This Song Dynasty is different

Chapter 97, Not Alone

It is said that Marquis Dingyuan sprayed Lu Yijian in court, and the Queen Mother was furious and ordered him to go home and reflect on himself.

But that afternoon, he came to the Imperial College.

The Eighteen Arhats were eager to see him coming, so they left temporary Mr. Wen Yanbo behind and surrounded him.

"Sir, did you kill the Jiaozhi envoy?" Liu Congguang learned from his brother that [-]% of the incident was done by Li Xian.

"Sir, many people outside are saying they want to kill you!" Cao Yi said eagerly: "I saw one yesterday, and I punched him so hard that he burst into tears after being beaten. He said he wanted to tell my father. My father When I found out, I just said I played well.”

For Wuren, the murder on Guangnan West Road was a shame.And Marquis Dingyuan, who killed so brazenly, made everyone feel bad.

"Today I'm going to talk to you about diplomacy."

Li Xian saw someone outside the door and pretended not to see him.

"What is diplomacy?" Straight to the point, Li Xian mentioned the purpose and significance of diplomacy.

The man outside the door sat down, with ink in a porcelain bottle on the floor and a blank booklet in his hand.

He listened and took notes.

Not far away, Ma Shuo, the Imperial Academy’s sacrificial wine man, sighed, “Where did this person come from?”

The clerk next to him said: "He is from the Imperial City Department."

"I don't know what Marquis Dingyuan said that made him like this...I'll go and listen."

Ma Shuo approaches the classroom.

"...The purpose of diplomacy is to serve the interests of the country and not for anything else. This is the purpose. If you deviate from this purpose, you are a fool!"

Ma Shuo was stunned.

"What is diplomacy facing? Aliens with ulterior motives. Again, there is no eternal friendship, only eternal interests."

"You have read the history books and know the attitude of the four barbarians towards the Central Plains for thousands of years. When the Central Plains was strong, they knelt on the ground and shouted "Khan". When the Central Plains declined, they bared their fangs and rushed into the Central Plains to burn, kill and loot... Then, we can deduce the origin of peace from this."

"Peace comes from strong force." Li Xian said with piercing eyes: "To talk about peace outside of this is nonsense!"

Ma Shuo covered his forehead. The current popular tone in Bianjing Shilin was contrary to this statement.

Shilin felt that the current peace in the Song Dynasty came from persuading people with virtue... Northern Liao was an example.

The officials around him couldn't help but said: "Master Hou, when Northern Liao and Song Dynasty stopped fighting, was it not the result of force?"

"Oh!" Li Xian looked sideways at Ma Shuo and the officials outside the door, "First of all, when the Northern Liao Dynasty moved southward, it finally ended with the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance. In this battle, the bravery and indomitability of the Song Dynasty soldiers The fear of death makes the people of Bei Liao frightened. This is the main reason why Bei Liao dare not go south again. Don't try to take credit for yourself."

As a result, Cao Li was ashamed to be seen by Li Xian.

The official coughed dryly, "But what about now?"

"Now?" Li Xian smiled, "I said that the biggest mistake Bei Liao made was to use Confucianism to govern the country."

"This is a big fallacy!" the official was furious.

"Bei Liao learned this way to govern the country. What did the invincible cavalry become now? Soft-legged crabs."

Li Xian chuckled, "What is the ultimate path to governing a country with Confucianism? Corruption is rampant, the army is corrupt, and the people are in dire straits!"

"Marquis Dingyuan!" Ma Shuo's face turned pale.

Dingyuanhou started a war.

Just when he was being criticized by Shilin, and when everyone speculated that he would lie dormant for a while to avoid this violent storm, he took advantage of the diplomacy lesson in the Imperial College and opened fire on Confucianism.

Confucianism in governing the country is a joke!

Su Cheng returned home and told the story.

"The so-called Shilin is a group of wild dogs competing for food!" Su Wei said coldly.

Su Cheng didn't have any good ideas for this cold-hearted eldest daughter.

Su Yan sighed, "Today, Mr. Dingyuan refuted Marquis Dingyuan's remarks, saying that this man's demonic words confuse the public and should be... suppressed."

Su Ho, who was leaning on his mother's arms, shouted: "Brother Guoan is a good person."

Su Cheng sighed: "I'm afraid this matter will become more and more troublesome, but the name of the Mohist family is also spreading more and more widely."

Su Wei said calmly: "Dingyuan Marquis is not a reckless person, dad, he probably did it on purpose."

Su Cheng shook his head, "Scholar-bureaucrats are one body, and once they join forces, the officials will have to bow their heads. How can he defeat him when he is alone and weak? This... this is clearly impulsive!"

The atmosphere was a little gloomy.

Until Su Ho rubbed his eyes and said, "But Brother Guoan still has us!"

After saying that, she stared wide-eyed, waiting for her family's reaction.

The mother rubbed the top of her head and said with a smile, "Yes!"

"Yes!" Su Cheng smiled, "And there are us."

Su Yan said: "Back in school, I should defend him."

"Sister, sister, what about you?" Su Ho looked at Su Wei.

Su Wei said coldly: "I pray for him."

Li Xian, who was issued a good person card, took a leisurely walk by the first bridge.

"Sir, do you want to use scholarly public opinion to make our lineage of Mohism famous far and wide?" Wen Yanbo was by his side.

"Kuan Fu, if we go step by step to expand the momentum of our Mohism lineage, how long will it take?" Li Xian asked with his hands behind his back.

"About...30 to [-] years!" Wen Yanbo said.

"Two or 30 years is too long, seize the day."

"Those people were furious, but they didn't know that they were being used by Mr. Wen Yanbo." Wen Yanbo smiled, but then he became a little depressed, "However, even though he has gained fame, there are no heart-warming deeds."

"I said there is." Li Xian smiled and said, "It will be there."

Just when Shilin was boiling, Li Xian went to Sansi.

The scope of authority of the Third Division is very large, and each deputy envoy has a lot of power in his hands, and he is very busy all day long.Deputy Yantie envoy Zhang Xiao is reviewing the account books sent by his subordinates, which is related to the expenditure plan for next month.

He rubbed his eyes and sighed, "Can't the characters be made larger?"

"Deputy Envoy Zhang, Duke Dingguo wants to see you."

Zhang Xiao's cheek twitched, "Who?"

"Mr. Dingguo."

"This is a street rat!" the attendant whispered, "Deputy envoy, please decline politely."

Zhang Xiao pondered for a long time and nodded.

Not long after, the clerk came again, "Deputy envoy, Duke Dingguo asked, should the deputy envoy of friendship from the Mo family also be turned away?"

Zhang Xiao was startled and suddenly thought of something, "Invite me."

The attendant said: "This man is a trouble now."

"You have forgotten what the Mo family does!" Zhang Xiao stroked his beard and smiled.

"Mechanical art?"

When Li Xian arrived, Zhang Xiao came out to greet him with a smile. After a few words of greeting, Li Xian got straight to the point, "I want a smelting workshop."

The entourage was startled, and Zhang Xiao frowned. He thought it would be some kind of instrument, but he didn't expect it to be smelting. "Master Hou wants to..."

The art of smelting has not improved for many years. Even though the Third Division and the Ministry of Works offered rewards, the craftsmen were helpless.

The attendant smiled and said: "The craftsmen have said that no matter how difficult it is to advance the art of smelting, does the Marquis have a wonderful skill?"

Li Xian nodded, "Just wait and see."

Zhang Xiao slapped the table and said, "In this case, I will make the decision and give Lord Marquis a smelting workshop to test."

But then Zhang Xiao reported the matter to the Third Secretary and the Queen Mother.

"What is he going to do?" The Queen Mother looked at the memorial, "The Third Division said that the smelting skills are exhausted! That Zhuzi wanted to take risks. If he can't achieve results, the noise outside may turn into a strong wind. It’s a storm.”

Li Xian went to play smelting.

The news spread, and the scholar-bureaucrats celebrated, saying that the wild dog chose to hide and hide under our attack.

As a result, the business of restaurants and brothels in the city improved a lot.

"do not stop!"

A great scholar raised his glass and shouted at the top of his lungs, his flushed face darkening a little, "We must complete our achievements in one battle, and we must kill the snake instead of suffering its consequences! Everyone, we must completely suppress this scourge. Let Mohism perish forever!"

Whether it was killing the envoy or blaspheming Confucianism, in the final analysis, he was angered by the appearance of his old enemy, the Mo family, and he felt a little guilty.

A school of thought that only knows how to use oral artillery will naturally fall short when it comes to a school of thought that only knows how to take action.

Next door, Wang Zeng was drinking with his friends. Hearing these shouts, he smiled coldly.The old friend opposite smiled and said: "It's too late for you to draw a clear line with Marquis Dingyuan at this moment. I will explain it to you later."

Wang Zeng raised his head with a firm gaze, "I only believe in truth. I will support whoever is right!"

The old friend drank a glass of wine and sighed, "Who do you think is right?"

"Li Guoan!"

……

Suddenly someone next door said: "Did Marquis Dingyuan say it wrong?"

The bustling next door just now fell silent for an instant, with only this sound vibrating in all directions.

"For the outside world, should I use the blood and tears of my people in the Song Dynasty to please foreigners?"

"Jiaozhi is domineering. If I were here, even if we were defeated, we would still fight with him!"

A young man's face turned red, but it was caused by grief and anger. "We are shouting and killing against Mohism, but what does Marquis Dingyuan say about my Confucianism? He said that Confucianism is the foundation of the Central Plains and is indispensable."

The young man looked at these scholar-bureaucrats and asked, "Why can't they coexist?"

"Chang Li, who are you speaking for?" the scholar said angrily.

The young man said firmly: "I will speak for the truth and for the world!"

"Get out!" someone said disdainfully.

"Then Li Xian also said the same thing. I think you two are the same. In this case, I think you should join his sect, hahahaha!"

"How dare you?" someone laughed.

Mohism at the moment is like a rat crossing the street, everyone avoids it.

Chang Li stood up, looked around, and said seriously: "That's exactly what I mean!"

It was completely quiet next door.

Wang Zeng smiled and said softly: "In this Song Dynasty, there are still people who are willing to become enemies of ten thousand people for the sake of truth. I am very happy!"

……

When Li Xian came back from the smelting workshop in the south of the city, he met a young man at the door of his house.

"But Marquis Dingyuan?" the young man asked.

Wang He put his right hand in his cuff and squinted at the young man.

Li Xian nodded, "Yes."

The young man knelt down and said, "Chang Li has met Mr.

Li Xian: "..."

After figuring out the origin of this person, the corners of Li Xian's mouth slightly raised.

This Song Dynasty has never let me down!
"Aren't you afraid of being the target of public criticism?" Li Xian asked.

Chang Li raised his head and said: "Even though there are tens of thousands of people, I am going to the place of righteousness!"

(End of this chapter)