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Zhang Liangdong was rendered speechless by Yuan Li's words, his face livid.

After a long time, he took a deep breath, and whispered with trembling fingers: "The late emperor made some mistakes, but today's emperor is not the first emperor, but the young Emperor Zhou Yan... As long as he teaches him well and assists him, how can we not let him go?" It becomes a Mingjun who stabilizes the world? Assist a Mingjun and become a generation of famous ministers, Wen Gong, is this not good?"

The faces of the others were extremely ugly.

Doesn't this mean that they want their lord to be inferior to others and assist the emperor for the rest of his life?

This world was fought down one by one by the lords. It took countless hard work and manpower. It was the result of nine years of hard work. But Zhang Liangdong wanted them to hand over when the great cause was about to be accomplished?

However, Zhang Liangdong's question hit the nail on the head. Could they still say it was bad?

Even if they really want to change the dynasty, they must not say so blatantly that they don't want to be the courtiers of the emperor, but want to replace him.

Guo Maodao: "My lord Zhang, let me just say that you have such a heart that is naturally worthy of admiration, but how can we comment on the emperor's decision? Master Zhang will not think that the emperor's initiative to ask for a Zen seat is a false rumor by outsiders, right? "

Zhang Liangdong immediately said: "I dare not."

He said he didn't dare, but he clearly questioned whether the emperor was being persecuted by others.

Yuan Li pulled his lips, took a deep look at Zhang Liangdong, said nothing more, and said indifferently: "You actually want to see the emperor, so go and see him. Come, take Master Zhang to meet the emperor."

Zhang Liangdong heaved a sigh of relief.

Guo Mao immediately saluted and said: "My lord, I would like to go together."

"No need," Yuan Li said to Zhang Liangdong, "you don't need to accompany him, lest Mr. Zhang really think that he has done something to the emperor alone, let him go there by himself."

Zhang Liangdong was a little ashamed, he glanced at Yuanli complicatedly, and left quickly.

Looking at his back, Yuan Li squinted his eyes, turned his head and said to Xiang Hongyun who had been silent all this time: "You will go back to Bingzhou tomorrow and temporarily take the post of governor of Bingzhou. There are not many officials in Bingzhou, so you take Wang Qianzhi with you." Now, go to the Political Affairs Hall to pick some talents you like, and take over the government affairs of Zhang Liangdong and his disciples."

After speaking, Yuan Li looked at Xiang Hongyun patiently, waiting for Xiang Hongyun's response.

Xiang Hongyun knew that the lord was trying to test him, to test how Zhang Liangdong's student would choose.Do you choose to betray Yuanli and stand by Zhang Liangdong's side, or choose to betray the teacher and work for Yuanli.

Xiang Hongyun bent down calmly to salute, and said without hesitation: "Your subordinate obeys the order, please rest assured, my lord, Hongyun will live up to my lord's expectations."

Yuan Li raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Okay! You are good at reform and governance, and Wang Qianzhi is good at law. The two of you go back and write a policy on how to govern Bingzhou and show it to me. If it is feasible, then start from Bingzhou carry out."

Xiang Hongyun's eyes suddenly lit up, and a small smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Yes."

Zhang Liangdong was led by his servants to the outside of the emperor's room.

After the emperor heard that this man named Zhang Liangdong wanted to see him again, he was really impatient.

He originally wanted to say that he didn't want to see him, but after hearing that Yuanli had asked him to come over, the emperor reluctantly summoned Zhang Liangdong in order to make Yuanli face.

When Zhang Liangdong saw the Son of Heaven, he was so excited that tears filled his eyes. Seeing that the Son of Heaven was ruddy and in good spirits, he was completely relieved this time, and he saluted the Son of Heaven firmly, "Minister Zhang Liangdong, pay homage to the Son of Heaven."

The emperor waved his hand casually, and asked with a frown, "Why do you always want to come to see me? I said I won't see you, but you still want to come. If you have something to say, hurry up, and I still have to eat and sleep!"

Zhang Liangdong was taken aback for a moment, and asked cautiously: "Is it true that you don't want to see the minister?"

The emperor said dissatisfiedly: "I have already said it once, are you old man so deaf that you can't hear me?"

Zhang Liangdong shook his head again and again, he already knew that he had misunderstood Yuanli, Zhang Liangdong was in a daze for a moment, then he came back to his senses and said: "I see the emperor, I have something to ask..."

Zhang Liangdong lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down, put his head on the ground, and let out a heavy muffled sound: "I beg the emperor to take back the meaning of Zen! How can you give it to others in the Qin family for a hundred years in the Great Zhou Dynasty! I beg the emperor to take back his life!"

The Son of Heaven was taken aback. After hearing what he said, he immediately felt that this was a lobbyist sent by Yuan Li because he was unwilling to accept the Zen position. If you make up your mind to give the Zen seat to Duke Wen, no one will say it will work!"

Zhang Liangdong's heart sank to the bottom, he kept persuading the emperor, but the emperor became more and more impatient, and finally pretended to be sleeping and sent someone to drive Zhang Liangdong out.

The door was closed heavily, and Zhang Liangdong stood in front of the door with a bitter face, as if he had aged ten years all of a sudden.

He stood in front of the door for a long time before staggering away.

Zhang Liangdong comforted himself in his heart, the Son of Heaven just didn't understand the meaning of the Zen position, and when the Son of Heaven understood, he would definitely not say that again.

On the second day, Zhang Liangdong came to Yuanli again early in the morning.

He took the book and asked Yuanli to allow him to teach the emperor to read and write.

Yuan Li glanced at him, and agreed lightly.

Zhang Liangdong happily took the book and led his disciples to find the emperor, hoping to teach the emperor all his skills as soon as possible.But the emperor was sleeping at this time, Zhang Liangdong and his disciples could only wait outside.

In front of the emperor, Zhang Liangdong paid great attention to rules.In order to show his respect for the emperor, he refused the chair cushions sent by his servants, and stood outside the door with his disciples to wait.

At this station, it was noon.

When the emperor woke up, Zhang Liangdong's clothes were already soaked in sweat, and his legs were so weak that he could hardly stand up.He forced his disciples to help him in. When the emperor saw Zhang Liangdong, he was surprised and said, "Why are you here again?"

The attitude is still a little impatient.

Zhang Liangdong forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, I'm here to teach you how to read."

"Reading?!" The emperor's eyes widened suddenly, his repulsive expression was undisguised, "I don't like reading, so go, don't come here again!"

Zhang Liangdong didn't expect the Son of Heaven to act like this. He was extremely disappointed and at a loss for a moment, "Your Majesty, since Duke Wen didn't restrict you from reading and writing, you should work hard! As the Son of Heaven, you can only govern the world if you read wisely. I'm not talented, but I will do my best to help you."

The Son of Heaven was so annoyed by what he said that he finally covered his ears with the quilt.

Some disciples couldn't see it, "The teacher has been standing outside the door all morning to teach you how to read, why—"

"Don't talk too much," Zhang Liangdong interrupted his disciple, and said to the emperor with a friendly expression, "the emperor hasn't eaten yet, how about the old minister reading to you while you are eating?"

The Son of Heaven didn't know that Zhang Liangdong was not valued by Yuanli, and he didn't dare to give Zhang Liangdong complete shame. He acted as if he didn't have such a person. He had a beautiful female slave to serve him during the meal, and played with crickets after the meal, and prepared to sing and dance. look.

Zhang Liangdong's mouth was dry while reading, he swallowed, and hoarsely advised the emperor to put aside these fun and study hard.

He didn't let the emperor play, but the emperor insisted on playing, and he regarded his advice as nothing.After the day was over, Zhang Liangdong only felt exhausted physically and mentally, and when he returned to the mansion, he kept moaning and sighing.

The next day, he came again with his disciples.

This came for seven or eight days in a row.

The more he taught the emperor, the colder Zhang Liangdong felt.

The emperor doesn't like reading and writing very much. He taught him, and the emperor plays with the emperor.His respect to the emperor made the emperor no longer care about him, and his actions became more absurd. After these days, the emperor didn't even learn a word.

Zhang Liangdong's disciples are all talented people, and the disciples he comes into contact with are also talented.He never knew how it was so difficult to teach a person, often he had just taught the emperor a few words, and the emperor would forget all about it the next day.

Zhang Liangdong became more and more tired. Sometimes when he was giving lessons to the emperor, he seemed to be like a log, only opening and closing his mouth, and reading something from the book dully.

Two days later, Zhang Liangdong's disciple suddenly panicked and said to Zhang Liangdong: "Teacher, our official positions in Bingzhou have been replaced by others!"

It took a while for Zhang Liangdong's stiff head to recover. He was silent for a moment and said, "That was originally an official position granted by Duke Wen. It's fine to take it away. I'm a courtier of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and I shouldn't be Wen Chen."

"But..." the disciple gritted his teeth, "The subordinates and other officials who are close to us... have all been dismissed."

Zhang Liangdong felt a pain in his heart, and suddenly coughed violently.After waiting, he hurriedly said: "As long as the emperor can be good, these things don't matter."

The disciples looked at each other with blank faces.

Is it really worth it for their teacher to go this far for the emperor?

Can such a stubborn and stupid emperor really become a wise king?

However, the deprivation of their official positions was just the beginning. Soon, Zhang Liangdong and his disciples’ family members sent letters from Bingzhou, claiming that those who were dismissed by Wen Gong because of Zhang Liangdong’s involvement came to the door every day to scream and cry. Shouting, it made them unable to stay where they were.

Zhang Liangdong's family members also said they had moved out of the governor's residence.

The places where these courtiers live are specially arranged by Yuanli for the benefits of his subordinates.When the new official took office, Zhang Liangdong's family members did want to move out from the Governor's Mansion, but neither Yuanli nor Xiang Hongyun asked them to move out. It was Zhang Liangdong's family members who felt ashamed and left the Governor's Mansion voluntarily.

Yuanli did not do things extremely well, nor did he have the magnanimity to persecute the old minister's family, so even if Zhang Liangdong and others were dismissed from office, Yuanli did not ask their families to return to their residences and houses, allowing their families to continue live.

These people who followed Zhang Liangdong were mostly loyal to the emperor, and they were a group of people who did not approve of Yuanli's ascension to the throne.But now that they have really tasted the bitter fruit of being deprived of power and being neglected by Wen Gong, they are the first to regret changing their attitude.

Many of them have even developed hatred for Zhang Liangdong after these days of disparity.

They couldn't come to Yuanli and cry for mercy, so they could only vent their anger and regret on Zhang Liangdong and his disciples, making his house restless.

After reading the letter, Zhang Liangdong sat on the ground in a daze.

He finally had some doubts about himself, did I do something wrong?

Did I, Zhongjun, do something wrong?Did I do something wrong by sticking to the Northern Zhou Dynasty?

Why do these people obviously feel that Wen Gong should not change the dynasty, and now they regret it?

Could it be that the world of the Northern Zhou Dynasty really just watched its destruction?

Zhang Liangdong was rarely at a loss.

He brought a total of five disciples here. After learning about what happened in Bingzhou, the first disciple hurried back to Bingzhou to resettle his family.Only Zhang Liangdong and his two disciples were left still insisting on teaching the emperor, trying to put the emperor on the right path.

This time, Zhang Liangdong talked in the ears of the emperor again, persuading the emperor to study hard, let the emperor sit firmly on the throne and not abdicate, etc., and also talked about Wen Gong's threat to the emperor.

Seeing that the emperor didn't care and was still playing with the maid, Zhang Liangdong suddenly burst into anger. He slapped the table heavily and said heartbroken, "Your Majesty! How can you waste your time when the world needs you now?" , do you really want others to take your country away?!"

The emperor was already impatient, and this time he was immediately upset. He overturned the table with a "bang", threw all the crickets on Zhang Liangdong, and said angrily: "You don't let me play whatever I want to play, you are The emperor or I am the emperor? You have been chanting scriptures in my ears day after day, which has annoyed me. The emperor did not bother me when he was here, and the king of Chen did not torture me so much. Why do you care? Am I having fun?!"

Zhang Liangdong was thrown with crickets all over his face, he looked at the emperor in disbelief, "Your Majesty, this old minister is dedicated to you and Northern Zhou!"

"I've said it all, I don't want to be the emperor! Whoever loves to do it, anyway, I don't want to deal with government affairs, and I don't want to get up early and go to bed late every day to read and write!"

The emperor irritatedly threw another earthen jar beside Zhang Liangdong, and the broken tiles collapsed, drawing a wound on Zhang Liangdong's forehead, and blood immediately flowed across Zhang Liangdong's face.The disciples exclaimed, hurried forward to block Zhang Liangdong, and glared at the emperor.

The Son of Heaven also started to feel guilty when he saw that Zhang Liangdong was hurt, but after being glared at by his disciples, he became more angry, "You old bastard is really annoying! I have already said that Wen Gong is very good to me, but you always I said bad things about Wen Gong in my ears, but unfortunately Wen Gong also praised you as a great Confucian in the world with outstanding talents! I only think that your character is not good, and your talent is not good. After so many days in my ears, I said There are so many reasons, but I didn’t remember any of them, and I was upset when I heard your voice, so get out, don’t come here and make me angry again!”

After finishing speaking, the emperor directly called someone to take Zhang Liangdong and others away.

The servant stepped forward, directly held Zhang Liangdong and his disciple hostage, and forcefully "invited" him out of the house.

Zhang Liangdong's eyes were covered with blood, he was supported by his disciples, and the wound on his forehead throbbed with pain, nothing could compare to the desolation in his heart.

Son of Heaven... why is Son of Heaven like this.

Did he really do something wrong?

Zhang Liangdong was escorted back to his residence by his disciples. It was getting late at this time, and only a few people were rushing home on the road.

Zhang Liangdong looked blankly at these people, at a few children running past him, at the clean road on the ground.

His eyes gradually became sour, and he suddenly stretched out his hand to grab a man who was hurrying home, and said in a trembling voice: "Come, come, I want to ask you a word."

The man glanced at him, and was startled by the blood on his face. He enthusiastically took out a rough cloth to wipe sweat, and said, "Old man, is your face scratched? Wipe the blood and go back to find a doctor." Let the doctor take a look!"

Zhang Liangdong was flattered by such kindness, he thanked him several times, and asked cautiously, "Do you know that the Son of Heaven has come to Youzhou?"

The man didn't care much and said: "Of course I know, I came back with our Duke Wen!"

Zhang Liangdong hesitated for a moment, then asked again: "Do you know the rumor that the Son of Heaven wants to sit in Zen..."

Before he finished speaking, the man nodded excitedly and said, "I have heard of it, but it is said that Duke Wen does not want to be emperor, and our [-] people in Ji County are going to petition for Duke Wen to accept the Zen throne!"

Zhang Liangdong lost his mind, "You, don't you think this is the work of rebellious officials and thieves?"

As soon as he said this, the man who greeted him with a warm face just turned cold, and immediately pulled out his coarse cloth from Zhang Liangdong's hand, gave Zhang Liangdong a hard look, spat on the ground, and slammed the supporting body away. Zhang Liangdong's disciple turned around and left with a cold snort.

Cursing words came indistinctly, as if they were cursing specially for Zhang Liangdong: "What kind of wolf-hearted thing looks like a human being, but it is actually a white-eyed wolf! In Youzhou, you are full of food and clothing, and you still scold Wen Gong. It's really bad luck!"

Zhang Liangdong's old face suddenly turned red with embarrassment.

After a long time, he was relieved.Zhang Liangdong thought with a wry smile, the common people behaved like this, what else did he not understand?

The petition of [-] people in Ji County, regardless of whether it was written by Liu Jixin and others, at least represented that the people were willing to see Yuanli ascend the throne.

The general trend is the general trend.

Zhang Liangdong walked away step by step, only feeling that he was extremely tired every step of the way.

He murmured: "Ouyang Ting didn't make any changes to such a big event. He must have agreed to it when the emperor followed Yuan Li back to Youzhou... I never thought that Ouyang Ting would agree to Yuan Lixing's treachery." Act of."

After all, he fell silent.After a long time, he finally said vicissitudes: "Does Ouyang Ting think this is right? Then after all... I was wrong after all?"

He eagerly looked at the disciples on the left and right, hoping that the disciples would tell him a negative answer.But when the disciples met his gaze, one quickly lowered his head, and the other was speechless.

Zhang Liangdong suffocated, and he closed his eyes decadently.

On the second day, Zhang Liangdong did not come to look for the emperor again.

The emperor was overjoyed, and he immediately began to write the will for the Zen position, fearing that if he was too late, someone like Zhang Liangdong would try to teach him to read and write, and disturb his enjoyment.

On August [-]th of the eighth year of Zhou Yan, the emperor wrote an imperial edict and an imperial decree, stating that he was not capable enough. After careful consideration, he decided to abdicate and give the throne to Yuanli, the lord of Duke Wen.

Among the imperial edicts and edicts, the determination of the emperor to abdicate is extraordinary, and the words are full of expectations, and he used his only culture to exaggerate Yuanli, and even wrote "If you hear that the public should not, I can't sleep day and night, weep bitterly, and my body and mind are half dead." This kind of extremely nasty words.

Once the imperial edict and imperial decree are issued, no one can stop the general trend.There are more and more auspicious signs in various places, and the excited letters from all directions almost overwhelm Yuanli.

The common people petitioned in front of Yuanli Mansion, begging Yuanli to accept the imperial decree and become the emperor of the new dynasty in accordance with God's will.

Everyone is waiting for the Zen throne ceremony and the founding ceremony, and they are all eagerly looking forward to the day when the new dynasty will be officially born.

But the closer to success, Yuanli became more patient.He followed the etiquette of resignation and politely rejected the emperor.

The emperor naturally knew this rule, and his enthusiasm was not dampened in the slightest, and he issued a second imperial edict and imperial decree.

Until December 21st of the eighth year of Zhou Yan, the etiquette of resignation was finally officially completed.

On this day, it snowed heavily.

Yuan Li wore a cloak and hurried to Yuan Mansion with Chu Hechao.

The cloak was covered with thick white snow, and the servant quickly stepped forward to untie the cloak for the two of them, and brought two cups of hot tea.

Chen rubbed the snow on Yuanli's head distressedly, "If there is anything wrong, just send someone to say no? This snow day is very cold, and you are not afraid of freezing!"

Yuan Song stood aside and looked at his son and Chu Hechao. He hesitated to say anything, he sighed, and ordered the servant to bring another brazier in a low voice.

Yuan Li raised his head and smiled at Chen Shi, then secretly tugged Chu Hechao's clothes on the back, so that Chu Hechao could distract his mother.Chu Hechao kept quiet on purpose, and after Yuanli turned his head and gave him a glance in a hurry, he coughed cooperatively, and the corner of his mouth curled up, "Don't worry, ma'am, we drank a bowl of ginger soup before we came. I also saw him wearing a lot of warm clothes."

"That's really hard work, General." Chen also looked at Chu Hechao, and asked with concern, "Did you wear more clothes, General?"

"He's wearing it too," Yuan Li replied with a smile, "Mother, don't worry about us."

Mrs. Chen said yes repeatedly, and after everyone sat down, she asked suspiciously: "In this weather, why did you come here in the snow?"

Yuan Li took a sip of hot tea, and laughed under the doubtful eyes of Yuan Song and Chen Shi. He suddenly had a wicked taste of teasing his parents, and said in a flat tone on purpose: "Oh, my son is here to tell you, My son is ready to be emperor. You two will be the Supreme Emperor and Empress Dowager in the future. The founding ceremony and Zen ceremony will be held in Luoyang. Let me ask you two if you want to go to Luoyang with me. It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to, son I will only live in the Luoyang Imperial Palace for a few years, and after the palace in Jixian County, Youzhou is completed, I will move the capital to Jixian County and come back here again."!