From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Rebellion?

Rebellion is not that easy.

A dynasty with a history of four hundred years has a deep foundation and solid foundation. It is a genuine orthodox dynasty.

If you just shout about rebellion, will the people support you? Will the soldiers under your command support you?

There must always be a legitimate reason for the rebellion, so that the team will have cohesion and combat effectiveness, otherwise it will be a mess and will be defeated by a few setbacks.

And now, of course, there is the most suitable reason for rebellion - the demon concubine usurping the country!

Find a descendant of the previous emperor, and use the slogan of expelling the demon concubine and maintaining orthodoxy, and everything will naturally have motivation.

Zhou Yuan asked to check the descendants of the previous emperor. Obviously, he had thought it all through. His quick thinking and precise planning made Xiong Kuohai admire him.

But such an important person must be heavily protected by the other party. It is too difficult to find out the location, not to mention that not only do you have to find it, but you also have to destroy it.

Xiong Kuohai knew it was not easy, so he said that Zhou Yuan should do this.

This is not a dilemma, but if you really do it, then you will commit yourself to help.

Four days is too tight, but Zhou Yuan can't give himself more time, because the other party won't wait.

He has too many things to do, and he is already in a hurry.

After leaving the Qianhu Office, he hurriedly ate breakfast and got on the carriage again.

He rushed back to the mansion, immediately asked Qu Ling to prepare two gifts, and then rushed to Shen Qiaoshan's mansion.

As a great scholar in Lin'an, Shen Qiaoshan is naturally very rich, because businessmen like to be licking dogs for great scholars to improve their social status that cannot be bought with money.

When Zhou Yuan asked the guard to report, he looked at the mansion. Haha, it was bigger than Qu Ling's mansion. This old thing really knows how to enjoy it.

"If you weren't under the banner of Zhao Cheng, I would definitely not be far away from you."

Although Shen Qiaoshan was in high spirits, he still looked like he was full of arrogance.

Zhou Yuan bowed and chuckled, "Mr. Tai is an elder and a well-read scholar. You shouldn't argue with a junior like me."

Shen Qiaoshan snorted, "Don't use the word 'mind' to oppress me. I won't fall for it."

"What kind of junior are you? You are just an impolite and inferior student."

Zhou Yuan pretended to be puzzled: "What do you mean? I have the talent of novels, I can also write lyrics and poems, and I am also good at debate. I should be an outstanding student."

Shen Qiaoshan said, "The practice of saints starts with the cultivation of virtue. You have no respect for elders, are arrogant, and have poor morals. What's the use of your talent!"

Zhou Yuan said, "It seems that Mr. Tai has a lot of opinions about me, but I will always be Zhao Cheng's son-in-law and Zhao Jianjia's husband. This is Can't change it."

"You are the teacher of Old Taishan. It is inevitable that we will have intersections in the future. Do you really want to continue arguing in front of relatives and friends?"

Shen Qiaoshan frowned and said, "What do you mean by this? Are you trying to please me? Are you here to admit your mistakes?"

Zhou Yuan said, "It is said that there is a young man named Kong Li in Lin'an Prefecture who is quite talented?"

Shen Qiaoshan immediately laughed and said, "Cunzhen's talent is far better than yours, but he is indifferent to fame and fortune and doesn't like to show off."

Zhou Yuan laughed and said, "But he said that I respect my teacher, but I respect the Holy Way more."

"For me, that's the case."

"It's not that Zhou Yuan doesn't respect you, it's just that he respects the Holy Way more."

Shen Qiaoshan's face changed drastically, and he said angrily, "Asshole, you dare to say I am against the holy way?"

Zhou Yuan said: "What I mean is that instead of tearing our faces in front of relatives and friends in the future and losing face, it is better to talk it out now."

"Mr. Tai, I am Zhou Yuan, and I want to discuss the holy way with you."

Shen Qiaoshan said angrily: "How dare you! You are just a scholar who has studied for a few years, and you dare to discuss the way with me!"

"You dare not?"

"Who said you dare not!"

Shen Qiaoshan could not stand such an insult, and immediately shouted: "If you lose, I want you to stop publishing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and apologize to me publicly."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Okay! Let's talk about the holy way!"

Shen Qiaoshan said coldly: "The first of the holy way is virtue and filial piety. You are the son-in-law of my student. If you don't respect Mr. Tai, It is unfilial. "

"You framed the Xu family and put them in jail. Not only is it unvirtuous, but it is also a crime!"

"You are so arrogant that you say poetry is a minor art. It is even more ridiculous."

Zhou Yuan applauded and said, "Mr. Tai said well! The first of the holy way is virtue and filial piety."

"But virtue can be big or small."

Shen Qiaoshan stared and said, "Virtue can also be big or small?"

Zhou Yuan said, "If I dig a lake and let the lake water flow away, so that dozens of fishermen lose money, can it be considered unvirtuous?"

"Of course it is unvirtuous!"

Zhou Yuan said again, "But I dug a lake to make the raging water rush, irrigate thousands of acres of fertile land, so that tens of thousands of people have a good harvest and no longer suffer from hunger. Can it be considered virtuous?"

Shen Qiaoshan was confused. There is such a metaphor?

Zhou Yuan smiled and said:"I think that digging the lake, although it caused heavy losses to dozens of fishermen, saved countless lives, which can be regarded as virtue."

"Digging the lake, losing a small virtue, saving lives, gaining a great virtue."

"This is the size of virtue!"

Shen Qiaoshan was stunned for a long time, and couldn't find a reason to refute.

He finally said angrily: "What does this have to do with your arrogance? What does this have to do with you harming others!"

Zhou Yuan said: "The Xu family is shameless. They used the family Fengming Tower to oppress the Xue family, forced the Xue family to sell their daughter as a concubine, and almost made the Xue family's daughter commit suicide. They can be said to have lost all conscience."

"I used a little trick to make Fengming Tower suffer. Although the Xu family was imprisoned, I saved her life."

"This is a loss of small virtues and a great virtue!"

Here, he paused and continued: "I wrote "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which did not fulfill Mr. Tai's wishes and did not respect the elders. This is a loss of small virtues."

"However, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" benefits all people, and countless poor people have fun because of it. This is a great virtue!"

"I rebuked Confucian scholars and belittled the way of poetry. This is a loss of small virtues."

"However, if scholars and Confucian scholars can focus on the victims, countless victims will be rescued and saved. Life, that is the big virtue. "" Mr. Tai, now the size of virtue? "Da Dao Da virtue, do you dare to speak?" "Why dare not say?" " For Confucian students, the impact was too great. He murmured these four sentences, over and over again, and his eyes gradually became moist.

These four sentences can be said to have thoroughly expressed the greatest aspirations of Confucian scholars!

Shen Qiaoshan respected Confucianism all his life, so how could he not burst into tears at this moment.