Confucian scholars are born with a bad habit of licking their noses and faces.
Liu Bang was stationed in Gaoyang, recruiting talented people. Many capable people from various schools came to join him. Some offered advice to him, some were willing to serve as lobbyists for him, and some were willing to lead troops to fight for him. Liu Bang was really a master.
He is not a virtuous king who treats his virtuous subordinates in the traditional sense.
But Liu Bang attaches great importance to talented people. In this case, a group of Confucian scholars came to seek refuge, and Liu Bang kept them. Since then, they began to use their traditional instincts and began to direct Liu Bang's behavior according to etiquette.
They pointed out and criticized many of Liu Bang's behaviors, so Liu Bang took off their hats, peed in them, and told them: This is your etiquette!
After that, whenever Confucian scholars came to him, Liu Bang would talk to them very kindly.
The history books recorded this scene in six words: "When talking to others, they often curse."
I don’t know what Emperor Gao was scolding at the beginning, but it definitely didn’t sound good.
After the Confucian scholar Li Shiqi heard about this from his disciples, he did not leave, but persisted in visiting Emperor Gao.
At that time, Liu Bang was showing off his ancestors...oh, no, it was his own usual way of sitting, sitting on a basket, with two beauties squatting in front of him...washing his feet.
Li Shiqi didn't tolerate him, and asked directly: "Are you going to help Qin to destroy the princes, or are you going to help the princes to destroy Qin?"
Liu Bang was furious and cursed: "Old dog! The world has been suffering from Qin for a long time. How can I help Qin to destroy the princes?"
Li Shiqi replied seriously: "If you want to destroy Qin, you should not receive the elders in this manner!"
Of course, Liu Bang changed his previous attitude and stopped washing his feet. He asked Li Shi to sit on him with a smile on his face and humbly asked for advice.
It's a pity that there are still too few capable Confucian scholars like Zhang Cang, Li Shiqi, Jia Yi, and Lu Jia, but there are too many upright Confucian scholars like those who originally surrounded Liu Bang.
When Liu Chang returned to Houde Hall, he was still very angry.
He established Tianlun Mansion originally as a counterattack against the thoughts of ghosts and gods. As a result, as soon as Tianlun Mansion was established, these Confucian scholars invited themselves to go to Mount Tai to become Zen monks in the mansion??
When Liu Chang was angry, few people dared to disturb him, for fear that Liu Chang would vent his anger on himself.
Even Lu Lu didn't dare to say anything. He remembered very clearly that in the past, whenever His Majesty had anger that could not be vented, he would summon all the wise men to settle old scores and beat them up for the same reason as many years ago.
"Unexpectedly, my brother was right this time... When he invited me to drink a few days ago, he once said that Confucianists are not responsible. I thought he was prejudiced against Confucianists, but I didn't expect that he
Tell the truth!"
"Lu! Go and invite the prince over now."
"Your Majesty...which prince?"
"The prince who cured Huang Lao in Tianlu Pavilion!"
"only!"
In the temple, it was originally Gai Gong who was responsible for teaching the princes. Now he is the prince, and of course this prince is also from Qi. Liu Chang doesn't know why. Anyway, most of the Confucian scholars from Huang Lao came from Qi. This shows that Qi's literary style
of prosperity.
This prince, with a high reputation, was asked by Empress Lu to explain Huang Lao's theory. Liu Bang did not have a school of thought, and Empress Lu was between Legalism and Huang Lao's theory. She personally liked Han Feizi's books, but in terms of the concept of governing the country
In the early Han Dynasty, the Huang-Lao school was very powerful and unrivaled. It truly said, "In order to show off my knowledge, I should suppress all enemies in the world!"
In the early Han Dynasty, Huang Shigong, Xiao He, Cao Shen, Zhang Liang, Empress Lu, and even Chen Ping... They are all considered to be the mainstays of the Huang-Lao School and the executors of the Huang-Lao School's ideas. Just look at this lineup, Confucius
Even if you come back alive, you have to be pushed back. Which school of thought dares to fight even if it means risking your life?
It's a pity that there were probably too many big shots at once. After their deaths, Mr. Huang never had such a big shot again.
The last Huang Lao school is usually considered to be a certain Li Wang... With the rebellion and suicide of a certain Li Wang, the Huang Lao school has completely gone into decline. Of course, this Li Wang is a Xiao Li Wang and is not uneducated.
That great king.
Liu Chang, like Liu Bang, did not have any school of thought.
However, probably because there are no more capable people, Liu Chang's relationship with the Huang-Lao School is still somewhat distant, not as close as with the Legalists.
When the prince learned that His Majesty had summoned him, he was also a little surprised.
His Majesty does not want to see them. This is already a consensus among Huang Lao. They also gave up on Liu Chang early and waited for the crown prince to take over.
The prince is a pure Huang Lao. Don’t look at him playing with the Mo family people all day long, but who doesn’t know that Huang Lao is a hodgepodge, and he can put anything into it. The left sentence "Tao generates the law", the right sentence "takes care of all the disciples"
"To govern", Gai Gong instilled this idea many times when he was teaching Liu Chang. Everything came from Huang Lao, so that to this day, the academic community is still arguing about whether Zajia and Huang Lao are from the same family.
There were endless disputes.
Moreover, the prince was not just a simple lover of Huang Lao, he even debated the development of Huang Lao with the prince.
He was very critical of the prince's despise of instruments and the idea that "knowledge can govern the country, and there is no need to explore its roots." He angrily proposed: Huang Lao wanted to explore the nature of the world, try to understand it, understand it, and obey the laws of nature.
, people must play their role in transforming the world.
In that debate, the prince roared angrily, even ignoring Liu An's status as prince, and the two had a big fight.
But at the end of the debate, the prince burst into tears of joy and clapped his hands repeatedly.
His friend was curious and asked about it.
The prince replied: "I'm angry because I don't agree with his idea, and I'm happy because Mr. Huang is going to create a new saint!"
The prince stood in front of Liu Chang with a straight face and was not close to him.
Wang Gong, like Gai Gong, has a bad temper. He is one of the few people in Quan Chang'an who is not afraid of Zhang Shizhi. In these years, he has tried his best not to see Liu Chang for fear that he will get in trouble.
A tyrant said something he shouldn't have said and implicated innocent people.
Liu Chang looked at him sideways and started eating the meat in front of him.
"I have read the books of the Huang-Lao School. I have heard my teacher say the principles of the ruler being at ease and his ministers working hard, and the ruler being virtuous and his ministers being loyal. He once told me that the king should trust his ministers, and the ministers should act like
Serve the king like you treat your elders... Why do you look so gloomy when you meet your elders today?"
Wang Gonggong replied seriously: "Your teacher also told me: What the king does must be limited to not damaging the country. If the king cannot do this, then the ministers must advise him, once and for all.
If you don't listen to someone after admonishing him, you can treat him harshly; if you don't listen after admonishing him twice, you can leave him."
"Hahaha, tell me, what did I do that harmed the country?"
"I dare not say it."
"I forgive your sins, you can say it now."
"Your Majesty is so aggressive in his military affairs that he doesn't care about the power of the people. He has launched wars for many years, built roads, royal tombs, fortified cities, and prepared to dig canals. The people of the world do not get a month's rest in a year. They are either farming or working for Your Majesty.
But busy and exhausted.”
"Your Majesty is doing these things for the sake of the country. After these things are done, the people of the world will also benefit. But, Your Majesty, the country is the people. You want to do something useful to the country by harming the people.
Isn’t this contradictory?”
"Then what do you think I should do? Stop practicing?"
"Wuwei does not mean doing nothing. Your Majesty can do it, but you must cherish the people's strength and reduce corvee labor. It cannot be so frequent. Your Majesty, what do you think of the first emperor's behavior in building cities in Shuofang and other places?"
"I think this is a meritorious deed. It is like pinching the neck of the Huns, preventing them from easily going south to plunder, and protecting the local people."
"Then if Your Majesty had been at that time, would you have been willing to build a city for the First Emperor?"
"Hahaha~~~"
Liu Chang somewhat understood what this guy meant, "Your rhetoric is somewhat similar to my teacher."
The prince immediately said: "They belong to the same sect, so they are naturally the same."
"My father-in-law on the river taught An Qisheng, An Qisheng taught Mao Xi Gong, Mao Xi Gong taught Le Xia Gong, Le Xia Gong taught Le Chen Gong, Le Chen Gong taught Gai Gong, Gai Gong taught Cao Gong, Your Majesty."
"I am not talented, but I belong to the sect of Duke Lechen."
Liu Chang suddenly realized it and stood up in a hurry, "Oh, it turns out he is my classmate!"
"Come, come, please sit down."
Liu Chang pulled the prince to sit down. Facing the surprised prince, Liu Chang laughed.
"I am not a tyrant who abuses people's power. I also know how to cherish people's power. Before I left, my wife also persuaded me that my policies were too frequent. Don't worry, I will pay attention to this matter and always pay attention to it.
The condition of the people will give them a chance to recuperate."
Looking at Liu Chang who suddenly changed into a different person in front of him, the prince was stunned for a long time.
"Your Majesty the Holy Might..."
"I am the direct descendant of Huang Lao, so how can I not be close to Huang Lao? It's just that the situation today is different from that of the founding of the country. Nowadays, there are many household registrations. If the temple does not take the initiative to organize them to do things, I am afraid there will be problems, such as
The canal you mentioned, there are too many households in the pass now, and transporting grain from the east of the Kanto consumes millions of grains every year. If I don’t mobilize the people to build the canal, sooner or later the grain will be exhausted. By then, there will be a famine in the world.
Aren’t we going to end our lives in ruins?”
"All of you Huang Lao people should also think about these issues. Huang Lao wants to govern the world. If you can't govern the present world and can only indulge in the past and use the old methods to govern the new world, how can you do it?"
The prince nodded thoughtfully and said: "Your Majesty is right, you should be taught!"
"I heard that there are many books of Huang Lao School, but because of copying, the books in different people's hands are also different. I am going to summon Huang Lao's sages and let them sort out the past articles together, and then send people
What do you think of retrieving lost ancient books and compiling them into a book?"
The prince was shocked and immediately bowed to Mr. Liu.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"
Liu Chang then said: "Today I went to Tianlun Mansion, and those Confucian scholars actually persuaded me to go to Mount Tai to practice Zen and talk about ghosts and gods. What do you think of this matter?"
In fact, the Huang-Lao School, as a hodgepodge, is also particularly concerned about divination, and the sacrifices are no less important than Confucianism.
Previously, when Hou Feng was seizing people, he killed many Huang Laoshi because they were also doing fortune-telling on the side.
But at this moment, the prince said indignantly: "Your Majesty! I, Huang Lao, use reality to govern, and I hate these unrealistic things the most. Please don't listen to the words of Confucianists. Sacrifice to God may not make the world rich, and frivolous corvee
However, killing livestock and throwing them into the river cannot prevent floods, but using livestock to pull stones to build embankments can! This is the difference between governing the country in a practical way and deceiving the king with false things!"
Liu Chang was obviously very satisfied with this answer.
He smiled and nodded, "What you said is very good, then I will ask you to be responsible for sorting it out."
When the prince walked out of Houde Hall, he probably already understood what His Majesty meant.
I am preparing to use myself to suppress these Confucian scholars.
Even with everyone's cultivation, he couldn't help but laugh. He really didn't expect that we Huang Lao, who were almost forgotten, would get the chance to be valued again.
When he walked out of the palace, he happened to meet Mao Gong.
Mao Gong, also known as Mao Heng, was Xunzi's disciple who specialized in poetry. He had just returned from his studies and encountered the First Emperor's large-scale burning of books. Mao Heng, who had been talking about poetry all day long, was naturally extremely frightened and hurriedly took him with him
The family members ran all the way from Qi to Zhao, and finally settled in Wuyuan, hiding their names. It was not until the founding of the country that he dared to use his true identity, but he still did not dare to take out the books, because Emperor Gao was also implementing the First Emperor's instructions.
Thought, private book collection is a serious crime!
It was not until later that Liu Ying revoked the "Luke of Shu" that he dared to reorganize the "Book of Songs Exegetical Biography" and personally taught it to Youzi Mao Chang.
When Emperor Gao discovered Liu Chang's intelligence, he invited him to enlighten Liu Chang.
However, he only stayed for a few days before Liu Chang got angry and left.
Liu Chang, who was almost as high as the ground at the time, even spat in his face.
Seeing this person, the prince was stunned for a moment, then he remembered something and walked up with a smile.
The relationship between the princes and the Confucian people has always been bad. They often argued and rejected and attacked each other.
When Mao Heng saw this guy walking out of the palace with a smile, his face turned a little dark.
"Mao Gong!!!"
"What a good man!"
"Thank you! Thank you!"
The prince was moved and took Mao Heng's hand, "I really didn't expect that the words of the Confucian scholars from Qi State would actually help us so much... I really don't know what to say. I'll wait for Your Majesty to pull them out."
When they are beheaded, I will definitely go and see them off in person!"
Mao Heng's face turned darker.
"Those are Lu Ru... Qi Ru was caught by them..."
"Hey, no need to say more, we are all Confucians anyway... You are here to see His Majesty, right? Then please allow me to go and sort out the classics first!"
The prince mocked him fiercely and left triumphantly.
Mao Heng took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart. He really didn't know how these fools dared to invite the emperor to become a Zen monk in Tianlun Mansion. Wu Zui's matter had just calmed down. He thought he had too many three clans.
??
After he learned about this, he hurriedly asked Fu Qiu Bo, originally wanting him to come forward to protect those people, but Fu Qiu Bo ignored him and even said that these people brought it upon themselves and deserved to die!
Fu Qiu Bo can do this, but Mao Heng cannot.
Both of them were Confucian scholars, but Fu Qiu Bo did not get along well with the local Confucian scholars. These people always criticized Fu Qiu Bo for flattering His Majesty, saying that he had become a hawk of the Legalists, but Fu Qiu Bo was too lazy to be acquainted with these people.
Mao Heng was different. Mao Heng had a very good relationship with these people, and his reputation was actually higher than that of Fuqiupu.
More than 80 people from Qi Ru and Lu Ru were imprisoned. Many people came to Mao Heng and said that Mao Heng had enlightened His Majesty and was considered to be His Majesty's teacher and Xunzi's disciple. His Majesty was so
If you respect Xunzi, you will definitely have a chance to save these people.
But Mao Heng himself knew that it was nonsense to enlighten His Majesty. When he left before even completing the seven days, His Majesty still had two questions as to whether he would remember him.
Before he came here, he also looked for Zhang Cang.
However, Zhang Cang didn't wait for him to speak and directly talked about Tian Lun. Mao Heng naturally understood what he meant and left directly.
Mao Heng had no choice but to come to see His Majesty in person.
At this moment, in the palace, Lu Lu was amazed at Liu Chang's changes.
The old man tried to remonstrate with His Majesty, but His Majesty didn't hit him? He didn't even say "Old Dog".
Liu Chang said with a smile: "In this way, Confucianism will feel threatened and will no longer be so arrogant. And Mr. Huang will not make the mistakes of Confucianism and will change his original idea. In order to keep the people who are here with me now,
I am running around to get my favor... I can even get Mo and Nongjia to get involved... Hahaha~~~"
"It seems that what these Confucian scholars are doing can be used to do many things. It can make each faction change their useless things just to step on them..."
"I have long been dissatisfied with the title of Emperor. I have wanted to change it to Heavenly Father for a long time. These idiots still want me to sacrifice?"
"Don't you, Your Majesty, hate their quarrels?"
"Yes, but now I find that they can't do anything without making noises. Only when they start arguing can I have more things that I can use... These guys are not useless..."
While Liu Chang was talking about this matter with Lu Lu, a close attendant came to report it.
"Your Majesty, Dr. Mao Heng has come to pay his respects."
"oh?"
Liu Chang smiled and said, "Look, I can't help it anymore."
"Let him in!"
Mao Heng came in, met with Liu Chang, and then sat aside.
"Mr. Mao... When I was still young, you hit my left hand three times with a wooden board. I respected your knowledge and did not accuse you, which was already a great deal of tolerance. Now now
Come, are you ready to intercede for those Confucian scholars?"
Mao Heng was stunned for a moment. The good news was that Liu Chang still remembered him, but the bad news was that he only remembered that he had beaten him.
"Your Majesty, these people deserve what they deserve. I am not here to plead for mercy."
"I know that Your Majesty is a wise king with a broad mind and tolerance for others. I came here this time in the hope that Your Majesty will give them a chance to atone for their sins!"
"Oh? What can these useless scholars do to atone for their sins?"
"Your Majesty, although they are stupid, they are still qualified to do enlightenment work in local county schools..."
Liu Chang laughed loudly, walked to Mao Heng's side, and sat down.
"Since you came to plead for mercy in person, how can I not agree? Please go and tell them in person, let them understand their mistake, and then come out to do things for me!"
Liu Chang looked at Lu Lu, blinked, and said, "Take Mao Gong there!"
Lu Lu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
"only!!!"
ps: At 5 o'clock this morning, my son suddenly started to have a fever. I took the child to the hospital. I had to wait at the door for the accounting results. I waited until 9 o'clock and was admitted to the hospital. The child's fever went from 37:8 to 38:5, and he was anxious again.
I'm angry again. My child's high fever has gone away, but I can't finish the second chapter today. I hope everyone can understand.