People are too expensive?

Jun is too light?

Li Shu is too bleak?

These words broke into Guo Jin's head, making Guo Jin feel that his whole world had been turned upside down.

For a while, Guo Peng didn't speak again, and Guo Jin didn't ask.

He was so shocked that he needed time to react.

Guo Peng gave him a little time.

The early spring breeze blew through the field with a slight chill, leaving a cool touch on the faces of father and son.

Guo Jin blinked and looked at Guo Peng.

Guo Peng spoke at the right time.

"Why did you kill Zang Hong as a father? Why did you kill Xun Yu? Because before the feudal state was founded, the father was also the people, and like them, they cooperated with each other, after the feudal state was founded, the father was the king, the father was no longer the people, the king was the enemy of the people, and Li Shu was the friend of the king. ”

Putting a hand on Guo Jin's shoulder, Guo Peng said slowly: "In the face of hundreds of thousands of people, Jun is weak, because there is only one person, and the people, there are hundreds of thousands, in order to govern the country, Jun has to distribute power to the people, the people have power, and there are many people, who is strong?" Who is weak?

But there is no endless road, and Jun also has vitality, because in addition to the people, there is also Li Shu, in order to dominate the qualifications of officials, the people bully the king, press Li Shu, and offend the king and Li Shu at the same time, for the king and Li Shu, the people are the common enemy, the king has great righteousness, Li Shu has great strength, the two are one, you can defeat the people. ”

Guo Jin was suddenly a little excited when he said this.

It was as if the sun had been lifted from the chaos.

He asked excitedly.

"Father, Jun and Li Shu, how do the two become one?"

“……”

This time, Guo Peng was silent.

"Father?"

Seeing that Guo Peng didn't speak for a while, Guo Jin asked suspiciously.

Under Guo Jin's questioning, Guo Peng suddenly said something that made Guo Jin surprised and suspicious.

"Ah Jin, deep down in my father's heart, I don't like a family with one surname, but I can't help it as a father."

"Father's ......"

"Do you know why?"

Guo Peng took his eyes off Guo Jin's face and moved to the distance that Guo Jin couldn't see for the time being.

"Because not every king can clearly realize that he is a king, and not every king can clearly realize that his ally is Li Shu, not the people."

"Father, what does that mean?"

"Ah Jin, who is your teacher?"

Guo Peng asked.

"Cai Gong, and the teachers in the school palace, they ......"

Guo Jin suddenly realized something, and said in surprise: "They are all people!" ”

"Not only they are the people, what you learn is also the knowledge of the people, not the knowledge of the people, the inheritance of the knowledge of the king is more difficult than the inheritance of the knowledge of the people, it can only be passed on by word of mouth, once there is any mistake, the learning of the king will be cut off, the king will have nothing on the surface, inside, become the people."

Guo Peng shook his head and sighed: "As a king, I don't do what a king should do, but I am intoxicated with the lies made up by the people, I want to be a holy monarch and a benevolent monarch, instead of restricting and suppressing the people, I indulge the power that belongs to the monarch and seize the taxes and land of Li Shu, but the king doesn't know, or he knows, but he can't do anything."

A large number of Li Shu were displaced, but the treasury was empty, there was no money to give, no money to settle down, and finally forced Li Shu to have no way out, as long as there is one person to take the lead, the rest of the people will follow him to rise up, the world is in turmoil, the people have become a new dynasty and a new upstart, but the king has no place to be buried, is there less such a thing to do? ”

Guo Jin's face became more and more surprised.

"This is the disadvantage of one family and one surname."

Guo Peng sighed: "Ah Jin, do you know what your father is most worried about?" What my father is most worried about is that our Guo family's Junxue has broken off the inheritance, so that his father's efforts to suppress the people and help Li Shu will be in vain, so that in just two hundred years, the world will return to sixteen years ago, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion will definitely recur. ”

"This ......"

Guo Jin found that he understood a lot.

In the light of the historical events he knew, he deeply believed that what his father said was correct.

In a short conversation, Guo Jin felt that everything he knew had changed direction.

Looking in this direction, Guo Jin suddenly understood what Guo Peng had done.

"No one taught the father what is Junxue, this hard-won Junxue is much more precious than the Five Classics and Fourteen Family Laws, fighting the world for the father, watching the rise and fall of the princes all over the world, and finally getting a glimpse of the mystery from the war, just this trace of mystery, but let the father sweat coldly, trembling."

Guo Peng shook his head and sighed: "They are afraid of their father's cruelty, why don't they be afraid of their number and means, what they think and think is far more terrible than their father, far more ruthless than their father, and the consequences will be more serious."

Do it once for your father, only a hundred people will be killed, Yecheng will be in turmoil for only a few months, and the court will not be in turmoil, but they will do it once, but they will kill millions of Li Shu, the world has been in turmoil for 16 years, the Han family collapsed, and the father was able to take advantage of the situation, so the people and the king, which is the most terrible? ”

Guo Jin swallowed his saliva, and his heart was shocked.

"Father, if that's the case, is there a way to deal with it?"

"Yes."

Guo Peng nodded: "My father is also groping, and I have figured out a rough idea, Ah Jin, you remember, when you become a king, if they kneel on the ground and chant Shengming, you have to reflect on whether your policy is wrong, so that they feel that there is an opportunity."

If they stand on top of the court and scold you for being a faint king, especially when they scold you for being a tyrant, you have to reflect on whether you are not doing it fast enough and ruthless enough.

It's not that there are no people who have Li Shu in their hearts, but it's definitely only a very small minority, if they stand up and scold you one by one, it should be that you have touched their key point and persisted. ”

"Father, this ...... This is completely contrary to what the Pentateuch says. ”

Guo Jin looked at Guo Peng and said in a low voice: "What is said in the book is completely different from what my father said. ”

Who wrote the Pentateuch? Could it be that you did it? ”

"No, the Pentateuch...... Scholars, of course...... made by the people. ”

"Yes."

Guo Peng nodded: "What my father learned when he was young, what you learned when you were young is all folk studies, the knowledge of scholars, what is the learning of scholars for?" Inheritance of knowledge is secondary, mainly to gain power, and then rule Li Shu, that is, to bully the king and suppress Li Shu, this is what the father has been doing. ”

“！！！”

Guo Jin's eyes widened.

"Ah Jin, how have you heard a word from the Son of Heaven since your father started the army? Until now, the Son of Heaven has been established, the Son of Heaven has been deceived, and the authority of the Han family has been seized for his own use, which is the knowledge of scholars, because there is also a Han Son of Heaven on the head of the father, so the father is not a unique king, and the knowledge of the scholar is still useful for the father. ”

Guo Peng has nothing to hide from his son.

Guo Jin's brain spun rapidly, and he immediately realized in horror that what Guo Peng said was true.

"Noticed? Ah Jin, what you have learned is completely from the perspective of scholars, and what you have learned is to preach the superiority of scholars, and how scholars are disciplined, have a backbone, and how they are born to be rulers.

Between the words, it seems that the scholars are the lords of the state, and the kings of the past dynasties are just puppets who obey what the scholars say and do things, and the existence of the kings is only symbolic, without practical significance, as long as there are scholars and listen to the words of the scholars, the country can prosper. ”

Guo Peng sneered: "What are the scholars preaching? What is the old thing of Yao Shunyu that scholars admire? It's Zen Rang, what is Zen Rang's inner inside to take apart? A king who doesn't care about authority and is willing to let go is a good king.

The authority is said to be released, and the emperor is said to let go, and he does not take power, this is the holy monarch respected by the scholars, but, Ah Jin, if you think about it carefully, the king has let go of his authority, who is the cheapest? Could it be that Li Shu, who is illiterate? The emperor doesn't want authority, who wants authority? Who will rule? ”

Guo Jin thought for a moment in disbelief.

"Scholars?"

"That's right, it's the scholars, they say everything in a daze, and what they use to whitewash the appearance of benevolence, righteousness, morality and scholarship is just two words, power.

The king should not take the power, the power should be handed over to the scholars, the king is wrong to take the power, the scholars are right to take power, what is the pity of the king's life or death? It is enough for a scholar to protect his family. ”

Guo Peng said as if sighing: "This time my father is setting up a new monarch, and in the absence of the central court, he will completely start anew and seize the authority of the central government."

Thinking that his father was selfish, he set up a young son of heaven, and neutralized the young son of heaven in troubled times, making it clear that it was dictatorship and ill-intentioned, who would not see it? But how many people are willing to stand up and fight for the Han family at the cost of their lives? ”