Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2046 Zhengguoben ([-]) "What is human righteousness?"

"Does Mr. Su Yang think that your son's future depends entirely on Gao Rixin's thoughts?"

This is really a smart person who doesn't speak secretly, and asks directly enough.If Zhao Zhigao could confide in Shen Yiguan, he should have replied at this moment: "Brother Jiaomen, Yu really has this intention."

However, it is a pity that the present Zhao Zhigao is not willing to confide in Shen Yiguan.He just called Shen Yiguan to stop, not so much that he changed his mind and hoped to restore the friendship between the two, but rather that he hoped that the two parties would at least not tear each other apart, give the heart school, and give the two of them some dignity.That's all.

As for the relationship between him and Shen Yiguan, in fact, when he decided to express his kindness to Gao Yushi, it had already broken down, and it was difficult to repair it.

After all, for Zhao Zhigao, although Shen Yiguan was originally his ally, this ally has always been a great threat to his status.I didn't say anything before, that's because Shen Yiguan already had many fans within the Heart School at that time, and he took the initiative to fight against the Real School headed by Gao Pragmatism, at least he could attract some firepower for himself and avoid being forced to return with a big victory The high pragmatism as the first clearing target.

Besides, Zhao Zhigao also felt at the time that he would not be able to win against Gao Pragmatic anyway. If Shen Yiguan really had the ability to deal with Gao Pragmatically, then considering the interests of the entire Heart School, it would not be completely unacceptable for him to let him come from behind.

However, what Zhao Zhigao never expected was that after that, Shen Tongyi's actions became bigger and bigger and more dangerous.When the emperor coughed up blood and fainted, Zhao Zhigao resolutely counseled——Shen Jiaomen, Shen Jiaomen, let’s just fight with the Real School, after all, such things as party struggles have existed since ancient times, and we are not missing this time .

However, now that you are so bold as to involve the emperor, and even run the risk of "conspiring to kill the king", then don't blame me, Mr. Zhao, for cutting off your ties with you.

At that time, Zhao Zhigao had faintly made up his mind that he had to get himself out of this matter, and he must not have even the slightest relationship with "King Killing".It's just that there must be an opportunity for this kind of thing. You can't think that it's just a one-off, and it's raining when you hear the wind. That's too abrupt, and it will make people suspicious.

So, he waited for two things: the first one, Wang Jiaping warned him that Zhao Fengwei was impeached;

These two incidents became Zhao Zhigao's betrayal... Oh no, in Zhao Zhigao's view, this was not a betrayal, but a suitable reason for him to cut off the relationship with Shen Yiguan.

However, up to now, from Shen Yiguan's question just now, it can be proved that he does not feel that he is at fault at all, nor does he think that Zhao Zhigao betrayed himself because he rejected his proposal first.

Shen always believed that Zhao Zhigao should support him politically no matter what. The reason why he didn't support him but chose to betray him was not because of his political stance, but because his son's future was threatened.

It should be said that although Shen Yiguan is shrewd, his structure is really too influenced by his mind.He is undoubtedly a selfish person, and this selfishness is reflected in two levels: one is the selfishness of the small circle, and the other is the selfishness of the individual.

Because of the selfish nature of his small circle, he subconsciously believes that Zhao Zhigao should support him unreservedly in politics, because they are representatives of the Mind School in the cabinet, and the current situation is already very bad. Only by joining hands can we counter the high pragmatism.

We are natural allies, how can you sell me?
However, reality is reality, and the reality is that Zhao Zhigao did sell him. At this time, Shen Yiguan must of course reflect on what caused Zhao Zhigao to do so.

The reason Shen has always found is that Zhao Fengwei was impeached.

Selfish people often feel that everyone is as selfish as themselves, and Shen Yiguan is the same. Since he thinks that Zhao Zhigao should not betray him, he must find a reasonable reason for him.Obviously, Shen has always judged others by himself, and decided that Zhao Zhigao could only do this because of a more selfish thing.

Then it could only be for Zhao Fengwei's future.

Why is Zhao Fengwei so important? Even Shen Yiguan thinks that Zhao Zhigao broke with him because of him?This has to talk about Zhao Zhigao's descendants.

Zhao Zhigao gave birth to four sons, namely Fengwu, Fengchong, Fengwei and Fengge.

But before talking about Zhao Zhigao's four sons, we can review another family first.In history, Wang Xijue was the second place of the father and son, and his son Wang Heng did not take the exam when Wang Xijue was in office, but waited until after Wang Xijue became an official, and he won the second place in the exam, which can be described as real material.

This "genuine material" is by no means a joke. Not only did Wang Heng take the second place in the imperial examination, but he was also quite successful in the fields of culture and art.He was a famous zaju in the Ming Dynasty, and wrote famous zaju such as "Yulunpao", "True Puppet" and "No Naihe".

He made a lot of friends, and had contacts with celebrities at that time such as Tang Xianzu, Chen Jiru, Tu Long, etc., and often had poems and essays, and artistic exchanges.Wang Heng is also good at calligraphy, and his style is like that of Yan Zhenqing and Su Shi. Dong Qichang, a great calligrapher, even thinks that his calligraphy "circles between Tang and Jin Dynasties, with both skill and strength, or he thinks that he can learn from Su Zizhan, but Zizhan can't do his best."

However, compared to Wang Xijue's family having thousands of li horses, Zhao Zhigao might want to scold his four sons that they are only worthy of dying in a stable.

Take a look at these talents: the eldest son, Zhao Fengwu, was entrusted with Shangbao Sicheng by his kindness; the second son, Zhao Fengchong, was given the experience of the Dudufu by his kindness, and was promoted to the doctor of the Shaanxi Qingli Division of the Ministry of Punishment, and transferred to the magistrate of Guangnan Prefecture, Yunnan; the third son, Zhao Fengwei, He entered the prison as a student from Tongzhou Prefecture, Shuntian Prefecture, and was first awarded the continuation class of Guanglu Temple, and later promoted to the deputy envoy of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department; the fourth son, Zhao Fengge, was awarded Shangbao Si Cheng by Enyin.

Did not find out, Zhao Zhigao's eldest son, second son, and fourth son were all directly entrusted to officials by grace, and they didn't take the imperial examination at all.Only the third son, Zhao Fengwei, finally passed the examination as a scholar when he was an official with his father in Beijing, so he was admitted to the Imperial College.

However, although Zhao Fengwei entered the Guozijian, the imperial examination still seemed to be useless, so in the end, he had to make up a continuation class at Guanglu Temple as a supervisor.

What is a continuation class?That is to say, there are enough people in my yamen, but for the sake of "reserve", some qualified people are given an alternate position, so you have the establishment of my yamen.This is similar to the nature of the so-called "alternate way" that often appeared in Qing palace dramas. Your qualifications are recognized, but sorry, there is no actual work for you now.

Fortunately, Zhao Fengwei is different from the alternate Taoists who mainly spend money to buy officials. He has a good father, so as long as the most difficult problem of establishment is solved, the follow-up matters will be easy to handle.For example, promotion was a great opportunity for him—so he was "later promoted to Deputy Envoy of Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department".

To be honest, Zhao Zhigao had no other choice. Among his four sons, the three brothers were not suitable for studying at all.

You can refer to Gao Yushi who took the exam for a scholar in the past, and you will know that since their family has important officials in the court, if you go to the exam, unless the county lord happens to be your family's sworn political enemy, otherwise it will be considered that your level is really poor. I will always give you the status of a student with high hands, and everyone will look good.

How should I put this matter... The status of a scholar is indeed very honorable for ordinary people, but for the children of high-ranking officials in the court, it is really the same.It's not easy for them to handle, at least it must be at the level of juren - because juren can really be a candidate for county officials, the imperial court strictly checks, and the officials keep a close eye on it.

Looking at it in reverse, the three sons of Zhao Zhigao are embarrassed to even get one of the students, which can only show that not only their reading level is so poor that everyone in their hometown pays attention to them, but their reputation is also "well-known".So much so that Zhao Zhigao didn't have the face to give them a student status, so as not to be poked at the spine, ridiculed and cursed all day long.

With these three brothers as a foil, although Zhao Fengwei only passed the exam as a student, he is already considered the "hope of the whole village" of their old Zhao family, and Zhao Zhigao can only devote all his heart and soul to this son.

Of course Shen Yiguan knew about these things, but Shen Yiguan had always sneered at it before, and he treated his son completely differently from Zhao Zhigao.

Shen Yiguan's eldest son is named Shen Taihong, who is different from the few scumbags in Zhao Zhigao's family. He is a good student with excellent character and learning. He was already very famous when he was young. It is very famous and belongs to the best.

Not only did he read the exam books well, but he also inherited the family background of his uncle Shen Mingchen, and his poems are quite good, and many poems have been handed down in history.

However, it was a good thing for my son to get good grades, but Shen Yiguan became worried: "The grades are so good, if I accidentally get too competitive and get the top score in the exam, wouldn't I invite the world to discuss it?"

Shen Yiguan then thought of Wang Xijue and Wang Heng and his son.He said in his heart that Wang Xijue only ordered Wang Heng to wait for him to take the imperial examination before he was allowed to take the imperial examination, which has already been praised by many people, so what should I do to be better and gain a good reputation?As a father, he was calculating, and the result of calculation was calculation, and he actually calculated his own son.

During the year of the test, Shen Taihong came to the capital from his hometown in Zhejiang to visit his father Shen Yiguan. Shen Yiguan began to fool his son. You are a member of the Shushe, and then you participate in this year's imperial examination as a member of the Zhongshushe. This is equivalent to taking the imperial examination with the household registration of a candidate in the capital. It is counted in the Beibang, which is much easier than the Nanbang in Zhejiang. ,Why not do it?"

How could a son be suspicious of his father's concern? Of course, Shen Taihong happily obeyed.Unexpectedly, Shen Yiguan's selfishness is completely beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. After he fooled his son, he turned around and reported to the court, recommending his son to be the court's Minister Shangbao.

Shangbaosicheng is completely different from Zhongshusheren. The former belongs to the official position of grace, while the latter is a nominal one. That is, once Shangbaosicheng holds the position, he cannot take the imperial examination.

Shen has always been ruthless because he originally wanted to "block his progress, but be detached from comments"-block his son's imperial examination path and avoid people from all over the world talking about him.

The unlucky Shen Taihong was caught off guard by his own father and cut off his path to fame, but what he cared about was not whether he became an official or not, but that he would lose the opportunity to prove himself to be excellent.

He never dreamed that his father would plot against him, so he refused to be an official and returned to his hometown in a huff. The relationship between father and son is severed.

This incident had a huge impact on Shen Taihong, not only destroying the relationship between father and son, but also destroying the relationship between brothers.Shen Taihong, who returned to his hometown, became more and more angry as he thought about it. He vented all his resentment, anger, and injustice on his father's concubine, and abused his half-brother in every possible way.

However, what is interesting is that people at the time did not blame Shen Taihong very much. On the contrary, the scholarly public opinion did not quite agree with Shen Taihong's consistent act of "killing relatives with righteousness". To be a city official" means sacrificing his son's future to gain a good reputation for himself.

Due to the ugly handling of this matter, not only did Shen Yiguan fail to gain a good reputation, but instead made his already bad reputation even worse.

In any case, Shen Yiguan and Zhao Zhigao can be regarded as "every family has scriptures that are hard to recite", but Shen Yiguan still understands Zhao Zhigao's expectations of Zhao Fengwei to some extent.

Hearing his question, Zhao Zhigao couldn't help but think of the old story of Shen consistently sacrificing his son's future to preserve his reputation, and couldn't help feeling sick.

Confucianism pays attention to "kissing relatives and honoring respect", let alone respecting respect, the so-called "kissing relatives" is actually quite simple.

It is precisely because you, Shen, have always been unkind to your father that Shen Taihong is unfilial to your son, and then unfriendly to your brother. It is estimated that your concubine's harshness towards your elder brother will inevitably be disrespectful to your brother.

All the disobedience in your family is caused by you, what's the matter, now you still want to mock me for being too kind to my son?
Zhao Zhigao didn't want to tear his face at first, but he couldn't bear it after thinking of this incident, so he couldn't help asking sarcastically: "What is human justice?"

Shen Yiguan's face suddenly darkened.

Everyone is an old book reader, how could Shen Yiguan not know the source of Zhao Zhigao's words? "Book of Rites" said: "What is human righteousness? Father is kind, son is filial, brother is good, younger brother is fraternal, husband is righteous, woman listens, Changhui, young obedience, monarch benevolence, minister loyalty."

Zhao Zhigao used this sentence to answer Shen Yiguan's question "Does Mr. Suiyang think that your son's future depends on Gao Rixin's thoughts?"

Zhao Zhigao meant to say "that's right", and he used the "Book of Rites" to ask Shen Yiguan, saying that I, Zhao, adhere to the teachings of a sage and uphold the basic principles of being a man. How about Jiaomen?

Shen Yiguan's face darkened immediately, because he knew Zhao Zhigao's words were not actually a question, but rather pointed at his nose and scolded: "You, Shen Yiguan, are not worthy of being human at all!"
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