When Li Su played against the emperor, he stood between the two classes of courtiers, and there was only Zhao Yun by his side, so when he saw Hua Xin jump out at first glance, he didn't know the identity of the other party.

still waited for Hua Xin to say a few words and reported to his home.

"Sure enough, it was really Hua Xin who jumped out as a bird...... Also, his official position is now low, and there is no way to descend, and there is no Shang Shulang who is too a student and a filial piety in this dynasty, and he was directly convicted because of his words. refuted me, and he can be regarded as a great Confucian. ”

Li Su was secretly worried in his heart.

And Liu Hong, who is sitting on the altar, has never been reluctant to watch this kind of lively thing, so although Li Sugang has made great contributions to him, he is also willing to listen to it more: "Oh, Hua Xin, you should tell me how Li Su spoke of the destiny of heaven in vain." ”

Hua Xin shook his spirit: "Your Majesty, the ministers heard that when Gao Zu was Chen She, he guarded the thirty family dumplings for Chen She, and he has eaten blood so far. Because of Gao Zu's compassion for Chen She, he was the first to advocate volunteers and punish Qin, which has the merit of inspiring the hearts of the people all over the world.

Li Su is just a kid in this world, and even if he makes small contributions, he is not an ancient sage. Zi said: The road is not good, take the pole to float in the sea, cover the road is permanent but the merit is impermanent, how can it be easier to conclude the merits of good and evil because of temporary gains and losses.

This can be described as quick success, if His Majesty approves it, let it speak in vain. In time, who in the world will dare to speak up and ask for their lives for the right path and correct the world. ”

Liu Hong listened with a smile and was silent, and when Hua Xin finished speaking, he thought for a while, and then raised his hand to signal Li Su to defend himself: "Li Su, Hua Xin said that you are eager for quick success and quick profit, and you distort the common way for the sake of temporary success, what do you say?" ”

Nowadays, people chat in person, and generally don't call each other's names, but it's okay to call each other with respect. Therefore, when the eunuchs went to the court, they had to register the hundred officials, and the emperor also called the ministers by their names when he spoke.

Li Su sighed: "Your Majesty just asked the minister if Chen Shi should be worshipped, and the minister replied on the matter, but when it came to Hua Xin's mouth, how did it become a 'distorted interpretation'?"

Emperor Gaozu ordered to keep the body and eat blood, which was the generosity of Gaozu, who treated others with himself, and disdained to study the hearts of people at the same time. thought that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's anti-Qin heart was the same as Emperor Gaozu's original intention to save the people, so he respected Chen Sheng and Wu Guangqin.

But my descendants read history, read the words of various families, and take credible opinions, and know more - Hua Xin, I have a question, do you think the "History" written by Tai Shi Gong is suspected of flattery? ”

Hua Xin didn't expect Li Su to suddenly ask like this, but he didn't know what he meant, so he had to answer pertinently: "Sima Qian's "History" is slanderous and flattering, and the whole world knows it, so what can I say. ”

The officially recognized history book of the Han Dynasty is the "Book of Han", and the status of the "Historical Records" is not too high now, which can be regarded as a mixed reputation.

Later, when Wang Yun killed Cai Yong, the reason was also that "Xi Xiaowu did not kill Sima Qian, and later made history, so that the slander of the book will flow to future generations", so he wanted to kill Cai Yong, who participated in the writing of "Dongguan Hanji". (After the fall of the Han Dynasty, the "Dongguan Hanji" was the main body and the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" was formed)

Therefore, Hua Xin also had to admit that Sima Qian should not praise Liu Bang and belittle Liu Bang's enemies. Including Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, and even Xiang Yu, Sima Qian is writing straightforwardly, and he will write down any merits.

Li Su waited for this sentence: "Okay, since you admit that Taishi Gong's words are not flattering and partial, I want you to interpret these sentences: When Chen Sheng raised his army, the followers said, 'And the strong man will not die, and if he dies, he will be famous, and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning'." And when Gao Zu got up, he shouted, 'All the people who have died since they died, and the public and others have gone, and I have passed away from now on!' ’

It can be seen that Chen Sheng's advocacy is for selfish desires, and he is unwilling to 'have a kind of prince and a prince'. At the beginning of Gaozu, he just couldn't bear to see his peers die on time, so he was dismissed, and he also abandoned his official position and fled. As for the big back, it is just to see that the world has been chaotic and the heroes have been divided, and they have to do it in order to restore the world.

The Mandate of Heaven is disgusted with self-interest and self-reliance, and is disgusted with the sudden change of China, and is sympathetic to the people. King Wen of Zhou has two-thirds of the world, and he still serves Yin, and has the world for three generations, so it is long.

Although the first emperor called Fen VI Yu Lie, but when he ascended the throne, he was only one of the seven countries, and one generation swept away the six kingdoms, the world changed suddenly and the people's grievances accumulated, and it was inevitable that the second would die.

It is a long-term separation that cannot be abruptly combined, a long-term union cannot be abruptly divided, and the first one who is disgusted by heaven will be punished by heaven, and it is necessary to obtain the favor of heaven step by step. If there is no Duke of Zhou, he is only afraid of the rebellion of the three eunuchs and the troubles of the remnants of the merchants, and the harm is as fierce as the remnants of the six countries. Now that the Han Dynasty has been established for 400 years, those who do not submit to the Han Dynasty will naturally be punished by heaven. ”

The three kingdoms and five generations who died suddenly after a long time.

Qin Sui, who died suddenly after a long time.

Li Su actually said a little too much, and he also knew that according to the individualistic point of view of later generations, this remark was actually inappropriate, because later generations paid attention to an "upward channel", including Li Su himself felt that there was nothing wrong with "the prince and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning".

For the heroes of the late Han Dynasty, he didn't like Liu Bang very much, and preferred Xiang Yu. But since he is the prelude to the king, he has to say so for the sake of merit and fame. It is normal for a lawyer to speak for the benefit of the client.

On the other hand, Li Su is familiar with history books, and he has to admit that although Liu Bang later became more ambitious, he had many unscrupulous behaviors, but when he first started, Liu Bang's motives should still be good. The main thing is that he was born poor, and he couldn't have much ambition at first-

This is similar to Cao Cao's "Let the County Order", the ambition is inflated step by step, and at the beginning it was just to achieve a small goal.

But no matter what, Li Su's previous words have already made Liu Hong's heart feel refreshed.

"It turns out that Emperor Gaozu's motives back then were so much greater than Chen Sheng and Wu Guang? Why didn't the minister who taught me history books ever tell me? Hmph, it must be those people who don't want me to know that the Liu family should be the son of heaven for ten thousand years, so that those people can scare me that I can't do this and that! As soon as the mandate of heaven is made, it must be warned. ”

Thinking of this, Liu Hong was full of spirits: "Hua Xin! What else do you have to say! Chen Sheng is chaotic in the world, although he is against the tyrannical Qin, but his heart is only for his own selfish desires, what else is there to worship for this kind of person.

Spread my will, from this year onwards, Dangshan's dedication to Chen Sheng will be cancelled! That's just one of the princes. The reason why Emperor Gaozu was eternally honored was because he conformed to the way of heaven and was not selfish at first! ”

Hua Xin was speechless for a while, he didn't think to read the historical records sentence by sentence, and he didn't expect that Li Su had already worked hard and prepared all the counterexamples of all dynasties in his heart during the months when he was writing the book.

After being reprimanded by Liu Hong, Hua Xin had no choice but to retreat with shame.

Fortunately, it was the gentleman's discussion, everyone spoke freely, and Li Su couldn't chase each other and scold. As long as Hua Xin is willing to admit it, he can always stop the loss.

After Hua Xin was repulsed, the scene was quiet for a while, and just when Liu Hong was about to end the discussion and talk about the reward for Li Su and the heroes of Youzhou, there was another old minister, who seemed to see that no one had spoken, and had to jump out in person:

"Li Su, you said that 'the way of heaven is good and easy to hate', is this an exaggeration? The number of days has changed, the artifact is easier, and it is natural to return to the virtuous people.

The Tangwu Revolution is all based on the Tao and the Dao, and as soon as the Heavenly Dao declines, the Mandate of Heaven will be easy, how can it be delayed for several generations? You say that King Wu has the accumulation of King Wen, so isn't it 'sudden'? What is the curse of SenseTime? ”

Li Su looked at it, and saw that this person was still on crutches in the last court, his hair was like silver, like a starry old fairy, and his beard was hanging down to his stomach. Listening to him report to his home, he knew that it was Dong Fu in the service.

"Dong Shizhong, everything cannot be generalized, there is a degree of sudden follow, and there is a depth of heaven's punishment. "Shangshu-Tang Oath" said, "Time is mourning, and both you are dead", it can be seen that when Shang Tang was fighting, there was no precedent in ancient times, and Tang and Yi Yin did not know the destiny of heaven in their hearts, but they did it with the heart of death to save the people.

Shang Tang is willing to die with the sun, then when he raises his army, he has no confidence to replace it, but even if he dies together, he will do the right thing for heaven. Therefore, if the punishment is weaker, it will be like the three prisons of Zhou Pingping, and it will eventually be able to prosper. And Shang was also counterattacked, the former Taijia was unknown, and Yi Yin put it in Tonggong, which was the backlash of Shang Tang's instability in the country.

Cover the past dynasties of Taizong all experienced the bandang and then Ning. If there is a good assistant on the side of Taizong, and if he enters Yiyin Zhougong, he will eventually be able to recover, if there is no Yiyin Zhougong and only Zhao Gao, then the destiny of heaven will be easier. Xia has Taikang, Shang has Taijia, Zhou has three eunuchs, Qin has Fusu, and Han has Zhulu ......"

In the later Song Lian Fang Xiaoru's summary of the Prosperity of the Palace, there is also a very important summary, but Li Su is out of place now, he did not write it in the book, but today he was forced to say a few words.

That is, the temple is blessed and believes that the mandate of heaven is averse to change, and even if the Taizu of the great unified dynasty of the past dynasties is suppressed by force, Taizong will inevitably be counterattacked.

Either Taizong died in the country, or the branch was overthrown after Taizong's death, or the one who was supposed to be Taizong became the hidden prince and was killed by others.

Xia Youtaikang lost the country,

Shang has Taijia banished,

There is a rebellion of three prisons in Zhou,

Qin Youfu Su was not allowed to succeed to the throne and was killed,

In the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Hui was killed, and Zhou Boping and Zhu Lu killed all the sons of Emperor Hui.

Liu Jiang, the first prince of Liu Xiu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was deposed because of his mother, and took the initiative to give the crown prince to his younger brother Liu Zhuang (Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty), so he escaped with a good death.

Wei Youcao Ang died in battle, and although Wu Sundeng died naturally early, Sun Liang, who succeeded him, was also deposed.

Taizong, who has "why not eat minced meat", was directly rebelled by the Eight Kings,

Sui, Tang, and Song had Yang Guang, Li Shimin, and Zhao Guangyi (suspected) killing their brothers and seizing the throne.

If you have Jochi, you can't be a great khan,

There is a clear difficulty,

Qing Emperor Taiji and Fulin were not elders, and Haoge died tragically.

It's just that none of this has happened now, so Li Su doesn't want to say more. But those who have really observed history understand,

Counting all the great unified dynasties and the three major stable divisions of the Three Kingdoms, there are only two exceptions for "Taizong" who have not been counterattacked to the point of losing the throne.

The first is Zhou Gongfu becoming the king, and the second is Zhuge Fu Liu Chan (Liu Chan finally died by himself, but that was an external attack, not an internal power struggle), and there was no other Taizong who could transfer power normally.

Other Confucian scholars of the Han Dynasty, because there were not enough precedents in front of them, did not summarize history from this perspective at all.

Even Dong Fu, known as the first person in the world and known for "knowing the destiny of heaven", was instantly speechless when Li Su refuted it.

it? How can history be interpreted in this way?

After being silent for a long time, Dong Fu had to sigh and retreat.

Who else?

Li Su quietly watched half a circle.

It seems that there is no one left.

Finally, it was the emperor's turn to perform and reward the officials.

Liu Hong was on it just now, listening to Li Su and Dong Fu was like listening to a story, and I thought it was quite fun.