This morning, Zhu Zhen taught King Qi to write the word "一"...
Liu Ji held the imperial ruler in his hand and took His Royal Highness the King of Chu to the library and to the duty room at the east end of the palace.
Due to his status as a prince, even if the emperor gave permission to hit him casually, he would have to explain his fault first, and only after repeated reprimands failed, he could only be punished in a quiet room.
This cumbersome and pretentious regulation fully reflects Boss Zhu's ambivalent mentality of being afraid of not being able to teach his son well, but also afraid that his son will suffer.
"Your Highness, this is the second time I have warned you. Please respect the teacher and obey the rules, and don't say what you said was unexpected!" So at first, Liu Bowen only planned to scare the little fat man and make him be more honest.
"Sir, Lao Qi has admitted that he pushed me into the water." Zhu Zhen said reluctantly.
"Children talk without counting." Liu Bowen was not surprised. Only in this way could His Highness Prince Qi's calligraphy on the floor have a reasonable explanation. "Go back and copy the school rules ten times and hand them over tomorrow morning!"
"With your wisdom, sir, you know it's him." Zhu Zhen pouted. He knew that Liu Bowen's words would be equally effective on him, so convincing the other party to testify against him was the key to everything.
"I'm confused and don't know." Liu Bowen did not continue. "Twenty times."
"Student, please." Zhu Zhen raised his little hands and said pitifully: "I am not doing it for the seventh child, but to save my mother and concubine. My husband taught me that 'filial piety comes first', student An Neng can sit back and watch his mother and concubine in the cold palace.
suffer?"
"First, I have never taught His Highness this sentence." Liu Bowen said unmoved: "Second, His Highness King Qi is also my student, and I cannot ignore His Highness King Qi's life and death just to fulfill His Highness's filial piety. Three
Ten times.”
"Look what you said. He is also my younger brother. Can I still kill him?" Zhu Zhen shook his thick eyebrows and said persuasively: "My father asked me to ask me, but I didn't even confess him, let alone
Make it difficult for you sir."
"Then you are..." Liu Bowen said: "forty times."
"I just want to make an exchange with Concubine Ding so that I can save my mother. But she definitely doesn't take my words seriously, so I have to borrow my husband to keep her under control." Zhu Zhen said briefly and concisely. It won't work otherwise,
If you say one more sentence, add it ten times.
"That's it..." Liu Bowen nodded slightly.
Zhu Zhen was secretly happy, it seemed like there was a way.
But he was too happy too early. Liu Bowen immediately said with a straight face: "But why should I help you? This is not good for me. Fifty times."
"Of course the benefits are great." Zhu Zhen had known that Liu Bowen didn't like him, and it was useless to rely on words alone. He was well prepared. "Sir, save my mother and concubine once, and I will save my husband once. This wave
It’s not a loss, right?”
"You save me?" Liu Bowen couldn't help but laugh, and even forgot to add more money. "By the time His Highness grows up, I will be nothing but dirt."
"I'm talking about the present, not the future." Zhu Zhen stared at his big round eyes with an expression of 'believe me, it's true'.
"Right now?" Liu Bowen said amusedly, "I would like to ask Your Highness, what is the risk to my life?"
"If there is no danger of life, why would Uncle Chengyi hide in this palace?" Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "I have heard that Uncle Chengyi is not in the court. Since the first year of Hongwu, he has been begging for his bones frequently. A few years ago
I once fulfilled my wish to become an official and returned to my hometown with honor. But in the blink of an eye, I returned to the capital in embarrassment. I still dare not step out of the capital again. Isn't it because I am worried about my own life?"
"Is this what the emperor taught you?" Liu Bowen frowned when he heard this, and a familiar feeling came to his heart.
"Sir, he's here again." Zhu Zhen said with a bitter smile, "Would my father say this to a ten-year-old child?"
"Is this what a ten-year-old child can say?" Liu Bowen sneered. "Sixty times."
"Xiang Huisheng became a teacher of Confucius at the age of seven, and Ban Zhao was able to write history at the age of eight. When he was eight years old, he could read seven lines in one glance, and he could recite them after reading them. He was a scholar at the age of twelve, and at the age of fourteen he started to explain things in subtle ways, and before speaking. It’s unspeakable. I am a world-famous child prodigy, why would I think others can’t do it?”
In order to prepare for this speech, His Royal Highness the King of Chu spent the entire night preparing. It was only after consulting Fifth Brother this morning that he knew how to pronounce the word "槖" in Xiang Hui.
"Oh hahaha..." Liu Ji couldn't help but laugh and became completely interested. "Your Highness is really eloquent. Okay, please tell me who wants to kill me. I would like to hear the details."
He then put down his ruler and looked at Zhu Zhen, as if he was listening attentively.
"Hu Weiyong." Zhu Zhen replied confidently. He had seen countless versions of Liu Bowen in TV series. In the end, the person who killed this reincarnated Zhuge, without exception, was the one named Hu!
"It's not surprising that Your Highness knows this. The conflict between me and Prime Minister Hu, or the 'Huaixi' and 'Eastern Zhejiang' parties, is not a secret." Liu Ji took out a small gourd from his sleeve. , pulled out the plug, and the strong smell of medicinal wine came to my nose.
He raised his neck and took a big gulp, his old and slender face put on a mask of pain. He didn't know whether it was because the medicinal wine was hard to drink, or because it had touched something sad.
Zhu Zhen stood quietly aside, waiting for Liu Bowen to calm down.
He knew that the "Huaixi One Party" mentioned by Liu Bowen was the group of Huaixi heroes who followed Boss Zhu to conquer the world. And the "Eastern Zhejiang One Party" was the group of intellectuals from Eastern Zhejiang recruited by Boss Zhu after he occupied Yingtian.
The former was headed by Li Shanchang, while the leader of the latter was Liu Bowen. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, under the deliberate manipulation of Boss Zhu, the latter rose sharply, seized a large number of key official positions, and had a fierce struggle with the former.
Although the East Zhejiang Party once took the initiative, its foundation was shallow after all, and it was eventually defeated. Li Shanchang and Liu Ji also both retired and returned to their hometowns, bringing an end to the first party struggle in the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
However, Hu Weiyong, who succeeded Li Shanchang, refused to give up. He always held a grudge against Liu Bowen, who had repeatedly undermined his Prime Ministership, and wanted to get rid of him whenever he got the chance.
It was precisely because he was framed by Ma Zai under Hu Weiyong in his hometown in Qingtian that Liu Bowen had no choice but to go to Beijing to apologize.
Although Boss Zhu did not accuse Liu Ji, he deprived him of his salary.
Liu Bowen now fully understood that he would die if he left Zhu Yuanzhang's sight, so he did not dare to return to his hometown.
At the same time, in order to dispel Boss Zhu's suspicion, he took a teaching job at the main hall and hid in the library all day without contacting anyone...
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For a long time, Liu Jifang said sadly: "The so-called 'Eastern Zhejiang Party' no longer exists, and I have become an old tortoise. Do they still need to kill them all?"
"Does it really cease to exist?" Zhu Zhen asked back, and Liu Ji was speechless for a moment.
Fortunately, His Highness the King of Chu did not embarrass the teacher, and continued: "Besides, Xiang Hu will not understand the principle of eradicating the roots. Sir, you are the foundation of the East Zhejiang Party. As long as you are here, the hope of the East Zhejiang Party's comeback will be lost." will disappear."
"Your Highness really thinks too highly of old age. If a tiger stops biting when it's old, I'm not what I used to be." Liu Bowen shook his head.
"Who dares to despise Liu Bowen? As long as you live for one day..." Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice.
"Haha, according to what His Highness said, Mr. Hu still has to kill me." Liu Bowen laughed out loud and said lightly: "But now that I can't get out of the door or step forward, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to do so."
"Creating opportunities when there are no opportunities is Hu Xiang's specialty." Zhu Zhen raised his thick eyebrows and said leisurely: "What Xiang Hu has been busy with recently, sir, should know better than me, right?"
"I don't know very well." Liu Bowen didn't want to be fooled.
"Then let me remind you sir." Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice: "My father has a knot in his heart that cannot be solved."
"This..." Liu Bowen's expression became serious, and he looked at Zhu Zhen seriously for the first time and said: "Marquis Deqing?"
"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded, with no hint of guilt on his harmless face.
