Start having a baby!I dressed as the mother of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty

"Mother..."

When Shuang'er, Shu'er, and Liu Yue saw Wang Zhi coming in, they were hiding something behind their backs.

"Take it out, what can't the queen mother see?" Wang Zhi said with a smile.

"Empress Mother, I'll eat it for you!" Shu'er stuffed something in Wang Zhi's hands, "It's from the imperial aunt!"

"Jade cake?" Wang Zhi was a little displeased, "Your father has ordered that you are not allowed to eat refined food."

This jade cake is the snow skin moon cake.Wang Yan used the method of making dumplings, steamed sticky rice flour mixed with glutinous rice flour to make the skin, filled with honey-soaked nuts and flower petals, and pressed out a crystal-clear cookie with a flower-shaped woodcut mold, which was deeply loved by the harem.Its practice has also been spread outside the palace, and it has become the most popular pastry at the luxurious family banquets.

"Queen, Yue'er's throat hurts after eating that hard millet!" Eleventh Prince Liu Yue said with a bitter face.

Wang Zhi patted his head lovingly: "Everyone eats hard millet! Your father issued an edict, and we, as the royal family, should obey it even more."

"But Sister Gillian said that they never ate hard millet!" Shuang'er pouted.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Wang Zhi shouted.

How could she not know that powerful families are extravagant and profligate?Some nobles' vehicles are carved with lacquer and painted with gold, which is comparable to royal ostentation.

As a queen, she hasn't bought any clothes for several years.Except for rituals and major festivals, daily clothing is simple.The frugality of the royal family was ridiculed privately by some nobles.

However, the Wen and Jing dynasties "governed by doing nothing", bred tyrannical powers everywhere, down-squeezed the common people, and up-ignored the court's laws and regulations.The powerful family has always been a heart disease of the court. The mausoleum system and the appointment of cruel officials cannot solve the fundamental problem.

"Empress, the prince is here!" Zhi Qing called Wang Zhi happily.

"Baby pays respects to the queen!" Liu Xiaozhu's eyes lit up when he saw the cake in Wang Zhi's hand, "Jade cake? I want to eat it!"

Shuang'er giggled: "It's the emperor's brother's mother-in-law who brought it for you to eat!"

"Didn't the queen mother make it? That child won't eat it." Liu Xiaozhu frowned, "Bring it here! Don't eat it. The emperor ordered you not to pound millet or eat essence."

Because the queen mother and the prince did not allow jade cakes to be eaten, they had no choice but to put them back into the food box.

"Queen, do you want to send the food box back to the imperial aunt's house?" Liu Xiaozhu asked the queen.

"Che'er, let's deal with it!" Wang Zhi smiled, she wanted to see how her son would arrange it.

"How about this, if you don't obey your father's order, you will be fined to copy the Tao Te Ching! Whoever finishes writing it first will be rewarded with a jade cake! If the copy is good, then a jade cake will be rewarded!" Liu Xiaozhu said to his siblings .

Shuang'er and Shu'er were a little displeased, and under the suppression of Wang Zhi's eyes, they had to go to copy with Liu Yue.

"Mother, my son has been reading "Book of Shang Jun" these few days, and I have doubts, and I want to ask my mother for advice." Liu Xiaozhu said hesitantly.

Wang Zhi smiled and nodded.Liu Xiaozhu's approach of clearly distinguishing rewards and punishments has already revealed his tendency to govern.

"My mother and my father have ordered a ban on pounding rice and millet. But as my child knows, many people have not implemented it. Especially the princes and marquises, they turned a blind eye... If the government order does not work, should it be as stated in the "Book of Shang Jun", heavy punishment and light rewards ?”

"Shang Yang said: If punishment is heavy but reward is light, the superior will love the people, and the people will die; if reward is heavy and punishment light, the superior will not love the people, and the people will not die. Kings will be punished nine times and one will be punished, kings will be punished nine times and one will be rewarded, seven punishments for strengthening the country will be rewarded three times, and those for destroying the country will be rewarded five times. Shang Yang believes that the most ideal country is nine punishments and one reward, and rewards cannot be exchanged for loyal courtiers, only fear can make courtiers dare not make mistakes."

"Shang Yang also advocated that crimes, regardless of their size, should be severely punished. In troubled times, severe punishments should be used. The heavier the punishment, the more trembling the people will be, and the more they will feel awe of the monarch."

Listening to Liu Xiaozhu talking about the content of "Book of Shang Jun", Wang Yan sighed: "On the issue of human nature, there have always been debates between the theory of good nature and the theory of evil nature. Shang Yang has insight into human nature and believes that human nature is inherently evil, and human nature is to seek benefits and avoid The pursuit of profit is eternal. Where fame and fortune are, people will tend there. Even those hermits who live in seclusion in the mountains are no exception. People's desire for fame and fortune will not stop until the end of life. Therefore, we must Face up to human nature, utilize and guide human nature.”

"On the one hand, Shang Yang gave heavy rewards and rewarded farming and warfare to improve productivity and combat effectiveness; on the other hand, heavy punishments were used to stop crimes with severe punishments. Using the system of strict prevention-severe punishments, cultivate the atmosphere of the rule of law and make legal principles become the behavior habits of the people."

Liu Xiaozhu hurriedly asked: "Strict prevention—severe punishment, which one is more important?"

"Strict precautions. First of all, the court must have credibility, the laws should be complete and complete, and the authority of the law should be established." Wang Zhi explained.

"What is credibility?" Liu Xiaozhu was puzzled.

"Creditability is the power to make the people trust. Inside and outside the court, the imperial court has shown trust in fairness, justice, efficiency, humanity, democracy, and responsibility."

"Prince Qin broke the law, and Shang Yang punished the prince according to the law, but the prince is the future king, so he punished the prince's master as a warning. This will establish the authority of the law and demonstrate the credibility of the court."

"Shang Yang promulgated the statutory law and implemented the policy of "teaching the law and using officials as teachers" to let the common people know what is a heavy reward, why is a heavy punishment, and what are the consequences of breaking the law and committing crimes.Officials know that the people know the law, and dare not exploit the people; the people know that the cost of breaking the law is huge, so they dare not take risks, and dare not interfere with the official duties of officials.People know the law and understand the law, and can report officials for violating the law.Although Shang Yang died, Qin Fa remained undefeated..."

"The Grand Tutor used to be the imperial censor. The powerful officials bullied the common people. I didn't hear that he investigated any major cases. Could it be that no one reported it?" Liu Xiaozhu talked about the Grand Tutor Wei Wan.

"Jianling Marquis Weiwan. Prime Minister Wei is well known as a loyal elder. His subordinates made mistakes, and he still blamed himself. How could it be... the powerful and intertwined, and Wei Qing would not dare to make a move. Zhidu and Ningcheng have to deal with it with an iron fist . " Wang Zhi smiled, "The former emperor was in power, and the prosecution has been abolished, so there is no doubt about it."

"Does Che'er know about the death of Zhi Hou Bo Zhao?" Wang Zhi asked Liu Xiaozhu.

Seeing Liu Xiaozhu shaking his head, Wang Zhi spoke eloquently.

Zhi Hou Bo Zhao was the younger brother of Empress Dowager Bo and the uncle of Emperor Wen.As a vassal king, Emperor Wen came to Beijing from Daiguo to proclaim himself emperor. Bo Zhao had the merits of following the dragon, so he was named "Zhihou, General".Bo Zhao is self-reliant on his meritorious service, and he is a relative of the emperor, so his actions are becoming more and more domineering.

When Zhong Yu, the envoy of Emperor Wen, was touring the counties and states to promote the New Deal, he discovered that Bo Zhao's nephew, Bo Gui, was relying on his power to act recklessly and disregarding the king's laws. According to the laws at that time, he arrested Bo Gui and beheaded him according to the law.

Bo Zhao was furious when he learned that his nephew had been killed, and came to question Zhong Yu.Zhong Yu was upright and upright, and was not afraid of Bo Zhao, but confronted Bo Zhao face to face, and even challenged him by asking him what he dared to do?Furious, Bo Zhao drew his sword and killed Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu killed Bo Gui to act in accordance with the law, while Bo Zhao killed the envoy Zhong Yu, but he committed a capital crime.In order to save face for his uncle, Emperor Wen first sent his minister to drink with Bo Zhao and persuade him to commit suicide, but Bo Zhao pretended not to know and refused to submit.Emperor Wen led his officials to wear filial piety clothes and went to Bo Zhao's mansion to cry and mourn.Bo Zhao was forced to commit suicide.

"Marquis Zhi kills the emperor's envoy without permission, and the emperor's grandfather must kill him in order to establish the authority of the emperor and make the law and government strict!" Liu Xiaozhu said firmly.

"The envoy Zhong Yu was innocently killed this time. If nothing is done to deal with it, the innovation will be difficult to continue. Only Bo Zhao's execution will be enough to deter those conservative ministers who try to hinder the innovation; moreover, as the uncle of the country, Bo Zhao holds real power. His status is respected. If he is allowed to act indiscriminately without punishment, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the court ministers and affect the authority of the emperor."

In fact, Bo Zhao was forced to kill, and there was a dark thread.

Emperor Wen imprisoned Zhou Bo, the marquis of Jiang, for "rebellion".Zhou Bo bribed Bo Zhao with a lot of money, asking him to ask the Empress Dowager Bo to save him.When Empress Dowager Bo was in the early court of Emperor Wen, in front of civil and military officials, she hit Emperor Wen with a hat and scolded: "At the beginning, Marquis Jiang wore the seal bestowed by the emperor, and he held hundreds of thousands of troops and did not rebel. Now he is a small Xiaojiang County, are you planning to rebel instead?"

Although Emperor Wen let Zhou Bo go, but Bo Zhao's relatives intervened in the government, prevented the emperor from stepping down in front of civil and military officials, and influenced Emperor Wen to eradicate the meritorious group. The word "death" had already been pasted on Bo Zhao's forehead.

Wang Zhi nodded appreciatively: "The emperor's grandfather said that Che'er will be the "lord". Don't let him down! The emperor's relatives, no matter who they are, must not disregard the emperor's authority!"

"Then the imperial father's decree is unreasonable, should we also strictly enforce the law and kill people to build prestige?" Liu Xiaozhu was thoughtful.

"There are frequent disasters in many counties and counties in the world, and there are countless hungry people. The food they eat depends on the relief of the imperial court. Where can they pound rice and eat essence? Those who waste extravagance are rich and expensive!" Wang Zhi said with grief and indignation.

"The imperial court ordered the land tax to be thirty and one tax, which only made it cheaper for powerful households. When the powerful annexed the land, farmers could only be reduced to tenants, and the land tax was as high as ten taxes and five, or even seven! Those who cultivated the fields were not allowed to eat... hiding wealth among the people will eventually It is rich and powerful, poor people, and weak country!"

"My mother, the words of the weak people in the "Shang Junshu": kill the strong enemy from outside, and kill the strong people from inside. Is the tyrannical and powerful considered a strong people?"

"Shang Yang said that there are three main types of strengthening the people. One is brave men, most of whom are chivalrous men with martial arts skills. People come from various schools of thought. Their thinking is too free, inconsistent with the mainstream, and they dare to question the "divine power of the monarch". One type is the rich, and most of these people are wealthy businessmen and tycoons. .”

"A chivalrous man breaks the law with martial arts, and a Confucian man breaks the law with literature. The king should destroy these three kinds of strong people, so that the country can be monolithic."

"And the way to destroy the strong people is to mobilize the weak people. Use the strong to destroy the strong, the weak; If the weak attack the strong, the country will prosper. If it is to drive away the tigers, it will just create another group of strong people, which will not help the monarch. Only by mobilizing the weak to kill the strong The people can consolidate the rule.”

Based on this principle, it is wrong to let landlords fight against landlords, and it is wrong to mobilize peasants to disintegrate landlords; it is wrong to let rich people fight rich people, and it is wrong to mobilize poor people to destroy rich people; molecular.This is the so-called weak to strong.

"Shang Yang said: Governments do what the people hate, and the people are weak; government does what the people like, and the people are strong. When the people are weak, the country is strong; when the people are strong, the country is weak."

"The imperial court should only do things that the common people dislike. The more common people like something, the less they can do it. Those who can rule the world must first control their people; those who can defeat a powerful enemy must first conquer their people. He believes that if the king wants to subdue The world must first defeat the people, and the way to defeat the people is to weaken the people."

"The people are weak and the country is strong, and the country is strong and the people are weak. Therefore, a country with the right way should focus on the weak people. In Shang Yang's eyes, there is a fundamental contradiction between a strong people and a strong country. To make the country strong, the people must be weak. So how can the people be weak? Shang Yang believes that the key to the law of the weak is to eliminate the strong, to eliminate those strong people, and the rest will naturally be weak people, and only the weak people can be driven by the monarch at will."

"How to drive the weak people? Use profit to lure them. Shang Yang said: If you benefit from one emptiness, your country will be invincible; if you benefit from two empties, your country will benefit half; So that the power of the people."

If the title and wealth come from one country, the country will be invincible; if it comes from two sources, the country will get half of the benefits; if it comes from ten sources, the country will surely fall.The state should monopolize all promotion channels. If citizens want to gain titles, get promoted and make a fortune, they can only enter the system to serve the state.

The country needs two kinds of people, one is farmers and the other is soldiers. All other industries should be banned. Anyone who is not a farmer or a soldier is a traitor and should be wiped out.Those who do not depend on the profit of the monarch are the greatest threat to the country.

As long as all profit channels outside the system are cut off, the common people can only pray for rewards from the monarch, and if they want to get rewards, they can only farm and fight.In this way, the whole country has become a militaristic country that integrates the army and the people. With the help of such an army, the monarch will definitely be able to eliminate powerful enemies and consolidate his rule.

"The survivors of the sixth generation, vigorously pursue the strategy and control the inner world, swallow the princes for two weeks and perish the princes, act as the supreme and rule the Liuhe, hold on to beat and flog the world, and vibrate the world" is the main political thought of the merchant martingale in Daliang. Under the guidance, unify the six countries and establish a unified dynasty!

So, can the Han Empire use Shang Yang's strategy of farming and warfare to uproot the powerful, drive out the Huns, open up territories and expand the land, and bring the world back to its heart?

Wang Zhi thought about it, and was about to speak to Liu Xiaozhu, when Zhi Qing came over with a smile and shouted.

"His Royal Highness! The two princesses and the little prince have finished copying, please check the prince!"

"Okay! Sister Qing, let's go together!" Liu Xiaozhu took Zhi Qing's hand and walked out.

Seeing the tenderness in Zhi Qing's round eyes, Wang Zhi's heart "thumped": This little girl looks like she's just opened her eyes, she must have some affection for Liu Xiaozhu!
After Wang Zhi was abducted by the Huns, Zhi Qing had been accompanying him to comfort Liu Xiaozhu.Zhi Qing served the Queen in the Jiaofang Palace, and was also Liu Xiaozhu's dagger master. The two childhood sweethearts were close and casual, and everyone took it for granted.But girls are precocious, and Zhi Qing is four years older than Liu Xiaozhu...

Zhidu has to go back to Beijing.Wang Zhi thought.But the transfer of courtiers is beyond her control.

In the past, when the emperor Liu Qi was seriously ill, she reviewed the memorials on behalf of Liu Qi, and also participated in the government affairs.At that time, the emperor and empress were united and intimate, and together they helped the best heir to the throne, Liu Xiaozhu, to the position of crown prince.

But the current king and queen are only as expensive as mother and child.Emperor Jing Liu Qi only faced her when he had to. He usually never sees her and ignores her. How could he let her be recalled to Zhidu, the governor of Linjiang County?

What's more, both Zhi Qing and Zhi Qing have kept the mystery of Zhi Qing's life secret.If anyone finds out, it will be a crime of beheading!she?I'm afraid it's life-threatening!

While hesitating, the eunuch outside the palace shouted: "The emperor is here!"