Chapter 64: The Monarch and the Ministers Bear the Burden
87_87603 "Dong Zhuo Pifu issued an edict to the world in the name of me, calling on my ministers to oppose me, I wonder what you Aiqing thinks? "Above the court, Liu Xie is furious about this matter.
The ministers in the palace looked at each other, but they did not know what to say.
Dong Zhuo was in the Chen Liuhui League, and they naturally heard the news of the fake edict "Cutting down the ministers and clearing the monarch's side". However, Dong Zhuo took advantage of Situ Yeque's proposal to build a church to call on other scholars, and even the minister's family in the court participated. What can these ministers say?
"Your Majesty, the cause of this matter is just caused by Lord Situ, and the object of the crusade is only the Situ family, the old minister implores His Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible." The former Situ Yuan Huai stood up at this time, and he didn't say that he asked for Ye Que to be punished, but only said that Dong Zhuo wanted to crusade against the target, and the meaning was already very clear.
Liu Xie didn't know the cause of this incident, but Liu Xie couldn't punish Ye Que for no reason. Not to mention that Ye Que is Liu Xie's teacher, but only to say that punishing Ye Que means compromising with Dong Zhuo, Liu Xie can't touch Ye Que. If Ye Que is punished, how can his prestige as the Son of Heaven remain?
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes: there is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust. If almost all of the Gentlemen are on Dong Zhuo's side, can't His Majesty still make up his mind? Yuan Huai saw that Liu Xie couldn't make up his mind while sitting on the dragon chair, so he decided to add a fire.
"Please also think twice, take the country's society as the priority, and the people of the world as the priority." As soon as Yuan Huai's words came out, many ministers stood up one after another, knelt in the hall, and forced Liu to make a decision.
Liu Xie looked at the minister kneeling at his feet, and suddenly fell silent. "You can sacrifice anyone for the sake of the Han family", this is what the Empress Dowager Dong, who raised Liu Xie, taught him; "The monarch and the minister are not negative, and the monarch and the minister will be restored in the next life", this is what Ye Que often said. At this moment, Liu Xie was really confused.
Liu Xie listened to the persecution of the officials in the court, as if he saw a devil walking towards him. Although Liu Xie has some of the momentum of an emperor at the moment, he can't escape the fact that he is still an eight-year-old child. The infinite fear in his heart almost made Liu Xie have the urge to flee.
"There are more than 10 million people in the world, but tens of thousands of scholars support Dong Zhuo, what do you say, how much help you can get!" Ye Que knew that there was some estrangement between Liu Xie and him at this time, but looking at Liu Xie, who was forced by Yuan Huai and his ministers to the point of collapse, Ye Que still chose to stand up. Not for himself, just for Liu Xie to be his student.
Liu Xie looked at Ye Que and felt a little throbbing in his heart. At this time, Ye Que, who was already on the cusp of the storm, stood up. Just like when the ministers opposed his succession, Ye Que was alone at this moment in order to stand on the opposite side of everyone and block all the wind and rain for him.
Yuan Huai saw that Ye Que actually dared to open his mouth to defend himself, and immediately replied: "The officials in the world are all served by the children of the scholar clan. If I don't get the support of the scholars, then wouldn't my Han Dynasty be in chaos? ”
"Huh." Ye Que smiled after listening to Yuan Huai's words, and looked at the ministers inexplicably. After laughing enough, Ye Que said: "Taifu only said, do you think that the scholar clan is the foundation of my Han Dynasty and the future of my Han Dynasty?" ”
"That's nature." The Yuan family is originally a family of scholars, and their background determines their vision. As Yuan Huai, when will he look at those civilians.
"Then I don't know where the clothes that Master Taifu wears every day come from? Where does the food come from? Where does the house come from? Who will carry the sedan chair? In one breath, Ye Que asked Yuan Huai four questions, none of which could be regarded as a major event, but they were related to daily food, clothing, housing and transportation.
"Although he is not talented, he still has a few taels of spare silver to buy clothes. As for food, the court brother's money is enough. The house where they live is naturally handed down from the family, and the person who carries the sedan chair is the person who is in the family. Why, could it be that Lord Situ's family didn't have enough food? Yuan Huai didn't know what Ye Que meant by what he said, and he didn't forget to make fun of Ye Que after he finished speaking.
Although Ye Que heard the teasing in Yuan Huai's mouth, he didn't care, and said: "Then dare to ask Master Taifu, can the children of the scholar clan raise silkworms and reel silk, weave cloth and tailor?" Can the children of the scholar clan cultivate and harvest, and work in the fields? Can the children of the scholar clan be able to work in plastering and brickwork, and burn bricks to build houses? Can the children of the scholar clan come to Taiwan for your old man's sedan chair? ”
Yuan Huai was speechless when Ye Que asked this, and at this time, a minister next to him stood up, but it was Dong Cheng, the uncle of the country. Dong Cheng saw that Ye Que kept talking about the Shi clan, so he stood up and said: "Those jobs should have been done by those untouchables, how can the children of the Shi clan, as the pillars of the country, do lowly things?" ”
After Dong Cheng finished speaking, Yuan Huai secretly said in his heart: It's not good, it's going to be bad. But there is no way, he can still refute Dong Cheng's words.
Ye Que turned his head and stared at Dong Cheng coldly, making Dong Cheng's heart furious. "According to Uncle Guo's words, do you think that as long as there are scholars in the Han Dynasty, the country can be forever?"
Dong Cheng was frightened by Ye Que's eyes, and naturally felt faceless. Hearing Ye Que ask him, he straightened up and responded, "Naturally." ”
After hearing Dong Cheng say this, Ye Que no longer looked at him, but turned his head to look at Liu Xie, and said: "Your Majesty, Mencius once said: The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. Ranchen also has a sentence to His Majesty today: The king is the boat and the people are the water, and the water can carry the boat or overturn the boat. ”
"Nonsense, what 'the king is the boat and the people are the water', it's just a row of nonsense." When Yuan Huai heard Ye Que say this, he immediately reprimanded angrily: "With Lord Situ's words, wouldn't that Your Majesty follow those civilians in everything?" Then whether this world is the world of His Majesty or the world of those civilians. ”
Yuan Huai's words alluded to Ye Que's intention of being a non-minister, but Ye Que didn't care at all. Ye Que continued to look at Liu Xie on the dragon chair and said: ""Liutao" has a saying: 'The world is not the world of one person, but the world of the world. Those who benefit from the world will gain the world, and those who are good at the benefits of the world will lose the world'. In his words, although he was refuting Yuan Huai's words, it was more of a teaching to Liu Xie.
"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. Since the world is all kings, lands, and ministers, what is said is the world of the people under heaven. Moreover, the prince of heaven and earth is the foundation of etiquette. Yuan Huai did not show weakness, and then responded.
Ye Que turned around at this time, looked at Yuan Huai, and said, "It turns out that Master Taifu understands the truth of 'Heaven and Earth Monarch'. Then dare to ask why Lord Yuan was so hard to force His Majesty just now, and why couldn't the world's corporal clan study at home with peace of mind to seek an official position? ”
Yuan Huai heard Ye Que ask such a question, but he didn't feel embarrassed at all, but was happy. "Situ is not doing the right thing, can't he correct the official?"
As soon as Yuan Huai's words were finished, Ye Que threw the white jade Zhengui in his hand to the ground, pulled off the hairpin on the official hat with his left hand, took off the official hat, and threw it on the ground. "Today, the scholars want the official hat on Ye's head, and you can take it away. If the Japanese warrior clan wants to take the dragon crown on His Majesty's head, do you also want to force His Majesty to take off the dragon crown? ”
When the ministers in the palace heard Ye Que say this, they hurriedly knelt down and said to Liu Xie, "Don't dare." Ye Que didn't wait for the rebuttal of the other ministers, and then said: "Your Majesty, but you dare to offend, how can anyone be like a minister?" Today, if you think that going to Ye's head can be exchanged for Dong Zhuo's submission, you can take it! ”
Liu Xie, who was on the dragon chair, looked at Ye Que, he did not forget to teach as a teacher at this time, and at the same time maintained his prestige everywhere, and he was suddenly moved.
"That's enough, I have a plan for this matter, let's retreat. Lord Situ, come with me. Liu Xie finally stood up and said. When he said this, Liu Xie said in his heart: Mr. has never failed me, how can I bear Mr