Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 754 Mature
An inconspicuous carriage drove slowly along the Qinhuai River at dusk.

Sitting in the car was His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who had just come out of Zhengyiguan. He was leaning comfortably on the soft leather chair, still savoring the fragrance of rouge between his lips and teeth.

Green tea is better. Although it is a bit astringent when you first enter the mouth, it is better because it has a long and sweet aftertaste...

But his good mood did not last long. When the carriage passed by the Confucius Temple, it suddenly slowed down.

"What's wrong?" Lao Liu asked in a deep voice.

"Back to Your Highness, the road ahead is blocked." Deng Duo, who was outside the car, quickly reported in a low voice.

"What's going on?" Zhu Zhen said, opening the car curtain and looking forward, he saw a sea of ​​people in front of the Confucius Temple.

"It's not a temple fair today." Lao Liu asked strangely.

"I'm humble, let me ask someone." Deng Duo responded quickly, then whistled towards the roadside.

A beggar trotted over.

Lao Liu asked: "What are they doing?"

"Go back to the chief gang leader." The beggar quickly reported: "Outside are ordinary people watching the excitement, and inside are a group of sour people partying."

"A gathering of sour people?" Lao Liu spat after hearing this: "Damn, most of them are here for me."

"Look how they scolded me." He jumped out of the car and pushed towards the crowd aggressively.

Deng Duo and Hu Xian hurriedly followed, not forgetting to look at each other helplessly. The reason why they were incognito today without any ceremony was to avoid unnecessary trouble.I didn't expect that I couldn't escape what was coming...

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Lao Liu was a head taller, so he could see what was going on in the crowd without pushing to the front.

As expected, there were at least two to three hundred scholars in Confucian robes gathered in front of Lingxing Gate, with many people in official robes mixed in among them.

Lao Liu even saw several high-ranking officials in scarlet robes standing on the steps, and together with several scholar leaders in Confucian robes, they loudly encouraged the Confucian students:
"Everyone, our Confucianism has gone through many disasters and has always stood firm, thanks to the many defenders of the Taoism who have sacrificed their lives for justice! Now, our religion has reached a critical moment again. The King of Chu wants to destroy our Taoism and replace it with evil heretics. Do we agree? !”

"I won't agree!" the Confucian scholars roared: "I will definitely not agree!"

"Okay, the mission of exterminating demons and defending the Way has fallen on our shoulders, what should we do?"

"Dispelling demons and defending the way!"

"I and the Chu thieves are at odds with each other!" the Confucian scholars roared even louder:

"Depose him from the throne and drive him out of the capital!"

"Shut down Guozi University and abolish all chaotic government..."

When all the Confucian scholars had finished shouting, the leader asked again:

"But the Emperor blindly favors the King of Chu and doesn't let us speak out about impeachment. What should we do?!"

"..." The audience was quiet, and all the Confucian scholars looked at each other, who knew what to do?
"This man looks familiar." Lao Liu looked at the Confucian scholar who spoke and asked.

"Isn't this Wu Zhuangyuan?" Hu Xian recognized him at a glance.

"Really? I'm face blind." Lao Liu asked strangely: "Is he still in Beijing?"

Speaking of the arrival of Wu Zhuangyuan, Niu Boyi is simply getting rich.

Last year, Wu Bozong was involved in the Guozixue case and was even caught snooping into the prince's privacy.If anyone else had done this, his head would have been chopped off three times.But Boss Zhu only released him as a counselor to the Chief Envoy of Guangxi and gave him a chance to make meritorious deeds.

This kind of extra kindness is definitely related to his status as the founder of the Ming Dynasty.But what is even more unexpected is that he actually refused to say goodbye... and even plausibly said in the memorial, "I am not doing it for my own selfish interests, but actually to preserve the dignity of the court."The fact that the founding champion of the country was banished from a foreign country is not a good omen for the country, but a bad omen...

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed angrily, feeling that Wu Zhuangyuan refused to obey the order, but it was for the sake of Ming Dynasty.Yes, then I have to appreciate it, so I won’t let him go and let him be appointed as the Prime Minister of Taichang Temple instead.

Downgraded three levels in a row, from level four to level six.

He still refused, saying that the scholar could be killed but not humiliated.

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to explode with anger. If he didn't want to kill the first champion of the Ming Dynasty, he would have to skin him...

However, death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be avoided.Boss Zhu then ordered someone to give him sixty pieces of imperial staff and send it as an edict to Jin County.

Jin County is located in Lintao Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, which is a borderland where Hu and Han are mixed.Wu Zhuangyuan would not go even if he received a slap in the face.Just go ahead and resign, I'm quitting!I want to go home and take care of my mother!
What does it mean to feel confident in being pampered?This is called being pampered and feeling confident.

His special status, coupled with the pretext of filial piety, really made Boss Zhu not know how to start, so he didn't pick up the fight for the time being and left him alone.

Unexpectedly, he was not honest and jumped up and down again.

A perfect explanation of what 'seeking death' means...

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The Confucian scholars were silent for a moment, then heard Wu Zhuangyuan loudly say: "We can only ask the saint to come forward! The emperor can ignore us, but he can't ignore the saint Kong?!"

"Of course..." All the Confucian scholars nodded.In their eyes, the emperor's ability to secure his position depended entirely on his sage teacher, so Kong Laoer was very proud.

"Okay, then we will go into the Confucian Temple together, burn incense and pray, explain the situation to the Holy Master, and ask for his tablet!" Wu Zhuangyuan said solemnly: "Then we will carry it to the court tomorrow and ask the emperor to face the saint's tablet and give it to him. Let’s have an explanation!”

"Okay, this is the only way!" All the Confucian scholars agreed: "This method is good. There is no way the emperor will deny the saint."

"Well, Master will understand us." They also forgave themselves for Confucius.

"Invite Mencius' tablet as well," someone else suggested: "Confucius and Mencius both come out, who can compete with us?"

"That's right. Confucius and Mencius are not separated from each other. How can such an important matter of protecting religion be left out of this old man?"

The Confucian scholars filed into the Confucian Temple while talking.

The common people wanted to follow in and join in the fun, but they were stopped by the officials guarding the Confucian Temple.

Lao Liu couldn't follow him in either. Deng Duo said angrily: "They want to eat shit, let the brothers give them some color to see?"

"Wouldn't that just add to their sadness?" Lao Liu calmly shook his head and said, "For the sake of saying this, public opinion will give them points, so I will suffer a big loss."

Then he lowered his voice and said: "We will settle the accounts with them in the autumn and send them all to the Northeast to play in the mud!"

"Then leave it to them?" Deng Duo said extremely unhappy.

"Let them go through the trouble." Zhu Zhen sneered: "This kind of trick will only be counterproductive to the old man - I think it is easy to take out the memorial tablets of Kong Laoer and Meng Danzai, but it will be difficult to send them back!"

After waiting for a while, no one carrying the memorial tablet came out.Seeing that there was no excitement, the people dispersed and went home to eat.

Deng Duo went to inquire about it and found out that the Confucian scholars were fasting inside tonight, and they would take out the memorial tablets and go directly to the court tomorrow morning.

Lao Liu returned to the car and continued walking to Jilong Mountain.

"Your Highness is really mature. Usually when encountering this kind of situation, he would jump up and cause trouble." Hu Xian praised.

"Oh, I have to learn from Fourth Brother's lesson." Lao Liu sighed: "If I fail, who will take care of Guozi University?"

(End of this chapter)