Chapter Twenty-Three: Heart-piercing words

Seeing his vermilion gate again, Liu Yu couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Outside the Forbidden City, I knelt in front of the Jinshui Bridge for a long time, and the result was unsatisfactory and acceptable.

But the test of going home, even if I expected the result before, I really couldn't take a step forward.

He also knew that from a purely moral point of view, what he did was not very authentic.

made such a big fuss, and I didn't say a word to my family before.

Don't say anything about your own fault and carry it yourself, in this era when there is still the crime of the Nine Clans, it is nonsense.

I thought about it at the beginning, thinking that if the emperor was not enlightened and Dashun couldn't tolerate new things, he would run away. That is just the most helpless choice, and now it seems that the result is acceptable, and it will still be mixed within the framework of the system in the future. Then lest you not borrow the power of your family.

With a hint of shame like a sage afterwards, he moved to the door of his house.

There were sharp-eyed people at the door, they saw Liu Yu early, and they ran into the door as if they were flying, and they listened to the shouts from a distance.

"The third son is back! The third son is back! ”

As soon as the shouting stopped, the housekeeper, who was as anxious as an ant in a hot pot, greeted him.

"Oh, third master. You're back. Hurry up, Guogong is waiting for you in the study, hurry over. ”

It seems that the family is really in a hurry, and Liu Yu entered the study hard.

As soon as he stepped in, the door to the study was shut.

Needless to say, there was no one outside the study, only some henchmen guarding a few feet away where they couldn't hear the sound.

Liu Sheng had already given an order, and no one was allowed to come.

There were only two people left in the empty room again, and the sound of the chiming bell made the room even more oppressive.

For a long time, I drank "Kneel!" ”

Liu Yu had no choice but to kneel on the ground again on his own ground, which had just recovered.

Fortunately, he held up the royal purse and said in a low voice, "The son has worried my father. But this is also a good thing, His Majesty has given him a purse, and there are other rewards. ”

Looking at the face of the imperial purse, Liu Sheng's face was slightly gentle, and he carefully asked Liu Yu what he said in the palace.

Now that the matter has been done, the temptation that should be tempted has come out, and there is no need to hide it, and the things in the palace have been retold truthfully.

has been a noble for a long time, and you have to carefully ponder whether there is a deep meaning when you fart in the palace.

After listening to Liu Yu's retelling, Liu Sheng pondered for a long time, but he couldn't think of any deep meaning in it, it seems that the result is good?

After walking a few laps with his hands behind his back, Liu Sheng suddenly said, "I can't figure it out." I can't figure it out. Have you gambled for money? ”

I don't know why Liu Sheng's thinking jumped so much, and why did he talk about gambling money? Liu Yu hummed quietly, indicating that he must have gambled.

"Then at the gambling table, have you ever seen your life, wife and children, house and property, and even your own family's gold all pressed in order to win ten taels of silver?"

Liu Yu was stunned, and said in his heart, who would bet like this? Isn't this stupid?

So he shook his head and said: "The crazy gambler son has seen it, but such a stupid gambler son has never seen it." ”

"You know stupid, too! You know you don't bet like that! ”

Liu Sheng suddenly became angry, and pointed at Liu Yu's nose and scolded.

After scolding, he asked: "Since even bad gamblers are not so stupid, then let me ask you, why are you so stupid?" ”

"You are in the Wude Palace, you have excellent grades, and you will be able to enter the upper house at the beginning of spring next year, and your future is immeasurable. Qi Guogong secretly looked for you, and wrote about the Western national examination, which can be regarded as Jane in the emperor's heart. Now I am still the prince of Yiguo in the court, and I am not stupid, and His Majesty has never forgotten when there is a major event! ”

"With such good conditions and such a good future, why do you still have to fight for such a thing? Isn't it that I've read too many novels, I really think that they are all sleeping dragons and phoenixes, and they can be military advisors and go straight to the Heavenly Blessing Hall just by waiting for a little fame? ”

"Now you have won the bet, but what about the loss?"

"I can't figure it out, I can't figure out what you want to win. You also know that it would be a fool to take a net worth of 10,000 taels of gold and fight for 10 taels of silver. Now that you know, what you want to win is definitely not your majesty's reward, or just your majesty knows your name. ”

"You tell you, you gamble with your life, what do you want to win?"

Liu Sheng's eyes were burning, and from the beginning, he couldn't figure it out.

Your own species, your own understanding.

The third child is not stupid, and he is measured in his work.

That's all he grabbed and took to pad their backs. After all, it's still young, and those people before didn't know that there would be such a big sensation.

But that silk air hole lantern was made by the third child of his own family, since he dared to say that Li Taibai could also shock Yunyun, it was obvious that he knew what the result would be before.

This is the capital, how could the palace not know about such a big movement?

Since he knew the result, he still did it, which made Liu Sheng completely unable to figure it out.

It's like taking ten thousand taels of gold and pressing ten taels of silver.

If you win, you win ten taels, and if you lose, you lose ten thousand taels, even a fool won't play like this!

Unless, in those ten taels of silver, there is something more important than ten thousand taels of gold.

But what is it?

I don't understand.

It is precisely because of this kind of incomprehension that Liu Yu will not be out of control today-if Liu Sheng can figure it out, and the rest of the princes can also figure it out, then you Liu Yu will use our son as a backing, who in the circle will dare to entrust anything serious in the future - Liu Sheng can't figure it out, and the rest of the princes can't figure it out either, then this matter can only be understood as the child messing around, don't let your son mess with Liu Yu in the future.

Liu Yu also knew that today's matter was easy for the emperor to pass, because all the emperor cared about was the balloon that might pose a threat to the Forbidden City.

At home, it is difficult to pass, standing from different angles, and thinking about problems from different angles.

If you can't say it clearly, it's hard to pass this level at home. In the future, he will have to borrow the strength of his family for many things, and he doesn't dare to be too tough.

Fortunately, I made up some nonsense in advance, and when I saw my father asking, I had to say: "Today's matter, my son is both public and private." ”

"What is a public?" Liu Sheng was puzzled.

"My son has studied with the missionaries for many years and knows the usefulness of Xiyi learning. Now that the imperial court wants to ban religion, his son is afraid that someone will destroy Western learning in the name of banning religion. People are soft-spoken, and they have no choice but to make this decision, so they say in the palace that 'middle school is for the body, and Western learning is for use'. In addition, this thing flies into the sky and the capital shakes, which can also attract the interest of others and lead the West to learn from the East. If the geometry is not interested, ordinary people are far less interested than the shock brought by this thing. ”

This reason, half-truths and half-truths, also seems to make sense.

Liu Sheng's face was a little pale, although he was a well-known shrunken king in the circle, but he still understood the truth of resting with the country.

At a young age, my son can think about these things, and it's always good to be too harsh.

Liu Sheng's heart was suddenly in his heart, no wonder he couldn't understand.

What I think about is nothing more than family, official position, title, and interests. He is not the only one, the founding prince is counted as one, and now they are all like this, even from this point of view, they can't understand it.

all know that Shu Han has Zhuge Liang who "did his best and died"; also knows Yue Wumu who is "Zhaozhao every day, Zhaozhao every day".

However, these names are often heard, but they all feel like characters in the script, and they never feel that there are really such people in reality.

If there is really such a person in reality, thinking with the heart of a fly camp dog, he thinks that Kong Ming wants to usurp and Yue Fei wants to welcome the second emperor.

I really couldn't figure it out before. From the perspective of family, official position, title, and interests, the son's step is a stupid move, a stupid trick that even a bad gambler can't think of.

If the son really thinks like this, it makes sense, but it is his own fly camp dog, which can be regarded as the ambition of the bird?

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng still felt half ashamed in his heart.

nodded encouragingly: "If that's the case, then this is the case, and it can be regarded as having a heart." If this is public, why is it private? ”

"For the private...... It is also similar to that of the public. Everyone in the capital knows that I am good at Western learning, and they all know that I have a close relationship with Dai Jinxian. Now that there is a ban on religion in the court, it will be impossible to explain these things in the future. There is not only Christ in Western studies, but also other learning, and I also want to let Your Majesty know in advance what kind of Western studies I am studying. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yu followed Liu Sheng's way of thinking and said: "Father can think, if you don't make it clear before the storm comes, will you really be able to say it clearly in the future?" At that time, even if his son entered the upper house, His Majesty saw that this Liu Yu was good at learning from the West, and most of them were believers and could not be used. ”

"The heart of the emperor, how can you guess? When the time comes, I am afraid that I will not even have a chance to defend myself, but I will leave an impression in His Majesty's heart. Once the impression is made, it is difficult to reverse it. ”

"And in case Your Majesty doesn't say it, just keep it in mind. Even if I wanted to defend myself, I wouldn't have a chance. ”

Hearing this familiar way of thinking, Liu Sheng finally nodded again and again, thinking that this is also true.

Aixi scholars may not be believers, but does Your Majesty really know? When the storm comes, it is not clear at this time, and it will indeed be a big trouble in the future.

Now it seems that this gamble was actually a win.

One said in front of His Majesty that "middle school is for the body, Western learning is for use" and the like, cutting Western learning and Western education.

The two are cut for both public and private.

The second took the opportunity to enter the palace, took a bite back, and buckled those missionaries with a big hat on trumped-up charges.

If this matter is slightly operated, it is a cannonball for the old party to attack the West French party, and it can be regarded as standing in line.

On the other hand, if the wind direction changes again, it can borrow the matter of "use and body" to leave some room for the West French Party to return to the world.

The doubts in Liu Sheng's heart were finally solved, and he appreciated Liu Yu a little more.

But after all, this matter is too big, and if there is such a thing in the future, it will never work.

"Even so, you should discuss it with me. On your own, Your Majesty Shengming, instead of curing your sins, he excused you. But what if there is a traitor who takes the opportunity to bewitch Your Majesty and treat you as a 'spy on the forbidden palace'; ”

Liu Yu sighed and kowtowed solemnly in the face of Liu Sheng.

"Father, since you know what Qi Guogong asked me to do, you must also know the Bai Yunhang who made a career in the Fuqing County teaching plan."

"He made a big gamble with a small county order, and now he has been promoted to state pastor. If you lose the bet, it is nothing more than dismissal, county order, and an official the size of a sesame mung bean. If the bet is lost, the green mountains and green waters are accompanied, and the ancient scrolls and green lights are friends; If the bet is won, the people of Muyi Prefecture will get 100,000 yuan a year. ”

After telling this story, Liu Yu raised his head and said with a wry smile: "My son is not the eldest son. Even if the father is in the prime of life, he can be reborn. If this matter is really discussed with my father, will my father agree? ”

"The father thought that the bet on his son was the government of the country; In fact, the son's bet is only one future of Wude Palace. ”

"Although the Guogong Mansion is big, it will ...... in the future but not mine. ”