Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Suzhou, Humble Administrator's Garden.

A few days ago, Taifu Qian Qianyi and his wife Liu Rushi, who returned to Suzhou from Nandu, were strolling in the garden. This Humble Administrator's Garden has a beautiful layout, with water as the soul. There are caves and ravines, halls and pavilions, bridges and pavilions, bamboo, locust, peach blossoms, and camellias, scattered all over the garden. In the garden, you can not only swim under the forest, but also wash your feet and listen to the pine trees, which makes people feel very comfortable in it.

Qian Qianyi was old after all. After walking for a while, he sat down in a pavilion and asked Liu Rushi with a smile, "Does Hedong-kun know the origin of this garden?"

Liu Rushi was puzzled and said, "Isn't it the place where the censor Wang Xinyi returned to the fields in the early years of Chongzhen?"

"No, no," Qian Qianyi shook his head. "It was even earlier. It was built by a royal court official in Zhengde. At that time, there were more than 30 scenes including halls, buildings, pavilions, and Xuan."

Hearing what her husband said, Liu Rushi suddenly remembered it and said, "Wen Zhengming has two poems. He is absolutely pitiful and has no carriages and horses. He believes that there are mountains and forests in the city, which means this Humble Administrator's Garden."

"Hedong-kun has a good memory." Qian Qianyi praised and said, "After Wang Xianchen's death, his son lost the bet on the garden overnight. When Wang Xinyi took over, the garden was already abandoned in many places. "

Liu Rushi nodded: "In the first year of Yongli, I lived here to save you. There are tartarians who don't understand the language and ink everywhere. They also think that the garden is full of water and narrow bridges, making it inconvenient to walk."

"It really hurts you!"

Thinking of what happened back then, Qian Qianyi couldn't help but sigh, holding Liu Ruzhi's hand, and said softly, "If you hadn't made a public appearance back then, please ask many people, how could we both revisit the old places today."

"Oh, at that time, Huang Yuqi also helped me rescue you, but he was really unlucky. In the third year of Yongli, he wanted to attack Jiangyin and Wuxi in one fell swoop, but he never expected to encounter a strong wind."

"Huang Yuqi is my old friend. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Zen Master Miyun passed away. It has been almost twenty years since he asked me to make an inscription for the Zen master, but the inscription has not been able to be made. Jiuquan." Qian Qianyi's expression darkened.

Liu Rushi was also a little sad, and sighed: "I later learned that Huang Yuqi's three sons were in Wujin, and they were caught by the Tartars together, and no one was spared. His eldest daughter-in-law, Zhou, was dead first and never died; then he was thrown into the water. , was rescued; he swallowed gold chips, but he still did not die; then in the hall of the government office, in front of everyone, his throat was cut, blood was dripping on the ground, the next day someone came to worship with incense candles, and he woke up in the middle of the night; Die in the ring. The fortitude is so far, it is rare in the world!"

Huang Yuqi among the couple is from Jiangyin. After Emperor Hongguang fled, he first participated in Jiangyin's anti-Qing campaign hosted by Chen Mingyu. Before the city was broken, he escaped from the siege and hid in the countryside. After the Qing army withdrew, he recruited rebels again, and in the spring of the first year of Yongli, he raised troops in Zhoushan, with the goal of capturing Changzhou. Unexpectedly, a hurricane encountered a hurricane shortly after the voyage, and most of the ships were engulfed by the big waves, but Huang Yuqi survived by luck. Later, he was secretly informed and executed in Nanjing in the third year of Yongli. The case involved Qian Qianyi at the time. Because Huang Yuqi had raised 5,000 taels of silver from him, Qian Qianyi was taken away by Qing soldiers when he was chanting scriptures at home. At that time, the situation was critical, and it was very likely that his life would not be guaranteed. It was all thanks to Liu Ru’s request to get through the joints, and he was released after spending more than 40 days in prison.

Qian Qianyi said, "Wait when I go back to the Dao, please seal it for the Zhou family. There are several such resolute women in ancient times."

Hearing this, Liu Ru was a little surprised: "Aren't you going to go back to Nandu?"

"What are you doing back in the south? Are you angry there?"

Qian Qianyi said and got up, and Liu Rushi hurriedly stepped forward to support him. The couple then strolled down the garden again.

"Your Majesty doesn't even have a court meeting now, and officials from the foreign court are rarely seen. Nandu is very deserted now. I don't have any reason to stay there. People think I'm old and get in the way. If it's like this, it's better to retire on your own. "

Qian Qianyi smiled bitterly. There are some things he can't say to others, but he can't avoid his wife He Dongjun. After speaking, he shook his head, looking at Qingzhu not far away, very sad.

"You can't let go of the matter of Shengtan?" After following Qian Qianyi for so many years, how could Liu Rushi not know what her husband was thinking.

Qian Qianyi didn't hide it from her, and said frankly: "I am an uncle, but I can't even protect my nephew. How does the world see me, Qian Qianyi, and my grandfather? Besides, you go to ask him in person, but he sees everything. If I don't see you, this situation is even bigger than the Tartar." Qian Qianyi was naturally resentful when he said this.

"If you don't pay grain, if you don't pay taxes, you have no country. It's true. Shengtan was deceived by people. The reason for gathering people to cry at the temple was to resist taxation. This violated the fundamentals of the country. Do you have the heart to worry about it? Does your husband have the heart to starve and freeze the soldiers to fight the Tartars?" Liu Rushi understood better than her husband, so she persuaded a few words.

Qian Qianyi said: "That's what I said, but Shengtan is dead! Besides, it's okay to pay off the debt, but it's over. You don't know that in Suzhou, when I was in Nandu, the threshold would be blocked. It collapsed, and all of them came to beg me to come forward to protect his family, but this matter, how can I intervene. I am a master, and I am a face-saving person, and now they all say that I am a leader in the literary world, and Jiangnan is in vain The head of the gentry. You said, I still have the face to stay in the southern capital?"

Liu Rushi said with relief: "King Qi has already gone to Songjiang, and I heard that the debt collectors in various places are making corrections, and it is not too late to mend the prison."

"Two or three of the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River fled north. Many of these people have helped us, but now they have to leave their homes and flee to the north. I'm really sorry for them." Qian Qianyi couldn't let go of this. thing.

"Just because they refused to pay the taxes, they went to vote. They don't need them to stay. In my opinion, they supported us in the first place, and they didn't have any good intentions." Liu Rushi's opinion and her husband's are two extremes.

Qian Qianyi didn't want to argue with his wife, and walked forward silently. Seeing this, Liu Rushi hurriedly diverted the matter and asked him, "By the way, is what happened to King Yongxing true?"

Qian Qianyi stopped, nodded and said, "Your Majesty has seen King Yongxing, and has recognized this nephew. I heard that His Majesty's condition has improved a lot because of this~www.wuxiaspot.com~ There are rumors that His Majesty is preparing King Yongxing of Jin is the prince."

Liu Rushi was startled: "So, does Your Majesty intend to make King Yongxing the East Palace?"

"maybe."

Emperor Dingwu was the only nephew of King Yongxing. No surprise, King Yongxing would definitely inherit the great treasure in the future, otherwise who would this throne be passed on? Shouldn't it be returned to the Supreme Emperor Zhu Youlang? But I don't know if Zhou Shixiang is willing to support the Yongxing King who appeared halfway in the future?

Qian Qianyi thought for a while, and laughed at himself. He had already left Nandu, and he still cared about what to do. He's concerned about something else now.

"I heard that Zhou Shixiang called Gu Yanwu to Songshan, but I don't know if Gu Yanwu was passing through Suzhou and would not meet me, the old man."

"When did Gu Yanwu come back? Why did King Qi call him?" Liu Rushi was a little surprised, and immediately frowned slightly: "Could it be that King Qi wants Xu Jun?"

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