After three days of rising pork prices, the West Lake Political Consultation Conference officially began.
And because Hangzhou was known as Wulin in ancient times, and today is Emperor Jianyan, this conference had already been nicknamed the Jianyan Wulin Conference during the three-day Dongpo meat price increase trend.
But no matter what name it was called, it didn't stop the West Lake being crowded with people for a while, and the scholars and people were so enthusiastic that the Zhao Guan family, who created the terracotta tombs, were a little shocked.
In fact, the reason for this phenomenon is so simple that it is self-evident. That is, although there are many top scholar-officials in the south, these are only the personal achievements of these scholar-officials, but it does not mean that the south as a whole has been in a political depression since ancient times.
It is naturally at a political disadvantage.
Similarly, there is Shu, and the two Huaihe Rivers separated by a river have a much higher political status.
This situation has been obvious since the founding of the Song Dynasty. At that time, the conquered south was a region that the rulers naturally distrusted. After Jingkang, Emperor Jianyan initiated the trend of asking political questions and ceded imperial power in a large scale.
The real power of the prime ministers and the six ministries and nine ministers has been greatly increased, the political status of the members of the public cabinet and the secret cabinet has gradually been established, and the study and administration of the Taixue has become an important matter of the country. However, the south is still far away from the capital and has nothing to do with these things. This has resulted in
A strong sense of political alienation and political hunger.
At the same time, after experiencing the Jingkang Incident, both rivers were lost, and the Central Plains, Guanxi, and Jingdong were all damaged. The importance of the South in the country has increased significantly in disguise, and the country still needs the Northern Expedition, which requires the South even more.
Financial and material support.
In this case, conflicts naturally arise.
And this contradiction is also the basic background for the southern scholar-bureaucrats to gradually merge with the frustrated Taoist and unemployed officials... According to everyone's understanding, the Zhao Guan family went south this time to resolve this contradiction.
The so-called Political Consultative Conference, from the current point of view, is undoubtedly a good way to resolve conflicts modeled on the example of Taixue Wenzheng. At least the form is correct. The opposition is also a minority, and everyone’s original intention is still the same.
The imperial court and your majesty, shake up Jiangnan and unite the establishment faction, and the situation will be good.
In other words, it may be because of the Indian summer in Jiangnan in October. After a light rain in early winter, instead of cooling down, the climate felt somewhat warm. At this time, as the conference was officially held, the enthusiasm of everyone on the West Lake inevitably became more intense.
On the first day, many petitions were submitted collectively, and this kind of collective petition was interestingly divided by region. Usually it was an old and famous person from a state or county who took the lead, and the format of the petition was also full of literary talent.
Articles, but if you look closely at the content, most of them are clichés or even similar things.
The first one must be that Zhao Guan's family should be close to virtuous ministers and stay away from villains. The next step must be to be virtuous, to be frugal and not to be extravagant, to open up the world, to be kind to the people, and to be respectful to brothers and sisters...
Of course, this is very correct advice, but whenever Zhao Guan's family seriously asks them who is a good minister and who is a villain, they often behave in a mess... at least more than half of them are stage frightened. After handing in the documents in person
He was shaky in front of Zhao Guan's family and the three princes, and stuttered when he opened his mouth. Even the decent people who could maintain their posture and answer questions mostly became indifferent after talking to a few ministers with better reputations.
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Are you kidding me?
Although the South has grievances against several rulers in power because of the tax increase, they really don't dare to ask them to say who is a villain in front of Lu Yihao. Lu Xianggong does not have the title of overnight enemy. The people of the southeast
Much more impressive than the hub!
Is it enough to just criticize the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister from a distance?
It’s not okay to talk about Shangshu! Didn’t you see that the minister who talked about Shangshu was directly killed by Zhao Guan’s family?
It's better not to say anything.
As for advocating frugality and abandoning extravagance, Zhao Guan's family asked carefully, and they hesitated. They probably thought that the official's digging fish ponds in Tokyo was too unbelievable. They had never seen it before, so it might not be true, but it would really be like this in person.
It's embarrassing to talk about it.
As for the red robes worn by officials, which are also half-worn, it is even more difficult to say.
Talking about leniency, benevolence and forgiveness, Zhao Guan asked them what specific changes in the previous "Xing Tong" were not in place? They didn't even know that as early as Yaoshan, in order to appease the people, the "Xing Tong" had been overhauled from the perspective of forgiveness.
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There are many others like this. If you really read the article, it is probably very well written. But if you really ask about the details, you will often not be able to say a few decent words.
However, even for such a document, Zhao Guanjia just smiled at most, and then asked two Hanlin bachelors who looked wealthy at first sight to come forward, accept the document in a dignified and formal manner, and at the same time, they would personally avoid the table and give it to the other party.
The purpose of the seat is to prepare the leader for consultation during the subsequent political consultation process.
In addition, if the article is particularly well written, or the response is decent, usually you also need to ask if you have a distinguished family background? If not, then naturally someone with the same family background as a Jinshi will be given on the spot. If the recommended person is
Opposition figures in Jiangnan also send out "Red Heart Riders" to recruit, and invite the other party to come and play live.
Let us say that at the beginning, Lu Yihao, the three ministers who accompanied him, were very dissatisfied with this kind of thing. He felt that this kind of link was meaningless. Although Li Gang did not object, he did not object only because he was politically powerful.
It came from Taisheng Fugu, so it was difficult to object directly. In fact, he looked down upon these middle-aged scholar-bureaucrats who had long since decayed, and thought it would be better to directly call some young people and well-known scholars to ask.
But soon, as this kind of petition with more formalism than substantive content became a trend, Li and Lu immediately realized the true meaning of Zhao Guan's actions - the meaning actually lies in the political question itself.
These scholar-bureaucrats below are not a conspiracy group. You can tell by the way they form groups to submit letters. They are still organized according to regions, because these days they can't cross the geographical limit if they want to join forces. Most of the documents they send are mixed and muddy. They are obviously from China.
And the nonsense of the comprehensive position within the region... In addition, they are all Confucian scholar-bureaucrats, and it is unlikely that those taxes will cause any immediate economic pressure, so where do they come from so much resentment?
At this time, Zhao Guan's family came to Hangzhou, showed an attitude towards them, and gave them certain political treatment, which in itself could achieve the purpose of winning over and alleviating the antagonistic atmosphere.
Therefore, even this kind of obviously formalistic political inquiry has still achieved unprecedented success... Many people have never seen the emperor in their lives, and they have not been able to pass the imperial examination. This time they can represent a state, an army, and lead a group of people.
When a child from his hometown meets Zhao Guan's family and puts forward his opinions face to face, even if his words are unreasonable, he is still accepted from a formal point of view and treated with courtesy. This is probably the pinnacle of his life.
And since he has reached the peak of his life on the shoulders of Zhao Guanjia, the emperor, he will naturally change his position and become a standard establishment faction. Turn around and anyone who says that the Guanjia is not good in front of him must be refuted angrily.
If you say that any of the court's strategies is not working, you must also explain the difficulties of the court with sincerity and defend the general strategy of the court.
On the second day, even local states and counties that had no similar preparations at the beginning gathered in a hurry, recommended celebrities, and wrote documents overnight to implement this strategy on behalf of the local government... to complete this very meaningful thing.
In this way, for two days in a row, Zhao Guanjia and the three husbands almost visited the "proposal group" of Liangzhe Road, most of Jiangnan East Road, Fujian Road, and a small part of Lianghuai Road, which satisfied the vanity of quite a few scholar-bureaucrats.
, and the voice of singing praises and virtues in Hangzhou gradually became more obvious.
It seemed that a united conference would end victoriously.
However, that's it.
Starting from the afternoon of the second day, some decent petitions began to appear one after another, and many people who really wanted to discuss practical issues also showed up.
For example, the former Jiangyin scribes Su Bai and Li Tao led a group of young scholars from Changzhou to write a memorial alone and wrote more than a dozen items, all of which were specific measures.
Among them, it is suggested to gather the southeast sea ships, land the "one hundred thousand soldiers of the imperial camp" from Cangzhou, and directly capture Yanyun. This is of course a typical scholar's opinion... If the one hundred thousand soldiers of the imperial camp are really sent to that place, that is
With the fate of losing logistics and being surrounded and annihilated, it is impossible to leapfrog so far with leapfrog tactics, not to mention that the southeast direction is already very exhausted, and any forced conquest of ships will turn the merchants into pirates.
However, regarding the establishment of local government offices in various places, the method of spreading it from level to level, such as the Sanshe method, to widen the voice, coincides with the terms discussed with the governors before Zhao Jiu came.
Therefore, the Zhao Guan family immediately granted the two of them the title of Secretary Lang and the title of Secretary Lang, and asked them to unite with the leaders of the local scholar-bureaucrats who were "prepared for consultation" to start from the southeast to plan the matter.
This incident further ignited the enthusiasm of West Lakeside.
But just when everyone was about to continue speaking enthusiastically, another decree came out that night. The officials had summoned the scholar-bureaucrats for two consecutive days. The other merchants, monks, Taoists, and farmers and workers in the market had never had the opportunity to meet. Therefore, on the third day and the fourth day,
On the fifth day, the officials will suspend the audience of scholar-bureaucrats and summon those people instead...On the fifth day, they will resume political consultation.
This decree is so grand that it is difficult to object to it.
However, the retired Xu Jingheng and Mr. Xu expressed some worries at this time... He was afraid that only one more day would be left for the scholar-bureaucrats, and two days of free time. Coupled with the friendly attitude of Zhao Guan's family, it is likely that some real people would be disgraced.
The dissatisfied scholar-officials took the opportunity to complete the final step of the series and make real big news on the last day.
Of course Xianggong Xu's worries are not unreasonable, but Li, Lu, and the Zhao family don't seem to care at all, so there is nothing that can be done.
Putting aside Xu Xianggong's worries for the moment, let's just say that in the next two days, it will be the turn of monks, merchants, and ordinary people to participate in this martial arts conference, and their participation methods are completely different from those of scholar-bureaucrats... Most of the monks, merchants, and merchants will participate in this martial arts conference.
People who come to spend money to seek royal protection are the so-called precedents in Yangzhou... and Zhao Guan's family is also happy to sell their official positions and make clear transactions.
The five southeastern Zen monasteries, the Fujian maritime merchants, or those who run kilns at home or do silk transshipment. It doesn’t matter whether you are talking about huatou chan or closed-mouth chan. It doesn’t matter whether you want to go to Nanyang or the East. As long as you give money, everything will be fine.
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By the way, these wealthy businessmen and monks who came to speak also became "available for consultation" figures, preparing to be incorporated into the local government system and become glorious institutional officials.
As for the ordinary people who came to have an audience, to be honest, the number was extremely rare compared to those scholar-bureaucrats, wealthy businessmen, and monks, and more of them came to complain to the emperor... Who divorced whom, who divorced whom
During the fight for property, some people felt that someone in their family had been unfairly wronged, and some people even came to report where the Vegetarian Demon Cult was!
In this regard, it would be easier for Zhao Guan's family to deal with it and transfer everything to Yousi... that is, the legendary relevant department.
There was only one whistleblower from the Vegetable-eating Demon Cult. Because he was entrenched in Xiaoshan across the Qiantang River, no one dared to neglect him. Liu Yan, the commander of the imperial class, personally led the imperial army to ride five hundred horses, crossed the river overnight, and rode lightly in Xiaoshan.
But early on the next morning, the leader of the Vegetable-eating Demon Cult and dozens of other people were brought back to Hangzhou.
This day is the last day of October and the last day of the Jianyan Martial Arts Conference.
Everyone knows that today will be uneventful...not because of the vegetable-eating demon sect, but because, as Xu Jingheng was worried about before, with the free time in the past two days and being familiar with the operation of the conference,
Moreover, the Zhao Guan family finally showed a "mighty king's attitude", but these scholar-bureaucrats finally mustered up the courage to complete the final connection that transcended regions and focused on political stance.
And these connections were semi-public at all. Those celebrities from the south of the Yangtze River gathered in restaurants, cited scriptures, and jointly recommended whoever wrote on behalf of someone else. Yang Yizhong didn't need to go check it out. They themselves shouted so loudly that even the carp under the West Lake knew about it.
Sure enough, in the morning, not long after, Zhao Guan's family quickly received an interesting petition.
"amnesty?"
On the south bank of the West Lake, in the open space at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain, Zhao Guan's family, dressed in a half-worn red robe, sat with his back to the mountain and the lake. As a serving prime minister, Lu Yihao sat directly on the left side of the table to accompany him. Then Li Gang and Xu Jingheng took the lead on the left and right.
Hundreds of scholar-bureaucrats, wealthy businessmen, monks and Taoists who were "prepared for consultation" were lined up on the left and right, rowing down the slightly undulating mountain... In addition, there were several close ministers behind the officials, and hundreds of imperial ministers.
Full of armor, lined up like a forest, standing solemnly on the outside... They are clearly distinguished and look quite imposing.
"Exactly the amnesty."
Even though he was well prepared, when he came to this occasion in person, the middle-aged scholar couldn't help but become a little nervous. Recalling that he had ridiculed those scholars who were speechless in front of the emperor in the restaurant, he was even more nervous.
He looked a little embarrassed and ashamed... Of course, this person was brave after all. He slowed down a little, stood firm, and gave his suggestion. "The official, Bai Shen thought, Jingkang has passed seven years.
In the past, the right and wrong merits have been changed beyond recognition, and when the country is on its northern expedition, why not put kindness and forgiveness first, offer amnesty to the world, and bring clarity to the world?"
"Jingkang's meritorious deeds... But have I pardoned them before?" Zhao Jiu Zhuangruo said blankly. "The Central Plains bandit army was pardoned after a year of farming, and the abandoned fields in the Central Plains were resettled on the spot... This matter was the government of Princess Xu.
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Xu Jingheng nodded slightly, twirled his beard and frowned, which caused the middle-aged scholar to panic for a moment, but soon, the man still gritted his teeth and said: "Return to your majesty, what Bai Shen said was not referring to the rebel army in Jingkang!"
"Is that the one who was given the title of Jin?" Zhao Jiu replied with a sigh. "I made an oath on Bagong Mountain, and I am incompatible with others... and will never be forgiven!"
The man hesitated for a moment, then continued to give him his hand: "Since Jingkang, only those who pay money have been punished..."
Zhao Jiu asked seriously: "In that case, why don't you tell me who they are?"
"Important ministers are like Ye Mengde and Huang Qianshan, and relatives of the emperor are like the brothers of the emperor... I thought they could be pardoned in vain to show your majesty's kindness and forgiveness." This man finally bowed his head and told the truth.
"Then do we want to pardon Zhang Bangchang and Emperor Taishang Yuansheng who is in the west of the city?" Several ministers frowned and did not mention it. Zhao Jiu finally dismissed the case and smiled, but it attracted hundreds of scholar-bureaucrats present to prepare for consultation.
, the wealthy merchants, monks and laymen were all shocked.
All we can say is that this official family is somewhat similar to the rumors... frivolous and unworthy of a human being!
"Zhang Bangchang is regarded as a golden man after all, so naturally he cannot be pardoned..." The man quickly explained. "As for Emperor Taishang Yuansheng, he was raised well in Dongxiao Palace. Of course, there is no pardon. But if Taishang Yuansheng Emperor can be granted
Emperor Shangdaojun and Emperor Taishang Yuansheng have returned to Tokyo. I think everyone in the world will also praise the filial piety of the Dao officials..."
"You claim to be from Chuzhou, so you are from Ye Mengde's hometown." Zhao Jiu suddenly interrupted. "And I have heard a little bit that you are famous for poetry because you once studied under Ye Mengde..."
The middle-aged scholar was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly bowed down and explained: "The white body is all due to the public spirit."
"You probably did this because you wanted to plead for Ye Mengde, and I also know that Ye Mengde's punishment that day was unclear, and some outsiders felt that he was wronged." Zhao Jiu looked down at the documents on the case and shook his head slightly.
His tone was still calm. For those who didn't know, he thought he was talking to himself. Thanks to the quietness of the West Lake at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain, everyone listened carefully and barely understood. "But since he was begging for Ye Mengde,
Why should you spare someone like Huang Qianshan? Do you really think that the more people you drag, the more selfless you will appear? Or do you think that the more people you drag, the more you can make me surrender with kindness and forgiveness?"
"I don't dare to do it in vain."
"Whether you dare or not, some people really cannot be pardoned... For example, Huang Qianshan, although he is not as good as Zhang Bangchang, he has a policy of abandoning the land, and even has a conspiracy to isolate the inside and outside with his internal servants.
, If I want to pardon him, it is actually easy, because he is now an old scholar... But once I am pardoned, may I ask why I am facing Li Gang and Li Xianggong, who was the main combatant at the time but was expelled from the court by Huang Qianshan?" As he said,
, Zhao Guanjia pointed casually.
After the middle-aged scholar glanced at Li Gang, he finally lost control and began to panic. Li Gang himself, on the other hand, just sighed and said nothing.
"Not only Li Xianggong, why should I ask Lu Xianggong, Zhang Jun and Zhang Jun who rescued me from Mingdao Palace that day, as well as Yang Yizhong and Liu Yaner who were standing here who were responsible for saving me at that time?
Control?" Zhao Jiu raised his head and continued to point his fingers behind him, causing Yang and Liu to quickly bow and salute.
The scholar became more and more panicked and quickly apologized: "I am ignorant..."
"And my brothers..." Zhao Jiu ignored the other party, but looked around and raised his voice slightly with an explanation. "Of course it can be pardoned, what is there that cannot be pardoned? But the imperial court has just dismissed the clan.
Reform the strategy to save money. Now we pardon them and restore their royal titles. What will happen to the court's laws? Will the other distant clans say that I am partial and that the court is targeting them? "
The scholar had already bowed his head and did not dare to lift it up.
But Zhao Jiu didn't stop. He just continued to lament in front of many Southeastern scholar-officials and celebrities: "As for the Second Saint... Do you think it is a good thing to welcome them back to Tokyo? Go and ask Emperor Yuan Sheng right now.
, does he dare to follow me back to Tokyo? You said you asked Ye Mengde for a favor, why are you doing this? "
The Nashi people could hardly stand.
"Forget it, although I have committed a crime, my original intention is still advisable. The country is about to go to the north, so it should also grant a small pardon to show unity and reconciliation. We will draft an internal decree to pardon Ye Mengde and let him return to his hometown in Chuzhou to compose his poems."
That’s it.”
Following Zhao Guanjia's calm words, the student Ye Mengde below, who originally thought he had harmed his teacher, suddenly realized that something had changed. He was overjoyed and sad, and quickly nodded his head to thank him.
Xu Jingheng, who had been silent on the side, suddenly stood up, bowed to thank Ye Mengde, and said that the official was a saint, which in turn attracted countless "for consultation" imitations, and the other two husbands laughed on the spot.
The people below don’t know, how come these two people don’t know?
Ye Meng was convicted that day because as soon as the imperial court settled down in Nanyang, he could not wait to stir up a fight between the old and new parties and raise the banner of the old party. At that time, his actions were supported by Lu Haowen and Xu Jingheng.
In the end, in order to maintain the stability of the court, the officials spared Lu Haowen and Xu Jingheng, but severely punished Ye Mengde. In essence, they had the intention of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, and at the same time, letting Ye Mengde take the blame for Lu and Xu.
In this case, Xianggong Xu was certainly relieved that Ye Meng was pardoned today.
Seeing this, Zhao Jiu still shook his head and decided to make it clear: "I am pardoned, but I have to tell you something clearly... Ye Meng was convicted that day because he couldn't wait to provoke a fight between the old and new parties, and I
The purpose of pardoning him today is to reduce internal friction and get rid of resentment before the Northern Expedition, but it does not mean that he has been wronged... When he comes back, you can let him take care of himself. As for Huang Qianshan, don't even mention it!"
Ye Mengde's student had a great ups and downs. He was already overjoyed when he finally got the result from his teacher. Why did he care about this? He just kowtowed and thanked him, and then hurriedly left to wait for the Hanlin bachelor to draw up the two saints easily.
, the royal relative, Huang Qianshan put it behind him.
However, no matter what, Ye Mengde's students tried to touch sensitive practical issues for the first time, and it actually worked, which aroused the joy of later generations.
Next, several more people came on stage, but there were also many ‘gains’.
For example, someone pointed out to his face that officials should not contract national debts to relatives, as this would be suspected of giving or receiving privately.
Others pointed out that the official family claimed to be eager to learn, but they did not hold sutra banquets on a regular basis, which made people doubt the authenticity of the Zhao official family's eagerness to learn.
In addition, some people accused Zhao Guanjia of not reinstating the historian for a long time; some people publicly impeached some temples and temples and began to engage in coercive behavior, which is bound to become a great evil; some people accused Zhao Guanjia of writing novels indiscriminately, causing political chaos, so that the minister actually wanted to
They speculated on the holy will by reading novels; some people accused Zhao Guan's family of not having enough confidentiality measures, which led the Jurchens to try to build their own hot air balloons; there were also a lot of people who hoped that Zhao Guan's family would uphold the Confucian filial piety and allow the two saints to return to Beijing.
Even, someone came up on the front foot and said that the Zhao Guan family should take the Taishang Tao Lord and Emperor as a warning and never learn Taoism. On the back foot, someone came up and pointed at a group of bald heads nearby who had donated money and said that the Zhao Guan family was a sycophant, scaring a large group of people in preparation.
Consult' the monk!
Regarding these, Zhao Jiu fully performed the sage-king posture to the extreme. Anyone who came to scold him basically said, "Nod yes, and then I will change it." He also encouraged him on the spot, gave him a seat, and joined the ranks of "prepare for consultation."
As for any specific things or people who are accused, they must be investigated immediately and show their posture before talking about it. Only the imperial government will never compromise... Of course, it is true that no one directly touches the imperial government.
The only person who had anything to do with this great government was a proclaimed scholar from Jiangdong who publicly pointed out that Prime Minister Wen Xuzhong, Prime Minister Zhang Jun, and former traitorous Prime Minister Cai Jing were related by marriage to each other, and Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun were related to each other by marriage.
Hu Yin and Hu Yin have old friendships with each other. Liu Ziyu, Hu Yin, Lin Jingmo, and Li Gang who are here are all natives of Fujian... It is said that they tolerate each other for the sake of the country, but in fact they are colluding together and are suspected of colluding into a party. They should be
They are all dismissed!
When these words came out, everyone knew that he wanted to seek fame, but Zhao Guanjia still smiled in response. He criticized the other party at first, but still offered him a seat for consultation.
The attitude is really good.
Of course, as more and more remonstrances and petitions appeared, several ministers gradually became aware of Zhao Guan's impatience and impatience... He seemed to have been forcing himself to endure, and then waiting for something to appear.
In public, everyone has their own understanding, but it's hard to talk about it.
Finally, with the arrival of the afternoon, the appearance of a name shocked the entire audience, including Zhao Guan's family and the three husbands, and they all cheered up again.
Shao Chengzhang, the guard, made it clear that Zhang Jiucheng, a white-skinned scholar from Hangzhou Prefecture, went to the palace to see him and write a letter to express his opinion.
Let us also say that Zhang Jiucheng and Zhang Wugao are natives of Yanguan County, Hangzhou. He is about forty years old and is recognized as a role model for civil servants in the Southeast. The Zhao Guan family had heard of this man's name before they came to the Southeast, and they changed it after they came to the Southeast.
I have heard about it many times. Even Lu Yihao directly recommended this person to Zhao Guan's family, saying that although he studied under Luo Xueyang and Yang Shi, his moral character and knowledge are all outstanding, and he is definitely a talented person in charge.
When the martial arts conference was held, this person had the advantage of being on the home court, but he was always lingering in the West Lake. Although there was an endless stream of Taoist scholars around him, and he kept writing letters, he never came to Fuque, as if he was hesitant and prepared.
. When everyone started to make friends in the past two days, this person suddenly disappeared. At that time, everyone concluded that he either had a Taoist background and, like other famous Taoists, simply gave up the idea of promoting words.
Or he is preparing to make a shocking move and show his "strongness" to Zhao Guan's family.
It can be said that it has attracted everyone's attention.
In fact, with Shao Chengzhang's registration, not only was everyone paying attention, the whole place was in a state of commotion, and Zhao Guanjia also rarely smiled and looked forward to it... He actually also wanted to see, this person is almost a bit 'human'
If you don’t know Chen Jinnan, it would be useless to call him a hero. What is the quality of Zhang Wugou, a celebrity from the Southeastern Idol Sect?
After a while, I saw a middle-aged Confucian scholar wearing a soft futou, plain long clothes, and a jade pendant walking along the West Lake. He turned around when he came to the front of Fenghuang Mountain. Before he reached the imperial court, he felt that his posture was calm.
, with a long and straight body, which attracted countless people who were "for consultation" to look up, wanting to take a look at what Mr. Wu Gu looked like.
However, there happened to be a Dahui monk among them. He caught a glimpse of this scene from a distance, and took a peek at Zhao Guan's family who was sitting next to him with an expectant look on his face. However, he sighed in his heart and recited a jingle while he was distracted.
As the saying goes:
“Crack a stone on the head with a stick, expose the facts and discuss the facts.
It is not to be used as a Zen meeting or a Taoist meeting.”
After reciting it, Monk Mahamati felt that it was good and recited it twice more in his stomach, preparing to go back and copy it.
However, Monk Dahui here had just written down his new creation, and Zhang Jiuzheng came to the imperial court, and then he wanted to salute and say hello... At this time, suddenly, a large number of crows suddenly flew out from the Phoenix Mountain behind Zhao Guan's house.
came out, and then made a noise for a while, like a dark cloud with its own noise, flying over everyone's heads, causing everyone to suddenly change their expressions but not knowing what to say.
Besides, everyone in Hangzhou knows that there are many crows on Phoenix Mountain.
Even Zhao Guan's family knows that because this is where the old palace of Wuyue is located, and Zhao Guan's family originally stayed here, which is why this martial arts conference is held by the West Lake... It's not that Zhao Guan's family is arty, but that this place is right in front of his door.
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After living here for several days, I certainly know that there are a lot of crows here. There are so many crows that I can't sleep every night when I hear them crow.
However, everyone knew that this appearance at this time, or on such an occasion, could not help but make everyone suspicious. Especially when crows flew by, they quickly exploded on the West Lake. Most of them flew away in groups, and few
Some of them actually turned around and returned to Phoenix Mountain, where the crows couldn't stop crying.
"It doesn't matter, let's just use it as an accompaniment."
After waiting for a long time, the crow kept chirping intermittently. Zhao Jiu didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he directly smiled at Zhang Jiuzheng and said, "Zhang Qing, please speak."
"Bai Shen is ashamed." Zhang Jiuzheng came back to his senses, but felt that he was a little embarrassed, and quickly bowed and saluted. "Bai Shen, please ask Sheng'an."
"I beg you." As a loud crow came again, Zhao Jiu also became serious. "Zhang Qing is here, is there anything you want to teach me?"
"I am ashamed of myself. Before writing a letter, I dare to ask your Majesty something."
"Tell me."
"Your Majesty is asking questions about politics today. I wonder if you have the same attitude in reading these suggestions and submitting the letter?" This piece of nine results was indeed extraordinary from the beginning. It was not the same kind of coquettish bitch as those who were 'for consultation' next to it.
And Zhao Jiu also nodded slightly and said seriously: "Not only today's political consultation, but also this southern tour, I have only one sincere attitude."
Zhang Jiucheng nodded slightly, and then continued to stand in front of the emperor, holding the Chinese document in his hand and asked: "Bai Shen also thought that the official's southern tour, from the original intention to this martial arts competition, was a sincere attitude... With everyone's attention, everyone knows, this action
No falsehood allowed.”
Zhao Jiu was slightly proud.
"But Bai Shen dares to ask the officials. Officials are sincere to others outside. They are sincere when they come to the south. They are sincere in martial arts competitions. How about they always be sincere in Tokyo? When they return to the harem, they are still sincere. When they get along in private, whether they are concubines or close ministers,
, are they all sincere?" Zhang Jiucheng still asked.
Hearing these words, Zhao Jiu finally changed his color slightly, but he hesitated for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking of.
After waiting for a while, seeing that the official could not speak directly, Zhang Wuji directly raised his head and said: "If the official is so deep in thought, I'm afraid he won't be able to admit his sincerity."
Zhao Jiu sneered, shook his head, and then nodded to each other in the seat: "What Zhang Qing said is true. If I hesitated just now, it would be dishonest... What's more, I really can't be cautious and independent, let alone do it.
Be sincere to everyone."
When the two met and had their first confrontation, it was Zhang Wugou who came away with the victory. However, the victorious Mr. Wugou did not show any joy at all. Instead, he became more respectful. He leaned over and presented the document in his hand respectfully with both hands.
On the side, Yu Yunwen, a member of Zhongshushe, stepped forward to receive it and then presented it to the emperor.
As soon as the document arrived, Zhao Jiu opened it on the case in front of him. He only glanced at the opening format before closing it directly, and then said sincerely to the person below:
"Zhang Wugou, I have admired your reputation for a long time. As early as in Tokyo, Prime Minister Zhao Ding mentioned your name and said that you are a talented prime minister. When he arrived in Hangzhou, the Prime Minister Lu Xianggong also told me that you are a prime minister.
It’s not just that. Although the Prime Minister Zhang Jun did not mention you, he said that there is a great wisdom monk in the southeast. He is knowledgeable and obedient. If I want to deal with temples in the south, this person may be more useful than the abbot of Shaolin Temple, and I
When I came to the southeast, after a little questioning, I found out that you and the Dahui monk were friends in Tiji, so I looked forward to you even more..."
At this point, Zhao Jiu and Zhang Jiuzheng almost all looked at Monk Dahui who was doing silent meditation in the row of bald heads, causing the latter to jump with fear... At this time, the great monk only felt that this official palace was too deep.
, now that he knew that he was related to Zhang Shuxiang's family, and that he was so close to Zhang Jiuzheng, he actually didn't come to ask him, and he didn't even show it at all. He just pretended to force himself to pay an extra two hundred shi of new rice.
Why is this so?
While panicking, he was also worried about his friend Zhang Jiucheng, fearing that this Zhang Wugou would be exposed by this highly skilled official at the martial arts competition today.
"Of course, I also know that you are Yang Shi's disciple, and I know the difficulties in your position, so I have not asked directly. Since we meet today, I will not read your documents. What words and thoughts do you have? Let's talk about it today.
Just take the word Chicheng as a guide and explain it clearly to your face." Zhao Jiu just glanced at the monk and turned around, not knowing that the monk had so many things going on.
On the other side, Zhang Jiucheng was somewhat moved when he heard these words, but he left Monk Dahui beside him and bowed respectfully to Zhao Guan's family: "The officials are so sincere. If Bai Shen can't speak out, he would feel guilty."
"Say it!" Zhao Jiu waved his hand.
"The important thing I want to say is that although the disaster of Jingkang shocked the world, I ask the officials not to worry about it, because in my opinion, although the Jin Kingdom is powerful, it will definitely not last long, and although China will be trapped for a while, it will inevitably
We can revive!" Zhang Jiucheng straightened up and faced him proudly.
Zhao Jiu's expression remained unchanged, calm as usual, and just nodded slightly: "I know what you want to say, but in my opinion, this is only half the truth... The half truth is that the Jurchens are like wild beasts out of the forest. Once they get two
The river fertile land is wasting away wildly and decaying very fast. It is really difficult to last for a long time. Although China has undergone the changes of Jingkang, the overall situation is still there, and the local area has not reached the point where it cannot be maintained, so it is still difficult to start again.
There is no problem... But I also think that it all depends on man-made efforts. If the Jurchens can have the determination to reincarnate themselves, they may not be able to imitate the Liao Kingdom and stay in the north for a long time. But if China is counting on destiny to surrender and does not cooperate with the power of the world to forge ahead,
Then ZTE is just empty talk."
Zhang Jiucheng was silent for a while, and finally said the most crucial words: "But please take it slow."
"Can't slow down!" Zhao Jiu shook his head in response, his face suddenly extremely serious. "If you slow down a little, maybe the power of the Jin Kingdom will become more and more declining, but I don't think that China can stand on its own, maintain peace for a long time and maintain its morale, and will not follow the Jin people.
Defeat...what's the use of having more troops and horses in Jingkang?"
"Your Majesty, the reason why Bai Shen said that the Kingdom of Jin will not last long is because although the country is large, it will be destroyed if it is warlike; although the army is strong, if it forgets its customs, it will be in danger!" As the topic deepened, Zhao Guan's family became completely serious.
Those who were close to him for consultation had already become solemn, but Zhang Jiuzheng remained unmoved. He just stood there with a calm tone and continued to debate with Zhao Guanjia. "Your Majesty only regards Jingkangzhong as our country."
As a warning, shouldn’t we guard against repeating the same mistakes as the Jin people?”
Zhao Jiu saw the tension in the atmosphere and laughed instead: "I will not argue with you about this topic anymore. If we continue to argue, it will be nothing more than you saying that Jiangnan is a burden, and I saying that the people of the two rivers shed tears to treat Master Wang...
We can’t argue with the result... You might as well say it bluntly, what exactly do you mean by slowing down? What is the specific way to slow down? "
"First, please withdraw the Yuechun money, stop raising taxes in the southeast, and increase taxes in Jingxiang, so that the people in the southeast can breathe a little." Zhang Jiuzheng was not polite at all. "Bai Shen just passed by the West Lake and heard that there are vegetables in Xiaoshan.
The demon sect association has been arrested, and I also ask the officials to consider that they are all poor and helpless people, to be a little forgiving, and to deal with them leniently... Lu Yihao is in the southeast, and he is strict and serious. Since the officials are patrolling the south, they should correct them.
."
After these two paragraphs were said, Wu Di was the only one who was quiet on the spot. Li Gang and Xu Jingheng instinctively looked at Lu Yihao, who was sitting closest to the official's house. However, they were surprised to see that this man was not annoyed at all and just sat upright.
.
"Then what?" Zhao Guanjia couldn't wait to ask. "Without Yuechun money, how can the imperial camp maintain its troops and horses?"
"This is exactly what I am going to say. After Yaoshan, the Jin Kingdom's weariness with soldiers has become very obvious. It does not want to maintain so many troops. It can be slightly dismantled and clean up the imperial camp to remove corrupt generals and domineering officers.
." Zhang Jiucheng responded immediately. "To sort it out."
"Who is the corrupt general and who is the domineering officer?" Zhao Guan's family did not stop at all amidst the cries of the crows.
"Han Shizhong, Qu Duan, Zhang Jun, Zhang Rong." Mr. Wu Gu did not hesitate at all. "Qu Duan is domineering, Zhang Jun is greedy, and Zhang Rong was born as a thief. Han Shizhong is not as greedy as Zhang Jun, and is not as domineering as Qu Duan, but he is greedy, lustful and domineering.
He is frivolous and possesses all five poisons. If the old virtuous general is gone and the imperial camp is re-established, he will be able to equal ten in the future."
"Maybe!" Unlike the frightened "prepare for consultation" people around him, Zhao Guanjia was not annoyed at all. "What about after cleaning up the imperial camp?"
"It is better to depose the incompetent and virtuous villains and select those with excellent talents and virtues to serve as emperor."
"Who is incompetent and who has no virtue?"
"Those who are incompetent are like Zhang Jun, the prime minister; those who are unvirtuous are like Hu Yin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry; the prime minister of Guanxi is like Yu Wenxu, who is incapable of being gentle and soft, and the prime minister of Southeast Lu Yihao is exploitative to the point of being ruthless; none of them can be regarded as prime ministers.
!”
Monk Dahui was so frightened that he secretly broke his silence for the day and began to secretly recite the Buddha's name... This was not for his old friend, but for himself. He was prepared to jump out at any time and risk his life.
Save your old friend.
However, upon hearing this, no one said anything except Lu Yihao who snorted coldly. Zhao Guanjia also just grinned and his voice slightly overshadowed Wu Ti: "Where are the capable and virtuous people? Your teacher, Cheng
Is this Yang Shi from Men Lixue?"
Zhang Jiucheng hesitated for a moment.
But it was this hesitation that made Zhao Guanjia catch the flaw: "Mr. Wu Guo is not sincere enough!"
Zhang Jiuzheng bowed his head and responded: "My teacher is of sufficient virtue and his talent in Confucian classics is unparalleled, but I dare not say that he is good at common affairs..."
"Where are the virtuous and capable people... Do you count?" Zhao Jiu still maintained a good response attitude... I don't know why, but he maintained a great kindness towards this Zhang Jiuzheng, which made the few behind him
Nearby ministers were amazed.
"Baishen... his talents and virtues are not up to standard." Zhang Jiucheng still gritted his teeth and insisted. "But if Lu Hao asked Xianggong Lu, Xu Jingheng, Xianggong Xu, they are all people with excellent talents and virtues. Although Xianggong Zhao Ding and Zhao are weak in some matters, in the end
There are still those who are virtuous and can do things well. Even among the generals, there are Li Yanxian and Yue Fei whose virtues are obviously higher than those of the same rank. It can be seen that if the officials open up their studies and recruit talents, people with excellent talents and virtues will always be
some."
Before Zhang Jiuzheng could finish his words, Xu Jingheng, who was named and praised, immediately became embarrassed. He was even more embarrassed than Lu Yihao, who was named and criticized. However, Li Gang, who was not mentioned, was even more embarrassed than the two of them combined...
...As the main battle leader of the year, he was accused of being incompetent in political, military, and financial strategies, so much so that this celebrity from the southeast who was willing to speak out was unwilling to mention himself at all, fearing that it would be more embarrassing than being mentioned.
Just when the three husbands had different thoughts, Zhao Guanjia smiled, but his voice was erratic, as if he was talking to himself: "Let go of your studies..."
"Yes!" Zhang Jiucheng gritted his teeth and responded, about to start this almost hopeless topic. "Bai Shen thought... Yuan Xue was top-heavy after all. It lost its Confucian roots and was not as pure and upright as Taoism..."
However, Mr. Wugou below had just begun to speak, but unexpectedly, Zhao Guanjia above stood up suddenly, then turned around with his hands behind his back, and saw Zhang Wugou standing in front of the husband, pointing with one hand.
In the winter afternoon, under the clear sky reflected by the West Lake, he started chanting loudly, which directly forced Zhang Jiuzheng to shut up.
As the saying goes:
"It is pitiful that Kyushu is angry because of wind and thunder, and thousands of horses are in silence."
I urge God to cheer up and send talents of any kind!"
The poem is majestic and the voice is passionate and loud. It can be said that it is suitable for the time and the situation. The people around were dumbfounded. Even the close minister Lu Benzhong felt a little embarrassed... It can only be said that Zhao Guanjia responded to Zhang Jiucheng.
A casual recitation of the poems confirmed his title as a famous poet.
And this is what Monk Mahamati calls internal strength...it cannot be learned.
Without further ado, after reciting a poem without restraint, Zhao Guanjia looked up to the sky and took a long breath, then turned to face the interrupted Mr. Wu Guo: "Is this what Zhang Qing meant?"
Zhang Jiucheng was also obviously a little absent-minded. In other words, as he was next to Zhao Guan's family, as the main target of the poem, he was the most shocked. But at this time, he slowly came back to his senses and could only say with all his strength: "Yes."
, this is exactly what Bai Shen means.”
"I also have this intention, but your intention is not the same as mine." Zhao Jiu sighed with his hands behind his hands.
Zhang Jiuzheng didn't know how to deal with it... Zhao Guanjia's words were almost harder to understand than Monk Dahui's jingle.
However, Zhao Guanjia was not a professional riddler after all, so he immediately gave the answer:
"Similarly, thousands of horses are silent. You probably feel that the political strategy of the court cannot meet your wishes, the development of the school of thought cannot meet your wishes, and the virtues of the leaders and commanders cannot meet your wishes, so you want to be like a virtuous and well-behaved saint.
Many characters can come out one after another to reorganize the discipline and restore peace... But I feel that given the current dilapidated situation, the court can find these people and do these things very well, and even try their best.
However, the world is still falling apart, and there are still endless things to do as a ruler. At this time, as long as there is a useful person who is willing to come forward, I will be grateful!"
Having said this, without waiting for the other party to respond, Zhao Jiu put his hands behind his back and exclaimed: "Mr. Wu Guo, do you hear the difference between us?"
"I'm ashamed of myself." Zhang Jiucheng didn't even look back, he turned sideways and handed over his hands. "What the officials mean is probably that the ministers have good eyes and weak hands. No matter how good they say, they are not enough to sway those who do the work."
"That's right." Zhao Jiu's expression became a little gloomy. "Before I met you, I thought you were a famous person in the world, a well-known person in the southeast, and you must have great opinions... But your words today made me somewhat disappointed."
"Bai Shen's talents are limited. This is something Bai Shen should be ashamed of." Zhang Jiuzheng handed over his hand again. "But what Bai Shen said was from the bottom of his heart...and he doesn't realize that Bai Shen is incompetent, so he can just sit back and watch that unscrupulous person sit in the high hall."
"Actually, this is the sentence." Zhao Jiu spoke clearly. "As a direct descendant of Luomen in Taoism, and Luo Xue is a Taoism that I personally rejected at that time, you have grievances, dissatisfaction in personnel matters, and even want to '
It is normal to liberalize the way of learning; and to increase taxes in the south, as a scholar leader in Hangzhou, the capital of the south, it is normal for you to be dissatisfied with the government and the country, including me, the emperor... in the opposition
It's natural for people to be like this... Even for the people you said were talented and virtuous, I didn't mean to laugh at you, because you are an honest person after all, and you didn't say that you, Yang Shi, were a dictator. But you still let me
I'm very disappointed, because you should never stand here with empty teeth and regard people like Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun as enemies, and then think about driving them out, even if they do have so many faults.
"
"If a person really has shortcomings, he should be criticized. And if this person is still an important minister of the country, he should step aside to set the record straight so that he can live up to the world." Zhang Jiuzheng remained undaunted.
"The first half of this sentence is correct, but the second half... I don't think so." Zhao Jiu's voice became deeper and more serious. "Because these incompetent people are already the best and most suitable country I can find.
It’s time for the prime minister and the commander-in-chief.”
"You can't understand in vain!" Zhang Jiuzheng finally became emotional. "How can a person without virtue be in a high position?"
Zhang Jiucheng's shout made many sensible people feel a sense of pity in their hearts, especially Xu Jingheng, who felt a little pity for me.
To be fair, Xu Jingheng really understood Zhang Jiuzheng's state at this time... If this official was a violent person who could not communicate, Mr. Wu Gu would not be so excited;
He still wouldn't be so excited about the cowardly person who ran away; if this official had surrendered directly, he would have been so disheartened that he wouldn't even come... But this official is clearly someone who has really put the situation back together
He is obviously a person who knows how to learn lessons from the past, and is also willing to put down his airs and truly discuss issues. He can even clearly understand what he wants to express. However, in the end, he has an almost quarrel with himself on the core issue.
Complete differences in outlook on life and values.
This is really hard to accept.
Back to Zhang Jiucheng, the situation is even more obvious.
A Confucian scholar, forty years old, with so much knowledge and good moral cultivation, yet he never became an official. Instead, he studied Taoism which was rejected at that time... Why? Isn't it because the golden period of his life happened to be that of the Supreme Being?
Emperor Daojun and Cai Jing's gang made the court a mess, and even left Jiangnan in ruins for Hua Shigang?
Under such circumstances, it is unusual for some southeastern scholars who are obsessed with morality not to come out.
Even because they were unwilling to serve as officials, these Confucian scholars, who were originally of high moral character, gradually valued knowledge and virtue more than anything else, and believed that these things were something that they could pursue eternally and realize the meaning of life... And now the Zhao Guan family
You clearly understand what he means, but you insist on defending those people with bad morals. That is naturally more uncomfortable than killing him!
"Zhang Qing misunderstood me again." Zhao Jiu shook his head. "I am not saying that I want to protect the unscrupulous people, but I am saying that even though these people have various shortcomings, they are still considered virtuous people!
"
Zhang Jiuzhang was startled for a moment, and then asked after a long while: "Like Hu Yin's unfilial piety? Like Zhang Jun's greed? Like Zhang Rong's rebelliousness? Like Han Shizhong's all five evils? Still a virtuous person? Rather than official support?"
"
"Of course!"
"Does the official want to engage in sophistry?" Zhang Jiucheng immediately became vigilant.
"Whether you are sophistical or not depends on whether you can convince or convince the world." Zhao Jiu finally turned from behind Zhang Wugou back to his case. At this time, he was looking around in front of the case with his hands behind his back. "
I heard someone say something, and I deeply understood it... That is, 'Everything in the world has its beginning'... Zhang Wugou, do you recognize this person?"
Of course, Zhao Jiu didn't ask Zhang Jiuzheng if he recognized Goulong Ruyuan, but directly pointed his finger at the person next to him. Zhang Jiuzheng followed the direction of Zhao Guan's finger and saw Li Gang sitting there.
Li Boji was also speechless for a moment.
It wasn't just him. With Zhao Guanjia's finger, most of the people here became nervous, because Zaizhi appeared... Even if it was Zaizhi who had lost his hair, he was still Zaizhi... The emperor, I am writing this letter.
It was a pure relationship, but once the Prime Minister was added to it, it became the most cumbersome triangle relationship in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty.
Of course, Li Gang was also astonished when he was pointed at suddenly, but he was just stunned for a moment before the former prime minister straightened his face and continued to act like a puppet... At this moment, it was exactly like that moment.
"Reporting to the officials, this is the former Prime Minister Li Gang and Li Boji." Zhang Jiuzheng bowed his head seriously and faced him.
"Do you know the grudge between him and me?" Zhao Jiu asked calmly.
As soon as these words came out, many people present became more and more panicked. They thought that Zhao Guan's family did not want to use Li Gang to deal with Zhang Jiuzheng, but they actually wanted to use Zhang Jiuzheng to deal with Li Gang... However, as a party involved, Li Boji just took a deep look at Zhao Guan's family.
He continued to sit still and turned a deaf ear.
"Although Bai Shen doesn't know the specific matters, he has heard about some things." Zhang Jiuguo is indeed a sincere gentleman. Since the emperor has questions, he will ignore them at all costs. "The official ascended the throne and took Li Boji as the prime minister, and then he was only seventy-seven.
On the same day, he was dismissed... At that time, the impeachers accused this man of two major crimes, one was his reputation, and the other was the authority of the town leader... Now the prime minister Zhang Jun and the internal leader Fan Zongyin both have express impeachment memorials, and the white body can be used in the Northern Song Dynasty.
, and Duke Xianggong Lu Haowen also made suggestions similar to rejecting Xianggong Li."
Hearing this, all the ministers standing at the rear except one Zong Ying looked at Fan Zongyin in astonishment. No one else showed any unnecessary expressions... However, no one reacted. It's just that the ministers had done too much and had higher professionalism.
One of them is exactly the same as Zong Ying... It was an instant reaction. No wonder Fan Xueshi jumped out and spoke like that in Taiping Prefecture!
However, after hearing this, Li Gang still sat upright... but he didn't know whether it was because he felt no guilt in his heart or because he had already realized it.
"What else?" While the parties mentioned were having their own thoughts, Zhao Guanjia was still asking calmly.
"Then the officials killed Chen Dong, expelled Li Xianggong, appointed Huang Qianshan, abandoned the Lianghe arrangement, and prepared to go south to Yangzhou... Unexpectedly, when they reached Mingdao Palace on the way, they finally decided to do their best, so they expelled Huang Qianshan and killed Kang
They summoned Xianggong Li, and there was some turmoil... After some back and forth, the officials responded to the enemy in Huaishang, entrusting the queen mother, concubine, and heir to Li Xianggong in the southeast... However, Xianggong Li
To the southeast, firstly, he could not stop the military chaos, secondly, he could not protect the emperor's heirs, and thirdly, he could not provide wealth... He was eventually found guilty, removed from the position, and was replaced by a prefecture and county." Zhang Jiucheng said eloquently, trying his best to be impartial.
"That's right." Zhao Jiu nodded slowly. "What you said is generally good, but there is still one thing missing...that is, after Li Xianggong returned to the prime minister, he still looked at me as a child and discussed matters. I could hardly speak, and
There was no financial or military strategy along the way... At that time, he was traveling in civil and military circles, so he didn't understand why I wanted to recall him again! I didn't say anything on the surface, but I was very angry with him in my heart! So much so that during my southern tour,
There are actually many old ministers who still remember this matter and wrote to me privately to discuss the past and impeach Mr. Li for numerous crimes! Zhang Wugou, I ask you, do you think Mr. Li is the kind of prime minister with all the talents and virtues you mentioned?
?Can I deal with him?"
At this point, both Lu Yihao and Xu Jingheng couldn't sit still, but Li Gang still had a face as deep as water, sitting upright and silent, as if he was listening to the crow of the Phoenix Mountain behind him, but it made people doubt that this
I have been prepared to fight for my innocence once I am publicly humiliated.
Of course, the more "prepare for consultation" people don't have so much trouble... They just think that there have been discussions among the people before that the officials will finally deal with Li Gang during this southern tour, and now they are going to do this
.
if not?
In the past, the domineering prime minister offended everyone from the emperor to the ministers. Now, whether it is the emperor, the ruling prime minister, or even the two commanders and ministers who are recognized as having the best moral character, they all have clear grudges against him, namely Southeast
The scholars and the people were also dissatisfied with this husband because he could not restrain the army and control the military chaos.
What's more, there is also the issue of the emperor's heir that cannot be circumvented.
"Of course not." Zhang Jiuzheng did not hesitate. "I think your majesty may be just selfless, but Li Gang was the prime minister during the chaos. He was unable to decide on financial strategies and to calm the army. He was obviously incompetent and guilty! As for those who were ministers, they lost the emperor.
Hey, officials are just human beings, so they can’t say anything...just..."
"It's just that I will not punish Xianggong Li after all, nor should I punish Xianggong Li." Zhao Guanjia nodded slowly, with a calm tone, but it suddenly turned the situation around. "Because everything must have a beginning, and my beginning is the beginning of the country.
In the beginning, it was all about Li Xianggong... Zhaozhao's annals of history will not destroy Xianggong Li's achievements, his virtues, and his talents just because he has a bigger temper and is more incompetent in military and financial strategy! This kind of thing is not just for me.
I can’t do it myself, and I don’t allow others to do it.”
Everyone looked at each other in astonishment. Li Gang rolled his eyes slightly and took a deep look at Zhao Guan's family, but he still sat still and solemnly.
"Zhang Wugou, I'm asking you again. Please raise your sights a little higher and tell me, Secretary Yi Shi, who is Xianggong Li?" Zhao Jiu suddenly raised his voice.
Zhang Jiuzheng opened his mouth to speak, but was a little speechless... He hesitated, not because he was not sincere enough, but because Mr. Wu Gu, who had a wealth of knowledge, was shocked to find that he really lacked the ability to evaluate Li Gang from a certain height... Over the years,
He spends all his time delving into those trivial matters, but has never thought about specific issues from this perspective.
"Let me tell you who he is." Zhao Jiu raised his head slightly and raised his voice in an attitude that he didn't know if it was arrogance or something else. His tone was clear and his words were clear. "Li Xianggong is a famous official who resisted the Jin Dynasty.
, the Chinese hero is a model for a time! Although this theory has been passed down through generations, it cannot be changed!"
The venue was quiet for a few seconds, and then there was an explosion. Even Li Gang himself couldn't help but swayed under the inexplicable and complicated looks between Lu Yihao and Xu Jingheng opposite him.
And Zhao Guanjia's declaration with his hands behind his back continued: "During the Jingkang period, the Jin people's iron cavalry swept across the two rivers and went straight to the capital. The Taishang Daojun and Emperor abandoned the country and left. At this time, China was in a state of collapse, and
After Emperor Taishang Yuansheng succeeded to the throne, in just one year, twenty-six people successively ascended to the position of prime minister and served as assistants to the world... Some of these people surrendered, some took over and ceded territory, and some took the lead in battle.
There are even those like the dead Cai Mao who will only flee without fighting or making peace... But in any case, the disaster of Jingkang has proved that the people who surrender to the Lord and the Lord are the iron of Jiuzhou, and they can form the sky.
Big mistake! The country has lasted for hundreds of years, but once it was cut by the wrong sword made by oneself... The so-called "I cut myself, I killed myself" is probably this sad, ridiculous, and deplorable thing! And the other generation
It is precisely the rise and fall of a country that proves that Li Xianggong and others are right! Now that things have happened, I can clearly tell the people of the southeast here, or simply tell the people of the world that during the Jingkang period, I almost single-handedly fought against those
Mr. Li Xianggong, who fought to the bitter end against those who brought disaster to the country, is the hope of the world, a hero of China, and a role model for a time! Even if the dynasties change and the history books are revised, this evaluation cannot be shaken!"
After explaining his opinions on Li Gang in one breath, Zhao Jiu's tone did not slow down at all. Instead, he looked around in a condescending manner, but he sounded like he was asking Zhang Jiucheng:
"Zhang Qing, I ask you...the people you mentioned are both talented and virtuous, or those with mixed talents and virtues, such as Lu Haowen, such as Mr. Xu Xianggong after his death, such as Xianggong Zhao of Tokyo, such as your teacher Yang Shi, such as Liu Dazhong, and even
For me, for you, and for the hundreds of Southeast Asian sages here... what was Mr. Li doing when he stood out from the crowd? Are these people really more talented and virtuous than him?"
Hundreds of wise men "prepared for consultation", including Mr. Xu behind him, were all silent. Zhang Jiuzheng tried to apologize a little amid the cries, but found that he was timid for the first time... because he had realized that Zhao Guan's family was here this time.
The evaluation of Li Gang on this occasion may soon become the final verdict of Li Gang and enter the annals of history, and he may very well serve as some kind of foil.
The more we talk about the possibility of this kind of foil, the greater the possibility.
"I've made it clear that this evaluation has nothing to do with whether he knows military strategy or not, and whether some of his ideas at that time were childish, including whether he used Chen Dong and those imperial students to besiege the palace.
There is no suspicion of rebellion at all!" Zhao Jiu spoke sternly and kept talking with his hands behind his hands. "Because at that time, the whole world had no integrity from top to bottom. Li Xianggong rose up with expectations, and he was basically obedient.
Tianjingming is basically the timely incarnation of the energy that the country has nurtured for scholars for hundreds of years and given to scholar-bureaucrats."
"Of course...of course...of course," Zhao Jiu smiled to himself before continuing. "After all, Mr. Li lacks military and financial strategies, but this is not his fault, because he is here to lead scholars to resist
With such a tone, this is what he was destined to do, and scholars are supposed to be exhausted after taking a breath... Therefore, he is a model for a moment, not a mainstay in the long term... Nothing in the world can be achieved only by scholars.
Yes! Then Zhang Qing, do you know who after Li Xianggong became a model and a pillar for a while?"
Zhang Jiuzheng's face turned pale. He had already thought of the answer and understood why Zhao Guan's family suddenly left the original discussion of the issue and started with Li Gang.
"After Li Gang, who stood up one after another and became a model for the world and a pillar of the country?" Zhao Jiu's tone became more and more rising, as if his tone had never been as fierce and firm as today in his life.
"It was Zong Ze Zong Tadawu who had been together for half his life, and whose reputation in the officialdom was extremely bad. He only ascended to the position of prefecture and county when he was almost seventy years old, and then he carried a pot and straw on a donkey cart to recapture Tokyo!
"It was Li Yanxian, the border tycoon who changed his name and fled because of the impeachment of Li Gang because he didn't understand military affairs, but he still donated his family to fight the war. After the war, he was completely defeated, and then he reorganized his troops and regained Shaanzhou's border tycoon Li Yanxian!
"After their hometown was plundered and all the famous Luo scholars fled, they destroyed their families and destroyed their families, but they still wanted to fight against the Jin people to the end!"
"This is Han Shizhong, the Western Army general who has always acted shamelessly and is indeed a master of the five poisons, but he has fought against almost all enemies in the entire Song Dynasty. Every time he fought, he would risk his own life and experience the battle himself!
"He is a thief and just wants to protect his hometown. He may even be the leader of the Liangshanbo bandits, Zhang Rong, who passively welcomes him!
"It's Ma Kuo, the 'Lianjin villain' who was sent to prison because of anger, and even after being released by his old Jurchen friends, he ran to the Taihang Mountains to fight against the Jin!
"He came from a humble background and experienced almost the entire Song and Jin wars, and experienced the most tragic battles in almost every place, but he still knew the hard work of the people in Jiangnan and understood the difficulties of farming, so much so that he was not willing to eat a chicken, the former army commander Tong Yue Fei!
"Who are these people? They are side officials who are looked down upon by you scholar-bureaucrats, they are powerful landowners who have always been lawless, they are rogues who are full of five evils, they are fishermen and tenant farmers who just want to live happily... But it is the other generation
, when you and others were sitting in the south, drinking tea and discussing Zen all day long, they stood up one by one! They have contributed to China, no less than Li, Xu, Zhao, Zhang Erlu and other prime ministers... Such people, you mean
Looking at the black spots on their bodies and calling them immoral? Then who is virtuous? Are you a bunch of stupid geese sitting by the West Lake, watching what I say?!"
At this point, Zhao Guanjia's tone suddenly lost control, which frightened the people who were "preparing for consultation" around him. They wanted to stand up and apologize, but they didn't dare to move.
"You are saying that I am too impatient! Don't I want to slow down? But can it be that I, a mere emperor, can decide the world's affairs? I am just a floating duck in front of the people I just mentioned! I am simply being led by others.
, being chased from behind! Everyone has to carry something! I am the emperor, but I have to carry even more burdens!
"Li Gang passed by in a flash, and naturally he could sit in Jiangnan in vain, and I could wave my sleeves to him with relief, but what about Chen Dong who was executed by Huang Qianshan? If I don't quickly expedition to the north, how can I deal with Chen Dong?! How can I deal with Huo Huo?
Zong Zhongwu died of exhaustion in Tokyo? How to deal with Li Yanxian who had been grinding his teeth in Shaanzhou for seven years? How to break up with Yue Fei, Zhang Rong, and Ma Kuo? Even after my death today, there is someone who has shouldered the grievances of millions of people in the southeast for me.
Lu Yihao, if I don't speed up the Northern Expedition, how can I be worthy of him? And if I don't speed up the Northern Expedition, how can I deal with the tens of millions of people across the two rivers? You say I'm too fast and I'm sorry for the people of Jiangnan. According to me, if I don't
If we go to the Northern Expedition quickly and delay it, we will really be sorry for the people of the south of the Yangtze River! We will be sorry for the hundreds of millions of poor and voiceless people in the north, south, west and east!
"Those people are not like you. You can come to me and tell me whether to go fast or slow, but they can't even speak!"
Zhao Guan's family was furious, and they kept making comments about gaffes, and Li Gang, who had always been fiddling with his character, had already completely lost his composure when the name Chen Dong appeared, which made him a little confused, so that his eyes wandered, and Zong Ying stood there,
I don't know when he burst into tears, and even Lu Yihao, who had a black face and was not inferior to Li Gang, was finally shocked when he talked about himself in Zhao Guan's house.
"It's Xianggong Xu, have you ever thought about why he didn't explain it to you?" Zhao Jiu turned around, panting, and saw that there was still a Xianggong who was maintaining his dignity, but he broke his heart with a single word.
"Because even he has to think about Mr. Zhang Xi who died of illness on the road!"
And since Xu Jingheng lost his composure, Zhao Jiu didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he turned back to look at Zhang Jiucheng.
The so-called beating a master to death with random punches, and the so-called gentleman can bully him... So far, it was the first time I had seen the moody and temperamental Mr. Wu Gu of the Zhao Guan family. I never thought that things would develop to this point. I had already been completely ignored.
Zhao Guanjia, who behaved like a human being, was forced to the point of panic. When he met the other party's gaze, he even dodged for a moment.
However, Zhao Jiu had no intention of letting the other party go. Instead, he took a few steps forward, grabbed the other party's shoulders, and said sincerely: "You want to be sincere. I am sincere today... But it's not enough. Zhang Qing, let's go back."
At the beginning, I said that I was a little disappointed with you, but in fact, Zhang Qing is still the most gentlemanly moral Confucian scholar I have seen in these five days, and it is also the most rewarding political consultation in this five-day meeting...
Do you know what happened?"
Zhang Jiuzheng actually flinched for a moment: "Bai Shen... Bai Shen doesn't know."
"It's very simple." Zhao Jiu patted the other party's shoulders with both hands, but shook his head. "I have already prepared some plans to deal with the Jiangnan tax, but after waiting here for five days, at most I have met some knowledgeable middle-class people.
I didn’t see a single person farming or weaving at home... This is actually to be expected... But among the hundreds of scholar-bureaucrats, monks, Taoist and wealthy merchants who were supposed to speak for these people, no one specifically mentioned what I was most concerned about.
The heavy taxation of the bottom class makes me angry. Fortunately, there are conscientious scholars like you who are willing to tell me clearly that the common people have a heavy burden and taxes must be reduced... And you also know that the Vegetarian Demon Cult is a
Poor people, please advise me to deal with them leniently... just for this reason, you can be regarded as a role model in the southeast for five days!"
Having said this, Zhao Jiu turned around and looked at Lu Yihao.
Lu Yihao understood, put away his slightly gloomy face, stood up, and looked at each other coldly in front of the imperial case: "The officials know that Jiangnan Ding has a lot of money, and the silk and silk are so heavy that the common people have become a common practice of infanticide, cremation, and water burial.
Abandoning farmland and escaping has become a common practice, so there is a special purpose. From today on, the world will breed Ding, and there will never be any more wealth... Any Ding body money or silk silk in one county or one county will never grow again, no matter how the population grows.
Add, only the old rules shall prevail, let the people live and thrive!”
After hearing this, the people below who were scolded for consultation included some who were stupid and couldn't understand what it meant at all, and some who were smart who digested the news in an instant but didn't dare to come forward easily...such as the Great Hui monk.
, seeing that his old friend was finally converted, he gave up the idea of rescuing him and just wanted to continue practicing the closed-mouth meditation.
However, if these people don’t say it, some people don’t say it enough.
"In addition to fixing the money for the body and the silk for the corvee, there is also a 'sharing the land into the land', which must be implemented at the same time." Zhao Jiu stood on one side of the case, listened quietly to what the other party said, and then added almost in an understatement.
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Lu Yihao was stunned for a moment, and rarely spoke seriously to each other in a low voice: "The officials...it was originally agreed upon that they would 'never add any more gifts' to appease the people in the southeast, and then 'divide the land into acres' after the Northern Expedition?"
"No need." Zhao Jiu shook his head. "After scolding me so wildly, I finally figured it out. Everything must have a beginning, and everyone must have a beginning. Where is my beginning? It's the hundreds of scholars today.
, Hao Youseng said, or is it the people that only one person seriously mentioned in this five-day meeting? Fortunately, since ancient times, the officials and gentry of this dynasty have paid taxes together, and no one dares not to pay taxes, which saves a lot of trouble..."
"but……"
"I will live here in Fenghuang Mountain, and then I will ask Yue Fei to send 10,000 troops from the royal camp to garrison in Jinling, and then I will watch here with my own eyes. I will see that this matter starts from the two Zhejiang provinces and is pushed away layer by layer to see who can do it.
What kind of reactionary group can we really connect with you?" Zhao Jiu looked at each other coldly, with a stern tone. "The huge Central Plains and Guanxi have been recovered. Even if the southeast is completely rebelled, I can also take it back! And Mr. Xu,
He is also used to doing this kind of thing in the Central Plains, let him help you!"
Xu Jingheng stood up quickly, but Lu Yihao hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, then turned around and declared loudly and coldly in front of everyone that after "a prosperous age brings prosperity to a young man, he will never increase his wealth".
As the name suggests, "divide the land into the land" is to transfer the population tax to the land, allowing the landlords to bear the social burdens they should bear, thereby further relieving the bottom class of the burden.
This is the so-called obvious attack on the landlord class.
But to be honest, both Lu Yihao and Zhao Jiu still looked at these "for consultation" people. They listened in confusion for a while, but the stupid people still didn't understand what was going on. The smart people understood.
Dare not say.
However, Monk Dahui had no burden at this time. He was a monk who came from Tokyo to take care of his affairs. In addition, his old friend Zhang Wugou was still standing awkwardly on the stage, but he started to rescue him.
Heart.
However, the monk had just stood up and was about to recite a jingle to praise Zhao Guanjia's benevolent government. Unexpectedly, Zhao Guanjia turned around and saw him getting up. He woke up first and then directly raised his voice to remind Lu Yihao:
"Don't forget, the monks have exemption money (one-time population tax)... Regardless of this matter, let the monks pay the exemption money again first, and then go check their acres! When the tenants enter the acres, they start from the southeast four
The Hundred and Eighty-Temple Temple Begins!”
Lu Yihao nodded again and glanced at the monk who stood up.
Poor Monk Dahui had sharp ears. He didn't know how to explain to the abbot of Jingshan Temple when he returned. He was frightened by Lu Yihao's black face, but he swallowed the jingle honestly, sat back down, and continued to practice.
Just keep silent.
In this way, the sky is getting dark, and no matter how unbearable things are, there must be an outcome.
Finally, there was a special edict from Zhao Guan's family, which was to give Zhang Jiucheng the rank of Jinshi and the right minister of the Ministry of Industry. He immediately left Tokyo to participate in official duties. As soon as the edict was issued, Zhao Guan's family returned directly to the Phoenix Mountain Palace, but unexpectedly
, as soon as they set off, there were crows like clouds returning from the north riding the setting sun, and then they spread all over the sky and scattered into the Phoenix Mountain. Then they filled the mountain in the dusk, and their crows continued.