Chapter 1400 Comments and the Book of Ancient Literature
"This man named Li Jiucheng is interesting." Yunxi said with a smile.
"Dad, my son is very confused about this." Wen Qi asked: "This man named Li Jiucheng, since he had confessed to Jin Yiwei what he had committed in advance, but did not tell Zhao Yan, although this was an act of loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, But in the eyes of the people, because Zhao Yan was kind to him by promoting him to the team, he was ungrateful to Zhao Yan by doing so. Since he had already done the ungrateful thing, why did he go to the dock to see Zhao Yan off? "
"Of course, although Li Jiucheng was afraid of the Jin Yiwei and still had a sense of loyalty and patriotism that he did not dare not to confess, he still felt guilty about Zhao Yan, so he went to the dock to see him off and gave him money," Wen Yuan said.
At this time, several of them were in Qianqing Palace. After the Li case was completely settled, Yunxi had nothing important to do. He thought that his eldest son was already twelve years old, and his second son and third son were also ten years old, so he still had to pay close attention to education. , after the general had finished answering the memorial, he called his first five sons, who were all seven years old, to Qianqing Palace. They talked casually about what happened in the court while teaching their sons. Qin Song came to report to him. The prisoners who were being sent into exile remembered that Li Jiucheng saw off Zhao Yan at the dock, so he said something casually.
After hearing what Wenyuan said, Yunxi did not speak immediately, but asked Wenyao again: "Wenyao, what do you think is the reason?"
"Dad, my son thinks the same as his second brother, but he thinks it might not be that simple." Wen Yao thought for a while and said.
Yunxi asked Wenkun and Wenkun again, and their answers were similar to Wenyao's. Yunxi smiled and said: "You two really save trouble, copying your elder brother's words. But that's it, father won't ask you either. "
"In my father's opinion, there are two reasons why Li Jiucheng saw off Zhao Yan. First, he did feel a little guilty. Second, he had other thoughts."
"After all, he was promoted by Zhao Yan. Regardless of whether he is grateful to Zhao Yan in his heart, everyone thinks that he should be grateful to Zhao Yan. It's okay to be confessed by the Jin Yiwei, but if he encounters Zhao Yan and is exiled, he will not see him off. , seems too cool. If word spreads, it will damage his reputation, and future bosses will not be willing to promote him."
"He is from Suzhou and was in the capital to see off Zhao Yan. How could the news reach Suzhou?" Wen Qi asked.
"Wouldn't it be enough for him to promote it himself? Moreover, there are merchant ships from Suzhou on the docks in the capital. He can also pretend to have no intention of revealing his identity. As long as he is willing, the news will definitely reach Suzhou." Yunxi said with a smile.
"This man is so scheming. He is not a good person. Dad should depose him and not allow him to continue to be an official." Wenyuan said.
"Not a good person? Are there any officials in the court who are not scheming? If someone is to be deposed because he is scheming, then there will probably be no one left in the court. Besides, I heard this incident by chance. If If you didn’t hear it, so what?”
"On the contrary, my father wants to help him and let Suzhou's Jin Yiwei publicize this matter for him." Yunxi said again. He was joking for a moment.
"Wenyuan, you have to remember that if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if the people are clear, there will be no disciples. Some things should not be studied too carefully. Try not to consider a person from the perspective of what he thinks, just look at what he has done. , it only matters whether what you do is good or bad." He taught again.
"Yes, father. My son has remembered it." Although Wen Yuan didn't like it very much, he still agreed.
"Son, I will remember it." Wen Yao and the four of them agreed.
Yunxi talked with them for a while, and approved all the memorials that had been drafted. It was noon. Yunxi had dinner with his five sons and said to them: "Father has something to do this afternoon. I have to go out."
Please go back and have a rest. But remember to do your homework and don’t forget it. Especially you, Wenyao, you have already entered the university to study this year, so you must listen carefully to the teachings of the gentlemen and do not miss any homework.”
"Yes, daddy." Wen Yao agreed hastily.
Yunxi nodded and said, "You go back."
The five sons bowed and were about to leave. But Wenqi hesitated and said, "Dad, are you going to Prince Zhou's Mansion this afternoon?"
"I will indeed go to Prince Zhou's Mansion. Yesterday, your fifth uncle came into the palace and talked to me for a while, but the matter has not been finished yet. The weather is nice today, so I went out for a walk. What, you want to go out of the palace too?"
"Of course my son wants to go to Prince Zhou's Mansion to visit the Fifth Uncle. But my son is not asking this for his own sake." Wen Qi said with a smile: "My eldest sister has been making noises about going to Prince Zhou's Mansion in the past few days, and I don't know why. My son just asked.
Let me ask for my eldest sister, dad, if you want to go to Prince Zhou's Mansion, please take your eldest sister with you."
"Min'er? She's making a fuss about going to Prince Zhou's Mansion? What are you doing?" Yunxi didn't understand.
The three brothers Wen Yuan, Wen Qi, and Wen Yin all shook their heads.
"That's all, I'm going to my fifth uncle's house anyway, it's nothing, so I'll take her for a walk." Yunxi thought it would be nothing, so he agreed.
After taking a nap at noon, Yunxi sent someone to pick up Min'er from Kunning Palace. Min'er had been very well-behaved for more than a month, and she went to a clan relative's house, so Xiyao agreed and asked her servants to serve her and dress her.
After she was neatly dressed, she was sent to the Qianqing Palace. Yunxi waited for her to arrive, took her through the Qianqing Gate, took a sedan to the Donghua Gate, and transferred to a carriage to leave the imperial city.
"Min'er, you're so happy because you haven't left the palace for two months. You must be feeling depressed. Today is February 15th, but it's already been two months." Min'er was very excited along the way.
, Yunxi joked.
"Dad, you know how to laugh at your daughter." Min'er said coquettishly: "My daughter has not even been allowed to ride a horse in the palace for the past two months. Her bicycle is always being modified so that she can't play with it. It's hard to get out of the palace once.
,Dad, you still laugh at your daughter."
"Okay, okay, dad won't laugh at you." Yunxi said with a smile.
"Besides, there is a familiar little sister in Prince Zhou's palace. Of course I will be happy to see her." Min'er added.
"Dad, remember that you are not very close to Zi Ling from your fifth uncle's family. How can you be happy to see her?" Yunxi was confused. Although he could not go to the girls' school, Min'er had a good relationship with whom and whom he did not have a good relationship with.
He also knew very well that from the reports he heard, the relationship between Min'er and Youhui's daughter Ziling was not very good.
Min'er didn't answer, but thought to herself: 'Of course this person is not referring to Zi Ling.'
Yunxi couldn't think of what she was thinking, so he naturally didn't understand. He was wondering if the person who reported to him and Xiyao had slacked off, and asked Xiyao to punish them. Suddenly he caught a glimpse of a bookstore on the roadside through the small window of the carriage, and suddenly he remembered
He asked, "Stop the car!"
"Dad, have you arrived at Prince Zhou's Mansion?" Min'er asked.
"No, dad suddenly remembered something." Yunxi said, got off the carriage, and took Min'er down. First, a guard walked into the bookstore to take a look, and then took Min'er's hand and left.
Got in.
There were four or five customers in the bookstore at this time. They were divided into two groups, reading different books respectively, and talking a few words from time to time. They couldn't help but feel excited when they saw an unusually dressed nobleman walking in with a little girl.
He glanced at it, especially at the little girl. But then he didn't dare to look again because he was glared at by Yunxi's guards.
Yunxi didn't care about their gazes. He glanced around the bookstore and waited for the owner of the bookstore to turn around and said with a smile: "Old sir, do you still remember me?"
"Are you the noble young master from that day two years ago?" The owner of the bookstore recognized him at a glance and hurriedly came over. He was about to say something, but stopped and said in a low voice: "Young Master, please move.
Step into the backyard.”
Yunxi and the guard looked at each other and asked: "Old sir, you wanted to thank me for returning your friend's "Jinwen Shangshu", but you were embarrassed to thank me in front of so many people, so you asked me to go with you.
Are you going to the backyard?"
"Young Master, you are right." The old man said with a blush on his face. Although the court arrested more than a dozen officials who stole ancient books and exchanged them for ancient books, why did they not arrest him sooner rather than later?
The arrests started less than a month later, or was it in the first month? It can be seen that this noble prince contributed to it. After his friend got the book collection, he was happy like a child for a long time, and wanted to thank Yunxi again, just because he found it
He just didn't have enough talent. The old man just thought about thanking his friend if Yunxi came again. He was getting older and always felt that it was uncomfortable to thank a young man in front of others, so he had to go to the backyard.
"If that's the case, there's no need. Although I'm not a current official, I grew up reading the books of sages and know the principles of life. This is what I should do. Besides, it's not your book that has been replaced. No need to thank me."
Yunxi said.
"Didn't those who covet my old friend's books grow up reading the books of saints and sages? You are a civil servant who came from the imperial examination. To do such a thing shows that you are still a noble man. My old friend didn't have time to come over to thank you, so I took my place.
He thanks the young master." The old man said. After saying that, he would bend down to express his thanks.
Yunxi hurriedly ordered the guards to support him, and then said: "Old sir, I said, you don't need to thank me, this is what I should do. If you insist on thanking me, just tell your friends that you can hide all the things in your home."
All the ancient books were taken out and asked to be copied by those who compiled the Ming Dadian for proofreading and collection."
After hearing this, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then he said as if he had made up his mind: "Young Master is right. Now that these black sheep have been deposed, we can safely hand over the ancient books to the history museum."
"I have an "Old Classics" that has been passed down from generation to generation. I will go to the History Museum tomorrow and hand it over to the officials for copying, so as to contribute to the cultural events of the Ming Dynasty." (To be continued)