Chapter 231: Chen Musa borrowed the canon to reason
Besides, I want you to remember a simple truth: to do good deeds, you must also find the right way and the right way. Otherwise, you may do bad things with good intentions. ”
After everyone ate and drank for a while, Chen Musa suddenly stopped and said to the situation.
"Old man, how do you understand this? If it is a good deed, how can it become a bad deed?" said Pomegranate, who likes to talk to his uncle.
She had already stopped her chopsticks, just peeled the melon seeds with her hands and ate them, taking a sip of sweet wine from time to time. On this kind of occasion, she is the only one who dares to fight with Chen Musa, don't look at Zhou Dingcheng's madness on weekdays, in fact, he is still quite in awe of Chen Musa in his heart, but he doesn't care much about Lian Daning.
Chen Musa glanced at the pomegranate and said slowly: "Let me tell you an allusion, when the Tang Dynasty was respectful, Wufang Xiao'er was the master of the capital, and Chang'an Yin didn't dare." What is called Wufang Xiaoer, what is given in the history books is the scoundrels and ruffians on Chang'an Street, a group of evil teenagers. In the name of releasing eagles and walking dogs for the emperor, these people ran rampant in the market and blackmailed some shopkeepers, and others were afraid of the royal family, so of course they had nothing to ask for. ”
"Wufang Xiao'er? Does it have anything to do with Wuling's youth? Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing" has Wuling's young and young entanglements, as if they are in the limelight in Chang'an. Besides, he asked.
"Wuling youth is just a general term in the Tang Dynasty, not really the original Wuling youth. Similarly, Wufang Xiaoer is also a general term, not specifically referring to the teenagers of the five squares, but referring to a type of people, who are some teenagers who have a relationship with the royal eunuchs. I won't talk about this much, you can have time to verify what the background of these Wufang children is. Now let's say that these evil young people one day let eagles and lackeys in the suburbs of Chang'an, wantonly trampling on the crops in the field, the farmer couldn't look at it, and after saying a few words, he was beaten half to death by these evil young people. It happened that Chang'an ordered Cui Shi to pass by, and he was angry for a while, so he arrested these Wufang children into the yamen to punish the crime, and the official next to him knew that these evils were too young to offend, and the backer behind them was the emperor, implying that Chang'an Ling did not need to be too serious. After Chang'an ordered Cui Shi to be a hero, he couldn't help but be more arrogant and insisted on punishing these people according to the law. Now it's a big disaster. ”
Chen Musa stopped to take a sip of wine, and Pomegranate couldn't help but be surprised: "That's it, you let us understand this, this Chang'an Order is kind, but if you catch these evil youths, you have done bad things?"
"Where, this is just the beginning, I have to take a breath and say it in one breath. ”
"No, old man, I haven't drunk much, and I don't have enough energy?" said Pomegranate.
Chen Musha smiled angrily: "Nonsense, I meditate and practice qi every day, and my qi veins are long." I suddenly felt that I didn't need to go on, you may have heard about the rest of the story. ”
This matter is recorded in the old and new "Book of Tang", and the pomegranate does know this story, although Zhou Dingcheng doesn't know, he is not interested after listening to a few words, which dynasty has few ruffians. The court officials avoided them, not because they couldn't be provoked, but because they didn't want to be like them, and they really lowered their status.
One of the pomegranate's maids pouted and muttered: "The master finally told a story, but he still refused to finish it, which really makes people appetizing." Miss, you can finish the lecture for the master. ”
These two girls are powerful people around Pomegranate, and Chen Musa is usually very tolerant of them, so he dares to complain. Chen Musa really never talks about these allusions, what he says is some principles of healing the mind and studying things, because if his students don't even know ordinary historical allusions, they don't need to follow him to learn, so let's go and sweep up the blindness of historical allusions first.
"Besides, this allusion is for you, so finish it. Pomegranate rolled her eyes and kicked the ball here.
Besides, he didn't shirk it, in front of Chen Musa, he didn't dare to show off his storytelling skills, but just told the story plainly.
It is said that this Chang'an Ling arrested a few Wufang children and entered the Yamen, and before he had time to try the case, a few eunuchs who got the news broke into the Yamen with sticks, snatched a few prisoners away, and also arrested Chang'an Ling into the palace. Some eunuchs in the palace felt that Chang'an Ling actually dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, so they took turns to come in and beat him. Pity this dignified capital county magistrate, the bones on his body were broken a number of times, and his breath was dying.
After the ministers found out, they also thought of rescue, and several officials even generously wrote to the eunuchs, accusing the eunuchs of having no royal law, and actually rushed into the official palace in broad daylight, arrested the court officials, and also set up a private court in the palace, beat the court officials, and wrote to the emperor to ask for severe punishment.
Jingzong was a sixteen-year-old little emperor, who was usually closest to these eunuchs, and when he saw the ministers and officials writing books, he simply threw them aside and ignored them, and even instigated the eunuchs to severely punish the Chang'an Order, on the grounds that the Chang'an Order offended the national prestige.
Speaking of this, he stopped, he already understood why Chen Musa wanted to tell this allusion.
"You understand, right?" Chen Musa looked at him and smiled.
"The disciple understood. ”
"What do you understand, we can hear it in a daze, that Qingtian master is so miserable, what happened later?" asked a girl.
Most people like to hear the story of the Qing official's case, but they didn't expect this Qing official to be too miserable. Of course, they all want to hear a good ending.
Later, the prime minister stepped forward and tried to save Master Cui. And that ended the story in one sentence.
"Fortunately, if a good person can't be rewarded, is there still a heavenly principle in this world?" said a girl.
Chen Musa and Zhou Dingcheng both had slightly strange expressions on their faces. Of course, they all believe in the existence of heavenly principles, otherwise the world will be chaotic, but sometimes heavenly principles are not obvious.
Therefore, this world needs heroes, and the task of heroes is to abandon evil and promote good!
Chen Musa thought about it and said: "I said this allusion to analyze the way the people in the story do things. For example, those officials are full of loyalty and righteousness, and what they say is reasonable, based on the laws of the Tang Dynasty, but they don't know how to deal with those eunuchs, and reprimanding them is tantamount to angering the emperor, because these people's actions are allowed by the emperor. Therefore, they are actually reprimanding the emperor. Although it was said that the emperor was at fault, and the officials should also advise, they forgot that Jingzong was just a sixteen-year-old child, and he didn't know any big truths at all, even if he sat on the throne of the Ninety-Five, he was still full of childishness. ”
"The same age as you, aren't you sixteen years old this year, but you are much more sensible than this little emperor. Pomegranate laughed and teased.
"Why do you just talk about me, aren't you the same age as me?" he retorted with a smile.
Chen Musa also smiled, speaking of which, these two people are really children, but they read much more books than ordinary people of the same age, and they are much more mature, but in the end they are still children. The ancients got married early, and although the average family was sixteen or seventeen years old, they were married and had children, but they still lived under the wings of their parents, and there were few who really stood on their own. It was also an important factor in the formation of the ancient extended family.
"Old Master, you go on, I just heard a little smell. The prime minister?" Zhou Dingcheng became interested, eager to know how Chang'an Ling was rescued. Wuzong of this dynasty is the child emperor who is about the same as Jingzong, not only all over the country, but also made all kinds of tricks, which is a joke in the community.
"The prime minister at that time was Pei Lian, who was also the minister of the society in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and he did not talk about the court laws and regulations like ordinary ministers and officials, but talked about it to Jingzong when he was having fun. Chen Musa continued:
He didn't say whether Chang'an Ling was right or wrong, but said that Chang'an Ling's maternal grandfather was a hero of the previous dynasty, and now his son is arrested, he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and his mother is heartbroken. Then he turned lightly and said, the emperor rules the world with filial piety, and leads by example, and is extremely filial to the queen mother, and everyone in the world praises him, and it seems that he should also show mercy to this mother. Before he finished speaking, Jingzong was moved, and whispered, those ministers just said that I shouldn't punish him, and no one said that he had an old mother. Well, let him go, comfort the old man's heart, and go back and let his mother teach him a lesson. Immediately ordered to send Chang'an Ling, who had only one breath left, home. ”
Chen Musa said this in one breath, and he couldn't help but sigh. He usually rarely drinks, but today he was a little excited to see him appear in front of him lively, and he drank a few more glasses, although his breath was a little short, but his interest was undiminished.
After a while, he continued: "At that time, the court officials wanted to save people, but they didn't think of any way. If you want to say wrong, the mistake is that the emperor at that time was not Taizong, and they were not Wei Zheng. To go straight in the way of admonition, to argue with the Son of Heaven with the axioms of the world, in fact, to complain and accuse the Son of Heaven, not to mention that Jingzong is still a child, even Dezong Xianzong may not be willing to accept it. Pei Lin is different, he knows this truth, so he took a different path, thinking of touching Jingzong's heart. Chen Musa said this and glanced at the pomegranate.
Pomegranate stuck out her tongue and blushed slightly. Chen Musa continued:
"Because Jingzong has no merits, that is, pure filial piety, and he is extremely filial to the queen mother. Starting from filial piety, in order to hold Jingzong, in fact, Jingzong does not know right and wrong, but he can't step down under the solemn accusation of the ministers, Pei Lin paved the steps for him in time, and he came down. ”
"Oh, that's what it means. Prescribe the right medicine, brother, understand, you learn more. However, this Pei Lin is so cunning!" Zhou Dingcheng clapped his hands and said loudly.
"Teacher, you are telling this allusion from the perspective of saving Chang'an Ling, if Chang'an Ling wanted to sanction these Wufang children at the beginning, is there a better way? Besides, he had already understood what Chen Musa meant, and then, he went to the next level and asked a new question.