starling is not a bird

The cold winter is deep, and the lamp is like a bean. It is the time when the farmer's heart is at its best. The harvest in the field is placed in the warehouse, and the taxes for the year are all paid, so there is nothing to worry about.The pigs and sheep in the pen are also fattened up, the old cattle are quietly chewing the forage, and the bright red chili and yellow corn are hanging under the eaves.Good pickles pickled in the jar, good vegetables and fruits hidden in the cellar.

After being busy for three seasons, I can finally sleep back into the cage, kick my wife on my feet, hold a baby in my arms, set up a dragon gate formation at the entrance of the village during the day, watch the sacrificial drama at night, and boil a few pots of hot home brew when I come back. Drank a few cups of smoked and dried pork head meat, and fell asleep warmly, without even a dream.

But in the Forbidden City, it is another scene. In the harem, the earth dragon is burning vigorously, and the candles are brightly lit, reflecting the beauties like flowers, but unfortunately they are relatively silent. Smoke a few pipes of water pipes, draw a few patterns, and see What's more, the night is already deep, and there is no sound outside except the roaring north.

There are so many delicate flowers waiting for the emperor, but unfortunately the emperor has no heart to think about whose face has been haggard in the lonely fleeting years. He enjoys the company of beauties, and what he thinks about in his heart is only the country.

Holding the vermilion pen, the dizzy cinnabar on the wolf hair was so bright that it dripped onto the memorial inadvertently, but Kangxi didn't notice that Li Guangdi made several statements, targeting officials at all levels for embezzling and misappropriating public funds, grain and rice. And "the law is easy to violate", Li Guangdi Shangshu proposed to legislate to clear up the old disadvantages, strictly check the treasury and various expenditures, and punish those who violated it. Those with more than six thousand stones, regardless of whether they have not been dismissed, are still planning to be full-timers. They are not allowed to redeem them, and they are not allowed to be reduced or exempted even if they encounter grace.

He also made a statement about the omissions of the July scientific examination. In addition to agreeing with the various items discussed by Jiuqing, he put forward three opinions on the seriousness of the examination room. Inspections are made to be precise and serious; the Confucian scholars used in the three revolutions are expelled from the examination room to prevent adultery in secret.

Kangxi was fascinated by it. He just came back from other places, and he couldn't figure out all the clues. He had to deal with the backlog and investigate the prince's actions. The year was approaching, and he had to go through all kinds of preparations. Ask a few words, if you are an ordinary person, you must find it hard, but Kangxi is happy and happy.

Fingernail prints were pinched out on the edge of the memorial, and a lot of commentaries were circled with a Chinese ink brush. Kangxi put Li Guangdi's memorial order aside and prepared to send it to Jiuqing for discussion tomorrow.

Although this person has a lack of virtue and a strong desire for fame and fortune, he still ranks first in terms of being able to bear hardships and be willing to do things. Kangxi is not afraid of ambition, but of incompetence. What is fame and fortune?If I can afford it, I can take it back, but I'm afraid that people who don't know how to do things and still like to flaunt their reputations can manipulate others!

During the dinner in Yuqing Palace, several dishes were delivered from Kangxi's small kitchen, all of which were specially rewarded by the emperor to his son and daughter-in-law. The dishes are placed in the center of the table.

The crown prince grew up with the emperor, and he was particular about "eating and sleeping without talking", eating and drinking silently, pausing in the middle before continuing to eat and drink.

The concubine served the crown prince for dinner, and the other eye was devoted to staring at the nanny to take care of little Gege. She was so busy that she saw that the crown prince was asking for tea to rinse his mouth, so she accompanied her carefully and asked, "My lord, it's a great solar term again. Now, something should be arranged, right?"

It's a pity that the crown prince's mind was not on this, and it took him a long time to lazily respond: "Didn't you do a good job in the past? Why bother me again? Just follow the usual routine, and there will be no mistakes! "

Speaking of which, the crown prince got up. Huang Ama has been evaluating outstanding officials from all over the past few days. What does this mean?Worried about my reaching too far?This time Huang Ama went out, I didn't have many people installed!After all, Longkodo had just been pulled down, and he had made Huang Ama lose face, so he had to make a gesture anyway.

Thinking that the younger brothers have all been divided into banner owners, he is even more unhappy. Shouldn't this kind of grace be reserved for him when he is enthroned?Not only has he won over his younger brother, but also corrected his position.

Now that the flags are divided, wouldn't it mean to sit and watch the younger brothers do their own thing?It's okay for others, the fourth and fifth are honest people, the third and eighth are smart, but who is the big brother?The person who would stir up a few waves to embarrass him even if there is no wind, now that he has the biggest banner owner, wouldn't he just be fighting against him?

No, I have to think about it carefully, and I can't let the elder brother get his way!

After going out for a trip, the relationship between the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother has obviously improved. One is willing to get close deliberately, and the other likes to put on airs. Then he left, the elder brother Hong Hui and the third elder brother Hong Yun were both in poor health and would often get sick, and the fourth elder brother didn't dare to get close to them.

Now there is a young brother who relies on him for everything, and from time to time he follows behind him with eyes that are far away, and his elder brother screams. This kind of feeling is new and interesting to the fourth elder brother. Whenever the thirteenth elder brother has Whatever he asks for advice, he is willing to pour it all out.

After they came back, the two good brothers were named and praised by Kangxi. He praised the fourth elder brother for his demeanor, and praised the thirteenth elder brother for being motivated and filial, which made the noses of the younger elder brothers crooked.

The most unconvinced is the fourteenth brother, obviously the two of them were born side by side at the same time, and his own mother and concubine came from a higher background than the thirteenth brother. So inferior to human beings?

When it came to Dongyue, the class in the study room was also taken care of, so the fourteenth elder brother slipped out at some free time, took a few haha ​​beads, and wandered to the eighth elder brother's house.

Because it came stealthily, the back door of the fourteenth elder brother went, the back alley of the eighth elder brother's mansion is the back street, a dozen of the gatekeepers are warming up the fire, the fourteenth elder brother's haha ​​beads slapped the door loudly, and the long followers danced Come out and take a look, hey, what a spirited doll, wearing a bearskin hat, wrapped in a mink fur cape, and embroidered with some precious stones on the wolfskin boots on the feet.

The doll with a baby voice was no worse than his elder brother when he set up the master's sheet music: "Is your master here? Master, come and see brother!"

The long attendants guessed their age, it should be the youngest elder brother in the palace, hurriedly opened the gate, led the horse in, and carried the fourteenth elder brother off the horse, haha ​​Zhu Zi followed up to carry the fourteenth elder brother on his back, Pushed away by the fourteenth elder brother: "Go by yourself."

It happened that there was a little snow in the sky, and the gravel path on the ground was slippery. After walking a few steps, Elder Fourteen fell hard, and everyone didn't dare to laugh, so they helped him up and sent him in on his back.

The eighth elder brother got the letter early in the study, so why did Fourteen run away at this not-so-embarrassing hour?He hurriedly locked all the things on the case into the box to see if there was nothing left, and then asked someone to come over and guard the door of the study.

Elder Fourteen took off his cloak, removed his hat, and threw the stove to Haha Beads. The girl brought hot tea, but Elder Fourteen refused to take it.

The eighth elder brother just came in, and saw a fluffy dumpling saluting to him, it was really fun, he pulled his younger brother to sit beside him, the girls took turns to bring soup and snacks, the fourteenth elder brother's face was roasted and flushed , like a full apple.Brother Eight couldn't help pinching his cheek: "Why did you think of coming to me? I don't have any red envelopes for you!"

Brother Fourteen rolled his eyes: "Brother Ba is just stingy, if I want money, I'll go to Brother Nine."

The eighth elder brother laughed: "It's good that you know, Lao Jiu is rich, it's best for you to bother him more, let me tell you, there are silver ingots wrapped in the cigarette purse around his waist!"

Brother Fourteen's eyes lit up: "Really? Is it really a silver ingot?"

The eighth elder brother nodded: "It's full of real gold, let me tell you, sometimes there are gold ingots!"

The fourteenth brother opened his mouth slightly, looking surprised. The eighth brother wanted to poke him with his finger, it's so fun to tease the younger brother!

But soon the fourteenth elder brother remembered the purpose of his visit, silver ingots and gold ingots are not the point: "Brother, I want to run an errand, take me with you!"

The eighth elder brother was taken aback, then laughed, and rubbed his younger brother's head: "You are still young, what's the rush, after the new year, Huang Ama will definitely arrange it!"

Brother Fourteen quit: "I won't wait, Thirteen is as old as me, why can he go out on business with him?"

The eighth elder brother grabbed the nuts and peeled them slowly, peeled one and ate one, just looked at the fourteenth elder brother and smiled, and didn't speak. The fourteenth elder brother lifted the tip of his round chin, and his eyes were stubborn.The eighth elder brother thought of the old fourteenth, the most stunning character, the most romantic, why did he have such a brother?

When Concubine De died, the old fourteenth held his hand and cried silently, yes, anyone would be aggrieved, so what if the eldest brother is the new emperor?Back then, he was close to the Tong Jia clan, and after ascending the throne, he planned to whitewash his parentage. The mother and concubine family were all at the mercy of the new emperor, and he was guarded by the new emperor like thieves, but that person was his own brother!Concubine De is not convinced, but how can Old Fourteen be convinced?

The eighth elder brother stuffed some nuts to the fourteenth elder brother: "What's the use of looking for me? Looking for Huang Ama? Otherwise, please fourth brother, Huang Ama has been looking at him very much recently. Your eighth brother is poor You're so stupid, it's useless to find me!"

The fourteenth elder brother held all the nuts in the palm of his hand, raised his head and said, "Mynah is laying an ambush again, what do I not know about my younger brother? My fourth elder brother is reliable, even a sow can climb a tree! He has nothing but Tong in his eyes. Who else is Jia's uncle? Why should I rush to make fun of it? I don't want to go to Huang Ama, I want to make something for Huang Ama to see!"

The eighth elder brother took a sip of tea from the cup. Today is the honey red date tea?It's too sweet, I'll change it next time, the rock sugar pear dry tea I drank yesterday was pretty good, very sweet.

The eighth elder brother thought a lot by himself, and found that the fourteenth elder brother was still looking at him with wide round eyes, and he couldn't help laughing: "What do you want to do? Don't be afraid that the wind will flash your tongue! Okay, It's getting late, let's go after dinner, starlings are poorer, and a bowl of rice is still affordable!"

Elder Fourteen wanted to say something more, Elder Eighth had already got up to order dinner, and turned around and stuffed Elder Fourteen with something to play with. Counting on it, I was stunned for a while, and I didn't cheer up until I ate half of it.

When he was leaving, the eighth elder brother also packed a lot of food and play for him and took him back to the palace, and dragged him to greet all the ladies. The fourteenth elder brother looked at the eighth elder brother with a smile like a fox Brother, that anger in my heart.Do you think you have dismissed Grandpa?Master is coming tomorrow!

Of course, the fourteenth elder brother's conspiracy was not realized, and the palace got the news on the second day, and went to the study to watch the little elder brothers more closely than the eyeballs, and the fourteenth elder brother became even more angry!

Elder Fourteen was not angry for long, December came soon, and Elder Fourteen who was sitting in the upper study was called out. It turned out that it was the crown prince who said that the New Year’s Day was coming, and there were many things in the palace. It's too big, why don't you come out and do some errands.

The fourteenth elder brother was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately shook his crispy horseshoe sleeves. He thanked the crown prince for his appreciation, and made a lot of promises to the crown prince. When he was proud, he saw the eighth elder brother standing behind the crown prince and bowed his head. I didn't know what to do, but I immediately understood in my heart.

When he came out, the fourteenth elder brother held the eighth elder brother's sleeve and remained silent for a long time, only staring at his watery eyes. The eighth elder brother patted his head: "Work hard, don't disappoint father and brother's expectations , His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has sponsored you!"

The crown prince smiled slightly at the fourteenth elder brother with his hands behind his back, and said a few words of politeness. The fourteenth elder brother also pretended to be listening, one full of elder brother's demeanor, one extremely humble, haha ​​beads followed behind The umbrella hand was raised high, but the snowflakes were still curling in the air, and the cloak was blown out of the waves.

The eighth elder brother squinted to see them walking ahead, and felt a little sad in his heart, but the wind was too strong, the weather was too cold, and there was still a long way to go, so he couldn't allow him to think too much, so he tightened his clothes and chased after them.