Chapter 477 The Honeymoon Period Ends
In Yongshou Palace, Rui Jingxian lowered his head, "Some people in the Ministry of Works said that what the Mohists did was the same as the Ministry of Works. If the Mohists were allowed to develop like this, the Ministry of Works would be in trouble. Therefore, regarding Sun Chonglou's matter this time... many people in the Ministry of Works have some objections."
"This case has become a point of contention between the two sides." The Taoist priest put down his book, "Those people in the Ministry of Industry are probably thinking of using this to suppress the Mohist School. How is the progress on the Jinyiwei side?"
Lu Bing said: "I was worried about accidents, so I sent Sun Chonglou to the imperial prison."
Thinking of that simple young man, Emperor Jiajing frowned slightly and said, "Behind this is the struggle between Confucianism and Mohism. Xiang Zhuang dances with a sword, aiming at Pei Gong. Once the construction of the land outside the city begins, many things of Mohism will be unveiled one after another. The timing is a little early... but now that it has begun, it cannot be stopped."
Lu Bing said, "Yes, I have already given instructions. This case must be thoroughly investigated."
"When doing things, we must consider the overall situation." After saying this, the Taoist waved his hand and the two of them left.
After leaving the hall, Rui Jingxian said with a smile: "Commander Lu is indeed very righteous. He investigates everything thoroughly. This makes us respect him! But Commander Lu is paid by His Majesty, but he acts without any intention. Hahahaha!"
"Wild dog!" Lu Bing sneered as he watched Rui Jingxian walk away.
Sun Chonglou's case has now become the confrontation point between Confucianism and Mohism. If he does anything and is discovered, he will be drowned in criticism in an instant.
He asked himself, if he were besieged by Confucianists, Emperor Jiajing would not take on all the ministers for him, but would just let him lie dormant for a while.
When it came to Jiang Qingzhi, as soon as he asked to go to Yunnan, the Taoist priest was worried and sent a thousand elite soldiers of the Tiger Guards to accompany him. Later, he learned that Xianzhang Hou Du He was secretly following him with 500 soldiers.
He was also an old man who had followed Emperor Jiajing for many years, and the more this happened, the more unwilling he felt.
Walking out of the West Garden, Lu Bing looked up at the scorching sun, feeling melancholy.
When they were almost at Jinyiwei, someone caught up with them and said, "Commander Lu, someone asked me to tell you something. When the birds are gone, put away the bows!"
Lu Bing turned around abruptly and saw several officials hurriedly walking past on the right to avoid him, the notorious commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
"When the bird is dead, the bow is put away." Lu Bing thought of everything he had done for Emperor Jiajing over the years and narrowed his eyes. "This is provocation!"
He turned and went to the imperial prison.
"I'm not bragging. When I was on the way to exile, the soldiers' legs went weak when they saw the Japanese pirates. I was weak at that time and I gasped for breath after running a few steps.
His words convinced the soldiers. Before the battle, the young master used a clever trick. The Japanese pirates were so scared by the smoke and dust behind them that they ran away.
The young master kicked those soldiers' buttocks and drove them to chase and kill... That's how we had that great victory. But the so-called great victory..."
Sun Chonglou's voice echoed in the imperial prison. "After the battle, those soldiers revered the young master as if he were a god, saying it was a great victory. But the young master said, is this also a great victory? Killing hundreds or thousands of enemies in the future, what is that? Those people didn't believe it. Later, the young master killed thousands of Japanese pirates in a battle in Taizhou Prefecture..."
"It's so awesome!"
"I have also heard of Chang Wei Bo's reputation in the imperial prison. I thought he was a lucky minister, but I didn't expect him to be so amazing. It is true that heroes have always emerged from youth!"
"Lu Bing is here."
Everyone fell silent in an instant.
"What are you afraid of?" Sun Chonglou asked puzzledly, "If you don't do bad things, you won't be startled by ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. What about Lu Bing?"
Lu Bing's footsteps became heavier and he appeared in front of Sun Chonglou's cell.
"Shut up!" the accompanying Jinyiwei shouted.
Sun Chonglou laughed, "If you have the guts, torture me. See if I will frown."
"Did you beat Xie Quan intentionally or unintentionally?" Lu Bing asked.
Sun Chonglou wanted to say that he did it on purpose, but fortunately he thought of his master's eagle claw in time and said, "Of course it was unintentional."
"Do you know the consequences of lying?" Lu Bing said coldly.
"I never lie." Sun Chonglou's eyes rolled around.
This is clearly a lie with open eyes.
The Jinyiwei following Lu Bing said, "Don't make a mistake!"
Sun Chonglou said with a smile: "Xie Quan wanted to snatch someone away, so I went to intercept him in a hurry, but he dared to resist. The young master often says that young people are impulsive, so I rushed in and kicked him casually, but I didn't know that this man's bones were fragile and I actually broke them with the kick."
Ha ha!
The Jinyiwei sneered, "You killed countless people in the north, and Altan's subordinates called you Ashura. What do you mean by a random kick? This is clearly..."
"Shut up!" Lu Bing stopped his subordinates and said, "Tomorrow the Dali Temple and my Jinyiwei will jointly try this case. You can handle it on your own."
"I'm not afraid of anything. At worst, I'll be exiled to Taizhou Prefecture. The fish there are huge, and I also like to eat glutinous rice cakes... Hey! Lao Lu, don't leave! There's no one to talk to me here, and I'm so bored... Lao Lu, Lao Lu..."
Li Jing, the deputy centurion in charge of the imperial prison, respectfully sent Lu Bing away. His jailer laughed and said, "Every time the commander comes, we have to be nervous."
Li Jing said: "Just have a clear conscience."
"Is Li Baihu's bird not singing this morning?" the jailer laughed. "It's hot." Li Jing was playing with the bird outside his duty room, and soon he said he was going to buy some bird food and left the prison.
Later, the news reached Xin'an Lane.
"Lu Bing went to the imperial prison and tried to induce a confession right away." Xu Wei's eyes were filled with coldness. "A dog is a dog. Even if we have been on the same side for a while, we still have to give him a beating in the end."
Lu Bing's stance did not surprise Jiang Qingzhi. In his opinion, Lu Bing had always regarded him as an opponent, but it was actually jealousy that was at work.
"The Mohist School is now on the rise, and Lu Bing is panicking. But he doesn't dare to join forces with those people to deal with Shi Tou." Jiang Qingzhi said.
"Uncle, Lu Bing is cruel and ruthless." Sun Bu Tong said.
"He knows the relationship between Shitou and me. If he dares to join hands with those people to cheat Shitou..." Jiang Qingzhi stood up, "Prepare the car. Also, tell my wife that I'm going out for some fresh air... No, I'm going out to relax."
Li Tian from the inner courtyard got the news and said, "He is a restless person."
The carriage reached the outside of the imperial city. Jiang Qing got off the carriage and took a look at the imperial city. "Good feng shui."
The soldier guarding the gate smiled and said, "My Lord, you have a good eye. They say that this imperial city has dragon energy. Breathing it in will make you energetic, and smelling it will extend your life."
This guy can talk.
When Jiang Qingzhi arrived outside the Jinyiwei Yamen, the doorman was as surprised as if he had seen a ghost. "Master, please come in and sit down. I will go and report to the commander."
"I won't sit down." Jiang Qingzhi looked inside with his hands behind his back. Not long after, Shen Lian came to greet him, "Greetings, Chief Wei Bo."
Jiang Qingzhi nodded. Today, the boy who had nothing when he entered Beijing has become a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, with great power in all directions. He also led the Mohists to make the Confucians anxious.
However, Shen Lian was still hanging around in the Jinyiwei, full of complaints, as if his ambitions had not been fulfilled.
"Please." Shen Lian turned sideways.
Jiang Qingzhi walked ahead without hesitation, and Shen Lian followed. "I wonder what Chang Wei Bo thinks about the unity of knowledge and action?"
"I am interested in the spiritual cultivation, but it is just an interest. The core of the spiritual study is the unity of knowledge and action. What does this knowledge...what does Shen Jingli think it is? And what is action?"
Jiang Qingzhi pointed to his chest and said, "Everyone has his own Tao in his heart. Any attempt to unify the Tao in the hearts of the people is foolish. I don't know what your Tao is, but everyone should do what is right."
Shen Lian was startled by these words, and immediately followed up, "So what is the Tao in Wilbur's mind?"
Jiang Qingzhi pointed to the sky and to the earth.
"Are you doing what you deserve?" Shen Lian asked.
"Just do something for the world." Jiang Qingzhi said calmly: "Talk less, do more, this is my advice to you, the students of Xinxue."
Shen Lian wanted to refute, but Mo Zhan, who was accompanying him, glanced at him with a sharp look like a knife, which made him feel a chill in his heart. He could only watch Jiang Qingzhi walk into the duty room.
"If a single hair of the stone is lost in the imperial prison, I will blame you."
Jiang Qingzhi didn't sit down. He put his hands on the table and looked down at Lu Bing. "If Shitou confesses his guilt by talking nonsense, I will think that you confessed under torture."
Lu Bing looked at him calmly, "What do you want to say?"
"I was kind to others, I offered my kindness with both hands, but what I got was ulterior motives, even stabbing in the back." Jiang Qingzhi smiled and said, "I made great contributions in Yunnan, and the Confucians were worried that the Mohists would become more powerful because of this. So when I was about to start the work outside the city, they used all means to stop me. But why did you do that?"
Jiang Qingzhi didn't wait for him to answer and said, "You are jealous!"
"Jiang Qingzhi!" Lu Bing said coldly, "Why should I be jealous of you?"
"Faced with my achievements, you are envious and jealous, but you can do nothing about it. You don't dare to stab me directly, but want to hit me with stones. You know that the stone and I are like brothers, so you must be upset. Yes! That's why I came."
Jiang Qingzhi looked at him, "Your Majesty is sentimental, almost stubborn, but the problem is that there are not many people you can trust. Therefore, it seems that the Jinyiwei, this hawk dog, can only be led by you.
You are so confident because of this. But today I want to tell you, don’t anger me, or you will pay an unbearable price.”
Jiang Qingzhi picked up the cup of water and poured it over.
He turned around and walked out laughing, and two Jinyiwei rushed over roaring.
Jiang Qingzhi was still laughing, and Mo Zhan appeared in front of him without him noticing.
Amid the flash of swords and screams, Jiang Qingzhi walked out of the duty room and said to Shen Lian outside the door: "The so-called Tao is not a doctrine, but to do something for this world, for the people, and for this Ming Dynasty. Even if it is just to bend down to help a poor child, it is much better than the so-called Tao."
The Ming Dynasty was seriously ill, and the biggest problem was that these carnivores only knew how to talk about theories, but when it came to how to solve the problems, they knew nothing. Or they used those outdated methods to try to prolong the dynasty and survive.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Lian walked into the duty room.
Lu Bing said coldly: "There is a traitor in the prison. Jiang Qingzhi was able to bribe the people in my prison. This is a great shame. Investigate!"
(End of this chapter)
