Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 449 Chapter 6.20 The dead are easier to use than the living

Volume VI

6.20 Dead people are more useful than living people

From the time Yu Chong started to take action until the matter was completely over, this "incident" only lasted for a literal "tea time" - from the time when the Queen and Guo Kai entered the lounge to drink tea and chat, to when Zhou Yang led people to clean up the matter completely. Later, Yu Chong walked in front of the two of them. The pot of tea that was brewed at the beginning was neither filled with water nor cooled down.

"Master Yu, you are also a veteran of three dynasties. You have been in the court since your imperial grandfather. You have been in the position you are today because of the emperor's favor. However, you disregard the righteousness and do not know the future, and do such a heinous and unethical thing. Do you really think that you can't kill someone alone?" Guo Kai looked angrily at the dozen or so kneeling officials in front of him. He really didn't expect that someone would still want to assassinate him.

"You don't care about the righteousness, and you don't know the numbers?" Yu Chong knew that he was unlucky, so he spoke without any scruples, "Guo Kai, are you worthy of talking about the righteousness? Since you are born in the royal family, you should study the words of the saints diligently, and know the wisdom of the sages. As a training, no matter whether you can ascend the throne or not, you should be a sensible and sensible person, or be a wise king, or be called a wise king, and it will be passed down through history. Isn't it beautiful?

But how did you do it?As a prince, he despises the study of books, associates himself with a group of vulgar warriors, knows nothing about it and does not learn it, and does not know how to use it. He is so rude and ignorant, and does not look like a human king. How can he inherit the destiny of the sky and succeed to the throne?Even if the first emperor is still alive, you have not been granted the title of crown prince as a son, so why do you have the face to claim righteousness?

What’s more, last year’s incident involved the inheritance of the Tian family. Originally, we, the ministers, should not have said too much or asked too many questions, but you took the opportunity to kill your own brother and burn your concubine. It was simply treasonous; and later, you forced the emperor to go to the palace and robbed him. Yuxi, how are these evil deeds different from those foolish tyrants?As a sect of civilized people in the world, if you can't get angry and start an uprising, you won't be able to live up to the saints and sages even after your death! "

Needless to say, according to Confucian rules, these words really sound like this.

"Bold!" Seeing that the surrounding environment was becoming more and more depressing, and the faces of the Queen and her son were becoming more and more ugly, the good slave Qiu Shi'an shouted loudly, "People are coming from left and right, why don't you chop this person with no king and father into pieces!"

"Why is Eunuch Qiu angry with a dead person?" Zhou Yang quickly stopped him. Yu Chong had to kill him, but he must not kill him now, otherwise he would just say, "Dead people are more useful than living people", "Young Master" Listen to him beeping about 'small words and big ideas', there is a saying that 'the truth becomes clearer the more you argue', if you let others speak, the sky will not fall."

"Zhou Ziyang, I underestimated you before. I didn't expect you to be so brave." Yu Chong looked at someone in surprise, but he didn't mean the slightest politeness. "There is an old saying, 'Youth should be careful about sex.' , You are good, but at such a young age you have developed a reputation as a person who loves flowers and loves beauty. You really lack education."

"Brother Zhou?" Guo Kai's expression was cold and he walked directly in front of Zhou Yang. He was obviously very dissatisfied with his decision not to kill Yu Chong. "How long will you keep such a person without a king or father?"

"Your Highness, if you don't explain some things clearly while he is alive, they will become the truth as soon as he dies." Zhou Yang's words made the Queen and her son change their colors at the same time, "He just put a lot of hats on His Highness, if that's the case If it spreads, His Highness killed him again, then these hats are tantamount to 'settled'."

While he was talking, he did not forget to point to a group of big turbans that were coming down around him. As a result, these people had already listened to Yu Chong's call just now, and most of them had expressions of sympathy on their faces. Even Lin Ruhai couldn't bear it. , the remaining three civil servants simply stood together, obviously ready to speak to plead for mercy.

"Oh?" This time, not only Yu Chong, but also a dozen officials who were making trouble with him also showed sarcastic expressions, "I don't know what General Zhou has to say. You might as well talk to me, a dying person. Can we also have fun on the road to hell?"

"Let me talk about myself first, it's beautiful to be greedy for flowers, right? I admit this." No one expected that Zhou Yang would admit the "crime" from the beginning, "It's just that I have such a reputation, and there are only a few people in the yard. ? Less than ten, right? If I remember correctly, Mr. Yu, you have no fewer concubines than me just with status, and this is not considered without status, but I don’t know what you have to explain? "

"Are you worthy of being compared with me?" Yu Chong said disdainfully, and some of the kneeling officials behind him even laughed.

"This is why I look down on you two-standard dogs." Zhou Yang had already seen a lot of the "style" of these bandanas, and Hyundai had already stripped them of their underwear, "You guys are strolling around the building. That's called "elegant affairs". If others go there, it's "the most evil of all kinds of sexual immorality." If you are greedy for money, it's "a gentleman doesn't talk about profit." When others make money, it's "not a traitor without business."

The Yu family is a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, with more than [-] acres of land under their name, and a manor that stretches for more than ten miles, but they have the nerve to talk about "being diligent and thrifty, farming and studying to pass down the family". All day long, I have been saying to the late Emperor and His Highness, "Don't waste money" on the one hand and "Strive for profits with the people on the other". I don't know how someone like you can have the face to say such shameless words. "You——" Yu Chong's expression suddenly changed, "You are such a slanderer!" "

"Whether it is a bloody rant or not, we will know soon." Zhou Yang showed a strange smile, turned around and bowed to the empress and her son, who had already relaxed expressions, "Your Majesty, your Majesty, I would like to request that the matters concerning Yu Chong and the Yu family be dealt with. The whole process is open to the public, whether it is confiscation of homes or extermination of clans, the people can follow and watch the whole process.

For example, the concubine that I just mentioned at the end of your life, you might as well list them out and display them, no matter how many they are, let outsiders see them; another example is the Yu family's family assets, Yu Chong, an old man, has always been known as ' "You have a breeze on your sleeves," you might as well let the people watch and comment on the entire copying process, and let them see what this "contemporary scholar" really is! "

"That's right!" Guo Kai first looked at the pale Yu Chong, then at the dozen accomplices behind him, pointed at Qiu Shi'an with a smile and said, "In order to show justice, the group of people behind who don't know how to die might as well And handle it - make arrangements, if there are too few people watching, I will take your head!"

"I understand!" Qiu Shi'an bowed in agreement with a gloomy expression.

"These are not enough!" Zhou Yang looked coldly and glanced at the group of civil servants below until no one dared to look at each other before continuing, "After the trial of this case is completed, the entire process of the case should be sorted out and written down. The form is published and distributed for people all over the world to judge together.

As a supplement, the copied account books of each family should also be printed, so that the people can understand how loyal these people are to the court; after all, they are court officials, so they will no longer behead their heads in public, and the general's intention is to give them some dignity. , gave poisonous wine to keep the body intact, and sent a coffin for a proper burial including the whole family.

Next, each family must be buried separately, and the cases and account books mentioned just now must be engraved on stones and monuments to be passed down to future generations forever. In the future, all young people who were awarded officials must be organized and go to this cemetery to watch and study carefully. They understand that as a human being, you must not be ignorant of the emperor's favor and advance or retreat! "

"Okay!" Guo Kai couldn't help laughing, pointing at Yu Chong who had completely collapsed on the ground and a dozen of his close confidants, "That's good, Qiu Shi'an, did you hear it? But I think it's not enough, so I also There is only one memorial arch missing, so I’ll inscribe it in Gu’s handwriting. It’s just a name—brother Zhou, do you have any suggestions?”

"It's better to call it the Cemetery of Integrity and Virtue Government Education." Zhou Yang said with a smile.

"Oh?" Guo Kai frowned, feeling that the name was a bit of a mouthful, but he nodded after thinking for a while, "Although there is no literary talent, it sounds easy to understand, so that's fine; adults, do you have any objections?"

"Your Highness Shengming!" Do you have any opinions?There must be, this is too vicious, killing people and killing people is nothing more than that, right?The question is, given the circumstances at hand, who has the guts to raise it?It's just like the kneeling statue in front of the Yuewang Temple. The only difference is that it can't be spread across the country - no, these few must be near the capital, but from now on, corrupt officials from all over the country will
"Your Highness, isn't this a bit..." Of course, it's not like there are no honest people. Lin Ruhai stood up and said unbearably, "Master Yu is an official of the court after all. Doesn't it be disrespectful to the court to do this?"

"To cure a sore, you need to cut the flesh, and to correct the overcorrection needs to be overcorrected!" Seeing that Guo Kai was already wavering, he quickly bowed and said, "If such a man without a king and father can't be left with a bad reputation for thousands of years, how can he alert those who have a heart? 'Latercomers'!"

"That's right!" Guo Kai nodded solemnly, looked at Lin Ruhai and said, "However, what Mr. Lin said makes sense, why not take this as an example and a warning!"

"Your Highness is wise!" All the turbans breathed a sigh of relief this time.

"Okay, today's events have added a little 'little program'. It's getting late. You might as well go back and rest. Anyway, there are still a few days to rest. When the seal is opened, I still need you to be diligent in political affairs and loyal to the people. All duties are over!" Seeing that the matter was over, Guo Kai waved his hands in a relaxed tone, but at the end he added, "Brother Zhou, come on!"

"Come here, take these bastards who have no king and no father and raise them well. Our family will let them see what happens to them!" Just as the crowd slowly dispersed, Qiu Shi'an gave them some sharp instructions. My heart trembled again!
However, everyone selectively ignored that Yu Chong had framed Guo Kai for many crimes, because they all knew that this was true!

(End of this chapter)