I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 317 The world depends on scholars after all

"Yes!"

The shadow guard bowed respectfully, turned and left.

After he left.

Fang Xiu and Li Yaoyue sat opposite each other, speechless.

I do not know how long it has been.

One after another delicious delicacies were delivered to the hall.

At the same time, two sets of bowls and chopsticks were placed in front of them.

"Your Highness, the dishes are ready."

The shadow guard saluted respectfully.

"Ah."

Fang Xiu responded and waved his hand.

The shadow guard bowed and retreated.

Li Yaoyue glanced at the tableware and dishes in front of her, but did not pick up the chopsticks.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu asked, "The dishes are not right?"

Li Yaoyue didn't speak, but shook her head lightly.

She just remembered that a few years ago, when she was still young, she also had a meal in Qianqing Palace.

Also the same dishes.

The royal father was sitting in her current position, the queen mother was sitting in Fang Xiu's position, and she and the imperial brother were snuggling on both sides of the royal father.

The picture in memory is still very clear, but it has become an unreachable past in an instant.

Li Yaoyue sighed in her heart, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of glutinous rice lotus root, put it in her mouth, and chewed it lightly.

at the same time.

A vicissitudes of life sounded outside the door.

"I thank you Qianqiu to see His Royal Highness the Prince Regent."

"It came pretty fast."

Fang Xiu raised his eyebrows, picked up his chopsticks, took a few mouthfuls of food, and then said slowly, "Come in."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

The vicissitudes of life sounded again.

The door was slowly pushed open.

Xie Qian walked in front of Fang Xiu and Li Yaoyue, saluted respectfully, and said, "I thank you Qian, see Your Majesty, and see Your Highness the Regent."

Li Yaoyue raised her eyes and glanced at him, without saying a word, she turned her gaze away and ate the dishes to herself, as if everything in front of her had nothing to do with her.

Although he knew for a long time that His Majesty was just a puppet of the Regent, Xie Qian, who noticed this scene, still sighed in his heart.

"Do you know why Gu asked you to come here?"

Fang Xiu put down the chopsticks in his hand, turned to look at him, and asked calmly.

Xie Qian hesitated for a moment, then replied: "If you go back to His Highness, I probably know."

Fang Xiudao: "Tell me about it."

Xie Qian hesitated and said: "Gao Yu is a close friend of the minister. He wrote this article to attack His Majesty, His Royal Highness the Regent, and the alliance of the two countries. It is difficult for the minister to separate the relationship."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Fang Xiu.

"This article is obviously scolding you, the cabinet's chief minister, how can you say that it has nothing to do with you?"

Xie Qiandao: "From my point of view, Gao Yu scolding me is protecting me, and I don't want him to get involved."

Fang Xiu was silent for a few seconds when he heard this, and said, "Continue."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Xie Qian responded, and continued: "Gao Yu is not a reckless man, let alone an idiot. He sent this article to Jiang Yuege, but he didn't intend to let this article be published, because the officials of the fourth rank and above in the court Everyone probably knows that Jiangyue Pavilion is His Highness's property, and Jiangyue Tabloid is His Highness's mouthpiece.

That being the case, there is only one possibility for him to send this article, which is to let His Highness see it on purpose, so as to clear the connection between the minister and him.

In addition, the article could not be published, so he must have made other plans to attack the court and His Highness. "

Hearing this, Fang Xiu frowned, and said leisurely, "Since that's the case, if I leave this matter to you alone, what will you do?"

Xie Qian did not hesitate at all, and said firmly: "If the minister is to handle this matter, the most urgent task is to arrest Gao Yu and bring him to justice. In this way, the possibility of him causing trouble will be cut off!"

Fang Xiu didn't expect Xie Qian to be so decisive, so he couldn't help but look at him twice.

Seeing Xie Qian's expression as usual, Fang Xiu said again: "It's a good idea, but... there is one thing, I am very puzzled. I and Your Majesty returned to Beijing yesterday, why did Gao Yu choose to make trouble today?"

The voice fell.

Fang Xiu stared straight at Xie Qian with sharp eyes.

Sharp eyes seem to be able to see through people's hearts.

Even Xie Qian, who has experienced the wind and rain, couldn't help but feel guilty for a moment when faced with such eyes.

But soon he regained his composure, and said: "In Yichen's opinion, there may be many reasons, maybe he just made a decision today, or maybe he didn't think about what to do before."

He said several reasons in one breath, and they all sounded reasonable.

Fang Xiu heard this, and said with a half-smile, "Old Xie Ge is indeed Gao Shangshu's best friend, and he knows Gao Shangshu so well."

When Xie Qian heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

Before he could speak, he was interrupted by Fang Xiu.

"Well, Gu believes that this matter has nothing to do with you."

"As for the article you just mentioned can't be published. I tell you, you are wrong. Jiangyue Tabloid will publish Gao Yu's article tomorrow, and it will be printed as the headline on the front page!"

The voice fell.

Xie Qian was stunned.

He never thought that Fang Xiu would allow such an article attacking him secretly to be published.

"What is the Prince Regent planning to do?"

At this moment, Xie Qian had a lot of thoughts in his mind.

Before making a judgment, I heard Fang Xiu continue:
"The most important thing that Gu asked you to come here today is to ask you to write an article to refute Gao Yu. inner recognition."

When Fang Xiu said this, he picked up his teacup, took a sip, and continued: "You were the number one scholar back then, and you entered the Imperial Academy as soon as you entered the court, and now you are a cabinet minister. For you, it shouldn't be difficult."

When Xie Qian heard this, a daze appeared on his face.

Write an article to refute Gao Yu, and make ordinary people agree with it from the bottom of their hearts?

This.
"Your Highness, I think that Gao Yu's article, not many people will take it to heart, but most of the people who will really take this article to heart are scholars of my Great Zhou, and what scholars care most about is In addition to the word benevolence, there is also loyalty."

Xie Qian said with a look of embarrassment.

Unspoken.

In terms of "benevolence" and "loyalty", they are unreasonable, and it is difficult to refute Gao Yu.

Fang Xiu frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked, "What is benevolence?"

For ordinary people, such questions may be answered in a few words.

For a cabinet scholar like Xie Qian, it may not be possible to finish the lecture in one day and one night.

Therefore, he just replied: "His Royal Highness, the sage has something to say, the benevolent is the lover."

Fang Xiudao: "The sage said, the benevolent loves others, the courteous one respects others, the one who loves others, people will always love them, and the one who respects others, people will always respect them."

Xie Qian was slightly taken aback when he suddenly mentioned the words of the sage, and thought to himself, unexpectedly, the regent still remembered the words of the sage.

Fang Xiu noticed Xie Qian's slightly surprised eyes, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

No matter what he said, he was also a Jinshi and the first degree back then.

It was just saying a well-known sage's words, and this Xie Qian looked at him with such eyes. Could it be that he was treating him as an ignorant dude?
"The sage also said that the emperor envoys his ministers with courtesy, and the ministers serve the emperor with loyalty; following the way but not obeying the emperor, following righteousness but not following the father, is the great conduct of a man; the people are the most important, the community is second, and the emperor is the least."

Fang Xiu said the famous words of the three saints in one breath, followed by silence.

Xie Qian listened, but immediately understood.

The Prince Regent wanted him to refute Gao Yu from the point of view that the Supreme Emperor was fatuous, while His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Regent loved the people.

No matter how gaudy Gao Yu said, whether the people are doing well or not, the people themselves know in their hearts.

After His Majesty ascended the throne, he exempted some areas from the land tax, increased the business tax of rich merchants, and reduced or exempted the business tax of hawkers in the market. He also donated sweet potato seedlings to many people and taught them how to plant them.

In addition, the prices of many commodities, such as cloth, sugar, liquor, and monosodium glutamate, have dropped a lot.

People's lives are indeed better than before.

As long as these are written out, Gao Yu's attack can be strongly refuted.

Of course, only ordinary people care about these.

The vast majority of scholars don't care about agriculture and mulberry on weekdays, and they don't touch the smoke and fire of the world, so naturally they don't have much feeling for these changes.

What they saw was that the prime minister of Qian State became the regent of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the ancestral etiquette was destroyed.

Others, they cannot see.

thus.

Xie Qian hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "Your Highness, a scholar."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Fang Xiu: "Why do you always mention those scholars?"

Of course it is because scholars are important.

Xie Qian said without hesitation, "The world will still be governed by scholars."

Fang Xiu looked at him, nodded his head and said: "This sentence is correct, but in Gu's opinion, it is necessary to add six words before a scholar. Those who have real talents and real learning. After all, the world depends on those who have real talents and real learning. Read to govern!"

Xie Qian was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and soon understood what Fang Xiu meant.

This is to say that most of the scholars in Dazhou have no real talents?

As the cabinet's first assistant university scholar, Xie Qian naturally disagreed with this sentence.

He hesitated for a while, and said: "There are not many scholars who are really talented, but there are still some. When these people read Gao Yu's article, they will inevitably think too much."

Fang Xiu waved his hand and said, "Think as much as you want, Guben has no intention of relying on them to rule the world!"

"Gu as long as they don't make trouble for Gu."

When Xie Qian heard this, a dazed look appeared in his eyes, and he thought: If you don't rely on this group of people to rule the world, then who will rule the world?

You can't count on a new batch of scholars in more than ten years, right?

Is it possible to let these old guys survive for another ten years?
Xie Qian thought about this, and heard Fang Xiu say: "You just write articles to refute Gao Yu, don't worry about how good a scholar is, you know what you are alone."

The tone is very firm.

After hearing this, Xie Qian said no more, "I understand."

Fang Xiu waved his hand and said, "Go on and write."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Xie Qian saluted, turned and left.

After he left, Li Yaoyue, who had been staying out of the matter, raised her eyes to look at Fang Xiu, and rarely spoke on her own initiative:
"What are you going to do?"

Fang Xiu looked at Li Yaoyue and said in surprise, "It's really rare that His Majesty took the initiative to talk to the minister!"

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Hearing this, Li Yaoyue already regretted speaking.

"What I do depends on what Gao Yu and the scholars he instigates do, but there is one thing I can be sure of, the law does not blame the public, and it does not exist!"

Fang Xiu's tone was very flat, but there was a sharpness in his eyes.

Seeing this, Li Yaoyue probably guessed his plan and fell silent.

After a long time, he said: "The world will be governed by scholars after all."

The same thing, Xie Qian said just now.

"But this group of scholars is not necessary."

Fang Xiu also repeated what he said just now.

After hearing this, Li Yaoyue fell into deep thought.

After a while, she seemed to think of something, looked at Fang Xiu, and said in surprise: "You want to train scholars yourself?"

She rarely showed her emotions in front of Fang Xiu, this was one of the few times.

It's just because Fang Xiu's idea is a little too unrealistic.

The so-called self-cultivation of scholars means that the imperial court pays for a group of scholars.

Undoubtedly, the amount of silver this would cost is an astronomical figure.

After all, if Fang Xiu really planned to do this, he would definitely not choose the children of those aristocratic families, but the children of poor people.

In this way, it is not only to give them books and find a husband for them, but also to ensure their basic necessities of life.

It's okay to train dozens, hundreds of them.

However, it would be too much for the imperial court to train thousands or even tens of thousands of them!

Fang Xiu didn't answer, but said with a serious face: "The sage speaks, never speaks when eating, never speaks when sleeping."

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Li Yaoyue really wanted to say, you are the one who cares the least about saints on weekdays, but today you are getting up one saint at a time.

After thinking about it, if you really want to say that, it is tantamount to being irritated by Fang Xiu.

So, I chose to be silent.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu stopped talking, picked up his chopsticks, and began to eat.

at the same time.

High House.

main hall.

Gao Yu sat in the first seat with a serious face.

More than a dozen officials in official robes of fourth and fifth ranks sat on both sides, all with worried expressions on their faces.

Before coming here, they had already heard the wind.

The regent intends to dismiss all those officials who did not go to greet His Majesty in one go, without leaving any one behind!
There is no doubt that they cannot accept such a reality at all.

Just at this time, Gao Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, who was well-known in the court, invited them to come to discuss the matter.

Naturally, they rushed over impatiently.

"Gao Gong, you and Xie Ge are always classmates. You should know a lot of news better than the officials. Is the regent really planning to dismiss all those who did not greet His Majesty that day?"

Some officials showed hesitation on their faces and asked.

The voice fell.

The rest of the officials all looked at Gao Yu, wanting to get an answer.

Gao Yu looked around for a week, and said lightly: "It is true."

Those four short words chilled the hearts of those present.

In an instant, everyone started discussing enthusiastically.

"There were at least 30 people who did not greet His Majesty that day, and they were all dismissed at once, leaving so many vacancies, how can the court fill them?"

"The regent has only been in Beijing for a day, and he did such a thing. Is he not afraid of causing trouble?"

"What regent! He is just a tyrannical man who doesn't take me seriously! He won the Huben army and acted recklessly. He really thinks that I, Da Zhou, is a vassal state of his vassal state!"

(End of this chapter)