Chapter 68: The Imperial Examination 2
The person who wrote this poem really had good intentions.
attacked both the imperial examination and the martial queen, and completely denied the whole person.
Pei Yan, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, all ended up in a different place, and Shen Sanwen felt that this poem could not be made by ordinary people.
And the timing of the occurrence is very unusual.
The princess said, "This poem may have been arranged by the Queen Mother." “
Why do you arrange this?
Princess: "A few days ago, the guards who participated in the abolition of the King of Luling said that they knew that there was no reward, so it was better to support the King of Luling." This poem should be written by someone with a heart. If it's not a family, it's the queen mother. “
"Those people must be dead."
"Yes, except for the whistleblower, he was made a fifth-grade official."
The whistleblowing trend is about to rise.
In order to avoid suspicion, Shen Sanwen and Wang Bin, who participated in the imperial examination, have not seen each other for a while.
If you want to know more about it this time, you still have to ask.
Wang Bin is still very excited, after all, he is also an important member of the family.
Wang Bin: "Why do you suddenly want to take the imperial examination?" With so many candidates, how do you plan to end up? The official position is limited, and the number of people admitted is even more limited, and a large number of people will be dissatisfied after the examination. These candidates are easily incited. ”
Listening to the meaning, it should be the hand of the family.
Shen San asked, "Times are different, Brother Wang." ”
Wang Bin was a little melancholy, "Is this imperial examination going to put the family out of the court?" This may have been the beginning of the decline of the Maison. ”
"Yes. Today's Queen Mother is not an ordinary person, Brother Wang, don't get involved in these rights and wrongs. ”
Wang Bin had a doubt, "Brother Shen, how much has the family contributed to the Tang Dynasty today?" ”
"The family also got enough benefits from the court and from the people. Now, the family has become a further obstacle to Datang, and if you want to make the people rich, you can't do it anymore. ”
Wang Bin sneered, "Is it an obstacle to imperial power or an obstacle to the people." ”
Shen Sanwen didn't want to explain, but he couldn't help but explain, otherwise it would become a knot in the hearts of the two.
"The family monopolizes how much power and financial resources Datang has. How many people in Datang have become slaves because of poverty, and have you ever thought about why these people are poor? Because the family has become a moth to the society, in order to accumulate wealth and power, in order to maintain their status and reputation, they frantically oppress the people, trying every means to make the people lose their fields and unable to survive, so they can only rely on the family.
For example, in the last disaster relief, the family was the biggest winner, and Chang'an City was full of mourning. How many clans have taken the opportunity to grasp the deeds of countless people's homestead land, looking like it is saving people's lives, but in fact, why is the price of rice so high? Why was the relief of the imperial court delayed?
Because the price of rice around Chang'an City is not what it used to be, it is necessary to go a longer way to buy rice.
One more moment, one more person will die.
Who is behind the control of prices?
Ordinary people who expect to make a fortune in a disaster?
Ordinary businessmen?
No, they don't have so much food at all, they don't know how long the famine will last, and they don't dare to sell rice.
These people tacitly grabbed benefits and gained favors in the famine.
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Have you ever heard of someone starving to death in that family?
No,
Why aren't they short of rice?
It's not that they have a lot of reserves, it's that they have a constant supply from all directions.
You look at the land of the Tang Dynasty, how much the family has mastered, how much the court has mastered, and how many people are left. ”
Wang Bin was also angry, "Have you ever been short of food?" Has there ever been a shortage of food in the princess's mansion? The family can control the wealth by virtue of itself, and because the family is rich, the imperial court can arbitrarily deprive dozens of generations of hard work of the fruit? Denying the Maison's contributions? What the hell are you thinking? What do you want to do? ”
"I didn't lack food, but at that time, I was eating with ordinary soldiers and starving together, which you can't empathize with.
You were born with a golden key, how can you know the sadness of hunger?
There is nothing wrong with acquiring wealth in itself.
The direction of this society may be that the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer.
The way of heaven is more than enough to make up for the deficiency, and the way of man is more than enough to make up for the insufficiency.
But I don't want to see that.
I just want everyone to be fed and clothed and have a better life.
Do you remember what Cui Xuan said, he can dream of drought when he has nightmares?
If you read the Buddhist scriptures for a long time, can you understand the Buddha's compassion for sentient beings?
Do you know that there is a word called "being rich and unkind"?
You enjoy the results and naturally don't want to condemn this reality.
It's not your fault. ”
Wang Bin felt that he had no strength in his body, "Yes, the family has indeed done many things for its own interests, and some of them may be immoral." But if you don't do this, how can you maintain the prosperity of the millennium, this is just to survive. ”
But for the prosperity of the family, in order for the family to survive, how many families have died and lost the opportunity to survive.
Shen San didn't want to dwell on this issue, "Do you know that poem?" ”
Wang Bin seems to be alive again, "The Queen Mother is in power, it is not reasonable, and the name is not right." Although you have always warned me, this is contrary to my doctrine of loyalty since childhood. As a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, I am loyal to Li Tang, and there is nothing wrong with this poem. ”
Shen Sanwen had already frowned, "I've known Brother Wang for so long, I thought we knew each other.
It turned out that we didn't have a heart-to-heart relationship.
Zhongjun, this is the reason why you want to go to Li Lun's side to seek work?
The world, the world of the people, is not the world of any family.
Yesterday, the Yang family was able to be the emperor, and today the Li family can be the emperor, all because they can give the people of the world a way to live, so the people support them.
In the world, there are capable people who live in it.
Whether it is the King of Luling or the current emperor, they do not have the ability to lead the Tang Dynasty, but the Queen Mother is different.
The Queen Mother worked hard day and night for the people, although she was greedy for power, she was not a mediocre person.
An empire needs a Ming Jun, not an emperor with the surname Li.
With the nepotism of King Luling, if he became the emperor, who would be in power? I'm afraid that the Tang Dynasty will have the surname Wei.
The Queen Mother is the hope of the world. ”
"Aren't you afraid of these words getting out?"
This may sound outrageous, but it is from the bottom of my heart to you, and I believe that you will not be against me. King Luling and His Majesty can't fight the Queen Mother, the first emperor can't rest assured that the country will be handed over to the King of Luling, but it can be handed over to the Queen Mother, do you understand? The Queen Mother's assumption of power is naturally justified. Think about it. ”
During this visit, Shen Sanwen inadvertently recognized Wang Bin's true thoughts.
It seems that I have been ignoring a lot of things.
Wang Bin couldn't get any news here, so he still had to go to the Queen Mother to inquire.
It's hard to say, this is the means by which the Queen Mother wants to eradicate dissidents.
At the palace gate, Shen Sanwen saw a person he hadn't seen for a long time, Kang Shun.
Kangshun is here, so Lai Junchen is naturally here.
How did it rise so fast?