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Chapter 186 Huo Guang's Rebuke to the Empress Dowager Shangguan (Subscribe)

Tian Wangsun was speechless.

The general was right. If Xia Housheng was released, how would the matter of giving Emperor Xiaowu a temple title end?

If you get the temple name, Xia Housheng will stand up to oppose it; if you don't get the temple name, the emperor will eat his own words, which will damage Tianwei.

"We and other Confucian scholars can jointly play the concert, and support the county magistrate to give Emperor Xiaowu a temple name."

"Hehe, is Mr. Tian making a deal with the magistrate? Even if there are no dukes, if the magistrate wants to give his grandfather a temple name, who can stop him?"

Once again Tian Wangsun was speechless, what he just said was simply disobedient.

To put it nicely, it is to advise the emperor; to put it more seriously, it is to blackmail the emperor.

If the general wants to investigate, then he doesn't have to go back to the mansion, he can go directly to the prison to be with Xiahou Sheng.

Forgive Xia Housheng and virtuous literature, give Emperor Xiaowu a temple title, and calm down the coming Confucian storm...

These three things have been entangled together, and they can either be solved all at once, or they cannot be solved at all.

Wanting to start from one place is simply a dream.

"General, what should I do?"

"Huh? What's the difficulty? Mr. Tian will go back and persuade those Confucian scholars who want to make troubles not to come out and make trouble. When the matter of getting the temple name is settled smoothly, I, Huo Guang, can assure Mr. Tian that the Changxin Shaofu will come out of the imperial prison safe and sound." , and will be reinstated.”

"But Xia Houjian and others seem to have made up their minds, and I'm afraid they won't change easily."

"Then Mr. Tian doesn't have to worry about it, as long as he restrains his children, don't participate in it, so as not to hurt Chi Yu." Huo Guang said this calmly, but there was already a trace of killing intent in his calm words.

How could Tian Wangsun not hear it, he seemed to smell blood.

"General, is there no other way? For example, stop Xia Houjian first?"

"Tian Gong, what is this? Xia Houjian has never done anything evil, how can he send troops to arrest him, even if he sends troops to arrest him, how can he be convicted? If the old man really did this, it will be just to give people a reason to attract more people criticism."

Huo Guang couldn't help laughing secretly in his heart while talking, this Tian Wangsun is really a Confucian scholar, he can't see the twists and turns at all.

"Mr. Tian, ​​the county magistrate did nothing wrong. It was Xia Housheng and Xia Houjian who were wrong. You have read more books on sages than I do. Naturally, you should be able to see the truth clearly."

"Don't forget, it was Emperor Xiaowu who instructed Dong Zi to put forward Confucianism alone, and dismiss all schools of thought. Without Emperor Xiaowu, would Confucian scholars have such a lofty status in the imperial court?"

"Is it the teaching of the sages to receive favors from others without knowing how to repay them?"

Huo Guang's words were more serious than each sentence, and Tian Wangsun, who claimed to be familiar with Confucian classics, didn't know how to answer them.

That's right, Emperor Xiaowu raised Confucianism to the exclusive position, and now he is just giving him a temple name, why should Confucian scholars stop it.

"The old man wants to ask Tian Gong one more question, please tell me the truth."

"Excuse me, General."

"As a Confucian scholar, do you think Emperor Xiaowu should have a temple name and enjoy the worship of the people forever?"

"Of course, in my opinion, Emperor Xiaowu should have a temple name." Tian Wangsun said.

"Then this matter will be easy. Tian Gong only needs to persuade more Confucian scholars, and naturally the Confucian scholars will suffer less losses."

Having said that, everything that needs to be said has been said, Tian Wangsun can only go forward along the road pointed by Huo Guang.

Watching Tian Wangsun's somewhat lonely back in the rain, Huo Guang couldn't help sighing, he is a good person, but he is not suitable to stay in the imperial court, he should stay in the Taixue and study hard.

What the big man practices is not Confucianism, but Confucianism with internal law and external law.

No matter who challenges the majesty of the court and the majesty of the law, he must obey the law.

"Come here, prepare the car, the old man is going to Changle Palace to meet the Queen Mother."

Outside the Changxin Hall, it was still raining heavily, while inside the Changxin Hall, it was also covered with dark clouds.

It has been a quarter of an hour since Huo Guang came to the Changxin Palace, and when he entered the palace, there were already visitors who came in to pass the message in advance, but the Empress Dowager Shangguan still did not show up.

Only a few maidservants stood cautiously in the corner of the hall, not daring to get close.

Huo Guang came here in the rain, of course there was something big going on, but he could only be patient, squinted his eyes, and waited.

He understood that this was the simplest way for the Empress Dowager Shangguan to express her dissatisfaction.

In the past few months, Huo Guang came to Changxin Hall several times, but he never saw the Empress Dowager Shangguan—every time, she refused to meet Huo Guang on the grounds that she was ill.

Huo Guang doesn't care if we meet or not, it's for others to see.

But today is different, Huo Guang came here for business and must see the Queen Mother.

Time passed minute by minute, and about half a quarter of an hour later, the Empress Dowager Shangguan finally arrived in the hall.

Huo Guang opened his eyes and looked at the Empress Dowager Shangguan with the usual indifference and depression on his face, but his pale face was always slightly raised, silently expressing his dissatisfaction.

According to the etiquette system, Huo Guang should salute, but today, he sat steadily and did not stand up.

The reason is simple, and Huo Guang is also dissatisfied.

"Veteran Huo Guang, please greet the Queen Mother." Huo Guang just sat and slightly bent his body, and there was no unnecessary movement.

"Well, the general is exempt." The Queen Mother Shangguan said coldly.

"The old minister came to worship today because he has something to report to the Queen Mother."

"Just come and play the general."

"A few days ago, did the magistrate come to see the Queen Mother?" Huo Guang asked.

"I did come to see you."

"The county magistrate wanted to give Emperor Xiaowu a temple name. Has the county magistrate ever mentioned it to the Queen Mother?" Although Huo Guang had already made an appointment with the emperor about the temple name, there are still some things that need to be investigated clearly.

"Well, when the county magistrate came to pay his respects that day, he said that the general and Emperor Xiaozhao had wanted to give Emperor Xiaowu a temple title, but because of the obstruction of the virtuous literature in the court, it didn't go smoothly, so the county magistrate wanted to complete this matter. Emperor Guang Xiaowu's Yu Lie can also do something for the general, and even fulfill the long-cherished wish of Emperor Xiaozhao."

"I saw that the magistrate was sincere, so I agreed."

The remarks of the Empress Dowager Shangguan were discussed with the emperor that day, and now they have all been brought out one by one.

After Huo Guang heard these words, the doubts in his heart were finally dispelled.

"This matter is of great importance. The Empress Dowager should not let the county magistrate do whatever she wants, and she should have told me in advance. Now that there is a lot of noise in the court, I am afraid there will be chaos."

"The Empress Dowager lives in Changle Palace, she is the pillar of my man, why is she so ignorant?"

That's right, the first thing Huo Guang had to do when he came to Changle Palace today was to "reprimand" the Empress Dowager Shangguan.

(End of this chapter)