I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 273: 15 years of the Han Dynasty

Dahan 15 years.

The stems and branches are Jiyou, and the zodiac sign is Rooster.

Until the end of June, half of the year had passed, but except for the earth dragon turning over in Shu in February, the whole world was peaceful and nothing special happened.

Sometimes no news is actually the best news.

Since the end of the Southern Expedition in the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, except for small-scale bandit suppression, the Han Dynasty has been storing troops and horses in the Nanshan Mountains for the past ten years. After the founding of the country, which required expeditions, the Han Dynasty has passed the period of conquest after the war and began to enter the recovery period after the war.

The common people focus on the harvest in their own fields. Whenever they return home at dusk, they will chat with their fellow hunters and curiously inquire about what they have gained and experienced in the mountains. When talking about speculation, they often agree to find the hunter next time. Let’s go have a few drinks together during our free time, but we need to wait until the end of the year.

Whether they will remember this when the time comes is anyone's guess.

It's always good to just have time to chat and drink instead of worrying about making a living all day long.

At least it shows that the people of Han Dynasty feel that the future is moving in a bright direction.

They are not worried about excessive taxes and natural disasters caused by war. Except for a very small number of worried people and traders with ulterior motives, basically everyone has no long-term plans to hoard food. Instead, they prefer to spend money on food and drink, and gradually learn to enjoy life.

The wine shops that have sprung up all over the Han Dynasty are the best evidence.

At this time, beside Chang'an Palace, the officials who had just finished their morning court looked relaxed and contented.

They don't have too many complicated problems to solve now. The trivial problems they usually deal with are those that occurred last year or the year before. They can even be successfully solved by fine-tuning based on data.

It’s simply a fisherman’s paradise.

Compared with the two years at the beginning of the founding of the country, there are no shortcomings except for the slower promotion. Of course, for fishermen, this is not necessarily a shortcoming.

"Peace lasts for a long time, so this is what it looks like." Zhang Cang, who was fair and fat, sighed in a low voice. Compared to ten years ago, he had not changed much. He even said that he did not need to worry about various problems, and his face was a little rosy. .

If Chen Luo hadn't known about Zhang Cang's good health regimen, he might have started to wonder if he had his own system of the same style.

"Prime Minister Chen, General Han, what do you think?" He shook his head and asked.

"Doctor Zhang is right, this hill should not be..." Han Xin, who was deep in thought, suddenly raised his head and opened his mouth.

He found that he had said what he was thinking about, but the answer was wrong. He couldn't help coughing in embarrassment and added: "I was thinking about the revision of the Military Book just now, and I got a little distracted.

But the world today is indeed very different from the world when I was a child or a teenager.

The pre-Qin states fought against each other to dominate the world, violently suppressed the Xiongnu in the north, and conquered Baiyue in the south, mobilizing countless civilians and recruiting countless soldiers.

As for today, I suspect that the long swords in my family's treasury are all rusty. "

"I didn't consider that General Han would have less opportunities to make contributions." Zhang Cang laughed loudly, the fat on his face trembled slightly, and he looked quite friendly.

"Wars will kill people. It's better not to fight." Han Xin shook his head, thought for a moment and turned his head and said, "Jiang Ning, what did you say before...'Peace is determined by the generals'?"

"The general is not allowed to see peace." Chen Luo, who was originally listening to the side, answered, "Le Yi, Bai Qi, Wu Zixu, those people either went into exile or were forced to kill themselves, one after another. After the war, I didn’t enjoy a few years of peace and quiet.”

He looked calm and spoke softly in a calm tone.

Compared with ten years ago, I have more wrinkles at the corners of my eyes. Although my hair has not grown on my head, it is a bit sparser. My eyes are no longer so clear and black and white, but more calm and profound.

When he saw himself ten years ago, his first impression was probably that he was an "old fox who is difficult to deal with."

Rubbing his chin, Chen Luo smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Han, which edition of your military book is this already? Every time I think the last edition is good enough, I never expected that you can always find places to fix it.

Fortunately, the paper has been researched, otherwise I would have to open two rooms in my mansion specifically to pile up your works. "

When he returned to Chang'an after fighting in South Vietnam, Han Xin gave the first edition of "Huaiyin Art of War".

When Han Xin's military strategy came out, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep for two or three nights, which made Liu Le doubt his life.

It was not until two months later that Han Xin took out the second edition of "The Art of War of Huaiyin". According to him, it was significantly modified in the marching chapter, the camping chapter, and the conspiracy chapter to better cope with the war. The change.

Chen Luo happily accepted the offer, held a banquet and invited Han Xin to give him a meal.

As a result, the iteration frequency of Han Xin's Art of War was faster than that of later generations of graphics cards.

Even though Chen Luo would record every version change, he still couldn't remember whether "Huaiyin Art of War" reached the seventh edition of No. 30 or the second edition of No. 40.

However, every time a new version comes out, he will still compare the differences in each version of "Huaiyin Art of War" like comparing the performance of old and new graphics cards.

The content of the No. 30 edition of "Huaiyin Art of War" is only [-]% the same as the first edition. The differences include additions and deletions.

As for the "paper research" he mentioned, that happened in Dahan's 11th year.

The Mohist disciples who stayed in Yangxia spent three years developing the paper. However, the first few versions were either too brittle and easily torn; they were difficult to absorb ink and the quality was questionable; or they were extremely expensive to produce. , cannot be mass produced.

All in all, there are many problems.

The iteration speed of paper was even faster than that of "Huaiyin Art of War". It was not until the 11th year of the Han Dynasty that Mohist disciples finally succeeded in researching and could produce stable and low-cost paper.

Seeing this, Chen Luo began to vigorously promote paper at the official level.

As soon as "Yangxia Paper" came out, bamboo slips, which had high recording costs and slow writing speed, quickly began to be eliminated.

He has reasons both public and private.

From an overall perspective, compared with traditional Western parchment, as well as early Chinese bamboo slips and bronze, the cost of paper is too low. Promoting it will be conducive to the spread of civilization and reduce the cost of learning knowledge.

If originally only the classics scholars and princes and nobles were qualified to consult various classics and monopolize the power of learning, then after that, ordinary disciples from poor families could also pursue knowledge.

From a selfish perspective, he wanted to recover some of the initial costs.Just like Zilu Shouniu, he invested countless money in the Mohist family for paper research. If he promotes it for free, he has strong financial resources and doesn't have to worry about it. But will anyone else be willing to carry out scientific and technological research and development in the future?

Chen Luo didn't want to make a bad start from himself.

It cannot be routineized or commercialized, and it is unsustainable to rely solely on official technology research and development and promotion.

Listening to Chen Luo's teasing, Han Xin smiled lightly and said: "I wanted to write the first few versions of the Military Book so that you would not be disappointed, Jiang Ning, but the later versions were purely written for myself.

After all, I don’t have many hobbies. I only have a little appetite for food. After writing and revising military books every day became a habit, it was a pleasure. "

"It's almost Taoist." Zhang Cang admired it.

Chen Luo nodded and said the same thing: "If you repeat a simple thing thousands of times, you can indeed become a god-like existence in that matter."

"What about boiling water and cooking rice? Even if you do it ten thousand times, there is nothing special about it." Listening to the two people's praise, Han Xin was still a little embarrassed.

"Hmm..." After pondering for a moment, Chen Luo said, "If you are shameless, you can call yourself the 'Cooking Immortal'."

Zhang Cang and Han Xin looked at each other and said in unison: "That's really shameless."

Suddenly, the air was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Zhang Cang added: "Although major things in the world must be done in detail, it must be a big thing. For example, if someone calls themselves a fairy for something like cooking, then it's really... hard to judge."

"There are more people in the world, and there are more weird people. I am not surprised at all that such outrageous situations have occurred." Chen Luo shrugged, "The saying 'big things in the world must be done in small details' is a Taoist saying Just say it."

"Confucius once taught Lao Dan, so there's nothing wrong with me borrowing it, right?" Zhang Cang said with a smile. As a disciple of Xunzi, he was "good at pretending to things" and constantly "absorbing" the essence of other schools.

"You know how to be tactful and accommodating." Chen Luo shook his head helplessly, "In the position of a censor, you shouldn't be like this."

"That's for sure." Zhang Cang suppressed a smile, and his round face showed seriousness, "The education I received since I was a child told me that I cannot bend the law for personal gain. Since then, I have been practicing this principle and walking in the On my own path.”

Looking at the other party's solemn look, Chen Luo smiled and said, "That's good, then I'll feel relieved."

"But Prime Minister, you have not made any changes to the system this year. Are you waiting for the right time, or have you not found an entry point?" After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Cang asked.

At the beginning of last year, Prime Minister Xiao did not survive that winter, and Chen Luo became the second prime minister of the Han Dynasty. This made many officials in the court heave a sigh of relief.

After all, when he was the imperial censor, he had a strong sense of oppression. In more than ten years, no less than 500 officials were impeached and prosecuted. On average, someone was dismissed because of Chen Luo every seven or eight days.

It's too scary.

Although the successor Zhang Cang was also strict and fair, his background and ability to collect evidence were weaker, so the court environment was much more relaxed.

Chen Luo, who became the prime minister, changed from the previous state of being hands-on in everything. In addition, in the early dynasty, there was no continuous output of memorials like Xiao He did. After nearly half a year, the ministers gradually got used to it.

However, another theory began to circulate.

They accused Chen Luo of not having the ability to serve as prime minister, so he made the choice of "doing less, making fewer mistakes, and doing nothing good", but this was harmful to the man.

Zhang Cang felt that Chen Luo should know this statement. If he was not very familiar with Chen Luo and knew who the other party was, he would not ask such a straightforward question. He wanted to advise and correct his friend's behavior.

"Doctor Zhang, Jiang Ning will naturally have his own considerations when doing this. It's okay for outsiders to worry about it. Don't you know him well? His concern for the people is unmatched by you and me." He was afraid that the two of them would quarrel unhappily. After they dispersed, Han Xin hurriedly spoke to mediate.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Cang pursed his lips and said, "It is precisely because I know Prime Minister Chen that I ask this question."

"Brother Han, I know his concerns." After thinking about it, Chen Luo turned his head and said calmly: "Cang, do you think I am better than Prime Minister Xiao in handling political affairs? I am better than Prime Minister Xiao in terms of system construction. How? Just answer truthfully."

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Cang replied: "You are far superior to Prime Minister Xiao in terms of ingenuity and bravery, secondarily in government affairs, and not as good as in establishing a system."

This is a fairly objective evaluation.

Ingenuity and bravery are not what Xiao He is good at, and the comparison proposed by Chen Luo does not include these two items. The reason why Zhang Cang mentioned them was mainly to take care of his face first.

In terms of handling government affairs, Xiao He conforms to the saying that "the prime minister starts from the state department". From a low-level official to the prime minister, Chen Luo was evaluated as "slightly second best", which is not easy.

As for creating a system based on specific issues, Xiao He was a real genius. He removed the harsh and inappropriate laws and regulations in Qin's law and allowed the world to fully rest.

This sounds simple, but only by actually doing it can you understand how complicated it is.

In this regard, Chen Luo is indeed far inferior to Xiao He.

"So Cang, I am not as talented as Prime Minister Xiao in establishing the system. Now the laws in the world are strict and clear. The ministers and the people only need to abide by them. Random modifications will make them blurred." Chen Luo patiently explained the reason.

Now the big man is recovering in an orderly manner and does not need to do anything on his own. It is like electrotherapy for critically ill patients. If used on ordinary people, it will only cause cardiac arrest and shock.

"Is that so?" Zhang Cang was startled, then bowed, "Then Prime Minister, please forgive me for my abrupt question before. I ignored your good intentions."

"Those who are good at fighting are unknown." Han Xin muttered beside him and fell into deep thought again.

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With the development of the Internet, many traditional idioms have taken on entirely new meanings.

Xiao Guichen is a classic case that has been constantly interpreted by netizens and has become a phenomenal case.

The programmer's version of "Xiao Gui Chen Sui" means that even if the original program is built on a mountain of shit, as long as it can run smoothly, don't try to change the original code, otherwise it will lead to crazy error reports and system crashes. .

Derived from this are the teachers' version of "Xiao Gui Chen Sui", where the head teacher's seating arrangement must have his own reasons; the designer's version of "Xiao Gui Chen Sui", where the old designer only adjusts the design drawings of Party A. There must be a reason for light and shadow; the map version of "Xiao Gui Chen Sui" has its own reasons. If someone has walked this road before, there must be a reason for it. Next time, try to arrange bicycles and motorcycles.

With this kind of development again and again, some people think that this will make "traditional culture die", but the author believes on the contrary, that it will give ancient idioms a new lease of life. ——"A Brief Discussion on the Deconstruction and Development of Traditional Idioms on the Internet"

(End of this chapter)