Chapter 1106: The Price of the Qin Family
The Qinfu case occurred when Bai Song was in Jiangnan, which caused a great storm in Chang'an City.
The literati united in the protest, and many civil servants also participated, but they were all ignored by Li Shimin.
The Qin family is the largest scholar clan in Chang'an, because of this incident, Li Shimin not only showed his firm attitude in Tang Shizai, but also found an excellent opportunity to suppress the scholar clan.
After this major case in Qinfu, the scholars really hurt their vitality and realized the changes in the development of the times.
Why is it said that the spring of the year is a crucial exam, precisely because it is after the Qin Mansion case, the imperial court completely cut off the remaining quota for inspection, and all the scholars in the world no longer retain the recommendation qualifications.
Anyone, any family, who wants to be an official, must be approved by the imperial examination.
Next year's Spring Festival will be unprecedented in terms of numbers, and the number of places admitted will also expand several times that of previous years.
It can be said that Bai Song missed an opportunity to witness the changes of the times.
But as the victims of this incident, after the main members of the Qin family were imprisoned, whether it was the descendants of the family or the relatives of the various side clansmen, who would dare to stay in Chang'an City?
Naturally, they go their separate ways.
The Qin family had too many people in Chang'an, all kinds of people were scattered, and nearly a year had passed, and the talents related to the Qin family had completely disappeared in Chang'an.
The Qin Mansion, which was quite famous in Chang'an back then, has also been completely abandoned in the past month, and it is estimated that it will be taken away by the imperial court and confiscated in a year or two.
After these people of the Qin family learned about what had happened recently, they all seemed to have lost their souls, and they didn't know what to do or say......
But their opinions are very unanimous, and they must go to the Qin Mansion first.
After arriving at the Qin Mansion, everyone in the Qin family couldn't help but feel sad, everything in the mansion was gone, even the rockeries and strange stones in the garden were carried away, and the whole house was depressed and empty, chilling in the night wind.
Bai Song was also surprised, everything in front of him had nothing to do with the Qin Mansion in his memory.
Everyone in the Qin family was very calm, as if they had expected this to be the situation a long time ago, except for silently looking at the remnants of the courtyard, looking for the memories in their hearts, no one spoke.
Bai Song accompanied everyone through the Qin Mansion, and after returning to the main courtyard, he said: "Everyone, this place is no longer suitable for living, why don't you change places......
At this time, the old man of the Qin family stood up and asked, "Lord Bai, why did the emperor suddenly release us?" With our guilt, we thought we could only die in the dungeon. ”
Bai Song thought for a while and said calmly: "Now the work of compiling and revising Tang history has been handed over to me. ”
Everyone was stunned, very surprised by the news, and at the same time didn't understand what this had to do with letting them go.
Bai Song continued: "I originally didn't accept this errand, but the emperor pressed me too hard, so I had to agree, but I also put forward conditions with the emperor. ”
"On the condition that we be released?"
Bai Song nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Senior, I know that you are not remnants, you just suffered from unjustified disasters, and everything has nothing to do with you. ”
Everyone in the Qin family exchanged glances in surprise, and knelt down again: "Lord Bai is very gracious, and the remnants of my Qin family are broken bones, and it is difficult to repay them." ”
"Being kneeled, I'm just ......" Bai Song was stunned, thinking in his heart, "I'm just pushing the boat down the river, everything is arranged by the emperor." ”
"Lord Bai, the little girl has offended a lot before, and I hope you don't be surprised."
Qin Lanzhi also knelt on the ground, crying and kowtowing.
Bai Song couldn't hide, so he stood helplessly in place, waiting until they gradually calmed down before he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, right? Can you get up now? ”
The Qin family helped each other to get up, and their faces were all depressed and confused.
Bai Song paused and said, "You should know very well what troubles you will cause once you take over the compilation and revision of Tang History. I also have selfish intentions to save you, but I just want to ask you to show the current literati in Chang'an that I am not the evil person who obeys the emperor's orders and tries to tamper with history as they think. Bai is not talented, he is still young, but he also knows what righteousness is, recently, the literati of Chang'an are quite dissatisfied with me, and they are causing trouble everywhere, I really can't get out of the way, and I can't cope with it. ”
As soon as they heard this, everyone in the Qin family immediately understood.
When Qin Lao accepted this matter, he was treated the same, and he was also criticized by the world.
The reason why the Qin family has fallen to this point is somewhat due to the help of those literati.
Qin Lao could have taken some more gentle measures to deal with the emperor, but the outside world was talking too much, in order to protect the reputation of the Qin family, Qin Lao had to come out and directly express his attitude, although he successfully won the support of the literati and scholars, but where is the opponent of the imperial power?
It was also the fuse that directly led to the emperor's face.
Thinking of these, everyone in the Qin family was even more resentful in their hearts.
For the sake of righteousness, the Qin family ended up ruined, what did they get?
What you get is a dilapidated courtyard and forgotten by history.
"Lord White...... You...... Aren't you dangerous? Qin Lanzhi said excitedly, "Don't do it, don't pay attention to the outside world's discussions, just listen to the emperor's arrangement, our Qin family can't fight, Lord Bai, you...... It's hard for you too...... I don't want to see Lord Bai go to the Qin family's footsteps. ”
Bai Song smiled: "Thank you for your concern, but Bai Song has his own thoughts in his heart, in life, he must always make a difference, someone sacrifices, someone must persevere, and the efforts of his predecessors cannot be in vain." But I'm still a bit of a brain, and I won't do anything that sacrifices for nothing. ”
Listening to Bai Song's words, everyone in the Qin family was in awe, and bowed to Bai Song: "There are still scribes like Lord Bai in the world to take over, and the old lady of the Qin family will be blind even if he dies." ”
"It doesn't have to be like this, Bai Song is just a layman, he can't do the same righteousness as Qin Lao, don't worry about my affairs, but where are you going to go?"
"Chang'an has no place for the Qin family, we want to leave Chang'an early in the morning and find a livelihood elsewhere."
"Okay, why don't you go to my palace for a while?"
"But Lord Bai wants us to wait for the literati of Chang'an......"
"This matter is easy to do, you can go to Yu Mansion to live temporarily, as long as Yu Ji knows what I am doing today, he will naturally help me spread it tomorrow, and you have already left Chang'an City at that time."
The people of the Qin Mansion looked at each other and had no objections.
So the team that originally planned to go to the palace was rerouted to Yu Mansion to meet Yu Ji.
On the way, Qin Lanzhi caught up with Bai Song and chased the previous topic worriedly: "My lord, do you really want to show your attitude?" It's really dangerous, grandpa is ......"
"Miss Qin, don't worry, I have my own plans, and I won't joke with my own life and the lives of dozens of people in the palace."