For that day, Liu Sheng's last remaining memory was Tianziqi slowly raised his hand and put his fingertips between his lower lip and beard.

After a long time, Tianzi Qi naturally lowered his head and did not say anything more.

Regarding Liu Sheng's request to 'try a draft', Tianziqi was noncommittal, and neither sternly refused nor explicitly agreed.

And such a statement, which has appeared countless times in the past few years, has long been accustomed to Liu Sheng.

- The Son of Heaven does not express his position, which means: Although I did not stop it, I did not agree.

You look at it, and the results have been done, and I won't pursue it much;

But if you do it wrong, I will have to investigate your sin of 'making your own claims'······

has been the prince for several years, which can be regarded as one of the rare tacit understandings between Liu Sheng and the father of the Son of Heaven.

And right now, Liu Sheng is still in the Tingwei prison, sitting in front of Zhou Yafu.

As for Zhou Yafu, although he doesn't know Liu Sheng's true intentions for the time being, he can call Liu Sheng 'His Royal Highness', call himself 'minister', and even put aside his face and make a dying trust to Gongzi Sheng, who he never identified;

All this shows that the current Zhou Yafu has already developed the will to die.

If there is no interference from external forces, Zhou Yafu's ending is nothing more than two kinds.

——Either passively 'died', or in this Tingwei prison, under the torture of Tingwei Zhao Yu, he was humiliated and took the initiative to 'die'.

Therefore, what Liu Sheng needs to do in the end is to let Zhou Yafu die and come back to life.

Well.

In Liu Sheng's view, the current Zhou Yafu can almost be regarded as 'dying once'.

People who have died once will always be a little different from before they 'died'.

Liu Sheng very much hopes that these are slightly different, so that Zhou Yafu can listen to what he has to say and consider his proposal······

"Being able to say such a thing, it seems that the Marquis can actually see his situation clearly."

"It's just that after the Marquis saw his situation clearly, his reaction really made me, the 'unworthy' prince, quite a little surprised······"

Since it is a collapse therapy of 'putting death and then revitalizing', Liu Shengzi has not had too many scruples.

pretended to be disappointed, and hid all the true thoughts in his heart;

You let out a long sigh, and then shook his sleeves lightly with embarrassment.

"Alas~"

"If I say 'unfounded worries,' the Tiaohou will definitely think that I am humiliating the Tiaohou."

"But if you don't say that······"

"Hmmm······"

···

"That's right;"

"Tiaohou, have you ever heard such a sentence?"

"—make the chicken in the morning, and make the raccoon rat;"

"By the dog guarding the household, each division, its duty?"

As soon as Liu Sheng said this, Zhou Yafu's thick black eyebrows twisted suddenly!

After glancing at Liu Sheng a few times with strange eyes, and making sure that Liu Sheng was not really humiliating himself, Zhou Yafu took a deep breath.

"I happened to hear about it."

"This sentence came from the mouth of Han Gongzi Fei during the Warring States Period."

"In the last years of the Warring States Period, Han Gongzi did not go to Qin as an envoy, but he was doing spy business in Xianyang."

"In the end, Qin Prime Minister Lü Buwei was ordered by Qin Wangzheng to throw Han Gongzi into Xianyang Prison on the charge of 'interline'."

"Lu Buwei loves talents, and wants to recruit Gongzifei for the Qin State, but Gongzifei has the blood of the Korean royal family flowing in his body, and he swears to die."

Subsequently, Han Fei, the son who knew that his time was short, wrote what he had learned and known into a book in Xianyang Prison.

"The title of this book: "Han Feizi" ······"

···

"His Royal Highness's words are from the chapter "Han Feizi Yangquan".

"The original text is: The husband has something to do, the material has something to give, and it is appropriate everywhere, so there is nothing to do; Make the chicken at night, let the raccoon hold the mouse, all use their energy, and there is nothing to do. ”

"The meaning of this sentence is that things have their proper use, so that they can have a place for their display, and each has its place, so the upper and lower can rule by doing nothing;"

"Let the rooster report the dawn of the night, let the raccoon slave catch the mouse, if they all show their talents like this, the monarch will be able to rule by doing nothing······"

When he uttered this sentence, which seemed to come out of his mind, Zhou Yafu was as calm as a scribe;

And Zhou Yafu's words also made Liu Sheng's thoughts fly out of the relatively spacious cell in front of him for a short time.

Perhaps in the eyes of later generations, in the mouth of Han Feizi, a famous Legalist and even one of the 'ancestors', it seems to be a little disobedient to hear the words 'rule by doing nothing'.

- Doing nothing?

Isn't that what Huang Laoxue advocates?

How did it come to the end, or did Han Feizi say it out of his mouth?

But in fact, as long as you sort out the logical relationship a little, people will easily find that this is actually not a big deal.

First of all, Han Feizi, a 'famous Legalist', is actually not an orthodox Legalist who studied Legalism and studied Legalist doctrine in the real sense, and finally integrated it and became a great Legalist.

——Like Qin Xiang Li Si, Lu Jia, a diplomatic genius in the early Han Dynasty, and Zhang Cang, the Han Prime Minister at the time of the first emperor: Han Gongzifei, studied under Xunzi.

That's right;

is so obviously belonging to Confucianism, but was once 'expelled from Confucianism' by the disciples and grandchildren of later generations: Xunzi Xunqing.

The main reason why Xunzi was 'expelled from Confucianism' by later generations of Confucianism and became an outlier who was clearly born in Confucianism but was not recognized by this school, especially by the descendants of this school, is the final evaluation of Xunzi by later generations.

- Xun Qing is one of the representatives of Confucianism, but he is also the culmination of a hundred schools of thought during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

In other words, Xunzi is not a Confucianism at all, Confucianism is wonderful, and Confucianism is croaking, but through dialectical thinking, the doctrines of the hundred schools of thought are integrated, and each takes its own strengths and weaknesses, and finally can call itself a faction of great Confucianism and everyone.

And as such a disciple carefully cultivated by everyone, especially one of the two most proud disciples (Han Fei, Li Si) and the most promising three disciples (plus Zhang Cang), Han Fei will certainly not be a paranoid person who is invincible in the world of Legalism.

As the saying goes: the more powerful a person is, the more he will absorb the strengths of others; The weaker a person is, the more he will be jealous of the merits of others.

Naturally, for Huang Laoxue's idea of 'ruling by inaction', everyone like Han Fei also has a broad mind of 'tolerance is greatness'.

Pulling the momentarily scattered thoughts back to his eyes, Liu Sheng looked at Zhou Yafu's gaze, and it became playful little by little;

And Zhou Yafu's expression when he looked at Liu Sheng, he was obviously a little unhappy.

It's as if he was saying to Liu Sheng: I answered your question;

But I think you're scolding me by asking this question.

So, you'd better give me an explanation······

"I always thought that Tiaohou was a martial artist who only knew how to fight and kill;"

"Even if you come from a famous family, you can only read some military books."

"I didn't think ······"

was stared at by Zhou Yafu with a slightly dissatisfied gaze, and Liu Sheng had to give a perfunctory 'explanation' with a smile;

As for Liu Sheng's explanation, Zhou Yafu was obviously not satisfied.

"Your Highness laughed."

"I only know how to fight, kill and kill, and I only know how to boil my muscles and bones and hone my martial arts all day long, that is a martial artist, not a martial artist."

"Such a person is at best just a fierce general who charges into battle, and at worst, he will only be a reckless man who can only be brave."

"And the real martial artists, the martial artists who are really ambitious and aspiring to serve the sect, will not be a puppet who only knows how to fight and kill."

···

"My father, the Marquis of Jiangwu, Lord Zhou, came from a humble background and didn't get the opportunity to become a 'martial artist';"

"So even if the minister is a concubine, my father has always been strict with the minister."

"——When I was young, the most important thing my ministers saw was the Taigong Liutao that my father asked Emperor Taizu Gao for favor and borrowed from Shiqu Pavilion."

"But my father also said: The reason why warriors want to learn to fight is not to find a war to fight, but to stop war."

"Therefore, in addition to the books of the soldiers, as long as the famous books of the hundred schools of thought can be found, my father will also find them, and personally watch the three of my brothers to study and even memorize."

said so, I don't know if it was because of the mention of his deceased father, Zhou Yafu's tone only became more and more serious.

After the last sentence was spoken, Zhou Yafu once again put his solemn gaze on Liu Sheng's body.

"So, when Your Highness said this, what did you want to tell the minister?"

"Do you think the minister's worries are not in line with your identity?"

"Shouldn't you, as the former emperor's minister, take care of the sect for the first emperor and worry about all the things that will corrupt the sect?"

Seeing that Zhou Yafu's face became more and more serious, and his tone became more solemn and cold, Liu Shengzi also corrected his face a little.

After a little more consideration of Zhou Yafu's question, Liu Sheng thought about it again and again, and finally sat up straighter.

"Just as I just borrowed Han Gongzifei's words;"

The best use of chickens is to report the dawn of the night; The best destination for tanuki slaves is to catch mice. ”

"What Wenchen should do most is to settle the people; What a military general should do is to recruit the enemy of one side. ”

···

"If the rooster can't report the dawn, the raccoon slave can't catch mice, and the dog can't keep the house, then without exception, they will all be killed by the owner and eat meat."

"The same reason: if the civil servants cannot govern the people and the military generals cannot govern the army, they will be dismissed from the official position at the least, and the head will be in a different place at the worst."

"I've also heard that what farmers should be concerned about is farming hours;"

"What a businessman should be concerned about is the Jinguan and the road usually;"

"What a craftsman should be concerned with is to improve his skills;"

"And what your subordinates should care about is to use your own abilities and responsibilities to complete the king's entrustment."

"These truths, Tiaohou, should they be understood?"

"-Can you memorize "Han Feizi" backwards, Tiaohou, shouldn't you even be unable to understand such a simple truth?"

Liu Sheng's words, Zhou Yafu listened to it.

At least this time, Zhou Yafu did not rush to refute, but thought seriously for a moment;

It was this moment of thinking that gave Liu Sheng the opportunity to strike a fatal blow.

"Tiaohou said: I am worried that in the future, my Liu family's concubines will fight each other, which will bring disasters to the world;"

"But has the Marquis ever thought about it: because he was worried about this matter, he interfered in the matter of his father's appointment as the prince, and what kind of disaster would it bring to the future Han family?"

···

"Yes;"

"What the Marquis said is not unreasonable."

"Putting aside the eldest brother Linjiang Wang who is strong and weak, resourceful and indecisive, and dragged back by his mother Li Ji, and has to stand up for endless troubles in my Han family, etc.

"But what about the Marquis?"

"What the Marquis does today, what kind of example will he set for his subordinates in the future?"

"—As soon as the Marquis persuaded me, my father abolished me and set up my brother;"

"After that day, is there just a certain marquis, relying on the pacification of the rebellion of so-and-so, you can persuade the Son of Heaven to establish the prince;"

When someone asks, he will say with confidence: Am I imitating the story of the Marquis?"

···

"I have heard that the people of the people will always drink the muddy water because they are about to die of thirst."

"For my Han family, loneliness is the muddy water."

"—If you drink it, you will get sick, but if you don't drink it, you will die of thirst."

"What is that Hou doing?"

"Seeing that my father is doing his best, enduring humiliation, and feeding my Han family to drink this scoop of muddy water, do you want to stand up and remind my father?"

"The Marquis can see that this muddy water is dirty, can't my father see it?"

"Tiaohou knows that the water is delicious, father, don't you know the truth that all children in this horn understand?"

"If it weren't for the fact that water was poisonous, who wouldn't want to drink it?"

"If you are not about to die of thirst, who would want to put a bowl of 'clear water' and drink the muddy water of Lone······"

Liu Sheng's words cannot be described as insincere, nor can they be described as incalm;

Hearing this, Zhou Yafu only let out a long sigh with a wry smile after only thinking about it for a short time.

"Hoo ······"

"What His Highness said, whether it makes sense or not;"

"It doesn't matter to me now."

"——His Royal Highness has become the crown prince, and has been cultivated by His Majesty to look like another Ming Jun."

"As for the minister, he is in prison at the moment, and his life may not be long······"

···

"Minister, maybe it's wrong."

"Danchen, have a clear conscience."

"From beginning to end, the ministers did not do even the slightest thing, it was for their own selfishness;"

"For the sake of the temple, the community, and in order to repay the kindness of the previous emperor, the minister is willing to repay the ······ with his life"

"-Tiaohou, do you want to be a gentleman like Zilu?"

"——Martial Artsman, the official of the country, but do you want to come to a 'usually talking, and when it is difficult to repay the king when he dies'?"

"—Is this the destination that a warrior should have?"

"—Doing this, Tiao Hou, is it really a repayment of the kindness of the first emperor???

once again interrupted Zhou Yafu's bleak straightforwardness, and another questioning that pointed to the depths of people's souls;

Zhou Yafu was silent again.

This time, Liu Sheng didn't speak again.

What can be done and what should be done, Liu Sheng has already done.

The rest depends on Zhou Yafu whether he can turn this corner.

The most important thing is: Zhou Yafu, can you give up this face······