My Daming New Empire

When he came to the corner room, he knocked on the door.Yang Shiqi's voice came from inside: "Come in by yourself."

Yang Dao opened the door and went in. There was a small study room surrounded by various books. On a table in the middle, an oil lamp shone dimly.

Yang Shiqi was wearing a pair of tortoiseshell glasses produced by Ma's Liulifang, and was looking at Yang Dao who came in through the lenses.

"The Marquis of Guangping's mansion has now hated the emperor. Although the emperor still cares about his grandson, the decline of their family is a foregone conclusion. I don't like the fact that you are now in close contact with the Marquis of Guangping."

Yang Dao looked at the old father in front of him. Since the death of his elder brother, he has obviously aged.

Feeling soft for a moment, he didn't refute his father's words, but sat down opposite his father. "Father wants me to participate in Qiuwei again?"

Yang Shiqi sighed, and then said: "I know your literary talent is mediocre, and you have tried your best to be admitted to the scholar. But now the imperial court has become more formal in employing people, and you are not allowed to be an official unless you are promoted, and you are still going to go this way... ..."

Yang Shiqi said this because he himself is a typical official who has not passed the scientific examination.But in his era, there were not many literati in Ming Dynasty, and a little talent could be reused.

He is intelligent by nature, and his many years of study tours have allowed him to accumulate a wealth of knowledge, which is why he was able to enter the Imperial Academy after being appreciated by Emperor Hui.

But now this path is no longer feasible. Even His Royal Highness has recruited many scholars and recruits to take up official positions, but those are low-level officials, and it is even more difficult to get promoted.

Yang Dao also sighed and said: "Father, the child is stupid by nature, and it was thanks to you that he was selected as a scholar..."

"There is still more than half a year before Qiu Wei, as long as you devote yourself to studying and tutoring your father in this half a year, you may not be able to get the fame of a Juren."

"But this is not the way the child wants to go..."

"Will my father still harm you?" Yang Shiqi's face became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "You have been boasting about the beauty of overseas since you came back from the West. Could it be that my father doesn't know your thoughts?"

Yang Dao knew that he had avoided the choice for a long time, and now he could no longer avoid it.

He got up and knelt down, facing Yang Shiqi and said: "Father, the child is not filial..." Then he bowed down.

Yang Shiqi felt a chill in his heart, and his body couldn't help shaking.After a while, he suppressed the fear in his heart, and said as gently as possible: "You are grown up now, if you hadn't been with His Highness for three years, you would have been married by now. Being a father is not a person who knows how to adapt, you have What kind of plan, as a father, I can think about it for you."

Yang Dao raised his head, and his originally honest face also showed a seriousness.He said firmly, "Father, the boy wants to join the navy!"

It really was the worst choice...

Yang Shiqi couldn't control the panic in his heart, and tremblingly said: "Daoer, as a father, you are the only son now..."

Yang Dao said firmly: "Please forgive my child for being unfilial... Father, Zhitong has grown up slowly. Although he is young, he is more talented than me. Father, don't worry about having no successors. Besides, the child also wants to get married this year. , Even if you enter the navy, you won't leave home this year, you must leave blood for the Yang family."

Yang Shiqi couldn't control his emotions anymore, and shouted sharply: "Then what's so good about the navy? Even if he is the commander of the first army, he is just a soldier. The one who sings the number one scholar outside the Donghua Gate is a good man." , have you forgotten it!"

Yang Dao kept his composure and said bravely: "Father, that was the former Song Dynasty, hundreds of years have passed. Now it is the Ming Dynasty, His Royal Highness Taisun attaches great importance to the navy, and attaches great importance to generals. How can this general be worse than a civil servant? "

"Grandson..." Yang Shiqi sneered and said: "You young people keep calling His Highness Grandson, but you know that he is a grandson, not even a prince! Your Highness is determined to set things right. Now that the emperor is old, it will take a few years. It is the world of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Yang Dao was taken aback, looked at his father and said, "But they are father and son after all!"

"His Royal Highness does not only have one son!"

Yang Dao was shocked, and looked at his father with a look of fear on his face.He was already kneeling on the ground, but at this moment he bowed down again. "Father, be careful with your words and deeds! The Yang family's honor and disgrace are all tied to you!"

Yang Shiqi also consciously made a slip of the tongue, pretending to be understated and said: "I just said that His Royal Highness is not dissatisfied with the grandson."

However, Yang Dao knew that this matter would not be so simple. It was not a secret that the civil servants were dissatisfied with the grandson, and it was not a day or two that they wanted to confuse the prince Yi Chu.

As the most trusted vassal of His Highness the Crown Prince, my father might not be able to get rid of his involvement in this matter.

Thinking of this, he also became terrified, and said in a trembling voice: "Father, there is something that my child does not understand."

Yang Shiqi felt a little regretful in his heart, and said gently: "Get up and talk, why did this happen."

Yang Dao straightened up, but he didn't get up from the ground. Instead, he asked, "Why does the emperor favor His Royal Highness the grandson? Nowadays, only the grandson is known in this court, but the prince is unknown. Has my father ever thought about the reason behind this?" ?”

"The emperor is a martial artist, so naturally he prefers a grandson who is like a martial artist, rather than a prince who is more like a civil servant."

"What my father said was just appearances. My child thinks that the most important reason for this is that the emperor agrees with His Highness Taisun's philosophy of governing the country. As for His Highness's philosophy of governing the country, my child has been studying at Habayashi Wei School in the past few years, and I can also understand a thing or two. , that's balance."

Yang Shiqi had always disliked this second son, thinking that he was paranoid and stupid, but he didn't expect that this son would still try to reason with him now.

"What is balance?"

"Eunuchs control the economy, civil servants are in charge of civil affairs, and nobles are in charge of military affairs. These three families cannot be the only one, and one cannot be strong and the other weak. Only when these three families are balanced can the court be stable. His Royal Highness is inclined to Confucianism and civil servants, which will cause the court Unbalanced, so this is the reason why His Majesty refuses to reuse him."

Yang Shiqi didn't expect his son to have such insight, and asked: "In this case, as a disciple of Confucianism, what's wrong with me planning for civil servants?"

Yang Dao said firmly: "Father may have misunderstood the relationship between Confucianism and literati, and literati and literati. There is a sentence written on the wall of Habayashi School: 'Ideology belongs to thought, and politics belongs to politics'. Learning literature does not mean Confucianism, literati It doesn’t have to be Confucianism, and this text wasn’t created by Confucianism either!”

"This is a rebellious and absurd statement!"

Yang Dao felt that he could not communicate normally with his father at all, so he was anxious for a while, and asked: "Then 'I love my teacher, I love the truth more' is not even more outrageous?"

Yang Shiqi calmed down after hearing these words, and said with a sneer, "This is also written on the wall of the Habayashi Guard School... I already knew it. If you are a little yellow-haired boy, you dare to question the doctrine of saints. Of course, this is treason!"

Yang Dao asked back: "In this case, why did the emperor allow this sentence to be left on the wall of Habayashi Wei School?"

Yang Shiqi wanted to say more, but Yang Dao said again: "Father may not be secretly dissatisfied with His Highness because of the matter of the elder brother?"

Yang Shiqi was shocked, and his body trembled. Through the lens, Yang Dao could still see his father's eyes turning red.

Yang Dao said: "Brother is to blame. If father hates His Royal Highness because of this, shouldn't the common people who were killed by elder brother hate our Yang family even more!"

"This is slander!"

Yang Dao shook his head and said, "Father, it's true."

Yang Shiqi put his hand on his forehead, trembling all over and sighed, "You go..."

Yang Dao knew that his father didn't want to show his weakness in front of him, but he couldn't leave just because of this.He persuaded again: "Father, His Royal Highness Taisun has now controlled [-]% of the Ming Dynasty's military strength. When the emperor personally conscripts, all of the Ming's military strength, except for the frontier army, will be in the hands of His Highness. Can't help him! Father, as a minister, should promote peace between the prince and grandson, how can he not be a minister, deliberately provoke?"

"Presumptuous! Is it that kind of person to be a father?"

Yang Daochang sighed, bowed down, and said firmly: "Father, my son is now more sure of his determination to continue to follow His Royal Highness, and I hope father will agree."

Yang Shiqi sneered and said, "Is it a foolish person to be a father, and how can you put your family in danger? If you want to go, go ahead. But after you get the reward, go with your mother to the Xie family to propose marriage."

Yang Dao understood as soon as he heard it. His father was hesitant between Miss Xie's family and Miss Jian's family, but now he has made up his mind.

Although his father's official position is not obvious, he only has the fifth rank, but as the first assistant minister of His Royal Highness, he is also talented in literature, and his status among civil servants is not low.

As the second son in his family, it was impossible for him to get married to a high-ranking official or noble family, and even if he got married, he would be the concubine of a big family at most.

But after the eldest brother Yang Ji was executed, he was the only son of the Yang family, and now his marriage is worthy of being married to the prostitute of the big family.

Jian Yi once mentioned that he has a niece, who is the age of cardamom, and has not yet married.And Xie Jin's brother, Xie Lun, a doctor of Taixue, also has two prostitutes in his family.

Yang Dao himself likes the Xie family.On the way to the west, he had contact with Xie Zhenqi and Xie Zhenliang, and Xie Zhenqi was the dragon and the phoenix among the people, not only had an outstanding appearance, but also had an outstanding literary talent.