The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 307

Li House.

Lin Yi followed the maidservants of the Li family into the inner courtyard, and met Li Yu, the youngest daughter of the Li family who was regarded as the jewel in the palm of Li Dongyang.

Along the way, she looked around.

She usually lives in a dormitory in the Imperial College, and she has to live with her aunt and mother-in-law. Her living conditions are not ideal, and it is also because Lin Han has always been frugal in educating her own children. The breadth and depth of the house.

Dressed in plain clothes, he saw Li Yu in the gazebo of the Li family's courtyard.

Compared with Lin Yi's rigidity and observance of etiquette, Li Yu was favored since childhood, with a cheerful personality and very popular, with a bright smile on his face, even Lin Yi couldn't help but look twice.

The pupils are not as clear as water like ordinary girls, but seem to contain aura, blending into the world but not being stained by the world. Lin Yi just stared at it for a long time with just a frown and a smile. But it was very different from the "lady of every family" who was almost silly and cultivated by the rigid and dogmatic model she had seen.

"I've seen Ms.

With a bright smile, Li Yu came over to salute Lin Yi.

Lively with a bit of playfulness, Lin Yi felt that she was not restrained at all.

Lin Yiguang saw Li Yu's gesture of saluting, and with her usually lecturing temperament, she almost went up to correct her, but then realized that she didn't come to give Li Yu an etiquette class today.

The "Book of Filial Piety for Women" in her hand is the only thing she wants to talk about today.

"Miss Li." Lin Yi returned the salute.

They are all daughters of the noble family, and they are even the same age, but Li Yu's birthday is later, Lin Yi is only half a year older, and she doesn't think she is qualified to be a gentleman.

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Sitting down in the gazebo, the maid retreated not far away.

Li Yu immediately widened his eyes and asked questions. He didn't ask about the content of "Nv Xiao Jing" at all, but was interested in the words written by Lin Yi.

"Gambling books faded away like a splash of tea. At that time, it was just common sense... I learned this poem from my elder brother. It is said that this poem has been widely known in the streets and alleys for a long time. I don't know how the lady came up with this poem. Words? Can you teach me a thing or two?"

Li Yu has the curiosity that his age should have.

And there is also a desire to go out and walk, to win the respect of others, a girl's unique competitive heart.

They are all famous Confucian ladies, this girl from the Lin family can be famous all over the capital with her poems, and when others mention it, she is commensurate with a talented woman, and even her elder brother is very moved... But when others mention me, they can only say that I am Li Dashi What about the daughter?

I finally had the opportunity to meet, what about "Nv Xiao", I can read it and study it by myself when I go back, but this opportunity to learn to write poetry is not available in the side.

Lin Yi was very embarrassed. The most worrying thing was that people mentioned poetry to her. Obviously, I am a little lady who likes to give lessons to others. Why does everyone think I am a talented woman?

"I'm not good at writing words."

Lin Yi is very frank.

If she is not good at it, she is not good at it, and she doesn't try to pretend to be aggressive. Anyway, now she has been concentrating on waiting for Zhang Zhou to come back from the expedition and welcome her in.

In the future, I will live a life of husband and son, even if it is just a concubine... My mother is also a concubine, at least my father is good to my mother, and I am still married by the emperor. It is not a blind marriage with Zhang Zhou, at least for Zhang Zhou My impression...is pretty good.

It's better than marrying a man I've never met and whose character I don't know.

Of course, this is only superficial thinking, deep-seated...Even Lin Yi herself is not good at digging into her own heart.

Li Yu sighed and said: "The female gentleman is not good at writing lyrics, and she can be admired by the talented people in the capital. I feel that the poets of the Ming Dynasty regard the lyrics as the first. If you write the lyrics with your heart, I am afraid that you will be the second Li Qingzhao in the future." ?”

envious.

Li Yu directly expressed his thoughts on his face, curling up slightly on his fair face.

Seeing Lin Yi's slightly embarrassed expression, she smiled, revealing a pair of shallow smiles.

"Female sir, don't make things difficult. In fact, I have been studying "Filial Piety" since I was a child, and I have long understood the meaning of it. It's just that I have nothing to do. My family and my elder brother don't allow me to leave the courtyard. I am bored and want to find someone. Let's talk together."

Li Yu is very talkative.

This made Lin Yi uncomfortable.

Lin Yi was still thinking, if you just want to chat with someone, then you don't need to come to me, because I charge money to teach.

Although the money is not in my hands, as far as I know, Shu Xiu has a lot.

Of course, Lin Yi also knew that inviting Confucian women to teach her daughters was mostly to earn a reputation, so that people would know that her attainments in women's studies and women's virtues were not done behind closed doors, but were taught by "famous teachers". Yi usually likes to preach, because most of the girls from different families are very dull, and often they can't even read the characters in "Filial Piety for Women", so she needs to teach them one by one.

And she does this kind of thing not only because her father is Lin Han, and others are willing to ask her to teach, but also because...she needs to make money to help the family.

Although Lin Han is in a high position, he has a lot of wives and concubines in his family, but Lin Han spent all his savings in the past few years to build the dormitory of the Imperial College. At first, this is really not the money allocated by the court.

"I'll teach you..."

Lin Yi wants to do business.

With her temperament, she is not suitable for making girlfriends as friends. After all, she used to give lectures to others, so she will naturally give people a sense of superiority.

Furthermore, her temperament is mostly similar to that of men, and she is not liked by ordinary people. Sometimes even she herself feels wronged.

"The female gentleman said, I'll listen to it, can you tell me about poetry after you finish speaking?"

Li Yu put his hands in front of him and put them on the stone table in front of him, like a student who listened carefully, and pleaded, "Also, I want to help my brother get a letter written by a female teacher. It doesn't take much Just one sentence. My brother has always admired the demeanor of the female gentleman."

Lin Yi frowned upon hearing this.

I'm about to get married, why does this younger sister of the Li family seem to be a matchmaker for his brother?
Who is her brother?
If Lin Yi knew about Li Zhaoxian's character, she would probably put her disgust on her face, because she didn't know about Li Zhaoxian's unrestrained character, nor did she know about Li Zhaoxian's illness, so she would give Li Yu face, at least for the sake of Let her errands be completed today, take Shu Xiu back home smoothly, and save a little dowry for herself... She still agreed to write a sentence by herself.

Naturally, it was waiting for her to finish teaching and before leaving.

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When Lin Yi left Li's residence, a maid had already brought a red envelope wrapped in letter paper.

There are some scattered silver and copper coins inside, which are for Lin Yi's Shuxiu.

Lin Yi took it respectfully and put it in her arms. There was a sedan chair waiting for her after leaving the back door of the Li residence. The sedan chair was hired by the Li residence.

The rule for inviting female students to go back to give lectures is to "pick up and send off by sedan chair".

Not long after Lin Yi got on the sedan chair and left, Li Zhaoxian came back from the door and went straight into the inner courtyard to look for Li Yu.

"Brother, I fulfilled my mission, I got it for you." Li Yu was very happy, like a victorious general, and handed a sentence written by Lin Yi to Li Zhaoxian.

Li Zhaoxian was overjoyed, holding it in his hands, feeling his hands trembling.

Li Yu said: "Brother, it's not my younger sister who is talking about you. I asked the lady, and she said that she has already betrothed to someone else. Why do you do this?"

Li Zhaoxian laughed and said, "So what about getting married? What I want is her character, not her person. Besides...the fact of her marriage is no longer a secret."

"Who?"

Li Yu asked curiously.

Li Zhaoxian smiled and said, "It is Mr. Zhang who treated me."

This is very strange to Li Yu.

Although Li Yu is very curious and yearns for the outside world, she has too few opportunities to go out of the house. Li Dongyang is also very considerate in protecting her daughter. Those people and things that are easy to "dirty ears" will never let her daughter knew.

Obviously, in the Li family's values, Zhang Zhou is not a positive role.

He is a character that can be ignored from the conversations of anyone in the family, and his deeds should never have happened in the present.

Of course, Li Zhaoxian would not break the established rules of the Li family. He said excitedly: "Finally, I can show it to Brother Sima and the others. Haha, it seems that someone has paid for the drinks tonight."

Li Zhaoxian took the words written by Lin Yi himself, and naturally wanted to show off.

Just like chasing stars, now Lin Yi is like a female star in the circle of scholars in the capital.

Many of Li Yu's characters are also very similar to her elder brother.

The desire to express is very strong.

I don't have the kind of closed mentality that is born in everyone and has to live a life of restraint.

Li Yu asked: "Isn't elder brother going to recuperate at home? What's wrong with elder brother?"

Li Zhaoxian smiled, and couldn't help walking towards the door: "I'll tell you later, remember to spend more time with your sister-in-law. If my father asks, just say that I want to learn from others today, or I won't come back Today is really thanks to you..."

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Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Li Dongyang was personally invited by Xiao Jing, he entered the palace all the way, and stood in front of Zhu Youtang.

He also asked Xiao Jing on the way, but Xiao Jing kept secret about the intention of the emperor's summoning, and did not leak any information to him.

"Li Qing's family, I don't understand some etiquette matters, and I want to ask you for advice." Zhu Youtang said.

Li Dongyang muttered in his heart.

With his wisdom, he naturally understood that there was a hidden meaning in the emperor's words, but he still couldn't figure it out for the time being.

"Please speak, Your Majesty," Li Dongyang said.

Zhu Youtang asked earnestly: "If there is a catastrophe in the Xuansheng Temple in Queli, what can you say?"

When Li Dongyang heard it, his brain was running fast. The emperor suddenly mentioned the Confucian Temple in Qufu, and said that there was a catastrophe... If you haven’t heard of it, it may have never happened. It is a prophecy, and this kind of prophecy is only said by Zhang Bingkuan Only then will there be a basis... The emperor doesn't ask the Ministry of Rites or anyone else, just ask me... Obviously this has something to do with my marriage relationship with the Kong family.

Li Dongyang said: "If there is a disaster in Xuansheng Temple, the sky will warn you. I don't know what the disaster is?"

"I wish the disaster of Rong Rong." Zhu Youtang said.

When Li Dongyang heard it, it was a fire again?Is Zhang Bingkuan so awesome?People in the northwest dare to say that the Confucian Temple is about to catch fire?Or is Zhang Bingkuan implying that someone will set fire?

Li Dongyang asked: "I don't know what the disaster is like, but are there any injuries?"

"It hasn't happened yet. It's Bingkuan's prophecy that there will be a disaster in Xuansheng Temple in Queli this month, that is, five days later." Zhu Youtang was also frank.

Say anything.

Li Dongyang frowned and said: "Your Majesty, such things may not be credible..."

When he said that, Li Dongyang himself was a little bit emboldened.

It’s fine if someone else is talking nonsense, Zhang Bingkuan... This person’s mouth is really saying what, the only thing I don’t know now is whether he really calculated that it will happen when he said this, or is he implying some people to complete it?

Of course Zhang Zhou was not talking nonsense.

Historically, at the end of June in the 12th year of Hongzhi, there was indeed a fire in the Temple of Confucius, which was mentioned by Huan Li Dongyang in Kong Hongxu's sacrificial text.

"... In the past, the Xuansheng Temple was disaster-stricken, and Huidongzhuang was in the court. Gonggong led his disciples to rush to rescue him. He wore plain clothes to the temple, cried, and ate vegetables for a hundred days. It was like a funeral. And the court ordered officials to build it. My brother praises the paintings a lot..."

It means that when a fire broke out in the Confucian Temple, Kong Hongtai was meeting in the capital, and Kong Hongxu personally led people to rescue the disaster, and even pretended to wear plain clothes and cry in the temple, and "eat vegetables for a hundred days, as if living in a funeral ceremony". If he had done enough, it was actually paving the way for his son Kong Wenshao to succeed to the throne.

The fire is also mentioned in the "Records of Emperor Xiaozong": "(June) the disaster of the Xuansheng Temple in Jiwei Yeque..."

In the middle of July, he also mentioned: "Supervising Yu Lian, the censor, the calamity of returning to salary and my Confucius Temple, temples, gates, steles, etc. have been reduced to ashes. The righteous way is very bad, and the court officials have not heard any words of prayer. , The imperial court has not heard of the code of pity and compassion, so the emperor and his ministers are at peace with the disaster of the ancestors."

It means that the Confucian Temple caught fire recently and burned a lot of things, but the court did not pray for the temple to be built, and the court did not issue an edict to appease it. It is because the monarchs and ministers are indifferent to this matter...

For this reason, Kong Hongtai also asked for the allocation of money and food to build temples, and Zhu Youtang agreed to play.

Why did the entire court "be at peace with the disaster of the ancestors"?It is because it is generally accepted in history that Kong Hongxu set the fire himself.

Set fire yourself, put out fire yourself.

The main purpose of Kong Hongxu wanting to use this fire was to make the whole court feel that because the inheritance of Duke Yansheng was not in the right vein, the heavens would warn the court to return the title of Lord Yansheng to Kong Hongxu, at least to his son.

But how could the emperor not investigate such a big incident as the fire in the Confucius Temple?Once it is found that the person who set the fire is the person who put out the fire...

What would the emperor think?
You Kong family are very good at playing tricks!
In the end, the emperor saw it through and didn't point it out, so he just fooled around with this matter. Kong Hongtai died a few years later, and Kong Hongxu didn't pray that the title should be passed back to him. He had just passed it to his son, and he died too...these two brothers went back and forth. Whether there was any conspiracy in the death of the foot is not written in the history books.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" also mentioned Kong Hongtai's attitude towards this matter: "...Hongtai returned, and Yizhai cried like a mourner. Hongtai was born alone in July, and he was filial to his mother, and he was friendly with Hongxu. Hongxu's son Wenshao attacked. Wenshao, the word Zhide. Next year, a new temple will be built, and the regulations will surpass the old ones. Li Dongyang, a great scholar, will be sent to worship, and the imperial inscription will be made..."

It probably means that after the fire started, Kong Hongtai was also very sad, and contracted a disease from it, and died of the disease four years later.

As for whether Kong Hongtai knew that the fire was set by his elder brother... It is likely that he knew but could not find out, and that Kong Hongtai had no son in history, and it is likely that his family deliberately killed him, and it may also be after the fire. Only then did Kong Hongtai gradually understand the joints.

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Now the emperor asked the question, and Li Dongyang also answered it.

Zhang Zhou said that the Confucian Temple was going to catch fire, but Li Dongyang said, we can't believe it.

Zhu Youtang said: "Li Qing's family, if someone intentionally set fire to it, who would be guilty?"

"This..." Li Dongyang thought, Zhang Zhou still wants to lure others to set fire?

Who is so brave?
He himself mentioned that there is such a fire, but he waits for others to set it on fire. This method...how can people not understand?

After thinking briefly, Li Dongyang said: "The crime should not be forgiven."

Needless to say?

Not to mention setting fire to the Confucian Temple, even if it is an ordinary house, it is also a major crime of "murder and arson". Li Dongyang actually wanted to ask, what else did Zhang Zhou mention that made your Majesty so concerned, and you specifically asked me to talk about it?

Zhu Youtang said: "Should no outsiders know what happened today?"

"Your Majesty, do you mean?"

Li Dongyang looked around, there were quite a few of the four eunuchs, including Li Dongyang, and Zhang Zhou who sent the secret performance to the emperor... all of this can't be known by a third party, right?

"I will make it clear." Zhu Youtang said, "Bingkuan told me that he had figured out that there would be someone in Qufu plotting to do something wrong, and Yiyan Shenggong, who was in the capital, couldn't take care of the Confucian Temple. He took the opportunity to set fire to it. Take the imperial court and ministers as self-respect. As for who it is, I don't want to say clearly."

Li Dongyang frowned upon hearing this.

There's no need to say this fucking thing, but it's not obvious that it's that Qianyan Shenggong, my future in-law, Kong Hongxu?

Li Dongyang immediately thought, is this asking me to remind Kong Hongxu to make him repent?
Think again.

If it's a non-existent thing, I'll remind it, Kong Hongxu will definitely regard me as a lunatic!Even if I hinted at him, he would think I was making something out of nothing.

Even if Kong Hongxu really had the idea of ​​setting fire, I will remind him, can he admit it?
What the hell is Zhang Bingkuan doing?

"Your Majesty, I really don't understand why you are telling me these things." Li Dongyang said, "Even if Zhang Zhou is really exhaustive, doesn't he know that what he says is before the event, but the proof is after the event?"

Zhu Youtang smiled and said: "That's exactly what I think, but I just want to ask Li Qing's family, do you want to tell him about this, or do you want to catch him?"

"what?"

Even if Li Dongyang thought that he had studied Zhang Zhou thoroughly, he never thought that Zhang Zhou and the emperor would come to ask him such a question together.

After calculating in advance that Kong Hongxu would set fire to him, he asked Li Dongyang whether he wanted to remind him or show him?

Isn't this actually telling him that we know that Kong Hongxu is not a positive character, and we understand that you feel a little wronged about marrying your daughter, and we are willing to help you find a way to push this marriage off?
even if……

The emperor's proposal really moved Li Dongyang... Li Dongyang was also thinking, how should I say this?Could it be that you told the emperor not to keep the Confucian Temple safe, and let Kong Hongxu set fire to it, and when it was over, catch him and prove that he is an ambitious man, just to help me push for a marriage?

Zhu Youtang laughed and said: "I think what Li Qing's family said earlier is very reasonable. It didn't happen, and it's just Bingkuan's unreasonable speculation. I want to send people to Queli Xuansheng Temple within five days. Verify it yourself after ambush. I don’t know what Li Ge thinks?”

Li Dongyang said: "Your Majesty, if you catch him like this, you can only catch the person who set the fire, and you can't ask the chief envoy."

As soon as this word comes out.

Even Dai Yi and the others understood.

It's all about discussing the feasibility of the matter with the emperor.

Li Dongyang was clearly standing on the side of the emperor and Zhang Zhou, and was going to catch Kong Hongxu to show himself, so that Kong Hongxu would fall into a complete catastrophe.

(End of this chapter)