"Please forgive me for not agreeing with Liu Jun's remarks."
After being silent for a long time, Zheng Pufang raised his hand and refuted loudly, "In the past, Qin Shihuang said that he was violent to the world, but who can deny that he merged the six kingdoms and completed the great cause of the world! There was also Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, who drove the Xiongnu from the north, opened up the Western Region, and expanded the Baiyue and
There are four counties of the Han Dynasty in the southwest and east to build up the backbone of our Han family with their illustrious martial arts. However, are the measures such as using white deer skin coins, calculating and reporting Mian, and Donglai seeking immortality good governance?"
At this point, Zheng Pu softened his tone and said softly, "Mr. Liu, at this time when our great nation is about to perish without a fight, if it can benefit the country, don't bother to ask for the merits of the size; don't bother to take the light of the grains of rice.
The responsibility of reviving the Han Dynasty lies with Liu Jun. I just ask you to talk about your heart and ignore your ears!"
Talk about the heart, but not about the evil deeds?
Emperor Liu Chan listened and responded silently.
When he was young, he sighed and sighed, "My prime minister led Zi Jin and other soldiers to leave his hometown and take his wife and children thousands of miles to fight against the national traitors, but he only wanted to benefit the country and did not care about life and death. I am well-dressed and well-fed in the capital, and it is rare that my barking will benefit the current affairs.
But he is stingy with his reputation and worries about gain and loss. He is sincere and ashamed! Now that Zijin has spoken to me, how dare you cherish your reputation!"
After saying this, he also acted vigorously and loudly called to the attendants who were waiting in the distance.
He ordered the young master to send out ten pieces of silk and a thousand gold coins to reward Dong Yun for his remonstrance in the past. He also ordered the minister to issue an edict, saying: "I ascended the throne at a young age because of my bad ethics. I have inherited the teachings of the prime minister and other virtuous people, but I am afraid of betraying the legacy of the late emperor."
Ming. I have issued a special edict that those who can criticize me for my faults will receive the upper reward; those who write remonstrances to me will receive the middle reward; those who can slander and ridicule me in the city and court will receive the lower reward."
It imitates the story of Zou Ji who satirized King Wei of Qi for accepting advice during the Warring States Period.
After the attendant took the order and left, he looked back at Zheng Pu, who was smiling gurglingly, and couldn't help but smile too, and said with emotion, "If Dong Xiuzhao had followed the guidance like Zijin when he was admonishing me, I would have
Why is it so difficult to correct evil? It can be said that in terms of satirical discussion and promotion of righteousness, Xiuzhao is not as good as Zi Jinduo!"
But when Zheng Pu heard this, he did not express his gratitude politely.
Instead, he raised his head to the sky, pretending to be sad and angry, and sighed loudly, "Wow! I didn't expect Mr. Liu to think that I am a sycophant!"
"Hahaha~~~"
Naturally, the emperor laughed heartily at this.
Perhaps he himself didn't realize that Zheng Pu's behavior seemed to be vaguely flattering and arrogant in the eyes of others.
Or perhaps it could be said that the smiles shared with Yan today were too strong, which made him confused about many rituals.
After laughing for a long time, the emperor picked up the small meat-cutting dagger and said, "The roasted meat is a little cold, so Zijin will eat first. Don't wait until you are young and the meat is too cold to eat. After you return, you accuse me of being harsh and stingy. It's...
I don’t want to give you even a meal.”
"Haha~~"
With a chuckle, Zheng Pu cupped his hands in thanks and said, "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for the meal."
Holding a small dagger with his head lowered, he cuts the meat and dips it in fine salt, then swallows it in large gulps. Occasionally he drinks with a wine bag in one hand. He also eats very quickly, as if he is holding a piece of meat weighing about two or three kilograms together, and pours it all into his belly.
.With such behavior, not only the courtiers' manners are gone, but even the demeanor of a scholar is gone.
The emperor, who was eating slowly and carefully according to the ceremony, accidentally caught a glimpse of it and couldn't help but feel emotional again in his heart.
It wasn't because of Zheng Pu's vulgarity.
But he suddenly remembered that in recent years, when the soldiers went out to the palace to dine at the end of the year, the soldiers' dining manners were almost the same as Zheng Pu's.
In order to revive the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, with a small land and few people, devoted all the efforts of the country to the old capital, so today there are many military personnel.
After all, in the past few years of the Northern Expedition, the number of soldiers who were injured in battle, retired due to injuries, and died due to unsuitable climate or disease, etc., totaled more than 60,000 soldiers.
But now there are still 100,000 soldiers stationed in Longyou, Hexi and other places to garrison and prepare for war!
Some of them were newly recruited from the Bashu land, and more were selected from the prisoners of the Wei state after the Han Dynasty regained Longyou and Liangzhou, and were attached to the Qianghu tribe of Wei or the Haoyou disciples to grant land to the tribe.
military status; or perhaps they used Silk Road trade and pasture land to lure Bashu nobles there, taking the opportunity to incorporate their tribes into the ranks of county guards on rotation, etc.
Bashu's manpower and material resources were exhausted, and the Han Dynasty had no intention of conquering again in a short period of time. This was not a lie.
Therefore, in recent years, the emperor has been out of the palace to consult with the poor, orphans and widows, and has often visited military families in the fields around Chengdu, the capital, in order not to let the soldiers of the Northern Expedition who fought for the country die in peace.
Seeing Zheng Pu behave as crudely as a soldier in the army and with a scarred face, the emperor suddenly thought of the high-spirited and handsome Zheng Lang of Sangyuan when he first met him before the Northern Expedition.
The endless flow of time submerges the good and buries the ugly, and also allows people to understand many truths in the world.
Fame, virtue, etc. are what scholars seek, not the standards of kings.
At least, with the current three-legged power in the world, it is not the merit that the king seeks.
As Zijin said, I’ll just talk about my deeds and ignore my heart!
In an instant, the emperor, who had been thinking a lot, lost his appetite, put down the meat-cutting dagger, stood up, rinsed his mouth with water and washed his hands.
Zheng Pu, who was very full at this time, saw that there was a lot of roasted meat and rice left on the emperor's table. When he came to wash his hands and rinse his mouth, he couldn't help but ask, "Have you lost your appetite recently, Mr. Liu?"
"No."
After taking the linen towel passed by the attendant and drying his hands, the emperor shook his head and found an excuse at random, "Before I left the palace, the queen gave me some cakes to satisfy my hunger. Now I am not hungry."
After saying this, he waved his hand to the retinue to fetch the horses. He quickly held the saddle up and said with a smile, "Come here, Zijin, let's see how the rice fields I plow are doing."
"Only. Consolidate your wishes."
The afternoon sunshine in early summer and April is not too hot, but it fills the countryside with lush greenery.
Riding the horse slowly, when looking around, I saw the vegetation on both sides of the Zouma River growing, and everything is full of vitality; when I closed my eyes and listened, I heard the joyful music of orioles singing and dancing butterflies, and the breeze caressing the rice fields.
The rice seedlings in Jitian are growing very well. Although it is related to the careful care of Jitian Ling and others, the emperor can continue to cultivate Jitian year after year, which is already a great victory.
It seems that the emperor is also quite satisfied with this.
After the two men rode their horses for more than a hundred steps, they turned their heads and asked, "In the past, the Lord of Wu used the Jiahe in the south of Kuaiji to grow his own crops, thinking that he would gain virtue from heaven and change the Yuan Dynasty. Now I personally cultivate the Jiahe Yiyi, but I don't know if it can be compared to the Jiahe in the east of the Yangtze River."
Ye Gu?"
Grain grown by oneself and rice cultivated by oneself?
This is a question for me, which one is more valuable, and which one lasts, is to be favored by a virtuous god or work hard to succeed?
After hearing the question, Zheng Pu understood the emperor's intention in an instant, and smiled sternly, "Rice is a food for the stomach. Whether it is self-sustaining or self-ploughing, there is not much difference. Furthermore, if Liu Jun is interested, I will not only
Jiahe can be made to grow in any county in Bashu, and many auspicious things such as the Luan bird coming to perform rituals, the yellow dragon appearing in the well, the divine turtle offering pictures, or the white deer auspiciousness will all be presented to me, the great man."
Well!
As soon as he said these words, the emperor suddenly pulled up the horse's reins and looked at Zheng Pu with shock on his face.
Without him, it would be shocking to the world!
Although Confucius did not talk about strange powers and chaos, but after the prophecies such as "Hu Ye is the one who destroyed Qin" and "Liu Xiu will be the emperor" have come true, there are many people in the world today who firmly believe that ghosts and gods have spirits.
The emperor also had the mentality of "I would rather believe it is true".
After listening to this, I suddenly thought about it. Ten days after Qiao Zhou returned to Chengdu, he went to the palace to explain the Confucian classics to him. He once asked about the matter of "Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and was punished by heaven." However, Qiao Zhou truthfully told the matter because of Zheng Zheng.
Pu was the first to make figurines.
Could it be that Zi Jin, who is good at military planning, is also a prodigy in alchemy?
As for why it was hidden and not revealed before, it is because in today's world, it is difficult for those with magic skills to die well, or it is difficult to find peace after death.
For example, Zhao Da from Henan Province learned from Shan Fu, a servant of the Han Dynasty, and learned the art of calculating the nine palaces and one arithmetic.
Later, when the world was in chaos, he used magic to push back the unrest in the east of the Yangtze River. He crossed the river to avoid the disaster of war. Later, he used magic to serve Sun Quan, but he cherished his precious skills and would not pass them on to others. During his lifetime, Sun Quan asked for miraculous magic but could not get it; after his death, Sun Quan
He even detained his daughter Yile, but was unable to do so. Instead, they had her grave dug and her coffin found to see if it was among the things buried with her. Although Sun Quan gained nothing afterwards, Zhao Daluo's family suffered a small disaster after his death, and his bones were exposed in the wild.
How can we not set a precedent for others to learn from others!
Taking a deep breath, Emperor Liu Chan tried his best to soothe his emotions, and asked in an unusually soft tone, "I didn't expect Zijin to have such magical powers! But I don't know how to bring such auspiciousness to me, a big man?"
"Ha, what's so difficult about this!"
Zheng Pu, who didn't know that the emperor's mind had gone astray, still said with great interest, "If the golden crops grow by themselves, I can ask my close friends to find a wasteland to cultivate, and when the rice is earing, I will find a reason to attract people to see it. Like a god.
If you want to present a picture of a turtle, I will first ask a craftsman to carve a stone and hide it in the dirt to make it old. Then I will ask someone to catch a hundred-year-old turtle and carry the stone on its back. The land in the middle of the south is densely covered with mountains and swamps. I want to find an old turtle.
It's as easy as flipping the palm of your hand. Just like the white deer Xiangshi, I can let people catch tall and strong deer, and paint them all white; if there are Luan birds coming to worship, I can let the bird catchers go into the Qinling Mountains to set traps."
Just as he was talking endlessly, he was interrupted by the emperor on the side raising his hand.
"Zijin, stay here! Stay here!"
The emperor, whose hopes had failed, sounded a bit ridiculous, "Zijin's so-called auspiciousness from heaven is all man-made evil?"
if not?
Is it possible that I still have the ability to call upon the wind and rain, and sow the beans into an army?
Hearing this, Zheng Pu couldn't help but turn his head and raise his eyebrows, and was speechless for a moment.
"Cough! Cough!"
Knowing that he had misunderstood, the emperor coughed slightly to cover up his gaffe, and changed the topic, "According to Zijin's words, the descendants of the gods can be faked, but how can the destiny of the gods be falsified?"
call.
It’s been foreshadowing for so long, and it’s finally time to talk about it!
Zheng Pu breathed a sigh of relief, and was secretly happy in his heart. He looked silent and said softly, "Liu Jun, all the scholars I have learned in this life are planning military wars. What is destiny, I cannot understand.
However, since Mr. Liu asked about it and it is just a casual conversation, I will not say it falsely. If there is something I am not familiar with, you can choose it yourself."
He made a few words of modesty first, and then continued without waiting for the emperor's response.
"I have read history and learned that Emperor Yu's great achievements in controlling floods covered all the nine provinces, so he was made the co-lord of the world by Emperor Shun. At that time, he was destined to return to the throne. But later, Tang and Wu defeated Jie and prospered Shang, and then King Wu also conquered
Zhou then prospered the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, I secretly believe that the so-called destiny is what the people want! What is the people's heart? It is to enable them to live in their own homes, cultivate their fields, and have food and clothing to continue!"
"However, since the time of the Second Emperor Huan Ling, the world has been in chaos, with wolves leading the way and foxes leading the way, and people's hearts are no longer the same as before. Scholars do not talk about morality but take advantage of their power to benefit the country.
The poor will become poorer, and the weak will become weaker. As it increases day by day, it is like accumulating wages at the bottom of a cauldron, and it is inevitable that the cauldron will boil!"
"Therefore, I secretly believe that if there are no nobles above who invade and there are no tyrants below, if there are no tyrants on the right to embezzle, and the small people have enough food and clothing to live and work in peace and contentment, there is no need to worry about the fate of the gods!"
