the settlement office. You don't come out once every two or three months. , but using empty words as words, is deceiving me, deceiving the sky, and failing the emperor's grace! Come here, drag him down, beat him fifty slabs, dismiss him and lock him up, and hand him over to him after I finish patrolling the embankment The six ministries agreed to condemn him!"

On the river embankment in early spring, the dots of green grass have been sparsely woven into various patterns. Kangxi took the head of the river worker Niu Niu and others to the river embankment and personally instructed the digging of the river and the construction of the dam.

Kangxi asked Prince Yinreng to take Fang Tianyi from his attendant and put it on the ground, and ordered the elder brother to set the standard. The eldest elder brother Yinfeng relied on his physique and personally carried dozens of leopard-tailed guns, following the instructions of the principals. Marking, the lower body is fixed, the left shoulder is lightly shrugged, and a leopard tail gun is casually held in the right hand, and thrown downward, the gun will be firmly planted in the soil, and it will stand vertically and horizontally in a short while. Kangxi was very happy to see his son so useful, Looking around at all the elders: "As expected of my elder brother, he is indeed a model for all elder brothers."

The princes next to him know that Kong Wu is like this, only the elder brother can have the only one, and he has no such ability, so he can only bow his head and envy him. It's not a good feeling not to be outstanding in front of such people. Hearing his father's personal praise of big brother as an example, he felt a faint sourness in his heart and became more and more jealous.Kangxi didn't want the princes to be idle, so they assigned tasks to each other. The third elder brother followed Kangxi's geometry and algebra well, so he took the red pen to calculate the data of the square instrument panel, and the fourth elder brother, fifth elder brother, and eighth elder brother were responsible for dividing the nails. Pile wood, to record the measurement, the seventh elder brother followed Kangxi and stood under the yellow cover at the tail with bad legs and feet.

Here, the third elder brother Yinzhi got the opportunity to show his talents, he was very excited, and he didn't pretend to be someone else, he put the instrument panel on his knees to set the direction, supported the little servant with a tape measure to measure, and marked it down The position was assigned to the three elder brothers to divide the nails, and they argued with the emperor from time to time, regardless of the fact that the prince next to him became more and more silent.

The fifth prince Yinqi looked loyal, but he was very calculating in his heart. He took the map and refused to stay for a moment, pulling his brothers away.Follow the marks set by the big elder brother, find the right position, and start to erect the pile.It is said that the elder brothers set up piles, but it was the emperor who let them see the suffering. How could the courtiers and guards next to him really let the princes dig the soil and build piles?However, the river work was done according to the marks, and the princes set up the wooden piles with their own hands, and then they gave a shovel of soil to finish the work.

Both Yinqi and Yinzhen stood quietly on the river embankment, waiting for the river workers to finish their work, but Yinhu followed the river workers alone. Yinqi only treated him as a child to watch the fun, and there were guards on the left and right, so he was not allowed to go. Take care, just gossip with Yinzhen.But he didn't want Yinhu to follow the river workers all the way down to the depression in the embankment, reached out and took a shovel and started digging with the river workers. big brother.

Yin Qi had seen it on the embankment long ago, and thought to himself: Is this the first time this younger brother has gone on a tour with him?Why are you so sincere?Hurrying to wink at Yinzhen, the two lifted the corners of their robes and went down the embankment.

Yinhu just dug a hole wheezingly, and after digging one, he went to the guards to look at the picture, found the next one and continued digging, those river workers had never seen such a scene, they were afraid that they would be underestimated by the little prince, and buried their heads hard work.Yinhu, who had already started the third pit, heard the footsteps behind him, and didn't bother to turn around, but his shoulders were supported by a pair of hands.

Looking back, it was the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, and the fifth elder brother Yinqi looked at him gently behind him. Yinqi came over and took the shovel in his hand and handed it to the guard, "Lao Ba, you are young, and you are so bony. I can afford this kind of hard labor, so put it down quickly." Yinhu didn't fight with him, and smiled: "Huang Ama planted crops and grains outside the Wuyi Hall where we study, just to let our children and grandchildren know the difficulty of farming. Today It is rare for my son to have the opportunity to experience the people's feelings with Ama and share the difficulties with the people, how can I say that I am young?"

Yinqi looked at this younger brother, whose height was no more than his shoulders. At this time, he was talking like a little adult, which was really interesting. Yinzhen couldn't help laughing even if he was beside him: "Baby, you are changing. Is it reasonable to say that the brothers are lazy and lazy?" Yinhu took over the conversation: "Isn't that right, brother, I will wait for the brothers to come down to join in the grand event! Later, we can ask Huang Ama for rewards together."

After speaking, he turned back and went to the guard to take three shovels and divided them up. Yinqi Yinzhen looked at each other with a smile, and took them too, and dug a hole together.

In the evening, on the royal boat

The performance of the princes during the day was excellent, and Kangxi also put all the unsatisfactory personnel affairs behind him, determined to reward his sons.Tongzhou is close to the river, the water and soil are good, and there are many animals and fresh fish.The emperor sent his guards to hunt in the nearby dense forest, and he took the princes to fish on the boat.The so-called fishing, don’t think of the elegance of fishing alone on the Hanjiang River. It’s just that Kangxi cast a net on the boat, and the officers and soldiers on both sides of the strait ran back and forth with torches, beating gongs and drums to drive the fish to the fishing net. There are fish.

The warehouse was full of fish and shrimp, and the guards brought back roe deer and deer, and they also harvested a lot. At night, a raging bonfire was lit, and Kangxi and his son sat around the fire to distribute the prey.

The bonfire was crackling, reflecting the brightness of every human face. Kangxi raised his cup to sacrifice to heaven and earth, and he was very proud. Kangxi was very satisfied that the fourth, fifth, and eighth children of the family were all considerate of the holy will.

Because everyone was sitting around on the ground, only the prince was next to the emperor's right hand, and the eldest son was next to the emperor's left hand. The third elder brother didn't like the prince, let alone being next to the elder brother, so he let the fourth and fifth sit on his own, and he next to him. Seventh sits down.By the way, the elder brother took the eighth elder brother to his side, Yinhu has always been able to talk, and now he is pretending to be a younger brother, and the elder brother who can coax himself is smiling, but he doesn't forget the fourth elder brother beside him, adding wine and vegetables, Xiaoyi Son attentive.

Just when he was full of wine and dinner, Kangxi had already begun to roll the roll, boasting all the way from the prince to himself, but following the crowd, he got up to toast and thank him, Yinhu didn't want to stand out.

But there are always people who don't want to make people happy. The third elder brother has been in the limelight today, but he is still unhappy. Now he is urging the emperor to write a poem to record today's event. Not only is the prince grievance, but the elder brother is also angry.

The emperor drank a few glasses of wine, and his chest was full of pride. The words of the third elder brother just fit his heart. The servant passed the pen and paper. The prince rubbed the ink, and the third elder brother held the paper.

Yinhu was eager for the third elder brother to make enemies, and when he saw that Kangxi had written the title: fishing in nets, he began to think about it.He turned around and said to the elder brother in a low voice: "Brother, he is so interested. Could it be that he is the only one who has contributed today, and what do you think of others?" "Yinhu went on to say: "Brother is not good at this, and I will find other opportunities later, don't let him overtake you." The elder brother heard the defensive meaning in his words, and was very happy. Satisfied: "Old Ba, don't worry." Yinhu said again: "But he knows how to catch fish? Brother, what you snare for Huang Ama in the army is not these fish that are not worth two dollars, but real soldiers, Without you, big brother, the army would have been withered in that battle in 29." The eldest son of the emperor felt moved, patted Yinhu on the shoulder, got up to read the emperor's masterpiece, and just wrote six sentences: The river is a thousand feet deep in spring, Turn the rudder, move the boat, and throw the net.

Slipping and whirling, the water is rushing and the waves are turning, and a hand-held net can do whatever it wants.

After a while, there was a shocking decadent wave, and there was an endless stream of people rushing on both sides of the strait.

A small fish sinks into a net while a big fish leaps, with thousands of purple hyenas and silver scales.

There is also a huge tail pressing on the bow, and the oxen and wheels are about to break.

Kangxi was thinking about what to turn to in the next sentence, when the elder brother next to him said softly: "Ama Huang, this fish is so good, but you want to recruit talents from all over the world, let's work together to let me clear Haiyan and Heqing in the Qing Dynasty!" Kangxi raised his head Look at my son, these few words speak to his heart, as a generation of Mingjun, what is more proud than creating a grand event?At the moment, thoughts are springing up like springs, and a piece of Yuefu quickly ends: the water is cold and frozen, and the taste is better.

All the orders were awarded to the retinue ministers, and the salary was burned under the curtain to be cooked.

The world's talents are scattered all over the world, and the four Luoxian envoys climb the rock corridor.

It's not normal for you to touch things and think about it.

Looking up at Eldest Brother, he said softly, "Big Brother, you are right, you are a royal, you should always keep the world in your heart, even if you are having fun, you must not forget your duty." After receiving such comments, Eldest Brother, Naturally, he was overjoyed, even the prince was very happy to see the third elder brother suffer a secret loss, he didn't care who contributed.

Although Yinzhen couldn't hear what the elder brother said next to him, but when he saw the two whispering, he felt that he was excluded and very uncomfortable.Suddenly someone stabbed him in the waist, it turned out to be Yinhu, and said, "Fourth brother, Huang Ama ordered the guards to cut all those silver carp and crucian carp into sections, soak them in suet, and probably send them back to the palace at Xingye Yes, fourth brother, the meat of this silver carp is already thin, but soaked in suet will make it even more fragrant, hehe." Yinzhen understood what he meant a long time ago, the imperial concubine Wen Xi is not in good health, Tong Niangniang presides over the harem, and she is Empress Tong raised her, and she has always been close to Niangniang Tong. The fish is probably distributed by Niangniang Tong. This old man is plotting against him.

Pursing his lips, he chiseled his head: "You are a glutton, it's too early to go back to the palace, who knows if those fish will stay until then." Yinhu giggled: "Brother, you have wronged younger brother again, I'm not begging for myself, the ninth and tenth younger brothers didn't come out with them in the palace, and they don't have a part to play, so why don't they share the fish to taste?" Yinzhen never expected him to have such thoughts, secretly I like his deep brotherhood, but he refuses to bring it out: "Why are we here to play, not to investigate the people's conditions, and share the difficulties? Why don't you talk about it now, old man?" Yin Yin She had seen his expression early on, so she didn't answer, picked up a piece of fish meat, picked the thorns carefully, put it on a silver plate and held it to Yinzhen: "Is it right, brother? If you teach me, brother, why do you want to be like this with brother?" Complaints? In ancient times, there was a pear, but today my younger brother gave up the fish to plead guilty?" Yinzhen didn't really care about it at all, but seeing him doing this in such a small way, how could he put on airs?He took the fish with a smile, returned the fruit, and gently peeled it off.