fifth form

Chapter 1890: Past Events
The new emperor's encounter with Li Shaojun was just a minor accident during his travels; his real business was still policy questions.

Zhang Xuezhou could not enter the palace at will, nor did he have to go to the court to meet the emperor, so the new emperor was the only one left.

However, the new emperor did not come here on purpose. He often went in and out of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, and only came here when he visited Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and others.

After Li Shaojun's alarmist remarks were made, the new emperor was also invited to his study by Zhang Xuezhou.

"Your room seems a bit crowded?"

Looking at the place where the desk was originally placed and now a simple bed was built with wooden boards, the new emperor felt that Zhang Xuezhou's residence was a little too crowded.

"I have accompanied my cousin to Jingzhao Yinfu to buy a house today. It will be spacious in two days," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"Oh? You're buying a house?" the new emperor asked suspiciously.

"Yes," Zhang Xuezhou said happily, "I originally wanted to find scholar Kong Anguo, but when I was looking for someone, I met a monk named Han Anguo. After learning that I was an official of the imperial court, he gave me five hundred taels of gold."

"I'll give you five hundred taels of gold," the new emperor said in astonishment, "Just because you are an official, he'll give you money? And five hundred taels, so much?"

"He said he had given gifts to many people, so one more from me wouldn't hurt," Zhang Xuezhou said, "As long as I can say a few good words about him in front of His Majesty, he will think the money is well spent!"

The matter of Zhang Xuezhou recommending Han Anguo was simple.

He even mentioned that he had received five hundred taels of gold and laid the matter out in the open.

He had no real power or official position at the moment, and this kind of money was not bribery without official authority, so Zhang Xuezhou was not afraid of being implicated at this time.

Not to mention that Zhang Xuezhou dared to do so, the same reason also applies to Tian Fen, the Marquis of Wu'an who was removed from his post as Grand Marshal, opening the door to accept gifts.

Accepting gifts while having official authority is bribery, while accepting gifts without official authority is a skill, and even the imperial court cannot interfere.

"What about your good words?" The new emperor said with both anger and laughter: "You have to do things for others after receiving money, right?"

"He practices Iron Armor Technique, so he can take beatings and stay alive." Zhang Xuezhou thought for a moment and said, "It's okay to let him handle some difficult things. Anyway, he can come back alive!"

"That doesn't sound like a nice thing to say!"

The new emperor cursed in his heart, thinking that Han Anguo giving Zhang Xuezhou five hundred taels of gold was simply unlucky, and that recommending him in this way was simply pushing him to death.

But compared with Tian Fen's recommendation of Han Anguo, the new emperor felt that Zhang Xuezhou's approach was more acceptable.

Although the new emperor was eager to seek talented people, it was impossible for him to arrange an important position for Han Anguo just because of Tian Fen's few good words.

As Zhang Xuezhou said, only if he did some difficult things and then handled them properly, and was tied to the court, would the new emperor be likely to use Han Anguo. Otherwise, the great monks in the world would come to the court as they pleased and leave as they pleased, and his place would become a vegetable garden where people could come and go as they pleased.

Looking back, the new emperor felt that Tian Fen should have accepted the generous gift, which led to Tian Fen recommending Han Anguo.

Zhang Xuezhou had previously said that he was not suitable for an important official position and that it would be difficult for him to be honest. The new emperor had a good idea of ​​Zhang Xuezhou's character and knew that this guy was unreliable, but Tian Fen had shown excellent moral character over the years. When he suddenly learned that Tian Fen had accepted bribes, he couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable, especially since Tian Fen had not told him about this.

The most feared thing is comparison. When Zhang Xuezhou and Tian Fen are compared, the effect is immediately apparent.

The former is frank while the latter is concealing, and the latter almost violates the royal taboo.

What the Han royal family feared most were two-faced people, people who could say one thing in front of people and another behind their backs.

The royal family treated these people as their confidants and entrusted them with important tasks, but at the critical moment these people stabbed the royal family in the back. This is a bloody lesson, not empty talk, but a fact that has already happened.

He couldn't help but feel a little more depressed and his brows furrowed slightly.

But the new emperor quickly let go of this unpleasant matter.

"Let's get back to the topic. I asked you a question a few days ago, and you have to answer it well." The new emperor changed his mind and said, "If you don't answer it well, you will have to go back to East Sima Gate!"

"I've been thinking about this problem for half a month, and I finally have some ideas," Zhang Xuezhou said seriously, "but the specific solution still needs you to come up with your own conclusion!" "Oh?"

The new emperor was slightly surprised.

He wanted to say that Zhang Xuezhou was playing dumb again, but when Zhang Xuezhou started to speak seriously, his expression changed slightly.

The new emperor asked Zhang Xuezhou a question, and Zhang Xuezhou turned around and asked Ren Yisheng the question.

However, Ren Yisheng did not directly answer Zhang Xuezhou what to do. Instead, he recommended two books to Zhang Xuezhou.

The book "Development and Research of Social Forms" analyzes this social phenomenon in detail, not only citing ancient cases, but also using modern cases to demonstrate, mentioning various problems that arise in social development forms.

This is a contradiction that is impossible to eliminate. Anyone who tries to act in the opposite direction will face counterattacks from interest groups. Only those with large families and powerful assets can still hold on, but most people cannot.

As Zhang Xuezhou explained his theory in a low voice, the new emperor's expression became increasingly serious.

The theory expounded by Zhang Xuezhou was profound and easy to understand, which finally made him understand why many things were difficult to push forward during the reign of Emperor Jing, why loyal and upright ministers could not come to the fore, why many upright and honest people did not have a good ending, and why those opportunists in the court could survive safely to this day.

Some people originally have good character, but after entering the big dye vat, it is also difficult for them to remain unaffected. Either they are hit and find it difficult to make progress, or they are also stained with black and assimilated.

This is also the reason why the Northern Military District was eroded as a whole.

"Can't this phenomenon be solved?" the new emperor asked in a slightly hoarse voice.

"I have said before that you have to figure out how to solve the problem yourself," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"I am very dissatisfied with your answer," said the new emperor.

"Then I'll give you some more!"

"can!"

Zhang Xuezhou began to talk about his second book, "The Invisible Currency War".

If the first book made the new emperor feel heavy-hearted, feeling that no matter how he investigated or how he changed people, the problem would only remain the same and would never be solved, the second book proposed a solution to the problem intermittently.

What Zhang Xuezhou said is correct. How to solve the problem does not depend on how Zhang Xuezhou puts forward suggestions, but on how he, as the ruler, implements the suggestions.

Anyone who rashly gets involved in such matters will have little chance of getting away with it unscathed. As long as Zhang Xuezhou proposes a specific solution, he will become the enemy of the interest groups.

Zhang Xuezhou cannot do such a thing, and the other party cannot afford the backlash of such a thing.

"The last person to do this was Chao Cuo. He was my father's mentor, but he was not spared and did not have a good ending."

The new emperor even remembered the people who solved such problems during the reign of Emperor Jing.

"Chao Cuo was a great monk who had entered the realm of true self. Some people said that my father assassinated him. Uncle Liang even thought so. But my father said that he had never done such a cruel thing. So who did it?"

The new emperor had never met Chao Cuo. He was born two years after Chao Cuo's death.

At that time, Emperor Jing was only in his thirties, at the age when his mind and strength were improving the fastest, and also at the age when he was the most arrogant and wanted to explore and do things.

Chao Cuo had a very high level of cultivation and served as the Imperial Censor in the court. He had the power to supervise officials all over the country and cooperated with Emperor Jing to purge the world.

But from that time on, Emperor Jing encountered various pressures one after another. The vassal states in the world began to rebel constantly, and he was almost suffocated.

The final result was that Emperor Jing gave in, Chao Cuo died, and a faction headed by Zhou Yafu and others began to rise in the court.

Thinking of some old things, the new emperor couldn't help feeling gloomy in his heart.