Wang Zhonghou and his eunuchs quickly arrived at Donghua Gate. He also didn't understand why the civil servants were fighting!
Don’t you need to lose face as a scholar?
Glancing at the situation outside, Wang Zhonghou had no intention of stopping him. Lu Shengzhi's official uniform was torn, with several large holes exposing the underwear underneath. The old gentleman's beard and hair were flying, like a lion. Although he was held by Feng Bogong and others,
He still stretched out his hand and pointed to the opposite side.
Opposite are Cui Li and other officials from aristocratic families, more than twenty people in total. In addition to Cui Li and other elderly people, there are also many young and strong people.
Cui Li's clothes also had several tears, and between the two stood a middle-aged official, with an angry face and a livid complexion, gnashing his teeth, his body tense, and his eyes full of murderous intent!
This is Liang Zan. He just came out of the prison and planned to come to the palace to thank Zhu Youde. He happened to meet the ministers walking out from the palace.
When Cui Li saw Liang Zan, he hated him so much that he naturally lost his temper. He immediately called Liang Zan a lackey of the emperor and a disgrace to the family!
"Master Liang, if you don't stand up to the world, how can you face the people of the world? No family in the world will tolerate you!"
Cui Li's words are well-founded. Liang Zan's beating of Cui Sheng is actually a big deal, but a trivial matter.
Both of them are disciples of aristocratic families. To put it mildly, this is just an internal conflict among the disciples of the aristocratic family. But to put it seriously, Liang Zan has expressed his attitude of breaking away from the aristocratic family and seeking refuge with Zhu Youde!
This is tantamount to betraying one's origins!
In this era, abandoning one's family background is almost like being unfilial. From now on, Liang Zan has no relationship with the aristocratic family. He can no longer use his status as a son of the aristocratic family or get any benefits from the aristocratic family.
Unless Liang Zan commits suicide, the shame of the family can be washed away. As long as Liang Zan dies, his wife and children will still be members of the family.
When Cui Li was speaking, Lu Shengzhi and others also heard it and were immediately furious.
Lu Shengzhi is a straightforward person. If he doesn't take a stand, he won't take a stand, but he has taken a stand today.
Naturally, you will persevere to the end. This is the character of a scholar. The word character has nothing to do with stance but persistence.
After being recognized as the emperor, even if Zhu Youde is really a foolish emperor, Lu Shengzhi will still hold on to the end.
This is what scholars call loyalty, and it doesn’t matter who you are loyal to.
Lu Shengzhi praised Liang Zan in the court as a pillar of the country. As a senior scholar of Lin Wenzong, he said this to show that he thought highly of Liang Zan!
What Liang Zan did was in line with his life philosophy and the ethics of a Liang official.
In other words, what Lu Shengzhi said in the court meant that he would protect Liang Zan from now on.
Cui Li actually wanted to force Liang Zan to commit suicide. How could Lu Shengzhi endure it?
"The Cui family actually forced the minister of Honglu Temple in the imperial court. Cui Li, do you think I am a dead person?"
There is another kind of relationship between literati, which is called supporting the underachievers. This kind of thing is most suitable for big men in the literary world, so I will do it like Lin Mingsu!
Lu Shengzhi happened to be a big figure in the literary world and a famous scholar in the literary world. He said to Cui Li: "That's his mother!"
Equivalent to a modern grass mud horse!
I'm not dead yet. Although he is not a minister, his qualifications as a literary figure are enough. Unless the old people from the Cui family come out, Cui Li will be a junior in front of him!
The only advantage of living as an old man is that you can speak unscrupulously!
What's more, Lu Shengzhi had just been promoted by Zhu Youde, and it was an unprecedented second-class sacrificial wine.
The imperial wine offering originally belonged to officials of the fifth rank, so it was not a big deal.
Zhu Youde was promoted to the second rank of Lu Shengzhi, which means that he is optimistic about him. Lu Shengzhi is likely to be made prime minister in the future. Maybe Zhu Youde will not establish the official position of prime minister again, but what about Zhongshu Ling?
Anyway, it is the emperor who has the final say on what official positions are needed!
So in anger, Lu Shengzhi raised his hand and slapped Cui Li: "I'm looking for a slap!"
Cui Li was naturally unhappy and counterattacked with his backhand.
Zhou Heng made a detailed report next to Wang Zhonghou. In order to explain what happened, he also asked two Yulin guards who had seen it with their own eyes, one to play Lu Shengzhi and the other to play Cui Li!
As he introduced the situation, the two guards immediately started acting, lifelike, and even the expressions on Lu Shengzhi and Cui Li's faces during the group fight were not missed!
There was also a group of people playing other officials on the side, it was really lively!
"You didn't even think of stopping me!" Wang Zhonghou looked at Zhou Heng strangely.
This guy must have arranged for his soldiers to keep an eye on those civilian officials early in the morning, otherwise why would he still be acting?
"Eunuch, I stopped you, but you didn't stop me. Lu Gong is the second rank, Cui Li is also the fourth rank, although a certain family is a third-rank Yulin general, but the jurisdiction of a certain family is within the Donghua Gate, and they are outside the Donghua Gate.
I have no authority to govern a group fight, not to mention that six ministers are involved in the fight, so how can I take charge of it?"
"It's reasonable and well-founded." Wang Zhonghou nodded.
In fact, he knew that Zhou Heng was dishonest, so how could he not have the power to govern? He just didn't want to participate!
Zhou Heng was very unhappy with the scholars now. This time it was a group of civil servants who fought, and he only took care of it when he was full.
But Wang Zhonghou didn't care, he wasn't here to break up the fight, Zhu Youde just asked him to understand the situation.
But Wang Zhonghou wondered if there was another purpose behind this incident.
Is there another reason why Lu Shengzhi beat Cui Li and didn't care about the dignity of civil servants?
Maybe it was for the emperor to see, or maybe the old donkey had other ideas.
And why did Cui Li dare to attack Lu Shengzhi? Was he really trying to break his skin?
Wang Zhonghou is right to think so, the so-called civil servants are all politicians!
Every move must have a profound meaning, not to mention someone like Lu Shengzhi who is as old as a man.
Seeing that Wang Zhonghou was silent, Zhou Heng asked, "Prince, what do you mean by your majesty?"
"Can you guess what His Majesty means?" Wang Zhonghou rolled his eyes at Zhou Heng: "It is a death penalty to presume on the Holy Heart!"
Zhou Heng broke out in a cold sweat, but if Zhu Youde didn't express his position, he wouldn't dare to mess around!
He couldn't make up his mind whether to arrest or release these ministers!
I don't dare to make up my mind either.
When encountering this kind of thing, most people would naturally want to take the blame, and Zhou Heng was naturally the same. He felt more and more that being in the capital was meaningless. He worried about it every day, so he might as well go to the northwest to work.
Wang Zhonghou's mouth twitched, and seeing Zhou Heng's speechless expression, he couldn't bear it anymore.
Zhou Heng is unlucky. The same thing happened at Donghua Gate where students stormed the palace gate, and now he encountered a group of gangsters!
He was very haggard, and he had dark circles under his eyes in just a few days.
Wang Zhong said kindly: "I just came to take a look on behalf of Your Majesty. Your Majesty didn't say what to do. This is what Your Majesty meant!"
Zhou Heng was stunned and immediately understood that the emperor not only wanted to take care of things, but also wanted to watch the show!
Zhou Heng looked at Wang Zhonghou gratefully, but he didn't think about it. Wang Zhonghou said coldly: "Don't harm me. If you are grateful to me, Your Majesty will know and think that I will collude with the Forbidden Army and you and I will be dead!"
How can it be!
Zhou Hengxin said that he would never collude with Wang Zhonghou, but he did have the intention to please Wang Zhonghou.
Wang Zhonghou is His Majesty's man, and has been with His Majesty for a long time, so he understands the Emperor's thoughts best.
When Wang Zhonghou said this, Zhou Heng immediately reacted: "I have no such intention..."
"Heaven..."
Before Zhou Heng finished speaking, a man riding a horse stopped, got off his horse and handed Liang Zan a letter. After Liang Zan read it, he let out a scream, and Zhou Heng's words were interrupted.