Chapter 60 Falling into a Well
"A minister cannot assist the king or the country, so what is the purpose of it?"
Li Dongyang's heart has been echoing this sentence since the Ganqing Palace came out. He walked very slowly and tried to steadily with every step. However, Zhu Houzhao's words were like a bolt from the blue, which gave him a heavy blow. Li Dongyang shook his body and almost fell to the ground.
"Teacher." "Binzhi!" Cao Yuan and Jin Gui, who had been following Li Dongyang, supported Li Dongyang.
Jin Gui said with some anger: "The cunning rabbit dies, the lack of dogs cook; the flying birds are gone, and the good bows are hidden; the enemy country is destroyed, and the advisers are destroyed."
"Chongsui!" Li Dongyang held Jin Gui's hand tightly, and he shook his head and said, "This is inappropriate, don't say it again."
Binzhi is the character "六" by Li Dongyang, while Chongsui is the character "六" by Jin Gui. Generally speaking, neither of them would call each other like this, and most of them would call him "六" or "六". It sounds a bit unfamiliar, but in fact it is a gesture.
One of them is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the other is the chief minister of the cabinet. If they are too close, they will inevitably cause criticism. However, in fact, they were old ministers during the period of Emperor Xiaozong. They have been officials in the same dynasty for many years and have similar personalities, so they are actually very good friends.
Li Dongyang was loyal to the court, but in the end he was named "What's the point?" by the emperor. Jin Gui felt deeply worthless for Li Dongyang. The remarks of "the birds are gone, and the good bows are hidden" just now can be regarded as disrespectful words, so Li Dongyang hurriedly stopped them.
Jin Gui was very angry. He stomped his feet heavily and said excitedly: "It's not worth it, it's not worth it!"
Li Dongyang sighed slightly and smiled. Anyone could see that his smile contained endless bitterness.
"I remember back then, the golden swords and iron horses were so angry that they were like tigers. It was worth looking back. Under the Buddha Temple, there was a piece of divine crows and drums. Who asked, Lian Po was old, could he still eat?" Li Dongyang shook his head, as if he had put down something. He pushed Cao Yuan's hand holding his arm and walked forward and said, "Right, wrong, success, failure, good, evil, loyalty and treacherous, there will be comments from future generations. It's better to go back, it's better to go back..."
Not long after the seven cabinet ministers left, Zhu Houzhao also immediately left the palace. The locust plague in Henan was written by Jiang Xia. Now no one in the court can come up with any effective solution. The first person Zhu Houzhao thought of was Jiang Xia. Perhaps only by asking him now can he find an effective solution.
Zhu Houzhao hurried to Xiaoyao Villa, while Jiang Xia was studying there with a book "Doctor of the Mean". However, even though Master Jiang did not forget to enjoy it, he lay on a homemade sofa in the apricot forest in the big garden. In front was a maid pressing his legs, behind was a maid pinching his shoulders, and next to him was a maid feeding him fruits.
Jiang Xia chanted the words: "The destiny of heaven is called nature, the destiny of nature is called Tao, and the practice of Tao is called teaching..."
"Brother." Suddenly, a shout interrupted Jiang Xia's reading sound. Jiang Xia turned his head and looked at it and said with a smile: "Oh, the second child is here. I've been busy with nothing I have seen you come here."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said to the three maids: "You guys go down first, come here later."
"Yes." The three maids responded and stepped back. Zhu Houzhao squatted beside Jiangxia's sofa and said, "Brother, I'll find you. I've sent you, I've sent you."
When Jiang Xia heard that he had "posted", he immediately sat up from the sofa and said to Zhu Houzhao: "How to divide it? Four Six, or Five Five?"
Zhu Houzhao was stunned and said, "Henan has a locust plague, what will I share with you?"
"Damn." Jiang Xia immediately lay back on the sofa, "I thought you were rich. Henan was just a locust plague. This was already under our expectations. Didn't I tell you in advance that you asked you to prevent it? Why? Still can't you prevent it?"
Zhu Houzhao said embarrassedly: "You did tell me that my uncle reminded the emperor to prevent it, but you didn't say how to prevent it. So the locust plague in Henan is now unstoppable. And this time the locust plague is very large and rare in a century. Brother, think of a way, what should I do now?"
Jiang Xia nodded and said, "There are about three things that can be done now. The first is to immediately mobilize a large number of chickens and ducks to Henan to shed chickens and ducks, and they still eat the locusts. The second is to find Lujie grass immediately, the more it becomes, mix it with Pinellia, Tiannan Xing and Chuanwu together grind it into slag, then boil it into water, and then transport it to Henan for a large amount of spray. The third is to send people to Jiangnan and other places that produce grains quickly to purchase grain and transport it to Henan. If Henan suffers such a major disaster, the price of grain will definitely rise."
Hearing that Jiang Xia had such a meticulous plan to deal with it, Zhu Houzhao waved his fist excitedly, and he immediately stood up and said, "Thank you for your advice, I will report it to my uncle immediately. See you again, I will come to have two drinks in two days."
Jiang Xia smiled at Zhu Houzhao's back and continued to read his own book.
That afternoon, Liu Jin finally couldn't hide his excitement after learning about Zhu Houzhao's evaluation of Li Dongyang. As a eunuch, he knew that he would never be able to sit in that unique position, but at least he had to be the position above ten thousand people.
The palm of the East Factory was also the Sili Supervisor. There were not many people in the entire Ming Dynasty who dared not give him Liu Jin's face, and Li Dongyang was considered one of them.
Now that Zhu Houzhao is dissatisfied with Li Dongyang, Liu Jin immediately decided to decide to step on it again, so that Li Dongyang will never turn over.
As early as a month ago, Liu Jin began to collect various evidence that Li Dongyang could no longer be able to turn over. Almost all the Dongchang men were dispatched. They sorted out Li Dongyang's various relationships and re-collected various books, letters and calligraphy written by Li Dongyang. Including the property under Li Dongyang's name, the people from Dongchang also recalculated to see if Fu was in line with his salary income.
It has to be said that Li Dongyang is a strict and self-disciplined person. Whether he or his immediate relatives, he basically did not make any major mistakes. Even if his uncle's son accidentally beat him seriously three years ago, Li Dongyang not only did not shelter him, but also wrote a letter to the local county government office, urging the people in the county government office to deal with it impartially. If there is any bias, he will report to the Ministry of Personnel to dismiss him and investigate it.
After nearly two months, Liu Jin did not pick out any of Li Dongyang's problems.
He had known Li Dongyang again. In the lobby of the Dongchang Yamen, more than 40 people from Dongchang were flipping through the books and calligraphy paintings written by Li Dongyang line by line. Liu Jin sat on the chair and stared at him. He actually had a faint admiration for Li Dongyang. No wonder this person could suppress me for so long. It was indeed amazing.
Suddenly, the stall owner of an East Factory shouted excitedly: "Finished, found."
Liu Jin's eyes lit up, and he immediately walked over. The Dongchang's stall handed it to Liu Jin with an open book and said, "Carrier, look at this place."
Liu Jin first glanced at the cover of the book. The title of this book is "The Collection of Civil and Military Affairs of the Ming Dynasty". The content of the book is actually very simple. It is nothing more than recording the great achievements of various civil and military officials since the Ming Dynasty. On the one hand, it expresses admiration for predecessors, and on the other hand, it expresses his ambitions at the same time, implying that he must be a civil and military officer similar to such.
This book was written by Li Dongyang when he was still a lecturer, Ren Taichang Shaoqing. It was the second year of Hongzhi, and it has been almost twenty-one years since then.
Liu Jin looked at the place pointed at the stall and said, "In the 31st year of Zhizheng, General Xu Da led his army from Tongguan to west to attack Kuokuetimur, which repeatedly disrupted Lanzhou, and completely eliminated the Yuan army in the battle of Sheneryu. Xu Da's army occupied Dingxi and conquered Mianzhou continuously, Xingyuan, and pacified southern Gansu. At this point, the Ming Dynasty was unified and the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed."
After reading it, Liu Jin recalled it carefully. He was not very familiar with history, but at least he still had some understanding of the founding history. Especially Xu Da, the story of the founding hero, the first founding hero, Zhongshan King, is widely circulated and is often mentioned in the plays.
After thinking about it, Liu Jin asked, "There seems to be no problem here. This is how history is."
The head shook his head and whispered to Liu Jin: "Master, there is a problem here, and it is a big problem. Think about it, the 31st year of Zhizheng... did Zhizheng have 31st year? Emperor Taizu ascended the throne at the 28th day of Zhizheng. The 31st year of Zhizheng should be..."
Liu Jin took a deep breath: "Three years of Hongwu!"
"My father is wise. Li Dongyang is my minister of the Ming Dynasty. When writing the history collection, he does not use the title of the next year but the title of the previous dynasty. Wouldn't he want to rebel?"
This time, including Liu Jin, was a little stunned. He originally wanted Li Dongyang not to turn over forever. It would be the best to be able to kill him. However, Liu Jin knew very well what this meant by the mistakes found in this book.
Literary inquisition!
Literary inquisitions were not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty, but every literary inquisition brought about a bloody storm. If Liu Jin had exposed this place, then it would probably be Li Dongyang, but also Li Dongyang's direct relatives and everyone who printed and sold this book.
Liu Jin pinched the "Da Ming Wenwu Collection" in his hand, and he whispered: "It's not a husband without poison, Li Dongyang, you can't blame me this time."
After saying that, Liu Jin immediately took the book and left the Dongchang.
At this moment, Li Dongyang had no idea that a major disaster was approaching him. He was deeply lonely in his heart and was writing a memorial in his study. The content of the memorial was very simple, and the whole text only had one meaning, retirement and retirement.
Li Dongyang could see it very clearly. It was time for him to retreat.
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