Zuixian Tower is quite famous. The emperor stayed here, and the eunuchs who were in charge of rituals stayed here. Hey, even ordinary people would find it very dramatic when they hear it.
'The emperor is not fond of women, so Lei Lei was furious and immediately ordered the arrest of his attendants! '
This story perfectly confirms the plot that the 'audience' wants.
The traitor flatters the horse and slaps it on the horse's hooves, which is very pleasing to the people, very pleasing to the people!
In Wenxiang Pavilion, a restaurant in the city that never sleeps, the storyteller is very excited and can talk non-stop.
"What happened just now appears in the mouth of the storyteller. He is worthy of being at the feet of the emperor." The speaker was wearing a square scarf, a white shirt, and a cut-shaped beard, and he was quite upright.
After he finished speaking, the person behind him seemed to hear a familiar voice and crossed the table to chat, "It's really Brother Tianci! Have you just returned to Beijing?"
"Oh, brother Tingshi! Long time no see, long time no see. I never thought I would meet you here today! Please take a seat!"
The two old friends met again, and they met here again, so the two tables were joined together. They both looked like scholars, and their manners were full of Confucianism.
In the middle of the table, there are several exquisite side dishes, and there is tea in front of them. The aroma of tea rises with the heat and never dissipates for a long time.
"Brother Tianci returned to Beijing and didn't go anywhere else, so he knew he would go to Wenxiang Pavilion?"
"Haha, there is fragrance in the Wenxiang Pavilion, so naturally I came here because of the fragrance."
"Fragrant rice?"
"It's the fragrance of rice, but it's not the fragrance of rice." The speaker looked towards the storyteller.
These literati and poets just like to play tricks on themselves. Fortunately, the other party understands what they say.
"Yes, everyone has been excited recently, and that's why."
"Okay! Your Majesty, the next generation of virtuous kings, this one thing alone will surely leave a name for eternity!"
The person who was agitated this time was named Li Mengyang.
He is the person who is only one word different from the old Li Dongyang in the front cabinet.
Li Mengyang, named Tianci, was born in Anhua County, Qingyang Prefecture. He came from a humble background, but he had literary talent since childhood. He passed the Shaanxi Provincial Examination at the age of 21 and won the Jinshi Scholarship the following year, which was the seventh year of Hongzhi.
Due to the loss of his parents, he returned home to Dingyou to observe the system. In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, he became the head of the household department.
At that time, my maternal relatives Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, and Marquis of Jianchang, Zhang Yanling, were so favored by their parents that no one dared to ask.
However, Li Mengyang was not afraid of the power, he spoke out and wrote the famous "Ying Zhao Zhi Chen Shu",
The Zhang brothers hated him deeply and framed him many times. Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao, who was still the prince at the time, tried his best to rescue him, so Li Mengyang was saved from disaster.
Later, Li Mengyang learned about the prince's affairs again, and his life-saving grace and moral recognition made him sincerely worship Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao also knew about him, and also learned about the historical fight between Li Mengyang and Hongzhi's two relatives. In his impression, Li Mengyang was very talented in humanities but his official career was not very big.
Therefore, the concept is that he is a writer and calligrapher, and he has no prejudice. Anyway, if they like to show off their literary talents, they can do so.
But he has always been cautious in appointing Qingliu.
So when it comes to Li Mengyang's career as an official, it can be said that he has endured it all the way from the eleventh year of Hongzhi to the present. After three years as the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he also served as a county magistrate, a co-magistrate of the magistrate, then a county magistrate, and then a magistrate. Now that he has returned to Beijing after completing his term, it can be said that he has rich experience at the grassroots level.
The reason for this is that, firstly, Emperor Zhu Houzhao did not think much about making literary men into high officials. Secondly, people with great literary talents like Li Mengyang have great tempers and personalities. He is not a smooth person and often Sexuality can also offend people.
Another one is that Li Mengyang and Li Dongyang have a bad relationship.
They were indeed masters and apprentices. At first, Li Mengyang admired Li Dongyang very much. Li Dongyang also praised Li Mengyang in his "Post-Wen Manuscript", saying that "Mengyang takes literature as his first interpretation, ascends the A-level, and hones his reputation."
But later they turned against each other due to the "Kang Hai Incident".
Kang Hai was the number one scholar in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi. Together with Li Mengyang and Wang Tingxiang, he was known as the "First Seven Sons", which is a title in the literary world.
Li Dongyang is the leader of Chaling Poetry School.
There is no need to elaborate on the specific incident. It was a discord among literati. To put it simply, when Kang Hai's mother died, he did not follow the usual practice of asking Li Dongyang, a court elder and literary leader, to write an inscription and biography. Instead, he invited Li Mengyang, and Li Mengyang agreed.
The so-called literati pay attention to names and compete for names is nothing more than these things.
So in the officialdom, Li Mengyang suffered.
Li Dongyang served as the chief assistant for a period of time after Liu Jian left the throne. This is not to say that Li Dongyang deliberately made things difficult for him, but that no one would recommend Li Mengyang again, and others would not hesitate to offend him.
After all, who would offend Li Dongyang for him?
Li Dongyang himself would not be hot-tempered and would not promote Li Mengyang specifically. As long as he does not take it personally and has a clear conscience, it will be fine.
Fortunately, in the fourth year of Zhengde, Li Dongyang had left his job for nearly two years, and Li Mengyang was finally able to return to Beijing.
As for the person he was talking to, his name was Bian Gong and his courtesy name was Tingshi. He was also one of the first seven sons.
Now I hold the position of Taichang Temple Prime Minister, and I am mainly in charge of the etiquette of the ancestral temple, such as special occasions, where to offer sacrifices, and the etiquette of the emperor and ministers.
The largest official in Taichang Temple is the Qing of Taichang Temple. As for the Prime Minister of Taichang Temple... minor officials and idle officials were first ranked from the fifth rank, and later changed to the sixth rank.
The so-called "first seven sons" were very high-ranking officials in the royal court. There was no other way. They were recommended by Yang Yiqing, and later they won the emperor's appreciation.
But when it comes to literary talent, Li Mengyang is second to none. He is proficient in Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy and classical Chinese poetry. He advocates that "literature must be based on the Qin and Han Dynasties, and poetry must be based on the prosperous Tang Dynasty", emphasizing retrospection. Even though he had some disagreements with Li Dongyang of the Chaling School of Poetry, Li Mengyang still had a place in the literary world, which was not easy in itself.
Bian Gong did not know that Li Mengyang was returning to Beijing. He admired his friend's poems and articles very much and said: "Brother Tianci has returned to Beijing, how can there be no one to greet him? This matter will be done by brothers. , I will post in three days to invite friends to gather together to celebrate!”
Li Mengyang shook his head, "Compared with the official affairs of the DPRK, how can a little Li Mengyang's return to Beijing be worth celebrating? But brother Tingshi said that it is a good thing to gather friends. We may not have seen some people for a long time, but every time I think of them, I still I think it was most enjoyable when the few of us were together praising the past and discussing the present!"
"Brother Tianci, do you mean to celebrate the storyteller?"
"Everyone praises a traitor when he is defeated. Isn't it worth celebrating?"
Bian Gong had no opinion, "It's worth it! Of course it's worth it! Brother Tianci, the Zuixian Tower is on the street next door. Many people have gone to see it. Let me see, if this continues, someone should leave a note there. .”
Why keep a book?
Naturally, it is praising the righteous act of today’s emperor!
"It's time to leave a book to set an example for future generations! So that our Ming Dynasty will no longer be plagued by eunuchs." Li Mengyang himself was also a civilian literati. He had long admired the current emperor, so he said with emotion: "Brother Tingshi, in fact, you have to pay attention Come to think of it, how many people have been able to do something similar to Your Majesty in the past and present? The emperor is a great virtue, and the country is a great blessing."
"That's right!" Bian Gong said but became angry, "Even with such an emperor and unworthy descendants like An Ni, he still wants to rebel!"
"That's a joke!" Li Mengyang clenched his fists.
He doesn't care about other things. How can he change such a virtuous emperor? That's okay.
It is said that there are also slogans.
Li Mengyang really couldn't understand it. He was not a person who was originally flattered, but when he came to Beijing and heard about such things, as a literati with an upright mind, he was naturally angry.
When a literati is angry, his pen is his weapon.
Li Mengyang felt a little surging in his heart. No matter what, he felt that he should write a few words to rectify the emperor's name among the scholars and the common people.
Killing an Anhua King does not mean that the emperor disregards the close ties of flesh and blood.
There are countless vassal kings and relatives in the world who are so evil, so what if I kill a few more?
Once the heroic essay is published, if it can be appreciated by the emperor, he might even be able to enter the palace to meet the emperor.
The more Li Mengyang thought about it, the more itchy his hands became, "Brother Tingshi, then make an appointment in three days?"
"Okay! In three days, Brother Tianci will surely publish a good article!"
