I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 16 The Farce Outside the Palace Gate

Before Emperor Xiaojing, the preparation and names of the subordinate officials of the princes and kings were almost exactly the same as those of the central court officials.Not only Guohe Lieutenant, but also Shaofu, Taifu, Zongzheng, and Taipu.

From the fifth year of Emperor Xiaojing, in order to suppress and belittle the princes and kings in name, the imperial court issued an edict to reduce a large number of official positions in the feudal country, such as Shaofu, Zongzheng and other officials.

Retained titles were also changed in name.For example, the Tai Pu became a servant, the prime minister became a prime minister, and the Tai Tu naturally became a Fu.

And the Wang Shi who visited late at night was Fu from Changyi Kingdom.

What's more terrible is that Wang Shi is not only Liu He's master, but also the master specially selected by Emperor Xiaowu for the former Changyi king Liu Wei.

Emperor Xiaowu loved the son he had with Mrs. Li very much. At first he was chosen as a Fu by Xiahou Shichang, a famous Confucian in the Han Dynasty, but Xiahou Shichang was getting older, so he changed to Wang Shichang.

At that time, Wang Shi was in his prime, and he thought he had accomplished something in his studies, so he was naturally complacent and wanted to pass on what he had learned all his life to Liu Wei.

Unfortunately, Liu Wei died suddenly and suddenly when he was less than 17 years old before he could learn Wang Shi's knowledge.

Fortunately, the late king still left behind an only son, Liu He.

Therefore, in order to make up for his regrets, and to repay Emperor Xiaowu's kindness, Wang Shi devoted all his efforts to Liu He, hoping to teach a prince with upright character.

But things turned out to be contrary to expectations. The former Liu He had no interest in reading scriptures and writing. Instead, he learned how to do evil things with those evil slaves.

This is really in line with the old saying, goodness is like flow, and evil is like collapse.

Before Liu He was sensible and began to show signs of "insanity", Wang Shi, who was over sixty years old, was teaching Liu He earnestly, but in return he was humiliated and teased more and more.

When Liu He was 14 years old, after Wang Shi was once again splashed with ink all over his face by the evil slaves, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he simply moved out of the palace, so that he could not be bothered.

The days after leaving the palace were tormented, and Wang Shi, who was in his dying years, wanted to follow the former emperor and king more than once, and just went like this.

But Wang Shi was not reconciled. Every time he thought of the heroic appearance of Emperor Xiaowu, he always had some luck. Maybe one day His Highness would suddenly become enlightened like Emperor Xiaowu?

This hope was really expected by him.

On a certain day two years ago, shortly after Wang Shi left the palace angrily, he suddenly heard that His Highness had driven all the villainous slaves in the palace to work as coolies.

Wang Shi thought that Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Xiaowu had finally appeared, and hurried to the palace, wanting to give some earnest persuasion.

But what he didn't expect was that His Highness was indeed not as violent as before, but he seemed to have become stupid—he was always crazily talking nonsense that everyone couldn't understand, which was not much different from talking like birds and beasts.

When Wang Shi learned that His Highness had symptoms after drinking, he was immediately disheartened, and secretly decided in his heart that His Highness must have burnt out his brain from drinking too much.

Although His Highness gradually regained his senses later, and his temperament was much calmer than before, he was fascinated by carpentry, farming, prisons and other low-level things, and spent all day with those low-status slaves, knives and pens, etc. The officials fought fiercely.

Wang Shi originally imagined that it would be the same as before, out of sight and out of mind, but on second thought, maybe this was a good start, maybe it was his previous teachings that made His Highness a little bit better than before?
Since it is useful, it must be strengthened.

Once a person has faith, he will have strength. Wang Shi regained his energy and went to the palace almost every day to borrow "Book of Songs" and "Analects of Confucius" to persuade His Highness.

What made Wang Shi happy was that His Highness never teased him again, and even respected him more.

What makes Wang Shi depressed is that, except for the first few months, His Highness seems to always try to avoid him.

Even though he managed to find a chance to talk to His Highness face to face, His Highness always seemed absent-minded.

Just like now, Wang Shi hasn't seen His Highness for another month, so he has to enter the palace today.

Wang Shi's waist hung a long sword that hadn't been pulled out for an unknown period of time. The heavy long sword dragged his whole body to tilt to the left, and he had to lean on a crutch to keep his balance.

When he came to the gate of the palace, Dai Zong asked him to go to the gatehouses on both sides of the gate to rest first, but Wang Shi stubbornly said that he was waiting at the gate.

The night wind in March in Changyi Kingdom was blowing, blowing the hem of the old man's robe and blowing the sparse beard on the old man's chin.

Under the reflection of the two palace lanterns on the gate of the palace, Wang Shi and the figure cast on the ground looked extraordinarily desolate and stubborn.

After waiting at the gate of the palace for about a quarter of an hour, Dai Zong finally came out again with a hurried expression.

Against the background of Dai Zong, who is strong and powerful, and exudes vitality all over his body, Wang Shi looks even more shriveled and aged.

"Wang Fu, I went to Fuyao Hall to see it, and His Highness is already asleep."

Dai Zong bent down and said very respectfully, although Wang Shi is not liked by His Highness, but he is an official with a rank of more than a thousand stones, and Dai Zong cannot despise him.

Unexpectedly, this sentence made the shriveled Wang Shi jump violently.

"Hmph, Zhu Zi, don't forget, I introduced you to the palace, and your teacher has studied "Zuo Shi Biography" with me, and now you are lying in front of me, and all the benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith in the book are gone. Did it go to the dog's stomach?"

Wang Shi exploded suddenly like a dry firewood meeting sparks, and scolded Dai Zong solidly.

While cursing, he struck the floor with the crutch in his hand, making a "bang bang bang" sound.

Maybe it was because he spoke too hastily, Wang Shi was choked by the cold wind coming from his face, and coughed loudly, causing the dogs hiding in the darkness around him to bark.

For a while, the front of the Changyi Palace became very lively because of this old man.

Dai Zong's temper is very violent, he has never been scolded like this before, but he must bear it now, because everything Wang Shi said is true.

Not only did Dai Zong have to be scolded, but he also had to appease Wang Shi with his spittle flying all over the place. If the old man died on the spot, he would not be able to explain clearly.

"Wang Fu, how dare I lie to you, what I said is absolutely true, Your Highness has already rested."

"It's such a cold day, you should go back first. When His Highness wakes up tomorrow, it's not too late for you to come again."

Wang Shi didn't like this at all, he pushed Dai Zongfu's hand away, pointed at Dai Zong with his crutches and cursed: "Huh, you dare to talk nonsense, I sent my servant to risk being patrolled by the city pavilion." The risk of being caught by the pawns is here after the curfew, and he came to report to me as soon as he saw His Highness coming back. At this time, His Highness has just finished dinner at most, and he must have not slept yet!"

"Tomorrow after tomorrow, when I come tomorrow, His Highness will not know where to hide."

"I have to meet His Highness today, otherwise I won't be able to, cough cough cough!"

This time it was Dai Zong's turn to have a headache, this old man was getting more and more difficult every time.

But Dai Zong was Liu He's visitor, so he could only listen to Liu He's words.

Thinking of this, Dai Zong ignored Wang Shi and shouted at the door: "Come here!"

Two pavilion guards guarding the palace gate rushed out.

(End of this chapter)