After breaking Li Cunyi's second leg, Li Shanchang packed up and hurried into Beijing.

He knows very well that he no longer has arrogant capital, whether the old Li family can continue, and whether the title of Duke of Korea will die in one lifetime depends on his next performance.

Although he was mentally prepared, when the ship arrived at the Jiangdongmen Wharf, no one came to greet him, which still made the old prime minister who returned to the imperial capital after many years feel bad in his heart.

"Those people are really, and there should be a limit to people taking tea and cooling." His son, Li Qi, the captain of the horses, stood on the deck with the Korean duke, looked at the dock where no one greeted him, and couldn't help complaining:

"When the old prime minister returned to Beijing, no one came to pick him up, it's too much."

"Don't talk nonsense, there is no prime minister in the Ming Dynasty, let alone an old prime minister." Li Shanchang first taught his son, and then sighed and said:

"Besides, Hu Weiyong was promoted by me after all, and the emperor recalled me back to Beijing at this time, and I don't know if he wants to send me down. Who would dare to come to me? ”

"What if you come and pick him up, can my father still eat him?" Li Qi said depressedly: "When my father left Beijing, he was making trouble with the empty seal case, and the atmosphere was just as tense, but Hu Weiyong still led hundreds of officials to send him off. It is very important to let the emperor know that the minister has his own position and is not his minion! ”

"Alas, the way of the world has changed...... Li Shanchang sighed in a loud voice: "Abolish the prime minister and withdraw the book, the era of checks and balances is over, and the era of the emperor's dictatorship has come." The emperor has become the most powerful emperor throughout the ages, how is the difference between the hundred officials and the emperor's domestic slaves? ”

After speaking, he reminded Li Qi: "Let's just talk about these words on the boat." Get off the boat and say a word. I am my good house slave, you are your good son-in-law, for the sake of the old Li family's life, we must serve the emperor in place. ”

"My son understands." Li Qi nodded depressedly.

~~

Although no one came to pick him up, Li Shanchang unexpectedly met an old man when he got off the boat.

I saw Song Lian, who had also been known for a long time, and got off another boat with the support of his second son Song Pu.

"Tai Shi Gong." Li Shanchang smiled and said hello. "It's really a fate to meet thousands of miles away."

"Korean Gong ......" Song Lian has long seen Li Shanchang's magnificent ship, as well as the banners of 'Korean Gong Li' and 'Captain of the Horse'.

He didn't want to take a picture, but he didn't dodge. I had to force a smile and salute. "I haven't seen you for many years, but your old demeanor is still the same."

"It's still a fart, the loess is buried in the neck." Li Shanchang happily took Song Lian's hand and asked with a smile: "You were also summoned by the emperor?" ”

"Oh, no. The old decay is now wearing a guilty body, and he has come to Beijing to receive his sin. Song Lian shook his head and said dejectedly.

"Alas......" Li Shanchang patted Song Lian's hand and comforted him: "Relax, if you can let you come by yourself, it means that it should be fine." ”

"Inherit the auspicious words of the Korean government." Song Lian smiled, he had prepared for the worst. Of course, it's better to be able to pass the level.

"Where are you going, I'll send you." Li Shanchang really wanted to talk to Song Lian.

"Don't bother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has sent a car to pick me up." Song Lian smiled gratefully and pointed to a carriage lane that was slowly approaching under the guards.

"The prince really respects his teacher." Li Shanchang said enviously: "Then let's go back and talk." ”

"If you have the chance." Song Lian arched his hand again and got into the car.

Li Shanchang watched with a smile on his face as the prince's carriage picked up Song Lian, and said, "Damn, show off a fart!" ”

"I heard that he was going to be beheaded all over the house, but the prince slapped the table with the emperor to save it." Li Qi lowered his voice and said: "Not only Song Lian, but most of the lives of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty this time were saved by the crown prince." ”

Li Shanchang smiled teasingly, but didn't say anything.

~~

In that room, Song Lian was directly taken to the Chunhe Palace.

However, when it was time to hold the lamp, the prince returned to the palace with a tired face.

"Knowing that the teacher is back in Beijing today, I wanted to say that I would come back to see you early, but I still delayed it until this time." The prince walked into the hall with an apologetic smile.

"Prince, the old minister really doesn't know how to thank you." Song Lian pouted and knelt in front of him, and kowtowed with tears: "The old family is all thanks to the prince's protection, it is really liver and brain, and there is no way to repay it!" ”

"Hey, get up, the teacher thanked the wrong person." The prince hurriedly helped him up from the ground and said with a smile: "If you want to thank King Chu, it was he who came forward to intercede to save the teacher." ”

"King Chu?" Song Lian was stunned, he didn't expect that the sixth child, who should have hated him, would actually come to the rescue.

"Yes, it's my sixth brother." The prince smiled and pulled him to sit down and said, "It's a bit of a surprise, right?" ”

"It's a little." Song Lian sneered, for a gentleman like him, it was not easy to be rescued by the opponent.

"To be honest, Hongu was quite surprised." The prince put gold on the face of the sixth child and said: "At that time, I was arguing with my father, and it was the sixth child who suddenly stood up and said, Song Lian is the conscience of the Ming Dynasty, I don't believe that he will participate in the rebellion, even if he knows it, it is impossible not to report it, I am willing to vouch for him!" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu would say that?" Song Lian said in disbelief: "The old minister hasn't had much contact with him, it seems that he only listens to other people's descriptions, and it's really unreliable." ”

"yes." The crown prince thought deeply and said: "This palace knows that because of Guozi University and the three reforms, Shilin's opinion of him is inevitably biased. But in fact, the sixth child is very benevolent and patterned. Senior Brother Song had taught him in the main hall for a period of time, so he should know his character. ”

"Yes...... Yes" Song Pu hurriedly nodded, he remembered that the sixth child had been messing around with the second and fourth children all day long. Liu Bowen's students are certainly not bad. ”

"In fact, the sixth child is also my son of Confucianism, and he founded Guozi University, not to deceive teachers and destroy ancestors as they said, but to cultivate Confucianism with both ability and political integrity for the imperial court." The prince continued:

"The teacher should know very well that the father is very dissatisfied with the current situation of the teacher who is simply obsessed with classics and ignorant of political affairs. So the sixth wanted to cultivate Confucianism to govern the country, and the palace also agreed with this. ”

"I see, it seems that the misunderstanding is indeed too deep...... Shi Lin thought that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was going to destroy Confucianism, so he naturally reacted a little too much. Song Lian forced his mind to shift from personal life and death to the great cause of Confucianism, and pondered for a moment:

"If His Royal Highness the King of Chu is to cultivate Confucianism, the old man thinks that he might as well give it a try. Today's Confucianism is indeed too born, and my Confucianism will eventually enter the WTO. ”

"yes, I'll just say you can talk to each other." The prince smiled happily: "In the end, under the persuasion of me and the sixth child, my father finally agreed to let the teacher teach at Guozi University, and the matter will be settled." ”

"What?" Song Lian was dumbfounded: "Let the old man go to Guozi University to teach?" ”

"That's right, that's what it means." The prince nodded affirmatively.

(End of chapter)