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Chapter 251 Dongfang Shuo is a respectable man
At the same time, Wei Qing also realized a fact.

He seemed to be fooled by Liu Che...

Liu Che's words today, "It is the son of me and Wei Qing who is the most useless," were obviously deliberately paving the way for the current scene.

Although Wei Kang refused to explain what important task Liu Che had entrusted him with, he also said that Liu Che had summoned him to the palace today.

That is to say, this incident should have happened before these inner court officials were summoned into the palace to discuss the affairs of the peninsula, and Liu Che said that just to deliberately tease him!
Although he had been played by Liu Che before, but not in this way...

and also!

Although Liu Che occasionally had some bad tastes, he was definitely not such a boring person. Especially when facing his ministers, he would not easily do things like "playing with the princes by lighting beacons".

So teasing him should only be a means, not the real purpose!
"..."

Wei Qing glared at Wei Kang, the unfilial son, but in his heart he was still quickly thinking about Liu Che's real purpose.

What Liu Che said...

Liu said that...

And what Wei Kang said...

Wei Qing was carefully considering every word these three people said today, every expression, every look, and even every body movement.

"!"

Wei Qing suddenly came to his senses.

Wei Kang's last rebellious words were probably taught by someone else. He doesn't have such a big brain...

Liu Che was probably using this joking way to implicitly warn him that if he wanted Wei Kang to be truly valued and to become a truly capable person, he should not interfere in the matter, should not ask about it, and especially should not cross the line.

The current Wei Kang.

First he was Liu Che's minister, then his son!
The fact that Liu Che gave such a warning was enough to show how much he valued Wei Kang.

It is very likely that he will be entrusted with a truly important task, and may even have been included in the ranks of inner court officials to some extent. However, for some reason, this unfilial son has to become a hermit outside the court for the time being!

If that's the case...

Wei Qing couldn't help but become more and more curious. He wanted to know what Wei Kang had done in these days and what kind of talents he had demonstrated to suddenly come into Liu Che's sight and receive such attention?
"Unfilial son..."

Thinking of this, Wei Qing took a deep breath, causing his chest circumference to almost double in size, and then he exhaled heavily.

As he exhaled, the surging anger and murderous aura in his body seemed to be exhaled at the same time and disappeared quietly.

"Since it is a matter of loyalty to the emperor, then do it well. If you dare to disappoint His Majesty again, don't blame me for killing my own relatives for the sake of justice!"

Wei Qing's expression was still stern, but he just glared at Wei Kang and warned him sternly.

I may be angry, but it is ultimately the anger of being disappointed in someone.

If Wei Kang can really turn over a new leaf this time and accomplish something, no matter what that career is, no matter whether he can achieve the same success as his father or not, as long as he is no longer willing to be a waste and works hard to do something good, he will be satisfied.

What's more, he was working for Liu Che...

Although serving the emperor is like serving a tiger, Wei Qing knew Liu Che too well. As long as Wei Kang could always be loyal to the emperor like he was just now, and even put the father-son relationship aside, then Liu Che would definitely not treat him unfairly and would give him a good end.

At this moment, Wei Qing had already started to feel a little hopeful.

Once you lose some face, it is impossible to get it back just by wanting to.

Just like Wei Kang had embarrassed him, Wei Kang had to redeem himself for him...

"call--"

Wei Kang finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, his face full of surprise at having survived a disaster:
"Don't worry, father. I will do my best!"

But Liu Ju couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

The last time he spoke like this to Emperor Wu of Han, he was beaten. But Wei Kang was able to speak like this to General Wei and still get away with it. How can one feel balanced?

So Liu Ju immediately rolled his eyes and started to speak in a sarcastic tone:

"Uncle, if jade is not polished, it will not become a useful object. A loving father often spoils his son, and spoiling a son is like killing him. As far as I know, uncle doesn't seem to have this kind of temper. How could you tolerate my cousin talking to you like that just now?"

"If it were my father, he would have taken action long ago!"

"Oh, yes, my mother will also take action. You must know that my mother chased me all the way from the Pepper House to the Stone Channel Pavilion, right?"

"Your Highness?"

Wei Kang suddenly felt a little pain in his waist, and he could not tell which side Liu Ju was on.

"Do you also think this rebellious son deserves to be beaten?"

Wei Qing glanced sideways at Liu Ju.

Liu Ju nodded:

"At least you have to show some respect, or else you'll tear the roof off your house sooner or later."

"Then just a token of your appreciation?"

"You have to show some appreciation."

"Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"

"Cousin, don't get me wrong, I just mean it." "..."

Looking at Liu Ju's smug face, Wei Qing unconsciously fell into doubt and self-doubt.

He thought of several people who were often mentioned in the court recently:
Gongsun Jingsheng, Sima Qian, Zhao Guo... and now there is one more, Wei Kang.

Even if we force a conclusion, even King Liu Hong of Qi can be included.

These are all rising stars of the younger generation. Although they are not very old, they have all done some practical things, thus entering the sight of Emperor Liu Che and being reused to varying degrees.

But if we have to say what they have in common...

——Liu Ju!
No matter what these up-and-coming people have done before or what kind of virtues they have.

After meeting Liu Ju or establishing contact with Liu Ju, they suddenly seemed to become enlightened and achieved accomplishments that were unattainable by their fathers. They came from behind and succeeded, and are now playing different roles in the court.

The same is true for Wei Kang now.

It had only been a short time since he had thrown Wei Kang into Bowang Garden, but this unfilial son had actually entered the Weiyang Palace without him noticing, and even got the "Shizhong" waist badge that only the emperor's close ministers had the opportunity to get...

Wei Qing suddenly realized.

Liu Ju is the most terrifying person among the younger generation.

Does he have some kind of magical power that can inspire or inspire the extraordinary potential and talents of young people who are close to him?

However, this magic seems to have side effects.

Will a filial son quietly turn into a rebellious son, and a rebellious son will become even worse and become a major rebellious son?

Let’s not talk about Gongsun Jingsheng and Zhao Guo for now. Because they don’t receive much attention, the changes in these two people don’t seem that obvious to him.

But Liu Hong should have been a well-behaved and sensible child. It is said that he was scolded as a rebellious son by Emperor Wu of Han in Zhumu Garden.

And there is Sima Qian, a man who traveled thousands of miles just because of a word from his father. This matter has long been circulated as a good story in the court. There must be no more filial son in the world than him, right?
But recently this child began to openly confront Sima Tan in the court.

It is said that the angry old Sima has been angry with his son for two months. Now he does not greet his son when he sees him in court, and sometimes even spits on him...

Thinking of this, Wei Qing quietly gave up the idea of ​​sending his other two sons here for "further study".

One rebellious son is enough, you should at least leave a spark for yourself to take care of you in your old age, right?

……

Two days later, Zhongdu Posthouse.

This is an inn in Chang'an City that belongs to the Grand Herald, and is specifically used to receive diplomatic envoys from foreign countries. The envoys from the State of Chen are currently accommodated here.

Liu Ju was assigned by Emperor Liu Che to conduct the first negotiation with the envoys of the State of Chen as a man with a dirty heart.

Of course, according to the meaning of Liu Che's edict.

Even if he had a dirty heart, there was no need for him to show it in front of the envoys from the Chen Kingdom.

Liu Che didn't need him to do anything when he came. He just had to sit beside him as a mascot to show the importance that the Han Dynasty attached to this negotiation. As for the dirty words and deeds, there were naturally ministers with equally dirty hearts to say and do them. It was not his turn as the prince, who also represented part of the Han Dynasty's reputation, to take on this important task.

So before meeting the envoy from Chen State.

Liu Ju first met two ministers with dirty hearts at Zhongdu Posthouse. They were father and son - Dongfang Shuo and Dongfang Yu.

Dongfang Shuo was a respectable man whose name was recorded in history books.

Apart from those folk legends, he actually didn't accomplish anything great in his life. The two things that people talked about the most were that he peed in the Xuanshi Hall while drunk, and that he changed women so frequently that history records that he "changed his wives every year." I don't know if this is an exaggeration or modesty...

As for other absurd things, although there are too many to list, most of them are not as influential as these two.

For this reason, all the officials who served with him regarded him as a madman and were unwilling to work with him. However, Liu Che believed that Dongfang Shuo still had some talents, and if he did not do ridiculous things, few of the officials around him could compare with him.

In general, historical books do not have a bad evaluation of Dongfang Shuo.

No matter how absurd his personal style was, he could always remain sober on major issues. He was especially good at observing people's words and expressions and speaking frankly. He advised Liu Che to refrain from extravagance and help the people in the construction of Shanglin Garden, to enforce the law impartially in the matter of Zhaoping Jun killing people, and to correct the wrongs in the incident of the master. He could be regarded as a loyal minister who cared about the people.

Except for these few things.

Most of the time, Liu Che only regarded him as a comedian and treated his advice as a joke, laughing it off and ignoring it.

"Your humble servant Dongfang Shuo greets His Highness."

"Your humble servant Dongfang Yu greets His Highness."

When the father and son saw Liu Ju, they immediately bowed and saluted.

"It's polite."

After Liu Ju returned the greeting, he said with a smile,

"Mr. Dongfang, I have long heard of your great name. I am glad to see you today. You are indeed a man of extraordinary bearing."

Dongfang Shuo is now approaching the age of fifty, and is a few years older than Wei Qing. However, he is not as tall as Wei Qing, probably only about 1.6 meters tall. As for his appearance, he can only be said not to be ugly. He is definitely not like what he wrote in the self-recommendation memorial to Emperor Liu Che: "Nine feet and three inches tall, eyes like hanging pearls, teeth like woven shells, brave as Meng Ben, quick as Qing Ji, honest as Bao Shu, and trustworthy as Wei Sheng".

Otherwise, the first impression is very important.

Dongfang Shuo boasted so much at the beginning that it is no exaggeration to say that he was eloquent. Liu Che probably had already labeled him a comedian at that time.

But it was probably precisely because of this that he was able to live in seclusion in the court, and despite his repeated admonitions, he was able to have a good ending.

(End of this chapter)