"Your Majesty, Tangshe from Weishi County, please bring the letter of recommendation from Prince Chengling and ask to see your Majesty in front of the palace gate."

In the Ganlu Hall, the great eunuch Gao He bowed and spoke.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun was busy practicing calligraphy in the study. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "Good guy, even this big fish exploded."

Who is in Tangshe?

Let’s put it this way, Zhou Yan, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, was a disciple of Tang Wei, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and Tang She was Tang Wei’s younger brother. This man served successively as Shaoqing of Dali Temple and Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment. Later, due to his physical condition,

He had no choice but to resign from office to recuperate from illness. Before resigning, he elected Zhou Yan, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, who can be said to be the legacy of the Ministry of Punishment and the flagpole of Legalism.

It is said that this old man is seventy-six years old this year. Zhao Hongrun thought he had died long ago, but he never expected that he was still alive and well, and was even shocked by Du You's insults in the air.

"Du Qing is in big trouble now."

Zhao Hongrun smiled heartlessly.

Because in terms of seniority in the officialdom, Tang She was one generation higher than Du You. Even though Du You was already around sixty years old, in front of the old man, he was still a junior who bowed and saluted.

If Tang She leaned on his cane and scolded Du You, it would be hard for the latter to talk back.

After hearing this, the eunuch Gao He said with a smile: "In fact, Tang She has already visited Du Shangshu's house. In the end, Lord Du personally sent the old man out of the house. As for whether those two people showed up at the house.

It’s unclear if there was a quarrel... However, it is said that Tang She later visited Tang Zheng, the Minister of Punishment, and people said that he seemed to have reprimanded the Minister of Punishment severely.”

"oh?"

Zhao Hongrun was a little surprised. He touched his chin and thought about it carefully, and then he suddenly understood.

He originally thought that Tang She would have a conflict with Du You, but when he thought about it carefully, he had already handed over the teaching materials of the "National School" to the Ministry of Rites, and Tang She was obviously here to promote Legalism.

, of course he would not offend Du You, the chief of the Ministry of Rites.

But Tang Zheng is different. Tang Zheng, the current Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, although he is not a disciple of Zhou Yan, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, he is also promoted by Zhou Yan and is also a disciple of Legalism. Tang She treats Tang Zheng in terms of seniority.

Just as we treat our grandchildren, we certainly have no scruples in reprimanding Tang Zheng. How could it be that Tang Zheng, a Legalist disciple, was indifferent to the matter of "adding Legalist scholarship to the national school textbooks" and missed the opportunity to promote Legalism.

Therefore, Tang Zheng should be the worst offender. He really couldn't fight back when he was hit or scolded, so he could only stay close to him.

"Hey hey hey."

After laughing twice, Zhao Hongrun nodded and said, "Go in person and bring the old man to the Ganlu Hall."

"Yes!" The eunuch Gao He bowed and retreated.

About half an hour later, Gao He left and came back. Behind him was an old man with white hair and beard, holding a cane. This old man was visually estimated to be about fifty years old, with sideburns.

The old man helped him, who was slightly gray.

Zhao Run took a look and judged that the older man should be Tangshe from Weishi County, and the younger man might be his son or nephew, who was not young anyway.

"You two, this is our monarch of the Wei Dynasty."

Perhaps seeing the slow reaction of these two people, the eunuch Gao He coughed and gave a kind reminder.

After hearing this, the old man tremblingly handed the crutch to his son or nephew who was supporting him, and wanted to kowtow to the ground and salute: "Wei's Tangshe, pay homage to me, the lord of the Wei Dynasty..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and motioned to the eunuch Gao He to support him, eliminating the need to bow down.

He really couldn't bear to have an old man who was old enough to be his grandfather bow to him.

"You don't need to be polite to the elderly."

Zhao Hongrun smiled and waved his hand, and motioned to the little eunuch waiting beside him to bring a stool so that the Tangshe could sit down and reply. After all, the old man was too old.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Tangshe thanked him, sat on the stool and took a few deep breaths, while he secretly looked at the young monarch in front of him.

He was a Wei minister during the reign of King Zhao Kang of Wei, and retired during the reign of the late king Zhao Si. Although he cannot be called a veteran of the three dynasties, he can be regarded as having witnessed the three generations of Wei monarchs, Zhao Kang, Zhao Si, and Zhao Run.

Needless to say, Zhao Kang was the most ignorant monarch in the history of Wei State. At that time, Wei State, which was able to unite the Wei Kingdom to resist South Korea, caused the decline of its national power and became a second-rate country.

In comparison, the late king Zhao Si, who had always been stained because he killed his father to seize the throne, was the master of the ZTE. He worked hard for more than 20 years to clean up the mess left by his father Zhao Kang and gradually restored the Wei state to its full strength.

.

As for the current monarch, Zhao Run, he is truly a wiser and more powerful monarch than the late king Zhao Si. Although it is said that he has a more violent temper than the then King of Yu, Zhao Yuandai.

They must also admit that with this monarch sitting in Wei, the Wei people feel at ease.

After a few words of greeting, Zhao Hongrun learned that the old man next to Tang She was none other than his eldest son Tang Ji. This 'young man', he respectfully handed the letter of recommendation from Chengling King Zhao Shen to the eunuch Gao He.

The latter transferred it to Zhao Run.

Zhao Run glanced at the recommendation letter presented to him and said with a smile: "If the old man wants to see me in the future, he can just come directly to the palace, no need for anyone to ask for help."

He knew without looking that this letter of recommendation must be from Chengling King Zhao Shen, because with Tang She's reputation, there was no need to fake it - as long as he made a request, Chengling King Zhao Shen would never refuse this respected old man.

These words made Tang She very happy, but he did not dare to take them seriously.

If it were the former king Zhao Si, he might come straight to see him. After all, Zhao Si and he also had a relationship between emperor and minister. However, the new king Zhao Run has no friendship with him. In addition, Zhao Run has a good reputation outside (not among the public).

No, many people have accused him of being deviant and arrogant, especially the conflict between Zhao Run and Zhao Tairu, the elder of the Zhao family.

Even the late king Zhao Si had to honor Zhao Tairu as his uncle. Zhao Run once scolded him as an "old thing" when he was not yet the monarch of Wei. Zhao Tairu also scolded him as a "rebellious member of the Zhao clan." This made Zhao Run once

The reputation among the Wei royal family and nobles became very bad.

Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun's third uncle Zhao Laiyu later intervened and gradually won over a group of royal families. The nobles supported Zhao Run, which gradually improved Zhao Run's reputation in this area. However, many people still mistakenly thought that Zhao Run was an arrogant and domineering person.

A person who has no scruples.

Just like Tang She, his prestige was enough for Zhao Run to meet him, but Tang She still entrusted Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, who had a good relationship with Zhao Run, to write a letter of recommendation to facilitate this meeting.

But when he actually met Zhao Run, Tang She realized that the young monarch in front of him was not as arrogant and domineering as the rumors spread - he was obviously a very humble monarch.

In fact, many people had similar feelings when they first met Zhao Run. They felt that this monarch was not as strong and domineering as the rumors. In fact, the reason was very simple, because there was no conflict of interest between them, otherwise Zhao Hongrun would let them realize that he

Being called the most domineering monarch in the history of the Wei Kingdom is by no means an unearned reputation.

However, Tang She could not see the other side of Zhao Run, because they had no conflict of interest: "I heard that His Majesty issued an edict a few days ago to open national schools in thirty major cities across the country. I thought that this would be a great success...

…”

Next, there was a lot of praise for Zhao Run, which made Zhao Hongrun laugh secretly in his heart.

Sure enough, just as Zhao Hongrun had guessed, after Tang She praised him for a long time, he stammered out his purpose: he hoped that the imperial court would add Legalist books to the teaching materials of thirty national schools across the country.

"I'll think about it."

Zhao Hongrun did not agree immediately.

It's not that he deliberately made things difficult for Tang She. Zhao Run was just weighing the pros and cons to see how he could use this matter to benefit the court and the state of Wei.

Tang She was slightly disappointed, but obviously the monarch in front of him was different from Tang Zheng, the Minister of Punishment. He could not beat, scold or reprimand. The only thing he could do was to wait for Zhao Run's reply.

When Tang She said goodbye, Zhao Run personally escorted him out of the Manna Hall and asked Tang She's address in good faith. If he didn't have a place to stay, he would send someone to arrange it.

However, Tang She declined politely, because he had accepted the invitation of Tang Zheng, the Minister of Punishment, and planned to live in the Tang Mansion. Zhao Hongrun estimated that these Legalist disciples were probably gathering to discuss countermeasures to see if there was a way to bring Legalism to the throne.

His books were included in the textbooks of the national high school.

Sure enough, that night, Tang Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, invited many Legalist disciples in the court, mainly officials from the Ministry of Punishment, but also officials from Dali Temple, and even Zhang Qigong, the right captain of Tiance Mansion, who had a very poor reputation.

Was invited.

What surprised Zhao Run the most was that his Zongwei Zhou Pu, a guy from Zongwei, actually got into the gathering of Legalist disciples.

You must know that Zhou Pu is not a person who respects the Legalist school at all. This smiling tiger simply has some kind of hobby in torturing people.

While the Legalist disciples were gathering, Liu Shu, an official of the Ministry of Personnel, also visited Zheng Tu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

During the private meeting between the two, Liu Shu said to Zheng Tu: "Legalist disciples are currently gathering at Tang Shangshu's house, and we must also be prepared."

As for the gathering, even though Liu Shu didn't mention it, Zheng Tu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, knew it well.

Isn't it the "National School" thing that has been causing quite a stir recently?

Zheng Tu was silent when he heard this.

The debate between Confucianism and Legalism has lasted for a long time. Unlike Mohism and Farmers, Legalism has always been a strong opponent of Confucianism. As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. No one is willing to be a disciple of Confucianism and Legalism.

Academically weak.

The problem is that since the death of He Mei, the former Minister of Civil Affairs, the influence of Confucianism in the court has plummeted. In addition, the Legalists have invited the old man Tang She. It has to be said that this has made Zheng Tu and Liu Shu

Others feel great pressure.

What's more important is that he, Zheng Tu, is not very favored by the young monarch. What should he do?

Regarding this, Liu Shu whispered: "As far as I know, Zhang Yi from Pingqiu, Lu Xu from Zhongmou, Yan Lie from Xinzheng, etc., these are the great Confucian sages in the opposition who are also coming after hearing about this.

en route……"

Zheng Tu blinked his eyes, not knowing what to say.

You should know that Zhang Yi of Pingqiu, Lu Xu of Zhongmou, Yan Lie of Xinzheng and others are certainly great sages of their time in Confucianism, but the problem is that they are all unintentional officials who just study knowledge at home and teach later.

People like Tang She, who once served as the Left Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and whose brother was the former Minister of the Ministry of Justice, may be equally famous, but their influence in the court is probably far inferior.

After listening to Zheng Tu's concerns, Liu Shu smiled and said: "Has Master Shangshu forgotten Lin Yuyang, Feng Yu, Wen Qi, and Jie Zizi in the inner dynasty? Has he also forgotten Kou Zheng and Liu Bing in Fenyin? And also

Luo Yao from Anyi? These are all my Confucian disciples!"
To be continued...