Dahan first prince

Chapter 205 There is no right or wrong, only whether it is suitable or not
Hearing Liu Bang's joking question, Liu Ying raised her head subconsciously.

Liu Ying couldn't help but bow her head and smile when she saw the playful face on her father's face.

——Old guy, this is to test yourself...

After contemplating her words for a while, she saw that Liu Ying deliberately sat up a little more, and finally put on some seriousness that should be given to answering questions and answers on her face.

"Shicai, my son has made it clear to my father that my son led the army to conquer Huainan on my father's behalf.

After saying this with a firm expression, Liu Ying lowered her head slightly and looked in awe at the mythical Chixiao Sword at her waist.

"Yesterday, the father, in front of the court and all the officials, tied the Chixiao sword around the son's waist, so that the son could understand the father's intentions, and wanted to warn the son: the son of my Han family is definitely not only good at benevolence, but I don't know how to fight, and I don't know how to practice martial arts!"

"Even if my son doesn't think about the Huainan general's rebellion, it is related to the state affairs of the country, and he thinks of the father and emperor's commandment. My son should also be benevolent. I invite myself to be a commander in order to calm the general chaos in Huainan!"

Saying this with a solemn expression, Liu Ying did not forget to raise her head, and cupped her hands at her father.

"After receiving this commandment from the father, the son will know the responsibility of the heir to the throne, and the emperor of our Han family, what kind of rituals and abilities should he have."

"Son, I would like to thank my father for teaching me!"

Listening to Liu Ying's serious voice, lying on the imperial couch, Liu Bang looked up at Liu Ying, and there was a hint of approval in his eyes.

But Liu Bang didn't open his mouth, just smiled lightly and continued to look at Liu Ying, waiting for Liu Ying's next words.

Seeing that Liu Ying lowered her head slightly, suppressed the solemnity on her face, and then raised her head with a smile.

"As for yesterday, I said it at the dinner party in the proclamation room. My son, I really don't agree with it."

Speaking these words in a gentle tone, Liu Ying's face also quietly took on some color of thinking.

"I am foolish to think that the Son of Heaven is the co-lord of all things in the world, and he is the one who obeys the orders of the heavens to shepherd the people of the world."

"Thus, all things that benefit the world and benefit all people should also be things that the Son of Heaven is happy to see and do."

As she spoke, Liu Ying turned her head to the side again, bowing her hands to Liu Bang with a reverent expression.

"Just like the emperor father, he couldn't bear the people of the world to be bullied by the tyrannical Qin, so he obeyed the order of heaven and established Han Zuo; later he gave the people land and nobles, and even abolished Qin's exorbitant taxes and heavy taxes, and implemented a policy of light corvees and low taxes. Rest with the people."

"My son thinks that the Han government practiced by the emperor is in line with the principle of 'the world is happy, the emperor is happy; the world is sad, the emperor is worried'..."

As Liu Ying said calmly, "When the world is happy, the emperor is happy; when the world is sad, the emperor is sad", Liu Bang only raised his eyebrows, and a little thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

"When the world is happy, the emperor is happy; when the world is sad, the emperor is worried..."

He repeated this sentence softly, and when Liu Bang raised his head again, he looked at Liu Ying with a touch of questioning in his eyes.

"Who gave this to the prince?"

"Uncle Grand Master Sun Tong?"

She asked with a strange expression, and before Liu Ying could speak, Liu Bang shook her head to herself.

"Um······"

"wrong."

"Shusun Tong, I don't have the guts to talk about the emperor..."

Talking to himself, Liu Bang's face finally showed a touch of helplessness and a little complexity.

In Liu Bang's view, this kind of remarks involving "the emperor and the world" is definitely not something that courtiers and fathers dared to mention.

I am afraid that only Queen Lu Zhi has the courage to mention it, and at the same time can say the key points so accurately...
Just as Liu Bang was thinking, Liu Ying also gave a stiff smile with a little guilt, and then raised her head slightly.

"Don't dare to hide it from my father."

"This is the theory that children occasionally think about when they are alone in their spare time..."

Saying this in a low voice, Liu Ying did not forget to quickly laugh at Liu Bang: "My son occasionally speaks lies, if something is wrong, don't blame my father..."

Seeing that Liu Bang thought for a while, he sat up straight with a smile on his face, but he did not sit upright, but crossed his legs at random, with his left palm supporting his left knee, and his right elbow slightly supporting his right knee. Taking advantage of the trend, he tilted his upper body towards Liu Ying's direction.

He stared at Liu Ying with scrutiny for a long time, Liu Bang finally supported the imperial couch with his hands, and turned his body to Liu Ying, with a little interest on his face.

"The Son of Heaven shares joy and mourns with the world..."

"I still remember that when Uncle Sun Tong was with me at the beginning, he seemed to have entered into this kind of Confucianism."

Seemingly saying something casually, Liu Bang quietly fixed his scrutiny on Liu Ying's face again.

"I just don't know yet: what is 'the world'?"

"And who is the one who shares sorrows and joys with the Son of Heaven, whose life and death should be the 'all peoples of the world' whom the Son of Heaven cares about?"

Hearing that the old man asked this question in a calm tone, Liu Ying's face also quietly showed a touch of solemnity.

Liu Ying is very clear: Father Liu Bang, it's not that he doesn't know what "the world" is, and it's not that he doesn't know who is the "people of the world" who the emperor needs to be related to, maintain, and regard as the most important of the community.

For the "world" that the emperor needs to rule, and the "people of the world" that the emperor needs to maintain and take care of, Liu Bang may even be the most thorough king in history!
And the reason why Liu Bang pretended not to know, and asked Liu Ying a question by the way, was just to see if Liu Ying's thoughts matched his own cognition.

To be precise: Liu Bang wants to distinguish as soon as possible whether the "world" and "all people in the world" in Liu Ying's mind are the farmers in Guizhou in Liu Bang's mind, or the "households dedicated to farming" advocated by Confucianism.

Realizing this, Liu Ying became more and more cautious. Before giving an answer, it was rare to see that she had to speak for half a cup of tea!
After confirming her answer, there would never be any content that would make her father dissatisfied, Liu Ying finally recovered from her 'thinking', and immediately looked at her father Liu Bang on the imperial couch.

"I report to my father."

"The world, the people of the world, although their words are shallow, but the people they embrace are really huge!"

After speaking softly, Liu Ying's expression suddenly took on a touch of solemnity.

"It is said that in the Zhou Dynasty, most of the princes in the world put ritual and music as the first priority, and regarded the royal family members, ministers and officials as the 'ten thousand people'."

"However, when Zhou moved to the west, the rituals and music in Shenzhou began to collapse. In the past, the family members of the surname Ji were all over the world. In just a hundred years, there were hundreds of princes and princes with the surname Ji. The battle between the city and the land, and he is good at fighting with swords."

"Hundreds of schools of thought contend, and there are countless people who talk about 'the world', 'all peoples', and even emperors."

"-Firstly, the Confucian ancestor Confucius said: Human beings are born with good natures, and then they are taught by sages, and benevolence and righteousness are subdued; and then they are governed by etiquette, so that the people have a pure and kind spirit, and the world can be safe."

"However, Yang Zhu said: It is human nature to seek selfishness for oneself; to betray one's nature and benefit others is just to flaunt one's own body with benevolence and righteousness, and to be a hypocrite who wants to be mistakenly admired by others;"

"Geng Mo Zu Mo Zhai bluntly refuted it, saying: Confucius is nothing more than a villain who steals sheep to eat and steals clothes!"

When she said this with a stern expression, some doubts welled up on Liu Ying's face at the right time.

"At the beginning, when I heard the "people" mentioned by Confucianism, I was a person who learned the etiquette by studying the scriptures; but when I heard the "people" mentioned by Yang Zhu and Mohists, I was in a dilemma, and I didn't know how to distinguish them. .”

"—According to the words of Confucianism: People who are people should be sages who have rich families and are famous in the county and township."

"However, according to the words of the Mohists, the people should be the heads of the poor who have nothing but four walls and work in agriculture to make a living."

"More recently, I heard the words of legalists, saying: agriculture is the foundation, business is the end; as for the wealthy households who have accumulated a lot of money, they only use agriculture to get rich, use it for business, use it to make a fortune, and use it for the end , is actually the sixth beetle out of the five beetles!"

Having said that, Liu Ying finally shook her head in frustration.

"Every school says different things, more of what they say is right and what they say is wrong; it's really hard for children to distinguish between good and evil..."

Seeing that Liu Ying's expression was full of doubts, and after recollecting Liu Ying's words just now, Liu Bang also felt a little sentimental on his face.

Seeing Liu Bang sitting up straight, he let out a long and leisurely sigh, then raised his head immediately, casting his distracted eyes on the huge Changxin Hall.

"Hmm~"

"The opinions of a hundred schools of thought often criticize each other, but they are completely opposite."

The tone was full of sighs, and Liu Bang's face also showed a little memory.

"The theory of Confucianism flourished in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was written by Confucius, the ancestor of Confucianism."

"However, at that time, the emperor of Zhou lost his prestige, the princes of the world were ready to move, and the rites were about to collapse; Confucius practiced the words of benevolence, righteousness, and rites in all countries, and most of them only received courtesy from the princes, but he was not able to hold an official position."

"The learning of the later world, Yang Zhu and Mo each get half of it; the theories of the two are quite different from each other."

"Yang Zhu said: I only benefit myself; Mo Di said: Love is not offensive."

"Yang Zhu said: Human nature is greedy; Mo Di said: Evaluate the same and the virtuous..."

Speaking of this with feeling on his face, Liu Bang couldn't help but smile.

"Mo Patriarch, Mo Di, first spoke about the great wrongs of Confucius, and later refuted Yang Zhu as a treasured book of 'thieves'. He is truly a genius in heaven."

"It's a pity that after Mo Di, the Mo family divided into three, of which the Chu-Mo lineage has continued to this day, and most of them have become a group of knight-errants, causing harm to all parts of the world..."

Sighing with regret, Liu Bang paused for a moment, then changed the subject again.

"Afterwards, it was Qin who won the Lord Shang and reformed. He first got the horse herding place in Hexi, and then went south to occupy Ba and Shu."

"Since then, Yang Zhu and Mo both declined, while Legalism gradually flourished; until Qin Wangzheng took Li Si as his chancellor, Legalism became famous all over the world..."

Having said that, Liu Ying finally recovered from her memories, looked at Liu Ying who was kneeling beside the imperial couch with a chuckle, and finally added: "After that, Qin II will die; Eighteen vassals, but in the final analysis, there is nothing more than a dispute between Chu and Han."

"Chu respects Lu Confucianism and ethics, while Han uses Huang Lao's inaction in politics; in the end, Xiang Yu died in Wujiang, Chu died and Han prospered, and Huang Lao's inaction has been used by our Han family until now..."

After saying that, Liu Bang couldn't bear to let out a sigh, and then looked at Liu Ying with a chuckle.

"The theory of the world and the people has been discussed since the time when Chen She and Wu Guang raised the great tide."

"I just want to test the prince: what are the opinions of various schools of thought, which one is right and which one is wrong, which one is good and which one is evil?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying was also forced to relax her mind since the Spring and Autumn Period, when a hundred schools of thought contended, and after a moment of contemplation, she bowed to Liu Bang.

——Counting past lives and present lives, Liu Ying has been preparing for this question and answer about "Hundred Schools of Thought" for today for nearly ten years!
Liu Ying is also very sure: for her own conclusion, her father Liu Bang will definitely shine in front of her eyes.

"I report to my father."

"There are many sayings of various schools of thought that they are true, but this one is not. If you talk about their good and evil, it may be difficult to get a definitive conclusion."

"My son thinks that the words of a hundred schools of thought do not mean good or evil, but when it is applicable to what he said."

With a calm face, she bowed her hands to Liu Bang, and Liu Ying's temperament suddenly burst into a burst of confidence.

"Yang Zhu is self-centered, and does not burden himself with things; if the world's scholars, farmers, businessmen, officials and officials all follow Yang Zhu's self-importance, the country will not be a country if there is chaos in the world."

"However, the son of heaven, who bears the weight of thousands of people, regards the world as the common master; since everything in the world is the son of heaven's private property, then the son of heaven is only me, which is equivalent to: Ze and the world!"

"Thus, although Yang Zhu's theory cannot be followed by the people, the Son of Heaven can indeed secretly follow Yang Zhu's advocacy, so that there are occasional dangers and obstacles in the country, and there is no danger of overthrowing the country."

Confidently saying the phrase 'Only the Son of Heaven can be selfish', Liu Ying raised her head, and met Liu Bang's surprised gaze without dodging.

Liu Ying's discussion did not end there.

"Although there are occasional disrespectful remarks in the words of the Mohists, they use the skill of equipment to spread to the world, so that armored soldiers can gain weapons and farmers can hoe and rake, and they can also be used in the country."

"As for the Legalists, their advocacy is too violent and excessive, and it is a heavy burden for the people; although it is not applicable in a peaceful world, it is just as the saying goes: in troubled times, heavy codes should be used!"

"If the world is in turmoil and the people are in trouble, the words of Legalism can also be used to quickly pacify the world."

"The survivors of Qin Fen VI finally swept the six kingdoms, that's why."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying couldn't help but look stagnant, and looked at Liu Bang with a little hesitation.

After Liu Bang nodded with a gloomy expression, Liu Ying smiled and lowered her head a little.

"When I think about the death of Qin II in my spare time, I have some foolish opinions."

"——Qin existed in troubled times, and the six kingdoms in the east of the Guandong fought for the dominion of the world. It is true that it used the strict laws of the Mohist school, the tools of the Mohist school, and the cultivation of the peasant family to prosper."

"However, until the six kingdoms are all destroyed, and the world is unified and all are Qin, then the chaos will end, and the world will be ruled soon."

"And the strict laws of the Legalists are suitable for troubled times and cannot be used for governing the world; therefore, when the king of Qin ruled the world..."

"It's convenient to get rid of the legalists' theory!"

Said these words with full certainty, seeing Liu Ying think for a moment, then murmured as if talking to herself: "In the beginning, the world was full of waste and waiting for prosperity. We should follow the inaction of Huang Lao and let the people recuperate."

"Wait until the world is safe and peaceful, and the people's minds are at peace, and then the legalists are slowed down to clarify the law, supplemented by the theory of Mohism and agriculture, so as to strengthen the country..."

Hearing Liu Ying's views on Fa, Mo, Huang Lao and other schools without hesitation, Liu Bang was shocked by Liu Ying's so precocious, and was even more surprised in his heart!
——not bad at all!
Liu Ying's views on various schools of thought are exactly the same as Liu Bang's cognition!

In Liu Bang's view, all schools of thought, especially Fa, Mo, Huang Lao, etc., don't care who is good and who is bad!
The only difference lies in: what kind of morals, what kind of theory is more suitable to use to stabilize the rule of the regime!

As Liu Ying said: If after Qin unified the world, he made up his mind to change the previous strict laws, and use the Huang Lao's theory that the Han Dynasty now pursues to calm down the turbulent hearts of the people in the world, then no matter how Qin Short-lived, it is absolutely impossible to die in the second life!

But soon, Liu Bang discovered a very interesting 'omission' from Liu Ying's answer.

As for Confucianism, the rumored prince who "only likes Confucianism" seems to have not mentioned it at all...

(End of this chapter)