When he first read the preface to "The Biography of the Party Prison" and learned about the origins of the Party Prison incident, Liu Xie was shocked even though he was mentally prepared.
He knew that the Dangjian incident was caused by Emperor Huan's teacher Zhou Fu, but he did not know that Fang Zhi and Zhou Fu were both from Qinghe, which caused heavy losses to the Ruying people and finally led to a break with the imperial court. The cause was actually the death of two Qinghe people.
Internal strife.
After reading the preface carefully, he didn't quite understand a few things.
First, Zhou Fu can become the teacher of Marquis Li Wu. Even if his academic performance and character are not particularly outstanding, he will not be much worse. For such a person, with such an opportunity, is it too much to promote him to the position of minister?
At least compared to Hu Guang and others who were granted the title of marquis due to their support, this reward is insignificant.
Second, Fang Zhi is known as a man of rules in the world, but his disciples and guests are of this quality? They don’t seem to be much better than Zhou Fu’s.
More importantly, from the preface, he could not see anything wrong with Zhou Fu, nor could he see anything outstanding about Fang Zhi.
Except for the so-called courtesy of movement and silence.
But isn't it the basic quality of a Confucian scholar to be courteous in both movement and silence? When did it become a merit worthy of praise?
Is it because there are so many hypocrites among scholars in the world that Fang Zhi’s actions and courtesy are so precious?
Liu Xie didn't believe this. He believed there was another mystery in it, but it was not mentioned in the preface.
He originally wanted to look for Fang Zhi's biography or resume, but he couldn't find it. Lantai did not have Fang Zhi's biography, but he did have a resume. From the resume, it can be seen that Fang Zhi became an official with a virtuous reputation and had a prosperous official career. He became an official within a few years.
At least Fu, Sikong.
Later, he thought of something. Since Fang Zhi was from Qinghe, he must be buried in Qinghe. With his reputation, there should be a tombstone, so he sent someone to Qinghe to check.
In the end, we actually found Fang Zhi’s tomb and copied the tomb inscription.
Unexpectedly, the person who wrote the inscription for Fang Zhi was an acquaintance, Cai Yan's father, Cai Yong.
He is worthy of being the number one master of inscriptions in the Han Dynasty. Cai Yan's works can be seen everywhere. However, when thinking of his emotions when he wrote the tombstone for Guo Linzong, the credibility of Fang Zhi's inscriptions immediately dropped by a notch.
Therefore, Liu Xie did not attach much importance to this inscription, which was full of praises but contained few specific deeds.
Taking advantage of the arrival of scholars Sun Rui and Ju Shuo, he wanted to ask them about the difference between Fang Zhi and Zhou Fu.
He also didn't care much about Ju Shou's turbid and pure opinions.
Even if Fang Zhi is clear and Zhou Fu is turbid, it seems that Zhou Fu cannot influence Fang Zhi even if Zhou Fu takes the imperial master as his minister.
Fang Zhi was already the Yin of Henan at that time, and later he was promoted to Gongqing. Compared with his official career, Zhou Fu was not worth mentioning, and he was not even qualified to be Fang Zhi's opponent.
Faced with Liu Xie's questions, Shi Sunrui gave an explanation.
Although the minister was a humble official, he was a close minister of the emperor. Zhou Fu was both the emperor's teacher and a close minister, and had a great influence on Emperor Xiaohuan. He was a representative of the influence of the inner dynasty on the outer dynasty, so the officials of the outer dynasty reacted greatly. If Xiaohuan
Emperor Huan, like His Majesty, chose to cooperate with the ministers of the outer dynasty instead of confrontation, and did not use the inner dynasty to suppress the outer dynasty. Maybe the matter would not be so serious.
For example, now, let alone your Majesty promoting a teacher to be a minister, even if you promote a woman to be a minister, I won’t mind.
Liu Xie burst into laughter at Shi Sunrui's answer.
This old slippery man seems to be magnanimous, but in fact he has other intentions.
All said and done, he still needs to rely on the ministers from the outer court and stop engaging in the inner court suppressing the outer court.
"The inner and outer dynasties each have their own division of labor, and indeed there should be no infringement." Liu Xie smiled and counterattacked the scholar Sun Rui calmly. "It's just that if all the outer dynasties are gentlemen like Fang Zhi, I'm afraid that
The country cannot support this great man. If they could really act with justice and loyalty, why would they have a domineering general who has been in power for twenty years?"
Shisun Rui suddenly looked a little embarrassed.
Jushu pursed his lips, not knowing what to say.
Fang Zhi's moral character may be noble, but his talents are really limited. If you consider that he has worked with a domineering general like Liang Ji for more than ten years and still has a smooth official career, his moral character may also be compromised.
They didn't talk about it for more than half a sentence. Regarding "The Biography of the Party", they ended the conversation after just a few words.
Scholars Sunrui and Jushu left their tents and walked side by side.
Shi Sunrui looked solemn and said nothing.
Jushou was a little uneasy and instinctively followed Shisun Rui forward.
The two of them left the camp and saw Wang Duan being called in. Shisun Rui's eyes flashed slightly. "Let's go to Jizhou Seal Factory and have a look."
Jushu was obedient and responded casually, "Don't you dare disobey me."
Wang Duan entered the tent tremblingly, without even daring to raise his head, and knelt down in front of Liu Xie.
"Marquis Duting, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Liu Xie glanced at him and said calmly: "Cousin, please get up. There is no need to be polite."
Wang Duan felt relieved and stood up to worship again.
"How have you been these past few years?" Liu Xie put down the pen in his hand and waved his hand to signal the minister in charge of recording to go out.
The minister put down his pen, stood up and went out.
Wang Duan grinned, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Everything is fine."
"Tell me and listen."
Wang Duan talked happily. After returning from Chang'an, he buried his father, inherited the title, and took on the important responsibilities of the family. Although it was very hard, it went smoothly. In the past few years, the family has had more children and the property has increased a lot.
, can be considered prosperous.
"Especially in the past two years, thanks to His Majesty's power, no one dares to bully my family. I married a wife the year before last, who is a daughter of the Zhang family in Xiangcheng, my country. She gave birth to a son last year, so we have an heir."
Looking at the delighted Wang Duan, Liu Xie felt unspeakably awkward.
Marrying a girl from the Zhang family of the Zhao Kingdom makes you so happy? You are a dignified relative of the country. If you are really useful, which family in the world cannot marry a girl?
"Is the Zhang family in Xiangcheng, Zhao State, a famous family?"
Wang Duan smiled proudly. "Your Majesty, the Zhang family in Xiangcheng, Zhao State, is naturally from a famous family. My nephew's grandfather, Zhang Boda, was an official to the rank of Taiwei, and was a famous official in the Xiaoshang Dynasty."
The more Liu Xie watched, the angrier he became, and he didn't want to deal with Wang Duan anymore.
"Since you are from a famous family, you must have a lot of dowry, right? When you got married, were there many people coming to congratulate you with gifts? There were a lot of gifts, right? How much land do you have now?"
Upon hearing the word land, the smile on Wang Duan's face suddenly froze.
No matter how dull he was, he could still tell that the emperor was not in a good mood.
Thinking again of what the new Handan Commander Zhuge Liang was doing, cold sweat broke out on Wang Duan's forehead.
"Too many, can't remember?" Liu Xie's face darkened.
"Chen...chen..." Wang Duan stammered, not knowing what to say.
Liu Xie snorted heavily: "The war is about to begin, and it's time to hire people. Just stay here. As for your family's land, Zhuge Liang will help you count it."
Wang Duan wanted to plead for mercy, but for some reason, he didn't dare to open his mouth.
From the moment he entered the tent, he realized that the emperor in front of him was not the emperor he was familiar with. He was not only taller and stronger, but also more majestic than before. Even though he had a smile on his face and spoke in a low voice, it made him feel that he was not the emperor he was familiar with.
People dare not be presumptuous.
If it weren't for the vaguely familiar appearance, he would even think that the emperor in front of him was another person.