A teahouse was at full house when a two-handed, greasy-bearded storyteller walked to the back of his seat. Among the customers who had been waiting to listen to the book, someone shouted: "Mr. Chang." I heard that there was an accident on the royal street today, maybe the gentleman told us about it? ”

The storyteller of Bianliang of the Great Song Dynasty not only talks about the ancients, but also often talks about some market news, so many people also use the storyteller as a channel to inquire about the news. Therefore, this request is normal, and no one will suspect that there are other intentions.

Mr. Chang naturally said, "I know this." What you're talking about is that today there was a Xiucai from Weizhou, Shaanxi Province, who went to the royal street to distribute the post......"

Mr. Chang frothed at the mouth as if he had seen it with his own eyes, especially when it came to the destruction of the Weizhou Xiucai family and the tragic killing of the people of Weizhou, some tea customers couldn't help crying.

Mr. Chang finished speaking in one breath, and when he was drinking tea to moisten his throat, a tea guest who had arranged to be a trustee said: "This show is indeed quite miserable." It's just that this national policy of emphasizing literature and suppressing military force and using literature to control military force was set by Taizu Taizong, is it wrong? ”

Mr. Chang put the tea bowl on the table and said, "Let's not verify whether Taizu Taizong has never said such a thing as 'suppressing martial arts'." Just said that this is a martial art, it seems that it really can't be done. ”

Speaking of this, he sold a pass: "Don't talk about these things, the old man is angry when he talks about it." Forget it, don't talk about it! ”

The nursery below immediately shouted: "How can Mr. Chang not say it? Let's talk about it, let me wait to increase my knowledge. ”

Other tea drinkers chimed in. Mr. Chang then said: "Okay, let's start with the battle with Yuan Hao, those civilian officials who command the battle are all stupid, and that's what happened......

Mr. Storyteller has the ability to do the best with hindsight, and there is a script written by Li Buqi, and between the spittle, he was defeated in the battle with Western Xia, all because of the cowardice and mediocrity of Fan Yong, Xia Wei, Han Qi, Wang Yan and others.

In the past, the people only knew that the front line had been defeated, and the civilian officials put the responsibility for the defeat on Shi Yuansun, Ren Fu, Ge Huaimin and other military generals, and the common people had no channels to obtain the details of the battle, so they could only follow the clouds. However, the script written by Li Buqi showed the details of the war in front of the people, especially the cowardice, dereliction of duty and incompetence of the civilian officials, and the people who listened to the book had a feeling of "so it was".

That is, Mr. Chang, who is a storyteller, also hates the dereliction of duty and incompetence of civil officials, and the more he speaks, the more impassioned he becomes. His emotions quickly infected the audience, and one by one the tea guests couldn't help but grit their teeth when they heard how they thought Wenqu Xing had sent thousands of troops and civilians into the jaws of the Western Xia.

But that's not all. According to Yang Shilang's script, Dr. Tea waited for the story to come to an end and said, "Alas, all the guest officers listen to me. After all, this matter is the business of the officials and the ministers, and it has nothing to do with us and other small people. Don't be discouraged. ”

Mr. Chang narrowed his eyes and said, "This is wrong. But this has a lot to do with all of you here. ”

Immediately someone asked what it had to do with it. Mr. Chang glanced at him wisely and said, "Tens of thousands of troops from the imperial court were sent into Li Yuanhao's tiger's mouth, and the armor and weapons don't cost money?" Don't want money for death and injury compensation? For example, Weizhou is broken, and then the people don't need money? Don't all this money come from taxes? Isn't it all on the heads of all of you? If we win the war instead of defeating it, then we will pay less in taxes. You say don't you? ”

"That's right!" "Mr. Chang has a point!" Thinking that the taxes they paid would make these civil officials squander it like this, the people who listened to the book were somewhat painful, and their hatred for those incompetent civil officials deepened.

Such scenes are staged in tiles and tea shops, and Li Buqi estimates that tens of thousands of people can hear such books a day. Although storytellers are also divided into two groups, the storytellers who have no merit and the cynical storytellers who think that they have no talent to meet are ruthless in exposing the incompetence of those civil officials, while most of the storytellers are much more tactful. But Xiucai has to read the Book of Changes, according to the doctrine of heaven and man induction and the harmony of yin and yang, they can't say that Weizhou Xiucai's statement has no merit. As long as they don't explicitly oppose it, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is Weizhou Xiucai who has a point. At least public opinion has begun to tilt in a direction that is not conducive to the emphasis on literature and the suppression of military force.

In the past, when confronted with such public opinion that was unfavorable to scholars, scholars could pretend that they could not hear or see it, or distort it in the process of disseminating it to prevent fermentation. In any case, it is mainly the scholar class that can move freely in various places, and they are the main source of external information in their respective regions, and as long as they have the same attitude, then public opinion will not ferment. But now it is a little different, the "Business Daily" printed by Qingyuan Academy has a column dedicated to the news of various places, this time it is specially recorded in detail, and then spread through the mail route of the dart office, and the scholars can no longer talk to themselves.

In front of the court, Pang Ji beckoned Li Buqi over and said, "What's going on with the news in your "Business Daily"? That Weizhou Xiucai will print whatever he says? Moreover, the matter has not yet been concluded, but the newspapers say that "the discussion is raging" and "everyone says that it is inappropriate to worship literature and suppress force", doesn't this add fuel to the fire? ”

Li Buqi said innocently: "It's no wonder that Pang is wrong to participate in politics. "Business Daily" is jointly made by Fu'an Qianzhuang and Qingyuan Academy, and its Chinese characters are all written by people from Qingyuan Academy, so I can't get involved. If I force them to write something, I don't write anything, I'm afraid they will squirt the blood of my scolding. ”

“……”

Li doesn't give up this look, and Pang has no choice. The literati of the Great Song Dynasty have always had a big temper, and there is no way for Pang Ji to do this.

On this day, Prime Minister Wen Yanbo announced that before the dispersal of the dynasty, he would let the political participation, privy envoys, return to the class in the matter, the imperial history Zhongcheng and Li Buqi all go to the Chongzheng Hall in case the emperor asked.

moved the Chongzheng Palace, and everyone finished saluting. Zhao Zhen asked: "Recently, I heard that in Jingweizhou, Xiucai said that the Great Song Dynasty Chongwen suppressed martial arts and used literature to suppress martial arts, which is the reason for the repeated disasters since the founding of the country. There is a lot of discussion among the people, and I think you should have heard it. I invite you here today just to hear what you mean, is there any truth to this statement? ”

Wen Yanbo seemed to be prepared, and immediately said: "The minister thinks that Weizhou Xiucai dares to talk about the law of the ancestors, which is really crazy. He was just because his family was killed or taken captive by Western Xia, intending to take revenge. As for saying that the diversion of the Yellow River is due to the imbalance of yin and yang, it is just his words. This point should be best known to Li Junjian. ”

Well? Do you think of me at this time? Hehe, the question is will I act according to your script?

Li Buqi saw that everyone was looking at him, so he made a surprised look and said, "Oh, the minister has little reading, so I am not sure about this matter." Last night, the minister was also discussing the balance of yin and yang with someone.,Well,Today the minister thinks that Xiucai is also reasonable.。 ”

Ga! Wen Yanbo and Pang almost vomited blood. Didn't Li Buqi always say that those disasters had nothing to do with the induction of heaven and man? Why did it suddenly change today? Why is there no warning at all?

Li Buqi said hesitantly: "According to "Yi", the flood must be yin, and the drought must be yang. If it weren't for Na Xiucai to say this, the minister wouldn't have thought of it. ”

Pang Ji saw that the emperor's face was completely black, and hurriedly stopped Li Buqi's words: "How can Li Junjian be so unresolute. The old man thought that Qingyuan Academy's research on disasters after the founding of the Great Song Dynasty was very reasonable, and the key was that there was evidence. If Li Junjian can believe that a talented person is empty and white-toothed, then where is the evidence of Qingyuan Academy? ”

Li Buqi is as good as a stream: "Participating in politics is right." It's just that the theory of Qingyuan Academy has been questioned, and after a long time, Xia Guan's heart has been shaken. ”

Wen Yanbo took out the tone of the elders teaching the juniors: "You must not follow the trend in learning. If there is no determination of 'although tens of millions of people will go to me', the achievements will be limited after all. ”

The emperor looked at this, and then at that, and it felt as if he had taken the wrong script.

Li Buqi is shaken, he is easy to understand-whose knowledge is questioned all day long, and it is strange that he does not waver at all. But why did Wen Yanbo suddenly change his temper? Neither Cheng nor Yu Shi Zhong spoke, this is a tacit acquiescence that Pang Ji and Wen Yanbo are reasonable?

Li Bu didn't give up and didn't care about this, seeing that this opportunity was good, he immediately decided to climb up the pole. It is certainly unrealistic to reverse the policy of advocating literature and suppressing military force in one fell swoop, so let's crack down on the "induction of heaven and man". He said: "The lesson of the prime minister is yes. Xia Guan thought that if he wanted to calm down the discussion about the diversion of the Yellow River, it would be better to publish the research results of the Qingyuan Academy in the name of the imperial court, so that everyone in the world would know the real cause of the disaster, so that the people of the world would not be cranky. I don't know what to think? ”

Wen Yanbo turned to the emperor: "The minister thinks this method is very good. I would like to ask Your Majesty for your permission. ”

Pang Ji also bowed down and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

The emperor looked at Yu Shi Zhongcheng. The imperial historians have always scolded him with celestial induction, and without the approval of the imperial historian, then this matter may not be possible. Seeing that he couldn't hide, he had to bite the bullet and say, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

Thinking about this is the best solution, but I don't know how to make things happen again, and I don't know how many black hats have landed. So he had no choice but to say, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”