"Throw a pen and join the army?" Yang Mingzhi looked at Xu Qing who was sitting beside him and said, "Dean Xu, does he know that the family I support is from a century-old family, and there are countless people in the family who have direct descendants. Am I going to take so many people and join the army?"
The word "throw a pen and join the army" comes from Ban Chao of the Han Dynasty, which refers to the literati who threw the pen into their hands and picked up weapons to join the army and fight.
But whether it's Ban Chao or Xin Qiji, they are both individuals, and they can't bring down a few family members if they are too great.
The Yang family is a century-old family! How many of them are there? Are they all joining the army?
Have you ever heard of transforming a person? How can any aristocratic family join the army?
Are they trying to create a new allusion?
It's not like Yang Mingzhi never thought of joining the army. At least soldiers are far more pure than the literati above the court. All they have to do is fight the enemy bravely.
But the problem is that Yang Mingzhi is not alone. Behind him is the entire Yang family.
Xu Qing spread his hands and said: "Does Yang Zhengshi have any other ideas? Your Yang family has too much power in the court, but you have not made any preparations for rebellion and forced the palace. Now the emperor has started to take action against you.
Do you think it’s too late to prepare to force the palace to rebel? Will your emperor let you prepare calmly?"
Yang Mingzhi punched the table: "Are we, the Yang family, going to give up all these years of hard work?"
Xu Qing said: "What can you do if you don't give up? Yang Zhengshi should also know that for a wealthy family like yours, the emperor will definitely find a reasonable excuse to avoid future troubles forever, unless the good ones can emerge and compete with others."
The emperor of your aristocratic family who has more power in the court needs you to check and balance the court, otherwise, you will probably not be able to appear in the court again for a generation or two."
"No one in one or two generations can join the court as an official or participate in politics. This is a disaster for a family, right? Why not take advantage of the fact that the emperor has not completely broken up with your Yang family and quickly change jobs?
As long as the Yang family can still stay in the court, there will still be a chance for a comeback. If the emperor really says it all, it will be too late for you to prepare anything."
Yang Mingzhi was silent for a moment and said: "We, the Yang family, want to give up all the foundation we have worked hard for over the years among civil servants?"
Xu Qing said: "Actually, if you don't let it go now, it may not take another year or two for the emperor to force you to let it go."
This is true. Although the emperor has the intention to suppress the Yang family, he still loves his Majesty in the court, and the husband sings and the wife follows.
But after a while, it won’t necessarily be the case.
Yang Mingzhi asked: "If our Yang family does this, won't Your Majesty become suspicious?"
Xu Qing said: "It's better than if you continue to fight against the civil servants and are not ready to rebel. If it were last year, you would definitely have no chance. But now the Zhou army has just suffered a big defeat, and the low morale is the time to recruit people. If you go there, you will also mess up."
You can't afford any trouble and keep a low profile for a year or two. Although you have given up too much, your heritage is still there after all. As long as you can still stay in the court, are you afraid that you won't have the chance to make a comeback?"
Yang Mingzhi looked at Xu Qing and asked, "Why do you want to help us?"
Xu Qing said: "Why don't you, the Yang family, consider supporting the Sixth Prince?"
"The sixth prince?" Yang Mingzhi frowned and said, "How can a concubine be worthy of support? Besides, the prince is the legitimate daughter of my Yang family, born to the empress, so do my Yang family still need to support the sixth prince?"
Xu Qing said: "To this day, do you still think that your prince can become the emperor?"
Yang Mingzhi fell silent again after hearing this. These days, let alone the Yang family, even the prince and his subordinates have been taught a lesson more or less. A few months ago, the prince made a mistake in the imperial study, and his majesty ordered him to return to the palace.
I faced the wall and thought about it, but the next day I was beaten into a pig head...
And the murderer has not been found yet... to be precise, no one is investigating anymore.
The prince is the crown prince of a country. It is detrimental to the state to have the prince beaten into a pig's head, but many people know the whole news.
Could this also be done by His Majesty?
Is it to suppress the prince and the Yang family behind the prince?
It’s terrifying to think about it!
Xu Qing looked at the silent Yang Mingzhi and said: "Think about your last mission. If my guess is correct, the sixth prince and Princess Mingyue should have been the political victims, right? What happened next? Your Yang family's
The legitimate son died inexplicably, but the princess and the prince were safe. It was also because of this incident that the Yang family was so angry that they started provoking a war in the court."
"Now let's think about it based on your actual situation. Was your not-so-smart legitimate son really killed by our Chu country's assassins, or was there the shadow of your emperor behind him?"
Xu Qing was talking nonsense in a serious manner at this time. He didn't know if there was the emperor's shadow behind him, but there was definitely his shadow.
But in the officialdom, people talk with each other and talk with ghosts. As for where Yang Mingzhi's thoughts can wander, it is not his responsibility. He only needs to fool him into Li Xun's boat.
But he had to say that after all the nonsense and analysis until now, why did he, the instigator, feel that there was really the shadow of the Emperor of Zhou behind him?
It's quite a coincidence if you think about it carefully.
The Yang family's legitimate son died, and the Yang family advocated the war. Now that the war is defeated, the Yang family is naturally guilty of the crime. They were the ones who advocated it in the first place.
Since they were guilty of negotiating for peace, the matter fell on them, and they had to pay for the peace. The Yang family got the name of a traitor for no reason. In the end, Emperor Zhou completed the suppression of the Yang family...
Although there are too many variables in this process, the process somehow works out...
So amazing, right?
Yang Mingzhi thought carefully for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Xu Qing: "Even if the prince is unreliable, the second prince and the third prince are still very powerful in the court. Why should my Yang family support a six-year-old who doesn't even have a title?"
Prince?"
Xu Qing said: "Because only the Sixth Prince can help you take revenge..."
"Revenge? Why do we, the Yang family, want revenge? And who should we seek revenge from?" Yang Mingzhi looked at Xu Qing with uncertain eyes.
Xu Qing said: "The current emperor wants to drive your Yang family to death, but you still have no resentment at all? You are..."
Forget it, I won't say that word anymore, it's inappropriate...
Yang Mingzhi said solemnly: "If you want me to die, I have to die!"
Xu Qing waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, everyone is sensible. After all, your Yang family is also a century-old family and has survived two imperial figures. I believe in your patriotism, but you must not be a blind loyalist. Really
When such a stubborn and loyal king survives the first imperial court, you should have the idea to die for the country..."
Yang Mingzhi: "..."
The dean of the National Business School is really not polite at all. Although the Yang family has never been loyal to the emperor, patriotism and loyalty to the emperor have been inseparable since ancient times. Can you not say it so bluntly?
After all, he was also an envoy of the Zhou Dynasty.