In He Lianfang's house, Zhao Yao was sitting on the porch, eating an apple with relish.
Watching Zhao Yao nibbling apples behave like an emperor, like a squirrel nibbling chestnuts. He Lianfang sighed in her heart: He is indeed a father and son.
When he lost his teeth before, Zhao Yao did not dare to eat apples. If he eats an apple, his teeth will definitely fall out. In addition to not eating apples, he also doesn't eat anything hard.
Now, all the teeth have grown in, and there is no need to worry about them falling out suddenly while eating. He wanted to eat back all the things he had never dared to eat before.
"What do you think about worshiping Mr. Li?" He Lianfang was also eating apples, but he was eating apples cut into small pieces. His teeth are not as good as Zhao Yao, so he held the apple and chewed it hard.
Zhao Yao spit out the apple seeds in his mouth and then said: "Father did it on purpose."
He Lianfang continued to ask: "What is your father's purpose?"
"Suppress the Kong family, suppress the Duke of Zhen." Zhao Yao finished eating the apple, put it on a plate aside, picked up another apple, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it, it smelled so good!
"The prince's brother's people proposed to worship Kong Kangda in order to improve the status of the Kong family so that the Kong family can compete with the Li family." Zhao Yao was not in a hurry to eat the new apple. He threw the new apple in the air and reached out to catch it. "Although the Kong family does not explicitly support the prince's brother, the Kong family has always only supported the eldest son [the prince]. Unfortunately, the Kong family has not been favored by the father in recent years and has always been subordinate to the Li family."
He added: "The Kong family themselves are also anxious, but for so many years, apart from Kong Kangda, the Kong family has not produced another great scholar. The prince brother and the others proposed to worship Kong Kangda, and the Kong family was naturally happy. But they did not expect that their father would move Mr. Li away. Come out, compared to what Mr. Li has done for scholars all over the world, Kong Kangda is nothing."
If Sun Kui were here and heard Zhao Yao say this, he would definitely sigh in his heart that he and the emperor are indeed father and son.
"The Li family never mentioned that the scholars in the world would worship Mr. Li. The Kong family actually had the nerve to let the scholars in the world worship Kong Kangda. They also said that Kong Kangda was the hero of the scholars in the world and saved the seeds of scholars." At this point, Zhao Yao's beauty A sarcastic smile appeared on the cute little face, "The Kong family was not the one who harmed the scholars in the world back then. Wasn't everything Kong Kangda did right? I don't understand how the Kong family has the nerve to praise Kong Kangda as the hero of the scholars in the world."
He Lianfang mocked: "You also said that except Kong Kangda, the Kong family can't provide anyone else."
"That's right." Zhao Yao returned to the subject, "Although the Kong family is said to be a scholarly family, it has been tied to the aristocratic family and the royal family since a long time ago. The Duke of Zhen and the others wanted to improve the status of the Kong family because of their power. To suppress the Li family, it’s a pity that the father would not fulfill their wishes, so they came up with the idea of worshiping Mr. Li.”
Zhao Yao's analysis was so clear and logical that He Lianfang nodded. He asked again: "What do you think the prince and Duke Zhen will do next?"
"They did nothing and waited for King Dai and the others to praise Mr. Li and the Li family. It would be better if they could boast the Li family to the sky, and then they would take action." Zhao Yao grinned and said, "Brother Prince and Duke Zhen want to Praise and kill the Li family."
"Then what?" He Lianfang asked, "Do you think Dai Wang and the others will praise the Li family in order to attack the Kong family?"
"According to common sense, Dai Wang and the others will, but now they may not." Zhao Yao said thoughtfully, "Praising the Li family will not do any good to Dai Wang and the others." With Ba Ge's temperament, Now we will never let anything happen to the fourth brother and the Li family behind him.
"If Dai Wang and the others did not praise the Li family as Zhen Guo Gong and the others wished, what do you think Zhen Guo Gong and the others would do next?" He Lianfang said, "Zhen Guo Gong is not someone who accepts everything. Being suppressed by your father, There’s no way he wouldn’t resist.”
"Second uncle, you are wrong. Mr. Zhen Guo will still not do anything next." Zhao Yao broke the apple in his hand into two halves. He is getting stronger now and can break open apples without much effort. "He doesn't dare to touch the Li family now. Once he touches the Li family, it will be tantamount to declaring war on the father. It just gives the father an honest excuse to touch the Xie family."
"Do you think Zhen Guo will endure it?"
"We can't even talk about forbearance. For Duke Zhen Guo, this matter is not a big deal." Zhao Yao thought for a while and said, "The worship of Kong Kangda is actually a test of my father's attitude. Now he already knows With Father's attitude, how dare he continue to bump into me, he is not an idiot."
If the Zhenguo Duke is stupid and can't bear it, the Zhenguo Palace will be doomed.
"After testing the father and queen, Duke Zhenguo and the prince brother will be honest for a while."
"Where's your fourth brother?"
"Brother Prince and Duke Zhen will not pay attention to Fourth Brother for the time being, because in their eyes, Fourth Brother is a chess piece used to check and balance him and the king." Zhao Yao said, "Even if they touch Fourth Brother, they will Not at this time, because the father wants to promote the fourth brother." This is a good thing for the fourth brother.
"However, after the fourth brother becomes a king and has a fiefdom, it will be hard to say if the fourth brother continues to stay in the capital like the third brother." Alas, he hoped that the fourth brother would go to the fiefdom immediately and stay away from the capital. These intrigues. On the one hand, he did not want his fourth brother to go to the fiefdom, and hoped that his fourth brother could stay in the capital. He was reluctant to let his fourth brother leave.
"Will your father keep the fourth prince?"
"I don't know." My father now promotes the fourth brother in order to check and balance the prince and the acting king. He may not necessarily let the fourth brother go to the fiefdom. However, the fourth brother has always wanted to go to his own fiefdom to realize his ambition and benefit the people. "If I were fourth brother, I would leave the capital the day after becoming queen."
"It's too early for you to leave the capital."
When Zhao Yao mentioned this matter, his shoulders slumped, and his face was full of displeasure.
"Oh, those who want to leave can't leave, and those who don't want to leave have to leave. It's really a twist of fate."
He Lianfang found it funny and picked up the apple core and threw it at Zhao Yao.
"If you have a big fart, you're talking about fate messing with people."
Zhao Yao stretched out his hand to catch the apple core and said with a smile: "I just sighed."
Seeing that it was getting late, he stood up and said goodbye to He Lianfang: "Second uncle, it's getting dark, I should go back."
He Lianfang nodded lightly: "Pay attention to safety on the road."
After Zhao Yao left He Lianfang's house, he was not in a hurry to return to Liang Run, but went to the West Market for a walk first.
In the past two years, more and more people from the Western Regions have come to the capital to do business. In the Western Market, you can often see people from the Western Regions wearing strange clothes and having tall noses and deep eyes.
Zhao Yao likes the lively and pyrotechnic West Market very much. He took Tongxi around the West Market and bought something to eat.
Tong Xi saw a person with sharp eyes and hurriedly said to Zhao Yao: "Your Highness, don't you think that is Yu Hai?"
Zhao Yao looked in the direction of Tongxi's finger, and sure enough he saw Yu Hai and an acquaintance. He couldn't remember who the acquaintance was for a moment, but he felt familiar.
"Your Highness, is that man Kong Taichang's son?" Tongxi still had a good memory.
After hearing what Tong Xi said, Zhao Yao finally remembered.
"Yes, that's him."
"Your Highness, how come Yu Hai is with Kong Taichang's son?" Tongxi asked again, "Your Highness, do we want to follow him and take a look?"
"Follow me to see what there is to see." Although Zhao Yao was curious about why Yu Hai was with Kong Yuan, he would not follow him because of this. If Yu Hai noticed that he was following him, it would be difficult to explain. "Let's leave quickly, don't let Yu Hai find us."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Zhao Yao walked through the crowd with Tongxi. They had just turned to leave when Yu Hai cast his gaze over.
Yu Hai noticed that someone seemed to be looking at him, so he looked back warily. Fortunately, Zhao Yao and the others left in time, otherwise they would have been seen by Yu Hai.
Zhao Yao and Tong Xi did not wander around the street and returned to Liang Run's house.
Liang Run is now an imperial merchant, so it is not suitable to live in a small courtyard in an alley. Last year, I spent some money and bought a big house in Xishi. Of course, compared with the mansions of dignitaries in Dongshi, it was still very small.
In the study, Zhao Yao was thinking about the scene he just saw.
"Hey, Bage is really getting more and more skillful." He didn't expect that Bage would have an intersection with Kong Yuan.
"Your Highness, what's going on between the Eighth Prince and Kong Taichang's son?" Tong Xi suddenly thought of something, with a horrified expression on his face, "The Eighth Prince actually had an affair with Kong Taichang's son. The Eighth Prince is really awesome!"
Liang Run was amused by Tong Xi's words: "I'm afraid it's not as simple as having an affair."
"It seems that the proposal to worship Kong Kangda was brought up by Bago." What is the purpose of Bago doing this, to test his father's attitude like Duke Zhenguo?
No, the purpose of Starling is definitely not that simple.
Thinking in the long run, Bage wants to use the Kong family to fight against the Li family in the future.
"How could Kong Taichang's son seek refuge with the eighth prince?" The eighth prince seemed to be a powerless prince. As the legitimate son of the Kong family, how could Kong Yuan seek refuge with a prince of humble origin?
"Second uncle, you have forgotten that Bago is the prince's brother. It is not surprising that Bago would use this identity to get close to Kong Yuan." Zhao Yao guessed that the reason why Kong Yuan turned to the eighth prince was to avenge his sister. As for why he didn't join the prince directly, it was probably because he looked down on the prince. "Kong Yuan should have taken refuge in Bago himself. Kong Taichang didn't know." With Kong Taichang's temperament and conduct, he would never agree to Kong Yuan's surrender to Bago.
"The Eighth Prince is too... I think the word "awesome" is not enough to describe him." Even the Kong family can win over the Eighth Prince. The Eighth Prince is really really... amazing.
Liang Run sighed with emotion: "Fortunately, Yaoyao, you and the Eighth Prince are good brothers and not enemies." Otherwise, it would be really dangerous to have an enemy as smart and capable as the Eighth Prince.
"It's really terrible to be an enemy with Bage." Zhao Yao couldn't help but worry about the fourth prince in his heart.
"By the way, Yaoyao, where are you going to worship Mr. Li? Do you want to participate?"
"I will naturally participate in the worship ceremony at Taixue."
A few days later, Zhao Yao and his group went to Taixue to attend the ceremony of paying homage to Mr. Li.
Previously, the emperor ordered that worshiping Mr. Li must be solemn.
The prince did not dare to neglect and prepared very carefully.
When worshiping Mr. Li, the prince praised Mr. Li's achievements in front of all the literati and students in the capital.
His emotions were very sincere and his tone was ups and downs, which made everyone present feel excited and burst into tears at the same time.
The prince did not exaggerate Mr. Li's achievements, but it made everyone present feel that Mr. Li was a very great person. At the same time, everyone was very ashamed because they had forgotten Mr. Li's great kindness.
As Zhao Yao listened, he sighed in his heart: I didn't expect that the prince brother also has... by the way, the talent of an orator.
After hearing what the prince said, the Li family couldn't help but feel not at all happy, but instead worried. Although the prince did not praise Mr. Li exaggeratedly, they were frightened when they heard it.
Over the years, the Li family has worshiped Mr. Li in the Li family's ancestral hall. They have never paid homage to him in public. They just don't want scholars around the world to think that Mr. Li is their benefactor.
Since the Li family founded Taixue, they have been attracting attention. The Li family doesn't want to keep a high profile and put the Li family in the spotlight.
Two days ago, Li Pushe went to the palace to beg the emperor not to worship Mr. Li again in the future. His old man didn't like this to begin with.
The emperor also understood the temperament of the Li family and said that he would only pay tribute this time and would never hold a grand memorial ceremony again in the future.
The eulogy written by the prince was very well written and created a wave of goodwill in front of the students in the capital. However, this did not make the students of Taixue support him.
After paying homage to Mr. Li, the prince and Duke Zhen didn't wait until King Dai and Marquis Xuanping praised the Li family, which was strange.
Marquis Xuanping originally had such a plan, but was stopped by his counselors. The counselor felt that flattering the Li family would not do them any good, but instead helped the fourth prince. There was no need to make wedding clothes for the fourth prince.
King Dai and Marquis Xuanping felt that what the counselor said was right, so they gave up praising the Li family. Of course, they did not give up on suppressing the Kong family.
Because of Kong Kangda, what the head of the Kong family did back then was brought out again, which is tantamount to "whipping the corpse" to the current Kong family.
The literati students who experienced this incident were filled with anger, so the current Kong family was angered, which affected the reputation of the current Kong family.
During this period of time, Kong Taichang felt ashamed to see others. If possible, he could not wait to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it. He originally wanted to pretend to be ill and recuperate at home, so that he would not have to face the ridicule of his colleagues, but he did not dare to deceive the emperor into pretending to be ill, so he could only bite the bullet and go to court.
Fortunately, this matter was quickly replaced by the fact that the fourth prince was about to come of age. Now the ministers are more concerned about the title and fiefdom of the fourth prince.
Seeing that the fourth prince's birthday was coming soon, Zhao Yao became nervous unconsciously. Although he guessed that the fourth prince's fiefdom might be Liangzhou, anything was possible before things were finalized.
By the way, he was still worrying about what birthday gift to give to the fourth prince recently.
Liang Bin once reminded Zhao Yao that the fourth prince had always taken great care of him. Zhao Yao should give a big gift to the fourth prince on his birthday this time.
What a gift.
What kind of gift would you like to give?
Zhao Yao thought about it and finally thought that Liangzhou was mountainous and the terrain was relatively rugged, so he thought of a great gift for the fourth prince.
There will be another update in the evening.
After the fourth prince comes of age, the male protagonist will grow up several years. At that time, the eighth prince will soon reach adulthood.
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