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Yanqing Palace is located in the northeast corner of the palace, and it is only used for publishing scrolls on weekdays, but today it gathered a group of Confucianism, Legalism and Taoism masters.

Everyone was already seated, the eunuch and maid poured rice wine for everyone, but the vice seat was still empty.

The emperor looked down at the empty deputy seat, impatiently waiting, and asked, "Why isn't the prince here yet?"

As soon as the emperor's words fell, the crown prince arrived belatedly and ran to the deputy seat.

The crowd looked at each other in blank dismay, with various expressions on their faces.

The emperor felt that his face was shameless, he slapped the table and asked, "Why did you come so late!"

The prince hurriedly bowed his head to make amends, and said: "My son is guilty, I was really tired last night doing government affairs for my father."

The emperor raised his eyebrows, hummed, turned sideways, leaned lazily on the desk, and said, "Then let's begin."

The first one to speak was Jing Daozi, who respected Taoist Huang-Lao’s art. He arched his hands, glanced at his master, and said, “Your Majesty, the essence of Huang-Lao’s teachings is to be quiet and inaction, follow the way of heaven, and rule the world with inaction. The foundation of my country's governance of the Dayu Kingdom."

"Well, that's right." The emperor nodded.

Jing Daozi nodded, and asked back: "Then how to rule by doing nothing?"

The king of Wu quickly replied: "Save harsh things, pay less for funerals, don't seize people, be fair and selfless, and be simple and frugal."

Jing Daozi nodded, cast an appreciative look at King Wu, and said: "If things are too troublesome, the world will be more chaotic. The law is more prosperous, but adultery is more blazing. Doing nothing is not to promote the virtuous, not to fight, not to disturb the people, not to cause trouble , so now His Majesty can follow the rule of inaction?"

What Jing Daozi said meant that he intended to question the emperor. The emperor was a little unhappy and pulled his face.

The prince said: "Taoists still do nothing, respect nature, and follow the will of heaven. Now, Dayu, I am following the will of heaven."

Jing Daozi stroked his beard and asked, "I don't understand what the prince said."

Duan Shiyu stared at Jing Daozi and really broke into a cold sweat for him.

The prince turned his head, glanced at the emperor, and said, "Isn't Xiuxian Pavilion just to respect the way of immortality?"

Jing Daozi snorted coldly, pointed at his master, and cursed: "Fang Xiandao is using the name of my Huang Lao Taoism as a school. It is really a crooked way! The form is deconstructed, and it depends on ghosts and gods. It is an attempt to live forever, seek immortality, and destroy people Ben, it's...uuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!"

When Jing Daozi said this, his old face turned pale with anger, and he couldn't stop coughing.

Everyone in Yanqing Palace had a bad look on their faces.The emperor was flushed with anger, and the master had a straight face with angry eyes.The queen mother wailed and sighed, and the prince was so frightened that he looked at the emperor's face, as if only King Wu was thinking seriously.

The emperor finally couldn't bear it, he slapped the table, and was about to start scolding, Confucianist Liu Wengong hurriedly said: "One time and another, now there are thieves everywhere, it is really a disorder of etiquette, and chaos in the imperial court."

The emperor breathed out a long breath, rolled his eyes at Jing Daozi, looked at Liu Wengong, and asked: "Then what should Liu Wengong mean?"

Liu Wengong breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The Zhou Dynasty had a total of 30 generations and 37 kings. After 798 years, there was no legislation in Zhou Dynasty. How did it go through so many years?"

Just as Liu Wengong was about to continue, the King of Wu interrupted him and said: "Duke Zhou salutes, governs the country with rituals, divides imperial power, royal power and civil power, each class exercises different powers, ritual vessels, sacrifices, tripods, chariots, clothes, rituals, etc. Jade is different, and power is divided and governed."

Liu Wengong nodded and said: "Because of this etiquette system, those exercising the three powers have their own duties and do not overstep. But since Zhou divided the seven kingdoms, the rituals have collapsed, and the people want to be officials, and the officials want to be kings. The king wanted to be the emperor, but he didn't implement the etiquette in the hearts of the people, and the hearts were driven by desires, which made the bandits make trouble."

King Wu nodded and said, "Liu Wengong, what you said makes sense."

The prince also nodded, not sure if he understood.

Duan Shiyu sneered secretly.My heart said that Liu Wengong was nothing more than that.He took a sip of rice wine and looked at Prince Qi.

Prince Qi shook his head at Duan Shiyu, telling him to keep silent.

Liu Wengong's remarks were just to escape responsibility for the emperor, bullying the lower classes in the name of etiquette.Jing Daozi shook his head when he heard this, patted the skirt of his clothes, and said loudly: "Absurd! If the superior's actions are inappropriate and cause the people to live in dire straits, how can the people be treated with courtesy? If this is the case, my Emperor Taizu launched an army to attack Wu Daoliang God, is it inappropriate?"

Liu Wengong wiped his sweat, with a helpless expression on his face, he kept winking at Jing Daozi, but Jing Daozi was already angry, and he saw no one in his eyes.

The emperor was dissatisfied with this Jing Daozi, and he became impatient when he heard this Jing Daozi speak.Liu Wengong and Jing Daozi didn't carry it for a while, and the emperor led the master out of Yanqing Palace.

The emperor didn't directly behead Jing Daozi, both Duan Shiyu and Prince Qi were secretly thankful.

The emperor had been gone for an hour, and Jing Daozi was still arguing with Liu Wengong.In this class, the princes basically couldn't get in their mouths.

The emperor was even more upset when he heard it, so he went to Fuling imperial concubine.Fuling also likes Zhuangzi, but she never argues with the emperor about the way of governing the country. She only talks about happy things with the emperor, talking about Zhuangzi dreaming of butterflies, saying that the spring is dry, and it is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes.

The prince got carried away from Fu Ling again, and his heart was full of yearning for the fairy world to be at ease, so he was in a better mood.But in the middle of the night, there was a sudden gust of evil wind, which blew the door open, and a group of crows barged in screaming, scaring the emperor almost to his death.