Yan Zhong walked slowly in the Chu Palace, Guo Jia arched his hands, half a step behind. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Neither of them spoke, just walked slowly. Guo Jia knew that Yan Zhong was Liu Xiu's most relied on strategist, and it was the person in front of him who looked like a village master who formulated the Liangzhou pair for Liu Xiu and determined the plan for Liu Xiu's achievements. It is precisely because of this that Yan Zhong can argue so calmly in front of Liu Xiu.

Yan Zhong also knew that although Guo Jia was young, he was one of Liu Xiu's most trusted people, and he was in charge of the most confidential affairs around Liu Xiu. Not only that, Liu Xiu's ability to seize Yizhou so quickly, really open up the situation, and let Liangzhou be able to implement it, it was precisely because of the planning of the young man behind him.

One old and one young, sympathize with each other. In order to avoid suspicion, they have never been in contact in private, and today is a rare time to talk together, although there are guards on duty by their side, but for their status, it is already a bit taboo.

There is certainly a reason why two extremely smart people can do such a taboo thing.

The two slowly walked up to the wall of the Chu Palace. The palace of the king of Chu is said to be the palace, but it is actually a small city, there are more than 300 tiger warriors stationed inside and outside the city, and there are 10,000 guards and guards in a few miles away. Nominally, this is the hussar general's personal guard battalion, but who can separate the hussar general from the Chu Palace. It was not in accordance with the rules to lead the troops with the prince of the vassal king, but no one dared to jump out and say it.

The wall was two steps wide, and the halberd-wielding guards were facing outward, keeping an eye out as far as the eye could see. The sky is blue, the clouds are white, and the river in the distance is like a belt.

There was a burst of laughter full of childhood joy from the inner courtyard: "I caught you, I caught you, An An, I caught you." ”

Yan Zhong's eyes flashed, and he laughed: "Ye Wang Sun has never laughed so happily. ”

Guo Jia replied: "I'm afraid I've never been so presumptuous." ”

Yan Zhong smiled silently and stopped. Looking down at Liu An and Liu Ye who were playing hide and seek in the courtyard below, he shook his head disapprehantly. "That's true. However, the superior person is not to be happy and angry, and to hide it deeply. Only then can the ministers be afraid, so that the ministers dare not move. ”

"Governing the country is like governing the family, and a dignified parent may not be a qualified parent." Guo Jia also stood still, but his eyes passed through the shade of the tree, and he saw Liu Xiu, who was comfortably leaning on the Hu bed under the corridor, and the eldest princess and Wang Chu's mother and daughter who were sitting on the side and whispering. "The General has never been a dignified parent. But I think he has a good way of educating his children. ”

"It depends on who you teach." Yan Zhong turned his head, a disapproving smile in his eyes. "An Wangsun is a concubine, he doesn't need to face so many subordinates with different intentions in the future, of course he can take the lead. But the king of the industry is different, he was born with more responsibilities on his shoulders than others. An Wangsun is in charge of the family, but he is in charge of the country, and the difference is a millimeter, and it is a thousand miles away. How can it be generalized? ”

"Mr. Gongxiao, do you know what the general is most dissatisfied with about His Majesty?"

"What else could it be, it's not because he's incompetent. It's just a little clever. ”

"No, the general actually has high expectations for His Majesty, and he has always felt that his qualifications, including Ye Wang Sun and An Wang Sun, are not as good as Your Majesty. It's a pity that after His Majesty returned to the palace, he came into contact with the scholarship of Legalism too early, and his foundation was not thick and his realm was not high. ”

"Realm? Monasticism? Yan Zhong smiled mockingly.

"Why not." Guo Jia also laughed: "Self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country." Isn't the world also the four realms of governing the Tao? ”

Yan Zhong raised his eyebrows and pondered for a moment: "Then tell me what is the difference between these four realms." ”

"You have to ask the general or the national teacher about the Tao, I can't tell. But. My understanding is that self-cultivation and Qi family are deeply rooted in the foundation, first learn to be a man, and be a person who can love others, that is, to take the Confucian heart as the foundation. ”

"Well, what else?"

"Governing the country is to a higher level, and it is necessary to use the art of power, that is, the scholarship of Legalism."

"Then Your Majesty is not doing this now?"

"He did this, but he didn't have the benevolence to do the fundamentals, which is inevitably a bit of a sword." Guo Jia lay on the female wall, paused, and said with a smile: "This is the same as people who practice martial arts who don't boil their bodies first, exercise their strength, and learn all kinds of weapons and tricks first. ”

Yan Zhong's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he pondered for a while: "Confucianism and law are incompatible. Although the Han family respects Confucianism alone, it is actually an external Confucianism and an internal law, and it still uses Legalist academics. This Confucianism is just a skin, according to your meaning, but the general wants to turn Confucianism into flesh and bones? ”

"That's what I guessed." Guo Jia turned his head and looked at Yan Zhong with a smile: "The general can have today because he is willing to benefit the people of the world, instead of treating the world as one person's private property, isn't this benevolence?" If you don't fight, the world should not fight with him, because he is the world, and the world is him. ”

Yan Zhong laughed: "It's this set of metaphysics again, can't you say something new?" ”

"The reason is not whether it is fresh or not, but whether it is reasonable or not." Guo Jia sighed: "The general looks forward and backward, just because he has such thoughts, but he forgets one thing, some people don't think that this world is his, and they still want to take it back." ”

"Therefore, if the general wants to realize his benevolence, he must first truly make the world his own." Yan Zhong responded: "Otherwise, all the things he has now are borrowed, and sooner or later he will have to return them with interest." ”

"Say a thousand things and ten thousand, this step still has to be taken." Guo Jia nodded: "The question now is how to break the demon in the general's heart and let him break through this barrier." ”

"It can't arouse his resistance yet." Yan Zhong then said, "To tell you the truth, although our ideas are a little different, at this point, we are on the same path. Yan Zhong looked around and said in a low voice: "The reason why the general is supported by people is because of his benevolence, but now, it is also this benevolence that makes us restrain our hands." ”

Guo Jia laughed and nodded in agreement. "No one is perfect. Who in the world is without faults? This shortcoming of the general, if it can be called a shortcoming, I don't think it's a bad thing. ”

"That's true." Yan Zhong was about to say more, but he saw a black shadow suddenly falling, Guo Jia stretched out his hand, and the swallow eagle stopped on Guo Jia's arm. Guo Jia took a small copper pipe from Yan Ying's foot, took a quick look, and his face changed. "Mr. Gongxiao, I can't talk to you anymore, if you have something urgent, you have to report it to the general immediately."

Yan Zhong glanced at the Yan Eagle and suddenly said, "This Eagle looks tired. I probably flew for a few days, and if I don't have a good rest, I may get hurt. ”

Guo Jia glanced at him in surprise and said, "Thank you, Mr. for reminding me." With that, he hurried down to the city.

Yan Zhong raised his eyebrows and sighed softly: "Wenhe, I hope you don't play with fire." The general is benevolent again. I don't want anyone to play with him. ”

Liu Xiu heard Guo Jia's hurried footsteps, opened his eyes, sat up, and just took the urgent report handed over by Guo Jia. He glanced at it, and the corners of his mouth crooked: "Lu Fengxian probably didn't know that his daughter was in the palace, and she lied about the military situation, but she was going to be killed." ”

Guo Jia didn't dare to speak, just stared at Liu Xiu's eyes. Liu Xiu pondered for a moment. Crumpled the note: "Who else knows?" ”

"I just got it and sent it over." Guo Jia hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Mr. Gongxiao may have guessed one or two." ”

Liu Xiu laughed, "You old fox." A little fox, muttering on it for a long time, still trying to hide it from me? Bonghyo, I'm not too old to hear the voices around me, and you're worried a little too early. When I really can't hear clearly, it's not too late for you to be so attentive. ”

Guo Jia's cold sweat came out of his forehead, and he said with a forced smile: "The general's Taoism is profound, I am afraid that the minister is too old to carry his ears, and the general can still observe every move thousands of miles away, where do you need the minister to remind." ”

"I'm not worried about you. You meditate and meditate every day. They don't age so quickly, but some people, I'm worried that they use their minds too much, and they will die before they get old. Liu Xiu spread his legs, put his hands on his thighs, and thought about it for a while. He waved his hand again and lay down again. "And don't pay attention to him, I will go to sleep, the sky will fall, and I will have a tall man on top."

Guo Jia was overjoyed, and was about to turn around and walk away, when Liu Xiu stopped him again: "Fengxiao, they have all worked hard, give them a copy of Lao Tzu's 5,000 words, let them also practice, don't always be so boring." It's true, I'm old, and I'm still like a child, I think they don't have as much of a city as my daughter. ”

Guo Jiaqiang couldn't help but laugh and slowly retreated. As soon as he walked to the door, Yan Zhong stood behind the wall and beckoned to him: "What did the general say?" ”

"The general said, you are all too frivolous, you have to practice." Guo Jia said seriously, but squeezed his eyes again: "Mr. Gongxiao, I will immediately give you a copy of Lao Tzu's five thousand words written by the general, if you look carefully, you will definitely gain a lot." ”

"Practice? Lao Tzu's 5,000 words? Yan Zhong was confused.

"Don't rush." Guo Jia said word by word: "You will understand when you read it." ”

Yan Zhong understood at this time, and nodded again and again: "Okay, I'll wait to read it." ”

Guo Jia walked briskly towards the small courtyard where he lived, Yan Zhong stroked his beard, laughed while thinking, and was about to walk away. Liu Xiu's voice came from inside: "Mr. Gongxiao, since you are here, why don't you come in and talk about it?" If you don't enter the door, do you think I'm unbearable? ”

Yan Zhong hurriedly turned around and entered the door, laughing loudly as he walked: "What is the general talking about, I am afraid that the general will think that I am unbearable, so I will not move forward." Since the general opened his mouth to invite, don't blame me for being entangled, and I won't leave until I get the problem clear. ”

Liu Xiu smiled in surprise: "What else can stop Mr. Gongxiao of Xiliang Mingshi?" Speaking of which, I've seen a lot too. ”

Yan Zhong walked to the bottom of the corridor, Liu He hurriedly got up and gave up the couch under him to Yan Zhong. Yan Zhong did not shirk, thanked him, and dragged over the couch and sat next to Liu Xiu's bed. "Just now Feng Xiao mentioned the four realms of governing the road, just said three and left, the minister was itchy and unbearable, so he had to come to ask the general for advice. Dare to ask the general, this governance should be combined with Confucianism, what about the world? ”

"Well, that's a complicated question." Liu Xiuhan said with a smile: "If you want to level the world, of course, you must first understand the world." Mr. Gongxiao, what does the world look like in your mind, can you tell me about it? ”rs