Li Mansion.
Lin Yi followed the maid of the Li family into the inner courtyard and met the youngest daughter of the Li family, Li Jue, who was regarded as the apple of his eye by Li Dongyang.
As she walked along, she looked around.
She usually lives in a dormitory in the Imperial College, and also lives with her aunt and mother-in-law. Her living conditions are not ideal, and this is also because Lin Han has always been thrifty in educating his children. After entering the Li Mansion, she couldn't help but sigh at the vastness and depth of the house.
Wearing plain clothes, I saw Li Jue in the pavilion in the Li family yard.
Compared to Lin Yi's restraint and strict adherence to etiquette, Li Jue has been favored since childhood. She has a cheerful personality and is very popular. She has a bright smile on her face that even Lin Yi can't help but look at. Two eyes.
The eyes are not as clear as water like ordinary girls' eyes, but they seem to contain aura, blending into the world but not being stained by the world. Just between a frown and a smile, Lin Lin's eyes are full of aura. Yi stared at it for a long time. This was very different from the almost silly "ladies" she had seen who were cultivated by rigid and dogmatic models.
"I have seen a female gentleman."
With a bright smile, Li Ju came over to salute Lin Yi.
Lively and a bit playful, Lin Yi feels not restrained at all.
Lin Yiguang saw Li Jue's gesture of saluting, and with her usual preaching temperament, she almost went up to correct him, but then she thought that she was not here to teach Li Jue an etiquette lesson today.
The Book of Female Filial Piety in her hand is the only thing she wants to talk about today.
"Miss Li." Lin Yi returned the courtesy.
They are both daughters of noble families, even the same age, but Li Jue’s birthday is later, and Lin Yi is only half a year older, so she doesn’t think she is qualified to be a husband.
Sit down in the pavilion and the maid retreats not far away.
Li Jue immediately widened his eyes and asked questions. He did not ask about the content of the Women's Filial Piety Sutra. Instead, he was interested in the words written by Lin Yi.
"The gambling book faded away the fragrance of tea. At that time, I just thought it was normal. I learned about this poem from my brother. It is said that this poem has been spread all over the street for a long time. I don’t know how the female gentleman came to Can you give me some advice on this poem you came up with?"
Li Jue has the curiosity that her age deserves.
And there is also a desire to go out and win the respect of others, a competitive spirit unique to girls.
They are all famous Confucian ladies. This daughter of the Lin family is famous all over the capital with her poems. When others mention her, she is called a talented woman. Even my brother is filled with emotion. But when others mention me, they can only say: I am the daughter of a scholar from Li University.
I finally had the opportunity to meet. As a filial daughter, you can just go back and read and study by yourself. But this opportunity to learn how to write poetry is something you can’t get by putting it aside. .
Lin Yi was very embarrassed. What worried her the most was when others asked her about poems. Obviously I am just a little girl who likes to teach others. Why do everyone think I am some kind of talented woman?
"I'm not good at writing lyrics."
Lin YiVery candid.
If you're not good at it, you're not good at it. She doesn't try to show off. Anyway, she is already waiting for Zhang Zhou to come back from the expedition and welcome her in.
From now on, I will live a life of caring for my husband and raising my children. Even if the concubine’s mother is also a concubine, at least my father is good to my mother. I am still married to the emperor, and my marriage to Zhang Zhou is not a blind marriage. , at least he has a good impression of Zhang Zhou.
It’s better than marrying a man you’ve never met and whose character you don’t know.
Of course, this is just a superficial thought. Even Lin Yi himself is not good at digging into his heart.
Li Wei sighed and said, "The female gentleman is not good at writing lyrics, but he can still impress the talents in the capital. He lamented that the poets of the Ming Dynasty put their words first. If the gentleman writes lyrics carefully, I am afraid that the future will be The second Li Qingzhao, right?”
Envy.
Li Jue directly expressed his thoughts on his face, and his fair face curled up slightly.
Seeing Lin Yi's slightly embarrassed expression, she smiled, revealing a pair of shallow smiles.
"Female sir, don't be embarrassed. In fact, I have been reading "nu filial piety" since I was a child, and I have already understood its meaning. It's just that I have nothing to do, and neither my family nor my brother allow me to leave the courtyard. I was bored and wanted to find someone to talk to."
Li Wei is very talkative.
This will make Lin Yi uncomfortable.
Lin Yi is still thinking, if you just want to find someone to chat with, you don’t have to come to me, because I get paid to teach.
Although the money is not in my hands, from what I know, there is still a lot of money to repair.
Of course, Lin Yi also knew that inviting famous Confucian women to teach his own women was mostly to earn a reputation and let people know that his achievements in women's studies and women's virtues were not made behind closed doors, but through "Guided by famous teachers", Lin Yi usually likes to preach, and this is also because many women from various aristocratic families are very dull. Many times they can't even recognize the words "filial piety", so she needs to teach them one by one.
And she does this kind of thing not only because her father is Lin Han and others are willing to ask her to teach her, but also because she needs to make money to help support her family.
Although Lin Han is in a high position and has many wives and concubines at home, Lin Han has spent all his savings in the past few years to build dormitories in the Imperial College, and Yonggong students in the Northern Ming Dynasty have dormitories to live in. It started when Lin Han repaired the prison cell of the Imperial College. This was really not a fund allocated by the imperial court.
"I'll teach you"
Lin Yi wants to keep things official.
With her temperament, she is not suitable for making friends as best friends. After all, she used to give lectures to others, so she will naturally give people a feeling of superiority.
Moreover, her temperament is similar to that of men, and she is not liked by ordinary people. Sometimes even she feels aggrieved.
"The female gentleman is talking, let me listen. After you finish speaking, how about you tell me about poetry?"
Li Jue put his hands in front of him and put them on On the stone table in front of him, he looked like a student who listened carefully and did someHe pleaded, "Also, I want to help my brother get a handwritten message from the female gentleman. It doesn't need to be more, just one sentence. My brother has always admired the female gentleman's style."
Lin Yi frowned when he heard this. .
I am about to get married, why does this sister of the Li family seem to be a matchmaker for her brother?
Who is her brother?
If Lin Yi knew Li Zhaoxian’s After her good conduct, she would probably write disgust directly on her face. It was precisely because he didn't know Li Zhaoxian's uninhibited character or the disease that Li Zhaoxian had that she gave Li Wei face, at least so that she could do her job today. After finishing it, she successfully took Shu Xiu back to save a little dowry for herself. She still agreed to write a sentence with her own hands.
Of course, I have to wait until she finishes teaching and is leaving.
When Lin Yi left Li Mansion, a maid had already brought over a red envelope wrapped in letter paper.
There are some scattered silver and copper coins inside, which are for Lin Yi's repair.
Lin Yi took it respectfully and put it in her arms. After exiting the back door of the Li Mansion, there was a small sedan waiting for her. The sedan was hired by the Li Mansion.
The rules for inviting female teachers back to give lectures are to "pick them up and send them off in sedan chairs."
Not long after Lin Yi got on the sedan and left, Li Zhaoxian came back from the door and went straight into the inner courtyard to find Li Jue.
"Brother, I have fulfilled my mission and got it for you." Li Jue was very happy, as if he was a victorious general, and handed Li Zhaoxian a sentence written by Lin Yi himself.
Li Zhaoxian was overjoyed. He held it in his hand and felt that his hand was trembling.
Li Jue said, "Brother, it's not that my little sister is talking about you. I asked the female gentleman and she said that she was already betrothed to someone else. Why are you doing this?"
Li Zhaoxian laughed and said, "Marry." What about people? What I want is her name, not her person. Besides, her marriage is no longer a secret."
"Who?"
Li Jue asked curiously. One sentence.
Li Zhaoxian smiled and said, "It's Mr. Zhang who treated me."
This was very unfamiliar to Li Jue.
Although Li Jue is very curious and yearns for the outside world, she has too few opportunities to get out of the house. Li Dongyang is also very considerate in protecting his daughter from people and things that are easy to "dirty ears" , I will definitely not let my daughter know.
Obviously, Zhang Zhou is not a positive character in the Li family's values.
He is a character who can be ignored in conversations with anyone in his family, and his deeds can be treated as if they have never happened.
Of course Li Zhaoxian would not break the rules established by the Li family. He said excitedly, "I can finally show it to Brother Sima and the others. Haha, it seems that someone paid for the wine tonight."< /p>
Li Zhaoxian naturally wanted to show off the lyrics written by Lin Yi.
Just like chasing stars, Lin Yi is now like a female star in the circle of scholars in the capital.
Many of Li Jue’s personalities are very similar to those of her brother.
They are very expressive.
There is no closed mentality that everyone is born and must live a rigid life.
Li Jue asked, "Brother, don't you want to recuperate at home? What's wrong with brother?"
Li Zhaoxian smiled and couldn't help but walk towards the door. "I'll tell you later, remember If you have time to spend more time with your sister-in-law, if your father asks about it, just say that I have to learn from someone today, or I won't come back. Today is really thanks to you."
In the Qianqing Palace.
Li Dongyang was personally invited by Xiao Jing. He entered the palace and stood in front of Zhu Youtang.
He also asked Xiao Jing on the way, but Xiao Jing was very secretive about the purpose of the emperor's summons, and no information was leaked to him.
"Li Qing's family, I don't understand some etiquette matters, and I would like to ask you for advice." Zhu Youtang said.
Li Dongyang muttered inwardly.
With his wisdom, he naturally understood that there was an overtone in the emperor's words, but he couldn't figure it out yet.
"Your Majesty, please speak." Li Dongyang said.
Zhu Youtang asked seriously, "If there is a disaster in the Xuansheng Temple in Queli, what can you say?"
When Li Dongyang heard this, his brain was running fast, and the emperor suddenly mentioned the disaster in Qufu. Confucius Temple also said that if there is a disaster that has not been heard of, then it may not have happened. It is a prophecy, and this kind of prophecy can only be based on what Zhang Bingkuan said. The emperor did not ask the Ministry of Rites or others, just Ask me, obviously this is related to my marriage relationship with the Kong family.
Li Dongyang said, "If there is a disaster in Xuansheng Temple, God will warn you. I don't know what the disaster is."
"Zhurong's disaster." Zhu Youtang said.
When Li Dongyang heard that it was a fire again, was Zhang Bingkuan so awesome that he dared to say that a fire was going to break out in the Confucius Temple because he was in the northwest? Or was Zhang Bingkuan hinting that someone would set a fire?
Li Dongyang asked "I don't know what the extent of the disaster will be, but whether there will be casualties."
"It has not happened yet. Bingkuan prophesied that there will be a disaster at the end of this month, that is, five days later, in Queli Xuansheng Temple." Zhu You Tang Dao is also frank.
Say what you have to say.
Li Dongyang frowned and said, "Your Majesty, this kind of thing may not be credible."
When he said this, Li Dongyang himself felt a little unsure.
If it’s just nonsense from others, forget it. Zhang Bingkuan really meant what he said. The only thing I don’t know now is whether he really calculated that it would happen, or whether he was hinting to some people. Complete
Of course Zhang Zhou is not talking nonsense.
Historically, before the end of June in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, a fire would indeed break out in the Confucius Temple. This was also mentioned by Li Dongyang in his memorial to Kong Hongxu.
"In the early days of Jiwei, when the Xuansheng Temple was in disaster, Huidongzhuang was in court. Gonggong led his disciples to run to save it. He wore plain clothes in the temple and cried, and ate vegetarian food for a hundred days, just like a funeral ceremony. And the imperial court ordered officials to build it. Although Gonggong Without budgeting for it, he praised the paintings more than his younger brothers."
It means that when a fire broke out in the Confucius Temple, Kong Hongtai was in the capital to attend court, and Kong Hongxu personally led people to rescue the disaster, and he even made a show of it, crying in plain clothes again., and "eat a vegetarian diet for a hundred days, and live like a funeral ritual", which is really a trick. In fact, it is to pave the way for his son Kong Wenshao to succeed to the throne.
The fire was also mentioned in Xiaozong’s Records as “a disaster at the Xuansheng Temple in Queli at the end of June”
It was also mentioned in mid-July that “the Supervisory Censor Yu Lian’s report was more recent.” The disaster of Huilu destroyed the E-Confucius Temple, and the monuments and inscriptions on the veranda of the temple were reduced to ashes. The righteous path was in great danger. However, the courtiers did not hear any words of prayer, and the court did not hear the ceremony of showing compassion. However, the emperor and his ministers were calm in the past. It’s a holy disaster.”
It means that a fire broke out in the Confucius Temple recently and a lot of things were burned. However, no one from the court prayed for the temple to be repaired, and the court did not issue an edict to appease it. It was the emperor and his ministers who were concerned about this matter. Indifference
With this, Kong Hongtai also petitioned to allocate money and food to build the temple, and Zhu Youtang agreed to do so.
The reason why the imperial court was "compassionate with the disaster of the ancestors" is because it is historically recognized that this fire was set by Kong Hongxu himself.
Set the fire yourself and put out the fire yourself.
Kong Hongxu wanted to use this fire, and the main purpose was to make the court feel that it was because Yan Shenggong’s inheritance was not in the right line, and God wanted to warn the court to return Yan Shenggong’s title to Kong Hongxu, at least Also give him his son.
But such a big thing as the fire in the Confucius Temple, how could the emperor not find out that the person who set the fire was the one who put out the fire
What would the emperor think
You guys The Kong family is very good at conspiracy.
In the end, the emperor saw through it without pointing it out, and the matter was just passed over. Kong Hongtai died a few years later, and Kong Hongxu did not pray for the title to be passed back to him. He had just passed it on to his son, but he also died. Whether there was any conspiracy in the death of the brothers' front and rear legs has not been mentioned in the history books.
The history of the Ming Dynasty also mentioned Kong Hongtai's attitude towards this matter: "When Hongtai returned, Yi Zhai cried as if he were in mourning. Hongtai was orphaned in the seventh month of his life. He served his mother as a filial piety, and was friendly with Hongxu, and they never talked about it. Sixteen When he died, Hongxuzi heard about Shao's attack. Next year, the new temple was built and the regulations were beyond the old. He sent Li Dongyang, a great scholar, to pay tribute and make an inscription on the stone."
That's probably it. , after the fire started, Kong Hongtai was also very sad and contracted an illness. He died of the disease four years later.
As for whether Kong Hongtai knew that his eldest brother started the fire, he probably knew but was unable to point it out. In history, Kong Hongtai had no sons and was probably deliberately wiped out by his family. After this fire, Kong Hongtai gradually understood the joints.
Now the emperor raised the question, and Li Dongyang also answered it.
Zhang Zhou said that the Confucius Temple was going to catch fire, but Li Dongyang said, we can’t believe it.
Zhu Youtang said, "If someone deliberately sets fire to Li Qing's house, I don't know how much the crime will be."
"This" Li Dongyang thought, Zhang Zhou still wants to lure others to set fire
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Who is so brave?
He himself mentioned that he had such a fire, but waited for others to set it on fire. Why can’t people understand this method?
Li Dongyang thought briefly and said, "The crime should not be forgiven."
This goes without saying
Don't say setting fire to the Confucius Temple, even setting fire to ordinary people's homes is a serious crime of "murder and arson". Li Dongyang actually wanted to ask, what else did Zhang Zhou mention that made Your Majesty care so much, and specifically asked me to say it?
Zhu Youtang said, "No one outside should know what happened today."
"Your Majesty, you are saying"
Li Dongyang looked around. There are many eunuchs and eunuchs, including Li Dongyang, and Zhang Zhou who sent secret reports to the emperor. It cannot be said that no third party knows about it.
"I will make it clear." Zhu Youtang said, "Bingkuan told me that he had calculated that there would be someone in Qufu who was planning something evil. Because Duke Yansheng was in the capital, he could not take care of the Confucius Temple and took the opportunity to set fire to the emperor and ministers as a way of self-respect. . As for who it is, I don’t want to say it clearly."
Li Dongyang frowned when he heard this.
You don’t have to say this damn thing clearly, it’s the Qianyan Shenggong, my future father-in-law Kong Hongxu
Li Dongyang immediately thought, this is for me to remind you. Kong Hongxu made him repent
Then he thought again.
If it is a myth, I will remind him. Kong Hongxu will definitely regard me as a lunatic. Even if I hint to him, he will think that I am making things up out of thin air.
Even if Kong Hongxu really has the idea of arson, I will remind him that he can admit it
What the hell is Zhang Bingkuan doing?
"Your Majesty, minister I really don’t understand why you are telling me this,” Li Dongyang said, “Even if Zhang Zhou is really capable of leaving no stone unturned, doesn’t he know that his words are revealed before the incident and proven afterward?”
Zhu Youtang smiled. He said, "That's exactly what I thought, but I just want to ask the Li Qing family, do you want to tell him about this, or do you want to catch him?"
"Ah"
Although Li Dongyang thought that he had studied Zhang Zhou thoroughly, he never expected that Zhang Zhou and the emperor would come to ask him such a question together.
We didn’t expect that Kong Hongxu would set a fire, but asked Li Dongyang if he wanted to remind him or catch him.
This was actually telling him that we knew Kong Hongxu was not a positive character. , I understand that you are a little aggrieved by marrying your daughter, and we are willing to help you find a way to postpone this marriage
Even if it is the emperor's proposal, Li Dongyang really He was very moved. Li Dongyang was also thinking, how am I going to say this? Should I tell the emperor that if we don’t protect the Confucius Temple, let Kong Hongxu set fire to it? After the fire is over, he will be caught and exposed to prove that he is an ambitious man, just to help me get married.
Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "I think what Li Qing's family said before is extremely reasonable. Since the incident has not happened, it is just Bingkuan's unfounded speculation. I want to send people to rescue them in five days." I don’t know what Mr. Li Ge thinks before arriving at Queli Xuansheng Temple.”
Li Dongyang said, “Your Majesty, I am afraid that I will only catch the person who set the fire, but I can’t tell the instigator.”
As soon as these words came out.
Even Dai Yi and the others understood it..
This is all about discussing the feasibility of the matter with the emperor.
Li Dongyang was clearly siding with the emperor and Zhang Zhou, and was preparing to catch Kong Hongxu, so that Kong Hongxu would be completely doomed. Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft