Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 858 South of South Vietnam
"Hahaha, Mr. Ding, come on, eat something."

Liu Ci grinned, his face full of flattery, and he was sitting beside the old man at the moment, with the food in his hand, his eyes full of anticipation.

Liu Ci's move made Ruyi shake her head.

Liu Liang sat not far away, watching his younger brother's stupid appearance, he simply closed his eyes and chose not to look.

Liu Ci's cellmate is the well-known Confucian Ding Kuan. As a learned Confucian in Chang'an, a famous Confucian in Taixue. This Confucian who can pull a strong bow and wear heavy armor is still very good in prison. Those who can get away with it, except for a few who don't have good eyesight, will not provoke this person.Liu Ci is also true. After provoking him once, he turned into an admirer of Ding Kuan. He followed Ding Kuan all day, and he just asked Ding Kuan to go to Xia Kingdom with him.

"Ding Gong, you should eat more. If you don't eat more, how can you have the strength to go to my country of Xia?"

As a Confucian, Ding Kuan is actually quite reasonable.

At the beginning Liu Ci was very rude to him, and he was about to strike when he came up, but Ding Kuan just punched him and sent him to sleep peacefully. If Liu Liang didn't shake him awake, he might not be able to sleep for more than an hour.

But now Liu Ci was extremely polite to him, and Ding Kuan also became polite to him.

Confucianism is good at this point. They will show great respect to the superiors, especially the superiors they value, unlike Huang Lao, who thinks the superiors are not easy to get along with, so they go straight to the deep mountains and old forests to cultivate immortals Of course, the obedience to superiors is still not as good as Legalism, but etiquette is very comprehensive in all aspects. Legalism may listen to superiors, but it can never be like Confucianism. Confucianism has its own way of dealing with superiors. The etiquette, including how to listen to the other party's words, how to salute the other party, and how to speak to the other party, has its own set of things, which will be very useful to the superior.

For example, when a legalist met Liu Ci, he probably just performed a common courtesy and then stepped aside, but for Confucianism, it is a courtesy to the Sangong, a courtesy to the princes and kings, and another courtesy to the emperor. Even if Liu Ci handed the food to Ding Kuan, Ding Kuan would pick it up according to the etiquette, thank you.

This taste is very addictive. When Liu Bang founded the country, there were a bunch of sages from Peixian County in the court.

Moreover, most of the scholars are Huang Lao, who don't care about etiquette.

The result was that the emperor was fighting with his generals in the hall, and some people dared to come up and secretly kick the emperor's ass. Facing the emperor, he said that he was the eldest brother, and even held the emperor's hand and asked the emperor to let him go to the war. The temples in the early Han Dynasty were very down-to-earth. A meeting is like a meeting of hooligans. Everyone sits together and talks, and drinks a few drinks while talking.Some people went to the bathroom halfway through the court meeting, and came out after the court meeting was over.

Liu Bang felt that this was not right and needed to be changed, so he asked his uncle and grandson to use the Confucian etiquette to set a set of rules for himself.

After Shu Suntong let him experience the Confucian etiquette and treatment, Liu Bang happily shouted: "I just found out how cool it is to be an emperor today!"

Then the big Han will have the initial etiquette, and the fight between the emperor and the general will not happen, but before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the temples of the Western Han Dynasty were still very down-to-earth. It is very strict, because most of the emperors are surrounded by muddy people. It is not very appropriate to let these people practice too complicated etiquette. More and more, layer by layer.

It was only then that the minister got up in the middle of the night to clean his stomach and went out in the early morning. The court council stood aside, and he had to do all kinds of tricks when he got up to say something.

Now, Liu Ci is obviously very addicted to Ding Kuan's etiquette.

Liu Ci used to come into contact with some rams, but apart from the shortcomings of superstition and nagging, rams are actually relatively simple in terms of etiquette, not as mad as later generations. At least they allow courtiers to go to the bathroom. Solving normal physiological needs, later, this became a crime of disrespect.

They looked down on etiquette, so they were not so polite to Liu Ci. This was the first time Liu Ci met someone who was so polite to him.

"Thank you for your great love, but the minister is now a prisoner, how can I follow the king to the Xia Kingdom, and I can't afford to be so kind to the king."

"Ding Gong, don't say such words. With your strength, heck, with your knowledge, how could father kill you? My father is very tolerant of talented people, just like That Chao Cuo, if not for his ability, he would have been killed hundreds of times."

Ding Kuan had no words, and Liu Ci said again: "You really shouldn't hang out with these Luru. These people deserve what they deserve. They dare to instigate my second brother to touch my eldest brother. Isn't this crazy? That's my second brother. In Dai, if he were in Chang'an, he would have to wrench their heads off on the spot. By the way, you may not believe it. Although you are also very knowledgeable, my second brother is even more knowledgeable. He is taller than you Well, the crossbow is like a toy in his hand, and he can lift it with one hand, so if he comes to Chang'an to debate, he will be a good hand."

Ding Kuan said seriously: "The subject is arguing for his own opinion, and has never mixed with Lu Ru, but this instigates the foreign king, which is tantamount to treason, and should be punished. I didn't find out in time, so it should be the same crime."

"Don't be guilty of the same crime!"

Liu Ci shouted: "Those who don't know are not guilty! You don't know!"

"Anyway, don't worry, you will be fine. Father is a reasonable person. After I go out, I will tell him the truth and let him release you! Then you follow me to Xiaguo, I I also came from Confucianism, I learned from Gongyang Shou, and I am a sick person of the Gongyang School!"

Liu Liang closed his eyes tightly, but he still couldn't help it, "It's Liding."

Liu Ci ignored it, just took Ding Kuan's hand, and talked about the bright future, "There are 1000 million iron cavalry in my country, and all the knights are heavily armored, and each of them has three horses. The horses are all wrapped in iron. It can be said to be invincible in the world.”

Liu Liang said softly: "These words should be told to Ding Gong after you can go out."

Liu Ci was a little unconvinced, "Father won't lock me up for too long, he just has too many things to do and forgot about the two of us, so we will stay here until he remembers that there are two sons staying here." When we are here, we will definitely be released.”

Liu Ci thought so, but he didn't think too much, because someone came the next day and took Liu Liang away. The emperor released the king of Beidi.

Liu Ci doesn't quite understand now, you can remember that the third brother is in prison, you can't forget that I am also there, right? ?
But Liu Ci still comforted himself, these are not important, this time I met Ding Kuan, a talent like Ding Kuan, it would be great to be able to accompany him for a while, anyway, Father will not forget himself.

After a few days, sure enough, the emperor sent someone again.

Ding Kuan was released on the spot.

At this moment, in Yushi Mansion, Yuan An's lips trembled slightly. He is a well-mannered person who doesn't scold others easily, but now he can't hold back anymore.

Pit! ! !

Another year in vain! !
Going abroad without permission is tantamount to treason! !
Probably seeing Yuan An's restlessness, Liu Heng hastily comforted him: "You don't have to worry, His Majesty has already issued an order not to make this matter public, nor to pursue the fault of King Zhao. You will not be punished for this. Yes, you did a good job in Zhao Guo, and you still have to give rewards."

Yuan Ang took a deep breath, bowed slightly to Liu Heng, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"You don't need to be like this. I know how my elder brother is. It's not easy for you these days. When you come to Chang'an this time, please stay for a few more days and take care of yourself."

Yuan Ang shook his head, "No. We still have to go back as soon as possible, there are still many things to do in the country."

Liu Heng looked at him with eyes full of approval, "You are really a good minister."

"My elder brother is lucky to have a virtuous minister like you to assist him. You don't have to worry about it. With me in Yushi's mansion, I will definitely not wrong you in the future."

Although Liu Heng didn't say it clearly, Yuan Ang already understood what he meant. With him in Yushifu, don't worry about losing his head at any time.

This is very good news for Yuan Ang.

He hurriedly stood up and thanked him.

After seeing off this Prime Minister Zhao, Liu Heng also felt rather helpless, the third brother is too capable of making trouble.

After taking the things to report, Liu Heng rushed to the palace by car.

When he came to the palace, there were other guests in Houde Hall.

Liu Chang sat in the upper position, and on the left and right were some great Confucian scholars. On the left was Wang Tong and Empress Meng who had shined in the past, and on the right was Ding Kuan.

Liu Chang looked very happy, and was enthusiastically asking them about the confusion he had encountered. However, these three world-renowned Confucian scholars were helpless and dumbstruck in the face of the emperor's inquiry.

"I heard that Mozi used to be a disciple of Confucianism, and later he came out of Confucianism and created the current Mohism. Therefore, many contents of Mohism are contrary to Confucianism, but whatever Confucianism advocates, Mohism must oppose it. ?”

Of course, these great Confucians can answer tens of thousands of words casually for basic questions like this, ensuring that nothing leaks out.

But when the Elder continued to ask: Why did Mozi fail to achieve anything when he studied Confucianism, but when he became a sage the other way around, these great Confucians couldn't continue.

How else can this be answered?If they had the status of Mencius and Xunzi, they could proudly say that a beast without a ruler is not worthy of learning the way of a sage, but they have not reached that level. Even if a hundred schools of thought contend, it is still an equal fight. I have never heard of a Confucian scholar Get up and scold Mozi, Lao Tzu and others.

As a descendant of Mencius, the Empress Meng is under great pressure at the moment. As we all know, the relationship between Mencius and the Mohists is quite bad. Well, in fact, Mencius has a bad relationship with anyone. It was this grumpy big brother who first set off Confucianism's scolding war against a hundred schools of thought. , it was also the big brother who first started the personal attack. It can only be said that the later Confucian scholars managed to "retain the dross and discard the essence". They did not inherit the good things from Mencius, but only inherited what they did not deserve. thing.

He didn't know how to answer, but Wang Tong said softly: "Your Majesty, Confucianism is only one way to govern the world, and there are many ways to govern the world. Different methods must be adopted at different times, and they are not static. But Confucianism knows how to change itself better than any school, and schools that don’t know how to change will perish. Even if they become prominent schools for a period of time and overwhelm Confucianism, they will not be able to compare with the internal innovation of Confucianism. It will be the same."

"Oh?? What's the reason?"

"Because Confucianism attaches great importance to education, most of the schools are very strict in teaching students. Huang Lao is not a talented person. In the past, the Mohists taught students and separated them from their families, and the farmers asked them to wear tattered clothes to plow the fields. Being an official means earning your own living. I am not criticizing these schools of thought, it is just that they cannot gather more talented people in such a way. It is a minority. Confucianism has been cultivating for a long time, spreading its branches and leaves, teaching without discrimination, and has no unreasonable requirements for disciples. There are no conditions for accepting disciples. There will always be outstanding people who will always change with the times.”

Wang Tong's words seem to be somewhat metaphorical, using Mozi as a metaphor for the prince, and Mohism as a metaphor for today's Huang Lao.

But Liu Chang didn't refute it, because after the founding of the country, the situation of the big Han is indeed that there are more and more Confucianism. Huang Lao recruits disciples to follow the elite route.

In fact, the Hundred Schools did not completely disappear in the Han Dynasty. You must know that when the Han Dynasty perished, there were many other schools of thought in various places, such as a certain Wuhou who learned the law of inviolability. Be regarded as Confucianism.

Liu Chang nodded, "What you said makes sense."

After looking at Meng, he asked again: "I heard that you are a descendant of Mencius. I want to know, does the people mentioned by Mencius in his claim refer to those rich and powerful families, or does it include all the common people?"

"All the people."

"Why do you say that?"

"Mencius once asked the king to treat all the people as his own children and treat them equally."

"That's not enough to explain."

"Mencius once said that it should be set up as a Xiangxu school to teach, and he advocated teaching for all, so that all people can accept education, and all ordinary people are enlightened."

Liu Chang nodded thoughtfully.

He finally looked at Ding Kuan, and Ding Kuan was also ready to be questioned.

"Do you want to be exiled to Xia Kingdom or the Northwest Three Kingdoms?"

Ding Kuan fell silent suddenly, why is it not an academic problem when you ask me? ?
Liu Chang said seriously: "Although you did not conspire with Lu Ru, you took the lead in this matter. When you argued with everyone, you were their accomplice. I can pardon your capital crime, but you can't stay here any longer. Chang'an is here, you can choose a place."

"I wish to go to Xia."

"very good!"

Obviously, Liu Chang was very satisfied with his choice.

Seeing the fourth brother coming, Liu Chang had no choice but to hastily end the inquiry, and let a few people go back first. After they left, Liu Heng sat in front of Liu Chang, and asked suspiciously: "Why do you When did you start to become so interested in learning?"

Liu Heng also did not expect that one day he would see his younger brother summon a great Confucian to inquire about academic matters. This is not like his usual behavior at all.

Liu Chang grinned and explained, "I've always been eager to learn."

Liu Heng felt that this guy must be suffocating some bad water again, but he didn't ask any more questions. He picked up the thing, put it in front of Liu Chang, and said seriously: "This is the situation in various places last year, mainly in terms of government affairs. Yes, can you see if there are any mistakes?"

"Whose is this?? Impeached so many times??"

Liu Chang picked up the top one, his eyes were full of astonishment, this person's impeachment documents accounted for as much as half of all the content, which was outrageous.

"Zhang Shizhi."

"Oh, then I understand."

Liu Heng talked about the situation in various places, and finally raised his mouth to Yuan An, "Yuan An actually did a good job, although the third brother... well, it has nothing to do with him, I decided not to punish him for it, what do you think? Woolen cloth?"

"It's okay, there's no need to be punished. If it's true, the things Ruyi did can dig up my father and chop off his skull."

Liu Heng's face darkened and he didn't speak.

"Fourth brother, look, this is a letter from that Zhuzi An."

Liu Chang took out a letter and handed it to Liu Heng. Liu Heng read it seriously, but after reading it for a moment, his face immediately became extremely gloomy.

"How dare you do that??"

The content of Liu An's letter is mainly about the impeachment of a certain person, and the person he impeached is actually not a big person, but a young county magistrate in the South Vietnam Kingdom. This person is called Lu Jia.

Although this person's surname is Lu, he has nothing to do with the Lu family. His family was the soldiers who followed Zhao Tuo in the crusade against South Vietnam. His father made a lot of contributions, which made their family very prestigious in South Vietnam. , and this talent is quick thinking, very powerful in South Vietnam, he has already become a county magistrate at a young age, and even has a very good relationship with Zhao Mei. But such a promising young man is actually the one behind the Nanyue Water Pirates people.

He colluded with local water thieves, sold them arms, food, provided them with supplies, and even news about merchant ships. military exploits.

This person pretends to be a moral gentleman, but he does things extremely viciously, poisoning the people, and has a lot of bad deeds.

And he was found out this time because of Yang Pu's contribution. Zhou Yafu tried his best to investigate the collaborators in the south and killed all directions. Yang Pu learned about it from those who paid for the water thieves. The prince immediately ordered to arrest him. But this person dared to summon the servants at home to resist and wanted to escape to the sea, Yang servant fought hard to kill the enemy, and finally captured him, and he was not allowed to escape, but the one who was dug out with him was also There are many local forces in South Vietnam, and many of them are big families that followed Zhao Tuo into South Vietnam.

"South of South Vietnam, there should be another country."

(End of this chapter)