In the Nian Gen, the southeast inspection area finally took lives.
It was not that the officials who went to inspect the area were burned to death, but that a scholar named Wang from Yuhang tried to join forces to fight against the new policies of the imperial court after the public cabinet meeting. As a result, he was reported by many people.
He went too far and chose to hang himself.
It was the morning of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Someone died, and someone died during the Chinese New Year, which immediately made the political atmosphere in the Southeast become more delicate.
This kind of mentality does not seem to need any special explanation... The corpses are ready-made there, and it is a waste to use shields and weapons... They have forced people to death, why don't the officials and husband stop?
So, after the New Year's Day, taking advantage of the opportunity of the greeting envoy sent from Tokyo to arrive in Hangzhou, local members of the Hangzhou government went to Fenghuang Mountain to offer New Year's gifts in the name of greetings, and at the same time wrote a letter to impeach the imperial governor and promote the imperial city Si Yang.
Yizhong was forced to risk people's lives, admonishing Zhao Guan's family to be generous to others, and at the same time formally suggested that Zhao Guan's family and Lu Xianggong suspend land inspection operations to avoid delaying spring plowing.
However, Zhao Guanjia and Lu Xianggong, specifically Zhao Guanjia, responded very directly and quickly.
First of all, the original case...that is, the case of the Yuhang Scholars Conspiracy Conspiracy Case who died, still adhered to the original treatment strategy. All members of the public cabinet who engaged in collusion and confrontation were expelled from the cabinet, arrested and imprisoned, and then quickly and uniformly exiled to the Yellow River.
He was ordered to serve as a guard for two years and was fined. As for Wang who died, it was found that he held land in many places, mostly by "letting others hold it on his behalf", so it was obvious that he was evading confrontation with the state. In addition, this time
As expected, the home of the mastermind of the series was surrounded by cavalry and ransacked as warned before.
As for Mr. Wang himself, he committed suicide out of fear of sin. If he dies, he will die.
Secondly, regarding the local petition in Hangzhou... Zhao Guanjia did not have any superfluous expressions, but only publicly approved and refuted it. According to Lu Benzhong’s argument in the first issue of Jiangnan Travel in Di, the so-called Phoenix X-day issue, which was launched after the year
Generally speaking, officials are discussing matters on a case-by-case basis. Although the Holy Will is clearly opposed to these unreasonable suggestions and impeachments, they will never be punished just because of the act of writing a letter. Otherwise, what kind of public office will they have? What kind of speech will they maintain?
At the same time, Lu Xueshi also said in the newspaper that Mr. Wang's suicide was essentially a resistance to the investigation. It was very merciful to stop confiscating his home. If someone really incited the people and tried to resist with arms, then he should not say anything.
Predetermined.
After Zhao Guan's family's determination was clearly expressed through both soft and hard tactics, the sudden wave of resistance to the prosecutor's office calmed down immediately.
However, as the most virtuous family in Yuhang, the Wang family was surrounded by cavalry and ransacked their homes after death, which indeed aroused the grief of rabbits and foxes in the southeast... After this incident, a large number of members of the two-way public cabinet took advantage of the smooth flow in the southeast.
The traffic conditions and the government system began to be large-scale petitions, but they no longer talked about land inspections and land destruction, and no longer discussed the New Deal. Instead, they concentrated on attacking the Imperial City Department and the Military Command Department, pointing the finger at Yang Yizhong and Yu Yunwen, and took the matter itself
Put it on top of the harassment and harm to the people of the southeast caused by this spy system.
And gradually formed a trend.
In response to this, Zhao Guan's family remained seated in Fenghuang Mountain. They only sent envoys to the Wuwei Army to reward Wang Gui and other officers and soldiers in front of the Imperial Camp, while still not incriminating them with words, and then seriously approved these petitions to the public court.
Anyway, although there are a lot of these memorials, they cannot stand up to the painstaking writing of an article. Zhao Guanjia is just 'absurd', 'read', 'nonsense', and can deal with it if he 'knows it'. It can't be said that anyone is more troublesome than the other.
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Of course, Lu Benzhong would still meet with some people on behalf of Zhao Guan's family, but he directly pointed out: Anyone with a little common sense should know that if an unarmed army of 10,000 imperial battalions crosses the Yangtze River and goes south, who can stop it? The current situation just illustrates this.
Officials have benevolent thoughts and do not want to use weapons.
Up to this point, it really looks like the officials are sitting on the Phoenix Mountain, and the soldiers are coming to cover up the water and the earth.
This situation lasted for about ten days. As the Shangyuan Festival of the ninth year of Jianyan was approaching, it was reported that the Zhao Guan family would take advantage of the situation and send Ban Zhi to go deep into the fields with an armed posture during the spring plowing period after the Shangyuan Festival.
There are rumors that the final inspection work was forcibly completed.
The reason why I say rumors rather than rumors is because many people think it is feasible... After a winter of hard work on Liangzhe Road and Jiangdong Road, they dare not say that the land inspection work has been completed.
, but the inspection of land for households with poor conditions is basically half-finished. Many things basically only need one final verification work, and spring plowing is a good time.
As for sharing the land from one person to another, the worst it can do is to increase taxes on households in a relatively poor situation. Do we really have to stop plowing in the spring just to fight against this?
What's more, in the second Phoenix issue of the new year, Lu Xueshi once again published an article, and then clearly sent a message to the officials three times: Even if there are hidden places, holding on behalf of others, etc., as long as they actively cooperate in the inspection work, then Jian Yanba will
The old things that happened before the year will not be corrected at all, but after the ninth year of Jianyan, if the land is still hidden or even abandoned as an escape, it should be dealt with severely and set an example to others.
It's a one-and-done thing... as for that?
Therefore, when the time came before the Lantern Festival, facing the resolute Zhao Guan family on Fenghuang Mountain, the households on Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhe Road almost lost the courage to continue to fight in the inspection area itself. It was against Yang Yizhong,
If Yu Yunwen's impeachment had not been agreed upon before, I am afraid it would have been stopped gradually.
However, at this moment, as a person hurried from Tokyo to the southeast, and on the way after crossing the river, he suddenly contacted another person in the local area who had been silent, but the residents in the southeast became as energetic as a corpse.
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The person who came from Tokyo was the former Minister of Rites, Zhu Shengfei, and the local person who stood up to echo Zhu Shengfei was another former Minister, Liu Dazhong.
By the way, Zhu Shengfei was from Caizhou, and his hometown was located in the southeasternmost part of the west of Beijing, next to Huaidian. After Zhao Guan's family was punished by Baima to become Shaoxing, he abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown, but he only lived in Rushui and Huaidian all day long.
, Zhao Guan's family went south this time. Although they did not pass by him, he could be regarded as watching from a distance.
In the early winter of the previous year, Zhao Guan's family held a martial arts conference and publicly laid out strategies such as selling small units into acres of land, and directly implemented them in the southeast. However, he immediately paid attention to the matter, and after communicating with neighbors in Lianghuai and Jingxi, he
After discussing it, he felt that this matter was inappropriate. At that time, many of his old colleagues and local scholars persuaded him to come out and argue with the officials.
As the representative figure of the Baima Incident that day, Zhu Shangshu has been relying on the word "steadiness" to get around in Lianghuai since his retirement. He often talks about so-and-so harming the country. At this time, he is so embarrassed that he naturally has to pinch him.
Nose stood up. However, he somewhat understood that going directly to Hangzhou to find Zhao Guan's family would only bring humiliation to himself, so he simply found another way and turned around to Tokyo to sarcastically admonish Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun, Liu Ji, and Chen Gui face to face.
, so much so that Lu Haowen and others came to Beijing to stir up discussion among the Imperial Academy.
In addition, local envoys from Hangzhou, officials from the state government, and members of the surrounding prefectures and counties were assigned ships according to rank and region and traveled together.
In fact, as the most affluent households in the prefectures and counties surrounding Hangzhou on the two Zhejiang Roads, which family of these public cabinet ministers does not have their own painted boat in West Lake? And which painted boat does not have jade railings, gold and silver ornaments, and even incense and sweet smells? No comparison
Are these powerful officials with bare benches?
But then again, every family has a painting boat. How many of them can board the official ship and accompany the royal driver today?
There were too many people, and it was the first time to do this kind of thing, so everyone arrived at Yongjinmen with the imperial driver in the afternoon, but they waited until the sun set before boarding the boat one after another.
But then, with the big Oolong in front and the small Oolong behind, dozens of official ships on the left and right launched together, following the Jinwu Hao on the butt of the big Oolong, they all sailed out of Yongjinmen and headed towards Su Causeway.
But it instantly detonated the entire West Lake.
It’s the Lantern Festival, and Hangzhou’s four gates are wide open, so it’s not allowed to have a white night. In addition, the cities in Zhejiang and Zhejiang are densely packed, and Zhao Guan’s family is stationed in Zhejiang. I don’t know how many people come to the West Lake to celebrate the festival. Today, I saw the imperial chariot patrolling in a boat.
The lake is pouring out one after another. On the Sudi dike directly in front, there are people walking shoulder to shoulder, making it difficult to walk. Even along the two sides of the bank, countless people have gathered and climbed up to watch the dragon boats.
What can be seen from such a distance? No one knows.
How are the dragon boats arranged inside and outside? What is the difference between official boats and folk paintings? No one knows.
It is said that it was to see the imperial chariot, the Xianggong and the Yuqian Banzhi. Did the official leave the cabin? Did the Xianggong wave? How many Yuqian Banzhi were there? Was Yang Yizhong, the traitorous minister who forced Wang Dashan to death, among them? There was also no one among them.
Know.
But there is a rush to be the first to watch, and the bank and embankment are full to have a look. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, there are countless painted boats sailing left and right, surrounded by large and small oolongs and numerous official boats, almost covering the entire floor.
half of the West Lake, and echoed the shouts from the shore.
In the midst of the turmoil, those members of the cabinet who were able to accompany the official ship were already intoxicated. Who still remembers the impeachment, the support for the two wise ministers, the Wang who hanged himself, and the prosecution?
Bad government in the land?
But I just felt that this life was enough, and I wanted to go back immediately and tell the villagers that I was in the West Lake that day, only three boat berths away from Zhao Guan's house!
The few who still remembered anything serious could only sigh in their hearts, feeling that this official was really smart enough to refuse advice. As long as the boat wandered in the West Lake until midnight, he would go back and stay overnight until dawn. The next day, he sent Zhu Shengfei, the envoy of Shangyuan, to ask for peace.
By then, Liu Dazhong, who had come to make up the numbers, would be alone, and the matter would be over.
However, for some unknown reason, the two instigators, Liu Dazhong and Zhu Shengfei, joined hands on the official ship. Although they looked at each other in silence and said nothing, they also seemed somewhat relieved.
The boat moved forward slowly, and in the evening, when the sun shone from west to east, reflecting the golden color of the lake, the big black dragon arrived in front of Su Di Bridge. Naturally, it could not go any further and had to turn around. At this time, another one
** Appeared... Zhao Guanjia, who was wearing a right-angled futou, a brand new light yellow robe, a gold outfit with a red belt, and soap boots, in a posture that fully conformed to the imagination of the people of Suzhou, actually brought a group of purple, crimson, and green clothes.
All the ministers came out of the cabin of the big black dragon boat and waved to the Su embankment, which attracted the other ministers, ministers, officials and cabinet ministers on board the other officials to follow suit.
Although it was only a moment of turning the bow of the boat, the river embankment and both sides were thunderous, and it actually scared away countless crows on Fenghuang Mountain across the Sunset Mountain.
And the bow of the boat turned around, and the soldiers and people on the embankment who came back to their senses, although not many of them could see clearly, couldn't help but were thirsty. They only said that Zhao Guan's family looked at me, and said that they saw the red gold suit with their own eyes.
Some people who know the allusion said that Zhao Guan's family was in crisis on the Huaihe River that day, so he went to see King Han alone and gave him a jade belt. From then on, he no longer wore jade belts, only gold belts, cowhide belts, etc., it was all complicated.
That's not all. The ship turned around and then slowly turned back. On the way, dusk gradually became apparent. Zhao Guan's family had another decree, so they ordered each ship to light up lanterns. Although the official ship was large, it was extremely simple on top. Only the bow and stern could
Ordinary lanterns were hung, but as the big and small oolong boats lit up a few lanterns, the whole lake and city seemed to have received a signal. Starting from the lake, they started lighting lanterns before it got dark.
For a time, the lantern shadows swayed and the stars gradually became one, reflecting the entire West Lake as if it were heaven and earth. Even at this time, the moon's shadow was slightly visible on the horizon, and the setting sun was still hovering in the west of the lake, but it could not completely cover the lights of the world.
It can only be said that Duan is a beautiful scene of the great unity of the monarch, his subjects, his people and the people in the feudal era.
For those who don’t know, I thought I was back in the Tokyo city of the Toyoto era.
However, just when they hung up the lanterns on the boat, everyone thought that Zhao Guan's family was going to take advantage of the situation and wander around in the West Lake until midnight to avoid Zhu and Liu, something unexpected happened... As dusk gradually rose, the lake was filled with lights,
However, Dawulong still took advantage of the last ray of sunset to return to Yongjin Gate. Then the officials immediately disembarked and led the honor guard back to Luan Fenghuang Mountain.
Along the way, there was also another edict for the officials and people in the southeast to celebrate the Lantern Festival and to make offerings to Phoenix Mountain before the Spring Festival to prevent waste.
Among them, all the money and silk were offered as rewards to the cavalry soldiers of the imperial camp, all kinds of folk and interesting things were presented, and a lantern riddle was held under the Leifeng Pagoda for the benefit of the people, and all the food and specialties were presented.
It means that everyone is happy together.
After receiving this decree, most people were naturally overjoyed, but a few people like Liu Dazhong and Zhu Shengfei could not help but complain repeatedly - without him, how could they, who had expressed their determination in public before, hide in such a posture?
I'm afraid that I will inevitably become a bad person.
Sure enough, as the bright moon gradually rose, the people of Hangzhou had already gathered on the south bank of the West Lake when they heard that officials were making profits on Xizhao Mountain. The military camps on both sides of Phoenix Mountain had received rewards, and many of them cheered. At this time, at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, the old martial arts conference was held.
On the venue, the banquet had already been spread out, and everyone was seated. Thinking of the business that was originally scheduled for this time, they felt that there were cheers and shouts from the north, south, and left, and they couldn't help but lose confidence. As expected, many of them seemed to be evading and perfunctory.
What's more, he pretended to have forgotten the previous agreement, decided not to care about it anymore, and actually enjoyed it openly at the foot of the mountain, so the atmosphere became even more subtle.
As soon as the banquet started, Lu Xianggong presided over it first, and held a brief banquet ceremony to celebrate the birthday of the two saints who were undergoing Qing Dynasty cultivation, the third empress dowager who was being recuperated, and the official family who was sitting on it with a smile at this time, and then congratulated the official family for last year.
Congratulations to the new prince... After these rounds of wine, everyone is slightly smoked.
But there is no way, the Song Dynasty has its own national conditions, what can anyone do?
After seven or eight glasses of wine, the lights of Shangyuan were on again, and as the official personally ordered a portion of Dongpo meat to be sent to the Emperor Taishang Yuansheng in the west of the city, it was inevitable to compose poems and lyrics again... In fact, Southeast is originally
In a place where literary style is prosperous, if nothing else, just like the three leaders of the Yuezhou Gongge here, the Lu family, the Shi family, and the Zhuge family, all have their own libraries at home, among which the Lu family has about 13,000 volumes of books.
, as early as a year ago, the third eldest son of the family, Lu Dan, reciprocated the favor after being transferred to Tongyan, and took the initiative to organize the family to copy and collect books for the imperial court... Even the Shi family and the Zhuge family had tens of thousands of volumes, and seven to eight thousand volumes respectively.
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This is where the prosperous culture of the Southeast lies... and as long as the children of other families have that heart, they will naturally not be lacking in poetry.
However, the style of writing belongs to the style of writing. Isn’t there a great poet named Zhao Guanjia sitting above him?
What if I make a fool of myself?
As a result, everyone pushed me and others pushed back, but some people took the initiative to come out and bowed their heads to salute. They were feeling regretful that the officials did not write poems or inscriptions on the lake today, so they wanted to ask Zhao Guanjia to write poems first to serve as guides.
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"Your Majesty, you think too much."
Under the bright lights and the bright moon, the vision was clear. Zhao Guanjia, who had changed into a soft-winged futou, sat upright. He shook his head and laughed. "On the Lantern Festival, it is time to have fun together. I am writing poems today, regardless of the subject matter, regardless of top or bottom.
Regardless of whether it's good or bad, just make it and ask the officer to think about it. If you think it's good, just have a drink and then ask for your name. If you think it's bad, just smile and go directly there. Why worry so much?"
After everyone heard this, they felt relieved.
Immediately, officials from the Hangzhou Prefecture came up to distribute pens and paper. At this time, Zhao Guanjia picked up his pen and was about to write. He didn't know what the mood was. He asked Lu Xi on the spot what happened to Yuezhou Lu after he was transferred to the general magistrate.
Lu Zhi, the newly elected member of the public pavilion, heard that the Lu family had a ten-year-old child prodigy who was born on a boat and could already write poems at a young age. His name was Lu You... Have you come here today?
After hearing that Lu You went to see the lanterns with several brothers and cousins during the day, but couldn't find them for a while, the official felt relieved and started writing calmly.
After a while, the poem was completed, and Zhu Shengfei, the former Minister of Rites, was appointed as the official to get up and read the poem for everyone.
It was better for others. Zhu Shengfei himself was already three points alert at this time, but he did not dare to disobey, so he could only stand up and comply.
But it’s okay. If you think about it one by one, they are all about BMWs and dragon boats, lights and moonlight, beautiful lakes and mountains, the joy of the king and the people, the prosperous scene of the Zhongxing... There are good ones, and there are bad ones. Everyone is an expert, so naturally the level will be high.
The poet was given a name, and then called out on the spot to receive wine and congratulate him.
For a time, people at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain were enjoying themselves, and even Zhu Shengfei gradually lost his vigilance.
But soon, as a poem appeared in Ambassador Zhu's hand, the former Minister of Rites felt his forehead buzz, but he knew that today would be a bad day.
"Why did Zhu Qing suddenly stop reading?" Zhao Jiu urged on the spot.
Zhu Shengfei looked at Zhao Guan's house and felt numb in his heart, but he held the poem manuscript in his hands and read out through gritted teeth:
“Thirty thousand miles of river flows eastward into the sea, and five thousand miles of mountains reach the sky.
The remaining people shed tears in the dust, and look south to the king's division for another year."
As soon as this poem came out, everyone in the house was astonished, and the whole day's wind, flowers, snow, moonlight, and lights of Jinhu Lake all disappeared.
"How does this poem sound?" Zhao Jiu, who was sitting there, sighed, but then asked his name. "Lu Zhi, how do you think of this poem?"
Lu Zhi, the chief of Yuezhou's palace, really didn't know why such things and this poem implicated him. But since the official had something to say, he quickly walked out of the table and faced him bravely:
"So that the officials will know that this poem's words are concise, and it also points to the current situation. How can it be bad? It's just that today I have written Shangyuan poems, and this poem is suddenly listed, which can't help but feel a bit cynical..."
"It's well said, and it's to the point." Zhao Jiu nodded, the soft wings of the futou that had been replaced on his head swayed for a while, but then he looked at Zhu Shengfei after making the final comment. "Zhu Qing, what kind of blind and cynical person wrote this I wonder if everyone is celebrating the Lantern Festival? Do you have to expose your scars at this time?"
Zhu Shengfei looked at Zhao Guan's family, his heart was cold, but he could only force himself to calm down and answer with all his strength: "The cynical people are the officials... The signature is Cangzhou Zhao Jiu."
Moreover, at this time on Fenghuang Mountain, because the crows were frightened away in the afternoon, it was rare that there were no crows, so the so-called silence is a particularly appropriate description at this time.
At the same time, not far away, there was a hustle and bustle under the Leifeng Pagoda, and the entire West Lake was like a big moon on the ground with its own light, reflecting the surroundings like daylight, but it also formed a distinct contrast with this place. Compared.
But to be honest, although Lu Zhi and others were frightened, when they thought about it, they didn't feel particularly strange about the incident. They just felt that the incident happened suddenly and a little aggrieved... Thinking about it, The whole afternoon and night were full of romance, wasn't it your Zhao Guan family who took the lead?
Moreover, Zhu and Liu made an announcement before they came, saying that they were coming to cause trouble, but wasn't this resolved by your Zhao Guan family's own trick? Why don't you just let me go? I'll do it Mountain, do we have to pursue and fight fiercely?
We have already reached the end of the point. How come you, an official, do not follow martial ethics and carry out a surprise attack?
"It's my fault that I ruined everyone's mood today." Just when everyone was aggrieved and silent, Zhao Guanjia said with emotion again. "But you must also know my difficulties... I only thought about it when I just started writing. Jade belt, no jade belt anymore, and when I wrote "The Green Jade Case" for Zong Zhongwu, how could I write Shangyuan poems again? And when I think of Zong Zhongwu, I also think of the poisonous oath I swore in front of Zong Zhongwu, He said that if we cannot revive the two rivers in this life, destroy the Jurchens, and unite the rivers and mountains of the world into one, then we will have nothing to love in life and no whole body in death... He also said that the reason why there will be no whole body in death must be because if I die, Or if I was on the battlefield and was cut by swords and axes... Thinking of this, I couldn't suppress my emotions, so I wrote this cynical poem. I hope you can forgive me."
At the foot of Fenghuang Mountain, everyone heard this, and although they felt more and more aggrieved, they still didn't understand what Zhao Guanjia meant. How could they refute it or dare to refute it? So, looking at each other, they could only stand out one after another, confessing their guilt, and saying that they were guilty. Indulging in the prosperity of the southeast, one cannot understand the officials or the situation in the world.
For a moment, everyone was kneeling on the ground. Zhu Shengfei also stood awkwardly on one side. Even Liu Dazhong also sighed and came out with the two princes to hand over their hands... At this point, it can be said that the last wave of counterattacks attempted by these people has been completed. Being beaten repeatedly by Zhao Guan's family completely broke him down, and there was no possibility of recurrence.
However, the official sitting there still had no intention of letting it go. Instead, he shook his head directly:
"I roughly understand what you mean. You apologize with your mouth, but in fact you still feel aggrieved and dissatisfied. And I don't want to bear the name of punishing you without teaching... What words do you still have in your heart? Today we, the king and the ministers, are borrowing
Let’s talk drunkenly, and we won’t count after today...Whether we can be persuaded or not is one thing. At the very least, you have to understand where my heart is, and I also understand where your heart is.”
Hearing this, most people were a little confused, because it didn't sound right. How could they be punished without teaching? Who let the officials bear this reputation?
Zhu Shengfei, on the other hand, waited for a while, his face turned pale and green, and finally couldn't control it, and then he bowed his head directly: "I am frightened, and I am really ashamed that I will punish you without teaching..."
"You don't have to be ashamed about this." Zhao Jiu said calmly in the seat above. "After the Baima Shaoxing Incident, I also reflected on it. It is true that I went too far that day, and I had the intention of punishing you without teaching. I will
It is even more extreme to expel you all from the court as if you were enemies... It is natural for you to have grievances."
Only then did everyone realize who this sentence was directed at.
However, after hearing this, Zhu Shengfei still did not dare to move, but became more and more frightened.
And Zhao Guanjia continued to shake his head in response: "But Zhu Qing, it's fine that you have resentment against me. Why are you dissatisfied with all the ministers in power? You are wandering around Huaidian and telling people all day long that Mr. Zhao Ding and Mr. Zhao are extravagant.
He lit four large incense burners on both sides of the lobby of the Prime Minister's Mansion, consuming dozens of kilograms of incense every day, and also said that he embezzled public funds and planted exotic bamboos at home... Is this ridiculous?"
At this point, Zhu Shengfei no longer dared to raise his head. Even Lu Yihao, Xu Jingheng and Liu Dazhong on one side were also stunned.
Moreover, Zhao Ding's personal ethics and character are generally recognized as good. Lu Yihao once served as the magistrate of Yangzhou and later as the envoy to the southeast. He had many contacts with Zhao Ding who was the envoy to the Huaihe River at that time. Liu Dazhong had a very good personal relationship with Zhao Ding.
, even Xu Jingheng also has his own information channels. Who doesn't know that Zhao Ding is a person who has to go to the roadside stalls in the south of the city to drink a bowl of mutton soup? How come he became a luxurious person when he arrived at Zhu Shengfei's place?
Not only that, Zhao Guanjia continued to sigh: "There is also Zhang Jun. You said that he has a living room in his home, which is specially used for secret meetings with high-ranking members of the Wood Party. There are ninety-nine and eighty-one celestial stone slabs several feet square used in the hall.
In addition to being extravagant, it is also suspected of exceeding the regulations... In fact, Zhang Jun's family is from a famous family in Shu. In Shu, they can afford to have the great monk Master Keqin to come to their house. His wife is the niece of Xianggong Yuwen. This kind of family said that he
You can't argue with luxury... But let me ask you, when you made up this statement that day, you probably didn't know that I was giving mansions with the same regulations to the officials of the Central Secret Cabinet and the ministers in Jingyuan, right?
Which living room can be paved with so many lapis lazuli slabs? And I have just given the house, and they are going to do this under my nose. Do you know that there are fish in my backyard?"
It was only the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and it was still in the wild at the foot of the mountain. How could it be hot even in the south? But after hearing this, Zhu Shengfei was already sweating profusely. When the people around him saw his reaction, they knew what was going on, but they became even more angry -
- Lu Yihao couldn't help but roll up his sleeves. Liu Dazhong came to his senses and wished he could kick this man for Zhao Ding.
But this is not over yet, Zhao Guanjia continues to shake his head: "And Lu Hao asked where Mr. Lu is... You said that he embezzled 170,000 yuan of public funds and plundered more than 3,000 official items during his tenure. I don't even know things. What on earth did you do?
You calculated it so clearly? And for such serious corruption, why didn't you impeach him when you were in office? Instead, you said these words to your fellow countrymen at home after you were in office? You also said that when I was fighting in Yaoshan, it was you who
You accept my entrustment to stay in Tokyo? And you also say that you want to write this in your "Ruhuai Leisure Record"? Don't you feel ashamed?"
"Please expel this person immediately!" Hearing this, Xu Jingheng, who has always been good-tempered, couldn't hold back. "This animal is of impure character and is in vain as a minister, and it also taints the friendship between peers."
However, at the same time, Lu Yihao, who had the most severe temper, actually laughed out loud.
Amid the laughter and anger around him, Zhu Shengfei no longer dared to say a word, and even didn't dare to raise his head.
"I know that you are resentful towards me and the prime ministers at that time because of the Baima Incident, but are you not afraid that a hundred years from now, someone will really use your residence records as evidence to taint someone's innocence because you are the minister of this dynasty?!" Zhao Jiu
Seeing this, he was also a little unmotivated. "Actually, judging from your words in your hometown, I'm afraid you didn't really mean to admonish me at the beginning. You just wanted to maintain your image as an upright minister, and you were framed by others.
You're up, right? I'm afraid it's just like this that Mr. Lu and Zhao, who have seen through the truth, were sent to me... There are some things that they would not be able to say."
Zhu Shengfei finally looked up in shock, because Zhao Guanjia's words had already hinted at another fact.
"Don't look at me." Zhao Jiu was speechless when he saw the other party raising his head. "When you were showing off your power in Tokyo, your fellow villagers had long submitted your words to the public pavilion. Your words in Huaidian have also been written.
Mr. Lu transferred Mr. Zhao to Mr. Zhao, and the whole secret pavilion knew about it, but they couldn't scold you in person after seeing it, so they had to transfer you here for me to deal with... Otherwise, how do you think I knew your words?
?Do you really think that my Imperial City Secretary can be so tyrannical and collect all the gossip you had in Huaidian?"
Hearing that neither Lu Haowen nor Zhao Ding took Zhu Shengfei's words at ease, Lu Yihao and Xu Jingheng were also discouraged and could no longer argue.
And when the rest of the people heard this, they still didn't understand that this wave of self-righteous leaders coming out to turn the tide was a joke from the beginning?
At this point, things seemed to be calm. Zhao Guan's family couldn't let all the members of the Southeast Palace and local officials kneel down, so they waved their hands and asked Zhu Shengfei to go home to avoid embarrassment. At the same time, they asked everyone to get up and continue the feast.
However, just when Zhu Shengfei left Phoenix Mountain as if he was running away, and everyone stood up to go back to the table for his sake, they suddenly discovered that although one person also stood up and straightened his back, he did not move at all in the same place...
It was none other than Liu Dazhong, the former Minister of Civil Affairs.
This can't help but make everyone, including Zhao Guan's family and the two husbands, a little shocked.
After all, Liu Dazhong himself is in Huzhou and has remained silent for almost the entire process from the martial arts conference to now. It is obvious that he has either realized that the Zhao Guan family's determination is unshakable, or he has been touched after the martial arts conference.
, so I chose to succumb to the Zhao Guan family and stop being troublesome.
Even this time, it was obvious that the villain Zhu Shengfei was temporarily dragging him into a shield.
So, if Zhu Shengfei ran away, why should he?
"Liu Qing, do you have anything to say?" Zhao Jiu was silent for a moment, knowing that he had encountered a tough problem, so he inquired seriously.
"Reporting to your Majesty, I didn't have much to say at first, but after the official said he would punish me without teaching me, I felt a little urge to reveal my feelings to the official." Liu Dazhong calmly held his hands in front of him and followed not far behind him.
This is in sharp contrast to the boiling state of the West Lake. "Since I resigned from my hometown and wandered in the forest, I didn't care about it at all, but I still wanted to discuss the recent affairs of the official family, but I didn't want to stop this.
I want the officials to know what I am thinking and why I resigned that day, and I also want to use this to know what the officials are thinking... I also want the officials to allow me to say a few words about this.
."
Zhao Jiu was silent again, and then nodded: "You say."
"In the eyes of officials, the matter of allocating young people into their own land is the same thing as the Green Miao Loan, which was highly recommended by the officials, and the various new laws enacted by Wang Shu and Wang that day." Liu Dazhong was watched by everyone.
, stood on the spot and spoke calmly. "That's because the method is said to be excellent. It always seems to be a good thing, but in fact, once used, it will always lead to endless disasters..."
"Because of improper employment or harassment by slippery officials?" Zhao Jiu responded seriously. "Or are there always new problems that will arise in the future, causing people's livelihood to fall into new hardships?"
"That's right." Liu Dazhong bowed his hands after hearing this. "This is why I have always been against the officials being too hasty and too fast... I will not talk about Qingmiao loan and peace with the Jin people, but only talk about sharing the land...
There are advantages to having a small family in a household, but for this benefit, the government set up a public pavilion to win over people's hearts. But I ventured to ask, if these scholar-bureaucrats and ordinary households join the public pavilion, if the public pavilion is vacant in the future, will they feel that the official family is there?
Lie to them? If the public cabinet has real power, will it in turn harass the local government and prevent the local government from losing its power? Or even blackmail the local government and become the basis for the local government to dominate? Moreover, if power cannot be distributed fairly within the public cabinet, the officials will
How can households be bribed? And if power is distributed fairly, how can the scholar-bureaucrats tolerate the officials and households living above them? These problems will help to break up the officialdom and implement the new policy in a short period of time, but over time they will breed new ideas.
great difficulty.”
Zhao Jiu was silent, but gradually became solemn, while Lu Yihao and Xu Jingheng looked at each other with complicated expressions. They were famous all over the world during the Baima Shaoxing Incident, but they have been silent since resigning, and even their Taoist relations were gradually severed.
The former Minister of Official Affairs.
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel may actually be the most powerful official position under the Prime Minister and the Yushi Zhongcheng, and Liu Dazhong has always been the most confidant of Zhao Ding's party when he was in power, but he was in the White Horse Incident.
Zhong resigned resolutely and remained silent until now. Now that he speaks out, no one can take him lightly.
Zhao Guan's family was silent, and the two husbands also made no sound. Liu Dazhong naturally had no scruples:
"After the stalls move into the property, should they still collect silk? If not, they will collect cash instead. In the summer and autumn, people sell grain and silk in exchange for money. Will profiteers lower the prices? Will this make it more difficult for the people?
?If silk is still collected, how can we compare the prices of silk, grain, and money? Do the prices of silk, grain, and money need to be determined by the government? If it is determined by the government, and coupled with the new order to never increase taxes, will there be inequality between places?
, let some places pay more for nothing, and some places pay less? Moreover, the power and responsibility lies with the government. What should I do if I meet a corrupt official whose family is engaged in silk business? What should I do if I meet a person who is greedy for merit and wants to flatter the official?
?Have the officials considered it?"
Zhao Jiu nodded in response: "My two husbands, Lu and Xu, have already considered this matter. I have already seen the advice."
"So, the officials knew that there would be these new problems, but they still wanted to implement it?" Liu Dazhong was too late to ask.
"yes."
"Well...I'd better finish the story in one breath and then talk about other things...then let's talk about it. In the long run, after the children are divided into acres, the people will no longer drown the babies. As a result, after one generation grows up, the population will increase.
, but most of them are poor people, what will happen then? Will they rise up in rebellion? Will they have to go back to the old practice of Xiangjun and use national finance to support them? Have the officials considered this matter? "
"How could you not think about such a natural thing?" Zhao Jiu responded seriously.
"Then... this time the scholar surnamed Wang in Yuhang committed suicide. Of course I knew that someone was using the topic as an excuse. No one can blame him for seeking death... But Guanjia, this time you wanted to divide the family into your own family, what happened last time?
For the sake of youth loans, the Military Command Division and the Imperial City Division were gradually let go, allowing them to have greater and greater powers and responsibilities, and to intervene in more and more things. Is this true?" Liu Dazhong continued to ask, and his emotions became more and more intense. "Yang Yi
Zhongchen knew that although he had a bad reputation, he was actually a calm and loyal person, and Yu Yunwen was an outstanding underachiever. But if the officials let the Second Division go so far, they were not afraid that one day Yang, Yu and others would be gone, and the Second Division would be replaced by a junior one.
When a person is in power, he will bring out someone who will lead his ministers, and Zhouxing will be prosperous, and it will cause great disaster?"
Zhao Jiu still nodded: "You are right, there is such a hidden danger."
As soon as these words came out, Yang Yizhong and Yu Yunwen could not control themselves, and they went out together to bow down and apologize.
"Then the officials and ministers' intentions are already very obvious..." Liu Dazhong did not pay attention to these two people, but continued to express sincerely. "Since ancient times, why do Taoists talk about governing by doing nothing, and why do Confucian scholar-bureaucrats talk about one virtue?
As for why there is a dispute between the old and the new parties, why I am against the pursuit of quick success... It's not because I don't know the good intentions of the officials, nor is it because I don't understand what good laws are and what bad sesame oil is, but I also know that those sages
We also know that no matter what, the people have no power to resist in front of the government or the government! No matter how good the law is, no matter how good the design is, over time it will become more harmful to one party and the people than before the change.
The burden always changes to be heavier than before!”
At this point, Liu Dazhong was heartbroken: "I borrowed an old saying, the wealth of the world lies not in the officials but in the people, and the officials are right-wing and will always plunder the people, just like tigers and leopards eating sheep and rabbits, don't the officials believe it?"
Hearing this, the people behind him were too scared to say a word, but Xu Jingheng had already been touched. If it weren't for the promise he made to the official family after the martial arts competition that day, he would almost have defected... After all,
Liu Dazhong's words are the heartfelt dilemmas that these former Confucian idealists encountered when they came into contact with the actual operation of society.
The more you do it, the more problems you end up with.
Xu Jingheng lowered his head and remained silent. Lu Yihao opened his mouth to speak, but when he raised his head, he met Zhao Guanjia's eyes and fell silent.
After Zhao Jiu stopped Lu Yihao with his eyes, he continued to respond sincerely to Liu Dazhong who suddenly appeared: "I believe in the sincerity of Liu Qing's words, and I also believe in the true meaning of Liu Qing's words."
This sentence completely made Liu Dazhong lose control. The latter immediately asked: "So, even if the situation is known, the officials have to do these things?"
"That's right." Zhao Jiu nodded in response. Although his words were calm, he was also decisive.
"Why is this so?" Liu Dazhong was almost furious. "Why is this so? Don't the officials consider it for all eternity?"
"Liu Qing, please allow me to speak to you slowly." Zhao Jiu said seriously. "We are talking about the heart-to-heart relationship between king and minister. Can I also ask you a question?"
Liu Dazhong sighed and spread his hands.
When Zhao Jiu saw this, he suddenly removed the futou from his head, stood up and walked to the case with the gold and red belt, and then did something that everyone expected - he bent down and
Yang Yi found something on his waist and pulled it out directly.
The moonlight was bright and the lake was shining brightly. Everyone could see clearly that Zhao Guanjia actually pulled out Yang Yizhong's sword, and they were shocked.
The sword was as bright as spring water, and with a simple wave of Zhao Guanjia, it appeared less than a foot in front of Liu Dazhong, and the official immediately asked a question that made everyone present cringe:
"Liu Qing, do you think this sword is too powerful?"
Lu Yihao and Xu Jingheng all changed their colors and were about to step forward. The members of the Southeast Gongge who were behind saw such a scene for the first time were even more stunned when they remembered those legends and stories.
But just as he was wielding the sword, Liu Dazhong was much calmer than the others. He calmly looked back to his left and right, stopped those around him from approaching, and responded directly to the sword's edge: "I'd like to report this sword to you, I think this sword is sharp enough."
Zhao Jiuping held the sword motionless, but his expression turned gloomy: "Liu Qing, this is a layman's talk, and it is also the time. This sword was regarded as a good sword in Chengping years ago, but now, it is a sword. In fact, it is not a good sword."
It's not sharp enough. Because nowadays, on the battlefield, armor is becoming more and more uniform and harder. A sword like this looks sharp, but in fact, after fighting, when one sword cuts a person, there will be slight cracks covered by blood marks.
When two swords are struck down, a small crack will quietly appear. After three or five swords have really killed one person, they can no longer be used."
"That's it." Liu Dazhong was puzzled for a moment, so he asked again, "Then..."
"Liu Qing, you said we would talk to each other today, so I will talk to you. I am actually this sword." Zhao Jiu interrupted the other party and gave an unexpected explanation. "What I said to Zhang Jiucheng that day was external.
It's the situation. What I'm telling you today is the inside, it's me... Liu Qing, why do you think I'm seeking some eternal solution? Why do you think I'm seeking some long-term solution?"
Liu Dazhong was confused for a moment.
"Liu Qing, what you did today is enough to show that although you share my beliefs, you are still a gentleman, and you are a gentleman who knows the root of the problem insightfully... I didn't say a word to Zhang Jiucheng that day. Although he is that person
He can stand up to the sky, but he has never stood on the ground, and today I can say that Liu Qing is a gentleman who can stand up to the sky and stand on the earth." Under the full moon, Zhao Jiu put down his sword-holding arm and faced the opponent with a sigh.
Liu Dazhong was slightly startled and quickly handed over his hand: "I'm ashamed to say that I don't deserve it."
"This year is already the ninth year of Jianyan, and I am already twenty years old... Zi said in Sichuan, the deceased is like a husband." Zhao Jiu ignored the other party and continued to sigh to himself. "I looked in the mirror by chance, and I have already passed away.
Even if I don’t look in the mirror and just look at the old ministers around me, I can probably tell that there are some slight wrinkles in the corners of my eyes..."
"Officials!" Lu Yihao couldn't hold it back. "Don't belittle yourself."
"I am not belittling myself." Zhao Jiu shook his head and smiled. "On the contrary, it is precisely because of this that I am so urgent... The so-called ants exaggerate the country because of the locust tree, and how easy is it for the earthworms to shake the trees? The west wind is blowing, and the fallen leaves are flying in Chang'an.
Ming Dy. Many things are always in a hurry; the world is turning, and time is running out. Ten thousand years is too long, so you only have to seize the day."
Lu Yihao was slightly touched and finally felt sad. Even Xu Jingheng and Liu Dazhong couldn't help but look at each other, thinking for a moment.
And Zhao Jiu continued to lower his sword and responded calmly: "What Liu Qing said is very good and the truth is correct, but so what? Don't you want to do anything? Besides, why do I ask for some eternal law? Look at this
How many times can the sword be wielded before it becomes blunt? Liu Qing, first of all, I re-issued Qingmiao loans, sold lottery tickets, issued national bonds, lowered my profile to trade with the barbarians, and won over Xiliao, Mongolia, including Baima.
The purpose of expelling me was never to achieve eternal perseverance or to seek eternal admiration. I was just for the Northern Expedition, to regain the two rivers, and to make short-term preparations so that I could feel no regrets! As for my Northern Expedition, even if it was smooth sailing and reunification
If you want to conquer the country, it will cost you more than thirty. Then spend five or six years cleaning up the broken north, and work hard for another five or six years to restore the general plan and reduce some taxes in the southeast. It will already cost you forty or fifty... By then, you will be both physically and mentally exhausted.
If you are tired, you should directly pass on the throne and go to Taixue to study original learning... What happens next, what does it have to do with me? To put it bluntly, after my death, it doesn’t matter if Mount Tai collapses and the Yellow River splits, it means Mount Tai collapses and the Yellow River splits, and so on.
What does it have to do with me? What does it have to do with you? When we live, we just have to do our best and do what we think is right!"
When Liu Dazhong heard this, he was half depressed, half emotional, and even burst into tears: "I...I don't know what to do...but there should be a way for everything in the world! Officials don't have to be like this!"
"
"Perhaps." Zhao Jiu suddenly grinned. "But it's not your turn for me to worry about it... I have such a sword at this time, and I am full of wishes. I just hope that before this sword becomes blunt, I can move forward indomitably, cut through the shackles, and gain
Just to see the country unified! We can wait until this incident to discuss what happens next."
Liu Dazhong became increasingly sad.
And Zhao Jiu also dragged his sword all over and walked a few steps. When he was about to return to the back of the case, he probably felt that his words were a bit bleak, especially for a retired veteran like Liu Dazhong.
I have gone too far, but I finally look back in a positive light:
"Liu Qing just said that the wealth of the world is not with the officials but with the people. I deeply agree. But is the wealth of the world really a certain amount? The fields are left uncultivated and no one is cultivating them. It is not the same thing as being plowed to produce food, right?
?Putting gold and silver in the ground without anyone discovering it is not the same thing as being discovered and owned by others, right? Therefore, I have always believed that things depend on people, and wealth is made by people. If you can work hard for it, the wealth of the world will increase.
If it doesn't stop, then there will still be a bright and prosperous road ahead."
Liu Dazhong blurted out: "I dare to ask the officials, how can we make the world's wealth grow and increase, and how can we take this prosperous road?"
"Of course it's Yuan Xue." Zhao Jiu looked back again.
Liu Dazhong responded in astonishment.
And Zhao Jiu suddenly smiled like a flower: "Liu Qing doesn't think that my admiration for Yuanxue is just to suppress Taoism and the old party, right? I'll tell you the truth, I really believe in Yuanxue, and I really have the hope of the world."
To seek truth from facts and focus on utilitarian principles."
After saying that, Zhao Jiu saw that the other party was finally speechless and just stood there sullenly, dragging his sword and continuing to walk back. When he got to the back of the case, he felt a little bored, so he simply stopped sitting and carried the West Lake Wanjia on his back.
Under the lights, many worried and suspicious people at the foot of Phoenix Mountain dragged their swords upward, preparing to return to the palace.
The surrounding ministers and Ban Zhi quickly abandoned the banquet and followed suit. However, unexpectedly, at this moment, the crows that had been frightened away before finally returned to their nests... Countless crows kept making noisy noises, gathering from all directions and returning.
Phoenix Mountains.
Zhao Jiu stood there and saw that the crows above his head were overwhelming, almost covering the entire moon. He also found it interesting. Then his mood suddenly changed, and he had a bad taste. He dragged his sword up the mountain road with his hand behind his back, and the sword blade made a crisp sound when it slapped the stone steps.
There was a sound, and at the same time he started to mutter something.
And the sound is getting louder and louder, and the tone is impassioned but also slightly joking, so that under the Fenghuang Mountain where there is only the sound of elegant birds, it can be clearly heard, but it is the "Dan Ge Xing" that Cao Mengde sang when he tried to go to Jiangnan.
.
The poem says:
"Wine and song, life geometry!
Just like morning dew, it will be more painful every day when it goes away.
Generosity should be shown as generosity, and sorrow should be unforgettable.
How to relieve worries? Only Du Kang.
Green Zijin, Youyouwoxin.
But for your sake, I still ponder it.
Yo yo, the deer roars, eating the apples in the wild.
I have guests, harp blowing Sheng.
It's as bright as the moon, when can I break it?
Worry comes from it and cannot be cut off.
The more unfamiliar you are, the more you cross the border, the more useless you are.
Let's talk about it? I miss old kindness in my heart.
The moon and stars are sparse, and the magpies fly south.
Three twists and turns around the tree, where is the branch to lean on?
The mountains never get too high and the sea never gets too deep.
The Duke of Zhou vomits food, and the world returns to its heart."
By the end of the sentence, it had actually gradually become unheard as Zhao Guan's family moved into the palace. But maybe because everyone knew the poem, the people at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain still followed the official's voice and made up their minds.
Out of all the verses.
This can be regarded as the emperor dragging his sword and composing poems, and he can play it again when he returns home.
The educated people in the southeast probably all had this idea.
PS: Thank you to the new leader, I, the plant, despise zombies! I will continue to wish you all a happy new year.
By the way... I feel like I haven't had a recurrence of urticaria for several years, but suddenly, and I don't know why, it recurred. Then I was restless the whole time, and couldn't help but scratch it every five minutes, all over my body.
I scratched my feet and made hundreds of bloody holes, but they couldn't stop it.