Dahan first prince

chapter 45

"Congratulations to the master."

"Stay at home, stay at home..."

Weiyang Palace, Phoenix Hall.

At the end of the day's "study" around sunset, Liu Ying finally sent off the teacher respectfully: "So Feng Changqing, Uncle Sun Tong."

Not waiting for Liu Ying to exercise her muscles and bones, she saw Lu Shizhi appearing at the gate of the hall, and after a little politeness with Uncle Sun Tong, she went straight into the hall.

"At home."

Seeing Lu Shizhi clasped his hands in salute, Liu Ying only smiled lightly and stretched her sore neck, casually pointing to the banquet at the side of the hall.

"Since there are no outsiders, Hou Jiancheng doesn't have to pay too much attention to those empty etiquettes, he can do what he wants."

Smiling lightly and sitting back in her seat, Liu Ying raised her head gently and looked at her uncle Lu Shizhi, who was already grinning to the corner of her mouth.

Since Shusun Tong was appointed by his father Liu Bang as the crown prince, Liu Ying has been deeply trapped in the palace these days.

As soon as Mao time arrives every day, the crown prince Taifu Shusun Tong will appear in the Phoenix Hall and lie on his side, waiting for Liu Ying.

Liu Ying also asked cryptically: It's not a big deal, why did the Taifu come so early?

The results speak for themselves.

——As soon as he heard Liu Ying's question, Shu Suntong ran to Changle Palace without saying a word, and obtained permission from Liu Bang to "teach the prince's laziness on his behalf"!

After being punished by Uncle Suntong, Liu Ying had no choice but to sit in class obediently, giving up her plans to fish in her heart, and started class in a well-behaved manner.

As Liu Ying's mother-in-law, Lu Shizhi would come to the Phoenix Hall every day around dusk, chat with Liu Ying to relieve boredom, and talk a little about the major events that happened outside the palace and in the court.

It was like this every day, so Liu Ying naturally got used to Lu Shizhi's arrival, and the corresponding etiquette was naturally much more casual.

Sat back to his seat full of joy, seeing Liu Ying's tired face, Lu Shizhi couldn't help but chuckled, and asked jokingly, "Today, what did Uncle Sun Taifu teach the family?"

Upon hearing this question, Liu Ying shook her head and smiled bitterly.

"Maybe you can guess after it's completed?"

Seeing that Liu Ying still had such an 'elegant spirit', Lu Shizhi couldn't help pondering for a while, and then looked at Liu Ying with a chuckle.

"Since Your Majesty, Uncle Sun Taifu has been good at "Rituals", and even personally determined the etiquette laws and systems of the Han Dynasty."

"Could it be that today, Taifu taught each other with "Rituals"?"

As he said that, a little sympathy slowly welled up on Lu Shizhi's face.

"Yi Li", as one of the six Confucian classics, is considered the most boring one among the Confucian classics.

In particular, what Shu Suntong is good at is the "Han Li" that he 'invented' based on the Confucian "Yi Li" and added a second creation!
According to the "Han Rituals" formulated by Shu Suntong, before the emperor went to court, the time spent on dressing alone was a full two hours!
After experiencing such torture for two hours, even the emperor Liu Bang once sighed: I only know the importance of the emperor today!

Lu Shizhi asked himself: Facing Shusun Tong who was holding "Hanli" and talking eloquently, he could hold on for half an hour at most.

——Gai because of "Hanli", to use the words commonly used by later generations to describe it, it is smelly and long.·····

To Lu Shizhi's surprise, Liu Ying only shook her head with a wry smile when she heard her guess.

"Ok?"

Seeing this, Lu Shizhi couldn't help pondering again, and then said with doubts on his face: "I have heard for a long time that Uncle Sun Taifu is good at "Rituals", but I have never heard that he has studied "Poetry" and "Book"?"

Seeing the confusion written on Lu Shizhi's face, Liu Ying finally let out a long sigh, and looked at Lu Shizhi with lingering fear.

"Today, the Taifu complained bitterly to Gu about the story of Qin burning books and killing Confucianism..."

Hearing this, Lu Shizhi suddenly showed a look of sudden realization, and looked at Liu Ying with sympathy.

"puff······"

Seeing Lu Shizhi struggling to hold back his laughter, Liu Ying was taken aback for a moment, and then her face went paralyzed.

"After completion, you don't have to be patient, if you want to laugh, just laugh..."

"Pfft!"

Before Liu Ying finished speaking, Lu Shizhi couldn't bear to laugh, and immediately cupped his hands: "I'm sorry..."

Although he said he was impolite, Lu Shizhi's eyes did not show the slightest meaning of 'sorry', on the contrary, there was a hint of gloating?
"Hi······"

Involuntarily shaking her head and smiling, Liu Ying lowered her head helplessly, letting Lu Shizhi chuckle aside.

Liu Ying still vaguely remembers: the allusion of burning books and burying Confucianism has basically become a "historical fact" known to women and children in later generations.

At first, Liu Ying thought so too.

But after the nine years of tempering in the previous life, Liu Ying is no longer a novice who echoes everyone else.

——Burning books and burying Confucianism is fundamentally a lie spread by Confucianism in order to whitewash itself and pretend to be a victim!

The truth of the matter is that after the first emperor Yingzheng unified the world, in order to speed up the pace of ideological unification, he implemented the cultural unification policy of the same track, the same text, the same money, and the same behavior.

The "burning of books" is also to erase the history of the six old countries, so that the survivors of the original six countries will forget their own history as soon as possible and become "Qin people" as soon as possible, so the respective history books of the six countries are burned.

What's more, for the sake of the unity of culture and thought, and the political needs of some "foolish people", it is just to prohibit the common people from collecting allusions privately.

It is rumored that the history books of the six countries and the allusions of hundreds of schools that were burned to the ground, all have a complete rubbing copy, which is stored in the Shiqu Pavilion in Xianyang Palace.

To be honest, most of the history books of the Six Kingdoms and the classics of a hundred schools of thought are extinct, and it is the Overlord Xiang Yu who burned Qin Xianyang Palace!
As for 'pitting Confucianism', that's even more nonsense.

As far as Liu Ying knew, in the 37 years of his reign, the First Emperor never murdered officials for crimes he wanted to impose, nor did he target a certain group of people and carry out large-scale physical destruction.

In the first emperor's reign, the only time that more than a hundred people were killed was in Yingzheng's later years, when he was deceived by a large number of prescriptions and sorcerers who claimed to be able to refine the elixir of life.

The crime of deceiving the emperor, or deceiving the emperor on such a big matter, is naturally a death penalty, and there is no problem at all.

It must be said that the first emperor "pit Confucianism", that is, after Qin unified the world, some old Confucianists who were confused about the situation always jumped out and told Ying Zheng: The emperor should be like this~ The emperor should be like that~ You are wrong~ You have to listen to us Yes~ we are the experts~
Although all kinds of things here are not well-known in the Han Dynasty at this time, at least Liu Ying, as the prince, can still get in touch without reservation.

As for the legend of "the first emperor burned books and buried Confucianism", it did not appear in today's Han Dynasty.

Of course, in terms of publicity to the outside world, the court still adheres to the principle of "Ying Zheng is the number one tyrant in the ages, and even Shang and Zhou are incomparable to eleven" to promote.

When Lu Shizhi smiled a little bit, Liu Ying also looked tired and looked at Lu Shizhi with a little seriousness.

"Recently, has there been any major movement between the DPRK and China?"

Seeing Liu Ying asking about something serious, Lu Shizhi couldn't help but sit up straighter, and bowed to Liu Ying.

"At home."

"Yesterday, Prime Minister Xiao went to Changle Palace to meet with His Majesty, and in the evening sent an order to the Duke of Gongzhong: Half of the salary for August, September, and October will be paid temporarily."

"I think that Prime Minister Xiao's move is to raise the rations needed for the army to go out."

"That is to say, the army rations have been prepared, and the army will go out for an expedition, within ten or ten days."

(End of this chapter)