Today, the emperor is relatively gentle and tolerant. Faced with the attacks on Gongyang Xue and the criticism on He Zi, the emperor decided to use gentle means to make them understand their mistakes. When Yuan Shang visited these ministers one by one,
Sure enough, these ministers were deeply aware of their mistakes and wrote memorials one after another to express their guilt.
If you want to attack Cui Yan, it's okay. Cui Yan is the same minister as them, and they have the right to criticize and abuse. If you want to attack Gongyang, this is not new. After all, many schools of Confucianism are related to Gongyang.
The war has been going on for a long time, but if you want to attack Hezi, it is not feasible. The messengers in embroidered clothes told the ministers these truths, their words were gentle, their feelings were sincere, and they spoke with sincerity.
Sitting in the Houde Hall, Liu Xi drank tea and listened to Yuan Shang's report.
"They realized their mistake so quickly?"
"That's right. I also brought their melodies with them."
"You haven't been cruel to them. After all, they are all pillars of the country. Even if one of them is hurt, I can't bear it."
Yuan Shang shook his head and said: "I just tried to persuade them with good words and did not take action against them... Of course, I also used some methods." Liu Xi nodded and said: "Okay, the next thing is up to you.
Don't worry about it. In this case, I will give you a punishment order. This time, the embroidered clothes messenger and the prison government have gone too far. In the past few days, you must admit your mistakes at home and not move out."
Liu Xi said seriously, and Yuan Shang was stunned for a moment. He didn't know what he had done wrong and he would be punished by the emperor. However, since the emperor gave the order, he could only accept the order and left the Houde Hall, looking at Yuan Shang.
After leaving, Liu Xi laughed and looked at Guo Jia beside him, "Guo Linggong, you don't have to worry about Cui Yan anymore."
Guo Jia frowned, looked at Liu Xi, and asked with some confusion: "Your Majesty, they criticized He Zi. The Embroidered Clothes Messenger and the Xingfu did not do anything wrong. Why did Your Majesty issue an edict to punish these two mansions? Your Majesty is like this
By doing this, wouldn’t it encourage those idiots? The prestige of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy will definitely be affected. If this happens, let alone the end of the matter, I’m afraid it will only make the trouble bigger and bigger.”
Liu Xi shook his head and said seriously: "I am a benevolent king. The Embroidered Clothes Messenger and the Xingfu treated my close ministers like this. Of course I have to punish them. How can you say that my behavior is wrong?"
Guo Jia squinted his eyes and thought seriously, "What exactly is your Majesty going to do?"
Liu Xi suddenly laughed and said: "I need them to sincerely repent... Guo Linggong, you go and draft an edict to criticize the behavior of Yuan Shang and the Xingfu, and to punish the ministers who were imprisoned for unintentionally insulting He Zi.
Sending condolences, everyone must know..." Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, then he laughed, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, you are too..."
"Huh? I care about these ministers. Is it wrong to care about them?"
"Of course not. Your Majesty is an eternal wise king. As long as you don't care about me in the future, it will be fine."
"Hahaha!"
Afterwards, the emperor's edict spread throughout the country. First, he punished the messenger of embroidered clothes and the Xingfu. He ordered Yuan Shang to repent in the house and was not allowed to go out, including Man Chong. In addition, he sent gifts to several ministers who had been detained and beaten.
After giving some gifts, he expressed condolences to them on behalf of Yuan Shang and Man Chong. The emperor's sudden warmth moved these people speechless and filled their eyes with tears.
Fu Xun and his children stood in the front yard, listening respectfully to Huangmen reading the emperor's edict loudly. After Huangmen finished reading, he did not stop, but just exchanged a few words with Fu Xun, and then hurriedly
After leaving, there were still many places he wanted to go. After Huangmen left, Fu Xun just looked at the rewards sent by the emperor.
Although it is not heavy, it was a reward from the emperor himself. Fu Xun was particularly happy. A few days ago, the embroidered clothes messenger broke into his mansion roughly, took away his family, old and young, and imprisoned him in the embroidered clothes prison. Fu Xun
This was the first time he tasted the terror brought by the Embroidered Clothes Messenger. Yuan Shang saw that he was old and did not take action against him. However, his children were not so lucky and were tortured and almost lost their descendants.
Now, the emperor sent someone to express condolences. What an honor it was. Fu Xun looked at the rewards sent by the emperor with a smile. He had completely forgotten the suffering he had suffered in the past few days. However, several of his disciples are now
But they were a little angry. They didn't dare to be angry before, but now that the embroidered messenger was punished by the emperor, they dared to show their inner anger.
"Your Majesty's punishment of the embroidered clothes messenger is still not enough. He just shuts himself up and thinks about his mistakes. How can this be done?"
"That's right, we are suffering in prison, so how should we calculate it?"
Everyone was shouting, but Fu Xun shook his head and said: "Xiu Yi is the emperor's personal soldier. Since he has been punished, let's not mention it again. I didn't think clearly. I was anxious to write a letter, but I had no intention of mentioning it."
My wife is also involved, it’s all my fault.”
"Father, don't speak like that. You are doing it for the eldest son of the emperor and for the big man. Even though He Zi has great achievements, he has also caused a lot of harm. In these years, countless cruel officials from the Gongyang faction have come to power and bullied their colleagues.
, repeatedly waged wars with foreign countries and harmed the people..."
A few people were chatting. Suddenly, the steward of the family rushed in and fell in front of Fu Xun. He raised his head in horror and said: "Master of the house, master of the house, outside, outside...", looking at him in such panic
, Fu Xun's heart sank, looking at the disciples around him who suddenly became weak again, he sighed helplessly and said: "Help me over!"
Everyone followed him and supported him. The servant opened the door and they all walked out.
Suddenly, everyone was stunned.
Outside the door, there was a dense crowd of people, probably thousands of people, surrounding the door of the mansion. The whole street was blocked by them. Fu Xun's juniors were even more frightened and their legs were weak. Fu Xun was serious.
Looking at the people in front of me, there are old and young, some are scholars, some are dressed as farmers, and there are also rangers, all kinds of people.
"May I ask you gentlemen, what's the matter?" Fu Xun asked doubtfully.
"Is it you, an old dog, who insulted He Zi?" a scholar asked coldly.
Fu Xun's son was furious, stepped forward, pulled out his sword and said, "How dare you insult my father?!"
"He Zi is the ancestor of our Gongyang disciples. If your father dares to insult you, why don't we?" the man said loudly, then looked at Fu Xun and sneered: "You old dog, if it weren't for He Zi
, today I don’t know which feudal clan I am swallowing shit, but I still dare to insult He Zi?? What merits and achievements do you have??"
Fu Xun was shocked and was about to open his mouth to defend. Suddenly, the scholars roared angrily and rushed towards them. Fu Xun looked at them in horror, but those people bypassed him and pounced directly on him.
He went to his courtyard, grabbed the disciples and slaves, and beat him severely. Fu Xun was old and was now in his sixties. These young people could not do anything to him.
Fu Xun shouted, trying to protect his junior, but he was powerless. Just as he was shouting, there was a "bang" and he was hit with a stick. Fu Xun turned around angrily, but there was a man even bigger than him.
The old man was hunched over, holding a cane, and hit him angrily. Fu Xun yelled and hurriedly avoided. The two old men moved slowly, but they staged a wonderful fight scene.
The old man was as skinny as a stick. Looking at the crutch in his hand, he looked like he was seventy or eighty years old. While beating him, he scolded: "You are not a son of man! I will teach you a lesson for your father today!!"
Fu Xun hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and call the guards!!"
This situation was happening in many places at the same time. The Gongyang disciples originally thought that Cui Yan was being insulted and did not react excessively. However, when they heard that it was He Zi who was being insulted by these people, the Gongyang disciples immediately became angry.
, He Zi is their master to today’s Gongyang disciples, the Gongyang master in the world. How dare you insult my master??
Shouting the revenge of nine generations, these people rushed towards all the mansions that had been rewarded by the emperor.
This was not only a fight, but also a fight. It was very noisy.
When everyone found the Luoyang Order, the Luoyang County Government did not speak. The soldiers told them that the Luoyang Order could not control the matter. They could only go to the Embroidered Clothes Messenger or the Xingfu. There were only a few in Luoyang.
How could Gengpeng be the opponent of those Gongyang faction?
As for Liu Yi, the commander of Luoyang who had just returned, they were not able to see him either.
Obviously, they have forgotten the identity of this Luoyang Order. At this moment, this Luoyang Order is beating up a minister, telling you how dare you insult me, Master He!!
In desperation, they found Zhijinwu's camp again, but Zhijinwu sent out troops. Several captains led the people over and took a look. What a good guy, a little guy of three or four years old, was pulling the hair of a minister.
He was still cursing, but the little guy was still being held by an old man whom Zhi Jinwu was very familiar with. When the captains saw it, they immediately went back.
Just ask for more blessings.
These Gongyang faction scholars did not arrive at the same time. They usually arrived one group after another, shouting about revenge for the ninth generation and revenge for their son. As a result, these ministers were beaten repeatedly.
The minister wanted to cry but had no tears, so he quickly sent someone to invite Man Chong and Yuan Shang.
Man Chong didn't even open the door of the Xingfu. According to his words, the emperor asked him to shut up and think about his mistakes. This was only the first day. He couldn't disobey the emperor's order, so he couldn't go out.
As for Yuan Shang, what he said is more ruthless than Man Chong. The emperor asked me to repent. I haven't realized my mistake and the harm I've done to you, so I still don't want to go out.
Desperate, they finally arrived at the palace.
The emperor did not close the door and received these ministers in person.
Seeing their bruised noses and swollen faces, and listening to their heart-wrenching cries, the emperor was very confused. What happened? After learning that the Gongyang School treated them like this, the emperor was also angry, and then he ordered,
Luoyang ordered me to maintain order, and I arrested those Gongyang scholars who harmed the ministers.
And these ministers also wrote letters in person and sent them to Luoyang. They sincerely knew that they were wrong and would never insult the martyrs again or implicate He Zi. Some of them even went as far as directly preparing to study Gongyang.
, couldn’t beat it, so he joined.
It is certainly a good idea to let Liu Yi, a rising star of the Gongyang sect, who is a disciple of Cui Yan, a great scholar of the Gongyang sect, to arrest the scholars of the Gongyang sect.
Through Liu Yi's unremitting efforts, these Gongyang students who committed crimes were not caught because there was no evidence of guilt.
Regarding this matter, Liu Yi felt very guilty and personally wrote to the emperor, hoping to be punished.
But this time, the ministers disagreed.
Don't punish him anymore. Your Majesty, you can reward him, but don't punish him anymore.