Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 145 0140 [I am the successor of the new learning]

Shengzhang, governor of Kaifeng, seems to be unknown, but he is a ferocious wolf.

It is said that the Song Dynasty did not kill scholar-bureaucrats. Later, in order to fight for the position of deputy prime minister, Sheng Zhang led Song Huizong to execute Wang Cai, the son of Wang Shao.

Wang Cai just likes to practice Taoism and brag. Under Sheng Zhang's operation, he became a serious crime of treason in a daze.

Moreover, the reason for the rebellion was outrageous. Sheng Zhang said that Wang Cai wanted to be a fairy, and Song Huizong also wanted to be a fairy, but the position of a fairy is limited.Therefore, Wang Cai planned to contact Taoist priests and use Taoism to kill the emperor remotely, clearing away the obstacles on the road to immortality.

As for the evidence, there are only a few poems by Wang Cai.

The jailer told Wang Cai that when Su Shi was imprisoned, my grandfather was also a jailer, and he always regretted not being able to keep his calligraphy.Now that your Excellency is only better than Su Dongpo, I must fulfill my grandfather's wish, and ask you to give me an authentic work as a family heirloom.

Wang Cai was compared to Su Shi, and he was in a good mood, and wrote several long poems in succession.

The jailer handed the poem to Sheng Zhang, who deliberately misinterpreted it before presenting it to the emperor.

Song Huizong was so angry that he really chopped Wang Cai off.

I can bear anything, but I can't bear it if it hinders me from being a fairy!
At this time, Sheng Zhang was only the governor of Kaifeng, and he was still far away from the position of deputy prime minister.He desperately wants to climb up, and will not let go of any chance.

Sheng Zhang knew more about Chen Yuan.

Not only did Chen Yuan's uncle offend Cai Jing, but his mentor Yang Shi offended Cai Jing to death.

At the beginning, Cai Jing used "convenience for the people" as an excuse to forcibly occupy a large cemetery for the deceased mother.Yang Shishangshu impeached Cai Jing for harming the people, and successfully prevented his enclosure of land, which caused Cai Jing's mother to fail to be buried in the Fengshui treasure land.

This beam is getting bigger!

Zhu Ming wanted to play tricks, but Sheng Zhang didn't give him a chance at all: "If you have any excuses, go to the prison in Kaifeng Mansion and say, arrest all the masters and apprentices!"

Li Hanzhang rushed forward and protected Chen Yuan and Zhu Ming: "Who dares!"

Min Zishun and other Yangzhou scholars surrounded him for protection.Although Bai Chongyan was trembling with fright, he stood upright with his head held high and his chest held high, preventing the government officials from arresting them.

The ten of them jointly guarantee each other, and everyone is damaged. If anyone is arrested, he will not be able to take the imperial examination.

Their entourage also all stepped forward.

Bai Sheng stopped looking at the stall, and went up with a stick, looking desperate.

"Chong!"

Zhu Ming drew his sword out of its scabbard, pointed at Sheng Zhang and said, "I am a candidate for the exam, and I am here to promote Shu Wang's new learning. How can I be guilty? You didn't even give you a chance to defend yourself. Who gave you so much power? Don't you Seeing which behavior is not pleasing to the eye, you can be arrested in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion and ruin the future of scholars? If you arrest me today, will you arrest others tomorrow? Just arrest all the candidates for the exam!"

These words drew all the thousands of scholars who set up stalls on both sides of the Cai River to their camp.

Sheng Zhang glanced around and found that all the scholars were filled with righteous indignation.

Lin Xun picked up the tiger bones from his stall, rolled up his sleeves, and said, "If you want to arrest Juzi indiscriminately, I will be arrested too! I want to see if there is any law in Song Dynasty?"

"Count me in!" Another Huainan Juzi stood up.

"Count me in!"

"Count me in!"

"..."

More than ten people stood up in a row to protect Chen Yuan and Zhu Ming.

Qin Hui was also agitated when he saw it. On the one hand, out of righteous indignation, on the other hand, he wanted to make a name for himself, so he immediately yelled: "Jiang Ning Qin Hui is here, just arrest me and go to prison!"

His fame was instantly established, and many scholars remembered Qin Hui.

Someone else shouted: "Jinhua Pan Lianggui is here, take me too!"

"Xuancheng Zhou Shuang is here!"

"Wang Anguo of Jianzhou is here!"

"Sun Yi of Yizhou is here!"

"..."

One after another, hundreds of scholars reported their names and surrounded Sheng Zhang.

"it is good!"

The onlookers cheered again and again, watching the excitement is no big deal.

The scholars looked like they were honorably sacrificed, but in fact they were not worried at all. There is strength in numbers.He lent Sheng Zhang 1 guts, but he didn't dare to arrest all the candidates.

In fact, Sheng Zhang's face turned pale, and his arrest by force aroused public outrage.

Guozi Siye Chen Xun retreated silently, not wanting to get involved.

Guozi Jiancheng spoke highly, but he didn't want to miss the opportunity to please Cai Jing, he squeezed into the crowd and said, "Since this person wants to defend himself, the eunuch might as well listen to his sophistry. If he can't make sense, it's not too late to arrest him."

Sheng Zhang quickly said: "Yes, let me tell you, why are you preaching new learning?"

Zhu Ming put his sword back into its sheath, stood out from the crowd, and stood in front of Sheng Zhang: "There is a saying in Shu Wang's "Yi Yi", that if you do it ninety-three, you can reach it if you know the ninety-five position. Is this sentence wrong? ?”

Sheng Zhang said: "Since what King Shu said, there is nothing wrong with it."

"Mr. Yi Chuan (Cheng Yi) said it was wrong, and thought that King Shu's words would harm the world." Zhu Ming said.

Sheng Zhang sneered: "Cheng Yichuan misinterpreted the scriptures, he is the greatest evil in the world!"

Zhu Ming followed this and said: "Mr. Chen's "I am theorized" is not coincident with King Shu's interpretation of the Qian Gua? King Shu said that ninety-three can reach ninety-five, and ninety-five is supreme. Could it be that King Shu is instigating the world? Scholars usurping the throne? No! The theory of "I" is the foundation of the country, but Your Majesty is the foundation of the country. Is "I" going to replace Your Majesty? No! I am waiting to practice King Shu As I said, it is just to share the worries of the king!"

Sheng Zhang thought hard, thinking about how to refute.

Zhu Ming continued: "The theory of 'self-origin' is inconsistent with what Mr. Yi Chuan said. Your Excellency still wants to accuse us of teaching Luo Xue? What I rule is not Luo Xue, but new learning! King Shu is eternal!"

This is so far-fetched, it actually makes some sense.

Sheng Zhang was about to argue, when suddenly he heard Zhu Ming scold him: "Why don't you say King Shu is eternal?"

The roar was so loud that all the saliva sprayed on Sheng Zhang's face, interrupting his train of thought in an instant.Sheng Zhang could only bow his hands in praise of Wang Anshi: "King Shu is eternal."

Wang Anshi's interpretation of the Qian Gua is entirely from an academic point of view, and he believes that the ninth day enters the ninth day, and the ninth day enters the ninth day, all of which follow the objective laws of the development of things.

The question is, the Ninth Five-Year and even the Supreme is the symbol of the emperor, how can the Nine-Three enter the Ninth Five-Year?Doesn't this mean that courtiers can rebel and proclaim themselves emperor?
So Cheng Yi criticized Wang Anshi, saying that this remark caused chaos in the world, ninety-five is ninety-five, and ninety-three is ninety-three.

Wang Anshi is indeed fierce, and his elaboration of Qian Gua Jiusan provided theoretical support for the courtiers to usurp the throne!
Ju Ming very much agrees.

Without waiting for Shengzhang to say anything, Zhu Ming continued to elaborate: "King Shu said in his commentary on the Kun hexagram that it is born because of the nature of things, and it is straight; it is not easy to change the shape of things, and it is square. Isn't this exactly what Mr. Chen said? 'Theory of Square Moments'? King Shu must be right, isn't he?"

How dare Sheng Zhang admit that Wang Anshi was wrong?Nodding quickly: "King Shu is right."

Zhu Ming pursued him closely, not giving the other party a chance to breathe: "Mr. Yi Chuan said that King Shu was wrong. Our views are the same as those of King Shu, but different from Mr. Yi Chuan. Isn't ours a new learning?"

Sheng Zhang was a little confused, because he arrested people as soon as he came, and he didn't know what the "square theory" was.

Sheng Zhang turned his head to look at Gao Shu, and Gao Shu also shook his head, because he also didn't hear the specific explanation of "square wheel".

Wang Anshi's explanation of the Kun hexagram is very wonderful. When explaining the relationship between all things and the earth, he already has the prototype of the theory of "survival of the fittest".

Cheng Yi insisted on insisting that "nature is reason", believing that reason comes first, then sex, and then all things, which is against the law of the development of things.

While Ju Ming recognized Wang Anshi, the "square theory" actually goes a step further, not only advocating the survival of the fittest, but also emphasizing the subjective initiative of all things (human beings).

Sheng Zhang can't argue at all, because he doesn't understand "Tao Yong Xue", and Zhu Ming can talk nonsense at will.

Even if he tries to understand it deliberately in the future, Zhu Ming and Chen Yuan are not afraid, they just need to avoid the minefield, and they can even justify that they are introducing new learning.

I have to say that Wang Anshi is really awesome.

The two hexagrams of Qian and Kun are the core of "Book of Changes".Wang Anshi gave the rationale for "subjects seizing the throne" in the Qian hexagram, and came up with the idea of ​​"survival of the fittest" in the Kun hexagram... No wonder no one mentioned the new learning later, no wonder the great Confucianists at that time sprayed him with misinterpretation of the scriptures .

Sheng Zhang's mind was in a mess, he, the prefect of Kaifeng, gained his position by praising Zhu Xi's stinky feet, he really didn't have much knowledge in his stomach!
With no knowledge and a lot of careful thinking, Sheng Zhang turned his head, pointed at Zhu Ming and scolded: "You keep talking about Mr. Yi Chuan, and you know Luo Xue very well, and dare to argue that you are not the Luo Party!"

Zhu Ming asked, "Have you read "The Art of War"?"

"Of course I read it!" Sheng Zhang said.

"Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. I read Luo Xue's book, can't I use it to prove the new learning?" Zhu Ming asked, "The Song Dynasty is hostile to Xixia, so can't we send a spy to Xixia to find out the military situation?"

Sheng Zhang was speechless.

"Hahahaha!"

Seeing Sheng Zhang deflated, all the scholars burst out laughing.

Especially the Jiangnan scholars, who laughed the most.

Because Shengzhang is Zhu Miao's henchman, and Zhu Miao has caused the landlords in the south of the Yangtze River to suffer miserably!
Sheng Zhang was already furious with embarrassment, but he didn't dare to make a move, for fear of causing public anger.He left immediately, and decided to send someone to secretly listen to Chen Yuan's lectures, secretly find out his loopholes, and then find another opportunity to frame him and go to prison.

This is his usual method. If he can't beat him head-on, he will frame him behind his back.

Two years ago, Zhu Man sold concubines (song girls), and Sheng Zhang wanted to sleep with a woman his master didn't want, so as to show that he was close to his master.But he was cut off by a military officer and bought the concubine first.

How big a deal is this?
But Sheng Zhang secretly framed him, put the military officer in jail, snatched his concubine, and happily made fellows with Zhu Xi.And he often showed off to others. When entertaining guests, he called the concubine and said that this girl came from Zhu Tiju's house.

Bell has face!
Seeing Shengzhang lead the people away, the scholars cheered and the surrounding people also laughed.

For a while, Zhu Ming became a hero who fought against treacherous officials. Scholars from all walks of life came forward to exchange ideas, and some people took Zhu Ming to drink.

Guozi Siye Chen Xun and Guozijian Cheng Gaoshu, the two left silently.

After walking far, Chen Xun said with a smile: "I'm afraid Sheng Zhang won't let it go."

"If Chen Yuan and that Zhu Ming stay in Tokyo for more than three months, they will be framed and imprisoned by the surname Sheng." Gao Shu gloated.

They are old and cunning, and they want to flatter Cai Jing, but let Sheng Zhang come forward to arrest him.If things are done, they have credit; if things fail, it has nothing to do with them.

When the two returned to the Imperial College, Cai Jing's confidant hurried over before their buttocks were hot.

The confidant urged: "You two, live in peace in the last six months, and you are not allowed to cause trouble again. The Guozijian must strictly abide by the law of three homes! Liu Siming... is going to be demoted and released."

Chen Xun and Gao Shu were shocked: "How could this be?"

The confidant said: "The officials are furious. From the Ministry of Rites to the Imperial College, all officials are demoted."

This is a counterattack against Cai Jing by political opponents. No matter what party or faction, they have united to seize the loopholes in the Guozijian for impeachment.

Liu Siming, who took the lead in overthrowing Prime Minister Zhang Shangying, even Cai Jing couldn't keep him, and was about to be relegated to a local area to be a prefect.

The students of Guozijian only recruit the children of Beijing officials who are above the seventh grade.

Cai Jing's party members practiced malpractice for personal gain, which resulted in a large number of sons and grandchildren of Beijing officials being unable to be promoted to the Imperial Academy.This was so outraged that even the neutral faction joined in, and the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College were spouting wildly.

Because there were too many officials involved in the impeachment, Song Huizong was frightened, and he hurriedly issued an order to convict him without giving Cai Jing a chance to react.

Bai Shizhong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Chong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Weng Yanshen and Shang Zuojun, the members of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Siming, the chief minister, Chen Xun, the minister of the Guozi, and Gao Shu, the Chengcheng of the Guozijian... all were demoted to the three officials (jiluguan, Zhiguan, Shiguan, etc.) dispatch), Liu Siming was even going to be arrested and sent to prison for a procedure.

(End of this chapter)