The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 352

Capital.

On this day, Li Dongyang, as a member of the Supreme Court, was summoned by the emperor.

When he arrived in front of Qianqing Palace, the emperor did not let him in for a long time, but it was Xiao Jing who came over and told Li Dongyang the news: "Old Li Ge, our family is not talented, and now we are in charge of the official affairs in the supervisor of ceremonies."

The matter of Dai Yi's retirement and Xiao Jing's succession has been officially confirmed.

Li Dongyang asked: "Who will take care of the East Factory?"

Xiao Jing smiled and shook his head: "Your Majesty has not yet decided, but Yang Peng is currently taking care of him. As you know, this person is very close to Duke Lai."

This is to remind Li Dongyang, don't treat me as an enemy now, you should be on guard against Yang Peng and Zhang Zhougou getting together.

"In addition, regarding the marriage between Ling Ai and the Kong family, His Majesty has decided after careful consideration. He said that there are many inappropriate things, and His Majesty will cancel it on his behalf. Afterwards, he will talk to the Kong family about this matter." Xiao Jing smiling.

This incident is tantamount to the emperor giving Li Dongyang a favor.

Li Dongyang said: "How can I bother Your Majesty with a little housework?"

Xiao Jingdao: "Since it is the matter of Mr. Li Ge, it cannot be said to be a trivial matter. His Majesty has always attached great importance to Mr. Li Ge."

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The two waited outside together for a while before being summoned.

Xiao Jingli went to Zhu Youtang's side, Chen Kuan and Wei Bin were there, as to who was the Chief Eunuch Bingbi, Li Dongyang still didn't know.

But according to the previous ranking, Chen Kuan's status should be higher than that of Wei Bin... It depends on who can really get the power of Dongchang...

Li Dongyang is also thinking, it can't be the treacherous and shameless Yang Peng, right?
Yang Peng's reputation in the court is very bad, and he is also disliked by traditional civil servants, especially the previous Man Cang'er case was also related to Yang Peng's uncle and nephew.

"...Old Li Ge, this is Bingkuan's military strategy. In the next three to four months, Daming will fight a battle in Liaodong. Before concentrating on using troops in the northwest, we must first eliminate the hidden dangers that may exist in Liaodong."

Zhu Youtang asked Chen Kuan to hand over the detailed strategic map and strategic plan to Li Dongyang, who would review it.

After reading it, Li Dongyang knew why Zhang Zhou didn't show up recently, not even the New Year's banquet. It was obviously not Zhang Zhou's illness, but Zhang Zhou ran to lead the army.

Li Dongyang said: "If Liaodong uses troops one after another, I'm afraid it will have a great impact on the people's livelihood. In the past two years, the Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou Guard have many conflicts with each other. It is really unnecessary for Ming to send troops, which may waste people and money. "

He knew that persuasion was useless.

It can only express our position, probably saying that our traditional civil servants do not support the use of troops against Jianzhou Jurchen in Liaodong.

Zhu Youtang sighed: "Although the dozens of Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou look chaotic, they are often more brave than the Mongolian cavalry in terms of combat quality. They will be hidden dangers in Liaodong sooner or later. , but if we want to make Daming and Liaodong stable, it is up to others and not ourselves, and the initiative is not in our hands, so I can't feel at ease."

Li Dongyang said: "Your Majesty should seek more opinions from the courtiers and bureaucrats regarding the use of troops."

"Wait for now." Zhu Youtang said, "If Bingkuan is not too serious about the use of troops, I can ask the ministers and workers in the court again, but now Bingkuan often has farsightedness that surpasses others in the matter of using troops. , I don’t want to disappoint his foresight.”

This seems to say, let's discuss after Zhang Zhou loses a game.

Li Dongyang was also very helpless about this.

Don't be afraid that the other party is awesome, just be afraid that the other party will be highly valued.

Of course, Zhang Zhou's attention is based on the complete victory of the planned war, but if there is a surprise in a battle...

Li Dongyang understands that the traditional civil servants of the imperial court still have a chance.

"I don't know why there have been more criticisms against Bing Kuan in the court lately." Zhu Youtang said, "I don't want this to happen again. Li Qing's family, you might as well talk to those people and ask them to help Da Ming. thinking about the future."

As he said that, Zhu Youtang asked Wei Bin to send Li Dongyang a completed roster.

It listed the list of people who had participated in the impeachment of Zhang Zhou recently, but it didn't list the content of the impeachment, which was a bit for Li Dongyang to guess.

Li Dongyang thought to himself, this made me dissolve the marriage with the Kong family, and let me do things right away?

Zhu Youtang said: "I'm still very tired recently, and I don't know how much time I have to go to court after the next year. Let's have a look after the Lantern Festival. I have read all the memorials to persuade me to accept my concubine, and I have decided to accept one." The time for a famous concubine to enter the palace will probably be after four or five months."

Li Dongyang also heard about this incident, and also clearly heard that the emperor's concubine who had not yet entered the palace was pregnant.

"Your Majesty is the most important thing." Li Dongyang persuaded.

"I know." Zhu Youtang smiled, "Elder Li Ge is also taking good care of his body. Da Ming still cannot do without Elder Li, and I also need your help. I will send you out of the palace right now. "

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Cabinet value.

Liu Jian and Xie Qian learned from Li Dongyang that Zhang Zhou was going to use troops in Liaodong.

Liu Jian said: "This incident in Liaodong revealed a lot of evil spirits. Your Majesty has always praised Zhang Bingkuan's ability to use troops. Why did he take Jianzhou Wei as the next target for using troops?"

Xie Qian asked: "Let's see, is it possible that Zhang Bingkuan is not confident in himself anymore, so he insists on practicing with soft persimmons?"

Li Dongyang shook his head and directly denied Xie Qian's words: "Jianzhou Wei has never been a soft persimmon in Liaodong, on the contrary, it is a hard bone. In the past, Ming also wanted to completely eliminate the hidden dangers of Jianzhou Wei, but there were too many internal disputes in Jianzhou Jurchen. It is also difficult to cure, so it has always been through supporting certain tribes to wipe out other tribes to complete their governance."

"If you want a large army to suppress the border like today, I'm afraid it will make the Jianzhou Jurchens unite together. Their strength in horseback riding and archery may be far higher than that of Duoyan's three guards."

Xie Qian smiled and said, "Binzhi, you have a high regard for those Jurchens in Jianzhou."

Li Dongyang said: "When I was in the Hanlin Academy, I often consulted the classics about the Jurchen in Liaodong, so I knew something about it."

Xie Qian asked: "Then Zhang Bingkuan didn't know this, and he regarded the Jianzhou Jurchen as a soft persimmon?"

It roughly means that even I thanked someone who didn’t know that the Jurchens were so awesome. You Li Dongyang said that you only found out by reading the classics. Zhang Zhou didn’t study hard in a yamen like the Imperial Academy for a long time. I really don't know, do you think Jurchen is easy to bully?
This time without Li Dongyang answering, Liu Jian shook his head.

"Use troops from both sides." Liu Jian said, "North Korea sent troops first, and Ming Dynasty sent troops to cooperate. Such a plan shows that Zhang Bingkuan had already estimated the strength of the Jianzhou Guards. Otherwise, he could just send troops from the guards of Dingliao. Why bother to spend so much money?" Zhou Zhang?"

Xie Qian asked curiously: "Using North Korea to cooperate with Ming Dynasty to send troops, isn't this the strategy of using troops against Jianzhou Wei twice during the Chenghua period?"

Liu Jian said: "But the two deployments of troops failed to meet expectations, all because the Jurchen ministries were able to advance and retreat freely like the wind. After those two battles, Daming had given up the idea of ​​completely eradicating the Jianzhou Guard. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, it is impossible not to know What is Daming's position on Jianzhouwei, if Zhang Bingkuan wants to eradicate Jianzhouwei at once, the idea probably comes from Zhang Bingkuan."

"I don't think so." Li Dongyang said, "Your Majesty seems to be more concerned about the matter of Ping Liao."

Xie Qian laughed and said, "Both of you, I've been fooled by what you said. It's not clear whether His Majesty wants to use troops in Liaodong, or Zhang Bingkuan wants to use troops. Why do you care about this? Why don't you just talk about it? Can Daming really pacify the Jianzhou Jurchen! Also, if the court is not informed of this matter in advance, will the result of this battle be... the court be in an uproar again?"

Liu Jian seemed to be careless and said: "We have already used troops. I just knew about it a few days earlier than my colleagues in the DPRK and China. How important is our opinion?" The proportion of things is increasing, and this is what we should be on guard against. Why not take advantage of Zhang Bingkuan's absence and try to find a way to cancel these two extra yamen out of thin air."

Li Dongyang seemed to agree, nodded and said: "This is the best policy."

Xie Qian asked: "It's all settled. Zhang Bingkuan often wins by surprise when he uses his troops outside, and won His Majesty's trust. How can we cancel it?"

Li Dongyang looked back at Xie Qian and said: "As long as Zhang Bingkuan is not in Beijing, there is no need for these two yamen to exist, unless someone can skip Zhang Bingkuan and support the existing yamen. Is it possible?"

"Impossible." Xie Qian replied simply.

"That's it." Li Dongyang implied that these two yamen existed in name only, as long as Zhang Zhou was prevented from returning to the court.

Liu Jian said: "I heard that His Majesty is going to call Wang Bo'an back to Beijing who has made great achievements in the Weining Sea before, saying that he is going to give him the title of Uncle Xinjian."

Obviously Liu Jian also regarded Wang Shouren as a potential hidden danger.

Li Dongyang seemed very self-confident: "I will go to Wang Dehui when I turn around, and Bo An will not mess up the Chao Gang."

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Li House.

Li Dongyang had been busy all day, and when he got home, his son Li Zhaoxian was already at home waiting to see him.

"Is there something wrong?" Li Dongyang looked very tired.

After the year, many things need to be sorted out, especially the one-year budget and other matters. Many yamen in the court are still resting, but as cabinet ministers, they can't rest for a moment.

Li Zhaoxian said with a smile, "Father, my son seems to have completely recovered from his illness."

"Heal?" Li Dongyang frowned.

He is very clear that it is impossible to recover from Hualiu's disease. At most, he can get better. He said that the recurrence is mild, but he only said that the deterioration will be slower.

Li Zhaoxian said: "Recently, I went to the doctor to see it. Some marks on my body have gradually disappeared, and I haven't posted any new ones for a long time. What I mean is that I want to start a school in the capital and make friends with students from all over the world."

"you……"

Li Dongyang wanted to say, what do you want to do, kid?
I don't care if you are okay or not, the important thing is to give me a grandson as soon as possible. Now you don't want to continue the incense for the Li family, you just think about how to go out by yourself?
Li Zhaoxian looked eagerly and said: "So I want to get 200 taels of silver from my father to complete the establishment of the school."

What about pit father?
Want money?

Li Dongyang said coldly: "At this time, you should study behind closed doors, or return to the Imperial Prison to continue your studies. Why do you do such unrealistic things? The so-called school affairs are close to the business of the market. It's for you to do it."

"But I drove it before." Li Zhaoxian was puzzled.

Li Dongyang said angrily: "It used to be because..."

Before he finished speaking, what he wanted to say was that he used to think that you were going to die, and followed your wishes to make you happy before you died. Now that he knows that even if your illness is not cured, at least you will die for a while, still thinking about it. What about the treatment you received when you were dying?
"Using too much silver, my father disagrees."

It's not that Li Dongyang is reluctant to part with the 200 taels of silver, nor is it that he looks down on his son's business ability, but that he doesn't want his son to ruin the reputation of the Li family.

Li Zhaoxian said: "Father doesn't know something. Recently, the spread of Confucianism in the capital has been very rapid. Both southern and northern students have joined in this discussion. Many people took the opportunity to start a society and make friends with scholars." At the same time, he also began to pass on some insights, and even formed a school... I heard that the Lingnan School is going to the capital to challenge the master of mind..."

"Who?" Li Dongyang frowned.

"Mr. Zhang Zhou Zhang." Li Zhaoxian replied without hesitation.

"Who? Say it again!" Li Dongyang's face was wrinkled all of a sudden, even though he was usually well maintained.

Li Zhaoxian said: "That is the Duke of Lai, who founded the School of Mind, and many schools of thought were formed based on some ideas of the School of Mind, and they are also similar to some traditional schools of Neo-Confucianism, especially those who inherit Zhu Zixue. Speaking of which, heated discussions erupted between the two sides. Now is the time for academic collisions in the capital..."

Li Dongyang didn't take the so-called mind science seriously.

I thought it was just a group of young people playing around.

Who would have thought that Xinxue would have such a big effect, and what's more terrible, it was actually Zhang Bingkuan's handwriting?
"Father, you may not know that many people think that what Mr. Zhang uses is the knowledge of the future school, and only a person like him who can see the future can create such an academic thought that turned out to be out of nowhere. My son is very fond of his theory. Highly respected, so I think..."

"Forget it!"

Li Dongyang almost wanted to really pick up a stick and give his son a realistic version of "wake up".

It is futile to say anything, and it is true to stop his son's "imagination" as soon as possible.

Li Dongyang said seriously: "No matter what others discuss, you should not come forward. You represent the father. You must have a calm personality and don't get involved in any right and wrong. If you can't abide by it, the father can only make You are grounded, you are not allowed to go anywhere! Recently, my father is still thinking about the matter of taking a concubine for you. You should cultivate yourself, and you must have someone to follow you when you go out again! Go to study!"

Li Dongyang has no better way to discipline his son.

He has too little time, what he can do now is to scare him, and he thinks that the only way to get his son to leave those unrealistic ideas is to read more books.

This is obviously not what Li Zhaoxian wants.

They are already adults, and they don't rely on reading to gain fame, so why do they still hold books every day?

Besides, pursuing the study of the mind is also learning. Why does it seem to my father that he is facing an abyss?

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Li Zhaoxian entered the inner courtyard with a disheartened face.

But seeing Li Yu was waiting early, seeing him coming in, Li Yu hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Brother, did father agree?"

Li Zhaoxian shook his head regretfully and said: "No, my father said, let me not get involved in academic theories, and said that I represent the Li family, so we can't let others think that our Li family has any narrow ideas about traditional theories... ...Maybe that's what it means."

Li Yu comforted: "Brother, don't be disappointed. If you don't open a school, you can join someone else's school in the future?"

"Little sister, did you understand what I said?" Li Zhaoxian looked annoyed like an older child while waiting, "Father said that I am not allowed to participate in the discussion, so I can only stay in the At home, my father also asked me to study more.”

"That can only be said to be regrettable."

Li Yu was still laughing.

It probably means that you will be grounded, but I will not.

I went out to join the academy for you. Anyway, I'm a girl, and I can't represent the Li family.

Li Zhaoxian said: "I also learned from my father that your marriage with the Kong family has been cancelled."

"Oh."

Li Yu nodded, without any reaction on his face.

Li Zhaoxian asked in confusion, "Are you happy or sad?"

Li Yu said: "It's nothing, anyway, don't marry this one, and that one, I haven't seen them before, and I'm not familiar with them. Brother, you don't have to worry about me."

"Then you can't go out either." Li Zhaoxian said.

"Why?" Li Yu was not happy when he heard it.

Li Zhaoxian said with a straight face: "You are not married and have no engagement, so you are still the Li family, and there will be wild bees and butterflies around you outside, not to mention that because of your relationship with the Kong family, some people will think it is us. What did the Li family do wrong, and even criticize and attack you, you can't let others talk about it."

Li Yu said: "Brother, you just don't want others to be good, so you deliberately prevented me from going out, right? I also want to learn more about women and be a lady teacher for others."

"No need." Li Zhaoxian said, "You can only go out with that Miss Lin... Now it's Lai Guogong Zhang Ruren who is studying women's studies. I have the right to supervise you."

After Lin Yi married Zhang Zhou, as a concubine, she would not have any title of life wife.

But Zhu Youtang also took this into consideration and gave Lin Yi the status of "ruren". In the Ming Dynasty, this was a title that only the wives or mothers of seventh-rank officials could get.

"As domineering as my father."

While counting, Li Yu went to the inner courtyard.

Li Zhaoxian was still chattering: "An elder brother is like a father. If I don't learn from my father, who else can I learn from?"

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Li Yu was bored at home for a few days, and finally saw his female husband arrive.

After Lin Yi got married, she still had the right to enter and leave the mansion, which was also authorized by Zhang Zhou, and she went out to continue her "study" for Li Yu.

"Sir, what's it like to be married? Does it mean that after you get married, you can only follow the rules, and you can't even leave the house?"

Li Yu was not serious about listening to the class, so she asked Lin Yi, who had relevant experience.

Lin Yi shook her head, as if she didn't understand it: "I can go out, there is no restriction, but I am accompanied by people when I go in and out. As for the other houses... I haven't been there, so naturally I don't know."

"Then..." Li Yu thought for a while, then sighed, "It's pretty good. At least it's more enlightened than ours."

(End of this chapter)