The first writer of Qing Dynasty

Of course not!

Recently, Yinhu has a special liking for writing scary ghost stories, and the desire to create and express the text is full of thoughts, and he doesn't want to change the subject matter at all.

"Khan Ama, my son said that writing the storybook was just incidental," Yinhu changed his tone again, and waited seriously for Khan Ama to turn his attention back to the business.

Kangxi took a deep look at him: "Have you done your homework in advance?"

At the prince's place, if it weren't for the several princes and tutors who were watching and only focused on handling government affairs, they would never have thought of doing "schoolwork" in advance to make sufficient preparations for this southern tour.

This made Kangxi feel a little pissed. After asking again, the other elder brothers were not prepared, but the fourth brother was reserved and down-to-earth.

However, considering Kangxi's harsh and serious evaluation of the fourth child, it is not surprising that he will prepare in advance.

This time the Southern Tour will be accompanied by the Empress Dowager, and the Crown Prince will naturally follow. Recently, the Crown Prince has been revisiting the previous two southern tours under Kangxi's instructions.

Yinhu was stunned: "Schoolwork?"

Kangxi's face suddenly became displeased, and he snorted coldly to reveal his strong dissatisfaction: "You are in charge of the order of the Minister of Health, and you never thought about delving into what I did during my previous southern tour?"

The two sons he had high hopes for did not think of what they should do, and Kangxi was very angry.

Yinhu suddenly said: "So it's this, I thought you were talking about the homework assigned by the gentlemen in the study room!"

"During Khan Ama's previous two tours to the south, the governance of the Huanghuai and Huaihe Rivers was not resolved at the root cause. My son learned that Jin Fu, the minister of river governance, and Yu Chenglong were arguing with each other in front of you. He came up with a completely different plan, and later, due to the dispute between the Mingzhu faction, Khan Ama dismissed Jin Fu from his official position and ordered Yu Jackie to continue to control the river."

Yinhu's unique brain almost has a photographic memory. Whenever he needs any information, as long as it is the documents, pictures and details he has seen, he can remember it clearly.

Kangxi's anger gradually eased.

Indeed, because of the unsatisfactory governance effects of the river governance ministers over the years, Kangxi intends to personally inspect and issue an imperial decree to supervise the river governance. Yu Chenglong is not a person who neglects his duties, but he advocates dredging the river as the main method of river governance , did not fundamentally solve the problem of flooding in the Yellow River, coupled with the mutual protection of local officials and businessmen, and the unclear governance of officials, Yu Chenglong was still somewhat disheartened when he was in office.He almost didn't want to do it anymore. Kangxi comforted him while fighting against Galdan, hoping that he could temporarily stabilize the flood problem in the most critical years.

"So you read the past records," Kangxi said lightly, "Why didn't you say it earlier."

Father Jun's temper comes and goes quickly, which is quite similar to the "menopause" that the time-traveling girl chanted in the drama.

Mood and anger, not easy to coax.

Yinhu was reprimanded at first for writing the "Yin Yin" storybook, and then accused of "not doing the homework", which was quite aggrieved.

"The previous two times when Khan Ama went on tours to the south, they always went through the government offices, and rarely built additional palaces. This trip also didn't want to waste people's money. When I heard about this, I already got in touch with all the government offices. The Governor's Mansion of Water Transport, Jiangning, and Jiangsu Weaving Mansion have all responded to envoy Yun Hui."

Yinhu reminded Kangxi again.

Erchen has done a lot of things!

Break apart for one hour and use it for two hours.

During the day, he had to go to the court and go to the army for training, and at night he had to do official duties as a guard, and then he also reviewed the homework of the previous two southern tours.

You don't even praise me!

He didn't say it clearly, just like the pure little white lotus, he strongly hinted at the guidance, but he wanted to stop talking, let Kangxi feel his conscience and think about how he "failed" Yinhu.

He actually smiled and watched him train his elder brother for a whole month!

Kangxi coughed lightly: "You've done a good job. After getting married, Yinhu has become much more stable, and she can be on her own."

Yinhu won Kangxi's praise, and it can be regarded as having passed his ghost story in front of Junfu. When he sells it in the future, he only needs to say that Han Ama knows it, and no one will stare at him and impeach him.

During the southern tour, Shengjia often summoned his courtiers, sons and concubines to accompany him. There were three "little" princes like Yinhu who were being favored, and there were also thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang and fourteenth elder brother Yinxiang. Zhen.

Compared with the other two elder brothers, Yinhu is already considered an older adult.

In the past, he enjoyed the treatment of the favored "little son". Now that he has younger brothers accompanying him, he can still enjoy the favor. Indulging, don't people pay more attention to what kind of superpowers Eighth Brother has?

When Yinhu came out from Kangxi, he felt a pair of eyes staring at him.

Because of the special training, Yinhu has a keen eye for looking at people. Yinhu turned his head to follow that gaze, and saw the fourteenth elder brother Yinzhen, who was riding a docile mare, not far away from him.

Yinhu smiled at him, and Yinhu was already calling him on the other side.

"Mynah! Fourteen!"

The "Ba Ye Party" mentioned in the play gathered together during this southern tour. Because Yinhu was busy writing the storybook, he had no time to win over the brothers, so naturally he did not reach out to Shisi like most of the eight elder brothers. olive branch.

In the end, the problem was with Yinzhen. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. When he played with the tenth brother, he always dragged the fourteenth brother with him.

Yinzhen doesn't like to stay with his brother Yinzhen, but he plays very well with Yinzhen.

Yinzhen said: "Brother, let's drink and watch the moon together when we get to Jiangning!"

"The fourteenth brother also came together. The moonlight in Jiangning has a completely different style from that in the capital."

Yinhu smiled gently and indulgently: "Okay, since the ninth brother invites me, I will pay for the wine."

Yinzhen had the idea of ​​observing mynah nearby, and agreed without hesitation.

After Kangxi arrived at the Governor's Mansion of Water Transport, he went to inspect the Yellow River in person, and his companions arrived at Gaojiayan. Nearby was Hongze Lake, which would affect many farmlands. Once the water level of Hongze Lake rose and broke its embankment, surrounding Yancheng, Gaoyou and other places Disaster.

Due to the terrain, Yu Chenglong's proposal to dredge the river has not been able to solve the flood caused by the flooding of Hongze Lake.

It is because the water level of the lower reaches of the Yellow River is lower than the sea level, and there is a danger of backflow.

Kangxi ordered people to measure the water level in Hongze Lake, and went to observe the overall situation and inspect the situation in person.

As a result, officials measured that the water level of Hongze Lake was lower than that of the Yellow River. If the Yellow River poured into Hongze Lake, its water level would rise and flood the surrounding areas.

During this process, the emperor summoned courtiers to discuss from time to time, and everyone discussed heatedly.

"Dredging cannot solve the problem, and building embankments is not a long-term solution."

Kangxi said: "The water of the Yellow River must be brushed deep. For every foot of water in the Yellow River, the water of each river will be shallow by one foot. (1)"

The specific method is to send people to straighten the bends of the Yellow River artificially so that the turbulent water can go straight.

When the emperor discussed with his ministers, he called his elder brothers to his side, so that everyone could learn how to govern the internal affairs of the river.

The little elder brothers who just came out of the study room are still full of four books and five classics, a subset of classics and history, and those who have not yet gained knowledge about internal affairs are already in a fog.

Only the older elder brother can keep up with the whole process, and only the prince can answer one-on-one with Junfu during the whole process.

They look up to the brilliant and brilliant prince who is excellent in government affairs, look forward to his wisdom and vision, and envy him for being valued by his father.

When Yinzhen saw the current prince, his eyes flickered, and he was secretly puzzled.

Will such a talented prince really be abolished by his father as in his dream?

He has been having some dreams recently, sorting out all the memory fragments that come to mind, and he is even more dissatisfied with the fourth son who finally succeeded to the throne.

He looked eagerly at the starling Yinhu.

He was still as gentle as jade, as good as in a dream.

He will never let mynah become like in his dream!

"Does the eighth brother have any ideas?"

Yinhu was in a daze with a smile on his lips, when he suddenly heard the prince calling him, he recovered quickly.

Yinzhen's eyes suddenly became sharp.

Prince!

Does he want to fuck mynah?

"I'm sorry, Second Brother, I didn't listen carefully to what you said just now."

Under Khan Ama's dangerous gaze, Yinhu directly admitted that he was in a daze just now: "I was recalling the scene when I accompanied Khan Ama to inspect the confluence of the Yellow River and Hongze Lake yesterday."

"I just talked about how to deal with the danger of backwatering." Regarding the management of the Yellow River flood, all dynasties have been working hard, and it is related to the country and the people's livelihood. The wisdom of the predecessors is no longer enough to deal with the current situation of the Yellow River. The way of stones crossing the river is also trying to cure it.

Yinhu drew an angle: "At the confluence of Hongze Lake and the Yellow River, the flow of the river is like this."

The one with almost no obstacles, the water level of Hongze Lake is relatively low, and the water of the Yellow River can easily pour into it.

Hearing him mention it, the prince was thoughtful and had already thought of an idea.

Kangxi's eyes lit up: "I thought of going with you."

At the point of Father Jun's words, the young brothers who have not yet realized the method are still in the fog, the prince has excellent understanding, and said: "You mean, the angle of this trend has been changed so that the water of the Yellow River will not be easily poured into the flood. Zehu!"

"That's right, the water flow of the Yellow River in the Gaojiayan area is turbulent. Why not build the dam further to the east to form a smaller bend?"

If the almost straight angle is changed to an acute angle, the water from the Yellow River flowing backward into Hongze Lake will inevitably be hindered, and more water will continue to flow downstream along the artificially planned shape. This is a physical principle.

Kangxi praised the prince and said: "Baocheng's words are correct, exactly."

So it was ordered that the dams on the south bank of the Yellow River be repaired eastward to implement this good strategy of "drawing salaries from the bottom".

The courtiers praised the emperor's sageness and the prince's wisdom.

And Yinhu, who made a gesture, quietly hid himself, without taking any credit, and fell into a daze again.

He thought of a new ghost story!

It is about being sacrificed to the bride of the river god by the villagers.

Yinzhen saw that the prince said the brilliant idea to echo Jun's father's idea, which was obviously thought up by myna first, but myna didn't speak anymore, and almost died of panic.

Seeing the prince being praised by everyone around him, he felt awkward: Myna was the one who thought of it first, but in the end they were all praising the prince, and no one noticed myna.

Yinhu lost the opportunity to show off, which made him blush.

Looking at Starling again, the smile on his lips is as gentle and reserved as ever, he doesn't fight or grab, his temper is so good!

After Junfu issued the decree on the management of the Yellow River, the team on the southern tour went to the next stop.

When the emperor arrived in Jiangning, all the places were decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the people lined the road to welcome him. The richness of Jiangning Mansion was visible to the naked eye.

Kangxi arrived in Jiangning and lived in the Jiangning weaving mansion directly because he had said hello in advance, so that the southern tour would not be a waste of money. .

Take a look at the scenery along the way for leisure and other things, so you can change your mood and get better. The most important thing is to deal with government affairs.

The courtiers who had guessed the emperor's mind naturally did not dare to waste money, and everything about the southern tour was kept simple.

The person responsible for welcoming Kangxi was Cao Yin of Jiangning weaving. He reported to Kangxi that the expenditure for welcoming Kangxi was 2 taels.Because there is a place to rest along the way, and there is no government office nearby, a welcoming palace was built to ensure the safety of the emperor.

Even so, Kangxi also complained, saying that Cao Yin spent too much money.

Cao Yin was in a fat job, and he had a lot of oil and water in his hands. He wanted to make it more refined to please the emperor, but he guessed wrongly. He humbly accepted Kangxi's blame, and admitted his mistake first.

He won the trust of Kangxi because of his both civil and military skills, and he was favored by the emperor because of his outstanding demeanor. Another purpose of coming to Jiangnan was to win over the upper-class literati in this place where literati gathered.The same is true for arranging Cao Yin here. His erudition and literati talent are just suitable for attracting local literati.

The rooms in the Jiangning Weaving Mansion for the southern tour team are also more comfortable than those in the Water Transport Governor's Mansion. Compared with Cao Yin's wealth, Yu Chenglong, the Governor of the Two Cao Caos, seems to be more relaxed.

Yinzhen admired Jackie Chan quite a lot. When everyone praised Cao Yin for the improved accommodation conditions, he didn't say a word. In fact, he didn't like such comfort and luxury in his heart. He was deeply impressed by the wealth of Jiangning Weaving Mansion.

After arriving in Jiangning, Yinzhen invited several brothers who were close to him to drink and enjoy the moon together. He also invited his third elder brother Yinzhi, because he would compose poems when he admired the moon. The seventh elder brother Yinyou.

Yinhu originally planned to order someone to buy the best and most expensive wine, but after the servants greeted him, Cao Yin sent someone to bring out some of the wine stored at home to his elder brothers.

I chose to drink tonight, not only because of the full moon and hazy moonlight, but also because tomorrow is a rare day for Khan Ama to relax and take the Queen Mother to enjoy the scenery.

Yinzhen smiled and said: "Master Cao generously brought out such a good wine, myna has no chance to spend money again."

Yinhu said: "Master Cao is very thoughtful, and we can't go too far. Don't add more wine to the wine in front of us today, so you won't get a hangover. If you make too much noise, Ama Khan will be angry tomorrow." gone."

"Yes, yes, listen to myna."

Yinhu finally had the opportunity to invite Yinhu, and began to persuade Yinhu earnestly: Mynah, you have many opportunities to perform, but you must not give up those opportunities yourself, and don't let "others" take the credit.

That "other" has a very loud articulation, and anyone can hear the injustice from his words.

Yinhu smiled helplessly: "I'm not of a competitive nature. If I have the time to fight, I've written several scriptures."

Story book, see story book again!

The biggest difference between the starling and the dream is that the starling in the dream wanted to stand out and get the approval of Khan Ama, courtiers, and brothers. He paid a lot for this, and the more he wanted to get something, the less he could get.

As for the starling in front of him, his mind is full of storybooks, and he even tries to give people poisonous plots!

Yinhu was very helpless, and he asked Yinhu heartbrokenly: "Don't starlings have no ambitions?"

Speaking of the ambitions of the brothers, he also asked other people who came with him.

Yin Qu took the lead and said with a naive smile: "I want to be a general in the future and develop in the army, so that I don't have to use my brain."

He said it as if he hadn't been familiar with military books or military strategy.

Yinhu glanced at him, knowing that this was another master pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

Yin Zhi took a sip of the wine, squinted his eyes to enjoy the sweetness in his mouth, and said with a smile: "In the future, I want to write and revise books, and go down in history as a literati."

Yinzhen said: "I also want to be a general in the future, first surpassing the tenth brother, and then surpassing the eldest brother."

Yinzhen looked at the young boy's ambition, and rubbed his head with a smile: "Yinzhen has ambition!"

The moon quietly climbed up the branch, and Yinhu also expressed his ambition: "One day, poison will spread all over the world."

You don't need to think about it to know the meaning of "poison".

Yinhu took a breath, and became even more worried about Yinhu's "no competition with the world" temperament.

Yinzhi expresses his feelings for the moon and recites poems against each other, which has the meaning of elegant literati.

They met each other for a while, and felt a little tired of playing, Yinzhen poked mynah to create a chance for him to win over his brothers.

"Brother, you also said something!"

Yinhu thought for a while, and happened to have a dark cloud drifting past, temporarily covering the moon, and the surrounding scenery suddenly darkened.

He whispered: "Since that's the case, let me tell the story! It's related to the next story of 'Allure'."

The elder brothers became curious and sat around the stone table one after another.

In the dark night, Yinhu's ghost story begins.

"This story is what I thought of recently after watching the rushing water."

The common people are ignorant, and in order to appease the wrath of the river god, they trapped the girl in a cage to sacrifice to the river god. Every year, a girl sank to the bottom of the river to meet her sisters who were killed in front of her. custom.

But year after year passed, the "river god" not only did not calm down his anger, but became more turbulent. vicious circle.

A female Taoist priest passing by the village noticed something strange about the river.

It turns out that there is no river god in this river at all, and there are only hundreds of wrathful spirits of drowned women who keep causing trouble. It is their resentment that fills up the river, which makes the water level rise.

But the villagers panicked and begged the female Taoist to use Taoism to solve the grievances.

With compassion, the female Taoist priest rescued the grievances of hundreds of girls. The tumbling river was the roaring and struggling of those unwilling spirits before they passed away.

Hundreds of young girls with resentment were sent away to die, and the female Taoist priest left for a while, and her mana was temporarily useless.

She came to the villagers to reply, and was thrown into the river by the villagers on the grounds of calming the anger of the river god.

The turbulent river is the anger of the female Taoist priest, and it is also the screaming revenge of hundreds of innocent girls.

In the end, the river broke through the embankment and broke through the village roaring like a wild animal. There was no one alive in the whole village, and they all became the burial of the female Taoist priest.

The villagers who died in the village also accumulated grievances for the river.

A few years later, the river monster was born, which was formed by the fusion of the grievances of female Taoist priests, villagers and hundreds of innocent girls.

Under the ravages of demons, the passing boats turned over, and the nearby villages could hardly survive. Since then, there was no one in this place, leaving only demons composed of resentment, screaming at the sky day and night for injustice.

Yinzhen: "..."

Yinyou: "..."

Yinzhi's Adam's apple twitched slightly, swallowed, and said with difficulty: "So, the eighth younger brother is going to write a storybook about monsters that is familiar with "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio"?"

Yinhu denied it, "How could it be?"

As soon as Yinzhi breathed a sigh of relief, he heard him say: "I plan to write something scary for the next work. The stories about ghosts and monsters are not scary enough. My story should be called a frightening story."

Yinhu saw their reaction.

The third brother was dumbfounded, probably because he was surprised that he wanted to write a horror story.

Ninth Brother opened his mouth slightly, his eyes were blank, in a daze.

The tenth brother rested his chin on his hands, grinning, with a relaxed expression on his face.

The fourteenth brother has a complex expression on his face, looking at himself with the eyes of a magical creature. It seems that he is surprised that I am such a person.

No one was intimidated by him.

Yinti laughed and said, "Actually, it's not scary at all. Myna, if you say something more terrifying, if it scares me, I'll punish myself three times."

Yinzhen nodded, and felt that this story was not scary at all.

Yinzhi actually felt some goosebumps, but he felt okay. For the sake of his brother's image, he insisted, "It's really not scary."

In order to show that he was very courageous, he also urged Yinhu to say something more terrifying and weird.

As for Yinzhen, he has been in a daze until now, and has not made a sound for a long time.

At the invitation of his brothers, Yinhu thought it was hard to invite him. He thought for a while, and a flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he remembered what the "traveling girl" said in the middle of the night strange talk in the play, and her name was "Qingbi Fairy".

In fact, in Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio, there are such sayings as the Immortal of the Pen, the Immortal of the Die, and the Immortal of the Mirror. Yinhu said: "Then let me tell you a story that I didn't write, but someone else told me."

"Light a candle at midnight."

In order to enhance the atmosphere, he asked Li Duofu to bring a candle and light it.

"Four people form a circle around the table of the Eight Immortals."

Yinhu didn't tell the story this time, he mysteriously told them the rules of inviting a pen fairy, and then began to babble, creating a weird and gloomy atmosphere.

"The four of you are holding hands, and the Pen Fairy is about to appear. Don't turn your head back. If anyone turns back, they will be taken away by the Pen Fairy and taken to an unknown place. Only when the four of them are steadfast, can the Pen Fairy do it for you." Write down your answers..."

The cool wind blew coldly, making goosebumps all over the floor.

Yinhu said: "If you feel someone's hand coolly resting on your shoulder, please, please...don't look back. Otherwise, you will see a woman in red with a pale face and disheveled hair. Wushen looked at you with eyes like black holes, and grinned at you, the curved arc of the corner of his mouth cracked directly to the root of his ears..."

Everyone held their breath, and felt that the hairs all over their bodies stood on end under Yinhu's creation. At this moment, a scream that pierced the sky made them so frightened that their hearts missed a beat.

"what!--"

With a pale face, Yinzhen hugged Yinti, closed her eyes and yelled loudly: "My neck is so cold, there is something, touch me again if there is something!—"

After speaking, he rolled his eyes and fainted from fright.

With a cry of surprise, Yinyi hugged him, stretched out her hand to dig around his neck, and pulled out a green leaf.

The brothers were stunned, and then they became quiet all of a sudden, staring wide-eyed.

Yinhu came forward to check on Yinhu's condition, seeing his chest heaving and shortness of breath, he hurriedly said: "Please go to the imperial physician."

In his dream, Yinzhen, who had fainted, recalled those painful memories again, as well as the gentle eyebrows and eyes of his respected and longed-for brother.Seeing him fall into a miserable situation, humiliated and helpless, the heartache was so painful that it was hard to breathe.

He remembered everything, and it turned out that these were not dreams, but that he lived a new life, and these memories were all real events that happened in the previous life!

Yinzhen, who fell asleep, developed a low fever at night, muttering "Mynah..."

When Kangxi learned that Yinzhen had passed out, he came to visit him specially. He heard him always talking about "starling", and asked them what was going on with a dark face.

"Didn't you drink too much?"

Under Jun's father's stern gaze, Yinhu bowed his head and confessed his mistake: "Brothers want to hear some 'underworld stories', but my son-in-law accidentally scared the ninth brother and fainted."

The author has something to say: The problem of harnessing the Yellow River mentioned in Note (1) and the source of Kangxi's original words are "Drafts of Qing History". Here is a useful language summary.