Naturally, the civil servants did not dare to make a big show of it, and openly opposed Lao Zhu's opinions. How could Emperor Hongwu be as powerful and decisive as those cowardly emperors of the former Song Dynasty?
Don’t you see Yang Xunwen at Fengtian Palace? He was not afraid of his reputation and spoke uprightly, but he ended up losing his job.
Of course, Yang Xunwen's tactics of accusing and suppressing the prince could not be considered "righteous" in any way. It's just that literati have always paid attention to the Spring and Autumn style of writing, which is connected with the branches. Yang Gong came forward, but they naturally concealed anything inappropriate.
Nowadays, civil servants are not trusted, and these civil servants are not completely unaware of this. After Hu Weiyong's incident, His Majesty has appointed unscrupulous officials from poor families to fill the cabinet, and increasingly there is a trend of using the cabinet to replace the original Zhongshu Province. . This originally made the remaining "clear streams" who thought they could swallow up the power vacuum left by Zhongshu Province deeply resentful.
This time, His Majesty took advantage of the opportunity to reward merit and wanted to quietly let the fifth prince enter the Imperial Academy. Where is the Imperial College? The place where future bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty were cultivated and the center of world literature and education!
What is your Majesty doing? Isn't it to hope that all the officials in the imperial court will come out of the elite family in the future?
How could the civil servants endure it? They knew that the matter could not be suppressed, so fortunately they thought of a way to save the country. That is to set up a literary society to recruit scholars, especially those from the Imperial College.
I have to say, their idea is still brilliant. After all, in terms of academic profundity and scholarly reputation, no one can match their group of long-established scholars. When the day comes when all the students from the Imperial College go out, who is the person offering the wine to the Imperial College? What does it matter?
No one would abandon a well-known scholar to become a disciple of a child who has not yet finished his crown.
It's a pity that their structure is still a bit low, thinking that what Lao Zhu wants is just the Imperial College. Little did he know that Lao Zhu’s target was the entire Shilin, and he had long planned to catch most of them in one fell swoop...
Zhu Su also came to Qixia Mountain. He was not the only one, Fang Xiaoru, Xu Yungong, Li Jinglong, Zhu Xi, and Zhu Di all came. The clothes of several people are also very interesting. They are all white Confucian robes with cuffs tied inside. They are smart but also a bit chic.
Each person also had a long sword hanging on their waist. They were not the pretentious ceremonial swords of those wealthy children who claimed to be martial artists, but real swords that could be used to kill people in battle. The sword has a broad spine and a simple style. No need to take it out of the sheath, it still carries a bit of cold evil aura.
This attire does not look like Wen, nor does Wu look like Wu. It is considered a standard fancy dress in this era, and it attracted many surprised eyes from the people along the way.
Zhu Su also visited Qixia Temple. After all, it is Yingtian Ming Temple. In the past, when I was in Huangzhuang, I once took a quick tour. Today I found that there were more people going to Qixia Mountain on this road than usual to offer incense. I randomly asked passers-by. They were afraid of the swords on their waists. Of course they knew everything: "I heard that there is a wedding ceremony at the entrance of Qixia Temple." Yes, even the three elders of Pingyang have been invited. He is a master-like figure! Although we are just stupid villagers, we also want to listen to Wenquxing's teachings."
"Three elders of Pingyang?" Zhu Su was confused. Li Jinglong, who had the most extensive connections among them, hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The fifth uncle who is good at teaching has learned that the 'Three Pingyang Elders' refer to the three great Confucian scholars Zhou Rugui, Shi Shande and Zheng Boxuan."
"Because these three elders came from Pingyang Prefecture on Wenzhou Road in the Yuan Dynasty, the world collectively called them the 'Pingyang Three Elders'. Among the literati, they were like Mount Tai and Beidou. In the past, His Majesty personally sent people to conquer the country, and they all I don’t want to go out. I was actually invited here this time.”
"The Three Pingyang Elders sound similar to the 'Dark Wind Twin Evils' and the 'Four Ghosts of the Yellow River'. It's still my king's nickname of 'Convincing people with virtue', which sounds more luxurious." I heard that these three elders Zhu Ming, who once refuted his father's reputation and recently became addicted to martial arts, immediately started taunting him to show his disdain for the three elders.
The two brothers Zhu Di and Zhu Su laughed when they heard this. The second brother is right. Although the names of these three old men are deceiving, in the eyes of them who passed the battle between the two armies, they are just those little devils blocking the road in the story books. Li Jinglong and Xu Yungong, on the other hand, had never traveled with him when they were in Jizhen, and had never heard Zhu Su talk about vulture shooting. They looked at a loss at this time, wondering what the allusions were to the black wind and evil spirits, and to convincing people with virtue.
The group continued to move forward, and when they arrived outside Qixia Temple, they saw a bustling crowd, making it look like a grand event. Many great Confucian scholars helped to maintain order. Confucian scholars wearing Confucian crowns sat on futons in the venue and listened to the lectures on the stage. They all shook their heads as they listened, mesmerized. As for the ordinary people, they could only sit on the ground at a distance and could not hear clearly.
However, out of awe of knowledge and fear of many servants, the common people did not dare to get too close or make any noise.
"Wait a minute." Seeing Zhu Su and his entourage arrogantly about to enter, several servants from an unknown family quickly stopped them. "It is a place where Confucian scholars give lectures. Non-Confucian students are not allowed to enter!"
"Don't we look like Confucian scholars?" Zhu Su looked at his own clothes. The servant looked up and down and said with a smile: "I say, young master, your disguise is pretty good."
"Confucian scholars and gentlemen are all literary stars in the sky. They are extremely valuable. Who would wear such a stupid sword? Just listen on the periphery and be somewhat tainted with literary spirit. In the future, maybe you can also be a real high-ranking official, horse. Do you have to ride?"
Zhu Su laughed loudly. He was worthy of being a scholar's servant, and he also spoke in the same way. He pushed the servant away and walked away. The servant was shocked and was about to continue to block him, but saw Mr. Lu who was supposed to be on the high platform hurried over. He wiped his sweat and saluted the young man and said, "Your Majesty. Zuosi Langzhong, Lu Ben, has met the three highnesses and the princes!"
"Master Lu." Zhu Su smiled slightly. "I heard that you organized a cultural gathering, which is a good thing that is beneficial to the culture and education of the country. At such a grand gathering, I came uninvited to offer wine, won't you blame me?"
"Don't dare, don't dare!" Lu Ben was sweating profusely. "I'm brave enough to ask Your Highness to follow me, and I will arrange a seat for Your Highness and all of you."
Zhu Su nodded and did not embarrass this person too much. Don't look at this Mr. Lu who is just submissive and a coward. In history, his grandson was the good grandson Zhu Yunwen who was "honest, pure and filial", and his daughter was the concubine of Prince Zhu Biao. The Lu family made Zhu Su extremely wary. Zhu Xiong in Zhu Su's heart The first suspect in Ying’s death.
If he could give birth to such a good daughter, how could Lu Ben be just an ordinary person?
Originally, at this moment, he should have climbed to the high position of Minister of the Ministry of Finance. It is precisely because Lao Zhu hated Zhu Yunwen and suppressed him repeatedly that he is still just a Zuosi Langzhong.
Zhu Su was very afraid of this person and would not underestimate him easily.
(End of chapter)
