On the day of the court meeting, early in the morning, in the Chongde Palace, the ministers and officials were whispering in the hall at the moment, discussing with each other the emperor who would be uncomfortable if he didn't do anything every day, because the news he was talking about today was about Emperor Liu Hong's construction of the Lugui Garden and the Lingkun Garden.

"Father, it is rumored that Situ Yang Gong wants to advise His Majesty today to stop the matter of the two gardens of Xuangui and Lingkun, what should we do?"

Clearly separated from the foreign courtiers, countless court officials stood beside the chariot general Song Yu, and discussed with him, but what he said just now was what Sun Song Guo of the Song Yu clan said, in order to know that if Situ Yang Ci really wants to advise the emperor today, how should they deal with the officials of the foreign group who are not right with the foreign courtiers.

Since Song Guo entered the Cheqi Mansion, he has been Song Yu's long history for a long time, and he is a famous man in Fufeng, plus he is Song Yu's grandson, although he is only a distant relative, but after all, he is a family, Song Guo was of course promoted by Song Yu without any accident, and like other officials who took refuge in the Song family's foreign relatives group, this Song Guo has been recommended and operated by some formal procedures, and has now been recruited by the imperial court as a councilor.

At this moment, because Song Guo is Song Yu's distant grandchild, he deserves to make other officials who have taken refuge in the Song family look down on him, even if Song Yu's cronies have broken the capture of Sun Jian, who has always relied on his deep qualifications and has always been entrusted with important responsibilities by Song Yu, he always despises and arrogants others, and does not dare to have too much disrespect in front of Song Guo. Therefore, there is a situation where Song Guo asks Song Yu, after all, Song Guo is here, how can anyone else dare to ask Song Yu in front of Song Guo, after all, it is a political group that will talk about relationships and qualifications, and the relationship has always been stronger and tougher than qualifications.

Looking at the puzzled faces of the people behind him, Song Yu stroked his beard, and the old voice could be heard by them, but it would not let the other officials in the palace hear the volume slowly: "Wait and see what it will do, what does the dispute between the court and the eunuchs have to do with us." ”

"No!"

Everyone didn't salute either, and responded in a low voice, after all, now in the official occasion of the court hall, there are some things they can understand. Of course, they should not be too close to each other, although the entire court knows that they are relatives and a party, but they still have to keep a certain distance outside, and they must create a good atmosphere in which everyone is not a party and a private business, right? Otherwise, they gathered in the court in such a grand manner, I am afraid that the emperor will not be jealous of them when he sees it?

You don't see, although those scholars in the foreign dynasty are chatting at the moment, they are also keeping a distance from each other, perhaps because of the party's dominance that makes them have a lot of taboos, but it also fully shows that even if everyone understands some things in their hearts, they just don't say it, and they have to pretend to maintain a relationship that is about to leave. Just like the relationship revealed by those bigwigs in later generations to the outside world, even if they are obviously in a group, it seems to be the opposite side in public opinion, which fully shows that a qualified politician and an excellent politician can't be a qualified politician without outstanding acting skills.

Life is like a play, acting skills are the first, the world is the same, no one knows if the person you are familiar with has another side.

"Your Majesty has arrived at ......"

With a sharp shout from the temple people, Liu Hong walked into the main hall under the guidance of Huben and Yulin, and the appearance of the Chongde Hall suddenly changed.

"Long live Your Majesty."

With a bang, the eyes of all the ministers in the hall were awe-inspiring, and then they knelt down in unison, and then they all took their places, and with Liu Hong's order, they began today's court meeting.

There is nothing in the theme of today's parliament, only the Jiangxia rebellion that has recently made the emperor and the ministers of the hundred officials care about it, Liu Hong originally wanted to retire from the court after talking about this matter, but he didn't expect someone to make him unhappy.

When Emperor Liu Hong and the hundred officials and ministers finished their polite words, Situ Yang Ci immediately held the music in his hand, got up and admonished: "The system of the first emperor, open the Hongchi on the left, and go to the forest on the right. Today, the land in the suburbs is thought to be a garden, bad and fertile, abandoning the countryside, driving residents, livestock and beasts, and it is not the so-called righteousness of protecting the child. There are five or six gardens outside the city today, and you can be affectionate and follow the four festivals. It is advisable to only Xia Yubei Palace, too shou the terrace, to the people's labor. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Ci handed over the piece he had prepared to the temple people in the palace, and he handed it over to Emperor Liu Hong. The other ministers in the palace were shocked, although some people had already heard that Yang Ci was going to write to advise the emperor not to build Guiyuan and Lingkun Garden, but they didn't expect him to go to the book so soon, and they were too anxious, so they could only say that this old emperor really cared about the country's social affairs.

After Liu Hong heard this, he also raised his eyebrows for the first time, and his face was much gloomy, but because the other party was his teacher before, thinking of the friendship between master and apprentice in the past, he was not angry, he could only endure it, and he was also aggrieved in his heart, he just wanted to build Guiyuan and Lingkun Yuan, why should he be like this.

The so-called Gonggui Garden and Lingkun Garden are the names of the two royal forest gardens that Liu Hong wants to build, and Yang Ci's purpose is to stop Liu Hong from doing it. The meaning of his advice is that the first emperor established a system, opening up the Hongchi on the left and building the Shanglin Garden on the right, which is neither extravagant nor very economical, but it is just in line with the etiquette law. Now, more land on the outskirts of the city is planned as a royal garden, which will destroy the fertile land, abandon the countryside, and expel the people and peasants in the vicinity. Moreover, there are now as many as five or six royal gardens outside the city, which are enough for His Majesty to enjoy and meet the needs of the four seasons.

Of course, it was not only the advice in Yang Ci's words that made Liu Hong's face bad, the real reason was that Yang Ci was comparing him with Emperor Huan, if he was only comparing him with his distant ancestor Emperor Wen of Han in the former Han Dynasty, he probably wouldn't have such a big face, after all, Liu Hong was very concerned about comparing with Emperor Huan of Han.

Waiting for the small temple people to send the recital to Liu Hong, Liu Hong took a cursory look at it, and what was written on this recital was also to advise himself not to build the Gonggui Garden and Lingkun Garden, but it was written in more detail than Yang Ci, but it was reasonable and well-founded, and it was all for the words of Jiangshan Sheji, and it could be seen that he was a teacher with a heart of dedication.

All kinds of past events surfaced in front of him, and Liu Hong, who knew his teacher's temper, couldn't help but lose his temper, and his personality was only better than his nephew Yang Qi, so why should he bother with him. Thinking of this, Liu Hong was not angry, but he was used to suffering since he was a child, and he always wanted to live a good life, even if the teacher Yang Ci was reasonable, he didn't want to obey orders.

It's just to repair two royal forest gardens for me to play, and I am not Emperor Huan's emperor who can't be a home, and now the imperial court has won Xianbei, and there is chaos in Jiangxia in the country, it can be said that there is a prosperous scene, I can't even repair a forest garden, and it is not ridiculous and generous to say it?

Therefore, Liu Hong, who was anxious to find a reason to gag the mouths of these scholars from the outside court, hurriedly invited Ren Zhi and Le Song to ask each other, these two people had already become his confidants because they were very popular with Liu Hong, and they naturally had to defend Liu Hong at this moment.

The two held the chapter in their hands, and then discussed, and soon there was a countermeasure, only to see Ren Zhi say loudly: "The confinement of King Xiwen is a hundred miles, and people think it is small; Qi Xuan Wuli, people think it is big. Now it is with the people, and it is harmless to the government. This is quite a quibble, he means that in the past, King Wen of Zhou's garden, a radius of a hundred miles, people still think it is too small; King Qi Xuan's garden is only five miles in radius, but people think it is too big. Now, if Your Majesty and the common people enjoy it together, it will be of little harm to political affairs.

They cited the examples of King Wen of Zhou and Duke Xuan of Qi as evidence to verify that the expropriation of land for the construction of the forest garden was not harmful to the people, and completely avoided the astronomical cost of building the forest garden, and the financial deficit of the imperial court was clear to everyone, that was a big hole that was filled with dissatisfaction, and now that the forest garden was to be built, the treasury must not be able to afford so much money, so where did the money come from?

It can only be from the West Mansion, which has long been established by Liu Hong, but where does the money from the West Mansion come from, and it is not the money that the emperor changed to buy and sell officials. And now it's not just the officials who need to give the emperor money to buy officials, even if some officials with good political performance should be promoted, they have to pay a certain amount of money to be promoted, so it's strange that the hundred officials in the court don't object, because the money that the emperor enjoys in Xiulin Yuan is their money.

In the eyes of Baiguan, now that the country's finances are difficult, the emperor should be the same as the previous Emperor Huan, frugality, instead of thinking about making money to build a palace, not to mention that the country is still fighting in chaos, Liu Hong abuses money like this, how can he make the country run?

Therefore, even Yang Ci, who had never handed over promotion money to Liu Hong because of the relationship between the emperor and the teacher, ruthlessly asked the emperor to stop the construction. Of course, the reason for his objection is naturally impossible to say that the emperor used their money to enjoy it, otherwise it would be too disproportionate, so he will use the people who have been expropriated from the land have nowhere to live as a reason, a very formal but irrefutable reason.

With Ren Zhi's counterattack, the war of words in the court immediately escalated, and for the officials of the foreign court, of course they could not tolerate someone defending the emperor in this matter.

There was no need for Yang Ci to echo, Lu Zhi, who had been waiting for a long time, pointed at Ren Zhi and Le Song, and shouted: "The generation who tends to be inflammatory, you are from a slight contempt background, and now you have a high position, you don't want to be loyal to the Han Dynasty, and advise Your Majesty to cultivate virtue and politics, but connive at Your Majesty's wanton pleasure, it is really a traitor's ear!" Such a villain's behavior is ashamed and the same dynasty! ”

After speaking, Lu Zhi saluted to Emperor Liu Hong and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the treasury is empty now, the people are in difficulty, and it is really not suitable to build a large number of buildings. ”

After the words were spoken, the whole dynasty surged, Ren Zhi and Le Song immediately became angry, and prepared to scold Lu Zhi in this hall, but they were soon stopped by Emperor Liu Hong, who saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered them to retreat.

Then Liu Hong said hatefully: "Lu Qing's words are serious, he is out of character, Ren Qing and Le Qing are all ministers of the court, how can they tolerate insults, punish Qing for half a year, as a punishment, he must not act so recklessly." ”

Liu Hong's words seem harsh, but in fact he is protecting Lu Zhi, after all, for Lu Zhi, there is no loss at all if he is fined half a year, with a great Confucian celebrity like him, is there still a shortage of half a year? As long as he has a hard time, not to mention those powerful families who admire his name, they are the private disciples he has taught over the years, and they will send him money and food, so Liu Hong's words are heavy sticks, but they are gently put away.

Although he is often influenced by eunuchs and close ministers around him in political affairs, he does some ridiculous things, but this does not mean that he does not know people, he is clear about Lu Zhi's ability, otherwise he will not keep him in the court and ask the right questions. Compared with Ren Zhi and Le Song, there is no doubt that their abilities are obviously not enough to compare with Lu Zhi, so no matter what, Liu Hong will not let Ren Zhi and Le Song start a war against Lu Zhi again, who knows if it will cause a round of tongue war, and when the time comes, it will be impossible to end, and he will not be able to protect Lu Zhi, it is terrible, it is better to end it early.

"No! Thank you, Your Majesty, Long. ”

Lu Zhi was not a political fool, knowing that the emperor intended to protect him, he hurriedly took the steps and apologized for his crimes.

If Fuquan was here, he would definitely praise this is the emperor who has experienced countless party battles between scholars and eunuchs, and knows that he can avoid a lot of unnecessary political troubles for his cronies. Of course, even if this cronie has some grudges against him, he often doesn't deal with them, but if he is useful to the emperor, then the emperor will be protected, because this is the emperor's imperial technique.