Four hundred and thirty-four chapters Yangzhou Palace
Chapter 434 Yangzhou Palace
Others were confused by Li You's eloquent words, as if the court put Chen Yingzhen in the wrong place because of his ignorance. But Mr. Yuan Ge knew the relationship between Chen Yingzhen and Xu Cifu very well, but the relationship between the two people was very low-key, and many people didn't know it.
Just know it. Otherwise, Chen Yingzhen would not have been dismissed when the Imperial Academy selected Jinshi as a common scholar in the Hanlin Academy.
It can be said that Chen Yingzhen was sent to the county on purpose by Xu Cifu, who was the Minister of Civil Affairs at the time. Besides, Xu Cifu was thinking about him. He was just pretending to be low-key. How could he be "almost forgotten"?
When he was less than 30 years old, he was already a member of the fifth rank of the imperial examination, which was quite good. He was just not in the court and was not familiar to others.
But Mr. Yuan Ge has fought with Li You many times, and he also knows that when Li You speaks, his mind needs to go through a few more circles, and he must not speak hastily. After thinking twice, he found that he should pretend to be confused at this time.
, rather than denying Li You's words.
Otherwise, Li You must have opened his mouth and said, "Xu Cifu is upright and upright, strict with himself, and never does anything for public benefit, so he puts his students away to avoid suspicion. Unlike you, Mr. Yuan Ge, who uses public tools for private purposes, your son-in-law is the same year as Chen Yingzhen, so he will give it to you when he comes up.
He got an extremely valuable patrol censor, and was also suspected of colluding with the eunuchs to collect illegal money..."
Anyway, now Li You is just clinging to Li Denggao and opening fire, why should he go to make him angry? He is a poor Taoist but not a fellow Taoist, and Li Denggao is not one of his disciples.
After Li You enthusiastically praised his teacher Chen Yingzhen, Mr. Yuan Ge sighed in his heart, he still completed the great cause of erecting an archway!
It can be said that Li You put on a gorgeous moral cloak for ridiculing and humiliating Li Denggao. The king of heaven and earth is his master, Li You asked for orders for his master and fought against injustice. It is another question whether it is right or wrong, but his position can be called justice. No one can
What to criticize morally?
The royal boat continued to sail down the river as the people greeted each other on the shore, but the deck fell into silence, with everyone thinking about their own thoughts.
It was Taishou Li who broke the silence, suddenly pointed to the shore, and began to act as a secret tour guide for the emperor, "These bamboo fences are all newly built. They don't look elegant, but behind the bamboo fence are either debris or tangled grass. They are very slovenly...
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"The walls along the river look bright and fresh, and they have all been recently painted. The bluestone slabs on the stone steps are neat and newly replaced..."
Hearing Li You point out these arrangements one by one calmly, everyone on the Royal Boat was speechless again. Your own superficial skills can only be exposed by others, but why do you have to say this without having anything to say?
Duan Zhien, the emperor's eldest companion, said: "Master Li is so frank and unrestrained, but you are so confident because you don't take your majesty into your eyes?"
"They are all the thoughts of the wealthy merchants in Yangzhou. Although it is a bit wasteful, I can't force them to be loyal and serve the emperor. I, Yangzhou, is a wealthy place and can afford money. It is not an exaggeration to decorate it.
There is no need to waste money, so you can talk to others about everything. If you do nothing and the emperor enters the country as usual, you are despising the power of heaven and looking down on your Majesty!"
The emperor was silent, feeling that the meaning of Li You's words was very to his liking. He neither regarded him as a fool nor as a saint, which was a little different from others. He also felt that there was a deeper meaning and needed to think carefully about his behavior and his attitude.
Is it the essence?
I don’t know how long it took, but the Yangzhou City Wall was already in sight, and the scenery on both sides of the river changed again. Various colorful sheds were erected, drums, harps and shengs were played, and hundreds of operas were performed, which was dazzling.
When the imperial boat arrived, countless fireworks were set off violently as if they were free of charge. Looking up at the city wall, there were colorful silk clouds hanging, fluttering in the spring light.
Li You said calmly: "These are offered by various salt merchants, and no government financial resources are used. Please don't be worried or happy, just understand his intentions."
The imperial boat turned westward in the northwest of Yangzhou City, and traveled another two or three miles to the imperial pier outside Gongchen Gate in the north of Yangzhou City, where officials from the Salt Transportation Department greeted him.
When the Emperor's ceremonial register was ready, Emperor Jinghe got off the boat and changed his chariot. After meeting the officials of the Transportation Department, he marched toward the palace, accompanied by the ministers and Li You on horseback.
After walking a few steps, I saw the vast outer wall of the palace from a distance. Qin Shilang, the Ministry of Industry, was a technical expert and was very sensitive to length. After visual inspection, he was shocked and said: "It's more than a hundred feet long."
Hearing this number, all the accompanying ministers were shocked and slightly moved. Along the way, temporary palaces are usually only about a few dozen feet long, but this is the first time they have seen a scale of more than a hundred feet.
This Li You is simply crazy. How much money does it cost to build such a huge palace? Even though Yangzhou is known as the richest in the world, money is not burned like this.
He only stayed for a few days for the emperor, and then he built a magnificent palace and built a magnificent palace, which wasted the people's financial resources. Do you want the emperor to become Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty?
Minister An of the Ministry of Rites, Bachelor Bai and Editor Li of the Hanlin Academy got off their horses, stopped the chariot, and kowtowed eagerly: "Your Majesty must not stay here, otherwise everyone in the world will think that Your Majesty likes extravagance. If they follow suit, the country will be destroyed."
No day of peace!”
Under normal circumstances, Li You would have been accused of being a treacherous villain, but at this moment, these three people actually ignored Li You and only remonstrated without impeaching him. Probably because they were afraid...
The foreman's accompanying minister, Yuan Ge Lao, was extremely confused on the sidelines. Should he advise or not? If the emperor appreciates the luxury and prosperity and is willing to stay here, there is no way to stop him by force.
It was a pity that Taishou Li did not hear that he was being impeached, which was called "big construction work". Full of bad taste, he also dismounted and stepped forward, saying to the emperor: "This palace has spent a lot of thought on the palace. It can be called a natural creation, condensed
The hard work of the people of Yangzhou is far from being called extravagant! Your Majesty, please don’t let me leave Yangzhou with regrets!”
The three of them turned a deaf ear to the admonishment and still stopped Yu Jia.
Li You spoke again: "The emperor has come from afar, and the holy body is exhausted! What do you want to do by standing in a stalemate here, obstructing the emperor? It's just a simple palace, so how can it be difficult for you to act unruly!"
Editor Li raised his head angrily and said sternly to Li You: "Who believes your sweet talk..."
However, Academician Bai secretly tugged at Editor Li and interrupted the rest of his words. At this moment, I am mainly admonishing you. It is better not to get into a quarrel with Li You.
He had learned so well that he could not take the bait, Li You sighed sadly, the consequences of today's excessive fishing gradually became apparent.
Emperor Jinghe, however, had a head as big as a bucket. At this moment, an eunuch suddenly ran over from behind and kowtowed to the emperor: "Gui De has something to say when he is a thousand years old. Your Majesty, don't worry about Li You's rhetoric. Just go to the palace and stay there. Nothing will happen."
worry!"
This woman actually ruined my good show! Li You, who had planned to continue to seduce several ministers to impeach him, had no choice but to do so.
After hearing the eldest princess's words, the emperor seemed to have a backbone. Although he didn't understand what his sister meant, there must be some truth to it. His sister was never a confused person.
The guards moved An, Bai, and Li out of the way to make way for the imperial driver to continue moving forward. However, the three people waited for the imperial driver to pass by and continued to kneel and admonish outside the palace gate without giving up.
This was the first time that Li You had seen the hard-nosed style of the Ming Dynasty's genuine Qingliu. At this time, there was no need to tease the three people who were kneeling and admonishing. He said truthfully: "There is a cave inside, it is extremely simple. You must know that seeing is believing. Lords
Just go in and take a look and you will know.”
Minister An said coldly: "Everyone has his own ambitions. Master Li, do you still want to trick me into waiting for me to come in? Where did you go when you violated Yan Zhijian's integrity in Wuying Palace?"
Li You felt a little helpless, "The palace is full of farmland and vegetable fields, it's not what you think!"
"What a joke! You might as well say it's full of fish ponds!" Shilang An scolded.
"Whether you believe it or not, there are indeed fish ponds!" Li You dropped this sentence, ignored these people, and turned around to enter the palace.
But he said that as the emperor slowly entered the palace, everything he saw was jaw-dropping. Within the vast palace wall, there was no Lianyundian Palace, no flower gardens, no strange mountains and rockery, no pavilions and pavilions, only a neat row of fields.
, a variety of crops and vegetables are planted, and between the streets, there are dense rows of mulberry trees.
There is only one main hall of the house, which is relatively grand and decent. The rest seem to have yellow mud walls and thatch roofs. They are typical Jiangnan farmhouses scattered in the middle of the fields.
Old Yuan Ge thought in a daze that his eyesight was dim and he was in a farm village. He couldn't help but secretly feel glad that he didn't kneel there to remonstrate with his stubbornness, otherwise it would be a bit embarrassing. Li You really didn't sell his flaws to others so easily.
The emperor looked at the novelty of the crops and couldn't help but said to his left and right: "It is indeed as Li You said, seizing the blessings of nature..."
Li You caught up from behind. Hearing the emperor's emotion, he responded: "Even the ignorant editor Li knows that agriculture is the foundation of the country, so I boldly opened up a few acres of thin farmland in the palace for the emperor to relax."
It’s time to teach farming! It happens to be the time to harvest spring wheat and transplant rice.”
Then he said respectfully: "Although Yangzhou is famous all over the world for its beautiful gardens, we dare not use it to distract His Majesty in his living room."
Emperor Jinghe heard what he said - there are so many gardens in Yangzhou, and if you want to visit, there is no better place than the palace...
After the emperor was sent to the main palace, it was almost dusk. The palace eunuch was responsible for the food and accommodation matters. Taishou Li wanted to offer Huaiyang delicacies, but he had to wait until tomorrow.
The accompanying ministers and their close relatives rested in various courtyards imitating thatched houses. These houses looked shabby on the outside, but they certainly didn’t look like they were living in poverty inside. Camp sites had already been designated around the palace, and the accompanying relatives
The soldiers and servants set up their respective camps.
Afterwards, Li You saw that nothing happened, so he exited the main hall and walked outside the palace. When he walked to the entrance of the palace, he glanced around and saw that the three people kneeling outside the door had disappeared. It was probably after learning the truth.
I was asking for trouble and found a place to hide.
Mr. Li couldn't help but chuckle to himself, wondering if these three people would still have the nerve to appear in front of him tomorrow?
As he continued to walk out, an eunuch hurriedly chased him out and sent a message to Li You: "Guide's consort has invited Mr. Li and his party!"
Li You had not heard this sentence with rich connotations for more than a year.