Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 4 How to be a Qualified Prince

Liu Chang returned to the palace in frustration. The princes of the Western Han Dynasty had to experience a series of excellent education, because Liu Bang wanted to make his sons more powerful and "defend" the emperor in the future, so he cultivated his sons carefully.

The vassal king of the Western Han Dynasty is not the vassal king of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The vassal king of the Western Han Dynasty must have the ability to govern the country.

This education is divided into two types. The first type is enlightenment education. When the princes are a little older, they will gather together and start enlightenment education. The purpose is to be able to read and write. Of course, the prince is not among them. Those who specialize in education do not mix with other princes.

When the prince is a little older, after he is crowned king, the emperor will arrange for them to have a grand master. The king will teach these princes and kings more profound things, from etiquette to governing the country. If you encounter a more powerful master, he can even teach you how to wars, how to have fun, etc.

Because of the wisdom that Liu Chang showed when he was young, Liu Bang found a special person to teach him, and now, he is finally going to study with several other brothers.

Thinking of those unreliable brothers, Liu Chang sighed helplessly.

There are Liu Ruyi, Liu Heng, Liu Hui, and Liu You who are still receiving enlightenment education. They are not too different in age, only one or two years old. They have not been crowned kings, as if they have already been crowned kings. The eldest son, Liu Fei, had already been sent to his fief.

The youngest Liu Jian has not yet reached the age of enlightenment education.

The next day, he got up early, and after reluctantly grooming, he was taken by seven or eight eunuchs to Tianlu Pavilion. This is the royal library of the Han Dynasty, located in the north of the palace, and it is also where the princes concentrated their enlightenment. place.

When Liu Chang pouted and walked into Tianlu Pavilion reluctantly, everyone had already arrived, but the class had not started. understood.

The one who enlightened them was an old man with white hair. The old man sat upright on his knees in front of him, not squinting or looking at Liu Chang.Seeing the old man's appearance, Liu Chang's heart was more than half cold. What is the difference between this and the original?

And several half-children were sitting in front, and their performances were different.

The boy sitting in the middle raised his head proudly and looked almost like a copy of Liu Bang. Although the child and his father seemed normal, it was too similar, as if Liu Bang's face was printed on a child's. On the head, except for the absence of beards, even the moles at the corners of the eyes are exactly the same.

Not only the appearance, but also the demeanor, that kind of free and easy appearance, this is a miniature version of the emperor.

He is Liu Ruyi. The relationship between Liu Ruyi and Liu Chang can't be said to be siblings, or it can be said to be inseparable.The two began to fight since they were young, and they had the most fun, so they were also cleaned up by Liu Bang.

When Liu Ruyi grew up and didn't want to care about this little thing, the two of them didn't make any big troubles.

Sitting on the right side of him is Liu Hui. Liu Hui has a big head and a big head. He is a standard fat boy. He is grinning stupidly at Liu Chang at the moment. He doesn't look very smart. This guy has an honest personality. , being kind, he used to help Liu Chang steal beef at banquets, and he took good care of Liu Chang's younger brother.

The one sitting on the far right is Liu You. Liu You has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and he is thin and thin, and he does not look like Liu Bang. , almost exactly like his mother.

His status in the palace is not very high, and his sense of presence is not strong. He has always been very low-key. He follows his brother Liu Hui all day long and doesn't like to talk.

Then there is the one sitting on the right side of Liu Ruyi.

After Liu Chang walked in, he didn't even look at Liu Chang. His name was Liu Heng, and he was Liu Bang's fifth son. Logically speaking, Liu Heng's mother was not liked by Liu Bang at all, and his status was similar to that of Liu You. Almost, no one loves, no one loves, even Liu Bang rarely pays attention to it.

But he is really different in the palace. He doesn't look like a child at all. He can't play with the other princes, and he doesn't fit in with this group of children.

Liu Chang often bullied several other brothers in the palace, even the Crown Prince Liu Ying dared to bully him, but Liu Heng was the only one who dared not bully.

Liu Chang always disliked Liu Heng. He felt that this guy was pretentious and liked to pretend, and a little baby pretending to be like a seven-year-old or eighty-year-old. However, in Liu Chang's memory, he took the initiative to provoke this brother several times, but he always kept it. Didn't take advantage of it, and was pressed and rubbed by the other party from various fields.

After being bullied by Liu Chang, the other brothers often cried and sued their parents, but Liu Heng was different. He could not only avoid Liu Chang's attack, but also drag him to the queen, and talk freely, the queen. I don't like princes other than Liu Ying and Liu Chang, but I have a good sense of this Liu Heng. Therefore, the unlucky one naturally becomes Liu Chang.

After Liu Chang became Liu Chang, there was still a trace of fear for Liu Heng in his heart.

When Liu Chang sat down, the old gentleman started the class.The so-called Qin Dynasty planted trees and the Han Dynasty enjoyed the coolness. Don’t look at the literati of the Han Dynasty who violently attacked Qin, but the teaching materials used by the princes were actually the Cangjie Chapter written by Li Si, the prime minister who was violent in Qin, which is the standard teaching material for learning Xiaozhuan. .

The Qin Dynasty unified the script, and the Han Dynasty perfectly inherited the Xiaozhuan script. Some people proposed to restore the original script during the founding of the country, but Liu Bang did not agree, and made it clear that the Xiaozhuan script would be the only script in the Han Dynasty.

The enlightened teacher didn't want to take care of Chang Liu at all, and continued to tell the story directly from the original point. Fortunately, this did not have much impact on Chang Liu. After all, he received professional education not long ago, and he recognized these words. It's no problem at all.

Liu Chang soon began to feel bored. He held his chin with one hand, and his thoughts had already drifted into the distance.

The teacher didn't pay attention to Liu Chang. This teacher is a Taoist, and he is extremely indulgent to the students. He only disciplines and doesn't care if you study or not, and Liu Chang messed up a class like this.

"younger brother!"

Suddenly someone interrupted Liu Chang's imagination. When Liu Chang woke up and looked forward, he didn't know when, the prince Liu Ying actually appeared in front of him.

"How is it, are you still used to it?"

Liu Ying asked with a smile.

Liu Ying made a special trip to visit Liu Chang.

Liu Chang knew in his heart that this fellow did not come to Tianlu Pavilion to make fun of himself or to revenge himself. He was simply here to do his duty as a brother.

In the beginning, when Liu Ying persuaded herself to work hard all day, Chang Liu also doubted him, is this fellow with deep scheming?Deliberately come to do corporal Li Xian, brother harmony?
But after contacting for a long time, Liu Chang discovered that this person is a true gentleman.

He is very kind to anyone, and he hardly mixes other purposes. He also takes great care of his brothers. He knows that Liu Ruyi likes swordsmanship, so he gave the gift sword given to him by the emperor to the younger brother who was competing with him for the throne. , he knew that Liu Hui was honest, so he often sent people to call him to his side to ask if anyone around him looked down on him.

He knew that Liu You was not taken seriously, and he would pull Liu You to sit next to him at every banquet.

He knew that Liu Heng liked to read history books, so he tried to collect a whole set of pre-Qin history books for him.

He knew that Liu Chang liked meat, and he would give some of his meat to his younger brother at every banquet.

This is a gentle, benevolent king. To be honest, when Liu Chang first came, he had fantasized about whether to fight for the throne because of his idle time, but after learning more about this brother, he did not have this After thinking about it, it is not without reason that the Han Dynasty can become a powerful country.

In Liu Chang's view, this brother is definitely a qualified prince, and he is far inferior to him in terms of personal morality and ability.

After Liu Ying arrived, the princes got up one after another, even Liu Ruyi, who was vying with him for the throne, got up and stood aside, showing great respect for this brother.

Only Liu Chang sat lazily in his seat, "What can I do if I'm not used to it? I'll be waiting for the day when I'm crowned king anyway."

Liu Ying laughed lightly and said, "This is also for your own good. You are going to be a prince in the future. As a prince, if you don't even have the ability to govern a place, how can you make the people under your control live a good life? Woolen cloth?"

"After being crowned king, you may not be able to live as well as you are now. It is not easy for princes and kings to do it."

"You must know household registration, farming and mulberry farming, water conservancy, and warfare."

"Registration matters."

Liu Ying started the Dao Dao mode. The more she talked, the more excited she became. The old gentleman who was teaching nodded his head in relief. This is what a prince should look like. Those princes also looked like they were taught. Come on, the four old men who had been following Liu Ying couldn't help but applaud.

Speaking of which, the pre-Qin sons liked to play this trick, find a person with shortcomings, and then talk a big reason to convince the other party. Historically. In the future, this has become an elegant thing in the mouth of scholar-bureaucrats.

But Liu Chang obviously didn't like this set.

His eyes widened, how could this prince say more than those old gentlemen?

Liu Ying started citing the scriptures, telling all kinds of stories about reading and learning, and about those heroes who turned back to prodigal sons, but what he said was too cumbersome and verbose. Turned to anger, and finally to despair.

"Okay, brother, I was wrong, I must study hard. Be an excellent prince!!"

Liu Chang couldn't bear it anymore. He hurriedly interrupted Liu Ying. If the original Liu Chang could really do it, he could finally understand why the original body was so annoying to this older brother. This person has a good character. It's just that there are a lot of words, and there are big truths inside and outside the words, and they all mean the same thing, which is extremely annoying.

Liu Ying made a teachable expression and nodded with a smile.

"Very well, in a few days, I will come to see you again, I hope you can study hard."

"Don't. It's better if I can't read!"

Liu Ying left, and Liu Chang looked at his back in horror, and then hurriedly looked at the old gentleman. He asked, "Sir, can I still study as I did before?"

(End of this chapter)