Don't blame Liu Che for thinking too much.
After all, emperors were naturally suspicious. For example, a young emperor like Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, even if he favored Confucianism, once it concerned his own authority, he would not be able to do anything.
That was another matter altogether.
At this moment, Liu Che didn't even pay attention to Xu Yan's whereabouts.
He stared at the bus pass and asked coldly,"Did Mr. Xu ever say how Dong Zhongshu's theory of Heaven-man Connection stole the authority of the Son of Heaven through the Confucian etiquette?”
Hearing Liu Che's question.
The bus commander broke out in a cold sweat and pleaded with Liu Che,""Your Majesty, I really don't know about this.”
"Desolate!"
Liu Che was so angry that he laughed." You are the Chang 'an Gongche Order. You just told me that Mr. Xu had a debate with hundreds of Confucian scholars here a month ago. You even personally chased Mr. Xu out of the Gongche Office after that. Now you are telling me that you don't know the content of the debate. Do you really think you will believe me?”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Your Majesty, please be clear. This lowly official really does not know the content of the debate between Mister Xu and the Confucian scholars!”
"That day, I had other matters to attend to, so I was not in the Public Service Department. When I heard of this matter and hurried back to the Public Service Department, Prime Minister Wei had already given a gag order to prohibit anyone from publicizing or discussing the events of that day. Thus, I only know that Mister Xu was debating with the Confucian scholars, but I know nothing about the contents of the debate.”
"If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can summon a scholar to ask. That way, you'll know if what I said is true or false.”
Facing Tian Zi's anger, the Gongche Ling said in fear.
He did not dare to hide anything.
"Prime Minister Wei, Wei Wan, Wei shi?"
Liu Che heard the bus order's reply and couldn't help being stunned.
He didn't expect that even his teacher, Wei Wan, would be involved in this matter.
He only remembered that Dong Zhongshu had once studied Confucianism under Wei Wan, and that the two of them were both Confucians, so they had a certain teacher-student relationship.
Liu Che fell silent.
It was obvious that they found this outcome hard to believe.
He looked at the bus pass in front of him and asked expressionlessly,"Why did I not know anything about such a big matter happening in the Public Service Department? Why didn't you report this matter to me?”
Although Liu Che had already guessed the result and possibility.
However, he still had a trace of hope and was unwilling to believe this cruel truth.
After all, there were not many people he could trust in the Han Dynasty.
The one he trusted the most was Wei Wan, the teacher who had once served as the Crown Prince's tutor.
Wei Wan's current behavior.
To him, it was undoubtedly a betrayal.
It made Liu Che suffer a blow.
The bus order did not know Liu Che's thoughts.
Facing Tian Zi's questioning and blame, he didn't dare to hide anything and directly replied,"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was wronged. On the second day of the incident, I had already written a letter to Your Majesty, explaining the cause and effect of the incident. If Your Majesty did not know, then it should be."
When the bus order said this, cold sweat immediately poured down like rain and he did not dare to continue.
Although the bus order did not finish its sentence.
But Liu Che already understood.
Since the other party had already written a letter to him, he had not seen the relevant memorial.
There was only one possibility.
Someone stopped the memorial, not wanting him to see it.
Thinking about it, Wei Wan was the prime minister of the Great Han Dynasty, and his main responsibility was to assist the emperor in handling government affairs. He had the right to read the memorials of the officials first.
With that, the truth of the matter was already very clear.
It must be that after Wei Wan gave the order to keep his mouth shut, he stopped the public transport order.
His goal was to completely cover up what had happened that day.
"Yes, I understand!"
"Go and find someone who knows the truth of the matter that day and secretly bring them to me. It's best if they are scholars who participated in the debate at that time.”
After a long time, Liu Che took a deep breath and ordered the bus pass.
At the end, he did not forget to remind her.
"I don't want too many people to know about this. Do you understand?”
"I understand, I understand!”
When the bus driver heard Liu Che's instructions, he heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly promised.
It wasn't that he didn't want to tell Liu Che the truth.
It was because of Tian Zi and the Prime Minister.
He could not afford to offend either of them.
Moreover, compared to the young and high and mighty emperor, the prime minister, who ruled over all officials, was even more difficult to fool and offend.
As for whether the other scholars would inform the emperor?
What did that have to do with his bus order?
How could a small official order like him stop the mouths of all the scholars in the world?
Therefore, the bus order was about finding scholars.
Not only was there no obstruction.
He even specially found a scholar who had a good relationship with Xu Yan.
This person was not just anyone.
It was during this time when Emperor Wu issued an edict to seek talents.
He was an extraordinary person of his generation who had dedicated tens of thousands of words to Emperor Wu Liu Che and used more than 3,000 bamboo slips.
Dongfang Shuo!
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