In the sixth month of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Guiwei (21st), I was in Jiying Hall.

Fan Chunren held the book and read, and he read a piece of "Yao Canon" in a cadence and splendid way.

After Yao Dian finished reciting Fan Chunren, he stood up with the book in hand and asked respectfully: "Is there anything you want to ask, officials?"

Zhao Xu smiled and shook his head, saying: "Ai Qing's words are very good. I already know a little bit about the affairs of Yao and Shun!"

Fan Chunren paid his respects again: "I was so frightened that I begged the officials to comment on the Yao Canon for me!"

Zhao Xu smiled and explained it in layman's terms.

"Shangshu" is a classic among the Confucian classics.

It is also a weapon used by Confucians to brainwash scholar-bureaucrats and kings.

This opening chapter of "Yao Canon" is naturally a famous chapter that explains Confucian ideology.

The beginning is to praise Emperor Yao's great achievements.

Then he touted his political achievements, and finally elicited the motives, reasons and reasons why he abdicated to Emperor Shun.

Although, most emperors would not believe these things.

Especially the longer an emperor has been in power, the less likely he is to believe it.

Of course, if you don’t believe it, you can’t stop the scholar-bureaucrats from reciting sutras every day. Even the most arbitrary emperor will inevitably mutter in his heart: “Could it be true?”

Therefore, Confucian chanting is really effective.

Most emperors could not help but follow Confucian ideology and morality.

Sometimes if you are lucky, you might meet an emperor who really believes in you.

Unfortunately, these tricks were completely ineffective in front of Zhao Xu.

Because in modern times, Zhao Xu had seen the things unearthed from the Taosi archeology.

What happened in the three generations of Yao, Shun and Yu?

Zhao Xu now knows it clearly.

However, this does not prevent Zhao Xu from pretending to really believe it in front of outsiders.

Because he knows that Confucianism is his best ruling tool!

This is also a Confucian conspiracy!

It doesn't matter whether the emperor believes in it or not, what matters is that the emperor respects him.

After hearing Zhao Xu's explanation, Fan Chunren immediately bowed down and said, "I am scared..."

Several other banquet officials congratulated one after another: "Your Majesty's sage is truly a blessing to the world!"

Zhao Xu then said: "You gentlemen also said it well!"

"Especially Mr. Fan!"

"I am terrified!" Fan Chunren and others quickly bowed again.

Zhao Xu and Feng Jing ordered: "Give tea to all gentlemen as a token of my condolences!"

Then there were ministers who brought the best tea soup and gave it to all the banquet officials.

This is the end of today's sutra feast.

Fan Chunren led the ministers to thank him again, drank the tea given by Zhao Xu, and then respectfully saw Zhao Xu off from the Jiying Hall.

…

Zhao Xu returned to the palace and first went to Baoci Palace to greet the two palaces who were reviewing the memorial.

When the two palaces saw Zhao Xu coming, they both put down what they were doing.

"How do you feel about the official banquet today?" asked the Empress Dowager.

"Back to my mother-in-law, the teachers taught me very well!" Zhao Xu sat next to the two palaces and said sweetly: "Especially Mr. Fan, his lectures were very good, and my grandson was also very inspired..."

"That's good!" The Queen Mother nodded.

The two palaces looked at Zhao Xu's appearance and felt somewhat disappointed.

Zhao Xu saw this and said calmly: "In the future, if my grandson encounters something he doesn't understand, can he still come and ask his mother-in-law or queen?"

The two palaces immediately beamed with joy and said, "Of course!"

They naturally knew that the scholar-bureaucrats and ministers wanted to take away the educational rights of the officials (sixth brother) from their hands.

But when officials take the initiative to ask them, the ministers have nothing to do!

…

It was already noon, and the blazing sunshine was scorching the land outside Bianjing City.

There are only a few pedestrians on the official road.

Most people choose to walk under the trees planted on both sides of the road.

A prison van, escorted by a sergeant, slowly walked to a shady place under the shade of a tree.

There is a row of tea shops here.

In the tea shop, many merchants and pedestrians on their way were drinking tea.

When I saw these sergeants escorting prisoners, especially when I saw that the one leading the escort was actually a censor wearing a Xie Zhi uniform.

Many people immediately hurriedly settled their bills and continued on their way.

They can't afford it!

But at the door of a tea shop, two middle-aged men wearing official uniforms continued to drink tea and replenish their fluids calmly.

The sergeants, however, behaved themselves. When they entered the tea shop, they did not dare to make any noise. They just took out their copper coins and said to the shopkeeper: "Serve tea!"

The two scholars were surprised when they saw this situation. One of them couldn't help but take another look at the censor who stayed under the shade of the tree.

Then he seemed to recognize the other person and waved his hand from a distance: "But Bo Xiu?"

When the censor heard this, he immediately looked over. Seeing the scholar's appearance, he rubbed his eyes and hurriedly came over to salute: "I have seen Lu Longxue!"

He looked around the scholar in surprise. There was no Yuan Sui or any servant!

There was only one man sitting at the same table with him. Although he was wearing a scholar-bureaucrat's robe, his skin was dark, rough, and he was as strong as a military general.

The scholar named Lu Longxue smiled and said: "I will recommend you to Bo Xiu..."

"This man is a fellow disciple of a certain person, Uncle Jingzhao, the master of Jingzhao Tour. He just came from Huanqing Road and served as the judge of the Lue Department. He was about to return to Beijing to wait for the palace. Unexpectedly, he met a certain Taoist. It was like meeting an old friend in a foreign land..."

You Shixiong stood up and bowed respectfully.

The censor quickly returned the courtesy.

Then Lu Longxue introduced to You Shixiong: "Uncle Jing, this is Yuwen Changling, Changling's pseudonym is Boxiu..."

"Now he should be the supervisory censor of the current dynasty..."

Lu Longxue looked at the shackled prisoners in the prison car and asked, "Is the criminal general Zhang Zhijian being escorted by Bo Xiu?"

"Exactly!" Yuwen Changling nodded: "This crime will be taken back to Dali Temple for trial!"

With that said, Yu Wen Changling bowed his hands to Lu Longxue and You Shixiong and said, "I am a royal censor, and I am busy with my duties. It is really not easy to talk to Longxue and Uncle Jing about the past. I will wait until the next day to take a break and come back to pay homage to the two gentlemen!"

Lu Longxue nodded and returned the salute: "Boxiu please!"

You Shixiong also raised his hands and said, "I will definitely visit Boxiu one day!"

The three of them said goodbye like this.

After the sergeants finished drinking tea, they also dropped the copper coins politely, paid the bill and left.

You Shixiong saw this and praised: "Unexpectedly, there are people in Taichung who are good at running the army?"

Lu Longxue nodded: "Of course, Bo Xiu had never studied the art of war, and he had intended to join the army..."

You Shixiong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "I'm going to have to get to know each other better in the future!"

He likes to make friends with people who love to lead troops.

Lu Longxue laughed when he saw You Shixiong's appearance: "Uncle Jing is still the same as before, and he hasn't changed his original intention!"

You Shixiong nodded: "When my master was giving lectures, he was ashamed of the Western bandits. His lifelong ambition was to attack the Western bandits and bring peace to the people of Shaanxi!"

"As a disciple, how can I not obey it?!"

After saying that, he looked at Lu Longxue and asked, "Where is Wei Zhong? Does Wei Zhong still remember the teachings urged by his master when he was giving lectures under Hengqu's disciples?"

Lu Longxue listened, and after a moment of silence, he said: "How dare you forget the teachings of your teacher?"

"But there are priorities..."

Lu Longxue is naturally Lu Dafang, the newly promoted bachelor of Longtuge.

"Ha!" You Shixiong laughed: "I'm afraid what Wei Zhong remembers is not only the teachings of his predecessor, but also the teachings of the two Mr. Cheng!"

Lu Dafang remained silent.
To be continued...