Red House Shoufu

With the approach of winter, more and more students came to the capital ahead of time to prepare for the spring examination in February next year.

The biggest characteristic of scholars is that they like to discuss politics, especially those young officials. As long as they get together, they will not only secretly discuss which oiran is the best, but also discuss important court affairs.

Lin Feng is such a person!
Since the last time he and his friend of the same age in Nanzhili experienced a "battle" together in Huiyan Tower, their friendship has reached a peak.

Of course, this is also related to the family status of the Marquis Wen of the Chuan Kingdom of the Lin family and the identity of Lin Shu Liuyuanlang.Lin Shu's status is special, and the group of Nanzhili's disciples are a bit weak in their status, but making friends with Lin Feng, the leader of the Lin family, can be regarded as a way to get closer to the Lin family.

Moreover, Lin Feng is a generous and sincere person, so you don't have to worry about meeting a white-eyed wolf when you make friends with him. Just like a few days ago when you met the Kong family, Lin Feng didn't need to play at all, but for his friends, he still stood at the end. ahead.

Wasn't it because of the Lin family's relationship that the injured Nanzhili Juzi was able to receive treatment from the imperial physician of the imperial hospital?

In a theater in Dongshi City, Lin Feng and more than a dozen students from Nanzhili were enjoying the latest version of "Yan Shenggong Slashes the Bad Sun with Tears", while chatting about the rebellion of the Shandong White Lotus Sect.

Yiyi sang babblingly on the stage, and suddenly there was a violent quarrel in the audience that was packed.Lin Feng and the others were in the private room on the second floor, and when they heard the excitement, they leaned over the railing and looked out.

A middle-aged man in a Confucian uniform in the front row downstairs, with anger on his face, pointed at the actors on the stage and cursed.

"The lowly servant dares to humiliate Duke Yan..."

Although the clothes on this man were just Confucian shirts made of ordinary satin, there was a goldfish bag hanging around his waist.This is not something that ordinary people can wear. According to the rules of Dachu, super-rank nobles and cabinet scholars wear purple gold fish bags, the third rank and above are decorated with gold, and the fifth rank and above are decorated with silver.

Unless the emperor bestows favors, the owner of this goldfish bag must be at least a member of the third rank of the dynasty.Civil servants of the third rank and above in the imperial court, how could this group of poor actors be offended, let alone singing, all fell to their knees at this time, trembling in fright.

Although Da Chu had no real slaves, the status of an actor was so low that it couldn't be lowered.Although the identity of the owner behind this theater is not low, but if he really annoyed the third-rank civil servants, he might not offend people for a group of actors.

The shopkeepers and troupe masters of the theater came out to persuade them one after another, but it still didn't have much effect.The drama on the stage can't go on, but the drama off the stage is getting more and more exciting.

If you throw a stone at random in this capital city, the person who gets hit might be someone wearing purple pendant gold. For example, there are some people in the audience who are dissatisfied that a good scene has been disturbed by others.

"Sour Confucianism, I am enjoying watching it, what are you barking about here?"

With good eyesight, Lin Feng recognized this person immediately.To say that the circle in the capital is really not big, this person is either someone else, or the loyal prince Gao Yongheng who is wandering around with a bird cage.

"Acid Confucianism, acid Confucianism, acid Confucianism..."

If Lin Shu was here, he must know the broken-billed parrot that is screaming sourly. …

Gao Yongheng was dressed in foreign clothes, leaning on the chair and squinting at the blue-faced middle-aged Confucian scholar with obvious disdain.

"Hey, who am I, it turns out to be Zeng Daru! Why, Zeng Daru got angry at home and came to the theater to find someone to vent his anger on?"

The Zeng Daru that Gao Yongheng said was indeed a very famous Confucian scholar in the officialdom. The one who was conferred by the Supreme Emperor was a doctor from the second rank.

It's hard to say how much hatred Gao Yongheng and Zeng Shixian have.However, when Zeng Shixian was still serving as the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate a few years ago, he impeached Gao Yongheng, the number one rich man in the capital, several times.

In the eyes of the imperial censor, most of the clan's relatives, Xungui, are credit for walking and gaining prestige. Zeng Shixian is a staunch defender of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and Gao Yongheng is the kind of old dude who never makes big mistakes and keeps making small mistakes. It is completely out of harmony in the aura, a natural enemy.

Moreover, Gao Yongheng is just like the parrot he raises, with a broken mouth, and he has to be unforgiving!Just like now, he insisted on competing with Zeng Shixian in words.

"I said Great Confucian Zeng, if you don't teach students well in the Imperial College, what kind of great Confucian prestige does you come to the theater to show off? How well he sings, Yan Shenggong beheaded his inferior grandson with tears, just like Zhuge Wuhou beheaded Ma Di with tears in the Three Kingdoms period. What a selfless... er... Laifu, what else is there to say?"

The servant next to him hurriedly added with a smile: "Go back to the lord, kill relatives righteously!"

"Yes, that's the word, killing relatives with righteousness!"

Gao Yongheng beckoned to the troupe master of the play garden, and said in an unquestionable tone: "This king thinks this play is good. It sings the noble character of Yan Shenggong, an old man who is great, great, and righteous. Thank you! Wang Zai, no matter who is here today, this play will continue to be sung by me, if anyone dares to cause trouble for you and these other actors, they can come to the palace to seek justice..."

He looked at Zeng Shixian, who was so angry that his hands were trembling, he suddenly changed his previous cynical attitude, and his face was full of solemnity: "Zeng Daru, Zeng Doctor, Zeng Jijiu, I would like to ask you a question. Which sentence insulted Yan Shenggong? As long as you can point it out, this king will admit this mistake today and kowtow to Zeng Daru to make amends!"

Zeng Shixian naturally understood that there was nothing wrong with this play from beginning to end, not to mention the libretto, but the plot of each section was carefully considered by Daiyu and others sentence by sentence.

Full of greatness and integrity, and absolutely politically correct, not to mention Zeng Shixian, even if Yan Shenggong came personally, he would not be able to find fault.

But Zeng Shixian can see that this play is a civilized praise and satire, and it is indeed saying that the Confucian family in Qufu is morally unbearable, oppressing good people, oppressing people with power, and so on.

He knew about Kong Lingcheng, but he couldn't allow people to spread the unbearable reputation of the Confucius family in Qufu.Saints cannot be humiliated, Confucianism cannot be humiliated, and the beliefs of Confucian students cannot be collapsed.

Zeng Shixian, who was almost speechless by Gao Yongheng, suddenly bent his straight back a little. He sighed, walked up to Gao Yongheng, bowed and bowed: "My lord, after all, the Kong family are descendants of saints. You have to find a way to preserve the face you deserve. Otherwise, if the Confucian family in Qufu is spread so badly, wouldn’t the scholars in this world lose their faith?”…

Zeng Shixian was bestowed with a goldfish bag by the Supreme Emperor, and he was personally called a Confucian master. There is really nothing to criticize in terms of morality alone.

From the point of view of Confucian scholars, or even from the point of view of maintaining the rule of the country, it is correct to a certain extent to preserve the reputation of the Confucian family in Qufu.

However, the parties involved in the Huiyanlou incident, Lin Feng and the group of candidates from Nanzhili disagreed.

"Zeng Ru, the students disagree with you!"

"I don't even agree!"

The sudden voice on the second floor interrupted Gao Yongheng's rebuttal, and Zeng Shixian and the spectators downstairs all looked at the private room of Lin Feng and others.

I saw Lin Feng and all his disciples bowing to Gao Yongheng and Zeng Shixian, and then quickly went downstairs to the first floor.

"Student Gusu Lin Feng (students Nanzhili Juzi Lu Xiaolin, Su Bowen...) pay respects to the prince and Zeng Ru!"

The etiquette of Lin Feng and others is not lacking, even though they have been bullied by Kong Lingcheng, and their views are very different from Zeng Shixian, they still bow to the two of them again.

Gao Yongheng looked at Lin Feng who was quite similar to Lin Shu, thought for a while and asked, "Are you Lin Shu's clan?"

"The student is the elder brother of Marquis Yongfeng, the seventh in his family."

After hearing Lin Feng's response, Gao Yongheng's attitude was significantly more cordial.As a family of serious sons and daughters, Lin Feng can be regarded as one of his son's helpers in the court in the future.

"Lin Feng, since you have a different opinion, you might as well talk about it. I can't argue with our Zeng Daru. You are all scholars, so you should communicate better."

With Gao Yongheng's support, Lin Feng felt more confident.

He straightened his clothes, and solemnly bowed to Zeng Shixian who was still in a daze.

"Zeng Ru, the students think that the belief of our scholars is Confucius, Meng, the great sages of all Confucian schools, and the Confucian classics that have been passed down for thousands of years, not the Qufu Confucianism!"

"The Confucian family in Qufu was born because of the sage of Confucianism, prospered because of the emperors of the past dynasties, and became famous all over the world because of the admiration of countless Confucian scholars. Students believe that the Confucian family, Kong Lingcheng, used the name of the descendants of the Confucian saints to bully ordinary people like us, even the great Beating hands and instructing servants to beat innocent people is not only against the law of the country, but also an insult to the saint's family style!"

"On that day, the students and friends of the same year just talked about Xunzi's theory, and Kong Lingcheng used it as a heresy, not only forcibly breaking into our elegant room, but also severely injured Juzi on the bed... May I ask Zeng Ru, is the theory in the world true? A slightly different point of view from the Confucian family in Qufu, which is heresy? Is it because I am born to be inferior to the Confucian family when I wait for the exam?"

"Then when I wait for an ordinary student to face the Confucius family in Qufu, do I need to kneel down and answer?"

This opera garden is not only home to high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but also has a large number of ordinary people.

People in the capital love to be lively, and it is related to the high-ranking scholars on weekdays, and even Confucian sages were involved. After Lin Feng started to talk, the whispering voice gradually became boiling.

Lin Feng not only recounted the conflict of going back to Yanlou that day in detail, but also asked three consecutive questions, forcing Zeng Shixian into a corner.

In essence, Zeng Shixian has no personal relationship with the Confucian family in Qufu. He defended the reputation of the Confucian family in Qufu, but he was only protecting the reputation of Confucianism. …

Lin Feng's three questions are actually the contradictions between him and the Confucian family in Qufu. After all, he is the spokesperson of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which is quite different from the one advocated by the Confucian family.

As soon as Lin Feng finished speaking, a Nanzhili judiciary behind him stepped forward and bowed: "Student Nanzhili judiciary Lu Xiaolin was one of the judiciaries Kong Lingcheng beat up that day."

He took off some of his clothes, revealing the scar on his chest.

He was the one who said that day that there are many schools of Confucianism, but the Confucian family in Qufu regards Confucianism as orthodox in the world, and classifies other schools as crooked schools and heresies, which is suspected of suppressing them.That's why Kong Lingcheng was angered, and they fought back in Yanlou.

The scars on Lu Xiaolin's body were left by Kong Lingcheng's knife on his chest.Fortunately, the wound was not deep, and he was diagnosed and treated by the imperial physician, so he had the opportunity to stand in front of Zeng Shixian and talk about his grievances and grievances.

"Zeng Ru, scholars all over the world respect Confucius. This Confucius is the sage of Confucius, not the Confucian family in Qufu! The civil unrest in Shandong and the White Lotus Sect can gather thousands of people to rebel in a short period of time. The Confucian family in Qufu cannot absolve themselves of the blame..."

"Brother Lu, be careful!"

Hearing Lu Xiaolin mentioned the Shandong matter, Lin Feng quickly reminded him in a low voice.

But at this time, Lu Xiaolin had fallen into an inexplicable madness. He bowed deeply to the people around him: "My lord, Zeng Ru, fellow seniors, my brother's elder brother is the Shanghe Ling of Wuding Prefecture, Shandong. During the severe drought, the people in Shanghe County were in dire straits. My brother originally wanted to open a warehouse to release grain to help the victims. Unexpectedly, the food in the government treasury was only 5000 taels, and the silver was only [-] taels. The Confucius family in Qufu not only rejected Wuding Mansion's request for help, but also wantonly embezzled the people's land. By the end of last year, nearly half of the land in Shanghe County had the surname Kong!"

"May I ask everyone, can we still respect such a descendant of a saint, such a Confucian family in Qufu?"

Lin Feng didn't expect that Lu Xiaolin would explode suddenly, let alone that he would have such fierce material in his hands, and directly fired such a cannonball in the theater, blowing up the whole theater.

"It seems that there is such a thing. I used to do business in Shandong. When there was a severe drought in Shandong in the sixth year of rule of virtue, the imperial court appointed a water transport to deliver relief food, and my family's boat was conscripted. That year Shandong came out of Qufu. In addition to a large amount of grain, the rest of the state capitals simply cannot cook porridge for more than three days."

"Brother Zhang said so, I also have an impression. Originally, my family still had a few thousand shi of grain in Dongchang Mansion. During the severe drought, the grain store in Yanshenggong Mansion bought them at a [-]% price increase. Although the price is higher than usual [-]%, but at the time when the [-]% was added, someone rushed to buy it, and it wasn't the Yanshenggong Mansion..."

"Shh! Don't talk about it, we can't afford to offend him, he is a descendant of a saint, the ancestor of scholars all over the world!"

The common people talked a lot, especially many of them knew more or less what happened back then, and the look in their eyes towards Zeng Shixian changed from original awe to strangeness.

Zeng Shixian's reputation in the capital is very good, and the Zeng family is a great Confucianist for three generations, with peaches and plums all over the world.It's a pity that Lu Xiaolin's critical attack on the Confucian family in Qufu can be regarded as tearing off the last disguise of the Confucian family in Qufu.

Public opinion may not always be in the hands of scholars!

"Zeng Ru, student, may I ask Confucian scholars to respect these Confucians as Confucian sages? Do we still want to respect Shenggong Mansion as the holy place for Confucian scholars in the world?"

Zeng Shixian opened his mouth, but no sound came out, his heart was shaken!

At this time, the parrot beside Gao Yongheng suddenly said, "Worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joy later! Worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joy later..."

This sentence Fan Zhongyan has practiced all his life, finally defeated Zeng Shixian's last persistence, his waist became even more hunched, silently bowed deeply to Lu Xiaolin, and then silently walked out of the theater.

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