Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

"Brother-in-law, this is what happened. It is now confirmed that Yu Zhengqing has evil intentions. He is called a great scholar, but in reality he is a wolf in human skin. The Hu family was wiped out, and the Zhao family was wiped out. He was the one behind the scenes, and an official He has to kill at least [-] taels for his head, and at least [-] taels for annihilating a family. He is just the dean of an academy, so how can he have such huge financial resources, and hire killers to kill officials and annihilate families one after another? I wonder if there is something involved behind this. Big secret?”

Hou Yao did not expect that Chen Junnan and his wife would not stay together sweetly as they were newlyweds. Instead, they would come to him in a hurry the next day and tell him a lot of murders and massacres.

Hu Yingzi has a deep blood feud, and his enemy is Yizheng from the capital, one of the three famous scholars. This is no easier to deal with than the officials.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court has been working hard to create an image of famous Confucianism, which has made the people's worship of Confucianism increasingly serious.

By the time of the Great Xia Dynasty, Great Confucianism had become the benchmark for morality. People who could be called Great Confucianists not only had great knowledge, but their moral conduct was recognized by people all over the world. Their status was even higher than that of ordinary Wang Sunxun. expensive.

In a sense, the influence of Great Confucianism is comparable to that of imperial power.

Since the founding of the Xia Dynasty, the use of lecturing officials to discuss matters has not resulted in misfortune. Every year, lecturing officials who scold the emperor are like crucian carps crossing the river.

Regardless of whether he is the emperor, the first assistant, or the second assistant, as long as he is an important minister in the court, there will be no one who will not be scolded.

But even the emperor dared to scold Yan Guan, but no one dared to scold the great Confucian.

After all, the official who dared to offend the emperor's grandsons would not die, but would still get a long-lasting reputation after his death, which was called a death remonstrance.

Being able to leave in the history books "so-and-so died in such-and-such a year and month to admonish a certain emperor." is the highest pursuit of every Yanguan in this life.

In order to achieve such maturity, the officials went on and on, defying the sky and the earth, and went further and further on the road to death.

But no matter how good the officials are, they will not insult a person with a reputation as a great Confucian.

Those who scold the emperor will be remembered in history after their death, while those who scold the great Confucians will die without a burial place in the end and will be reviled by thousands of people.

A famous Confucian is someone who no one dares to offend easily.

Hu Yingzi wanted to seek revenge against a famous scholar. If the other party was powerless, she could still assassinate him.

But for a famous scholar like Yu Zhengqing who possesses martial arts skills, she has no chance at all.

The most difficult thing about Great Confucianism is that he controls the mouthpiece of the world.

And after years of accumulation, it itself stands on the moral high ground.

No one would doubt the moral cultivation of a famous Confucian. In other words, as long as he has trouble with a famous Confucian, he will automatically be classified as a villain and be despised by others.

On the other hand, famous Confucian scholars usually have disciples and former officials all over the world, and they have strong appeal in official circles and among the people.

If you don't make a move, you will be attacked by a group, so you must be careful.

Hou Yao thought carefully about what Chen Junnan and his wife said, and felt that the matter was a bit tricky. Even with his reputation, it was not easy to deal with a great scholar.

"Hu Yingzi..., your surname is Hu. There are not many officials named Hu in Fujian Province. I wonder if Hu Zhi has anything to do with your family?"

Hu Yingzi said: "Hu Zhi? It should be my grandfather, right? My uncle told me about this before he died. He had already passed away at that time."

Hou Yao nodded: "So you are really a descendant of Mr. Hu. In this case, then all this makes sense. This matter is really not as simple as you think. I'm afraid there is also an internal dispute over orthodoxy within Confucianism. , it’s too complicated. In fact, personally, I really don’t want you to talk about revenge anymore.”

Chen Junnan said in surprise: "Brother-in-law, is it so serious? Is Hu Zhi also a great Confucian?"

Hou Yao nodded: "Teacher Hu studied under Ouyang De. Ouyang De is a direct disciple of Saint Yangming, which means that Teacher Hu is the orthodox successor of Yangming's Xinxue. And Yu Zhengqing is one of the secondary disciples of Cheng and Zhu. First of all, it would not be surprising if Yu Zhengqing bribed assassins to deal with Mr. Hu. After all, the birth of Sage Yangming brought Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism to an end. However, the Sage was too powerful, so when he was alive, no one dared to attack him and him. His Taoist successors did something, but now Yangming Sage has passed away for nearly a century, and his direct disciples have also passed away. Even the third generation of Hu Lao has passed away. The power of Xinxue is not as good as before, and the Neo-Confucian school It’s not strange to take action.”

Chen Junnan said with emotion: "You are saying that although Yu Zhengqing is the one who sent the assassin, the real murderer is actually the Confucian school of Neo-Confucianism? Does that mean he is just a representative?"

Hou Yao nodded and said: "Yes, this matter is probably an overall killing operation launched by the Neo-Confucian faction of the Xinxue faction. The Xinxue faction has always been a group rather than a party. Although the individuals are all powerful, they are like a piece of loose sand, each working on its own. The Neo-Confucian faction They are good at forming cliques and have many entangled interests with each other. They may seem unrelated, but in fact they have many secret interactions and are most difficult to deal with."

Chen Junnan smiled and said: "Aren't they all scholars? And they have so many things to pay attention to?"

Hou Yao said with a smile: "Of course, scholars pay a lot of attention to it, so where does that go? If a scholar wants to study to obtain fame, he can't just study. If he doesn't understand the teacher faction, he will be a disciple indiscriminately, which will lead to great consequences. For those who are troublesome, failing the exams repeatedly is only the lightest consequence, and the more severe consequences may include losing one's family and life."

Chen Junnan joked: "Then which faction are you from?"

Hou Yao said: "If we say in the past, it can be regarded as a branch of Xinxue. In fact, Guangdong, Guangdong and Fujian can be regarded as the base camp of Xinxue. Most of the scholars here respected the teachings of Yangming Sage. As for now, I have become my own One faction, I call it the Encyclopedia faction, and all the scholars from Bao’an are from my faction.”

Chen Junnan asked curiously: "What if the scholars from Bao'an are from the Neo-Confucian school?"

Hou Yao laughed loudly and said: "If you don't respect my knowledge in my territory, you will never be hired if you take light responsibility, and you will be beaten to death in the street if you take heavy responsibility. The struggle for orthodoxy is the most cruel. Either you die or I live. There must be no mercy at all." "

Hu Yingzi couldn't help but mutter at this time: "No wonder I often hear Master say that the most ruthless are scholars. There is no good scholar in the world."

Hou Yao suddenly looked embarrassed. Chen Junnan hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "How could it be possible? Isn't my junior brother-in-law a good official? Without him, how could Baoan be what it is now?"

Hou Yao touched his nose: "Actually, what Miss Yingzi said is not wrong. The more scholars know, the more they can think. When they are greedy, they will naturally use their knowledge to bully the kind and ignorant people. Collect money to pay off. Just small fights, more serious killings, and thought control are not all done by scholars, but the development of this society is also driven by scholars. Even in Bao'an County, without the efforts of scholars, these big words alone are not enough If I know a lot of people, no matter how capable I am, I still can’t develop Bao’an County to where it is today.”

Hu Yingzi felt a little embarrassed when Hou Yao made a special trip to explain to her, so she quickly said: "I'm sorry, it's not me who said this... it's my master..."

Chen Junnan said hurriedly: "My third junior sister once secretly helped a scholar to get a good name. At that time, in order to support the scholar, she risked her life to take on the mission. She ran [-] kilometers in three days and completed five assassination missions in three places. record of.

Later, when the scholar became a Jinshi, Third Junior Sister didn't want to drag him down, so she had already thought about what excuse she would use to reject him when he came back to marry her, but in the end, he never came back to look for her at all. She couldn't get angry, so she went to the capital to find the scholar, only to find out that the scholar's son-in-law was captured and married on the day the ranking list was released.

She was so angry that she met the scholar. The scholar cried and begged her for forgiveness. The third junior sister agreed in a moment of weakness, and then stayed with him in the capital for another year. Until the scholar saw her less and less, she became suspicious, and then So she went to find the scholar secretly, but unexpectedly heard the scholar discussing with several other colleagues about his experience in raising a small house. The small house the scholar mentioned was none other than herself. What was even more outrageous was that the scholar also said that he had already raised a small house. She was tired of playing and wanted to change to a small room with her colleagues.

The third junior sister was so heartbroken that she stabbed the scholar to death and returned to the organization. Therefore, she really hated the scholar extremely. After that, she was basically given the task of assassinating the scholar in the organization. "

Hu Yingzi was lamenting the misfortune of her master, but Hou Yao was trembling in his heart. While lamenting the fate of that buddy, he also warned himself: Do you see, this is the result of finding a girlfriend who knows martial arts and being dishonest. , it will be over.

"Parents are irreconcilable. Regardless of whether Yu Zhengqing is just a representative or not, since he is the murderer of my family, I must seek revenge from him."

Hu Yingzi's fists were clenched tightly, which showed that she really longed for revenge in her heart.

Hou Yao also agreed: "I support your revenge, but to deal with a great scholar, just killing him would be too advantageous. As a great scholar, what he cares about most is his reputation. Killing him is the closest thing to him." Punishing him first, ruining his reputation and then killing him is the real revenge, and being able to completely destroy the orthodoxy they care about most is the most complete revenge."

Hu Yingzi's eyes suddenly lit up: "Is this so? What should we do?"

Hou Yao smiled and said: "Actually, it's very simple. Great Confucians are also human beings, and they also have the desires of ordinary people. Most of them are modest and gentlemen on the surface, but secretly they have done many evil things. We only need to publish the ugly things they have done. If the public, they will be ruined immediately, but because the Confucian scholar is already the incarnation of morality, it is impossible to move them without detailed evidence. Therefore, the evidence must be conclusive, and witness, physical evidence, and oral confession are all indispensable. This is a very difficult task to complete. Task."

Hu Yingzi's whole body seemed to be shining with light: "This... isn't it just pretending to be sneaky and collecting the target's information? To be honest, what Yingzi is really good at is monitoring the target, finding the flaw and then killing it with a fatal blow."

Hou Yao shook his head: "Our opponent is a group. It's useless to fight against you alone. We need many people. Personal stains can only bring down everyone, and organizational stains can make them disappear."

Hu Yingzi immediately clasped her fists and said, "I know what to do, but sir, if we want to train more spies, we may need a lot of money, but I..."

Hou Yao laughed and waved his hand: "I don't have much else, but I have a lot of money. I will give you 500 million. In two years, I will train [-] qualified spies. I guarantee that you will be able to kill Yu Zhengqing... to avenge a bloody feud." .”.