Hearing the eunuch say that Qiao Heng, who was summoned by him, had not yet come, the emperor was a little disappointed.

The palace people in the hall relaxed their breathing, and breathed silently, as if they did not exist in the room. For a while, the sound of the wind blowing on the ground and skimming over the eaves outside the hall was actually the most unnegligible sound.

When the sound of footsteps sounded from far and near outside the hall, the young emperor who was reviewing the recital slowly raised his head and said, "But Qiao Xiu is here?"

In just a short period of time, the Emperor of Kung Fu had already asked Qiao Xiu twice.

The eunuchs beside him watched every time the emperor asked, he went outside the door to check once. Even though everyone knew that it was not possible to arrive from the Hanlin Academy in a moment, no one dared to question the emperor.

The eunuch lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes and reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Qiao Xiu is still on the road, and the person is a scholar of the Zhongji Palace." ”

The emperor rubbed his eyebrows with his hand, although he was not the person he really had to wait for, but for this old man of the two dynasties who held the power of the cabinet, he had to politely meet with this elder.

The eunuch led the way for Qiao Heng, although he knew that this champion who was often summoned by the emperor had probably memorized the route by heart, but he still did what he had to do meticulously.

Qiao Heng has never liked to talk much, and he rarely speaks out on the way unless necessary.

The eunuch saw a lot of people who flattered him, and for a while he enjoyed the quiet. And he could see that although this Qiao Xiu didn't like to talk to him more, it was purely out of character, not out of arrogance in his eyes.

When some Wenchen generals faced them eunuchs, even if they shouted affectionately, they still couldn't help but show a trace of contempt and rejection. And the people of the rivers and lakes have always looked down on these eunuchs, and even dared to ridicule them for not being men or women.

Because of this, eunuchs are extremely sensitive to the eyes of others.

The eunuch remembered the emperor's importance to Qiao Xiu, and thought, he might as well sell it.

He said: "Your Majesty has been in a bad mood recently, and we people under us can't help much, so I think it is still up to the ministers in the court to share your Majesty's worries." ”

That ancestor has been in a gloomy mood lately, God knows what's going on, and when I see the emperor later, be careful not to hold the tiger's whiskers.

Qiao Heng understood what the other party meant, in fact, he saw these things more clearly than the other party, but he still thanked him.

He straightened his sleeves to cover the bloody white bandage on his wrist.

He walked calmly, without even bothering to guess why the emperor had summoned him.

The shallow and impetuous pain of the young man could be glimpsed to the end like a pool of clear water in his eyes.

This young emperor has learned from his father and son since he was a child, and what he reads in his mouth is that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. However, as he grew older, the young man discovered that there were many, many things that were different from what he had learned.

Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, and chivalry uses martial arts to violate the ban. That's how everything behaves on a daily basis. Maybe the emperor didn't have a deep enough understanding of the former, but his understanding of the latter was so clear that he couldn't sleep at night.

Recently, the emperor has been summoning scholars from the Hanlin Academy to give lectures to him, and Qiao Heng can see that the emperor wants to find a good way to ease the relationship between the imperial court and the rivers and lakes from these Confucian scholars.

However, Qiao Heng was not optimistic about this move from the beginning.

The person who saw the emperor's purpose, because of his interests, only hoped that Mingzhe would protect himself.

And people who can't see the emperor's purpose will only talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality.

Don't look at the legend of Lu Xiaofeng, Ximen Blowing Snow and Ye Gucheng dare to fight at the top of the purple gold, but the hearts of the people in the rivers and lakes still have a deep sense of awe for the imperial power.

In Qiao Heng's view, in the smiling and proud rivers and lakes, the dignity of the imperial power and the court is really trampled under the feet of the people in the rivers and lakes, and the words unintentionally revealed in the book are all contempt for the court.

It's a long story.

Soon after the beginning of Xiaoao Jianghu, two families were wiped out one after another, one was Fuwei Dart Bureau, and the other was Liu Zhengfeng's family.

The court was so quiet that it seemed to be unaware of these things.

Liu Zhengfeng is the younger brother of the head of the Hengshan faction, and his martial arts are second only to the head of the sect. Such a righteous person with first-class martial arts and a noble status has befriended an elder of the Demon Sect. The two of them introduced each other as confidants in the music and rhythm, which can be called the Boya period, so Liu Zhengfeng decided to wash his hands in the golden basin, and since then he has devoted himself to his career and served the imperial court, and he no longer asks about the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

Qiao Heng could imagine the emperor's mood at that time, there was a lot of discord between the court and the rivers and lakes, and now he finally had a first-class master who took refuge in the court, maybe the other party was still naïve to think that this was a good start.

But the emperor would never have imagined that after the holy decree was issued, Liu Zhengfeng was named a general just after receiving his hand one moment, and he was wiped out the next moment.

The orderer, the leader of the Wuyue Alliance, Zuo Lengchan.

As for the face of the imperial court?

That's worth a few bucks.

Coincidentally, the scholars came to see the emperor because of Liu Zhengfeng's murder case.

At this time, more than a year has passed since the day Liu Zhengfeng's family was slaughtered.

On the day of the accident, Liu Zhengfeng held a golden basin hand-washing conference for the retirement of the rivers and lakes, and I don't know how many heroes and heroes were gathered, and then the Liu family was killed by Zuo Lengchan in the name of "colluding with the Demon Sect".

However, there have never been fewer such bloody cases on the rivers and lakes, and this matter has been troubled in the rivers and lakes at the beginning, and after a long time, this matter has naturally become "old news". The Liu family is not like the Fuwei Dart Bureau, which has an evil sword spectrum to hang everyone's appetite, maybe in a few years, the young people on the rivers and lakes don't even know who Liu Zhengfeng is.

But for the imperial court, the traces left by this matter have not faded with the passage of time.

If anyone who attended the Golden Basin Handwashing Conference that day paid attention to the content of the holy decree, they should remember that the above content was like this: "Liu Zhengfeng, a common man in Hengshan County, is anxious for justice and righteousness, and his merit is in Sangzi to give him the post of general, and he will serve the court in the future, and live up to his expectations. ”

Excluding those clichés in the officialdom, the key point in this holy decree is only one sentence: "actually confer the post of general".

For the people of the rivers and lakes, this is just a small official with a sesame mung bean that has not even been determined.

But people who have really been involved in officialdom will never think like this.

This is not a nominal official position bought by donations, it is a "real" official position!

For a military attaché, no matter how high the person's rank, rank, rank, or title is, if he does not have another official position, he cannot go out to lead the army.

The post of staff general is second only to the chief and deputy commander-in-chief in the actual military attache system.

It is self-evident that the imperial court attaches great importance to Liu Zhengfeng.

However, such a future courtier, who was valued by the emperor, died so lightly.

There is always an unbridgeable distance between ideal and reality, and how far apart the two is, how deep the thorn in the emperor's heart is.

Whenever he wanted to do something, someone always came to admonish him, saying that the time had not yet come, and that if he couldn't bear it, he would make a big plan.

The Emperor was a little agitated now, but he was accustomed to hiding his true thoughts with a serious expression.

The emperor was sitting, and he was waiting for the patriarch of the two dynasties to give him a sufficiently satisfactory response to the matter.

It's been nearly two years, and it's time for him and Liu Zhengfeng to give him and Liu Zhengfeng a result.

Then, he heard the venerable elder say, "Your Majesty, let the affairs of the rivers and lakes be finished." ”

When Qiao Heng followed the eunuch to the stone steps of the imperial study, an official dressed in a brocade robe came out of the room. He looked to be in his sixties, his hair was already silvery, but he was still in good spirits, and his eyes were not cloudy at all.

Qiao Heng saluted him, "Pavilion Elder." He stopped and let the other man go first.

The scholar's eyes fell on Qiao Heng, and he was very impressed by Qiao Heng. It has been many years since there has been a figure in the DPRK and the Middle Kingdom, and now there is one standing in front of him, how can he not remember the other party?

This young man probably didn't know that when he first became a Huiyuan, his name was already memorized by half of the officials of the imperial court. Because everyone knows that at this time, he is only six yuan away from Lianzhong, only the "first place first" in the palace test, and this young man's background is so clean, to this point, whether it is His Majesty or their courtiers, they are happy to take advantage of the situation and promote a living auspiciousness.

The scholar thought to himself that the emperor had paid more and more attention to military attachés in recent years, and he really needed a different point of intervention to change the current situation.

He saw that Qiao Heng was followed by the emperor's personal eunuch, and knew that the other party was summoned by the emperor, so he looked very approachable and said: "Qiao Xiu go and face the saint, don't let Your Majesty wait for a long time." ”

The sun shines on the golden eaves of the Qianqing Palace, and the whole palace seems to be poured by the brilliant and sacred light, but the palace has a hint of shade and coolness all year round.

The emperor buried his face in his hands, he didn't say a word, and the atmosphere in the hall was silent and depressing. The attendants who waited in the room were silent, and although they stood dignifiedly, they were less noticeable than the shadows.

"Your Majesty. The voice was clear and elegant, like a clear spring pouring into this solemn and almost lifeless hall.

When the Emperor looked up, he saw that the man who had just spoken was well-dressed and saluted himself in a dignified and quiet manner.

"Aiqing is exempt. "Although the Young Emperor had seen countless people, both older and younger, perform the same courtesy to him, there had never been one like the young man in front of him, who was not afraid to flinch, but who did not lose his humility, and his every move was as clear as the snow and the moon.

The emperor sat up straight, and he asked a little tiredly: "I think Aiqing has already seen the bachelor who just left here, do you still remember what I told you about the Liu family's extermination case?"

Of course, Qiao Heng will not forget this matter, and if there is anyone in this world who is familiar with the inside story, except for the parties who participated in the Golden Basin Handwashing Conference that day, it is probably him.

He said, "The minister remembers this. ”

The emperor said, "It is for this reason that the scholars have come. In fact, I summoned Qiao Qing over this time, and it was originally for this matter. ”

But the Emperor didn't seem to want to dwell on it.

What is there to talk about? Tell the other side that the constitution brought out by the cabinet is "the affairs of the rivers and lakes are completed"?

As an emperor, he habitually showed his most perfect side in front of his courtiers. He knew that Qiao Qing had the unique innocence of the ancient literati, and in the other party's mind, the emperor should be as described in the ancient text, "the sun and the moon shine, and the wind and rain come, and they must obey". But he couldn't.

If he said it, he would probably disappoint the other party again.

He still remembers that once he privately took the note of "Jiangxi Yu Old Boxer's family of twenty-three was nailed to a tree alive by the Demon Sect", and asked Qiao Qing what he thought about it. As a matter of fact, at that time, the DPRK and China had already reached a conclusion on this, and the official in charge was dismissed from his official post and the higher-level official was fined for one year. But he didn't know why, so he asked anyway.

Then he listened to Qiao Qing say softly: "What the minister thinks is probably different from that of the princes of the court. ”

When the new science and technology scholars face the saints, they always bow their heads slightly, because they are familiar with the etiquette of the palace at the beginning, and they often look a little nervous in respect, but the new science champion in front of them is different, it is a kind of clear and sparse that is unique to the young literati who are even in the sixth yuan, and it is the unique pride of the people who are full of economic wealth.

The other party raised his eyes to him slightly, as if expecting something that he, the emperor, could say.

It was really a pair of extremely good-looking eyes, as black as sandalwood, and the moment the eyelashes were raised, the meaning was overflowing. But in the face of these eyes, he could only be silent, unable to say anything.

The other party just sighed and lowered his eyes.

Hearing that sigh, he actually regretted it, and he wanted to tell the other party that he, like you, was completely different from what the courtiers thought, and he did not agree with the solution that the ministers had negotiated.

But he couldn't say it.

After not hearing the emperor's voice for a long time, Qiao Heng said: "Your Majesty?"

The emperor pulled his thoughts out of his memories, and he couldn't help but say a little dazedly: "The orphan of the Liu family has been found, Qiao Qing will go to see him on my behalf." This is also the only thing I can do for General Liu now. ”

Orphan?

Does the Liu family still have children who survived?

Qiao Heng said: "The minister obeys the holy order

He didn't feel any sympathy in his heart, but calmly and quickly recalled the original book, and found that there was indeed such a thing for a while. ”

The emperor asked, "Qiao Qing, did you say that I did something wrong?"

Now the court is weak, and the rivers and lakes are powerful, which is really abnormal. What did he, the emperor, fail to do well?

Qiao Heng didn't reply immediately, and the emperor didn't speak again.

For a while, there was a dead silence in the hall.

At this moment, Qiao Heng broke the silence and said, "The fault is Your Majesty, but not Your Majesty." ”

He chuckled and said, "It's just that Your Majesty is too benevolent." ”

The Emperor was stunned.

Qiao Heng said unhurriedly: "Jun, the Lord of God is also." The people worship their kings, and they should love them like their parents, look up to them like the sun and the moon, and respect them like gods. In the same way, a king should treat his people as a father shelters his son, and loves him. ”

As a new champion, Qiao Heng casually said the content in the new preface, but the original text said that only the monarch loves the people, and the people can support the monarch like their father, but he seems to have unintentionally blurred the logical relationship between the front and back, and reversed the narrative order.

"Nowadays, there are people who do not respect the king, are not afraid of authority, are not grateful, and violate the law of prohibition and disorder, Your Majesty treats them equally and loves them with courtesy. ”

"Just as Han Feizi said, Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, chivalry uses martial arts to violate the ban, and people are both courteous, so it is chaotic. "These are obviously wrong things, but Your Majesty treats them politely, can this world not be chaotic?

Emperor: "Then what the hell should I do?" he didn't understand this truth, but what else could he do but be polite?

"It's not that I don't want to do some things, but that the court can't do it. "I don't dare to do it. Now that he admits this in person, the emperor feels like a knife in his heart.

Qiao Heng said: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. The minister said, if some people do not recognize the monarch's father, why should the monarch's father regard him as a son? To put it mildly, the minister was quite naughty when he was young, and his father was so angry that he often said that if you were not my son, I would not bother to care about you. The minister believes that the principles are all the same. Since the people of the rivers and lakes no longer regard themselves as the sons of the monarch's father, then His Majesty does not need to pay attention to them, and there is no need to worry about labor and discipline. ”

Adolescent teenagers are always a little too self-willed, and they are eager for others to understand and recognize themselves.

And Qiao Heng's words almost reached the emperor's heart.

The emperor said in his heart, he is good enough to the people in the rivers and lakes, but you are forcing each other step by step, so do you want him to do this?

If he could, he also wanted to stop dealing with the Jianghu people, but he was afraid that once he retreated, he would never be able to move forward again.

Qiao Heng understood the emperor's concerns.

However, since the imperial court has nothing to do with the forces of the rivers and lakes for the time being, why bother to fight on this?

Could it be that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty really had no opinion on the people in the rivers and lakes? They just spared their lives and got by. Or maybe it's because some of their own children worship the Jianghu sect and don't want to interfere.

But the imperial court can't control the people in the rivers and lakes who commit murder by force, can't it also control the ordinary people?

Qiao Heng emphatically emphasized: "Your Majesty, the most important thing to pay attention to now is not in the people of the rivers and lakes, but in the ordinary people. ”

He is honest and good, and no one can find the slightest misdemeanor.

He was like a loyal courtier who could not be more upright and upright, and he advised step by step: "Your Majesty only needs to treat ordinary people as sons, reward goodness and eliminate people's troubles, cover them like the sky, and tolerate them like the earth." However, it is also inappropriate to blindly tolerate, and the deep responsibility of love, ordinary people do not understand what is the great trouble of the imperial court, let alone know the sinister nature of the rivers and lakes, so it is even more necessary to revise the law, find the law, issue the code of admonition, and guide the people. ”

What is the foundation of Jianghu?

Exercises, sects, reputations?

Wrong, it's actually people.

A sect without disciples is just an empty shell, and the exercises that no one practices are just a pile of waste paper.

Haven't you ever heard of persimmons to pick soft pinch?

Qiao Heng said silently in his heart that he was also following the customs.

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