The reason why Mao Heng dared to come to advise Liu Chang was because he was Liu Chang's enlightenment teacher.
Although he only taught for a few days, he had this title after all. Even if he was an enlightened teacher, as a disciple of Xunzi, he and Liu Changna were also from the same school.
Even the most vicious person would not take action against his mentor and elder of the same sect regardless of morality, right???
However, Mao Heng still underestimated the dangers of human nature.
Lu Lu was only responsible for sending him to visit the Confucian scholars, but did not take him out again.
When Lu Lu leaned over to say goodbye with a smile and turned to leave, Mao Heng was stunned.
He hurriedly stepped forward, and two soldiers immediately stood in front of him.
It is true that the Confucian scholars at this moment are still very good at fighting. Even those Qi Confucians who were looked down upon by Liu Chang also wore sharp swords and occasionally went out. As long as they did not encounter a large group of thieves, they could still win. Therefore, there were often
It is said that bandits in the Han Dynasty did not hurt the great scholar when they encountered him, but instead escorted him respectfully.
For example, the great Confucian Kangcheng Gong Zheng Xuan in the late Han Dynasty once encountered a situation where thieves escorted him instead of hurting him.
This is of course because these great scholars themselves have a high reputation, ability, and integrity, and even thieves are unwilling to hurt them. It may also be because these thieves do not have crossbows in their hands and are not sure how good the swordsmanship of the great scholar in front of them is.
But no matter how great these Confucian scholars are, it will be in vain when they meet a soldier.
Those who can wear armor in the army are not ordinary soldiers. At this moment, armored soldiers are not equal to soldiers. Only later did armored soldiers become a common name for soldiers. And armored soldiers who can be stationed in Chang'an and carry out Liu Chang's orders
Soldiers, that's even worse. They are armed to the teeth, armed with spears, halberds, shields, and crossbows. Each of them has experienced hundreds of battles. Ten armored soldiers can defeat all the great scholars in this room.
Slaughter them, leaving no one alive.
In front of a strong crossbow, if Liu Chang Xiang Yu is not wearing heavy armor, it will be in vain. Even if he is wearing heavy armor, if he takes a few blows at close range, it will be in vain.
Therefore, at this time, you can wear swords, draw bows, and collect various weapons, but armor and crossbows cannot be hidden privately. Even if you are one of the Three Gongs and Nine Qings, as long as you hide them privately, the court will see you.
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Mao Heng looked at the cold light flashing crossbows in the hands of the soldiers in the distance, and turned around knowingly.
"Mr. Mao?? Why were you arrested too?"
"I....."
"It's hard to put into words..."
Mao Heng shook his head helplessly, really not knowing what to say.
Among the people, only Yuan Gusheng seemed to see Mao Heng's complicated mood at this moment. He was sitting here, not as afraid as other Confucian scholars. He said: "I am afraid that Mr. Mao will be imprisoned for admonishing His Majesty."
When he is imprisoned here, why doesn't Mr. Mao follow the example of your Zhongfu and admonish him as your Zhongfu admonished the King of Chu?"
Yuan Gusheng said with a smile. If nothing else, his mentality was still good.
Mao Heng glanced at him and said helplessly: "I don't have the courage of Father Zhong, and the King of Chu doesn't have the courage of His Majesty!"
Mao Heng's father-in-law was also well-known in later generations, named Mao Sui.
When the Qin State besieged Handan, Lord Pingyuan of Zhao asked for help from Chu, and Mao Sui recommended himself. However, when he arrived at Chu State, Lord Pingyuan and King Kaolie of Chu talked about an alliance, but failed to convince him, so Mao Sui "pressed the sword forward" and threatened the King of Chu.
, talking about the interests, the King of Chu then agreed to indulge in the treaty, made a blood alliance in the hall, and sent Chun Shenjun to lead an army to rescue Zhao.
Yuan Gusheng's intention was to let Mao Heng imitate his father Zhong Mao Sui, and also give Liu Changlai a chance to "move forward with the sword".
Maybe after such threats, Liu Chang would become as "weiwei" as the King of Chu.
Mao Heng sat next to Yuan Gusheng, looked at him who was leisurely and contented, and asked, "Why don't you look panicked at all?"
"Your Majesty has never wanted to kill me, so why are you so nervous?"
"Since you can see clearly, why would you do such a thing? Do you know that when His Majesty received Wang Sheng, he smiled happily..."
Yuan Gusheng shook his head and said seriously: "The so-called Zen ceremony is not to offer sacrifices to heaven, but to stabilize the hearts of the world. Your Majesty is now very negligent about the sacrifices because of the witchcraft. This is
That's wrong...Sacrifice is the most important thing for the country, uniting the people and calming people's hearts. If the sacrifice cannot be carried out on time, disaster will come. But no wise king will offer sacrifices sincerely..."
Yuan Gusheng truly believed what he said, but Mao Heng, who studied under the Xun family, had no interest in these things.
In essence, Mao Heng, like Fuqiub, was a pure scholar with no political attainments.
Otherwise, Mao Heng would not have foolishly come to persuade Liu Chang to let him go.
They just chatted for a while, and the guards brought the basin again and asked them to continue writing. They had to write Tianlu all day long.
Mao Heng looked at Qing Shui in front of him, thoughtfully, "Can you possibly understand its meaning?"
Yuan Gusheng wrote seriously and ignored him at all.
The Confucian scholar on the side said: "Someone once figured out: His Majesty asked us to write the theory of heaven on the water surface, because he wanted to tell us that all the movements of the world have their own laws, and they cannot be changed even if they are sacrificed. Just like this water surface, it will always be the same.
I can’t write.”
"Then what did His Majesty say?"
"Your Majesty let that man out... but he didn't let us go..."
"Then why don't you imitate him and say the same thing?"
"I told you...Look, I was beaten hard..."
Mao Heng understood that everyone can only think of one kind of co-author, right?
"I understand! I understand! I understand!"
Suddenly a Confucian scholar shouted, waving his hands, rushed to the door, and said quickly to the soldier: "Please bring me pen and ink."
Immediately, he began to write what he had to understand. The other Confucian scholars were very curious and gathered around him.
The Confucian scholar happily said to them: "This water, just like heaven, has no soul, thoughts and emotions. To offer sacrifices to God without any tendency is not like writing on the water, but just doing something."
Is it useless??”
When everyone heard this, they thought, okay, this barely makes sense.
Soon, the Confucian scholar was also let out.
Everyone gathered around Mao Heng, "Mr. Mao, you are a disciple of Xunzi!"
"Yes, this is your own article!"
“What did Xunzi say back then??”
Mao Heng was stunned for a moment and replied: "It's just as you know... I only remember that after the teacher finished speaking, he shook his head towards his senior brother and said three words "human" quickly and quickly...
"
"people??"
........
While the Confucian scholars were thinking hard and starting to solve the problem, Liu Chang was performing unique skills for the ministers.
The origin of the matter must start with the Dian Kingdom.
When Liu Chang killed the King of Dian, he asked the local princes to choose a new successor. This new king was less than ten years old and his name was Zhuang Kede. Although he had already ascended the throne, he had not yet come to meet the emperor.
, was not officially canonized by the temple, so after Xiao Yan secured his position as the Prime Minister, he had this little vassal king come to Chang'an to meet the Han Emperor.
When the little vassal king came to the palace in fear and fear, he was timid to pay his respects to Liu Chang.
But Liu Chang came down with a big smile, picked him up and started teasing him.
Sometimes I pinch my face, sometimes I rub my hair.
"This guy is chubby, but he is very cute. Look at how round his face is!"
Liu Chang said with a smile, without any respect for this prince king.
Some of the officials laughed, while others shook their heads helplessly.
Zhou Chang couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty... A foreign king comes to pay homage. How can this be done?"
I have seen the emperor kill the princes and kings, but I have never seen the emperor playing tricks on the princes and kings.
But with the rise of Liu Changwan, how could he listen to Zhou Chang's advice?
As for the princes who escorted him here, they just laughed awkwardly at the moment and did not dare to say anything like humiliating the king and the death of his ministers.
The little princes and kings were so frightened by him that they cried loudly.
Liu Chang let him go, and then issued an order to confer this little boy as the King of Dian, and let Xiao Yan temporarily deal with internal and external affairs.
Just when Liu Chang was about to leave, the feudal lords again reported, "Your Majesty, when we brought the king to see you, we encountered a sacred cow blocking the way and refusing to give way. We saw this cow
The cow is particularly magical, so I brought it here and presented it to His Majesty!"
"Oh?? Cow..."
Liu Chang's eyes lit up and he licked his lips subconsciously.
Since livestock could not go to the palace, Liu Chang took his ministers out to see the rumored sacred cow.
The soldiers around were also very curious and did not dare to turn their heads. They just looked around secretly.
Soon, the sacred cow was brought in front of Liu Chang, and the officials all marveled.
This sacred cow from the Dian Kingdom is really different from ordinary farm cows. This cow is completely black and looks slightly taller than ordinary farm cows. The magical thing about this cow is that it
There is a large fleshy protrusion on the front and top of its armor, which looks a bit weird, with a belly hanging down. At this moment, it is lowering its head and shaking its head in a somewhat irritable manner.
All the officials' attention was focused on its fleshy balls.
"Is it possible there is some treasure hidden here?"
"It's God...ahem."
Everyone was afraid to speak. This sacred cow was sent at the wrong time. Not long ago, His Majesty was against all kinds of magical things. No one dared to praise this auspiciousness. Liu Chang was curious and asked, "What do you mean?
To be honest, are there a lot of cattle like this in Dian?"
Fengjun was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect the emperor to look down on his carefully prepared auspiciousness.
He hurriedly said: "I can occasionally see it in the mountains and fields, but I have never seen a cow with such a big meat ball and such a magical..."
The ministers immediately started talking.
At this moment, whether it was frightened or not, the cow began to struggle hard, fell down the emperor who was holding the cow, and turned around to run away. Seeing this scene, Liu Changxi was so happy that he started to pull the bull in front of the ministers.
He opened his clothes, asked the soldiers to stop, laughed and rushed forward.
At that time, all the ministers were stunned.
But then, they were all frightened.
Because they saw their majesty in disheveled clothes, they rushed forward, grabbed the tail of the cow, and suddenly stopped the cow that was about to escape.
When Liu Chang opened his clothes, his body was so exquisite. Every time Liu Chang wanted to quarrel with Cao Shu and the others, they all liked to light a lamp. This is not unreasonable. Liu Chang's body was as if
It is a work of art sculpted by the gods himself. The so-called Ji Yang is probably just like this. The lines of the high bulging tendons are not clear, but the proportions of the whole body are so decent, average, and full of strength, matching the ferocious figure.
The scars added a bit of evil spirit.
Liu Chang pulled the cow's tail, gritted his teeth, exerted force, and actually started to drag the cow back.
The sacred cow tried hard several times, but couldn't break free at all, and was dragged all the way by Liu Chang.
The sacred cow couldn't stand it anymore. In pain, it turned around suddenly. The officials were shocked and shouted, but Liu Chang still laughed and rushed forward, grabbing the horns of the cow with both hands.
, the ox kept exerting force, but Liu Chang did not move at all, and one man and one ox began to wrestle like this.
The legs of the Dian princes are weak. If something happens to His Majesty today, will they be able to go back alive?
Only the young King of Dian, seeing this astonishing scene, clapped his hands and shouted happily.
"Your Majesty! Dropped it! Dropped it!!"
When Liu Chang heard this, he also had a smile on his face. He shouted angrily, turned sideways, grabbed the horns of the cow, turned around, and threw the man and the cow directly to the ground. Liu Chang wrapped his hands around the cow's horns.
He pressed his neck tightly under his body. Just as Liu Chang was about to speak, the sacred cow struggled again. Liu Chang was angry, "Beast! You don't obey me?!"
"Bang~~"
"Bang~~~"
Liu Chang immediately punched him a few times.
The soldiers came up and tied up the sacred cow again. The sacred cow seemed to be wilted, and it looked so weak that it was heartbreaking.
Liu Chang put on his clothes and looked at the ministers.
"Your Majesty is so powerful!!!"
"Your Majesty's great power is just like that of Shang..."
"Just like that week..."
"Just like Qin..."
"Ru Na Chu..."
"Ahem, your Majesty's magical power!!!"
Zhang Buji opened his mouth several times, but in the end he couldn't continue. He just shouted for his divine power, while Zhou Chang who was on the side almost laughed, asking you to flatter me again! You don't have to flatter me now, right??
Zhou Chang said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, you might as well speak more clearly. What is Shang? What is Zhou? What is Qin? What is Chu?"
Liu Chang was confused, but Zhou Chang certainly knew clearly.
This Shang is Shang Zhou, and the "symbolic word" of "support beam changing column" is a serious "verb" here in Shang Zhou! Of course, there is no need to say more about this.
Zhou was King Xuan of Zhou. This man once asked the world-famous Hercules how strong he was, and told him that he could pull the tails of nine oxen to make them unable to move. This man could not be considered a complete faint king. He
There are still great achievements in the early and middle stages, but in the later stage, the ministers are killed indiscriminately, and the external battles are continuously defeated.
Zhang Buyu did not dare to use him to describe Liu Chang, not only because of his behavior in his later years, but also because of his father and son.
King Xuan of Zhou's father was the famous King Li of Zhou.
And his son is even more famous, King You of Zhou.
How virtuous and capable he is. To have such a father and such a son is a blessing from God. In the face of the actions of his father and son, his political achievements are simply too rare.
Qin means that King Wu of Qin died lifting a cauldron. As for Chu...you know, this guy is not correct in the Han Dynasty. If you compare him to Liu Chang, Wang Ling and others will come and smash your door at night.
I don't know why, but if a king is born with supernatural power, he must be a coward or a tyrant, such as a certain King Li who can carry a cauldron.
This is no longer a Zhou or Han tradition, this is simply a Chinese tradition.
When your king is born with divine power, you'd better think of a good place to escape in advance.
When Liu Chang left, the ministers were still praising His Majesty's feats. Liu Chang was very opposed to those auspicious signs, but he himself was an auspicious sign. The things he did were all destined by destiny. The strong wind blew them away.
Liu Chang raised the tooth flag, and as expected, Liu Chang became the emperor and turned the tide. Liu Chang raised the Emperor's Cauldron, which symbolizes the world, and Liu Chang grabbed the sacred cow that was trying to escape and subdued it.
Combined with Chang Liu's behavior in the past few days, it is inevitable that the minister will have the idea that His Majesty has won the battle with ghosts and gods.
God was dissatisfied with Liu Chang's refusal to sacrifice, so the sacred cows wanted to escape, but Liu Chang grabbed him and pinned him to the ground...
This is a sign from God!!
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"Come on, grandma, this is the beef offered as tribute by the Dian people. It's very delicious..."
“Tribute beef??”
Empress Lu looked at Liu Chang complicatedly, "I brought this meat from Dian to Chang'an. Can I still eat this meat?"
"You can eat it, you can eat it. Don't worry, grandma. Others have tried this first..."
Queen Lu took a sip and found that it tasted pretty good, so she nodded.
"It's delicious, but this Dian lord is too disrespectful to you! How can there be any reason in the world to bring meat as tribute? Could it be that he wants to rebel?!"
"Ahem, mom, don't worry, they still respect me very much. Now when they see me, they kneel down and worship me, with horror on their faces..."
Liu Chang stuttered and spoke vaguely.
Queen Lu always had a strong appetite when she watched Liu Chang eating.
"You asked the prince to be responsible for sorting out yellow and old books?"
"Yes, how did my mother know?"
"An told me. An said he wanted to take charge of this matter..."
Liu Chang shook his head disdainfully, "He is not qualified yet... He is smart, but he is far inferior to the princes and the others. If he is to be responsible for this matter, then he has to wait until he grows up. At his current level,
It’ll be fine if we don’t cause any trouble.”
Queen Lu said: "It is not a good thing for the prince to be close to Mrs. Huang."
"I heard that Mao Heng had a son named Mao Chang. He studied with Father Zhong since he was a child and was very knowledgeable. Let him be An's benefactor..."
"He only knows how to do academic work and not know how to govern, so what can he do to sacrifice others?"
"Aren't you also surrounded by Fuqiupe and others?"
Liu Chang nodded helplessly, "Okay, I will give the order later, but why is this guy called Chang? He wants to avoid it!"
"Don't pay attention to this matter for now... You want to make Luoyang the capital, build a palace in Luoyang, and expand the city. You should not leave this matter to Zhou Chang, but to Zhang Buyi."
"Ah? Leave it to Zhang Buyi? Don't you know this guy? In order to flatter me, this guy will definitely build a lot of construction projects. Maybe he can build Luoyang into the second Chang'an!"
"It's best to leave things like this to the Legalists."
"All right...."
Liu Chang agreed again. At this moment, a servant walked in quickly. When he saw Liu Chang, he was stunned for a moment. Liu Chang also realized something and got up quickly, "Mom, you eat first, I will take care of it."
The state affairs have gone..."
After Liu Chang left, the attendant whispered to Empress Lu what happened in Weiyang Palace.
Queen Lu's face became darker and darker as she looked at the beef in front of her.