When talking about the embarrassing things when he was a child, Li Ruobing couldn't help but look embarrassed.

Huang Jian smiled and said, "Qingqing is a straight man." He smiled and said, "The same is true for governing the country. The superiors have lost loyalty and righteousness. The faults of gentlemen are like the sun and the moon, and everyone sees them. If you want to hide it, it is nothing more than turning all the people in the world into blind and deaf. From the imperial examination to the prohibition of the practice of private history, the compilation of calendars, the private practice of astronomy, etc., and using profit and wealth to lure scholars from all over the world to bury the sutras and not think about the great way. The cause and effect in this way are repeated. At this time, looking at the court, there are many people who are just sacred and polite, and the way of benevolent government is far away."

At this time, what Huang Jian said would be transmitted to the outside, and he might even cause a murder. Li Ruobing's back was sweating, but he felt that everything was deafening, as if the mist that had been shrouded in front of him for a long time was pushed away by him.

In a daze, he heard Huang Jian ask, "Qingqing has been here in Qiongzhou for a while. In your opinion, are these wild and barbarians really all born stupid and stubborn?"

Li Ruobing was stunned, thought for a moment, and replied in a deep voice: "No. The wisdom of this barbarian is no different from that of the people in the Central Plains. If you talk about farming, weaving, industry and commerce, and even arithmetic writing, you are quite inferior to those of the Central Plains. But if you talk about traveling through mountains and rivers, catching snakes and animals, and deworming insects and eating ants, you are quite better than those of the Central Plains."

Huang Jian nodded and said slowly, "What Qingqing said is very much." His face said with a worrying look, "Everyone is the beloved of all spirits. The reason why China is better than the four barbarians is that it first obtains the way of benevolence and righteousness. Now the way of loyalty and righteousness is damaged, and it also hinders its wisdom. In time, how can we know that these barbarians will not come from behind?"

Seeing that Li Ruobing looked stunned, as if he was not convinced, he said: "In August of the tenth year of Xining, our envoy went to Liao to celebrate the birthday of Liao lord. It was the winter solstice. However, on which day was the calendar of our dynasty one day different from that of Liao and he had a dispute, so he followed his own calendar. Astronomical calendar is a major event for the country. The Liao people can still fight against our dynasty. How could they know that they could not come back to the top after the time?"

Li Ruobing nodded, but he didn't believe it in his heart that this barbarian could surpass the Central Plains in intelligence.

The three of them walked slowly along the beach. While discussing the trouble, Li Ruobing asked Li Sihai if he could watch his musket. Li Sihai said, "What's wrong with a small object?" He took it out of his arms. After shooting the pirates, he did not put on the gunpowder and gun again, and he was not afraid of fire. Li Ruobing took it and saw that the musket was similar to the eight works of Song Guofu, but he used an extremely complex iron sheet strike device as the ignition mechanism. After a closer look, he found that the gun barrel and handle were covered with patterns, which were extremely exquisite.

Li Sihai smiled and said, "This flint gun does not need to be ignited with a fire snatch. It only has the advantage of being quick to see the opportunity. It is quite troublesome to create and cannot be used by the military and country. This one is a self-defense object given by the family, so it cannot be transferred. Brother Li, don't blame me for being stingy." He also secretly wanted to make friends with Li Ruobing, thinking that it would be better to bring a flint gun from the country to give it to him next time, but a scholar would use this object to defend himself.

The three of them chatted and laughed and came to a moored sea boat. A sampan was tied to the shore. Li Sihai said in a deep voice: "Today I have received a lecture from Mr. Zhoushan, and I have benefited a lot from it." He bowed to Li Ruobing, "Brother Li, let's leave." He jumped onto the sampan, and the sailors on the boat tried their best. After a moment, he reached the sea boat. Li Sihai climbed onto the side of the boat along the cable, grabbed the thick sail cable on the foremast with one hand, turned around, and waved goodbye to Huang Jian and Li Ruobing.

The sailor quickly raised his anchor and raised his sail, slowly turned his rudder, and gradually sailed away. Li Sihai grabbed the sail cable with one hand, and his body, which was standing in the wind, gradually disappeared in the red clouds of the sea and sky, leaving only groups of terns still sing and flying around the shore.

As the sky gradually became dark, Li Ruobing watched the sea boat go away and said with a sigh: "Like a hero, I, the Song Dynasty, want to compete with him for a long time, and must cheer up."

Huang Jian said slowly: "The system of Xia Kingdom comes from China and is unique. I occasionally have a secret agreement with the Diyi ways. What I worry about is not the Xia Kingdom itself, but the system of the secret conformity to the customs of the Yi people, which has been unchanged for a hundred years. If the Diyi people practice it, it would be a great danger to China. Now our dynasty's way of loyalty and righteousness is damaged, and it is called a peaceful and prosperous era. It is calm on the surface, but in fact it has nothing to do with its appearance, but it is a piece of loose sand inside, not as strong as the Han Dynasty. If the Hu people are strong again and use this to invade the Central Plains, it would be a great danger."

Li Ruobing said, "Why did you say this sir?"

Huang Jian explained: "The Xia State uses soldiers to govern the people, which has never been seen in a century. In the past, the Khitan State Yelu Abaoji invaded Kaifeng and was worried that the Chinese people were difficult to cure. If this law was used to govern the people, it would be easy. The Xia State widely adopted the system of using military to seize officials and recommended them layer by layer, which actually implicitly conforms to the Hu people's way of striving for power and the strong as respect. If the Khitan uses this method to gather troops, the upper and lower levels can be used as arms to force their fingers. Within ten years, the power can be doubled as before, which is enough to cause trouble for the Central Plains. However, maybe it is because I am worried about it."

He was silent for a moment and said, "The so-called "ritual loss" is lost. Although loyalty and righteousness does not exist in the court, my 60 million scholars and people in the Song Dynasty can be all confused and confused. According to what I see, the way of loyalty and righteousness must not decline! Even if the treacherous and treacherous people are rampant, many people who deceive the world and steal the reputation. People of us should work hard and devote our minds to re-establish the way of reorganization so that the superiors are afraid and the subordinates have some support, so that they can cultivate benevolent government within and defend against strong enemies outside."

Li Ruobing was demoted to this barbaric land. He was a little disheartened. At this time, a sense of pride arose and bowed and said, "Mr.'s teachings are deafening. I am like seeing candles in the long night. Please allow me to serve as a teacher."

Huang Jian nodded with a smile, as if he had accepted this disciple. The great way must not be passed down by others. If Li Ruobing had not been a Confucian scholar who carved loyalty, righteousness, filial piety and kindness into his heart, and his willingness to surrender, he would not have told him these shocking concerns. In the Han Dynasty, there was a statement from the Central Committee that, for the past five generations, there have been endless historical books.

As the sky was about to get dark, amid the sound of the tide, a new moon rose in the sky, and the stars were flashing beside it. The master and disciple slowly followed the path of the coming, talking while heading towards the fishing village house.

In the city of Bianjing, Zhao Zhifu, the deputy governor, leaned on the chair with exhausted expressions. Compared to a few months ago, he was more than ten years older. After the Daying of Hebei was attacked by the Liao army, Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing seemed to collude and slander the prince Zhao Keke in unison, which caused the army to be depressed and feared the enemy like a tiger. He found an excuse to stay in Daming Mansion. He did not go to Hejian to appease the army in time, and even the Kelie tribe rebelled, the camp mutiny, and the Khitans took advantage of the situation. Even the victory in Hebei did not change the court officials' criticism of the prince. The officials' desire to be easy to regain, and it was difficult to save the situation.

"These two old bastards!" Zhao Zhifu gritted his teeth and smashed the teacup, sat down again panting, and collapsed in the chair with a weak slump. If the prince was deposed, as his biggest ally, his political career would come to an end, not to mention the blow and cold treatment that the Zhao family would suffer after the third prince succeeded to the throne.

At this time, the family came to report that Qin Hui, the chief censor, asked for a meeting. Zhao Zhifu reluctantly cheered up and forced himself to order someone to invite him in. He was about fifty people, and he could not recover if he lost this battle. Qin Hui was in his prime. Not only the emperor and the prince, but also the third prince had a good impression of him. Even if the prince was deposed, he would not have no future at all. In the future, the Zhao family might even ask this junior to take care of him.

Qin Hui hurried in and saw Zhao Zhifu's pale and tired face, without any strange expression on his face. He bowed to Zhao Zhifu and said, "It was the disciples of the lower officials who came to disturb Zhao Xiang in the evening that there was a nonsense among the candidates in the capital, but it might be able to win back the officials' wishes and stop the Eastern Palace from being Yi Chu."

"What?" Zhao Zhifu was excited and seemed to be bouncing from a chair. He ignored the prime minister's demeanor and said hurriedly: "What is the proposal?"

Qin Hui, in this way, wrote a letter to the court of the Neo-Confucian Society to contact the Neo-Confucian Society to write a letter to the court, asking for the beheading of Tong Guan, and also mentioned the rebellion of the Kelie tribe from Zhao Xingde, the collapse of the Hebei army, the Liao army attacked, and Tong Guan abandoned the city and fled. In short, if these scholars said it was true, the blame was only on Tong Guan, and the prince far away in Daming Prefecture had nothing to do with the fall of Hebei.

"Hey, I really don't know what benefits Cai Jing and Tong Guan gave Liu Yanqing, but he dared to frame the prince." Even Zhao Zhifu believed Liu Yanqing's words in advance, rather than the prince's self-defense, because it was a regular practice to deduct rewards, and even those who used inferior wine as imperial wine. The fact that the prince was afraid of the Liao army and stayed in Daming was not tolerated.

After knowing that there was another reason for the fall of Hebei, Zhao Zhifu weighed it. At this moment, Your Majesty had decided. Even if he and other court officials reported the truth, they would tell the prince that they would accuse Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing of deceiving the emperor, and most of the officials would not listen to it. As the saying goes, the serious illness requires strong medicine. At present, nearly 20,000 scholars gathered in the capital, and the elites of the world gathered for a while. As long as a tide was set off, the officials would have to punish Tong Guan. He took the blame for this defeat, and the matter of Yi Chu in the East Palace would naturally give up.

"Okay!" Zhao Zhifu's face showed a rare smile, "They are worried about the country and the people, and their courage to take responsibility is commendable. When you meet, you must encourage me."

"What Zhao Xiang said is, the same is true for the lower magistrate." Qin Hui smiled slightly, reached out and picked up the teacup from the table and took a sip. If the prince could really inherit the Grand Priest, the contribution of consolidating the Eastern Palace would be great to recover Hebei.

At the same time, four or five sedan chairs were stopped by the bridge of the Grand Master's Mansion in Bianhe. In the Grand Master's Mansion, Prime Minister Cai Jing smiled and put the copy of the Grand Master Lin on the table. The four or five officials below looked at Lin Bi with jealousy and regret. He thought of coming to report the matter, but he was so anxious that he did not expect to write a copy of the Grand Master in detail.

"Nothing." Cai Jing smiled, "A group of young boys who don't know the world are so stupid!"

The atmosphere in the flower hall was slackened, and the officials also laughed, and some even picked up tea cups and sipped the unique imperial gift group tea in the Taishi Mansion.

"The Ministry of Rites privately informed these candidates, who dared to write a letter and slander the government's affairs, will be disgraced now, and then go back to the house." Cai Jing also smiled and picked up the tea and touched his lips. The graceful and comfortable prime minister's manner made several people in the hall imitate him. He put down the tea cup and said, "Under the Secretary of the Central Committee, officials in each room shall not accept documents that slander the government's affairs without authorization. In addition," he paused and said to the prefect of Kaifeng with a smile, "Although Hebei has a great victory recently, he is prepared for danger in times of peace, and the market in Bianjing should also be rectified, especially in the place where Dengwengu, we must be careful of trouble in the market and alarm the Shengshen."

All the officials said it was only right. Cai Jing closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and then slowly said, "The candidates who went to Beijing are gathered by the essence of the country. They must be cultivated well. If they can be persuaded, please persuade them more." After that, he closed his eyes and concentrated his energy. The officials changed their eyes privately, held their breaths in the hall, and were silent.
Chapter completed!