"Your Majesty, I just painted this as a tribute to Your Majesty!!"
Zhang Jiao quickly defended himself. The emperor looked at him, said nothing, smiled, and asked Song Dian to put away the map. He sat facing Zhang Jiao and said, "You don't have to be afraid. Is it possible that you think I am a cruel person?" The emperor? Will he care about human life?"
"Don't dare!"
"In the ten years since I have been on the throne, no one in the Han Dynasty has starved to death and they have lived and worked in peace and contentment. However, this is the first time I have seen my country..."
"The Emperor's Holy Ming!" Zhang Jiao whispered. The Emperor smiled and said, "You have gone to great lengths to find me. After all, what do you want?" Zhang Jiao's expression changed when he heard the Emperor asked so straightforwardly. Gradually he became solemn, sat in front of the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, I just want to share your worries for you, and I dare not ask for anything. It is the king's business, which is the foundation of a gentleman."
"Oh, what do you know that can help me relieve my worries?"
"Your Majesty does not know something. My teacher, named Nanhua, died at the age of more than three hundred and seventy years... He was proficient in the art of alchemy. He once studied with Xu Xian and was his disciple behind closed doors. I am not talented, but he has been a disciple for three generations. , I know a little about the art of alchemy, and I can refine the life-enhancing pill to increase the life span of a lifetime!" Zhang Jiao said with confidence, and the emperor was stunned, looking at Zhang Jiao suspiciously, with a calm expression.
"Honored Master, he died at the age of more than three hundred and seventy years? I wonder when he was born?"
"He...he never mentioned that when he was the First Emperor..."
"Then do you know why Xu Xian left and never returned?"
"I naturally know that the First Emperor was ruthless and tyrannical, and the immortals were unwilling to practice healing elixirs for him, so he retired to the Immortal Island of Penglai to practice with peace of mind..."
"Hahaha, are you willing to make elixirs for me?" The emperor asked with a smile. Zhang Jiao nodded and said, "That's right. Your Majesty, I have some knowledge of this art. Your Majesty is a sage who has governed the country and the people and has made countless merits. I am willing to do it for you." Your Majesty makes the elixir!"
"Hahaha..." The emperor was still smiling. Song Dian on the side looked at Zhang Jiao in surprise, and then at the emperor. The emperor squinted his eyes, looked at him, and asked again: "Practice a pill." , How much money will it cost?" Zhang Jiao shook his head and said: "Without any money, Your Majesty, as long as I can give you a few good ships, I am willing to lead people to Penglai to get medicinal materials and refine healing elixirs for Your Majesty. "
"Alternatively, I can ask the Patriarch directly for the elixir."
"Well... I'm a little tired. You should go back and rest first. I will summon you tomorrow...", the emperor said calmly, Zhang Jiao lamented helplessly and said: "I don't seek fame and wealth, and I don't do anything for you." Money, if your Majesty doesn't believe it, I can borrow a boat and go to Penglai!" After saying that, he bowed his hands to the emperor, stood up, said goodbye and left.
The emperor watched him leave coldly, looked at Song Dian aside, and asked with a smile: "Do you believe his nonsense?" Song Dian was stunned and asked: "Is it possible that your majesty doesn't believe it?" The emperor sneered. With a voice, he said: "If there is such a pill, I will definitely not be able to sit in this seat at this time. I may have to come to pay homage to the great ancestor Shizong. Of course I don't believe it..."
Song Dian lowered his head and said nothing.
The emperor ordered him to step back, and then ordered Xun You to come in, put the map on the document, and looked at it carefully. "." The emperor laughed and asked: "What, Gongda, why do you look down on the alchemist so much?"
"I hope your majesty will always remember Emperor Shizong's affairs, and the alchemists will harm the country!"
The country..."
"We are here, this is Youzhou, here are the natives of Liaodong, here is Murong Xianbei? A small land, Dingling, Qiang..." The emperor muttered, and the territory beyond the Han Dynasty was drawn extremely well by Zhang Jiao
Scribbling, not even a summary can be seen, caressing these areas, for some reason, the emperor seemed to have a fire burning in his heart, burning brightly.
"Your Majesty...congratulations on the new state of Xinzhou. It is not appropriate to expand the territory..."
Xun You revealed the emperor's thoughts with one word. Being seen through his thoughts, the emperor seemed a little angry and asked coldly: "When did I say that I would expand the territory?" Xun You quickly lowered his head and bowed, but the emperor ignored him.
, continued to look at these maps, and after spending some time with Zhang Jiao today, the long-term worry in his heart disappeared in an instant.
No matter what the Book of Heaven records, Zhang Jiao poses no threat to him now. Life and death are entirely in his hands. The troubled times recorded in the Book of Heaven seem to be gone forever. The emperor is naturally happy in his heart. However, looking at the map, he feels
I'm still a little worried. This guy is either a great sage who cares about the people of the world, or he's a powerful traitor with deep roots in the city!
However, after hearing words such as Penglai Xiandao, the emperor remembered something again. What was once recorded in the heavenly book, "The Biography of Wuwan Xianbei Dongyi", Wuwan was equivalent to a subordinate of the Han Dynasty, and he did not dare not to follow the Han Dynasty.
With the call, Dong Zhuo was able to command large and small tribes in Youzhou. After the collapse of Xianbei and a small number of people living in exile, they became more honest.
Fuyu, Goguryeo, Joseon, Woju, Dongyi, Yilou, Chenhan, Japanese, etc. At this moment, the ambition in the emperor's heart was burning. He squinted his eyes, and the heavenly book had long been deeply recorded by him.
After thinking for a moment, he said: "The Japanese are in the southeastern sea of Daifang, and their country is based on a mountain island. Could this mountain island be the so-called Penglai?"
The emperor was thinking, and Zhang Jiao returned to the inn worriedly. Of course, after meeting the emperor, his treatment was much better. The officials also allowed him to go out and treated him much more politely. However, he still
He couldn't be happy. The emperor's changing attitude made him unpredictable. Until now, he still hadn't figured out what the emperor thought of Taiping Dao and himself.
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"Oh, your Yuan family is a great master of Confucianism and a heirloom of poems and books, so why should you do this?"
He Xiu said coldly.
Yuan Shu knelt down in front of him, bowed his hands again and said: "In the past few months, I have understood that only Gongyang is the real Confucianism!" Hearing what Yuan Shu said, He Xiu nodded and said: "
Even so, I won't teach you!" Yuan Shu asked helplessly: "I sincerely want to learn, why does Master He refuse so many times?"
"Hey, your uncle Yuan Wei insulted my disciples ten years ago, so I won't teach you!"
Yuan Shu was stunned, thought for a moment, and then said: "I am studying with my uncle now. If I can become a disciple of Master He, wouldn't it mean that Master He's academic skills are better than those of my uncle? It will be of great benefit to you!"
"Hey, I'm already better than him, why do I need to prove it?"
Yuan Shu stood up helplessly, bowed, and walked out of the study dejectedly. As soon as he came out, Ma Jun and the little fat man outside the door quickly asked: "How? Master, did you agree?" Yuan Shu shook his head and lowered his head.
The little fat man frowned and said, "How about I go in and persuade him?"
Ma Jun shook his head and said, "Master He is so stubborn that it's hard to convince him! If not, why don't you bow to Mr. Wen Ren?"
Hearing what Ma Jun said, Yuan Shu thought for a moment, shook his head in horror, and said: "It is better to worship him as a teacher than to worship the King Fu! At least I can have enough to eat..." Ma Jun was a little confused
Angry, he turned his head away and ignored him.
The little fat man narrowed his eyes, grinned, and muttered a few words in Yuan Shu's ear. Yuan Shu heard this and looked at him with some hesitation. The little fat man nodded towards him. Yuan Shu took a breath of cold air and said a little loudly.
: "Forget it, I think Master He is just afraid of my Yuan family. He is afraid that if he accepts me as a disciple, he will suffer the wrath of the Yuan family, so he refuses to accept me. I'd better learn from Zuo Chuan Guliang..."
"Hey, how can you say that about Master He? Master He is upright and has never been afraid. It is definitely not what you think."
"If he's not afraid, why doesn't he accept me as his disciple? The Yuan family is so powerful that it's natural for him to be worried..."
"Bang~~~" The study door was suddenly pushed open, and an angry He Xiu slowly walked out.