Chapter 30 Tang Zheng's Inscription
"What is the other monument engraved?"
In the county town at the end of the official road, there are also people talking about Tang Zheng’s diner.
This is the location of the old yamen in the county town. Because the establishment of the Great Zhou Kingdom was too short and the palace could not be built for the time being, the empress directly requisitioned the yamen as a court meeting place. At the time of the morning, civil and military officials gathered to discuss matters.
In recent days, the incident of Tang Zheng opening a wine shop and carving stone tablets has been rumored. Not only did the people around him know that there was a Tang family little Wu teaching for free, but even the wealthy families in the county government were quietly discussing this matter.
"Will no one answer me?"
The queen spoke again, glanced at the ministers, and said with a slight anger: "Tang Zheng sent someone to engrave the stele, and there were many discussions in the city. The first piece he engraved was the name of the restaurant, so what is the word in the other piece of the stele?"
This time someone finally answered, saying respectfully: "Your Majesty, I can solve my doubts in this matter."
Everyone looked at him and found that the answerer was the middle-aged prince Li Huaiyun. The queen nodded slightly, and for some reason, her tone was a little gentle, and she said softly: "King Huai was in charge of the secret guard of the wind and was responsible for summarizing the world's news. I didn't expect that even a wine shop could pay attention to it. It was actually the example of the ministers of this dynasty..."
Li Huaiyun smiled, not seemingly complacent. He stood up and bowed to the queen, and said directly: "Your Majesty asked Tang Zheng's winery that the two steles were engraved in the winery. Because the first stele had been engraved yesterday, I told you the first time, but today I was engraving the second stele. I just received the news in the morning and knew what words to engrave this stele?"
"What word?" the queen spoke directly.
Li Huaiyun coughed, and his tone suddenly became a little emotional, and he sighed softly: "The Encouragement of Learning, the Ambition of Men, the Train of Military Vehicles, and the World..."
The queen was slightly dazed, and the ministers present were stunned.
Military advisor Han Tu gently stroked his beard and thought for a moment: "I heard from King Huai's retelling, this monument seems to have four articles engraved?"
"Not bad, it's exactly four articles!"
Li Huaiyun and Zheng pointed his head, suddenly took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and smiled and said, "I have copied all four articles under my command. I should read them to my colleagues in person..."
Without waiting for the queen to agree, he directly recited: "The first article, the Encouragement of Learning, the world, human relations, all things are the first. Thinking of ancient times, people were ignorant and did not know that there were sages looking up at the heavens and earth, watching flowers, birds, fish, insects, and the vastness of the universe, so humanistic sprouts, and accumulation is knowledge. I am now engraving a stele and erecting words to encourage the child to learn, learn, know shame, learn, have etiquette, learn, and look at the secrets of the heavens and earth all night long. When you embark on the road to study, life is different from now on! A suffering peasant son can also be a golden dragon, and his knowledge has the power of millions of sharp swords. I should bow and do my best to die until I die, and do my best to teach the child to learn. I want to give the Han family the right to hold the ten thousand swords..."
With just this one opening, the whole hall suddenly became silent. Several self-proclaimed scholars present looked at each other, and a glimmer flashed in the eyes of military advisor Han Tu.
"What a wonderful article!" A great scholar suddenly spoke.
"What a domineering tone!" This was the queen frowned.
Kong Ruyun stood up suddenly and roared in anger: "How dare he do this? The concubine's son humiliated the sages. If knowledge is wandering among the people, wouldn't it be contaminated with noble reputation?"
Another person obviously came from a noble family, and also stood up and shouted angrily: "Tang Zheng's behavior clearly wants to let the muddy people enter the school. This is a way of turmoil in the world. It is not enough to calm the laws of nature without killing."
The two of them were exaggerating and suddenly there were many followers, but some people in the court were very unhappy, but one of them sneered and said, "The way of chaos in the world? Isn't this world still messy enough? I think Tang Xiaowu is doing well. If you are not convinced, you can come and tell me. My hands are itchy recently, and I feel uncomfortable all over and want to kill someone..."
The families of aristocratic families were furious, but turned their heads and looked down, because they found that the speaker could not afford to offend them, and the other party was the top three peerless generals in the world.
That's right, it was Tang Wudi who spoke out to support Tang Zheng.
The queen suddenly waved her hand and said lightly: "Whether it is right or wrong, he is just a white person, so what if he let go of his hands and let him do it? Don't worry about your aristocratic family. Tang Zheng is alone and cannot move the thousand-year inheritance of the aristocratic family..."
As he said that, he looked at Tang Wudi again and said leisurely: "General Zhuguo should not make enemies everywhere. You and Tang Zheng have not had a deep friendship. My country has just begun to establish a new country. You need to join hands and shoulder to shoulder. There can be noise, but not enemies."
This is considered to be a big 50 board each, and the people on both sides returned to their original position in disappointment.
The queen suddenly looked at Li Huaiyun again, and Wufeng on her face automatically asked with a smile: "King Huai, please continue reading, I want to listen to the next article."
Next article, that is the ambition of men!
Li Huaiyun shook the paper and said with a little emotion: "The second article is a man's aspiration. There are only four sentences in the whole article, but I think it is very exquisite. Your Majesty's feelings make a brief comment..."
"read!"
The queen spit out a word lightly.
The ministers present also stopped quarreling and were quietly looking forward to the next article.
Li Huaiyun glanced at everyone. He did not recite to the paper. He suddenly raised his head and chest and recited loudly, and said boldly: "Since ancient times, men should be self-improvement, men should be determined by swords and will envy all directions. They will both swallow up the land of the world and the places where they go, and they will all be in the Han town!"
The whole room was silent again, and only a sound of breathing was heard.
Military advisor Han Tu's eyes flashed even more, and there was an indescribable look of relief on his face.
Kong Ruyun looked at each other with a few great scholars of the aristocratic family, and each felt powerless. The aristocratic family had always been proud of their knowledge, but Kong Ruyun felt that he could not write such a grand poem.
It would be fine if a great scholar wrote such a thing. At most, Kong Ruyun only envied and admired him. He hated him only to be a farm boy who was not worth mentioning. It is said that he was an orphan since childhood and grew up eating a hundred families. Why is such a mud capable of being so talented?
The queen slowly stood up from the chair, her eyes seemed to look outside from afar, and said thoughtfully: "This person's article is extremely domineering, a farmer boy, a farmer boy..."
She suddenly looked at Li Huaiyun and asked, "Where is the third article? Let me continue reading it!"
His tone was already a little cold and harsh. Li Huaiyun was suddenly a little surprised, but he couldn't go against the emperor's order, so he had to continue chanting: "The third article, the military carriages..."
"No need to read!"
The queen suddenly changed her mind and spoke out to stop Li Huaiyun from continuing to recite.
Everyone was stunned. I wonder what this meant. Li Huaiyun stood blankly with the paper, her face also confused.
The queen glanced at everyone and suddenly said in a cold tone: "I ordered someone to inform Tang Zheng and asked him to change the inscription. The essay on the school and the aspirations of men allowed him to engrave it, but the military and chariots and the world must be erased. Today, the next two articles are in chaos, so there must be no trouble. I guess that his next two articles must promote the aspirations of tigers and wolves. If the articles are allowed to be widely circulated, I am afraid that the people will be encouraged to rise up..."
The ministers suddenly realized that they thought about this truth.
The queen seemed a little tired, and suddenly waved her hand to retreat. When the ministers were about to disappear, the queen suddenly spoke again, and said with a hint: "King Huai, wait first, take the paper for me. I really want to see what he wrote in the two articles behind the inscription..."
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Chapter completed!