Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 448

In the courtyard, a fire was burning under a simple grill made of several stones.

Liu Chang squatted down, stuffed a few dead branches into the flames, and lost some dead leaves, making the fire even more violent.

He skewered the meat with a wooden stick, put it on the grill, put a few dyed cups aside, took out the condiments and sprinkled it on the meat, Liu Chang did it very seriously, and stared at it intently. Pieces of meat, fanning, and sprinkling various seasonings from time to time, when the thick smoke blows in Liu Chang's direction, Liu Chang will hurriedly change positions and continue fanning. Few people have seen Liu Chang look so serious. If this serious attitude was used in reading, it would have nothing to do with Liu An.

With such a tall body, he does things like a child, with a pure heart.

After roasting the meat in his hand, Liu Chang got up with a smile, crouched beside Zhou Chang, and handed the meat to him.

The retainer behind Zhou Chang said helplessly: "Your Majesty. The head of the family cannot eat meat."

"Go, go, go up there~~~"

Liu Chang waved his hand disdainfully, and the retainer walked away helplessly.

Zhou Chang took the meat handed over by Liu Chang tremblingly. Zhou Chang was indeed seriously ill, and he didn't even have much strength to speak. This was also because of years of fatigue, and the government and government during these years almost fell on However, Zhou Chang did not have the ability of Zhang Cang, he had no ability, he could only work hard, which made Zhou Chang work day and night, sleepless day and night, and unable to make time for meals. Feeling anxious and anxious, the disease that had been suppressed for too long defeated the old man in an instant.

Zhou Chang's body deteriorated rapidly. In just a few days, he became unable to get out of bed. After a few days, he could not even speak clearly. He became numb and did not respond to the outside world. .

The imperial physicians hurried round and round, and they spent a lot of thought, using countless precious medicinal materials, and hanging Zhou Chang's breath.

Not long ago, people who were scolding the ministers and who could turn Chang'an around several times on foot had become like this in a few days, and everyone felt a little incredible.

Only Xia Wuji and these imperial physicians could see clearly that Zhou Chang was old and worked hard day and night. The moment he let go of the things he was doing, he fell down.The disease and fatigue left behind over the years broke out in an instant, and it was impossible to cure him. He could only delay his life as much as possible and let him stay for a while.

Zhou Chang looked at the barbecue in his hand, trembling, unable to put it in his mouth.

Liu Chang had no choice but to do it himself, holding the barbecue, and gently put it on Zhou Chang's mouth, letting Zhou Chang bite slowly.

While eating the meat, Zhou Chang was still unable to speak, and tears kept dripping from his sad eyes.

"Why are you crying? I didn't cut down the tree in your house, I just picked some branches, and this tree in your house is not suitable for barbecue. My master's house is the most suitable, which is the Marquis of Huaiyin's house, you know?"

"I went to his house earlier, and it happened that all the servants in his house were out, so I opened the door and went in to check it myself, and found that his sheep and chickens were all sick, so I simply chopped down his tree and made a fire to roast meat. , that taste is really good. When I make barbecue now, I always go to his house to get wood, but I have eaten too much, and I can't eat it anymore. You say, why can't the Marquis of Huaiyin grow a few trees? What? How irritating, just plant one, what do I do when I finish eating? He doesn't know how to think about others!"

"Really not a gentleman!"

Liu Chang complained and let Zhou Chang eat a few more bites.

Zhou Xiang took a sip, and I took a sip.

I take another bite, one more bite, one more bite, Zhou Xiang one bite. Oh, no more.

"You have to get better soon, don't listen to the farts of those imperial doctors, what can't be cured, this one can't be eaten, that one can't be eaten, it's all farts, let's eat our own, play with our own, wait for you to get better, Zhen I also want to go to Tang Country with you."

"Now my teacher is in charge of domestic affairs, and he can be considered diligent."

Zhou Chang opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse and low, if he didn't listen carefully, he couldn't hear what he was saying at all.

Liu Chang listened carefully a few times before he could hear his words clearly.

"I am incompetent."

Liu Chang grinned, "Who said that?"

"When you first became the prime minister, the ministers fought endlessly and there were many contradictions. The mother and brother were at odds, and all the ministers refused to obey me. If my teacher was the prime minister at that time, he would be afraid of things and not willing to do so. The character of offending people, I am afraid that nothing can be done. He is more suitable for that kind of relatively stable situation. You can check and balance the ministers in times of crisis. Even I have been made obedient by you, and I have to move out. Zhang Budo and himself can force you."

"You are a bow, he is a crossbow, each has its own strengths, there is no one who is capable, and who is incompetent, don't think about it. If someone says you are incompetent in the future, tell me, I have to get a big grill. He can't!"

"Come on, eat at ease."

The two were eating when a Shuzi walked into the house and was stunned when he saw the person coming.

Liu Chang obviously knew this Shuzi, and scolded: "Your eldest father has become so ill, and you still go out to play?!"

This Shuzi is Zhou Chang's grandson Zhou Zuoche.

Zhou Zuoche picked up the things in his hand aggrieved, "I'm going to get the medicinal materials for my eldest father."

"Okay, come here and eat meat together!"

Zhou Zuoche hurried over and stood beside Zhou Chang. Liu Chang looked at his dark eyes and asked suspiciously, "Who are you fighting with? Qi, 卬, Xiangdu went to himself. Feng Guo, Xian Ye returned to Yan country. Who dares to beat you?"

Zhou Zuoche grinned and said, "No problem, no problem"

In the next few days, Liu Chang came to Zhou Chang from time to time. Zhou Chang, who was determined by the imperial physicians to live soon, actually started talking during these days. If someone supported him, he could still walk in the mansion. The previous slumped look was gone.

Changle Palace, Shou Palace.

Empress Lu looked at the paper in her hand seriously, flipping through them one by one, but she couldn't see her inner thoughts at all on her face.

Liu Chang stood by her side expectantly, waiting for his mother to evaluate his book.

That's right, Liu Chang still wrote that book.

Although there are only [-] typos in the whole chapter, this is a true academic work completed by Liu Chang alone, and an interpretation of the Mohist classics. The moment he finished writing, Liu Chang couldn't wait. I sent the book to my mother, as if asking for credit, hoping to hear a few compliments.

Empress Lu watched it carefully, one after the other, and watched it many times.

Empress Lu put down the book and looked at the expectant Liu Chang in front of him.

"You have a grudge against Mozi???"

"Ah?? No, what happened?"

"Are you trying to revitalize the Mo family or are you going to kill the Mo family??"

Empress Lu frowned, even though Empress Lu didn't like the Mo family very much, she still said seriously at the moment: "You can't arrange Mozi like this, it's not right, as soon as your book is released, the Mo family will bear the infamy of thousands of generations. Now, you're not trying to pull out the dying Mo family, you're putting a coffin on their heads."

Liu Chang shook his head, "This is a matter of benefit to the world, so what if it bears some infamy?"

"Well, change it a little, for example, let Mozi take the position of the challenger of authority, and Mozi questioned his teacher, so that's all right. Mozi was a teacher of Confucianism, he questioned Confucianism, and every time with Confucianism On the contrary, the Mo family was formed, and in this way, it is much more reasonable than your story."

Empress Lu kindly offered her own suggestion.

"But Mozi's teacher is not well-known. He is the authority himself. How can he show the spirit of opposing authority?"

Empress Lu hesitated for a moment, "Then let's write it now, just write that someone in Shangfang has come up with a new method, but you didn't agree, you suppressed them several times, and finally they succeeded, your power is even greater than Mozi's. can have the same effect.”

Liu Chang jumped up abruptly, "Why, I have never done such a thing at all! Why should I bear such an unprovoked name?!"

Empress Lu narrowed her eyes and looked at Liu Chang seriously.

From his mother's cold eyes, Liu Chang felt the danger.

"Okay, okay, I'll change it! I'll change it now!"

Liu Chang muttered and asked, "What about the content?"

"Comparable Analects."

"Oh huh???"

Liu Chang's eyes were rounded and he looked at his mother. Although all Confucius and Mencius in Liu Chang's mouth were not as good as himself, Liu Chang was still a little self-aware. If you find any one at random, except for numbers, you can probably beat Liu Chang in other fields of study.

As for this book, speaking of it, Liu Chang didn't bother too much. It was driven out just to deal with Chen Tao. Most of the content in it was the norm for Shang Fangxue. How should we study it? The attitude towards scientific research and the like, according to Chang Liu's own words, is something that anyone can say a few words about, and is completely useless.

Liu Chang hates these big truths. Everyone can say the big truths, but it is not so easy to implement them.

Therefore, Liu Chang didn't have much hope for his own work. He came here just to hear "not bad" from his mother.

But what does this mean compared to the Analects? ?

Grandma was never a joker, Liu Chang took a deep breath, hurriedly picked up the book, and read it seriously, "Really???"

"Although the use of the allusions is inappropriate, the content can be used as the norm for Shang Fang in the future. It can be used for thousands of years. I have discouraged Shang Fang several times, because Shang Fang spends a lot of money and achieves very little. They do things in a disorderly manner. I know You always underestimate theory and focus on practice, but both theory and practice are indispensable.”

"Just like when you dealt with enlightenment, you arranged for Lu Jia and Zhi Du. One of them focuses on theory and the other focuses on practice. Both of them are indispensable. Now that Zhi is not around, you have arranged for officials who can do things to replace him and continue to assist Lu. Jia."

"In my opinion, the original Shangfang only knows the practice, but there is no theory to indicate what they should do, what to focus on, and what to avoid."

"You are the first to set a precedent. For the first time, you have established theoretical knowledge for Shang Fang. Perhaps, after you, there will be more and more books of this type, and perhaps there are some that can surpass you in content. In other words, it is a masterpiece.”

"Of course, I don't know much about Shang Fang. I still have to watch Chen Tao and the others. Only those who are really engaged in this area can know whether what I'm talking about is good or bad, and it's just based on its meaning."

Empress Lu said it very straightforwardly, while Liu Chang's face was full of joy that could not be hidden.

"Okay, okay, I'll make a little change and show it to Chen Tao and the others!"

Liu Chang grinned and smirked, and put away the papers like treasures.

Only then did Empress Lu ask, "Have you visited Zhou Chang these few days?"

"Yeah. He was seriously ill, and no one came to see him, so I went there from time to time"

Empress Lu nodded with satisfaction, "You did a good job, visit Zhou Chang more and bring him some gifts. In the future, the ministers will respect you more and serve you willingly."

Liu Chang curled his lips casually, and it could be seen that he didn't care much about the thoughts of the ministers.

"Then mom, I'll go and fix the allusions first."

"it is good."

As soon as Liu Chang returned to the Hall of Houde, he immediately called Uncle Fuqiu over. Uncle Fuqiu was busy in the imperial school. For a scholar like him, Zhang's requirements for the imperial school made him a little out of his reach. Zhang Cang asked the Taixue students to take turns to farm, and asked Taixue to introduce books from farmers to cultivate a sense of emphasis on agriculture.

Even Zhang Cang went to Taixue six times, more often than he went to court. Every time he went to Taixue, this fellow always instigated Taixue's students.

It can't be called abetting. In short, Zhang Cang gathers those young people every time and tells them about His Majesty's so-called prosperous ideas. His words are very exciting, and he constantly instills prosperous ideas into the young students, asking them to study hard. , to create that prosperous world for His Majesty.

This is because Zhang Cang saw the conservativeness of today's ministers, so he chose these young people, wanting to lead these young people to accept his own ideas, and gain a group of radical derivative forces who support the creation of a prosperous world.

This soon caused an uproar in Taixue.

How could the young people bear this, being fooled by Zhang Cang, everyone began to talk about the prosperous world, and was very concerned about the government of the temple.

This made Bo Fu Qiu's governance more difficult. Bo Fu Qiu's methods of governing Tai Xue were not very clever. He only acted on the basis of his own prestige. When the Tai students became a little blind, and they had the chancellor of the country After supporting him, it was not easy for Uncle Fu Qiu to hold them down.

Fortunately, Bo Fu Qiu, like Xun Zi, supports the disciples to choose their own paths, and is more tolerant. Even if the students of Taixue gathered together and jointly signed a letter to ask Taixue to invite all the farmers to settle in Taixue, Bo Fuqiu did not. stop.

Zhang Cang's behavior probably also stimulated Bo Fu Qiu, a scholar who is responsible, and also began to try to understand the current situation and make changes. He even applied for Fengchang and opened the first imperial newspaper of the Taixue. , allowing students to communicate freely and express their views and opinions.

Today's Taixue has more than [-] students. These are the best young people from all over the world. They are the reserve officials of the great Han. I don't know how many future Sangongs and Jiuqings are hidden among them.

And everyone from each school, almost all taught in Taixue, every time a debate is held, the number of scholars onlookers can reach more than [-].

"Master Fuqiu. You came just in time, help me see this"

Liu Chang immediately handed the book to Uncle Fu Qiu.

Uncle Fu Qiu looked at it seriously for a long time, "Your Majesty, this is an allusion."

"Inappropriate, right?"

Fu Qiubo nodded.

"You also know that I am busy with everything, and I can't do many things myself. I have finished this book, and then I asked the prince to help me write allusions. Who knows, he came up with such allusions and arranged them. The sages are disgusting! This Shuzi is so capable, so I want you to help me revise it. Apart from the allusions, what do you think about the rest of this book?"

"I don't understand the study of Shang Fang, but what Your Majesty summed up can not only be used in Shang Fang, but also in studying and governing the country.

"This allusion, the minister comes to think of a way, will certainly not disappoint Your Majesty."

"Okay, okay, since you've come forward, then I don't have to worry about it!"

Liu Chang was very happy to hand over these things to Bo Fu Qiu. As a disciple of Xun Zi, Bo Fu Qiu also had a certain foundation in making up allusions. "Mozi gradually turned into a human being and stopped beating his disciples, and the content was modified appropriately. For example, Lu Ban became Gongshangguo. Combined with the fact that he was sent to the country of Yue, he directly dismissed Mozi as never. The old stubborn who knows how to adapt has become the image of a wise teacher who sharpens his disciples.

Although Confucianism does not deal with other schools of thought, the only advantage of Confucianism is that if they are not at this level, they will not directly insult the leaders of these schools. Mencius dares to scold Mozi, but other Confucian students will not do such rude things, even if Disapproval of his teachings, but still with a sense of respect, this is the Confucian etiquette.

During the whole process, Liu Chang sat on the side and watched Bo Fu Qiu make touch-ups.

With the promotion of paper, Dahan's calligraphy has become more and more exciting, and many schools have appeared, and many people who are famous for calligraphy have also appeared. Among them, Liu Chang's calligraphy also amazed the ministers.

Your Majesty's calligraphy, dragon flying and phoenix dancing, running dragon and snake, keeping the outline of the word, breaking the rules of the clerk, running freely, and rushing quickly, has a unique charm.

To put it simply, it is to jump out of the font itself and write whatever you want. Under the leadership of Liu Chang, a new style of calligraphy appeared in Dahan, which was called Gaoshu.

Fu Qiubo's embellishment not only helped to revise the allusions, but also added some typos and incomprehensible sentences. Otherwise, it would be difficult to promote this thing written by His Majesty. Elegance, to be vulgar, but not so vulgar that others can't read it, then it will become the most elegant and out of the realm of vulgarity.

When he returned to the Taixue, Bo Fuqiu smiled and said to the left and right: "Prince Prince is successful in writing, but lacking in classics."

"what?!"

"The old man dares to deceive my disciple!!"

Sima Jizhu, who inadvertently heard this comment from a friend, raised his head angrily.

ps: Bet, bet, who wins and who loses between the two major debaters?
(End of this chapter)