Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 281 A few words to wake up the dreamer
Liu Heng almost squeezed out this evil sentence from between his teeth. He couldn't even hold it back and stood up directly and slapped Liu Qi on the face.

Liu Qi knelt on the ground and said nothing.

Just when King Wu started his own "unique" counterattack, Liu Qi's mind finally came to his senses, and he finally understood what "shooting oneself in the foot" meant.

This kick really hurt.

"My son, I know my guilt."

Seeing the sad look on Liu Qi's face, the anger on Liu Heng's face slowly subsided. He was not afraid that Liu Qi would make a mistake. After all, people cannot be born knowing it.

If at this time, Liu Qi, who is still the prince, can perfectly control his emotions and make rational judgments under Liu Xian's provocation - then Liu Heng may really start to get angry.

By then, what he was angry about was not that Liu Qi "blamed him", but that he was angry and doubted whether Liu Qi had "big intentions" in doing this.

"That's it, the matter has reached this point, there is no room for reversal."

He said softly: "You have to remember that there must be no mistakes in the matter of reducing the vassal state. It is like walking on a single-plank bridge on a cliff. If there is even the slightest mistake, you will fall to the bottom of the cliff."

That's it, that's it.

Even his appearance is more similar to him than to "Liu Wu".

Liu Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at Liu Heng's expression and his suddenly pale expression. He quickly kneeled forward and looked at Liu Heng and said, "Father? Father?"

Because at this time, His Majesty Liu Heng, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, suddenly discovered a problem. Liu Wuke was not like Emperor Gao at all.
Is Emperor Gao so stupid?
Memories slowly began to appear in Liu Heng's mind.

He began to think about what Emperor Gao had done in his mind. When he saw the whole truth of the matter, he suddenly smiled bitterly, with a look of exhaustion and helplessness on his face.

"Are you okay?"

He's leaving.

Liu Heng also smiled: "So at that time, the teacher cooperated with me and worked with me to adjust the structure of the Chen family's children, right?"

That must be true.

The same benevolence, filial piety, magnanimity, shrewdness and ability, and the same love for the common people in their hearts.

Even if the father is in front, there is still an "emperor"; just like even if the son is in front, the word "chen" still controls him.

"To be fair, you are the child who is most similar to me in terms of ambition and governance. In the past, in order to pursue the shadow of Emperor Gao, I was just a little obsessed with being like "Liu Wu"."

Chen Bi also had a free and easy smile on his face, and he said softly: "Yes, at the beginning, I didn't actually see His Majesty's painstaking efforts, but in the fifth year of Hou Yuan, I slowly I found something wrong.”

Even though many people doubt the authenticity of this point.

"I don't want you to suffer this kind of pain."

In his mind, Emperor Gao had always been wise, except when he said "Liu Ruyi" to be like himself.

He lowered his head again and looked at Liu Qi carefully in front of him. At this time, Liu Heng, who had woken up, discovered a problem. If we talk about "imitating oneself", the child kneeling on the ground in front of him is the real "imitating oneself".

Chen Bi nodded.

Liu Heng stood next to Chen Bi, looking at the busy Chen Mansion with very complicated emotions in his eyes.

After being silent for a while, he said in Liu Qi's worried eyes: "My whole life, I have been trapped in the late emperor's words of "like oneself", and I have almost forgotten my own appearance."

He did not call himself "Chen", but "I", which made Liu Heng feel very comfortable, even more comfortable than Chen Bi's answer.

Chen Fangshi was standing in front of Zhuoshen Building, asking the servants to pack their luggage and other belongings at home.

Chen Mansion
The emperor's arrival was silent, and before anyone noticed it, the emperor had already entered the Chen family's mansion.

Liu Heng patted Liu Qi's shoulder again, and then walked out of the palace.

"I knew that the teacher would be able to see the purpose of what I did."

"I am saying these words now not because King Liang has disappointed me, but because I have hidden the words in my heart for many years."

He patted Liu Qi on the shoulder and said softly: "I have nothing to do. I just want to leave the palace. I have some things to ask the teacher. I will deal with the matters in the palace for the time being."

The curse of "like oneself" that has haunted the four generations of emperors of the Han Dynasty has completely dissipated starting today.

After a moment, he asked: "Teacher, I really don't have the slightest doubt about Mr. Chen. You should know this, right?"

When Liu Heng's figure gradually disappeared into the hall, a faint cry came from the palace.

In fact, Liu Heng had never doubted the Chen family, nor had he doubted Chen Bi, Chen De, and Chen Tuo.

After a moment of silence, Liu Heng said softly: "I'm fine."

Chen Bi turned his head and looked directly into Liu Heng's eyes: "Your Majesty, of course I know."

Liu Heng seemed to have completely given up on his previous idea, the idea of ​​using Liu Wu to resemble himself and making him a detour to resemble Emperor Gao.

Liu Heng's expression and voice were very gentle, like a father looking at his well-behaved son, rather than a father and his sons.

Some of Liu Heng's so-called "targeted" measures against Chen in the past few years made people think that he began to doubt that some of Chen's measures were truly for Chen's benefit.

Listening to his son's calls one after another, Liu Heng salvaged himself from his emotions.

"Kings are not stupid people. Don't think of them as your stupid brother."

He actually didn't dare to believe what he had just had a flash of inspiration, but at this time, it seemed that not believing it would have any effect.

"The stupidest among them are also 'normal'."

Thinking of this, Liu Heng was stunned for a moment.

A great poet of later generations wrote a very wonderful poem.

"I don't know the true face of Mount Lu, just because I am in this mountain."

This poem is a famous line through the ages, and it is similar to the ancient saying "Those who are in authority are confused, but those who watch are clear".

Chen's current predicament is because he is "in the middle of the game."

Liu Heng, who looked at the behemoth "Chen" from a perspective that Chen did not, discovered Chen's real problem in the blink of an eye, but he did not dare to tell his teacher directly.

Because words like that sound very much like "doubt".

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Liu Heng directly used "actual actions" to prove this point.

Chen Bi sighed: "Mr. Chen is too big!"

"It has been passed down from the pre-Qin Xiaogong period to this point, and it has been nearly two hundred years!"

In 355 BC, the Chen family began to establish.

It is now the seventh year of the Second Yuan Dynasty, which is 174 BC in history.

One hundred and eighty-one years!
Even if an ordinary family lasts for one hundred and eighty-one years, there will still be some "feudal remnants" and "dirty" aspects, let alone the Chen family today?

The Chen family has been the "prime minister" since the time of Duke Xiao. From that time to the time of Chen Bi, among the seven generations, which generation has not been the prime minister?
No. This kind of Chen has a big problem.

Of course, the biggest problem is not these, but Chen's own "ideas" and "path."

The road ahead is tortuous and needs to be summarized bit by bit as we move forward.

It is true that the Chen family is a family, and it is true that it does not have a clear and core idea like Confucianism and Taoism. However, when a certain ancestor of the Chen family began to recruit many disciples, it began to develop " This is a problem when "disciples are students of old officials".

This is the biggest problem.

Can the Chen family turn all his disciples and former officials into "Chen family members"?

No.

So why does the Chen family still develop in the same "family" situation as before?
This is the wrong path.

The more Chen Bi thought about it, the more he broke into a cold sweat. It was from that time that Chen Bi came up with the idea of ​​"motivating him to quit bravely."

He must do it.

Only at this time, after retreating bravely from the rapids and reducing most of the "party members", can he be freed from all the constraints.

But after the panic, what followed in an instant was "surprise" and "excitement."

why?
Because what the ancestors of the Chen family failed to do one hundred and eighty years ago, he may be able to do it now.

Because Chen is going to do what so many sages failed to do a hundred years ago.

Because fifty years ago, those glorious ancestors did not think of things, he is now going to put them into practice.

Since then.

Chen Bike calls himself the reincarnated student of "ancestor Chen Ye"!

Even when the second-generation ancestors of the Chen family stood in front of Chen Bi, abandoning the so-called "status" theory and standing in front of Chen Bi as just a "person", they still had to be humble and high-spirited. head!
Why?

Because Chen Bi is really aware of this problem and wants to start solving it.

Just like when "Confucius" founded "Confucianism" and was later called the "Sage Master" and the "Sage of Confucius", after Mencius inherited and carried forward Confucianism, he can be called "Asian Confucianism". "Holy".

Just like "Confucius" and "Zhuzi"; "Confucius" and "Zhusheng".

Just like Emperor Gao established the "Great Han Empire", "Wen Jing" and "Emperor Wu" completely brought this huge empire to its peak, and "Guang Wu" revived this empire again!
Chen Bi can even think that after he has completed his inner conception, even if it is another thousand years, in the Chen family's sacrifices and genealogy, when Chen Ye is mentioned, Chen Bi will definitely be mentioned.

The name Chen Bi will no longer be covered in the glory of the Chen family for thousands of years.

Summarize! Summarize your thoughts! Inheritance, inheritance doctrine! develop! Develop new ideas!

Those who remain stubborn will eventually become ants.

This is what Liu Heng has wanted to tell Chen Bi in the past few years, and it is also what Liu Heng has tried his best to push Chen Bi to accomplish.

Just as Chen Bi said, Chen is too big.

He was so big that even if the emperor wanted to touch him, he would be in trouble, and he might even be "pulled down" in the end.

After all, Chen really has this ability.

If it were an ordinary emperor, he would most likely stand aside and watch the Chen family continue to develop nondescriptly as a family, and eventually collapse.

This time may not be too early, but it is definitely not too late.

Even if Liu Heng couldn't see it, Liu Qi would definitely be able to see it. This was a good thing for the emperor. After all, when the Chen family collapsed, the emperor would have one less thing to worry about.

But Emperor Wen was different from ordinary people.

He is a true emperor, a benevolent emperor.

He saw Chen's problem and his teacher's predicament. After thinking twice, he stood up resolutely without hesitation, taking huge risks to help Chen Bi and help Chen complete this "difficulty". Bureau".

If there is a more fantasy term, this is called the "Mandarin Duck Method".

In Buddhist parlance, this is called "stick drink".

A word to wake up the dreamer.

Therefore, when Chen Bi left, he did not complain at all. In the past two years, he also actively cooperated with Liu Wu's actions and carried out some "cyclical self-revolution" on himself. This is the way for a "family" to stay awake. Something you must have.

"This time, I really want to thank you, Your Majesty."

Chen Bi's voice was moved. In fact, at the beginning, he was also doubting whether Liu Heng was beginning to doubt Chen like other emperors.

He did not question his idea, after all, the emperors of the past were like this.

As an emperor's teacher, most of Chen's people could not escape the end of separation between the king and his ministers and the separation between master and disciple in the end. He thought that he could not escape either.

But in fact, he escaped.

Liu Heng actually smiled: "Teacher, why should you be so polite?"

"If the teacher really wants to thank me, why not answer my question."

Chen Bi raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Your Majesty, do you have any questions?"

Liu Heng was silent for a moment and then said: "I have always felt that Emperor Gao really thought that Liu Ruyi was like himself."

"I thought of something in the palace today."

"Liu Ruyi is naughty, rampant, and stupid, but Emperor Gao is very powerful. Even when he was trapped in the shallows at Longqi Land in Peixian County, he had never been in such a naughty state."

He looked at Chen Bi: "Why does Emperor Gao think Liu Ruyi is like himself?"

"To be a bit boastful, Emperor Gao should think that "Liu Chang" is more like himself. Maybe even I might be more similar to Emperor Gao."

Chen Bi also looked at Liu Heng silently, and sighed quietly after a moment, but what he said was not the topic they just discussed.

He just said softly: "Your Majesty, the ancestor Chen Ye once said something when teaching the second ancestor Chen Shen, "People will eventually be trapped for life for the things that young people can't get." The high emperor's divine martial posture is the red emperor. Son, but still can’t escape this disaster.”

"In the past, Emperor Gao was the youngest son in the family, but because his personality was not similar to that of the Grand Duke, he was not favored."

"The character of the sinner Liu Ruyi is probably more similar to that of a "beloved Emperor Gao"."

Liu Heng fell into a long silence.

It turns out that the cause of the dilemma that trapped the four generations of emperors of the Han Dynasty was so simple.

Peach Blossom Spring
Chen Ye stood under the peach tree, with endless wind blowing around him.

Chen Shen and others stood beside him, looking at the long river gathering and gathering momentum above the sky.

Chen Ye laughed loudly: "Ms. Chen, today is truly successful!"

(End of this chapter)