Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 406 Thank you! !

Confucians are born with a bad habit of putting their face on the nose.

Liu Bang was stationed in Gaoyang, recruiting talents. There were many capable people from various schools who came to join him. Some were willing to advise him, some were willing to act as a lobbyist for him, and some were willing to lead troops to fight for him. Liu Bang really counts. Not the kind of virtuous gentleman in the traditional sense.

However, Liu Bang attached great importance to talented people. In this case, a group of Confucian scholars came to defect, and Liu Bang kept them behind. Therefore, they began to exert their traditional instincts and began to criticize Liu Bang's behavior according to the etiquette. Pointing and criticizing Liu Bang's many behaviors, Liu Bang took off their hats, urinated inside, and told them: This is your etiquette!

After that, whenever a Confucian scholar came to him, Liu Bang would talk to them very kindly.

The history book recorded this scene with six words, "talk to people, often curse"

I don't know what Emperor Gao scolded at the beginning, but it must be not very pleasant anyway.

And the scholar Li Shiqi did not leave after hearing about this incident from his disciples, but he still paid tribute to Emperor Gao persistently.

At that time, Liu Bang was posing as his ancestor, no, it was his usual way of sitting, sitting on a squat, and there were two beauties squatting in front of him who were washing his feet.

Li Shiqi was not used to him either, and asked directly, "Are you trying to help Qin to destroy the princes or to help the princes to destroy Qin?"

Liu Bang was furious and scolded: "Old dog! The world has been suffering for Qin for a long time. How can I help Qin to destroy the princes?"

Li Shiqi replied seriously: "If you want to destroy Qin, you shouldn't use this attitude to meet the elders!"

Of course, Liu Bang changed his previous attitude. He didn't wash his feet, and asked Li Shi to sit on it with a smile on his face, asking for advice humbly.

It's a pity that Zhang Cang, Li Shiqi, Jia Yi, and Lu Jia are still too few, but there are too many literati like those around Liu Bang.

When Liu Chang returned to the Hall of Houde, he was still very angry.

He set up the Tian Lun Mansion, which was originally a counterattack against the thoughts of ghosts and gods. As a result, the Tianlun Mansion had just been established, and these Confucian scholars invited themselves to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen in the mansion? ?

When Liu Chang was angry, few people dared to disturb him, for fear that Chang Liu would vent his anger on himself.

Even Lu Lu didn't dare to say anything more, but he remembered very clearly that once His Majesty was unable to vent his anger, he would summon a group of sages, turn over the old accounts, and beat them for the reasons many, many years ago.

"I didn't expect that this time, it was my brother who was right. When he invited me to drink a few days ago, he said that Confucians are not responsible. I thought he was prejudiced against Confucians. I didn't expect that, what he said truth!"

"Lu! Go and invite the prince over now."

"Your Majesty. Which prince?"

"The prince of Tianlu Pavilion who treats the old man!"

"only!"

In the temple, Gai Gong was responsible for teaching the princes, but now it is the prince, and this prince is of course also from Qi.Liu Chang didn't know why, anyway, Huang Lao, most of the Confucian scholars were from Qi, which shows the prosperity of Qi's literary style.

This prince, with a high reputation, was approached by Empress Lv to explain Huang-Lao's theory. Liu Bang had no school, while Empress Lv was between Legalism and Huang-Lao's theory. It is more inclined to Huang Lao, the Huang Lao school in the early Han Dynasty is very strong, no one can match, really achieved "I am a scholar, and I should suppress all the enemies in the world!"

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Huang Shigong, Xiao He, Cao Can, Zhang Liang, Empress Lv, and even Chen Ping were all considered to be the mainstays of the Huang-Lao School and the executors of the Huang-Lao School's ideas. Just look at this lineup. Confucius came alive. If you have to be pushed back, which school will dare to fight?

It's a pity that too many big men appeared at once. After their death, Huang Lao never appeared again such big men.

The last Huang Lao everyone is usually considered to be a certain King Li. With the rebellion and suicide of a certain King Li, the Huang Lao school has completely declined. Of course, this King Li is the little King Li, not the ignorant and incompetent master. King Li.

Like Liu Bang, Liu Chang had no sectarian stance.

However, probably because there are no capable people anymore, Liu Chang's relationship with the Huang-Lao School is still a little distant, and he is not as close as he is to the Legalists.

When the prince learned that His Majesty had summoned him, he was also a little surprised.

His Majesty doesn't want to see them, which is already a consensus among Huang Lao, and they gave up Liu Chang early and waited for the prince to take the throne.

The prince is a pure Huang Lao, don't watch him play with the Mo family all day long, but who doesn't know, Huang Lao is a hodgepodge, anything can be put in it, the left sentence "Dao Sheng Fa", the right sentence "Also capture all the masters" Governance", when Gai Gong taught Liu Chang, he had instilled this idea many times, everything came from Huang Lao, so that until now, the academic circles are wondering whether the Zajia and Huang Lao are in the same family. Arguing endlessly.

Moreover, the prince is not just a simple Huang Lao lover, he even discussed the development of Huang Lao once with the prince.

He greatly criticized the thought that the prince despised equipment and that "knowledge can govern the country, and there is no need to explore its roots", and he angrily proposed: Huang Lao wants to explore the essence of the world, try to understand him, understand him, and obey the laws of nature. , to play a human role to transform the world.

In that debate, the prince roared angrily, even ignoring Liu An's status as the prince, and the two had a big fight.

But at the end of the debate, the prince was filled with happy tears and clapped his hands.

His friend was curious and asked about it.

The prince replied: "I'm angry because I don't agree with his ideas, and I'm happy because Huang Lao is going to create a new saint!"

The prince stood in front of Liu Chang with a straight face and was not close.

The prince, like Gai, has a bad temper. He is one of the few people in Chang'an who is not afraid of Zhang Shizhi. Over the years, he has tried his best not to see Liu Chang, because he is afraid that he will be on top of him. A tyrant said something he shouldn't have said and implicated innocent people.

Liu Chang squinted at him and ate the meat in front of him.

"I have read the books of the Huang-Lao School. I have heard from my teacher that the monarch is easy and the minister works hard, and the virtuous minister is loyal. He once told me that the king must trust his ministers, and ministers must be like Serve the king like you treat your elders. Why do you look gloomy when you meet your elders today?"

Wang Gongyi really replied: "Your teacher also told me that what the king does should be limited to the basis of not damaging the society. If the king can't do this, then the minister must persuade him. Once If you don't listen after persuasion, you can treat him harshly, and if you don't listen after two persuasion, you can leave."

"Hahaha, tell me, what did I do to harm the society?"

"I dare not say it."

"I forgive your sins, you can say it."

"Your Majesty is a military man, and he doesn't care about the power of the people at all. He has waged wars year after year, built roads, imperial tombs, built cities, and prepared to dig canals. The people of the world do not get a month's rest every year, either for farming or for His Majesty. Busy and exhausted.”

"Your Majesty does these things for the sake of the society. After these things are done, the people of the world can also benefit, but, Your Majesty, the society is the people. You want to do something good for the society by harming the people. Isn't that contradictory?"

"Then what do you think, what should I do? Stop cultivating?"

"Wuwei doesn't mean doing nothing. Your Majesty can do it, but you must cherish the people's power and reduce the number of corvés. You can't do it so often. Your Majesty, what do you think of the behavior of the initial emperor to build cities in Shuofang and other places?"

"I think this is a merit, like strangling the Xiongnu's neck, so that the Huns can't easily go south and loot, and shelter the local people."

"If Your Majesty was at that time, would you be willing to build a city for the First Emperor?"

"Hahaha~~~"

Liu Chang understood the meaning of this guy a little bit, "Your rhetoric is somewhat similar to my teacher."

The prince immediately said: "Belonging to the same faction, naturally the same."

"Heshang Zhangren taught An Qisheng, An Qisheng taught Mao Xi, Mao Xi taught Le Xia, Le Xia taught Le Chen, Le Chen taught Gai, Gai taught Cao, Your Majesty."

"The ministers are not talented, and they all belong to the door of Duke Lechen."

Liu Chang suddenly realized, and hurriedly got up, "Oh, it turns out to be my classmate!"

"Come, come, please take a seat."

Liu Chang pulled the prince and sat down. Facing the surprised prince, Liu Chang laughed.

"I am not a tyrant who abuses the power of the people, and I also know the truth of cherishing the power of the people. Before I left, my wife also persuaded me that my policies were too frequent. Don't worry, I will pay attention to this matter and always pay attention to it. The condition of the people will give them a chance to recuperate.”

Seeing Liu Chang who suddenly changed into a person in front of him, the prince was sluggish for a long time.

"Your Majesty Shengming."

"I am the direct descendant of Huang Lao, how can you not be close to Huang Lao? It's just that the situation today is different from when the country was founded. Now there are many household registrations, if the temple does not take the initiative to organize them to do things, I am afraid that there will be problems, such as The canal you mentioned, there are too many household registrations in Guandong now. The grain transportation from Kanto costs millions of grains every year. If I don’t mobilize the people to build the canal, this grain will run out sooner or later. Don't you want life to be ruined?"

"All of you Huang Lao, you must also think about these problems. Huang Lao wants to rule the world. If you can't rule the present world, you can only indulge in the past and use the old methods to rule the new world. How can you do it?"

The prince nodded thoughtfully and said, "Your Majesty is right, be taught!"

"I heard that there are many books in the Huang Lao school, but because of the copying, the books in the hands of different people are also different. I plan to call Huang Lao's sages and let them sort out the past articles together, and then send someone What do you think about finding lost ancient books and organizing them into a book?"

The prince was shocked and immediately bowed to Liu Changchang.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"

Only then did Liu Chang say: "Today I went to Tian Lun Mansion, and those Confucian scholars actually persuaded me to go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen and talk about ghosts and gods. What do you think of this matter?"

In fact, the Huang-Lao School, which is a hodgepodge of people, is also very concerned about divination, and sacrifices are not less than that of Confucianism.

When Hou Feng took people, he killed a lot of Huang Lao Shi, because they were also part-time in the fortune-telling business.

But at this moment, the prince said with righteous indignation: "Your Majesty! I am old and honest, and I am most disgusted with these unrealistic things. Please don't listen to the words of the Confucians. Sacrifice to God may not make the world prosperous. It is possible to kill livestock and throw them into a river to prevent floods, but to use livestock to pull stones to make dams can! This is the difference between real governance of the country and false things to deceive the king!”

Liu Chang is obviously very satisfied with this answer.

He smiled and nodded, "You said it very well, then I'll ask you to take charge of this matter."

When the prince walked out of the Hall of Houde, he probably already understood what His Majesty meant.

This is to use oneself to suppress these Confucian scholars.

Even with everyone's cultivation, he couldn't help laughing. He really didn't expect that we Huang Laos would be forgotten, and we could get the chance to be valued again.

When he walked out of the palace, he happened to meet Mao Gong.

Mao Gong, also known as Mao Heng, Xunzi's high-ranking disciple, specialized in poetry. He had just returned from his studies and encountered the first emperor's large-scale book burning. Mao Heng, who used poetry as a language all day, was naturally extremely frightened, and hurriedly took it with him. His family ran all the way from Qi to Zhao State, and finally settled down in Wuyuan and kept his name anonymous. It was not until the founding of the country that he dared to use his true identity, but he still did not dare to take out the collection of books, because Emperor Gao was also implementing the first emperor's rules. Thought, folk collection of books is a felony!

It was not until later that Liu Ying revoked the "law of relying on books" that he dared to rearrange the "Book of Songs" and teach it to Youzi Mao Chang himself.

When Emperor Gao discovered that Liu Chang was clever, he invited him to enlighten him.

However, he only stayed for a few days before being annoyed by Chang Liu.

At that time, Liu Chang, who was almost as high as the ground, even spat in his face.

Seeing this person, the prince was stunned for a moment, then remembered something, and walked up with a smile.

The relationship between the prince and the Confucian people has always been bad, and they often argue and attack each other.

Mao Heng saw this fellow walk out of the palace with a smile, and his face turned black.

"Mao Gong!!!"

"Good man!"

"Thank you! Thank you!"

The prince moved and took Mao Heng's hand, "I really didn't expect that the words of your Confucian scholars in Qi State would actually help us so much. I really don't know what to say, when His Majesty pulls them out and beheaded them. , I will definitely see them off in person!"

Mao Heng's face turned even darker.

"Those are Lu Ru and Qi Ru by them."

"Hey, needless to say, it's all Confucianism anyway. Are you here to see His Majesty? Then please allow me to get busy sorting out the classics first!"

The prince sneered fiercely, and left triumphantly.

Mao Heng took a deep breath and held back the anger in his heart. He really didn't know how these idiots dared to invite the emperor to Feng Chan in Tian Lun Mansion. The matter of Wu Zui just calmed down, because he thought he had too many three clans ? ?

After he learned about this, he hurried to find Uncle Fuqiu, originally wanting him to come forward to protect those people, but Uncle Fuqiu ignored it, and even said that these people were to blame and deserve to die!
Fu Qiubo can do this, but Mao Heng can't.

Both of them were Confucian scholars, but Uncle Fuqiu didn't get along very well with the local Confucian students. These people always scolded Uncle Fuqiu for praising His Majesty, saying that he had become a hawk dog of the Legalists, and Uncle Fuqiu was too lazy to have the general knowledge of these people.

Mao Heng is different. Mao Heng has a good relationship with these people, and his fame is actually higher than Fu Qiubo.

More than 80 people from Qiruluru were imprisoned. Many people begged Mao Heng, saying that Mao Heng had enlightened His Majesty at the beginning, he was regarded as His Majesty's teacher, and he was Xunzi's apprentice. His Majesty respected him so much. Xunzi must have a chance to save these people.

But Mao Heng knew that it was nonsense for His Majesty to enlighten him. Back then, he left without even staying for seven days. His Majesty can't remember what he said twice.

Before he came here, he had also found Zhang Cang.

It's just that Zhang Cang didn't wait for him to speak, and he directly talked about Tian Lun. Mao Heng naturally understood what he meant and left directly.

Mao Heng was helpless and could only come to see His Majesty in person.

At this moment, in the palace, Lu Lu was amazed at Liu Chang's change.

The old man persuaded His Majesty, but His Majesty didn't beat him?The old dog didn't even say a word.

Liu Chang said with a smile: "In this way, the Confucians will feel threatened and will no longer be so arrogant, and Huang Lao will not make the mistakes of the Confucians, and will change his original thoughts, in order to keep the present here with me. I'm running around because of my goodwill. I can even get Mo and the peasant family to get involved. Hahaha~~~"

"In this way, what these Confucians do can be used to do a lot of things, and can make all sects change their useless things in order to step on them."

"I have long been dissatisfied with the title of the Son of Heaven, and I have wanted to change it to Heavenly Father for a long time. These dogs still want me to worship?"

"Isn't Your Majesty disgusted by their quarrels?"

"Yes, but now I find that they can't be quarreling. Only when they quarrel can I have more things to use. These guys are not useless."

Just as Liu Chang and Lu Lu were talking about this, a valet came to report it.

"Your Majesty, Dr. Mao Heng is here to meet you."

"Oh?"

Liu Chang smiled, "Look, I can't help it."

"Let him in!"

Mao Heng walked in, met Liu Chang, and then sat aside.

"Master Mao, when I was young, you hit me three times with a plank on my left hand. I respect your knowledge, and I have been very tolerant without questioning you. Are you ready to intercede for those Confucian scholars?"

Mao Heng was stunned for a moment. The good news was that Liu Chang still remembered him, and the bad news was that he only remembered that he had beaten him.

"Your Majesty, these people deserve what they deserve, and this minister is not here to intercede."

"I know that Your Majesty is a wise king, with a broad mind and a tolerance for others. This time, I hope Your Majesty will give them a chance to redeem their sins!"

"Oh? What can these useless Confucians do to atone for their sins?"

"Your Majesty, although they are stupid, they are still qualified to do enlightenment in the local county school."

Liu Chang laughed, walked to Mao Heng's side, and sat down.

"Since you came to intercede in person, how could I not agree? Please go over and tell them in person, let them understand their mistakes, and then come out and do things for me!"

Liu Chang looked at Lu Lu, blinked, and said, "Bring Mr. Mao over there!"

Lu Lu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"only!!!"

ps: At 37 o'clock in the morning today, my son suddenly started to have a fever. I took the child to the hospital and waited for the calculation results at the door. I'm angry again, the child's high fever has subsided, but I can't finish writing Chapter 8 today, I hope everyone can understand.

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