Zhao Mu, who was far away in Zhaojiazhuang, sneezed heavily again and rubbed his nose.
It's already summer, so it's impossible for me to catch a cold, right?
Thinking, scolding, and nagging, who is it that keeps nagging me behind my back?
"Master, Mr. Zhao, are you okay?"
Looking at the exhausted looks of the two of them beside the bed.
"Okay, okay, nothing happened. Let the three of us go to bed first."
Fortunately, this bed is infinitely large, and it is more than enough for three people to lie on one bed.
But I was a little tired at the moment, so I lay down in the middle and fell asleep.
"Master, I wonder when we are going to the palace."
"Okay, since the time is almost up, it's time to enter the palace and meet the emperor.
I'll wait to enter the palace tomorrow."
"It's Master."
Another letter was sent to the Imperial College. After hearing the news from the Imperial College, a group of disciples from the Imperial College hurried to the Taiji Hall, met with His Majesty, and passed on the news.
Hearing that this group of people wanted to come to the palace to see him, Li Er waved his hand and asked them to go ahead and make their own decision!
After they left, he slapped the table hard and said displeasedly.
"This is really unreasonable. I want to see what they will do when they come to the court tomorrow?"
This time, I didn't even call my confidants to arrange this matter in advance.
Because, for Li Er this time, the members of the Kong family are just minor figures, not worth mentioning.
Yesterday morning, early morning.
When there is something to do, start the court, and when there is nothing to do, leave the court.
The ministers below gradually told what happened recently.
What has happened recently is nothing more than a drought.
After going through the court to provide relief to the victims, there were some disappointments.
But most people have gotten through it, and this matter can be said to be good news for Li Er.
At this moment, in the main hall, the Jinwu guards guarding the palace rushed in.
"Your Majesty, a man came outside my palace. He claimed to be from the Confucian family in Shandong and said he wanted to enter the palace to meet with the Holy Emperor."
Yeah yeah yeah.
This man is really here. They have heard about it long ago. The Kong family sent people to Chang'an City to see His Majesty.
Moreover, the one sent here this time is a man of great virtue and high profile from the Confucius family.
Alas, it is said that this person is stubborn and unable to open his mind.
What is stubbornness?
Their ideology and culture are higher than ours, and they have been upright and upright throughout their lives. They just want to carry forward Confucian culture. Why do you think this is so stubborn?
Just kidding, just kidding, actually, that’s not what I meant.
Mainly because he didn't know what he wanted to do when he came to the palace.
I also heard that he passed many cities along the way because he saw many cities without food.
Confucius personally came to the door and asked those clans and wealthy businessmen to donate food.
When those wealthy merchants from the clan heard the name of the Kong family, they directly donated some food, which alleviated the disaster for the people.
Yes, if it weren't for Confucius's arrangements along the way, in these cities, I don't know how many people in the Tang Dynasty would have died?
I heard the officials below muttering.
"Okay, shut up, everyone. This is a palace, not a vegetable market. What's the point of making noise?"
Li Er yelled angrily, and the officials quickly shut their mouths and stood aside unmoved.
As everyone waited quietly, they heard footsteps walking in slowly from outside.
I saw Kong Xian walking straight to the main hall, seeing the emperor above, and just watching quietly!
At this time, the grumpy general on the side scolded him angrily.
"You bastard, why don't you worship the current emperor when you see him?"
"I worship, why do I worship? I worship heaven and earth. I am worshiping a saint. Why do I worship a foolish king?"
Li Er's look could kill, and he just looked at it quietly without saying a word.
Immediately afterwards, the entire court began to discuss again!
Ouch, good fellow, I didn’t expect that this Confucius had just arrived in Chang’an City and entered the court. When he saw His Majesty, he didn’t give any face to His Majesty and started bombarding His Majesty.
This kind of bombardment was even more vicious than Wei Zheng's bombardment.
At the very least, he, Wei Zheng, was the official of the imperial court. With his status as the official, and in addition, before every bombardment, he, Wei Zheng, would tell what His Majesty did wrong.
On the other hand, this member of the Kong family is simply bold and reckless.
You must at least have a reason to attack His Majesty first. Without a reason, you just come up and say that you are a fool. No matter who you are, you can't accept it?
"Master, no!"
Several other Confucian people in the court quickly stepped forward to dissuade him.
"Master, the person in front of you is the current Holy One, how can you make such nonsense?"
"What nonsense did I say?
Is it possible that because I said that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was a coward, this was a lie?
What, could it be that I, the monarch of the Tang Dynasty, am someone who dares to do something but dares not to do it?"
This, this, this.
For a moment, the Confucian people didn't know what to say, so they could only watch quietly.
As for His Majesty's other confidants, because His Majesty did not explain it in advance, they remained on the sidelines and watched the changes.
"Your Majesty, this is really unreasonable.
This man came to my court and refused to pay homage to Your Majesty. He even insulted Your Majesty with words. This is simply disrespectful.
I beg your Majesty to push him out and chop him up."
Several generals are filled with righteous indignation and dare to insult His Majesty. The only way to do this is to die, no matter what your status is.
On the other hand, Kong Xian looked indifferent. At this moment, he formally responded to the sentence: "I don't care about life and death. If you don't accept it, just do it."
Li Er waved his hand, and the generals stepped aside angrily, only to see himself laughing.
"I heard that your Kong family is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and you abide by the etiquette and laws.
I want to ask you, am I the king of the Tang Dynasty at this moment?"
"yes."
"Oh, is it so?
Since you, the Kong family, are called a famous family, you are also a loyal minister and good general, and you abide by etiquette and law.
Then I ask you, since I am the monarch of the Tang Dynasty, why do you not worship me when you see me?
Or, what you call obeying etiquette and law is just talk.
Are you, the Kong family, just people seeking fame and reputation?"
Li Er's reverse operation made Kong Xian stunned for a moment.
Unexpectedly, when he came up and captured an entire army, he was knocked back by the Emperor.
"Even if I am really a foolish king, it will be fine if you don't come to the court.
I will not go to Shandong to find you, since you come to the court to see me.
As long as I am in this position, I will still be the king of this country, commanding the entire world, and you are all my subjects.
If you don't bow to the monarch when you see him, is this what you call etiquette?"
Several other confidants stretched out their thumbs and shouted in their hearts, Your Majesty is Your Majesty, look, just one sentence is enough to make this old man lose his temper.
Now that the drowned dog was beaten hard, several people stood up one after another.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I also heard that the Kong family abides by etiquette.
The so-called Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Virtues of Confucianism turned out to be nothing more than useless paper in their eyes.
Let me tell you, you better not come to Chang'an City at all, go back to Shandong, and don't be embarrassed here."
He was originally very angry, but he was speechless after being retorted, so he could only salute for a while.
"I, Kong Xian, have met the Holy Sage. I have offended you so much just now. I would like to ask the Holy Sage to punish you!"
I attach great importance to etiquette and am a loyal member of Confucianism. If it weren't for my bad temper today, it would be a bit too much.
Who would have thought that they would let them use Confucianism to beat me to pieces, and I was stunned until I was speechless. I could only salute, and I still had to go through the process.
"Hmph, well, I am a country man who has never seen much of the world, so I take it for granted that I don't know anything about it. It's not surprising.
Tell me, why did you come here today?"
"Your Majesty, since I have also saluted, do I also have to talk about some things?"
"Whatever you want to say, it doesn't matter."
"What I want to say is that your Majesty is just a coward."
you.
This time I have completed all the etiquette I should have, and I also have to express my anger properly.
"Kong Xian, you actually insulted the current emperor like this. How many heads do you have?"
"Humph, I have several heads, of course I have one.
But do you think that I, like you, are a group of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death?
You are just people in the court who like to flatter you.
Let me ask you, have you walked out of Chang'an City and seen the outside of Chang'an City?
In Chang'an City, people are singing and dancing, and the country and the people are at peace.
I have been rushing to Chang'an City in Shandong for a while. You don't think I am just staying at the inn in Chang'an, right?
I also arranged for someone to take a good tour of Chang'an City.
The drinks in Chang'an City are really good, better than the ones I drank along the way. I bet you guys, the prices are not cheap, right?"
As he spoke, he glanced at everyone with disdain.
"You are here in Chang'an City, enjoying everything, drinking such delicious wine and eating side dishes.
Everyone looks relaxed and content.
But have you ever been outside Chang'an City and seen the condition of the people of the Tang Dynasty?" This chapter has been completed!