I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 267 Controversy between Confucianism and Legalism?

"Hidden relatives..."

"Hidden relatives..."

Walking at the main entrance of the Xuanshi Hall, to the north gate of Weiyang Palace——Simamen's palace road, Wei Wan, who is about to become the prince and Taifu, couldn't help but repeat the words "close relatives and secrets".

But what Wei Wan, and Lieutenant Zhidu behind him, didn't realize at the first time is that in the past, because of their unique personalities, the two people who were also regarded as "impossible to form a party for personal gain" in the past are both thinking at this moment. The color of the face and the words "kissing and concealing" are whispered on the mouth;
Before he knew it, he was walking on the palace road in Weiyang Palace with his left and right sides aligned.

Such a strange scene is enough to be called a 'spectacle' for the people in the palace, and even for the whole Chang'an.

——Lieutenant Zhidu, with the title of "Goshawk", has always been known in Chang'an for being selfless, disregarding personal interests, and never being friendly and communicating with court officials and officials;
As for Zhong Lang General Wei Wan, although he doesn't have such a famous name as Zhidu, he also has the labels of "duty person" and "honest person" on his head.

Regardless of old grievances, Tian Ziqi appointed Wei Wan as the general in charge of the safety of the holy car, and planned to make Wei Wan the prince and tutor of Liu Sheng, which is enough to see that Wei Wan is definitely an honest and responsible person enough to be trusted.

At the very least, someone who is enough for Tianzi Qi to trust.

And when these two people, who are never too close to other officials on weekdays, are walking in the palace path of Weiyang Palace majestically under the watchful eyes of everyone, this scene shocked people... ····
Let's put it this way;

——Basically no less than Chao Cuo, the imperial historian today, who was married to Changqing: Yuan Ang, who was at home with a job.

And when the two parties recovered from their thoughts and found each other beside them, their expressions also stiffened at the same time...
"Center, lieutenant?"

"—Wei Zhonglang;"

After a greeting with a stiff expression and awkward words, the two bowed their heads;
After thinking for a while, the two raised their heads at the same time, spoke almost at the same time, and said the same sentence.

"something/something..."

"Uh;"

"The lieutenant first?"

"—Well, let Wei Zhonglang speak first."

After being courteous to each other, Wei Wan finally gave up his politeness when Zhi Du forced out a barely perceptible 'smile' on his daily tense face;

With a stiff smile, he lowered his head, thought for a moment, then turned around slightly, and cupped his hands at the Zhi beside him.

"Uh, since that's the case, I will be bold..."

"—Since His Majesty came to the throne, I was dismissed from office and returned to my hometown to find a job;"

"It wasn't until the Wu-Chu rebellion last year that I was lucky enough to make some martial arts, and was able to return to the center of the court."

"In the past few years, what happened in Chang'an and what changes occurred, most of the people below have no way of knowing."

"My understanding of the prince's temperament is still limited to the sentence that was circulated in the streets and alleys of Chang'an during the reign of the first emperor: It is better to touch the wrath of the emperor than to deceive the son's mother..."

After saying this, Wei Wan raised her head with a smile, and looked carefully at Zhidu's face;

After Zhi Du's face showed a look of "really so", Wei Wan laughed and lowered her head again, explaining the doubts in her heart.

"I don't know a lot about the prince's appointment as a reserve, and I don't have any intention to learn more about it."

"It's just that now, thanks to His Majesty's trust, he is about to serve as the prince and tutor;"

"If you still don't understand the prince's temperament, I'm afraid that even if you become the prince's tutor, it will be difficult to teach in accordance with your aptitude, so that you will live up to His Majesty's entrustment..."

"——So, I want to ask the lieutenant very impolitely: Can I raise a little bit about the prince's temper?"

"If the lieutenant is willing to do this, then I am really grateful..."

Saying that, Wei Wan did not forget to stop, turned around again, and bowed her hands sincerely to Zhidu.

And after Wei Wan's obeisance, even if he still had the heart to keep a distance from Wei Wan, Zhi Du's unique paralyzed face inevitably revealed a little gentleness.

In fact, it stands to reason that the current Wei Wan doesn't need to keep his posture so low in front of Zhidu.

It is true that Wei Wan's current position - General Zhonglang, was left after Zhidu was promoted to lieutenant;
From this point of view, Zhidu can indeed be regarded as Wei Wan's 'senior' to a certain extent.

Furthermore, Wei Wan, a Zhonglang general, is a Zhilu who is more than two thousand stones, while Zhidu, a lieutenant, is a middle two thousand stones at the same level as Jiuqing.

And between the bierqian stone and the middle two thousand stone, there are two levels of two thousand stone and real two thousand stone.

From this point of view, the lieutenant Zhi Du is a full three ranks higher than the Zhonglang general Wei Wan, an important official of the Zhu Kingdom;
The disparity in status between the two was almost to the extent that Wei Wan could barely touch Zhidu's knee by jumping hard.

——Compared with two thousand stones, it is only the entry level of 'two thousand stones';

But Zhong Erqianshi is a member of the decision-making level in the absolute sense. He has been to the Han family several times, and the important ministers who can reach this level are only a few dozen people including the Sangong, Jiuqing, and lieutenants.

But these are just appearances.

Today's Zhidu is indeed the lieutenant of Erqianshi in Zhilu;

Wei Wan's General Zhonglang is indeed the one who is "left over from playing". There is also a huge level gap between General Zhonglang and the lieutenant.

But Wei Wan's 'big two thousand stone' is only temporary.

In the not-too-distant future, Wei Wan will serve as Liu Sheng's prince and tutor, and enjoy the same treatment as Zhidu.

Considering the two, one is the current middle school Erqianshi, and the other is about to be promoted to the middle school Erqianshi, even if Wei Wan and Zhi communicate on an equal footing, Zhidu will definitely not feel that there is any problem.

But it is precisely because of this—precisely because Wei Wan can clearly "discuss education of the same generation", and even rely on her age and seniority to call herself a "senior" in front of Zhidu, but in fact she did not do so, which made her always The stern and selfless Zhidu did not sternly refuse Wei Wan's request to "tell me about the prince".

Sensing Wei Wan's extremely humble, even vaguely humble gesture, Zhi Du's face only subconsciously warmed up.

After a brief consideration, even the option of 'declining' was ruled out by Zhi.

Thinking that he also had something to ask Wei Wan, Zhi Du finally decided to agree to Wei Wan's request.

It’s just that before ‘introducing’ Liu Sheng’s temperament to Wei Wan, Zhidu still didn’t forget to explain himself instinctively why he agreed to Wei Wan’s slightly sensitive request...

"It stands to reason that, as ministers, we should not comment on your majesty at will."

"—Even the crown prince is the same."

"But Wei Zhonglang's request is not unreasonable;"

"It is indeed as what Wei Zhonglang said: After knowing the prince's temperament, Wei Zhonglang can better teach the prince and prince and fulfill the mission entrusted by his majesty after Wei Zhonglang serves as the prince's fu."

"Considering these, I am willing to disregard the courtesy of the emperor and ministers, and use my shallow knowledge to test the prince's temperament for Wei Zhonglang."

"It's not that I want to take this opportunity to form some unreasonable close relationship with Wei Zhonglang, but it's just out of the consideration of the ancestral temple, the community, and my allegiance to His Majesty..."

Hearing this, Wei Wan smiled and cupped her hands, expressing that she very much agrees with Zhi Du's statement.

——You are all lonely ministers, and you don't want to get close to others, which is the reason why it should be in the question;
And although Wei Wan is not like Zhidu, who regards himself as a "lonely minister and private minister today", he is at least a responsible person.

Coupled with the fact that he is about to become Prince Fu, Wei Wan also has some taboos and things to pay attention to - keeping a reasonable distance from courtiers, especially important officials;
Combining all the above, Wei Wan couldn't wish for Zhidu's proposal of "we're just playing for fun".

Seeing Wei Wan's attitude, Zhi Du suppressed his uneasiness a little bit.

Then he frowned and bowed his head, thinking about his words for a moment, then tilted his head a little suspiciously, and walked forward slowly, while looking at Wei Wan, who was "listening attentively" beside him without much confidence.

"Just now in the Xuan room, Wei Zhonglang, he should have heard what the prince said."

"—Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, in the seventh year of the Yuan Dynasty, His Majesty invited the Queen, who was still his wife at that time, to visit Shanglin Garden. On the way, he met a wild pig."

"The incident happened suddenly. I only cared about His Majesty's safety, so I didn't step forward to save the Queen."

"Afterwards, when the prince learned about this, he felt very resentful towards me. He even punched me violently inside Simamen..."

Said with a little self-deprecating, Zhidu did not forget to subconsciously raise his hand, and caressed his right eye socket, as if reminiscing about the bad experience of being punched in the eye socket by Liu Sheng back then.

But beside Zhidu, Wei Wan suppressed the smile on his face in response, and gave Zhidu a little apologetic hand.

"Although he is not yet the prince's teacher, he is still ashamed of the prince's actions."

"The lieutenant, please see that at that time, the prince was still young and indifferent, so don't hold grudges against the prince..."

If she said this, she saw that Wei Wan bowed deeply to Zhi Zhi full of shame, as if she had already regarded herself as a 'prince teacher'.

Hearing what Wei Wan said, Zhi Du smiled and waved his hands, and said with a little melancholy: "Wei Zhonglang, there is no need to be like this."

"As a subject, there is no reason to hold grudges against the emperor."

"Don't say that at that time, the prince punched me because I didn't save the queen."

"Even in the future, if the crown prince wants to punish me for this, as a subject, I will definitely kneel down respectfully and kowtow to thank the crown prince for punishing me..."

After speaking, Zhidu sighed again, and then brought the topic back on track.

"This incident back then gave me a preliminary understanding of the prince."

"—Prince, he is a very filial servant who can do anything for his mother."

"Back then, my eye sockets were smashed black by the prince, which is the best proof of this conclusion..."

···
"After this incident, the prince and I naturally didn't get along very well."

"In order not to cause unnecessary trouble - not to cause unnecessary trouble to His Majesty, after that incident, when I see the prince, I will always take a detour."

"Until later, a very accidental opportunity allowed the prince and I to have a heart-to-heart exchange."

"After that exchange, I later realized that the prince is actually a reasonable person."

"—For those who have made mistakes and done bad things, the prince is jealous and fierce;"

"But as long as this person can give a reasonable explanation for his actions and get the crown prince's approval, there is a high probability that he will be forgiven by the prince."

"—Even if you can't be forgiven, you can at least be forgiven."

"In other words: the prince is not someone who is completely unreasonable for the sake of his mother..."

After telling Wei Wan almost everything that happened between him and Liu Sheng that year, Zhidu stopped talking in a timely manner and did not continue talking.

——After the incident that year, Zhi knew about Liu Sheng, and of course there were many more;
But Zhidu couldn't continue talking.

Because if we continue talking, we will inevitably talk about what happened in Shanglinyuan last year.

——The thing that made Liu Rong completely disqualified, and made Tian Ziqi make up his mind to help Liu Sheng to the position of Crown Prince...
"My understanding of the prince is roughly these;"

"Besides the extreme filial piety of his mother-in-law, and it's not unreasonable. The year before last, the crown prince advocated the stabilization of grain prices in Guanzhong. It can also be seen that the crown prince will probably be a benevolent king who loves the people like a son in the future."

"——In the future, Wei Zhonglang will serve as Prince Fu, perhaps we can start from these aspects."

"As for the other things, I'm afraid Wei Zhonglang will get to know him gradually by getting along with the prince day and night in the future."

"After all, in the past few years, the prince and I have not had much contact."

Finally, he said another word to show that he was 'not familiar' with Liu Sheng, and Zhidu took his eyes away from Wei Wan;
Putting his hands behind his back, lowering his head slightly, he walked slowly on the palace road leading to Simamen, and a look of thought quietly appeared on Zhidu's face.

While introducing Liu Sheng's deeds and temperament in the past few years to Wei Wan who had been away from Chang'an for many years, Zhidu himself was actually thinking about this issue.

——Liu Sheng, what kind of person is he?

In the future, what kind of monarch will Liu Sheng become after a hundred years from the emperor's enlightenment?
As courtiers, how should the courtiers and officials including Wei Wan and Zhidu get along with the current His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the future "Emperor Sheng"?
The answers to these questions have not been able to draw very clear conclusions.

Even today, Zhidu is still a little uncertain about what Liu Sheng has shown, especially what the phrase "relatives and relatives conceal each other" from Liu Sheng's mouth means.

And this is exactly the reason why Zhidu and Weiwan, two people who have always kept themselves clean, unexpectedly walked together today...
"I remember what the lieutenant said."

"—I am really grateful for the lieutenant's guidance."

"It's just that I'm still a little puzzled about the prince..."

While thinking about it, Wei Wan's iconic friendly tone sounded, causing Zhidu to subconsciously turn his head;
Seeing Wei Wan smile shyly, Shuran frowned cautiously, and put the guess that both of them felt uneasy at the same time in front of Zhidu.

"Just now, the prince said in front of His Majesty: relatives hide from each other, son hides from father, father hides from son;"

"And this sentence comes from the Confucian "Analects", from the mouth of the Confucian ancestor Kong Zhongni..."

"The lieutenant thinks that the prince agrees with the phrase 'close relatives', does it mean that the prince..."

···
"Well, and;"

"The lieutenant just said: Although the crown prince is extremely filial to his mother, he is not completely unreasonable."

"But this time, for the sake of King Linjiang, the crown prince is 'unreasonable' without any scruples;"

"—Just by saying 'Kindlings conceal each other', it can be regarded as an explanation to His Majesty for robbing King Linjiang from the Lieutenant's Mansion that day."

"what about this?"

"Could it be that in the years since I left Chang'an, such a deep brotherhood has accumulated between the crown prince and King Linjiang?"

···
"Is it the friendship between the prince and King Linjiang, really so deep that the prince is willing to be 'unreasonable' for King Linjiang?"

"Or is there any joint in this matter that I haven't figured out?"

Hearing this question, Zhi Du also frowned instantly, with the same worry as Wei Wan in his expression.

But Zhi is very clear: the same thing, his and Wei Wan's worries are completely different...

"According to what I have learned over the years, the crown prince and King Linjiang may not be very close."

"—at least not close to the crown prince, willing to "unreasonable" for King Linjiang, and kidnap King Linjiang from the lieutenant's mansion, but only give an explanation of "close relatives and secrets"."

"I'm afraid there are other reasons for the prince to do this."

···
"As for the phrase 'close to each other', does being close mean the prince..."

"Um······"

At the end, Zhidu just stopped talking quietly, pretending to be thinking hard, but in fact he quietly looked at Wei Wan's expression.

After Wei Wan turned her body worriedly, and her gaze urged Zhidu to look up, Zhidu then lowered his head thoughtfully;

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly let out a heck of a laugh.

"I wanted to ask about Wei Zhonglang, but I should have already got the answer."

"—On weekdays, Wei Zhonglang should prefer to read Confucianism, especially the classics of Zilu's line?"

"In the future, when he becomes the prince's tutor, Wei Zhonglang will mainly teach the prince, should this be the same?"

Asking pretending to be calm, Wei Wan only got a burst of laughter. Although she said polite words like 'I don't really like it, I just read it occasionally', she didn't directly refute it.

The guess in his heart was confirmed, Zhi Du still had a smile on his face, but his eyes turned cold quietly;
After carefully scanning Wei Wan's body with those eagle-like eyes, he finally suppressed the smile on his face and turned around coldly.

After saying the last word to Wei Wan, Zhidu strode towards Simamen not far away without raising his head.

"There is a sentence that I want to remind Wei Zhonglang."

"——The stain of Tyranny has really hurt my legal family's vitality, and it is difficult for me to move forward in the Han family;"

"But at least Your Majesty, it was Chao Gong, the official censor, who personally taught you."

"In other words: my Legalists will always have a place in Hanting."

"And Confucianism..."

···
"Taizu's words of 'Gaoyang drunkard' have never ceased to be heard by our legalists~"

"Wei Zhonglang wanted to follow the example of Lord Chao just because of the crown prince's words 'close relatives'..."

"Ah······"

"With all due respect: Confucianism is for the Han family, it can be said that the arrow is for the warrior;"

"—Although it is useful, there is no place for it..."

　Repeated failure to keep promises...

　　Alas, I have no face to mention...
　　Don’t promise anymore, try to write, if you can write it, post it, if you can’t write it, you will ask

　　
　
(End of this chapter)