Zhang Tingyu followed the emperor to the Yangxin Palace, and when Kangxi reclined on the soft couch, he fell to the ground and blamed himself: "The saint is on the southern tour, and his subordinates have not escorted him." The emperor was disturbed by this, and Weichen was really ashamed of the emperor's kindness. ”

"Get up," Kangxi waved his hand, "Sit down." After Li Dequan moved to the soft satin porcelain pier, Zhang Tingyu sat down, and then said, "Ling Zun's body is still strong. This time I traveled to Taihu Lake with me, but I didn't expect to be disappointed, and you sent your family back to comfort you. Without waiting for Tingyu to thank him, he suddenly changed the subject and said, "I summoned you here to hear your opinion on Taihu Lake." Have you thought about what you did? ”

Zhang Tingyu was speechless for a while. The emperor was wise and far-sighted, and really thought of the problem he was most worried about. If the culprit cannot be caught, and the suspicion is expanded, the situation of stability in the government and the opposition will be ruined. Thinking of this, he fixed his mind and said carefully:

"The small crumbs and the mayflies that shake the trees have existed since ancient times. Taihu Lake, as long as the criminal department is strictly punished, it is not appropriate to suspect that Dou has it, and it will move the whole body. The prince of the imperial court has been established, the rebel thief Aobai and Wu Sangui have been removed, and now the country and the people are safe, and the Manchu and Han are in harmony. The Qing Dynasty unified the country, and the emperor's grace reached the four seas, which was called the prosperous era of Changming. This situation is not easy to come by, according to the view of Weichen, stability is the first, stability is the top, stability is the foundation of the country. Only when there is stability can the prosperous world last for thousands of generations......"

"It's just the same as loneliness," Kangxi's "heart disease" seems to have been alleviated, brushing his gray beard, and frequently bowing his head, "Keep talking, keep talking!" ”

"Yi" said: 'Letter and guinea fish'. The book says: "Only virtue moves the sky", "sincerity touches God". Zhang Tingyu then said eloquently, "Sincerity is far away from the gods, and the stubbornness of the guinea fish can be done in one go, not to mention the subjects!" The saint attaches great importance to Confucianism, enlightens the Han Chen, Xing erudition and Hong Lexicology, treats the Han with sincerity, and the Manchu and Han families, so there is a long-lasting rule. Even if there are few old and young people left behind in the Ming Dynasty, making nostalgic thoughts and mourning thoughts, then why worry about it? It seems that there is no need to make a lot of copywriting for the change of Taihu Lake. Tang Chen Lu Zhen said: 'Moving words, the feeling is shallow, and the words are not tangible, who is willing to cherish it?' 'I hope that the Holy Majesty will from now on in view of the past, and the subjects of the world want to see sincerity. In the past, Chengtang was prosperous with his sin, and Chu Zhao restored the country with kind words. If you talk about trouble, you might as well make a sobbing statement; Deyin is both proclaimed, and it is not appropriate to be more taboo. Employing people and administering it, clearly issuing edicts. Reply to the chapter, copy and send the order, except for the military machine, it is not appropriate to pre-vent, that is, the county does not abide by the law of the teacher, although the court does not declare, how can the grass not be heard? Instead of rumors, why not broadcast it to be angry. The loyal and righteous people will have to make up for the gains and losses in the imperial court and save them at any time. Du Quan's treacherous selfishness and the spirit of loyalty and righteousness from all over the world all care about this. The so-called 'country of sincerity' of this minister is also! ”

"Okay, okay." Kangxi couldn't help but stand up and paced in the hall.

"In a peaceful and prosperous world, it is easy to whitewash. The country is rich and profitable, and it is necessary to guard against corrupt and perverted officials. The emperor listened very attentively, and Zhang Tingyu simply let go and said, "Although the two dynasties have made great efforts to put an end to the enclosure of land, and the river work has been greatly developed, the disaster of floods and droughts has been reduced, but with the breadth of China, there are still hundreds of thousands of victims begging and fleeing the famine every year. The emperor loves the people like a son, and every time he allocates silver for relief, there are officials who deduct the silver. Many officials reported good news but not bad news, deceived the imperial court, and tried to add officials to the knighthood, and used the blood and tears of the people to dye the red crown and wear flower feathers. The rise of thieves is due to the sparse rule of officials, and the rule of officials is due to the indiscriminate advancement. It is advisable to adopt the right path in employing people, and it is strictly forbidden to bribe officials, donate officials, and run for official positions. These traitors are all the children of officials, relatives and friends, attached to the grass and trees, and the party supports the same felling. is good at social ceremonies, prostitution and gambling, neglects to love the people, is close to the people, and does not know that the grains are not easy to come by. There are also corpse vegetarian meals, corrupt officials who bend the law for bribes, and disregard for people's lives, like such corrupt people, once they are found, regardless of grade, they should be severely punished. Song Taizu inherited the style of five generations, with Lian Shi as the county order, and the commentator said that he opened the rule of peace for 300 years. In the past, people said that the corrupt officials broke the law, and the law was there; The traitor dances and writes, and the law dies. If the rule of officials is like this, if the world is like this, is it dangerous? In addition, every time hundreds of people enter the department, they are selected to fill the vacancies, and there are no one or two years old, and the search for talents is almost a vain, and there is no one to take the exam. There are those who can't bear to sigh for a runny nose. However, such malpractices, the decree is clear, and the ministers cannot explain themselves, and the governor will refuse to accept it, why not? When the ministers heard this, some supervisors approved Fang Xu's submission and said: 'The officials are cloudy, the officials are cloudy, and the headquarters does not know what they do. Escort the 'Yunyun' to the Yuan, and wait for the headquarters to be ......."

"Well, such faint officials are everywhere." Kangxi nodded.

"There is still a nameless son Fu "Cutting Plums for the Official" ......"

"Oh? And 'cut plums for the official'? Kangxi smiled, "How to be an official, how to cut plums, let's hear it!" ”

So, Zhang Tingyu groaned:

Shitu drill to Seiko,

Comba Changtong,

Charcoal respects Changfeng.

No disaster and no trouble to the three publics,

The wife was honored,

Ziyin Langzhong.

Liufang is even more infinite behind him,

Don't be a Wenzhong,

Bow to Wen Gong.

Hearing this, Kangxi frowned and pondered, and said to himself:

"It's mean, but it's true. The following officials are governed, the clamor of the traitors, and the princes and princes and six dignitaries whose roots are by my side. ”

Therefore, the minister thought that the country should be governed by peace, win the trust with sincerity, be peace-oriented, and give priority to the rule of the officials. "The Mean" Sandade, everything can not be abolished. To know is to know, to act benevolently, to be honest for faith. The sages are poor, and they will all stretch out. King Wen lives in Qi, and his benevolent people's love for things is not easy, so he is unstoppable. Yanagishita Hui is a soil master, and he is deposed three times without changing his will. Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Period and became the master of all generations. My emperor Shengming is the hero, do not listen to the song of autumn insects, do not distract the small people of Taihu Lake, treat the people with benevolence, strictly govern the officials, and prosper the poor, which is the luck of trillions of people! The foolish minister's words are abrupt, and he begs for the holy judgment. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Tingyu knelt down and bowed deeply.

"Hengchen, you read well, and your intentions are quite good." Kangxi stopped, looked up at the blue sky outside the palace, but didn't look back, "Sure enough, the blue is better than the blue." His father was rich in five cars, and he was a little restrained. Er's learning and wisdom are complete, moderate and round, and quite courageous, which can be of great use, so as to do it for himself. Kneel down! ”

Kangxi turned around and saw Zhang Tingyu kneeling on the ground and waving his hand:

"Get up, go back!"

Zhang Tingyu walked out of the palace gate, although he was already sweating his underwear, he felt relaxed and comfortable. What I had to say was finally spit out to the emperor. Usually he is also like his father, who is silent and unassuming; But for the sake of peace and benefit to the people, I have to say it in front of the emperor. is afraid of sudden trouble, and he will not give up.

In the next few days, Zhang Tingyu drafted the decree on behalf of the emperor. The jade decree of promoting the position of Oro Dai and Gao Shiqi to retire and seal the Shaobao was well drafted, and it was quickly drafted and handed over to the Ministry of Officials. However, where did the edict on the investigation of Zhuang Tinglong's case begin? In the past few days, from the countless ministries and government recitals and submissions every day, he has slowly sorted out some clues.

After the Taihu Lake Incident occurred, the emperor was furious, and on the way back to Luan, he issued a secret edict to the provinces along the way, strictly punishing the governors of other provinces, and telling them to investigate and secretly visit. If there is a slanderous language, a sneering text, and an allusion to the appearance of "black books, black texts, and black poems" of this dynasty, it should be investigated as soon as possible, and no favoritism should be allowed. If you indulge in indulging in it, you will be found out by the imperial court later, and you will definitely be punished severely. This secret message, those corrupt officials and traitors, in order to be promoted to the rank of knight, get rid of disasters and eliminate disasters, those who manage honesty and truth, and those who care about grievances and hidden feelings, have chased the wind and shadows, picked bones from eggs, fabricated crimes, and invited merit and rewards.

The emperor's Luan Yu entered Beijing, and Zhejiang Province made trouble with Zhuang Tinglong's literary prison. There is a secret decree from the Holy Lord, and it is very fierce below. The 72 people who opened the coffin of the dead Zhuang Tinglong and killed the body were beheaded by Zhu Lian, and hundreds of people were exiled from the army.

This Zhuang Tinglong's family is rich, and he can be regarded as a scholar. He really wanted to write a book and say that in the future, the famous mountain will be hidden and immortalized for future generations. With this in mind, he took the pen every day, buried his head, meditated, and searched for life in the pile of books. Even when Confucius deleted poems and books and wrote the Spring and Autumn Period, he was not so busy. Helplessly, he has the grand ambition of being a writer, but his belly is not angry. I made a few articles in a patchwork, and I was not satisfied with reading them myself. If it is to be passed on to future generations, such an article will definitely not work. To this end, he came up with a clever method, spending money to secretly entrust people, and buy the manuscripts of some poor scribes everywhere. There are wonderful words, and he spares no expense to get them. A thief stole a manuscript of the history of the Ming Dynasty that Wucheng Zhu never dared to make public, and he asked some tribute eunuchs to add the facts of Chongzhen's dynasty, and then changed his own name and asked someone to engrave it, and many famous local literati and scholars were listed in front of him to support him. I thought that in addition to the Longmen Historical Records and the Ziyang Compendium, even if he was a great historian and a great author.

Who knows, as soon as the book spread, it ran into Emperor Kangxi's secret edict and bumped into it. The dead Zhuang Tinglong opened the coffin and whipped the corpse, he was ignorant and unconscious, but he didn't care, only harmed those who inscribed, edited, englished, and sold books. Zhang Tingyu knew that this copy was too expanded and involved innocent, and he had to draft the edict on his behalf, so he was really distressed for some days. In the end, he finally found a compromise solution: he drafted an article to severely denounce the so-called "fake literati" who are good at finding chapters and sentences and pretending to be proficient in master's degrees, and at the same time ridiculing some "real literati" who are idle and boring, specializing in chanting the wind and making the moon, and are not sick. And for the real Confucian scholars, the famous scholars who have studied the ancient and modern, implicitly declare the protection. Kangxi's anger has passed, and he didn't look at it carefully, so he made Zhu criticism. As soon as the edict was issued, it also scared those "fake scholars" and "copying texts" to fart, and they didn't dare to make a mistake again. This has played a good role in purifying the style of writing and respecting Confucianism.

That day, Zhang Tingyu finished his last official business and was about to go home from duty, but unexpectedly, the old man Ma Qi walked in in in a panic, and asked with a split face:

"Tingyu, former Prime Minister Suo Etu has been arrested, do you know?"

"Suo Xiang arrested?" Zhang Tingyu was shocked in his heart, but he tried his best to talk quietly on his face, "Didn't he retire the year before last?" ”

"You forgot, last year, he was reinstated by the emperor, and he went to Texas to wait for the crown prince to raise his scabies?" Ma Qi saw him walk out of the study and towards the palace gate, and followed behind with a heavy heart, always wanting to get something out of the young minister's mouth.

"Okay, okay." Zhang Tingyu put down Ma Qi without looking back, hiding the panic in his heart, and walked towards the car parked outside the palace gate. Why doesn't he remember last year's reinstatement? That's where the disaster began.

Marzi snorted at his back from behind:

"What's good!"