[Red Mansion] Master Jia

Jia Lian felt the oppressive gaze from above, Kangxi deserved to be the emperor for so many years.

Thinking that after all, the other party is the emperor, high above you, if you want to crush yourself, it will be effortless. Although he can still cast a pitiful low-level magic, he can't resist the thousands of ordinary people. He hides his expression and speaks respectfully: "Return As far as the emperor is concerned, the students are really good at astronomy and calendar, even mountains, rivers, geography...etc, they are also very proficient, so they want to enter the Qin Tianjian to contribute to the country and share the worries of our emperor."

When Jia Lian said these words, Kangxi couldn't help laughing. A young man from Gaoliang in the Duke's Mansion, who had never heard that he was fond of Western learning, suddenly ran to the saint and said that he was "proficient"-the fourth elder brother tested him. ?Kangxi was deeply suspicious.

"Jia Lian, I heard that you are still Xie Yuan from Shuntian Mansion this year?" Kangxi sipped his tea and asked in a soothing tone.

"Going back to the emperor, I got it by luck."

"That's over. If you don't have some real talent and learning, I won't choose you to be Jieyuan." Kangxi read the paper, not saying it was the best, but compared to other papers, it is not cheating to choose No.1.In fact, when the fourth elder brother talked about Jia Lian in the Rongguo Mansion, after Kangxi heard about it, he immediately asked Wei Zhu to transfer the test papers and read them carefully. Only then did the officials who presided over the provincial examinations be punished, and finally there was no fraud in the Jiangnan scientific examinations again. case.

Thinking of this, Kangxi threw away the floating tea in the tea bowl, but did not drink it. He put down the teacup, stood up, and looked at Jia Lian carefully.This "Jia Jieyuan" didn't take the next year's Jinshi examination, but came to be an official of the Qin Tianjian——

Although the official rank of Qin Tianjian is low, it is related to the national calendar, solar terms, and farming seasons... It cannot be ignored, even considering special celestial phenomena such as solar eclipses and lunar eclipses. Kangxi knew that it was a natural phenomenon, but the people of the world did not know it. The courtiers didn't know that at these times, someone in the court had to "take the blame", and even the emperor had to issue an imperial edict to reassure the people.

With a gloomy face, Kangxi asked Jia Lian again how he could see the sky. The fourth elder brother's description before was too exaggerated, which made him feel very weird-it rained when he said it rained, and hail fell when he said hail in the sky. Said that even Honghui's illness was cured by him.

Everything that the fourth elder brother said reminded Kangxi of some Taoist priests who relied on this "talent" to make a living... They were all tricks and abductions, and they cheated people more than they paid for their lives.

But Kangxi understood Yinzhen's temperament, he was not from Meng Lang, that's why he met Jia Lian.

When Jia Lian saw that Kangxi asked about that matter again, he had no choice but to state it again. Kangxi narrowed his eyes, his face was unpredictable, and the eunuch Wei Zhu who was waiting beside him couldn't help but get nervous.

Hey, the good son of the Duke's Mansion is wrong, what kind of job is he competing with that monk, Taoist priest, and fortune teller!

Pooh!Look at his head, Mr. Jia is trying to take the job of Qin Tianjian.Wei Zhu rolled her eyes, thinking that if the emperor gets angry later, she must pretend to be a quail.

The imperial study room was quiet for a long while, Kangxi showed a slight smile, he asked Jia Lian to step down, and then passed on Nan Huairen's successor, Bai Jin.

Jia Lian waited in the hut of the side hall for a while, when Bai Jin saw him, he followed him into the imperial study.

At this time, after Jia Lian entered the house, he found that the furnishings in the house were different. In front of Kangxi's imperial case, there was a carved red sandalwood three-bend leg bracket. When he looked closely, it was a brownish-yellow wooden ball.

As soon as Jia Lian compared the information in his mind, he knew that this thing was called a globe.

He glanced at the brown-haired, brown-eyed Westerner next to him. Seeing Jia Lian looking at him, that man turned his head and grinned at him. Kangxi didn't take it seriously. When he met foreign missionaries in private, he was always relaxed. The etiquette requirements for them are also not so strict.

"Qin Tianjian's prison is not what you want to be. Bai Jin is a French missionary, proficient in astronomy, geography, surveying and mapping, etc. If you can beat him, this prison is suitable for you." Kangxi said It seems to be an understatement, but his eyes are not friendly. How much he valued the Jia family in the past, and now he hates the unworthy of the Jia family's children.

How does Daishan educate his children and grandchildren?

When he thought of his children and grandchildren, he thought of the prince.Sighing inwardly, Kangxi's heart softened a bit, if Jia Lian was really capable and loyal to the royal family, he would not fail to leave a way for the children of Jia's family to survive.

After Bai Jin came in, he found out that there were still people robbing him of his job in the Qing Dynasty. He turned his head to look at Jia Lian, and asked, "You are also proficient in arithmetic, calendar, astronomy..." He talked a lot, and he was fluent in Chinese. Daqing has been here for so many years.

Jia Lian didn't understand everything, but the magician's understanding of some things was naturally beyond the understanding of Bai Jin, a missionary. He just said calmly: "Master Bai, I heard that apart from Mr. Nan Huairen, other people from the Qin Tianjian Among the missionaries, you are the most powerful?"

Bai Jin blushed a little. He had learned to be humble after coming to Qing Dynasty for so many years. He held back for a long time, thinking that this is naturally because he is good. Even the senior Nan Huairen has not been in Europa for many years, and all kinds of knowledge have fallen behind. In fact, counting seriously, Nan Huairen can't keep up with himself.

He was not without complacency in his heart, but it was hard to say it out, so he blinked his eyes and turned to look at Kangxi.

There was a smile on Kangxi's face, and he felt that it was right to summon Jia Lian and Bai Jin today, no matter what, it was quite interesting to watch them come and go.

He didn't answer, Bai Jin could only nod reservedly, Jia Lian smiled and said: "The emperor asked us to compare, let's be serious. Master Bai, how about the sky comparison?"

Kangxi was not surprised, since the fourth elder brother said that Jia Lian was good at this, even if he didn't think so, Jia Lian must be a bit "powerful", but he has more confidence in Bai Jin.

Bai Jin stayed in Qintianjian for several years, and Kangxi had seen Qintianjian's forecast about the seasons, solar terms and weather, seven out of ten were accurate, this is already a great achievement.

"Sure." Kangxi ordered people to go out, and Wei Zhu was busy waiting on him.

In the open-air courtyard, both Bai Jin and Jia Lian looked at the sky. Bai Jin was actually just trying to be more cautious in front of the emperor. He knew it was a good day last night. He just went out and looked at the sky. It will rain or something. At this time, the wind is light and the clouds are light. Although there are many clouds floating in the sky, they are very thin and transparent, and they do not gather together. Based on his experience, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or even a few days in a row, there must be big clouds. sunny day.

Bai Jin glanced at Jia Lian, seeing that he was silent, he did not hesitate to be polite, cupped his hands at Kangxi, and said, "Your Majesty, I think today is a sunny day."

Kangxi nodded.Wei Zhu behind him smiled inwardly, isn't that what it is, he, the eunuch who is blind to the sky, knows that today is a sunny day, and tomorrow will probably be the same.

"Jia...Ju Ren?" Bai Jin thought for a long time, and figured out a suitable title for Jia Lian.The adults who usually interact with him have official positions, so they can all be called "adults".

"Master Bai can just call me the weapon."

Bai Jin hummed, and quietly waited for Jia Lian to "watch the weather", staring at him unrelentingly.

There was still some murderous look in her eyes—Jia Lian smiled.In fact, he didn't dislike this missionary in his heart. The appearance of this man was very close to that of Orpheus, and he looked very kind.

He said slowly: "Master Bai is right, I see the weather is fine too."

After a while of silence, Bai Jin became anxious, "This is not going to work!"

Jia Lian raised an eyebrow.

"It's not fair to compare like this." Bai Jin snorted, he turned around and said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, we have to wait a few days before seeing the weather. We each write down the weather for the coming day on a piece of paper in advance and present it—"

Kangxi wanted to nod his head, but it was obvious that Jia Lian's expression was half a smile, not convinced, he couldn't help laughing angrily, "Jia Lian, do you have any objections?"

"If you go back to the emperor, if there is an earthquake—is it also considered a celestial phenomenon?"

If Jia Lian really didn't say anything, he shocked everyone.

The maids and eunuchs trembled, wishing they didn't have long ears.

Only Bai Jin didn't pay attention to everyone's expressions, he shouted: "Can you still predict the earthquake?" His expression was full of doubts, he said to Kangxi angrily: "Your Majesty, let's drive this liar out." After that, his face was extremely disdainful.

Kangxi had a gloomy face at this moment: "Jia Lian, you are so brave!"

If there is an obvious earthquake, there will be casualties. In the early days of his reign, there were two major earthquakes. One was the Shandong earthquake in the seventh year of Kangxi, and the other was in the capital. Even the imperial palace collapsed. Shaken by it, some people lost their positions and some lost their heads.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, it's just a small earthquake. I guess it's just shaking a few times." Jia Lian didn't plead guilty, nor panicked, but confident.

Kangxi narrowed his eyes, "If you can't tell the reason..." Hearing the emperor's cold voice, Wei Zhu was worried for him, stared at Jia Lian with wide eyes, and sighed in his heart that this person has lost his head. Who has predicted earthquakes since ancient times? To be sure, even Mr. Zhang Heng, with the help of strange and obscene skills, did not know the direction until after the earthquake.

Bai Jin was suspicious. Seeing that Jia Ju was not guilty, he couldn't help hesitating, and asked him: "You said the earthquake, where did the earthquake occur, and when?"

Jia Lian glanced at the cloud of pork ribs that was fading away in the sky, then looked away again, and closed his eyes again to feel the breeze blowing on his face... Ever since he entered the palace, the magic power in his body suddenly became more active.He felt quite a few slight "visions", such as the busyness and slight uneasiness of the ants in the ant nest under his feet, the dozens of white and fat insects crawling around in the trunk of the tree, and the branches falling on the tip of the tree. The whispers of the sparrows, and the "abnormal swaying" of the branches and leaves of the surrounding flowers and trees... Although he can't communicate with it with his current magic power, a little induction is enough to know some things that ordinary people don't know.

"The emperor wants to ask for the exact time, but I can only say before noon tomorrow." Jia Lian said conservatively, but the time should be roughly in the early morning.

Bai Jin was speechless at this moment, he couldn't predict the earthquake.

"Is this the ability to predict earthquakes and calculate celestial phenomena?" Jia Lian smiled. He looked at Bai Jin and didn't ask Kangxi again this time.

Bai Jin nodded without hesitation, "Master Jia! If your prediction is correct, I will definitely be convinced that you will be the supervisor of the Qin Tianjian!" If not, hehe, does he know that Qing Dynasty The emperor didn't want their Europa emperor to be so tolerant towards scientists. In Europa, at most, they would be expelled. Here, it is impossible to implicate their family members, or even the nine clans...

Bai Jin looked at Jia Lian pitifully, just happened to meet Jia Lian's eyes, and then smiled at him, Bai Jin coughed, bid farewell to the emperor, and waited for noon tomorrow to see people in bad luck.

Kangxi was very busy, originally he only planned to see Jia Lian show some skills, to give Yinzhen face, let him enter Qin Tianjian to study with Bai Jin and others, Jia Lian may not be reused in the future, but this good grandson of Daishan seems to be crazy Kangxi, who didn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, dared to predict the earthquake. Wei Zhu signaled Jia Lian to retreat.

When Jia Lian returned to the mansion, it was already dark, and it was not easy for Jia Mu and others to pass him on. They just waited for the next day.Before returning to the mansion, Jia Lian left the palace at that time, followed Bai Jin to the Qin Tianjian and harassed Bai Jin again for several hours, reading Western books and various instruments.

Although Bai Jin hated this man's brashness, seeing Jia Lian "not ashamed to ask", after reading a few of their language books, and letting him teach him the pronunciation for a whole hour, he was able to speak everyday French, and he was even better at writing. question.He was amazed!

This is the legendary photographic memory.

Of course, there are such talents among their missionaries. Matteo Ricci is well-known in Europa, as long as he reads the books, he can remember them verbatim.

Bai Jin suddenly had a crush on Jia Lian and hated him completely. He likes smart people, and there are very few educated adults here who like Western learning.

Before dawn the next day, Jia Lian was woken up by Xing'er's voice - "Master, Second Master! The ground moved!" Shouting loudly, Xing'er ran from the penthouse on duty to Jia Lian's bed in disheveled clothes. To drag the master who just opened his eyes out of the house to avoid danger.

"Second Master, let's get out of the house quickly!" He just got up at night, the ground shook a few times, and he urinated on his trouser legs.

Nose wrinkled, Jia Lian smelled the smell and drowsiness disappeared, put on her clothes and went out of the room, looked at the bright sky, and ordered Xing'er to go to Wang Xifeng's place. "Tell Second Mistress, don't go out of the room, let the eldest brother and eldest sister stay in the room, the earthquake is slight, it will be fine, so as not to freeze."

"Hey!" Xing'er calmed down at this moment, thinking of the second master's ability, his heart fell instantly.He has to hurry to Sister Ping'er to persuade her, and make sure that Second Grandma doesn't bother the little masters.

At this time, in the Forbidden City, Emperor Kangxi and the concubines and masters of the palaces were tossed awake. In view of the tragic earthquake in the 18th year of Kangxi, everyone left the room and stood in the middle of the courtyard trembling...

Sitting in the tent set up in front of the hall, Kangxi told Wei Zhu in a deep voice to keep the palaces safe and not to run around indiscriminately. Then he drank a cup of hot tea and remembered that Jia Lian said that the earthquake was fine yesterday afternoon, so he was in a good mood. Relax slightly.

"Wei Zhu, tell someone to go to Jia's mansion to deliver an order, and ask Jia Lian to enter the palace immediately and wait."

"Whoo."

"Let Bai Jin come too." Kangxi then ordered, after thinking for a while, he called Wei Zhu who was about to go out, "Go to Yongwang's mansion and let the fourth elder brother also enter the palace."

"Hey." Wei Zhu hurried out and hurriedly called the three young eunuchs to leave.

"Jia Lian." Kangxi recited it silently in a low voice, and thought of Jia's mansion again...

After a while, Wei Zhu returned to the tent, hesitated, "Your Majesty, all the palaces have been settled, and the empress dowager's place is also fine. It's just—"

"Say—" Kangxi gave him a cold look.

Wei Zhu thought that what Jia Lian said yesterday would be fulfilled, the emperor must use him, then in the harem——

He whispered, "Yes... Mrs. Jia, the imperial concubine said she was a bit popular, but the imperial doctor said that the fetus can still be saved." He couldn't just say "Congratulations to the emperor", after all, the earthquake just happened, If it wasn't that Jia Lian was Jia Guiren's brother, he certainly wouldn't tell the emperor about it.

"It's a coincidence that she is pregnant." Kangxi said this for a while.

Wei Zhu remained silent.

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