Chapter 24: Elder Yan is not worried about scarcity but inequality
Prince Yu's Mansion.
"Bang!" Gao Gong, who was upright and hot-tempered, slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Disgusting, ugh!"
“I told you that the Yan Party is treacherous and will never send simple people to your majesty’s side. Sure enough…” Gao Gong said, his face livid and he said angrily, “Witch, you are simply a witch!”
"She arbitrarily misinterpreted the words of the ancient sages and deceived the emperor. At such a young age, she was able to persuade His Majesty to give her a noble title and make her the Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty right after she entered the palace... How could she be so worthy and capable!"
Everyone frowned deeply when listening to Gao Gong's words.
"There are five Taoist sects. I heard that she specializes in four of them, but I don't know which four they are. I didn't expect it to be this way." Zhang Juzheng also stroked his beard and shook his head, sighing:
"This girl is so young, but she actually believes in the law of the jungle, which is really shocking."
"The most terrifying thing is that, as far as we know, she was adopted by Zhang Tianshi since she was a child and has never left the mountain since she grew up."
"Logically speaking, he is indeed a simple-minded person..." Zhang Juzheng said, shaking his head and sighing, "During this troubled time, it just so happens that such an imperial teacher has appeared beside Your Majesty."
"I just hope Your Majesty won't be influenced by her."
At this time, Zhao Zhenji also began to say, "When people are born, their nature is evil. Some people are born like this."
"Lord Xu, what do you think about this matter?" Prince Yu looked at Xu Jie and asked.
"Your Majesty is a wise emperor and will not be deceived by others."
"The Imperial Master may have some influence on Your Majesty, but it is limited. Besides, how can we allow treacherous officials to bring disaster to the country when we are here?"
"What I am worried about is Your Majesty's attitude towards the Yan Party..." Xu Jie spoke slowly and expressed his concerns.
It's just some shallow knowledge of an ignorant woman. It may sound a little novel at first, but it just adds to the joke.
She said, water is good at benefiting all things without competing, and not competing is competing. But don’t you know that the non-competition here means following the way of nature, not competing for the sake of competing, but achieving all things in inaction.
The reason why water can moisten the earth and nourish all things is because it follows the rhythm of nature. It does not force or compete for the first place, but overcomes hardness with softness and advances by retreating.
How can this great truth of simplicity, of returning to the original nature, be summarized by simple and crude opposition and conflict, or the law of the jungle?
What a joke!
What he was worried about was the Yan Party.
And your majesty's attitude towards the Yan Party!
"That's right," Zhang Juzheng stopped thinking about Qingfeng and said, "The national policy of replacing rice with mulberry trees has been restrained by your majesty's seven-word policy, and we are also chasing and blocking them. The Yan Party is doomed."
"When the deficit can no longer be made up, that's when the time comes to overthrow Yan."
"But Yan Song sent an ignorant girl into Yuxi Palace, and Your Majesty gave her a noble title and appointed her as the Imperial Master..."
"It seems that the Yan Party is in great favor with the emperor."
"Does Your Majesty not intend to take action against the Yan Party?" As he said this, Zhang Juzheng looked at Xu Jie.
At this time, he came to his senses. Now thinking back, they were too optimistic before. It seemed that His Majesty was playing a big game?
"What exactly does father want to do?" Prince Yu also had a solemn expression.
For a moment, all the Qingliu people in the hall fell silent.
They all came to their senses and thought that His Majesty might have other purposes, and they couldn't help but show worry between their brows.
Well, compared to the Qingliu group who just came to their senses, they are now feeling uneasy and doubtful, and their hearts are filled with a dead air.
On the Yan family side, Yan Song and his son were in a very relaxed mood.
In fact, compared to Yan Song's expressionless expression, the arrogant Yan Shifan burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, good!" Yan Shifan's face was flushed, "His Majesty still cares about my Yan family, good, haha..."
"Dad, your move of letting Qingfeng enter Yuxi Palace to accompany His Majesty in his cultivation is simply brilliant, haha."
"First, let your majesty see our filial piety." Yan Shifan raised his thumb and then raised his index finger, making an "eight" gesture, and said, "Second, to test your majesty's intentions!"
"If your majesty accepts it, it means that he is comforting our family. Even if there are big storms in the future, it will give us peace of mind."
"At least, we don't have to worry about what will happen next. Once His Majesty draws his sword, we will never be able to recover!" He raised his middle finger again, making a total of three fingers, and placed them in front of his chest.
"The greater the reward your majesty gives to Qingfeng, the more you value our family. This is giving us face."
"At the same time, I am also telling everyone that my Yan family will not fall!"
"Kill three birds with one stone, Dad, high!"
Looking at Yan Shifan who bowed to him, Yan Song glanced at his son, and after a moment his old face relaxed and he snorted and chuckled.
Yan Shifan also laughed out loud.
"But Dad, Qingfeng's remarks are really shocking. She sounds like an anomaly in Taoism." Yan Shifan sat down, drank a sip of tea happily, and smacked his lips.
"She is young and simple-minded, but she can explain the essence of the world in one sentence. It seems that I underestimated her..."
Yan Song licked his fingers, turned a page of the book in his hand, and said slowly: "Qingfeng will be the master of Xuanpu Palace, and he needs some servants around him. You should pick some reliable and well-behaved Taoist children to serve him." "From now on, our Yan family will rely on Qingfeng."
Hearing this, Yan Shifan raised his eyebrows and said, "Dad, do you really believe that girl can climb onto the dragon bed? Are you just whispering in someone's ear?"
Looking up at Yan Shifan, Yan Song just felt tired and had no intention of reading anymore, so he just lay down on the bed.
"Go and take care of it," he waved his hand with his back to Yan Shifan, "Remember, don't do anything unnecessary."
"Just arrange two reliable and clever female Taoist children to serve you personally, and the palace will arrange the rest."
"Yes." Yan Shifan, who knew that there was a huge difference between him and his father in cunning, had become completely honest at this time. Naturally, he would do whatever Yan Song said and did not dare to act recklessly again.
He stood up and covered Yan Song with a blanket, then bowed and took his leave.
After Yan Shifan left, the warm study became quiet.
After a while, Yan Song slowly lay down, staring at the beams, and said quietly: "Whether Qingfeng can climb onto the dragon bed is not the point."
"The key point is that His Majesty wants to send some signal to the outside world through Qingfeng. Just like the favor he showed to Qingfeng this time, he is telling all the Qingliu that the Yan Mansion will not fall."
"How could the Yuxi Palace's discussion of Dao be spread so easily? I'm afraid this news will spread all over the world in no time."
"Qingfeng is a member of my Yan family, and this fact will never change..." Yan Song muttered to himself, and his breathing became rapid. He felt that he was about to grasp the answer in his heart.
"Prince Yu sees it clearly, Qingliu sees it clearly, my Yan family works for the emperor and protects him from wind and rain."
"What's the point of having one more breeze?"
“It’s just one more person who does bad things.
If you offend Qingliu, then Qingfeng will be a seductress who seduces the king, a demon, and will be despised by the world..."
"Wait!" Yan Song muttered to himself, as if he suddenly thought of something. He sat up abruptly with a gleam in his eyes.
"There is a demon in the country, bewitching the king...hiss!" Yan Song took a breath, widened his eyes, and murmured: "Your Majesty, he not only wants to attack my Yan family, he also wants to attack Qingliu!?"
"First, use the clear stream to chase and intercept my Yan family, trap them in your hands, and make them the fish on the chopping block..."
"But what happens next? How will Qingliu deal with it?"
Yan Song naturally knew that the Qingliu were also greedy. The difference between him and the Yan family was that his eating habits were so ugly that even a three-year-old child could tell.
He doesn't care about fame anyway!
But they are a pure stream, with elegant eating manners, and behind them are a huge number of literati and gentry with profound cultural background and complex connections.
Unless these people produce hard evidence after their homes are searched, no one will know that a seemingly honest person is actually a corrupt official who enriches himself.
Therefore, since ancient times, it has always been the treacherous people like him whose power came from the emperor, who were easily liquidated after being overthrown.
But those clear streams are often the victorious side, and they always have the last laugh as the victors of the time.
As a result, when the new dynasty came and the purge began, every investigation revealed a huge corrupt official!
"Deal with my Yan family and Qingliu at the same time?"
"No, just like my Yan family, Qingliu will not be completely liquidated, because Your Majesty still needs people and the world must be stable!"
"The way of the emperor is all about checks and balances."
Yan Song's brain was working rapidly, and he had grasped the key point. "Your Majesty must have evidence if he wants to take action against Qingliu."
"At this time, the appearance of Qingfeng is like handing him a knife that is specifically designed to cut Qingliu!"
"And from now on, Qingfeng will be seen by everyone in the world as a seductive woman who seduces the king, a demon."
"Everything is a sorcery that harms the country and seduces the king. Your Majesty has been bewitched! The relationship between the king and his subjects will never be broken!"
"They would say that hypocritically."
"Boom!"
In the silence, there seemed to be a loud thunder explosion.
"Ha, ha ha..." Suddenly, Yan Song laughed, and then lay down comfortably.
"Okay, okay, my Yan family is trapped and waiting to be cut by a knife. You, Qingliu, don't even think about dodging this knife!"
Although one's own misfortune is tragic, the misfortune of others can be used to balance one's mentality and provide comfort.
In short, I'm not having a good life, but when I think about how you won't be having a good life either, I feel relieved. At least it's fair.
What is worrying is not the scarcity but the inequality. This is Yan Song’s mentality at the moment.
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(End of this chapter)
