Nothing happened that night!
When Xu Yan climbed out of the red curtain, it was already late in the morning, and the sun was high in the sky.
However, before he could finish his breakfast, he saw the shopkeeper of Xiaoxiang Restaurant, Yi Hu, rushing over and reporting to him,""Patriarch, someone from the palace said that the emperor invited you to the palace to give a lecture.”
Hearing this.
Xu Yan didn't stop eating. Instead, he said unhurriedly,""Tell the person that I need to make some preparations and will enter the palace soon.”
The matter of entering the palace to give a lecture was not urgent. The most important thing was to fill his stomach.
"Alright, Patriarch!"
Yi Hu was already used to this. After replying, he quietly left the Zither Heart Building and returned to the palace.
…………
In the Western Han Imperial Palace.
Weiyang Palace, Jingyan Hall.
When Xu Yan arrived at the Imperial Palace, it was almost a quarter in the corner, which was ten o'clock in the morning in the future.
Martial Emperor Liu Che had been waiting for a long time.
He saw Xu Yan come to the back of the Hall of Classics with a box of books. He did not sit behind the table and wait for Xu Yan to bow like he did yesterday. Instead, he bowed to his teacher as if he had seen his teacher.
"Student Liu Che greets Teacher Xu. Teacher Xu, please take a seat!”
The Hall of Classics was a place where the emperor and the crown prince would give lectures in the Han Dynasty. It was similar to the court schools of the later dynasties.
Therefore, the one sitting on the main seat was not the emperor, but the lecturing doctor.
"Your Majesty, there's no need to be so polite!"
Facing Liu Che's salute, Xu Yan accepted it calmly.
After all, this era wasn't popular with the saying " Heaven, Earth, Monarch, Father, and Teacher."
Instead, he paid attention to governing the world with filial piety.
Respect parents and teachers.
Therefore, it was only natural for the Emperor to bow to his teacher.
Unlike the later dynasties, where teachers had to kneel and salute to the emperor.
After Xu Yan sat down, he placed the book box in his hand on the table in front of him and asked Liu Che,"Your Majesty summoned me to talk about the scriptures. Do you want to hear me talk about the study of things?”
Don't think that Xu Yan's question was unnecessary.
Who asked Liu Che to be the emperor of the Han Dynasty?
lecturing the emperor was not like lecturing students in the future, where they could talk about whatever they wanted.
Instead, you had to tell the Emperor what he wanted to hear.
He still had to distinguish between the primary and secondary issues.
"Not bad!"
Emperor Wu Liu Che nodded and said," After listening to Teacher Xu's speech yesterday, I am also very interested in Teacher Xu's theory of investigating things. Today, I invited Teacher Xu to give a lecture because I want to learn more from him.”
"But…"
When Liu Che said this, he changed his tone and said,""However, before that, I still have two questions that I would like to ask Teacher Xu. I hope that Teacher Xu can answer them.”
"Oh, what is it, Your Majesty?”
"Yesterday, I heard from Master Xu that there are no ghosts and gods in the world. However, there are many alchemists in the world, and most of them have mastered at least one or several immortal techniques. Could it be that these immortal techniques are fake?”
Liu Che looked at Xu Yan and asked his first question.
"Immortal technique?"
When Xu Yan heard this term, he was stunned at first. Then, he knew what Liu Che meant by "immortal technique".
He smiled and nodded.""Your Majesty is indeed smart. The necromancers are just a bunch of liars.
The so-called immortal techniques were all little tricks to fool people.
If Your Majesty wants to see the immortal technique, you don't have to find an alchemist. I can perform it for Your Majesty.”
When Liu Che heard this answer, he couldn't help but be stunned. He was somewhat in disbelief,""Is Master Xu's words true? Is the necromancer's immortal technique really fake?”
"Absolutely!"
Xu Yan replied with a smile, then said leisurely,"" In addition, the Science and Technology chapter in my study of physics described the principle of the necromancer's immortal technique. As long as you master this principle, even an illiterate person can perform the so-called immortal technique.”
What immortal technique? It was just a little trick to fool people.
In the face of science, it was not worth mentioning at all.
Liu Che was skeptical of this answer and said in disbelief,"Then I wonder if Teacher Xu can perform some immortal techniques for me?”
It wasn't that Liu Che didn't believe it.
It was because he had lived for seventeen years and his worldview did not allow him to deny the existence of ancient alchemists and immortal techniques just because of Xu Yan's words.
"Oh, then I wonder what kind of immortal technique does Your Majesty want to see?”
Xu Yan asked with a smile, not showing any dissatisfaction because of Liu Che's distrust.
However, after he finished speaking, he knew that his words were a little too full. After all, if Liu Che really wanted him to perform something like turning stone into gold, without the corresponding props, he would definitely not be able to perform it.
Therefore, after Xu Yan finished speaking, he did not wait for Liu Che to speak and changed his words,""Of course, because there are too many types of immortal techniques, and many of them require some props and items to be prepared in advance, it would be a waste of time to perform them one by one.”
"I heard that there are many necromancers in the palace who have mastered the divine arts. Your Majesty, why don't you invite all these necromancers and let them perform?”
"At that time, Your Majesty will know if I'm telling the truth.”
He prepared his own props and then performed the immortal technique to Liu Che.
Not only was it time-consuming and time-consuming, but there was also no comparison. It was also easy for people to suspect that he was cheating.
Rather than that, it would be better to let the alchemists in the palace perform, and then he would expose Liu Che on the spot and tell him the principle of deception.
Thinking about it this way, it would be even more convincing.
When Liu Che heard this suggestion, he felt that it was very interesting and also very reasonable.
After all, he also wanted to know whether the necromancers 'immortal techniques were a trick to deceive people, and whether the necromancers supported by the royal palace were liars.
Thinking of this…
Liu Che directly said to Su Heng, who was serving him,"Su Heng, go and invite all the necromancers in the palace who can perform the divine immortal technique. Tell them that I want to see them perform the divine immortal technique.”
"This servant obeys!"
Su Heng respectfully replied to Liu Che's instructions and then went to invite him over.
"Wait!"
Suddenly, Liu Che seemed to have thought of something and turned to Xu Yan to ask,""Teacher Xu, do you mind having a few more people watch?”
Liu Che was afraid that Xu Yan would misunderstand, so he explained,""Not only do I not know if the necromancer's immortal technique is real or fake, even the Empress Dowager, the Grand Empress Dowager, and the officials in the court believe in it. I hope that Master Xu will allow me to invite everyone to watch.”
Necromancers and immortal techniques were very popular in this era.
Not only in the palace, but also many nobles and vassal kings spent a lot of money to support alchemists who had mastered immortal techniques.
It could only be said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was indeed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Even though he was young, he still had an extraordinary keen sense of smell. He wanted to take this opportunity to establish his prestige as a young emperor and expand the benefits of the dispute between Xu Yan and the Immortal Technique, so that the matter would develop in his favor.
It was not just to watch a debate and performance.
Hearing Liu Che's explanation, Xu Yan smiled and said,""Of course, there's no problem. I'll leave this matter to Your Majesty!”
Liu Che had Liu Che's thoughts, and Xu Yan also had Xu Yan's considerations.
Liu Che wanted to use this opportunity to establish his prestige and prove to the Empress Dowager, the Grand Empress Dowager, and the officials that he had grown up.
Xu Yan wanted to take this opportunity to use the name of necromancers and immortals to promote his theory of investigating things.
There was no conflict between their goals and they could cooperate with each other.
This was called win-win cooperation!
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