Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 863 East Palace Edition "Knowledge of the New Record" ([-])
There is a sequence of hearing, and there is a specialization in art. Everyone has different knowledge, cultivation, morality, and ability, so the roles they "play" are naturally different. For example, Zhang Xuansu is only suitable for teaching, and cannot be an official teacher. Cheng Zhijie can only lead the field. Wei rate, if the Guards were handed over to him, it would have been a mess.

And Kong Yingda's student, the author of "Eastern Palace Shilu" - Fang Shuo was born to be a rogue literati who is suitable for writing such a bad secret record to mislead the public.

He has followed Kong Yingda for many years, specializing in historical records, and has dabbled a lot in the secrets of palaces in the past dynasties. He usually likes to write some scriptures, first to show his unique ability, and second, to make a fortune for himself. His literary talents are outstanding, and he also has a "significant" position among the scholarly circles.

This time, he made full use of his strengths, took advantage of people's suspicions, and compiled this "Eastern Palace Shilu", and claimed to be a family story, and felt that what he wrote could be called "the swan song of historians, the Lisao without rhyme" , is a classic that can be handed down forever.

And during the interrogation, he asked in a "naive manner" whether his book could be handed down and not destroyed. This made the boss of the Sanju Department not know how to answer his innocent question for a while.

And the purpose of the book he and those accomplices wrote was to fight against the injustice of the King of Wu, because they were all rewarded by Li Ke when they were in the Imperial Academy. Why can’t someone with integrity and generosity stand up and point out the prince’s “cruelty”?

Li Chengqian naturally doesn't believe in this kind of rotten Confucianism, but what if he doesn't believe it, if he orders these bastards to be slaughtered, then their so-called theory, the so-called Shilu may be used by the people behind the scenes , Let some of them be convinced as facts, and then passed down as unofficial history.

Whether to kill or not to kill is a question, just like after the Xuanwu Gate, the emperor deliberately adjusted the policy more and more in order to change the badness of the incident and the legitimacy of the succession. It is the same. Li Chengqian must meet this talented man , judge by yourself before drawing the final conclusion.

More importantly, the emperor who spent the summer in Cuiwei Palace never sent a word back to Daming Palace about the affairs inside and outside the palace, as if he didn't know anything. Li Chengqian understood that he wanted to see how he would deal with this reputation issue. crisis.Li Shimin is a monarch who knows how to restrain his "desire", and he certainly hopes that his successor will do the same.

But even if he stays in Chang'an as the mouthpiece - Changsun Wuji doesn't say anything, Li Chengqian will not set a precedent for literary inquisition in the Tang Dynasty. Whoever commits a crime will be dealt with according to the law. This is clearly stipulated in the Tang law. A person with the spirit of contract will not break the country's established legal system because of his emotions.

In order to show fairness, today he specially let the two important ministers, Changsun Wuji and Ma Zhou, to attend. They are the emperor's confidantes and have a special relationship with him, so they are the most suitable candidates.

After taking a look at Fang Shuo in shackles, Li Chengqian asked Henglian to serve Changsun Wuji and Ma Zhou some chilled grape wine and cold cakes. Chang'an is extremely hot in summer. Still changing the hot fact.

After taking two sips and suppressing the hotness in his chest, Li Chengqian said lightly: "Human nature is the thing that cannot stand the test, but never use that wrong point of view to verify the right thing. The way of a sage, repaying kindness and sacrificing one's life is all right. , but playing with the orphans of the Zhao family is a little tender in front of the orphan, and you are not Mao Jiao, so you can't enjoy the treatment of Ding Cooking."

"When I was younger, I followed the general to attack the Turks in the north. The skeletons of dead people could be seen everywhere on the border. The grass that was fertilized by human flesh grew so tall! Hey, do you know what was in Gu's heart at that time?"

Li Chengqian was asking this question, showing that he had broken Ru Ru's mentality of wanting to live forever, which made him feel guilty for a while, and then asked such a nonsense question, not to mention Fang Shuo, a nerd, even the witty eldest grandson Wuji Neither he nor Ma Zhou knew what the prince was going to say next.

Well, since he is so "ignorant" and he is not the kind of person with a deep mind, then there is no need to buy this pass. Who made his brain full of water on the left and noodles on the right, making it a mess when he moves? !

Then he smiled and said, "At that time, Gu was thinking, if all the enemies who dared to attack Tang Liangren were killed in Gu's lifetime, would future generations be able to enjoy peace forever!"

"At that time, the answer in Gu's heart was yes, because Gu's enemies, the enemies of the Tang Dynasty were them, and the duty of the Guhe soldiers was to conquer the disobedient people in the world for the emperor. But with the growth of age and experience, it will be subtle It changed Gu’s view because of people like you.”

"Enemy" is a very complicated word, which is not only reflected in military confrontation and party unity, but also in the evaluation of those who can't do practical things and are always talking around corners. Well, Li Chengqian has never been very friendly to this.

But what is Fang Shuo's identity? He is just a young student of the Imperial College. He is not worthy to be the enemy of the crown prince, and a guy like him who only knows how to read dead books, even if he is sold, he has to count for others. As for the money, it is not worthy of returning fire by yourself.

"You are a fake Taoist. You are not worthy of learning the way of a sage, and you are not worthy of my Tang Dynasty's three subjects and two rankings. From now on, you and those accomplices will be deprived of their fame, and they will all be sent to the Jiaofang Division to write lyrics for the singer. , the role of third-rate literati is like this, isn't it?"

During the conversation, Li Chengqian pointed at him again: "Don't think that it's a cheap job and it's not easy to manage. It's a job to take care of food and clothing, isn't it a way to survive?" After speaking, Li Chengqian waved his hand to let the guards Drag people down, looking at this kind of nerd will make your eyes teary.

"Uncle, King Bin, doing this alone is not an insult to Confucian scholars!" Li Chengqian, who picked up his wine glass, turned to look at the two of them.

"No, no, this kind of rotten Confucianism should be dealt with in this way. The veteran thinks that His Highness's handling is very appropriate. The Jiaofang Secretary is indeed a good choice. Oh, Kong Yingda has taught and educated people all his life. Since the results are like this, I guess I’m going to hug my head and cry in the office.”

Seeing that the prince raised it high and put it down gently, he could consider the influence of Shilin, and generously chose to forgive, Changsun Wuji let it go in his heart, and finally he can have an explanation from the emperor.So after he lost his mind, he also made a joke, laughed at Kong Yingda, and tried to get a little advantage for his nephew.

"The so-called scholars can be killed, but not humiliated, but this kind of people who deceive the world and steal their names are not called scholars. It is already a kindness for His Highness to demote them into sorrow and pity. What reason do you have to disapprove!"

After finishing speaking, Ma Zhou raised the wine glass in his hand to offer a toast to the crown prince. This glass of wine was for the scholars of the Imperial Academy, because His Highness's restraint saved the future of these scholars.

After the two retreated, Li Chengqian drank the last sip of grape wine, put down his wine glass, squinted his eyes and said to Henglian: "Leader of the Neiwei Mansion-Changsun Chong.".
(End of this chapter)