I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 33 Strength of character, responsibility, and backbone

Seeing Shentujia standing by the gazebo, facing the rising sun with hands behind his back, the faces of Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng were still full of astonishment.

What Shentu Jia said just now, as well as the attitude shown in the words, were obviously beyond the expectations of the two brothers.

——Especially Liu Sheng's expectation!
Previously, Liu Sheng only knew that Prime Minister Shen Tujia started as a soldier at the bottom, and in that chaotic world with sudden changes, he climbed to the top step by step with his own efforts, and finally became an inspirational model for the Prime Minister;

After becoming the prime minister, Shen Tujia's only iconic designation seems to be "clean and honest".

Other than that, Liu Sheng knew nothing about Shen Tujia's character.

But at this moment, Liu Sheng finally realized belatedly when he heard Shen Tujia's words, "Young master underestimates me".
——How could Shen Tujia, who started as a big soldier, kill mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and finally become a prime minister, be a person with nothing but incorruptibility? !

If this is the case, then why would Emperor Taizong Xiaowen choose Shen Tujia as the successor of Beiping Marquis Zhang Cang?

Realizing this, Liu Sheng quickly turned back his confusion, and looked at Shen Tujia with sincere respect!

"Students are really ignorant, they misunderstood the teacher..."

Standing up from his seat full of shame, Liu Sheng stepped forward calmly and bowed deeply to Shen Tujia.

Shen Tujia's words just now may have fooled others;

For example, at this moment, Liu Pengzu who was still sitting on the side with a surprised face.

But for Liu Sheng, a "middle-aged man" who has lived for more than 40 years and experienced the vicissitudes of the world together, Shen Tujia's words can't deceive people at all.

Shen Tujia, an old stubborn bull, is afraid that the emperor Liu Qi will hate him?
joke!

Emperor Liu Qi, who is that?

——The four words "Jiazi must report" are almost tailor-made for this person!

Back then, when Liu Qi was still the prince, he played a game of chess with the prince of Wu Wang who had entered the pilgrimage;

As a result, the crown prince couldn't afford to play, and couldn't play against Liu Qi, so he regretted the game over and over again, and kept talking trash to Liu Qi.

As a result, Liu Qi was so angry that he grabbed the chessboard on the spot and smashed it on the head of Crown Prince Liu Xian, and kicked the crown prince of Wu away!

In this way, the poor Wu Wang Taizi Liu Xian, because of his poor chess skills and quality, became the first poor person in the history of China who was single-killed offline because of "spraying people".

As for Liu Qi, although he has never played chess with others since that incident, he has earned the nickname of 'chessman' in this eight hundred miles away in Qinchuan.

Prince Qi's impression of "narrow-mindedness" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the world since then.

And even when such a young man who "revenges all revenge" and "reports on the spot" succeeded to the throne, and started to promote the "Strategy for Reducing Fans" at the first time, Shen Tujia, as the prime minister, was still resolute. stood up;
Even though the emperor Liu Qi repeatedly warned Shen Tujia to "don't be ignorant of flattery", Shen Tujia still disregarded Liu Qi's nickname of "Chessman", and firmly opposed the implementation of the "Plan for Cutting Fans".

In order to prevent Liu Qi from carrying out the "Strategy of Cutting Fans", Shen Tujia even used the Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang in an unprecedented way, and gave every prime minister of the Han Dynasty privileges!

——By refusing to affix the prime minister's seal on the emperor's edict, to prevent this emperor's edict from being legal!
Right now, just because Shentu Jia opposed the "Strategy to Cut Fans", the Emperor Liu Qi was already so angry that he wished he could strip Shentu Jia alive, and then play a harmonious and friendly game of Go with Shentu Jia's wronged souls!
But even so, Shen Tujia never had the slightest thought of 'retreating'.

Would such a person be afraid of the Emperor Liu Qi's dislike for him?
Such a person who has been hated by the emperor Liu Qi to the bone, is afraid that the emperor Liu Qi's hatred for him will grow from 'infinite' to 'infinite+1'?
Obviously, no.

Shen Tujia didn't want Liu Sheng to come forward to persuade Empress Dowager Dou to stop the "Strategy to Cut Fans", not because she was worried that doing so would make the emperor Liu Qi hate him even more.

Rather, Shen Tujia simply believed that it was wrong to do so;

In other words, it was Shentu Jia's request to him that he was not allowed to achieve his goal in this way.

Even if this goal is to put the common people in the world first, prevent the emperor Liu Qi from forcing the princes of the Guandong.

——This is the true meaning of Shen Tujia's phrase "Young master underestimates me"...

"Before, the young master expressed his worries in front of me. I also promised the young master that I would introduce someone to the young master to dispel the young master's worries;"

"But even so, the young master still went to the queen mother and asked the queen mother for help."

"I know, this is because the young master misunderstood: If I don't help me persuade the queen mother to stop the "Plan to Cut the Fan", I won't help the young master introduce that person."

While Liu Sheng was thinking, Shentujia's deep voice sounded again, causing the two brothers to nod in unison.

However, Shen Tujia still turned his back to the two brothers, standing on the edge of the gazebo with his hands behind his back, even with the weight of the country and the country on his shoulders, he still kept his spine that had been worn out by the years straight!
"In this way, the young master did not intend to persuade the Queen Mother when he went to Changle Palace;"

"Young master can think like this, the old man is very pleased."

"I also hope that in the future, Young Master, you will also keep in mind today's choice, and never let yourself get involved in things that you shouldn't be involved in."

Speaking in a peaceful tone, Shentu Jia finally turned around slightly, and looked at Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng brothers indifferently.

"On the first day when I sent the two young masters to be apprentices, Mrs. Jia entrusted this old man: to teach the two young masters the way of being loyal to the emperor and keeping success."

"But from my point of view, as long as the two young masters still treat everything with the same attitude as they did with the "Strategy to Reduce Fans" in the future, then the old man has lived up to Mrs. Jia's entrustment."

"As for the person who promised to be introduced by the two young masters earlier, he will come in a while..."

After saying the last sentence earnestly, Shen Tujia smiled and nodded to Liu Sheng, then turned around again, facing the slowly rising sun.

It was clearly a dilapidated Hou's mansion, and it was clearly a simple gazebo;

Just a ray of rising sun, just an old man.

But it is such a dilapidated Hou's mansion and a simple gazebo;

It's just such an ordinary morning sun, shining on such an old figure;
But it still made Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng brothers deeply attracted by the scene in front of them.

Thousands of years later, Song Prime Minister Wen Tianxiang, who was defeated and captured, might have put his hands behind his back in the same way, standing on the prow of the boat crossing the Lingding Ocean, facing the rising sun, and recited the eternal quatrain:

——Since ancient times, who has never died?
Stay loyal!According to history! ! !

But today, it is also an old man, with his hands behind his back, his spine straight, facing the rising sun.

But the old man clearly didn't say anything, but still let Liu Sheng see something that can only be understood but cannot be described from this old figure...
"That's the strength of character!"

"It's the prime minister's responsibility!"

"It is the backbone of the Chinese nation!!"

Decades later, the middle-aged emperor Liu Sheng said this to his prince...

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PS: The author has had the honor of experiencing many times of controversy regarding the debate on 'The Crown Prince or the Crown Prince'.

So before you big fathers get into a fight, let me show everyone.

——Before Han Jingdi Liu Qi, whether it was the emperor's heir or the prince's heir, they were all called the prince, that is, the crown prince and the crown prince.

What was the reason that caused the 'Crown Prince' to become the 'Wang Shizi' in the first dynasty of Xiaojing?

The answer is the core content of the opening part of this book: the policy of cutting down the vassals, and the rebellion of Wu Chu and the Seven Kingdoms caused by the policy of cutting down the vassals, which is what everyone calls the rebellion of the seven kings.

Is the policy of cutting feudal clans right or wrong?Is the Rebellion of the Seven Kings inevitable?

On this point, various historians have different opinions;

But let’s just say one thing: the policy of reducing vassals did push back most of the clan princes of the Han Dynasty. After the rebellion was put down, the problem of the clan princes being too big to lose was indeed solved more thoroughly.

Then everyone knows: at the beginning of the outbreak of the Wu Chu Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, Chao Cuo was cut off by Emperor Jing Liu Qi and abandoned the city;

But the "cold knowledge" that many people don't know is: after the rebellion was put down, the follow-up supplementary clauses of the policy of reducing the vassal did not follow the death of Chao Cuo, but were promoted in the Jing and Wu dynasties.

So what are these supplementary terms?

There are the Zuoguan Law and the Subsidy Law that everyone is familiar with, and the later Jinjin Law, and even the Tweeting Order that reached the pinnacle.

The most inconspicuous item among them is to change the name of "prince of princes and kings" to "son of princes and kings", so as to reduce the theoretical status of princes and kings from the perspective of etiquette.

It's just that, compared to the Zuoguan law, the benefit law, the Jin law and even the Tweeting Order, which are more practical, changing the crown prince to the prince's son is a bit like "making you sound less awesome". The significance is not very high, so it can be easily overlooked.

Therefore, the conclusion is: at this point in the text, the heir of the princes and kings should be called the crown prince, not the prince.

There will be another update later, taking advantage of the home office, the third update for a while, I hope everyone will support you, and try to follow up if you can.It would be even better if there is a monthly ticket recommendation ticket reward or something like that.

Thank you in advance, fathers, you are so polite~
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