Gongqing bone

Chapter 38 Old things
The current emperor has never been a prince, but he is the only heir to the throne.

Today's father, Emperor Yingzong, made great efforts to govern, diligently governed and loved the people. His reign can be called the rejuvenation period of our dynasty. Unfortunately, this rejuvenation period is a bit short.

Yingzong didn't have many heirs, so he had to have such a son today.

Today's son was raised by his grandfather, Emperor Yingzong's father, Emperor Cheng Ye since he was a child.

Cheng Ye is his year name, he is obsessed with alchemy and immortality, he calls himself "Chengye real person",
Naturally, what is accomplished is not the hegemony of kingship, but the foundation of Taoism and ascension.

Because he has not been in court for many years, the temple is full of smog, and the people in the rivers and lakes are living in dire straits.

Party disputes have also intensified, and even the confrontation between Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and Yangming Xinxue has become a sharp point of view.

Yingzong and Jinshang have completely different feelings for Emperor Cheng Ye:

In today's memory, the emperor's grandfather was a man who didn't govern the government but knew everything, and no one under his command dared to lie to him;
What's more, Emperor Cheng Ye worked tirelessly to educate him personally since he was a child. Today, he loves and respects this imperial grandfather.

In Yingzong's case, it can be seen just because he gave Emperor Chengye the posthumous title "Ling".

But just when the period of ZTE came to an abrupt end, the dying Yingzong called Jinshang to his bed, earnestly enjoined him to love the people like his own sons, and pointed out several assistant ministers. up.

The head of the several auxiliary ministers is Mr. Li Yanfeng.

After ascending the throne today, he really deserves to be the great grandson of Emperor Cheng Ye. The first thing he did when he ascended the throne was to change his grandfather's posthumous title.

At that time, it was Mr. Li Yanfeng, the veteran of the three dynasties, who had the power in power at that time. Today, when I was a child, I read books with the old man for two days.

Unexpectedly, the one who opposed the most fiercely was Mr. Li.

When he was in the court, there were countless disciples, and the voice of opposition was overwhelming for a while, and the matter of changing his posthumous title suddenly became a great event.

When the matter developed later, it was no longer a matter of simply changing the posthumous name.

Today, I guess he hates old man Li to the core, but he is worthy of his background as a Taoist monk. He knows the principle of "Taoism, if you want to go left, you go right", and you have learned ten percent of his grandpa's plots and tricks.

On the surface, they are still calling out "Mentor, Chief Assistant" one after another, but in fact they are secretly supporting many people who want to speculate on the new emperor.

Furthermore, Mr. Li is upright by nature, and he has made a lot of enemies in the court, and if he properly reveals the signal of "the king's heart is not happy", isn't there a lot of people rushing to please the new emperor?

Besides, one point is very important today. He doesn't fear civil servants, and he doesn't care about civil servants kneeling and admonishing them to leave their names in history and his own name in black history.

They came and went, Mr. Li resigned twice, but he was invited back because there is still a place for him today.

Until the last time, because Li Yanfeng's eldest son, Li Zhen, who had the most high hopes, knelt in front of Zuo Shun's gate and refused to leave three times, Li Zhen was finally thrown into Zhao Prison.

At this time, the situation in the court has been stabilized, and today he secretly poked in his heart to drive away Mr. Li for the third time. This is really a reason to send him to the door.

In order to protect his son, Li Yanfeng resigned from office for the third and last time, and vowed never to set foot in the capital again in his life, and only let Li Zhen come out of Zhao Prison with his whole body and beard.

But the matter was not over yet. After that, old man Li Yanfeng really never set foot in the capital again.

But the grievances between Jinshang and the Li family have only just begun.

There was Li Yanfeng, and there was Li Zhen. Li Zhen's fault was that he was too good and stubborn.

Li Yanfeng left in a panic, and it was hard for him to do more with his son Li Zhen today.

In addition to the fact that the posthumous posthumous title was finally succeeded, a drought suddenly broke out among the people at the same time. Many people said that this was God's condemnation of Emperor Cheng Ye, and today they had to touch the nose.

Although there is no objection from the government and the opposition, but whatever it is changed to, it will be put on hold indefinitely.

How could it be possible not to understand Li Zhen today, he has been that nightmarish role model since he was a child - someone else's son.

Li Zhen is eight feet tall, with a face like a crown of jade, well-read poetry and books, and is also an incomparable military genius.

When he was not crowned in his early years, Emperor Yingzong cherished his talents because of his repeated military exploits in suppressing bandits in Guangdong and Guangxi, and called him to the Ministry of Officials to report on his duties.

When I came to this place, I immediately felt that my father had left a hot potato for me.

It turns out that Li Zhen is still engaged in the study of mind; originally Yangming's study of mind and Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism belonged to the same sect, both belonged to the Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming Dynasties.

Because Emperor Chengye practiced Taoism, many courtiers used the principles of "reasoning the spirit, investigating things, extending knowledge, Dao heart and heart, heaven governing people's desires, nature and temperament of heaven" as a link with Taoism to flatter the lord and suppress political opponents.

Now he succeeded to the throne, because Li Zhen is an out-and-out master of psychology, but now he likes to use the method of Emperor Cheng Ye to govern the country.

Those who have a heart in the government have already seen the undercurrent between the two people, and by fueling the flames, they directly pushed the orthodox dispute between Psychology and Neo-Confucianism to the point of incompatibility.

Li Zhen is not an ordinary person either. He first reported his duties at the central government, and was also the official department in charge of official promotion;

In addition, his father Zongheng Chaotang's lifelong supporters and disciples, as well as his own disciples all over the court as a master of Xinxue.

Although Li Yanfeng has resigned from office, their party seems to be resurgent.

Today I thought of a bad move and transferred Li Zhenping to a different place. Whether it was to suppress rebellion or suppress bandits, let him go wherever there was banditry.

Taking advantage of this period, Zai Chaoshang made great efforts to bring the orthodox dispute between Xinxue and Neo Confucianism to an end, and Xinxue has suffered a crushing defeat so far.

Countless people were implicated in the court, they were imprisoned, exiled, and their homes were ransacked.

After all, what does it have to do with psychology?It was nothing more than a party struggle and a confrontation between the emperor and the scholars.

The party struggle will never stop, and the game between the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats will also ebb and flow.

But it is Xinxue who has suffered a crushing defeat and has no hope of turning around.

Poor Li Zhen, who has been making great achievements abroad, has never returned to the capital.However, he died in the journey when he was in his forties.

After his death, the remaining people in the court couldn't make any disturbances, so the matter of pursuing posthumous titles was brought up again today.

Since then, Emperor Ling, also known as Emperor Cheng Ye, has changed his posthumous title, but everyone should secretly call him or secretly call him.

Today I hate the Li family and Xinxue. In the blink of an eye for 30 years, it seems that there are no traces left except for the insiders. How many insiders are still alive today?
(End of this chapter)