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Chapter 305 The Threat From The Courtier

Lu Chengqi's words pushed the debate to its climax, so much so that Li Ran forgot that his purpose of promoting this debate was to warn Lu Chengqi not to be fooled by villains.Now it seems that the little emperor is very sober, and he is really worrying a little too much.

Prince Fu thought about it quietly for a while, and then slowly said: "Your Majesty, according to what you said, the West is no less than my Central Plains, but I don't know what countermeasures Your Majesty has?"

Wang Zifu made it clear that he didn't believe in this move.There is no way, some people are so old-fashioned, they have to see it with their own eyes to believe it.Wang Zifu's idea is very simple, you have never seen the little emperor with your own eyes, so who would believe it?According to hearsay, it is just to overthrow Confucianism, it is not that simple!
Li Ran was dizzy by Lu Chengqi, and almost "got the point", but fortunately, Wang Zifu's words woke him up.That's right, the little emperor has ulterior motives, and deliberately set up a name to replace the orthodox status of Confucianism, how can he bear it?After Li Ran became vigilant, the way he looked at Lu Chengqi changed.

Lu Chengqi didn't have the flamboyance of old fritters like them, so he said with a smile: "As I said just now, they are still in the midst of a civil war and have no time to look around. Our opportunity lies here. But if we stop moving forward, After their civil strife is over, then I can't guarantee what will happen."

Wang Zifu still didn't believe it, and questioned: "How can you change the classics handed down by the ancient sages? Your Majesty, forgive me for being dull, and I don't know how to start."

After hearing this, Lu Chengqi finally tasted something.Cooperating with this old man is to fight against him, the emperor!Seeing the old man's silence before, I thought he was an old god, but I didn't expect to come out to make trouble at the most critical moment.

Say you are angry, Lu Chengqi is indeed a little angry; say you understand, and you can understand.Just like young people in later generations don't always believe in traditional Chinese culture, this old man doesn't believe in anything except Confucianism. It can even be thought that if it weren't for Lu Chengqi, he would have criticized it as "heresy".It can be said that this old man is a defender of Taoism, an extremely stubborn defender of Taoism. Whenever anyone wants to pry the foundation of Confucianism, this old man will be the first to refuse.

Lu Chengqi looked at Wang Zifu's wrinkled old face, matched with his silver hair, and couldn't get angry even if he wanted to.Maybe it's been a long time since I came to this time and space, and the Confucian ethics and ethics have been subtly affected. Lu Chengqi finally remembered the virtue of respecting the old and caring for the young, and he didn't tear himself apart face to face.He just said lightly: "Wang Jijiu is old and can't think clearly, so it is understandable. I just hope that what I said today can make the rest of the students here listen to [-]% of it, and half of it If you really do it, then I will be gratified."

Wang Anshi was easy to accept new ideas. After hearing Lu Chengqi's words, he kept thinking hard, as if he wanted to come up with some arguments on this.Out of the corner of Lu Chengqi's eyes, he had already seen the expressions of the two hundred or so people present.Seeing that it was Zhang Zai, Wang Anshi and other famous historical figures, apart from deeply reflecting on what he said, the rest of the supervisors, except for a few, all held the attitude of watching the show, as if they didn't care.He sighed secretly in his heart: "Sure enough, historical celebrities can leave their names in history, and there is always something special about them. Alas, these supervisors are all for the purpose of being officials. How can they know the real Confucianism? These four books and five classics are just It’s just a stepping stone for them to become an official. They haven’t yet won the Jinshi, so they still have to read the Four Books and Five Classics; It's a palace test, so you have to screen carefully..."

These supervising students didn't know that their attitude had already laid the sad reminder for the next imperial examination.The little emperor is a person who holds grudges very much. No one praises him today. He has ten thousand ways to toss you back. Let's see who can have the last laugh?
Just as he was secretly hating, Li Ran spoke again: "Your Majesty, I dare not agree with such things. Confucianism has been orthodox since the Han Dynasty. If such changes are made, the consequences will be unpredictable. If Your Majesty insists on doing it, The minister decided to unite the world's scholars and write a joint letter, begging His Majesty to take back the holy will."

Li Ran's words were like tearing his skin apart.Anyway, he, the censor Zhongcheng, is an offending character.Tearing skins is his strong point, and Chaozhong doesn't know how many people hate him to the bone.But he still went his own way, because he knew that only he maintained this style. Although the little emperor annoyed him, he also knew what he meant to the court, so he would not touch him easily.

Hearing this, Lu Chengqi felt very upset.Li Ran and Wang Zifu were wearing a pair of trousers. After all, Wang Zifu was well-informed and gave Li Ran a lot of signals.Otherwise, with Li Ran alone, Lu Chengqi would always be fooled.Now that Wang Zifu was so involved, Li Ran immediately cleared his mind and started to fight back.

To say that the emperor fears the most, one is that someone will rebel, and the other is that scholars do not agree with the court.The former can shake the foundation, while the latter is more harmful, and the court will lose fresh blood as a result.

As an emperor, Lu Chengqi was naturally very concerned about these two things.Hearing Li Ran's threats, although Lu Chengqi was angry, he had no power to fight back. He secretly thought that he was a little impulsive, and couldn't find any excuses to prevaricate, which made the atmosphere on the scene very embarrassing.

Li Ran's "iron and strong" image made many supervisors look at him, and for a while many people cited it as a flaunt.

Lu Chengqi picked up the teacup, drank a few sips of tea of ​​unknown taste, put down the cup after a long time and said: "Li Qing is serious, why did I ever think about denying the orthodoxy of Confucianism? Forget it, since everyone won't listen to it, then I will It doesn't make much sense either..."

Speaking of this, Lu Chengqi gave the little eunuch a wink.The little eunuch was quite clever, and he understood immediately: "Your Majesty, it's almost noon, it's time to go back to the palace for dinner..."

Lu Chengqi gave him an appreciative look, followed his words, and went down the stairs: "Go on, I still have state affairs to deal with, and I'm going back to the palace."

The little eunuch who was close to him hurriedly shouted: "The emperor drives!"

Lu Chengqi took the lead and walked in front. Li Ran, Wang Zifu, Zhang Zai, Wang Anshi and many supervisors behind him all stood up and bowed to each other, saying together: "Respectfully, Your Majesty!"

After speaking, Zhang Zai and Wang Anshi glanced at each other, and Wang Anshi immediately said: "It is really a great joy in life to be able to argue with Brother Zihou and Li Zhongcheng today. There are still some feathers in Jiefu's family. I beg to worship you." Don't." After saying that, he followed the imperial guards and left the Imperial College.

Zhang Zai also said, "Zi Hou is in the Royal University, and he still has classes to rush back. I hope you will forgive me."

After finishing speaking, it seemed as if he was running away. He caught up with Wang Anshi and left the Guozijian.

Wang Zifu and Li Ran stood in place, looking at each other, they could see the worry in each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)