"The poem says: 'Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. 'It is within the six combinations, outside the eight directions, if all the things conceived cannot be infiltrated with grace, then the virtuous king will be ashamed......"

"What a virtuous gentleman."

Heifu was happy, a few days ago, he asked Lu Jia to follow the so-called "Dayu and love, cut down three seedlings without punishing", and write an article to find a reason for the southern expedition, the military affairs are busy, Heifu is about to forget about this matter, I never thought that Lu Jia's writing at the beginning of this proposition essay is not bad.

Lu Jia smiled beside him, not proud.

When Heifu looked down again, he found that it was even more exciting, worthy of the pen of Confucianism, the pen was sharpened, whether it was not black and white was completely reversed.

But I saw his article, translated into the vernacular, which said this:

"Now within the borders of the country, it is the time of governing the world, and the people of the crown belt have all achieved happiness, Li Shu has no resignation, men are happy, women are cultivating their careers, and no one is not satisfied."

"But in the land of Yidi, in the land of obedience, good indoctrination has not yet been carried out, and good customs are scarce. They may not know what is right, but live in the grass like beasts, and have the habit of eating human flesh. or unclear respect and inferiority, mutual vendettas, courtiers killing the king, and disorder. Father and brother were innocently killed, and children were orphaned, crying incessantly. ”

"So the people of the south and the north complained to the Central Plains: 'I heard that China has a benevolent government, many virtues, and a wide range of graces, and everyone can bathe in it, why did they abandon us alone?' They stood on tiptoe in anticipation of the king's coming, like withered grass and trees longing for rain. Even hard-hearted people will weep for it......"

So he sent troops to the north to crusade against the mighty Huns; Crossing the sea by boat to the east building, exterminating the unruly Canghai Jun; Dispatch subordinates to the south to conquer the barbaric Baiyue. The first evil has been punished, all the people rejoice, for a time, the four Yi naturalized, like a school of fish looking up to the flowing water, hoping to be bound by the Central Plains, need to be counted by 100 million. ”

Therefore, three passes were set up in Lingnan, education was established in Qifu, embankments were built in Panyu, earthen buildings were built in Yushuishu, and boundaries were drawn in Qiqi. So that the remote places are no longer closed, the chaotic and ignorant places can shine in the sun, create a channel for spreading morality far and wide, and let the teachers of benevolence and righteousness live in harmony with the four yi. As a result, the barbarian attack and killing subsided, the Central Plains Yanjia ceased to fight, Xia Yi was like a family, the same system near and far, peace and happiness at home and abroad, is there anything greater than this? ”

"There's nothing greater than that, I don't know."

After reading the whole article, Heifu said with a smile: "Among the more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians of the Southern Expedition, I am afraid that I will not be able to find a second pen that is better than you." ”

"The prince is overrated." Lu Jia was humble again and again.

"But you also have some minor problems with this article, and you have to change it."

Teacher Heifu drew a few circles on the composition and showed it to Lu Jia.

"This article, Ben Hou wants to publicize it to the soldiers in the army, but Li Shu has no resignation, men are happy, and women are cultivating their careers? You dare to say this, what is the situation in the Central Plains Jianghuai, can the soldiers not know from there? ”

When Heifu first arrived at Sanguan in Lingnan, he also heard the soldiers sing a ballad: "Be careful not to give birth to a boy, and use the breast to give birth to a girl." Don't see Wulingnan, the corpses are on crutches? ”

Although Hefu used various means to re-pull this team that had been hit hard by the epidemic and demoralized, because of various major projects and expeditions in the southeast, northwest and northwest, the people of the Central Plains were already struggling to make a living, and this could not be changed.

The soldiers are not stupid, the words of the imperial court may be false, but they have been forcibly conscripted here, and the robes have suffered heavy casualties and must not be fake!

Therefore, Lu Jia's article is obviously unqualified for propaganda.

Heifu scolded Lu Jia and told him to change it.

But Lu Jia didn't move, and after reading it himself, he looked puzzled: "Junhou, this article is written correctly......

Heifu frowned: "Are you pretending to be confused, or are you deliberately sarcastic?" ”

"Don't dare, the description in the article is diametrically opposed to the current situation in the Central Plains, this is because this article was not written for Qin Shi Huangdi!"

Lu Jia smiled and bowed to the black man:

"It's written for the future virtuous king!"

……

"The future virtuous king?"

After being silent for a moment, Heifu smiled dumbly: "Yes, Your Majesty is eloquent and strategic, and I also hope that the second emperor who will succeed you will be a benevolent and virtuous monarch......"

"Okay, okay, you don't have to change this article, although you can't use it now, but let's keep it for now, maybe in the future, it can come in handy?"

After that, Heifu asked Lu Jia to retreat, but immediately stopped him and asked a question.

"Lu Jia, what is the Mandate of Heaven as Confucianism says?"

Originally, he was a little apprehensive about his boldness, but before he finished speaking, Lu Jia, who was a little unwilling, lit up his eyes and immediately said:

"Dare to speak up to the prince, the one who lives, the one who is endowed by the people, if the noble and the lowly are the ones who live young. For people, the Mandate of Heaven is their life and death, wealth and poverty, all of which are related to the Mandate of Heaven hanging high in the sky! Therefore, Xia Yan, life and death have life, and wealth is in the sky! ”

"Death and life have life, and wealth is in the sky?"

Heifu chewed on this sentence: "In this way, I still appreciate the ink master's "Fate", you should have heard my words, right?" The prince and the general, would you rather have a kind? It's man-made, and a penniless soldier may become a general! ”

Lu Jia insisted on his opinion: "The head of Qiantou is the Marquis of Changnan, which is also the order of the Marquis." ”

He raised his head and said tentatively, "Perhaps, it is more than that, not so much?" ”

What Lu Jia said was too obvious, and Heifu patted the case: "Okay, you are a Confucian student, open your mouth and close your mouth about the destiny of heaven, do you know your own destiny?" ”

Lu Jia said: "Know, Zi said, if you don't know your fate, you can't be a gentleman!" ”

"Do you know when you're going to die?"

This Confucian scholar is bold, neither humble nor arrogant, and he bowed to the black man: "Lu Jia only knows that he will not die today, otherwise, before the subordinate can finish speaking, the prince's face has changed greatly, and he pushed me out and beheaded me!" ”

"Ha, you're such a clever little ghost."

Heifu didn't scare him anymore, and continued to ask: "You said that human destiny is predestined, but all dynasties and dynasties have a destiny?" ”

"Absolutely!"

Lu Jia was waiting for this question, and he rose up and made a generous statement:

"Xia Wei has no way and Shang Tang replaces him, this is the mandate of heaven, Shang Wei has no way and Zhou Wu replaces him, this is the mandate of heaven!"

"In the Spring and Autumn Period, although Zhou De declined, the Mandate of Heaven has not changed, so the weight of the tripod cannot be asked."

"However, Ling was late to the modern era, Qin according to the solidity of Cuihan, the land of Yongzhou, the sixth insisted on peeking at Shandong, took Hanzhong in the south, lifted Ba and Shu in the west, collected the key counties in the north, broke Han and Wei in the east, captured Chu Jianghan, and Zhao died more than 400,000 in Changpingkeng. At this point, Zhou has lost the mandate of heaven, and the mandate of heaven is in Qin'......"

"However, now the way of the first kings is abolished, the words of a hundred schools of thought are forbidden, and the southern and northern wars are not peaceful. So there was a commotion inside and outside, the people were in ruins, the walkers did not return, the past did not rebel, they were all bored, they fled from each other, and the group was a group of thieves...... Junhou, from the point of view of the subordinates, Qin's destiny is crumbling! ”

Confucian people pay attention to moderation, and they will not speak too much, and Lu Jia's words will end here.

He just wanted to tell the Marquis of Changnan that Qin's life had declined, the world was centrifuged, and at this time, a new person was needed to stand up!

Finding that person and assisting him in achieving great things, Lu Jia believes that this is his "destiny"!

But Heifu pondered for a long time, but he was noncommittal, and waved his hand:

"Go down."

Lu Jia retreated as promised, he could understand very well, as a superior, of course, his intentions could not be fully revealed.

But he believes that Chang Nanhou can figure it out, perhaps, he has already figured it out, and all the arrangements and plans at the beginning of the Southern Expedition are all preparations for that day!

Lu Jia looked back at the shogunate's marshal tent, his eyes full of anticipation:

"The husband saves the people in indulgence, serves the supreme Hugh, reverses the decay of the world, and follows the Zhou family's extinction, in the monarchy!"

……

"People are excited, earlier, it was only conspirators like Chen Ping who instigated me, but now, even the Confucian Lu Jia with thick eyebrows and big eyes has such a bold idea."

Looking at Lu Jia's article again, the boasting in it is indeed all what Heifu has done.

But Heifu didn't lie, he did prefer the Mohist "Fate", and did not believe that people's fate was predetermined.

Because, after Heifu came to this era, he has changed the fate of many people, just like Han Xin, like Xiao He, like Lu Jia, like Tian Heng, like Chen Ping, just like Liu Bang, just like the "Heifu" who should have died in the war against Chu and left only a letter to his family.

Their fate has been greatly changed, such as Tian Hengzhi, and even came to the end in advance, and the princely hegemony has become Artemisia Lilu early.

If, as Lu Jia said, fate cannot be changed, everything is determined, what are these people?

For many years, Hefu has been moving forward and carefully observing, if all efforts cannot change the trajectory of fate, he will always return to the original point, that is the most terrible world!

Fortunately, at least there is no "restraint of the world line" to sanction what he has done.

So Heff doesn't believe in fate, but in the law of cause and effect.

"Therefore, even if it is a dynasty, in fact, there is no so-called mandate of heaven, prosperity and decline, but it is the people's heart, the policy, the situation, and maybe the climate."

"Even, the difference between the thoughts of the traverser ......"

People have no fate, and dynasties have no fate, but Heifu believes that the flower nation has.

Zhuxia, Huaxia, China, Zhonghua...... Well, no matter what her name is, it's this land, it's this group of people, and together, they have a destiny!

Even if it was missed once, it will now be given by Heifu himself!

What kind of destiny?

Heifu took the pen, dipped it in ink, and added a sentence at the end of Lu Jia's article.

A strong sentence, a sentence that he hopes to one day, can be recorded in history books, contained in textbooks, and become the consensus of everyone!

"We will take this heaven-sent continent to accommodate the people who have multiplied every year, and the destiny of free development will be demonstrated!"

……

Since the death of Oujun Jijun in battle, Xi'ou no longer resisted step by step, but moved west to seek refuge with King Luo.

This also made the Qin army progress rapidly, and just a little more than a month after the battle of Yulin, Heifu had already led a large army and arrived at the upper reaches of Yushui......

In later generations, this is the provincial capital of Guangxi, although there is no city at present, a barren land, only the Yushui flows quietly through the mountain pack, moistening the valley dam, a piece of green.

Heifu was also unceremoniously named here:

"Greentown!"

This is another name for the provincial capital of Guangxi, Heifu was impressed, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was inappropriate, isn't it okay to curse himself? It is better to change it to "Nanning".

A group of subordinates gave a thumbs up and praised: "Southern Xinjiang is peaceful, what a meaning!" ”

Looking westward, this place is far from the center of the Luo Yue tribes, and the land of Vientiane is in the dust, but it is only more than 200 miles! I heard that King Luo had collected the remnants of Xiou and Nanyue, gathered tens of thousands of people, and waited there for work......

Hefu sniffled and asked his subordinates.

"Do you smell it?"

Gong Ao, Dongmen Leopard, Han Xin and others sniffed and sniffed, Gong Ao smelled the smoke of the soldiers cooking, Ah Leopard looked at the fresh dung that Heifu had just pulled out when he sat down on the horse, Han Xin came to report the camping situation, got closer, smelled the smell of Heifu's sweat, and quietly took a step back, not knowing whether to say it or not......

"None of them are right."

Hefu pointed to the west and bared his big white teeth:

"It's the breath of a decisive battle!"