Father can be an enemy to the country

When the prince returned to Chunhe Palace, the fourth and sixth sons hurriedly came to greet him.

"How about it, big brother? Father agrees?"

"Alas." The prince sighed: "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 respect Song Taishi very much." Lao Liu rolled his eyes at the fourth brother and said, "Back then, I wanted to invite him to teach at Guozi University."

"Huh..." He said it unintentionally, but the listener had intention. The prince's eyes suddenly lit up, he grabbed Lao Liu's hand and said, "Sixth brother, I'm asking you to do something."

"Brother, you are too polite. Your words are more effective than an imperial decree to me." Lao Liu smiled sarcastically and secretly cursed 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. It is unknown 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, Liu, 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 a lot of college students who have dropped out, right?"

"Yeah." Lao Liu nodded depressedly. "I am not yet the disciple of Taishi of the Song Dynasty. He regards Guozi University as a thorn in my 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 idea, and my father is the first one not 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.”

"Is this going 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 seriously: "But if Song Lian dies in exile, will there be no end of the world 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 of their families.”

"It's really..." Lao Liu pondered. Getting the leader of Confucianism to teach at Guozi University is indeed a trick that can help Guozi University get out of its predicament.

If nothing else, at least in the future, no one in Shilin would dare to openly criticize him. College students’ families also know that they are attending the highest and most serious universities, not some pheasant school that spreads heretical doctrines.

"It's just that if this happens, will he usurp the host 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 Fourth Brother said makes sense." Lao Liu nodded. He is worthy of being 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 definitely do his duty and will definitely not be a troublemaker, let alone do anything like repaying kindness with enmity. !”

"Let's do this, I will be the guarantor." He slapped his chest and said, "Sixth brother, if you feel that Mr. Song is 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 tolerate."

"Hahaha, you kid." The prince smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'm not one to push myself too far."

"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 into my mouth. Song Lian is easy to deal with, but if these people get together, it will be 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 coming out of Chunhe Palace, the fourth child went back to Jinyiwei Yamen and quickly closed the cases for officials who were not on the list. Lao Liu went back to Wuying Hall and asked 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 eldest 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 the Confucian scholars in the world to stop boycotting Guozi University and actively enroll in school!"