"Did you hear that? Emperor Xuan Mengyan wanted to have an official meeting with His Majesty at the West Lake, and the Prime Minister invited us, the Yingchuan scholars, to watch the ceremony together! A young scribe said excitedly.

Another scribe in the group said disdainfully: "We have already been informed yesterday that this meeting will be a prelude to peace in the Central Plains. ”

"I don't think so, the Xuanjun rule in the south of the river is stable, I am stationed in the north of the river with a million soldiers, I think it is very likely to be a river and rule, some time ago I received a letter from a friend in Jiangnan, he said that the scale of the two houses of the Xuan Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, and the identity and family background are not valued at all, as long as you have the heart to study, you can pass their initial examination to enter the two institutes to study." A short-haired scribe had a yearning expression.

"If I don't care about my family background and status, why should I study hard, if those peasant children sit with me, I will never disdain to be in their company." Another elegant scribe retorted.

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid that you have forgotten that there is no class, and I never judge your talents by family background, what do you say?"

I refuted it, and I had nothing to say, so I could only flick my sleeves angrily and leave a sentence: "The shaft is not enough and the plan!" ”

"Brother Jiangnian, Brother Cheng Wei is different from you and me, I am from a poor family, he is a son of a high family, Yingchuan Wen's family is a family heirloom with poetry and books, not you and I can compare."

"Humph! My Yingchuan has been a Wenhua holy land since ancient times, and his Wen clan is just the ancestor of a ritual book, since then his Wen clan has ever been famous in the world? According to him, Emperor Xuan's father Meng Yan is a world-renowned Confucian, and Emperor Xuan's mother is still the eldest granddaughter of Jiangdong. The short-haired scribe scoffed at the so-called family.

The largest family in Yingchuan is the Chen family, the foreign family of His Majesty Xiao Yu of Daning, but the Chen family is now just a vassal of Xiao Yu, and its influence in Yingchuan is even less than that of the Changsun family, and the family is now just a joke for enlightened scribes.

A noisy discussion came to an abrupt end when the two sides drove close to the West Lake, no matter what they commented, but one thing these scribes knew very well was that neither Meng Yan nor Xiao Yu were qualified to judge, these two people had the power to decide the fate and future of the Central Plains.

In Yingzhou, Xiao Yu was the main one, Meng Yan was a guest, Xiao Yu took the lead in getting out of the car, and then Meng Yan appeared, and then came together in the crowd of everyone.

Meng Yan smiled and arched his hand: "Don't come to harm!" ”

Xiao Yu was embarrassed, and he didn't even have a title, which shows that the two are equal in Meng Yan's heart.

"After recovering the Central Plains, I am refreshed and my body is getting better and better."

This began, although the two did not talk much, but the-for-tat situation was already in front of everyone.

"It will take time for the Central Plains to be unified, and the people have been longing for it for a long time, and I hope that there will be a good result this time." Meng Yan kept smiling.

"Haha! That's right, the Central Plains is unified, and Zhengshuo is the first! Xiao Yu hid a knife in his words, and he was unceremonious.

"Oh? Zhengshuo? What is Zhengshuo? Meng Yan hit the nail on the head.

"Zhengshuo is naturally recognized by the world!" Xiao Yu replied calmly.

"Hahaha! That's right, the world is recognized as Zhengshuo! ”

"Oh? That is so, Jiangnan Angelica. Xiao Yu's reply directly dug a pit for Meng Yan.

"Why isn't Jiangbei returning?" Meng Yan was not nervous.

"When my uncle overthrew the rule of the Tyrannical Tomb and established the kingdom of Lichen, I never thought that my uncle died young, and I inherited my uncle's legacy, which is naturally Zhengshuo."

"Hahaha! Chen Guo has long been silent, Chen Di descendants are now in South Vietnam, if you talk about the will, with your meaning, Nanyue is Zhengshuo? ”

"When my uncle died, he left a last word to me, I must complete the unification of the Central Plains, have you forgotten this?"

"Emperor Chen's last words dare not be forgotten, these years have been working hard for this, but Emperor Chen has publicly stated that he inherited his father's will to overthrow the rule of the tyrannical tomb, so that his uncle has always respected his father as a teacher, according to your statement, Emperor Chen is also the successor of the Mengshi, dare to ask who is Zhengshuo?" Meng Yan refuted unhurriedly.

"Although Ling Zun has ideas, overthrowing the tyranny and stabilizing the Central Plains is the sole effort of the Xiao family, and Zhengshuo should be inherited by the Xiao family." Xiao Yu began to be a little confused, he thought that Meng Yan would confront him face to face, but he never thought that Meng Yan would be so direct.

"Hahaha! What does Shaw do? That's a big deal, right? Not to mention the distance, when the East China Sea and Beimu were raging in the Central Plains, I didn't wait and see, right? ”

Seeing that Xiao Yu's face was not good-looking, Chu Cheng on the side hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Emperor Xuan, it is too early to make a positive statement, this meeting is for peace in the Central Plains, please don't do a battle of words!" ”

"Chu Cheng, what a big tone, just because you are disrespectful to Your Majesty, I doubt the sincerity of this meeting!" Gu Yanfeng replied unceremoniously, they are all veterans of officialdom, and no one is afraid of anyone.

"Oh? Who is this? Chu Cheng pretended not to know.

"Xi is the style of the Daxuan Taifu Gu's words, and I have seen the minister of Daning!" Gu Yanfeng replied loudly, he knew that Chu Cheng was deliberately embarrassing him, and he had even guessed how Chu Cheng would ridicule him below, but he had to stand up at this time, otherwise it would be a joke to let the two emperors argue on the spot.

"Gu Clan, I don't know how the people of the Meng clan will feel if they have knowledge under the spring?"

As soon as Chu Cheng's words came out, everyone present was a shudder, and the onlookers around were even more embarrassed, killing people and punishing their hearts, the Gu family spared no effort to kill the Meng clan back then, Chu Cheng's words even Meng Yan was put in, and most of the scholars felt that Chu Cheng's words made it difficult for Gu Yanfeng and Meng Yan to answer.

Gu Yanfeng was stunned, and after looking at the onlookers, he said lightly: "My Majesty has never been bad for the dynasty with personal feelings, as a child of the Gu family, I have never kept silent about the crimes of the Gu family, what I have done is what I have done, Your Majesty is magnanimous and does not pursue the children of the Gu family, do I dare to serve the Great Xuan?" Do you dare to work for the benefit of the people? Dare not speak up for the world? ”

Gu Yanfeng's three "dare not to do" hit the hearts of all the people present, and his frankness won the favor of everyone, and at the same time, Meng Yan won a lot of praise in the hearts of the scholars.

Just as Chu Cheng was about to continue to refute, Gu Yanfeng continued: "I know that the prime minister is an old minister of the hidden capital, could it be that the prime minister's loyalty to Daning is a last resort?" I'm afraid not, but I think it's more like a good bird perched on a tree, you say? Phase storage. ”

Gu Yanfeng's words perfectly responded to Chu Cheng's questioning, and at the same time made up for Chu Cheng, but still saved him face.

"Okay, don't do this war of tongues, since it's a talk, how can there be results without talking, everyone, don't talk about it, let's start." Xiao Yu turned around and left with a cold face.

Meng Yan casually bowed his hand to the onlookers, and instantly won a round of applause.

Gu Yanfeng, Chu Cheng and others went to Mingtang, since Xiao Yu sent out the invitation, Mingtang's negotiation is no longer important, maybe it is more like a formality, everyone knows that the final result is the two of Xiaoran Pavilion.

"Meng Yan, the Ming people don't say dark words, if you are attached to the whole country, I can protect your Mengshi clan from glory and wealth, if you still want to do things, I can let you do Shang Shuling, or even let you lead the army to expand the territory." Xiao Yu came up and said directly without greeting.

Meng Yan looked at Xiao Yu with a smile and said, "I can also say these things, this is not your prerogative. ”

"That set of things of yours doesn't fit in the Central Plains, you know? Let the people be the masters of their own affairs? Aren't you afraid of the cold, the hearts of those subordinates who work for you? ”

"How many people are in the family? How many people are there? For thousands of years, land annexation, displacement of people, and the rise and fall of many dynasties were caused by families, don't you understand? ”

"Therefore, I spare no effort to clear and win the old family, develop commerce, so that everyone has a job to do, the matter of land annexation will not affect the livelihood of the people in the future, this road is the road that the Central Plains should take, the meritorious person is in a high position This is an incentive, do you let those illiterate people enter the temple?"

"Why can't the people enter the temple? I opened two institutes, there is no class, how many people's children are in the army as officials, there has never been chaos, the meritorious people are naturally rewarded, but not to give them power, the family can also be a spiritual inheritance! ”

"Do you want them to? Not to mention anything else, the Gu family was raised by you, are the Gu family disciples willing to just inherit the spirit?! Xiao Yu said sharply.

"The Gu clan is regained respect in my dynasty not because of how much merit he has, as Gu Yanfeng said in front of everyone just now, they have the people in their hearts and are not greedy for the interests of the people, and the meritorious ones under my command never share the land grain, and the title is just a symbol, not power!" Meng Yan's response was resonant.

"So you're never going to be able to belong to you?"

"Between you and me, between the two countries, how can we talk about attachment? None of us are anyone's vassals! Meng Yan no longer spoke in a good voice.

"Hit, did you win? The southerners are feminine and the good soldiers are all in the north, this is eternal, haven't you forgotten? Xiao Yu said lightly.

"The femininity of the southerners is only in the body, don't you forget that we are all based on the southerners to have today's scene, the northern soldiers are hard-working, there is no doubt about it, but the southerners have a tough temperament, don't you understand?" Meng Yan was laughed at Xiao Yu's words, such words can also be put on the table, this Xiao Yu is really cute.

Xiao Yu sighed and said: "If there is a dispute in the south again, where should the people of the Central Plains go?" Since you preach the respect of the people, then you should do what you say, I will take a step back, as long as you are subordinate, I will not change the policies you implement in the south, and then slowly adjust them after the integration of the north and the south, what do you think? ”

"You always want me to be attached, so why don't you want to be attached to the people? Wei Xuancheng, the prime minister of the former dynasty, once said that Taizong of the former dynasty said, 'Jun, Zhouye; People, water too. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat. Aren't you afraid that one day you will be buried with these people whom you dislike? ”

"Alarmist, civil unrest has existed since ancient times, have you ever seen them succeed? You are also a child of a family, the talents of the people are limited, only people like us can stabilize the situation and create a prosperous world! ”

"So to let the people be enlightened, education is an effective way, I just said that most of the officials and generals in Jiangnan come from the people, in the hearts of the people in Jiangnan have put aside the fear of the family, they are now just envious of the family, they can work hard to turn their family into a family, this is a kind of spiritual inheritance, only good for the country and the people!"

Xiao Yu's face began to change uncertainly, and he seemed to have never won against Meng Yan, and now that he thought about it, he might not dare to have any talks from the beginning to seek peace, and there could be no peace between the two.

"Okay, neither you nor I can convince anyone, wait for time to prove, now I think it's better to take care of each other."

"Okay, hopefully our next meeting will be a happy one."