Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 711 Stupid Brother

For the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that the incident of being gentle and sweeping the floor is about to happen again.It's just that for them, they seem to be used to it, and it's not surprising that many things happen.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was doomed not to rule the world with the literati. Scholars want to return to the lofty status of the Song Dynasty, it is simply daydreaming.Not to mention the emperor, it is estimated that none of those martial arts will agree.

It's just that for many scholars at this moment, another big case is about to happen, and it can even be said to have a long-lasting impact.

Whether it is the Kongyin case or the Hu Weiyong case, those seem to be just the emperors consolidating their rule.Those cases are actually dealing with officials, and have nothing to do with Shilin students. They can be said to be very safe.

But it's different now. The upcoming case is likely to affect the status of many students.

Emperor Hongwu had indeed issued a decree that students should not discuss government affairs indiscriminately.Even if many people don't agree with it in their hearts, when facing the imperial power, they can only accept it silently. At least when facing Emperor Hongwu, those scholars can only hide in their hearts even if they have a lot of dissatisfaction. Show more.

The reason here is also very simple, because although the Yuan Dynasty did not allow some southern scholars to serve as high-ranking officials, the control over the grassroots society was quite poor, and it could be regarded as delegating power to some landlords and scholars.

It doesn't matter whether you are jealous of scholars or despise scholars.In fact, some scholars are not allowed to discuss government affairs. In the final analysis, it is because of the need to consolidate the rule.

From Lao Zhu's stereotyped writing, it can also be seen that Lao Zhu wants to imprison the thoughts of some scholars.

During the Song Dynasty, academies were well-educated, and literati were highly motivated to participate in government affairs. Groups with ether students as the core often launched public opinion campaigns when the government was corrupt and the country was in peril.

This seems to be effective, but Lao Zhu formulated some systems when he founded the country.He actually realized the role of public opinion, so he carried out reforms in the construction of speech channels at the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and formulated many suggestion systems to understand the feelings of the lower class.

Under such circumstances, scholars should just study in a down-to-earth manner, and there is no need to participate in political discussions.The Ming Dynasty already had an official system, and it would only be troublesome for scholars to participate in it.

In fact, some scholars are not allowed to discuss government affairs, but also because these people can be counted as reserve officials.Talking about government affairs prematurely, or once a force is formed, if there are cronies, it will naturally be prone to party disputes.

And be more careful, once there are any gossips, it will easily become a sudden discussion in the government and the public, one person advocates it, tens of thousands of people agree with it, and the whole country is running wildly, and it can even turn the world upside down and turn black and white role.

Therefore, it is very important to control public opinion, and the public opinion in this era is mostly controlled by the landlord class and intellectuals.

Old Zhu naturally didn't want to see such a thing happen, and Zhu Yunying actually didn't want such a thing to happen either.

Literati associations have become a common practice, in fact, this trend has existed in the early years.

For example, in the second year of Hongwu, Song Lian was ordered by the president to write "Yuan History", and dozens of people participated in the writing, all of whom were handsome.In the fifth year of Hongwu, Song Lian, Zhang Ding, his second son Song Fan, Xiong Ding, Liu Song, Zhou Ziliang and Lu Zhongshan met in Chengjun to drink tea and couplet poems.

It can even be said that Lao Zhu is the promoter of the banquet atmosphere. He once ordered the Ministry of Industry to build ten restaurants outside Jiangdongmen, and added five floors.The imperial edict bestowed civil and military officials with banknotes, and ordered the banquet to be held in Zuixianlou.

It's just that such a banquet is basically singing.There are both public and private spheres. Although it is not prosperous, it has not formed a stable and standardized community.

The rallies in this period established the tone of the choruses in the later period. Not only the choruses in the public domain were mainly about peace, but also the gatherings in the private sphere were restricted by ideology.

With further development now, there are more elegant collections like this, but the minds of many literati have come alive.

For example, the formation of scholars for the purpose of imperial examinations is much more realistic and utilitarian than poetry associations and Yilaohui. Of course, it is also more boring and professional, and it is by no means elegant and romantic.

Today's scholars not only study Juye, but also sing poems and essays to relieve the pain of pondering all day long, so Poetry Club and Juye Club are often mixed together.

Of course, occasionally there will be some singing, dancing, and banquets, which seem to be more elegant.But more, there are still some trends that the emperor is not happy to see.

For example, literati associations have never only talked about romantic affairs, most of them are talking about politics, expressing their own views on the development of the world wantonly.Some people want to speak out their opinions to attract the attention of big shots, and some people speak out loudly because they deny the political behavior of some imperial courts.

This is obviously not good, anyway, Zhu Yunying is not happy to see such a thing happen.The Donglin Party in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention harming the country by talking about it, are all good at causing party disputes.

There is no need to say more about the Northern Song Dynasty. Although there was no Donglin Party at that time, there were indeed obvious party disputes.These can be said to be bad examples, Zhu Yunying certainly needs to be more vigilant as a teacher who never forgets the past.

Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru were imprisoned by Suona, Tianzi Tiqi kept the Imperial Prison firmly under control, and Dongchang's sons were screened one by one.

It can be said that the hearts of the people were panicked for a while. Indeed, many people felt that it was absurd, and even disheartened. They felt that the Ming Dynasty was hopeless, and they treated scholars like this.

However, there are also many people who are too late to regret, just talking loudly at gatherings that shouldn't be there, and ruining their official careers.Don't talk about official career now, even the fame has been deprived, and the only privilege is gone.

Zhu Yunying obviously didn't care about the comments or pleadings of some civil and military officials, even if there were a lot of discussions in the next period of time, he didn't care too much.Although he is also very clear that some of the rules he has formulated now may not be applicable in the future, and the cases he is handling now may not have any deterrent effect in the future.

But what should be done is still to be done, and some bad trends must be killed now, so as not to intensify them.

There are also civil servants kneeling outside the Meridian Gate, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor will forgive those students for their ten-year hardship.Suddenly an angel appeared and summoned King Xu Zhu Yunqi to meet him.

Didn't you just say that there were one or two Wu Xun who were devoted to writing?Why, His Highness King Xu also attended the gathering of Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and others?
No, Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng, what is the intention of this?

Scholars and Wu Xun, if these two groups get too close, it will cause some discussions and touch the emperor's sensitive nerves.But once the clan is involved, it must be extremely complicated.

Who is Xu Wang?That was the second son of Emperor Xiaokang, the half-brother of today's son.Even in the early years, although people with a discerning eye knew that today's status has always been stable, it was also rumored that Zhu Yunqi was quite literary, honest and refined.

In addition, King Xu was born of the Lu family, the concubine of the prince at that time, that was a family of civil servants, which was well-known in the Song Dynasty.In fact, some people also think that if His Royal Highness Xu Wang can become the grandson of the emperor, it might be a good thing.

Although everyone knows that it is unrealistic, but it is true that some people were a little cautious at one time.If Emperor Xiaokang hadn't died early, maybe he could really launch some actions, for example, through a series of actions such as establishing a queen, to win a little chance for His Royal Highness Xu Wang.

But now, these civil servants can't wait to disappear as soon as possible.If only ordinary clans participated in the gathering, it would be sensitive in itself.This is even a prince who is considered to have the opportunity to contact Dabao, a prince who is disliked by the current emperor, this is simply nonsense!

Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng are so stupid, those two guys are really unpredictable and bookish!
Zhu Yunqi probably was going to be trembling, but he really didn't have much thought.In the early years, I did have thoughts and ideas, but don't say 'the father died', even when the father did not die, Zhu Yunqi knew that he had almost no chance.

There is no other reason, but because Brother Huang's position is too stable, and because Brother Huang has a lot of power in his hands.All of that also doomed him to have no chance. Some fantasies when he was young were just unrealistic fantasies that he and his mother and concubine didn't understand the court situation.

Zhu Yunqi had no other thoughts about attending the rally held by Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng.The simple thing is that I liked reading when I was a child, and I was really close to Confucianism.When facing the learned and talented Confucianism, Zhu Yunqi will definitely get closer.

Anyway, he is just an idle wealthy prince now, and he doesn't like romance, and he doesn't hold any position in the clan's mansion.It is also a beautiful thing to study and talk with some scholars and great Confucians.

But this beautiful thing is actually a taboo?

Zhu Yunxie put on a bitter face, and said to Zhu Yunying, "Brother Huang, you know what kind of temper the second brother has. If you want us to say, he is just stupid in reading, how much thought can he have?!"

Zhu Yunying rolled his eyes at his younger brother, and said angrily, "Do you need to pretend to be a good person here? Can we not know the nature of Yunwen? We told him a few years ago, and told him not to just study hard." , He insisted on not listening, let his mother and concubine teach him like a Confucian child, for fear that what we teach is heresy."

"Mr. Lu was afraid that you would spoil the second brother. If it weren't for the presence of the emperor, maybe the second brother would have a chance." Zhu Yunxi said heartlessly, "Let's think about it now, Lu was alone at that time. Let us play hard, let us develop our current temperament, which was caused by the trouble at that time."

Zhu Yunying was very happy, and praised, "It's a little brainy, although it's a bit slow, I figured it out after all! If we weren't here, with this temper, even a son-in-law would be able to enter the elegant hall. Yun Wen Although the book is a little angry, if you don't understand it from the outside, you might think he is a benevolent monarch."

Zhu Yunxi sneered, others didn't know what kind of temperament his second brother was, but he knew it very well.Of course, Zhu Yunxie knew better, this was the emperor's brother giving face to the second brother, it was not as straightforward as what he said.

The second brother seems to be a little kind on the outside, but he is also from the Zhu family in his heart. If he is mean, he is really mean.

Moreover, after all these years of getting along, Zhu Yunxi also knew that his second brother was actually suspicious in his bones.It's just that the decisiveness and ruthlessness of the father and brother are missing, and there is more indecision.

Zhu Yunying looked at Zhu Yunxie, and said, "We have been too lazy to discipline Yunwen these years, and we are worried about his temper. If he is in front of us, I am afraid that we can't help but punish him. As for him, I guess He also knew that he hated us a few years ago, so he didn't dare to get close to us."

Zhu Yunxie quickly said, "We still have a little relationship with the second brother, and the fourth and fifth brothers also like to follow us. Brother Huang, if you want us to say that the fourth brother will move out when he starts a house, he will not be happy following the second brother. The fifth brother is also like this, the second elder brother always thinks he is a virtuous king, we are afraid that he will also make the fifth brother a nerd."

A nerd, Zhu Yunqi is really a nerd, whether it is "past life" or "present life", there is not much change in fact.The only difference is that Zhu Yunqi was not able to sit on the dragon chair, nor did he use a series of extremely stupid means to hand over Jiangshan Sheji to others.

Zhu Yunying really couldn't get close to her silly younger brother.

It is a half-brother itself, coupled with the bad impression of the previous life, and the conflict of 'seizing the heir' in this life.

All of this also caused Zhu Yunying to be too lazy to ask Zhu Yunqi, that is, because of the matter of face, so he treated Zhu Yunqi with some dignity, and never felt sorry for him.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhu Yunying thinks that he is very good as an older brother.Compared with Zhu Yunxuan who forced his uncle to self-immolate and imprisoned his uncle in history, Zhu Yunying is too kind.He didn't make the clan uneasy, didn't force the clan to survive or raise the flag to rebel.

Looking at Zhu Yunxi, Zhu Yunying said, "That second brother of yours isn't bad, he's really stupid! We don't bother talking about him anymore, but we are brothers after all, and now that the emperor is gone, our elder brother should be disciplined. If he is acting like this, he may not make a big mistake in the future."

Zhu Yunxi didn't understand, and said, "That is to say, it's against some scholars to recite poems. How much can there be? We often asked some scholars to compose poems at banquets. A few days ago, we even asked people to write for us. We He also wrote a few poems."

Zhu Yunying looked at Zhu Yunxie, but his eyes did not scare Zhu Yunxie.Because that's not an oppressive look, it's just a look at a stupid stupid brother.

"Can your banquet be the same as the one he attended?" Zhu Yunying gritted his teeth and said viciously, "Don't ask someone to write a poem for you, it will only make you laugh."

Zhu Yunxi was not happy, and said, "We are also the younger brother of the emperor, who in the whole world doesn't know that the emperor has poetic talent? Even if we are not as good as the emperor, we should look a little better. But the emperor, it is still Mo Second brother is more important."

Okay, just kidding, the silly brother is busy begging for mercy!
(End of this chapter)