Despite his several shouts, Confucius still stood aside, unmoved.
The only sound that could be heard from the entire hall was the sound of books being turned and pages being turned.
Li Er couldn't help laughing when he saw it. Sure enough, any knowledgeable person would fall in love with a good book once they see it.
But this good thing was prepared for me by my good brother. Even if you want to see it, you have to be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Li Er coughed lightly.
"Confucius, Confucius?"
"Confucius, Your Majesty has called you."
As a last resort, he had to arrange for his personal officer to go down and call him personally.
The shout from the close officer pulled Confucius back from the book and raised his head to glance at His Majesty.
"His Majesty."
"Confucius, what do you think of this Three-Character Sutra? You were fascinated by it. I called you several times but you didn't answer."
"Hahaha, Your Majesty, forgive me."
"Three Character Classic, how about it?"
"It's simply wonderful. I just don't know where your Majesty got this Three-Character Sutra. It must have been written by someone from the Tang Dynasty.
I really didn’t expect that our Tang Dynasty would have such great people, whose strength is not inferior to mine.
It's just that most of the famous people in the Tang Dynasty have heard of the books they wrote.
But I don’t know who actually wrote this Three-Character Sutra!”
According to Confucius' own opinion, a person who could write a book like the Three Character Classic must be a great sage of his generation.
And such a great sage must be famous. As long as he can name it, he will know who it is.
The Three Character Classic is full of Confucian culture, so he must be a Confucian like them.
But when did Confucianism have such a person?
Then another idea came to my mind, but I quickly rejected it.
If you are not a Confucian person, how could you have such great ability?
Li Er also didn't expect that a dignified Shandong scholar would have such great respect for this book written by his wise brother. He couldn't help but feel happy and an idea came to his mind.
If you don't want to be an emperor, you don't know that being an emperor also has its own difficulties.
Nowadays, everything in the court is calm on the surface, but in fact, there are three forces that restrict and balance each other.
The first force is the civil servants and generals who followed him to conquer the world from the beginning.
These people all belong to a group that swears loyalty to them to the death.
In addition to these people, there are the civil servants represented by the seven major families.
Their influence is deeply rooted and they were famous as early as the Sui Dynasty.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the seven major families took advantage of the situation to rise. In the Tang Dynasty, there were many of their seven major families in the army and other important official positions.
These people are not like those brothers who follow them from birth to death and completely obey their orders.
They all follow the interests of their respective families and are also the second force in the court.
Apart from their group, the rest are represented by Shandong Daru and the Shandong clan.
It has always been a neutral position in the court, impartial.
For example, Wei Zheng studied under the great Confucian scholar from Shandong.
Although they are impartial, their strength is transcendent in the entire court and even the entire world.
And these are the people Li Er has always wanted to win over to his camp.
Although these three forces check and balance each other, Li Er hopes that all three forces will obey his orders.
Now the appearance of the Three Character Classic has given Li Er a new idea.
"Confucius, I only got this Three-Character Sutra yesterday, and I haven't had time to read it yet. You just happened to be here.
I didn’t expect that after reading it, you would also fall in love with this book.
Ha ha ha ha."
"Your Majesty, I wonder who wrote this book? Can you give us a recommendation?"
"this?"
Li Er looked very embarrassed, but it made Confucius below feel itchy.
It's like the feeling of a person who hasn't eaten for several days and sees the big meal in front of him but can't eat it.
"Confucius, could you please bring me the book first?"
Looking at the book in his hand, Kong Fuzi handed it over reluctantly. Li Er's personal officer took the book up and placed it in front of His Majesty's table.
"His Majesty."
"Actually, I tell you it's not impossible, but this person has a very weird temperament."
Hearing His Majesty's comments, Confucius was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
At first glance, he looks like a big man, and the more he looks like a big man, his temperament will look very strange in the eyes of normal people.
"Your Majesty, since you know this master, why don't you invite this master to the palace to study and discuss with us?"
Li Er waved his hand.
"Oh, Master, I have already told you that this person has a very weird temperament.
In fact, I have thought about inviting him to the palace as an official several times, but he didn't like it.
As a last resort, I could only go to him in person to seek advice.
You must have heard about the court affairs. I occasionally don’t go to the morning court. You don’t think I really don’t want to go to the morning court, do you?
That’s because I went to that master’s home to ask for advice from that master.”
"Your Majesty is a courteous and virtuous corporal. He is a benevolent and righteous king. We can understand."
The monarch who treats these high-ranking people and treats the virtuous and virtuous subordinates means he treats these people in the same way.
"Your Majesty, can you make a recommendation for us?"
"Actually, it's not impossible to recommend, it's just!"
"What is it, Your Majesty?"
"I had a very pleasant conversation with this master, without revealing my identity, and we treated him like brothers.
If I take you here, my identity must not be exposed, otherwise wouldn’t it mean that all our previous efforts will be wasted?”
Confucius below looked like he understood instantly. After all, all masters have their own temperament.
Just like some masters live in seclusion in the mountains and like to become close friends with farmers, hunters, and woodcutter.
No matter how noble your status is, he will not even talk to you.
"Your Majesty, when will your Majesty introduce us to you?"
"I just came back from that village today. If I go there too frequently tomorrow, I'll wait for a while.
If I go, I will definitely ask you to go with me."
"Your Majesty, you are not calling me me. In addition to me, I also want to bring a few more people."
After all, my own abilities are limited. If I really meet everyone, I can study together with them.
"Hahaha, it doesn't matter, in that case, I will obey you.
Confucius, do you have anything else to do?"
"Your Majesty, there are no other matters, just Your Majesty, this Three-Character Sutra?"
As he spoke, his eyes had already drifted towards his desk.
"Hey, forget it, since Master likes this Three Character Classic, what can I do if I give this book to Master?
If you finish reading it, please send someone to make an excerpt and send it back to me."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The old master in front of him smiled like a flower. He took the book from the hands of the official and wiped it with his sleeve, as if he was afraid of a trace of dust falling on it.