After the fourth master and I wear each other [Qing wear]

Midnight.

Wu Fuyi rode to Shuntian Mansion on horseback, and rode to the fastest speed within the limited and compliant horse speed range.

In late April, Xiaoman has passed.

Although it is summer, the midnight wind is still cool.

When the night wind blows, the drowsiness is gone.

Inquired about the specific circumstances of the incident at the mass grave of Shuntian government officials, and listened to the general history of the incident in the western outskirts of Beijing.

Half a month ago was Ching Ming Festival.

After the festival, rumors of ghosts spread in the mass graves in the suburbs.

That place is almost full of corpses that were thrown in a straw mat.

If the situation is better, there is a pit buried there, and those that are almost piled there are mostly death row prisoners without relatives, refugees and other dead people whose bodies have not been collected.

In order to avoid the infection of the corpses, Shuntian Prefecture will bury them in batches every few months.

Usually, from word of mouth, normal people know that it is okay not to approach the mass graves in the suburbs.

There are no decent roads around the mass graves, which also prevents unnecessary flow of people.

Tomb-sweeping in the Qingming Festival, it is inevitable that there will be convoys passing by nearby to sweep the graves in the mountains.

This year, more than one team saw the will-o'-the-wisp.

This ghost is so powerful that it actually formed an army of ghosts demanding their lives.The green-headed ghost is the king of ghosts, and there are red-headed ghosts and blue-headed ghosts under his command.

They are very rampant, not only appearing at night, but also dare to show up at dusk and early morning.

When several teams of grave sweepers saw the ghost, they were frightened and ran away quickly, and were chased for a long distance by the will-o'-the-wisp.

As soon as the Qingming Festival passed, news of the haunting gradually spread in restaurants and teahouses.

One of the families who hit the ghost was named Lu.

Master Lu opened a cloth shop in the capital.After the Ching Ming Festival, the delivered goods first capsized on the water.The fabric sinking in the river is a waste, and a lot of money has been lost.

Immediately afterwards, his body developed problems, vomiting and diarrhea accompanied by high fever.

The doctor said that he had dysentery due to internal and external infections.I prescribed medicine for him, and after more than ten days of treatment, he had some complexion. He never thought that the youngest son in the family would be infected again.

The same illness, but Young Master Lu is about five years old, and the child's physical recovery is very slow.More than ten days passed, and the child was getting weaker and weaker day by day.

A friend suggested to Master Lu that he must find a Taoist priest as soon as possible to exorcise the evil spirits.

It is suspected that the Lu family might have been entangled by Xie Chong during the grave sweeping, which is why they fell ill one by one.

This time the army of fierce ghosts is coming in menacingly.

It is said that a batch of new corpses have been added to the mass grave, and a batch of newly executed criminals have been cut down after the New Year's Eve. It is very vicious, and it is worrying that they may not easily let the Lu family go.

Master Lu couldn't help but feel that it made sense, first he would lose his money, then he would hurt his body, and if he didn't exorcise ghosts, he might be killed.

He paid a lot of money to hire Daoist Lei recommended by his friends, and saw him sticking a talisman and wielding a mahogany sword, and finally determined that the source of the Lu family's misfortune was the mass grave.

Lei Daoshi claimed that Lu's family was targeted because of evil spirits trying to blackmail them.The corpses of those ghosts were exposed to the wilderness, and because no one collected the corpses and could not be buried in the ground, they were full of evil spirits.

Eliminating the evil spirits in Master Lu's mansion is only a temporary solution, and if you want to cure the root cause, you need to deal with the ghosts in the mass graves.Either they burned the corpses, or they helped buy coffins, so that the deceased would be buried in the soil to remove the evil spirits.

Ray Daoshi recommends the latter method.

As the saying goes, it's better to get rid of enemies than to tie them together, and helping ghosts to rest is also turning hostility into friendship.And burning the ghost's body to death, such a violent process may cause sudden changes.

Master Lu didn't want to help bury the ghost that killed his family, but he was afraid that he would be harmed by the ghost if he failed to fight the ghost, so he asked Taoist Lei to go to the mass grave to see the specific situation first.

It was set for the night of April [-]th.

Daoist Lei and Master Lu's servants arrived at the mass grave, and immediately found a dark shadow wandering here.

At this time, Lei Daoshi shouted.He finally understood why the ghosts appeared. There must be a reason for everything. It turned out that someone came to steal the corpse and disturbed the rest of the ghost.

Then he called Lu Jiajia Ding to go together to catch the body snatchers, and to ask carefully what these guys did to offend the ghosts.

There were seven members of the Lu family, including Daoist Lei and his young apprentice, nine of them rushed forward.

The ones who were suddenly shouted and beaten were Honghui, Hongying and others.

There are six people on this side, including Yinzhen, Baotai, Yinqi's son Hongsheng, and Li Wei who came to Beijing to study from Jiangnan.

Six to nine, although the number is not dominant, but the value of force is comparable.

Yinzhen is not a cockfighter, and he didn't want to fight as soon as he came up.

I wanted to show my identity and stop the Lu family, but unfortunately, I went out in casual clothes tonight, and I didn't even wear a yellow belt.

The Lu family did not believe at all that they could run into a royal family member.

This kind of lie is false as soon as you hear it.What are the relatives of the royal family not enjoying life in the mansion and coming to the mass grave?Bringing children along, this must be the exploitation of child labor.

Daoist Lei was even more determined that the other party was a recidivist who had the audacity to impersonate his identity, and he must be captured, and then he would be escorted to Shuntian Mansion and charged a report fee.

This battle is coming.

Yinzhen won, but Taoist Lei's young apprentice ran away, and the kid ran to Shuntian Mansion to report the crime.

Shuntian Mansion heard that someone dared to pretend to be the prince, and it was very hard to work overtime and go to the police at night, so they had to go to the mass grave.

Then, the yamen servant came to the scene and recognized Baotai first.

The newly appointed Prince Heshuo used to be the master of teasing dogs and cats, and had met face to face with the servants of Shuntian Mansion.

This is very bad!

It turned out that it wasn't Li Gui, but Li Kui really appeared.

If you encounter a counterfeiter, you can also refer to the law of the Qing Dynasty for how you should be sentenced if you catch him.But meeting a real royal family member, this is troublesome, how to deal with it?

The question before me is, why did Brother Fourteen and others come to the mass grave?

The scale of this question is difficult to grasp, let's ask deeper, I'm afraid it will involve some unspeakable secrets.

Fortunately, no one was seriously injured this time.

The three emperors and grandchildren were not injured, and Yinzhen tied up the Lu family with his attacks, and he didn't kill the viscera when he beat them.

Qian Jinxi, governor of Shuntian Prefecture, immediately notified Yongjun Wang and Wubeile Yinqi, and no matter what happened, they called the parents of the three children Honghui, Hongyu, and Hongsheng first.

After Wu Fuyi listened to the antecedents, it wasn't just a coincidence that two groups of people bumped into each other at the mass grave. "Brother Fourteen, can you tell me why he went to the mass grave?"

Yamen servants don't dare to recognize the word "confession", Qian Fuyin will not easily interrogate the prince.

"Back to Prince Yong, Master Fourteen went to select suitable corpses for the study of cowpox tonight, and never thought there would be a conflict."

Is Brother Fourteen's explanation true?

Yinzhen assisted Yinyou in the promotion of vaccinia vaccination. This matter has been done for more than two years, and everyone in the capital must have heard of it.

On the surface, the reason is valid, but in fact the study of cowpox does not use cadavers, not to mention that Fourteen took his nephews to the suburbs at night.

At the time of the incident, the curfew had already begun.

The curfew starts at three o'clock in the morning and ends at three o'clock in the five o'clock.

Generally speaking, the dark time period is divided into five parts, and each part is a watch.Among them, each change is subdivided into five parts, and each part is regarded as one point.

The curfew starts and ends from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, which is about the beginning of Xu time and the end of Yin time.

In addition to the imperial court allowing the night market to stay overnight during holidays, fences must be erected at all street corners during the curfew period on weekdays, and random people are not allowed to pass at will.

If someone violated it and was caught by the night watchman, he would be punished with a cane.Depending on the time period and location of the arrest, the number of beatings varies.

There are always exceptions.

There is an urgent business, a sick person at home or a childbirth, or a funeral, these are not restricted.

This time, there was a group fight in the mass grave, and both sides acted during the curfew period.

The Lu family disregarded the curfew to exorcise ghosts at night, arguing that they took advantage of the medical treatment.

Yinzhen organized a group to observe the corpse, and also said that it was for the purpose of treating the disease and saving lives, and that it would not be good to transport the corpse to the mass grave during the day.

The yamen servant narrated the defenses of both sides, and it was hard to say whether both sides were really legal.In the final analysis, this kind of thing is because the people don't raise officials and don't investigate, but this time it happened.

"Fourteenth elder brother thinks that exorcising evil spirits cannot be regarded as a serious medical treatment. Master Qian also asked King Yongjun to make a decision."

"Lord Qian is dedicated to serving the people."

When Wu Fuyi threw out this sentence, seeing the yamen servant smiled coyly, she didn't say any more embarrassing words.

Before leaving Zhuangzi in the northern suburbs, Yinzhen quickly mentioned a few words about Qian Jinxi, then governor of Shuntian Prefecture.

Qian Jinxi was transferred here from the 39th year of Kangxi.

Shuntian Prefecture is the highest local administrative agency in the capital, and the prefect of the capital is of a higher rank than other prefects, being the third grade.

There are many dignitaries in the capital, so it goes without saying that the governor of the capital is not easy to do.Whether you dare to manage affairs, whether you can manage affairs, or whether you have factional tendencies, etc., make the candidates for this official position very particular.

Qian Jinxi has been an official for many years and served as magistrate in Jiangnan County more than 20 years ago.Now, he is very old, and he came to the capital but he didn't hang out with mud.

As soon as he took office, he started to establish a free school.

Unlike the past, most of the academies were established in the suburbs.For the convenience of his students, he dared to choose a location near the Goldfish Pond in Zhengyangmen.This place is close to Hongzhuang, which is near Hong Chengchou's garden.

Who is Hong Chengchou?At the end of the Ming Dynasty, he was the governor of Jiliao. He surrendered to Huang Taiji and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and carried the Xianghuang Banner.

This person was also reused by Shunzhi later, and Jiangnan was pacified at very little cost, and he successively served as the governor of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places to quell the chaos in the south.He died in the fourth year of Kangxi, and was posthumously awarded as a young teacher, posthumously named Wenxiang, and erected an imperial stele.

Qian Jinxi opened Yixue on the edge of Hongzhuang and named it Daxing Yixue.

But with the increase in the number of students, classrooms and dormitories are not enough, and even food supply has become a problem.

Therefore, he went to buy vacant land from the descendants of the Hong family, hoping to buy part of the surplus vacant land in Hongzhuang to build a new school building.At the beginning, he was rejected by a strong force and was driven away, and things were very tense.

Even after facing a hero, he is not afraid of his power.

Qian Jinxi played both hard and soft ways, first he sought out friends who were good friends with the Hong family to persuade him, then turned around and asked the emperor for help.

Kangxi bestowed a plaque of "Cultivating All Talents" to Daxing Yixue to show his affirmation for the establishment of Yixue.

Soon after, Qian Jinxi was busy looking for donations to feed the students. He first let out the news that he had difficulties in going to free schools, and then gave a booklet.

Big exaggeration, really worthy of being the descendants of Hong Chengchou, the Hong family saw the difficult situation of the free school, and was willing to donate Hong Zhuang to run the free school.

The Hong family was hit with a sap. Under the persuasion of the middleman, they were reluctant to borrow the land temporarily, but unexpectedly it turned into a donation.

Seeing that the emperor supported Qian Jinxi, it was very unpleasant to strongly refuse before.If you continue to insist that Hongzhuang does not donate but only borrows, it will appear very stingy.

No matter how stingy, Hong Zhuang is his own property, and outsiders can't do anything about it.

That being said, one must consider reputation when living in the capital.

Strong rejection of Qian Jinxi's purchase of land comes first, and the limelight of the Hong family's charitable deeds has been let out.For an empty wasteland, do we have to fight to the end?

In the end, the Hong family still borrowed the donkey from the slope and donated the land to make it an academy.

It can be seen from this that Qian Fuyin is not afraid of things, and his style of acting is unscrupulous.However, his health is very poor, and he may die in office one day.

Yinzhen specifically mentioned this incident to illustrate Qian Jinxi's way of being an official. This person puts the people first and does not hesitate to offend the powerful.

This Fu Yin will not favor Shi Shi and others just because the party fighting tonight is a member of the royal family.

It should be known that for the same crime, the sentencing of the common people and the royal family is different according to the law.The latter is dealt with lightly, and can also pay a fine to avoid punishment.

Because of this, the Lu family was at a disadvantage when it came to violating the curfew.If convicted, thirty lashes for a person is indispensable.

With Qian Jinxi's non-partisan character, he received the case tonight and reported it directly to Kangxi tomorrow or the most fair way to deal with it.

But he notified King Yongjun as soon as possible overnight, which gave King Yongjun a buffer time to prepare for the emperor's questioning after dawn.

Yinzhen had no contact with Qian Jinxi before.

Wu Fuyi, as the fourth elder brother, had nothing to do with the then governor of Shuntian Prefecture.At most, it is a meeting at the meeting and a ceremonial greeting.

Tonight, Qianfu Yin was willing to notify in advance to express his goodwill, perhaps because he recognized King Yong's deeds.

At least in the promotion of vaccinia, the fourth elder brother has contributed a lot and is not greedy for power and wealth. He does not use this to make money and vaccinates the people at a super low price or for free.

Therefore, Wu Fuyi also had to understand Qian Fuyin's subtext.

The yamen servant mentioned that Mr. Qian did not immediately judge the case.

The reason for the non-judgment is that they hope that the Lu family can be forgiven and forgiven.

The Lu family is also poor, sick and bankrupt.Going to exorcise ghosts and cure diseases, impulsively clashed with the prince and grandson, but it was not malicious.

Who asked the fourteenth class to go out in casual clothes and did not bring anything that could identify them, so it was just arousing suspicion.

After all, is Brother Fourteen really right?

Why can't we do research and find subjects for experiments in broad daylight?It's not that there is always a guilty conscience and unruly place in doing so.

Wu Fuyi knew it well.

Yinzhen went to the mass grave for research, this should be half-truth and half-false.It may be fake for the sake of medical research, but it is hard to say if it is not other "research".

Arrive in Shuntian Prefecture.

At this time, Lu Jiading, Taoist Lei and his disciples were waiting in the trial hall, and they were not thrown into prison passively.

Wu Fuyi was escorted to the living room by the yamen servant.

Yin Qi arrived one step earlier and had already given a lesson to the six people who made trouble tonight.

"Fifth brother has worked hard."

Wu Fuyi greeted Yinqi first, and glanced at the situation in the room.

One counts as another, Yinzhen, Baotai, Li Wei, Honghui, Hongying, and Hongsheng are all like defeated roosters, trained to hang their heads.

His head drooped, but it didn't mean he was convinced.

As soon as Yinzhen heard that his brother was coming, he immediately raised his head again and called out aggrievedly. "Fourth Brother..."

Just two words, seems to contain everything and grievances.

Wu Fuyi's eyelids twitched, Yinzhen's words were still correct, and Shisi's painting style was distorted.

This year, Brother Fourteen is also 16 years old.He still dared to repay his grievances to his brother in a coquettish manner in public, which was really unsteady.

On the side, Hong Hui and the others were not deep in the city, and all looked sideways in surprise.

"Okay, you're still wronged."

Wu Fuyi was not used to Fourteen.In her heart, she didn't think it was deviant to visit the mass graves, but she couldn't express her stance in Shuntian Mansion.

"When you went to the mass grave, why didn't you expect this day to come. You are the head of the crowd, why don't you think about how to explain it to Khan Ama after dawn."

When Yinzhen heard the confession to Kangxi, he lowered his head like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Wu Fuyi looked at Yinqi, "Fifth brother, how is the current situation?"

Yin Qi first laid out the key point, "My brother asked, the three children did not sneak out of the palace."

It was Kangxi's temporary decree.

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching at the end of April, and the in-class exam will be held one day in advance in the study room. Those who pass can have an extra day off to make some festival preparations for the Dragon Boat Festival.

Honghui, Hongying, and Hongsheng passed the exam but did not go home.

After reporting with Kangxi, he went to the Fourteenth Mansion, and the reason he gave was also high-sounding.Fourteen years ago, I tutored Hong Hui and Hong Lin in their studies, so I went to visit my little teacher.

The truth is obviously not simple.

Yin Qi had just cross-examined, and what he heard was that this group of people had already made an appointment to meet at the mass grave.

Yinzhen, Baotai, and Li Wei attend classes in the Faculty of Science.Beginning in February this year, three experimental classes per month are taught by Yongjun Wang.

They have fully comprehended the spirit of the experimental class, practiced the true knowledge, and applied it to deal with the haunted rumors.

"After Qingming, there were rumors that the mass graves were haunted. The fourteenth brother thought that there were no ghosts, so he went to verify it in the spirit of scientific exploration."

Yinqi summed up the confessions of the six people just now, "Hongyu and Honghui went to Yonghe Palace to pay their respects to the concubine De, and met the fourteenth brother. The fourteenth brother said that he was going to visit ghosts, and let the three children join in. .”

Later, it was set at the end of April, and I would travel in micro-services on a day with good weather.

Why don't you go there?

Didn't he just know that this behavior is unreasonable, and Baotai is still in mourning for his father, so he shouldn't do ridiculous things.

Fourteen also found an excuse for him, under the guise of going to medical research on the corpse.

After Yin Qi finished speaking, he shook his head speechlessly.I always felt that there was actually something inside, but the six of them spoke in unison and refused to explain.

Since this place is Shuntian Prefecture, the partition wall has ears.His own Hongsheng also got involved, so he simply didn't press here.

Yinqi has a gentle temperament and usually doesn't get angry, so he was beaten last time because Lao Jiu was not clear-headed.

Tonight, the defendant told his son to go to the mass grave with Uncle Fourteen. Although he thought it was outrageous, he didn't feel like getting angry.

"Fourth brother, what will we do next?"

Yinqi knew that he could not escape Kangxi's inquiry after dawn, and what he would ask was his attitude towards the Lu family. "Is the Lu family going to pursue it?"

Yinzhen listened to Fifth Brother's intention to deal with it lightly, why?

"If it weren't for my younger brother's good skills, how could I protect my nephews, maybe I would be surrounded and beaten by those servants."

Yinzhen interjected, "It's not useful to exorcise ghosts and cure diseases. The Lu family is clearly acting in disorder. Using this as an excuse to exempt from punishment for violating the curfew is unreasonable."

Wu Fuyi had stayed in the Ministry of Punishment before, and had read the Great Qing Law when he first arrived, in order to avoid stepping on the line one day.

She knew that the Lu family could not be punished for beating the royal family for what happened tonight, because the fourteenth and others didn't wear yellow or red belts when they went out in casual clothes.

When formulating the law, Huang Taiji deliberately added a sentence in the "Great Qing Laws and Criminal Laws", "If he does not wear a red belt and causes humiliation to others, he will not be punished."

Yinzhen also understands that if we really want to talk about legal mistakes, we can't start with the Lu family and Taoist Lei's master and apprentice attacking the emperor's relatives.

On the other hand, if it weren't for the encounter at the mass grave, the Lu family's reporting of someone pretending to be a royal family member would be considered to maintain social stability.Then we can only talk about whether the curfew system was violated.

"You are under siege because you made mistakes in your actions first. Bailongyu suits, see hesitation. Haven't you learned this truth?"

Wu Fuyi did not favor Shisi and the children, but taught them a lesson this time.

"If you dare to go out in disguise, you must be prepared to be misunderstood, and you must be aware of the possibility of being besieged. Why didn't you bring more guards?"

Yinzhen lowered his head again, not daring to argue.He only brought a guard to drive the car, so he didn't want to keep it secret.

Wu Fuyi took a deep look at Yinzhen and the others, and determined that the reason for the six people to use the fire to go to the mass grave was not simple.The deep-seated reasons will be unearthed later when we return home, and we must first express our attitude towards the Lu family.

Instead of going directly to the interrogation hall, he made a detour and looked for Qian Jinxi in the side hall.

Regarding the Lu family's exorcising ghosts and curing diseases, King Yong certainly did not agree that this method could cure diseases.

It is very absurd to do so, but it cannot be supported by many folks.It is not uncommon to go to the cemetery to exorcise evil spirits.

"The Lu family's actions are absurd, but their feelings are sympathetic."

Wu Fuyi stated that he would not interfere with Qian Jinxi's sentence.

"Whether the curfew system is violated or not is the power of Mr. Qian to adjudicate the case. This king is not in his position, and he does not plan his politics."

But Qian Xijin understood. Although King Yong was cold-tempered, he was aggressive without relying on his status.

Be obedient and listen to the sound, which means that Lu Jiading and Lei Daoist master and apprentice did violate the curfew, but they don't need to be whipped thirty times, which means half their lives are lost.

"Thank you, Lord Yong, for your compassion."

Qian Xijin was unwilling to inflict severe punishment on the Lu family.

Jurisprudence is nothing more than human feelings.

He also felt that it was foolish to exorcise ghosts and cure diseases, but the world is like this, and the so-called law does not blame the public.

Did the Lu family do something wrong?

Master Lu also invited a doctor to treat his illness, and asked a Taoist priest to exorcise the evil spirits to make him feel more at ease.Asking Lei Daoshi to go to the mass grave to dispose of the corpse did not hinder others.

Unfortunately, tonight, another wave of Brother Fourteen and others came to the mass grave to prove that there are no ghosts.

For the Lu family's violation of the curfew, this crime must be punished, and exorcising ghosts cannot be divided into medical treatment.

However, the punishment was appropriately reduced, from the original [-] lashes to five lashes per person.

Qian Xijin has been an official for many years, and he knows that life is not easy for ordinary people without fame.

Even though the Lu family has a small amount of property, but there was a conflict with the royal family, it would not be a good thing if the royal family was held accountable to the end.

They all violated the curfew. Among the fourteen elder brothers, only Li Wei was going to be beaten for nothing.

The other five people can have their sentence commuted. This is a special treatment stipulated by the Great Qing Law, and the most is a fine of some silver taels.

The morals of the world are inherently unfair, and people's hearts are inherently biased.

Qian Xijin felt sorry for the common people even more.Anyway, he knew that he was terminally ill and would not live long, so he could help as often as he could.

Wu Fuyi had a serious face and did not express his support or opposition to Qian Xijin's actions.

I didn't observe the sentence, and I didn't chat with Yin Qi any more, so we went back to our respective homes.It was time to take Honghui, Hongqin, and Shisi back to Yongjun Wangfu first.

When the sun rises, he will definitely enter the palace to plead guilty.

Qian Xijin also said that he would hand over the booklet to Kangxi about the mass burial after the court meeting.

There is not much time left to find out the truth.

When they returned to Si Ye's mansion, they led the trio directly to the study in the front yard.

Wu Fuyi directly tore apart Fourteen's lies, "Tell me, what's going on? Don't fool me with your fifth brother. Which one of you will explain first?"

Both Honghui and Hongjin shrank their necks, not daring to look up at Ama.

The two brothers looked at each other again, you winked at me, I winked at you, it was not decided who should speak first.

Yinzhen looked at the pitiful quail-like appearance of the two nephews, and now he was full of pride, as if he was about to catch up with his mistakes.

"Fourth brother, don't scold Honghui and Hongyu. We have a little secret, but it's really not serious. The nephews will follow, because they met Pu Songling before.

This tells me that the story in "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" may not be true?I suggested that it is better to go to the mass grave to investigate the authenticity of the haunting. "

"is it?"

Wu Fuyi looked back and forth at the three of them, then suddenly stretched out his hand. "Take it out, who owns the forbidden book, give it to me now."

The two children lowered their heads even lower.

Yinzhen was beating drums in his heart, shouting no!How could the fourth brother know about this.

He still didn't hit the south wall and didn't look back, and continued to hold on. "There are no prohibited books, "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" is legally distributed. Fourth brother, you have read it too."

Wu Fuyi sneered, "Who has the anatomy book from the West? You don't say anything, it's out of loyalty? Do you dare to hide it when Khan Ama asks you!"

Hong Hui and Hong Qin raised their heads subconsciously in surprise. How could Ama know so accurately the content of the prohibited books they read.

Yinzhen was also dumbfounded, "Fourth brother, how do you know the books that are circulated privately in the college? It shouldn't be, everyone agreed to keep this matter a secret. It's just to hide it from you masters."

Wu Fuyi's face was expressionless, and he complained silently in his heart, who hadn't secretly read a few books that were not allowed to read when he was a student.

There is nothing hard to guess about this.It's hard to guess, but I don't know if that fellow Yinzhen has read forbidden books secretly?

The author has something to say: Supplementary background information:

1. "Law of the Qing Dynasty": "Every capital city is forbidden at night, at three o'clock on the first watch, after the bell has been quiet, and before the bell strikes at three o'clock on the fifth watch, the offender will be whipped thirty times, the second watch, the third watch, and the fourth watch. Offenders will be given fifty lashes. The counties and towns outside the capital will be reduced by one class, and the counties outside the capital will not be restricted due to the rush of official business, illness, childbirth, and death in the families of soldiers and civilians."

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2. Daxing Yixue is today's Jintai Academy Primary School.

"(Guangxu) Shuntian Mansion Annals":

"In the Jinyu Pond in the southeast of the outer city, it used to be a righteous school. In the 41st year of Kangxi in the Kingdom, Qian Jinxijian, the governor of the state, wrote the imperial book "Le Yuyingcai". In the 15th year of Qianlong, it was changed to an academy. It was rebuilt in the 22nd year of Daoguang, and in the eighth year of Guangxu Governor Zhou Jiamei rebuilt it."

This academy was originally established by Qian Jinxi in the 39th year of Kangxi.At first, Daxing Free School and Wanping Free School were set up, and soon Wanping Free School was merged into Daxing Free School.The plaque of "Music Education for Talents" in historical materials needs further research.It may be "educating talents from all walks of life".Because the plaque that remains today is the latter.

(For the historical development of Yixue, refer to the article "Beijing Ancient Academy", author Zhao Lianwen)