Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 773: The world’s trouble lies in the collapse of the earth, not in disintegration
Chang Quan said: "But in ancient times, there were states that were often in chaos because of foreign troops, or collapsed because of the rampage of internal ministers. How can Governor Chen explain this?"

In the view of Huan Yi and Zaosong, this question has captured the key point.

The words coming from Gao Bing's mouth are undoubtedly very beautiful. After all, the scholars at this time, whether they were pursuing personal enjoyment or paying more attention to the interests of the family, their values ​​​​were still more or less influenced by ancient and medieval times. Sometimes, I still like to put "all peoples" on my lips, and lean closer to the words of sages.

However, in fact, many of these words cannot withstand scrutiny.

At least from the perspective of Huan Yi and others, even if the people have food and drink, foreign enemies will still come and threaten the stability of the Central Plains. At this time, there needs to be an explanation why we should pay attention to the foundation of the people, rather than city defense .

Unexpectedly, Gao Bing laughed. He first looked at Chang Xu and smiled, then looked at the expressions of Huan Yi and Zaosong. He knew what they were thinking and said, "Are you guys mistaken? My ruler said that the people are the most important thing, but he never said that he should only focus on one thing and ignore the others, let alone whether this place will be stable or chaotic, after all, it does not depend on external enemies, but internal factors."

As he spoke, he spread out the book, pointed at a sentence and said, "Look at this sentence."

Huan Yi, Zao Song and others took advantage of the situation and looked at it. Their eyelids jumped when they saw a sentence in the book, which read: "The trouble in the world lies in the collapse of soil, not in disintegration. It is the same in ancient and modern times."

"Did Chen Zhi say this?" Huan Yi fell into deep thought. Looking at this sentence, he had a slight understanding of its meaning, but when it came to more details, he couldn't quite explain it.

Chang Quan directly asked for advice: "I have a vague impression of this sentence, and it seems to have an allusion, but it has been a long time, and it is indeed a bit blurry."

When Zaosong heard this, he said, "So, Chen Zhi didn't create this statement?"

"This statement was made during the reign of Emperor Xiaowu. There are not many stories about this person from generation to generation, and there are also not many writings that have been handed down from generation to generation. Chang Jun can have an impression, which shows the origin of family knowledge. He is indeed a descendant of the historian, which is unusual. ," Gao Bing first praised Chang Can a few words, and then explained: "The beauty of this statement is not actually in the sentence, but in the annotation. Otherwise, you can't detect the subtlety of it just by reading one sentence."

Chang Quan said: "I just have an impression, but Chen Fujun can quote scriptures, listen to your ideas, and explain according to the situation. This is even more evident of his ability. To be honest, this collapse often follows, and Tai Shigong also used it." Describing the destruction of Qin, the two are described separately, but the meaning seems a bit unclear. I hope Gaojun can explain it."

"My ruler used the conversation between Xu Le and Emperor Xiaowu to explain this." Since Gao Bing said it, he planned to explain it in detail, so he continued: "This 'earth collapse' theory This is the scene at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Chen She raised his halberd, raised his arms and shouted, and the whole world immediately responded. But why is this happening? It is because of the suffering of the people, but the superiors do not know how to show sympathy. The world is full of resentment, but the superiors do not know it. Social customs Corruption without control is like a torrent that keeps accumulating on a dam but is ignored. Eventually, the dam collapses and the torrent turns into a flood, swallowing up all directions! This is a fracture of the foundation, and then the land collapses! There will be no recovery!"

Chang Quan nodded silently as he listened, knowing that these were all subtle influences. Because the people of the world were in turmoil, he responded to the call and rebellion swept the world, so Qiang Qin collapsed in an instant, but then he asked: "This word about landslide is good, what about 'disintegration'" What's the difference?" "During the previous dynasty, there were rebellions among the kings, and the seven kingdoms including Wu, Chu, Qi, and Zhao were in chaos one after another, many of which were said to be big countries with a hundred thousand chariots. It is different from the fiefdoms of today's kings, and there are several kings who have planned for many years and accumulated troops and food, just to raise an army in one day, with a hundred thousand soldiers, enough to patrol the entire territory of the fiefdom, and the accumulated financial resources are enough to supply the army for many years. , so once it breaks out, it immediately sweeps over one area. Wherever it is, it can be called invincible. The situation is corrupted, which is called 'collapse'."

Chang Can then asked: "However, in the end, this disintegration still failed to achieve what we wanted. Is it because of the people's peace and well-being?"

Huan Yi said: "At that time, if we simply relied on the people's support, it might not be useful. Even if the princes were unpopular, it would be difficult to make up for it without the use of troops by the generals later."

But Gao Bing shook his head and said: "At the beginning of this dynasty, Huang Lao was ruled by doing nothing, and he cultivated with the people, so as to support the chaos of the pre-Qin period. It was determined by the people of the world, and the court was established for justice. But they cannot be governed by soldiers. They can buy people's hearts and govern with officials in their own vassals, but after they invade other counties, their manpower will be stretched. Even if there are famous generals, it may not be possible to accomplish anything, not to mention, if it is not for the failure of the people, it will be difficult for the rebel princes to use their fists, and the pace of attack will be dragged down, so how can we give the imperial army a chance to gather and counterattack?"

Having said this, he paused slightly and then said: "According to my family's master, this war is not for the main purpose of politics. Besides, he is a prefect and the leader is to support the people. Moreover, the war is not fought simply based on the number of troops. , but it depends on food and grass, the stability of the rear, weapons, armor, and more importantly, the situation, and these can only be achieved by putting the people first."

Speaking of which, even Huan Yi and Zao Song couldn't find anything to refute for the time being. After all, Chen Zhi had won several times before. If you say that he was putting the cart before the horse, there is no proof. Unless a war breaks out now, the representative If the county is defeated, that's pretty much it.

Moreover, deep down in their hearts, both of them felt that the statements Gao Bing relayed did make sense, and they each had their own thoughts in their hearts——

What Huan Yi was thinking of was what his lord, King Jiangdu, was doing in the three eastern counties of Jizhou: "Although my lord is now contacting aristocratic families, he always asks them to submit. In fact, he is not enthusiastic, let alone paying attention to the people. My lord The main energy is spent on contacting the court, constantly asking for names and supplies. This title is okay, but now there are many conflicts in the court. In order to appease and win over the lord, the names are given very diligently, but this supply is greatly insufficient. Well, after hearing this today, I want to remind him when I go back. If it’s not easy to win over the aristocratic family directly, why not start with the private sector..."

Zaosong was naturally thinking about the policies implemented by his father-in-law and governor of the two states, Wang Jun, in Youzhou and Pingzhou: "The general now seems to pay too much attention to the Xianbei soldiers and horses. The troops in the army have begun to be led by Xianbei people. Now they are even more serious. They have adopted several adopted daughters and want to marry Duan Bu generals one after another, hoping to fully accommodate Duan Bu and become one. Now it seems that the situation is different from the situation when the dynasty was founded and before the feudal princes started to rebel. It looks a bit like it, so I should give you some advice when I go back."

While the two were thinking about it, Chang Xu frowned, savoring the word "collapse and disintegration" in her heart, thinking about the chaos among the princes, many historical events passing through her mind, and finally thinking about the situation in the imperial court, feeling vaguely uneasy.

Just as everyone was thinking, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Gao Bing looked outside, then smiled at a few people and said, "Gentlemen, welcome to Dai County!"

(End of this chapter)