In the second year of Zhengde, a Xiucai in Raozhou Mansion, Jiangxi Province finally won the township examination, this person's name is Gui Cao, he was born in the fourteenth year of Chenghua, and he was twenty-nine years old when he lifted it.

This age is normal for a lifter.

It's a pity that the imperial examination was held in the third year of Zhengde, but Gui Cao unfortunately fell off the list.

Gui Cao was originally taught by Hu Juren, a well-known physicist in the orthodox and Chenghua period.

Hu Juren was clothed all his life and died in the twentieth year of Chenghua. This person has a protégé named Zhang Zheng, and Zhang Zheng is the one who originally taught Gui Cao.

After Hu Juren's death, Zhang Zheng, a student, could only be regarded as mediocre, without too powerful insights and influences, but he was obsessed with reading, and the imperial court built a library and opened the garden to readers for free, which hit the soul of people like Zhang Zheng.

Therefore, he tried his best to persuade Gui Cao to stay, according to his statement, the place where the book collection becomes a garden, and there are countless sacred learnings, and if you want to learn and succeed, you must enter the garden and study hard.

Gui Cao did the same, and it has been more than half a year since he 'nibbled on books' in the garden every day to this literary meeting of his six sons.

In the center of the crowd are literary leaders like Li Mengyang and He Jingming, and noble families like Wang Xuan, which is what people call Yan Song...... He is also His Majesty's attendant.

Speaking of which, Yan Song is his Jiangxi hometown, two years younger than him, but he has already won the Jinshi in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, and it has been five years since he entered the court as an official.

This is called teenager fame, and the scenery is infinite.

He, a middle-aged man in his thirties with a beard and a torn book in his hand, could only look up to the lives of the proud sons of the sky in the crowd below.

"The sunset welcomes the auspicious to the royal return, and the palace flowers carry the road brocade pile. The sound of books in the library garden has passed, and the fan shadow in front of the city that never sleeps! ”

Gui Cao looked up and saw that Kanghai, the champion of the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, was chanting poetry.

No, it's a word.

"Play Shun music, enter the Yao cup. The propaganda car immediately went to the heavenly street. The king rejoiced with the people, and came from all sides. ”

After Kang Hai finished reading, the boys serving on the side also finished writing. These little guys are not very old, but they have been studying in large families since they were children, and they can write well.

After writing a poem, the boys took the rice paper and walked twice, after all, there are many people today, so that people can see it more really.

"Brother Tianci, Brother Zhongmo, it's ugly."

Yan Song also got together with Situ Hao to taste, "The sound of books in the library garden has passed, and the fan has opened in front of the city that never sleeps." Where is this sentence written for those here, it is clearly written for His Majesty. ”

On that side, Li Mengyang and He Jingming both boasted, "Good words, good words." Kang Dehan is still worthy of the name of champion. ”

Li Mengyang suddenly sighed, "The library garden and the city that never sleeps, these are all the merits of the Son of Heaven, which of these two is extremely expensive in money, if it is not for the prosperity of the country, how can it be built?" It turns out that in the academy, the prince of Ji often advises the scholars with the theory of applying it to the world, and today's literary society is prosperous, and it can't only be a clean talk, are you satisfied with the library garden and the city that never sleeps? ”

"Naturally not!"

"ZTE has just started!"

……

"What Brother Li is trying to say, it is not a clean talk, it is the government, is Brother Li going to discuss the government here?"

Li Mengyang looked for the voice, he was a young scholar who had never met before, and people did not avoid him, so he seemed very confident.

"Of course, it's not a vain discussion of the government, it's just that the Son of Heaven is virtuous, and there are still anti-kings, and it's hard to suppress it with indignation!"

"The anti-king was ambushed, and he also took a Qing king! What's the resentment? ”

"What do you mean by taking one?!" Li Mengyang has been angry about these things recently, "Who are you?" Do you dare to report your name? ”

"Huh!" Yan Songxin said that it was finally his turn, he got up and pressed his hands, "It's just a matter of discussing and expressing opinions." Why should Brother Li be angry? Ten years of hard study is not easy, why do you ask people to report their names? ”

With him coming out, the young man also 'hid'.

Yan Suozheng arranged his affairs, and it ended when Yan Suozheng himself ended up.

Li Mengyang couldn't calculate an old slippery head like Yan Song, and he snorted dissatisfiedly, "Maintaining the monarch is the foundation of the courtiers." The sin of King Qing is seen by all the subjects of the world. What does the word mean? ”

Recently, many people have some opinions about the way the imperial court disposes of King Qing.

Originally, it was King Anhua who rebelled, not King Qing, and King Qing was forced. So the emperor roughly admonished him, and he couldn't even save his life.

Killing two people together like this makes people feel a little chilling, after all, this is still their own family. King Anhua's rebellion was pacified in a few days, and the remaining King Qing could still pose any threat to the world?

And King Qing is the direct bloodline of Taizu, why is this.

Strange to say, this kind of government affairs generally cannot be commented on casually, but in three days, there will always be a voice, and the court will not deal with it, as if it is conniving.

Today's mood is here, some people want to fight for the emperor, opponents say it secretly, and supporters such as Li Mengyang say it publicly.

In addition, the emperor intended to limit the wealth of the vassal king, and this intention was not only grasped by the elders, but also some middle and lower-level officials also wanted to take this opportunity to win the hearts of a Jane Zaidi. Otherwise, such a simple article would have so many people?

So as soon as he said this, some people couldn't help it.

"It is these people who blindly apply the way of kissing. King Qing was killed, firstly because of the thief, and secondly, because of his crime, King Qing's mansion covers an area of thousands of hectares, and there are countless looted goods, and it is not for nothing to bully the people on weekdays. Your Majesty is for the ancestors and all the people in the world, take the wealth of this palace, and benefit the people! ”

"A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, does he have to rely on killing the king to get rich? The feudal king's mansion was given by the ancestors. ”

"Why can't you kill? If a prince breaks the law, the common people are guilty of the same crime, which is a truth since ancient times. ”

……

Yan Song looked at Li Mengyang, feeling the argument between you and me, and at a certain moment, he suddenly began to comprehend something. The government was originally unnegotiable, but now the matter of the vassal king can be taken out directly, probably behind it is the shadow of the Son of Heaven. Now he is commanded to raise the bar......

I see, then it is not without reason that he deserves to be a 'traitor'.

Probably thinking about it a little better, Yan Song was no longer silent, and he spoke: "Brother Li, Brother He, the name of his sixth son is known to the world. Presumably, everyone knows that my Ming foundation is in the clan, and His Majesty's blood relatives are also in the clan. Whether the vassal king is guilty or not, His Majesty has decided, and Brother Li and several others openly talked about King Qing here today that he should be killed. Is this to stir up royal relations? You need to know, if the vassal kings of all parts of the world heard today's words, what would they think? ”

Li Mengyang was in the mood, and he immediately asked: "The vassal king is safe and keeps himself, as long as he obeys the holy decree and abides by the law of the country?" Is there anything else to be afraid of? ”

Speaking of this, he flicked his sleeves, "I'm afraid that most of the vassal kings will abuse the township, encroach on people's land, and harm sentient beings, so you should be afraid!" ”

Bian Gong shook his fist after listening, "Not bad! I waited for the official to become an official, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the world, Yan Zhengling is also from the Holy School, shouldn't we think about those people? ”

Yan Song bowed his hand to the Forbidden City, "As an official, not only for the people, but also for Your Majesty." If you have discussed these things here today, and they will make the kings of the world uneasy, and if there is a disaster, it will not be the people who will suffer?! ”

Li Mengyang and Bian Gong glanced at each other, this Yan Weizhong hadn't seen it before, how could he be so treacherous and loyal?!

Behind them,

He Jingming came out to stand in the ring, "In the lower support, call only the middle brother." But the middle brother has received the king's favor, shouldn't he serve his life wholeheartedly? ”

Yan Song didn't have any discomfort in everyone's sight, quite the cheeky feeling that Liu Bang had when he entered the Lu Mansion.

He said generously: "It is precisely because I want to repay the gentleman's kindness that I kindly reminded you." The vassal kings are all the closest relatives of His Majesty, and they are also the descendants of Taizu, so if you do this today, won't you cause trouble? ”

"What misfortune?" Li Mengyang asked, thinking that he had succeeded.

But what level is Yan Song, how could he fall into this trap, "This is a big deal, not a place to take advantage of your tongue." If you ask me what is the curse, I will tell you, and I will force the king to rebel! To that extent, who can afford to do this? ”

Wow!

Force the king to rebel!

This Yan Song really dares to say it!

Willingberg on the side didn't say a word, but he suddenly regretted coming to such a place today. All these incomprehensible people. Don't make a fuss when you turn around, isn't this causing a fuss for yourself?

So he approached Yan Song's side and said, "Weizhong, don't talk nonsense about this matter!" ”

Yan Song looked relaxed: You people are arguing about winning or losing, but I am taking the holy will.

Since His Majesty wants to restrict the vassal king, the first consideration is whether the vassal king will rebel.

Today, since this issue has been thrown out and debated through the Cultural Council, then don't hide it and talk about it all. If you say it, the vassal king will be afraid. It's better to expose the problem than to cover it up.

To put it more bluntly, His Majesty probably wanted to personally ask those vassal kings if they were going to rebel. But this kind of thing, the emperor asked it too seriously, almost to kill people, but it would be better for the courtiers to ask for the emperor.

Li Mengyang was surprised. To be honest, he and Yan Song used to belong to two people in different 'fields', one in the literary world and the other in officialdom. So he didn't pay much attention to this Yan Weizhong, but he didn't expect to give him an army today.

But don't underestimate him.

"Die filial piety for your son, die loyalty for your ministers, what's the matter with death? If we were afraid of death, none of the six of us would come today. Li Mengyang said that he was full of righteousness, and saluted Yan Song, "Yan Suozheng, you were originally a waiter in the attendant's room, and you should experience the holy will of the Son of Heaven the most." Although the official position of several of us is not obvious, but there are a few years in the court, the Son of Heaven is in power to put the people first, and lead by example, the palace has always been frugal, and the construction of large buildings is a library garden, a medical center, a academy and other buildings that benefit the people.

It can be said that His Majesty is the royal pole, Vientiane is renewed, the north drives Tatar, and the south opens the road of wealth, but over the years, there are still disasters in Sichuan, and the people in Huguang are everywhere, and there are flowers like Beijing Division, and there are people who are cold and hungry! Why? In the final analysis, it is just that sentence: the rich have no land, and the poor have no place to stand.

In the second year of Zhengde, His Majesty presided over the redivision of Gyeonggi Guantian and Zhuangtian, and there was smoke curling from all over Gyeonggi. But the territory of the Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles, in addition to Gyeonggi, there are also Henan, and Huguang, where the people have no land to cultivate but have to pay taxes, and the suffering of the people's livelihood has been unspeakable! What we advocate today, the vassal king is guilty, and he should be punished, if this is not for the sake of the common people, is it like Yan Zheng, for his own selfishness to provoke the royal family?! ”

Li Mengyang is still a person who has been famous for a long time, and the so-called threats of life and death, the future of officialdom, etc., can't scare him. He already had an opinion in his heart, and his heart was so determined that it was impossible to scare him away.

As soon as these words were spoken, the mood at the scene changed.

Everyone nodded.

Because they are not King Qing, nor are they other vassal kings, Li Mengyang wants to 'hurt' these people and benefit more people at the same time, such a good deed is morally fine, and from the perspective of interests, supporting it can also show his side of serving the country and the people.

Therefore, there are many people who follow it for a while.

Zhang Zheng, who had been in the garden, also asked Gui Cao, "What do you think?" ”

Gui Cao frowned and whispered: "Li Tianci is upright, he is worried about the common people in the world, and there are countless disasters in the vassal king's mansion, I thought it was to be dealt with with by thunder." And the Son of Heaven did not deal with the vassal king out of unkindness. Between heaven and earth, there are small benevolences and great benevolences. For the benefit of one family and one house, and the loss of thousands of people, this is Xiaoren. Xiaoren is not as good as Daren, in case the people's grievances boil and endanger the country, by that time, it will be too late to say anything. ”

Zhang Zheng nodded, "Although I have read a lot, I can talk about it very quickly, think the deepest, and act the most practically." At that time, Mr. took this as his life's gain, and in the future, I hope that you can go to high school and do what you say today, so that you can do the most truthfully. ”

Gui Cao didn't have that much heart at this time, he just listened.

In fact, he didn't quite understand that Yan Song was the emperor's attendant, how could he talk about the old Confucianism. The current imperial court is still the most loved by the Son of Heaven.

Topmost.

Yan Song glanced around, without any timidity, he said: "There is a saying in the "Zizhi Tongjian": The duty of the Son of Heaven is greater than courtesy.

The status of the clan is different from that of the commoners, during the time of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Liang Taifu Jia Yi said that the dignity of the Son of Heaven is like a hall, and the subordinates are like the steps under the hall, and the people are like flat ground. This is the rite, the etiquette, the upper and the lower, the heart and the soul of the hands and feet, the fundamental system of the branches; In the next matter, it is like the guardian of the henchmen of the siblings, and the protection of the roots of the branches and leaves. Then you can protect each other and the country is safe. Brother Li, what you said has not been done in three generations, if that is the case, how will you ask Your Majesty to face the name of the future generations? How can you be worthy of your ancestors? ”

Still in the center, on the other side.

A person went to the library garden to say a few words in Song Heng's ear, and then Song Liang's face changed, and he immediately got up and said to Li Mengyang, Yan Song and others: "Your Majesty has an edict. ”

Yes!

The crowd exclaimed, this is a big deal.

Yan Song lowered his head and smiled lightly, the Son of Heaven has been paying attention here. To this extent, it's almost over, the topic is thrown out, and the controversy can be said to begin.

You can't keep arguing, otherwise no one knows what will be said next, and if there is anything really rebellious, it will be difficult for you to 'control the field' as an emperor.

Therefore, it is best to point to the end, anyway, there will be a large number of people in the future.

And he will probably be scolded a lot, after all, Li Mengyang's status is not comparable to his official position.

Alas.

(End of chapter)