The great man will live forever

Chapter 194 Life needs to be carried

In an atmosphere full of solemnity and awe, Liu Zhi, the crown prince of the Western Han Dynasty, ascended the throne of the emperor.

This must be an important moment in the history of the Western Han Dynasty. It is a further confirmation of the rule of the Liu family. It is a scene that has never existed in history. It is a groundbreaking moment because in history, Liu Zhi died in this year, let alone became emperor.

His rise to the top also means that Liu Han, a time traveler, has turned things around and changed history. In fact, he has been changing, such as the number of enemies killed in Hexi during the two battles, the harvest of the Battle of Mobei, and the time of Huo Qubing's death. South Vietnam's demise, sooner or later, more or less, its existence has become an inseparable part of history.

It's just that this time the change is the biggest, because the witchcraft disaster has had such a huge impact.

Historically, the witchcraft caused great harm to the politics, economy, and culture of the Western Han Dynasty. It seriously affected the ruling stage of the Western Han Dynasty and even shook the ruling foundation of the Western Han Dynasty. It became the reason why the Western Han Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline. represents an event.

After the Witch Gu Rebellion, nearly 40 people were implicated, and everyone was in danger. The authority and trust of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were greatly challenged.

The suicide of the violent prince Liu Zhi frustrated the succession plan that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had cultivated for many years. A large number of Liu's successors were implicated, and many ministers in the court were also implicated, which led to Huo Guang's dictatorship.

Shortly after the witchcraft disaster, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was forced to issue the Luntai Edict, and he began to reflect on and challenge his governing strategies, reduce military operations and turn his attention more to "enriching the people"...

But all this has changed now, and the big man will only become stronger.

The third day of October in the second year of Zhenghe (91 BC) was auspicious.

Peng Zu, Gui does not have a lawsuit, his principles are weak and his enemy is strong, Mao does not penetrate the well, and the water spring is not fragrant.The fetus god is in the south of the room, bed, and concierge.

The constellation, the wooden skewer in the south, is auspicious, the five elements, gold foil and gold hold the position.The Rabbit and the Sun clash with the Rooster (Ding You) and the West...

Suitable for groundbreaking, promotion, wedding leave, adoption, travel, sacrifice...

On the stone steps in front of Weiyang Palace, the officials stood in awe, and the atmosphere was solemn.

The sound of the gentle breeze passing through the charming pearls filled Liu Zhi's heart with tension and expectation.

Wearing a black and purple crown, with a gold and jade belt around his waist, and a sky-reaching crown on his head, Wei Zifu solemnly handed the jade seal in his hand to the newcomer in front of everyone. The emperor.

Wei Zifu looked at Liu Zhi who took the jade seal, and shed tears several times. He had mixed emotions, including happiness, relief, distress, pain, and a trace of hesitation...

This step was too difficult, and if not done, there would be a lot of heads. Now that they succeeded, she finally handed the jade seal representing the imperial power to Liu Zhi.

It should have been given by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty himself, but how could he be willing to do this?Liu Zhi didn't have the courage to release him from Ganquan Palace.

If this was revealed and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said something in this hall, it is estimated that half of the officials would defect, just because he was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He had ruled the Han Dynasty for 50 years and was the longest-reigning and most influential emperor in the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Wei Zifu could only do the work for her. From today on, she is the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty.

The officials below may find it strange, but they don't dare to jump out. After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is 66 years old this year. Compared with previous emperors, he has lived a very long life and will not live long.

Prince, it shouldn’t be said that the new emperor said that his father was seriously ill and could no longer get out of bed, so Wei Zifu could only do the enthronement ceremony for him.

Liu Han has seen the jade seal more than once. It seems to be just an ordinary piece of jade, but it symbolizes supreme power.

The Imperial Seal is the seal passed down from generation to generation in China. It was engraved on the order of Qin Shihuang and is regarded as a symbol of dynasty orthodoxy.

The King of Qin unified the world and was called the First Emperor. He ordered Li Si to carve a jade seal in seal script. The front was engraved with the characters "Ordered by Heaven to live forever and live forever", the ring was engraved with the pattern of "double dragons playing with beads", and there were three sharp wavy lines at the bottom (representing the sea). Bilateral (the inner edge is thinner and the outer edge is thicker).

The meaning of the entire pattern of the Chuanguo Jade Seal is: "Double dragons appear in the sea when the sun shines". This jade seal is a token of the orthodox emperors of China.

In the winter of the first year of Prince Ying of the Qin Dynasty (207 BC), Pei Gong Liu Bang's army went to Ba, and Ziying knelt down and held the jade seal and presented it to the left side of Xianyang Road. Qin died and the national seal was passed down to the Han Dynasty.

After several twists and turns, it was completely lost. In the 28th year of Yuan Zhizheng (1368), Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Jinling, named Daming, and changed his name to Hongwu.

Following the Northern Expedition, the Meng Yuan Dynasty abandoned the Central Plains and went to Mobei, continuing to gallop across thousands of miles of northern frontier.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Taizu sent Xu Da into Mobei to pursue and attack the Yuan Dynasty forces who had escaped far away. The main purpose was to obtain the imperial seal, but in the end they returned without success...

Liu Ju took the jade seal and held it tightly, as if feeling the weight of this important task.

"Woooooo!" The loud horn sounded, "Dong dong dong!" The distant sound of drums seemed to spread throughout Chang'an City.

Afterwards, a group of ushering officers in gorgeous uniforms guided Liu Zhi towards the main hall of Weiyang Palace.

Their steps were slow and steady, like a solemn hymn.

In the main hall, all the officials shouted in unison, "Long live your Majesty! Long live! Long live your Majesty!" The sound shook the sky, which seemed to convey the admiration and loyalty of the Han Dynasty subjects to Liu Zhi.

Liu Zheng sat down on the dragon chair and accepted the congratulations from all the officials. Although he was young, he already possessed the qualities of wisdom and decisiveness.

He knows that this position brings him not only power, but also a great responsibility. He will bear this responsibility with wisdom and courage to benefit the world.

The most important thing is that he has a tutor!

He looked at Liu Han on the lower left, his eyes revealing firmness. They would be like Jiang Ziya and Ji Chang, harmonious between monarch and minister, and become a model for the ages...

At this time, the sky was filled with clouds and rays of light, which seemed to be God's best blessing for Liu Zheng's ascension to the throne.

A new page has been turned, and a new era of the Han Dynasty is about to begin, and Liu Han is the one who started the new era...

What they don't know is that not far from Chang'an, at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain, in a small hall of the underground palace, there are lamps, no big or small, 14 in total. The flames are neither high nor low, burning slowly and leisurely. .

In the middle is an alchemy furnace that is as tall as two people and about 4 meters in diameter. It is made of bronze, with some parts of the outer wall glowing red.

Four people came to this underground palace, Zhao Lan, Ayimei, Bald Qiang, and Shu Yuzhu who was tied up and had a piece of cloth stuffed in his mouth.

Zhao Lan is in her 40s this year. She doesn't look that old, but she still has wrinkles. She is no longer the first generation and does not have such a long lifespan. He slowly took out the cloth from Shu Yuzhu's mouth.

"I've really worked hard on you along the way. Liu Han chased me so hard that he almost caught up with his people. He really cares about you and arranged you in the secret room. It's a pity that you have softened your heart."

"What are you going to do, practice elixirs of immortality?" As if guessing something, Shu Yuzhu's eyes flashed with fear, and then he calmed down, "You are almost immortal, what are you doing here?"

"I don't want hundreds or even hundreds of years to pass as soon as I close my eyes and open them. It's boring. Who doesn't want to have more fun in this world?"

Zhao Lan said, using her fingers to tear off Shu Yuzhu's clothes bit by bit, revealing the delicate skin underneath. Even Ayimei, who had seen it secretly, had eyes full of envy and surprise.

"Look, you are already over 40, you are older than me. You will probably be 50 in a few years, but your skin is like that of an 18-year-old girl. No wonder your old lover likes you so much. As a woman, who wouldn't want to Do you want skin like this?”

As she spoke, she gently touched Shu Yuzhu's skin with her hands, as if touching a rare treasure.

"So, is this the reason why you betrayed the Marquis?" Shu Yuzhu looked past her and looked at Ayimei beside her.

"I just want to be with him longer. I believe he will forgive me. Didn't he say he loves me? Why can't we be together forever?" Shu Yuzhu smiled, which was a mockery, "You are here to be with him forever. Together? You are just doing it for your own selfish desires. If you want to live forever, don't use the slogan of love. It's disgusting. Do you understand what he wants to do? Do you know what they want to do? "

Shu Yuzhu said, pointed at Zhao Lan, and cursed angrily: "You have obviously traveled through time a long time ago. You can speed up the historical process and change a lot, but you don't do it. Instead, you maintain the so-called history. You all want to be like Yi Xiaochuan. It's ridiculous. Time travel itself has changed history, and the path we have traveled is history. For the sake of illusory immortality, under the banner of safeguarding history, we watch others suffer..."

At this time, 'Bald Qiang' spoke, "You are too idealistic, so you can only become a pill. Ideals can exist for ten years or a hundred years, but after a thousand years or ten thousand years, everything will be wiped out. Idealism Flowers will not bloom in the soil of romanticism.”

Looking at Shu Yuzhu's confusion, Zhao Lan smiled and explained, "His name is Black Jade Qilin, not the one in Mingyue during the Qin Dynasty in later generations, but when he traveled to the Warring States Period, he was an agent. Those who studied there and joined them were good at it. Disguise, does it look like a bald head? By the way, I forgot to tell you, the year he traveled through time was at the end of 91, you know...

I actually told him what happened in the next ten years or so, but he didn't believe it at all. How could it develop so fast, right? "

Shu Yuzhu also recalled, "Yes, who would believe it if they hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes? It was a miracle in the history of world economics."

"Those developed countries look good, but they are exploiting and squeezing other backward countries. They obtain cheap labor and raw materials, process them, and sell them to the countries they exploit at many times the price, and then their own countries become rich. , people don’t have to work so hard, they can lie down...

Of course, they will not show those naked, but will put on many beautiful coats, flaunting themselves as fair, just, and even free.

The same reason..."

Probably talking about the deepest and most primitive memories, Zhao Lan said a lot, but Ayimei could only watch from the sidelines, she couldn't understand.

"We are all wrapped up in reality, so why talk about ideals and the future? Is it bad to live forever? Everyone will die? Does the world you and Liu Han want exist? There are so many people in the future who are more capable and more capable than you. Greatness, haven’t they all failed?”

I have to say that since that incident, Black Jade Qilin has been hit hard.

Shu Yuzhu was silent for a moment and said slowly: "There are some things that still need to be done. It's like why are you still alive when it is clear that everyone is going to die?

It doesn't matter whether you can see it or not, whether it exists or not, just believe it. After all, life is short, but it is extremely long.

I used to ask myself, what is the meaning of life?
I answer this question every year, and I find that my answer is different every year. Every year's experience makes me constantly change my mind.

Until I read a book..."

Shu Yuzhu said this, paused, and continued: "It's called "Essentials of Chinese Culture," and there is a short paragraph in it that suddenly became enlightened after I read it, and it gave me a lot of inspiration.

He said that all people throughout the ages, all great thinkers, great philosophers, great politicians, great generals, great emperors...

Or trivial traffickers, beggars and hooligans, people from all walks of life. People throughout the ages have given many different answers to this question about the meaning of life, and all of these answers can be roughly divided into two categories.

The first category is to find meaning in life's dedication, to find meaning in life's responsibilities, to find meaning in life's obligations...

For example, if the sky is healthy, a gentleman will strive to improve himself.

Chang Si desperately sacrificed himself for the urgent needs of the country.

To die for the country is difficult, and to die suddenly.

Worry when the world is worried first; rejoice when the world is happy later.

If you pledge your life to the country, why should you not dare to do it?

No one has died in life since ancient times.

The rise and fall, everyone is responsible.

Feeling cold Xingquan did not notice, I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood.

Thousand pointing fingers, head bowed as a willing ox.

I smiled to the sky from the cross knife, and left two Kunluns.

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There are many of them, and we are all familiar with them, Sima Qian, Yue Fei, Fan Zhongyan, Lu You, Wen Tianxiang, Gu Yanwu, Qi Jiguang, Lu Xun, Tan Sitong...

There are so many that I can hardly remember them, and there are also Zhou Gong’s Readings for the Rise of China. Every time I think of him, I burst into tears.

As for the second category, we seek the meaning of life from the enjoyment of the senses, from the experience of life, and from the aspects of human freedom and rights.

What do I want?What do I want?What do I want to do?It pursues more sensual men and women and food and drink enjoyment.

The author did not give an answer to the question of who is right or wrong among these two categories. He did not tell me who is right and who is wrong.Instead he said which one was more effective.

Tracing back to the source, why should a person think about the meaning of life?

Because life sometimes seems very long. We are not animals. We have deep thoughts and a spiritual world, so we need a support to support our spiritual world, just like the foundation of a building. Otherwise, our spirit will easily be empty and lacking. , even collapsed, couldn't think about it, committed suicide or something.

Mental pain is sometimes stronger than physical pain. Of course, its carrying capacity and strength far exceed that of the physical body.

Therefore, in a person's long and short life, it needs a carrying point and a support. That's why we find the meaning of life. This is the support of our life and the foundation of the spiritual world.

We want to find a meaning to serve as the foundation of the entire life to carry it. Who is right and who is wrong between the two meanings of life, enjoyment and dedication?This is not critical, but the key question is who can bear it. This is the most important thing.

You can find it in dedication, or you can find it in enjoyment. Your life belongs to you and you can control it as you wish.

You can plausibly say that this is how you see it, this is how you think, and you want to enjoy it, there is no problem.

But the question is, after a period of time, who can bear it?This is the key, otherwise why would so many people commit suicide due to depression, many of them celebrities and rich people, they are not short of money and can enjoy themselves as they please.

Because things such as sensual enjoyment, eating and drinking, men and women, are often relatively shallow, and they cannot support it as the carrier of the entire life. The foundation of the spiritual world is unstable, and the building is built higher and higher, and in the end it can only collapse.

Therefore, anyone who regards enjoying these things as the meaning of life can be superficial and even talk nonsense.

But after enjoying it, he would always fall into a kind of vanity and mistiness at many times in his life. He felt like he was floating in the sky, pursuing new enjoyment and excitement, and even embarked on some illegal and criminal activities. However, when these are over, he often feels that life is meaningless.

On the contrary, people who seek the meaning of life in dedication, responsibility, and obligation tend to have a thicker, more optimistic, and upward spiritual outlook.

So, I just do what I think is right and find a support point for my spiritual world, no matter whether the world can see it or not?Regardless of whether he exists or not, I believe that he exists and dedicate myself to it. Isn’t it enough? "

After she finished speaking, Zhao Lan and Black Jade Qilin on the opposite side fell silent. They could not refute, but they could not argue. Hundreds of years seemed to have been in vain.

　It’s probably because I’ve eaten so much that I always like to think about things. This chapter may seem superficial to some people, but I write novels more to express my own thoughts, or to express what I think is right. Okay, it may be bad to express it. The benevolent is in the eye of the beholder. Today I heard the news that the great historical figure passed away in July. I was very heartbroken. He was only a few years older than me. I was so scared that I immediately prepared to go to bed early. Get up early and exercise. Life is long and short. Many things are often caught off guard, so do what you think is right and meaningful. Be with the person you want. Work hard and don’t give up easily. Sometimes you may be better than others. Everyone works hard, but still can't get what they want, because fate is a very fucked up thing. Life is not what you want in all likelihood. It may be painful, sad, or have many setbacks. Giving up is actually very simple. What everyone can do, persistence is often the hardest, but please never give up, continue to insist on what you think is right, and save yourself from fire and water over and over again. Maybe one day you will suddenly discover The boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains.

　　
　
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