My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 36 I’m afraid that the bastard is educated
"Chao Cuo is this person~"

"Tsk, what should I say..."

Weiyang Palace, Phoenix Palace.

At the same time when the Emperor Qi ordered "Research Chao Cuo", the four Liu Rong brothers from the Phoenix Palace were also chatting about the old prince's family order, the internal history of the court: Chao Cuo.

"In terms of talent and learning, he deserves to be called a national scholar."

"But in terms of virtue and what he did, he can definitely be called a traitor to the country!"

Lying on the rocking chair, holding a half-rolled bamboo slip in one hand and writing something on the slip with a pen in the other, Liu Rong said something lightly, but his three younger brothers were stunned and dumbfounded.

National traitor?

Is it too late?

We must know that a famous national traitor in the Han family was forced to follow the marriage team to the grassland, and from then on he joined the Xiongnu Chanyu's account and became a traitor of the Xiongnu's "national advisor": Zhongxing (háng) said (yuè)!
As a visitor from later generations, Liu Rong knew clearly that the traitor Zhongxing said he was the first true 'traitor' in the five thousand years of Chinese history.

Even the word "traitor" appeared because of the Zhongxing theory, and has since become a synonym for national scum.

So as a 'traitor', especially the first national traitor to go down in history in Chinese history, what did BOC say he did?
Working for the Huns, making suggestions for the Huns, teaching the Huns to count livestock, and coordinate pasture planning were secondary.

The person who really took the title of "traitor" in the Bank of China's name was this traitor who was regarded as the "national advisor" by the Xiongnu Chan Yuting. He had an unforgettable hatred for the Han Dynasty - for his own nation and country.

Before Zhongxingshuo entered the Xiongnu Chan Yuting, the exchanges between the Han and the Huns were all carried out by using wooden boards one foot and one inch long and one inch wide as the carrier of credentials.

——This is the consensus reached by Taizu Liu Bang and the Xiongnu Moton Chanyu after the Battle of Pingcheng between Han and Xiongnu during the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao.

As a result, Zhongxing said that as soon as he entered the court of the Chanyu, he advised the Xiongnu Chanyu: Although the Han and the Huns are a country of brothers, the Xiongnu is the elder brother who does his duty, and the Han family is just the younger brother;
How can the elder brother and younger brother use the same size of credentials when exchanging letters?

As a result, the credential sent by the Huns to the Han family became one foot and two inches in length and width;
The opening chapter also changed from "The Chanyu of the Xiongnu asked the Emperor of the Han how he was doing well" to a arrogant and cool statement that shocked the world: Born from heaven and earth, placed by the sun and the moon, the Chanyu of the Xiongnu asked the Emperor how he was doing.

If this is just a small formal move, then what Bank of China has done in a practical sense is like pouring water from the East China Sea, and it is difficult to wash away its name as a national thief.

——In the three years since the late emperor, namely Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, decided to fight a decisive battle with the Huns, he was stabbed in the back by the rebellion of Jibei King Liu Xingju. In the past twenty years, the Huns have launched a large-scale attack on the Han family. Invasion, three times.

Two of these three large-scale invasions, with a scale of "county" and a military strength of "10,000", were almost single-handedly facilitated by Bank of China.

All the people of the Han family hated this traitor to the core, and even wished they could sleep on his skin and eat his flesh!

Compared with such a real national thief, Chao Cuo, a "national thief", left Liu De, Liu Yi, and Liu Yu confused.

"Brother is saying that Chao Cuo entered the "Cutting the Vassal Policy" because he wanted to disrupt the country of our Han family. Is his intention to be punished?"

——The second child, Liu De, has always been smart, but he is still just a teenager. Even if he is vaguely aware of something, it is only superficial;
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"Could it be that Chao Cuo, the dog thief, is actually the work of the old thief King Wu?!"

——The third child, Liu Yu, is as naive as ever, and will never stop talking without making any surprises.

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"Uh……"

"Selfish, selfish desires are too, too heavy..."

The fourth child, on the other hand, stumbled out a few numbers, causing Liu Rong to stop writing and look up at the fourth half-brother.

After looking at Liu Yu's face for a moment, he finally started writing and drawing on the bamboo slips in his hands again, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the stuttering problem, I would have relied on the talent of the fourth brother. Are you afraid that it will be unspeakably miserable?"

"Ok?"

The words with a smile caused Liu Yu to smile shyly, but secretly he couldn't help but taste it: Does the elder brother's words have any other profound meaning?

For example: If you want to save the lives of your family, it is best to stutter for the rest of your life...

Liu Rong knew nothing about what Liu Yu was thinking.

When he made such a joke, he had absolutely no intention of beating or admonishing Liu Yu.

He just smiled and shook his head, and wrote the last line on the bamboo slip. Liu Rongcai put down the slip and pen in his hand, and then looked at his fourth brother Liu Yu.

"That's right." "Chao Cuo is a man with too much selfish desires."

With a soft word, Liu Rong looked away from Liu Yu, took a breath, and gently leaned on the back of the chair.

"Chao Cuo and Jia Yi were both outstanding young men recruited by the late Emperor Taizong into the imperial court in the first year of Emperor Xiaowen's reign."

"These two people are the same age as Yuan An, the senior official in the imperial court. In the first year of the late emperor's reign, all three of them had just reached the crown."

"It's just that they are all in their twenties, but these three people are..."

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"As early as when the late emperor succeeded to the throne, the issue of the separation of clans and princes has been a concern for the court."

"But towards the princes and vassals, Chao Cuo and Jia Yi held completely opposite attitudes."

"--Jia Yi, in "Public Security Policy", proposed the strategy of favoring the vassal kings and their sons, and conferring all the descendants of the clans and princes as kings, in order to split their land, weaken their power, and divide their country."

"Although the late emperor did not adopt it on the spot, let alone praise Jia Yi for it, the kings of Qi and the three kings of Huainan were all products of the "Public Security Policy" adopted by the late emperor."

"Compared to Jia Yi's upright conspiracy, Chao Cuo was extremely eager for quick success and quick gains. During the reign of the late emperor, he repeatedly talked about cutting down the vassal vassal."

"If Jia Yi followed the path of boiling frogs in warm water step by step, then Chao Cuo advocated the strong medicine of cutting down vassals to force rebellion and then suppressing them with force."

Liu Rong said these words with a trace of reminiscence, and Liu Rong was silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head.

"Jia Yi is a true national scholar."

"His experience in planning for the country is as good as that of the old prime minister: Zhang Cang, Marquis of Beiping!"

"As the proud disciple of the Marquis of Beiping, Jia Yi and Jia Changsha have never disgraced the disciple."

"On the other hand, Chao Cuo was all thinking about how to revive Legalism, but he didn't know at all: eating the salary of the Han and being loyal to the Han..."

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"——Eating Han's wealth without putting Han first is called disloyal;"

"——To receive the kindness of the late emperor and father who knew you, and to pick it up without thinking of repaying it, is called unrighteousness."

"A few days ago, Chao Cuo's father came to Chang'an to dissuade him, but he failed to change Chao Cuo's determination, and he even risked his life to persuade him."

"——To only care about self-interest and force one's relatives to risk their lives to prevent him from doing so is called unfilial piety."

"So in my opinion, although Chao Cuo has the talents of a national scholar, he is unfaithful, unfilial, and unjust, and he is really unworthy of much use."

"If he were not equally eager to reduce the vassal status, I am afraid that my father would not reuse such a person."

After talking hard, the figure of the young official from before finally appeared outside the small courtyard.

Liu Rong, however, was not in a hurry to step forward, but stood up with a smile. While adjusting his robes, he said in a preaching tone: "The three of you will tear apart the earth and become the king in the future, and you will be called a loner."

"You three must keep my next words in mind."

"——Farmers bring harm to the country, but only one millet or one meter;"

"——The officials and officials who interfere with power can only live in one village or one mile;"

"However, if someone has the great talent to govern a country, but does not practice it in the right way, he will cause harm to the country and be enough to overthrow the country's society."

"Therefore, when you become a vassal king in the future, you must use virtue and bottom line as the primary criteria to judge whether someone is available."

"As a minister, even if one's virtue may be lacking, it cannot be without a bottom line."

"We must be extremely cautious with people who have very poor moral character and have no bottom line at all."

"Especially those who have very poor moral character and no bottom line, but are also extremely capable and talented. They would rather kill them than let them harm the world..."

(End of this chapter)