"Wang Fu, send his protégé Wang Qiao to Gu Yu Chang'an 70 million yuan, capital crime, sons Wang Meng and Wang Ji were demoted to concubines and exiled to Yanmen."

"Yang Ming, killing two thousand stone officials on the street is a capital crime."

The day after Yang Ming killed Wang Fu, Liu Hong issued a final edict.

For a time, there were many books in the court, mostly for Yang Ming's letters of pleading.

Tingwei is in prison, and the door is like a city.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there had never been a matter of scholars killing eunuchs on the street, who wouldn't want to see Yang Ming, who had done such a big thing?

Some scholars even held silk sticks, just to ask Yang Ming to sign their names on them.

The day after the edict was issued, a long queue had formed outside the edict.

If it weren't for the big characters written at the door of the edict, I would have thought that this was the mansion of the minister of a family.

On the third day, the long queue blocked the traffic, and Ting Wei had to order that no one should enter unless he had Yang Ming's permission.

In the blink of an eye, a month later, there is still an endless stream of scholars from outside the prison who come to visit the prison.

At this time, in the prison cell, a person was sitting opposite Yang Ming across a low table.

This person is mediocre in appearance, but his demeanor is gentle and elegant, and he has the style of a celebrity.

"Gongda, what you just said is true?" Yang Ming looked surprised.

"How dare I make fun of this, my uncle's intention, I want to marry a daughter and a young monarch, and the two families will become Qin Jin." The person who was called Gongda by Yang Ming was Yingchuan Xun's Xun You.

"Gong Damo laughed with me, how can I marry a wife when I am about to die?" Yang Ming said with a smile.

"Shaojun is not worried about his life." Xun You shook his head.

Yang Ming pretended to look at him suspiciously.

"With Wang Fu's status, if the young monarch is worried about his life, how can he still have the opportunity to sit opposite me at this time?" Xun You said with a smile.

Yang Ming didn't answer when he heard this, glanced at the jailer outside the door, and shook his head: "My life and death are decided by the Son of Heaven, not you and me, but even if I am lucky enough to live, I am afraid I will not be able to agree to Gongda." ”

Why is that? Shaojun thinks that this matter should be asked to Yang Shizhong? Or do you think that the Xun family is not enough to match you? Xun You's tone was calm.

"Where is Gongda, Yingchuan Xun is a family in the world, why not deserve it?" Yang Ming shook his head.

Although the Yingchuan Xun clan is not as good as the Hongnong Yang clan, he is not the main branch.

"Why?" Xun Yu was puzzled.

"A few years ago, my father had already married the Jinyang Wang family, so I said this." Yang Ming explained.

Xun You was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then showed a "it's too late" expression.

However, he was soon relieved, Yang Ming was talking about a few years ago, and the Xun family just wanted to come to a "charcoal in the snow" at this time to bind Yang Ming, a rookie of the scholar clan.

And then he cast an admiring look at Yang Ming.

Although the Jinyang Wang family is also a big family, it is located in Taiyuan far away from the court, and has been in a state of seclusion since Wang Mang's rebellion, and has no power in the court.

Yang Ming could completely pretend that he didn't have this family business, and then marry the Xun family, which would greatly increase the status of his line in the family.

But he didn't.

As soon as he thought of this, Xun You got up and bowed to Yang Ming, and then turned around to say goodbye.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, someone came in on his back foot.

The man who came carried wine and meat, and hung a gold seal and purple ribbon around his waist, and the jailer was terrified when he saw it, and when he opened the door, the key fell off.

"Don't rush, take your time."

Far from being blamed, the visitor opened his mouth to be relieved.

When Yang Ming saw the visitor, he also saluted through the prison door: "Gong Liu." ”

At this time, the person who came to the edict was Liu Kuan, the imperial lieutenant.

When the cell door opened, the jailer hurried out.

Liu Kuan entered the cell, smiled and held Yang Ming's hand, and then sat on the ground with him.

"Thank you Liu Gong for your help this time." Yang Minggang sat down and thanked him again.

"Ziqian doesn't have to be like this, I'm just telling the truth." Liu Kuan waved his hand, took out a bowl and poured wine, and he couldn't help but take a big sip first.

Ziqian is Yang Ming's milk name, and under normal circumstances, only the elders in the clan would call him, but Liu Kuan is a special case.

Although Liu Kuan is a member of the royal family, he was also born in Huayin, and he met Yang Ming when he was young.

"Ziqian is interested in coming to my Taiwei Mansion to serve?" After putting down the wine bowl, Liu Kuan asked.

Yang Ming also picked up the wine glass, but when he heard this, he put it down again.

Liu Kuan, this is to make him an official.

The Eastern Han Dynasty clearly stipulated that only after the crown could be released, and the way was the probation system, that is, the way of inspection and recommendation by senior officials.

However, in addition to the probation system, there is still a supplementary levy system, which is called "levy" by the emperor and "pi" by officials.

The biggest difference between the two is that the expropriation system is not subject to age restrictions, but the meaning of subordination is stronger.

The person who is destroyed basically regards the owner as the monarch, and with the natural monarch Son of Heaven, there will be a "dual monarchy".

Therefore, once the founder leaves office, the career of the person who has been recruited will be greatly frustrated.

"Of course, I know that Ziqian has great ambitions, and this kind of position is just a transition, and when Ziqian and the crown next year come, I will use the power of the three princes to promote you as Maocai." Liu Kuan continued with a smile.

At this moment, Yang Ming immediately got up and saluted Liu Kuan: "Thank you Liu Gong for your support." ”

There are three ways to promote the inspection system, namely filial piety, Maocai, and virtuous and square.

Filial piety is based on the county and is affected by the population of the county.

counties with a population of less than 100,000 are once every three years; counties of 100,000 to 200,000, one every two years; 200,000 to 400,000, one a year; And so on, at most six a year of 1.2 million.

Therefore, in large counties such as Yingchuan and Nanyang, there are actually not a lot of filial piety and honesty every year.

However, Maocai, with the state as a unit, according to the regulations, only the three dukes, the superintendent of the imperial history, the commander of the school, and the state pastor have a quota of one person a year, so the number of places is scarce.

Liu Kuan directly gave the quota to Yang Ming, and it was booked in advance, which shows his love.

Liu Kuan motioned for Yang Ming to sit down, and the more he looked at him, the more he liked it.

After all, how can a person who has extraordinary appearance, is well-versed, and can do something as heroic as killing Wang Fu, how can he not be liked!

After chatting about business, Liu Kuan did not leave immediately, but drank and chatted with Yang Ming, chatting about Yang Ming's youth.

When Yang Ming was young, he was with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, who was a well-known Luxiang boy in Luoyang, a flying eagle lackey, and a horse frivolous.

After the wine was finished, Liu Kuan left satisfied.

Yang Ming seriously suspected that this alcoholic lieutenant was complaining about his wife when he drank at home, and his temper was too good, so he deliberately went to the prison cell to drink.

At this time, it was already unitary time, and the people to be seen had already been seen, and Yang Ming was also ready to rest.

Tingwei Zuoping went to the cell door again.

"Is there anyone out there?" Yang Ming saw his expression of wanting to speak and stopped, and asked.

When Tingwei Zuoping heard this, he immediately spoke: "There is indeed a person, who calls himself Sun Qian of Beihai, and has been waiting for two hours. ”

Looking at him, I don't know whether he received money from the person who came, or was moved by the will of the person who came.

"Invite him in." Yang Ming hurriedly said when he heard this name.

After a while, a tall-crowned man with red lips and white teeth entered the cell.

"Beihai Sun Gongyou, I've seen Yang Shaojun." Sun Qian bowed to him outside his cell.

Yang Ming also immediately returned the salute.

"I was entrusted by Master Zheng to invite Shaojun to go to Donglai for a gathering after he was released from prison." When he sat down, Sun Qian got straight to the point.

Yang Ming was very pleasantly surprised after hearing this.

Sun Qian said that Master Zheng, although he had never seen it, he had heard it.

Here it is necessary to mention the study of scriptures.

Confucianism has classics: "Poems", "Books", "Rites", "Yi" and "Spring and Autumn".

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty proposed by Dong Zhongshu to "depose the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone", the study of these classics has become the official study of the Han Dynasty.

The so-called "through the scriptures" can be understood as the "diploma" of later generations.

There is a distinction between modern scriptures and ancient scriptures.

When the Qin and Han dynasties intersected, most of the ancient Confucian books were lost, and the scriptures could only be recorded orally by Confucian disciples, and recorded in the Han Dynasty font small seal, which is the current Wenjing.

Due to the differences in oral description, there are many versions of the Wenjing today, such as "Poems", "Lu Poems", "Qi Poems", and "Han Poems".

Later, King Lu Gong found the remnants of ancient books between the walls of Confucius's former residence, as well as the part of the folk people with lofty ideals who risked their lives, which were recorded in the pre-Qin Great Seal, which is the ancient scriptures, such as the "Mao's Poems" in the "Poems".

Today's Wenjing is the official school of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which has been passed down from generation to generation by the great families of the family, and is also known as family learning.

The distribution of ancient scriptures is more extensive, and there are people studying them in the court and among the people, such as Ma Rong and Lu Zhi.

The Zheng Shi in Sun Qian's mouth is Zheng Xuan, a great Confucian who combines the ancient and modern texts.

"Master Zheng heard about Shaojun, and was teaching with us, he stopped and said: Don't say a tree, don't be a forest, the sun and the moon alternate, the people will be prosperous." Sun Qian continued.

The study of Wei Wei has been there since ancient times, the most well-known, is the end of the Qin Dynasty "forget the Qin Hu Ye", at that time Qin Shi Huang understood that it was talking about the Xiongnu in the north, that is, the Hu people, so he built the Great Wall, never thought that "Hu" refers to Hu Hai.

In the Han Dynasty, the country was governed by scriptures, and the study of Wei Wei was more prosperous.

Zheng Xuan, as a master of scripture, will naturally also know the art of weft.

The literal meaning of his proverb is that not a single log can grow into a forest, but that the sun and the moon will alternate, and that the people will rise up from it.

But the proverb never just refers to the literal meaning, don't say that a tree is Yang when combined together, the sun and the moon are Ming, and Yang Ming is said.

Therefore, it can also be interpreted as the rise of Yang Ming, and the people will prosper because of it.

This echoes Yang Ming's killing of Wang Fu for the people.

Of course, it may be interpreted in other ways, but only in this case.

Yang Ming naturally became happier after listening to it, this is not a proverb, but the matter itself.

This is like Xu Shao's comment on Cao Cao's "capable minister who governs the world, and a traitor in troubled times", which is to help him become famous!

"In Qian's humble opinion, if the young monarch can worship Master Zheng as his teacher, and then have this deed, he will not be unable to become the third duke." Seeing Yang Ming's reaction, Sun Qian continued.

Yang Ming nodded.

He didn't mean to be a third prince, but it would indeed help him a lot in the future.

And Sun Qian's sentences poke people's hearts, it is difficult for him to disagree.

"In this way, I will be tired of Gongyou, and I will not go to Donglai for an appointment in the future." Yang Ming arched his hand and said.

……

The next day was April Xinhai, and the Son of Heaven issued an edict that prisoners in custody who had not yet been sentenced were allowed to pay silk to atone for their crimes.

Yang Ming was released from prison after paying a huge amount of silk for Yang Ming.

On the day Yang Ming walked out of Tingwei Prison, the traffic outside the entire Imperial Prison was not smooth, and both sides of the road were full of people who came to greet him.

From the long queue that lasted for a month outside the edict, it was known that Yang Ming killed Wang Fu on the street, and he was already famous all over the world.

And the point is, he made it out alive!

It must be known that since Emperor Huan, scholars and eunuchs struggled, causing two disasters of the party, both of which ended in the failure of scholars, and countless scholars died in prison.

Last year, Yongchang Taishou Cao Luan wrote a letter to avenge the grievances of the "party people", and even made Emperor Ling issue an edict that all party protégés, former officials, fathers and sons, and brothers who were appointed officials would be dismissed and imprisoned for life, and the five clans would be implicated, and the scholars would be suppressed to the bottom.

So at this moment, the significance of Yang Ming's killing of Wang Fu and getting out of the edict alive can be imagined for the scholars.

This was the only victory of the scholars, and it was also an unprecedented counterattack!

Among the three princes, Yang Ci and Liu Kuan were present, and Jiuqing also came with four people, and some people brought their own gongs and drums.

Yang Ming came out of the edict prison, and for a time the gongs and drums were noisy, cheering everywhere, such a pomp and circumstance, the Eastern Han Dynasty had never heard of.

Yang Ming looked at the scene in front of him and was also excited.

After eight years, he finally took the first step on the road to hegemony!

Moreover, it is a solid step, like building a skyscraper, he has laid an incomparably solid foundation for himself.

He walked for a long time, and it was not until he got into the carriage through the crowd that his mood gradually calmed down.

The carriage returned from the avenue, stopped in an alley, and continued on its way.

Yang Ming had already changed carriages in the alley at this time.

The carriage turned into a hidden alley and stopped in front of a liquor store.

Yang Ming got out of the car, exchanged a code with the guy at the door, and then entered the back house.

After pushing the door in, there was a table inside, and there were two glasses, a plate and a plate, and wine in the glasses.

There was already a man sitting on one side of the table, with a white complexion, but tall and strong, who turned his head at the sound of the voice.

If there were other scholars present, they would surely rise up and shout at the court.

However, Yang Ming just sat quietly across from him.