Beauty Man: All Heavens and Immortals

Chapter 13 Undercurrents Surge, Shen Lian Makes a Choice (Please recommend for favorites!)
The imperial capital, Liu Dashi's mansion.

University scholar Liu Yixiu said he was sick at home, and the Prime Minister of the Donglin Party headed by University scholar Han Huang made an appointment to visit.

"My lords, my master is here to invite you." The old housekeeper bowed and invited.

Han Huang nodded slightly, and walked into the bedroom in the main courtyard. Seeing Liu Yixiu was lying on the couch, he hurried forward to comfort him, and then the two looked at each other. Liu Yixiu ordered: "Uncle Fu, you step back." Let someone guard the door, and don't disturb me and the adults talking about old times."

"Yes, master." The old housekeeper Fu Bo agreed, exited the bedroom, closed the door, came to the gate of the courtyard, and said in a deep voice: "Master has orders, watch the door, don't let Xiaoxiao disturb the master."

"Yes."

A neat reply sounded, and I saw a group of strong men dressed as family guards skillfully surrounded the entire main courtyard, and there were people standing on the roof, looking around, and then the leader came to the door, He tapped lightly on the door three times.

inside the house.

"Okay, it's confirmed that it's safe, and there won't be Wei Yan's minions peeping." Liu Yixiu, an academician who was bedridden, lifted off the quilt, got out of the bed, adjusted his clothes, and then led Han Huang and the others Come to the living room.

Han Huang and the others were not surprised by this. After taking their seats, Han Huang sighed and said: "Wei Xie has harmed the world and poisoned the world endlessly. He forced us, the disciples of the sages, to discuss state affairs, so we must be so cautious and always on guard. It is a lifelong shame." ah."

"That's right, not only that, but he also brutally killed my Donglin scholars, causing the court, the gentlemen retreated, and the villains gained their way. The situation has reached a critical juncture. If there is no change, our Ming Dynasty will perish."

"It's a pity that your Majesty did not listen to our advice, and stayed in the inner palace all day long, handing over all the power of governing the country to the eunuchs, so that we have no intention of serving the country and assisting the government, but we can only watch the eunuchs harm Daming The world, oh..."

"Hmph! The Emperor Taizu once issued a decree prohibiting eunuchs from intervening in government affairs. Now His Majesty does not respect the law of the ancestors. He only knows to be immersed in strange obscene skills and low-level labor all day long. He cannot extricate himself from it. It is not the blessing of the community. As Confucius Disciple, shoulder the heavy responsibility of educating the world and nurturing the people, even if you die and your family dies, you must bear it on your shoulders, I believe that after thousands of years, there will be a public statement in the history." Liu Yixiu snorted coldly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed.

Han Huang took a deep breath, frowned and said, "Although what Ji Hui said is reasonable, this matter is no small matter. If something goes wrong, we will not be able to atone for our sin even if we die."

"Wei Xie is just a lucky villain. He is illiterate, has no talent and no morals. How can he be able to exert power in the government and the world, and the world is cholera? Isn't it because of His Majesty's favor? I have waited and tried to persuade Your Majesty, a good minister, and a villain, but There is nothing to gain, but the loyal ministers such as Yang Dahong and Zuo Fuqiu died tragically in the imperial prison. Seeing that Wei Xie's power is getting bigger and bigger, can we just sit back and wait for death?" Liu Yixiu excitedly said .

"The only way everyone knows is that there is a Hakka family in the harem, and His Majesty is deceived by her, which makes it difficult for the heirs, and the dragon veins are in danger of being cut off. However, the Hakka clan has long had the heart of Lu Buwei, and even disregarded the laws and regulations of the country and offered beauty without authorization. Girl, if you want to give birth to an unidentified son and inherit the great treasure, if you succeed, the ancestral temple and society will be destroyed. Since the founding of the Great Ming Dynasty, it has been 300 years since the founding of the emperor. How can we sit back and watch such a huge crisis come?"

"Liu Dashi's words are very true! Your Majesty has no heirs. Once there is a change, only His Royal Highness Xin Wang can inherit the great line. His Royal Highness Xin Wang is a man of heaven. He admires my Confucian teachings and has the appearance of a saint." , will definitely be able to clean up the eunuchs and rebuild the mountains and rivers."

"..."

Although they had been psychologically prepared for a long time, when such rebellious words came out, everyone fell into a long silence.

"Although Wei Xie is powerful, he is unpopular. Even his godson has the intention of abandoning the dark and turning to the bright. This time the inner eunuch builds a treasure ship, which is the best time for us. You should not hesitate."

"Is this person trustworthy?"

"If you stick to this matter, is there any way out?"

"Actually, you don't need to be too frightened. We are just pushing the boat along. Everything depends on God's will."

"Exactly, everything depends on God's will!"

Everyone nodded slightly in agreement, and then communicated for a while before leaving.

The big event has been decided, Liu Yixiu was happy in his heart, and walked into the courtyard to enjoy the beautiful scenery in summer. The old housekeeper Fu Bo came over with a gift list, bowed and said: "Master, this is the Cao's house in Suzhou, and the Ma's house in Hangzhou. Please take a look at the ice salute slip sent by me."

With a move in his eyes, Liu Yixiu took the gift slip and read it carefully from beginning to end. He had already estimated the approximate price in his mind, which was enough to be worth his hundred-year salary. Tsukuru said impatiently: "I hate this kind of mundane affairs the most, you just leave it to Madam, why bother me."

"Yes, master forgive me, I will hand this old slave over to my wife." The old housekeeper Fu Bo replied calmly.

This kind of routine happens several times a year, and he is already familiar with it.

"Yeah!" Liu Yixiu gave a kiss, and when Uncle Fu retreated, he could no longer hide the smile on his face, hummed a little tune, turned around and went to the backyard, ready to taste the Yangzhou skinny horse presented by a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River ...

Being an official for thousands of miles is only for money, and the founder of Ming Dynasty, Taizu, was born a poor man. After the founding of the country, he set extremely harsh salaries for officials. It is too difficult to support a large family with this salary. Therefore, corruption prevailed. Even during the reign of Emperor Taizu, all kinds of severe punishments and severe laws could not be killed. What's more, the world has been in peace for 300 years?
Scholars, farmers, businessmen, why are scholars in the first place, because they govern the country for the emperor and hold power, and power can bring wealth.

Take a scholar as an example, as long as he obtains the honor of Juren, he will have tax-free benefits. Once he returns to his hometown, countless tenant farmers will dedicate their land to him in exchange for lower taxes, so he is called Jin Juren.

And a Jinshi who is a step closer, if he is a local parent official, it is also a fat job. The so-called three-year Qing magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes, this is not covered.

As for staying in Beijing as an official, there are two possibilities. One is to work in a department with little power, such as the Ministry of Rites. Wait, the local officials below all have to look at their faces. Naturally, during the festivals, they have to offer festival gifts, ice in summer, carbon in winter, and so on.

These are the bulk of the income of Beijing officials.

And cabinet assistants like Liu Yixiu, academicians, who have reached the peak of being ministers and can directly influence the direction of policies, are the targets of the rich businessmen in the affluent places in the south of the Yangtze River.

Since Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty took back the right to monopolize salt and iron, how could the rich merchants in Jiangnan who had tasted huge profits willingly give up, so the curve turned around and used their rich financial resources to subsidize a large number of scholars in Jiangnan for the imperial examination. After these people succeeded in the imperial examination, they became wealthy businessmen Their spokespersons in the imperial court formed a civil official group, and the Donglin party members were the banner, under the banner of admonishing the emperor not to compete with the people for profit, intending to let go of the monopoly power of salt and iron.

But it ignores how ordinary people are entitled to the right to monopolize salt and iron?The only ones who really compete with the country for profit are those Jiangnan wealthy business groups.

Although Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty had always lived in the harem, he firmly grasped the military power, and supported the eunuch party to attack the civil official group, and stabilized the court. The civil officials and wealthy businessmen had no choice but to pin their hopes on the next king.

After Shenzong's death, Guangzong succeeded to the throne, and the civil official group made great efforts, so Guangzong let go of the salt and iron monopoly, which made the civil official and wealthy business group rejoice, and wantonly eroded the tax revenue that originally belonged to the national treasury.

God is pitiful, although Guangzong was the holy lord to the civil official group, he was greedy for women and his health was not good. He died within less than a month of enthroning.

The successor is the current Emperor Tianqi. Although he doesn't read much and is a little illiterate, but because of this, he was not attacked by the civil official group in advance, which caused a gap between him and the civil official group. Do it yourself, play carpenter style, but smartly follow Shenzong's way, support the eunuchs to fight against the civil official group, leave all the dirty work to Wei Zhongxian and others, and let the civil official and wealthy businessman group hate their teeth. , and there is nothing to do.

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian and the Hakkas were playing tricks that were more powerful than the Shenzong Dynasty, the civil official group suffered heavy losses, and the only Emperor Tianqi who could restrain the eunuchs completely ignored the appeal of the civil official group.

With the strong support and urging of the rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, they decided to change Mingjun.

In the Ming Dynasty, due to the rampant eunuchs, the monarchs in the middle and late periods were in poor health and lacked heirs. The sons of Emperor Tianqi all died young, and none of them survived to the present. The previous Emperor Guangzong was not much better, leaving only Tianqi The emperor and his younger brother believed in Wang Zhu Youjian.

Once Emperor Tianqi passed away, brother and brother died, and the only heir was Xin Wang Zhu Youjian.

And King Xin has long been inspected by the civil official group, and the comment is: "Excellent talent, admiration for others, and the appearance of a saint..."

Coupled with the fact that Lu Buwei's heart of the Hakka family has been revealed recently, the civil official group felt the pressure, and with the help of several leaders of the Donglin Party, they made an earth-shattering plan.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed...

Jinyu Alley, the residence of Wei Zhongxian.

As soon as Owen's words came out, Shen Lian asked with some doubts: "What does Mr. Factory mean?"

"Do you know that the Zhou Miaotong you fell in love with doesn't love you, and has someone else in his heart?" Owen said with a playful smile.

Shen Lian's expression darkened, he nodded and said, "The humble job knows."

"Second Brother (Second Brother)..." Lu Jianxing and Jin Yichuan looked at Shen Lian in astonishment, they did not expect that he was really the 'birth of a fetus' that Owen said...

Fourth Miss Wei glanced at Shen Lian inexplicably, and said in her heart: "There really is such a man..."

"Now that you know, I will give you two choices. One is to release Zhou Miaotong from slavery and give her to you as my wife, or I will give her to her sweetheart Yan Youbin as a concubine. How do you choose?" Owen teased. road.

Shen Lian was silent for a long time, and said: "My lord, can you give Miaotong to Yan Youbin as his wife?"

Fourth Miss Wei was stunned, while Lu Jianxing and Jin Yichuan looked at each other with wry smiles, Owen shook his head and said, "Shen Lian, you don't know Yan Youbin's identity, do you think Zhou Miaotong can be his wife?"

Shen Lian smiled wryly, and sighed: "It's a slip of the tongue."

"Since you can't make up your mind, let me give you another hint, Si'er, bring the life and death book about Yan Youbin." Owen ordered.

"Yes, adoptive father." Fourth Miss Wei agreed, walked out, and after a while, came in holding a small notebook.

Owen waved his hand and said, "Show Shen Lian."

Fourth Miss Wei handed the book of life and death to Shen Lian. Shen Lian took it, flipped through it a few times, and his face suddenly turned ugly. It recorded the conversation between the scholar Yan and the scholar Ning that day. fall.

"I want to marry Zhou Miaotong, and I will ask my lord to make it happen." Shen Lian had already made a decision in his heart, closed the book of life and death, knelt on the ground, and begged.

(End of this chapter)