There is a lot of competition between the hall and the hall, but there are people with identities in the hall, whether it is Lu Zhi or Yuan Kui, they are only witty, and they will not tear their faces like Liu Xiu. Although Lu Zhi's surname is upright, he has been immersed in Confucianism for many years, and the basic rules still have to be followed.

Liu Xiu is different, in the face of the attack of He Hao and others, he started Shaolin boxing, no matter how many ways you come, I will only go all the way, grab your cover door and hold on, chase and beat them fiercely, until they are red-faced and speechless, and they will not stop until they are sarcastic.

Yuan Kui in the hall had a slight upper hand, but Yuan Shao in the hall was defeated, not that Lu Zhi's eloquence was not good, and Liu Xiu's argumentation was not hindered, but because Liu Xiu did not have the constraints of Confucianism, so he did not have so many scruples. Although Lu Zhi's eloquence is good and his knowledge is first-class, he still can't solve his congenital weakness in thinking after all.

What is Confucianism most important? Respect and humility, and dignity of the teacher. The two people in front of him, one of whom was Situ, who was ranked as the third duke, and the other was the beloved daughter of the teacher back then, both of them just restrained him, so that he couldn't use his strength, and he couldn't help it.

On the contrary, Liu Xiu grabbed the gap between the ideal and the reality tightly, which is equivalent to hitting the death hole of these people, whatever you want, you can talk about the lotus, and you will be sanctimonious, as long as I poke lightly, I will let you show your original form and slap yourself in the mouth.

A gentleman is a righteous man, and a villain is a profit? Then you eat the grain planted by the villain and spend the money earned by the villain, what qualifications do you have to look down on the villain?

The big husband should stand up to the sky, mighty and unyielding, rich and noble can't be silver? Then what are you attached to the Yuan family, and what kind of hero is Zhang Jian when he is out of the fortress?

Scholars must not be Hongyi, they should make a life for heaven and earth, and they can't camp for small profits? Now that there is a great famine in Luoyang, food prices are soaring, and people's livelihood is struggling, what have you done, whether to take out grain to level the market, or to give porridge, do you know that this meal is enough for many families to eat for a year?

It's a shame that Yuan Shao is not Yuan Shu, otherwise he would have been furious and lost his demeanor, but despite this, he was still so angry that his face turned purple and he was very depressed. He had long been paying attention to the battle between Yuan Shu and Liu Xiu, Yuan Shu's defeat was not a bad thing in his opinion, if it was someone that Yuan Shu could deal with, it was not worth his Yuan Shao's appearance at all, so he tried his best to promote this banquet, personally invited, personally came to accompany him, just to convince Liu Xiu and make Liu Xiu bow to him. While helping Yuan Kui solve a trouble, he also had the upper hand over Yuan Shu.

But he never thought that he, like Yuan Shu, faced a guy like Liu Xiu who was covered in thorns, not only did he not get cheap, but he was stabbed all over his body, and even the world-famous He Hao couldn't resist Liu Xiu's counterattack, and he retreated.

They don't know that this is not a victory for Liu Xiu, but a victory for reality. Not their failure, but the failure of Confucianism. In the final analysis, it is the plump reality that is vulnerable in the face of the skinny ideal, and the complete defeat of the ethereal mind in the face of secular politics.

Is Taoism good? Good. You see how magnificent Zhuangzi's imagination is, there are big fish in the North Underworld, the name is Kun, the Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. Turned into a bird, its name is called Peng, Peng's big, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. What a 3,000-mile hit of water, soaring up to 90,000 li, how spectacular. But does it work? It's useless, otherwise Zhuangzi wouldn't have borrowed rice from others to put in the pot, leaving the famous saying that far water can't quench the thirst of the near. If he really sees through life and death, and has the open-mindedness to sing and sing, why should he borrow rice from others and starve to death and ascend to immortality.

Is Confucius's thought good? Good. You see that Confucius is also very strong, that is, it is also warm, loyal and filial piety at the top, friendship at the bottom, warmth and affection, how good. But does it work? Useless. Confucius himself traveled to various countries, but finally returned to his hometown in poverty, and if it were not for the support of Zigong, a giant merchant student, he might have lived in the same poor alleys as Yan Hui.

When Dong Zhongshu arrived, he deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism, and Confucianism has since established a position of academic exclusivity, okay? Not necessarily. Dong Zhongshu reconciled ideals and reality, but could not hide the contradiction of the innate surname, he just castrated the most precious personality will of Confucianism, and since then succumbed to politics, from that day on, it is the villain Confucianism who is proud, and the gentleman Confucianism who is frustrated.

In fact, Dong Zhongshu is not the initiator, the uncle and grandson who set up the ceremony for the Han family, he hangs the sheep's head of Confucianism, but sells the dog meat of the Legalists, and the rites he makes are basically based on Qin rites. Where is the ideological root of the peasant-lax merchants? In the Legalist. Who first proposed this policy, Shang Ying.

Han Confucianism is not pure Confucianism, but a hodgepodge of Legalism, Yin and Yang, Immortals and Huang Lao, this set of knowledge is born with all kinds of unsolvable contradictions, and you don't need to look for it carefully, you can find out many places that are difficult to justify. All it takes is for you to break free from his shackles and throw off the veil on his surface.

Liu Xiu was not the first, there were many people before him who raised objections to today's Confucianism, he just did it more thoroughly.

Quoting scriptures, words must come out, not his specialty, so he doesn't go around in circles in this regard, and fights back straightforwardly, which is like a martial arts professor who is used to a gentleman talking and not using his hands When he encounters a gangster who is used to fighting on the street, he will divide the victory and defeat in three or two clicks, and see the difference.

The street gangsters won the battle, and the academic professor had a bleeding scalp and no skin. When he scolded the other party for not playing cards according to the routine, he forgot that the most basic role of martial arts is to resist the strong and resist insults.

Martial arts that can't be played, is it still called martial arts? One word of the bastard is enough to shut up the professor.

In the same way, is learning that cannot solve practical problems still called learning? Liu Xiu's words are enough to shut up any great Confucian.

The Confucian scholars of the Han Dynasty did not have the stinky problem of empty talk about their hearts and surnames in the future, what they thought about every day was to govern the country and level the world, and now the country or the world seemed to be messy, and even the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes became a parasite in Liu Xiu's mouth, which made people embarrassed?

Yuan Shao had mixed feelings in his heart, and a trace of remorse arose. However, he was not Yuan Shu after all, and instead of jumping eight feet high, he lowered his posture and discussed with Liu Xiu in a more gentle tone. Although there was some reserve in his tone, it was already a rare thing for him, at least it could be regarded as a corporal Lixian.

"In Deran's view, how to solve the current difficulties?"

Yuan Shao said this, Liu Xiu was no longer good at playing brutal, he pondered for a moment: "Which problem are you talking about?" ”

Yuan Shao smiled and exchanged a look with He Hao, who had a somewhat ugly face: "The most important thing is, of course, the matter of the party ban." ”

Liu Xiu glanced at them, and when he saw that their eyes were ambiguous, he couldn't help but sneer. The scholars suddenly became excited, almost out of control, and he was anxious to wonder if there was anyone behind him. The first to be blacklisted was Yuan Shao, because Yuan Shao took the boutique route, and there were the most party members among the guests, and He Hao was a famous party leader.

Now that he saw this look, he was more sure.

"I think you must have seen Cao Luan's superiority, and you also know how Zhang Huan became a captain, right?"

Yuan Shao nodded, although he was closed, it didn't mean that he was not well-informed, he knew all the new trends in Luoyang, including Liu Xiu's "Luoyang Chronicles" and "Chang'an Chronicles", he had read them one by one.

"The Son of Heaven cannot govern the world alone, so it is impossible for him to leave the scholars. Imprisoning the party is not only a catastrophe for the world's scholars, but also self-harm for the Han, this truth goes without saying, I think everyone knows it, and the Son of Heaven must also know it, so I think it is a matter of time before the party ban is lifted, and the sooner it is solved, the less harm it will do, there is no doubt about it. Liu Xiu waved his hand and signaled Yuan Shao that they should not be excited first, and the words later might not be what they wanted to hear. However, the Son of Heaven wants to lift the ban on the party, because he hopes that scholars can serve the country and do something practical, instead of calling friends to attract friends, forming parties for personal gain, and criticizing the government. In other words, if the scholar is still the same party and disagrees, is self-willed, and makes unbridled accusations all day long, but cannot help the current situation in any substance, then even if the party ban is lifted, sooner or later it will come again. ”

He looked around, and even Yuan Kui in the hall did not let go, and said word by word: "If there is really another party rebellion, I am afraid that the vitality of the world's scholars will never have a chance to recover." The life of the Han is certainly irretrievable, but before that, there will be countless people to bury him. It may be impossible for the Son of Heaven to exterminate all the scholars in the world, but it should be easy to kill a few people and destroy a few families. ”

Yuan Shao was frightened, and heard a strong killing intent from it.

Lu Zhi was very puzzled by Liu Xiu saying such a thing, but in front of so many people, he didn't want to ask, until he left the Yuan Mansion and sat in the car, he called Liu Xiu over, and said with some reproach: "Deran, why did you say something like that?" ”

Liu Xiu was a little dull, and asked rhetorically: "Sir, you said that if the Son of Heaven really wants to uproot the Yuan family, is it possible?" ”

Lu Zhi was puzzled: "Why do you want to uproot the Yuan family?" ”

"Because they're robbing the Son of Heaven for money." Liu Xiu smiled bitterly: "Don't you see, today's meal is enough for a family of five to eat for a year, but don't think that the Yuan family is specially entertaining you, the Yuan family is basically like this every day." All the rangers and celebrities who came to Luoyang, the most famous went to see Yuan Shao, and the second-class came to see Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng, which day was not full of guests in the Yuan family? But the Son of Heaven has no money, the Yuan family didn't pay a penny, and in the end it was the money donated by the eunuchs in the palace, and now there is a great famine in Luoyang, and the Yuan family has not donated a single grain, and it is estimated that it is the eunuchs who take the initiative to lend food to the Son of Heaven in the end, do you say that the Son of Heaven can not be close to the eunuchs and hate these families? ”

Lu Zhi was stunned, he suddenly understood what Liu Xiu meant. Liu Xiu didn't say a word of falsehood, a family of five, the annual food is seventy or eighty stones, and when converted into money, it is seven or eight thousand yuan, at most ten thousand yuan, and the Yuan family has to pay three or four gold for this meal. The Yuan family is rich, but they have never thought about the Son of Heaven, and more importantly, Yuan Kui is still Situ, when he tells the Son of Heaven every day that he has no money, he himself lives a life of poverty and luxury.

What will the Son of Heaven think? No one would think better if they were replaced.

It may be impossible for the Son of Heaven to kill all the scholars, but it is more than enough to kill only one Yuan family, although there will be other families to rise to the top if the Yuan family is killed, but for the Yuan family, it is a disaster to destroy the door. There are not one or two such examples, the Liang Ji and Dou families are all living and bloody precedents, and further back, there are also the Ma family and the Yin family, all the rich and noble families, and in the end, none of them can escape this fate, unless they can replace the Liu family with the Wang family like Wang Mang in the previous dynasty.

The more Lu Zhi thought about it, the more scared he became, not only for the Yuan family, but also for the fate of the Han, if he really wanted to go that far, it would inevitably be another great change, and now the Han is a seriously ill patient, and he can't withstand such a toss at all.

"So what now?"

"I can only hope that those scholars can calm down, stop intensifying the contradictions, and take advantage of the fact that the Son of Heaven is still young, as well as the vigor and ambition of Zhongxing, and the cooperation of the monarch and the minister, so that the Han can have a chance to breathe." Liu Xiu said helplessly: "I estimate that some time ago, those people were talking about it, and there were people behind them, if He Hao and they can calm down and play the role of celebrities in a better direction, maybe there will be a turnaround." Of course, you can't put all your hopes in them, sir, I'm going to start a newspaper, and my husband will write a few political essays and appeal to them to stop being so messy. ”

"Newspapers?" Lu Zhi didn't know why.

Liu Xiu explained his meaning in detail. Now there are two main ways of publicity, one is the official copy to the various departments of the newspaper, this is an official document, mainly for the political axe officials, not everyone can see it, and irregular, the content is mostly the imperial court's edicts, decrees or something; The other is oral transmission, even if there are a few truths, they have become rumors after passing on several times, some are the accumulation of misunderstandings caused by transmission, and some are deliberate miscommunication. Whether intentional or unintentional, it is not conducive to the spread of public opinion.

Therefore, Liu Xiu decided to set up a newspaper, called "Ta Kung Pao", to take the world as the righteousness of the public and use a more formal way to guide public opinion. He had this plan before, but his writing was not good, and he couldn't always find Cai Yong, to be honest, Cai Yong was interested in learning, but he was not necessarily interested in this, and the most suitable person was Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi is knowledgeable, famous, and has the need to earn money to support his family, and more importantly, he has this kind of enthusiasm for doing things.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Xiu explained, Lu Zhi agreed, and decided to start writing articles as soon as he went back. Liu Xiu didn't go back to the Tai Chi Dao Pavilion that night, he discussed with Lu Zhi for half the night, and decided that the first article should pick a topic that would not only attract enough eyeballs, but also be helpful enough for the current situation.

In the end, the result of the discussion was to write a series of party chronicles, and the first article was written about Li Ying. There are many reasons for choosing Li Ying, he is not only the leader of the party, he has an outstanding reputation, and there is a very high prestige among the scholars, when he was the Yin of Henan, he did not communicate with the guests, and when he could see him, he called it "Denglongmen", and he could become famous in Luoyang in a few days. In addition to being famous, Li Ying has both civil and military skills, meritorious service, virtue and speech, and there is no shortage of it, and his death is still a matter that many people feel very sorry for.

Liu Xiu agreed on the topic and went to sleep, but Lu Zhi wrote all night. In his opinion, this is not just a character chronicle, this is almost an article that can determine the fortunes of the Han Dynasty, and if it is written, it can not only allow scholars to learn a lesson from Li Ying's tragedy, and not want those exaggerations from now on, but also rehabilitate Li Ying, and gradually let more party members who were imprisoned like Li Ying re-enter the imperial court, serve the country, and jointly save the crisis faced by the Han Dynasty.

Early the next morning, before Liu Xiu got up, Lu Zhi pushed open his door with the transcribed article, and slapped the manuscript on the case with some nervousness: "You see if it can be done, if you are still too angry, I will change it again." ”

Liu Xiu hurriedly got up, and said while reading the manuscript: "Mr.'s article, how can there be any reason for students to change it." He took a closer look and was very satisfied, although he was still a little angry, but after some enlightenment yesterday, this was far from Lu Zhi's previous temper, if he showed it to Cai Yong, he would definitely not believe that this was Lu Zhi's handwriting.

"Sir, good article, I'll do it, and strive to let all readers in Luoyang see it within two days." Liu Xiu paused again, "Perhaps, the party ban will start with this article." ”

Lu Zhi laughed, and the tiredness of a sleepless night was swept away.

Liu Xiu did what he said, and immediately ran to the palace to find Bi Lan, and asked him to typeset according to the appearance he had prepared, and print two thousand copies first. He even has the capital ready, and some other small articles with entertainment surnames are not bad, and even the illustration plates have been carved by Bi Lan in advance, just waiting for Lu Zhi's article. Bi Lan looked at the title of Lu Zhi's manuscript and was startled: "Captain Li? ”

Liu Xiule said: "What, are you afraid of him too?" ”

Bi Lan pursed her lips, a little embarrassed: "Zhang Rang is afraid of him, let alone us." However, I was still young at that time, and I had just entered the palace, so I didn't have much chance to offend him, but I only knew that as soon as I heard the three words of Captain Li, the faces of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others were particularly ugly. ”

Liu Xiu couldn't help but laugh out loud. Bi Lan also smiled, and he shook the manuscript: "You promise not to cause trouble?" ”

"I'll take care of it." Liu Xiu patted his chest very firmly. Now the Son of Heaven is anxious to open a party ban, and he is afraid that the opening of the party ban will cause right and wrong, he has come to be a pioneer, how can the Son of Heaven blame him. There is still a good one in this year, if you want to run a newspaper, you don't need any propaganda department to nod, you can do it if you want to, freedom. He threw the bag of gold on the table, and said very angrily: "I have brought the rest of the money, and all you have to do is to typeset and print it at once, and give me two thousand copies in one day." ”

"Are you so sure?" Bi Lan said with a smile: "Definitely won't lose?" ”

"You don't care if I lose or not, you don't have the courage to buy shares anyway." Liu Xiu said with a smile: "You just have to print it well, this thing is done, I want 2,000 copies a day, and then you will have to expand your printing workshop." How, are there any problems with the funds? ”

"And-" Bi Lan stretched out her voice disapplausively, "The one who runs the restaurant is still afraid of the pot-bellied man?" As long as you have a business for me to do, I can expand at any time, and it will not be a problem to recruit hundreds of students. ”

"Bullish." Liu Xiu gave a thumbs up.

Bi Lan didn't say anything big, he handed over two thousand copies in one day. Liu Xiu immediately took action, he hired more than a dozen newspaper boys, let them take 1,000 copies to the door of Taixue, 500 copies were sold in other places, 300 copies were left in the Taiji Taoist Hall, and the remaining 200 copies were sent to the temples and powerful mansions respectively, especially to explain that today is the founding issue of my "Ta Kung Pao", free to read, and there will be more in the future, if you want to be interested, you can book at the Taiji Taoist Museum.

The situation of the newspaper is novel, and the topic can be attractive, the newsboys shouted at the gate of Taixue, "the great Confucian Lu Zhi's masterpiece, comment on the party leader Li Ying", immediately smelled a group of people, a thousand copies of the newspaper were sold out in a short time, and the people who did not catch up heard that the Taiji Taoist Hall still sold out, and immediately rushed to the Taiji Taoist Hall to buy it, and had breakfast by the way. However, at noon, all 1,800 copies of the newspaper were sold out, and within a day, the whole city of Luoyang began to talk about this piece of paper entitled "Ta Kung Pao."

It's not that there is no such thing in the Han Dynasty before, but it is all hand-copied, called Yan paper, or called Feizhang, no one has ever used it so formally, and the production is not so exquisite, on a two-foot-wide and three-foot-long paper, the most eye-catching position is printed with the title, and then there is a large piece of Lu Zhi's article, dotted with all kinds of lace next to it, and there are some small articles and pictures of the pastime surname in the spare place, which can be described as elegant and vulgar appreciation.

Of course, the most attractive thing is Lu Zhi's article, although this article criticizes the habits of some celebrities and celebrities of Li Ying, but the most basic meaning is very clear: Lu Zhi is crying out for Li Ying's death and asking the court to rehabilitate Li Ying.

Almost all of them looked at the imperial court, waiting to see the reaction of the Son of Heaven.

…… In the Jiaofang Palace, the Son of Heaven was pacing slowly in the room with his hands behind his back, smelling the faint fragrance of pepper on the wall, his mood was very happy, and there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth. The queen sat behind the case, looking at the "Ta Kung Pao" that still exuded the fragrance of ink on the case without squinting, but the corner of her eyes fell on the body of the big Changqiu Cao Jie who was lying under the steps, looking at this eunuch who had harmed the Song family a lot, at this moment, her heart was full of happiness.

Cao Poshi bought a copy as soon as he got the news of "Ta Kung Pao", although he didn't quite understand the meaning of those words, but Li Ying was a member of the party, he was killed by his brother Cao Jie, he knew this very well, and more importantly, he knew that his brother was waiting for an opportunity to clean up Liu Xiu.

As soon as Cao Jie saw the "Ta Kung Pao", he didn't finish reading it, he smiled, and hurriedly rushed to the palace with the "Ta Kung Pao". As soon as he saw the Son of Heaven, he knelt down and kowtowed, and cried loudly, saying that the party had risen again, accusing His Majesty, and asking His Majesty to severely punish Lu Zhi and Liu Xiu.

To his surprise, the Son of Heaven waved his hand casually, signaling him not to be nervous, and then said, what does this have to do with the party?

Cao Jie said, Li Ying is a member of the party, and he is wronged for Li Ying, doesn't it mean that His Majesty is wrong to imprison the party?

The Son of Heaven said, I think Li Ying is really a little wronged, I didn't think it before, but now I know that Li Ying is really a talent, good at learning, can use soldiers, be a captain of Wuhuan University, be a general of Duliao, can Jingbian and the people, be Henan Yin, Sili Captain, Luoyang Zhu can't afford to annihilate, it's really on the horse to fight Hu, get off the horse to govern the country, how did he become a party member? Yes, the temper is a little stinky, but it is not surprising that such a capable person has a little temper, otherwise he would be a saint.

Cao Jie's words made Cao Jie tremble, and he could hear that he was in too much of a hurry to sue him, as if he had hit the wall.

The Son of Heaven said lightly, you take a closer look at this article, Lu Zhike said, Li Ying's biggest shortcoming is that in addition to being too heavy on morale, he just doesn't know how to avoid suspicion, and he forgets the teachings of the sage who is not a gentleman, I think he said it quite well. He didn't say a word of grievance for the party, by the way, Cao Jie, tell me about it, how did Li Ying, a rare talent, become a party member? You say that the party members just want to rebel, but I think what Li Ying did was meritorious to the country.

Cao Jie was suddenly drenched in cold sweat, and he suddenly understood that the Son of Heaven was already an adult, not the child who was fooled by him back then. That year, the Son of Heaven had just ascended the throne, only twelve years old, and when he heard him say that he was a member of the party, he was very naïve to ask him what the party meant, and he fooled the Son of Heaven at that time and said that the party was going to seek the dynasty to usurp the throne and become the emperor, but the Son of Heaven was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he honestly took his hand and let him be at his mercy.

Cao Jie didn't even know how he got out, standing in the scorching sun, he felt cold, he found that he had underestimated the seriousness of this matter, and made a big mistake as soon as he made a move. didn't even find out what the Son of Heaven was thinking, so he hurriedly sued, committing the taboo of blind movement.

Cao Jie thought about it for a long time, and decided to retreat as advance, and test the meaning of the Son of Heaven.

Cao Jie was anxious and angry, this time he was really sick, and he asked Wang Fu to be invited to his home overnight to discuss how to deal with this crisis.

Wang Fu is currently the oldest and most powerful eunuch in the palace except Cao Jie, and now he is the champion of the Marquis, and his position is Huangmen Ling, and his son Wang Meng is the Shaofu of Yongle Palace. Last time, in order to cut off the Song family's think tank Cao Ying, he asked his adopted son Wang Ji to arrest Cao Ying, but Xiahou Yuan took the blame, and the main son Cao Ying ran away, Wang Fu accepted Liu Xiu's conditions and released Xiahou Yuan in order not to startle the snake. During this time, although he and Liu Xiu did not have much contact, there was no conflict, and occasionally met in the palace, Liu Xiu would greet him politely. Wang Fu didn't think that Liu Xiu was in any danger, and he kept thinking about pulling Liu Xiu over through Duan Cheng.

Wang Fu didn't think much of Cao Jie's worries, he felt that Cao Jie was too nervous, and seeing the wind was rain. On the contrary, he was very dissatisfied with Yuan Yu, who thought that he was the same clan as the Yuan family of the Fourth and Third Dukes, and he didn't look down on them who had no foundation. He also specifically mentioned a situation, as soon as Cao Jie's Da Changqiu was dismissed, Yuan Yu began to jump up and down, as if he was very interested in the position of Da Changqiu.

Cao Jie was taken aback: "Who did you listen to?" ”

"Naturally, it was passed down from the palace." Wang Fu didn't elaborate, but said with some worry: "I think the Yuan family is trying to win over the Song family." I heard before that they wanted to win over Liu Xiu and wanted to marry Yuan Hui to him, you said that we were turning against Liu Xiu at this time, is it a bit of a bad time? ”

Cao Jie was silent for a moment: "I want to go into Su to atone for my sins, what do you see?" ”

Wang Fu nodded and agreed: "Yes, you can't let Yuan Yu take advantage of the loophole." ”

The next time, Cao Jie wrote a book, willing to put 20,000 stones into Li to atone for the sin of vain, the Son of Heaven was very satisfied, and sent someone to comfort him, so that he could recuperate well, don't worry about anything, I will keep it for you in Da Changqiu.

At the same time, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to rehabilitate Li Ying and pardon his family, protégés, and deceased officials.

At this time, it was only three days before the founding of "Ta Kung Pao", and Lu Zhi's article became famous, and "Ta Kung Pao" suddenly became a new thing that readers talked about.

(To be continued)