Fifty-six years have passed since the last time the Khitans marched southward and swept across half of the Central Plains.
There are close to two generations of people in various parts of the Central Plains who have never seen the tragic scene of corpses strewn all over the ground after the Khitan soldiers and horses.
Including Liu E, her impression of the Khitan people was only those arrogant but gentle Khitan envoys, and she had never seen what a real Khitan wolf rider looked like!
However, after listening to Zhao Heng's words, her face showed obvious panic. Then, after pondering for a long time, she solemnly said, "I understand, I thank you sir for telling me these secrets. Wait for us.
When the child reaches the age of enlightenment, I will send him to the Imperial Academy together with you to worship Zheng Jijiu as his apprentice."
"Zheng Jiji is a good teacher, but our children don't worship him just to learn the classics." Zhao Heng smiled and nodded lightly, "We must learn that what should be respected is the knowledge itself, not the knowledge itself.
Someone who has mastered knowledge, especially those rotten scholars who only know how to drop schoolbags, is not worthy of respect."
Knowing that it would be difficult for Liu E to understand these words for a while, he paused briefly and continued to add, "Just like Li Long, the admonishing doctor, I give them high officials and generous salaries just to win the hearts of scholars all over the world. Really
We must govern the country and ensure peace of mind, but we cannot listen to their nonsense!”
"Calling?" Unexpectedly, Zhao Heng would use such vulgar words to describe the leader of Qingliu. Liu E was stunned and her eyes widened again.
"Yes, calling. These are my master's original words back then." Zhao Heng was very talkative tonight and responded in a low voice with a somewhat showy expression, "My master's ability is actually ten times better than that of my senior brother. It's just that he
He has been dead for many years, and our children have no chance to receive guidance from his old man. I remember when I became his disciple, I often heard him despise all the scholars in the world. Whoever has breasts is a mother, what a short-sighted person, and what a mouthful.
He has a straight body, he only knows his family but not his country, and the shamelessness of scholar-bureaucrats is a national disgrace. There are many words that are heavier than the word "calling". At first, I thought the master was arrogant because of his talent, but later I did it myself
Only after meeting the emperor did I understand what the master said, which is really profound!"
"Master's knowledge must be very impressive." Liu E became more and more surprised as she listened, and couldn't help but speculate in a low voice.
"It depends on what aspect. If it's poetry, my master doesn't know much about it. But when it comes to governing the country, I'm afraid Lu Mengzheng and Kou Zhun combined are not as good as him." Zhao Heng thought for a moment and shook his head gently.
"Why don't your late emperor..." Liu E was even more surprised and blurted out the question. However, halfway through the sentence, she decisively suppressed the second half.
"I just said that he himself refused." Zhao Heng could understand Liu E's meaning with only half a sentence. He smiled and shook his head gently, "He only wants to teach and educate people and be an emperor's teacher. He doesn't want to
Serve my father as Privy Councilor or Tongpingzhangshi (Prime Minister). In addition, this is also the master's brilliance. As the emperor's master, my father will definitely have peace of mind when entrusting me to him. As Privy Councilor,
Master has many old friends in the army, and has lived and died with Cao Bin, Pan Mei and others. Even though he has no intention of spying on the throne, he can't guarantee that someone will secretly prepare a yellow robe and forcefully kill him while he is not paying attention.
Put it on him!"
He didn't need to explain some things clearly, but Liu E could explain them clearly.
The yellow robe was not the first creation of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty.
Before him, Guo Wei, Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, was the first important official who was put on a yellow robe by his subordinate generals and had to raise troops to seize the throne.
No matter whether Zhao Kuangyin and Guo Wei had been spying on the throne for a long time or they had no prior knowledge, the moment their subordinates took out the yellow robes, they had only one option left.
When Zhao Guangyi, the second emperor of the Song Dynasty, came to power, it was only ten or twenty years after the chaos of the Five Dynasties ended. The generals leading the army were still used to changing emperors at the slightest disagreement, and were not used to a smooth inheritance of power.
Therefore, it is probably the most rational choice for Zheng Ziming not to have military power or become prime minister.
Otherwise, Zhao Heng's father, Zhao Guangyi, may soon regret inviting him back to Bianliang, and may even have evil thoughts out of suspicion. And he can't guarantee that no one will try to push him to be Guo Wei's third choice!
"Master has taught me many principles, but the one that has benefited me the most is this sentence, respect knowledge, not the person who masters knowledge." Not wanting to judge too much about the choices of his father and master back then, Zhao Heng took a deep breath.
After taking a breath, he turned the topic back to the topic, "This is the difference between me and a certain person. He was born late and had no chance to become a disciple of the master. Therefore, he would only use a group of rotten scholars as a treasure, and forget about it as soon as he was praised by the other party.
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"Someone? Who are the officials talking about?" Liu E was stunned again and asked again in a low voice.
"If you don't mention him, I will get upset if you mention him." Zhao Heng did not answer her questions this time. He just waved his hands with a sneer, "In short, you are pregnant this time, and he is probably the one who is most disappointed."
"The officials are only devoted to their concubines. If the rain and dew had touched each other, I'm afraid there would have been more than one prince in the harem!" With Liu E's intelligence, of course she would not continue to dig deeper. She smiled and squatted down gently.
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What Zhao Heng liked was her intelligence. He smiled and held her arm, scolding her in a low voice, "Okay, what are you doing again? Didn't I tell you that I only want to be an ordinary couple with you?"
Not the king and his concubines."
"After all, I am too greedy. I only want to be the official's favorite." Liu E sat upright and responded softly.
"I feel most comfortable here with you." Zhao Heng smiled, his voice equally gentle. "Okay, I'm going too far. I won't talk about this anymore. Apart from the royal secrets, I actually just want to tell you tonight,
I will choose some arms for our children, just like my father chose Kou Zhun for me back then."
"I would like to thank my father in advance for my child!" Liu E heard this and tried to salute again. However, Zhao Heng supported her shoulders again, "Don't fool around, be careful of fetal contractions. As a father, you will naturally do your best.
Who would want to thank you if you leave it to your son? Besides, this child's body exuded a strange fragrance when you were pregnant with him. He must be a man of great blessings. I will prepare more for him, both for the country and the family.
All are beneficial and no harm is done.”
Liu E had noticed a change in her body's aura a long time ago. In the past half month, she became more and more certain that the change was due to the fetus in her belly.
And as a mother, who doesn’t want her children to receive great blessings from heaven and have unparalleled luck?
Therefore, after hearing Zhao Heng's words, his eyes immediately shone. "Then, who are the officials going to leave him as his arm? Is it Wang Shu? Or is it Chen Yaozi, the new top scholar?" (Note: Chen Yaozi,
He was the number one scholar in the third year of Xianping. He was good at both civil and military affairs, and his calligraphy and archery skills were first-class. He once guarded Hebei for a long time.)
"Both of them have passed their thirties, and they are no longer suitable to be left to our children!" Zhao Heng immediately smiled and shook his head without even thinking about it, "The person I like was mentioned just now. It's just that you didn't listen carefully.
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"I know, it's Han Qing and Han Jiajun!" Liu E was not convinced, and immediately gave the correct answer. "He is both civil and military, neat and courageous in taking on responsibilities. He is still your senior brother's favorite disciple. In the future, our children will also be considered
A pair of brothers! If the officials don't choose him, who else can they choose?"
