In late February, Privy Councilor Zhang Jun hurriedly returned to Kaifeng Mansion.
I have to say that the conditions these days are really difficult to describe. It could have been just a phone call to figure out the whole thing, but in the end it actually took a prime minister personally to spend more than a month to do this.
Of course, on the other hand, isn't this because there is no phone? Anyone who wants to express his position in person has to spend time traveling.
Zhang Jun returned to Tokyo at noon that day, and then went straight to Ouchi to see Zhao Guan's house without stopping, but other than knowing that Xuande Tower's "air pressure practice" had been postponed again until tomorrow, he had no other gain - according to Lan Daguan
It is said that although the officials already knew about Dading in Dongting Lake, they did not know that Prime Minister Zhang was returning to Beijing today, so they paid a private visit incognito early in the morning.
It is undoubtedly a very absurd and frivolous move for the majestic emperor to pay a private visit incognito. Of course, it must be firmly opposed. However, considering that Emperor Taishang Daojun especially likes to visit prostitutes incognito before going to the north... there are some things, that's just like that.
As long as you have enough people, you have to hold your nose and recognize it.
Otherwise, do you really think you can control an emperor who has personally fought in a war in an imperial society?
However, Zhang Jun still did not dare to neglect, and seriously asked official Lan Guilan about the official's whereabouts. Then, relying on his youth and health, he turned around and headed towards the place where Zhao Guan's house was, that is, in the direction of the Five Mountains Temple.
Moreover, if Zhao Guan's family went to Wuyue Temple, it would not necessarily be regarded as a private visit incognito, because unlike Daxiangguo Temple, which was passed down to the Tang Dynasty, Wuyue Temple was barely considered the private property of Zhao Guan's family - this was for the purpose of conducting Zen activities during the Zhenzong period of the Song Dynasty.
A specially built Taoist place that matches the Daxiangguo Temple is located on the south side of Taixue.
Of course, although the scale and system match the Daxiangguo Temple very well, everyone knows that the actual influence and business level of the two parties are not at the same level... First of all, Wuyue Temple's background is not righteous, because everyone knows that Song Zhenzong Feng Chan is a
Farce, even the politicians of Wang Anshi's generation completely destroyed the concept of Han Confucianism, heaven and man's induction, which started from Feng Chan; secondly, the scale is similar, and the distance is actually not too far, but there is still an obvious difference in location, Daxiangguo Temple
In the inner city, Wuyue Temple is in the outer city. They are separated by a city wall and Taixue. Are the land prices of the second ring road and the third ring road the same?
However, it may be that good fortune brings misfortune. Because the location is so good, after Zhao Guan's family returned to the old capital, the Prime Minister's Kingdom was quickly expropriated for military use. It served as both a high-end weapons supervisor and an inner city barracks.
It also has the responsibility of serving as a reception house for senior generals... Now, no matter how delicious the monks' vegetarian food is, no matter how high-end the location is, or how excellent the room service is, they can no longer continue to engage in commodity economic activities and folk religious activities.
At this time, due to the actual needs arising from Tokyo's economic recovery, Wuyue Temple, located south of Taixue, became the most high-end civilian hotel in Tokyo... It can only be said that thanks to the blessing of Taozu, the Taoist priests sat there and did not move.
He overwhelmed the monks.
You see, if you want to debate the plot of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", the monks have to look to the Shaolin Temple branch, Fahe, to take the lead in the west of the city. The Royal Street has always been the territory of the Five Sacred Mountains Temple.
Without further ado, although Zhang Jun doesn’t know the specific reason why Zhao Guan’s family came to view the Five Sacred Mountains, he can probably guess some things... It’s the number one civilian hotel in Tokyo, and it’s next to the Imperial College, so naturally he’s not a Taipei student.
It is a place where civilian scholars gather to live. And it is not the scientific examination season now, and considering the postponement of the "air pressure practice", the people gathered there are naturally all the Taoists and Neo-Confucianists who have come from afar.
, or other great Confucians, famous Confucians.
And sure enough, Zhang Jun hurried to Wuyue Temple. As soon as he entered the temple, he found that hundreds of scholars and Tai students had already gathered in front of the hall. After asking, he found out that it was the famous Confucian scholar Er Cheng.
The direct descendant, that is, the protagonist Yang Shi of Chengmen Lixue came here with his children, and these people came to see Yang Shi.
However, at this time, Zhang Deyuan was wearing a purple robe and arrived in a hurry. Zhao Guan's family could not be found anywhere. He asked around and was looked at by everyone again, but he immediately fell into the spotlight. Then many familiar people came to say hello, and then
The Taoist priests from Wuyue Temple also rushed over anxiously to serve them. At this moment, Zhang Junfang knew that he had been a little rash. In desperation, he had no choice but to look around and cup his hands, and then sat down on the ground like an ordinary Tai student, showing an expression of eagerness to learn and seek Taoism.
attitude, rejecting everyone.
Just like this, after a while of hustle and bustle, a commoner man in his fifties came to the preset futon in front of the main hall, but did not sit down, but raised his hands to each other, and the bustle below immediately disappeared:
"The best way to learn is to be quiet. Since you have come to seek knowledge, please be quiet for a while. Your teacher will be here soon..."
"Isn't this Yang Shi?" Hearing this, Zhao Guanjia, who was sitting behind the window in a wing room seventy or eighty steps away, asked a question that he shouldn't have asked.
Everyone in the entourage looked at each other, and before Yang Yizhong could speak, Lu Benzhong looked at him blankly: "In the official family, Mr. Guishan (Yang Shi) is almost eighty. He was an important minister before Jingkang, and when the official family came to the throne, he was
He once traveled with his attendants in Nanjing (Shangqiu). After arriving in Nanyang in the second year of Jianyan, I remembered that my father had recruited him again on behalf of the imperial court...how could the officials have forgotten all about it?"
Zhao Jiu laughed dumbly, and then raised his eyebrows: "To be honest, Ju Ren (Lv Benzhong), I really forgot a lot of things when I fell into the well that day. Later, I roughly remembered some, but I was still a little confused."
Lu Benzhong nodded quickly. That matter was related to the secret of his father's rise to power. He was unwilling and too lazy to think about it, so he introduced directly through the half-open window: "Good instructors know that this person is Mr. Guishan (Yang Shi)
The disciple, called Luo Congyan, is known as Mr. Yu Zhang, he is also a famous Taoist scholar and a great Confucian from the Southeast."
Zhao Jiu nodded after hearing this, but then asked out of curiosity: "At Yang Shi's age, he is a direct descendant of the Cheng family, and his disciples are all great Confucians, so he should be one of the best among Taoists and Neo-Confucianists, right?"
Lu Benzhong immediately laughed: "The official's words hit the mark. After Guan Luo, Taoism was mixed, but there is no objection to the top two figures at the moment. They are Mr. Guishan (Yang Shi) and Mr. Qingshan (Huan Guo)
, every other family will be three points lower..."
"Then your father and your Lu family are three points lower than each other?" Zhao Jiu kept asking. "Didn't you say that your father and Yang Shi are known as Nan Yang and Bei Lu?"
Lu Benzhong laughed helplessly: "To be fair to the officials, it is considered a school of thought... My father inherited the Lu family school, and Mr. Guishan inherited the orthodox Luo school. But if we measure the orthodoxy, my father can still be compared with Mr. Qingshan."
"I'll just say it!"
Zhao Jiu, who had seen a lot these days, was completely stunned.
It turned out that the current situation in the wild school was very similar to the high-end immortal cultivation and martial arts he had seen before time travel. It not only talked about the difference between a well-known sect and the gang line, but also compared the strength of the sect, and also talked about the leader.
Cultivation.
Specifically, Taoism is considered the mainstream sect of famous sects (there are many other theories), and Huan Guo, Yang Shi, and Lu Haowen are undoubtedly Taishan and Beidou-like characters among them. If they are placed in the martial arts world view, they are
Nan Murong, Bei Qiao Feng and Jiumozhi are the only three Yuanshen stage bosses in the Xianxia worldview.
However, Huan Guo was not as good as Yang Shi in two ways. One was that he once sought advice from Yang Shi and had half the status of teacher and student; the other was that after he improved, he had the cultivation to establish a sect.
, but in the end there was no time to establish a sect.
As for Lu Haowen, he conducted Taoist research through the inheritance method of family learning, which naturally had a certain sect status bonus, but it was not as powerful as Yang Shi's Cheng Menluo School.
Therefore, despite the various names, in fact, among the three, Yang Shi is the real leader of the righteous path. In terms of cultivation, sect power, and even age, he is the first person in the existing Taoist system.
But just such a person, almost eighty years old, still came to Tokyo city with his junior disciples and disciples. It can be seen that Lu Haowen suddenly founded an original school and then wanted to become a saint. How many people have been offended?
While speaking and thinking, Mr. Yuzhang stood up and talked about some new academic achievements obtained by Mr. Guishan and Yang Shi in Southeast China in the past few years, and then took the initiative to step down. Then it was not Mr. Guishan and Yang Shi who came on the stage in person, but Mr. Guishan and Yang Shi.
It was replaced by a young man who continued to control the field.
"This is Li Tong, known as Mr. Yanping. He can be regarded as a descendant of Mr. Guishan and Mr. Yuzhang... where the official biography of Luo Xue is located." Lu Benzhong took the initiative to introduce.
Zhao Jiu nodded repeatedly... After changing his train of thought, this official suddenly understood. How could he not know that Yang Shi, Luo Congyan, Li Tong, three generations of old, middle and young people, were the direct descendants of Luo Xue Ercheng, who is the current head of the family?
And who will be appointed as the unofficial leader for the next two terms?
At this moment, the slightly younger Li Tong came on the stage and blurted out: "Everyone, I wonder if you can play a lesson (pair)?"
The people below were naturally shocked. Couplets began to rise in the early Song Dynasty and became popular. They were a common means of entertainment among scholars and students, and they were also one of the means of training poetry.
It is obvious that although Li Tong got the title of Mr. Yanping early, he is still young and not as rigid as Luo Congyan before him, so when he came up, he took the initiative to arouse the emotions of the students and scholars who were watching:
"Then I'll make a match...how can God be right?"
"Ground!" The voice from below responded almost instantly.
"What's wrong with the rain?"
"Wind!" The voice below became more and more uniform, but there was also a hint of ridicule, because the other party seemed to be coaxing a child, talking about these basic and difficult things.
"What's the opposite of the mountain?" Mr. Yanping sneered and ignored it, but continued to ask.
"ocean!"
"What's wrong with mainland China?"
"The sky!"
"What's wrong with the four mountains?"
"Sir!"
"What's wrong with Mugu?"
"Morning bell..."
There was more and more laughter, but at this moment, Li Tong suddenly raised his voice:
“Moral to what?”
There was a sudden stagnation below... Everyone here was a scholar. Who didn't know that Mr. Yanping was waiting here? But since there were so many people here, there were naturally people who promoted narrow-mindedness among them, but I don't know what their mentality was.
Jokes:
"Morality versus profit!"
"Wrong!" Li Dong immediately shouted back. "Morality versus rationality!"
"Get out!" Zhao Jiu heard this and suddenly ordered Lu Benzhong in a low voice. "Get out and deal with 'utility'!"
Lu Benzhong swallowed a sip of saliva, but had no choice but to shout loudly in the side room: "Why can't morality be over utilitarian?"
Then, the eldest son of the current prime minister and the heir to the Lu family's Taoism, amidst everyone's surprise, ran out from behind the door of the wing, but just stood in front of the window, and then continued to raise his voice and put his hands to each other: "May I ask Mr. Yanping
,Why can’t morality be over utilitarian?!”
Li Tong was stunned when he heard this, and immediately held up his hands solemnly: "It turns out to be Mr. Donglai. Mr. Xiao invited me. Do you dare to ask why Mr. Xiao is so aggressive? I said this because my teacher was about to talk about morality, not rationality.
We really need to make a match!"
Only then did Zhao Jiu know that Lu Benzhong was also a famous figure.
"Ignore it and ask him directly, can it be both moral and utilitarian?" Zhao Jiu was thinking wildly while whispering directly behind the window.
"I'm just asking you, why can't you do both morality and utilitarianism?" Lu Benzhong said bravely. "Listening to what you said, do you think morality and utilitarianism are in conflict with each other?"
Li Tong was a well-known scholar, so of course he had words to defend himself. In fact, he wanted to speak since he opened his mouth. However, before he could speak, someone suddenly sneered from below:
"The country is in ruins, the two saints are hunting in the north, and they are talking about human nature and rationality. What is the use to the country and the people?"
Li Tong's face turned dark. He looked back, but couldn't find the person who made the noise. He could only turn to Lu Benzhong again: "Mr. Lu, is this what you mean?"
Lu Benzhong had already known the rough thoughts of the Zhao Guan family these days, and had already boarded the pirate ship. He had also thought about it in his heart, so he immediately gritted his teeth and took the initiative to sneer at him: "Although this person's words are a little too much, after all, there is some truth... Yanping
Sir, let me ask you, four years ago the country was almost in danger of subjugation, and the official family was able to revive the old capital. Is it because you spent all day discussing rationality behind it? In my opinion, as scholars, we should be
Act as king and domineering at the same time, use both righteousness and profit, so that the official family can achieve a career similar to that of the ancestors of the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty!"
"How do you start talking about this?" Li Dong's expression changed completely. "How can the ancestor of Han Dynasty, Tang Zong, be compared with the three generations? How can the king's domineering behavior be compared with him?"
"Why can't they be compared?" Lu Benzhong was really puzzled. "You must know that the Three Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty, the ancestors of the Han Dynasty, both used justice and benefit. It's just that the saints of the Three Dynasties were saints, with extraordinary abilities, and everything they did was in accordance with the laws of nature. Therefore, Confucian scholars
It is said that they are kings; but after all, the ancestor of Han Dynasty, Tang Zong, was somewhat incompetent, and his actions may not all be in accordance with the laws of nature. There were some things that were wrong during the period, so the Confucian scholars pointed to their achievements and said that this was hegemony... but kings were overbearing,
In fact, they are all quite good, and they are all good things and good industries that the Emperor of China has achieved through his hard work and dedication to justice and benefit."
"This statement is extremely ridiculous!" Li Tong's face turned black and his fists were clenched. He just endured the other person's words and then scolded him face to face. "The rule of three generations is exactly the cause of following the laws of nature and becoming king. When has it ever been used?
A utilitarian mind and a domineering act? And how could the Han ancestral Tang sect have ever acted in accordance with the laws of nature? The Han ancestral Tang sect was all selfish and seeking utilitarianism..."
Lu Benzhong frowned when he heard this, and was about to respond when he heard the person behind him asking again: "He is saying that kingship and domineering are opposites? Utilitarianism and justice are also completely opposites? If you choose one, you cannot choose the other.
one?"
Lu Benzhong could only respond: "Yes."
"And what he means is that this history is from top to bottom, sinking from generation to generation? The ancestor of Han Dynasty, Tang Zong, is not even qualified to be compared with the three generations? The two sides are not the same species at all?"
"I don't know what species is, but that's what it means." Lu Benzhong answered with his hands tied again, which had already caused many people in front of the hall to be surprised and suspicious.
"Forget it, let's go."
When Zhao Jiu heard this, he felt completely bored and shook his head. Then he stood up, but no longer waited for Yang Shi to appear, and walked directly out of the wing with a group of hula la people and headed towards the gate of Wuyue Temple.
Lu Benzhong also stopped talking and walked directly out with Zhao Jiu. Countless Taixue students and Tokyo scholars had probably met with officials in Taixue Wenzhengzhong, not to mention officials, so all of them were huffing and puffing at once.
They all stood up and saluted like a wave. Only Li Tong who was on the steps in front of the hall was frightened for a moment. He probably got off the steps and saluted after being reminded by the imperial student below.
"No gift." Zhao Jiu felt bored in his heart and just raised his hand to signal to everyone. "Tomorrow in front of Xuande Building, please don't forget to join in the fun..."
The official issued an oral order, and countless royal guards in clothes and soft armor hurriedly rushed up. Of course, most of them stopped and said that they had received the order, but Zhang Jun and a few officials who were watching the excitement followed.
.
A group of people came to the gate of Wuyue Temple. They were surrounded by the imperial squad, and then someone went to lead the horse. At this time, an official who chased out carefully reminded: "Officials, Mr. Guishan is a famous Confucian in the world.
He is an important minister of the country who has left office and is nearly eighty years old. Since we meet in the temple at this time, we should meet him, right?"
Zhao Jiu shook his head for a moment: "If you have different paths, you can't work together."
The ministers who came out were all awe-inspiring - this was probably the first time that the Zhao family had directly expressed their dissatisfaction with a certain doctrine in a semi-public forum, and it had already caused a stir.
Sure enough, in the next moment, one of the officials who came out, Chen Gongfu, the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine official, directly handed over his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Cheng Xue's evil words are misleading the public, I ask you to ban Cheng Xue!"
Zhao Jiu looked at him in shock... He couldn't help but publicly revealed his attitude in advance. Of course he knew it would attract more speculators, but he didn't expect it to come so soon. Especially Chen Gongfu, who had always left a very good impression on him.
Like the kind of people who speculate on the spot.
"Don't hide it from the officials." Chen Gongfu laughed when he saw this. "When Li Gongxiang (Li Gang) was in power, I wrote a letter in anger asking to ban Luo Xue, but I don't know if the officials still remember it?"
Only then did Zhao Jiu realize that this was the same person who had previously ridiculed Taoism for "talking about human nature", but he immediately woke up and asked with a smile in front of the Taoist temple: "What did you say at that time?"
"At that time, I didn't like Mr. Guishan." Chen Gongfu, who was dressed in homely clothes, was not afraid of the angry looks of several Taoist officials beside him and still smiled. "When the official came to the throne, he advocated the fight against the Jin Dynasty.
, on the other hand, he asked Shu to remove the two methods of tea and salt... I really don't know why the tax exemption is needed when the country is overturned and it is necessary to train troops? Therefore, even the minister Zeng Jingkangzhong wrote a letter requesting that the king be punished as soon as possible.
The throne of King Shu was removed, and the old party members and others under Cheng Xue were quickly replaced. They were regarded as Taoists, but they still couldn't hold it back and wrote another letter to impeach Mr. Guishan."
Zhao Jiu laughed harder and harder.
However, several Taoist officials on the side were frightened and quickly raised their hands to each other: "Officials! The disaster caused by the party's imprisonment cannot be repeated!"
Some people gritted their teeth and said: "Guan family, this Chen Gongfu is capricious and cannot be trusted easily."
After Zhao Jiu finished laughing, he ignored these people and only looked at Chen Gongfu: "What do Chen Qing think?"
"I think it is really impossible to ban it." Chen Gongfu continued to laugh. "Yuan Sheng changed his tune and used the old party, and the officials stopped the old party from overthrowing the new party. The monarch and his ministers tolerate each other for the sake of the country, and let go of the old and the new.
The situation of fighting was formed with great difficulty, and it really should not be abandoned easily, and it is impossible for me to go to the Taoist temple empty-handed with just this clothes to carry out an act of impeachment..."
At this point, Chen Gongfu suddenly became serious: "Officials, what I want to say is, firstly, the official Confucian classics in the imperial court must be established quickly, otherwise the following will not be able to do anything; secondly, if you want to establish the Confucian classics, you must
Otherwise, serious debates on the classics will not be enough to convince the public; thirdly, what is great about the development of learning is that Chengxue gradually emerged, and Lu Xianggong started to start Yuanxue, as well as other schools and sects, and many people did not have this ambition.
If you really want to debate the scriptures, no faction will be afraid of it, but the officials must first stand up and tell everyone what scriptures the court wants and what scriptures it does not want, then naturally there will be some scriptures and no scriptures..."
Zhao Jiu suddenly felt enlightened.
Moreover, Chen Gongfu’s meaning could not be more straightforward. He actually represents a large number of practical bureaucrats. This group of people recognizes the necessity of the guiding ideology of Confucian classics, but they pursue efficiency and performance more, so they do not use it at all.
What you care about the content of the classics is just the pursuit of "establishing an official doctrine" itself.
For example, in Jingkangzhong (the Qin clan of the Song Dynasty was in charge), it was very clear that the court was changing from the new to the old, and it could not be shaken. People like Chen Gongfu hurriedly wrote a letter asking to throw down Wang Anshi's memorial tablet and replace those of the old party...
But this is not because Chen Gongfu is really an old party member. The old party cannot get the first place in the upper house, which is equivalent to the number one scholar under the rule of the new party. It is because he saw that the emperor at that time had already made up his mind and the overall situation was decided. He wanted to quickly solve the problem.
This matter is over.
Later, in the early years of Jianyan, the overall situation completely collapsed, and nothing was more important than survival. Education and morality should go wherever they should, but those Taoist gentlemen were still arguing about these nonsense, and they would naturally impeach him in turn.
Up to now, they are not opposing Cheng Xue or supporting Lu Xue. They just hope that the overall situation can be settled quickly... In other words, the Zhao Guan family's delaying posture has finally taken effect. By doing this, he has forced these middle factions to come out.
The meaning of taking a stand.
However, although he was awakened and proud, the official just nodded and smiled again: "I know what Chen Qing means, but I'll wait until the results are announced tomorrow at Xuande Downstairs before I make an announcement!"
When Chen Gongfu heard this, he didn't want to say anything anymore, so he just smiled and stepped back.
At this time, the horse had been brought forward. Zhao Jiu held the reins of the horse, but could not help but say a few more words to Zhang Jun alone: "Zhang Qing has worked hard all the way... What do you think of this matter?"
Zhang Jun immediately responded: "Guan family, I am really feeling a little emotional when I go out this time... Just like what I mentioned in my letter, everyone in the world has his own selfishness and what he thinks is a public spirit.
, there is often no conclusion when they bump into each other. At this time, the government should really put a serious study on Confucian classics at the top, so that everyone in the world knows what principles to follow to do things, to determine right and wrong, and to resolve conflicts."
This is still emphasizing the importance of official learning and scripture analysis... Obviously, he also understood what Chen Gongfu meant, and made a clear statement that "we will fight wherever the officials point out."
Zhao Jiu nodded, mounted his horse directly, and then continued to say to Zhang Jun: "Yue Pengju and Qing's letters were sent separately. I already know the whole story. You did the right thing... and I have already replied to Pengju. I just said
'When Yue Qing is in trouble, I always feel at ease'...let him not have to worry about those things."
Zhang Jun quickly raised his hand and said yes.
"Of course, I always feel at ease when Zhang Qing does things." Zhao Jiu continued to smile at each other, and then he reined in his horse and was about to leave.
Let's also say that Zhang Deyuan returned to Beijing today, and despite the fatigue of the carriage and horses, he kept tossing and turning. He just wanted to ask for this sentence. When he saw the official saying it in public, he immediately felt comfortable and felt that everything was worth it.
"That's right." Now that Zhao Guanjia had mounted his horse and was about to leave, he remembered something again, and then turned around and mentioned it to Zhang Jun. "With the skills of the two of you, Zha Zi, Ma Jinglue from Hubei also sent someone to send Zha Zi.
…”
Zhang Jun was confused for a moment, but he quickly asked: "I'm afraid, I don't know what Ma Jinglue said?"
"He said that Yang Yizhong should be killed." Zhao Jiu glanced at Yang Yizhong, who had no expression on his side and seemed to have adapted. He smiled more and more and shook his head. "Because he understood Yue Fei from the results of how you and Yue Fei dealt with Dongting Lake.
There were secret letters sent before, but they were extended from this, saying that such a secret letter system is not the royal way, and Yang Yizhong manipulated this matter as a military minister, which was like stealing power from the cardinal, and there was isolation.
He is suspected both internally and externally by civil and military officials, so of course he should be executed."
Hearing this, Zhang Jun felt evil in his heart, but he directly reminded him with a flick of his sleeves: "Ma Jinglue, a master of the Cheng family, has his own insights into the king's domineering ways!"
Zhao Jiu smiled and said nothing, turned around and rode away. Yang Yizhong finally couldn't help but sigh softly, and could only lower his head and ride to follow.
PS: No. 486 Meow! I dare not comment on this name...
I didn't sleep all night, I was like crazy... I clearly remember that I saved a piece of information about the Taoists of the Southern Song Dynasty who argued the scriptures and explained the principles to the Confucius, but I couldn't find it anywhere... I almost re-read a lot of things for this reason...