The vast beacon fire rises from the southern foothills, and the cascading wind and clouds gather at the northern foothills!

A pot of tea, a chessboard, and two figures.

"Smack~" A black chess piece fell from a figure and landed on the chessboard.

"Smack~" A white chess piece fell from another figure and landed on the chessboard.

"Smack~"

There was another crisp sound, and a black chess piece fell, but the white chess piece was nowhere to be seen for a long time.

These two are not outsiders, they are Gongsun Du and Gongsun Yi.

Seeing that Gongsun Yi was indecisive for a long time, Gongsun Du didn't care, reached out and took a cup of tea, took two sips, and said slowly: "Yi'er, do you know that your father didn't know how to play chess before?" Or even learn chess later than you? ”

Gongsun Yi was stunned and said, "Could it be that what my mother said is true?" ”

Gongsun Du nodded, he knew what Gongsun Yi was referring to, that is, Gongsun Yi had been learning Go for two years at the age of seven, and he wanted to play against Gongsun Du, but Zhang Zhi told him that Gongsun Du didn't know how to play chess. It was after this incident that Gongsun Du began to learn chess.

"That ......"

Gongsun Yi thought for a while and said, "Father must have a rare talent for Go. ”

"Definitely!"

Gongsun Du shook his head and said, "When it comes to playing chess, my father doesn't understand." But every time a game is played, the father regards the chess pieces as soldiers, and the entire chessboard as a battlefield. ”

When Gongsun Yi heard this, although he was still holding a chess piece in his hand, his mind was no longer on playing chess.

Gongsun Du didn't bother, his eyes drifted out of the window, and he didn't know what to think.

After a long time, Gongsun Yi came back to his senses and said: "My father is talented, but my child is not as good as my child!" ”

Gongsun Du smiled lightly and said: "Playing chess, there is a lot of knowledge, one of which is that the chess field is like a battlefield!" ”

"Second, to govern the country is to play chess!"

Gongsun Yi was quite surprised, but he still thought about it carefully.

Gongsun Du said again: "There is a saying that 'the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light', what does Yi'er think? ”

"What Yasheng said is naturally very reasonable!" Gongsun Yi replied quickly and firmly.

Gongsun Du scolded: "Bullshit! ”

Gongsun Yi was stunned.

I only heard Gongsun Du say again: "If this is the case, then why will the world be in chaos as soon as the emperor dies and there is no heir, why?" If it doesn't matter, how can this happen? ”

Gongsun Yi only felt that his brain was a little insufficient, although he felt that Gongsun Du was suspected of being reasonable, but this was not unreasonable.

Gongsun Du's face returned to indifference, and he slowly explained: "If you want to govern the country well, what is the key? It's in the rule of the officials! How to maintain the clarity of the government is the main influencing factor for long-term stability. ”

"What are the people seeking? The most basic thing is to be well fed and clothed! As long as this can be done, who among ordinary people would be willing to risk the crime of killing their heads to rebel? ”

Gongsun Yi nodded affirmatively and said, "What my father said is that ordinary people don't think so much, as long as they can be fed and clothed, the only thing they care about is the lives of their families." ”

After a pause, Gongsun Yi said again: "So my father will first set up a ministry of officials, in order to keep the officials clear?" ”

Gongsun Du nodded, shook his head again, and under Gongsun Yi's surprised eyes, he explained: "There is a way that 'when the water is clear, there are no fish', it is impossible to rule the Qingming Dynasty absolutely, people have seven emotions and six desires, and they will inevitably suffer a certain amount of influence, and different people will suffer different degrees of influence, so what can be done should be to maintain a certain degree of government Qingming." ”

"This ......" Gongsun Yi really didn't understand when he heard this.

Gongsun Du didn't pay attention to it, but said, "You just need to remember these." I'll understand it later. ”

Gongsun Yi could only nod.

"After talking about the people, let's talk about the prince."

Gongsun Du said slowly: "If you want to talk about rebellion, you see who has been an ordinary person who has completed the change of dynasty throughout the ages, even if it is the ancestor of this dynasty, he is also the head of a pavilion in Surabaya, and he is also a small official." Besides, to put it mildly, Liu Bang's victory in the world is just accidental, otherwise it can't be his turn at all, without the overlord of Chu, Liu Bang's disciple, how can he overthrow Daqin? Therefore, there is no possibility of the people rebelling, so we must pay attention to these princes. ”

"Generally speaking, the princes are either quite wealthy, or they are prestigious, or even both, if these people are a little rebellious and want to deceive the people at the bottom, there are not too many methods, just say something unfavorable to the ruler of the court, it can resonate with many people, and then kick off the rebellion."

"So how should this be resolved?" Gongsun Yi said curiously.

"The best thing to do is to make fewer dukes."

Gongsun Du's words made Gongsun Yi feel stunned, and without waiting to ask again, he heard again-

"Less sealing does not mean not sealing, it's just that the difficulty of sealing has increased, but it will also make the person who gets the reward gain more prestige, which is considered to have advantages and disadvantages. But in general, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, because there are fewer people, the better it is to control, whether it is placed around or outside, it is much easier to monitor. ”

Gongsun Yi thought about it and felt reasonable.

"But it's not the best way to do it."

"What's the best way to do that?" Gongsun Yi asked.

Gongsun Du slowly spit out the eight characters-

"Wen'an world!"

"Wuzhen Eight Desolations!"

Then, Gongsun Du explained: "It is the scribes who govern the place, not the warriors, who can only be regarded as supporting each other. ”

"But as long as you have enough power in your hands, whether you want to rebel or you are bewitched, you have to weigh it. Who wants to do it when they know they can't do it? The number of princes is small, can they do it alone? In the end, it is not up to the people at the bottom. But when the people are well fed and clothed, and they have always cherished their own lives, will they be willing to be deceived into rebellion? ”

It's like a circle, starting from this end, coming to that end, and the result is still this end.

But in this way, isn't Yasheng's sentence right?

Gongsun Du looked at Gongsun Yi with a puzzled face, how could he not know what he was thinking, shook his head lightly in his heart, and said: "Thousands of people and thousands of faces, my father thinks it's wrong, but what you think is right, will it affect this sentence?" No! ”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Gongsun Yi to respond, Gongsun Du said again: "The middle of the year is approaching, and the plan to attack Xuzhou is about to begin. As he spoke, he patted Gongsun Yi on the shoulder again.

Gongsun Yi hurriedly said: "Father, the child is ordered to go with the army!" ”

Gongsun Du glanced at him and said, "Qi'er is still young, you better stay at home and spend more time with him!" After a pause, he said: "Qi'er, as the eldest grandson of the Gongsun family, will inherit the mantle of you and me in the future. ”

"This ......"

Before Gongsun Yi could hesitate, Gongsun Du's eyes widened and he said, "What is this, it's so decided." ”

"Yes, Father!" Gongsun Yi could only smile bitterly.

Gongsun Du's face softened, and said: "When today's chaos is still chaotic, when it is unified again, I don't know how many years it will take, even if it is a father, I dare not say that I have absolute certainty that I can do it in my lifetime." And when you go to be your father, I'm afraid you're not too young, and you'll have to look at Qi'er then, so, you understand, right? ”

"Yes, the boy understands!"

Gongsun Yi hurriedly responded, and then said: "Father is too worried, with his father's health, he will definitely live a long life; With his father's wisdom and martial arts, he will definitely be able to dominate the world. ”

"Less sycophants!"

After Gongsun Du finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Okay, let's go back!" ”

Since Gongsun Du was called Gong, Gongsun Yi was established as the son. Since he was the prince, he naturally couldn't stay in the Ming Mansion, so he moved to the nearby Prince's Mansion.

"Yes, Father!"

Gongsun Du looked at the back of Gongsun Yi leaving, stunned-

"Yi'er, for my father, I have the heart to unify the world in my lifetime, but when my father dies or abdicates, it is still a question whether you are still there at that time! Even now, at your age, how long can you reign? ”

Gongsun Du discovered the abnormality of his body, just he and Gongsun Yi stood together, looking the same age, not father and son, but brother!

Gongsun Yi is now over thirty years old, and Gongsun Du is sure that he will be unified earlier than the original history, but judging from the current situation, how can it be twenty years up, and when the time comes, Gongsun Yi is a sixtieth year, and even at the age of ancient times, how long can he live?

Gongsun Du couldn't figure out what the reason was, so he could only blame all this on the system, a system that had no sense of existence since he had all his martial arts and even Huang Zhong could easily defeat him.