The person who knocked down Yinzuo was a half-old man in his fifties, with a clear face, big eyes, three locks of long beard, a little white hair on his temples, an eight-python five-clawed python robe, and a white pheasant supplement, he was a five-grade official. This official Yinzuo also recognized Guo Xiu, who was famous all over the world because of his participation in Jin Fu, the governor of the river.

Guo Xiu, the word Ruifu, the number Huaye, is a native of Guojiaxiang (now Jimo Town) in Jimo City. Kangxi was born in the ninth year of Jinshi, served as the commander of Wujiang County for seven years, Kangxi entered the dynasty in the twenty-fifth year and served as the imperial history of Jiangnan Province, at the beginning of the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi, on the "Shenhe Chenshu", he participated in the river governor Jin Fu, and was immediately promoted to the imperial history of the capital, known as "Guo Dashen" and "Guo Yiyi", which means that this person will be able to bring down the opponent if he does not participate.

Although Yinzuo has something in his heart and is very annoyed, he is not a person who blames people after all, he originally walked by himself and didn't look at the road, and he was knocked down purely by himself, so he didn't blame Guo Xiu at all, waved his hand and said: "Don't get in the way, it's Ben Beizi who is careless, and he can't complain about Lord Guo." At a glance, he saw a yellow masked fold on the ground, thinking that it was Guo Xiu who fell when he collided with himself, and picked it up casually, his heart was full of curiosity, wondering who this "Yi" adult was going to participate in.

I don't know if I don't see it, I was startled when I saw it, Yinzuo snapped the fold, a harrier turned over and jumped up, landed in front of Guo Xiu, stretched out his hand to help up the "Yi" adult, and said excitedly: "Lord Guo, this matter is important, if it is a secret reference, I am afraid that there is a lot of possibility of staying in the middle of it, if it is not like this" Yinzuo said quickly ...... Guo Xiu's ear, Guo Xiu nodded frequently, and finally wiped his beard and said: "Thank you Bei Ziye for mentioning it, the lower officials understand, so do it." ”

"Go to court!" With the eunuch Gao Yingnian shouting, today's early dynasty officially began, the civil and military officials walked in broken steps and stepped on the right path of the palace in the palace, the royal family is in the middle, the civil and military are separated, except for the footsteps There is no noise at all, a solemn and solemn atmosphere, but the corners of most officials' mouths show a smile that can't be hidden, because a big drama will be staged today. At this moment, Yinzuo, one of the protagonists of the big play, was walking among the hundred officials, and in front of him was the eldest brother and Fuquan who had just been crowned Baylor and several other old princes, Yinzuo's small figure was mixed with the royal family and was completely submerged in the crowd.

In the early dynasty today, only a few less important ministers played, and the things they played were all trivial things, neither Kangxi nor the ministers put their minds on these little things, and they casually discussed a few words and sent them away. The ministers who didn't open their eyes at this time also understood that today was not a good time to go to the top, and everyone was quiet for a while, and they all looked at Kangxi, just waiting for the old man to speak, it was a good show.

The hall was filled with a strange atmosphere, and after being cold for a while, Kangxi spoke: "Shen Zhengwen." ”

"The minister is here." At the end of the civil servant queue, a man walked out quickly, and fell to his knees.

Kangxi leaned on the wide dragon chair and said expressionlessly: "Shen Aiqing, I have seen your excerpts, and I think so, but some people don't care, and they plan to have a royal lawsuit with you, Lord Shen, what does Shen Aiqing think?" ”

"There is no objection to the minister."

"That's good. Yinzuo. ”

"The son is here." Yinzuo strode out of the royal queue, and also fell to his knees.

Kangxi said slowly: "If you can't tell the reason, if you don't say the words clearly, I'll give you a chance to defend yourself today." ”

"Yes, Emperor Xie." Yinzuo kowtowed, got up and stood opposite Shen Zhengwen, and said politely: "Lord Shen is an important minister of the imperial court, so please first." ”

"The old minister doesn't dare, Bei Ziye is a Tianhuang noble, or Bei Ziye will invite him first."

After a few polite words between the two sides, Shen Zhengwen first made a difficulty: "Zi Xiayun: 'Although it is a small way, there must be a considerable person, and it is not a gentleman to be afraid of mud. (1) Bei Ziye is a noble person of the heavenly family, and this small way is not only inconsistent with the law, but also unreasonable. ”

Depend on! Recite the sayings of the saints, who is afraid of whom! Yinzuo immediately replied: "Sage Yun: 'Rich and can be sought; Even if I am a whipper, I will do it. If you can't ask for it, do what I like. (2) It follows that the saints are not opposed to seeking riches, as long as they are not against the way of heaven, they are encouraged. What Ben Beizi does is not to hurt people's lives, and second, not to bully the market, so what should not be said. ”

Shen Zhengwen is worthy of being born in the two lists, and immediately returned to color: "Zi said: 'A gentleman seeks to seek Tao but not food. (3) Bei Ziye is still young, and he should bury his head in the scriptures and trace the footprints of the former sages. ”

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"Renjun values agriculture rather than business."

"There is no agriculture and no stability, no business is not rich, and Guan Zi (Guan Zhong) is not a light business."

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One big and one small two discerning hands were full of sage clouds, and they argued, quoting scriptures and classics, and quoting from the side, and for a while, sparks splashed above the court, and quotations flew wildly, and all the ministers listened to it with relish, completely forgetting the rule that no rudeness should be made in front of the king, and applauded the wonderful words of both sides from time to time, and the old man Kangxi also smiled silently, without the slightest intention of interfering in this debate.

Although Yinzuo is also proficient in the subset of scriptures, it is impossible to have any chance of winning if he really wants to entangle with Shen Zhengwen so bite-biting, so after arguing for a while, Yinzuo threw out a heavy bomb: "Zi said: 'The husband is benevolent, he wants to establish people, and he wants to reach people. It can be said that the prescription for benevolence has been taken. (4) Ben Beizi has a total of four factories in the north and south, with more than 500 people, who were originally extremely poor and have no life, but since entering the factory, every family has a house, food and clothing are worry-free, and children can afford to go to school, which is not unkind. Moreover, Ben Beizi paid taxes in accordance with the law, and paid a total of 800,000 taels of silver in various taxes in two years, which is well documented, and it cannot be described as unjust. Ben Beizi is not afraid of crooked shadows, but some people are different, as the saying goes, righteous people first correct themselves, if they are not clean and have to blame others, then it is really a joke. ”

Yinzuo's words made it clear that Shen Zhengwen's ass was not clean, and suddenly Shen Zhengwen was so excited that his eyes were full of stars, and he pointed at Yinzuo and said: "You, you, you ......" It took a while to calm down and say: "Master Bei, this is the court, and there must be evidence in the speech." ”

"Evidence? Xiaguan is here! A person came out of the civil official ranks, strode forward, knelt down in front of Kangxi and said loudly: "The ministers and the imperial history Guo Xiu have a book to play." ”

As soon as the ministers and workers saw that it was the famous "Guo Yiyi", they were in an uproar, and their faces were not good-looking, and they didn't know who was going to be unlucky this time......

Note (1) Doing business and working are small paths, and although you can achieve certain achievements, it is impossible to achieve the great way, so a gentleman will not engage in this kind of work.

(2) If it is a wealth that does not violate the way of heaven, even if it is a horseman, I will go, if it is a wealth that violates the way of heaven, then I still want to do learning.

(3) The gentleman only pursues the great road and does not think about things like farming.

(4) A benevolent person is the kind of person who not only makes himself rich, but also makes everyone follow the wealth, and the one who can do this is the great benevolent.