Tang Cheng rubbed his eyes, making sure that he was not mistaken, it was Zhu Gaoxian standing in front of him.

"Your Highness, isn't it in the south?" Tang Cheng asked in disbelief.

Zhu Gaoxian rubbed his eyebrows, and said with a tired expression: "Yang Rong sent me an eight-hundred-mile expedited, where can I still take care of the affairs of the south, I can only slow down the affairs of the south in the shortest possible time and return to the capital to preside over the overall situation." ”

At this moment, Tang Cheng's eyes couldn't help but reddened slightly, his throat moved slightly, and he wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he could only say: "Prince, it's hard work." ”

Zhu Gaoxian smiled and waved his hand: "What is there to work hard for." ”

This is also an inevitable thing for the feudal dynasty, when the imperial power is effective, all the power is concentrated in one person, and the country's national fortunes, the ups and downs of the empire, all handed over to one person to gamble, once this person has any special circumstances, the whole empire will rise and fall.

However, if the imperial power is invalid and the power is dispersed among multiple people, it will create a situation that is more difficult to accept than the effectiveness of the imperial power. The distribution of power will never be fair, and because of the injustice of power, it will cause an imbalance in people's hearts, and once the imperial power fails, the entire empire will fall into infighting and party strife.

This is the inevitable trend of the advancement of the dynasty, and it is also the inevitable ugliness of the feudal system.

Zhu Gaoxian wants to work hard to change all this, but he knows that he is not a god, although his thinking and ability have surpassed this era, but in the face of the torrent of history, what he needs to resist is the pressure from all over the world.

How difficult it is for a person to support the backbone of the empire with his arms.

"Okay, Uncle Tang, tell me what the situation is old man."

Zhu Gaoxian looked at the dragon couch behind the bright yellow veil, the old man was lying on the couch unconscious, his gas was weak, like a candle before the wind, a lamp in the rain, and the slightest wind and waves would collapse.

"How so?"

Zhu Gaoxian frowned slightly, "I only checked the old man's pulse and prescribed medicine before I went to the south, and it was clear that it was much more stable at that time, no matter how I said it, it would not be like this." As long as the old man is patient and recuperates, there will definitely be no problems within half a year, how can something happen in these two months. ”

Tang Cheng reminded: "I have been serving Your Majesty, but I only remember that Your Majesty's mood has been high for a few days before he fell into a coma. ”

"Emotions are high?"

Zhu Gaoxian was a little puzzled, "The old man can be in the palace so comfortably and emotional?" ”

Tang Cheng shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand either.

His Majesty the Emperor's thoughts, where does he understand as a personal eunuch.

Zhu Gaoxian was helpless and beckoned: "Take a pair of silver needles, I'll try acupuncture first, and see if I can renew this breath for the old man." ”

……

……

Faculty of Letters, General Office.

Sitting in the office, through the window, you can feel the comfortable warmth and brilliance, the warm sunlight is sprinkled in the college, and the shade and grass are thriving.

He glanced down at the draft he was working on in his hand, titled "Report on the Induction of the Second Phase of the Academy of Liberal Arts". As the vice president of the Academy of Letters, he was cultivated by the dean Zhu Gaoxian, and Xia Yuanji began to take over the affairs of the Academy of Letters and became a veritable dean.

After he took over the Academy, he began to train the second batch of students of the Academy, and the first batch of students of the Academy of Letters was to train the administrative level of senior officials in the two capitals and provinces. The students of the second phase are a group of poor students personally selected by Xia Yuanji.

Xia Yuanji personally checked and searched for outstanding scholars in the prefecture and county, a total of 300 people, and admitted them as students of the second phase of the Academy of Letters. After being cultivated by the Academy of Liberal Arts, these 300 poor students will be sent to various provinces to take up the position of starting from the seven grades.

According to Xia Yuanji's plan, these three hundred scholars from the poor family will open a door for the poor men of the world, from the bottom to the top, and set up inspection points in various provinces.

This is also the original intention of Natsuhara Yoshi.

He wants to reform the rule of officials and open a door for the people of the world.

He is now about to succeed, the second phase of the Academy of Literature, these 300 cold families, is about to graduate, and when these 300 people enter the court as officials, there will be a new party in the court

- The Poor Party.

Thinking of this, Xia Yuanji couldn't help but chuckle, closed his eyes lightly, and muttered: "In this life, the old man can open such a door for the world's poor scholars, it is enough." ”

Just as he fell into the comfort he had not seen for a long time, Mr. Wenyuan's exclamation suddenly came from outside the door: "Old Xia, come and take a look, there is a large group of people blocking the gate at the door of the academy, clamoring to see you!" ”

Xia Yuanji chuckled in his heart, suddenly opened his eyes, and stood up: "Don't worry, wait for me to take a look." ”

……

……

In front of the main entrance of the academy, the Confucian students in long robes were crowded with people, boiling and shouting, noisily like a tsunami about to break the students, and they protested shirtless.

"Old thief Xia messes with my Confucianism, this fang has ill intentions, and the sin is in the future!"

"Corrupt discipline, corrupt the law, Xia Yuanji is a minister through the ages!"

"Xia Yuanji get out!"

"Old thief Xia insulted my Confucian scriptures, traitorous ministers are in charge, this thief is not eliminated for a day, and the country will not be at peace for a day!"

"Old thief Xia, get out of here!"

“……”

Seeing this chaotic scene, Su Wu rubbed his eyebrows, raised his hand and said to the people around him: "Let the guards block the door, don't let this group of Confucian students outside break in, if you really let this group of crazy Confucian students come in, the Academy of Literature must not be smashed?" ”

He is also a student of the first phase of the Academy of Literature, and after graduation, he also served as the chief officer of the company of the Academy of Literature. The Academy of Letters has 13 divisions, and the company is the head of the 13 divisions, only under the president, vice president, and education director.

Zhu Gaoxian, who is the dean of the Academy of Liberal Arts, handed over the power of the Academy of Liberal Arts to Vice Dean Xia Yuanji after taking the first batch of students. Xia Laoshangshu was busy with the affairs of the imperial court and the Academy of Literature, and it was supposed to be Yang Rong, the chief of education, to help him share the pressure, but Yang Rong was also busy with the cabinet and couldn't take care of it, so it could only be borne by Su Wu, who was in charge of running the company.

Therefore, Su Wu is nominally the position of the fourth-in-command, but he is doing the errand of the second-in-command.

The person next to him replied: "No, Su Zongxian, there are dozens of guards in our Academy of Literature, and there are hundreds or thousands of troublemakers outside, and they can't stop it." ”

Hearing this, Su Wu frowned and asked, "Didn't you inform the nearest guard, when the Academy was first established, the prince specially transferred a 5,600-strong elite guard from the three major battalions to set up near the Academy, in order to prevent anyone from making trouble in the Academy. ”

"Now that everyone is blocking the gate of the Academy, why haven't we seen anyone come here to rescue for a long time, is it possible that someone has to wait for someone to dismantle the Academy!"

The civil and military academies are different from other academies, and the students of the civil and military academies are all important members of the imperial court, so they naturally have to be guarded, and safety is the top priority. Once the enemy country launched an attack on the Bunmuin, the Bunmuin was lost and fell, and the entire imperial court would be paralyzed.

In order to prevent this problem, Zhu Gaoxian made preparations in advance, and transferred two guards from the three major battalions, which were stationed near the Wenwu Academy, and once something happened to the academy, he would immediately send troops regardless of the reason, so as to protect the safety of the academy.

"To make such a big mess, I'm afraid that there is a problem in the three major battalions."

Hearing the old man's voice behind him, Su Wu looked back, but saw Xia Yuanji standing beside him with his hands behind his back and a light face.

Su Wu was a little stunned: "Xia Laoshangshu, why are you here?" ”

"There's such a big mess, I, the vice president, always have to come and see it."

Xia Yuanji said lightly, "Xiao Su, you are still too young, when you grow up and have more qualifications, your eyes will be better." Now the hundreds of Confucian scholars outside the door dare to shout in front of the academy, if it is said that there is no one behind the scenes, I am afraid that no one will believe it. ”

Su Wu smiled bitterly: "I naturally know that there are people behind the scenes, but in this situation, even if I know, what can I do, I always have to solve the problem first and then think about something else." ”

"Yes, people are coming for me Xia Yuanji, you listen, how loud the slogan of this old thief is shouted."

Xia Yuanji said slowly, "I've provoked the anger of the people." ”

Su Wu inexplicably had a bad premonition: "Xia Laoshangshu, what do you mean by this?" ”

Xia Yuanji chuckled: "The second batch of students of the Academy of Literature is about to graduate, and they will be scattered to take up positions in various places, and this matter should have been spread outside." The 300 students in this second phase are all from poor families, and I took the Academy of Literature as the dragon gate, so that these 300 students all jumped into the dragon gate, and since then I have opened a door for the children of the poor families in the world. ”

"Once this door is opened, it can no longer be closed, and if the three hundred Hanmen students want to gain a foothold in the officialdom in the future, they can only unite and form a Hanmen Party to absorb the children of the Hanmen and strengthen their power, so as to be equal to those parties from families, wealthy families, and eunuchs."

"I did this matter single-handedly, and no one got involved in it, so I offended too many people this time. I don't know how many people hate my old bones and want me to die without a place to bury. ”

"The three battalions are the army that follows His Majesty to fight the world, not the prince's descendants. The prince's descendants, only the army left in the Northeast, the hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army, is a truly trustworthy army. ”

"But don't forget, the gang of people who followed His Majesty to fight the world back then have now become our enemies, how many generals in the three major battalions are their people? They wanted to hold the guards of the three battalions and prevent the three battalions from coming to the aid of the Academy, which was as easy as a hand. ”

"No one will come to the Academy to save us today."

"The people who were supposed to save us are now thinking about letting us die."

Su Wu's pupils shrank and said, "Xia Laoshangshu, what do you want to say?" ”

Xia Yuanji watched the chaos at the main gate, and the crowd of Confucian scholars almost broke through the gate and smashed the threshold.

He closed his eyes lightly and said, "Although the three major battalions have abandoned us, Jinyi Wei will still notice here. Jinyiwei is the most loyal eagle dog raised in our East Palace, but no matter how loyal they are, it will take time for them to come. ”

"The only way to appease the wrath of the people is ...... The old man stepped forward and stalled for time. ”

Su Wu immediately interrupted: "Xia Lao Shangshu is not joking!" ”

"You go out now, those arrogant Confucian scholars can tear you to shreds!"

Xia Yuanji looked at him sideways: "I'm not kidding, Xiao Su." When I first joined the crown prince...... No, he was still the king of Qi at that time, and when I joined the king of Qi, he said that I would die for reforming the rule of officials. ”

"Now that the rule of officials has been changed, my limit is approaching."

"Do you think that the impact of reforming the rule of officials is just the encirclement of these hundreds or thousands of Confucian scholars in front of the door, no, you think too simply."

"As long as I don't die, those people won't be able to sleep for a day."

"The crown prince has now made too many enemies in order to change the appearance of this court, and the chaos in the south has been ignited. After all, we have to make some sacrifices, and use my life to block the mouths of the people for him. ”

"We are all readers, and reading to the end is nothing more than eight words."

"Do your best, and then die."

When the words fell, Su Wu couldn't say a word, his throat seemed to be stuck by something, and he could only look at Xia Laoshangshu's old face, and the other party's old face was full of folds, like a knife carving sword marks.

And the old man's waist is still straight.

"Xiao Su, you are still young, and I am already a dying person, it is not in vain to be able to do something to leave a name in history before I die. In the future, the Academy of Literature will depend on you, you are the youngest and most potential courtier around the prince, after Yang Rong, the Ming Wenchen, you should be the first-rate. ”

Xia Yuanji gently patted Su Wu's shoulder and held the other party's palm, as if something had been stuffed over.

"Give this to the prince for me."

"Tell him,"

"He brought Lao Xia to the position of Zaifu in this dynasty, and I paid it off this time."

After that, Xia Yuanji walked straight to the gate, and nearly a thousand Confucian students outside the door saw him roaring, eager to kill him by dividing his five horses into corpses.

And he only has two sleeves of the breeze swaying like clear sky and clouds, his back is like a towering pine, and the sun is swaying on his shoulders.

XIA Yuanji,

It's like a sun.

He shouted:

"Ladies and gentlemen, Wei Zhe is here."

"Who wants to kill me?"

……

……

Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Gaoxian put the last silver needle in the needle box, and saw that the old man's face was a little ruddy, and then slowly walked away from the dragon couch.

This retreat, his legs were a little weak and he almost fell.

Fortunately, Tang Cheng had the vision to see it, and hurriedly walked over to support him, which enabled Zhu Gaoxian to stand firmly.

Zhu Gaoxian waved his hand, signaled that he was fine, and instructed: "The old man's body is harmless, and he should be able to wake up in the next two days." You will feed the medicine according to the prescription I prescribed to the old man last time, and ensure that the vitality in the old man's body can keep up. Don't let the decoction"

"Okay, okay, everything is under the orders of the prince."

Tang Cheng persuaded, "Prince, you have been returning from the south from the capital without sleep, and you have spent a lot of energy to heal Your Majesty, no matter how good your body is, you can't bear such a tiredness, so go back to the East Palace to rest quickly." The affairs in the palace are handled by slaves and maids, and the affairs outside the palace are handled by Xia Laoshangshu, so you can always rest assured. ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Gaoxian nodded, didn't refute anything, he was indeed too tired.

At this time, there was an urgent sound outside the temple.

"Humble Shen Qingyu, begging to see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Something happened to Xia Laoshangshu!"

(End of chapter)