Tian Fu returned to his residence and could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He cursed as soon as he entered the door.

"What exactly does this old man want to do? It's not my responsibility to be the prime minister. Why should he target me in everything?"

The waiters were so scared that they didn't even dare to let go, and they all avoided them. When Tian Fu saw it, he became even more angry. He raised his hand at the nearest child and slapped him. With a crisp "pop", the child was thrust in the spot. His pink face immediately swollen, tears rolled in his eyes, but he didn't dare to cry, so he could only cover his face, kneel down to the ground, and kowtowed repeatedly.

"A bunch of waste!" Tian Fu flew up, kicked the child to the ground, and turned around and entered the room. The child fell to the ground with his chest covering his body, his face gradually turned purple. When the people next to him saw him, he quickly raised him up and went to see a doctor for treatment.

Tian Fen sat in the hall, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Although he hadn't inquired yet, he was sure that Dou Ying was making trouble behind the scenes. The emperor didn't know, but he was happy to see it. Using Dou Ying to stimulate him and suppress Dou Ying was just a common method of imperial skills.

However, Dou Ying's move was too ruthless. Just when the emperor was about to send troops to Hexi and needed troops in urgent need, he sent the Dou family's children to join the army. Even if the emperor doubted his intentions, he would not refuse. In order to avoid the Dou family becoming popular again, the emperor asked him to mobilize Prince Tian to join the army to downplay the possible impact of the Dou family. Isn't this a embarrassment for him?

Tian and Wang are upstarts, how can they be compared with the Dou family that has been in charge for decades? Not to mention anything else, just look at the leaders of both sides. When Dou Ying was a general, he was just a doctor and could only run errands in front of Dou Ying. He would not have the strength to fight him with Dou Ying.

However, when the emperor spoke, he could not refuse. How to arrange for the Tian family's children to join the army was a difficult situation.

The battlefield is dangerous, what if he dies in battle? Although he has never fought, he can see that this battle is actually not sure of winning. Cao Shi's last battle was remarkable, which does not mean that he can win this time. Commanding 5,000 people and commanding 50,000 people are completely different concepts.

Tian Feng was full of sorrow and sighed.

When Yifu heard the news, he rushed over and saw Tian Fu's statement, he hurried forward to greet him. Tian Fu waved his hand and signaled to Yifu to take his seat. Then he told the reason for the matter. After hearing this, Yifu thought for a long time and shook his head helplessly.

"June, this matter... I'm afraid we can't refuse directly. The emperor is about to use troops and needs more troops. We also want to eliminate the rumors that Liang Xiao was exempted. Even if we suspect Wei Qihou's intention, we cannot say it directly."

Tian Fen smiled bitterly. He had already thought of this and did not need to use blessings to remind him.

"Wei Qihou's move is probably just the beginning, and it is not limited to this." Zhifu continued: "The struggles in the outer courts are inseparable from the palace. If Cao Shi, Wei Qing represented the power of Princess Pingyang, and Wei Qihou represented the power of the queen. Then the lord represented the power of the queen. The emperor wanted to balance the three parties, and the lord should not be careless. It has always been difficult for the queen and the queen to be harmonious. This has been the case in all dynasties, and there is no exception."

Tian Fu's heart skipped a beat and he suddenly sat up straight. At that moment, he clearly heard a "click" sound on his neck, and he felt unable to move. He held his head with his hands and screamed.

"June?" Jie Fu was startled and rushed over and held Tian Fu. Tian Fu's face turned pale because of pain. Beads of sweat were pouring out, which soon soaked her clothes. Seeing this, Jie Fu did not dare to neglect, so he quickly asked someone to call the doctor.

The doctor came a little slowly, running out of breath and his face was red. Tian Fu was already in pain. Seeing this, the doctor quickly put down the medicine box, stepped forward to take Tian Fu, asked carefully, and touched Tian Fu's neck with his hand. As soon as he touched it, Tian Fu screamed in pain. Seeing this, the doctor showed a look of embarrassment on his face, carefully put down Tian Fu, then retreated to the side, bowed without saying a word.

"What's wrong?"

"The Prime Minister is hurting his bones. I... My medical skills are limited and I dare not treat them. If I fail, the Prime Minister may not be able to stand up from now on."

Zhifu's face twitched for a moment. "Then...what should I do?"

"Let him lie down and rest and recover slowly, and maybe there are some opportunities."

He took the blessing to see Tian Fu who was almost exhausted, and hesitated. He lay down to rest. He suspected that if he didn't treat it, Tian Fu would be dead. He looked at Tian Fu and then the doctor, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"There is another way." The craftsman carefully put Tian Feng down and let him lie on the seat. Then he said, "Please ask the imperial physicians in the palace to treat them. They have excellent medical skills, and maybe there is a way."

Zhifu suddenly realized. Yes, when they found the imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Office to treat them, their skills must be much better than those of the Prime Minister's Mansion. He did not dare to neglect them, so he ordered someone to take good care of Tian Fu, and rushed to Ganquan Palace to report to the emperor.

When the emperor learned that Tian Fu suddenly fell ill, he was shocked and quickly sent the Imperial Physician Chief to treat him. After checking, Tian Fu's bones were rectified, and Tian Fu's neck finally returned to normal. However, the delay was too long, and Tian Fu left obvious sequelae. His neck was tilted to the left at a very obvious angle. With his ugly face, he really had no dignity as the prime minister.

After listening to the report of the Imperial Physician, the emperor was silent for a long time and shook his head. He sent someone to summon the Censor Han Anguo, asking him to take the prime minister temporarily, and asked someone to notify Tian Fu to rest and not worry about the government.

When Tian Fu received the news, his eyes turned dark and he almost fainted.

Shiqu Pavilion.

Dong Zhongshu put down the pen in his hand, raised his hand, and gently pinched the mountain root. The slight swelling and pain made his mind clearer. He searched the old files and searched the information for more than ten days, which made him extremely tired and could hardly hold on.

Unlike his previous research, when he was mostly dependent on understanding, this time when he dealt with a large number of numbers, he had to copy the data, sort out the data, proofread it, remove the false and retain the truth, so that he could do a step-by-step work. This work is not difficult, but it is very complicated. The strings of numbers made him dizzy.

But he had to do it. Dou Ying handed over this job to him and even earned him a reward of 300 gold. For him, 300 gold was a huge sum of money. It should be noted that all his property was only ten gold. 300 gold was enough to spend the rest of his life, and he no longer had to worry about his livelihood.

In addition, Dou Ying also booked a lecture for Princess Guantao Princess's Mansion for him. Once his achievements come out, they will be preached as a major topic at the academic lecture held by Princess Guantao Princess. In Dou Ying's words, this time, Dong Zhongshu wanted to prove to the world that Confucians are not empty talkers, they can also contribute to the world and benefit people's livelihood.

For this belief, Dong Zhongshu spent almost all his time in Shiqu Pavilion.

After all, he is not young. He was studying at the desk for a long time, sore back and his eyes began to get blurred, and he often had to stop and rest every once in a while.

Dong Zhongshu put down his hand, but found a small figure in front of him. He was stunned for a moment, squinted his eyes, and looked at him for a while.

"Who are you……"

Sima Qian held the book in his arms and bowed to salute him. Report his hometown and name. Dong Zhongshu rubbed his temples and thought for a while, and finally remembered this name. He had known that Sima Tan had a son who was a man in the palace, but he had never seen him. At this moment, he felt a good impression of Sima Qian. During this period, Sima Tan had some magical symptoms and was unkempt. Dong Zhongshu subconsciously thought that Sima Qian should be like this, but he didn't expect that he would see a boy with neat clothes and pretty appearance.

"It turns out that he is the beloved son of Shigong." Dong Zhongshu said gently: "What book are you reading here?"

"It's the "Shan Hai Jing Tu". "Sima Qian was a little nervous, and his little face turned slightly red. Although he had been in the palace for a long time. Shiqu Pavilion and Tianlu Pavilion were as familiar as at home, but standing in front of the great scholar Dong Zhongshu, he was both excited and uneasy, afraid of saying the wrong thing.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas"?" Dong Zhongshu frowned slightly. "You are still young, so you should read some classics of saints. How do you read these books with strange powers and turmoil?"

Sima Qian pursed his lips and forced himself to smile twice, not daring to speak anymore, but just hugged the book in his arms tighter.

When Dong Zhongshu saw it, he found it interesting. So he slowed down his tone and waved his hand. "Come on, tell me what you have seen."

Sima Qian walked to the desk, knelt on the table, spreading the book in his hand. Dong Zhongshu only took a look and couldn't help but breathe in surprise. The book in Sima Qian's hand was not a common silk book, but was re-copied with new paper. Although the handwriting on it was a bit immature, it was very neat. It should have been written by Sima Qian himself.

"How come you have new paper?" Dong Zhongshu was very surprised. He had seen new paper, but he didn't get it. Dou Ying said that he had sent someone to Huainan to purchase it, but he had not obtained it yet, so Dong Zhongshu could only write it on the bamboo slips. In order to change a number, Dong Zhongshu often had to work hard.

"Sent by the champion Hou." Sima Qian was a little proud.

"Champion Hou Liangxiao? Do you know him?" Dong Zhongshu slapped his forehead and suddenly realized. Sima Qian was the one who became a man because Sima Tan discovered a new astrology. The fixed pattern that Sima Tan was studying recently was that Liang Xiao asked Mei Gao to bring to Sima Tan. Liang Xiao of course knew Sima Qian.

"I met the champion Hou several times. I also asked him about the "Shan Hai Jing Tu"."

Dong Zhongshu laughed and teased a little. "Yes, he also likes these knowledge that is not elegant."

Sima Qian was a little unhappy and raised his voice. "Why did Master say that?"

Dong Zhongshu was childish and deliberately argued with Sima Qian. "Am I wrong?"

"Uh, I dare not say that the Master said it was wrong. I just think that knowledge can be of great or small, but there should be no distinction between elegance and vulgarity. The elegance of the present may be the vulgarity of the past, and the vulgarity of the present may be the elegance of the future. Not to mention anything else, how many people can understand the so-called elegance of the elegance of the people from the palace to the people of the people of the people of the people of the Central Plains now, aren't they all heard of the sound of Chu? During the Zhou Dynasty, the people of Chu were Xialiba people who were looked down upon by the people of the Central Plains."

Dong Zhongshu was speechless for a moment and couldn't help but sigh. "What the boy said is reasonable, I am indeed inappropriate. Then tell me, what exactly is this "Shan Hai Jing Tu" talking about?"

"This is exactly what the kid wants to ask Master for advice." Sima Qian frowned with his thin eyebrows. "Master, isn't Yao a saint? Why did he kill Gun?"

"Because Gun failed to control the flood."

"If you fail to control the water, do you have to kill it? If the flood is so big, it may not be his responsibility if he fails."

"Because he did not follow the right path to control the water, and used blockage instead of diversion. Failure to control the water was his responsibility. Later, his son Yu successfully controlled the flood. Didn't Emperor Shun abdicate the throne to him? He didn't take responsibility, who would take responsibility?"

Sima Qian tilted his head, thought for a while, and then said, "But I still think Yao is more responsible. Didn't the Master say that when the emperor has committed any evil, the heavens will bring disasters and strangeness to warn him? If Yao was a saint, why would there be a big flood all over the world? That Gun failed to control the flood for nine years, and Yu succeeded in controlling the flood for thirteen years?"

"I..." Dong Zhongshu was speechless, opened his eyes widened and stared at Sima Qian. This was the spear of his son and the shield of his son. According to his theory of induction of heaven and man, Yao was indeed not a saint. Fortunately, this kid did not ask this sentence in front of the emperor, otherwise he would be more embarrassed than now.

"Also, Yao, Shun and Yu abdicated and won the country with virtue. But Qi turned the kingdom into the family. Is he doing the right thing?"

"This..." Dong Zhongshu put away his jokes and dealt with them carefully. Although this kid is not old, he is very tricky, with a bit of Liang Xiao's style, and he is only trying to attack the weak. The question about Yao just now is not easy to answer, but now the question about Qi is also not easy to answer. Confucianism must call it the Three Dynasties, and Qi is the founding monarch of the Xia Dynasty. If he is a virtuous person, wouldn't he turn the world into a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family and a family. If the family and a family are a just act, wouldn't Yao, Shun and Yu do something wrong? If Qi does it wrong, how could he create the style of the three Dynasties?

The more Dong Zhongshu thought about the more questions he had, the more he had, and he didn't know how to answer Sima Qian.

In fact, he also knew that this was an unanswered question, just like discussing whether the Han family won the world. Is Emperor Gao Liu Bang a traitor or a person favored by God? It is hard to say. Liu Bang has passed away for only more than 60 years, and many people are familiar with his "heroic deeds". If God favors such people, then God's standards for selecting people are too casual.

Dong Zhongshu was flustered by Sima Qian's black and shiny eyes full of doubt. As a great scholar who has been famous for many years, he cannot even answer a child's question, or in other words, he cannot give a clear conscience and irrefutable answer. Is the efforts of these decades really a dream of deceiving oneself?

"Master, Master?" Sima Qian shouted in a low voice, bringing Dong Zhongshu back from his sadness. Dong Zhongshu smiled self-deprecatingly. "I really can't answer your question, I'll disappoint you."

Sima Qian tilted his head. "I will write a book in the future, a book that can answer these questions. I can not only know the truth, but also know the reason." -

(To be continued.)

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