The gloomy prison of the Ministry of Punishment, one of which has a pair of embroidered spring knives on the door, no one is allowed to enter! This is the cell dedicated to the Jinyi Guard, a place dedicated to handling cases, which is called the Jin Prison by officials.

However, most of the brocade guards are not satisfied here, and there is always a feeling of being under the fence. Although the power of Jinyiwei has expanded rapidly over the years, he does not have exclusive custody and interrogation rights, just like a toothless tiger.

But no matter how to seek to restore the Jinyi Wei in the early Hongwu Dynasty, there will be people who will suppress the suggestions on the grounds that they must not violate the ancestral system.

Zhu Gaochi himself doesn't like Jinyiwei very much, every bloody storm in the capital in the early years was participated by Jinyiwei, but unfortunately Jinyiwei is indispensable to him, otherwise he will have to sleep and eat all the time.

In the prison, Ru Yu knelt on the broken mat with a calm expression, and in front of him was a cup of cloud tea.

From time to time, he joked a few words to the discouraged officials around him to boost morale, and he didn't care about the fact that others were worried about his future, and he was already semi-retired.

In history, Zhu Di was in power, and Ru Yu was also sentenced to Jinyiwei prison for the same crime, because of the ruthless methods of the Yongle Emperor to settle accounts after the autumn, just like the tragic ending of most of the Jianwen courtiers, Ru Yu let his son buy poison in desperation, and committed suicide by taking poison in prison.

Now that Emperor Hongxi is in power, Ru Yu is not worried about anything, at most the property will be confiscated if he loses his official position, even if the whole family is reprimanded to Hechi, Guangxi, there will be officials to help him wherever he goes.

Gui Da, who was in his forties, leaned against the cold wall in a gloomy mood, he was the last one to be arrested by name, and the moment he was arrested, his promotion and fortune had come to naught.

If you don't get promoted, you are afraid that you will lose your official position, and if you delay in prison for another year and a half, how will you repay the debts of Lilu? Even if the wife and son sell the house in time to repay the money, they will be penniless and have a large family at that time. Do you drink the northwest wind?

"Alas!" Guida sighed when he thought of this, and said to himself: "There is no endless road, it's a big deal to go to my niece and county lord, and I have to reward my whole family with a mouthful of food." ”

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Gaochi and Ru Yu's guesses were exactly the same, and the emperor did not want to be infamous for killing ministers indiscriminately.

Zhu Gaochi said to Xu Hao: "The King of Qin is no longer in the same vein, but it is a pity that in the Jin Palace, Zhu Jixi has always been dissatisfied with the court, but he can't find any handles. ”

In the eyes of the emperor, the feudal king is the foundation of the Zhu family's world. Therefore, even if the feudal domain is cut, the spring rain is silent, and the seizure of military power must let the local palaces retain the minimum influence, and Zhu Yunwen's experience is also Zhu Gaochi's biggest concern.

Xu Hao had no worries, it seemed that the danger of the vassal king was completely solved after a few generations, but the threat was gone, but it became a big burden for the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Hao also knew that Lu Dao was buried because of his biological mother, Zhu Jixi's younger brother Zhu Jixi, the king of Pingyang, had been seeking revenge, and Zhu Gaochi was patiently waiting for the opportunity. Therefore, sooner or later, Zhu Jixi will end up in captivity.

As for Zhu Lu, the king of Wang Shugu, Zhu Gaochi took the same countermeasures as the king of Qi, allowing him to stir up anger and resentment in the fiefdom, and then justifiably ordered to arrest him.

It can only be said that in the Ming Dynasty, such a feudal autocracy reached an unprecedented grand central dynasty. It is enough to have a Yan king, but this is still a situation where the time and place are favorable, and the other vassal kings have neither that luck nor that ability.

After chatting with the emperor for a while, when Xu Hao came out to pass through Wenyuan Pavilion. Seeing the grizzled Yang Shiqi, Xie Jin's face was also sallow, but these talented Confucians were all in excellent spirits.

Xu Hao said in surprise: "Don't you make this your home?" ”

Yang Shiqi said with a smile: "Although the Hongxi ceremony is preliminarily sorted out. But there are still a lot of things to do, and the festival is nothing more than a social exchange of human feelings, so why bury your head in the sea of books? This is the long-cherished wish of my generation. ”

Xie Jin held a precious Spring and Autumn solitary book in his hand, smiling without saying a word, with a satisfied face.

Xu Hao admired it very much, this is a down-to-earth scholar, and said: "The compilation of the ceremony is indeed a prosperous era for the whole country, and leaving a name in history is also a reward for your hard work. However, I hope that adults can understand that books are not just treasured in the imperial court, but a treasure of knowledge that the sages took from the people and used them to make the country rich and strong. ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Hao smiled, I am afraid that anyone here is enough to educate him for three days and three nights, and there is no need for him to bother with his tongue, so he turned around after giving a salute.

Xie Jin smiled and said: "The great goodness of the library advocated by Xu Dudu is more beneficial to the people than the private library pavilion, and the common people and the children of the poor family can borrow books to study, and in the long run, there will be no successor." ”

Yang Shiqi nodded and said: "Self-cherishing of the broom is not beneficial to the country, and the sage advocates education without class." I agree with Xu Dudu that everyone has the right to study to change their fate, and they have to separate the class division of Shinong industry and commerce, just like the supreme quality of the Han family in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and in the Tang Dynasty, the high gate lord was destined to die against the sky.

Therefore, for the sake of government, we should judge the situation and adjust the situation, conform to the will of the people, look forward, and learn from the rise and fall of the previous dynasty to eliminate the malpractices. The self-cherishing of a scholar's broom is as pedantic as being stubborn in ancient rites, and Fang Xiaoru is a living example. I can't repeat the mistakes of the past, whether the eight strands of the text should be retained, I hope that all my colleagues can carefully consider, after the feast to speak freely, the speaker is not guilty. ”

Xu Hao didn't know that even without his promotion, with the enlightened and relaxed atmosphere in the court today, even if there was no dual influence of internal and external, many things would naturally have a wonderful chemical reaction.

The first is Zhu Yuanzhang's eight-strand text, Xu Hao has always thought that it is the most headache for him, but he forgot that this is the early years of the Ming Dynasty, and the eight-strand text has just been popular for decades.

Baguwen is not useless, it is an article format inherited from Tang and Song poems, and the current imperial examination has not very strict requirements for Baguwen, and a unique poem or an insightful essay can stand out and be appreciated by the examiner.

The Bagu text, which could not be played freely at all, was advocated by a group of ministers who benefited from the influence of Bagu in the 23rd year of the Ming Dynasty, and was used until the end of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Every year, there are people who oppose the examination of the eight shares and propose to abolish it, but it is just like the college entrance examination in later generations. There must be a standard answer, the eight strands of literature are reasonable on this, for most students, it is relatively very fair, not to imprison the mind, only conducive to the rule of the feudal dynasty.

Of course, there are benefits in this regard, but the emperor does not want to cultivate a group of pedantic officials. The content of the Bagu essay is empty, focusing on formalism, and stifling the creativity of the literati. His ears do not listen to what is going on outside the window, and he only reads the books of the sages. The literati spent their whole lives studying the writing of Baguwen, lacking a practical understanding of politics and society.

Similar to Yang Shiqi and Xie Jin, a man who is obviously talented but repeatedly fails the exam, and Pu Songling of the Qing Dynasty is very dissatisfied with Baguwen, there are too many similar literati, and if he fails the examination, he will naturally complain about the imperial examination. And Xie Jin is the beneficiary of the Baguwen, and the young man is ambitious.

If you abolish the eight-strand text, you will definitely be able to enrich the country and strengthen the army? Xu Hao knew that the answer must be no.

Why did Zhu Yuanzhang formulate the eight-strand text? was tossed and disgusted by the literati at that time, and tens of thousands of words were sprinkled with a piece of music and folding, and it has not yet cut to the point. This made Zhu Yuanzhang, who had never slackened off in political affairs for a day, hate him so much. Just like Mao Taizu's proposal for the opposition party's eight shares, they all wanted to write the article shorter and save time in handling government affairs.

In short, Xu Hao knew that there was no more basic science. Is there a fart to abolish the Eight Shares and even the Four Books and Five Classics? What to take instead? Besides, this thing is so profound that it is more tiring than being an emperor.

Today is the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and Tang Fugui ran to Yang's house early in the morning, lest he get up late. Both brothers went to his house.

Upon arrival, Woolven wore a brand new scribe's shirt covered with fur. came with fifty taels of silver, and Yao Yuan also arrived.

After Yang Ji came out, he said, "How about the night before when I said that I would take my blind sister-in-law to play?" My second brother and I agreed to meet at my house and then go to your house together, but you came first. ”

After finishing speaking, staring at Tang Fugui's reaction, Yang Ji smiled and said, "It seems that someone doesn't allow it?" Why is the third brother like this? ”

Tang Fugui's face flushed, his nose was bleeding the night before, so he found an excuse to recuperate for a day the next day.

Wu Siwen was also very happy when he saw him eating deflated, clapped his hands and smiled: "This is also a happy thing, why is the virtuous brother so angry?" There must be a reason, and there must be no hidden. ”

Tang Fugui shouted angrily: "You two are afraid that your sister-in-law will not dare to say it, even if you count me as an old idiot, you can bear it?" Pity me when I went back and said a word, I was almost beaten to death by my grandmother, almost two lives, and said what kind of blind aunt did you pick up? ”

Pointing to his face, Tang Fugui cried: "Look at the swollen here, I looked in the mirror in the morning, and it was still half green." There were two bowls of nosebleeds, and I was still dizzy. ”

Yao Yuan smashed his mouth and praised with a clear conscience: "The three grandmothers are so good at running the house, and they don't allow the old men to interfere in foreign affairs, it's really rare to have such virtuous help." ”

The little servant pouted on the side and said, "It's not good at home, why don't you hide it from your grandmothers and go to your blind aunt's house?" Cheap and assured. ”

Zhennai woke up the person in the dream with a word, and Yang Ji shouted: "Reasonable! Today, I am the third brother who is frightened. ”

Tang Fugui was happy when he heard it, but he didn't forget to instruct: "Inherit my brother's love, just go, it's not the master who doesn't go!" But if someone asks me about my face, don't say that my grandmother beat me, just say that I was drunk yesterday and fell out of the sedan chair. ”

Everyone smiled and nodded, and immediately sorted out their clothes, wearing a person of five or six, and did not use a sedan chair but rode a big fat horse, with forty or fifty relatives, and went straight to Huajie Willow Lane. The louder this is, the less suspicious the tigress will be!

The blind aunt's surname is Feng, her milk name is Wenjun, she has not broken the melon since her debut, Mei Sheng once pulled Xu Hu to listen to the music last year, and the two people who came and went were heart-to-heart, and they made a lifelong decision in private.

After his mother Hao learned about it, she wanted to cling to the Xu family and proposed a dowry of 1,000 taels of silver, which was naturally nothing to the Xu family, but she didn't know that Xu Hu knew that the elders would never agree to him marrying a fireworks woman.

After such a delay for more than half a year, the Hao family gradually understood what was going on, even if her daughter married as she wished, she was at most just a lowly concubine, and with the Xu family's family, she couldn't see her daughter in her spare time, let alone rely on power, it was better to let her daughter take more guests now and save as much silver as possible for the family.

Taking the three brothers into the house, Hao rushed into his daughter's bedroom like a gust of wind and shouted, "Son! The son of Scholar Yang is here, and he has come to admire your name, you hurry up and dress up, and the three guests are waiting for you. ”

Feng Wenjun received a message from his lover last night, and a thousand taels have been almost prepared, where is he still in the mood to pick up guests? said: "For him, although the son dies, he can't obey his fate." ”

Hao Shi hurriedly said: "Then Yang Gongzi is a famous dumb overlord in the capital, and the two who came together, I don't think it's good to pretend, wouldn't refusing to accept guests annoy people?" Once Yang Gongzi breaks in and humiliates you, what can you do? It's better to lower your voice when singing, and say that you have a life and can't stay overnight. But sit with them and eat a few glasses of wine, first, to avoid disaster, and second, the old lady will also earn a few dollars. ”

Feng Wenjun lowered his head and thought about it carefully, even if he was forced to do this, he couldn't find a place to fight a lawsuit, and it was harmless to sit with each other, who made himself a prostitute? With a long sigh, he nodded his head slightly.

Hao was overjoyed, so he instructed the little girl to dress up, came out and said: "The little girl slept on the bed because of illness, and reluctantly asked her to get up, and when she freshened up, she would come to accompany the masters." (To be continued......)