Father can be an enemy to the country

During this lunch, Lao Liu ate carefully, not giving Lao Liu a chance to make excuses.

Liu Bowen was even more calm, and just looked at Lao Liu playfully, without mentioning what happened yesterday.

The battle between masters is so unpretentious and boring...

After finishing the meal, Liu Li and Liu Xiang took away the bowls and chopsticks, and when Lao Liu helped Liu Bowen to have tea in the courtyard, he finally lost his composure and said:

"Master, if you have something to say, just say it. Don't look at me like that and make me hairy."

"I have nothing to say about what you are thinking about." Liu Bowen sat on the recliner and said calmly: "Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. You can figure it out yourself."

"Fuck..." Lao Liu rolled his eyes in frustration. The most difficult thing in the world is to just do it.

"But don't worry, Master..." He decided to express his position.

"I have nothing to worry about." Liu Bowen interrupted him and said, "You have never let me down."

"Hey." Lao Liu smiled bitterly and nodded. What is a Tai Chi master? This is the real Tai Chi master. After several pushes and pulls, he was able to hold himself down.

Fortunately, I didn't intend to struggle...

"Let's talk about something serious." Liu Bowen asked slowly: "How does it feel to study at Guozi?"

Lao Liu then roughly repeated what he said to the old thief yesterday.

Liu Bowen was not as self-respecting as Boss Zhu. He said to the point: "Master Song is a genius. Under his leadership, Guozixue has achieved unprecedented success. This is the reason why the emperor dared to suspend the imperial examination."

"Yeah." Zhu Zhen nodded. The talents cultivated by Guozixue are definitely more reliable than the nerds selected by just a few exams.

"But he is unforgiving and too harsh." Liu Bowen changed the topic again: "Educating people should be lenient and strict in order to win their hearts. If you use force blindly, problems will arise."

"Yes, my old man also has the same problem." Lao Liu said with deep approval: "No wonder he likes Mrs. Song everywhere, and gets angry with me after I say a few words."

"But your father is the emperor, who can do anything to him?" Liu Bowen said quietly.

"Song Ne studied at Guozi, and he was almost the same as the emperor." Zhu Zhen curled his lips.

"After graduating from Guozixue, there are many people who can control him." Liu Bowen nodded at Lao Liu and said: "For example, your Royal Highness, King Jiahai of Chu, really wants to deal with him, but is there nothing you can do?"

"I've only been half a month old, and I haven't seen many things clearly yet." Lao Liu said with a bitter smile: "How can you shout and kill as soon as you come up? Besides, Song Ne's talents are also very outstanding. His set of management rules , I am convinced."

"His Highness has come to the point." Liu Bowen nodded and said: "The academic rules set by Song Ne are really powerful. As long as they are strictly implemented, we can provide your old Zhu family with a steady stream of hard-working, loyal and obedient officials. .”

"This point," he said softly after a pause, "is something that cannot be compared to the imperial examination officials."

"How?" Lao Liu asked humbly.

"I was a Jinshi in the previous dynasty, and I know the mentality of the imperial examination officials best." Liu Bowen said slowly: "First of all, he leaps over the dragon gate and is pretentious. Every official who reaches the rank of Jinshi has a very high self-esteem and thinks that he is a great talent in governing the country. .How can you bend down and deal with those trivial mundane affairs in a down-to-earth manner?"

"Is this the reason why Master resigned several times in the former Yuan Dynasty?" Lao Liu asked with a smile.

"You bastard, you won't open and pick up any pot you don't want." Liu Bowen said angrily:

"In short, most of the non-commissioned officers have high ambitions but low ambitions. You can rely on them to do superficial things, but if you really want to clear your husband's land, repair water conservancy, build projects, encourage farmers to grow mulberry trees, and develop goods and crops, they will give it in vain."

"That's right." Lao Liu nodded, but he didn't expect that Liu Bowen's evaluation of the sergeant was so average.

"That's not the most terrible thing. The most terrible thing is that the officials who passed the imperial examination at every level will be grateful for their own efforts, grateful for the family that supported them, grateful for their teachings, especially their mentors." Liu Bowen sighed. One voice said:

"Only he will not be grateful to the imperial court that set up many barriers for him. This is the biggest problem with the imperial examination - controlling people with skills, and treating people with skills. There are no loyal ministers in the court who are sincerely serving the country, only selfish ones. Silverfish. How can you govern the country well?"

Lao Liu never told him these words about betraying his own class. After the death of the senior brother, the teacher seemed to have broken with his origins. That’s why I tell myself this.

"Let Master say this, it is quite necessary to study in Guozixue for four years before becoming an official." Lao Liu sighed softly: "Then what is the meaning of the imperial examination?"

"Otherwise, why do you think your father stopped the imperial examination in the first place?" Liu Bowen said lightly: "But the pressure from the government and the public to resume the imperial examination has become louder and louder. I think your father can't stand it, and sooner or later it will have to be restarted. .”

"But once the imperial examination is launched, the importance of Guoxue will be affected." Zhu Zhen murmured.

"Now you understand your father's dilemma, right?" Liu Bowen chuckled and said: "Otherwise, why would you let your two dignified princes go to the Imperial College to study? Isn't it just that I'm counting on you to help him find a way to get the best of both worlds? Is Dao coming?"

"Understood." Lao Liu nodded, and just as he was about to say something more, he saw Hu Bo go and come back, and whispered into his ear:

"Your Highness, everyone has been kidnapped."

"Who is there?" Lao Liu asked in a deep voice.

"The King of Qi, King Tan, and the young master of the Marquis of Jiangyin, the only son of Prime Minister Hu." Hu Bo reported: "The other cars are all guarded by their entourage."

"Good guy..." Lao Liu called him a good guy. "Isn't it easy to catch them?"

"That's right." Hu Bo nodded and whispered: "They were all very arrogant. They were all tied up, and they were still uttering obscenities. Your Highness, please hurry up and report to the emperor, so that the evil people in their family will not complain first."

"Don't worry, I asked someone to report it to eldest brother before I came here." Lao Liu said with a ferocious smile: "Eldest brother said, they are all my younger brothers, just let me educate them. Where is he?"

"It's tied up right outside the door of the mansion." Hu Bo said with a relieved smile.

"What's it like outside my master's house? Tie them to the bridge piers," Zhu Zhen rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll take care of them myself."

"Yes." Hu Bo responded and hurried away.

"Master, wait a moment. Disciple, please go and come back." Lao Liu said and was about to walk out.

"Wait a minute, are you going empty-handed?" When Liu Bowen heard that there was Hu Weiyong's son, he immediately became excited. "Liu Xiang, pick out some useful household items for your little uncle."

Liu Xiang hurriedly found the bamboo wooden board usually used to punish servants. Lao Liu waved it, it was light and unsatisfactory.

He changed the riding whip again and cracked it twice. Still not satisfied, he said: "It's still too light."

Liu Xiang found him an iron chain...

"Get lost." Lao Liu rolled his eyes and said, "It's better to use a whip and dip it in more salt water."

Then he carried a whip dipped in salt water and left Uncle Chengyi's house.