The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 288 I will do whatever my lord asks me to do

The fact that Meng Changce was about to come to the capital to give lectures did not appeal to Zhao Yao.One: He didn't want to win over Meng Changce.Two: He is not a literati student, he is not so enthusiastic about learning, and he does not want to be a literary master.Three: Meng Changce is the person His Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Dai Wang are trying to win over, and Zhao Yao will only avoid him.

Zhao Yao also didn't intend to listen to Meng Changce's lecture.He is not very smart in reading, so there is no need to listen to Mr. Meng's lectures, and he may not be able to understand them.

Although Meng Changce is highly respected and respected by literati and scholars all over the world, Zhao Yao doesn't have that much respect for Mr. Meng in his heart.However, Mr. Meng's character is still very respectable. He does not seek fame, nor does he deceive the world.He was a real scholar, and his literary attainments were very high, which promoted the development of Da Zhou's literature.

He Lianfang has always hated Confucian literati and scholars, thinking that they are pedantic and rigid.However, He Lianfang also respected Meng Changce very much.

Meng Changce is the number one Confucianist in the world. It is no exaggeration to say that he has a very high status in the hearts of scholars all over the world. It can be said that he is a saint among today's scholars.His influence on scholars all over the world is greater than that of the emperor.

Scholars all over the world may not know who the emperor is, but it is absolutely impossible for them not to know who Meng Changce is.

A contemporary great Confucianism is even more influential than the emperor.If Meng Changce is dissatisfied with the court, the court's reputation will become very bad, and the situation will naturally become very difficult, and sometimes even ruin the court.

The emperor wants a good reputation, even if he doesn't accept the great Confucianism in his heart, he must respect the great Confucianism on the surface.Fortunately, the real great Confucianists were not interested in common affairs and would not interfere in court affairs, so the emperor did not do anything to them.

If a great Confucian criticizes the affairs of the court and scolds the emperor, he will die of illness or die in an accident, and he will never be able to live well.

At the beginning, when the Great Zhou Dynasty was first established, the late emperor went several times to ask Meng Changce to come out of the mountain to revise the rules of etiquette and music, and the rules of human relations, but Meng Changce refused.

In the previous dynasty, Meng Changce had been out of the mountains, and then he was very disappointed with the world.Since then, he has lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, devoted himself to studying knowledge, and never cared about any worldly affairs.

This time, Meng Changce actually wanted to go out to give a lecture, which was really surprising.It seems that he has been very annoyed by the prince and the people acting as king during this period of time.

Meng Changce's coming to the capital to give lectures is a great joyous event for scholars all over the world.It can be said that it is a grand event in their hearts.

He Lianfang originally thought that Zhao Yao would want to listen to Meng Changce's lecture, but he didn't expect to.

"Why don't you want to go?"

"What's there to do?" Zhao Yao was too lazy to join in the fun, "I don't want to be a scholar, I don't need to be an official, and I don't need to go to learn. Besides, a great Confucianist like Mr. Meng will definitely teach some profound things. Something that I, a child, would definitely not be able to understand."

"No, lectures by great Confucians like Meng Changce are easy to understand. No matter who listens to them, they will understand and benefit a lot." He Lianfang persuaded Zhao Yao, "Go and listen, it won't do you any good. harm."

"I'm afraid I'll fall asleep listening to it." Zhao Yao is still very self-aware of himself.

He Lianfang smiled and said: "Meng Changce is really knowledgeable. What he said was studied all his life. Unlike those idiots who fool you, you'd better go and listen."

Seeing that He Lianfang admired Meng Changce so much, Zhao Yao was a little surprised.

"Second uncle, do you want to listen, or we will go together?"

Zhao Yao didn't realize that when he said this, a gloomy look flashed across He Lianfang's eyes.

"I won't go because I have trouble with my legs and feet." He Lianfang's expression didn't look any different, and he continued in a calm tone, "I don't need to listen."

Zhao Yao looked at He Lianfang and opened his mouth to say something, but he still didn't say anything after thinking about it.

He Lianfang didn't talk about it again, and changed the subject to teach Zhao Yao the art of war.

Zhao Yao did not stay with He Lianfang for dinner.Leave before dinner and go to the former Taiwei Mansion.Now, it should be called the Zheng Mansion more appropriately.

Zheng Cheng and Zheng Qian have been waiting for a long time.

As for Zheng Rang, he went to Liangzhou two years ago, and now he is the chief minister next to His Highness King Chu, and he is highly valued by King Chu.

Zheng Rang did not go to Liangzhou on his own initiative, nor did he support the King of Chu.After becoming an official in the capital, Zheng Rang, like He Xiang and the others, only loyal to the emperor and not to any prince.

Two years ago, the emperor suddenly ordered Zheng Rang to go to Liangzhou to assist the King of Chu.

Zheng Rang naturally couldn't disobey the emperor's will, so he could only go to Liangzhou honestly.Before he went to Liangzhou, the emperor had summoned him and repeatedly told him to assist the king of Chu.

Zheng Rang would not be able to figure out the emperor's mind for a while.Before he left, he went to ask He Xiang and Grand Master Liu for advice, asking the emperor if he would be His Royal Highness King Chu's man.

He Xiang and Liu Taishi told him that he would do what the emperor asked him to do.Since the emperor asked him to assist His Highness the King of Chu, he would do his best and loyally support His Highness the King of Chu.

After Zheng Rang understood, he was a little unhappy at first, because he didn't want to participate in the competition between the princes, he just wanted to realize his ambition.However, after he went to Liangzhou, he changed his opinion, because he found that His Highness the King of Chu is a wise king, and there is nothing wrong with following and assisting His Highness the King of Chu.Besides, it is a very lucky thing to meet a lord like His Highness the King of Chu.

Two years ago, because of Zheng Rang's appointment in Liangzhou, there was a lot of trouble in the court.

What Zheng asked him to represent was not himself, but Taiwei Zheng behind him.Of course, this is the view of the ministers.The emperor actually asked Zheng Rang to go to Liangzhou to support His Highness the King of Chu, which was equivalent to asking Zheng Taiwei to assist His Highness the King of Chu.

Zheng Taiwei is too important, which makes the ministers have to wonder if the emperor's favorite prince is His Highness the King of Chu?

Because of this incident, many ministers in the court supported the King of Chu.

In recent years, there have been many literati and students going to Liangzhou, and there are also many officials going to Liangzhou.

Although the king of Chu was not in the capital, the court ministers paid close attention to him.In the early court, from time to time, ministers praised the king of Chu, and of course there were ministers who often participated in the performance of the king of Chu.

The king of Chu is obviously not in the capital, nor is he in the court, but his presence is extremely strong, and he has completely turned the situation in the court into a three-legged confrontation.Of course, the King of Chu is not powerful enough now.

Those who support the king of Chu cannot compare with the prince and the king for the time being.

Both the prince and the king knew that the king of Chu was a pawn used by the emperor to check and balance them. They didn't care very much, but they had to guard against the king of Chu.

In the past two or three years, the crown prince and Dai Wang sent countless people to Liangzhou.Also, their people don't know how many times they gave King Chu eye drops.

Although the king of Chu is not interested in participating in the affairs between the prince and the king of Dai, it does not mean that he is a soft persimmon and let them handle it.For the people sent by the prince and the others to Liangzhou, the King of Chu would not hesitate to expel them.However, some people remained.

The king of Chu didn't bother to care about the crown prince and Dai Wang's affairs with him in the court. He only wanted to manage Liangzhou well, so that the people of Liangzhou could eat well, dress warmly, and enable scholars to read books.

Although Zheng Rang's talent is not as good as his father's, he is still very good compared to other people.After he went to Liangzhou, the king of Chu asked him to flex his muscles, and he finally showed his talent.Therefore, Zheng Rang was very grateful to the emperor for sending him to Liangzhou.

He went to Liangzhou, and wrote to Zheng Cheng, inviting his second brother to Liangzhou, because Liangzhou needed Mohist talents, but Zheng Cheng refused.

Zheng Cheng had long recognized Zhao Yao as his lord.He didn't recognize Zhao Yao as the lord at first, after all, the purpose of his coming to the capital was to learn various mechanisms and manufacturing techniques.However, ever since he saw Zhao Yao making Quyuanli, he was completely overwhelmed by Zhao Yao's talent, and then cheekily recognized Zhao Yao as his master.

Zheng Qian was very happy that Zheng Cheng recognized Zhao Yao as his master, and felt that his second brother had the same vision as him.He used to despise his second brother for being stupid, but since his second brother recognized Zhao Yao as the lord, he felt that his second brother had become a lot smarter.

When Zheng Rang saw that his two younger brothers recognized Zhao Yao as his lord, he didn't feel dissatisfied, and he didn't feel sorry for them. On the contrary, he was happy for them and encouraged them to follow Zhao Yao well.The reason why he didn't object to the two younger brothers recognizing Zhao Yao as the lord was that, as the eldest brother, he was not qualified to interfere or meddle in the choice of the two younger brothers.The second is that His Highness the Tenth Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Chu are good brothers, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu is very concerned about the younger brother of the Tenth Prince.

Having said that, Zhao Yao came to Zheng's residence tonight to talk to Zheng Qian.

Zheng Qian has been studying in Taixue for several years.He told Zhao Yao before that he could not learn anything in Taixue.He wants to go to Lingnan first.

In the past few years, Zheng Qian has done a lot of things.He is very famous in the circle of literati and scholars in the capital.

He didn't challenge the students from other academies, but was challenged by students from other academies.Then, without any surprises, he won them all.

Until now, students from all the academies in the capital often challenge Zheng Qian.They competed with Zheng Qian on many things, besides reading, there are also the six arts of a gentleman, or other things.No matter what the competition, they lost to Zheng Qian.

Zheng Qian is very talented and famous in the capital, and he is also very famous for his strange temper.

As the youngest son of Zheng Taiwei, he is so talented, the Crown Prince, Dai Wang, and the Third Prince naturally wanted to win over him, but unfortunately he rejected them all.

Zheng Qian said directly that he would never pledge allegiance to someone stupider than him.What he said was very arrogant, but it was true, because none of the literati in the entire capital was smarter than him.

The prince and Dai Wang saw that Zheng Qian did not go to serve the king of Chu like his elder brother, nor did he serve the other princes, so they felt relieved and did not try to win over him again.

Because of this Zheng Qian ended up clean.

Seeing Zhao Yao coming, Zheng Cheng and Zheng Qian hurriedly entertained him.

They don't know how to cook or make snacks like Zheng Rang, but fortunately their cook can cook what Zhao Yao likes to eat.

While eating dinner, Zhao Yao chatted with Zheng Qian and the others. They talked about ordinary trivial matters, not major ones.

After dinner, Zhao Yao talked with Zheng Qian about business.

"You don't intend to become an official in the court?" With Zheng Qian's talent, Li Pushe had already recommended him to the court.

"My lord, I don't intend to be an official in the capital." Zheng Qian said with a look of disgust on his face, "It's meaningless to be an official in the capital."

Zhao Yao was amused by Zheng Qian's words, and teased him: "Then it's interesting for you to be my official?"

Zheng Qian nodded vigorously and said, "Interesting, very interesting."

Zhao Yao had already guessed that Zheng Qian would say that, but he still found it funny.

"They're all officials, what's the difference?"

Zheng Qian said seriously: "Very different."

Zhao Yao asked with interest: "What's the difference between you and me?"

"Being an official in the capital is to serve the emperor, not the lord. I am only loyal to the lord." Zheng Qian said solemnly, "I only give advice to the lord, and no one else is worthy!" Obviously, the emperor was among the others.

Hearing what Zheng Qian said, Zhao Yao was shocked, moved and helpless.

"Zheng Qian, have you ever thought about whether you are an official for me or the court, what is your ultimate goal?"

"I just want to be loyal to the lord. No matter what the purpose is, as long as the lord asks me to do it, then I will do it."

After hearing his words, Zhao Yao sighed deeply and helplessly in his heart.Zheng Qian is different from others. Others serve as officials for two purposes.The first purpose is for power and prosperity, and the second purpose is to realize one's own ambitions, serve the court, and benefit the people.However, Zheng Qian did not have these two goals.

For Zheng Qian, power and wealth have no attraction.As for realizing his ambitions, he was even less interested.To be precise, he has no ambitions.

He has been smart since he was a child, and he can easily get what he wants, which makes him have no goals.As for benefiting the common people, he never thought at all whether the well-being of the common people has anything to do with him.

Zheng Qian can be said to have no desires or desires.He is loyal to Zhao Yao because Zhao Yao is smarter than him, and he believes in Zhao Yao from the bottom of his heart.Zhao Yao needs him to be an official to benefit the people, so he will be an official to benefit the people.

"Master, if you want someone to become an official in the court, then I will be an official." Although Zheng Qian did not like to be an official in the court, if Zhao Yao asked him to do so, he would do so.

"Zheng Qian, even if I let you be an official, have you ever thought about how to be an official?" Zhao Yao knew Zheng Qian, a peerless genius, and he didn't care about the life and death of the people in the world. "Have you ever thought about what the purpose of being an official is?"

Zheng Qian didn't think about it, "I will do whatever the lord needs me to do."

Hearing Zheng Qian's words, the corners of Zhao Yao's mouth twitched slightly.Forget it, he knew what kind of person Zheng Qian was, but he still hoped that Zheng Qian would say something different. It really made things difficult for Zheng Qian and himself.

"I don't need you to be an official in the court." Zhao Yao knew in his heart that if Zheng Qian became an official in the court, he would be like a lamb falling into the wolf's den.He will be wooed and bought in various ways, which is what he hates the most.Furthermore, he doesn't need Zheng Qian to win over ministers for him.

"If that's the case, then I won't be an official in the court."

"It's still a few years before I become king and go to Lingnan as an adult. You can't be idle these few years, right?" Zhao Yao looked at Zheng Qian and asked, "You don't have anything you want to do?"

"No, but my lord, I can go to Lingnan in advance to help you with things."

"You can't go to Lingnan in advance."

Zheng Qian asked puzzledly, "Why?"

"Before I go to Lingnan, there can't be any changes in Lingnan, otherwise I might not be able to go to Lingnan when I become an adult." Zhao Yao said solemnly, "Lingnan must remain as it is, and it cannot attract the attention of anyone in the court, nor can it be The countries around Lingnan have noticed something strange."

Zheng Qian understood Zhao Yao's scruples, nodded and said, "My lord is thinking about it."

"Well, you can take advantage of these few years to travel around." Before coming to see Zheng Qian, Zhao Yao had already figured out how to arrange him.

"Travel around?" Zheng Qian looked surprised, and said immediately, "My lord, I don't need to travel."

"I let you travel around, not to play around, but to observe people's sentiments." Zhao Yao persuaded, "There is a saying that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. You think you have learned a lot now, but in fact It's just the tip of the iceberg, you can only learn more if you go out and walk more. I can't travel around, I can only let you look around instead of me."

Zheng Qian seemed to understand but not understand.

"I asked you to help me go to the folks to understand the lives of the people. When I go to Lingnan in the future, I can manage Lingnan well and let the people in Lingnan live a good life." Zhao Yao said again, "Walk around and see, Then write down what you see and hear, and tell me."

Hearing this, Zheng Qian understood what Zhao Yao meant, nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, I'll be the lord's eyes, and go look around."

Seeing that Zheng Qian finally understood his intention, Zhao Yao smiled with satisfaction.He immediately looked at Zheng Cheng again: "You probably won't learn anything in Shangfangling, so you can travel around with Zheng Qian."

Zheng Cheng was surprised and said, "Shall I go too?"

Zhao Yao nodded slightly and said, "A lot of good technologies are in the folk, you should go and have a look. Besides, you brothers also have a companion when traveling together."

Zheng Cheng glanced at Zheng Qian, and immediately understood Zhao Yao's intentions in arranging him to travel with his younger brother.

"Then I will travel with my younger brother."

Although Zheng Qian was not very happy to go out with Zheng Cheng, but this was Zhao Yao's order, and he had to agree.

"Remember to watch and listen more." The reason why Zhao Yao arranged for Zheng Cheng and his brothers to travel was to let them visit instead of him, to let them learn, and to let them experience the people's conditions and understand the people.

Although Zheng Cheng is emotionally better than Zheng Qian, he is also... To put it nicely, he has no other thoughts, and he doesn't hear anything outside the window.To put it bluntly, it doesn't care whether the people live or die.The two brothers have no country, no country, no people in their hearts, only their own world.

"My lord, when are we going to leave?" Zheng Cheng asked, "Are we going to leave in two days?"

Zhao Yao said: "After a while, Mr. Meng will come to the capital to give lectures. You should leave after listening to his lectures."

Zheng Cheng was not interested in Meng Changce's lectures, and he was not interested in anything other than organ surgery.

Zheng Qian wanted to hear it, because the masters and students of Taixue said that Meng Changce was a saint in the world.He has never met a saint, he wants to meet him, and he also wants to compete with him.

"By the way, let's go to Liangzhou as the first stop, and visit your elder brother by the way."

If possible, he really wanted to go to Liangzhou by himself to see fourth brother and the others.Wait, maybe it is possible, I don't know if the fourth brother wrote to the father, asking the father to agree to go to Liangzhou.If the father agrees, then he can go to Liangzhou with Zheng Qian and the others.

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