In the meeting hall of the Wei Guogong Mansion, all Nanjing dignitaries had sad faces, worried about their future!
Xu Hongji, lying on the recliner, was reading the newspaper.
All along, their nobles have not cared about the affairs of the capital court at all, and therefore, they have not cared about the Di Bao at all.
But this time, Xu Hongji really read the newspaper very seriously, just like the elementary school students of later generations who listened to the teacher and read the book most seriously.
The other nobles couldn't wait for him to finish reading, and they all became worried.
"Hey, what can we do about this?"
"Yeah, who would have thought that Emperor Taizu would still care about human affairs? What kind of thing is this!"
"No, isn't it good to be a free and easy god? What else do you have to worry about! I haven't seen any other emperors appear. Could it be that Emperor Taizu has become an immortal?"
"That's not necessarily true. Can Emperor Taizu's great achievements be matched by others? If our Ming Dynasty emperor can become an immortal, then Emperor Taizu must be the first one!"
"But...but during the crisis, why didn't Emperor Taizu show his spirit to save Emperor Jianwen? Now he is about to show his spirit?"
"It may be that Emperor Taizu had just become an immortal at that time, and his Taoism was not enough, right? It may also be that Emperor Taizu found that Emperor Chengzu was the most suitable emperor, right? Or maybe, Emperor Taizu gave Jingnan to Emperor Jianwen
If he fails the test, he can only blame his bad fate, right?"
"..."
All the nobles and nobles have been talking about it, and they can all find reasons. This matter of Emperor Taizu's apparition can't be more true.
Therefore, after speaking, the voice slowly became quieter again, and some people were even filled with despair when speaking.
Xu Hongji, on his side, carefully read the newspaper twice before slowly putting it down.
"Dad, how are you?" When his son Xu Wenjue saw him, he quickly asked with hope.
There is no one more wily and calculating than his father. If he can still come up with ideas, it can only be his father.
Hearing his words, the others immediately looked at Xu Hongji. They all looked pitifully, hoping that Xu Hongji could give them an idea and a little confidence.
At this time, Xu Hongji's face was gloomy. He looked at the people present and said slowly: "Actually, from my point of view, there is no need to worry too much!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was delighted and asked questions quickly.
"Ah, how do you say this?"
"I know that my father-in-law has his own opinion. Can you please tell us?"
"Is it possible that the father-in-law discovered that this newspaper is fake?"
"..."
Hearing their questions, Xu Hongji first stretched out his hand to ask them to calm down, and then continued: "It is impossible for the Di newspaper to be fake, and what I said has my truth, please listen to it!
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"Sir, please speak!" Upon hearing this, the nobles in the council responded almost in unison.
Xu Hongji did not speak immediately. He seemed to have sorted out his thoughts before he began to speak: "You see, in the many years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, this is the only time Emperor Taizu has appeared. At other times, Emperor Taizu has not appeared.
There was no spiritual manifestation. But if you want to say that if there was a sign of the country's subjugation, the change of Tumu Fort was also possible. But why did Emperor Taizu not have the spiritual manifestation?"
In the 14th year of Ming Zhengtong, Ming Yingzong launched his fourth Northern Expedition. Two hundred thousand elite troops were annihilated in Tumubao. Even Ming Yingzong himself was captured by the Mongolian Tatars. This incident was indeed a shocking change, and the country was in danger of subjugation.
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However, the noble people below can still think of reasons for Xu Hongji's statement.
"Isn't it okay? Yu Qian, the Minister of War at the time, stepped forward. Maybe it was Emperor Taizu who gave it to him in a dream!"
"It's also possible that Emperor Taizu was in seclusion at that time to cultivate immortality, so he didn't have any spiritual manifestations!"
"It's time that Emperor Taizu figured it out and our Ming Dynasty must be fine, right?"
"..."
In response to their chatter, Xu Hongji stretched out his hand to stop them from continuing to speak, and then said to them: "No matter what, there is no such thing as this time. Looking at the past dynasties, there is no such example.
. Therefore, I think it may not be easy for Emperor Taizu to show his holiness in front of others! In other words, even if it is not a very, very important matter, he will not show his holiness in front of others!"
After a pause, he explained: "This time, it is related to the Confucius family in Qufu. After Confucius, scholars all over the world will make trouble. This matter has never happened in the past dynasties. Therefore, Emperor Taizu and Confucius appeared together.
Emperor Taizu doesn't bother to care about ordinary things, or in other words, he won't pay the price of manifesting spirits! Otherwise, Emperor Taizu can manifest spirits more often, right?"
After Xu Hongji asked, the nobles in the lobby did not respond immediately. Instead, they looked at me and I looked at you. After a while, they finally responded.
"I think your father-in-law is right!"
"That's right, if Emperor Taizu was really easy to manifest his spirit, we have been in the Ming Dynasty for 276 years, and there have been so many right and wrongs. Emperor Taizu should have manifested his spirit many times!"
"That's right, the little things we have done are not worthy of Emperor Taizu's concern at all. Emperor Taizu will not appear!"
"..."
When people are in desperate situations, they are most prone to wishful thinking. Even if they think of other explanations, even those that are not beneficial to them, they will suppress it and would rather believe those explanations that are beneficial to them.
The atmosphere in the lobby finally became a little more optimistic because of Xu Hongji's explanation.
Xu Hongji saw that he had finally boosted the morale of these people, so he stretched out his hand to signal them to calm down.
Then, he said with a serious expression: "At this juncture, it is really not appropriate for us to conflict with the factory guards anymore. The trend is not on our side. Those who live in hiding should be let go! Otherwise, those factory guards are really going to
If we don’t have any scruples, we might be able to follow the incident of Emperor Taizu’s apparition. When the time comes, even if they are eventually dealt with, we will be unlucky first!”
When the nobles present heard this, they all nodded in agreement. But it can be seen that it would be painful for them to spit out the hidden house.
"For us, the most important thing is the grain fields. This is fundamental!" Xu Hongji continued, "But fortunately, the imperial court no longer has the account books of Jiangnan's fields. This is a confusing account, and we can argue with it.
Strive for it!”
They sent people to destroy the farm account books. No, he then explained: "Those pirates can no longer be allowed to live. After destroying them, this matter will be settled. Each of our families remember that the last
On the grain fields, we can no longer make concessions. Otherwise, we will really be ashamed of the inheritance left by our ancestors!"
Grain fields in ancient times are like houses in later generations. They are the most important fixed assets and the most valued fixed assets.
People of later generations, when talking about it, will ask whether there is a house, how many suites there are, etc. The same is true for ancient people. When talking about it, they will ask how many grain fields the family has!
At this time, hearing Xu Hongji's explanation, all these nobles nodded in agreement.
If possible, they really don't want their hermit households to be liquidated by the court. Because to a certain extent, their hermit households are equivalent to their slaves and can be exploited by them.
But now, Emperor Taizu appeared and told him that if he was murderous, he would have to make some concessions. This Yinhu matter could only be regarded as a severance.
After these nobles discussed it, they went their separate ways.
As for the civil servants, they are all worried! Especially those who caused a fierce commotion for the Kong family in Qufu are even more worried.
Not to mention anything else, the literati who went to Gongyuan to cause trouble were basically all well-known. Although they were not as good as civil servants like them, the emperor executed more than a thousand literati at once.
They cannot help but be afraid of this murderous outcome!
What to do?
This is a problem that these troublemaking scholars urgently need to solve right now!
Not to mention, literati have smarter minds.
After much thinking, they actually came up with an idea.
Why are the Kong family in Qufu making trouble?
Why did more than a thousand literati block the Gongyuan?
In the final analysis, it is the science founded by the emperor! By the way, it has been written in the Di newspaper now that it has been renamed Gewuxue!
The current result is that the emperor's side has won a great victory. If you say that you should flatter the emperor at this time and make him happy, maybe you won't care about the things in Nanjing!
With this in mind, these literati immediately began to write. They wrote memorials one after another, and began to list the benefits brought by the study of geology to the people of the Ming Dynasty. They praised the study of geology from all aspects, cried and shouted, and asked the study of geology to join in.
The imperial examination allowed scholars all over the world to learn the study of physical studies.
In short, if you want to escape this disaster, vigorously support the study of geophysics, and become a fan of today's emperor, then you can't possibly still yell at them today, right?
As for the sudden change in attitude towards the Confucius family in Qufu, so why should we care about it?
Face is not as important as life! Besides, after being in the officialdom for a long time, you already have a thick skin, so what are you afraid of?
Just like this, memorials supporting the study of physical studies were sent to the capital with great fanfare, just for fear that others would not know about it.
If someone takes the lead, others will naturally figure out the key and follow up one by one. It is as if Jiangnan has suddenly become the birthplace of the study of physical studies.
Ma Shiying was happy. The second stage of rectifying the place, checking the hidden houses, suddenly became extremely smooth. No one was disrupting the propaganda at the General Affairs Department, and there were more people watching.
They also all applauded.
However, Ma Shiying still had doubts about the third stage of rectification. He still did not dare to let the factory guards do that, so he wrote a secret report about the situation in Nanjing and rushed it to the capital to ask the emperor for instructions on what to do.