The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

The fourteenth elder brother was waving his fan lightly, pretending to be a son of a wealthy family, but he was recognized by others. He originally wanted to bring people to eat in the hall. Who made all three beiles go up there?

But it was unlucky to meet the Cao family.

The Cao family members and those who are related to the Cao family just now saw them and had to show their faces.

And according to what they mean, is this being won over by the third elder brother?

Every sentence is holding Cheng Baylor, and between the lines, there is a hint of marriage?

This has been divided into sects, marriage?The third elder brother probably doesn't value people, but money, right?

It's just that I was too excited to notice that Fourteen Baylor was there, and everyone's faces were a little flustered at the moment.

Brother Fourteen closed his fan: "Get up!"

A group of people were at the door, kneeling and worshiping attracted many people's attention, Elder Fourteen had no choice but to say, "Go up."

He had already seen Yu Desheng.

The old eunuch came again, and when he saw him, he smiled wryly, "My servant greets Master Fourteen Baylor."

As early as when they arrived at the door, the windshield informed them, and the third master above was also very embarrassed. He took half of the couplet of his younger brother, and he didn't know it right.

The whole Shandong government knew about this matter, and Jinling City was already a sensation when they came back to Jiangnan. There are many talents in Jiangnan, and the literati and refined scholars in Confucian Mansion were all crushed, and the talents in Jiangnan were not convinced.

It's a bit difficult for him to come here now, but it doesn't prevent him from wanting to embarrass Brother Fourteen, he's not as good as you in pairing, and not as good as you in reciting poems?

"The third brother is upstairs, right? Let's go and see the excitement. The third brother is invited by literati everywhere." The fourteenth brother happily walked up: "It's really a lot of friends, it's amazing I'm jealous."

"You're joking." What could Yu Desheng say?

"You didn't take over the entire building this time, so you've really raised your posture?" Elder Fourteen spoke in a nonsensical manner.

"The lesson from last time is enough." The former governor of Shandong is a living example of losing his official position and family business in order to show off.

With that, they went up to the second floor.

This place is different from Shandong. The second floor is a very wide hall facing the street and through windows. Now it is surrounded by tables and chairs, flowers, pastries and tea.

In the middle is a large table with all the four treasures of the study.

Standing next to them are two neat young scholars, waiting for pens and inks at any time, helping to stretch the drawing paper and so on. This is a showy job.

And his good third brother stood there, and when he saw him coming, he nodded: "You are here!"

"Yes, Fourteen has met the third brother." The fourteenth elder brother greeted politely: "Please greet the third brother."

"Well, let's get up." The third elder brother pointed to a few people around him, and introduced them one by one. They are all famous talents in Jiangnan.

Everyone is gearing up and wants to show their talents to the nobles.

The fourteenth elder brother also knew what the third elder brother meant, that he wanted him to make a fool of himself!

When I was in Shandong, I had already dealt with the half couplets, but this time I am afraid it will be difficult.

"We are writing poems, let's see who writes the most poems in the shortest time, just in time you are here, we haven't started yet, let's write together!" The third elder brother is confident: "There are many talented people in the south of the Yangtze River, and now we all If you see it, let's use "Beauty" as the title!"

Those people are all looking for their own places, and they are all done now.

Each looked at the two princes with excitement.

Elder Fourteen was assigned to a small table, complete with pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

A small incense burner was placed in front of each of them, with a thin stalk of jasmine scented on it. When the third elder brother gave an order, they were all lit and placed in front of each of them.

This test is actually a wit and the usual level of hard work.

Poetry is born in nature, and it can be obtained by chance.

Whoever can write the most beautiful poems in the shortest time is the winner, number one!

Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, everyone wants to fight for this first, and this first is earned in front of the two princes, how meaningful it is!

There are countless talents, their heads are going to be smashed.

In fact, the third elder brother also has a poem praising beautiful women. He already had a draft, so he hesitated to write it before writing it.

Look at the fourteenth elder brother again, he is also writing, and the writing seems to be flowing and flowing, done in one go!

Because the subject matter of the poems is used to praise beauties, which also puts the men's thoughts into it, so they are very devoted to writing each one.

Cao Yong can compose poems, but he will never have such an urgent talent.

He read the poems written by the fourteenth elder brother, and immediately took a breath!

Even if his literary talents are not good, he can still see that the poems are written so well!

The fourteenth elder brother took the shortest time, the third elder brother was No.2, and there was a wit No.3.

Everyone else is still thinking about it, and the three of them finished writing.

The third elder brother was not convinced, and walked over to take a look at the masterpiece of the fourteenth elder brother.

I saw three lines written on the snow-white paper:

Butterfly in love with flowers·Reading to the end of the world and parting pain

Read all the pain of farewell to the end of the world, return without a way, like scattered flowers.There is no word at the bottom of the flower, and there is nothing in the green window spring and the sky.

Waiting to put down the lovesickness lamp, a strand of new love, thousands of strands of old hatred.The most difficult thing is that the world can't keep it.

Third Elder Brother prides himself on his outstanding talent, but he will never be able to write such lingering poems!

After Nalan Xingde, there were no outstanding poets in the Qing Dynasty, especially among the Manchus, there were quite a few brave ones, but too few people who read books.

I have to admit that he can't keep up with Fourteen in poetry!

"The most unretainable in the world, Zhu Yanci mirrors the flower and recites the tree." The talented scholar No.3 came over, looked straight at the poems, and murmured to himself: "The most unretainable in the world, Zhu Yanci Jinghuaci tree...Zhu Yanci Jinghuaci tree! Wonderful! Wonderful!"

"Is this the masterpiece of Lord Fourteen Baylor?"

"Exactly!"

"Excellent writing!"

Scholars are good at this point, admiring your talent is sincere admiration.

The fourteenth elder brother was so beautiful for a while, the third elder brother was a little angry, but he had no choice but to put on airs and introduce the fourteenth elder brother to others.

This article will be done like this, it is enough to make the third elder brother vomit blood.

But the third elder brother mentioned the half couplet: "I don't know if the fourteenth brother can satisfy the wishes of the third brother and all the talented scholars, but we haven't matched the upper and lower couplets!"

Since it is the first couplet from the fourteenth elder brother, then please ask for the second couplet.

Brother Fourteen didn't expect that Cheng Baylor would not give up!

The third elder brother saw that he was silent, so he smiled and said: "It's not like you who made the first couplet, you can't do the second couplet, right?"

If you can't get it right, then the fun will be great!

"There are actually a lot of lower couplets." Elder Fourteen glanced around: "Is there no one who agrees?"

Everyone was silent, but there are so many lower lines?

What they piled up was not so meaningful.

The fourteenth elder brother picked up a pen and wrote the five characters "Yan Suo Pond Willow", and then wrote the first second couplet: Tao Ran Jinjiang Embankment.

The five elements are also complete and the artistic conception is the same.

The smoke lock is opposite to the peach blossom, and the color of the peach blossom and the color of the smoke are also exactly opposite.

Jinjiang embankment, willows on the pond.

Everyone suddenly realized: "This is really absolute!"

"No!" Elder Fourteen shook his head.

He picked up the pen and wrote "Yan Suo Pond Willow", but then wrote: Mo Ran Jian Lingquan.

Such a good couplet, the upper couplet is illusory, and the lower couplet is also aura.

The meaning of the text is used to a wonderful point.

The third couplet is: Paozhen Haicheng Tower.

He has a brave style, which does not damage the status of Manchurian son at all.

The fourth second line: Tieheng Feng on the battlefield!

A man's bravery is vivid on the paper.

The fifth, the sixth... I have written ten of them all the time, and Brother Fourteen still has no intention of stopping writing: "You all say that you are a wit, but are you just this kind of wit?"

He finally wrote the No.11 second couplet: Zhi Gongjue and Shang.

Regardless of the artistic conception, this pair changes the artistic conception into a narrative, and uses the five elements to correspond to the five tones.

Another way of thinking about couplets.

Thinking back to the beginning, how many people were embarrassed by this first couplet?How many people wrote couplets on Du Niang, all kinds of couplets, and even one pair of words "Shenzhen Teppanyaki"!

Play this with him?

If you can't play the third elder brother to death, he is not fourteen!

Brother San is already sweating profusely!

Just now he was bragging to others about the source of the first half of the couplet, and the second half of the couplet which is hard to match.

He said absolutely that there is something in the sky and nothing in the earth. When he saw Shisi, he was unhappy. Now he realized that he was unhappy too early!

As a result, at this moment, the fourteenth elder brother has written eleven second couplets. Seeing his unfinished meaning, there are more second couplets!

"Okay, Fourteen, let's do this for today!" The third elder brother called to stop, and then everyone dispersed, some people felt ashamed and did not match up, the name of this talented man did not match the reality.

Some people think that the couplet of Brother Fourteen is so interesting!

"Okay then, third brother, I'm hungry." Fourteenth elder brother licked his face and said, "I want to eat."

"Okay, come here, pass the food!" The third elder brother really wanted to stop the fourteenth elder brother's mouth with food, and it was better to let him eat than to let him talk.

The talents in Jiangnan were hit hard.

However, the meals that were delivered afterwards were not bad. All the meals Brother Fourteen wanted to eat came up, so he took Cao Yong to sit together and taste the delicacies here.

Others wanted to get close, but there were two other tables in front of Brother Fourteen's dining table, they were all guards. There was no way, Brother Three himself was approachable and approachable, Brother Fourteen had been kidnapped before, so he dared not let his guard down.

After eating and drinking enough, the fourteenth brother lifted his leg and left. The third elder brother sent someone to settle the bill. This time, the Cao family was in charge of the treat, but not Cao Yong. Take it with you, there is no free time.

The fourteenth elder brother is gone, but the poems he left behind have attracted all the talented scholars in the south of the Yangtze River.

Especially the last sentence, which broke countless hearts.

In the afternoon, Cao Yong took his fourteenth elder brother to the market here. There were shoppers and various food stalls. Fourteenth elder brother had no airs at all, and Cao Yong liked to get along with him very much.

The two of them ate the No. [-] Scholar Bean by the side of the road.

Brother Fourteen asked the prices of various items, from cloth to silk, from snacks to special snacks in restaurants.

All kinds of things are actually irrelevant, but he asked about them all.

I also bought a lot of things, all kinds of gadgets, and bought a lot without spending much money.

There is also the best rouge gouache in Jiangnan, and he even bought a lot of it wholesale!

Seeing that Cao Yong's eyes were wrong, he coughed lightly: "There are many female relatives in the family, you know, from the mothers-in-law of each palace to the sisters-in-law... um, right?"

Cao Yong is also a person who came here, and nodded hurriedly: "Yeah, no one can afford to offend!"

This reason is very strong, Elder Fourteen nodded in satisfaction: "Yes!"

The two of them wandered around until the afternoon when they were tired from walking, and then went back by car. After Cao Yong went back, he bid farewell to Fourteen Baylor, oh, knelt down.

When I went out to gather folk songs today, Fourteen felt that I really went to the right place, otherwise I wouldn’t understand anything, so what should I do about it?

After coming back to wash and change clothes in the afternoon, Brother Fourteen went to greet Kangxi. Kangxi was busy and didn't have time to meet him, but asked him to wait and have dinner together.

It was not until the lights came on that Kangxi was free, and Brother Fourteen saw him, and he was still at the dinner table.

"I heard you went out today?" Kangxi had dinner with Brother Fourteen.

The food is relatively light, because I don’t do anything at night, but there are some seafood on the table, which is the favorite food of the fourteenth elder brother.

It is rare to come out, and Kangxi is also willing to let his fourteenth son eat more things he wants.

So on the table, there are steamed mandarin fish, braised crucian carp, stir-fried eel, river fresh steamed eggs and so on.

Especially a chicken skin and shrimp ball soup, which is very fresh and appetizing, and Kangxi drank a whole bowl.

"Yeah, I've looked at the problem of salt, Huang Ama, what do you think of the salt affairs?" Elder Fourteen had to ask Kangxi for advice.

He is poor and useless about the salt business, so he has to ask his father!

Kangxi thought for a while, and said slowly.

Salt is a necessity in the lives of ordinary people, and everyone has to consume according to the amount. The official salt operation is to monopolize the entire market with government actions. If ordinary people want to buy salt, only this one can't pay the price.This system has allowed the ruling class to accumulate huge wealth, and the rulers of all dynasties have firmly controlled the salt administration and regarded it as a "national plan".

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the salt industry was officially run. People paid direct taxes, and the government was suspected of "competing with the people for profit." Privately owned, people paid invisible indirect taxes. status, and invisibly made wedding clothes for businessmen, what the government did was "robbing the poor and helping the rich".

In fact, regardless of whether it is government-run or private, the premise is that the people have the ability to buy. If they are overwhelmed and do not eat salt, the government will not get the money.

But even so, Kangxi still had a way to grab the money, and the money was looted by those salt merchants, and the layers of relationship networks had been passed down for many generations.

Although table salt is a necessity, it is not good to eat too much, so there is a saturation in the market space, that is, according to the salt tax rate of the Tang Dynasty, it can earn more than ten times the money at most. What should the government do if it is still short of money?

As soon as the fourteenth elder brother thought of this, he asked a question about the salt administration, only to find out that his Emperor Ama Kangxi was so talented!