Chapter 160 has Chapter 160: A Heavy Strike

For Empty.

With all the ups and downs of his own life, he certainly knew that his life was a failure.

But where does failure come from?

When he thought he had found the way to rule the country and held it up as a standard, why was he poked and prodded like a piece of paper by his own fourth uncle.

It’s a knot in the heart.

So much so that he became a monk and has never been able to quiet his mind!

Though he could explain it away by saying that he became a king and lost, by saying that his fourth uncle was even more brutal, and so on.

But these explanations, in the end, are a bit pale.

Now he was in the midst of a group of readers.

These readers are as good as it gets.

And in the center of this stage stood …… a dazzling man.

When Chen Ji appeared, the whole audience cheered, and many people looked at him with admiration and bowed respectfully toward him.

He smiled, enjoying it all, returning the salute one by one.

Chen Ji, this person …… is empty and empty is recognized.

He was a jinshi during the reign of Hongwu.

In the Jianwen period, he served as an attendant reader in the Hanlin Academy, and his article was written very well, although it was not as favored as Huang Zicheng and others, but at that time, the empty air was quite appreciative of him …….

I just think he’s underqualified and still needs to sharpen his skills.

Now meet the deceased.

It s a pity …… that he is already a completely different face, from a son of heaven, he has become a recluse monk, no longer wearing a coronation dress, but a tattered monk s clothes, and no longer in high spirits and complacency, but instead, a haggard look.

“Mr. Chen …… and I have come here in admiration, so please Mr. Chen …… speak for us.”

Chen Ji smiled, he himself did not expect that he would instead become famous after he no longer had an official position.

People praised him for his righteousness, and there were even all sorts of dramatic bridges in the neighborhood.

On that day in the temple, how Chen Ji was righteous, how the emperor was furious, and how Chen Ji was so righteous that he abandoned his fame and fortune.

It can be said …… that Chen Ji became a living and breathing Fang Xiaoru in the minds of the readers.

When Fang Xiaoru died, Chen Ji became the Fang Xiaoru in the minds of the readers.

In people’s minds, today’s Son of Heaven is nothing more than the second of the Great Ancestor, Emperor Gao, and anyone who dares to go against him is good enough to be admired.

Chen Ji clasped his hands like a spring breeze, made a bow towards the crowd and said, “All of you raise love, really ashamed, the old man only came to drink tea, so please all of you …… don t put the old man in this blazing fire to cook, the old man is not talented and shallow, can not be the overflowing words of all of you.”

The crowd laughed, only thinking that Chen Ji was modest.

Chen Ji took his seat, and there was already a junior serving him fresh tea.

At this moment, someone said, “Dare I ask Mr. Chen why he stood up for justice in the first place?

He was calmly sipped a mouthful of tea, before slowly said: “Readers most important temperament, this temperament two words, heavy as a thousand pounds, the old man area mundane, just lucky to be able to enter the door of the Confucius, read some of the poems and books of the saintly masters, but do not dare to show off the axe, just …… look at the world is full of holes, really In the heart can not bear, although the academy is not, the heart but there are always a few points of the gas, so the indignation on some of the ZaoYan, just did not think …… actually get you all so high, really ashamed of it. ”

At these words, the crowd praised, “Duke Chen is like Duke Zhonglie.”

This posthumous title of loyalty and martyrdom was bestowed by the Ming Dynasty on Wen Tianxiang.

Another person said, “The word temperance is easy to say, but it is a thousand times more difficult to do. Lord Chen, what is it that you are unjustly defending?”

Chen Ji sighed, said, “Hey …… I as the right minister of the Ministry of War, the corpse, but look at the court for no reason to conquer, that Annan for my Daming never conquer the country, but how? There are people in the court who are so happy with their success, and some military generals …… only think of using the country’s civil power and the people’s civil fat and cream to exchange for their titles.”

“War together, not only Annan suffered, and my Ming people, I do not know how much suffering, the court regarded the people’s livelihood in disregard, bent on this dynasty, there is no lack of loyalists, this is a great resentment, but they are in a high position, it is not appropriate to step forward, the old man is different, the old man is low, I have to give up a death, for the people to call out a few. ”

When the people heard this, they nodded their heads, and someone even said painfully, “Yes, this time, the conquest of Annam, a large number of strong men in the countryside of Nan Zhili were conscripted, the fields were deserted, and the people suffered greatly.”

Another person said, “Fortunately, this time we won by chance, if we did not win, it would not be like Emperor Yang’s conquest of Goguryeo.”

Zhu Di was in the middle of the crowd, and when he heard the three words of Emperor Yang of Sui, he suddenly became furious, and his tiger eyes seemed to spit out fire.

However, Zhu Di was quite calm at this time, and did not have a seizure, still coldly watching.

Zhang Anshi was always paying attention to Zhu Di, very sensible, stood far away from Zhu Di, lest this Zhu Lao Si suddenly rise up, splashing him, an innocent person all over the blood.

Zhu Yong and Zhang Yoking seem to have a sense, once they saw their big brother, they also coincidentally followed Zhang Anshi to move a little bit.

Only Qusong, still holding his stomach, stared dumbfounded at the ‘hilarity’ in front of him.

At this time, then see someone said:” Mr. Chen, can hear that this supply of military supplies is the merchant bank, but also that merchant bank’s four guards and a battalion killed into the Annan …… heard that …… also earned a lot of money and food. ”

It was fine if Chen Ji didn’t listen to this, but once he heard this, he suddenly burst into a furious look.

Chen Ji had an angry look on his face as he coldly grunted, ”Hmph, that’s exactly what I’m worried about, ah. Where does that merchant bank’s money and food come from? Isn’t it still taken from the people’s fat and wealth? They control the ferry, peddling mansions, but also sell what the eight shares of the pen talk, these silver …… have the same is clean?”

Chen Ji painfully went on to say: “If only the unusual merchant bank would be fine, but behind this merchant bank, but there are a lot of power traitors of the current dynasty of the Great Ming Dynasty. These power traitors …… they fish and meat people, regard everything as their profit-making tool, now …… also stole the Annam, with my Ming army and people’s flesh and blood, fish and meat the people of Annam.”

After a pause, Chen Ji added: “The ritual of preventing chaos, as if the dam waterproof, and these people …… are greedy for profit, depending on etiquette and integrity as nothing, today opened this head, the future is bound to be the ritual collapse of music.”

“Today they want to take is Annan, tomorrow …… will not they still go to Japan, Tianzhu show off?”

The crowd nodded darkly.

And listen to Chen Ji said: “If the Ming only connive at the merchants to show off their power, follow the Qin Shi Huang and Han Wu thing, when …… inevitably people’s livelihoods are withering, the people are weak, the rites collapse and music is bad …… This is the way to take the disaster, when the Jianwen dynasty of the time ……”

He suddenly mentioned the Jianwen dynasty.

All of a sudden, Zhu Di’s eyes suddenly swept over a trace of shrewdness.

In fact, Zhu Di is not completely lack of generosity, as long as you do not scold me in front of me on it, as for you readers private yin and yang, he Zhu Di heard a lot, but also know that a kill, is not blocking these populations, as if they did not hear it.

But Jianwen was an extremely sensitive period, and once mentioned, it was inevitable that Zhu Di would be wary.

And that empty monk …… can t help but stare.

Only Chen Ji said, “During the Jianwen Dynasty, I was fortunate enough to be able to meet and listen to the teachings of sages such as Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, and Qi Tai, who believed …… that the way to peace in the country lies in benevolent government!”

Looking at all the people listening to him attentively, he was satisfied and continued to speak eloquently, “What is a benevolent government? Resting with the people, light corv茅e, tax exemption, the court promotes the virtuous and good into the government, letting the benevolent and generous gentlemen take charge of the ministries, this peaceful and prosperous world will not be far away.”

Huang Zicheng …… Qi Tai …… Fang Xiaoru ……

These three, among the readers, have an excellent reputation.

But for Zhu Di, Fang Xiaoru, a corrupt scholar and not to mention, but Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, but the main force that encouraged Jianwen to cut the clan.

These two people strongly cut the clan, when Zhu Di Jingan, claiming to kill the traitorous ministers around Emperor Jianwen, this so-called traitorous ministers, in fact, is Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he killed Huang Zicheng and others.

Of course, this also aroused widespread sympathy among the reading public, and the reading public spread the word by word of mouth that Huang Zicheng and others had also been put to death in ten clans.

This is obviously also a discrepancy, not to mention the execution of ten clans, including parents and brothers, and a variety of distant relatives and close neighbors, teachers and students, students, students, students, the same year, if you really want to kill, I’m afraid to kill a few tens of thousands of people are more than.

In fact, during the Zhengde era, there were records of Huang Zicheng’s children and grandchildren receiving high school grades.

Even direct descendants could escape killing, let alone the so-called ‘ten clans’.

As soon as Chen Ji mentioned Huang Zicheng and the others, the crowd all showed a nostalgic look.

This Chen Ji is extremely smart, only mention Huang Zicheng and others are famous ministers, is truly the heart of the world, love the people, but never mention the more sensitive Jianwen Emperor, because mentioning the Jianwen Emperor, it is equivalent to a rebellion.

However, if we only say that Jianwen’s subjects were all gentlemen, to some extent, it is also a yin and yang to say that at the beginning, Emperor Jianwen was a benevolent ruler, and was the most saintly son of heaven since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di, even if he was stupid, could hear the strings.

The anger in his heart was even more prevalent since, suddenly felt his heart clogged, the veins on his forehead exposed, clenched his fists, biting his lips, his face was ugly to the extreme.

On top of that, out of the corner of his eye, he swept over the figure of the Empty Sky Monk in the distance with a murderous aura.

At this time, and heard Chen Ji said: “Recent events, you can hear? This merchant bank, even around lending, how many ignorant people, on their when …… to them to sue for loans. Now many states and counties in the South Zhili, have been raging, hey …… that commercial bank …… is really the source of all evil ……”

Speaking of this, many readers actually clamored.

Naturally, there was a lot of cursing.

Then someone said, “Chen Gong said yes …… said yes ah …… I see many people, all go to the money bank to borrow silver …… this …… and how many people’s fat and wealth can be obtained ……”

Chen Ji smiled and said, “The old man has some words …… really do not spit out, the old man when he was as the right minister of the Ministry of War, but also dare to righteousness, today has become a cloth, idle clouds and wild cranes, some of the words if you do not say it, really …… Heart and mouth blocked panic.”

“I Ming only a few decades, there have been so many failures, it is difficult for people to eat and sleep, dare to ask the gentlemen, if it is the Jianwen dynasty, Huang Xianggong and Qi Xianggong, can be out of this evil government?”

So immediately there were people saying, “Categorically not!”

“At that time, it was really a new atmosphere with all the righteousness of the dynasty …… It’s a pity ……”

Someone even whispered, “If Jianwen Tianzi were here, why would the people be so miserable!”

That’s how it is with people, what they didn’t dare to say before, they start to dare to say when they get together.

Chen Ji said, a slight smile, at this time he has been famous all over the world, see these people to their own admiration, to their own recognition, they have been hidden in the scholarly world, become a rising dazzling star, and thus he can not help but more fluttering up.

Speaking of which, it was indeed difficult when I just lost my official position. But now look at all the respect of the eyes, what is good about being an official? Can be like now, everyone contested praise, to where, whether it is Shangshu, or the minister, all have to be courteous to him?

Which state he goes to nowadays, don’t the local parents respect him? Even in the future history books, it is unlikely that there will be a place for him!

He was just getting a kick out of it.

But he didn’t know that in the corner, Zhu Di had already surged with endless killing intent.

Zhu Di’s temper is already bad, now hear these arguments, although this Chen Ji has avoided all the sensitive points, but he is like a hook, a little bit of hooks, many readers off the mouth to say malicious words to the current emperor.

In the ear, buzzing ringing someone whispered, “Jianwen Tianzi at first practiced benevolent government, favorable to the scribes, leniency prison, reduce taxes, really a great benevolent Lord ah.”

“I can t help but weep every time I think of that Jianwen ……, and only Chen Gong dares to speak so bluntly, who dares to say more about this matter in ordinary times.”

“Now, Jianwen’s life and death are unknown. But I don’t know where such a benevolent ruler …… has been so far ……”

“Nine out of ten have been killed, woohoo ……”

Zhu Di s face has reddened like a pig s liver, he subconsciously turned back …… but found that all the people he brought, have gone to hide in the corner.

Even Xu Huizu was not exempt.

But just at this time …… suddenly someone said, “Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai …… should be executed!”

This sudden sound became the discordant sound in this tea house all of a sudden.

Many readers were first stunned, and then they looked angrily in the direction of the source of that sound.

But he saw a monk in old monk’s clothes, who then stood out in righteous indignation.

“You monk, how dare you talk about …… sages?”

“Where’s the bald ass from, what nonsense!”

When Chen Ji saw a monk pop up, instead of being angry, his heart was delighted.

It would be great to have a target; he was a scholar after all, so how could he be afraid of a tiny monk?

Therefore, Chen Ji calmly said, “What makes you say that?”

“Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai two people, encourage Jianwen to kill their own flesh and blood uncles, the so-called benevolent government, but also a big joke, he favored the scribes, but these scribes, and how?”

With that, the monk took another step forward.

As the monk approached, Chen Ji ghostly felt that the monk in front of him looked a little familiar, but …… who in the end, or where he had seen, he could not remember for a moment.

I heard that You Rong scribes, actually have to be rapped by this monk, Chen Ji could not care less about that little sense of familiarity, furious: “You a monk, what nonsense?”

The empty monk at this time …… only felt a fire in his chest.

Everything …… he had figured out.

It was because of these that he lost the world.

This inner unwillingness, as well as several years of aggression, were now intertwined together, and he had a feeling of enlightenment followed by yet full of indignation.

He ignored Chen Ji, but said, “Is the so called scribe …… a gentleman? If it is a gentleman …… why …… did the Jianwen Dynasty face the Emperor’s fourth uncle’s soldiers and horses, but it collapsed and collapsed again and again, where are the hearts and minds of the people who support the court? When Jianwen was around, when did the people have a good time? When the poor monk was in the time of the fawning, he heard that there are a large number of people who have lost their land in the time of the Jianwen dynasty. Where did their land …… go?”

Not waiting for Chen Ji to argue, Empty continued angrily, “The so-called light corv茅e and taxes are even more ridiculous! War is in full swing, all around the beacon smoke, but still light taxes, and those taxes …… people and how many benefit? And without these taxes, the court in order to move the troops, and had to raise money and food around, these money and food are pressed on the ordinary people.”

“That Jianwen, is the world’s first-class dim king, like such a fool, but by Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai such a person fool, lost the tax, lost the hearts of ordinary people, gained what is it? But it is a group of readers …… who enjoy a good reputation.”

Chen Ji’s face changed.

Many of the readers also became indignant, and one glared at him.

“You monk, don’t demonize the public. You are not qualified to slander Lord Huang and Lord Qi.”

Just now also full of fire in the eyes of Zhu Di, at this time is a little stunned, say do not feel surprised is false.

He stared blankly at the empty space, and at the moment, there was an indescribable feeling.

“What is this world like, don’t you guys know?” Empty empty voice shouted loudly, “You say what the people’s suffering, the real people of this world, what kind of day, you can have a person …… know?”

Chen Ji was intimidated by the monk’s aura.

It was because he realized that the monk looked like he had gone crazy and simply ignored the others’ abuse.

He didn’t seem to care about anything, he just looked at Chen Ji angrily and pressed him step by step, “You don’t see the people in your eyes, but you still talk about the suffering of the people, don’t you think it’s ridiculous? If you want to know the suffering of the people, why don’t you go home and ask the people in your family how much rent you ask them to pay when you give your fields to tenants to rent?”

“This ……”

To be honest …… anyone who can sit here …… has land at home.

And sharecropping, something that can’t be talked about at all, is inevitably tacky when you talk about it.

Such things as earning money have nothing to do with the readers, but of course the stewards of the house take care of it.

Empty empty monk then said: “Then poor monk again ask you, this year’s big disaster, you lend out the money and grain, and how much interest? Chen Ji …… your family is the prestige family of Yongfeng County, you will not know?”

Chen Ji’s heart fluttered.

How does this monk know that he’s a member of Guangfeng’s prestigious family?

Empty air monk revealed disdain, but did not intend to stop, mouth continued: “good, then the little monk to tell you, you lend out money and food, not only nine out of thirteen back, this nine out of thirteen back, just lending out the deed only, in this thirteen on top of that, you also want to jali, this year to borrow a liters, the next year at least it is two liters, if the next year and then on credit, after two or three years, may have to pay back is a bucket.”

“I came to ask you …… you Chen Ji rely on these raised, for you to read, teach you out to be an official, you think …… you can be here today to drink tea leisurely, from where? Not all rely on you this full of benevolence and righteousness of the guy, behind the scenes, but those who are male theft and prostitution of the relatives of the exploitation of the people’s fat and wealth come?”

Chen Ji was furious: “You …… dare to insult me?”

Empty empty monk more disdain: “Like you such a person …… enjoy these harm people bring wealth, but can sit here, full of benevolence, righteousness, integrity and shame, but also so comfortable, show your so-called clanking iron bone, you do not feel the loss of heart?”

Chen Ji: “……”

His face reddened and he was so angry that his mind went blank, a small monk dared to insult him like this.

If he was still the right minister of the Ministry of War, he would definitely teach this person to die without a burial place.

Empty sky monk is more ridicule said: “you like this person, still dare to scold that merchant bank, that merchant bank lending silver, but is five percent interest only, and you Chen Ji such a person compared to, can be said to be few and far between! How many people, this year’s disaster, no income, relying on this loan silver, can barely make a living, can let themselves in this year to live, to the next year do not have to sell the land, sell land, more do not have to sell their children. And you? Do you deserve to be compared with that merchant bank? Do you deserve to criticize the so-called power traitors?”

Empty empty monk said here, tears fall down, choking: “Hate ah, hate only hate when Jianwen side did not have a business firm like this, there is no Zhang Anshi like that, if not, how to today ……”

“As for Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai’s generation, but the earth chicken tile dog, and you Chen Ji general, also only know to make a donkey song dog barking like article, only know the mouth chanting the so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality, but a useless, in the world of the people, even more great harm. You Chen Ji …… is even worse than the dog, here sitting and discussing, snarling and barking, but also think they have a few skills, do not think it is ridiculous?”

This moment ……… really scolded many readers.

These readers …… got angry one by one, and they screamed and cursed in their mouths.

Chen Ji is even more embarrassed to the extreme, cursing: “What are you, a monk, also dare to bark in front of the old man! You …… you …… come people …… go to ask Yingtianfu people to come, I am familiar with Yingtianfu people, must teach this monk to go to jail for punishment.”

The Empty Air Monk, however, laughed out loud, “Hahaha …… haha ……”

After he laughed, he looked at Chen Ji as if he had gone mad, “When you were talking about people here, why didn’t you think that someone was going to punish you? Now that you’ve been rebuked, do you know that you want to show off?”

Zhu in the corner, his face slightly eased, and then …… with a strange look, looked at everything in front of him.

Only to see Chen Ji stormed, “You such crazy monks …… are only reciting a few scriptures, but also dare to rap here, what are you?”

The Empty Sky Monk’s face suddenly sank as he gazed at Chen Ji, suddenly putting on an indescribable air of authority.

Some people, born with infinite wealth, born with a full body of nobility, that kind of majesty through years and years of cultivation, but the average person does not have.

Monk Empty Sky said word for word, “What is the little monk? Heh …… little monk Zhu Yunzhu is also!”

This statement was made.

The tea house was quiet for a moment.

A pin drop.

All the readers …… were stunned.

Soon, however, someone shouted, “Daring, how dare you impersonate Jianwen?”

“This monk is so crazy that he’s not afraid of losing his head.”

But empty empty monk, this is deaf, but stepped forward, on this Chen Ji cold voice: “Chen Ji …… Jianwen first year, Chongwen Hall spindle speak, then you are also there, you are only readers, is responsible for assisting Fang Xiaoru lecture “Tang Ji thirty-four”, can you still remember it? ”

Chen Ji snapped …… seems to have thought of a little something.

While Zhu Yunzhu’s words made all the readers dumbfounded.

Suddenly, someone started to feel vaguely that something was wrong.

What goes on in the palace is by no means out of the ordinary.

Empty air monk and took a step forward, looking at has begun to face changes in Chen Ji, continued: “Jianwen one year in the spring, you and the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple Secretary and other joint clubs, requesting the restoration of the three lectures in January, the little monk when but Zhu batch said can be, but also on you greatly appreciated, decreeing the commendation, these …… you do not forget! Do you forget?”

Chen Ji steeply felt that his body had gone soft.

He looked incredulously at the empty monk in front of him, no wonder this person looks familiar …… Now …… he remembered.

At first he may just be spindle speaking, looked at Zhu Yunzhu a few eyes, and now …… this Zhu Yunzhu is in front of the eyes ……

He was struck by lightning, his eyes widened and he lost his mind, “闄�……闄�……”

Zhu Yunbao smiled: “Where I still His Majesty, but is outside the party. On the contrary, you, still have not changed, still that full of righteousness, only a pity that …… Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, and Fang Xiao Ru, are dead, you this at first their side of the jumping clowns, but still clamor, this is really a generation as well as a generation, teach people to sigh.”

Chen Ji was staggered, and he was too late to have any other reaction.

A myriad of thoughts came flooding in.

And no other reader …… dares to hurl invective again.

It just seems like there is a kind of unspeakable comicality in front …… of me.

Zhu Yunzhu continued, ”It is also a matter of regret that people like you were not put to death along with them! If the little monk was able to wake up at the beginning, how could he be blinded and trust people like you? Hey …… the little monk is really ungrateful ah, precisely because of the gullible trust you guys, only to have today, see you like this clown, still croak here, even still can’t stand, commit such anger precepts, really shouldn’t.”

His words were mean as hell.

Chen Ji stuttered, only feel the soul fly away generally, at this time actually do not have any rebuttal power, only murmured: “You this is a faction of Hu ……… is …… is ……”

Zhu Yunzhu said, “Do you know, the little monk saw you today, although said so much, but there is a thing …… hidden in the bottom of the heart, only regret, can not want to dry and can not get?”

Chen Ji’s heart is completely messed up, subconsciously said, “What …… what is the matter ……”

Zhu Yunzhu snapped his eyes open, and a hint of harshness swept across his eyes.

“Little Monk would like to ……”

He paused, and suddenly erupted in boundless rage, “Into your mother!”

As the words fell, the person underneath the monk’s clothes suddenly stormed up, lifted his leg, and directly kicked hard towards Chen Ji’s lower limbs!