At the end of December of the eighth year of Yanxi's reign, Chen Chong also spent his time in a state of irritability. As the news of his blindness spread throughout the government and the public, anyone with a little political sense knew that the government had once again faced an extremely sensitive situation.
period. After all, with Chen Chong's current power and reputation, he has already surpassed all the ministers since the Han Dynasty. Not only does he have the power to depose and establish the emperor, but he also single-handedly led the New Deal and restructuring that lasted for more than thirty years. He is almost the same as the emperor. In
In this case, Chen Chong's health is equivalent to the stability of the court, and the prime minister is now blind, which means that there is a high probability that there will be new changes in the court.
Based on the officials' understanding of Chen Chong, they all knew that he would not learn from Liang Shang. Huo Guang promoted relatives from his own family, but no one could make up his mind whether to decentralize power downwards or return power to the emperor. Therefore, during this period,
The Prime Minister's Mansion is a crowded place, and from time to time people come to inquire about information in the name of visiting patients, which bothers Chen Chong. When Chen Chong proposed at the court meeting that Zhuge Liang would go on an expedition to Liaodong, everyone immediately understood that the Prime Minister was planning to let Zhuge Liang
Take over his power intact!
But this is by no means what most people want to see. In the past few years since Chen Chong was re-emphasized as prime minister, he has been extremely strict in governing, and major events such as the Taixue Case and the Flashy Case have often occurred. Many officials feel depressed. As for Zhuge Liang, as a
Chen Chong's student, his ideas are in the same line as Chen Chong. If he succeeds as prime minister, it will be difficult for the DPRK to have peace. Therefore, after Chen Chong's proposal, the DPRK bureaucrats were as smooth as Pan Jun, and Liu Fang and others were rare
He expressed his opposition and hoped that he would reconsider again. Fortunately, no one could refute the legitimacy of recapturing Liaodong, and Chen Chong finally decided to go to Zhuge Liang to fight against all opinions.
In the first month of the ninth year of Yanxi (AD 229), after the New Year, Chen Chong officially awarded Zhuge Liang the position of General, envoy Chijie and Kaifu Yitong, and ordered him to be responsible for the expedition to Liaodong. Wei Yan and Chen Qun were appointed as his deputies.
, Chen Dao, Wang Ji, Deng Zhi, Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Ma Dai and others were his subordinates. Although there were only 50,000 soldiers under his command, just looking at the personnel arrangement in the army, it is not difficult to see that half of the soldiers in Chen Chong's life were
All the accumulation was transferred to Zhuge Liang. Regardless of whether Zhuge Liang succeeded in destroying the Liao Dynasty or not, and whether the officials accepted it or not, he was now de facto half prime minister.
At this point, the situation in the court has returned to stability, and Luoyang is even more peaceful. This year is the Year of the Jiyou Rooster, and logically speaking, there is nothing unusual about it. However, folk legends say that this year is an auspicious year, and Qianlong
It may soar into the sky this year. No one can tell where the legend comes from. However, various auspiciousness reports have been reported from various parts of the country since the end of last year. Some people dug out strange stones from the geography. It is said that the shape resembles that of an immortal.
Stones; there are also stones and tree roots in the shape of red pines and flying dragons that were fished out of rivers and deep in the mountains. Local officials reported these items one after another, saying that they were auspicious omens, indicating that the country would truly prosper from this.
The destined emperor will create an unprecedented prosperous age and benefit all people in the world. Although Chen Chong issued an order to ban it, he still submitted articles like this from time to time.
But in March, a solar eclipse suddenly appeared in the sky and could be seen everywhere. The solar eclipse was a sign of a great disaster, which was contrary to previous rumors. There were also rumors among the people that the solar eclipse was due to the fall of a giant star and the death of a real dragon! The court still ordered a ban.
He spread rumors about the solar eclipse, but was repeatedly banned. Chen Chong joked to his wife: "Everything in the world is always like this, one moment and another, even the sun is the same."
In the past few months, although Chen Chong still held the position of prime minister in name, he was actually in a state of semi-retirement. The daily affairs of the central government were basically maintained by Pang Tong and others, and Chen Chong was blind because of his blindness.
All he can do is listen to the government and maintain the stability of the government. Of course, this is only one aspect. Another reason is that Chen Chong is starting to set up a private school. After returning to Luoyang, he often thought of the orphan Sun Yong, the prefect of Dongping, told him.
At the same time, I also thought of my two deceased sons, and an idea came to my mind: I should do my best to adopt orphans from the private sector and educate them as adults. Although it was a small amount of money, it was always a good thing worth doing.
So after Chen Chong and Dong Bai discussed, they converted two unoccupied courtyards in the northeast corner into private schools, one for living and one for studying. Soon they adopted about a hundred orphans, crowding the courtyard.
Full of things. The conditions of this private school are really average. Basically, three or four people squeeze into a bed and have to cook their own meals. But compared to their previous life, it is of course much better. Chen Chong likes to stay with these orphans because they
His voice is full of life and sincerity.
These children wanted to recognize Chen Chong as their father, but Chen Chong refused. He said: "I adopted you not to ask for anything in return, but just so that your parents could sleep peacefully. You recognized me as your father, but you lost this original intention. You
If you don’t mind, just call me teacher!”
Chen Chong really became a teacher again. Even though he was already blind, he still clearly remembered the appearance of those scrolls and the old handwriting in his mind. He also remembered the years when he was a doctor in Taixue.
The spider webs on the beams of my house seemed to be vividly visible, and it was like a dream.
However, most of these children were illiterate and did not have serious names. Chen Chong first named them one by one, and then taught the children to know their own names. Several of the children were from mixed backgrounds, and because of their strange looks, they were called
The other children were ostracized and therefore had some resistance to literacy. The leader of the children, Chen Chong, named him Li Gang. He asked Chen Chong incomprehensively: "I'm not Han, so what do I do with a Han name? Can the teacher teach me Jie Wen?"
The bastard kid also started making noises, complaining about the injustices he suffered.
Chen Chong smiled, and said to Li Gang slowly: "How could it be? They are Han people, and you are also Han people. There is no reason why Hu people cannot be Han people." Not only Li Gang but others couldn't understand what he said.
, even the Han children watching the joke were dumbfounded. They only knew that they were Hu people and Han people, but they neither understood the history of the Hu people nor the history of the Han people. Chen Chong said to them: "Our country is composed of four
It was established by Emperor Gaozu a hundred years ago. Before him, there were Qin people, Chu people, Song people, Zhao people... and there were also Hu people, but there were no Han people."
"It was Emperor Gaozu who said that he wanted to establish peace for the world, so he wanted to build a country that included everyone, and then named the country Han, so there were Han people."
Chen Chong turned to all the children and asked: "Do you know what the Chinese characters mean?" Seeing the children shaking their heads, Chen Chong slowly said: "Han means Tianhe, which is the stars we see in the night sky every day.
Sea. Our country means the country under the Tianhe River, and Han people means the people who live under the Tianhe River. If I say this, are you still not Han people?"
The children were all persuaded and stopped talking about who was a Hu and who was a Han, and they all studied with Chen Chong. Chen Chong first took them to read the Book of Songs, Songs of Chu, Historical Records and Hanshu.
In the book, children hate reading the awkward "Chu Ci" the most, and their favorite is "Historical Records: Xiang Yu's Family". Chen Chong discussed with them, and Li Gang and others said that Xiang Yu was a man who lived a life of gratification and revenge.
Emperor Gaozu relied on more people to defeat fewer people, so he was unable to win with force.
Chen Chong shook his head after hearing this and said: "King Xiang is indeed extremely brave, but you have misjudged Emperor Gaozu. He is much stronger than King Xiang. He is a great hero!"
"Where is the hero? He was beaten so much that he ran away all night and even lost his son?" As he said this, the children burst into laughter, obviously feeling aggrieved by Xiang Yu's failure.
But Chen Chong was not angry. He clapped his fingers and said to the children: "Emperor Gaozu did lose miserably for a time, but he did not admit defeat. As long as he still had breath, he would continue to fight. This was the case when he raised the army, and Xiang
This is how the king fought, and finally he attacked the Xiongnu, and it was still the same when he defeated Yingbu. Gaozu did not have a tall and powerful body like King Xiang, but even so, he still charged forward every time. As a result, his whole body was covered with scars, and he had seven
He was wounded everywhere, but he was never timid. On the other hand, Xiang Yu was the most brave and unrivaled on the battlefield. But after his first defeat, he became disheartened and committed suicide in the Wujiang River. Who is more heroic in this comparison?
"
The children were silent at this time. They felt that what Chen Chong said might make sense, but they were instinctively unconvinced. Some people still asked: "In the teacher's opinion, those who are not afraid of death are heroes!"
"It's not that you're not afraid of death, it's that you're brave." Chen Chong explained patiently: "It's true that you're not afraid of death, but it's not brave. What is bravery? Even if you lose in a row, even if you can't see any hope of success,
Even if death is already a kind of relief, even if you are fighting against God, you must try your best to live and strive for that almost invisible glimmer of possibility."
Speaking of this, he was deeply touched, but the children still seemed confused and didn't quite understand. Chen Chong didn't insist on this, but he still felt a little regretful, which made him involuntarily recite "The Great Wind Song"
": "When the strong wind rises and the clouds fly, there are strong warriors guarding the four directions!"
This finally touched the children. They tasted this majestic song and finally felt a little bit of the confusion and desolation four hundred years ago. So someone asked Chen Chong: "Compared with the teacher, Emperor Gaozu
Still a hero?"
Faced with this childish question, Chen Chong calmed down, with a solemn look on his face that he had never seen before. He sat up straight and said to the children word by word: "The great ancestor once said that the wanderer is sad.
Hometown. Since I was born as a Han, I am proud of the Han. My great ancestor was born for the Han, and I am willing to die for the Han."