The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2462 Failed to Steal the Chicken

The originals of the four books "New Annotations on the Analects of Confucius", "New Annotations on Mencius", "New Annotations on the Great Learning" and "New Annotations on the Doctrine of the Mean" were all brought into the Holy Courtyard by rainbows.

The Dongsheng Pavilion of the Holy Academy also issued an announcement, saying that Fang Yun compiled new annotations on four books, which were combined into "New Annotations on Four Books", which is divided into two editions: classical Chinese and vernacular. It is the first set of pure vernacular annotations for classics in the human race. Countries can choose on their own Whether to add it to domestic academies for students to read.

Qingguo, Imperial Palace.

Qing Jun overturned the Long Case and cursed in the Jinluan Palace like a spoiler. Although he did not name him by name, all the officials knew who he was scolding.

Wu Kingdom, Royal Palace.

While Wu Jun was grabbing the jade seal and browsing the discussion list, he ordered the officials: "Don't talk nonsense to me. These books must be read by the people of Wu State. I can allocate money every year to buy luck books. Whatever Jing Guo does in the future, as long as it's There are good signs, all Follow me. In the next few months, I will only talk about Fang Yun's books. Well... of course, if you really want to rebel, give me some face and wait until I am done with it. You can toss as much as you like."

Kongcheng.

The people in the city raised their heads, like suckling swallows waiting for feeding, looking at the ten rainbows over the Holy Courtyard.

Rich families from all major countries have their own courtyards in Kongcheng. Now Kongcheng is in chaos, with many carriages passing through and gathering in different places.

Jingguo, capital, Fuxiang Pavilion.

These days, Fang Yun has been claiming to be ill for several days, and there is an undercurrent in Jingguo.

The bureaucrats, headed by Sheng Boyuan, the Minister of Rites, have been secretly discussing how to force Fang Yun to resign. After many days of hard work, they found several ways to deal with the unexpected.

On the day "Political History" was released, Sheng Boyuan realized that Fang Yun might still want to cause trouble, so he made a decision.

Before Caihong introduced him, Sheng Boyuan had already brought officials who supported the royal family to the Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen's Pavilion on the pretext of discussing government affairs, and asked the irrelevant officials to leave. They sat in the main hall with the Assistant Prime Minister and his confidants. among.

There are a total of fifteen officials, the lowest grade is also the fourth grade. If they join forces, they can influence the entire Jingguo.

Sheng Boyuan persuaded Yang Xuwen with earnest words and exhausted all means, including inducements and a few threats, to finally persuade Yang Xuwen.

In the end, Yang Xuwen said that he would not take the initiative to impeach Fang Yun, but if the evidence was conclusive and as long as Sheng Boyuan could refute Fang Yun in the court, he would definitely second the proposal in the end.

The two sides had just agreed that a rainbow would run through the sky.

They hurried out of the main hall and looked up, looking at rainbow after rainbow until there were ten rainbows in the sky.

Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen had a gloomy look on his face. Finally, he stamped his feet and said angrily: "Sheng Boyuan, you are causing harm to me! I will stop what I said today!" After saying that, he quickly ran out.

Sheng Boyuan was stunned for a moment and hurriedly shouted: "Mr. Yang, where are you going?"

"Go buy a lamb!" Yang Xuwen said a few words and left.

A flash of panic flashed in Sheng Boyuan's eyes, and then he pretended to be calm and said: "You all go back to the government offices first, while I go to see the Queen Mother."

The dozen or so officials looked at the assistant minister and the minister leaving, either at a loss or in a panic.

One person said: "What should we... do?"

"Even the Prime Minister wants to buy a lamb to congratulate Fang Yun. What can we do?"

"Hmph, Fang Yun is really lucky to have done such a shocking act at such a time. Today, I am afraid that all the world will pay attention."

"This is not luck. This person has deliberately planned to write this book a long time ago, but deliberately did not finish it all. He knew that his ability was limited, and he was afraid of being punished for doing something wrong in the position of left prime minister, so he kept these books. This time I respect him Li Fuxu screwed up, so he might as well finish these books and shock the world, so that we won’t be able to impeach him. Otherwise, people and scholars all over the world will criticize us, and the Queen Mother and Jing Jun cannot bear such great pressure.”

"Hmph, how can we allow others to interfere in Jingguo's political affairs? What's more, I knew before I came here that the memorial to impeach Fang Yun by the supervisory officials has been formally drafted, and I'm afraid it has been sent to the palace now. Even if Fang Yun decides to do so, Even if you have great achievements, you may not be able to escape unscathed.”

"But... what should we do?"

"What should be like?"

"Even the Assistant Prime Minister has given us lambs. It would be a bit disrespectful for us not to give him lambs or white geese. After all, Fang Yun is not only known as Zuo Xiang, but also has the identity of Jingguo Xusheng."

"That's...not bad. In order to prevent the Supervisory Yuan from arresting our pigtails for participating in the concert and violating etiquette, go buy a lamb and a white goose and send someone to deliver it to the Spring Garden."

Control Yuan.

Since the regular meeting of the censors had just been held, all the censors were standing in the courtyard, staring at the ten rainbows in the sky in a daze.

After a while, someone asked in a low voice: "What should we do with our memorial?"

"What else can I do? At this time, I am afraid that I have already been sent to the palace and in front of the Queen Mother and Your Majesty."

"That's not necessarily the case. Those eunuchs are always lazy and may not be able to send them right away...eh..."

All the censors saw that He Mingxiang, the censor of the Supervisory Yuan, actually held the official seal, stepped into the sky with flat feet, and flew straight from mid-air to the palace.

"Ah? Master He, are you crazy? You are not allowed to fly at high altitudes unless there are important matters within the capital! At least you need a great scholar to avoid punishment, and you must explain clearly afterwards. If you fly over the capital for no reason, you will definitely be severely punished !”

"Lord He is just a bachelor, why are you willing to take such risks?"

"That direction seems to be the palace..."

The courtyard was extremely quiet, and after a few breaths, the faces of the censors showed embarrassment or shame.

"Well, the Master said that this matter should not be rushed. He was playing Fang Xiang in the court at that time. He was loyal to his duty. He had an arrow on the string and had to shoot it. Otherwise, he could have written the memorial the next day, so why delay it until today."

"It's all my fault that Sheng Boyuan used all possible means. Even the Prime Minister sent a letter to Your Excellency, suggesting that Your Majesty send the memorial to impeach Fang Yun to the Queen Mother as soon as possible."

"What do you think would happen if the Master did not take back the memorial?"

"Alas, ten rainbows are crossing the sky, shaking the world. If we participate in the performance at this time, we will be drowned by everyone in the world."

"At least we won't be able to enter the Holy Court in the future. The Holy Court is the worst place to see meritorious ministers being squeezed out. If nothing else, the Master of the Court will resign."

"Oh, I hope you can get the memorial back in time."

"Even if it is retrieved in time, you will be fined for flying randomly over the capital."

"It doesn't matter. As long as we think of a way, at most it will be a downgrade in the evaluation and a fine of one or two years, but it will not ruin your future. After all, you took the risk for us, and we have to do our best."

"This matter still depends on Fang Xusheng's attitude. Although he has not been to Zuoxiang Pavilion for many days, the gang of useless people in Zuoxiang Pavilion... ahem, colleagues are still conscientious in their work, and they have not violated the law because of Fang Xiang's absence. In fact, He is a role model for our generation. So... let’s buy that white goose and pheasant.”

"You go first and help me and my Lord buy their share. I will go to the palace to welcome you."

"Let's go, we can only leave it to fate..."