After a farce of chickens flying and dogs jumping, Zhao Yuanxi, the son of the Great Wei Dynasty, stood in the Wenzhao Pavilion with a straight face.

On the table, there was something that started this farce, a huge kite.

And in the open space in the palace, the Eighth Emperor Hongrun and his ten sect guards knelt on the ground with their heads drooped, and no one dared to speak.

Especially the Zongwei named Mu Qing, who was still wrapped in a bloody white cloth on his head, thought that he was injured when he was planted in mid-air just now, in contrast, although the rest of the Zongwei also had scratches on their faces, they were much better than this one.

"Smack!"

Da Wei Tianzi slapped the table heavily and scolded angrily: "Hongrun, you are too presumptuous! What has the good court been made into by you? That Zongwei of yours almost fell to his death! ”

"It's not because of you, father, if you don't cough, how can this happen......" Hongrun, the eighth son of the emperor, muttered.

"What did you say?!" Zhao Yuanxi never expected that the son in front of him would dare to speak back, raised his voice and scolded angrily: "You mean, it's all mine, isn't it?" ”

"The emperor didn't say ......"

Seeing that his son was soft, Zhao Yuanxi gave up, snorted coldly and was about to speak, but he heard his son muttering in a low voice: "Father, you said it yourself......

"You!" Zhao Yuan was speechless angrily.

However, he is a wise and knowledgeable son of heaven after all, and if he hadn't coughed behind these people's backs, that Zongwei would not have fallen from mid-air, in other words, he was indeed wrong.

Of course, as the emperor of Great Wei, Zhao Yuanxi will not easily admit his mistake, after all, this is about the majesty of the emperor, not the relationship between what he wants and doesn't want to do.

"What is this?" Zhao Yuanxi diverted the topic and asked, pointing to the huge kite on the table.

"The kite, also known as the paper kite, but the kite is not made of paper paste, but with a lightweight but impermeable cloth, and the skeleton is also built with strong bamboo, which is very ......strong."

At the mention of this kite, Hongrun immediately became interested, and he talked endlessly about his works to the emperor of Great Wei and the three ministers of Chinese calligraphy.

It's a pity that the Emperor of Great Wei didn't think so: "It's just a plaything!" ”

Hongrun was a little unhappy when he heard this, and pouted and said, "Plaything? With it, it can easily fly over the high palace walls, and the father still thinks it's a plaything? ”

The faces of the three Zhongshu ministers changed slightly when they heard this, just now they were just surprised that this kite could make people fly in the air, and now when they heard this Eighth Prince say this, they suddenly became vigilant, and said in their hearts If this kind of thing is spread, this is terrible, if some unscrupulous guys get this kind of thing, wouldn't the palace walls of the palace be useless?

"Your Majesty......" Lin Yuyang, the left secretary of the book, immediately wanted to remind the emperor of Great Wei.

Zhao Yuanxi raised his hand to stop him, because he had already thought of it: "Tong Xian, you will take this thing and destroy it in private later, and in addition, order the guards on duty today not to spread the news of this matter." ”

"Yes." Tong Xian bowed in response.

"Wait!"

Zhao Yuanxi frowned and looked at Hongrun, who was speaking, and said unhappily, "What do you want to say?" ”

I saw Zhao Hongrun stretch out his right hand: "Forty taels." ”

"What?" The Great Wei Tianzi didn't understand.

"This kite cost the emperor forty taels."

Zhao Yuanxi was stunned, then he reacted, and asked incredulously with his eyes open, "Do you dare to ask me for money?" ”

"This kite cost the emperor forty taels, if the father wants to take it, he will naturally return the cost of the emperor, is it possible that the father, as the son of the Great Wei Emperor, also wants to take it by force?"

"You!" Zhao Yuan's beard trembled angrily, and he said angrily: "Tong Xian, you will take forty taels from my inner treasury and return it to the Eighth Prince!" ”

"Yes." Tong Xian bent over.

The three ministers of Zhongshu watched dumbfounded, and said in their hearts that this eighth prince dared to ask the current son for the cost of the kite, no wonder he could put forward the phrase "the people are rich and the country is strong", it is really bold.

The three of them were amazed by this, but the Great Wei Tianzi felt uncomfortable, and he had to pay forty taels by his son, which made Zhao Yuanxi feel a little aggrieved.

Thinking of Zhao Hongrun's son who has always been stubborn, and this morning in the Wende Hall was so unruly, the emperor was late not to say, and dared to leave early, Zhao Yuanxi felt that if he didn't take the opportunity to discipline and discipline well, this royal seedling would have to grow crooked.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yuanxi put on the frame of being a father and asked, "Hongrun, at this time, you should study in the palace and listen to lectures and study, why are you playing outside the palace?" ”

"Oh, back to my father, the emperor felt that palace learning was very boring, so he skipped class." Zhao Hongrun said it very seriously and confidently, as if it should be so.

Zhao Yuanxi was happy, you must know that the prince has always had to study in the palace, this is the ancestral system of the Great Wei, and even if the rest of the princes want to be lazy, it is an excuse to be unwell, but this son is good, and he said that the palace study is boring, and he skipped class.

"Boring? You mean, you don't have to learn all the knowledge in Gongxue? "Zhao Yuanxi's intention in saying this is to tell this son that you are still far behind in your studies, and you are not qualified to say such things as being very boring.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Hongrun skimmed it and said as a matter of course: "The emperor's ambition is not to be the emperor, why do you learn those things?" ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Zhao Yuanxi, the emperor of Great Wei, was dumbfounded, but even the three ministers of Chinese calligraphy who were born as university scholars were also dumbfounded. You must know that what is taught in the palace is the classics of the literary sages of the past dynasties, but in the mouth of this prince, it has become "those things".

Lin Yuyang, the left secretary of the Chinese book, couldn't help but speak: "The teacher Yao Shun, the person who does not teach, read the books of the sages, and do benevolent and righteous deeds." This is the foundation of the religion and the foundation of the sages' testaments. …… His Royal Highness said this, forgive Weichen and dare not agree! ”

Dawei Tianzi was stunned, originally he wanted to personally discipline and discipline this disobedient son, but he didn't expect that Lin Yuyang, the left secretary of the Chinese book, couldn't stand Zhao Hongrun's contempt for the sage's suicide note, and took the initiative to jump out.

That's a good thing!

You must know that these three ministers of Chinese books are all well-educated people, and with Lin Yuyang's help, the emperor of Great Wei is naturally happy to see it.

But no one expected that the eighth prince Hongrun tilted his head and looked at Lin Yuyang for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "This adult's words, the prince of this book dare not agree." ”

"Oh?" Lin Yuyang chuckled lightly and asked, "Does Your Highness want to debate with Wei Chen?" Wechen listened attentively. ”

Seeing that the eighth son Hongrun actually called out directly to the Zhongshu Zuo Cheng, the Great Wei Tianzi also felt a little interesting, and waved his hand to tell the eighth son to get up. He wanted to hear what this rumoredly stubborn prince could say.

"I don't dare to debate, this prince just asks this adult a few questions." Zhao Hongrun stood up, patted the dust on his legs, and asked lightly, "Does Yao Shun have a teacher?" Can there be a teacher? ”

Before Lin Yuyang could speak, Yu Ziqi, the right man of the middle book, frowned, and said in his heart, this Lin Yuyang is afraid that he will capsize in the gutter.

Sure enough, Lin Yuyang seemed to have thought of something, frowned and said: "As a human king and emperor, Yao Shun is an ancient sage, but I haven't heard of anyone teaching it." ”

"In this case, why do those who have teachers become faint kings, but those who have no teachers become holy kings? …… Can it be understood that it is better to teach, than not to teach? ”

Lin Yuyang's color changed slightly, and if he said this in his heart, wouldn't it be reasonable for this son to skip class and study in the palace?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly spoke: "Although Yao Shun is a holy lord, Wei Chen thinks that he is afraid that there are also sages who teach. As for the faint kings such as Ji Xuan, even if there are sages to teach, I am afraid that they have no intention of studying. ”

"This adult changed his words so quickly." Zhao Hongrun smiled heartlessly.

Lin Yuyang couldn't help blushing a little when he heard this, but the matter had come to this point, and he had no other way.

Although this road was blocked by Lin Yuyang, Zhao Hongrun's face was no different, and he continued to ask: "This prince asks this lord again, read the book of sages and do benevolent and righteous deeds, who wrote this book of sages?" ”

"Naturally, he is a sage of all ages." Lin Yuyang was very curious how this prince could ask such an unqualified question.

"So where did the sages of the ages learn those things?"

"Naturally, it's ......" Speaking of this, Lin Yuyang chuckled in his heart, and he finally realized where the trap of this problem was.

"It seems that this lord has guessed, yes, this prince just wants to ask, between Cangjie making characters and the sage leaving books, who is the sage who left the first book of sages? If so, who did he learn from? ”

Lin Yuyang was speechless, because going back to the earliest, there must be a sage who had no teacher, but he couldn't say this, once he said it, he would undoubtedly fall into the trap of the Eighth Emperor, and he confirmed the crooked theory that "teaching" and "not teaching" are actually not much different.

"Shu Weichen is only sparse and shallow......" In the book, Lin Yuyang's face was red, and he retreated.

The Great Wei Tianzi secretly exclaimed in his heart, he originally wanted to teach this stubborn son through Lin Yuyang's oral training, but he didn't expect that this son's crooked reasoning would stump Lin Yuyang, a well-educated man.

But after thinking about it, Dawei Tianzi felt a little happy, after all, his son who was rumored to be stubborn could stump Lin Yuyang, doesn't this prove that this son is also really talented?

The Great Wei Tianzi turned his head and looked at Yu Ziqi.

Yu Ziqi saw Lin Yuyang's face red and his ears were defeated, and he was amused in his heart, but he also became a little interested in the eighteen-year-old Eighth Emperor Hongrun, and now the Great Wei Tianzi showed his eyes, and immediately stood up, arched his hand and smiled: "Weichen Yu Ziqi, I have seen the Eighth Highness." ”

"You're here to find fault too? …… Go ahead. Hongrun's helpless tone made everyone in the hall feel a little funny when they heard it.

Holding back his laughter, Yu Ziqi pondered for a moment, and said softly: "It is the duty of a sage to teach, read the books of sages, and do benevolent and righteous deeds. ”

"I can't catch the loophole in the words, you are better than this adult." Zhao Hongrun looked at Yu Ziqi in surprise.

"Where, where." Glancing at the embarrassed Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi looked at the eighth prince in front of him with a smile.

I saw Zhao Hongrun think for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Before that, let's ask this adult a question." ”

"Please."

"I heard that hundreds of years ago, before the founding of my Great Wei Dynasty, in the country at that time, stealing was a capital crime?"

"Hook thieves are punished...... Yes, it is recorded that it was a capital offense. Yu Ziqi nodded inexplicably.

"So what about my Great Wei now?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a smile.

Yu Ziqi was confused when he heard this, frowned and said: "Punishment will be imposed according to the law, and punishment will be given according to the severity of the circumstances." …… Your Highness asks what this is for? ”

"I'm still young." Zhongshu Ling He Xiangxu muttered and shook his head, he knew that this Lord Yu had also fallen into the trap of the Eighth Emperor Hongrun.

Sure enough, Zhao Hongrun asked with a smile: "My Great Wei criminal law is contrary to the ancient law, can this be understood as the national conditions of my Great Wei are not suitable for applying heavy codes?" And so on...... Why did the books written by those sages hundreds of thousands of years ago think that they must be suitable for my Great Wei? Time has passed, and the vicissitudes of life have changed, and perhaps those truths have long been outdated. ”

"Is this an outdated doctrine?" Yu Ziqi frowned and asked.

"Why not? …… The gentleman does not seriously injure (do not hurt the injured enemy again), do not capture Ermao (do not capture the gray-haired enemy veteran), do not block the pass (do not prevent the enemy from winning in the danger), do not drum and do not form a column (do not take the initiative to attack the enemy who has not yet lined up). Today, the soldiers are not tired of bombing, and conspiracies and tricks are used in everything. …… This lord, do you say that the way of the world has changed, and this truth has also changed? In this case, why does this adult think that the suicide note of the saint hundreds of years ago must be suitable for teaching in the present? ”

"This ......" Yu Ziqi was speechless when he was refuted. He knew that what His Royal Highness the prince said was all crooked, but he couldn't think of anything to refute it.

Looking at this scene, Zhao Yuanxi, the emperor of Great Wei, was amazed.