A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 237 The king’s domineering ways are mixed, the way of heaven
Although the Han emperor implemented many policies that valued Confucianism, in the appointment of officials at court and at the local level, Legalist officials were still mostly used, which made the prince Liu Shi, who was deeply taught by Confucianism, dissatisfied.

Crown Prince Liu Xi was born to Empress Xu and Emperor Han when they were among the people. Although Empress Xu was dead, Emperor Han never wavered in his intention to establish a crown prince. He also made Wang Jieyu, who had no heirs, the queen and raised the crown prince by her. .

One day, Confucian ministers Yang Yun, Gai Kuanrao and others were imprisoned for ridiculing the Han emperor for promoting Confucianism and suppressing Confucianism. After hearing this, the prince quickly went to the Han emperor and said: "Your Majesty's use of punishment is a bit excessive. The country should be governed with kindness to the people." We should put soft governance first, and we should make more use of Confucian scholars. How can we be jailed for making fun of the government?"

The Han Emperor suddenly changed his expression and said sternly: "The Han Dynasty had its own system, which was originally a combination of 'kingdom' and 'tyranny'. How could we simply use the so-called 'virtuous government' like the Zhou Dynasty?

What's more, those vulgar scholars are unable to discern the changes in world affairs. They prefer to focus on the past and ignore the present. They can't even distinguish the difference between "name" and "reality". How can they be given the important task of governing the country! "

After saying these words, the Han Emperor sighed again and said: "The one who messes with my family is the prince!"

However, in view of his gratitude and repayment to the late Queen Xu, he did not replace the crown prince in the end.

The prince was dissatisfied and returned to the mansion to ask his teacher Bai Tuo. Bai Tuo was very open-minded and said: "This is the emperor's intention and is suitable for governing the country."

But the young master Xiao Wangzhi on the side disagreed. He only wanted Confucianism to flourish in the world. He wished that everyone in the world came from Confucianism, so he said: "Your Majesty has been deceived by traitors. Of course, he must use Confucian scholars to govern the country." For the best."

Bai Yanruo looked at Xiao Wangzhi with a pointed look, Xiao Wangzhi responded with a smile, shook his head, Bai Yan said: "That's all, old man, I am still old. To know the scale, the prince has to make his own decision. Destiny So, how can it be changed based on people?"

So after holding the Confucian classics conference in Shiqu Pavilion, he resigned from the position of Taifu to the Han Emperor and only concentrated on serving as a wine sacrificer.

Even though the prince tried every possible means to persuade him to stay, Bai Tao only had one sentence: "Everything has its own destiny. Those who obey nature will prosper, and those who go against nature will perish. This has been the case throughout the ages."

This is the lifetime income of this world-famous scholar who has lived for more than ninety years, and it is also his last words in return for the Bai family.

"Everything has its own destiny. Those who obey the heavens will prosper, and those who go against the heavens will perish. This has been true throughout the ages." Bai Bin, who has reached the age of 60, watched the most intelligent people of the Bai family in the past few hundred years pass from Chang'an. If you come, fall into deep thought.

"I see, is this the law of heaven's operation? Is this the reason why my Bai family has been passed down to this day?"

"Great-grandfather, my grandson went down below to investigate. The situation may not be optimistic." Bai Guan, Bai Bin's great-grandson, Bai Du's grandson, and Bai Ke's son, handed his investigation results to Bai Bin and said respectfully.

Bai Bin put down Bai Shao's motto and took over Bai Guan's investigation results.

"Sure enough!"

The investigation results showed that the Bai family's iron cavalry, which had been invincible and invincible with Duke Guangxin and Marquis Xiuwu, had been in peace for more than a hundred years and had become a young master who could not ride a horse or draw a bow. Army, Lord Army.

The grassroots official positions in the Bai Kingdom are also controlled by the Bai family, Wang family, Su family, Quan family, and Yuan family.

In particular, the number of dignitaries in the Bai Kingdom has increased over time, and the tribesmen and citizens at the bottom have almost no place to get ahead. Now in the Bai family, the way to get ahead is to achieve class leaps.

A: Studying and being admitted to the Bai Academy will complete the first step. After that, you can go to Taibai Academy for further study, or go to Taixue. Through Taixue, you can become an official of the Han Dynasty, and you may also have the opportunity to be hired by the Bai Kingdom.

B: For business, Chaoge, as the most prosperous city in the world, already has more than 300,000 citizens, of which hundreds of thousands are businessmen, because it has the most relaxed business environment in the world.

Apart from these two ways, there are almost no other ways for the native Bai people. The official positions in the Bai country are almost monopolized by the Bai family and the children of other wealthy families, and it is not even enough for them to divide them.

And the Bai Kingdom's army has completely become a place for gilding and retirement for the Bai Kingdom's wealthy families. Of the five thousand cavalry, only a thousand may be able to meet the combat requirements.

"Great-grandfather, this is not a good phenomenon. In the past, we could rely on Baiguo's good teaching to export talents to relieve domestic pressure. But now other big families and clans in the world are also rising, constantly controlling local official positions and refusing to When outsiders come in, there is very little we can do to intervene.

Even those clans with the surname Bai that were once divided are already a little dissatisfied with our family's deployment of manpower to the local area. If this continues, it can be expected that there will be chaos in the country. "

Bai Bin sighed: "Why don't I know? Otherwise, what should I do? Attack those clans that have made no mistakes and have been connected to my Bai family for thousands of years? I'm afraid that before we take action, everything will be in chaos internally. We have already fought with them They are mixed together and cannot be separated.

Moreover, this is also inevitable for things to develop to the current situation. As long as we can develop faster than other families in the world, they will always be behind us. If we want to be in chaos first, they will be the first to be in chaos. As long as they are in chaos, we will There is a chance to survive and be reborn in Nirvana. "

"You mean the imperial court?"

Bai Bin stood up tremblingly, and Bai Guan hurriedly stepped forward to help him. The grandfather and grandson walked into the yard, and Bai Bin looked up at the stars in the sky.

"Do you know why we, the Bai family, had many opportunities to replace the Liu family but did not do so?"

"Didn't you say that you are concerned about Bai's name?"

"This is one aspect, and there is another aspect. Duke Yi said: 'If you want to wear Jiuzhao, you must bear its weight.' Duke Hui Jian said: 'Those with high status are prone to coldness, and those with low status are prone to dryness.' Jing Zhaogong Said: 'When the water is full, it will overflow. If you are in a high position, you will not be affected by yourself.'

These words have different meanings but the same purpose. I say: "If the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them; if they act higher than others, they will be rejected by others." 'It's not that the Bai family doesn't want to occupy the highest position in the world, it's that we can't because we haven't found a way to occupy a high position without being destroyed.

You see, the Ji family has occupied a high position for eight hundred years, and was finally replaced by the Ying family. And even more so, the Ying family was replaced by the Liu family in just twenty years. How long can the Liu family hold the high position? Woolen cloth? We don't know.

But we have seen the price of losers. How many people in the world are named Ji and how many are named Ying? Since we, the Bai family, have inherited the destiny and want to protect the people of the world from being slaughtered, it is easy to occupy a high position, but one day we will be pushed down. By then, will anyone still stand up for us? Will it become like the Shang Dynasty again, like the dove stick in my hand, ready to be chopped by others? If this is the case, why should I, the Bai family, bear the destiny? Will the destiny come again? "

"But great-grandfather, in that position, wouldn't he be able to do more for the people of the world?"

"Guan'er, don't be fooled by power or appearances. When you are in that position, you can't help yourself. People have to pursue something after all, and that position represents too many things.

If you were really in that position, wouldn't you want it? That won't work, other people will force you to ask for it, you have to ask for it, you have to ask for it, and you have to ask for it if you don't want it. After all, it is not the common people who hold the most power in the world, but the powerful families who hold the power.

There may be wealthy families who pity the lower class people, but that will not last long. After a few generations, they will either die out or change their gender, and they cannot escape the hands of fate. But I, the Bai family, are the most special. I have my destiny and am the one in this world. The only variable. "

"But why is it different?" Bai Guan frowned and couldn't think of anything different between his family and other families, except for the center of his eyebrows.

"Could it be?"

"Yes, that's it. It will always remind us what our mission is? It is like an anchor point, allowing us to find our original intention and direction."

"But apart from being born with it, like a birthmark, nothing unusual was found?"

"Haha, that's because you haven't arrived yet." Bai Bin said with a smile: "Only when you become the head of the family, you will understand! You have to know that the most important thing about the Bai family is not the family, but the head of the family. The family is just for the head of the family. A tool to achieve your mission.”

"This." Bai Guan was shocked by this shocking statement, because since he was born, he has been instilled that family is everything, and he will not hesitate to sacrifice his own life for the family.

But my great-grandfather told me that the family is just a tool for the head of the family, a derivative of the head of the family to fulfill his mission?

Bai Guan asked tremblingly: "Great-grandfather, what am I?"

Bai Bin looked at Bai Guan, who was only fifteen years old, and said in his heart: "It's over, I've talked too much. This is beyond what he can bear at this stage!"

"Ahem, Guan'er, don't think too much. You are not a tool, you are you. You are my grandson, Bai Bin, and the future head of the Bai family. You must know that there are differences between tools."

Seeing that Bai Guan was still immersed in what he just said, Bai Bin sighed: "Guan'er, I'm old and I won't live much longer. As long as you know what Bai Guan's mission is and go in that direction, you will be right. Because that is also the mission of the head of the family.”

After hearing Bai Bin's remarks about life and death, Bai Guan finally diverted his attention and comforted: "Great-grandfather, you are joking again. You are only eighty-four this year. How can you be so fast? My grandson thinks you can live for at least eight more years." ten years."

"Haha, you little brat, if you live for another eighty years, you won't become an old monster. No, that's all. It's almost the same as our ancestors. If you live for eighty more, something big will happen."

"By the way, little ghost head, your father has sent a letter, asking you to go to Chang'an as soon as possible. You have stayed in Chaoge long enough."

"No, great-grandfather, I'm only fifteen years old this year. My father went to Chang'an when he was only twenty years old. I'd better stay with you in Chaoge!"

"Okay, you little devil, let your grandfather stay in Chang'an for two more years!"

"Thank you, great-grandfather!"

Four generations live under one roof. I don’t know how many people are envious of having the opportunity to enjoy this hard-won opportunity. How could Bai Bin push it to the outside?
The twenty-fifth year of Han Dynasty (the first year of Huanglong)

Winter:

Emperor Han fell ill.

December

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was seriously ill and ordered Shi Gao, the Marquis of Leling, to be the Grand Sima and Cavalry General, the Crown Prince and Taifu Xiao Wangzhi to be the former General Guanglu Xun, and the young Fu Zhou Kan to be the Secretary of State for Guanglu. Assist the prince.

Among them, Shi Gao was a relative, and Xiao Wangzhi and Zhou Kan were court officials and Confucian scholars. However, the Han Emperor appointed Shi Gao as the chief, with Xiao Wangzhi and Zhou Kan as deputy.

Jiaxu Day

Emperor Liu Xun of the Han Dynasty died in Weiyang Palace. His officials gave him the posthumous title of "Xuan" without establishing a temple name. He became Emperor Xiaoxuan of the Han Dynasty.

Guisi day

Prince Liu Shi became emperor.

The first year of the Han Dynasty (the first year of the Chu Yuan Dynasty)

February 6
Emperor Xuan's coffin was buried in Duling.

(End of this chapter)