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Chapter 601: There Is No Airtight Wall In The World
That night, Lu Chengqi was indeed "rejected", so he could only run back to Funing Palace in despair, and "guarded the empty room" by himself.Of course he was not angry, and thought to himself: "It's not my fault, why should I take the blame?"

It's a pity that Zhou Zhiruo doesn't think so. It's the emperor who accepts the concubine, not the empress dowager Zunci.If you enjoy it by yourself, you don't need to pay a little bit?
If Lu Chengqi knew what Zhou Zhiruo was thinking, he would definitely cry out for being wronged.He tried his best to refuse, but he was swayed by the Empress Dowager Liu. Due to his status, he couldn't reject it.If he did so, it would mean that he broke his promise.Jiang is still old and hot, Liu's sure that Lu Chengqi will not do anything to her, so he dared to do so.In the territory of Dashun, only Empress Dowager Liu could use this trick without getting hurt. If others cheated Lu Chengqi like this, Lu Chengqi would have made his life worse than death.

After spending a sleepless night in Funing Palace, Lu Chengqi felt aggrieved no matter what.As the king of a country, he was played around by two women.Is it really true that man conquers the world, and women conquer the world by conquering men?
Lu Chengqi thought about this when he came and went, lying on the big bed alone, tossing and turning, until late at night, before falling asleep in a daze...

The summer in Chang'an City is long, especially at the end of the dog days, it is stuffy and hot.Lu Chengqi was sweating profusely from his sleep, but there were still two attendants fanning him non-stop.This kind of decadent life can really make people addicted to it.Fortunately, in the middle of the night, there was a sudden gust of wind and heavy rain.

Lu Chengqi was soundly asleep when he was suddenly awakened by a thunderous thunder.He opened his dim eyes and asked aloud, "What time is it?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's almost time..."

Lu Chengqi thought: "It's only seven o'clock, sleep for a while..." Just as he was about to turn around and fall asleep again, one of the attendants said: "Your Majesty, it's time to get up and get dressed."

"Oh, yes, I forgot about the court today..." Lu Chengqi said so, but said in his heart: "Oh, it seems that it is impossible to sleep late..."

The two attendants gently dressed Lu Chengqi, combed his hair into a bun, and put a little light powder on it.It took less than half an hour for a drum to come down.After putting on light makeup, Lu Chengqi looked extremely majestic, and said slowly: "I... will not go to the imperial dining room, and ask the imperial chef to bring breakfast here!"

The servants didn't dare to neglect, and hurried out to do so.After Lu Chengqi finished his breakfast, it was already dawn.In summer, when the sun is close to autumn, it always comes out very early and sets very late.Calculating the time, it should be more than half of the hour.For the hour of later generations, it should be around six o'clock in the morning.It's just that it's raining outside at this time, and the sky has just brightened up now.

"Being an emperor is hard work. I have to get up at six o'clock. Thinking about going to work back then, it was only nine to five, alas..."

Surrounded by a group of maids, Gao Hao held an oil-paper umbrella, regardless of being drenched by the rain, and was tightly covered by Lu Chengqi.A group of people braved the rain and walked slowly towards the Daqing Hall.Fortunately, Dashun Palace has a long corridor, and the place where it rains is only a short distance away.

At this moment, all civil and military officials were already waiting in the Daqing Palace.At this time, the ministers like to discuss some gossip, after all, there is no impenetrable wall in the world.

"Have you heard, His Majesty is ready to concubine!"

"Hey, Liu Sheren, where did you get the news?" The man obviously didn't believe it, and asked suspiciously.

"Today in Chang'an City, it has already been spread all over..."

"Was it spread? Impossible, why didn't I hear the wind?"

"Kong Ge is a busy person, how could he go to the market to listen to such gossip? I just happened to hear about it on the way to the palace just in time for the meeting."

"I see……"

As soon as Kong Ge's words fell, Gao Hao's voice came from outside the hall: "The emperor is here!"

All the civil and military officials immediately returned to their seats, holding the imperial wat, and watched Lu Chengqi slowly climb up to the dragon throne.

"My lords are free from courtesy!"

After sitting down, Lu Chengqi waved his hands slowly, and scanned the civil and military officials standing below, with a trace of majesty in his eyes: "Do you have something to say?"

This Confucius came out with his wat in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to play!"

Lu Chengqi recognized that this person's name was Kong Lin, and he was a Jinshi in Yuanshou's 18th year.Among the things he was in charge of, it was a loose job before, with no official title but no official title.It's all because what I was in charge of was the post of refuting the subordinate provinces, even when the three provinces were not abolished, they did not dare to rebut the resolutions of the court.Now the three provinces are gone, and his position has been changed to the Fengbu Division under the Yintai Division.He is called a post official because he divides and governs the daily official affairs of the original provinces, examines and reads the internal and external cashier documents, refutes government orders, and those who are inappropriate in appointing officials.To put it bluntly, he is a supervisor. There are admonishing officials, Yushitai, and supervisors outside. He has nothing to do in the middle of the matter and can only do odd jobs. This is the name of an official, but the reality of no official.

"Zuza!" Lu Chengqi said lightly.

Kong Lin has been in the position of giving things for more than five years.He is a typical official who does not participate, ignores, and does not execute. He has always been in a neutral position in the court, and he is wise and safe.Why do you suddenly have something to play? Could it be that something major has happened?Lu Chengqi was a little worried, but it was okay not to tell him, since he was an official of the fourth rank in the matter, it could be said to be a "high position and authority", so he had to tell others his opinion, right?
Civil and military officials were also a little surprised when they saw this new face.When it comes to keeping one's place and keeping one's own, Kong Lin definitely knows it well, so why did he become active all of a sudden?Everyone was thinking about what Kong Lin was going to say. Today was so abnormal, so he was the first one to jump out.

"I would like to ask, how does Your Majesty view Confucianism?"

Kong Lin's words were not surprising, but he fired at Lu Cheng as soon as he came up.

Lu Chengqi was puzzled, he didn't think Confucianism was bad, it was just that the current Confucianism was too cowardly and had lost the bravery of the Han Dynasty, so he decided to reform.Why did Kong Lin suddenly ask this?What Lu Chengqi didn't know was that Kong Lin was from Qufu, and his ancestors were the sages of Confucius.Although it is not a direct lineage, it is also from the lineage of Confucius, how could it not maintain the orthodox position of Confucianism!Lu Chengqi is vigorously advocating "Guan Xue", which, in Kong Lin's view, violates the spirit of Confucianism, so it should be suppressed instead of advocated!
Even though Lu Chengqi guessed something, he still pretended to be stupid and asked in a daze: "Why did Kong Ge say that? Confucianism is the foundation of Dashun's country. I have always advocated Confucianism. Otherwise, why open Enke and recruit talents? "

Kong Lin took a step forward and said aggressively: "Since Your Majesty advocated Confucianism, why did you open the Royal Academy to learn things that are not Confucianism? Why advocate fallacies and heresies, such as 'Guan Xue'? Your Majesty is willing to do this, but His Majesty will not do anything? Why do you expand your armaments so much that the people of the world have to pay more taxes?"

(End of this chapter)