"Forget it, go down."
Zhao Ji took a deep breath, but still couldn't bear to deal with this veteran who had been with him for more than twenty years and had taken countless scapegoats for him.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gao Qiu choked up his thanks.
Zhao Ji helped him stand up, patted his shoulder, and continued: "Those students, don't move yet. Handle the follow-up crisis and don't let me down again."
Gao Qiu bowed again and said, "I will never let down the government's trust again."
"Well, go ahead."
Zhao Ji waved, turned back to the stage and sat down, picked up the memorial on the case and continued to read.
Gao Qiu bowed and backed away. He didn't dare to turn around until he was out of the palace door. As soon as he raised his head, he saw someone passing by him and entering the Chui Gong Palace.
Gao Qiu knew who this person was without taking a closer look. He couldn't help but snorted in his heart, but he didn't dare to stay here, so he walked away quickly.
"You came."
Zhao Ji raised his head and glanced at the people entering the palace, then continued to look down at the memorial.
"Yes, the child is here. I wonder why dad summoned me?" Zhao Huan saluted and asked, feeling uneasy in his heart.
In the Song Dynasty, when the prince saw that the emperor had not yet been called "father", he instead called his father "dad" like the common people.
However, his father, Zhao Ji, ignored him and ordered Li Yan, who was standing by, "Go and tell him what this new study is all about."
After Zhao Ji finished speaking, he continued to read with his head down, while Li Yan said "yes" and walked off the stage.
Li Yan walked up to Zhao Huan and saluted, then bowed slightly and analyzed the pros and cons of the new learning for the court from beginning to end.
After hearing this, Zhao Huan completely understood why his emperor father wanted to put those students to death, and he became even more panicked.
"Do you understand?" At this time, Zhao Ji put down the memorial in his hand and raised his head to ask.
"My child...I understand, my child." Zhao Huan was sweating on his forehead, his back was chilly, and he felt a little awkward when speaking.
Zhao Ji frowned slightly when he saw his cowardly look, "Then tell me, what should we do now?"
"I...I'm going right away..."
Zhao Huan was just about to say that he would put the government students in jail, but then he suddenly thought that his cousin was the leader of this new school, and he stopped immediately.
"What are you going to do?" Zhao Ji pressed after him.
When Zhao Huan heard this, he felt his thoughts stop running and his brain went blank.
Zhao Ji stood up and slapped the table angrily, pointed at his nose and cursed, "How can you dare me to hand over the country of Song Dynasty into your hands?"
"You can't even understand this kind of thing, yet you still want to stand up for someone who has overthrown the foundation of my Zhao family."
"I have left my Zhao family in your hands. I am afraid that if you change hands, I will give it away."
Zhao Ji pointed at his nose and kept yelling angrily. He seemed to have completely forgotten that he had just begun to see the new doctrine and failed to immediately understand the truth.
What he didn't even expect was that he was right. The second year after Zhao Song's kingdom was handed over to Zhao Huan, he changed hands and gave it to the Jinren. In total, it only took one year and zero. Two months.
After scolding for a while, Zhao Ji seemed to be tired, so he sat down again, while the small yellow door served tea at the right time.
Zhao Ji picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, then looked at his son in the audience who had his head lowered after being scolded for a long time without daring to reply, expressing that he was a little tired.
Every time he did this, he would sigh in his heart: It would be great if his third son, Zhao Kai, could be the prince. That son, like his father, would definitely be able to fulfill his lifelong ideal and ambition...take back the Sixteenth State of Yanyun!
It seems that the alliance with the Kingdom of Jin will be implemented as soon as possible. It is definitely impossible to count on this cowardly and incompetent son.
The matter of 'joining Jin to exterminate Liao' came to mind, and Zhao Ji had no intention of taking care of these trivial matters anymore. Another point was that he didn't know how to deal with these students who were 'promoting heresy'. He couldn't kill them, nor let them go, so He only said, "It's up to you," and waved Zhao Huan to retreat.
It was March of the fourth year of Xuanhe, and two full years had passed since the Song and Jin Dynasties negotiated the "Sea Alliance" to jointly destroy the Liao Dynasty.
In the past two years, the Jin Kingdom has successively conquered most of the Liao Kingdom's territory, including Shangjing and Tokyo, but the Song army has yet to set off. On the one hand, there have been frequent internal uprisings in the Song Dynasty in the past few years, and there is no time to take care of it.
On the other hand, it was simply because Zhao Ji was afraid of him. He had been bullied by this neighbor in the north for more than a hundred years, and he was really afraid of being beaten.
However, there have been reports of war recently. The capital of Liao Zhongjing has been breached, and even the emperor has fled. The situation of Liao Kingdom is over. If the Song Dynasty does not send troops again, it is afraid that it will not even get the last piece of the pie.
Zhao Ji thought about this and made a decision. He immediately told Xiao Huangmen on the side: "Go and find Tong Guan for me."
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Speaking of which, Prince Zhao Huan, after being repelled by his father, was walking in the palace like a zombie, his eyes empty and unfocused, and he didn't know where he was going or where he was going.
He just walked aimlessly...
Now all he can think about is his father's words: He still has to stand up for the person who overturned the foundation of my Zhao family...
Cousin, is he really going to overthrow my Zhao family...
He didn't believe that his closest and most trusted cousin would do such a thing, but Li Yan's words echoed in his mind, and every word was true.
He couldn't accept this fact...
He didn't know how long he had been walking, but suddenly, he felt that the scenery in front of him was familiar. He raised his head, and it was the East Palace where he had lived for twenty years.
It turns out that I came here unconsciously as my body got used to it.
He recently moved to Fuya, but his wife and children still live here.
This is not only the place where he and his family live, but also the place where he has stored his memories since he was a child.
I still remember that when he was a child, he was often afraid to leave the palace. He only dared to go out to play when his cousin came to find him. My cousin grew up with me and was closer than his own brothers. How could he want to overthrow me...
No, I have to go find him and ask him clearly.
Zhao Huan calmed down and went straight out of the palace without entering. He went straight to the Kaifeng government office.
The students in the government office were waiting anxiously, and one or two words would be heard from time to time.
Some students suggested that before Zhao Huan came back, he should run away as far as he could.
In the end, it was rejected by Wang Zhi. After Xinxue ran away like this, after losing the political, economic, and cultural center of the entire Song Dynasty, what else could it do.
In this atmosphere of surprise and uncertainty, a servant came to report, "The master is back and wants disciple Wang Zhi to go to the inner courtyard to inquire about something."
Wang Zhi immediately stood up, without doubting his presence, and followed the young man to the inner courtyard in the eyes of everyone with mixed emotions.
Zhao Huan did not directly lead his troops into the hall when he came back. This was the best situation expected. Everyone felt a little relieved but remained silent.
Zhao Huan naturally did not dare to enter the meeting hall directly. He really couldn't face a group of students in his current state.
Before leaving, I swore to them, patting my chest and telling them not to worry, I would keep them safe, and I would send them to jail when I came back. Do you think this is what humans do...
Looking at Wang Zhi walking with the servant in front of him, Zhao Huan looked sad and didn't know how to speak. In the end, he just said, "Just follow me."
After speaking, he turned around and went ahead without waiting for Wang Zhi's reply.
The boy stepped back, and Wang Zhi followed. He didn't speak first, and just silently followed his cousin as he walked slowly in the large and exquisite inner courtyard.
"Do you know what the consequences will be if your new knowledge is publicized?"
In the end, Zhao Huan couldn't help but ask first, but he didn't look back.
"I know." Wang Zhi replied, speaking briefly and affirmatively.
"You know why you still promote such a theory." Zhao Huan turned around and looked into Wang Zhi's eyes.
Wang Zhi did not answer the question directly, but asked a question, "Cousin, let me ask you, two gangs are fighting, one side has more people, and the other side has fewer people. If you were asked to join one side, which side would you choose to join?"
Zhao Huan asked, "But what if the party with fewer people is a strong man and the party with more people is a child?"
Wang Zhi was silent. He admitted that this analogy was wrong, but he still bit the bullet and said: "Since ancient times, countless dynasties have changed and they all tell the same truth to future generations...it is the children who win in the end."
"But Emperor Taizu is not a child."
Wang Zhi gritted his teeth, why did his always very nervous cousin suddenly become enlightened today? These words made Wang Daru, the eloquent speaker of the world, speechless.
Wang Zhi's brain was running at high speed. He had to convince this guy today. By the way, Wang Erlang's eyes lit up and he replied: "That's Emperor Taizu who stole the child's fruit."
These words can be described as truly treasonous. If the court hears it, it won't matter if you are not convicted for what you said, you will be taken out and beheaded immediately.
But there were no outsiders here. For the Crown Prince Zhao Huan, these words were already very merciless from his cousin's mouth, so he didn't pay attention at all and instead fell into deep thought.
Yes, the rise of Emperor Taizu was not glorious in itself. If it weren't for the people's uprising in the late period of the previous dynasty that overthrew the Tang Dynasty, how could there be the Later Zhou Dynasty? How could there be the Song Dynasty without the Later Zhou Dynasty.
Zhao Huan was speechless at this time, and he held his breath for a long time, "Taizu's ancestral teaching: The emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world."
"That's wrong!" Wang Zhi's criticism was merciless and straightforward.
"But Wang Wengong's new law failed because of this."
"That's because there are too many constraints!"
"But you are one of the scholar-bureaucrats."
"Born in sorrow, die in happiness!"
"They're going to kill me."
"Then have they asked me?"
"..."
Zhao Huan looked at the resolute-faced cousin in front of him in silence. He was always so confident, and he had always been so confident since he was a child.
Maybe that's why I like to get along with him, because that's what I'm missing.
"Do you want to follow Wang Wengong's new method?"
"No, what I want to do is my own new way!"
"But that would offend almost all the noble families in the world."
"You are the emperor, I am the prime minister, and you and I join forces, what do we care about those chickens and dogs?"
Wang Erlang shamelessly determined his future official positions, and he did so in front of the future emperor.
This is really... very Wangzhi!
