I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 65 Chao Cuo's Origin

The origin of Chao Cuo?
The two brothers know more or less;
But in order not to disturb Shentu Jia's 'story', the two brothers only shook their heads tacitly, then blinked their bright eyes, and waited expectantly for Shentu Jia's next words.

Sensing the anticipation in the eyes of the two brothers, Shen Tujia only took a deep breath, and saw Chao Cuo's life trajectory, almost without omission, laid out in front of the two brothers.

"Chao Cuo is a native of Ying (yǐng) Sichuan. He was born in the seventh year of Emperor Taizu Gao. He was the same age as the former Liang Huai Wang Taifu and Jia Yi Jia Changsha."

"This year..."

"Well, it should be false 45, which is in the prime of life."

"When he was young, Chao Cuo followed Zhang Hui, a native of Zhi County, to study the study of Shang Shang's criminal names."

Shentu Jia's gentle words caused the two brothers to nod repeatedly, expressing that they knew something about it.

——Shen Shang's study of criminal names is actually the legalist theory represented by Shen Buhai and Shang Jun (Martingale).

And the fact that Chao Cuo was born in the Legalist family has long been known to all women and children in Chang'an.

After all, no matter what, Chao Cuo was also the first person who dared to write the words "Legalist background" on his forehead since the Han Dynasty.

Before Chao Cuo, even if a talented person from the Legalist family entered an official position, most of them, like Shen Tujia, would say euphemistically: I am not talented.

As for the reason...

"After Qin's death, almost the whole world blamed the 'death of Qin' on the Legalists."

"The two young masters should also be clear about how difficult it is for a Legalist scholar to serve as a Han after Qin."

"Under such circumstances, Chao Cuo, as a legalist scholar, was trusted by Emperor Taizong, and was even praised by His Majesty, who was still the prince at that time, as a 'brain tank';"

"—Just this alone is enough to explain Chao Cuo's ability."

Hearing this, the two brothers nodded again to express their understanding.

In his previous life, Liu Sheng was an ordinary small-town problem solver, and he was relatively unsuccessful;
For the grand proposition of 'history', Liu Sheng in his previous life didn't have much understanding at all.

Go up to the sky, that is to say, knowing that Qin Shihuang ruled the world, but his son Hu Hai was not promising, and died as soon as he inherited the throne;

Later, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought for hegemony, and finally Liu Bang won and became the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

A few hundred years later, the Han Dynasty died somehow, like some kind of yellow scarf thief, and then came to the years of disputes between the Three Kingdoms, and it was Sima Yigou to the end.

Afterwards, Liu Sheng heard about Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang, Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, these intermittent memory fragments.

But in this life, in this era, after spending his entire childhood as a prince, Liu Sheng obviously has a lot of new understanding of history.

At least have a general understanding of the history of the past hundred years.

One of the most unexpected points for future generations may be that today's Han Dynasty does not recognize the "Qin Dynasty" established by the First Emperor Yingzheng.

In the eyes of people in this era, the history of the past hundred years is not "Zhou-Qin-Han", but the last year of the Zhou Dynasty. a period of time;
After that, it was Liu Bang, Emperor Taizu Gao of the Han Dynasty, who obeyed the order, corrected the "illegal rule" of the first emperor Yingzheng, and established the Han Dynasty.

In other words: Today's Han Dynasty did not inherit the country of 'Qin', but took over the land of 'Zhou'.

However, Qin's "illegal rule" of the world, and then oppressing the people of the world, which caused the people of the world to live in poverty, was completely blamed on the Legalists.

——If it weren't for the harsh laws of your Legalists, Qin would not have oppressed the people of the world, and even "illegal rule" would not have been possible!
Faced with this clearly tainted political element, countless Legalists have, in the past few decades, turned into "non-school" people who "study the study of governance, business and criminal names".

But in this way...

"Chao Cuo has such a character?"

"During the time of the emperor's grandfather, the Legalists were not able to become officials, right?"

"At that time, Chao Cuo dared to call himself a 'Legalist'?"

Seeing that Liu Sheng accurately captured the key to the problem, Shen Tujia couldn't help but smile in relief;
There was a little contempt subconsciously between the brows.

"of course not."

"If Chao Cuo had that kind of vigor, the old man would give him a high regard;"

"Let's not make him 'unable to step down' repeatedly in the court council."

"In the beginning, Chao Cuo was the same as other Legalists, even worse;"

"——When Chao Cuo became an official, he didn't even stick to the bottom line of the 'School of Zhishen, Shang and Criminal Names'. He just showed that he could write and recognize it."

"It is because of this ability to write and recognize that Chao Cuo entered the imperial court for the first time with the official position of 'too often anecdote'."

"And then, something happened;"

"It was this incident that caused Chao Cuo to soar into the sky..."

Said the words lightly, and Shentu Jia's face couldn't help showing a rather complicated look.

"—In the sixth year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Fu Sheng, a great Confucian in Jinan, wrote a letter, stating that he had hidden the "Shangshu" in the wall of his home when the King of Qin was burning books and burying Confucianism."

"Emperor Taizong was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately wanted to send someone to fetch the book;"

"But Fu Shengzang's official books are all written in the Qi State characters of the Warring States period, and no one can understand them at all, so Fu Sheng needs to explain them himself.

"However, this great Confucian scholar, Fu Sheng, is very old, already over 90 years old, and he can only speak Zhou Shi's elegant language;"

"Emperor Taizong wanted to send someone to receive books, but he couldn't find anyone who could understand elegant language."

"It was at this time that Chao Cuo stood up and said that he not only understood the elegant language, but also spoke the elegant language..."

Hearing this, even though he hated Chao Cuo deeply, Liu Sheng could only slap his lips regretfully.

"In the end, Chao Cuo was asked to accept the "Shangshu", and then he soared into the sky?"

"This Chao Cuo, luck is too good..."

Hearing Liu Sheng's words, Shen Tujia shook his head with a complex expression.

That complicated face has contempt and contempt;

But most of all, there is still a mixture of five flavors mixed with vigilance and admiration.

"In the eyes of outsiders, Chao Cuo is lucky, just because of luck;"

"It's just because at that time, Chao Cuo was the only one in court who could understand and speak elegant language."

"But it was also this incident that allowed me, who was still a county guard in Huaiyang at the time, to see through Chao Cuo."

Speaking in a low tone, Shentujia's complexion also became more serious, and there was a lingering solemnity between his brows.

When Shen Tujia raised his head and looked at Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng brothers again, his eyes, which were full of bliss just now, were filled with the sharpness of a falcon.

"—Chao Cuo's elegant language was learned from nothing after Fu Sheng presented the "Shang Shu"!"

"It was Chao Cuo who went back to Yingchuan on purpose to learn from his teacher Zhang Hui, and then returned to Chang'an to win this opportunity!"

"From leaving Chang'an to study elegant language in Yingchuan, to when Emperor Taizong sent Chao Cuo to Jinan to receive the "Book of History" from Fusheng..."

"The whole process, Chao Cuo, only took nine months..."

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