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Chapter 18 Fighting with Confucianism - Part 2

When Li Su made a case with the emperor, he stood between two court officials, with only Zhao Yun beside him, so when he first saw Hua Xin jumping out, he didn't know the other party's identity.

It was only after Hua Xin said a few words and reported to her house that she suddenly realized.

"It turns out that Hua Xin really jumped out as a pioneer... Yes, he is now in a low position and cannot be surrendered. There is no student in this dynasty. Shangshulang, who was a filial and honest man, was directly convicted for his words. If he refuted me, he could be considered a master of classics and scholars."

Li Su thought to himself.

Liu Hong, who was sitting on the altar, has never been opposed to such fun things, so even though Li Sugang made great contributions for him, he was willing to listen more: "Oh, Hua Xin, you can tell me, how did Li Su talk about his destiny?"

Hua Xin cheered up: "Your Majesty, I heard that when Emperor Gaozu of Emperor Gaozu set up a guardian of thirty families of Dang, and he still eats blood. It is because Emperor Gaozu of Emperor Gaozu sympathized with Chen She's tyrants to the righteous army and punished the tyrant Qin, which was a contribution to inspiring the hearts of the world.

Li Su is just a boy in this life who occasionally makes a minor contribution, so he is not a wise man in ancient sages. Confucius said: If the Tao does not work, ride the siege to float in the sea. The Tao is constant and the achievements are impermanent. How can one more easily determine the good and bad merits and demerits due to temporary gains and losses?

This can be said to be eager for quick success and instant benefits. If Your Majesty applauds him and let him speak nonsense. In time, who else in the world dares to speak out for justice and ask for the right way to correct the world."

Liu Hong listened without saying a word. After Hua Xin finished speaking, he thought for a while before raising his hand to signal Li Su to defend himself: "Li Su, Hua Xin said you are eager for quick success and instant benefits, and misinterpreting the common truth for the sake of temporary achievements. What do you say?"

Nowadays, people usually don’t call each other’s name when chatting in person, but it’s okay to call each other’s name by being respectful and humble. Therefore, when the eunuchs were in court, they would register for all officials, and the emperor would call him the name of his ministers directly when speaking.

Li Su sighed: "Your Majesty just asked me whether Chen She should be a sacrifice, and I answered the matter on the matter. When I came to Hua Xin's mouth, why did it become a "misinterpretation of the common way"?

Emperor Gaozu was ordered to guard the village and eat endlessly. It was Emperor Gaozu's generous and scrupulous judgment of others by himself, and he did not want to examine the thoughts of people at the same time. He thought that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's intention to rebel against Qin was as good as Emperor Gaozu's original intention to save the people back then, so he respected Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's imperial edict.

But our descendants read history and read the words of various schools, and they are both trustworthy, so they must know more - Hua Xin, I asked, do you think the "History" written by Taishi Gong is suspected of being charmed by the emperor?"

Hua Xin didn't expect Li Su to suddenly ask this question, but he didn't know the meaning, so he had to answer pertinently: "Sima Qian wrote "History" and there was slander but not charming. This is known to everyone in the world, so what else can he say."

The official historical book of the Han Dynasty was "Book of Han", and "Records of the Grand Historian" is not very high now, so it is considered to be a mixed reputation.

Later, when Wang Yun killed Cai Yong, the reason was that "Xiaowu did not kill Sima Qian in the past, and later sent him to write history, which caused slandering books to be later generations", so he even wanted to kill Cai Yong, who participated in writing "Dongguan Han Ji". (After the fall of the Han Dynasty, he compiled and formed "Dongguan Han Ji" with "Dongguan Han Ji" as the main body)

Therefore, Hua Xin had to admit that Sima Qian should not praise Liu Bang and belittle Liu Bang's enemies. Including Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and even Xiang Yu, Sima Qian wrote straight and would write down any advantages.

Li Su and others said this: "Okay, since you admit that the words of Taishi Gong did not show favoritism, I would like to ask you to interpret these sentences: When Chen Sheng raised an army, the person who called the follower said, "And if the hero is not dead, he will be famous when he dies, and will he be a great name when he dies. Is there any seed of the kings, princes, generals and ministers?" When Emperor Gaozu started his business, he called, "All he will be destroyed when he saves himself, and all the Duke and others will leave, and I will die from then on!"

From this we can see that Chen Sheng's initiative was for his own desires and was unwilling to be willing to "will there be a seed of kings, princes, generals and ministers?" At the beginning, Emperor Gaozu only couldn't bear to see the soldiers who were walking in the garrison to die, so he was dismissed and abandoned his official position and fled. As for his descendants, he just saw that the world was in chaos and the heroes had already ruled, and he had to do it in order to restore the world.

The destiny of heaven is disgusting the benefit of oneself and the husband is alone, but he is humble and retreated and defended himself. He is disgusted with sudden changes in China and compassionate with the people's strength. King Wen of Zhou already has two-thirds of the world, but he still serves Yin. He has the world for three generations, so he has been for a long time.

Although Emperor Shihuang was called Yulie of Fen Sixth Generation, when he ascended the throne, he was only one of the seven kingdoms. He cleared the six kingdoms in one generation. The world suddenly changed and the public grievances accumulated, and he could not help but die in the second generation.

Therefore, long-term separation cannot be combined suddenly, long-term separation cannot be divided suddenly. Heaven is disgusted with the initiative, and those who change suddenly will be punished by heaven, and gradually advance will be rewarded with heaven's favor. Just like King Wu defeated Zhou, he accumulated only two generations of civil and military affairs. If there were no Duke of Zhou to succeed him, he would be afraid of the rebellion of the Three Supervisors. Therefore, the harm of the Shang people is as bad as the remnants of the six countries. Now the Han Dynasty has been established for four hundred years, and those who are unofficial in their plans will naturally be punished by heaven."

Those who die suddenly after a long period of time and have a sudden separation and die in the Three Kingdoms and Five Dynasties.

The Qin and Sui Dynasty died after a long period of separation.

Li Su actually said a little too much, and he also knew that this statement was actually not appropriate according to the individualistic view of later generations, because later generations paid attention to a "upward channel", including Li Su himself, who also felt that "there is nothing wrong with "the kings, princes, generals and ministers".

He didn't like Liu Bang very much about the heroes at the end of the Han Dynasty, and liked Xiang Yu more. But since he was the preface to Jun, he had to say this for the sake of credit and reputation. It is normal for lawyers to speak for the benefit of the parties involved.

On the other hand, Li Su was familiar with history books and had to admit that although Liu Bang had many ambitions after becoming more ambitious, Liu Bang's motives should have been good when he first started. The main reason was that he was born in poverty and humbleness, and he could not have had much ambition at the beginning.

This is similar to Cao Cao's "Let the County Magistrate". His ambitions have expanded step by step. At the beginning, they just wanted to achieve a small goal.

But no matter what, Li Su's previous words made Liu Hong feel secretly happy.

"It turns out that Emperor Gaozu's motives were so much greater than those of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang at that time? Why did the ministers who taught me history books never tell me? Humph, it must be those people who don't want me to know that the Liu family should be the emperor for thousands of years, so that those people can scare me to do this and that! Once I do my destiny, I will warn you."

Thinking of this, Liu Hong was full of energy: "Hua Xin! What else do you have to say! Chen Sheng was in chaos in the world and even though he was against the tyrannical Qin, he was only for his own selfish desires. What else can such a person be worshipped?

I will pass on my decree. From this year on, the act of worshiping Chen Sheng in Dangshan will be cancelled! That is just one of the princes of the throne. The reason why Emperor Gaozu was defeated for generations was because he followed the way of heaven and had no selfishness at first!"

Hua Xin was speechless for a moment. He didn't think about reading the Records of the Grand Historian every sentence. He didn't expect that Li Su had worked hard in the months of writing books, and had prepared all the counterexamples from all dynasties in his heart.

After being scolded by Liu Hong, Hua Xin had to retreat with shame.

Fortunately, everyone is talking about the matter, and everyone speaks freely, and Li Su can't chase and scold him. As long as Hua Xin admits his defeat, he can stop the loss.

After Hua Xin was repelled, the scene was quiet for a while. Just as Liu Hong was about to end the discussion and talk about the rewards to Li Su and the heroes of Youzhou this time, another old minister seemed to have to jump out in person because he saw that no one spoke anymore:

"Li Su, you said, 'The way of heaven is more peaceful but hates easy', isn't this a big deal? The number of days changes, the artifacts are easier, and it is a natural principle to return to those with virtue.

The Tang and Wu revolutions all used the Tao to defeat the Wu Dao. Once the Tao of Heaven declined, the destiny of heaven would be easier. How could it be delayed for several generations? You said that King Wu had accumulated King Wen, so wouldn’t Shang Tang defeat Zhou? What kind of punishment did Shang Tang have?”

Li Su looked at him and saw that this man was still leaning on a crutch when he went to court, his hair was like silver and his beard was as tall as a star, and his beard was drooping to his stomach. He heard that he reported to his house and realized that it was Dong Fu, the minister of the Shizhong.

"Dong Shizhong, everything should not be generalized. There are a degree of sudden follow-up, and the depth of the punishment of heaven is. "Shangshu-Tang oath" says, "There is no time to be lost, and I will all die." It can be seen that when Tang Tang attacked Jie in Shang, there was no such thing as before. Tang and Yi Yin did not know that the destiny of heaven could be changed, so they were determined to die to save the people.

Shang Tang was willing to perish with the Sun, so when he started a war, he would not have the confidence to replace him, but he would practice the way for heaven even if he died together. Therefore, the punishment of heaven was weak, and he would eventually revive like the three Zhou Gongping Supervisors. Moreover, Shang was also backfired. When Taijia was not clear, Yi Yin put it in Tong Palace, which was the backfire of Shang Tang's unstable establishment of the country.

All Taizong of all dynasties went through the storm before he was calm. If there were Liang Fu on the side of Taizong and Duke Yi Yin and Duke Zhou, he would eventually be able to recover. If there was no Duke Yi Yin and Duke Zhou and only Zhao Gao, the destiny would be easier. There was Taikang in Xia, Taijia in Shang, Sanjian in Zhou, Fusu in Qin, and Zhulu in Han..."

There is another very important summary in the later generations of Song Lian and Fang Xiaoru. However, Li Su is not suitable for now and he did not write it into the book, but today he was forced to use it to say a few words.

That is, the Palace Xing’s Blessings Theory believes that destiny is frustrated with change. Even if Taizu of the great unification dynasty was suppressed by force, Taizong would inevitably be backfired during the reign of Emperor Taizong.

Either Taizong would destroy the country, or the branch of Taizong would be overthrown after Taizong's death, or the one who should have become Taizong and became Prince Yin and was killed by others.

In the summer, Taikang lost his country.

Shang has Taijia exiled,

There were three riots in the week,

Qin Youfusu was killed if he was not allowed to succeed to the throne.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Hui died, and Zhou Boping Zhu Lu killed all the sons of Emperor Hui.

Liu Jiang, the first prince of Liu Xiu, was deposed by his mother, and took the initiative to let the crown prince throne be given to his younger brother Liu Zhuang (Emperor Ming of Han), and he was lucky enough to escape a good death.

Cao Ang died in battle in Wei, and although Wu Sundeng died naturally early, the successor Sun Liang was also deposed.

Taizong, who was in Jin Dynasty, was directly rebelled by the Eight Kings.

In the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties, Yang Guang, Li Shimin and Zhao Guangyi (suspected) killed his brother and seized the throne.

Meng Youshu Chi cannot be a great khan.

There was a Jing Dynasty in Ming Dynasty,

Emperor Taiji of Qing Dynasty and Fulin were not the eldest sons, and Haoge died tragically.

However, none of these happened now, so Li Su didn't want to say much. But those who have truly observed history understand,

Taking into account all the solid separatist thrones of the Great Unified Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, the three major countries, there are only two exceptions that "Taizong" did not be retaliated against the throne.

The first is that Zhou Gongfu became the king, and the second is that Zhuge Fuli Liu Chan (Liu Chan finally destroyed the country, but that was an external attack, not an internal power struggle). No other person can transfer power normally by Emperor Taizong.

Other Confucian scholars from the Han Dynasty did not summarize history from this perspective because there were not enough precedents in front of them.

Even Dong Fu, who is known as the best prophecies and divination in the world, has always been known for "knowing the destiny", was speechless when Li Su refuted this.

Damn? This is how history can be interpreted?

After a while of silence, Dong Fu had to sigh and retreat.

Who else?

Li Su quietly spyed around for a while.

It seems that there is no one anymore.

Finally, it was the emperor's turn to perform and award official titles.
Chapter completed!
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