Dahan first prince

Chapter 216 Know your mistakes, correct them, and never admit your mistakes

Seeing Xiao He kowtowed in front of him with a terrified expression, Liu Bang's face only showed endless complexity.

Once upon a time, Liu Bang also imagined how he would feel if some blind idiot pointed at the three baht coin at the court meeting.

Thunder furious?
Or Daxing Prison?
In the past, Liu Bang probably expected this, or planned it this way.

But now, when the old prime minister Xiao He, who was nearly [-] years old, bowed solemnly in front of him, and said the phrase without any concealment, "Please abolish the three baht coins and prohibit the people from making money privately", Liu Bang found out strangely. : I don't seem to have any signs of anger.

On the contrary, when Liu Bang heard the last sentence of "wasting money for three baht and prohibiting private casting", Liu Bang only felt that in a corner of his heart, a corner that Liu Bang has been forcing himself to forget, a big rock fell safely...

"Whoo~"

With a gloomy complexion, Liu Bang let out a turbid breath, and Liu Bang couldn't help but loosen his clothes. It seemed that only in this way could he feel better in his oppressed chest.

After concentrating on his expression for a long time, Liu Bang finally understood where the weird emotional change in his body came from at that moment just now.

"Three baht of lead money..."

"Ugh······"

"There has never been such a 'tyranny' in Qin Dynasty..."

Full of self-ashamedness, and with a faint expression of lingering fear, Liu Bang finally felt relieved.

Because until now, Liu Bang finally realized clearly: what kind of dangerous situation did Liu Han Sheji, which Liu Bang built by himself, put in the three bahts of lead money that he named "Han Ban Liang"!
Nowadays, if you want to say something that is catchy and well-known to all women and children in the whole world, it is undoubtedly "tyranny of the Qin Dynasty against the sky, cruelty and deprivation of the people, fortunately, Duke Pei obeyed the order of heaven, and established Han Guozuo, He also gave the people Tian Jue, peace with the world'.

But now, before this sentence of praise that obviously exaggerated himself, Liu Bang gave birth to an unprecedented trace...

Guilty!

"Baoqin", did you ever exchange more than half, or even more than [-]% of lead, into copper coins?

Have you ever written the word "half two" on a lead coin with a diameter of half an inch, the diagonal of the inner hole is only a little smaller than the outer diameter, weighs only three baht, and is completely glowing with silver light?
The "tyrant" Yingzheng, who is cast aside by all the people in the world today, has issued an edict: if he refuses to accept such lead money for three baht, he will be fined four taels?

No······
None of the above-mentioned appalling, even unimaginable "feats" came from the "tyranny of the Qin Dynasty", but from Liu Han, who is praised by all people in the world today...

What made Liu Bang ashamed the most, and he couldn't face the praise of the phrase "Fortunately, Gong Pei obeyed the fate, defeated Qin and established Han Zuo" was that behind the hundreds of lead coins and three baht in front of him, there were inscribed "Han Zuo" without exception. The word Xing'······

"Ah·······"

"Hanxing..."

With a sarcasm on his face, he picked up a three-baht coin in front of him, and gently stroked the word "Han Xing" on the face of the coin with his thumb. On Liu Bang's face, there was only a touch of endless self-mockery.

"What are you interested in?"

"The fat of the people and the anointing of the people?"

"The bones are exposed?!"

With a wry smile, he asked two questions in his heart, and Liu Bang shook his head full of loneliness.

In the past, Liu Bang had never thought about it in such detail: what kind of results would the emergence of three baht coins bring.

Even just half an hour ago, Liu Bang was as usual, taking a little chance on the 'three baht money'.

——The profit of three baht money is not owned by Du Shaofu, but shared by all people in the world...
——I cast three baht coins, but the government and treasury are empty, and the world is uncertain, so I have this expedient plan...
"What Fenghou said..."

He opened his lips with a complex expression, and stopped talking hesitantly. In the end, Liu Bang still gritted his teeth, and squeezed out two words from between his dry lips.

"rational······"

Almost exhausting all his strength, forcing these two words out of his mouth, Liu Bang sat paralyzed on the imperial couch as if his soul was taken away in an instant.

And under the imperial steps, hearing Liu Bang finally uttered these two words, and seeing Liu Bang's appearance, Xiao He couldn't help but heaved a long sigh while feeling relieved.

"Ah~"

"Your Majesty has always been strong, but now he is willing to admit the disadvantage of three baht money..."

"rare."

"Rare..."

He let out a long breath full of feelings, and smiled again, Xiao He sat up a little bit, looked up at the old emperor Liu Bang with a haggard face on the imperial couch.

"His Majesty."

"The crown prince's administration of food and rice official camp, this year, can still not be affected by the evils of the Han Dynasty."

"However, waiting for the autumn harvest, the Shaofu may not be able to return home for another ten months, and he is exhausted and worried about this matter."

"Besides, the crown prince is away on an expedition, and the old minister has no good strategy. If he is a little careless, the good governance that the crown prince has personally done may be dead in his womb..."

Hearing Xiao He's remarks, Liu Bang could only force himself to adjust his emotions and sit up straight again.

But after sitting up straight, Liu Bang looked at the imperial case in front of him with a gloomy expression, and he was stunned for half a bowl of tea, but he didn't speak.

If Xiao He hadn't mentioned the grain and rice official camp, Liu Bang would still be secretly complaining about Xiao He.

——Three baht money is not good, I know it!

But common people, haven’t they stopped charging three baht?
Wouldn't the three baht money before the Shaofu be spent?

What is the difference between this situation and the abolition of three baht coins?
Do I have to speak up in person and admit my mistake?
As for the reason why Liu Bang had such an idea, and even complained to Xiao He because of it, it was not because Liu Bang was narrow-minded.

But in the matter of "three baht coins", in addition to the practical problem of unequal face value and value, there is also a key political problem.

——The majesty of the emperor!
To be precise, it is the 'culprit' who, as the founder of the country, allowed the issuance of three baht coins. Liu Bang is likely to lose his prestige due to this!
The reason could not be simpler: Liu Bang personally ordered Shaofu to cast three baht coins; Liu Bang backed Shaofu to spend three baht coins to buy materials in the market.

Shaofu put the word "half two" on the front of each three baht coin, which is also an order from Liu Bang!
In order to make the "Han Banliang" with a weight of three baht legally have a face value of twelve baht, Liu Bang even personally issued an edict to endorse the face value of three baht coins!
This also means that the existence of three baht coins is almost completely equated with "whether Liu Bang made a mistake or not".

Today, although the three baht coin has completely lost its purchasing power, as long as it still exists and the court has not been officially abolished, then Liu Bang will not say that he made a mistake on the issue of the "three baht coin".

However, if the court came to the conclusion that "three baht coins should be abolished" after deliberation, and even the emperor Liu Bang himself ordered the abolition of three baht coins, then the political significance implied by this move is not trivial.

The court meeting came to the conclusion that 'three baht coins should be abolished', which means that the Chang'an Central Committee agreed through discussions: Emperor Liu Bang should not have issued three baht coins in the first place!
If Liu Bang ordered it himself, it would be even more serious.

——The Son of Heaven admits he made a mistake!
In hereafter...

To be precise, it was in the history that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che promulgated the edict of guilt in his later years. In the following 2000 years, the emperor admitted his mistakes, which may be a virtue worthy of praise and praise.

But at the moment when Liu Heng, the grandfather of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was only a seven-year-old child, the emperor must never make mistakes!

Or to say: No matter what, the Son of Heaven must never admit his mistakes!

Especially as the founding emperor of Liu Han and the ancestor of a dynasty, Liu Bang must not do anything suspected of 'admitting his mistakes' no matter what!

As for the current Han Dynasty, why there is such a political background that "the emperor cannot make mistakes, let alone admit that he has made mistakes", actually dates back to ancient times, and happened in the past between several holy kings.

——Wearing about Shun's virtuousness, Yao married Nv Ehuang and Nvying as Shun's wife, and personally observed Shun's talent for 28 years, Fang Chan took the throne with Shun;

——Hearing Yu's talent, Shun was not selfish but hated him, and when he was about to perish, he took the Zen throne with Yu.

This is a good story that has been passed down orally by the Chinese nation even in later generations: Yao and Shun abdicated.

Nowadays, although the world has bid farewell to the ancient times where Yao and Shun lived, experienced Si Xia, Yin Shang, Ji Zhou, and even the short-lived Ying Qin, and ushered in the feudal civilization ruled by Liu Han, but the great inertia of history still In all aspects of society, it affects the way forward for the Chinese nation.

Especially the closer the pyramid is to the top, the more powerful the influence of these well-known ancient stories.

In this era when officials open their mouths and say "to the king, Yao and Shun", even though "the hereditary throne" has become a consensus, the characteristics of the abdication system, which is "people-oriented and appoint people as virtuous", are still emitting their own light.

Take a very simple example.

The current crown prince, Liu Ying, was established as the crown prince as early as when Liu Bang was still the king of Han; after Liu Bang established Han Zuo, that is, the emperor, Liu Ying also logically completed the transition from "prince prince" to "crown prince" change.

"A hundred years after the emperor, the prince will inherit the country" is also the consensus of the people of the world.

But even so, when Liu Bang is seriously ill and is dying, according to the current political background, he will still pretend to say: Although I am not as good as a sage king like Yao and Shun, I am willing to follow the actions of the sage king; He is about to die, if there is a sage who can inherit the throne, and can be recommended to me by hundreds of officials, I will give him Sheji Chan.

Hearing this sentence, the courtiers and officials will naturally not be so stupid as to take it seriously, but will persuade with "incomparable sincerity": Your Majesty, looking at the whole world, there is no one wiser than the prince. The only way is for the prince to inherit the throne. The world can become better.

At this time, Liu Bang was shocked and asked again, "Really? ’, when all the officials nodded again, they said ‘reluctantly’: Since everyone thinks that the crown prince is the wisest person in the world, let the crown prince inherit what I left behind.

Perhaps in the eyes of future generations, such a political show will appear very hypocritical.

But with such a "democratic recommendation" procedure, the heir apparent who inherits the throne through hereditary will leave an impression of "the most sage in the world" in the hearts of people who don't know the truth.

With the mythical halo of "Son of Heaven" and the moral halo of "the most sage in the world", only the crown prince who ascended to the Ninth Five-Year Plan can sit firmly in the country and ensure the safety of the country.

As for after the Han Dynasty, it was common practice for the emperor to apologize, but it was because Emperor Shizong Liu Che pierced the window paper of the Zen abdication, revealing the truth that "the emperor is also a mortal body, not a sage" without reservation The disclosure is just in front of the world.

However, in the early Han Dynasty, when the imperial edict of guilt has not been seen yet, and it is still acquiesced that "the son of heaven, the most sage in the world will do it", the emperor's mistakes are still not allowed by the political environment.

It is impossible to make mistakes, and it is even more impossible to admit that you have made mistakes.

It is even exaggerated to say: Emperor Liu Han, even if he made a mistake, he must learn from Boss Cao of later generations, and put on an attitude of "knowing the mistake, correcting it, and not admitting it".

This is why Liu Bang complained to Xiao He when he heard Xiao Heming say, "Please abolish the three baht, and ban people from private casting".

Because the waste of three baht money means that Liu Bang personally admitted that it was my mistake to issue three baht money...

And "the emperor admits his mistake", in the current political background of the Han Dynasty, it will only lead to two consequences.

The first type is that those who are self-dutiful deliberately commit more serious mistakes in order to show the attitude of 'I am absolutely not as wise as the Son of Heaven', so as to maintain the stability of the regime.

If this is the case, then it's easy to say - in history, the Emperor Wu's crimes caused basically this kind of result.

But if it is the second consequence, then things will be complicated.

——The Son of Heaven admits his mistakes, so he made a mistake; I have never made a mistake, so am I wiser than the Son of Heaven?
Since I am more virtuous than the Son of Heaven, wouldn't I be more worthy of the Son of Heaven according to the principle of 'appointing people with virtue'?

Once such an idea appears in someone's mind, the whole world will immediately fall into an extremely dangerous situation!

——The Han Dynasty today is not the Song and Ming Dynasties of later generations!
It is basically impossible for the literati class who have not even pointed out the basic skills of "raising hope" to be a scumbag but think they are sages!
That is to say: In this era, once someone has the idea of ​​'I have never made a mistake, so I am wiser than the emperor', then this person has never made a mistake in [-]% of the cases, and there is a probability of more than [-]%. The Son of Heaven is more sage' man!
I really want such a person to come to the front and say to the emperor: You made a mistake, I didn't make a mistake, you are not as wise as I am, so you should give up the throne to me, what should the emperor do?
Is it to tear away the only remaining fig leaf of the "abdication system" and be stained with the stigma of "doing not follow the actions of the holy kings of Yao and Shun", or to really give up the throne?

Obviously, neither will work.

Therefore, in order to avoid this situation from happening, Liu Bang must not admit his mistakes no matter what.

Especially when it comes to matters such as "three baht coins" that are directly related to social stability and people's livelihood, and directly damage the interests of the people, and the direct beneficiaries are court officials, Liu Bang must not open his mouth to "admit his mistakes"!
None by default!
But when Xiao He still ignored it and continued to say the phrase 'if the three baht money is not abolished, there will be problems in the grain and rice official camp', a knowing smile finally appeared on Liu Bang's face.

——As an old superior, an old buddy, and an "old partner" after the Han Dynasty was established, it is impossible for Xiao He not to know what Liu Bang is thinking at this moment.

But Xiao He knew it clearly, but he still said the latter sentence to emphasize the necessity of abolishing the three baht coin...

This means that...
"Since Marquis Feng has a good plan, why bother talking about him in front of me?"

Saying this with deep meaning, Liu Bang finally put on a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth...
(End of this chapter)