Yang Guang questioned Wang Long in person, he really couldn't figure out why Wang Long wanted to assassinate him.

Yang Guang asked Yuan Tiangang to turn his head and calculate, and soon there was a result, Yang Guang was still very suspicious, Wang Long and him had no contradictions, let alone any conflict of interest, why Yuan Tiangang calculated the result was Wang Long.

Yuan Tiangang explained to Yang Guang at the time: "Your Highness, I am not calculating who is the murderer, so the directivity is too obvious, in case the murderer is not one of these people, it will waste all the materials, so I calculate who knows the murderer, the murderer knows that he is the murderer, and the accomplice also knows the murderer, the probability is much greater." ”

"Old Master Wang Long, I know the murderer."

Because the fortune teller Yuan Tiangang lost a lot of weight, he leaked the heavenly machine and damaged his life.

Yang Guang didn't want to believe this result, so he dragged his sick body and came to the door to ask Old Master Wang Long for an explanation.

Before he asked, Wang Long saw that Yang Guang's state was obviously wrong, and he cheated it out casually, and Wang Long knelt down and admitted his mistake.

But when Wang Long heard Yang Guang asking him why he wanted to assassinate him, he was immediately stunned again: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it wasn't the old minister who assassinated you." ”

Yang Guang was also very puzzled when he saw his state: "Master Wang, you just knelt down and admitted your mistake, and now you say that the assassin is not you, what do you mean?" ”

"The old minister admitted his mistake because ...... Because ......" Although I feel embarrassed to say it, this matter can't be smaller than the crime of assassinating the prince.

"Because His Royal Highness the King of Shu and Li Gang are in the house, the old minister thinks that His Royal Highness knows about this matter and comes to Xingshi to ask for guilt."

Yang Guang frowned, and the momentum that was pressing people out of breath suddenly converged: "Why are the two of them in Ling's mansion?" ”

Wang Long told Yang Guang all the causes and consequences, and Yang Guang understood that Wang Long was worried that he felt that he had helped Li Gang and the King of Shu, so he was so frightened.

After all, both of them are conflicting interests of the crown prince.

There was this little episode, but Yuan Tiangang calculated that Wang Long was the insider of the assassination case, and Yang Guang still believed Yuan Tiangang.

At this time, Yang Guang didn't want to be overly entangled in the affairs of Yang Xiu and Li Gang, Li Gang was now a laid-off crowd, and Yang Xiu wanted him to go to Shudi to establish a school, which meant to target him, but it was not important compared to the murderer in the assassination case.

"I'll talk about this later, I have to ask you about the assassination, and there is now ample evidence that it is related to you."

"Wronged, Your Highness, the old minister has nothing to do with this matter, how could the old minister assassinate His Highness? Lao Chen...... Old minister......"

Wang Long, who only felt aggrieved, had red eyes and moist eyes.

Yang Guang didn't know what to say for a while, because the so-called exact evidence he was now was actually Yuan Tiangang's calculations, and this evidence could not be put in court.

At this time, after learning about the situation of Master Wang, Master Wang rushed to the front hall: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been wronged, wronged, my master has absolutely no disrespect for you." ”

Yang Guang looked at the kneeling Wang Fuzi, it was a woman in her thirties, Wang Long's continuation, and there was a five-year-old child standing at the door who poked out his head, that is, Wang Long's eldest son Wang Tong, that is, Wen Zhongzi, who would be called the fifth son of Xun, Yang, Lao and Zhuang among the hundred sons in the future.

When Wen Zhongzi was born, Yang Guang was outside and ordered someone to come to the door to congratulate him with a big gift, and it was the first time he had seen this child in all these years.

The text is a real boss who proposes the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, of course, now he is just a baby fat blessing doll.

When Wang Long saw the appearance of his wife, he hurriedly scolded: "What are you doing here?" You are a woman's family, just out of confinement, what did you run out of, and you came here with your child. ”

"Master, the people said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that you assassinated him, it is absolutely impossible, His Royal Highness the Prince, our master will never be able to do this."

"What's the matter with crying, go back quickly."

"His Royal Highness the Prince, forgive me, the woman didn't know anything, so the old minister will send her away."

Yang Guang stretched out his hand and beckoned to the young boy who poked his head out of the door, signaling him to come in.

Xiao Wang Tong got Yang Guang's summons and walked in, came to Wang Long's side, and saluted Yang Guang respectfully: "Wang Tong, see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"You, aren't you afraid of me?"

"My father often said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a good person and has built a school, so there is no need to be afraid."

Yang Guang beckoned again: "Come forward, I'll take a look." ”

Wang Long looked at Yang Guang very worriedly and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ......"

"What, don't you worry about me?"

"The old minister would never dare."

Wang Tong walked in front of Yang Guang, Yang Guang looked at the chubby doll in front of him, reached out and pinched his fat face and said, "Your father wants to kill me, why do you think it is?" ”

"Father will never kill His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Why?"

"It's not loyal and filial, it's not courteous, it's not honest, my father values these things the most."

Yang Guang smiled slightly: "Master Wang, what your son said is more credible than what you say, get up." ”

Wang Long's wife helped Wang Long to stand up slowly, and Wang Long said, "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

Immediately afterwards, Yang Guang asked Wang Tong beside him: "If it's not your father who kills me, then who wants to kill me?" ”

"Those who want to kill people must have an enmity against the heavens, or have the benefit of life and death, as for who it is, I don't know."

Yang Guang touched Wang Tong's head: "At a young age, not bad, not bad, Master Wang, your son was born well." ”

"Your Highness, I praised it falsely, and I was stupid and stupid, so I didn't dare to bear His Highness's praise."

"Master Wang, if you asked Ling Gongzi just now, I also want to ask you again, you said that you didn't kill me, but the clues of our investigation point to you, so who do you think will want to kill me?"

"Little Master Wang said that he is not a common enemy, and he is the one who benefits from life and death, so who do you think has such a big grudge against me?"

Wang Long didn't know what Yang Guang knew, and he didn't dare to ask more, since he could find himself, he must know something.

Looking at his crying wife and his eldest son Wang Tong, who was standing beside Yang Guang, the childish boy seemed to be standing next to the fierce beast.

"Your Royal Highness, killing your father and mother is for the revenge of not sharing the sky, the hatred of our ordinary people is easy to calculate, and whoever has a grudge against anyone can remember clearly, but His Royal Highness is the royal family of the Great Sui, it is not easy to calculate, there are many people in the name of His Highness, and I don't know where it is easy to be hated, as for the benefits of life and death."

"What do you think, Your Highness, that the profit in some people's eyes is money, that in some people's eyes is fame, and in some people's eyes that profit is their own intellectual ambitions?"

As soon as Wang Long's words came out, Yang Guang knew that Wang Long should know something, so he showed anger: "Master Wang, I and you have been sympathetic to each other since we first met, and our views on the school are the same, and I spare no effort to support you for the imperial examination system, but now it seems that I am wishful thinking, and you seem to be on a different path from me." ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister has no conflict with you."

"Who's that, it's in conflict with me."

Wang Long sighed lightly: "Your Highness, do you know what the atmosphere of the students in the academy is now?" ”

"Went once before, and it was good."

"Your Highness thinks it is good, but in the eyes of some people, it is not good."

"Why?"

Wang Long didn't dare to say it directly, as if he had a hidden feeling, and turned around: "Then why does Your Highness think it's good?" ”

"I saw the students discussing with each other, figuring out knowledge, the principle of the steam engine and other new things have also arranged people to teach everyone, the students' willingness to learn is very high, and they have a deeper study of the previous ancient texts, and I saw a few people debating whether Lao Tzu is right or Confucius is right, and the academic atmosphere is strong."

"Controversy is a good thing in the eyes of His Highness, but it is not a good thing in the eyes of many people, especially when many of the young students are the children of poor families, and even the children of farmers and merchants, they talk loudly, talk about Confucius and Mengzhuang, and even some of them are critics, some people say that what Confucius said is wrong, some people say that they do not agree with Zhuangzi's ideas, and there is no respect for the sages."

Yang Guang's eyelids fell slightly, with some contempt.

"Master Wang, do you also think that the discussion of the sages and sages is disrespectful?"

Wang Long was silent for a while: "Your Highness, it's okay to argue about learning, but it has become a trend for students nowadays to call the name of sages and sages, and loudly assert that sage learning is not suitable for the current era......"

As he spoke, his voice became quieter.

Yang Guang chuckled twice: "It is disrespectful to call the name of the sage, and it is disrespectful to assert the knowledge of the sage, and the sage is too stingy!" ”

Wang Long lowered his head and sighed helplessly, he knew that Yang Guang would say this, the young people of the Great Sui regard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as an idol, and he led the tide of thought, and it is true that the young people now have become like this and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is inseparable.

Yang Guang continued: "When Confucius met Lao Tzu, he sat down and discussed, did the two have the same idea? Do you think each other is right? The reason why a sage is a sage is that he has knowledge and strength beyond ordinary people, and we, as latecomers, are we offended to even talk about two sentences? ”

Wang Long also has his own opinion on the sages, and when he talks about this, his attitude is completely different: "That sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy talks about the teachings of the sage Confucius and says that it is wrong, which is a great disrespect. ”

"Isn't Sage Kong a human being? Can't he be questioned? ”

Yang Guang was a little emotional and said: "My generation of young people can't question the sages? Where is my generation of young people not as good as their predecessors? ”

Looking at the excited Yang Guang, Yuan Tiantian was busy supporting him: "Your Highness, you don't have to say a word." ”

Yang Guang calmed down for a moment before he said slowly: "I know what you want to say, I have also heard in the academy, the old scholars complain that the students who read the books of sages actually go to learn the truth of boiling water, and the knowledge of female red weaving, they think it is insulting." ”

How can these things be compared with the teachings of the saints? Right. ”

"But, Wang Long, ask yourself, do you think they look down on these things or are they afraid?"

"They are afraid that what the students are saying now is what they can't understand, and they will be eliminated in two years!"

This is what people fear the most, and it is also the place where our country is most deeply feared.

Because of the glorious history, if the sages are as brilliant as gods, it is difficult for future generations to delve into them even if they just analyze and study, and it also leads us to indulge in the past, forget to look forward, and look down on those things that are not as good as the wisdom of our ancestors.

We are old-fashioned, and we are always old-fashioned.

The only thing to be thankful for is that there always seem to be a few people with dazzling wisdom in every era to make our history shine again.

We always ignore the power of ordinary people.

Now, in Yang Guang's view, students are beginning to question the theories of the sages, and this makes the doctors restless.

The imperial examination system is to fight against the gate valve family, but these arrogant doctors who have knowledge are not gate valve families on the road to learning?

Justice can only be maintained when one's own interests are not violated.

Wang Long lowered his head helplessly, he knew that this contradiction could not be adjusted, and it was too late for the new wave of learning knowledge of the students of the Great Sui to stop it now, and it was doomed from the moment he founded the school.

And from Yang Guang's firm attitude, Wang Long guessed that perhaps from the beginning of the establishment of the school, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of him had already thought that the students would have such a situation, which seemed a little too terrifying.

"Master, I have said too much, it seems that there is no need, please tell me today, who do you think is going to kill me."

Wang Long was silent again for a while, and then said: "Your Highness, I went back to Beijing this time with the Kong family, when we entered Beijing, we first arrived at the school, in the school, Kong Sheng encountered the insults of the students, saying that the Kong family was ashamed of their ancestors and had no backbone, and that the current Kong family did not have the demeanor of the Confucian saints, in short, the scolding was very ugly. ”

"I chatted with the Confucian brothers that day, both of them were extremely angry, they wanted me to expel the students who made trouble, but I refused, and then the two put pressure on me to expel me in the name of the Qufu Kong family, I refused again on the grounds that the students were registered in the Great Sui Imperial Court, and finally broke up unhappily."

"Later, I wanted to ease relations with the Kong brothers, but the two seemed to forget about it, and in the next few days, the student who took the lead in making trouble was in the wilderness, and his death was unknown, I think this matter is related to the Kong brothers, but the two of them denied it, and I don't want to speculate, and now the case is still in Jingzhao Mansion."

Wang Long closed his eyes slightly: "Your Highness asked me who assassinated you, I really don't know who, but His Highness asked who has the biggest conflict of interest with you, maybe His Highness has inadvertently robbed some people of their foundation, you didn't notice, but they hate you and hate you together." ”

"This matter is groundless, it is all nonsense from the old minister, please punish Your Highness."

After hearing these words, Yang Guang slowly got up and touched Wang Tong's head: "Your father is a great scholar, teaching and educating people, and living a life, you will have to be like him in the future." ”

Yang Guang walked towards the outside of the house, walked to the door and stopped.

Turning around slightly, he looked at the old master Wang Long, who seemed to have lost his spirit, and recalled that the two of them were like-minded in front of the emperor because of the friendship they had when they discussed the imperial examination system.

The ambition of opening the way for students all over the world is still in front of us.

I couldn't help but sigh: "Master, the road is difficult and difficult, and we will not go the same way after all." ”

(End of chapter)