After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 166 The pie painted by Lin Wushang

At noon, Lin Lanyin and Lin Wushang were left to have lunch.

Lunch is served in the Shuangfeng Pavilion under the sycamore tree.

During the dinner, the emperor talked about the Peony Case that had just concluded not long ago.

"How did Zhang San, a small government official, get so much evidence under the nose of the Cheng family? Did he really meet that Taoist priest who was proficient in the art of touching bones and fortune telling by chance?

"The more I think about it, the more I feel that there is something fishy. There is someone else behind Zhang San. This case has been guided by the person behind the scenes from beginning to end.

"The person behind the scenes is dealing with the Cheng family this time. Who knows that he won't target me next time?"

Lin Wushang put down his chopsticks, "No."

The emperor looked at him in surprise, not expecting that this boy would answer his words.

He asked with interest: "Oh? Why not?"

I want to hear what this kid has to say.

As a result, I heard an unexpected answer——

"Because the person behind the scenes is me."

As soon as Lin Wushang said these words, the pavilion suddenly fell into silence.

It was so quiet that you could even hear your breathing.

There was a kind of calmness on Lin Wushang's face that was beyond his age. It was that kind of calmness that prevented the adults in the pavilion from mistaking his words for children.

Lin Lanyin looked at her nephew in disbelief, "Xiaojiu, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Lin Wushang shook his head, "Aunt, what I said is true."

Lin Lanyin subconsciously watched the emperor's reaction.

The queen put her hand on the back of the emperor's hand, fearing that he would lose his temper.

The emperor chuckled and stood up, "Follow me."

He took the people to Ganlu Hall, his study room in Zichen Palace, where most of the government affairs were handled on weekdays.

"Lin Wushang, do you know what you just said?"

The emperor sat down behind the case and stared at the boy standing below with a heavy gaze.

He has also seen prodigies, but no matter how prodigy they are, they are still children mentally.

As for the little boy in front of him, if he ignored his immature face and short stature, he would think he was facing an adult man.

A man who was evenly matched with him and had a strong chest.

If this child had been born more than ten years earlier, who would have taken the throne in this world?

Lin Wushang: "I know."

The emperor stared at him for a long time without saying anything. He wanted to see what his reaction would be if he remained silent.

Panicked?
Is it restlessness?
Or are there six gods and no masters?

It's a pity that the emperor was disappointed. Lin Wushang understood his thoughts at a glance, and his expression was calm and unmoving from beginning to end.

He even took off the Buddhist beads on his wrist and started twisting them happily.

The emperor himself couldn't sit still, "Come, tell me what you have done."

Lin Wushang came to the palace this time to confess to the emperor, so naturally he would not hide it and told everything he had done secretly.

Of course, there was no mention of the burning of Cheng Haoran.

The emperor did not interrupt him the whole time and listened quietly.

After he finished, he asked him: "Why did you help Zhang San sue the Cheng family?"

Lin Wushang: "I can't bear those women to die innocently and tragically."

Emperor: "Is that all?"

Lin Wushang: "I don't want to be restricted by aristocratic families everywhere in the future." The emperor's eyes flashed, "What do you mean by this? How can you be restricted by aristocratic families?"

Lin Wushang knew that the emperor was asking questions knowingly, probably to test him.

"I once had some verbal conflicts with Cheng Haoran, and Cheng Haoran threatened me so that I would not be able to enter the Cheng family school, or even any other family school.

"If I want to enter the Cheng clan, I have to bow to him. In the future, if I want to be an official in the court, I have to bow to the family.

“If I don’t bow my head, I won’t be able to serve as an official, let alone do something for the country and the people.

"But bowing to a noble family is not what I want."

Having said this, Lin Wushang raised his head and looked directly at the emperor above him with a pair of eyes burning like cold flames.

"Therefore, I want to uproot the family's influence. This Cheng family is just the beginning."

The emperor was not angry because he looked directly at Tianyan, but his eyes shone brightly.

At such a young age, this boy's ideas coincided with his!

He stood up and walked out from behind the case and came to Lin Wushang. While questioning him, he also had the intention of testing him:
"The influence of the aristocratic family is intertwined and deep-rooted. This time the Cheng family's decline will definitely arouse the vigilance of other aristocratic families.

"If you want to find their faults again, it will be even more difficult. What are you going to do next?"

Lin Wushang: "The foundation of the family lies in family studies. If I can build an academy that can accommodate all rivers and teach people regardless of category, and make it famous all over the world, then countless students will be willing to come to study.

"If aristocratic family schools want to monopolize talents, they can no longer do so.

"And with enough talents, they can become officials in the court and replace the officials of the aristocratic families. By then, the power of the aristocratic families will be destroyed."

There was one more thing Lin Wushang didn’t say—

Your Majesty will no longer be constrained by the family.

Why can't the emperor touch the family now?
Because he still needs a noble family.

Once he overthrows the entire family, where will he find so many people to rule the world for him?

He and the aristocratic family have a mutually dependent and fearful relationship.

In the end, either the aristocratic family will completely eclipse him as the emperor, or the emperor will replace the aristocratic family.

The two cannot coexist peacefully forever.

The emperor was very excited by the pie painted by Lin Wushang.

He walked back and forth in the hall several times with his hands behind his back, took a few deep breaths, and then managed to suppress his excitement.

"You say it's easy. How can it be so easy to build an academy that students all over the world aspire to build? If it were really that easy, I would have built it long ago!"

What is the most important thing about the academy?
One is a book, and the other is a teacher who preaches, accepts karma and resolves doubts.

Both of these are basically monopolized by aristocratic families.

Even the library in the palace has far less rich collections of books than those of aristocratic families.

And those knowledgeable people basically come from aristocratic families.

How could they be willing to accept his invitation as the emperor to help him deal with the family behind them?
How could he build an academy like this?
Even if it is built, I'm afraid no one will come, and he will definitely become the laughing stock of the family.

Lin Wushang: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, I have found a powerful man who is knowledgeable and knowledgeable about the past and present.

"She knows astronomy and geography, she knows music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she knows farming and mulberry casting... There is nothing in the world that she doesn't know. With her in charge, why worry about not being able to build an academy?"

The emperor's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Seriously? Who is that great man's name? Where does he live?"

Lin Wushang: "Your Majesty should know her, she was the one who invented the fire kang."

Emperor: "You mean...the girl from Xiling? But she is a woman."

Lin Wushang: "Your Majesty, the queen is also a woman, and my aunt is also a woman, but are they worse than men?"

The emperor shook his head, "Of course my An Niang is no worse than a man. She is better than thousands of men in the world. If she hadn't been a woman, she would have been the one to sit on the throne."

Lin Wushang: "I just got a little guidance from the Xiling girl, and I'm already better than many people. If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can give me a test."

(End of this chapter)