In Yuexiu Academy, Lei Xiang and Li Fangying looked at each other again, but this time the atmosphere of the two sides was completely different from the previous time.

"I don't understand why the king of heaven wants me to come to see you, if it is to restore your personal friendship with me, let alone the king of heaven in this matter, even the king of heaven has no right to peck at it."

Lei Xiang was on crutches, but he was imposing.

"I have already sued Lin Tong for rebellion, because I am also involved in the case and have to be detained for a while. Before entering the prison, he begged the king to come to see Brother Lei, first, he apologized, whether Brother Lei received it or not, Fang Ying must show his heart. Other than that...... Fang Ying always had a doubt in his heart, and he wanted to ask Brother Lei. ”

Although Li Fangying was dressed in a white shirt, he was dry and haggard, showing that his heart was suffering violently. Seeing him like this, Lei Xiang sighed, although he was unwilling to forgive him for his previous betrayal of friends, he no longer refused coldly, and waved his sleeves to signal him to speak.

"Brother Lei used to be the Hanlin of the Qing Dynasty, and he was the county governor of Xinhui, according to the words of our scholars, he was a gentleman and a gentleman, and he was favored by the emperor, why do you want to serve Yinghua and do things for King Li?"

If Li Fangying asked this two months ago, Lei Xiang was afraid that he would not be smashed with a cane on the spot, whether this was asking people or scolding people, but now Li Fangying is in such a situation and such a demeanor, obviously he wants to know Lei Xiang's heart, and even wants to use the answer to settle his heart.

Lei Xiang said seriously: "I am working for Li Tianwang, but I did not serve the new dynasty, and even I implore him to strip me of my qualification to try the Yinghua imperial examination when handling the "Yuexiu Times" case. ”

Seeing that Li Fangying was frowning and puzzled, he sighed with emotion: "I don't shy away from saying that I have selfish intentions, I want to protect my family, and I want to be loyal, and I don't want to be in the same league with the Xinhui people, which will damage the people." So...... Under the rule of Yinghua, my Lei Xiang cloth clothes for life, can be regarded as repaying the Qing Kingdom to my Junlu National Kindness, just like those remnants of the former Ming Dynasty. ”

Then he raised his eyebrows and said, "But what is the ultimate purpose of our scholars reading the books of the sages?" Brocade clothes and jade food or glory to the ancestors? Or is it just to repay the kindness of food? Isn't it all, isn't it for a benevolent word and for the well-being of all people? Now the general trend of the world is broken by Li Tianwang, and the government of the king of heaven is running towards a greater benevolent word. I advocate outside the world, it is beneficial to the king of heaven and Yinghua, but it is not beneficial to all the people in the world. ”

Li Fangying was unconvinced: "The king of heaven is in power, even if there is a good people, but the big thing will inevitably harm the people!" He wants to establish another Taoism, how can this be called benevolence!? ”

Lei Xiang shook his head: "What is the Dao system?" If the Taoist system is not for all people, how can it be the Taoist system? As for your assertion, if you think carefully about Mr. Duan's words, on what basis do you conclude that it will inevitably harm the people? ”

Li Fangying discerned: "The king of heaven advocates industry and commerce, which is the way of Yang Zhu, and the way of Mo Zhai is the way of Mo Zhai. The Yang family has no king, and the Mo family has no father. Mencius, Yang Mo's way is endless, then Confucius's way is not good, it is a heresy to slander the people and fill the benevolence and righteousness! If benevolence and righteousness are congested, then the beasts will eat people, and people will eat each other, isn't this the harm of losing the Taoism!? ”

Lei Xiang shook his head pityingly: "In the past thousands of years, there have been fewer corpses, cannibalism, and benevolence and righteousness?" Xinhui cannibalism is still in front of you, is that the way of Yang Mo? Since Dong Zhongshu went down, can Yang Mo's way be done again? Aren't all the Manchu Dynasty scholars who keep the Tao? Why is the world ruled like this? ”

Li Fangying was stunned by the question, Lei Xiang took a deep breath again, and asked something that shocked the other party: "There was a question in the township test before, whether Song lost the country, or whether the Taoism and the country were lost." It seems to me that even if the system is not lost, it is still dusty. Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Taoist system has changed. And why did Qianming lose the world? The Manchu Qing Dynasty settled the Central Plains, why did I lose my clothes and crown in China? What are the gains and losses of the Taoist system in this change? How has it changed? These questions, you soldiers who shout for defense, haven't you seriously thought about them? Is the way you are guarding only for self-interest, or for the sake of all the people? ”

In the subsequent rhetorical question, Li Fangying was even more powerless to parry: "Under the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Taoist system can tolerate the king of Yidi, tolerate the color of Yidi, and destroy the 'body hair and skin, and the parents who receive it'." Why is Li Tianwang here, after driving the Qing Dynasty, he can't change the Taoism? Could it be that Li Tianwang is of the same race in China, so he can't swing a knife at you like a foreign race? Isn't the Dao system that you want to restore for the alien race? ”

Although he is still ignorant of the Tao of God, he at least has a new understanding of the so-called "Taoism" before, and deeply understands that the Taoist system condensed by the Confucianism has its fatal loophole, that is, the foreign master is the most ideal emperor of this "Taoism".

Seeing that Li Fangying was speechless, Lei Xiang added: "According to the foundation of the Qing Dynasty's Taoism, that is the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, and you are really protecting your Taoism by doing this?" ”

The righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, the three outlines and the five constants, there are so many contradictions between the north and the south, Li Fangying closed his eyes in pain, and had to admit that the "Taoism" that their scholars sought was indeed untenable.

Lei Xiang poured out some opinions, and his mind suddenly became much clearer, and he cared about Li Fangying: "Since you haven't figured it out, why do you want to sue?" Aren't you "Righteousness" advocating that the scholars cry and boycott the school? ”

Li Fangying bowed his head and said: "We are running for it, and we are pouring ink with our pen, but it is not to overthrow Yinghua and welcome back the foreign race. I came to ask Brother Lei to solve the doubts about where the Dao Tong should go. Now it seems that this Yinghua is really a place without self Confucius and Mengdao? ”

Watching Li Fangying's scarf fluttering, Lei Xiangxin said, Fortunately, this Li Fangying still kept the bottom line of Huayi's distinction after all.

He continued to shake his head and said: "You are wrong, you are full of blood, you have not carefully read Mr. Duan's article, the Taoist system is going to change, it does not mean that you reprimand Confucius and Meng, respect Yang Zhu." What is the specifics, Mr. Duan will talk about the upcoming publication of "The Study of Truth", and I believe that the King of Heaven will soon tell it all. Now under the rule of Yinghua, tens of millions of people are waiting for it......"

Speaking of this, Lei Xiang also felt a lot of emotion in his heart, such a situation was actually woven step by step by Li Tianwang grasping the Li Fangying in front of him as a thread, fortunately Li Tianwang was to attract people's hearts to treat the new Taoist system, not to eliminate dissidents. Now that even his little wife who doesn't know the world is concerned about what Li Tianwang is going to come up with next, Li Tianwang should be satisfied and take the last few moves.

Lei Xiang was wrong, and Li Xi was very unhappy...... In his opinion, Li Fangying's guy was frightened by the "tide of annihilation" that rolled up, so he quickly turned himself in, and also explained Lin Tong, and he was even more contemptuous of that guy. But the people have surrendered, and it is not good for him to wield the guillotine again, so he has to do things according to the rules.

This informant can't be dealt with, and the others suffer even more. In mid-December, more than 700 death row inmates were taken to the banks of the Huangpu River and beheaded one by one in front of tens of thousands of onlookers. According to the level of social civilization in Li Xian's previous life, this is naturally very barbaric, but in this 1716, Li Xian did not let the executioner sell human blood steamed buns is the ultimate benevolence, and if he wants to be "civilized", it is estimated that he will be suspected of being Han annihilation...... Half of these death row prisoners were banner men who conspired to cause rebellion in Changjiang County, Qiongzhou, and the other half were worthless Qing court officials who were bewitched into plotting against the rebellion. Only a very small number of people are related to the war of public opinion, such as Lin Tong, as well as the radical scholars who instigated arson, and the businessmen who instigated the burning of newspaper halls in the industrial and commercial circles. Li Xian didn't dare to guarantee that there was no wrongdoer in it, after all, it was all up to his subordinates to do things, he was not a god, even if there was a little grievance, it could only be used as a sacrifice for this trend.

killed more than 700 people in one go, which finally evoked everyone's memory of Li Shi's early years of the name of "Li Banxian", and it was also clear that touching Li Shi's bottom line would end up being very terrible. And among the people, the comment that Li Tianwang had three faces also spread secretly, and one face smiled, like Maitreya Buddha. A face is cold, but full of compassion, like Guanyin. The other face grinned like a rakshasa ghost.

The murder was only one side, and then the Tianwangfu promulgated the "Yinghua version of the law", requiring all newspapers to be supervised by the newly established Information Department in the lower hall of the Tianwangfu, and all insulting, provocative and demagogic words were punished. Li Shi did not come to this time to engage in great freedom of speech, first set an order, let the nascent public opinion society grow, and then slowly find his own free surname and place to use.

Based on the simple rules that the law does not go back to the past, the clamor of the previous two months was smoky, and the "Yinghua Version of the Law" naturally couldn't be controlled. But even if Li Xian doesn't want to take care of it, the officials of the Heavenly King's Mansion and the local government will not give up, there is no detailed law, but there is a general outline, how can the king be so humiliated?

As a result, hundreds of newspaper scholars were accused of "slandering the king", but the specific punishment was different. The few who scolded the hardest and hardest were scolded with a cane and forty boards, banned from the imperial examination forever, and "sent out of the country". Since you don't have basic respect for the king of Yinghua, you don't want to be this Yinghua person, go back to the Qing Dynasty to rule...... The other scholars were more or less boards, and there were no other punishments. In the eyes of most scholars, this kind of treatment could not be lighter, they could still participate in the imperial examination, and they could still speak in the newspaper.

The hearts of the scholars were pressed on both sides by the "tide of annihilation" and the lightly lifted board, and they were all depressed, and most of them had the same feelings as Li Fangying. Li Xi did tolerate their scholars, but he no longer allowed their Taoism to be practiced in Yinghua.

But I never thought that this board had just been played, and the test would be opened, and the edict of the Heavenly King's Mansion said that the scholars who would pass the test would basically enter the Hanlin Academy or the Hongwen Pavilion, which would detonate the minds of the scholars again. The Hongwen Museum, which aims to collect folk books and compile canons, is not much interested, but the Hanlin Academy is the place where scholars think about it. Although this Yinghua is a little smaller, the court road is chattering, and the buttocks are still hurting, after all, it is the most ideal place for them to go as Yinghua scholars.

At this time, the path advocated by "Shilin" gradually became a realistic choice in the eyes of the scholars, and when they were full of courts, it was not a steady road to restore their Taoism step by step.

While waiting for the arrival of the examination, while waiting to see what the new Taoist system that Li Xi and Duan Hong were going to set up, the Yinghua Shizi at this time, along with all the Yinghua Chinese, was holding their hearts high, just like watching the "grand scene" of hundreds of heads falling to the ground in the execution ground.

(To be continued)