Chapter 155 Conscience We must talk about conscience
Chapter 155 Conscience, we must be conscientious
In the following time, the struggle between the Confucian scholars and Yang Feng intensified.
Of course, it is not appropriate to say struggle.
To be precise, it was a dog barking at a tiger through an iron fence...
Opening the fence is obviously awkward.
After all, the Confucian scholars would not dare to bark at Yang Feng in front of him.
What the Confucian scholars can do is to perform their own actions outside the reach of his claws, such as posting stickers in cities and exposing Yang Feng's evil nature to the people, such as organizing a group to go to the Confucian Temple to cry at the temple, and another such as holding the Confucius tablet.
, go to the local government office to petition and ask the local officials to remonstrate with the emperor...
Please ask the emperor to expel Yang Feng!
Drive out this evildoer who brought trouble to the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, the local officials would definitely not complain. After all, everyone knew that if he could be expelled, Yang Feng would not be so rampant.
And Confucian scholars also know that this is impossible.
It's just acting.
In other words, it's just hype.
Their real purpose was to play bandits as Yang Feng said before, to form a clique among the Confucian scholars through this storm of expelling Yang that swept across the country. Zhu Yuanzhang's connivance made them think that they were good.
"Let's make a fuss!
Don’t look at the fun now, be careful about making lists in the future!”
Yang Feng sat in the carriage and looked sinisterly at the Confucian scholars passing by in groups outside.
They have no idea that they are seeking death!
They thought that at the end of the road was the glorious and prosperous age of the sages and ministers, but they didn't know that it was actually the bloody mouth of Zhu Yuanzhang.
These Confucian scholars are still too naive. They think Zhu Yuanzhang and Xi Ni love them, but they are actually harming them! They still want to take the opportunity to form a party. His Majesty the Emperor is already sharpening his sword. The more fun they have now, the more they will die in the future.
, Zhu Yuanzhang is holding back his energy now, preparing to set an example for his descendants, a bloody example...
"Liu Sanwu recommended Fang Xiaoru to my father again.
My father has issued an order to summon him to Beijing.
As for what official position he will be held in, it's hard to say. In the past, he was just a professor of government studies. From a ninth-grade Zhima official, even if he entered the capital, he would only be given a seventh-grade title, probably a censor or something like that.
I don't understand why you care so much about this person?
He is somewhat famous among Confucian scholars.
Besides, she is still the queen of sinners."
said the little princess.
Now this carriage has been modified to be suitable for two people to ride. It even has a sofa inside, so there are spring shock absorbers underneath, and there are spring sofa cushions inside. Sitting in it is already very comfortable. Although it cannot be compared with modern times, in this
The era can already be described as extravagant and lustful.
"After the sinner?"
Yang Feng was surprised.
"His father was the prefect of Jining who was executed for being involved in the Kongyin case. However, he had already been dismissed from his post for embezzling official charcoal and was executed after the Kongyin case was discovered.
And his father has a good relationship with Hu Weiyong."
said the little princess.
She already has a bit of a secretary-like style now.
So Fang Xiaoru and his father have gathered together. As for whether he was unjustly accused, it is hard to say. After all, the empty seal case is a carpet attack. This is Zhu Yuanzhang's thunderous method to completely eliminate Hu Yuan's legacy. It has a bit of a severe taste. It is unjust.
There must be a lot, but strictly speaking, it cannot be considered unjust. If you are wallowing in the quagmire and say that your body is clean, you are really fooling yourself. It is like I have all five poisons but I am a good person. The root of the empty seal case is
The corrupt officialdom during the Hu Yuan Dynasty was not eradicated, so it still continued under Zhu Yuanzhang. All kinds of unspoken rules and all kinds of corruption and perversion of the law still existed in various government offices because of those old officials, government servants, and so on.
There are indeed mild solutions, such as formulating more reasonable rules and improving the supervision system...
Well, not really.
These are of some use!
History has long proven that these things are meaningless to these people. They have many tricks to deal with them and even play them badly. They have been playing by the rules their whole lives, so they are not afraid of you messing with the rules.
Not to mention what reasonable rules can the ministers under Zhu Yuanzhang formulate?
The supervisory system is even more useless.
They're all in the same group.
Or is Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher knife more effective?
"I care about this person precisely because he fails more than he succeeds in accomplishing anything!"
Yang Feng said with a smile.
Indeed, Huang Zicheng was a filial child, and if he gained one person, he would lose the world. With such a person serving as the banner of the Confucian scholars, it would be difficult not to seek death.
While they were talking, their carriage stopped at Jubao Gate. Yang Feng picked up a roll of paper next to him, opened the door and walked out. The little princess picked up the paste bucket next to him and followed. The two of them were at the most prosperous city gate.
During the bustling time, under the attention of countless pedestrians coming in and out, we walked together to the first gate of the urn city...
"I'm all busy with you, I'm just here to post a post!"
Yang Feng said to the guard officer.
The latter quickly stepped forward with a smile to salute Princess Hanshan and Ambassador Yang.
"Ambassador, isn't this inappropriate?"
He said carefully.
Theoretically, it is indeed impossible, but now there are stickers everywhere in the capital, and Ying Tianfu doesn't care. After all, Ying Tianfu is working with the Confucian scholars. Since Zhu Yuanzhang has not intervened, they must help the Confucian students. But since they don't care about the Confucian scholars' stickers, they can't do it either.
The Embassy of Interference in Daxia states that it has extraterritorial jurisdiction and is not originally under the jurisdiction of the Tianfu. However, this is a military facility, which is different from the residential buildings in the city.
"Just tell me if you can post it!"
Yang Feng said.
The officer looked at him and then at the princess. The latter was obviously considering putting the bucket of paste on his head, so he finally withered.
"The ambassador has extraterritorial authority, so the general will not dare to stop him."
he said.
"That's it!"
Yang Feng said.
The little princess next to her came forward with a bucket, and amidst the commotion around her, she began to paint the paste on the city wall. After painting, Yang Feng opened the sticker, and the two of them opened it together, and then posted the sticker on the city wall.
Yang Feng admired it with satisfaction, then pointed with his hand...
"Er Chen Lu!
I have been reading the books of sages every day, and what is the promise? But to take this action at this time, how can I face others in life, and how can I see the late emperor in death?
I recently read about the death of the Song Dynasty and saw the passage of Empress Dowager Xie angrily denounced the ministers. I was curious about how many civil servants who had read sages and sages surrendered to Hu Yuan during the Song Dynasty.
Liu Mengyan, Huang Wanshi and others who were appointed by the emperor are already known. Therefore, today I am posting a post on the records of the second minister here in order to collect a list of this generation. Anyone who knows the name can fill it in and go to the embassy to introduce the following to me.
If anyone can add another person to the matter and its descendants to this day, and who can prove it, I will give you five hundred guan as a thank you.
Their identity must meet the following conditions.
First, people must be promoted.
Second, we must surrender to Hu Yuan.
Third, he must be an official in Hu Yuan.
All three items must be met before it can be included in the Erchen Lu.
There is no need for generals.
As long as anyone who knows that meets these three conditions can tell me what happened next and how their descendants have reproduced to this day, and it is verified to be true, then I will be rewarded with a reward of 500 guan.
Of course, those who only know part of it will be rewarded, but it will be reduced according to the amount.
Even if you only know a name and can't confirm anything else, you will still be rewarded with money and five strings."
he said.
The soldiers and civilians who were watching were excited.
Five hundred strings!
Even if you are a seventh-grade official, this is your income in the past five years. You must know that a regular banknote can buy two shi of rice now! Due to the extensive use of cement, the amount of glutinous rice used in construction in various places has dropped sharply. This thing is not only for building city walls, but also for other things.
Similar construction is also used on a large scale. With the replacement, of course the food supply has greatly increased. The monthly salary of a seventh-grade official is only seven and a half stones, which is three and a half. It would be good to have five guan and others. Now Yang Feng is offering
Five hundred coins, with this number, as long as you can do one vote, it is basically equivalent to having the first pot of gold...
Besides, just knowing the name has Wu Guan!
Why don't you take action quickly?
“Of course, what’s already there doesn’t count!”
Yang Feng said quickly.
A few that he knew were listed above, such as Liu Mengyan and Huang Wanshi. These were all decreed by Zhu Yuanzhang to imprison future generations.
Huang Wanshi was the envoy of Jiangxi Province, and he was ranked with Liu Mengyan because his behavior was too disgusting. When he persuaded the anti-Yuan generals to surrender, the latter did not listen, so he became anxious and shouted in a very inconspicuous manner, "I have so many official titles that they can be written on a piece of paper."
If it doesn't end, I will surrender, so why don't you surrender?
In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang was imprisoned for generations.
After the fall of the Song Dynasty, the performance of civil servants was indeed much better than that of the Ming Dynasty, but this was not because they were more morally responsible, but because the Yuan Dynasty did not attach great importance to them. Even if they wanted to serve the new master, they had to at least be asked to do so. The master of the Yuan Dynasty
The ministers of the government are not very interested in them. Even the civil servants also have Northern Confucianism, especially those from the noble families, so there are not many in the prosperous period of Bahuang Xiange. But it is only less than that in the late Ming Dynasty, and the actual number is still large.
So now it is time to mobilize the power of the people to dig deep into the root causes and find out all these families. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang will not punish them, he must use this Erchen Lu to clarify their image.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang may not really know how to take action. At most, he can do it selectively.
If this matter really gets serious, a trend of public opinion will definitely form. On this issue of loyalty and treachery, the emperor must express his opinion, so he will still pick out those who behave badly, and then continue to imprison a group of descendants.
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What an aristocratic family!
He also likes to hit.
What's more, it suits his appetite.
There is no need for generals.
This time the attack was on a family of civil servants. After all, Yang Feng’s real goal was Confucian scholars.
"Ambassador, the general knows one."
The officer guarding the gate came over and said.
"who?"
Yang Feng said.
"Liu Sanwu, a Hanlin scholar, was a great Confucian in his ancestors. Judging from his current age, his grandfather must have been a Song Dynasty minister. I don't know if he was a Jinshi, but his father was indeed Hu Yuan, Hanlin, and he had several brothers who were also
As an official of Hu Yuan, at least his father was born in the Song Dynasty."
The officer said with obvious ulterior motives.
"I think you can go check it out carefully. You should have relatives and old friends in the Huguang health center. You can ask them to help check it out. What they found out is just a few letters. It's not easy for us in the capital to know about this kind of thing. It's nothing more than him.
He said it himself, but the people in his hometown in Huguang should know that if it is found to be true, then the five hundred coins will be obtained. "
Yang Feng said with the same ulterior motives.
This job is indeed best suited for these military households.
Because they have a wide range of paths.
All health stations are dispatched from within their system. It is not difficult for officers like this to find some relatives and friends in various health stations. This forms an internal investigation network. A few letters can do what Yang Feng needs to spend.
It takes a lot of effort to do it.
And military generals also like this kind of slap in the face of civil servants.
"General, I understand!
The general's cousin is indeed a hundred households in Chalingwei, so the general will write a book to him and ask him to carefully investigate the ancestors of the Liu family."
The officer said with a smile.
Then the two bad guys laughed together.
Liu Sanwu is over 80 years old this year. He was born in 1313 AD, and he has several older brothers. From this calculation, it is basically certain that his father was born at the turn of the Song and Yuan Dynasties. After all, it was only more than thirty years before he was born, and
His grandfather Liu Yang was a great Confucian, and it is said that in the late Song Dynasty, he blocked the local troops from killing several wealthy families. This means that he can definitely be a great Confucian with a certain prestige in the late Song Dynasty and may even have an official position. As for whether he is a Jinshi or not, it is hard to say.
But the possibility of raising people is very high.
As long as he has received a salary from the Zhao family, he can become an official. According to Yang Feng's contract theory, it means that he has automatically signed an allegiance contract with the Zhao family.
Then he must be loyal to the Zhao family.
But instead of being loyal to the Zhao family, he became an official of the Yuan Dynasty, and that was the second official.
Therefore, as long as it can be found out that his grandfather was a member of the Song Dynasty, he can be listed in the Erchen Lu. Liu Sanwu is the godfather of Confucian scholars. If his ancestor is listed in the Erchen Lu, even if Yang Feng is unofficial, his reputation will be greatly damaged.
What Confucian scholars preach is loyalty!
Then Yang Feng will start from this. What qualifications do you, a group of descendants of the emperor, have to advocate loyalty? If they want to argue, then just argue. This issue will trigger a comprehensive discussion. In the final analysis, the current Confucian scholars have real ancestors.
On the contrary, there are only a few who are qualified to be included in the list of ministers.
Most are not qualified.
They will not destroy the foundation of Confucianism just to protect these guys.
These people don't deserve it.
And given the Confucian scholars' style of cheating each other, maybe someone else will take the opportunity to step on the Confucian scholars born in these aristocratic families and rise to the top. Therefore, what was originally just a private act of Yang Feng's malicious nature will eventually evolve into a big discussion sweeping the country, and then
It then developed into a storm that could be described as digging up graves for the Confucian families of the old Song and Yuan dynasties.
And this is what Yang Feng really wants to see most.
but……
"It has to be the truth, you can't make it up for money!"
Yang Feng said to the officer.
"Ambassador, don't worry, the general is the most honest. How could he make it up? But after all, it's been a hundred years, and the local people sometimes don't remember it clearly. There may be some inaccuracies, or there may be more stories, but this general can't guarantee that it's accurate.
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The officer said with a smile.
"This is indeed unavoidable. Over time, there have been a lot of opinions, but as long as we act according to our conscience and have a clear conscience!
Conscience, you must be conscientious."
Yang Feng said seriously.
"The ambassador's teachings will be remembered by the generals. The generals will definitely tell them to follow their conscience and never make things up for money."