Chapter 2155 The Flower War (Sixty-three)

"These people are so cunning!"

Juren was very annoyed and said that after waking up, he became Nick's "neighbor", and Cao Xi arranged a place for him next door. From now on, they don't have to fight over who sleeps in the bed.

Recruiting people to serve as "gun replacements" requires internal and external care, otherwise it would be difficult for an old man in his fifties to sit in the dormitory of a "child student" in his 20s without being discovered.

Now both of them have become "turtles in an urn". Nick felt that he was right in quoting this idiom, but he was still scolded by others.

The turtle is not a turtle, although it has a shell like the turtle, which leads many people to think that when they eat a turtle, they think it is a turtle. Hetu Luoshu is engraved on the turtle shell, and the turtle shell is usually used for divination.

Or do some other things. The shell of a turtle is relatively soft and has no obvious lines, so eating a turtle does not involve worrying about being punished like killing a turtle or snake.

In the Book of Mountains and Seas, there is a monster called the three-legged turtle. You can eat it without worrying about Gu diseases. It is also recorded in Erya that the three-legged turtle was transformed by Dayu's father Gun, just like Emperor Wang who transformed into a cuckoo after his death.

A three-legged turtle should be easy to find. For example, it may have lost one of its legs due to a fight, or it may have been born with a deformity. Nick saw a two-headed snake in India, which was enshrined by people and regarded as a god.

How many of these legends about strange beasts can be proven to be credible? How can people believe such "historical facts"?

Unless living creatures are found, the specimens may be forged. Many of the creatures that exist in our imaginations violate the laws of nature. However, our understanding of the laws of nature is not necessarily brilliant, and there will always be things beyond our understanding.

Creatures appear.

The emperor may own "the world", but it is difficult for him to leave the Forbidden City. If he wants to see any rare and exotic animals, he can only wait for someone to pay tribute and send them to him. They may fly away like a swan, leaving only a feather.

, it is also possible that when it was transported to him, it was already dying due to the long journey.

In the fifty-third year of Kangxi's reign, when Emperor Kangxi was on his way to Rehe for inspection, Yinhu selected two high-quality Haidongqing and sent them to Kangxi. Unexpectedly, when they were delivered to Emperor Kangxi, they had turned into two dying ones.

The eagle died, which made Kangxi very angry. He immediately summoned all the princes who were following him, listed all the wrongdoings of Yinhu, and announced that he would sever the relationship between father and son.

Some people may think that two birds are such a fuss, but the "Long Live Lord" is also an old man. Seeing dying creatures may touch his heart, especially Haidongqing, which is the totem of the Jurchens. Although Shanhaiguan and other places are not close to the sea, they are rich in it.

A kind of pearl called Northern Pearl, European kings put the gem on their crowns, and Jurchens put pearls on their crowns.

The picking season for northern pearls is in November every year. Only at this time, the pearl particles in the clam shells are the largest and the color is the fullest. However, in November, the Liaodong area is already a land of ice and snow. At this time, people dive into the cold and deep water to collect pearls.

It is almost an impossible task. However, swans will eat a lot before migrating to the south for the winter. They will dive into the water to catch clams for food, and the pearls will be swallowed together with the clam meat. Therefore, those who want to pick northern pearls are most likely to eat pearls.

You only need to catch the swans, but it is very difficult to catch the swans because they fly very high, and even a sharp archer cannot shoot the swans down in the strong wind, so people began to train Haidongqing to let them

Called your best helper for hunting.

The nobles of the Liao Kingdom used to constantly ask for seaweed and northern pearls from the Jurchens. They also followed the Central Plains regime and demanded tribute from the Jurchen tribes. However, seaweed was scarce in number and difficult to capture. In order to fulfill the Liao people's targets, there were more seaweeds every year.

Many Jurchens died trying to capture Hai Dongqing.

At that time, the Jurchen tribe was not a unified whole. The Liao people used this method to let the Jurchens kill each other to weaken the strength of the Jurchens. The Jurchens were angry in their hearts, but they dared not speak out. If Kangxi's sons could unite, instead of

Killing each other, everything might be very different.

According to legend, the method of raising poisonous insects is to put poisonous insects into a jar and then let them kill each other. The one who survives in the end is the poisonous insect.

This jar is not an ordinary clay jar, but is mixed with iron sand, and the lid is made of magnets, so that the lid will be firmly attached to the jar, and no matter how hard the Gu tries to flip the lid, it will be impossible to escape.

With no way out, it has no choice but to continue killing until it is the only one left, and the Gu breeder will open the jar.

It is easy for humans to open the lid, but it is impossible for insects.

And poison cannot be cured by human power.

When we encounter something that cannot be changed by our own strength, we will seek help. Some people pray to gods, some find relatives and friends, or even strangers with good intentions.

We need strength and support to combat this feeling of powerlessness and loneliness.

Maybe, what is easy to get in your eyes is hard to get in the eyes of others.

Most of Nick's picture albums are about humanities, such as villages, cities and temples, as well as local myths and many strange local animals.

"Elephant tortoises" live on the islands near the equator. The Spanish also named the island "Galapagos", which means "Turtle Island". In Chinese mythology, the land under people's feet is shaped by magical tortoises.

carried on the back.

Is there a turtle as big as an island? It really carries an island on its back. It is also possible that the big turtle has died, leaving only a turtle shell. Confucius said that death is not a kind of destruction, but a kind of destruction.

Decomposition allows matter to return to its natural original state, and the spirit returns to the sky. The "qi" of life merges with the air flowing in the sky, and other earthly things become earth and water.

One day, he looked at the hexagrams showing destruction and rebirth in the "Book of Changes" with a melancholy expression. A disciple asked him why he was distressed. Confucius said, "I see that everything in the world is just a temporary appearance, and everything related to people is there."

The idea of ​​gradually deteriorating, and even though parts of it are repaired, will eventually be completely destroyed, and reborn in a new form, which will be replaced by another form, over and over again, makes me a little sad."

Beginning in the 11th century, a reformer named Zhu Xi revised Confucius's teachings. Zhu was known as "Zhu Wengong" by the world. He was well aware of various schools of thought, religious forces, and heresies in China. He began to understand various

Comparing doctrinal points of view, commenting on the statements of all ancient writers, who were either recognized or overthrown, after completing this huge project, he wrote a commentary on the writers he reviewed so as not to cause controversy.

Later, Zhu Xi compiled his own commentaries into a book called "Natural Philosophy", which has been regarded as a classic philosophical work by Confucians for more than 600 years. In the process of reading these works, students try to understand

The mysterious connection between Bagua and nature. Bagua is a symbolic symbol invented by Fuxi. The symbols are reminiscent of the system Pythagoras borrowed from the ancient Egyptians. Because the symbols are obscure, people can

Various explanations were derived.

Since "Cheng Men Li Xue", Fujian has become an important town for the southern transmission of Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, inheriting and promoting Zhu Xi's theory. It was precisely because of Juren's explanation that Nick understood another meaning of "gu".

It means eradicating corruption, introducing vitality, and maintaining one's nobility when sorting out corruption. In the 33rd year of Qianlong's reign, when there were rumors in the capital that poisonous insects from Shanxi appeared, Juren did not believe it. He preferred to believe that the poisonous insects were candidates from Shanxi.

He denounced his uncle, hoping to pass the "meritorious" examination and become an official.

In Guangzhou and other places, those who transported rice up to a certain amount could receive rewards. However, when Li Shiyao served as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, not everyone received rewards.

Li Shiyao was sent to Gansu to organize military affairs, but soon discovered that the food in the warehouse was inconsistent with the accounts. Another rebellion broke out in Gansu that year. He Shen was ordered to go to Gansu to quell the rebellion, but unfortunately he was defeated.

Donating prisons can easily lead to corruption. The prerequisite for Qianlong's agreement to donate prisons to Gansu was to donate genuine silver, that is, grain, rather than colored silver, that is, silver. At that time, the price of grain in Lanzhou was 1.2 taels per shi, which seemed to be cheaper than 1.8 taels per shi in Jiangnan.

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Jiangnan is rich and prosperous, but Gansu is drought-stricken and water-scarce, and the common people cannot drink water. Their income is lower than that in Jiangnan. The food of 1.2 liang and one stone is already sky-high according to the local price level.

If Wang Danwang sells the 800,000 shi of grain donated to prison, according to the rules of the free market, the price of grain may be reduced, so that civilians can also eat grain, but then he will not be able to get so much silver.

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What would he do with rice that he couldn't sell? He also had three meals a day.

Therefore, he took the bad money, and the various states understood the situation and falsely reported the disaster. This poor province suddenly made a lot of money and became rich based on a story.

If it was an official donation, the money would go into the treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the money in the treasury was no different from Qianlong's own money. He would probably use it to build Wanfo Temple or build Buddha statues to celebrate his birthday.

In a sense, Wang Danwang is also capable of uniting the entire Gansu bureaucracy, but instead of uniting to fight against natural disasters, he unites to fight corruption. As long as one person betrays the whole group, everyone will be exposed.

All lost their heads.

When Wang Danwang's case occurred, Heshen had already institutionalized the "criminal silver" system. In theory, Gansu officials could pay money to pray for a lighter sentence.

But they are not Li Shiyao, and what they have committed is the crime of deceiving the emperor, which is a "heinous evil". Even the sky will not help them. The disaster report says that Gansu is suffering from drought, but in fact it has been raining for many years. It seems that there is no one except the newly favored minister He Shen.

Someone can save them.

He Shen was ordered to suppress the rebellion in Gansu. Unfortunately, this Luanyi guard recently suffered a defeat. Even according to French rules, someone must bear the responsibility for the defeat.

Georgiana saw this and took out her wand.

Can she still use the Guardian of Invocation? Is the Guardian still a swan?

In fact, the lion is also very beautiful, but it's not like her.

She subconsciously touched her slender neck. Fortunately, her Animagus was a swan and she didn't inherit anything else. Otherwise, it would have been ugly if she had a goose's mouth.

Then she thought of Pomona, who was short, fat, covered in mud, and growing plants in the greenhouse.

"Who am I?" she asked in a daze, and then she looked at the beautiful woman in the mirror and remembered the looks of the people around her when she followed Bonaparte to a restaurant last time.

There will always be one person who is as popular as a star, but she never thought it would be herself.

The thing is, she hopes she hasn't changed, just like Severus showed Albus his deer-shaped Patronus, what could be more proof than that? His love for Lily has never changed.

Wan Ning said that the bride is just the shadow and echo of her family. In fact, having an echo is a good thing. After all, in Greek mythology, echo represents love, and someone like her who doesn't even have an echo is just a shadow.

"Are you still reading?" Bonaparte asked, returning to the cabin.

"I just want to know the ending." She said helplessly.

"Didn't you say you were going to have a meeting?"

"Yes, I know." She said in embarrassment, "Can you drive the boat slower?"

He laughed, and instead of giving orders to slow down the ship, he read with her.

"We can stay in Calais for two more days." He said softly, "You can ask them to wait."

"Oh, when you put it like that, I feel like a big shot." She exclaimed.

"Do you think you are?" he asked.

After thinking about it, she still didn't think there was anything remarkable about herself, but she thought she could postpone her participation in the summit.

Anyway, everything will run smoothly without her, and she's not a big shot.
Chapter completed!