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At this time, at dusk, the street is bustling with people, and the shops and restaurants along the way are lit, which is colorful and bright, and the sides are full of small burdens, wontons, dumplings, oil cakes, and buns are everywhere. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

And Baihualou stands in the north of this street, Zhu Yingqing's steps are facing the street, hanging lamps, and there are thirty or forty guests sitting in the hall downstairs.

Ren Wei was wearing plain clothes and watching from the window on the third floor, as if he was preoccupied, while a scholar beside him was wearing a white robe, cleanly washed, and looked about thirty years old.

Ren Wei turned around: "Zhou Zhiyuan, you know everything I ordered?"

Zhou Zhiyuan said: "Mr. Ren, since you have paid a hundred taels of silver, I will definitely have to do your job beautifully." ”

"Okay, I'll see what you do. Ren Wei smiled, Zhou Zhiyuan didn't say much, just waved his hand, and went down, and he didn't go to the hall, just waiting at the entrance of the second floor.

Someone climbed the stairs and came upstairs, and saw that they were all elegant seats, the floor was clean, there was a file in the corner, pens, ink, paper and inkstones were readily available, and there were already people, more than a dozen people, in groups of three or five, chanting poems and lyrics, discussing the eight current arts, and Zhou Zhiyuan greeted him: "Brother Li, you are here, please." ”

Li Shusheng is middle-aged and nodded: "I'm late, forgive my sins." ”

Before he finished speaking, he heard one of the people inside say, "Have you heard? King Lu called the capital and landed another city." ”

Hearing the voice, Zhou Zhiyuan's face froze, and he sighed: "Brother Li, the world has only been peaceful for a few years, and it is chaotic, so please speak at the small banquet." ”

"Please"

This is a small gathering banquet for scholars, not big, but they are all famous scholars in the circle, and they have a lot of influence in Shilin.

Li Shusheng had just arrived upstairs when someone shouted: "Li Sheng is here." ”

"I've seen Brother Chen. ”

Zhou Zhiyuan took a seat, looked around, and saw that the people he invited were here, so he said, "All the benevolent brothers have arrived, let's have a banquet." ”

"Great, wonderful. A man tapped the table lightly with a fan.

Zhou Zhiyuan shouted: "Man, serve the food, and have another jar of jade altar dew." ”

Yutanlu is a good wine in the capital, hearing this, the guy hurriedly responded, just for a moment, they all put the wine and food on the table one by one.

Scholars use wine, naturally they also have to engage in some literacy, and the one on the Liuyu Order, which is a kind of wine order, there are 48 wine chips, and there is a difference between "red chips" and "green chips".

The top of the red chip is carved convex and painted red, the top of the green chip is engraved in a concave shape and painted in green, and the red chip is engraved with the words "Drink someone's wine", that is, which person will be poured during the banquet, and correspondingly accompany an ancient poem, and the green chip is engraved with how to drink and what to order.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" One person hurried up, drew out the lot, and read: "Drink on behalf of the left seat, haha, Brother Shen, you are at my house, have a drink!"

Everyone immediately coaxed, and then listened to the sound of pouring wine, this person grunted, smoked the wine, and read: "Drink the first cup, quick, Chief Brother Zhou, you come to cast a lot." ”

Zhou Zhiyuan had to put a green chip in the chip containing the green chip, looked at it, and smiled: "The bamboo section is cleared three times, and those who don't pass it drink a cup by themselves." ”

The sound of pouring wine, sipping, and laughter was endless, and after a while, the wine was hot, and seeing that it was almost drunk, Zhou Zhiyuan glanced at it and sighed suddenly: "Brothers, the world has been in turmoil recently, the saint is sick, the prince is in charge of the country, there is the rebellion in Yingzhou, and then there is the rebellion of King Lu, how can we stand by and watch, although we are in the people, but we should contribute to the court and think about the people, this is the time for us to offer advice." ”

Listening to this, everyone present responded: "What Brother Zhou said is very true, as a person who reads, how can we stand by and watch." ”

Speaking of the rebellion in Yingzhou, some people said: "Although Pei Ziyun has a small merit, he is a Taoist, if he is officially rewarded and ranked among the princes, it will be a Taoist who is in chaos." ”

"Yes, that's right, the Taoist is not a court official, how can he interfere in politics?"

The scholars all echoed, their faces were angry, although this person was also a lifter, but when he became a Taoist, he betrayed Shilin, which is really hateful.

People who are usually faintly jealous are even more righteous and awe-inspiring: "The Taoists of the Zeng Dynasty, Chang Zhenzi and Yuan Huanzi, didn't they have merit, but they created a big disaster, led to civil strife, and caused Emperor Zeng Jing to die violently." ”

It can be seen that this kind of Taoist, even if he has a small merit, will cause a big disaster. ”

Zhou Zhiyuan looked at it, and saw that the person who spoke was a person with the same name as himself, Zhu Freedom, with a slightly extreme temperament, and then said loudly, arousing the response in the audience.

"We are waiting to be taught, that is, to read the book of the sages, the strange power is chaotic, the gods are silent, where the avenue is, how can we allow the foreign way to run rampant? Everyone, now that King Lu is in turmoil, we must not let Pei Ziyun take charge of the military, can we be dignified, and we can't find a good minister available? Do we have to let a Taoist override the officials? This is the shame of the imperial court, and I am ready to go to the imperial court and punish the Taoist who is causing trouble in the government. ”

When a somewhat mature person heard this, he smiled: "Brother Zhu, the Taoist has not done a great evil yet, and I heard that the prince appreciates it, I am afraid it is not easy to do it." ”

"It's because the prince appreciates it, so we have to eradicate this scourge, if the prince ascends the throne, won't this kind of demon way become the climate?" Zhu Freedom seemed to hate Pei Ziyun, and raised his arms and exhaled.

"Difficult, difficult, King Lu led his troops straight to the capital, Pei Ziyun won the battle in Yingzhou, not to mention rewarding merit, just to be prepared, so that no one can use it, the court has to protect it, and the Ming canonical punishment is unlikely at this time. Another scholar stood up and said, "I think it's better to defeat the majesty of this demon path first, and then try to annihilate it in one fell swoop, and things have to come step by step." ”

"That's what it's saying, it's saying it is true. ”

Another person said: "Zhongqinbo is a scholar born, familiar with military books, this dynasty Longxing (founding) has been sworn by the emperor, offering a lot of strategies, many wars, many merits, I think this Yingzhou victory, is Pei Ziyun won the credit of Zhongqinbo." ”

"Pei Ziyun is just a Xie Yuan in Yingzhou, and he has never fought a battle, and he is less than twenty, how can he still win the overall united front?" This person swept around the crowd, raised his doubts, paused, and said: "I once heard that Pei Ziyun was once a guest secretary of the prince's mansion, presumably the prince was in charge of the country, and he got love, and he blinded the prince for a while and took the credit of his loyal and diligent uncle." ”

"Extremely, we want to give justice to Zhongqinbo. "Someone has a bulge on his forehead, and he exhales with his arms, as if he is not in the same sky as Pei Ziyun.

The atmosphere in the venue seems to have reached a climax, although Zhou Zhiyuan is the starter, but listening to the words of these scholars, he has the urge to withdraw and want to leave.

"Literati are light, just like this, isn't it jealous of Pei Ziyun's talent?" Although Zhou Zhiyuan thought so, he still said awe-inspiringly: "What you are saying is that I inherited the teacher's teaching, and the Taoist Gate is just a small letter and a small favor, but it is not a way to cultivate the world's livelihood and livelihood, so the sage abandons it." ”

"If you steal the court for the Taoist, even if you have a temporary success, it will cause a disaster for a hundred generations, this matter is not the gain or loss of one person, but the rise and fall of the Taoist system of our scholars. ”

"I think that Zhongqinbo can calm Yingzhou, and he will also be able to calm the chaos in the north, we should support Zhongqinbo, and we must not give the Taoist Mu Guan again. ”

"Yes, we must not let the Taoist mess up the court!" These scholars drank wine, and when they heard this, they felt that the words had gone to their hearts, and they all shouted loudly.

One person said: "I have my brother Zhu Cheng, who is now serving in the Yushitai and can go to school!"

"My father has a protégé, Li Zhi, who is now in the Ministry of Rites and can go to school!"

"Yes, I know a lot of students, and we can co-authorize the book. The scholars were full of joy, and they joined together, and one of them shouted: "We are all in the right dynasty, and we will be able to put things in order—come, cheers!"

Everyone toasted together, drank, and got drunk, everyone gradually left, only to see Li Shusheng and Zhou Zhiyuan at the end, Li Shusheng said with a smile: "Brother Zhou's expression has been different recently, it seems that there is an opportunity." ”

"Brother Li is really smart, but this time you are thinking badly. Zhou Zhiyuan waved his hand: "Brother Li, I'll give you a ride?"

"Excuse me, I'll go back by myself!"

Zhou Zhiyuan sent everyone away, and when he came back in the middle of the night, Ren Wei turned around from the box next door and walked out: "Who is Li Sheng?"

Zhou Zhiyuan took the sobering tea on the table and took a sip: "It's Li Siwen, an old man, who has lived in Beijing for five years, and has a reputation in the capital, but he is cautious, although he can guess that we are deliberately speaking, but he will not dare to act rashly." ”

"By the way, how do you see my errand?" Zhou Zhiyuan asked curiously: "Why did Pei Jieyuan take this self-defiling strategy?"

Ren Wei couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and said, "You did a good job, this is for you." ”

Saying that, he handed over a silver ticket of one hundred taels, and seeing that Zhou Zhiyuan took it, Ren Wei sighed wistfully and said, "Why, in fact, you also saw it." ”

"Pei Xie Yuan was raised at the age of seventeen, and the world's scholars are already envious, jealous and hateful, and they have to be praised by the world, although they have to obey it in the open, how many people are secretly gritting their teeth?"

He led the army to quell the chaos and made great achievements, only twenty years old. ”

"Even if you Zhou Zhiyuan, don't you hate it secretly?"

Zhou Zhiyuan was stunned, and suddenly slapped his palm and smiled: "Brother Ren is really interesting, when it comes to my heart, I studied at the age of seven, Xiucai at the age of fifteen, and raised at the age of twenty-one, and now I am thirty, and I still have no chance to enter the Shi, I am stumbling in Beijing, I usually only eat green vegetables and tofu, thinking that someone is less than twenty, and I will go straight to the top, I hate to turn over and over again and can't sleep in bed." ”

After saying that, the two laughed, and Ren Wei said solemnly: "The reward is a ceremony of the imperial court, but the people's public opinion also has to be considered. ”

Zhou Zhiyuan smiled: "This is also human nature, something that has happened in all dynasties, so I am not soft on this silver, and I really don't dare to interfere in other things." ”

After speaking, Zhou Zhiyuan patted Ren Wei's shoulder, didn't speak again, and walked out, looking at this person's figure, Ren Wei couldn't help but be stunned, this strategy pushed the boat smoothly, only used a little strength, and immediately the Shilin bureaucrats automatically got on the boat, quietly laid out the overall situation, and the whole world changed for it, and Zhong Qinbo was afraid that he would not be far from death.

If you don't say it, who can know that Pei Ziyun's move is to kill Zhong Qinbo, even if someone sees through it like Zhou Zhiyuan, they only think that it is just self-defilement to protect themselves.

sighed: "This kind of power is like a god, almost the same as the Tao." ”