Chapter 18: The Past of Taizu

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Da Chu Taizu's surname is Han Mingfu, he was originally a cloth cloth in Donghai County, and eventually became the founder of a generation of kings, there are countless legends about him, Han Ruzi has lived a closed life since he was a child, but he has heard a lot.

In these legends, Taizu's life is full of miracles, when he was born, there were red clouds shrouded in thunder, and after he became an adult, he had many adventures, such as slaying a dragon in the forest, interrogating ghosts at night, meeting an immortal master on the top of the mountain, and exploring treasures at the bottom of the sea...... When fighting for the world, he was trapped several times and fell into a desperate situation, and every time a man of God came to his aid, so as to turn the crisis into safety.

Yang Bong told a different kind of story that Han Ruzi had never heard of.

When Taizu was only Han Fu, he was not an ordinary person, and he had some surplus wealth at home, but he didn't do anything to produce, and he didn't like to be an official, so he spent money to donate a small official, three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, not competent at all, but he loved to make friends with heroes from all walks of life, and the family was often full of guests, and he was happy all night, disturbing the neighbors, but no one dared to sue the official, and the guests of the Han family were quite some outlaws, and they would really kill people if they were annoyed.

The Han family's little industry can't withstand the toss, three or five years will be consumed, the father was angry to death, the brother and sister-in-law took the mother to split the family, and the wife washed her face with tears every day, even so, Han Fu refused to change his ways, borrowed if he didn't have money, stole if he couldn't borrow, and robbed if he couldn't steal.

In the autumn of the twenty-fifth year, the robbery occurred, and Han Fu officially transformed from a county official to a criminal, and in order to avoid pursuit, he had to abandon his wife and children and embark on the road of escape. The friendship of the previous years brought a return at this time, Han Fu traveled from east to west, almost all the counties in the world, there were people everywhere, good wine and meat, local heroes came to visit, and they were willing to make friends with him.

It's not an escape, it's more like a patrol.

But this life only lasted less than five years, Han Fu's reputation grew, and the government's pursuit of him became stricter and stricter, and in the end, no matter how big the hero was, he couldn't keep the fugitive, he had to flee into the wilderness, in the company of bandits, and never dared to appear in public again.

The life of the bandits is far from being as unbridled as imagined, but they often go hungry, and they are always worried about the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers, the competition for territory between different gangs, and the internal struggle for power.

Fortunately, Han Fu caught up with the chaos in the world in the first year he joined the bandit gang, he was not the first to cause trouble, but he had two major advantages: there was a group of outlaws under him, who played an extremely important role in the early stage of expanding his power, and as for some of them betraying Taizu, it is a later story; He has made a wide range of friends, is familiar with the situation of the counties and counties in the world, and can find former friends wherever he leads his troops, so as to quickly gain the trust of the locals.

That's all for Yang Feng's story, there are no obvious miracles in it, and then he left a title for the emperor: "You have heard a lot of stories about Taizu, they are not all fake, there are some truths hidden in them, but they need to be carefully excavated." Give you three days to think about a question: There are hundreds of heroes who are good at making friends, why did Taizu win the world? ”

"I know, because Taizu has the help of gods." Han Ruzi blurted out.

Yang Feng looked at the emperor for a while, shook his head and said, "You don't know, think about it." ”

Han Ruzi couldn't sleep, and the story told by Yang Feng attracted him, but the content was too little, and it was very different from the image of Taizu that his mother and servants had described, but Yang Feng asked him to combine the two statements and deduce why Taizu was able to win the world. This is really too difficult, Han Ruzi tossed and turned all night, and when he got up in the morning, his eyes were red and swollen, and he didn't think of any eyebrows.

In the next two days, Han Ruzi often wandered when listening to lectures during the day, and no one cared anyway, he could wander in the past of Taizu at will, the stories told by Yang Feng, the legends told by his mother, and the war pictures in the quiet room, went in and out of his heart, but he couldn't coordinate them together, just like three different characters from different eras.

On the morning of the third day, he finally couldn't help it, Guo Cong, who was talking about poetry, just sat down on the stool, opened his mouth and was about to speak, when the emperor spoke first: "Guo Shi has read a lot of books, right?" ”

The old gentleman was stunned, this was the first time he heard the emperor speak, and it was not okay to pretend to be confused, so he had to hum and chirp and say: "The old minister has studied all his life, and he has never stopped studying, I dare not say that there are a lot, but there are some." ”

"Then let's talk about something other than the Book of Songs today."

"Uh...... This ...... "Book of Songs" has just begun, and a "Guan Ju" has not yet been finished. Poetry can be emotional, can be emotional, can praise virtue, can stop evil, the poem has its own righteousness, touching heaven and earth, moving ghosts and gods, up to the emperor, down to the common people, should learn poetry......"

Guo Cong wanted to continue like this, so as to avoid the emperor's request, but Han Ruzi had to answer the question left by Yang Feng tonight, and he couldn't listen to the poems and word-for-word annotations, so he stretched out his hand and tapped on the bookcase, "It's not a matter of time to learn poetry, and today I want to listen to something more useful." ”

Guo Cong's face changed suddenly, "Your Majesty, the Book of Songs is very useful, you can speak and be emotional......"

Han Ruzi continued to knock on the bookcase, "Taizu doesn't learn poetry, I want to hear Taizu's story, Guo Shi has read a lot of books, pick a few paragraphs to listen to." ”

Guo Cong's face turned purple, and he had to look at the two eunuchs guarding the door, the eunuchs were also flustered, and they didn't dare to give any hints, and the king of the East China Sea, who was sitting on the side seat, stared at the emperor, both surprised and confused.

"Taizu...... The story of Taizu is recorded in the history of the country, this ...... If Your Majesty wants to hear it, Lao Chen can recommend a few doctors who specialize in national history and Taixue, and they ......"

"It's too troublesome to find others, and I don't want to hear them all, Master Guo just chooses a few stories that can teach future generations."

A eunuch at the door left in a hurry, and Guo Cong was forced to a dead end, so he had to reluctantly continue: "Taizu's achievements are high and unprecedented, and there are too many stories that can teach future generations, this ...... Rong Laochen thinks about it......"

Guo Cong thought for a while, his face was blue and red, his breathing became heavier and heavier, and he suddenly fell headlong and fainted!

The eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to help, Han Ruzi was taken aback, he couldn't imagine that a simple request of his would cause such a serious reaction.

The King of the East China Sea laughed, "Ha, Guo Cong can be regarded as a martyr, if he can die in front of the emperor, his life is worth it." ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Han Ruzi leaned in to watch, but he didn't want someone to be forced to death because of his words, "How is he?" ”

"Master Guo...... Alive. The eunuch said that at this time, another eunuch came back, and the two of them carried Guo Cong out together.

That was the end of the morning class.

"Why are you suddenly interested in Taizu?" When there were only two people left in the room, the King of the East Sea asked curiously.

"I remembered the pictures in the quiet room and some of the stories my mother had told, so I wanted to hear what the ministers had to say about Taizu, but I didn't expect it...... Will it be like this, is there any taboo about the story of Taizu? ”

"It's not Taizu that everyone is taboo, it's - you know who it is - anyway, some people don't want you to study history books, for fear that your ambitions will swell." The King of the East Sea shut his mouth.

Zuo Ji came in, looked at it a few times, and said nothing.

That night, Han Ruzi told Yang Feng about the day's events, and Yang Feng said: "Your Majesty is not the time to read the history of the country, I have told enough stories, plus those legends, I should be able to draw conclusions, Your Majesty think about it again, and when Your Majesty understands it, let's talk about it later." ”

So Yang Feng only taught the emperor to read and write, and when the homework was about to end, Han Ruzi asked: "What did Yang Gong do in the past?" ”

"In the past, I was a eunuch, serving the first emperor for more than ten years, and I watched him grow up."

"Further on? Yang Gong is definitely not ...... since he was a child Just be a eunuch, right? ”

Yang Feng shook his head, "Of course not, I used to be a scholar too...... If Your Majesty is really interested in my experience, you may be able to say something when I finish talking about Emperor Wu from Taizu. Don't expect too much, Your Majesty, my experience is very simple, and it doesn't take me more than ten sentences to finish. ”

Han Ruzi believes that Yang Feng's past is by no means simple.

Guo Cong did not appear again, and the teachers who came to the scriptures became more and more cautious in their words and deeds, except for the content of the book, they never said a word more, and Han Ruzi was not interested in forcing them to talk about the history of the country again, and every day they were in a daze, recalling many deeds of Taizu over and over again.

In mid-April, news came from Kanto that the King of Qi refused to accept the interrogation of the imperial court, and finally rebelled openly, but unfortunately the time had passed, and the princes and ministers who had secretly communicated with the King of Qi all threw themselves to the imperial court at this time, and Taifu Cui Hong, who is now the general of Pingdong, won several battles in succession, all the way to the King of Qi's office, and the rebellion was just around the corner.

The king of the East China Sea was happy and worried, happy that his uncle had made great contributions, and the foundation of the Cui family was more stable, and worried that once the general returned to Beijing in victory, his cousin would be canonized as the queen.

The other noble attendants were only excited, talking all day long, all regretting that they could not go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, sometimes the voice could reach Lingyun Pavilion, Han Ruzi learned about the progress of the war in the east from their mouths, as for Yang Feng, he didn't seem to care about the war in the distance at all, he didn't say a word, and concentrated on teaching the emperor to read and write, and urging the emperor to think.

The battle of Qi affected the emperor's peaceful life, and the afternoon lectures were cancelled in favor of learning to ride horses and shoot arrows, which was to one day review the triumphant army.

Han Ruzi had never ridden a horse, but fortunately, there were many extremely tame horses in the palace, and he would soon be able to sit firmly on horseback, but he could not gallop.

Archery is more difficult to learn, and after two days, Han Ruzi can barely shoot arrows near the target.

There was an advantage to studying in the afternoon, Han Ruzi had more contact with the noble attendants, and he could even call out the names of a few people, and he also had the opportunity to observe their skills.

The "active contact" prophesied by Yang Feng had not yet appeared, and the attendants were very cautious, making eye contact with each other, but rarely looked at the emperor.

On the third day of learning to ride and archery, the emperor and the king of the East China Sea had another compulsory content - fists, kicks and swords, and the queen mother was still worried that there would be assassins, so she hoped that the emperor could have some self-protection ability.

The teacher is the Meng brothers and sisters who have not been seen for many days, Meng E's brother has resumed his men's clothes, and he has also reported his real name, his name is Meng Che.

It was from this pair of brothers and sisters that Han Ruzi found a clue and was finally able to answer the question left by Yang Feng: There are so many heroes who have made a wide range of friends, why is only Taizu Han Fu winning the world?

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