Dahan first prince

Chapter 330 Dogs That Can Bite Don't Bark

"Queen mother calm down."

"If my son doesn't notice for a while, Fang Xingchai will make a mistake..."

Following his old lady Lu Zhi to the back hall of Changxin Hall, Liu Ying knelt down on her own without waiting for Lu Zhi to sit on the imperial couch, and made her attitude clear.

——I have to admit it, stand firm after being beaten!

For Liu Ying's mistakes today, Lu Zhi was not very angry at all, at most he had made some "new discoveries"; seeing Liu Ying's attitude of "actively admitting mistakes" so sensiblely, on Lu Zhi's face, Immediately there was a faint smile.

"It means that you know you are wrong, so why not tell me, where is the mistake?"

With an understatement, Lu Zhi leaned lazily on the couch, quietly waiting for Liu Ying's reply.

But about five steps in front of Lu Zhi, Liu Ying, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but fell into a moment of thought.

Strictly speaking, Liu Ying's performance in today's court meeting cannot be regarded as a "big mistake".

First of all, Liu Ying judged subjectively that "Weiman was jumping and jumping because of the Xiongnu's backing" without getting accurate information;

Secondly, Liu Ying was able to remain calm enough for the Xiongnu's sinister intention of driving Weiman to seize the Jizi Korean regime and provoke the Han Dynasty, and gave a reasonable solution: for the Xiongnu's interference in the internal affairs of the Han Dynasty, The Han Dynasty strongly condemns it!

As for summoning Weiman's envoys to Chang'an, as well as his performance in the reception process, Liu Ying was impeccable.

But I don't know if it's because of the impending coronation that Liu Ying felt some inexplicable slack in her heart, that's why she made that 'little mistake' today...

"The Empress Dowager."

"Today's court discussion, I only use 'only the Han family's plan' to talk about the solution to our Han family's difficulties today, and the method of solving the difficulties, it is all like an outsider who 'sees clearly'."

"However, I didn't show it to the court officials in front of the emperor, nor did I tell all the officials: In North Korea, what the emperor Liu Han wanted and said."

"Today, if the mother and the queen are not here, I'm afraid the son will make a mistake if he makes a mistake, and in the future, he will suffer from today's loss for a long time..."

When she said this with a slightly ashamed expression, Liu Ying couldn't help lowering her head a little, and secretly became annoyed.

This is the 'little mistake' that Liu Ying made today.

--position.

At today's court meeting, Liu Ying looks at and analyzes North Korea's issues almost entirely from the perspective of a bystander, or from the perspective of God;

Regarding the relationship and demands of Weiman Korea, the Xiongnu, and the central government of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying made an extremely objective analysis of almost all of them, and gave a solution.

But in this process, Liu Ying only considered the position of the "Han people", but she didn't realize that the position she should hold most is the Han emperor!

In the process of looking at the whole problem, Liu Ying only thought of 'what to do to maximize the interests of the Han Dynasty', but did not think of 'what kind of attitude should be held by a feudal king'.

Take the case of Wei Man sending envoys to Chang'an this time as an example.

On the Korean peninsula, the descendants of Jizi Xuyu ruled the northern half of Jizi Korea, and the "Chen Kingdom" composed of Mahan, Chenhan, and Bihan ruled the southern half together; Small tribes such as Zhenfan and Goguryeo.

Outside the island, there are the only two big men in the known world-the Liu Han Dynasty in China, and the Xiongnu regime of the prairie Suda Clan, who are in endless disputes because of the differences between 'civilization and barbarism'.

The inside of the island and the outside of the island are like two completely parallel planes, which slightly intersect with each other, but have nothing to do with each other.

And this balance was broken by Weiman who crossed the plane.

——Weiman, who originally belonged to Hanchen, led his remnants to escape to the Korean peninsula after the old lord Zang Tu was killed for treason, and was taken in by Jizi, the king of Korea Jizhun;
Then, under the probabilities of the Huns, Weiman launched a palace change to seize the Jizi Korean regime, and took advantage of the situation to annex the five tribes including Zhenfan and Goguryeo, and immediately focused on the southern half of the Korean peninsula, namely Chen Han, Ma Han, Bian Han Three Kingdoms.

Outside the island, the Huns got the allegiance of a new tribe named "Wei's Korea", and tried to use Weiman as a pawn to attract the attention of the Han Dynasty to the Korean peninsula.

As a new regime, the Han Dynasty was in a weak period when the whole country was eager for peaceful development.

Under such circumstances, the most sensible course of action for the Han Dynasty was to ignore Wei Man's provocations, and to stick to the northern Great Wall to avoid looting by the Huns.

And the crux of the problem is precisely this.

——Under the current situation, responding to all changes with the same and ignoring the provocations of Weiman (the Huns) is the attitude that every Han Chinese who has no water in his head should hold;

But "every Han person" here definitely does not include Emperor Liu Han!
What is the Son of Heaven?

"Shangshu·Zhoushu·Hong Fan" says: The son of heaven is the parent of the people, and he thinks he is the king of the world!
According to the universal value of the world today, all the thousands of Li Zhaos in the world are the subjects of the Son of Heaven!
As the "parents" of the whole world, what attitude should the emperor have when facing provocations from foreign races?

This is like future generations: When children and grandchildren are bullied by other people's children, what kind of attitude should parents show?

——Damn you!
This is the appearance that every parent who has no brains should show!
As for the "children are still young and ignorant" and "look at the problem calmly", those are what the bystanders should talk about;
As the person involved, whether it is the parents of future generations or the emperor Liu Ying who is now the father and mother of the whole world, all he needs to do is vent all his anger without reservation!

Just like the intoxicating famous saying in later generations: It is God's business to forgive him; and what I have to do is to send him to see God.

To put it bluntly: The Xiongnu's remote control of Weiman to provoke the Han Dynasty, in a sense, is not fundamentally different from the Huns directly sending envoys to blackmail the Han Dynasty.

Since there is no difference, the attitude Liu Ying should show should be the same as facing the envoy sent by the Huns and asking for marriage again;
——The princess should give it back, but it can't be Liu Ying!
The most ideal solution is undoubtedly the same as last year when the Huns sent envoys to humiliate the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi: Liu Ying yelled at the Huns envoys to save the face of the Han family to the greatest extent;

Afterwards, a few important ministers from the court came forward in private, explaining that "Our Majesty is still young, so the envoy will take care of you", and then try to meet the requirements of the Huns.

To put it more simply, the mistake Liu Ying made in today's court meeting was actually the wrong 'posture'.

In other words, Liu Ying was too honest and honest in front of the courtiers and officials, and she was too ungrateful.

——After all, he is also playing politics, how can he express his true thoughts in front of the public like that?
Talking about people when meeting people, talking nonsense when seeing ghosts, talking about what one's identity is, this is completely a matter of common sense!
In the words of later generations, this is called 'whatever the position is, what kind of mission is shouldered';
In other words: what kind of status you have, what kind of role you should play.

Regarding the provocations of the Huns, 'calmly analyze' and 'draw objective conclusions', this is what courtiers and officials should do;

As the Son of Heaven, the only thing Liu Ying needs to do is to express her attitude of 'absolutely cannot tolerate such humiliation'!

Even if this attitude has no substantive meaning, Liu Ying has to do it.

Because attitude, or 'political posturing', is a very wonderful thing.

In the eyes of outsiders who don't know why, political gestures may be meaningless 'shows';
But only if you have personally experienced the order of the political arena, you may be able to understand that political posture is almost the most concise and straightforward "communication method" in the political arena.

like...

"My son can know today, if I hadn't been born, what would I get?"

"——I heard that the emperor 'tolerated Weiman's inappropriate actions as a last resort', all officials in the court, and even the officials on the border of Yandong, may all follow the example. In North Korea, 'tolerance' is the first priority!"

"The emperor is like this first, and the officials follow the example, and the people, so what should we do?!"

"In the future, won't the whole world change face upon hearing of Wei Man, saying that he is the one who 'even the emperor would not dare to punish'?!"

"If Duweiman is like this, how about the Huns, what about my Han family?!"

"Have you bowed your head and bowed your head?"

"If this is the case, where is the strength of my Han?"

"Outside in front of the barbarians, inside as thousands of subordinates, in the court, what face do you have?!"

As soon as he spoke, the relaxed look on Lu Zhi's face was replaced by a touch of deep worry and a little seriousness.

"Since I got out of trouble and returned to Chang'an, and when Emperor Taizu Gao had the idea of ​​​​easy storage, I taught my son several times: those who are in power, the Taishan Mountain collapses in front of them, and the color does not change. hold on."

"This, it is said: the king's heart is unpredictable."

"Today's court meeting, envoys from the Han Dynasty entered the court, and hundreds of officials, ministers, nobles and relatives were in front of each other. How could my son make such a big mistake???"

Listening to the old lady's increasingly severe tone, Liu Ying couldn't think of rebutting at all, but lowered her head full of shame.

This is the meaning of 'political posturing'.

As the saying goes: The king of Chu has a thin waist, and many people starve to death in the palace; the king of Qin likes martial arts, and the whole country is a strong man!
The greatest significance of political posture is to tell everyone who needs to be instructed in a relatively obscure but as straightforward political language as possible: I hold this attitude towards this matter.

However, under the background of Chinese civilization that pays attention to the balance of yin and yang, and is very worried that "things must go against each other", the political posture of those in power, most of the time, is against the actual situation.

For example, during a certain period of time, the king of Huaxia kept talking about "benevolence, righteousness and morality" and said "peace and tranquility" inside and outside.
Under such circumstances, the king's words revealed "peace, not war", but he did not really want to reverse the situation, but wanted to use this political gesture to remind the subjects under his rule: pay attention to proportion and take it step by step , If you take a big step, it's easy to talk nonsense.

On the other hand, if the Chinese monarch insists on keeping his mouth shut and saying "joy to the martial arts", and "the minister of the country" before and after tea and dinner, it must be the Chinese civilization, which is in a downturn period of internal and external troubles.

And at this time, the monarch puts on a hawkish posture, not because he really wants to open up to the outside world, but because he wants to remind the court: You are fighting in this nest, the fighting is a bit too much~
This is like the famous Western proverb in later generations.

——The one who barks at you is most likely weak; the one who talks and laughs with you is the real strong.

Or, to use the Chinese proverb of later generations, it is: A dog that bites does not bark.

To put it more bluntly, the meaning of political posture to those in power is like the accelerator and brake;
When the regime's 'speed' is too fast, those in power need to step on the brakes to ensure that the regime 'drives' more smoothly;
Conversely, when the regime stands still, the person in power needs to step on the accelerator a little bit so that the 'car' can move, instead of rotten in place waiting to die.

Similar situations, even in the new era of later generations, are not uncommon.

——The few hooligans who hold the important weapons of the country, see everyone with a friendly face, and even shamelessly call themselves "peace messengers";
On the contrary, those who are weak and fearful will promote their powerful force all day long, and in the end, they will attract a burst of sympathetic ridicule.

But now, the "car" of the Han Dynasty is in a state of standing still and standing still in front of the "threshold" of the Huns;
Under this premise, if Liu Ying, who is in power, steps on the brakes again, then from now on, the "car" of the Han Dynasty may never be able to drive the "threshold" of the Huns...
"Son, guilty..."

Thinking of this, Liu Ying finally sighed bitterly and confessed again, then kowtowed heavily to the old lady, expressing that she really realized her mistake.

Of course, if the intention of admitting mistakes was put aside, Liu Ying's kowtow actually carried some sense of gratitude.

——Thanks to Lu Zhi, after Liu Ying stepped on the brake by mistake, she just stepped on the accelerator again, and the wheels of the "car" of the Han Dynasty started to spin again!

Fortunately, Lu Zhi's expression gradually warmed up after Liu Ying confessed again, and it seemed that he had no intention of blaming Liu Ying for this.

If he knew that Liu Ying wanted to thank him, Lu Zhi might even laugh dumbfounded, then patted Liu Ying on the head, and joked by the way: Brat, you are being polite to your mother...
"Today's loss, whether it is big or not, is not small."

"And my son is just over sixteen years old, and his grand wedding is imminent; although he is still a little immature in government affairs, it can be said: not vulgar."

"Pay more attention in the future, and then I will help you. The step-by-step teaching is..."

Hearing that the old lady's tone had returned to calm, Liu Ying finally raised her head, not caring about feeling guilty about her mistakes, and hurried down the slope to get off the donkey.

"My mother said yes."

"After winning the mother, sit in the court, even if the son loses a little, it doesn't hurt..."

Laughing at herself, Liu Ying didn't stay idle, she quickly got up and ran to Lu Zhi's side, rubbing her shoulders and beating her legs.

However, Lu Zhi just shook his head helplessly and smiled, still reminding Liu Ying: "When the Yuanshuo court discusses, my son should give a commandment to the Weiman envoy again, so that the public and officials will know the majesty of the Han Emperor; "

"At that time, we must never have the loss of today..."

(End of this chapter)