Song Gexing

Chapter 7 The Two Great Confronters Pang Ji and Lu Yijian
Several ministers also looked at Zhao Fang in astonishment. One of them frowned and asked, "Don't talk nonsense, Dalang. Do you know how many words there are in the Nine Classics? How many people will never be able to memorize it in their entire lives."

Zhao Fang was not afraid of him asking questions. He opened his mouth and said, "Isn't it just four to five million words? If you don't believe me, you can take a test on me!"

Now everyone had to believe it. The eldest son of the emperor dared to say that he would let you take the exam, and he said it in front of the emperor and important ministers, which shows that he is not afraid of the exam at all.

Zhao Zhen excitedly grabbed the "Book of Rites" on the table, opened it and asked: "A good scholar can learn from others and get twice the result, but then he becomes mediocre."

Zhao Fang immediately followed up and said: "A bad scholar is a diligent teacher but gets half the result, and then he resents him..."

"Ao cannot be long, desires cannot be followed, ambitions cannot be fulfilled, and happiness cannot be extreme. A wise man respects him with respect, fears him but loves him."

"If you love, you will know its evil; if you hate, you will know its good. If it accumulates, it can be dispersed; if it is peaceful, it can be relocated. Don't be reluctant to get wealth, and don't be reluctant to avoid difficulties. There is no need to seek victory..."

"Dong Zhuang of Lu and the people of Song Dynasty fought in Chengqiu. The county Benfu was in charge, and the country of Bu was on the right. The horses were frightened and they were defeated. The public team was assigned to support the chariot and teach Sui."

"The Duke said: "The last thing is divination! County Benfu said: "He won't be defeated in the future, but now he is defeated, this is a lack of courage!" " Then he died. The man was bathing his horse, and there was a stray arrow in the white flesh. The Duke said: "It is not his crime. "Then he praised him. This is the beginning of the scholar's speech."

After asking three questions in a row, Zhao Fang answered fluently. He immediately put down Zhao Zhen's book and picked him up, without even caring about the minister.

"Your Majesty, please don't be too affectionate!"

With a scolding, Zhao Zhen put down his son and turned around to apologize: "Thank you so much, Duke Xu, for reminding me. I forgot my feelings."

Only then did Zhao Fang realize that the person who had just questioned him and now scolded his father was Lu Yijian.

"Old-fashioned, stubborn..."

Zhao Fang quietly rolled his eyes at Lu Yijian and scolded him secretly. He knew that in ancient times father and son could not be too close, but he was still unhappy with the old man scolding Zhao Zhen.

Although he is a time traveler, he started as a baby after all. He also has feelings of admiration for his parents in this life, not to mention that he has become accustomed to this identity after pretending to be young for so long.

Besides, Song Renzong and Empress Cao, as long as they are scholars, no one disrespects them. No matter how old they are, they are willing to be their children.

On the contrary, his biological mother, Mrs. Yu, still looked after the younger sister, so he was more willing to get close to Queen Cao.

Fortunately, although Lu Yijian was dissatisfied with Zhao Zhen's intimacy with his son, he was very satisfied with his intelligence.

Seeing that the emperor admitted his mistake, he also lowered his tone and said: "It seems that the name of Dalang Prodigy is not groundless. The official family should indeed select the prince's tutor."

Everyone was stunned, including Zhao Fang. These words contained a lot of information. Not only was he looking for a teacher, but the old man actually directly mentioned that he was the prince.

This is so ridiculous. You must know that since the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of Tang Zhaozong, until Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, there was no crown prince.

It wasn't that he didn't want to stand in the beginning, but he didn't dare to let the young master succeed him in troubled times, and it gradually became a habit.

Song Taizong was also appointed crown prince two years before his death, and Renzong was also appointed crown prince three years before Zhenzong's death.

For more than 100 years, the emperor did not establish a prince in his prime years. Today Lu Yijian actually wants to break this convention.

Since the Five Dynasties, no prince has been established, and the method of determining the successor is to use the prince plus the governor of the capital city to determine the successor. Which prince in the Northern Song Dynasty becomes the governor of Kaifeng, then he will be the successor.

As a side note, the candlelight and ax shadow thing is actually a conspiracy theory from later generations, which can be seen from this.

Song Taizu did not establish a prince in his life, but he made Zhao Guangyi the governor of Kaifeng very early. This shows that he had already decided to let his younger brother succeed to the throne, so murdering his elder brother was not justified.

Who is crazy and knows that he is the heir to the throne and kills the emperor? Moreover, this rule is not unique to the Song Dynasty, but started from the late Tang Dynasty.The only suspicious thing about Zhao Guangyi is that he did not pass the throne to his younger brother, but deposed Zhao Tingmei's throne. This is his stain.

As for the death of Zhao Kuangyin's two sons, the most likely cause is a genetic disease in the Zhao family.

Zhao Guangyi's own eldest son, Zhao Yuanzuo, also went crazy when he was in his twenties, and his second son, Zhao Yuanxi, also died violently in his twenties. That's why Song Zhenzong, the third son, inherited the throne.

As for Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang, one died at the age of 28 and the other at the age of 24. This is actually a very normal phenomenon for the children of the Zhao and Song royal family.

Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin not only had two sons, but also had the eldest son Zhao Dexiu and the youngest son Zhao Delin. Even if the father died and the son succeeded, it would not be Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang. They were not the eldest sons.

"Prince Master...is this a little too early?"

Zhao Zhen finally came back to his senses and asked hesitantly.

Pang Ji and others also echoed that the emperor was only in his early thirties and Zhao Fang was only five years old. It was inconsistent with the ancestral system to establish it so early.

Of course Lu Yijian knew this, and said with a slight smile: "I only suggest to confirm the prince's tutor, but not the prince's candidate. When Erlang gets older, he can also study with the prince's tutor."

Why don't everyone believe this? Many people looked at him and curled their lips. This old man was eloquent and liked to take care of the prince, but he had a criminal record.

When Liu E was in power, it was not that she had no ambitions. It was this old man who was the prime minister at that time and suppressed Liu E's ambitions every time. He used that same mouth.

Renzong was very grateful to him for this. It was his protection that allowed Renzong to successfully take over the power. The most famous one was when Lu Yijian asked Liu E if he had any future plans for the Liu family.

This shocked Liu E into a cold sweat. She did not want to repeat the example of Lu Fei in the Han Dynasty. The Lu family was killed by the men of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, leaving nothing behind.

As tyrannical as Wu Zetian, she still left the Wu family with the legacy of almost annihilation. After all, this is a patriarchal society. You can suppress her for a while, but you cannot suppress her forever.

Once he dies, it will be the time for people to settle things, not to mention that this is not a troubled time, the Song Dynasty is at its strongest, and the ministers will never allow the empress to appear.

Lu Yijian's ability indeed protected Renzong from the wind and rain, and also let the ministers know that he was capable, but at the same time, it also made many people despise him. After all, a gentleman's indifference in speech is the standard pursued by scholar-bureaucrats.

Now the old man started to speak eloquently again. After everyone secretly despised him, the bad guy Pang Ji rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "If it is the prince's division, I can think of someone who can hold this position."

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he quickly asked who it was. Pang Ji glanced at Lu Yijian and said seriously: "Song Gongxu was born as the number one scholar, and his talent and learning are worthy of being the emperor's teacher, let alone the prince's teacher."

"No!"

Sure enough, Lu Yijian couldn't sit still and objected loudly.

Pang Ji refused to give in and said: "Why not? The Duke of Song Dynasty has won three yuan in succession, and his talent and learning are world-famous."

"I didn't question his talent and learning, but don't forget that he is involved in political affairs. There is no reason for the deputy prime minister to be the prince's tutor."

"Why can't the deputy prime minister be the prince's tutor?"

"With so many government affairs, there is no time for professors."

The two of them were at odds. Zhao Zhen looked at this and that in embarrassment. Everything he said made sense. He had a headache.

(End of this chapter)