Today is a picnic. Although the theme is not a banquet, it cannot be cold dishes. A bonfire was set up on the big stone in front of Qiyun Pavilion, and a master was invited to grill the whole lamb. The whole lamb had been roasted golden yellow. The master pulled out a sharp knife and asked the little apprentice to turn the whole lamb, quickly peeling off the golden and fragrant slices of lamb, and then a plate of snow-white salt powder was sent into the pavilion. Each nobleman put a portion in front of him. Of course, the scholars outside the pavilion did not have this treatment.

Wang Zhaochao talked and laughed with his fellow disciple Cui Xiangsheng. Several local elders also mixed up a few words from time to time, performing a drink and making riddles. Anyway, they were all banquet games between literati. Dad Xia was an illiterate martial artist and knew nothing about these things. He just threw his cheeks and ate meat. He had to look back from time to time. Seeing his daughter and Ye Xiaotian sitting on the shore, he was very calm and he felt relieved.

After drinking for thirty years and having a 50-year-old meal, the students around him began to get up and come into the pavilion to toast Wang Zhaozhang, Cui Xiangsheng and others, and at the same time reported to them that they could leave some impressions in the hearts of the Master of Education and the great Confucian scholar of the Central Plains.

When you walk around like this, the atmosphere on the scene became lively. An elder laughed jokingly and said, "The students in Guizhou are all here for Mr. Cui's reputation. You must know your sincere heart. Since Mr. Cui has arrived in Guiyang, why not take the exam and give them some advice and benefit a lot, and it is not in vain to go through this trip today."

The censor Wang Haoming smiled and said, "That's right, Xiangsheng, it's their honor to give them a little tip. Look at the students and those people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, they are all looking at you."

Cui Xiangsheng smiled slightly and said, "Brother Haoming, you have caused problems for your brothers. This is the place where Mr. Xin'an, a famous scholar in Guizhou, teaches. How dare Xiangsheng be arrogant?"

Everyone knew that this was just a humble word, so how could he not take advantage of the situation to carry the sedan chair? So he praised him and praised him as well as Mr. Xin'an, Ma Tingxi, and was so famous all over the world. Cui Xiangsheng then said reluctantly: "Since that's the case, it's better to do this. Please ask the scholars who are interested in teaching to come forward and choose a topic as a topic, and write a poem, and you and I will comment on it. This is a test of his poetry talent. After that..."

When Cui Xiangsheng said this, the scholars nearest sitting around Qiyun Pavilion had already heard it, and they stopped eating and pricked up their ears to listen. When they heard Cui Xiangsheng's test questions, they immediately looked at the sky and the earth and chose the wording. This was a advantage over those who sat far away.

Cui Xiangsheng said again: "Furthermore, students learn the classics of saints to serve as officials, assist the kings, and educate the local governments. The so-called learning of the world is used. Then Cui asked a question, and this topic has been widely debated in the court recently, that is: Should the country continue to implement the strategy of maritime ban? Please ask students to express their opinions, how about it?"

This maritime ban policy was understood during the Yuan Dynasty. The ban was lifted and repeated throughout the whole process. In the early Ming Dynasty, many of the remaining troops of the losers such as Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang also fled to the sea. In addition to the consideration of other factors, Zhu Yuanzhang also implemented the maritime ban policy.

During the Yongle period, Chengzu Zhu Di sent Zheng He to the West, and the official ban was released, and the people also opened it. However, during the Jiajing period, the pirates and Japanese pirates were rampant, and they had to restore the ban again. A few years ago, when the emperor's father, Emperor Longqing, was still in power, Fujian Governor Xu Zemin, wrote a letter to request the opening of the market, which was easy to smuggle to be legal trade.

At that time, the Japanese pirates were already in chaos under the attack of famous generals such as Qi Jiguang and no longer had any trouble. The court adjusted its national policy and allowed the people to go overseas for business. This incident was called the "Longqing Switch" by later generations. However, many people in the court and the opposition still opposed opening the sea. Recently, some people wrote a letter to request the ban on the sea, which caused a fierce debate among the court.

After Wang Kongzhai ordered people to stand in front of the pavilion and announced the title loudly, the scholars immediately became excited. Who wouldn't want to show their strengths in front of this great scholar? If he could comment and praise him, wouldn't he immediately raise his position in the scholarly forest?

But the poems are easy to handle, the most important thing is that the poems are wonderful and lofty. This depends on my usual ability to write poetry. However, the question of the strategy is not only about whether you can be reasonable and grasped, but most importantly, whether your position is consistent with Mr. Cui. Otherwise, if he is unhappy, how can he give you a good evaluation?

Fortunately, these scholars had done a lot of effort before attending the banquet and had learned about Mr. Cui in detail. Knowing that Mr. Cui was a typical figure who opposed the opening of the sea and insisted on the ban on sea bans. If he wanted to please him, he naturally made his attitude clear.

However, there are also many upright people among the scholars, or they are children of officials themselves. His father and grandfather were officials in the court, and his father and grandfather's attitude was just to support the opening of the sea. At this time, he could not sing the opposite tune with his father and grandfather, so he made up his mind early.

If everyone just compliments Cui Xiangsheng, this test will lose interest, just because these scholars who support the opening of the sea will have a little taste of debate.

After several scholars expressed their opinions, Xu Boyi stepped forward and recited a poem with the title of Nanming River, which was praised by Cui Xiangsheng and was greatly encouraged. Then he said about the strategy of sea ban: "Sea ban is actually the system of my ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. My Emperor Taizu's intention of sea ban is firm and consistent. The ancestors made the law first, but unfortunately, the chief officials of the border were bewitched by the local authorities. While His Majesty had just ascended the throne, he still did not understand the people's sentiments in the world, and asked to open the sea ban. I foolishly thought that those who said that the sea ban would be opened would be the only one who wished the ancestors to be the first to say that the sea ban would be the only one who wished the ancestors to be the first to say that the sea ban would be the only one who wished the ancestors!

Cui Xiangsheng nodded frequently after hearing this, and became more fond of this young man.

At this time, a scholar named Yan Qianqin stood up. This gentleman named Yan, whose father was a branch guarding the road of the Guizhou Provincial Administration, was an official who supported the opening of the sea.

Yan Qianqin said: "Zhengzu opened the sea and voyages to the West for seven times, so that our Chinese cultural relics could reach the world, with great power and virtue, and the four barbarians were subdued. More than 30 countries who paid tribute were vast and far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties. They were slightly more than the barbarians and became foreigners. How could we know that our Chinese are prosperous and powerful? How could we get the world to come to worship and the ancient and modern times? "

Cui Xiangsheng's face darkened, and Xu Boyi said calmly: "The matter of the market is to destroy the defense of the barbarians and the Xia. The cunning people will pursue profits. The rich merchants and tyrants will have a huge fortune. All the tyrants will use extravagant style to ruin people's hearts. Those who say the market must speak about profits. Isn't that a great harm to the country and the people?"

Yan Qianqin said: "Those who are in the market will set sail for thousands of miles regardless of their wealth. The whale and salamander are in the company, the waves are in the company, and those who die for nine lives without regrets and resentment are the ones who want to spread the saints' culture and teachings to the barbarians. What is the benefit of the whale and the harm of the whale?"

Xu Boyi smiled and said, "Officials are assigned to separate their positions, and each has its own departments. The government is permanent and easy to adhere to, but things are difficult to lose. If you have a long history of the principles, why not this be based on this! Confucius said, "I would rather have robbed ministers than to obtain ministers who have no gathering!"

Li Qiuchi stood up and said in support: "I secretly heard about the way of governing people, preventing the original nature of yin and idleness, and broadening the end of morality, suppressing the profit of the end and opening up benevolence and righteousness. Guide the people to virtue, and then the people will be generous; show the people to benefit, then the folk customs will be weak..."

On the shore, after eating something casually, the child couldn't sit still. She knew that Brother Xiaotian could not play with her at the banquet today, so she hugged Xiaotian's neck and begged softly. With Xiaotian's permission, she smiled and led the big man and Fuwaer to the woods to play.

Ye Xiaotian took a bite of the bacon that Yingying brought over, handed a piece of fruit into her mouth, and looked at the scholars and scholars who were desperately showing themselves in front of Qiyun Pavilion, and said to Yingying: "The road to Guizhou is not easy to walk. That Mr. Cui is a great scholar. He must be very glorious in the Central Plains. Why did he go to Guiyang without hesitation? Just because he was the same year as Wang Zhaozhang?"

Yingying said, "That's not, because he is from Guizhou. His ancestral home is Tongren, and his family still lives there. This time I went back to my hometown to visit my parents and brothers, and I will come to Guiyang and my party."

Ye Xiaotian suddenly realized and nodded slightly.

At this time, Li Qiuchi, who was a lawyer and sharp-tongued, had already refuted Yan Qianqin to retreat step by step, and was speechless. Li Qiuchi said: "If the country has fertile fields and the people are not enough for food, the industry and commerce are prosperous and the main industry is deserted! If the goods from mountains and seas but the people are not enough for money, they are not good at civil use and are clever!"

Cui Xiangsheng was furious and applauded and laughed, "Okay! Well said! Who is this person?"

Wang Zhaozhai smiled and said, "This person is a famous lawyer in Guiyang, named Li Qiuchi."

When Cui Xiangsheng heard this, the smile on his face suddenly became colder and said lightly: "Oh! It turns out that he is a lawyer, and such a person has come to the banquet."

In the eyes of orthodox literati, the so-called litigants are all unruly people who deceive foolish people, seduce lawsuits, capture rumors, design plans, or falsely accuse good people, or make innocent people. If the law is unknown, it is unpredictable. The law that governs the people can only be controlled by the government. If the litigants are well-versed, they will inevitably be too unconventional and suffer endless troubles. Therefore, they have always been extremely disgusted with the attitude of litigants. In other words, in places like Guizhou, there are fewer orthodox literati, and the living environment of litigants is more free.

In fact, there are some people who are profit-oriented, but there are also many righteous people. The common people do not understand the law at all. Sometimes strange injustice is hard to get rid of. These lawyers are all determined to help them to wash away the grievances. There are good and evil in any camp, and they cannot be killed with one stick. In this regard, Chen Mengji and Fang Tangjing, the two famous litigants in the late Qing Dynasty, were outstanding representatives of righteousness and evil.

Li Qiuchi was originally bowing to Cui Xiangsheng and thanking him. When he saw Cui Xiang's ecological attitudes change, he couldn't help but feel ashamed in front of everyone. He hurriedly defended: "Mr. Cui, the student is also a scholar and has read the books of sages. He was forced to make a living and became a lawyer.

Although students are lawyers, they have no choice but to do anything to reverse the law and have helped many innocent people. A person’s character cannot be just a matter of his identity. For the scholars present, some people are ignorant and have despicable morality. They can be said to be a scum in a gentleman. Compared with students, there is no way to make a plan!"

When Cui Xiangsheng heard that he belittled the scholar, he was not even more displeased and said lightly: "There is such a person, who is he?"

Li Qiuchi pointed to the shore and said, "This person's surname is Ye, his name is Xiaotian, and that person is that!"

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