A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination - Chapter 104

    This time not only Cheng Huizhen did not understand, but even Song Xue was confused: “Your Highness, what did you say?”

    Rong Ke didn’t answer, but picked out a discount and handed it to Cheng Huizhen: “This is a newly handed over by the Ministry of Industry, come and see, what should I do? “

    Cheng Huizhen opened her mouth in surprise, Song Xue also looked incredulous: “Your Highness?”

    Rong Ke just smiled and raised her eyebrows, Song Xue dared not say anything else, and Cheng Huizhen hurriedly leaned over to take the memorial.

    Cheng Huizhen lived two lifetimes and never thought that she could open the memorial by herself. She glanced roughly and found that she didn’t understand it, so she had to go back and read it again.

    Cheng Huizhen read it carefully and felt that she almost understood the meaning of the book, so she closed the memorial and said hesitantly, “What did this governor say about the epidemic?”

    “Yeah.” Rong Ke said, “Runzhou stabbed in the history report, Runzhou may have epidemics, you say, how to treat it?”

    Cheng Hui really thinks how I know this, isn’t it just dispensing? But she knew that she couldn’t say that in front of Gan Ning. She thought about the plague in Chang’an in the fifth year of Qiyuan, and then thought about what Xiao Jingduo had done that year, and then hesitantly said: “If it was a plague, It is best to prevent it in advance, and to find a person with good medical skills to dispense the medicine, wait for the cure to cure the epidemic to come out, and then post it in the city for the people to see, and send a few copies to the city…”

    Rong Ke didn’t want to listen anymore after listening to the beginning. After Cheng Huizhen finished speaking, she raised her head uneasily, waiting for Rong Ke’s instructions. Rong Ke smiled, and the smile was particularly clear in the snow light: “You are right, let’s step back first.”

    After everyone left, Rong Ke stood up and looked at the heavy snow outside the house through the window.

    She doesn’t know.

    At this moment, Rong Ke was extremely convinced that Cheng Hui really had the ability to predict the prophet, and she had arrived here. Cheng Hui really didn’t know what happened after that.

    What is the Runzhou Plague? It’s only the tenth day of the first day. How can I send Runzhou’s book to Chang’an? This seal was originally fabricated by Rong Ke.

    Runzhou is very close to Yangzhou. If a plague breaks out in Runzhou, Yangzhou will never be spared. When this kind of news reaches the capital, it is bound to shock the government and the public. The people’s attention to the plague is even more than the war. If the plague really happened in the second year of Qianyuan, Cheng Huizhen would never know it, and he would not be serious and rack his brains to think of ways to fight the plague.

    Rong Ke has been watching Cheng Huizhen carefully, she is sure that there is no confusion or doubt on Cheng Huizhen’s face, if Cheng Huizhen knows the future, she will know that Runzhou has been fine, and there is no plague at all. However, Cheng Huizhen seemed to see a definite statement and was thinking about countermeasures.

    Even if Cheng Huizhen was only a boudoir girl and only paid attention to rouge gouache, jewelry and clothes in her previous life, she would not know anything about the plague. Runzhou and Yangzhou share weal and woe and are integrated into one. If there is a plague in Runzhou and Yangzhou, the local silk brocade industry will be hit hard. Yangzhou has always been a big silk and silk producer. When Chang’an comes, Yangzhou’s silk and satin will definitely rise. This kind of How could Cheng Huizhen, a girl who pays attention to new clothes and beautiful clothes, didn’t know about the big event?

    So in the final analysis, there is only one explanation for these phenomena, that is, Cheng Huizhen is lying, she does not know about the second year of Qianyuan, so she just follows the memorial, never thought that these things are false .

    Rong Ke had placed a spy next to Cheng Huizhen for five years, and she had packed up a bag of news, but there was no useful information. Cheng Hui was really confused, and she became more and more confused in her previous life. She didn’t know anything about the important affairs of the court, and the transfer of officials was blank. What she remembered most clearly was what kind of tricks were popular in Chang’an, and which girl was in the limelight at the banquet. Xia Feng reports to Rong Ke every five days, and every time Rong Ke sees the news of Xia Feng, he feels a headache. However, although Cheng Huizhen is confused, she has lived at the feet of the emperor for two lifetimes, and her reverence for the imperial power is deeply rooted in her heart. It is enough to talk about the royal gossip on weekdays. Therefore, when his father died, Rong Ke became the princess regent in a hurry, and was really caught off guard.

    Rong Ke herself was doubting, what did she really spend so much effort watching Cheng Hui? If you don’t get useful information, don’t say it, and you will be tricked if you are not careful.

     Fortunately, this is all over.

    She had already made this guess, but she didn’t dare to confirm it. Now that she has confirmed this matter in person, Rong Ke has calmed down.

    “Your Highness?” Song Xue couldn’t help calling after seeing Rongke standing by the window for a long time.

    Rong Ke regained his senses, turned around and sat back on the desk, picked up a memorial and asked, “Today, the Empress Wu gave those two a banquet, how is the Wude Hall?”

    “The Queen Mother Wu has sent people several times to urge her Highness to congratulate the Princess Hejing on her birthday.”

    “Oh, not to mention that I have a filial piety to my father, even if I don’t, I will not go to congratulate her on her birthday.”

    Song Xue knew that Rong Ke and Hejing County Master had been at odds for a long time. They were only one year apart. Song Xue stood on the side of her own princess unprincipled: “That’s right, you are the eldest princess, and you are in charge of the regent. She is just a princess left by a defunct prince. How can you challenge your highness?”

      How can I always rely on others for a long time, everything Rong Wenyan is now is just a castle in the air, and Rong Ke doesn’t take her seriously. In contrast, Empress Dowager Cui, who sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight, is the stubborn one.

    “Anything else, is there anything new?”

    Song Xue thought for a while, and wanted to shake her head, but suddenly remembered something: “Your Highness, after you reminded me, I remembered an interesting thing, today King Jiang An held a banquet, and a palace maid at the banquet deliberately She fell. Marquis Chengxi had noticed her long ago, but it’s ridiculous that this idiot still threw wine on Marquis Chengxi’s clothes in the sight of Marquis Chengxi. Your Highness did not see Marquis Chengxi at that time. The expression, according to the people below, Chengxi Hou didn’t want to say anything at that time, maybe he has never seen such a stupid and bold palace servant.”

    “Deliberately splashing wine and using the name of changing clothes to lead people outside.” Rong Ke also smiled and shook his head, “Such an old-fashioned method is still being used, Rong Wenyan is just that. Be patient.”

    Mingyue walked to the inner hall and saw Rong Ke smiling, she was a little surprised: “Song Xue, what did you say to His Highness to make His Highness laugh?”

    Song Xue smiled but said nothing. When it comes to the master in the palace, although Song Xue agrees, it is difficult to answer. She paused, and then asked Rong Ke, “Your Highness, where is the Wude Hall…”

    “It’s annoying to be urged all the time. You should go to the Wude Hall and send me a message.”

    The people under Rong Ke have their own strengths, Song Xue is responsible for the affairs of the court, such as the transmission and arrangement of memorials, etc., while Mingyue is in charge of personnel transfer, and several other female officials are responsible for the internal affairs of Yonghe Palace and the finance of the Princess Palace Wait, they don’t want to do each other, and they never interfere with each other. Now Rong Ke is still sitting in the Hall of Liangyi reviewing the papers, and Song Xue naturally has to be by his side. This kind of message can only be done by Mingyue. However, as soon as Mingyue moved, she heard Rong Ke instructing: “Mingyue, the tea is cold, you can change a pot of hot tea.”

    “Yes.” Mingyue bowed her body, and then said, “I will send a clever maid to the Wude Hall, and I will not lose the princess’ face.”

    “Go out and call someone.” Rong Ke said, “Song Xue, go and inform.”

    Song Xue and Mingyue were surprised this time, the manpower transfer was Mingyue’s business, and it was not Song Xue’s turn to intervene… But no one dared to neglect Rongke’s orders. Say back.

    After Song Xue walked outside the hall, she still couldn’t figure out why. She usually doesn’t care about personnel matters, and she doesn’t even know which girl has a degree of advance or retreat and has a clever tongue. Song Xue thought for a while, afraid of delaying Rong Ke’s affairs, so she went to the apse to find someone and asked, “Who is familiar with Wude Hall?”

    “Wu De Temple?” Instead, I have been asking about the Wude Hall.”

    “Officer Cheng? Cheng Huizhen?”

    “Yes.”

    Song Xue was stunned, and then suddenly realized.

    “Call Lady Cheng and ask her to send me a congratulatory gift to Wude Hall.”

    When Song Xue went back, he couldn’t help but stop, raised the umbrella handle, and looked at the Liangyi Hall in the heavy snow.

    His Royal Highness Gan Ning is really exquisite and thoughtful.

    Song Xue said why she asked her to order the servants. If Mingyue came, and the people who knew Yonghe Palace, she would definitely assign the right person to go, but if Song Xue came, she would not Knowing the manpower, he will definitely inquire about it in advance, so that Cheng Huizhen can be sent to the Wude Hall logically and calmly.

    Song Xue couldn’t help but wonder, what does His Highness want to do? Why did she let Cheng Huizhen go to the Wude Hall even though she knew that Cheng Huizhen was wrong, and in a way that seemed completely unexpected.

    But Song Xue couldn’t guess, she could only wait quietly for what happened next.

    …

    Cheng Huizhen held the congratulatory gift under Gan Ning’s name, and with a few little palace maids behind her, trotted all the way to the Wude Hall.

    It’s a little later than the agreed time, shouldn’t Wu Junru and Empress Dowager Cui be in a hurry?

    Wu Junru almost couldn’t stand waiting. She peeked at Empress Dowager Cui’s face. Although Empress Dowager Cui was very calm from beginning to end, she knew that Empress Dowager Cui was impatient.

    “Princess Qianning sends a congratulatory gift.”

    Wu Junru and Empress Dowager Cui looked at each other, and a guess emerged in their hearts.

    Cheng Huizhen is really able to come here in such a way.

    After Cheng Huizhen was cross-examined as usual, she was left for the wedding banquet. She was eating when she saw a palace servant beckoning to her, Cheng Huizhen glanced around, and slipped away without paying attention.

    Cheng Huizhen followed the palace servants to a side room, and the surrounding exits were full of people. Wu Junru was standing at the door, and when she saw Cheng Huizhen, she hurried over to pull her.

    “The Queen Mother is already waiting inside.”

    Cheng Huizhen nodded and replied in a low voice, “I know.”

    Cheng Huizhen followed Wu Junru into the house and saluted Empress Dowager Cui as soon as she entered the door: “The people have seen the Empress Dowager.”

      But Cheng Huizhen was not her niece’s daughter-in-law, so Empress Dowager Cui didn’t bother to care about this, but woke her up and asked, “Do you really know what’s going on in the future?”

    Cheng Huizhen’s palms were tight, but she still bit her head and said, “Yes.”

    “You know all the big and small things in the past few years?”

    “That’s right.”

    “Absolutely not.” Cheng Huizhen was sure of this, “This time it was supposed to be an aunt from the Liangyi Temple who came to the Wude Temple to give a gift, but I happened to pass by, so she entrusted this matter to her. I am.”

    The Empress Dowager Cui has been in the palace for so many years, and you can guess that this is an old lady instructing the newcomer to run errands. Empress Dowager Cui also slowly relieved her heart, and finally a smile appeared on her face: “What do you know, let’s talk about it now. If the matter is true, the Aijia will be rewarded heavily.”

    Cheng Hui’s heart tightened, and she swallowed nervously: “Yes, the women will never dare to deceive the queen mother.”

    She raised her head and looked at the rustling snow outside the window.

    “The girl remembers, in the second year of Qianyuan…”

    The snow has been falling from years ago until the first month. When it started to snow, all the ministers clapped their hands and applauded, the snow is a good year, this heavy snow has covered the land, and next year will definitely be a good harvest. But the snow kept falling for a month without a break, which made it unbearable for many places.

    “Daizhou, Shengzhou, Bingzhou and other places sent the newspapers to the house. Due to the heavy snow in the past few days, the snowstorms have been serious in various places, not to mention the freezing to death of livestock, and even the roofs of the people were crushed by the snow, causing disasters. countless.”

    In the early morning, the minister of household reported the disaster situation in Guannei and Hedong, and the courtiers were very worried about this: “This heavy snow does not stop, and the disaster in the north will not be relieved. Now it’s just freezing to death of livestock. , What if people freeze to death in a few days?”

    Everyone discussed it for a while, and they all frowned and had no idea. God was angry, what can ordinary people do? Some people even thought that such an abnormal heavy snow might be the result of God punishing Sichen, the rooster in the imperial court, for doing the opposite?

    In the past, the natural disasters will always lead to the failure of the emperor’s morality. Rong Ke knew that he would not be able to escape, so he simply said: “This snow is inhumane, it is better to prepare The sacrifices, go to the southern suburbs to worship the sky, and then go to the ancestral mausoleum to worship, so that the ancestors can bless me with good weather.

    Since Rong Ke himself said so, the other courtiers naturally agreed: “What Your Highness said is very true.”

    Xiao Jingduo stood in the queue, but frowned without a trace.

    After the court disbanded, Xiao Jingduo walked to the Liangyi Hall and said, “I ask to see His Highness Gan Ning.”

    Rong Ke was checking Rong Lang’s homework in the palace, and when she heard the report from the palace maid, she said, “It’s not convenient today, let him go back first.”

    The maid went out after getting the order. Rong Ke continued to ask Rong Lang about his homework: “Where did Han Feizi learn?”

    “The Master has spoken about the Lord.”

    “Then I ask you, you don’t see what you want, what’s the solution?”

    “You don’t see what you want, you see what you want, and the minister will carve it; if you don’t see it, you see it, and the minister will express his differences. Evil, the minister sees the plain; get rid of the old and get rid of the wisdom, the minister is prepared for himself.”

    Rong Ke paused for a moment: “I can’t recite it? I ask you what you mean.”

    “The Taifu said this sentence means that the king should not express his preferences, otherwise the courtiers will flatter, and if they show wisdom, the courtiers will flatter. So be happy and angry. “

    “It’s probably right.” Rong Ke said, “It’s natural to be invisible, but the essence of this sentence is that it is unpredictable. As a king, you must let the people below you know that you are wise. There is also anger, but they can’t figure it out. Only when they can’t figure it out will they be restrained and dare not make trouble.”

    Rong Lang nodded in understanding. Rong Ke asked many more questions, and finally said to Rong Lang, “Go back today and copy the main path twice, and explain this sentence: The law is not as obvious, but the art is not to be seen.”

    Rong Lang frowned and went back to the palace, the emperor left, Song Xue and others dared to enter the palace to serve. Song Xue asked, “Your Highness, Marquis Chengxi is still waiting outside, did you have an order?”

    “Huh? I didn’t say it.” Rong Ke frowned, got up and looked out, “Didn’t I tell him to go back, why is he still here?”

    The snow was still falling, and after a while, the steps just swept out were covered with another layer of snow. Rong Ke took a few more glances and said, “Take an umbrella and let him go back.”

    Song Xue went to get the umbrella as she said, and when she was halfway, she was stopped by Rong Ke: “Forget it, you bring him in.”

    Xiao Jingduo entered the room and brushed off the snow before going to see Rong Ke: “Your Highness.”

    He had a lot of thoughts about this sentence. After several months, Rong Ke was finally willing to see him.

    Rong Ke was sitting behind the case, she couldn’t see the way she was angry before, it seemed that she was not the one who turned her face without warning. Rong Ke asked, “You stayed after the court, but have something to report?”

    Xiao Jingduo paused and asked directly, “Why do you want to go to the Emperor’s Mausoleum? If it is a sacrifice, it is enough to sacrifice to the sky in the southern suburbs.”

    “Since offering sacrifices to the heavens, you must show sincerity, and it’s okay to go to the imperial mausoleum for peace of mind.”

    Xiao Jingduo didn’t think Rong Ke would be such a superstitious person, he always felt that this matter was very inconsistent. “Your Highness insists on going?”

    “What does it mean to insist on going, this is a matter of course.”

    “Okay.” Xiao Jingduo took a step back, leaned over and bowed firmly, “I request to accompany you.”

    The author has something to say: If you don’t see what you want, if you see what you want, your ministers will carve it; Therefore, it is said: Go away from the good and go away from the evil, and the minister will see the plain;

    —”Han Feizi”