Chapter 453: Open Fire Fights

As soon as the matter of running a school appeared, it immediately stirred up a storm in the capital, and immediately became the focus of heated discussions in the entire Beijing Division.

In a quiet teahouse, two quiet people are sipping tea.

"Your Majesty has run a school this time, what does Brother Han think?" After an old man took a few sips of tea, he suddenly asked, this quiet teahouse, this is the calm.

"Brother Joe! This time, His Majesty's picture is not xiǎo! An older man, after taking a sip of tea, said with a smile.

"Oh? How do you not do it? The old man asked.

"Then Lin Zhu is an honest man, no one supports him, how dare he act like this based on Lin Zhu's quality? The grand event that has not been held for thousands of years is not just for fun. The older man laughed.

"Alas......, Qiao is also suspicious, I don't know what this means, whether to support His Majesty to run a school, or to persuade His Majesty." The old man has some míhuò ways.

"Hehe, Brother Qiao, you and I are the same year, and I won't hide it from you, to be honest, Your Majesty uses the ideal of a saint as a signboard, how can you and I stop it? Can you say a word? But don't forget, you and I are both saints, if you and I don't say a word, this is different from the anti-mountain mén? In this world, is there still a foothold for you and me? I'm afraid this infamy will have to carry a thousand years of ......," the older man said with a smile.

"This ......, this is also true! Qiao also felt uneasy in his heart about this matter, and he always couldn't say anything about this objection! But I always felt that something was wrong, and my heart was always vague, so I asked Brother Han for advice. The old man hurriedly asked the older man for advice.

"Hey, I'm Ming, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse! Now Your Majesty is young ......" said this, the older old man didn't say any more, as if he remembered something.

"Brother Han, I hope to give me advice! Otherwise, wouldn't Qiao be doing things in a daze? When the old man saw that the older man didn't say anything halfway, he immediately asked.

"Alas......, since my brother asked, then Han will talk about it." The older man decided to say something anyway.

"I respectfully ask Brother Han for advice." The old man hurriedly bowed his hand.

"The matter...... How to say it, good is good, it is indeed a good thing,...... It's rare to see in a thousand years, you and I shouldn't stop it,...... However, this is also a bureau laid out by His Majesty, Brother Qiao has ever thought about it, what am I studying for now? The older man was also suspicious for a while, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to tell the matter.

"I study in order to learn the learning of the sages, to know books, to be reasonable, to be poor, to be good at my own body, to help the world......" the old man immediately agreed.

"Brother Qiao said it too high-soundingly, if it was just this answer, there would be no need to say this...... "The older man said with a smile.

"This ......, to put it bluntly, I'm afraid that in the eyes of the village husband and the elder, studying is just to be an official, how about it?" The old man thought about it and immediately added.

"Hehe, yes, Brother Qiao is finally willing to tell the truth, if it weren't for being an official, just for the sake of saint knowledge, there are only a few!" The older man laughed.

"This ......" The old man seemed to understand something, but the last bit of window paper was always unbroken, and only a shadow could be seen outside the window.

"Everyone in the world comes to study for the sake of being an official, Brother Qiao, how many people are there in this world? How many officials are there? The older man asked with a heuristic question.

"This ......," the old man was suspicious.

"The concept of the saint is that the world is the same, everyone has clothes to wear, food to eat, and books to read, which is a good thing, but it is counter to the opening of the branch of our dynasty today, the court takes only three hundred scholars every three years, and the rest are doing nothing, if everyone in the world comes to study, but there are very few people who are officials, Brother Qiao thinks, will there be so many people to study?" The older man said with a smile, looking like he had seen through the world.

"This ......," the old man did not know what to say.

"Again, I have a waiting for scholars, and if you win the show, you can be exempt from taxes and have privileges, not to mention lifting people, Jinshi, Brother Qiao has ever thought about it, if everyone in the world is studying, all of them are selected for show, and they are all lifted, what should I do?" The older old man smiled even more, and said that this heavenly opportunity for running a school was broken in one word.

"This ......" The old man suddenly realized, and the layer of window paper that had been méng in front of him was immediately pierced.

"Brother Han's meaning Qiao understood, once everyone in the world reads, this Xiucai, lifting people, will definitely increase several times, if there are xiǎo half of the Xiucai in the world, then who in the world will pay taxes? Is it? Brother Han, is Qiao right? If everyone in the world comes to study, you can't get a show, and you're afraid that no one will come to study, right? Brother Han? "This old man, after the enlightenment of the older old man, finally understood the big problem here. ,

"Yes, Brother Qiao has finally opened his mind, the matter of running a school, logically speaking, is a great thing, a grand event that has not been seen in a thousand years, but this matter is also wishful thinking, or in other words, it is contrary to the imperial examination and national policy of our dynasty." The older man sighed and said with the eyes of a man who had seen through.

"This ......" the old man was silent for a long time before he said, "...... ......Well, in other words, the concept of the saint is contrary to the national capital of our dynasty, and the pursuit of the concept of the saint is to shake the national foundation...... "The old man thoroughly understood the problem, everyone came to study is indeed a good thing, but there are more people who read, there must be more talents, lift people, otherwise who will read?" Once there are more people in it, everyone is exempt from taxes, who will come to jiāo tax? I don't dare to say more, if the world adds one and a half more people to the tax without Jiāo tax, this court, which is not rich, will be finished immediately.

"Hehehe...... yes, now the taxes of my dynasty are insufficient, if we run a school and let more people study, this is certain, we have to increase the number of talents, otherwise how to appease those who read? These talents are all exempt from taxes, and they have all become talents, who will pay taxes? Who will do the errand service? Hehe......, it's a paradox! Paradox ......" said the older man worriedly, with a ridiculous expression on his face.

“…… In vain, I Han thought that he had read countless books and understood the principles of the sage, but he didn't expect that when he was old, he understood this knowledge, but this holy study would be contrary to the national foundation, but it would be so far from the ......, ridiculous, ridiculous to the extreme......" The older old man had a ridiculous expression and shouted for a long time.

"Brother Han......, this ...... Brother Han means that His Majesty wants to use the matter of running a school to seek to collect taxes? The old man suddenly asked this question.

"Hehehe...... Brother Qiao doesn't think that if this paradox is not solved, the concept of this saint can still be done? Everyone in the world is studying, and there will definitely be a question of who pays taxes and serves, but now there are not many people who see this layer, Brother Qiao thinks, should I not pay taxes, or my Ming Dynasty completely abolished the preferential treatment of tax exemption and exemption for scholars, and paid taxes and served together? The older man asked, staring at the older man, who was younger than him.

"This ......, Qiao thought that he would not be able to pay taxes without paying it,...... It seems that Your Majesty wants to borrow the hands of saints to pay taxes! The old man said.

"Yes, no matter what, Your Majesty is basically invincible with the words and ideas of the saint as the backing, such as today, he is a saint mén disciple, who dares to refute the words of the saint? How can a saint be wrong? Therefore, the saint must be right, then, only everyone pays the tax......" The expression of the older man was ridiculous, frustrated, with a hint of joy, in short, mixed tastes.

"Brother Han, Qiao may not be as pessimistic as Brother Han, first, at this time, it is still too early to talk about this matter, after all, besides, maybe reading is studying, being an official is an official, as long as the fence of this talented person is firmly established, perhaps, these things that Brother Han is worried about will not happen......" The old man was not as pessimistic as the older old man, and proposed a way.

"Brother Qiao, you haven't seen through it yet? Now that you and I are in this court, we may be able to stop this kind of thing, but Your Majesty is now powerful, as long as you make a slight move, you can tear open the mouth of this Zhongxiucai and Zhongju people, everyone is a scholar, there is no reason not to allow others to be among the Xiucai, Zhongju people, at that time, it is not the same? What's more, now that His Majesty has recruited those who have a good reputation to Lin Zhu's banner to discuss the matter of running a school, once the time is ripe, how can this matter not be said? When the time comes, will everyone pay taxes and serve, or stop running schools, and stop realizing the concept of saints, Brother Qiao thinks that those guys who love fame will give up this grand event that has not been seen for a thousand years and stop running schools? They take the words of the saint as the holy decree, which is more effective than the holy decree, and they will definitely continue to run the school regardless of it, in order to win their reputation, but when the time comes, there is no need for His Majesty to come forward, those people with a good reputation are eager to show off all the people in the world, they are all lifting people, in order to show their achievements, who pays taxes in the world, they may not pay attention, in their opinion, reputation is the most important ......" The older old man had a ruthless, ridiculous, and pathetic expression, and he was very entangled.

"Ahh Brother Han is saying, Liu Zongzhou, Lord Liu? The old man was shocked! Only then did I understand the seriousness of the problem! Lin Zhu, has gathered a group of famous Confucianism, the most famous of which is Shuntianfu Yin Liu Zhouzong, this is the big man of Confucianism, and in the court, has the weight of speaking, but also a good reputation, now he is bent on what to run a school, is already a school-running iron, with his reputation and prestige in Shilin, with his weight in the court, that is to say, the emperor through a certain nonsense to a large number of people, This group of men will be waving their flags for some ulterior purpose of the Emperor, such as collecting taxes. ,

"Not them or who?" The older man smiled bitterly.

"Otherwise, I'll go and persuade Lord Liu, make it clear that this is Your Majesty's plan, maybe Lord Liu won't be waving the flag for Your Majesty, Your Majesty will do something unseemly, it won't be so easy......" The old man immediately proposed.

"Alas......, yīn conspiracy? Brother Qiao still thinks that this is His Majesty's conspiracy? This is obviously a conspiracy, and it is obviously an open fire battle! Thinking that Liu Zongzhou is a member of my Donglin Party, he is the leading Confucian in Shilin, he has considerable prestige in Shilin, and he has an excellent reputation, and he wants to be the first person in the ages to run a school, how can he listen to the persuasion of Brother Qiao, uh......, uh This is a non-existent thing, so I split my Donglin Shi people into several groups, and fight with myself ......, uh, uh, Your Majesty, you are really, how can someone call me Han say about you! ......" The older man, as he spoke, the expression on his face changed, one moment it was serious, one moment it was ridiculous, one time it was helpless, and the other time it became a bitter smile......

"Ahh ...... "The old man finally understood why he had such an expression in the same year, it turned out that the water in it was so deep, Liu Zongzhou was the boss of their Donglin Party, which was absolutely right, and he was the great Confucian of the time, and he was second to none, sitting on the head of the Jiāo chair, and now, under the guise of running a school, the emperor pulled this good reputation Liu Zongzhou to the banner of running a school, this guy for fame, for running a school, it is estimated that he will be desperate to fight against the emperor, even if it is the Donglin Party, I'm afraid that in his eyes, the Donglin Party will be a luàn minister and thief, and the emperor has already dismantled their Donglin Party with an illusory thing, and it is very likely that he will beat himself in the future, such a result, I am afraid that many people will vomit blood at that time.

The old man carefully calculated the Donglin Party members in the court now, Sun Chengzong can be counted as one, but now, it is already a hardcore imperial party, holding the staff for the emperor, and actually controlling the emperor's new army.

There is also himself and the one in front of him, the one in front of him, and a person with a fair reputation, who can protect the bigwigs of other parties back then, when the time comes, he may not be able to contribute to the Donglin Party, and there are some other Donglin Party people who have weight in the court, such as Liu Zongzhou, now, taking refuge in the banner of running a school, in order to run a school, he may turn around and fight with the Donglin Party, and Zhou Yanru is a powerful candidate for entering the cabinet, and he also has some weight in the court, but now, he has gone to the corner of Shaanxi as a deputy Qincha. Now he is thinking about being an immigrant, and he is working hard to make a name for the ages.

After a little calculation, this old man found out that he originally thought that half of the court was the Donglin Party, but in fact, the emperor inadvertently dismantled the Donglin Party, once there is a conflict with the Donglin Party, there are not many people who can stand up and speak, and what is even more outrageous is that there will be Donglin Party people who will stand up and fight with the Donglin Party, that is to say, when the time comes, the Donglin Party may become a "luàn minister thief".

"Hehehe,...... Hehe, the open fire is in charge...... "The old man finally understood why his old man said this, the emperor was obviously aiming at some "things", this thing, faintly related to tax collection, look at the paradox of running a school and collecting taxes, you can know that the emperor must be plotting this "thing", and their Donglin Party has always been against tax collection, in order to deal with the emperor's tax collection, but killed a tax supervisor. Now it seems that in order to deal with their Donglin Party and collect taxes, the emperor enabled the Donglin Party on the one hand, but on the other hand, he dismantled the Donglin Party. Thinking of this, the old man himself smiled bitterly.

"Thank you Brother Han for your advice, so that Qiao Mou suddenly opened his ......" The old man gave his hand to the older old man again, and said solemnly.

"Hehehe......" The older old man had a helpless and wry smile on his face, and did not speak.

"Brother Han, now that you and I have learned of Your Majesty's purpose, are you trying to find a way to expose it? Stop Your Majesty? The old man understood the key and immediately thought of a way to stop it.

"Unveiled? Deter? It's late, Brother Qiao, don't you think that you and I can refute the words of the saint? Don't forget, you and I are both saints' disciples, as long as Liu Zongzhou's family holds the concept of the saint as the holy decree and carries the banner of the saint, you and I have no chance of winning, and we may also have the reputation of being a saint traitor, not to mention that His Majesty is behind his back, besides, why stop it? The older man said. ,

"What does Brother Han mean? ...... "The old man also understands that it is indeed too late to say at this time, Liu Zongzhou has already boarded the thief ship, for the reputation of the first person to run a school through the ages, he can't pull it down, if he breaks this matter, it will lead to a big discussion between the sage and the country, whether the sage is wrong, or the court is wrong, the problem is even more serious."

"Brother Joe! You and I are both saints, don't you think, don't you think, this paradox is really a problem? The older man said with a sudden smile.

"What does this ...... mean?" The old man did not understand what the older man meant. There is indeed a deep contradiction between the ideals of the saints and the national capital, and in order to achieve the ideals of the saints, the national capital will be shaken and unpredictable problems will occur in the country.

"What Han means is that maybe as Lord Lin said and said, this is indeed an era that has created a situation that has not been seen for a thousand years, perhaps, Lord Lin can solve the paradox of the past two thousand years, so that the sacred science can be carried forward thoroughly, perhaps, the day when the world will really be united is unknown......" The older old man looked into the distance and said leisurely.

"Brother Han, don't be so naïve!" The old man immediately reminded him, when have they, who are officials, been so naïve? The world is the same? It's hilarious.

"Huh, naïve? Brother Joe! You and I are both old, both are people who are about to enter the ground, there are some things that should be seen, or we have to look away! …… The affairs of children and grandchildren, may not need to have as much heart, Han looks at His Majesty, he is also a benevolent lord who knows people's feelings, and he is becoming more and more mature in dealing with state affairs, but there is no need to cào too much heart for his children and grandchildren, even if his children and grandchildren are trapped for a while, there will always be a day to emerge,...... Perhaps, it is not known that my Ming Dynasty will really create a situation that has not been seen in thousands of years......" The older old man said with a trace of frustration, a hint of playfulness, a hint of hope, and a hint of helplessness