134 134 Social death
◎Shameful! All the secrets were exposed.◎
Because he really favored Li Guangdi, Master Kang adopted a conciliatory attitude towards this matter. On the one hand, he did not reprimand Chen Menglei for "slandering the court officials", but just let Chen Menglei continue to work with the third prince to compile books.
On the other hand, he did not mention Li Guangdi's "personal morality" and "deceiving the emperor", and even gave Li Guangdi a direct patrol position, asking him to control the flood.
Such an obvious way of diverting attention, I have to say, this treatment is simply true love.
I don't know what kind of magic Lord Li cast on Master Kang, making this wise and powerful "Emperor of the Ages" completely turn a blind eye to this kind of "deceiving the emperor and betraying friends" villain's behavior. Anyway
, he just turned a blind eye and pampered him. Of course, Lord Li did a lot of good things in his nearly fifty years of political career, so even if he really had a bad personal morality, he was still highly regarded in history.
Even the most demanding critics of historical figures give Lord Li mixed reviews.
After all, during his years as an official, he really had many achievements that were recorded in history.
But at the same time, to be honest, a perfect man is really not a perfect man.
Although Lord Li never admitted that he had stabbed Chen Menglei in the back until his death.
However, seeing what happened to Chen Menglei, everyone could not help but sympathize with him, and felt that he did not need to make such a fuss... In other words, although everyone did not directly say that he was a villain in the past due to the face of Master Kang and the power of Li Guangdi, they still knew the truth in their hearts.
The main reason was that even Master Kang's attitude made it difficult for people to stand on the side of Lord Li's innocence.
This case was called the "Chen Li Case", and it has always been a mess - at least for the sake of Lord Li's face, it was made into a mess.
The question is that Master Chen is too unlucky.
They all passed the imperial examination together and returned to their hometown to visit their relatives together, but he was captured by the traitor Geng Jingzhong and made a puppet official. After
much difficulty, he got in touch with Li Guangdi, whom he thought was his good friend, and wanted to play a game of Infernal Affairs. In the end, Master Li directly claimed his credit...
Although Li Guangdi also stood up to plead for Chen Menglei when he saw that Chen Menglei was accused of "joining the rebellion", he still insisted that the secret memorial in the wax pill was his own credit and had nothing to do with Chen Menglei...
Well, this behavior is really disgusting.
If this is true, then this old Li is not only disgusting, but also very vicious, and his behavior is indeed that of a villain.
Because there is no witness, Master Chen's undercover identity cannot be confirmed, and he was also exiled as a "treasonous" traitor.
Originally, if the charge of clinging to a traitor was proven, it should be a death sentence, but in the end, Master Chen was only sentenced to exile to Shengjing, which was considered a lighter punishment.
Although Lao Li probably still felt that he had helped Lao Chen to plead for mercy and saved him from the death penalty, which was already "loyal and righteous" and "doing his utmost to be righteous."
But it is estimated that Lao Chen felt that since you, Li, had stabbed him in the back and defamed his innocence for no reason, coupled with the miserable experience of his family after being exiled to Shengjing, it would be better for him to be killed directly.
As a Fujianese, Master Chen and his family were exiled to such a bitter and cold place as Shengjing, and their lives were simply worse than death.
Sure enough, during the exile, Lao Chen's wife and children died of illness, and he himself almost died.
Fortunately, just when he was about to give up, Master Kang, who loved to go on tours, happened to go on tour to Shengjing.
Lao Chen seized this opportunity to present a poem to Master Kang, and finally attracted Master Kang's attention - wow, I didn't expect that Shengjing, a place far away from the emperor, actually had such a great talent hidden, a bit like a pearl lost in the sea.
So, this was also Lao Chen's good fortune, waiting for the opportunity to change his fate.
After all, as a talented Jinshi, it is the hard truth that you have the ability yourself, otherwise, even if you are given the opportunity, it will be useless.
Master Kang was so pleased that he pardoned Old Chen and let him go back to the capital with the patrol team. He also arranged a job for him to edit books. Old Chen was so good at writing poems, so knowledgeable, and a Jinshi who had worked as an editor in the Hanlin Academy. Editing books was just right for him.
Facts have proved that Master Kang was very good at judging people. After Old Chen returned to the capital, he edited the famous "Ancient and Modern Books Collection" in just five years.
This great work is known as the best encyclopedia in ancient times. It is really not something that ordinary people can complete, which shows how profound Master Chen's skills are.
After returning to the capital, with the appreciation of Master Kang and a job he is good at and likes, Master Chen finally survived from the haze of being exiled.
Then, memories of the past inevitably flooded his mind.
Especially when he saw that Li Guangdi, the villain who had stabbed him in the back and betrayed his friends, had become a high-ranking official, Master Chen was furious and immediately began to dig up the past, telling the story of the wax balls in detail.
And because of Master Kang's blatant partiality, there was no accurate explanation for this case between the two of them in the end.
As a result, Li Guangdi continued to rise to prominence and became the favorite of two generations of emperors, but Chen Menglei had a miserable life. In his later years, he was severely punished by the fourth master who succeeded to the throne because he stood on the side of the third prince. He was exiled to the northeast again and was unable to return until his death.
Mo Yu looked at the information about Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei pushed to him by System 006, and he sighed and also had some gossip in his mind.
[This Lao Chen and Lao Li are Jinshi in the same year? But Lao Li is eight years older than Lao Chen. ]
[They are both from Fujian and both took the imperial examination. How come the other one was able to pass at a younger age? Lao Li, tell me, are you jealous that he is younger and more talented than you? ]
[No wonder Lao Chen, even though he was exiled to Shengjing, was able to rely on the only opportunity to meet Master Kang and was brought back to the capital with a stunning poem. This is real strength. 】
【Just tell me, are you jealous that someone is more capable than you and younger than you, so you did such a nasty thing to take all the credit? 】
【I heard that Lao Chen wrote you many letters at that time, asking you to testify and report the truth of what happened to Master Kang... At that time, you had risen to prominence and achieved five levels in a row because of the wax pill incident. If you had admitted a little, Lao Chen would definitely have been brought back from Shengjing, and his wife and children might not have died of illness so early. 】
【You are from the south yourself, so you can't understand the pain of the southern little potatoes being exiled to the northeast for a long time? The key is that this was in ancient times when there were no heating facilities. If you say that modern people go there specifically for tourism, there is nothing. If you take full measures to keep warm and prevent cold, it must be very comfortable. But even if it is for tourism, no one will stay there for more than 20 years. Just the unfamiliar climate and water can make people exhausted. You can see how much suffering the Chen family suffered back then... Two people died and one was injured. It was really tragic. 】
【People have suffered so much. As long as you are a person, you can't be indifferent, right? But you, Lao Li, are really stubborn and refuse to let go - yes, taking all the credit for yourself is a bad character and a lack of personal morality at the very least, and it is deceiving the emperor at the most. Anyway, no matter what, it is definitely impossible to take this risk. 】
【Poor old Chen is still waiting for you to have a change of heart and save him from the dire situation! This is still a bit naive. No wonder after he finally recognized your true face, he began to post all kinds of articles to scold you and cut off all ties with you - if I were you, I would have to cut off all ties with you too? 】
【A bad character is a disaster no matter how capable it is. It is only because Master Kang can calm down the situation that he has achieved the reputation of "a wise prime minister". 】
【But Master Kang is a soft-hearted person, especially towards officials with some talents and abilities. 】
【Why did those corrupt officials become more and more daring and the lives of the people become more and more difficult in the late Kangxi period? It was because of the word "soft-hearted". 】 【
If you knew that you would only be fined a few taels of silver if you were caught for corruption, who would not be greedy... So, in this regard, Master Kang, you are really not as good as the four great masters. 】
【Well, in terms of money, all of you combined are not as powerful as the four great masters. It is because of the four great masters. Otherwise, Master Kang and Qian Xiaosi, the two of you, the "Emperor of the Ages" and the "Ten Perfect Old Man", how could you live so freely? And you also went on tours everywhere and went to the south of the Yangtze River? Where is the money! 】
【Speaking of this, I can't help but want to pity the four great masters... It's really not easy for Ning to have such a father and son. The whole family is useless, and you have to rely on yourself... No wonder he died after being the emperor for thirteen years, he was simply exhausted to death...】
Mo Yu muttered to himself, not noticing that the faces of everyone present had changed.
The first one to bear the brunt was of course Li Guangdi.
He really felt a little guilty about what happened to Chen Menglei back then.
Sometimes, it's just a matter of a thought, and there's no way to turn back.
But as the saying goes, "It's better to die with a friend than to die with poverty." No matter how capable Chen Menglei is, it's useless. In the end, it's still Li Guangdi who becomes Li Zhongtang.
Originally, due to the favor and power of the Emperor, no one dared to speak openly about this matter, but the young master of the Lin family did not play by the rules.
This child looks quite smart, how come he doesn't understand the ways of the world? How come
his father, Lin Ruhai, is such a wise man, but he raised such a child who is outspoken?
Oh, that's not right, it can't be said that he is outspoken.
This child didn't say anything at all.
But you can't even think about it! Is
he shameless? He is going to lose all his face in his life!
Lord Li, who is over 60 years old and has been a high official for many years, felt the embarrassment of being killed on the spot, and at the same time he was afraid that Master Kang would bring up the old account again - after all, he had done something shameful, how could he not take it to heart at all.
However, he soon discovered that their Emperor did not pay any attention to his little matter.
Because the little kid from the Lin family immediately started to make up stories about the Emperor - saying that he was "too soft-hearted", that he condoned corruption among officials, that he liked to go on tours and waste money...
Although these were all facts, and many officials were troubled by them, could they just say them casually? If
they were not careful, they would be scolded and demoted at the least, exiled to the frontier at the worst, or even have their entire family executed.
Li Guangdi looked at Master Kang tremblingly, fearing that he would explode on the spot and drag everyone present to be beheaded - after all, everyone heard this evaluation, and just beheading a kid from the Lin family would not be enough to calm the old man's rage.
Not only Li Guangdi, but other officials present had the same idea. Even
the Crown Prince and the Thirteenth Prince were silent - at this time, whoever dared to go up and touch their father's thorns would be a fool, so it's better to keep quiet and keep safe.
Fortunately, Master Kang did not do so until the end. After a long silence, he suddenly turned around and asked Li Guangdi: "How is the disaster in Zhili now?"
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