Dao Fruit

"To pacify the people in the Marsh before Qiu Yan, to win the hearts of the Southern Xinjiang military town before Qiu Yan, and to build connections among the officialdom of Southern Xinjiang before Qiu Yan, Tian Youqing has a lot of thoughts. .”

Back at Zhang Mansion, Zhang Lian couldn't help but sigh with emotion as he recalled what Tian Youqing had said during the previous secret meeting.

Next to him, his two sons, Zhang Xiping and Zhang Xifan, were listening. As soon as Zhang Lian returned to the house, he called the two of them over, obviously he had something to explain.

"Tian Youqing is so sure that he can be one step ahead of Qiu Yan. He is clearly trying to sideline Qiu Yan and use his talents to highlight Qiu Yan's incompetence, but..." The third son Zhang analyzed the past few days. , had an inexplicable awe for Qiu Yan, "As far as the child knows, Qiu Yan is not a simple person. One person can't make more concessions than the entire Chengzhi Division. He can do the work of dozens of people in the Chengzhi Division in just a moment. Can be done!”

Zhang Xifan's son, Zhang Hai, was already in the Chengzhi Division. Privy Councilor Wang Jing wanted to form an alliance with Zhang Lian, and the condition he proposed was to support Zhang Hai. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin and Qiu Yan appeared midway. Stirring up the situation, not to mention righting Zhang Hai, it didn't take long for the entire Chengzhi Department to be controlled by Qiu Yan, making it difficult for even Wang Jing to intervene.

Zhang Xifan was a little angry at first when he encountered this kind of thing. Later, after he learned everything, his anger turned into fear. Now that he heard that someone was planning to deal with Qiu Yan, his first reaction was that he felt that the person was ungrateful.

On the side, Zhang Xiping also said: "Qiu Yan is a very important person. He seems to not follow the common sense of officialdom, but his methods are not bad at all. As soon as he entered the Chengzhi Division, he attacked the mountain and shocked the tiger, taking control of an area. Not long ago, he entered the Imperial College, forcing him to Logically speaking, it would be offensive for those prison guards to go to work outside the city. However, after Qiu Yan left the Imperial College for the last time, the prison guards went crazy, searching for articles and books on how to do things and studying them, which became a common practice. ”

"There should be complaints about forcing the prison guards to work, but in the end, they started to study Qiu Yan's teachings instead?" This was the first time Zhang Xifan heard the news, with a look of surprise on his face and confusion in his heart.

But then, Zhang Lian's words turned his surprise into shock.

Zhang Lian said: "My father knows this. He has also asked people to collect articles on the ways of knowing and doing, and is also studying the essence of them. If you have time, you might as well take a look and study it."

"This..." Zhang Xifan was completely dumbfounded. He felt that the world was changing too fast and he couldn't keep up.

Even Zhang Xiping looked surprised.

Zhang Lian's reaction when he saw his two sons was as expected. He smiled and said, "Although Qiu Yan and I are at odds with each other in terms of our stances, I have to admit that his academic achievements are rare in all dynasties. What's more, looking at his current feelings, The day when Confucian classics are achieved is not far away!”

"Confucian classics! Can Qiu Yan achieve Confucian classics?" This time, whether it was Zhang Xifan or Zhang Xiping. I was really surprised.

Qiu Yan's accomplishment of the classics on military strategism is quite unexpected. It is an achievement that many people can't match in their lifetimes. Having one classic on humanity at hand in a person's lifetime is enough to leave a mark in history. However, Qiu Yan has accomplished two classics on military strategists in one go. .

Although the military strategist is currently being suppressed by Confucianism, it has been passed down in all dynasties. In the middle and late periods of the previous dynasties, when the warlords were separatist, the military strategist was at its peak. Even the Confucianists looked up to it. Therefore, once the military strategist classics are completed, they will surely be passed down. It even brings unimaginable gains to the author.

This point is clear to all the princes in the court. The main thing now is the national war, and the timing is sensitive. Although the royal family promotes the name of the classics, in order to prevent accidents, the original contents of the classics are not turned into authentic copies or replicas. Therefore, the dissemination among the people is limited. Didn't let the harvest show up.

But on the other hand, it can also be seen from here that military classics are actually still subject to many restrictions and constraints. In terms of pure influence, they are ultimately not as good as Confucian classics.

Once a Confucian classic is born, its author will be dubbed a "living sage". In many cases, this title is more powerful than imagined.

Therefore, the two Zhang brothers were so surprised when they heard Zhang Lian say that Qiu Yan might complete the Confucian classics. At the same time, they also realized that once completed, this would be Qiu Yan's third classic.

"One person has written three humanistic classics. Since the time of the various states and the hundreds of schools of thought, few people have been able to do it." Zhang Xiping couldn't help but sigh, and actually felt a little awe-inspiring towards Qiu Yan.

Zhang Xifan clicked his tongue repeatedly: "Qiu Yan is really that powerful? Is it because of this that Father asked us to study his theories?"

Zhang Lian nodded, then shook his head and said: "This is just one of the reasons. The most important thing is that Qiu Yan's theory seems to coincide with a great way in the world. He discovered a brand new world. It is said that it can With this knowledge, the information is extremely secret, and all the forces who know it are keeping it secret for fear of being known to others. It took a lot of effort for my father to find out. "

"A new world?" the two Zhang brothers asked in unison.

Zhang Lian replied: "My father has never experienced the specific situation personally, so it is difficult to describe it. However, someone has told me that this incident may affect the status of various Confucian academies. It should not be underestimated. Otherwise, Why did the court officials allow Qiu Yan to go to southern Xinjiang instead of trying to make him suffer? "

"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Zhang Xiping was thoughtful after hearing the words, and thought to himself: "To shake the status of the Confucian academies? The Confucian academies have been passed down for thousands of years, and there are scholars behind them, and there are students all over the world, how can they easily Shocked? What kind of mystery is hidden in Qiu Yan’s theory?”

"Previously, King Ding wanted to cut off Qiu Yan's path and didn't give him a chance. After all, as a father, he had scruples and didn't dare to complete the matter..."

On the other side, Zhang Lian was talking, then changed the topic and took it back, as if he didn't want to go too deep into the topic just now.

"This time, Tian Youqing is in the front, which can save a lot of trouble. The reason why Tian Youqing is confident to defeat Qiu Yan is not because of his ability, but because of Qiu Yan's behavior that ignores the rules of the officialdom. Sooner or later, it will be easy to offend the officialdom in the south."

"What does father mean?" Zhang Xiping heard some signs and understood Zhang Lian's thoughts.

Zhang Lian lowered his voice and said: "As long as Qiu Yan is not an official, we must make efforts to make friends. The top priority is to force him to withdraw from officialdom, study with peace of mind, and let him devote himself to writing books and establishing theories!"

"Forcing him to write a book?" Zhang Xifan was very surprised by this purpose. "In this case, Qiu Yan is the one who is expected by everyone. Even those who are hostile to him hope that he can continue to write books. Such a person, with his Can Tian Youqing be able to deal with it? Besides, Tian Youqing entered the palace and forced the emperor to marry him. He has hated the emperor, lost his favor, and his future is bleak. What else does he want to do at this time? Is it possible that the incident of force will be remembered in the emperor's heart? Will you forget it? Why don’t you let it go as soon as possible, do you think you can win back the Holy Family? "

"Of course the emperor will not forget things like this, but..." Zhang Lian nodded, "You have the protection of your father, so you can give up lightly. After all, I have a solid foundation. Letting go can only take a step back and damage the power. In the end, it will not hurt anyone." Basically, for Tian Youqing, career is his life's hope. Once he lets go, he will have no goals in his life and can only waste time. He knows many things in his heart, but he has to be confused before he can give it a try. "

"I see. In this way, Tian Youqing can be considered a person," Zhang Xiping nodded, "Actually, he has no chance. In Darui, the emperor cannot cover the sky with one hand. If Tian Youqing can show enough ability, With the support of the family, there will still be a chance.”

When he said this, Zhang Xifan also understood and said: "Yes, if this Tian Youqing can really make meritorious deeds, after he comes back, the emperor will not be able to depose him or suppress him, otherwise it will be seen that he suppresses the ministers who have made meritorious deeds. It’s hard to avoid being disappointed, Tian Youqing is determined to take advantage of the situation.”

"More than that," Zhang Lian said at this time, "The emperor's mind cannot be judged by ordinary people's thinking. As long as Tian Youqing succeeds, even if the emperor hates him, he will still use him, and he will even continue to trust him, at least on the surface. It takes a lot of hard work. After all, Tian Youqing is still in the name of the new party. Our emperor has never done less about things that conflict with each other. For him, ministers who have made mistakes are sometimes more loyal than ministers who have made mistakes. , better to use.”

Zhang Xifan was puzzled again: "Could Tian Youqing be able to do things, but others can't? We can't leave him, and the emperor will have no one to use, right?"

Hearing this, Zhang Lian took a deep look at Zhang Xifan, making the latter feel creepy.

Afterwards, I heard Zhang Lian say: "You can see more people and know that you can do the same thing if you change the person. But what the emperor sees and hears was created by us, the courtiers and the aristocratic family, so the opinions will be different."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Xifan didn't think much at first, but after thinking about it, he was shocked, as if a basin of cold water was poured from head to toe, and his whole body was chilled!

However, Zhang Lian didn't want to frighten his son too much, so he interrupted again and asked: "By the way, this time, Li Kuo was quite loyal. He has been relying on me for some time. It's time to make a move. You can make arrangements after you go back."

"Yes." Zhang Xiping heard the words and led Zhang Xiping to agree.

………………

"It turns out that Tian Youqing has such a plan, which is quite courageous and should not be underestimated."

On the other side of the city, in Qiu Mansion's study, Qiu Yan was savoring some information.

Beside, Xi Muyuan's soul was wandering unsteadily, and he couldn't help but marvel: "I didn't expect that Brother Qiu silently laid chess pieces in the capital. No one could have imagined that Li Kuo, who is always following people's influence, has already become your spy." ( To be continued.)

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