More than ten days later, Abu Bakr, who led the vanguard army of the Timurid Empire in a place called Beshbali northeast of Turpan, Khalil finally received a superstitious message from his father Milan Shapai, informing him of the truth about his grandfather's illness and death, and asking him to return home with the army and help him seize the throne of sultan.

This place is still almost 800 miles away from the Ming Dynasty's Western Regions Guard, Hamiwei, Abu Bakr and Khalil learned of such bad news, and immediately ordered those seriously ill soldiers and cattle to be abandoned, turned around and returned to China.

At this point, Timur's army, which swept through the land of Asia and swept through all countries, vainly tried to conquer the Ming Dynasty because of the violent death of its commander, turned around and returned home, under the leadership of Timur's sons and grandsons, for the battle for the throne of the sultan, fell into a tragic battle.

About three months later, the long-lost merchants of the Western Regions gradually reappeared in the land of Sari Uyghur. Although Song Sheng, the Marquis of Western Liang of the Ming Dynasty, had already been ordered to withdraw most of his soldiers and horses, he was still in Hamiwei at this time. More and more merchants from various tribes in the Western Regions confirmed the news of Timur's army returning halfway, and he immediately ordered his soldiers to hurry up and report the news to the court in Nanjing.

In the city of Nanjing shrouded in the night, bunches of fireworks bloom in the night sky, a group of fire trees and silver flowers of celebration, but after Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, learned the news of the retreat of Timur's army, he guessed that there would inevitably be a foreign enemy attack in his country, or a major change such as a rebellion. ”“

Some scholars speculated that His Royal Highness King Ning was going to accept some young and good sons and daughters as concubines today, and they were not angry in their hearts, and they condemned him for bullying and being ridiculous.

In the courtyard of the palace, Zhu Quan was already drunk, and smiled at Feng Xuan, who was sitting on one side and wearing a purple shirt: "Today's happy event, Sister Xuan quickly played a song to celebrate. ”

Feng Xuan knew the news that Zhu Quan no longer had to go north with the army to meet the enemy, and she was also very happy in her heart, so she naturally would not lose her husband's interest at this time. After the maid took the Yaoqin and put it on the table, after Qianqian's ten fingers teased slightly, she saw a bunch of fireworks rising into the sky in the night, and immediately smiled: "Today's situation and this scene made the concubine suddenly think of her favorite Song song, Mr. Jiaxuan's "Qingyu Case, Yuan Xi" of the Southern Song Dynasty, I hope that the skill of the end will not insult the sages." ”

"The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and blows down, and the stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are full of incense, the sound of the phoenix flute moves, the jade pot turns brightly, and the fish and dragon dance all night. One night of fish and dragon dance, moths and snow willows are golden, and laughter is full of dark fragrance. The crowd looked for her thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the person was there, and the lights were dim. The strings of the Yao piano moved, the Tan mouth recited lightly, and Xin Qiji's song "Qingyu Case" in the Song Dynasty fluttered away with the wind.

Zhu Quan saw that under the fireworks, Feng Xuan's charming face loomed, and drank all the wine in the cup in his arms, and muttered: "Everyone looked for her thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the person was there, and the lights were dim." The meaning of seeing flowers in the fog is like this wine, and the aftertaste is endless. ”

Xu Ying saw her daughter hurriedly hid in her arms after lighting the fireworks, looking back at the beautiful scenery of a bunch of fireworks flying up and blooming in the night sky, she couldn't help but exclaim with joy, and a sense of indescribable happiness filled her chest, and she couldn't help but sigh: "Die before leaving the school, and the hero will be full of tears." Mr. Jiaxuan was both civil and military, but he was born at the wrong time and died depressed. Compared to him, I am much luckier. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Quan couldn't help but feel very emotional, and suddenly recalled those who were no longer alive. Among these people, there are Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Ying's father, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, Feng Xuan's father, Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, Li Wenzhong, who has never met, Chang Yuchun, and even Lan Yu and Wang Bi, who perished in the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the fishing sea in the past, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in their hearts: The merits are at ease in the hearts of the people, they sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths, and destroy the tyrannical yuan, and the merits of tens of millions of Han people can not be erased by the slaves and literati of later generations.

In early summer, Yongle Emperor Zhu Di led Wenyuan Pavilion University scholar Xie Jin, six Shangshu, Shilang and others to stroll in the East Pavilion of Wenyuan Pavilion. From time to time, a group of officials took off a book on the bookshelf entitled "The Great Completion of Literature" and looked through it, and when they saw many Confucian classics and articles that they had been familiar with since childhood, they could not help but look very satisfied. After Xie Jin, a scholar from Wenyuange University, was ordered to compile books, he led 147 people, including Hu Guang, Hu Yan, and Yang Shiqi, to collect Confucian classics from all dynasties after more than a year, and compiled this book in the style of "Yunfu Qunyu" and Qian Shifu's "Huixi Historical Rhyme" in the Song Dynasty, which was named "Literature Dacheng" by Zhu Di.

Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, who was wearing a python robe, followed behind Zhu Di, and heard Xie Jin tell Zhu Di about the works of the Confucian sages of the past dynasties included in the "Dacheng of Literature", and couldn't help but shake his head slightly, sighing slightly in his heart: Confucius's books are available, Mencius's books are available, Xunzi's books are available, Dong Zhongshu's books are available, Cheng Yi, and Zhu Xi's books are complete. Laozi, Zhuangzi, Mozi, Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Han Feizi, Shang Ying, Li Si, Shen Dao, Shen Bu and other books of Taoism, Moism, Bingjia, and Legalism are all excluded. Only during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the countless works of those famous sages could not be understood by scholars, not to mention how much Chinese culture was excluded in later Han, Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties.

When Zhu Di turned his head, he saw Zhu Quan's disdainful expression, and he couldn't help but ask in his heart: "Zhu Quan, what do you think of this "Dacheng of Literature" compiled by Xie Jin and others? Although he was powerless to change his father Zhu Yuanzhang's means of using the Four Books and Five Classics to propose in the imperial examination and strengthen the status of the official Confucian school, he was unwilling to be able to represent his own culture and governance in this mere "Dacheng of Literature".

Zhu Quan knew that Zhu Laosi's teacher Dao Yan was also a geek who had read a lot of books, the so-called red one who was close to Zhu, and the one who was close to ink was black, and Zhu Laosi was by no means an elm head, so he immediately replied boldly: "It took a lot of effort to compile this classic, but in the opinion of the younger brother, this "Literature Dacheng" is just a family's words, far from being inclusive of all rivers, and there is tolerance. I'm afraid that it will be difficult to convince the world's soldiers. ”

Wenyuan Pavilion University scholar Xie Jin heard Zhu Quan's words, and couldn't help asking: "With His Royal Highness's meaning, what does it mean to embrace all rivers in the sea, and to have tolerance is great?" "Since he was ordered to compile the books, he has worked hard in the Hanlin Academy every day, and in his heart he naturally treats this "Dacheng of Literature" as his own son, how can he easily be questioned by others?

"Tao Te Ching, Zhuangzi, Mozi, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Sun Bin's Art of War, Han Feizi, Shang Yingshu, Lü's Spring and Autumn Period......" Zhu Quan pointed his fingers on one side and spoke eloquently.

Lao Tzu, Zhuangzi is not enough, I heard that His Royal Highness King Ning, who is not learned and unskilled, actually brought the books of the Legalists to talk about things, Xie Jin couldn't help but wave his hand, interrupted his chatter, and said in a deep voice: "Taoism is just a vain saying, the way of military conquest is not in line with the principle of benevolence and righteousness, and the Legalists Han Feizi, Shang Ying, Li Si, Shen Bu and others are just advocating cruel methods, the way of power and deceit, how can they be compared with Confucian sages?" ”

Confucianism pays attention to the inherent goodness of human nature, and should be guided by etiquette and law. Legalists pay attention to the inherent evil of human nature, and should be deterred by severe punishment laws, and in Han Feizi's book "Five Worms", "Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, and chivalry uses martial arts to violate the ban." Such a naked attack on the Confucian sages has been hated by Confucian scholars all over the world since the Han, Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties. I heard that this Ning King Zhu Quan's words actually wanted Han Feizi, Shang Ying, Li Si to be juxtaposed with Confucius and Mencius, it was really tolerable, which was unbearable, and several Shangshu, Shilang couldn't help but refute Zhu Quan's fallacies to confuse the public.

Zhu Quan fought on the battlefield in the past, and he had already practiced the human character of looking at the spear and the mustard, and at this time, seeing the siege of the Confucians, he couldn't help but sneer, and after receiving a good refutation from the scriptures quoted by Zheng Ci, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he smiled and said: "Threesome, there must be my teacher." Then those who are good will follow it, and those who are not good will change it. When Confucius was alive, I am afraid that there were no people like you who claimed to be Confucian disciples who were domineering and arrogant. ”

Rao is Xie Jin, Liubu Shangshu, Shilang and other people who are angry with Zhu Quan suddenly heard that he used the words in the "Analects" to attack the orthodoxy of Confucianism with the spear of Confucius, and they couldn't help but feel a little at a loss. There are people who are panicked and out of shape, there are people who stare angrily, and there are also people like Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu who are contemplative.

A few days later, on the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor wearing a five-clawed golden dragon robe, scanned the left and right columns of civil and military with a pair of cold eyes, and said loudly: "The pattern of "Literature Dacheng" is slightly smaller, and there are still many usurpations that have not been prepared, how can it show that I am a great Ming dynasty? I am determined to recompile all the books and deeds, the subsets of scriptures and histories, the books of a hundred schools, as for astronomy, geography, yin and yang, medical divination, monks, and the words of skill, all of which are included. It turned out that he was very dissatisfied with the fact that the "Dacheng of Literature" only included Confucian classics, and finally made up his mind to recompile it, and ordered the crown prince Yao Guangxiao, the first assistant of the cabinet, Xie Jin, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, Zheng Ci, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Jichi, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and other officials to serve as supervisors, presidents, vice presidents, and presidents of the capital.

The monk Daoyan, the first hero of the Jingnan, can be said to be the person who knows the heart of His Majesty the emperor the most in the world, and knows that this book must surpass all the books of all dynasties in order to conform to Zhu Di's wishes, and immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, from the pre-Qin to the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many books there are." Weichen asked the imperial court to order that the world's talented and knowledgeable scholars be invited to Beijing to participate in the revision of books. ”

"That's right, Aiqing's words are in line with my intentions." Speaking of this, Zhu Di turned his head and said to Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department not far away: "The silver taels used in the compilation of this book will be allocated by the household department. ”

Zhu Quan frowned slightly when he saw Xia Yuanji bowing down to accept the order, and couldn't help but be a little amused in his heart: "This Lord Shangshu who slammed the door, I'm afraid that I will have to suffer for the silver that is about to be spent." ”

At dawn, Xie Jin sat in the study, thinking back to the early days of yesterday, when His Majesty the Emperor ordered the recompilation of books, and couldn't help but be depressed. He was bright since childhood, able to write poetry at the age of six, and was known as a prodigy in the township. Well-read, good at wild grass. During the Hongwu period, the township test was the first, the palace test was the top three, because the book "Taiping Ten Strategies" was deeply valued by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and now he is the first assistant of the cabinet, and the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion can be described as the head of the civil officials. There is a sense of arrogance, how could it be expected that the "Dacheng of Literature" compiled by a group of erudite people of the Hanlin Academy with all his efforts was not valued by the emperor, and in the will to recompile the book, the ugly demon monk was ranked in front of him, how could he be convinced? Zi said, the strange force is chaotic. Although Dao Yan is the crown prince and young master, he is regarded by His Majesty the Emperor as the first hero of the Jingjing, but because of the early day and the night, he hid in the temple and chanted the scriptures at night, leaving the mansion given by Zhu Di vacant, and was regarded as a grotesque move by the civil and military officials. The officials did not dare to be rude on their faces, but in private, they often reprimanded them with demon monks.

With the sound of footsteps, a person from Xie Jinyu reported to Xie Jinyu that there was an old monk outside the mansion and asked to see him, and offered a prayer post.

Isn't it strange that this monk not only came to visit the residence of the first assistant of the cabinet, but also paid homage? Xie Jin took the post, and when he saw the three words Yao Guangxiao in the book, although he was still not angry in his heart, he still greeted him in person, after all, Yao Guangxiao, as the prince and young master, was his own boss when compiling books, and the etiquette could not be abolished.

When the guest and the host met, Xie Jin looked at it, but saw Dao Yan, who was wearing a moon-white monk's robe, carrying a hat, pedaling bast shoes, and having an ugly appearance, a young man wearing a green shirt and dressed as an ordinary scholar.

Zhu Quan said with a smile: "This king and the master meet today to climb the mountain, and specially invite the university scholars to travel together." ”

When Xie Jin heard that Daoyan was visiting, he thought it was for the purpose of compiling books, but at this time, seeing the other party's appearance of traveling, and hearing Zhu Quan's words, he couldn't help but show surprise.

"The poor monk traveled all over the world when he was a teenager, and he had a long experience, and in recent years, he lived in the room for a long time, and he couldn't help but think about it, and he wanted to go to the mountain to take a trip while this old bone was still walking, and he wanted to go to the mountain, so he invited Lord Shoufu to accompany him." Dao Yan said with a smile.

Xie Jin knew that the other party's invitation would never be just for fun, so after a little thought, he respectfully invited Zhu Quan, Dao Yan sat in the living room and drank tea, but he went to the inner room to change his clothes.

The mountain wind swept through the trees, and the hollow valley still heard the birdsong. The three people who came back and forth on the mountain road were Zhu Quan, Dao Yan, and Xie Jin, who came from the mountain together.