Zhang Yang saluted first, "Mr. Zheng, if the unfairness of the world is not allowed to be revealed! That would be the greatest injustice! If exposing ugliness is not the right way, how dare you ask where the right way is in the world?"
Wei Zheng smiled when he heard this, "Yesterday, Du Zhenglun and others proposed that the Red Mansion should be listed as a banned book. Today, His Majesty issued an order in the court."
"That means someone is scared."
Wei Zheng nodded, "In order to implement the imperial examination smoothly, the imperial court does not want to cause any complications in the process. His Majesty's decree to make the Red Mansion a banned book is just a temporary concession. Even if I don't agree with it alone, I cannot shake the general trend. It is unimaginable that the family is so powerful."
Zhang Yang saluted Wei Zheng and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zheng, the righteousness in this world cannot be eradicated, and the people who follow the righteousness can never be killed. The more they worry, the more ugly they are in the Red Mansion."
"I hope more books similar to The Red Chamber will be published."
Wei Zheng left with a satisfied look on his face.
Li Chengqian was still in a daze, recalling the conversation between Zhang Yang and Wei Zheng in his mind. He couldn't keep up with their thoughts, so he could only speculate bit by bit.
"Is The Red Mansion really a banned book?"
Li Chengqian asked after realizing it.
"Mr. Zheng just said it, and His Majesty also issued an order."
Li Chengqian asked curiously: "If The Red Mansion becomes a banned book, what will you do?"
Zhang Yang clasped his hands and looked outside the East Palace, "The Red Mansion is actually a book that my teacher asked me to read back then. It is also a must-read book for us students."
"Your teacher must be a very powerful person."
"Yes, he is indeed a very powerful person."
"Did you just talk about us? Aren't you the only disciple of your teacher?"
Zhang Yang recalled carefully, "My teacher taught many disciples, taught for many generations, and taught for a lifetime. People of my generation also made many achievements in other fields, and one of them became a very powerful person."
Surgeon."
"Some follow in the footsteps of their teachers and become teachers. I have a senior sister who is very powerful. It is said that she participated in the design of a thing that can take people to the sky."
Li Chengqian couldn't help but raise his head, "Something that can take people flying?"
"I still have some classmates, but there are only a few outstanding students among the teacher's disciples. Most of them are just ordinary people like me."
"Then what did you learn from your teacher?"
Zhang Yang said with a smile: "I learned a lot. When I was a child, I would learn some craft work from my parents. My parents were just ordinary workers. I learned some hardware and mechanical skills from them. Later, I became successful in my studies and left.
My parents went to study economics with another teacher."
After recalling this, Zhang Yang smiled and said: "It all happened in the past. In my hometown, there is a lot of emphasis on reading. When I was a child, I spent my time learning skills and reading."
Li Chengqian sighed: "It's no wonder. You are capable of so many things. You must have worked very hard when you were young."
"That time is still worth remembering."
"Do you call each other classmates?"
"That's what my classmates mean." Zhang Yang said calmly, waving his fan and pouring a bowl of tea for Li Chengqian.
"Where are your classmates now? Where is the senior sister you mentioned?"
Passing the tea bowl to Li Chengqian, Zhang Yang narrated in a low voice, "My teacher has passed away, and my classmates are also living all over the world. We are far apart, and everyone has gone elsewhere for their own careers."
"far away?"
"Well, very far away."
Seeing the smile on Zhang Yang's face, Li Chengqian said with relief: "You say that as if you will never see your classmates in this life."
Zhang Yang took out a drawing and said, "We have seen the environment of the East Palace before. Since we are in charge of the internal and external affairs of the East Palace, can we also transform the East Palace?"
"Renovation..." Li Chengqian hesitated: "As long as there is not much movement, it doesn't matter."
"Then add a few rooms." Zhang Yang pointed to the drawing and explained: "Here is the kitchen, used for cooking, here are two dormitories, and here are the toilets."
Li Chengqian asked in confusion: "Why is this toilet so big?"
"Actually, there are men's and women's restrooms here. There are so many people in the East Palace, so we have to make good arrangements."
"Father always said that you are a little strangely particular, and now it seems that you are really so."
Zhang Yang explained: "This is called hygiene."
Li Chengqian nodded, "Let the people from the Ministry of Industry arrange it."
After playing a few games of chess with the prince, Zhang Yang left the East Palace. Traces of time can be seen everywhere in the old East Palace. Except for Li Chengqian's residence, in some desolate corners, you can see things from the former Sui Dynasty. On a round stone
It depicts an emperor standing by a river, and Hanoi is a group of working people.
This is like the picture of Yang Guang opening the canal.
There are also some people in strange clothes worshiping at the Tai Chi Hall. This should be the story of the Sui Dynasty re-stabilizing the Silk Road.
When sending her daughter-in-law to the Li Zheng Palace, she also told her to help her get some books.
When he walked to Chongwen Hall, it was still so deserted. No one wanted to come here. Zhang Yang opened the door and looked at the rows of bookshelves. According to the marks made by his wife, he put the books he had borrowed back to their original places and picked up a few more volumes.
Book.
This Chongwen Hall has no owner, and sometimes I worry that someone will suddenly pop up and say that this is his territory. He has practiced hard here for decades and has become a master.
Generally, book collection places are guarded by peerless experts, or they are in places with many agencies.
He took six volumes of records about the Han Dynasty and put them in Li Yue's schoolbag.
This schoolbag has been used for two years, and it looks a bit old. The leather is strong and has cracks. It can still be used after taking it home and repairing it.
Pack up the bookshelves and close the door of Chongwen Hall.
After leaving Chongwen Hall, we walked along the path in the palace. When we approached Li Zheng Hall, there were more palace maids and eunuchs.
After walking a little further, we arrived at the lively Li Zheng Palace.
Zhang Yang glanced into the palace and saw his wife chatting with a middle-aged woman. Queen Changsun was also beside her, as well as the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan.
The infant Sizi was in the cradle, and Li Lizhi patiently pushed the cradle.
The scene was very warm and everyone was talking and laughing.
"Are you Zhang Yang?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Hearing a greeting, Zhang Yang looked sideways at a young man about the same age as the prince, and asked curiously: "Who are you?"
"Li Ke."
The other party just said two words, with a cool expression on his face, and his body was tanned.
Zhang Yang was thinking...
"King of Han." The other party added.
Looking at this cool young man, Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "It turns out he is His Highness the King of Han. I have admired him for a long time."
"Yeah." He responded with a straight face and continued to stand upright at the door of the palace.
Well, not only are there few cool words...
After a while, Li Yue came out. She took Zhang Yang's hand and said, "Let's go home."
Before leaving, Zhang Yang glanced at Li Ke again and couldn't help asking: "Do you know this guy?"
Li Yue also frowned and glanced, "I don't know him."
Li Ke listened to the couple's words without any fluctuation in his expression.
After walking again, Zhang Yang asked, "Who was that woman at the Zhengdian Hall just now?"
Li Yue explained: "She is Concubine Yang who came to visit the Queen."
"So that's what it is."
Concubine Yang is also a very controversial woman. If you think about that cool young man standing in front of the Li Zheng Palace, think carefully about who else he could be besides Concubine Yang's son Li Ke.
Among Li Shimin's sons, the most familiar ones today are the prince and Li Tai. As for the sons born to Li Shimin by other concubines, I have never seen them.
For example, Li You, the son of the concubine Yin who was asked to conceal the land tax, has never seen this child. It is said that this child is very ignorant and has been sent out by Li Shimin.
There are so many concubines in the palace, and Li Shimin has so many sons and daughters. Just thinking about it makes the queen feel a lot of pressure.
Li Yue walked while confirming that the scroll in her backpack was correct before walking out of the imperial city.
Autumn is about to come, and Chang'an City is still hot under the sun.
The couple arrived at the door of their home and saw Li Tai as soon as they walked into the yard.
The fat man didn't regard himself as an outsider at all, and was teasing the little bear with dried meat.
After being glared at by Li Yue, the little bear returned to his den timidly.
"Emperor sister, brother-in-law! Shangguan Yi is getting married on the first day of next month." Li Tai was in a good mood. He asked the guard outside the door to deliver a box of dried meat. "This is dried beef sent by the Turks. The palace
No one liked it, so I brought it."
"Shangguanyi is getting married?"
Li Tai nodded, "The village is already preparing."
Li Yue took the dried meat and poured some into the little bear's bowl. "Since it is a wedding in our village, as the host, we should be present. Shangguan Yi has also done so many things for us."
Seeing her husband rummaging through his toolbox without saying anything, Li Yue said, "Husband?"
"I'm looking for a wedding gift for him."
Li Tai smiled and said: "Then I'll go back first, and I'll go and invite Uncle Wang."
After rummaging in his toolbox for a while, Zhang Yang took out a cup. The inside of the cup was made of iron sheets and the outside was a wooden tube. It was considered a simple thermos cup.
Seeing her husband put the cups on the table, Li Yue looked silent for a long time, then shook her head in frustration, "Husband, just give me a few cups?"
"This is a thermos cup. I only have one myself." Zhang Yang pointed to the inside of the cup, "I put a lot of effort into inserting the iron piece inside."
"Shangguanyi has helped us so much, isn't it too light to give a cup?" Li Yue returned to her room.
She hurriedly changed one piece of clothing overnight.
A piece of clothing and a cup are the wedding gifts for Shangguan Yi. It would be too tacky to give money directly. The scholar might not be able to accept cash.
The Red Mansion was eventually classified as a banned book. Not only would this not cut off the spread of the Red Mansion, it would actually be a good thing for the Red Mansion, which would make the Red Mansion even more famous among the people.
Not to mention the story of the Red Mansion itself is very intriguing, and adding fuel to the fire this time will only arouse people's curiosity even more.
It is already impossible to stop the reading of the Red Chamber.
If it is passed on to ten or hundreds of people, more and more people will know about this book. Li Shimin's decree may not spread faster than the Red Mansion.
On the day of Shangguan Yi's wedding, the couple packed up and left home in the morning. When they walked out of the gate of Chang'an City, they saw books being burned outside the city.
Scrolls of Red Mansions were thrown into the fire. Some almost crazy scholars pointed at the burning Red Mansions in the fire and cursed until more and more people cursed the Red Mansions, tore up the books in their hands and threw them into the fire.
The Red Mansion, which was listed as a banned book, has been opposed by more and more scholars. What they praise is the classics of saints, and what they hate is the crooked ways.
The aristocratic family hates all new things that they do not agree with. They are the most afraid of changes in the world and the feeling of strangeness, because as long as the world remains the same as it is in their eyes, their status will never be shaken.
The same goes for regarding the Red Mansion as a thorn in the side. How many of these scholars are descendants of aristocratic families, how many of them are encouraged, and how many of them are here to watch with cold eyes.
Li Yue took a cold look and said, "I wonder what Mr. Ouyang Xun would think when he saw this scene."
After saying this, she walked into the carriage with a sullen face.
Zhang Yang smiled helplessly.
There are many books like Red Mansions about resisting feudal ethics, and the spirit of resistance is endless.
In fact, Romance of the West Chamber is also a very good story.
"Let's go." Li Yue said softly.
Zhang Yang waved his whip, and the horse stepped away from Chang'an City.
Screaming, cursing, and roaring, these crazy scholars regarded the Red Mansion as a devil.
Only they themselves enjoy this kind of foolish behavior, and ordinary people will not take it seriously. People will only look at it in surprise, and they will quickly forget about it after talking about it for a few words. In the future, people will remember the Red Mansion.
story.
They will not remember these crazy scholars. Their behavior is to isolate themselves from the masses. The more isolated they are from the masses, the more they will look like an alternative in the eyes of ordinary people.
The carriage was far away before their shouts could be heard.
The village is very lively at the moment. There has been no happy event in this village for a long time.
Li Tai showed off his spirit as the king of children again and directed a group of naughty children to catch a wild boar.
Fortunately, this wild boar didn't put up much resistance. This little fat man has a really big heart. Isn't he afraid of being killed by the wild boar?
Niu Chuang took the magistrate of Lantian County to settle Shangguanyi and his wife, and from then on they became residents of Lishan Village.
Li Yue took the newly made clothes to visit Shangguan Yi's wife in person.
Zhang Yang took out the cup and handed it to him, "This is the wedding gift I made for you. I call it a thermos cup. Its heat preservation ability is a bit poor. It doesn't get cold easily when hot water is poured into the cup. I heard that you recently went to the hospital
The fire is very strong, you can brew some medicinal herbs to dispel the fire, and you will benefit a lot from taking a sip from time to time."
"Thank you, Prince Consort." Shangguan Yi took the cup and bowed.
"He is also an old man in his late thirties." Zhang Yang patted his shoulder, "You are older than me. I recognize you as a brother. From now on, just call me Xiao Zhang."
Shangguan Yi saw that there were two words for "happy" engraved on the cup. The words were connected together. She didn't understand the meaning, but she could feel that it was a good intention to tie the knot.
"Since the war in the Daye period, I have been homeless for more than ten years now. I have to thank Shilang Zhang for giving me a stable life."
Shangguan Yi bowed and saluted again.
"When you have a family, you have a place to belong. I'm happy for you."
"Thank you very much, Prince Consort and King Wei for the arrangement."
When Li Yue came out, she whispered: "From now on, Shangguan Yi and our village will be completely together. If one loses, both will suffer."
"He will be more attentive." Zhang Yang held Li Yue's hand, "I am really happy for Shangguan Yi. It has been so difficult for him for more than ten years."