Jinyi Night Walk

, Liu Sanwu looked solemn, and immediately knelt down, Xia Xun said: "The emperor said, if you are willing to admit your mistakes and make concessions, and let the court resolve this dispute between the north and the south with dignity, your crime can be forgiven."

Liu Sanwu has been an official all his life. He has experienced the Yuan and Ming dynasties. He has grown old and mature. Why didn't he understand Xia Xun's words?

He stood up and laughed loudly: "Haha, call me Liu Sanwu to admit to practicing selfishness and fraud, and favoring southerners? Liu Sanwu chooses the official according to the merits of the article. He is loyal and loyal, and the world can learn from him. Liu Sanwu is innocent. The old man is the examiner." The list announced will never be changed!"

"Master Liu, you are not the only examiner. For the sake of scholarly business, you have put many lives at risk, including your family members, young and old. This..."

Liu Sanwu said awe-inspiringly: "Who has never died in life since ancient times? Confucius said it was a different person, and Mencius said it was righteous. But for the way in the heart, what is life and death to cherish?"

Tuo Xun said angrily and amusedly: "Tao? What is the Tao? The vegetation on the mountain grows every year, and the people in the world live and die from generation to generation. When we live, should we think about the people who have died and lived successively from generation to generation, or should we think about the ancient For the sake of the unchanging mountain road?"

Liu Sanwu said angrily: "Where the Tao is, although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go there. If Liu Sanwu can die in martyrdom, it is my honor."

Xia Xun sneered and said, "Martyrdom is honorable! If death is worthless, then it is pitiful. The ancients said that a poor person must have something to hate. It is true!"

Liu Sanwu glared and shouted loudly: "You little boy, how do you know where the Dao is? You know nothing.

Xia Xun was also annoyed." He said sharply, "I don't understand, all I know is that the north has been ruled by foreign races for many years, and the civilization has declined." Wars are still frequent, and the people are poor. If the north is properly taken care of, it will encourage the north to learn from it. The wind, let more scholars learn more profound Confucian classics, and let more and more scholars in the north.

All I know is that during the Song Dynasty, most of the famous people, the Chinese and the military, came from the north.Nowadays, it is not that the northerners are stupid, but because of the influence of many factors such as geography, wealth, and war for hundreds of years, the northerners are inferior to the southerners in terms of culture and education. Your fairness only guarantees the fairness of some people. Your fairness , just let some people who are blessed by nature occupy the road to officialdom forever. From then on, the strong will become stronger and the weak will become weaker, sowing the seeds of disaster for the court.

All I know is that even though the stereotyped essays of the northerners are not as good as those of the southerners, there is a proper balance between the north and the south, and the officials in the court do not have all the duties of the southerners. affairs of state.Why did the imperial court open a course to obtain a scholar" is for the aspiration of scholars all over the world.

It is fair and fair to select the best candidates, but the gap between the north and the south is a fact. Is it beneficial to the country and the people to insist on the fairness and fairness of the imperial examinations, or is it more beneficial to the stability of the country and the return of the people to favor the northern candidates?The fairness and justice of a scientific research.What is more important than the stability and peace of the people in the country? "

Xia Xun's words seemed to have moved Liu Sanwu. He lowered his head and did not speak for a long time. Choose the best, be open and aboveboard, and have a clear conscience.There has never been such a case since ancient times to select talents according to the time and place!absurd! "

Xia Xun was very angry, and said: "There has been nothing since ancient times? If everyone has thought like you since ancient times, and they have to follow the ancient rules in everything, you are still gnawing bark and wearing leaves, at least you have no paper to use , Take a knife and carve bamboo to teach! Fairness, what is fairness? If you want to be fair, why should your family have money to study? Some people can’t afford a husband or buy books? There is no absolute fairness, only as much as possible reasonable."

Liu Sanwu closed his eyes, never looked at him again, and just said coldly: "You can talk sweet words, don't try to impress this old man with sophistry!"

There was a loud thunder in the sky, and Xia Xun said loudly again: "The rain is continuous, there is a sudden flood, the river is raging, and it is about to break into the city, and millions of residents in the city are in danger. What should we do at this time? There is no time to dredge, to block, to notify The common people fled. If one of the officials ordered to blow up the embankment and release the water in Xiaoye, many villages would be flooded and many people would be drowned, but is he a coward or a hero? Flooded cities are also flooded, and flooded fields are also flooded. Weigh the weight and keep the big one.

Is it wrong for you to protect the justice of this scientific research?No!But for the stability of the country, for the stability of the country, for the sake of the conflict between the North and the South, and for the people of the world, is there anything wrong?nor!But do you have to make mistakes to change?Since the two are in conflict, why can't we abandon the small and keep the big?An expedient measure is only an expedient measure! "

Liu Sanwu sneered: "You don't need to say it, the old man admits that you are very eloquent. However, the old man is a scholar. The old man only knows that every student wants to stand out in the ten-year cold window. Your partial care may kill a person." His talent has ruined his life. Fairness, justice, nothing wrong! No matter how brilliant your tongue is, you will never try to convince the old man that the three armies can win the commander, but the man cannot win the will, so don't waste your efforts!"

It turns out that scholars are just as unreasonable as women are like women. Xia Xun jumped up and down. Seeing that the reasoning didn't make sense, he had to be emotional again: "Master Liu, this life is over, and it will never come back. In the past and in the future, no matter what you do, it is just a small wave that will soon disappear. You are too old to understand the embarrassment of the court and the painstaking efforts of the emperor. For yourself and your family, Let's go one step further?"

"Does life matter?"

Liu Sanwu looked at him contemptuously: "For women, chastity should be more important than life; for warriors, bravery should be more important than life; for us scholars, integrity is more important than life! This is the teaching of the sages, Uncle Boyi Qi, you would rather starve to death on Shouyang Mountain than eat Zhou Su, this is integrity, the integrity of literati, you don’t understand, you don’t understand at all!”

Xia Xun was incoherent with anger: "I think it's called integrity if uncles and uncles take up swords and guns and fight Zhou people to the death. Starving to death on Shouyang Mountain without doing anything, just to fulfill one's own reputation, that's called lack of integrity." Careful!"

Liu Sanwu was angry: "What are you, dare to insult the saint?"

"I just have a dozen soy sauce."

After Ji Xun finished speaking, he turned around and left. He knew that the belief that Liu Sanwu had formed since he was a child would never be changed by his few words.He is a pragmatist, while Liu Sanwu is suitable for learning and lives in his spiritual world. He will never be the one who can truly guide the world and benefit the people.

Liu Sanwu sneered behind his back: "This time, even if you use your power to forcibly tamper with the list, what about the next time? Unless the imperial court cancels the imperial examination, otherwise, there will be a reincarnation every three years, and there will be no end to killing scholars with integrity. Righteousness, you can't change it!"

Xia Xun stopped, and turned back coldly: "You are wrong, you don't know how to adapt, the emperor knows. The emperor has decided to divide the candidates from the north and the south into the imperial examinations. Master Liu, you are dead, worthless. No, it is still worth it, you made it Your heroic name, with the blood of your colleagues and the suffering of your family, has achieved your eternal fame!"

Liu Sanwu stood there, a little dazed for a moment.

Xia Xun was very upset, but there was nothing he could do.

Others speak softly, and they can't play any role in it. If he is not careful, he will be turned into powder in the collision between the king and the minister.

Killing all the millions of soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, the sword at the waist is still bloody!Lao Zhu, who has always killed without batting an eyelid, may have grown old and softened his heart. When the murderous intention was ready, he still approached loyal and straightforward Liu Sanwu, but some stupid courtiers threw olive branches, but he was Zhu Yuanzhang after all. He is a far-sighted politician, a peerless hero who kills decisively.

After leaving the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Xia Xun got on his horse and galloped away with his whip. He had done his best, and Zhu Yuanzhang was still waiting for his reply.After this confrontation, Xia Xun finally had an understanding of the real scholars of this era. They maintain the world, and sometimes become the shackles of the world.

Liu Sanwu and the others may be benevolent, but Xia Xun doesn't think their death is so valuable.They only considered the social credibility of the exam from the perspective of fairness and justice. This kind of paranoia makes people both respectful and pitiful.After all, literature, art, science and technology are only partial, while the political direction represents the interests of the whole, but they just refuse to break out of their inherent small circle.

Liu Sanwu and others adhere to the universal values ​​of justice, fairness, and rigor, while Zhu Yuanzhang considers the stability of the north and national security; a candidate, if he is from the south, will definitely praise Liu Sanwu and other examiners, but he What if you suddenly become a northerner?Then he will cheer for Zhu Yuanzhang's north-south ranking.When you stand outside the counter, you scold the people in the window for bureaucracy, and when you sit at the counter, you scold the unruly people outside for nothing.

Sitting in different positions, the things that are valued and considered are naturally different. Liu Sanwu insists on his way and does not allow anyone to violate and blaspheme, so why not Zhu Yuanzhang?Liu Sanwu would rather die than give in, and he would not tarnish his name.How can Zhu Yuanzhang be soft-hearted if he can exchange tens of heads for thousands of people's hearts, political stability, and world peace?

Xia Xun was a little tired. From Qingzhou, to Peiping, to Jinling, he had dealt with all kinds of people, but when facing these unarmed and tough scholars, he was helpless and helpless.

The bowl-sized horseshoe stepped on the stone road with deep water, splashing a splash of water.There were few pedestrians on the road, but there was a man called Huazi who was trudging in the rain in such a heavy rain. The wind was so violent that he couldn't open his eyes. The whole body was soaked, but he was still very angry, and couldn't help yelling.

It's just that when he yelled out, Xia Xun had already driven dozens of feet away. It was raining so hard, where could he hear his yelling.

Huazi wiped the rainwater off his face bitterly and said, "Damn it, I never thought Wan Songling would have such a messy day, what a fucking bad luck!"! ~!