Shu Blossoms

Chapter 451
The matter of the early court was brought up by Yushi Zhongcheng Changyi, who accused the palace officials headed by Princess Danyang of treating the scholars harshly in the name of supervision, on the grounds that he had received a letter of distress from the scholars of the Fuzhoushan Palace. fact.

According to Chang Yi's words, the gentry's sons entered the court and left the officialdom to serve the country and glorify their ancestors. How could they be able to do the power of farmers and insult the demeanor of the gentry.

Not only that, the Danyang princess also ordered that if the scholars disobeyed, they were not allowed to eat and could only starve.Even those who eat only porridge, nothing else.Those scholars are still tall children, how can they wrap their stomachs if they only eat white porridge?

Such a long time is bound to hurt the children's bodies.Wouldn't that chill the hearts of the gentry?

He felt that someone must have confused Princess Danyang and wanted to drive a wedge between His Majesty and the gentry.

As soon as Chang Yi's words fell, courtiers who disagreed came out to refute, and the servant of Shangshu shot Yan Kui and said indignantly: "The doctor Yu Shi is wrong! Could it be that the doctor Yu Shi didn't like porridge just after the crisis of grain and grass in the capital was solved? You You can go to Lang Zhongling to have a look, and then go to Xianyang Palace to see His Majesty's meals. Since the granary was destroyed until today, His Majesty's morning and evening meals have always been a bowl of porridge, and occasionally a plate of rice cakes. Your Majesty is only older than those scholars How old is it? For the sake of the people of the capital, how can His Majesty endure it, but they can't?"

It is difficult to find a third emperor who is as frugal as Emperor Zhou in the world, so His Majesty the Great Zhou is a different kind of emperor.

Not to mention the emperor, even the courtiers here, there are not many who are as hard-working as His Majesty.

Yan Kui cited Emperor Zhou as an example, not only praised Emperor Zhou's virtues, but also made Chang Yi unable to refute, who dares to say that His Majesty is not right to be diligent and thrifty, and who dares to say that those scholars are more delicate than the Emperor of Zhou!
Yan Kui looked at Chang Yi and those gentry as if they couldn't pull it out for a long time, and felt very happy.But before he finished speaking, he coughed lightly, attracting the attention of all the officials. Even Emperor Zhou raised his eyelids slightly to look at him, and seeing his righteous words, he calmly looked away. The corner of his mouth curled up, a smile flashed by, and he began to scold Chang Yi for forgetting his ancestors.

"Chang Gongzu moved from Shandong to the southeast seven or eighty years ago, right?" Yan Kui's question stunned Chang Yi, who still nodded sullenly.

"That's it. Chang Gong is only forty years old, so he hasn't experienced the hardships of going to the South." Yan Kui showed the original expression on his face, "However, our Great Zhou has established a country for less than 20 years. The former dynasty has been fighting for many years, and the people are in dire straits. If disasters and wars happen unfortunately, even the family of the gentry will not be able to cover their bodies and food. Back then, when Sun Shi attacked Kuaiji, my family and I went back to our hometown to take refuge. In winter, the roof of the old house leaked air and there was no food at home. To feed my hunger, I took my younger brothers to the mountains to pick mallow and cook soup to survive the coldest winter. Now that the mountains and rivers are stable and I can eat a bowl of sweet porridge, I will always be grateful for the kindness of the late emperor, Your Majesty's wisdom, Why did this bowl of white porridge not go well with those scholars when I came to Changgong? Could it be that the Chang clan had all-powerful abilities and escaped disasters, and Changgong never relied on wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger?"

Yan Kui's words made many courtiers who were born in the noble family look unhappy, but many people nodded in agreement. Although the Zhou Emperor sitting at the top still looked calm, he was very satisfied in his heart.

Sure enough, he tried his best to replace the minister who shot well, and what he said was very ironic in his heart.

Yan's ancestors were also from a noble family, but his grandfather had already declined when he was middle-aged. Therefore, Yan Kui and his father had suffered a lot. It was not until the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty that Yan's father took refuge in the late emperor. improved.

But because Yan Shi suffered a lot when he was young, he didn't have the arrogance of a scholar, but was as down-to-earth and willing to work like a son from a poor family.

Since the end of the previous dynasty, the trend of talking among scholars has become more and more popular. These nobles occupy the positions of important officials in the court, but they are impatient with trivial and mundane affairs, and some official duties are all handed over to those officials.

This made Emperor Zhou both happy and worried. He was so happy that the gentry only liked officials with high reputations, and some positions of real power were gradually held by Emperor Zhou, which made the power of the gentry in the court gradually decline.

What is worrying is that there are still many important official positions in the court held by the gentry, and among them the most important one is Shang Shu Pu She.

The former Shangshu Pushe was impatient with these mundane affairs, and only liked to chat with his colleagues all day long, and asked the then Shangshu Shi Ling Yankui to do all the big and small affairs.

Later, Emperor Zhou caught Shangshu Pushe's mistake, and even though he was spared the punishment, he took the opportunity to dismiss other officials, and before everyone reacted, he directly ordered Yan Kui to take the place of Shangshu Pushe temporarily, until now he really took charge of Shangshutai.

"What Yan Qing said is still reasonable. It has been a few years since we have been able to eat enough food. Many of us have forgotten what it is like to be hungry. These children don't know it. Only by suffering a little bit occasionally can we know what life is like today. What do you think, Zhu Qing?" Emperor Zhou finally spoke, "It is true that I never sent food to Fuzhoushan, but it was not for the purpose of torturing those children. Zhu Qing can take it as a test. After the test, I will be It will not let the scholars suffer. Zhu Qing must also have doubts in his heart, these scholars will stand above the court when they become officials in the future, why do they have to go through such hardships?"

"I don't know if there is anyone who can understand my good intentions?"

Emperor Zhou took a look at the courtiers below, and looked at Wang Quan and Yue Qi who had been staying out of the matter. Qing Shisan reported the matter to Mu Wu before returning yesterday, and Mu Wu naturally went to the palace overnight to report to Emperor Zhou.

It's just that Zhou Emperor couldn't understand what Wang Quan wanted to do for a while. Although he was good at power, he was sincere and willing to work for the Great Zhou. Accept students from poor families and open up their voices.

The matter of overturning Zhoushan was obviously for the good of the country, why did he secretly obstruct it.

Emperor Zhou couldn't figure it out. He only allowed the courtiers to make noise this morning, but until now Wang Quan and Yue Qi hadn't said a word, so he couldn't help asking: "Does Wang Qing understand?"

Wang Quan stood up and said after a salute: "I feel that what your Majesty and Yan Gong said is true. These scholars were born in Shengping and have never suffered. It is difficult to take on a big responsibility for a while. Your Majesty should think twice about them."

At this time, Yue Qi saw Wang Quan standing up, and he also stood up, "Your Majesty, I also feel that these scholars are too young, and the matter of becoming an official should be discussed in a long-term way."

Not only did the two of them not help those scholars speak, but
Emperor Zhou became more and more confused, he raised his head and looked at Chang Yi again, seeing him looking at Wang Quan in surprise, with a puzzled face.

What kind of medicine does this old guy, Wang Quan, gourd sell?

Emperor Zhou didn't think about it if he couldn't figure it out, but he asked Chang Yi, "I remember that I told the ministers and the elders of each family that no one should interfere with the matter of overthrowing the Zhoushan palace, and must not interfere with the fairness of the test. I also remember that Princess Danyang has sent all the redundant servants back, how did Changqing get the news of Fuzhoushan?"

(End of this chapter)