I really don't want to be a traitor

Chapter 40
Lu Cheng.

The Ming Emperor's ceremonial guard marched out majestically from the east gate.

The entire city of Lu was silent, and three thousand Confucian scholars watched Emperor Jiajing leave with the guard of honor, with extremely complicated eyes.

This hero's performance during the Three Emperors' Alliance was undoubtedly the most powerful and shocking!
Even though Lu Chunqiu announced that Emperor Chu had won, three thousand Confucian scholars recognized that Emperor Jiajing was the only hero!
Such a hero should be worthy of their attachment.

The so-called learning written and martial arts is like the emperor's family.

But at the last moment of the alliance between the three emperors, Emperor Jiajing actually clashed with Lu Chunqiu?

Three thousand Confucian scholars were depressed.

He wanted to join Daming and follow Emperor Jiajing.

But the mentor Lu Chunqiu is obviously not in the same way as Emperor Jiajing, what should we do?
The teacher's kindness is as great as the sky!
A teacher for one day, a father for life!

Even among heaven, earth, monarch, relatives, and teachers, the monarch ranks before the teacher.

However, Emperor Jiajing is only the future monarch that Confucian scholars like, and the two sides have not yet had a well-deserved relationship between monarch and minister.

But Lu Chunqiu, the master, was already a sure thing.

Three thousand Confucian scholars, or have asked Yu Lu Chunqiu, or even performed the ceremony of apprenticeship.

Even the most ignorant ones have studied and comprehended the chapters and sentences of sages in "Lu Shi Chun Qiu".

However, the Emperor of Da Chu later announced in public that the [Three Emperors' Alliance] would no longer be held in the future, and this time it would be the last one.

Confucian scholars were shocked!

Originally, I thought that the process of this alliance was quite exciting and exciting.

Whether it's Emperor Han's sword breaking, Emperor Chu's inscription on the sky, Jiajing overpowering the two emperors, or even Lu Chunqiu's rare move, they are all enough to become the focus of public opinion in the world!
But the Confucian scholars never expected that they would be lucky enough to participate in the last [Three Emperors Alliance]!
From now on, the alliance will become extinct, and it is impossible for Tianzi Wendou to appear again?

Emperor Chu is warlike?

Confucian scholars' interpretations of this matter are surprisingly consistent.

They agreed that the young Emperor Chu had just been declared victorious in the alliance, so she was arrogant and arrogant, and she was about to start her life of militarism!
The Emperor of Chu was in vain for the comfort of the Holy Spirit in the world. Even if the Confucian scholars did not accuse her in person, they would definitely criticize her behind her back so that the whole world could see clearly the emperor's 'true face'!
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"Human nature, after all, is profit-seeking."

In Lucheng Wenxinhou's mansion, Fan Li said these words while picking up vegetables.

It was getting dark.

Half a day after Emperor Jiajing left, Emperor Han Liu Xie also left.

Emperor Handi's departure seemed very low-key, and it was almost suspected that he left quietly in order to avoid embarrassment by taking advantage of the night to cover up.

Like Emperor Han, there were hundreds of Confucian scholars who left in the dark.

Fan Li's words about human nature and profit-seeking just now were referring to these Confucian scholars.

Although they also left the city at night, the Confucian scholars were definitely not following Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

They were almost chasing towards the completely opposite place, which was the direction of Daming Kingdom.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Jin, only the first batch of people have left tonight."

"According to the usual practice, after the alliance of the three emperors, the Marquis will give lectures to the Confucians for one month. But judging from the current situation, in the next few days, a certain number of Confucian scholars will quietly leave Lu City every night and go to Daming to seek refuge. Emperor Jiajing."

As Lu Chunqiu spoke, he also smiled wryly.

"I'm afraid I am the one with the fewest students attending the lectures among the Wenxin Hous of the Lu family in the past. I'm so ashamed. I'm so ashamed."

Lu Chunqiu shook his head again and again.

Fan Li didn't want to dampen his interest, so he changed the subject and said, "The Marquis has profound cultivation and can withstand the power of the Emperor. I admire him."

"Me? Resist the emperor?"

When Lu Chunqiu heard this, he clapped his hands and laughed.

While laughing, a simple and simple book floated above his head, it was the treasure of the Lu family [Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals].

Fan Li didn't speak, and waited quietly for Lu Chunqiu's explanation.

"Duke Jin, from now on, this Marquis will be a minister of the same dynasty as you, so I won't hide anything."

Lu Chunqiu made a movement of turning the pages of the book, and the ancient book on his head moved automatically without wind, and turned a few pages.

suddenly!

[Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals] A page in the whole book, separated from the book by itself, floating and wandering in mid-air.

Just a few breaths later, the page spontaneously combusted!
Soon, it turned into ashes and dispersed in the wind.

Fan Li instantly understood.

"Is this "Lu's Spring and Autumn" beyond repair?"

Lu Chunqiu nodded.

"When the last page is burned, there will be no more "Lu Shi Chunqiu" in the world."

This is the price of resisting the emperor!

Even if it is the stunningly talented and brilliant work of Lu's Taizu, even if it has consumed countless manpower and material resources, it is the culmination of that generation of Confucian and Taoist practitioners.

But in front of the majesty of the emperor, it is still far from enough!
Fan Xin was puzzled: "Son, why are you so strong?"

A few days later, Emperor Chu's honor guard left Lucheng.

Lu Chunqiu saw him off for a hundred miles without saying a word.

At this time, in Lu City, less than half of the Confucian scholars were waiting to listen to Lu Chunqiu's preaching and teaching.

When Lu Chunqiu traveled a hundred miles, he immediately stopped and did not take a step forward.

On the dragon chariot of Emperor Chu, there were three people sitting on it, namely Xiang Ning, Fan Li and Lu Fubao.

Naturally, Fan Li needless to say, relying on his power, how he came to Lu City from Chu State, and how he will go back.

The dragon carriage was comfortable and spacious, like a luxurious movable bedroom, Fan Li didn't feel crowded or embarrassed at all.

As for Lu Fubao, she is about to become the imperial concubine of the Great Chu Emperor.

Letting Lu Fubao take the dragon chariot was Da Chu's silent promise to Lu Chunqiu.

"Dad, you should come to visit your daughter often."

Lu Fubao deserves to be the daughter of Marquis Wenxin. Although she is only in her teens, she is unexpectedly peaceful and sensible at this moment.

The dragon chariot moved forward for dozens of miles, but stopped again.

Someone blocked the road and asked to see Xiang Ning, Emperor of Chu.

"It's Liu Bei, what's the matter with him?" Hearing the guard's report, Xiang Ning was puzzled.

Fan Li explained: "Liu Bei is a member of the imperial family of the Han Dynasty and the uncle of the current Emperor of the Han Dynasty. He came to ask to see His Majesty, so he naturally represented the Emperor of Han and expressed his goodwill."

Xiang Ning immediately allowed Liu Bei to meet him.

At this time, Liu Bei had changed into official court clothes.

Wearing a large scarlet robe and wearing a gold and jade belt around the waist, he is indeed majestic and noble.

Liu Bei looked at Fan Li first, and then saluted Xiang Ning.

"I was sent by His Majesty the Emperor of Han to meet His Majesty Chu. After your Majesty returns to the country, please marry Princess Changle as soon as possible. Only in this way can the world know that the Chu-Han alliance is good, and the Liu family and the Xiang family are already a family." .”

Marriage?

After hearing this, Fan Li secretly thought about it.

Why do you want to urge the marriage?

After Liu Xie's defeat, was he depressed and out of control?

Or, this failure made the big man more turbulent, and he continued to use Chu's prestige to deter dissidents?

"I know, please rest assured, Your Majesty."

Xiang Ning was a little embarrassed.

Not to mention that she was originally a woman disguised as a man, and now her future imperial concubine is sitting on the dragon carriage, but Liu Xie is still here to urge the marriage?

Xiang Ning actually had a feeling that he was a 'scumbag'.

Just when Xiang Ning suspected that Emperor Han was looking for trouble, he saw Liu Bei present a scroll.

"This is a copy of the map. It is the suspected tomb of the last emperor of the previous dynasty. After my Majesty returns to China, he intends to investigate the authenticity of the suspected tomb. He also invites His Majesty the Emperor Chu to go with him."

"If Chu and Han jointly investigate the suspected tomb, once it is confirmed that it is the real imperial tomb of the last emperor of the previous dynasty, Chu and Han can each share half of the treasure!"

(End of this chapter)