How stubborn is Lao Yang?

It would be strange if Lao Yang, a stubborn person, could lower his head, say so many soft words to Yang Qi, and persuade Yang Qi not to canonize him.

The new emperor ascended the throne, canonized the heroes, and posthumously crowned the ancestors, which almost followed the law of nearly a thousand years.

If Yang Qi canonized the heroes and posthumously crowned the ancestors, then an unfilial and cold reputation would definitely not be able to escape.

Lao Yang has been an official for many years, and it is impossible not to know the powerful relationship here.

can force Lao Yang to say this, and the Tao in this is definitely not shallow.

That's it.

Yang Qi coldly ordered: "Check! You can't let go of the slightest clue. I'd like to see whose hand is so long. ”

When they fought hard, they hid them tightly one by one, for fear that others would see them.

When I was sitting in the country, all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods jumped out.

It is no wonder that after the emperors of all dynasties ascended the throne, they would carry out more or less bloody purges one after another.

It really deserves to be killed.

From Yang Qi's cold expression, Peng Pai also felt the seriousness of the matter.

Immediately, he responded to the matter without hesitation.

Then, after leaving the imperial study, he summoned his secret agent leaders to investigate the matter strictly.

Yan Kingdom's secret agent agency is so huge, few people know.

But its efficiency is absolutely unique.

Yang Qi's order was conveyed, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the news about all the people who had come into contact with Lao Yang was all listed in a secret note, and appeared in front of Yang Qi word for word.

After Yang Qi carefully reviewed the secret recital, his brows tightened again.

All the news about Lao Yang on the secret music is neat and tidy, and there is no mistake at all.

It was precisely because of this that Yang Qi frowned.

Because judging from the news on the secret recital, the people Lao Yang has come into contact with are normal, and there is nothing inappropriate.

Everyone who has come into contact with Lao Yang has a clear identity, and his ancestors can be checked for three generations.

No one has ever touched Lao Yang, how could Lao Yang say that?

Lao Yang is still presiding over many matters of the Martial Academy, and he is not so idle.

And Yang Qi trusted his instincts.

"Check again!"

“……”

"Check again!"

“……”

Yang Qi stayed awake all night, and Peng Pai also stayed awake all night, checking seven times in a row, but finding nothing.

On the eighth time.

Peng Pai stared at a pair of panda eyes and whispered to Yang Qi: "Your Majesty, the brothers under my hands have been busy all night, and the dossier about the Emperor Taishang has been turned over to ten years ago, and there is still nothing. ”

Yang Qi frowned, banged on the table with his fingers, and muttered, "It's unreasonable...... Am I suspicious......"

At this time, Peng Pai shook his head.

Seeing this, Yang Qi raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Peng Pai bowed slightly, and said guiltily: "Your Majesty's guess is not wrong, there are indeed people who are playing ghosts." It's just that the problem is not with the emperor, but with the queen mother.

Without His Majesty's permission, he investigated the whereabouts of the Queen Mother without authorization, and asked His Majesty to confess. ”

News in the palace has always been a taboo.

After all.

Every palace, to a greater or lesser extent, hides a lot of secrets.

And the person who has the most secrets is the emperor who dominates the palace.

And because of the particularity of the emperor's work, his every word and deed, every move, and even a look may change greatly.

Therefore, many people have their eyes on the palace and want to find out.

And as an emperor, how could he like to strip off his red fruit and still be in front of the world.

Therefore, after every emperor ascended the throne, he had a very low tolerance for those who spied on the news in the palace.

Even if this person is his cronies.

And anyone in the palace had to be investigated with the emperor's permission.

Without the emperor's permission, it was a great sin.

This is also the reason why Peng Pai pleaded guilty first.

When Yang Qi heard Peng Pai's words, he just frowned, and did not take the lead in dwelling on this issue, he had a gloomy face and said, "So, someone deliberately approached my mother?" ”

Peng Pai nodded solemnly and sent a secret piece to Yang Qi.

Yang Qi opened the secret music and watched it carefully, Peng Pai lowered his voice on the side and said: "According to the investigation of his subordinates, since Your Majesty returned to Beijing, there have been more than 130 women, trying all kinds of ways to get close to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother is kind-hearted, likes to worship the Buddha, and will go to the Buddha every New Year's holiday.

Therefore, there are many women who take this opportunity to approach the Queen Mother.

Now there are five people who have the closest relationship with the Queen Mother. ”

"The five?"

Yang Qi asked in a deep voice while flipping through the secret music.

Peng Pai said in a deep voice: "Su Shi, the old mother of Prime Minister Su Yijian, Wang Shi, the mother of Wang Dan, the prefect of Fuxing Mansion, Wang Shi, the mother of Wenxuan Gong of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Miaozhen Daogu of Qingmiaoguan, and the Kongming Master Tai ...... of Sanfang Temple."

"Smack~"

Yang Qi closed the secret music in his hand, his face was cold, and his brows were tightly locked, "The old lady of the Su family visited my mother for the marriage of Su Yijian. Su Yijian has lived in the south for many years, and now he is only thirty years old, but he has never married.

This is about to become the heart disease of the old lady of the Su family.

She came to my mother because she wanted my mother to help Su Yijian find a suitable girl.

Again, I just want my mother to talk to me and let me persuade Su Yijian, a stubborn donkey.

However, I can't guess what the Wang family contacted my mother for.

You send someone to keep an eye on the Wang family, and report to me at any time as soon as there is news. ”

Yang Qi paused, gritted his teeth with a cold face, and said, "As for Kong's family, Miaozhen, and Kongming...... Hmph, red flowers, white lotus roots, green lotus leaves, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are really one ......

pounced on my mother together, trying to use my mother as a breakthrough.

It's not a small picture.

No wonder my dad said that. ”

Peng Pai hesitated on the side and said: "The two families of Buddhism and Taoism, because of the affairs of the Liao State, they have wronged Your Majesty, so they naturally have to find a way to make up for it." After all, His Majesty did not show kindness to them like other emperors. In order to avoid His Majesty's liquidation, they naturally had to go through the door of the Queen Mother and ask the Queen Mother to help them intercede.

But Confucianism, for what? ”

Yang Qi dropped the secret music, glanced at Peng Pai, and sneered: "What else can you do, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants." For the sake of the land, for the sake of fame. More importantly, after the founding of the country, I did not follow the example of the Han, Tang, and Song dynasties and respected Confucianism alone.

The taxi is even more unique.

Although there are many Confucian disciples in the court today, the new officials are more pragmatic.

Colleges at all levels do not have a monopoly on Confucian academics.

Confucian scholarship is only equivalent to an ordinary discipline and is taught to students.

In the past, the Great Song Dynasty was still there, and Confucianism naturally couldn't take care of us.

But now my Dayan family is dominant, and it occupies the hometown of Sage Kong.

His descendants naturally need to run for a while. ”

Peng Pai slowly frowned, and said in a low voice: "According to the practice of all dynasties, the descendants of Sage Kong naturally need to be treated favorably......

Before Peng Pai finished speaking, Yang Qi's voice reminded Peng Pai coldly.

"Peng Pai! Pay attention to where you stand, and who you are......"

The word 'identity', Yang Qi bit very hard.

Peng Pai was shocked, and instantly understood the meaning of Yang Qi's words.

As the person beside Yang Qi, he is also the leader of the secret agent.

No matter when or where, they are not qualified to discuss government affairs.

More importantly, no matter who the other party is, he should not be biased.

Even if the other party is a saint.

Peng Pai immediately lowered his head and said solemnly: "It's a subordinate who has lost his words, and I ask Your Majesty to confess." ”

Yang Qi glanced at Peng Pai and said coldly: "Thinking about the past feelings, this time I just reminded you." There will be no more punishment, and if there is a next time, you will not have to stay in the palace.

You have been loyal to me for many years.

I, Yang Yansi, am not the one who unloads the mill and kills the donkey.

Bear with you once or twice, I can still do it.

But I don't want you to treat my tolerance as the capital of indulgence.

I don't want to have you guillotined with my own hands. ”

"Poof!"

Peng Pai fell to his knees with a puff, and said in a trembling voice: "Your subordinates will obey Your Majesty's church, and next time, you don't need Your Majesty to speak, your subordinates will personally cut off their own heads." ”

Yang Qi frowned and snorted coldly: "Yan Guo didn't kneel, and Yan Guo's men didn't kneel to others at will. Don't be embarrassed here, get out of here. ”

"No!"

Peng Pai got up from the ground and hurriedly left the imperial study.

Peng Pai left.

The expression on Yang Qi's face became extremely solemn.

The two families of Buddhism and Taoism have always been hanging in Yang Qi's heart.

It's just that now that the enthronement ceremony is imminent, Yang Qi doesn't have the heart to deal with them, so he plans to let them go and wait until the enthronement ceremony is held.

Unexpectedly, the sense of smell of the two families of Buddhism and Taoism was so keen, and they actually sensed the danger, and they had begun to quietly corrupt the people around Yang Qi.

With the background of the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism, if they were really given some time, they might really be able to attract a large number of people to intercede with Yang Qi.

With Yang Qi's current status, the decree to eradicate the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism will inevitably cause a lot of turmoil to the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism.

However, the backlash must have been huge.

Three martial arts and one sect, four emperors destroyed the Buddha, and the Buddhism was not only not eliminated in these four Buddha extermination movements, but became stronger because of these four Buddha extermination movements. (The Three Wu and One Sect refer to Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty, and Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty.) ）

A lesson from the previous car, a teacher from the back.

It is precisely because of the previous lessons that Yang Qi can learn from that Yang Qi knows in his heart.

To deal with the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism, we must not use drastic means.

Only a soft knife to cut meat is the best means.

It's just how to cut, Yang Qi hasn't figured it out yet.

What gave Yang Qi the most headache was Confucianism.

Academically, Confucianism has ruled over this land for thousands of years.

Since Dong Zhongshu recommended Confucianism to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, the dominance of Confucianism in the Central Plains has been established inexorably.

Since then, the monarchs of all dynasties have respected Confucianism.

amount is applicable.

The amount of talent is Confucianism.

It is precisely because of this that when all dynasties selected talents, they all selected talents based on the high and low levels of Confucianism.

As for whether this person has the ability to govern or not, it doesn't matter.

As a result, batches of mediocre officials and inactive officials have also been produced.

One by one, they only know how to recite poetry, and they don't know how to be diligent in government and love the people.

And it's also a mass production every year.

What's even more infuriating is that there is no comparison, and the Confucian family is dominant, which leads to many people with intentions, using this rule, constantly misinterpreting the meaning of the sages, and adding one shackle after another to the people.

This made later students more pedantic and rigid.

Because no one is going to correct this mistake, or the person who wants to correct it has not grown up, it has been nipped in the bud.

The end result is stagnation.

So much so that when the foreign devils rushed into this land, the world was proud to emulate the foreign devils and learn from them.

It's sad and lamentable.

A good nation was messed up by a group of rotten people.

That's it, there are still many people in later generations who boast about those corrupt Confucians.

Typical people are sold and help people count money.

Of course, it can also be seen how deeply Confucianism has taken root in the Central Plains.

So much so that even Peng Pai had to say a few more words for Confucianism when facing this problem.

The reason why Yang Qi did not punish Peng Pai for this problem was because he knew that this was not Peng Pai's idea alone.

Rather, it is the idea of the vast majority of Confucian scholars.

After all, Peng Pai was also a Confucian scholar before following Yang Qi.

Therefore, Yang Qi has a headache for Confucianism.

There is no problem with the doctrine of Confucianism itself, and the learning of Confucianism is also what Yang Qi has always respected.

It's just that Confucian learning, after thousands of years of tempering, has long been changed beyond recognition by some people with ulterior motives.

It is estimated that the Confucian sages were resurrected, and when they saw the distorted interpretation of their own remarks by their descendants, they could be angry to death.

Therefore, the problem of Confucianism, Yang Qi must deal with.

Do not deal with Confucian issues.

No matter how strong the Great Yan Kingdom is, it is in danger of being corroded.

The Ming Dynasty is a prime example.

Confucianism can be used, or it can become a classic for educating future generations.

But the misinterpreted meaning must be corrected.

In addition, Confucianism must not be the only criterion for the Great Yan State to consider officials.

On the contrary, Confucianism can only become a point for the Great Yan State to consider the conduct and personal quality of officials.

In the process of selection, evaluation, and promotion of officials, their role must not exceed one-tenth.

The Great Yan Kingdom focuses more on the ability of officials to manage government, management, and whether they can lead the people to make a fortune and so on.

No matter how well the article is done, it cannot manage the people well and lead the people to make a fortune.

What's the use?

The imperial court will always need talents to manage the government, not great writers.

There is a saying that Yang Qi has always liked very much.

That is: if the official does not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes.

Yang Qi felt that this sentence was enough to beat any standard for considering the promotion of officials.

This is also Yang Qi's attitude towards Confucianism.

It's just that before Yang Qi established the Yan Kingdom, Confucianism had been outside the Yan Kingdom, and no one deliberately mentioned it.

This made Yang Qi secretly engage in the education in his heart for many years in the four northwestern mansions.

Now the Great Yan Kingdom is in full swing.

Dominate the land.

Naturally, it inevitably collided with Confucianism.

Yang Qi wanted to weaken the influence of Confucianism on the politics of Yan, which was almost equivalent to being the enemy of the whole world.

Some may think this is an exaggeration.

Actually, it's not an exaggeration at all

Because nine out of ten of the scholars at this time were Confucian protégés.

And because of the scarcity of readers, they control the mouthpiece of the whole world.

Any will issued by Yang Qi is more informed to the people through their mouths.

Sometimes, it only takes one wrong word for them to completely misinterpret the meaning of the decree.

Therefore, it is far more difficult for Yang Qi to weaken the influence of Confucianism on the people than it is to lay down another piece of land as large as the Yan Kingdom.

It is possible that the entire Yan Kingdom will be buried with him!