"It's the husband who can't fight, so the world can't fight with him, it's a person like the Empress Dowager Bo of filial piety."

"Just like what Lao Tzu said in the Tao Te Ching: It is precisely because he does not fight with others that no one can compete with him all over the world."

"Now, the Empress Dowager Xiaowen Bo has died;"

"If the Empress Dowager wants to become a person like the Empress Dowager Xiaowen Bo in the future, she should read more of Lao Tzu's doctrine and understand the true meaning of 'goodness is like water'······"

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

Looking at the old man in front of him, he said these words in an inexplicable and calming tone, and the Empress Dowager Dou's dim eyes couldn't help but feel a little respect.

Even the old man's last words, which were slightly didactic, did not make Empress Dowager Dou unhappy.

After a while, the old man slowly turned sideways, picked up a small wooden box full of bamboo slips from his side, and handed it forward.

"The old man's teaching today really taught me a lot;"

"But such a precious allusion to the sages, in the hands of a blind old woman like me, I am afraid that there will be a suspicion of tyrannical destruction?"

A slightly tentative remark, but the old man shook his head with a light smile, and then ignored the Empress Dowager Dou's polite refusal, only took care of himself and got up with the wooden box, stepped forward and put it on the imperial case in front of the Empress Dowager Dou.

"Maybe in the hands of the Queen Mother, there is no shortage of such a set of "Tao Te Ching".

"But this set of "Tao Te Ching" was specially copied for the Queen Mother and made a lot of annotations."

"The old man was born in the countryside and didn't understand the etiquette in the palace;"

"There is no wealth for the old to prepare a decent gift."

"It's just a small courtesy, I don't want to be able to please the queen mother;"

"I just hope that I, an old puppet living in the countryside, will not make the Queen Mother feel unhappy······"

Seeing that the old man said this, the Empress Dowager Dou had no reason to refuse again, so she had to straighten up a little and bow slightly to the old man.

"Old man, it's ······ serious"

"If a learned person like Mr. can be counted as a 'country horseman', then even if I am the emperor's mother, I am afraid, I can only be regarded as a stupid woman in a peasant family."

"Since the old gentleman has this heart, I will accept the gift."

Whispering, Empress Dowager Dou turned her head slightly and motioned to the temple people on the side to accept the gift.

After the small wooden box full of bamboo slips was carried away by the temple people, the Empress Dowager Dou raised her head again and looked at the old man in front of her with a light smile.

"I've heard that after receiving a gift from a teacher, students should also return the gift;"

"Although it is the first time that Mr. and I have met today, but after being told by Mr. Lao with the principles of the sages, I am also half a student of Mr."

"It's just that I didn't know that Mr. was coming beforehand, and I really didn't prepare a decent gift, and I didn't dare to use dirty possessions to bring Mr. to shame······"

As he spoke, he saw that the Empress Dowager Dou slowly lowered her head, took out a bamboo palace card with a boy written on it from her arms, and handed it to the old man.

"This is the palace card for entering and exiting Changle Palace."

"I don't give this palace card to Mr. in return;"

"I hope that in the future, Mr. can often come to Changle Palace and talk to me more about the truth of 'goodness is like water'······"

Hearing this, even though the old man's face did not change, his eyes couldn't help but stare slightly;

As if he looked at the bamboo palace card with 'in and out' written on the side, he lowered his head and thought about it, and finally stretched out his hands and took the palace card respectfully.

Then carefully put the palace card into his arms, and saw the old man straighten up and kowtow to the Empress Dowager Dou.

"The Queen Mother is so trustworthy, and the old decay really can't be repaid······"

"I only hope that in the future, I can use this little knowledge that is not even a fur to repay the Queen Mother's trust······"

"Sir, please get up, please get up······"

It was another politeness, and when the old man straightened up again, the face of the Empress Dowager Dou was once again covered with the faint smile from before.

Even with it, he became more and more satisfied with the introduction of Liu Wu, the youngest son of this old gentleman.

- For the "Tao Te Ching", or all the Huang Lao doctrines, including the "Tao Te Ching", the Empress Dowager Dou is extremely fond of it;

In fact, not only the Empress Dowager Dou, but also the vast majority of people who were active in Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Xiaohui had a natural good impression of Huang Lao's teachings.

This is because at the beginning of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the world experienced hundreds or even hundreds of years of wars in succession, such as the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the chaotic times at the end of Qin, and the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Han;

Years of war have destroyed the world, especially the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, which has made the people of the world more and more eager for peace.

After realizing this situation, Emperor Taizu Gao ordered: Huang Lao's 'inaction' technique was used as the governing program, and the light taxes were lightened, recuperation, and the people were renewed.

Since then, the doctrine of Huang Lao, which was once unknown to the world, has gradually become the first prominent school of the Han family and the only ruling school.

Up to now, more than 40 years have passed since the death of Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang;

The world that was once devastated by war has gradually presented a scene of 'peaceful and prosperous' in the past few decades, especially during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen.

As for the inaction of Huang Lao, who was used by Emperor Taizu Gao to stabilize the world and govern the world, although it has been gradually abandoned by the court, the huge historical inertia also acts inside and outside the government and the opposition.

Especially an old man like the Empress Dowager Dou is becoming more and more 'obsessed' with Huang Lao's theory.

- Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, likes the Legalist tricks, and the Empress Dowager Dou pays attention to Huang Lao's inaction, which can be regarded as an intentional or unintentional balance.

In the past, Empress Dowager Dou was always distressed: she wanted to read the classics of Huang Lao's teachings, but there was no one around her who could answer her doubts;

This is due to the fact that Huang Lao's doctrine is notoriously difficult to learn compared to Fa, Confucianism and other prominent studies.

The scholars who learn Huang Lao's doctrine will be called 'the yellow-haired boy who has not dried up milk' by Huang Laoxue from the time he was a child until he was forty or fifty years old;

Even at the age of 60, in the eyes of those academic giants who are proficient in Huang Lao's theory, they can only be regarded as 'up-and-coming' at best.

As for those who are seventy or eighty years old at every turn, and can talk eloquently with a copy of the Tao Te Ching, they are either far away from their hometown in Kanto, or they are dying of old age, and they are about to die.

But all those who govern Huang Lao and have the energy to tell Huang Lao's classics are basically all requisitioned by the court.

Those who accepted the expedition are now officials in the court;

Those who refuse to be requisitioned are mostly 'retreating to the mountains and forests'.

And now, with the old man named 'Huang Sheng' by her side, Empress Dowager Dou no longer has to worry about this.

And this person is the youngest son of the Empress Dowager Dou with high hopes: Liu Wu, the king of Liang, brought into the palace······