Lu Jiang?

Xiao Tang heard the chief bookkeeper in the Guozi Prison call the scholar's name, his mind moved, and he immediately thought that after the Jiangnan La Uprising, there was a scholar under the command of this Manichaean master who was originally a student, but because he bluntly told the court about the harm of Hua Shigang, he was abandoned and could not be an official, but instead attached himself to the rebel army.

I have to say that this Lu Jiang is also an outlier among the students of the Guozi Eunuch, ordinary literati and scholars follow moral articles, poetry and etiquette, and pursue the orthodoxy of the mandate of heaven that the monarch is heavy and the ministers are in the courtiers, but Lu Jiang is not willing to be dismissed from the academic record, and even does not shy away from following the rebellion in the minds of Fang Jin's literati. Although Fang La continued to rebel in a corner of southern Zhejiang after being captured, he later killed himself under the heavy round-up of the imperial court.

It is said that in the Song Dynasty, the Tai students in the Guozi Prison also had the title of "No Official Imperial History Terrace", in addition to Wang Anshi, who was extremely strong at the beginning, because the people of the Guozi Prison wrote an article criticizing the change, and dismissed a group of Taixue scholars, a few years ago, there were Tai students who criticized Cai Jing and other powerful ministers and were sent to exile, most of the time the imperial court was more tolerant of the outspoken Guozi Prison students, but this Lu General was dismissed from the meritorious student status, and he was not allowed to be an official for a lifetime, but it can also be seen that he often made amazing words, and even the master in the Guozi Prison, His classmates also regarded him as a dissident.

At this time, although General Lu was scolded by the teacher master Bo in the Guozi Prison, his face changed immediately because of his anger. Originally, Lu Jiang was different from the children of other Bianjing officials and nobles in the Guozi Prison, he was originally from a poor family in Fuyang County, Liangzhejiang Road, and was able to enter Beijing to listen to the teachings because of the hard study of the cold window and won the identity of the scholar and political etributary in the township and county, so Lu Jiang was not only accustomed to seeing the suffering of the people, but also developed his cynical and radical temperament, according to the Guozi Jian Zhong Dong Zhong Shuchen said that the three outlines and five permanent affairs must be loyal, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister does not die is for the disloyal family of a certain family, but for Lu Jiang is "the king wants me to die, I will not die a good death."

Although General Lu will not spread the so-called rebellious thoughts in his heart, he often has different opinions on the teachings of his ancestor Zhongjun, and he dares to criticize the extravagance and ignorance of today's officials in front of the public as he does today.

Just like the current Lu Jiang was angrily reprimanded by the teachings and classmates in the Guozi Prison, he also seemed to be aroused by the anger in his heart, so he sneered and said: "The imperial court appoints evil people to do all kinds of things to do perverse and abuse the people, and the officials want the government of Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places to carry huge ships and pay tribute to the soldiers, and on the other hand, they want to use troops against the Xia State, labor and money, and the people complain. Wang Jinggong has a righteous word is not pampered, not afraid of blame, must be for the world to speak, to the lord and the people's disease, cure the country's disease, we are originally to persuade the official family to abolish the flower stone gang and gather in one place, Xiaosheng thought that you should also know the people's suffering, but unexpectedly it was just with a group of people who only know the first poor scriptures, and avoid the important and light to talk to themselves! ”

Lu Jiang's words of hatred caused a thousand waves, and this group of students who originally took the righteous path of the world as their own responsibility were all excited, and they all asked Lu Jiang to make it clear.

Xiao Tang also probably heard at this time that these Guozi eunuch students gathered here were originally going to write together to persuade Zhao Ji to dismiss Hua Shigang, but when he was in a hurry, he talked about the Great Song Dynasty wanting to use troops against the Xia State, and General Lu was a little disrespectful to the son of today in his words because of the loss of labor and money, and the Song Dynasty, where freedom of speech among scholars was relatively tolerant, this kind of thing was originally big or small, just like Su Zhe, who had just been admitted to the Jinshi, and Fu Bi, who was also a petty official from the eighth grade, such as the eunuch, also dared to write a book to accuse the emperor of "being undisciplined." , ignore the consultation" and even "do not make progress, causing people to be worried", but Lu Jiang seems to be a fierce and radical nature, he was drunk by the master of the Guozi Prison Bo Qi couldn't help but be furious, and even took all the students in the Guozi Prison to ridicule him.

Shi Xiu, who was beside Xiao Tang, was quite impatient to listen to the high-minded talk of these scholars who knew the hu, according to him, most of these rotten Confucians who only knew how to read and did not understand the world were above the top, and they couldn't pick up their shoulders or hands, and they were partial and clumsy in the world, and their power and scheming skills were far inferior to those courtiers and officials in the court. But when Shi Xiu saw that General Lu was about to get up, and he had the posture of fighting the Confucians, he also hugged his arms and smiled, and whispered to Xiao Tang: "Brother, this scholar is also interesting. ”

"I'm afraid that this person won't be able to stay in Bianliang, Tokyo for a long time......"

Xiao Tang read it leisurely, he secretly thought in his heart that he didn't know that this Lu General would eventually be deposed by the imperial court because he wrote a letter to criticize Zhao Ji for asking the Jiangnan Zhudi to work hard for the people and lose money, whether it was the Taiwanese admonition in the Tang and Song dynasties, or the Ming Dynasty's speech and official group, although many of those literati dared to speak out, and condemned them to death, and did not leave the emperor any face, but most of them also imprinted the brand of loyalty to the monarch and the country in their hearts, at least those scholars who dared to admonish the emperor would not disobey the monarch and his ministers. The ethics and morals of the three outlines and five constants of father, father and son who educate the Confucian students in the world are to be deposed or even executed by the emperor and to be loyal to the orthodox dynasty, but it is obvious that General Lu is not that kind of person.

Now among the people who are full of scriptures and books who are willing to gather righteousness with Xiao Tang and are willing to assist him in the green forest, Xiao Jiasui, Wen Huanzhang, Xu Guanzhong and others are of course not stupid and loyal people, but it is also because Xiao Tang does not plan to tear the soil and become king, and the rebellion that wants to create the Zhao family and the Great Song Dynasty also enables them to die to assist their righteous brothers. If Xiao Tang hadn't pointed to a corner of Liaodong and avoided directly launching a large-scale armed war with the Song State, then the orthodoxy of ordinary scholars about the change of the Jiangshan Dynasty would more or less still make Xiao Jiasui and others scruples.

Compared with the Tai students who were educated in the orthodox Confucianism of the ruling world in the empire that has inherited the national throne for nearly 150 years, this Lu General is more like a staff strategist who has learned in troubled times but is not able to excel, and will only consider defecting to one side of the force and being able to exert his strength.

At this time, Yan Qing also found that Xiao Tang was staring at Lu Jiang, who was arguing with the Guozi Eunuch student, thoughtfully, so he leaned in front of Xiao Tang and asked in a low voice: "Brother, you also have the idea of wooing this Tai student to join the gang?" ”

"Those who are righteous, the gentleman is loyal, and this student surnamed Lu is not willing to be loyal to the court in my opinion."

Xiao Tang groaned and said, he thought in his heart that according to the historical records, General Lu had suggested to Fang La to occupy the southeast portal, relying on the Yangtze River to resist the official army, and then after the army of officers and soldiers pressed the border, he advised the strong men to break their wrists and evacuate Hangzhou to preserve their vitality, and later led the remnants of Manichaeism to continue to fight against the imperial court for a period of time, which also shows that this scholar who was very disappointed in the Song Dynasty was indeed a useful strategist from a strategic level, so when Xiao Tang made up his mind, he instructed Shi Xiu: "San Lang, Send some people to keep an eye on this Lu general, and if he has any trouble in Bianjing, report it to me immediately. ”