Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty Zhu's Lifeline [1 more]
The soldiers of Jinghai Navy escorted the prison car. Many literati around them naturally looked bad. As such a large team entered the capital, it also attracted the attention of many people in the capital.
Although in the past few years, major events in the capital have occurred one after another, including the execution of thousands of people at one time, this time hundreds of people were imprisoned in the capital at once, which still caused quite a stir.
sensation.
Especially after the identity of the Zhu family was spread, the people who came to watch all showed strange expressions.
As the saying goes, reading is the only good thing among all inferiors. This sentence is almost imprinted in the bones. In everyone's mind, being a scholar is definitely the most noble existence.
It's okay if they don't know the origin of the Zhu family, but after knowing the origin of the Zhu family, the eyes of these people when they look at the Zhu family become different.
Some people rejoice, some sympathize, and some feel regret.
"I heard that these people are descendants of sages, and all of them are great men..."
"Hmph, so what if they are the descendants of saints? Why did they offend the General Manager of Chu? They would end up confiscating their families and annihilating their clans!"
Because the Emperor's instructions had been given earlier, after the Zhu family members were taken to the capital, they were immediately taken into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and placed under strict supervision.
As the commander-in-chief of the Jing Navy, Cheng Xiangwu went to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War to report, and then left the capital and stationed himself in a military camp outside the capital.
Cheng Xiangwu was not stationed in the capital, which made some people secretly relieved.
In a poetry club, dozens of literati gathered together. Even though there were only a few dozen people, these people were definitely representative figures among the literati in the capital.
The most important thing is that these people can be said to all come from the lineage of Confucianism, and many of them are even members of the Hundred Officials.
However, these people were gathered here with frowning faces. Among them, an old man with a wrinkled face sat there stroking his beard and said with a bit of anger: "Absurd, it's really absurd.
Your Majesty actually allowed Chu Yi to take down the Zhu clan, who are descendants of sages..."
Although the news that the Zhu family was captured by Chu Yi had already been received, the scene of actually seeing the Zhu family being imprisoned in the sky prison still touched the nerves of many scholars from the Neo-Confucian lineage.
The expressions of these dozens of people are different, and a few of them have a somewhat relaxed expression. If you look carefully, you can even see the disdain flowing deep in their eyes, which is obviously a reaction to the old man's great reaction.
For disdain.
Liu Li was a great Confucian figure in the lineage of Neo-Confucianism. It can be said that among all the people present, there were really few people who could compare with him in terms of reputation and qualifications. However, Liu Li was a veteran. Although he became an official in his early years,
However, the connections in the court still exist, otherwise, it would not be possible to invite so many people at once.
After looking at the crowd, Liu Li snorted coldly, pointed at one of the officials and said: "Chen Kang, tell me, are you going to watch the descendants of sages being humiliated by traitors? This is trying to attack us.
A Yimai face..."
Chen Kang had a wry smile on his face. If anyone else dared to accuse him like scolding a grandson, even the cabinet minister, Chen Kang, would never agree.
But it was his mentor who was pointing at him and scolding him. Therefore, no matter how Liu Li scolded him, he could only listen. Otherwise, it would be a great crime of unfilial piety.
When Liu Li stopped, Chen Kang looked around with a wry smile at the people who were looking at him with sympathetic faces, stepped forward and said to Liu Li: "Teacher, it's not that we just sit back and watch the Zhu family, it is the Zhu family that has violated His Majesty's taboo.
, Zhu Han, a direct descendant of the Zhu family, assassinated the emperor. This is an unforgivable crime!"
Liu Li sneered and said: "There is no need to accuse Zhu Han. The emperor said that Zhu Han committed an assassination. Who saw it? Anyway, I didn't see it!"
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and looked at Liu Li with a wry smile. It was a fact that Zhu Han assassinated the emperor. No fewer than dozens of people witnessed this with their own eyes, so they couldn't clean it up at all.
Liu Li saw everyone's reaction in his eyes and snorted coldly: "Don't forget, if the Zhu family is destroyed, without such a banner, the Neo-Confucian lineage will inevitably fall apart. At that time, there will be
You should know better than me what the consequences will be."
Everyone was silent, and the internal battles within Confucianism were extremely fierce. Even when Neo-Confucianism first appeared, it was actually just a small branch within Confucianism and did not have the influence it has now. However, after hundreds of years of development, it has
became the mainstream of Confucianism.
But this does not mean that there are no other factions within Confucianism. For example, the Xin Xue founded by Wang Yangming, although it was not said to be a complete success before, has already vaguely taken shape. The Xin Xue headed by Wang Yangming is already in a small scope.
It's a little famous.
According to the original history, Wang Yangming was a great scholar and had great achievements in quelling the rebellion of Prince Ning. However, in the court, he was rejected and suppressed by Yang Tinghe and others, and he was unable to display his talents.
And Yang Tinghe broke out a great etiquette dispute with Emperor Jiajing with the purpose of Neo-Confucianism. It can be said that Yang Tinghe is a representative figure of Confucian Neo-Confucianism, and Wang Yangming pioneered the psychology and became a sage of his generation, so Yang Tinghe naturally did not tolerate it.
There are many internal branches of Confucianism, but the Neo-Confucian lineage does currently occupy the mainstream. As long as the banner of Neo-Confucianism does not fall, then these people can be under the shadow of the Neo-Confucian lineage.
In the final analysis, not many people care about the life and death of the Zhu family. If the existence of the Zhu family had not been of extraordinary significance, people like them would not be gathered here.
Chen Kang took a deep breath and saluted Liu Li: "Teacher, don't worry, your Majesty is unconscious now. Without your permission, the final decision on the case of the Zhu family cannot be made. We can still find a way to see if
Can exonerate the Zhu family."
With a flick of his sleeves, Liu Li glared at everyone and said, "I'm going to see the leader of the Zhu clan!"
Everyone present secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. Liu Li's request may be very difficult for others, but for them it couldn't be easier.
At least one of them is an official of the Ministry of Punishment. Although he does not have direct jurisdiction over the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, there is really no problem if he wants Liu Li to enter the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to meet people from the Zhu family.
In the dark prison, the people of the Zhu family, who had gone through many ups and downs along the way, could breathe a sigh of relief.
Regardless of whether they live or die in the future, at least they don’t have to be locked up in a prison car all day long and exposed to wind and sun. It can be said that these people have never suffered such pain in their lives. Some even cannot bear the ups and downs along the way.
Lost his life.
Originally there were hundreds of people, but after rushing all the way from the southeast coast to the capital, as many as a dozen people died along the way.
As the head of the Zhu clan, Zhu Ye has long lost the calmness and elegance of the past. The wind and sun along the way made Zhu Ye look extremely embarrassed.
There was a sound of footsteps. Zhu Ye, who was lying against the wall among the thatch, seemed to stop outside his cell when he heard the footsteps. Then there was the sound of a key opening the lock, and Zhu Ye couldn't help but turn around.
He sat up and looked towards the cell door.
At first glance, Zhu Ye couldn't help but froze for a moment, staring at the person coming, as if trying to identify him.
Liu Li walked into the cell with a food box in his hand and saw Zhu Ye. Suddenly seeing Zhu Ye, Liu Li couldn't help but shrink his eyes. If he hadn't known that the other person was Zhu Ye, Liu Li wouldn't have dared to recognize him.
.
Zhu Ye's eyes lit up and he said, "Mr. Liu Li, it's you!"
Obviously Zhu Ye recognized Liu Lilai. Liu Li sighed slightly, stepped forward and put down the food box. Regardless of whether the floor was clean or not, he sat cross-legged and said to Zhu Ye: "Brother Zhu Ye, I haven't seen you for many years, and I have never missed you and me.
The day we met again was actually under such circumstances."
Zhu Ye and Liu Li were close friends in the past. However, Zhu Ye was based in Jianyang County, while Liu Li entered officialdom and stayed in the capital even after becoming an official. If you do the math, the two of them have been together for nearly twenty years.
Not seen.
Zhu Ye lifted up his messy hair, revealing his weathered face, looked at Liu Li and sighed softly: "I never thought that I, Mrs. Zhu, would end up in such a situation, making Zhu so embarrassed in front of Brother Liu!"
Liu Li slowly opened the food box, took out the prepared food and wine one by one, then put them on the table, poured a glass of wine for Zhu Ye himself, looked at Zhu Ye and said: "In the court, the traitorous ministers are in power, the emperor is fatuous, and he favors the eunuchs.
The Zhu family suffered such a catastrophe. When I heard the news, I contacted everyone in the capital and decided to write to the emperor to clear the Zhu family's grievances."
Zhu Ye drank a glass of wine with Liu Li, put the glass down and couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile on his face: "Brother Liu's kindness, Zhu accepted it, but the eunuch has already made up his mind to harm me, the Zhu family."
I'm afraid that no matter how hard Brother Liu runs, the Emperor will never spare my Zhu family!"
Liu Li frowned and said: "It all depends on people. If Your Majesty is unwilling to forgive Zhu, then I will contact all the scholars in the world and write a letter to the emperor together. I don't believe it. Can the emperor ignore the wishes of the scholars in the world?"
Zhu Ye, who originally had no hope in his heart, couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this, and he breathed tightly and said: "If this is the case, my Zhu family still has a glimmer of hope, but..."
Liu Li smiled slightly and said: "My dear brother and I have known each other for half our lives. How can I stand by and watch this time when my dear brother is in trouble? Moreover, Chu Yi, the eunuch, is not only trying to deal with the Zhu family, but also trying to cut off the foundation of my lineage of Neo-Confucianism.
I will never allow that eunuch to succeed."
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