Chapter 439 Mencius said

The capital is still prosperous, and the flowers, plants and trees in spring are revived, adding color to the scenery.The world's wealth gathered in the capital, and all kinds of people from all over the world were also trying every means to make a living in the capital.

Last year, a scholar named Wang came to the capital. In order to make a living, he asked his fellow villagers to find him a livelihood, which was to teach elementary school in Yangwuhou’s mansion.

There is only one student, Xue Lu's young grandson Xue Shu.

The Marquis of Yangwu was a noble general. He only asked his grandson to be able to read and write in the future. So he casually found a master with fame and fortune to teach his grandson his grandson his elementary school.

The gentleman is Wang Xiucai.

Wang Xiucai’s home is not in Zhili.

He had land, houses, and fame at home, so he didn't have to do such things; but in the end he chose to leave his hometown and live a life of vain in the capital.

Nothing else, just for an opportunity.

People say that throwing a stone in the capital can also hit an official, it’s that simple.

His role model is Yang Shiqi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites in the Central Court and Grand Secretary of the Huagai Palace!

Yang Shiqi is not as good as Wang Xiucai's background. He is just a white person and used to teach. But now, Mr. Yang is a celebrity in the imperial court and is very good at being a human being, so everyone has to give him some face, and even those who want to flatter him can't queue up.

However, Wang Xiucai has been in the capital for almost a year and has achieved nothing except teaching children to read.Only then did he understand a truth: the times create heroes.

Yang Shiqi became an official during the Hongwu period. At that time, the talents selected by the imperial court were not enough to meet the number of officials, so Yang Shiqi had the opportunity to enter the officialdom in vain.

But now it’s different, there are really more and more people with fame.

Wang Xiucai sat on the stool boredly, watching the child who couldn't even hold the pen in a sloppy manner on the paper.

At this moment, the butler from Xue's mansion came to the wing room.The butler said directly: Mr. Wang, go to the room quickly, the marquis will invite you!

Wang Xiucai was stunned, suddenly a little surprised.

Because he has been in Xue Mansion for almost a year, and when he came, Xue Lu had not been granted a title of marquis, but he had only seen Xue Lu. On the day he entered Xue Mansion, Xue Lu personally saw Wang Xiucai and decided casually on the spot to leave Wang Xiucai to teach him his grandson.

Later, Xue Lu went to Sichuan to become an official, and was a few months away from the capital. He had just returned to the capital recently.Mr. Wang never saw him again.

Mr. Wang is here!I'll take you there.The housekeeper urged.

Wang Xiucai followed the butler into a gatehouse and walked for a while to the door of a big house.The butler stood at the door and bowed and said: Marquis, Mr. Wang is here.

A um sound came from inside.The housekeeper waved and asked Wang Xiucai to go in.

I will pay homage to Yangwuhou.Mr. Wang entered the door and bowed.

sit. Xue Lu, who is nearly fifty years old, still looks strong. He was writing something in his head, and he didn't even look at Wang Xiucai at all.

Wang Xiucai saw an empty stool and walked over.After watching the scene in the house, he couldn't help but reach out to touch the sparse beard on his chin, and his eyes narrowed slightly and became brighter.

In addition to Wang Xiucai, there were also a few people in robes in the room; two of them looked familiar, but the other two had never seen them.

There were some wrinkled balls of paper on the ground, probably thrown by Xue Lu, but not all of them were written by him.

Can I write a memorial?Xue Lu finally raised his head, his eyes shining.

Wang Xiucai had written everything, but he had never written a memorial, and he was stunned. After a while, he finally calmed down and found that Xue Lu had a black air and a depressed face. He quickly guessed what Xue Lu was worried about!

Xue Lu was an official in the Sichuan Dusi not long ago, leading troops to suppress the rebellion of the King of Han and was defeated, and lost more than 100,000 troops!

Wang Xiucai was a perennial and had classmates in the capital; most of the money he spent in the capital was spent on walking with those people, and of course he had heard of such a big thing!

Xue Lu must have wanted to write a letter to explain the defeat, but Xue Lu was not satisfied with the memorials he wrote and the staff around him... he understood it just by looking at so many paper balls on the ground.

So Xue Lubian was eager to seek medical treatment and called the scholar who taught in the house?This must be the case!

It depends on what kind of memorial. Wang Xiucai said.

The butler who had not left hurriedly turned around and said in a deep voice: Mr. Wang, don’t be ignorant of politeness!

Xue Lu asked impatiently: Do you want to do it?

Wang Xiucai is also anxious to think about this question!

Wang Xiucai suddenly remembered another person besides Yang Shiqi, Gao Xianning.

Gao Xianning was just a scholar. He became famous all over the world with one article. In the end, he was hired by Emperor Taizong... It is said that Gao Xianning was still hiding and was unwilling to be an official!

Because he was threatened by his classmates from Jinyiwei, he barely came out of the mountain.

Such noble actions have made Gao Xianning more famous.

However, Wang Xiucai knew in his heart that it was definitely a shame for the people in the Scholars to whitewash articles for a defeated general like Xue Lu!

If Wang Xiucai just wants to be a dog for a noble and martial artist, he can do this.

But his expectations were not money at all, but fame and power!

Wang Xiucai also understood: Today's things are obviously hard to come by.

He smelled some kind of opportunity and was racking his brains to figure out what the opportunity was and what article could be done based on what is the current situation...

He suddenly spoke loudly: Marquis Yangwu, I’m disrespectful!Although I am poor, I dare not give up my integrity. I can’t write this article in this article!

What?Xue Lu immediately raised his head, stared at the fierce light in his eyes and said: "Cao, what did you say?"

Xue Lu's fierceness is indeed well-known. Just one look is full of murderous aura, which immediately scares Wang Xiucai!

Wang Xiucai was very scared and regretted it instantly... But now there is no way out. If you give in, you will backfire today. You must sacrifice your best to protect your dignity!

Then I will tell you about this matter to all the Shilin friends in the capital.Let the people in the Shilin see how integrity Wang Xiucai is!

Wang Xiucai gritted his teeth and said with his head high: Mencius said, if people do not do anything, then they can do things!

The butler hurriedly said: Stop the anger of the Marquis…

But Xue Lu had already stood up and walked to Wang Xiucai with powerful steps.

Wang Xiucai's fingers trembled in his robe!His whole body was tense, waiting for the violent Xue Lu to slap him with a palm...

Xue Lu has a bad reputation. The fact that he killed Ji Gang and killed Qu Neng's family in the temple has already spread like wildfire.A literati with no power to tie a chicken, and his bones are definitely strong enough to dare to fight him!

Of course, it depends on luck. If you are beaten to death on the spot, Wang Xiucai will be finished. But in this world, if you want to climb up, there is no good thing you don’t have to pay for?

Xue Lu stared at Wang Xiucai coldly with a murderous look on his face.

Wang Xiucai gritted his teeth and waited for that moment. An irritable martial artist like Xue Lu must do something if he is humiliated... He hit the face and hurt him!

Unexpectedly, Xue Lu didn't touch him even a single finger. Xue Lu said coldly: Get the money and leave!

Wang Xiucai's face turned red and white, and he was frozen there for a long time and couldn't speak.

He couldn't believe that Xue Lu, who was angry after losing the battle, killed people and vented his anger, actually held back in front of a student without an official position?

What's going on in this world?

Yang Wuhou, this... Wang Xiucai was not even speaking smoothly.

Xue Lu sneered: I won’t forgive you. It’s true that I’m going to beat you half to death, so that you can take your injury and sell it to the name of the direct invitation?You will say, "Look, come and see, I won't write a memorial to Yangwuhou, and I'm beaten like a pig!"

Xue Lu's second half of the sentence also imitated the person who was knocked off his teeth and was speechless, making jokes, which made the housekeeper amuse him all at once.

But the butler immediately realized that this was a serious matter and hurriedly pinched his arms and kept it in a serious manner.

Xue Lu looked sarcastic.

Wang Xiucai's face blushed to his neck, and he wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into it. He felt humiliated and fearful, and hurriedly buried his head and ran out of the door.

He was embarrassed to get the money for teaching, so he quickly left the place.

After leaving Xue's mansion, Wang Xiucai was in panic all day long. He remembered the incident of Xue Lu beating Ji Gang to death, and was afraid that Xue Lu would be a vengeful person.

But Wang Xiucai was also lucky. Perhaps Xue Lu was not interested in quarrel with him, a student, and would soon forget about this.

...Xue Lu and several staff members wrote memorials many times, and always felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't figure it out.

He thought hard and couldn't sleep at night. Finally, he figured out what was wrong with this memorial!

All the memorials written by everyone before have one simple question: they have been defending the defeat of Sichuan and shirking responsibility.

If Sichuan was defeated, Xue Lu was not wrong. Could it be that the emperor was wrong and the wrong person was used?Is it really useful to justify it?

Xue Lu got up overnight and wrote quickly and rewritten the memorial.

He specifically said where he was wrong, and asked the priest to punish him severely without complaints, and told him that he had misunderstood the priest's great affairs and could not repay the priest's kindness even if he died...

Xue Lu has never been a person who seeks stability, so he has to write a memorial like this!

If the Lord wants to let a person die, it will be useless to explain that person to shirk it.If the emperor didn't die alone, even if Li Jinglong lost his army to a million troops twice, would he die?

Looking back at the Jingnan Battle, all the generals of the Jianwen Dynasty had been defeated, but few people were executed.Which kind of person will die?Xu Zengshou was like that, and he was sure that he was a traitor.

Xue Lu put down his pen, placed the paperweight on the undried memorial, and sat there without moving.

The confession of his mistake was made him very angry and depressed. The failure of the battle in Sichuan caused too many fences to harm him!

The only crime he wants to admit was to retreat to Chongqing Prefecture.

He did not defend the city at that time, because he didn't want to die... and was surrounded by Chongqing Prefecture and would definitely die; in Sichuan, the mess and so many old subordinates of Han King Quneng could not defend them at all.

The only function is to delay time, either long or short.

Xue Lu endured the aggrievance and thought about how he could still regain the military power.One day, the King of Han will also taste the humiliation of failure!