Chapter 58 Chapter 58 Drought
Zi Mian was secretly startled by Chu Xun's words.Since this person in front of him is Master Lu's favorite student, it is not surprising that Master Lu told him everything about himself, but what is his purpose?
Could it be that he wants to stand up for Mr. Lu and cooperate with him?
"Master Lu was filled with righteous indignation when he mentioned Master Zi Mian to me," Chu Xun put down his teacup, seeing Zi Mian's embarrassing expression, he laughed quickly, "However, I think that my teacher's attitude on this matter is a little too much. "
"How do you explain this?" Zi Mian looked at Chu Xun with some doubts.
"There has been a drought in the capital for half a year. If it continues to delay, the livelihood of the people will be ruined. My lord proposed such a plan to my mentor, it is also for the sake of the people..."
Zi Mian was extremely ashamed immediately, and murmured: "Where...there is no..."
"Hey, my lord, why should you be too modest?" Chu Xun looked directly at Zi Mian with his clear eyes, and smiled warmly, "So, I came here for your lord's plan. To tell you the truth, I want to cooperate with you."
Zi Mian was taken aback for a moment, and immediately asked: "Does Mr. Lu know about this?"
"Lord Lu doesn't know about this, I came here without telling him."
Zi Mian lowered her head and pondered for a while, then ordered Ming Chuangchen to avoid it and asked, "How does Master Chu want to cooperate with the lower officials?"
"It's very simple. My lord just needs not to use the law to make rain in the short term, and use public opinion to force the new law that Lord Lu implemented to fail."
Chu Xun's words were beyond Zi Mian's expectation. He looked at Chu Xun in amazement, full of doubts: "Master Lu, you must be Master Chu's teacher..."
"Oh, it is precisely because Mr. Lu is my mentor that I have no choice but to..." Chu Xun sighed softly and looked at Zi Mian, his eyes full of helplessness, "My mentor is honest and honest, sometimes it is unavoidable to be self-willed, and rush forward when implementing new laws , turned into a nuisance to the people.”
"Disturbing the people?"
"Yes," Chu Xun nodded, "I work in the Si Nong Temple as an official, and I often go to the fields, and I can see everything clearly—take the "green crop law" in the new law as an example. The decree stipulates that the government will lend money for young crops to farmers, and repay the loan after autumn, and only charge 20% of the interest. But in fact, for the sake of political achievements, most local officials forcibly suppressed the allocation of green crops when implementing the Green Crops Law, and the interest was far more than 20%. Loans are backed by the government, so how dare the common people refuse to repay them, and when the harvest is not good, in order to pay back the young crops, the peasants have to borrow usury again, or even sell their children and daughters.”
"So you want my help to make Mr. Lu stop implementing the new law?" Zi Mian could hear it clearly, but felt that something was wrong. "Mr. Lu's original intention of the new law is good, and you are so categorically defecting..."
Isn't that what a student should do?Thinking of her master, Zi Mian couldn't help feeling sad.
Chu Xun smiled sadly: "Implementing the new law must be done step by step. My mentor cannot accept objections, which led to a group of senior ministers in the court angrily resigning. For the sake of the overall situation, I am willing to bear the name of infidelity and injustice."
Zi Mian carefully observed Chu Xun's expression, and suddenly a sneer slipped from the corner of his mouth: "Don't blame me for treating a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain... In fact, this time there is a change of personnel in the court, Master Lu will definitely promote you..."
"But the teacher won't promote you, Master Zi Mian?" Chu Xun said in a leisurely manner, "I don't deny that this is a conspiracy, so I have to cooperate with the adults instead of asking for the help of the adults. Here, my lord."
Zi Mian's expression froze, and she couldn't answer him for a while.
"The reason why I said so much before is not to excuse myself," Chu Xun continued, "I know that my lord is compassionate, so I want to make my lord understand that not every conspiracy is harmful to the world, adapt to the current situation, use unscrupulous means—we are young, Some are fighting hard, so you have to know what you want."
Zi Mian looked at Chu Xun in front of him—he was smiling calmly, gentle and refined, making people feel innocent—he was really a dangerous person.He wanted to use him, so he first explained his own use value, such a dangerous move, how should he take it?
What do you want?Chu Xun's words tortured Zi Mian's heart.
Previously, he simply felt that he could no longer back down.When he saw his mother's tomb, his previous beliefs were shattered by the resentment in it.The sharp pain made him doubt what he had learned in the past 24 years-no matter how strong the resentment was, he thought that everything could be resolved by chanting a few spells-it was an irresponsible solution to treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
Avoiding the source of evil, appeasement and nurturing, the past self is fundamentally negative.He was even ashamed of those undead souls who were saved by him - he didn't resolve their grievances at all, he just talked about it, thinking that he sent them to a paradise.
But looking back at the world, it is still full of suffering, and the culprit has been at large and continues to cause others suffering.All this, after he met his mother and learned about his own life experience, he suddenly came to his senses—he was determined to take off his high-sounding cassock from then on.
With his own strength, he sought justice for his mother's injustice and hatred, and he was deceived for twenty-four years.
But apart from spells, he has no other weapons in his hands. It is easy to get rid of one person, but it is too difficult to subdue everyone.He must have a better weapon - power.
But what should he do to gain power?
The ambitious Chu Xun made Zi Mian afraid. This kind of character he avoided in the past, but now he can't easily reject him - if he takes the road of power and strategy, sooner or later he will meet someone like Chu Xun, right?Or, in fact, on this road, everyone is like Chu Xun, and I will become such a person one day?
What's more, there are still many things that Zi Mian can't avoid - if he gathers party members and gains power as a prince, what will he use to fill the desires of those around him?Can everything stop when he defeats the prime minister?What's more, what made him suffer was not only the prime minister, but also the queen, the prince, and even his father...
Zi Mian was at a loss for a while, he couldn't think too far - the end of the struggle, and the consequences of the end, he couldn't see clearly at all.He could only focus on his eyes, and murmured to Chu Xun, "Yes, I need your strength too..."
Chu Xun has always been confident, he was never worried that Zi Mian would refuse, and he was even more satisfied at this moment: "That's great, when the time comes, you and I will implement the new law together to bring down the prime minister, and everyone will get what they need. How do you like it?"
"...so good."
"Chuangchen, why are there so many things piled up outside the mansion?" Zi Mian went to Chu Xun's mansion to have a secret talk today, and when she returned to her mansion in the afternoon, she saw all kinds of pasta piled up at the door. "Master, don't you know? Today is February 2nd, 'the dragon raises its head'!" Ming Chuangchen helped Master take off his coat, and muttered, "The common people probably regard our place as an altar again, and they all come to pray for rain. I already cleaned it up once this morning." Zi Mian was stunned, and nodded, "I'd forget if you didn't tell me, I'm free in the afternoon, and I happened to trim your hair for you." Ming Chuangchen scratched his head when he heard the words, and said embarrassingly: "It doesn't matter, but I met the vegetable seller today, she begged me to tell you, Master, to make rain earlier, otherwise the spring plowing will be troublesome." Zi Mian frowned and remained silent for a long time.Ming Chuangchen leaned his head and looked into Master's eyes curiously, waiting for his reply, but Zi Mian looked away hurriedly and embarrassingly. "You don't need to say too much, as a teacher, you have your own calculations..." The severe drought lasted until the beginning of April. The eight-month drought caused the bamboo forest in Cuiying Temple to suddenly bloom a large area of white flowers overnight.Long Baiyue stood in front of the bamboo forest early in the morning, looking up at the blooming bamboo, speechless in amazement. Complaints were raging in the court, and the prime minister united with the prince and the queen in the palace to put pressure on the emperor, claiming that the new law aroused the wrath of heaven and sent a drought as punishment. Chu Xun took the opportunity to present the "Picture of Refugees" to the emperor, saying that people are dying and refugees are everywhere, which shows that the new law is angry and resentful. At the same time, Master Zi Mian, a feather guest from the Golden Gate, opened an altar to pray for rain several times but failed. Seeing that the new law could not be carried out due to the heavy pressure, Dali Temple Minister Lu Daren angrily wrote a letter to dismiss him from office, and the emperor ordered Master Lu to leave Beijing temporarily and go to Jiangning Mansion to recuperate.Master Lu's protégé, Chu Xun, Prime Minister of Sinong Temple, was promoted exceptionally and promoted to Shaoqing of Dali Temple. The new law was almost completely abolished. On the day Master Lu left Beijing, Zi Mian stood on the altar of Yulu altar in the palace. He hadn’t finished reciting the spell for rain when he saw lightning splitting the sky. Lowered, the entire capital was instantly immersed in the dark and torrential rain. Chu Xun stood under the corridor of his own mansion, looking at the plantains that were almost smashed by the rain outside the curtain, while taking the tea handed by his wife, he said with a smile: "When the rain is lighter, I have to go to the prime minister's mansion again." Take a trip..." The sky was covered with black clouds, thunder rolled over the Zifu little by little, the pouring rain hit the lake surface, the water was rushing, and the ebony boat was moored alone on the shore, unable to see clearly in the misty water. In the cabin, Zi Mian knelt on the ground, before she had time to change her wet clothes, her hands were just holding a roll of golden imperial edict, and she froze in place in a daze. "Master..." Ming Chuangchen whispered timidly, looking at Zi Mian with some fear. The eunuch who read out the imperial decree has left, but the strange sharp tone seems to be still lingering in the damp cabin. "...Sitianjian is a fourth-rank astronomical official, author Zuo Lang, Jinmen feather guest Zimian... unrestrained and reckless, relying on his talents to let go, competing with the crown prince, it is really a corruption of virtue...Te Ge resigned from his position and demoted to a concubine People, return to the original Xinzhou, hereby..." Zi Mian didn't pay attention to her apprentice, she just stared at the imperial decree in her hand gloomyly and silently, her kneeling posture remained still.Ming Chuangchen looked at Zi Mian, couldn't help trembling, and wanted to cry: "Master..."
"Chuangchen, why are there so many things piled up outside the mansion?" Zi Mian went to Chu Xun's mansion to have a secret talk today, and when she returned to her mansion in the afternoon, she saw all kinds of pasta piled up at the door. "Master, don't you know? Today is February 2nd, 'the dragon raises its head'!" Ming Chuangchen helped Master take off his coat, and muttered, "The common people probably regard our place as an altar again, and they all come to pray for rain. I already cleaned it up once this morning." Zi Mian was stunned, and nodded, "I'd forget if you didn't tell me, I'm free in the afternoon, and I happened to trim your hair for you." Ming Chuangchen scratched his head when he heard the words, and said embarrassingly: "It doesn't matter, but I met the vegetable seller today, she begged me to tell you, Master, to make rain earlier, otherwise the spring plowing will be troublesome." Zi Mian frowned and remained silent for a long time.Ming Chuangchen leaned his head and looked into Master's eyes curiously, waiting for his reply, but Zi Mian looked away hurriedly and embarrassingly. "You don't need to say too much, as a teacher, you have your own calculations..." The severe drought lasted until the beginning of April. The eight-month drought caused the bamboo forest in Cuiying Temple to suddenly bloom a large area of white flowers overnight.Long Baiyue stood in front of the bamboo forest early in the morning, looking up at the blooming bamboo, speechless in amazement. Complaints were raging in the court, and the prime minister united with the prince and the queen in the palace to put pressure on the emperor, claiming that the new law aroused the wrath of heaven and sent a drought as punishment. Chu Xun took the opportunity to present the "Picture of Refugees" to the emperor, saying that people are dying and refugees are everywhere, which shows that the new law is angry and resentful. At the same time, Master Zi Mian, a feather guest from the Golden Gate, opened an altar to pray for rain several times but failed. Seeing that the new law could not be carried out due to the heavy pressure, Dali Temple Minister Lu Daren angrily wrote a letter to dismiss him from office, and the emperor ordered Master Lu to leave Beijing temporarily and go to Jiangning Mansion to recuperate.Master Lu's protégé, Chu Xun, Prime Minister of Sinong Temple, was promoted exceptionally and promoted to Shaoqing of Dali Temple. The new law was almost completely abolished. On the day Master Lu left Beijing, Zi Mian stood on the altar of Yulu altar in the palace. He hadn’t finished reciting the spell for rain when he saw lightning splitting the sky. Lowered, the entire capital was instantly immersed in the dark and torrential rain. Chu Xun stood under the corridor of his own mansion, looking at the plantains that were almost smashed by the rain outside the curtain, while taking the tea handed by his wife, he said with a smile: "When the rain is lighter, I have to go to the prime minister's mansion again." Take a trip..." The sky was covered with black clouds, thunder rolled over the Zifu little by little, the pouring rain hit the lake surface, the water was rushing, and the ebony boat was moored alone on the shore, unable to see clearly in the misty water. In the cabin, Zi Mian knelt on the ground, before she had time to change her wet clothes, her hands were just holding a roll of golden imperial edict, and she froze in place in a daze. "Master..." Ming Chuangchen whispered timidly, looking at Zi Mian with some fear. The eunuch who read out the imperial decree has left, but the strange sharp tone seems to be still lingering in the damp cabin. "...Sitianjian is a fourth-rank astronomical official, author Zuo Lang, Jinmen feather guest Zimian... unrestrained and reckless, relying on his talents to let go, competing with the crown prince, it is really a corruption of virtue...Te Ge resigned from his position and demoted to a concubine People, return to the original Xinzhou, hereby..." Zi Mian didn't pay attention to her apprentice, she just stared at the imperial decree in her hand gloomyly and silently, her kneeling posture remained still.Ming Chuangchen looked at Zi Mian, couldn't help trembling, and wanted to cry: "Master..."