Seeing that the emperor was not very happy, the ministers did not dare to indulge themselves in eating and drinking, and only drank it all with a slight touch of wine with their colleagues on the left and right, and then they each ate in a sullen voice. Since the person who praised King Zhao was scolded by Zhou Chang, the ministers did not dare to come out easily to talk to King Zhao, and they all waited and saw each other.

Outside the hall leisurely floated into the eight dancing girls, all jade net flowers are bright and slender waists, waving fragrant clothes in the banquet of the princes, princes, squires and celebrities, the ministers on the table on weekdays see the beautiful dancing girls are bright eyes, but at this time they are all serious faces, for the dancing girl sleeve fragrance if ignored, all the ministers have the heart to take advantage of the dance to secretly observe Liu Bang on the high platform. Liu Bang didn't like to drink or eat food, listen to songs and dances, Ruyi simply chose all the delicious things on the case and gave them to his father Liu Bang, hehe smiled and said, "Father eats." Ruyi supported his cheeks with both hands and smiled, watching his father eat and drink. Liu Bangcai stopped eating, looked at Ruyi with a slight smile, and the more he looked at Ruyi, the more he felt a sense of shame, and he was ashamed of Ruyi in his heart, so he was angry for some reason, and looked at Zhao Yao, who had a serious face and a little panic at the banquet below. Zhao Yao nodded to Liu Bang in fear, then inspected among the ministers during the banquet, and in a moment his eyes fell firmly on the corner of the ministers' banquet.

After the dancing queen danced, there was a slight disagreement between the ministers, describing the various situations in their respective jurisdictions, and they all praised each other politely, but they did not forget to observe the emperor's face on the high platform from time to time.

"Minister!" There was a loud and thick voice in the hall, and everyone hurriedly stopped eating and drinking to look around for the source of the sound, and saw an old man with a sixtieth armor standing in the banquet next to the vermilion pillar in the hall, the old man was pale and gray-haired, dressed in coarse cloth and green clothes, with a bald bun on his head, bowed his body and bowed respectfully to Liu Bang on the stage, and continued to say roundly, "The minister will finally see the weather of heaven before he is about to die." In the past, the world suffered for a long time, His Majesty responded to the Quartet to set things right and opened the country, and the servants all worshipped and walked, and they were happy and kowtowed to the gods to descend to the son of the Red Emperor to govern the people. Your Majesty is eloquent and strategic, and he will reserve the Ming Jun for the Han Dynasty. The minister had heard that the prince was clear, and he wanted to ask the prince many questions, but he didn't expect the prince to go out of the customs. In this case, His Majesty loves King Zhao, and King Zhao must be virtuous and knowledgeable, why not ask King Zhao to answer on his behalf? All the ministers held their breath and looked at the emperor.

Liu Bang stroked Ruyi's weak shoulders and blinked and thought about it, and when he was pinching it, Ruyi jumped in front of Liu Bang's eyes and smiled, then bowed deeply to it, tender and not lacking in majestic momentum, and said, "Quasi-quasi-quasi-father, brother is virtuous, and his son is not weak." Seeing Ruyi's attitude of inviting war, Liu Bang was a little worried in his heart, and after a while, he smiled again and nodded his head firmly, "Accurate!" ”

Ruyi smiled brightly and turned around to stand in front of the stage, bowed deeply to the old man in the banquet and said, "I don't want to blame you." Only this monarch and minister ceremony made the ministers in the audience shout "good", and they all praised King Zhao's humility, and all the ministers raised their necks to look at this dialogue between monarchs and ministers.

The old man was quite satisfied with King Zhao, and also returned the salute to King Zhao Yaoyao and went straight to the point, "What is the national policy of my dynasty?" ”

"Rest with the people, light punishment and prudent punishment and Huang Lao's inaction." Ruyi blurted out, quite relaxed, "There is a heavy foundation and a final one." ”

"What is my financial position?"

"Use the people sparingly, and hide the rest."

The old man was quite satisfied, and said, "I follow Huang Lao, how can I soothe the people and calm down?" ”

Ruyi's eyes lit up after thinking for a moment, "Simplify the administration with light punishment, calm the people and the country, and be cautious in mobilizing troops." ”

The ministers in the audience clapped their palms again and applauded loudly, and Liu Bang on the high platform smiled and stroked his beard.

The old man was more satisfied, and waved his hand at Ruyi and said, "How do officials serve the people, and how do the people love officials?" ”

"Destroy private with the public, and the people will allow it."

"What is the matter of the Son of Heaven?"

Ruyi frowned slightly, and as soon as the eyes of the stars moved, he patted the back of his head and replied, "Mother taught me to read the book "Wei Xuanzi" carefully, and Mr. can listen to him: the so-called Son of Heaven is four Yan, one is a god; Second, it is called the hanging light; Three, it is called Hongyi; The four are invincible, and this matter of the Son of Heaven is also. I don't know if a certain answer can be called a gentleman's heart? ”

"King Zhao is smart and smart." The old man smiled and praised Ruyi, "In the past, Zhao Xiangzi was nothing more than that, and King Zhao was far better than him." The servant has one last question, is King Zhao willing to answer? ”

All the ministers stared at the old man and King Zhao's wonderful answer, even if they didn't answer, the ministers were already satisfied with King Zhao, and they had always known that King Zhao didn't like to read, but they didn't know that King Zhao only read it and never forgot to memorize it, and when the ministers were waiting for him, they saw King Zhao bow his hand deeply to the old man, and replied crisply, "Sir, please." ”

The old man hid his inner smile, and as soon as he arched his hand towards Ruyi, he asked straight to the point, "How does the ruling monarch govern the country and love the people?" ”

Ruyi was dumbfounded for a long time and couldn't answer, turned his head innocently to look at his father Liu Bang, Liu Bang's face was calm and slightly smiling, waved Ruyi over, whispered a few words in Ruyi's ear, and saw Ruyi scratching his scalp and thinking about it, and stood on the side of the stage and looked at a circle of ministers, and finally his eyes fell on the old man, and he replied immaturely and quite insightfully, "Father said that the animal is the way of the people; Raise it with virtue and people. The way to govern the country must first enrich the people, and the foundation of enriching the people must have the people of the world in mind, tolerate and treat the people well, and if the monarch is faithful, reconciled, and discerning, the people will respond to the situation. A certain horned child, if I say to govern the country, it is simple: if the monarch governs the country with six bridles in his hand, he can use both Germany and France. ”

As soon as the words fell, the ministers all stood up and clapped their palms and praised, "King Zhao!" The old man even brightened his voice to suppress the praise of the ministers, and said happily to Liu Bang, "Zhao Wangguo is handsome inside and outside, and the great man is lucky, and he only complains that His Majesty is not Jianzi." Liu Bang was already smiling from ear to ear on stage, but after listening to the old man's last sentence, he immediately suppressed his smile, and said embarrassedly, "Yes, yes, what Mr. said is not false." Liu Bang chewed the last sentence, here Jianzi refers to Zhao Jianzi Zhao Ying, Zhao Ying, who resolutely deposed the prince Beru after listening to Gubu Ziqing's divination, and passed on the Zhao family to support Zhao Xiangzi Zhao Wuxian as the crown prince. Now the old man said that Liu Bang is not Zhao Jianzi, which means that Liu Bang's establishment is not immutable, and there have been people who have not followed this rule in the past.

"Your Majesty is virtuous, and we will wait for the arch." When the ministers were in a hurry, they heard a sentence like a bell among the crowd that attracted Liu Bang's attention, and all the ministers looked at this person in unison, this person was crowned, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and he was wearing a princely dress. When Liu Bang lost his mind, he suddenly smiled, "King Peng's words are too much, and the prince is wise." Although Liu Bang blamed Peng Yue on his lips, he had more strength in his heart.

All the ministers attended and greeted the emperor's father and son with a smile, but there was one person who was silent and drank alone, and that was Zhou Chang, the imperial historian. Seeing that Peng Yue was also flattering the emperor, Zhou Chang's original respect for Peng Yue's heart collapsed instantly, and the contemptuous Bai glanced at Peng Yue and poured his wine sullenly. "Zhou Gong drank alone, accompanied by a certain person." Zhou Changfang drank sullenly, and this sound sounded on the left hand side, Huo Ran saw that it was Chen Ping, Chen Ping was taking the wine to touch him, Zhou Chang glanced at Chen Ping arrogantly, and turned around and didn't talk to him. Chen Ping smiled slightly, and approached Zhou Chang slightly, "Why should Zhou Gong be displeased?" You all know who is virtuous and who is not. As soon as the words fell, Chen Ping was sharply glared at by Zhou Chang, and Zhou Chang suppressed his anger and said, "Chen Gongxiu is a sycophant!" Zhou Chang looked at the ministers in front of him who flattered the emperor's father and son, and said angrily, "You have forgotten the rules of the country: to establish a successor and establish a long-term succession." What you say today is increasing the emperor's heart to change the reserve, and if you are not talented, you are willing to be loyal to this rule. There is a clear distinction between the public party and the king of Zhao or the prince? ”

Chen Ping was slightly stunned, stunned for a long time, but smiled and said mysteriously, "Whoever will govern the country in the future will be the party to whom." ”

"Chen Gong......" Zhou Chang stared at Chen Ping in amazement. Chen Ping poured the wine into his throat in a chic manner, approached Zhou Chang with a smile and said, "Zhou Gong lost today." The impartiality of justice must be restrained, otherwise it will be offended in two places. Zhou Chang looked at Chen Ping suspiciously, "What does Chen Gong mean?" "Him." Chen Ping pointed to Zhao Yao, the Fuxi Yushi who flattered the emperor's father and son among the ministers, and said, "Zhao Yushi selected the celebrities and businessmen near Luoyang for His Majesty, privately conveyed His Majesty's intentions slightly, and offered His Majesty to send King Liang to make a scene, so the people who are for King Zhao today are specially arranged by Zhao Yushi." The old man who talked to King Zhao was a businessman, and His Majesty ordered the merchants not to ride horses on the streets, not to wear gold and silver, not to wear silk and satin, etc., and the old man must have been favored privately before staging a scene of Q&A with King Zhao. Zhou Gong didn't see the old man coming in a bald bun, wearing only coarse cloth and plain clothes? Public personal loyalty is not worth the person who is full of plans, so it is better to lose his voice to protect himself. ”

Zhou Chang suddenly sighed, "This plan is profound! He looked at Chen Ping with a bang, and ran into Chen Ping's wine lord with a 'clang' in his hand, "Drink this wine." After saying that, Zhou Chang drank it all, but he felt bitter in his heart. Chen Ping poured it and swallowed it, "The public is free." Chen Ping sat up straight, drinking wine and eating alone.

"All of you are knights, drink delicious Lanling wine." Liu Bang got up to invite the ministers, and all the ministers got up together, and the deacon and the emperor touched from afar, and drank happily.