Zhang Yuan didn't care about the mental activities of Xiao Er at the door.

Chu Da, who was standing in front of him, had a haggard look, and Chu Da was almost forty years old.

A few strands of white hair can now be clearly seen in the middle of the black hair.

"Brother Chu, what are you?"

Chu Da's expression flowed with irrepressible excitement, which made Zhang Yuan a little surprised.

Earlier, Zhang Yuan guessed that Chu Da was only cheated by Chen Ajiao, so he had to step down from the position of Shaofu Ling, but now it seems that unless Chu Da's utilitarianism is too heavy, there is another explanation.

"Ah Yuan, I actually have another secret in this matter..."

"Bang dang."

Chu Da was halfway through his words when there was a sudden noise outside the door.

Zhang Yuan pressed Chu Da's hand, then pulled out a dagger from his boot and quietly moved it over.

opened the door suddenly, and found that it was still the same little two just now.

There are two wine bottles on the ground.

The sound just now must have been the sound of a wine bottle falling to the ground.

"What are you doing here?"

"Taixue Ling came to our shop, and the host asked the little one to send you some wine and food."

Xiao Er's legs began to tremble, and he didn't expect that when he was about to knock on the door, one hand holding the tray didn't hold it steadily, so that the wine bottle on it fell to the ground.

Zhang Yuan put away the dagger in his hand, he was afraid that the little two in front of him really couldn't withstand the cold light brought by the dagger.

"Clean up, so you don't have to send food and drinks to the room.

I had something to discuss with the people in the room, and someone else approached here and disturbed us. ”

"The villain knows."

Zhang Yuan waited for the two to leave before closing the door again and returning to the room.

"Ah Yuan, you don't have to be nervous like this, no one is monitoring me now, and there are not as many embroidered messengers under Your Majesty as you think.

If you come to monitor you, it's also for you, but I guess you should have just galloped all the way to Du County, and the embroidered messenger shouldn't have time to prepare. ”

Chu Da was still a little nervous just now, but because of what happened outside the door, he was completely relaxed with Zhang Yuan's movements.

It's like he's an inconsequential person now.

"It's that I'm a little too cautious, Brother Chu, you can continue what you just said."

Zhang Yuan only knows what Chu Da has to hide now, and there are only three people who have been worrying about Zhang Yuan in Chang'an, and Wei Qing Chu Da has a Sima to talk about.

There is pure brotherly affection with Wei Qing Chu Da, and for Sima Tan, Zhang Yuan is completely because he has done Zhang Yuan a great favor at the risk of killing his head before, and Sima Tan's style and bones really make Zhang Yuan admire from the bottom of his heart.

"Mmmm, I'm not as simple as you know.

Let's start with the queen's affairs, maybe you don't know that the witch Chufu was actually introduced to the queen by me. ”

"What?!"

This has made Zhang Yuan unable to express his mood with surprise, which is completely shocking.

If this is really as Chu Da said, it would really be a miracle that Chu Da can stand in front of him completely now.

It's not quite the same as Zhang Yuan's repeated anger at Liu Che, Zhang Yuan didn't commit anything and didn't make fundamental mistakes.

As for the confrontation with the Son of Heaven, the standard of measurement is not the minister, not the law, it depends entirely on what the Son of Heaven thinks.

If you can make up for it, then confronting the Son of Heaven is a loyal minister's advice.

If you can't make up for it, that's the best way to find death.

"Ah Yuan, you don't have to be surprised at this, the queen has not given birth to a prince for more than ten years, and I don't know how many people in the palace and outside the palace are running around for this matter.

At least half of the taxes collected by the Shaofu in a year have to be used on this, and as for the witch Chufu, it was only found by the queen under the guise of praying to the gods and ghosts to let her give birth to the prince as soon as possible.

Otherwise, do you think that I and those palace guards of Weiyang Palace are all fools? Put more than a hundred wizards into the palace? ”

Zhang Yuan wiped away the beads of sweat oozing from his forehead without leaking.

This Chen Ajiao is not a fool, but she is very smart, and she plays this group of officials around.

If this matter is to be done, the palace guards must not tell Liu Che first, and then Lang Zhongling must also keep it a secret, and finally Chu Da can't let Liu Che know in advance.

Fabricating a lie has led the three great Hanqing doctors into a trap.

Fortunately, Liu Che did not lose his mind, except for Gongsun Ao, who was stupid and kept scolding Zhang Tang, so that Zhang Tang had to give Gongsun Ao some hardships, the other two should be considered safe and sound.

"I understand, Brother Chu, you continue."

Chu Da calmed down the excitement he had just had, and then continued to speak.

"I realized that the purpose of those wizards was not just to get a child for the queen, so I had some people follow them.

It turned out that many wizards were wandering around the harem all day long, and it was only then that I noticed some problems.

This group of people is to play witchcraft on the ladies in the palace.

Now everyone may be speculating about who reported the queen, otherwise His Majesty would not have been able to find out about this matter if he did not return to Weiyang Palace for a long time.

Even if the maids in the palace knew about it, they didn't dare to say anything, and as for the officials and palace guards guarding outside the queen's palace, they knew that it was a capital crime for them to say it or not.

In that case, it is better to pretend that nothing is seen, if the queen can do it seamlessly, everyone will be safe. ”

"Then who told the Queen?"

"Me!"

......

Zhang Yuan finally knew why Chu Da resigned, and he was able to survive.

Chen Ajiao is his master, and a retainer reported his master, and no one will dare to use him in the future.

Zhang Yuan was really glad about his identity at this time, and he could frankly say this in the court, not that, not that.

And people like Chu Da can dictate to the outside, but internally, they can only say what others say, and they have to do something.

It's enough to have one master, and the hateful Han system has added three masters to Chu Da's head.

According to the regularity of the law, the queen mother is higher than the Son of Heaven and the queen, and the son of heaven and the queen are parallel existences in the eyes of the world.

It would be nice if it was really the same as the slave system in later generations, and the mouth had to call the master to a bunch of people, but in fact there was only one master, and whoever controlled the government was the master.

The current situation is obviously that Chen Ajiao's status is not as good as Liu Che, but even if she is weak, as long as she sits in the position of the queen for a day, it will be the master's house.

If Liu Che wants to abolish Chen Ajiao for no reason, he won't even mention these words.

The emperor did not dare to do anything that was disapproved by the world.

Sometimes Zhang Yuan really feels a little sorry for Chen Ajiao, if she has a child, what kind of situation will it be after that.

Can you really put all your thoughts on Liu Che?

If she has a child, Chen Ajiao will become like Wang Huan.

As long as the crown prince is her child, it is none of her business how many women there are around the emperor, and who else in the Han can shake her position.

But these are Zhang Yuan's speculations after all, and childlessness is the bane after all.

"I have to tell the Queen, or you know what will happen."

Chu Da's mood at this time was quite sad.

"I also know that those witchcraft can't hurt the ladies in the palace?

But what if? If someone really dies because of the curse, I don't want my entire Chu family to die because of it.

Now I have reported it to Your Majesty, and let Your Majesty know that I really didn't know the purpose of the Empress and invited the wizard to enter the Weiyang Palace. Reading Temple

Then he resigned to His Majesty, admitting that he had committed a sin and was willing to bear the responsibility.

Zhang Tang came once when I knelt outside the front hall of Jianzhang Palace and resigned.

I was so scared!

His dark eyes, I saw once when I was a child.

I saw it once in Zhidu's eyes, Ah Yuan, do you know the kind of eyes that can stop babies crying?

Not only can babies stop crying, but it can also make us adults speechless. ”

Zhang Yuan's face was gloomy and terrifying.

People like Zhidu and Zhang Tang Wang Wenshu can leave their names in the annals of history in the name of cruelty, maybe they really came out of hell.

"I understand.

In the future Han court, I have two people who will not provoke unless they have to.

One is Zhang Tang, and the other is Dong Zhongshu. ”

Chu Da nodded a few times.

"Zhang Tang is terrible on the surface, Dong Zhongshu is gentle and virtuous on the surface, but the stench in his bones is extreme.

There are many things that you don't know, and many people don't know.

His Majesty's thoughts, Dong Zhongshu's thoughts, the relationship between His Majesty and Dong Zhongshu, and the relationship between Confucian scholars in the world.

It was a big mistake for you to satirize Confucianism in front of Your Majesty, and Your Majesty is also wearing a mask on you, so don't really think that Confucianism will compete with Your Majesty for power and profit.

In the future, it may be, but definitely not now, His Majesty wants Confucianism to become a knife in his hands. ”

Different from his previous performance, Chu Da is now a little almost crazy and said these words to Zhang Yuan.

"Why? Your Majesty's reuse of these cool officials such as Zhang Tang and the reuse of Confucianism at the same time is not for the ruling policy of Confucianism and internal law? ”

Chu Da shook his head fiercely.

"Ah Yuan, you haven't seen Dong Zhongshu, right?"

Zhang Yuan also shook his head.

"It's true that I've never had a chance to see it."

"Earlier, when His Majesty and Dong Zhongshu were consulting in the palace, I was there.

His Majesty asked Dong Zhongshu whether Confucianism could have remarks on conviction or classics.

Dong Zhongshu asked His Majesty with a smile, saying that what His Majesty wanted was a fair ideological basis for handling cases or an ideological basis for serving the imperial power.

Guess what His Majesty answered? ”

For Liu Che and Zhang Yuan, it can be said that he has some understanding, so he said directly.

"The latter should be chosen, the ideological basis for handling cases that serve the imperial power."

"Yes and no!"

"Oh?"

"Let me tell you a story, or a case.

Wang Da had no son, so he picked up an abandoned baby as his adopted son, and the adopted son's name was Wang Er.

When Wang Er grew up, he killed someone, and Wang Da hid Wang Er.

According to the Han law, it is a felony to hide a prisoner, and Wang Er should be sentenced to death, and Wang Da must at least be whipped hundreds of times and then either go to prison or be filled into the slave army.

Ah Yuan, tell me how you should be convicted? ”

"You should be judged according to the laws of Han.

Wang Er's murder is against his fate, and Wang Da must also be severely punished for harboring criminals, but the punishment for Wang Da can be reduced as appropriate. ”

"Hehe, what you said is right, it can be mitigated as appropriate, but it can't be unpunished.

But according to Dong Zhongshu, Wang Er is guilty, Wang Da is Wang Er's father, and it is natural for a father to shield his son, so Wang Da should not be guilty. ”

Zhang Yuan really didn't have any contact with the law, and he only knew that he couldn't do things like murder, arson, robbery, etc.

As for the subdivision, he really doesn't know very much.

But this kind of punishment based on emotion still surprised Zhang Yuan.

This is not a conviction based solely on the heart.

As long as it is human nature and it is an expression of good intentions, then there is no sin even if it is murder.

Just like a husband and wife quarrel, the husband has been abusing his wife, and the wife is humiliated and kills her husband one day.

According to Dong Zhongshu, his wife should be innocent.

But if every case is punished in this way, society is a society full of loopholes.

If you step on my foot or scold me a few words today, I will kill you in front of your house tomorrow, and I am not guilty of killing you.

Will society be more harmonious because of this?

Zhang Yuan felt that he wouldn't, but would be more irritable.

The most important thing is that once those law enforcers follow their own hearts to condemn, that is, they think you are guilty if you are guilty, and they think that if you are not guilty, then you are not guilty.

Zhang Yuan immediately understood the crux of the matter.

"Your Majesty wants Dong Zhongshu to use Confucianism to find a reasonable and legal cloak for Zhang Tang and others to enforce the law?"

People like Zhidu are called the minions of the country.

People like Zhang Tang are the minions of the Son of Heaven.

Zhi Du still thinks about how to benefit the big man, and Zhang Tang is really just a dog of Liu Che, pointing where to bite.

Now Zhang Tang is still restrained, and he dares to come to the door when others really commit crimes.

If it is true that Dong Zhongshu has found theoretical and ideological support for these cool officials like Zhang Tang, then the world is really going to be chaotic.

"Yes, Your Majesty's answer at that time was that on the surface it was the act of a saint, but on the inside, it was only His Majesty's mind."

Zhang Yuan used to think that Liu Che's external Confucianism and internal law were literal.

On the outside is the beauty of Confucianism, and on the inside is the strictness of Legalism.

But now Chu Da's statement is that Liu Che wants the beauty of Confucianism on the outside, and he also wants the strictness of Confucianism inside.

And inside and out, in every way, it is the speech of a saint.

Even if I, Liu Che, did something wrong, it was the fault of the ancient sage.

I, Liu Che, am not a saint, what can you expect me to do?

"Your Majesty is really a visionary..."

Zhang Yuan was a little speechless, taking one step and seeing three steps was already a genius.

In front of Zhang Yuan, a traverser, he could clearly see that Liu Che was no longer taking one step and three steps.

This is a record of everything that may happen in this life.

If there are possible bad results, plug the loopholes in advance.

Zhang Yuan finally knew why Dahan could still maintain stability after being hoked by Liu Che for many years.

You are not as strong as him, and you can't talk about him.

Even if he made a mistake, Confucianism could immediately find a bunch of sage statements to support him.

is already an emperor, but he is still casting an unbreakable golden body for himself.

It's really invincible!