Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 519
The summer sun rose earlier than usual, and the soft sunlight poured into the palace through the window sills.

Just after Yinshi, before Maoshi, Liu Chan was awakened by the biological clock.Liu Chan opened his eyes, only to see that he was surrounded by a snow-white and plump beauty, and the faint fragrance of her body lingered around the bed, which could not go away for a long time.

Under the slender jade neck, the blanket made of Shu brocade is not too thin, but it can't cover the dazzling big headlights at all. The two tall and conspicuous headlights make the blanket round, and the plump and slender white tender legs are pleasing to the eye. Stretched out of the blanket restlessly.

Suddenly, the white snake wrapped around her master again in a blur.

After an unknown amount of time, the shaking bed finally stopped.Liu Chan came down from the couch refreshed, and took off his robe to cover the tiger's body, leaving the beautiful woman alone on the couch.

The beautiful woman's chest rose and fell, her temples were scattered, and the thin sweat ran across her white and tender skin and wet the bed sheets.

Looking at Liu Chan who was being served and dressed by the maid, Xia Houhui smiled charmingly and said, "Your Majesty, are you still here tonight?"

Liu Chan spit out the gargling water, looked at the beautiful woman in the bronze mirror, and said with a smile, "Hui'er is scared?"

Xia Houhui's cheeks flushed, and he stopped answering.On the contrary, the maids serving Liu Chan's clothes couldn't help laughing out loud. After listening to the cat meowing for a long time, how could they not know how embarrassed their wives are.

Liu Chan straightened his collar in front of the bronze mirror, and said casually, "Last night, I watched Hu'er behave like a hero, and also intelligent. Hui'er thinks Hu'er is better than her elder brother Liu Sui and her second brother Liu Kun?"

Xiahou Hui, who was dressed, stopped his movements, but then quickly picked up, pretending not to know Liu Chan's deep meaning, and said: "Zi'er is respectful and filial, respects the elders and loves the young, Hu'er is young, and Lai Sui'er often takes care of her when she plays. Kun Er'er is extremely intelligent, Gai Hu'er can't match."

Liu Chan straightened his sleeves again, and said, "Hu'er is only five years old, and Kun'er is more than ten years old, and he is about to marry a wife. How can they compare? Hu'er is very good. Huier will teach her, so I can rest assured."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Liu Chan finished dressing, he strode out of the hall.Huang Hao, who had been waiting outside the palace for an unknown amount of time, hurriedly called someone to follow the emperor.

In the palace, Xia Houyi combed Xia Houhui's hair, and asked curiously: "Madam, what did your Majesty ask just now? But asking about the candidate for the crown prince?"

As the territory of the Han Dynasty grows bigger and bigger, the prince's age is getting older, and the queen has no descendants for a long time.The concubines who gave birth to princes had already set their sights on the position of prince, even Xiahou Hui was no exception.

Xia Houhui looked at himself in the mirror who was becoming more and more beautiful, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, how can it be so simple, what you just asked was really to test me."

"Exploring Mrs.?"

Xia Houhui sighed, and said: "Mrs. Wang is from a humble background and has a gentle temperament. The first prince is like a mother, not like your Majesty; Mrs. Xiang was born rich and noble, and gave birth to twin sons, so she has an arrogant personality. Impatient, often proud of his talent."

"Although Hu'er is young, she is very talented and has a heroic spirit, which is the empress dowager's favorite. The queen mother has said many times that Hu'er is quite like the former emperor, with the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix. Today, His Majesty is not asking me about the candidate, but about my choice. I want to use Hu'er to see my intentions. If Hu'er is the crown prince, Your Majesty will be worried that I have seen others, and I am afraid that I will interfere in the government affairs in the future."

Xia Houhui brushed the broken hair next to his ears, feeling annoyed for the first time because of his extraordinary experience.

Outside the palace, Liu Chan sat on the Luanjia, carried by four attendants, and headed for the Hall of Parliament.Zhang Wen followed slowly, and agreed to the emperor's questions and answers.

Liu Chan put his hands on the armrests, and asked: "Since the eldest prince is near his age, what have you learned, what books have you taught, and how is your character and how you treat others?"

Zhang Wen couldn't grasp Liu Chan's meaning, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the First Prince studied "Historical Records" for the first time, and then studied "Hanshu". He treats his relatives respectfully, studies diligently day and night; treats outsiders with courtesy, behaves kindly, and has a good character. "

Liu Chan didn't get the answer he wanted, frowned slightly, and asked, "What if it's the prince?"

Zhang Wen hesitated for a while, and said: "The eldest prince has the demeanor of an ancient prince, he is friendly and friendly to others, respects the elders and loves the young."

Liu Chan's face darkened, he didn't expect Zhang Wen, who was an honest man back then, to become so frivolous, not answering his own words directly.

With a soft snort, Liu Chan said lightly: "As you said, these are the qualities that an ordinary prince should have. What I am asking today is to know how powerful and wise he is?"

Zhang Wen heard Liu Chan's dissatisfaction, and said bravely: "The eldest prince is a man, and he always caters to the elders' favor, and can't do things that he doesn't like. His schemes are hidden in his chest, and his power will come out when the time comes. Your Majesty wants to know now." Its depth, you should let it die to find out its ability. Power and wisdom cannot be estimated in advance!"

"I am my teacher, so I dare not speak too much about the talents of the eldest prince. Because there are three other princes studying from me, you should hold a neutral heart and give all your money to teach the princes. However, I think that although power and wisdom come from nature, they are also It can be obtained through hard work. Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, is resourceful by nature and has great power skills, but he is also diligent in learning. Therefore, he can control the people of Jiangdong and Huaisi for his own use." Zhang Wen said.

Liu Chan sighed, and said: "You should be careful in your words and deeds, I should know it. It's just that the world has not yet been unified, and the great cause has not yet been unified. The scholars of the Three Kingdoms have different goals. If you don't have the right to seek wisdom, how can you control others and use it?" I asked Qing what books the eldest prince studied, because he wanted to know whether the eldest prince can use internal knowledge to seek power for himself, and external use to be respectful and respectful."

"Everyone says that the eldest prince treats people respectfully, respects the elders and loves the young. But I don't think so. His mother is humble, and I was favored by me, and now she can enter the palace. In the past, I wanted to let Mrs. Wang's relatives enter Chengdu to seek wealth and honor to accompany her. Mrs. Wang With self-knowledge, my elder brother is not allowed to enter Sichuan, but can only stay in the county to work as an official, and can't do anything wrong."

Liu Chan confides Mrs. Wang's unknown secret to Zhang Wen and said.

"That's why Mrs. Wang has internal wisdom to protect herself, and external gentleness to obey others. It is very human. Now the eldest prince is always by his side. If he can be like his mother and train him, he may become a talent."

Mrs. Wang does not know poetry and books, nor has she ever learned female precepts. From the perspective of knowledge, she is definitely not as good as Xia Houhui and Queen Zhang, who were born in a wealthy family.But it is really rare to have self-knowledge and inner wisdom to know how to hide clumsiness and protect oneself.

If the eldest prince Liu Zhen can really be like her mother with inner wisdom and self-seeking, external use of obedience and gentleness, his aptitude is already at the top.Like himself or not, Liu Chan has no idea.After all, it is impossible for any outstanding emperor to be the same, and it is not good to pursue similarity.

As for political and military skills, Liu Chan didn't particularly care.Take Emperor Gao Liu Bang as an example, Wu is not as good as Han Xin, Wen is not as good as Xiao He, and planning is not as good as Zhang Liang.But it took him six years from raising troops to pacifying the world.Throughout the history of China, there is no emperor like him who used such a short period of time to unify the land of China that did not have a unified concept.

Zhang Wen pondered for a while, and finally said: "The eldest prince often asks the stories of the emperor in the "Historical Records", and the internal changes of the courtiers. , copy it on silk, and often read it aloud.”

A smile appeared on the corner of Liu Chan's mouth, and he said: "Qing has the merits of the Pope's son, I dare not forget each other."

Liu Chan is still very satisfied with the books Liu Sui read.Take "Geography" as an example. Its content details the territory, territory, establishment history, feudal lineage, situation and customs, and famous families from the Warring States Period to the Western Han Dynasty.

These contents may not be as exciting as the stories of the characters for future generations, but for the kings and courtiers who want to manage government affairs, this is the best information channel for a preliminary understanding of the world situation.This is why Sun Quan emphasized to his prince Sun Deng that he should read Hanshu, because there is a lot of wisdom and knowledge hidden in it.

After all, history books are not for ordinary people to read from the beginning, but for the ruling class.Taking history as a mirror, we can know the ups and downs, which is not a lie.It's just that the ancients didn't expect that two thousand years later, technological advancement and universal education would make it no longer difficult to obtain history books.

Zhang Wen breathed out in his heart, cupped his hands and said, "Don't dare, the teacher is just preaching and teaching."

(Almost checked but~)

(End of this chapter)