Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 311 Su Dapao is back!
Thinking of this, Cheng Yi shook his head and said, "Queen Dowager, I am sorry that I cannot agree to your request. I am really not virtuous enough and I am not capable enough to continue to serve as your Majesty's tutor. Please show mercy and allow me to return to Luoyang to give lectures."

Seeing Cheng Yi's refusal to budge, Empress Dowager Gao was also angry, but for the sake of her reputation, she still said patiently: "Mr. Cheng, you must tell me what happened so that I can have an explanation."

Cheng Yi said, "Queen Mother, Your Majesty is reading the book written by Su Yun."

When Empress Dowager Gao heard the name Su Yun, she frowned for a moment, but still said, "Su Yun is a Hanlin scholar of the imperial court and a master of classics in our Song Dynasty. His annotated collection of the Four Books is also very famous. Your Majesty, take a look at his book. It's nothing special, right? Why is Mr. Cheng so angry?"

Cheng Yi sneered and said, "Queen Dowager, Su Yun is a remnant of the New Law. He has been giving lectures at the Imperial College recently. Do you know what he is talking about?"

Empress Dowager Gao suddenly looked solemn and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Cheng Yi said, "Su Yun is talking about the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, using the past to illustrate the present, constantly clamoring for reform and innovation, and saying that we must increase the strength of the army, otherwise we will lose in the competition among the Three Kingdoms and be destroyed, just like Shu Han and Dong Wu. Now the teachers and students of the entire Imperial College regard his words as a guide. Queen Mother, this man is the source of trouble!"

As soon as Cheng Yi said this, Empress Dowager Gao felt her heart tremble. Cheng Yi was deliberately found by her and Sima Guang and others to teach her grandson to abide by the old system of ancestors and be the ideological guide of a peaceful emperor. Now her grandson actually likes those reform ideas. How could this be possible!

This reminded Empress Dowager Gao of how her son Zhao Xu became what he is today under the guidance of Wang Anshi. Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Gao became resentful.

Empress Dowager Gao said, "Mr. Cheng, this matter is extremely important. Please wait a moment. I will ask someone to invite the ministers to come and discuss this matter together!"

Zhao Xu was already a little frightened at this time, especially when he saw the appearance of Empress Dowager Gao. He knew that his great-grandmother was extremely disgusted with young Scholar Su. Was she going to harm young Scholar Su today?
Zhao Xu quickly knelt down and said to Empress Dowager Gao: "Grandma, it was my fault. I will apologize to Mr. Cheng immediately."

Zhao Xu then turned around and knelt down towards Cheng Yi. Cheng Yi was horrified and quickly knelt on the ground with his forehead touching the ground, saying, "Your Majesty, you are the king and I am the subject. How can you kneel down to me?"

Empress Dowager Gao was even more furious when she saw this, and she shouted, "Zhao Xu! What are you doing?"

Zhao Xu stood up in panic, his face turned pale, and he put his hands down, not daring to speak.

He is certainly a clever kid, but no matter how clever he is, he is still just a kid.

At this time, the ministers had already arrived in a hurry.

When Cheng Yi saw them, he frowned immediately. The people who came were Prime Minister Lu Gongzhu, Secretary of the Central Secretariat Lu Dafang, Fan Chunren who was recently promoted to the head of the Privy Council, and Su Shi who was recently promoted to Hanlin Bachelor and Lecturer.

These four people taught Zhao Xu together with Cheng Yi, and all of them had the title of lecturer. It would be appropriate to invite them to come and judge at this time.

He knew that Sima Guang did not come. Sima Guang had been in poor health recently and even rarely attended court.

And Wen Yanbo didn't come either. Wen Yanbo was old and wanted to resign, but Empress Dowager Gao wouldn't let him and asked him to stay in charge of the court.

However, Cheng Yi remained calm. Although Su Shi had come, Lu Gongzhu, Fan Chunren and Lu Dafang were all fair and honest people. They could speak from a relatively fair position, and... no matter what, Su Yun was still a remnant of the new law, and even Su Shi could not ignore this.

Lü Gongzhu led the other three to greet the Queen Mother Gao. The Queen Mother Gao explained the matter and then asked, "What do you think? The issue of the emperor's education is related to the foundation of the country and cannot be neglected. You are much more knowledgeable than an old woman like me. You must come together to give some advice."

Su Shi had already frowned when he heard this, and as soon as Empress Dowager Gao finished speaking, he immediately asked, "Empress Dowager, is there any misunderstanding about this matter?
Ju Zheng's "Collected Commentaries on the Four Books" has been published for a long time, and there is nothing unusual in it. The emperor is reading widely at this time, so there is nothing wrong with just taking a look at it.

"Isn't it that Minister Cheng is making a big fuss? Although it's not appropriate for the emperor to read other books in your class, you can't do things like tear up the emperor's books. Although the emperor is still young, he is the emperor of the Song Dynasty after all. We must always respect him, right?"

Cheng Yi's face suddenly changed when Su Shi said this. He thought that he had no respect for the emperor and did not respect the emperor. He dared not bear such a crime, so he said quickly: "I know that Your Majesty is the future of the country, so I made such a big move. This is not disrespecting Your Majesty, but it is all for Your Majesty's sake. Therefore, although it is a bit extreme, I will not be submissive.

Su Yun is a very radical person. He does things by any means necessary, regardless of the safety of the country or the people. He arbitrarily provokes border conflicts just for his own achievements. For such a person, his book must be full of adventurous, greedy, and selfish statements. How can such a poisonous book be allowed to be read by the officials?
If the lowly officials of the government are poisoned by the toxic thoughts in the river, and then the Song Dynasty is taken with it, wouldn't it lead the entire country into the abyss?

I heard that Su Yun has been making noises in the Imperial College recently, inciting students and telling them many poisonous ideas. In my opinion, he must be stopped from jumping around immediately, and it would be best if he were exiled to a place where the simple and honest atmosphere of Bianjing would be corrupted by him! "Su Shi was furious when he saw Cheng Yi's plan to put Su Yun to death. At this time, the genetic bloodline skills passed down from the Meishan Su family began to explode.

Su Shi sneered and said, "When did the Song Dynasty become so ideologically restricted? Is the Song Dynasty also going to be punished for speech?

Su Yun is just giving a lecture. Even if you don't like some of his ideas, can't you bring them up and discuss and share them with other people?
If what you said is true, when Prime Minister Wang Jiefu was in power, your Neo-Confucianism was incompatible with Wang's philosophy. Did Prime Minister Wang send a group of imperial guards to Luoyang to put you in shackles and prevent you from teaching?
Su Yun is a man of great talent, but because of border affairs, he has not been involved in political affairs since returning to the court. As a Hanlin scholar, he cannot even get involved in basic government affairs. Now when he goes to the Imperial Academy to give a lecture, he is criticized by a villain like you for spreading poisonous ideas?

Cheng Yi, don't the Queen Mother and all the gentlemen understand what you are thinking and doing? You simply think that Su Yun's doctrine has threatened the Neo-Confucianism of you two Cheng brothers, and you want the emperor to accept only Neo-Confucianism and not Su's teachings.

Haha, Cheng Yi, oh Cheng Yi, your intentions are truly vicious!"

Su Shi's lips moved up and down as fast as lightning, and Cheng Yi was stunned for a moment. He felt like he had thousands of words to say in his heart, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Su Shi was still speaking, and turned to Empress Dowager Gao and said, "Empress Dowager, I have been holding this matter in for a long time.

Su Yun is my nephew. I know him very well. He is actually a person who is very indifferent to fame and fortune. If my brother Su Zhe and I had not persuaded him together, and if the government had not ordered him to enter the officialdom later, he might still be wandering in the woods now, and it would be absolutely impossible for him to become an official.

The reason why he became an official was because of the great kindness shown to him by the late emperor. He went to the northwest only because the war was rampant in the northwest at that time and he wanted to go to the northwest to help the court.

When he went to the northwest, everyone knew what the situation was like there. If Su Yun had not gone there, our Song Dynasty would probably still be constantly threatened by Western Xia.

Although Western Xia is still a threat, it is now strong on the outside but weak on the inside. In fact, we are not afraid of it, thanks to the fact that Su Yun defeated more than 100,000 Western Xia troops in the Battle of Mizhi.

As for the subsequent salt war, it was Su Yun's attempt to solve the problem of salt access for the people in the northwest. Is there anything wrong with that?

The Western Xia brutally interfered in the internal affairs of our Song Dynasty. Instead of condemning the Western Xia for overreaching, the court blamed our officials who spoke for the people. Isn't this outrageous?

Su Yun was transferred back to Beijing because of the Northwest Affairs. He was punished and was not allowed to get involved in government affairs. As a Hanlin scholar, he has never drafted an imperial edict until now. Is this fair to a meritorious minister?

Now that he is a Hanlin scholar, even when he goes out to give lectures, he will be accused of such a big hat. Haha, if this continues, who will dare to work hard in the future? It’s better to just be a salaryman!"

Su Shi became more and more angry as he spoke, and he started to vent his anger at Cheng Yi. He pointed at Cheng Yi and said, "This person is just making up stories behind closed doors, and he has come up with some bullshit ideas. He has no ability to do anything, and yet he dares to speak nonsense and spread rumors about the ministers who have made great contributions to the court!"

Cheng Yi wanted to refute, but Su Shi immediately said: "Have you ever done anything for the people? Su Yun dredged the Huimin River, turning the Haimin River into a real Huimin River, and built vegetable caves to make the people rich, and even increased the court's annual income by tens of millions of guan!
Have you ever taken up arms and led the army to bring peace to the people? Su Yun went to the northwest for a year and defeated more than 200,000 Western Xia troops. Otherwise, the Western Xia envoys would have dared to come to the Golden Palace to start a war today!

Such a meritorious minister who is both civil and military is now being slandered by a corrupt scholar like you who is just making up stories behind closed doors and spouting crooked theories. Where is justice?"

Cheng Yi's face turned blue after being scolded by Su Shi. He stood with his hands behind his back, trembling all over.

Queen Mother Gao, Lu Gongzhu and others looked at each other in bewilderment.

Seeing that Su Shi was about to continue his outburst, Fan Chunren quickly advised him, "Alright, alright, Zizhan, let's just talk about this matter objectively. Zhengshu (Cheng Yi), don't take it too seriously. Zizhan has always had this kind of temper. Let's all just talk about it calmly."

Seeing that Fan Chunren tried to dissuade him, Su Shi retracted his supernatural powers.

However, Cheng Yi's face remained livid.

(End of this chapter)