[Red Chamber] Come for a hexagram?

Wang Ren's life can be described as deep water and hot water, and it was Kangxi's southern tour that saved him from the sea of ​​suffering.

Kangxi was over 40 years old, and his favorite thing to do during his reign was to go out and play... Ahem, private visits in microservices.

This time is his third southern tour.Taking the waterway, the expected place to go is Yangzhou and Hangzhou.And look at the surrounding people along the way.It is probably because of Kangxi's whim to go out for a stroll from time to time, which can create this Kangxi prosperous age.

And this time, the reason why he made a grand tour of the south was that the Huanghuai River had collapsed year after year, and his lower jaw was submerged. Simply put, it was flooded.Although millions of treasury silver were spent to let the minister supervise the repair, it has not been effective so far.This made Kangxi have to doubt the ability of the people below, and at the same time, he also wanted to see how the disaster cost him so much money.

Not only that, Kangxi even decreed that the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry should prepare for the inspections in Beijing, instead of looking for supplies from the place where they arrived. People don't have to avoid troubles, etc.

And Wang Ziteng was among the officials accompanying him.

This incident was originally nothing to do with Wang Ren, but the thirteenth elder brother couldn't help talking about Wang Ren's current situation when he saw Wang Ziteng, and he didn't know what Wang Ren was doing. Wang Ren was also dragged into the entourage.

The identity is the document that helps Wang Ziteng keep notes.

By the way, can Wang Ren's writing really be read?

Departing on the third day of the month, the fleet sailed south from Datong Bridge.

The mighty fleet drifted on the river for a day without docking, and they will not dock for the next nine days.

Wang Ren followed Wang Ziteng on the second ship behind the main ship. This ship was full of high-ranking officials and their attendants.

"Just follow me, don't say anything, don't do anything, that's right." Wang Ziteng warned him.

Wang Ren could only bow his head and agree.

Nine days later, the boat arrived at Mulberry Garden, where originally two rivers flowed into the sea separately, but now they have merged into one, the turbulent river flooded the sky and the earth, and there was not even a trace of human beings here.Kangxi and the others had no chance to go ashore at all, so they could only watch from a distance from the boat. Wang Ren sighed when he saw Kangxi's sad face from a distance beside the boat.And an older elder brother beside him was comforting in a low voice.The fleet continued to sail on the sea for a few days, and then one day, the emperor summoned several ministers to the front. When they returned, Wang Ziteng's face was heavy, and he called Wang Ren to the front, and said in a low voice: "In the next few days, I will I will take a small boat with the emperor to the Yellow River area, and you will continue with this fleet and rejoin the emperor's small boat in a few days."

Wang Ren nodded and didn't say much.

"I won't be able to take you there for the next few days." Wang Ziteng said, "I don't feel relieved to let you stay here alone. I talked to Elder Brother Thirteen before I came here, and I want you to go and serve her."

Wang Ren: Going to serve elder brother or something, is it really not afraid that I will be wrong?

"You don't need to be too concerned. During the few days when the emperor is away, the personnel themselves will be redistributed. Some people who were serving on the main ship before will be taken away, and new people will be found from the secondary ship to serve the brothers. You are assigned to the thirteenth brother. The empress dowager and the brothers are on that boat, remember to be cautious when you go there, you know?" This is nothing more than to free up a small boat.

"Yes." Wang Ren bowed his head.

Just like what Wang Ziteng said before, a small boat approached the main ship, and Wang Ren saw Kangxi, some other officials, and his entourage riding in that small boat.And here a eunuch with a high-pitched voice held a scroll, called out a few names, and said, "Follow me to the master ship."

Among them is Wang Ren's name.

Wang Ren glanced at the other youths whose names were called like him. They were all dressed in fancy clothes and had followed the first-rank and second-rank officials.I guessed it in my heart.

The people who were sent to elder brother's side should all be descendants of those officials who are related to the family.It is said that it is sent to serve, but in fact it is just an approximation.

Wang Ren followed those people to the main boat, lowered his head until he was assigned to Elder Brother Shisan, and after Shisan took him to the room, Yin Xiang smiled and said, "Is your neck not sore?"

Wang Ren just gave a thank you, raised his head and moved his neck.

"Sit down." Shisan poured a cup of tea by himself: "There is no one else here, you don't need to pretend like this in front of me and fourth brother." You already know the bad nature of this person, how can you pretend to be a gentleman? It's meaningless to be humble.

"The fourth elder brother is here too?" Wang Ren asked curiously.

"No, he didn't. Only the empress dowager, elder brother, third elder brother, fifth elder brother, seventh elder brother, eighth elder brother and fourteenth younger brother came here this time. The crown prince was left to handle affairs in the court, and fourth elder brother tutored him." Thirteen Said.

Wang Ren nodded.

"Why are you here?" Thirteen looked at him with a smile: "I don't have an official position, so you, the only son, must come forward to serve here."

"Who knows what my father is thinking." Wang Ren said.

"The floods in the south, the farmlands were flooded, and the people were displaced and left their homes. I only heard about it. It was the first time I saw it, so I realized that it was so tragic." Shisan sighed: "After seeing such a scene, I don't even want to eat. I don’t know what the displaced people will do for a living.”

"Eating tree bark, digging wild vegetables, catching worms, and selling children." Wang Ren said, "I left my hometown and traveled all the way to a prosperous city, but I couldn't enter it. So I could only gather outside the city gate and beg for a living. I was frozen in the cold." Wearing thin clothes, it is common to freeze to death in the wild. There is not even a corpse.”

"Hearing this, I don't even have the desire to drink tea." Shisan put the teacup back on the table: "Why are you so clear?"

"The houses in my hometown were flooded. When many people fled, they might not be able to get out even if they had a little property at home. How else could they live like this?" Wang Ren said, "Even if I have never seen it, I can guess it." .”

Thirteen was silent, and then suddenly said: "If you become an official through the scientific examination, I believe you must be a good official."

"Why do you say that?" Wang Ren said, "Could it be that you also can't make it?"

"I don't know how to read faces, but I can read people." Thirteen said: "When I heard about the floods and saw the floods, the first thing I thought of was the poor people who were displaced. Maybe such people are not capable and capable. An official, but he must be an official who thinks about the people."

"So what if you think about the people?" Wang Ren retorted, "It's meaningless to be able to worry about things, but not to be able to come up with ways that are beneficial to the people."

"That's right." Thirteen tapped the edge of the table lightly with his fan.

"But in this court, there are very few talented officials who are both considerate of the people..." Thirteen sighed: "Otherwise, the emperor would not be forced to make a southern tour in person this time. Take out a million taels of snowflake silver from the treasury. They came here for disaster relief and flood control, but it was like throwing them into a flood, with no effect at all. Those officials are also incompetent."

"Official sanctions can be carried out after the flood recedes. The most important thing is what is the source of the flood?" Wang Ren asked.

"It is mentioned in the memorial that Hongze Lake is low and the Yellow River is high, so that the river flows into the lake backwards, and the lake has no way out, causing flooding." Thirteen said.

Wang Ren gestured with his finger on the table: "Then how to solve it?"

"It's not very effective to cut off the Yellow River from flowing into the lake." Thirteenth said.

Wang Ren shook his head: "I heard this sentence, it's better to block it than to be sparse, and it's better to not be blocked, it's better..." Before Wang Ren finished speaking, Thirteen's eyes lit up, and with a fan in his hand, he knocked directly on Wang Ren's forehead On: "That's right, that's right." Then he went out excitedly.

Wang Ren was left alone in the room touching his forehead.

That's right, why hit me on the head!