"Is there one?" Lin Ruo blinked, and there seemed to be a little doubt in his clear eyes, "Minhui thinks that if you don't pay attention to digging a hole for yourself, if you persuade the emperor to listen to Brother Li's reasons, if Brother Li says something to make the emperor angry, I have to think about how to intercede, and it won't affect myself; If the emperor is advised not to listen to Brother Li's reasons, the emperor's doubts will not be answered, and the sacrament will be hurt, and the sin will be great...... Hey, it's really 'trouble from the mouth', Your Majesty, you see, Min Hui really can't get off the stage......"

was interrupted by Lin Ruo's pretended grievance, Emperor Mingzong couldn't help but be happy, stretched out his finger, nodded it from afar, and helplessly muttered "You, you", turned his head, smiled and gave Li Yan a promise, forgiving him for his innocence.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Princess Rong."

Li Yan thanked Emperor Mingzong on the ground, and then saluted Lin Ruo - this is also for the emperor to see.

Lin Ruo accepted with a smile, stood aside, and said no more.

"Tell me, what kind of enlightenment rhetoric can make you realize that you will abandon literature and enter business?"

"When I went back to the emperor, the words that the grass people heard were - it is better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles."

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Mingzong was obviously very disappointed and felt that Li Yan was perfunctory to him. However, it's not a big disrespect, and asking for a favor is just selling off.

Unexpectedly, Li Yan's words have not been finished.

"It's better to travel thousands of miles than to read countless people."

Emperor Mingzong moved the corners of his mouth, which was interesting. Dare to love is to read countless people, so he gave up the sea of books in the Hanlin Academy, turned to business, and dealt with the three religions and nine streams?

"Reading countless people, it is better to have a famous teacher to guide the way; Famous teachers show the way, it is better to understand it yourself. Li Yan continued, "So the grass people thought about it for many days before they made this plan, traveled thousands of miles, read countless people, and realized it themselves." ”

Regarding Li Yan's statement, Emperor Mingzong was interested in hearing it, and the crown prince and Zhang Xu were also quite novel. However, with the emperor present, the latter two did not dare to shake out the doubts in their hearts, only the emperor asked: "Why don't you choose a famous teacher to guide the way?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, the famous teacher will show you the way, which is certainly a rare shortcut for scholars, but it is very easy to make people lazy. Moreover, even if there is a great Confucian like Scholar Chen to guide the article, it is not exempt from the vulgar 'master leads the door, and the practice is in the individual'. Scholar Chen's articles and knowledge of the grass people have benefited the grass people a lot. However, the grass people thought that they were a person who was very prone to laziness, so they simply broke the kettle at the beginning and cut off their own inertia. ”

Li Yan's words were clever, which not only showed his respect for the "famous teacher's guidance", but also thanked Chen Lao for leading him into the door, and he was humble and a person who was very lazy, and he didn't want to live up to Chen Lao's love because of inertia.

Emperor Mingzong didn't show too much expression on his face: "The master once said: 'If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher.'" 'You have traveled thousands of miles, read countless people, and realized it yourself, but it is the same path as what the Master said. It's just that you were also a knowledgeable reader, but now you have abandoned literature and business, do you really have no regrets in your heart? ”

"The grass people didn't dare to deceive the emperor, at the beginning, the grass people made up their minds and had no remorse. But the longer I traveled and the more I knew people, the more I realized and became confused, and I did feel remorseful, feeling that I was young and vigorous at that time, and I thought too highly of myself, and I was ashamed of the sages and the expectations of my teachers and elders. ”

Especially when his wife and mother died and his son became an idiot with excessive fright.

At this moment, the strong sadness on Li Yan's face made Lin Ruo feel sad and distressed.

How can anyone not regret it? Even if you don't regret it at this time, in the process of going through, in the most difficult and darkest moment, you will always ask yourself with frustration: Why did you choose such a difficult and tortuous path?

Su Muyu said that she was too heavy on her mind and took everything on herself, but she still had Li Yan, Brother Li who could confide in anything. But who should Li Yan, who carry the weight for her, talk to?

These words, even though they are half-truths and half-truths to deal with Emperor Mingzong, are also the words of Li Yan that have never confided......

There was silence in the imperial study for a long time before Emperor Mingzong spoke, and said in a deep voice: "Listen to you, but now I have no regrets." ”

"The emperor is wise!" Pack up your emotions and praise Li Yanyang.

"Then you should tell me, how do you realize the Fa, and you feel worthy of the sage and the teacher?"

"When he returned to the emperor, the grass people asked themselves, why did they study before? Like most scholars, the grass people are also for the imperial examination, for the office, for the success, for the glory of the ancestors, for the day to serve the court, for the monarch to share worries, and for the people. However, if you think deeply, for the sake of the monarch and for the benefit of the people, is there only one way to go out? Naturally not. If you are fighting the small people and abiding by the law, isn't it worrying about the king? If you are a scholar who falls off the list, and returns to your hometown to teach and educate people, isn't it for the benefit of the people? Li Yan, who was talking eloquently in the imperial study, had a bit of a scholarly spirit of scolding Fang Xuan, "Being at the height of the temple, there is a way to share the worries of the king at the height of the temple; Being far away from the rivers and lakes, there is also a strategy for the benefit of the people from the distance of the rivers and lakes. The grass people have the courage to say in vain: people with lofty ideals who learn from high positions and powers and can display their ambitions are just in name. ”

"Well said!"

After listening to Li Yan's resounding words, Zhang Xu felt that he had returned to the high-spirited moment in the academy, and the surging enthusiasm made him involuntarily praise. Suddenly, the crown prince pulled his sleeve, only to realize that at this moment he was in the imperial study, in front of the Son of Heaven!

Immediately frightened into a cold sweat, prostrate to plead guilty.

kneeling down together, there was also Li Yan.

Emperor Mingzong glanced at the two of them lightly, and his emotions were indistinguishable: "I vaguely remember that the prince and I talked about that Zhang Aiqing was the first in the imperial examination, and he also returned to his hometown to teach in the academy." No wonder Zhang Aiqing agreed. ”

"The emperor has a good memory, Weichen's previous name fell to Sun Shan, and then, returned to his hometown, thanks to the prince's refusal, the commission, the commission of Weichen to the heavy responsibility, only have, only for the monarch to share worries, for the benefit of the people, Weichen, willing to do their best, liver and brain, in order to repay the prince's kindness...... There is also the emperor's mighty imperial grace. ”

Although Zhang Xu already has an official position, this is the first time he has seen Long Yan. The majesty of the true dragon emperor and the crown prince are not the same, and Emperor Mingzong's anger is indistinguishable, so that he can't deal with it calmly like Li Yan, and he has a chill down his spine for a while, and his words are not good.

The crown prince watched from the sidelines, although he felt that Zhang Xu's performance was a little embarrassing, but when facing the majesty of his father, he himself was a little trembling. But Zhang Xu is indeed a talented person, compared to the fool of He Ru, the former prefect of Shangyu, it is simply the difference between the stars and the mustard, and after a little measurement, he planned to open his mouth and ask the emperor.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Mingzong's gaze turned to Lin Ruo, and he took the lead in speaking: "Minhui, what are you talking about, so engrossed?" ”