"This recital has been approved, does Shan Chang Wei want the mansion to chase the recital back now?" Fu Tai's face sank, and he said with a hint of anger. After speaking, the prefect stood up, clasped his fists slightly at Wei Baiyun and said, "Needless to say, Wei Cunzhong will be promoted to govern tomorrow." ”

The prefect came quickly and left quickly, leaving the Wei family standing there with sad faces.

After the prefect had left, Wei Sisi walked out and said to Wei Baiyun, "Father, what is the so-called matter of Lord Futai coming here?" ”

"He asked your eldest brother to be the county commander, although his father wanted to resign, but Lord Futai was determined to let him be promoted to an official." When Wei Baiyun said this, there was also a hint of helplessness. If the imperial court is unreasonable, Wei Baiyun will not have the slightest way.

When Wei Sisi heard this, a pair of beautiful and bright eyes kept turning, Wei Si thought about it and said: "Now that we have three countermeasures, I don't know if the father wants to listen to his daughter?" ”

Wei Baiyun nodded, looked at Wei Sisi and said, "You have always been eccentric, you can talk about your three countermeasures first, maybe you can solve this matter." ”

Wei Sisi cleared his throat, looked at Wei Cunzhong and said: "This strategy is that the eldest brother will take over this errand, eat the corpse, ignore political affairs, and when the three-year period expires, you can return it." ”

Wei Cunzhong shook his head and said: "The so-called Lu of eating the monarch is a matter of loyalty to the monarch. In this way, he could not be dedicated to the Wei Dynasty, and he could not be loyal to the Yu Dynasty. That's a real deal. ”

"Indeed, so Zhongce is the eldest brother, you learn from the sages of the ancients, escape to the mountains, be a recluse, and be proud of the smoke."

When Wei Cunzhong heard this suggestion, he was stunned for a moment, and did not answer, asking him to be a hermit in the deep mountains, but he was still quite unwilling in his heart.

Wei Baiyun also shook his head and said, "Far away is not a good policy, your eldest brother will inherit the academy in the future and follow the sage to preach." ”

Wei Sisi knew that neither of them would agree, so he smiled again and said, "Then there is only one last best policy, big brother, you are still a scholar, but you have to change your surname back to Yu and no longer have anything to do with our academy." ”

Wei Cunzhong didn't wait for Wei Sisi to shake his head and said: "What's the difference between your upper strategy and your lower policy, even if I die, I won't be an official of the Yu Dynasty." ”

"Big brother, don't be anxious, you listen to me. Our academy advocates not being a official, firstly, for the sake of integrity, and secondly, to make Yu Ting unavailable. But have you thought about it, big brother, if you go out and completely grasp the important military and political affairs of Haining County, then the 2,000 troops in the county will listen to your dispatch, and our chances of success will be much greater. ”

When the Wei family heard this, they all fell silent, and Wei Sisi continued: "The so-called urgency and power, empty integrity, how can it be a big thing? Even if you are unwilling to betray Yu Court in the future, you can write a book of guilt against yourself, saying that your regret after becoming an official will make those Wei Dynasty scholars who surrendered to the Yu Dynasty ashamed. Yu Ting wanted us to lure the remnants out to be officials, and we planned accordingly, but forced the scholars to be ashamed. ”

Wei Baiyun was silent for a long time, touched his beard and said, "Sisi, it's a pity that you are not a man, otherwise you can rest assured that this academy and the old man will hand it over to you." ”

Wei Sisi didn't even dare to say it, looked at Wei Cunzhong, and waited for Wei Cunzhong to speak.

In the center of Wei Cun, the heavens and people fought, and finally Wei Cunzhong sighed, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Wei Baiyun three times, and said in a deep voice: "Father, please forgive the child for not being able to serve you anymore." Second brother, after tomorrow, the family will rely on you to take care of it. Fourth sister, you are so smart, you don't need to say anything more from my eldest brother. ”

Wei Baiyun walked to Wei Cunzhong's side, helped Wei Cunzhong to get up, and said: "Many things are not as people want, if you really choose to be loyal to Yu Ting, I don't blame you for being a father." ”

Wei Cunzhong didn't speak, turned around and left here.

At this time, the four princes also came to the academy in a graceful manner, looking at the people in the front hall, their faces were full of sadness, they couldn't help but restrain the smile on their faces, and saluted respectfully and said, "Chief Wei, brothers, I don't know what happened in the academy?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that the dog is going to run errands in the yamen tomorrow." Wei Baiyun regained his previous calm, saluted slightly to the four princes, and then asked the four princes to sit down. Then let all the Wei family go down, leaving only himself and the four princes to stay in the front hall.

When the fourth prince heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he bowed and said, "That's a good thing, why does Xiaosheng seem to have a sad face when he sees you." ”

"Because the dog wants to sever the father-son relationship with the old man, he will be his Yu Court official, and the old man will be the head of the old man's academy."

When the fourth prince heard this, his surprise was beyond words, he had thought about many ways for the Wei family to deal with it, but he never thought that the Wei family would be so ruthless and directly cut off the relationship between father and son.

The fourth prince gently tapped his palm with a fan, thinking about how to deal with it, and only after a long time did he speak: "Mountain Chief, why bother? Who does not want his children and grandchildren to be prosperous and rich? ”

"Unrighteous wealth and nobility are like clouds to me. If this Nishan is a word, Mei Xianggong must know it. ”

When the fourth prince heard this, he frowned slightly, and the smile on his face stiffened a little. He held back his anger and said to Wei Baiyun: "Does the mountain chief think that the Wei Dynasty is righteous? ”

"The old man didn't mean that, but the holy pilgrimage is not enough."

"Haha, mountain chief, if the Holy Dynasty is unjust, then how can Emperor Taizu Gao get this world with three thousand armor." The fourth prince was no less angry than himself, and asked Wei Baiyun loudly.

Wei Baiyun was still as light as ever and said: "Because just as Yu Ting said, the mandate of heaven has changed and Yu Yuanzi is just built, not benevolence and righteousness." ”

The fourth prince couldn't help laughing angrily, and said to Wei Baiyun: "Then may I ask the mountain chief, the world is evil?" After the four princes finished speaking, they were a little proud, according to the words of the sage, if you want to get the world, you must practice benevolence and righteousness. The righteousness is reversed here, the world has been decided, doesn't it mean that the Yu Dynasty has benevolence and righteousness?

If Wei Baiyun wants to refute, the four princes can also accuse Wei Baiyun of violating the words of the sage. He thinks he's in an undefeated position now.

Wei Baiyun also laughed at this time, and said with a chuckle: "Is this world already set to be one?" ”

The fourth prince was speechless when he was refuted, and now in this situation, it is indeed difficult for him to be cheeky and say that the world is set to be one.

So he could only cough embarrassedly, saluted Wei Baiyun slightly, and said, "Xiaosheng is arrogant, and I ask Mr. for forgiveness." ”

Wei Baiyun said that it doesn't matter, everyone talks about problems, and it is normal for occasional gaffes.

The fourth prince continued: "On that day, Xiao Sheng and the disciples of the academy drank and discussed poetry together, and when they mentioned Mr., they all thought that Mr. You were a saint, and that the current sage was just a mediocre king. ”

"They were drunk, and they talked nonsense for a while, which made Mei Xianggong laugh."

"Actually, Xiao Sheng is thinking about one thing, if the sage lets the man release Manan Mountain, cultivates the salute and music, allows the scholar to be the official, and lets a figure like the mountain chief as an assistant, then can the sage be called the Emperor of Shengming?"

When Wei Baiyun heard this, he was silent for a while, raised his teacup, and then motioned for the fourth prince to drink tea.

After the two drank tea, Wei Baiyun said: "They are too ignorant, and there are many scholars who have misled the country, and they can't read dead books when they read sage books." The old man is foolish, only from this road of fame and fortune, the reader is not like a reader, and what he reads is not a book of sages, but a book of wealth and fame. The so-called words of the saints, the way of the saints, have become the stepping stones for them to enter the body. The old man read the book of Taishi Gong, and when he saw that Taishi Gong sighed for this scrap book, he also felt a sense of kinship. ”

When the fourth prince heard this, he was quite surprised, he had never thought about this, not long ago, when Wu Mingxin asked him, he didn't know whether to answer Wu Mingxin, and now when he heard Wei Baiyun say this, a strange thought flashed in his mind, as if he was about to enter a new world.

"Chief, please keep talking, little one."

"The old man is foolish, and it is okay for the court to use science to learn from science, but this path may not be too narrow. The old man hopes that the Holy Dynasty can open subjects, imitating the old system of the Song Dynasty, with Ming classics, Jinshi, poetry, archery, and Fangshi...... The selection of talents and abilities is not the selection of Confucian scholars, so that strange people and strange things will be left in the wilderness. ”

When the fourth prince heard this, he was silent for a long time, and said to the mountain chief: "Isn't this a meritocracy, mountain chief, if there is a traitor and villain, and he enters the court by virtue of his partial talent, wouldn't it be a harm to the world." ”

"No matter how this is taken, there are pros and cons, and what the saints do is to make up for the shortcomings and correct the disadvantages. When the times change, so does the way. Don't be ancient, carve a boat for a sword. ”

The fourth prince shook his head, he couldn't accept this no matter what, this rash change would definitely be attacked by the courtiers, and if there was a slight mistake, it would be infamous for the ages.

At this time, Wei Sisi came up with melons and fruits, handed them to the fourth prince and said with a smile: "Mei Xianggong, you are finally willing to come, but unfortunately you are a step late, if you come earlier, you can also persuade Futai to take back your life, with such a talented person as you here, why bother to ask my eldest brother's horse to be a county official?" ”

"Haha, Miss Sisi said, Xiaosheng really envied Brother Wei for being a county magistrate."

"Now you're going to call him Brother Yu." Wei Sisi put down the fruit and smiled easily.

The fourth prince asked curiously: "It's strange to say, Xiao Sheng heard that Wei Shanchang was surnamed Yu in the past, why is his surname Wei now?" ”

Wei Baiyun smiled slightly and said: "Since the Holy Dynasty is called Yu, the old man is also worried that there will be villains who will make a fuss about it in the future, so he avoids changing his surname. ”

The four princes didn't believe in this excuse at all, and since ancient times, they have only avoided the emperor's name, and how can they avoid the country's name. Even if he avoided it, he changed his name, and he never changed his surname.

"I see, I don't know why the mountain chief changed the name of the former dynasty again?"

Wei Baiyun was prepared, but he still said with a smile: "My grandmother's surname is Wei, so it was changed to Wei." ”

The fourth prince saw that Wei Baiyun's answer was not leaky, so he stopped making a fuss about it.