Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 723 Prosperity if you obey, death if you don't
Mo Dunrang came faster than Gao Yushi imagined. On the fifth day after Mo Yulin took the order to set off, Mo Dunrang had already rushed back to Thang Long, "pleading guilty" before the gate of Qianwang Mansion where Gao Yushi lived.Calculating from the time, he should have surrendered his military power and rushed back immediately after Mo Yulin arrived in Henan without any delay.

Well, the attitude is good, I appreciate it very much.

But it's no wonder that Mo Yulin, who is engaged in military affairs, kneels, and Mo Dunrang, who is engaged in politics, knows how to adapt to the wind, which seems to be a reasonable thing.

Politics, the art of compromise.

So Mo Dunrang has come to compromise now.

In terms of putting on airs, Gao Wu did not do it often when he was in the capital, but he saw a lot of it after he arrived in Guangxi, and he went to a higher level when he came to Annan.

Such as Mo Dunrang, Annan's assistant king, now personally came to the door to plead guilty, Gao Wushi did not go out to pick him up, but directly asked Gao Yu to come forward and invite him in.

Fortunately, he still used the word please, although it seemed that there was no sincerity.

Mo Dunrang was naturally ashamed and angry. He felt that he had already achieved this appearance, but he was still treated like this. This high-level press was too rude.

But when he was ushered into the flower hall in the front courtyard of King Qian's Mansion, this dissatisfaction dissipated, because the young Guangxi inspector was talking and laughing happily with an old man with white hair and white eyebrows.

This old man, even if Mo Dunrang is the auxiliary king, he dare not show any disrespect to him, because he is Ruan Bingqian.

Ruan Bingqian is 80 years old this year. He is a man of profound knowledge. He once studied Confucianism under Liang Depeng, who was second in the ranking.In the Mo Dynasty, he served as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Bachelor of Dongge University. Later, he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Duke Cheng Guogong.Because he is the champion of Sanyuan Jidi, the folks call him Cheng Zhuangyuan.

This is good, the two champions in the flower hall are both legends who have won three prizes in a row, and Mo Dunrang is not Mo Jingdian, he is a prince who is engaged in politics, seeing this scene, he is naturally somewhat ashamed.

This old man Ruan was going to see Gao Yushi, but Gao Wushi arrived in Thang Long before he had gone far, so Mr. Ruan had to turn around and come back to see him.He is Annan's Sanyuan Jidi, and he is much more polite to Ming Dynasty's Sanyuan Jidi and even the sixth champion than he is to the "emperor" of Mo Chao. He came to ask for advice for three consecutive days-not the one who smashed the field This is not a kind of advice, but really come to talk about knowledge with Gao Yushi.

In fact, his political thinking is old-fashioned, and he often talks about "peace and leisure", which is not consistent with the practical learning of the Gao family, but this does not prevent him from admiring the high practical Confucian skills. Gao Pragmatism is regarded as "the greatest Confucianist in the world".

As for whether this "current world" refers only to Annan, it is not known.In short, when he went back every day when he faced the famous scholars of the Mo Dynasty and the senior officials of the court, he praised him in this way. He highly praised Gao Yushi in his words, so that many celebrities of the Mo Dynasty wanted to pay a visit to Gao Yushi. It would be even better if he could recommend his own children to Gao Yushi for advice, it would be smoke from the ancestral grave.

I would like to insert a few words here. In the turbulent years of the Northern and Southern Dynasties in the history of Vietnam, Ruan Bingqian has always been the target of various forces.Later, with the collapse of the Mo Dynasty in the civil war, Ruan Zhu and Zheng Zhu respectively controlled the north and south of Vietnam. Both Zheng Jian (Zheng Song's father) and Ruan Huang had sought his advice in their struggle for power.

For Lord Zheng, Ruan Bingqian suggested that he rebuild the Later Le Dynasty and hold Emperor Li to command the world; while for Lord Ruan, he suggested establishing a base in the undeveloped southern Vietnam.

Both Zheng Jian and Ruan Huang followed his advice, which made the political and military strength of the two sides compete with each other, which lasted for 200 years.

In that history, in the 13th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the eighth year of Mo Chaoyan, Ruan Bingqian once said to Mo Maoqia: "In the future, there will be an accident in the state. Although Gaoping is small, it can last for many years."

Sure enough, after another seven years, Zheng Song captured Shenglong, and Mo Chao really preferred Gaoping.Such brilliant suggestions made Ruan Bingqian famous in Vietnamese history as a wise man who could predict the future, and was called "Vietnam's Nostradamus" by later generations of Vietnamese.The famous "Cheng Zhuang Prophecy" in Vietnam was written by him. In this work, he hinted at what will happen in the future. It is very mysterious. From the perspective of historical status, it is somewhat like China's "Tui Bei Tu".

For such a great Confucian among the great Confucians, and a famous scholar among the famous scholars, Mo Dunrang naturally did not dare to say too much, and he did not dare to say that the high-level pragmatism was rude-what's the matter, do I leave Lao Ruan here to pick you up?Which onion are you?

Fortunately, after Gao Wushi met him, he didn't neglect him any more. He smiled and went forward to remove the thorns from his back, and asked someone to find clothes for him to change, and then invited him to sit down.

Mo Dunrang sat down anxiously, but his heart felt much more comfortable. Just as he was about to say a few more words of apology, Gao Pragmatic suddenly asked a question, and went straight to the point, without any ambiguity at all: "The current state affairs are the same. What do you think?"

Tongzhi refers to Mo Dunrang's official title in Ming Dynasty——Annan's commander-in-chief envoy Tongzhi.

Mo Dunrang sighed, and said: "My brother passed away, and Annan was in turmoil. I planned to use Nanzheng to make a small contribution to frighten Xiao Xiao, but who knew that my skills were not as good as others. Instead, I ruined a good situation. The crime of being a subordinate , can’t be overstated.”

Gao Wushi smiled slightly: "Let's not talk about merit and crime, let's talk about your views on the current situation first."

Mo Dunrang shook his head and said: "The lower officials are only full of guilt now, how can they have any opinions... Fortunately, they led the army here by themselves, presumably Zheng Ni should also be afraid of Tianwei, and retreat without fighting."

Gao Wu said sincerely: If Zheng Song would retreat, then he would not be Zheng Song.

His smile remained the same, but his tone was unquestionable: "Even if Zheng Ni retreats, the two thieves, Li Ni and Zheng Ni, should still be punished."

Mo Dunrang's eyes lit up, and he looked up at Gao Yushi, as if he wanted to judge whether the words were true or not from his expression.

Ruan Bingqian, who seemed to be getting old, suddenly interjected: "Gao Longwen wants to do his best, and I hope that the whole Mo family will give us their full support. What do you think?"

Mo Dunrang was taken aback, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, he just asked, "I also ask Mr. Ruan for advice."

Ruan Bingqian shook his head and said, "What can this old man tell you? However, the general trend of the world is mighty and mighty. If you follow it, you will prosper, and if you go against it, you will perish. Please think twice about this point."

Mo Dunrang's back felt cold when he heard it, did even Ruan Lao feel that something was wrong?I, Annan...can I really just crawl at Daming's feet?

(End of this chapter)