Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 292 Want to go after offending the king?

"You call this an elixir?!?"

Gongsun Chen shook his finger and pointed to the dark traces in the distance. Just now, Chen Tao showed these alchemists what an elixir is. When Chen Tao lit the fire, there was a sudden thunder, and the alchemists were almost paralyzed with fright. sit on the floor.

"This thing can be sent to the sky, why isn't it considered an elixir?"

Chen Tao sullenly answered Gongsun Chen's question.

"Chen Gong, do you want to give this to the king??"

"Gunpowder is also medicine! You can refine it!"

"The specific formula will be sent to you soon. You can set up a furnace to try it out. Fry the furnace correctly. The more powerful it is, the better. It's better to have the power to kill and hurt people."

"Chen Gong! This thing hurts people, not an elixir!"

"Hey, what do you know? Your Majesty is different from ordinary people. Only this kind of elixir can work. It's strong enough. Needless to say, come and learn the method of alchemy with our craftsmen first."

Gongsun Chen finally understood that he was being tricked. Where did the king want to find himself to make alchemy? This is clearly to use himself to make alchemy. He was reluctant to these craftsmen, so he let himself do it, even if something happened, he would also Not feeling sorry for Gongsun Chen, who finally reacted anxiously, he hurriedly said, "Eunuch Chen, I still have a few stoves in my house. I'll bring someone to fetch them first, and then refine this elixir."

Chen Tao laughed, "Why bother with such a trivial matter? Come on, bring all the furnaces in Gongsun Chen's house!"

"Chen Gong."

Gongsun Chen didn't know what to say at the moment, but the few alchemists behind him couldn't help it. After seeing the horror of gunpowder, they didn't want to stay here any longer, and immediately someone stepped forward and shouted: "I This time, I came here to make elixir for the king, you are so disrespectful, you will not stay here! Go and rest!"

The man turned around and was about to leave, but the two soldiers slowly blocked their way.

Chen Tao sneered, "You alchemists, you don't know how much money you cheated and how many evil things you did in the local area, bewitching the kings, seeking power and profit for yourself. Your great king can use you, this is your blessing, if you want to leave then It can only be handed over to Tingwei to deal with it. Offend the king and still want to leave?"

"Have you seen that old scholar who swept the floor? He was originally a disciple of Shu Suntong. He offended the king while Emperor Gao was alive, and was imprisoned to this day."

Chen Tao's naked threat made everyone's face change greatly, but they did not dare to resist rashly.

Chen Tao laughed again, "Of course, if you can master it and make great achievements, I can let go of the past, and the king will give you a title, so that you can enjoy the wealth of your life."

Gongsun Chen frowned, looking at the two soldiers in the distance, his heart was full of bitterness, what he was afraid of was not these two soldiers, but the people who ordered them to stay here, how could they dare not to order from King Tang. From what?With King Tang's bad character, if he didn't agree, he would probably die in Tingwei.

After trying Tingwei's taste once, Gongsun Chen didn't want to try it again.

"Chen Gong. This thing is so dangerous that it hurts people. Isn't the first thing to hurt yourself?"

An alchemist asked tremblingly.

Chen Tao laughed, "Don't lie to me, Your Majesty has already told me that when you alchemy alchemy on weekdays, you often blow up your furnace, so you are all thinking of ways to avoid hearing that you have many ways to avoid danger. Why not use it? how about?"

"Our safe haven is to stop using materials that will fry ovens."

"Hahaha, it's not just that. I heard that Gongsun Chen didn't tell the king the essence of the alchemy method a few days ago?"

Hearing these words, all the alchemists looked at Gongsun Chen instantly.

You cheated on our money, took us to death, and even told others the essentials? ?
Faced with these malicious eyes, Gongsun Chen immediately bowed to Chen Tao, "I would like to serve Duke Chen!"

If you want to blame, you can only blame Gongsun Chen for being too anxious and talking too much to Liu Chang. When Liu Chang heard that they had various ways to avoid hurting himself when the furnace was fried, Liu Chang decided to reuse them. .Chen Tao brought these people in, ignoring their sad eyes, and when they all walked in, he just laughed.

"Chen Tao, you are using me to scare others again."

The white-haired old Confucian shook his head and sighed.

"I didn't lie, you really have been here for a long time."

"But I do it voluntarily."

"You don't know, the way to revitalize Confucianism is in this Shangfang Mansion."

"You Confucians know to use other people's things for your own use. However, in this regard, it is not so easy for you to catch up with the Mohists."

After being busy for a long time in Shangfang, after finishing the work, Lao Confucian left calmly.

In Shangfang, he is mainly responsible for recording, um, writing progress and reports of various items.

This person did not go home, but came to Shu Suntong's mansion.

Shusuntong was reading in the study. Shusuntong was getting older and older, and his eyes gradually became less clear. When he was reading, he almost put his face on the bamboo slips. Lao Confucianism visited him and immediately sat down On the side, several disciples of Uncle Sun Tong were taken by Liu Chang and thrown to work in Shangfang for insulting Liu Chang.

Shusun Tong found these disciples, let them follow the Tang King with peace of mind, and went to learn the skills of Moism, trying to fill this gap in Confucianism.

Shusuntong believed that Confucianism could achieve its goal of benevolent governance only by constantly changing and catering to the king.

Therefore, after knowing that King Tang was good at weapons, he intentionally changed his teaching ideas, and introduced the idea of ​​"sharp weapons and the country" into his academics. Shusun Tong was not only flexible in life, It is even more so in learning. What the king needs, he can give.

"Master, a few more alchemists came today, and they were given to them by Chen Tao."

"How many times have I told you about Shang Fang? You can't tell anyone about Shang Fang. It is a matter of national importance. If you can't even keep it a secret, then there is no need to stay."

The old Confucian hurriedly explained: "This matter does not need to be kept secret. It was Chen Tao who asked me to tell the outside world. He was worried that the courtiers would misunderstand the king, so he asked us to tell the outside world."

"If so, then it is time to say, say more."

Shusun Tong pondered for a moment, and then said: "Confucian schools in the world all hate me, say that I serve Mo, and are despised by others. If I don't use Mo as a weapon, how can I get the heavy use of the king? Today, there has never been a Confucian scholar. Those in high positions, Your Majesty doesn’t like Confucianism. I can’t rest my eyes when I die.”

The old Confucian was speechless and bowed his head helplessly, "Master, don't worry, most of my juniors and juniors work in various countries and are deeply trusted. Soon, they will definitely surpass the Mo family."

"No, I don't want you to surpass the Mo family. I want you to accommodate the Mo family. It's enough if you can handle the weapons. You don't necessarily need to know how to make them. Otherwise, you can't catch up with the Mo family."

Shusun Tong slowly got up and picked up his cane, "I can go to see the king."

He made people pick up thick bamboo slips. Those bamboo slips could not be lifted by human power alone. They had to get them on a cart. After they had loaded two large carts of bamboo slips, Shusun Tong led the people towards Depart from the palace.Today's Shusun Tong lives at home. He used to be Fengchang before, but he was resigned. The new Fengchang is Uncle Fuqiu. Compared with Shusuntong, Liu Chang obviously prefers Uncle Fuqiu.However, Uncle Suntong was not at all dissatisfied with the king's actions, he was very happy.

If he wasn't worried about the king's misunderstanding, he would just laugh out loud.

When his disciples asked him why he was so happy, Shusun Tong told them, "Your Majesty loves Confucianism, why not?"

He was happy because Uncle Fuqiu was loved by Liu Chang. Unlike most Confucians who hated Shusuntong, Shusuntong treated all factions of Confucianism equally. A rare great Confucian who has no sect distinction, he is also a "cheap Confucian" with a notoriety second only to Zhang Cang.

When Liu Chang heard Uncle Sun Tong came, he looked very surprised.

He dismissed Uncle Sun Tong, not just because he didn't like Uncle Sun Tong, but because he thought Uncle Sun Tong was too old. Uncle Sun Tong was a few years older than Zhang Cang and worked as a librarian in Qin State. At that time, Uncle Sun Tong had already given lectures to Qin Er Shi. Liu Chang was afraid that he would die in the temple one day, so he let Fu Qiu Bo replace him. Fu Qiu Bo was younger than his uncle Sun Tong, and his body better.

"Your Majesty!"

Shusun Tongxing bowed to see him, and even Liu Chang did not receive his courtesy.

"Hey, sit down when you come, why do you have to be so polite?"

"You salute like this, don't you want me to bear a disrespectful name?"

Shusun Tong laughed lightly and sat aside, "Your Majesty is King Xian, who dares to scold him?"

"You dare to scold. The widow dismissed you. How many times have you scolded the widow in private?"

"I dare not."

Liu Chang chatted and laughed with him. Liu Chang didn't like this old man, but he didn't like his flexibility. This fellow has no bottom line, especially when compared with someone like Lu Jia. Even more so, he has no backbone, Liu Chang doesn't like such people.

However, Liu Chang also admitted that the old man in front of him has a big heart. There are many people in the world who scold him, but there are also many people who have benefited from him. This old man has also cultivated a lot of talents for the big man. Half of the original officials were trained by this old man.

The two chatted for a long time, and then Uncle Suntong said, "I will meet the king this time, and I want to give the king a treasure."

"Oh?? Treasure?!"

Liu Chang's eyes lit up, and he shouted with a smile, "Okay, okay, Father Zhong can deliver it quickly!"

Uncle Suntong gave an order, and a soldier went out. Liu Chang couldn't wait to get up, perhaps realizing that he was wrong, so he pretended to be polite: "You can come, and what gift do you bring?" , Just being polite, the soldiers walked in with gifts and put them in front of Liu Chang with great difficulty.

Liu Chang was a little surprised. He went forward and flipped through it. They were all bamboo slips, and they were densely packed with nothing written on them.

Is this old man playing tricks on widows?
Liu Chang's face darkened, "What kind of treasure is this?"

Shusun Tong said with a smile: "I heard that the king wants to donate all the books in the Tianlu Pavilion to the world, I think that the king must try his best to educate the world. It’s a big deal, how can it not be considered a treasure?”

"Oh?"

Liu Chang picked up the bamboo slips and looked at them. Sure enough, these bamboo slips were written with educational policies. It could be seen that Shusun Tong wrote it for a long time, and it was a painstaking effort. Liu Changchang was overjoyed, "Okay, very good!"

Immediately, he suddenly remembered something, frowned, and asked, "The widow is preparing to set up a position of indoctrination, so you took out this thing, did Zhou Xiang inform you?"

Shusun Tong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Xuanping came to me, and said that the Great King wanted to give a book, so I guessed what Your Majesty was thinking. These were written by the minister a long time ago, but it was just a coincidence."

Liu Chang doesn't quite believe what Shu Suntong said, but no matter what he thinks, this matter is still good for the next enlightenment.

Liu Chang sat down and asked with a smile, "There are too many bamboo slips. Can Father Zhong give me a rough overview?"

"Your Majesty. On teaching, no one can compare to Confucianism"

Shusuntong slowly talked about his thoughts. Shusuntong had a crazy idea. He wanted to call on all Confucian scholars to go to various places to educate and enlighten the world. This matter requires the support of temples. From top to bottom, from bottom to top, he has his own views on Taixue and Sinology, and the ultimate goal of Shusuntong is the enlightenment of the world.

To be honest, Liu Changdu was stunned by what he said.

Liu Chang is so happy with his achievements, all he thinks is that there is a imperial school in the dynasty, a national school in the state, a county school in the county, and a village school in the township. To turn everyone in the world into a Confucian scholar, and he even formulated a series of detailed plans for this goal.

"I teach two people, two people can teach four people, and four people can teach eight people. Why can't it be done?"

Confucianism is different from Huang-Lao’s and Legalist’s theories. Most of Huang-Lao’s and Legalist’s theories still advocate Tibetan studies and the state. Enough is enough, but the Confucian benevolent government does not conflict with enlightenment, so there is no such idea.

Liu Chang listened for a long time before muttering: "The idea is good. How many years will it take?"

"Not much. According to the minister's plan, it can be accomplished in a hundred years."

Liu Chang took a deep breath, a hundred years.

Seeing Liu Chang's hesitation, Shu Suntong said earnestly, "Isn't it also a hundred-year plan for the king to exempt taxes and exempt taxes? Now the treasury is empty, but a hundred years later, because of the king's benevolent government, the treasury will definitely be piled up like a mountain, and the local area The people are wealthy and have countless arable land. Even if there are ten Xiongnu, they are not the opponents of the big Han. The same is true for education today. After a hundred years, the big Han will no longer lack talents. Even if he takes all the land of the Xiongnu, he can have Sufficient officials"

"A major event of the country, farming and teaching!"

"it is good!"

Liu Chang abruptly stood up, "Even you have such ambitions, how can a widow be inferior to you? Just do as you say, and the widow will set up a post tomorrow, called Jiaohua, you come to take charge of the Jiaohua Palace, just do as you say. Plan, go ahead and implement it steadily. Enlighten the world! If you can fulfill half of your promise, you can be comparable to the sage of Kong Xun!"

"Thank you king!"

Liu Chang was in a good mood, he took Uncle Suntong's hand and said seriously: "You can do it with confidence, you can come to the widow directly if you encounter anything. If someone stops you and says nonsense like ignorance, Then I told Luan Bu to let Luan Bu hack him!"

Liu Chang sent Uncle Suntong out of the door and looked at Luan Bu, who was beside him, and Liu Chang couldn't help laughing, "You Confucianists, it's not that you have nothing."

"Your Majesty is also a direct descendant of Xunzi."

"Cough, this is different. Among the Confucians, except for our Xunzi faction, they are all cheap Confucians!"

Just after sending Shusun Tong away, Zhang Budo hurriedly came to look for Liu Chang.

"Your Majesty! Something big has happened!"

Zhang Budo gasped and frowned, looking very angry.

"Huh? What's the big deal?"

"South Vietnam sent messenger Proton to come to Wu State in the name of welcoming the Prince of Nanyue, and suddenly sent troops to capture three passes of Nanyue in a row, while Guanhou of Changsha State sent troops at the same time and captured another pass. The three sides fought each other."

"Did Wu Guo send someone to report?"

"No, Chu State sent someone to report!"

Liu Chang was stunned. He had previously forced Nanyue to become a vassal, and wanted to make Nanyue surrender completely. Nanyue also agreed, but why did the fourth brother suddenly send troops to attack others? ?
In this matter, you said that King Yan of Zhao can still believe it, but King Wu, how could he?
"Your Majesty, King Wu is going to rebel!"

Zhang Budo said with confidence, "Without your order, he dared to summon Changsha to attack Nanyue together. This is a treason. Please send troops immediately!"

"Fuck! How could the fourth brother be against me? There must be something strange about this, the fourth brother didn't have time to tell me."

If the fourth brother, who has always been calm, can suddenly send troops, there must be something that he doesn't know about. Otherwise, with the character of the fourth brother, he will never do such a risky and reckless thing. He is not King Zhao!The messenger who wants to come to him must be on the road, and he is not as fast as the messenger of Chu.

"Quick, the captain, Zhou Xiang and the others are invited!!"

"only!!"

When Lu Jia and more than ten Chinese envoys were taken to a wasteland, Lu Jia was still a little confused, and the other envoys were also confused. They didn't understand what happened. Looking around, he couldn't find the figure of Ge. It seemed that he was not counted among the envoys of the Han Dynasty.

Ji Porridge rode a horse and waited here.

After a while, a line of cavalry appeared in the distance, and a burly and strong man could be seen vaguely, wearing heavy armor and riding a white horse, leading the crowd to gallop toward this side, and a trace of fear flashed in Ji Conge's eyes. , could not help but take a few steps back.

Fortunately, they were probably afraid of scaring each other, and they didn't get too close. Soon, there were soldiers escorting a group of people over from the other side.

And Ji Porridge's eyes are always on the burly and strong man. There is such an enemy in life. I don't know whether to say it is fortunate or unfortunate.

After Ji Cong proposed to exchange prisoners, the other party readily agreed.

For the Han army, Ji Conge wanted those tribal leaders far less than Lu Jia and others.

Neither side brought too many troops, Ji Conge didn't want to fight the big Han, and the big Han really didn't have enough food to fight Ji Conge at the moment.

Xiahouzao looked at the armor on his body uneasily, "General, is this all right? Your Majesty won't be angry, will you? You won't beat me, will you?"

"Don't look back! Look up!"

"Think about what the king looks like!"

"Be brutal!"

Zhou Yafu, who was behind him, whispered.

Xia Houzao raised his head again, and even looked at Ji Conge in the distance provocatively.

Zhou Yafu was also looking at the opponent's army at the moment, his eyes narrowed.

The Ji porridge that the king is so concerned about is on the opposite side. If he can cut off his head, he will give it to the king.

The king should be very happy, right?

(End of this chapter)