Chapter 2074 The Mystery of Sky Fire (Part 2)

In the thirty-third year of Qianlong's reign, that is, in 1768 AD, something happened in Europe. France signed an agreement with Genoa to acquire Corsica, and Napoleon Bonaparte was born.

He has two birthdays, one is January 7, 1768, and the other is August 15, 1769. This is mainly to facilitate some "problems" because Napoleon is too young.

Another thing is that the Encyclopedia Britannica was published in the United Kingdom. To be precise, it was published by booksellers and printers in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty also compiled the "Sikuquanshu", also during the Qianlong period. The main compiler at that time was Ji Yun, also named Xiaolan, who was also exiled to the Western Regions in 1768.

According to the etiquette system, one should observe mourning for three years after his father's death. Ji Xiaolan was a good scholar. Qianlong felt that it would be better for him to stay with him when he went to another province to serve as an official. Then not long after, the Lianghuai salt case occurred.

In fact, it was not a big deal. In the first year of Qianlong's reign, the salt merchants colluded with the government to occupy Zaohu's salt ponds. The two parties were in litigation for a long time. The longer the time went on, the more serious the harm to the people was.

Ji Xiaolan had an in-law named Lu Jianzeng, who was a Jinshi in the 60th year of Kangxi's reign. He was said to be good at water control. However, it was during the period of "Kowloon Seizing the Prodigy" and the capital had no need for him, so he was sent to Hongya, Sichuan, a remote place.

A place that is poor, chaotic, and has constant jails and lawsuits should be the county magistrate.

When Yong Zheng finally became emperor, Lu Jian Zeng's father passed away again. According to the etiquette system, he had to observe mourning for three years. Seeing that the period of mourning was over, Lu Jian Zeng's mother passed away, so he had to observe mourning for another three years. When the period of filial piety was approaching,

Lu Jianzeng's aunt passed away again, and he had to observe mourning for another three years. Not long after Lu Jianzeng's period of mourning had expired, Yongzheng died, and Qianlong did not need to observe mourning for Yongzheng for three years. In the second year of Qianlong's reign, he appointed Lu Jianzeng to serve

The case of Lianghuai Yanyin has been handled.

The south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous, with many talented people and beautiful people, among whom the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" are the most famous.

Lu Jianzeng was a native of Yayushan. When he was the prefect, he had close contacts with Zheng Xie, also known as Banqiao, one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". Later he went to Yangzhou and became the salt transport envoy to the Huaihe River, and he was even more popular.

.He rebuilt Anding Academy in Yangzhou and followed the example of Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi and Wang Yuyang to recruit famous scholars.

Reading was only for the rich. Although Lu Jianzeng made friends with these "elegant people" on weekdays, he still made a judgment in favor of the Yan people on the issue of Yanyin: "The stove belongs to the Shangting, and the grain belongs to the Zao."

, and issued a document to safeguard the interests of the Yan people. So in order to thank him, the Yan people built an ancestral hall for him as a memorial.

However, Lu Jianzeng's actions were tantamount to offending corrupt officials and unscrupulous salt merchants. They sent people to spread rumors and slander him. Qianlong did not wait to find out the truth, so he dismissed him from his post in the fourth year of Qianlong's reign. The following year, he was exiled to the army and sent to

Beyond the Wall.

Although he was wrongfully accused, he was not as bad as Dou E. In the ninth year of Qianlong's reign, the unjust case came to light, and Lu Jianzeng was reactivated. In the eighteenth year of Qianlong's reign, he was transferred to Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy.

Qianlong loved to go to the south of the Yangtze River. It was two years since Qianlong's first visit to the south of the Yangtze River when Lu Jianzeng took office. However, the south of the Yangtze River was not as good as he imagined. Yangzhou was low-lying and flooded frequently, so Lu Jianlong went there.

Water control and landscaping along the Qinhuai River.

In the 20th year of Qianlong's reign, when Aixinjueluo Hongli went to the south of the Yangtze River for the second time, the Twenty-Four Scenes of the Red Bridge and the Golden Jiao Tower had been completed. Yangzhou was even more charming and colorful, and Lu Jianzeng returned to greet him this time.

I brought my friends from the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou".

Even though the poems written by Qianlong were "piece after piece, even the reed flowers flying into the sky are gone", he still liked to compose poems with famous scholars.

No matter how much the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" did not flatter the powerful, the emperor would not dare to offend them. Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty had been engaged in literary inquisition since the Shunzhi period, and an "illiterate person" could cut off the heads of the whole place. During the Qianlong period, the literary inquisition was the most common in China

At the pinnacle of the history of civilization, it is easy to catch wind and shadows, take the literal meaning as it is, and be far-fetched and out of control like a wild horse. Even if you risk your own life, for the sake of the whole family, you still have to go to some entertainment.

When Qianlong first came to the throne, he used hypocrisy to win over people's hearts. He ordered "please forgive the evil talk and prohibit false accusations", and approved that if there was no real evidence, all false accusations would be dismissed.

However, in the third year of Qianlong's reign, a salt merchant published a book, which was a collection of poems. The poems were not written by him, but by a Yangzhou scholar named Xu Kui.

The purpose of the salt merchants was to please Akezhan, who was the salt transport envoy to the Huaihe River at that time. When Akezhan was framed by the Thirteenth Party in Guangdong, only Xu Kui spoke a few words of justice to him.

Xu Kui wrote hundreds of poems in his life, but he never collected them into a volume. Akzhan also tried to help him fulfill his last wish several times, but with Akzhan's little salary, he couldn't do anything. Then there were salt merchants who wanted to please him.

Akzhan, published a collection of poems for Xu Kui.

Xu Kui had a strong national complex, and the poems he wrote reflected concern for the country and the people, and even had a bit of "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming" thoughts. Later, this collection of poems was seen by Qianlong, and the literary inquisition broke out.

We have already arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, how could we not go to Qinhuai? We have been waiting for the boat on the Qinhuai River for a long time, but Qianlong could not blatantly visit this place of smoke and willows. He went incognito for a private visit.

Literati who visited prostitutes were not so vulgar and had many tricks, including playing the piano, listening to music, and reciting poems. It is said that one night, when Qianlong went to a painting boat to "have sex" with other Yangzhou literati, he met a woman who was very good at it.

Playing the pipa is like the pipa girl in Bai Juyi's works.

Her stage name is "Meng Meng", and she is a hard-luck person. She used to be a young lady from a wealthy family, but her family fell into decline and she had no choice but to...

This is the routine of the Qinhuai River. Basically, the "skinny horse" with both talent and appearance will have a touching story, how he fell into this situation due to his unlucky fate. This is what the madam earns.

Later, Qianlong listened to "Mengmeng" playing the pipa, while rowing on the Qinhuai River with a painted boat, watching the twenty-four scenes of the Red Bridge, and enjoying the freedom that could not be enjoyed in the palace.

However, when "Mengmeng" reached the most exciting part of the song, he suddenly took out a dagger from the pipa and stabbed Qianlong. Fortunately, the guard at the time had quick eyesight and quick hands, and Qianlong escaped the blow without any injury.

"Mengmeng" saw that there was nothing she could do, so she turned around and jumped out of the window of the boat, fell into the Qinhuai River, and has been missing since then.

Later, after investigation, we found out that "Mengmeng"'s real name was Xu Hualan, and she was Xu Kui's granddaughter. Although Xu Kui himself died, his family could not escape the bad luck. Xu Hualan's mother was pregnant with her when she was sent to the Jiaofang.

She assassinated Qianlong not only to avenge her father, but also because she participated in the "Anti-Qing and Fuming" organization. Otherwise, how could a "skinny horse" escape the pursuit of so many official officials and "sticky poles".

After the Manchus entered the customs, they discovered the corruption in the Han Dynasty. They banned female music workshops starting from Shunzhi, but with little effect. On the contrary, some people wanted to restore the scale of the workshops in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

After the accident, Qianlong did not hold Lu Jianzeng accountable. Lu Jianzeng lived peacefully until the 27th year of Qianlong's reign, when he retired to his hometown and lived in seclusion.

However, in the thirtieth year of Qianlong's reign, Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River for the fourth time. This time he was not as happy as before, because serious floods occurred in the south of the Yangtze River, resulting in a food shortage.

The climate in Asia was not very good at that time. In 1770, there was a famine in Bengal. The originally reduced grain production was plundered by the East India Company, and more people died of starvation.

Water control will inevitably use water conservancy, and water conservancy projects are quite expensive.

After a thorough investigation, the Lianghuai Salt Seduction Case broke out in 1768, and Lu Jianzeng was arrested again and thrown into the sky jail and hanged according to the crime.

At that time, Ji Xiaolan just said a few nice words to her in-law Lu Jianzeng, and then she was assigned to sex. Now no one would intercede for Lu Jianzeng anymore.

It was three years after his death that someone came to him. At that time, Ji Xiaolan had returned from Xinjiang and compiled the Sikuquanshu, which was several times larger than the Yongle Dadian. The person who interceded for Lu Jianzeng was someone who was good at seawall engineering.

Liu Tongxun.

Traditional society does not have a favorable impression of Legalism, and all dynasties will give it a very negative evaluation based on the historical fact that the second generation of the Qin Dynasty died.

Since Confucius and Mencius, Confucianism has advocated valuing justice over profit and that human nature is inherently good, while Legalists, especially Shang Yang and Han Fei, believe that human nature is inherently evil.

Shang Yang severely punished misdemeanors, often picking noses and cutting ears. He also executed 700 prisoners on the Wei River in one day. The entire river was dyed red. He believed that only by passing strict laws and making people fearful can man-made evil be stopped.

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Han Fei is a stammer. He believes that there is only a relationship of interest between the king and his ministers, and there is no relationship between father and son. Where interests lie, people will forget their likes and dislikes, making the weak strong, the timid becoming brave, and those who are diligent in farming and weaving have the courage to kill the enemy.

Xunzi believes that following human nature and obeying human emotions will inevitably lead to competition.

People who appear to be submissive on the surface are not really submissive, but compete for more benefits. Han Fei believes that for the sake of benefit, people will cooperate in addition to fighting, and for greater benefits, enemies will also shake hands and make peace.

Shang Yang's policy left no moral and value choices for society, and all social relations became the relationship between interests and criminal law. Simply emphasizing utilitarianism and ignoring morality will release a large number of people's natural and biological desires. For the sake of military exploits, Qin soldiers not only

He was so brave during the battle that he even killed prisoners of war and civilians. In order to obtain more heads, Qin was also branded with the traces of "violent Qin" and "tiger and wolf division" that can never be washed away.

Shang Yang's reform was due to the support of Qin Xiaogong. After Qin Xiaogong's death, he had no support. He originally planned to escape overnight, but found that he did not bring anything to prove his identity when he wanted to stay in the hotel. According to the law at that time, he stayed out after dark.

People who wander will be caught. Only then did Shang Yang understand the consequences of his reform.

After King Qin Hui came to the throne, the nobles asked to split Shang Yang. King Qin Hui agreed to their request, but the reform still had to continue. By the time King Qin Zhaoxiang came to power, Qin had already unified the world.

"Warring States Policy·Wei Ce IV" tells a story. King Zhaoxiang of Qin sent someone to tell Lord Anling of Wei that he wanted to exchange 500 miles of land for Anling.

Anling was just a small country during the Warring States Period, with a total area of ​​less than 500 miles. In the early Warring States Period, the Wei State was still a very powerful country. It was one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. Together with Han and Zhao, the three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty. By the middle and late Warring States Period, the Wei State was

It is already a small country.

Lord Anling easily saw through the conspiracy behind the "generous conditions" proposed by King Qin. With Qin's national strength and army, Anling could not defeat him. If Qin did not give up the five hundred miles of land, then he would be in vain

After losing Anling, Lord Anling sent an "old minister" Tang Ju to the Qin State.

Tang Ju was over 90 years old, 20 years older than his 70th year. He would have been killed faster by torture. Even though he was not as bold as Jing Ke, he dared to say anything. He said to King Qin Zhaoxiang, "Don't talk about a mere five hundred miles away."

, I dare not change the land thousands of miles away."

The King of Qin became angry and said to Tang Ju: "Have you ever heard of the emperor's anger?"

Tang Ju said to him, "I have never heard of it."

The King of Qin said: "The emperor's wrath will kill millions of people and bleed for thousands of miles."

Tang Ju said: "Has your Majesty heard of Bu Yi's anger?"

The King of Qin said: "The commoner's anger is nothing more than taking off his hat, going barefoot, and robbing the earth and ears with his head."

Tang Ju said: "This is the anger of mediocre people, not the anger of scholars. When Zhuan Zhu assassinated King Liao of Wu, a comet struck the moon; when Nie Zheng assassinated the puppet of Han, a white rainbow pierced the sun; when Li was about to assassinate Qing Ji, an eagle struck from the warehouse.

In the palace. These three sons are all men of commoner. Now, including me, they will become four people. If the men are angry, they will lay down their corpses and bleed for five steps. The world will be plain, just like today."

After saying that, the old man drew his sword and wanted to kill both of them.

King Qin changed his face at this time and became polite to Tang Ju. Then although South Korea and Wei died, Anling temporarily survived.

Later, when Jing Ke assassinated Qin Shihuang, Prince Yan also sent him off wearing white clothes, just like the elegiac song: The wind is rustling and the water is cold, and a strong man will never come back when he is gone.

If Jing Ke succeeded in assassinating Qin that day, were there really only two people who fell on the ground? One was King Ying Zheng of Qin and the other was Jing Ke.

But the world is probably unavoidable. After all, the king is dead and the whole country must be in mourning.

At that time, there was probably white everywhere, white snow, white soul-calling flags, and white mourning clothes.

Corresponding to this are the buildings of the Qin State that advocated water virtue. Although they were made of wood, they were painted with black paint and looked like they were burnt.

Georgiana looked coldly at the people who had heard about what they had seen in that land, and suddenly smiled.

"Why are you laughing?" asked Bonaparte.

"Remember how I met you? I told you that someone was going to assassinate you." Georgiana looked at him and said, "Did it snow that day?"
To be continued...