Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 29 Huang Lao Doctrine

The entire Jiaofang Temple seemed to fall into endless silence at that moment.

Liu Chang raised his head and stared at his mother, while Empress Lu lowered his head and stared at him as well.

Empress Lu had never seen such an urgent and serious expression on Liu Chang's face. On this day, for the first time, she realized that her son seemed to have grown up, and he was no longer the silly boy he used to be. Yes, but she seems to know it a little late.

Facing Liu Chang's aggressive gaze, Empress Lu was not at all uneasy or nervous, she was as calm as before.

"Han Xin sent someone to tell me."

"Without Father's order, how could he send someone into the palace?"

"That's probably someone from the Kuaicher faction."

"I don't believe he would spread such a thing around."

"good."

Empress Lu said that she didn't know whether she admitted Liu Chang's conjecture, or praised Liu Chang's growth. In short, she did not give Liu Chang a chance to continue questioning, and turned around and left the Jiaofang Palace. Before leaving, she calmly He said, "Your grandfather has already left for the expedition. In the next few days, you should not go to Han Xin's mansion again."

"why?!"

"That dog thief surnamed Kuai wants to instigate Master to rebel? Isn't it?!"

"None of this has anything to do with you."

"He is my teacher!"

"He's just using you, remember how I taught you?"

"If you will ask for it, you will be the first to ask for it"

"Heh, do you think you know everything? Think you have grown up? There will be no strangers who treat you for no reason. Everyone has their own thoughts and deliberately approaches people who are useful to them. Just kick it away and find someone else. That's how anyone is, and that's how the world is."

Liu Chang sat alone in the Jiaofang Hall, with two palace maids guarding the entrance of the hall, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Liu Chang sat quietly on the bed. It was rare, and there was no nonsense. He was silent like this.

Han Xin slowly put down the bamboo slip and couldn't help but look out the door.

The door was empty, and no one could be seen.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and Han Xin frowned and hurriedly picked up the bamboo slip again.

"Your Majesty! Happy event!"

When Kuai Che rushed into Han Xin's inner room excitedly, he saw that there seemed to be a hint of disappointment on Han Xin's face. After a while, that expression disappeared again, as if everything was just Kuai Che's hallucination.Kuai Che was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "Liu Bang has already left."

"He took away all the troops around Chang'an, and even the generals in the DPRK followed, and not a single one remained!"

In order to deal with Chen Xi, Liu Bang decided to call some ordinary generals to go out on the expedition, so he randomly named a few names among the generals, Fan Kuai, Xia Houying, Chen Ping, Zhao Yao, Guan Ying, Jin She, Cao Can and so on.

Liu Bang said, "I chose randomly.

After thinking about it for three days and three nights, I couldn't understand why Chen Xi dared to rebel?Although he is a fierce man, he has rarely suffered defeats in the north and south, but among these crusaders, you can choose any of them, and you can blow his head, not to mention that they are dispatched collectively.

This is not long after the founding of the country, these founding warriors are not dead yet.

They have been looking forward to the military achievements all day long, so that they can be promoted to a title, but after the founding of the country, the world is peaceful, and there is really no chance.

Just when they were all simmering on fire, old friend Chen Xi brought them warmth and care. These fierce people suddenly had a goal and their heads could be chopped off. It was a cheer.

We all know that the Qin Dynasty had a military merit system, and of course the Han Dynasty had it, and there were also twenty ranks. However, as usual, although there is no difference between the same titles, the appointment of officials makes a "big" difference. Don't ask, I didn't copy !
Liu Bang finally left, and Kuai Che felt that the opportunity to do something big had finally come.

Today's Chang'an is an empty city. As long as there is trouble, it will be successful!

Han Xin listened to Kuai Che excitedly describe his plan: a false edict to pardon the criminals and slaves serving in the various officials, and mobilize them to attack Empress Lu and the Crown Prince.

Kuai Che's plan is like this, the follow-up has not yet been determined, whether to kill the queen and the prince, or control them, continue to write the edict in their name to gather the army, he did not say, Han Xin did not ask.

For some reason, Han Xin looked a little absent-minded, and glanced outside the door from time to time.

Facing Kuai Che's plan, Han Xin just nodded dazedly.

"Your Majesty, when are we going to start?"

"Liu Bang hasn't gone too far, just wait."

"You! Alas"

In the Tianlu Pavilion, Liu Chang sat gloomily at the end of the table, resting his chin in his hands, distracted as always.

But today, he is a little too quiet and looks very unusual.

Without Liu Chang's fuss, even the teacher became a little happier. This "no desire, no desire", who is like a teacher who deals with time in class on weekdays, on this day, what he talks about is eloquent, on a whim, even on a whim. He also talked about a lot of content outside the textbook, including some ideological analysis of Zhuangzi.

Liu Chang obviously didn't understand this, but Liu Heng and others took it more seriously.

During the break, Liu Hui was the first to come over.

"What's wrong? Beaten up again?"

"No."

"Why are you so unhappy? Do you want to go back with me later?"

"Mother doesn't let me go anywhere else."

Hearing this sentence, Liu Hui didn't dare to say more. He was really afraid of Empress Lu, and this fear was different from Liu Chang. Liu Chang was afraid of being beaten. He was afraid...cough. The second one came over was Liu Ruyi, with a mean smile, sat beside Liu Chang and shoved him with his shoulder, "What's wrong? General Liu, lost to Bai Qi?"

Facing Liu Ruyi, Liu Chang didn't get angry, but just sat blankly, his expression even more lonely.

"Hey, I've repeatedly asked to go to battle. My father was overjoyed. He specially gave me a horse of his own. Would you like to come and see it with me?"

"can not go."

Liu Heng quickly came over.

"If you encounter any difficulties, don't be discouraged, just find a way to solve it."

Liu Heng didn't ask him what happened, just gave his own advice.

After the class, the elder brothers looked at Liu Chang a few times and left without disturbing him.

Liu Chang was still sitting here, not wanting to leave.Because he left here, he had to go back to the Jiaofang Palace, and his mother forbid him to go anywhere, except Tianlu Pavilion.The Jiaofang Hall was empty and there was nothing. Liu Chang was a lively person. Sitting here, at least he could see the people who were busy in and out.

The teacher sat in the upper seat, without looking at Liu Chang, and looked down at the books.

This teacher seems to be forced to teach the princes. He is perfunctory on weekdays. His biggest interest is reading. He spends all day in the royal library. It is said that the place for this class is chosen by himself. Just to read more books.

Liu Chang and the teacher sat alone in the Tianlu Pavilion without interfering with each other.

Time passed like this. Every day, Liu Chang was sent to Tianlu Pavilion early in the morning, and then he would stay here for a long time. Most of the time, he always kept his head down, wondering what he was thinking about.

Maybe he couldn't stand being stared at while reading, or maybe he couldn't stand Liu Chang's dejected look. Finally, one day, the teacher reluctantly sat in front of Liu Chang.

"Why don't you go back?"

"I don't want to go back."

Liu Chang said weakly. Speaking of which, he had also studied with this teacher for a long time, but unlike Han Xin, he didn't even know the name of this teacher.I only know what Huang-Lao's theory he was dealing with. He seems to be a very famous person who was recommended by Liu Fei and came from Qi.

"Is there any trouble?"

"Teacher, someone told me: This world is very selfish. Between people, there is only use and use, and there is no other thing. Do you think this is right?"

"Bullshit!"

The teacher suddenly cursed.

Liu Chang was taken aback for a moment and added, "This is what my grandmother said."

"That's nonsense too!"

Liu Chang was really a little surprised now, even grandfather wouldn't dare to say that to grandma.

The teacher pondered for a while before asking, "You have learned from Huang-Lao's theory for so long. You probably know what Huang-Lao's theory emphasizes, right?"

"It's that. That"

"Do nothing to rule."

"Yes, that's right, it's just inaction."

"Then do you know what inaction is?"

"Do nothing?"

The teacher choked for a moment, he clenched his fists, and then released them immediately: Lao Tzu is the one who treats the old, so keep a calm mind, don't get angry, don't get angry. He thought about it for a moment, changed his mind, and said seriously: " We believe that the world has no feelings, but people have feelings, people are not good, and people are not bad, it depends on how you treat others."

"If you treat others with sincerity, you will surely gain sincerity. If you approach others with the mind of taking advantage, then others will treat you the same."

"This is actually the same as running a country. If you use benevolence and righteousness to educate the people, the people will repay you in the same way. If you use cruel and tyrannical methods to rule the people, they will use the same method to deal with you. ."

"If you believe that the world is selfish, then the world is selfish. If you believe that the world has feelings, then the world has feelings."

"The world is the same, and the world is different for everyone. Some people view the world with kindness, and the world will reward him with infinite kindness. If you use malice to speculate on the world, then the All I see is endless evil."

"Use benevolent means to educate the people, let them love each other, and do not use war to deepen each other's hatred. Isn't this a good thing?"

Liu Chang's eyes widened, he suddenly came back to his senses, and asked, "Jianai? Non-attack? Isn't this the teaching of the Mo family?? Teacher, aren't you a Taoist family??"

"Cough, I was the earliest Taoist to learn, and the Mohist just copied my Taoist doctrine."

Note: The theory of Huang-Lao at the end of the Warring States period was dominated by Taoism and adopted the viewpoints of Yin-Yang, Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism and other schools.The cosmology of the Yin-Yang family, the benevolent government of the Confucian family, the universal love of the Mohist family, and technological innovation can be said to be a hodgepodge, but it is quite suitable for that era.

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