Chapter 61 Thirty Years Like a Dream
"No regrets in this life!"
Xiang Yu said leisurely.
The Supreme One has established virtue, followed by merit, and secondly, made words, and never abandoned for a long time. This is called immortality.
Kong Yingda’s commentary: “Establishing virtue means creating a system and preaching laws, and helping the people; making merit means saving troubles and eliminating difficulties and helping the times; making words means that the words are essential and the principles can be passed on.”
There are three immortals in a person: to establish merit, to establish virtue, to establish words.
This is also the highest requirement for later generations.
There are three types of deaths in humans, physical death, and social death, which are forgotten by humans.
On Earth, a total of 100 billion human beings were born, but most of them were unknown. Only a few people left their names in history books and names in the annals, families, and biographies.
Later generations read history books and remembered their names.
But some people, even if they do not read history books, even if their languages and writings are different, they are still passed down through the ages and are immortalized with human civilization.
As long as human civilization is immortal, they are immortal; as long as human civilization is immortal, they are immortal.
In the past, he was barely remembered by China as the King of Chu, but in the world, in the five thousand years of human civilization history, it was insignificant.
But now, becoming Taizu of Chu is becoming a great existence with Confucius, Lao Tzu, Qin Shihuang and other great beings, coexisting with human civilization, and immortalizing with human civilization.
…………
Time passes, and in the blink of an eye, year after year passes.
At the age of twenty-six, Julu defeated the Qin army, established the capital of Guanzhong, and became King Xiang.
At the age of twenty-eight, he defeated Liu Bang, unified the world, and became the Emperor Taizu of Chu.
At the age of thirty, he killed Maodun, destroyed the Xiongnu, recovered Hetao, Hexi Corridor, and established the Western Regions Protectorate, which was awe-inspiring world.
Five more years later, Xiao He was critically ill.
Two more years later, Long Qi was critically ill.
Three more years later, Xiang Zhuang was critically ill.
Time is like a song, withering geniuses and heroes die one after another.
Xiang Yu did not kill the heroes because he did not need to, because he was young enough, he was much younger than many heroes, and was enough to kill each hero.
In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed.
One by one, the heroes withered, many of them were vassal kings and marquises.
Seeing the heroes passing by, Xiang Yu was not sad, he only had a hint of loneliness.
This is a joyful delight!
It fulfilled the friendship between the king and the ministers, and also preserved the wealth of future generations.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zhang, no more!" At this time, a guard heard news.
"Go to the Marquis of Liu!"
Xiang Yu said calmly.
When they arrived at the residence of Liuhou, Xiang Yu met Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang has been in a state of retreat since a few years.
"Zifang, what's there to worry about? You can say that you are with me!" Xiang Yu said.
Zhang Liang said: "The king and minister have a deep friendship, and their descendants are worry-free. I don't want to say more!"
Xiang Yu was silent, and suddenly thought of the complex of seizing Zhang Liang at the Hongmen Banquet. Everything seemed to be yesterday.
Zhang Liang said: "Outside worry is not to be afraid, but internal worry is terrible. In the Great Chu Dynasty, all the vassal states were ultimately a big problem. The Zhou Dynasty could be divided into eight hundred princes; but Your Majesty was appointed to the nine kings and more than one hundred marquises, but it was a little unable to maintain the situation!"
"It's okay, I'm alive and it's time for them to rebel. When I die, they are no longer able to rebel!" Xiang Yu said: "Why did the Western Zhou Dynasty collapse? Why did the rituals and music conquests all fall in the emperor, and they all come from the princes because they are strong and weak!"
"But I don't. The land of Guanzhong, Hedong, Ba, Hanzhong, and Heluo are all unsealed places. To the west of Hangu Pass, there are a large number of counties directly under the central government. The counties directly under the central government occupy two-thirds of the country's land and six layers of population... Even if all the princes in the world rebelled, the central government can suppress it... unless..."
Unless Zhu Yunwen is born among his descendants.
But a strange thing like Zhu Yunwen is almost never seen in a thousand years.
"Your Majesty, what I am talking about is the revival of spiritual energy. Now that spiritual energy is exhausted, most warriors do not come out, and monks do not come out... But once the moment of spiritual energy is revived, the situation will be turbulent at that time!"
Zhang Liang said uneasy.
"How long will it take for the spiritual energy to recover!"
Xiang Yu asked.
"It's about three or four hundred years left!" Zhang Liang said.
"Three or four hundred years are enough!"
Xiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "The First Emperor is extremely ambitious and wants to last for the second and third generations to the last forever. One and thirty years are counted, and thirty years are thirty years... Human beings don't know if they can live for thirty years!"
"I don't need... the Great Chu Dynasty can last for four hundred years!"
"Four hundred years, Your Majesty's heart is a little small!" Zhang Liang coughed.
"sufficient!"
Xiang Yu said.
"I'm going!" As he said that, Zhang Liang closed his eyes, his breath was cut off, and he was already dead.
At the moment of death, a soul appeared and turned into a stream of light and disappeared.
“Go along the way!”
Xiang Yu said.
Time passes, and in the blink of an eye, another ten years have passed.
The beauty of the past is getting older one by one, and the ministers are getting older one by one.
The country of Da Chu gradually became stable.
Ying Xue gave birth to the eldest son, named Xiang Wen; Yu Ji gave birth to a son, named Xiang Ping, and then gave birth to another son, named Xiang An.
Later, other concubines gave birth to children.
There are eighteen sons and fifteen daughters one after another, and they can be said to have many children and grandchildren.
Not family planning at all.
In addition to the first three, I still remember the names, the remaining sons and daughters often forget their names...
He didn't like the boss Xiang Wen at all, but he still let Xiang Wen be the prince. As for the others, they went there to be kings and took charge of the country.
In the blink of an eye, another ten years have passed.
Xiang Yu is already fifty-six years old.
After being an emperor for thirty years, many heroes who died...the still-lived heroes are old and their courage has become smaller...the courage to rebel.
"My son, you will be the emperor tomorrow!"
On this day, Xiang Yu suddenly said.
"Father, what does this mean?"
The prince trembled and fell to the ground, a little scared.
Xiang Yu frowned slightly.
Very dissatisfied with the prince.
The brave Taizu always had a cowardly prince.
Although she was not satisfied, Xiang Yu did not plan to change the prince... It is not scary to choose the wrong prince, but what is scary is to change the prince.
"How could there be a thirty-year-old prince in the world!"
Xiang Yu said: "I am already very tired as the emperor for thirty years. I will abdicate tomorrow... You should become the emperor!"
The prince said, "I dare not!"
Xiang Yu didn't say anything.
In recent years, the princelings have gradually taken shape. With his indulgence, some ministers also want to use the prince to seize some power.
The conflict between the emperor and the prince is intensifying... If we continue, we can only regain power like Emperor Wu of Han deposed the prince and Kangxi deposed the prince.
But Xiang Yu was too lazy to act... stability overwhelms everything.
Once the crown prince is abolished, some ministers will inevitably be purged, causing turmoil. Let’s forget it!
"In the study, I left behind the emperor's notes and experiences...you should carefully study them!" Xiang Yu finally reminded.
…………
PS: The third update is here. Thank you Jin Yu for rewarding 100 starting points coins, and thank you for rewarding 1500 starting points coins in 2019078239064.
Update today.
Chapter completed!