Chapter 332: The Feast (Part I)

- "That's pretty much it." In Zhao Zongji's study, Chen Ke relayed Wang Yan's words to him.

These days, seeing that Longchang has become the focus of Bianjing scholars, everywhere he goes is bound to be full of traffic, shoulder to shoulder, Zhao Zongji said that he is not in a hurry, it is all fooling.

But after listening to the method given by Wang Yan, his face was not very happy, but fell into deep thought.

Chen Ke didn't say anything, and quietly read his "Politicians", and let Zhao Zongji fight in his heart.

"Don't look at it." After a long time, Zhao Zongji came back to his senses and scolded: "Don't you help me sum up?" ”

"This method will kill with one move," Chen Ke put down the book and said lightly: "But there will be endless troubles." ”

"What's the aftermath?" Zhao Zongji asked in a deep voice.

"This is the prison of words," Chen Ke said lightly: "Lao Long is ninety years old, admired by everyone, and famous abroad. If it is framed in this way, what kind of impression will it create on the people of the world? ”

"That's exactly what I feared." Zhao Zongji bowed his head and said: "When Mr. Wuling wrote this article, I am afraid that he is just talking about things, and there is no insinuation. ”

"Well, obviously." Chen Ke nodded and said, "If he has insinuation, how can he dedicate it to the court?" Could it be that the old birthday star eats arsenic and is tired and crooked? ”

"Yes, Wang Yuanze's method is framing." Zhao Zongji sighed deeply: "I don't want to do this unless I have to." ”

"Hmm." Chen Ke nodded, rubbed the book in his hand and said: "This "Politician's Chapter" and other translations into Chinese, you must take a look, there is a point of view I agree with - justice is the foundation of a politician's life, and unjust actions will inevitably bring adverse effects, maybe in the near term or in the long term. ”

"I know what you mean," Zhao Zongji nodded and said: "That's what Confucius said, a gentleman is also in the world, there is no suitability, there is no Mo, and righteousness is compared." ”

"Yes." Chen Ke nodded and said, "But then again." If we don't handle this matter properly, we will lose the new scholars. Without their help, we would have lost. ”

"Yes, the sage still preaches the way of scripture power." Zhao Zongji said slowly: "Although it is the right, it still does not deviate from the scriptures, and the right is only a change in the scriptures." ”

"That's right." Chen Ke nodded and praised: "So we can accuse him of slandering Zhou Gong." But they can't frame it with 'golden silk'. This will have an immediate effect, but it will trap you in injustice. After a pause, he said, "What's more, everyone knows that Long Wuling was invited by Zhao Zongshi." You are his biggest opponent, and you rashly throw out the 'golden silk', just afraid that you will be regarded by the officials as evil intentions. Pay for one's whistle. ”

"So what are we going to do?"

"Let me think about it......" Chen Ke slowly got up and said: "There are still seven days left before the feast, let me think about it again, is there a better way......

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Over the next few days, the atmosphere in Bianjing changed for a while. It was spread everywhere that Longchang slandered Zhou Gong and regarded Zhou Gong as a traitor. Who is Zhou Gong? That's the holy king of this dynasty! The object of worship of all scholars! Your blatant slander of a Han scholar and a small people in the Longchang period will naturally arouse the vigilance of the court officials who claim to be orthodox.

Before, although everyone had read the articles of the Long Chang period, no one had studied them one by one. Now as soon as they were reminded, the officials immediately found the "Long's Anthology" that exuded the scent of ink, and began to search carefully, and saw that there was really such an article. As a result, some Confucians fired at the Longchang period, saying that it was not only not the Duke of Zhou, but also pointed out that there was no emperor in the "Six Classics". Think it's deviant and not enough to teach!

It would not be surprising if this was an ordinary person, the key is that the identity of the person who fired the cannon is too unusual, it is Ouyang Xiu, the leader of the literary league! In the literary world. Ouyang Xiu's influence was even greater than that of the Longchang period. It's just that he has always focused on stylistic reform and has not been too involved in scriptures. At this moment, the sudden attack is naturally not small.

Many literati officials who have long been unaccustomed to Lao Long's scenery have not dared to speak out for fear of offending the anger of the public, but now that Ouyang Xiu fired the first shot, they immediately followed up and criticized him for deviant, heretical and harmful to the sect!

Those literati who supported Lao Long naturally did not remain silent, and immediately choked back, saying that they were jealous of the virtuous and could not tolerate dissent. In just a few days, there was a lot of noise in Bianjing City, and the controversy became louder and louder.

In any case, the day of the imperial court feast has arrived.

The so-called 'sutra feast' is to give lectures to the emperor, which is an important activity of the state to govern the world with literature and education. The reason why the word 'feast' was added was that after Gaine finished speaking, the emperor generally gave a sumptuous banquet to the lecturer and the minister.

In the Song Dynasty system, from February to May every year, from August to the winter solstice, a sutra feast was held every single day, and the lecturer took turns to flow into the attendant to lecture and read, which was called spring lecture and autumn lecture. The first day of the eighth month is the first day of the autumn lecture.

After the morning of this day, the officials and ministers moved to the Ying Pavilion...... The one who is near, the near; The hero, the best of the people, is a place where the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty got close to the talent and listened to his lectures and sermons.

On the first night, the Inner Servant Province has set up a golden crane incense burner on the left and right sides of the throne ground in the palace, and a little south on the east side of the left incense burner, and set up a royal case to preach the case, all facing west. On the case, each of the manuscripts of the books he talked about was pressed with a pair of gold rulers.

At this moment, the ministers of Yiying, the ministers of the six ministries, the officials of the pavilion, the officials of the imperial history, the officials of the middle of the matter, and the preface of the class praised all wore court clothes and lined up outside the palace.

As soon as the hour arrived, the official family was promoted. Under the guidance of the Honglu Temple's praise officer, all the officials entered the temple in turn to salute, and then took their places. Chen Ke, as the cultivator of the Jixian Palace, is naturally qualified to attend, and at this moment he is standing in the middle of the class, looking at his nose and nose, and he doesn't know what he is thinking.

After the etiquette and red tape, the praise official sang: "Xuanjin lecturer Longchang period out of the ranks-"

Wearing a special scarlet robe and gray-haired Long Changqi, with the support of the students, trembling to the front of the imperial stairs and saluting to the official family.

"Aiqing is exempt." Seeing this old man, the official family said with a pleasant face: "Sage Yun, kiss, benevolence; Respect for the long, righteous also. You may be seated. ”

Then a waiter brought a chair with a cushioned backrest and asked Long Changqi to sit down.

Long Changqi was grateful, and his eyes were slightly red and said: "How can the grass people be able to see the holy face of the Son of Heaven in the year of the wind and candles." I was full of emotion in my heart, and there were poems dedicated to His Majesty to express the hearts of the grass people. ”

"Please." Zhao Zhen said.

"Zhongtian was prosperous, and Ruimai Jiahe was a good year. The white elephant of the Yu Yu is effective, and the emperor of Wanli is the emperor of Gong. The well-dressed cultural relics are timely, and the sea corner is quiet and boundless police. Lane Dance Street Clarion Taiping ......"

The old man was singing there with emotion, and the ministers below were drowsy, and everyone had done too much of this kind of hymn to arouse interest.

Zhao Zhen listened patiently and easily, and said with a smile: "The old gentleman's blessing has been accepted by the widow, and I wish you a long life!" ”

The praise officer was afraid that the old man would sigh again, so he hurriedly said: "Come in!" ”

So Long Changqi sat down after the lecture and began to speak. He is speaking today about the Book of Changes. This is the head of the group scriptures, the source of the great road, and the level of this aspect is high. Everyone thinks that he is a superior person. And what Long Changqi is best at is easy to learn, and his learning is not blown. He also deliberately wants to talk about the most important lesson of his life, which is naturally fascinating.

However, this old man is unique and does not take the pre-Confucian theory as true, and there are many surprising words, which still make many conservative ministers frown slightly. Secretly, this old man doesn't take the sages too seriously, right?

Unconsciously, at the end of half an hour's lecture, the waiter served ginseng soup to Longchang. Zhao Zhen asked the ministers: "What Long Aiqing said is subtle and righteous, what is the intention of the Qing family?" ”

The ministers looked at each other. All eyes fell on Ouyang Xiu.

Zhao Zhen also saw Ouyang Xiu, and asked with a smile: "What does Ouyang Aiqing think?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty," Ouyang Xiu said expressionlessly: "This old man has a deep education, but his heart is not right, far-fetched, and he pretends to be grotesque, and Weichen thinks that what he says is not enough training!" Then he singled out the 'arrogant words' of the old man Fang Cailong and criticized them one by one.

Everyone laughed in their hearts. Ouyang Xiu is really still the same, and he doesn't save face at all.

Long Changqi was drinking soup even more, and it was difficult to swallow when he heard the words, but the emperor didn't speak, and he couldn't say anything. I could only listen to Ouyang Xiu's slap in the face there.

Fortunately, there were also people who spoke for him, and Liu Chang, who knew the system, immediately stood up. refuted Ouyang Xiu and said, what is the trouble for him to add to the crime? Why can the ancients annotate the scriptures, but Mr. Wuling can't, why do you think that the annotations of the ancients are authoritative, and today's objections are slandering the sages?

The two began to argue in the palace, and some ministers helped one after another, and the argument became more and more intense. Soon, the focus shifted from the Book of Changes to the most controversial point in the Longchang period - whether the Duke of Zhou was a traitor or not.

In the opinion of the vast majority of officials. The Duke of Zhou practiced feudalism, built the Eastern Capital, made ceremonies and made fun, and became a king, and his life was beyond reproach, how could he be a traitor?

In that room, Zhao Zongshi's face was darker than the bottom of the pot, and he secretly scolded Wen Yanbo in his heart, what kind of birdman did you recommend? I didn't spare any effort to build momentum for him, isn't this a cheat?

But at this time, you can't help but protect Longchang, otherwise he won't become a laughing stock?

So he made a look, and his subordinates, who had been prepared a long time ago, spoke: "Mr. Wuling's words, even if they are shocking, are not chasing after the wind. "Historical Records" said that the king is less, and the prince is the regent of the country. However, Zhou Gong punished Wu Geng, Uncle Guan, and let Uncle Cai go, but said that he was ordered by King Cheng, which in itself is a contradiction in itself, and it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of cutting off things in the name of pretending to become a king! ”

"The regent of the Duke of Zhou, issued an edict in the name of King Cheng, called 'Wang Ruo said', it is appropriate to suspect Uncle Cheng as a puppet." Another official said: "In the book "Xunzi", it is written: 'Zhou Gongping became the king and the king of Wu belonged to the world, which is as inherent as it is! ”

"The question of 'whether Duke Zhou is king' has been discussed through the ages," Liu Chang knew that this question could not be expanded, and immediately said to Xi Ni: "Mr. Wuling is just putting forward his opinion, and besides, Mr. Wu was in the opposition before, so he naturally spoke without taboo. When the anthology is published all over the world, it is natural to revise it again, and just remove these controversial remarks. ”——

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Ah, it's so painful, I've written a lot of book bags, and I've deleted them all, and I resolutely don't drop my book bag, and I don't drop it if I can't say it......