The last banquet in the first half of the year was delivered by Yan Chengjin, and it may be held again in three months.

Yan Chengjin selected 20 lecture topics and humbly asked Cheng Minzheng for advice.

He also predicted that Emperor Hongzhi might come to listen, Li Dongyang asked questions, Zhu Houzhao made trouble, and so on, and prepared many countermeasures, hoping that it would end successfully.

In the Mandarin Palace,

Before the lecture began, Yan Chengjin bowed slightly to the Hanlin scholars, the other lecturers at the banquet, and Zhu Houzhao, and then began to lecture.

He's talking about Meng Shengren.

Yan Chengjin and Cheng Minzheng had an in-depth discussion, and the two sides exchanged views on Mencius's lectures, which can be said to be a complete kung fu home.

"Abandon the armor and drag the soldiers, or stop after a hundred steps, or stop after fifty steps, the deep meaning is to say......"

The Hanlin scholars listened with relish and nodded in agreement from time to time.

Zhu Houzhao on the side, but he was asleep with his head propped up.

Yan Chengjin gushed endlessly: "A gentleman has three pleasures, his parents exist, and his brothers have no reason, for one happiness, His Royal Highness the Prince...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? "This dog is sleeping.

Zhu Houzhao woke up slowly, opened his eyes, and saw Lao Gao standing in front of him, confused: "Lao Gao, your name is Bengong?" ”

Li Dongyang and the others sighed, with such a deep knowledge, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so tasteless that he couldn't help but shake his head in despair.

Yan Chengjin said: "The minister asked His Highness to answer, what did the minister mean, the gentleman Sanle, what do you mean?" ”

Zhu Houzhao was unhappy: "You said that you don't need to ask questions during the feast, and this palace sleeps!" ”

If I don't ask questions, you just sleep?

Yan Chengjin really wanted to take a piece of tofu and die with Zhu Houzhao, and he died.

Zhu Houzhao was also secretly angry, Lao Gao, this dog thing, took advantage of the fact that the palace was not paying attention, and actually wanted to find the stubble in the palace, Yan Chengjin glanced at him, "Look at the window", Zhu Houzhao turned his head disdainfully, and the next moment, he immediately sat up.

Father is here!

Emperor Hongzhi carried his hands behind his back, and at some point, he appeared at the door of the Wenhua Palace, only half of his body was exposed.

Zhu Houzhao was honest: "Lao Gao, what did you just ask about this palace?" If this palace knows, it will definitely give you a solution. ”

Could it be that I don't know who I insulted Zhu Houzhao?

If it weren't for His Majesty watching......

Yan Chengjin said casually: "What the minister is asking is, what does the sage mean by the three pleasures of the gentleman?" Also, at the feast, please don't call the minister 'Lao Gao', you can call the minister's name Yan Chengjin, or you can call 'Yan Qing's family'. ”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded.

Zhu Houzhao sighed.

racked his brains and thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "This palace remembers, the gentleman has three music, both parents exist, brothers have no reason, one music is also, look up to the sky, bow down to others, two music, get the world's talents and educate it, three music also, what this palace said is right?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi smiled again and nodded, revealing a relieved smile like an old father.

Li Dongyang stroked his beard, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Yan Chengjin nodded: "Your Highness is right. ”

That knew that Zhu Houzhao suddenly said a word, and almost didn't make Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang angry and ascended to heaven on the spot.

"But this palace thinks that what the saint said is not right!"

"The pleasure of the father is to govern the country, this joy is not in the three pleasures of the gentleman, everyone in the world calls the father the emperor, and the father is naturally also a gentleman, Lao Gao, did you say that the saint is wrong?"

Feast on black holes!

Zhu Houzhao smiled triumphantly.

Yan Chengjin inadvertently, a sneer flashed, this kind of beating Zhu Houzhao, where is it necessary to take action by himself.

I only heard the next moment, Emperor Hongzhi walked into the main hall in a hurry, and said coldly: "I see that you have itchy skin!" Yan Qing's family has good intentions, do you know that the three pleasures of the gentleman contain the royal way to govern the world, you actually treat it as a child's play, and dare to tease me! ”

Yan Chengjin is as stable as Lao Gou, how could he talk about the gentleman Sanle of Meng Shengren for no reason.

It contains a broad and profound way of governing the king.

It's a pity that Zhu Houzhao didn't understand its deep meaning.

After the gentleman's three music, there is another sentence: The gentleman has three music, and the king does not exist with the world.

Meaning, with these three kinds of pleasure, what is the point of ruling the world?

As Zhu Houzhao said, in the three pleasures of a gentleman, it does not include governing the country, so on the contrary, teach the people of the world, be an honest gentleman, don't think about making fans all day long, the throne is not interesting.

This is the royal road contained in the three joys of the gentleman!

Zhu Houzhao still didn't give up, and said: "Erchen is asking Lao Gao, you let Lao Gao answer, Erchen promises, he will definitely not be able to answer." ”

Emperor Hongzhi felt that all seven orifices were smoking, but he laughed instead.

Okay, Zhu Houzhao, he didn't even listen to my words.

"There is Lao Zhuqing, let's all retire, and the prince will stay."

There's still a lot to talk about......

Yan Chengjin expected all kinds of possibilities, but he didn't expect that the last sutra feast would end in this way.

The civil officials dispersed, and Yan Chengjin also returned to Hanyuan.

was beaten by Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao was not convinced, dragged his 'sick body', came to Hanyuan, and said to Yan Chengjin angrily: "Bengong asks you, why don't you help Bengong?" ”

"Because the minister also thinks that His Highness should be beaten."

Zhu Houzhao's butt suddenly stopped hurting, and he was ready to fight with Yan Chengjin!

Dare to say that, Yan Chengjin naturally has a way to deal with it.

Zhu Houzhao is not a donkey, if you follow him and reason with him, his logic can't be understood, you have to follow God's logic.

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven first, and then the gentleman, of course, the Son of Heaven must govern the world, and the prince will be the same in the future, and Your Majesty said that among the three pleasures of the gentleman, there is a way to govern the country, Your Highness may wish to ask Your Majesty for advice."

What is the royal road, this is Emperor Hongzhi's final say, not something he can discuss casually.

Even when he was preaching the sutra feast just now, Yan Chengjin only pointed out its superficial meaning, and did not dare to comment on the deeper meaning.

"Your Majesty is worried about Liaoyang City, Your Highness is fine, it's better to touch Your Majesty's moldy head less."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up excitedly: "This palace heard from the British public, do you want to fight the Haixi people?" ”

………

Outside the city of Liaoyang, the wind howled, setting off bursts of loess.

The houses outside the city have long been looted, and there is no one to see, and a few old trees are erected on both sides of the official road.

Zhang Mao stood on the city wall: "Where is Vice General Wang?" Get him ready to send troops! ”

The soldier said: "General Wang said to rest first." ”

Liaoyang Mansion is in the yamen.

The march was inconvenient, and at this time, Wang Yue finally opened the book sent by Yan Chengjin.

There is a page folded in the book, and the chapter is called Breaking the Great Righteousness.

Wang Yue has read this chapter, and this chapter is written about a case of official hoodwinking that Bao Gong investigated when he was supervising the imperial history, concealed the truth, and caused a catastrophe.

In many dynasties, it was not uncommon for officials to deceive their superiors.

Wang Yue also wrote a book himself, and he could see at a glance that Yan Kesong must have seen it from which classic, and then made up a story and wrote it, and he didn't care.

saw that there was another letter, which was written by Yan Chengjin.

"My lord, since the Jianzhou Jurchens are here to ask for compatibility, and they are asking for my Daming, they should send envoys to negotiate, how can they threaten the border with a large army? There are many inexplicable points in this, and I am afraid that the border city guards deliberately concealed the truth, just like in the judgment of righteousness. ”

Wang Yue is upright, and he lost his title, which has a great deal to do with the border city minister's deception of the enemy.

After reading it again, the wrong way for this kid to say is to let him go out of the city to negotiate with the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Yan Chengjin knew the causes and consequences of this turmoil, and the Jurchen leader who came to the city this time was Mengge Temur, and he just wanted the court to punish Shanggu.

Shanggu is the son of another Jurchen tribal leader, he controlled the Jurchen tribute to the imperial court, only allowed his own tribe to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and did not allow other Jurchen leaders to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

The restoration of the iron tools that could be used for trading was only the secondary purpose of the fierce Temur.

After all, the historical materials were written by later generations, and Yan Chengjin did not dare to conclude.

Wang Yue immediately burned the book and the note, and found Chen Yao, the governor of Liaodong: "Who is the leader of Haixi who is pressing the border outside?" ”

"Mengge Temur," Chen Yao said.

Wang Yue continued to ask: "Have you ever sent a messenger here?" ”

"Nope." Chen Yao was a little dodgy.

"Really?"

Chen Yao insisted: "No." ”

Wang Yue's eyes flickered, and he came to the city wall of Liaoyang City.

Zhang Mao urged: "The journey is tiring, if you are unwell, you can send troops alone." ”

"Wait!" Wang Yue said: "This time, the old man took people to go first, and the old man felt that there was something strange about it. ”

Zhang Mao was a little confused.

Who is Wang Yue, who has not bought it in the previous dynasty, and I am afraid that I will not be able to get a British duke.

Wang Yue followed the good temptation: "Guogong is the commander of this campaign, if you don't lose the troops to quell the chaos, the biggest credit is Guogong, why not let the old man try, if the old man dies outside the city, it is not too late for the Guogong to send troops again." ”

It makes sense, but no matter how you listen to it, it feels like a pipe dream.

Liaodong Governor Chen Yao was anxious: "Is it possible that Lord Wang wants to sweep away thousands of troops with one enemy and ten thousand?" ”

Wang Yue ignored him, and ordered his subordinates to take the green steel sword, and put on the love bow he named, the Wanshi bow.

"Give the old man three days, if he doesn't pay it back in three days, he will definitely die outside, and ask the grandfather to settle the future."

Wang Yue's move was too bold, which made Zhang Mao dumbfounded, and he was not an indecisive person, seeing that he insisted, he immediately ordered someone to open the city gate.

He originally despised Wang Yue, a civilian official who was promoted to a military general, but at this moment he also became admired.

I saw Wang Yue with his five personal soldiers rushing out of the city.