Jiayou's Fun

Gong Yangxu closed his mouth.

Zhu Chong laughed lightly.

He stood up and walked slowly around the hall, hands behind his back.

"The people who really benefited from Dayin's founding of the country were those martial arts families."

Zhu Chong looked at Bai Changkong and said calmly: "Master Bai is very knowledgeable. There are some things that don't need to be explained in detail. Many of the martial arts families in Dayin have a long history, such as..."

After a slight pause, Zhu Chong said softly: "For example, the family history of the Lu family in Jingyang can be traced back to more than a dozen dynasties before Dayin. It goes without saying that these families are powerful."

The Wu Xun clan.

A martial arts clan like the Jingyang Lu family.

Dynasties were perishing one after another, but these martial lords relied on their peerless force, huge territory, countless private soldiers, and huge wealth accumulated from generation to generation. The country was shaken by wind and rain, but they could not be harmed in the slightest.

In many cases, these martial arts clans were behind the demise of some dynasties.

Every time a dynasty falls and a new dynasty is established, it is a gluttonous feast for these clans.

Just like today's Dayin, the Jingyang Lu family behind the Duke of Lai Kingdom has a territory of tens of thousands of miles, and tens of billions of people under its rule. The annual tax revenue is like gold and silver, and it is stuffed into the treasury. .

The huge Laiguo Duke's Mansion was just a signboard launched by the Jingyang Lu family and placed in the Haojing court hall.

The Duke of Lai is indeed rich and powerful, but the real behemoth is the Jingyang Lu family, who is entrenched in the territory, not showing off the mountains or dew, and focusing on enjoying the boundless wealth.

"They have land, and their territory spans tens of thousands of miles; they have people, countless slaves and maids, countless private soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of descendants; they have money, mines, pastures, trillions of acres of farmland, and The Chamber of Commerce travels all over the world.”

Zhu Chong suddenly stood still, pointed his finger at the ground and said loudly: "But, those are honorable men."

"Most of our cultural and educational students come from the grassroots, and most of them are common people. Our cultural and educational sages told them that if you are studious, you will be able to make progress, and if you are motivated, you will be prosperous, and if you are prosperous, you will be rich!"

"We also tell our disciples and students that reading is the shortcut to heaven. As long as you study cultural and educational classics with your heart, you can learn about the world, and you can gain fame and fortune at your fingertips."

Zhu Chongdao said: "It has been three hundred years since the rise of our culture and education in Dayin. In these three hundred years, we, the Zhu family, the Gongyang family, the Linghu family, etc., are respected as the 'family of saints'." Let’s not talk about the Ya Sheng family’s big family.”

"Our disciples, those disciples who are loyal to culture and religion, in three hundred years, they will get married and have children, and they will spread their branches. Many of them have grown from a family of three or five to hundreds. , a wealthy family with thousands of people.”

Zhu Chong shouted loudly without any concealment: "So many of them are our cultural and religious disciples, our loyal supporters, and they are the basis for us to be able to gain a foothold in the court and control the government."

"So, they want good food, delicacies from mountains and seas, and old wine."

"So, they need to wear good clothes, silk and satin, and gold hairpins and jade pendants."

"So, they want a good place to live, a mansion, a compound, and a lush garden."

"So, they want good seats, rare horses, and four-wheeled carriages."

"So, they want to play well, they want charming wives and concubines, and they want handsome boys and pretty maids."

"So, even if they die, they still want to be buried with splendor, choose a geomantic treasure land, build an underground palace tomb, and be buried with all kinds of gold, silver, pearls and jade. Even the coffin... Colleagues used a one-foot-two-inch board of golden nanmu , you have the nerve to use nine-inch-thick ash for a coffin with three layers inside and outside?"

Zhu Chong stood in front of Bai Changkong and said with a smile: "All of the above require money! So."

Cui Wuhan, the Minister of Household Affairs, who was as fair and moist as a glutinous rice dumpling and looked harmless to humans and animals, said quietly: "So, during the disaster relief, all the money, grain, medicinal materials, and even the money to rebuild the city and houses Bricks, tiles, wood, and other supplies, totaling eight billion guan of money and 2 billion dan of grain, were not used on the victims. We spent them all."

Cui Wuhan said with a smile on his face: "At that time, the young emperor ascended the throne. The emperor who was only seven years old did not understand anything; the queen mother lowered the curtain and saw a woman in the palace who did not understand anything; the general was busy winning people's hearts. , a butcher who kills dogs, what does he know?"

Shaking his head, Cui Wuhan said leisurely: "As for those martial artists, they don't even care about the life and death of a group of ordinary people."

Cui Wuhan clapped his hands and smiled brightly: "Everything has been resolved. Except for some scapegoats who are destined to die, the whole thing has been handled properly and without leakage."

Zhu Chong looked at Bai Changkong with a smile: "Master Bai, ask where Anping Prefecture is."

Shaking his head, Zhu Chong said calmly: "The land in Anping Prefecture is now all ours. The Zhu family, the Gongyang family, the Linghu family, the Zhuge family, the Wang family, the Cui family... well, that's basically what the people call it. , our six cultural and educational saints, nineteen sages and sixty-three reached every family, and we occupied all the land in Anping Prefecture."

He stared at Bai Changkong: "The people in Anping Prefecture are now our people. The natives of Anping Prefecture who survived the natural disaster are now all landless people. They are farming and working for us. .”

"Their children are used as cattle and horses for us; their women are allowed to be played with by our favor."

Da Sikou Gongyang Xu said calmly: "The entire Anping Prefecture is surrounded by mountains, and there are only three or five passages leading to the outside world. Over the years, we have renovated it into a golden soup city, and not a trace of wind can leak out."

Zhu Chong smiled and said: "That's why we said, is it the clan? Is it the nobles? Is it the princes? Or, it's those two people. Do they want to attack us? Apart from them, just those mud-legged people in Anping Prefecture, they Can you make such a big fuss?"

Waving his hand, Zhu Chong said with a smile: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Zhu Chong extended his hand to Bai Changkong: "I have the final say, and I can give the Bai family a sacred place in Anping Prefecture. Today in the court, Master Bai gave a signal, and so many disciples came out enthusiastically. Master Bai can be said to be, He has gained the essence of our culture and education.”

Bai Changkong looked at Zhu Chong's hand, and he knew that this was Zhu Chong's kindness.

The performance of his disciples at the great court meeting today made Zhu Chong believe that he was qualified to go from being a superficial signboard of Wenjiao to becoming an insider at the core of Wenjiao.

‘Six Saints, Nineteen Sages and Sixty-three Da’!

Is Bai Changkong finally qualified to step into the inner circle of culture and education?

Rejoice!

Bai Changkong stretched out his hand and held Zhu Chong's hand: "I see, it's as it should be. I want the official position of the Imperial Academy Commander."

Bai Changkong has always held the title of deputy director of the Imperial Academy.

Bai Changkong had long wanted to move this word "vice" away.

Zhu Chong tightened Bai Changkong's hand, hesitated for a while, and nodded: "It's not easy, but I should try it."

The two shook hands vigorously, then let go at the same time.

Bai Changkong looked at Zhu Chong. Of course he knew what Zhu Chong meant by 'not easy to handle'.

The huge Dayin, the huge court, various ministries and yamen, various places and cities, from the army to civil affairs, from administration to money and food, there are places that the cultural and educational officials cannot reach out.

One is Taishitai, which is the hereditary territory of Taishi Ling Lu Buya.

Historians, this is not someone to be trifled with. They are in their own school. Although culture and education have incorporated "history" into the culture and education system, everyone knows that historians are historians and they have absolutely nothing to do with other schools of thought.

If you want to intervene, you should be prepared to be infamy for thousands of years. Therefore, at least at this stage, cultural education does not have the confidence to intervene in Taishitai.

One is the Imperial College.

The Imperial College is an institution that recruits talented people from all over the world and teaches them. It is an institution that recruits talented people for the country.

It stands to reason that the Imperial College is the territory of culture and education, but the current head of the Imperial College in Dayin is a freak and anomaly that no one can afford to offend.

The old guy is no longer in Haojing and has been wandering around for nearly ten years. Bai Changkong has also been forced to hold the position of deputy mountain chief for nearly ten years.

Thinking of the scary old guy, Zhu Chong also felt a bit toothache.

It is really difficult to handle, but since Bai Changkong has made a request, Zhu Chong is also determined to truly accept Bai Changkong into the small circle of culture and education - as he said, Bai Changkong has shown enough power in today's court meeting.

Among the lower-level officials in the court, Bai Changkong has a terrible say.

Gentlemen of culture and education, you are reasonable. Bai Changkong, you have many disciples and countless party members, so you are qualified to be the one to cut the cake.

Bai Changkong's first requirement for joining the group was culture and education, so he had to work hard to help him achieve it.

Zhu Chong felt a little annoyed.

Bai Changkong's wish would be very troublesome to implement.

The reason why Bai Changkong had the opportunity to raise this wish in front of him was undoubtedly because at the court meeting, Zhu Chong asked Bai Changkong not to attack Lu Qian, so that Lu Qian could successfully obtain the title of Tianyang Gong.

The reason why Zhu Chong owed Bai Changkong this favor was undoubtedly because the emperor used the incident in Anping Prefecture to threaten Zhu Chong and other cultural and educational officials to prevent Lu Qian from conferring the title of Duke Tianyang.

So, here's the key.

After Zhu Chong, the reason why he helped Bai Changkong strive to win the official position of the Imperial Academy Commander was all because of Lu Qian!

In comparison, calming down the Anping Prefecture matter is not a big deal.

"This is Lu Qian." Zhu Chong clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the dozen or so purple-robed ministers in the hall who had become his own: "Masters, this is Lu Qian... Hey, hey hey."

All the important ministers thought about the taste.

Well, that's right, this Lu Qian is now pushed out by the emperor, and he is a little bastard who makes trouble with them, the literary and educated gentlemen.

Otherwise, given the nature of the emperor and the empress dowager, the government affairs of Anping Prefecture and other places can be directly handed over to the Gongun princes.

Even the emperor, who was squatting in Jiuquyuan and walking his dog on weekdays, had no chance to know the name 'Anping Prefecture'.

If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to ennoble Lu Qian, and if it wasn't for fear of opposition from the Manchu ministers, would the emperor have used the matter of 'Anping Prefecture' to challenge many ministers?

It can be seen that the culprit is Lu Qian.

Things that could have been peaceful and leisurely handled behind the scenes have to be brought to the court, so that the civil and military officials of the court will know, and everyone in the world will know, so that the clans, nobles, and princes will also know. Everyone paid attention to this matter.

It feels bad to have this kind of 'bad thing' being put in the spotlight.

If it weren't for Lu Qian, would this have happened?

"This boy should be eradicated."

The great minister, Gong Yangxu, held the tea cup and said slowly: "The emperor must be sober. He cannot just push out a weakling and act arbitrarily."

"Sixteen-year-old 'father'? It's simply ridiculous and ridiculous. How could such a thing have happened in all dynasties?"

A message flashed in Bai Changkong's mind.

Not to mention too old, just say that Dayin had just established the tripod, and when it was fighting in all directions, a stranger came to the rescue and saved Dayin's founding ancestor from a heavy siege. That stranger was thirteen years old at the time. His martial arts cultivation has reached its peak.

The founder of the country gave him a gold medal on the jade plate and named him the 'King of Wu'. But the stranger resigned and was not accepted. He only took three jars of old wine, drank and sang away.

Bai Changkong smiled indifferently, threw the news away, and said quietly: "This puppy has been a bit rampant recently. I need to teach him a lesson."

Before he finished speaking, there was a burst of noise outside the hall.

The guards guarding outside the hall shouted harshly.

And an old voice came from afar: "Prime Minister, Prime Minister, it's not good, the two young masters, the two young masters, were beaten by that little thief Lu Qian to the point of vomiting blood and unconscious."

‘Click’.

The tea cup in Zhu Chong's hand was broken into dregs.