Prince of the Qing Dynasty

Mingzhu's face sank slightly when she heard Yu Guozhu's question, and she didn't answer immediately.

After four years, this is something he never thought of.

At the beginning, he recommended Tang Bin to be the prince's teacher because he expected that Tang Bin would be upright and not good at flattery, so he would definitely conflict with the crown prince who grew up in the deep palace. Get along very well, and this is the harmonious teacher-student relationship for the past four years.

And he recommended Tang Bin as the prince's teacher, as Yu Guozhu said, Tang Bin offended him, so he set such a trap to harm Tang Bin.As the prince's teacher, if you make a careless move, you will be punished.He seemed to be honoring Tang Bin, but in reality, he was pushing him into the pit of fire.

But because of the crown prince's high degree of cooperation with Tang Bin, the teacher-student conflict he had planned did not come true, and he was unwilling to sit back and watch the Hanchens' teaching plan for the crown prince be implemented smoothly, so he decided to do it at this moment .Otherwise, it would be very difficult for the crown prince to do anything to Tang Bin when he has finished his education and gets older.

Therefore, now is the best time to do it.

"At the beginning, I sent my servants to the south to collect filial piety. None of the officials in the south dared not give them, but they all respectfully offered silver taels. Ordinarily, I shouldn't have collected these silver coins, but I did it for them. How many times have I talked to the emperor, how many times I have cleaned up the mess for them, if there is no me, can they still have such a good life in the south? Tell me, I am a bachelor, and everyone calls me a statement My lord, but in fact, I always do things for them, if I don't mediate for them, can they sit back and relax and have fun every day? In the end, they should respect me for this money. "

Mingzhu said: "I happened to arrive in Jiangning, which is Tang Bin's territory. He refused to visit, let alone receive my slaves. That's all. He even refused to give the usual money. He even insulted my family. Slave, isn’t this just slapping me in the face? How can such a person who can’t be a man be a good official?”

Yu Guozhu felt that what Mingzhu said was too true, and couldn't help but echo him: "Mingxiang's words are very true! When the next official was the governor of Jiangning, the two prefectures of Huai'an and Yangzhou were hit by floods. For farming, taxes should be collected as usual in the second year, but Tang Bin, who is too busy, insisted on sending people to re-survey, saying that the water has not receded, and even the areas where the fields are above the water cannot be cultivated. The collection of money and food from the government has been reduced by [-]%. Tell me, isn’t he just against the lower officials? The lower officials are also for the imperial court’s taxation!"

"Come on, don't talk about your idea! You are paying taxes for the court, but he is for the people of Huai'an and Yangzhou. When it comes to the emperor, he is right and you are not,"

Mingzhu sneered, and said again, "Isn't he concerned about the people? You impeach him in this way. For the sake of the people, you don't even care about the dignity of the court. How can you be an official of the court?"

Mingzhu thought, in this way, he could also attack Suo'etu's arrogance. In recent years, although Suo'etu is no longer a bachelor, he has a lot of errands, and he often fights against him.

Ke Kun and Yu Guozhu said yes again and again, Yu Guozhu smiled and said: "This matter is left to the lower officials! You can just watch it, Prime Minister Ming!"

The next day, Yu Guozhu went to the hut.

It is said that Tang Bin went to Beijing from the governor of Jiangning. When he left Jiangning, the common people saw him off along the street and asked him to tell the emperor to reduce the excessive tax.But Tang Bin replied that he had neglected this matter to the emperor many times, and the court rejected them all.This time, he will personally forward the requests of the people to the emperor. At the same time, Tang Bin also apologized for not being able to satisfy the wishes of the people.Said that he "loves the people with a heart, but saves the people with no skills."Yu Guozhu believes that Tang Bin has resentment towards the imperial court and even intends to incite the common people.I even asked in the sparse, what is no skill?As an official of the imperial court, if he said that he was incapable of saving the people, did he mean that the imperial court was incompetent?How can such an official deserve to teach the crown prince in the inner court?

Kangxi was furious after seeing Yu Guozhu's slander, and decided that Yu Guozhu was slandering Tang Bin, so he ignored it.

However, in Kangxi's heart, he had a bad impression of Tang Bin because of this. Although he didn't agree with what Yu Guozhu said, he didn't like those two words of Tang Bin very much.Involuntarily, he remembered the question Tang Bin asked when he first became the prince's teacher. At that time, Tang Bin couldn't answer it.

And he was thinking at the time that letting Tang Bin serve as Yinreng's teacher was only temporary, and now it has been four years.Deep in Kangxi's heart, he once again had the idea of ​​deposing Tang Bin.

When Kangxi thought of this, he came up with the idea of ​​going to Maoqin Hall for spot checks.Immediately put down the memorial chapter in his hand, and took Liang Jiugong straight to Maoqin Hall.

In the Maoqin Hall at this time, Tang Bin was explaining to Yinreng the solution to the problem of "gathering wealth and gathering people and scattering" in the university.

Kangxi didn't go in directly, but listened stealthily by the door outside the hall. De Zhu, who was guarding outside, didn't dare to notify Kangxi when he came, so he could only obediently stand with Liang Jiugong with his hands down.

The four teachers and students in the room were completely unaware of Kangxi's arrival, and they were still giving lectures and listening to lectures.

Kangxi frowned and listened for a while, always felt that Tang Bin's remarks were extremely unpleasant, no matter how he listened, he felt that there was something in Tang Bin's words, just like the sentence that loves the people with a heart, but saves the people with no skills, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

"The same is true of ancient and modern times. As the saying goes, people in the world can share adversity but cannot share wealth. If you disperse the wealth in your hands to others, then these people will gather together; but if you gather wealth in your own hands, no one will follow you. Then these people will be irreversible like running water."

"As the saying goes, Qiu also heard that those who have a country and a family do not suffer from widows but suffer from inequality, and do not suffer from poverty but suffer from uneasiness. Gai Jun has no poverty, harmony without widows, and peace without indifference. Husbands are like this, so people far away are not convinced, so they cultivate literature and virtue. Since then."

When Kangxi heard this, he couldn't help but stare. According to Tang Bin, the court collects taxes. Is this the reason to break the hearts of the people?In this way, the rule of the Qing Dynasty is over!

Kangxi just couldn't bear to step into the hall to reason with Tang Bin, but he heard Yinfeng said inside: "Everyone must get his own share; in peace, everyone must be safe. What's more, if the hearts of the people gathered with financial resources, What's the use? To win the hearts of the people, or financial resources are essential, but it's not just financial resources. Besides, the court has money, so it can do more things for the people. It can't be generalized, saying that if the wealth gathers, the people will disperse. Master Tang Bin The words are always biased."

There is some truth in Yinfeng's words, but in the end it is still a little superficial, which shows that it still needs experience.Kangxi nodded secretly after hearing this, but his dissatisfaction with Tang Bin did not decrease at all.

Before Tang Bin could speak again, Kangxi stepped into the hall. As soon as he entered the hall, everyone in the hall got up to greet him, and Yinfeng also got up and left his seat to salute Kangxi.

After Kangxi sat down, he pointed to Tang Bin and said to Yinreng: "Yinreng, ask him, what is the meaning of today's talk about the gathering of wealth and the separation of the people? Is it alluding to the collapse of our country?"

As soon as Kangxi said this, the three of Tang Gengda knelt down and kowtowed to plead guilty, saying that they did not dare.

When Yinreng heard this, he didn't have time to think deeply. When he saw Kangxi's angry face, he didn't dare to argue with force. He answered yes, then turned around and asked Tang Bin, "Tang Bin, Huang Ama is looking after me." Let me ask you, what is the meaning of the gathering of wealth and the scattering of people today? Is it alluding to the collapse of my country?"

It was late autumn and winter, but Tang Bin already felt that he was in the midst of nine cold winters, and his whole body was icy cold. He fell to the ground and replied, "I don't dare. I am just giving a lecture to the crown prince, and I happened to say this sentence today." gone."

Kangxi said angrily: "This is the language of the time when the borders were divided and the country was divided. If the whole country is unified, it is a time of peace and prosperity, how will the people be dispersed?"

Although Tang Bin proclaimed that he did not dare, he did not change his upright temper at all, as if he did not hear that Kangxi was angry, he still answered earnestly and sincerely: "Qin and Sui dynasties were unified and then the people dispersed. Financial resources Gathering in the court, the people are useless, the people have no means of living, and the country is subjugated within 50 years of unification. From this we can see that the disaster is worse than the time when the country is divided."

Kangxi was very angry when he heard this, but he couldn't find anything to refute Tang Bin's words. On the contrary, he felt that Tang Bin's words were somewhat reasonable, but his anger lay in Tang Bin's daring to defend him openly. .

Kangxi took a deep look at Tang Bin, and then walked away.

There were four teachers and students left, Tang Gengda and the three knelt down and dared not get up, but Yinfeng looked at Kangxi's back thoughtfully.

Every time Kangxi came back to Maoqin Hall to conduct spot checks on his homework, he never showed such an angry face, and he always looked very amiable.Why did you ask Tang Bin like this when you came here today?It is not uncommon to have solutions to more sensitive questions than today, and I have never seen Kangxi get angry.

Yinfeng couldn't figure it out, and didn't continue to think. Instead, he got up and helped Tang Gengda and the others up, and said with a smile: "If the three masters can continue, let's continue."

After all, Kangxi didn't issue any substantive punishment, it was just a sudden temper tantrum, and the three of them couldn't say that they stopped teaching after being frightened, so Tang Bin continued to teach after clearing up his mood.

After finishing school, Yinreng asked Dezhu on the way back to Yuqing Palace: "Huang Ama is here, why don't you come in and let me know?"

De Zhu replied: "The servant wanted to go in to report. But the emperor didn't let the servant go in to report, so the servant had to stand with Director Liang. The emperor listened outside for a long time before going in."

Yinfeng asked again: "When Huang Ama came, what was his expression like?"

De Zhu thought for a while, and then said: "When the emperor came, his face was sombre, as if he was very angry."

Yinfeng nodded, thinking to himself, it seems that Kangxi was angry because of something outside, and later he was offended by Tang Bin's words after he came to the palace of Maoqin.It's just that it's not yet possible to deduce whether Kangxi was angry at Tang Bin, or whether he was getting more and more annoyed by Tang Bin's words.

After returning to Yuqing Palace, Yinreng received a secret letter from Suo'etu.It is clearly written in the secret letter that Yu Guozhu criticized Tang Bin, and the emperor accused Yu Guozhu of slandering Tang Bin.But in the secret letter, Suo'etu also copied the contents of Yu Guozhu's book.Suo'etu also said in the letter that he hoped that the prince would make preparations early, and if Tang Bin's incident happened, he would be dismissed as a lecturer.This matter involves party disputes, please protect yourself and don't be implicated.

Yinfeng didn't say a word after reading the letter, but there was a chill in his eyes, and Mingzhu finally made a move.Even though Kangxi accused Yu Guozhu of slandering Tang Bin, judging from Kangxi's attitude today, I'm afraid he doesn't have a good impression of Tang Bin.

It can be seen from this that Tang Bin may really be doomed.