Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 420
"Zhou Gong"

Mao Heng knelt down in front of Zhou Chang with a complicated look.

For some unknown reason, Zhou Chang, who was very close to Mao Heng on weekdays, was rudely lying on the bed to meet Mao Heng.When a friend comes to visit, it is very rude to get off the bed, sit facing each other, and chat with a friend while lying on the bed.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the famous scholar Xu Si once told Liu Bei that Chen Deng was a madman, because when he went to visit him, Chen Deng lay high on the couch and let the guests sit out of bed.Liu Bei was very angry, and said, "If Nai Gong met people like you who can only talk about it, he would go up to a high building hundreds of feet high and sleep on the ground, and let you all sleep on the ground, it's not just about getting in and out of bed!"

Judging from some of this behavior, he probably really inherited the style of Emperor Gao.

The arrogance of being a ranger, the daring of being an angry whip, the romance of being a beautiful woman, the vision of looking at people, the tenacity when encountering failure, wearing fancy clothes, raising the hobby of singing eagles and dogs, and throwing children down. Okay. , which was compiled by novelists, and in these respects, the two are almost identical.

Many people don't know that Emperor Gao is often referred to as a "generous elder". This generosity does not mean that he is honest in his duties, but that he is a virtuous corporal, has enough mind, does not harm the people, and does not act like Xiang Yu. Cook your mother, and Liu Bei is also known as a generous elder, with the style of a high emperor.

At this moment, Zhou Chang acted like a madman like Chen Deng, lying high on the bed, raising his head, not looking at his friend at all.

"I was out, and I heard that you were ill, but now it seems that there is nothing serious."

"I'm fine, it's just inconvenient to receive guests."

Zhou Chang's tone was also a little indifferent.

Mao Heng didn't say anything. Among the many Confucian scholars, he was an alternative, he had no temper, and he was very polite to everyone. Therefore, people like Zhou Chang were willing to make friends with him and become his friends.

Mao Heng sighed and said, "I'm about to die. I came here to say goodbye to you on purpose. Now that I've seen you, I can go on the road with peace of mind."

Zhou Chang smiled disdainfully, and then asked: "When did you also learn the way of the Zongheng family?"

Mao Heng didn't say much, just bowed towards Zhou Chang.

"It's not the words of the Zongheng family. When my family is in mourning, please come here."

After he finished speaking, he was about to leave. Zhou Chang hesitated for a while, but stopped him anyway.

He knew that Mao Heng was an honest gentleman, and there were not many honest people in Chang'an, and Zhou Chang couldn't tell the truth of what he said for a while.

"Why do you say that?"

Mao Heng was silent for a moment, then shook his head and prepared to leave.

Zhou Chang hurriedly jumped off the bed and grabbed him.

"If you don't speak clearly today, don't leave here!"

Then Mao Heng said sadly: "Your Majesty took my son as a threat and asked me to persuade you, but I can't persecute my friends because of my relatives, that's not what a gentleman should do, I can't bear to see Juzi die in front of me, and I'm going to die with him."

When Zhou Chang heard this, he laughed.

"When you came, I knew that you were sent by Your Majesty, so I was rude to you. It's really my fault to have such an attitude towards a gentleman!"

Zhou Chang was about to salute immediately, but Mao Heng stopped him, "I can't let you do something against your heart because of me, I have passed all my knowledge to my son, my son. Among them, none of them are promising, and I should not have come here, just because I love Youzi too much, but the etiquette of a gentleman makes me unable to speak. You can pretend that you have never seen me!

Zhou Chang shook his head, "You were bullied by His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty is stubborn by nature, but he is not a villain who likes to kill."

"Your Majesty has never killed an innocent person."

"At the beginning, when His Majesty was still young, he went to Taixue and saw a Wang Sheng who was good at cornering, so he wanted to compete with him, but he fell and hurt this person. His Majesty felt very guilty, and would visit from time to time. Send him gifts, arrange him to serve as an official, and even now, His Majesty still often goes to see him to express his apologies, this is how His Majesty's kindness is!"

"The queen mother heard of your son's virtuous name and wanted him to assist the crown prince. Her Majesty received him and then asked him to serve the crown prince with all his heart. He was just joking, but how could you act like a real majesty against innocent people? "

Mao Heng suddenly realized, "Your Majesty said that my son is in the palace, but it turned out to be by the prince's side."

Zhou Chang said with emotion: "Your Majesty lost his father at a young age and took on heavy responsibilities prematurely. Therefore, he has developed a character of eagerness for quick success and quick success, and is eager to make great achievements. He always hopes to make greater achievements and live up to his father's name. Like Zhang Budo, Falcon dogs like Feng Jing, they are loyal to the emperor, and despise Sheji and Limin. If people like them meet Jie Zhou, they are villains like Guo Kaihousheng. If they meet Ming master, they are Yi Yin Guanzhong Such a wise man."

"Your Majesty is at fault. They don't know how to persuade them, they only cater to them. Your Majesty is not perfect. Alas, the matter of war is by no means a good deed. How many corpses of soldiers do you need to use to make a war? It will cost millions of stone grains, if these grains are used by the people, it would be great."

"Many of His Majesty's thoughts cannot be said to be wrong, but they are just too anxious. His Majesty always wants to finish everything, at any cost, and now there is still the Queen Mother, with me, if one day, we old ministers They are all gone, and there are only ministers like Zhang Budo left by His Majesty's side, what should we do then?"

Zhou Chang's eyes were full of worry.

Mao Heng pursed his lips and comforted: "Zhou Chang needn't be so worried, among the ministers, not only Zhang Budo, Chao Cuo, but also people like Luan Bu, Ji Bu, Zhang Shizhi, His Majesty has a violent personality, but The Queen is a virtuous person and can listen to reasonable advice."

"Advice?"

Hearing this sentence, Zhou Chang was immediately angry.

"Your Majesty can only listen to the advice of people like Jin Lu Jia!"

"After you go back, please tell Your Majesty that I am lying high in bed and ignoring you from beginning to end!"

Mao Heng resigned and left, Zhou Chang snorted coldly, and continued to lie on the couch. If he didn't expect anything wrong, it wouldn't be long before Shuzi came in with mutton and the like and called Father Zhong!Zhou Chang had already thoroughly seen this emperor anyway.

If there's something wrong, it's Father Zhong, and if it's okay, it's the old dog.

This was passed down from their ancestors, and the descendants of Emperor Gao had more or less this shameless style.

Even the few who didn't go astray, such as Emperor Zhao Lie, used a "Pang Qing" every sip when they used others, and they "retreat!" when they stopped drinking.

Sure enough, it didn't take half an hour for Zhou Chang to see His Majesty's flattering smile as he wished.

"Hahaha, Father Zhong!"

"Look, this is the mutton that I specially brought for you"

Liu Chang grinned, looking like a villain.

"Is Your Majesty here to send me home?"

"Zhou Xiang can't leave. If you leave, what will happen to this galloping road?"

"You just don't want to serve me anymore, so you can't be disdainful of the world, right? Grandfather treated you like that back then."

Zhou Changdu had developed resistance to Liu Chang's aggressive tactics and other methods, and he no longer cared about them at all.

Nothing more than the three axes, Da Yi, Father, and Zhang Budo.

First, he persuaded with the righteousness of Sheji, then with the grace of Emperor Gao, and finally with the threat of letting Zhang Budo take charge of the matter.

"Your Majesty, you said that after defeating Mahan, who should the big man use troops against?"

Zhou Chang suddenly asked.

Liu Chang said displeasedly: "Zhou Prime Minister! A warlike country will surely perish! How can you persuade the monarch to do such things as ruthless soldiers?"

"I"

Zhou Chang cursed a few words silently. As a gentleman, he couldn't swear in front of the king.

"Your Majesty, the generals in the country are constantly encouraging your Majesty to go to war. Wei Shang from Shuofang, Zhou Bo from Hexi, Zhou Zao from Northland, and Wei Yun from Longxi are all constantly going out to attack those foreigners in the name of patrolling. Just want to cause war, so as to get the opportunity to obtain military merit."

"But Your Majesty has fought wars, and His Majesty knows it best. In any war, there are no casualties. Wars can be divided into two types."

"The Xiongnu kowtowed, you led the army to the crusade, this is a war launched to protect the people, a war of benevolence and righteousness, and now the guards everywhere are eager to loot and kill, wanting to kill those who are not at fault, perish. For their country, this is a war that started with contention, this is an unrighteous war."

"These enemies outside the Great Wall do not have the idea of ​​looting the big man, nor the strength to fight against the big man. They can do their own things with peace of mind, and there is no unreasonable place in etiquette, and the generals kill them for their military merits. Relatives, destroying their country and enslaving their people, is this what a country of ceremonies can do?!"

"Your Majesty, you must know that you should not do to others what you do not want to do to others. Back then, when the Xiongnu looted and mutilated our people, you deeply hated and wanted to avenge the people, but now you want to be like Modun. Is it okay to loot other people's materials and mutilate their people?"

"Do you want me to talk to them about benevolence and righteousness?? They don't threaten the big man now because they don't have such strength, they won't now, and they will definitely in the future!"

Liu Chang retorted displeased.

Zhou Chang shook his head, "When a person has not made a mistake, he should be executed on the grounds that he will make mistakes in the future. Is this okay? If your Majesty thinks so, you might as well find some people who can look at the pictures and let them Everyone in the country should take a look, and if someone finds a criminal face, even if he did not make a mistake, he can be executed first, lest he will break the law in the future."

Liu Chang pursed his lips and said, "There is only competition between countries."

"So you have to send troops to destroy it?"

"I'm not persuading Your Majesty to treat foreigners equally and be kind to them, I just persuade Your Majesty not to send troops to attack others at will."

Liu Chang looked around, saw Lu Lu standing beside him, he immediately asked him to come, whispered a few words in his ear, and Lu Lu left.

"Zhou Xiang, come here, I'm tired of talking, let's eat something first, and then we'll discuss this matter when we're full!"

Looking at Liu Chang who was devouring the food, Zhou Chang couldn't help but say:

"Your Majesty, Xun Zi Yibing once commented on the army at that time. He said that Qi's martial arts warriors were not the military soldiers selected by Wei State, but those soldiers of Wei State were not comparable to Qin State's order to unify. , a sage who is promoted by the first rank."

"The army of the great Han today is the third type, the sharp soldiers of the Qin state."

"But Xunzi also said that this kind of warrior is not the opponent of the army of benevolence and righteousness. The so-called army of benevolence and righteousness does not go to war because of military merit or fame, but because of the determination to save the world. The support of the people, the army that Emperor Gao used to deal with the Qin State, is probably like this!"

"What kind of army do you want?"

In the face of Zhou Chang's aggressive questioning, Liu Chang just buried his head in eating meat and did not answer.

Just as he was eating meat, Lu Lu hurried over, and with him came Bo Fu Qiu.

Liu Chang asked in surprise: "Duke Fuqiu?? Why are you here?"

Lu Lu replied, "I met you on the road."

"Okay, okay, please sit down. Just now, Zhou Xiang was still talking about Xunzi. You are the most clear about Xunzi!"

Liu Chang hurriedly asked Uncle Fu Qiu to sit beside him. When Uncle Fu Qiu sat next to him, Chang Liu was full of confidence and only felt that he could finally exert his full strength.

"Okay, you just mentioned the army of benevolence and righteousness, right?"

Liu Chang swelled in an instant, and looked at Zhou Chang with some disdain in his eyes.

"Now I am a big man sending troops to prevent the people from being mutilated. Why can't this be regarded as a benevolent army? As a king, I will sweep away the dangers that the people may encounter in the future. Isn't this what a benevolent and righteous king should do? "

"It is the common people who go to fight, and the common people who are killed and wounded. At the cost of sacrificing the common people, they will eliminate the threat that does not exist now? If they have offensive thoughts or rude behavior, the minister is willing to be the first for His Majesty, and this reason can be used as a reason. The reason for expanding the territory, the generals regard it as an opportunity for their own promotion, is this really for the people?"

Liu Chang looked at Bo Fu Qiu who was on the side, Bo Fu Qiu immediately said: "The army of benevolence and righteousness mentioned by your majesty is different from the army of benevolence and righteousness you understand."

"The people Your Majesty said are not the people at home, but the people outside the Great Wall! Your Majesty sent troops to protect them!"

Zhou Chang was stunned, you sent people to attack them, and you said protection? ?

He pointed at Uncle Fuqiu and scolded: "Stupid! You are a disciple of Xunzi, how dare you say such a thing??"

Seeing Zhou Chang breaking the defense instantly, Liu Chang also looked at Uncle Fu Qiu curiously.

Fuqiu Bo said righteously: "My teacher said the truth of the army of benevolence and righteousness is not as superficial as you understand it. My teacher said: The army of benevolence and righteousness sends troops, not to launch violence, not to harm others, but to prohibit violence and eliminate violence. Harm, to save others!"

"So the places where they stay will be fully governed, and the places they pass will be educated, like the rain falling in time, and no one is not happy!"

"The barbarian kings outside the Great Wall do not know the etiquette, oppress their people with the harshest taxes, forbid them to eat meat, burn their own people as sacrifices, seize the beauties in the country, kill the innocent indiscriminately, and the nobles and nobles are innocent of murder! Your Majesty sent troops to attack these people, just like Yao attacked Huandou, Shun attacked Sanmiao, Yu attacked Gonggong, Tang attacked Xia Jie, Zhou Wenwang attacked Chongguo, Zhou Wu Wang attacked Shang Zhou!!!”

"The purpose of sending troops is not to compete, but to save these people!"

"Before Your Majesty took Hexi, people in Hexi often starved to death, bandits were rampant, powerful and powerful people were killed, and the people were struggling. Your Majesty sent troops. Now in Hexi, the people are rich and live and work in peace and contentment! If it is flooded, it is necessary to throw children into the water, such cruel behavior will disappear after the arrival of the army of benevolence and righteousness!"

"My teacher once said that as long as there are moral people in the world, it is their mission to educate the world and punish traitors!"

"And what Your Majesty did, doesn't it conform to this truth?!"

"In your eyes, there are only the people in the Han Dynasty, but you ignore the suffering people outside the Great Wall, but you still dare to say that Your Majesty is not benevolent, and His Majesty's kindness is more than what a person like you can think of?!"

"If a country governs its own people with heart and doesn't use cruel means to treat them, will your majesty destroy their country? The kings of the Western Regions, they supported the great Han during the war, there were no cruel sacrifices, and the people were not persecuted, but They fought each other, and the years of war caused countless casualties among the people. His Majesty protected their country, sent soldiers to protect them, stopped them from killing each other, and sent officials to help them run the country and make them strong. This is holy What a human being can do!!"

"I, a great Han, live in the world, and I should cherish the mission of educating and transforming. But if there is any wrongdoing in the world, I will cut it first! If there is poverty, I will save it first! If there is merit, I will reward it first! This is the army of benevolence and righteousness, the king of benevolence and righteousness. , what the country of benevolence and righteousness should bear!!”

"The army you just mentioned is not the army of benevolence and righteousness like Shang Tang, but the disciplined army of Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin! They can defeat Qi Qi, Wei Wu, Qin Rui, but they are not enough to resist His Majesty's army of benevolence and righteousness! !"

After Fu Qiu Bo said something, let alone Zhou Chang, it was Liu Chang, who was stunned at the moment.

Are you the homeowner? ? ?
Zhou Chang opened his mouth several times, but was speechless.

Co-author, I am the villain who has no way, is the one who has been attacking other countries the real saint? ?

He only felt that his mind was a little confused, and what this fellow said seemed to be a bit wrong, and he couldn't refute it.

At this moment, Liu Chang laughed loudly, got up hastily, and took Uncle Fu Qiu's hand.

"Mr. Fuqiu. Could you please write an essay in the newspaper??"

"What you said is what I thought!"

"The mission you mentioned, we don't have a prime minister, how can we let the people in the world have it?"

ps: Confucian scholars from the Han Dynasty to the time of the fall of the Western Han Dynasty all had a certain sense of mission to educate the world. Later generations generally believe that this sense of mission in Confucianism mainly comes from the Zixia School and the Xun School.

Dear Zhong fathers, Lao Lang's tenosynovitis has aggravated a bit, and it hurts very badly when typing. I want to take a leave of absence.

(End of this chapter)