Xinshun 1730

Chapter 111 Tingyi Vegetable Market

At the beginning of the court discussion, there was no sound.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Li Gan knew that the moment he opened his mouth, he wanted to set the tone.

"You guys have read yesterday's memorial. After I read it, although some of the words are absurd, they also have some merits. This person is really talented! This person is...Chen...Chen what is it? with?"

Zuo Pingzhang said: "Return to your majesty, Chen Zhen. His name is Changgong, and he was born in Kunshan. This man's ancestors were also loyal people. He sent out the Eastern captives with a hypocrite, refused to shave his hair, and died in the great festival of the world. He was buried with Zuo Maodi and others, and we also have sacrifices in our court."

"Oh, yes, Chen Zhen."

After a short conversation, all the ministers in the court meeting were relieved, and some people's legs became stiff.

This is a compromise.

To bargain.

If it is really necessary, why can't the emperor even remember this person's name?

Apparently, the emperor remembered the name, and he just said it on purpose, so that the officials present could hear that he hadn't remembered the name.

As for the phrase "Although I feel that some words are absurd," it set the tone.

Which are nonsense?

What are the available words?

Did not say.

So every sentence can be absurd, and every sentence can be usable.

It depends on what kind of price the courtiers are willing to offer, so that every sentence becomes absurd.

Now that they knew that this was a bargain, the ministers were in a good mood, and had already discussed two options last night.

If the emperor really wanted to use it, he would fight to the death and come forward to remonstrate.

If the emperor just wants to bargain, then test the emperor's bottom line, and everyone sign a silent agreement: within your bottom line, we will not cause trouble.

Soon, the veteran of Jiaping Zhangshi came forward and said: "Your Majesty, although this Chen Zhen is upright and reads poetry and books, but he doesn't know political affairs, and he is actually talking about it. Such people should not be used. If you want to use it, you must experience it before you can do it." .”

"Furthermore, Chen Zhen gathered his companions and beat up the honored man. The so-called crime is judged regardless of his deeds. Although he didn't know it, that man used to be a servant of the Duke of Yi, and now he has made meritorious service in northern Xinjiang. That is the imperial court." Flying Captain."

"Our dynasty is not as good as the previous dynasty. The soldiers are like Qiu Ba. When Taizu founded the country, he used the generals to control the ministers. During the Rong En Banquet, he left the soldiers and the right. Such things, if you don't care about crimes, will frighten the soldiers. heart. Although he doesn’t know it, it’s not a reason to get rid of the crime, at most the crime will be reduced.”

The fight between the two sides has already happened long ago, and no one has mentioned the key point of "disregarding deeds regardless of heart".

As soon as the court meeting was held today, someone immediately discovered the key point. Li Gan smiled secretly, but said: "Your words are reasonable. Since the crime is reduced, what crime should be considered?"

The Minister of the Criminal Government said: "When it comes to crimes, you should use twenty sticks. If you don't know it, you will be treated lightly. Ten sticks."

"Well, what do you think?"

Some people set their sights on Yi Guogong Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng has always been a kind-hearted person, but everyone knows that this is just because the family has reached the top, so there are fewer mistakes.

After all, this incident slapped Duke Yi's family in the face. No one can directly say whether it is good or not.If you really offend someone, you might be in trouble in the future.

When Liu Sheng saw that others were all staring at him quietly, he thought it would be meaningless to hit ten sticks.Yu'er is planning to let him never stand up again, to kill chickens and monkeys, I don't care if it's ten sticks or twenty sticks.

I don't want to provoke Shilin's public opinion, but since Yu'er used a strange trick to break the situation, what will happen in the future is another matter.

So he didn't say a word, just pretending that it had nothing to do with him, or avoiding suspicion.

Seeing him like this, some ministers said: "Rewards and punishments are fair, there is no further discussion. Be ten sticks."

Li Gan nodded, and said again: "Out of anger, he beat Xun Wei. But since he was not beaten, I think this crime should be ignored. Since the imperial court has Taizong's legacy of discussing politics and forming associations, it is not necessary for this scholar to discuss politics. Count it as a crime. Liu Shou often negotiates with Luo Sha on the front line, so some people will inevitably misunderstand this matter."

The Minister of the Military Government said: "Your Majesty, this is exactly what Pingzhang said before: Chen Zhen can't be used too much, he just talks about it, if he uses it, he must first experience it."

"Although the state government allows associations to discuss politics, those who discuss politics do not go through political affairs or go through the border. How can they know about sacrificial soldiers? If Zhao Kuo, he could still make people listen to his words, but today's associations are not as good as Zhao Kuo. "

"There are even those who strive for fame, and their words are not shocking and endless. Even the style of writing in the country and dynasty has the meaning of madness in the Song Dynasty. This is not a blessing in the literary world. When negotiating with the Raksha Kingdom, Chen Zhen knows how Raksha is? Knowing Raksha The distance between the capital and the capital? Do you know the affairs of Rakshasa and the Mongolian tribes? How much money was spent on sending troops to the dynasty? Do you know that the dynasty has prepared for this war for five years?"

"I don't know at all, so I shake my feather fan lightly, and open my mouth to say what I should do, which only increases my laughter."

After the minister of the military government finished speaking, everyone also seconded the matter.

Everyone understands that if the emperor sets the tone of "compromise and bargaining", then today's matter can't talk about specific reforms in a single sentence, but directly vetoes Chen Zhen from the soul level: this is a rhetoric , A pedantic generation who doesn't understand military affairs and fights for fame.

Only by negating from the soul level can we directly veto this matter without discussing the specific terms of the reform—can you listen to the words of a lunatic?
Although this lunatic is actually Liu Yu, there is no other way, he borrowed Chen Zhen's "inspiration".

Now that the matter has come to this point, it is obvious that the emperor wants to protect Liu Yu, so if he continues to find fault with Liu Yu, he will not open his eyes.

It would be a fool to seriously argue with any of these, even the easiest to refute.

Nothing specific can be touched.

Can't talk about the concrete, only about the abstract.

Give the emperor a step down, and also give yourself a step down.

The old minister of Jiaping Zhangshi said again: "What the Minister of the Military Government said is very reasonable. The minister thinks that Liu Shouchang assisted Qi Guogong in negotiating with Luocha this time, and expanded the land for three thousand miles, and also expanded the Yongning Temple stele and Yanran stone carvings to highlight our dynasty. Heroic spirit has the majestic style of the Han Dynasty. The land of the land, and the Raksha Castle, can also be used for military exploits."

"In the past, Zhang Yi's performance in Chu was also considered military merit. I think that Liu Shouchang's merits should be further improved, and he will be awarded the honor of guarding the army, and he will be named male!"

The emperor has other uses for Liu Yu. Seeing that no one has come out to object at this time, you really dare to ask for a price for a third-rank guard and baron who is less than 20 years old.

"This statement is inappropriate. One is that he is still young, and at a young age, he has the honor of the third-rank military guard, and he is also arrogant. The second is that he cannot be awarded the honor unless he has made military achievements. After all, the Duke of Qi presides over the negotiation. Guard the army Zhixun, that's not right."

Li Gan vetoed it.

The Minister of the Military Government immediately understood the meaning, and said in a prelude: "I also think it is wrong. Although you have made achievements in expanding the land, it is not a bad idea to be a baron. However, he is still young and talented, so he should practice more. And this matter uses words to expand the soil, and expands Yan and stone carvings, this is also the cultural governance of our dynasty. It is unprecedented to be knighted and honored to protect the army before the age of 20."

"The old minister thought that the heroic inscription of Wen Xun, Tuotu for three thousand miles, and Tuban Dingyuan should be awarded, which is to praise Zhishaoyin Keye."

Seeing that the emperor had no objection, all the officials thought, come on, if this Liu Shouchang can enter the upper house and be appraised by the upper class, he will be a man who can perform both civil and military duties.

It is obvious that he can be awarded ten ranks of martial arts, but His Majesty did not grant it. Instead, he was awarded a Wen Xun. He will definitely plan to use it not only at the border in the future.

Just as Shangshu of the military government was about to return to the army, he heard the emperor say: "Although his achievements are great, there are many discussions among scholars. They may say that the Song and Liao Dynasties were humiliated, or they may say that the Celestial Dynasty is decent."

"Nowadays, the imperial court does not surrender but promotes him. The court knows its merits, and it is only natural to reward it. I am afraid that scholars will form an association to discuss, but I will think that Qing and others are treacherous, so as to deceive the superiors."

Li Gan finally hit the point, how could a group of people still not understand what this meant?
Shilin Association, Shilin Association, the real talker, is it really the group of young scholars?
The emperor cannot control the public opinion, and of course it is impossible for those young scholars to do it spontaneously.

There are quite a few ministers who know about the 30 taels of the Raksha State negotiations, but those who know must know what's going on.

Why did Guozijian Chang Hongshe know about the 30 taels, but didn't say the reason?
The emperor's meaning was very clear: I won't pursue this matter anymore, and it's useless to pursue it anyway.

But, we have to talk about the conditions, you can't keep pressing me with this matter.

Is Liu Yu an ass now?Before the Shangsheqiu exam, he could only be a small guard. Didn't you call him to show me when you beat him?

Now that things have happened, I don't want you to use Shilin public opinion to force me on other things in the future.

The officials also understood that the emperor was asking for the price, but the problem is that no one knows what the emperor is asking for.There is always a need to test this matter, but where should we start to test it?

When the atmosphere was awkward and dull, Zuo Pingzhang said, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the so-called Song and Liao insults are nonsense."

"In the Song and Liao incidents, the Song army shot Xiao Talan to death without knowing it. The capture of Raksha King's righteous son by our dynasty is known to the whole world. This is different."

"In the Song and Liao incidents, Zhenzong wanted to escape, but Kou Laigong tried his best to prevent it. I will go to the front line to command the front line of your majesty. If you decide to break the city, this is not the same."

"In the Song and Liao Dynasties, 30 year-old coins were paid every year; in our dynasty, a total of 30 yuan was given in exchange for thousands of miles of land. This is just a matter of land acquisition during the Warring States Period. Qin, Wei, Zhao, Han, Chu, Yan, and Qi all had it. Kuang Zhao He’s Bi is still used to exchange for soil, and the land is the country, and He’s Bi can be exchanged, how can 30 taels be compared with He’s Bi? These are three different things.”

"The Song and Liao affairs are about brothers, and the order is based on the teeth. And Liao has the land of Jizhou and Yongzhou; although our dynasty inherited the position of Luocha, Luocha is outside Kyushu. This is just the turn of the Han Dynasty and the Western Great Qin; Tang Dynasty It is also a friendship with Dashi. These four are also different."

"As for Song and Liao, there is Wu Mu weeping blood, and the sun is shining, and there is also a foolish king in Raksha country, so that his earl died of anger because of losing his land. How can they be compared?"

"Qin Hui has a beautiful beard, and Guan Yunchang also has a beautiful beard. Based on this fallacy, is Qin Hui and Shoutinghou the same?"

Li Gan nodded lightly, and the other ministers said: "Zuo Ping's words are reasonable. The matter between our court and Luocha should not be compared with Tanyuan's humiliation. The students of the Imperial College don't understand practical matters, they just talk about it; The scholars in the south of the Yangtze River don't know anything about the northern border, let alone the details. Although they have a heart of fist and fist, it's like talking about Qin Hui and Shouting in terms of their beautiful beards."

"That's why Mencius said: Do it without paying attention to it, practice it without observing it, and those who live by it all their lives without knowing the way, there are many people!"

"Since it is the public, the Master said: Prosper in poetry, establish in ritual, and succeed in music. If the people can do it, let them do it; if they can't, let them know it."

Since they don't know, then they should be educated and let them know.

There are seven or eight interpretations of this short sentence "the people can let it know, but they can't make it known".Now that I changed the way of punctuation, everything immediately made sense: the group of people who formed the association obviously didn't understand anything.If they don't understand, let them understand.

Li Gan is nothing more than an emperor, he has no ability to control how Shihlin judges sentences and how Shihlin understands.

Now that someone has said that, it means that someone will tell the association's Shilin about this matter, and this is a correct understanding.

As for whether it can be done...of course it can be done.If you can't do it, you are reminding the emperor that you have breached the contract.

Zuo Pingzhang's matter was obviously conveying the emperor's bottom line, and it was clear that the bottom line was not so simple.

Sure enough, Zuo Pingzhang said again: "As for the dignity of the Celestial Dynasty, if there was an emperor in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, where is the dignity? In today's world of great struggle, if you want to be respectable, you must have the martial virtues of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Only then can you be respectable."

"Today's England, Guili, and Li have an annual income of 2000 million silver; France, with an annual income of 500 million, is half as large as our dynasty. These are all major Western countries. If a ship travels thousands of miles to Nanyang, can our dynasty have a ship to the West?"

"A lot of missionaries have evil intentions. They don't tell the truth. They are either rewarding or preaching, and they use the name of 'tribute'. Everyone doesn't notice, and they are complacent. Isn't this self-deception?"

"It may be said that the king will not rule the barbarians; or that the foreign service shall be entrusted to cut off communication... These are all rumors. The ancients knew it 2000 years ago, but today's people don't know it. Isn't it ridiculous?"

"If you really have ambitions, you should follow the aspirations of other countries in the past and set the style of writing in the four seas, then you will be the real dynasty. Otherwise, how is it different from the Japanese who call themselves small tributaries? Victory. If you can’t understand it, how can you surpass it?”

"Tong sent envoys to imitate Zhang Bo to go out of the Western Regions and Ban Dingyuan to communicate with the Great Qin Dynasty. It is the style of Han Dynasty; to emulate Su Ding Fangan in the Western Regions and the capital of Kucha, to imitate Liu Rengui's Baijiangkou town for 800 years and dare not covet Kyushu. Fang is the hero of Tang Dynasty."

"Being a woman's attitude, saying that the king does not rule the barbarians and the emperors, this is the weak spirit of the Song Dynasty and the feelings of women. But it is ridiculous to treat the weak spirit of the Song Dynasty as the attitude of the celestial dynasty."

"There are people who say that Cheng Zhu must be broken, and Confucius and Mencius must be broken. I think that the Celestial Dynasty must be broken, and Han and Tang will be close."

If you say these words on weekdays, especially the sentence "It will break the heavens and the Han and Tang Dynasties", I am afraid that I will be sprayed to death immediately.

All parties will definitely cite classics and denounce this statement.

Although in name Dashun's official ideology talks about "breaking Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism", in fact, how can it be so easy to break through hundreds of years of infiltration?Even though there is criticism on the surface, it is actually deeply rooted in people's hearts. When there is criticism, it is still within the original framework, thinking that what is being criticized is the bone, but in fact what is being criticized is only the skin.

Wang Yangming said: It is easy to break the thief in the mountain, but it is difficult to break the thief in the heart.Probably this is what it means.

However, today's court meeting is not a debate, but a bargaining.

Just like buying vegetables in the vegetable market, this is not the time to comment on whether the blood of cabbage and radish is closer or that of radish and mustard.

Instead, the emperor made an offer, and the civil servants counter-offered.If you can accept it, then pay with one hand and deliver with the other.

Zuo Pingzhang was bidding for the emperor, and the few words he said were all nonsense, everyone could understand, and what was really useful was actually just one sentence.

Tong sent envoys to imitate Zhang Bo to go out of the Western Regions and Ban Dingyuan to communicate with Daqin, which is the style of Han Dynasty;

In short, the price offered by the emperor is very clear.

First of all, the Rakshasa delegation came to discuss the matter of northern Xinjiang policy on the throne of the emperor, and they could not move.

Second, send missions to Rakshasa to see the world with eyes open.Can't move.

Su Dingfang's Anxi Governor's Mansion established Kucha, and Liu Rengui's Battle of Baijiangkou, these are two things.

The Western Regions must be pacified, there is no need to talk about this.

Regarding North Korea's affairs, it is necessary to take advantage of the civil strife in North Korea to step up control and infiltration.

There are four things in total.

The emperor was telling his ministers that there was nothing to discuss about these four matters.

If you accept it, then don't object any more in court.Scholastic public opinion, don't criticize Sang Huai, and use the past to satirize the present.

If you don't accept it, aren't you willing to use the past to satirize the present?Okay, how boring is it to mock Song Liao?Petty.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and his old man should be used, and it has been many years since no one used the "Moving Maoling Order" to satirize. Liu Yu, a lunatic, has this article in his memorials, and I will let you satirize it this time.

(End of this chapter)