Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2498
Xiao Yu smiled wryly and said: "Mr. Zhong Yuan is an orthodox Confucianist. Now that he has retired from his official position, why should he get involved in the muddy water of the imperial court and spend all his energy and effort? You are a real Confucian by traveling in springs and forests, teaching and educating people. pursuit."

Kong Yingda paused slightly while making tea, and sighed: "In this world, who can truly keep things out of their minds, be free and unrestrained, and be free?"

The Kong family seems to have a respectable status, but they have never held real power.

Since the Warring States period, the rulers have used Confucianism to govern the world, but at the same time, they have been more wary of the so-called "authentic Confucianism" Confucianism, which made Kong Jiakong have a supreme spiritual reputation, but never had actual power.

The Kong family is the leader of the Shandong family in name, but how can those rich families who have lived for many generations willingly accept the constraints of a family with no real power?

Only by rushing into the battle and fighting in the world can the status of the Kong family be guaranteed.

After thousands of years of inheritance, the Kong family has fallen into a period of decline. The descendants have no successors and no one to succeed. As a result, even though Kong Yingda retires from office, he has to work hard for the future of the family.

Born in the family, end up in the family, die in the family.

Even the great Confucians of the time such as Kong Yingda are not immune to the vulgar.

The autumn wind swayed through the pavilion, and the heat of the tea was blown away by strands of water. Xiao Yu knelt and sat there silently, weighing the pros and cons and calculating the gains and losses in his heart.

Kong Yingda sighed with emotion, and when he saw Xiao Yu's expression, he smiled and said, "Don't be impatient, Duke Song. It's a big matter. It's better to discuss with other Jiangnan gentry before making a choice. I just hope that Duke Song understands that this time If you and I join forces, it will not happen overnight, but for a long period of time in the future, we need to cooperate sincerely and not be scheming, otherwise we will have our own schemes, and it will be our common enemy who will benefit in the end."

Xiao Yu nodded silently.

What these words refer to is that Xiao Yu and Changsun Wuji cooperated once unintentionally to obtain the actual power of the Hanhai Dufu Mansion and Shanyu Duhu Mansion respectively, lest they would be obedient to others, and they would have the right and wrong ways, and they would secretly have a relationship with Guan Long. The nobles colluded and sold the Shandong family like a fool.

Of course I wouldn't be so short-sighted.

In the foreseeable future, the decline of the Guanlong nobles is inevitable, and it is almost a foregone conclusion that the Shandong family will replace them with their strong background. If they offend the Shandong family at this time, when they rise in the future, the Jiangnan nobles will inevitably face crazy revenge .

That was absolutely unbearable for the Jiangnan gentry.

Kong Yingda smiled and said: "The autumn wind is rustling here, and the scenery is pleasant, so let's not talk about these mundane affairs. You and I drink tea in the pavilion and look at the beautiful scenery from a distance. It's a pleasure. Come, come and drink tea."

Xiao Yu also calmed down, buried all those thoughts in his heart, took the teacup, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, this place was originally barren, if Fang Erlang hadn't temporarily placed the East and West cities by the Kunming Pool, and by this pool The academy was built on the hillside, where can there be such a prosperous and beautiful scenery? It is this Chinese tea, which is also the result of Fang Erlang's whimsical thinking, and Fang Erlang has contributed a lot to the current prosperity and splendor."

Kong Yingda took a sip of tea and looked at the vast blue waters of Kunming Pool. There were still a few warships cruising on the pool and practiced. There are countless people, but there is no one like him who is so young, mature, and full of ingenuity. In time, this son's achievements will surely surpass you and me, and it is only a matter of time to leave a name in history and shine in the annals of history."

One of the two is Fang Jun's in-laws, and the other has a long-term acquaintance with him. Naturally, they would not speak ill of him behind their backs. Instead, they were filled with emotion when they thought about Fang Jun's various incredible actions.

Of course, these two people represented a meeting between the two major factions of the current dynasty, and also determined the changes in the situation of the Tang Dynasty in a long time from now.

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Jin Wangfu.

Jin Wang Li Zhi looked at his uncle and grandson Wuji who came uninvited, feeling really helpless.

He naturally knows what his uncle is thinking, and he also admits that he has always coveted the position of supremacy, but this definitely does not mean that he can secretly use some means to frame or even persecute the prince to achieve his own Purpose.

He knows too well what kind of temperament his father is, and the throne of the country can only be determined by his father. If anyone thinks that he has enough power to force his father to make a decision, he simply doesn't know what to do with death Write……

Changsun Wuji was dressed in normal clothes, with a kind and warm smile on his round face. First, he asked how the concubine of Jin, who was pregnant again, was doing. Careless.

After Princess Jin resigned, Changsun Wuji turned to Li Zhi, sighed, and said, "The situation is not good."

Li Zhimo remained silent.

It's your Guanlong nobles who are in trouble, so what does it have to do with me?

As if he understood what Li Zhi was thinking, Changsun Wuji said slowly: "Don't think that the current situation has nothing to do with Your Highness. Without Guan Long's strong support, it is almost impossible for His Highness to achieve his wish. But Your Majesty is now stepping up. In addition to the suppression of Guan Long, it may be that he has sensed His Highness's intentions, so he intends to block His Highness's path in this way, so that His Highness will die."

Li Zhi raised his eyes and glanced at Changsun Wuji, his lips moved, but he didn't speak in the end.

He thinks he is smart, but he also has self-knowledge. Compared with Changsun Wuji, who has experienced countless turmoil, he is not worse than 01:30.

Perhaps... the emperor's father made great efforts to suppress the nobles of Guanlong, and there really was his own reason for it?
As long as he thinks about it this way, besides being disheartened, he also has heart palpitations - he understands his father's disposition too well, whoever dares to violate his father's will will definitely end badly!

Back then, he swung the butcher knife at his elder brother and younger brother without hesitation. Could it be that he would not dare to kill a traitor today?

Changsun Wuji said again: "Since ancient times, the winner, the prince, and the loser, Kou, have ascended to the Great Treasure to sit on the world, and if they take a step back, they will be imprisoned for the rest of their lives... Now the crown prince seems to be in a stable position, but in fact, His Majesty still has such a sense of unwillingness in his heart." , This is His Highness's only chance. Otherwise, when the Crown Prince succeeds in the future, facing His Highness, a brother who is deeply loved by his courtiers and extremely trusted by His Majesty, will he really be able to let you go? Even if His Highness is kind-hearted Can't bear to kill brothers, how can his followers tolerate the existence of someone like His Highness who can threaten the throne at any moment? A cup of poisoned wine or a three-foot white silk is probably the destination of His Highness."

Li Zhi looked at Changsun Wuji in surprise.

In the past, Changsun Wuji had persuaded him to stand up and fight for the crown several times, but his words were always cryptic. It is unprecedented that he is so straightforward and unscrupulous like today.

Thinking about it, it was the emperor's recent methods that scared his uncle, fearing that he would no longer have the ability to struggle under the pressure of his father in the future, so today he simply told the truth without any taboos.

That is to say, if I still want to fool the past as ambiguously as before today, it is almost impossible...

Swallowing his saliva, he said: "The king envoys his ministers with courtesy, and the ministers serve the king with loyalty. If the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die. If the father tells the son to die, the son has to die. If there is a day, this king will be fulfilled." If you lose the loyalty in your heart, what about death?"

"Humph! Stupid!"

Changsun Wuji snorted coldly, glared at Li Zhi and said: "Only those who are virtuous occupy the Ninth Five-Year position. The prince cannot convince the public. There are not many people with different hearts in the world. Even though His Royal Highness is loyal and can't bear to resist, he wants to die. With the full name, those dissatisfied people will still rise up and resist, and when the country is in chaos and the flames of war are everywhere, will His Highness be able to meet the ancestors without guilt under the nine springs? It's so stupid!"

However, Li Zhi still shook his head, and said in a firm tone: "The matter has come to this point, if this king has never had the heart to become a great treasure, I am afraid that even my uncle will not believe it. But uncle must know that this country belongs to the emperor. I, I want it; if my father doesn't give it to me, I will never snatch it! This is the duty of a son of man, even if a steel knife is added to the neck, and poisonous poison enters the throat, I will definitely not disobey the father!"

Changsun Wuji was so angry that his nose almost smoked.

He valued Li Zhi, king of Jin, because he was smart and smart, and he was also favored by His Majesty Li Er. After Wu Wang and Wei Wang expressed their abandonment of the reserve position, he had no choice but to choose him, but he never thought of it. But this kid is so treacherous.

He covets the throne in his heart, but he still refuses to bear the slightest infamy. This is to push all the bad things on Lao Tzu's head, and steal the throne by himself cleanly?
Simply shameless!
(End of this chapter)