Chapter 005: Spirit Stone
Liu Chang returned to the palace in frustration, the princes of the Western Han Dynasty had to go through a series of excellent education, because Liu Bang wanted to make his sons more powerful and "defend" the Son of Heaven in the future, so he trained his sons with his heart.
The vassal kings of the Western Han Dynasty were not the vassal kings of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the vassal kings of the Western Han Dynasty had to have the ability to govern the country.
This education is divided into two kinds, the first is enlightenment education, the princes will gather together to start enlightenment education after they are a little older, the purpose is to be able to read and write, of course, the prince is not among them, the prince has the prince and the prince to specialize in education, and other princes are not mixed together.
When the prince is a little older, after being crowned king, the emperor will arrange for them to be a prince, and the prince will teach these princes and kings more profound things, from etiquette to governing the country, if you meet a more powerful prince, you can even teach you how to fight, how to entertain and so on.
Liu Chang was because of the wisdom he showed when he was young, so Liu Bang found him a special person to teach, and now, he finally has to study with several other brothers.
Thinking of those unreliable brothers, Liu Chang sighed helplessly.
At present, there are Liu Ruyi, Liu Heng, Liu Hui, and Liu You, who are not much different in age, just one or two years old, and none of them have been crowned kings, like Liu Fei, the eldest son who has been crowned king, has already been sent to his fiefdom.
The youngest, Liu Jian, has not yet reached the age of receiving enlightenment education.
The next day, he got up early, and after reluctantly freshening up, he was taken by seven or eight eunuchs to Tianlu Pavilion, which was the royal library of the Han Dynasty, located in the north of the palace, and was also the place where the princes concentrated on enlightenment.
When Liu Chang pouted and reluctantly walked into Tianlu Pavilion, everyone had already arrived, but the class had not started, they were all waiting for him, and everyone seemed to have known about Liu Chang's coming here to study.
What enlightened them was a gray-haired old man, who knelt in front of him upright, without squinting or looking at Liu Chang. Seeing this old man's appearance, Liu Chang's heart was half cold, what is the difference between this and the original?
And a few half-sized children sat in front of each other, and their performance varied.
The kid sitting in the middle, raising his head proudly, looks almost like a copy of Liu Bang, although the child seems to be normal to his father, but this is too similar, it is like imprinting Liu Bang's face on a child's head, except that there is no beard, even the moles at the corners of his eyes are exactly the same.
Not only the appearance, but also the demeanor, that kind of free and easy appearance, this is a miniature version of the emperor.
He is Liu Ruyi, the relationship between Liu Ruyi and Liu Chang cannot be said to be brothers, but it can also be said to be incompatible. The two have been fighting since they were children, and they had the most trouble, so they were not cleaned up by Liu Bang.
waited until Liu Ruyi grew up a little longer and didn't want to worry about this little thing, so the two didn't make any big trouble.
Sitting on his right side is Liu Hui, Liu Hui looks like a tiger, is a standard fat boy, he is grinning stupidly at Liu Chang at the moment, he doesn't look very smart, this guy has an honest personality, is kind, and helped Liu Chang steal beef at the banquet in the past, and takes good care of Liu Chang's younger brother.
The one sitting on the far right is Liu You, Liu You has been weak and sick since he was a child, he is thin, and he doesn't look like Liu Bang, and the rest can see some Liu Bang's shadow more or less, but this one is almost exactly the same as his mother.
His status in the palace is not very high, and his sense of presence is not strong, he has always been very low-key, following his brother Liu Hui all day long, and he doesn't like to talk.
Then there is the one sitting on Liu Ruyi's right.
After Liu Chang walked in, he didn't look at Liu Chang, his name is Liu Heng, he is Liu Bang's fifth son, it stands to reason that this Liu Heng's mother is not liked by Liu Bang at all, her status is similar to Liu You, no one loves her, no one hurts, even Liu Bang rarely pays attention to it.
But he is really a little different in the palace, he doesn't look like a child at all, he can't play with several other princes, and he doesn't fit in with this group of children.
Liu Chang often bullied several other brothers in the palace, even the crown prince Liu Ying dared to bully, but the only one who did not dare to bully was this Liu Heng.
Liu Chang has always looked at Liu Heng unpleasantly, he thinks that this guy is pretending to be pretending to be forced, and a little doll is pretending to be the same as being seventy or eighty, but, in Liu Chang's memory, he took the initiative to provoke this brother several times, but he never took advantage of it, and was rubbed by the other party from various fields.
Several other brothers, after being bullied by Liu Chang, often cried to sue their parents, but Liu Heng is different, he can not only avoid Liu Chang's attack, but also pull him to the queen and talk eloquently, the queen does not like the prince except Liu Ying and Liu Chang, but she has a good sense of this Liu Heng, so the unlucky one naturally becomes Liu Chang.
After Liu Chang became Liu Chang, there was still a trace of fear of Liu Heng in his heart.
When Liu Chang sat down, the old gentleman began to attend class. The so-called Qin Dynasty planted trees, and the Han Dynasty enjoyed the coolness, don't look at the literati of the Han Dynasty one by one, but the textbook used by the princes is actually the "Cangjie Chapter" written by Li Si, the prime minister of the violent Qin, that is, the standard textbook for learning Xiao Seal.
The Qin Dynasty unified the script, the Han Dynasty perfectly inherited the small seal, and some people proposed to restore the original script in the founding of the country, but Liu Bang disagreed, making it clear that the small seal would be the only script in the Han Dynasty.
This enlightenment teacher didn't want to take care of Liu Chang at all, and continued to talk directly from the place where he originally talked about, fortunately, this did not have much impact on Liu Chang, after all, he received a professional education not long ago, and there was no problem at all in recognizing these words.
Liu Chang soon began to feel bored, he held his chin with one hand, and his thoughts had already drifted into the distance.
The teacher didn't pay attention to Liu Chang, this teacher is a Taoist, extremely conniving at students, only discriminating, no matter whether you learn or not, a class was mixed up by Liu Chang.
"Brother? Junior! ”
Suddenly, someone interrupted Liu Chang's conjecture, and when Liu Chang came to his senses and looked ahead, I don't know when, the crown prince Liu Ying actually appeared in front of him.
"How's it going, are you still used to it?"
Liu Ying asked with a smile.
Liu Ying made a special trip to visit Liu Chang.
Liu Chang knew in his heart that this guy didn't come to Tianlu Pavilion to ridicule himself, nor to take revenge on himself, he just came to fulfill his duties as a brother.
At the beginning, when Liu Ying persuaded him to work hard all day long, Liu Chang still doubted him, is this guy scheming? Deliberately came to engage in Corporal Lixian, brotherly harmony?
But after a long period of contact, Liu Chang found that this person was a true gentleman.
He is very good to anyone, almost not mixed with other purposes, and he also takes great care of his brothers, he knows that Liu Ruyi likes swordsmanship, so he gave the sword that the emperor gave him to this younger brother who competes for the throne with him, he knows that Liu Hui is honest, so he often sends people to call him to his side, and asks if the people around him underestimate him.
He knew that Liu You was not taken seriously, and he would pull Liu You to sit beside him at every banquet.
He knew that Liu Heng liked to read history books, so he tried to collect a complete set of pre-Qin history books for him.
He knew that Liu Chang liked to eat meat, and he would give some of his meat to his younger brother at every banquet.
This is a gentle, benevolent and righteous king, to be honest, when Liu Chang first came, he also fantasized about whether to fight for the throne because of the pain of the idle egg, but after learning more about this brother, he didn't have this mind, and it was not without reason that the Han Dynasty could become a strong country.
In Liu Chang's opinion, this elder brother is definitely a qualified prince, whether it is personal morality or ability, he is far inferior to him.
After Liu Ying arrived, the princes got up one after another, even Liu Ruyi, who was bent on competing with him for the throne, stood aside and had great respect for this brother.
Only Liu Chang was still sitting lazily in his place, "What can I do if I am not used to it?" I'm just waiting for the day when I'm crowned king anyway. ”
Liu Ying chuckled lightly and said: "This is also for your good, you will be the king of the princes in the future, as the king of the princes, if you don't even have the ability to govern a place, how can you let the people under your rule live a good life?" ”
"After being crowned king, you may not be able to live as nourishing as you are now, it is not easy for princes and kings to do..."
"You have to know household registration, agriculture, water conservancy, and warfare..."
"The matter of household registration..."
Liu Ying started the big truth mode, the more he talked, the more excited he became, the old gentleman who taught nodded with satisfaction, this is what the prince should look like, those princes also made the appearance of being taught, and the four old men who had been following Liu Ying couldn't help but applaud.
Speaking of which, the sons of the pre-Qin dynasty like to play this set, find a person with shortcomings, and then tell a big truth, persuade the other party, it is best to let the other party open their mouths, change their past mistakes, and then record this incident in history... In the future, this will become a graceful thing in the mouth of the scholars.
But Liu Chang obviously doesn't like this set.
His eyes widened, how could this prince say more than those old gentlemen?
Liu Ying began to quote scriptures, telling all kinds of stories about reading and learning, telling about the heroes who turned back to the prodigal son, but what he said was too cumbersome and too verbose, Liu Chang's ears were ringing, and his face changed from helplessness to shock, from shock to anger, and finally to despair.
"Okay, brother, I was wrong, I must study hard... Be a good prince!! ”
Liu Chang really couldn't help it, he hurriedly interrupted Liu Ying, if it was the original Liu Chang, maybe he would really do it, he could finally understand why the original body was so annoyed by this brother, this person's character is good, but there are a lot of words, and there are some big truths in and out of the words, it is all the same meaning, which is extremely irritating.
Liu Ying made a teachable expression and nodded with a smile.
"Very good, I will come to see you again in a few days, I hope you can study hard."
"Don't... Wouldn't it be nice if I could read! ”
Liu Ying left, Liu Chang looked at his back in horror, and hurriedly looked at the old gentleman, he asked, "Sir, can I still study alone like before?" ”