When the prince returned to Chunhe Palace, the fourth and sixth sons hurriedly came to greet him.
"How about it, brother? Father agrees?"
"Alas." The prince sighed and said, "Song Shen is still on the list, but my father changed Mr. Song's family to exile in the Sichuan-Guizhou border."
"That's good." The fourth child smiled and said, "The eldest brother has done his best, and the sixth child doesn't have to look at him anymore."
"Don't say that to me, I still have great respect for Song Taishi." Lao Liu rolled his eyes at the fourth brother and said, "Back then, I wanted to invite him to teach at Guozi University."
"Eh..." He said it unintentionally, but the listener had intention. The prince's eyes suddenly lit up, he grabbed Lao Liu's hand and said, "Brother Liu, I'm asking you to do something."
"Brother, you are too polite. Your words are more effective to me than an imperial edict." Lao Liu smiled sarcastically, secretly cursing himself for talking too much.
"I'm very worried about Mr. Song. He has a long way to go and is exiled. What will happen to him?" The prince took Lao Liu's hand and said worriedly: "If that happens, I will never feel at ease in my life."
"Brother's worry is justified. I think he will be in bad luck here." Lao Liu nodded. He vaguely remembered that after Song Lian was involved in the Hu Weiyong case because of his grandson, although he was changed to exile at the prince's request, he still couldn't.
I don't know whether he was ill or committed suicide, but he died in exile.
"Really? Do you think so too?" The prince's hand tightened and he sincerely begged: "You must help me, you are the only one who can save Mr. Song now."
"Eldest brother thinks too highly of my younger brother. What reputation do I have in front of my father? You can't even handle it. What can I do?" Lao Liu said with a bitter smile.
"Hey, don't belittle yourself, your words are very important to my father." The prince shook his head and said: "And in this matter, no one can speak like you - because you and Mr. Song are enemies.
, if you ask Father for someone, Father will definitely agree!"
"I want him to teach at Guozi University?" Lao Liu said reluctantly, "Aren't I asking for trouble?"
"Hey, Sixth, you can't say that. Big brother is not just trying to save people." The prince sighed and said seriously: "Your Imperial College has been in a difficult situation in the past six months. It is surrounded by enemies on all sides. There are also quite a few college students who have dropped out, right?"
"Yeah." Lao Liu nodded dejectedly. "I'm not even a disciple of Taishi of the Song Dynasty. He regards Guozi University as a thorn in his side and has been trying to trick me into trouble."
"Then let me ask you, is your ultimate goal to eliminate Confucianism?" the prince asked again.
"Of course not." Lao Liu quickly shook his head and said: "The role of Confucianism in unifying thoughts and educating the people is irreplaceable. If our Lao Zhu family wants to be stable, we cannot abandon Confucianism. If I dare to do that,
This is a treasonous thought, and my father is the first to refuse to agree."
"I just want Confucianism not to stretch its hands too far and not to be too ambitious." Lao Liu also said sternly: "An Anxin is responsible for ideology and ideological construction, and other military, official administration, law, engineering, finance...
Let’s leave these mundane affairs to technocrats with professional counterparts.”
"Does that mean we go back to the situation in the early Western Han Dynasty, when Confucian scholars were responsible for establishing moral standards and literati were responsible for governing the country?" the prince asked.
"You can't say that." Lao Liu said: "Technocrats are not grammatical officials, but a new type of officials who have studied Confucianism and are proficient in a professional knowledge."
"Since you don't want to eliminate Confucianism, you still have to compromise in the end." The prince said earnestly: "But if Song Lian dies in exile, will there be no end to death between you?"
"On the contrary, if you can ignore the past grudges at this time and reach out to give him a hand," the prince whispered softly, "the relationship between you will be greatly eased. With Song Lian teaching at Guozi University, those overt and covert attacks will be
It will stop abruptly, and the students will no longer have to face the pressure from their families."
"It's really..." Lao Liu mused. Getting the leader of Confucianism to teach at Guozi University was indeed a great move to get Guozi University out of its predicament.
If nothing else, at least in the future, no one in Shilin would dare to criticize him publicly. The college students' families also know that they are attending the highest and most serious universities, not some pheasant school that spreads heresy.
"It's just that if this happens, will he usurp the guest and occupy the magpie's nest with the sixth child?" The fourth child was worried for the sixth child: "Even if he doesn't have that ability, just messing around will be enough for the sixth child."
"What the fourth brother said makes sense." Lao Liu nodded. He is indeed the fourth brother, a good brother for life.
"Don't worry, who is Mr. Song?" The prince shook his head categorically and said: "Either he doesn't agree, or if he agrees, he will do his duty and will definitely not be a troublemaker, let alone do anything like repaying kindness with enmity.
!”
"Well, let me be the guarantor." He said, patting his chest and saying, "Sixth brother, if you feel that Mr. Song is getting in the way in the future, tell me at any time, and I will ask him to pack up and go back to his hometown that day."
"Brother said this, what else do you have to worry about?" The prince had said all that, and the sixth man couldn't push back any further, so he sang in a high-pitched voice:
“The spirit of Guozi University is to ‘be inclusive and learn from the strengths of others’. How can it not tolerate a mere old Confucian?”
"Then Dai Liang, Su Boheng, and Hu Han will also be accepted by you, right?" the prince said with a smile.
"Well, that's too much." Lao Liu said with a smile: "Two of them are a bit too much to accommodate."
"Hahaha, you kid." The prince smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'm not someone who tries to push his limits."
"Haha, Brother Chen is afraid that there are too many of them and they will bully me..." Lao Liuxin said that if I kept my mouth shut, all three of them would be stuffed in. Song Lian is easy to deal with, so let this group of people work together.
Man, that's really disturbing.
"Okay, I won't bother you with those three." The prince smiled and said: "As long as Mr. Song is saved, their problems will be simple. I will slowly grind it out with my father."
"Ignore Wu Zhuangyuan and the others?" Lao Si asked again.
"I can't take care of so many people anymore." The prince sighed and shook his head. Zhu Biao was extremely disappointed with the founding champion and no longer wanted to protect him.
"I understand." The fourth and sixth brothers also breathed a sigh of relief. There were not many people on the list given by the old man. If the eldest brother protected too many people, it would be difficult for them to explain.
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After leaving Chunhe Palace, the fourth child went back to the Jinyiwei Yamen and quickly closed the case for the officials who were not on the list. The sixth child went back to Wuying Palace to ask Boss Zhu for someone...
"What? Let Song Lian teach at Guozi University?" After hearing this, Boss Zhu looked at Lao Liu and said, "Your elder brother asked you to come, right? You brat, you fought hard to save his teacher."
"It's not just the elder brother's intention. I also think that it is a great thing for a highly respected scholar like Taishi of the Song Dynasty to teach at Guozi University." Lao Liu said seriously:
"It is more important than anything else for Confucian scholars from all over the world to stop boycotting Guozi University and actively enroll in school!"
