sbdcsierra Chapter 631: Throwing A Pen Into The Army
Chapter 631: Throwing A Pen Into The Army
Casting a pen and joining the army originated from Ban Chao in the Han Dynasty, which refers to the literati throwing away their pens and taking up weapons to join the army to fight.
But whether it is Ban Chao or Xin Qiji, they are all individuals, and if they are so great, they will bring a few family members down.
Their Yang family is a century-old family! How many of them are there? Are they all in the army?
I have heard of changing a person, how can there be a family that has invested in the army?
Are they trying to create a new allusion?
It's not that Yang Mingzhi never thought of joining the army. At least the soldiers are far more pure than the literati above the court, as long as they fight the enemy bravely.
But the problem is that Yang Mingzhi is not alone, behind him is the entire Yang family.
Xu Qing spread his hands and said, "Is there any other way for Zhengshi Yang? Your Yang family is too powerful in the court, but you haven't prepared for rebellion and force the palace. Now the emperor has already started to attack you. Do you think it’s still too late to prepare for the rebellion? Will your emperor let you prepare calmly?”
Yang Mingzhi slammed his fist on the table: "Could it be that my Yang family is going to give up so many years of hard work?"
Xu Qing said: "So what if you don't give up? Yang Zhengshi should also know that for a big family like you, the emperor will definitely find a reasonable excuse to prevent future troubles forever, unless the good ones can be compared to others." The emperors of your more powerful families in the court need you to check and balance the court, otherwise, you may not even think about appearing in the court for a generation or two."
"One or two generations can't enter the court as an official, and they can't go to the court to participate in politics. This is a disaster for an aristocratic family, right? Why don't you hurry up and change jobs before the emperor has completely broken with your Yang family? As long as the Yang family can still stay in the court, there is still a chance to make a comeback, if the emperor really says nothing, it will be too late for you to prepare anything."
Yang Mingzhi was silent for a moment and said: "My Yang family is going to give up all the foundations that have been worked hard among civil servants over the years?"
Xu Qing said: "Actually, if you don't release it now, maybe it won't take a year or two before the emperor will force you to release it."
This is the truth. Although the emperor intends to suppress the Yang family, his majesty still loves you in the court, and the husband sings and the wife follows.
But it won't be so after a while.
Yang Mingzhi asked: "Won't Your Majesty be suspicious of my Yang family doing this?"
Xu Qing said: "It's better than you continuing to fight against the civil servants and not preparing to rebel. If it was last year, you would definitely have no chance, but now Zhou Guo's army has just suffered a big defeat. The low morale is just the time for employing people. You have passed You can't stir up any troubles, keep a low profile for a year or two, although you have given up too much, but after all, the foundation is still there, as long as you can stay in the court, are you afraid that there will be no chance to make a comeback?"
Yang Mingzhi looked at Xu Qing and asked, "Why do you help us?"
Xu Qing said: "Why don't you Yang family consider supporting the sixth prince?"
"Sixth prince?" Yang Mingzhi frowned and said, "A concubine is worthy of support? Besides, the prince is the daughter of my Yang family, born to the empress, and my Yang family still needs to support the sixth prince?"
Xu Qing said: "Up until now, you still think that the prince of your family can be the emperor?"
Yang Mingzhi fell silent after hearing this. These days, not to mention the Yang family, even the prince and his subordinates have been taught a lesson to some extent. A few months ago, the prince made a slip of the tongue in the imperial study, and his majesty ordered him to return to the palace. Facing the wall and thinking about it, but the next day, someone beat him into a pig's head...
And the murderer has not been found out until now... To be precise, no one will continue to investigate.
The crown prince is the crown prince of a country, and it is detrimental to the country's constitution if the crown prince is beaten into a pig's head, but it is preferred that many people know the news.
Is this also from His Majesty's hand?
The purpose is to suppress the prince and the Yang family behind the prince?
Think carefully!
Xu Qing looked at the silent Yang Mingzhi and said: "Think about what happened last time when you were on a mission. If I guessed right, the six princes and Princess Mingyue should have been the political victims, right? Then? Your Yang family's The son died inexplicably, the princess and the prince are safe and sound, and it is also because of this incident that your Yang family is extremely angry and strongly advocates provoking war in the court."
"Now think about it based on your actual situation. Was your not-so-intelligent son-in-law really killed by our Chu assassins, or is there a shadow of your emperor behind him?"
Xu Qing was talking nonsense in a serious manner at this time. He didn't know if there was the shadow of the emperor behind him, but there must be his shadow.
But in the officialdom, people talk nonsense when they see people, and talk nonsense when they see ghosts. As for where Yang Mingzhi's thoughts can wander, he should not care about it. He just needs to fool him into Li Xun's boat.
But he had to say, after all the nonsense analysis up to now, why does he, the instigator, feel that there is really the shadow of Emperor Zhou behind him?
It's really a coincidence if you think about it carefully.
The Yang family's son-in-law died, and the Yang family advocated the war. Now that the battle is defeated, the Yang family is naturally already guilty. They advocated it back then.
Since they were posing as sinners, the matter of negotiating a peace fell on their heads, and negotiating a peace would cost them money. The Yang family got the name of a traitor for no reason. In the end, Emperor Zhou completed the suppression of the Yang family...
Although there are too many variables in this process, the process somehow went through...
It's amazing, isn't it?
Yang Mingzhi thought for a moment, then looked up at Xu Qing: "Even if the prince is unreliable, people like the second and third princes are quite powerful in the court. Why should my Yang family support a six-year-old who doesn't even have a title?" Prince?"
Xu Qing said: "Because only the sixth prince can avenge you..."
"Revenge? Why does my Yang family want to take revenge? And who do I want to take revenge on?" Yang Mingzhi looked at Xu Qing with uncertain eyes.
Xu Qing said: "The current emperor wants to force your Yang family to die, and you don't have any resentment at all? You are..."
Forget it, I won’t say that word, it’s inappropriate...
Yang Mingzhi said in a deep voice: "The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die!"
Xu Qing waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, everyone is a sensible person, your Yang family is a century-old family after all, and you have survived two court figures. I believe in your patriotism, but you must not be a dead-headed loyal monarch." , when such a dead-headed and loyal monarch walks away from the first imperial court, you should die for your country..."
Yang Mingzhi: "..."
The president of the National Chamber of Commerce is really not polite. Although the Yang family has not been loyal to the emperor, patriotism and loyalty have not been separated since ancient times. Can you stop saying it so bluntly?
Anyway, he is also an envoy of Zhou State.
how embarrassing...