Half an hour later, Mo Yuan's outline appeared in front of Liu Che.
This was the first time for Liu Bingji to see this mysterious building complex, and his eyes were full of curiosity and excitement.
Just outside Moyuan, the huge waterwheels lining both sides of the river made him feel like he had entered the future world.
For people before the Christian era, the existence of Moyuan itself was a science fiction world.
This is the place where the level of science and technology and scientific research power are the highest and most concentrated on the entire planet.
Sufficient resources and the supply of manpower and material resources make this place a huge incubator.
The curved shaft plows, breastplates, waterwheels, mills and even rail carriages that are well known to people all over the world all came to the world from here.
"Father, where is this place?" Liu Bing blinked his eyes and asked with curiosity on his face.
"Mo Yuan..." Liu Che touched Liu Bingji's little head and told him: "One of the pillars of the Han family..."
Liu Bingji's little mind obviously still couldn't understand such words, so he could only nod his head half-understanding.
Liu Che took his hand and told him: "My son, do you know how I, the emperor of the Han family, have ruled the world since Emperor Gao?"
Liu Bing had already thought about it and replied seriously: "Reporting to my father, the teacher said that our Han family governs the world with filial piety, adheres to it with loyalty, and practices it with virtue..."
When Liu Che heard this, he sneered and said to Liu Bing, "That's true..."
Of course we have to talk about loyalty, filial piety and morality.
but……
Loyalty, filial piety and morality can only paralyze people in peacetime.
The only thing that is truly useful and that the emperor can really rely on, besides the barrel of a gun, is——
Liu Che took his eldest son's hand, stepped out of the carriage, and whispered in his ear: "I'm sick. You must remember what I said today and what I showed you..."
"Keep them in your heart forever!"
Liu Bing nodded with a vague understanding. The military study and training he had received since childhood had gradually allowed him to develop many good habits.
Obedience and respect for discipline are one of them.
"Chen Moyuan Supervisor Gongsun Yong..."
"Chen Moyuan Mountain Chief Yang Du..."
"Young Master Cheng Wang An..."
"Welcome Your Majesty..."
More than a dozen of the main leaders and officials of Moyuan were already waiting by the road. When they saw Liu Che, they immediately came forward and kowtowed.
"Get on your back..." Liu Che waved his hand.
Everyone hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty..."
Then, they discovered that this time the emperor brought a little boy wearing green clothes and pigtails, who looked like an ordinary child.
This boy's eyebrows are quite similar to the emperor's.
Those eyes were even more curious about them.
Everyone reacted immediately - the eldest son of the emperor, who had been hidden deep in rumors and legends and had only been heard of but never seen, finally appeared!
"Your Highness, may you be blessed!" Everyone hurriedly paid their respects to Liu Bing.
The position of Crown Prince of the Empire is still vacant.
The whole court, both inside and outside the court, and even people all over the world were uneasy and talking about it one after another.
Even the various schools of thought, including the Mohists, all felt as if something was missing from their bodies, feeling extremely awkward and uncomfortable.
Since ancient times, a country cannot live without a king for a day.
By the same token, a country cannot be without heirs and successors.
To be crown prince is not only the expectation of the ministers and nobles, but also the expectation of the nobles, princes, and even the common people.
Everyone, of all classes, longs for a family that can occupy the crown prince's palace and be respected and worshiped by everyone in the world.
Some people even think that even if the prince is a second-rate person, it is still better than nothing!
Today, the emperor actually brought the eldest son of the emperor.
Everyone felt dry mouth, shortness of breath, violent blood circulation, and couldn't help themselves.
Even Yang Du, the mountain chief of Moyuan and the most powerful son of the contemporary Mohist family, felt that he had many thoughts and did not know how to face and treat the eldest son of the emperor.
Therefore, he felt a little stuttered.
Those guys in the young master's office are even worse.
Sun Yong, the supervisor of Moyuan, had his teeth chattering.
Liu Bingji, however, was led by his father. He looked at these ministers, hummed slightly, and bowed his head in return: "I'm going to pay homage to you all..."
Although he has been educated and grown up in the academy, he has never lacked basic etiquette and etiquette education.
His salute immediately made everyone feel flattered. If Liu Che hadn't been in front of him, maybe someone would hold Liu's sick thigh and cry incessantly.
"The emperor's eldest son has the appearance of a wise king..." Many people only have a preliminary impression and have already made up their minds.
The officials could not control their inner excitement, and their excitement was beyond words.
Liu Che glanced at these guys and snorted in his heart. He already knew what the world's gentry, nobles and ministers were thinking.
For them, a country without a prince is not a complete country.
But now, the position of prince of the Han Dynasty is vacant, and there is no one in the shogunate to preside over it.
This really scares a lot of people to death.
Do you see? Even the Mohist family has such a virtuous attitude, and Confucianism and Legalism are probably even more impatient.
Liu Che dared to bet that if he took Liu Bing to visit the Xuanshi Palace and let the ministers see the eldest son of the emperor, Lantai would be flooded with memorials the next day.
There may even be doctors and three elders who can't beat the emperor, and they hurriedly wrote to ask for the establishment of a prince.
This is the reason why Liu Che has kept his sons away from outsiders for a long time, because he does not want to establish the prince too early.
"Everyone, get up..." Liu Che took Liu Bingji's hand and said, "I am here today just to bring the children to see Mo Yuan..."
"No!" The ministers bowed down quickly and tightly closed their mouths.
Things within the royal family have always been complicated and ever-changing.
They are just small fish and shrimps, and they don't dare to wade into this muddy water before the situation is clear.
Besides, now, the Chariot and Cavalry General Dongchenghou is not in a hurry, so why are they in a hurry?
……………………
After entering Moyuan, Liu Bing saw more and more things.
There are rubber balls that are rotated by steam drums, and there are forging hammers that are constantly moving under the action of water, beating steel, and hammering pieces of plate armor into shape.
What shocked him even more was a huge thing lying in a section of river deep in Moyuan, dividing the river water.
That's a monster!
Huge, terrifying and mysterious, it operates with power beyond imagination and uses incredible means to transform the power of the river into the power that humans need.
Although Liu Bing no longer understood the use of these things, he understood that these things were not toys.
Liu Che just took Liu Bing with him in Mo Garden and walked around.
Except for the core area, Liu Bing has taken a look at all other places.
Then, the father and son got on the carriage and left.
"I'm sick...what did you see today?" Liu Che asked while sitting on the carriage.
"Reporting to my father, I... I saw a lot of equipment..." Liu Bing replied obediently, and then he used his fingers to read out the names of the equipment he heard today one by one: "There is a waterwheel, a forging hammer
, crucibles, steam balls and machine tools..."
Liu Che listened and nodded.
Moyuan has developed to this day and is making breakthroughs every year.
In the fourth year of Yuan De, the Mohists produced the first simple pedal lathe.
At that time, that crude machine could not even be called a machine.
It's just a small wooden instrument, and its technical content is so low that I'm afraid anything made by any carpenter in the future will be n times more advanced than that thing.
However, after three years of development, Mohist's lathe technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, driven by sufficient funds, manpower and material resources.
In just three years, they overcame an iconic technical difficulty and created the world's first screw drive machinery.
Although it is still very primitive, it can only process wood, and cannot even process ordinary jade.
But this is still a huge breakthrough, which marks that the screw drive principle has begun to enter human life.
The emergence of another foot-operated grinder marks a new aspect of Mohist mechanical manufacturing technology. This grinder can already process softer jade.
Liu Che is encouraged by the rapid technological advancements.
Of course, Liu Bing no longer needs to know or understand these things for the time being.
Liu Che just held his hand and said to him: "My son, listen to me!"
"My Han family has its own system, and we use the overlord way to govern it!"
"Domineering means using authority for one's own use, killing and taking away living beings, while the king's way is to live, comfort and nourish the people!"
"Both of these two are indispensable. If you use domineering power alone, you will risk the destruction of your country!"
"If you use the royal way alone, you may lose your power!"
"If you want to unite the three generations, you must use the way of overlord to unite them!"
"The foundation of hegemony lies in military power. A sage once said: Political power comes from the barrel of a gun! This is a famous saying of sincerity and truth!"
"And the foundation of the king's way lies in two points, one is the human heart, and the other is technology!"
"It is said that those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world. Since ancient times, people's hearts have been easy to disperse and difficult to gather together. Therefore, the most important thing for politicians is to unite the world!"
"If anyone attempts to harm the interests of the world, he will be attacked and punished!"
"As for technology... it is the most important thing. Since the Three Kings, in every prosperous age, great craftsmen have emerged in large numbers. Therefore, craftsmen are the foundation of the country and must be valued!"
"In the future, if someone comes in front of you and says that craftsmen are cheap, craftsmen are useless, or have strange skills, you can kill them!"
Liu Bing was confused after hearing this. He was not old enough to understand this.
But it doesn't matter, Liu Che just needs to remember these things, spend his life learning and figuring them out, and then hand them over to the next generation.
And Liu Bingji’s memory is very good!
Liu Che believed that he could remember these words.
"Finally, I have something to tell you..." Liu Che suddenly lowered his voice and said to Liu Bing mysteriously: "If in the future, Confucianism, Legalism, and even the miscellaneous schools become extremely difficult to control and you cannot handle it, then
Come here, meet the great men of the Mohist family, and let the Mohist family deal with them!"
The Mohist family is the foundation and trump card that Liu Che left to future generations to use to extend his life.
Regardless of Confucianism or Legalism, if anyone is too powerful, then move the Mohists out to check and balance their power.
In the same way, if the Mohists dance too happily, they have Confucianism to deal with it.
Of course, when Liu Che told Liu Bingji this way, he did not actually decide to make him his heir apparent.
Liu Bing is just a spare tire, a choice.
Whether he can eventually become the prince depends on his performance and ability in the next twenty years.
The reason why Liu Che suddenly chose to bring Liu Bing here and said these words at this time was actually not meant for Liu Bing to hear.
But it was said to Yi Zong.
Liu Che needed to let Yi Zong and his confidants know that he intended to make Liu Bingji his concubine, so that Yi Zong would willingly work for him.
After all, Yi Zong has now almost reached the peak and limit of his life.
If there is no stimulation, he will probably gradually decline and gradually become a high-ranking aristocrat who is addicted to enjoyment.
But how?
Before Wei Qing and Huo Qubing matured, Yi Zong and the generals and princes of this generation had to stand in the front.
Until a new generation of military nobles and proud men of heaven emerge to replace them and replace them.
Just like they have replaced and replaced the status of the old aristocracy today.
Therefore, in fact, even Liu Bingji was just a pawn in Liu Che's hands.
Even so, everything Liu Che said is true.
What he told Liu Bingji was also the thought and philosophy that he would instill in his chosen prince in the future.
