Who is Liu Jian? One of the compilers of the "Yingzong Record", the teacher of Emperor Hyojong, entered the cabinet as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites from the succession of Hyojong, and served in the cabinet throughout the Hongzhi period.

In the first year of Zhengde, after Liu Jin and other Eight Tigers failed, he even reinstated himself after Liu Jin was ambushed.

Now, twenty-two years later, he is still alive.

Ninety-four this year, Xuande, Zhengzheng, Jingtai, Tianshun, Chenghua, Hongzhi, Zhengde, Jiajing...... The veteran of the Eight Dynasties, the first assistant of the cabinet, the important minister of Tuogu, and the long-lived Renrui, Liu Jian has the same prestige among the old ministers of Zhishi who are still alive today, and he is stronger than Xie Qian.

In particular, after serving as the first assistant to the cabinet during the Hongji period, he presided over the reform of the Hongji period.

There are three main initiatives at the time.

Streamlining institutions and eliminating redundant officials: The new law now dramatically increases the number of officials and improves the remuneration of officials.

Suppress monks and stop building temples: Now that Zhu Houxi stays with Taoist priests every day, there are "real people" in the Forbidden Palace Qin'an Palace, and how many people outside know what the emperor and Taoist priests are doing when they are so close?

Opening the sutra feast and restoring the three dynasties in one day: now Zhu Houxi is "a good teacher", a new master, and a sutra feast? It's business as usual, but I'm afraid sometimes it's the other way around. As for the three dynasties in one day...... Sorry, twice a month.

In the Hongzhi Dynasty, many of the major policies such as the selection or dismissal of the ministers of civil and military affairs, the taxation of the Tuntian, and the taxation of Ma Zheng were proposed by Liu Jian and specifically organized and implemented.

Liu Jian's "Hongzhi Zhongxing" created throughout the Hongzhi Dynasty is nothing in Zhu Houxi's mouth, and these evaluations have long been no secret.

Ironically, at the beginning of Zhu Houxi's succession, he routinely sent pedestrians from the pedestrian division to comfort the old ministers.

These little things were presided over by Yang Tinghe at that time. The words of condolences are to compare Liu Jian to Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo, famous ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty.

What are the roles of these two in Xining's reform?

Today, Yang Tinghe has become the leader of the Xinfa Party, and Liu Jian's testament was presented to the capital at the end of August.

Ten thousand words are sprinkled.

Liu Jian died at the age of ninety-four.

“…… Shuo Ri dropped out. ”

Zhu Houxi first ordered, and then asked Zhang Zuo: "Although Liu Gong is old, I heard that his body has always been healthy, what is the situation this time?" What did Henan Mansion say? ”

If you are not healthy, you can live to be ninety-four?

Liu Jian died suddenly, and he had never heard of being sick before.

Huang Jin was a little apprehensive: "There is no other report." ”

After that, he looked at Fei Hong expectantly: Although Liu Jian's prestige is high, after all, he only has a son in Wupinlang who is still in office. The factory guard is in Luoyang County, Henan Province, and he will not pay attention to the movements of an elderly man in his nineties over there from time to time. But since he died suddenly, Henan Mansion still has to inquire about the situation, and there is a performance, right?

In the year that Fei Hongzhong Jinshi, Xianzong died, Xiaozong succeeded to the throne, and Liu Jian entered the cabinet.

At that time, Liu Jian was a cabinet veteran, and Fei Hong was just a new science and technology jinshi.

Now, Fei Hong is the prime minister and minister of state, and the emperor's questioning is to explore the purpose of Liu Jianshang's 10,000-word testament.

"Henan reported that Liu Gong was infected under the scorching heat. I'm too old, and I'm sick. ”

After Fei Hong finished speaking, he saluted: "Your Majesty, Liu Gongzheng's opinion is impossible to match the new law now. When he was seriously ill, he was worried about the king and the country, and these ten thousand words were an act of loyalty to the ministers. Now, it is advisable to agree on the name of the funeral and send people to give sacrifices and funerals. ”

Zhu Houxi pondered for a while and nodded: "Then the State Hall and the Ministry of Rites will first get a charter as soon as possible." ”

Because there is a testament with very intriguing and even somewhat sensitive content, Fei Hong and the others must first determine the emperor's attitude.

Now that the emperor is not too careful, Fei Hong and the others breathe a sigh of relief and leave.

After all, he is a figure who was once a very popular minister, even if he has different political views, don't release any bad signals at this time.

It's great to die.

Zhu Houxi still knows this point. No matter what Liu Jian says, it will not affect the general trend of the entire new law.

But this testament, according to Liu Jian's own words, he can no longer hold a pen, so he can only dictate it intermittently and write it by someone.

Sooner or later, the content of such a thing will spread. Zhu Houxi and Fei Hong were cautious, naturally because of Liu Jian's influence in the government and the opposition.

After Fei Hong and the others left from the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhu Houxi looked at the last watch again.

And Huang Jin was still on the side, and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you want the slave maid to let people check?" ”

"I didn't pay attention beforehand, but now I don't have to." Zhu Houxi didn't raise his head, "You don't have to send more people to pay attention to other important ministers because you didn't pay attention this time." ”

“…… The slave and maid know. ”

Huang Jin confirmed that the emperor did not mean to blame, and then he really put his mind at ease.

Seeing that the emperor frowned and read the watch, Huang Jin left quietly first to arrange drinks and snacks.

In August, the weather is still very hot.

Huang Jin looked up at the sky and sighed lightly.

Even if the prestige is very high and the person is about to die, with Liu Jian's wisdom, don't you understand that if the general trend is today, it is impossible to change anything because of his will? Why add to this mess?

……

Since the news of Liu Jian's death had spread from Luoyang to Beijing, it also spread to Nanjing soon after.

It is said that Liu Dong vomited blood and fainted when he heard the news, and when he woke up, he cried endlessly, so he naturally immediately asked for leave to go home for funeral and worry.

After being relieved, Xia Congshou only asked: "Now that there is a will, does Liu Langzhong want to abide by the system, or do you want me to submit it to the scribe department and ask for love?" ”

"How can you not be filial?" Liu Dong's face was pale, "The lower officials have to abide by the system, not to mention that after Jingcha, it is very likely that he will be transferred to another position." The household department is a serious matter, so Si Nong should ask for the vacancy as soon as possible. ”

“…… Liu Langzhong mourned. ”

Liu Dong left the household yamen in a trance, and his eyes were ashamed and sad in the sedan chair home.

Liu Jian fell ill first and then died.

Why did he get sick, Liu Dong first received a letter from Liu Jian's family.

was so angry with him that he fell down, and even had the appearance of wind paralysis.

But how could he go to the west again in just a few days?

He vaguely knew that he was afraid of another situation, but Liu Jian's words of reprimanding him in the letter lingered in Liu Dong's heart at the moment.

[Five years after the new law, how could my father have said a word? You are low and shallow, how dare you discuss national policies? The year is already on the back of the mackerel, the remnant body is blocking the car, you want to cut off the Liu family? For today's plan, the only way to do this is to return to seclusion and raise children and grandchildren! 】

To sum it up: why do you want to cheat your father?

Liu Dong didn't know that his father had left a 10,000-word testament, and he also expressed his opinions and said many things that His Majesty and the court princes don't like to hear now.

Even if he knew, he couldn't understand his father's intentions for a while.

The letter was very short and urgent, and my father didn't seem to have time to dissect him too much, so he only hurried to ask him to hurry up and ask him to resign from the office.

Liu Dong was still hesitating, his father was gone.

At this moment, in Nanjing's household department, Zhan Rong and others have already come to report.

In the past half month, they have only been getting acquainted with the affairs of the ministry and handing over to their colleagues who were in charge of the yellow book library in the original household department.

After Xia Cong's birthday banquet invited those "Yellow Book Inspectors", they had already set off for the provinces on August 23.

Now that Liu Dongben is mourning, Zhan Rong looked at the head of the Nanjing Household Department, who was originally in charge of the Yellow Book.

"Director Luo, Liu Langzhong has returned to his hometown, this matter of the official documents of the Yellow Book Library over the years, now you can temporarily take charge of it and hand it over to me, right?"

“…… Where did I get that authority? Liu Langzhong first heard that Xixian Gong was sick and took leave for a few days, and now he has returned to his hometown to worry about it. In this matter, it is better to wait for the person selected by the ministry to take office. Why don't you ask Si Nong? ”

Zhan Rong looked at him, and then saluted: "Taught." ”

Such a coincidence.

The newly established Department of Land and Clearance Officials had to clear up the affairs and archives related to the Yellow Book Library from the Nanjing Household Department, but it encountered so many twists and turns.

How long will it take for the person who succeeds Liu Dong to arrive?

This Luo is in charge of pushing back and forth, is there any approval from Xia Congshou and Tong Rui?

Zhan Rong came to Xia Congshou's official hall, and after the transmission, he sat outside and waited for the reception.

After drinking all the tea, Xia Congshou's bookstore came out to greet him with a smile and invited him in.

Zhan Rong saluted, Xia Congshou warmly asked him to do a good job, and Zhan Rongcai said: "Lord Si Nong, the next official is the head of the Department of Officials of this land, in charge of the Yellow Book Library, and he does not dare to slack off." It's just that now that Liu Langzhong has returned to his hometown, Director Luo said that many official documents and old files still need to be signed by Langzhong before they can be checked and handed over. I have to wait until the new Lang Zhongquan is elected, and I am afraid that it will take several months. The lower officials were afraid that they would miss the major event of the Yellow Book reconstruction, so they came to ask Si Nong. ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Xia Congshou sighed, "Who would have thought that Xixian Gong would suddenly go immortal?" Renfu, this yellow book library has been piled up with a mountain of official documents and old files over the years, and it involves a wide range of things. Not to mention that Luo Zhongyu is afraid of taking responsibility, I am also afraid of the fallacy of handover. There are rules for everything, and formalities are indispensable. When the capital is inspected, it is still appropriate. This is extremely important, and I know it. You can rest assured, I was in the Ministry of Clerks just now, please select talents in Nanjing as soon as possible. If it's fast, it's only a matter of October! ”

Zhan Rong listened to the meaning of his words, and was silent for a while, and could only salute first: "Xiaguan understands." ”

Xia Congshou said that he would not interfere and directly arrange the handover by bypassing the due procedures, or go through the process, select the new officials first, and he will be responsible for it after he arrives.

But when the new official arrives and the situation is not clear, do you dare to sign the name casually and do this thing clearly?

Zhan Rong only felt that Xia Congshou was clearly pushing back, but he couldn't help it. Xia Congshou is the head of the household, and he is just doing things according to the rules.

After Xia Congshou watched Zhan Rong leave silently, his smile was also put away.

Naturally, the household department in Nanjing should make some gestures to first paralyze the vigilance of many people in the outside world.

At least the more than 100 Yellow Book officials who shocked Nanjing and Jiangnan before arrived in Nanjing, and now they seem to be in a quagmire. The news that things are progressing very slowly will naturally be spread by people in the Nanjing Household Department, which Yang Tinghe said was "not much better than a sieve".

Next, let's just look at who will try to win over and corrupt Zhan Rong and others through which people in Nanjing's household department.

How many of the new recruits sent over have gone through these tests?

Xia Congshou also needed to take a look, and then he could be sure of who he could cooperate with based on the information he had obtained from Yang Tinghe and push things in the desired direction.

……

On 1 September, Ming Pao published the news of Liu Jian's death.

But what sparked people's discussion was Liu Jian's nickname.

Of the three people with the same name in the past, Li Dongyang died the earliest, and his nickname was Wenzheng, the nickname that all Wenchen dreamed of.

However, the name that the Ministry of Rites discussed and the emperor gave to Liu Jian was Wenduan.

Etiquette and righteousness; Sacred Meditation is said to be the end; Yan Gong said the end; Respect oneself and be tolerant; Bingxin chastity and quietness; Etiquette and self-respect.

This word is not bad.

But if the best single "Wen" that is no longer given is excluded, as well as the "Wenzheng" that Li Dongyang has gotten, then there are also Wencheng, Wenzhong and other nicknames.

An Min's government was completed, but His Majesty didn't give it, that is, he didn't agree that Liu Jian's life achievements could be called Anmin's government.

Didn't give it to Wen Zhong either.

Thinking of the meaning of the end word, this nickname can only be said to be very polite and polite with a lot of distance.

conspirator Li Dongyang, Zhen Wenzheng; The judge is Liu Jian, and he is Wenduan.

It is true that Li Dongyang died during the reign of Emperor Zhengde and had a more friendship with Zhu Houzhao, but Liu Jian's posthumous name still aroused many discussions.

"I will take one thousand and five on the main and vice lists, why not be stingy with one Wenzheng?"

"How can these two things be generalized?"

“…… I heard that Liu Gong also made a 10,000-word testament and loyal advice, Wenzhong can always do it, right? ”

"Maybe it's the one who caused the last thing."

"Shhhh

The capital is the most well-informed and the most clear wind.

In today's situation, the officials, gentlemen and even ordinary people in the capital have also reached a consensus: unless there is any big mess, the new law is unstoppable.

How much Liu Jian admires the ancestral system, many people know it.

But it has been five years since the trial implementation of the new law, and Liu Jian, who has never expressed any opinions, made a 10,000-word statement before his death, which can only cause many people to sigh.

"Knowing what you can't do, Wen Duangong is indeed courteous and righteous. I don't know what I said, whether His Majesty, the Governor-General, and the counselors will choose to speak to Jiana. Now that the land of Qingzhang has been reconstructed, I heard that the complaints on the desks of various prefectures and counties have been piled up into a mountain, and they are all cases of fighting for land. Hey......"

Those who have the leisure to comment on these matters are generally gentry and scholars.

Most of their homes are also filled with more land than ordinary farmers.

Now Liu Jian's "words of righteousness" can be thought of with his toes, what else needs 10,000 words to explain? That is naturally the new law and national policy today.

"It's a pity for Wen Duangong! Li Mou and Liu are all immortals, and Xie You is happy in the world. ”

"Brother Tai's good sentence!"

"False praise, false praise."

Liu Jian's death and nickname are the talk of tea and dinner in the capital. Among them, they may talk about the new law, but most of them are just feelings, and it is great to think about "what ifs".

In the process, Liu Jian's fame deepened.

The gentry who "forbear" and want to spit out their interests in the rolling torrent of the new law, their emotional packaging of the new law has become sympathy and remembrance for Liu Jian.

Within a few days, Zhu Houxi heard several poems that missed and recalled Liu Jian.

He had already figured it out, so the nickname was Wen Duan, not Wen Zhong as Fei Hong suggested him.

There is no such thing as a veteran of the Eight Dynasties, who is still worried about the monarch and the country temporarily, and who has not blocked the new law for several years.

The news from Nanjing had already come over, and during the Jingcha period, his son Liu Dong also skipped work and went to Zhejiang to visit Xie Qian.

Zhu Houyu is now so determined, Yang Tinghe and Fei Hong are all looking at the power that Taimiao and Zhu Houyu have put down, and those conservative officials and gentry with vital interests in the world can only suppress any emotions first.

But in 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, who can predict what will happen in the future?

Liu Dong is not a weapon, Liu Jian's legacy is to use his life to change the reputation of the Liu family and bless his children and grandchildren.

The reason why sanctification is praise is because according to the traditional view of science it is.

But now that practice and dialectics emphasize that everything is changing all the time, is this holy practice still good?

Many people will figure out the implications.

So what? No one can say anything about Zhu Houxi, after all, he gave Liu Jian, who had never been an official under him, a nickname, and the nickname of Wenduan is also a rare nickname.

"Those Yellow Book Inspectors have already set off from Nanjing on August 23?"

Hearing the emperor's inquiry, Huang Jin replied respectfully: "The news from Nanjing is so. ”

Zhu Houxi nodded: "When they arrive in various places, they will enter the autumn grain harvest one after another." Don't worry, this year we will still collect grain according to the old rules, but I will continue to explain and keep a good record of this year's accounts. ”

Huang Jin received the order, and Zhu Houxi asked again: "How is the preparation of the palace over there in the Fifth Military Camp?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the order, I just ordered the station to be slightly changed, and it has already been prepared."

Zhu Houxi nodded, and his attention on this matter was much more obvious: "Who are the people with the highest voice for Wu Zhuangyuan now?" ”

Huang Jin couldn't help but admire: "Lu Bing won't say it, the slave really admires, Your Majesty, how can the Fujian Yu Dayou you who was a little casual last year also an immortal general, with extraordinary martial arts?" ”

Zhu Houxi looked forward to it.

I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I'm just hanging.

(End of chapter)