Chapter 405: Yuan Shou's New Deal and Old Things
Lu Chengqi is also stubborn, two stubborn donkeys collided together, and it was destined to be Mars hitting the earth.
Xu Chongguang didn't need to look back, he also knew that Lu Chengqi was really angry, otherwise how could he ignore his face and actually yell at him? "What a young and vigorous person it is!" Xu Chongguang sighed in his heart, since the little emperor came into power, he has led all kinds of reforms, all of which are novel. This made him almost forget that the little emperor behind him was still an eighteen-year-old boy.
This is the difference between the elderly and the young, the elderly have lived long enough, have seen more things, and then know that stability is the king. And young people, with their enthusiasm, often ignore the front and back, and rush forward with their heads stuffy, until their heads break and they don't know that they have taken the wrong path.
Xu Chongguang couldn't bear to see Lu Chengqi hit his head and bleed, so he spoke up. I didn't expect this little emperor to admit his death, and he didn't listen to any persuasion. In frustration, rather than being regarded as the one who instigated the little emperor to launch a new policy, and was ousted by vested interests, it is better to retreat and save his reputation.
These two people have different starting points, so naturally they can't get along. Xu Chongguang focused on the huge number of vested interest groups, fearing that he would be implicated, and became Lu Chengqi's scapegoat; And Lu Chengqi was concerned about the people, saw the harm of unmanaged officials, and was committed to improving the status quo, so he proposed this ten-grade official system.
Both of them are blind people eating dumplings, and they know it in their hearts. As for what the other party thinks, they all know it, but the two of them are stubborn and can't talk about it together. Xu Chongguang heard Lu Chengqi tell him to go back and read "Mencius", which made him amused and angry. He was a person who had been the chief officer of the tribute test, so how could he not have read "Mencius"?
But. This also made Xu Chongguang more aware of what Lu Chengqi was thinking. This little emperor really wants to do something for the people. It's just that he's too young. I didn't expect that once this ten-grade official system was rashly implemented, the consequences would be so serious!
I wanted to go away in a rage before, but it's always a bit inappropriate to think about it like this. Those who are ministers and are benevolent and righteous are the rulers of their affairs, which is the Gangchang etiquette that Confucianism has always respected. The emperor can be unkind to his courtiers, but his courtiers cannot be unkind to the king. What's more, Lu Chengqi didn't know how to treat himself, and he walked away. He is an unrighteous minister.
This thought was only in a short moment, and Xu Chongguang had already thought through it. His intention to resign was just a means to force Lu Chengqi to comply. Seeing that Lu Chengqi was unmoved, his killer weapon also lost its original meaning. However, he still had another killer feature hidden, so he only heard him say lightly: "Your Majesty, do you remember when the first emperor was the emperor, Fan Zhongyan Fan Zaifu?" ”
Seeing that Xu Chongguang's intentions were not so firm, Lu Chengqi's heart relaxed a little. Although I don't understand why Xu Chongguang wants to pull out Fan Zhongyan, since Xu Chongguang has the intention of "changing his mind". He also followed Xu Chongguang's words and said: "I naturally remember that when Fan Xiang was still in the court. I'm not more than five or six years old. ”
Xu Chongguang turned around, stared at Lu Chengqi with bright eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Then does Your Majesty know about the new Yuan Shou policy implemented by Fan Zaifu? ”
When Lu Chengqi heard him mention the "Yuan Shou New Deal", he immediately raised his vigilance, and was silent for a while before he said slowly: "Does Xu Qing want to tell me something?" Although Fan Zhongyan has a good reputation among the people, it is a taboo name in the imperial court. Without him, it was because the new policy proposed by Fan Zhongyan failed. In the fourteenth year of Yuan Shou, Fan Zhongyan was demoted to Yingzhou, knowing the affairs of Yingzhou, he helped the sick to take office, went to Xuzhou, and passed away at the age of 64. But in order to take care of the civil and military officials of the government and the opposition, Yuan Shou did not say anything. It was not until Emperor Yuan Shou died that he issued an edict to give Fan Zhongyan the nickname Wenzheng.
Before Yuan Shou died, he once said to Xu Chongguang: "I think I am worthy of my ancestors and worthy of Sheji all my life, but there is only one person I can't stand it." Fan Xiang suffered this great disaster because of my temporary soft-heartedness. Although more than ten years have passed since this incident, I still have no peace of mind. Xu Qing, you are a student of Fan Xiang, why did I try to prevent the ministers from impeaching you? It's a shame for Fan Xiang......"
Soon after Emperor Yuan Shou said this, he died in the Gyeongbok Palace. At the time, people thought that he was one of the ministers of the first emperor Tuogu, and they did not dare to persecute him too much. Even Taishi Yang, who was in power at that time, turned a blind eye to him, and only then did he have today's Xu Chongguang. It's just that Emperor Yuan Shou said those words before his death, Xu Chongguang didn't dare to forget them for a moment. Now that he has landed on Lu Chengqi's thief ship, is it possible that he will also follow in the footsteps of his mentor and be attacked by the courtiers? He also seemed to foresee what might happen in the future, Lu Chengqi couldn't resist the pressure of the government and the opposition, and ordered him to go to a certain state capital, and then he was indignant in his heart, and finally died depressed......
Thinking of this, Xu Chongguang became even more determined to stop Lu Chengqi, if he couldn't stop it, he would also give up this official uniform. lest he come to the head and assist the king in his life, but end up in a desolate world.
"Your Majesty, do you know how Fan Jaefu failed?"
When Xu Chongguang said this, he couldn't help but take a step forward. Lu Chengqi saw his "aggressive" appearance, but he was so bluffed that he almost took a step back, and asked with some weakness: "How did you fail?" ”
"In the twelfth year of Yuan Shou, the first emperor summoned Fan Zaifu to consult on major events in the world. Fan Zai said, 'The politics of the past dynasties have had disadvantages for a long time, and if they are not saved, disasters will arise', and the first emperor said good. Then Fan Zaifu, together with Fu Bi, Han Qi and other important ministers, jointly wrote the "Ten Things of Answering the Edict of the Hand", stating that "Ming dethroned, suppressed luck, Jinggongju, selected chiefs, Jungongtian, Hounongsang, repaired military equipment, pushed grace letters, re-ordered, and reduced conscription". The first emperor adopted it, and the edict was uniformly promulgated to show the world, but the art of war was given up because of the opposition of the ministers. In the thirteenth year of Yuan Shou, Fan Zaifu went to Shurenzong to "discuss the military tun, repair the outer city of the Beijing division, and secretly determine the crusade strategy" and other seven things, and asked to expand the power of the minister, and the auxiliary ministers were also in charge of the military and the promotion of officials, and the first emperor approved them one by one. When the new policy was implemented again, the ministers felt that the favor was reduced and the grinding was strict, and those who wanted to get lucky felt deeply inconvenienced, so the remarks slandering the new policy increased day by day, and the rumors all said that Fan Zaifu, Fu Bi, Han Qi and others formed a party for personal gain, and the first emperor was very suspicious. The ministers figured out their intentions and wrote to impeach Fan Zaifu. Fan Zaifu was already sixty-three at this time, and he went to court with illness and reprimanded the ministers. When the first emperor saw that Fan Zaifu was so majestic, he was even more suspicious. In the fourteenth year of Yuan Shou, the first emperor used dozens of impeachment letters to demote Fan Zaifu, Fu Bi, Han Qi and other new ministers out of Beijing one by one. When Fan Zaifu was already terminally ill, on the way to Yingzhou, he traveled to Xuzhou, and passed away at the age of sixty-four......" (To be continued. )