fifth form

Chapter 2389 Barrier
Zhang Xuezhou had figured out the state of his own martial arts last night, and actually had completed his mission to come to the palace.

But he still had to go to the palace.

These may be some of the inevitable little troubles he encounters when getting along with the new emperor.

Troubles should be relieved rather than blocked or accumulated.

If there is any friction between him and the new emperor, Zhang Xuezhou would be very happy to eliminate it as soon as possible.

He couldn't do it like Han Yan, but Zhang Xuezhou figured out the rules of getting along with each other through some encounters.

After requesting a copy of the new emperor's oral order, Zhang Xuezhou entered the palace area holding the "Jieshizhong" order.

"Master Dongfang!"

Zhang Xuezhou avoided the time when all the ministers attended the morning court, but he still couldn't avoid running into some old and feeble ministers.

"Prime Minister Xu!"

When he met Prime Minister Xu Chang on the way, Zhang Xuezhou had no choice but to greet him politely.

"The sun is setting for us," Xu Chang sighed, "The night ahead is long and I don't know how to get through it!"

"Why do you say that, Prime Minister?" Zhang Xuezhou bowed.

"It fell," Xu Chang whispered.

"fall down?"

Zhang Xuezhou said in doubt, and a trace of loneliness appeared on Xu Chang's face full of old spots.

"Take care of yourself!"

Xu Chang did not answer Zhang Xuezhou, but just gave a warning.

When Xu Chang inadvertently glanced in the direction of Anle Palace, Zhang Xuezhou already understood everything in his mind.

There is no wall that is impenetrable. When Xu Chang went to Anle Palace to pay homage to the emperor, he might have discovered the clues of the Empress Dowager's death, and thus felt disappointed.

Without the support of the Empress Dowager, how could Xu Chang hold on to such a high position as Prime Minister?

Zhang Xuezhou was bouncing around in the position of Taizhong Daifu, and it was extremely difficult for him to escape safely, let alone the position of Prime Minister in Xuchang.

Although he has been clean all his life, he has made mistakes and has conflicts of interest. He has no say over what will happen to him when he is liquidated.

Xu Chang knew what had happened but was powerless to struggle and could only wait for the moment when the monkeys scatter when the tree falls.

Zhang Xuezhou looked at Xu Chang's staggering figure and felt that he seemed a little lonely.

"This industry has always been one where the old are replaced by the new. If there is no new person to take over, it will be difficult to get out of it unscathed!"

Zhang Xuezhou looked at Xu Chang and couldn't help but think for a few seconds.

He finally decided that there was nothing wrong with him. His position here was not high, he had been on the run, and he also had physical illness as an excuse.

In reality, Zhang Xuezhou has a good network of relationships, and the old, middle-aged and young generations get along relatively well with each other. Although everyone has their own selfish motives, there are more cases of cooperation. Facing external pressure, many people have fewer distractions and are able to work together basically.

He examined himself and found that there was nothing to examine.

This made him walk faster towards the Jiaofang Palace.

"Chu Wu Zhu, husband and wife clearly refer to monogamy, and it doesn't say trigamom or trigamom. Why do all the ministers in the court say the opposite?"

"My lady, men can't control their own crotches. Everyone wants to have many women. How can they agree to monogamy?"

"If the truth can be distorted, wouldn't it mean that the Han people will have no normal ethics at all?"

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Fifty steps away from the Pepper Room, Zhang Xuezhou heard the sound of people discussing and arguing about issues concerning men and women.

It is like this even when the new emperor is away, and I am afraid he will not have peace when resting in the Pepper Palace.

A few days ago, Zhang Xuezhou had a serious conflict in his brain because of Aqiao's intervention in his life. He used reasons such as "this is just a treatment" and "someone operated on me without my knowledge" to convince himself.

But Zhang Xuezhou ultimately felt that this was a social ideological issue caused by economic and security conditions. Anyone who tried to be different would become a target of public criticism, and he also needed to adapt to local customs.

The order of a country is established by men. Whoever has more say will form a universal ideology, and women can only cooperate.

Only when the country is strong to a certain extent, free from internal and external troubles, and with a high economic level, can women have the ability to survive independently, and only in this case can equal conditions be born, thus expanding to systems such as monogamy. This is what the queen can't understand, and it is difficult for the other party to admit this factor.

"Dongfang Shuo is requesting to see the Empress on the orders of His Majesty!"

Ten steps away from the Pepper Palace, Zhang Xuezhou saw two eunuchs at the door step forward, and he immediately took out the bamboo slips with the new emperor's oral order.

"His Majesty?"

"Dongfang Shuo?"

The sounds of argument in the Pepper Room temporarily slowed down, and after a brief moment of surprise, the sound of an imperial decree allowing entry was heard from the Pepper Room.

Walking up the steps of the Pepper House Hall for dozens of steps, Zhang Xuezhou turned and entered the hall.

He looked up and saw the familiar witches and priests in Chu costumes in the hall, and a woman in gorgeous clothes sitting in the middle of the hall receiving guests.

The other person's skin was whiter than snow, and looked even whiter under the black and red robe, but as he looked up from the neck, a beautiful face came into Zhang Xuezhou's sight.

It's not a good feeling to be described by Zhang Xuezhou as "gorgeous".

Zhang Xuezhou felt that the queen's makeup was a little too heavy.

For the Han Dynasty, the makeup on the queen's face may be very high-end and fashionable, but Zhang Xuezhou has been influenced by a more advanced society after all, and he has come into contact with many outstanding women.

After experiencing the influence of the queen's heavy makeup, it is no wonder that the new emperor fell in love with the fresh and clean-looking Wei Zifu at first sight.

"Dongfang Shuo, you are so bold that you don't even bow to the Empress!"

Zhang Xuezhou looked at him for two or three seconds, and then was yelled at by Chu Fu.

This made him bow quickly.

"I heard from His Majesty that the Queen was in a state of debauchery. When I saw that the Queen was indeed like that, I was stunned for a moment," Zhang Xuezhou said with a bow.

"Is your majesty really praising me like this?"

The queen responded with surprise, and hurriedly touched the makeup powder that had fallen on her face.

Rosacea is made of white lead and can be applied to the body to achieve the effect of whitening the skin. Zhang Xuezhou's words of praise can be translated into plain language as "she is really white".

As usual, he used his flattering words to build closer relationships, which made the queen very happy for a moment and made the distance between them less.

After some praise, he was given a seat, and palace maids brought him tea, snacks and other items.

"Dongfang Shuo, I heard that you gave advice to the court, mentioning various suggestions such as men and women and husbands and wives. I was deeply moved and even more indignant that no one was willing to listen to such good advice!"

After a while, the queen repeated the same old thing.

Especially at this time, Zhang Xuezhou, the official who made the advice, was in the Pepper Palace, which prompted her to speak again and again.

"Your Majesty, it is normal that such advice is not understood at the moment," Zhang Xuezhou said with a bow.

"If you can't be understood now, when can you be understood?" asked the Queen.

"Confucianism has the concepts of 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness'. Only by building academies everywhere and teaching people the basic moral principles of life can people understand the principle of husband and wife staying together forever," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"It sounds like a lot of trouble," the Queen said in astonishment, "Do you think Your Majesty is also lacking in 'benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and trustworthiness'?"

"Your Majesty has been educated in scriptures since childhood, so he should not be lacking anything," Zhang Xuezhou replied.

"Then why did he secretly pick up a singing girl and bring her back to the palace? He would rather see that singing girl than come to see me every day!"

The queen looked indignant.

This brought Zhang Xuezhou back to his senses instantly.

The queen's indignation was not that the monogamy system was difficult to accept, but that she thought the new emperor was fickle and had forgotten her, his legal wife, after he had Wei Zifu.

Compared to how to convince the queen about the husband-wife system under a specific social form, the husband-wife relationship between the new emperor and the queen is the real key to solving the problem.

"How did His Majesty and the Queen end up fighting to the point of water and fire?"

With the support of Empress Dowager Dou and the Empress Dowager, the empress must have received an extremely good education and would have taken the virtuous empresses of past dynasties as role models.

This was an arranged political marriage, and almost everything was arranged.

But after only a few years of living together, an irreparable gap seemed to have developed between the new emperor and the empress.