The old things finally have an eyebrow.

Wu Zetian was pregnant, but she didn't want to give up her hard-won power because of this child, so she had to fake her pregnancy by Helan Minyue to temporarily hide the child.

However, just before Wu Zetian gave birth to this child, Helan Minyue died suddenly, and the child suddenly lost his legal identity.

In desperation, Wu Zetian had to send him out of the palace, and there was a series of joys and sorrows later.

It's just that Wu Ning is thinking now, who is the person who killed Helan Minyue?

In this regard, Wu Zetian could only shake his head and sigh bitterly: "I don't know!" I have been investigating for more than 20 years, and I don't know. ”

Looking at Wu Ning, "Do you think that as an emperor, I can't even find out the sinful capital, it's very useless?" ”

"But there is no way, because the emperor also has the helplessness of the emperor!"

Wu Zetian's eyes became vicissitudes.

"The world only says that the emperor is the lord of all peoples, and he commands the world to do anything. However, in this world, there are also rules that the emperor can't shake! ”

"The world! Not only the people's livelihood, but also not just the mountains and rivers!! ”

looked at Wu Ning, "The world, like your rivers and lakes, is also sophisticated, and it is also a check and balance everywhere." ”

"Because the responsibility of the Son of Heaven is not to rule the world, but to balance the world."

A virtual hand pointed to the Taiji Palace, "Although the prime minister and magnate in this court respect me as the Son of Heaven and obey my life, there are also places that I can't control, and there are times when I can't do anything." ”

"You can't be emotional, you can do whatever you want."

Speaking of this, the old lady paused, for fear that Wu Ning would not listen.

Apparently moved by the heart of teaching, he continued:

"It's like more than 20 years ago, knowing that Minyue died in vain, Minzhi was wronged. However, I still can't make a statement about it, let alone avenge Minyue, and even expelle Minzhi from Beijing according to the wishes of some people. ”

"Ten years ago, it was difficult to go down the mountain pass. I also know that the heir is not innocent in it, but I still can't ignore the overall situation for the sake of a life and death unknown you. ”

"Say, 'What can I do?' How many courtiers are attached to the heir, if I add to him, what kind of chaos will this court become? ”

"And!" Wu Zetian's voice gradually became stern.

"And this time the Shazhou crime camp, you shouldn't go!"

"With your intelligence, from the day I named you the king of Changning County, you should understand my intentions."

"You can't be angry. For a few sins. Regardless of the big picture! ”

Seeing that Wu Ning didn't speak, the old lady was afraid of the relationship that had just eased, so she froze because of a few reproaches from herself, and waved her hand and said, "That's it, only this once!" ”

"You're a smart person, you won't do such a stupid thing next time."

"I won't remind you a second time, so you can do it yourself!"

Wu Ning was silent, feeling the entanglement that Wu Zetian blamed and didn't dare to say deeply.

smiled indifferently, "However, if there is a next time, I will still save it." ”

"You!!"

The old lady glared, this kid has to inch in, right?

But he didn't want to, Wu Ning looked at Wu Zetian sincerely, "Even if it's not the sin camp that is kind to me, even if it has nothing to do with me personally, I will still save it!" ”

"And, at all costs!"

Old Lady Wu looked at Wu Ning in a daze, her eyes full of puzzlement, "Why?"

"Whew"

Wu Ning sighed, looked at the Taiji Palace, and looked at the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, you have been facing this court for decades, have you ever thought that a hundred years ago and a thousand years ago"

"The court of that era, what were they like in this court? What is it about? ”

The old lady froze for a moment and followed Wu Ning's gaze, "Maybe it's the same as now!" It is nothing more than that the people are well fed, or they are not full; It's a question of whether the territory is large or small. ”

"Really?" Wu Ning frowned slightly, "That's really a pity." ”

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity that they, as well as Your Majesty, missed the most wonderful thing."

"What's that?"

"Soul and soul!! The soul of a nation! ”

Without waiting for Wu Zetian's reaction, Wu Ning looked at Wu Zetian.

"Your Majesty has never thought that the strength of the Han is trembling in the four seas. But when it comes to the Tang Dynasty, even if the territory of the Tang Dynasty is far superior to that of the two Han Dynasty, it can only get the name of the Tang Dynasty, and it can never be called a 'strong' word? ”

“”

Wu Zetian groaned, "I've thought about it!" ”

As an emperor, how can he not compare himself with his predecessors? Wu Ning's question, Wu Zetian really thought about it.

"Perhaps, it is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who is no longer brave of the two Han Dynasty!"

Taizong is indeed a martial artist, but compared with the emperors of the Han Dynasty, he is still a little inferior in martial arts.

Not to mention Li Zhi after that, even her Wu Zetian is far inferior to her predecessors.

"It's the emperor, and I've lost the heart of a hegemon!"

"No!" Wu Ning shook his head, his eyes were firm, "It's this nation, and they have all lost the heart of a hegemon!" ”

"Huh?" Wu Zetian frowned, "What do you mean?" ”

Wu Ning said: "When has Your Majesty heard that before the Qin and Han dynasties, there were four sides of Yidi who dared to invade the Central Plains?" ”

"Nope!" Wu Ning shook his head, "Not once!" ”

"Only our Central Plains people have almost wiped out the Xiongnu, the surname of Baiyueda is gone, the Qiang people are expelled to the west of the Tianshan Mountains, and the rich land in the world is in the bag!"

Wu Ning glared, "Even after the turbulent times of the late Han Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains withered, and the four fields were empty. gave Yidi a chance to take advantage of the situation. ”

However, despite this, there is still Ran Min's domineering spirit of slaughtering the Hu people. There is the tenacity of killing the Hu army, never bowing his head, and vowing to fight against the barbarians for a hundred years. ”

“”

Wu Zetian listened quietly, savoring Wu Ning's words.

"But there is some truth."

"But," the old lady looked up, "isn't this domineering still there?" ”

Datang and Da Zhou are not bad, worse than the two Hans, but the difference is by no means much.

I heard Wu Ning say: "It's almost the same now, but in the future, it's impossible to say." ”

"Oh?" Wu Zetian showed a look of disbelief, "Not necessarily, right?" ”

Wu Ning smiled, "Your Majesty, don't believe it, Ning is definitely not alarmist." ”

"Because, the loss of this enthusiasm is not because we have lost our roots and forgotten the teachings of our ancestors, but because the territory is getting bigger and bigger."

"Territory?"

Wu Zetian was quite surprised, what happened to the territory? According to Wu Ning, the territory controlled by the two Han Dynasty is not small, don't they also lose this enthusiasm?

"No, it's not." Wu Ning said in detail.

In fact, the territory he was talking about was not the territory on the map of mountains and rivers, but the territory actually controlled by the Han people.

People only sigh at the size of the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but they don't know that in fact, before the Tang Dynasty, the place was big, but the area actually controlled was not as big as imagined.

Take the two Han Dynasty as an example, it seems to control the Western Regions, Yunnan, and Lingnan.

But in fact, the areas under the direct jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty that paid taxes to the Han Dynasty were no different from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, mainly from the Loess Plateau to the North China Plain, and from the Sichuan Basin to the Jianghuai Basin.

The rest of the Western Regions, Northeast China, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Liangguang also seem to be the land of the Han Dynasty, but the imperial court's control over these places is only nominal and military.

Lingnan and Yunnan-Guizhou have no soldiers, and the officials sent are all political prisoners.

In the Western Regions, there are only the capital protectorate and the soldier's tun.

In other words, the area that the imperial court needs to bother to manage is a small piece of the Central Plains.

From the perspective of the state, the fewer places there are, the less complicated they are, and there is no need for any too advanced management art.

There are laws to follow, and simple constraints of loyalty, filial piety, courtesy, righteousness and honesty are enough.

This is the core idea of Confucianism and internal law.

At that time, that is, before the Tang Dynasty, there was little difficulty in management, but the pioneering spirit was more prosperous.

Therefore, before the Tang Dynasty, the Han people always maintained their desire to expand externally, and they still had that hard work.

In the words of the world, the Han people at that time were in the entrepreneurial stage and were full of energy.

But what about after the Tang Dynasty?

With the Central Plains' control over Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangzhou, and the Northeast and Northwest regions, it is getting stronger and stronger.

In other words, in this era of extremely underdeveloped transportation and information, if you want to control more and more territory, the management cost will naturally increase.

It turns out that the management method that only relies on self-consciousness is already overstretched.

As a result, it was during this period that the role of Confucianism became more and more prominent, that is, the strengthened version of the Outer Confucian and internal laws, which began to occupy the high ground.

What does that mean?

To put it simply, the officials sent by the imperial court are getting farther and farther away, and the farthest may be thousands of miles away, and the communication is not developed, and it will take a year and a half to make the last turn.

So how can the imperial court ensure that the policy can be implemented well? How can you ensure that the officials sent out will not have two hearts?

Then brainwashing, brainwashing with Confucianism!

From the moment a person is born, what he learns is etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame, loyalty and filial piety to his ancestors.

Loyalty, filial piety, courtesy, righteousness and honesty, these five words even replaced religion and rose to the height of faith, accompanying him throughout his life like a brand.

No matter how far you go, no matter where you go, you can't do without the shackles and moral control of these five words.

Then again, are those five words good? Isn't that right?

Good! That's right, too!

This is where the Han people are clever.

If you want to ask why there are so many glorious ancient civilizations and brilliant cultures in the world, why only the Chinese civilization has been inherited to this day?

That's because we know how to record history to continue civilization, and we know how to use the five words of "loyalty, filial piety, courtesy, righteousness and honesty" to unite the country.

"The general trend of the world, it will be together for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time."

If this sentence is placed in front of other nations, it is a contradiction, because after a long time, it will not be together.

It is only in Huaxia that this sentence can be regarded as the truth and believed in it to this day.

So, since the external Confucian and internal methods are useful, is there no drawbacks?

Of course not!

As a later person, in fact, you don't need to look at it deliberately, just take the time node of the real rise of Confucianism as the boundary, and look at the gap between the two sides before and after, and you will understand everything.

The front is the Han and Tang Dynasties, which is the entrepreneurial period mentioned before.

Basically, whoever hits me, I destroy whom; Whoever glares at me, I will destroy him; Whoever doesn't call Daddy, I'll kill whom.

It was the most bloody era of Chinese civilization.

behind

It is followed by the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties.

(Don't get the Yuan and the Mongol Empire together.) It was the Mongol Empire that swept across Europe and Asia, and after Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, it had nothing to do with the era of the Great Mongols. ）

Although in detail, the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties were not without bloody men.

However, that bloody nature is mostly used to defend the land and defend the country, and there is little pioneering and enterprising heart.

There are fewer and fewer brave people like Lin Yutang and Li Qian who dare to fight.

"Your Majesty!"

Wu Ning looked at Wu Zetian sincerely, "It's not wrong to rejuvenate Confucianism and pay respects." Because we have the need to educate the four people and control the land. ”

"From this point of view, Confucianism is indispensable."

"However, attaching too much importance to Confucianism will inevitably lead to the decline of martial arts, and Huaxia Erlang's blood and courage will not be restored."

"So, if you can leave a point, then leave a point. If you can save an inch, then you have to save an inch. ”

"On Yangguan City, there is an old handsome guard who said the same thing."

Wu Zetian looked at Wu Ning blankly, "What did he say?" ”

"He said that even if there is a death, he cannot let future generations face the crisis again, so he can only look up to the predecessors of the Qin and Han dynasties, and he can't find a trace of comfort at the moment."

"Your Majesty!"

Wu Ning stood up, "The world has been governed for a long time, relying on art. Whether it is law or Confucianism, they are all techniques for governing the world. ”

"Of course, the world has existed for a long time, relying on qi! It is the righteousness of Haoran, the domineering spirit of self-respect! ”

"Although this tone cannot express the emperor's hegemony and thousands of achievements, this is where the soul of the nation lies!"

"If Your Majesty really ignores this tone because he can't show merit, it will not be a dynasty that will die, but the entire nation!"

Wu Ning is by no means alarmist.

In fact, the reason why he decided to seek Lin Yutang was because Lin Yutang's experience was not unfamiliar to his mind, and it would really happen in the long river of history.

That is the only piece of history that Wu Ning is familiar with in later generations, the iron-blooded king of the county - Guo Xin.

If there is no Wu Ning, Datang will still move forward according to its original trajectory, and about a month later, Guo Xin will appear on the stage of history.

His story can only be expressed with the word tragic.

After the Tibetans occupied the Hexi Corridor and cut off the connection between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, Guo Xin led the Han family sons of the Anxi Protectorate to continue to resist the encroachment of the Tibetans on the Western Regions.

They had no reinforcements, no supplies, and no words from the Tang Dynasty.

Even the Tang Dynasty did not know about their existence, thinking that the Western Regions had already fallen into the hands of the Tubo people.

It was in such a desperate situation that Guo Xin resisted for fifty years!

The city is full of white hair, and he will not lose his knife when he dies, and he has resisted for 50 years, how dare he forget the Tang Dynasty!

Until the last city and place, Guo Xin and his white-haired old soldiers all over the city have never forgotten the Tang Dynasty, and they have never lost the blood of the Han family.

Until Guo Xin died in battle, this became the last swan song of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, and it also became the last swan song of the Han family's son!

As soon as Guo Xin died, the blood fever of the Han people gradually cooled.

After that, Shi Jingjiao sold the sixteen states of Yanyun!

The alliance under the city of the Northern Song Dynasty, the shame of Jingjing!

The difficulty of the cliffs and mountains of the Southern Song Dynasty!

The change of the civil fort of the Ming Dynasty!

Then, there is the entry of Qing troops into the customs, as well as various treaties of the late Qing Dynasty.

Wu Ning knows how important this "breath" is to the Han people!

Therefore, he can't let Lin Yutang become Guo Xin, let alone let this breath be thrown away in the moment.

"Your Majesty, this tone can't bring you any fame and merit for eternity, and perhaps, it is not as important as the general trend of the court and the struggle for power as Your Majesty said."

"But"

Wu Ning helped the old lady to the door of the Taiji Palace, pushed the door of the hall open, and pointed to the straight Lin Yutang standing outside the hall, and the more than three hundred white-haired old soldiers of the sin camp and said:

"This cavity blood fever"

"It's worth protecting!"

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It's just two chapters today, and I didn't add more.

I said I wanted to write something with depth before, and it's all here.

It's a bit of a stretch.

I feel like I can write better and more vividly.

(Oh, ask for a monthly pass!) ）