Chapter seven hundred and ninety third poking people's hearts
Another thing that Zhang Shou is curious about is that the Confucian scholar agreed to Zhu Tingfang's conditions, but did not show up at Chen Xianzhang's lectures, and it was only when the third prince, the prince, was present in person - in all likelihood, he felt that at that time
Being late was worse than not coming at all, so he just pretended to be busy and avoided it - wouldn't he worry about Zhu Tingfang's revenge afterwards?
What's more, before the first lecture, Zhang Shou asked Zhang Datou to stab the elder in person, and there was a hint that the Grand Scholar Confucius seemed to be prepared.
So on the next day, the news that the emperor and the queen mother had a falling out and went to Fengxian Palace for a night did not spread. The news that the prince spent a night with the queen mother in Qingning Palace did not spread, but the news that the Confucian scholar's house was next door
, Mr. Kong Jiu fell ill and the news of his final death spread like wildfire.
But in the capital city where there are most people dying of illness and old age, the death of a mere Dr. Taichang is nothing at all. It is just because he is the clan brother of the Confucius University scholar, so it can attract a little attention from people, but this news is really spread.
Too soon. Because it is really big news that a person leaves a suicide note before he dies, deeply reflecting on all the sins he committed in the past years.
What's even bigger than the big news is that Mr. Kong Jiu has taken out all his family property and claims to make amends to the previous victims. When it came out at this time, it was simply shocking!
The Kong family is originally a wealthy family with rich wealth, so in the most expensive place like the capital, the two brothers can live next to each other, with numerous houses, pavilions and pavilions, and the atmosphere is still exquisite. Therefore, Mr. Kong Jiu
With the rank of Dr. Taichang, he was good at dancing in the capital and had numerous contacts. He lived a more flamboyant life than a Confucian scholar.
And that afternoon, when the scholar from Confucius University appeared in the cabinet, outsiders saw that he seemed to have aged ten years out of thin air, with countless white hairs on his head. Although he was not completely out of shape, his face was haggard.
There were traces of tears on his face.
Of course, the dignified elder would never tell anyone about his younger brother like Mrs. Xianglin did, and others would not dare to come up and ask questions. However, as colleagues with similar status, Mr. Wu Ge and Academician Zhang could not pretend to
He was deaf and mute, so he had to step forward to offer condolences and appeasement. To these two colleagues who were at odds with each other, Academician Confucius just nodded blankly, and finally sighed.
"The family was unfortunate, but he finally came to his senses at the end of his life. After all, we are brothers. There is no way I could protect him, a sinner with a record of evil deeds. I had already said this when I was attending funerals in his house. As long as he
If his family property is not enough to compensate the victims, I will pay it for him!"
"It was because I, as the elder brother, have always been negligent, and this time I was not strict in discipline, that he made a big mistake! Now that everyone is dead, they have woken up, but it is already too late!"
As he spoke, Academician Kong banged the table heavily, and his heartache was beyond words. However, Academician Zhang, who was not that familiar with him after all, had just tried to persuade him, and after a long sigh, he shook his head, but he obviously couldn't think of anything else he could do.
What can I say, I can only go back to my own room. However, Mr. Wu Ge did not leave, but still looked at the Confucius Master with a smile.
Academician Kong never dared to underestimate this colleague who had always been a roly-poly peacemaker. When he saw this person, he immediately became very energetic, even though his face was still haggard and his voice was still hoarse.
"Brother Wu, what can you teach me?"
"It's nothing, it's just that there are some things that I can't tell others, but I have to tell you, Master Confucius. After all, although you don't have the title of chief assistant, you have the actual status of chief assistant." Mr. Wu Ge's face was full of sincerity, as if he was saying this.
There was really no sarcasm at all, and it was as if he didn't even notice that the face of Academician Kong was now darker than before.
He directly moved a chair and sat down next to Academician Confucius, and then lowered his voice and said: "You happened to ask for leave this morning and didn't come, so after the morning meeting, the emperor summoned me over. Alas, the emperor was at Fengxian yesterday
I stayed in the palace all night..."
Academician Kong's shoulders trembled slightly. In the past, when he had no problems, he could handle the emperor's problems very calmly. But now he is facing internal and external troubles, and he doesn't want to encounter any trouble again.
However, when he heard Mr. Wu Ge talking about the rumors of the eldest prince's death in a very soft voice, he felt like his head was pounding and he was about to explode.
The eldest prince didn't commit suicide by taking medicine, but was poisoned to death? God, if this matter spreads, the emperor, the father of the emperor, may have unsolved suspicions. Wouldn't he be suspected of being the father?
The person responsible for the attack?
Otherwise, how could the eldest prince die just as he was going to the Imperial Manor?
As a well-known yes-man for the emperor, and the elder who visited the Qianqing Palace the most, Mr. Wu didn't care at all about the angry eyes of Confucius University. He had always been satisfied with his position, and for the person who conveyed messages to the emperor, he didn't care at all.
Such a simple task, even if he could understand the hidden meaning behind it and the anger it would incur from his colleagues, he didn't care at all.
"Master Confucius, you took the initiative to go to Huangzhuang before. Then something like this happened. You returned to the capital sick, but the emperor not only did not blame you, but also repeatedly ordered the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat you, and gave you medicine.
It's comforting again. Now that such rumors have surfaced, you have to be careful."
Does this mean that this time I am actually tied to the emperor?
Academician Confucius took a deep breath, and then tried his best to say in the coldest tone: "It is the emperor who has repeatedly been lenient, so the two brothers were treated so leniently after they were expelled from the clan. The second prince deserves to be overthrown.
It was an accident at sea, and the eldest prince harbored a grudge and conspired to cause trouble, which is an unforgivable crime. He himself knew that it would be difficult to survive, so he committed suicide by taking medicine, so how could he kill him with poison?"
Since it was just a statement to Wu Ge Lao, asking Wu Ge Lao to send a message to the emperor, therefore, although the voice of Confucius University was very soft, he still spoke carefully and tried his best to express his meaning clearly.
Sure enough, Mr. Wu Ge, a smart man, immediately smiled with crooked eyebrows, and then said nonchalantly: "Scholar Confucius is absolutely right, God can forgive you for doing evil, but you can't live if you do it yourself. It's just the vain attempt of some people with ulterior motives.
How can we let them succeed in causing trouble? Now that everyone is dead, if anyone pretends to be their brothers again in the future, it must be treason and rebellion!"
"This is natural." Scholar Confucius said eloquently, "Don't say that they have been expelled from the royal family. They are no longer a royal family. Even if the clan is still there and people are still alive, they are just guilty clan members. How can they be like the ones who have been expelled a long time ago?
How can officials and people praise a wise prince in the same breath? People with ulterior motives are absolutely unforgivable!"
You, a guy who has always said that you will never blindly obey Bandang, sometimes when you say such flattery, you are not in front of the emperor, but you say it to me... Of course, you also hope that I will relay it to the emperor!
Mr. Wu Ge laughed in his heart. However, as the emperor's yes-man, his ethics are naturally first-class, and he would never do anything like nodding in front of someone's face or stabbing him in the back. Just like when he just delivered a message in front of the Master of Confucius, There was no free play at all, but it only revealed that the emperor cried for the late emperor in the Fengxian Palace, and that the eldest prince was poisoned.
Therefore, when he returned to Qianqing Palace in the evening, he repeated the original words of the great scholar Confucius word for word. After seeing that the emperor had no further instructions, he planned to resign and leave. However, what he did not expect was However, the emperor, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke and called him.
"Wu Qing, I want to talk to you, the elder, about something. Well, Zhang Shou assigned a topic to the little guys at Banshan Hall." The emperor knew that the well-informed Mr. Wu Ge must know, but there was still a little. After explaining for a while, he then said with a smile, "In my opinion, Zhang Shou probably wants to ask a question."
"Did the Song Dynasty die because of a cowardly king? Because of the incompetence of the military generals? Or because of the traitorous prime ministers and mediocre ministers? Or because the country was really weak and unable to withstand the Jin army? Or was the system that valued civility over military affairs from the founding of the country completely wrong? , or something else?”
Seeing Mr. Wu Ge's expression change slightly, the emperor said lightly: "This is the same question I asked those famous scholars before. The imperial court supports scholars, and what should these so-called scholars give in return?
"Is it true that just because you have been depriving yourself of the emperor's salary for many years, you have to work hard to serve as a minor official? Or if you can't be reused, you just teach students in your hometown and make students all over the world? Or you have to compete in the examination room and fail to win? Or do you want to pass the exam? With a similar level of fame and fame, everything will be fine, and then you can pursue your own ambitions, like King Jiangdu's future son-in-law riding a dragon?"
Wu Ge Lao has completely calmed down from his face to his mood at this moment. He can't control how others will answer this question, but since he accepted his current position, he has been implementing the same idea day by day for more than ten years.
Therefore, almost without thinking, he bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty has been raising scholars for hundreds of years. Because of the Yashan Incident, Lu Xiufu committed suicide by jumping into the sea with the little prince on his back, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians jumped into the sea to follow him. But at that time, the world was in chaos. There are countless people who are worthy of the emperor, but how many people are loyal to the emperor? Therefore, people like Mr. Baisha think that they have been supported by the people's anointing, but..."
"There are also some people who think that these people should support them! Because as the old saying goes, those who work hard govern others, and those who work hard govern others! They feel that since the Song Dynasty ruled the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats, the ministers can all turn their spit on them. If you spray it in the emperor's face, then the world does not belong to the emperor alone. The Song Dynasty only perished, but the world did not die. They are the world."
"So, when these people face a national crisis, they will say to themselves and others with righteousness that they surrendered, retained their usefulness, and protected their people. They have fulfilled their duties. They even surrendered to the enemy on their own initiative. It’s about abandoning the dark side and turning to the bright side… But the so-called traitors to the country are all using such self-righteous words to deceive the people!”
"So, the questions that the emperor asked those famous scholars before were to get to the bottom of things, asking those scholars what it means to serve the country! As for the subject of Zhang Xueshi, it was just to let people understand..."
When Wu Gelao said this, he suddenly paused, as if he was trying to find a suitable adjective, but was stuck for a moment. At this moment, he heard a faint voice: "Let people understand that the rise and fall of the world,
It’s everyone’s responsibility.”
"Huh!"
Hearing that the clear female voice was Zhu Ying, Mr. Wu Ge immediately followed the sound. He saw a woman in a fiery red dress strolling towards him. If it were any other minister, his expression would probably change suddenly——
That is to say, he turned his face immediately, but not only did his shocked expression disappear instantly, but he nodded repeatedly with a smile.
"Well said, well said. Doesn't everyone have the responsibility for the rise and fall of the world? As expected of Miss Zhu, the sentence is more appropriate than what I originally thought. What I originally wanted to say is that the world is not just for kings and scholar-bureaucrats.
The world is also the world for the people of the world."
Zhu Ying didn't smile at Mr. Wu Ge's flattery. She glanced at the emperor with some resentment, then stepped forward expressionlessly and saluted, and then said lightly: "Old Wu Ge, you are so polite. This is what Ah Shou said."
, I just copied it. Ah Shou also said, in fact, there is no need for scholars to explain this truth. Whenever there is a war, the people who rush to kill are not ordinary men and women. Is it the emperor and the usually impassioned scholar-bureaucrats? "
Of course the emperor saw Zhu Ying's cold face and originally planned to deal with it as if nothing was wrong. However, when he heard that Zhu Ying was rude to Wu Ge Lao, he had to stop and said: "Yingying.
, you just barged in casually, why did you talk to Mr. Wu Ge like this? I offended you, but he didn’t offend you!"
Wu Gelao felt that the emperor's rebuke was somewhat powerful at first, but when he heard it later, he almost laughed out loud. As for being offended... he never thought that "the usually impassioned scholar-bureaucrat" refers to
He himself. You know, he is rarely very impassioned. If it were a Confucius scholar present, he would probably be furious.
Therefore, before Zhu Ying could speak, he immediately said with a smile on his face: "It's okay, it's okay. Miss Zhu is also true to her temperament, and Zhang Xueshi's words are indeed sharp to the bone. No matter how impassioned some scholar-officials write poems and articles,
But it can’t hide the fact that they were not the ones who actually fought and killed the enemy! What’s more, Emperor Taizu also said so back then!”
"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. This is not what you say, but what you do. Mr. Wu Ge is right." Seeing that Zhu Ying finally turned from anger to joy, Yingying actually saluted him as an apology. Mr. Wu Ge suddenly
He was flattered. However, since he understood that the emperor had "made" Zhu Ying unhappy, he certainly would not stay here any longer. Anyway, he understood the emperor's intention and naturally offered to resign immediately.
He had to get out quickly and make the big discussion that the emperor wanted more intense!
After Wu Gelao resigned, he quickly left. Zhu Ying glanced at the helpless emperor and did not dwell on yesterday's topic. Instead, she said bluntly: "Your Majesty, I and Mingyue organized an interview for the female school yesterday.
, a total of twenty daughters, including the head of Hailing County, were interviewed one by one. The remaining students posted questions to recruit students, and then collected the papers before interviewing again.
"Of course, we will no longer recruit officials and daughters of rank five or above."
Seeing the emperor's expression of shock that you actually told me this, Zhu Ying just pretended not to have seen it: "Although there are only a few days left in the twelfth lunar month, even if classes start, there will only be a few days, but after recruiting students, we still want to open a few days."
Let’s give zakat a try. I plan to invite the Queen Mother to come and observe it in person, and also invite her to go out of the palace to relax. Please tell me whether you agree or not.”