The big man has a living father

Chapter 6: The Stubborn Emperor Wu of Han
Tianlu Pavilion.

Liu Che was thinking while listening to Dong Zhongshu's lecture.

After Dong Zhongshu finished speaking, Liu Che felt a little disgusted.

Since the pre-Qin period, to rule a country, one must not only have corresponding strategies, but also a theoretical basis.

The so-called theoretical basis is the theory of the legitimacy of rule.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the theory of the five elements finally came onto the historical stage.

The Han Dynasty also fully accepted the theory of the Five Elements Theory.

However, the Five Elements Theory was originally invented for use in countries that were not unified. After unification, the Five Elements Theory was no longer sufficient.

Therefore, over the first few generations of the Han Dynasty, many theoretical factions went through, and even the Huang-Lao Taoism was used to govern the country.

In the era of Emperor Wu of Han, Dong Zhongshu appeared.

"Abolish all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone" - these words are the strategy that Dong Zhongshu gave to Emperor Wu of Han, which is known to later generations.

Actually, it is not. What kind of strategy is it to reject all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone? This is clearly a request!
What Dong Zhongshu actually proposed was the "harmony between heaven and man", "great unification", and the extension of the divine right of kings that Liu Che disliked the most, the theory of the Son of Heaven.

The system of the connection between heaven and man links virtue, talent and governance, which is excellent. Although it cannot deal with ambitious people, it can keep most people stable within the system.

The theory of grand unification has put an end to the collapse of the Zhou Dynasty.

But when it comes to the emperor theory, Liu Che is unhappy.

Liu Che originally wanted to be the king of heaven and the father of heaven, but he made Dong Zhongshu the emperor, which was a huge reduction in generation.

Dong Zhongshu saw that Emperor Liu Che was unhappy with him, so he stopped being an official. After all, he had achieved his goal, Confucianism had risen, and he could retire after achieving his goal, and his name would be recorded in history forever.

So Dong Zhongshu went to Liu Che's brother Liu Duan to serve as prime minister.

Dong Zhongshu also made an agreement with Emperor Wu of Han that if Liu Che could find a theory to replace that system, Dong Zhongshu would come back to debate the classics.

But only wait four years.

Four years later, Dong Zhongshu was ready to retire completely.

Now, Dong Zhongshu resigned from Liu Rui's post and returned to Chang'an to complete his last shift. As long as the New Year is over, Liu Che will lose forever.

The emperors from now on will always be the Son of Heaven. They must always pay attention to moral conduct, always select the virtuous, and always abide by the promise of respecting Confucianism as the only doctrine.

Until there is no emperor.

Now, Dong Zhongshu came back to give lectures to the future emperor Liu Ju. After the new year, Dong Zhongshu would retire and return home.

When Liu Che thought that Dong Zhongshu had found a strange father for him, even if this strange father was God, he still wanted to beat him.

After Dong Zhongshu finished speaking, Liu Che's face remained calm. He turned his head and thought of something happy: "Zi Meng."

Huo Guang immediately stood up and said in standard Confucian etiquette: "Your Majesty."

Dong Zhongshu stroked his beard with satisfaction.

Liu Che was delighted: "Zi Meng, do you think your second brother can write a fu in these seven days?"

Huo Guang thought for a few seconds and then raised his head: "Your Majesty, I think my second brother can do it."

The entire Tianlu Pavilion was filled with laughter.

Who in Chang'an City doesn't know that Huo Hai just started learning to read four months ago, and he learned it from General Huo Qubing.

Who is Huo Qubing? He is a famous scholar in Chang'an City and the most recommended representative of the children of the aristocratic family.

At first, Liu Che was going to teach Huo Qubing the Art of War, the second-highest military book, personally, but Huo Qubing said, "What the hell am I learning?"

His grandson Wu Zi fought wars during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Why should I, Huo Qubing, learn from them when I fought the Huns?
In fact, Huo Qubing also developed a cavalry fighting method that no one had ever used before.

But, this only means that he is smart.

Now, the second brother of the famous scholar who refused to teach has studied for three months and wants to write a fu.

This is as difficult as the famous wheelchair driver Sun Bin completing a long-distance race.

Liu Che: "Ahem, Zi Meng, you also have your reckless moments."

Huo Guang: "Second brother, it's OK."

After spending three months with Huo Hai, Huo Guang heard various stories from Huo Hai, which were as profound as any classics, history, and collections. Although his second brother was illiterate, he could recite the allusions of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period fluently.

The songs my second brother sang and the emotional poems he wrote are not something that an ordinary person can write.

If it were someone else, he would have already shouted, "My second brother's talent in literature is stronger than my eldest brother's talent in martial arts."

Unfortunately, this person was Huo Guang, who just repeated for the third time: "My second brother can do it."

Liu Che smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Zimeng, although you have a steady personality, trusting your family is also a rare ability and happiness."

"Of course, you have a good relationship with your brother and it's right that you are trustworthy. Unlike some people."

As soon as these words were spoken, the laughter at the scene decreased by one-fifth. One-third of a second later, the laughter increased by one-third again.

What was less was the laughter of the royal family at the scene, and what was more was the ministers' even more unscrupulous behavior.

The Enfeoffment Order has been in effect until today, and has almost completely destroyed the power of the royal family. If it continues to be implemented in this way, there will be no more rebellion by the royal family in twenty years.

Everyone was laughing when a eunuch came forward with a black lacquered tray and said, "Your Majesty, Master Huo Hai has submitted a poem." All the laughter stopped abruptly.

Everyone looked at the tray.

There were only two bamboo slips on the tray.

Everyone was puzzled for a moment and then laughed.

"Huo Hai, even if you can't learn to write fu, don't be so perfunctory. At least write longer words."

"It's not Mr. Huo's fault. He should have written down all the characters he learned in the past few months. When I was a child, I didn't know a hundred characters in four months."

Liu Che smiled and said: "Everyone, don't forget that Huo Hai's teacher is Sima Xiangru. Since ancient times, except for Qu Yuan, no one can compare with Sima Xiangru in writing articles."

Dong Zhongshu smiled and said, "But your majesty, don't forget that Huo Hai learned martial arts from Sima Xiangru, and he learned literature from Huo Piaoqi. I'm afraid his life will be in danger."

Liu Che shook his head.

I was just playing with the kid and didn't mean to push him to the limit. I assigned him the task just to stop him from harming my trees. I didn't expect him to be able to write anything in seven days.

I didn't really intend to punish.

"Eunuch Wang, has Huo Hai had no time to chop trees recently?"

Wang Nei Shi lowered his head: "This..."

When Liu Che heard this reply, he raised his head and thought it was not good.

Wang Nei Shi: "Your Majesty, more have been chopped off!"

Liu Che snatched two bamboo slips from the tray with one hand: You little bastard, if what I wrote can't be read, I will punish you to feed the pigs... Wait, I seem to be the pig, I will punish you to carry manure!
When Liu Che opened the bamboo slips, he saw a sentence and opened another scroll suspiciously.

Although the text could not be seen, the ministers still saw only one sentence in the second volume, and the bamboo slips were relatively short, which means that the article was also very short.

It's only about 500 words.

What kind of poem is this?

Laugh first and talk later.

The group of people laughed again.

He didn't notice at all that Liu Che looked like he wanted to eat someone.

Liu Che had already watched a section at this time and was almost furious.

【Six kings are gone, the four seas are one; the mountains of Shu are steep, and Afang is revealed.】?
【Within one day, within one palace, the climate is different.】?
【The soldiers shouted, the Hangu Pass was lifted; the Chu people set it on fire, leaving only scorched earth.】?
Liu Che finished reading these hundreds of words in a short while.

【Alas! It was the six states that destroyed the Qin, not Qin. It was Qin that destroyed the Qin, not the world. Alas! If the six states loved their people, they would be able to resist Qin; if Qin loved the people of the six states again, they could rule for three generations or even ten thousand generations, and who could have destroyed them? The Qin people had no time to mourn themselves, but later generations mourned them; if later generations mourned but did not learn from them, they would also make later generations mourn for later generations.】

Liu Che slammed the bamboo slips on the black lacquer plate, which frightened Wang Nei Shi so much.

The ministers looked at each other.

What happened? Just now there was such a happy atmosphere, a sea of ​​joy, everyone was so happy, why did you suddenly get angry?
what's the situation? !

Dong Zhongshu waved his hand, and Wang the eunuch hurriedly brought over the black lacquered tray.

Dong Zhongshu opened it and scanned it quickly: "Hmm? Hiss~ So brave~"

How could Liu Che not be angry? Huo Hai didn't want to take up an official post, so he punished him by not allowing him to enter Chang'an and sending him to Maoling to reflect on his mistakes facing the wall.

As a result, this bastard cut down the tree on Liu Che's tomb in Maoling!
Emperor Liu Che asked him to write a fu within seven days, just to ask him to stop cutting down trees. But this guy wrote a fu called "Afang Palace".

Your Majesty, the Qin Dynasty was destroyed because of the construction of the Afang Palace. Look at the scale of the Maoling Mausoleum you built, which will lead to the destruction of the country!

Am I cutting down a tree? Am I digging up your grave?

I'm saving the man!
I am saving you, Your Majesty! Please send an order to thank me!
Even though he didn’t write it that way, that’s what he meant!
If this were someone dumber, they wouldn't be able to understand his sarcasm.

This made Emperor Wu so angry that he even forgot that Huo Hai had only learned to read for four months.

Regarding this level, Sima Xiangru said it was the first, and this one is definitely the second.

After reading it, Dong Zhongshu frowned and looked suspicious.

Dong Zhongshu knew very well about teaching and educating people. Dong Zhongshu was the best reader in the past two hundred years. The best reader two hundred years ago was called Xunzi.

Even Dong Zhongshu had never heard of anyone being able to write something like this after learning to read for four months.

Are you the reincarnation of Confucius? This kid is not an ordinary person.

"sharp."

Master Dong praised it as amazing after seeing it. A group of ministers stretched their necks to see it.

Liu Che's face looked better now. Although he was being mocked, now was a good opportunity to "stage news"! Liu Che said in a loud voice: "Huo Hai, you have a brilliant literary talent and quick thinking. The things you reported are thought-provoking. I will reward you with a thousand gold coins, ten pieces of silk, and a set of "On".

"Although this idea is good, he has not yet mastered the essence of parallelism and rhyme like Sima Xiangru. Let him learn the style of writing fu. I will definitely use him in the future."

Dong Zhongshu laughed, Your Majesty is too good at pretending to be stubborn.

Li·Fake literature lover·Li Guang's brother·Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty·Cai hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, can I take a look at this poem?"

Liu Che waved his hand and said, "See? Copy a hundred volumes and distribute them to all officials in the prefectures. Cai Qing, I see that you are so fond of literature, so you should copy them."

(End of this chapter)