Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 508 Persecution from Higher Education
What Liu An said was very pitiful, and the whole person looked pitiful and wronged.

Seeing Cao Ku was extremely distressed, Cao Ku stretched out his hand, gently stroked Liu An's hand, and said heavily, "How can your Majesty do this? You are just a child!"

Cao Ku gritted his teeth and hesitated for a long time, as if he had made some decision.

He stood up abruptly and was about to leave.

Liu An was shocked and quickly grabbed him.

"Where is uncle going?"

"Too much deception! This is no tempering! This is mutilating one's own heirs! A tiger doesn't eat its offspring! How can it be like this?!"

Cao Ku could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, "I want to go to Houde Hall! I want him to take back the order!!"

Liu An was stunned, and quickly said: "Uncle! He won't listen to you, you just need to help me a little."

Cao Ku dragged Liu An out, muttering: "If he doesn't agree, I will die in front of him! See if he agrees! How can this be the case?! Even if I die today, I have to let him go!" He took back the fame!!!”

It's over, it's overplayed.

Liu An was terrified, dragged his uncle tightly, and looked at Lu Lu for help.

At this moment, Lu Lu is in the mood of watching a play. With Liu An like this, Lu Lu is too familiar. The familiarity has even penetrated into his bones. He has seen this expression for more than 20 years. When I was very young, I knew this trick. An's acting skills still need to be improved. If His Majesty, she would probably get a little injury on her body, and then pretend to be so tragic that she dares not to say anything. She will never say so much if.

But watching a play is watching a play, seeing that Cao Ku was really ready to go all out, Lu Lu still had no choice but to stop him.

He knew too well what his own emperor was, and in Cao Ku's state, if he said something incorrectly, Cao Qi would be able to inherit the Marquis of Pingyang in advance.

He stepped forward and explained earnestly: "Even if you persuade His Majesty, it will be useless. The prince will inherit the throne in the future, and sooner or later he will have to get used to these things. As an uncle, we can help him. You can persuade him now." Emperor, if the crown prince succeeds to the throne in the future, if you encounter difficulties, who are you going to persuade?"

After hearing these words, Cao Ku calmed down and sat back in his original position.

Liu An glanced at Lu Lu gratefully, and then became honest. He finally understood that it is best not to provoke an honest person like his uncle too hard, because it is terrible for an honest person to get angry. The reason is that my uncle was beaten by my father, and my mother had to peel her own skin. Even if my mother didn't blame me, it would be too inappropriate for my uncle to be injured because of me.

Liu An suddenly didn't know what to say.

At the critical moment, Lu Lu said: "Well, I can help you solve the financial problem, but you need the permission of the temple. If you ask for money in private, you will give someone a handle. Zhang Shizhi has always been staring at you. Yours, besides, here at the merchant, I will help you find a way. You don't have to worry."

"As for the mansion and the talents"

Lu Lu also had some headaches, "I have nothing to do with this, I can solve the problems of merchants, but I know some talented people in Chang'an in the past, but these talented people are now taking on important responsibilities in various places. They are all serving as generals of Louchuan, it is impossible to bring them over to serve as your officials."

"no need to worry!"

Cao Ku opened his mouth at this moment. He waved his hand and said, "Shihuo Mansion needs warehouses, right? I'll give you three warehouses, and I'll give Shihuo Mansion 20 shi of grain! I'll write to my friends in Qi State again, Let them recommend some talented young people. In addition, your mansion also needs a carriage? I will send it to you."

Although Lu Lu is very rich, he can't stand the fact that there are many food towns in Caoku.

Cao Can, Yihou of Pingyang, had the most food in Chehouli when the founding of the country, and Wanhuhou, who was a serious son and eight classics, ranked first in military exploits in Chehouli, second in founding heroes, and ranked first in terms of military exploits. When the two Empress Cao came to power, the emperor rewarded them respectively It's a pity that Cao Ku lost a thousand households because of his dereliction of duty when he was in Qi State. So how much is his food town now?Not many, only [-] households roughly equal to five Jianchenghous and thirteen Kuaichenghous
Seeing Cao Ku chattering about his next aid, Lu Lu couldn't help cursing in a low voice: "Big dog!"

Anyway, Liu An is satisfied, Lu Lu can solve the problems of merchants and money, and Cao Shen can solve other problems.

With the help of these two uncles, I have more confidence in doing things.

Next, Liu An fully listened to Lu Lu's many opinions. Lu Lu came here for the business of poisoning and trade. He believed that this must take into account the next route, and also consider the cost of transportation. It can't be too expensive, and the goods must be carefully selected.

"Before you, King Xiting wrote to me. He hoped that I could open some factories in Xiting Kingdom. He would provide all kinds of raw materials. I haven't thought about making them locally. After all, Xiting Kingdom is remote. .However, if the route is determined, and the Xiting country is the main one, then many products can be produced directly in the Xiting country, which can save a lot of transportation costs. As for those that cannot be produced, it is best not to sell them."

Lu Lu's idea is very simple, then you can't do raw material trade, you can't sell domestic resources, because domestic people still need them, you should limit raw materials, and mainly use finished products as commodities, such as formed cloth, silk, Paper, tools, even some obsolete ordnance, clothes, porcelain, copperware, jewelry, cosmetics, handicrafts, cars.
Liu An listened very seriously and kept Lu Lu's words in his heart.

After he finished speaking, Liu An personally saw off the two uncles, walked out of the inner room, and saw more than ten mighty people standing outside the room, waiting for them, Liu An was taken aback, and saw Mao Chang was about to speak, Shaking his head hastily, motioning him to shut up, he sent the two uncles out the door with a smile.

After sending them out, Liu An just came back and asked everyone to stand up, "What are these?"

Mao Chang said with a smile: "Your Highness, these are all young talents from temples and imperial schools. They were specially selected by His Majesty and sent to serve you as officials."

"Ok?"

Liu An turned his head and looked at them.

"Chen Sufei pays homage to Your Highness!"

"Chen Li Shang"

"Chen Zuo Wu"

"Omita Yu"

"Chen Leichang"

"Rainbow."

"Wu Bei."

"Straightforward"

These are young people, most of whom are under 30 years old. Facing Liu An, the prince, they don't have much fear on their faces, and their behavior is not restrained. They don't know their talents, but they still have courage. Liu An doesn't I know that in another timeline, most of these people are Liu An's own disciples.

The two generations of King Li of Huainan were absolutely unique.

King Li of Huainan was talented and learned, he was good at reading and playing the drum and piano, he was good at debating and writing, he was not good at playing and hunting, he paid great attention to comforting the people, he was famous all over the world, and he was famous for everyone. There are countless talents, and among them are the eight most outstanding people, known as the Eight Dukes of Huainan.

King Li of Huainan had courage, he was fond of swimming and hunting, he could lift a tripod, he was not good at reading and playing the zither, he paid great attention to hunting and fighting wild beasts, he was famous for being cruel, he once went out to shoot and kill hundreds of wild beasts, he was famous for his fierceness, Countless, more than [-] warriors, after drinking, followed in rebellion, claiming that none of them survived.

Liu An looked at these young talents in front of him in surprise, is this all for him? ? ?
Or did Dad choose it himself? ?
Liu An still believed in his father's vision. He immediately invited these people into the inner room to talk. I can understand that my father specially selected the most outstanding young people of the Huang-Lao School to give to himself. This is a kind of help, and of course, it is also a kind of tempering.

The fact that these people are favored by my father shows that they are highly talented. Before coming here, they were all highly valued and favored children. They are young and energetic at the moment, and they must not be convinced by each other. It is not enough to just have people around you, you have to learn to use them, learn to let them get along in harmony, perform their duties, and give full play to their roles. This is not an easy task, especially for so many young people. Say.

However, Liu An was quite confident in himself.

He smiled and said softly; "I'm very glad that you can come, but I have a guest outside, I want to receive him first, you can chat here for a while. We are on business together, so at least we need to get to know our colleagues well, everyone is old man, so it is rare to be able to gather here."

Liu An ordered, then got up and left.

After walking out of the inner room, I couldn't wait to walk into the next room, sat by the wall, and listened carefully.

Sure enough, as soon as he left, someone couldn't wait to speak.

"My lords, it is our blessing to assist Your Highness. I hope that we can work together in the future. If you have any difficulties, you can always come to me."

Hearing this man's tone, everyone was furious.

"Oh, the difficulty? Your Excellency is preparing to be our leader?"

"Why not?!"

Immediately, the young people in the venue tore up, introducing strongholds, expounding knowledge, talking about government affairs, and commenting on people. The more they talked, the more intense they became. If it wasn't because of the special place here, they might have started doing it long ago. Liu An listened cheerfully. Thinking, I am more convinced of my father's talent in knowing people. I don't know where my father found such a group of young people. These people are really good. They argue with each other and can talk about basically anything. It is concluded that Huang Lao has a lot of research and is familiar with the knowledge of a hundred schools of thought.
The more Liu An listened, the happier he became. At the same time, he was also analyzing the characters and characteristics of these people through their language.

But the more he listened, the more Liu An felt something was wrong.

Isn't there nine people in the arena?
How come I only heard the voices of eight people arguing, the last one?

Why didn't he say a word?
Either Father was wrong, or this is the real talent!
Liu An listened quietly for a long time, until these people were a little tired from the quarrel, then he adjusted his clothes and swaggered into the inner room. Everyone hurriedly got up to pay their respects, and Liu An corresponded them one by one with the voice just now, In the end, it was determined that the only one who hadn't spoken was the scribe sitting in the most remote place. This scribe always had a faint smile on his face, with a calmness that didn't belong to his age. Liu An sat between them .

"Well, have you ever gotten to know each other?"

Several people were a little embarrassed and didn't answer.

"It just so happens that we are all old men. I am very happy to meet such talents as you. I have a few questions and I would like to ask them."

"Please, Your Highness!!"

Immediately someone spoke, the words were full of confidence.

Liu An smiled, and then opened his mouth to throw out his proposition.
Liu An was not the kind of simple inquiry, he asked those academic problems, after these younger students answered, Liu An would deny their answers, come up with his own reasons, and then asked again, at first, everyone was a little displeased Sorry, I answered one by one, but later, several people got anxious and started to go to battle together to answer Liu An's questions, but Liu An seemed to be calm and unhurried, as if there was no pressure at all.

When they asked rhetorical questions, Liu An's answer was even higher than theirs.

Liu An talked about government affairs from the knowledge of various factions, and commented on the people in the court. These people became more and more anxious, and some of them had already scratched their heads and couldn't answer at all.

At this time, everyone just woke up. This is not to ask for advice, this is to teach yourself a lesson.

From astronomy to geography, and then to philosophy, literature, and even physics, machinery, agronomy, and business, several people have become ruthless. In other fields, they will still respect the prince, but academics are a big deal. There is no king before the truth. , Eight people debated fiercely, the two sides went back and forth, and the fight was fierce.

Liu An asked earnestly: "I tried to remove the juice from the eggs, and burned the moxa to get the heat, so that the eggshells floated up. I don't know what is the reason for this?"

"This is because the eggshell is inherently light, and the fire is yang. When the yang is strong, the qi is clear, and when it is clear, it rises."

"I think it's because the outside is cold and the inside is hot. If according to what you said, I replaced the eggshell with other things that are not easy to burn, why can't it rise? It's right to rise when the air is clear. If the fire It can clear the air, so do we need to isolate it from the outside? If we make iron into the shape of an eggshell and burn it with a big fire, can it also rise? I have tried many times.”

Liu An said seriously, as the all-rounder Huang Dacheng, this guy was the first to discover the principle of hot air balloons in history. He wrote in the book; According to "Wuyuan" and "Compendium of Materia Medica", this is the father of tofu, and he made tofu.

It is said that when he was conducting an experiment, he accidentally discovered that the soybean milk turned from liquid to solid after being sprinkled on the stove. It is a great benefactor for tofu lovers.

The two sides talked about everything, even Mao Chang, who was listening, was frightened.

As a Confucian, he feels a little guilty. Confucianism is different from Huang Lao. As a school specializing in one school, he can't understand what these Huang Laos are saying.

The more they persisted, the happier Liu An was.

In this way, in the evening, several people finally couldn't speak anymore, exhausted.

Liu An simply shattered their identity as a favorite, and told them what a real pride is. In many ways, Liu An had a crushing effect on them. Philosophy and literature are what Liu An is best at. , These people are not opponents, and in terms of astronomy and geography, he has received a lot of inspiration from his father. My father has always muttered that the earth is a cuju, but when asked why, he couldn't explain clearly.

But Liu An delved into this theory, and really produced a lot of evidence.

As a ruthless person who could calculate celestial bodies in history, it is not outrageous to be able to do this.

In other respects, my father's half-heartedness also gave him a lot of inspiration. For example, some opinions expressed by my father when he occasionally fell ill, everything has attraction, and the effect of force is mutual. Liu Chang can say it, but It cannot be explained, but Liu An has a research direction.
He even somewhat believed that Father might have really received some enlightenment in the dream.

Maybe if you can figure out all these problems and make all the machines that my father said, then you will be a god?

Today's Liu An is keen on becoming an immortal, but what he understands about becoming an immortal is obviously different from Huang Lao's mainstream becoming an immortal. The mainstream becoming an immortal is the kind of Zhang Liang, who goes into deep mountains and old forests, whether he is dead or alive I don't know, alchemy and self-cultivation all day long, but in Liu An's case, becoming an immortal means using the mighty power of heaven and earth for oneself, turning the impossible into possible, and understanding the great principles between heaven and earth.

These statements of his have even shaken these mainstream schools.

After all, before gunpowder, none of them felt that one could manipulate that kind of power.

Liu An finally stopped persecuting these people, he stood up and bowed with a smile.

"You guys are really talented, I really admire them! Talking with you guys made me suddenly enlightened and benefited a lot!"

Hearing Liu An's words, everyone just felt a little harsh, faltered and couldn't speak.

Liu An looked curiously at the scribe who had never participated in the debate, without any doubt.

"Zhi-kun, why didn't you say a word after you came here?"

Zhi Buyi stood up and replied: "I have little talent and little learning, and I would make you laugh at me if I said it. You are specially selected by His Majesty to be a talented person with extraordinary knowledge. Your Highness even claims to have read all the books in Tianlu Pavilion. There are princes, Sima Gong, as a teacher like Liuhou, how dare I speak? The conversation between the gentlemen really opened my eyes, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to sleep all night when I go back today.”

Zhi Buyi chuckled lightly, a few talented men felt a little guilty on their faces, they immediately got up, greeted each other, and apologized for the initial offense.

Liu An stared at this scribe, and finally decided in his heart that this person is a great talent and can be of great use!

After sending away these sages, Liu An has also successfully gained their admiration and loyalty. If they originally followed Liu An because of the emperor's order, now they are really impressed by Liu An. Talent and learning, such a holy king, why is it not worth following yourself?

"Ah, it's okay, they came late, it would be too embarrassing if they came when uncle was around"

"Chang, you can't let Father know about the matter with uncle."

As Liu An spoke, he suddenly remembered something, and shouted, "Not good!!"

(End of this chapter)