Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 147 Jianning Shucheng
Many important events outside the Great Wall are naturally not known to the temple officials. The jurisdiction of the embroidered clothes envoy is only the Sili area and the surrounding Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou and other places, such as remote places such as Liangzhou and Youzhou. , Yizhou and other places still need the governor's report to learn about local affairs. Of course, the embroidered clothes messenger is still expanding and growing. Within a few years, these areas will certainly not escape the embroidered clothes messenger's clutches.

After He Xiu worked day and night, he finally finished writing the most basic enlightenment textbooks. Xing Ziang and Yang Qiu were responsible for revising for him. When the simple books were finished, he rushed to the palace and handed them over to the emperor.

The Son of Heaven held the book in his hand, and slowly opened it. He Xiu's writing skills were exquisite, and he was quite like a master. Because this was the first edition, many places were revised, so the Son of Heaven read it carefully, because it was written for young children. For the books used for the enlightenment, He Xiu decided a total of seven stories, and for each story, he tried to use some easy-to-understand and different words to write.

The full text has a total of 620 characters, which is enough for ordinary children to use for enlightenment.

These seven stories are "Revenge", "Destiny", "Faith", "Confucius and Mencius", "Golden Linzhi", "Dang Kouzhi", "Mie Xiongzhi" and so on. Simple, but it has the essence of the Gongyang School. The emperor always loves to listen to stories. When the old Taiwei was around, he often called him to the palace to tell various historical facts. He couldn't wait to read these stories. stand up.

He hurriedly opened the book and read it seriously. The first chapter "Revenge" is very simple. It mainly tells about a scholar. Contempt, therefore, the scholar killed the official to avenge his father's humiliation, and also cited many examples from the current dynasty. After watching it for a while, the emperor's expression was a little complicated.

He studied the Gongyang School since he was a child, and he agrees with the idea of ​​great revenge. But as an emperor, if the common people and scholars are clamoring for revenge all day long, killing officials and rebelling, he can't bear it. He frowned, After thinking for a while, he opened the second chapter without rushing to comment. The second chapter, "The Will of Destiny", is a continuation of Dong Zhongshu's theory of the unity of man and nature.

It tells the story of Taizu beheading the white snake. The intention of He Xiu's story is very clear. He wants to use this story to prove that the big man is the destiny, and it is impossible to be overthrown or replaced by others. In the end, He also saw that the story of Wang Mang was narrated in the book, and at the end it was mentioned that Wang Mang sat on the throne of the emperor, but dreamed that a red snake swallowed him.

Later, it was Emperor Guangwu who beheaded him with the Chixiao sword in his hand. It turned out that Wang Mang was the queen of the white snake in the past, but the incarnation of a giant python, so he was named Wang Mang. After reading it, I was very happy, and nodded quickly. The Han Dynasty is the destiny, and no one can replace it. This story is very good. It can be imagined that the children after enlightenment will be the most loyal sons of the Han Dynasty in the future. People!
The emperor was very satisfied, and said happily: "This story is excellent. I really admire the talent of He Shi!"

He Xiu didn't say a word, and the emperor read the next story, "Faith", this story tells the story of Ji Bu, it is better to get Jibu Yinuo, Tai Shigong's remarks to get a hundred catties of gold It was directly used by him, and it was vividly fabricated. It tells a few stories about Ji Bu, which is used to emphasize the central idea that no one can stand without faith.

The emperor smiled, couldn't put it down, and read it several times before moving on to the next story.

"Confucius and Mencius", as the name suggests, tells the many realities of Confucius and Mencius, and it can also be regarded as a story about the greatness of Confucianism and its use in governing the world. Seeing the face of the previous two stories that made him extremely excited, the emperor ignored He Xiu. He thought for a moment about the behavior of mixing private goods, and then said to He Xiu: "Mencius took righteousness, I admire it from the bottom of my heart, I wonder if I can add more words to this?"

What He Xiu wanted was to promote Confucianism and Gongyang. Since the emperor agreed, why not add more ideas of Mencius?He nodded with a smile, and said, "Your Majesty is so clever!" The emperor nodded, and looked at the next story, "Golden Scale Records".

After just reading for a moment, the little fat man was startled, his eyes widened, and he was speechless.

"When the Son of Heaven was young, he often served in a modest manner, and investigated the sufferings of the people. One day, while walking on the river bank, he suddenly saw a goldfish appearing like a dragon. Worshiping the Emperor, he said, "Huan Chuanhong also. ", the emperor was shocked and ordered to catch him, and no one could get close to him. The emperor stepped forward, leaping with his hands. He hurried back and spoke to the queen mother. Empress Xi said: "Is my son destined?Dare to speak nonsense, clan! "At that time, the great Confucian He Xiu crossed the river, and he saw the image of a golden dragon soaring. He went to it and saw the emperor. Of."

This... is actually talking about yourself?Liu Hong looked surprised, he looked at He Xiu, and continued to look.

"It can be seen that the emperor has his own destiny, and the king's qi belongs to him. It is absurd to chase the deer!"

Liu Hong sighed, and paid homage to He Xiu. Only he and He Xiu had read the heavenly book. Both of them knew what a great man would look like in the future. Isn't this story and the Taizu chapter just to strengthen the sanctity of the emperor?It is to prevent the emergence of troubled times in the future, and to let the people of the world remember the sacredness of the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven continued to read, "Dang Kou Zhi" is also about the affairs of the current dynasty. It tells the story of Duan Jiong leading the soldiers to conquer the mountain people. In the story, he concealed Duan Jiong's bad behavior at the beginning. , It is more about describing the bravery of the soldiers, the admiration of the people, the bravery of the scholars, and it also tells the stories of the young scholars who followed the soldiers to fight and became marquises.

The last one, "Records of Defeating the Huns", tells the heroic deeds of the former champion Hou, and asks all the children in the world to follow suit. After reading these seven stories, the emperor admired them very much. It is true that some of them made me feel a little uncomfortable Hi, but generally speaking, this enlightenment book can still play a major role, not just to enlighten the people's wisdom and attack the family.

Even, he can play a role in strengthening the cohesion of the country. It can be seen that even if he dies early in the future and throws the world to his youngest son, if someone in the world dares to rebel, he is afraid that he will be attacked by these people who have been influenced by these books since childhood. Jiangshan, Liu Hong laughed and said: "This book should be handed down to the world!".

He Xiu smiled and said, "I hope the emperor will name it."

"This book was compiled in the Jianning period, so it is called "Jianning Book"."

"Good!" He Xiu nodded, but he was a little suspicious in his heart. The emperor's preference for the year name Jianning was a bit unreasonable. Building roads should be called Jianning Chidao, and even Wang Fu was in many places in Yangzhou. The water conservancy channel dam established is also called Jianning Canal and Jianning Dam, but He Xiu has no objection. As long as the Gongyang can be revived, as long as the Dahan River and Mountains can be preserved, these are nothing but trivial matters!
(End of this chapter)