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

"In his sixties?" Wang Quan was a little disappointed when he heard that Gongsun Hong was an old man.

"Lian Po is old, can he still make a living?" Based on the lifespan of people in the Han Dynasty, fifty years old was considered an old man. How can a sixty-year-old man, whose life is too fragile to survive, be able to serve as an official?

"Gongsun Hongyuan was a small official in the Zichuan Kingdom. His father died and Ding You made mistakes, so he never entered the official position again. He had no livelihood and raised pigs to support his stepmother. He had outstanding character and filial piety to the world. He learned "Spring and Autumn" at the age of 40 and worshiped Hu Wusheng. As a teacher, I will study the Gongyang Classics intensively." Dou Ying responded to Wang Quan.

Wang Quan nodded.

During the Wen and Jing dynasties, there were roughly three official careers for scholars: one was Langguan. The family has property, provides its own carriage, horse, clothing, and living expenses, and goes to the capital to work as an official, waiting for the emperor's promotion; one is to work as a small official in the local area, regardless of property, with no future, just making a living; the other is to have a high talent and a famous name A wise man achieves his goal and is recruited by the government.

Lang Guanzhen selected some talents with good family backgrounds, but he also blocked the upward path for children from poor families. Some poor scholars worked as local officials to supplement their livelihood.

Gongsun Hongneng put aside his reserve as a scholar, raised pigs and took care of the family. At the age of forty, he studied Confucianism under a famous teacher, and finally became famous for his "Edict to Recruit the Virtuous".

From being a lowly official, to raising pigs for a living, to being recruited as a worthy official, this is the struggle history of an old diaosi!

A person who has gone through hardships at the bottom, has life experience and accumulation, and picks up books, naturally has a different perception from a kid from a rich family.

It is said that Dong Zhongshu came from a noble family and was very talented since childhood. He loved studying as a teenager and often forgot to eat and sleep when he was studying. His father, Dong Taigong, saw that he was anxious in his eyes. In order to let his children rest, he decided to build a garden behind the house so that the children could have the opportunity to relax in the garden and rest their minds. The garden was completed in three years. Relatives and friends came to see it with their children and they all praised the Dong family garden for its exquisiteness. His parents asked Dong Zhongshu to go play, but he just nodded and continued to study. There is a good story about "not looking at the garden for three years".

Rich and poor have different paths, but Gongsun Hong wants to support his family and himself. When he was over forty, the age when his neck was buried in the earth, he began to study Confucianism and Qiongjing. His political opinions are less flashy and passionate than those of a wealthy family, and more simple and pragmatic than Mu Yuzhifeng.

"It's true that if you hear Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening!" Wang Quan spontaneously felt admiration, "Let him do a doctorate in Taixue first! A mature man must be cautious and make arrangements according to the situation."

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"...If you regard your relatives and nobles as being the most upright among the princes, you should tolerate them and punish them; if you regard your close ministers as being humble and noble in the country, you should tolerate them and punish them..."

Dong Zhongshu's strategies and prophecies made everyone in the court panic.

There is a fire in Hezhong County! The Mausoleum of Emperor Gaozu caught fire! They are all prophecies from the gods - there are lawless princes and kings outside and restless ministers inside, and they must be killed!

The princes who returned to the capital to offer sacrifices felt chills on their necks, and quickly reviewed whether they had done anything illegal in their one-third of an acre of land, causing the wrath of heaven.

Dear courtiers, please look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, have you committed any misconduct? Is there any evil intention?

The king can coax, others can deceive, but God cannot hide!

In panic, everyone restrained their behavior and observed others carefully. Who will be struck on the head by the sword that kills me today?

"I have a report!" During the court meeting, Tian Fu came out and said, "I think that the hundreds of Yue are attacking each other, killing innocent people, making the people miserable, and incurring the wrath of heaven! My emperor should send troops to punish him!"

The ministers looked at each other and suddenly realized: Yes! There are also several vassal kings like Baiyue! The land of Jisi is bigger than the spectrum of princes and kings. Although he is a vassal to our emperor and pays no taxes or sacrifices, the envoys’ tribute of local specialties every year is not enough for the emperor’s reward!

Since the fire incident revealed God's punishment, someone must lose his head in response to God's prophecy, then let the vassal king of Baiyue land top the cylinder!

In the spirit of "a dead Taoist friend will not die a poor Taoist", all the ministers were inexplicably excited, and they morally condemned, morally punished, and behaviorally punished the Baiyue vassal king with full force and righteousness. Cut the tart!

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

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It is rare to see unity and synchronicity in the court. The gloom of the past few days has been swept away, and everyone conveys each other's joy with their eyes - our heads can stay in the same place peacefully!

The excitement of the crowd also infected Emperor Liu Xiaozhu. He turned around happily and nodded with a smile when he saw the Queen Mother listening behind the curtain.

Then let everyone discuss and send troops to punish him!

"I object!"

This sound was like thunder on the ground, shaking the hall into silence.

Everyone took a closer look and found out that it was Liu An, King of Huainan.

Liu An is the eldest son of King Li of Huainan and Liu Xiaozhu's cousin. This person is a famous master of Huang Lao School.

The reign of Emperor Jing Liu Qi was the golden period of the Huang-Lao philosophy. Empress Dowager Dou believed in the Huang-Lao philosophy of "purity and inaction". In this profound Taoist cultural atmosphere, Liu An, who was obsessed with academics and cultivating immortals, decided to compile a masterpiece of Huang-Lao's studies after studying the classics of Huang-Lao from past dynasties.

So, he gathered together thousands of the mainstream academic scholars in the society at that time, and carefully compiled a strange book called "Huainan Hong Lie". "Hong" means "vast" and "lie" means "brightness". ".

This book is comparable to "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals". Only part of it has been passed down to later generations, which is commonly called "Huainanzi" by later generations.

Liu Xiaozhu frowned, but still asked respectfully: "Why did the emperor say this?"

"Yue is a land far away, with people with hair and tattoos. There are no cities and towns. They are among the valleys and among the bamboos. They speak different languages. People are like animals, old and young. Traffic is blocked. They don't know cattle. Plowing. The people of Yue are foolish and frivolous, breaking promises and rebelling against Jia. They do not use the laws of the emperor. Their customs are different from those of China. They are limited to high mountains, where human traces are cut off, and roads are impassable. Therefore, the sky and the earth are separated from the outside and the inside... The south is hot and humid, and it is close to summer paralysis. Heat, exposure to water, snake and insect stings, frequent epidemics..."

Liu An went from the barbarism and uselessness of Baiyue, plagued by miasma and worms, to the helpless defeat when Empress Lu sent troops to fight against South Vietnam; from Huang Lao's "quiet and inactive" to Emperor Xiaojing's three-year mourning system, he sent troops to Baiyue It is meaningless and wastes money and people. The conclusion is that the crusade against Baiyue was a move that was harmful to the country, difficult, and not worth the gain.

How does this old man know the importance of Lingnan's wealth to future generations of China? Mining, Guangdong and Guangdong's seaport, its huge contribution to shipping? For a farming country, just two crops of rice can feed how many people! You are really short-sighted and don't understand the principle of "every inch of land is worth a lot of money"...

The rise of any major country did not rely on war and massacre to establish a living space and stabilize its basic base? The first pot of gold is all bloody and full of original sin!

Wang Quan couldn't help but shook her head in anger as she listened to Liu An's counterargument.

"What the emperor said is wrong!" Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu, jumped out, "The prophecy has made it clear that the Yue vassal king is in trouble! How can we ignore the warning from heaven? I am willing to lead the troops to take the heads of Wu Ying and Zhao Sui Dedicate it to my emperor!"

Liu Fei was originally good at martial arts, arrogant and lewd. Not long ago, he had falsely accused and killed the Prime Minister sent by the imperial court. He was worried that the divine prophecy was on his head and he would be beheaded by the emperor and the queen mother. How could he listen to uncle Liu An's nagging?

"Although it is necessary to maintain the system for the late emperor, the divine prophecy has appeared, and we cannot violate God's will!" The princes, kings and princes also came out to refute Liu An. They longed to jump up and cover the mouth of King Huainan - instead of killing the King of Baiyue, how about pulling one of his old buddies, uncles and nephews out to sacrifice his head? What a waste of work for the people and loss of property, it has nothing to do with my head!

Seeing that he was alone, Liu An had no choice but to shut up.

"Your Majesty, my brother is willing to lead troops to Baiyue!" King Jiangdu said again solemnly.

"The King of Jiangdu is loyal and brave in protecting the country. His courage is commendable! The general who will lead the army needs to be discussed again." Liu Xiaozhu comforted Liu Fei.

After the rebellion of Wu King Liu Bi, Emperor Xiaowen took away military power from the princes and kings. The princely states and counties each have their own armies, but to mobilize their troops, they need to hold the Emperor's Tiger Talisman.

Firstly, he had to wait for the news from Zhuang Zhu from Yue; secondly, he would not let the princes and kings hold military power, so Liu Xiaozhu declined Liu Fei's request to lead the army.

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"King Huainan, please take a seat!" Wang Quan said politely.

Liu An, the eldest son of Huainan Li Wang Liu Chang, was the cousin of Emperor Jing Liu Qi, so he should be called Queen Wang's Wife.

As Wang Quan, who suffered a loss due to the "chibu fighting millet", the story of Huainan Li Wang Liu Chang is deeply ingrained in her mind.

At that time, the great ancestor Liu Bang passed by the feudal state of his son-in-law Zhang Ao. Zhang Ao flattered him and offered his concubine Zhao Ji to his father-in-law. Liu Bang flattered him and left after a night of romance. Soon Zhang Ao was involved in a rebellion case, and everyone in the government was thrown into prison, including Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji was pregnant with the emperor's dragon seed and committed suicide after giving birth to a baby boy in prison. This baby boy is Liu Chang, the seventh son of great ancestor Liu Bang. Out of guilt, Liu Bang gave Liu Chang to Queen Lu Pheasant to raise.

A blessing in disguise is that Lu Pheasant treats Liu Chang as his own child, and Liu Chang has always regarded Lu Pheasant as his biological mother. Since he has been adopted to the queen, according to the clan etiquette, Liu Chang is actually the legitimate son.

After the Zhu Lu Rebellion, Liu Chang pinched his nose and felt helpless in his heart - If you think you are Lu Fei's legitimate son, should you be guillotined? If you want to survive, you have to sever ties with Lu Pheasant. Then where does your identity as a legitimate son come from?

Liu Chang was not convinced that his fourth brother, Liu Heng, had become the emperor. It is always believed that he was the legitimate son, and Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty replaced his legitimate son with a concubine, so he got the throne incorrectly. He settled for the next best thing: My fourth brother should be the emperor, so it’s not too much for me to be a local emperor, right?

The cowardly anger in Liu Chang's heart made him arrogant and lawless. Not only did he hide a hammer in his sleeve, he openly killed the Marquis of Piyang and tried to eat him. He also drove away the officials assigned by the imperial court for the Huainan Kingdom, re-appointed them himself, and created 94 nobility titles without authorization.

And Emperor Wen was also pampered in every possible way because he and his seventh brother were the only remaining family members of the great ancestor. Regarding Liu Chang's lawlessness and the participation of the officials, Emperor Wen suppressed and treated him coldly. Therefore, there is a rumor that "Zheng Bo Duan Yu Yan" means that Emperor Wen deliberately indulged Liu Chang, and when he was so arrogant that he could not be redeemed by death, he would take down him in one fell swoop and eliminate future troubles forever!

The most ridiculous thing is that Liu Chang was very brainless. When he couldn't say the word "legitimate son", he contacted the South Vietnamese and the Huns to attack from the north and the south. After recruiting 70 people and 40 cars, he declared a rebellion!

Liu Chang was eventually put in a prison car by Emperor Wen for treason and exiled to Shu, where he died in exile.

Later, the song "Chibu fights millet" appeared, forcing Emperor Wen to shelve his plan to reduce vassal vassals, divide the Huainan Kingdom into three parts, and grant titles to Liu Chang's three sons. As the eldest son, Liu An inherited the title of King Huainan and the largest fiefdom.

Liu An went to Beijing this time to burn gold and offer sacrifices, and specially brought "Huainan Honglie" to present to the Empress Dowager.

"The Ai family has long heard that the king of Huainan is intelligent and studious, proficient in music, and has great literary talent. He is really a good book!" Wang Quan couldn't put it down as she held "Huainan Honglie" presented by Liu An.

This book is all-encompassing, integrating stories, Taoist philosophy, life customs, literature and art, music, food and so on.

Liang Qichao commented on this book and said: "Huainan Honglie is the source of Taoism in the Western Han Dynasty. Its book is broad and coherent, and it is the best among Han writings."

Hu Shi commented: "Taoism is the culmination of ancient thought, and Huainan Shu is the culmination of Taoism."

Lu Xun praised highly: "The diction is beautiful and the truth is Taoism."

Later generations casually said "a blessing in disguise", "a boat capsized is a sign of good travel, a horse galloping is a sign of good control", "good luck comes from one's own side and misfortunes come from one's own", all come from this masterpiece. allusion.

"The Empress Dowager humbly praises me! I only have a superficial knowledge and humble opinion. This book has not been compiled completely and will take time to be updated." Liu An bowed his head humbly in salute.

"For the ancient saints, their peace and tranquility were their nature; their determination and conduct were their destiny." The dual cultivation of life and life is in line with the Taoist point of view.

Wang Quan nodded as he read, looked up and saw the prying eyes under Liu An's humble expression, and his heart skipped a beat.

There are two rumors about Liu An's ending in later generations: one is that Huainan King Liu An and his prince Liu Qian planned rebellion many times and were indecisive. They were eventually discovered by the court and had no choice but to commit suicide and wipe out the country and genocide;

The second is that after the plot of rebellion was discovered, when the pursuers who were executed by the court arrived, he took the elixir and ascended to immortality. Even the poultry that ate the residue in the alchemy furnace ascended. Therefore, there is a legend that "when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven".

Such a master who compiled "Huainan Honglie", involving politics, philosophy, ethics, history, literature, economics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, agriculture and water conservancy, and medical health care, could not escape. Fallen under the spell of rebellion?

Three generations of Huainan kings: Ying Bu, rebelled and was executed; Liu Chang, rebelled and was exiled and committed suicide on hunger strike; Liu An, rebelled... committed suicide, or became an immortal?

Whether he commits suicide or ascends to immortality, they are all fruits produced by two branches on the tree of rebellion.

Wang Quan didn't really believe in ascending to immortality.

However, a royal family who was deeply committed to imperial rule and the people's hearts and minds, and who wrote masterpieces, was so close to the throne, and claimed to be a legitimate direct descendant, so he clearly had evil intentions. Is it ambition that led to the creation of "Honglie of Huainan", using this book to gain fame and reputation, in order to gain fame and win people's hearts for the purpose of treason?

Or is it because of the compilation of "Huainan Honglie" that he has the talent to understand the past and the present and the world's knowledge, and in order to realize his ambition of displaying his talents, he deliberately plots to rebel and usurp the throne?

"The sun and moon want to be bright, but floating clouds cover them; the river wants to be clear, but the sand and stones are wet; people's sexual desire is flat, but cravings harm them."

What beautiful words in the book! What a clear philosophy! But as the editor-in-chief, Huainan Wang Liu An just turned these words into famous aphorisms, and didn't he warn himself?