Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 619 is full of cannibalism
Chao Cuo triumphantly left Houde Hall.

But Liu An asked: "Father, you started with me. Did you bury me or the festival or me?"

Liu An didn't say it too bluntly, but the meaning was expressed.

But Liu Chang motioned him to sit closer, and An sat on Father's right hand, Liu Chang grabbed his shoulder, "Of course it started when you buried me, those who think about what will happen after death are bullshit, You didn’t live well while you were alive, so what can you do when you die? Look at your elder father, your elder father doesn’t care about this. When he was critically ill, the minister in charge of etiquette once asked about the burial. He slapped him, telling him not to block himself from watching Mrs. Shi dance, your eldest father just follow me on this point, and be as open-minded as me!"

Liu An hesitated to speak, and swallowed the words in his heart.

"Father, I understand all these reasons, and I also think festival burials are right, but if domestic affairs, big or small, are carried out in such a tough way, I am worried that it will cause public resentment. It will become difficult for them to accept it sincerely. In the future, it will be hard to say which unworthy descendants will abolish your laws in order to gain fame. To implement policies, first let the people know good and bad, teach them, let them distinguish right from wrong, and let them know. It will get twice the result with half the effort, and it can last for a long time. Forcing the people to accept it is the worst behavior. The best policy is to let the people accept it voluntarily, the second is to let the people think about it, and the worst is to force the people to accept it. "

"The reason why I don't like Han Feizi's theory is because Han Feizi regards the people as stupid. If they can't let them know the state affairs, they have to be enforced and can't compromise with them. Those who perish, the great Han cannot follow the path of the Qin State, and the people must be wise and knowledgeable, so that the country can be governed forever!"

"Today, Chao Cuo is practicing Han Feizi's learning, treating officials as enemies, princes and kings as sinners, and dismissing the people. I don't think this is the right idea."

Liu An frowned and said in a low voice.

Liu Chang laughed, "I know what you're thinking, but you're right!"

"But I still want to do it!"

"You have to remember, you must not follow my example!"

Liu An smiled wryly, "I just want to follow suit, but I'm afraid I don't have the ability."

"I don't understand. My father knows such a truth, so why does he use Chao Cuo again and use strong means to implement it?"

Liu Chang stroked his beard and said calmly: "Because there are so many things I want to accomplish. Time does not wait! In governing a country, nothing should be taken lightly. From my point of view, I dare not disobey, even if I forcefully give an order, no one dares to complain. As for infamy, who dares to scold me face to face?? I am different from ordinary kings. I can do things that other kings cannot do. do it!"

"That's why I've always been worried that you would imitate me. You don't have the ability like me. If you follow suit forcefully, you may cause serious problems. However, you can treat state affairs cautiously and don't rush. I am very pleased!"

"Father's reputation is too high!"

"Look at you. After listening to a few good words, you can't close your mouth. With such a character, how can you achieve great things? People can't just listen to good words, let alone praise! You have to learn from me in this regard, honor and disgrace Don't be surprised!"

"only!!!"

Liu Chang asked again: "Is the family okay? How is it compared to the past?"

Liu An smiled embarrassingly, "It's good. It's just that I can't go out to meet with my friends at night, and today I've been delayed for so long, and I have to listen to her nagging when I go back."

"Hahaha, I started complaining so soon."

The father and son didn't talk about state affairs anymore. After the attendants brought some food, Liu Chang was like an ordinary father, eating wine and bragging to his incompetent children, "I'm different, I just eat every night If you don't go back, your mother can't control me. I am at home, from childhood to adulthood, I have always said what I say, and I have never been restrained by others. A man, you have to pay more attention to family affairs. If you can’t manage it well, how can you manage a family of millions like a big man?”

"Father is right!"

Liu An poured him some wine, and sat obediently aside.

"I've heard people say, what have you come up with recently. It's called Dao-based, absorbing hundreds of schools of thought, integrating them, and learning to govern the country??"

"Father, this is what I thought of after Hu Wusheng's reminder. Confucianism is benevolent, ink is both love, Huang Lao is Tao. I am governing!"

"Governance??? What do you mean?"

"Governing the world, in simple terms, is to use the knowledge of a hundred schools of thought to manage the world, put the people first, build politics for the people, pay attention to the effectiveness of governance, oppose empty talk, and pay attention to practical work"

Liu Chang was a little disdainful, "Then you are too simple, right? I can tell this kind of truth when I was two or three years old."

Liu An was not angry either, but just asked with a smile: "There are also complicated explanations? Father, do you want to listen?"

"Forget it, let me give you some advice after you finish writing."

"Besides, the core of the school is not necessarily the most complicated, but the most suitable. The benevolence of Confucianism is not complicated. But it can evolve many things, for example."

"Okay, why are you talking about a few compliments? I am the true biography of Xunzi, do you still need you to explain Confucianism to me?"

Liu Chang interrupted his son angrily, he was also a little drunk at the moment, "I can use whichever is useful, but you are good, copy whoever is useful"

"Father, why don't you take a break. We can talk tomorrow?"

"What? You're starting to be afraid of your wife? Look at your worthless appearance."

"Learn more from me, I have never been afraid of your mother."

Liu An secretly pushed him.

"No. It's Grandma who's here."

Liu Chang raised his head and saw Cao Shu standing at the door. Liu Chang immediately responded with a simple and honest smirk.

Liu An said goodbye and left. Cao Shu helped Liu Chang change his clothes and complained, "An just got married, why are you leaving him in the palace? You, how do you look like a man who wants to be a father?"

Liu Chang just smirked, "Isn't there still you? I don't look like you, you just look like me."

"I've been comforting E's place for a long time. You have to go to her place more, she is not very happy these days. And Qing, there have been many rumors recently that Bo is going to go to the country, and she is also worried."

Listening to the familiar nagging, Liu Chang lay comfortably on the bed.

"Shu. By this time next year, we're going to be big parents, right?"

"maybe."

"How time flies! I am at this age, strong and experienced. It is a pity not to fight."

"What does it mean that you have to go to war if you are strong?"

"If you don't go to war when you are strong, do you have to wait until you are gray-haired?"

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The next day, when Chao Cuo read the new decree loudly, the officials were in an uproar.

It turned out that everyone just made up a joke to laugh at Chao Cuo, saying that if someone went to him to file a complaint, he would arrest all the people who complained, but now, Chao Cuo is really planning to do so.

The tomb thief went to rob the tomb, and he actually said that the person whose tomb was robbed was also at fault.

What's the point? ?

Everyone can understand the advocacy of festival burials, but if you don't have festival burials, you will be beheaded? ?
Are you still a person? ?
The officials almost exploded. If Liu Chang hadn't sat lazily on the top position and dozed off, these people would have scolded them long ago, but with Liu Chang here, they could only keep their anger and dare not speak out. Look, especially those who come from Confucianism, of course filial piety is the most important thing for Confucianism, the great Han ruled the country with filial piety, this is the only political advantage that Confucianism can use against Huang Lao, Confucian people attach great importance to these etiquette , especially funerals, whenever someone holds a funeral in a splendid manner, uses the most funerary objects to bury his family members, and volunteers to stay by his mausoleum, he always gets the attention of Confucianism.

Many people became famous because of this, and it became more and more serious. At the end of the Han Dynasty, it even became an important means of becoming famous, such as a certain famous four generations and three princes.

But Chao Cuo directly criticized this kind of behavior as unfilial and fame-seeking behavior. Instead of rewarding him, he even punished him. Is that okay? ?
Chao Cuo added a strong stroke to his notorious life history.

Some ministers were angry, while others ridiculed.

It's not just the nobles who value these things, it's even more so among the common people. If you order like this, you just wait to be insulted by the people of the world!
Liu Chang directly passed Chao Cuo's memorial, and the decree was officially issued.

Sure enough, after the decree was promulgated, it caused an uproar in various places, and quickly aroused the dissatisfaction of a large number of people. However, Chao Cuo had expected this situation a long time ago. He sent more people to various places, asked them to strictly supervise, and told them, Anyone who is dissatisfied with this policy will be arrested and questioned.

Typical kingly behavior, road and purpose is simply the best description.

And the most obvious manifestation of this opposition is in Taixue, where Confucian scholars exploded completely. They are not afraid of Chao Cuo. Some people write articles to criticize, while others are directly preparing to block Chao Cuo. At the mansion, some people took everyone to go to the palace. Fuqiu Bo was very worried and intervened many times, but he couldn't suppress the anger in the Confucian scholars' hearts. Finally, Chao Cuo's mansion was besieged by the Confucian scholars. These Confucian scholars He was soon taken away by Ting Wei.

Chao Cuo used the excuse of Taixue's troubles, and directly wrote "Zhengyan", which was justified and passed, and established a series of management measures for Taixue.

At this moment, Chao Cuo's notoriety reached its peak. From the temple to the countryside, no one does not hate him. The nursery rhymes about him in the countryside are one after another, and the rangers are targeting him one after another. He almost became the second. Guo Kai.

On the first day this decree was promulgated, burials began to be strictly controlled. Of course, there were those who were unwilling. In many places, people clashed with officials and were arrested. Confucian scholars actively propagated that these People are true filial sons, and because of filial piety, they conflict with officials and refuse to let their parents suffer, so they must do their best to rescue them. In this kind of matter, Chao Cuo actually has no assistants, because he is Huang Lao, who has a bad relationship with Confucianism. , At this time, I dare not stand by his side.

There have been frequent fluctuations in various places, many people have been arrested, and even officials from various places have written letters, requesting the abolition of such laws and regulations.

The memorials of the ministers flew to Liu Chang like snowflakes.

And Liu Chang, dismissive of this, he is in Han Xin's mansion at the moment.

Han Xin was writing something, and Liu Chang was eating the fruit, sitting beside him, watching with his head sideways, he just ate, and made a loud noise.

Han Xin also didn't understand why this scorpion could be so annoying when he ate anything.

"Master? Have you finished writing??"

"Haven't you come to take refuge with me?"

"Refuge??"

"Heh, all the ministers have started writing letters to me. This is the first time. It can be seen what you have forced them into."

"Ah?? How dare they write a letter to Master? What did they say?"

"It is said that there is a villain bewitching the sage, let me kill the villain and justify the name of the emperor."

Liu Chang sneered, "These people who are trying to gain fame are worthy of my asylum? All of them say that they are righteous, but they are actually afraid of ruining their own interests. These people used to gain fame through such filial ways. Yes, if I don't approve of such filial piety, it will damage their reputation. It's a bit of a dog. If you don't dare to stand up, you will instigate the Tai students, and even create momentum in the local area, trying to make me compromise."

"The Confucians want the whole world to abide by their set of etiquette. When my father passed away, they insisted that my elder brother observe filial piety for five years, and let us observe filial piety for three years. They also said that the whole world must observe filial piety. All the doors are closed, and everyone in the world stays at home and mourns silently for a year. Isn’t this farting? If you do this, the world will die Continue to work, and they will start to accuse the person of being unfilial."

"Some of the common people, who can't afford to eat, want to hold a grand funeral, but they don't want to bear the reputation of being unfilial. These people's etiquette is cannibalism, and they insist on feeding the dead with the food of the living. Feeding is filial piety. , but after feeding, what do they want to eat? These Confucian scholars don’t care about it!”

"Not to mention the rich and powerful, they can't wait to take all their belongings with them. The carts of gold, clothes, and rare books. When my elder brother passed away, my son, in order to show his filial piety, bought ten cars. The gold for the car, more than 300 pieces of Chinese clothes, and many strong crossbows and swords. Jewelry, books, fancy clothes, crossbows, swords, and spears, I wish I could throw all the belongings of Chu State into it!!! And the rest of the great Confucianists still say that they are filial and virtuous! If my Zhongfu knew that he had accumulated wealth all his life To be buried with him like this, not to be used for state affairs, he won't break the legs of these Confucian scholars?!"

"I finally know why Father peed in their hat!"

"If it were me, I would directly shoot arrows at their heads!"

Han Xin was silent for a long time, it seems that this time, Zhu Zi was really angry.

Liu Chang sneered, "These people said that the people in the local area were against it so much, so I went around outside Chang'an for a few times, and the people didn't pay as much attention to the false name as they said, and many poor people were relieved. Tone, I finally don’t have to swell my face to pretend to be filial, they can’t even eat food, should they sell themselves to hold a funeral?! They even dared to besiege Chao Cuo’s mansion, the majestic Sangong.”

Han Xin narrowed his eyes, "You want to attack Confucianism?"

"I supported Confucianism in the first place, not to let them prosper and later oppose me!"

"Be obedient, they are the ones who can compete with Huang Lao. If they are not obedient, I will let them know that the first emperor can do it, and the emperor of Han can do it too."

Han Xin laughed, "Actually, most of the people who were arrested by Emperor Shihuang were alchemists."

"I don't care about that."

Han Xin didn't pay attention to these people anymore, he said: "The Peacock and Baicheng are officially at war. I have already ordered a large number of obsolete ordnance to be transported to Xiting Kingdom. It depends on how Liu Qi handles this matter. I am still preparing Gathered a cavalry, headed by Chai Wu, let them get ready and set off towards the poisonous body. When necessary, I will intervene. This is a good opportunity. The more chaos they have in the country, the more beneficial it is for the big man. You Don't always look at those things that pay tribute. This time, I will let the whole body come to pay tribute to you. I will station the army of the big man and let them bear the consumption."

Han Xin narrowed his eyes, his words were full of confidence.

Liu Chang also stopped thinking about those annoying guys, and said with a smile: "It's so good! Teacher, just do it, if you can't do it, just give it"

"Ok??"

"Of course the teacher can do it!"

"Teacher, I just think that Chai Wu is an old man, and it may not be easy to go to such a distant place. Why don't you change to a capable general?"

"You mean Zhou Yafu?"

"No, I mean myself!"

"I'll bring 2000 people over there, and I'm sure to capture the Peacock King and present it to you!!"

Han Xin was silent for a while, and scolded: "What's the use of that Peacock King?! As the king of a country, how can you go out in person?!"

In Taixue, Fu Qiubo frowned. He was already very old and could hardly walk without crutches. At this moment, he looked at the great Confucians who came to petition in front of him, and he was very worried, including his own. disciple.

"Everyone. Taixue is a place to study knowledge, and it is not suitable to participate in these things."

"Not only will I not lead you to the letter, but I will prevent you from doing it!"

When everyone heard what Fu Qiubo said, they immediately became a little anxious.

"You are the leader of Confucianism today. The emperor credulously trusts treacherous officials. To punish filial people and encourage unfilial behavior is simply the most absurd thing in the world. If you don't stop it, who can do it?"

Uncle Fuqiu shook his head, "Confucianism values ​​filial piety, but filial piety is not just a matter of death. It is to honor parents sincerely, let them eat delicious food, let them wear warm clothes, and personally serve them with medicine when they are sick. , this can be called a filial son, so why use these unrealistic etiquette to prove it?"

As soon as this remark came out, the Confucian scholars were in an uproar.

"Not a Confucianist, but a real villain!!!"

Someone yelled and cursed.

(End of this chapter)