Chapter 7 Isn’t this silver fragrant?
"You just didn't let dad reveal his identity before. Why is that?" Yan Kesong asked.
Yan Chengjin said: "The sage taught us to be refined and to be free from vulgar taste. This is vulgar taste. Have you ever thought about it? If you go to the date happily, you will be stained by chasing fame and fortune. It is better to be self-righteous and noble, etc. Others give me the reputation of being weak and clear-minded?”
Yan Kesong nodded and said: "My son is still thoughtful, and his writing is as good as craftsmanship. If his heart is not right, his writing will end up as a pile of vulgar things. If he is not careful, he will be reviled for a while, or he will be infamy for thousands of years. It will be a loss for his father to hear." When I heard the news, I secretly rejoiced, thinking about it, I felt really embarrassed.”
Yan Kesong did not attend the appointment, and Li Dongyang also did not attend the appointment.
What they don't know is that Cheng Minzheng has been waiting at the house for two days, feeling sad in his heart, who will challenge me...
In the past few days, all the people who came to Cheng Mansion were just soldiers and generals, wasting tea.
I don’t know if I was frightened or what.
Li Dongyang complained of illness and did not even go to the morning court. Mr. "Welcoming Guest Song" did not even leave his book.
This is not giving me face, Lao Cheng!
Waiting left and right for no one to come.
then……
Cheng Minzheng was angry,
A poem came from the Cheng Mansion:
The ink on the chest turns into a boat and travels three thousand miles in one day.
The sky is vast and the earth is vast. I dare to ask who is the enemy of the pen.
A small poem directly crowned himself the king, expressing the loneliness of being alone and seeking defeat, and then released the battle post again.
The unknown poems flowed out from the Cheng Mansion. Under the wrath of the Tea School and the New School, their spread was extremely high, making the Poetry and Prose School slightly famous, and Lao Cheng was very happy.
However, this instead contributed to a situation where the New School and the Tea School were unanimous in their external stance.
People of the Tea School all scolded me, "My Mr. Li is so talented and knowledgeable that he can overwhelm you in poetry writing, calligraphy, and officialdom. Has Li Gong let himself go?" Shameless!
The new-school people are even more direct: Mr. Yingke Song is fresh and refined, so he doesn’t bother to associate with a wolf-hearted person like you!
Cheng Min was immediately asked to take leave because of his political illness.
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Forbidden City, Fengtian Hall,
Emperor Hongzhi sighed after hearing this, why bother?
However, Emperor Hongzhi was generous and kind. He still remembered that when he was the prince, Master Cheng told him "Zhu Xi's Family Rites" in a jovial manner.
Whenever he didn't understand something, Master Cheng could always give examples that ordinary people wouldn't think of and explain the truth clearly, allowing him to find a ray of warmth in this dark and treacherous palace.
Unexpectedly, the person who always encourages me to be more open-minded actually...
Can't think about it yourself?
Emperor Hongzhi sent Xiao Jing, the eunuch in charge of etiquette and eunuch, to visit the palace with the palace tonics.
These supplements were all saved from the expenses of Emperor Hongzhi. He lived a frugal life and was not sensual. This was equivalent to cutting his flesh to feed the eagles.
For the ministers, it is a great honor.
Emperor Hongzhi also asked Li Dongyang, the 'initiator', to come to express condolences and not to harm the peace.
Xie Qian, a eloquent peacemaker, accompanied him. Liu Jian was afraid that Cheng Minzheng and Li Dongyang would have another dispute, so he also came with him.
So, the cabinet men's team formed a group of three.
When Cheng Minzheng heard that Xiao Jing had come with His Majesty's condolences, he quickly got up from the bed and said, "I'm extremely guilty for taking leave because I can't share His Majesty's worries. Now that I've made Your Majesty worried, I'm going to die."
"'Master Cheng is ill. I have received Master Cheng's advice since I was a child, so of course I have to send someone to visit.' This is His Majesty's order. Master Cheng, please don't be humble." Xiao Jing fiddled with the pillow and helped him lie down.
Cheng Minzheng burst into tears and was extremely grateful.
"Mr. Cheng has worked hard and should have a good rest." Xie Qian said.
Cheng Minzheng saw Li Dongyang standing behind Xie Qian, and his face turned from white to black.
Both of them felt uncomfortable, and the atmosphere was awkward and delicate.
Cheng Minzheng's pale and haggard appearance was not an act.
Xie Qian, the eloquent peacemaker, smiled and said: "Brother Keqin, if he hadn't been worried about our Ming Dynasty's cultural destiny, why would he have pushed himself to such a point and served the country with all his heart? The three of us in the cabinet lamented that they couldn't do this, and asked Your Majesty We should be the ones to apologize.”
That's right, that's right, I am doing it for the Ming Dynasty.
Brother Yu Qiao understands me!
Although he knew it was meant to be flattering, Cheng Minzheng was still very happy to hear it.
It's as if the sun is shining on the flowers and the raindrops are hitting the bananas, and they are instantly satisfied.
Cheng Minzheng's eyes shed tears of relief, and he smiled indescribably.
Others don't know it, but Li Dongyang and Liu Jian know it thoroughly.
Xie Qian was privately known as "dog-skin plaster" in court and government, and he applied it wherever it was needed.
The officials quarreled and went to Xie Qian.
Wherever he is, there is true love everywhere in the world, and everyone in the court has great love.
He was clearly pursuing fame and fortune, but from what he said, it sounded like he was serving the public in a selfless way.
Liu Gongduan, Li Gongmou, Xie Gongyou talked about it.
The reputation of the cabinet is spread widely, but why Xie Qian is ranked last among the three, with two more words, is not because of his popularity.
Xie Qian is eloquent, not just "talking", he is good at attacking people's hearts. Cheng Min was lying in bed because of his political illness, because he was afraid of being laughed at and coveting fame.
He saw through this, and with some words, Cheng Minzheng was helped.
Li Dongyang and Liu Jian were both impressed and amused.
The four people came out of Cheng Mansion,
Xie Qian didn't understand that his Majesty only asked them to visit Cheng Gong, but said nothing about the dispute between the Tea Sect and the New Sect.
Nowadays, the two factions are fighting to the death. Doesn’t it seem like His Majesty’s style of harmonious family relations?
"Do you know why Li Gong and Liu Gong are here?" Xie Qian asked.
Li Dongyang said: "Let Mr. Liu speak."
Liu Jian has always been a straight-talker, saying: "Your Majesty is a wise ruler of all ages, with the world in mind. Now that the people are settled and happy, Your Majesty naturally has higher aspirations.
In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought contended with each other; in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, poetry was divided into rural and frontier styles, and the rise of many schools all originated from the disputes in the literary world. Without the situation of hundreds of schools of thought and hundreds of boats competing for the flow, how can it be called a prosperous age?
Looking back at my Ming Dynasty, except for Binzhi's tea school, the literary world was bleak and desolate. Now the rise of the new school has created the situation that Your Majesty wants."
Liu Jian said to Xiao Jing: "Eunuch Xiao, am I right?"
After working together for a long time, the other three people can understand with just a glance.
But Xiao Jing had no idea what the three were saying, so she smiled respectfully and said, "I really don't understand, and I dare not guess, but I have a piece of news to tell you. When we left the palace, His Majesty also left the palace."
Liu Jian and Xie Qian's eyes widened like bells, and Li Dongyang, who was used to being steady, was surprised and reacted a beat slower.
His Majesty left the palace?
Where did he go?
A bunch of questions popped up in the minds of the three people at the same time.
…
In the 18th line of the inner city of the capital, in front of a rather remote courtyard, the commander Mou Bin said, "Master Zhu, this is the residence of the Welcoming Pine."
During the micro-visit, Emperor Hongzhi asked others to call him Master Zhu. He liked this routine, and Mou Bin had already mastered it.
Emperor Hongzhi was very surprised.
Unexpectedly, the person who stirred up the literary world of the capital lived in the capital.
This courtyard is inconspicuous in the capital, but in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, who is used to living in a mansion, it is too conspicuous. Any side hall in the palace is more than ten times better than this one.
The plaque is old and the door is closed.
Emperor Hongzhi asked: "Do you know who owns this house?"
"It's strange to say that this house was rented twice half a year ago. The owner's surname is Fang."
Mou Bin stepped forward and knocked on the door lightly, and then said in a rough voice: "My master Zhu has read the master's masterpiece and came to pay a visit to the master. Open the door quickly!"
If Mou Bin was alone, he would have flown into the courtyard and brought the people inside to him.
But your majesty is a gentleman, and gentlemen must use gentlemanly methods. They cannot brandish swords, let alone bully the weak.
Soon, the doorman opened the door, stuck his head out and said, "My master said that he doesn't see guests, let alone book fans, so don't come in the future."
Mou Bin couldn't get angry. Although he was powerful, he was not good at speaking. He could only throw a tael of silver at him.
A tael of silver when you come to the door? Emperor Hongzhi felt painful, thinking to himself, I won't reimburse you.
The doorman took a look and quickly thought of the Yan family's carefulness. Even if there is a pendant of thousands of gold outside the door, it is not a matter of one's own.
Seeing the silver, he closed the door quickly as if he was facing a great enemy.
Emperor Hongzhi was stunned. Isn't this silver fragrant?
