Chapter 628: Half a Lifetime of Friendship and Death (Part II)
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He could more or less figure out what Zhao Yunshu wanted to express. The reason why the Shinong family chose to stir up the trend at this time was actually not because of the Ming Dynasty's "reckless military force", because this was just a not very clever propaganda slogan and excuse, and what really made them make up their minds was naturally the victory of the Northern Expedition and the increasing stability of the domestic situation.
For a person who wants to stir up a trend, the best time is not in turmoil, because it is easy to let the whole trend out of their control, and even end up being involved in it and breaking their bones, rather than profiting from the back; It is not completely stabilized, when the majesty of the entire dynasty has been established, and the imperial court has a large number of powerful troops that can be drawn, and doing things in this situation is not much different from moths to the fire, at most it will leave a notorious name in the history.
Therefore, the most suitable time is when the general trend of the world is about to stabilize but not completely stable, because at this time, the imperial court does not have enough troops to quickly withdraw back, and the enemies outside have been almost wiped out, so there is no need to be afraid of accidents.
The most typical example is naturally in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, when Yang Xuangan raised troops when Emperor Yang of Sui still had a very strong foundation and army, and he was naturally ruined; And the so-called eighteenth road anti-king is to stir up the world into chaos, and finally the whole world has been completely out of their control, as a result, in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, there were a lot of chaotic troops, but in the end let Li Yuan, who was in a semi-divided state in Jinyang, take advantage of the long drive Chang'an to take Guanzhong, and then take the world.
At this time, Daming is obviously in a transitional period that has just passed the turmoil, and it is also the most dangerous period when someone is most likely to be swept up. Therefore, in the face of this surging undercurrent, Ye Yingwu did not hesitate to order the six doors to attack, and directly took down the mastermind behind the scenes with a shocking wrist, not only because of Ye Yingwu's decisive character honed by bloody killing on the battlefield, but also because he knew very well how serious the consequences of raising tigers would be for himself.
Some people have begun to roll the tide, thinking that this period of time, the Ming Dynasty can not spend peacefully and steadily, not every dynasty can create the great cause of the Han and Tang dynasties, the short-lived Qin Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty have had glory, becoming a wave that cannot be ignored in the history of China for 5,000 years, but no matter how turbulent this wave is, it finally withered rapidly in just a few years.
This is also the reason why Ye Yingwu has been cautious, because when he has come to this point, he has lost most of his advantages as a traverser, and he can only grope his way forward on the next road. What he wanted to create was a dynasty as great as the Han and Tang dynasties that even changed a nation, not to make the Ming Dynasty as short-lived as the Qin and Sui dynasties.
Ye Yingwu led Daming out of the turmoil and defeated the Mongols, which does not mean that his mission is over, and it is clear that this almost swept up means that more challenges are coming. And obviously, Ye Yingwu, as a king, is impossible to hook up with Wen Tianxiang and call them brothers, as Zhao Yunshu said, Ye Yingwu wants to do this, but Wen Tianxiang and they can't really put their minds at ease, but they may be panicked because of Ye Yingwu's behavior against the monarch's way.
So Ye Yingwu beat them this time, and the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.
"The next road is not easy to walk." Ye Yingwu couldn't help but mutter.
Zhao Yunshu's hand paused, folded off a chrysanthemum that had already opened, sniffed the aroma, and turned around and handed it to Ye Yingwu. Ye Yingwu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and inserted this daisy into Zhao Yunshu's black hair, and the white flowers and the girl's smile reflected each other.
Good things naturally make people feel good. Ye Yingwu couldn't help laughing and said: "It's rare to laugh in the world, and the chrysanthemums must be full of heads." This is exactly what happened. โ
"Actually, there is no need for the husband to be so worried," Zhao Yunshu met Ye Yingwu's gaze and gently held his hand, "The husband has come through ups and downs along the way, whether it is Ah Shu, Boyan or Kublai Khan, in the end, they all became defeated under the husband, what else does the husband have to worry about and be afraid of." At the beginning, Fujun was just a small Xingguo army training envoy, did he ever think that one day he would defeat Kublai Khan, who was far more powerful than himself? โ
Ye Yingwu was stunned for a moment and fell into deep thought. At that time, I really didn't think that one day I would be able to compete with Kublai Khan, even if I occasionally had such thoughts, I just laughed at it, after all, the main force of more than 100,000 Mongolian troops in Xiangyang and Ashu at that time was like a mountain pressing on top of Ye Yingwu's head, Ye Yingwu had to make a desperate effort to win the battle of Xiangyang, in that case, where would he still be in the mood to fantasize about the enemy in the future?
"And the husband defeated the strong with the weak, and there were countless defeats along the way. Now that Fujun is the monarch of the Ming Dynasty, he is a powerful party, and the army of the Fujun and the Ming Dynasty is located in the light, and the six doors and the Jinyi Guard are located in the dark. Zhao Yunshu said solemnly, looking at Ye Yingwu's eyes full of determination, "The road is blue, with the mountains and forests, the husband has conquered the country, are you still afraid that you can't hold it?" โ
Ye Yingwu exhaled lightly, this sentence is right, although he relied on the prophet of history to win the country, but he was also killed from the sea of corpses and blood, and the later Northern Expeditions were also organized by personal ability, and it has little to do with the historical process mastered. So he has won the country, is it more difficult to defend the country than to fight the country?
At this moment, he is no longer the thin boy who was powerless at the beginning, but the Ming Emperor who reigns over the world, if he is still afraid of how to guard the world, isn't it a joke.
"Should this be considered a cowardice or a fan of the authorities?" Ye Yingwu sighed, he didn't have Zhao Yunshu to see it clearly, which made him a little helpless.
"It doesn't count," Zhao Yunshu smiled and stretched out his hand to put it on Ye Yingwu's face, rubbing it gently, compared to when he first met, the edges and corners on Ye Yingwu's face had become a lot more rounded, which also made him have less murderous aura and more kingly spirit, "The husband is just doing a very good job, but he doesn't realize it." โ
Ye Yingwu chuckled lightly and looked up at the sky, the leaves were slowly falling in the wind, and the chrysanthemums in front of the pavilion were quietly blooming.
Since he has no way to change the choice made by Wen Tianxiang and others, he can only choose to be a king, so it is okay, at least how the road should be taken in the future, Ye Yingwu can have the final say, although this seems to be more tiring, but since they have already come, they can't come in vain.
The cool breeze blew, more autumn leaves fell, and Zhao Yunshu shivered lightly. Ye Yingwu untied his coat and draped it over her shoulders, and took the girl in his arms: "Other people's roads are not easy to walk, but the roads that a certain person has explored by himself should be very smooth." Since there is no other choice, you might as well take the first step. โ
Zhao Yunshu leaned on Ye Yingwu's shoulder and said with a smile: "There are so many sisters in the concubine and the harem, they are all willing to cheer for their husbands. โ
Ye Yingwu exhaled lightly, and said with determination: "Looking at this case, I'm afraid Xia Shilin can't handle it alone, so it's better to send him two helpers." โ
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"Chen Xianggong, Xia Xianggong!" Wang Lixin walked into the lobby with a smile, and bowed his hand to Chen Yizhong, the superintendent of the Imperial History Observatory, and Xia Shilin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who had been waiting here for a long time.
"Brother Chengfu (Wang Lixin's expression), are you still polite to the two of us?" Chen Yizhong pretended to be angry and said with a smile.
Wang Lixin hurriedly said: "Brother Quan (Chen Yizhong's expression) can make the younger brother panic, the iron-faced king of Hades and the younger brother are welcome, doesn't the younger brother want to peel off a layer of skin?" โ
Chen Yizhong and Xia Shilin glanced at each other, and they both showed a smile. This joke is true, once the inspector Yushi is unkind to you, I'm afraid that no official will be able to escape to the prison. But soon the smiles on their faces converged, Chen Yizhong was thoughtful, and Xia Shilin looked at the two of them a little nervously.
"To make a long story short, this time His Majesty's will is clear, Xia Shangshu is the chief judge, and the two of us will accompany the left and right seats, so Xia Xianggong please take a seat." Wang Lixin smiled and made a gesture of please. Xia Shilin exhaled softly and sat down slowly.
Xia Shilin was the secretary of the criminal department in the previous dynasty, or an out-and-out puppet, after all, the big cases he received every day were basically related to Jia Rudao's party, but for this Pingzhang military affairs that leaned towards the government and the opposition, where did Xia Shilin dare to say anything, so after Ye Yingwu took Lin'an and the Southern Song Dynasty perished, Xia Shilin immediately pledged his allegiance to Ye Yingwu, and he should be regarded as the highest official among the old ministers of the previous dynasty, except for Jiang Wanli's party, Ye Yingwu did not hesitate to return the criminal department Shangshu to him.
But Ye Yingwu's commendation does not mean that Xia Shilin has no self-knowledge, he does not have much credit, and he is not a courtier of Yuan Rong, at most he is a wall-riding faction that moves relatively fast, and the position of Shangshu of the Criminal Department looks majestic, but in fact it involves too much, making Xia Shilin walk on thin ice. However, fortunately, Daming Caochuang promoted a large number of young and promising officials, and the whole country worked together for the Northern Expedition, so there was not much need to trouble the Criminal Department, so although Xia Shilin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was nervous, there was not much trouble.
And now, trouble is sent to Xia Shilin. Although these families in the capital are not really powerful families, they are all heirlooms, and there are many officials from them in the previous dynasty, and when they arrived in the Ming Dynasty, although they were a little withered, there were also four or five of the new science and technology scholars from these families, if it were not for this incident, it would be indispensable to continue the family's tradition of entering the office in the future.
Let Xia Shilin judge the crimes of these families, which is tantamount to pushing Xia Shilin directly to the opposite side of these scholars, and Xia Shilin's two deputies make Xia Shilin's heart tremble, a secretary is still a scholar, a supervisor of the imperial history, are not good at their generation, one is in charge of the impeachment of officials, the other is in charge of the promotion of officials, His Majesty let the two of them come to the town, some donkeys do not feel like the horse's mouth, but Xia Shilin knows very well that this is clearly demonstrating to the rest of the families who are temporarily quiet, your family wants to continue, You have to enter the office, and the two officials who are now in charge of the entry are resolutely on His Majesty's side, so it goes without saying how to choose.
And Chen Yizhong and Wang Lixin sat down, looking at each other expressionlessly.
Xia Shilin may not have considered it, but the two of them were able to figure out why Ye Yingwu would point out the two of them. The Wenzhou Chen family behind Chen Yizhong and the Huizhou Wang family behind Wang Lixin, one is a newly rising family, and the other is a family with deep roots, both of which are representatives of the major scholar clans, and Ye Yingwu pushed the two of them to this position, naturally forcing the two of them or the family standing behind the two of them to express their position.
In fact, the Chen family and the Wang family don't have much room to maneuver, with the statements of Wang Yao, Zhang Jian and others, the world Shilin seems to have become a supporter of the imperial court, and the old and new scholars who were originally only part of Shilin have no other choices, but most of the Shi clans don't want to just bow their heads so simply.
In the final analysis, it is a matter of interest and face.
The Chen family rose with the help of the Maritime Silk Road, and it was already a half-scholar and half-merchant family, and it was inseparable from the merchant class, so even if they didn't express their position, everyone knew which side the Chen family would stand on.
And the Huizhou Wang clan, as a Huizhou scholar, once they wave their arms, the Huizhou scholars will inevitably rise up accordingly. Huizhou is not very important in later generations, and because it was renamed "Yellow Mountain" in order to develop tourism, it has to be changed back, and it is in an uproar, but in this time and space, Huizhou is definitely an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, and the so-called Anhui is actually the joint name of Huizhou and Anqing, the two important towns, and Huizhou has developed commerce and trade, prosperous literary style, and many scholars, which is definitely a very important part of Shilin, so the choice of Huizhou Wang has become more and more important.
Chen Yizhong, who has now secretly made up his mind, and Wang Lixin, who is still hesitating, sat face to face, obviously secretly trying to figure out each other's thoughts. And Xia Shilin finally opened his mouth to break the somewhat awkward silence: "The two fathers-in-law, do you want to take someone to commit it?" โ
Wang Lixin nodded, just about to speak, but Chen Yizhong stretched out his hand and waved: "Wait." โ
"Chen Xianggong, what do you have to say?" Xia Shilin was stunned.
And Wang Lixin vaguely sensed something, slowly sat up straight, and looked at Chen Yizhong opposite with a little unkindness, he didn't have a good impression of this supervising imperial history, and he didn't want to have a good impression.
Chen Yizhong smiled slightly, and arched his hand in the direction of the palace: "Although the three of us are officials in the same dynasty, it is the first time that we sit together to deal with this case at the behest of His Majesty, and it is Chen's honor to be able to do business with the two of them, but Chen thinks that before taking someone to commit the crime, should the three of us discuss it, should we be strict or lenient this time?" โ
Xia Shilin took a breath of cool air gently, Huo Ran turned his head to look at Wang Lixin, what a Chen Yizhong, this is forcing the palace!
Wang Lixin's face also sank, Chen Yizhong was obviously determined to stand on His Majesty's side and suppress the Shinong family together, and now his question was forcing Wang Lixin to make a statement on behalf of the Huizhou Wang family. Although Wang Lixin didn't know whether this was Chen Yizhong's own initiative or Ye Yingwu's instructions, he knew that no matter what he said, he would have to express his position on behalf of the Wang family in Huizhou and even the entire Huizhou family.
Chen Yizhong looked at Wang Lixin with a smile, if he said "strict", it would be equivalent to openly supporting the imperial court on behalf of the Huizhou scholars, and if he said "lenient", Chen Yizhong dared to guarantee that Wang Lixin's position would not be stable. This is a multiple-choice question with only two options and can't give up, which is placed in front of Wang Lixin.
Chen Yizhong, who prides himself on being a loyal dog under Ye Yingwu, of course figured out His Majesty's thoughts, so he pounced without hesitation.
It seems that the three people present have their own thoughts and hesitates, but in fact, Chen Yizhong has secretly stood on the side of the court, and Xia Shilin, who has been riding the wall all the year round, can naturally see that the court is powerful at this time, and it is needless to say which side he is standing on, this scene suddenly became two people oppressing Wang Lixin.
Wang Lixin obviously didn't expect such a situation, and suddenly shook slightly, like sitting on pins and needles.
Holding the table with his hand, Xia Shilin didn't say anything, he looked like he was watching the play quietly, with Chen Yizhong in front, he didn't get involved if he could.
"Your Majesty's first will requires that it be dealt with strictly, and the second will orders us to act when the opportunity arises, but Your Majesty's thoughts don't need to be said, so ยทยทยทยทยทยท" Wang Lixin said word by word with difficulty, and looked up at Chen Yizhong, who was already sweating profusely.