Long live the general

Hearing the voice of Daoist Master Chen blowing through his ears like the wind, it was indistinct. Huo Yi's expression? He glanced at him in confusion, then lay back and lost consciousness.

"Have a good sleep." Taoist Tingchen patted his head: "You will know tomorrow."

When Huo Yi woke up from the bed the next day, Taoist Master Tingchen had already left.When he fell asleep, the tiredness he had experienced for many days finally became lighter, and he felt a sense of comfort all over his body.

That piece of fragrance was burnt unconsciously last night, leaving only light ashes.While tidying up the censer, Huo Yi picked up the paper that Taoist Tingchen put on the desk last night.

That was an article, and it was very long.

At the beginning, it describes how many people were displaced by this huge snow disaster, and tens of thousands of people were buried in the heavy snow. The tone is very compassionate.Then the writing changed, and he began to talk about the frequent wars of the Yuanding Emperor two years ago, which caused the state treasury to be empty and the people to be uneasy.Finally, he said that the once-in-a-century snowstorm was not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster, and that it was His Majesty's Northern Expedition that was unethical, which led to a catastrophe as a warning.

Huo Yi frowned when he saw this. This article is not over yet. The next article is about Emperor Yuewen and Emperor Yueyun. They cultivated their health and rest for many years. The world was peaceful and auspicious. The problem still lies with His Majesty today.However, His Majesty not only did not reflect, but also sent two ministers, Gongsun Yang and Chariot General Huo Yi, to rescue the disaster.Gongsun Yang used his power to force the local people to donate food and materials, causing the people to suffer untold hardships, but General Huo did nothing, and has not opened the snow road so far...

Huo Yi took a sip of water slowly, and casually glanced at the last few lines of the article. The author said that the problem this time was with Emperor Yuan Ding, Gongsun Yang and Huo Yi. What he said was quite sincere? Real? Feeling, If Huo Yi hadn't been the person involved, I would have almost believed it.

This article is very interesting. As I said before, Emperor Yuan Ding expanded the source of talents through two methods, that is, weakening the influence of the aristocratic family in the court.The typical representative is Gongsun Yang. Although Huo Yi was not born as a commoner, he is also a very good target.

Everyone knows that Emperor Yuanding's prestige was built on the Northern Expedition, and the success of the Northern Expedition was built on Huo Yi. In the two important court meetings, it was Huo Yi who supported Emperor Yuanding's ideas.

He speaks for His Majesty so conscientiously, no wonder some people say he is a sycophant.

At first glance, this article seems to be a book of prophecy. Prophecy originally originated from theology. Prophecy is a cryptic illustration created by alchemists and Confucians. Wei is relative to Confucianism, that is, it uses theology to attach and explain Confucian classics.Now that Confucianism has developed, it is absorbing Yin-Yang and Five Elements and theology, forming theories such as the interaction between heaven and man.What kind of induction method between heaven and man is to connect the occurrence of disasters with the emperor's personal character.

This kind of Confucianism has always existed, but it has not spread. After all, the sages said that "the way of heaven is far away, but the way of humanity is close", "the son does not talk about strange powers and gods", so that everyone can focus on human affairs instead of gods and gods. Yes, so this branch of Confucianism that incorporates Yin and Yang has never been developed.

But? This article can spread so far now, there must be someone behind to fuel the flames.

This matter? Most likely it was done by Gao Gongzhi's group of dismissed doctors.Although they were dismissed from the imperial court, they were still highly respected among the common people and their words were powerful.

Why was that group of people dismissed... because of Huo Fengnian's redress? Huo Yi thought about it carefully, no wonder that group of people didn't like him.

Huo Xiaoman's voice came from outside the tent, asking if he was awake.

Huo Yi casually put the article aside and answered him.

Huo Xiaoman came in with a bowl of hot porridge and two pieces of naan, but this winter, the bowl was already cold when it was placed on the desk, so Huo Yi didn't mind.

Because the Patriarch had a good rest yesterday, Huo Xiaoman was very happy, he suddenly saw the paper on the desk beside him, he reached out his hand curiously, and Huo Yi motioned him to read it casually.

Huo Xiaoman picked it up and glanced at it for a few times, his complexion got worse and worse, his chest kept rising and falling, and his face flushed red: "Nonsense!"

Huo Yi signaled him to be calm with his eyes.

"Damn it!" Huo Xiaoman slammed the paper onto the desk, wishing he could tear it up: "When we are going through the wind and snow, what are they doing? They spread rumors and make trouble like this?!"

Those soldiers who worked day and night buried their heads in clearing the snow to save people, couldn't even drink hot porridge for a day, and sometimes fell asleep sitting in the snow from exhaustion... Not to mention General Huo, Shang Shuling Gongsun Yang is still out Running around non-stop, that's all? A few simple words wiped out the merits, and even took the blame.

"The mouth grows on people, so we can prevent them from talking." Huo Yi soaked the hard naan bread in the porridge and ate it. He somewhat missed the soup made by Tao Jiamu.

Huo Xiaoman said angrily: "But they are all making up nonsense!"

"Don't you know they're talking nonsense? You don't need to read it." Huo Yi said slowly, "You know it all, and His Majesty must know it too."

Huo Xiaoman was angry and aggrieved: "Could it be that they just let them slander you?"

"Don't worry about these people." Huo Yi said, "Give me a report on the progress of last night."

When it comes to business? Huo Xiaoman had no choice but to bring his thoughts back.

The snow clearing project has progressed halfway, and the 1-man army is being distributed to different border counties, and everything is developing in a good direction.When Gao Gongzhi and those people were sitting in the house writing articles, Huo Yi and the others had already cleaned up the entire Jiuyuan County, and the supplies could be transported directly to the Hetao area through Jiuyuan County.

I heard Taoist Master Chen say that there will be no more snow in the future, and sometimes I can see the sun in the sky, and I can feel a little warmth when I stretch out my hands above my head.

Huo Yi's mood? Very good.

He put on the fur, walked out of the tent, and continued today's work.

Previously, Gongsun Yang’s report said that there were horse bandits and Huns who came to plunder, but after Huo Yi came, he disappeared. I don’t know if those horse bandits also heard the wind or something... …

The horse bandits are composed of people from those small countries outside of Dai Viet. The composition is very complicated. What? There are people, and there will also be a few Huns mixed in.Most of the horse bandits consisted of dozens of people. Although they were not capable of fighting against the army, they were enough to plunder the caravans traveling between the Western Regions and Dai Viet.

However, later Huo Yi bumped into the horse bandits who came to loot, and after he cleaned them up a few times, those people felt like fleeing, and the whole Hetao area was peaceful like never before.

In Ziwei Palace, Zhou Zhenyan heard these rumors earlier than Huo Yi, and after they spread later, it was obviously an organized action.

He sent Huo Yi a fur at that time, but he didn't say the news, because he didn't want General Huo to worry about it.

Zhou Zhenyan immediately summoned Tao Jiamu, monk Shutai, and some people from the previous dynasty, and asked Zhao Cheng to investigate the source of the rumors. It was indeed Gao Gong who knew that those people were right.This matter? It also involves the disputes among Confucian schools, which is more complicated than the surface of an article.

However, how to deal with this matter afterwards, many people have different ideas.

Zhou Zhenxie wanted to be locked in a cell and beheaded? He even wanted to update the crime of fabricating rumors, but was stopped by Tao Jiamu and others desperately.

Tao Jiamu said earnestly: "Your Majesty, you can't be punished for your words. As long as you start this way, the situation may become uncontrollable in the future. Who else in the world dares to speak up?"

Someone in Yushitai said that His Majesty's words and deeds should be supervised, criticized, and corrected by the people of the world in order to be recognized by the people of the world.These Gao Gongzhi are also one of the people in the world.

Zhao Cheng also disagreed. The formulation of the criminal law must be discussed after many times, and it needs to be piloted. It is impossible to add it.

Apart from them, other people also spoke one after another, asking the emperor to release Gao Gongzhi and others for various reasons, but in short it was to let the emperor endure.

Zhou Zhenxue was very depressed.

If he's a total tyrant, that's fine. What? Just what? But? He's clearly not.From the top position, many things he has done? He has maintained an exquisite balance.If he wants to make a big move on this land, he must not only have firm belief and act decisively? Style, but also need to be able to maintain the balance of interests of all parties.

He wants to achieve his goals in this balance.

It is indeed better to endure this matter than to punish them.But the most important thing is not to let these articles really affect the common people.

Not to mention Gongsun Yang, in fact, General Huo has a good reputation among the people on the border, and those people are the biggest beneficiaries of the Northern Expedition, and Huo Yi often passes by with groups of Hun captives, cattle and sheep, which is a beautiful landscape.

The scene where the horse bandits are being driven around by General Huo is also very interesting, and the people in Bianjun are gradually returning to their previous lives.When they learned about that article, they felt baffled, wondering what it was talking about.

Tao Jiamu saw that His Majesty was troubled by this matter, so he came up with an idea and said: "Rumors are like flooding rivers. It is better to block them than to block them. Instead of forcibly stopping the spread of rumors, it is better to use correct words to guide the people."

Zhou Zhen glanced at him, Tao Jiamu was a little uneasy, after all, the emperor never liked to accept his opinions.

"They can write, so can we." Tao Jiamu added: "I think I can write articles better than them."

"Can you write better than them by yourself?" Zhou Zhenxie asked.

Tao Jiamu patted his chest, and wanted to say that he had no problem fighting the Confucians with his tongue, so Zhou Zhenyan came up with a new idea: "You alone can't do it, you should return all the aspiring scholars in the world to Chang'an."

Tao Jiamu originally thought that the emperor was going to promulgate the "Order of Seeking Talents" again, so he heard him say: "Before the Xia Dynasty, there was a theory of Taixue, but it was abolished in the Xia Dynasty."

Tao Jiamu tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to set up an imperial school?"