Before Emperor Xiaojing, the subordinate officials of the princes and kings were almost identical to the officials of the central court. There are not only Guohe lieutenants, but also Shaofu, Taifu, Zongzheng, and Taifu.

Starting from the fifth year of Emperor Xiaojing, in order to suppress and belittle the princes and kings in name, the imperial court issued an edict to reduce a large number of official positions in the feudal state, similar to Shaofu, Zongzheng and other officials were all abolished.

The names of the remaining posts have also been changed. For example, the servant has become a servant, the prime minister has become a minister, and the master has naturally become a fu.

And the king who came to visit late at night was the Fu of Changyi State.

What's even worse is that Wang Shi is not only Liu He's master, but also the master specially selected by Emperor Xiaowu for Liu Ji, the former king of Changyi.

Emperor Xiaowu loved the son he gave birth to with Mrs. Li very much, and the Fu he originally picked for him was the famous Confucian Xiahou Shichang of the Han Dynasty, but Xiahou Shichang was old, so he changed to a royal style.

At that time, Wang Shi was in the prime of life, thinking that he had achieved success in learning, so he was naturally complacent and wanted to pass on what he had learned all his life to Liu Ji.

Unfortunately, Liu Ji did not have time to learn the knowledge of the Wang style, and died suddenly at the age of less than seventeen.

However, fortunately in the misfortune, the first king still left an only son, Liu He.

So, in order to make up for his regrets and to repay Emperor Xiaowu's kindness, Wang Shi poured all his efforts into Liu He's body, hoping to teach a prince with good conduct.

But it backfired, the previous Liu He was not interested in reading and writing the scriptures, but was handy when learning to do evil things with those evil slaves.

This is really in response to the old saying, from good as ascending, from evil as collapse.

From before Liu He was sensible and began to show signs of "madness", there was not a day when the king who was over the age of sixteen was not teaching Liu He with painstaking words, but in exchange for humiliation and teasing again and again.

When Liu He was fourteen years old, after Wang Shi was once again splashed with ink on his face by the evil slaves, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he simply moved out of the palace and came to see him without worrying.

The days after leaving the palace were tormenting, and the king in his last years wanted to follow the first emperor and the first king more than once.

But Wang Shi is not reconciled, every time he thinks of the heroic posture of Emperor Xiaowu's generation of heroes, he always has some luck, maybe one day His Royal Highness will be like Emperor Xiaowu, suddenly enlightened?

This hope was really given by him.

One day two years ago, not long after Wang Shi left the palace angrily, he suddenly heard that His Royal Highness had driven all the evil slaves in the palace to work as coolies.

Wang Shi thought that Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Xiaowu had finally appeared, and hurried to the palace, wanting to persuade him again.

But what he didn't expect was that His Highness was indeed not as violent as before, but he seemed to have become stupid—always talking nonsense that no one could understand, which was not much different from the words of birds and beasts.

When Wang Shi learned that His Royal Highness had symptoms after drinking, he was immediately disheartened, and secretly believed in his heart that His Highness must have burned his brain by drinking too much.

Although His Royal Highness slowly regained his consciousness later, and his temperament was much more relaxed than before, he was obsessed with such undesirable things as carpentry, farming, and prison, and fought with those lowly slaves and maids and sword and pen officials all day long.

Wang Shi originally wanted to be out of sight and out of mind like before, but after thinking about it, maybe this is a good start, maybe it was his previous Venerable teachings that made His Highness a little better than before?

Since it is useful, it must be strengthened.

Once a person has faith, he will have power, and Wang Shi has regained his spirit, and almost every day he has to enter the palace to borrow the "Book of Songs" and "Analects" to advise His Highness.

To Wang Shi's delight, His Highness never played tricks on him again, and even respected him.

What frustrated Wang Shi was that except for the first few months, His Highness always seemed to try to avoid him.

Even if he finally found an opportunity to talk to His Highness face-to-face, His Highness always looked absent-minded.

Just like now, Wang Shi hasn't seen His Highness for another month, so he has to enter the palace today.

Wang Shi had a long sword hanging from his waist that he hadn't drawn for an unknown amount of time, and the heavy long sword dragged his whole person to the left, and he could only use a cane to keep his balance.

When he came to the palace gate, Dai Zong asked him to go to the gatehouses on both sides of the gate to rest first, but Wang Shi stubbornly said that he was waiting at the door.

The evening breeze in March in Changyi was blowing, blowing the hem of the old man's robe and the sparse beard on the old man's chin.

Under the reflection of the two palace lamps on the gate of the palace, the royal style and the figure cast on the ground looked extremely desolate and stubborn.

After waiting at the gate of the palace for about a quarter of an hour, Dai Zong, who looked hurried, finally walked out again.

Under the backdrop of Dai Zong, who is sturdy, powerful, and exudes vitality all over his body, Wang Shi looks even more shriveled and old.

"Wang Fu, I went to Fuyao Hall to see, His Highness has already slept."

Dai Zong bent down and said very respectfully, don't look at Wang Shi is not treated by His Royal Highness, but he is an official with a rank of a thousand stones, and it is not something that Dai Zong can despise.

Unexpectedly, this sentence made the shriveled Wang Shi jump up all of a sudden.

"Hmph, Zhuzi, don't forget, you were introduced to the palace by me, and your teachers have all studied "Zuo's Biography" with me, and now you are lying in front of me, have the benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and wisdom in the book all run to the dog's belly?"

Wang Shi suddenly erupted like a dry firewood meeting a spark, and scolded Dai Zong firmly.

While scolding, he used the crutches in his hand to pestle the floor, making a "bang, bang" sound.

Perhaps he was in a hurry, and Wang Shi was choked by the cold wind that came out of his face, and coughed "bell-bell-bell", causing the dogs hiding in the darkness around him to bark with him.

For a while, the front of the palace in Changyi became lively because of this old man.

Dai Zong's temper was very short-tempered, and he had never been scolded like this, but he had to suffer it now, because what Wang Shi said was all true.

Dai Zong not only had to be scolded, but also had to appease Wang Shi with the flying spit, in case this old man died on the spot, he would not be able to say clearly.

"Wang Fu, how dare I lie to you, what I said is true, Your Highness has already rested."

"It's such a cold day, you can go back first, and tomorrow when His Highness wakes up, it's not too late for you to come again."

Wang Shi didn't eat this at all, pushed away Dai Zong's hand to support him, and pointed at Dai Zong with a cane and scolded: "Hmph, you dare to talk nonsense, I sent my house slave to guard here until curfew at the risk of being captured by the city patrol guards, and just after seeing His Highness come back, he came to tell me, at this time, His Highness has just finished dinner at most, and he must not have slept yet!" ”

"Tomorrow and tomorrow, when I come tomorrow, Your Highness doesn't know where to hide."

"I have to meet His Highness today, otherwise there will be no matter what, cough cough cough!"

This time it was Dai Zong's turn to have a headache, and this old man was really getting more and more difficult every time.

But Dai Zong is Liu He's confidant, and he can only listen to Liu He's words.

Thinking of this, Dai Zong ignored Wang Shi anymore, and shouted towards the door: "Someone!" ”

Two guards guarding the palace gate rushed out.