Humane Yongchang

Chapter 481
Hearing Fan Zeng said that there are already several alternative auspicious days, Chen Sheng became interested.

He immediately said: "There are a few alternative auspicious days, let's talk about them."

Without hesitation, Fan Zeng opened his mouth and said, "The first auspicious day is February [-]nd of the next year. According to my Taoist gossip, February [-]nd is at the beginning of the month of mid-spring. "Zhen', ninety-two is in Lin, and the hexagrams are inter-shocking, indicating that the potential dragon emerges from the abyss and soars into the nine heavens, which coincides with His Majesty ascending the throne and the alternation of the sky and the sun, which is auspicious!"

"Among the astrology, February [-] is the day when the "Dragon Horned Star" of the Eastern Canglong Qisu rises from the eastern horizon, which is beneficial to the east. In the east of Kyushu, where the two dragons meet, the enthronement ceremony for His Majesty will be held in the east on the day when the Canglong Qisu returns to the throne in the east, which coincides with the astrology, and this is auspicious!"

"Among the farming solar terms handed down by the old people, February [-] also marks the growth of yang, the increase of rain, and the vitality of all things. This is the beginning of spring farming over the years. In ancient times, people regarded this day as praying for good weather and exorcising evil spirits this year. The auspicious day for avoiding disasters and accepting auspiciousness for transshipment coincides with the image of Zhou and the world in the Han Dynasty, and this is the three auspicious days!"

Having said that, he paused for a while, waiting for Chen Sheng's comment.

Chen Sheng pondered for a while, but did not rush to speak.

Chen Shou glanced at him and expressed his opinion: "This is a good day. The yin and yang, five elements, astrology and celestial phenomena, and all living beings are in harmony. What is rare is the magnificent atmosphere that is suitable for my big man to carry forward the past and open up the future."

Fan Zeng raised his hand to Chen Shou and thanked him for his compliment, but he didn't show much color on his face.

Sure enough, Chen Sheng was soon heard asking: "Are there any other options?"

Fan Zeng knew it well, he knew that although this day was good, there was a high probability that his king would not choose this day.

Why did that old bastard in Puppet Qi also choose this day to hold a ceremony to worship heaven on the shore of the East China Sea?

Who is the king?How can you pick up other people's teeth!

Furthermore, according to Fan Zeng's experience of following Chen Sheng for so many years, his king hates the "supreme" thing in his heart.

Even though he is the only king in this vast land now, he still instinctively resists the supremacy represented by this identity.

Perhaps one day, he will no longer call himself "I" or "Chen Sheng".

Changed to call himself "Gu" and "Zhen", and forbid anyone to call him "Chen Sheng" again, so he reconciled with this seat...

"The second day is the fifth day of February, the Jingzhe."

Fan Zeng said slowly: "This day's yin and yang, five elements, astrology and celestial phenomena, all living beings and many other meanings are similar to February [-], but they are all slightly weaker, but this day has features that other auspicious days do not have. The gist of it, that is: the beginning of all things, the renewal of all phenomena, and the meaning of "opening up the world".

"On this day, thunder strikes, everything grows, the temperature warms up, insects and ants wake up, spring returns to the earth, and everything flourishes..."

He understands Chen Sheng.

It seems that the words are far less high-end and atmospheric than the auspicious day when the dragon raises its head on February [-], but every sentence is said in Chen Sheng's heart.

In fact, since the success of the Northern Expedition strategy, Chen Sheng has often asked himself, what kind of country do he want to build?
To put it bluntly, the current him feels inexplicably ashamed when he looks back at the grand ambitions of "everyone is equal" and "everyone is like a dragon" he made at the beginning!
It’s like when I grow up and study in a junior college, I feel ashamed because I struggled with whether to go to Tsinghua University or Peking University when I was a child.

Of course, he also knew before that it would be very difficult to achieve that kind of Datong world.

It was only after standing in his current position and starting to face some specific affairs that he realized that his previous self was still too young after all!
Such a world of great harmony not only requires a clear political system, a high level of cultural literacy for the whole people, and advanced productive forces that can meet the material needs of the vast majority of the people.

It also requires at least three generations of bureaucrats to not forget their original aspirations and persevere in unremitting efforts!

Chen Sheng couldn't even guarantee it to himself, he would definitely persevere until the end.

Can he ensure that his children and grandchildren can still inherit his ambition?

As long as a generation loses its original intention, the result will be very different...

But even though he already knew that this matter was difficult, he was even ashamed of himself who was ignorant of the sky and the earth.

But he still has no intention of changing his ideals.

As long as he worked hard and struggled for it.

Even if it is still unreachable in the end.

He will have no regrets or regrets.

"You go back and think about it carefully."

Chen Sheng calculated the period carefully. It is now mid-October, and the [-]-day crackdown will continue until the beginning of February. The founding ceremony will be held on the fifth day of February. If there is no better auspicious day than 'Jingzhe', we will set 'Jingzhe' as the date of the founding ceremony!"

Fan Zeng understood, bowed his hands and said yes.

Chen Shou was puzzled and was about to ask a question, why did he "open up the world" when he saw Li Si hurriedly walking in from the main entrance of the Hall of Martyrs.

Li Si entered the door, and facing Chen Sheng, he squeezed his palms and bowed to the end: "Old Minister Li Si, I greet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Chen Sheng stretched out his hand to help him up: "Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Si got up, and then bowed to Chen Shou: "Master Chen is well."

Chen Shou nodded, turned sideways and said, "We still have to see a few batches of stone materials, so I won't greet you, you guys talk!"

"Send off to Master Chen."

Li Si and Fan Zeng raised their hands to Chen Shou.

Chen Shou waved his hand, turned around and left slowly.

After the two got up, Chen Sheng asked puzzledly: "Mr. Li, what's the hurry, do you want to come to the western suburbs to find me?"

When Li Si heard this, a big stone fell from his heart: "It seems that the king is not testing me!" '

"This document."

He took out the official document about the Kyushu Public Trial Conference from his sleeve, and presented it to Chen Sheng with both hands: "But it was written by the king?"

Chen Sheng took it over and glanced at it, his heart was suddenly stunned, and he smiled and handed the official document back to Li Si: "Why, is Mr. Li here to persuade me to think twice?"

After saying this, Fan Zeng couldn't help but look at Li Si more: "Your Majesty, there is something in your words!" '

Li Si was also taken aback, and quickly replied: "How dare the old minister overstep!"

Chen Sheng sighed softly, stopped walking outside, looked around, then turned and walked towards the stone tables and benches beside the Shinto for worshipers to rest their feet.

Fan Zeng and Li Si hurriedly followed.

As soon as the monarchs and ministers were seated, the royal guards brought tea sets and a fire, and Fan Zeng took the initiative to handle the tea sets and make tea.

Chen Sheng: "This is not Yanqing Palace, if Mr. Li has any doubts, just say it!"

Li Si shook his hand and nodded, and then said: "This matter, the old minister agrees in principle, those aristocratic families who do evil, cause harm to one side, and are rich and unkind, really need to be dealt with severely!"

He first stated his position, distinguishing him from the Shangcai and Li clans and those big families that need to be cleaned up, and then said: "But the founding ceremony is coming, and according to the old minister's humble opinion, the most important thing at the moment is a smooth transition." , all things related to the white tiger and Xiezhi will be postponed until after the founding ceremony!"

"Besides, it's best to think carefully about this matter. It can't be caught by tigers or flies. It needs to be broken down and prioritized to be safe..."

Chen Shengqu tapped the stone table with his fingers: "Mr. Li, if you want to say something, don't hide it and play riddles. If it is specific to the person and the matter, I forgive you for not being guilty!"

Li Si secretly gritted his teeth and said: "Let's take the old minister as an example. The old minister was born in Shangcai Li's family. Although he often guides his clansmen to be kind to others, there are dead branches in the tree and beggars in the clan. It is hard to guarantee that there will be one or two of them who will not learn. Those who are incompetent and idle, if they are sent to the trial stage at the public trial conference, their heads will be chopped off in two or three..."

"The old minister has followed the king for many years, and he has been taught by the king, so he will not hate the king or Director Chen because of these useless things, but what about other people?"

"Officials from aristocratic and powerful families in the court are not in the minority!"

"Even if they can understand righteousness and kill relatives with righteousness like the old ministers, but if these things are spread, how will the world think of the king?"

"Will someone take advantage of the issue to criticize the king for throwing up prisons, eliminating dissidents, framing Zhongliang, and treating meritorious ministers poorly?"

"If among the civil and military officials of the court, someone has been found out about some thieves..."

"How should the world treat me as a big man?"

"How can I be a herdsman in the future?"

"The life and death of those useless gadgets is a small matter, the majesty of the king is a big deal, and my man's foundation is a big deal!"

"There are also those aristocratic families who have tried their best to get closer to my big man and donated money and food for heaven's favor!"

"We just collected their money and food, and then pushed them to the trial stage..."

"How will the world view me as a big man?"

"Who will dare to be recruited by my big man in the future?"

This old man paused every sentence, and the more he spoke, the more stable his aura became.

It seemed that he was going all out, leading him, Mrs. Li, on the trial platform, jumping repeatedly.

But in fact, he did the opposite, trying his best to express his position with his Li family.

Fan Zeng, who was making tea at the side, squinted at Mrs. Li with disdain, but kept nodding his head in agreement.

He despised Li Si's shamelessness.

To agree means to agree with Li Si's point of view...

He also believes that this matter really cannot be one size fits all, it should be divided into different categories, and everything is based on the overall situation!

However, hearing these boring and old-fashioned opinions, Chen Sheng felt faintly angry.

He curled up his fingers again, and knocked on the stone table: "Let's be more clear, who are the people in the world you're talking about?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the world is naturally..."

Li Si opened his mouth to answer without hesitation, but in the middle of the answer, he couldn't say the rest anyway.

Can the world refer to the common people?

Of course not, the real common people, seeing the death of the rich and powerful, either cheered for death or cheered for justice!
Because of their deaths, those who question the king and the great man... can only be the same rich and powerful!
Can this group of people be called "the world's people"?

"Can't you answer it?"

Chen Sheng asked again indifferently: "Then let me ask you again, who is my big man?"

Li Si quickly replied: "The big man is naturally the king's big man!"

"Oh!"

Chen Sheng "suddenly realized": "After listening to what you said just now, I thought I was a big man from an aristocratic family!"

Li Si was taken aback, and hurriedly raised his hands: "The old minister made a mistake, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Chen Sheng knocked on the table impatiently: "Just talk about things when you talk about them, don't give me such a trick, what's wrong, you said something wrong, and you want me to comfort you?"

Li Si straightened up embarrassingly, and began to regret that he had come to see Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng didn't let him go at all: "Don't use big words to oppress others, let's talk about the facts. Let me ask you, is it right and proper to kill people to pay for their lives and pay debts!"

Li Si bites the bullet and nods: "Of course!"

Chen Sheng: "Since it is just and right, what does it have to do with whether the murderer is an official of my Han court? Why didn't I know that the official clothes of my Han Dynasty also have the effect of a gold medal for avoiding death?"

"Or, you have all agreed that no matter whether a person has murdered, set fire, raped and plundered before, as long as he wears my official clothes, he can forget the past?"

"You guys are bothering me with all kinds of trivial matters. Why did you forget to tell me about such a big thing?"

"Could it be that in your eyes, I, the great king, is only in charge of trivial matters?"

After saying this, Li Si and Fan Zeng didn't even dare to sit any longer, they both stood up and raised their hands together and said, "Your Majesty, calm down, I have absolutely no intention of doing so!"

Chen Sheng closed his mouth, and said to himself several times in a row, "This old man comes from a family, and the education he received since he was a child is that the king and the family share the world. It is normal to think so, and he is not angry." Then he gradually calmed down. Angry, he raised his hand and said, "Okay, I don't blame you guys, just sit down and talk!"

The two of them clasped their hands together and sat down again tremblingly, but they only dared to touch the stone bench slightly with their buttocks, not daring to sit down firmly.

"Think differently!"

Chen Sheng tried his best to calmly say: "If you are the sons of Wengqi Shengshu, and there is an official family near your home, who has bullied your family for generations, and finally the world is in chaos and the dynasty changes, you can point to the future. You were bullied by that family again, but in the end, that family changed completely, put on the official clothes of the new dynasty, and continued to shit and pee on your head, domineering..."

"What do you think?"

"What do you think of Xinchao?"

Speaking of this, he himself was laughed out of anger, and clapped his hands and said: "I, Chen Sheng, took my brothers to come in the wind, go in the rain, go up the mountain of knives, go down into the sea of ​​fire, and fight the world only after a narrow escape. These useless bastards?"

"Have you thought about what I would think, what would they think?"

He pointed to the main hall of Valhalla.

Coincidentally, a gust of wind roared from the direction of the main hall along the Shinto path.

In the dark, Li Si and Fan Zeng seemed to hear the mountain roar and tsunami that once resounded through Chen County: "No promise, no promise..."

Their scalps were numb and they dared not say a word.

(End of this chapter)