Today is a picnic. Although the theme is not about banquets, it cannot be all cold dishes. A bonfire was set up on the big rock in front of the Qiyun Pavilion, and a master chef was invited to roast the whole lamb. The whole lamb has been roasted golden brown. The master master took out a bright knife and asked the little apprentice to turn the whole sheep, and quickly cut off slices of golden color and fragrant mutton, and then sent them to the pavilion with a plate of snow-white salt powder. A copy was placed in front of the nobles, but of course the scholars outside the pavilion did not have this kind of treatment.
Wang Yacha and his fellow student Cui Xiangsheng chatted and laughed happily, and several local elders also mixed in a few words from time to time, making wine orders and playing crossword puzzles, anyway, it was just a banquet game among literati. Father Xia is an illiterate martial artist, he doesn't know anything about these things, he just shakes his cheeks and eats meat, and looks back from time to time, seeing his daughter sitting with Ye Xiaotian on the bank, An An's status is quite decent, just now he thought Be safe.
After drinking for three rounds and eating for fifty days, the surrounding students began to get up one after another and came in to the pavilion to toast Wang Yacha, Cui Xiangsheng and others, and at the same time reported their family background to them. impression.
Walking around like this, the atmosphere of the scene became active. An old man joked and said: "All the students from Guizhou come here because of Mr. Cui's name. You must know the heart of fist. Since Mr. Cui has arrived in Guiyang, why don't you test them? A little instruction will benefit them a lot, and it is not in vain to go through this experience today."
Wang Haoming, the inspector, said with a smile: "Exactly, Xiang Sheng, it is their honor to teach them a little bit. Look at those students and those people on both sides of the strait, they are all looking at you eagerly."
Cui Xiangsheng smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Haoming, you have created a problem for my brother. This is the place where Mr. Ruxin'an, a famous man in central Guizhou, gave lectures. Xiang Shengan dares to be presumptuous."
The bridal sedan chair was carried by everyone, and everyone knew that he was just talking about self-effacing, so there was no reason not to take advantage of the situation to carry the sedan chair, so they praised Cui Xiangsheng so much that he was as famous as Mr. Xin'an Ma Tingxi, and respected the Central Plains all over the world. Then Cui Xiangsheng reluctantly said: "Since this is the case, how about this? Please invite scholars who are interested in asking for advice to come forward, first choose a subject at random, write a poem, and you and I will comment on it, which is regarded as an examination. His poetic talent. After that..."
When Cui Xiangsheng said these words, the scholars sitting around the Qiyun Pavilion had already heard them. They all stopped drinking and feasting, and listened with ears. This is an advantage over those who sit far away.
Cui Xiangsheng said again: "Furthermore, all students learn the classics of sages for the purpose of serving officials, assisting the king, and educating the local people. The so-called learning of the world is considered to be useful. Then Cui proposed a topic. This topic has also been discussed in the court recently. The debate is raging, that is: Should the country continue to implement the policy of banning the sea, how about asking everyone to express their opinions?"
This sea ban policy, in the Yuan Dynasty, banned understanding and lifted the ban, repeated and throughout. In the early Ming Dynasty, because Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang and other losers in the hegemony struggle also lost many of their troops at sea, and considering other factors, Zhu Yuanzhang also implemented a sea ban policy.
During the Yongle period, Cheng Zu Zhu Di sent Zheng He to the West, and the government lifted the sea ban, and the folks also lifted it. However, in the Jiajing year, pirates and pirates were rampant, and the sea ban had to be restored once again. A few years ago, when the current emperor's father, Emperor Longqing, was still in power, the governor of Fujian, Xu Zemin, wrote a letter requesting the opening of a market ship, so that smuggling could become a legal trade.
At that time, the pirates and pirates were all in shambles under the attack of Qi Jiguang and other famous generals, and they were no longer infested. The imperial court took advantage of the situation to adjust the national policy and allowed the people to go overseas for business. This incident was called "Longqing switch" by later generations. However, there are still many people in the government and the opposition who oppose the opening of the sea. Recently, some people have written a letter requesting the ban on the sea, which has caused a heated debate among the court officials.
After Wang Yongcha ordered someone to stand in front of the pavilion and announce the topic loudly, all the scholars immediately became excited. Who would not want to show off their strengths in front of this great Confucian? If I could get him to comment and give a few compliments, wouldn't I immediately raise my status in the scholarly circle.
It’s just that the poems are easy to handle. The most important thing is that the poems are beautiful and have a lofty intention. The most important thing is whether your position is consistent with this Mr. Cui, otherwise he is unhappy, how can he give you a good evaluation.
Fortunately, these scholars have done enough work before going to the banquet. They have learned about this Mr. Cui in detail. Clarified his attitude.
However, there are some upright people among the scholars, or they are the children of officials themselves, and his father and grandfather were officials in the court, and the attitude of his father and grandfather happened to support Kaihai, so he can't sing against his father and grandfather at this time , so he made up his mind early on.
If everyone flattered Cui Xiangsheng blindly, the essay test would lose its interest, precisely because these scholars who supported Kaihai had a bit of arguing.
After several scholars expressed their opinions, Xu Boyi stepped forward and first recited a poem on the Nanming River, which was well received by Cui Xiangsheng, and his spirits were greatly lifted. The Emperor Taizu's intention to ban the sea is firm and consistent. The ancestors made the law before. Unfortunately, in the first year of Longqing, there were officials in the frontier who were bewitched by the local government. Taking advantage of His Majesty's just enthroned, he did not understand the people's conditions in the world, and asked to lift the sea ban. It is stupid. I think that those who speak to open the sea are the ones who look forward to their ancestors!"
Cui Xiangsheng nodded frequently after hearing this, and he liked this young man even more.
At this time, a scholar named Yan Qianqin stood up. This man surnamed Yan, his father was the chief secretary of Guizhou, and he was an official who supported Kaihai.
Yan Qianqin said: "Cheng Zu opened the sea and made seven voyages to the Western Ocean, which made my Chinese cultural relics far away from all over the world. We were swayed by virtue and subdued by the barbarians. There are more than 30 countries who pay tribute. The territory is vast, as far away as the Han and Tang Dynasties. Wei How can I know that China is prosperous and strong if I turn the barbarians into foreign lands? How can I get the dynasties from all over the world, the prosperity of ancient and modern times?"
Cui Xiangsheng's face darkened, and Xu Boyi calmly said: "The affairs of the city ship will greatly damage the defense of the barbarians. The cunning people will use their capital for profit. The rich merchants and wealthy businessmen will make millions. Those who talk about the market must talk about profit, and it will do great harm to the country and the people, isn't it?"
Yan Qianqin said: "Those who are in the market, regardless of their wealth, set sail for thousands of miles. Whale salamanders and waves are companions. Those who have narrowly escaped death and have no regrets or complaints, because they want to spread the saint's culture and education to the barbarians. Liye, harm?"
Xu Boyi smiled and said: "There are officials and divisions, and each has its own department. The government is permanent and easy to defend, and it is hard to lose when it comes to the basics. It is the principle of long-distance, so let's give up this evidence!" Confucius said: "It is better to have robbers, There will be no ministers who gather!'”
Li Qiuchi stood up and said in solidarity: "Stealing the way of governing people is the root of preventing obscenity and loss, broadening the edge of morality, suppressing the least profit and promoting benevolence and righteousness. Instructing the people with virtue will make the people return to favor; showing the people to benefit will lead to folk customs Thin… "
At the table by the shore, Yaoyao ate something casually, and the child couldn't sit still because of his habits. She also knew that brother Xiaotian couldn't play with her at the banquet today, so she put her arms around Xiaotian's neck and begged softly, and got With Xiaotian's permission, he led the big man and Fu Wa'er to the woods to play with a smile on his face.
Ye Xiaotian took a mouthful of the bacon that Yingying brought over, and passed a piece of fruit into her mouth. He boredly glanced at those scholars and scholars who were desperately showing themselves in front of the Qiyun Pavilion, and said to Yingying: "The ones from Guizhou The road is not easy to walk, that Mr. Cui is a great Confucian, he must have been very prosperous in the Central Plains, why did he go so hard to come to Guiyang, just because he was the same year as Wang Yongcha?"
Yingying said: "That's not true, because he is from Guizhou. His ancestral home is Tongren, and his family still lives there. This time he came back to his hometown to visit his parents, father and younger brother, so he came to Guiyang for a trip."
Suddenly, Ye Xiaotian nodded slightly.
At this time, the sharp-tongued Li Qiuchi, who was born as a litigator, had already refuted Yan Qianqin's back step by step, speechless. Li Qiuchi said: "The state has a fertile wilderness but the people are not enough to eat, and the business is prosperous but the industry is barren! Those who have the goods of mountains and seas but the people are not enough for wealth, do not use them for the people and prostitute themselves to the clever people!"
Cui Xiangsheng was overjoyed when he heard it, applauded and laughed loudly: "Okay! Well said! Who is this person?"
Wang Yacha said with a smile, "This man is a well-known litigator in Guiyang, named Li Qiuchi."
When Cui Xiangsheng heard this, the smile on his face suddenly became colder, and he said lightly: "Oh! It turns out that he is a lawyer. Such a person, why did he come to the banquet?"
In the eyes of orthodox literati, the so-called litigators are all those who deceive the people, seduce the people to start a lawsuit, catch wind and shadow, devise schemes, or falsely accuse good people, or slander innocent people. If the law cannot be known, its power cannot be measured. The law, which is a tool for governing the people, can only be manipulated in the hands of the government. It is in places like Guizhou that there are fewer orthodox literati, and the living environment of litigators is more free.
In fact, although there are some people who are only interested in profit among the litigators, there are also some people who are just. Xiaomin doesn't understand the law at all, and sometimes the grievances are hard to clear, and it is all thanks to the help of these litigators that they can clear up their grievances. There are good and evil in any camp, and they cannot be killed with a single stick. In this regard, the two famous litigators Chen Mengji and Fang Tangjing in the late Qing Dynasty are outstanding representatives of good and evil.
Li Qiuchi was bowing his hands to thank Cui Xiangsheng at first, but when he saw Cui Xiangsheng's change of attitude, he couldn't help feeling ashamed in front of everyone, and hurriedly argued: "Mr. Cui, the student is also a scholar who has read sage books. Just became a litigator.
Although the student is a litigator, he has never done anything to reverse the law, and has helped many innocent people. A person's moral character can't just be judged by his identity. Take the scholars present, although some scholars are talented, they are ignorant and have low morals. The meter is promised! "
When Cui Xiangsheng heard him belittle scholars, he felt even more displeased, and said indifferently: "There is such a person, who is he?"
Li Qiuchi pointed to the bank and said: "This person's surname is Ye and his name is Xiaotian, that's the one!"