The great man will live forever

Chapter 154 Many divergent roads, where is today

A few months later, when Liu Han learned the news, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

In recent years, anyone who dares to kill the envoys of the Han Dynasty will have no good end, either the country will be destroyed or the species will be exterminated. Don't think that you are far away from Dawan.

Even if you are far away, as long as you are still on this earth, as long as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty knows that there is such a place, you have killed my Han Dynasty envoy, and you have not given me a horse with blood. When I give you gold, it is already a courtesy first, and I don't want to give it to you. Gold wants it again and kills people, it's just too much.

Then just fight for as long as they want, until they are completely victorious!
Liu Han couldn't help but admire the courage of King Dawan, and at the same time mourned for him.

Within a few days, Prince Liu Ju hurriedly came to the house and asked, "Is your Majesty planning to send troops to Dawan?"

"Yes, Taifu is wise. The country is fighting every year and the people are miserable. Last year we sent troops to the southwest. How can we find a way to Daxia? Now we have to attack Dawan again. The main reason is that the road is far away. How much manpower will it cost? Material resources? How many wives are separated from each other?"

Liu said this with a sad look on his face.

"Have you already advised His Majesty?"

"Yes, my father refuses to give up no matter what, and is preparing to send General Second Division to the expedition."

Liu Han looked a little speechless. If you can't persuade him, what's the use of me trying to persuade him?And he didn't want to persuade him. In the past two years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had become more and more crazy. He prayed to gods and Buddhas for great achievements. He fought against Dawan just for the bloody horse. He would not give up until he got this thing.

He said helplessly, "You can't persuade me, so what's the use of my persuasion? It's not like you don't know His Majesty's character? If the general is still here, maybe you can persuade him."

"But the people really can't bear it. Dawan is so far away. I'm afraid we won't be able to conquer it in a year and a half. There was a severe drought in Yanzhou and Qingzhou last year. It's time for the country to recuperate. How can my father do it for his own sake?" Are you selfish and using a sharp weapon rashly?"

Liu Han stared at him for a long time, but all he could see was sincerity.

He sighed and said: "Ju'er, it's easy to break if it's too strong. It's better to know that there's nothing you can do about it and just accept it as your fate."

"But Ju'er couldn't bear to see his father make mistakes and see the people suffer. Ju'er also knew that his father was stubborn.

As a minister, I should advise the king and implement benevolent government;

As the crown prince, I should protect all people;

As a son, you should obey the advice of your parents no matter what. If you don't obey your will, you should respect it without disobeying it. You should work hard without complaining. You should never bend your will and get into unjust relationships...

In matters of superiority, a gentleman should be loyal when he thinks ahead and make amends for his mistakes when he retreats. He will follow the good and save the evil.Therefore, the superiors and the inferiors can be intimate with each other..."

Good guy, you really come right out of your mouth, and I know the Confucian classics by heart. Fortunately, Liu Han has been idle these years and has read many Confucian classics. Otherwise, I really don’t know what the prince is talking about.

There is a saying in the feudal moral system: "If the king wants his ministers to die, the ministers have to die; if the father wants his son to die, the son has to die."

It should be said that this sentence has created many "foolishly filial" people. Even if their parents make a big mistake, they will choose to flatter them, thinking that this is "filial piety".

In the minds of many people, traditional is Confucian, so Confucianism has always been blamed for this sentence.

According to the "Book of Filial Piety", Zengzi said: "If a husband is kind, respectful, peaceful, and famous, he will obey orders. May I ask if a son obeys his father's orders, can he be called filial?"

Confucius said: "What kind of words are there! What kind of words are there? In the past, the emperor had seven quarrels with his ministers. Although they had no moral principles, they did not lose their empire. The princes had five quarrels with their ministers. Although they had no principles, they did not lose their kingdom. The great officials If there are three ministers who quarrel with each other, they will not lose their family even if they are unrighteous. If a scholar quarrels with his friends, he will not be separated from his command and reputation. If a father quarrels with his son, he will not fall into unrighteousness. Therefore, if there is unrighteousness, then fight with him. Follow the father's instructions. Order, how can I be filial?"

"The Analects of Confucius: Li Ren Chapter" also says, "Whenever your parents give you advice, if you don't follow your will, you will respect it without disobeying it, and you will work hard without complaining."

Later generations often say that there are three types of unfilial piety, and having no heirs is the greatest. Sometimes, having no heirs is not necessarily the greatest. The original source of this is "Mencius Li Lou Shang", and the full text is: "There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and having no heirs is the greatest. Shun did not To marry someone after complaining is to have no heirs. A gentleman thinks that it is better to complain than to marry someone else."

Later, in Qi's "Annotation to the Thirteen Classics": "There are three things that are unfilial about etiquette: it is unfilial to be obedient and get involved in relatives, which is unfilial. Marrying without children is the third act of unfilial piety."

In etiquette, this kind of obedience ranks first among unfilial piety.

Even Confucius believed that if parents have children who dare to argue with them, they will not fall into injustice.Parents should argue with them if they say or do something wrong.On the contrary, they think that those who blindly obey their parents without pointing out their faults tactfully are unfilial.

Confucianism is not dregs, it has never been so, and so are the ancient books of the Pre-Qin Dynasty. Many of them are extremely rich in thoughts and philosophies, containing principles for dealing with people and being a human being, as well as lofty ideals, such as cultivating oneself, harmonizing one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world.

"Book of Rites·Da Xue": "In ancient times, if you want to bring enlightenment and virtue to the world, you must first govern your country; if you want to govern your country, you must first regulate your family; if you want to regulate your family, you must first cultivate your body; if you want to cultivate your body, you must first cultivate your body. He must first rectify his mind. If he wants to rectify his mind, he must first be sincere in his intention. If he wants to be sincere in his intention, he must first know it. To know it is to study things. After studying things, he will know them. If he knows them, then his thoughts will be sincere. If his thoughts are sincere, then his heart will be righteous. After being upright, one can cultivate the body; after cultivating the body, the family can be in order; if the family is in order, the country can be governed; if the country has been governed, the world can be peaceful..."

Later in the Northern Song Dynasty, the famous sayings of Zhang Zai, a great Confucian scholar, in Hengqu's Four Sentences, namely: "Establish a mind for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, carry on the unique learning for the saints, and create peace for all generations." It has pointed the way for many people.However, later on, it gradually became a tool of the feudal rulers, being misinterpreted, tightened, and oppressed...

Looking at Liu Ju with sincere eyes, Liu Han suddenly felt ashamed of himself. He thought of a passage from later generations, a gentleman is cautious and does not deceive the dark room.Be humble enough to feed yourself, and you can be chaste if you have a chapter.A true man stands between heaven and earth. He should look up to the awe-inspiring righteousness of heaven and earth, act openly and aboveboard, be self-denial, be cautious, guard his heart, and be clear about his nature.

Perhaps, only Liu Ju had everything in his life. He had no shortage of money, no shortage of beauties, and more power than one person. When he was a child, he was favored by his uncle, the general Wei Qing. In his early years, his father, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was favored. In recent years, his mother, Wei, was favored. Doted on by his husband, he seems to be a person standing on the top of the mountain since he was born...

Only such a person can remain true to his heart and remain true to his original intention. He identifies with the knowledge he has learned, those ideals, and those beliefs. He wants to become a gentleman or even a saint in the book.

Just like when we were young, we believed everything we read in books and hoped to be people who could contribute to the country. We only looked at the size of the contribution and never got the smell of copper...

But slowly, people will eventually bow to reality.

Liu Han's eyes drifted. He could no longer remember when he started to compromise in his previous life.

Is it that your loved one is sick and wailing in bed? Hearing the wailing makes your heart break, but you can't get a penny out of your bag?
It was raining heavily that year, I walked a long way, and finally saw the woman I longed for, but she cried and broke up in the heavy rain?

Or do you have to tolerate fool-like customers who make things difficult for you in order to pay next month's rent, and your boss's invisible squeeze?

Or, I was on a video call with my mother in a foreign country for about an hour and a half. Basically, she was saying that he was listening. Many times, the words got stuck in her throat, but she stopped abruptly. She wanted to cry. But he felt like crying but had no tears. In the end, he could only say that everything was fine with him?
……

Too many, too many, those memories came flooding back like a tide.

He finally understood that the life of an ordinary person is probably a process of constant compromise. Ten years of hard work is really no better than three generations of businessmen, and freedom is just a mantra on the lips.

It doesn't mean that we can be together if we like each other, and it doesn't mean that we can't be together if we don't like each other...

When I was young, I went on a rampage and suffered a lot of bloodshed. Then from a certain day, I slowly learned to comply with the expectations of my elders, social norms and the pressure of life, and gave up on becoming the person I wanted to be.

Give up the people you like, the things you like, and even the life you like...

Then I accepted my own mediocrity and believed that doing nothing was the normal state of life. I had to accept a job I didn’t like and a style I hated for a meager fee.

While constantly lowering your expectations, you must also continue to expand your scope of acceptance and get used to regrets and disappointments...

Many people call this process maturity, but in fact you just lost the most important battle in your life.

You should try your best to surrender as late as possible, hold on a little longer, and a little longer...

Maybe you can hold on, maybe you can't, but you have to hold on, but this is life, at least you are still alive!

"Clap!"

Suddenly, a teardrop slipped from Liu Han's eye and fell on the table in front of him. It broke into countless halves and reflected various kinds of light under the sunlight.

"Master, what's wrong?" Prince Liu Zhi looked at Liu Han who suddenly burst into tears and was at a loss.

"Why are you crying, Master? Are you crying for the people of this world?"

"After all, I'm not as broad-minded as you. I'm just blinded by the wind and sand." Liu Han shook his head. After all, it was just a past life, and people always have to look forward.

"Ju'er, if you don't know what you can't do but do it, you are a fool; if you know you can't do it but don't do it, you are a wise man; if you know you can't do it but do it, you are a saint. The road of a saint is difficult to walk. I hope you will not forget your original intention!"

At this moment, Liu Han suddenly felt a little shaken. Maybe it would be good to assist him, not necessarily to replace him. Anyway, he still has a long life. He patted Liu Ju on the shoulder, then turned and left.

"Knowing that something cannot be done but doing it is a saint!" Liu Zhi repeated this sentence and seemed to be more determined.

But no one knows how long this kind of determination can last. The reality is cruel and human nature is hard to fathom. Even though he is in pain and is increasingly disliked by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he is still the prince. The pain he has endured over the years is still too light... …

　Some roads are destined to be difficult to walk. How difficult is it to not forget the original intention?I still have a sincere heart. I can’t recall what my childhood dream was. I seem to have a few words in my mind: “Reading for the rise of China.” Ask yourself, have you done it?I just burst into tears, and I just muddle along like this. My current thoughts are just to make more money, be with the people I like, and write a good book. The rest is like that, just like that!Suddenly my eyes became wet...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)