(eight sticks)
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there were two main halls before driving, one was a Manchu official and the other was a Han official. Nave, a Manchu official, was named Shilong. He is a university student in Wuyingdian, in charge of infantry and nine prefects. Zhenghuangqi is the capital of Manchuria. The main hall, the officials of the Han Dynasty, were Liu Shi 'an and Liu Yong. He is a university student in Wenhua Hall, walking in the south study room. The queen mother's prince is your royal highness, and the left is the suggestion. He is at odds with Xiao Shenyang, and they look down on each other. Because Liu Yong was born as a scholar in two lists, he was appointed as Shanyang county magistrate from the beginning, and Zhou Chengfu Road was done before he entered the cabinet. This is called being trained. Shenyang, who was born as a bodyguard, played a golden lock to lift the furnace in front of the emperor. Because the emperor liked him, he was promoted step by step. He is just an eight-word comment on writing: be happy with your own opinions and prosper with your official stars. So Liu Yong looked down on him. Small Shenyang also looks down on Liu Yong, although you are trained, and now your official position is as big as ours; But the emperor doesn't like you, and you can't do anything to me. You are not as popular as I am among the civil servants in the Qing Dynasty. Liuyong is too honest and frank to say a good word. Therefore, Manchu civil servants gave him many nicknames, such as Liu Zhuan, Liu Bad Bao, Liu Mad Dog, Liu Sanben and Liu Luoguo. Liu Yong is witty, you can't ask him anything, just call him a spindle. Whoever sets a trap for him will make you suffer, and they will call him Liu Bad Bao. He doesn't let people talk. What are you afraid of? He just tells you where it hurts. A bite will make you breathless. People call him Liu Gou. That crazy idea means that you will bite anyone you catch. He is the suggestion of Zuodu. He attended three or four people a day, so he was called Liu Sanben. Liu Yong has a big hunchback. He is a student, not a real one. If he really can't get into the cabinet, he will be called Liu.
Liu Yong, a very learned man, was a famous calligrapher at that time. His handwriting is very good, but it's a pity that there are too few left. Because he doesn't write, it is difficult for a Manchu civil servant to make him write a fan. Once the emperor's younger brother Jiuhuang asked Liu Yong to write a fan. He agreed, and the monarch was very happy. He sent someone to buy him a rice paper stationery. He didn't write for three years, and he was so angry that the sovereign didn't ask him. Don't say that the Qing dynasty was both civil and military. Even the emperor asked him to write, but he didn't write. Of course, the emperor asked him to write, but he didn't dare not. When the emperor speaks, it is called will. If he doesn't listen, it's called resisting the will and disobeying the will. He committed the crime of turning around. How dare he not write? It means that if you turn around and let him write, he will stop writing.
Once, after going to North Korea, the emperor left Liu Yong and Xiao Shenyang and gave a banquet in the south study, which was to invite them to accompany the emperor to dinner. After dinner, they chatted with the emperor. The emperor asked little Shenyang, "Little Shenyang." He Kun quickly stood up and said, "Here comes the slave." At that time, the officials of the DPRK were vassals, and all the officials were slaves. "After the state affairs are finished, what are you doing back in the government?" Small Shenyang, which caters to people's psychology, knows that the emperor likes writing best, and quickly says, "I'm fine at home, just practicing calligraphy." The emperor said, "Good! Good! " The emperor turned to Liu Yong and asked, "What do you do for fun at home?" Xiao Shenyang said that practicing calligraphy was praised by the emperor; He wants to practice calligraphy, and the emperor has to praise him. But the emperor has the idea of the emperor. If Liu Yong also said that he practiced calligraphy, the emperor would ask him, how are you practicing? If I write a few, Liu Yong has to write. But Liu Yong did not fall for it. He stood up and replied, "I have nothing to do but sleep at home." Hearing this, the emperor said to himself, "It is honest and reliable to sleep with a full stomach." . He asked, "Don't you practice writing?" Liu Yong said: "I don't need to practice calligraphy, I will do it!" " It's done. Who dares to write? The emperor asked, "Liu Yong, what did you write?" That is to ask which one is written: original, cursive, official script, seal script. Liu Yong turned around with the emperor: "Do you want a big one or a small one?" Hearing this, the emperor asked: How can you write in different sizes? Then ask, "How big can you write?" "I can write a word for a big man who walks 40 miles in Beijing and Fiona Fang." The emperor thought: I told him to write, and if he couldn't write, I would punish him as a gentleman. Another idea: I can't ask him to write. I asked him to write. He told me to find a pen. Where can there be such a big pen? Even if the white pagoda of Baita Temple is tied with Chinese fir poles, he can't swing it. Well, don't ask the big one, ask the small one. "How small can you write so small?" Liu Yong said, "A fly can write forty-seven on its head." The emperor thought, Tell him to write this time. Another thought: no, I asked him to write and he asked me to catch flies for him. I am the emperor, catching flies everywhere. The emperor thought for a moment, and an idea came: "Liu Yong, needless to say, a fly has written 47 words on its head." I have a small note five minutes wide and an inch long with 10 thousand words written on it. If you and Xiao Shenyang can write it, I will get a reward. The little eunuch cut the paper. " Little eunuch hurriedly cut the paper open, cut the paper open and put it in front of Little Shenyang and Liu Yong. The emperor ignored Liu Yong and said to Xiao Shenyang, "Xiao Shenyang, write it." Little Shenyang said to himself, "Don't say anything about writing. Even if you let me order a little, I can't order 10 thousand. " . Click 10 thousand, and the paper will turn black. "I can't write about slaves." The emperor said to Liu Yong, "Liu Yong, write." Liu Yong said, "I obey orders." Hearing this, the emperor said, "It's really well written! Heart said: I want you to write, I won't be called the emperor. As soon as the emperor reached for the pen, he dipped it in the ink pot and took it out. The ink dripped down the tip of the pen. The emperor turned his wrist. "Liu Yong wrote it for you!" Liu Yong read it and said to himself, don't talk about writing. Just drop a little ink on the paper and it will turn black. Don't come with me. He took the pen off his wrist, turned around and threw it hard, throwing all the ink to the ground. I picked up the note and hid it in my cuff. I didn't ask the emperor to look behind my back. I have no five minutes to finish it. Put down the pen and pass the note to the emperor with both hands. "Liu Yong's order!" The emperor took a look. He almost twisted his nose. Did he write ten thousand words? Where can I write that? Wow, I wrote 12 words, including 1 10,000 words. How did he write it? He wrote four three-character classics: "One is ten, ten is a hundred, a hundred is a thousand, and a thousand is a thousand." When the emperor saw it, he was furious! Heart said: if I don't say enough, I will be the emperor, and I don't even understand one to ten, ten to a hundred, one to a thousand, and one to ten thousand? That's enough. There are obviously twelve words. The emperor was angry and said, "Good!" Liu Yong said, "What did you give me?" The emperor said to himself, if you clap, you will get something. As I just said, there is a reward for writing it. But what should I give him? The emperor wore a finger wrench on his thumb. It's emerald, and it's priceless. He took it off and said, "liuyong, I'll give you the finger wrench." The emperor didn't have a good heart, thinking, I'll give you BanZhi. As long as you take it and put it on, I will sentence you to a crime of deceiving the monarch. Dare you wear my banzhi? Just kill him; What if Liu Yong doesn't want it? If he does not obey, he will be killed. To put it simply, he can't live. Unexpectedly, Liu Yong reached out and said, "Thank you for your kindness ..." Before he could say the word "grace", he said in his heart, "It's broken." This fingering is for the brain. He is quick-witted. "Thanks ... yeah. Long live the opening. " The emperor said to himself, does anyone still talk like this? "I dare not wear your BanZhi. If I wear it, I will be guilty of cheating you. " The emperor said, "You don't want it?" "If I don't want it, it's against my will." Hearing this, the emperor said, I have nothing to say. He asked, "In your opinion, what if it isn't?" Liu Yong said, "In my opinion, I want to take it home and offer it to the ancestral temple. I have to burn incense three times a day. I want to thank the Lord for his kindness when I see such things. " He took the banzhi, but didn't put it in his hand. He unscrewed the jack, put the wrench on the mandrel, and then screwed on the jack. The emperor looked at it and said, well, it's his. Heart said: Liu Yong, you are really the king. Thinking of this, I took a pen and wrote three horizontal and one vertical words on the table, meaning that you are king. Seeing this, Liu Yong said to himself, I want a banzhi from you, and you call me king. Let me ask you something and see what you say. "Long live, what do you mean?" What did the emperor say? It can be said that you want my banzhi, and I feel distressed. You are too king. He can't say. Emperor Qianlong was also learned. After hearing liuyong's question, he came up with an idea. "When you ask this word, it is a couplet." Liu Yong said, "Long live." The emperor said, "Listen:' If the country is in turmoil and the people are worried about the king, who will take the lead?" "Eleven character pairs are linked together. When the country was in chaos, people were worried. Who's in charge if the prince doesn't come out? This is what you literally mean. The king won't think of God until he comes first. This pair is not right. Liu Yong said, "I'll give you the correct answer:' How can cold water turn into ice without any point in cold weather'? "No matter how cold it is, there is no water that can't be frozen into ice. You are really right. Without the word water, you can't read ice. Hearing this, the emperor said, "Good!" Liu Yong said, "What did you give me?" Hearing this, the emperor said, you have to be rewarded! What is the reward? Fingers are missing. I looked down and saw the yellow jacket I was wearing, so I took it off in a fit of pique. He said, "I'll give you a jacket. Don't confess when you put it on! " "Liu Yong dared to wear it this time, and he put it on at that time. Liu Yong was very happy and thought, Little Shenyang, can you do it? Half and the yellow jacket are mine. What do you mean by eight dragons? That is to say, there are eight dragons embroidered with gold thread on Huang Yun's satin coat. Where is the embroidery? Two balls in front, two balls in back, two balls in cuffs, two balls in shoulders. Hang a hand, and the first four regiments will be neat as one. At this time, the first part of the emperor said it again. Borrowing Liu Yong's ice words, he said, "Liu Yong, listen:' There is ice and snow on the water'. "Three floors up and down. Liu Yong said: "I will give you the correct answer:' Fog and clouds are rising in the air'." The emperor said, "Good!" "What did you give me? "The emperor took off his coat." I'll give it to you. "Lu Yong put the coat outside the jacket. At this time, the emperor's first couplet said again: "Ice and snow on the water make things worse. "There is another layer. Liu Yong said: "I am right:' Fog and clouds rise in the sky, and clouds will see the sun.' "The emperor said," Good! " "For what? The emperor took off his jacket and said, "Here you are." "Lu Yong put the jacket on the coat again. The emperor's back was bare and he said, "The blunt axe hit the ice and broke." The axe is not fast, but breaking the ice can break the ice. Liu Yong said: "Steel knives are difficult to boil water." How fast is the steel knife? You can't divide the water. The emperor said, "Good!" "For what?" The emperor said, "I can't give you pants." If I give them to you, I will be naked. "
The emperor waved them away, and Liu Yong and Xiao Shenyang returned to their offices. The emperor sat in the south study and was very angry. Is the emperor still shirtless? No. In fact, the emperor was rewarded by eunuchs at that time. Then why do you say that? Would you be happy if I didn't tell you? Who is the emperor angry with? He is angry with Xiao Shenyang. Because Liu Yong rewarded me once, you wouldn't be in Shenyang! Liu Yong took so many things, and you? There's nothing. Is your face nice? No, I will give little Shenyang some face tomorrow. The next day, at the end of the dynasty, the emperor called Xiao Shenyang "Xiao Shenyang". Xiao Shenyang rushed out of the classroom and knelt down and said, "The slaves are coming." The emperor said, "I have a piece of paper with six sentences on it." Take it back and play it back tomorrow morning. If you call back, I will reward you with three years' salary; If you can't answer, you will be fined three years' salary. Go down to the temple! " The emperor gave the note to the eunuch, and the eunuch gave the note to Xiao Shenyang. Little Shenyang didn't dare to look at it at that time, so he put the note in his sleeve and kowtowed to the temple. He went home in a sedan chair and wrote a note in it. There are six sentences written on it, which are: "What is high, what is low, what is east, what is west, what is thin and what is fat?" Little Shenyang didn't take this matter to heart. When he came home after dinner, he sat in the study and took out a piece of paper to read. The more he read it, the more difficult it became. What is height? What is low? The more he looked, the less he understood. Just then, the housekeeper and Xi came in. Call him: "Come! You help me understand these six sentences. " He Xi didn't understand at first, so he asked what was going on. Xiao Shenyang told the story of the early dynasty today. Laughing and laughing, "you can't answer this, let alone me." For such a topic, there is one person who can do it. ""who is it? " "Liu Zhongtang, Lishi Hutong, Dongsi Pailou." Little Shenyang shook his head and said, "No, we are at odds with him. Let's go and beg him. Can he care? " He said to Xi, "It doesn't matter! Aren't we going to give him some presents? But you can't send expensive ones. He doesn't like that. You have to give him what he likes. " "What does he like?" "His favorite is Kanto Yaner, white dry wine and roast mutton. If you send these, he will accept them. " Small Shenyang asked Hexi to prepare gifts and said, "I will visit later." "He sent someone to the iron pot to buy two altars of good wine, burned a whole sheep in the doorframe alley, bought a few catties of Kanto cigarettes in Yufeng, made a gift list, and sent two people out of the house with gifts. Xiao Shenyang lives in Mishi Hutong outside Shunzhi Gate, and Liu Yong lives in Lishi Hutong in Dongsipailou, also known as Donkey Hutong. Liu Yong has two housekeepers, one is Mr. Zhang and the other is Liu An. At this moment, Zhang Cheng and Liu An were drinking tea at the gate of the concierge when they suddenly heard someone shouting outside. When I came out, I saw that it was harmonious and happy, and I quickly handed it over: "Harmony with the housekeeper. He responded with his fist: "Mr. Zhang and Mr. Liu, our main hall is here to give you gifts." This is a list of gifts for you. Please submit it. Rizo took the gift list and ran to the study. Liu An accompanied Harmony to have tea at the concierge. "。 Liu Yong went down to the court, took off his official clothes and put on purple cloth pants, Shandong soap shoes and white socks. After dinner, he drank tea in the study, with a long pipe in his mouth. "Mr. Zhang came in and reported to Neville. Little Shenyang Neville gave you a gift. ",he handed over the gift list. Liu Yong took the gift list and thought: Why did Little Shenyang give me a gift? I've been at odds with him ... oh! There must be something he can't do, and he wants me to help him. If I don't accept the gift, he won't come, so we can't get rid of our acne. I'll accept the gift first. When he comes, I will listen to what he does. If I can do it, I will do it for him. As the saying goes, making friends is better than not making friends. Liu Yong said, "You take the gift and put twelve taels of silver on the gift box." Mr. Zhang replied and went out. After a while, the gift was carried into the study. Liu Yong looked at it and thought to himself, how did he know that I like these things? Tell Mr. Zhang to take the whole lamb to the kitchen, cut a plate and fill a pot of wine to taste. Mr. Zhang went Liuyong twisted a pack of Kanto cigarettes, which tasted good. At the moment, Mr. Zhang brought roast mutton. Liu Yong drank wine, ate mutton and smoked Kanto cigarettes. It didn't take him long to get drunk. Just then, Little Shenyang came. Liu An came in and reported, "Call the main hall and the main hall to worship." Hearing this, Liu Yong stood up and said, "Please! "I am so drunk that my tongue is short, my body is shaking, and I want to go out, but I can't take a step. At this time, Liu An has invited Xiao Shenyang into the study. Hold a fist and say, "Liu." Lu Yong said, "come and have a drink with the main hall! Little Shenyang saw it, and he said to himself, "You can drink it as soon as I come up. Small Shenyang sat down and Liu An served tea. Liu Yong then asked, "What do you think of visiting the cottage with the main hall?" Little Shenyang leaned over and said, "This morning, Viva gave me a note with six sentences on it. The students don't understand. Please ask Mr. Liu for advice. "Hearing this, Liu Tang said to himself," I knew something was wrong. "How about six sentences? Xiao Shenyang handed the note: "Look, my Lord." . "Lu Yong took the note and looked at it. He was drunk and full of nonsense: "where did you know all this?" They are all in the vegetable garden. " Xiao Shenyang said to himself, this Lu Yong is really knowledgeable! I didn't know it for a long time. He knew it was in the vegetable garden at a glance. I have to ask, "My Lord, what is high? "Lu Yong was drunk. He talked nonsense: "What is high? Cucumber is high. " Small Shenyang asked, "Why are cucumbers tall? Liu Yong said: "You see how high the cucumber rack is, how high the cucumber seedlings climb." "Small shenyang asked," what is low? Liu Yong said: "Eggplant is low. No matter what kind of eggplant is upside down, there is no upside down eggplant. " "What is the East?" "Winter melon is in the east." "What's in the West?" "Isn't watermelon in the West?" "What is thin? "This put Lu Yong well, how can there be fat and thin in the garden? He saw the roast mutton at a glance: "the tendons of sheep are thin." "What is fat?" "Fat tail!" Small Shenyang a listen to the in the mind happy, leave back to the office. Liu Yong, lying on a bamboo bed, is drunk and dreaming. He slept until three o'clock and got up at four o'clock. He sat on the bamboo bed and thought, who is here today? Small Shenyang! He brought six sentences, what is high, what is low, what is east, what is west, what is thin and what is fat? I told him that cucumber is high, eggplant is low, melon is east, watermelon is west, sheep tendon is thin, and tail is fat. This is outrageous! You tell the emperor, the emperor will not be annoyed! There will be a great hatred between us! No, I have to go to court at once. I'll talk to him again when I get to court. Thought of here, he called Mr. Zhang and Liu An. They heard the adults calling and ran away. "nave, what is it? "Liu Yong said," Hurry up and put the bearers on the sedan chair, and go to court! "Mr. Zhang and Liu An hurriedly called sedan chair. Liu Yong, these four bearers are carrying his father Liu Tongxun. I'm too old to walk. Liu Yong put on his official clothes and put on the fourth watch. When he arrives at the Golden Hall, he will stop in his class when he sees the driver, and he will be relieved. Because he is standing face to face with Xiao Shenyang. When I saw Little Shenyang, I knew that before I spoke, liuyong made a gesture and winked at Little Shenyang. It means (gesturing) I told you. Don't say that. I'll talk to you later, and then talk to the emperor. Xiao Shenyang looked at it and thought for a long time, but his thinking was wrong. He thought Liu Yong was urging him to speak quickly, and said to himself, Liu, since you taught me, why do you keep urging me to speak quickly? All right, then I'll hurry. Liu Yong was surprised to think that he knelt down after work, and said to himself, This time it will be bad luck: when the emperor saw Xiao Shenyang kneeling down, he asked, "Xiao Shenyang, what's the play?" Small Shenyang hurriedly kowtowed: "Long live the opening ceremony. I answered the six sentences you gave me yesterday. " After listening to this, the emperor was secretly happy. He glanced at the courtiers and saw Liu Yong standing there. He said to himself, "Liu Yong, I want you to see that Shenyang is also learned. He asked, "Shenyang, let me ask you, what is high? "Small shenyang, if you think about it, you can't say it. As soon as he opened his mouth, he said, "Long live the idea, cucumber is tall. "Hearing this, the emperor said, huh? Why did the cucumber come out! Small Shenyang also explained: "Long live, you see how high the cucumber frame is, how high the cucumber seedlings will climb." "Like this, the emperor didn't ask. He asked again, "What is low? Small Shenyang said, "Eggplant is low." "What is the East?" "Winter melon is in the east." "What's in the West?" "Watermelon is in the west." "What is thin?" "The sheep tendon is fine." "What is fat?" "The tail is fat. When the emperor heard this anger, he said, "Little Shenyang, kneel aside. "His name is liuyong liuyong!" Liu Yong hurriedly knelt down: "I am here." "I ask you, what is high, what is low, what is east, what is west, what is thin and what is fat?" Liu Yong didn't touch a hard nail, and quickly kowtowed and said, "Long live the opening ceremony, with high officials and low officials, civil servants in the east, military commanders in the west, thin first frost and fat spring rain." The emperor smiled, pointed to little Shenyang and said, "Did you hear what people said?" Small Shenyang said to himself, he also taught me these six sentences. At this time, the emperor said, "I made it clear that those who call back will be rewarded with three years' salary, and those who can't answer will be punished for three years." "Lu Yong answered, but you didn't answer. You two are so big, you will be fined for three years and rewarded to Liu Yong. " Little Shenyang said to himself, "Look at the present I gave you." . I will work for him for three years for free. Can Xiao Shenyang not hate Liu Yong? Small Shenyang thought: Liu Yong, you are on the right track. If I don't want your head, I won't be surnamed He!
(To be continued)