I am the king of the dead

Chapter 382

Yu Qian felt that His Majesty's decree was contradictory. For example, His Majesty knew that the vassal king had no position and no power, and that he could only endanger the prestige of the emperor in the local area, so he took it back to the capital.

Under this idea, King Xiang is so special, let him go back to Xiangyang Mansion and live in Prince Xiang Mansion, wouldn't that be enough?

When King Xiang goes to the banquet, he will bring his son back to the capital.

However, His Majesty asked King Xiang to go to Chongqing Mansion, and Duke Qian has been rectifying the barbarians. If King Xiang did a good job, it would be a meritorious service, so it would become dangerous.

If King Xiang did poorly, it would be disgraceful to the emperor's life, and his head would be lost.

The key is that King Xiang has really dealt with it. What will His Majesty do with the herdsmen in Antu in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou?
The credit is there, and it is great, plus the holy virtue, how can King Xiang deal with himself?

But Yu Qian can only say that His Majesty's idea is good.

During the eight months in Beijing, King Xiang handled everything in an orderly manner except for financial affairs. He is a very talented person. Then when he arrived in Chongqing, it would have a positive effect on the Antu herdsmen in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou.

Moreover, King Xiang is the uncle of the emperor, which also represents Daming's determination to govern the Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou regions.

It's just that King Xiang has to be wronged.

This fat uncle lost more than 20 catties in eight months. He was busy all day in Chongqing, and he estimated that he would lose another 20 catties.

"I think it's good." Yu Qian didn't care about King Xiang's feelings. King Xiang really went to Chongqing Mansion, which is beneficial to Ming Dynasty's governance of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou, but not harmful. That's enough.

Hu Wei thought for a while and said, "I think it's good."

There is no need for Hu Wei to object, just let King Xiang go.

Regarding the matter of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou, there is a direct prince of the Ming Dynasty, and some things are easy to handle.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "That's it."

"I've been a little worried recently." Zhu Qiyu said seriously: "Does Hu Shangshu still remember the style of competing for extravagance I mentioned?"

Hu Wei thought about it for a while, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty only expressed his feelings after seeing Liu Qi, who worked hard outside the Chaoyang Gate."

During the palace examination in the second year of Jingtai, His Majesty talked about Liu Qi with Hu Wei in the car before the palace examination in Fengtian Palace. Found support in etiquette for His Majesty.

Although Hu Ming is old, his memory has not weakened.

Zhu Qiyu frowned and said: "I heard and heard in Nanjing, this wind is even worse than Beiya."

"For example, there is a man who is clearly a man of seven feet, but is willing to be a lackey, a merchant's family, and a tiger. The business of the Nanya shop collapsed. It is shocking."

"For example, there are women who are envious of luxury and wealth, and take the initiative to devote themselves to Lehu, Kagura Xiandu, and one out of ten prostitutes of low nationality, with countless private nests. It is the so-called wife who loves beauty, and the old bustard who loves money. Why is that?"

Private prostitutes in Ming Dynasty generally refer to those who are not affiliated with the government and live in the house but sell adultery. They are called local prostitutes, commonly known as "private nests".

Nest is a common name for chicken and pheasant house, why should it be private? Even official prostitutes have to leave school, but nest is not used at all.

Niang'er loves beauty, that's why these pretty little ladies become local prostitutes, one is to dress up beautifully, and also to make money, and the old bustard is completely for making money.

"The world is getting worse, people's hearts are not old, and rituals are broken." Zhu Qiyu said with a sigh.

Hu Wei hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, this problem cannot be solved."

"There are Goulan in the southern Yamen, and oblique narrows in the northern Yamen."

"When a rich family man comes in, he can be like glue; when a poor brother-in-law comes in, the wealth is scattered and the people leave. When you are rich, you are husband and wife all day long; when your hands are exhausted, don't mention the word husband and wife."

"Hasn't it been like this since ancient times?"

There are four places where local prostitutes gather in Nanjing, all of which are called Goulan, one is in the east of Wuding Bridge, one is outside Huitong Hall, and the other is in the south of Neiqiao called Zhushi.

There are three places where local prostitutes gather in Beiya, called Xiezai, one is in Caochangyuan, and the other is outside Xiwa Factory.

These two places are relatively close to the Huitong Hall.

The Huitong Hall of the Ming Dynasty was in charge of Tianxiashui Mayi, and there were a lot of people coming and going, so there were a lot of private prostitutes.

Zhu Qiyu didn't know how to express his feelings, he said very seriously: "In the early years of Hongwu, my Ming Dynasty was full of waste, and life was difficult. Are there private prostitutes near Huitong Hall?"

Hu Wei shook his head. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Jianwen and was born in the Hongwu period. He didn't remember any private prostitutes at that time, let alone private prostitutes, there were very few official prostitutes.

At that time, the land was barren and deserted, and everyone was precarious, and most of the official prostitutes were the family members of some officials.

However, Emperor Taizu Gao sat continuously, and there were not many official prostitutes in Taichang Temple and Jiaofang.

Zhu Qiyu said with some helplessness: "Nowadays, my Ming Dynasty is the richest in the world. How come the richer I am, the more I look like this? Men are slaves and women are prostitutes. Instead of being ashamed, I am proud of it. How is this!"

Zhu Qiyu was not blaming the local prostitutes, let alone the common people, but felt that something was wrong.

Hu Wei understood His Majesty's inner anxiety very accurately, bowed his head and said, "I understand."

Zhu Qiyu was full of doubts and said: "I didn't even think about it myself, what exactly are I talking about, Hu Shangshu understands now?"

Hu Wei said as a matter of course: "Isn't this the role of a courtier? It is the duty of a courtier to solve your majesty's inner doubts."

"If you can't do this, what else do you need the courtiers to do?"

Can the word etiquette still escape the palm of his hand?
Although His Majesty is also good at translating, his old Hu is not made of mud!

Why didn't Hu Wei consider the chaos of rites and music?
Hu Yi bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the "Zi" said: those who are not benevolent can not stay in a long-term contract, nor can they be happy with their strengths. The benevolent is safe and benevolent, and the wise is benevolent."

People without benevolence cannot live in poverty or happiness for a long time, otherwise, they will commit chaos or indulge in extravagance.Only the benevolent are content with benevolence, and the wise will practice benevolence.

Of course Zhu Qiyu understood this sentence. Although he did not use the imperial examination, he had also read Confucius and Mencius. Otherwise, how could he engage in translation work that only the Ministry of Rites can do?
But what does this have to do with the social atmosphere he wants to discuss?

Hu Wei continued: "Your Majesty Su Shi has a good friend named Wang Gong. Su Shi's Wutai poetry case was demoted to Qiongzhou (now Hainan). Wang Gong was implicated and was also demoted to Lingnan Binzhou."

"Wang Gong had a concubine named Yu Niang. According to the Song Dynasty, the concubine didn't have to go to Lingnan with Wang Gong, but Yu Niang still went."

"In the third year of Yongfeng, Su Shi and Wang Gong were pardoned and returned to Kaifeng Mansion. Su Shi asked Yuniang about the terroir of Guangnan, shouldn't it be bad?"

"Yuniang said: This is my hometown where my heart is at ease."

"That's how "Ding Fengbo·Nanhai Returned to Wang Dingguo's Servant Yu Niang" came out."

Zhu Qiyu knew this allusion, nodded and said: "I often envy the jade man in the world. The sky responds to begging and the sweet lady. The pure song spreads to the bright teeth. The wind blows. The snow flies and the sea of ​​flames becomes cool."

"When you come back from thousands of miles, you will lose your face. Smile. When you smile, you still have the fragrance of Lingmei."

"Maybe Lingnan should not be good. But he said: This is my hometown where I feel at ease."

This is a poem written by Su Shi. Although Zhu Qiyu still doesn't know what Hu Min wants to express, he is thoughtful.

This sentence, this place of peace of mind is my hometown, and the Tao has exhausted many human truths.

Yu Qian smiled and said nothing, he already roughly understood what Hu Yan wanted to express.

Hu Wei said with emotion: "Su Shi only had a salary of [-] yuan in Qiongzhou in January, so he divided the [-] yuan into [-] shares, and used [-] yuan a day to wear it on the beams of the house. Use one."

Zhu Qiyu did some calculations, Su Shi's family of five, fifty yuan a day is definitely not enough to spend.

For example, the price of dung in Lin'an City is six yuan per catty.

Hu Yan continued with a smile: "That's why Su Shi can say in his poems: Between heaven and earth, everything has its own owner, and I don't own anything, even if I don't take anything."

Only then did Zhu Qiyu know that this sentence in Su Shi's "Fu on the Red Cliff" came from this way.

Throughout the ages, no one has ever commented on Su Shi's character. This person is indeed alive and transparent.

"But Su Shi is obviously not very suitable to be an official, he should be a scholar." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.

Su Shi, like Li Bai, is talented and talented, but if you let him enter the court as an official, he may not be able to do well.

This officialdom is the biggest vanity fair in the world, so you have to be like Hu Wei, who can go through decades of wind and rain, experience disasters, civil fortresses and other major events, and stay still.

What Hu Wei wants to talk about is not Su Shi's ability to be an official, but to answer the questions in His Majesty's mind.

He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Yu Niang doesn't think Lingnan is poor, she went to Pennsylvania with Wang Gong, and after returning to Beijing, she still doesn't think that these years are poor."

"Su Shi is also not my property, and I will not take any of it. Your Majesty, they are all benevolent."

"What is a benevolent person? Only a person with peace of mind is benevolent."

"If you are uneasy, you will be unkind. If you are not benevolent, you will take unrighteousness. If you take unrighteousness, you will not last forever. Only with peace of mind can you live."

A little yellow door came in hurriedly, presented a memorial, bowed his head and said: "Wei Guogong's memorial."

After Zhu Qiyu opened it and read it, he handed the memorial to Yu Qian and Hu Wei.

Wei Guogong Xu Chengzong wrote a letter saying that Bao Zhimin, the head of the Lianghuai salt merchant of the Tangyue Bao family, died.

Bao Zhimin was greedy for pleasure and pursued the Three Treasures of Fortune, so a lot of his huge family business was dispersed. Originally, Xu Chengzong was extremely dissatisfied with Bao Zhimin, but Bao Zhimin died at this critical moment.

Xu Chengzong made a statement, he just wanted to replace Bao Zhimin, he didn't intend to kill him, Bao Zhimin's death had nothing to do with him!

Xu Chengzong only likes games within the rules, because he is the biggest beneficiary of the rules, he is a man of two schools, and he will not voluntarily give up the rules.

Bao Zhimin is a salt merchant, and he spent all his money on the Three Treasures of Fulu. The salt farm set up in Yin'an couldn't pay the owner of the nest, and began to default.

The owner of the nest was cornered by the salt in the salt nest, so he went to find Bao Zhimin to ask for wages in arrears, but Bao Zhimin couldn't get it out, and he became addicted to Fulu, so he insulted many nest owners wantonly. The nest owner was kicked out.

The nest owner was dragged on for a while, and the crowd was so excited that he beat Bao Zhimin to death.

Xu Chengzong and Fei Yiying did intend to replace Bao Zhimin, in order to prevent Bao Zhimin from causing death to the Lianghuai salt merchants.

That's a good thing, Xu Chengzong hastened to play when the person died.

"This guy is really dead. People who are not benevolent can't make appointments for a long time, and they can't be happy with their strengths." Zhu Qiyu said helplessly.

Yu Qian frowned and said: "Is it so harmful to take Fulu Triple Treasure? I have often heard that Bao Zhimin is a wealthy businessman. Why is he like this today?"

Yu Qian knew that Bao Zhimin was the head of the Lianghuai merchants. Yu Qian accompanied His Majesty to the Nanya, but he was in charge of all affairs in the Nanya, and he had great powers and responsibilities, communicating with the inside and outside.

Your Majesty handles people, and Yu Qian handles affairs.

Otherwise, how would the [-] million catties of coal enter Beijing?

This Bao Zhimin is well-known in Lianghuai, otherwise he would not have been elected as the general manager of Lianghuai merchants. In the end, he used the Three Treasures of Fulu, the smartest person, did he just play himself to death like this? !

Zhu Qiyu stood up, Yu Qian and Hu Wei hurriedly stood up together.

Zhu Qiyu rummaged in the imperial study for a while, and took out a report from the Institute of Understanding, which was one of the achievements of the three brothers of the Qu family.

They sell the Three Treasures of Fulu, and Jie Kaiyuan used them to study the function of the Three Treasures of Fulu.

Yu Qian looked at it twice, and said dully: "The shape is like a bone in a tomb, the spirit is like a stubborn thing, the body is like a floating cloud, the breath is like a string, and eating dung is like a sweet."

"Isn't this painting really a monster?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said, "That's Qu Chengde."

Yu Qian met Qu Chengde in Wuyuan Mansion. At that time, Yuan Bin escorted Qu Chengde. He was quite a rich man, and he looked like this.

Zhu Qiyu said, "I plan to let him go to Nanya, let these idiots see, the end of taking Fulu Sambo, from Shuntian Mansion to Guangzhou Mansion, every place in Daming, let everyone see! "

Killing people has to punish one's heart, Zhu Qiyu has always been like this.

Yu Qian and Hu Wei looked at each other the same way, is this considered inhumane, Your Majesty?

Both Yu Qian and Hu Wei thought it was not benevolent.On the contrary, it was the great benevolence of the heavens who showed the achievements of Jiejieyuan to the whole country, so that everyone would know the fate of the three treasures of fortune.

Hu Yi bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty can only live with peace of mind. Why should you be at ease?"

""Mencius" said: "If you ask, you will get it, if you give up, you will lose it; seeking is beneficial to obtaining, and seeking is also for me."

"There is a way to seek it, and there is a destiny to obtain it. It is not beneficial to obtain it, and it is also the one who seeks outside."

"It's the so-called: Whoever puts his heart into practice knows his nature. Knowing his nature, he knows heaven. Preserve his heart and cultivate his nature, so he serves heaven. Life is long, and he cultivates his body so that he can live up to it, so he establishes his destiny. "

Hu Wei’s passage is not complicated. It’s actually about how to feel at ease, which is the difference between what Mencius said about asking for oneself and asking for others, and how to be at ease and how to establish a life.

"But what's the use of peace of mind?" Zhu Qiyu said with a sigh: "Wang Ji was born as a scholar of literature, doesn't he know the way of Confucius and Mencius? Does he not know how to live with peace of mind? Everyone understands the truth."

"However, it is still necessary to have action in knowledge, and knowledge in action. Knowing is action, and knowledge determines action. Knowledge and action are one."

Zhu Qiyu finally found out what the problem was after playing against Hu Wei!

Knowing: moral awareness and thoughts are one thing, and doing: moral practice and practical actions are another.

Is it not nonsense to divide knowledge and action into two parts and treat them as two different things?
Yu Qian and Hu Wei looked at each other. Although His Majesty said three sentences unintentionally, in the eyes of the Taoist scholars, these three sentences pushed the mind to learn a lot!

"Your Majesty, Liu Sheng, the second-best candidate in the second year of Jingtai, became a ghost under the knife at three quarters in the afternoon. Isn't he a typical example of knowing but not doing?" Yu Qian suddenly thought of his fellow countryman.

Liu Sheng, whether it is Yu Qian or Li Xian, when Liu Sheng was tested for knowledge, they were all first-class talents, but they only knew the truth, but didn't know how to do it.

With the unity of knowledge and action, Yu Qian seems to have found a methodology to explain social phenomena.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "How difficult is it to unite knowledge and action? I can only let them unite words and deeds."

"If you can't do it, if you escape to the ends of the world, I will also arrest him and punish him!"

Yu Qian suddenly thought of a person who bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are busy with state affairs and have no time to study, but there is one person who is quite insightful about this."

"This person, Chen Xianzhang, is from Baishali, Xinhui County, Guangzhou Prefecture. He was ninth in the provincial examination in the 12th year of Orthodoxy. "

Zhu Qiyu frowned and said, "Chen Xianzhang?"

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