The entire Jiaofang Hall seemed to fall into endless silence at that moment.

Liu Chang raised his head and stared at his mother, and Empress Lu lowered her head and stared at him as well.

Empress Lu had never seen such an urgent and serious expression on Liu Chang's face, and on this day, she realized for the first time that her son seemed to have grown up, and he was no longer the stupid boy he used to be, and he didn't know anything, but she seemed to know it a little later.

In the face of Liu Chang's aggressive gaze, Lu Hou did not feel the slightest uneasiness or nervousness, she was as calm as before.

"Han Xin sent someone to tell me."

"Without Father's order, how can he send someone into the palace?"

"That's probably someone from the Quichers."

"I don't believe he's going to spread the word out about it."

"Not bad."

Lu Hou said, I don't know whether she admitted Liu Chang's conjecture, or praised Liu Chang's growth, in short, she didn't give Liu Chang a chance to continue questioning, turned around and left Jiaofang Palace, before leaving, she said calmly: "Your father has already set out on the expedition, and in the next few days, you don't have to go to Han Xinfu again." ”

"Why?!"

"That dog thief surnamed Kuai wants to instigate Master to rebel? Isn't it?! ”

"None of this has anything to do with you."

"He's my teacher!"

"He's just using you, remember how I taught you?"

"If you ask for something, you will go first..."

"Heh, you think you know everything? Feel like you've grown up? There won't be a stranger who treats you well for no reason... Everyone has their own minds, deliberately approaching people who are useful to them, and when they are done with them, they will kick them away and find someone else. It's like that for everyone, and that's how the world is. ”

Liu Chang sat alone in the Jiaofang Palace, and the two palace maids guarded the door of the main hall, not allowing anyone to enter or leave.

Liu Chang sat quietly on the bed, rare, no nonsense, just silent, he frowned, his thoughts were confused, he couldn't think about anything thoroughly, and he was at a loss.

......

Han Xin slowly put down the bamboo slip and couldn't help but look out the door.

The door was empty, and no one was in sight.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and Han Xin twitched the corners of his mouth, and hurriedly picked up the bamboo slip again.

"King! What a happy event! ”

When Kuaicher excitedly rushed into Han Xin's inner room, he saw that there seemed to be a touch of disappointment on Han Shin's face, and after a while, that expression disappeared again, as if everything was just Kuaicher's hallucination. Kuaiche was stunned for a moment, and then quickly said, "Liu Bang has left." ”

"He took away all the troops around Chang'an, even the generals in the court followed, and none of them stayed!"

In order to deal with Chen Xuan, Liu Bang decided to call some ordinary generals to go on the expedition, so he randomly named a few names among the generals, Fan Xu, Xiahou Ying, Chen Ping, Zhao Yao, Guan Ying, Jin She, Cao Shen and so on.

Liu Bang said that I was chosen randomly.

After thinking about it for three days and three nights, I couldn't figure it out, how could Chen Feng dare to rebel? Of course, he is a fierce man, fighting in the north and south, and rarely defeats, but among these people who crusade against him, you can choose a few of them, and they can blow up his dog's head, let alone their collective dispatch.

This is not long after the founding of the country, and these founding generals are not dead.

They are looking forward to military exploits all day long, so that they can be promoted to another knighthood, but after the founding of the country, the world is peaceful, and there is really no chance.

Just when they were all holding back the fire, the old friend Chen Feng sent them warmth and care, these fierce people suddenly have a goal, and they have a head to cut off, which is called a cheer.

We all know that the Qin Dynasty has a military merit system, and of course the Han Dynasty also has it, and it is also twenty ranks, but, the old rule, although there is no difference between the same titles, but there is a "big" difference in the appointment of official positions, don't ask, I didn't copy it!

Liu Bang finally left, and Kui Che felt that the opportunity to do big things had finally come.

Today's Chang'an is an empty city, as long as there is an incident, it will definitely succeed!

Han Xin listened to Kuaicher's excited account of his plan: to pardon the criminals and slaves who served in the various official palaces, and to launch them to attack Empress Lu and the crown prince.

Kui Che's plan is like this, and the follow-up has not yet been decided, whether to kill the empress and the crown prince, or to control them, and continue to write edicts in their name to gather troops, he did not say, and Han Xin did not ask.

For some reason, Han Xin looked a little absent-minded, and his eyes glanced out of the door from time to time.

Faced with Kui Che's plan, Han Xin only nodded in a trance.

"King, when are we going to do it?"

"Liu Bang hasn't left too far yet, let's wait."

"You! Alas...."

......

In the Tianlu Pavilion, Liu Chang sat sullenly in the last seat, holding his chin with both hands, and his mind wandered as always.

But today, he was a little too quiet, and he looked unusual.

Without Liu Chang's fuss, even the teacher became a little happier, this "no desire, no desire", the teacher who is like coping with time in class on weekdays, on this day, what he talked about was like a river, on a whim, and even talked about a lot of content outside the textbook, including some of Zhuangzi's ideological analysis.

Liu Chang obviously didn't understand this, but Liu Heng and the others learned more seriously.

During the break, Liu Hui was the first to come over.

"What's wrong? Beaten again? ”

"Nope."

"How are you sullen? Will you come back with me later? ”

"My mother won't let me go anywhere else."

Hearing this, Liu Hui didn't dare to say more, he was really afraid of Empress Lu, and this fear was different from Liu Chang, Liu Chang was afraid of being beaten, he was afraid... Cough... The second one to come over was Liu Ruyi, who smiled cheaply, sat next to Liu Chang, and grabbed him with his shoulder, "What's wrong?" General Liu, lost to Bai Qi? ”

Facing Liu Ruyi, Liu Chang didn't get angry, just sat dumbfounded, his expression even more lonely.

"Hey, I have repeatedly asked to fight, my father is overjoyed, and he specially gave me a horse of his own, do you want to go with me to see it?"

"I can't go."

Liu Heng soon came over.

"If you encounter any difficulties, don't be discouraged and find a way to solve them."

Liu Heng didn't ask him what happened, he just gave his own advice.

After the class, the elder brothers glanced at Liu Chang a few times, didn't bother him anymore, and left.

Liu Chang was still sitting here, not wanting to leave. Because he left here, he had to return to the Jiaofang Palace, and his mother didn't allow him to go anywhere, except for Tianlu Pavilion. And the Jiaofang Hall is empty, there is nothing, Liu Chang is a person who likes to be lively, sitting here, at least you can see the figures who are busy coming in and out.

The teacher sat on the top seat, didn't look at Liu Chang, and looked down at the books.

This teacher seems to have been forced to teach the princes.,It's all kinds of perfunctory on weekdays.,The biggest interest is reading.,Soak in this royal library all day long.,It is said that this place of class is chosen by himself.,Just to be able to read a few more books.。

Liu Chang and the teacher sat alone in the Tianlu Pavilion like this, without interfering with each other.

Time passed like this, every day, Liu Chang was sent to Tianlu Pavilion early in the morning, and then he would stay here for a long, long time, most of the time, he always kept his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

Maybe it was because he couldn't stand being stared at when he was studying, or maybe he couldn't get used to Liu Chang's dejected appearance, and finally, one day, the teacher sat in front of Liu Chang helplessly.

"Why don't you go back?"

"I don't want to go back."

Liu Chang said weakly, speaking of which, he has also studied with this teacher for a long time, but unlike Han Xin, he doesn't even know what the name of this teacher is. I only know what Huang Laoxue is talking about, and it seems that he is a very famous person, who was recommended by Liu Fei and came from Qi State.

"What's the problem?"

"Teacher... Someone told me that the world is very selfish, and between people, there is only use and use, and there is nothing else, do you think this is right? ”

"Nonsense!"

The teacher suddenly scolded.

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment and added, "This is what my aunt said. ”

"That's nonsense too!"

Liu Chang was really a little surprised now, even his father, he didn't dare to say that about his mother.

The teacher pondered for a moment before asking, "You have studied Huang Lao's theory with me for so long, and you probably know what Huang Lao's theory emphasizes, right?" ”

"It's... It's the one... That...."

"Do nothing."

"Yes, that's right, it's inaction."

"Then do you know what inaction is?"

"Nothing?"

The teacher choked suddenly, he clenched his fists, and immediately let go: Lao Tzu is the cure of Huang Lao, you must keep a calm heart, you can't get angry, you can't get angry.... He thought for a moment, changed his thinking, and said seriously: "We think that the world has no feelings, but people have feelings, people are not good, people are not bad, it depends on how you treat others." ”

"If you treat others sincerely, you will definitely be able to gain sincerity, if you approach others with the intention of utilization, then others will treat you in the same way."

"This is actually the same as governing the country, if you use benevolent and righteous methods to educate the people, the people will repay you in the same way, and if you use cruel and tyrannical methods to rule the people, then they will also use the same methods against you."

"If you believe that the world is selfish, then the world is selfish, and if you believe that the world has feelings, then the world has feelings."

"The world is the same, the world is different for everyone, some people look at the world with kindness, then the world will return his infinite kindness. If you speculate on the world with malice, you will see only infinite evil..."

"To educate the people by means of righteousness and to make them love one another, and not to deepen their hatred of one another without war... Isn't that a good thing? ”

Liu Chang's eyes widened, he suddenly came back to his senses and asked, "Love?" Non-offensive? Isn't this the doctrine of the Mohists?? Teacher, aren't you a Taoist? ”

"Ahem, my Taoist family was the first to learn, and the Mo family just copied my Taoist doctrine."

Note: At the end of the Warring States Period, Huang Lao's doctrine was dominated by Taoism and adopted the views of Yin and Yang, Confucianism, Legalism, Mohistism and other schools. There is the cosmology of the Yin and Yang family, the benevolent government of Confucianism, the love of the Mohists and scientific and technological innovation, etc... It's a hodgepodge, but it's quite suitable for that era.