In the Monarch's Mansion, Qin Guogong sat on the desk, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand. The queen and the crown prince sat below, and across from them sat a stern-looking guard.

"The people of the country are simple, and there are many good people, although there are those who are not good, they can be punished, and they can be punished and ordered to abandon evil and follow good..."

"Sir, the prince's thoughts coincide with what you said before, and it is good to use the punishment order, I don't know what Mr. thinks?" Qin Guogong said with a happy face.

The prince's answer sheet Wei Ying naturally read it, although the writing can't stand scrutiny, but it can be written, which proves that he does have a certain understanding of the change, so he also nodded and said: "The prince's answer is indispensable." ”

"Report to the monarch, Yongcheng's answer sheet has been delivered." The guard said respectfully outside the door.

"Bring it in." After Qin Guogong finished speaking, he put down the bamboo slip in his hand.

The guards next to him carefully checked the seal of the bamboo slip, and after finding that there was nothing abnormal, he put the bamboo slip on the desk of Qin Guogong.

Qin Guogong spread out the bamboo slips, just looked at them twice, his calm face became cloudy, threw the bamboo slips to the ground, and said angrily: "It seems that you have to be disciplined well, what nonsense is written." ”

"The king is angry, Qin Chuan is young, and the Taishi and the family are already old, so they must be negligent in discipline on weekdays, it is better to let Qin Chuan come to the capital and discipline every day, there will be no such a big mistake." Princess Zhao hurriedly said comfortingly.

"Hmph, the princess doesn't ask for mercy, wouldn't the rebel son come to the king to make the people laugh at him, I knew that today, I should have left him to fend for himself." Qin Guogong's face was gloomy, and his anger still did not dissipate.

Wei Ying glanced up at Zhao, got up and took the bamboo slip on the ground into his hand, looked at it carefully, and frowned tightly.

There are not many words on the bamboo slips, only a few simple sentences: human nature is good, so there is evil, it needs to be taught by etiquette, and then by the royal way, the people are in awe of the power of the king, and follow the etiquette and law, so they can abandon evil and follow the good.

There is no difference between the law of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the law of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but the last thing that the Qin State can implement is the law of the previous dynasty, and the entire Qin State has regarded Confucian people as people who must be killed since the people of the world were inferior to Qin. Qin Chuan's answer revealed the Confucian concept of governing the country, and it was precisely because of this that it caused the anger of Qin Guogong.

Seeing Qin Chuan's answer, Wei Ying was also very angry at first, but after thinking about it carefully, in the conversation a few days ago, Wei Ying could be sure that although Qin Chuan was young, he had his own ideas, although Taishi Ganlong had sought advice from the Confucian sect, but just from the perspective of his schoolwork teaching Qin Chuan, there was absolutely no teaching of Qin Chuan's Confucianism.

Is there something strange about it? This thought suddenly popped up in Wei Ying's heart, raised his head, and looked at the princess with a calm face on the other side.

"What do you think, sir?" Qin Guogong still asked angrily.

"Back to the monarch, but judging from the content of the bamboo slips, it is already a work of the next, Qin Chuan is still young, and he has lived in the monarch's mansion for many years and is not allowed to go out. Wei Ying explained.

When Princess Zhao heard Wei Ying's words, her brows furrowed without a trace, and she quickly regained her composure.

After listening to Wei Ying's words, Qin Guogong's anger weakened slightly. There is a reason why he is angry, as a father, he has guilt towards Qin Chuan, and this guilt only comes from guilt towards her mother.

After reading the prince's answer, he was very satisfied, the prince was still young, and he knew so many truths, which made him not happy. And for Qin Chuan, he has hope. Who would have thought that what he saw was such a gibberish answer, and he was judged by a superior judge compared to the prince's. He thought that Qin Chuan had failed his expectations and abandoned his studies. That's why I'm furious.

After listening to Wei Ying's words, Qin Guogong felt a little better, picked up the prince's article again, read it repeatedly, and still felt that the prince was the most correct candidate for the monarch, and there were some things that might not need to be done before.

"Queen, do you know how many years Qin Chuan has been in Yongcheng?" Qin Guogong put down the bamboo slip and raised his head and asked.

"Back to the king, it will be three years in a few months." The queen replied after a moment's thought.

"It's been three years, and the time is not short, send Qin Chuan to the Western Tribes before the beginning of spring, and let him stay there for a few years, so that he can know how the Qin State has come to the present step by step. It is not based on etiquette and tolerance, and the royal way is edified. Talking to Lao Qin, going to the national disaster together, is it a joke. Qin Guogong said with a still unsightly face.

"You can't, Qin Chuan is still young, and the land of Xishu is already desolate, in case there is an accident... Please take back your order. Zhao fell to the ground prostrately.

"Please take back the king's order." The prince also bowed down.

"The widow's will has been decided, and you don't need to intercede." Qin Guogong waved his hand and rejected the plea of the two.

Wei Ying sat behind the desk and didn't say a word. The matter has developed to this point and has become a family affair of Qin Guogong, and he is a subordinate who is not qualified to comment.

After saying this, Qin Guogong's mood seemed to be a little better, and after calming down his mood, he said to Wei Ying: "I don't know how the prince's answer to the examination this time is, but Mr. is satisfied." ”

Wei Ying knew that he couldn't refuse Qin Guogong's meaning, so he bowed and saluted: "The prince's answer is okay, I will find time to teach the prince in my spare time." ”

"Okay, then the prince will be in trouble with Mr." Qin Guogong said with a smile on his face.

Then he prepared to worship the master for tea, but Wei Ying said that now the prince is only his own registered student, and their school needs to worship the master for tea except for the official disciples, and the registered disciples do not need to worship tea.

Listening to Wei Ying's words, Qin Guogong also nodded, the rules of some schools are always different from common sense. After that, Princess Zhao glanced at Wei Ying and pulled the prince out of the council hall. It is better for her to be less involved in state affairs.

After this incident, Wei Ying got up and saluted and retired, and left the Guogong Mansion.

Walking on the streets of Liyang City, Wei Ying carefully recalled today's events, and always had a feeling that everything that happened today seemed to be something that the monarch and queen could create, and he was always full of doubts about the prince's article.

Even though the crown prince received better teachings in the royal capital than Qin Chuan, his own questions were only improvised and did not inform others, and the prince's answer actually implied his own idea of changing the law, which attracted Wei Ying's attention.

It's not that the prince answered badly, but the prince answered too well, not what he could think of at his age.

The more I thought about it, the more my heart was full of doubts, and I thought of the question and answer between myself and Qin Chuan before, and with a cross in my heart, I walked quickly to the middle of the house, took out a fast horse, and hurried towards the outside of the city.

The news of Wei Ying's departure from the city reached the queen's ears, and the queen Zhao looked at the prince who was playing with the maid, and chuckled lightly: "The wood is already in the boat, see how you turn over." ”

Yongcheng, the Monarch's Mansion, Qinchuan lay lazily outside the house, enjoying the warm afternoon sun. At this time, it is late autumn, and there is already a hint of coolness in the morning and evening.

"Stealing half a day of leisure, if you are coming to a pot of warm tea, that day... Tsk tsk... Absolutely. Qin Chuan squinted his eyes and fantasized to himself.

Not long after, just when Qin Chuan was about to fall asleep, a black shadow blocked the sunlight and suddenly woke Qin Chuan up. When he opened his eyes, he saw Wei Yingzheng staring at him with a gloomy face.

Hurriedly got up from the ground, patted the soil on his body, bowed to Wei Ying, and said, "The student has seen Mr., I don't know what Mr. is here?" ”

"Hmph, look at the good things you've done. A shot of gibberish. As he spoke, he threw a roll of bamboo into Qin Chuan's arms.

Seeing Wei Ying's angry expression, Qin Chuan's face was full of doubts, he opened the bamboo slip and took a look, and then began to read out loud: "Human nature is good, so there is evil, it needs to be taught by etiquette, and then it is the power of the king, and the people of the country are in awe of the power of the king, and follow the etiquette and law, so they abandon evil and follow the good." ”

"Good article, really good article, I might as well go far." The bamboo slips were rolled up, and there was a look of adoration on his face.

"Do you know that because of your writing, the king has sent you to the western lands." Wei Ying hated that iron could not become steel.

"Huh? Why does Mr. think this article was written by a student? Qin Chuan was a little surprised.

"Didn't you write it?" Wei Ying looked at Qin Chuan's face.

"Naturally, it was not written by a student, such a wonderful article can be written by a student, sir, don't get me wrong." Qin Chuan said with a sincere face.

When he saw the content on the bamboo slip and Wei Ying's face, Qin Chuan probably knew what was going on, and his answer was dropped. If you figure out the joints, you can put your mind at ease.

Seeing that Qin Chuan didn't look like he was lying, Wei Ying had doubts in his heart, but his face was still cold and said, "Since this article was not written by you, then you can write your answer again." ”

"No." Qin Chuan bowed and saluted, and quickly wrote his previous answer on the bamboo slip again.

Waiting for Qin Chuan to take the bamboo slips, Wei Ying roughly swept it, not to mention the content, at least the font is very neat and beautiful, which makes people have a pleasing feeling, just based on the difference in font, it can be determined that the previous answer was not written by Qin Chuan.

"Human nature is inherently good, and when the saint is still wrong, the great good cannot cover the evil; Human nature is evil, and wicked people still have good intentions, so great evil cannot hide its goodness. The distinction between good and evil is the foundation of human nature. Things are determined to be right and wrong, big and small, to divide the good and evil of the moment, not the good and evil of the world. However, people are impermanent, good and evil, and the king rewards the good and punishes the evil, so there are many people who go to the good and the evil. ”

Although there are not many words, Wei Ying did read it three times, the first time was slightly faster, the second time was a little slower, and when the third time, it was indeed word by word, and he read it slowly.

Qin Chuan looked at Wei Ying's performance a little strangely, and didn't understand that it was just an answer, why was this so? But he didn't dare to interrupt Wei Ying, so he had to stand beside Wei Ying, bowing his head and thinking.

After a long time, Wei Ying took his eyes off the bamboo slips and asked Qin Chuan with a solemn face, "Could this be what that old gentleman taught you?" ”

"Actually, sir, I had four dreams." Qin Chuan scratched his head and replied a little embarrassed.

Hearing Qin Chuan's answer, Wei Ying suppressed the nameless anger in his heart, tried his best to keep himself calm, and behind his hands, he looked like a master, and said to Qin Chuan with a solemn face: "You, are you willing to be my student?" ”