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Chapter 1: The Good and the Bad

Hearing that the emperor met with the Tai students who submitted memorials to Fuque at the steps in front of the palace, the people in the capital flocked to him, which was even more lively than the Shangyuan Festival Lantern Festival. Seeing that more and more people were, in order to prevent the emperor from disturbing the people, Ni Liang dispatched the inner guards to make up as eunuchs and serve him to prevent anyone from approaching the assassination. The operation team disguised as many people as they were in the square as early as the meeting, mixed into the inner circle, and secretly protected the emperor.

Ni Liang was not at ease, so he ordered all the officers and soldiers of the guards to change into casual clothes and scatter into the crowd. Once something happened, they would quickly gather around the emperor and isolate the crowd. At the same time, he sat in the palace gate and assembled a group of guards in front of the hall. Once the scene was out of control, he would immediately steal the emperor back to the palace. He also ordered the guard cavalry brigade and the first brigade stationed in the city to enter combat preparations, and were fully armed and stood on standby, reinforce the imperial city at any time and suppress the rebellion.

At this time, the students of the Taizong and the famous scholars and gentry who came to support each other, looked at the crowd of dark people, and felt mixed feelings. They originally wanted someone to come and watch the memorials of the quota, expand the momentum, and use public opinion to suppress the court and the emperor to surrender and agree to their conditions. However, at first, there were few people who responded, but now the young emperor lowered his attitude and went out of the palace to listen to the advice, attracting countless people, at least giving people the impression of being respectful to the wise and inferior.

What the people didn't expect was that the little emperor was very good at argument and did not play according to common sense. From the beginning, he forced the students to admit their mistakes and their morale was greatly hit. Now his fallacies have won the sympathy of the onlookers, turning the situation around and turning passive into initiative. While they felt frustrated and frustrated, they secretly scolded these "fool people" in their hearts, which was really inconsistent and unreasonable.

"For more than ten years of Jiangnan, our dynasty has produced many traitors, including many famous scholars and great scholars. They do not want to serve the country, and they secretly talk to the Tartars with their own status and seek personal gain. They even accepted the imperial edicts of the Mongol Yuan to become officials, lead troops to slaughter their compatriots, suppress loyal ministers and righteous men who resisted the Yuan Dynasty, and are willing to be lackeys of the Mongol Yuan. This is a shame for our Han people!" At this time, Zhao Bing began to speak again.

"I followed the court and went to Quanzhou. At that time, tens of thousands of clan scholars were preparing to open the city to welcome the emperor, but the Pu family and the governor rebelled against the Song and surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, and led the enemy to massacre the scholars of Quanzhou. They stained Quanzhou with their blood overnight. I witnessed with my own eyes that the corpses of the scholars were piled up under the city gate, almost as high as the city, and the blood and fire reflected the red night sky..." Zhao Bing choked and said, "But when Quanzhou gentry heard that Emperor Deyou was in trouble, they recruited brave men and brave men, joined their clans to serve the king, and fought with the Mongols' iron cavalry. Thousands of righteous men stained the king's road. It was under their desperate escort that I was lucky enough to survive. The eunuchs and guards around me all died under the swords and arrows of the Tartars."

"Shameless people, deserve to be killed!"

"Treason traitor, it's time to kill!"

"Kill, kill, kill..."

"When I escaped from difficulties, I vowed to kill all the traitors and traitors. Later, I personally led the army to besiege Quanzhou. After breaking the city, I arrested all the rebel officials and unscrupulous gentry who participated in the massacre of the scholars. I personally used a cone to smash the bones of the culprit's body one by one. Hundreds of people involved in the case were killed in Zongzheng Temple in Quanzhou. All the captured Yuan soldiers were shot to comfort the heroes!"

"Good kill!"

"Good kill!"

There was another cheer among the onlookers. The students and gentry looked really bad. At that time, the emperor was only five or six years old, but he held an iron cone and broke the bones one by one. What a terrifying scene and how cruel it was. It also showed that he hated the scholars who treasoned the country and surrendered to the enemy.

"After I recovered Jiangnan, I personally issued an edict to punish anyone who treasons and surrenders to the enemy and communicate with the enemy. It is also my edict to execute those traitors and gentry who were extremely guilty and confiscated their property, and not allow their children to participate in the imperial examinations and become officials." Zhao Bing said after saying that, pointing at Xu Longze and said sternly, "Xu Zhuangyuan, you claim that after the fall of Lin'an, you have avoided the village and never accepted false posts, right?"

"Yes, it's exactly what I said!" Xu Longze said in a trembling voice when he saw the little emperor's face.

"Hmph, but as far as I know, the rebels Liu Mengyan has repeatedly wanted to ask you to accept the imperial decree of the Yuan Dynasty. Although you refused many times, you said that you were sincere after several times, so you agreed to take up the post of the supervising and censor of the fake Jiangnan Travel Taiwan. It was just because our dynasty happened to launch the battle to recover Jiangnan, which caused you to fail, right?" Zhao Bing asked again.

"I... I am under the coercion of the Mongol Yuan, and I had to do it in order to protect the elders in the village!" Xu Longze thought that the matter was confidential and few people knew about it. However, no one knew about it. However, he did not expect that the little emperor knew it so clearly, and he knelt down and said with a weak knee.

"Asseriously, all the letters you have exchanged with the enemy have been seized, and you still dare to claim to be wronged!" Zhao Bing slapped the table and shouted, "I feel that you have not been able to take office. Some officials have given a light sentence at their discretion, but in addition to your fame, you have the face of complaining about the wronged people on the ground and asking me for the salary you owed you for ten years and returning your property. How to write the word "shame"!"

"Your Majesty, I know my mistake. Someone instigated me to enter the capital this time. It is a matter of no need. Please ask Your Majesty to atone for your sins!" Xu Longze kowtowed repeatedly.

"Your affairs are punished by the officials. If you were not willing, others could tie you up to Beijing?" Zhao Bing snorted coldly, ignored him, and pointed at Li Changru and said, "You escaped in the chaos before Ezhou fell. If that was the case, how could you punish you? When you escaped from the city, you still used the convenience of managing money and grain to steal more than 100 taels of gold. The land at home was purchased with this stolen money, right?"

"I am wronged, is this a false accusation?" Li Changru shouted injustice.

"Unfortunate? If it is not known to others, don't do it unless you do it. No one knows what you think you have done, but you don't know that the secrets you have done are all in your eyes. They report the first report and there are circumstantial evidence, which is not something you can afford if you want to. And after you escape back to your hometown, where will you get the money you get to buy dozens of hectares of fertile land within a few days? Are you clear?" Zhao Bing asked.

"I... I bought land from below, which was the salary accumulated over the years. Zhang Lin, who was the leader, was scolded by me because of his corruption, felt resentful and deliberately framed him." Li Changru said.

"Oh, you have more than a dozen clerks under your command, and you will determine that it is Zhang Lin. I have a lot of troubles every day. How can I remember these trivial things about you? I just said nonsense. You are a thief and feel guilty. I miss you, a deputy in the money and grain office, and you are only in the eighth rank. How many years do you have to save to get enough gold for a hundred taels of gold!" Zhao Bing sneered.

"Your Majesty..." Li Changru wanted to slap himself in both mouths, so why did he believe what he said easily? Moreover, the emperor was in charge of all kinds of things every day and was in charge of major issues. He probably had never heard of his name before, but he was deceived, so why did he panic?

Seeing the little emperor expose the lies of several people and their ugly appearance, the onlookers burst into laughter. The students of the great students felt gentle and bowed their heads one by one, and dared not argue. The gentry who came with them were panic. The little emperor's questions were false and they couldn't figure out their own affairs, so how much they knew.

"It seems that your father Li Yan has never told you about his great achievements!" Zhao Bing no longer paid attention to Li Changru and looked at Li Yingchun and smiled.

"My father has not explained it in detail!" Li Yingchun shook his head confusedly. He may have felt that it was disgraceful about his rebellion against the Song and surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, and he never mentioned it to them, so he did not understand it either.

"After Li Yan surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, he was taken back by the thief chief Ali Hague and followed him southward. Later, he became the prefect of Leizhou, opposite Qiongzhou across the sea. He is famous and his evil deeds are so numerous that you can tell me. You can ask anyone in the court to tell you a few things. Unfortunately, when Ali Hague was awarded the title, he was not listed. The court only beheaded one of them without affecting his family, which was already very kind!" Zhao Bing said.

"How is it possible? My father acted humbly and taught us brothers to be kind and righteous first, and how to do things that hurt the heavens and reason!" Li Yingchun was shocked after hearing this. He never expected that his father was so famous in the court. Even the little emperor was familiar with it. It seemed that he was not unfair to die, but it was hard to believe it for a moment.

"A gentleman is loyal to his life, and a villain is loyal to his life! In order to survive in the world, villains cannot do anything, and their actions cannot be described as shameless. Compared with pigs and dogs, they are insults!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and said disdainfully, as if it was unnecessary to say something to him.

Zhao Bing also understood that the distinction between righteousness and profit in the Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianism was not just empty preaching, but a deep sense of responsibility was hidden behind it. Because the essence of "righteousness" is "benevolence", Cheng Yi had the words "a gentleman should be loyal to his fate, and a villain should be loyal to his fate." This "gentleman's righteousness" also plays a role in moral law among the scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty, and it itself means a responsibility. He used this place not only to ridicule, but also to slap the gentry in the face.

"God, why do you treat me like this..." Li Yingchun looked up at the gloomy sky and let out a scream. "You have read the scriptures well, and you are wise and polite. Why do you do such a great debauchery and unkindness? It not only harms yourself, but also affects your descendants, so how can we gain a foothold in the countryside and face our elders again!"

Seeing that Li Yingchun was crazy, it was just that no one came forward, but instead avoided him, as if he wanted to clarify his relationship with him, and was ashamed to join him. He couldn't help but feel like he was sad about his kindness. Thinking that when everyone joined hands to Beijing, he was full of confidence in clearing his father's "injustice" and was able to become an official again. He was full of energy.
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