The Queen Mother He was seriously ill and lived outside the palace for four or five months. During this period, she saw no outsiders except Princess Wannian who often came to visit. At this time, the emperor talked about the Queen Mother's serious illness, but the ministers in the court were surprised.
They had different expressions. After looking at each other for a few times, they all lowered their heads.
Empress Dowager He, with a pink face and a frosty face, said calmly: "Your Majesty is concerned. The Ai family's illness has been cured."
Liu Biandao: "It's better now, but it may not relapse."
Chen Cheng impatiently interrupted the conversation between the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, I once said that as long as you read those books thoroughly, you will naturally be taught how to march, fight, and govern the country and the people. However,
I wonder which books your Majesty has read now?"
"Ah?" Liu Bian was speechless. After a while, he said dejectedly: "I am reading "Principles of Geometry"."
Chen Cheng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is not required to learn topology and matrix transformations, but at least you must learn probability theory first. Your Majesty should study hard in the past few years, and you will be useful in the future."
When it comes to knowledge, the emperor Liu Bian was like an eggplant beaten by frost, with no temper at all. Even if someone taught those things that are like heavenly books, how could he have the heart to study them seriously? Every time
While listening to the teacher's lecture, Liu Bian felt his head was as big as a bucket, and he fell asleep after a while.
Not only Liu Bian was a little confused, but even the other ministers were speechless. After Fu finished, he had nothing to say. The general thought that the emperor's knowledge was not enough, and wanted the emperor to master his knowledge before learning how to govern the country.
, although this seems to be playing rogue, but the truth can be presented openly and no one can make mistakes.
Among the current provincial officials, anyone who says they have no understanding of these "new learnings" will be immediately ostracized and despised. Those who can't even read well must have insufficient intelligence and are not in the same camp as everyone else.
Yes.
Chen Cheng finished a few words and then said to everyone: "Since everything is fine, everyone has dispersed. Now that the weather has turned cold, wouldn't it be nice to go home and warm up by the fire!"
He took a few steps towards Liu Bei and said with a smile: "Brother, please come back to the General's Mansion with me."
Liu Bei took a step back and said, "Your Majesty asked me to have a conversation with him after I leave the court. The general can go back first."
Chen Cheng frowned slightly and said, "Will the third brother go back with me or with my elder brother?"
Liu Bei smiled and said: "Yide probably doesn't want to wait for me here. Let him go back first to warm himself by the fire and drink."
Chen Cheng nodded and said, "Then I'll leave first."
He walked down from the main hall and was about to leave when a palace maid trotted after him. When she came to her side, she whispered: "The Queen Mother invites the General to come over to discuss matters."
Chen Cheng raised his head and looked at the sky. It didn't look like it was going to snow immediately. It was okay to go back an hour later. So he said to the little palace maid: "Lead the way."
When the general went to the Queen Mother's palace to discuss matters, Liu Bei had already been taken to the side hall. The emperor Liu Bian asked the palace maid to retreat, and then he couldn't wait to rush up, grabbed Liu Bei's hand, and said: "Uncle, can you
Help me!"
Liu Bei freed his hand and said respectfully: "If something happens to your Majesty, why don't you inform the general?"
Liu Bian looked around, lowered his voice, and said: "The general has never allowed me to have contact with the government. The guards in this palace are all his people. How can I look like an emperor? There are not many prisoners in the prison.
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"This..." Liu Bei said: "Didn't the general say that? As long as your majesty learns well first, it will be useful in the future."
Liu Bian screamed and said: "Those books are used to harm people. How can anyone really read them?"
He begged Liu Bei: "Uncle, considering that we are all descendants of Emperor Gaozu, you must help me! Otherwise, these four hundred years of great Han Dynasty will fall into the hands of others!"
This sentence touched Liu Bei. His face changed drastically and he was surprised: "Why did your Majesty say this? The world is not yet settled now. If the general wants to pacify the world, he may do something arrogant. When Hai Qing He Yan comes, things will be different.
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Liu Bian burst into tears, knelt down and cried: "The general treats me like a puppet, and the ministers dare to be angry but dare not speak. Do you think even the emperor has to stand by and watch?"
Liu Bei became panicked, stepped forward to help the emperor up, and sighed: "Then I will explain it to the general and let him slowly hand over the government affairs to your majesty."
Liu Bian stopped crying when he heard this and said: "I'm just afraid that the general will not agree. He now has many soldiers and horses in his hands, and is isolated from the outside world. It is clear that he is destined to invade the Han family. Uncle Huang, you are the imperial clan.
Honey, you can't just ignore it."
Liu Bei looked troubled and sighed, not knowing what to say.
Liu Bian said again: "By the way, I heard that the emperor's uncle has many elite people in Xuzhou?"
Liu Bei perked up and said, "Yes, all the generals under my command, such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chen Dao, etc., are all heroes of the moment!"
Liu Bian said happily: "In this case, can Huangfu send some troops to Chang'an? Now there are people from the general inside and outside the palace. I can't sleep or eat at ease!"
Liu Bei shook his head repeatedly and said: "The general is not that kind of person!"
Liu Bian lowered his voice, pointed in the direction of the Queen Mother's palace, and said: "Uncle Huang doesn't know something..."
He whispered a shocking secret. When Liu Bei heard this, his face suddenly changed color and he shouted: "How dare Chen Wenzheng do such a thing?"
Liu Bian said with a bitter face: "The general has been arrogant and domineering for more than a day. I am really scared, so I begged the emperor for help!"
Liu Bei said solemnly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, but if you ask me to be here, you will not let the Han family fall into the hands of others!"
When Liu Bei returned to the General's Mansion and wanted to argue with Chen Cheng, he was told that the General had not returned yet. He asked the guards guarding the backyard, "Do you know where the General has gone?"
"Sorry, I don't know."
When Zhang Fei heard that Liu Bei had returned, he came over with a jug of wine and drank heavily from him. Liu Bei was upset and angry, so why did he want to drink? He immediately said unhappily: "Yi De still needs to drink less."
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While they were talking, there were heavy footsteps and the sound of steel clashing outside. Liu Bei and Zhang Fei turned their heads and looked over, and saw Chen Cheng walking through the door.
"Okay, Wen Zheng, you are finally back. If my eldest brother doesn't want to drink with me, are you willing to drink with me?"
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Since Third Brother is interested, of course I will sacrifice my life to accompany you."
Zhang Fei was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Haha, can I, Zhang Yide, be considered a gentleman?"
Liu Bei beside him had a gloomy face and said to Chen Cheng: "General, I have something I want to discuss with you in private. I wonder if you are free now?"
Seeing Liu Bei's unkind expression, Chen Cheng said to Zhang Fei: "I'll talk to my brother about something serious first."
Zhang Fei muttered: "Is there anything more important than drinking?"
After taking Liu Bei to the study, Chen Cheng sat down first, then said with a smile: "Brother, his expression is so serious, could it be because of some important matter?"
Liu Bei stared at Chen Cheng for a long time, recalling every detail of their relationship in the past few years. He couldn't help but sigh, and asked: "Wen Zheng, tell me the truth, do you have any thoughts of becoming emperor?"
Chen Cheng originally had a smile on his face, but when he heard Liu Bei's question, he couldn't help but frowned. He pondered for a while and replied: "If someone else asked that, I would say no. But for your question, brother, then
All I can say is: not yet."
Liu Bei sighed again and said: "Not yet, does that mean there may be in the future?"
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "None of us know what will happen in the future, right? I personally don't care whether I am an emperor or not, but sometimes I can't stand others thinking that way."
"Don't you see what happened to Yuan Shu? Once Yuan Shu, the fourth generation and the third prince, proclaimed himself emperor, he immediately aroused opposition from the people of the world!" Liu Bei's voice became louder, "Gaozu destroyed the violent Qin and defeated Xiang Yu, and then he
The Han Dynasty was founded. Wang Mang usurped the throne, and Emperor Guangwu brought order to the chaos and revitalized the Han Dynasty. Although the general is now in a high and powerful position, once he has the idea of transgression, he will inevitably betray his relatives!"
Chen Cheng laughed and said: "So I am saying that I have no idea of becoming emperor for the time being. My brother is too excited. Could it be that he heard some rumors from His Majesty? As a person, I actually hate trouble and talking to others.
The truth is, being a general means you have a lot of things to do every day, making you very busy. If you really become an emperor, you will have to be so busy? In the past, being busy meant being busy, and there was nothing else to do anyway.
, but now that I have a family and a family, it’s not good to be so busy. Don’t you see, brother, that I delegate all government affairs to the provincial officials? "
Liu Bei's face softened slightly, and he thought to himself: Although Chen Wenzheng's actions were a little domineering, they were nothing compared to the great generals of the past dynasties.
But then he thought of another question, so he asked in a low voice: "Then you and the Queen Mother..."
Zhang Fei was drinking alone outside, a little depressed. He didn't understand. Obviously, his eldest brother was already a state pastor. Wen Zheng was already a general, but the relationship between them was not as good as before. He was pouring wine into his mouth.
At that moment, I heard a sudden shout coming from inside the corridor.
After a while, Liu Bei rushed out of the study angrily. Zhang Fei said in surprise: "Brother, are you quarreling with Wenzheng? Hey, brother, where are you going?"
Liu Bei said with a cold face: "I can't live in this general's mansion anymore, so I'm going to find a place to stay outside!"
"No, is there something you can't say properly?"
Seeing Liu Bei walking out, Zhang Fei was stunned, quickly drank all the wine in the jug, and then followed him in stride, "Brother, wait for me!"
Liu Bei spoke and acted neatly. He immediately packed up his things, left the General's Mansion with his servants, and went to find a place to stay outside. Zhang Fei also ran over and asked Chen Cheng what happened and why his elder brother was so angry.
Chen Cheng just shook his head and said, "I can't say anything about this. Why don't you ask your brother."
