Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 323 Sword Pointing Clause, Constant Impeachment! 【superior】

In front of the Taiji Hall, all the officials saluted according to the usual rituals.

After the ceremony, the servants came out and said loudly:
"Xuan: General Feng Yuan, the right servant of the Eastern Sea Rites Department of the Overlord, see you~!"

Feng Yibo listened to the announcement, and stepped out calmly.

Taking square steps, he walked in front of Dan Bi.

Today is not the same as it used to be!
Now he is no longer the fifth-rank official who dozes off by the door, leaning on the pillar, listening to political affairs.

Now, he is the right servant of the Wenju Li Ministry, and Wu Youcong is the second-rank General Anyuan.

During the court meeting, he had already stood relatively in front.

That is a position that the vast majority of civil and military officials will never be able to achieve in their lifetime.

In front of him, there are only the cabinet and six ministers.

There are also a very small number of famous families.

The rest of civil and military affairs must be held up to par.

It is literally "the back of the neck"!
At this moment, under the attention of all the officials, Feng Yibo held the festival with both hands.

He stepped forward to salute respectfully, then straightened up and said loudly:

"My minister Feng Yuan! I was ordered to supervise the East China Sea. Fortunately, the Liaodong Frontier Army and the soldiers and people of Donghai County worked together and lived up to the entrustment of the Holy One. A total of more than [-] Japanese soldiers were wiped out before and after. They accepted the Japanese surrender on Mashima Island and signed Negotiate terms!"

Speaking of this, he handed the knot in his hand forward, bowed again and said:
"The warlord Donghai has finished, and I'm here to return today!"

Yan Festival represents the imperial order, which must be conferred and withdrawn by the emperor himself.

Therefore, the first item of today's court meeting.

It is the ceremony of recovering the festival.

This represents the formal handover of the released power.

From then on, Feng Yibo also stepped down from the errand of following the imperial edict.

At this time, Emperor Jingshun got up slowly and walked down to Danbi.

After picking up the festival with his own hands, he will also praise his merits according to the etiquette.

Holding the festival in his hand, he immediately announced:

"Feng Qing's family received the edict to hold the festival this time, on behalf of Yu to supervise the East China Sea, and it has lived up to everyone's expectations. The worries of the Japanese nation will be determined by the war. I am deeply gratified!"

Feng Yibo immediately bowed slightly when he heard the words, and said loudly again:

"Chen, fortunately, I did not disgrace my life!"

Emperor Jingshun nodded with a smile, and returned to the dragon chair with the festival.

A palace man came forward and took the festival and put it away.

At this time, the waiter officer preached again:

"Feng Yuan will go to World War I to decide. After the military governor of the East China Sea is finished, he will be specially promoted as the hereditary second-class general of Zhenhai to honor his merits!"

It is natural to be rewarded for meritorious service.

Not only Feng Yibo, but also the frontier army will also receive rewards.

However, Feng Yibo's reward is not small!

It seems that from the second rank to the second rank, the honor has only been raised by one level.

But the word "hereditary" was added in front of it!
That is to say, if Baochai has a son in the future, he can inherit and be demoted to become a noble!

Such a reward was somewhat unexpected.

Feng Yibo had been thinking about the terms of the peace negotiation in his mind, and was taken aback when he heard this.

After reacting, he hurriedly gave a deep salute, and said loudly:

"Thank you for going to Ron!"

At this point, the etiquette part is completely over.

Feng Yibo received the reward, and calmly returned to his position.

At this time, the waiter official will announce the second item.

But he didn't control it, and one person came out.

The man bowed directly in front of Dan Bi, and said loudly:

"Revelation to the Holy Majesty, Master Feng will naturally be rewarded for proclaiming our country's prestige this time, but I think this peace negotiation is not in line with the way of a saint!"

What should come is what should come!

Feng Yibo made great contributions, and no one questioned any rewards he gave.

But the benefits involved in the terms of the peace talks are too great, and no one in the ruling and opposition parties will not covet them!
Feng Yibo glanced sideways, and found that he was an old acquaintance.

Zhang Nianji, his old enemy, is involved in the science department.

"Oh? How does the peace negotiation have anything to do with the saint?"

Emperor Jingshun showed doubts and asked softly.

Zhang Nianji heard the words and immediately returned:
"Returning to Your Majesty, in the battle of the East China Sea, Lord Feng praised our great Wei's national prestige, but he did not show our great Wei's benevolence."

Zhang Nianji stood up straight now, and continued:
"Just like in the terms of the peace agreement, the ceded Fatty Island and Iyo Island are all old lands of the Wa Kingdom."

Having said that, he turned his head and glanced at Feng Yibo, his eyes were full of provocation.

"And my Great Wei should treat the outside world with leniency. Since the Wa Kingdom first recognized the status of the vassal, how can we want the land of the vassal?"

It seems that he has seen the terms, not only knowing the compensation for land cession.

I also know that the Wa Kingdom recognized the status of a vassal.

But Feng Yibo couldn't help laughing after hearing this:

"Repaying resentment with virtue, why repay virtue?"

The answer to this question is obvious.

That is: repay grievances with straightness, and repay virtue with kindness.

In other words, if you don't do good things, I will do you.

If you do a good job, I will treat you better.

This original text comes from "The Analects of Confucius", so this time it is really what Zi once said.

With Feng Yibo's personality, of course he wouldn't stop at nothing.

First retaliate with the words of a sage, and then Feng Yibo came out and bowed to Bi Dan.

However, he did not speak to Emperor Jingshun, but turned to Zhang Nianji and said:
"What your lord said sounds reasonable."

Feng Yibo answered with a smile, then changed the topic, and said:

"Except for the Central Plains, the "Book of Rites" has a saying of 'Southern Barbarians and Northern Di, Eastern Barbarians and Western Rong', so according to your lord's intention, should benevolence be the most important thing to help them restore the country?"

What he quoted was the saying about the people of the five directions in "Book of Rites King System".

This is also one of the origins of the word "Chinese".

However, things change over time.

The "Mandi Yirong" four clans in China in the Book of Rites have long been part of the Central Plains dynasty.

At the beginning, Dongyi was the lower reaches of the Yellow River, Nanman was the Jiangnan area, Xirong was the Qin land, and Beidi originally referred to the Yanyun area.

If this division is really followed, then the capital will also belong to Siyi.

"Bullshit!"

When Zhang Nianji heard this, he immediately reprimanded angrily, and said:

"These are the inherent territories of the Great Wei, how can they be allowed?"

It was his words that Feng Yibo was waiting for, he nodded when he heard the words, and said with a smile:

"It turns out that my lord still knows the importance of territory. So you mean that only the founder of the country can expand the territory, and the descendants of later generations can only defend the territory and not expand the territory?"

There is a hidden mystery in these words, waiting for Zhang Nianji to jump in.

Emperor Jingshun regarded Donghai County as the achievement of opening up the territory, and he went to the Taimiao to pray.

If Zhang Nianji said yes, he was saying that Emperor Jingshun was very happy.

If Zhang Nianji said no, then the land that was cut off from the Wa Kingdom would also be to expand the territory.

"Fatty Island hangs alone overseas, what's the use of the barren land?"

Hearing that Zhang Nianji was avoiding important matters, he didn't dare to mention the matter of Donghai County at all.

Only bite Fatty Island.

Feng Yibo naturally wouldn't let him pass easily, so he directly pointed out:

"It turns out that your lord clearly dislikes Donghai County's offering of soil to belong to him, and secretly satirizes the Holy One as an expansion of territory."

"you!"

Zhang Nianji suddenly suffocated.

But Feng Yibo didn't finish yet, and said again:

"The first emperor had a courtier like you, and he might not be able to sweep Liuhe. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a courtier like you, and he might not be able to seal him up as a wolf. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty had a courtier like you, so he probably wouldn't dare to accept advice. Song Taizu had a courtier like you." Minister, why don't you return the government to the Chai family?"

Qin Huang Han Wu, Tang Zong Song Zu.

None of these four Mingjun dared to use such a courtier.

This can be said to be extremely heavy.

Today's topic is the terms of the peace negotiation, but the purpose of all parties in the ruling and opposition parties is the compensation.

As for now, it is a temptation.

Therefore, Feng Yibo is not in a hurry to enlarge his moves.

But with some hors d'oeuvres, he had already fed up the opponent who played first!

"So, Wei will have a courtier like you, who really embraces all rivers, and puts benevolence and righteousness first."

The last words imply that Emperor Jingshun is tolerant of all rivers and people, and benevolence and righteousness come first.

Otherwise, the previous words not only scolded Zhang Nianji.

He also brought Emperor Jingshun with him.

Zhang Nianji naturally heard the insidiousness in the words, and said anxiously:

"You're going too far in a barren land!"

Hearing this, Feng Yibo smiled immediately, and said loudly:

"My lord is right. Whether Fatty Island or Donghai County, it is indeed a lonely overseas, and it is indeed a barren land, but let alone a barren land, even if the East China Sea is full of sea water, it is also the sea of ​​my Great Wei!"

Zhang Nianji heard that he started to go online again, so he naturally wanted to pull back, and immediately said angrily:

"Master Feng, please don't mess around. What I mean is that Da Wei should publicize his benevolence to the outside world!"

He wanted to be a pioneer, not a cannon fodder.

If it is extended like this by Feng Yibo, I am afraid that the official reputation will be damaged.

"The second ancestors of Yan and Huang are the most benevolent, but why did they beat Chi You? Because the second ancestors showed their benevolence internally, and declared their prestige externally!"

It's a pity that Feng Yibo doesn't intend to let him go.

You talk about benevolence, so let’s continue talking about benevolence.

He first questioned and answered himself, and then concluded:
"So, it's true that Great Wei has benevolence, but the premise is that Great Wei's territory, if it's not Great Wei's territory, how can we talk about benevolence?"

What Feng Yibo said can be said to be a challenge to traditional values.

But he just uses more traditional values.

Even the second ancestor of Yan and Huang moved out, how do you let the Confucian disciples who respect them as holy kings refute?

Zhang Nianji had no choice but to avoid the seriousness and retort:
"Don't confuse the public, why is the feudal state not considered the territory of the Great Wei?"

Whether the feudal state is considered the territory of the Great Wei is still a matter of choice.

But Feng Yibo naturally wouldn't entangle him with this matter, otherwise it would be endless.

He smiled and asked directly:

"Just now you said it was a barren land, but now you say it is the territory of the Great Wei. Even if the vassal state is the territory of the Great Wei, then I ask you, is the Wa Kingdom the Siyi?"

Zhang Nianji was already tired of coping at this time, so he could only nod his head and say:
"Of course it is."

Although the Wa Kingdom recognizes the status of a vassal, it has nothing to do with whether it is a barbarian or not.

Because in the eyes of Great Wei, except for the Central Plains Dynasty, they are all barbarians.

So he couldn't deny it.

This is the answer Feng Yibo wanted, and he said with a smile:

"Since ancient times, there have only been Siyi prestige, but I have never heard of Siyi benevolence. If the Wa country respected the benevolence and virtue of the Great Wei, it would not try to get involved in Korea. Therefore, the benevolence that the adults said is not disobedience to the saints." Say, do you want to repay your grievances with virtue?"

The other party will go online at every turn, or they will label them.

At this moment, Zhang Nianji felt very tired.

Is this how the impeached feel when he impeaches others?
Isn't that right?

Now he is impeaching Feng Yuan to sign the peace agreement!

How did it become him to attack me?
Zhang Nianji didn't have time to think about it, so he could only reluctantly respond when he heard the words:

"Don't you hear that all nations came to court during Emperor Taizong's reign? That's because you've heard about the benevolence of Tang Dynasty!"

It was no secret that Emperor Jingshun liked Tang Taizong.

As the saying goes: what is good at the top will be worse at the bottom.

All the officials knew that the emperor liked Tang Taizong, and everyone looked through the relevant documents.

In order to get the approval of Emperor Jingshun between the lines every time I go to the book.

"New Tang Book", "Old Tang Book", and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" are all must-reads.

"Emperor Fan" and "Da Tang Entrepreneurial Living Notes" are advanced ranks.

All historical materials related to Li Shimin are all the rage among the government and the opposition.

Even some unofficial histories compiled by the people are regarded as treasures.

"Is that benevolence? Ten thousand nations come to court, and the dynasty is the power of the Tang Dynasty!"

Feng Yibo sneered, and said again:

"If Great Wei is benevolent to the outside world, they can return to their hearts, which means they can feel benevolence. But why has the Tatars repeatedly invaded Great Wei's benevolence for a hundred years?"

The great trouble of Wei's confidants has always been the Tatar ministries in the north.

Aren't you benevolent and useful?

Why can't Tatar feel it?

"Wa sent troops to Goryeo, obviously intending to get involved in the Great Wei. Is it because the Great Wei is not benevolent enough? No!"

Zhang Nianji was already speechless by what he said, Feng Yibo simply asked and answered by himself.

"'China, Rongyi, and the people of the five directions all have their own nature, and they cannot be changed.' The reason why what is said in the "Book of Rites" seems to be inaccurate is actually because the people of the five directions have already belonged to the Great Wei."

Feng Yibo once again quoted the words from "Book of Rites: The Rule of Kings", but gave a new explanation.

"The reason why the Siyi are Siyi now is because they are afraid of power and do not cherish virtue. When they know benevolence and virtue, they will also be the land of my Great Wei."

Having said that, he looked at Zhang Nianji with a half-smile and asked:

"So, they don't have virtue themselves, so where does the benevolence mentioned by adults come from?"

Zhang Nianji swallowed his saliva, and it was difficult to deal with it.

But when he looked at Feng Yibo, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he thought of something, as if he had grasped at a straw, he hurriedly said:

"Didn't Donghai County offer soil to belong to Wei because of Wei's benevolence?"

Didn't it mean that benevolence is useless?
At the beginning, Donghai County offered soil to belong to it because it felt the benevolence of Great Wei!

This matter is still yours!
When Feng Yibo heard it, did he mention Donghai County?

No one knows Donghae County better than me!
"The reason why the king of Donghai County offered soil to belong to him is because he was born in the south of the Yangtze River, bathed in the emperor's grace and was deeply baptized by the benevolence of the Great Wei, so he repayed him with benevolence and offered him with soil."

The king of Donghai County was originally from the Great Wei, so he naturally felt the benevolence of the Great Wei when he was born in the Great Wei.

Doesn't this match up with the "internal benevolence" he just mentioned?
"If your lord really thinks that external benevolence is useful, it can only mean that you have been in the world of Wei for a long time, and you know too little about the outside world, so you will put the cart before the horse and not know it."

Speaking of this, Feng Yibo couldn't help laughing, until Zhang Nianji laughed a little, and said:
"My suggestion is to send the adults to Tatar to see if we can influence them with benevolence and let them offer soil to join us."

Whoever proposes it, whoever solves it.

Such a classic routine, Feng Yibo is really tried and tested.

Zhang Nianji shook his head like a rattle, and hurriedly declined:

"The Ministry of Rites is in charge of external affairs, and my Li Ke is responsible for supervising the Ministry of Rites, not meddling in the affairs of the Ministry of Rites."

Hearing this, Feng Yibo nodded and said with a broken smile:

"If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government? Your Excellency has a good opinion!"

As he spoke, he bowed to Bi Dan and said solemnly:
"Invitation to the Holy Majesty! I have the courage to recommend Master Zhang, and I also ask the Holy Majesty to give Master Zhang a chance to enter the Ministry of Rites!"

He glanced sideways at Zhang Nianji, smiled slightly, and continued:

"I would like to relinquish the position of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, and only ask Mr. Zhang to go to Tatar to pass on benevolence! With Mr. Zhang's talent, maybe there will be a day when Tatar will offer soil!"

Having said that, Feng Yibo raised his head slightly.

Seeing his concern for the country and the people on his face, he paused and then sighed:

"If that's the case, wouldn't the great Wei worry about the boundless land?"

Zhang Nianji was in a daze at this moment.

This Feng Yuan is really talented in the Ministry of Rites!

Going up the outline and going online, labeling, making a fuss and other means are fine.

He himself used it from time to time, but it was quite commonplace.

But the opponent is actually good at stalking!
This catches a little loophole and kills him!
Endless it is!

Zhang Nianji was inevitably a little dazed for a while, so he couldn't help but look over at the cabinet ministers.

"Master Feng's words are wrong!"

Obviously, opposing land cession is not the real purpose.

Just a test for the new party.

At this time, we have to test it out, on the matter of the terms of the peace negotiation.

Do Feng Yuan and Donghai County still have any trump cards?
Unfortunately, the first attempt was unsuccessful.

Zhang Nianji started with "benevolence", Feng Yibo never left "benevolence".

The more Zhang Song understood, there would be no result if he continued to circle around.

Therefore, Feng Yibo tried to drag Emperor Jingshun into the water.

He frowned slightly, and glanced at all the officials at the same time.

At this glance, someone immediately jumped out and shouted to stop.

After the man came out, he first bowed to Dan Bi.

Then he looked at Feng Yibo, sneered and said:
"Master Feng, is he questioning His Majesty's way of employing people?"

Seeing the opponent's substitution in midfield, Feng Yibo couldn't help but smile.

Just don't know if this is the end of the warmup.

Is it about to officially start?
(End of this chapter)