Sun Ce had a relationship with Zhao Qi, and it was not pleasant. He was both a little surprised and not surprised by Zhao Qi's visit.

Zhao Qi is the author of "Mencius Chapters". "Mencius Chapters" is praised by Lu Kang and printed all over the world. He learned a lot from Lu Yizhi's mouth before the print version appeared, and he is also one of Zhao Qi's readers. From the perspective of governance methods, he is even more a practitioner of Mencius's ideas, at least to outsiders. When the situation is subtle, it is normal for Zhao Qi to test his words.

The last time he visited Guanzhong was to persuade Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, but it was a pity that he was not a qualified lobbyist. Being able to make annotations for Mencius does not mean that he had the eloquence of Mencius, not to mention that Mencius's own eloquence was only reflected in the article, and the practice of lobbying princes was a complete failure.

No matter how good his knowledge is, he is just a scholar after all.

Sun Ce sent someone to Wuxian and asked Lu Kang to arrange a reception. Lu Kang and Zhao Qi had a great relationship, so it was best for him to come forward to receive the reception. Whether the two discussed knowledge privately or went to the hall to debate publicly, they decided themselves, and he did not want to get involved.

Zhao Qi is ninety years old, and he doesn't want to make the old man angry and have a bad reputation.

He didn't want to see Zhao Qi, but Zhao Qi wanted to see him. Two days later, Zhao Qi rushed to Moling and appeared in front of Sun Ce with Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao was helpless. He was respected by the Sun family's father and son and was called Zhang Gong. However, in front of Zhao Qi, who was in his early forties, he was of his grandson. Zhao Qi insisted on coming, so he couldn't stop him, but he felt a little ashamed of Sun Ce.

Sun Ce is a little annoyed by Zhao Qi. Can you rely on your seniority when you are old? You come here without invitation and force others to make things difficult. Don’t give you some colors. You think I am a soft persimmon. Sun Ce’s face was filled with a bright sunshine smile, and enthusiastically welcomed Zhao Qi to the hall and invited him to the chairman. He accompanied him to the guest room with the courtesy of his children, showing his respect for the elderly and respectful words. At the same time, he still signaled to invite Yu Fan.

In this case, Yu Fan has the strongest combat power in Jiangdong.

Zhao Qi was very satisfied, took his seat happily, and glanced at Zhang Zhao proudly. "Zibu, although Wu Hou is young and busy with military affairs, he is a polite person. You are too worried."

Zhang Zhao laughed twice, but didn't explain.

After a few polite words, Yu Fan walked in from outside, climbed the steps and looked at Zhao Qi, who was sitting in the chief, and looked at Sun Ce in confusion. "Lord, who is this...who is this?"

Sun Ce stood up enthusiastically to introduce it. "Zhongxiang, you are here just in time. Let me introduce it to you. This is the Grand Duke Zhao, whose name is Qi, whose courtesy name is Fengqing, and whose name is Fengqing, the author of "Mencius Chapter and Quotes"..."

Yu Fangong bowed and said seriously: "Lord, I'm so brave, this is not etiquette."

Sun Ce laughed wildly in his heart, but his face was surprised. "Zhongxiang, what do you mean?"

Yu flipped over and bowed to Zhao Qi. "Dare you ask where Mr. Zhao's servant came from?"

Zhao Qi stroked his beard and had a calm smile on his face. "Beijing."

"Can there be an edict?"

Zhao Qi's expression was a little slow and hesitated for a moment. "I heard that Wu Hou loved Mencius's studies, but Qi was not talented and understood Mencius a little, so he came to discuss the Tao with Wu Hou."

"So, is it a private business?"

Zhao Qi was a little uncomfortable to answer. He traveled east as an elf servant and deliberately called Chang'an the capital, so naturally it could not be a pure private act. However, the court could not understand Sun Ce's attitude, for fear of causing humiliation by himself, and it was not appropriate to reveal the identity of the envoy too early. His original plan was to contact him in his private name first. If Sun Ce was willing to accept mediation, he would take out an edict. If Sun Ce was unwilling to accept mediation, this matter was a private matter and had nothing to do with the court. However, Yu Fan was aggressive and approached the vital points as soon as he met, not giving him room to move, which made it difficult for him to answer. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Although it is a private act, it is for the public. Although Qi was not sensitive, he had read poetry and books and was taught by saints. He did not dare to sit in the world with his poor virtue and be rampant."

Yu Fan raised his eyebrows slightly and his head was slightly raised. "Zhao Gong is innocent and noble, and he refuses to join the eunuch, and he refuses to join the greed and turbidity, and he expresses deep respect. It's just that public and private matters are related to etiquette. Zhao Gong is old and can do whatever he wants, but he can't sit down and watch his lord be rude and laughs for the world. Since Zhao Gong is doing private affairs, it's okay, please sit down and guard Zhao Gong."

Zhao Qi felt very uncomfortable when he heard this. Yu Fan said it was okay, but in fact he was implicitly slandering his behavior, which might have caused Sun Ce's reputation. But he could not refute it. According to the etiquette system, although he was old, he was only a nine minister, had no title, and had no honor. If it was a business, he could not be the chairman. Even if he met in a private capacity, he would be inappropriate, and instead made Sun Ce humble.

At that time, he just wanted to gain momentum to lay the groundwork for the next statement. As soon as Sun Ce was polite, he responded with the situation. Unexpectedly, when he met Yu Fan, a person who was accused of the truth, he had to clearly admit that it was a private act. Once the words were made clear, he lost the vague space and some words were not easy to say.

Zhao Qi looked at Sun Ce helplessly. Although he was old, he was not confused. Although Yu Fan was the thug who jumped out, the commander behind the scenes must be Sun Ce. After not seeing him for a few years, this young man was introverted, but it was even more difficult.

Yu Fan took his seat and bowed to salute. "Mr. Zhao carefully studied "Mencius" and published the chapters and sentences throughout the world. I also read them. I have some confusions. I want to ask Mr. Zhao to ask Mr. Zhao in person, but I hope Mr. Zhao will not abandon him."

Zhao Qi nodded. He knew in his heart that it was extremely inappropriate to talk about business now. He could only talk about knowledge first, use it to express his attitude, and test Sun Ce's thoughts. Yu Fan was a left-behind chief minister and a native of Jiangdong. He was Sun Ce's well-deserved confidant. In a sense, it was even more important than Zhang. Only by persuading him could he convince Sun Ce.

"It's okay, I'd like to discuss it with you."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao. Can you ask Mr. Zhao, have you ever read the book "Lunheng" by Mr. Zhongren, a wise man in the county?"

Zhao Qi's face was a bit bad. The "Lunheng" compiled by Sheng Xian and others has been printed in the world and has a great influence. Of course, he read it, but he did not agree with Wang Chong's knowledge, especially the part about Mencius. There is an article "Spiritual Meng" in "Lunheng", which specifically criticizes Mencius's theory. For Zhao Qi, who praised Mencius and concentrated his life's hard work in the book "Mencius Chapters", Wang Chong's theory is simply a rebellious, especially the theory of the third-grade nature of Mencius's theory of nature. It is simply nonsense, which is tolerant, but who is intolerable.

"I have read it, but I don't agree with it. I am just right to discuss it with the chief minister." Zhao Qi's beard and his fighting spirit skyrocketed, and he was ready to show off all his combat power and fight Yu Fan for 300 rounds.

Sun Ce was right in his mind. This was his purpose. He called Lu Yi and asked him to prepare the record. He couldn't finish it. He had to write it down and print it into a book in the future, with black and white texts, so that everyone in the world would come to judge. He also asked to summon two doctors. If the old Zhao head could not argue with Yu Fan and was dizzy, he could save people immediately and not cause any death.

Seeing Sun Ce arranged various matters with great enthusiasm, Zhang Zhao had an ominous premonition. He coughed a few times in succession, gave Zhao Qi a wink, reminding him not to underestimate the enemy. He introduced Yu Fan to Zhao Qi, but only said that Yu Fan was the remaining chief minister and was deeply trusted by Sun Ce, but he did not introduce Yu Fan's temper. He had no good impression of Yu Fan's temper, but he could not say behind his back that Yu Fan was not Zhao Qi's lack of understanding of Yu Fan. If he responded rashly, he would probably suffer a big loss.

Unfortunately, Zhao Qi had already entered a state of fighting at this time and had no time to pay attention to Zhang Zhao's hints.
Chapter completed!