In Hubei, there is a scholar named Jingmao, the character Gong Bao, who teaches in the countryside for a living.
During the Jiajing period, there was a great drought in Chudi, hundreds of miles in the red land, and people's hearts were chaotic. The local Zhixian tried its best to ask for rain without effect, so it issued a document, and those who asked for rain with heavy money, if they could let the local rain, they would reward red gold and one hundred and two. Since this had never happened, people in the prefecture were talking about it.
After Jing Mao heard about it, he talked to his wife about this matter: "If I have a way to ask for rain, won't this be fame and fortune?" ”
But the wife said, "What's so hard about this, you should go to the government office now and tell the adult that there is a way to rain in three days." After you let lord Zhixian bathe, build an altar in the county court, and chant the sutra on it with a neat crown, there will be rain. ”
Jing Mao didn't believe it: "Whether it rains or not, this is something that heaven can decide, and if you tease the government like this, won't you bring disaster to your family?" ”
The wife said, "What if you try it?" If it rains, we can get fame and money, if not, at most be laughed at by everyone, what crime will there be? ”
Jing Mao listened, it is also yes, even if it fails, it only pays a little reputation and succeeds in fame and fortune. He obeyed his wife's words, so he rushed to the official palace, met with the Lord of Zhixian County, and told him the methods that his wife had said.
The local Zhixian surname is Wang, and Lord Wang is already a master of the six gods at this time, no matter what method he can do, he must try it. After listening to Jingmao's words, after bathing and changing clothes, he sat on the altar and read the works of the saints.
Who knows less than two days, does not know where to blow a dark cloud, dark clouds are low, not long after the wind is strong, lightning and thunder, and then there is a heavy rain, this rain is a day's time, the whole county land has passed a handful of water addiction, the people of the city have run out of the rain, cheering in the rain, jumping.
Lord Zhixian thanked Jingmao for his advice, and in addition to two hundred taels of red gold, he also privately paid for him and gave him one hundred and two grains of silver.
Not long after, the three cities of Wuchang were also in a severe drought, and they asked each of them for a way to rain. Lord Wang told his superiors about Jing Mao's knowledge of the art of praying for rain. Therefore, the prefect of Wuchang Province personally issued an official document, asking Wang Dacong to send a servant to escort Jingmao safely to Wuchang.
This time it became a big fuss, and Jing Mao complained to his wife in a vain way: "I don't have this skill, it was you who asked me to tease Lord Wang, I didn't expect to be summoned by the prefect now, what do you say I should do?" ”
His wife said, "You don't have this skill yourself, why do you blame me?" The reason why I asked you to offer the way to pray for rain is because the salted fish hanging in the kitchen has been hanging for three years, and in these three years I have found a rule that as long as the salted fish is so wet that it will drip, it will inevitably rain in three or two days. The last time you heard the notice issued by Lord Wang, you just happened to encounter salted fish dripping water, and then I told you.
This time is not difficult, you take this kitchen fish to the provincial city, hang the fish in the bedroom, when you see the prefect, you say that you are good at the sage Dong Zhongshu's Five Dragons Praying for Rain, ready to prepare some spell casting utensils. If the salted fish is not dripping, you will not be fully prepared, delay time, and once you see the salted fish dripping, you will immediately go to the altar, and there will definitely be rain. So, what's the use of you just complaining about me? ”
Listening to his wife's words, JingMao was overjoyed: "I didn't think you had such a skill!" He hugged his wife and kissed him. On the same day, he packed up his bags and took a boat to Wuchang, who knew that he had just entered the prefect's gate, and before he saw the prefect, he found that the salted fish in his bag was wet and about to drip. ”
He hurriedly asked to see the prefect and asked that the altar be built immediately, and the prefect was very happy to hear this, and sent a hundred family men to build a large altar in the gate. Jing Mao had just ascended to the altar and danced a set of sword techniques, and in an instant, heavy rain poured down. The drought in Wuchang was alleviated. This time, the prefect was very generous, gave him two hundred taels of silver, and spared him the family's labor.
This prefect was a disciple of the traitor Yan Song, and he knew that the current emperor Jiajing liked to cultivate, so he sent Jingmao to the Jingshi Yan Mansion with a secret letter and the ability to pray for rain. As soon as Yan Song saw the great joy, he told the Jiajing Emperor about this.
As soon as the Jiajing Emperor heard this, Long Yan was overjoyed, so he issued a special decree to escort the Yiren Jingmao family into Beijing in Jinyi Wei.
In this way, Jing Mao helplessly took his wife to the Capital Division and met the legendary Jiajing Emperor in the West Garden. The Jiajing Emperor asked Jingmao for instructions on the way to immortality.
Jing Mao said, "As long as Your Majesty maintains a sincere heart, his heart is sincere, and he also pays attention to sincerity." ”
The Jiajing Emperor tasted it again and again and said, "This is your Confucian saying, which is very different from those alchemists." ”
Then, the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Pen made Jingmao the Golden Horse Gate to be commanded, because he was good at praying for rain, so he made him the secretary of qin tian, and now, he was the director of the National Astronomical and Meteorological Administration. Serve in front of the Imperial Palace every day. This is a good position, in an instant Jingmao became a popular fried chicken, even Yan Song's son Yan Shifan invited him to the palace to drink, Xu Jie sent people to send a famous post, and before long, Jingmao became a red man of the Beijing Division, and hundreds of officials came to invite and accumulated a large amount of family property.
On this day, news suddenly came from Ouchi, the emperor's nine seals were suddenly missing, and the Jiajing Emperor Long Yan was furious, and the time limit was for hundreds of officials to be recovered within three days. And summoned Jing Mao to ask for advice. Jingmao's great name is known to the world, the eunuch who stole the emperor's jade seal was panicked, in order to survive, he prepared a big gift late at night to knock on the door of the Jing family, and for the sake of the other party's sincerity, Jingmao came up with an idea: let him hide the seal between the walls of the Shangbao and cover it with soil, he has his own sayings.
The next day, the Jiajing Emperor summoned Jingmao to inquire about the location of Baoxi.
Jing Mao pretended to pinch his finger and said to the emperor, "This seal was not stolen by anyone, but was accidentally dropped to the ground by a small eunuch on a certain day in a certain month of a certain year, and is now under the east wall of Shangbao." ”
The Jiajing Emperor sent people to look for it, and sure enough, under the eastern wall, he found the seal that had been dusted. As soon as the emperor was happy, the reward was great, and this time Jingmao made another home, and also dropped a "Jing Immortal" saying, and many treacherous and evil people who did not do the right thing were thrown under his door, including many officials in the court.
This incident was learned by a disciple of Gong Hai Rui of Zhongjie, a Yushi surnamed Liu, who wrote to impeach him. In the book, it is written: The thorny man, the one who does not learn and has no skills. Arrogance and wantonness, deceitfulness, and incomprehensibility of sin.
The Jiajing Emperor listened, but said: "Of these alchemists in the DPRK, only Jing Qing's teachings are close to Confucianism, and they pay attention to a sincere word. Aren't you a book reader? Why can't there be a Confucian disciple? ”
Yushi said, "His so-called "sincerity" is only to cover up his treacherous behavior. Ask the emperor to hide an object in the box, and wait for the courtiers to test him personally. If he could tell what was in the box, I would believe him. Otherwise, please ask the emperor to send Yousi to kill this treacherous villain, so as not to let him be by the emperor's side and affect the emperor's saints. ”
As soon as the Jiajing Emperor heard that it was reasonable, he summoned Jing Mao and asked him to confront Liu Yushi on the spot. His Majesty the Emperor took out a jade box and placed it on the case, watching Jingmao guess what was inside. Jingmao was just a big liar, how could he guess it?
He panicked, knelt on the ground and sighed, "I'm going to die here." ”
Since the place where he knelt was far from the throne, the Jiajing Emperor couldn't really hear it, so he asked, "What did Jing Qing just say?" ”
At this time, the little eunuch who had previously stolen the seal was serving in front of the imperial palace, and when he saw the situation, he knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, the little man listened to what the Jing Immortal just said that it seems to be a golden cat in the box." ”
This little eunuch had just been by the side of the Jiajing Emperor, and he personally watched the Jiajing Emperor put a beloved golden cat in the box, and he was favored by Jingmao, and naturally wanted to repay the favor. At this time, I helped Jingmao.
When The Jiajing Emperor heard this, Long Yan Was pleased and said to Yu Shi, "You said that he covered up his treachery with sincerity and wanted to make a bet with him, now what do you say?" ”
He personally opened the jade box, and inside was a sleeping cat paperweight made of gold, which was sent by Yan Shifan on Jiajing's birthday last year. Seeing this scene, Yushi was speechless and could only kowtow and admit his mistake.
Jingmao escaped the disaster again, and he returned home in a cold sweat and told his wife what had happened today. His wife advised him: "You are a cold soldier, but you can become a high-ranking official of the Four Pins, and your family wealth is millions, which is already the accumulation of virtue in your ancestors." This matter can only be done again and again, not again and again. Next time, I won't have such good luck. ”
When Jing Mao heard this, he suddenly realized that he had a foot disease and could not serve His Majesty in front of the imperial court, and asked to return to the hidden mountain forest, at this time the Jiajing Emperor showed rare benevolence and agreed to his resignation. So Jingmao returned to his original hometown, lived in seclusion, and finally lived his life peacefully.
This story is from "Continuation Window Gossip", which tells the story of a swindler flying yellow Tengda, the protagonist is an ordinary person, but with the help of his wife, he is famous in the world and has a story of fame and fortune. The protagonist's style of behavior is not advisable, after all, as a liar who deceives the public, and without his good luck, sooner or later he will be punished; but the protagonist has a good wife, it is this intelligent and sensible wife, let him soar step by step, and let him retreat.
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