Compared with complicated intrigues and intrigues, Gao Qi was obviously more suitable for the work of debating scriptures. He walked around the streets and collected articles by scholars, and gradually figured out his views on Yue Fei's unjust case.
In fact, this matter is not complicated in the first place, but it becomes difficult to explain clearly...
For example, there was a widely circulated article that brought out all Qin Hui's deeds and scolded him, saying that they were all his fault. If Zhao Gou was implicated, he was deceived by treacherous sycophants and believed in slander.
Although Gaozong Zhao Gou made some mistakes, he must not be allowed to kneel in front of Yue Fei's tomb. As a king and father, he knelt down to apologize to his ministers. What kind of act without a king and a father is this?
Heaven and earth are indignant, and heaven and earth are disgusted!
Absolutely impossible!
This article basically represents the current mainstream opinions, and the signature of the article is also very interesting, "An Jing Elder".
Tao An, named Zhu Jing.
Obviously, this article was written by this scholar, and to some extent, it was the news that Li Shanchang spread after discussing with his subordinate officials.
After all, after repeated weighing, Li Shanchang still didn't believe Zhang Ximeng's words... After all, Lao Zhu would take that position sooner or later. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang is now a quasi-emperor.
Although the colleagues are enemies, it is okay to criticize the emperor Zhao and Song, but asking Zhao Gou to kneel down is tantamount to denying the entire emperor industry, which is an act of overturning the table and is absolutely unacceptable.
However, Lao Li had learned the lesson and decided not to get directly involved in this kind of thing. He asked Tao An to come forward and even handed the draft of this article to Zhang Ximeng for review.
This is a dispute of opinions, not a partisan dispute. Don’t get me wrong, we, Lao Li, have never formed any political parties for personal gain.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Ximeng had nothing to say. He even hoped to have a thorough discussion and talk the matter through.
Sure enough, after a short period of deliberation, someone came out to refute it. The first person to write the article turned out to be Yu Yaochen. He had been with Zhu Yuanzhang for some time and had learned a lot about the situation. In addition, he was quite passionate and upright, so he bluntly pointed out,
With Yue Fei's status, he was definitely not someone a prime minister could murder.
It is true that Emperor Gaozong was deceived for a while, is it possible that he will be deceived for the rest of his life?
In the past, people didn't dare to pierce the window paper. Could it be that Qin Hui awarded the twelve gold medals behind the emperor's back?
The Zhao and Song dynasties have been destroyed for a hundred years, and the Yuan Dynasty has come to an end.
Just when everything is renewed and decadence is swept away, is it possible that we still have to smear the fat and white powder of the previous dynasty?
Those who say this have no understanding of the true meaning of expelling the barbarians and restoring China!
Yu Yaochen's article is not very in-depth, but it is very in line with the current public sentiment... Although many people cannot write articles or make any grand remarks, they can always go to Grandpa Yue's grave to express their feelings.
Therefore, there was an endless stream of people going to Yue Fei's grave every day. Yu Yaochen and several young scholars set up a stage outside and kept telling the story of the shame of Jingkang and Yue Fei's several northern expeditions.
Every time he talks about humiliation, there is gnashing of teeth and hatred on and off the stage, and there are endless curses.
For such a foolish king, shouldn’t he kneel in front of Grandpa Yue’s grave to apologize?
Soon, some people jointly signed a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, asking for the erection of a kneeling statue of Zhao Gou.
At this time, Zhang Yuyou wrote an article at the right time. His argument was clear and his angle was tricky.
Zhang Yu believed that Gaozong Zhao Gou's letter of credence to the Jin Dynasty began with "Chen Gou Yan", which showed that Zhao Gou had bowed his knees to the Jin people and became a true emperor.
According to this principle, the three hundred years of Zhao and Song Dynasty should be divided into two parts: the first half is Zhao Song and the second half is Wanyan Song.
It is most appropriate to call Zhao Gou Wanyan Gou.
Since Wan Yangou was already a minister of the Jin Kingdom, how could he be treated as the emperor of the Central Plains?
Since he is not the emperor of the Central Plains, what if he is asked to kneel down?
As soon as this article came out, it had no other effect. Instead, it confirmed Wanyan Gou's nickname, and by the way, Wanyan Song was created. The people of Hangzhou were very happy after hearing it.
At this time, Gao Qi also took action. He did not discuss the matter directly, but based on historical facts. After Qin Hui returned from the Kingdom of Jin, he peddled the peace between Song and Jin.
Because he had the support of Zhao Gou, he was promoted quickly. In addition, he formed cliques, which pushed Lu Yihao out and gained power.
At this time, Qin Hui came up with his strategy, which was simply stated in eight words: "People from the north should return to the north, and people from the south should return to the south."
At that time, the generals of the Song Dynasty, including Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Zhang Jun and others, were all northerners, and most of their soldiers were northerners.
The so-called northerners returning to the north means abandoning their martial arts and digging their own graves.
Why did Qin Hui do this?
From the Song Dynasty's point of view, the monarchs and ministers were eager to live in peace. If there were such a group of northern warriors in the court who clamored all day long to restore the Central Plains, fight back to their hometowns, and regain their homeland, then they would have to continue fighting with the Jin people, and peace negotiations would never succeed.
The Jin Kingdom also knew this very well. He wanted to ask the Song Dynasty to release the people from the north, firstly to disintegrate the Song army, and secondly to replenish the population and restore the economy and people's livelihood in the two rivers.
This is the truth of Yue Fei's unjust case. As for other explanations, they all deviate from the truth.
Frankly speaking, Zhao Gou has also struggled. For example, southerners return to the south, and northerners return to the north. Zhao Gou calls himself a northerner, and will he return safely?
So in the beginning, Zhao Gou vigorously promoted Yue Fei, allowing him to command a large number of troops at a young age... But as time went by, some generals from the north also occupied land in the south and lived a comfortable life.
Just like the Jin people who traveled south in clothes, they forgot the hatred of the country's subjugation and only wanted to enjoy the south of the Yangtze River. Those who proposed the Northern Expedition were regarded as aliens and were ostracized. This was the case for Zu Ti and Huan Wen.
Emperor Gaozong and Zhao Gou also gradually indulged in the prosperity of Jiangnan and no longer thought about their homeland.
At this time, Yue Fei, who still insisted on the Northern Expedition and achieved great results, became a thorn in the side of the emperor and his ministers...
In fact, by proposing that northerners should return to the north and southerners should return to the south, it showed that the Song Dynasty wanted to give up the land of the Central Plains and the people in the north. It was as shameless as their inability to regain Yanyun and abandoning the people of the sixteen states!
Yue Fei's unjust case was not because Prince Yue said anything about welcoming back the Second Saint, nor was it because Yue Fei was involved in a dispute over the establishment of the throne... These are all distortions of the real situation. The fundamental issue is to restore the Central Plains or to cling to the old.
Yue Fei, as the backbone of the Restoration of the Central Plains faction, set an example of not changing his original intention and was a great general with brilliant results, but he was no match for a group of degenerate monarchs and ministers, and was killed by the gang of villains.
Therefore, in front of Yue Fei's grave, the ones kneeling should not only be Qin Hui and others, but also Gaozong and Zhao Gou, because they are all the culprits, regardless of each other!
Bringing up old matters at this time is not as simple as asking an emperor who has been dead for hundreds of years to kneel before a minister, nor does it involve any issues of imperial power.
The most fundamental thing is that since the superiors proposed to restore China and expel the Huru, they must thoroughly liquidate the past, eliminate the cowardice and despicability in people's hearts, and give up the cowardly behavior of clinging to the old.
Even if you are the emperor, if you are wrong in this matter, you are wrong, and you must kneel down when you should.
I respect Yue Fei for his ambition to restore the Central Plains.
I despise Zhao Gou for his cowardly and shameless behavior.
The so-called straightening out the source and distinguishing right from wrong is what we want!
Gao Qi circulated this article and even signed it grandly with the name "Qingqiuzi".
That's right, I wrote it. If you want to debate, just come over here.
In an instant, the boiling discussion suddenly became calmer.
"Once Qingqiuzi comes out with this theory, who can compete with him?"
Song Lian was filled with emotion, "Xiang Zhang, this man's big pen is a hundred times better than my own. It is a blessing for the country to have such a talented person join him."
Zhang Ximeng nodded with a smile, "Indeed, even I agree with what he said, and I can't write anything more brilliant... But I'm afraid this matter is not that simple."
"What?" Song Lian was horrified, "Xiang Zhang, the superior is wise, wise, ambitious, and has great ambitions. The truth is clear. How can anyone overthrow it?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Madam is here with the young master."
"Ah?" Song Lian was startled again, "Mr. Zhang, aren't you very familiar with the madam? You are also the master of the young master. Would the madam be against this?"
"No no no!"
Zhang Ximeng waved his hand, "This matter has nothing to do with Madam. It's just that someone found Madam and wanted to be recognized as a relative of the Lord."
"Relatives?" Song Lian was shocked, what kind of relatives?
Does Zhu Yuanzhang have any relatives?
Didn’t Brother Lao Zhu’s second son Zhu Wenzheng, second brother-in-law Li Zhen, and nephew Li Wenzhong all come over?
It seems that there is an eldest sister, but Zhu Yuanzhang has already said that this eldest sister has a bad relationship with him. He broke off contact with her many years ago and may have died a long time ago. How can there be any relatives in the old Zhu family?
"Yes, he is a descendant of Master Zhu."
"Zhu Xi?" Song Lian was even more surprised, "Xiang Zhang, are you related to Zhu Xi?"
"Who knows!" Zhang Ximeng spread his hands, "I can't get involved in this matter, whether we're estranged or not, and neither can my wife. We can only see what the lord will do."
Song Lian was stunned for a while, and he gradually figured out why the Zhu family appeared at this time... As a great scholar of Neo-Confucianism, Zhu Xi debated countless scriptures in his life. His main task was to discuss orthodoxy, and to rouge and powder the Zhao Guan family who was crossing south. Even
Logos are all tools that serve this important matter.
Nowadays, Wan Yangou's nickname is widely circulated and everyone knows it.
This is equivalent to denying the orthodoxy after the Song Dynasty moved south. If the Song Dynasty before Jingkang could barely serve as the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, then after Jingkang, the Song Dynasty was indeed a small court, and it was also a humble court.
By discussing Yue Fei's case, it is tantamount to denying the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty, and it is tantamount to digging up Zhu Xi's grave.
When things have reached this point, it is reasonable for someone to come out and rebound.
If you can't make sense, you have to play the favor card.
Song Lian was stunned. He actually didn't know what to say. After all, if someone told him that you were a descendant of a saint and had a distinguished family background, he would also be happy.
Others have been criticizing Zhu Yuanzhang, isn't it because they dislike his humble background?
If you can climb Zhu Xi's high branch, you can reach the sky in one step.
"Prime Minister Zhang, do you need to go see your superiors and explain some things clearly?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled calmly, "What are you talking about? Even if the master really wants to recognize this relative, can we still object?"
"Then, what about our great cause?"
Zhang Ximeng pondered slightly and said with a smile: "So, we must have confidence in the Lord! The Lord can make the best decision in this matter, and we must believe in the Lord!"
Zhang Ximeng paused, looked out the window, looked at the white clouds and green trees, and sighed softly, "Scholar Song, you are a literati, and I am half a literati. The biggest problem of literati is that they always want to teach others.
What about others? In the past, some people used the teachings of Confucius and Mencius to intimidate the emperor. If we use our own principles to force the lord, we will commit the mistakes of the literati in the past... After all, the lord is not a member of the Zhao family!"
Song Lian took a deep breath. He felt that Zhang Ximeng's words had great connotations. At this time, he came to the door and forced Lao Zhu to recognize his relatives. Was this considered coercion?