To be a palace guard, in addition to needing outstanding martial arts, you also need enough eyesight.

Although Li Chengqian was wearing a linen dress, the guards in front of the palace still recognized the identity of the prince and bowed.

Looking at the guards on both sides, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh.

If it was a court meeting in the past, the soldiers standing outside the hall would only carry ceremonial swords and ceremonial swords, which were symbolic several. However, today is different, the weapons carried by the guards are all real swords, and the number of people has also increased to more than twenty. It can be seen that the emperor's father really plans to hack a few to death!

It's just that judging from the sound of quarrels that still continue in the hall, his wish has not come true.

Only when you really walk into the hall can you see the scene clearly, and there are some people in regular clothes mixed in the court clothes, which are particularly eye-catching, needless to say, these are the people with five surnames and seven hopes.

No one in today's court is kneeling, they are all standing, and if they don't agree with each other, they will develop into a group fight.

In front of the young man standing, there are seven old men, and there are seats under the buttocks of these seven old men, and they have to be said to be very arrogant. It is estimated that even the emperor father who killed decisively had to show respect for these few.

Now it is Fang Xuanling and a middle-aged man who are refuting each other in the field. The prime minister, who was high up in the past and had frequent scheming, couldn't even speak completely in front of this one. Recommended Reading: /.. /

There's no way, although Lao Fang is also a literati, he doesn't read much of the classics in history. And the people of the five surnamed families, the most indispensable thing is to "quote scriptures", no need to say their own words, as long as they find chapters and sentences, take them out of context, no matter whether what they say is right or not, the person who is refuted can only close their mouths and listen. Whether you know this paragraph or not is not a problem, but as long as you dare to refute it, you will immediately be detained with a big hat of "despising the sages". And this hat, as long as it is a literati and a civil servant, he will not dare to put it on.

Quietly approached Wei Zheng's side, stretched out his hand and tugged.

Wei Zheng closed his eyes, not knowing whether he was recuperating or avoiding the battle.

Lowering his head, Wei Zheng saw the prince dressed in sackcloth.

With the same reaction as the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng pulled a subordinate in front of the prince, and said anxiously: "What are you doing here!" Don't go to this place to see the excitement! ”

Li Chengqian didn't pay attention to it, but pointed to the middle-aged man who was talking a lot, and asked, "Gong Zheng, who is this guy?" What the hell are you talking about? ”

Wei Zheng smashed his mouth and sighed: "This is Cui Ba, the contemporary head of the Cui family in Qinghe, he is talking about the "Hongfan Chapter" of "Shangshu", and Shilin has many opinions on "Hongfan", when it comes to the origin, some say it is the Han Dynasty, some say it is the Spring and Autumn Period, and some people even think it is the Shang Dynasty. But either way, this article has a very high place in the canon. ”

Li Chengqian nodded, intending to listen carefully to this so-called article on high status.

Thanks to Li Gang's teachings, although some of the words sound difficult, I can still understand the meaning.

Hong Fan said that the fifth domain, the "Imperial Pole," is the center of all the ruling Dafa, and that most of the other domains are all about the various means and methods of ruling in order to establish this "Imperial Pole." Its central idea is to advocate a theocratic political theory based on the will of God, emphasizing the establishment of the supreme ruling criterion "Huangji" in accordance with God's will, so as to ensure that "the Son of Heaven is the parent of the people and the king of the world".

This paragraph sounds normal, and even strengthens the position of the emperor, but what follows is to completely destroy the flattering speech.

Under the premise of this kind of divine politics, the monarch should pay attention to the "five things" (the second domain) of his appearance, speech, sight, hearing, and thinking, so as to cause "reprieve signs" and avoid "blame" (the eighth domain); and follow the common sense of the "five eras" of years, months, days, stars, and calendars to deal with political discipline (the fourth domain); The means by which the monarch asks for divine will upwards is "divination and zhen" (the seventh domain), and the means of ruling his subjects downward are "gangke", "rouke", "zuowei", "zuofu" (the sixth domain), that is, using the "six poles" as authority and the "five blessings" as blessings (the ninth domain)....

In just such a paragraph, there is nothing wrong with stopping completely, but Cui Bai changed his words and grabbed the word "blame" in the eighth domain. In his view, there is a reason for the calamities in heaven and earth. The reason why the ancestors formulated the complicated rituals of worshipping the heavens is because genius is the real master. The earth is angry for the earth, and the landslide is the madness of the mountain god. And the huge disaster that swept the entire Guanzhong - the locust plague can only be caused by the monarch's lack of virtue and the wrath of the heavens to bring down a disaster of this scale.

"Your Majesty, the grass people dare to ask, where is the Emperor Taishang now? Li Jiancheng, the king of Xi, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, really raised troops to rebel and captured you? Heavenly anger is like this, I'm afraid it is not caused by ordinary events! Looking at recent years, only the Emperor Taishang's Zen position is quite strange. Therefore, the grass people dared to ask His Majesty to tell the truth. ”

Li Chengqian looked at the emperor's father on the throne worriedly, at this time his eyes were split, and he could see the green tendons jumping on his head from so far away.

It's already mad!

The matter of Xuanwumen, the external claim is that the crown prince and the king of Qi are preparing to rebel, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was named the crown prince because of his efforts to quell the rebellion, and he soon succeeded to the throne. Of course, this is a claim to the outside world, and the real target of the propaganda is the people. And the truth of the matter, as long as it is out of the loess class, can basically guess one or two. Even the history books record the facts.

But the facts are the facts, and now after the locust plague rises, it is no longer a slap in the face. The dragon claws pinched on the dragon case even pinched out a small pit, if it weren't for the experience in the army over the years, he learned not to be surprised, Li Shimin even wanted to kill Cui Bai directly!

Wei Chigong obviously didn't want his emperor to be angry to death, and his black mountain-like body squeezed away the two blocking arms, and said angrily: "Cui Bai, you are a grass people, how dare you be so disrespectful to Your Majesty!" Believe it or not, Lao Tzu punched you to death! ”

Wei Chigong's voice was very loud, just looking at the generals around him, they couldn't help but block their ears. With such a loud voice, a hideous face and a burly body, the deterrent power formed is not simply scary.

You must know that he was the one who urged Li Yuan to abdicate behind the Xuanwu Gate. Three times "When will Your Majesty Zen throne", even Li Yuan, who has been on the battlefield, was so frightened that he almost urinated on the dragon chair.

Today, however, Yu Chigong met an opponent.

As the direct recipient of Wei Chigong's murderous aura, Cui Bai was unmoved, and even walked a few steps towards Yu Chigong, looking like he wanted to be killed. Needless to say, as long as he is killed, the emperor will be directly defeated today. Unless, he tears his face and kills everyone in the hall.

However, outside the palace, there are also people with five surnames and seven hopes.

The imperial court, you can't catch it....

Li Jing and Niu Jinda knew that the five surnames and Qiwang were waiting for the emperor to tear his face, so they forcibly dragged Wei Chigong back. The generals gathered today are not useful at all. This is a verbal battle, the winner can only be the mouth, if someone does it, it will inevitably become the party that loses, and when the time comes, it is impossible to say what is reasonable.

Li Jing and Niu Jinda can understand the problem, how can Li Shimin not understand. Suppress the anger in your heart, take your eyes off Cui Bai's neck, and divert your attention as much as possible.

When I turned my head, I saw Li Chengqian, who was dressed in sackcloth.

Wei Zheng's subordinates who pulled over blocked the line of sight on the plane at most, and they were still helpless against the line of sight obliquely.

Li Chengqian was coincidentally looking at the tendons on his father's forehead, and after finding that he didn't jump, he met this sight.

Reading the deep meaning inside, Li Chengqian sighed, broke Wei Zheng's hand and grabbed his hand, walked around from the back of the imperial history's team, and walked in from the palace gate again.

"Prince?"

Wei Zheng naturally knew what the prince's plan was, so just as Cui Bai was about to ask again, he made a sound.

Wei Zheng's deliberately raised voice attracted the attention of the hundred officials, starting from the junior officials at the palace gate, they bowed down one after another.

If it is the prince who takes the court with him, he naturally does not need so many courtesies, but since the prince entered the court halfway, he can't lose the courtesy.

The big guys with the five surnames and seven wangs didn't expect the prince to suddenly appear, although they were unwilling, they could only give up asking for the time being and saluted one after another.

Although the heads and ancestors of each family have a high status, they are also commoners, so several old men sitting on the chairs also stretched out their hands and pressed them on the armrests, pretending to stand up and salute.

In the past, when their hands had not yet touched the armrest, they would be stopped and heard words like "dare not be". thought that the prince was the same, but to their embarrassment, the prince didn't even look at them, and walked directly to Fang Xuanling's side.

The outstretched hand pressed on the armrest, and even the upper body sank, making it look like it was ready to get up. However, the prince's manipulation made them stand up and sit down. Stand up, it's too late, and it's not necessarily timely. But sitting down, it is rude, how can they, who are known for their etiquette family, tolerate this.

Not standing, not sitting, the seven ancestor-level figures just froze.

There was a groan from the old waist, accompanied by the laughter of some officials with low laughter, and several old people blushed directly, eager to smash their heads into the floor and lose their dead!

Li Chengqian didn't know that his momentary nervousness would lead to this series of things.

Walking to Fang Xuanling's side, Li Chengqian bowed to the emperor and said: "Father, the locust plague has been raging, and the East Palace has begun to provide comprehensive relief to the surrounding people. It's just that although the East Palace hoards a lot of grain, at most, it can only allow half of the people in Chang'an, Wannian, Lantian and Sanyuan to survive this dry season. ”

When his son came out to relieve the siege, Li Shimin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Very good, I know." ”

The continuous speech had made Cui Bai's lips chapped, but it still couldn't stop him from asking.

Walking to Li Chengqian's side, Cui Bai continued to ask: "Your Majesty, the grass people, please ask Your Majesty to answer the grass people's questions first!" Don't...."

Before he finished speaking, Li Chengqian stretched out his hand and pushed him back again and again.

Pointing to Fang Xuanling, who had consciously taken two steps back, Li Chengqian turned around and said impatiently: "It is said that your Cui family is a great family of many generations, why don't you understand etiquette at all. When Lone was talking to his father, what did you interject? Look at the place where you are standing, what do you think you are, dare to stand on the same line as Lone? It's a shame that you're still the head of the family, the head of the family is so virtuous, and I doubt that your family knows how to count etiquette! ”

Seeing his son give the five surnames and seven wang to Ma Wei twice in a row, Li Shimin on the throne immediately smiled. After being angry with this group of scum all morning, it can be regarded as a little bit of recovery now.

Cui Bai wanted to say something, but he couldn't prevent the angry shouts of his ancestor behind him: "Qing court, retreat, isn't it shameful enough!" ”

glanced at Li Chengqian indignantly, and Cui Bai could only arch his hand and retreat.

Looking at the appearance of these people, it is obvious that using the prince as a delaying tactic can only work for a while.

So after Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others all asked questions, and there was nothing to ask, Li Shimin spoke:

"Prince, I ask you, just now Cui Bai, the head of the Cui family in Qinghe, said that the appearance of the locust plague is the reason why I am not virtuous as a monarch, what do you think?"

Hearing that the emperor threw this problem to the crown prince, Fang Xuanling and the others broke out in a cold sweat, and the clansmen with the five surnames and Qiwang sneered again and again.

Since the Cui family has moved out the words of "Hong Fan" as evidence, how can the little doll of the prince resist?

The classics of the sages are also what age a child can point?

No matter what he says, it is impossible to overturn the words of the sages!

Seeing that his father pushed this thorny problem to himself, Li Chengqian was also confused for a while.

If it was a quarrel, he would definitely not be afraid of these old men, and if there was a keyboard as an assistant, he wouldn't mind fighting a hundred.

However, how to engage in a contest of knowledge?

Seeing that the cold sweat on his son's forehead came out, Li Shimin gently persuaded: "Don't rush, take your time." ”

If it was someone else who was thinking about this, Cui Ba would never give him time. However, the prince is young, and it would be too unsuitable for him to urge him.

Being young is often the most appropriate excuse.

Daddy's words, Li Chengqian didn't hear it, at this time he was frantically filtering the classics he had read in his mind.

After studying in the East Palace for so long, Li Chengqian was sad to find that no matter how awkward and ancient the sentences were, none of them could help him at this time.

In the face of Cui Bai, who used "Hong Fan" as a weapon, how can he win with one blow?

Wiping the sweat with his sleeve, the scratching sensation of the twine suddenly made Li Chengqian excited.

The corners of his mouth rose, and Li Chengqian arched his hand: "Father, the son remembers that he hasn't greeted him in the past two days, and I don't know how my father's dragon body is?" ”

Seeing the corners of his son's mouth rise, Li Shimin knew that he had a plan, and replied: "Don't worry, I can naturally eat and sleep." ”

Li Chengqian nodded, turned around one hundred and eighty degrees, and arched his hand to Fang Xuanling again: "Fang Xiang, Gu has also been out of the palace many times, and he has seen a lot of folk things. Lone found that people often have a sentence on their lips, that is, 'God has the virtue of a good life', I don't know if this sentence is reasonable? ”

Although Fang Xuanling was still a little confused about the meaning of the prince, he still replied: "This is naturally true. ”

Li Chengqian nodded, then turned to Cui Bai, who was panting, and asked, "I don't know what Mr. Cui thinks?" ”

Cui Bai said without hesitation: "This sentence is from "The Analects of Yan Yuan". God has the virtue of a good life, the earth has the thickness of loads, and a gentleman has the beauty of an adult. Since it was the Master's words, it naturally made sense. ”

Cui Bai had to answer like this, whether he wanted it or not, the master's words would definitely not be overturned.

This is an iron rule for their family.