Ming politicians

() December [-]th.

Liu Zongzhou finally arrived at Zhongxing Academy.

Liu Zongzhou came to visit Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, Huang Daozhou and others, but the real purpose was to meet Su Tiancheng. There were many things. He needed to debate with Su Tiancheng, or even change Su Tiancheng's opinion, or Correct Su Tiancheng's mistakes, especially some theoretical understandings.

He, Sun Chengzong and others were both officials in the same dynasty, and Sun Chengzong was his superior. Therefore, the atmosphere at the meeting at the Zhongxing Academy was very good, and no one talked about the differences in academic understanding for the time being.

After getting the notice, Su Tiancheng rushed to the Zhongxing Academy quickly.

Qu Qingze was also with him at the academy.

Su Tiancheng did not go to the Jingsi Hall immediately, but found Liu Jingting.

He told Liu Jingting that today is the time for storytelling, and the venue is in the Jing Si Hall. The audience is the group of people currently in the Jing Si Hall, and there is no one else.

Liu Jingting had already made preparations and promised.

During the preparation process, Liu Jingting still informed Su Tiancheng of the general content of his storytelling, so Su Tiancheng was well prepared.He needs to use these facts to debate with Liu Zongzhou.

In history, there is a poem about Liu Jingting's storytelling ability that can be proved: a sudden sound shakes the sky, the pearls are scattered and shaken, and the momentum seems to be broken and broken, and the song turns to cry and depression, and the man who listens to the wind and rain under the eaves suddenly sees it again. The ghosts and gods stand, the waves are swaying, the vast sea returns, the forest forest soldiers armored in Kunyang, the guests are surprised to hear that there is no owner, and they want to say no words of praise.

this poem.It fully demonstrates Liu Jingting's storytelling ability.Peerless.

This is also because when Liu Jingting was telling a story, he integrated all his own feelings into it. With real feelings, what he said was especially able to move people.

Liu Zongzhou is already 55 years old, and he is completely Su Tiancheng's elder.

Su Tiancheng had just entered the Jingsi Hall.Sun Chengzong stood up and introduced Su Tiancheng.

"Master Su, this is Master Liu."

Liu Zongzhou has a thin face and a goatee.

Su Tiancheng hastily paid his respects.

"Su Tiancheng, the magistrate of Jiangning County, has met Mr. Liu."

"Master Su, you are too polite. I am a farmer in the countryside, and I cannot afford such a gift from Master Su."

Liu Zong said around.Bian Jishou returned the gift.

Sun Chengzong, who was on the side, was thinking of saying something, but seeing this situation, he didn't open his mouth. As for Lu Shanji and Huang Daozhou, he didn't say anything.But the face is not very good.

During the chat before, although Liu Zongzhou didn't talk about academic issues, he never mentioned the purpose of Zhongxing Academy. As a great Confucian, he has such an attitude.It has been able to explain the problem, and it is said that the Zhongxing Institute is here.It should be something that everyone can speak freely and even debate.

Su Tiancheng smiled, it was normal for such a situation to happen, if Liu Zongzhou put on a grinning air with a smile on his face, as if he was going to teach his juniors a lesson, he wouldn't be worthy of being called a great Confucian.

"Master Liu has come to the Zhongxing Academy. This is a rare opportunity. I have prepared some gifts."

Everyone was a little surprised, Zhongxing Academy does not give gifts, no matter what the identity of the other party is, is Su Tiancheng going to break this rule? <, whose name is Jingting, is a member of the Zhongxing Academy. I heard that my lord has come to the Zhongxing Academy, and I admire him very much. I am going to talk about a book, and I would like to ask you to taste it. However, there is one thing I want to say next. Earlier, the book Brother Liu mentioned may have touched on the sufferings of some common people. This is what I asked to say. If there is any taboo, I will take all the responsibility. "

Liu Jingting was caught off guard, he did not expect Su Tiancheng to take the responsibility publicly on such an occasion, which also means that if he talked about it, even if he scolded the court officials, the responsibility was directly borne by Su Tiancheng.

For a moment, he hesitated, not knowing whether he should say it, if he really caused trouble for Su Tiancheng, he would feel embarrassed, he is his great benefactor.

"Brother Liu, don't have any taboos. Even if you say it, the people who are in this Jingsi Hall today are all adults who used to be officials in the imperial court. There are some things that you adults know. I have said it a long time ago. The mouth of the people is better than Fangchuan, if the people are not allowed to speak, one day I am afraid they will have no chance to listen."

Qu Qingze's face changed a bit, and Su Tiancheng was a little too bold when he said these words. Isn't this satirizing the imperial court and being unable to distinguish right from wrong.

All did not speak.

At this time, Liu Jingting let go instead. Su Tiancheng had said such a thing. If he still kept it secret, it would be too disrespectful. It would be a big deal if something happened. relation.

The sandalwood clapped, and the sound was crisp.

Liu Jingting started to tell a story, and this is probably the most emotional one he has ever told. He is talking about things that he has seen or heard, and they are things that happened in the Ming Dynasty.

"Speaking of which, somewhere in the Ming Dynasty, there was a family..."

This story is indeed very tragic. Liu Jingting was talking about a family whose parents had worked so hard to raise two children, one son and one daughter, but in a famine year, there was almost no harvest in the field.

When the difficulty was at its extreme, many people in the village starved to death, and there was even a situation of cannibalism. Unfortunately, the gentry and wealthy households in the village were not willing to take out food relief at all.

Fortunately, the son of this family was up to the challenge, passed the examination as a scholar, relied on the endowment rice, and taught in the village, and finally managed to maintain the family's life and not starve to death.

But bad luck still came. The daughter of this family was very beautiful. Unfortunately, she was taken by the son of a gentry in the village. There is nothing to do here, causing trouble, bullying the weak, bullying men and women, getting old and notorious, no one comes to propose marriage at all.

One day, this dude found an opportunity to rob the girl and insult her.

How could the girl bear such an insult, she hanged herself.

This incident caused an uproar, but it doesn't matter to the dude of a gentry family, he has done enough bad things, and it's fine, but it's a big deal to die a girl.

For the sake of his own son, the gentry found a scholar and wanted to do it privately.

After all, Xiucai was a scholar, so how could he bear such anger? His parents were distraught, and both fell ill.

It's a pity that the gentry had already figured out a way to bribe the officials of the county government.

The scholar went to sue, but was framed instead, saying that when he was a private school teacher in the village, he molested girls and maliciously blackmailed many gentry.

The county government judged that the scholar was deprived of his fame and sent to the frontier to serve as an army.

When Xiucai's parents heard the news, they couldn't bear such a blow, and they both passed away within a few days.

The scholar's wife was also good-looking, but when the dude saw that the scholar had been exiled into the army, he became vicious, so he simply snatched the scholar's wife and insulted him.

The people in the village, seeing it in their eyes, were helpless. Everyone knew that the relationship between the gentry was strong and they were backed by the government. Whoever encountered such a thing could only admit that they were unlucky.

During the process of storytelling, Liu Jingting grinned his teeth, showing his emotions completely, and when he talked about the excitement, his eyes even turned red and almost shed tears.

Sun Chengzong was very old, and couldn't sit still for several times. He wanted to stand up and scolded the gentry and magistrate angrily. The rest of the people were not much better, and the complexion on their faces changed.

In the end, Liu Jingting still gave a good ending,

The scholar's wife endured the humiliation and survived. With the help of well-meaning people in the village, she went to the mansion to sue.

After doing all these things, Xiucai's wife committed suicide.

The scholar lamented the injustice in the world, escaped into the mountains and became a monk.

After Liu Jingting finished speaking, everyone didn't speak for a long time.

The last paragraph was obviously added by Liu Jingting on purpose. Just imagine, how could a scholar's wife, a weak woman, go to the government office to sue. Since the gentry has such a powerful relationship, how could the scholar's wife sue? The final result, needless to say Everyone knows that the scholar's family was ruined, and the gentry had nothing to do.

After Liu Zongzhou finished listening to this section of the book, he rubbed his chest with his hands in disobedience, apparently a stagnation of anger was stagnant in his heart.

In the Jingsi Hall, everyone was depressed, no one would be happy after hearing such a story.

Of course, what Liu Jingting said was too good, everyone sank into it, and regarded themselves as the scholar, feeling the sadness in the scholar's heart, you know, the protagonist is a scholar, a person with fame, and even suffered such As a result, if this is placed on ordinary people, then there is no need to talk about it, and there is no chance of suing.

Sun Chengzong and the others all believed in such stories. They had seen too many rich and powerful people everywhere, and the government was working for tigers. What they saw in their eyes was money.

Things like this might be happening somewhere in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, such stories are never allowed to be told in public. This is discrediting the Ming Dynasty and the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty.

If Liu Jingting tells such a story, if someone with ulterior motives finds out and continues to sue, he will face a lawsuit, maybe he will be exiled into the army.

Of course, Su Tiancheng was in the front and had already assumed the responsibility. Besides, the people who heard the book were different today. After all, they were all famous people, and no one would do such despicable things.

Su Tiancheng has been observing the emotions of the people. He feels that the time is still ripe, and he can make use of the topic to express his own feelings, so that everyone can understand why officials should do things in a down-to-earth manner.