Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 400
The sunshine in late autumn, neither dry nor arrogant, is just right.

Yunguo, the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the Jixia Academy, and the surrounding water pavilions and pavilions are crowded with people at this time.

There are palace scholars in scholar's clothes, rich and powerful officials' children in gorgeous clothes, and humble disciples in simple clothes, all gathered here.

Many of these people, just by looking at them, you can tell that these people are definitely not scholars from a hundred families in Jixia Academy.But these people with different costumes are all sitting here cross-legged, all looking at the Huxin Pavilion not far away.

In the pavilion in the middle of the lake, an old man with elegant and gentle appearance, clear and elegant, sat cross-legged, surrounded by many disciples.

A disciple bowed and asked:
"Gentlemen don't compare each other, villains don't compare each other. The disciple dares to ask Si Ye, and his people have ulterior motives. How can we tell the difference between a gentleman and a villain?"

The old man nodded slightly, stroked his long beard, and said loudly:
"Looking at the why, the reason, and the safety, how can a person be thin?"

"Look at his words and deeds, observe his motives in doing things, and understand his interests. As long as you do this, how can a person's heart be concealed? You can distinguish between a gentleman and a villain!"

Having said that, the old man paused, and said:
"If you can do this, you will know how to know people, and then you can become officials! Because you who know how to know people, you will be able to take care of talented people under your command!"

All the disciples around me suddenly realized, they all bowed and saluted, saying:
"Thank you, Si Ye, for teaching me!"

Just at this time, the autumn wind gently caressed, comfortable and pleasant, which caused the lake to suddenly ripple and sparkle.

The old man brushed his beard and smiled, showing relief.Many disciples who listened to the study all thought about it, and they all bowed down to salute the old man.A school of Confucianism, elegance and integrity, and a scene where teachers and apprentices are compatible.

Although this Jixia Academy is not closed to the outside world, but after all it is known as the highest institution in Yunguo, not everyone can come in and listen.

But today, there can be such a grand occasion in the academy, but it is because the famous sage Shi Mingzhe is giving lectures in public at Jixia Academy.

This teacher Mingzhe, that is, the old man who gave lectures in the Huxin Pavilion, is the contemporary secretary of Confucianism, in charge of the administration of Confucianism, assisting the master of Confucianism, and managing this huge Confucianism.

Since Xiao Cheng set up the Jixia Academy and summoned the sages from a hundred schools, except for the three schools of Yin Yang, Bing, and Za who brought all their disciples to serve, the rest of the schools only sent some disciples to come.

The leaders and leaders of each family are mostly second-generation disciples of the sect, and they have a faint intention of contacting and testing.

As the Kingdom of Yun dominates the south of the sky and advances to the Central Plains, the country is growing in power, and it seems to be aspiring to win the world.At the same time, among the hundreds of families, there are children who have entered the court of Yunguo to take up official positions.Only then did the schools of thought pay more attention to Yunguo, and began to send important people in the sect to preside over the affairs of Yunguo's sect.

This Confucian contemporary secretary, the famous sage Shi Mingzhe, came here for this.

After Shi Mingzhe came to Yunguo, in order to uphold the Confucian philosophy of "teaching without discrimination", he gave lectures in public many times, so that anyone who is interested can listen.

If you meet talented young students who come to ask questions, Shi Mingzhe will not hesitate to help, and often answer questions in person.

This kind of behavior naturally attracted people's good opinion. There are even many young scholars of Yunguo who have followed Shi Mingzhe to study after they entered the Jixia Academy.

And just when a scholar wanted to ask a question, a Confucian disciple immediately walked up to Shi Mingzhe and whispered something in his ear.

Shi Mingzhe's eyes moved, he got up slowly, and said loudly:

"Today, let's come here!"

When all the scholars heard the words, they couldn't ask any more questions, so they all bowed down to Shi Mingzhe and said in unison:
"Congratulations to Siye!"

Shi Mingzhe got up, took the Confucian disciples around him, and quickly left the lake pavilion.

As soon as he walked to a place where there was no one there, he suddenly stepped aside and heard a meaningful chuckle.

"Looking at the reason, the cause, and the safety, you can know between a gentleman and a villain... Hehehe, does Si Ye feel that he is a villain or a gentleman?"

As soon as the words were finished, an old man with a sharp-mouthed monkey cheek and an ordinary appearance, but his eyes were full of cunning, walked out from the side and looked at Shi Mingzhe with a smile.

Hearing this, the Confucian disciples who accompanied Shi Mingzhe immediately looked unhappy, and said:
"Mr. Gongsun, please speak carefully!"

Gongsun Song didn't care about the Confucian disciple's sweating, and looked at Shi Mingzhe quietly with a meaningful smile.

Gongsun Song, a famous scholar and talented person, is well-known as an eloquent contemporary.

Shi Mingzhe's eyes were fixed, but he raised his hand slightly to stop the words of the Confucian disciples around him, and said in a deep voice:

"The two families of Confucianism and fame intend to hold a discussion contest to promote their own ideas. Mr. Gongsun and I have to discuss this matter in detail. You all go back first!"

Hearing the words, a group of Confucian disciples hesitated for a while, and finally bowed together and said:
"Yes, the disciple is waiting to leave!"

When the disciples left, Gongsun Song immediately laughed and continued:
"There is no one else here, Shi Siye might as well tell me, do you think you are a gentleman?"

Shi Mingzhe's eyes didn't fluctuate, he just said in a deep voice:
"A gentleman has nine thoughts and four nos. This is the state of sages I pursue in Confucianism. I think that I am not talented enough, and my cultivation is not enough. It is really hard to be called a gentleman."

Gongsun Song clicked his tongue, stroked his chin, and said to himself:
"That's right, Shi Siye is ruthless and ruthless, and his own disciples can kill ruthlessly. How can you consider yourself a gentleman? But you look like a gentle old man in front of people, and you can't be called a villain when you teach your students earnestly." ..."

Speaking of this, Gongsun Song suddenly frowned, and said with a smile:
"After thinking about it, it seems that only a hypocrite and a fake villain can describe you, Si Ye!"

After all, he came from a famous family, among other things, this poisonous tongue is really powerful.

Rao Shi Mingzhe thought he had enough xinxing, and at this time he was also provoked to feel angry, and he couldn't help saying coldly:
"Mr. Gongsun, be careful!"

When Gongsun Song heard the words, his face showed a look of astonishment, then he suddenly sneered, pointed at himself and said:
"Speak carefully? Shi Siye made a mistake! My disciples from the famous family rely on their mouths for food."

Shi Mingzhe frowned and narrowed his eyes. Just as he was about to refute, he heard another cold voice:
"If the two of you still want to argue about this, please forgive me for the inconvenience!"

The tall and square old man with serious face looked at the two quarreling coldly, as if preparing to leave.

Shi Mingzhe and Gongsun Song also knew that the business was important, so they stopped the quarrel immediately.

Gongsun Song turned to look at him, said with a smile:

"But Hall Master Ji just found the two of us, so how can we leave now?"

This old man is Ji Fang, the head of the Legalist School of Criminal Law.

The Law School was set up among the Legalists, which belonged to the direct disciples of the Legalists.This Ji Fang can be counted as the number two figure in Legalism, and he has a great reputation!

Seeing that the two had stopped arguing, Ji Fang's serious and gloomy face eased a little just now, and he said straight to the point:
"I'm looking for the two of you today for one thing. The emperor seems to be sending people to investigate!"

As soon as this remark came out, the two frowned immediately, and looked at Ji Fang together.

"really?"

"Where did Hall Master Ji learn about it?"

Ji Fang said in a deep voice:
"In the past few days, Di Renjie, Zhidu and others who were ordered to investigate this case have not continued to return to their respective yamen to take charge of general affairs. Instead, they have closed the doors of their respective government offices. Message contact, busy as usual... I suspect that they are still secretly investigating this action!"

Most of the legalist disciples worked in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, and Yushitai. As the head of the Legalist Law Hall, Ji Fang could not get any important news, but he could still hear some of the movements in the three divisions.

When Shi Mingzhe and Gongsun Song heard the words, they both fell silent, with solemn expressions, and remained silent for a long time.

The reason why the three of them took action on the imperial examinations was because they saw that Xiao Cheng, the current emperor of Yun Kingdom, wanted to use official studies to train scholars and weaken the influence of the hundred schools of thought.And this is exactly what these people cannot tolerate!
Emperor Xia Yu Zhaoling, in order to curb the intensified court disputes, brazenly acted. The disciples of the hundreds of families in the Xia Kingdom's court died or were demoted, or were dismissed as civilians. The power of the hundreds of schools in the Xia Kingdom's court was greatly damaged.

But even so, it is nothing more than temporarily dormant the forces of the hundred schools.After Yu Zhaoling ascended the throne, aren't the officials appointed by the court also disciples from a hundred families?

The so-called "government and the public are cleared together" is only a temporary image.One day, the forces of the Hundred Schools will make a comeback and continue to repeat the old things.

On the contrary, Yunguo's side, because Buddhism was dominant back then, the influence of hundreds of schools on the court was not that great.

But now, Emperor Yun Xiaocheng ordered to supervise the local government schools and cultivate scholars as a check and balance. This is what made them feel threatened and began to secretly plot and attack the local government schools.

Once this matter is exposed, it will not only be their business, it will even affect the three schools of Confucianism, Legalism, and Ming.

Yunguo now has the image of winning the world, even if it fails, at least it can separate half of the world.Even though the three families are among the most powerful and influential among the hundred families, they absolutely cannot bear such a blow!
"I thought, I shouldn't just sit and wait like this, so I asked you two to come here... But I don't know what kind of evidence Di Renjie has in his hands." Ji Fang said in a deep voice.

A cold light flashed in Gongsun Song's eyes, and he said coldly:
"Fortunately, I didn't do anything and kept going... After the fire, Emperor Yun had no evidence in his hands, so what else could he find?"

Shi Mingzhe pondered for a long time, but instead chuckled a few times, looked at the two of them and said:
"We've cleaned everything up. Apart from the fact that the three people's backgrounds couldn't be covered up, is there any evidence left behind?"

The two were slightly taken aback when they heard this.

After considering each other, they all shook their heads together.

Shi Mingzhe looked at the two, and continued:
"The three schools of thought, you and me, are among the top ten schools of the nine schools, and have great influence in the world. Emperor Yun has no other evidence. Can it be determined that the three of us are behind the scenes and have done something against us just based on the background of the three of you in Zhuang?" ?"

The two didn't even think about it, and shook their heads again.

Confucianism and Legalism are powerful, with disciples all over the world, and their influence is astonishing. They are the real top existence among the top ten.Although famous scholars seem to be weaker, it is only because they have to be compared with Confucianism and Legalism, and their influence in the world is definitely not weak.

To attack the three families without evidence, it is expected that with Emperor Yun's scheming methods, he would definitely not be able to do such a reckless and impulsive thing.

Ji Fang's eyes were fixed, and he said in a deep voice:
"In other words, if the Emperor Yun becomes suspicious, at least he will be on guard against the disciples of the Legalists who work in the three divisions. It seems that the Legalists are deliberately showing their flaws so easily. , meaning to lure the snake out of the hole..."

Gongsun Song frowned and said:

"So let's do nothing?"

Shi Mingzhe nodded slowly, and said naturally:

"What to do? We have nothing to do with this matter, why should we react!"

Gongsun Song couldn't help retorting:
"If that's the case, are we going to watch the development of local government schools in Yunguo?"

"Preserving the principles of nature and destroying human desires are the pursuit of saints. How can ordinary people avoid the vulgarity? Now that there is no Master Gao from the Rites and Regulations Department, there will be Master Zhang and Master Li who are willing to cooperate with us in the future. Why worry!"

Gongsun Song and Ji Fang heard the words, pondered for a moment, and finally nodded slowly.
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Yunguo Imperial Palace, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Lu Bing stood respectfully in the hall, and replied to Xiao Cheng:
"The spies in the Jixia Academy received news that Shi Mingzhe, Gongsun Song, and Ji Fang met in secret. But after that, they dispersed without any change."

The ink pen in Xiao Cheng's hand, which was reviewing the memorial, paused slightly, raised his eyebrows and said:
"No change?"

"Yes."

Xiao Cheng's eyes were fixed, but he suddenly sneered and said:
"Among the hundreds of schools, the world-renowned 'sages and scholars' are indeed not easy to match. Even now, they can still hold their breath!"

Lu Bing opened his mouth and couldn't help saying:
"Then Your Majesty, no matter whether it is the minister, Eunuch Wang, or Lord Di of Dali Temple, there is no evidence in hand, so what should we do next?"

Just as Shi Mingzhe had guessed, Di Renjie and the others did a lot of tricks, and it was he who hinted secretly, in order to deliberately spread it to the ears of Shi Mingzhe and the three of them, so as to take advantage of them.

It's just that he is an outstanding resourceful person from various schools of thought, and he is sure that Xiao Cheng has no real evidence in his hands, so he still hasn't revealed his flaws.

Without evidence, it would be difficult for even Xiao Cheng to take down people from Confucianism, Legalism, and Famous Schools.

On the dragon chair, Xiao Cheng looked slightly cold, and said in a deep voice:
"It's okay, I will give them a chance in the future, let them stretch their claws..."

Speaking of this, Xiao Cheng suddenly said:

"Now the frontline battlefield, is there a new army report?"

Wang Zhi, who was on the side, heard the words, and immediately took a step forward, saying:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, General Anbei has now completely occupied Anshun County, and the army is approaching Xiangzhou, Jiangzhou County, Xia State. General Wu Xiang and General An Dong have all sent out their troops to attack in all directions. Qi Mo, the commander of the Xia Army in Shaoyang County, is under the enemy's back. Support, have abandoned Hengyang Mansion, and led the remnant troops back to Fangjiangzhou County..."

Having said that, Wang Zhi bowed down and said loudly:
"My maidservant congratulates Your Majesty, the land of the six counties in the southwest has all been brought into my hands, Dayun!"

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng's mouth curved, and he subconsciously looked at the golden emperor card [Qin Shihuang] that had equipped him, and said loudly:
"Decree to all the generals on the front line to attack Jiangzhou County, I will personally inspect and reward the three armies!"

　I forgot to ask for leave yesterday. In today's situation, my heart is inevitably excited, and I really don't have the heart to type.

　　I don't dare to say that yesterday's chapter can be reissued tomorrow, but anyway, I will try my best to make it up as soon as possible!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)