Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1603 Benevolence and Righteousness Without Both Sides Succession

  Emperor Hongzhi was sullen, his eyes lingering on everyone.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Over the years, I have deeply felt that talking about the country is harmful to the country, and I am a little tired of scholars. The atmosphere in the court has changed a lot. But it is not a day's cold to freeze three feet. Many people , I am used to this kind of talk, but I don’t know that your salary and salary are all from the people’s fat and anointing, and you can support the people such as the Qing, so don’t count on it, take the money and food, and let you talk here.”

   These words are inexplicable.

   But the tone is extremely severe.

   No one knew whether His Majesty was referring to himself, and there was a bit of panic and panic.

  So all the ministers simply said: "I will wait for ten thousand deaths."

  Emperor Hongzhi immediately said: "You know that you are dead, so you dare to talk here? You should learn from Fang Qing's family!"

   All the ministers were confused again when they heard this, and looked at Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan was a little confused. Although he has often done some good deeds recently, but...it seems that he has not done any great good deeds, oh, yes, let two or three thousand members of the Kong family get out of the sea of ​​suffering and send them to Huangjinzhou , It should be counted, but I didn't expect His Majesty to know it a long time ago, Your Majesty is so wise.

Emperor Hongzhi sneered: "Fang Qing's family has never had any verbal disputes with others. They have worked hard and made great contributions to my Ming Dynasty. How can it be that among these ministers and workers of mine, some people are always sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued?" , think they are capable, but they are actually a group of incompetent people!"

  When the ministers heard this, some people began to recall it.

   Your Majesty's implication is that he suspects that someone is saying something behind his back.

   But this is wrong... most of it is aimed at Fang Jifan.

  His Majesty specifically mentioned that Fang Jifan worked hard and made a lot of contributions. This means that Fang Jifan didn't care about these love names, and only cared about serving Daming loyally. So these days, although Fang Jifan published a...vulgar book, so what, you people, tied together, still can't catch up with him, you are also qualified to laugh at Fang Jifan, are you worthy?

  This remark...is clearly to set the tone for that "Ming Ode". If anyone dares to speak nonsense, then they are talking nonsense and harming the country. Anyone who dares to take this opportunity to ridicule will never be forgiven lightly.

  At this moment, those who ridiculed secretly became uneasy.

  Especially those ministers summoned from Nanjing, they were even more disturbed.

  His Majesty suddenly ordered himself to come here, could it be...just for beating?

   You know, today is different from the past.

Over the years, Qingliu has been hit again and again, and he has already been hit hard. In front of the palace, he has almost no power to fight back. The scholars have all been dug out. Even the economic foundation is in the hands of His Majesty and Duke Qi. Here, if you want you to live, you will live, if you want you to die, you will die, and with a backhand, you will be ruined and ruined.

  At this time, who would dare to contradict anything face to face.

  So...someone was trembling, only blamed himself for being too cheap, kowtowing like garlic, and said: "I will die."

  Emperor Hongzhi snorted coldly, and he said lightly: "Zhou Qing's family, how are you doing in the Ministry of Rites?"

  Emperor Hongzhi mentioned it casually.

  Suddenly, someone shuddered.

Since he is a member of the Ministry of Rites and his surname is Zhou, he is Zhou Tanzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing. Marginalized, Zhou Tanzhi rarely complained, and always hoped that he would have the opportunity to enter Beijing and become a serious Minister of Rites.

   But there are too many complaints, how could he know that now he said something he shouldn't have said.

  Zhou Tanzhi kowtowed immediately: "Your...you can still."

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "I heard a saying that Duke Qi is best at raising pigs. Who said that?"

  Zhou Tanzhi was like a bolt from the blue, his face turned pale in an instant.

  He trembled: "Chen...Chen..."

   This is what he said, but he never expected that Jin Yiwei would stare at him every word and deed.

  He said with difficulty: "Is there no meaning to what I said?"

   All the officials were silent, but they were all relieved. It seems... His Majesty's anger was not directed at himself.

  They began to savor this sentence carefully, and most of them thought in their hearts, if this sentence had no other meaning, then it would be hell. To be honest, this sentence is quite innovative.

   Originally, the monarch and his ministers were right, everyone was polite to each other, and it was rare for them to say something like raising pigs directly.

   But since His Majesty said it, it shows that His Majesty's anger has reached the extreme.

Now that Zhou Tanzhi had no choice, he said, "This... this is written in the book "Ming Song". In other books, pigs are called pigs, but this book, or " "Gang hyena", only "Ming Song" is called a pig, the minister... the minister saw this book, so... so vulgar, so, with the help of the word "pig" in his book, I made a comment, the old minister definitely has no other I mean, please Your Majesty be aware of the details."

   After all, he is a minister of the Ministry of Rites, and his level is still good enough. In the blink of an eye, he poured the dirty water back.

  The implication is that I don’t blame myself. It’s Ming Song’s book that made mistakes first. Your Majesty wants to punish the old officials. If you want to be reasonable, then...you must punish the author of Ming Song first.

  After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi showed disgust. What he dislikes the most now is precisely this kind of pretentious sophistry.

  But today, in front of the ministers, he couldn't be indifferent. His eyes fell on Fang Jifan.

  He had seen the word pig before, but...he didn't have other thoughts at the time. Anyway, the book was full of 'vulgarity'. It's not surprising that there is a word pig here. This is like Fang Jifan, full of flaws, if he suddenly yells at you, will you find it strange?

   "Your Majesty..." Fang Jifan became anxious, and immediately said, "I want to explain."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded.

   Today's court discussion is to kill the current atmosphere, and also to protect Fang Jifan.

   Just... thinking about that book...

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "The Qing family said."

   "Your Majesty, my son compiled the "Ming Song" in order to... be passed down through the ages, just like the Four Books and Five Classics, which will shine forever."

  As soon as this remark came out, all the officials were in an uproar...

  People look at each other, and they all see the funny meaning in each other's eyes.

   Of course, there are also some people who are thoughtful.

  Emperor Hongzhi also felt weird. Although Fang Jifan acted perversely, he would never suffer a disadvantage. Could it be...

  Fang Jifan said eloquently: "Your Majesty, this is the Four Books and Five Classics I have just learned, like Confucius' Spring and Autumn Annals."

   "Spring and Autumn", "Ming Song"...

   These two books, anyone who is not crazy, feels that the two have nothing to do with each other.

   Some people even felt that their hearts were hurting badly. This **** was finally going to attack "Spring and Autumn".

  That Zhou Tanzhi came from Nanjing after all, and although he knew that Fang Jifan was not to be messed with, but now that he was ready to go, he became a bit more courageous; "Duke Qi, you are guilty, you actually compared this "Ming Song" to "Spring and Autumn"."

  Fang Jifan smiled, and gave him a meaningful look, as if he had recorded this goal, and then said calmly: "Your Majesty, my son founded Xishan Academy and has countless disciples. May I ask your majesty, how about your knowledge?"

   "..."

Fang Jifan immediately said: "If you don't believe me, then... I will randomly pick up a few incompetent disciples, such as Wang Shouren, such as Ouyang Zhi, such as Liu Wenshan, such as Tang Yin, if you want to write poems, if you want to write stereotypes, or, If you want to write an article, you want to compare the merits of learning, to argue the merits, even if you want to mount a horse and shoot, dare to ask you, who dares to compare with my few villains?"

   "..."

  This is purely a joke.

   After silence, no one will fight.

   Everyone knows the abilities of Fang Jifan's disciples.

Fang Jifan immediately said: "Students like this, Your Majesty, is my son an idiot? In front of my son, if you want to write a beautiful article, you want to write a book like "Spring and Autumn". It is said that it is easy to catch, but it is by no means inferior to this age, my son is boasting here, if anyone does not believe it, you can go forward and have a try."

  This sentence is really arrogant.

   This is playing with the sage Confucius.

  Before a group of sage disciples stepped forward, they argued with Fang Jifan angrily.

  Fang Jifan changed the subject: "But Your Majesty, if I write such a book, then I will deviate from my original intention."

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "What does this mean?"

  Fang Jifan said: "Since the existence of writing, there have been countless people who have written books for scholars in this world, but dare to ask Your Majesty, how many people are there in this world who have written books for the common people?"

  Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback for a moment.

  The hall was silent.

  Fang Jifan's words seemed to be torture.

  In today’s world, is there anyone who writes books for the common people?

   Zhou Tanzhi retorted: "The common people are illiterate, and if a book is written, can they understand it?"

Fang Jifan laughed loudly: "If it's about the people, they don't know what to say, and of course the illiterate people can't read it. Then... why is there no one among the countless literati in the world who is willing to write a book that can be understood by the people? It is not a question of whether it can be done at all. It is difficult to do it, even as difficult as reaching the sky. In my opinion, it is even more difficult than "Spring and Autumn". But there is nothing difficult in the world. It’s so difficult, it depends on whether there is anyone in this world who is willing to put in the effort to do it.”

"It's a pity, a pity..." Fang Jifan said solemnly: "It's a pity that scholars in the world only spend all their time looking for their confidantes, looking for their bosom friends, but no one spends their thoughts on this. In the study of Confucius and Mencius, its foundation lies in "benevolence". What is "benevolence"? Treating the people well is benevolence. Let them know it. Such benevolence?"

   "In my eyes, no matter how many beautiful articles you can write, these articles are just for self-admiration, which has already deviated from the original intention of Confucius and Mencius. It really makes Fang Jifan feel cold."

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