travel through the past to be emperor

Chapter 122 Shilin Rules
Zhao Fei went back to the study with a dark face, not because of Zheng Tao, but because of the ministers of the court like Qin Hui.

In the situation just now, not only did Qin Hui and the others not have the slightest awareness to speak up, they even jumped out to intercede for Zheng Tao.

This is a very dangerous signal, Zhao Fei was a little startled, and Zhao Fei thought: Take a chance, I have to beat them hard,
At this time, Anping came up.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Fei frowned.

"Master Liu is here." Anping whispered.

"Liu Yong?" Zhao Fei's eyes flashed, seeing An Ping nodded, he pondered for a while, and said, "Tell him to come in and see what he wants to say."

Anping went to lead the order, and after a while, Liu Yong walked in with a smile on his face.

This old guy has been with Zhao Fei for a long time, and he has gradually figured out Zhao Fei's temper, knowing that the emperor is not a person who likes to talk about rules, so whenever he contacts Zhao Fei in private, he gradually loses his integrity. ,

"My subject, Liu Yong, sees my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live." Liu Yong said loudly, and then he was about to kneel down.

"Stay flat!" Zhao Fei waved his hand, signaling Liu Yong to stand up.

Liu Yong is also a man of gods, he hadn't even knelt down yet, but when he heard Zhao Fei calling for flattening, he immediately stood up with a flick of his sleeves.

Seeing this, Zhao Fei sneered and said, "You are really impolite!"

"If Your Majesty really cares, can I kneel down for you again?" Liu Yong grinned.

"Forget it, anyway, you don't have any sincerity." Zhao Fei shook his head and said, "Tell me, why did you find me?"

Liu Yong said with a smile: "It's not because His Majesty is depressed, so I came here to enlighten His Majesty."

"I'm in a depressed mood?" Zhao Fei snorted coldly, and then said with a sneer: "You still don't know what's going on with my mood, so you can enlighten me and don't make trouble for me."

"How could it be?" Liu Yong shook his head and said, "Your Majesty is in a bad mood because of Zheng Tao's matter?"

"So what if it is, so what if it's not?" Zhao Fei asked back.

"Yes, it means that the minister guessed right, but if it is not, then the minister guessed wrong, it is a joke for your Majesty to be a minister." Liu Yong said with a chuckle: "In the words of the market, your Majesty, you take the minister's words as farts. "

"If you really want to be a fart, it's a pity that you are not a fart." Zhao Fei snorted coldly, and then said: "You tell me, I will listen."

"Okay, just listen, Your Majesty." Liu Yong laughed, then took two steps left and right, and said, "Although your Majesty's matter today has some flaws, it is the best way to deal with it."

"The best way?" Zhao Fei asked doubtfully.

"That's right." Liu Yong nodded and said, "Zheng Tao led a group of people to kneel at the gate of the palace. No matter whether he was ordered by someone or his own actions, it would have a very bad influence. Your Majesty cut the mess quickly and did a good job."

"Really?" Zhao Fei sneered and said, "But why do I feel that you are not very willing!"

"Bah!" Hearing this, Liu Yong spat fiercely on the ground, and then pleaded guilty to Zhao Fei: "Your Majesty, I have disturbed Your Majesty with your rough behavior just now."

"You look like you want to say something?" Zhao Fei said with interest, "Tell me, let me hear what you have to say."

"It's not a high opinion, I just want to tell His Majesty." Liu Yong sneered and said, "The reason why we people don't speak up and resist His Majesty's will is just because of our shitty literati style!"

"A literati?" Zhao Fei frowned.

"That's right, it's that shitty literati character." Liu Yong sneered and said, "Everything is inferior, but if you study well and win the gold list in a day, you are a gentry. The officials of the court are all from the gentry. There may be internal struggles in China, but when it comes to the outside world, it must be unified."

"So I'm an outsider?" Zhao Fei sneered.

"Your Majesty is certainly not an outsider. Your Majesty is the master of the world. Of course he is not an outsider." Liu Yong shook his head and said, "It's like everyone is in the same yard. Your Majesty is the master, and the ministers are slaves. There is only one master, but there are slaves." Many, in order to win the favor of the master, the slaves will naturally fight among themselves."

"Then what is your so-called literati character? Tell me carefully." Zhao Fei raised his eyebrows: "I still don't understand."

"For a long time, there has been a rule among us scholars, that is, no matter what we did before, when we finish reading the book and have a name on the gold list, we will no longer be the same as ordinary people. In one word, we are We have become noble and glamorous, Your Majesty is right, the noble and glamorous we spontaneously organized together, and then became the so-called gentry." Liu Yong sneered.

"As members of the gentry, we will naturally safeguard the rights and interests of the gentry. This is why Mr. Qin said that expulsion of the gentry is not in line with the rules. As the top officials of the court, we must first protect the fundamental interests of the gentry. Among these fundamental interests One of them is the shiji, and the shiji must not be dismissed casually, otherwise, once the opening is opened, the gentry will no longer be a gentry."

Liu Yong continued: "Does Your Majesty know about party disputes?"

"Of course I know." Zhao Fei nodded and said, "The scourge of party disputes has always been the court, or the emperors of all dynasties have always guarded against it the most."

"The so-called party struggle is actually an act of our gentry fighting for power and profit, and His Majesty knows that." Liu Yong sneered, "But what your Majesty doesn't know is that even when the party struggle was the most serious, there was no expulsion from the gentry." matter."

"Why?" Zhao Fei frowned.

"Heaven, earth, king, relatives and teachers, these five types of people are the five most important types of people in the eyes of the gentry." Liu Yongdao: "Let's put it this way, as long as you have a scholar's status, that is one of the five types of people, that is, your own people." .”

"Understood." Zhao Fei nodded and said: "You are all your own people, just fight with the gangsters in that Chang'an city, and usually have a little conflict, but once you have conflicts with other groups, then No matter right or wrong, it’s only about closeness, it’s only for your own people, and most importantly, just like that gang, as long as you become a member of the gang for a day, you will always be a member of the gang, even if you die, you are still a member of the gang ghost."

"Uh..." Liu Yong looked at Zhao Fei in astonishment, and said, "Where did you hear these thoughts, Your Majesty, but what you said is also appropriate. We gentry are just like that little gangster, but the difference is that, We are born as members of the gentry, and we are also the ghosts of the gentry when we die. If a gentry is in trouble, the gentry from all directions will come to rescue us."

"So at the gate of the palace, you don't say a word." Zhao Fei said.

"That's right." Liu Yong sighed and said, "But it's not that we don't say it, there is no way to say it. We are His Majesty's subjects, so we are naturally loyal to His Majesty, but we are also a noble family, and we are the seniors of the noble family. .”

"According to the rules of Shilin, for young talents like Zheng Tao, our responsibility is to give full support. If we don't raise any objections to His Majesty's decision to expel the scholar, then among the Shilin, we are equivalent to traitors."

"Traitor?" Zhao Fei laughed and said, "Aren't your actions now also a traitor?"

"Your Majesty said so, and I don't deny it." Liu Yong admitted openly: "According to the scholarly rules for thousands of years, when I say this, even if I am not a traitor, I have a betrayal."

"Why?" Zhao Fei's eyes flashed, "Why do you think so?"

"Believe it or not, I said that I want to hug His Majesty's thigh." Liu Yong laughed.

"I don't believe it." Zhao Fei shook his head and said, "Although we haven't met for a long time, I know that you are not the kind of person who flatters the Lord."

"Aren't you the one who flatters the lord?" Liu Yong blushed and said, "I never thought that His Majesty would have such a high opinion of my minister."

"Hehe." Zhao Fei smiled, frowned and said, "But I don't understand, why did you do this?"

"So the minister has had enough." Liu Yong sneered.

"Enough?" Zhao Fei frowned again and said, "Well, I don't quite understand."

"The purpose of my minister is to break the tradition of the current Shilin." Liu Yong pondered for a moment, and continued: "The current Shilin is too rigid and lifeless. I want to change this, although the Shilin will have some labor pains in the short term. But the long-term ministers believe that this will definitely revitalize Shilin."

"Yeah." Zhao Fei nodded noncommittally, and said, "You think so, do Qin Hui and the others think the same way?"

"Actually, to tell you the truth, everyone has the same idea." Liu Yong said with a wry smile: "For so many years, I have been fed up with the juniors who have been promoted by the seniors to the current ones, and the ministers have long been bored, but as the beneficiaries, most of them are safe. Based on the status quo, no one knows what the new situation will look like after breaking the existing pattern.”

"You want to be the pioneer?" Zhao Fei's eyes flickered.

"I'm already old, I don't have that courage, but I see that your majesty will transform into a dragon sooner or later, and you can see your majesty's actions, and you are also a enterprising person, so your hope is placed on your majesty." Liu Yong said with a wry smile. : "This is also the reason why I came back. I hope that through His Majesty, I can change the atmosphere of this scholarly society."

"Oh." Zhao Fei nodded.

Seeing that Zhao Fei nodded and stopped talking, Liu Yong continued: "Your Majesty has done a very good job today. Under such circumstances, there are three advantages to expel Zheng Tao."

"Which three?" Zhao Fei asked.

"The first is to show His Majesty's determination, and to show His Majesty's swift and resolute means, so that others will be afraid when they provoke His Majesty again. The second is to use thunderous means to warn the person behind the scenes. "Liu Yong continued: "And the third is to cut the mess quickly, without hesitation, without concealment, and to tell the people that some things are just rumors made by people with ulterior motives."

"It's interesting," Zhao Fei nodded, and said, "Then who do you think is behind this?".

"I don't know." Liu Yong shook his head and explained: "Zheng Tao is a student of Master Qin, and Master Qin has always been very optimistic about him. This is something that the entire scholarly community knows, but Master Qin will never instruct Zheng Tao Tao ran to the gate of the palace to confront His Majesty, so there are other people behind Zheng Tao, who can change the disciples of the Prime Minister of one dynasty, I really can't think of who is behind this."

"Zheng Tao is a student of Qin Hui." Zhao Fei was stunned for a while, this was really not an act, he really didn't know this, but after knowing it, Zhao Fei somewhat understood Qin Hui's behavior before.

"So, I need to discuss it with Qin Hui." Zhao Fei thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)