The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 264 The Great Events of the Country, Sacrifice and Rong
Yu Hai looked up and saw the Fourth Prince walking towards him with Wei Mian not far away, and reminded the Eighth Prince, "Your Highness, it is the Fourth Prince."

The eighth prince raised his eyes and looked over, frowned lightly, his overly pretty face instantly darkened.

The fourth prince not far away did not see the eighth prince, but Wei Mian who was beside him found out, and he reminded the fourth prince, "Your Highness, it is the eighth prince."

Hearing the words, the fourth prince raised his eyes and looked over, and then collided with the eyes of the eighth prince.

At this moment, Yu Hai and Wei Mian seemed to see lightning and thunder.

The two quickly looked away and stopped looking at each other.

The eighth prince originally thought that the fourth prince would walk in a different direction when he saw him, but unexpectedly, the fourth prince walked straight towards him this time.

He raised his eyebrows lightly, and immediately continued to walk forward.Every time he saw the fourth prince, he would not change his direction.

Wei Mian and Yu Hai, who were behind the fourth and eighth princes, saw that the two His Highnesses had not changed their direction and were walking towards each other, their hearts felt aroused.

The two did not walk straight towards each other.The fourth prince walked over with a blank expression, and the eighth prince also walked forward with a cold face.

After a while, the two saw that they were going to stagger, and at this moment, the two stopped unconsciously.

The fourth prince stood a little in front of the eighth prince, and the eighth prince stood a little behind the fourth prince.

The two turned their backs to each other, not looking at each other.

"You will go to the fief soon, and before you go to the fief, I hope you stay away from the tenth brother." The eighth prince's tone was full of warning, "You'd better stay away from the tenth brother in the future, and don't get close to the tenth brother. "

The fourth prince said coldly: "It's not up to you to comment on the matter between me and my tenth brother."

The eighth prince looked forward with both eyes, and did not give the fourth prince a single corner of his eye.

"Now that you have come forward, if you get closer to the tenth brother, it will only bring danger to the tenth brother."

The fourth prince also didn't give the eighth prince a look.He said with a cold handsome face: "You are more dangerous."

"Zhao Yun, you have attracted the attention of the crown prince and the acting king. They won't touch you now, but what about in the future?" The eighth prince asked the fourth prince sharply, "When you become a king and have a fief, they will I will definitely not let you go, and you will implicate the tenth brother."

He said again: "The tenth brother is young and has no power. Whether it is the crown prince or the acting king, he can be easily eliminated."

The fourth prince was indifferent to the eighth prince's words.He still said with a serious face: "Don't worry about it, I will protect the tenth brother."

"Zhao Yun, once you become the king, you will immediately go to the fiefdom. How do you protect the tenth brother?" The eighth prince said aggressively.

"It's none of your business." The fourth prince warned the eighth prince coldly, "Don't think that what you did will not bring danger to the tenth brother."

His tone was full of persecution: "Zhao Yi, you are more dangerous!" After finishing speaking, he left directly.

"Your Highness, the Fourth Prince is too arrogant." Yu Haijian was very dissatisfied with the Fourth Prince's attitude towards the Eighth Prince, "Your Highness, we still..."

Before Yu Hai finished speaking, he saw the Eighth Prince's cold eyes sweeping over him. He was so frightened that his heart shuddered, he quickly shut his mouth and lowered his head.

The Eighth Prince didn't say anything, and continued to walk in the direction of the East Palace.

The fourth prince continued to walk in the direction of Lanyuan Pavilion.

"Your Highness, what does the Eighth Prince mean?" Wei Mian also didn't like the Eighth Prince, "Why does he say that you will bring danger to the Tenth Prince, obviously he is the most dangerous one."

The fourth prince said indifferently: "Don't talk to him."

"Your Highness, you know what kind of person the eighth prince is and what he has done, why didn't you get rid of him?" Yu Hai didn't understand why the eighth prince didn't get rid of the fourth prince, and Wei Mian also didn't understand why the fourth prince The Eighth Prince is not excluded. "If you don't get rid of the Eighth Prince, the Eighth Prince will definitely not let you go in the future."

The fourth prince naturally knew that the eighth prince would become his biggest threat in the future, but the eighth prince is not now.

"What will happen in the future, we will talk about it later."

"Your Highness!" Wei Mian shouted dissatisfied.

The fourth prince cast a glance at Wei Mian, and explained, "Zhao Yi is useful, so we can't get rid of him now."

When Wei Mian heard this, he was slightly taken aback, and then asked curiously, "Your Highness, what can the eighth prince do?"

"He can protect the tenth brother." The fourth prince disliked the eighth prince very much.He felt that the Eighth Prince was too insidious and despicable, like a mouse in the gutter.However, he knew that the Eighth Prince treated Zhao Yao sincerely.The Eighth Prince will never let Zhao Yao have an accident. "After I become the king and go to the fiefdom, it will be dangerous for the tenth brother to stay in the palace alone. Zhao Yi will protect him."

The fourth prince and the eighth prince have a tacit understanding, that is, they will protect Zhao Yao.No matter how they dislike each other, they will not do anything to each other for the time being, because they are all waiting for Zhao Yao to grow up safely, and wait for Zhao Yao to become a king and go to the fief as an adult, away from the right and wrong of the capital.

Before Zhao Yao became king and went to fief as an adult, they tacitly protected Zhao Yao secretly.

"Your Highness, can the Eighth Prince really protect His Highness the Tenth?" Wei Mian didn't believe the Eighth Prince.

"He can." The fourth prince said, narrowing his eyes slightly, with a deep look in his eyes, "If he can't protect the tenth brother well, then there is no need for him to stay in this world."

The fourth prince knew what kind of person the eighth prince was, but he turned a blind eye to what he had done these years because he could protect Zhao Yao.

For the fourth prince, it is a good thing for one more person to protect Zhao Yao.He believed that he could protect Zhao Yao well, but he couldn't be by Zhao Yao's side all the time.When he leaves the capital, he can only temporarily hand over Zhao Yao's safety to the Eighth Prince.

Hearing what the fourth prince said, Wei Mian felt relieved and didn't say any more about it.

The fourth prince returned to Lanyuan Pavilion, but did not return to the History Museum.He no longer studies history. Last year he was called by the emperor to serve in Tingweifu.

Ting Wei is in charge of the punishment of Da Zhou, which is very important.

After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the important officials of the Tingwei Mansion were basically descendants of the aristocratic family.Although there are some officials from humble backgrounds in Tingwei's Mansion, they do not have important positions and do not have real power in their hands.Furthermore, there are too many dignitaries in the capital, they look down on officials from poor families, and it is difficult for officials from poor families to control them.

The only one who can control the dignitaries in the capital and suppress the officials of the Tingwei Mansion is only the prince, and the fourth prince has high morals, is well-read in poetry and laws, and is the most suitable to go to the Tingwei Mansion.

In addition to reading classics and history collections and poems and songs, the fourth prince also likes to read laws.He studied the laws of the former dynasty, the Chen dynasty, and the dynasties before the Chen dynasty very thoroughly.

Back then, after the founding of the Great Zhou, the late emperor not only asked the Li family to establish the Taixue and restore the broken rites and music, but also asked the Li family to help formulate the laws of the Great Zhou.In recent years, the Li family has been repairing the laws of the Great Zhou, and the fourth prince has contributed a lot.

The fourth prince opposed torture, but did not reject torture.He believes that without severe punishment, those heinous people cannot be deterred.Of course, the punishment cannot be blindly severe, but also has a kind side.

Last year, the emperor asked the fourth prince to go to the Tingwei Mansion, not only to let him scare the officials of the Tingwei Mansion who were disciples of the aristocratic family, but also to let him mend the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Although the fourth prince knew that he would offend many children of the family if he went to Tingwei's mansion, he didn't care.Like the emperor, he disliked the aristocratic family and believed that the aristocratic family was the chief culprit for oppressing the people.He always felt that the Great Zhou was the common people's Great Zhou, not the aristocratic family's Great Zhou, so the aristocratic family must be removed, otherwise after the Great Zhou, it would definitely repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty or the Chen Dynasty.

When he returned to Lanyuan Pavilion, he was looking for books about the law.He will go to the fief in the future, and he will also formulate new laws for his fief.

And Zhao Yao was studying in Wende Hall, and he was studying "Zuo Zhuan" during this time.

"The major event of the country lies in the sacrifice and the army."

After Mr. Xiao asked Zhao Yao to go back, he understood the meaning of this sentence well.

Coincidentally, Zhao Yao recently received a letter from his third uncle, who also said this sentence and asked him how he understood it.

The superficial meaning of the phrase "the great affairs of the country lie in sacrifices and wars" means that the great affairs of the country lie in sacrifices and wars.

This sentence comes from "Zuo Zhuan. Cheng Gong".

Zhao Yao didn't quite understand why Uncle San and Mr. Xiao asked him the meaning of this sentence?
In his view, the country's major affairs, that is, national security, require a strong army to maintain.This is what he understood as "Rong".As for "sacrifice", he thinks it is unnecessary, because the present is not the past.

The past dynasties firmly believed that there were gods in the world, and hoped to communicate with the gods through sacrifices and get their protection.However, the current Dazhou does not need to sacrifice to the gods like the previous dynasties.

"Mother, do you think I understand right?"

Concubine Liang nodded and said, "I think your understanding is quite correct. Even if Da Zhou completely quelled all the wars, a strong army is still needed to protect Da Zhou from being attacked by the Huns or other foreign tribes, or other foreign nations." Bully."

"But I think the meaning of Uncle San and Mr. Xiao's special question to me is not as simple as I understand." Zhao Yao pointed to the word "Rong" and said, "I probably didn't misunderstand the meaning of the word [Rong]. But the word [Sacrifice], besides sacrifice, should have other meanings."

"What's the point?" Concubine Liang said, "Sacrifice is basically only related to sacrifice, so don't think too much about it. I think your understanding is right."

"Sacrifice, sacrifice, why did people like to sacrifice in the past?" Zhao Yao asked, "Is it because of frequent natural disasters?"

"There are also reasons for this. The main reason is to pray for God's blessings, such as good weather and good harvests." Concubine Liang said, "The people who sacrificed in the past were high priests at first, and later became emperors. The emperor personally sacrificed to the elders. God bless you."

"Why was it the high priest at the beginning, and later became the emperor's priest?"

"To be precise, it's not the emperor, but the emperor. The high priest's sacrifice will make the people respect the high priest. In the hearts of the people, the high priest is more important than the emperor. The emperor is also restricted by the high priest, so it was abolished later. The high priest will be sacrificed by the emperor himself."

"Actually, the Son of Heaven wants to control the power of sacrifice and control the people, right?" Zhao Yao asked sharply.

"Yes."

"The [major event of the country, in the sacrificial and military] in the [sacrifice] is the meaning of the people's hearts."

When Concubine Liang heard the words, she was taken aback for a while, and then said in agreement, "You can think so."

"Uncle San and Mr. Xiao want to tell me that the great things of the country lie in the hearts of the people and the army." Zhao Yao pinched his chin and said, "People in the past used sacrifices to win the hearts of the people, but now the people are not stupid. It will not work for priests to win over them."

Concubine Liang asked, "Then what do you think is the way to win the hearts of the people?"

"Mother and concubine, how long can the people's hearts won?" Zhao Yao said seriously, "Actually, it's very easy to win the hearts of the people."

Concubine Liang intentionally asked, "What's a simple way?"

"That is to let the common people have enough food and warm clothes." In fact, the common people's requirements are very simple, that is, to have food to eat and clothes to wear, and not to ask for other things extravagantly. "Especially after the people experienced the riots of the previous dynasty."

"Yes, the common people just want to eat enough and wear warm clothes." Concubine Liang said with a long sigh, "But it is not easy for every common people to eat well and dress warmly. No emperor can do that." .During the peaceful and prosperous period of the previous dynasty, there were still many people who did not have enough to eat and could not wear warm clothes."

"Third Uncle and Mr. Xiao mean that people's hearts and the army are very important." Zhao Yao brought the topic back again. He frowned and said thoughtfully, "People's hearts and the army are also a double-edged sword. If it is used well, the country will be stable. If it is not used well, the country will be in turmoil."

Liang Bin was secretly startled.Although she had known her son was smart for a long time, she never thought that her son would think of so many things through the sentence "A major event of the country, Zai Si and Rong".

She heard Zhao Yao continue to say: "[Si and Rong] How to use this double-edged sword well depends on the person holding the sword, that is, the emperor, so it is not easy to be an emperor." What's so good about being an emperor, really I don't understand what the Prince's brother and the others mean by competing for the throne.

Some time later, Zheng Xilin, who was far away in the countryside, received Zhao Yao's reply letter, and saw his understanding of the phrase "A major event of the country, Zai and Rong" in the letter.

　Sorry, Kawen has not been updated in the past two days.I have been suffering from insomnia for the past two days, and I can't sleep all night. My mind is in a mess, so I don't have much inspiration.

　　Two updates will resume tomorrow.

　　[A major event of the country, at the sacrificial and military] This sentence means a major event of the country, which is related to the hearts of the people and the army. This is my understanding, it is not allowed.

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