Han Dao world

Chapter 1260
After a simple dinner at the county temple, Zhong Yao bid farewell to Wei Tao and returned to Zhou Zhong's residence.

Han Rong also came back and was talking to Zhou Zhong.Seeing Zhong Yao come in, he raised his hand to greet him.

When Zhong Yao took his seat, he saw Han Rong's face was full of smiles and he was having a good time talking, so he couldn't help but asked, "What did Mr. Han see in the past few days so that he was so happy?"

Han Rong rolled his eyes. "When you reach my age, you will understand my mood at the moment. No, it should be said that you will be happier, the kind of happiness that you can die without regrets."

"Really?" Zhong Yao was surprised. "Let's hear it, let me see and see first."

Zhou Zhong pouted. "He solved the test question that the emperor gave Yang Xiu. Of course, this is just what he thinks. No one knows whether the emperor wants the answer."

"He's jealous." Han Rong laughed. "Have you seen Wei Tao?"

"I see, he is willing to provide envoys to Liu Xi, provided that Liu Xi is willing to stay in Quanling for a long time. Duke Zhou, what does Du Ji say?"

"I didn't see it, he went to tour the county."

"So early?" Zhong Yao was a prefect, and he knew that it was usually the spring plowing season when the prefect visited the counties.

"Spring plowing in the south of the Yangtze River is early, and preparations must be made in advance. Besides, there are many things this year, such as tax reduction and exemption, and the experiment of Nichinan rice seeds. There are a lot of things going on. He doesn't feel relieved if he doesn't see it with his own eyes." Zhou Zhong laughed. twice. "The emperor is by his side. If something goes wrong, not only his future will be affected, but also Situ who recommended him will lose face."

"Then you didn't say anything about Liu Xi?"

"No one has seen it, so what?"

Han Rong said: "If you want me to say, you are meddlesome."

Zhong Yao was puzzled. "Also ask Mr. Han for advice."

Han Rong flicked his sleeves, picked up his teacup, and took a sip. "Liu Xi came to Quanling for the sake of Shi Xie. But he didn't have that kind of courage, nor was he willing to bear the consequences. He just wanted to ask others to intercede, and he refused to come forward himself. As for opening a school in Quanling, it was just lip service. It’s just to gain a good reputation. The school he wants to open is not a school that teaches the children of the common people to read and write, but a jingshe that focuses on Confucian classics and exegesis.”

Zhong Yao and Zhou Zhong exchanged a look and smiled knowingly.

"It's not that there is no need to study Confucian classics and exegesis, but this kind of inconsistency between words and deeds is the biggest taboo. The people of Quanling heard that he came, and they originally reported great hopes and provided him with several choices. I found that none of their enthusiasm was what Liu Xi wanted."

Han Rong put down his teacup and sighed faintly. "What Liu Xi wants is to be as powerful as Shi Xie. Not only can he have no worries about food and clothing, but he can also be grateful to him. When he becomes prosperous in the future, don't forget the etiquette that students should have, and serve him all his life."

Zhong Yao lowered his eyelids, covered his mouth with his sleeve, and coughed twice.

Zhou Zhong's cheeks twitched, his expression a little embarrassed.

Han Rong's evaluation of Liu Xi was a bit like talking about his father Zhou Jing, although he knew that Han Rong probably didn't mean that.

It can only be said that Liu Xi's thinking is very representative.

"That era has passed. Confucian classics are no longer a shortcut to becoming an official. He is still obsessed with the past and doesn't want to wake up. Isn't embarrassment inevitable?" Han Rong shook his head, a little regretful. "You may not know that Sun Ce once wanted to recruit him, but he refused because of his courtesy."

"Is there such a thing?" Zhou Zhong and Zhong Yao said in unison.

"I knew he wouldn't say it." Han Rong snorted: "He may be so regretful now. Sun Ce promised that he would be invited to serve as the emperor's sacrificial wine and teach Confucian classics when he establishes a country overseas in the future. Sun Ce I would also like to practice the ceremony of children and disciples and serve them all my life.”

"Such a good condition, why did he..."

"Why else? He doesn't like Sun Ce, he thinks Sun Ce is a warrior. He didn't dare to ask the emperor directly, but he heard that Sun Ce's younger brother, Sun Quan, was a loose rider by the emperor's side, and he was worried that it would spread to the emperor's ears. Misunderstood."

Han Rong shook his head while talking, his expression was very bad.

It was only then that Zhong Yao understood why Han Rong rushed to see Liu Xi as soon as he got off the boat, but then he didn't care about Liu Xi's affairs anymore.

He knew this earlier and was unwilling to help Liu Xi.

This kind of pedantic scholar is not welcomed anywhere.

"Let's not talk about him, let's talk about the answer Han Gong realized." Zhong Yao took the initiative to change the subject, and said with a smile: "Today, when we go to the Tianzhu Inn, Duke Zhou and I follow the stories of Western sages, and we each have our own enlightenment. "

"Okay, let's hear it." Han Rong said loudly with great interest.

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In mid-February, Shi Sunrui led the Northern Army to Quanling.

The captured Shi Xie brothers and their family members were also in the team.Shi Sunrui still gave him face, and he didn't let him get into the car all the way, and he didn't push the car out until he entered the Quanling boundary.

After removing his clothes and changing into the Chu clothes worn by prisoners, Shi Xie, who was nearly seventy years old, felt sad and couldn't help crying.

He didn't know if he could get out alive after stepping into the car.

Along the way, he kept receiving news that Liu Xi had published an article in the residence newspaper to show his merits, but the reaction was mediocre, and almost no one responded.The pardon edict he expected has never arrived, and there is a high probability that it will never arrive.

Taking advantage of Yuan Hui's visit, Shi Xie took the initiative to speak for the first time, hoping that Yuan Hui could come forward to mediate.He can die, but he can't die on the charge of treason, and he doesn't want his family to be implicated.

The scholar family moved from Lu State to Cangwu to avoid the disaster of Wang Mang. After the hard work of the sixth generation, it is today, and it cannot be destroyed in one fell swoop.

Yuan Hui sympathized with him very much, bit the bullet, and found Shi Sunrui, wanting to rush to Xingzai first to meet the emperor to express his affection.

Shi Sun Rui sized him up for a while, then put down the mansion newspaper in his hand. "Are you sure?"

Yuan Hui shook his head. "Just do your best."

"Since you're not sure, why bother to do it?" Shi Sun Rui curled up his fingers, and tapped the residence newspaper on the case twice. "With this time, you might as well spend some thought and do something useful."

Yuan Hui was a little anxious. "So the Lord's life is at stake, Wei really has no mood to think about other things."

Shi Sun Rui smiled, and pushed Di Bao over with his fingers. "Don't worry, Shi Xie won't die for a while."

Yuan Hui was skeptical, and picked up the mansion newspaper. What caught his eye was an article titled "On Legislation with Benevolence".He didn't pay attention at first, until he saw the author of the article, his heart suddenly moved.

The author is Cai Yan.

The Cai family of Chen Liu and the Yuan family of Chen Guo are family friends, Cai Yan's grandmother is Yuan Hui's great-aunt, and they are distant cousins.

"Cai Lingshi is back?"

Shi Sun Rui frowned. "Can you change your faults, don't always think about using personal relationships to clear up business affairs? The emperor hates this kind of thing the most. The more connections you have, the faster Shi Xie will die."

Yuan Hui was greatly embarrassed. "What does Mr. Sun mean?"

"When Yuan Shao's wife, Mrs. Liu, fled from overseas, the Son of Heaven proposed that there must be laws, and now he has established a law school. The meaning of emphasizing the law is very clear, and the voice of worrying that the Son of Heaven values ​​the law and despises Confucianism is getting louder and louder. Cai Lingshi has always been the Son of Heaven. Wen Dan, at this very moment, even if he was not instructed by the emperor to write this "On Legislation with Benevolence", he represented the emperor and expressed his heart to the people of the world. Take a good look at this article, maybe you can find a way to reduce Shi Xie's crime .”

(End of this chapter)