Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 603
"In ancient times, when there was no heaven and earth, there was only a formless image, a smoldering darkness, a radiant glow, a deep hole, and no one knew its gate."

"Man governs with learning, and it begins with enlightenment, and shape begins with images. Learning is called investigating things, and then there is the appearance of heaven and earth. Those who did not start have something that did not exist, and people do not know it."

"There are two kinds of learning, one is knowledge and the other is governance"

Liu Changji sat in front of the bed, holding the book in his hand, and stuttered to read. Lu Lu stood behind him, and when Liu Chang stopped, he would remind him in a low voice what the next word read. With the help of Lu Lu, Liu Chang read fairly fluently.

Gai Gong lay on the bed in a daze, half-closed his eyes, and looked straight in Liu Chang's direction, wondering if he could hear his words.

"Teacher, how about this article? This article is called Psychiatric Science Training. It was written by that incompetent Zhu Zi'an under my inspiration!"

"It's all about scientific cognition and scientific application. Hahaha, this Zhuzi really has the demeanor of a teacher. What the Mohists made the day before yesterday, he wrote it as Huang Lao's the next day. Chen Tao was very angry. It’s bad, I came to me with Huang Lao’s newspaper earlier, my face was red with anger, he is honest, he can’t say bad things, he is anxious and angry.”

"I probably know what this scorpion wants to do. Now it is a unified empire. Academic dispersion and competition will make the rule unstable. The competition between various schools is likely to evolve into a battle between temples and princes. The world is unified. , but this idea has not been unified. Until now, there are still schools of thought that enfeoffment should be thoroughly implemented, and that the emperor of the Han Dynasty should be the same as the emperor of Zhou. Some people think that we should simply go back to an earlier time. I hesitate to learn from King Wu of Zhou For a long time, I wondered whether I should copy my grandson’s practice.”

"In the short term, the unity of thinking is very necessary, but in the long run, lack of competitiveness will definitely lead to the corruption of the school, even the best school, I don't know what the hell it will become in the end. It's hard for me not to want to abolish that competitiveness."

"However, judging from the behavior of this Zhu Zi, he seems to want to use Huang Lao's inclusiveness to integrate many schools, make Huang Lao the mainstream, and other schools to continue to compete with Huang Lao. I don't know whether this is good or bad. I know, but you also know that my knowledge has already reached the point where I am on an equal footing with Lao Tzu and Xun Zi, and it seems a bit bullying to participate in this kind of school. There have been many debates, but no one has lost yet, no matter how powerful you are, you have lost to me."

"They actually dare to argue with me. I'm afraid they don't know that I have learned swordsmanship from you for decades!"

"I have always convinced people with reason, how can they argue better than me?"

"For trivial things like this, I think it's better to leave it to that stick to solve it. Anyway, he has nothing to do, and he is useless in other aspects. He is only so-so in learning and has a little ability. Of course, he is still not as good as me, so I still have it." Let him do it."

Liu Changxu babbled, but Gai Gong just looked at him motionless.

Lu Lu stood aside, wanting to complain about countless things in his heart, but he could only bear it.

"An's Shuzi is actually pretty good. The publication of Leifu's article directly shocked everyone in Chang'an. People in the Taixue were about to fight. Many schools are insulting Huang Lao, but Huang Lao is powerful. I’m not afraid of them either. My favorite thing is to watch the old men fight in Taixue. After you are sick, this Huang Lao has no good debaters. Instead, he is Confucianism. There are several special ones who can fight. Fortunately There are many old people in Huang, so if you can’t beat them alone, call someone to beat them.”

"By the way, teacher, I'm going to teach Bo the swordsmanship you taught me. Although this Zhu Zi is not as knowledgeable as his elder brother, he has the strength and is taller than his elder brother. A few days ago, Liu Ci and the others insisted on He was pestering him to play snowballs, and he threw a snowball in the past. He missed Liu Ci, but overturned Lu Lu. Teacher, do you think there is a mysterious connection between this? How did I find out that when Is my uncle easily injured? Every time I threw a stone, I was able to hit my uncle accurately. Now Liu Bo is the same, he was stunned by Lu Lu at once. It's poisonous!"

Liu Chang talked for a long time, his mouth was dry, and finally he said goodbye to the teacher and left the courtyard.

Walking on the road, Liu Chang smiled and said to Lu Lu: "At the beginning, the teacher told me that all the schools came from Mr. Huang. I really didn't expect that after so many years, my son would actually carry out my teacher's philosophy. Liao An is the crown prince, other people dare not abuse him, otherwise, he would have been scolded to death by now, but the recruiting of disciples is becoming more and more outrageous. He has more than 700 disciples now, right?? Master Huang, this guy doesn't know where he found so many scholars. He built seven or eight mansions to accommodate his disciples. I think this guy wants to surpass Lord Xinling!"

Lu Lu said, "Actually, the crown prince can't be called a doorman. They are all well-educated people. At least in the future, the crown prince will have no shortage of talents. He can arrange talents to go to various places to take up official positions at any time."

"The doormen were brought here to fight. You said that no one dared to fight with Ann. Why does he want so many people?"

"Your Majesty hasn't read today's newspaper?"

"I didn't see it, what's the matter?"

Liu Chang's eyes lit up, and he asked excitedly, "Could it be that someone scolded that Li Zi?"

"It's a disaster. It's a disaster, you! You! It's a disaster! We're done for!"

In the small mansion of the Gongyang School, Gongyangshou was pale, with his hands behind his back, walking back and forth in the mansion, muttering in a low voice, while many of his disciples were kneeling in front of him, Hu Wusheng, Liu Ci , Dong Zhongshu, and Gongsun Hong all bowed their heads and said nothing.

Gong Yangshou paced back and forth, stopped in front of Hu Wusheng again, pointed at him and cursed: "Tell me about you. What does the prince learn from the Mohist school, what does it have to do with you? Why are you criticizing the prince in the newspaper?" ? Do you know what crime this is?? Do you know who the current imperial doctor is?!"

"If you want to criticize, criticize it. Why do you insult the whole Huang Lao?? You also said that they have nothing at all, and they copied hundreds of schools. You are almost pointing at the prince's nose and calling him incompetent."

Liu Ci hurriedly raised his head, "Teacher, brother has already scolded me. He said at the end that my elder brother's articles are exaggerated, show off his knowledge everywhere, show off his knowledge, but none of them are his own ideas. He just copied things from various schools and forcibly Mixing things from various schools together. There is nothing worth admiring, and you can only enjoy reading pompous and useless words like the beauties in the Wuding Building."

Gong Yangshou's face darkened, and he clenched his fist several times.

Hu Wusheng said very seriously: "What I'm telling is the truth. Your Majesty's articles are simple but have great connotations. Your Highness's articles are wonderful but empty. They seem to cover everything, but in fact they are all patchwork. There is no truth at all." actual"

"To shut up!"

Gong Yangshou scolded him, "Is this a question of telling the truth?? How do I teach you on weekdays?"

"The teacher taught me to be upright and unyielding."

"I"

Gong Yangshou wished he could slap himself a few times.

In the morning, Gongyangshou was eating wine outside, and a few Confucian people came to him. Gongyangshou thought they were looking for trouble, and were about to fight, but these people hurriedly knelt down and said that they admired Gongyangshou. , To be able to teach such a powerful disciple, Gong Yangshou was confused until he saw the newspaper they handed over. Knelt in front of him and listened to the training.

Gongyang Shou is really angry.

This matter had nothing to do with the Gongyang School, and the Mohists didn't dare to say anything, what kind of hero are you going to be? ?
It's fine if it was in the past, but now that Chao Cuo is in the position, what can't the dog thief do? ?

The Ram School is already on the decline, isn't it going to be over for good? ?
Gongyang Shou was trembling with anger, pointing at Hu Wusheng and scolding: "Wait, wait! We are going to be killed!! Your article has caused a big disaster!"

Liu Ci was shocked, raised his head hastily, and asked, "Teacher, will I be punished too?"

"except you!"

"Great!! I don't have to be punished by the clan!!"

Liu Ci clapped his hands.

"Teacher, maybe it's not as bad as you think. I have met the prince. His Highness is not a cruel person, and what the senior brother said is not all wrong. In my opinion, this move is not only harmless, but also our ram. School of"

Before Dong Zhongshu finished speaking, someone knocked on the door and interrupted his speech.

"Did you see it? Someone has already come to arrest us!! I took you guys, it's just bad luck!!"

Gong Yangshou cursed, but his face gradually calmed down.

He glanced at Hu Wusheng, and reprimanded: "You will be fined to study for a whole year in the study!! Let Gongsun Hong take care of the school affairs for the time being!"

He didn't wait for Hu Wusheng's answer, and went directly to open the door.

Sure enough, there were a dozen or so young men standing outside the door. They were all dressed as scribes and wore long swords around their waists. They looked extremely unfriendly. They looked at the old man in front of them with some malicious intentions and asked, "Hu Wu Is Sheng here?"

Gong Yangshou raised his head and asked disdainfully, "Who are you?"

"It's under the prince's door. Let Hu Wu be born."

"Oh, he's under the crown prince's family? Then there's no need to go to Hu Wusheng. I ordered him to write that article, and I'm the head of the Gongyang School! You just ask me, what's the matter?"

Hu Wusheng was taken aback, and hurried forward, "I am Hu Wusheng."

The group of people were a little surprised, looking at the two people in front of them, the leader said with a sneer: "In this case, the two of them went together and we came to look for it, not for anything else, just to invite this Let's save some face with the ignorant Highness, and take the time to teach."

"To teach that useless Highness, why do you need my disciples? I am enough!"

Gong Yangshou pushed away the two young men in front of him, and walked out swaggeringly. Those people were shocked, and angrily put their hands on the hilt of their waists. Gong Yangshou was not afraid at all, facing They scolded: "What are you doing still in a daze? Why don't you keep up?"

"Well, Gongyangshou! I thought you were old and didn't want to offend, but you dare to humiliate our prince! Take him away!!"

Several people directly pushed Gong Yangshou and left here. Hu Wusheng was a little anxious and hurried forward, but Liu Ci stopped him. Liu Ci rushed to the door in a hurry, facing the last one who was about to leave. The doorman shouted: "You! It's you! Come here!"

The doorman glanced at Liu Ci, looked at his clothes, and looked like a prince, probably understood his identity, and hurried forward.

"What are your orders, son?"

"It's like this. The person you took away is my teacher. If he is injured, I will kill your nine clans, and then flee back to Fengguo. That's all, you can go!"

The doorman's face turned pale, and he was about to say something, but Liu Ci had already turned his back and looked at the few people in front of him proudly, "Teacher, don't worry. If you push me, I will go find Big mother, just say that big brother's followers want to kill me!"

The doorman's hands trembled slightly, and he quickly caught up with the group of people in the distance, and said something in a low voice, and those people immediately moved away from Gong Yangshou.

The group of people left just like that, Hu Wusheng's face was extremely serious.

"I can't let the teacher be punished instead of me for what I do"

"Don't worry. My elder brother is not a person who doesn't understand the truth. Besides, I'm his own younger brother. As long as I try to persuade him with good words, if it doesn't work, he will cry and roll around. He will definitely let us go!"

Liu Ci is quite confident.

Dong Zhongshu was not in a panic either, "His Royal Highness will never hurt the teacher. The only thing we have to worry about is Chao Cuo. Chao Cuo is a man who will do anything for his political achievements. He wants to take care of everything. He has to participate in the affairs of the imperial school. He will definitely get involved in this kind of thing. Not only will the crown prince not murder us, on the contrary, the crown prince may be able to protect us. Therefore, the most important thing we should do now is to rush to the crown prince's mansion."

Dong Zhongshu usually looks dumb and silly, always slowing others down, but when it comes to this kind of time, his reaction seems to be faster than anyone else.

Gong Sunhong also nodded and said: "With the crown prince, it is just an academic dispute, but if it is Chao Cuo here, it is a crime of disrespect. Chao Cuo has been attacking many schools. He will not let go of this opportunity."

Just as Gong Sunhong finished speaking, the door was kicked open immediately.

A few armored soldiers who looked like tigers and wolves rushed in, staring at the people in front of them, an official came in from behind them, looked at the people, and ordered: "Except for the son Ci, the rest are tied up and taken back!"

Hu Wusheng was furious, and pulled out his long sword abruptly, "It's my fault alone, why did they also get involved?"

The official laughed when he saw Hu Wusheng drawing out his long sword.

"Arrest. Shoot."

"Shoot your mom!!"

Liu Ci couldn't sit still anymore, he directly picked up the wooden sword, stood in front of everyone, stared fiercely at the official, "Come on, come on, take a step forward if you are not afraid of death today. No surname Liu! Chao Cuo is nothing! If you have the guts, go ahead and try!!"

The official said with a stern face, "My lord, please get out of the way, or I will act according to the law."

"Hahaha, Naigong is standing here, what can you do?"

Liu Ci was not afraid of him at all, walked up to him in a few steps, raised his head, and looked at him with mockery on his face.

Gong Yangshou was pushed into a mansion, there were many people in the mansion, there were more than 60 people, these people were still talking about something excitedly, when those people pushed Gong Yangshou in , They immediately closed their voices.

The entire mansion looked extremely indifferent, with dozens of people staring at Gong Yangshou.

Gong Yangshou, who had a tough face just now, started to sweat.

He wiped his sweat and tried not to shake his legs.

Following them into the inner room, they all stood at the door, staring at him with cold eyes.

Liu An was sitting in the inner room, chatting happily with several people, seeing Gong Yangshou walking in, Liu An was taken aback, why is it not Hu Wusheng?

Gong Yangshou walked in front of Liu An very stubbornly, and said loudly: "I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"I made a mistake. I had a drink a few days ago and told nonsense to my disciples. They believed it to be true and wrote my nonsense. Please forgive me for my crime. But these are not my original intentions. I He respects His Highness the Crown Prince very much, oh, yes, I am over sixty years old."

Liu An stared dumbfounded at Gong Yangshou, he never thought that a person could be so tough and cowardly.

Gongyangshou is a direct descendant of Gongyang Gao, but since he was a child, he has shown some characters that do not fit the family characteristics, he is fierce and aggressive, and he has committed crimes at a young age, so he can only run away. His father almost fainted In the past, how did our academic family produce such a thing? ?When he was young, he had already become a ranger, fooling around, causing trouble, and never came home for 16 years. When he returned home, his father had passed away. The whole school had completely declined.

From then on, Gongyangshou picked up the family inheritance and began to devote himself to the road of revitalizing the Gongyang School, but the knight-errant demeanor has always been lingering. Since then, there has been a Confucian master who is least like everyone in the world.

Seeing Gong Yangshou's appearance, Liu An laughed out loud.

"How could I punish you? You testify against my fault. This is the way of a sincere gentleman. People in the world are afraid of me, dare not tell the truth, only know flattery, even if they know my mistake, they dare not say so, How can I increase my knowledge? You are not afraid of offending me and pointed out my shortcomings. I think what you said is quite to the point. Your criticism of me is really something few people can touch. See It turns out that you have read many of my articles and I would like to ask you for advice”

Now, it was Gong Yangshou's turn to be dumbfounded.

As the emperor's own son, don't you somewhat violate the precepts of your ancestors and humiliate your family by being so magnanimous? ?

Do you want to reward instead of punish?

Gong Yangshou hastily bowed again, "Please redeem your sins!! In fact, these were written by my disciples. I mistakenly thought that you were going to punish me with a villainous heart, so I came here to admit my mistake. Actually, these have nothing to do with me. They are all written by my disciple Hu Wusheng. He is extremely knowledgeable and has a vicious gaze."

As Gong Yangshou spoke, he seemed to remember something, and shouted, "It's broken!!!"

"Chao Cuo!!!"

(End of this chapter)