The next day, Liu Bang had dinner at the Yuzao Palace.

In the past few days, Liu Bang has seen and heard that Xiao He Wangling's tomb has been busy dealing with the matter of bureaucratic landlords annexing farmland, and has not received any frustrated edict so far, it seems that Xiao He Wangling Lu Jia and they must have discussed countermeasures together, and discussed how to deal with these soldiers who retired in the Chu-Han War, and they gradually developed into big bureaucrats in Guannai and Guandong, which was an inevitable form and structure of the early Han regime. The law of natural selection will also contribute to this structural layout, but their rules of conduct are contrary to the interests of the people.

The eunuch came in and said that the infant Xiahou was already waiting in front of the Weiyang Palace. Before leaving, Liu Bang called Ruyi with a high heart and asked him if he would like to go to Longxi with him to have a look. Ruyi was still too young and too playful, so he naughtily rejected Liu Bang, saying that he would ask Brother Heng of Bo Niang's family to go to Yongning Palace to see Liu Hui's younger brother for a while. Liu Bang saw that his child's nature still existed, and he didn't force Ruyi, but just warned him not to bully Liu Heng anymore, speaking of Liu Heng, Liu Bang looked ashamed, he hadn't seen his Heng'er for a long time, and he didn't know how he and his mother had been doing in the past few months, staying in guilt. Mrs. Qi came from behind with a robe in her hand and gently put it on her shoulder for him, looked at him and smiled, Liu Bang put her hand on Mrs. Qi's hand and patted it, and asked a few words to take care of Ruyi and left.

A group of people went out of the palace gate around Liu Bang and went to Weiyang Palace, Xiahou Ying had already prepared the car and waited, and Guan Ying had also arranged dozens of biao-shaped lieutenants to sit on horseback on both sides of the car to protect the emperor's safety at any time. "Uhhh As soon as the sound of 'driving-' stopped, a loud horsewhip was whipped in the air, and Xiahou Ying drove away through the east gate. I had already gone out of twenty miles, and suddenly heard the voice of a eunuch riding a horse galloping and calling 'the emperor' from behind the car. Guan Ying grabbed the reins, looked into the distance, and saw that it was a little eunuch, hurriedly riding over. Guan Ying caught up with the car and asked Liu Bang for instructions, and Xiahou Ying stopped the car. The eunuch caught up breathlessly and quickly dismounted, walked to Liu Bang's car, and said to the emperor through the curtain that Liu Jing had returned, and was preparing to enter the Weiyang Palace to worship. As soon as Liu Bang heard that it was Liu Jing, he immediately lifted the curtain and asked the eunuch Liu Jing what his face was, but he had been anxious and uneasy about what he had said. The eunuch didn't know the reason why the emperor asked Liu Jing's face, and he didn't pay much attention to his face, so after thinking about it, he said that Liu Jing was silent and couldn't see any special expression. Liu Bang said 'oh', seeing that there was ten miles ahead of Longxi County, he immediately weighed it in his heart and instructed the eunuch, telling Liu Jing to go back first, and then summon him into the palace after he returned.

Guan Ying didn't understand why Liu Bang asked Liu Jing's face, Liu Bang smiled and explained the mystery. said that if Liu Jing's face was not good, then he had to go back, maybe something happened to the Huns; If the face is bland, then maybe Liu Jing has dealt with it unsatisfactory, the affairs of the Xiongnu will not be urgent, and Liu Jing attaches more importance to the affinity between the Han court and the Xiongnu and the future relationship between the two countries, if Liu Jing sees the Ni Duan of the Xiongnu, then he will inevitably admonish, but the eunuch did not say that Liu Jing explained anything, and Liu Jing belongs to the category of admonitions, but he just asked the eunuch to report that the emperor himself has returned, nothing else. So Liu Bang guessed that his things could be done slowly, so he decided to go to Longxi to check the people's situation first.

Guan Ying listened reasonably, admired the emperor's resourcefulness very much, and sat on the horse and said, "Your Majesty is also clear." Liu Bang smiled and waved his hand to ask Xiahou Ying to continue to catch the car.

Too womb.

The emperor allowed the crown prince to make a visit to himself every five days. In the past few days, in addition to worshipping the queen, the prince has followed his uncle and grandson Tong in his palace to learn the number of etiquette and shooting imperial books. Uncles and grandsons usually say that Lao Tzu said, 'My life has an end, and knowledge has no end', to warn the prince that his knowledge is endless, and the prince knows this very well. With a slip in hand, the prince sat on the mat and read intently. Shusun Tong was also given a mat to sit opposite the prince, and also accompanied the prince with a slip.

The treasure duck furnace in the hall is filled with a curling incense mist, and the uncle and grandson read the slip attentively, and when they read the wonderful points, they can't help but read a few sentences to analyze the brilliance. Liu Ying nodded in agreement, and after a while, she put down the slip in her hand, scratched her scalp, and then sat up straight and bowed to the opposite uncle, who hurriedly put down the slip and respectfully replied. Liu Ying asked, "What Mr. has taught in the past few days is that several ancient monarchs have been benevolent and benevolent to the people. In ancient times, they were all based on agriculture, and there was a world with Yu Ji and crops. ”

Uncle Sun Tong nodded, "Yes." ”

"Today's reality is not the past, now that the war is just beginning to leave, the people are not really at peace with their home and country, and the situation is different, how can we restore it as soon as possible and make it prosperous."

Shusun Tong opened his mouth without thinking and said, "Mencius said that the foundation of the world is in the country, in agriculture, and in the people. The people are the way, those who have constant property have perseverance, and those who do not have constant property have no perseverance, that is, let the people have land, so that they can be bound to the land without migration and no business. Today, the emperor and Prime Minister Xiao Cheng are committed to the people's farmland industry, so that the people can have permanent production to the greatest extent. And when you first leave the war, you must have time to recuperate, the emperor has been adhering to this ambition in recent years, not disturbing the people when farming, and not stepping on the roots and seedlings when passing the fields, which can be described as the real Huang Lao Wuwei. And the recovery of all things in accordance with nature is not overnight, but relatively long-lasting. Speaking of this, Uncle Sun Tong smiled and said, "We still have to be virtuous and love people, and lead the people of the world with the royal way." ”

The crown prince Liu Ying nodded approvingly, especially the sentence 'The recovery of all things is not overnight but relatively long-lasting' seems to be very familiar, as if someone has said it. Pondering 'love people with virtue, leading the people of the world with the royal road', he admired Uncle Sun Tong's knowledge in his heart, and asked again, "Mr. Pure Confucianism, do you have any views on Taoism?" ”

Shusun Tong simply shook him, shirked the title of this Confucian sect, and bowed down after a little contemplation, "The Tao is the origin of all things, the essence and not the form can not be the name, the Tao gives birth to one, one life to two, two to three, and three to all things; The most precious and do not know its origin, do not know its beginning, do not know its end, and all things are the end. Qin Xiangbang Lü Buwei wrote "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period", which attributed the essence to Taiyi, and Taiyi also called it Tao. As for the true Tao, His Highness needs to ask the Marquis Zifang, and he is proficient in it, and the ministers are not much inferior to him. "For the Tao, maybe the uncle and grandson informed the Tao. But the Tao was too abstract and powerful for everyone to be able to tell what he was, and perhaps he felt that in order to really figure out what the Tao was, the prince would indeed have to ask the Marquis. In the past few years, Liuhou has lived in his home and lived quietly, practicing Bigu Gong, and wanting to travel with red pine nuts. Liuhou's pursuit of the Tao is famous, so much so that every time he talks about the Tao, others automatically bow down, claiming that he is not Liuhou and cannot say the essence. Uncle Sun Tong said this, Liu Ying had to do it, but she admired Liuhou even more in her heart, and she had the urge to see Liuhou immediately.

It was said that it was Qijin, and a palace person reported that it was Fengchunjun Liu Jing who asked to see the prince. Shusun Tong and the crown prince Liu Ying glanced at each other, and when they saw that a minister came to ask for a meeting, Liu Ying felt very abrupt and fresh, and the minister had never seen the prince privately. Hearing that Liu Jing came back in the past few days, but why didn't he go to see the emperor but came to see him, Liu Ying was very puzzled, but he also wanted to ask about Princess Long'an's marriage to the Xiongnu, so he immediately got up and wanted to instruct the palace people to let him in.

Hearing that Liu Jing was coming back and still wanted to see the prince, Shusun Tong immediately became alert, regardless of his purpose for coming, he quickly got up and came to the prince to stop him, and shook his hand with a solemn and resolute expression, "I can't see him." ”

Liu Ying was puzzled and puzzled.

"I went north to the Huns for many days, and when I came back, I didn't go to see the emperor to see the prince first, so it didn't make sense, and asked the emperor to listen to it, and it was not good for the prince, don't see it." Uncle Sun Tong grabbed the prince's hand and persuaded him. Shusun Tong originally had his heart for the prince, and he did not approve of the emperor's excessive favor for the acting king, threatening the status of the prince. Liu Ying suddenly opened his mouth with a sense of enlightenment, and nodded his head again and again, saying yes, and immediately instructed the eunuch to reply to Liu Jing, saying that he was slightly ill, and it would be okay to see you another day.

It turned out that Liu Jing came back from the Huns and changed his outfit and hurriedly entered the palace to meet the emperor, and waited for a long time in the front hall, and the eunuch replied that the emperor continued to patrol Longxi County, and told himself to go back, and then summoned into the palace. Immediately, Liu Jing turned around and walked out of the palace, Fang Zhi touched the things he was carrying in his arms, thinking that since he couldn't see the emperor when he entered the palace, he might as well hand over this thing to the prince first, this thing was originally entrusted to him to the prince, who expected that there was such a clever teacher in the palace, but he was politely declined. Liu Jing burst into a self-deprecating laugh in his heart, and he didn't think that he would not be able to see the emperor when he came back, and he would be hit by the prince. Thinking about it carefully, it is indeed inappropriate to come to the prince's palace, it is very bad to see the prince before seeing the emperor, especially the emperor wanted to abolish the prince for reasons, and the emperor must be unhappy when he hears that the prince has a private meeting with the minister. Seeing that the prince rejected him, Liu Jing had no anger in his heart but really admired the prince's orderliness, the prince's polite refusal ensured the innocent relationship between the two, Liu Jing smiled and bowed deeply to the prince's palace and walked away.