His Majesty was expressionless, looking at Shangguan Hongri, who was kneeling on the ground, and felt that he had been coerced again in a short period of time.

It is not the first time that Shangguan Hongri has taken the initiative to ask for credit, originally this was a way for him to show his loyalty, because asking for rewards itself is a bottom-to-top behavior.

But today, after just experiencing the forced palace of the Ten Princes, the old emperor was tired of this kind of behavior. There are already many people in the imperial capital who have heard of the captivity and slavery of the demon clan, and many people know that some soldiers who have successfully transplanted organs have already served on the front line for a long time.

You, a great general, took advantage of this opportunity to openly ask for power for the soldiers who transplanted organs, obviously to please them, so in this case, it was originally a reward issued by me, but the credit was all taken by you, Shangguan Hongri, and the soldiers on other days will only remember your Shangguan Hongri's goodness, but will not remember me, how can this be!

The old emperor's face was not good-looking, and when he allowed the aliens (let's call them aliens) to perform, he didn't think of this layer, and now he regrets it and enters the situation where it is difficult to ride a tiger. As a superior person, refusal at this time is not, not refusal is not, refusal is to bear resentment, not to refuse will not get good, in short, no matter what, it is not appropriate. He desperately needs someone to stand up now, bear the infamy for him, and solve the embarrassment of the situation.

He looked at Tuoba Lie with anticipation, and saw that the other party was staring at the strangers with blazing eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking, obviously not realizing the embarrassment of his situation, it can be seen that without Shen Fei by his side, his level is at most above average, and there is no way to compare with his own brother Tuoba Zhen;

"Damn, you're a fool!" the old emperor was about to scold.

His gaze fell on Shangguan Hongri's body again, eager to skin and bone, and beheaded it to show the public, but he knew that the current environment did not allow him to do so.

The old emperor sighed in his heart, and raised his head helplessly to agree to the other party's request.

At this time, at the last moment, a voice suddenly appeared beside him, like timely rain: "Weichen thinks it can't." The hand that was about to be raised was immediately put down, and the old emperor deeply exhaled the stuffy breath in his chest, looked at the person who spoke with joy, and said secretly: At the critical moment, only you can share my worries!

This kind voice is very familiar to His Majesty, who else can there be but Tuoba Zichu.

At the critical moment, only he could understand what His Majesty meant, and only he could stand up and share His Majesty's worries.

At the same time, Shangguan Hongri raised his head suddenly, and looked at Tuoba Zichu with a fierce light in his eyes, the latter was calm and calm in that almost fire-breathing gaze, and did not look at Hongri, and said to the old emperor: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks it is impossible. "As long as it doesn't involve the prince, he will know everything and say everything at the beginning of his career, and what can you do, an imperial general, how can you be afraid of you.

At this moment, at the moment when Tuoba Zichu quietly showed his sword, the ministers around him seemed to see his body glowing, and he personally felt that the previous tense atmosphere suddenly changed, and His Majesty's attitude towards Tuoba Zichu was unnaturally cordial.

They finally understood that Tuoba Zichu's position was never shakable, and as long as the old emperor lived for one day, he would always be the left prime minister of the empire, and he would be a figure above 10,000 people under one person.

"Zichu, what do you think? The old emperor asked pretendedly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks this is not possible. Tuoba Zichu replied rhetorically. Few people know that Tuoba Zichu is actually the inheritor of Confucianism, and the great Confucian Fang Jingxiao, who was once killed by the old emperor himself, is Zichu's mentor, and the day before Fang Jingxiao was given poisoned wine, the old emperor consulted Zichu's opinion and asked him if it was possible for Fang Jingxiao to change his mind. Zichu replied: The teacher's faith is like a distant mountain, which can never be shaken. The old emperor asked again: What should I do? Zichu replied: There is no other way than to kill him and make him a legend. The old emperor sighed and asked him again: Fang Jingxiao is your teacher, isn't it a betrayal of your teacher to propose to kill him. Zichu replied: As Confucianism said, the king is the top, the minister is the bottom, and the king served by the teacher is Sima, but unfortunately his education did not alleviate Sima's brutality; The old emperor exclaimed: Zichu, your loyalty will never be forgotten in my life. The next day, Fang Jingxiao was given poisoned wine and died in the good building. Few people know that the cup of poisoned wine was presented to the teacher by Tuoba Zichu himself, and after the teacher took the poisoned wine, Zichu knelt on his knees and bowed three times in a row, and said to the teacher: Master, your immortal empire is not safe, please forgive Zichu for his unfilial piety. Fang Jingxiao said: Zichu, you are the smartest of all the disciples of the teacher, and you are also the most suitable person to inherit the mantle of the teacher, Confucianism will also be implicated in the death of the teacher, but it doesn't matter, as long as you are there, the flame of Confucianism will not be extinguished, remember our teacher training, the monarch is the monarch, the minister is the minister, each performs his duties, each does its duty, and the empire is orderly. Remember, remember. After that, drink the poisonous wine without complaint or regret. As soon as Fang Jingxiao died, Confucianism entered the Dark Age, a large number of Confucian scholars were arrested and buried, and the books written by Confucian scholars were burned, and Confucianism has been in decline since then.

The world says: "The rich and the rich cannot be lewd, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent" is what it means to be a Confucian student. Confucianism's ideas are inherited from Confucius, who was a person in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, much younger than Wuyan, the founder of Shushan Taoism, and the Buddha Shakyamuni, the founder of the Pure Altar Buddhism.

The idea left by Confucius is very simple, as mentioned above, the monarch is the monarch, the minister is the minister, each performs his own duties, each does his duty, and the empire is orderly. In order to do this, the person who is the monarch needs to trust the courtier, and the person who is the courtier needs to be absolutely loyal to the monarch, which leads to the phenomenon that if you want to overthrow the empire and overthrow the emperor of the current dynasty, the first person who does not agree is Confucianism. Because of the monarch, the existence of Confucianism is valuable.

At the same time, when the monarch made a mistake, Confucian scholars would speak out and give unceremonious advice, and if the monarch did not agree with their opinions, he would even die, which was fulfilling his duty as a courtier to help the monarch govern the country well.

Therefore, the world uses the words "wealth cannot be lewd", poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be bent to describe Confucianism, although it is beautified a lot, but it does have a certain truth. Throughout the ancient and modern times, the most fearless of death should be Confucianism, no matter whether you are an arrogant and domineering minister or a mediocre monarch, I am justified, unceremoniously, it is a big deal to die, in the eyes of Confucianism, dying for the country is the most glorious moment in life, it can be left in history, for them, no matter how rich and noble it is, it is not as glorious as leaving a name in history.

Therefore, Confucianism is actually a group of people who live in glory and responsibility, not loyal to a certain person, but loyal to a certain class, and that specific class is His Majesty.

Only Your Majesty is the object of their absolute allegiance! This is the attachment of Confucianism and the cause of Chu Xiu's death.

Confucianism was so arrogant that he could only allow the existence of a monarch in his eyes.

Tuoba Zichu, who hadn't seen movement for a long time, finally spoke, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he refuted Shangguan Hongri, the most powerful military general in the empire, Shangguan Hongri called him a friend, but he refuted the other party at such an important juncture, not because the relationship between the two was not harmonious, but for His Majesty to share his worries.

For the sake of the empire, for the sake of Your Majesty, he must do this, even if it is not recovered, this is Zichu's way of being an official, in fact, it can be summed up in four words - for Your Majesty.

Wechen thinks no. Tuoba Zichu put his two arms in his sleeves and bowed slightly to His Majesty: "The minister thinks that if you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have a fault, you will be punished, and you can't be regarded as a hero and praised by the world because you have accepted the organs of the demon clan." ”

After listening to his words, the old emperor finally had a score, his mood calmed down, and he said in a kind tone: "Zichu, what do you mean by this?" In fact, the ending was doomed from the moment Tuoba Zichu stood up, but the old emperor still had to finish the play.

Tuoba Zichu replied sonorously, his tone was so abrupt and powerful, it was hard to imagine that he was an old man who was over the age of six: "Weichen believes that the function of reward is to reward the merits of the meritorious, so that the people of the world can take him as a model to do things that are beneficial to the empire, and the function of punishment is to punish the mistakes of the wrongdoer, so that the people of the world will take him as a warning and not make the same mistake again."

In this matter, one mountain, two mountains, three mountains, four mountains and five mountains have merit, and the merit lies in the fact that they have done their best for the empire and bravely killed the enemy. Other people who transplant organs from the demon race, although they may face setbacks such as death and illness when transplanting organs, but at the same time they also accept the huge benign changes in the body that will be brought about by the successful organ transplantation, and it can be said that the risks and benefits are equal, and there is no merit at all, so they should not be rewarded. ”

Wei Chen thought that what Prime Minister Zuo said was really absurd! The people joined the army in order to protect their families and defend the country, and they fought bravely to kill the enemy, even if their heads fell to the ground, they still had nothing to hate. How can the enemy be strong, and the ordinary combat power is not enough to deal with it, so he can only give up his body to bear great pain and risk death to transplant the organs of the demon clan, what benefit can he do to himself, after the war is over, he is not returning to his hometown to farm and live, it is all to better protect the peace of the country and protect the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

Tuoba Zichu squinted his eyes and said unmoved: "In this way, the eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace should be rewarded, if they can compare with them in terms of paying! Shouldn't they be rewarded for losing the most important thing for a man to ensure the normal operation of the palace." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers sighed, Tuoba Zichu deserved to be the first think tank of the empire, and immediately found the key point of the problem, so the eunuch is indeed more worthy of praise than the alien.

Shangguan Hongri couldn't refute for a while, so he could only say, "You ...... You're just arguing about it. ”

Tuoba Zichu ignored him at all, and turned to His Majesty: "Your Majesty, according to Weichen's opinion, it is better to reward all the eunuchs in the palace together, anyway, the treasury is now full." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. The great eunuch Liu Yi also knew how to look at his face, and as soon as he finished speaking, he knelt on the ground to thank him, and the angry Shangguan Hongri's lips trembled.

At this moment, the old emperor's heart was simply happy, and he secretly said: Zichu, Zichu, it is because of a loyal courtier like you that my imperial industry can be stable.

Think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with Shangguan Hongri fighting for the rights of his subordinates, transplanting the organs of the demon clan is supposed to bear the risk of death, if you don't give enough benefits, how can the soldiers be willing to risk without hesitation. The fault was that he should not have brought up this matter on such an important occasion, because this was a public occasion, and once His Majesty agreed to his request, then the reward for the strangers would become the credit of Shangguan Hongri, and all the strangers would only remember Shangguan Hongri and not His Majesty.

Therefore, the fault is not in the matter, but in the person!

Thinking about it from another angle, from privately leading the troops to the front of the palace to force the crowd, Shangguan Hongri actually saw this opportunity to constantly test His Majesty's bottom line, and at the same time to get out of the bottom to win the greatest interests for himself, he knew very well that it was impossible for His Majesty to offend the military again when he offended all the gentry, at least His Majesty would not dare in a short period of time, and how long would the old emperor live after a long time! With this judgment, Shangguan Hongri dared to do this.

It's a pity that he didn't expect that even if he offended the whole world, there would always be someone who would stand by His Majesty's side, that person was Tuoba Zichu, Tuoba Zichu's strong counterattack not only broke Shangguan Hongri's vain illusions, but also made his attempt completely collapse, making him understand that the empire is His Majesty's empire today, and the courtiers are all His Majesty's people, and your Shangguan Hongri is just a dog that is good at biting people.

At this moment, Shangguan Hongri's face was as ugly as it was, and when he came, he had already planned everything, thinking that everything would go according to his plan, but he missed a person and underestimated the residual power of the old emperor. He suddenly realized, I'm afraid that the prince really made the same mistake as himself and was put under house arrest, this huge empire includes all kinds of power groups, no matter which one emerges, His Majesty can eradicate it with the help of other forces, this is the way to check and balance as a superior.

Shangguan Hongri saw sweat on his forehead, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt dangerous, if he had crossed the suspension bridge on horseback at that time, he would have been in a different place now!