Shu Chen

Chapter 326 On the Heart
"Liu Jun's words, please forgive me for not agreeing."

After being silent for a long time, Zheng Pufang clasped his hands and refuted it loudly, "In the past, Qin Shihuang said that the world was violent, but who can deny the great achievements of combining the six kingdoms and completing the world! There is also Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, who expelled the Xiongnu in the north, opened up the Western Regions, expanded Baiyue and In the southwest and in the east, four counties of the Han Dynasty were set up, and the backbone of our Han family was built with illustrious martial arts; but are the measures such as white buckskin coins, counting and warning orders, and Donglai seeking immortals good governance?"

At this point, Zheng Pu softened his tone, and said softly, "Liu Jun, it's time for our big man to perish if he doesn't fight, if it can benefit the country, don't seek it for merits of size; don't bother to take it for the light of rice grains. The task of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty is tied to Liu Jun's body, but I only ask you to talk about your heart, regardless of your ears!"

Discuss the heart, not the evil?
After hearing this, Emperor Liu Chan responded silently.

When I was young, I sighed, "Father Xiang, who supervised the leader Zijin and other soldiers, left his hometown, his wife and children thousands of miles away to fight against the country's thieves, but he did not want to die for the benefit of the country. I live in the capital, and it is rare to bark to benefit the current affairs. But I am stingy with my reputation and worry about gains and losses, I am sincerely ashamed! Today Zijin speaks clearly for me, how dare I cherish my name!"

After saying that, he acted vigorously and loudly summoned the servants who were waiting in the distance.

Naikou ordered the Shaofu to send out ten pieces of silk and a thousand pieces of gold to reward Dong Yun for his previous remonstrance, and also ordered the Shangshutai to issue an edict, saying: "I am not virtuous, and I ascended the throne at a young age. Ming. Today there is a special decree that the officials, officials and people who can face my faults will be rewarded at the top; those who write letters to remonstrate me will be rewarded at the middle level; those who can slander and ridicule the city and hear my ears will be rewarded at the bottom."

It imitated the story of Zou Ji satirizing King Wei of Qi and accepting advice during the Warring States Period in the past.

After the servant took the order to leave, he looked back at Zheng Pu who was smiling, and couldn't help but also smiled, and said with emotion, "If Dong Xiuzhao followed the guidance like Zijin when he confronted me, I would How can it be difficult to quell evil? This can be said to be true. In terms of sarcasm, Xiu Zhao is not as good as Zijin!"

But when Zheng Pu heard the words, he didn't thank him modestly.

Instead, he held his head up to the sky, pretended to be sad and indignant, and sighed in a long voice, "Wow! I don't want Liu Jun to think that I am a courtier!"

"Hahaha~~~"

Naturally, the emperor laughed a lot at this.

Maybe he didn't realize it himself, but Zheng Pu's actions were faintly arrogant in the eyes of others.

Or to put it another way, Yu Yan's smile was too strong today, which made him feel a lot of etiquette in a daze.

After laughing for a while, the emperor picked up the small meat-cutting dagger and said, "The roasted meat is getting cold, so Zijin eats first. Don't wait for the meat to be cold and can't eat it. When I go home, I will be harsh and stingy. I don't want to give even a single meal."

"Hehe~~"

With a chuckle, Zheng Pu cupped his hands in thanks, "Wei. Thank you Liu Jun for the meal."

Holding the small dagger with the head down, cut the meat, dip it in fine salt, swallow it, and occasionally drink it with only the wine bag in one hand. .With such behavior, not to mention the lack of manners of courtiers, even the demeanor of scholars.

It also let Yili's slow-moving and chewing emperor accidentally caught a glimpse of it, and couldn't help feeling emotional again.

It's not that he hated Zheng Pu's vulgarity.

Instead, he suddenly remembered that in recent years, when the soldiers went out to eat at the palace at the end of the year, the dining manners of those soldiers were almost the same as that of Zheng Pu.

The big Han with a small land and a few people, in order to revive the Han Dynasty and restore the old capital, there are so many military members.

After all, over the past few years of the Northern Expedition, the number of soldiers lost in battle, injured and retired, and those who died due to acclimatization or disease, etc., totaled more than [-].

But now in Longyou, Hexi and other places, there are still [-] soldiers guarding the fields and waiting to be conquered!

Some were newly recruited from the land of Bashu, and more were selected from the captives of the Wei State after the Han Dynasty recovered Longyou and Liangzhou, and incorporated the Wei Qianghu tribe or the Haoyou disciples into the trilogy granting fields. Military status; or lure the wealthy Bashu people with the Silk Road trade and pastures, and take the opportunity to compile their trilogy into the rotating guards of the counties and counties, and so on.

It is not a false statement that Bashu's manpower and material resources are exhausted, and that the Han Dynasty has no foundation for another conquest in a short period of time.

Therefore, the emperor has been out of the palace to inquire about the poor and the widows, and often travels to and from the family members of the military in the surrounding areas of Chengdu, the capital, but he hopes that those soldiers who fought for the country during the Northern Expedition will not die in peace.

Seeing Zheng Pu's vulgar behavior like a soldier's scumbag and scarred face, the emperor suddenly thought of Zheng Lang in Sangyuan, who was very energetic and handsome when he first met before the Northern Expedition started.

Years flow endlessly, drowning the beauty and burying the ugliness, and let people understand many truths in the world.

Fame and virtue are what scholars seek, not kings.

At least, with the power of the three pillars of the world today, it is not the merit that the king seeks.

As Zijin said, let me talk about my heart and not my deeds!
In a short while, the emperor who was full of thoughts lost his appetite, put down the small meat-cutting dagger, got up, rinsed his mouth and hands with clean water.

At this time, Zheng Pu, who was quite full, saw that there was a lot of roasted meat and rice left on the table of the Son of Heaven, and when he came to wash his hands and mouth, he couldn't help asking, "Has Mr. Liu lost his appetite recently?"

"No."

After taking the hemp towel handed over by the attendant to dry his hands, the emperor shook his head and found an excuse at random, "Before I left the palace, the empress gave me some pastries to satisfy my hunger, and I am not hungry now."

After saying that, he waved his hand to beckon his subordinates to lead the horses, and he put on the saddle neatly, and said with a smile, "Come along, Zijin, and see how the rice fields I have plowed by myself."

"Wei. Earn what you want."

The afternoon sun in early summer and April is not too hot, but it is full of lush countryside.

Ride the horse slowly, and when you look around, you can see the vegetation on both sides of the Zouma River, and everything is full of vitality; when you close your eyes and listen, it will be a joyful movement of singing and dancing, and the breeze caressing the rice fields.

The rice seedlings in Jitian are growing very well.Although there is a relationship that Jitian Ling and others take good care of, but the emperor can persevere in farming Jitian, which is already a victory but countless.

It seems that the emperor is quite satisfied with this.

After the two rode their horses for more than a hundred steps, they turned their hair and asked, "In the past, the Lord of Wu used the South Jiahe in Kuaiji to live by himself, thinking that he was able to gain virtue from the sky to change the Yuan Dynasty. Now I don't know if the Heyi I cultivated by myself can compare with the self-sustained Jiangdong. Is it Nogu?"

Self-generated grain and personally cultivated rice?
This is a question to me, which is more precious and long-lasting, whether it is to obtain virtue and heavenly favor or to make great efforts to govern?

Hearing and asking, Zheng Pu understood the meaning of the emperor in an instant, and smiled cowardly. It can make Jiahe live in any county in Bashu, and even the auspiciousness of the phoenix coming to the ceremony, the yellow dragon appearing in the well, the picture presented by the turtle, or the auspicious white deer, etc., will be presented to my man."

Uh!
As soon as these words fell, the emperor suddenly pulled up the reins of the horse, and looked at Zheng Pu with a face full of shock.

Without him, it would shock the world!
Although Confucius did not talk about strange powers and gods, after the prophecies such as "Hu Ye, who died in Qin Dynasty" and "Liu Xiudang is the Son of Heaven" came true, there are many people who firmly believe in ghosts and gods in today's world.

The emperor also held the mentality of "I would rather believe it".

After listening to it now, I suddenly thought about it. Since Qiao Zhou returned to Chengdu, he entered the palace to explain his Confucianism to Confucian classics. The instigator of Pu.

Could it be that Zijin, who is good at military planning, is also skilled in alchemy?

As for why it was hidden and not revealed before, it is because in today's world, it is difficult for those who have alchemy to die well, or it is difficult to find peace after death.

For example, Zhao Da, a native of Henan, learned from Shan Fu, a servant of the Han Dynasty, and learned the art of governing the nine palaces and one calculation.

Afterwards, the world was in chaos, and since he used his skills to push the Jiangdong Xian into turmoil, he crossed the river to avoid the disaster of war, and later used his skills to serve Sun Quan, but it is a pity that his skills will not be passed on to others.Before he was alive, Sun Quan asked for thaumaturgy but failed; after his death, Sun Quan restrained his daughter and tried to strangle her, but she couldn't. He asked people to dig her grave and reveal her coffin to see if it was among the things buried with her.Although Sun Quan had nothing to gain afterwards, Zhao Daluo's family was in trouble and his bones were exposed after his death. How could it not be cited as a lesson from others!
Taking a deep breath, Emperor Liu Chan tried his best to soothe his emotions, and asked in an unusually soft tone, "I don't want Zijin to have such supernatural powers! But I don't know, how can these auspicious signs be attracted to me?"

"Ha, what's so difficult about this!"

Zheng Pu, who didn't know that the Son of Heaven's thoughts had been twisted, was still enthusiastic and said, "Like a golden harvest that lives on its own, I can let my confidantes find a wasteland to cultivate, and when the rice heads are eared, I can find a reason to attract people's attention. Like a god For those who offer pictures of turtles, I will first ask a craftsman to carve a stone and hide it in the dirt to make it old, and then have someone capture a 100-year-old turtle and hold the stone on his back. The land in the middle of the south is densely covered with mountains and swamps, and it is easy to find an old turtle Like the white deer in the auspicious age, I can make people catch tall, healthy deer and paint their whole body white; if there are still ostriches coming to worship, I can make bird catchers enter Qinling to set traps."

Just as he was eloquent, he was interrupted by the emperor raising his hand.

"Zijin stay here! Stay here!"

The Son of Heaven, whose hope had come to nothing in his heart, said in a somewhat ironic tone, "Is it all because of man-made evil that Zijin said that the auspiciousness descended from heaven?"

if not?
Is it possible that I still have the ability to call the wind and call the rain, and scatter beans into soldiers?
Hearing this, Zheng Pu couldn't help raising his eyebrows sideways, and was speechless for a while.

"Cough! Cough!"

The Son of Heaven, who knew he had misunderstood himself, coughed lightly to cover up his gaffe, and changed the topic, "According to Zijin's words, the descending of the Heavenly Judgment can still be faked, so how can the fate be resolved?"

call.
After laying the groundwork for so long, it's finally time to talk about it!
He let out an inaudible sigh of relief, and Zheng Pu, who was secretly pleased, said softly, "Liu Jun, all the scholars I have learned in my life are planning military battles, and what is destiny is beyond my comprehension. However, since Liu Jun asked about it and it’s just for casual chatting, I’ll just say it in vain, if there’s something you don’t understand, you can choose it yourself.”

He made a few modest words first, and continued without waiting for the emperor to respond.

"I read history, and I know that Emperor Yu conquered Kyushu with his great achievements in water control, so he was handed over by Emperor Shun to be the master of the world. At that time, it was the destiny. But later, Tang Wu conquered Jie and prospered business, and then there was also King Wu. Zhou prospered Zhou. Therefore, I secretly thought that the so-called destiny is what the people want! What is the people’s preference? It is to let them live in their own houses, cultivate their fields, and have enough food and clothing!”

"However, since the Second Emperor Huan Ling, the world has been in chaos, wolves rule the way and foxes lead the way, and people's hearts are no longer ancient. Scholars don't talk about morality and take advantage of their power to gain the benefits of their families and countries. Make the poor poorer and the weak weaker. Such a daily increase is like a heavy salary at the bottom of the pot, and it is inevitable!"

"That's why, I secretly thought, if there are no nobles at the top to invade, and no heroes to eat at the bottom, so as to make the common people have enough food and clothing, live and work in peace and contentment, why worry about the destiny not returning to evil!"

(End of this chapter)