Chapter 66: Spreading the Rumors
"But I can't go and tell my father, otherwise wouldn't we have missed the stuffing when we left the palace yesterday? I won't be able to get out after that! But Lone promised Liu Liangnu again, and he must find out the truth......" Although Zhu Houzhao wanted to do this, he still scratched his head in distress.
"Oh, that's right. Your Highness, the ancients said well, the eyes of the masses are bright. We can do that! Ye Guan's eyes narrowed, and he muttered next to Zhu Houzhao's ear, which made Zhu Houzhao a little excited, but he was a little puzzled.
"Does this work?" Zhu Houzhao asked suspiciously.
"Naturally, it works, those imperial histories have the right to report rumors, if we come like this, I don't believe that those imperial histories who like to go against the nobles to show their own bones will not take the bait! Now is the era when scholars have the right to speak, as long as those civil servants think that it should be investigated, then the matter can be investigated. Ye Guan smiled.
"Okay, then do it. I'll be going to see how it looks in a few days. But Ye Guan, the ancients said: The eyes of the masses are bright, why haven't I heard it? Zhu Houzhao patted his thigh, made a decision, and then tilted his head and thought about it, but he really didn't come up with it.
"Well, I heard that it was a gentleman surnamed Mao who carried forward this sentence." Ye Guan scratched his head and said such a sentence.
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In the Guangde Teahouse on the Beijing overpass, the audience was full of people who were about to listen to books. Dr. Tea also filled every table full of teacups. Many listeners are munching on melon seeds and waiting for Mr. Storyteller to open the book again today.
"Eh, Master Zhang, what do you say this storyteller is going to say today? Is it the Three Kingdoms or the Water Margin? A listener who was sipping melon seeds sat on a chair and chatted while he wasn't reading.
"Isn't it written on the water sign outside the door, talk about a new book today. What is it called, "Ancient and Strange Injustices", is a short book. Don't say it, the Three Kingdoms Water Margin, Journey to the West, Yang Jiajiang, Hu Jiajiang, and the Great Sui and Tang Dynasties have all heard a lot, and it's good to have a short book to change your mouth. The man known as Master Zhang replied while chatting while munching on melon seeds.
"Master Zhang, aren't we illiterate, or you, a character who has descended from the world, it's just different. But why have I never heard of this "Strange Injustices in the Ancient World"? What are you talking about? The man complimented Master Zhang, and then he was a little puzzled.
At another table, Zhu Houzhao sat with Ye Guan, Zhang Yong, Liu Jin and others, Zhu Houzhao asked Ye Guan, "Do you think such a thing can be done?" ”
"Your Highness, that Mr. Mao also said: The power of the people is endless. The mass line means doing everything for the masses, relying on the masses for everything, coming from the masses and going to the masses. The mass line is the lifeline and the magic weapon for defeating the enemy. Therefore, as long as we act in the places where the people like to gather the most, we will surely succeed. Ye Guan sat aside and took a sip of tea, and then said confidently.
"Why does this person sound like those White Lotus Sects?" When Liu Jin heard Ye Guan say this, he suddenly thought that the White Lotus Sect was also doing this, every time the imperial court wanted to encircle and suppress them, someone would go to report to them, so the imperial court's repeated encirclement and suppression ended in failure.
"Isn't this just a matter of saying to Tang Taizong: Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat. It seems that there are many talented people in the people. Zhu Houzhao often listened to Li Dongyang and Liu Jian talk about history, so he could feel the meaning of these words, and he could quickly apply what he had learned.
After waiting for a while, a short man in his thirties, with a round face and small eyes, walked up, and when the audience saw this person coming up, they unconsciously cheered in a low voice, and the voice of idle talk was also quiet. Looks like he's a storyteller.
"Smack," the storyteller slapped the eye-catching on the table, and waited for the voice in the audience to be quieter, and then said: "Storytelling, singing, and persuading people, the three roads go to the center, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the right way in the world is the vicissitudes of life." ”
"Okay." As soon as the storyteller finished the poem, the audience cheered, which was the storyteller's poem, which played the role of suppressing words. and other human nature are all put together, and the storyteller has only then come to the point.
"What I'm going to talk about today is a short book. It's not a long time, and I can probably listen to it in a hundred years or so. As soon as Mr. Storyteller said this, there was a burst of laughter from the audience.
"Where does the story take place? It's in our Datong Mansion in Shanxi. It is said that there is a good general in Datong Mansion named Liu Shiqing. Since he was a child, he has been a family of military generals, and he has learned a good martial arts, and he is also a warm heart. Later, when his father died, he inherited his father's position of 100 households, guarded the Great Wall for our emperor and the people, resisted the attacks of those Mongolian Tatars, made many military exploits, and personally cut off the heads of many Tatars, and was later promoted to the capital of Datong Prefecture. Everyone should know who the Mongolian Tatars are. In the early years, Emperor Yingzong was taken away by those Tartars, and later the Tartars also broke Datong Mansion and Xuanhua Mansion all the way, and went straight to the capital, if you want to return to our Han people from the grassland. If it weren't for Yu Taibao and Yu Shangshu to resist the enemy, we would all become slaves of the Tartars now! It's a pity, as the old saying goes, good people don't live long, and disasters last for thousands of years. Yu Taibao was framed and killed by traitors, so Liu Shiqing and Liu Dusi are the same......" The storyteller paused here and shook his head unconsciously with emotion.
"Mr. Guo, why don't you talk about it? So what happened to Liu Dusi? The audience below was listening lively, but when they saw that the storyteller was silent, they immediately asked.
"Alas, that Liu Dusi is an honest and honest official, and he looks down on the flies and dogs in the army the most, so those corrupt officials hate him very much. However, there was no way to take him, until the imperial court came to transfer several officials from other places - the guerrilla general Wang Gao was defeated, the general Qin Gong was served, and the deputy general Ma Sheng. They are all corrupt officials, people who suck the blood of soldiers, and drink soldier oil, think about it, they are greedy for money, and those big-headed soldiers can't get money, how can they resist those Tartars? Do you want to do it again with the siege of Beijing by the Tartar soldiers? Ladies and gentlemen, do you know the tragic situation of the Tartar soldiers when they besieged the city of Beijing that year! In addition to the living people in the capital, the people along the way have been killed by the Tartar soldiers, that is really a white bone storm (pu) on the road, and there is no rooster crying for thousands of miles! ”
"Hey, these officials are really not things, we have to come out to do business before dawn every day, and we have to be exploited by the ruffians and hooligans, and we are troubled by the yamen officials, but we still endure it, for what? Isn't it just to live a stable life, my second grandfather and his family were killed by those god-killing Tartars, and they pity his family for more than ten years! These damn corrupt officials, Grandpa Taizu's skinning temple didn't scare them, God really should have accepted them! A man who looked like a small businessman said through gritted teeth.
"You said that they exploited the soldiers, but I didn't expect them to ignore the cultivation of our Holy Son, and secretly bought swords, iron, and tea for those Tartars, and then exchanged them for cowhides, cowhides, tendons, cattle and sheep from the Tartars, and then transported them back to us to make money. Those Tartars are not as smart as our Han people, and they can make iron tools, so many Tartar soldiers have nothing to do with swords except bows and arrows, which is good, those Tartars exchanged swords from the hands of our Ming officers and soldiers, and then turned their heads and used the exchanged swords against us, do you say that these corrupt officials are hateful? ”
"Damn, they should have been lit with sky lanterns! After a thousand cuts, they ate their meat raw! The audience in the audience shouted and yelled, wishing that they had really swallowed those corrupt officials alive.
"Which Liu Dusi is not willing to go along with them, every time their men secretly transport iron tools to the Tartars, Liu Dusi will arrest them and kill them on the spot, after a few times they are annoyed, so they set up a plan to premeditate the murder of Liu Dusi......"
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"Liu Dusi has a daughter named Liu Liangnu, who is twenty-eight years old, born with a flower and a moon appearance, and a flower in the closed month, but he saw that his father was killed, and those corrupt officials are still fornicating with Tartars. That's why the story of Liu Liangnu who traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to sue the emperor came here! "The storyteller told a story about Liu Liangnu's lawsuit for thousands of miles in one go.
"Mr. Guo, what you said is true?" A listener below listened to the rise, so asked in a loud voice.
"Yes, that girl is now suing in the yamen! When I'm done with the book, I'm going to go to the yamen to see what is going on. ”
"Really?"
"Go together, go together. We can't help her with anything, it's good to help her increase her ambition! Several men who like to join in the excitement made an appointment to go to the yamen to watch the excitement and stand on the field to cheer.
"Let's go, Brother Nian, let's also go and see, this Lang Lang Qiankun, there are still such corrupt officials who do evil, it is really in vain to the teachings of the saints! If this gentleman really speaks like this, we will also go to the elders, and let them report to the six yamen to arrest those who have no king and no father! Several young people who seemed to be scholars were also indignant and made an appointment to see the situation together.
After listening to Mr. Storyteller's book, and seeing the people below gritting their teeth, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said to Ye Guan: "Is Mr. Mao an ancient or a modern?" If the ancients were to forget it, if it was the present person, he would definitely be invited to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and if he was not appropriate, he would be killed to prevent future troubles. By the way, invite this storyteller to the palace for me, his book is good. ”
"It's the ancients, the ancients." Ye Guan also broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this, sure enough, heroes cherish heroes, and in the same way, heroes also want to kill heroes!