Chapter 341: One Word Determines Life and Death (2 Weekly Updates)
"Mencius said: The people are the most valuable, the country is second, and the king is the least. Therefore, the people are the emperor, the emperor is the princes, and the princes are the great officials. If the princes threaten the country, they will be replaced. After the sacrifice is completed, the emperor will be the emperor.
When it is prosperous and clean, it is time to worship ancestors. However, if it dries out early and the water overflows, it will be changed into a place of worship..."
Before Dou Ying could finish his words, Mrs. Dou shouted loudly and interrupted: "Don't hesitate to ask me, Mencius said, Wei Qihou, why are you still so stubborn?"
Dou Ying hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The Queen Mother, please calm down. These words are all good words. Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. It was precisely because of being tolerant to the people that Emperor Gaozu was able to eliminate the violence of Qin, fight against the Western Chu, and win the world. We, the great Han Dynasty, founded the country."
For hundreds of years, Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing rested with the people and freed the people of the world from the suffering of the Qin Dynasty. Only then did the Han Dynasty become prosperous as it is today. These all verify what Mencius said."
"You still say!" Mr. Dou smashed the case with his fist, making a loud bang: "Since you said that the late emperor did everything right, why do you abandon the late emperor's rule of inaction? What kind of Confucianism do you want to learn?"
"This is the time, that time! In the early years of the Han Dynasty, the world was in ruins and was waiting for prosperity. It was possible to rule by doing nothing. However, the Han Dynasty is already prosperous. If we continue to rule by doing nothing, it will not be good for the court. Instead, it will allow the princes and kings to become bigger. It will not take long.
Year will be the next Seven Kings Rebellion!"
"Bastard! Get out of here! Get out of here!" Mr. Dou coughed hard, almost going crazy because of Dou Ying's anger. If he hadn't seen him as his nephew, he would have wanted to kill him.
Prime Minister Xuchang hurried in holding a piece of silk. He saw that the Empress Dowager Dou was furious and wanted to go out, but it was too late. He quickly knelt down beside Dou Ying and saluted the Empress Dowager.
"What's going on? Could it be that Su Ren killed another hundred imperial guards? What did Ting Wei and Jing Zhaoyin do? They didn't even look at such a treasonous thing?"
Xuchang hurriedly said: "To the Empress Dowager, our minister's visit this time has nothing to do with Su Ren!"
"Why is that? Ever since that Su Ren came to Chang'an, he has been making people miserable every day!"
"To the Empress Dowager, a notice appeared on the streets of Chang'an recently. I have brought it to you. The Empress Dowager will know it at a glance."
"You!" Mrs. Dou almost vomited blood and pressed down hard again: "Read it!"
As soon as Xuchang's words came out of his mouth, cold sweat flowed down his back. He asked a blind man to look at the silk, just looking for death. He kowtowed quickly and said: "Wei Chen is guilty of death. Please calm down the Empress Dowager. The notice is very long. Wei Chen read it.
It is to expose the domineering behavior of Princess Guantao, and lists ten crimes in total, the first one..."
"Who? Guantao? Is it Su Ren who did it again?"
"Wei Chen has sent people to investigate, but we haven't found out who did it."
"Hmph! Why do you think the imperial court is supporting you? You can't handle such a small thing, you can figure it out with your toes, but you told the Ai family that they haven't been traced yet?"
Dou Ying grabbed the notice in Xuchang's hand and read it ten lines at a glance. He took a deep breath. The rhetoric of the notice was not gorgeous. It could be said to be straightforward. It was just an emphasis as usual. But the crimes listed were all there.
The evidence, from the witnesses to the physical evidence, is clear. If these things are proven true, it would be more than enough for Princess Guantao to be quartered by five horses.
Xuchang lowered his head and trembled, not daring to say a word. Mr. Dou took a few deep breaths, and the old lady was really angry. First, his nephew sang the opposite, and then his own daughter came to make trouble. Moreover, behind the two things
There is one person in all of them, and that is Su Ren.
"Come on! I have conveyed the Ai family's will, put Su Ren in jail, injured the prince of Tangyi, destroyed the Hengmen, and killed more than a hundred imperial guards. Now you are bewitching these two incompetent people to come to Qi Ai family, Xuchang, you
It's Prime Minister, what do you think this person should be sentenced to?"
"Ling Chi!" Xuchang kept lying on the ground, not daring to raise his head.
"Then Lingchi!"
"Here!" the chamberlain agreed and quickly went out to make arrangements.
Dou Ying wanted to speak, but he felt someone tugging at the corner of his clothes. He turned around and found Xuchang kneeling next to him.
There was deathly silence in the Palace of Longevity. The Empress Dowager Dou was sitting on the couch, with an angry look on her face and two empty eyes looking ahead quietly. Su Ren's death sentence had been pronounced, and it was still Ling Chi. Dou Ying felt a little unbearable, so
Although this boy is a bit arrogant, he has some abilities, and he is young. More importantly, he does not reject Confucianism. If His Majesty is in charge, he can become a pillar of the country after a few years of training.
Xuchang couldn't bear it either. He had heard about the business routes in Shu County and knew that the actual backend of the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce was Su Ren.
With the Chamber of Commerce under his wing, he can retire smoothly and no longer have to live in such fear.
The chamberlain who had gone out came back again, and he didn't know if the decree had been passed on. The chamberlain hurriedly came in and whispered a few words in Dou's ear, and Dou's anger, which had calmed down for a while, suddenly rose again.
"Nonsense! Is Guantao planning to rebel? There are more than hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an. She can block one person's mouth, how can she block the mouths of many people?" Mrs. Dou patted the table again: "Where is Jing Zhaoyin? He just
Are you ignoring me like this?"
The chamberlain lowered his head: "Jing Zhaoyin went and was scolded by the eldest princess. Those who had read the notice were all arrested and sent to the princess's mansion. It is said that the princess's mansion was almost unhouseable. Jing Zhaoyin was afraid that the people would cause trouble, so he sent some troops
The Princess Mansion is being protected, so the Queen Mother does not have to worry."
"Worried? What does a princess have to worry about? I'm worried about the face of the big man!" Dou pointed to the audience: "Dou Ying, go and bring me Guantao and let everyone go. Who can
This idea was given to Guantao? This person deserves to be killed!"
"Here!" Dou Ying quickly agreed, walked to the door of the hall, then turned around and said, "Then Su Ren..."
"You still had time to take care of Su Ren. I asked you to declare a decree to Su Ren, but you were caught. Don't be imprisoned by Guan Tao this time!"
Dou Ying blushed and went out without hesitation. Dou and Xuchang were the only two people left in the longevity palace. After being angry, Dou slowly lay down to rest under the service of several palace servants. He had been angry all morning.
, Mr. Dou felt dizzy, and he would vomit blood if he did this again.
"The Ai family knows that Guantao likes to win at Bai Zhihou, but this is the first time that she has been so domineering. Could it be that she fell into someone's trick? Chang'an is the capital of the country. How bold is she to send people?
Arresting people all over the streets?"
Xuchang didn't dare to reply. They were mother and daughter, and she was an outsider. It was better not to say such things.
Mrs. Dou sighed: "None of these children make people worry. They wanted to do nothing, so that we old guys can enjoy our old age in peace. Who would have expected that the more we don't care about them, the more troubles will happen. Now even those businessmen are being bullied.
The emperor's relatives are here, and in a few days, will they be able to control the fate of the Han Dynasty?"
"The Queen Mother, please calm down, this will never happen! Scholars, farmers, and merchants are the last of the four peoples. Merchants are only interested in profit. They do not produce but are well clothed and well fed. They are really the moth in the world. I will immediately start to rectify it. I will never let the merchants
Go big.”
Mrs. Dou nodded: "Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, this seems to be what Confucianism says, right?"
Xuchang's heart tightened and he kowtowed again: "The Empress Dowager atones for her sins. The unintentional words of the humble ministers have no intention of advocating Confucianism. In the minds of the humble ministers, only Huang Lao is the orthodox Han Dynasty. Only by ruling by doing nothing can the world be peaceful and we can
The great Han Dynasty will last for thousands of years!"
Mr. Dou shook his head: "Although the Ai family likes Huang Lao, they also know that the governance of the country cannot be based solely on the opinions of one family. Whether it is Huang Lao's Taoism or Confucius and Mencius' Confucianism, as long as it can make my Han Dynasty prosperous, no one can use it."
"Relationship, there are rumors that I sent those Confucian students to prison because I couldn't stand their Confucianism. Now I tell you, they are wrong. The Ai family can't stand it because they instigated the emperor and alienated me!"
"How can I say that the Ai family is also the emperor's grandmother? How can any grandmother not like her grandson? The emperor is still young and his ability to govern the country is not enough. What is the purpose of those Confucian scholars who encouraged Your Majesty to kick me away? They don't want to control me through Your Majesty.
The power of the Han Dynasty? Zhao Wan, Wang Zang are dead, and those who jumped up and down have been dealt with. The others will be locked up first. When the emperor realizes that he was wrong, when will he be released?"
"The Empress Dowager has a far-sighted vision, and I should obey the Empress Dowager's arrangements and serve my majesty and the great man until my death!"
"There is also Su Ren, who has some courage and wisdom, but it is a pity that he has not used it on the right path. The good Xiaolian is still the fifth official given by the Ai family, but what kind of businessman does he want to do? He disturbed Chang'an for the sake of his children's affair.
It’s such a mess, I heard that he went to Pingyang and wanted to see the emperor?”
"Yes! During the assassination in Songlin Town, Su Ren risked his life to save Li Danghu, who was replacing His Majesty, and also saved dozens of injured civilians."
"Oh? He still has some conscience!"
Seeing that Mr. Dou's expression softened a little, Xuchang asked tentatively: "Then..., Su Ren...?"
"Why, you also want to plead for him?" Dou's eyebrows immediately stood up.
Xuchang knelt on the ground again: "Wei Chen didn't mean that. Wei Chen just asked the Queen Mother if she really wanted Su Ren to be imprisoned. After all, he has saved your majesty's life. If your majesty comes back and learns that Su Ren was imprisoned,
I’m afraid the gap with the Empress Dowager will deepen again! So Weichen..."
Mrs. Dou pondered for a long time: "Then what do you think we should do? The Royal Forest Army is His Majesty's personal army, how can he kill it as soon as he says it? Keep him locked up for now, I want to see how His Majesty handles this matter when he comes back!"
"Here!" Xuchang said with a sigh, as long as he can't die, or can't die for the time being, Su Ren will have to remember his kindness.
After agreeing on Su Ren's affairs, Dou Ying also brought Liu Piao, Princess of Guantao. Liu Piao had an angry look on his face. As soon as he entered the door, he began to scold the palace and the maids. He disliked the fact that they didn't pour her water and that the water was too much.
Hot. After tossing the palace and maids one by one, he sat down proudly. No one said anything, not even Mr. Dou, but just watched Liu whoring.
"Woooooooooo..." Suddenly, Liu Piao cried. This was an unprecedented event. (To be continued)
