Wen Zhao left the main hall with his subordinate Wen Wu, not caring at all about the angry looks of the hundred officials. Liu Xie, the son of heaven, looked at the back of Chen Xu leaving, with remorse, helplessness and sighs in his heart.

It's not that the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials can't see the situation clearly, and they don't know that Chen Xu will not hand over the power in his hands.

But the Son of Heaven now has no way out, if he has not yet reached the crown, he can still find an excuse to let Chen Xu control the country's military and political power.

Now that he has won the championship, if he doesn't take advantage of this time to fight for it, he will have no chance at all in this life.

Moreover, this will also give a bad impression to the hundred officials, that is, he himself has no ambitions and is willing to be a puppet.

If the officials are discouraged, the Han family will really be hopeless.

Liu Xie is aware of this, so even if he knows that acting like this may upset the balance between the two sides and make his life more difficult in the future, he still cooperates with the ministers of the DPRK and China to coerce Chen Xu to hand over power.

There are some things that you know you can't do, and Liu Xie is doing the same now.

After leaving the Jinluan Palace with his subordinates, everyone went directly into the General's Mansion, and Wen Zhao did not discuss military affairs first, but went to meet Li Ru first.

Although Li Ru is now wearing clothes, he is also frozen and stiff after standing shirtless for so long in the cold weather.

Seeing Li Ru's face purple, Wen Zhao felt a little heartache, came to him and stroked his back, and said, "How can I be so loyal to Wen You?" ”

After speaking, he untied his coat, personally draped it on Li Ru's body, and said again: "Wen You must not act like this again in the future, and he can't carry all the infamy on himself." ”

"As your lord, I naturally share all the burdens with you."

Feeling Chen Xu's care for him, a warm current welled up in Li Ru's heart, and he felt that his efforts today were completely worth it.

Li Ru solemnly saluted Wen Zhao and said, "Confucianism has long been notorious, even if it is scolded by the world, what does it matter? The lord is ambitious, and even if he wants to do some things, he should not tarnish his reputation. ”

"After the death of the Taishi, Confucianism is like a lost dog, if it weren't for the fact that Ming Gong didn't dislike what Confucianism did in the past, took Confucianism under his command, and regarded Confucianism as a confidant, even if I didn't die in the chaos, I might die of famine."

"The soldier dies for his confidant, and the Ming Duke treats Confucianism like this, how can I not repay him with death?"

Chen Xu was more and more moved when he heard this, and said: "Qing will not live up to me, and I will never live up to Qing." ”

The two hands were clasped together, and even though they didn't say anything else, they could feel each other's hearts.

……

At the same time, the deaths of Kong Rong and Dr. Wu caused an uproar in Pusaka, and after the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China added fuel and vinegar, Chen Xu was portrayed as a high-flying and domineering person with no one in his eyes.

For a while, rumors spread in the city, and even Taixue began to be turbulent.

Guo Huai walked with the kitten and said with some concern: "Is it too much for the general to act like this?" ”

After all these years of precipitation in Taixue, the kitten is no longer the teenager who struggled to survive before.

He shook his head and said, "Don't say these rumors, there may be an element of exaggeration, even if it is true, what does it matter?" ”

Guo Huai was surprised in his heart and asked, "Why did Ziji say this?" ”

The kitten said: "Sage Yun: The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the king is light." Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people have won the world. ”

"In the land of Guanzhong, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou, who among the people does not praise the general? The people's wishes, even if the general stands on behalf of the Han Dynasty, what does it matter? ”

Guo Huai was suddenly startled, and hurriedly said: "Ziji is silent!" ”

The kitten shook his head and said with a smile: "Berji is from a scholar clan, so naturally he doesn't understand the difficulties of the people's survival. As far as I'm concerned, if I hadn't met the general at the beginning, I would never have survived today. ”

"Take the people of Bingzhou and Guanzhong as an example, if it weren't for the general's compassion for the people, reforming politics, and developing production, how many people would be left?"

"I'm afraid that in the ****** of the Xingping years, countless people will be starved to death, and the bones will be wild."

"The general said that the court is like water, the people are like boats, and water can carry boats and overturn boats. The roots of the Han Dynasty have rotted, and no matter how hard those foolish and loyal Han people try, they are powerless to return to the sky. ”

"Because, the hearts of the people have long been scattered, and the people are all looking for the general."

Speaking of which, the kitten no longer paid attention to Guo Huai, who was stunned, and left alone.

Guo Huai thought carefully about the kitten's words, and his mood was also a little complicated. He was born in a famous family, and the Guo family is a world-eating Hanlu, and his feelings for the Han are very strong.

The scholars are generally in the same spirit, and they have great respect for contemporary Confucians like Kong Rong.

Therefore, when Guo Huai learned that Kong Rong was forced to die and Dr. Wu was beheaded, he still had some pimples in his heart.

But hearing the kitten's words, Guo Huai's heart suddenly struggled. He walked among the Taixue, looked at the bare trees around him, and was silent for a long time.

After a long time, he sighed and said: "This world belongs to the people of the world after all." After all, the scholars are only a small minority. ”

Reaching out and plucking a few remaining withered yellow leaves from a small tree, and throwing them on the ground one by one, Guo Huai finally had a choice in his heart.

"In troubled times, we should seek change, if we blindly stick to our old ways, sooner or later we will be eliminated by this era."

Untying the knot in his heart, Guo Huai suddenly felt much more relaxed.

He felt the cold, dry weather, and secretly thought: "Winter is half gone, will spring be far away?" ”

Just when Guo Huai was sighing alone, he suddenly heard a noisy sound.

"These voices seem to be coming from the Taixue Traditional Scripture Branch."

Guo Huai listened carefully for a while, and then determined the source of the sound, and he hurriedly strode over there.

……

In the Taixue Traditional Scripture Branch, there are many scholars wearing high crowns, and most of the colleges in this branch are from the scholar family, and the most unfortunate is also a strong family.

Because if you want to study in this branch, you must have a certain amount of knowledge. Only these families can cultivate knowledgeable family children.

If you don't say that you can read and write, you may not even be able to eat.

Therefore, most of the students in the Taixue Traditional Scripture Branch have an innate sense of superiority and look down on the students of other branches.

The students of the other branches were also reluctant to associate with the students in the traditional branch schools.

As a world-famous Confucian, Kong Rong naturally often teaches in the traditional scripture academy, and many students also respect Kong Rong very much.

After they heard the news of Kong Rong's death, many people were very angry and gathered together.

Someone shouted loudly on the high platform in the middle: "Although Shaoqing was not killed by Dianman, he was forced to death by him, this person should be punished!" ”

"Be punished!"

"Be punished!"

"Be punished!"

The students raised their arms and shouted, and one by one their faces showed angry looks.