An old thief is an old thief.

It was only a short time for the princes of the court to be stimulated and impacted by Zhao Yue's image, and in the blink of an eye, they gathered their minds and focused on the most important thing in front of them.

Sure enough, they saw Zhao Yue's arrogant and unruly side again: everything Zhao Yue entered the hall was normal, and he behaved calmly, but he was also honest, but he didn't bow down to the emperor as the little eunuch taught in advance, just stood there so straight, and raised his head slightly, Chiguoguo looked directly at the emperor on the high throne, did not move or speak, seemed to be very curious about the emperor species, wanted to take a good look, and was indeed a little curious.

Zhao Yue saw the living protagonist of Jing Kang's shame,

I saw the emperor straw bag who was not as ridiculous as Zhao Ji but was even more ridiculous and shameful.

Zhao Huan, his appearance is indeed not outstanding, much worse than Zhao Jilai, but it is okay, he obviously has the temperament of a Confucian scholar of this era, regardless of whether he is smart or not, he should be at least a person who has read books seriously, or a person who has worked hard to learn cultural knowledge and show his father well in order to keep the crown prince's position.

It's just that in Zhao Yue's eyes, this person is obviously a second fool who has been corrupted by Confucianism.

The already cowardly nature became more and more pedantic and cowardly and confused because of Geng Nanzhong's bad influence and the indoctrination of books that were obscure and had many contradictions in their opinions...... More and more stupid, not smart, not smart, not young people should have the vigor and vitality that young people should have, and the more and more unassertive and hesitant to deal with things, the will that has been set is not adhered to, the change is changed and the authority is gone, and the people below are at a loss and at a loss, and they are unable to do things, and the only thing they insist on is the illusion of being cowardly and naïve about foreign enemies, and consciously trying to reduce their own power and national fighting spirit, which is tantamount to self-harm and actively looking for death and waiting for death. This alone is a taboo for emperors.

The emperor himself does not have a thorough and sober understanding of the world, has no own opinions, and acts are all influenced by the arbitrariness of his courtiers, and without decisiveness, he will miss the major events of the world.

Politics is often more terrible than a war that changes at a moment's notice, and it requires more assertiveness and immediate decision-making, especially in the war years when foreign enemies invade.

Zhao Ji, subject to the secular pressure of the traditional inheritance system, in order to control it well, to ensure that he can continue the imperial authority and pleasure as he wants after abdication, he chose the honest and stupid Zhao Huan as the successor, which undoubtedly accelerated the decay and collapse of the country, and dedicated the hundreds of years of hard work of Han civilization to foreign enemies.......

At this moment, Zhao Huan was immersed in the extremely complex emotions caused by the visual impact and couldn't extricate himself.

When the emperor had worked hard to form a little bit of imperial majesty these days disappeared without knowing it, sitting on the high throne trembling with emotion, it made people feel as if he was trembling with fear, huddled on the wide, exquisite and majestic dragon chair and looked so incongruous and small...... Wretched.

It's a ....... Ordinary people who are mediocre and not bad in nature, but unfortunately they sat in that position and buried the great rivers and mountains of the Han nation with their own hands, comprehensively deepening the war disaster and national suffering, and making too many hard-working, simple and trusting people who should not have been humiliated and die suffer misery, that is, the sins are heavy, pitiful but deserved.

Zhao Yue couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic when he saw it, and Zhao Huan's heart instantly hardened again......

Compared with Zhao Huan, who was born as a prince, the people of the world are pitiful.

If Zhao Huan deserves sympathy and forgiveness, then how should the countless men, women, and children who suffered and died in despair in the midst of war and displacement suffering and cold?

The people have fed the country and the royal family with endless sweat, blood and tears, but what they have received is abandonment, betrayal, burning, looting, and rape...... To whom do the people's grievances be complained?

Zhao Yue restrained his mood, and in an instant, he glanced at Tan Zhi who was standing on the side of the dragon chair, and his eyes immediately fell on the middle-aged eunuch on the other side of the throne.

The eunuch was also squinting slightly and silently examining him, as soon as he saw Zhao Yue's gaze sweeping over, the eyes of the two sides collided in the air, his eyes immediately widened, and his cloudy gaze became as sharp as a knife in vain, flashing vigilance in sharpness, but more of a vigorous battle intent....... A vigorous momentum instantly burst out and forced Zhao Yue to ......

Zhao Yue seemed to be unaware of this terrifying momentum, and grinned at the middle-aged eunuch, who seemed to be very ordinary, friendly and honest.

The old eunuch's sharp gaze instantly converged again, his eyelids also pulled down, and he returned to his appearance of sleeping instead of sleeping, as if everything just now was just Zhao Yue's hallucination.

He didn't know that when Zhao Yue looked at him, he was thinking: This old eunuch's skills are good, has he practiced the "Sunflower Treasure Book"? I don't know if there is such a miracle as a treasure book...... It seems that the great power who created the treasure book mentioned in the book of Old Man Jin is the Song Dynasty, which is not too long in the past.......

Seeing the emperor, especially the question of whether he had to bow down when he saw the emperor for the first time, Zhao Yue didn't figure it out even if he lived in the Song Dynasty, of course, he didn't care about this at all, but a long time ago, when he was a child, he once asked his brother who was the emperor's secretary at random, Zhao Gonglian was also stunned at the time, and after thinking for a while, he didn't have a clear answer, and finally said ambiguously, "Probably there is this rule, or is it more of a convention?" “

As early as the "Zhou Li", there was a great ritual of kneeling, but it was only to bow down at major sacrifices or celebrations, mainly to the heavens, earth, ghosts and gods...... Usually there is no emperor for it. This kind of thing is kneeling, especially when you see the emperor for the first time, it will naturally happen, and this is still a requirement? Bowing down to show respect for the emperor and fear of submission is probably something that everyone will do, and it is natural. It is good to please the emperor. At least don't be annoyed, the emperor lost his head, didn't ......

Anyway, when Zhao Gonglian was a small secretary in Beijing, no one taught or forced him to kneel and bow when he saw the emperor.

The emperor didn't care about him either.

In the final analysis, this rule is more of a thing that is appropriate for people and times and events.

You don't usually have to bow down. If you mix it up enough, no one will bully you, play you, and force you to kneel....... Of course, when you ask the emperor and are afraid of the emperor, you naturally have to kneel....... When thanking the emperor for his favor, he may not always kneel down to express his gratitude, and it is not uncommon for courtiers to bow their heads and clench their fists to show their solemn gratitude.

In the Ming Dynasty, Comrade Zhu, who was born as a humble monk, paid special attention to this ceremony in order to strengthen his authority, and removed all the seats in the court..... When you arrive at the Slave Dynasty, you have to kneel when you see the emperor, and you have to kneel when you see big officials and officials.

But in this era, it is not wrong for someone to force Zhao Yue to bow down to the emperor.

The little eunuch specially went to teach Zhao Yue to emphasize that when he met the emperor, he should use the etiquette of three kneeling and nine bowing similar to sacrificing heaven and earth, naturally someone deliberately arranged it this way, and its purpose was self-evident.

But Zhao Yue seemed to be very honest when he came in, but he didn't do that, not only did he not kneel, but he also looked directly at the king.

At this time, according to the script, Tan Zhi, the great eunuch who was supposed to be presiding over the court, scolded Zhao Yue sharply: "Bold, why don't the people who stand down kneel to the king" or something, but Tan Zhi somehow didn't follow the script, and didn't move as if he was holding the dust and pretending to be deaf and dumb like Zhao Yue's natural wood carving posture, as if he was distracted and didn't react for a while......

At this time, I heard someone on the side ask in a loud voice: "You are Zhao Yue?" “

Zhao Yue heard the sound and looked,

Well, today's dozens of ministers in the last dynasty are all Beijing officials with serious positions of five grades and above, and there are no royal families with high grades or heavy titles, and they are standing here to fill up their numbers as they did in the past. The bad old man who ranks first in Wenchen is naturally Lao Cai Jing, and this person who can stand in the second high position of Wenchen and scold him should naturally be Geng Nanzhong, the right minister.

Zhao Yue looked at this "awe-inspiring" old guy and nodded with a smile: "I'm Zhao Yue." You are the famous right minister Geng Nanzhong, right? “

As soon as he answered this question, the corners of the mouths of the ministers in the palace couldn't help twitching: Famous? Hehe, that's an interesting word....... For a while, he forgot to calculate Zhao Yue on the matter of kneeling, and turned to look at Geng Nanzhong......

Geng Nanzhong didn't care about everyone's eyes, still focused on Zhao Yue, and then scolded and asked: "Zhao Yue, you are the descendant of the Cangzhao family and the supreme brother of Marquis Wencheng, don't you understand the etiquette of meeting the emperor?" Could it be that your Cangzhao family doesn't understand the rules? “

It's coming, it's coming, it's coming. This is a blatant insult...... The ministers were in high spirits, including Zhao Huan, who came back to his senses, and they all looked at Zhao Yue with great interest to see how this inscrutable child could deal with it.

Zhao Yue didn't seem to care, and smiled lightly and casually, and asked, "Kneel, can the Liao State let go of the Song State?" I'm kneeling, the court, you, can reorganize the Great Song Dynasty and quickly make it rich and powerful, and foreign enemies can't be bullied? ”

Zhao Yue deliberately pronounced the big characters of the Great Song Dynasty very strongly.

The ministers were stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but quickly ponder the meaning or taste of Zhao Yue's two sentences......

This answer was very unexpected, directly ignoring Geng Nanzhong's questioning and insults, and changed the topic, but it had more profound meaning and more power.

Just when everyone keenly felt that the famous second child of the Cangzhao family was really not an ordinary person, and their thoughts began to diverge, Zhao Yue followed and asked Geng Nanzhong with a smile: "Old man, you love to set rules very much?" ”

"The rules you value...... Is it easy to use? ”

The spirit of the ministers was shocked again: old man?

Tut...... Well, it doesn't matter. Importantly,

When the pirate envoy comes, the rules of the Great Song Dynasty are a fart, and they have to come in reverse, honestly according to the rules of the pirates......

This time, the Liao envoy came, the rules of the Great Song Palace were still a fart, and the barbarian went to the court with a scimitar, and when he saw the emperor, he didn't say bow down, and he didn't even mean anything, and he also ..... threatened the Song Dynasty and directly questioned the emperor about the covenant.

Speaking of the Liao envoy's ferocity,

The scandal of the Liao envoy's stampede and wanton threats and humiliation of Geng Nanzhong in Fanlou is already known to almost everyone in the capital.

And Geng Nanzhong warned the restaurant that it must strictly guard this secret, and the people present at that time must not divulge the slightest out, otherwise this matter will not only seriously damage his personal image Geng Nanzhong, but also deal a heavy blow to the morale and confidence of the Song people against the Liao State, and the consequences are so serious that Fan Lou and the relevant guests can't afford it, and don't blame him, the right minister, for his fierce retaliation.

Last night, Geng Nanzhong thought about it for almost a night, and today, he deliberately paid attention to observation, and did not find that the people in the capital were talking about his ugly thing last night, so he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this matter was not leaked out, but he didn't know that this ugly thing was deliberately spread out that night, and no one knew about it.

It's just that the spreaders were not done by Zhao Yue, but others were deliberately vilifying and destroying Geng Nanzhong, including Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Zhang Bangchang....... That night, many people went to Fanlou to spend just to stare at it to see how Geng Nanzhong and Zhao Yue would face it, but Zhao Yue didn't show up at all, and he was able to endure Geng Nanzhong's deliberate sarcasm and instigation, but a Liao envoy came to intervene and saw an unexpected good show.

At this moment, Zhao Yue asked if the rules were good, although he didn't mention the scandal of Geng Nanzhong last night, but the officials present understood what it meant, and too many officials couldn't help but smile or smile secretly.

Zhao Yue's focus is naturally not to ridicule Geng Nanzhong's ugly things, this old man's face is not ordinarily thick, he has known it from history.

He followed up and asked, "The most important thing is, are you abiding by the rules?" ”

If you had abided by the rules, you would not have been so bent on playing the internal struggle for power and profit when the country was so dangerous and dangerous, and you would not have retaliated against Cangzhao only for your own selfish anger at this time, and did not hesitate to force the anti-Cangzhao forces to lead to the end of the Song Dynasty.

The ministers couldn't help but be shocked again.

Everyone is the smartest, most elite, and most thorough figure of this era, and they all understand that this kind of thing is a good thing, and it is a powerful and even terrible set. Everyone uses it to trick others and ask others to be moral gentlemen. And oneself, that is, to be lenient with oneself and strict with others.

Also, everyone strives to be an official, and strives to be a big official, in order to weaken the constraints of the rules on themselves and at the same time be more able to use the rules to achieve their goals, the bigger the official, the heavier the power, the higher the status, the fewer rules to abide by, and the more unruly they can be, but the more they can set the rules, the more they can force others to abide by the rules honestly......

Rules are so wonderful, so useful, so easy to use, it's just a magic weapon. It's not okay if you can't play.

Geng Nanzhong is on the throne of the right minister, so he naturally doesn't want to follow the rules, he just wants the rules to suit his needs....... It's natural and normal.

That's what it does.

Although Geng Nanzhong is very good at this kind of verbal argument, conceited strength, disobedient to anyone, and has indeed defeated too many strong officials or Confucians, but in the end, he is old, and his brain cannot keep up with Zhao Yue's extremely high IQ and the flexibility of young people.

But this does not mean that Zhao Yue will definitely be able to stabilize Geng Nanzhong if he plays this. Because Geng Nanzhong also has the magic weapon of Confucian officials: the skin is thick enough and shameless.

Geng Nanzhong naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to answer Zhao Yue's question.

He couldn't pat his chest and say with certainty: I just follow the rules and don't follow the rules.

If he really said that, he would only attract the courtiers to laugh at him. The things he did were there, indelible, undeniable.

If he dared to brag like that, Zhao Yue could also take advantage of the situation to expose the unruly things he had done, and with the dismal approval of the ministers, he would be able to expose him on the spot.

It's one thing to be shameless, it's another thing to be forcibly exposed, it's completely different.

He snorted to show his disdain for this question, and said in a loud voice: "The quality of the old man is as bright as a mirror in autumn water." How can you be an ignorant child who can question it? “

Come in general.

Saying that, he also stared at Tan Zhi, undoubtedly mocking Tan Zhen: The old man's feelings of loyalty to the country and the people, how can you understand as a pickled eunuch? You are a lowly and muddy eunuch, and you deserve to laugh at the old man's courage to fight privately and be cowardly in public war? I'm brave enough to fight privately, what's the matter? You don't have the qualifications to do that......